Twentieth  Year

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  10,  1902.

Number  1003

William  Connor  Co.

Wholesale  Ready-Made  Clothing 

Men’s,  Boys’,  Children’s

Douglas, Lacey & Co.’s 

Newest Enterprise

IM PORTANT  FEATURES. 

Page. 
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2.  T he  W orld’s  W ealth.
4.  A ro u n d   th e   State.
5.  G rand  R apids  Gossip.
6 .  T hings  Secular  an d   Sacred.
8.  E d ito rial.
10.  D ry  Goods.
t l .   Successful  A dvertising.
12.  Store  R an   Itself.
14.  C lothing.
16.  Shoes  and  R ubbers.
18.  G ettin g   th e   People.
2 0 .  W om an’s  W orld.
22.  B a tte r  and  Eggs.
23.  T he  New  Y ork  M arket.
24.  T he  H ead  C lerk.
26.  C om m ercial  T ravelers.
26.  D rag s  and  Chem icals.
27.  D ru g   P rice   C u rren t.
28.  G rocery  P rice  C urren t.
29.  G rocery  P rice  C u rren t.
30.  G rocery  P rice  C urrent.
31.  T he  M odern  F ran k n ess.
32.  T he  Boys  B ehind  th e   C ounter.

W OMAN  AND  H E R   HA T  PIN .

Justice  Robertson,  who  is  a  Police 
Judge  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  has  de­
livered a  decision that  will  be  eminently 
pleasing  to  many 
a  woman  whose 
charms  tempt  men  to  undue familiarity.
The  learned  Judge  has  delivered  him­
self  of  an  opinion  that  a  woman  is 
jus­
tified  in  stabbing  a  man  with  a  bat  pin 
when 
In  plain  words,  he 
makes  the  hat  pin  a  legal  weapon.  This 
is  somewhat  curious,  for  if  a  woman

insulted. 

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Buy

Oro  Hondo 

Stock

The price of  Oro Hondo  Stock  has 
been  advanced to $i a share.  This 
Is due  to  large  subscriptions  from 
Eastern  capitalists  and  to  the  un­
usual  favorable  developments  at 
the  mine.  The  whole  proposition 
could  not  be  in  better  shape  and 
the  management  feel  justified  in 
increasing  the  price. 
If  you  wish 
to  investigate  and  visit  the  prop­
erty, write me before Saturday 13th.

Charles E.  Temple 
623  Michigan Trust  Bldg. 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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In  carrying  forward  to  a  legal  incor­
poration  and  successful  consummation 
the plans and  recommendations  decided 
upon after several  months of careful con­
sideration and  recent personal  investiga­
tions as  outlined,  a  company  has  been 
organized  under  the  laws  of  Arizona 
known as the Mexican  Exploration  and 
D evelopm ent  Com pany,  chartered  for 
the  purpose  of  acquiring,  holding  and 
disposing of concessions  and  franchises, 
conducting  mining  and  smelting  in  all 
its branches;  to  own  and  develop  oil 
lands  and  build  and  operate  refineries, 
to buy and sell  ranches, agricultural  and 
horticultural  lands  on  commission,  and 
to  do  any  and  all  things  commercially 
in the conduct of its business not  in  con­
flict with the laws  of  the  United  States 
and  Mexico,  and  especially  to  acquire, 
hold and dispose of the stock  and  secur­
ities of other corporations  under  the  fol­
lowing  specific declarations of its charter:
“ To  purchase,  subscribe  for,  or  otherwise  ac­
quire, receive, hold and own,  and  to  sell,  assign, 
transfer, mortgage, pledge, exchange  or  otherwise 
convey  or  dispose  of  bonds,  mortgages,  deben­
tures, scrip, notes, shares, stocks and other  securi­
ties,  obligations,  contracts  and  evidences  of  in­
debtedness,  of  and  for  any  individual  company, 
association, private  or  public  corporation, munic­
ipality,  territory,  state or  government  now  exist­
ing  or  hereafter  formed  or  constituted,  and  to 
receive, collect, hold, and dispose of  interest, divi­
dends and income of  the  same  and  to  exercise  in 
every and all respects the rights, powers and privi­
leges which natural persons, owners of such  prop­
erty, might,  would  or  could  exercise;  to  act  as 
general fiscal agents for mining and  smelting  cor­
porations,  to  buy  and  sell  stocks  on  Exchanges 
and  to  do  all  things  permissible  by  the  law 
under  w hich  the  company  is incorporated.**

Only  so  much  of  the  treasury  stock 
will be offered at  any  time  as  is  neces­
sary to provide  funds  for the  successful 
operation  of  the  business  of  the  com­
pany,  the  preferred  treasury  stock  un­
sold being at all times a treasury  reserve 
which will  not  participate  in  the  earn-, 
ings of the company  until  sold  and  the 
cash proceeds converted to  the  treasury.
This company will be  handled  on  the 
same general  plan  pursued  by  Douglas, 
Lacey  &  Co.  in  handling  its  other  com­
panies.

Until  Dec  20 only we are permitted to 
sell  the  special  founder  share  issue  of 
thrs stock at 

cents  per share.

For  further  particulars  and  informa­

tion enquire  of

Currie &  Forsyth 

10 2 3 M ichigan Trust Building 

Grand  Rapids, M ich.

National  Fire  Insurance  Co.

of  Hartford.

W.  Fred  McBain,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

The Leading Agency,

Secure  the agency for the
FAMOUS  QUICK  MEAL 

STEEL  RANGE

Write for 1903 catalogue 

QUICK  MEmL

QUICK MEAL 

D. E. Vanderveeo, Jobber, Grand

Rapids, Mich.

Sole  agents  for  the  State  of  Michigan 

for the

S. P. & A. F. Miller &  Co.’s 

famous  line of summer clothing, made in 
Baltimore,  Md  ,  and  many  other  lines 
Now is the time to buy summer clothing.

28-30 South  Ionia Street

Grand Rapids, Mich.

IF  YOU  HAVE MONEY
and  would  like  to  have  it 
E A R N   M ORE  M O N EY, 
write me for  an  investment 
that will  be  guaranteed  to 
earn  a  certain  dividend. 
Will pay your  money  back 
at  end  of  year  if  you  de­
sire  it.

Martin  V.  Barker  f  
B attle Creek, n ichigan  j

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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.  McCKONE.  Manager.

Noble, Moss & Co.

Investment  Securities

Bonds netting 3, 4, 5 and 6 per cent.

Government  •  Municipal 
Railroad 

Traction

Corporation

Members  Detroit  Stock  Exchange  and 
are prepared to handle local stocks of all 
kinds, lifted and unlisted.

808 Union Trust Building.  Detroit

Late  State  Food  Commissioner 

ELLIOT  O.  GROSVENOR
Advisory  Counsel  to  manufacturers  and 
jobbers  whose  interests  are  affected  by 
the  Food  Laws  of  any  state.  Corres­
pondence  invited.
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Commercial 
Credit  Co.,  LW

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Detroit Opera House  Block, Detroit
Good  but  slow  debtors  pay 
upon  receipt  of  our  direct  de­
mand 
letters.  Send  all  other 
accounts to our offices for collec­
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Tradesman Coupons

may  use  the  bat  pin  as  a  weapon,which 
is  really  a  formidable  weapon,  why  can 
she  not  use  a  stiletto?  The  average  hat 
pin 
is  seven  inches  long,  and  some  of 
these  delightful  daggers  measure  nine 
inches. 
The  hat  pins  are  variously 
finished.  Some  have  big  army  buttons, 
others  corruscated  brass,  gold  or  silver 
knobs.  They  are  fine  and  heavy,  well 
adapted 
for  driving  purposes.  When 
bandied  by  a  delicate  young  thing  who 
can  play  golf,  pull  an  oar,  handle  a 
racquet  and  bowl  with  the  vigor  and 
strength  of  a  strong  hired  man,  the  bat 
pin  is  not  safe  to  trifle  with.

Injustice  to  poor  man  is  so  apparent 
in  this  ruling  that  in  self-defense  a  man 
should  remonstrate  with  Justice  Robert­
son. 
If  a  woman  can  go  about  armed 
with  a  dagger  or  a  stiletto,  and  has 
legal  authority  for  its  use,  why  should  a 
man  be  compelled  to  have  a  permit  or 
be  punished  for  not  having  a  license  to 
carry  his  natural  defensive  weapon,  the 
pistol?  According  to  many  authorities 
the  knife,  dagger  or  stiletto 
is  a  safer 
weapon.  The  knife  never  misses  fire, 
and  at  close  quarters 
is  a  comforting 
thing 
the  hand.  Besides  being 
noiseless,there  is  a  sweet certainty about 
its  effectiveness.  Now  a 
fair  maiden 
can  go  about  the  streets  of  St.  Louis 
with  a  bat  pin  in  her  hair,  which  she 
can  turn  into  a  dagger  at  small provoca­
tion  and  refer  to  the  Judge  who  gave 
her  the  word  that  a  woman  has  the  right 
to  use  the  same  as  a  stiletto. 
The 
Justice  said  to  a  woman  who  bad  been 
arrested  for  stabbing  a  man  who  bad 
insulted  her:

in 

I  think  you  were  justified in  using  the 
hat  pin  on  him. 
If  you  had  stabbed 
him  a  few  more  times  I  believe  you 
would  have  done  right.  You  are  dis­
charged,  but  I  shall  fine  Posten  $10. 
You  never should  have  been  brought  in­
to  court.

Col.  William  Heckert,  of  Toledo,  is 
credited  with  an  invention  which  it  is 
claimed  will  heat  houses  in  winter  and 
cool  them  in  summer.  The  device  will 
also  generate  power  for  electric lights  or 
other  purposes.  Crude  oil  is  the  only 
fuel  used,  and  great  economy  as  well  as 
efficiency  are  claimed  for the  invention, 
which 
It  will 
be  generally  hoped  that  there  is  no  mis­
take  about this  thing  and  that  it  will  be 
speedily  put  upon  the  market.  The 
next  coal  strike  will  be  robbed  of  the 
terrors  of  the 
last  one  if  Col.  Heckert 
is  not  another  deluded genius.

is  called  a  trimoheater. 

A  young  man  shot and killed a woman 
because  she  loved  him  so,  and  then  be 
shot  himself.  The  doctors  nursed  him 
back  to  life.  The  courts  then  tried  him 
in  order to  hang  him,  and  a 
jury  sen­
tenced  him  to  prison  for  life.  The  man 
is  twenty-four  years  old,  and  if  he  does 
not  think  he  has  made  a  muddle  of 
life 
then  his  thinking  powers  are  certainly 
wrong.

The  Queen  of  Portugal  seems  to  be 
more  of  a  man  than  her  hubby.  While 
Charles  is  hobnobbing  around  Europe, 
she  has  put  three  of  his  generals  in  jail 
for  inciting  the  army  to  insurrection. 
No  prettier  woman  ever  wore  the  royal 
trousers.

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

s

TH E  W ORLD’S  W EA LTH .

The  E ducational  D uty  W hich  R ests  On 

Its  Trustees.

It  has  come  to  be  the  fashion  to  de­

nounce  the  possessors  of  great  wealth.

This  sort  of  condemnatory  expression 
is  the  froth  that  floats  upon  the  surface 
of  a  bitter  and  inimical  feeling  which 
is  cherished  by  a  large  class  of  the  pop­
ulation. 
It  is  the  result  of the  envy, 
hatred and all uncharitableness that have 
grown  up  in  the  hearts  of  the  vast  class 
that  must  work  for  daily  bread.

This  sort  of class  hostility  has  not  al­
ways  been  the  rule  in  this  country. 
In 
the  period  from  the  first  settlement  of 
the  continent  by  English-speaking  peo­
ple  to  the  Civil  War  there  was  none  of 
this  class  feeling.  There  was  not  only 
the  very  best  feeling  and  the  kindest 
relations  between  what  might  have  been 
called  rich  and  poor,  but  there  were  no 
extremely  wealthy  men  and  few  very 
poor.  As  for  tramps,  there  was  scarce­
ly  one  in  the  entire  limits  of  the  Union. 
The  men  who  were  classed  as  rich  were 
known  to  have  acquired their  wealth  by 
long  and  faithful  labor at  some  trade  or 
calling  to  which  they  were  devoted, 
and  they  were  regarded  as  honorable ex­
amples  of  the  success  which  honest  in­
dustry,  perseverance  and  thrift  could 
accomplish,  and 
if  every  man  did  not 
attain  such  grand  results,  it  was  because 
he 
lacked  the  devotion,  the  self-denial 
and  the  persistence  of  effort necessary to 
the  accomplishment  of  such  success.

To-day  conditions  are  wholly  differ­
ent.  There  are  among  the  rich  men  of 
the  Republic  multi-millionaires  who 
never  earned  a  dollar  in  their  Iives.men 
who  never  gained  their  wealth  by  their 
own  exertions,  and  others  who  never 
gained  a  dollar  by  any  honest labor.  All 
rich  men  are  classed  together and  the 
class  feeling  that  has  grown  up  against 
them  has  ceased  to  make  any  distinc­
tion  between the  real captains  of  indus­
try  and  those  successful  schemers  and 
speculators  who  have  organized 
indus­
trial  trusts  without  ever  having  worked 
at  any  honest  trade  or  done  anything 
else  to  benefit  their  fellows.

railroads, 

transcontinental 

Of  course,  to-day  there  are  many  rich 
men  who  inherited  fortunes  which  were 
amassed  by 
industrious  and  enterpris­
ing  ancestors.  There  are  men  who  by 
some  fortunate  chance  came  into posses­
sion  of  gold  and  silver  mines  or  oil 
wells of  extraordinary  value.  There  are 
men  who,  like  those  who  built  some  of 
the 
had 
scores  of  millions  of United States bonds 
to  speculate  with  through  periods  of 
scores  of  years.  Then  there  are  others 
who  got  their  money  by  questionable 
methods.  None  of  these  deserve  any 
credit  for  their success  in  life,  and  it  is 
just  that  sort  which  have  aroused  the 
envy, 
jealousy  and  hostility  of  the 
humbler  classes.  They  are  usually 
haughty,  overbearing,  dictatorial  and 
often  supercilious  in  their 
intercourse 
with  those  whom  they  consider  below 
them  in  the  scale  of  wealth ;  and 
it  is 
thus  that  they  have  created  and  aroused 
a  class  feeling  against  rich  men  in  the 
aggregate.

Nevertheless,  there 

is  nothing  wrong 
in  the  possession  of  wealth  that  has 
been  acquired  by  honorable  means,  by 
the  exertions  of  one's  faculties  to  the 
best  advantage.  On  the  contrary, 
it 
vastly 
increases  a  man’s  ability  to do 
good  to  his  fellows,  to  his  country  and 
to  the  human  race.  The  good  or the  evil 
that  attaches  to  the  possession  of  great 
wealth,  provided 
it  has  been  honestly 
come  by,  depends  wholly  on  how  it  is 
administered.  The  man  who  has  so

many  more  millions  than  are  required 
for  the  proper  maintenance  of  himself 
and  those  dependent  on  him 
is  a  trus­
tee  holding  by  some  grace  or  lenience 
of  divine  power  a  trust  fund.  The  way 
in  which  be  administers  his  trust  must 
determine  whether  or not  he  has  done 
bis  duty  as  the  custodian  of  wealth.

There  are  various  ways  for  wealthy 
men  to  do  good  with  their  riches.  Of 
course,  the  money  invested  in  great  in-1 
dustrial  operations  giving  employment 
to  many  workers  is  not  to  be  counted, 
because  the  investment  is  made  exclu­
sively  for  personal  gain,  while  the  busi­
ness  so  carried  on  is  of a  nature  that  if 
one  man  did  not  engage 
it  another 
would.  Nevertheless,  those  citizens  who 
spend  their  money 
in  the  erection  of 
magnificent  buildings,  and  who  carry 
on  extensive 
in  the  city  in 
which  they  live,  must  be  credited  with 
that  public  spirit  which  in  itself  brings 
benefaction.

industries 

in 

It  is  a  greater charity  to  assist  others 
in  supporting  and  maintaining  them­
selves  than  to  support  them  outright  un­
less  they  are  entirely  helpless.  The 
mendicant  who,  being  able,  refuses  to 
work  and  depends  for  a  living  upon  his 
ability  to  beg  it  from  others,  is  no  bet­
ter  than  a  thief,  and  all  such  should  be 
put  to  hard 
labor.  But,  on  the  other 
hand,  the  man  who  is  able  and  who  de­
sires  to  work  and  who  can  not  secure 
employment 
is  a  proper  subject  for 
sympathy,  and  to  provide  useful  em­
ployment  for  such  persons  is  truly  a 
great beneficence.  Therefore,the wealthy 
classes  are  responsible  for doing  their 
sbare_ in  furnishing  employment  to  the 
worthy  and  industrious  work  people.

Gunton's  Magazine 

for  November 
gives  some  account  of  the  benefactions 
that  have  gone  to  public  and  private 
objects  out  of  the  greatest  fortunes  of 
the  country.  The  foundations  of  the 
vast  Astor  wealth  were 
laid  by  John 
Jacob,  who  emigrated  to  this  country 
from  Germany  in  1783.  He  entered  the 
service  of  a  furrier,  and  having  mas­
tered  the  business,  be embarked  in  it on 
his  own  account.  The  far  West  and 
Northwest  of  the  United  States  then 
abounded  with  fur-bearing  animals,  and 
there  was  an  extensive  business  in  their 
skins,  in  which  Mr.  Astor  acquired  a 
fortune.  He  established  trading  posts 
throughout  the  Northwest as  far  as  the 
Pacific  Ocean  and  brought  his  peltries 
from  those  east  of  the  Rocky  Mountains 
in  fiatboats  down  the  Missouri  River, 
while  those  from  the  west  of the  range 
were  floated  in  canoes  down  the  Colum­
bia  and  loaded  on  sailing  ships,  which 
made  the  homeward  voyage around Cape 
Horn.  This  fur  business  rivaled  that  of 
the  British  Hudson  Ray  Company  and 
demonstrated  Mr.  Aster's  great  enter­
prise  and  executive  ability  as  a  mer­
chant.  His  greatest  wealth  was  derived 
from  the  increase  in  the  value  of bisex- 
tensive  purchases  of  real  estate  in  New 
York  City,  and 
in  the  hands of  his  de­
scendants  this  has  grown  to  enormous 
proportions.  His  successors  have  en­
gaged 
in  no  active  business,  but  allow 
their  real  estate  to  work  for  them.  They 
have  given  some  millions  to  libraries, 
hospitals  and  other charities.

The  Vanderbilt  fortune,  which  was 
acquired  in  trade  and  in operating ships 
and  railroads,  has  been  constantly  in­
vested  in  great  active  enterprises.  The 
old  Commodore,  who  laid  the  founda­
tions  of  it,  established  and  endowed  a 
university  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  while 
his  successors  have  been  large  givers, 
chiefly  to  colleges  and  hospitals.

The  Gould  fortune,  which  was  made

invested 

by  speculations  during  the  flush  times 
soon  after  the  close  of  the  Civil War,has 
lately  been 
in  the  great  rail­
way  and  telegraph  enterprises  of  the 
country. 
In  the  way  of  charity  M iss 
Helen  Gould,  the  daughter of  the  fam­
ily,  is  the  chief  almoner.  She  has  en­
deared  herself  to  the  American  people 
by  her expressions  of  tender  sympathy 
for  real  distress,  and  by  her  never-fail­
ing  and  splendid  responses to  its  needs.
Later  on  come  the  great  fortunes  of 
the  Rockefellers,  who  gained  their  vast 
possessions  by  becoming  the  lucky  pos­
sessors  of  extensive,  paying  petroleum 
property,  and  of Senator Clark,  of  Mon­
tana,  whose  mines,  taken  up  at  random 
on  the  public  lands,  happened  to  be  of 
extraordinary  richness,  while  those  of 
others  proved  of  little  value. 
In  such 
cases  men  become  enormously  wealthy 
by  no  merit  of  their own,  but,  appar­
ently,  by  a  freak  of  fortune.  Mr.  Rock­
efeller  has  been  a  large  giver to Chicago 
University.

Latest  of  all  comes  the  Carnegie  for­
tune  which  was  acquired  by  a  man  who 
started  at  the  bottom  as  a  laborer,  and 
who  worked  his  way  to  the  top.  Mr. 
Carnegie, who  came  to  this  country  from 
Scotland,  made  bis  money  in  petroleum 
and  in  iron  and  steel  manufacture.  He 
has  become  famous  for his  expression 
that  it  would  be  a  disgrace  for  him  to 
die  rich,  and  he  has  backed  it  up  by 
giving  ten  million  dollars  to  St.  An­
drew’s  University,Scotland,  and  numer­
ous  sums of  money  to  found  free  public 
libraries  in  many  states  and  cities.

It  is  in  the  power of  rich  men  to  per­
petuate  their  names  by  inscribing  them 
on  the  walls  of  the  universities,  the 
libraries,  the  hospitals  and  the  asylums 
which  they  have  built and endowed,  and 
it 
is  for  them  to  realize  that  it  is  more 
blessed  to  give  than  to  receive,  for they 
give  out  of  their  abundance,  while  the 
widow,  who  gave  to  charity  out  of  her 
poverty,  did a  greater  act  than  had done 
all  the  multimillionaires.

But,  with  whatsoever good  intentions, 
a  rich  man  might  desire  to obey  the  di­
vine  injunction  and  selling  all  he  has, 
give  it  to  the  poor,  such  a  course  would 
not  be  wise.  The  proper  cure  for  pov­
erty  is  to  set  all,  who  are  able,  to  work 
to  earning  their own  living  and  estab­
lishing  their  own  self-respect.  Only  the 
helpless  should  be  supported  by  alms. 
We  have 
in  this  great  Republic  a  vast 
and  constantly-growing loafer  and tramp 
class,  made  of  able-bodied  men,  who 
absolutely  refuse  to  work  and  are  de­
termined  to  live  on  the  earnings  of  oth­
ers.  When  it  is  more  profitable  to  beg, 
they  do  that,  but,  if  need  be,  they  will 
not  only  steal,but  will  stop  at no crime.
It  becomes,  then,  the  result  of  ex­
perience  that  the  wisest  and  most  ben­
eficent  charity  is  to  help  others  to  help 
themselves, and  to  those  who  are  power­
less  to  take  advantage  of  such  a  benefit, 
give  help  outright  with  hospitals  and 
asylums. 
In  the  meantime  every  pos­
sible  aid  to  the  education  of  the  people 
is  a  duty  that  rests on  the  trustees of the 
world’s  wealth. 

Frank  Stowell.

P ro b ab ly   a Sausage  F ake.

That  was  a  queer  dispatch  which 
came  from  St.  Petersburg the  other  day, 
saying  that  the  sanitary  authorities  at 
Libau  had  closed  the  large  sausage  fac­
tory  there.  The proprietor,  who  amassed 
a  great  fortune 
in  the  business,  it  is 
charged,  was  leagued  with  municipal 
employes,  who  brought  him  horses, 
dogs,  cats  and  rats  with  which  to  make 
sausage.  Without  knowing  the  facts, 
we  venture  the  opinion  that  the  state­
ments  contained  in  the  dispatch  are 
mostly  fake.

lady,  concluded 

An  Elglit-Y ear-O ld  G irl  in  Business.
The  youngest  merchant  in  Denver, 
and  perhaps 
in  the  United  States,  is 
Miss  Corinne  Snyder,  a  tot  of  eight 
years,  who  conducts  a  successful  busi­
ness  at  1223  Fourteenth  street.
' Since  she  was  three  years  old  and  un­
til  quite  recently  Corinne  has  been  do­
ing  for  herself  in  the  “ make  believe’ ’ 
store  business.  She  dispensed  wee  bits 
of candy,  nuts,  fruit  and cake,  for  which 
she  received  in  payment  buttons,  pins, 
glass  marbles  and  ribbon.  So  tidy  and 
attentive  to  business  was  the  little  miss 
that  she  collected  all  of  the loose buttons 
within  a  radius  of  two  blocks  of  her 
home. 
Youngsters  of  her  acquaint­
ance  flocked  to  the  store,  which  she 
called  the  “ Busy  Bee.”   All  kinds  of 
toys and  trinkets  were  dumped  into  the 
till  of the  prosperous  and  obliging  pro­
prietress.  Many  were 
the  buttons 
clipped  from  the  cloaks  and  gowns  of 
the  mothers  of  Corinne’s  patrons  until 
Mrs.  Snyder,  the  mother  of  the  youthful 
business 
that  her 
daughter’s  fortune 
in  the  button,  glass 
marble  and  ribbon  line  had  been  made. 
Opposition  stores  were  established  and, 
finally,  at  the  solicitation  of her  mother, 
Corinne  discontinued  her  old  establish­
ment  and  set  herself  about  opening  a 
“ sure  ’nough”   store.
little 
Mrs.  Louisa  Johnson  owns  a 
store  directly  across  the  street 
from 
Corinne’s  home  on  Fourteenth  street. 
It  was  this 
little  place  that  the  child 
longed  to  possess,  and  as  Mrs.  Johnson 
was  going  to  retire  from  active  busi­
ness,  Corinne and her  indulgent  mamma 
purchased  the  store  and  Corinne  was 
immediately  installed  as  proprietress.
The  young  lady  was  found  serving  a 
big  policeman  with  fried  eggs,  pie  and 
coffee. 
is  to  this  latter class  and  to 
firemen  that  Corinne 
is  now  catering. 
Her  place  of  business  is  quite  near  the 
City  Hall,  and  during  her  earlier  busi­
ness  career  the  big,blue-coated  city  offi­
cials  learned  to  admire  the  tact  of  their 
little  iriend  and  often  stopped  to  drop  a 
into  her  “ money  till,”  
brass  button 
Now  that  she 
is  a  real  business  lady, 
the  different  city  departments  furnish 
not  a  few  customers  for  the  little  out-of- 
the-way  lunch  room.
The  butcher  and  baker  and  cigar 
drummer  look  upon  and  treat  Corinne 
as  they  would  an  adult.  They  introduce 
clever arguments  in  trying  to 
inveigle 
her  into  purchasing  bills  of  goods  and 
as  as  incentive  offer  long  time  credit.
is  opened  promptly  at  7 
o’clock  in  the  morning.  The  tiny  hands 
of  the  proprietress  handle  the  broom 
that  sweeps  the  floor,  hut  the  broom 
is 
one  of  two-for-a-nickel  size.
After the  day’s  work  is  over  Corinne 
goes  to  her  piano,  of  which  she  is  very 
fond  and  upon  which  she  is  quite  pro­
ficient.  An  hour's  practice,  and  the 
ambitious  tot 
is  tucked  into  her  com­
fortable  bed  by  one  who  believes  her  to 
be  the  wonder of the  twentieth  century.

The  place 

It 

The  T housandth  Issue.

From the  American Grocer.

The  Michigan  Tradesman,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.,  celebrates its thousandth 
issue  with  an  86-page  issue, replete  with 
articles  bearing  on  various  phases of 
commercial  life,  accompanied  with  pho- 
tographs  of  the  contributors.  We  con­
gratulate  Editor  E.  A.  Stowe  upon  the 
success  that  has  attended  the  Michigan 
Tradesman  from  its birth. 
It  is  a  mon­
ument  to  his  sagacity,  skill,  common 
sense and  hard  work.  Mr.  Stowe  has in 
a 
reJ nar*table  degree  those  qualities 
which  never  fail to bring success—perse­
verance, economy  and  industry.  We  al«o 
extend  our  good  wishes  to  the  Trades­
man  Company,  of  which  Mr.Stowe  is 
President,upon  its  successful  record  and 
able  direction.

Suspicious.

“ I  suppose  your chances  of  winning 
the  affections  of  Miss  Gay  are  as  good 
as  the  next  fellow’s?”
“ I  don’t  know.  She  called  me  ’ Tim’

very  affectionately  last  night.”
ising,  isn’t  it?”

“ You  don’t  say?  Well,  that’s  prom­

“ Hardly,  considering  that  my  name 

happens  to  be  Tom. ”

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FLOUR

Fremont Brand “Peas”

Quakers are honest.
Quaker brand means  honest count and  high 

\ 

standard.

Quaker flour means  a  flour  made  with  the 
greatest possible care  by the best pro* 
cess  from  choicest  winter  wheat. 
It 
has  stood  the  test  of  time  and  given
satisfaction.

It is a trade builder wherever sold.

Write for quotations.

Extra  Marrowfats.

Standard  Early Junes.

Extra Sifted  Early Junes.

Packed by the  Fremont  Canning  Com* 
pany from  selected  stock  by  the  latest  and
best process.

Guaranteed to give satisfaction.

Worden  Grocer  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Worden  Grocer  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Distributors  for
Western  Michigan.

Sugar  Corn

Mr. Retailer:

QUAKER  CORN  has  never failed to  please
since being placed  on  the  market, and
during this time  the  consumption  has
constantly grown.  This is  attributed to
the fact that the corn  is  grown  in  that
section  of  Illinois  round  about  Ver*
milion  county  which  is so  peculiarly
adapted  to  its  growth  and  maturity,
and  is  afterwards  packed  in  the  most
careful manner.

Quaker  Brand  is  a  guarantee  of  quality  and
every  can  sold  is  sure  to  please  the
buyer. 
Packed  by  the  Hoopeston 
Canning Co.,  Hoopeston,  111.

Send  orders to

W o r d e n  H r o c e r   C o m p a n y

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Are  you  doing  a  good  cigar  business
and  how  are  the  profits?  We  know
cheap  cigars  offer  large  profits  on 
slow   sales.  You  know  good  cigars
offer  a moderate profit on  quick  sales
besides making a good  customer.

RED  ROOSTER  CIGARS  are manufactured
in  the  cleanest  factory 
in  Michigan
and  are  strictly  hand  made  from  the 
best  stock.  They  are  fast  sellers,
always  the  sam e—always  good—and
are sure  to  satisfy  and  increase  your
cigar trade.  You cannot  afford to offer
cheaper goods when you can buy  Red 
Roosters.

Manufactured  by  Lagora  Fee Co.

Sold by

W o r d e n  O r o c e r   C o m p a n y

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Distributors  for
Western Michigan.

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^Around  the State

M ovem ents o f M erchants.

Berlin  Fox  &  Burns  have  engaged 

in  general  trade.

his  meat  market.

Jasper  Clifford  Burr  has  closed  out 

Springdale—F.  E.  Burke  has  opened 

a  general  store  at  this  place.

I ogy  Frank  B.  Corey  continues  the 

grocery  business  of  L.  F.  Corey.

Alien—Thomas  Frary,  dealer  in  har­

nesses,  has  sold  out  to  J.  Condra.

Otsego-Thomas  L.  McClellan  has 

opened  up  the  Foote  grocery  stock.

Corunna—C.  M.  Peacock, the druggist, 

who  has  been  very  ill,  is  recovering.

Detroit—F.  Wittelsberger  & Co.,  bak­

ers,  have  sold  out  to  Schade  Lorenz.

Fremont—H.  C.  Button  has purchased 
the  grocery  stock  of  Ernest  H.  Forbes.
\  icksburg—Jasper  Cady  has  sold  his 
hardware  stock  and  removed  to  Char­
lotte.

Ann  Arbor—Boyle  Bros.  &  Worden 
James 

continue  the  grocery  business  of 
Boyle.

Saginaw—Frederick  W.  Neuendorf 
has  purchased  the  drug  stock  of  Lou  G. 
Moote.

Riga—L.  B.  Pence  has  purchased  the 
J. 

general  merchandise  stock  of  A. 
Kneisel.

Onaway—Charles  Thompson  has  pur­
chased  the  Onaway  Iron  Works  of  L.
T.  Kline.

Bellevue—Steimle  &  Scboettle  have 
purchased  the  meat  market  of  M.  A. 
Mahoney.

Paw  Paw—Wm.  Strowbridge  has  sold 
his  grocery  stock  and  bakery  business 
to  Mr.  Lyn.

Buchanan—Walter  E.  Mutcfaler  has 
purchased  the  meat  market  of  Frank 
L.  Raymond.

Burr  Oak—Mrs.  Fannie  T.  Wilson 
has  sold  her  millinery  stock  to  Miss 
Anna  Burgess.

McBride—Arthur  Steere,  of  Entrican, 
has  purchased  the  mercantile  stock  of
C.  H.  Laflamboy.

Detroit—McGregor  &  Buchanan  suc­
ceed  Sidney  S.  Brooker  in  the  butte 
and  egg  business.

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

Mulliken—A.  C.  Davis  has purchased 
the  interest  of  F.  A.  Brown  in  the  drug 
firm  of  Davis  &  Brown  and  will  con 
tinue  the  business  at  the  same  location.
Hudson—Bert  Norris  has  purchased 
a  half  interest  in  R.  N.  Johnson’s  gro 
eery  store  and  will  associate  himse__ 
with  Mr.  Johnson  in  the  conduct  of  the 
business.

Boyne  City—The  meat  market so  long 
conducted  by  J.  C.  Schaub,  and  of  late 
by  his  brother,  C.  C.  Schaub,  has  bee_ 
purchased  by  Younkers  &  Rankin,  of 
Mancelona.

Traverse City—Ed.  Monroe has bought 
out  the 
interest  of  Harry  Monroe  i_ 
the  Monroe  Bros,  confectionery  and 
cigar  store  and  will  conduct  the  busi 
ness  hereafter.

formerly  engaged 

Menominee—Jos.  Seaman,  of  South 
Bend,  Ind., 
in  the 
mercantile  business  here,  has  returned 
to  this  place  and  will  shortly  establish  ; 
dry  goods  bouse.

Cassopolis—O.  F.  Northrop, of Jones, 
has  purchased  a  half  interest  in  the 
furniture  and  undertaking business of C 
C.  Nelson.  The  new copartnership  will 
be  known  as  Nelson  &  Northrop.

Hudson—Henry  Atherton  has  pur 
chased  a  half  interest  in  the agricultura 
implement  and  vehicle  business  of C. 
M.  Russell,  and  the  new  firm  will  do 
business  under  the  name  of  Russell  & 
Atherton.

Nashville—E.  Flewelling,  of  Bear 
Lake,  has  formed  a  copartnership  with 
John  S.  Greene,  the  merchant  tailor.
I hey  will  carry  a  line  of  clothing  and 
men  s  furnishing  goods  in  connection 
with  the  tailoring  business.

Muskegon—Hans  Hansen,  the  Ottawa 
street  grocer,  has  purchased  the  Boyer 
block  from  the  Boyer  estate  for  a  con­
sideration  of  S2,ooo.  The  building  is 
at  present  occupied  by  Mr.  Hansen  and 
the  clothing  and  shoe  stock  of Moore  & 
Dodge.

Ann  Arbor—The  confectionery  and 
bakery  firm  of  Gaudy,  Brown  &  Kruspe 
has  been  dissolved.  The  store  on  Wash 
ington  street  will be continued under th 
style  of  Gaudy  &  Brown,  and  Mi. 
Kruspe  will  continue  the  business  on 
William  street.

Secretary,  F.  W.  Hubert;  Treasurer, 
John  Huebner;  Sergeant,  John  Balzer, 
Guide,  Charles  Moll;  Chaplain. 
John 
Stingel;  Trustees,  Christian  Schmider, 
John  Stingel  and  John  Balzer.

M anafactarincr  M atters.

Detroit—The  Century  Furnace  Co. 
has  been  established  with  a capital stock 
of §50,000.

Detroit—The  Hall  Pressed  Brick  Co. 
s  putting 
in  a  dryer that  will  doubie 
the  plant's  capacity.

Tekonsha—The  Tekonsha  Co-Opera­
tive  Cheese  Co.  has  been organized  with 
a  capital  stock  of §2,900.

Detroit—The  Acme  White  Lead  and 
Color  Works  has  increased  its  capital 
stock  from  §400,000 to §500,000.

Hardwood—The  Spies-Warren  Lum­
ber & Cedar Co.  is  the  style  of a new en­
terprise  at  this  place, 
it  is  capitalized 
at §50,000.

Jackson—The  J.  CrequeCo.,  Limited, 
succeeds  Josiah  Creque  in  the  manufac­
ture  of  galvanized  iron  and  house  fur- 
isbing  goods.
Lawton—The  Battle  Creek  Grape 
uice  Co.  has  bottled  90,000 gallons  of 
rape  juice  during  the  past  season  from 

602  tons  of  the  fruit.

Detroit-The  Fischer  Glue  Co.  has 
been  changed  to  the  Fischer-Hughes 
Gelatine  Co.,  and  the  capital  increased 
from  §40,000  to §150,000.

South  Haven—John  Benacker  and 
Charles  Kuhn,  formerly  connected  with 
the  Black  River  mills,  which  were  re­
cently  destroyed  by  fire,  have  leased  the 
Pierce  building  and  will  engage  in  the 
grist  mill  business.

Quincy—F.  A.  McKenzie,  proprietor 
the  Quincy  roller  mills,  has organized 
stock  company  for  the  purpose  of 
handling  the  local  business of  the  mill. 
The  company 
is  capitalized  at  §5,000 
-nd  is  owned  by  six  stockholders. 

Kalamazoo—Articles  of  copartnership 
ive  been  filed  by  the  Model  Brass Co., 
Limited, which  is  capitalized at  §15,000! 
The 
incorporators  are  George  Pcla«ky 
ond  Samuel  B.  Myers,of  this  place,  and 
Myer  B.  Franklin,  of  Battle  Creek.

lished.  M.  Scbillig,  who  was  a  member 
of  the  company  originally,  has  retired 
and  will  continue  to  travel  on  the  road 
for  the  Milwaukee  Bedding  Co.

Signs  o f In sa n ity .

A  farmer came  into  town  and  went  to 
see  his  doctor,  saying  that  he  did  net 
feel  well.

The  doctor  advised  him  to  take  a 
stimulant  once  in  a  while,but the farmer 
said  he  would  not  set  such  an  example 
to  his  son  who  was  growing  up.  The 
doctor  asked  him  if  he  shaved.  “ Y es," 
answered  the  farmer.  “ Then,”   said the 
physician,  “ put  a  bottle  of  whisky  in 
your  shaving  cabinet,  and  every  time 
you  shave  take  a  little."
The  farmer  said  he  would  and  de­
parted.  The  doctor  did  not  see  the 
farmer  again  but  met  his  son  about  a 
month 
later  running  up  to  him  on  the 
street.  “ I  was  just  coming  to your office 
to  get  you  to  give  me  a  certificate to put 
my  father  in  an  insane  asylum ,"  said 
the  son.
“ YVhat  are  the  symptoms?"  asked 

the  man  of  medicine.

He  wants  to  shave  six  and  seven 

times  a  day !**  answered  the  son.

Som ething  L acking.

Bobby  was  seven.  He  was  examin­
ing«  with  critical  eye,  the  new  arrival 
in  the  family,  and  showing  some  signs 
of  displeasure  with  the  shiny  head  and 
toothless  gums.
. 
Bobby,"  asked  the  nurse,
how  do  you  like  your  new  brother?" 
Pretty  w ell,"  was  the  answer;  "but 

he  s  not  finished  yet.”

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Allegan—S.  B.  Bunsold  has  purchased 
the  grocery,  flour,  feed  and hay business 
of  the  estate  of  B.  F.  Moon.

Newberry—W.  C.  Jenkins  has  opened 
in  his  store 

up  a  stock  of  furniture 
building  in  the  Bank  block.

Detroit—Somner,  Smith  &  Reno  suc­
in  the 

ceed  Kellogg,  Somner  &  Co. 
wholesale  millinery  business.

Kent  City—Fred  Roman  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  to  Luther M.  Broman,  who 
will  take  possession  about  March  i.

Cassopolis—Reynolds  &  Tallerday 
have  engaged  in  the  hardware  business, 
having  purchased  the  stock  of  Herbert 
E.  Moon.

Dowagiac—Harley  and  Claude  Wood­
ruff succeed Collacott &  Richmond in the 
fruit  business  under  the  stvle  of  Wood­
ruff  Bros.

Grand  Ledge-Walter  Rossman  has 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of A.  E. 
Shadduck  and  will  continue the business 
at  the  old  s<and.

Mesick—Ray  E.  Turner has  taken  a 
partner  in  his  hardware,  furniture  and 
undertaking  business  under  the  style  of 
Harry  &  Turner.

Si I ver wood —Seyfa rth  Bros.,  general 
merchandise  dealers,  have  dissolved 
partnership.  The  business  is  continued 
by  Henry  J.  Seyfarth.

Greenville—J.  C.  Rensman  has  en­
gaged 
in  the  dry  goods,  clothing  and 
boot  and  shoe  business.  His  stock  was 
purchased  of Chas.  C.  Sprout.

Menominee—The  stock  of  dry  goods 
of  Morris  1.  Perelstein,  the  Finntown 
merchant  who  was  recently  adjudged 
bankrupt,  has  been  purchased  by  Simon 
Cohen,  of  Kaukauna,  Wis.  The  stock 
inventories  about  §9,500  and  will  be 
closed  out  at  retail.

Flint—Louis  Delisle  and  Andrew 
Hibbard  have  purchased  the  Atkin 
meat  market  on  North  Saginaw  street.
Mr.  Delisie  has  been  in  the  employ  of 
J.  G.  Windiate  for  several  years  and 
Mr.  Hibbard  has  been  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  meat  business.

Pontiac—Archie  Adams, formerly  con 
nected  with  the  Pontiac  Savings  Bank, 
has  purchased  the  furniture  stock  cf 
Prentice  it  Brace.  Chauncey Brace will 
continue  the  undertaking  business  at the 
same  stand  and  Frank  Brogan  will  re­
main  with  Mr.  Adams  as 
furniture 
salesman.

