GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  17,  1902. 

Number  1004

William Connor Co..

Twentieth  Year 

Wholesale  Ready-Made  Clothing

Men’s,  Boys',  Children’s

Sole  agents  for  the  State  of  Michigan 

for the

S. F. & 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.

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

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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

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Battle Creek,  ilichigan 

Collection  Department

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R.  G.  DUN  &  CO.

Mich. Trust Building, Grand Rapids 

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

C.  E.  McCRONE,  Manager.

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, listed and unlisted.

808 Union Trust Building,  Detroit

Late State  Pood  Commissioner 

ELLIOT  O.  GROSVENOR
Advisory  Counsel  to  manufacturers  and 
jobbers  whose  interests  are  affected  by 
the  Food  Laws  of  any  state.  Corres­
pondence  invited.
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We 
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a g a i n s t   worthless  ac­
counts  and  collect  all 
others.

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2.  Back  in  W ayback.
4 .  Around  the  State.
5.  Grand  Rapids  Gossip.
6 .  Fate  o f Honestein’s  Dumm y. 
8.  Editorial.
lO.  Clothing.
12.  Am erican  Character.
1 4 .  D ry  Goods.
16.  Shoes  and  Rubbers.
1 8 .  Clerks*  Corner.
19.  Christm as  Gifts.
2 0 .  Woman’s  W orld.
2 2 .  Poultry.
2 3 .  The  New  York  M arket.
2 4 .  B a tte r and  Eggs.
2 4 .  The  Head  Clerk.
2 8 .  Com m ercial  Travelers.
2 6 .  D rugs  and  Chem icals.
2 7 .  D rug P rice  Current.
2 8 .  Grocery  P rice  Current.
2 9 .  Grocery  P rice  Current.
3 0 .  Grocery  Price  Current.
3 1 .  The  Stock  Samplers.
3 2 .  Tests  o f Young  Men.

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Law of General Average in Mining

Eight of the Twenty Companies of

Douglas,  Lacey  & Co.

pay an average of 22 per cent, on  the  total  invest - 
] ment of the whole 20  companies,  over  and  above 
all operating and  development  expenses  or 34 per 
cent, on the  total investment  of  the  8  companies 
paying dividends.  This will  be  largely  increased 
with further development.  December 6 they struck 
a vein of verv rich ore, 4 feet  wide,  carrying  1,000 
per  ton  in  the  viznaga  of  old  workings.  Later 
reports  ledge  widens  to  7  feet,  carrying  $5,000 
in gold.  This is  the  second  very  rich  mine  this 
firm has opened up in Old Mexico this year.

Currie  &  Forsyth,

1023 Michigan Trust, 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Buy

Oro Hondo 

Stock

The price of  Oro Hondo  Stock  has 
been  advanced to $1 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.

The  steady  decline 

T H E  DOMINATION  OF  T H E  SEN A TE.
in  force,  energy 
and  influence  of  the House  of  Represen­
tatives  of  the  National  Congress, 
in 
comparison  with  the  Senate,  is  some­
thing  which  is  obvious  to  every  observ­
er,  and  has  been  growing  for  a  long 
time.

In  the  system  of the  Federal  Govern­
ment 
the  House  of  Representatives 
stands  for the  people.  Its members  come 
every  two  years  fresh  from  the  tribunal 
of  the  great  American  people,  theoretic­
ally,  at  least,  the  source  of  all  power  in 
this  Republic,  and  having  impressed 
upon  them  the  popular  seal,  the  body 
which  they  constitute  should  be the most 
influential 
in  Government  affairs,  and 
so  it  was  once.

In  the  early  days  of  the  Republic  the 
House  of  Representatives was filled with 
young  and  able  men,  the  ablest  men 
from  every  state. 
Its  members  felt  that 
they  wielded  the  real  power of  the  peo­
ple,  while  the  Senators  only  stood  for 
the  States.  The  House  of  Representa­
tives  was  entrusted  with  the  duty  and 
power  of  originating  all  bills  in  refer­
ence  to  taxation,  because  taxation  and 
popular  representation  in  the  affairs  of 
Government  bad  been  expressly  con­
nected  in  our American  system,  and  be­
cause  excessive  taxation  had  been  the 
cause  of  more  violent  and  bloody  revo­
lutions  against  governments  than  had 
all  the  other  causes  taken  together.  The 
people  have to  pay  the  taxes,  and  it  was 
considered  only 
just  that  the  people 
through 
their  direct  representatives 
should  have  most  to  ck>  with  levying 
tribute.

For  years  all the great public measures 
which  came  before  tbe  people  of  the 
United  States  were  first  discussed  in 
tbe  popular  House  of  Congress.  Tbe 
public  reputations  of all  the great states­
men  of  the  Union,  before  tbe  Civil War, 
were  made 
in  the  House  before  they 
ever  got  into  the  Senate,  and  not  a  few 
were  never  Senators  at  all.  But after 
tbe  war  between  the  states  the  Senate 
began  to  be  recognized  as an aristocratic 
body.  Tbe  Senate  alone,  in  conjunc­
tion  with  the  President,  has  any  voice 
in  foreign  treaties. 
The  titled  am­
bassadors  who  represent  at  Washington 
tbe  great  foreign  nations  find 
it  im 
portant,  if  not  absolutely  necessary,  to 
court  tbe  society  and  favor  of the  Sena­
tors  who  may  have  to  pronounce  upon 
treaties  with  the  empires  and  kingdoms 
they  represent, while tbe Repiesentatives 
have  nothing  to  say.

is  one  of  the  reasons  why  the 
Such 
is  regarded  as  an  aristocratic 
Senate 
body.  Another  is,  that  it  is  tbe  goal  of 
many  a  rich  man’s  ambition  and,  from 
the  fact  that  they  get  there,  it  has  been 
called  a  “ Rich  Man's  Club,”   and  in  a 
country  where  the  only  influential  aris­
tocracy  is made by  wealth,  the  Senate  is 
thus  given  another  title  to  social  super­
iority  over  tbe  House.

As  an  evidence  of greater  influence 
and  authority  accorded  to  tbe  Senate, 
a  gentleman  of  ability  and  accomplish­
ments,  who  presided  for  years  over  an 
important  bureau  in  one  of  the  Govern­
ment  departments  at  Washington,  stated

to  the  writer  that  when  a  member of  the 
House  of  Representatives  other  than  the 
Speaker or  tbe  chairman  of  some  prom­
inent  committees  came  into  tbe  depart­
ment  offices  to  gain  information  or  to 
ask  favors,  he was  treated  with  ordinary 
courtesy,  but  when  a  Senator  appeared 
be  received  special  and  even obsequious 
attention.

Charles  Emory  Smith,  who  was  Post­
master  General  under  President  McKin­
ley,  is,  without  doubt,  welj  posted 
in 
these  matters,  and  be  offers  some  inter­
esting  observations.  According  to  Mr. 
Smith,  there  is  a  degree  of  friction  be­
tween  tbe  different branches  of  tbe  Gov­
ernment.  They 
look  a  little  crosswise 
at  each  other.  The  Senate  is  out  of 
sorts  with  the  House;  the  House  is  im­
patient  with  tbe  Senate  and  not  alto­
gether  brotherly  within  itself,  and  both 
are  a 
at  executive 
branches.

angular 

little 

The  House  is  restive  under  the  as­
sumptions  of  the  Senate.  It feels that its 
individuality  and  force  as  a  part  of  the 
lawmaking  power  are  gradually  slip­
ping  away  from  it.  The  absorption  of 
authority  in  the  Senate  goes steadily on, 
and  the  House  seems  unable to baffle tbe 
tendency,  while  the  executive  side  pro­
itself,  so  far  as  it  does  so  at  all, 
tects 
not  so  much  by 
its  rightful  assertion 
within  its  legitimate  scope  as  by  an  ex­
ceptional  superiority  which  is .dominat­
ing  in  itself.

The  trouble  is,  tbat  tbe  House  has 

in 
it  few  great  men,  men  who  are  able  to 
iead  such  a  body.  Tbere  is  no  man  like 
John  G.  Carlisle,  of  Kentucky, and  Sam 
Randall,  of  Pennsylvania,both  of  whom 
were  great  Democratic  leaders 
in  the 
House,  but  neither  of  whom  were  ever 
Senators.  But  now  tbere  are  no  men 
whose  clarion  voices  can  rouse 
tbe 
House  and  the  nation  into  enthusiasm 
and  activity.  Most  of  the  clever  men 
who  enter the  House  only  do so  as a step 
to  the  Senate  and  they  have  no  appar­
ent concern  to  represent  tbe  real  people 
who  created  them  politically.  They  are 
in  a  hurry  to  get  into  the  aristocratic 
body,  and  when  they  get  there  they  are 
beard  of  no  more.

There 

is  no  wonder that  the  Senate 
looks  down  upon  tbe  House, and  there  is 
a  growing  absence  of  surprise  tbat  the 
House  accepts  tbe  slurs  and  slights as  it 
does.  The  Lower  House of  the  British 
Parliament,  tbe  House  of  Commons,  is 
tbe  theater  wherein  British  statesman­
ship 
is  displayed.  There  tbe  people 
have  their  say  through  tbe  voices  of the 
greatest  public  men  in  the  Empire. 
In 
this  Great  Republic  tbe  people  count 
for  little, 
ft  is  tbe  American  House  of 
Lords  tbat  exerts  the  paramount  influ­
ence 
in  the  affairs  of  this  mighty  na­
tion.

Jersey 

justice 
is  famous  for  prompt­
ness  and  severity. 
It  is always  equal  to 
every  emergency.  TheGtherday  a  man 
who  bad  attempted  suicide  was  sen­
tenced  to  six  months’  imprisonment.  It 
is  tbe  first 
instance  of  the  kind  on 
record.  The judgment  will  be  contested, 
but  it  is  believed  it  will  be  sustained on 
the  theory  that  a  man  has  no  more  right 
to  try  to  kill  himself  than  to  try  to  kill 
others.

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JACK.

Some  Trials  and  Tribulations  o f Old  Han 

Ziriggs.
Written for the Tradesman.

Mr.  Briggs,  of  Wayhack,  bent  over 
the  counter  and  glared  fiercely  at  the 
small  girl.

" Y e   say  yer  ma  wants  a  hull  new 
piece  of  caliker  to  make  up  fer  that 
there  flaw?  Why,  child,  there  hain’t i 
quarter of a  yard  of  it  spoilt.’ ’

"Y es,  ma  knows  that,”   piped  the  in 
fant,  "but  she  says  you  needn’t  totbinL 
you  kin  palm  off any  old  thing  onto  us 
just  cus  we’re  poor.  We  hain’t  never 
been  on  the  town,  we  hain't,  and  ma 
says  you  gotter give  her a  new  piece  of 
cloth  or else  the  money  back.’ ’

"Y ou 

jest  tell  yer  ma—"   Mr.  Briggs 
hesitated.  He  was on  the  point of  tell­
ing  her  to  go  to  thunder,  but  he  re 
strained  himself  and  said:  "Y ou  jest 
ask  yer  ma.if  it  won’t  be  all  right  if  I 
throw 
in  an  extry  yard  fer  to  make  up 
fer  the  flaw.  Tell  her  I  didn’t  know 
nothin'  about  the  goods  bein’  dam­
aged  or  I ’d  a’  fixed  it  with  her  in  the 
first  place.”

"Well,  then,  gimme  It  now.”
"Mebbe  yer  ma  won’t  like  it ."
"Y es.  she  will. 

I  know  all  right,  ail 
right.  Come,  hustle  up!  Say,  won’t 
you  gimme  a  stick  of gum?  All  right, 
you  needn't  if  you  don't  want to.  Don’t 
have  to  if  you  don’t  want to,  but  if  you 
don’t  I’ll  tell  ma  you  said  she 
lied. 
Kee-e-e-e! 
ingy,  wingy!”  
squeaked  the  child,  now  outside  the 
door.  She  danced  on  the  doorstep,  and 
cackled  and  crowed  and  squealed  until 
several  other  children  and  some  men 
and  boys gathered  about  to  see what was 
going  on,  and  then  she  executed another 
breakdown  and  ended  with  the  follow­
ing  bit  of  alleged  verse:

Stingy, 

"Old  man  Briggs  is  a  funny  man 
He  pinches  a  cent  as  hard as he can. ”  
last  sally  was  too  much  for the 
The 
old  gentleman,  and  he  charged  out  into 
the  deepening  shadows  of  the  night only 
to  find  that  the  culprit  had  retreated  in 
headlong  haste.
Mr.  Briggs 

returned  to  the  store, 
where  he  sat  and  wiped  his  spectacles 
for a  long  time  in  silence.  Finally  he 
observed:
"Some 

is  all  took  up  with  the  idea 
that  storekeepin’  ain’t  nothin’  but  a 
kind  of condensed  form  of  amusement, 
sufficient  for  three  small  or two  large 
pies.  But  it  hain  t  so.  There’s  things 
coming  up,  here  an’  there,  an'  hither 
an  yon,  an’  all  the  time,  that’s  enough 
to  sp’ile  a  saint.  My  cbar-ac-ter  was 
pretty  middlin'  well formed  afore I went 
into  business,  but  blamed  if  it  hain’ t 
be  n  jest  nip  and  go  with  me sometimes 
whether  I ’d  lose  m’  temper an’  get  mad 
an’  go  to  cussin’,  or  whether  I ’d  endure 
them  that  do  despitefully  abuse  me and 
prosecute  me  an’  remember  my  Chris­
tian  bringin’  up.

jest  the  other  day. 

"Now,  there  was  a  little  thing  come 
up 
It  wa’n’t  so 
much  the  amount  of  it  as  it  was the 
blamed  mean  principle  of  the  thing, 
but  it  made  |me  jest  whoopin’  mad  all 
the  same.  Ye  see  it  was  like  this:

"Old  man  Hanscomb’s  big  fat woman 
come  in  here  with  a  crock  of  butter  and 
about  three  dozen  eggs.  Wall,  now, 
while  I  don’t  like  to  say  nothin’  ag’in 
my  customers,  I  guess  I ’ll  have  to ex­
plain  that  Mis’  Hanscomb's  butter  has 
got  a  reputation  of  bein’  so  dreffle  bad 
I 
that  there can’t  no  live  man  eat  it. 
reckon  like  enough  you’ve  heered  of 
it 
afore  now  yerself,  eh?  Now  eggs  was 
most  mighty  scurse  and  I  wanted  them,

Grand  Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association.
On  account  of the  storm,  the.  regular 
meeting'  of  the  Grand  Rapids  Retail 
Grocers’  Association,  Monday  evening, 
was  not  largely  attended. 
President 
Fuller,  who  was  present  in  person,  sug­
gested  that  the  regular order of  business 
be  dispensed  with  and  an  informal  ses­
sion  held,  which  was adopted  by  those 
present—and  some  not  present—in  the 
following  manner:
E.  J.  Herrick  moved  that  his  store 
be  made  accessible  from  the  rear.
H.  G.  DeGraff  moved  that  be  be  de­
clared  the  next  mayor  of  Grand Rapids.
Thos.  Keating  moved  that  a  vote  of 
thanks  be  recorded  that  the  morning 
market  is  over  for this  season.
Ed.  Winchester  moved  that  the price 
of  kerosene  oil  be  increased  i  cent  per 
gallon.

Peter Schuit  moved  that  the  grocers 
have  a  delivery  wagon  parade  on  the 
occasion  of  the  next  annual  picnic.
Daniel  Viergever  moved  that  his  sub­
scription  to  the  Tradesman  be  credited 
two  years  ahead.
Adrian  Brink  moved  that  the  Stand­
ard  Oil  Co.  be  requested  to  move  on  to 
the  next  town.

of  sauerkraut  be 
per pound.

Dun  &  Co.  be  increased  to $15,000.

Charles  Pettersch  moved  that the price 
increased  to  io cents 
John  Leff  moved  that  bis  rating  by 
Orra  Chadwick  moved  that  gambling 
games  and  the  sale  of  beer without  a 
Government  license  be  discarded  here­
after.
A.  Buys  moved  that  all  members  of 
the  Association 
immediately  purchase 
one  of his patent portable barrel benches.
Homer  Klap  moved  that  being  drawn 
on a  jury  be  declared  a  public nuisance.
F.  J.  Dettenthaler moved  that  it  be 
the  sense  of  the  meeting  that  grocers 
should  not  handle  meats.

B.  S.  Harris  moved  that  the  annual 
banquet  be  provided  for  by  the  sale  of 
tickets  to  the  retail  trade.

John  Witters  moved  that the adjoining 
stores  in  the  Kendall  block  be  vacated 
for  the  benefit of  Daane  &  Witters.
be  declared  a  good  thing,  even 
doesn't  last  long.

M.  H.  Barber  moved that competition 
if  it 

should  exceed  150  pounds  in  weight.

C.  A.  Brink  moved  that  no  grocei 
John  H.  Goss  moved  that  250  pounds 
be  established  as  the  proper  weight  for 
a  grocer.

Ed.  Connolly  moved  that  the  Circuit 
Court 
judgment  the  Olney  &  Judson 
Orocer  Co.  is  obtaining  against  him  be 
declared  null  and  void.
Edwin  \Vhite  moved  the  grocers  pay 
more  attention  to  window  dressing  and 
store  decoration.

J.  Geo.  Lehman  moved  that  he  be  de­
clared  the  handsomest  man  in  the  gro­
cery  trade  in  Grand  Rapids.  Adopted 
but  not  unanimously. 
’
Cornelius  Fox  moved  that  the  pur- 
cbase  of  plenty  of  real  estate  in  the 
vicinity  of a  grocery  store  be  declared  a 
good  thing.
Ed.  Killean  moved  that  the retail  gro­
cery  trade  be  declared  good  enough  for 
any  man.
Phillip  Kusterer  moved  that  the  sale 
of  Sweitzerkase  and  Smearkase  be  con- 
bned  to  German  grocers.

Frank  L.  Merrill  moved  that  Green 
Lake  be  declared  the  finest  summer  re­
sort  in  the  State.

Matthew  Millard  moved  that  it  be 
considered  a  stroke  of genius  to com­
promise  claims  at  less  than  par.
Norman  Odell  moved  that  his Sunday 
turnout  be  declared  the  sweellest  one  in 
town.

There  being  no  more  grocers  to  make 
motions or offer  resolutions,  the meeting 
8
adjourned. 

Hate  on  Both  Sides.

*?  Mi88 .Passe  and  Mr-  Gotcasb 
love 

it  a 

really  got  married.  Was 
match?  ’
ha„Oi „ tch."C0" ,r" i  

'

Promise  is  not  fulfillment.  The  ad­
vertiser who  promises  most is not always 
the  man  who  fulfills  most.  Carefulness 
a?  t°  promises  gives  stronger assurance 
of living  up  to  them.

and  he  hated  to  be  poor.”

dont  understand  you.”
, hl ted  t0  be  an  0,d  “ aid,

Self-laudiition  abounds  among  the  un­
polished  and  nothing  can  s.amp  a 
man  more  sharply  as  ill-bred.—Buxton.

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

but  how  to  git  the  eggs  an’  not  the  but 
ter  was a  ticklish  business.

•  Say,'  I  ses,  ‘ Mis’  Hanscomb,  we’re 
jest  heaped  an 
jammed  full  of  butter. 
Couldn  t  possibly  use  another  ounce; 
but  I  wouldn’t  mind  takin’  of the  eggs. 
I  could  give  ye  a  good  figger  fer  them.’ 
Him  as gits my butter  gits my eggs, 

says  she.

“ ‘ Wall,  o’  course  I  can’t  blame  ye 
none  fer  that,’  I  ses,  "but  what's  the 
difference,  anyway? 
If  ye  sell  me  the 
eggs  ye  get  yer  money,  don’t  ye?”

"   ‘ Him  as  takes  my  eggsa-n-d  butter 
gits  my  trade,  and  I'm  goin’  to  git  me 
a  pair  of  fine  shoes  to-day  if  I  have  to 
travel  clean  to  Central  Lake  to buy ’em 
"W ell,  when  Miss  Hanscomb  com 
menced  speakin’  of  fine  shoes,  I chirked 
up  quite  a  bit.  Ye  see,  when  toothpick 
shoes  was  all  the  rage  to  Big  Rapids 
an  Cadillac  an’  Alpeny,  I  was  fool 
enough  to  buy  a  few  pair  from  a  drum 
mer  with  a  d i’mond  shirt  button  and  i. 
gift  of gab  that  would  make  a campaign 
orator  feel  like  a  spring  pullet. 
I  got 
them  shoes  at  that  time,  an’  it’s  been 
the  study  of  my  life  ever  sence  then 
git  'em  out  of the  store at  a  good  profit. 
So  I  allowed  if  I  could  sell  a pair of  the 
peaked  chaps  to  M is’  Hanscomb, 
might  be  a  safe  proposition  to  buy  her 
butter.

fiddler's  change  that  she  had  tied  up  in 
an  old  piece  of  rag.

‘ Sixty-five  an’  five 

is  seventy,’ 
says  she,  ‘ an’  five  is  seventy-five,  an’ 
three 
is  seventy-eight.  There, 
she 
says,  ‘ that  jest  makes  it  to  a  cent.’

"   ‘ C ’rect,’  I  says,  ‘ all  but  the  three 
dollars.  Couldn’t  hardly  get  along  with 
out  them,'  I  says,  kinder  laughin’  like, 
fer  I  wa’n’t  aware  what  the  old  gal  was 
a  drivin’  at.

‘ That’s  so,’  says  she,  a  Ieetle  sur 
prised,  I  thought. 
‘ I’ll  have  to git  that 
out  in  the  wagon’  and  away  she hustles, 
an'  me  a  follerin'  along  after her  out  of 
politeness.

"She  dim ’  right  up  into  the  rig  an 
in  the 
commenced  a  pawnin’  around 
bottom  of the  wagon  box. 
‘ Here,  take 
this, ’  says  she,  straightenin’  up  all  to 
oncet  an  bandin’  out  a  brown  paper 
package. 

‘ Here's  yer  three  dollars.'

" Jest  then  that  blamed  overly  big 
lummox  o’  her’n  hit  the  bosses  a  slash 
with  the  whip,  an’  they 
jumped  an’ 
started  down  the  road lickety split,  Mis’ 
Hanscomb  laughin’  like  ail  git  out.

What’s  this?’  I  boilers  after  her, 
fer  I  knowed  it  was some  drive  or  an­
other,  an’  I  wanted  to  find  out  what  it 
was  right  away.

‘Open 

back.

it  up  an’  see,’  she  yelled 

"S o   I  did,  an’  blamed  if  it  wa’n’t 
them  same  dum  pair  o’  peak-ed  toed 
shoes !’ 

Geo.  L.  Thurston.

‘ “ Talkin’  about  shoes.  Mis’  Hans 

comb,’  I  ses,  ‘ course  I  don’t  want  ye 
have  to  go  anywheres  else  fer  yer  foot 
gear,  an 
if  I ’ve  got  what  ye  want, 
wouldn’t  wonder a  mite  if  we  mightn  . 
strike  up  a  dicker  fer  the  butter.  Now 
’ *  you  was  wantin’  suthin’  in  shoes  that 
hain’t  so  dubby  an'  ornery  as  the  gal_ 
is  tryin’  to  call  the  style  now,  I  could 
recommend  ye  to  these  here.  These' ye 
see,  has  got  some  shape  to  ’em.  The 
toes  is  put  in  slantin',  as  they  orter  be 
The  soles  is  sloped  from  the  ball  dowi. 
to  the  toe  in  most  beautiful  an’  graceful 
the  toes  bein'  narrer,  as  the 
lines,  an 
toes  to  be,  they 
Almighty 
intended 
don’t  make  yer  feet  look  like  the 
jaws 
of a  hippotaymfis,  as  them  overly  big 
wide  toed  gents  do  what  some  says  i 
the  rage  now. ’

“Oh,  1  gin  it  to  her  good.  You  bet 
I  m  suthin  of  a  talker  when  I  git  a 
goin’  an’  the’s  a  sale  dependin’.  She 
kinder  wanted the  wide  toed kind,  but 
stuck  an’  bung,  so  finally  we  come  to 
getber on  a  trade.  She  took  the  shoes 
an'  1  got  the  butter  an’  eggs.  The  deal 
amounted  to  three  dollars but I  reckoned 
I  could  git  pretty  nigh  what  the  butte 
cost,  an’  even  if  I  did  lose  a  little on it 
it  wouldn't  cut  so  much  ice  arter  all, 
seein’  I  got  red  of the peaked  toes.

Well,  I  felt  pretty  good  over that  fer 
a  couple  of  days.  Then  her  an’  her 
overly  big  lummox  of a  boy  come  to  the 
store  with  their lumber  wagon,  an’  done 
a  quite  a  good  bit  of tradin’.  They 
got  flour  an  pork  an'  sodv  an’  sugar 
an  caliker an’  a  lot  more  stuff,  an’ 
it 
all  come  to  three  dollars  an’  seventy- 
eight  cents,  an'  the  woman  had  that 
great  overly  big 
lummox  of  a  kid  of 
lug  everything  out  an’  chuck  it 
ber’n 
into  the  wagon  as  fast  as  she  bought  it.
< ^  didn  t think  nothin’  about  it  then, 
an’  I  was  sorry  when  she  said  that  was 
all  she  wanted,  fer  it  hain’t  been  so 
very  often  in  the  past  that  Hanscomb’s 
folks  would  open  up  an’  buy  a  big  lot 
of  stuff  like  that to once without wantin’ 
to get  trusted  for  the  best  part  of  it.

"S o   she  was  all  through,  an’  the  stuff 
was  all  loaded 
in,  an’  the  boy  was  a 
settin’  on  the  wagon  seat flickin’  flies 
offen  the  bosses  with  the  whip, an’  Mis’
| Hanscomb  was countin'  me  out  a  lot of

A p p le,  in  a  Bad  Way.

Chicago,  Dec.  13—The  apple  deal 

is 
generally  looked  upon  as  in  a  bad  way. 
One  of  the  best  posted  Chicago  dealers 
on  the  situation  says  there  is  enough 
common  stock  outside  of  the  coolers  to 
keep  the  trade  working  until  January 
or  longer.  There  is  so  much  poor stock 
stored 
in  the  coolers,  which  will  be  in 
worse  condition  than  when  it  went  in, 
that  it  will  not  be  cleaned up  in  time  to 
work  on  the  good  stock  until  it  is  so 
late  in  the season  that  the good stock can 
not  all  be  moved  at  satisfactory  prices. 
It  will  be  low  prices  and  a  bad  deal  all 
the  way  through.

Exports  from  the  country  last  week 
were  168,538  barrels.  The  total  exports 
so  far  this  season  are  1,447,207  against 
407,965  last  year,  an  excess  of  over 
’  000,000  barrels.
Exports  of  168,000  barrels  a  week,  if 
continued,  will  soon  tell  on  stock,’ so 
there  is  more  than  one  side to  the  situa­
tion.

Dealers  who were  asked  $3.50  per bar­
rel  by  New  York  parties  for  stock  early 
in  the  season  are  now  offered  the  same 
stock  for *1.75.  Early  in  the  season  one 
*  !5a8°  firni  bandied  a  number of cars 
M  Duchess apples  for a  customer.  The 
pples  could  have  been  sold  for $2.2? 
per  barrel  and  the  Chicago  firm advised 
the  customer  to  sell.  He  refused,  but 
the  firm  sold  one  car  unknown  to  him, 
and  the  rest  were  put  into  storage.  The 
apples  were  since  sold  for $i  per  barrel 
and  50  cents  a  barrel  storage  had  ac 
crued  against  them.

W hat  Happened  to  the Turkey.

‘ Where’s  that  old  turkey  gobbler  that 
used  to  strut  around  the  barnyard?”   a 
"D id   ye  kill 
friend  asked  Uncle  Bill. 
him  Thanksgivin’ ?’ ’

an’  no,”   replied  Uncle 
It  was  this

I  did  an  I  didn’t. 

15ill. 
y :
‘ He  was  so  dum  tough  that  when  I 
brought  the  axe  down  on  his  neck  it 
only  tickled.  The  more  I  chopped  th’ 
more 
it  tickled,  ontil  finally  th’  old 
bird  got  t’  laughin’  so  hard  that  he  be­
came  hysterical  an’  died.
death,  indirectly.”

Yas,  I  s ’pose  I  was  the  cause  of  his 

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

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Of  Interest  to You

When  a  grocer  sells  cheap  baking  powders  he  invites 
dissatisfaction.  The  cake  being  spoiled  by  the  powder, 
all  the  ingredients  will  be  classed  as  inferior,  to  the  discredit 
o f  the  grocer  who  sold  them.  The  sale  of  lower-cost  or 
inferior  brands  of  powders  as  substitutes  for  the  Royal 
Baking  Powder,  or  at  the  price  of  the  Royal,  is  not  fair
toward  the  consumer,  and  will  react  against  the  reputation 
o f  the  store.