Adrian—L.  T.  Lochner  has  sold  his 
drug 
stock  to  James  H.  Benfer,  of 
Delta,  Ohio,  and  will  continue the busi­
ness  at  the  same  location.  The  build­
ing  will  be  remodeled  throughout  and 
will  be  equipped  with  the  most  modern 
fixtures.  The  new  proprietor  will  take 
possession  about  Feb.  1.

Saginaw—At  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Saginaw  Butchers'  Association, 
held  Thursday  night,  the  following 
officers  were  elected:  President,  John 
Bierwalte; Vice-President, John Gardei;

Battle  Creek—The  Level  Park  Ma­
chine  Co.,  Limited,  has  been  formed 
with  a  capital  stock  of  §35.000,  §14,400 
of  which  is  paid  in.  The  new  concern 
owns  the  plant  of  the  Bod  &  Scott  Ma­
chine  Co.,  of  Charlotte,  which  will  be 
removed  to  this  city.

Manistee—Gus  Kitzinger and  Robert 
S.  Babcock  have  purchased  the  channel 
mill  property  and  will  transfer  the plant 
of  the  Babcock Lumber  Co.  to  this  loca­
tion,  thus  assembling  a  complete  outfit 
tor  the  manufacture  of  lumber,  shingles 
and  salt.  The  Babcock  Lumber  Co 
will  continue  to  exist,  as  a 
large  share 
of  Kitzinger  &  Babcock's  first  season's 
work  will  be  custom  sawing  for  the 
Babcock  Lumber Co.,  which  expects  to 
put  a 
large  quantity  of  logs  into  the 
river  this  winter.  The  channel  mill's 
output  is  about  8,000,000  feet  of  lumber 
per season.

Newaygo—The Michigan  Manufactur­
ing  Co.  will  remove  to  Baldwin  Jan.  1 
where  it  will  be  furnished  a brick build! 
mg  free  of  rent  for  one  year,  besides  a 
substantial  cash  bonus.  Simultaneous 
with  the  removal  the  capital  stock  will 
be  increased  to  §2,400,  owned  in  equal 
portions  by  John  D.  Martin,  H.  YV 
Davis  and  O.  K.  Cummings.  Mr  Mar 
n  will  cover the  Michigan  trade',  while 
lr.  Davis  will 
look  after  the  trade  in 
other  parts  of  the  country.  The  com­
pany  manufactures aprons and children's 
clothing  and  its  business  has  shown  a 
marked 
increase  since  it  was  estab­

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5

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

T he  G rain  M arket.

Wheat  has  been  exceptionally  strong 
during  the  past  week.  While  many 
bear arguments were sprung  they  did  not 
seem  to  have  any  effect  on  the  market. 
The  visible 
increase  made  a  record  of 
only  858,000  bushels,  where  2,500,000 
bushels  were  counted  on.  Chicago  De­
cember  wheat 
is  76c  and  May  77c, 
for  December  and  75# c
against 
for  May.  The  price  seems  to  be  hard­
ening,  especially as  the  visible  probably 
will  not  show  any  more  large  increases. 
We  now  have  10,000,000 bushels  less  in 
sight  than  last  year.  We  think  present 
prices  will  remain  about  where they are.
Corn,  owing  to  favorable  weather,  is 
hardening,  which  makes 
it  grade,  and 
there  seems  to  be  a  great  deal  more  go­
ing 
into  Chicago  that  will  grade  than 
there  has  been.  However,  prices remain 
very  steady,  but  we  consider corn  has 
reached  the  limit,  so  far  as  high  prices 
are  concerned.

Oats are  very  strong  and  selling  icper 
bushel  higher,  as  a  demand  sprung  up 
suddenly.  Present  prices  will  remain 
while  the  present  urgent  demand  pre­
vails.

Rye  also  took  a  jump  of  ic,  as  there 
long  it 

was  a  sudden  demand.  How 
will  last  remains  to  be  seen.

Beans  are  steady,  with  not  much  do­
ing.  Prices  are  rather  toppy  and  de­
mand  firm.

The  trade  have  come  to the conclusion 
that  flour  is  low  enough;  in  fact,  there 
is  nothing  so cheap  to-day  as  flour.

Mill  feed 

likewise  remains  firm,  for 
both  bran  and  middlings.  There  is  no 
change  to  note—$17  for  bran  and  $19  for 
middlings.

Receipts  of  grain  have  been  fair,  be­
ing  as  follows:  wheat,  73  cars;  corn,  7 
cars;  oats,  11  cars;  flour,  1  car;  beans, 
1  car;  hay,  2  cars;  potatoes,  30 cars.

Millers  are  paying  74c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

T he  P ro d ace  M arket.

Apples—Receipts  are  mostly  poor  in 
quality  and  appearance.  Good  varieties 
command  8232.25  per  bu.
Bananas—Good  shipping  stock,  $1.25 
@2  per  bunch.
Beesw ax—D ealers  pay  25c  for  prim e 
yellow  stock.
Beets—40c  per  bu.
Butter—Creamery  is  firm  and  higher, 
commanding  28>£c  for  fancy  and  27J£c 
for  choice.  Pound  prints  from  fancy 
command  29,54c.  Dairy  grades  are 
strong  and  in  active demand,  command­
ing  2o@22c  for  fancy,  18320c  for choice 
and  16318c  for  packing stock.  Receipts 
of  dairy  are  increasing  in  quantity.

ply  at  17c  per  doz.

Cabbage—40c  per doz.
Carrots—35c  per  bu.
Celery—Home  grown  is  in ample sup­
Chestnuts—8536  per  bu. 
for  Ohio.
Cocoa nuts—$3.75  per  sack.
Cranberries—Howes  from  Cape  Cod 
are  strong  and  scarce  at  $3.40  per  bu. 
box  and  $9 75  per  bbl.
D ates—Hallowi,  5c;  Sairs,  4%c;  1 
lb.  package,  7c.
Eggs~f-ocal  dealers  pay  20322c  for 
case  count  and  22324c  for candled.  Re­
ceipts  are 
in  quantity  and 
improving 
Cold  storage 
range  from  19321c.

increasing 
in  quality. 

Figs—ii.io   per  10  lb.  box  of  Califor­
nia;  5  crown  Turkey,  1.7c;  3 crown,  14c.
Grapes—Malagas.  85-2535.75 ; Cataw- 
bas,  20c  per  4  lb.  basket.
is  scarce  and 
Honey—White  stock 
I 7@ i 8 c. 
is 
Lemons—Californias,  84.50; new  Mes- 
Lettuce—I2#c  per  lb.  for  hothouse.
Maple  Sugar— ioJ4c  per  lb.
Maple  Syrup—81  per gal.  for fancy.

higher,  readily  commanding 
Amber  is  active  at  14 315c  and  dark 
moving  freely  on the  basis  of  12313c.
sinas,  85.

Nuts—Butternuts,  75c;  walnuts,  75c; 

hickory  nuts, 82.75  per  bu.

Onions—In  good 

supply  and  not 

condition. 

Poultry—Live  pigeons  are 

Oranges—Floridas  command  84  per 
Jamaicas  fetch  84  25  per  box. 

much  demand  at 60c  per bu.
box. 
California  Navels,  84.
Parsley—30c  per doz.
Pop  Corn—50360c  per  bu.
Potatoes—The  market  is  in  anything 
but  a  satisfactory 
Local 
dealers  find  an  outlet  for  their  pur­
chases  on  the  basis  of 40345c.
in  ac­
tive  demand  at  6o3 7 °c.  Nester squabs, 
live  or  dressed,  82  per  doz. 
either 
Dressed  stock  commands  the  following : 
Spring  chickens, 10 3 11c ;  small  bens,  9 
3 i c c ;  spring  ducks,  1 1 3 1 2 c ;  spring 
turkeys, 
1 1 3 1 3 c ;  small  squab  broilers 
1254 315c;  Belgian  hares, 12 ^ 3 15 0 .
Radishes—30c  per  doz.  for  hothouse.
Spanish  Onions—S i.40  per crate.
Spinach—90c  per bu.
Squash—2c  per  lb.  for  Hubbard.
Sweet  Potatoes—Jerseys,  84  per  bbl.  ; 
Turnips—40c  per  bu.

Illinois,  83. so.

H ides,  P elts,  T allow   an d   W ool.

is  weaker.  Prices 
The  hide  market 
are  off  all  along  the 
line.  The  supply 
is  ample  for  all  wants  and  bids  are 
lower.  Large  sales  have  been  made  at 
declined  prices.

Pelts  are  in  larger  volume  and  trad­
ing  has  been  active  at  good  prices.  The 
accumulation  is  not  large,  as  consump­
tion  has  been  good.  Prices  are  well  sus­
tained.

Tallow 

is  weaker  for  soapers’  stock, 
while  the  demand  is  full  for all  edible 
offered.  Oils  and  greases  are  more 
plentiful  for  soapers'  use  and  offerings 
are  large.

Wools  are  firm 

in  price,  with  large 
offerings  at  seaboard  points.  Manufac­
turers  are  well  supplied  for  present 
wants,  and  trading 
light.  The  fu­
ture  has  a  bright  outlook,  as  stocks  in 
the  West  are  light.  There 
is  no  great 
supply  to  draw  from  later  and  mills  aré 
busy,  running  overtime.

is 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

T he  R ig h t  H and  o f F ellow ship.

At  the  monthly  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Board  of  Trade,  held  last  even­
ing,  the  summary  arrest  of  Charles  W. 
Jennings  at  the 
instance  of  John  Ben­
nett,  State  Food  Inspector,  was  dis­
cussed  at  some  length,  culminating  in 
the  adoption  of  the  following  resolution 
by  a  unanimous  vote:

reputable 

Whereas—A 

citizen  of 
Grand  Rapids  and  a  member  of  this 
Board  has  been  subjected  to  arrest  and 
his  business  attacked by a representative 
of  the  State  Food  Commissioner;  there­
fore

Resolved—That  we  sympathize  with 
Mr.  Jennings  in  his  effort  to  maintain 
the 
integrity  of  his  product,  commend 
his  determination  to  take  his  case  be­
fore  the  court  of  last  resort and trust that 
the  outcome  may  vindicate  bis  position 
and  sustain  the  reputation  he  and  bis 
goods  have  enjoyed  during  the  past 
thirty  years.

adapted 

The  Judson  Grocer  Company  has  pur­
chased  from  the  Ball  estate  the  building 
fronting  on  Market  street,  being  150 feet 
in 
length  and  125  feet  deep,  on  which 
it  will  immediately  erect  an  up-to-date 
three-story  and  basement  warehouse 
building  especially 
to  the 
wholesale  grocery  business.  The  rear 
portion  of  the  lot  fronts  on  East  Fulton 
street,  making 
it  accessible  from  the 
street on  two  sides.  The  tracks  will  be 
laid 
in  the  rear,  on  which  eight  cars 
can  be  loaded  or  unloaded  at  one  time. 
The  building  will  be  an  ornament  to 
that  portion  of  the  city  and reflect credit 
on  the  enterprise  of  its  projector  and 
owner.

T he  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar—The  expected  advance  in  re­
fine  grades  occurred  Tuesday,  when  all 
were  marked  up  10  points.

for 

is  very 

Canned  Goods—In  the  canned  goods 
market  there 
little  change  of 
any  account.  Demand  and  prices  are 
both  about as  usual  at  this  season  of  the 
year.  Not  much  activity 
is  expected 
until  after  the  first  of  the  new  year. 
Corn  continues  steady  under  quite  a 
good  demand.  Stocks are  moderate  and 
are  moving  out  well  under quite  a  good 
consumptive  demand.  Peas  are  in  fair 
demand 
standards  and  seconds. 
Stocks  of  these  goods  are  small,but  con­
sidered 
sufficient  for  buyers'  needs. 
There 
is  some  little  demand  for small 
fruits,but  stocks  are  very  light  and  con­
sequently  few  sales  are  made.  Gallon 
apples  continue  dull.  Peaches  also  are 
very  inactive.  Stocks  arc  well  cleaned 
up,  but  demand  at  the  moment  is  very 
light.  Salmon  continues  firm  with  good 
demand.  Sardines  are  in  moderate  de­
mand  and  are  very  firmly  held,  with 
the  possibility  of  higher  prices  soon. 
The  season 
is  practically  over  and  the 
pack  has  been  very  light.

Dried  Fruits—The  dried  fruit  market 
continues  firm,  with  considerable  activ­
ity,  increased  largely  by  the  more  sea­
sonable  weather  of  the 
last  few  days. 
The  next  two  or three  weeks,  however, 
are  expected  to  show  considerable 
in­
crease  in  business 
in  this  line,  as  the 
trade  in  dried  fruits  around  the holidays 
is  most  always  good.  Prunes  continue 
quite  active.  Prices  for  all  sizes  are 
well  sustained  and  small  sizes  are  mov­
ing  out  well.  Raisins  are  firmly  held 
and  are  moving  out  well  under a  good, 
steady  demand.  Shipments  from  the 
coast  have  been  very  slow,  but  are  be­
ginning  to  come 
in  more  freely  now, 
particularly  of  the  seeded  goods,  for 
which  there  is  an  excellent  demand, 
which 
is  constantly  increasing  as  the 
season  progresses.  Apricots and  peaches 
are  steady,  but  only  a  small  demand  is 
noted.  For  dates  the  market  is  steady 
and  a  fair  movement  is  noted.  Currants 
are  in  moderate  demand, with no  change 
in  price.  There  is  a  fair  demand  for 
figs,  but  the  warm  weather  has  been 
against  a  large  consumption  of  this ar­
ticle.  Evaporated  apples  have  been 
quite  dull  until  the 
last  day  or  two, 
when  the  market  showed  some  improve­
ment  in  demand  and  a  number  of  good 
It  is  hoped  the 
sized  sales  were  made. 
colder  weather  will  cause  an 
increased 
demand  for this  article.

Rice—Trade 

in  rice  during  the  past 
week  has  been  very  good.  Holders  are 
very  firm 
in  their  ideas,  but  buyers' 
views  are  a  trifle  lower  and  as  they  are 
pretty  well  stocked,  it  is  difficult  to  get 
them  to  meet  the  views  of  holders.

Molasses  and  Syrups—The  demand 
for  molasses  at  unchanged  prices  is 
moderate,  but  not  quite  up  to  the  aver­
age  at  this  time  of  the  year.  There  has 
been  quite  a  good demand for corn syrup 
at  some  concession  in  price,  but  this 
concession 
is  now  withdrawn  and  the 
market  is  somewhat  firmer.

Fish—The  fish  trade  is  about  as  usual 
at  this  season  of  the  year.  Mackerel 
is  very  scarce  and  very  firmly  held. 
There  is  a  fair  demand  for  codfish  at 
unchanged  prices.

it 

Nuts—Trade  in  nuts  of all  varieties  is 
good  and 
is  expected  will  continue 
so  until  after  the  holidays.  There  is 
considerable  firmness  manifested  on  al­
most  everything  in  the  line,  particularly 
on  Brazils  and  almonds,  which  are  in 
rather  light  supply.  The  only  articles 
that  show  any  weakness  at all are pecans

and  filberts.  Trade  on  peanuts  is  pick­
ing  up  considerably  and  a  number of 
good  sales  are  reported  at  full  prices.

There  is  a  club in Pennsylvania called 
“ The  Short  Straws."  Each  year  the 
man  drawing  the  shortest  straw  has  to 
get  married  within  a  year  or leave town. 
A  Mr.  McGovern  was  the  short  straw 
man  at  the 
last  drawing,  and  be  says 
he  will  cheerfully  abide  by  the  club’s 
ruling.  He  does  not  say  which.  The 
girl  that  marries  Mr.  McGovern  may 
feel  flattered.  McGovern,  meanwhile, 
is  pondering  over  the  question  whether 
'twere  better  to  fly  to  an  evil  that  he 
knows  nothing  about  or  to  fly  into  the 
arms  of  an  evil  he  knows  something 
about.

The  Welsh 

tinplate  manufacturers 
have  agreed  to  suspend  business  for a 
week  in  each  month  until  April.  This 
is  due  to  the  depressed  condition  of 
their  business.  The  situation  is  likely 
to  become  worse  over  there  if,  as  ex­
pected,the  American  Tinplate  Company 
fills  the  future  orders  of the Standard Oil 
Company,  which  has  heretofore  bought 
its  plate 
idea  that 
Americans  could  do  anything  in the  tin­
plate  industry  used  to  be  derided.

in  Wales. 

The 

Thomas  B.  Reed,  like  Roscoe  Conk- 
ling,  left  public  life  a  poor  man.  Yet 
in  the  short  time  that  elapsed  since  be 
resumed  the  practice  of  the  law  he  is 
believed,  like  Conkling,  to have amassed 
a  comfortable  fortune.  Had  be  devoted 
himself  to  a  business  career  he  would 
no  doubt  have  become  a  millionaire. 
But  be 
leaves  a  fame  larger  than  any 
mere  money  king  will  ever  gain.

Everything  ccsts. 

The  coal  strike 
was  immensely  costly. 
It  is  to  be  set­
tled  by  arbitration  and  that,  too,  costs. 
A  bill  has  been  introduced  in  Congress 
appropriating  850.000  to  defray  the  ex­
penses  of  the  commission.  It  will  prob­
ably  pass  without  opposition. 
The 
country  can  well  afford  to  pay  the 
amount  named  to  secure  resumption  of 
mining  operations.

The  U.  S.  Packing  Co.  is  selling  but- 
terine  at  12  cents.  Has  a  wholesale 
license  and  can  ship  quick.  Also  will 
give  you  protection  against  the  anti- 
color  food  law  of  the  State 
Send  your 
orders  to  this  house.

John  Hoedemaker  has  arranged 

to 
open  a  new  drug  store  at  the  corner  of 
East  and  Cherry  streets.  The  Hazel- 
tine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  has  the  order 
for  the  stock.

A.  E.  Moore  has  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  at  Owendale.  The  stock  was 
purchased  of  the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug  Co.

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

and  price*.  call  V isner.  both  phones

Piles Cured

By  New  Painless  Dissolvent 
treatment;  no  chloroform  or 
knife.  Send  for book.

Dr.  Willard  M.  Burleson 

Rectal  Specialist

103 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Midi.

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

| proper  light  in  which  we  ought  to  look 
at  recreations  and  amusements?  There I 
are  many  young  people  who regard them ! 
as  the  chief  thing  in  life.  The  dav’s 
work  is  dragged  through  in  expectation 
of  the  evening’s  frolic—a  play,  a  ball, 
a  concert,  is  to them  a  matter  of  more  | 
real  interest  than  all  the  business  in  the  j 
world.  Such  young  people  are  to  be 
pitied  for the  emptiness  of  their  heads I 
and  of  their  hearts—and  most  probably  I 
in  a  few  years  they  will  be  pitied  for  I 
the  emptiness  of their  pocketbooks,  too.  j 
There  are  others  who  go  to  the  opposite 
extreme—they  are  everlasting  drudges.  | 
They  have  no  taste  for  social  pleasures 
or,  indeed,  for  anything  but  working 
and  getting  money.  These  are,  let  us 
hope,  extreme  cases. 
Some  people 
say,  "A ll  amusements  have  a  savor of 
sin. 
If  all  mankind  were  perfectly  re- 
gious  and  thoroughly  devoted  to  God 
there  would  be  no amusements  of  any 
kind.’ ’  This  opinion,  to  my  thinking, 
is  entirely  wrong.  It  has  no  foundation,  j 
either  in  human  nature  or  in  the  word I 
i   God.  Where  does  tbe  Bible  say  that  j 
you  are  to  be  perpetually  hammering j 
and  bartering  and  stitching except when  | 
you  are  at  prayers  or  asleep5  What  does I 
our  Blessed  Creator  mean  by  giving i 
weet,  fresh  air and  pleasant  fields  and ! 
bracing  bills  and  swelling  waves?  And ! 
what  did  our  Blessed Creator mean when  j 
he  gave  us  a  social  nature—social  long-  j 
ings,  aversion  to constant  solitude,  love 
of  societyr  Why  should  not  the  sacred-  j 
ness  which  belongs  to  our  life as a  whole j 
belong  to cur  relaxations?  The pleasant! 
walk,  the  healthful  game  of  ball,  the  so­
cial  evening  party  with  friendly  games  j 
nd 
lively  conversation,  the  musical  I 
meeting  for  the 
lovers  of  harmony, 
where  every  piece  that  looks  immoral I 
or  even  doubtful  is  kept  out—why  may I 
not  these  things  be  viewed  deliberately j 
and  approvingly  as  part  and  parcel  of  a  j 
Christian  s  acceptable 
to I 
God?
Again,  we  may profit  by  some  of these 
games.  I  know  there  are  many  who  love I 
a  game  of  chess. 
I  will  compare  this 
life  with  a  game  of  chess, in which  there | 
are  king,  bishops,  queens,  knights  and  j 
pawns,  each  with  an  allotted  and  differ- 
ern  work,  yet  cut  out  of  the  same  wood,  j 
So  it  is  in  the  game  of  life,  some  play­
ing  against  the  rules  of the  game,  who 
must  be  checkmated.  A  Christian  must 
play  bis  part  fearlessly—the  man  of  j 
business  must  be  up  to  date  in  all  the 
tricks  of  trade ;  but  he  must  remember 
there  is  One  watching  the  game.  At  tbe 
end  there  would be  nothing  for  the  body 
of  which  men  make  so  much  except 
perhaps  a  winding  sheet  and  a  coffin. 
I 
might  compare 
life  to  the  game  of 
whist :  Four  men  play.  One  is  playing  1 
for  riches  and  the  trump  card 
is  dia­
monds.  Some  are  playing  for  love  and 
their trump  card  is  hearts.  Others  must I 
have  honors  and  position  and  their 
rump  card  is  clubs.  No  matter,  how­
ever,  what  the  players  play  for,  they 
must  remember  that  the  fourth  partner 
is  the  Angel  of  Death,  whose  trump 
card  is  the  spade.  Thev  know  not  when 
this  trump  will  turn  up.  for  he  is  a 
thoughtless  player;  and, that  being true, 
let  them  play  the  game  according  to  the 
rules,  so  that  when  Death  comes  they 
may  be  prepared.  Let  them  play  for 
something  higher  and  holier than riches, 
love  or  position,  for,  when  the  grave 
digger  is  about,  their  nearest  and  dear­
est  friends  will  see  that nothing  is  taken 
way  that  would  be  useful  to  him. 
I 
will  refer  to  life  in  its  comparison  to  a 
game  of  football,  with 
its  centers,  its

life-service 

6

THINGS  SECULAR  AND SACKED.

The term.

Veteran C lothing Sales m an.

D iieoo rse  Deli te re d   By W m.  Conno r, the
thing!  secular, ’  deoctei
the  tb ng!  belonging  to daily  life. or  ic
the  vis ihle  worid,  as diistinguished iron:
thing! epiritu al,  thing !  ecclesiasticai.
thing! celestia .  Tnese are  included  in
the  mber  term "thing! sacred."
Thus
tbe  distinction  between  things  secaia 
and  things  sacred  corresponds  nearly, 
although  net  exactly,  to  the  distinction 
between  the  body  and  the  soul,  between 
things  temporal  and  things  spiritual, 
between 
the  things  which  are  seen”  
and 
the  things  which  are  not  seen. ”  
l  ndoubtedly,  we  require  a  word  to  ex­
press  just  what  the  word  ‘  secular" does 
express;  that 
‘ not  sacred,"  in  the 
higher  and  stricter  sense  of the  word 
sacred.  But  we  must  avoid  confound­
ing 
secular”   with  sinful,  they  are  two 
essentially  different 
"Sacred" 
irreconcilably  op­
and 
sinful”   are 
posed,  they  war  with  each  other  to ail 
eternity.  But 
sacred"  and  "secular" 
are  net  irreconcilably  opposed,  they can 
travel  side  by  side;  and  God  grant  that 
you  and  I  may  learn  the  happy  art  of 
rightly  adjusting  their  several  claims, 
so  that 
in  tbe  experience  of each  of  us 
they  may  travel  thus  side  by  side  in  the 
journey  of  life.

ideas. 

is, 

Let 

Tbe  effect  of  tree  religion is  not to  set 
them  at  variance,  not  to  represent  tbe 
claims  of  the  one  as  inimical  to  those 
of  others. 
In  St.  Paul's  catalogue  we 
' Whatsoever things are true, what­
learn, 
soever  things  are  honest,  whatsoever 
things  are 
just,  pure,  lovely,  of  good 
report—  *  there 
is  nothing  which  may 
not  apply  to  things  secular,  rightly  un­
derstood  and 
lawfully  pursued.  Tbe 
lesson 
1  wish  to  impress  upon  you  j. 
that  the  sacred  and  secular  ought  to 
blend  naturally.  There  is  no  invincible 
enmity  between  them,  there  ought  not 
to  be,  and  to  a  mind  thoroughly  in  har 
mony  with  its  duty  there  will  be  no 
painful  sense  of  abruptness  or  of  im 
propriety or  of  coming down  in  pas*ini 
from  one  to  tbe  other,  for  tbe  love  o 
God  ennobles  every  duty  and,  although 
the  one  kind  is  higher  and  more  spirit 
ual  than  the  other,  yet  both,  when  com­
bined,  form  that  life  sacrifice  required 
in  the  sacred  words,  '' I  beseech  you, 
therefore,  brethren,  by  the  mercies  of 
God,  that  ye  present  your  bodies  a  liv 
ing  sacrifice,  holy, acceptable  unto  God 
which  is  your  reasonable  service."
sacred  charity,  not  less  than 
sacred  justice,  have  voice  in  the  man 
agement  of  your  secular  affairs.  One 
way  in  which  the  sacred  and  tbe  secula, 
ought  to  be  blended 
is  this—that  the 
holy  principles  of  charity  and  benevo 
f nc®  which  we  so  loudly  proclaim  on 
the  Sabbath  be  acted  upon  in  the  trans­
actions  of  the  week.  There  are  some 
too. 
men—and  men, 
in  Christian 
churches  who  are 
inflexibly  just,  but 
implacably  severe.  They  will  pay  every 
one  to  the  day,  but  they  will  show  no 
mercy  to  the  poor  and  needy.  They 
will  make  an  uproarious outcry  if  some 
Christian  professor  defrauds  his  credit­
ors,  but  they  themselves  will  exact  the 
utmost  cent  from  the  unfortunate,  strug­
gling  debtor,  without  compunction  and 
without  pity.  There  are  men 
in  the 
church—rich  men,  too—who  are  more 
severe,  more  oppressive,  more  grasping, 
more  unfeeling  toward  a  poor  man  than 
many  others  who,  perhaps,  are  not  so 
rich  who  make  no  profession  of  reli­
gion, but who  possess  that  without  which 
the  strictest  profession 
is  of  but  little 
worth—a  compassionate  heart.  Regard 
your  business,  then,  as  a  part  of  your
.k 7 it0i (,° d‘  •  II  is  an  imPcrtant  part of 
that  life  service  which  you  ought  to ren- 
der to  Him.  The  pure  in  heart  see  God 
in  all  things.  Trade  and  merchandise 
are  ordinances  of  God  as  truly  as winter 
and  summer  or  as  day  and  night. 
is  to  teach 
to  call  this  beautiful 
a  howling  wilderness."  Y o u  
world 
may  make  it  a  howling  wilderness  to 
yourself, certainly;  but  this  will  be vour 
fault  not the fault  of  the  Infinitely  H o ly 
1
and  Blessed  One  who  made  it. 
Having  briefly  considered  the  subject 
in  reUtion  to  the  ordinary  dutie£  of 
it  in 
daily 
life,  let  us  now  consider 
reference  to  recreations.  What 
is  the

Again,  what  nonsense 

.P eople 

it 

half-backs,  its  three-quarter backs—and 
others  “ on  their  backs."   To  see  men 
kicking  a  rubber  ball  encased 
in  raw­
hide is something that attracts thousands. 
Tbe  victors,  like  tbe  matadors  of  tbe 
bull  ring,  regard  themselves  as  the  first 
in  tbe 
land,  showing  their scars—and 
probably  feeling  them.  Far  be  it  from 
me  as  an  Englishman  by  birth  and  an 
American  by  choice  to decry  games  or 
sports—I welcome such things  in  moder- 
I ation,  because,  besides  teacb'ng  a  man 
| quickness of eye,  nimbleness  of  foot  and 
I suppleness  of  body,they  provide  an  out- 
j let  for  his  passions.  Yet  the  peopie  of 
this  world,  like  tbe  footballers,  are  run­
ning  after  baubles  and  blowing  bubbles 
which  break  at  their  touch.  Might  I 
compare  the  transitoriness  of this  life  to 
tbe  game  of  baseball,  a  noble  athletic 
game  of  which  Americans  are  proud? 
No  batsman,  however  brilliant,  is  sure 
he  will  be  able  to  play  or  bit  the  first 
ball  sent  to him.  After  splendid  innings 
how  quickly  the 
for  bis 
achievement  dies  in  the  acclamation 
with  which  the  next  man  in  is received. 
St.  Paul  compared  life  to  a  foot  race; 
but 
it  might  also  have  been  compared 
to  a  weight  to  weight  race;  or  to  a 
handicap  race,  with  its  bookmakers,  its 
betters,  its  blacklegs.

applause 

Some  people  speak  against  fastings, 
but  what  about  those  who  desire  to  re­
duce  their  weight  in  training  for  an 
athletic  event?  Anything  would  be 
given  up  to  attain  the  desired  result.
What  were  the  stakes  in  the  game  of 
life?  Eternal  life.  A  man,  to  win  the 
race,  must  go  into  training;  and  that 
is  tbe  reason  why  we  demand  Christian 
education  from  Christian  people.  Tbe 
starting  post 
is  baptism,  the  winning 
post  life  everlasting.  Heaven  would 
not  be  won  with  a  walk-over.  Let  us 
persevere  and  be  plucky  for  God,  cast­
ing  off  all  that is hindering our progress, 
and  when  we  have  finished  the  course 
may  we  receive  a  crown  of  glory  from 
the  hands  of Jesus  Christ.

If  the  woman  wili  let him,  a  man  will 

bold  fast  to  his  ideals.

Now 

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especially  oyster  crackers. 
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Far as we can learn  Buffalo beats all  markets at Thanksgiving.  Our prediction was more than  veri­
fied and much exceeded.  Fancv dressed turkeys actually sold at 16 and  iS  and on 2 days were raised to 
>9 and 20.  Chix  14(^15, extras  16; Hens  12(4)14; Geese  130115; Ducks  i6@iS.  All these were actual sales 
easily  verified. 
The  prospects were never better to sustain  these prices for Christmas, and we believe it  is  one  of 
the best opportunities in years to make an excellent margin in Buffalo Christmas.  We believe it  policy 
and safe and urge our consignors to prepare liberally for Christmas market at Buffalo, feeling very sure 
no market will excel it.
Christmas is the greatest of all holidays and poultry should bring as much as at any  time  in  entire 
year.  Ducks, Chickens and Geese will sell very nigh, as must largely take place of turkeys.  Wire  the 
banks or express companies at our expense if desired as to our responsibility.
We assure you unsurpassed service, promptness, integrity, responsibility,  conservative  quotations, 
and we believe an unsurpassed  poultry  market;  light  freight,  quick  time,  etc.  References:  New 
shippers to old ones and  western  shippers  to  Berlin  Heights  Bank,  Berlin  Heights,  Ohio,  or  Third 
National  Bank,  Buffalo,  or anywhere on demand.  Please advise  at  once  your  prospective shipments, 
if any, and oblige.

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purchaser.  We manufacture every kind  of  fillers  known  to  the  trade,  and  sell 
same in mixed  cars  or lesser  quantities  to  suit  purchaser.  Also  Excelsior,  Nails 
and  Flats constantly in stock.  Prompt shipment and courteous treatment.  Ware­
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Why  pay  25 per  cent,  more  for  fresh  when  you  can  get  just  as 
good  by  using our  April  stock?  Give  us  an  order  and  be  con­
vinced.  We  store  Fruit,  Butter,  Eggs,  Poultry  and  Meats. 
Liberal  advances  on  produce  stored  with  us,  where  desired. 
Rates  reasonable.  Write  for  information.

Brand Rapids gold Storage 

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T. W. Brown & Company

W holesale  Poultry,
Butter  and  Eggs
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station,  Port  Huron  weights  and  2  per  cent,  added  account  ^  
shrinkage.  Pack  your butter  in  parchment  paper  lined  sugar  ^  

We are paying this week: 

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^   barrels  and  head  with  wooden  head.
yZ  FOR FRESH  GATHERED  EGGS.(cases  included)  21c,  f.  0.  b.  ship-  ^  
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For  Poultry  Delivered  Port  Huron: 
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Old Tom Turkeys 
Old  Hen T u rk e y s ................................11 Vic lb.
Young Tom Turkeys (over 10 lb. and fat) II Vic lb.
Young Hen Turkeys (over 8 lb. and fat)  l2Vic lb.  ^ 3  

- 8V4c lb. 
Fowls, No.  1 
Springs. No. 1 
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Ducks fat, full feathered) 8Vic lb. 

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Geese (fat, full feathered) 8c lb.

We  charge  no commission  or  cartage  and  make  prompt  re- 
turns  upon  receipt  of  shipments.  Prices  are  quoted  for

Michigan  shipments  only. 

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County  of  Kent 

\ ss‘

John  DeBoer,  being  duly  sworn,  de­

poses  and  says  as  follows:

I  am  pressman  in  the  office  of  the 
Tradesman  Company  and  have  charge 
in 
of  the  presses  and  folding  machine 
that  establishment. 
1  printed  and 
folded  7,000  copies  of  the  issue  of 
December  3,  1902,  and  saw the  edition 
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deponent  saith  not. 

John  DeBoer.

Sworn  and  subscribed  before  me,  a 
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MEDICAL  MADMEN.

It 

is  the 

In  the  Virginia  Legislature,  which  is 
in  session,  one  Dr.  Ware,  a  m em  - 
now 
her  and  a  practicing  physician,  intro­
duced  a  bill  to  make  promiscuous  kiss­
ing  a  misdemeanor. 
first 
measure  be  has  presented  except  by  re­
quest.  The  act  reads  in  part  as  follows:
Whereas,  kissing  has  been decided  by 
the  medical  profession  to  be  a  medium 
by  which  contagious  and  infectious  dis­
eases  are  transmitted  from  one  person 
to  another;  therefore,  be  it  enacted  by 
the  General  Assembly  of  Virginia  that 
it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to 
kiss  another  unless  he  can  prove  by  his 
family  physician  that  he  has  not  any 
contagious  or  infectious  disease.

Violators  of the  proposed  law  will  be 
fined  not  less than  $1  nor  more  than  $5 
for  each  offense.

This  doctor  belongs  to  that  class  of 
medical  madmen  who  want  to  change 
the  laws  of  nature  and  regulate  the 
physical  life  of  the  human  race  accord­
ing  to  their  insane  and arbitrary whims. 
It  bas  been  repeatedly  proposed  that  all 
the  weakly,  sickly,  feeble  and  deformed 
should  be  destroyed  at  birth,  so  that 
in 
time  a  generation  oi  persons  physically 
perfect  might  be  produced, and  to  these 
should  be  delegated  the  exclusive  duty 
of  propagating  the  species.  Fortunate­
ly,  the  number  of  these  insane  theorists 
is  small  and  they  will  never  be  permit­
ted  to carry  out  their  murderous  designs 
any  more  than  the  anti-kissing  maniac 
will  be  allowed  to  interfere  with 
love- 
making  in  the  Old  Dominion.

It  is  fair  to  suppose  that,  if  God  had 
intended  to create  this  earth  and  its  in­
habitants  for  the  express  purpose  of  se­
curing  the  exclusive  production  of  per­
fect  human  animals,  he  would  have 
in­
sured  such  a  result.  It  is  said,  however, 
that  the  Supreme  Being  has  great 
pleasure 
in  saving  human  souls,  and 
without  doubt  these  are  of  more  im­
portance 
in  the  divine  economy  than 
are  their  mortal  bodies.  Thus  it  is  that 
not  all  the  most  precious  souls  are  in 
the  bodies  of  athletes  and  of artists’

models,  and  there  is  no  evidence  to 
show  that  in  the  entire  history  of  man­
kind  upon  the  earth  the  greatest  minds 
and  the  noblest  souls  were  in  the  most 
muscular and  vigorous  bodies.  In  many 
cases  the  contrary  is  true.

it,’ ’  as  they  explain 

The  butchers  of Jersey  City  are  “ up 
against 
in  pic­
turesque  language.  They  say  they  work 
for  fourteen  hours  a  day  and  have  no 
Sunday  off.  This  prevents them,  even  in 
a  mild  way,  from  attending  to  their 
social  duties,  and 
in  a  petition  to the 
Legislature  the  butchers  explain  to  the 
members,  when  asking  for  a 
law  to 
compel  shorter  hours,  that  the  men  have 
no  chance  to  call  upon  young  ladies, 
form  their acquaintance  and subsequent­
ly  marry  them.  “ If  we  continue to work 
fourteen  hours  a  day,  have  no  Sunday 
off,  you  doom  us  forever  to  languish  in 
a  state  of  unnatural  celibacy.  We  shall 
have  no  hot  hearth  to  sit  by  when  the 
shadows  grow  long  and  the  health  of 
youth  hath  departed,  to  be  occupied  by 
senile  decay.  No  eyes  shall  blaze 
brightly  at  our  coming,  nor  be  dimmed 
with 
large  wet tears  when  we  have  laid 
aside  the  cleaver  and  left  the  chopping j 
block."  The  New  Jersey  Legislature, 
it 
is  hoped,  will  favorably  answer the 
plea  of  the  poetic  butchers.

If  anybody  had  a  lot  of  locomotives  to 
sell  just  now  they  would  go  like  the  tra­
ditional  hot  cakes,  the  railroads  having 
nothing  like  the  number they  could use. 
The  pressure  of traffic  is unprecedented. 
Everything  that  will  run  on  rails  is 
in 
service.  The  concerns engaged in  build­
ing  locomotives  are  overwhelmed  with 
orders  and  will  not  undertake  to  fill  any 
new  contracts  in  less  than  a  year.  Some 
of  the  railroad  managers  say  they  may 
be  forced  to  buy  locomotives  abroad. 
This  is  a  remarkable  state  of  affairs 
in 
a  country  that  was  lately  ready  to  sup­
ply  locomotives  for  lines  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  A  while  ago  there  were  ap­
prehensions  of overproduction.  To-day 
it  seems 
impossible  to  get  enough  of 
anything.  There  was  never  a  boom  that 
could  compare  with  the  present  one. 
Everybody  is  making  hay.

You  can  not  laugh  at  the  farmers  if 
you  have  read  the report  of the Secretary 
of  Agriculture.  Over  half  the  people  of 
the  country  live  on  farms.  Of  the  29,- 
000,000  persons  reported  as  engaged 
in 
gainful  occupations, 
10,000,000—more 
than  a  third—were  employed  in agricul­
tural  pursuits. 
In  1900  the  fixed  capital 
of  agriculture  was  about $20,000,000,- 
000,  or  four  times  that  invested  in  man­
ufactures.  In  that  year  there  were  near- 
ly 5,000.740  farms  in  the  country,  cover­
ing 
415,000,00c 
of  which  consisted  of  improved  land. 
The  farmers 
1899  produced  over 
$5.000,000,000  worth  of  products.  The 
manufacturer  is  not  in  the  same  class 
with  them.

841,000,000 

acres, 

in 

In  France  a  novel  method  of catching 
fish  is  being  tested  by  anglers.  A  tiny 
mirror 
is  attached  to  the  line  near  the 
baited  hook.  The  assumption 
is  that 
a  fish,  when  it  sees  itself  in  a glass,  will 
conclude  that  some other  fish  is trying to 
carry  off  the  bait  and  will  make  haste 
to  secure  the  tempting  morsel  for  itself, 
the  result  being  that  it  will  speedily  be 
caught  on  the  relentless  hook.  From 
experiments  which  have  been  made 
there  seems  to  be  some  foundation  for 
this  assumption.  At  any  rate,  some 
anglers  say  that  they  catch  more  fish 
when  they  use  the  little  mirror than they 
ever  caught  before.

T H E   FINANCIAL  SITUATION.

The  pressure  which  has  prevailed  in 
the  money  market 
in  this  country  for 
some  time  past,  but  which  is  now  hap­
pily  relaxing,  has  caused  much  concern 
to  people  in  Europe,  who  naturally 
judge  American  finances  solely  from 
their own  standards.  These  people  con­
tend  that  the  high  money  rates  are  not 
due  to  the  enormous  expansion  in  gen­
eral  business,  but  to  over-speculation 
and  over-capitalization  of  trusts  and 
other  enterprises  in  this  country.  They 
argue  from  these  premises  that  the  situ­
ation  in  the  United  States  is  unhealthy, 
and that unless there  is  general  retrench­
ment  and  liquidation  disaster  is  inevit­
able.