Royal  is  recognized  everywhere  and  by  every  one  as 
the  very  highest  grade  baking  powder— superior  to  all  other 
brands  in  purity,  leavening  strength,  and  keeping  quality. 
It  is  this  baking  powder,  therefore,  that  will  always  give  the 
highest  satisfaction  to  the  customer;  and  a 
thoroughly
satisfied  customer  is  the  most  profitable  customer  that  a 
dealer  can  have.

Ask  your  jobber  for  Royal  Baking  Powder. 

the 
long  run  it  yields  more  profit  to  the  grocer  than  the 
low-priced  alum  brands.

In 

ROYAL  BAKING  POWDER  CO.,  100  WILLIAM  ST., NEW  YORK.

Grand  Rapids  Gossip

The  Grocery  M arket.

little  sugar 

Sagan—The 

raw  sugar  market  re­
mains  very  firm,  but  with  no change  in 
price.  Refiners  are  ready  buyers  at 
quoted  prices,but holders  are  indifferent 
sellers  and  but  very 
is 
offered  for  sale.  Unlike  the  raw  sugar 
market,  the  refined  market  shows some 
easiness  and  prices  on  all  grades  have 
declined  ten  points.  Dealers  are  pretty 
well  stocked  up  and,  as this  is  usually 
a  dull  season  in  the  sugar  business,  do 
not  feel 
inclined  to  make  any  further 
purchases  at  present  and  sales  are  most­
ly  of  moderate  size  and  only  for  imme­
diate  requirements.

Tea—The  tea tangle has  been straight­
ened  out  satisfactorily  by  a  bill  passed 
through  Congress 
last  week,  and  the 
movement  of  teas  will  not  be  delayed 
in  this  part  of  the  country  from  any 
cause.  The  customs  authorities  believe 
that  most  shipments  can  be  promptly 
made  after  the  first  of  the  year.

is  expected 

Canned  Goods-----Throughout 

the
canned  goods  Jist  prices  present  very 
little  change  and  general trade continues 
quiet.  Business  is  up  to the usual  aver­
age  at  this  time  of  the  year,but not  very- 
much 
in  this  line  at  this 
season.  After  the  turn  of  the  year  more 
activity 
is  looked  for.  Tomatoes  con­
tinue  in  fair  demand  with  no  change  in 
price.  Dealers  seem  to  be  well  stocked 
for  present  needs  and  are apparently not 
interested  in  this  article.  Corn  is steady 
and  meeting  with  fair  demand.  Stocks
are  moderate  and  are  moving  out  fairly 
well.  Peas  are  in moderate  demand  for 
the  medium  and  better grades,  which 
light  supply.  Prices  show  no) 
are 
change.  There 
is  some  demand  for 
small  fruits,  but  stocks  are  very  light 
and  very  little  business  is  done  in  this ] 
line.  Salmon  is  meeting  with  good  de­
mand  at  unchanged  prices.  Sardines 
show  no  change  in  price,  but  meet  with 
fair  demand.  Stocks  are  light  and  no 
lower  prices  are  looked  for  in  the  near 
future.

in 

limited  quantity 

Dried  Fruits—Trade  in  dried  fruits of 
almost  ali  varieties  is  good and  it  is  ex­
pected  will  continue  so  for the  next  few 
weeks.  There  is  an  excellent  demand 
for  prunes  at  full prices with an  advance 
of  X c  on  all  sizes  below  50 60s,  Xc  on 
50 60s  and  iX c   on  40-50S;  in  fact,  it  is 
almost  impossible  to  obtain  40-50S  at 
any  price.  Coast  advices  continue  to 
left  in 
show  a  very 
growers'  hands.  Raisins  are 
in  good 
demand  and  all  stocks  are  very  firmly 
held.  Seeded  are  in  particularly  good 
demand  with  the  tendency  toward  high­
er  prices.  Apricots  are  in  fairly  good 
demand  and  fancy  fruit  is  in  limited 
supply,and  held  very firm.  Peaches  are 
not  active,  but  remain  steady.  Dates 
are 
in  very  good  demand  and  prices 
show  a  slight  advance,  but  this  does  not 
make  any  difference 
in  the  demand, 
which  continues  to  be  very  active.  Figs 
are  moving  out  fairly  well  at unchanged 
prices.  There  is  a  slight  improvement 
in  the  demand  for  evaporated  apples, 
although  prices  show  no  change.  More 
active  movement  in  this  line  is 
looked 
for  after  the  first  of  the  year.  Stocks  are 
moderate,  but  not  considered  at all  ex­
cessive.

in  rice 

Rice—Trade 

is  good  and 
practically  all  grades  are  firmly  held. 
Holders are  very firm  in  their  views  and 
refuse  to  make  any  concessions,  buyers 
being  compelled  to  pay  full  values  to 
obtain  supplies.  On  account  of  the  poor 
quality  of  the  crop,  only  a  small  per-  |

The  Produce  M arket.

Apples—The  market 

Bananas—Good  shipping  stock,  $1.25 

is  looking  up 
and  stock  is  moving  more  freely.  Fancy 
commands $1.7532.25  per  bbl.
@2  per  bunch.
yellow  stock.

Beeswax—Dealers  pay  25c  for  prime 
Beets—40c  per  bu.
Butter—Creamery  is  firm  and  higher, 
commanding  29c  for  fancy  and  28c  for 
choice.  Pound  prints  from  fancy  com­
mand  30c.  Dairy grades  are  strong  and 
in  active  demand,  commanding  20322c 
for  fancy,  18320c for choice  and  i 6 @ i 8c 
for  packing  stock.  Receipts  of dairy 
are  increasing  in  quantity  and 
improv­
ing  in  quality.

Cabbage—40c  per doz.
Carrots—35c  per  bu.
Celery—17c  per doz.
Chestnuts—$536   per  bu. 
for  Ohio.
Cocoanuts—$3.50  per  sack.
Cranberries—Howes  from  Cape  Cod 
are  strong  and  scarce  at $3.25  per  bu. 
box  and  $9.50  per  bbl.
D ates—Hailowi,  5c;  Sairs,  4Xc ;  1 
lb.  package,  7c.
Eggs—Local  dealers  pay  20322c  for 
case  count  and  22324c  for candled.  R e­
ceipts  are  small.  Cold  storage  range 
from  19321c.
lb.  box  of  Califor­
n ia;  5  crown  Turkey,  17c;  3 crown,  14c.
is  scarce  and 
17318c. 
is 

Figs—$1  per  10 
Grapes—Malagas,  $5.2535.75.
Honey—White  stock 

higher,  readily  commanding 
Amber  is  active  at  14 315c and  dark 
moving  freely  on the  basis  of  12 313c.
sinas,  $4.50.

Lemons—Californias,  $4 ;  new  Mes- 
Lettuce—i 2% c   per  lb.  for  hothouse.
Maple Sugar— io jic  per  lb.
Maple Syrup—$1  per gal.  for fancy.
Nuts—Butternuts,  65c;  walnuts,  65c; 
Onions—In  good 
supply  and  not 

hickory  nuts, $2.75  per  bu.
much  demand  at  60c  per  bu.

Poultry—Live  pigeons  are 

box.  California  Navels,  $3.5033.75.

Oranges—Floridas  command $3.50 per 
Parsley—30c  per doz.
Pop  Corn—50360c  per  bu.
Potatoes—The  market  is  looking  up 
somewhat  Local  dealers  meet  no  diffi­
culty  in  obtaining  50c.
in  ac­
tive  demand  at  60370c.  Nester squabs, 
either 
live  or  dressed,  $2  per  doz. 
Dressed  stock  commands  the  following  : 
Spring  chickens,  113 12 X C ;  small  hens, 
ic 3 i i c ;  spring  ducks,  12 3 14 c ;  spring 
13 3 16 c ;  small  squab  broilers 
turkeys, 
!2X @ i5c ;  Belgian  hares, I2j^@ 15c.
Radishes—30c  per  doz.  for  hothouse.
Spanish  Onions—$1.40  per crate.
Spinach—90c  per  bu.
Squash—2c  per  lb.  for  Hubbard.
Sweet  Potatoes—Jerseys,  $4  per  bbl.  ; 
Turnips—40c  per bu.
For Gillies’  N.  Y.  tea,all kinds,grades 

Illinois,  $3.50.

and  prices,  call  Visner,  both  phones.

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centage  of  fancy  grocery  grades  have 
been  turned  out  by  the  mills  and  a  good 
demand  causes  prices  to  be firmly main­
tained.

Molasses—The  demand  for  molasses 
shows  considerable  improvement,  large­
ly  on  account  of  the  more  favorable 
weather.  Offerings  are  reported 
light, 
however,  as  dealers’  stocks  are  rather 
light.  New  Orleans  advices  report 
that  receipts  of  new  crop  molasses and 
cane  juice  are  only moderate,  especially 
for  the  better  grades,  which  were  taken 
up  at  full  values.  The  medium  grades 
continue  in  fair  supply,  but  even  with  a 
limited  demand,quotations  were  steady.
Fish—The  market  for  mackerel  shows 
some  advance,  due  to  the  scarcity  of 
supplies.  The  trade  is  somewhat  cur­
tailed  on  account of the high price.  Cod­
fish 
is  in  good  demand  and  shows  no 
change  in  price.

Nuts—Trade  in  nuts  of  all  varieties 
shows  considerable  activity,  prices  on 
almost  everything  being  well  main­
tained.  Stocks  at  present  are  moderate, 
but  are  rapidly  decreasing  under the 
steady  demand.

The  Grain  Market.

Wheat  has  been  active  and  strong 
during  the  week,  but  not much  gain  can 
be  recorded.  Prices  are  the  same  as 
last  week.  Receipts  are  good,  with  ex­
ports  only  fair.  The  visible  made  a 
gain  of  2,211,000  bushels,  which 
is 
rather  large.  Still,  we  have  10,000,000 
bushels  less  in  sight  than  a  year ago. 
The  Government  crop  reports  were  very 
bearish,  as  the  reports  show  34,000,000 
acres  of  winter  wheat  sown,  against 
32,000,000 acres last  year.  Crop  condi­
tions  are  97,7,  against  86.7  on  Dec.  1 
last  year,  which,  barring  accidents, 
would  make  a  yield of 636,000,000  bush­
els  of  winter  wheat,  the  largest  we  have 
ever  had,  if  the  harvest  would  be  good. 
We  might  add,  however,  that  while  32,- 
000,000  were  shown  on  Dec.  1,  1901, 
the  real  acreage  harvested  was  29,132,-
000  acres,  but the  growing  crop  at  pres­
ent 
11  points  better  than  one  year 
ago.  With  such  conditions 
it  is  hard 
work  to  “ bull”   present  prices.  Argen­
tine  claims  wet  weather  for  its  har­
vest  and,  should 
it  continue,  we  will 
look  for  reduced  harvest  returns.  May 
wheat  in  Chicago  was  at  onetime 7&%c, 
but  closed  at  7 7 X C .  The  fact 
is,  there 
is  no  cereal  to-day  so  cheap  as  wheat. 
It  costs  as  much  to  purchase  2%  dozen 
of  eggs  as  one  bushel  of  wheat.

is 

contract  corn  come 

Corn  is  not as  strong  as  it  looks.  The 
visible  increased  1,600,000bushels.  Had 
more 
in,  prices 
would  have  slumped.  It is claimed  there 
large  amount  of  December 
is  still  a 
long options out. 
Should  that  be  the 
case  some  one  will  probably  have to set­
tle  at  higher  than  present  price,  which 
is  around  55c  per bushel  for  December.
Oats  decreased  500,000  bushels  and 
prices  keep  strong.  The  demand  does 
not decrease,  but  keeps  right  up.  We 
may  look  for still  higher  prices  than 35c 
per  bushel.

Rye  is  off  ic  and  rather  weak,  the  de­
mand  being  hardly  up  to  the  offerings. 
However,  Michigan  rye 
is  not  up  in 
quality  this  year,  which  has  something 
to  do  with  the  price.

Beans  are  in  statu  quo, with  no excite­
ment 
in  the  market.  As  stated  fre­
quently,  prices  are  high  and  will  prob­
ably  recede,  at  least  most of  the  dealers 
look  at  it  in  this  way.

Flour  has  advanced  20c  per  barrel 
and  will  go  up  another  notch.  The  de­
mand  at  the  advance  has  been  some­
what  checked.  The  holiday  season  is 
also  the  cause  of  slow  demand.  Dealers 
do  not  want to  carry  a  large  stock 
into 
the  new  year  and  we  look  for  a  better 
demand  after  the  holidays.

Mill  feed  remains  very  strong  and 
steady,  with  no  shading  of  prices,  espe­
cially  as  corn  and  oats  are  so  high.

Receipts  of  grain  have  been  normal, 
being  as  follows:  wheat,  69cars;  corn, 
12  cars;  oats,  5  cars;  rye,  3  cars;  flour,
1  car;  beans,  1  car;  malt, 
I  car;  potatoes,  20 cars.

1  car;  hay,

Millers  are  paying  76c  for  wheat.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

Hides,  Pelts.  Tallow   and  Wool.

The  bide  market 

seems  to  have 
slumped  by  continual  hammering  and 
keeps  going  down. 
It  is  not  confined  to 
countries  alone.  Packers’  take-off  goes 
with  it  to  a  smaller  extent.  Hides  are 
lower and  are  likely  to  keep  there  for 
some  time  to  come.

Pelts  are  not  so  plentiful,  while  the 
kill  is  still  large.  All  pullers  are  well 
supplied.  Prices  hold  firm,  but there  is 
no  advance.

Furs  are  in  good  demand,  with  much 
strife  among  buyers  to  make  large  col­

lection  in  time  for  London  sales  in Jan­
uary.

Tallow  is  weak,  with 

large  offerings 
for  soapers’  stock.  Prime  and  edible 
are  readily  taken  and  do  not  accumu­
late.

Wool 

is  dormant.  Sales  are  small. 
Dealers  are  clearing  up  on  previous 
sales  and  finding  where  they  stand  on 
the  year’s dealings.  Stocks are  not  large 
for  this  time  of  the  year.  Prices  are 
held  strong,  as  the  cost  has  been  well 
up.  Mills  are  still  running  and  con­
suming  much  wool.  Wbat  is  in  sight  is 
likely  to  be  wanted  in  the  next  sixty  or 
ninety  days. 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

Order Christm as  Oysters  Early.

Those  who  have  not  yet  arranged  for 
a  supply  of  the  Perfection  brand  oysters 
for  Christmas  trade  would  do  well  to 
communicate  with  F.  J.  Dettenthaler, 
Grand  Rapids,  without  further  delay. 
Present 
indications  are  that  higher 
prices  will  rule,  on  account  of  the 
freeze-up  on  Chesapeake  Bay.  Those 
who  purchase  their  supplies  of  Mr.  Det­
tenthaler  may  rest  assured  that  he  will 
bill  them  at  the  lowest  possible  prices.

It  is  likely  that the  bars  in  the  capitol 
at  Washington  will  be  closed  and  that 
thirsty 
legislators  will  be  compelled  to 
stock  their  private  lockers  in  the  cloak 
rooms.  The  House  adopted  an  amend­
ment  to  the  immigration  bill  providing 
that  no  liquor of any  sort  should  be  sold 
within  the  limits of  the  capitol  grounds. 
The  amendment  had  nothing  to  do  with 
immigration  and 
it  was  expected  that 
it  would  be  struck  out  by  the  Senate,but 
that  body  thought  the  House  was  trying 
to  play  a  joke  and  promptly  decided  to 
“ stand  pat,”   thus  making  the  amend­
ment a  veritable  boomerang.

The  factory  of the  M.  B.  Martin  Co., 
Ltd.,  which  is  located  at  the  corner  of 
First  avenue  and  the  G.  R.  &  I.,  will 
be  started  with  a  full  complement  of 
help.  Manager  Martin  estimates  that 
the  factory  will  have  an  output  of  five 
tons  of  vegetable  foods  per day.

Claude  Scoville  and  Anthony  Van 
Houtum  have  formed  a  copartnership 
under  the  style  of  L.  A.  Scoville  &  Co. 
and  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  at 
Clarksville.  The  Judson  Grocer  Com­
pany  furnished  the  stock.

A.  M.  Barron,  the  long  distance  real 
estate  and  busines  s  broker  of  South 
Bend,  Ind.,  has  sold  the  Wm.  Stander- 
ford  stock  of  high  grade  groceries  at 
Tipton,  Ind.,  to  T.  E.  Mays.

The  U.  S.  Packing  Co.,  Grand  Rap­
ids,  can  sell  you  butterine  from  i \ %   to 
15X  cents  and  solicits  an opportunity  to 
send  you  a  sample  package,  to  be  re­
turned  if  not  O.  K.

Wm.  Judson  and A.  O.  Ball are spend­
ing  the  week  in  New  York,  calling  on 
the  manufacturers  of  food  products  in 

the  metropolis.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, Mick.

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The Fate Which Overtook Mr. Honestein’s 

Dummies.

A  cold,  bleak  wind  swept  down  in 
front of  the  bargain  signs  that  line  the 
cobblestones  of  the  city’s Hebrew mecca 
and  crawled  up  under  the  shabby  seams 
and  whistled  through  the  scarcecrow 
sleeves  of  Mr.  Honestein's  clothing 
lieutenant.  He  shivered  in  a  wooden 
sort of  manner and  blinked  at  the  arro­
gant  looking  fellow  next  to  him,  a  stiff 
dude  with  celluloid  collar  and  cuffs  and 
a  shredded  codfish  shirt.

“ Gracious,”   said  the  Lieutenant  be­
tween  his  invisibly  chattering  teeth, 
“ we're  having  rather  a  breezy  time  of 
it  out  here  ain't  we,  Cbauncey?  Won­
der  if  old  Hones  thinks  we’re  particu­
larly  attractive  with  these  old 
rags 
twisting  around  us  like  the  dress  folds 
of a  serpentine  dancer. 
I,  for one,  am 
not  so  self-conceited  as  to  believe  that 
some  of these  Saturday  night  prowlers, 
even  the  coons,  will  stop  and  inspect 
me. 
If  they  did,  Cbauncey,  old  Hones 
would  be  apt  to  kick  me  out,  'cause 
he’d  be  selling  goods  under  false  pre­
tenses.  Ha !  ha !  ha !”

Mr.  Depew,  of  the  painted  mutton 
chops,  almost  revolved  on  his  lofty  iron 
pedestal  as 
the  nor'wester  whirled 
around  him.  When  he  had  finished 
laughing 
in  a  monotonous,  mechanical 
fashion,  he  spoke  through  bis  plugged 
mouth  with  a  sorry  lack  of  that  grandi­
loquence  which  the  silver tongue  of  his 
animate  twin  brother has  made  famous 
throughout the  land.

and 

“ Jove.l  should  say  it  was  breezy,”  he 
replied,  his  coat  the  while  fluttering, 
it  s  beastly  chilly,  doncherknow. 
Why,  if  this  keeps  up,  Hobson,  all  the 
starch'll  blow  out  of  my  shirt  front  and 
I'll  catch  my  death  of  cold—I  know  I 
shall.  Ugh !  Oh,  I  say,  fellahs, caught 
some  dust  in  my  eye.  Now  I  cawnt 
wear  my  monocle to-night.  Weally,  if 
there  wasn't  anybody  around  and  old 
Hones  couldn’t  heah  me,  1  would 
actually 
it,  doncherknow. 
Awfully  embarrassing,  by  Jove.”

say  damn 

General  Alger  and  Billie  Shafter  on 
the  left  tittered.  The  nor’ wester  awak­
ened  them  from  their wooden  passive­
ness  by  shooting  out  of the  Merrimac 
hero’s  left  sleeve  and  impudently  slap­
ping  the  after-dinner speaker and them­
selves  in  the  face.  The  Secretary  gave 
a  hacking  cough  and  sneezed  violently 
several  times.  The  long-suffering  army 
officer of  the  Santiago  expedition  won-1 
dered  if  the 
investigating  commission 
had 
affected  his  chief  so  seriously. 
Hobson  muttered  something  about  the 
heavy  black  clouds  overhead  and  Mr. 
Depew  said  that  Ibe  electrc  light  on  the 
corner  was,  perhaps,  too  strong.  Billie 
Shafter  remarked  that  Alger’s  wooden 
cough  might  carry  him  to  a  wooden 
coffin, but  the  others  only  suggested  that 
the  Michigan  general  should  be  less  un­
generous 
in  speaking  of  the  man  who 
had  made  him  what  he  was.

“ What's  that  you  say?”   cried  Billie 
furiously,  and  he  mopped  bis  ample 
forehead,  upon  which  stood  globules  of 
cold  perspiration.

“ Only  the  truth,  General,”   said  the 
Lieutenant  and  the  orator  in  chorus. 
Then  they  burst  out 
laughing.  The 
Secretary  was  sympathetic  but  Billie 
couldn't  see  it  just  that way.

“ I 

just  won’t  have  it  gentlemen”   he 
thundered  and  was  about  to  gesticulate 
when  the  elements  forestalled  him  and 
made  his  arms  as  limp  as  a  rag.

The  Lieutenant  scowled  at  him  over 
the  Secretary’s  shoulder.  Hobson was a 
college-bred  man having indeed been ar­
tistically carved for the  trade  by  a  youth

at  the  manual  training  school  and  sold 
to  Mr.  Honestein  for 98 cents just before 
the  war.  College-bred  men  of course 
deprecate  such  a  vulgar display  of  tem­
per as  Michigan  Billie  exhibited.  The 
Lieutenant  might  have  punched  him  to 
bring  him  to his  military  sense  of  dig­
nity  but 
it  was  physically  impossible, 
considering  that  the  forearm  bones were 
not  included  in  the  purchase price.  The 
best  he  could  do  was to  wait  for a  flut­
ter of  wind  and  shake  bis  empty  sleeve 
at him.  Mr.  Honestein always contended 
with  his  friends,  Pullinberg  and  Beat- 
himsky,  across  the street,  that  "Hobson 
vas  vorth  er great  deal,  now  dot  der  var 
vas  over,  and  vas  er  perfect  jewel,”   j 
but  Pullinberg  and  Beathimsky  would 
shake  their  heads  and  say,  “ Dat  hero 
schmoose  vas  all  er  refterfuge;  Hobson 
vas  no  better dan  Jobson  or  Kobson. ”  
Now  Mr.  Honestein’s  prediction  was 
verified—his  Lieutenant  was  a  man  of 
character  and  a  real  hero,  even  if  he 
was  made  of  pine.

The  night  wore  on  through  its  windy, 
bowling  existence,  and  the  dirty  side­
walks,  that  offered  no  pleasing 
invita­
tion  into  the  less inviting bargain shops, 
were  all  but  deserted. 
It  was  almost 
closing  time  for  the  thrifty  sons  of 
Balaam.  Mr.  Pullinberg  looked  up  from 
his  corncob  and  glanced  at  his  watch, 
lifting his  ebony  eyebrows.  His  spouse 
was  taking  down  some  suspenders  from 
under  the  doorway.  Mr.  Beathimsky 
gave  a  sleepy  stretch  and  yawned,show­
ing  several  unsightly  gold  teeth,  as  he 
bolted  the  green  doors  of  his 
shop 
farther  up  the  street.  Mr.  Von  Cohen 
and  his  ample  wife  were  about  to  take 
some  brass  collar  buttons  from  their 
showcase  outside  and  put  them 
indoors 
on  a  shelf-tray,and  Mrs.Closefistein was 
standing,  with  bare  arms  akimbo,  call­
ing  to  several  little  Closefisteins  to come 
home  to  roost.  Mr.  Honestein  put  down 
his  cheap  cigar  on  the  mantel  in  his 
dimly-lighted back parlor  and  suggested 
to  bis  better  half  that  as 
it  was  11 
o’clock  they  had  better  “ shtep out  to 
der  front  and  bring  in  der clodings. ”  
Just  then  the  baby  cried  and  the  “ clos­
ing-up"  had  to  be  deferred  a  few  min­
utes  until  Mrs.  Honestein  refreshed  the 
little  kinky-headed  youngster,  while  the 
devoted 
stood  by,  paternally 
guarding  the  two  precious  occupants  of 
the  rickety  old  rocking-chair and watch­
ing  the  interesting  maternal  process.

father 

Hobson,  shivering  on 

the  outside 
would  occasionally  throw  a  withering 
glance  at  Michigan  Billie  and  a  half- 
sympathetic  one  at  the  muchly-investi­
gated  Secretary  of  War.  The Lieutenant 
had  already  inoculated  into  himself  the 
knowledge  of  his  bravery  and  his  great­
ness—and,  incidentally,  the  kiss-germs

$

3 0 . 0 0

will  buy  a  R O Y A L   GEM 
Lighting- Plant  complete.

It  will  produce  1,500  candle 
power  light  at  the  cost  of  ic 
per hour.

Can be installed in two hours. 
No more trouble than gas.
W ill last a lifetime.
A  child can operate it.
3  single  fixtures  of  500  can­
dle  power  each  will  light  a 
store 20x70 as bright as day.

Complete  Piping,  Fixtures, 
Glassware,  Mantles,  ready  to 
put up only

$ 3 0 .0 0 .

Agents wanted.

Royal Gas Co.,

199 W est Monroe Street,  Chicago,  III.

Common Sense Heat Circulator

and  Radiator

A  Fuel  Saver

(Pa t e n t   a p p l ie d   f o b.)

This  Heater  is  so  simple  that  its 
superiority over  others  is  plain.  Be­
ing open at  each  end the 
cold air is taken  in at the 
bottom, passing out at the 
top  heated,  producing  a 
circulation  unequaled  by 
any  radiator. 
Is  easily 
cleaned or repaired, takes 
the  place  of  a  joint  of 
pipe.  Diameter  of  cas­
ings,  10K and  I2>£  in.

You  can  not  afford  to 
be  without  one  of  these 
Heaters.  Your  customers  want  it— 
soon as they  see  it.  Easiest  selling 
Heaters  on  the  market. 
Big  dis­
counts to  dealers.  Requires  no  ora­
tion to  sell  it.  Look  at  it! 
Speaks 
Send  for  sample  6  in. 
for  itself. 
Wood's  refined 
Price  $4.00 
crated.  Order now.

A. C. Selleck

iron. 

757  W.  Madison  Street,  Chicago,  III.

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7

New Departure in Foods
The M. B. Martin Co., Ltd.
Meat, Fish and Fowl in Every Form

Delicious Substitutes  for

Organized under the laws of Michigan.

Capital,  $1,200,000

Divided  into  120,000 shares.  Par value, $10 each.

Sale of Stock.

A most safe,  promising and  profitable  investment.  Enough  capital 
having already been subscribed to equip factory ready for operations, 
the  Board of  Managers have decided to place on the market a second 
block of stock, consisting of  10,000  shares  at  25c  on  the  dollar  or 
*^50  per share.  An cxceptiona1  oppo  tunity  with  unlimited  pos­
sibilities.  The sober, candid and  thoughtful  opinion  of  shrewd  in­
vestors is that this stock will be worth three or four  times  its  present 
value within a year.  Small  investors have equal  chance with others.

The Vegetable Frankfort

is a winner.  A food novelty never before  equaled.  A  revelation  in 
modern foods, with a  nutritive  value  three  tim-s  greater  than  the 
best beefsteak.  Many other meat substitutes.  No competition  whatso­
ever.  The world our market.  Stock prospectus mailed free on request. 
Ir you would nave your capital earn money don’t delay, but send in your 
subscription for stock. 

7

1I7-H9  Monroe  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

BO ARD  O F  M A N A G ER S

Milford  B.  Martin, Grand  Rapids,  Mich., Chairman 
rrank J.  Dettenthaler, Grand  Rapids, Mich., Treasurer 
Dr.  Samuel L. Caldbick, Cadillac, Mich., Secretary

A  Complete Stock 
Low   Prices

Quick Shipments

These  are  our  reasons  for  guaranteeing 

We  solicit your  orders through  our sales­

satisfaction.

men or  by mail.

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

Grand  Rapids, Michigan

D EALER S

Now is  the  time  to consider  what  roofing to handle 
another year.  We would  be  pleased  to  send  you 
samples  and  prices  which  we  know  will  be  of  in­
terest  to you.

Manufacturers 

H. M. Reynolds Roofing Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Some  Queer  Mechanical  Words.

The 

words 

in  the  various  trades. 