The  London  Times,  in  a  recent article 
on  this  subject,  takes  rather  a  pessimis­
tic  view  of  the  outlook.  The  Times 
assumes  as  a  fact  that  the  business  men 
of  America  have  been  carried  away  by 
the  prosperity  of the  past  few  years, and 
have  been  afflicted  with  an  aggravated 
case  of  “ swelled  head,"  imagining  that 
there 
is  no  limit  to  the  expansion  pos­
sible,  and  that,  believing  this,  they 
have  capitalized  great  industries,  not  on 
the  basis  of  their  existing  and  actual 
earning  capacity,  but  upon  the  basis  of 
future  prospects  viewed  and  gauged  not 
by  any  rule  of  healthy  development, 
but  according  to  the  inflated  idea  of the 
country's  possibilities,  with  which  the 
London  Times  seems  to  think  all  Amer­
icans  are  afflicted.  In  its  leading  article 
of  Nov.  18,  the  London  Times  says:

their 

Ever  since  May,  1901,  we  have  con­
stantly  drawn  attention  to  the  fact  that 
the  business  men  of  the  United  States, 
as  is  usual  after  they  have  enjoyed  a 
year  or  two  of  active  and  profitable 
trade,  bad  begun  to  show  symptoms  of 
what  is  known  colloquially  as  “ swelled 
head."  Many  of  them  had  temporarily 
|ost 
sense  of  proportion,  and 
imagined  that  they  were  merely  at  the 
beginning  of a  period  of  extraordinary- 
There  were  not  wanting 
prosperity. 
persons  even 
in  London  who adopted 
this  view 
in  all  its  extravagance,  even 
after  the  ominous  events  of  May 9,  1901.
It  was alleged  by  them  that  the  United 
States 
is  not  to  be  judged  by  ordinary 
rules,  that  the country's  “  resources'' are 
so large, its  people  so surprisingly  clever 
and  industrious,  and  their  recent  profits 
so  enormous,  that  they  can  safely  ven­
ture  on  almost  any  enterprise and under­
in ­
it  may 
take  any  liabilities  which 
first  astonish­
volve.  No  wonder  that 
ment  and  then  alarm  were  felt  by  those 
who,  fully  accepting  this  view  saw  the 
price  of almost  all  the leading American 
securities  fall  rapidlv,towards  the end of 
September  last.  The  fall  was  immedi­
ately  occasioned,  it  is  true,  by  a  sudden 
advance  in  the  rates  for  loans  and  dis­
counts,  and  the  more  fanatical  believers 
in  the  “ continued  prosperity”   theory 
were  able  to comfort themselves with the 
idea  that  this  hardening  of  the terms  for 
money  was  itself  a  symptom  of  good 
trade  conditions,  which  was  true,  al­
though 
it  was 
certainly  the  fact  that  the  stringency 
was  partly  due  to  the  activity of the  im­
port trade,  which  locked  up  large  sums 
in  the  Treasury  for  customs  duties  and 
made  them  unavailable  in  the New York 
money  market.  For  these  reasons  it  was 
asserted  that  when  money  became easier 
there  would  be  a  recovery.

irrelevant;  moreover, 

While  it  is  undoubtedly  true that there 
are  people  who  for  their  own  selfish 
ends  have  made  extravagant  claims  for 
the  possibilities  of this  and  that  indus­
try  and  have  promoted  enterprises  on 
an 
inflated  basis,  just  as  it  is  true  that 
they  have  found  people  foolish  enough 
to  believe  them  and accept the securities 
they  have  placed  on  the  market,  this 
does  not  prove,  however,  that  the  great 
mass  of  American  business  men  enter­
tain  any  such  extravagant  ideas  as  the 
Times  credits  them  with.  Even  these

promoters  of  trusts,  with  the  immense 
watered  capital  just  referred to,  are  well 
aware  that  their  enterprises  can  never 
pay  interest  on  the  nominal  capitaliza­
tion, while their dupes  are  just  such fool­
ish  people  as  can  be  found  in  plenty  in 
London  and 
in  every  other  financial 
center  who  are  ready  to  pick  up  any 
“ get  rich  quick"  scheme,  however bare­
faced. 
It  is  probable  more  worthless 
securities  have  been  disposed  of  on  the 
London  market  in  the  past  quarter of  a 
century  than  have  been  floated 
in  New 
York  since  that  city  became  a  financial 
center.

The  London  Times,  like  all  other  for­
eign  journals,  utterly  fails  to  appreciate 
the 
tremendous  domestic  trade  of  a 
thrifty  population  of  nearly  eighty  mil­
lion  souls.  Our  foreign  friends  have  no 
conception  of the  enormous  natural  and 
undeveloped  wealth  of  this  country,  the 
constant  exploiting  of  which  furnishes 
yearly  new  surprises.  While  it  is  true 
that  we  have  been  going  at  a  rather 
rapid  pace  in  recent  years  and  some 
caution  and  conservatism  would  un­
doubtedly  be  wise  at  the  present  time, 
it  is  not  true  that  general  values  in  this 
country  have  become 
inflated  beyond 
their  true  worth. 
If  our  foreign  friends 
think  otherwise  they  can  not  be  blamed 
too  severely,  because  it  is  difficult,  from 
their  distance  and  general  lack  of  reli­
able  information  about  this  country,  to 
accurately  estimate  the  enormous  re­
sources  of  the  United  States.  A  coun­
try  that  can  meet,  from  its  own  produc­
tion,  all  the  wants  of  its  immense  pop­
ulation  of  nearly  eighty  million  and  yet 
spare  sufficient  for  export  to  constitute 
a  total  foreign  trade  larger  than  that  of 
any  other  country,  is  scarcely  to  be 
gauged  by  the  standards  customary  in 
financial  centers  of  an  older  world, 
where  hide-bound  conservatism,  rather 
than 
is  the  rule. 
Our  foreign  friends  fear  for  us  because 
they  do  not  and  can  net  understand  us 
or  appreciate  the  circumstances  which 
surround  our  affairs.  That  we  will  have 
panics  in  the  future  as  we  have  had 
in 
the  past  is  probable  enough,  but  that  we 
have  yet  reached  the 
limit  of  trade 
growth  and  expansion  is  perfectly  ab­
surd.

intelligent  progress 

It  still  happens  that  towns  spring  up 
in  a  night  in  America.  The  latest 
in­
stance  occurred 
last 
in  Oklahoma 
Wednesday  night,  following  the  draw­
ing  of  lots  in  the  opening  of  a  new  sec­
tion  of  public  lands  for  settlement.  The 
boomers  had  brought  buildings  along 
with  them,  and  Thursday  morning  there 
was  a  town  of  2,000 
inhabitants  ready 
for  business,  having  a  newspaper,  a 
bank,  several  restaurants,  saloons  and 
gambling  places,  besides  a  score  of 
mercantile  establishments.  By  to-night 
it 
is  expected  that  Eagle  City,  which 
is  the  name  of  the  new  community, 
will  have  a  population  of  at  least  4,000. 
This  beats  all  magic  for  it  is  real.

A  veteran  of the  Spanish  war  recently 
applied  for  a  pension  on  account  of 
corns  that  he  alleged  had  been produced 
by  wearing  army  shoes.  The  Depart­
ment,  after an  exhaustive  course  of  rea­
soning,  comes  to  the  conclusion  that 
corns  are  not  a  pensionable  disability. 
The  decision  says :  "Corns  are 
incon­
venient,  but  are  seldom  incapacitating, 
and  when  they  are  the  remedy 
is  sim­
ple  and  within  the  reach  of  anyone. 
The ^ soldier  s  patriotism  ought  not  to 
terminate  with  his  military  service. 
It 
should prompt  him to go  to  a chiropodist 
rather than  to the  Pension  Bureau,"

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Che Good Food

Cera  Hut Flakes

Is not  recommended  to  CURE  consumption,  rheumatism,  toothache, 
etc., but the people who use it  soon  recover  from  all  their  ailments. 
Made from nuts and wheat—Nature's true food.

national Pure Food £©., Ctd.

Grand  Rapids,  micb*

For  Delicious  Coastn

P A T ,  1 8 8 T

Che Fairgrieve Patent
Gas Coaster

Retails at 25c

It is not new to the trade as  it  has  been  on  the 
market several years, but it may  be  a  new  article 
to you and it deserves your  attention.

It saves time by toasting evenly  and  quickly  on 
gas, gasoline or blue flame oil stoves directly over the flame and is ready  for  use  as  soon  as 
as placed on the flame.  It saves fuel by confining the heat in such a manner that all  the  heat 
developed is used. 
It is the only toaster designed for use over  flame which  leaves  the  toast 
free from objectionable taste or odor.  Made of the best  material,  rivited  joints.  No  solder; 
will wear longer than the old fashioned wire toaster with much better results.  Ask the jobbers.

Fairgrieve Coaster mfg. Co.

280 Jefferson Jive.,

Detroit, Itticbigan

S

Putnam’s 

“They Stop That Tickle”

Menthol  Cough  Drops  \s \ s

Certificate in every carton.  Ten certificates entitle 
dealer to one  carton  free.  Manufactured  only  by
Putnam  Factory  National  Candy  Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

S
S
S
S
S
MICA

AXLE
GREASE

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

ILLUMINATING  AND 
L U B R IC A T IN G   O IL S

P ER FEC TIO N   OIL  IS  TH E  S TA N D A R D  

TH E  W O RLD  O VER

HIBHBBT  PRIOR  RAID  FOR  EMPTY  OARBON  AND  OABOLINR  BARRELS

S TA N D A R D   OIL  CO.

J A M ©

Coffee,  the  world’s  best,  is  blended  and  dry  roasted 
by  experts.  Contains  the  finest  aroma  and  richest 
flavor of any  coffee  in  this  market.  Sold  in  pound 
packages.

Teller Coffee Co.

D etroit, M ich.

Michigan 
Rotary
Roller Bearing 
flashing 
machines

Are  the  finest,  easiest  running  and  most  simple  ma­
chines  made.  They  are  all  fitted  with  the  new  im­
proved  roller  bearings.  The  bottoms  are  also  re­
enforced  by  tongue  and  groove  strips  which  make 
them  stronger  than  any  others.  They  are  simple, 
strong,  easy  running  and  noiseless.  Do  not jar or 
pound when reversing at high speed.
The  Michigan  machines  are  the 
best and  most  popular on  the mar­
ket.  Up-to-date  merchants  al­
ways  keep  a  stock on  hand.

Write  for  pamphlets  and  prices 

to-day.

Michigan
flashing  machine  Co*

Itluskegon,  micb.

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D ry   G ood s

W eekly  M arket  Review   of  th e  P rin cip al 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons—The  market 

is  en­
tirely  cleaned  up  on  coarse  colored  cot­
tons,  so  far  as  stocks  are  concerned, 
and  most  of  the 
lines  are  sold  ahead 
for  some  time.  Here  and  there  small 
lots  have  been  picked  up  for  nearby 
delivery,  but  nowhere  near  the  amount 
wanted,  and  there  is  considerable  com­
plaint  on  this  score. 
In  several  cases  it 
is  reported  that  offers  of  a  premium 
have  been  made,  but  it  is  not  reported 
that  these  were  successful.

Prints  and  Ginghams—Indigo  blues, 
mournings,  reds,  shirtings,  etc.,  have 
been 
in  particularly  heavy  request  this 
fall  and 
indigo  blues  and  mournings 
have  continued.  Reds  were  by  far  the 
heaviest  sellers  for  some  time,  but  the 
buyers  seem  to  have  filled  their  wants 
for  these  goods,  at  least  for  the  time  be­
ing,  and  for  the  past  two  weeks  they 
have  been  more  quiet.  The  amount  of 
business  already  transacted 
in  these 
lines  is  enough  to  practically  guarantee 
the  steadiness  of  the  market  throughout 
the  season,  with 
the  prospects  of 
possible  advances,  if  there  should  be 
any  reason  seen  in  the  situation  in  the 
market  for  raw  cotton.  Sellers  are  mak­
ing  no effort  to  secure  business,  being 
satisfied  with  what comes  to  hand  in  the 
natural  order  of  affairs,  and  they  feel 
that  to  let  matters  take  their  own  course 
is  the  only  way.  A  course  so  favorable 
as  the  present  one  means  a  continuation 
of  the  steadiness  that  might  be  upset 
were  any  further  efforts  made  on  thei 
part. 
In  fancy  calicoes,  particularly  i_ 
light  colors,  there  is  practically  nothing 
new  of 
importance  to  be  mentioned. 
Printed  flannelettes and domets continue 
scarce  and  quite  firm,  the  situation  be 
ing  nearly  the  same  as  for  the  regula 
lines  of coarse  colored  cottons.  Ging 
hams  have  not  undergone  any  change 
and  supplies  are  scarce,  but  prices  are 
very  firm.

Underwear—The 

retail  demand  for 
heavy  weight  underwear has  been  quite 
active  since  the  first  of  the  month  in  ail 
parts  of  the  country.  Up  to  this  month 
in  the  Eastern  sections  it  was dull,  but 
in  the  Middle  and  Far  Western  States 
it  has  been  quite  good  for  some  time. 
The  biggest  business  bas  been  done  by 
the  retailers  in  Minnesota,  Colorado, 
Utah  and  the  more  Northern  and  West­
ern  States.  These  localities  experienced 
the  cold  weather earlier  than the Eastern 
States,and the  wholesale bouses  received 
many  rush  orders  from  these  sections. 
Since  the  first  of  December  there  bas 
been  a  decided  improvement  in  orders 
from  sections  east  of  the  Mississippi 
and  even  from  the  South,  and  there  is 
little  doubt 
in  regard  to  the  ultimate 
success  of  both  the  wholesaler and  the 
retailer,  and  the  buying  bas  been  re­
markable  for  this  year,  much  of  it  be­
ing  for  garments  selling  from  75c@$2, 
which  is  considered  above  the  average 
of  any  recent  past  season.  This applies 
to  both  the  Eastern  and  Western  States. 
Formerly  cheap  underwear could be sold 
in  large  quantities  through  the  Western 
and  Southern  States,  although  the  East 
demanded  better  grades.  While  the 
East  continues 
in  this  line,  the  West 
and  South  are  demanding  far  better 
goods.

Hosiery—The  wholesale  houses  have 
not  been  particularly  active  recently,for 
the  retail  dealers  seem  to  have  fair 
stocks  on  band  and  until  their trade  in­
creases  there  will  be  no  reorder  busi­

ness  from  the  wholesalers. 
In  regard  to 
spring  hosiery  there  are  already  strong 
signs  of  a  scarcity.  Both  importers  and 
houses selling  domestic  goods  state  tiiat 
they  have  not  been  able  to  obtain  any­
thing 
like  the  quantity  of goods  they 
feel  they  ought  to  get  and  even  whei 
orders  are  accepted  deliveries  are  not 
promised  until  very  late.  Many  of  the 
swellest  retail  bouses  are  selling  heavy, 
ribbed  woolen  half  hose,  making  a  fea­
ture  of  them,  particularly  for  riding 
and  driving,  and,  in  fact,  for any  out  of 
door  recreation  where  special  activity 
is  not  required 

Carpets—Everything  that  bas  taken 
place  in the  carpet  trade since  the  open­
ing  a  few  weeks  ago  has  met  with  the 
approval  of  the  trade  and  much  satis­
faction  is  felt  over  the  prospects  as  to 
future  wants.  Every  carpet  concern  in 
the  country  is  well  supplied  with  orders 
further 
received  at  the  opening  and 
business  of  very  good  proportions 
is 
showing  itself  right  along.  Some of  the 
very  large  concerns  report  their  produc­
tion  for  the  season  pretty  well  sold  up, 
the  amount  of goods  contracted  for  be­
ing  unusually  heavy  up  to  this  time. 
The  Philadelphia  weavers  as  a  rule  are 
well  fixed  as  far  as  business  ahead  is 
concerned,  and  the  values  at  which  the 
goods  were  contracted  for  were  fully  up 
to  the 
level  drawn  at  the  New  York 
opening.  The  small  orders  taken  were 
said  to  have  shown  even  better than 
those  prices. 
Ingrain  weavers  on  all 
grades  are  running  their  looms to  the 
fullest  possible  capacity,  and  on  all 
woolen  grades  very  satisfactory  prices 
are  being  received. 
In  grades  where 
worsted  yarns  are  being  used  the  2^c 
advance  hardly  places  the  manufacturer 
on  a  footing  where  he  would  like  to  be, 
although  no  dissatisfaction  is  expressed 
because  the  advance  was  not  larger. 
The  excessive  prices  which spinners  are 
asking 
for  worsted  yarns  for  ingrains 
fully  eat  up  what  advance  was  made  on 
the  finished  fabric,  i.  e.,  when  last  sea­
son’s  yarn  values  are  taken  into consid­
eration.  Fully 
ioc  per  pound  more  is 
being  paid  for  all-worsted  carpet  yarns, 
and  the  present  indications  do  not 
jus­
tify  the  anticipation  of  any  immediate 
decline 
in  values.  Spinners  are  sold 
away  ahead  and  weavers  in  many  in­
stances  would  be  only  too  willing  to get 
mmediate  deliveries  at  market  rates. 
Weavers  of  supers  and  granites  are  very 
busy,  and  the  amount  of  business  re­
ceived  to  date  bas  been  fully  up  to their 
anticipations.  Granite  ingrains  and  the 
printed  granite  and  cotton  ingrains  and 
tapestries  are  having  a  fair  Western  de­
mand.

Rugs—The  rug  manufacturing trade is 
pretty  much 
in  the  same  condition  as 
that  of  carpets.  Pretty  nearly  every­
thing  turned  out in rugs bas  a ready call. 
The 
large  Brussels  and  Wilton  9x12 
rugs  are  sold  away  beyond  immediate 
productions. 
Smyrnas  and  mcquettes 
nd  rugs  of  the  cheaper  varieties  are 
well  sold up.

R U G S
Old Carpets

Made  From

ft 

Any  size  desired  at  small 
cost.  Price  list  and  In­
formation  as  to  amount 

of carpet required free.

Michigan  Rug  Co.

43-5 S. Madison  S t,  Battle  Creek.  Mich-

Rugs for Xmas Trade

We have just received a large assortment of  rugs 
for  Xmas trade.  They come  in  some of the  most 
beautiful patterns shown.

Sizes 26x65 inches and 36x67 inches.
Prices rang from $1.05 to $3.00 each.

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS

Wholesale Dry  Goods 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

10 Cents 
a Pair

Judj

seems  to  catch  them  all. 
mg  by  the  great demand  for  Can­
vas  Gloves  nearly  everybody  must 
be  wearing  them.  We  think  they 
are  the  handiest  thing  ever devised 
in  the  glove  line.  Are  you  sup­
plied? 
If  not  send  us a trial order 
for  5  or  10  dozen.  Prices  are  75 
and  85  cents  per  dozen.

Brand Rapids Dry Roods € 0.,
Grand Rapids, Itlicb.

Exclusively Wholesale

Anticipate Your Needs for

Hood and Old Colony

RUBBERS at once

You  will  surely  require  a  big  lot  before  the  winter  is  over 
and  we  can  take  care  of  you  in  good  shape.  We are head­
quarters for  these goods in  this  part of the country.

The L. A. Dudley Rubber Co.

Battle  Creek,  Michigan

SU C C ESSFU I.  A D V E R T IS IN G .

M ast  Use  P le n ty   o f  B rain s  as  W ell  as 

Spend  M oney.

The  advertising  department  of  a 
is  an  im­
modern,  up-to-date  business 
portant  one. 
If  it  is  to  be  a  profitable 
one  it  must  be  properly  managed.  No 
merchant  would  expect  a  department  of 
his  store  to  prosper  if  it  were only given 
the  attention  that  could  be  paid  to  it 
by  men  busy  with  other  affairs  con­
nected  with  the  business.  You  would 
not  expect  your  furnishing  goods  de­
partment  to  be  the  shining  success  of 
your  store 
if  someone  did  not  make  it 
all  or  a  part  of  his  special  duty,  and 
that  someone  a  man  trained  in  the  con­
duct  of  such  a  department.  How,  then, 
can  the  merchant,  wholesale  or  retail, 
who  only  attends  to his advertising when 
he  has  nothing  else  to  do,  or sandwiches 
in  between  other occupations  which 
it 
be  considers  of 
im­
portance,  expect  to  make  a  success  of 
the  advertising  end  of  the  business?

infinitely  more 

To  successfully  conduct  an  up-to-date 
advertising  campaign  needs  as  wide  a 
knowledge  of  affairs  and  as  accurate  ac­
quaintance  with  actual  conditions  pre­
vailing  in  the  business  and  in  the  com­
munity  as  to  manage  any  other  depart­
ment  of  the  store. 
It  is  a  question  if 
the  successful  advertiser  does  not  re­
quire  a  keener  mind,  more  alert  intelli­
gence,  than  any  department  manager. 
This  being  the  case  why  should  mer­
chants  not  look  at  advertising  in  a  rea­
sonable  way,  study  the  subject,familiar­
ize  themselves  with  improved  methods, 
and  give  the  work  of  the  department 
the  time  and  attention  it  requires,  in­
stead  of  delegating 
it  to  some  of  tne 
clerks  in  the  store  or doing it themselves 
when  everything  else  has  been  done?

We  know of one  merchant who  is  mak­
ing  a  fair  success  of  his  business  sim­
ply  because  he  has  the  entire  confidence 
of  his  community  as  an  honest  man, 
who  will  spend  hours  superintending 
the  sweeping  out  of  bis  store,  watching 
every  stroke  of  the  broom  and  brush,  or 
in  instructing  clerks  how  to  pile  boxes, 
but  his  advertisements  are  either  writ­
ten  for  him  by  some  volunteer  of  the 
establishment  or else  scratched  off  on 
the  back  of  an  envelope  or  some  handy 
scrap  of  paper at  the  very  last  moment, 
without  care,  thought or  interest  on  bis 
part.  He  simply  thinks  he  has  to  ad­
vertise  and  buys  space  in  the  paper and 
fills 
it  up  with  anything  that  comes 
handy.

In  contrast  with  this  man  we  know  of 
in  a  few  years 
another  concern  which 
its  business  up  from  $30,000  a 
has  run 
year  to  over  five  times  that  amount. 
The  manager  of  this  business  only  con­
cerns  himself  with  the  details  of  two 
things—the  buying  of  goods  and  the 
advertising.  The  details  of  the  rest  of 
the  business  are  left  to  a  junior  partner 
and  his  assistants,  the  head  of  the  firm 
considering  that  be  is  able  to  tell 
in  a 
few  minutes'  time  each  day'  from an in­
itself  and  the 
spection  of  the  store 
record,s  whether  the  business 
is  pro­
gressing  satisfactorily.

What  is  the  sense  in  a  modern  mer­
chant  standing  over  his  janitor  while 
he  sweeps  out  the  store? 
It  is  compar­
atively  a  lengthy  job  and  all  that  he can 
possibly  accomplish  by  doing  this  can 
be  done  by  going  through  the  store after 
is  swept  and  pointing  out  careless 
it 
work  and  having 
it  immediately  cor­
rected. 
If  the  merchant who  does this 
would  take  the  hours  wasted  on  such  oc­
cupations  and  spend  them  in  consider­
ing  ways  to  push  his  business,  in  study­
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and  the  best  way  to  advertise  it—in 
short,  if  he  would  delegate  to an  em­
ploye  things  that  an  employe 
is  abun­
dantly  capable  of doing  and  concentrate 
his  mind  on  things  that  he  can not leave 
to  some  one  else—his  business  would be 
far  more  successful  than  it  is.

It  does  not  matter  whether  the  mer­
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in  advertising  bis  business,  the  money 
will  be  wose  than  wasted  if  the  adver­
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than  wasted,’ ’ for  it  is  a fact  that  poorly 
illustrated  and  poorly 
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It 
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It  may  be  in  all  details  ex­
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those  who  are  not  acquainted  with  the 
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A  dozen  years  ago  Newton  Perry  had 
one  of  the  neatest,  best  equipped  and 
most  thoroughly organized  of  the smaller 
general  stores  in  Northern  Michigan. 
He  had  come  from  “ down East,”  where 
he  had  been  a  clerk  for one  of those 
Vermont  squires  who  think  nothing  of 
breaking  a  cracker  in  two  to  make  the 
scales  balance.  But  he  fell 
into  the 
Western  ways 
in  short  order  and  he 
must  have  made  money,  for  he  had  a 
good  trade  right  along  for  years.

Yes,  1  think  be  made money,  although 
likely  but  little  of  it  stayed  by 
very 
liked  to  have  things  pretty 
him.  He 
comfortable  in  the  house,  he 
loved  a 
good  tabie  and  a  fine  horse  and  he  was 
quite  a  high  roller  about  town.  Then 
he  had  two  boys  who  managed  to  get 
away  with  a  good  deal  of  it.  They 
had 
lots  of  high  priced  notions  that 
were  usually  permitted  and their school­
ing  cost  much  more  than  that  of  most 
boys,  and  perhaps  did  them  about  as 
little  good.

Early  in  Mr.  Perry’s  business  career 
he  got  an 
idea  that  be  disliked  store­
keeping.  Not  long  after  that  he  came 
to  the  conclusion  that  it  was too  hard 
and  too  confining  for him.  Some  men 
would  h ave  straightway  begun to neglect 
business,  and  the  store  would  have  rap­
idly  gone  to  the  demnition  bowwows, 
but  not  so  with  Mr.  Perry.  He  had 
those  two  boys  growing  up  and  they 
were  the  lads,  as  soon  as  the  time  was 
ripe,  that  were  to  take  the  store  off  his 
hands  and 
let  him  out.  So,  with  the 
idea  of  handing  down  to  them  a  good 
business  legacy,  he  planned  and  worked 
and  fortified  his  old  methods  with  the 
very  best  of  the  new,  and  he  burned  the 
midnight  oil  night  after  night  devising 
plans  to  make  smooth  sailing  for  Bert 
and  Ben  when  they  should  at  last  take 
the  tiller  and  plunge 
into  the  sea  of 
commerce.

I  knew  something  of  these matters  be 
cause  at  one  time  I  was  a  frequent 
visitor  at  the  Perry  store  and  Mr.  Perry 
told  me  a  great  deal  about  his  plans. 
1 
was  having  some  pretty  hard  mercantile 
sledding  at  the  time,  and  1  could  not 
help  feeling 
just  the  least  bit  envious 
of a  concern  that  seemed  to  have  entire­
ly  passed  the  danger  line  and  the  future 
prosperity  of  which  appeared  to  be  so 
firmly  established.

Mr.  Perry’s  whole  idea  was  to  get  the 
boys  into  the  store  so  that  they  would 
have  a  good  paying  business  to  depend 
upon,  while  he  would  retire  from  the 
concern  and  spend  the  most  of  his  time 
in  hunting,  fishing  and  the  like.

Well,  things  eventually  came  around 
to  his  wishes.  Bert  and  Ben  were  taken 
in  as  full  partners,  with  the  understand­
ing  that  they  were  to  have  full  charge 
of  the  concern  as  soon  as  they  seemed 
competent  to  assume  it,  and  the  father 
was  to  retire  to  his  rods  and  bis  ken­
nel.  And  all  of  this came  to  pass,  and 
for  a  time  it  looked  as  though  the  new 
arrangement  might  be  an  improvement.
It  was  a  novelty  for the  boys  and  they 
took  to  it  just  as  they  would  have  taken 
to  a  new  colt  or  an  automobile  or a 
dirigible  balloon.  They  made  it  hum. 
Business  was  good.  They  got  lots  of 
new  customers.  They  put  in some  novel 
and  expensive  lines  of goods that  their 
father  had  never  dared  to  handle.  They 
bought  a  number  of  elegant  store  fix­
tures  that  ran 
into  a  good  deal  of 
money,  but  they  were  none  too  fine  for 
the  new  firm.

Along  about  this  time  a  railroad  was 
built  so  close  to  my  own  place  of  busi­
ness that  1  could  smell  coal  smoke every 
time  a  train  passed  through  the  village, 
and  as  it therefore  became  unnecessary 
for  me  to  haul  freight  over  forty  miles 
of  very  bad  roads,  I  stayed  at  home 
pretty  closely  for  a  few  years  and  paid 
such  good  attention  to  my  own  affairs 
that  1  had  very 
little  opportunity  to 
bother  with  those  of  anyones’  else.

On  the  occasion  of  the  present  narra­
tive  I  had  been  again  called  to  the town 
1  used  to  visit,  and  was  interested  in 
looking  over  some  of  the landmarks  that 
I  had  not  seen  for  years.  This  thing 
and  that  were  familiar,  here  a  sign  had 
altered,  there a  building  had  been  torn 
or  burned  down  and  replaced  with  more 
enduring  material.  And  so  1  wandered 
along  the  street  meeting  hardly  a  face 
that  I  had  ever  seen  before  and  wonder­
ing  at  the  many  changes  that  had  taken 
place,  when  suddenly  the  gorgeous  red 
front  and  gold  lettering  of  Perry  & 
Sons’  store  burst  upon  my  vision.

I  bad  not  been  thinking  of  them  at 
all,  and  the  recognition  was  as  welcome 
as  the  meeting  of  an  old  friend  in  a 
"  Hello,  there!”   1  ex­
strange  place. 
“ Just  what  I ’ve  been  looking 
claimed. 
for. 
I ’ll  go  in  and  see  how  they  are.”  
As  I  passed  inside  I  could  not  help  re 
marking  that  the  paint  was  beginning 
to  peel  from  the  w indow   sash,  that there 
were  many  fly  specks  upon  the  window 
and  that  the  displays 
rathe 
shabby  and  dusty,  and  didn’t  seem  to 
have  been  changed  very  recently.

looked 

He  was quite  a  pretty  boy the one who 
presided  over  the  south  end  of  the  gro 
eery  counter  in  Perry  &  Sons’  store 
He  had  black,  curly  hair  and  the  lofti 
est  collar  you  most  ever  saw.  His 
shoes  were  polished  in  the  highest  styl 
of  the  art,  and  there  was  a  general  ai_ 
of  prosperity about  him  that was  good  to 
see.  Still  be  seemed  rather out of  place 
and  as  he  paid  not  the  slightest  atten 
tion  to  me  when  I  enteied  I stood around 
and 
listened  to  a  conversation  between 
him  and  a  fellow  clerk,who  was  dressed 
principally 
in  a  suit  of  “ Brownie* 
overalls,  and  who  looked  as  though  he 
had  just  emerged  from,  and  was  at  any 
moment 
likely  to  re-enter,  the  cellar 
Overalls  was  interested  in  the  outcome 
of  an  incident  of  the  morning's business 
and  enquired  artlessly:

“ Say,  Joe,  how  did  you  come  on with 
the  old  hen  that  had  so  blamed  much 
butter? 
thought  you’d  never  get 
through  with  her.”

I 

I  guess 
O,  Lord,  don  t  ask  m e! 
in  the 
she’d  have  priced  everything 
It makes  me 
store  if  I'd  let  her.  Gee! 
weary  to  wait  on  folks  like  that.  Every 
time  she  bought  anything  she  wanted  to 
know  how  much  it  was and  how  much 
it  came  to  and  how  much  it  all  made 
with  what  she  had  bought  before,  and 
then  how  much  there  was  coming  to 
her.  Well,  I  got  sick  and  tired  and 
disgusted,  and  when  at  last  she  had  98 
cents  coming  and  wanted  to 
look  at 
some  fancy  handkerchiefs  to  make  a 
Christmas  present  to  her  daughter  I  just 
couldn't  stand  it  any  ionger,  so  I  says: 
Say,  I  haven't  time  to  monkey  around 
all  day  fussing  with  handkerchiefs  and 
things.  Why  don’t  you  just  take  sugar 
or  something  like  that  for  it  and  have  it 
over  with?’  So  she  done 
it,  and  I 
thought  1  had  her  off  my  hands  for 
good,  when  she  says: 
‘ What  kind  of 
sugar  was  that  you  done  up  for  me, 
young  man?* 
’ Granulated,  of  course,’
I  says.  ’ Always  put  up  granulated  when 
there 
isn  t  anything  said.’  And  now 
what  do  you  suppose?”

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' ‘ Gee,  I  d'no.  Did  she  want  some 

other  kind?”

‘ ‘ Yep.  She  wanted  light  brown.”  
‘ ‘ Did  you  give  it  to  her?”
“ Well,  I  guess  nit.  Mebbe  I  ain’t  as 
it  was  a 
new  as  I  look,  and  I  thought 
good  time  for  a  woman  of  her  age  to 
learn  a  thing  or two,so 1  says:  ‘ If  you'd 
wanted  C  sugar,  you  might  have  said 
so  on  the  start  before  I  got  tbe  other  all 
done  up. 
I've  fooled  away  half  the 
morning  on  you  now.  Next  time  you 
order  goods  you’d  better  say  what  you 
want  in  tbe  first  place.'  ”

"D id   she  take  the  granulated?”
“ Of  course  she  did.  1  tell  you  what! 
let  folks  run  over  you, 

The  more  you 
the  more  ycu  can.”

“ 1  bet  she  don’t  corpe  in  here  again, 
though,”   observed  the  overalls  youth 
with  a  grin.

“ Well,  I  should  hope  she  wouldn't. 
She  never  brings  in anything  but  butter 
and  eggs  anyway,  and  we  never sell 
more  than  half  what  we  get  of  them 
now. 
I ’ll  bet  there’s  half  a  ton  of 
spoiled  butter  down  cellar  now,  eh 
Dick?”

“ Just  about,"  assented  that  person 
amiably,  at  tbe  same  time  helping  him­
self  to  a  cigar  from  tbe  show  case.

“ There  you  go  again,  dipping  into 
them  sixty-five  dollar  snipes,”   protested 
Joe  p lay fu lly . 
“ Thought  you  were  go­
ing  to  quit  smoking.  You'll be  tbe  ruin­
ation  of  this  firm  the  way  you  goon.”  

“ So  1  have  quit—smoking  a  pipe. 

It 
got  too  nasty  for  my  fine  sensibilities  so 
last  night  I  heaved  the  briar  into tbe 
river  and  now  I  don’t  smoke  anything 
but  cigars. 
1  hate  cheap  ones  or  1 
might  get  along  with  stinkers,  but  1 
have  so  much  cellar  work  to  do,  and  it 
smells  so  bad  down  there  that  1  believe 
the  best  tobacco  is 
just  about  right. 
Have  to  get  something to counterbalance 
them  last  three bins of potatoes.  They’re 
a  holy  fright.”

“ Say,  they  a-r-e  pretty  bad  for a fact. 
We  ought  to  get  them  out  of  bere,  too. 
There'll  be  a  breaking  out  of  typhoid 
fever  if  they  ain’t  attended  to  pretty 
soon. ”

“ Well,  who’s  going  to  take 

’em  out, 
me  or  you? 
I'll  tell  ye  right  now  that  I 
bain't  no  hankering  to  stir  up  t-h-a-t 
mess.  You  don't  know  half  how  bad 
it  is. 
I’ve  kept  it  down  some  by  throw­
ing  dry  sand  on  top  of  it,  but  when  you 
come  to  go  to  carrying 
it  out,  you’ll 
have  a  boquet  you  won't  know  what  to 
do  with,  now,  1  promise  you."

“ It  never  ought  to  have  been  allowed 
to  get  so  had.  I  don't  see  why  we  can’ t 
have  some  one  to  look  after  things 
like 
that. 
I  believe  it  would  pay.  Of  course 
you  and  f  can’t  do  it,  for  we've  got  all 
we  can  do  attending  to  legitimate  busi­
ness ;  but  when  I  get  a  store  of my  own, 
I ’ll  have  some  one  to  see  to  all  sorts  of 
things  like  that,  that  I  don't  care  to  do 
myself. 
it  would  be  a  fine 
thing  for  any  business.

I  believe 

The  wisdom  of  these  remarks  struck 
Overalls  favorably  and,  as  he 
lighted 
his  cigar,  he  nodded  approvingly  be­
tween  puffs  and  then  yawned  wearily 
and  said  something  about  putting  up 
the  afternoon  delivery.

A  short,  quick-spoken  man  with  a 
black  beard  and  businesslike  bearing 
who  had  entered  tbe store  a  few  minutes 
before  and  had  stood  by  my  side,  ap­
parently  interested  in  the  conversation 
between  the  clerks,  now  stepped  to  the 
front  and  enquired :

“ Is  Mr.  Perry  in?”
“ Nope,”   replied  the  curly  haired 

young  man.

“ How  soon  will  he  be  here?”

“ I  don’t  know.  Haven’t  seen  him 

to-day."

looked 

“ Out  of  town?”
“ O,  he’s  up  the  lakes  fishing.”  
“ Either of  his  sons  about?”
“ Yes, 
they’re  somewhere 

in  town. 
Ben 
in  about  an  hour ago  and 
then  flew  right  out.  He’s  getting  to  be 
tbe  best fifteen  ball  pool player in t  h-i  s 
town.  Bert’s  probably  out on  tbe  lake 
with  his  gasoline  launch.  They  don't 
any  of  ’em  hang  around  here  much,  eh, 
Dick?”

“ Well,  that’s no  dream,”   assented  the 

youth  heartily.

to 

“ Naw,”   replied  Joe. 

Tbe  stranger  then  enquired  after the 
general  welfare  of  the  business. 
“ Is 
trade  pretty  good nowadays?"  he  asked.
“ Nothing  to 
what  it  was.  You  see,  we  haven't  got 
no  stock  like  we  ought  to  have.  There 
a in ’t  nobody 
look  after  ordering 
goods  half  tbe  time  only  mb,  and  I ’ve 
about  given  it  up  as  a  bad  proposition. 
If  I  do  order  a  little  stuff  one  or  the 
other  of  the  bosses  is  sure  to  show  up 
about  the  time  it  gets  in  and 
jack  me 
up  about  it.  There's  always  something 
that  don’t  suit.  Either  I  order  too  much 
or  not  enough  or  else 
it’s  the  wrong 
kind  or  tbe  price  is  too  high.  Think 
I’ll  bunch  the  business  pretty  soon.  It’s 
too  much  strain  on  a  fellow .  Say,  Dick, 
whatever  became  of  that  Stag  plug  to­
bacco  that  got  moldy?”

“ The  dray  took 

it  out to  the  dump 
last  time  we  had  the  rubbish  carted 
away  from  the  back  doer.”

“ O,  that’s  all  right,then.  I  just  heard 
about  a  scheme  to  fix  over  moldy  plug 
so  that  it  was  as  good  as  new,providing 
tbe  mold  hadn’t  worked  through  the 
wrapper,  and  thought  we  might  try  it 
on  that  mess  of  Stag  if  we  bad  it  yet.  I 
suppose  it’s  just  as  well,  though.  Such 
schemes  never  amount  to  much.”

Tbe  stranger  banded  a  card  to  Joe. 
“ Please  give  that  to  the  first  one  of  the 
firm  that  happens  in  gnd  tell  him  I  am 
at  the  Porter  House  and  would 
like  an 
interview  at  once  on  a  matter of  im­
portance. ”

“ Important  to  them  or  to you?”  asked 

Joe  with  an  impudent  grin.

The  stranger shot  a  look  at  Joe  that 
went  through  him  like  a  dagger.  “ This 
is  no  boys’  play,”   said  he  sharply. 
“ Will  you  deliver  the  message  for  me 
or  shall  1  have  to  make  other  arrange­
ments?”

“ O,  I'll  see  to  it  all  right,”   said  Joe, 

rather abashed.

“ Very  well,”   said the stranger,  pleas­

antly,  and  went  away.
“ Wonder  what  that 
said  Dick  enquiringly. 
say  on  bis  card?”
“ Henry  Walsh 

feller  wants?”  
“ What  does  it 

is  the  name.  Guess 

he's  some  sort of  a  lawyer.”

Henry  Walsh.  Yes, 

“ Uh  huh,  wouldn't  wonder.  O,  we 
get  everything  there  is  going  except  the 
whooping  cough  and  we’ve  had  that.”  
I  remembered 
now.  He  is  regularly  employed  to  look 
after  weak-kneed  merchants.  All  sorts 
of  financial  “ lame  ducks”   are  bis  spe­
cialty.  In  fact,  he  has  become  a  sort  of 
commercial  undertaker,  superintending 
the  last  sad rites  of  those  who  in  a  busi­
ness  way  have  soared  too  high.

*  *  *

The  next  morning  the  curtains  were 
not  raised  in  Perry  &  Sons’  store.  A 
placard  on  the  front  door  announced 
that an  inventory  was  being  taken.  A 
few  days  later  a  new  man was in charge, 
but  in  deference  to  Mr.  Perry  he  was 
not  called  a  receiver.  He  was  just  the 
new  manager.
[  Bert  and  Ben  had  played  with  their

new  toy  so  well  at  first  that their  father, 
rather too  willingly,  it  is  true,  allowed 
himself  to  be  lulled  into  perfect  secur­
ity.  He  thought  the  boys  were  running 
a  better business  than  be  could run him­
self.  So  be  devoted  bis  time  to  his 
horse  and  his  shooting.

After  awhile  the  novelty  of  the  toy 
wore  off.  The  boys  picked  up  other 
things  to  play  with.  The  clerks  ran 
the  store  for  a  time  and  then  tbe  store 
ran  itself.  Goods  went out.  Collections 
were  not  made.  Bills  went  unpaid.  Of 
course,this  state  of  affairs  could  not  last 
it  did  not.  Matters  were 
forever and 
straightened  up  after  a  fashion 
in  a 
comparatively  short  time  and  tbe  old 
business  still goes  on ;  but  it  has  lost  its 
prestige  and  much  of  its  old  snap  and
go-

The  boys  are  both  away—Bert  is  in 
in 
Oregon  and  Ben  is  doing  something 
Chicago.  They  decided  that  tbe  home 
town  was  too  small  for  them  and  they 
went  where  they  could  have  “ room  ac­
cording  to  their  strength.”   Mr.  Perry 
looks  tired  and  discouraged  and  I  have 
heard  that,  although  he  lost  a  great  deal 
of  money  through the mismanagement of 
his  sons,  he  managed  to  pay  every  cent 
It  seesm  too  bad, 
of  tbe  indebtedness. 
after  a  man  has  fairly  won  his  spurs 
in 
the  field  of  business,  that  he  should  be 
obliged  to  go  in  ag ain   and  fight  the 
good  fight  all  over.

Moral: 

If  you  are  running  a  store  or 
a  steam  engine,  do  not  screw  down  the 
safety  valve  and  do  not  take  off the  gov­
ernor. 

Geo.  L.  Thurston.

U nh ap p ily   M arried*

He—She  married  a  fool  with  plenty of 

money.