Whoever  has  had  occasion  to  use  ma­
chinery  or tool  catalogues  without  him­
self being a  machinist  or  hardware  man 
can  not  fail  to  have  been  impressed 
with  the  many  curious  words  that  are 
used 
In  nearly 
every  line  of  invention  men have chosen 
almcst  at  random  some  name  for  a  new 
article—usually  suggested  by  a  fancied 
resemblance  to  something  else—and 
in 
many  cases  the  name  has  stuck  long 
after  its  original  significance  has  been 
forgotten.  The  very  word  ‘  manufac-| 
tured"  originally  meant  the  exact  op­
posite  of  what  it  means  to-day.  The two 
Latin  words  of  which 
it  was  formed 
meant  “ made  by  hand,”   nowadays  we 
usually  mean  by  manufactured  products 
those  that are  not  made  by  hand.  The 
word  “ pig,”  
in  the  expression  “ pig- 
iron, ”   is  a  reminiscence  of  the  time 
when  the  iron  was  molded  in  short  fat 
bars  attached  to  a  main  stem, called  the 
“ sow,”   from  which  they  derived  their 
supply  of  metal  until  all  were complete. 
In  this  position  they  looked  like  a  litter 
of  sucking  pigs—hence  the queer  name. 
Pig-iron 
is  no  longer  molded  in  this 
way,  but  the  name  has  now  become  one 
of  such  universal  commercial  use  as  to 
be  a  permanent  addition  to  the  English 
language. 
“ spider,”  
“ ram,y’  “ alligator,”   “ wrench,”   “ but­
terfly,”  etc.,  were all suggested  original­
ly  by  a  fancied  likeness  to  articles  very 
different  from  the  mechanical  objects 
to  which  they  are  applied.  The  word 
itself  belongs  to  the  same  class 
“ nut”  
and  there  are  hundreds  of  others. 
In 
some  new 
industries  like  electricity 
and  automobile  making  new  terms  of 
this  kind  appear  almost  daily.
Minuteness  o f  Am erican  Watch  Screws.
The  minuteness  ot  some  of  the  screws 
made 
in  an  American  watch  factory 
may  be  measured  by  the  statement  that 
it  takes  nearly  130,000 of  a  certain  kind 
to  weigh  a  pound..  Under a  microscope 
they  appear  in  their  true  character— 
perfectly  finished  bolts.  The  pivot  of 
the  balance  wheel  is  only  one  two-hun­
dredth  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  and  the 
gauge  with  which  pivots  are  classified 
measures  to  the  ten-tbousandtb  part of 
an  inch.  Each  pivot  hole  in  which  a 
pivot  fits  is  about  one  five-thousandth of 
an  inch  larger  than  the  pivot  to  permit 
sufficient  play.  The  finest  screw  for  a 
small-sized  watch  has  a  thread  of  260 to 
the  inch,  and  weighs  one  one-hundred- 
and-thirty-thousandth of a pound.  Jewel 
slabs  of  sapphire,  ruby  or  garnet  are 
first  sawed 
into  slabs  one-fiftieth  of  an 
inch  thick,  and  are  shellacked  to  plates 
so  that  they  may  be  surfaced.  Then  the 
individual  jewels  are  sawed  and  broken 
off,  drill-side  for an  oil  cup.  A  pallet 
jewel  weighs  one  one-hundred-and-fifty- 
thousandth  of  a  pound ;  a  roller  jewel 
a  little  more  than  one  two-bundred-and- 
fifty-six-thousandth.  The  largest  round 
hair  spring stud  is  four-hundredths of an 
inch 
in  diameter  and  about  nine-hun­
dredths  of  an  inch  in  length.
A   Puzzled  Housewife.

"H ello ,”   called  Mrs.  Cookem,  over 
the  ’ phone,  “ is  this  Mr.  Seilem’s  gro­
cery?”

order some  more?”

“ Yes,  ma’am .”
“ Well,  you  folks  sent  me  a  cake  of 
patent  plum  pudding  and  a  cake  of  im­
itation  coal  this  morning,  for  me  to 
try."
“ Yes,  ma’am.  And  did  you  wish  to 
“ I  don’t  know.  You’ll  have  to  send 
some  one  down  to explain  matters.  I’ve 
put  one  cake  on  the  fire  and  the  other 
in  the  oven  and  1  can’t  tell  whether  the 
plum  pudding  smell  comes  from  the 
firebox  or  the  pudding  pan.”
  •   ♦ --------

When  you  have  learned  to  be  a  true 
saint  in  your  home,  heaven  will  take 
care  of  itself.

♦

which  some  over-enthusiastic  maidens, 
old  and  young,  h-d  sought  to  impress 
upon  his  blushing  lips  and  cheeks.  But 
he  shivered,  none  the 
less—any  other 
hero,  whether  made  of  pine  or flesh  and 
blood,  would  have  done  the  same.  Mr. 
Depew  could  not  be  so  easily  slighted 
or  lost  to  the  public  eye,  and  he  shiv 
ered,  too.

Then 

it  all  happened—how  or  when 
these  dummy  heroes  never  learned,  nor 
was  it  ever  intended  that  they  should. 
The  Lieutenant  had  just  sneezed,  and 
was  followed  in  succession by  a  spirited 
sneezing  contest  on  the  part  of  Chaun 
cey  M.  and  the  venerable  Secretary  of 
War.  Michigan  Billie  laughed  uproar 
iously  until  a  swift  sputter  shook  him 
under  bis  balloon  waistcoat  and  bulged 
him  out  until  he  became  ashamed  of 
himself,  and  the  pinkish  paint  on  his 
fat  cheeks  grew  scarlet  under  the  arc 
light.  Then  the  others laughed  last  and 
laughed  best.

“ Shatter,  you  look  like  you’re  ready 
to  bust,”   said  General  Alger,  with  a 
sneer.

“ Ya-as,  so  he  does,  by 

jove,”   ac 

quiesced  the  after-dinner speaker.
“ Very  unsoldieriy,”   remarked 

the 

Lieutenant,  simpiy 

And  then 

it  all  happened.  Tommy 
Jones  and  bis  gang  came  out of  an  alley 
and,being  decided  exponents  of  the  im­
pressionistic  school  of  art,  plastered  the 
bombastic  Billie  and  his  fellow  inno­
cents  in  short  order.  Tommy  gave  ut­
terance  to  this  brief  Spartan  address: 

‘ ‘ Aw,  git out,  yer  fat  dummy!  Come 
on,  fellers,  and  make  dem  idiots'  rags 
stop  blowin’.  Say,  Mike,  dat  was  a 
great  one,  dat  was.  Smacked  der  old 
bloke  wid  hay  on  his  chin  sqar*  on  der 
nose.  G olly!  dere  comes  der  boss  uv 
der  shop.  Let’s git. ”   And  they  got.

Mr.  Honestein  uttered a heart-rending 
scteam  when  be  beheld  his  Merrimac 
hero and  the  three  statesmen  decorated 
with  artistic  mud  cakes.  Hobson  bad  a 
black eye;  Mr.  D e^ w ’s beardless mouth 
was  wrought  into  a  fantastic  shape;  the 
Secretary  of  War  bad  his right  ear punc­
tured  and  bis  nose  resembled  a  mud 
glacier  in  Algiers;  gillie Shatter looked 
as  if  the  Investigating  Committee  had 
been 
preparing  him  for  a  national 
minstrel  show.  Oh, it  was  Black Friday 
with  Mr.  Honestein.

Mr.  Honestein  and  the  seven 

little 
Honesteins,  who  had  tumbled  out  of 
bed,  ran  out  of  the  bargain  store,  leav­
ing  the  baby  in  bis  crib  yelling  bloody 
murder.  The  devoted  father and  hus­
band  fell  prostrate  on  the  sidewalk,  and 
all  the  lynx  eyed,  shivering  proprietors 
of  the  shops opposite  threw  up  their  big 
red  hands  in  horror.

Mrs.  Honestein  screamed,  too,  when 
she  turned  and  discovered  the  black, 
dastardly  deed. 
‘ ‘Oh,  my  Jakey,  my 
Jakey!” she  cried, 
The 
seven  little  Honesteins  cried  in  chorus, 
“ Vat  vas  der  madder  mit  papa?”

in  despair. 

And  then  the  wicked,  cold,  bleak 
nor’wester,  becoming  convinced  at  last 
that  he  had  played  enough  havoc  in  the 
Hebrew  mecca  for  one  afternoon,  and 
wishing  to give  a  finishing  touch  to  the 
scene  whistled  a  mighty  tune  down  in 
front  of  Mr.  Honestein’s  bargain  shop 
and  piled  the  hero  and  the  great  states­
men  on  their  faces  with  a  loud  cracking 
thump  like  splitting  wood.

Not  one  of  the  four,  strange  as  it  may 
seem,  uttered a word, and  their  fall,  like 
Cardinal  Wolsey’s,  went  down  into  his­
tory—the  history  of  the  Honestein  fam­
ily  in  the  Hebrew  mecca.

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ent  a  festive  appearance,  but  neither 
ought  one  to  expect  that  people  living 
in  this  age  of  the  world,  with  all  their 
religious  ideas  regarding  the  future  so 
much  brighter  and  more  hopeful  than 
they  used  to  be  in  the  dark  ages—one 
ought  not  to  expect  that  there  should 
be  such  evidence  on  every  band  of 
gloom,  despair,  tragedy.  Certainly  if 
the  people  have  any  religion  at all—and 
they  must  have  some 
if  they  feel  the 
need  of  a  religious  service  over  the 
dead—then 
it  must  be  worth  something 
for  encouragement  and  for  hope,  for dis­
pelling  the  gloom  and  the  despair,  for 
brightening  even  the  grave,  or  else  the 
religion  is  of  no  use  at  all.  A  stranger 
coming  from  another  planet  would  note 
as  one  of  the  most  remarkable  of  incon­
gruities  the  difference  between  our  re­
ligious  professions—our  statements  of 
belief—and  our  funeral  customs. 
In­
deed,  the  stranger  need  not  come  from 
another  planet,  but  only  from  another 
part  of  our own,  and  that  part one which 
we  consider  inferior to  ours  in  civiliza­
tion  and  culture;  let  him  come  from 
China  or  the 
isles  of  the  sea,  and  he 
will  be  struck  at  once  by  the  curious 
custom  of  making  our  homes  as  gloomy 
as  possible  for  a  funeral,  draping  with 
heavy  black,  shutting  out  the  sunshine, 
and  then  bringing  in  bright  flowers, 
gay  roses  and  reading  beautiful  words 
of  promise  and  hope.

BARBARO U S  FU N ERALS.

It  is  a  well-known  fact  that  customs 
and  habits  persist  for  a  long  time  afte. 
the  reasons  and  conditions  which  gave 
rise  to  them  and 
justified  them  have 
ceased  to  exist.  That  iB  the  reason why 
so  many  of  our  funeral  customs 
i_ 
these  enlightened  times  are  seen  to  be 
exceedingly  incongruous  when  we  stop 
a  moment  and  think  about  them.  They 
either  have  no  meaning  at  all  or else 
they  are  in  flat  contradiction  to  com 
mon  sense,  to good  taste  and  to our  pro 
fessed  religious  beliefs.

In  the  first  place,  when  a  death  oc 
curs  in  a  household,  and  a  provisions 
time  has  been  set  for  the  funeral  serv 
ice,  the  clergyman 
is  often  notified 
over  the  telephone,  and  if  he  he unwill 
ing  to  administer  a  rebuke  at  such  a 
time,  it  is  probable  that all  the arrange 
ments  for  the  religious  service  will  be 
.negotiated  over  the  telephone  wires. 
It 
is  frequently  so  late  when  the  clergy­
man  is  notified  that  his  services  are  re 
quired  that  he  has  no  time  to  go  to the 
house  and  see  the 
family  before  the 
funeral,  and 
if  the  people  are 
strangers  to  him,  he  is  conscious  of  la 
boring  under  an  immense  disadvantage 
in  his  attempt  to  enter  sympathetically 
into  the  life  of  the  family.  Of  course, 
it  is  in  dreadfully  bad  taste  to  call  upon 
a  clergyman  for a  funeral  service  of  a 
dear  friend  as  one  would  call  over  the 
telephone  for  a  man  to  lay  a  carpet  or 
mend  the  kitchen  stove,  and  it  is  sur­
prising  how  many  people  will  do  it.

so, 

it 

If  the  set vice  is  to  be  held  in  a home, 
the  house 
is  generally  darkened  by 
drawing  the  window  shades  or  closing 
the  shutters.  This  may  be  well enough, 
provided 
is  not  overdone;  but  fre­
quently  it  is  overdone,  and  the  house  is 
made  as  dark  and  as  gloomy  as  pos­
sible.  All  the  blessed  sunlight  is  shut 
out,  every  ray  of  light  is  excluded  so 
that  sometimes  it  is  necessary  to  light a 
few  gas  jets  in  order to  find  one’s  way 
to  a  seat.  Now,  of course,  it  could  not 
be  expected  that  the  home  would  pres­

let 

A  lady  in  this  city  lost  a  devoted hus­
band  and  father  of  a  family.  Never 
was  one  more  full  of  sadness  of  heart, 
hut  she  was  one  of those  people  whose 
religion  was  real  to  her,  and  now  had 
come  a  time  to  put  it  to  the  test.  A l­
though  she  was  sad  and  lonely,  she  was 
not  full  of gloom  and  despair.  She  re­
membered  that  her  husband  was  very 
fond  of  the  bright  sunlight  streaming  in 
t the  windows,  so  she  rolled  up  all  the 
hades  and 
in  the  sunshine,  and 
brought 
in  the  most  beautiful  flowers ; 
and  the  service  was  especially  planned 
to  be  full  of  comfort  and  cheer,  with 
nothing  harrowing,  but  all  uplifting and 
helpful.  But  to  some  of  the  neighbors 
all  this  seemed  very  strange,  so  out  of 
the  ordinary—the  house  not  gloomy,  no 
crape 
in  evidence,  but  sunshine  and 
bright  flowers  everywhere.  Marvelous 
as  it  must  seem  to  thinking  people, 
these  neighbors  really  thought  she  had 
not  sufficiently  observed  the  proprieties, 
that  she  did  not  sufficiently  parade  her 
grief,  and  that  it  seemed  evident  she 
had  not  much  religion!  What  a  pity  it 
is  that  religion, which  is  certainly meant 
to  be  a  help  in  daily  life  as  well  as  a 
comfort  in  time  of  death,  has  been  so 
long 
in  the  minds  of  many 
people  with  things  that are  uninterest­
ing  and  stupid,  and  also  with  thoughts 
dark  and  gloomy  and  that  smell  of  the 
tomb!  A  religion  that  is  not  for  every­
day  use  and  that  is  not  an  everyday 
help,  giving  comfort  and  cheer,  is  of no 
irthly  or  heavenly  use.
Then there  is  another  thing  connected 
itb  our  funeral  customs  that  needs  to 
be  considered—this  is  the  habit  of  cer- 
in  clergymen  to  pronounce  a  long  and 
wordy  eulogy  over the  dead.  Where  a 
man  or  woman  has  led  a  very  remark- 
“ ble  life  of  usefulness,  or  has  occupied 
some  very  prominent  position,  a  few 
words of  eulogy  may  not  be  amiss.  But 
“ ost  of  us  are  just  plain  people,  who 
ive  never  done  anything  very  remark­
able,  and  have  not  been  especially good 
or  especially  bad,  and  a  eulogy  in  such 
cases  is  certainly  in  poor  taste.  When 
a  notoriously  bad  man  or  a  mean  or 
selfish  man  or  woman dies,  and the  min­
ister  pronounces  a  eulogy,  every  one

identified 

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

feels 
instinctively  that  something  __ 
wrong  and,  indeed,  much  harm  is  done 
and  the  offices  of  religion  are  brought 
into  disrespect.  No  man 
living  can 
tell  tbe  story  of a  good  man's  life 
in 
few  minutes,  and  after  everything 
said  the  greater  part  always remains  un 
said.  And  then  the  friends  knew  it  al. 
before,  and,  in  some  cases,  much  better 
than  the  minister.  Most  men  during 
their  lives  here  with  us  have  a  certain 
amount of  modesty,  and  it  is, to  say  tbe 
least,  somewhat  unfair  to  take  adva 
tage  of  them  after  they  have  gone, 
is  curious  to  observe,  also,  how  people 
who generally  show  good  taste  and  fine 
in  line  and,  march- 
feeling  will  form 
ng  past  tbe  coffin,  stare  curiously 
into 
tbe  face  of a  dead  man  whom  some  of 
them  knew  only  slightly  and  w„ould 
never have  dared  to  gaze  at  thus  during 
his  life.
is  an  opportunity  for  reform, 
There 
funeral 
iso, 
services.  After  a  long  and  sometimes 
most  harrowing  service  at  the  home, 
there  are  often  two  or three  other  serv 
ices,  which  only  serve  to  prolong  the 
time  of  final  parting  and  use  up  still 
further  the  slight  strength  of  some 
members  of  the  family.  When,  as  some 
times  happens,  the  music  rendered  an 
tbe  remarks  of  the  officiating  clergy 
man  have  both  been  chosen  for  tbei. 
harrowing  qualities,  being  considered 
by  some  more  appropriate  on  that  ac­
count,  then  the  strength  of  the  weaker 
members  of the  family  is  often  unequal 
to  tbe  strain,  with  hysterics  or  fainting 
resulting.  Such services when prolonged 
are  nothing  less  than  barbarous.

in  tbe  length  of  some 

We  are  getting  over these  things  little 
by  little,  but  there  is  great  need  for still 
further  reformation.  And  while  on  this 
subject,  it  may  not  he  amiss  to  refer  to 
the  fact  that  most  city  ministers  are 
sadly  overworked  and  greatly  hampered 
in  their  regular  duties  by  being  called 
upon  very  frequently  to  conduct  funeral 
services  for  families  entirely  unknown 
to  them,  who  have  ne<er  made  the  ac­
quaintance  of  minister  or  church,  who 
have  done  nothing  to  help  support  the 
institutions  of  religion,  but  who  call  in 
the  minister at  a  time  of  death,  expect­
ing him  to  know all about toe family and 
to  give  a  day  of  his  time,  no  matter 
what  else  he  may  have  on  hand  to  do, 
and  go  down  to  the  cemetery  after  the 
services.  Of  course,  no  clergyman 
worthy  of the  name  would  refuse  such  a 
request  or  decline  to  give  bis  services 
to  these  strangers,  although  it  is  doubly 
hard  because  they  are  strangers.  But  it 
is  sometimes  a  very  pressing  question 
with  the  busy  pastor  of  a  large  city 
church  bow  far  he  should  neglect  bis 
own  church  work  to  minister to tbe  un­
churched  who  through  iife  have  had  no 
use  for  him.  It  might  not  be  a  bad  plan 
for  the  city  to appoint  and  pay  two  or 
three  men,  to  be  known  as city  mission­
aries,  who  should  take  charge  of  the 
funerals  and  weddings  of those  persons 
having  no  church  home.  And,  as  for 
those  who  have  never  shown  any 
inter­
est  in  the  things  of  religion  or  the  work 
of tbe  churches, or done  anything  to  help 
support  them  during  life,  it  would  by 
some  seem  consistent  and  quite  the 
proper  thing  that  they  should do without 
them  after  deatb  and,  in  the  language 
of  the  street,  play  a 
lone  hand  all 
through.

The  advantage  of  beginning  to  adver­
tise  m  a  small  way  lies  in  the  fact  that 
one  s  experience  will  cost  less.  Tbe  ex­
perience  gained  through  the  use  of  the 
wrong  methods  when  one  spends but  ten 
dollars  would  be  just  as  valuable  to  the 
advertiser  as  would  tbe  same  mistake 
when  one  spend? one  thousand dollars.

TH E  EQ U IT A B LE  B A SIS  OF  W AGES.
The  divine  declaration  that  “ the  la­
borer 
is  worthy  of  his  hire,”   means 
that  everyone  who  works  for  wages 
should  be  paid 
in  proportion  to  bis 
It  is  not  to  be  expected  that  all 
worth. 
workers  will  possess equal  skill  and  ca­
pacity,  nor  that  the  output  of  each  will 
be  tbe  same,  but  that  every  worker  who 
is 
industrious  must  be 
valued  according  to  output.

faithful  and 

labor 

system 

in  contradistinction  to 

This  is  the  natural  basis  upon  which 
should  be 
a  perfect 
founded, 
the 
idea  that  all  workers  of  the  same  class, 
but  not  of  tbe  same  ability,  should  be 
paid  tbe  same  wages.  When  tbe  man 
who  possesses  superior  skill  and  energy 
is  put 
in  a  class  with  others  who  for 
some  reason  are  incapable  of giving  as 
good  results  as  to quality  and  amount of 
work,and  is  paid  the  same  wages  as  the 
inferiors,  he  is  wronged  and  his  em­
ployes suffer accordingly.

In  tbe  Engineering  Magazine  for  De­
cember,  Percy  Longmuir  argues  the 
economy  of  paying  labor  according  to 
the  results  produced  by  each  worker, 
and  be  holds  that  high  wages  for  tbe 
best  workers  is  true  economy.  He  says:
High  rates  have  a  very  marked  effect 
In  the  first 
on  the  workers  themselves. 
place,  the  increased  payment  has  an 
educational  effect  in  that 
it  broadens 
the  outlook  by  widening  the  worker's 
horizon.  Thus  a  certain  amount  of 
ravel  becomes  possible  and  holidays 
can  be  spent  away  from  home—an  edu­
cational  factor  of  no  small  import,  for 
nothing  better  can  be  found  to  rub  off 
the  corners  than  contact  with  unaccus­
tomed  conditions.  The 
in­
come  gives  an assurance which increases 
self-respect  and  fires  the  ambitions, 
“ iving  a  desire  to  know  more  and 
ichieve  more;  thus  an 
is 
in  some  form  of  technical  or 
roused 
general 
Increased  home 
literature. 
comforts  are  possible—and,  the  taste 
they  awaken  once  acquired,  the  owner 
usually  strives  to gratify  further.  Con­
genial  surroundings  give  a  balance  of 
mind  which  will  effectually  minimize 
industrial  troubles.

increased 

interest 

This is the true democratic idea of giv- 
ng  every  individual  an  opportunity  to 
do  his  best  and  get  the  benefit  of  his 
exertions  and  talents,  in  contradistinc- 
on  to  the  idea  that  all  must  be  leveled 
down  to  the  same  plane,  so  that  equal­
ity,  which  does  not  and  never did exist, 
may  be  forced  on  all.  Quite  apart  from 
lessened  cost of  production,  high rates 
are  economical  in  that  they  tend  to  pro­
duce  alert  and  shrewd  workers,  men 
bo can  “ see”   as  well  as  “ do.”   The 
better  influences  at  work  on  the  charac­
ter,  due  to  the  possibilities  opened  out 
by  the  higher  rate,  tend  to  develop  in­
ventive  faculties  and  the  power  of  con­
centration—two  items  of great  import  to 
the  employer.

There  never  will  be  any 

just  and 
friendly  settlement  between  capital  and 
labor  until  relations  of  perfect 
justice 
nd  equity  shall  be  established,  so  that 
acb  worker will  be  paid for  his services 
iccording  to  his  worth,  and  that  the 
wealth  earned  shall  be  divided  between 
labor  and  capital,  according  to  the 
equities  of  the  share  and  risks  of  each 
•“  ‘ ts  production.

The  keynote  to  success  in  business  is 
push,  which 
is  but ^another  word  for 
energy.  One  may  have  sterling  hon­
esty, good  taste and  excellent  judgment, 
but  if  he  be  not  instant  in  season  and 
«?•  se*80n>^e will  not  make  a  success 
in  trade  has 
of  his  life.  Competition 
become  so  active  that 
is  the  live, 
it 
pushing  men  only  who  succeed. 
It  is 
significant  that  it  is the  most  energetic 
who  advertise  most.  They  regard  ad­
vertising  as  a  prime  necessity  to  suc­
cess,  and  they  consider every  dollar so 
spent  as  a  sure  investment.

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Some  Historical  Facts  Concerning  the 

Woolen  Industry.

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the  memory  runneth  not to  the  contrary, 
the  fleece  or  wool  of  the  sheep  bad  been 
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in  existence,  and  from  it  we 
learn  that  textile  fabrics  were  in  use  at 
the  time  it  was  written,  for,  lamenting 
his  sad  estate,  Job  mentions  the  weav­
er  s  shuttle,  and  says: 
"E et  me  be 
condemned  if  I  have  ever  seen  any  per­
ish  for  want  of  clothing  or  any  poor 
without  covering 
if  his  loins  have  not 
blessed  me,  and  if  he  were  not  warmed 
with  the  fleece  of  my  sheep.”

it 

Many  of  the  nations  claim  the  honor 
of  having 
invented  the  art  of  spinning 
and  weaving,  but  it  is  not  known  who 
was the  first  to  invent  it.  The  manufac­
ture  of  woolen 
is  of  such  ancient  date 
that  its  early  progress  is  veiled  in much 
obscurity,  and 
is  difficult  to  fix  the 
precise  time  when  it  reached  the  shores 
of  England,  which  country,  of  course, 
manufactured  woolen  cloth  long  before 
we  did.  Some  authorities  say  that  the 
knowledge  of  textile  manufactures  was 
brought  to  England  by  the  Greeks. 
Sharon  Turner  affords  us  a  glimpse  into 
interior  of  Alfred  the  Great  of 
the 
England’s  household.  He 
says  the 
ladies  were  so  accustomed  to 
Saxon 
lega. 
phrases  and  by  reference  to 
former 
habits  now  almost obsolete,  term unmar­
ried 
'  spinsters,”   so  Alfred,  in 
his  will,  with  true  application,  called 
the  female  side  of  his family *'tbe  spin­
dle  side”   of  bis  household,  and  down  to
ladies  are 
called  spinsters.  Spinning  with  the  dis­
taff  and  spindle  formed  the  employ­
ment,  nay,  even  the  recreation  of  noble 
females,  and  we  read  that  the  daughters 
of  King  Edwin  the  Elder  employed 
themselves  in  spinning,  weaving  and 
embroidery.  Another  account  says  the 
king  sent  his  sons  to  school  and  bis 
daughters  to  wool  work.

present  day,  unmarried 

just  as  we 

spinning 

ladies 

that 

in 

silk,  aipaca  and  mohair  are  standard 
representatives.

2.  The  vegetable  class  in  which  cot­
ton  is  the  principal  fibre, jute  and china 
grass  having  only  been  applied  to  the 
woolen 
industries  to  very  limited  de­
gree,  while  flax  and  hemp  as  yet  have 
found  no  place 
in  wool  fabrics,  being 
used  mainly  in  t  e  production of carpets 
and  bagging.

3.  The  artificial  or  remanufactured 
class,  which  includes  noils  and  shoddy. 
The 
latter class  of  materials  forms  a
I prominent  feature  of so-called  worsted 
and  woolen  fabrics.

Animal  fibres,  which  in  woolen  cloth 
production  are  the  most  valuable,  may 
readily  be  distinguished  from  vegetable 
fibers  as  follows :  When  a  flame  is  ap­
plied  to  wool  fibres  they  curl up,carbon­
ize, 
and  emit  a  disagreeable  smell, 
whereas  the  vegetable  fibres  burn  with 
a  flash.  A  chemical  test  consists  in  ap- 
plying  strong  nitric  acid  to  the  respec­
tive  fibers;  thus,  if  the  acid  is  applied 
to  wool  it  turns to  a  bright  yellow,  but 
effects  no  change  in  the  color of  the cot­
ton.

Wool  has  been  defined  as  a  very  fine 
hair.  This  definition  may  be  said  to 
be  theoretically  correct. 
Practically, 
however,  hair and  wool  are two different 
fibres.  Thus  while  hair  (that  of  the  rab­
bit  and  beaver  or  cow's  hair,  which  is 
sometimes  used 
in  the  making  of  imi­
tation  sealskins; 
is  stiff  and  straight, 
wool  is  curly,  flexible  and  wavy.  When 
a  lock  of  wool  (i.  e.,  a  number of  fibres) 
is  drawn  between  the  forefinger and  and 
thumb  in  a  reverse  direction  to  the  or- 
der of growth,  or  from  tip  to  root,  ser­
rations  are  more  or  less  evident  to  a 
sensitive  touch,according  to  the  class  of 
wool  examined.  This  peculiarity  in  the 
mechanical  structure  of  the  fibre  com­
prises  the  essential  difference  between 
wool  and  all  other  materials  employed 
in  textile  manufacture. 
It  is,  in  short, 
the  factor  to  which  the  milling  or  full­
ing  (?)  power  is  primarily  due,  or  the 
quality  which  causes  a  woolen  fabric, 
when  submitted  to  moisture and  pres­
sure,  to  mat,  felt,  or  in  other  words,  to 
decrease  in  length  and  breadth,  and  in­
crease  in  thickness  and  bulk.

For centuries  the  distaff  and  spindle 
and 
the  spinning  wheel  were  used 
throughout  the  European  continent  by 
peasant  and  nobles  alike,  and  were 
brought  to  this  country  by  the  Pilgrim 
Fathers  and  established 
in  the  colonial 
homes of  New  England,  where  the  va­
rious  processes,  from  the  shearing  of 
the  sheep  to  the  weaving  of  woolens  in 
hand 
looms,  were  the  occupations  of 
various  members  of the  household.

After  this  spinning  wheel  came  the 
hand  jenny.  This  was  invented  in  1767 
by  James Hargreaves.  Before this period 
one  person  could  only  attend  one  spin­
dle  and  spin  one  thread  at  a  time.  By 
means  of  the 
jenny,  one  person  could 
work  twenty  or  thirty  threads  at  once, 
and  before  long  the 
inventor  got  the 
number  to  eighty  spindles.  This 
in­
crease  of  spinning  caused  a  riot and 
Hargreaves  bad  his  spinning  machine 
destroyed  by  a  mob,  and  the  poor  in­
ventor  had  to  flee  for  his  life.  He  sold 
bis  machine  to  another  family  who 
made  their fortune  by  it.  The  inventor 
survived  this  cruel  treatment  and  died 
in  want  and  distress.

The  fibres  used  in  worsted  and woolen 
manufacture  are  divisible  into  three 
great  classes.

1.  The  animal  class  of  which  wool,

The  fibres of  wool  are  extremely  fine, 
varying  in  the  superfine  qualities  from 
a  fifteen  hundredth  to  an  eighteen  hun 
dredth  part  of  an  inch  in diameter.  Tbi 
finest  wool  grown  by  any breed of sheep, 
both  in  respect  to  smallness  of fibre  and 
quality  of  staple,is  called 
‘ lam b's,”   so 
termed  on  account  of  its  being  clipped 
when  the  animal 
is  about  six  months 
old. 
is  somewhat 
thicker  in  fibre  and  bcth  longer  and 
stronger  in  staple,  and  is  styled 
‘ year­
lings,”   while  all  subsequent growths are 
indiscriminately  called  "fleece,”   which 
is  generally  rather  coarser  in  hair  than 
the  two  first  yields.  Nevertheless,  there 
are  some  very  fine  fibre  wools  in  this 
class.

The  second  clip 

is  a  most 

When  the  manufacturers  or  designers 
have  decided  upon  a  class of  goods  and 
their  needs  in  various  grades  of  wool  to 
produce  the  goods,  the  buyers  visit  the 
marts  in  search  of  suitable  grades  of 
wool.  This 
important  and 
delicate  task,  as  upon  the  skill  of  the 
buyers  very  largely  rests  the  success  of 
all  the  other  workers.  The  wool  pur­
chased,  it  is  turned  over  to  the  sorters, 
who  sort 
into grades  and  varieties.
The  wool  from  the  legs  is  coarsest,  the 
back  next,  the  neck 
is  another grade, 
and  the  sides  the  finest.  The  sorting  is 
not  carried  to  the  fine  limit 
in  grades, 
that  it  was  years  ago.  After  the  sorters 
is  scoured  or
are  through  with 

it,  it 

it 

cleaned  to  remove  the  grease,  dirt  and 
impurities.  The  process  is  so  far  de­
veloped  now  that  an  important  by-prod­
uct  of oil  is  made  from  the  grease.  The 
next  step  is  dyeing  or  coloring,and then 
carding. 
In  this  branch  of  the  business 
great  improvements  have  been  made  in 
recent  years.  From  the  carding  room 
the  wool  goes  to  the  spinning  room, 
where  it  is  spun 
into  threads.  The 
actual  manufacture  of  clotbmaking  now 
commences,  as  the  various  threads  are 
made  into  warps  for the  looms.  This  is 
called  warp dressing. 

John Shirreffs.

To  Prevent  W indow s  “ F ree zin g .”

The  "frost-coated”   window  is  one  of 
the  difficult  problems  for  the  window 
trimmer.  As  the  winter  season  ap­
proaches  the  question  becomes  a  serious 
one.  For  the  benefit  of  those  who  must 
contend  against  the  frosted  glass  in  the 
show  window,  the  experience  of  decora­
tors  in  the  large  establishments  may  be 
of service.

"Freezing”   windows  result  from  un­
equal  temperatures  on  the  outside  and 
nside  of  the  glass.  The  glass  cold  from 
ts  contact  with  the  outer air,  condenses 
and  eventually  freezes  the  moisture  of 
the  warmer  air  within,forming  the  frost 
coating.  So  the  secret of  treating  with 
the  frost  question  is  one  of  maintaining 
equable  temperatures.

It 

This 

is  more  easily  said  than  done, 
is  safe  to  say  that no  sys- 
however. 
is  wholly  successful  in  the  coldest 
em 
weather.  The  best  window  trimmers 
differ  on  methods.  Some  insist  that  a 
system  of  ventilation  between  the  out­
side  and  inside  is  the  proper  method  of 
preventing  frosting,  while  others  advo­
cate  the  airtight  window  as  the  most 
successful.

The  former  method,  that  of  ventila­
tion,  has  one  serious  drawback.  It gives 
an  entrance  for  dirt  and  dust  that is  eli­
minated 
in  the  airtight  window.  As  a 
general  rule,  the  latter system  is  in  fa­
vor  in  the  largest  and  newest  windows.
The  airtight  method  requires  a  win­
dow  built  as  carefully  as  a  separate 
In  fact,  in  the  large  stores  each 
room. 
window  really 
It  is 
sealed  carefully  and  entrance  is  a  small 
door  padded  and  sealed  to  prevent  any 
circulation  of  air  through  it.  All  heat- 
ing  apparatus  is  removed  as  far as  pos­
sible  from  the  window to  prevent  the  air 
inside  from  becoming  heated.  By  this 
means  some  of  the  largest  stores  have 
been  highly  successful in  preventing  the 
formation  of  frost.

is  a  small  room. 

The  ventilation  method  is  more avail­
able 
in  small  windows  and  in  windows 
already  constructed.  Every  trimmer  has 
his  own  system  of  ventilation,  but  in 
general  it  consists of  a  number of  small 
holes  through  the  casing  in  which  the 
glass 
is  set,  both  at  top  and  bottom 
This  allows  the  cold  air to  enter  at  the 
bottom  and  the  warm  air to  escape  at 
the  top,  creating  a  current  of cold  air 
over  the  window.  The  air  holes  need 
not  be  large,  and  should  be  covered 
with  fine  gauze  to  prevent  dust  from 
entering.  As  has  been  said,  the  dirt 
is  the  serious  drawback  to 
proposition 
this  system,  but  it 
in  very  general 
use.

is 

For  the  shopkeeper  who  has  no  back- 
round  to  bis  show  window  no  cure  can 
be  offered.  His  case  is  hopeless  unless 
he  goes  without  heat  in  his  store.

Just  a  few  general  propositions  about 
treating  the  window  in  winter time  may 
It  is  essential  to  keep  heat 
be  of  use. 
from  the  window. 
In  washing  the  win­
dow  water  should  not  be  used. 
Invari­
ably it will  steam  the  window.  Dry,cold

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

air  is  necessary  to  prevent  freezing. 
Moisture  and  heat  are  causes  of  window 
freezing.
Alcohol  is  the  best  liquid  with  which 
to  wash  windows 
in  winter.  A  very 
weak  solution  cleanses  the  window  and 
will  not  add  to  the  humidity  of  the  air.

Old-Fashioned  Fobs  Reappear.

jewels  and 

Authorities  on  men's  dress  say  there 
is  a  growing  tendency  in  New  York  to 
revive  the  old-fashioned  fob  studded 
with  precious 
inttricately 
woven  monograms  in  geld  with  gems 
attached  as  pendants.  A  few  of  these 
were  seen  at  the  Horse  Show.  The 
monogram  was  cut  out  of  gold,  with 
precious  stones  pendant  from  the  mono­
gram  the  whcle  design  not  being  over 
an 
inch  and  a  half  in  length,  and  at­
tached  by  a  few  heavy  links  of  gold  to 
the  watch  swivel.  The  monogram  and 
jewel  hung  just  outside  the  vest  pocket.
You  can  measure  a  man's  title  to 

heaven  by his  deeds  on  earth.

Ellsworth  &  Thayer  M’n’f’g  Co.

Milwaukee, Wig.

Manufacturers of

Great  Western  Fur and  Fur Lined  Cloth Coats 

The Good-Fit, Don’t-Kip Kind.

We want  agent  in  every  town.  Catalogue  and 

full particulars on application.

B. B  DOWNAKD, General Salesman.

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!  Many a Suit  ♦
of Clothing  t  
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has gone  on  the  back  of 
a  dead-beat;  when  the 
amount  could  have  been 
saved 
if  the  m erchant 
had  been  a  subscriber 
to  the  C o m m e r c i a l  
C r e d i t   C o. 

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

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“  Lest Ye  Forget ”

JOSEPH SHRIER

Cleveland,  Ohio

Hats
Caps

Straw Goods

S p rin g   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.

Wi l l i a m   Co nnor 

President 

W il l i a m   A u d e n   Sm it h  

Vice-President 

M.  C.  Huggktt

Sec’y-Treas.

T h e   W illiam  C o n n o r C o .

Incorporated

W H O LESA LE  CLOTHING

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

SPRING  and  SUMMER

line of samples of every kind  in  ready-made dothing -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.

W IN TER   O V ER C O A T S  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.

1 

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A  FEW   PO IN TER S

Showing the benefits  the  merchant  receives 

by using the

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Kirkwood  Short Credit 
S y ste m   of  A ccou nts

It  prevents  forgotten  charges. 
It  mak(-s  •  
disputed accounts  Impossible.  It  assists  in  J  
making collections.  It  saves  labor  in  book-  2 
keeping.  It systematizes  credits.  It  estab-  •  
llshes confidence between you and  your  cus-  •  
tomer.  One  writing  does  it  all.  For  full  S  
particulars write or call on 

A.  H.  Morrill, Agent 

■ 05  Ottawa  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Manufactured by Co s b y-Wib t h   Pb in t in g   S  

Co.,  St.  Paul,  Minn.

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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.

SU o

L w  I v . V

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will 
fill  the  requirements  of 
every retailer who’s looking for 
a  “ steady”   trade  in  popular 
price clothing.

It’s 

iron-clad  clothing—and 
the  buyer  gets  an  iron-dad 
guarantee—“ a  new  suit 
for 
every unsatisfactory one.”

Found we  could  make  better 
dothing  for  the  same  money 
with Union  labor  than without 
it,  so  we’ve  added  the  Union 
Label,  too.

ISSUED  IT   AUTHORITY  O f 

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Men’s,  Boys’  and  Children’s 
Suits  and  Overcoats.  NO 
C H A N G E  IN   P R IC E —$3.75 
to $13.50.

Better  enquire about our R e­
tailers’  Help  Department— 
we’re giving  14  different  kinds 
of  advertising 
this  season. 
W e’ll tell you about  it and send 
you samples.

Salesmen  have  them,  too— 
and  we  have  an  office  at  19 
Kan ter Building, Detroit.

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

It  Illustrates  A ll  That  Is  Good  in Human 

Nature.

There  are  two  sorts  of  prophets among 
us  to-day,  as  there  have  been 
in  every 
age  of the  world.  There  are  the  Jere­
miahs  who constantly  preach  calamity, 
and  the  millennialists  who  see  right 
ahead  the  promised  thousand  years  of 
peace  and  prosperity,  honesty  and  hap­
piness.

As  the  latter-day  prophets  can  scarce 
ly  lay  claim  to  any  divine  wisdom  or 
inspiration,  we  need  not  regard  them 
with  any  special  consideration,  but  can 
appraise  their  sayings  at  what  seems  to 
be  their  proper  vaiue.

Just  now  thinkers  are  asking  with  no 
little  concern  whether  the  moral  tone 
of  human  society 
is  improving  or  de 
teriorating;  whether  virtue,  honor,  hon 
esty,  integrity  and  truth  are  as  highly 
esteemed  as  they  once  were  or  whether 
they  are  growing  into  disrepute?

The  entire  organization  of  society,  as 
it  stands  to-day,  and  as  it  has  stood  lor 
centuries,  is ■ based  on  religious  doc­
trines  and  moral  principles.  The  the­
ology  of  the  Jew.of  the  Buddhist,  of  the 
Christian,  of  the  Mohammedan,  teaches 
the  existence  of  a  supreme  spiritual  be 
ing  who has  created all things, maintains 
supervision  over the  Universe,  and  has 
established 
laws  for  the  regulation  of 
human  conduct,  and  will  finally  hold 
all  human  creatures  responsible  for their 
acts 
in  discharge  of  the  duties  and 
trusts  which  have  been  committed  to 
them.

Apart  from  any  religious  formulary 
that  appears  to  be  authorized  by  these 
several 
theologies,  there  are  derived 
from  them  the  principles  of truth,  jus 
tice,  honesty,  virtue  and  charity,  and 
upon  these  human  society 
in  every 
country 
is  based.  How  strictly  or  how 
loosely  these  principles  are  regarded 
makes  no  difference.  They  are,  all  the 
same,  the  foundation  stones  of  human 
society.

since  such  unbridled  license  must  bring 
on  innumerable  conflicts and unutterable 
violence,  only  the  strongest  will  pre­
vail,  which 
is  in  accordance  with  the 
merciless  law  of the  survival  of  the  fit­
test.

However,  although  so-called  scientists 
are  constantly  engaged  in  their  effort  to 
establish  the  supremacy  and  sole  exist 
ence  of  matter,  it  should be remembered 
that  the  doctrines  set  forth  by  them  are 
different  only  in  form  from  others  that 
have 
in  ages  past  assailed  the  Divine 
existence,  and  sought  to  overthrow  the 
standards  of the  highest  morals. 
is 
not  to  be  supposed  that  the  materialism 
of  to-day  will  have  any  more  effect  than 
did  the  materialism  of  antiquity.

It 

But  while  the  Divine  and  eterna. 
principles  upon  which  human  society  is 
founded  can  never  be  destroyed,  there 
will  be  in  the  future, as  there  have  been 
in  the  past,  periods  of  apostasy,  of 
faliing-away  from  truth, 
justice,  hon­
esty  and  virtue,  possibly  as wide-spread 
and  far-reaching  as  any  that  have  ever 
occurred.  These  observations  have  been 
suggested  by  an  article  in  the  World's 
Work,  in  which  George  P.  Morris  asks,
Is  American  Character  Declining? 
and  he  answers 
it  by  quoting  expres 
sions  in  both  the  positive  and  negativ 
of  the  proposition  from  many  prom, 
nent  thinkers  and  writers  of  the  present 
day

On  one  side 

it  is  declared  that  th^ 
American  people  are  given  over  to 
covetousness  and  a  rage  for gain,  and 
they  have  no  other  desire  or  object 
i 
view  save  to  pile  up  wealth  so  that  the, 
may  use 
it  as  a  source  of  arbitrary 
power,  and  for  the  unlimited  gratifica 
tion  of  their  lusts.  On  the  other  side  i 
is  set  forth  there  never  was  such  a  vas. 
amount of  money  given  to  found  and 
endow  schools,  libraries,  asylums,  hos 
pitais  and  other  institutions  for  human 
relief,  and  this  could  not  have  been 
done  but  for  the  vast  accumulation  of 
riches  in  the  bands  of a  few.

B A K E R S ’
O V E N S

All  sizes  to  suit  the 
needs  of  any  grocer.
Do your own  baking 
and  make the  double 
profit.

Hubbard Portable 

182   B E L D E N   A V E N U E .   C H I C A G O

Oven  Co.

Allen  Gas  Light Company,  Battle  Creek, Mich. 

WaU° ° D 

M,Ch ’ Nov' 22’ 1902

_ _ _ _  

A. E.  HASS.

It  has  been  the  history  of  the  world 
that  every  race  and  nation  have at  some 
time or other,  in  behavior,  departed very 
far  from 
its  moral  standard,  but  the 
standard  itself  was  always  there.  There 
was  no  effort  to  change  it.  When  they 
devoted  themselves  to  the  gratification 
of  every  lust;  when  they  were  dishonest 
from  choice;  when  lying  was  the  rule 
and  everybody  was  for  sale  for  any  pur­
pose,  that  would  command  a  price, 
honor,  truth,  virtue  and  honesty  were 
still  the  standard  of excellence,  and  in 
the  very  worst  periods  of  social  corrup­
tion,  there  were  still  some  who  held  to 
them,and  measured  their  lives  by  them.
We  may  well  believe  that  those  noble 
principles  are  divine  and  eternal,  and 
that,  however  far  society  may  depart 
from  them,  it  will  in  the  end  go  back, 
just  as  the  pendulum  swings  from  one 
extreme  of  its  arc  to  the  other. 
It  is 
feared  by  not  a  few  that  the  growth  of 
scientific  materialism,  by  its  persistent 
attacks  upon  every  spiritual  conception, 
will  finally  banish 
from  human  belief 
the  possibility  of  any  spiritual  or  im­
material  existence  and  all  spiritual  ob­
ligation  or  duty.

it. 

If  there  be  no God  there can be no law 
of  his  ordaining,  and  no  obligation  to j 
obey 
Some  of  the  disciples  of 
“Naturalism"  teach  that  whatever  is 
inherent 
in  the  human  constitution  is 
r*ffht,  and  that  there  is  no  other  stand­
ard.  If this  is  the  law  for  one 
individ­
ual,  it 
is  the  law  for  all,  and  therefore 
everyone  may  do  just  what  may  please 
him,  provided  he  possess  the  strength 
and  ability  to  accomplish  his  will.  But

It 

is  also  set  forth  that  there  never 
has  been  a  time  when  the  masses  of  the 
people  were  so  well  cared  for  as  at pres 
ent.  Through  combinations  of capital 
they  are given transportation to and from 
their  business  at  the  lowest  rates.  They 
enjoy  conditions  of  public  sanitation 
and  comfort,  that  were  created  by  the 
combinations  of capital,  never  before  in 
their  reach,  while  prices,  not  only  of 
necessaries,  but  even  of  luxuries,  are 
lower  than  ever  before  with  wages  rel­
atively  higher

It  is  true  that  not  a  few  public  bene 
fits  are  the  gifts  of great  capitalists,  but 
all  the  real  progress  in  human  affairs  is 
not  due  to  the  money  of a  few,  but  to

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the  taxation  drawn  from  the  great  body 
of  the  population.

science  and 

in  matters  where 

The  development  of  public education, 
the  sanitation  of  cities,  and  the 
im­
provement  of  public  utilities  are  wholly 
the  work  of  the  people  at 
large.  They 
are  but  little  beholden  to  great  capital­
ists  for  any  improvement  in  that  direc­
tion.  However,  there  is  nothing  inher­
ently  wrong  in  the  possession  of  great 
wealth.  It  is  in  its  use  that  good  or  evil 
may  reside. 
If  wealth  be  used  to  en­
courage  art  and  literature;  to  add  to  the 
beauty  and  splendor of cities;  to relieve 
tbe  necessities  of  the  helpless;  to  ad­
increase  human 
vance 
knowledge 
it  would 
otherwise  be  unattainable,  and  to  pro­
mote  the  mental,  moral  and  physical 
well-being  of  the  people,  its  work  is 
beneficial;  but 
if  it  be  used  to  widen 
the  gulf  between  the  poor  and  the  rich, 
to  humiliate the  former and  reduce them 
to  a  state  of  dependence;  if  it  be  used 
to  control  the  judgment  of  courts  and  to 
buy  up  political  influence  and  to  force 
the  votes  of  legislative  bodies,  and  to 
flaunt  vice  and  debauchery  before  the 
eyes  of  the  world,  with  tbe  boast  that 
wealth  creates  a  power that  is  above law 
and  can  defy  public  opinion,  then,  in­
deed,  is  great  wealth  the  agent  of  the 
greatest  evil.

Unfortunately,  some  of  the  newly  rich 
Americans  who  aspire  to  lead  in fashion 
and  social  life,  have  so demtaned them­
selves  before  tbe  world  j,that  they  have 
been  made  the  subject  of  the  severest 
criticism  in  the  American  press.  They 
have  violated  all  decent  custom  and  de­
fied  the  plainest  laws  of morality.  Their 
example  will  be  far-reaching. 
It  will 
do  much  to  lower  the  moral  tone  of  all 
who  are  brought  in  contact  with  such 
manners.  Nevertheless,  the  great  body 
of  the  American  people 
is  so  far  re­
moved  from  such  influences  that  it  must 
be  a  long  time  before  there  can  be  any 
extensive  corruption  of  morals  and 
manners,  but  doubtless  the  down-hill 
movement  will  go  on  until  the  bottom 
is  reached,  when  there  will  be  slow  but 
steady 
Society  will  pass 
through  the  same  changes  and  vicissi­
tudes  that  have  heretofore  characterized 
it,  for  there 
is  nothing  new  under the 
sun.

reaction. 

American  character in public  and  pri­
vate  life  has accomplished lofty achieve­
ments,  and  we  may  hope  that  it  will  al­
ways,  in  great  emergencies,  reach  the 
highest  results.  Based  on  honesty  and 
a  high  regard  for  truth,  and  encouraged 
by  noble 
ideals,  and  inspired  by  lofty 
aspirations,  it  should  be  able  to  show 
the  world  that  it  illustrates  all  that  is 
good  and  great  in  human  nature.

Frank  Stowell.

When  he  reached  the  shop, he  sele4ted 
with  greatest  care  the  smallest  and 
meekest  looking  girl  behind  the  coun­
ters. 
he.

“ I  want  to  see  some  towels,”   said 
“ What  price?”   asked  the  clerk. 
“ All  prices,”   said  the  man; “ how do 
I  know  what  sort  I  want  until  I  see 
them?”
The  young  woman  placed  a  number of 

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different  sorts  before  him.

“ I’ ll  take  a  dozen  of  this  kind,  and 
six  of  this  and  six  of  this, ”   said  he, 
rapidly  pulling 
out  three  samples.
‘ What's  that?  No,  I  don’t  care  whether 
they  are  fringed  or  not—er,  by  the  way, 
the  fringe  catches  in  buttons,so  perhaps 
you’d  better  send  me  the  cross-stitched 
ones. ’ ’
The  girl  put  aside  some  hemstitched 
“ These  are  50  cents  apiece 
articles. 
and  the  others  you  bought  are  39.”
“ It 
“ All  right,”   replied  the  man. 
doesn’t  make  any  difference  about  the 
price  so  they’re  big.  Now  show  me 
some  sheets  like  a  good  girl. 
I  see  by 
tbe  medal  that  you  wear  around  your 
neck  that  your  name  is  Mary  Murphy. 
Now,  Mary, 
if  you'il  sell  me  some 
sheets  in  ten  minutes,  so  1  can  get  in 
some  quiet  place,  like  a  telegraph  office 
or  boiler  shop,  I ’ ll  send  you  a  box  of 
candy. ”

“ What  sized  sheets?”   asked  Mary, 

hopefully.

handed  him  tbe  change.

“ Assorted  sizes,then  some  of  ’em  will 
be  sure  to  fit.  Yes,  the  75  cent  sort  with 
little  stuff  at  the  hem  will 
that  tuckery 
do."
“ Come  again,”   said  tbe  clerk,  as  she 
re­
“ Not  on  your  life !”   promptly 
plied  the  man. 
“ These  things  will  last 
for  two  years,  and  it's  my brother's turn 
to  shop  next,so  it  will  be  four  years  be­
fore  I  see  you  again,  Mary.  Good-by.”
He  was  halfway  home  before  he  made 
another  remark,  and  this  was  to  him­
self. 
" B y   George!”   he  said;  “ by I 
George! 
I  forgot  all  about  the  5%  cent 
towels and  the  49  cent  sheets,  so  I’ ve 
lost  my  last  chance  of  getting  a  bargain 
until 
lot  of 
money,  besides,  that  I  might  have 
bought  refreshments  for  the  boys  with. 
Too  bad !  Too  bad !”

I ’ve  spent  a 

1906,  and 

A   Word  o f Advice.

“ My  boy,”   said  the  old  gentleman 
in  a  kindly  tone,  “ there’s  only  one 
thing  that  stands  between  you  and  suc­
cess.”
“ And  what  is  that?”   asked  the youth.
“ If  you  worked  as  hard  at  working,”  
explained  the  old  gentleman,“ as you  do 
at  trying  to  find  some  way  to  avoid 
working  you  would  easily  acquire  both 
fame  and  fortune.”

You  can  not  scatter  sunshine  out  of  a 

face  like  a  vinegar  cruet.

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It  seems  man’s  province  in  life  to  tell 
woman  how  to  economize,  but  when  it 
comes  to  saving  money  himself,  Mr. 
Man  does  not  show  much  ability.
A  stout  bachelor  went  down  town  tbe 
other  morning  to  buy  towels,  sheets  and 
pillow  cases  for  his  apartments.  He 
and  his  brother  had  argued  long  and 
earnestly  over  whose  duty  it  was  to  face 
the  enemy,  the  saleswoman,  and  make 
these  purchases,  but  tbe  brother  bad 
very  meanly  gone  away  up  North  before 
the  discussion  was  ended,  and  when  the 
stout  man  had  to  wipe  his  bands  on  tbe 
fringe  of  the  towels  because  the  center 
was  worn  away,  and  bad  to  cover  tbe 
holes 
in  the  pillowcases  with  his  hand­
kerchiefs,  he  decided  that,  his  turn  or 
not,  be  would  have  to  make  a  raid  on 
tbe  stores.
By  way  of  preparation  be  read  all  the 
advertisements  carefully.  Then  he  de­
cided  that  S'/i  cent  towels  would do very 
well,  and  49 cent  sheets.

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their  fall  stocks  in  good  shape.  The 
cutting-up  trade  have had a good season. 
The  walking  suit  has  been  a  winner and 
so  has the  Monte  Carlo  jacket.

Underwear—Ribbed  underwear,  as far 
as  it  has  been  placed  on  the  market,  is 
practically  at  last  year’s  prices.  Some 
lines  opened  at  advances  over  last  year, 
but  even  they  could  not  sustain  their 
quotations  and  came  down.  We  do  not 
find,  after a  canvass  of the  market,  that 
there  are  any  prices  below 
last  year’s, 
but  there  are  some  that  show  slight  ad­
vances.  There  have  been  good  orders 
taken,  although  the  buyers,  as  in  other 
parts  of  the  market,  are  not  especially 
enthusiastic. 
lines  of 
wool  goods  are  on  the  market,  but the 
business  up  to  date  has  been  of  an  un­
important character.  This  week  or  next 
two  or three  of  the  prominent  lines  will 
be  placed  on  the  market,  lines  that  are 
considered  strong  factors  in  the  trade 
and  that  will  have  a  steadying  influ­
ence.

Practically  all 

Hosiery—A number  of  lines  of hosiery 
are  being  shown  for  next  fall,  but still 
the  market  is  far  from  open  and  there 
are  a  good  many  that  will  not  be  shown 
until  after January  i. 
In  spite  of  this, 
however,  the  early  lines  have  secured  a 
fair amount  of  business  at  prices  vary- 
ng  only  slightly  from  last  year’s.  As 
there  has  been  considerable  stock  in  the 
agents’  hands  up  to  the  present  date, 
some  of  the  orders  have  been  booked 
from this and  as  a  result  prices  could  be 
made 
lower  than  on  new  productions 
and  buyers  may  not realize  this  fact  and 
will  demand  this  same 
level  of  prices 
or  new  goods.  Fleeced hosiery has been 
ihown  for  the  coming  year  at  prices 
practically  the  same  as  last.  The  de­
mand  for immediate delivery  has been of 
a 
important  nature  this  week  than 
previously,although goods under contract 
are  wanted  as quickly  as possible.  Dup­
licate  orders  for  spring  are  being  re­
ceived 
in  a  small  way,but  they  are  of 
little  importance.

less 

Carpets—The  carpet  manufacturing 
business  is  ail  that  could  be  wished  for 
at  the  present  time.  Weavers  on  all 
lines  and  grades  report  plenty  of  orders 
on  hand,  orders  that  were  taken  some 
weeks  ago.  This  may  be  said  to  be 
particularly  true  of  the  large  Eastern 
mills, which are  notin  a  position  to  take 
any  more  business  before spring.  Weav­
ers  in  Philadelphia as a general thing ate 
sold  up  for  weeks  and  even  months  to 
come  and  orders  in  goodly  amounts  are 
being  put  in  their  direction  every  week 
for  acceptance  or  not,  as  they  see  fit. 
Prices  are  quoted 
in  full  accordance 
with  the  initial  opening  figures  and  in 
some  cases  higher  prices  are  obtained. 
Jobbers  are  of  the  same  frame  of  mind 
as  the  weavers  and little  difficulty  is  ex­
perienced 
in  making  terms,  provided 
deliveries  can  be  made  at  a  period  sat­
isfactory  to  the  buyers.  The  high  price 
of  yarns,  together  with  the  well-cleaned 
up  worsted  market,  keeps  values  pretty 
strong  and  even.  Contracts  for  worsted

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D r y   G o o d s

W eekly  Market  Review   o f  the  Principal 

Staples.