She  -Then  why  isn’t  she  happy?
He—It  brought  him  to  his  senses.

All parties  interested in

Automobiles

are requested to write us.

We are territorial agents for the Oldsmo- 
bile,  Knox,  Win ton and  White; also have 
some good bargains in second-hand autos.

Adams &  Hart,

I a W,  Bridge St. 

Grand Rapids

p r r r r r r r r n r

Insurance 
Against  Fire

is generally  conceded 
to be a  necessity  with 
every  merchant. 
It 
is just as essential that 
h i should be protected 
against  slow-pay  and 
bad - pay  customers, 
which  can  be  accom­
plished  by  maintain­
ing  a  membership  in 
the

Commercial Credit Co.

G l iu u u u u u u iju i^

Acme  of “Light”  Economy

Aglow  with  convenience—giving  en­
tire satisfaction

Perfection Gas System

Nox-m-all

For  commercial  lighting  can  not  be  sur­
passed—is  an  individual  gas  plant.  Gener­
ates  its  own  gas.  Operated  by  gasoline 
vapor gas, fed under pressure to  any desired 
number  of  lights,  connected  by  pipes  the 
same as city gas.  More  pleasant  than  elec­
tric arcs, giving a steadier  glow  of  Illumina­
tion;  a light more brilliant and  tbe  expense 
of operation shows an  Immense  saving  over 
either gas or electricity.
Full practical description In our  new  cata­
logue, mailed free on  request.
After two  years’  experience  we  have  yet 
to find a single dissatisfied  purchaser.  Write 
for full particulars.
Perfection Lighting Co.

Chas. C. Wilmot, Manager.

17 S.  Div.  St.,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

Long Distance 2090.

DON’T   O R D E R AN   AW NING

Until  you get our  pi ices  on  the 
Cooper Roller Awning, the best 
awning  on  the  market.  No 
ropes to cut  the cloth.

C H A S.  A.  COYE,
11  and  9   P ea rl 8 t.,

G ran d   R a p id s,  M ich . y»

V.

Will ia m   Connor 

President

Willia m   Ald en  Sm ith 

Vice-President

The  W iliam Connor Co.

M.  C.  H uggett 

Sec'Y-Treas.

Incorporated

WHOLESALE  CLOTHING

28 and 30 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

SPRING  and  SUMMER

line of samples of every kind  in ready-made clothing  for  Children,  Youths 
and  Men.  The  largest  line  ever  shown  by  one  firm,  representing  sixty 
trunks  and  ten  different  factories’  goods  to  select  from  and  cheapest  to 
highest grades.

WINTER  OVERCOATS  and  SUITS

We have these on  hand for  immediate delivery and are  closing out same at 
reduced  prices, being  balance  of  K o l b   &   S o n s’  line,  who  have  now  re­
tired  from  business.  Mail  orders  promptly  attended  to.  Customers’ 
expenses  allowed.

Ellsworth & Thayer Mfg. Co.

MILWAUKEE,  WIS.Tu.  S.  A.

Sole  Manufacturers  of  the

Great Western Patent Double Thumbed Gloves and Mittens

U N I O N   M A D E

We  have  everything  In  gloves.  Catalogue  on  application.  We  want an  agency  In  each  town. 

B.  B.  DOWNARD,  General Salesman.

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

14

C lo th in g

P lan s  F o r  th e  U pbuilding  o f th e C lothing 

Trade.

During  the  year  now  rapidly  drawing 
to  a  close  the  textile  mills  of  the  coun­
try  making  a  specialty  of  men's  wear 
fabrics  bent  their  energies  to  turning 
out  better goods. 
Improvement  was the 
foundation  stone  of  fabrication.  The 
times  were  opportune  for the  manufac­
turer.  And  the  consensus  of opinion, in 
both  the  retail  and  wholesale  divisions 
of  the  clothing  trade,  is  that  the  manu­
facturer  has  made  good  use  of  the 
means  at  band.  Expert  inspection  of 
the  tissues  produced  is  not  essential  to 
proof.  A  glimpse 
into  the  store  win­
dows  where  fall  clothing  is  displayed 
In  the  best  ex­
demonstrates the  fact. 
hibits  cheapness 
is  conspicuous  by  its 
absence.  This  is  because  the  mills  have 
had 
less  reason  than  ever  to  resort  to 
adulterants,  and 
in  consequence  there 
are  few  adulterated goods on  the market. 
Raw  materials  have  been  cheap; 
in 
fact,  there 
is  no  country  in  the  world 
where  good  wool  is  as  cheap  as  it  is  in 
America.  And  the  country’s  universal 
prosperity  has  inspired  the  best  of  pur­
poses  in  the  manufacturer.

With  the  encouragement  given  the 
clothier  through  the 
introduction  of 
good  goods,  the  maker  of  clothes  has 
grasped  the  situation,  with  all  its op­
portunities,  and  garments,  as  turned 
out  by  the  leading  workshops,have  been 
better  tailored,  more 
fashionably  de­
signed  and  more expensively advertised, 
than  at  any  time  in  the  history  of  the 
clothing  industry.  Thus  two of  the  most 
important  factors  in  the  upbuilding  of 
men’s  wearing  apparel  have contributed 
their  quota  to  the  betterment of cloth­
ing.  They  have  “ traded  up”   with  all 
the  earnestness  of  purpose  warranted  by 
the  times  when  the  desire  of  man  is  to 
appear  prosperous. 
in  the 
general  prosperity of  the  times,  the  men 
of the  country  naturally  want  to  be  well 
and  fashionably  dressed,  but  not  cheap­
ly  attired.  Cheapness  has  lost  its allure­
ments.  With  money  to  spend  and  the 
desire  to  dress  becomingly  the  pocket- 
book  of  the  consumer  becomes  access­
ible  to  the  merchant.

Sharing 

Confronted  with  the  foregoing  condi­
tions,  the  retail  clothier  finds  an  oppor­
tunity  to 
trade  up”   not  oftentimes 
presented.  The  way  for  him  has  been 
paved  by  a  betterment  in  merchandise, 
starting  with  the  finished  fabric  and 
ending  with  the  completed  garment. 
Thus,  well  favored  on  the  one  hand,  he 
is  further  backed  up  by  the  generally 
industries,  with 
prosperous 
in  every  department  of 
wage-earners 
trade—commercial  and 
industrial—well 
employed  and  with  money  to  spend. 
Such  an  alliance  should  enccurage  the 
best  endeavors  and  purest  methods of 
doing business  on strictly legitimate  and 
enduring  lines.

state  of 

That  some  of  the  clothing  men  have 
been  slow  to  utilize  what  appeals  to  us 
as  one  of  the  most  important  and  best 
seasons  for  business  presented  within 
the  past  decade 
is  evident  by  the  fact 
that  even  those  who  have  heretofore 
built  up  reputations  for exclusiveness 
and  commendable  business  methods 
have  introduced  in  their  public  appeals 
for  patronage  those  very  things  which 
they  have  severely  condemned in others.
In  other  words,  some  individual  cloth­
iers  have  resorted  to  “ the  cheap  John”  
methods credited to the department store, 
and  we  have  the  astonishing 
incident 
of  a  department  store  bringing  to  bear

all  the  refining  influences  of  the  best  of 
trade,  in  its  efforts  to  win  the  good  will 
of good  dressers.

In  the  language  of  one  of  the  shrewd­
est  buyers  in  the  clothing  trade,  “ It  is 
now  up  to  the  retail clothier to throw  out 
his  chest  and  talk  of  bis  much-vaunted 
individuality.”   Since  he  can  no  longer 
lay  claim  to  those  fine  methods  of  in­
ducing  the  trade,  he  must  resort  to  the 
price  comparisons  of “ the  cheap  John’ 
dry  goods  store  clothing  department 
undoubtedly  with  the  expectation  of  in 
veigling  to  his  doors  bargain  hunting 
women,  who  constitute  themselves  the 
purchasing  agent  for  the  family.

On  the  one  hand  we  have  this  erst­
while  individual  clothier  calling  atten­
tion  to  his  merchandise,  in  a  well-dis­
played  advertisement,  offering  $25  busi­
ness  suits  for $12.50.  and  on  the  other 
hand  the  much-condemned  department 
store  presenting 
journeymen-tailored 
suits,  made  in  the  old-fashioned  way, 
by  the  band  work  of experts,  at $18.50 
per  business  suit.

Speaking  of  the  success  which  at­
tended  him 
in  the  upbuilding  of  his 
business—a  business  which  in very truth 
is  a  credit  to  him  and  to  the  trade—a 
clothier  says  he  always  made  it  a  prac­
tice  to  secure  intellectual,  bright,  well­
appearing  and 
salesmen, 
taught  them  to  first  introduce a customer 
to  tbe  very  best  in  stock  and  if  possible 
ascertain  how  much  that  customer  de­
sired  to  spend  for  clothes.  Referring 
to  the  means  be  had  used  to  build upon 
he  said :

courteous 

A  man  is  responsible  for  the  trade  he 
creates. 
1  am  a  high-class  man  and  do 
net  know  how  to  handle  cheap clothes or 
advertise  a  bargain.  My  stock  has  al­
ways  been  so  displayed  that  the  highest 
priced  goods  are  shown  on  the  first 
tables,  nearest  the  entrance  to  the  de 
partment,  and  so  graded  down.

il Tobacco 

Thief”

“Tobacco  Thief” is  a guaranteed cure 
for the tobacco habit,  in all  its forms. 
It 
invigorates  the  whole  nervous  system 
and  completely eradicates  that  hungry 
gnawing desire.  Every bottle is wrapped 
with  guarantee  and  sight  draft,  which 
will positively be paid in  every  instance 
where  “ Tobacco  Thief”   fails  to  cure.
Tobacco  Thief 
is  put  up  in  cases  of 
one dozen each, together  with  50  postage 
/«/«/ advertising cards,  for  the  drugg st 
to  sign,  and  address  to  his  customers, 
also about  100 counter slips with testimo­
nials,  etc  We  do  not  guarantee  the 
sale  of  the  goods,  but  we  furnish  the 
kind of advertising that does sell them.
Don’t hesitate to talk it,  nor  be  afraid 
to sell  it, and  if necessary don't be afraid 
to use it.  Liberal discount to agents.
Price  $1  per  Bottle

Testimonials

I took my first chew of tobacco in  186c  and  have 
used it continuallv ever since that time.  December 
T h irt'K 1 aeCe,Ved a Pa.ckag e of “ Britton’s Tobacco 
T t Z L * l t Cr men? d 
take  il> “ d  continued 
chew ,ng  but t\\ o or three days when I wanted it no
nOW con,Pletely cured and realize that 
it  will  sav e  me  a  great amount of monev, besides 
breaking me of the filthy habit.  Yours RespV
Fred K.  N. Burhans, Portland,  Mich.
Have  used  tobacco  in  all  its  forms for over tS 
xears. and after trying “ Britton’s  Tobacco  Thief” 
for 30 day s I consider mvself perfectly cured.

W.  H.  Triphagen, Pewamo, Mich.
M S ™ kWCo-rT n  " aLs  cured  by  half  a  bottle 

bo«ie

Breckenridge, Mich.
M.  A.  BRITTON,  Pewamo, Mich.

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

I S

“ Lest Ye Forget”

J O S E P H   S H R I E R

Cleveland, Ohio

Joseph  Shriei 
Cleveland, 0.

H a ts
C a p s

S tr a w  G o o d s

Spring  1903

Our Mr.  Clark  is  now  in 
the northern  part  of  Michi­
gan, 
If he does  not  call  in 
time advise us and  allow  us 
to  send  him  to  you.  Our 
line will  be  a  revelation  to 
you  and  prove  profitable. 
Only twenty minutes of your 
time to see our  line  and  it is 
somewhat  different.

Sitinola

The finest  Shoe  Polish made.  Gives a lasting 

shine.  Water does  not affect it.

One gross large (io cent size), $10.00.

5 per cent. off.

Free

With each gross,  a fine  Oriental  Rug,  36x72. 
Just what you want in your shoe  department. 

Write now.

Birth,  Krause  $  Co.

Grand  Rapids»  mich*

All Kinds 

of
Solid

P A P E R   B O X E S

All Kinds 

of

Folding

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

us for estimates and samples.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN

Box  Makers 

Die Cutters 

Printers

Lot 125 Apron Overall

$7.50 per doz.

Lot  275  Overall  Coat

$7.75 per doz.
Made 
from  240  w o v e n  
stripe, double cable,  indigo 
blue cotton cheviot, stitched 
in  white with  ring  buttons.

Lot 124 Apron Overall

$5.00 per doz.

Lot  274  Overall  Coat

$5.50 per doz.

Made  from 250 Otis woven 
stripe,  indigo blue suitings, 
stitched in white.

We  use  no  extract  goods 
as they are tender  and will 
not wear.

My  salesmen  are  invariably  taught  to 
start  high  and  go  down  the  line  until 
the  customer’s  desire 
in  the  matter  of 
value  has  been  gratified.  We  have 
sought  to attract  attention to  styling  and 
genuine  merit.  We  carry  a  full  line  of 
sizes,  and  my  young  men  find  it an  easy 
matter  to  make  sales  with  the  high 
grade  stock  I  carry.  All  they  are  re­
quired  to  do  is  to  be  courteous,attentive 
and  obliging  and  they  invariably  land 
a  customer;  the  goods  sell  themselves. 
We  carry  business  suits  as  high  as  $30 
and  from  that  amount  go  on  down  to 
$15,  although  we  have  a  catalogue  suit 
for Sio,  but  it  is  not  sold  to  any  extent 
here  in  the  store.  Yes,  we had  a  special 
sale  of  lightweight  top  coats  the  other 
day 
in  which  price  comparisons  were 
made,  but  then  this  is  not  the  opening 
of  the  season, you  know, because  we have 
been  selling  top coats  since  August.  We 
were  simply  closing  out  odd  lots,  the 
ends  of  lots  opened  earlier  in  the  sea­
son.

fail 

But 

The  advertisement  referred  to  said, 
among  other  things:  "F a ll  weight over­
in  prices. 
coats  and  a 
Rather 
pleasant  news, 
that—with  overcoat 
weather  scarcely  more  than  beginning, 
in  a  gentle,  hesitating  way.  We  won’t 
hang  on  to  odd  lots  or broken  sizes,  in 
overcoats  or  anything  else.  So  down  go 
prices,  in these  fall  weight $13.50 to $18 
overcoats,  to  $ 10 each.”   Trading  down!
is  the clcthing  end  the  only  evi­
dence  of  the  existence  of  the  price 
craze?  Not  if  the  following  is  true, and 
it  is  vouched  for  by  a  gentleman  whose 
word  we  have  never  bad  reason  to 
doubt.  The  silk  department  (and  we 
may  be  excused  for  digressing  from  the 
clothing 
interests  of  our  story  for  the 
sake  of  illustrating  a  point)  of  a  certain 
dry  goods  store  had  a  quantity  of  silks 
which  the  buyer  seemed  powerless  to 
move.  They  were  lying  in  stock  until 
they  had  become  almost  out  of  date 
in 
style.  These  silks  had  been  priced  at 
98  cents  a  yard 
in  the  regular  stock. 
They  were  removed  to  a  bargain  table, 
advertised  at  59  cents,  and  if  the  money 
expended 
in  advertising  at  the  cut 
price  was  added  to  the  cost,  it  would 
have  been  doubled.  Still  the  silks  did 
not  move.  Finally,after  repeated  fruit­
less  efforts  to  close  out  the  line,  the 
buyer  cut 
into  shirtwaist 
lengths,added  40 per cent,  to the original 
retail  price  of 98  cents,  advertised  the 
stock  as  " a   sale  of  manufacturer’s  sam­
ple  remnants,"  and  one  day  the  entire 
stock  of  600  pieces  was  closed  out.— 
Apparel  Gazette.

the  stock 

The  Care  o f the  Coat.

A  merchant  tailor,  in  talking  to  a cus­
tomer  about  the  care  of  an  overcoat, 
said:  "M en 
in  general  do  not  take 
good  care  of  their  clothing.  When  a 
new  overcoat  comes  home  the  owner 
tugs  it  on  anyhow  and  wears  it  flapping 
open.  Every  new  coat  should  be  care­
fully  molded,  by  the  wearer,  into  the 
shape  of  bis  every-day 
figure.  He 
should  get  his  shoulders  well 
into  it 
and,  in  order  to  arrive  at  that  result,  he 
should  have  assistance  on  at  least  the 
first  six  occasions  on  which  he  wears 
the  garment.  The  coat  should  be  care­
fully  buttoned  downward, but the  reverse 
is  so  often  the  case.  For  at  least  one 
hour  each  of  the  first  six  days  of  use 
the  coat  should  be  kept  buttoned. 
It 
will  then  have  adjusted  itself  to  the  pe­
culiarities  of  the  figure.’ ’

The  above  advice 

is  very  sensible, 
and 
it  would  not  be  a  bad  plan  to  have 
it  printed  on  a  card  and  distributed  to 
customers 
in  clothing  stores  and  cloth­
ing  departments.

"What  costs  nothing 

is  worth  noth­
in g ,"  which  is  also  true  of  much  which 
costs  much.

1 6

Shoes  and  Rubbers

P o in t  W hich  Deserves  M ore  A ttention 

F ro m   Shoe  D ealers.

A  great  many  people  are  commencing 
to  ask  themselves  "Why  is  it  that  some 
shoes  which  seem  to  fit  and  otherwise 
conform  to  the  feet  when  first  put  on, 
seem  to be  so  uncomfortable  after  wear 
begins?" 
that  the 
shoes  ate  unduly  warm,  inducing  per­
spiration  where  such  trouble  bad  pre­
viously  been  unknown,  and  few  shoe 
wearers  are  able  to  place  the  fault where 
it  properly  belongs,  namely, 
to  the 
leather of  which  the  shoe  is  made.

They  complain 

Of  course  it  is  a  well  recognized  fact 
that  patent  and  enamel  leathers  are  not 
as  porous,  and  therefore  not  as  comfort­
able,  as  the  dull  tannages,  but  so  many 
new  methods  of  tanning  have  been  ap­
plied  to  upper  leathers  in  the  last  few 
years  that  certain  calfskins  and  other 
upper  leathers 
in  common  use,  which 
heretofore  were  preferred  by  shoe  wear­
ers  for the  very  reason  that  they  were 
more  comfortable  on  the 
foot,  have 
proved  to  be  just  the  reverse.  The  mat­
ter  is  important  enough  to  warrant  the 
attention  of  shoe  dealers,  who  are  the 
first  to  bear  and  the  quickest  to  suffer 
for  any  unsatisfactory  feature  in  the 
goods  they  sell.  The  porous  leather  is 
always  to  be  preferred.  The  foot  needs 
all  the-ventilation  that  can  be  given  to 
it.  Certain  enterprising  tanners,  ap­
preciating 
the  value  of  the  porous 
leather,  have  directed  more  energy  to 
producing  perfect  high  class  leathers  of 
this  kind,  and  they  have  net  hesitated 
in 
informing  the  trade  that  they  have 
such 
leathers,  and  proclaiming  their 
merit  to  dealer  and  consumer.  Any­
thing  that  contributes  to  the  comfort 
of  the  shoe  wearer and  makes  the  pair 
of shoes  that  he  buys  in  your store  seem 
more  satisfactory  than  any  he  has  had 
before 
is  a  good  thing  for  the  shoe 
dealer  to  keep  close  watch  of,  talk about 
and  advertise,  while  the  contrary  is  true 
of  any  other  feature  that  tends  to  de­
stroy  wearing  quality  or  minimize  com­
fort.

We  saw  a  typical  instance  of  the 

lat­
ter  fact  only  a  few  days  ago  where  a 
high-priced  pair  of  shoes,  worn  only  a 
few  weeks,  had  to  be  practically  cast 
aside  because  the 
leather  was  so  un­
comfortable.  This  shoe  was  built  by 
one  of  the  best  manufacturers  in  the 
country. 
In  style  and  fit  it  was  every­
thing  that  a  good  shoe  could  be.  The 
leather  was of the  finest  texture  and  of 
high  quality,  but  was  non-porous, some­
thing  that  the  wearer  knew  nothing 
about.and could in  no  way  have  guarded 
against  when  purchasing  the  shoe;  and 
yet,  both  dealer and  manufacturer  must 
suffer through  this  undesirable  quality- 
in  the 
leather,  and  the  brand  of  that 
manufacture  plainly  shown  on  the  shoe 
and  which  should  have  been  an  adver­
tisement  for  it and  a  mark  of  identifica­
tion  so  that  the  customer should  ask  for 
that  shoe  a  second  time,  becomes  in­
stead  a  warning  signal  which  that  par­
ticular  purchaser  will  carefully  avoid  in 
the  future.

One  swallow  does  not  make  a  sum­
mer,  and  while  this  particular  instance 
may  be  no  criterion  -as  to  how  others 
might  feel  in  reference  to the same shoe, 
the  fact  remains  that  if  one  pair of 
shoes  manufactured  from  this  certain 
grade  of  stock  was  not  satisfactory,  it  is 
reasonable  to  infer  that  the  same  condi­
tion  wili  prevail  to a  greater  or  lesser 
degree 
in  every  pair  of  shoes  turned 
out  from  the  same  ieatber,  no  mattei 
who  made  them.

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

A  shoe  manufacturer,  with the  best  in­
tentions  in  the  worid,  may  buy  the  very 
finest  upper  leather  that  he  can  get  hold 
of  for  his  product,  and  trip  upon  the 
particular  point  first  mentioned. 
In 
this  connection  it  might  be  advisable 
to  say  a  word  of the  campaign  recently 
inaugurated  by  a  prominent  manufac­
turer  of  specialty  shoes  in  favoring  an 
oak  sole 
leather  as  against  hemlock 
soles.  Making  due  allowance  for  the 
enthusiasm  which  has  prompted  his 
strong  argument  for  oak  sole  leather as 
against  hemlock,  both  will  undoubtedly 
continue  to  march  along  side  by  side 
for a  great  many  years  to  come.  There 
is  no  quetsion  but  what  an  oak  sole  of 
is  as  good  a  thing  as  can  be 
quality 
put 
into  a  shoe,  but  that  all  hemlock 
leathers  are  as  black  as  they  have  been 
painted  by  this  specialty  manufacturer 
is  hardly  to  be  believed.  You  pay  your 
money  and  you  take  your  choice.  We 
believe  the  question  of  durable,  com­
fortable  upper  leathers  is  fully,  if  not 
more,  important  than  the  problem  as  to 
whether  one  oak  sole  will  outwear  two 
hemlock  soles,  etc.  Shoe  dealers  whose 
lines  have  been  purchased  with  a  view 
to  avoid  the  character of  upper  leathers 
such  as  we  have  just  described  would 
be  making  a  good  point  with  a  fair 
proportion  of  the  purchasing  public  by 
dwelling  on  this  fact  as  much  as  pos­
sible.—Shoe  Retailer.

All  true  work  is  done  with  reference 

to  the  ultimate  good  of the  whole.

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in  Our  Profits
From  November  27th  to 
December  31st  10  per  cent, 
of each  cash  sale  amount­
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to the customer who makes 
the  purchase. 
for 
our  catalogue  and  further 
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Chicago

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IUPPLY

Company

154 Fifth  ave.

Chicago

I» This offer expires Dec. 31,  1902
Kent  County

Savings  Bank  Deposits 

exceed  $2,300,000

Hard to find  rubbers  to fit 

those wide-soled  shoes?  Not 

if you know where to  get them.

Write  us  to  send  what  kinds  you  need 

on the  Sharon  toe  for  women  and  on  the 
Spartan toe for men.

They  are  made  by  the  Boston  Rubber 

Shoe Co.  and  Bostons are durable.

Rindge,  Kalmbach,  Logie &  Co.,  Ltd.

Grand  Rapids, Michigan

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School
Shoes

The merchant who  can 
please his  trade on school 
shoes  usually  does  the 
shoe business of  the town. 
Mayers shoes for  Boys  and Gids  are  never  disappointing 
Yob can depend on  them.  They are  made  in  every  conceiva­
ble style and wear like Iron.  Write for  prices.

F.  Mayer Boot & Shoe Co., Milwaukee,  W is

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We not only carry a full and complete line  of  the  celebrated

3lA%  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

Lycoming  Rubbers

but we also carry an assortment of the old reliable

Woonsocket  Boots
Write for prices and catalogues.

Our assortment of combinations and Lumberman's Socks is complete.
“Our Special” black  top  Felt  Boots  with  duck  rubber  overs,  per 

dozen, $19.  Send for a  sample  case  of  these  before  they are gone.

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Waldron,  Alderton  & Melze,

Saginaw, Mich. 

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YOU  W ILL  FIND

This cut on  all  our  cartons.  We  stand  behind  our  assertions;  if 
goods are  not  as  represented,  remember  that  the  railroad  runs  both 
ways.  We  will  send  the  following  shoes  on  approval  because  we 
know you can  not  better them. 
“ Honesty  is  the  best  policy,”   so 
we are  honest  in  what  we  advertise.  Three  of  our  good  things  made 
by  us  at our  Northville factory  are:

No. 238.  Men’s Boarded Calf, Heavy V4 D  S., Brass Stand, Screw, French, Bals.............. $1  50
No. 230.  Men’s Boarded Calf, two full 8ole and Slip,  Brass Stand, Screw, French, Bals....  1  60 
No. 231.  Men’s Boarded Calf, two full Sole and Slip, Brass  Stand, Screw, Tipped, B als....  1  60

Each  pair with a guarantee tag attached

The  Rodgers  Shoe  Company,  Toledo,  Ohio

FACTORY,  NORTHVILLE,  M ICH.

P u sh in g   th e   Sale  of H oliday N ovelties.
The  custom  of  buying 

liberally  of 
many  lines  of  goods  this  season  of  tbe 
year  has  been  growing  steadily,  as  the 
value  of  holiday  trade  has  become 
enormous,  and  the  disposition  of  the 
people  to  buy  more  liberally  of  innova* 
tions,  such  as  are  to  be  found  in  a  well- 
regulated  findings  department affords  an 
excellent  opportunity 
for  dealers  to 
bring  this  department  to  the  front.

Tbe  keeping  of  all  kinds  of  findings, 
both  staple  and  novel,  will be  the  means 
of  swelling  holiday  receipts 
in  more 
ways  than  one,but  in  order  to  do  this  in 
the  most  effective  way  and  also  keep 
your  department  or  store  before  the peo­
ple,  it  is  necessary  to  make  use  of 
catchy  signs.  Do you  realize  how  many 
people  want  button-hooks,  insoles,  shoe 
dressing,  etc.,  in  comparison  to  those 
who  want  shoes?  Well,  the  majority  is 
very  much  in  favor of  tbe  smaller  arti­
cles,  and  the  holiday  season  of  tbe  year 
is  a  good  time  to  bring  this  department 
forward.

Give  your  findings  a  space  in  your 
window  or  a  showing  in  your  case  in 
order  that  people  can  see  the  different 
articles  for  sale.  Do  not  put  them  in 
the  rear  of  the  store,  and  when  a  cus­
tomer  asks  for  something  in  that  line, 
then,  and  only  then,  show  them,  but 
keep  them  out  front  where  they  can  be 
seen  at  all  times.  Remember  these  lit­
tle  articles  help  sell tbe larger ones.  You 
are  not  only  advertising  the  findings de­
partment,  but  your  shoes  as  well  at  the 
same  time.  There  are  many  little  arti­
cles  in  this  department  which  if  shown 
up 
in  the  right  way  will  sell  like  hot 
cakes,  and  the  people  will  be  glad  of 
the  opportunity  to  get  something  that  is 
cheap  and  at  the  same  time  useful  as  a 
present.

One  that  will  be  appreciated  by  both 
men  and  women  is  a  shoe shiner.  There 
is  one  on  the  market  that  retails  for  50 
cents.  Dealers  are  given  a  liberal  dis­
count  and  the  profits  are  satisfying,  as 
it 
is  an  easy  proposition  to  sell  such  a 
bandy  household  and  office  article  for 
such  a  small  price.  Then  again  any 
dealer  who  will  put  in  a  fair  assortment 
of  bath  slippers  can  work  up  a  large 
demand  for  them  at  this  time  of  tbe 
year,  as  it  is  desirable  to  have  slippers 
match  bath  robes  when  possible.

Still  another  good  seller  is  crocheted 
slippers.  A good quality  slipper can  be 
made  to  retail  from  75  cents to $1  and  a 
fair  profit  may  be  realized.  The  ma­
jority  of  women  prefer  to  buy  them 
ready-made  if  they  can  get  good  ones 
at  this  price  instead  of  paying  25  cents 
for the  soles  and  crocheting  them,  as 
it 
requires  considerable  time.  There 
is 1 
the  combination  blacking  case,  which I

t

makes  a  neat  present  and will  meet with 
a  favorable  demand  when  shown  in  the 
right  way.  There  will  certainly  be  a 
big  demand  for  warm  goods,  and  it  is 
up  to  every  dealer to  lay  in  a good stock 
of overgaiters,  leggins  and  lamb’s  wool 
soles.  There  is  a  good  margin  of  profit 
on  all  these  articles,and  this  fact  should 
not  be  overlooked.  There  are  many 
novelties  which  can  be  kept  in  stock 
that  will  catch  the  eye  and  suit  the 
purse  of  holiday  shoppers.

In  order to  call  attention  to  your  dis­
play  of  these  goods  make  use  of  bright, 
catchy  signs.  Remember,  it  is  just  as 
important  to  advertise  the  little  things 
as  the  more 
important  ones—in  fact, 
more  so—for  people  know  of the  more 
popular  articles  when  they  do  not  know 
about  the  little  ones.  Dealers  who  do 
not  cater to  the  demands  of  this  depart­
ment  are  not  up  to date  and  are  losing 
an  excellent opportunity to  make money.

T he  P o in t o f View.

Mrs.  Brown—I  bate  to  make  com­
plaint  of  my  neighbors’  children,  Mrs. 
Greene,  but  your boy  has  been  behaving 
disgracefully.  He  has  been  throwing 
stones  at  my  front  door  and  ringing  the 
bell.

Mrs.  Greene—My  boy  has  been  away 
from  town  all  day. 
It  happens  that  it 
was your own  son who  did tbe things you 
complain  of.

Mrs.  Brown—Was it,  indeed?  Johnny  s 
such  a  playful  fellow.  He’s  so  full  of 
life,you  know.

Women’s 
Blue  Cross

Shoes

Have  no  equal  for 

comfort.

They  have  rubber 

heels.

Oeo. H. feeder & Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Mr. Retailer

Our  line  is  complete.  Salesmen  will call  soon. 
Wait  for our  Ladies’  specialties;  they  retail  at

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Made in 
All Leathers

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The Lacy 
Shoe Company

Caro,  Mich.

O,  Y E S !

We  make other  shoes  beside  the  Hard  Pan,  and  good  ones, 
too.  But  our  Hard  Pans receive  the  most  painstaking  at­
tention  from  the  moment  the  order  reaches  the  factory.  The 
upperstock,  the  insole,  the  outsole,  the  counter,  the  gusset, 
even  the  thread,  and  every smallest  part  are  most  carefully 
selected,  scrutinized  and  examined.  And  the  greatest watch­
fulness  is exercised  in  putting  these  parts  together;  every 
process is  closely  followed,  every  mishap  guarded  against. 
Everything  is done  and  nothing  left  undone  to  produce  the 
greatest wearing  shoe  that  can be  made  out  of  leather.  To 
make our  “ Hard  Pan  Shoes—Wear  Like  Iron”   is our  great­
est ambition.  Try them.

H E R O LD -B E R TS C H   SH O E  CO.,

M A K E R S  O F   S H O E S  

G R A N D   R A P ID S .  MICH.

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Petting  the  People

W h y  th e   Im ita to r  in  A d vertisin g:  F alls 

F lat.

Advertising  is  humanity  in  print. 
Advertising 

is  the  multiplication  oi 

commercial  intercourse.

The  beggar  in  the  street  may ask alms 
of  a  hundred  people  and be  rewarded  by 
ten.

The  beggar  in  print  may  ask  alms  of 
a  thousand  people  and  be  rewarded  by 
a  hundred.

The  percentage  of  rewards 

in  either 
case  depends  upon  the  manner  of  ask* 
ing.

The  manner  in  the  first 

instance  in­
cludes  the  clothes,  the  bearing,  the 
voice,  the  age,  the  size  of the  “ touch,”  
and  all  material  and  immaterial  things 
that,  collectively,make  up  one's  person-1 
ality.

The  manner  in  the  second 

instance 
includes  the  argument,  the  amount  of 
space  used,the  character  of  the  publica­
tion,  the  position,  and  the  hundred  and 
one  other  little  points  that  require  con­
stant  study.

One  beggar  in  the  street  will  get  dol­

lar  bills  readily.

Another  beggar  in  the  street  can  not 
get  enough  dimes  to  keep  from  starv­
ing.

The  beggars  in  print—ditto. 
Advertising  is  humanity  in  print.
Write  that  on  a  week’s  supply  of  cuffs 
is  over  you  will 

and  before  the  week 
have  it  in  your  mind.

And  when  you  get 

it  fixed  in  your 
mind  it  will  help  you  in  taking  a  broad 
view  of  the  many  modern  methods  of 
extending  your  commercial  relations 
with  mankind.

The  little  shopkeeper  may  have  a 
shabby  sign  and  an  uninviting  window 
and  a  few  customers.

Any  man  anywhere  will  get  some 
is  no  reason  why 
into  the  wide 

business,  but  there 
prosperity  should  walk 
open  doors  of the  shabby  shop.

The  man  next  door  may  have  a  great 
shop  and  a  great  number  of  customers 
and  be  looked  upon  as  one  of  the  few 
who are  “ favored  by  fortune.”

But the  whole  difference  is  due  to  the 

difference  between  the  two  men.

It  is  due  to  the  methods  of  appealing 

to  the  public.

Two  advertisements  will  appear  side 

by  side  in  a  newspaper.

One  will  not  bring  any  business,  per­
haps,  while  the  other  proves  immensely 
profitable.

They  may  appear quite  similar—they 
may  both  offer  goods  at  cut  prices—but 
one  fails  to  carry  conviction  because  it 
lacks  earnestness  and  sincerity.

Or  if  you  consult  back  numbers  of  the 
same  periodical,  you  may  find  that  the 
weak  advertisement  is  merely  an  imita­
tion  of  a  previous  one  used  by  the  sue- 
cessful  competitor.

We 

look  up  to  some  men  and  down 

upon  others.

We 

look  up  to  the  man  who  coined 
the  word  Uneeda  and  we 
look  down 
upon  the  serious-minded  people  who 
have  imagined  that  we  would  buy  their 
wares  because  they  have  burlesqued  the 
word.

We  like  Uneeda  Biscuits,  but  we  pre­
fer to  get  along  without  Itsagood  Soap. 
Pears'  or  Ivory  or  Fairy  will  do.

To  a  great  extent  advertising 

is  a 
plain,  cold,  bard  matter  of  arithm etic 
and  dollars  and  cents,  but  you  can  not 
afford  to  overlook  the  sentimental  side 
of  it.

People  rather  enjoy  being 

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Beans,  Live Stock. 
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High  grade flour.
Lime, Cement.  Hair,
Coal.  Etc.

Our Coal  is  the best  Hocking Valley and 
gives good satisfaction.  Give us a trial order. 

Salt,  q o c   per barrel.

C.  E .  R O W L A D E R .

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Are you  seeking the  Opportunity to  “bead  the 
twig?” 
If so,  send the young folks to this bank 
with  the  first  spare  dollar.  The  next  dollar 
should be treated in like manner, and  the prac­
tice continued until  a fixed habit of saving  has 
been established
All money deposited in our Savings Department 
will draw interest at the rate of three per  cent.
On the second  Wednesday of June and  Decem­
ber of each  year  interest  earned  is  computed, 
and if not withdrawn is considered as principal 
and at once begins to draw interest as such, thus 
giving depositors the benefit of compound inter 
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Overcoat

an  Overcoat

shoulders—satin sleeve lining—44 to 48 length 

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tailored goods—perfect fitting.

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quality  lining  and  trimming 
tailors  would 
charge you probably $40.00

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Gas Portaliîles..

New and Tasty Designs

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LANSING GAS LIGHT CO.f  - 

Reasonable  Prices
-  110 Michigan Avenne East

"see  that  hump,”   but  when  they  are 
told,  in  precisely  tbe  same  manner,  to 
see  a 
lot  of  other things  they  become 
weary.

Advertising 

is  the  multiplication  of 
commercial 
intercourse,  and  if  you  are 
not  on  [the  right  track  at  the  outset  you 
will  gain  nothing  on  the  multiplication 
of  your  doings.

Straight

Lots  of  men  can  not  profit  by  adver­
tising  because  all  they  could  accom­
plish  would  be  to  force  a  greater  num­
ber  of  people  to  learn  that  they  are  net 
entitled  to  patronage.

The  successful  advertiser  is 

like  tbe 
man  at  a 
large  social  gathering  who 
gets  a  word  in  with  every  one  present 
and  makes  an  agreeable  impression  in 
each  case.

The  non-advertiser  is  like  the  wall­
flower  who  fails  to  make  his  presence 
felt. —Hollis  Corbin  in  Printers’  Ink.

*  *  *

it 

is  advertising 

imagination  as 

The  Lansing  Gas  Light  Co.  leaves  a 
to 
good  deal  to  tbe 
lamps  or 
whether 
beaters,  possibly  both  are  meant. 
It 
strikes  me  that  the  ones  likely  to  be  in­
terested  in  either  would  be  more  effect­
ually  reached  by  more  definite  designa­
tion. 
I  admit  that  saying  too  much  is 
the  more  common  fault,  but  it  would  be 
well  to  indicate  tbe  class  of  goods  when 
the  description  is  so  ambiguous.

For  a  general  advertisement  the  dis­
play  of  C.  E.  Rowiader  is  a  model  of 
completeness  and  good  display.  The 
trouble  with  such  advertisements  as  this 
is  they  are  too  apt  to  be  run  without 
change.  The  manner of  contrasting  the 
articles  bought  and  sold  is  an  excellent 
feature  for general  advertising.

The  Hastings  National  Bank  gives  us 
a sample  of good  bank  advertising.  The 
argument  may  be  a  little  long,  but  those 
who  are  interested  are  likely  to  peruse 
it.  The  printing  would  have  been 
im­
proved  by  the  omission  of  the  lines  of 
emphasis  under  the  first  display—white 
space  is  better—and  the  characters 
in 
the  border  should  not  be  turned  in  so 
many  directions.

Hamilton  Clothing  Co.  presents  a 
sample  of  specializing  on  overcoats 
which  would  be  worthy  of  imitation. 
The  price  feature  for  three  values  made 
so  plain  and  emphatic  is  well  brought 
out.  The  arrangement 
in  panels,  fol­
lowed  by  firm  name,  is  an  excellent 
feature.

A.  D.  Castle  makes  a  strong  pro­
fession  of  straightforward  methods  and 
it  only  requires,  as is  doubtless  the  case, 
that  tbe  business  be  conducted  accord­
ingly.  An  address  would  be  an  im­
provement.

H.  G.  Schubert  &  Son  give  a  strong 
display  of  their  leading  piano,  hut  in­
troduce  their  organs  as  of  little  im­
portance. 
I  would  have  given  the  lat­
ter  a  little  more  prominence,  as  in  this 
kind  of an  advertisement,  in  which  the 
buyers  of  one  article would  not  be  inter­
ested 
in  the  other,  there  is  less danger 
of diverted  attention.

Red  Cross  Drug  Co.  makes  a  strong 
column  display  of  a  few  specialties.  A 
few  more  prices  would  give  more 
effectiveness,  but  it  will  sell  goods  as 
it  is.

Geo.  H.  Davis  makes  a  pleasant  hit 
for  a  small  space  and  the  printer  has 
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Gas or  Gasoline  Mantles  at

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H o u r   th e   H om ely  G irl  May  M ake  H erself 

A ttractive.

A  girl  who  frankly  confesses  that  she 

is  ugly  sends me  this  plaint:

1  am 

looking-glass. 

I  am  one of those unfortunate creatures 
whose  friends  describe  them  as  plain 
and  whose  enemies  declare  they  could 
break  a 
invited 
out for the  sake  of  my  family connection 
and  not  because  I  am  a  drawing-room 
ornament.  When  a  man  asks  me  to 
dance  he  does  it  with  an  air  of  feeling 
that  he  deserves  the  Victoria  Cross,  and 
wherever  I  go  I  am  forced  to  listen  to  a 
paean  of  praise  of  those  who  have  rosy 
cheeks  and  curling  pompadours  and 
large  eyes  and  every  feature  I  have  not 
been  blessed  with.  Now,  do  not  teli  me 
‘ 'not  to  mind,’ ’  but  tell  me  how  I  may 
offset my  lack of good  looks—if,  indeed, 
there 
is  any  charm  that  atones  for  the 
lack  of  beauty  in  a  woman.

My  dear  girl,  I  won't  tell  you  "not  to 
mind,”   for  1  have  been  there,  too,  and 
I  know  exactly  how  the  ugly  duckling 
feels. 
1  know,  too,  that  no  woman  was 
ever  such  a  saint  that  she  did  not  care 
bow  she 
looked,  and  that  there  is  not 
enough  philosophy 
in  the  world,  no 
matter  if  a  woman  bad  cornered  the 
whole  visible  supply,  to  reconcile  her to 
being  ugly.