Staple  Cottons—There  are  no  open 
price  changes  on  heavyweight  brown 
sheetings  and  drills.  The  tone  of the 
market  is  easy  and  it  is  more  than  pos­
sible  that  a  good  sized  order  would  se­
cure  favorable  prices.  Holders  are  not 
pressing  matters,  however,  anywhere. 
Ducks  show  a  quiet  market  at  previous 
prices  and  brown  osnaburgs  are  dull  al­
though  prices  are  quoted  the  same. 
There  has  been  only  a moderate demand 
for  bleached  cottons  this  week,  some­
what  below  the  recent  average,  and 
buyers  are  taking  only  what  are  neces 
sary.  There  seems  to  be  an  idea  pre 
vailing  that  lower  prices  are likely to  be 
made  in  the  near  future.  Low  grade 
bleached  cottons  are  somewhat  irregula 
with  a  tendency  to 
favor  buyers  and 
business 
in  wide  sheetings  has  been 
dull.  Cotton flannels  and  blankets  have 
shown  but  a  small  business,  but  princi­
pally  due  to  the  lack  of  ready  supplies. 
Coarse  colored  cottons  are  sold  consid­
erably  ahead  and  there  is  practically 
nothing  in  stock  to draw from and prices 
are  naturally  firm 
in  spite  of  a  very 
moderate  current  demand.

Linings—Linings  have  seen  a  quiet 
week  with  demand  only  for  immediate 
necessities.  The  buyers  show  no 
in­
clination to  purchase  ahead,but  the  total 
amount  booked  for  quick  delivery  has 
been  fair.  A  comparison  of  orders 
shows  that  business  has  continued  to  be 
better  for  the  finer  grades  of  linings 
than  in  the  lower  class,  principally  for 
mercerized  and  allied  finishes,  but  even 
in  these  goods  the  amount  on  orders  has 
been  somewhat  below  that  of  a  week 
ago. 
cambrics  have 
shown  a  small  demand  only,  although 
sellers  bold  their  lines  fairly  steady. 
Silesias  are  dull 
in  the  finer  grades, 
with  a  moderate  demand for lower lines. 
The  clothing  trade  has  bought  fairly 
well  of  cotton  Italians,  twills,  Alberts, 
etc.,  also  cotton  warp  Italians,  mohairs, 
Alberts  and  other  bright  fabrics.
Dress  Goods—Developments 

finished 

Kid 

in  the 
initial  dress  goods  market  are  few  and 
not  markedly 
important  these  days 
There 
is  business  under  way  all  the 
time.  Goods  are  being  charged up,  but 
the  buying,  as  is  generally  the  case  at 
this  stage  of  the  season,  is not  concerted 
and  lacks  in  feature  and  volume.  The 
fall  season 
is  a  thing  of the  past,  yet 
here  and  there  a  customer appears  who 
wants  a  limited  yardage  of  some  par­
ticular  fabric  for  immediate  use.  The 
initial  market  has  finished  up its heavy­
weight  season  in  pretty  good  shape,  and 
in  not  a  few  cases  manufacturers  have 
been  unable  to  take  care  of all  the  busi­
ness  that  was  offered  to  them.  Leading 
manufacturers  of  staples  found  a  ready 
market  for their output.  Manufacturers 
of  suiting  fabrics  also  did  an  excellent 
business  on  staples  and  semi-fancies. 
Stocks  exist  in certain directions,but in­
formation  at  hand 
indicates  that they 
are  comparatively  light.  F a b ric s   of  the 
z ib e iin e  order,  snow flake  effects, 
fine 
light  mohair effects,  neat green and blue 
plaid  effects,  etc.,  have  finished  the 
season  in  strong  shape,  and  as  regards 
broadcloths,  cheviots  and  cloaking  ker­
seys  it  is  but  necessary  to  say  that  buy­
ers 
in  many  cases  found  it  difficult  to 
cover  their  requirements.  Despite  the 
fact  that  the  fall  has  been  an  open  one, 
cold  weather  and  snow  being  lacking 
to  an  unusual  degree,  the  retailer  is 
credited  with  having  done  a  good  busi­
ness,  thus  enabling  jobbers  to cut  down

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yarns  for  nearby  deliveries  at  the  pres­
ent  time  are  very  difficult  to  make  and 
in  many  cases  weavers  must  be  content 
with  promises  of  yarn  shipments  begin­
ning  in  the  early  spring  months.  Spin­
ners  are  anticipating  their  wants  to  a 
large  extent  by  contracting  for  large 
amounts  of  raw  slock,  which  in  many 
cases  are  taken  before  the  wools  are 
made  ready  for  shipment  on  the  other 
side.  Desirable  stocks  are  greedily 
taken  up,which leaves  little,  if  any,  sur­
plus  wool  of  that  nature  on  the  market. 
Western  jobbers  talk  very encouragingly 
of  the  market 
in  the  near  future  from 
their  point  of  view,  and  if  prosperity 
continues  and  the  monetary  situation  is 
not  too  unfavorable,  by  the  time  the 
next  season  is  ready  to  open  there  is  no 
reason  why  there  should  not  be  a  good, 
active,  healthy  business.  The  ingrain 
is  active.  Every 
trade 
there­
about 
is  put  to  its  greatest  capacity  in 
turning  out  the  goods.  The  best all-wool 
grades  as  well  as  the  supers  of  the  bet­
ter  order,  are  commanding  the 
largest 
amount  rf  attention  especially  in  the 
lines  seiling  at  about  a  half  dollar. 
Weavers  of  cotton  and  granite 
ingrains 
are  doing  a  very  fair  business  at  fairly 
good  prices.

loom 

Rugs—Rug  weavers  are  up  to  their 
eyes 
in  business.  Orders  placed  are 
very  heavy,  which  promise  to  keep  the 
weavers  busy  for  months  to  come.  All 
lines  share  alike  in  the  demand.  The 
large  carpet-sized  Wilton  and  Brussels 
rugs  are  sold  away  ahead  of  production 
and  prices  paid  range  from  $i  to  $2 
over  those  of  last  season.  Small  Wilton 
and  the  small-sized  cheaper  rugs,  such 
as  the  Smyrnas  and  moquettes,  are  in 
good  request.

One  o f Natures Unsolved Problem s.
Applications  are  frequently  addressed 
to  the  United  States  Fish  Commission 
for small  quantities  of  eels’  eggs,  which 
are  wanted 
for  stocking  ponds  and 
In  every  case  the  reply  is  a 
streams. 
refusal,  simply  because  the  article  de­
manded  is  not  obtainable.  Nobody  ever 
saw  an  eel's  egg,  and  even  the  experts 
do  not  know  whether  this  species  of  fish 
lays  eggs  or not.  For  all  that  anybody 
can  assert  to  the  contrary,  it  may  bring 
forth  its  young  alive,  as  do  some  kinds 
of  sharks.

It  is  one  of  the  greatest  puzzles  that 
naturalists  have  ever  tackled;  for  eels 
in  the  sea,  and 
reproduce  their  kind 
never  anywhere  else.  The  shad  and 
many  other  marine  fish  leave  the  ocean 
at  spawning  time  and  run  up  the  rivers 
to  lay  their  eggs,  whereas  the adult eels, 
which  are  ordinarily  fresh-water  crea­
tures,  descend  the  streams  and  seek  the 
salt  water  for  precisely  the  same  pur­
pose.
This  is  why  nobody  ever  saw  an  eel’s 
egg.  Only  a  few  years  ago  the  famous 
German  savant,  Virchow,  published  an 
advertisement  offering  a  reward  fora fe­
male  eel  bearing  spawn. 
It  was  copied 
in  a  multitude  of  newspapers,  and,  as 
a  result,  packages  of  eels  were 
for­
warded  to  the  scientist’s  address  from 
all  over  Europe.  Considerable  embar­
rassment  was  caused  in  this  way,  many 
of the consignments  arriving  in  a  decid­
edly  unpleasant  condition;  but  there 
was  never  so  much  as  a  single egg-bear­
ing  eel  among  all  of  the  thousands  re­
ceived.

It 

The  presumption 

is  that  eels  do  lay 
eggs. 
is  certain  that  the  young  ones 
promptly  make  for  the  mouths  of  the 
rivers  and  ascend  them. 
They  pro­
ceed up  the  streams  in  veritable  armies, 
and  sometimes  travel  considerable  dis­
in  order  to  get 
tances  over  dry 
land 
around  an  obstruction. 
In  spring  and 
early  summer  hundreds  of  carloads  of 
them,  literally,  may  be  seen  wriggling 
over  the  rocks  and  squirming  about  in 
the  troubled  waters  at  the  foot of  the 
Niagara  cataract.  Of  course  they  can 
not  get  over  the  falls,  and  so  there  are

no eels  in  Lake  Erie,except those  which 
have  been  planted  there.

The  upper  Great  Lakes  have  been 
planted  by  the  United  States  Fish 
Commission  with  eels  in  great  quanti­
ties,  and  they  thrive  and  grow  apace, 
although  with  no  means  of  getting  to 
the  sea.  They  do  not  breed  under  such 
circumstances,  of  course,  but  any 
land­
locked  body  of  water  may  be  stocked 
with  them  to  advantage  notwithstand­
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tainable  in  unlimited  numbers  at  a  very 
small  price.  They  are  useful  as  scaven­
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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

Shoes  and  Rubbers
Commis •ion  on  Sales  the  Ideal  Method o f 

Compensation.

The  principle  of  paying  salesmen  by 
a  fixed  rate  of commission  has  become 
thoroughly  in  vogue 
in  the  wholesale 
trade,  and  is  apparently  the  most  satis­
factory  to  manufacturers,  the  wholesale 
trade  and  their  salesmen.

That  the  cost  of  selling  a  given  arti­
cle  of  merchandise  should  be  based  on 
a  certain  fixed  percentage  of  its  selling 
price  seems  to  be  the  most  logical  and 
consistent  method  of  covering  the  cost 
of  distribution. 
If  this  principle  is  a 
true  one,  will  it  not  in  the  near  future 
obtain  a  bold  on  the  retail  business  and 
result 
in  retail  salesmen  receiving  a 
fixed  percentage  of  their  sales  in  lieu  of 
a  fixed  salary?

It  seems  to  us  that  this  plan  is  feas­

ible.  Fixed  charges  are  the  hane  of 
business.  The  merchant  employing  a 
numerous  staff  of  helpers  looks  on  the 
dull  season  with  horror,  knowing  that  to 
hold  his  trade  he  must  practically  re 
tain  his  full  force  of  employes,  with 
their weekly  salaries  going on  as  before, 
and  he  must  stand  all risk  of  loss.

With  this  in  mind  he  may  say to him­
If  I  could  adjust  clerks’  compen­
self, 
sation  (the  heaviest 
item  of  the  e x ­
pense)  so  that  my  men  would  share  re­
sults  proportionately  with  me  when 
trade 
is  good  or  otherwise,  I  would  be 
more  than  willing  to  see  them  properly 
compensated  according  to  their  worth 
and  the  results  they  produce.”

for  selling 

It  ought  not  to  be  a  difficult  matter  to 
calculate  percentage  of selling  expense, 
and  what  each  pair of  shoes  in  the  store 
might  properly  yield  to  the  salesman  as 
a  return 
it.  The  correct 
gauge  of  the  retail  salesman's  value  to 
the  business  can  not  always  be  ascer­
tained  by  considering  the  volume  of  his 
business  in  dollars  and  cents.  So  men 
take  naturally  to  selling  low-priced  and 
medium-grade  goods,and  being  anxious 
to  make  a  quick  sale,  find  that  they  can 
make  the  biggest  book  by  confining 
their  efforts  to  the  bargain  end  of  the 
business;  others,  again,  take  a  natural 
pride 
in  selling  fine  goods  and  using 
their  best  efforts  along  this  line,  intell. 
gently  handling  their  customers  and 
leading  them  up  to the purchase of a bet 
ter article  than  perhaps  they  otherwise 
would  have  bought,  and  thus  not  alone 
making  a  better  profit  for  the  store,  but 
also  going  to  a  greater  length  in  giving 
the  customer  a  satisfactory  article  and 
one which  will  enhance  the reputation of 
the  business.

it 

is  known 

Would  it  not  be  possible  so  to  mark 
every  pair of  shoes  in  the  store  that  the 
sale  check  turned  in  at  the  desk  would 
show 
just  what  the  salesman  would  be 
entitled  to  as  a  commission  on  the  sale 
of  each  particular article?  We  do  not 
know  of  any  business  where  this  prin­
ciple  is  generally  in  vogue.  Of course, 
the  giving  o f a ” P.  M .,”   or  “ spiff,”  
as 
in  some  localities,  on 
slow-moving  goods  is  an  old  and  large­
ly-used  idea,  but  as  a  rule  it  is  applied 
only  to  slow-moving  and  undesirable 
merchandise  on  which  the  merchant  is 
willing  to  offer a  premium  to  have them 
disposed  of.  The  P.  M.  principle  some­
times  works  out  to  the  great  disadvan­
tage  of  the  business,  inasmuch  as  the 
salespeople,  in  their anxiety  to  add  this 
extra  stipend 
to  their  weekly  guar­
anteed 
income,  will  push  the  P.  M 
goods  toward  customers  who  would  very 
likely  have  bought  a  better and  more 
satisfactory  article.  When  this  habit 
becomes  fixed  the  merchant  frequently

finds  what  may  seem  to  be  a  concerted 
action  on  the  part  of  some  of  his  sales 
people,  or  perhaps  all  of  them,  toward 
making  their  showing  largely  on  the  P. 
M.  goods.  They  put  all  their  efforts 
into  the  P.  M.  line,  with  the  result  that 
the  regular  business  suffers  and  lines 
which 
should  be  sold  without  any 
premium  frequently  lack  for customers, 
while  the  other  goods,  which  usually 
show  no  profit,are  being  banded  out  en 
tirely  too  freely. 
In  return,  this  pro 
motes  a  tendency  on the part  of the  mer 
chant  to  use  the  P.  M.  too  freely,know 
ing  that  it  is  effective,  and  feeling him­
self  helpless  against  the  habit,  which  is 
now  thoroughly  entrenched  in  his  busi­
ness.

idea  we  suggest  here  is  to  do 
The 
away 
entirely  with  the  fixed  salary 
principle.  The  competent  salesman 
whose  average  sales  measure  up  pretty 
regularly  to  a  certain  amount  might  be 
given  a  guarantee  or  drawing  account, 
against  which  could  be  credited  the 
commissions  that  he  earned. 
Settle­
ments  could  be  made  monthly  in  case 
of any  surplus,  and  if  there  was  a  de­
ficit—or,  in  other  words  if  the  drawing 
account  exceeded  the  amount  of  com­
missions  earned—the  merchant  could 
very  quickly  decide  as  to  whether  he 
was  warranted 
in  continuing  that  man 
on  the  same  guarantee,  or  whether  it 
would  be  wise  to  carry  forward  the 
deficit,  to  be  reduced  by  the  surplus 
earnings  of  the  next  and  perhaps  a 
busier and  more  seasonable  month.

in 

justified 

in  drawing 

They  would 

We  believe,  on  the  whole,  that  sales­
innova- 
people  would  welcome  such  an 
immediately  be 
ion. 
spurred  on  to  greater  efforts  in  making 
sales 
lines  which  yielded  the  best 
rate  of  commission,  which,  of  course, 
would  be  the  higher  priced  and  better 
goods.  An  ambitious  and  energetic 
man  would  feel  that  his  wage  depended 
only  on  his  own  ability  to  sell  merchan­
dise,  and  that  the  more  he  sold  the 
larger his  reward.  The  poor  salesman 
who  lacked  ambition,  and  whose  week­
ly  salary  on  the  fixed-charge  principle 
would  perhaps  be  in  excess  of  what  he 
would  be 
if  the 
amount  of  his  commissions  were  care­
fully  kept,  would  very  quickly  discover 
himself  out  of  the  race;  and  as  every 
salesman  in  the  store  would  be on exact­
ly  the  same  basis,  there  could  be  no  cry 
of  favoritism,  every  man  having  an 
equal  chance  and  not  being  able  to 
point  to  the  fact  that  he  ought  to  have  a 
raise  in  salary  because  ‘ ‘ Smith  or  Wil­
liams,  who  did  not  sell  any  more  shoes 
than  he  did,  was  getting  a  little  more 
money.”  
It  seems  to  us  that  the  only 
thing  necessary  to  successfully  put  such 
a  plan 
into  operation  would  be  to  de­
vise  a  system  of  ticktes  or  lot  numbers 
on  which  would  be  key  figures  for the 
rate  of  percentage  to  be  paid.  For  in­
stance,  let  us  assume  that  a  merchant 
could  afford  to  pay  25  cents a  pair  for 
every  pair  of  $3  shoes that  his  sales­
men  disposed  of,  and  say  that  the  lot 
number  on  a  certain 
line  of $3  shoes 
was  463.  Could  they  not  be  marked 
thus:  No.  463-25?”  
In  making  out
his  sales  check  the  clerk  could  very 
easily  put  the  number  on  that  check, 
and  as 
in  every  well-conducted  store 
every  article  sold  is  compared  with  the 
sales  slip  at  the  wrapping-desk  before 
being  delivered  to  the  customer,  there 
ought  not  tobe  any  possibility  of a mis­
take  or  error. 
In  case  a  line  of  goods 
were  marked  down,  this  number  could 
easily  be  changed,  and the  same  princi­
ple  could  apply  to  every  article  in  the 
It  would  seem  that on  this  plan
store. 

Mr.  Retailer

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

l $2  &  $2.50

Made in 
All Leathers

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 
p.ocess 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 
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Have  no  equal  for 

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They  have  rubber 

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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. 236.  Men’s Boarded Calf. Heavy K D  S., Brass  Stand, Screw, French, Bals 
$1  so
No. 230.  Men’s Boarded Calf, two full Sole and Slip,  Brass Stand, Screw, French, B als....  1  6 0  
No. 231.  Men’s Boarded Calf, two full Sole and Slip, Brass  Stand, Screw, Tipped, B als....  1   6 0

.... 

Each  pair with a guarantee  tag attached

The  Rodgers  Shoe  Company,  Toledo,  Ohio

FACTORY,  NORTHVILLE,  MICH.

name  of  the  bouse  which  he  represents, 
I  know  in  one  instant,  say,  that such  a 
bouse  makes  a  line  of shoes  made  to  re­
tail  at  $5.  Without  looking 
into  the 
quality  of  the  shoe,  I  know  the  house 
stands  behind 
it  and  that  no  one  can 
buy  it  less  than  a  regular  figure.  Such  a 
line  usually  has  value 
it,  and  the 
character  of the  manufacturer  is  bound 
up  in  it.

in 

4F. MAYER;

COMFORT  SHOES

Embrace  every  feature  that  goes  to  make 
style, comfort and durability.  Our gored  shoes  run  just  a  little 
ahead  of anything*made  by  our  competitors.  The  goring  used 
in the production  of these shoes is the  very  best  made  and  will 
retain  its  strength  until  the  shoe  is  worn  out.  A ll; styles  and 
grades.  Dealers who handle  Mayer’s  Shoes  have  the  advantage 
of handling a product that is backed by  a  liberal  advertising  ap­
propriation.  For prices aud particulars address

F .  M A Y ER   B O O T   (EL  S H O E   C O .,

MILWAUKEE,  WIS.

We  make  this 
s h o e   for  men 
who want  a  soft 
and  pliable,  but 
durable,  u p p e r  
combined  with  a 
heavy  sole 
for
, 
,
h a r d   every-day 
wear.  Costs  more  than  the  average  shoe 
of its class and is better than  it costs.

OREGON  CALF  LONG  TAP 

1 

Rindge,  Kalmbach,  Logie  &  Co.,  Ltd.

Grand  Rapids, Michigan

the  percentage  that  the  merchant  would 
have  to  pay  for selling  his  goods  could 
be  established  and  not  fluctuate  a  great 
deal. 
If  the  salespeople  were  properly 
instructed  on  this  matter,  and  encour­
aged  to  permit  their  surplus  earnings 
at  the  end  of  the  month  to  remain  to 
offset  any  deficit  of  the  dull  months,  a 
very  satisfactory  and  equitable  basis  of 
compensation  could  be  arrived  at.  The 
merchant  could  even  afford  to  pay  4  per 
cent,  interest  to  the  clerk  on  any  un­
drawn  surplus  earnings that he may have 
to  his  credit,  and  which  he  might  want 
to 
leave  in  the  store,  the  interest  to  be 
calculated  on  the  average  surplus  bal­
ance  each  month,  although  the  usual 
habit  would  undoubtedly  be  to  draw 
much  or  all  of  the  surplus  earnings  as 
fast  as  they  accumulate.

it 

We  offer  this  idea  only  for  considera­
tion. 
it  should  appeal  to any  shoe 
dealer  sufficiently  to  warrant  its  adop­
tion,  we  should  be  very  glad  indeed  to 
know  how  it  works  out  in  practice. 
It 
may  be  that  some  merchants  are already 
working  on  this  basis;  if  so,  we  would 
be  very  glad  to  hear  from  them  and 
print  their  experience.—Shoe Retailer.

The  Question  o f Shoe  Buying.

is 

those 

engaged 

The  question  of  shoe  buying 

for  the 
different  seasons  as  they  succeed  one 
another  is  one  of  the  utmost  importance 
to 
in  the  business, 
whether  wholesale  or  retail.  Correct 
buying 
justly  regarded  as  the  first 
step  to  success.  There  can  be  no  doubt 
It  is  the  ambition  of  every 
about  this. 
man  and  boy  employed 
in  the  retail 
shoe  business,  and  the  amibtion  is  com­
mendable,  to  win  bis  way  to  the  posi­
tion  of  buyer.  Such  a  laudable  longing 
is  worthy  of  encouragement.  But  when 
it 
is  attained  the  responsibility  which 
belongs  to  it  causes  no  little anxiety,  es­
pecially  to  him  who  is not well equipped 
to discharge  its  duties.

In  these  days  of  substitutes  in 

leath­
ers,  and  imitation  in  shoe  construction, 
dexterous  indeed  must  the  buyer be  who 
can,  with  pretense  to  any  degree  of  ac­
curacy,  gauge  the  true  wholesale  value 
of  the  samples  presented  to  him.  Some 
buyers  have  the  utmost  confidence  in 
their 
is  all 
right,  provided  it  is  justified  by  results. 
Others  are  quite  the  opposite.

judgment;  such  a  feeling 

Speaking  on  the  subject  of  shoe  buy­
ing,  a  well-known  manager  of  a  shoe 
department,  remarkable 
candor, 
says:

for 

‘ ‘ I  have  more  confidence  in  the  char­
acter of  the  shoe  manufacturing  concern 
from  which  I  buy  my  shoes  than  I  have 
in  my  own  judgment  or  ability  in  that 
direction.  When  a  salesman  comes  to 
me  with  samples  and  announces  the

“ Another  salesman  comes  along later, 
and  by  the  name of  his  firm  I  at  once 
gauge  the  value  and  standing  of  bis 
line,and  from  him  I  buy,  say,  my  $3.50 
shoe,  and  so  on. 
In  acting  thus  I  be­
lieve  I  take  less  risk  than  if  I  were  to 
its  own  re­
throw  my 
sources,  and  act  accordingly. 
I  take 
this  course  because,  candidly  speaking,
I  know  little  about  the  real  value  of  a 
shoe,  when  it  comes  down  to  accurate­
ly  estimating, ”

judgment  upon 

This  man  started  in  as  salesman  in  a 
retail  shoe  house  at  an  early  age.  He 
was  particularly  bright  and  possessed 
considerable  dexterity  at  shoe  fitting. 
His  sales  were  large  and  his  ability  ar­
rested  the  attention  of  the  head  of  the 
house.  He  was  gradually  moved  up  to 
assistant  manager  and  when  an  opening 
occurred  in  the  department  referred  to 
he  got  the  buyership.  But,  as  he  said, 
with  all  his  experience  in  shoe  fitting, 
what  did  he  really  know  about  the  real 
value  of  a  shoe?

Estimating  at  its  proper  limit  his 
technical  knowledge  of  shoe  material, 
he  perhaps  wisely  decided  to  depend 
upon  the  character  of the  houses  from 
which  he  bought  for  sustained  grade  of 
work.  Whatever  security  such  a  course 
may  afford,  it  is  always  well  not  to  de­
pend  too  far  upon  character  in  this  re­
spect.

The  most  efficient  buyer is undoubted­
ly  he  who  combines  a  knowledge  of  the 
wants  of  his  trade  with  a  certain  degree 
of  insight  into  the  value  of  the  leather 
and  general  material  that  enter  into  the 
construction  of  the  line.  There 
is  a 
safety  and  a  security  in  the  decisions 
of  a  man  who  has  this  knowledge  and, 
provided  he  exercises  it  with  care  and 
discretion,  the  results  which  follow  are 
usually  satisfactory.—Shoe  Trade  Jour­
nal.

Echo  is  merely  a  reflection—that  is 
imitation  is—and  a  bad  one,  at 

all  an 
that.

National  Fire  Insurance  Co.

of  Hartford.

W.  Fred  McBain,

Grand  Rapids, Mich,

The Leading Agency,

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Clerks*  Corner.

Ten  Dollars  a  Week  Instead  o f Six- 

Written for the Tradesman.

The  proprietor  of  the  store  down  on 
the  corner  opened  bis  eyes  that morning 
and  groaned  when  he  had  come  to  full 
consciousness.  He  had  a  job  on  hand 
which  he  “ dreaded  wus’n  pizen.”  
in 
spite  of  everything  said  to  the  contrary, 
breaking  in  a  clerk,  no  matter  where  it 
was  in  the  line,  was  always  a  “ tough 
job"  and  he  shrank  from it accordingly. 
He  began  to  wonder  if  he  had  not  had 
enough  of  it  and  whether  he  could  not 
put  it off  upon  somebody  else.  Nobody 
else 
it;  and 
what  difference  could  it  make  to  him  if 
the  floor  was  not  swept  quite  so  thor­
oughly  as  he  would  like 
it?  He  could 
hold  the  old  hand  responsible  and  in 
time  the  thing  would  come  around  all 
right.  He  had  a  good  mind  to  try  it 
just  for  a 
little  while,  anyway,  to  see 
how  it  would  work.

in  his  place  was  doing 

By  the  time,  however,  the  idea  began 
to sink  in,  he  sprang  up  as  if  a  bee  had 
stung  him  and  began  to  dress  himself 
in  haste.  He 
looked  at  his  watch,  to 
find  that  he  bad  slept  a  half  hour  later 
than  usual.  Rushing  down 
into  the 
dining  room,  he  found  Mrs.  Bostwick 
and  Morris calmly  finishing  their  break 
fast.

“ Why  under  the  sun  didn't  you  call 
me  when  breakfast  was  ready?  Of  all 
the  mornings  in  the  world  to  be  late  at 
the  store  this 
is  the  worst.  That  new 
clerk  has  got  to  be  broken  in  and  I’m 
the  only  one  to  do  it.  Here 'tis  half­
past  seven  and  I  ought  to  have  been 
down  there  ail  of  an  hour  ago. 
Just 
give  me  a  cup  of coffee and  a  piece  of 
bread  and  I'll  be  off."

It  was  no  use  to  try  to  stop  him. 
Years  of  experience  had  taught  Mrs. 
Bostwick  that;  and  growling  at  the  fate 
that  had  made  him  late  he hurried down 
to  the  store.  Finding  that  bis 
instruc­
tions  as  to  opening  the  store  would have 
to  be  postponed  for  a  day, he entered the 
establishment  and  found  young  Zack 
busy  with  a  customei.

“ Best  potatoes  in  the  market;  and  ail 
the  way  from  Greeley,  Colorado.  Aren’t 
they  beauties?  Better 
take  the  bag, 
hadn’t  you?"
“ M—well, 

I  don’t 
know  much  about  Greeley  potatoes,  but 
I  do  know  somethirg  about  human  na­
ture  and 
if  you  don’t  mind  I’d  like  to 
see  how  they  look  at  the  bottom  of  the 
sack. ”

that  depends. 

For  an 

instant  the  Bostwick  temper 
came  near  getting  the  better  of 
its 
owner.  Nothing  but  the  desire  to  see 
how  the  new  clerk  would  act  under  the 
fire  which  a  wide  experience  had taught 
the  proprietor  was  about  to  occur  could 
have  prevented  him  from  taking a hand. 
The  store  on  that  particular  corner  was 
known  the  city  over  for  the  excellent 
quality  of 
its  goods  and  had  been  the 
headquarters  for  the  Greeley  potatoes 
ever  since  they  bad  made  their  appear­
ance  on  the  market.  Never  a  poor  one 
and  never  a  small  one  had  so  far  en­
tered  that  door and  when  bis  clerk  was 
challenged  in  that  way,  it was “ time  for 
the  old  man  to  step  in ;’ ’  but  he  didn’t. 
He  walked  on  to  the  office  and  took  a 
position  where  he  could  see  and  heat 
without  being  observed  and  waited.

When  the  charge  of  cheating  was 
made,  Zack  pushed  back  the  little  skull 
cap  that  he  was  fond  of  wearing  and 
looked  at  his  customer  with  a  pair  of 
wicked  blue  eyes.  A  sharp  reply  sprang 
to  his  lips,  but  they  smothered 
it,  and 
later  the  bag  was  opened
au 

instant 

jack-knife 

at  the  bottom  by  a  flashing 
in  the  bands  of the  angry  clerk.
“ There  they  are,"  he  said. 

“ Any 
fault  to  find  with  spuds  of  that  make­
up?  Likeliest  lot  your eyes  ever  looked 
at,  1  can  tell  you  that."

“ That’s  right  so  far  as  the  ends of 
the  bag  are  concerned;  but  how  about 
the  middle?"

“ That's  how!”   and  suiting  the  ac­
tion  to  the  word,  the  bag  was  placed 
upon  the  floor  and  the  same  keen  knife 
cut  it  from  bottom  to  top.  The  pota­
toes,  as 
if  glad  to  get  out  of  prison, 
rolled  over  the  floor  and  showed  to  the 
doubting customer  that  for once,  at least, 
he  had  been  mistaken.

“ Does  that  look  as  if  Bostwick  &  Co. 
were  trying  to  do  a  little  five-cent  nig­
ging?  What  do  you  say  now?”  

“ Nothing.  The  potatoes  are  all  right, 
as  handsome  a  bagful  as  I  ever  put  my 
eyes  on.  I ’ ll  take  five  cents’  worth.”

A  sound  very  much  like  smothered 
profanity  might  have  been  heard  in  the 
direction  of  the  office,  but  Zack  Mac­
intosh  was  too  dumbfounded  to  hear  or 
notice  it.  He  looked  at  his  customer to 
see  if  he  really  meant  it. 
"F iv e   cents’ 
worth!"  he  exclaimed.  “ We  have  al­
ways  considered  our  Greeleys  the  gem 
potato  in  the  market;  but  you  are  the 
first  customer  I’ve  had  who  has  thor 
oughly  appreciated  what he  was  buying. 
Five  cents’  worth.  Let  me  see  how  we 
can  manage  it."

He  poked  over  the  potatoes  as  he 
spoke  and 
finally  picking  out  the 
smallest  one  cut  it  in  two unequal parts, 
took  the  smaller  one  and  called  out  to  a 
fellow  clerk,  “ Say,  yon  Tom,  bring 
me  some  of  that  fine  tissue  paper,  will 
you,  and  be  lively  about  it.  Pete,  have 
one  of  the  delivery  wagons  ready  for 
the  goods  by  the  time  they  are  done  up. 
There  you are.  sir.  Five  cents,  please;" 
and  he  pushed  across  the  counter a  neat 
little  package 
in  white  tissue  paper, 
daintily  bound  with  a  delicate  blue 
string.

“ You  think  you’ re  d—d  smart,  don’t 

you,  you  cuss!"

A  look  of  supreme  surprise  lifted  the 
eyebrows  of  the  clerk. 
“ Never  once 
thought  of  it.  Too  busy  thinking  that, 
if  your  purchase  looked  as  big  to  your 
stomach  as 
it  did  to  you,  for the  next 
three  or  four  days  you’d  go  around  with 
that  stingy 
little  belly  of  yours  puffed 
out  like  a  pollywog !”

The  buyer of  spuds  left  the store with­
out  his  package  of  potatoes,  indigoing 
the  atmosphere  as  he  went,  and  Zack, 
with  an  “ I'll  be  everlastingly  kicked!”  
started  straight  for  the  office.

It  s  more  than  likely  you  don't  want 
me  any  longer—1  saw  you  looking  on— 
but  if  you  have  many  customers  like 
that  one  and  they  have  to  be  treated  de­
cently,  I  don’t  want  to  stay.  Shall  1 
go?"

“ What  time  did  you  get  here  this 

morning?"

" I   don’t  know;  it  was  before 

store  was opened. ”

the 

Who  told  you  bow  to  sweep  and 

dust—you  did  it  I  suppose?"
Nobody.  Yes.  Then  that d—that— 
thing  came  in  and  I  had  to wait on him. 
Shall  I  go?”

“ Go!  Not  if  ten  dollars  a  week  will 
keep  you.  You  are  the  chap  I’ve  been 
looking  for  for  the  last  three  months.
i?  ou*  an<^  lake  care  of  that  customer 
who  has  just  come  in. 
If  you  do  your 
duty  as  handsomely  by  that one  as  you 
have  done  it  by  the  first, you’ll stay  here 
as  long  as  we  have  any  store.”
So  Zack  Macintosh  went to  work  at 
ten  dollars  a  week  instead  of  six ;  and 
do  you  know,  that  old  man  Bostwick 
says  he  said  ten  all  the  tim e!

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Experience  o f One  Grocer in G iving Pres­

ents.

I  was  talking  one  day  last  week  with 
a  grocer  in  a  New  Jersey  town  of  about 
10,000  people.  Signs of Christmas  were 
already  in  the  air and  one  of  the  clerks 
was  busy  trimming  the  place  with  ever­
green.

You  get  around  the  country  a  good 
deal”   remarked  the  grocer to  me.  What 
are  grocers  coming  to  think  about  giv­
ing  Christmas  presents  to  their  custom­
ers?  Do  you  think  as  many  do  it  as 
used  to?”
“ I  do  not,”   I  answered. 
” 1  think the 
practice is almost  entirely  disappearing. 
Some  grocers  do  it  yet  of  course,  and 
some  always  will,  but  one  by  one  are 
gradually  abandoning 
is  liable 
to  make  such  a  fuss,  you  see,  and  then 
it  is  expensive. ”

it. 

It 

“ I  never  gave  my  trade  anything  at 
last  year,”   said  the 
just  considering 

Christmas  before 
grocer, 
whether to  do  it  again  this  year.”

and  I  was 

’ How  did 

asked.

it  work 

last  year?"  I 

‘ ‘ Well,”   he  said  slowly,  “ it  did  not! 
work  very  well.  Still,  I  have  sort  of 
thought  that  my  customers  would  ex­
pect 
it  this  year,  because  they  had  it 
last. ”

“ That’s 

the  point,”   I  said,  “ and 
you  had  better  get  out  of  it,  if  you  can, 
or  you  will  have  the  thing  on  you  every 
year.  What  did  you  give  away  last! 
Christmas?”

“ I  gave  every  customer  a  box  of | 
toilet  soap—three  cakes,”   be  answered. 
“ It  was  a  good  soap—cost  me  $1.20 a 
dozen;  a  regular  5-cent  soap."

“ Was  it appreciated?"  I  asked.
* Well,"   he  said,  “ between  you  and

Instead  of  that, 

me  I  do  not  believe  it  was. 
I  was a 
darned  fool  for saying  anything about  it 
beforehand. 
If  I  had  kept  my  mouth 
shut  and  just  handed  it  out  the  day  be­
fore  Christmas  it  would  have  seemed 
like  more,  because  it  would  have  been 
unexpected. 
I  an­
nounced  a  week  before  that  I  would 
present  all  my  customers  with  a  hand­
some  gift.  When  Christmas  came  and 
I  handed  out  the  soap,  there  seemed  to 
be  doubts  on  the  part of  some  who  had 
expected  to  get  solid  silver  waterpitcb- 
ers  that  a  box  of  soap  was  a  ‘ hand­
some’  gift.  At  any  rate,  a  lot  of  them 
got  snippy,  and  while  I  could  not  see 
where  I  had  actually  lost  any  customers 
except  one  by  it,  they  did  not  exactly 
kiss  me  when  they  came  to  the  store 
for  a  good  while  afterward.”

“ And  that  one  who  left?”   I  asked. 

“ What  about  her?”

“ Oh,”   he  answered,  with  a  trace  of 
irritation 
in  his  voice,  “ she  was  a 
boarding  house  keeper  up  the  street 
here,  who  was  the  biggest  crank  I  had 
on  my  books.  She  was  as  mean  as  a 
rat,  and  always  made  a  big  time  about 
the  price  of  everything  and  always  sent 
everything  back  that  she  thought  had 
any  little  thing  the  matter  with 
it. 
They  said  she  kept  a  good  boarding 
house,  but  she  was  a  skinflint  all  right.
I  sent  her  one  of the  boxes  of  soap 
on  the  morning  of  the  24th,  and  back  it 
came  in  an  hour  by  a  little  girl  who 
worked  for  her.  With  it  was a  note, 
saying  that  if  I  considered  three  cakes 
of  cheap  soap  an  adequate  return  for 
patronage  amounting 
to  about  $12 
weekly  the  year  around,  she  should  like 
to  know  it.

“ I  sent  her  back  word right  away  that 
the  soap  was  not  given  as  an 
'adequate 
return, *  because  1  had  given  her  ade­

quate  return  for  every  dollar  she  had 
ever  spent.  The  soap  was given  only 
as  a  trifling  holiday  remembrance, 
said.

“ She  wrote  back  that  it  was  trifling 
all  right,  and  the  incident  was  closed 
But  she  never  came  to  my store  again.'

A  grocer  is  very,  very  foolish  to  get 
into  the  Christmas  gift  business,  in  my 
opinion. 
It  is  all  right  to  give  a calen 
dar,  or  an  order-reminder,  or something 
like  that,  but to  give  an  actual  gift 
is 
insane,  for  he  will  get  up  against  it  as 
sure  as  he  lives.

You  have  no  idea  bow  women  who 
could  buy  a  hundred  such  gifts  without 
feeling 
it  look  forward  with  eager  ex 
pectation  to  such  things  as  a  grocer's 
Christmas  present,  and 
feel  mighty 
miffed 
if  they  do  not  get  what  they 
think  they  ought  to  have.

Le t me  tell  you  a  case  that happened 
in  my  own  family.  My  wife  is  one  of 
those  women  who,  as  I  say,  could  buy 
a  hundred  such  gifts  without  feeling  it.

The  one  to  feel  it  would  be  me.
One  day about  three  years  ago—just 
about  this  time—the  clerk  for  the grocer 
who  has  the  honor  of  supplying  our 
castle  and  waiting  indefinitely  for  his 
money  told  my  wife  that  Mr.  So-and- 
So  was  going  to  give  everybody  a  nice 
Christmas  present  this  year.

Well,  my  wife,  although  she  married 
rich,  still  has  that  feminine  tendency  to 
grab  everything  she  can  get  for nothing.
That  may  seem  a  little  sharp,  but  I 
can  be  sharp  with  impunity  just  before 
Christmas.

She  talked  a  good  bit  about  the  pres­
ent and  wondered  what  it  would  be,  and 
so  on.

Finally  one  day  I  said :
“ Good  heavens,  my  dear,  one  might 
think  that Jones  was  going  to  give  you

a  sealskin  sacque,  by  the  way  yon  go 
on!  Why,  if  you  get  an  orange  you  will 
be  lucky!”

“ No  such  thing !”   she  retorted. 

“ I 
have  been  buying  there  for  four  years, 
and  he  must  be  going  to  give  me  some­
thing  handsome.”

Well,  the  day  before  Christmas  came 
and  after  the  clerk  had  taken  the  order, 
he  fished  out  of a  bag  he  had  over his 
shoulder  five  lead  pencils  with  the  gro­
cer’s  advertisement  on  in  gilt.  Ob, they 
were  simply  beautiful!

Why,  you  would  not  have  believed 
how  disappointed  my  wife  was.  She 
had  apparently  set  an  immense  store  by 
what  the  grocer  was going  to  give  her. 
She  was  not  going  to  buy  another cent's 
worth  from  a  man  as  mean  as  that,  and 
so  on  and  so  on.

I  calmed  her  down  by  giving  her a 
$10  bill,  but  really  I  do  not  believe  I 
made  her see  very  clearly  that she  could 
not  have  expected  anything  elaborate, 
and  that  she  was  not  doing  the  grocer 
a  favor  by  dealing  with  him,  because  if 
he  did  not  give  her  good  value  she 
would  instantly  go  somewhere  else.
So  that  is  the  way  it  goes.  A  woman 
s  a  woman  and  you  can  not  make  a 
logician  out of  her.—Stroller  in  Grocery 
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The  runners  attached  to  a fine carriage  make  a  turn­
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convenient  than  the  most  expensive sleigh  and  at  a  cost 
very  much  less.

No  straps  or  other  bungling  devices  are  required  to 
prevent  them  from  inverting or flopping over when back­
ing  or driving  rapidly over rough  roads.  Narrow track, 
same  as  cutters  and  sleighs.  Only one  bolt  is  required 
to  fasten  each  runner. 
It  may  be  observed  from  the 
cut  that  there  are  four  bolt  holes  in  the  collar  which 
holds  the  hub,  thus  giving  four  different  widths  of 
track,  permitting  an  extreme variation  of six  inches.

The  malleable  clips  which  grasp  the  axle  permit  free 

oscillation  and  hold  the runner securely  to place.

Sleds  for  Farming,  Logging,  Mining

Sleds  for  the  Roads  and  Mountains

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Woman’s World

Do  Men  R eally  Adm ire  Women  With 

Very  Sm all  Waists ?

Some  men  are  powerfully  affected  bv 
a  lovely  face.  They  admire  regularity 
of  feature,  charm  of  coloring,  curve  of 
thick  lashes,  more  than  any  of  the  othe 
beauties  which  go  to  make  up  a  fai 
woman.

Some  men,  on  the  other  hand,  attach 
only  a  secondary  importance  to the face, 
and  think  everything  of  the  figure.

The  man  who  places  the  human  form 
divine  pre-eminent  probably  imagines 
he  is  truly  classic  in  his  ideals.  But  in 
nine  cases  out  of  ten  the  proportions 
which  he  considers 
lovely  are  so only 
from  the  fashion-book  standpoint.  Few 
men  would  admire  any  statue  ever 
framed  by  the  band  of  a  Greek  sculptor 
if  they  met  her  suddenly  come to  life  in 
the  street. 
In  a  skirt  she  would  seem 
horribly  fat.

Speaking  broadly,  most  men  admire 
comparative  leanness.  A  few  like  girls 
who  are  round  and  plump,  but,  oddv 
enough,  it 
little  girl  that  they 
generally  admire  fat.

is  the 

But whether a  man's  ideal  girl  be  tall 
and  thin  or  short  and  chubby,  she  is 
generally  endowed  with  a  small  waist. 
Not  that  the  average  man  necessarily 
admires  the  circumference  depicted  in 
fashion  plates—lie  has generally  enough 
of  the  saving  grace  of common  sense  to 
it  should  be  small  in 
be  content  that 
proportion 
to  the  shoulders  and  the 
hips.  This  is,  perhaps,  one  reason  why 
a  short,  plump  girl  scores;  her  waist 
looks  smaller  than  it  is,  and  if  she  has 
an  average  one  of  say,  22  inches,  it 
looks  more  like  19  inches.

One  may  bear  men  theoretically  con­

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

demn  small  waists  by  the  hour,  waxing 
unpleasantly  physiological,and  torment­
ing  their  unfortunate  sisters  by  coming 
behind  them  unbeknown  and  testing 
their  belts  by  sticking  in  a  finger.  But 
most  of  them  either  fall  in  love  with  or 
marry  women  with  exceptionally  sma 
waists.

Ask  the  ordinary  man  if  he  admires 
them,  and he  denies  the  accusation  with 
scorn;  but  ten  to  one  he  will,  within 
half  an  hour  of  his 
indignant  tirade 
against  them,  point  out  some  woman 
possessing  an  abnormally  small  one,and 
with  the  fatuousness  born  of  ignorance 
exclaim: 

She’s got  a  good  figure!”

There  is  a  certain  highly  educated 
woman,  a  graduate  of  Vassar  College, 
and  all  the  rest  of  it.  Naturally  she  dis­
dains  what  the  less  intellectual  women 
think  much  of—her  personal  appear 
ance.  One  day  she  argued  the  point  of 
waist  with  a  young  man  some  two  years 
her  senior.  She  poured  vials  of  wrath 
on  the  silly  girls  who  killed  themselves 
by  tight  lacing,  and  grew  appallingly 
physiological,  until  the  girls  all 
longed 
to  stop  their  ears.  She  advocated  re* 
form,  and  prated  of  the  rational  figure, 
‘ nd  then  she  said,  proudly:  ” 1  never 
have  compressed  my  waist. 
1  would 
scorn  to  do  such  a  thing.”

The  young  man  looked  at  her  so  in­
‘ ‘ So  I  can  see;  you 
line.”   Oddly 

nocently  and  said: 
have  only  a  middle 
enough,  she  was quite  offended.

Yes,  there 

is  no  use  denying  it,  the 
average  man  does  immensely  admire  a 
small,  trim,  round  waist—one  which  his 
ar™  can  comio«ably  span.  Not  a  stiff 
rigidity  of  whalebone,  but  a  supple, 
yielding  circle—a 
than 
the poetic ideal that two hands  can  span, 
but  small  enough  to  fill  him  with  won­
der.  and  round  enough  to  deceive  h

little  bigger 

into  thinking  it  smaller  by  at  least  two 
inches  than  it  actually  is.

Some  day 

in  the  future,  when  man­
kind  has  lost  its  conservatism,  he  may 
grow  to  dislike  the  small  waist.

Dorothy  Dix.

The  Old  M iracle  o f Mother  Love.

When  the  gates  of  paradise  closed  be­
hind  Adam  and  Eve,  and  fallen  man, 
who  had  tasted  of  the  knowledge  of 
good  and evil,  went  forth  into  the  world 
to 
learn  the  bitterness  and  envy  and 
strife  of  life,  one  angel  trait  was  left 
untainted  in  the  human  heart. 
It  was 
mother  love,  that the  dross of  earth  has 
never touched  and  that  springs to  day as 
innocent  above 
pure  and  white  and 
every  cradle  as 
it  did  above  the  first­
born  child.  Other  love  may  falter  and 
die,  if  the  way  be  hard  and  long,  time 
and  distance  may  iay  their chill on other 
affections  and  the  fire  burn  down  to  the 
dull  and  lifeless  ashes  of  remembrance, 
but  mother  love  is  as  true  and  steadfast 
s  the  eternal  stars  of heaven.  No  lapse 
of  years  makes  it  less  tender,  no  dis­
grace  makes  it  ashamed,  no  treachery 
or  ingratitude  so  base  it  can  not  break 
over  it  the  alabaster  box  of its  tears  and 
wash  away  the  very  memory  of 
its 
wrongs. 
It  is  the  one  love  in  the  world 
that  gives  all  and  exacts  nothing  in  re­
turn,  perfect  in  its  unselfishness.  How 
often  do  we  marvel  at  the  miracle  of 
mother  love  that  can  clasp  to  its  bosom 
n  seeming  blindness,  the  child  whose 
istortedand  hideous  features make oth­
ers  turn  away  shuddering.  How  often 
do  we  wonder at  the  love  that  we  see  a 
mother  bestow  upon  a  wayward  son. 
Perhaps  it  has  been  years  since  she  saw 
him  last  or had  a  line  to  tell  her  he  was 
still  alive,  but  no  bitterness  for the  long 
neglect,  no  thought  of  the  ingratitude,

Opportunity 

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The  Kalamazoo  Copper  Mining 
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following  excellent points  in  rela­
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1.  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
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E.  Qillis,  Secretary,

Kalamazoo,  Mich.

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captivity 
if  she  were  placed  under  the 
str1Ct  r°le  of  teachers  and  attendants 
like  Mary Midas, whose  lot you were  just 
envying !  It  would  make  you  perfectly 
miserable  to  be  surrounded  by  conven­
tionality,  and  in  that  respect  you  must 
acknowledge  that  your  life  is  far  more 
enjoyable;  you  have  never  considered 
the  fetters  that  would  bind  you  if  you 
were  rich.”

that, ”  admitted  the  young 
“ I  could  not  stand  the  way  Mary 
girl. 
Midas 
is  followed  and  hampered,  but 
I  would  enjoy  her  possessions,  her beau­
tiful  clothes  and  jewels. 
I  would  give 
anything  to  have  those !”

“ Do  you  remember,”   said  her  moth­
er,  not  directly  answering  her  remark, 
“ how  worried  you  felt  last  winter  when 
said  I  could  not  afford  to  get  you  a 
good  tailor-made  costume?  And  how 
overjoyed  you  were  when  your  grand­
mother  told  you  to  go  to  Blue’s  and 
order  just  what  you  wanted?  How  you 
took  days  to  consider  about  it,  so  as  to 
choose 
just  the  color  and  style  you 
thought  would  be  most  becoming?  And 
how  you  enjoyed  talking  about 
it,  and 
it  gave  you  to  wear  the 
what  pleasure 
dress  afterward? 
I  remember you  say- 
*ng 
it  gave  you  a  feeling  of  intense 
satisfaction  every  time  you  put  it  on. 
Miss  Midas  never  feels  pleasure  like 
that  in  her clothes. 
In  fact,  her  mother 
told  me  she  was  entirely  indifferent  to 
them,  and  did  not  care  what  she  put on 
And  that  diamond  pin  of  mine  that 
had  reset  for  you  last Christmas—it gave 
the  greatest  delight  to  see  how 
me 
pleased  you  were  with  it. 
If  you  bad 
jewels  galore  you  would  not  care  for 
them 
in  the  least.  No,  my  dear  little 
girl,  money  would  not  bring  you  any  of 
the 
joy  of  living  that  you  Imagine  it 
would.  On  the  contrary,  you  are  much 
happier 
in  which  it  has 
pleased  Providence  to  place  you.”

in  the  state 

If  every  advertiser  would  keep  notes 
of  his  methods  and  then  occasionally 
report,  he  might  become  a  benefactor 
and  make  a  reputation  for  himself. 
There  certainly  is  constantly  something 
to  learn  for  somebody.

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No matter where you live 
you can  keep  your  money 
safe in our  bank,  and  you 
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when you want to use it.
Any person living with­
in  the  reach  of  a  Post 
Office  or  Express  Office 
can deposit  money  with 
us without risk or trouble.
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bility is

comes  to  her.  Her  love  bridges  the 
years,  and  goes  back  to  the  dear  days 
when  he  lay  upon  her  breast  and  smiled 
into  her  face  with  eyes  that  seemed  to 
her  to  have  within  them  a  glimpse  of 
the  far-off  skies.  Perhaps  no  man  is 
really  ever  grown  to  his  mother.  She 
always  thinks  of  him  as  a  little  child 
whose  tottering  steps  may go  astray,  but 
who must surely come back,  sometime, to 
her,  and  who,  when  the  world  has 
broken  his  heart  and  robbed  him  of  bis 
hopes  and  ambitions  and  other  love  has 
failed,  must  come  at 
last  to  her  to  be 
comforted  even  as  a  mother comfortetb 
one  who  mourns.  The  other  day  a 
quaint  story  drifted  to  me,  said  to  be 
true,  about  an  honest,  hard-worked  old 
German  woman  who  keeps  a  tiny  store 
in  the  outskirts  of  the  city.  For  years 
she  has  been  making  her  small  pur­
chases  at  one  of  the  big  wholesale  gro­
ceries,  and  not  long  ago  she  appeared 
before  one  of  the  proprietors  in  person: 
“ I  want  a  favor  to asket  of  you,”   she 
began. 
“ Surely,”   replied  the  mer­
chant,smiling  kindly  into  the  good  face 
of  the  old  woman. 
“ 1 
want,"  she  said,  “ that  you  should  give 
my  leetle  boy  von  place  to  work.  He 
is  gedding  old  enough  now  to  work  al- 
retty.  Me,  I  die  somedays,  vat  becomes 
“ All  right.”   re­
of  him  den,  hein?”  
turned  the  merchant, 
“ Send  him  down 
in  the  morning,  and  1  will  see  what  1 
can  do  for  him.”   The  morning  came, 
and  with 
it  the  old  German  woman’s 
“ leetle  poy. ”   He  was a  great,  lumber­
ing,  hulking  idler,  52  years  old,and  the 
father  of  six  children!  All  his  life  he 
had 
let  his  mother  support  him.  He 
had 
in  bar-rooms  while  she 
loafed 
toiled,  and  there  had  seemed  no  hard­
ship  in  it  to  her  because  he  was just her 
boy—and  boys  will  be  boys—and  it  had 
never  once  entered  the  dear,  loving, 
faithful  old  soul’s  imagination  that  he 
was  man  grown  and  should  do  a  man’s 
work.  He  was  her  boy  as  much  as  in 
the  days,  half  a  century  before,  when 
she  had  cuddled  his  pink  feet  into  her 
hands  and  felt  his  little  soft  hands  like 
rose  leaves  against  her  lips. 
It  was  the 
old,  old  miracle  of  mother  love,  not  less 
divine  because 
it  embraced  a  fat,  old, 
red-faced  woman  and  a  blear-eyed  sot.
Cora  Stowell.

“ What  is 

it?”  

A   P h ilo so p h ic a l  M other.

You  say,  ‘ Be  good,  and  you  will  be 
happy,  mamma,”   exclaimed  her  skep 
tical  young  daughter. 
“ Perhaps  it  was 
like  that  in  your  time,  but nowadays  the 
moral  of  the  tale  seems  to  be, 
‘ Be  rich, 
and  you’ll  be  happy.’ 
I  know  if  I  had 
money  I  never  would  have  a  blue  mo­
ment. ”

‘ ’Come,  let  us  reason  together  on  the 
subject, 
answered  her  mother,  smil­
ing,  “ and  see  if  your  life  would  really 
be  bettered  if  we  had  an  abundance  of 
this  world's  goodt. 
In  the  first  place, 
my  dear,  you  are  of  a  very  independent 
temperament,  and  as  we  have  not  been 
able  to  afford  governesses and a personal 
attendant  for  you,  and  as  I  have  had 
the  fullest  confidence  in  your  discretion 
and  sense  of  propriety,  I  have  allowed 
you  the  greatest  liberty  of  action.  How 
would  you  like  it  if  that were restricted, 
as 
it  would  necessarily  be  if  I  could 
afford  to  surround  you  with  the  attend­
ance  the  world  considers  necessary  for 
a  rich  girl?  For  the  liberty  that  is  quite 
proper  that  I  should  allow  you 
in  our 
circumstances  would  not  be  counten­
anced  by  Mrs.  Grundy  if  she  thought  it 
an  eccentricity,  and  not,  as  it is  in  our 
case,  a  necessity.  How  my  free 
little 
girl  would  fret  and  fume  and  feel  herl

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A Business  Hint

A  suggested  need  often  repeated  creates  the 

w ant  that sends  the  purchaser  to the  store.

E very  dealer  should  have  his  share  of  the 
profit  that  reverts  from  the  enormous  amount 
of  m oney  expended  by  the  N ational  Biscuit 
Com pany in  keeping  their  products  constantly 
before  the  eyes of the  public.

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

People  have  become  educated  to  buying 
biscuit and  crackers  in the In-er-seal  Package—  
and  one  success  has  followed  the  other  from 
the  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 w e ll  stocked  line of N ational  Biscuit goods 
is a business policy that it is not well to overlook.

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than ours.  Money intrust- 
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Your dealings with us are 
perfectly  confidential.
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tells  how  anyone  can  do 
their  banking  with  us  by 
mail; how to send money or 
make deposits by  mail; 
and  important  things 
persons  should  know 
who want to keep their 
money  safe  and  well 
invested. 
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M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

Poultry

Instructions  For  Dressing:  and  Shipping: 

P oultry.

For dressing  and  shipping poultry  the 
Minneapolis  Produce  Exchange  has 
published the  following  directions:

In  the  first  place,  poultry  should  be 
kept  without  food  twenty-four  hours. 
Full  crops  injure  the  appearance  and 
are  liable  to  sour.  Never kill  poultry 
by  wringing  neck.

Turkeys.