When  we  pretend  that  we  do  not  care, 
we  are  simply  telling 
lies  to our own 
hearts  and  trying  to  bluff  other  people. 
Why  should  a  woman  not  care 
for  her 
looks?  How  can  we  help  caring  when 
at  every  turn  in  life  beauty  is  held  up 
as  the  open  sesame  to  every  advantage 
and  pleasure  and  occupation?  When  a 
new  woman  appears  on  the  scene  you 
never  hear  people  asking: 
" I s   she 
good? 
Is  she  clever?”   But the  invari- 
ab le  question  that  is  put  first,  and  that 
is regarded  as  most  important, is "  Is  she 
pretty?"  A  woman's  goodness  is  taken 
for  granted.  Her cleverness 
is  some­
thing  she  always  has to  live  down,  but 
beauty 
is  a  letter of credit  that  she  can 
present  on  the  street  car,  at  the  ball,  in 
the  office — anywhere  and  everywhere— 
and  that  the  whole  world  is  willing  to 
honor  at  sight.

This 

is  a  hard  saying,  but  it  is  the 
truth,  and  there 
is  never  any  use  in 
blinking  a  fact.  The  best  way  is  to 
recognize 
it  for  an  enemy  and  get  out 
your  gun  for  it,  and,  being  human,  there 
is  comfort  to  the  ugly  woman  in  reflect­
looker  has 
ing  that,  while  the  good 
everything  her  way  at  the  start,  and 
is 
the  hot  favorite  in  the  race  of  life,  she 
does  not  always  posse4s staying  powers 
that  enable  her  to  win  out.  The  race 
is  not  always  to  the  swift,  nor  the  battle 
to  the  peachy  complexioned.

To  be  beautiful  is  a  blessing  so  great 
that  nature  vouchsafes  it  in  reverse ratio 
to  its  desirability.  There  are  millions 
of  beautiful  children,  thousands  of  love­
ly  young  girls, hundreds  of pretty women 
of  30,  and  very  few  who  carry  their 
good 
looks  beyond  40  years.  Whereas, 
the  plain  woman  may  be  relied  on  to 
hold  her own.  And  there  is  comfort— | 
deep,abiding  comfort  and  peace—in  the 
reflection  that  the  woman  who  has  never 
been  a  beauty  will  never  be  called  on 
to  endure  the  torment of  being  told  how 
she  has  faded.  Moreover,  it  not  infre­
quently  happens  that  she  who  has  been ! 
noted  in  her  youth  for  plainness  blooms 
out  in  middle  life  into  a  kind  of  Indian 
summer  loveliness.

But  what  shall  the  girl  who  is  ugly, 
and  who  realizes  the  fact,  do  to  offset 
her lack  of  personal  attractiveness?

In  the  much-discusssed  play,  " I r is ,”  
the  subtle  Mr.  Pinero  makes  one  of  the 
characters  give  his definition of a charm­
ing  woman.

" A   woman,”   he  says,  "should  be 
beautiful to  the  eye,  soft  to  the  ear, gen­
tle  in  her  movements.  She  should  be 
happy  when  she  hears  fine  music  and 
sees  beautiful  pictures.  She  should  be 
kind  to  dumb  animals  and  other  peo­
ple’s  children. ”

Perhaps  that  is  not  a  very  lofty  ideal, 
but  it  describes  the  kind  of  woman  we 
should  all 
like  to  have  about  us,  and 
that  we  should  all  find  charming.  Best 
of  all,  it  is  an  ideal  that  lies  within  the 
power of every  woman  to  achieve.

It  has  not  escaped  your  attention,  1 
trust,  little  sister,  that  there  are  many 
kinds  and  varying  degrees  of  ugliness. 
There  is  the  woman  who  is ugly because 
she 
is  too  lazy  to  be  good-looking. 
There  is  the  woman  who  is ugly because 
she 
is  dull  and  heavy  and  tiresome. 
There  is  the  woman  who  is ugly because 
of  her  ill  nature  and  disagreeable  man­
ners,  and  there  is  the  woman  who  is 
ugly  with  mitigating  circumstances  and 
attractions.  For the  lazy  and  the  stupid 
ugly  woman  there  is  no  hope,  but the 
intelligent  ugly  woman,  to  whom  nature 
has  been  a  cruel  stepmother,  often  out­
wits  the  niggardly  old  dame  and  creates 
for  herself  an  effect  of  beauty  where 
there  is  no  beauty  at  all.

It 

is  a  trick  of  dress,  of  manner,  of 
charm,  of  carrying  oneself  40  per  cent, 
above  par,  instead  of  20  per  cent,  be­
low.  Nobody  ever  knows  how  a  woman 
does  it,  but  when 1  see  a  homely  woman 
who  enjoys  a  reputation for  being  hand­
some  1  always  take  off  my  best  bonnet 
to consummate  generalship  and  genius. 
is  one  of  the  arts  that  the  stage 
This 
has  it 
in  its  power to  teach  women,  if 
they  were  only  clever  enough  to  learn 
it,  for  most  of the  actresses  that  we  are 
fond  of  celebrating  as  "beauties”   are 
not  good  looking  at  all.

Mrs.  Patrick  Campbell  is  a  worn,hag­
gard,  middle-aged  woman,  with lines  in 
her 
face—ugly  until  she  begins  to 
speak,  and  then  such  is  the  magnetism 
of  her  presence,  the  eloquence  of  her 
expression,  the  golden  melody  of  her 
voice,  the  spectator  is  entranced  and 
ready  to  swear  that  she  is  more  beauti­
ful  than  a  hundred  Mrs.  Langtrys  and 
Lillian  Russells.  Duse is  another  home­
ly  woman  until  she  thrills  you  with  the 
incomparable  fire  of  her  acting,  and 
the  catlike  grace  of  her  movements. 
Maud  Adams  is  an  unusually  plain 
woman,  colorless,  haggard,  thin, 
little, 
yet  whoever  watched  the  airy,  fairy  im­
personation  of  ethereal  girlhood 
that 
she  gives  thought  of  her  otherwise  than 
as  beautiful? 
is  a  solemn  fact  that 
just  to  see  the  way  these  women  sur­
mount  physical  difficulties  and  give  an 
illusion  of  beauty  where  there  is  none 
is  worth  $3  of any  woman's  money.

It 

It 

it. 

The  first  thing  the  ugiy  girl  should  do 
is  to  beware of  vanity.  By  that  sin have 
angels  fallen  and  pretty  women  made 
guys  of  themselves.  How  much  more 
necessary,  then,  for  the  ugly  woman  to 
avoid 
is,  of  course,  a  pleasing 
illusion  that  any  of  us  can  wear  any­
thing. 
This  is  a  mistake,  and  the 
homely  woman  should  sit down and  take 
an  unbiased  view  of ^ber own  defects. 
The  beauty  may  take  liberties  with  her 
clothes.  The  ugly  woman  dare  not  be 
ill-dressed,  for  ninety-nine  times  out  of 
a  hundred,  when  we  speak  of  beauty, 
we  mean  clothes  instead  of  the  wearer. 
There 
in  this  thought,  and 
likewise  in  the  reflection  that  it  is  per­
fectly  possible  for  the  homely  girl  to  be

is  comfort 

Yes, This  I 
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a  bewildering  array  of  chiffons  and 
frills,that  she  will  make  the  beauty  look 
like  a  marked-down  remnant  on  a  bar­
gain  counter. 
Indeed,  it  is  a  matter  of 
doubt  whether,  when  you  can  not  have 
both,  it  is  not  better  to  have  chic  than 
beauty.

The  pretty  woman  should  so  dress  as 
to  call  attention  to  her  face.  The  ugly 
woman  should  dress  so  as  to  concen­
trate  attention  on  her  clothes.

is  to  cultivate  her  mind. 

The  next  point  of  importance  to  the 
ugly  girl 
It 
is  to  her everlasting  advantage  that  few 
pretty  women  are  clever.  Things  are 
more  evenly  divided  in  this  world  than 
we  are  in  the  way  of  thinking,and  when 
Heaven  bestows  a  beautiful countenance 
on  a woman it generally leaves her brain­
pan  empty.  We  all 
like  to  look  at  a 
charming  object,  and  for  that  reason 
the  beauty  attracts  us  at  first;  but  few 
of  us  care  to  contemplate  still-life  for 
long  at  a  time,  and  before  we  know  it 
we  have  begun  to  weary  of  the  woman 
who  has  no  wit  or  intelligence.  Here  is 
where  the  ugly  girl  gets  in  her  innings. 
It  is  up  to  her  to  make  herself  so  enter­
taining,  so  bright  and  agreeable  that 
no  one  will  remember  how  she 
looks— 
only  what she  says.  If  you recall  the  old 
fairy  story,  you  will  remember  that  it 
was  none  of  the  Grand  Vizier’s  beauti­
ful  wives  who  was  able  to  hold  him  in 
thrall  and  keep  their  heads,  but  the 
homely  wife  who  was a good story-teller.
The  woman  who  is  intelligent,  who  is 
in  touch  with  all  the  news  of  the  day 
who  has  read  the  last  novel  and seen  the 
last  play  and  heard  a  good  story,  has  a 
dozen  weapons  in  her  armory,  while  the 
merely  pretty  woman  who  is  dull  and 
ignorant  has  only  one.  Furthermore,  if 
she  has  some  specialty,  some  stunt,  as 
our  vaudeville  friends  say;  if  she  can 
sing  coon  songs,  or  dance  fancy dances, 
or do  something  else  that  brightens  and 
lightens  up  an  evening’s  entertainment, 
she  need  never  realize  that  she  is  ugly, 
for  her  sin  will  not  be  remembered 
against  her  in  an  ennuied  society.

I  think  that  mothers  who  have  plain 
little  daughters  growing  up 
into  ugly 
girls  should  seriously  prepare  for  this 
contingency. 
I  have  known  a  homely 
girl  to  be  most  sought  after for a partner 
at  balls  because  she  had  been  taught  to 
1  know  another— 
dance  exquisitely. 
an  ugly, 
jolly 
little 
snub-nosed, 
freckle-faced  thing—who is never,  never 
left  out  of  anything  because  she  has a 
most  bewitching  knack  of thrumming  a 
banjo  and  always  has  the  latest  music 
hall  ditty  on  her  tongue.

Another  charm 

is  tact,  and  this  the 
Indeed,  it 
ugly  girl  may  also  possess. 
it, 
may  be  said  she  has  a  monopoly  on 
for  the  beauty 
is  always  so  much  ab 
sorbed  in  contemplating  her own charms 
she  rarely  has  time  to  consider  anyone 
else’s.  The  homely  girl,  not  having  to 
admire  herself,  has 
leisure  to  admire 
other  people  and  to  remember their  lit­
tle  weaknesses  and  vanities,  and  it  is 
worth  noting,  in  this  connection,  that 
none  of  us  admire  anyone  else  so  much 
as  we  do  the  discriminating  person  who 
admires  us.

Also  cultivate  sympathy,  little  sister. 
It 
is  the  best  substitute  that  has  yet 
been  found  for  beauty.  Of  the  woman 
who can  laugh  over ourjoysand weep  at 
our  sorrows  we  never weary,  no  matter 
bow  plain  she  may  be.  We  sit  at  her 
feet,  as  we  never  do  at  the  beauty's, 
and  rehearse  our triumphs  and  explain 
our defeats.  She makes  a  man  feel  that 
be  is  the  finest  fellow  in  the  world,  no 
matter  whether  bis  triumphs  consist  in

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coloring  meerschaum  pipes  or organiz­
ing  a  trust.  She  makes  every  woman 
feel  that  she  has,  at  last,  found  a  friend 
who  understands  her,and  who  is  thrilled 
at  hearing  about  her  clothes,  and  her 
cooks,  and  her  babies.

If  we  bore  her  she  never  shows  it. 

If 
she  has  troubles  of  her own  we  never 
know  them.  She  diffuses  admiration  of 
other  people.  She  holds  up  a  mirror  in 
which  you  see  a  flattering  reflection  of 
yourself.  The  pretty  girl  expects  you 
to  be  the  looking  glass  holder. 
I  sub­
mit  the  inevitable  result  for  your  con­
sideration.

The  pretty  woman  feels  with  justice 
that  she  pays  her  way  through  life  by 
being  a  living  picture,  and  that  nothing 
else  in  the  way  of attainments  or  effort 
should  be  expected  of  her.  The  ugly 
woman  knows  that  she  must  justify  her­
self  for  existing  at  all,  and  that  if  she 
gets  any  cakes  and  ale  she  must  earn 
them. 
Therefore,  paste  this  on  your 
looking-glass:

She  must  dress  beautifully.
She  must  make  herself  agreeable.
She  must  be  entertaining.
She  must  have  tact.
She  must  be  sympathetic.
She  must  be  gentle  and  graceful.
Is  such  a  woman  ever  ugly? 

I  sub­
mit  the  question  to  hundreds  of  thou­
sands  of  men  who  have  married  intelli­
gent,  agreeable,  accomplished  women, 
but  women  who  never  had,  and  never 
will  have,  a  single  title  to  good  looks, 
yet  these  men  see  in  their  wives’  faces 
the  beauty  that  would  shame  a  Venus 
de  Milo.

I  have  said  nothing  of the  beauty  into 
which  high  and  noble  thoughts  often 
mold  the  plainest  face.  Be sure  of  this, 
that  life  chisels  its  story  on  every  hu­
man  countenance,  and  that  if  you  live 
beautifully  you  will  grow  beautiful. 
It 
is  the  soul  shining  through  and  trans­
figuring  the  clay  like  the  light  through 
an  alabaster  vase.  This 
is  the  best 
beauty,  little  sister,  and  it  may  belong 
to  you. 

Dorothy  Dix.

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send  a  steady  stream  of  trade  to the  stores that 
sell  them.

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

E ach   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  N ational  Biscuit goods 
is a  business policy that it is not well to overlook.

For $4.00

We will send you  printed and complete

5.000 Bills
5.000 Duplicates

ioo Sheets of Carbon  Paper 
2  Patent  Leather Covers

We do this to have you give them a trial.  We know if once 
you use our Duplicate  system  you  will  always  use  it,  as  it 
pays for  itself in  forgotten  charges alone.  For  descriptive 
circular and special  prices  on  large  quanti­
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Knowing  mai  we  are  putting  on  the  market
crate*  made  especially  for  poultry.  They  are  made  of seasoned elm, are strong  light 
^   y ®  have had nothing but words of praise  from  those  shippers who 

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We expect  to double  our  sales  of  poultry  this  winter.  Why? 
Because  all  our old  shippers will  stick to  us  and  this  advertise­
ment  will  do the  rest.  We can  handle your  poultry  as  well  as 
any one and  better than many.  We  are  headquarters  for  Eggs 
and  Butter.  Give  us  a  trial.  Prompt  and  honest  return! 
Reliable quotations.

Buffalo  market compares favorably  with  all others.

Rea  &  W itzig

Commission  Merchants  in  Butter,  Eggs  and  Poultry 

96  West  flarket  Street,  BUFFALO,  N.  Y.

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inferior  stock  to  get  them,  especially 
when  the 
inferior  eggs  are  largely  less 
desirable  than  refrigerator  eggs  which 
can  be  had of uniform quality,  at a com­
paratively  moderate  price.

It 

is  easy  to  understand,  therefore 
why  the  fresh  gathered  eggs  which  con­
tain  a  large  proportion  of  stale  country 
holdings  sit  around  in  receivers’  stores 
day  after  day  begging  for customers, 
and  why  they  can  be  forced  to  sale  only 
at  comparatively  low  prices.—N.  Y. 
Produce  Review.

R ecent  B usiness  C hanges  in  In d ian a.
Clayton—Vanarsdell,  Lipps  &  Show 
succeed  Vanarsdell  &  Lipps  in  the 
flouring  mill  business.

Decatur—Jas.  K.  Niblick  has  pur­
chased  the  interest  of his  partner  in  the 
implement  business  of  Niblick  &  Sum­
mers.

Goshen—J.  A.  Bickel  & Co.  have pur­
the  drug  stock  of  Anderson 

chased 
&  Co.

Indianapolis—Chopson  &  Martin,
dealers  in  bazaar goods,  have  dissolved 
partnership.  The  business  is  continued 
under  the  style  of  Chopson  &  Co.

Indianapolis—The  Hamilton  Tobacco 
is  closing  out  its 

Co.,  manufacturer, 
business.

Knox—Wilhelm  &  Windisch,  grocers, 
have  dissolved  partnership,  Cbas.  Win­
disch  succeeding.

Lochiel—Henry  A.  Johnson  has  pur 
chased  the  general  merchandise  stock  of 
\   A.  Hison.

Martinsville—Curtis  A.  League,  gro 

cer,  has  failed.

Michigan  City—John  G.  Paul  has 
iscontinued  the  boot  and shoe business, 
Morocco—Fred  W.  Schmal  has  pur 
chased  the  hardware  stock  of  O.  F, 
Stoner  &  Son.

Newcastle—H.  L.  Smith  continues  the 
grocery  business  under  the  style  of  H.

,  Smith  &  Co.
Indianapolis—The  Monarch  Supply 
Co.,  retail  grocer,  has  closed  out  its 
stock  and  discontinued  business.

Indianapolis—Chas.  E.  Shekel!,  gro­
cer,  has  taken  a  partner  under  the  style 
of  Shekel!  &  Blatz.

La  Porte—Wm.  J.  Brooks  has  pur­
chased  the  general  merchandise  stock  of 
"'rancis  Aimer.

M*er—S.  Agnes  &  Sons  continue  the 
general  merchandise  business  of  S. 
Agnes.

is 

Pleasant  Lake—Wm.  Teegarden 

closing  out  his  furniture  business.

Richmond—The  McConaha  &  Taylor 
Co.  succeeds  Williams  &  Taylor  in  the 
le  of buggies.
Wabash—Pearson  &  Hutchins,  meat 
dealers,  have  dissolved  partnership. 
The  business 
is  continued  under  the 
ityle  of  Pearson  &  Bicourt.

If  a  merchant  was  satisfied  to  tell  the 
truth  in  his advertising he  would  always 
ve  business  when  his  competitor  was 
lonesome—if  be  was  the  right  kind  of  a 
business  man.

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Butter  and  Eggs

O bservations  by  a   G otham   Egg  M an.
Down 

in  the  sub-cellar  of  one  of our 
leading  egg  houses  I  found  a  very  intel­
ligent  young  man  candling  eggs.  There 
were  all  sorts  of  eggs  in  the  place,  fresh 
gathered  and  refrigerators, and I  thought 
it  a  good  opportunity  to  get  some  infor 
mation  about  the  comparative  qualities 
of each.  So  I  quizzed  the  young  man 
little  and  this 
is  what  I  found  out. 
knew  it  before,  but it  may  be  worth  _ 
peating  because  shippers  very  often  fa., 
to  appreciate  the  real  quality  of  the 
goods  they  are  sending  to  market:

All  of  the  fresh  gathered  eggs  now 
coming  from  country  points  in  any  con 
siderable  quantity  are  of mixed  quality 
the  mixture  consists  of  full  and  fres 
eggs  and  of  stale  held  stock,  and  of  rot 
ten  eggs.  Sometimes  refrigerator  eggs 
are  found  mixed  in  with  the  fresh  gath 
ered,  but  as  a  rule  the  stale  held  stock 
contained 
in  the  fresh  gathered  eggs 
consists of eggs  which  have  not  been 
cold  storage  but  which  have  been  held 
after  production  either  by  the farmers < 
by  the  country  store-keepers who  obtai 
the  eggs  from  the  farmers.

Of all  the  classes  of  eggs  above  men 
tioned  there  are  various  degrees.  Of 
such  as  are  rated  full  and  strong  and 
fit  for  the  best  trade,  some  are  fuller 
and  stronger  than  others,  and  of  the 
shrunken  and  weak  bodied  eggs  some 
are  more  shrunken  and  weaker  than 
others. 
In  sorting  them  out  for  diffe. 
ent  classes  of  trade  it  is  no  easy  job  to 
draw  the  line.

The  proportion  of  fine,  poor or  worth 
less  eggs  in  the  current  receipts  varies 
very  widely.  There  are  exceptional 
cases  that  will  candle  out  as  much  as 
8o@85  per cent,  of eggs  good  enough  for 
first-class  trade,  but  these  are  very  few 
and  far  between. 
If  there  are  60  pe 
cent.of  first  quality  the  eggs  are  consid 
ered  relatively  fine  this  season  while 
the  average  is  scarcely  50  per  cent. 
I„ 
many  cases  there  are  not  over  25@35 
per  cent,  of first-class  eggs  in  the  cases 
and  such  stock  is  not  considered  worth 
candling  out  by  the  better class  of  deal 
ers.

Of the  more  or  less  shunken  and weak 
bodied  eggs  contained 
in  the  current 
arrivals  those  which  show  only  slight 
effects  of  bolding  are  considered  a  little 
better  value  than  refrigerator  eggs  by 
most  jobbers  because  they  are  perfectly 
sweet  and  have  better  staying  qualities. 
But  as  a  rule the  finest  refrigerator  eggs 
are  more  useful  than  the  generality  of 
country  holdings.

To  class  the  various  qualities  accord 
ing  to their  actual  value  and  usefulness 
in  the  trade  we  must  place  first  the  full, 
strong  bodied  fresh  gathered  eggs which 
are  of  late  production;  second  those 
fresh  gathered  eggs  that show only slight 
age  and  shrinkage;  third  the  finest  of 
the  refrigerator  eggs,  such  as  are  com­
paratively  full  and  strong  and  have 
lit­
tle,  if  any,  old  flavor;  fourth  the  gen­
erality  of  shrunken  and  weak  country 
holdings;  filth  the  ordinary  grades  of 
refrigerators  which  show pronounced  old 
flavor.  The  more 
inferior qualities  of 
either  fresh  gathered  or  refrigerators 
are  about on  a  parity.

Now  the  difference  in  value  of  these 
different  qualities  is  very  considerable 
and  the  value  of  receipts  of  fresh  gath­
ered  eggs  varies  widely  according  to the 
proportion  of  the  different qualities  con­
tained.

Naturally  dealers  who  want  fine  fresh 
eggs  do  not  want  to  buy  a  great  lot  of

You ought to sell

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O Y STER S

WE  QUOTE  YOU  THIS  WEEK

23 cents 
ors; Per can.  20 cents 

Selects, per can, 
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The New York Market

Special  F eatu res  of th e  G rocery and P ro d ­
Special Correspondence.

uce Trades.

New  York,  Dec.  6—For  the remainder 
of  the  year  business  will  be  given  over 
to  holiday  trade  and  stock  taking  and 
legitimate  transactions  will  be  simply 
of  an  everyday  character.  The  volume 
of  retail  trade  is  enormous  and,so  far  as 
the  grocery  departments  of  big  stores 
are  concerned,  they  are  as  well  patron­
ized  as  any  other  section.  The  trade 
in  fine  raisins  and  fancy  fruits,  both 
fresh  and  dried,  is 
likely  to  be  larger 
than  ever  before  and  the  profits  must 
be  fairly  satisfactory.

One  of  the  dullest  things  this  week  is 
the  coffee  market.  It  has  been  a  contin­
uation  of  the  liquidation  which  began 
a  week  or so ago  and  which 
is  likley 
to  continue  for  the  remainder  of  the 
year.  Demand  from  jobbers  and  roas 
ers  has  been  as  usual,  although  some  o 
the better  sorts  have  been  in  a little  bet 
ter  request,  for  the  holiday  fever  seems 
to  call  for  the  best  of  everything.  Sup 
plies  seem  to  be,  and  really  are,  ampl 
in  the  average  Brazil  sorts  and  there 
i„ 
enough  to  warrant  the  assertion  that  for 
the  next  year  we  shall  see  little,  if  any 
advance.  Crop  receipts  at  Rio  and  San 
tos  have  aggregated  since  July  i  7,452, 
000  bags,  against  9,684,000  bags  during 
the  same  time  last  year.  This  is  quite 
falling  off  for  this  season  and,  should 
continue  for the  whole  year,  it may  have 
the  effect  of  hardening  the  market.  The 
supply 
in  store  and  afloat  is  large,  ag 
gregating  2,655,745  bags,  against 2,356, 
549  bags  at  the  same  time  last  yeai 
Mild  coffees  show  little,  if  any,  change. 
Demand 
is  fairly  good,  but  might  be 
better  and  cause  no  alarm.  East  Indi 
sorts  are  unchanged.

The  week  shows  a  little  different  as 
last,  but  the  outlook  is  sti 

pect  from 
favorable  for  the  seller  and  holders  are 
not  especially  anxious  to  part with  thei 
goods  on  the  present  basis.  Next  year 
they  anticipate, will show  up  very  favor 
ably  on  the  right  side.
is  very  firm  and 
The  sugar  market 
some  pretty  fair-sized 
lots  have  been 
called  for.  Quotations  are  about  un­
changed.  A  large  share  of  the  business 
has  been  of  withdrawals  under  old  con 
tracts.

The  demand  for rice  is  fairly  active 
for  this  time  of  year.  Supplies  are 
limited,  especially  of  the  better sorts 
and  quotations  are  firmly  maintained, 
the  situation  generally  being  in  sellers 
favor.  Choice  bead,  5H@6^c.  Com 
mon  sorts  are  not  so  much  in  demand 
and  are  about  unchanged.
Little  business  is  reported  in  spices 
and  the  market  generally 
is  dull  and 
dragging. 
taking  only 
enough  for  everyday  requirements  and 
show  little  interest.  Quotations  on  some 
articles  are  a  trifle  unsteady.  Until 
alter  the  turn  of  the  year  there  will  not 
be  much  intertst  in  this  line.

Buyers  are 

Open  kettle  molasses  of desirable sorts 
are  very  firmly  sustained  and  the  situa 
tion  closes  decidedly 
in  favor  of  the 
seller. 
Reports  of  damage  by  cold 
weather  have  been  coming  in  and  alto­
gether  the  molasses  situation  is  strong. 
Tde  demand  during  the  week  has  been 
sufficiently  active  to  keep  the  stocks 
well  cleaned  up  and  those  who  purchase 
stocks  a 
little  ahead  of  present  wants 
will  make no  mistake.  The inferior sorts 
are  neglected.'  Syrups  are  in  moderate 
demand.  Prices  are  steady  and  the  sup­
ply  a  trifle  larger  than  last  week.
There  is  a  decided  lull  in  the  canned 
goods  market  and  attention  has  been  so 
largely  diverted  to  other  goods  that 
"tinned  stock”   is  in  the  background  at 
the  moment.  Tomatoes,  especially,  are 
dull  and  not  over 85c  can  be  quoted  for 
Marjlands  f.  o.  b.  Baltimore.  This 
means  about  87XC  here.  Buyers  are  in­
different. 
Jerseys  threes  are  ranging 
from  $1. io@ i.i5.  Maine  corn  is  worth 
$1.15  and  is  bard  to  find  if any  quantity 
is  wanted.  Best  brands  of  (tails)  red 
Alaska  salmon  are  worth  $1.15,  with 
from  $1.05© 
some  "outside”   brands 
1.07^.  Fruits  are  about  unchanged,  al­
though  California 
stock 
rather 
stronger.

is 

The  week  has  shown 

Dried  fruits  are  steady  and  the  mar­
ket  generally  is  well  sutsained.  Large 
prune,  especially,  are  strong  and  quota­
tions  are  firmly  adhered  to.  Most of  the 
business  is  of  a  holiday  character.
little,  if  any, 
change  in  butter.  At  the  close  the  sup­
ply  of  strictly  fancy  Western  creamery 
is  in  limited  supply  and  the  demand  is 
good.  The  rate  of 29c  is  seemingly  well 
established  and  seconds  to  firsts  com­
mand  25@28c ;  imitation  creamery,  i8@ 
22^c,  the 
latter  for finest  stock ;  West­
ern  factory, 
19c ;  renovated,  i9@2ic.
is  rather quiet,  although  quo­
Cheese 
tations  are  firm.  Fuil  cream,  large  size 
is  worth  i3/4 @ I3}£ct  and  this  seems  to 
be  about  top  for  any  sort.
Fresh  gathered  Western  eggs,  loss  off, 
are  worth  29c.  The  maiket  is  well  sus 
tained 
lower 
grades  seem  to  be  in  supply  sufficiently 
large  to  "g o   around,”   and  perhaps  no 
strength  has  been  added  during  the 
week.  At  mark  the  range  for  Western 
is  from  18c  through  every  traction  up  to 
about  27c,  although  stock  must  be  very 
good  to  bring  the  latter figure.

for  the  best  stock,  but 

Most  any  one can advertise in the  poor 
mediums,but  it  takes  a  man  who  under­
stands  his  business  to  handle  the  good 
mediums.

H o lid a y   P o u ltr y

S h i p   T o

LAMSON &  CO.,  BOSTON

Ask  the Tradesman about us.

The  Im perial  Gas  Lamp

Is an absolutely safe lamp.  It  burns 
without  odor  or  smose.  Common 
stove gasoline Is used.  It  Is  an  eco­
nomical light.  Attractive  prices  are 
offered.  Write  at  once  for  Agency

T he Im p e rial Gas Lam p Co. 
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O p p o r tu n ity

Knocks

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Y o u r
D o o r

i  The  Kalamazoo  Copper  Mining 
|  Co.  directs  your  attention  to  the 
following  excellent points  in  rela­
tion  to their company: 
i.  Its land 
lies  between  two  companies  who 
are  now producing  pay  ore  from 
the  same  vein.  2.  It  has  a  vein 
more than  1000 feet long  that  con­
tains ore to the  value of  over  fifty 
per  cent,  in  copper.  3.  It  owns 
its  land.  4.  There  are  no debts. 
The stock is  non-assessible.  6.  Low 
capitalization. 
finds  ore 
on  the  surface  that  assays  over 
$4  per  ton.  8.  The  management 
is  honest,  thereby  protecting  the 
small  stockholders.  Now  comes 
your  opportunity  to  get  stock  in 
this company at  the  low  price  of 
twenty cents per share  for  a  short 
time. 
The  first  allotment  was 
over subscribed at  ten  cents,  and 
this block  is  being  rapidly  taken. 
Write  today  for  descriptive  pro­
spectus to

It 

7. 

E. Gillis, Secretary,

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

E.  S.  Alpaugh  &  Co.

Commission  Merchants

16 to 24 Bloomfield St. 

17 to 23 Loew Avenue

West Washington Market
New  York

Specialties:  Poultry,  Eggs,  Dressed  Meats and  P'ovisions. 

Remember, we need your poultry for the  holidays  We have  the  trade  to 
enable  us to realize good  prices for you.  Ship  us all  possible  to  arrive  the 
20th and 22nd.  Prospects good  prices.
References:  Gansevoort  Bank, R.  ft.  Dun &  Co ,  Bradstreet’s  Mercantile  Agency  and 

upon request many shippers In your State who have shipped  us 

J

for the last  quarter  of  a  century.

Cold  Storage and Freezlog  Rooms 

Established  1864

We  are  in  the  market  for

CLO VER,  A LSY K E

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

If any  to  offer  write  us.

A L F R E D   J .  BROWN  S E E D   C O ..  G R A N D   R A P ID S .  MICH.
_________ 2 4   A N D   2 6   N.  D IV ISIO N   S T .,  2 0   AN D   2 2   OTTAW A  S T .

Phil  Milber

J o b b er  o f  O le o m a r g a r in e

109  Canal  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

I  have  State  agency  for  several  manufacturers  and  am  prepared  to 

quote  factory prices.

POTATOES

Carlo!s  only  wanted.  Highest  market  price.  State variety and quality.

H.  E L M E R   M O S E L E Y   A  CO .

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  MICH.

L o n g   D istance  T e le p h o n e s-C itiz e n s  2 4 1 7  
B e ll  M ain  B6 

3 0 4   Sc  3 0 5   C la rk   B u ild in g .

O pposite  U nion  D epot

S E E D S

Clover  and  Timothy—all  kinds  of  Grass  Seeds. 

MOSELEY  BROS.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

2 6 -2 8 -3 0 -3 2   OTTAWA  ST .

E G G S   W A N T E D

We want several  thousand cases eggs for storage, and  when  you  have  any  to  offe 

write for prices or call  us up by phone if we fail to quote you.

Butter

We can handle all you  send  us.

W M E E L O C K  P R O D U C E  CO.

lo b   SOUTH  DIVISION  S T R E E T ,  G RAND  R A PID S.  M ICH.

Citizens Phone 333a .

Sweet  Potatoes,  Cranberries,  Oranges,

New  Nuts,  Figs  and  Dates

We are headquarters for these goods.

We want  Potatoes, Onions, Apples and  Beans.

The  Vinkemulder  Company,  Commission  Merchants 

14-16  Ottawa  Street 

Qrand  Rapids,  Michigan

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T H E   H EA D   CLERK .

How  He  W aited  F o r  C ustom ers  W ho Did 
Written for the Tradesman.

Not  Come.

The  head  clerk  sat on  a  soap  box  gaz­
ing  wearily  about  the  store.  The  day 
was stormy,  and  business  was  decidedly 
dull.  But  this  was  not  what  made the 
clerk  carry  the  disgusted  look.  He  ex­
pected  dull  business  on  stormy  days. 
What  did  cause  the  trouble  was the rusty 
look  of the  store.  The  grocery  depart­
ment,  especially,  was  anything  but  in­
viting  to  customers.  On  the  shelves 
were  goods  of  most  ancient  vintage. 
There  were  piles  of soap  that  had  been 
in  the  bouse  for  fifteen  years  and  other 
articles  that  were  still  older.  The  pack­
ages  of several  brands  of  washing  mix­
ture  led  one  to  believe  that  some  mer­
cantile  house  bad  been  robbed  in  the 
days  “ before  the  war”   and  the  goods 
brought  to  this  very  store  to  be  laid 
carefully  away  to  await  the  wrath  of 
cyclone  or conflagration.

“ I  wonder  what  the  old  man  would 
if  I  should  have  a  slaughter  sale 
say 
while  he 
is  away  and  clean  out  this 
rubbish?”   mused  the  clerk  as  he  sur­
veyed 
the  conglomeration  of  ancient 
merchandise. 
"  I  know  he  is  against 
that  kind  of  business,  but  it  makes  me 
tired  to  see  all  this  stuff  piled  up  here 
when  we  need  the  room  for  something 
that  is  not  covered  with  flyspecks.  He 
is  away  down  in  Florida,  and  won’t be 
back  until  spring,  so  maybe  if  I  get  rid 
of  the  stuff  while  he  is  gone  he  won't 
notice  the  difference when  he  gets  back. 
Guess  I  will  try  it,  anyway.”

So  he  got  pencil  and  paper  and  com­
menced  writing  an  advertisement  of  the 
bigget  sale  ever  held 
in  the  county. 
It  was  going  to  be  a  clean-up  sale  and 
the  prices  would  be  the  lowest  ever

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beard  of  in  that  part  of the  country.  He 
started 
the  advertisement  like  this: 
“ Great  Clean-up  Sale  at  the  Cheapest 
Store  in  the  County.”   Then  followed  a 
list  of  prices  that  no  store  in the country 
could  hope to combat.  A  large  pile  of 
soap,  consisting  of  about twenty  differ­
ent  brands,  was  offered  at  fifteen  bars 
for  a  quarter,  while  other  things  that 
could  positively  not  be  sold  unless  some 
like  inducement  was offered  were priced 
in  the  same  ratio.

Then,  after  he  had  finished  writing 
up  the  bargains  in  the  grocery  depart­
ment  he  went  through  the  shoe  and  dry 
good  stock  and  sorted  a  lot of old-time 
stuff  out  and  scribbled  off  a  few  more 
attractive  paragraphs  on  the  wisdom  of 
buying  these  goods  at  greatly  reduced 
prices.

Then  he  went  down  to  the  printing 
office  and  told  the  foreman  of  the  paper 
’er  up  the  best  he  could,  so  that 
to  fix 
all  the  people  would  be  sure  to  read 
it. 
The  foreman  was  an  obliging  man,  so 
he  did  the  best  be  knew  how.  The 
paper came  out  on  Friday  morning  and 
on  the  fourth  page  in  screaming  black 
type  the  people  read  that  now  was  the 
time  to  buy  goods  at  the  cheap  store. 
They  read  and  reread  the  advertisement 
and  by  the  time  night  came  they  were 
planning  on  the  things  they  would  buy 
when  Saturday  came.

All  day  Friday  the  clerk  waited  for 
the  customers  looking  for  bis  great  bar­
gains,  but  they  did  not  come.  As  the 
day  drew  to  a  close  the  old  look  of  dis­
gust  resumed  its  place on  bis  face,  and 
he  said  to  himself  that  it  did  not  pay  to 
advertise.  But  when  Saturday  came  he 
changed  his  mind.  By  9  o’clock  the 
store  was crowded  with  people.  They 
came  from  all  points  of  the  compass. 
They  came 
in  wagons,  buggies  and

buckboards.  They  pushed  and  shoved 
each  other  in  their  efforts  to  get  closer 
to  the  bargains.  The  clerk  did  not  have 
help  enough  to  handle  the  crowd  prop­
erly,  so  that  some  of  them  went  away 
without  buying,  but  at  that  there  was 
more  business  that  day than  be  bad  ever 
seen  before.
“ G i’rae  three  cans o'  the  salmon  thet 
yew  be  a  sellin'  fer a  quarter,”   cried  a 
tall  denizen  of  the  sand  plains  who  had 
come  eight  miles  to attend  the  sale.  He 
got  the  salmon  and  bought  a  lot  of other 
stuff.
And  that  was  the  way  it  went  all  day. 
Very  few  of  the  customers quit  buying 
when  they  bad  purchased  the  articles 
advertised  at  the  cut  prices.  They  were 
in  need  of other  articles,  so  they  bought 
at  this  store  rather  than  go  to  some 
other  place.  The  brisk  trade  continued 
until  late  at  night,  and  when  he  opened 
the  cash  register  he  found  that  he  had 
done  the  biggest  business  on  record. 
The  look  of disgust  was gone.
"H ow  much  of that  old  soap  is  there 
left?”   he  asked  one  of the  other  clerk 
when  he  had  completed  counting  the 
money  taken  in.
“ Two  bars.  Gee!  that  stuff  went 
I'll  bet  if  we  hadn’t  had  that 
quick. 
slaughter  sale  we  couldn't  have  sold 
that  old  soap 
in  twenty  years.  And 
say,  that  old  chewing  tobacco that  we 
bought  three  years  ago  was all  gone  be­
fore  noon  to-day.  How’s that  for  sell­
ing  goods?”
“ Was  any  of  the  stuff  so  old  that  it 

wouldn’t  sell?”

“ Yes.  That  old  soda  that  was  marked 
two  packages  for  five  cents was  no good. 
it.  The  women 
They  wouldn’t  have 
said  it  was  too  old  to  be  good.  What’ll 
we  do  with  it?”

“ Throw  it  out  on  the  ash  heap. 

If  it 
! won’t  sell  during  a  big  sale  like  we  had 
to-day  we  can’t  get  rid  of the  stuff  at a 
cent  a  pound.  Throw  the  whole  pile 
out  back  of  the  woodshed.”
Well,  the  big  sale  was  so  successful 
that  the  head  clerk  followed  it  up  with 
¡others  until  the  "cheapest  store 
in  the 
1 county"  was  known  all  over  the  country

as  a  good  place  to  trade.  He  made 
money  for the  bouse,  too.  The  goods  in 
all 
the  departments  began  moving 
faster.  Trade  got  so  large  that  some  of 
the  rival  merchants,  who  used  to  make 
fun  of this  store,  now  began  to  kick  and 
say  that  the  head  clerk  wasn’t  flaying 
fair.  They  said  he  was  cheating  the 
people.  They  told  their  customers  that 
he  put  down  the  prices  on  some  of  the 
goods  to  draw a  crowd  and  then  raised 
the  price  of  other articles  so  that  cus­
tomers  were  paying  dearly for the things 
they  purchased  at  that  store.  This,  of 
course,  only  served  as  an  advertise­
ment  of  the  head  clerk’s  business.  The 
more  he  was  talked  about  by  rivals  in 
trade,  the  faster  his  business grew.  All 
the  clerks  under  him  seemed  to  take 
new  interest  in  the business, they worked 
harder  and  were  better  satisfied  than 
ever  before.  The  hustle  of  the  head 
clerk  seemed  to  be  contagious.
But  there  came  a  time  when  all  was 
changed.  One  day  a  letter  came  from 
the  South 
land,  saying  that  “ the  old 
man”   would  be  home 
in  a  few  days. 
Somebody  had  written  him  that  things 
in  the  old  store  had  changed  while  he 
was  away,  and  he  was coming  back  to 
see  about 
it.  And  so  one  day  he  ar­
rived,  inspected  the  stock  and  looked 
wise.

“ How  long  has  this  hifalootin’ adver­
tisin’  and  price  cuttin'  been  goin’ on?”  
he  asked  in  a  distressed  voice.
The  head  clerk  told  him  all  that  had 
happened  while  he  was  away,  but  he 
shook  his  bead  and  said  he  guessed  the 
store  had  seen  enough  of  that  kind  of 
business.  He  didn’t  like  the  newfan­
gled  ideas  and  wouldn't  put  up  with 
any  more  of them.
Well,  to-day  the  spiders  are  spinning 
webs  across  the  windows  in  that  store 
as  in  days  of  yore.  The  bead  clerk  has 
gone  to  fields  more  congenial  to  his dis­
position.  The  store  cat  snoozes  peace­
fully  behind  the  stove,  while  the  show 
cases  are  covered  with  dust.  And  when 
the  villagers  pass  that  way  and  look 
in 
they  sigh  for  the  bargain  sales  that  used 
to  make  things  bum 
in  that  part  of

When  you  receive  a  new  consignment 
of  goods,  do  you  place  them  in  stock 
without first checking them  on  the bill ?

No  progressive  merchant  would.
Yet,  in  many  stores,  those  same  goods,  which  have  been  so  carefully 
checked,  are  sold  over  the  counter  and  the  hard-earned  cash dropped  into 
an  ordinary  drawer  and  left  practically  unprotected  against  mistakes.