Kill  by  bleeding 

in  the  mouth  or 
opening  the  veins of  the  neck;  hang  by 
the  feet  until  properly  bled.  Leave 
head  and  feet  on  and  do  not  remove  in­
testines  or  crop.  Always  dry-pick. 
Dressed  turkeys  when dry-picked always 
sell  best  and  command  better  prices 
than  scalded  lots,  as  the  appearance  is 
brighter and  more  attractive.  Endeavor 
to  market  all  oid  and  heavy  gobblers 
before  Jan.  i,  as  after the  holidays  the 
demand 
is  for  small  fat  hen  turkeys 
only,  old  toms  being  sold  at  a  discount 
to canners.

Chickens.

Observe  the  same  directions  as  given 
for  preparing  turkeys.  Scalded  chick­
ens  sell  best  on the  Minneapolis market, 
and  dry-picked  best  to  shippers,  so  that 
either  manner  of  dressing  will  do  if 
properly  executed.  For scalding  chick- j 
ens  the  water should  be  as  near  to  boil­
ing  point  as  possible,  without  boiling; 
pick  the  legs  dry  before  scalding;  bold 
by  the  bead  and  legs  and  immerse  and 
lift  up  and  down  three  times;  if  the 
head 
is  immersed  it  turns  the  color of 
the  comb  and  gives  the  eyes  a  shrunken 
appearance,  which leads  buyers  to  think 
the  fowl  has  been  sick ;  the  feathers and 
pin  feathers  should  then  be  removed 
immediately  very  cleanly,  and  without 
breaking  the  skin;  then  “ plump"  by 
dipping  ten  seconds  in  water  nearly  or 
quite  boiling  hot,  and  then  immediate­
ly  into  cold  water;  bang 
in  a  cool 
place  until  the  animal  heat  is  entirely 
out  of the  body.  To  dry-pick  chickens 
properly,  the  work  should  be  done while 
the  chickens  are  bleeding;  do  not  wait 
and  let  the  bodies  get  cold.  Dry-pick­
ing  is  more easily done  while  the  bodies 
are  warm.  Be  careful  and  do  not  break 
and  tear  the  skin.

Ducks  and  Geese.

Should  be  scalded  in  the  same  tem­
perature  of  water  as  for  other kinds  of 
poultry,  but  require  more  time  for the 
water to  penetrate  and  loosen  the  feath­
ers.  Some  parties  advise,  after scald­
ing,  to  wrap  them  in  a  blanket  for the 
purpose  of steaming,  but  they  must  not 
be  left  in  this  condition  long  enough  to 
cook  the  flesh.  Do not  undertake  to  dry- 
pick  geese  and  ducks  just  before killing 
for  the  purpose  of  saving  the  feathers, 
as  it  causes  the  skin  to  become  very 
much  inflamed  and  is  a  great  injury  to 
the sale.  Do  not  singe  the  bodies  for 
the  purpose  of  removing  any  down  or 
hair,  as  the  heat  from  the  flame  will 
give them an  oily  and  unsightly  appear­
ance.  After  they  are  picked  clean  they 
should  be  held  in  scalding  water  about 
ten  seconds,  for the  purpose  of  plump­
ing,  and  then  rinsed  off  in  cold  water. 
Fat,  heavy  stock  is  always  preferred.
Before  packing  and  shipping,  poultry 
should  be  thoroughly  dry  and  cold,  but 
not  frozen;  the  animal  beat  should  be 
entirely  out  of the body ;  pack  in  boxes 
or  barrels;  boxes  bolding 
ioo  to  200 
pounds  are  preferable,  and  pack  snug­
ly;  straighten  out  body  and  legs,  so that 
they  will  not  arrive  very  much  bent  and 
twisted  out  of  shape ;  fill  the  packages 
as  full  as  possible  to  prevent  moving 
about  while  in  transit;  barrels  answer 
better  for  chickens  and  ducks  than  for 
turkeys  and  geese;  when  convenient, 
avoid  putting  more  than  one  kind  in 
package ;  mark kind  and  weight  of  each 
description  on  the  package,  and  mark 
shipping  direction  plainly  on  cover.

Value  o f Eggs  in  Sickness.

A  volume  might  be  written  on  the 
value of  eggs  in  both  health  and  sick­
ness,  and  yet  the  subject  would  be  far 
from  exhausted.  However,  I  will  not

attempt  to  write  an  exhaustive  article, 
but  will  give  a  few  hints  which  may 
benefit  some  one.  The  value  of  egg  al­
bumen  (white  part)  in  certain  diseases 
is  well  known to physicians.  When fever 
is  present  the  value  of  eggs  as  food  and 
medicine  can  scarcely be overestimated. 
The  way  to  give  it  is  to drain  off  the 
albumen  from  an  opening  about  half  an 
inch in  diameter at  the  small  end  of the 
egg,  the  yolk 
inside  the 
shell;  add a little salt to the albumen and 
direct  the  patient  to  swallow  it.  Repeat 
every  hour  or two.  In  typhoid  fever this 
inode  of  feeding  helps  one  in  carrying 
out  the  antiseptic  plan.  Patients  may 
at  first  rebel  at  the  idea  of  eating  a  raw 
egg,  but  the  quickness  with  which  it 
goes  down  without  the  yolk  proves  it  to 
be  less  disagreeable  than  they  at  first 
thought  and  they  are  very  ready  to  take 
a  second  dose.

remaining 

For  disorders  of the  stomach,  weak­
ness  and  loss  of  appetite,  the  white  of 
an  egg  and  milk  will 
in  most  cases 
effect  a  cure.  It  will  at  least  be  of  great 
benefit.  The  way  to  prepare  it  is  very 
simple.  Beat the  white of  an  egg  to  a 
stiff  broth  and  stir  it  into  half a  pint  of 
sweet  milk,  adding  a  little  sugar  if  rel­
ished  (but  be  careful  not  to  make  it  too 
sweet),  and  lastly,  a  little  vanilla  or  any 
flavor desired.  Have  it  rather cool,  but 
not  at  freezing  point. 
It  would  be  best 
taken  milk-warm,  but  does  not  taste  so 
good. 
If  possible,  prepare  this  and  all 
other  foods  without  the  patient's  knowl­
edge.  Take  the  above  amount  every 
two  or three  hours,  or oftener.  Egg-nog 
is  fast  going  out  of  favor  among  the 
doctors  with  advanced 
ideas,  although 
it 
is  still  often  prescribed  by  those  of 
the  old  school.  Whether  it  is  ever of 
the  least  benefit  or  not,  I  am  not  pre­
pared  to  say;  however,  we  will  give  it 
the  benefit  of  a  doubt.  Eggs  and  alco­
holic  liquors  are  both  all  right  if  used 
in  their  place—that  is,  the  former  as  a 
food  and  the  latter  as  a  medicine  or  a 
stimulant—but they  never  were intended 
to  be  mixed  together.

The  church  founded  from  wrong  mo­

tives  can  never do  right  work.

Consider
Cbis

In  selecting an  administrator, 
guardian or trustee, weigh the 
permanency and responsibiiity 
of  a  corporation  against  the 
possible disabilities of an indi­
vidual.
A trust company is never  sick 
or out of town  or  many  other 
things to which  an  individual 
is subject.

Cbe Michigan 
Crust £©♦

Brand Rapids, Iflicb.

Holiday Poultry

S h ip   T o

LAMSON  &   CO.,  BOSTON

Ask the Tradesman about us.

P O U L T R Y   C R A T E S

Shippers of poultry will be Interested  In  knowing  that  we  are  putting  on  the  market 
crates  made  especially  for  poultry.  They  are  made  of seasoned elm, are strong, light 
and well ventilated.  We have had nothing but words of praise  from  those  shippers who 
have used them.  Ask us to send you booklet giving full information and prices.

w u e e x   B R O T H E R S ,

C A D I L L A C ,   N 1 C H .

BUTTER 

EGGS 

POULTRY

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  returns. 
Reliable quotations.

Buffalo  market compares  favorably with  all  others.

Commission  Merchants  in  Butter,  Eggs  and  Poultry 

Rea  &  Witzig

96  W est  Harket  Street,  BUFFALO,  N.  Y.

References:  Buffalo Commercial Bank, all Express Companies and Commercial Agencies. 

Established  1873

C H R IS T M A S

O Y S T E R S

We  are  the  largest  wholesale  dealers  in 
Western  Michigan.  Order early.

DETTENTHALER  MARKET,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Butter
I  always 
want  it.

$

E. F. Dudley

Owosso,  Mich.

fact,  the  better sorts of dried  fruits  are 
all  doing  well,  and  quotations  are  firmly 
sustained. 
J
cent?  remains  the quotation  for 
best  Western  butter,  with  a  very  good 
demand  for  goods  that  will  stand  the 
test.  Arnvals  are  a  little freer,  but  there 
IS  no  undue  accumulation  and  the situa­
tion  generally  is  in  lavor  of the  seller. 
Seconds  to  firsts,  24@29c ; 
imitation 
i8^ @ 22<G  Western  factory, 
]7@ iolA c ;  renovated,  I7@22c,  later  for 
fancy.
The  cheese  market  closes  strong  and 
decidedly  favoring  the 
Full 
cream 
is  worth  I3J£c.  Demand,  while 
not  especially  active,  is  all  that  could 
well  be  expected  at  this  season.

« moe7 ’ 

seller. 

Best  Western  eggs,  31c.  The  supply 
cl  strictly  fresh  is  limited  but  of  other 
sorts  there  is  a  lair  supply  the  range 
mark  being  from  22c  up  to  29c.

C L O V E R ,  A L S Y K E

BEANS,  PEAS,  POP  CORN.  ETC.

If any  to offer write  us.

A L F R E D   J .  BROW N  S E E D   C O ..  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M ICH .
_________ 2 4   a n d   2 6   N.  D IVISION   S T ..  2 0   AND  2 2   OTTAWA  S T .

Phil  Hilber

Jobber  of  Oleomargarine

109  Canal  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan

Special  Feature«  o f the Grocery and Prod­

Special Correspondence.

uce Trades.

New  York,  Dec.  13—The  scarcity  of 
coal 
is  coining  to  be  something  of  a 
factor  in  almost  every line. 
If  factories 
must  close  for  lack  of  fuel  and  elevators 
cease  running,  what  shall  we  do  mean­
time?  Every  day  the  pinch  is  becom­
ing  tighter and  the  worst  of  it 
is,  there 
seems  to  be  no  real  relief.  Then  the 
trouble  in  South  America  is  serving  to 
add  more  anxiety  and  helps  to  make 
money  tight,  and  all  these  little  things 
go  to  make  grocery  jobbers  somewhat 
conservative.  Besides,  it  is  stock taking 
time,and  nobody  wants  to be  loaded  up 
so  that,  upon  the  whole,  the  week  is not 
quite  so  happy  as  it  might be  in  a  busi­
ness  way.

lots.  Neither 

The  coffee  market  is  quite  steady,  but 
quietude  prevails  and  the  buying 
is 
jobbers 
mostly  in  small 
nor  roasters  seem  to  give  the  situation 
much  thought.  Rio  No.  7  continues  at 
5XC.  The  receipts  at  Santos  and  Rio 
from  July  1  to  Dec.  10  aggregate  7,572,- 
000  bags,  against 9.903,000  bags  at  the 
same  time  last  year. 
In  store  and  afloat 
there  are  2,637,741  bags,  against  2,389,- 
065  bags  at  the  same  time  a  year  ago 
thus  showing  a  good  supply.  Mild  sorts’ 
are  selling 
in  a  moderate  way  at  un­
changed  rates.  Good  Cucuta,  8@8l£c. 
East  India  sorts  are  quiet.

Sugars  are  quiet.  Buyers  are  not dis­
posed  to  load  up to any  great  extent  and 
the  general  situation shows little,  if any, 
change  from  a  week  ago.  Purchases  of 
refined  have  been  made  at  practically 
4.85,  although  this 
is  rather  below  the 
rate.  Dealers  think  that after  the  turn 
of  the  year  we  shall  have  a  firm,  well- 
sustained  market  right  along.

Teas  are  firm  and  unchanged  is  the 
general  report  as  to  prices.  Now  that 
the  duty  question  is  likely  to  be  settled 
in  a  satisfactory  manner,  dealers  are 
taking  a  fresh  grip  and  anticipate  1 
good  volume  of  trade  next  year.  Cer­
tainly  there  is  room  for  great 
improve­
ment  in  the  tea  business.

The  rice  demand,  as  might  be  ex 
pected  at  this  season  of  the  year,  is 
quiet. 
Stocks  are  not  overabundant, 
but  there  seems  to  be  enough  to  go 
around.  The  general  situation  remains 
practically  as  last  week and little change 
is  likely  to  be  made  in  the  near  future. 
Choice  to  head,  sH@6%c.
In  spices  nutmegs  are  slightly  firmer, 
but  aside  from  this  the  same  old  story 
ia  given  to  enquirers  all  through  the 
market  of  nothing  doing.  Neither  buy 
ers  nor  sellers  seem  to  take  any  interest 
in  the  situation  and  both  sides  are  ap­
parently  waiting  to  see  what  the  new 
year  will  have  in  store.

Offerings  of  molasses  of  really  desir­
able  open-kettle  goods  are  somewhat 
limited  and  the  demand  being  suffi 
ciently  brisk  to  keep  the  market  well 
cleaned  up  the  situation  generally  is 
in 
favor  of  the  buyer.  Good  to  prime cen­
trifugal,  i7@27c.  Open  kettle  from  30c 
through  every  fraction  to 40c for very de­
sirable  stock.  Syrups  are  closely  sold 
and  quotations  well  held  at  former  fig 
ures.

In  canned  goods  quietude  marks  the 
situation  and  dealers  simply  do  an 
every-day  business,  contenting  them­
selves  with  the  thought  that  they  have 
had  a  good  year  and  can  enjoy  Christ­
mas.  Until  alter  the  turn  of  the  year 
both  buyer  and  seller  are  “ lying  low”  
and  as  buyers  seem  to  be  pretty  well 
stocked  up,  the  volume  of  business  will 
Pot 
great.  The  best  that  can  be  said 
at  Pr*ces  are  very firmly maintained 
IS 
and  weakness  is  apparent  nowhere.  The 
supply  of  tomatoes  seems  to  be  ample 
and yet  by the time new goods  come next 
y®ar  almost  nine  months—there  may 
be  a  different  story  to  tell.
In  oranges  and  lemons  the  former  are 
doing  pretty  well  and  especially  wanted 
are■  the  finer  varieties  for  table  use. 
California navels, $3- S°@4. 5°.  Floridas, 
S2.25@3.50,  the 
latter  for  fancy  fruit. 
Lemons  are  steady  and  in  fair  jobbing 
demand.
.  Large  sizes  of  prunes  which have been 
in  demand  are  still  sought  for  and,  in

Failure  o f B arrett  &  Barrett.

Chicago,  Dec. 

13—On  petition 

„ 
Charles  R.  Barrett,  a  member  of  tb 
firm,  who  alleges  that  William  A.  Ba 
rett,  with  whom  he 
is  in  partnershi 
had  diverted  a 
large  amount  of  th 
money  belonging  to  the  firm  for  b__ 
own  use,  Judge  Smith  has  appointed 
the  Chicago  Title  &  Trust  Co.  as  re 
ceiver  for  the  firm  of  Barrett  &  Barrett 
the  large  Chicago  dealers  in 
cide., 
vinegar  and  other  commodities  at  262 
. ,Jzle  street.  Almost  simultaneously 
with  Judge  Smith’s  action.  Judge  Kohl 
saat,  in  the  United States District Court 
appointed  the  American  Trust  &  Sa 
ings  Bank  receivers,for  the  firm  of  Ba 
rett  &  Barrett,  bankrupts.  The  claims 
filed  in  the  bankruptcy  court  amount  ti 
$5,028, with  the  Marion  Bank of  Marion 
Ind.,  as  the  principal  creditor.  The 
question  which 
receiver  will  take 
charge  of  the  assets,  will  be  decided 
a  few  days.

Creditors  are  anxiously  enquiring  for 
William  Barrett,  who  disappeared  with 
securities  worth  about $40,000.  Friends 
and  relatives  say  he  has  not  been  seen 
at  bis  home  or office  since  Dec.  1.  At 
torney  Ewinson  reported  to  Judge  Kohl- 
saat  that  Mr.  Barrett's  home,  339  East 
Ohio  street,had been watched  for  a  week 
or  more,  and  be  bad  not  been  seen.

Later  it  was  learned  that  William 
Barrett,  senior  member  of  the  insolvent 
firm  of  Barrett  &  Barrett,is  in  St.  Paul 
Minn.,  where  he 
is  reported  ill  at  the 
residence  of  bis  sister,  Mrs.  W.  B 
Hastings,  193  Marshall  avenue. 
In  » 
dispatch  from  St.  Paul,  he  says  he  will 
return  to Chicago  just  as  soon  as  he  can 
stand  the  journey.
Hotel  ventures  at  South  Haven  were 
found  to  be  the  rock  on  which  the  busi 
ness of  the  brothers came  to  grief.  The 
American  Trust  &  Savings  Bank,  re 
ceiver  for  the  company,  has  sent  a 
squad  of  experts  to  the  Kinzie  street 
office,  but  not  much  headway  has  been 
made  in  getting  at  the  liabilities.
The  attorneys  have  recently  added 
$50,000  stocks  to  the  bankrupt  estate. 
is  the  face  value  of  stock  in  the 
This 
South  Haven  hotels, and was  turned  over 
on  a  telegraphic  order  to  Barrett’s  at­
torneys  at  St.  Paul.  Barrett  has  another 
$10,000  woith  of  stock  and  has  been  in­
formed  that 
if  this  is  not  delivered  to 
the  bankruptcy  receiver  by  a  certain 
date  he  will  be  extradited  for  examina­
tion  in  Chicago.

It  is  said  now  that  the  creditors  of the 
concern  will  probably  receive  their 
claims  in  full.

Earnestness 

is  the  thing  that  countB 

for  much  in  advertisem ent  w riting.

“ 

# 
Light  Machinery 

* 
•

of all kinds made to order quickly.  Qual-  J  
lty and workmanship guaranteed.  Prices  2  
right.  Estimates quoted free on request.  •  
Models for Patents.  Dies and  Tools  a  5 
specialty.  Expert  repair  men  In  the  2  
•
machine line.  Let us know  your  wants. 
John  Knape  Machine  Co. 
i
Grand Rapids, Mich.  9
M M M M M M M I t M  M M M l S

87 Campari St. 

I  have  State  agency  for  several  manufacturers  and  am  prepared  to 

quote factory prices.

P O T A T O E S

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

H.  ELMER  MOSELEY  &  CO.

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

Long  Distance  T ele p h o n e-C itize n .  2 4 1 7  
B e ll  Main  6 6  

3 04  A  3 0 5   Clark  Building,
Opposite  Union  Depot

S E E D S

Clover  and  Timothy—all  kinds  of  Grass  Seeds. 

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

2 6 - 2 8 - 3 0 - 3 2   OTTAW A  S T .

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.

WHEELOCK  PRODUCE  CO.

io6  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST R E E T ,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

.4 - 6   Ottawa  Street 

Grand  Rapid«.  Michigan

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  Provisions. 

C 

Remember, we need your poultry for the holidays  We have  the  trade  to
l°  j ea  '£e good  prices for you.  Ship  us all  possiDle  to  arrive  the 
20th and 22nd.  Prospects good  prices.
References:  Gansevoort Bank, R  G.  Dun & Co ,  Bradstreet’s  Mercantile  Agency  and 

upon request many shippers In your State who have shipped us  8 

y’ 

for the last  quarter  of a century. 

vv

Cold Storage and Freezing Rooms 

Established  1864

Parchment Paper

£. D. Crittenden, 0$ $. Div.  St.,  Grand Rapids 

For Roll Butter

Order now from

Wholesale Dealer in Butter, Eggs, Traits and Produce
____ 

Both Phones 1300

SH IP  YOUR

B U T T E R   A N D   E C O S

-TO-

R. HIRT, JR., DETROIT. MICH,
and  be  sure of getting  the  Highest  Market  Price.

Ship  holiday Poultry How

Also Butter, €gg$ and Ueal

Co

Coyne Brothers,

Reference:  Your Banker 

161 S. lUater Sf.t Chicago, Til.

Egg  C ases  and  Egg  Case  Fillers

Constantly on hand, a large supply of Egg Cases and  Fillers.  Sawed white- 
wood and veneer basswood cases.  Carload lots, mixed car lots or quantities to  suit 
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
houses and factory on Grand  River,  Eaton  Rapids,  Michigan.  Address

L. J.  SMITH & CO.,  Eaton  Rapids,  Mich.

Cold  Storage  Eggs

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 Bold Storage 

$  Sanitary milk £0»
Grand Rapids, Ifficbigan

CHRISTMAS  SHIPMENTS  OF

TURKEYS

CHICKENS and G E E S E

Wanted  on  Commission.  Have  a  continual  demand, 

especially  for the  Holiday Trade.

HYDE, WHEELER COMPANY,  BOSTON

41  North Market Street*

» R eference:  Any  Mercantile Agency  or  Fourth  National  Bank,  Boston.

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

2 4

Butter  and  Eggs

Observation«  by  a  Gotham  E g g   Man.
Further  investigations  as  to  the  prog 
ress  of  unloading  refrigerator  eggs  at 
this  port  bar out our  previous  estimate 
that the quantity  of stock  to  be  carrie 
over  into  next  year  is  likely  to  be  very 
much  larger than  it  was  last  year.

According  to  our  previous  estimate, 
the  total  holdings  in  New  York  and 
Jersey  City  were  placed  at 355,000  cases 
on  October  1  and  at  290,500 cases  on 
November 
indicating  a  reduction 
during  October of  64,500  cases.  Upon 
this  basis  the  October consumption  of 
eggs  at  this  point  was  calculated  at 59, 
000 cases  per week.

1, 

The  most  reliable  present  estimates 
and  reports  indicate  a  remaining  stored 
stock  on  December  1  of  225,000 cases— 
a  reduction  during  November of  65,500 
cases.  Our total  receipts  for  Novembe 
were  147,077  cases.  During  part  of  the 
month  our  arrivals  fell  to  very  small 
figures  and  a  considerable  accumulation 
of  fresh  gathered  eggs  that  were  in store 
and  on  dock  Nov.  1  was entirely  ab 
sorbed  in  addition  to  the  current  arriv 
als.  Late 
in  the  month  a  further  ac 
cumulation  occurred,  but  we  think  there 
were  at  least  5,000  cases  less eggs on the 
market  outside  of  cold  storage  on  De­
cember  1  than  on  November  1.  This 
would  make  our  November  consump­
tion,  say,  147,077 cases  of  fresh  receipts, 
5,000  cases  reduction  of stock  in  stores 
and  on  docks,  and  65,500  cases  reduc­
in  refrigerators,  a  total  of  217,577 
tion 
cases,  which  is  equal  to  something 
less 
than  51,000 cases  per week.

These  figures  indicate  a  greater  re­
duction  in the  weekly  consumption  than 
seems  probable.  There  may  have  been 
rather  more  of our  October  receipts  sent 
out  of  town  than  was the  case  in  No­
vember;  also  local  jobbers  and  retailers 
may  have  worked  down  their  working 
stocks closer  in  November owing  to  the 
generally  mild  weather  prevailing  in 
that  month.  However,  some  decrease  in 
consumption  is  to  be  expected  as  the 
natural  result of a  poorer average quality 
of  stock  in  circulation  and  a  higher  re­
tail  cost.

Our  stock  of  eggs  on  December  1, 
1901,  was  probably  not  more  than 10,000 
cases  including  the  goods  then  held 
in 
Jersey  City,  and  this  was  reduced  to 
about  30,000  cases  by  January  1  with 
current  arrivals  for  December,  1901,  of 
145,874  cases.  With  any  probable  con­
ditions  of current  receipts  and  demand 
during  this  current  month it seems prob­
able  that  we  shall  have  at  least  125,000 
to  150,000  cases  of  eggs  to  carry  into 
January.

Of  course  this  may  not  prove  unfortu­
nate;  last  year,  although  the  weather  in 
January  was  not  especially  bad,  we 
could  have  sold  many  more  refrigerator 
eggs  than  we  had  without  breaking 
prices  below  a  profitable  point.

Boston’s  stock  continues  to  reduce  at 
a slower  rate  than  last  year.  On  Decem­
ber  1  the  stock  there  was  114,015  cases, 
an  excess  of  41,000 cases  over  last  year, 
same  date.  At  the  same  rate  of  de­
crease  that  occurred  during  November, 
Boston  will  have  about  75,000  cases  left 
Jan.  1.

Our latest  information  from  Chicago 
indicates a stock of 250,000 cases remain­
ing  there  December  1,  aside  from  the 
goods  held  by  the  packing  houses.—N.
Y.  Produce  Review.

Decrease  in  the  Use  o f  B atter  Color.
The  butter  color  business,  as  a  busi­
the  manufacturers'  stand

from 

ness, 

first-rate  color. 

point,  has  gone  a-glimmering.  When 
dairying  was  in  its  infancy  and  butter 
color was first used it was put  up  in  small 
bottles  and  sold  at  retail  by  drug  stores 
and  general  stores  throughout  the  West. 
Later, when  creameries were established, 
the  color  was  sold  in  larger  quantities. 
A  number  of  pioneer creamery  su pply 
houses  made  a  good  deal  of money mak­
ing  and  selling  color  in  the  early  days. 
For the  most  part  it  was poor stuff  made 
of  cheap  materials  and  not  properly 
compounded. 
It  did  not  run  uniform 
n  shade,  and  did  not  always  have 
sufficient  strength  to  use  successfully  in 
butter  to  be  put  in  cold  storage.  About 
ten  years  ago  a  prominent  firm  in  New 
England,  manufacturing  a  well-known 
'ine  of  patent  medicines,  who  had  for 
some  years  enjoyed  a 
large  trade  in 
shelf  and  bottle  butter  color,  branched 
out  and  began  making  it  for  the  cream­
ery  trade,  putting  it  up  in  gallon  cans. 
This  firm  made 
It 
had  strength  and  would  hold  up  a  uni­
form  shade  for  an  indefinite  length  of 
time. 
It  was  carefully  made  in  a  well 
managed  and  well  equipped  laboratory 
This  firm  advertised  extensively  in  the 
dairy  papers.  They  spent  thousands  o_ 
dollars  advertising  the  familiar  catch 
ine,  “ The  last  drop  in  the  can 
is  as 
clear as  the  first."   They  engaged  the 
services  of  an  exceptionally  bright  and 
energetic  salesman  who  introduced  the 
goods  in  Iowa  and  Minnesota  and 
later 
managed  a  force  of  traveling  salesmen, 
who  turned  their  orders  in  to 
local 
creamery  supply  houses.  This  ma 
worked  night  and  day,  and  built  up  _ 
very large  trade.  In  this  he  was  assisted 
by  the  firm,  who  were  generous  adver­
tisers,  having 
learned  the  value  of 
printers'  ink  as  manufacturers  of  patent 
medicines.  Finally  the  business reached 
the  limit  of  its  sale.  Not one  ounce  or 
one  drop  more  of  butter color  can  be 
sold  than  can  be  used,  and  you  can  not 
ncrease  the  use  of  it  beyond  what  is re 
uired.  The  apparent  success  of  thi 
house  attracted  the  attention  of  riva 
concerns,  and 
it  was  not  long  until 
there  were  a  half  dozen  butter  color 
houses in  the  field.  Some  of them doubt 
less  thought  that every  man  in  Iowa and 
Minnesota  carried  a  vial  of  butter  color 
n  his  pocket  to  color his  butter  during 
the  day.  At 
least  they  must  have  la­
bored  under  some  misapprehension,  for 
one  firm 
in  particular  has spent  a  for 
tune  trying  to  introduce  their  goods and 
rive  the  old  established  firm  out  of  the 
field. 
is  understood  that  their  color 
is  fairly  good,  although  we  have  heard 
it  said  that  it  does  not  always  run  uni 
form,  as  is  the  case  with  nearly  every 
concern  manufacturing  these  goods,  but 
prices  have  been  cut  to  a  ruinous  point 
on  both  sides,  the  little  fellows 
jump­
ing 
in  between  and  cutting  it  again, 
until  there 
is  not  a  dollar  in  the  busi­
ness  for  anyone,  and  now  the  two  lead­
ing  firms  in  this  field  have  withdrawn 
most  of  their  advertising,  taken  their 
salesmen  off the  road  and  have  declared 
there  is  nothing  in  the  business.  Sales 
have  been  particularly  light  this  year. 
The  oleo  people  have  had  to quit  the 
use  of  color,  and  that  cut  off  a  large 
output.  Then,  we  have  had  an  un­
precedented  season.  We  have  had  grass 
butter  from  April  until  now,  December 
17,  and  the  decrease  in  the  use  of  color 
has  been  tremendous.  Business  men 
will  deplore  the  butter color  situation, 
although  they  have  no  interest  in  it 
more  than  one  business  firm  has  in  the 
welfare  of another.  For our  part,  we  do 
not 
like  to  see  a  business  built  upon 
merit,  advertising  and  honorable  busi­
ness  methods  so  wantonly  pulled  down 
by  fierce  and  vicious  competition.  No 
one 
It  is  the  “ con­
dition"  that  confronts  the  butter  color 
man  *' and  not  a  theory.' ’

is  to  be  censured. 