Isn’t  this  the  kind  of  economy  that  saves  the  pennies  only  to  waste 

the  dollars?

Isn’t  it even  more necessary to check  the outgoing  of your goods  than  their incoming ?

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip

President,  J o h n   A.  W e s t o n ,  Lansing;  Sec­
retary ,  M.  8.  Bb o w n ,  Sabinaw ;  Treasurer, 
J o h n  W. Sc h b a m , Detroit.

United  Commercial  Travelers of Michigan 

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

Grand Rapids  Council Ho. 131,  0.  C.  T.

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

Treasurer, L. F. Batter.

SUCCESSFUL  SALESMEN.

Geo.  H.  R an d all,  th e   W est  Bay City  L um ­

b erm an.

attended 

George  H.  Randall,  of  West  Bay 
light  of  day  on  a 
City,  first  saw  the 
farm 
in  Jamesville,  N.  Y .,  where  bis 
parents  were  prosperous  farmers.  After 
eleven  years  they  removed  to  Syracuse, 
N.  Y .,  where  Mr.  Randall,  Sr.,  en­
gaged 
in  the  salt-kettle  business,  while 
young  George 
the  public 
schoolsand incidentally helped his father 
—when  he  could  be  persuaded  to  do  so. 
In 
then  nineteen—he 
suffered  a  violent  attack  of  fever—the 
Western  kind—and 
landed  in  Saginaw 
late  in  the  fall  of  that  year,  where  he 
found  employment  among  the  salt  peo­
ple  in  the  business  with  which  he  was 
familiar.  The  prospects  there  being  so 
encouraging,  he  returned  to  Syracuse  in 
April,  1864,  and  induced  his  father  and 
family  to  go  to  Saginaw  with  him  and 
engage 
in  the  salt-kettle  business  in

1863—he  was 

In  1868  he  was  married  to  Miss Jennie 
Louise  De  Lavergne,  of  Saginaw,  and 
soon  after  removed  to  West  Bay  City, 
where  he  has  since  resided.  Five  sons 
blessed  the  union,  three  of  whom  are 
alive  and  following 
in  their  father's 
footsteps,  all  being  in  the  lumber  busi­
ness.  Harry,  the  eldest,  is  engaged  with 
his  father,  while  the  other  two  occupy 
responsible  positions  with  local  firms.

in 

in 

Being  of  an  open  hearted  and  whoi 
souled  disposition  and  temperament  he 
early 
life  acquired  membership  in 
various  fraternal  organizations,  but  ha 
been  most  active 
in  the  Michigan 
Knights  of  the  Grip,  which  order  he 
joined 
1891.  Mainly  through  hi 
efforts  Post  D,  of  Bay  City,  was  organ 
ized  and  for  a  number of  years  he  was 
its  chairman.  Ever  a  hard  worker  in 
the 
interests  of  this  order,  a  few  years 
ago,  when  a  prize  was  offered  by  one  of 
the  officers  to  the  member  securing  the 
largest  number  of  new  members,  Mr 
Randall  was the  successful  one  and  won 
the  prize,  which,  however,  he 
imme 
diately  re-donated  to  the  order,  to  be 
again  offered  for  a  like  purpose.
At  the  Saginaw  convention 

in  il 

he  was  elected  one  of  the  Directors  of 
the  order  and  was  re-elected  at  the 
Grand  Rapids  convention  in  1900.

Post  D,  of  Bay  City,  at  a  recent meet 
ing,  unanimously  and  enthusiastically 
indorsed  him  for the  office  of  President 
for  1903,  and  his  many  friends  hope to 
see  his  long  career and  efficient  work  in 
the  order  fittingly  crowned  by  his  elec­
tion  to  the  highest  office  in  the  gift  of 
the  order.
D eath  o f Allixon  D.  B aker,  th e H ardw are 

Salesm an.
From th e Traverse City Eagle.

Allison  D.  Baker,  traveling  salesman 
for  Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.,  Grand  Rap­
ids,  died  at  Park  Place  Saturday  even­
ing  after  a  short  illness.  Mr.  Baker  was 
taken  sick  at  Manton  Friday,  but  did 
not  feel  that  anything  serious  was  the 
matter.

As  was  bis  usual  custom,  be  arrived 
here  on  the  train  Saturday  afternoon 
and  drove  directly  to  Park  Place.  He 
was  helped  to  a  room  and  a  physician 
was 
summoned  at  once.  Alarming 
symptoms  were  evident  and  a  nurse 
was  procured  at  once  and  his  relatives 
in  this  city  notified.  Although  every­
thing  possible  was  done  to  relieve  the 
suffering  man  he  expired  at  8 ¡40,of  car­
diac  apoplexy,  without  any  evident 
premonition  that  deatb  was  near.  He 
was  cheerful  to  the  last,  although  it  was 
with  great  difficulty  that  he  breathed 
for  some  time.  He  did  not  even  seem 
to  realize  the  necessity  of having anyone 
with  him.  Mr.  Baker  has  been  in  ill 
health  for  a  number of  years.
Allison  D.  Baker  was  born  in  Ran- 
somville,  N.  Y.,  May  9,  i860.  When  a 
boy  he  had  a 
liking  for  the  study  of 
medicine  and  anticipated  becoming  a 
physician,  but  his  father's  death  threw 
him  upon  his  own  resources  and  he  was 
obliged  to  seek  employment.  He  en­
tered  a  hardware  store  as  clerk  when 
about  15  years  of  age.  His  steady habits 
and  industrious  ways  earned  him  the 
reputation  of  a  worker  and  he  became 
a  valuable  employe. 
In  1882  Mr.  Baker 
secured  a  position  with  Foster,  Stevens 
&  Co.,  of  Grand  Rapids,  and  has  re­
mained  in  the  employ  of  the  firm  to  the 
time  of  his  death.  For  eighteen  years 
Mr.  Baker  has  been  a  traveling  sales­
man,  making  regular  trips  to  Traverse 
City  and  surrounding  towns.  He  has 
during  that  time  made  a  wide  circle  of 
friends  and  acquaintances  wherever  bis 
business  has  called  him.  His  genial, 
jolly  manner,  his  hearty  salutation  and 
warm  hand  clasp  will  be  missed  by 
those  with  whom  he  has  so  long  been 
associated.
1886,  Mr.  Baker  married 
June  24, 
Miss  Sybil  Day,  of  this  city.  Their 
home  has  always  been  in Grand  Rapids. 
Deceased  leaves  two  brothers  and  four 
sisters,  besides  bis  wife  and  son  Louis,

continued  to  reside 

that  thriving  salt  center,  the  salt  busi 
ness  being  then  in  its  infancy  in  Mich 
igan.  They 
in 
Saginaw  until  1870,  when  they  sold  the 
business  and  George  engaged  with  the 
late  Jesse  Hoyt  in  the  lumber  business, 
which  seemed  a  larger  and  more  profit­
able  field.  Here  be  remained  until  1877, 
at  which  time  he  was offered  the  man­
agement  of  the  northern 
interests  of 
George  T.  Cross,  also  of  Saginaw.  This 
position,  which  required  a  thorough and 
accurate  knowledge  of 
lumber  lands, 
estimating  standing  timber,  etc.,  fitted 
him  well 
for  his  later  career—buying 
and  selling  lumber—and  after five years’ 
experience  with  Mr.  Cross,  he  severed 
his  connection  with  him  and 
launched 
out  upon  his  own  responsibility  and 
judgment,  and  is  still  in  the  same busi­
ness.  Hundreds  of  millions  of  feet  of 
lumber  of  all  kinds  and  descriptions 
have  been  successfully  handled  by  him 
and  he  is  to-day  one  of  the  most  favor­
lumber  buyers  in  Northern 
ably  known 
Michigan. 
Through 
strictly  honest 
methods  and  fair  dealing,  he  has  won 
the  esteem  of  both  buyer  and  seller,  as 
both  can  rely  absolutely  upon  bis 
judg­
ment  and  honesty.

The  death  of  A.  D.  Baker  removes 
one  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  travel­
ing  men 
in  Michigan.  Particulars  of 
the  death  are  given  elsewhere  in  this 
week's 
issue.  The  funeral  was  held  at 
the  residence  of  E.  S.  Pratt,  in  Trav­
erse  City,  Tuesday  afternoon,  the  inter­
ment  being  in  the  private  family  cem­
etery  at  that  place.  Mis. Baker  reached 
Traverse  City  Monday  evening,  accom­
panied  by  her  son,  Loáis,  who  is  at­
tending  the  military  school  at  Lima, 
Ind.  Sidney  F.  Stevens  attended  the 
funeral  as  a  friend  and  as  the represent­
ative  of  Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.

in  the  Upper  Peninsula 

Soo  News :  Edward  R.  Morrison, 
traveling  representative  for the  Stand­
ard  Oil  Co.,  recently  died  at  Marquette 
after  a  short  illness,  with  pneumonia 
and  heart  trouble.  Mr,  Morrison  bad 
been 
some 
twelve  years,  during  which  time  he 
made  his  headquarters  at  Marquette. 
He  bad  held  a  position  as  traveling 
representative  of  the  Standard  Oil  Co. 
all  this  time.  His  territory  has  been 
this  county,  the  line  of  the  South  Shore 
to  the  Soo  and  the  line  of  the  North­
western,  down  to  Iron  River,  and 
in­
cluding  Florence,  Wis.  In  this  territory 
he  was  unusually  well  known  and  thor­
oughly  liked  and  respected. 
In  the  Soo 
he  had  many  friends  and  especially  by 
the  traveling  fraternity  be  was admired. 
Numerous  expressions  of  sorrow  at  bis 
deatb  were  heard  in  the  hotels.

A  girl  of  sweet  sixteen  is  now  at  the 
head  of  the  bouse  of  Krupp.  She  may 
need  all  the  family's  guns  to  guard  the 
millions  to  which  she  is  heir.  There 
will  be  youths,  however,  who  will  seek 
her  hand  even  at  the  cannon's  mouth.

Later—The 

funeral  of  Allison  D. 
Baker  was  held  this  afternoon  from  the 
residence  of  E.  S.  Pratt,  The  Episco­
pal service was  read by Rev.C.  T.  Stout, 
the  Misses  Everet  and  Despres  sang 
"Lead,  Kindly  Light,”   and  the 
local 
order  of  Elks  assisted  in  the  services  at 
the  private  cemetery  near  Hillcrest.
_ The  flowers  were  a  profusion  of  love­
liness,  conspicuous  among  them  being 
a  traveling  man's  grip  of  roses  and 
smilax  containing  the  initials,  "A .  D. 
B .,”   from  brother  Knights  of  the  Grip, 
and  a  large  wreath  from  the  hardware 
men  of  this  city.
Those  who  attended  the  services  from 
out  of  the  city  were  H.  E.  Baker,  a 
brother  from  Watertown,  N.  Y.  ;  Dr.  B. 
Fowler  Baker,  another  brother  from 
Milwaukee;  Geo.  Hayward,  of  Lock- 
port,  N.  Y .,  and  W.  D.  Johnson,  of 
Greenville,  brothers-in  laws  of  the  de­
ceased,  Hon.  Reuben  Hatch,  Sidney 
F.  Stevens  and  Mr.  Matthews,  of Grand 
Rapids,  and  David  Holmes,  of  Jen­
nings.
The  pallbearers  were  chosen  from  the 
ranks  of  the  Elks,  of  which  deceased 
was  a  member.
W ill  H ave  Club  Room**  in   th e   B a rn h a rt 

B uild in g .

it 

The 

Grand  Rapids,  Dec.  8—The  Decem­
ber  meeting  of  Grand  Rapids  Council, 
No.  131,  U.  C.  T .,  held  Saturday  even­
ing,  was filled  brim  full  of  business  and 
pleasure.  There  was  a  large attendance 
and,  after  many  remarks  from  different 
sides  and  expressions  of  different  opin­
ions,  the matter  of  a  permanent  hall  and 
club  room  was  settled  in  the  acceptance 
of  the  second  floor  in  the  Barnhart 
block,  and 
is  expected  that  the  im­
provements  that  will  be  necessary  can 
be  completed  by  Feb.  1,  and then  Grand 
Rapids  Council  will  have  one  of  the 
finest  club  rooms  to  be  found  anywhere, 
and  positively  the  first  council  rooms  in 
Michigan,  and  as  good  as  the  best  any 
where. 
initiation  of  Thos.  K 
Doyle  and  the  obligation  of  J.  H.  Wat 
kins  added  two  more  to  our  number 
We  want  them  all  and  they  need  us,  es 
pecially  when  some  mishap  occurs  that 
lays  them  out  in  a  helpless  condition. 
Brother Cberryman  was  brought  home  a 
few  days  ago 
in  a  very  bad  condition 
from  an  accident,  but  we  are  very  glad 
to  hear  of  his  very  speedy  improvement 
and  he  hopes  to  be  at  work  again  soon. 
The  next  dancing  party  is  on  Saturday 
evening,  Dec.  13.  at  the  St.  Cecilia,and 
if  every  person  who  has  a  ticket  will 
come  and  try  and  bring  some  friend 
who  has  not  already  procured  a  ticket, 
we  will  be  ensured  of  a  good  crowd. 
Remember,  boys,  that  these  parties  are 
costing  considerable  money  and  a 
large 
crowd  is  both  enjoyable  and  profitable.

Ja  Dee.

G rip sack   B rigade.

Shelby  Herald:  M.  W.  McQuarrie, 
who  has  for  several  years  been  head 
salesman  and  store  manager  for  A.  R. 
McKinnon,  has  secured  a  position  as 
for  the  Majestic 
traveling 
Range  manufacturers  and 
leaves  next 
week  to  begin  work.

salesman 

Byron  S.  Davenport  (Judson  Grocer 
Company)  is  rejoiced  over  the  recovery 
of  his  English  setter,  which  has  been 
missing  since  last  March.  The  dog  was 
evidently  stolen  and  passed  through  the 
bands  of  several  different  persons  be­
fore  it  was  finally  located  in  Chicago.

The Warwick

Strictly first class.

Rates $2 per day.  Central location. 

Trade  of  visiting  merchants  and  travel­

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A.  B.  GARDNER,  Manager.

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consigned  to us in bulk  to  be  dis­
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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

D r u g s—C h em  ic a ls

M ichigan  State  B oard  o f P harm acy

„  

Term expires
_  
Hunky  Hrim , Saginaw 
.  Dec. Si, 1902
- 
-  Deo. si, iaos
Wir t  p.  Doty, Detroit  - 
Clarence B. Stoddard, Monroe  Dec. 31,1904 
J ohn D. Mu ir . Grand Rapid* 
Deo. 81, 1«U5 
Dec. si, 1906 
Arth u r H. Wrbbrr, Cadillac 

• 

Prealdent,  H enry  He im , Saginaw.
Secretary, J ohn D. Mu ir, Grand  Rapid*. 
Treasurer, W.  P.  Doty.  Detroit.

E xam ination  Sessions. 

Detroit, Jan. 6 and 7.
Grand Rapids, March 3 and 4. 
Star Island, June 16 and  17. 
Houghton. Aug. 25 and 26. 
Lansing, Not. 3 and 4.

Mich.  8tate  Pharm aceutical  Association,

President—Lou G. Mo o r e. Saginaw. 
Secretary— W. H  B u r k e   Detroit. 
Treasurer—C. F. H u b e r . Port Huron.

E x tract of V anilla o f th e   B est  Sort.
Oscar  Kalish  read  a  paper  a  few years 
ago  before  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy which was widely  commended 
for  its  excellence.  He  gave  the  follow­
ing  formula  as  being  the  best  for an  ex­
tract  of  vanilla :

We  w ill  start  upon 

the  su p p o sitio n  
to  m ake  seven  gallons  of 
then 

th a t  we  are 
v an iiia   ex tract.  O ur  form ula  w ill 
b e:
M exican  vanilla  beans........ lbs.  av.
Granulated  sugar  (twice  the
weight  of the  beans)__ 7 
Cologne 
{190  deg.
proof)...............................4  gallons.
Water.......................................3  gallons.

spirit 

lbs.

inch 

to  one 

After having  carefully  selected  a lot of 
prime  vanilla  beans,  the  first  step  is  to 
divide  them  into  small  pieces  of  from 
three-quarters 
long,  by 
means  of  an  herb-cutter.  Right  here 
let  me  say  that  vanilla  beans  should  not 
be  allowed  to come  in  contact with iron, 
as  such  contact  destroys  the  flavor  very 
quickly  and  may  be  the  cause  of  a  poor 
tincture.  Place the cut  beans  in  a  porce­
lain  jar and  pour  upon  them seven pints 
of  boiling  water.  Cover  the  jar and  let 
it  stand  for  twenty-four  hours.  The  ob­
ject  of this  maceration  or  infusion  is  to 
bring  the  bean  as  nearly  as  possible  to 
its  natural  green  state.  The  bean  as we 
find  it  in the  market  is,  to  use  a  homely 
expression,  much  wrinkled.  The  mac­
eration  swells  the  fibre,  and  that  portion 
of  the  surface  which  was  formerly  hid­
den  is  now  exposed  to  the  action  of  the 
menstruum  which 
later  is  poured  upon 
it.  This  maceration  also  prepares  the 
vanilla  for the  next  step,  facilitating  its 
passage  through  the  chopper, and causes 
it  to  go  through  without  becoming 
heated  and  without  sticking  to  the 
blades  of  the  machine  as  it  would  if  nut 
previously  treated  as  stated.  After  mac­
eration  for  twenty-four hours,  pour off 
the  supernatant  liquid  and  transfer  the 
beans  to  a  machine  that  will  cut  or 
grind  them  up  as  fine  as  possible—the 
finer 
sausage  cutter 
answers  the  purpose  best;  one 
in  the 
form  of a  chaser,consisting  of  four steel 
disks  revolving  about a  block  of  wood, 
and  permitting  no  contact  with  iron. 
Place  the  now  finely  ground  vanilla  in  a 
porcelain  jar,  add  to  it  seven  pounds of 
granulated  sugar,  then  the  liquid  with 
which  it  had  previously  been  macerat­
ing,  and  three  pints additional of  water. 
Stir  frequently  during  twenty-four hours 
and ^  then  add  one  gallon  of  cologne 
spirits  or  alcohol.  No 
than 
twenty-four  hours  should  elapse  before 
the  addition  of  spirits  is  made,  other­
wise  there  wiil  be  danger  of  fermenta­
tion  taking  place.  Macerate  for  seven 
days  and  add  another  gallon  of  spirits • 
macerate  another  week,  and  add  four 
pints  of  spirits. 
It  is  this  last  portion 
of  alcohol  which  contributes  to  the  ap­
pearance  of  the  finished  product.  Up 
to  this  time  the  liquid  has  a  turhid  ap­
pearance, but  upon  the  addition  of these 
last  four  pints 
it  becomes  clearer,  the 
albumen  present  is  coagulated,  and  the 
finished  product  requires  no  filtration.
If  a  menstruum  less  alcohi lie  is  used 
the  tincture  of  vaniiia  will  not  have  this 
bright  appearance  and will require filtra- 
tion,  which 
is  not  to  be  advised  in  the 
making  of  vanilla  extract.  We  then  al­

the  better.  A 

longer 

low  this  mixture  to  macerate  thirty days 
more,  and  at  the  expiration  of  that  time 
tiansfer  the  whole  to  a  Squibb's  per­
colator  and  cover  with  a  muslin  dia­
phragm.  After  the  liquid  with  which it 
has  been  standing  has run  through,  add 
a  menstruum  of  nine  pints  of  water  and 
twelve  pints  of  spirits.  The  percolate 
will  yield  an  excellent  tincture or ex­
tract  of  vanilla,  perfectly  bright  and 
clear and  ready  for  use. 
It  is  advisable 
to  keep  this 
in  wood  for six  months, 
but  of  course 
it  can  be  used  at  any 
time.  There  is  no  method  to  be  fol­
lowed  which  will  yield  a  satisfactory 
product  in  a  few  days,  and  therefore  the 
pharmacist  must  anticipate  his  wants  at 
least  sixty  days  in  advance.

Mr.  K alish  went  on  to  say  that  to 
make  a  good  syrup  for the  soda fountain 
is  an  easy  matter  if  you  have  a  good 
extract  to  wprk  from.  He  uses  three 
ounces  of  the  foregoing  extract  to  the 
gallon  of simple  syrup.

P lan  to  Increase  C hristm as  Trade.

A 

scheme  conceived 

last  year  by 
Minor  E.  Keyes,  an  energetic  Detroit 
druggist,  attracted  a  great  deal  of  atten­
tion  and  brought  about a  large  increase 
in  the  sale  of Christmas  goods. 
It  con­
sisted  simply  of this:  Mr.  Keyes offered 
six  prizes  aggregating  $10  in  money  to 
those  who  should  hand 
in  the  greatest 
number of  words  made  by  using  the  let­
in  K-E-Y-E-S  F  O  R  C-A-N- 
ters 
D-I-E-S. 
In  case,  however,  more  than 
one  competitor  should  have  the  same 
number  of  words,  the  prizes  were  to  be 
divided  equally. 
It  was  directed  that 
no  letter  should  be  used  more  than  once 
unless  such 
letter  were  found  oftener 
than  once  in  the  legend  (the  letter E, 
for  instance,  occurred  three  times).  All 
words were  to  be  arranged  by  the  com­
petitors 
in  alphabetical  order,  and  it 
was  announced  that  word*  improperly 
placed  would  not  be  counted.  The  lists 
of  words  were  all  to  be  handed  in  not 
later  than  December  24,  and  when  de­
posited  a  purchase  to  the  amount of 
twenty-five  cents  was 
required.  Of 
course  all  the  children  in  the  neighbor­
hood  were  anxious  to  get  a  prize,  and 
they  induced  their  parents,  their  friends 
and  everybody  else  to  buy  their  drugs, 
toilet  goods and  the  like  of  Keyes  in or­
der  that  the  prizes  could  be  competed 
for. 
It  may  be  said  in  conclusion  that 
the  whole  scheme  was  set  forth  in  a 
circular  5x19  inches  in  size,  and  that 
the  circulars  were  distributed  in  the 
packages  leaving  the counters,  and  in 
numerous  other  ways.

T he  D rag   M arket.

Opium—Is  steady.
Morphine—Is  unchanged.
Quinine—There 
price  of  last  week.

is  no  change  from 

Citric  Acid—Is  weak  and  lower.
Bromides  Ammonium,  Potash  and 
Sodium—Are  steady  at  the  decline. 
It 
is  not  believed  there  will  be  any  lower 
price.

Cocaine—Is  very 
prices  are  looked  for.

firm  and  higher 

Cocoa  Butter—Is  weak  and  lower.
Cod  Liver  Oil—Continues  to advance.
Menthol—Is  being  sold  at  less  than 
importation  cost.  Higher  prices  would 
not  surprise  anyone.

Saw  Palmetto  Berries—Continue  to 
advance.  Manufacturers  of  fluid  ex­
tracts  and  elixirs  have all advanced their 
prices.

Canary  Seed—Is  very  firm  at  ad­

vanced  price.

Pumpkin  Seed—Is  very  scarce  and 

has  been  advanced.

He  who  would  make  life  grand  and 
ideals  and  pa­

noble  must  have  high 
tiently  strive  to  realize  them.

The  G eneral  T rend  of  M odern  M edicine.
In  interpreting  the  signs  of  the  times 
it  is  easy  to  conclude  that  the  trend  of 
the  progressive  medicine  of  to  day  is  as 
much  toward  the  prevention  of  disease 
as  to  its  cure.  Scientists  throughout  the 
world  are  busily  engaged  in  combating 
epidemics  by  wholesale  methods.  Each 
faithful  worker along  these lines rejoices 
not  only  in  the  opportunity  for  present­
ing  some  useful  fact  connected  with 
the  cause  of  an  epidemic,  but  in  dis­
covering  some  new  and practical method 
of  neutralizing  the  power of  the 
infec­
tion.

The  grand  results  are  seen  in  the  vir­
tual  control  of  most  of the  pestilential 
maladies  and  in  the  reasonable  promise 
of  immunity  from  all  the  ordinary forms 
of  contagion.  The  doctrine  of sanita­
tion, so  long  preached  by  the  profession, 
has  taken  such  deep  root  in  the  public 
mind  that 
it  has  become  the  leading 
and  fundamental  tenet  in  every  broad 
and  comprehensive  scheme  of  health 
preservation.  Thousands  of  lives  are 
now  saved  that  in  olden  times  were 
sacrificed  to  the  ignorance  of  what  are 
now  proved  to  be  the  plainest  hygienic 
laws.  Cholera,  smallpox,  scarlet  fever, 
diphtheria,  typhoid,  typhus,  and  yellow 
fevers,  and  even  the  mysterious  plague, 
are  fought  on  scientific  principles,  and 
except  for the  temporary  interruption  of 
trade  by  occasional  quarantines,  there 
is  no  concern  or  doubt  as  to  the  quick 
and  satisfactory  results  of the  measures 
adopted.

is 

in  point 

The  laws  of  disease  dissemination, 
thank  to  bacteriology,  are  being  better 
understood  year  by  year.  A  striking 
exam ple 
indicated  in  the 
outcome  of  the  more  recent  and  remark­
ably  interesting  studies  bearing  on  the 
mosquito  as  the  active  agent  for  the 
propagation  of  malarial  and  yellow 
fevers.  When  Finlay  first  promulgated 
his  theory  years  ago  that a  particular 
variety  of  this  insect  was  the 
interme­
diary  host  of  the  yellow  fever  poison  he 
was  looked  upon  as  a  mere  dreamer, 
and  it  was  not  until  very  recently,  when 
his  views  were  so  amply  confirmed  by 
Drs.  Reed,  Carroll  and  Agramonte,  that 
the  preventive  measures  against  the 
spread  of the  infection,which  have  been 
so  successful 
in  Havana,  were  intelli­
gently  put 
in  force.  Now  we  hear  for 
the  first  time  that  “ Yellow  Jack"  in 
Cuba  is  under complete  control,and  that 
virtual  safety  against  fever  infection 
rests  almost  wholly  with  the  extermina­
tion  of  one  of  the  most  insignificant  of 
insects.

The  ingenious  experiments  with  the 
anopheles  mosquito  in  connection  with 
malarial  infection  prove  how  intimately 
investigations  are 
present  pathological 
•inked  with  strictly 
logical  methods. 
Nothing 
in  modern  scientific  study  is 
taken  without  adequate  proof.  The  de­
velopment  of  the  germ  in  this  tiny  in­
sect  is  noted  with  as  much  care  as  it 
is 
in  the  human  being  and  with  equally 
practical  results.  The  transfer  of the 
microbe  from  gnat  to  man  and  back 
again  is  so  accurately  traced  that  noth­
ing 
in  the  way  of  further 
demonstration of  reciprocal  relations.

is  wanting 

Almost  a  new  literature  has  sprung 
into  existence  treating  of  the  family 
history,  habits,  anatomy,  growth,  and 
various  distinctive  qualities  of  different 
species  of  this  now  important  disease 
disseminator.  These  are  only  examples 
of  the  thoroughness  with which the study 
of  disease  processes  is  being  prosecuted 
by  the  active 
laboratory  workers  here 
and  abroad,  and  enable  us  to  hope  that 
is  not  far  distant  when  even
the  time 

the  true  nature  of  cancer  will  be  dis­
covered  and  perhaps  its  permanent  cure 
be  guaranteed.  So  far,  however,  no  spe­
cific  micro-organism  has  been  demon­
strated  as  belonging  to  this  dreadful 
disease,  although  repeated  announce­
ments  have  been  made  to  such  effect. 
This  by  no  means  proves,  however,  that 
the  long-sought-for  germ  may  not yet  be 
found.  The  entire  scientific  world  is 
now  focusing  its  hope  in  this  direction, 
and  never  before  have  so much work and 
thought  been  given  to the  clinical  and 
pathological  features  of  this  malady.

So  far  it  is  generally  held  that  cancer 
is  at 
first  a  distinctly  local  affection, 
and  that  early  extirpation  of  the  growth 
gives  the  main,  if  not  the  only  chance 
for  permanent  cure. 
Late  statistics 
prove  that  the  results  of  operations  are 
much  better  than  was  formerly  the  case. 
With  the  more  superficial  ulcers  the  use 
of the  Roentgen  rays  has  given  promis­
ing  outlooks  in  a  limited  number of  se­
lected  cases,but with  the  deeper  growths 
the  chances  of  cure  are  not  by  any 
means satisfactorily  assured.  The  same 
may  be  said  for  caustics,  which  have 
obviously  a  very  restricted  range  of use­
fulness,  and  as  for any hope  in  drugs,  it 
is  said  to  state  that  no  internal  remedy 
has  yet  been  found  that  has 
in  the 
slightest  degree commended  itself  to  the 
serious  consideration of the medical  pro­
fession. 

George  F.  Sbrady.

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

We  give  our  personal  attention  to  mail 

orders  and  guarantee satisfaction.

All orders shipped and invoiced the same 

day received.  Send  a  trial order.

Hazeltine  &  Perkins 

Drug  Co.

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

2 28

8 00

8
Aeetlcum  .................I
6@$
70® 75
Benzotcum, German.
© 17
Boraclc......................
Carbolicum..............
22© 27
40® 42
Cltrtcum....................
5
3®
Hydrochlor...............
8® 10
Nttrocum..................
12® 14
Oxallcum..................
® 15
Phosphortum,  dll...
50® 53
Sallcÿllcum  .............
Sulpnuiicum............ Hi®
5
Tannlcum.................  1  io@  1  20
38® 40
Tartartcum  .............
A m m onia
Aqua, 16 deg.............
Aqua, 20 deg.............
Carbon&s..................
Chlorldum................
A niline
Black.........................  2  00® 
Brown........................ 
R ed............................ 
Yellow......................... 2  B0® 
Baccss
Cubebae............ po, 25 
24
80  7
Juníperos.....................  
Xanthorylum ..........  1  500 1  60
B alsam  nm

4© 6
6©
8
13© 15
12® 14

80®  l  oo
48®  80

22®  

500  55
Copaiba....................
0   1  70
P e r u .........................
Terabln,  Canada — 600  65
450  60
Tolutan.....................
Cortex
18
Abies, Canadian.......
12
Cassi».......................
Cinchona  Flava.......
Euonymus atropurp. 
Myrlca  Cerifera, po.
Prunus Vlrglnl........
Quínala, g r d ............
Sassafras........po. 15
Ulmus...po.  20, gr’d 
K xtractum
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra.
Glycyrrhlza,  p o -----
~  
‘  i, 18 lb. box
Haematox,
Haematox,  is ............ 
Haematox,  * s ..........  
Haematox,  Vis..........  
F e r r o  
Carbonate  Preclp...
Citrate and  Qulnila..
Citrate  Soluble........
Ferrocyanldum Sol..
Solut. Chloride.........
Sulphate,  com’l .......
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bbl, per  cwt..........
Sulphate,  pure........
F lo ra
A rnica......................
Anthemls.................. 
Matricaria................ 

28$
240
11$
ISO
140
160

220
300

F o lia

If

380
Barosma.................... 
Cassia AcuHfol,  Tln-
neveUy..................  
200
Cassia, Acutlfol, Alx.  250 
Salvia officinalis,  Ms
and * s ..................  
120
Ova Ursl.................... 
8«
G om m i
O
Acacia, 1st picked... 
$
Acacia, 2d  picked... 
Acacia, 3d  picked... 
0
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
Q
Acacia, po.................  480
Aloe, Barb. po.l8@20 
Aloe, Cape__ po. 18.
$
Aloe,  Socotrl. . po. 40
Ammoniac.................
a t
280
Assafcetlda— po. 40
Benzolnum............... 
600
$
Catechu, is ............... 
Catechu, 14s.............  
$
Catechu,  14s .............  
0
C am phors...............
Euphorblum... po. 38
Galbanum.................
Gamboge............. po
Gualacum.......po. 36
Kino............po. $0.76
Mastic  ......................
Myrrh............. po. 46 
®  40
Opll__ po.  1.10®4.30  3  00® 3  10
Shellac.....................  
38®  45
Shellac, bleached.... 
40®  45
Tragacanth..............  
70®  1  00

H erba

Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Eupatorlum..oz. pkg 
Lobelia........oz. pkg 
Majorum__ oz. pkg 
Mentha P!p..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vfr..oz. pkg 
Rue............... oz. pkg 
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 
rhymus, V...oz.pkg 
M agnesia
Calcined, P at............ 
Carbonate, P at........  
Carbonate, K. 8 1M.. 
’arbonate, Jennings 

O leum

26
20
28
28
23
25
39
22
25

20

55®
180
18®
18® 

50®  7 09

60® 

Absinthium.............   6 
Amygdalae,  Dulc__  
60
Amygdalae,  Amarse.  8 00® 8 26
Anlsl.........................  1 
10®  2  20
Aurantl Cortex.........2 
Bergamll.................... 2 
Cajtputl.................... 
80®  85
CaryophyUl.............. 
78® 
80
C edar.......................  
80®  86
ChenopadU............... 
©  2  76
Olnnamonll..............  1  00®  1  10
Cltronella................. 
86®  4«

60®  1 66
50®  2 65

80®  90
Conlum Mac.............  
Copaiba....................   1 U®  1  28
Cubebae.....................  1 30®  1  35
Exechthltos..............  1 60®  1  60
Krlgeron...................  1 oo®  1  JO
Gaultherla................. 2 20® 2  39
Geranium, ounce.,.. 
® 75
Gosslppll, Sem. gal.. 
60®  60
Hedeoma...................  1 80® 1  88
Junlpera...................  1 so® 2  00
Lavendula............... 
go® 2  00
Llmonls................... 
1  ie®  1  25
Mentha Piper..........5  50®  8 O'1
Mentha Verld..........  6  00®  6 50
Morrhuæ, ¡gal.......... 2  00® 2  so
M yrcla....................... 4  00©  4  50
76® 3  00
Olive......................... 
Picis Liquida...........  
10® 
12
Plots Liquida,  gal... 
® 35
Riclna....................... 
92®  98
Rosmarlnl................. 
®  1  00
Rosae, ounce.............  6  60® 7 oo
Sucolnl...................... 
«o®  45
go®  1  00
Sabina...................... 
Santal.......................   2 78®  7 00
Sassafras..................  
56®  60
® 65
Slnapls,  ess., ounce. 
Tlgui.........................  1  50® 1  60
Thyme....................... 
40®  go
Thyme, opt............... 
®   1  60
Theobrom as............ 
is® 
20
P otassium
is
Bl-Carb...................... 
is® 
is
Bichromate.............. 
13® 
Brom ide..................  
33® 
35
C arb ......................... 
is
12®  
Chlorate... po. 17® 19 
16® 
18
Cyanide.................... 
34®  
38
Iodide.......................  2  80® 2  40
28®  30 
Potassa, Bitart, pure 
7®  10
Potass Nltras, opt... 
Potass  Nltras.......... 
8
6® 
Prosslate..................  
23®  28
Sulphate po.............  
is® 
18

R adix

Aconitum..................  
20© 
28
Althae.......................  
33
30® 
10®  
A nchusa..................  
12
© 
Arum  po..................  
28
Calamus.................... 
20®  40
12© 
Gentiana........ po. 16 
15
16® 
Glychrrhlza.. .pv.  15 
18 
@ 
Hydrastis  Canaden. 
76
®  80
Hydrastis Can., po.. 
12®  18
HeUebore, Alba, po. 
Inula,  po..................  
is© 
22
Ipecac, po.................2  75®  2  80
Iris  plox...po.36®38  38®  40
Jalapa, p r................. 
26® 
30
as
Maranta,  14s ............ 
@ 
22®  28
PodophyUum,  po... 
78®  1  00
Rhel........................... 
Rhet,  cut..................  
@  l  28
78®  1  36
Rhel, pv.................... 
Splgella.................... 
36®
Sangulnarla.. .po.  15 
®
Serpentarla.............  
„
50® 
95®  1  CO
Senega.....................  
®  40
Smllax, offlclnalls H. 
Smllax, M................. 
@ 
25
SclUae............ po.  36  10® 
12
Symplocarpus,Fcetl-
dus,  po..................  
@ 
26
Valerlana,Eng.po.30 
® 
Valeriana,  German. 
15®
Zingiber a .............  
is
  14® 
25®  27
Zingiber j..................  

Semen
®
Anlsum..........po.  18 
15 
Aplum (graveleons). 
13®
15
Bird, is ...................... 
4©
6
■  
_____  
io@
Carol...............po.  15  10® 
11
Cardamon.................  i  25®  1  75
Corlandrum.............. 
s® 
10
6®  6
Cannabis Satlva....... 
Cydonium................. 
75©   1  00
Chenopodlum.......... 
ie
is® 
Dipterlx Odorate,...  1 oo®  1  10
Foeniculum............... 
® 
10
Fcenugreek, po........  
7® 
9
L in i...........................  4  @ 
o
Lini, erd.......bbl. 4  4  ® 
6
Lobelia.....................  1  so®  1  55
6
Fharlaris Canarian,. 5  @ 
o
R ap a.........................  6  @ 
Slnapls  Alba............ 
g® 
10
Slnapls  Nigra.......... 
n@  
12
Spiri tug

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2  00®  2  80 
Frumenti,  D. F. R ..  2 00® 2 28
Frum enti..................  1  28®  1  80
Junlperls Co. O. X...  1  65® 2 00
Junlperls  Co............  1  78® 3  50
Saacharom  N. E ....  1  90®  2  10
Spt. Vini GaUl..........  1  76® 6  50
vini Oporto............. 1  26® 2  00
Vini Alba..................  1  28® 2  00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage.................   2  60® 2  75
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage..................  2  50® 2  76
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage....... 
@  1  60
Extra yellow sheeps’
@  1  25
wool, carriage....... 
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................. 
@ 1 0 0
Hard, for slate use.. 
® 
75 
YeUow  R e e f,  for
®  1  40
slate use................. 
Syrups
A cacia.....................
®a
Aurantl Cortex........
Zingiber........ ",.........
@
Ipecac.......................
®
Ferri Iod..................
©
Rhel  Arom...............
©50®
Smllax  Offlclnalls...
Senega ......................
80M ».........................

SclUae  Co..................  
Tolutan..................... 
Prunus  vlrg.............  
T inctures 
Aconltum NapeUls R 
Aconltum NapeUls F
Aloes........................
Aloes and M yrrh....
A rnica......................
Assafcetlda...............
A trope Belladonna..
Aurantl Cortex........
Benzoin....................
Benzoin Co...............
Barosma...................
Cantharides.............
Capsicum..................
Cardamon................
Cardamon Co...........
Castor.......................
Catechul....................
Cinchona..................
Cinchona Co.............
Colombo..................
Cubebae.....................
Cassia Acutlfol........
Cassia Acutlfol Co...
Digitalis....................
Ergot.........................
Ferrl  Chlorldum....
G entian...................
Gentian Co...............
Gulaca.......................
Gulaca ammon........
Hyoscyamug.............
Iodine  ......................
Iodine, colorless.......
K in o .........................
Lobelia.....................
M yrrh.......................
Nux Vomica.............
Opll............................
Opll,  comphorated..
Opll, deodorized.......
Q uassia....................
Rha tan r....................
Rhel...........................
Sangulnarla.............
Serpentarla.............
Stramonium.............
Tolutan....................
V alerian..................
Vera tram  Verlde...
Zingiber....................

M iscellaneous

dither, Spts. Nit. ? F  30© 
Either, Spts. Nit. 4 F  34©
Alum en....................  2M©
3©
Alumen.  gro’d..po. 7 
Annatto..................... 
40®
4®
Antlmonl, po............ 
Antlmonlet Potass T  41®
Antipyrin................. 
®
A ntlfebrln............... 
®
Argenti Nltras, oz... 
®
Arsenicum...............  
10®
46®
Balm  Gilead  Buds.. 
Bismuth S. N..  __   1  66®  1  70
®
Calcium Chlor.,  is... 
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms.. 
®   10
@ 
Calcium Chlor.,  Ms.. 
12
Cantharides, Rus.po  @  80
®  15
Capsicl Fructus. a f.. 
Capslcl  Fructus, po. 
®  15
® 
Capsicl Fructus B, po 
Caryophyllus.po. 15 
12®
Carmine, No. 40....... 
®  3 00
Cera  Alba...............  
55®  60
40®
Cera  Flava...............  
42 
Coccus...................... 
®
40 
Cassia  Fructus........  
®
38 
©
Centrarla................... 
10 
Cetaceum..................  
©
46 
Chloroform.............. 
55®
60 
Chloroform,  squlbbs 
1  10 
Chloral Hyd Crst
1  36®  1  60
20®  25
Chondros.................. 
Clnchonldlne.P. & W  38®  48
Clnchonldlne, Germ. 
38®  48
Cocaine....................  4  56®  4 75
Corks, list, dis. pr.ct
Creosotum.................
C reta............. bbl. 76
Creta, prep...............
Creta, preclp_____
Creta,  Rubra
Crocus...................... 
30®
Cudbear.................... 
©
Cuprl  Sulph..............  6H©
7®
Dextrine................... 
Ether Sulph.............  
78®
Emery, all numbers. 
©
Emery, po................. 
©
E rg o ta........... po. 90 
88®
Flake  W hite............ 
12©
Galla.........................  
®  23
8® 
G am bler..................  
9
Gelatin,  Cooper....... 
@ 
30
35®  60
Gelatin, French....... 
75 &  5
Glassware,  flint, box 
Less than box....... 
70
Glue, brown.............  
11© 
13
Glue,  white.............. 
15®  26
Glycerlna..................  17*@ 
26
Grana Paradlsl........  
© 
25
26®  56
Humulus..................  
©  1  00 
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
®  90 
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor.. 
@  1  10 
Hydrarg  Ox Rub’m. 
®  1  20 
Hydrarg  Ammonlatl 
HydrargUnguentum 
50®  oo
Hydrargyrum.......... 
©  85
Ichthyobolla,  A m ... 
66®  70
Indigo....................... 
76®  1  00
Iodine,  Resubl........   3 40® 3 60
Iodoform.................. 3  60®  3  86
Lupulin.
Lycop 
Macis 
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drarg Iod...............
LlquorPotassArslnlt 
Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl 
Manula. 8,  F __

©68®
68®
©
10®
2©
©78©

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

G R O C ER Y   P R IC E   C U R R E N T

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

DECLINED

Sauer  K ra u t
E vap o rated   A pples
L em ons
F am ily   W hitefish

A X LE  GREASE
au ro ra..........................56 
Castor  Oil..................... 60 
Diamond.......................so 
Frazer’s ........................ 75 
IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 

doz.  gross
6 oo
7 oo
4 26
9 00
9 00

CANDLES

Electric Light, 8s...................12
Electric Light, 16s................. 12*
Paraffine, 6s.............................914
Paraffine, 12s ..........................10
wtoklnv. 
..17

CANNED  GOODS 

ADVANCED
Refined  Sugars
Straw   P ap er
B rick  Cheese
G allon  A pples

Index to  Markets

By Columns

C

B

A

Cal.
Akron  Stoneware..................  IS
Alabastlne..............................  1
Ammonia................................   1
Axle Grease............................  
l
Bakins Powder.......................   1
Bath  Brick..............................  1
Bluing......................................  1
Breakfast  Food.....................   1
Brooms....................................  1
Brushes...................................  1
Butter Color...........................   1
Candles....................................  M
Candles....................................  1
Canned Goods........................   2
Catsup.....................................   3
Carbon O ils............................  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
Cream T artar.........................  6 I
Dried  Fruits..........................   S
Farinaceous  Goods...............  6
Fish and Oysters....................  13
Fishing Tackle.......................  6
Flavoring Extracts................   6
Fly  Paper...............................   6
Fresh Meats...........................   6
F ruits......................................  14
Gelatine...................................  6
Grain Bags..............................  7
Grains and F lour..................  7
H erbs......................................  7
Hides and Pelts.....................   13
Indigo......................................  7
Jelly ........................................   7

D
F

I
J

G

H

X.

P

M

R
S

Lamp Burners........................  15
Lamp Chimneys.....................  15
lan tern s..................................  15
Lantern  Globes.....................   15
Licorice..................................   7
Lye...........................................  7
Meat E xtracts.......................   7
Molasses..................................  7
Mustard..................................   7
Nuts.
14
Oil Cans...................................  15
Olives......................................   7
Pickles.....................................   7
P ipes........................................  7
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 I
Soda........................ 
10 |
Spices...............  
10
Starch......................................  10
Stove Polish...........................   to
Sugar.......................................  li
Syrups.....................................   10
Table  Sauce............................  li
Tea...........................................  U
Tobacco..................................   it
Tw ine......................................  12
Vinegar...................................  12
Washing Powder....................... 13 I
Wlcklng...................................  is
Wooden war«..........................   13
Wrapping Paper....................  13
13
Toast  Cake.

V
w

T

 

 

 

 

A pples
1 3 lb. Standards........  
Gallons, standards.. 

B lack b erries

86
2 25

| Standards................. 

* 

35

Beans

! B aked.......................   1  oo@i  30
Red  Kidney.............  
75®  85
String........................ 
70
Wax........................... 
75
B laeb erries
I Standard.....................
B rook  T ro u t

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

Clam s.
Little Neck, 1 lb......  
Little Neck. 2 lb......  

Clam   B ouillon

1  00
1  50

Burnham’s, % pint............  1  92
{ Burnham’s, pints....................  3 60
j  Burnham’s, quarts............  7 20

C herries

85

Corn

P ears

O ysters

F ren ch   Peas

G ooseberries

95
@1  20
22
19
15
11

85
2  10
3  60
2  40
1  80
2  80
1  SO
2 80
18’
2 80
1S&20
22©25

i Red  Standards............1  3C@i  so
White...........................  
1  50
I  Fair............................
j Good......................... 
I  Fancy.......................  
Sur Extra Fine.................. 
Extra  Fine......................... 
Fine.....................................  
j  Moyen................................. 
Standard..................
H om iny
Standard................... 
Lobster
Star, H lb.................. 
Star, 1  lb..................  
Picnic Tails..............  
M ackerel
Mustard, lib ............ 
Mustard, 2 lb ............ 
Sowid. lib ............... 
Sous al, 2 lb.............  
Tomato, 1 lb.............  
j Tomato, 2 lb.............  
M ushroom s
Hotels......................... 
1 Buttons...................... 
I Cove, l i b ................... 
Cove, 2 lb ..................  
155
96
Cove, 1 lb  Oval........  
Peaches
P ie ............................  
8E@  90
Yellow......................  1  86®1  85
Standard..................  
1 00
Fancy..................  ... 
1  25
M arrowfat...............  
1  00
I  Early June................... 
9001 60
165
Early June Sifted.. 
P lu m s
I Plums........................ 
85
P ineap p le
G rated......................  1  25©2  75
Sliced.........................  1  3502 56
P u m p k in
F a ir...........................
Good.........................  
Fancy.......................  
R aspberries
Standard...................  
R ussian  Cavier
li lb. cans................................   3 75
14 lb, cans................................   7 00
1 lb. can..................................   12 00
Columbia Elver, tails 
Columbia River, flats 
Red Alaska.................... 
Pink Alaska............. 
S hrim ps
Standard.........................  
Sardines
Domestic, 14*...........  
Domestic, H s .......... 
Domestic,  Mustard. 
California, 14s ..........  
California 14s ...........  
French,  ms............... 
French, Ms............... 
Standard..................  
Fancy  ............................. 

11014
17©24
7©14
18©28
1 1 0

@1  66
©1  80
©  90

Straw berries

1  OO
1  25
1  15

Salm on

3£
5
6

Peas

© 1 30

1 40

E gg

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

B A K IN G   PO W D ER  

9 00
6 00

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

JAXON

It lb. cans, 4 doz. case........  45
% lb. cans, 4 doz. case........   85
1 
lb. cans. 2 doz. case........1  60

R oyal

lOcslze__   90
M lb. cans  1  35 
6oz. cans.  1  90 
H  lb. cans 2 50 
% lb. cans  3 75 
1 lb.  cans.  4 80 
3 lb. cans  13 00 
5 lb. cans. 21  50

BATH  B RICK

American...............................  75
English...................................  85
Arctic, 4 oz. ovals, per gross 4 00 
Arctic, 8 oz. ovals, per gross 6 00 
Arctic 16 oz. round per gross 9  00

BLUING

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

.4  50
.4  40

BREA K FA ST  FOOD

mramiiEs
TRYABITA

Case«, 36  packages. 
Five case lots..........

BROOMS

Peptoniz«d  Celery  Food,  3
doz. In case.................  4 05
Hulled Corn, per doz............  95
No. 1 Carpet......................... 2 70
No. 2 Carpet......................... 2 25
No. 3 Carpet......................... 2  15
No. 4 Carpet......................... 1  75
Parlor  Gem..........................2  40
Common Whisk....................  86
Fancy Whisk........................1  10
Warehouse...........................3 so

BRUSHES

Scrub

Shoe

Solid Back,  8 In....................  45
Solid Back, 11 I n ..................   96
Pointed Ends........................   85
No. 8......................................1  00
No. 7......................................1  30
No. 4......................................1  70
No. 3.......... 
............... 1  90
No. 3......................................  75
No. 2.......................................1  10
NO. 1........... ...........................1  75
BUTTER  COLOR
W., R. & Co.’a, 15c size__  
1  25
W., R. & Co.’s, 25c size__   200

Stove

.

.

 

Succotash
Fair............................ 
Good......................... 
.
Fancy 
Tom atoes
F a ir........................... 
Good......................... 
Fancy.......................  
Gallons.....................  
B arrels

CARBON  OILS 

96
l  00
1  20
1  10
1  15
l  26
8 so

Eocene.........................  @12*
Perfection.................... 
§U H
Diamond White..........  @ 11
D.  8. Gasoline.........  @14*
Deodorized Naphtha..  @12
Cylinder.........................29  @34
Engine............................16  @22
Black, winter................  9  @10%

CATSUP

Colombia,  pints.................... 2 00
Columbia, H Pints.................1  25

CHEESE
Acme......................... 
@14
@14
Amboy.....................  
Elsie..........................  
©14
Emblem.................... 
@14
Gem...........................
Gold Medal...............  .  ©13
Id eal.......................  
Jersey.......................
Riverside.................. 
Brick......................... 
Edam ........................ 
Leiden...................... 
Llmburger................  
Pineapple................. 
Sap  Sago..................  

©13M
414
14@16
©90
@17
13©14
56075
©19

CH EW IN G   GUM 
56
American Flag Spruce—  
Beeman’s Pepsin.............. 
60
55
Black Jack......................... 
Largest Gum  Made.......... 
60
56
Sen Sen............................... 
Sen Sen Breath Perfume..  1  00
Sugar  Loaf......................... 
55
56
Yucatan.............................. 
Bulk.......................  
5
R ed.......................................... 7
Eagle......................................  4
Franck’s ................................. 7
Schener’s ...............................  6

CHICORY

 

CHOCOLATE 

Walter Baker & Co.’s.

German  Sweet......................  23
Premium...............................   31
Breakfast Cocoa....................  46
CLEANER  &  PO LISH ER

10 oz. box. 3 doz., per  doz.  $1  35 
Qts  box, 2 doz., per doz ...  2  25 
Gal  box, % doz., per  doz..  7 50 

Samples and Circulars Free. 

CLOTHES  LINES 

Sisal

J u te

C otton  V ictor

60 ft, 3 thread,  extra........   100
r2 ft. 3 thread,  extra.......   1 40
90 ft, 3 thread,  extra.......  1 70
60 ft. 6 thread,  extra.......  1 29
72 ft, 6 thread,  extra..................
60 ft...................................... 
75
72 ft...................................... 
90
90 ft......................................  1 05
120 ft....................................  1 50
50ft.....................................  
80
6f ft...................................... 
95
70 ft......................................  1 10
59 ft......................................  1 20
60 ft......................................  1 40
70 ft......................................  165
80 ft.....................................   1 85
75
40 ft...................................... 
50 ft...................................... 
85
60 ft...................................... 
96
G alvanized  W ire 
No. 20, each 100 ft long....  1  90
No. 19, each 100 ft long....  2  10

C otton W indsor

Cotton B raided

COCOA

 

 

Cleveland...............................   41
Colonial, MB  .........................  38
Colonial, Ms..........................   33
pps.................. 
42
uyler...................................   46
Van Houten, Ms...................   12
Van Houten, M*...................   20
Van Houten, Ms...................   40
Van Houten,  is ...................   70
Webb................................... 
30
Wilbur, M s...........................   41
Wilbur, mb..................... 
42
COCOANUT
Dunham’s Ms.....................  26
Dunham's Ms and Ms.......  26M
Dunham’s  Mb....................  27
Dunham's  Ms....................  28
Bulk.....................................  13

 

COCOA  SHELLS
20 lb. bags........................ 
Less quantity................... 
Pound packages.............  

  2M

3
4

C O FFE E 
B oasted

Teller Coffee Co. brands

No.  9..  .................................   9
No.  10.....................................10
NO. 12.....................................12M
NO. 14.....................................14

1 40

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........................................30
Koran......................................14
Delivered in 100 lb. lots.
Dwtnell-Wrlght  Co.’s Brands.

White House, 1 lb. cans......
White House, 2 lb. cans......
Excelsior, M  & J.  1 lb. cans 
Excelsior, M. & 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 A Co.,  Detroit,  B.  Desen- 
berg & Co., Kalamazoo, Symons 
Bros. &  Co.,  Saginaw,  Jackson 
Grocer Co.,  Jackson,  Melsel  & 
Goeschel.  Bay  City,  Flelbach 
Co., Toledo.

Rio

Common................................   8
F a ir......................................... 9
Choice.....................................10
Fancy..................................... 15

Santos

Common................................   8
F a ir........................................  9
Choice.....................................10
Fancy.....................................13
Peaberry.................................11

M aracaibo

F a ir........................................ 13
Choice................................... ig

M exican

Choice.....................................13
Fancy......................................17

G uatem ala

Choice.....................................13

Ja v a

African..................................12
Fancy A frican.....................17
O  G........................................26
P. G........................................si

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

M ocha

Package 

New York Basis.

Arbnckle.............................. 10
Dll worth.............................. 10
Jersey................................... 10
Lion......................................  9m
M cL aughlin’s XXXX 
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
Co., Chicago.

E x tract

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

CONDENSED  M ILK  

4 doz In case.

Gall Borden Eagle................ 6 40
Crown..................................... e 90
Daisy....................................... 4 70
Champion.............................. 4 25
Magnolia................................4 00
Challenge............................... « 10
Dime................ 
3 36
Peerless Evaporated Cream.4  00
Milkmaid.............................. e 10
Tip  Top.................................. 3 g5
Nestles...................................     25
Highland  Cream................... 5 00
St. Charles Cream..................4 so

CRACKERS

B a tte r

National Biscuit Co.’s brands 
Seymour................................  
New York.............................  
Fam ily..................................  
Salted..................................... 
W o lv e rin e ...,,,,,,,,..,... 

7

gM
6M
gM
6M

5

Soda

Soda  XXX......................... 
7
8
Soda, City........................... 
Long Island  Wafers..........  13
Zephyrette............................ 
18

O yster

7M
7
7M
7

F a u s t.................................  
Farina................................. 
Extra Farina...................... 
Sal tine Oyster....................... 
Sw eet  G oods—Boxes
to
Animals................................ 
Assorted  Cake....................   10
Belle Rose.............................  
8
Bent’s W ater........................  16
Cinnamon Bar....................... 
9
Coffee Cake,  Iced.............  
10
Coffee Cake. Java...............  
10
Cocoanut Macaroons........  18
Cocoanut Taffy.................... 
10
Cracknells............................. 
is
Creams, Iced......................... 
8
Cream Crisp.......................  
iom
1 1 M
Cubans................................ 
Currant  F ruit......................  12
Frosted Honey....................  
12
Frosted Cream..................... 
9
Ginger Gems,l’rgeorsm ’ll  8
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. C__  
6M
Gladiator..............................  
10 M
Grandma Cakes.................... 
9
Graham Crackers................  
8
Graham  Wafers..................  
12
Grand Rapids  Tea............  16
Honey Fingers....................  
12
Iced Honey Crumpets....... 
10
8
Imperials............................... 
Jumbles, Honey................... 
12
Lady Fingers........................ 
12
Lemon Snaps........................ 
12
Lemon Wafers....................   16
Marshmallow....................... 
is
Marshmallow Creams.......  16
Marshmallow W alnuts.... 
16
Mary Ann.............................  
8
Mixed Picnic......................  UM
Milk  Biscuit.......................  
7M
8
Molasses  Cake..................... 
Molasses Bar........................  
9
Moss Jelly B ar....................  
12 M
Newton.................................  
12
Oatmeal Crackers.............. 
8
Oatmeal Wafers..................   12
Orange Crisp........................  
9
Orange Gem.......................... 
9
8
Penny Cake..........................  
Pilot Bread, XXX.............  
7M
Pretzelettes, hand made.. 
8M
Pretzels, hand  made........ 
8M
Scotch Cookies.....................  
9
7M
Sears’ Lunch...................... 
8
Sugar Cake............................ 
Sugar Crnatn. XXX..........  
8
Sugar Squares....................... 
8
Sultanas................................ 
13
Tuttl Fruttl..........................   16
Vanilla Wafers....................  
ie
Vienna Crimp....................... 
8
E. 

J.  Kruce & Co. ’s baked good 

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

with Interesting discounts. 
CREAM   TA RTA R

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

D R IE D   FRU ITS 

A pples

Sundrled.............................4M©5
Evaporated, so lb. boxes.7©  8

C alifornia  P ru n es

100-120 25 lb. boxes........   ©
90-100 26 lb. boxes........   @ 4
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes........   ©  4M
70 - 80 25 lb. boxes........   @ 5
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........   © 5 >4
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........   @ 6
40 - so 25 lb. boxes........   © gv
30 - 40 25 lb. boxes........

M cent less In 50 lb. cases

C alifornia  F ru its

Apricots ......................   ©  8M
Blackberries...............
Nectarines..................  
8tt
Peaches.......................7  ©10
Pitted Cherries'.".!!""
PrunneUes..................
Raspberries................

Corsican..................... 13  @ 3£

Imported, 1 lb package  Stt© 
Imported bulk............   6!4@

Lemon American 10 lb. bx.. 13 
Orange American 10 lb. bx.,13

C itron

C u rran ts

F eel

R aisins

London Layers 2 Crown.
1  85
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............. 
2  50
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
7 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
7%
8
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
L. M„ Seeded, 1  lb.......   @  8K
L. M., Seeded, X   lb__  
7
Sultanas, b u lk ...................... 10
Sultanas, package................lotf
FARINACEOUS  GOOD8 

B eans

Dried Lima............................  5*
Medium Hand Picked 
2  40
Brown Holland.....................

F a rin a

241 lb. packages........................1 so
Bqlk, per 100 Tbs......................... 2 so

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8

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

IO

29

II

Local Brands

W in ter  W h eat  F lo o r 

W heat................................... 
n 
Patents.............................  
4  25
Second Patent.....................   3  75
Straight.................................  3  sa
Second Straight..................  3  «
Clear...................................  3  15
Graham ................................  3  25
Buckwheat..........................   g  00
............................   3 00
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
Flour In bbls., 26c per  bbl. ad­

H om iny

#o

P IP E S

........ 1  70
.......   6T

G ELA TIN E

P e a rl  B arley

Clay, No. 216................
Olay, T. D.. fall count
O*. 

M utton
Carcass..................... 
@  g
Flake, 60 lb. sack................ 
&  7%
Lambs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Pearl,  200 lb. bbl........................s 00
Veal
Pearl, 100 lb. sack......................2 so
Ctroass... 
............. 
4  q   ayi
M accaroni  and V erm icelli
„  
Domestic, 10 lb. box.............  60
Knox’s  Sparkling............. 
1  20
Barrels, 1,200 count.............8  00
Import*«* -  m i v  box. 
____2  H
Knox's 8parkltng,pr gross  14  00
Half bbls, 600 count.............4  £6
Knox’s Acidulated...........  
1  20
Common.....................................3 00
Knox’s Acidulat’d,pr gross 14 00 
Chester........................................ 2 90
Oxford............................. 
.................................. ..  Barrels, 2,400 count.............9 60
75
Empire.........................................8 66
Plymouth  Rock................. 
1  ao )  HhH bbls, 1.200 count..........6  20
is o  
Nelson's.................. ..........  
p i
PLAYING  CARDS 
Green, Wisconsin, bu.......... 
Cox’s,  2 qt size........... . . "   }  ei  No  90  S
Steamboat.............  
90
£ im n’.£COtCh’ bU.................1  »  I Cox’s, l-qt size.................... 
1  10  No! 15, II
1  20
. Rival, assorted__  
spu(,  ID.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
No  yn  n
C R i i v   n i n e  
4 
No. 20, Rover, enameled.. 
1  60
G RAIN   BAGS 
N6. 672, Special...................  
1 75
15& 
Amoskeag, 100 in bale  .... 
Rolled A vena, bbl..................6 10
No  98. Golf, satin  finish..  2  00
Amoskeag, less than bale. 
15% 
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks.......  2  76
No. 808. Bicycle..................   2 00
Monarch, bbl..........................4 so
No. 632, Tournam’t Whist.  2 26 
Monarch, H bbl..................... 2 56
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks............2 30
Quaker, cases.........................3 10

*
PIC K L E S 
M edium

GRAINS  AND  FLOUR 

48 cans In case.

R olled  Oats

POTASH 

W heat

Sm all

Peae 

__ 

74

G rits

Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

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

PROVISIONS 
B arreled   P o rk

@17  go 
©20 75 
©20  61 
@20  00
©16  76 
21  00 
@20 25

12
13%

©   12H 
©   12% 
©  12H 
©  12a 
©  12
©  14H 
©  10 ©  18 
©  14H
9H©  10
qua  ia
10

©  7 h 
@UH 
H 
H 

Hs%

8%
6
6H@8
8H@9

11  76 
@ 11 76
1  85 
3 26 
7  60

D ry  S alt  M eats

Sm oked  M eats

. 

- 

_ 

n 

___ 

t  s 

Sago

M eal

W heat

T apioca

Mince Hftm> 

Cotton  Lines

count.
ditional.

Worden Grocer Co.’s  Brand

Spring  W heat  F lo u r 

Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand

Ceresota Hs................  4  60 I -  

u*............................   3  80
Quaker H8..........................  3  so
Quaker Hs..........................  3  so

Cases, 24 2 lb. packages....... 2  00 | 
East India.............................   3)1
German, sacks.......................  341
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  110 lb. sacks............. 4%
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks................   3%
Pearl, 24 1 lb.  packagi 
Cracked, bulk........................   314
24 2 
Packages.................. 2  60 |  Wlngold  H s... 
,  *?*NG  TA C K LE 
. 
J Î* ? 1J iÏ®ÎÎk ........................... 
1)4 to 2 loches.  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
IH to 2 Inches........................ 
1%  to 2  inches........................   U 
2 Inches..................................... 
- - 
j j  
3 Inches.
No. 1,10  feet........................... 
5
No. 2,15 feet..........................  
7
No. 3,15 feet..........................  
9
No. 4,15 feet..........................  
10
No. 5,15 feet........................... 
11
No. 6,15 feet........................... 
12
No. 7,16 feet........................... 
15
No. 8,15 feet........................... 
18
No. 9,15 feet...........................  20
Small......................................  20
Medium................................  
26
L a rg e ..................... 
34
 
Poles
Bamboo, 14 ft., per  doz........  50
Bamboo, 16 f t . per doz.......   66
Bamboo.  18 f t , per doz........   80
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS

Mess....................... .
B ack.......................
Clear back...............^
Short cut.................
PI*............................
Bean..........................
Family Mess Loin..!
Clear.........................
Bellies......................
8 P Bellies.................
Extra shorts.............
Hams, 12 lb. average 
Hams, 14 lb. average.
Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s  Brand
Hams, 161b. average.
PlUsbury’s  Best H s..........  4 60
Hams, 20 lb. average.
Plllsbury’s  Best Hs_____  4  60
Ham dried  beef.......
,  Plllsbury’s  Best H s..........  4  40
Shoulders (N. Y. cut)
6H  I  Plllsbury’s Best Hs paper.  4  40 
1  Plllsbury’s Best Hs paper.  4  *0 
Bacon, d e a r..............   14
Lemon ft Wheeler Co.’s Brand
---------------  — __ _ „   „ udcid.  vu. » nrmiii  ,  California hams.......
T l.  Boiled Hams...........
Wlngold  Hs.....................  
4  40 I
Wlngold  u s ........ 4 30  Picnic Boiled Hams
Wlngold  u s .....................  
4  go
6  Wlngold  H s....................... 
4  20 i BerUn  Ham  pr’s’d 
7 
4 L   Hudson Grocer Co.’s Brand. 
L ard
Compound.............
15 Ceresota H*........................   4  to
Pure...........................
Ceresota Ha.........................  4  40
60 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
Laurel  Hs..........................   4  to
60 lb. Tins... advance 
Laurel  Hs...........................  4  40
20 lb. Palls..advance 
Laurel  Hs...........................  4  &o
10 lb. Palls.. advance 
Laurel Hs and  H* paper..  4  30
5 lb. Palls..advance
aCvHnr-p
•  i*v 
Vegetole....................
Bolted...................................   2  70
Granulated..........................   a  30
Sausages
I Bologna ..
St. Car Feed screened new  21  00  Liver.......
No. 1 Torn and  Oats........   21  00  Frankfort
Corn Meal,  coarse...........   21  00
Corn Meal, fine old...........   21  00
Winter Wheat Bran..........  16  00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  19  00
Cow  Feed...........................  is 00
Screenings.........................17 00
Car  lots new.....................   35
Corn, car  lots, new..........  48
C orn,car  lots,old...'......   60
No. 1 Timothy car  lots__   o9  50
No. 1 Timothy ton  lots__ 12 00
ga*e.............................................
Hops......................................... ..
Laurel Leaves...........................u>
Senna L et*«
Madras, 6 lb. boxes.................66
S. F„ 2,8 and 6 lb.  boxes........no
6 lb. palls.per doz............ 
1  86
151b. palls..............................  43
301b. palls..............................  so
P ure.......................................  30
Calabria.................................   23
Sicily..................................... 
14
Root........................................ 
10
Condensed, 2 doz. . . . . . . . . . . . 1   20
Condensed, 4 doz...................2 25

B eef
Extra Mess...............
Boneless.....................
Rump, N ew .............
H bbls., 40  lbs..........
Hbbls........................
1 bbls.,  lbs.............
T ripe
Kits, 15  lbs...............
H bbls., 40  lbs..........
H bbls., so lbs..........
Casings
„   P o rk .................... ...
os  Beef  rounds..............
Beef  middles............
Sheen........................
Solid, dairy...............  
Rolls, dairy............... 
Rolls,  purity............. 
Solid,  purity__ .... 
Corned beef, 2 lb .... 
Corned beef, 14 lb ... 
Boast beef, 2 lb........  
Potted ham,  H*....... 
Potted ham,  Hs....... 
Deviled ham,  Hs__  
Deviled ham,  H s.... 
Potted tongue,  Hs.. 
Potted tongue,  Hs.. 
R IC E 
D om estic

JAXON

H ighest  G rade  E x tracts
Lein on

Poik..................... 
Blood
Toni

1 oz full  m.  80
2 oz full m  l  26 
N o . a f a n ’y . i   76

Feed  and  MlUstuflfe 

FOOTE  A  JE N K S ’

1 oz full m  l  20
2 oz full m  2  10 
No. sfan’v s is

M ALTED  FOOD

F o ld in g  Boxes 

L inen  Lines

Oats
Corn

LICO RICE

P igs’  F eet

INDIGO

H ERBS

JE L L Y

cheese..

V amila

LYE

H ay

00

 

Canned  M eats 

©12H
¡¿13
16H
16
2  60
17  60
2  60
60
90
60
90
50
go

U ncolored  B n tterin e

Carolina bead......................... 7
Carolina  No. 1 ........................6H
Carolina  No. 2 ........................6
Broken.................................... 3%

T ap er  B ottles 

D. C. Lemon 
D. C. Vanilla
2 oz.........  
76  2 oz.........   1  20
* OZ..........  1  60  4 oz..............  2 
6 OZ.........  2  00  6 oz...........   3 00
D. C. Lemon 
D. C. Vanilla
2 oz..........  76  2 oz..........1  26
3oz..........  1  25  3oz..........2  10
4 OZ...........  1 50  4 OZ.............2 40
D. C. Lemon 
D. C. Vanilla
1 oz..........  66  1 OZ..........  85
20Z.............1 10  2 OZ.............1  60
4 0Z..........  2  00  4 OZ.............3 00
2 oz. full measure, Lemon.. 
76
4 oz. full measure, Lemon.,  l  60 
2 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  90 
4 oz. full measure. Vanilla..  1  80

T ropical  E xtracts

F a ll  M easure

FR E S H   MEATS 

B eef

MALT=0LA

Cases, 12 packages.............   1  35
Cases, 36 packages.............  4  05
Armour A Co.’s, 2 oz........   4  46
Liebig's, 2  oz......................  2  7B

M EAT  EXTRACTS

MOLASSES 
New  O rleans

Fancy Open Kettle........... 
Choice................................. 
F a ir..................................... 
Good.................................... 

Half-barrels 2c extra
MU8TARD

40
36
26
22

5
©  7H 
©  6 
6
_______   6
© 7H 
©14 
8
7  w _______
©12
5H@  7
6  ©   5H
4H@  5
7 

Carcass...................... 
Forequarters.......... 
Hindquarters
Loins........................... 
R ib s............................  
Rounds....................... 
Cbucas.......................  
P lates......................... 
Dressed.................... 
Loins......................... 
Boston  B utts............ 
Shoulders................. 
Leaf Lard................. 

©10
©  9
© 9
© 12

P o rk

© 7H

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

OLIYES

1  35
Bulk, 1 gal. kegs................. 
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs................ 
1  10
Bulk, 5 nil. kegs................  
1  06
Manzanllla, 7 oz................  
so
Queen, pints.......................  2  35
Queen, 19  oz.......................  4  so
Queen, 28  oz......................   7  00
Stuffed, 5 oz.......................  
90
Stuffed, 8 oz.......................  
1  46
Staffed, 10 oz.....................   2  go

Sntton’a Table Bloc, 40 to the 

bale, 1H pound pookotv.-rM

9

Im p o rted .

Japan,  No.  l ..................sh@
Japan,  No.  2..................5  ©
Java, fancy head............  @
Java, No. 1 ......................  a
Table.................................   q

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

Cost of packing In  cotton  pock­
ets only He more than bulk.
SALAD  DRESSING 
Alpha Cream, large, 2 doz.  .1  86 
Alpha Cream, large, 1 doz...i  90 
Alpha Cream, small, 3 doz..  96
Durkee’s, large, 1 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.....................;;8  15
Emblem...................... 
2  10
l .  p ..................................;:;;3  m
Wyandotte, too  %s............... 3  w

SAL  SODA

Granulated, bbls..................   95
Granulated, 100lb.cases...!i  05
Lump, bbls...........................  90
Lump, 146 lb. kegs.................  95

SALT

D iam ond C rystal 

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  40 
Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 60 6 lb. bags.3 00 
Table, barrels, 401  lb. Dags.2  75 
Butter, barrels, 320 lb. bulk.2  76 
Butter, barrels, 2014lb.bags.2 86 
Butter, sacks, 28 lb s..... 
27
Butter, sacks. 68 lbs............"  67
Shaker, 24 2 lb. boxes....... "  1  bo

Com m on  G rades
100 31b. sacks.........................     26
60 61b. sacks..................  
ib
" 2  06
2810 lb. sacks...............  
561b.sacks...............................40
28 lb. sacks........................... 
22

W arsaw

861b. dairy In drill bags.... 
40 
28 lb. dairy In drill bags.......  20

A shton

56 lb. dairy In linen sacks...  00 

H iggins

66 lb. dairy In linen  sacks...  60 

Solar  Rock

661b.  sack s................... 

os

Com m on

Granulated  Fine..................   76
Medium Fine.................. ....  go

SALT  FISH  

Cod

Large whole................ 
a  5«
» 5*
Small whole................. 
Strips or  bricks..........  7  ©  9
Pollock.........................  
p  g£

. 

H aU but.
Stripe............................  
Chunks..........................) "  

19
13

T ro u t

No. 1100 lbs........................  s 60
9  BO
No. 1  40 lbs....................... 
No. 1  10 lbs...................   * 
70
NO. 1  8 lbs.................. 
 
59

' 

M ackerel
Mess 100 lbs................ 
14  50
Mess  60 ibs........................  7  7B
Mess  10 lbs................ 
1  go
Mess 
8 lbs..................... ’  1  30
No. 1100 lbs........................  13 00
No. 1  60 lbs.......................  7  00
NO. 1  10 lbs....................... 
1  4B
8 lbs.....................‘  1  19
No. 1 
No. 2 100 lbs..............
NO. 2 
61 lbt.................  ■
NO. 2  10 lbs........................
Vo. 2  8 lbs........................

H errin g

Holland white hoops,  bbl.  10  60 
Holland white hoopsHhbl.  5  50 
Holland white hoop, keg..  @75 
Holland white hoop mens. 
86
Norwegian....................
Round 100 lbs....................   360
Round 60 lbs.......................   2  10
Scaled............................. 
HIT
Bloaters..........................I " .  1 «

W hite fish 

N o.l  No. 2 

100  lbs........... 7  75
50  lbs........... 4 20
10 lbs............  93
® 
TT

Fam 
3  75 
2  20 
68 <7

SEEDS

A n is e ...................................... 9
Canary, Smyrna......................3H
Caraw ay..................................754
Cardamon, Malabar............1  00
Celery.................................... 10
Hemp, Russian........................4H
Mixed B ird.............................. 4
Mustard, white.....................   7
Poppy.....................................   6
R a p e .........................................  4
Cuttle Bonn.....................  "  ’ 14

SHOE  BLACKING
Handy Box,  large.............   2 60
Handy Box, small.............  
1  26
Bixby’s Royal Polish........  
86
Miller’s Crown  Polish......  
85

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

JA XO N

Jas. 8.  Kirk & Co. brands—

Single box...............................3 20
5 box lots, delivered.............3 15
10 box lots, delivered.............3 10
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Silver King  .....................   3 66
Calumet Family..............   2  75
8cotch Family....................2  86
Cuba.....................................   36
Dusky Diamond...............  3  55
Jap  Rose..........................   3 75
Savon  Imperial...............  3  55
White  Russian.................  3 60
Dome, oval bars................. 3  66
Satinet, oval.....................   2  50
White  Cloud......................4  10
Big Acme............................4  so
Acme 5c............................  3  56
Marseilles.........................  4  00
M aster................................ 3  76
Lenox...............................   3  10
Ivory, 6oz...........................4  00
Ivory, 10 oz......................   g  76
Schultz & Co. brand—
Star...................................   3  28
Search-Light Soap  Co.  brand. 
“Search-Light”  Soap,  100
big, pure, solid bars........  3  75
A. B.  Wrtsley brands—
Good Cheer......................  4  00
Old Country.....................   3  40

Proctor 81 Gamble brands—

Lautz Bros, brands—

Scouring

Sapollo, kitchen, 8  doz........ 2  40
Sapollo, hand, 3 doz..............2 40

SODA

Boxes.....................................   5 *
Kegs, English..........................4%

8N U FF

Scotch, In bladders.................  37
Maccaboy, In jars...................  35
French Rappee, in jars.......  43

SPICES 

W hole Spices

Allspice...............................
Cassia, China In m ats.......
Cassia, Batavia, In bund... 
Cassia, Saigon, broken.... 
Cassia, Saigon, In rolls....
Cloves, Amboyna...............
Cloves, Zanzibar................
M ace...................................
Nutmegs,  76-80..................
Nutmegs,  106-10.................
Nutmegs, 116-20..................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white. 
Pepper, shot.......................

P o re  G round In B a lk

Allspice.............................
Cassia, Batavia..................
Cassia, Saigon....................
Cloves, Zanzibar................
Ginger,  African................
Ginger, Cochin..................
Ginger,  Jam aica...............
Mace....................................
Mustard..............................
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper, Singapore, white.
Pepper, Cayenne........
Sage.....................................

STARCH 

C om m on Gloss

l-lb. packages.................... 
3-lb. packages....................  
6-lb. packages.................... 
40 and so-lb. boxes.............  
B arrels.................................. 

Com m on Corn

20 l-lb.  packages............... 
4 0 1-lb.  package*............... 

8YRUP8

Corn

Barrels......................................
Half bbls..............................29
10 lb. cans, % doz. In case. .1   85 
5 lb. cans, 1 doz. In case....  2  10 
2H lb. cans, 2 doz. In case.. .2  10

P u re  Cane

F a ir........................................ 
is
Good......................................   20
Choice...................................  26

8TOVE  PO LISH

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

No. 4,8 doz.ln case, gross..  4 60 
No. 6,8 doz In case, gross..  7  20

SUGAR

7  ib
Domino.............................. 
Cut Loaf.......................................5 55
Crushed..............................   5 66
Cubes..................................   6  20
Powdered...........................  5  05
Coarse  Powdered.............   5  06
XXXX Powdered..............  6  10
Fine Granulated.................  4  85
2 lb.  bags Fine  Gran........   5  06
5 lb. bags Fine  G ran........   5  00
Mould A..............................  5  30
Diamond  A........................   4  96
Confectioner’s  A ...............  4  70
No.  1, Columbia A ...........  4 85
No.  2, Windsor A.............   4  so
No.  8, Ridgewood A ........   4  90
No.  4, Phoenix  A .............   4  75
No.  6, Empire A ...............  4 70
go.  6...................................  4  ei
T...................................  4  66
gO.  8...................................  4 60
go.  a...................................  4  4j
No. 10...................................  4  4a
NO. 11...................................  4 3 ,
gO-12...................................  4  26
gO. 18...................................  4  20
No. 16...................................  4  21
No. 16..................................   4  J5

TA B LE  SAUCES
LEA & 
PERRINS* 
SAUCE
The Original and 
Genuine
Worcestershire.

__  
Lea & Perrin’s, pints........   5  00
Lea ft Perrin’s,  H pints...  2 76
Halford, large......................  3 75
Halford, small......................  2 28

TEA
Ja p a n

Snndrled, medium............... 31
Sundrled, choice...................33
Sundrled, fancy.....................43
Regular, medium.................. 34
Regular, choice.....................33
Regular, fancy...................... 43
Basket-fired, medium...........31
Basket-fired, choice..............38
Basket-fired, fancy...............43
Nibs..........................................
Siftings.............................49@21
Fannings......................... 20©22

G unpow der

Moyune, medium................. 29
Moyune, choice.....................sg
Moyune,  fancy...................... 68
Plngsuey,  medium............... 28
Plngsuey,  choice...................83
Plngsuey, fancy.....................43

Y oung  H yson

Choice...................................   30
Fanoy......................................sg

O olong

Formosa, fancy..................... 42
Amoy, medium......................26
Amoy, choice........................ ..

E n g lish  B reak fast

Medium................................   27
Choice....................................[34
Fancy.......................................

In d ia

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

TOBACCO

C igars

H. ft p. Drug Co.’s brands.

Fortune  Teller..................   35  00
Our Manager.....................   30  00
Quintette.............................. sg os
G. J. Johnson cigar Co.’s brand.

6
bh
6%
4
4

8
5%

B.O.W.......................  moo
ClgM cupping*, per Ib. 
u

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

15

F ancy—In  F a n s 

M ixed Candy

Grocers.....................
Competition.............
Special......................
Conserve...................
R oyal.......................
Ribbon......................
Broken.....................
Cut Loaf....................
English Rock............
Kindergarten..........
Bon Ton  Cream.......
French Cream..........
Dandy Pan...............
Hand  Made  C rr-1*
m ixed...............
Crystal Cream mix

Champ. Crys. Gums.
Pony  H earts...........
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...
Hal. Cream Bonbons
201b. palls.............
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. palls..................
Golden Waffles........

© 6 
A  7 
©  7X 
©  7X 
© 8X 
©  9 
© 8 
© 8X 
© 9 
© 9 
@ 8X 
© 9 
©10
U4X

8X

11 
10 
10 
©12 
© 9 
©10 ©11 
©13X 
©12 
©  5X 
© 9 
©  9 
©  9 
©12
©11
©13
©12

STONEW ARE

B u tters

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

C hnrns

M ilkpang

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

X gai  fiat or rd. hot, per doz............
1 gal. nat or rd. hot,, each..................
F ine  Glazed  M ilkpans
X gal. flat or rd. hot., per doz.............
1 gal. flat or rd. hot., each............. ..

Stew pang

X gal. fireproof, ball, per doz...  .......
1 gal. fireproof, ball, per doz.............

Jugg

X gal. per doz.......................................
X gal. per doz.................  
 
1 to 5 gal., per gal................................. 

Sealing  W ax

5 lbs. In package, per lb  ...................... 

LA M P  BURNERS

No. 0 Sun................................................ 
No. 1 Sun................................................ 
No. 2 Sun................................................ 
No. 3 Sun................ 
 
Tubular................................................... 
Nutmeg..................................................  
MASON  FR U IT  JA R S 

 

48 
BX 
48 
60 
72 
1  12
1  50
2  12 
2  56

60

85 
1  10

66
__
7

2

35
as
48
86
eo
so

Lubetsky Bros, brands

B.  L ...........................................35 00
Dally Mall, 5c edition.......... 35 00

F in e  C nt

Cadillac.................................54
Sweet  Loma......................... 33
Hiawatha, 5 lb. p a lls ......... 56
Hiawatha, 10 lb. palls.........51
Telegram.............................. 22
Pay C ar................................ 31
Prairie Rose......................... 49
Protection.............................87
Sweet Burley........................42
Tiger.................................... 38

P in g

Sm oking

Red Cron..............................82
Palo............................... .’ ...31
Kylo.......................................84
Hiawatha.............................. 41
Battle A xe........................... 33
American Eagle................... 32
Standard Navy.....................36
Spear Head, 16 oz................ 41
Spear Head,  8 oz................ 43
Nobby Twist........................ 48
Jolly T ar...............................36
Old Honesty..........................42
Toddy.....................................33
J. T ........................................ 36
Piper Heldslck.....................61
Boot Jack.............................. 78
Honey Dip Twist..................39
Black  Standard....................38
Cadillac.................................38
F orge....................................30
Nickel Twist........................ 50
Sweet Core............................34
Flat Car................................. 32
Great Navy............................34
W arpath...............................25
Bamboo, 16 oz........................24
I X L,  51b............................ 26
I X L , 16 oz. palls...................30
Honey Dew...........................35
Gold  Block............................ 38
Flagm an................................38
Chips......................................32
Kiln D ried.............................21
Duke’s Mixture.................... 38
Duke's Cameo....................... 41
Myrtle Navy......................... 39
Turn Yum, IX oz...................39
Yum Yum. l lb. palls............37
Cream..................... 
36
Corn Cake, 2X oz.................. 24
Corn Cake, lib ......................22
Plow Boy, IX oz.................... 39
Plow Boy, 3Xoz.................... 39
Peerless, 3Xoz......................32
Peerless, IX oz..................... 34
Air Brake..............................36
Cant  Hook............................ 30
Country Club.................... 32-34
Forex-XXXX........................28
Good Indian......................... 23
Self  B inder......................20-22
Silver Foam .......................... 34

 

TW IN E

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

VINEGAR

Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..ll 
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand... 11
Pure Cider, Bed Star............ 11
Pure Cider, Robinson...........ll
Pure Cider,  Silver.................ll
W ASHING  PO W D ER

.  ..  2 76
Diamond  Flake..........
...... 3  25
Gold  Brick..................
Gold Dust, regular....... .......4  50
Gold Dust, 5c................ .......4 00
....  3  90
Klrkoline,  24 4 lb........
...... 2 75
Pearline.......................
...... 4 10
Soapine........................
Babbitt’s 1776................ ....  3 75
Roselue.......................... ...... 3  50
Armour's....................... ...... 3 70
Nine O’clock.................. ...... 3  35
Wisdom........................ .......3 80
Scourine........................ .......3 50
Rub-No-More................ ...... 3  75

W ICK IN G

No. 0, per gross......................25
No. i, per gross......................30
No. 2, per gross......................40
No. 8. per gross......................55

B askets

WOODEN W A RE 
Bushels..................................
Bushels, wide  band............. 1  25
M arket..................................   30
Splint, large............................... 6 00
Splint, medium..................  5  00
Splint, sm all..............................4 00
Willow Clothes, large.......... 8 00
Willow Clothes, medium...  5  60
Willow Clothes, small..........5 00
B radley  B u tte r  Boxes
2 lb. size, 24 in case........... 
72
3 lb. size, 16 In case.............  68
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, 260 In crate........   60
Barrel, 5 gals., each.................. 2 40
Barrel, 10 gals., each............2 55
Barrel, 15 gals., each............2 70
Round head, 5 gross box....  60
Round head, cartons...........   75
Humpty Dum pty......................2 25
No. l, complete....................  29
No. 2, complete....................  18

B u tte r  P lates

C lothes  P ins

Egg C rates

Churns

Faucets

T raps

Mop  Sticks

T oothpicks

Cork lined, 8 In.....................   65
Cork lined, 9 In.....................   75
Cork lined, 10 In....................  85
Cedar. 8 In..............................  65
Troian spring.......................   90
Eclipse patent spring......... 
86
No l common........................   75
No. 2 patent brush holder..  85
12 lb. cotton mop heads.......l  25
Ideal No. 7 ............................   90
P alls
2- 
hoop Standard.l  60
hoop Standard.l  65
3- 
2- wlre,  Cable......................... l   60
3- wire,  Cable.........................l  80
Cedar, all red, brass  bound. 1  25
Paper,  Eureka.....................2 25
Fibre..................................... 2 40
Hardwood........................... 2  50
Softwood............................. 2  75
Banquet................................1  60
Ideal.....................................l  60
Mouse, wood, 2  boles...........  22
Mouse, wood, 4  holes...........  45
Mouse, wood, 6  holes.
Mouse, tin, 5  holes...............  65
Rat, wood...............
Rat, spring............
Tubs
20-lnch, Standard, No. l ..... 7 00
18-lnch, Standard, No. 2.....6 00
16-lnch, Standard, No. 8..... 5 00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. l............7  so
18-lnch, Cable,  No. 2............6 50
16-lnch, Cable,  No. 3............5 so
No. 1 Fibre...........................9 45
No. 2 Fibre...........................7 95
No. 3 Fibre...........................7  20
Bronze Globe........................2 50
Dewey..................................1  75
Double Acme........................2 76
Single Acme......................  2 25
Double Peerless................   3 25
Single  Peerless.................... 2 50
Northern Q ueen................. 2  60
Double Duplex.....................3  oo
Good Luck...........................2 75
Universal.............................. 2  26

W ash  Boards

W indow   Cleaners

W ood  Bowls

2 In.......................................1  65
14  in.................  ....................1  85
16 In.......................................2 30
ll In. Butter...........................  75
13 In. Butter..........................1  10
16 In. Butter..........................1  75
17 In. Butter..........................2 75
19 In. Butter..........................4  25
Assorted 13-15-17.................. l  75
Assorted 15-17-19  ................ 3  09
W R A PPIN G   P A P E R
IX
Common Straw..................  
3X
Fiber Manila, white.......... 
Fiber Manila, colored....... 
4
No.  1  Manila..................... 
4
'ream  Manila................... 
3
Butcher's Manila............... 
2X
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13 
Wax Butter, full count —   20
Wax Butter,  rolls.............  15
Magic. 3  doz..........................l  oo
Sunlight, 3 doz......................1 00
Sunlight, IX  doz..................  50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz.............. 1  00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz...............1  00
Yeast Foam, IX  doz

YEAST  CAKE

FRESH   FISH

Per lb, 

...10©  11
White flah...............
Trout....................... ...  © 8
Black  Bass..  ......... ...u@ 12
Halibut................... ...  © 14
Ciscoes or Herring- ...  © 5
Bluefish.................. ...n@ 12
Live  Lobster.......... ...  © 20
Boiled  Lobster....... ...  © 22
Cod.......................... ...  © 10
Haddock................ ...  © 8
No. 1 Pickerel......... ...  © 8X
Pike......................... ...  ©
Perch....................... ...  © 5
Smoked  W hite....... ...  © 11
Red  Snapper.......... -■  © 10
Col River  Salmon.. .13  © 14
Mackerel................. ...  © 18

H ID ES  AND  PELTS 

H ides
Green  No. l .............
Green  No. 2.............
:ured  No. 1.............
Cured  No. 2.............
alf skins .green No. l 
alfsklns,green No. 2 
Calfskins,cured No. l 
alfsklns .cured No. 2 
P elts
Old Wool..
................. 
lamb........
................  
Shearlings
................  
Tallow
No. 1.. 
............. 
No. 2.
..............  
W ool
Washed, fine............ 
Washed,  medium... 
Unwashed,  fine....... 
Unwashed, medium. 
CANDIES 
Stick Candy

© :x © ex©  9 

@  8 
@  9X 
©  8 
@10X 
@1 9
50@1 50
50® 80
40® 75

©  6X
©   5X
@20
©23
©is
16® 18 

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

bbls.  palls
—  ~
© 7 
©  7 
©  8 
© 9 
cases 
© 7X 
© 10X 
©10 A 8

F ancy—In  8 lb. Boxes

a er, 201b. palls..

©50
©60
©60
©85
©1  00 
©35 
©76 
©55 
@60 
©60 
©60 
©56 
©55 
©90
©65
©65
@60

Lemon  Sours..........
Peppermint Drops.. 
Chocolate  D rops.... 
H. M. Choc. Drops.. 
H. M. Choc.  Lt.  and
Dk. No. 12.............
Gum Drops...............
Licorice  Drops........
Lozenges,  plain.......
Lozenges, printed...
Imperials..................
Mottoes....................
Cream  B ar...............
Molasses Bar............
Hand Made Creams. 
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  W int........... ...
String Rock.............
Win ter green Berries
C aram els
ictlon, 20lb.  pis 
Amazon, Choc Cov’d 
Korker 2 for 1c pr bx 
Big 3, 3 for ic pr bx..
Dukes, 2 for lc pr bx 
Favorite, 4 for lc, bx 
AA Cream Car’Is 31b 
FRUITS 
O ranges
Florida Russett........
Florida  Bright........
Fancy  Navels..........
Extra Choice............
Late Valencias........
Seedlings..................
Medt. Sweets...........
Jam alcas..................
Rodl.......................
Lem ons 
Verdelll, ex fey 300.. 
Verdelll, fey 300....... 
Verdelll, ex chce  300 
Verdelll, fey 360....... 
Call Lemons, 300....... 
Messlnas  300s..........  3  50@4  50
Messinas  360s..........  3  60©4  50
B ananas 
Medium bunches.... 
1  50@2  00
Large  bunches........

©
©
©
©a
©
©
@4  00 
©
©
©
©
©
@

©  8X 
@12X 
@13 
©56 
@55 
©60 
@60 
©50

5

Figs

@
@
©  6X 
(S
© 5X
§
©
©16
©

Foreign  D ried F ru its 
CcL
© 100

'alifornlaa.  Fancy.. 
Cal. pkg. 10 lb. boxes 
Extra Choice, Turk.,
10 lb. boxes............
Fancy, Tkrk.,  12  lb.
boxes......................  13X@15
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes...
Naturals, In bags....
D ates
Fards in 10 lb. boxes 
Fards In 60 lb. oases.
Hallowl.....................  
lb.  cases, new.......
Salrs, 60 lb. cases....
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivloa.......
Aimonas, California,
soft shelled...........
Brazils.......................
Filberts 
..................
Walnuts  Grenobles.
Walnut», soft shelled
CaL No. 1,  new__
Table Nuts,  fancy...
Pecans,  Med............
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio,  new.............
Cocoanuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per b u ...
Peanuts 
Fancy, H. P., Suns..
Fancy,  H,  P„  Suns
Roasted................. 
Choice, H.P., jumbo 
Choice, H. P., Jumbo
Boasted.................
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Our Catalogue is

“Our Drummer*

It lists the largest  line  of  gen­

eral merchandise in the world.

It is the  only  representative  of 
one  of  the  six  largest  commercial 
establishments in the United States.
It  sells  more  goods  than  any 
four hundred salesmen on the  road 
—and at 1-5 the cost.

It has but one price and  that  is 

the lowest.

Its prices are guaranteed and do 
not change until  another  catalogue 
is  issued.  No  discount  sheets  to 
bother you.

It  tells  the  truth,  the  whole 

truth and nothing but the truth.

It  never  wastes  your  time  or 

urges you to overload your stock.

It  enables  you  to  select  your 
goods according  to  your  own  best 
judgment  and  with  freedom  from 
undue influence.

It will be sent to any  merchant 
upon request.  Ask for catalogue J.

Butler  Brothers

230 to 24O Adams St., 
Chicago

We Sell at Wholesale only.

For  Sale

Sleigh  Bells

Team Bells

Swede, all  sizes 

Shaft Bells,  12 styles 

String  Bells, 20 styles

We have 
somethi ngf 

N E W

in  bell  making

Mail  Orders given  Special 

Attention

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Brown  &  Schier

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

W ith  P orcelain  L ined  Caps

Pints.................................................. 4  26 per gross
Quarts..................................................  50 per gross
’’  Gallon............................................ 6 59 per gross

Fruit Jars packed 1 dozen In box
LAM P  CHIMNEYS—Seconds

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

Per box of  6 doz.
1  61
1  84
2  80

A nchor C arton C him neys 

Each chimney In corrugated carton.

P e a rl  Top

XXX  F lin t 

F irst  Q uality 

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, binge, wrapped & lab........
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled........
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled........
No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled......
No. 2 Sun,  “Small  Bulb,”  for  Globe
Lamps...........................................
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per  doz...........
No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per  doz...........
No. 1 Crimp, per doz............................
No. 2 Crimp, per doz............................
No. 1 Lime (66c doz)............................
No. 2 Lime (75c  doz)............................
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz)— ......................
No. 2 Lime (70c  doz)............................
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz)..................
O IL  CANS

R ochester

L a  B astie

Electric

gal. tin cans with spout, per  doz__
gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.. 
gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz..
3 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz..
5 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz..
3 gal. galv. Iron with faucet, per doz..
5 gal. galv. Iron with faucet, per doz..
5 gal. Tilting cans..................................
5  gal. galv. Iron  Nacefas.....................
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

LANTERNS

1  96
2 90

2  18 
3 08
2 75
3 75
4  00
4  60
5  30 
5  10

1  35 
1  60
8 50 
4 00 
4 60
4  00 
4  60

1  30 
1  60
2 50
3  50
4 50
3 75
5 00 
7  00 
9  00
4 75 
7  25 
7  25 
7  50
13 50 
3 60
45 
45 
1  75 
1  25

BEST  W H IT E   COTTON  W ICKS 
_  Roll contains 32 yards In one piece.

18
24
34
53

COUPON  BOOKS

No. 0,  %-inch wide, per gross  or roll.. 
No. l,  X-lnch wide, per gross or roll.. 
No. 2, 1  
Inch wide, per gross or roll. 
No. 3, IX Inch wide, per gross or roll.. 
50 books, any denomination.............  
150
100 books, any denomination.............  
2 50
600 books, any denomination..........n   50
1.000 books, any denomination.................. 
20 00
Above  quotations  are  for  either  Tradesman,
Superior, Economic or Universal grades.  Where
1.000 books are ordered at  a  time  customers  re­
ceive  specially  printed  cover  without  extra 
charge.

Coupon  Pass  B ooks

from $10 down.

Can be  made  to  represent  any  denomination 
50 books............................................. 
 
100 books............................................. 
 
500 books........................................... 
1.000 books............................ .’.'.'.".'"'..’"I".  20 00
500, any one  denomination...........................  2 00
1.000, any one denomination............... 
300
2.000, any one  denomination..............."   5 00
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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

31

The  Modern  Frankness.

This  is  the  age  of  liberty,  and  in 
common  with  many  other  things,  the 
tongue  has  received  considerable  en­
franchisement.  Subjects  which  used  to 
be  forbidden  are  now  openly  mentioned 
as  a  matter  of  course,  and  topics  to 
which  a  few  decades  ago  it  would  have 
been  considered 
in  bad  taste  to allude 
are  spoken  of  without  reserve.

"H ow  openly  people  talk  of  thei 
poverty  nowadays,”   says  grandmamma. 
" 1   do  not  think  I  like  it. 
I  prefer  the 
dignified  old-fashioned  reserve that  bore 
its  privations 
in  secret  and  showed  a 
I  think  for 
brave  face  to  the  world. 
people  to  be  always  saying  how  poor 
they  are  sounds  like  begging, 
for,  of 
course,  it  always  sets  their  friends  to 
thinking  what they  can  do  for  them.
"Another  freedom  of  speech  I  do  not 
like  at  all,”   she  continued,  " is   the  uni 
versal  use  o f‘ swear  words,’  as  the  chil 
dren  call  them,  by  really  nice  girls. 
They  actually  say  that  word  that  begins 
with 
‘ d, ’  which  I  can  not  even  repeat 
with  perfect  ease. 
'Why,  what  else  can 
1  say  to  express  my  feelings,  grannie?’ 
said  my  granddaughter  the  other  day 
when  I  remonstrated  with  her  about  it. 
‘ When  1  was  a  girl,’  I  answered,  ‘ and 
missed  my  croquet  ball,  I  said,  "Oh, 
sugar!"  ‘  and  you  ought  to  have  heard 
her  laugh!"
"W ell,  for  my  part,"  said  the  young 
matron  to  whom  she  was  speaking,  " 1  
like  the  honesty  of  to-day  which  says 
just  what  it  thinks.  My  girls  when  they 
are  grown  up  read  everything  and  talk 
about  everything  that  1  do,  and  I  find 
that  their  discrimination  of  what 
is 
good  and  what  is  bad  is  quite  as  good 
as  my  own,  but  I  agree  with  you  about 
the 
" 1  
never  hear  a  woman  swear  without  a 
shudder. ”

‘ swear  words,  '  she  added. 

The  New  York  Tribune  Review.

The  Tribune  Review  is  a  handsome 
issued  by  The 
sixteen  page  weekly 
New  York  Tribune  Association.  It costs 
five  cents a  copy,  but  may  be  bad  for a 
whole  year  for  $i.  There  is  no  other 
such  publication  sold  anywhere  for  the 
money 
It  gives  the  essence  of  the 
week’s  news,  with  clean  cut,  sane  and 
intelligent  comment,  and  it  keeps  you 
up  to  date  on  everything  worth  knowing 
in  politics  (domestic  and  foreign)  and 
in 
literature,  art  and  music.  For  free 
sample  copy  send  a  postal  card  to  The 
Tribune,  New  York.

“ K illed  W hile  You  W ait.”

A  Chicago  retail  butcher has perfected 
arrangements  for  keeping  poultry  alive 
on  the  premises,  and  killing  them  as 
they  are  required.  Contrary  to  usage, 
the  poultry 
in  bis  establishment  is  fed 
from  the  time  it  is brought  in  until  it  is 
killed.  The  customers  pick  out  the  live 
chickens,  and  see  them  killed.  A  sign 
over 
these  words: 
"Chickens  killed  while  you  wait.”

store  has 

the 

The  busy  buyers  shun  his  store—its 
sleepy  precincts  they  despise.  He  rests 
in  quiet  evermore.  Because  he  does  not 
advertise.

We  have  the  Largest 
Stock in Western Mich­
igan of

Sleigh Runners 
Convex  and  Flat 
Sleigh Shoe  Steel 
Bar  and  Band 
Iron

Send  us  your orders.

Sherwood  Hal!  Co.,  Ltd.

Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

w o r k

bard  and  live 
lo n g   enough 
you can probably  make  money 
by handling  almost  any  brand 
of suspender.

«

But  the  time  you  have  to 
enjoy  your  steam  yacht  and 
your gout is limited,  so why not 
handle a  rapid  moneymaker  like  the

“ KADY”

SUSPENDER

If you think that you  are  making 
big money with some other suspender, 
just try the  “ Kady.”

Leading jobbers handle it.

The  Ohio  Suspender  Co.

MANSFIELD,  OHIO.

C.  C.  Wormer 

Machinery  Co.

Contracting Engineers  and 
Machinery Dealers

Complete  power  plants  designed 
and erected.  Estimates cheerfully 
furnished.  Let us figure with you. 
Bargains in  second-hand  engines, 
boilers,  pumps,  air  compressors 
and  heavy  machinery.  Complete 
stock  new  and  second-hand  iron 
and brass and  wood  working  ma­
chinery.

Large  Stock  of  New Machinery 

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN 

Foot of  Cass St.

T h in g s   W e   S e ll

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

Weatherly &  Pulte

Grand Rapids, Mich.

j  Light  Machinery 

•

B   of all kinds made to order quickly.  Qual-  ?
•   Ity and workmanship guaranteed.  Prices  ft 
5   right.  Estimates quoted free on request.  9  
2  Models for Patents.  Dies and  Tools  a  5
•   specialty.  Expert  repair  men  In  the  5  
2   machine line.  Let us  know  your  wants.  9
S  
S
John  Knape  Machine  Co.  ■
2 
2   87  Campau St. 
■
3 
2
M H M M I O M H I t M H H H M

Grand Rapids, Mich. 

J  Retailer of Fine Rugs and Carpets, 

f
as  our  endeavor  to  make  rugs  better,  g 
closer woven, more durable  than  others  ft
We cater to first class  trade  and  If  you 

j Rugs from Old Carpets j
t  Absolute cleanliness Is our hobby  as well  f  
t  write for our it  page  Illustrated*booklet  g 
\
\  Petoskey  Rug Mfg.  &  Carpet  Co., f
(

It will make  you  better  acquainted with  ft
our methods and new process.  We  have
no agents.  We pay thr  *-----M  *
freight-  Largest
looms In United States

|
Petoskey, Mich.  I

455*457 Mitchell  St., 

Limited 

ft 

in r r n r T T T T T ^
3

F .  M .  C. 
C O F F E E S

are  always

Fresh  Roasted

^ J U U U U U U U U U L ^
Order  Them  Now

Upon receipt of 12.50 I will send you a pair of 

DUTCH  SKATES

complete  with  straps,  prepaid  by  express. 
Send cash and size of shoe with order.

J . Vaiuler Stel, Im porter and M anufacturer, 33 Kent St., Grand  Rapid*, Midi

Fino Cut and Plug

THE  BEST.

Ask for it

lUDt BY THE NEW SCOTTEN TOBACCO CO. a-**»-"—■«

Fsofonr)
AGAINST THE TRUST.  See Quotations  in  Price  Current.

You  cannot  get good  coffee  at  ten  cems  and  there  would  be  no  money 
in  it  if you  could—but  B.  B.  B.  is  an  elegant  coffee,  good  enough  for 
any one  and  retails  at  20 cents.

JUDSON  GROCER  COMPANY,  Grand  Rapids

Calendars 

for 1903

If you  have  not  yet  placed  your  order  for  a 
supply  of calendars  for  1903,  it  is  not  yet  too 
late  to do so.  Our  stock  is  still  complete  and 
our  selections  unbroken.
We  are  having  more  voluntary  orders  for 
portrait  calendars  this  season  than  ever  be­
fore,  even  from  thoce  who  have  had  portrait 
calendars  heretofore,  showing  the  permanent 
value  they  are  to  the  merchant.

tradesman  Company

Barnhart Building

Brand Rapids» Itlicbigan

3 2

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

The  Roys  Behind  the Counter.

Cadillac—J.  E.  Taggart,  of  Marlette, 
has  taken  a  position  as  pharmacist  with 
Davis  &  Maurer.

Laurium—The  young  lady  who  wants 
to  make  a  home  for herself  and  some 
fortunate  young  man  should  secure  a 
position  on  the  clerical  staff  at  the  gen­
eral  store  of Johnson  Vivian,  Jr.,  &  Co. 
At  the  rate  the  young  ladies  employed 
in  that  mercantile  establishment  have 
been  getting  tied  up 
in  matrimonial 
alliances  recently  and  at  the  rate  of  fu­
ture  marriages  of the  young 
ladies,  the 
Vivian  store  is  establishing  a reputation 
which  ought  to  make  the  store very pop­
ular.  Within  the  past  few  weeks  two 
of  the  young 
ladies  employed  in  the 
store  have  resigned  to  be  married  and 
according  to  the  stories  of  the  young 
men  in  the  store  at  least  three  more  are 
to  follow  suit  after  the  holidays.  The 
reputation  of  Vivian’s  store  in  this  line 
has  become  so  pronounced  that  applica­
tions  for  positions  on  the  force  have 
been  piling  in  at  a  great  rate,  and  it 
is 
supposed  that  the  applicants  base  their 
ambitions  for  places  as  much  on  the 
hope  of  following  the  footsteps  of  the 
girls  who  have  been  married  as  upon 
the  desirability  of  the  positions  as  cler­
ical  places.  The  management  of  the 
store  do  not  guarantee  to  get  husbands 
for their  young  lady  clerks;  in  fact,  the 
management  would  prefer  to  keep  the 
young 
ladies  on  the  store  staff  rather 
than  to  have  them  leave  for the  purpose 
of  helping  some  young  man  establish  a 
happy  home;  but  it  is  now  commonly 
supposed  that  a  place  on  Vivian’s  store 
staff 
is  as  good  as  an  engagement  for 
marriage.

Grand  Rapids—G.  D.  Clintsman, for­
merly  of  the  firm  of Clintsman  Bros., 
general  dealers  at  Casnovia,  has  taken 
a  position 
in  the  men's  furnishing 
goods  department  of  the  Herpolsheimer 
Co.

South  Haven—Earl  Linderman,  who 
has  been 
in  the  employ  of the  South 
Haven  Grocry  Co.,  has taken  a  position 
in  the  grocery  department  of  the  M. 
Hale  &  Co.  store.

Cadillac—Frank  Flynn  has  resigned 
his  position  in  the  L.  B.  Bellaire  gro­
cery  store  to  take  a  clerkship  in  the 
Hardick  &  Wager  meat  market.

Kalkaska—Lyman  A.  Sites,  for  the 
last  two  years  with  J.  B.  Collins  & 
Sons,  of  Frankfort,  has  taken  a  position 
at  E.  M.  Colson's  drug  store.

Saginaw—Emil  Olander  has  taken  a 
clerkship  in  the  store  of  the  Metropoli­
tan  Dry  Goods  Co.  He  hails  from  Cad­
illac,  where  he  clerked 
in  the  grocery 
store of  W.  W.  Cowin.

Quincy—Richard  Rogers,  who  has 
been  head  clerk  in  Pearce's  dry  goods 
store  the  past  four  years,  has  resigned 
to  take  a  position  in  a  dry  goods  store 
at  Adrian.

Cadillac—Edward  C.  Drury  has  re­
turned  to  his  former  position  as  sales­
man 
in  the  Drury  &  Kelley  Hardware 
Co. 's  store,  after  an  absence  of  several 
months. 

.

C h a n g .  F ro m   Co.  to  C om p an y.

is 

There 
food  for  thought  in  the  fact 
that  two  great  houses,  Saks of New York
and  Marshall  Field  of  Chicago  require 
that  the  word  “ Company'’  in  their  firm 
names  be  always  spelled  out.  Rogers, 
Peet  &  Company  spurned  the  abbrevia­
tion  long  ago.  At  first  glance  many  will 
set  this 
innovation  down  to  mere  ped­
antry,  to  a  desire  to  be  odd  and  differ­
ent  from  the  common  run  of stores.  And 
yet  much  good  sense  underlies  the 
change. 
its  brevity

“ Co.”   has  only 

It 

“ fl.”  

for  “ building,”  

is  an  ungainly 
to  recommend  it. 
contraction,  harsh,  almost  guttural 
in 
sound  and  stiff  to  the  tongue.  If  “ Co.”  
why  not  “ dept.”   for  “ department,”  
“ bldg.”  
for 
“ floor,”   and  a  score  of  other  maimed 
expressions 
that  will  readily  suggest 
themselves.  Modern  trading  has  made 
such  prodigious  strides  within  the  last 
decade 
that  dignity  and  good  taste 
have  become  important  factors  in  busi­
ness. 
It  used  to  be  the  practice  to  sign 
letters  with  a  rubber stamp  for  the  sake 
of  saving  time,  yet  what  merchant  with 
any  regard  for  bis  correspondent and 
any  respect  for  himself  would  do  that 
to-day? 
"Yours,  etc.,”   is  still  used  in 
business,  but  no  person  who  receives  a 
letter  with  the  sentence  so  emasculated 
implied 
but 
flow­
affront. 
ing,  dignified; 
is  slouchy, 
graceless,  inelegant.

“ Company”   is  smooth, 

resentful  of  the 

“ Co.”  

feels 

Look  Out  For  H air Slipped  Hides.
When  you  buy  a  green  hide  see  that 
it  is  not  hair  slipped. 
If  the  hair  will 
slip  off  easily  in  spots  ovei  the  hide 
it 
is  a  glue  and  should  be  bought from  one 
to  two  cents  per  pound. 
If  only  a  little 
tainted  on  the  edge  and  you  can  salt 
it 
at  once  it  will  go  as  a  through  hide  at 
highest  price. 
If  rotten,  have  nothing 
to  do  with  it.  Do  not  think,  because 
a  hide  is  glue  when  you  buy  it  that  you 
will  ship  it  without  any  further  notice, 
as  it  will  only  bring  glue  price  anyway.

Green  Hides  Should  Be  Well  Salted.
Never  ship  a  green  hide  without  first 
seeing  that  it  is  well  salted,  until  the 
weather  is  cold  enough  to  lreeze  ice  one 
inch  thick  during  the  night.  A  fresh 
green  hide  should  be  salted  immediate­
ly. 
In  cool  weather,  even  in  the  month 
of  November, 
there  are  days  warm 
enough  to  spoil  a  hide  if  not  salted.

Ledge 

Grand 

Independent:  The 
thousandth  number  of  the  Michigan 
Tradesman,  published  last  week,  was  a 
credit  to  the  publisher,  E.  A.  Stowe, 
who  has  worked  unceasingly  to  make  it 
one  of the  leading  trade  publications  of 
the  United  States  and  the  best 
in  this 
State. 
The  number  consisted  of  86 
pages,  well  illustrated  and,  as usual,  full 
of  good  things  for  the  merchant  as  well 
as  the  layman.

Martin  H.  Van  Horn,  for  four  years 
on  the  road  for  the  Clark-Rutka-Weaver 
Co.,  takes  the  position  with  Foster, 
Stevens  &  Co.  rendered  vacant  by  the 
death  of A.  D.  Baker.

W.  L.  Thomas,  dealer  in  dry  goods, 
clothing,  carpets,  boots  and  shoes,  Cen­
terville:  Enclosed  find  Si  for  subscrip­
tion  for  1903.  Could  not  keep  bouse 
without the  Tradesman.

Advertisements  w ill  be  Inserted  under 
this  head  for  two  cents  a  word  the  first 
insertion  and  one  cent  a  word  for each 
subsequent  insertion.  No  advertisements 
taken  for  less  than  9 8   cents.  Advance 
payments.

925

B U S IN E S S   C H A N C E S .

F'OB s a l e —c l o t h in g  a n d  s h o e  s t o c k .

Invoicing $7,000 to $8 f03; in one  of  the  best 
towns in Northern Indiana;  business $15,000 per 
year;  stock  new;  splendid  opportunity;  trade 
established;  best  of  reasons  for  selling  Hen- 
derson & Brosnahon. Pierceton. Ind 
U'OR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK  AND  FIX- 
-F  tures. Invoicing about  $4,800;  located  In one 
of the best  resort  towns  in  Western  Michigan. 
Address No. 923, care Michigan Tradesman.  923
E'LOTHING  STOCK  OF  $3,500  IN  GOOD 
)  Upper Peninsula  town must  be  sold  imme­
diately;  good  discount.  Clark’s  Business  Ex­
change. Grand Rapids. 
D O N ’T  BUY  STOCK  GENKHaL   M KR- 
chandlse until you investigate mine:  $10,000 
yearly  business  on  $3,000 Investment;  good
profit;  pleasant  small  town.  Address  No.  919, 
9m
care Michigan Tradesman. 
i|H>B  S A L E -O N E   OF  TH E  BEST  DRUG 

stocks In Northern  Indtana. invoicing about 

$800;  only stock of drugs in  the  town.  Address 

No. 900, care Michigan Tradesman. 

soo

922

907

914

reason 

feet  timber; 

-J 60 ACRES OREGON GOVERNMENT LAND; 
1  cut  three  million 
take  six 
months;  cost  $500;  worth  $3,000.  Clark's  Real 
Estate Exchange, Grand Rapids._________ 921

f 'OR  SALE—CLOTHING.  DRY  GOODS.

millinery  and  cloak  business;  established 
thirty  years;  put  in  complete  new  stock  four 
years ago;  best location;  best trade in  city 3,COO 
population;  best  of  reasons  for  selling;  stock 
can be reduced  to  $5,000;  annual  sales,  $25,000. 
Address No. 924, care Michigan Tradesman.  924

tpOR  SALE-HALF  INTEREST  IN  PLANT.

consisting of  blacksmith  shop, foundry  and 
machine shop;  good location;  must sell at once; 
machinist  required.  W.  P.  Fleming,  Box  187, 
Sanilac Center. Mich.___________________ 917
U'OR  SALE—DRY  GOODS  STOCK  AT  AL- 
JF 
legati. Mich.  Fine location  and good  trade. 
Address at once John C.  Stein. 

cated at railroad crossing in  good  farming  com­

FX>R  SALE—A  SMALL  STOCK  OF  GKN- 

eral  merchandise;  only  store  In  place;  lo­
munity; 
for  selling,  other  business; 
price  right.  Address  No.  907,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
U'OR  SALE —  DRUG  STOKE,  FIXTURES. 
X   shelfware, show  cases,  counters,  etc.  Will 
sell cheap  at  once. 
J. J.  VanHaaften,  Benton 
Harbor, Mich. 
TX7ILL  PAY CASH FOR AN ESTABLISHED 
tv  dry goods or  general  business  carrying  a 
stock of  eight  or  twelve  thousand  dollars  In  a 
city of not less than  four  thousand ;  must  be  a 
money earner and r ear  Investigation.  Address 
No. 905, care Michigan Tradesman. 
U 'OR”SALE—GOOD BUSINKSST BEST GEN-
X  eral store  In  best  little  town  in  Genesee 
county, Mich.  Address  No. 904,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
U'OR  SALE-THE  BEST  DRUG  STORE 
X1  with best  trade  in  Indiana,  Invoicing  be 
tween  $7.000  and  SS.OuO; located  in  gas  belt  in 
city of 50,000;  terms reasonable.  Address  Nat­
ural Gas, care Michigan Tradesman. 
XlIGAK  STORE  AND  BARBER  SHOP  FOR 
\ J   sale;  doing  a  good  business.  Address  No. 
902. care Michigan Tradesman. 
U'OR  SALE — TWO  BLACK  BEAKS,  8 
X1  months  old;  male  and  female;  price,  $50. 
M. Rickets, Cadillac, Mich. 
L'O R  RENT—NEW DOUBLE BRICK  STORE. 
X   44x80  feet;  one  of  the  finest  loc  tious  in 
Southern  Michigan.  Address  Baughman  & 
Ylinker, Gobleville, Mich. 
!
nnH K   HOOS1KR  HUSTLER,  THE  NOTED J 
A  salesman and  Merchandise Auctioneer, has 
closed out more stocks than any other  one  man J 
living.  For term-  and  reference  book  address 
P. O. Box 478, Omaha, Neb. 

898 

906

899

905

904

902

9j3

911

866

TX7E CAN SELL  YOUR  REAL  ESTATE  OR 
t v   business wherever located;  we Incorporate 
and float  stock  companies;  write  us.  Horatio 
Gilbert & Company, 325 Klllcott Square,  Buffalo.

865

7R9

and  $l,2C0:  fine  location:  town  of  1,500  popula­

I ¡•'OR  SALE-STOCK  OF  MILLINERY  AND 

ladles’  furnishings;  Invoices  between  $1.000 
tion.  Good reason for selling.  Address No. 865, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
\ \ 7  A N T E  D-QUICK  MAIL  ORDERS. 
t T  Overstocked;  must  keep  the  factory  run­
ning;  telescopes, suit  cases,  whips:  low  prices. 
For special discounts and Illustrated  descriptive 
list  address  Olney  Telescope  &  Harness  Co.,
Box 155. Olnny. Til. 
y i» R   SALE—DRUG  STOCK  IN  ONE  OF 
X   the best business towns  In  Western  Michi­
gan ;  good chance  for  a  physician.  Enquire  of 
No. 778. care  Mic higan Tradesman. 
U 'O R   SALE—DRUG  STOCK  AND  FIX- 
X 
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.
U'OR  SALE—SMALL  STOCK  CLOTHING, 
X   shoes and furnishing  goods;  invoices  about 
$2,500;  stock new  and  clean;  in  town  of  about 
1.200.  Address No.  867,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
U'OR  SALE—FIRST-GLASS;  EXCLUSIVE 
X  millinery business in  Grand  Rapids;  object 
for  selling,  parties  leaving  the  city.  Address 
Milliner, care Michigan Tradesman. 

778

867

507

«71

Sa f e s —n e w   a n d   s e c o n d -h a n d   f i r e
and burglar proof safes.  Geo. M. Smith Wood 
&  Brick  Building  Moving  Co.,  376 South  Ionia
St.. Grand  Rapids._____________________ 321
U'OR SALE—DRUG STOCKLAND FIXTURES. 
X   Invoicing about $2,000.  Situated In center of 
Michigan  Fruit  Belt,  one-half  mile  from  Lake 
Michigan.  Good  resort  trade.  Living  rooms 
over store;  water  Inside  building.  Kent,  $12.50 
per month.  Good  reason  for  selling.  Address 
No. 334, care Michigan Tradesman. 
T   HAVE  SOME  REAL  ESTATE  IN  GRAND 
A  Rapids.  Will  trade  for  a  stock  of  general 
merchandise.  Address  No. 751,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman.___________  
Y/UILL  PAY  SPOT  CASH  FOR  STOCK8 
t t   dry  goods,  boots  and  shoes,  hardware, 
furniture or groceries.  Lock  Box  74,  Ypsilanti, 
Mich. 

715

334

ysi

tplOR  SALE  CHEAP—SECONDHAND  NO.  4 

Bar-Lock  typewriter,  In  good  condition. 

Specimen of work done on  machine  on  appUca- 

tlon.  Tradesman Company. Grand Rapids. 465

youths' and boys' clothing, hats, c ips, boots and 

912

913

894

851

897

S96

F'OR SALE—SIOCKCONSISTING  OF  DRY 

goods, ladles’ and  men’s  furnishing  goods, 
shoes, Inventorying from $u,ooo to $i ooti;  located 
in hustling town of about 2.UC0 population;  blast 
furnace  and  chemical  works  just  established. 
Address  D. F.. Newberry. Mich. 
/CHICAGO  PUKCUASHING  CO.,  221  6TH 
G  ave., largest cash buyers of stores and stocks 
of  all descriptions. 
TXT A N T E D —TO  PURCHASE  A  DRUG 
n   stock;  must be  well  located.  Address  J. 
B.. care Michigan Tradesman. 
\V7ANTED— SECOND  HAND  COMPUTING 
' I   scale;  about25pounds.  Address Chas.  H. 
Fish. Butler, 111. 
L'OR  SALE—HARNESS  BUSINESS  FOK- 
X   merly conducted  by  Robert  vlcCormick  In 
Cadillac, Mich.  Only one small  shop  In  city  of 
over  6.0t0  people;  an  exceptional  opportunity 
for harness man.  Address A.  W.  Newark,  Ad­
ministrator, Cadillac, Mich. 
U'OR  SALE—CHANCE  OF  A  LIFETIME  TO 
X   purchase  an  old-established  grocery  busi­
ness in an A No. 1  location.  Annual  sates,  $50.- 
000.  Capital required,  about  $3,000.  Reason for 
selling, owner has other business.  The editor of 
the  Tradesman  knows  this  business  and  will 
recommend it.  Address No. 894,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
AATANTED—GOOD STOCK  GROCERIES  OK 
t v   general merchandise for  Iowa farm.  Par­
ticulars first letter.  Address No. 893, care Mich­
igan Tradesman. 
893
U'OR  SALE—STOCK  IN  UNITED  STATES 
X   Robe Factory-  Inquire  of  F. M.  Kilbourn,
Secretary,  Corunna. Mich. 
________   854
U 'O R   SA LE —H ARDW ARE  AN D  
IM PLE- 
X   ment stock in the  best  agricultural  district 
of Northern  Michigan.  Good  reason for selling. 
Address No. 846, care Michigan Tradesman.  8»6
slaughter bouse in connection; a  good  first- 
hundred  inhabitants  and  the  only  market  in 
town.  Reason for selling,  have  other  business 
in larger place.  M. A. Mahoney, Box 246, Belle­
vue, Mich. 
U'OR SALE—$3,000 GENERAL  STOCK  AND 
A  $2,500 store building, located in  village  near 
Grand Rapids.  Fairbanks scales.  Good  paying 
business, mostly cash.  Reason for selling, owner 
has other business.  Address No. 838, care Mlch- 
lgan Tradesman. 
838
W a i i i f i u - n a i  u r u i r  r 
r u n au tn
also  rye  straw.  What have  you to otter? 
Address Smith, Young & Co., Lansing, Mich. 890
Drug stock and  f ix t u r e s for sa le

Ì'OK  SALE  — MEAT  MARKET  AND 

at  Sand  Hill,  six  miles  from  Detroit,  on 
electric car line:  no  opposition:  a  good  chance 
f o r a   registered  pharmacist.  I  offer  this  at a 
bargain  for  cash.  8. N. Gurney, Room A. Buhl 
Block. Detroit,  Mich. 
¡.'OK  SALE—WE  HAVE  THREE  LAUN- 
X   dries  ranging in  price  from $400 to $6,000 in 
some of  the best cities In  Central  Michigan.  If 
any one  interested  will  write  us  stating about 
what they want, we will be pleased to correspond 
with them.  Address  Derby, Choate  & Woolfitt 
Co., Ltd., Flint, Mieh. 
W A N T E D   FUR  CASH—LUMBER  OF  ALL 
"   kinds;  also  shingles  and  lath.  Will  con­
tract mill cuts.  Beldlng-HaU Mfg. Co.,  Beldlng, 
M ien. 

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888

886

843

7^1

class trade and cash business; town  of  fourteen 

MISCELLANEOUS

916

915

TXT ANTED  AT  ONCE—PHYSICIAN  AND 
i t   surgeon.  For  particulars  address  Dr.  J. 
W. Hawkey, Hesperia, Mich. 
TXT ANTED—REGISTERED  PHARMACIST 
» »  with experience, unmarried man preferred. 
Apply  to  F.  K.  North wood.  Thom psonvi lie, 
Mich.___________________ ___  
T X T  ANTED—SITUATION  IN  DRUG  STORE 
* »  by  young  married  man;  four  years’  ex­
perience;  not  registered;  strictly  temperate. 
Address  No. 918. care Michigan Tradesman.  918
TXTANTBD— SALESMAN  IN  AN  ESTAB- 
I I  
lished  retail  gen  ral  store  who  can  take 
an interest In the business; salary and  share  in 
the  profits.  Address  A.  J.  Prindle,  Howell, 
Mich.______________________ 
XXTANTED—A GOOD TAILOR AND CLOTH- 
tt 
ing  salesman,  a  young  man  steady  and 
reliable; 
references  required;  good  wages  to 
right  man.  Address  No.  910,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

900

910

■ 7ANTED— A  MAN  TO  DELIVER  AND 

work  In  grocery  store.  Must  be  of  good 
steady job for the right man.  Address  No.  823, 
care Michigan  Tradesman. 

character, a  worker  and  strictly  temperate;  a 

823

Cheney  &  Tuxbury

Real  Estate  Dealers

Timbered and  Farm  Lands  a  Specialty 

24  Canal  St., Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
ARE  Auctioneers

and  Special Salesmen

Sale.

and  can  reduce 
o r  c l o s e   o u t  
your stock with­
out one  cent  of 
loss  to  you  by 
our  New  Idea 
We take sales 
on  a  commis­
sion  basis,  al­
lowing  you  to 
set the price  on 
the goods.  T h is  
is the very  best 
time of  the year 
for sales and we 
would  like  you 
to call on  us  or 
write at once.
C o r respond - 
ence  confiden­
tial.  We  buy 
and  sell  store

C.  C.  O ’N e il l

fixtures or take them on consignment.

C.  C .  O’ N E I L L   &   CO.,  C h icag o , III.

356  Dearborn  St., Suite 408 Star Building