It 

liehina Knirhti «f the 8rip 
Presldent 
JoHN  A.  W est o n ,  ¿ansing;  8ec- 
retary.M   s.  Bkown,  Safllnaw;  Treasurer, 
J ohn W. Sc h ram , Detroit.

DiiM Csutnisl Travelers tf Iiekiru 

Grand  (Counselor,  H.  K.  Ba b t l e t t,  Flint- 
Grand  Secretary,  A.  K en d a ll,  Hillsdale! 
Grand Treasurer, C. M.  E d k lm a n , Saginaw.

flrud Bafids  Cmcil Is. 131,  D.  C.  T.

Senior  Counselor,  W.  S.  B u r n s :  Secretary 

Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

G ripsack  Brigade.

The 

late  A.  D.  Baker carried  {3,000 
life 
insurance,  which  is  payable  to  his 
widow,  and  {1,00c  stock  in  the  Holland 
Sugar  Co.,  which  will  be  equally  di­
vided  between  bis  widow  and  son.

Lansing  Republican :  Post  A,  M ich­
igan  Knights  of  the  Grip,  will  have  a 
special  train  to  bear  them  to  Battle 
Creek  on  Monday,  Dec.  29,  when  the 
State  Association  of  travelers  begins  its 
annual  meeting,  which  was  held 
last 
year  in  this  city.  One  of  the  local 
bands  will  be taken.

James  E.  Day  has  been  placed  in 
charge  of  the  branch  house  opened  at 
Pittsburg  by  Clark,  Coggin  &  Johnson, 
of  Boston,  and  anticipates  much  pleas­
ure  from  being  able  to  be  at  home  with 
his  family  after  twenty  years  of  road 
work.  He  will  call  on  a  portion  of  the 
city  trade,so as  not  to  “ lose  the  knack" 
of  selling  goods.

All  members  of  the  Michigan Knights 
of  the  Grip 
in  Grand  Rapids  are  re­
quested  to  meet at  Ihe  Morton  House  at 
8  o’clock  Saturday  evening  to  make  a 
rangements 
for  attending  the  annual 
convention  in  Battle  Creek  on  Dec.  29 
and  30. 
It  is  hoped  that  the  attendance 
will  be  large  and  fully  representative  of 
the  local  membership  of  the  organiza 
tion.

Hull  Freeman,  who  covered  Western 
and  Northern  Michigan  seven  years  for 
the  National  Tablet  and  Supply  Co.,  of 
Elkhart,  has  engaged  to cover the  same 
territory  for  the  Osborn  Paper  Co.,  of 
Marion,  Ind.,  which  recently  purchased 
the  stock  of  the  Elkhart  house.  Mr 
Freeman 
is  pleased  with  the change 
because  his  line  is  larger  and  strongei 
than  before.

Lansing  Republican:  Charles  H, 
Bail,  a  traveling  man 
living  at  201 
Cedar  street,  fell  and  broke  his  arm 
while  crossing  the  capitol  yard  Tuesday 
afternoon.  The 
icy  condition  of  the 
walk  was  responsible  for the  accident. 
The  fracture  was  above  the  elbow  and 
the 
injured  member  was  stretched  out 
on  the  walk.  The  pain  was  such  that 
Mr.  Ball  was  unable  to  move  his  body. 
After  waiting  several  minutes  in  vain 
for  assistance,  Mr.  Ball  used  his  um­
brella  handle  to  pull  the  injured  arm 
within  reach  of  the  uninjured  one.  He 
then  succeeded 
in  picking  himself  up 
and  going  unaided  to  the office  of  Dr. 
Hagadorn,  who  reduced  the  fracture.

Charlotte  Republican:  John  L.  Reid, 
a  traveling  salesman  who  bad  repre­
sented  the  firm  of  Lee,  Tweedy  &  Co., 
New  York  dry  goods  importers  and  job­
bers,  in  Michigan  during the past thirty- 
eight  years,  was  at  the  Phoenix  Hotel 
about  ten  days  ago,  when  he  announced 
that  that  would  be  bis  last  trip,  as  the 
house  had  called  him  to  the  home  store 
for service  during  the  remainder of  his 
life.  Tuesday  morning  the  dispatches 
announced  bis sudden  death  at  bis usual 
hotel  in  Sturgis.  He  was quite  a  favor­
ite  among  the  merchants  here,  with 
whom  he  had  done  business many years, 
and  talked  freely  of  the  prospective  en­
joyment of living  at home  with  his fam­

ily  when  he  completed  the  present  trip 
and  assumed  his  new  duties.

A  Calumet  correspondent  writes:  Cal­
umet  friends  of  Henry  Wendels  and 
Tony  Boex,  both  well-known  commer­
cial  travelers  who  have  been  making 
this  section  for  a  great  many  years,  will 
be  more  than  pleased  to  know  that  they 
have  formed  a  company  of  their own  in 
the  wholesale  confectionery  business. 
John  H.  Holman,  of  Calumet,  is also  a 
partner  in  the  company,  each  of  the 
gentlemen  holding  a  third  interest.  The 
new  firm  name  is  the  Boex-Wendels 
Company  and  the  headquarters  are  at 
Green  Bay.  Anton  Boex  has  been  a  res­
ident  of  Green  Bay  and  De  Pere  for 
years.  He  is  at  present  traveling  for 
Reid,  Murdock  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  with 
whom  he has  been  for the  past three  and 
a  half  years,  and  was  for five  years  pre­
vious  to  that  time  employed  by  the 
Robert  A.  Johnson  Company.  Mr.  Wen- 
dels  is  at  present  with  Bunte  Bros.  & 
Spoehr,  one  of the  largest  confectionery 
houses  in  Chicago.

Mr.  Palm er  Nominated  B y   Owo«so  and 

Saginaw.

Fred  G.  Hooper.

Therefore,  I  take  pleasure 

Owo8so,  Dec.  13—Kindly  allow  me  a 
ittle  space  in  your  valuable  paper.  As 
the  annual  convention  will  be  held  the 
29th  and  30th  of  this  month  for  the 
transaction  of  business  and  election  of 
officers,  1  would  like  to  name  for  Pres 
dent  our  esteemed  brother,  B.  D 
Palmer,  of  St.  Johns.  Comment  in  re­
gard  to  his  integrity  and  qualifications 
is  unnecessary. 
I  notice  that  Geo.  H. 
Randall,  of  Bay  City,  has been endorsed 
by  the  Bay  City  Post  for  the  office  of 
President.  Mr.  Randall  is  a  gentleman 
of  sterling  worth  and  I  am  proud  to  call 
him  a  brother  Knight  of  the  Grip  and 
hope  some  day  to  see  him  President  of 
our  order,  but  it  does  not  seem  to  me 
and  several  others,  that  Bay  City  is  en­
titled  to  the  office  this  year.  Three 
years  ago Bay City and the Saginaw Val­
ley  were  honored  with  the  office,  and  to 
some  of  us  it  seems  rather sudden  to  be 
asking  for  the  honors  again.  Then,  too, 
the  Saginaw  Valley  will be honored with 
the  office  of  Secretary  for  the  ensuing 
year  and,  in  the  interest  of  harmony 
and  fairness,  we 
in  the  central  part  of 
the  State  are  entitled  to  consideration
in  nomi­
nating  Brother  Palmer  for  President  of 
the  Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip  for 
the  ensuing  year. 
Saginaw,  Dec.  15—In  behalf  of  the 
Saginaw  members  of 
the  Michigan 
Knights  of the  Grip,  I  am  requested  to 
state  that  thev  propose  to  support  the 
candidacy  of  B.  D.  Palmer,  of  St 
Johns,  for  the  presidency.  Of  course, 
Mark  Brown  will  be  re-elected  Secre­
tary;  and  one  office  we  believe  is  all 
the  Saginaw  Valley  is  entitled  to  have 
at  one  time.  Such  being  the  case,  we 
naturally  conclude  that  the  Central  por­
tion  of the  State  is  entitled  to  name  the 
presiding  officer this  time.  As Lansing 
now  holds  the  office,  and  Grand  Rapids 
held 
it  the  year  before,  we  believe  in 
bestowing  the  honor  on  a  town  which 
has  received  altogether  too  little  recog­
nition  at  the  bands  of the organization— 
St.  Johns.  Mr.  Palmer  served  the  boys 
faithfully  for  four  years  in  the  capacity 
of director  and  will  bring  to  the  office of 
President  a  thorough  acquaintance  with 
the  duties  and  responsibilities  of  the 
position.
Under other circumstances,  the  Sagi­
naw  boys  would  delight  to  honor  Geo. 
H.  Randall,  of  West  Bay  City,  with 
their  votes,  but  it  would  seem to be  ask­
ing  too  much  to  have  the  President  and 
Secretary  both  hail  from  the  Saginaw 
Valley. 
Grand  Rapids,  Dec.  14—As  the  time 
of  our  annual  convention  approaches, 
every  member  should  consider  well, 
Whom  sbali  we  select  for the  important 
office of  President  to guide  the destinies 
of our  prosperous  organization  through 
another  year?  After  conferring  with 
many  of our  members,  I  find  the  name 
favorably  men­
most  frequently  and 
tioned 
is  that  of

in  this  connection 

Saginaw.

Snake  Venom  Sold  at  $ 2 ,4 0 0   a  Pound.
Here  is  a  new  thing  in  the  drug  trado 
that  brings  {2,400 a  pound  and  ought  te 
be  profitable  at  that  price;  but the  sup­
ply  is rather  limited  and  the  securing  of 
the  drug  itself  an  extra  hazardous  occu­
pation. ^  It  is  rattlesnake  venom.
Cyanide  of  mercury,  prussic  acid, 
strychnine  and  arsenic  are  strong  poi­
sons,  yet  up  in  Rochester  a  poison  that 
is  far  more  powerful 
is  being  manu­
factured. 
This  is  the  powder  made 
from  the  venom  of  rattlesnakes  by  Rat­
tlesnake  Pete  at  his  Mill street museum. 
So  wonderful 
is  this 
deadly  powder that scientists  in all  parts 
of  the  civilized  world  are  engaged  in 
studying  its  properties.
Some  weeks  ago Pete  received  a  com­
munication  from  Germany  directed  to 
“ Rattlesnake  Pete,  Rochester,  Amer­
ica,’ ’  asking 
in  what  quantities  the 
venom  from  rattlesnakes  could  be  fur­
nished  by  the  Rochester snake  man  and 
what  he  charged  for  it.

in  its  workings 

in 

When  interviewed  about  it  Pete  said: 
just  received  another  letter 
“ I  have 
It  is  from  Dr.  Edwin 
from  Germany. 
L.  Faust,  Pharmacological  Laboratory, 
University  of  Strasburg,  and  be  wants 
{500  worth  of  rattlesnake  venom 
its 
powdered 
form  to  experiment  with. 
He  thinks  my  price  of {25  per  drachm 
is  too  high,  but  when  it  comes  to  pro­
curing  the  stuff  in  the  manner  it  has  to 
be  taken  from  the  snake,  with  a  slip 
meaning  a  bite  that  would  result  in 
either  death  or  weeks  in  the  hospital,  I 
can  tell  you  I  will  not  furnish  a  drachm 
for  one  cent  less. 
1  have  to  pick  each 
snake  up  with  my  hand  and  force  a 
spoon 
in  order to  pro­
cure  the  venom,  and  although  I  have 
handled  rattlers  all  my  life I  never court 
trouble  unless  there  is  a  financial  con­
sideration  worth  taking  the  risks  for.”
The  rattlesnake  venom  is  used  by  the 
medical  world  in  cases  of  leprosy,  diph­
lockjaw  and  other  diseases 
theria, 
where  desperate  chances  are  taken  for 
the  patient's  recovery.

into  its  mouth 

A  Missouri  editor  who  is  about to pull 
up  and  leave  for lack  of  support  sarcas­
tically  remarks  in  parting  that editors 
do  notneed  money.  “ Don’t worry about 
the  editor,”   he  says.  “ He  has  a charter 
from  the  State  to  act  as  doormat  for  the 
community.  He’ ll  get  the  paper  out 
somehow,  and  stand  up  for  you  when 
you  run  for  office,  and  lie  about  your 
pigeon-toed  daughter's  tackey  wedding, 
and  blow  about  your  big-footed  sons 
when  they  get  a  $4  a  week  job,  and 
weep  over  your  shriveled  soul  when  it is 
released  from  your  grasping  body,  and 
smile  at  your giddy  wife’s  second  mar­
riage.  He’ll  get  along.  The  Lord  only 
knows  how—but  the  editor  will  get 
there  somehow."

The  Warwick

Strictly first class.

Rates {2 per day.  Central location. 

Trade  of  visiting  merchants  and  travel­

ing men solicited.

A.  B.  GARDNER,  Manager.

Brother  B.  D.  Palmer,  of  St.  Johns, 
who  is  one  of  our oldest  members,  both 
in  service  on  the  road  and  as a member, 
having  done  loyal  service  in  the  ranks, 
on  committees  and  as  a  director.  Re­
spected  at  home  and  abroad,  he  is  a 
man  of  ripe 
judgment,  dignified  and 
whose  counsels  and  admonitions  are  the 
fruits  of  experience.  He  is  an  active, 
successful  commercial  salesman  and  a 
man  in  whose  hands  the  interests  of the 
Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip  will  be 
safe.  His  territory  extending  over  the 
central  part  of  our State,  would  bring 
him  in  touch  with  the greater  part of our 
membership,  which  is  a  very  important 
feature.  The  Saginaw  and  Grand  Rap­
ids  members  especially  should  not  for­
get  that  Brother  Palmer  magnanimously 
withdrew  bis  candidacy  as  Secretary  at 
the  Grand  Rapids  convention,  thereby 
enabling  our  candidate  to  be  elected  for 
President.
to  dictate,  or 
prejudice  toward  any  other  candidates,
I  earnestly  ask  my  brother  Knights  of 
the  Grip  to  consider  well,  and  I  trust, 
favorably,  the  name  I  most  heartily, 
and  without  the  knowledge  of  Brother 
Palmer,  do  hereby  respectfully  present.

VVithout  any  wish 

L.  M.  Mills.

to  miss 

Entertainment«  Coming  Thick  and  Fast.
Grand  Rapids,  Dec.  15—The  second 
last 
dancing  party  of  the  series,  given 
Saturday  evening  by  Grand  Rapids 
Council,  No.  131,  U.  C.  T.,  at  St.  Ce­
cilia  hall,  was  largely  attended,  about 
seventy-five  couples  being  present.  The 
floor  was  in  excellent  condition  and  the 
music  was  fine,  and  all  who  attended 
had  such  a  good  time  that  they  are  sure 
not 
the  dances  to  follow 
throughout the  season.
Saturday  evening,  Dec.  20,  at  the 
council  rooms,  66  Pearl  street,  will  be 
given  the  second  card  party. 
The 
parties  in  the  council  rooms  are all com­
plimentary  to  the  members  and  their 
friends.  Card  playing  will  begin  at  8 
o'clock  and  continue  until  10  and  then 
dancing  until  12.  Come  one,  come  all, 
both  great  and  small.
Bring  your  wife  and  your  wife's  bus- 
band  and  your  sister and  her  husband, 
and  your  mother-in-law—if  you  are  on 
speaking  terms  with  her—and  jolly  up 
together  and  all  have  a  good  time.  Let 
us  live  while  we  live  for  when  we  are 
dead,  we  are  dead  a  long  time.

Ja  Dee.

One  W oman’s  Method  F o r  Getting  B ot­

tom  Prices.

“ She’s  a  genius,  that  woman,”   one 
of  them  said  as  they  left  the  millinery 
department  and  jostled two other  women 
aside 
in  order  to  get  down  to  the  con­
cert  room  before  the  others  secured  all 
the  seats.  “ She  can  get any  hat for  two- 
thirds  the  price  that  is  asked  for  it  and 
she  does  not  have  to  haggle  or  bargain 
to  do  it.-
“ You  can  nearly  always  get  from  $10 
to $5  off any  bat  in  an  ordinary  millin­
ery  shop  and  that takes  no talent;  that’s 
expected,  and  the  woman's  a  very  easy 
mark  who  pays  the  price  first  asked.

“ She’d  get  the  hat  down  to  the  rock 
bottom  price. 
If  the  clerk  wanted,  say 
$23,  she’d  get 
it  down  to {18.  Then 
sh'd  try  it  on,  look  fairly  well  satisfied 
and  seem  about to  buy  it.
“ Then  sh'd  suddenly  balk  and  say 
18  was an  awful  price  to  pay  for a  hat 
ike  that.
I ’ll tell  you  what  I ’ll  do,'  she’d  say 
then,  ‘ Make  me  one  like  that,  but  in 
cheaper  material  or  leave  off  something 
so  it  will  cost  only  about {15. ’
“ The  clerk  would  always  rebel  or 
grumble,  but  in  the  end  she’d  accept 
the  proposal.  And  in  nine  cases  out  of 
ten  she  would  get  the  identical  hat  for 
that  price. 
It  was  cheaper to  do  that 
than  go  to  the  trouble  of  making  up  a 
new  one. ”
“ She  was  certainly  a  genius  at  buy­
ing  bats  cheap. ”

Character 

Habits  originate 
registered  on  the  body.

is  a  bundle  of  habits. 
in  the  mind  and  are 

“ Everthing  comes  to  the  man  who 
waits,”   exceptJhat  for  which  he  waits.

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

authority  in  its  standards  except  as  ap­
plied  to  articles  made  or  dispensed  for 
medicinal  use.

or 

I  do  not  see  how  any  existing  food 
law  can  touch  me 
if  I  offer for sale  ■ 
flavoring  extract  of  lemon  of  the  or­
dinary  strength  of such  extracts,  as  may 
be  shown  by  standard  formularies  and 
actually  made  from  lemon  and  nothing 
else. 
6
If  a  higher court  should  confirm  the 
obviously  unjust  ruling  of  the  lowe 
court  in  the  case  of  the  People  vs.  Jen­
nings—which  does  not  seem  possible  in 
view  of  the  testimony  presented—it  will 
be  necessary,  under  protest,  to  label 
the  product,  “ Flavoring  Extract Lemon 
Soluble,”  
“ Flavoring 
Extract 
Lemon,  Terpene  Free. ”   and 
it  should 
clinch  the  matter  to  add  a  note  stating 
that  “ This  is  not  the  medicinal  Spiri 
of  Lemon  of the  United  States  Pharma­
copoeia,  but  an 
improved  preparation 
in  which  the  flavoring  principle  of  the 
oil.  citral,  is  retained,  while  the  turpen­
tine-like  terpenes  are  rejected.”   Or 
something  like  this,  “ Go  to  a drug store 
if  you  want  the  medicinal  Spirit  of 
Lemon.  This preparation  is  for  the  fla­
voring  of  articles  of  food  and  drink  and 
contains  only  the  constituents of  lemon 
on  which 
its  agreeable  delicate  aroma 
depends.  The  medicinal  teipenes.have 
been  excluded  in  its  preparation.”
It  seems  to  me—without consulting  a 
lawyer 
that  the  Pure  Food  Commis- 
sioner  lays  himself  open  to  a  suit  for 
damages 
if  he  goes  beyond  the  statute 
in  his  zeal  for  prosecutions.

A.  B.  Lyons.

Price  Agreem ent  F alls  In  Louisville.
Another  attempt  of  the  Louisville 
Retail  Druggists’  Association  to  put 
through  a  price  agreement  has  failed, 
because  three  of  the  one  hundred  and 
thirty-five  druggists  of  the  city  refused 
to sign.  The  agreement  formulated  by 
the  druggists  contemplated  what  was 
practically  a 
10  per  cent,  advance  01^ 
the  present  prices  of  patents  which,  in 
some  cases  are  below  the  cost  price  of 
the  goods.  Some  of the 
leading  drug­
gists  declare  that  but  two of  the  stores 
in  the  city  are  making  money,  and  in 
both  cases,  it  is  asserted,  the  druggists 
do  a  thriving  business  in  substitutes.

One  of  the  remarkable  features  of  the 
last  failure  of  the  agreement  is  that  the 
two  leading  cut-rate  druggists  in  the 
city  signed.  Those  who  did  not  are  not 
known  as  aggressive  cutters.  Although 
97  per  cent,  of  the  druggists  agreed  to j 
put  up  the  prices,  they  were  afraid  to 
take  advantage  of  the  offer of the  manu­
facturers  and  put  those  who  did  not 
sign  the  agreement  on  the  black  list. 
When  a  similar  effort  was  made  some 
time  ago,  one  of  the cutters  who  refused 
to  sign  the  agreement  sued  the  Associa­
tion,  charging  it  with  conspiracy.  After 
devious  course  through  the  courts,  the 
suit  was  withdrawn,  and  indiscriminate 
cutting  was  again  begun.  Those  in  the 
Association  are  afraid  to  try  the  experi­
ment  again,  unless  all  sign.

and  will  not  be  affected  by strong acids : 
Mix  together  2  parts  of  powdered  as­
bestos,  1  part  of  barium  sulphate  and  2 
parts  of  sodium  silicate  of  50  deg. 
Baume  strength.  A  still 
firmer  glue 
can  be  made  which  is  particularly  val­
uable,  since  it 
is  not  attacked  by  hot 
acids,  by  mixing  together  2  parts  of  so­
dium  silicate,  1  part  of  the  finest  sand 
and  1  part  of  finely  pulverized  asbestos. 
If  potassium  silicate  is  used  instead  of 
the  sodium  salt,  the  glue  will  harden 
immediately,  but  otherwise 
it  will  re­
quire  about  an  hour  to  set.

“ An 

inventor  is  a  man  who  takes 

hints.”   Be  a  hint  taker.

!  Send Us Your Orders  5  

for Special Sized 
Window Shades. 

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quality  of  goods.  Making  window 
shades is  a  leading  specialty  with  ns. 
Orders filled within  24  hours  after  re­
ceipt.  No  delay.  Send  for  samples 
and price  list.

HeysCek & Canfield Co.,

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

Jobbers wall  paper and window shades.

Sold  Bogus  B eef Extract.

A  half  dozen  indignant  witnesses  ap­
peared  against  James  Carter,  of  New 
” ork  City,  at  the  Central  Station,  Phil- 
delpbia,  recently,  charging  him  with 
selling  small 
jars  which  purported  to 
contain  extract  of  beef,  hut  which  in 
reality  had  in  them  a  very inferior qual­
ity  of  New  Orleans  molasses  Druggist 
B.  G.  Shannon  testified  that  be  bought 
three  dozen  of the  bogus  jars  from  Car­
ter,  for  which  he  gave  bis  check  for 
$6.30.  When  he  found  that  he  had  mo­
lasses  instead  of  beef  extract  he  had 
payment  on  the  check  stopped.  Max 
Wittenberg  and  several  others  had  sim­
ilar  experiences  when  they  dealt  with 
Carter,  and  Magistrate  Kochersperger 
held  him  in $1,500 bail for court,  despite 
his  plea  that  he  was  an 
“ innocent 
stranger  from  New  York,  who  was  vic­
timized  by  a  man  be  met  at  Ninth  and 
Race  streets. ”

An  Acid  Proof Glue.

Tbe  following  has  been  recommended 
as  producing  a  cement  which  will fasten 
glass  or  porcelain,  etc.,  together  firmly,

Valentines

Write for catalogue and  discount 
before placing  your  order.

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29 No. Ionia  St.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

FR.E.D  B R U N D A G E

wholesale

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2 6

Drugs—Chemicals

Michigan  State  Board  o f Pharm acy

He n r y  Hu m , Saginaw 
  Deo. si, tm  
Wib t   p.  D orr, Detroit.
Clarence B. Stoddard, Monroe  Dec. 31. isoi 
J ohn D. Mu ir, Grand ttapldi 
Deo. si, ims 
Deo. SI, 1906 
Ar th u r H. We b b e r , Cadillac 

-  ^Dm .
.

.

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

Exam ination  Sessions.

Detroit, Jan. e and 7.
Grand Rapids, March 3 and 4.
Star Island, June 16 and 17.
Houghton. Aug. 25 and 26.
Lansing, Nov. 3 and 4.

Mich.  State  Pharm aceutical  Association

President—Lou G. Moore, Saginaw. 
Secretary-W. H. Burke.  Detroit. 
Treasurer-C. F. Huber. Port Huron.

Method  For  Etching  Bottles.

It 

There  are  two  ways  of  marking  piai 
bottles:  one  by  etching  with  an  aci_ 
preparation  by  hand,  and  the  other  by 
the  sand-blast  machine. 
If  you  have 
many  of  them  and  want  to  mark  them 
clearly,  probably 
it  would  be  best  to 
buy  the  machine.  You  can  do  it  by 
band  with  a  coarse  pen,  or some  blunt 
pen  like 
instrument,  by  using  the  acid 
preparation. 
is  made  as  follows 
Equal  parts of  hydrofluoric  acid,  fluor 
ide  of ammonium  and  dry  precipitated 
barium  sulphate  are  rubbed  together 
a  porcelain  mortar.  When 
intimately 
mixed,  the  mass  is  transferred  to  a  dish 
made  of  platinum,  lead  or  gutta-percha, 
and  fuming  hydrofluoric  acid  poured 
over  it  successively  and  rapidly  stirred 
with  a  gutta-percha  rod,  shaped  like 
impression  left  by  the 
pestle,  until  the 
Juniors  and  oth 
rod  quickly  vanishes. 
ers  without  experience  must  be  very 
careful  in  using  any foim of hydrofluoric 
acid.

The  resulting  fluid  can  be  applied 
with  an  ordinary  steel  pen,  and  the 
glass  written  on  is  etched  immediately, 
the  etched  portions  being  so  beautifully 
roughened  that  they  are  visible  at a long 
distance.  The  ink  only  needs  to  act for 
fifteen  seconds  on  the  glass,  and  a  long­
er action  may  cause  their edges  to  lose 
their  sharpness.  The 
ink  can  not,  of 
course,  be  kept 
in  glass  bottles,  but 
only  in  gutta-percba  vessels,  closed with 
corks  protected  with  wax  or  paraffine. 
The  etchings  made  with  this  ink  are  so 
much  rougher  that 
if  a  strip  of  metal 
is rubbed over the  line  some will adhere, 
and  they  acquire  the  color  and  lustre  of 
the  metal.  If  a  name  is  written  on  glass 
with  this  ink  and  the  spot  rubbed  with 
a  thick  brass  wire,the  name  will  appear 
in  golden  letters,  and  may  be  protected 
by  a  thin  coat  of colorless  varnish.

P.  W.  Lendower.

The  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  Not  a  Commer­

cial Standard.

The  following  letter  from  Prof.  A.  B. 
Lyons,the  distinguished  pharmaceutical 
chemist,  read  at  the  conference  of  ex­
tract  manufacturers  and  wholesale  gro­
cers  held  at  Jackson  last  week,  serves  to 
place  the  State  Food  Commissioner 
and  his  amateur chemist  and  erratic  in­
spector  in  a  peculiar  position,inasmuch 
as  it  distinctly  stales  that  the  Pharma­
copoeia  is  not  to  be  regarded  as  a  com­
mercial  standard :
s iw ffn i1’  neC\ I0--It 
impos-
sible  for me  to  be  with  you  in  person  at
the  meeting  to-morrow,  but  theP  subject 
you  are  to  consider  vitally  interests  me 
as  a  good  citizen  and  as  one 
interested 
in  manufacturing  pharmacy

be 

*ce  SCOpe  of  the  authority 
of  the  Limed  States  Pharmacopoeia,  I 
am  m  position  to say  that  the  revised 
edition,  shortly  to  appear,  will  contain 
an  unequivocal  disclaimer  of  anj

The  D ru f  Market.

Opium—Is  steady.
Morphine—Is  unchanged.
Quinine—The  bark  sales  at  Amster­
dam 
last  week  were  at  higher  prices 
than  the  previous  sale,  but quinine  is 
unchanged.

Cocaine—Is  very  firm  at  the  last  ad 
ance.
Cod  Liver  Oil—Is  not  quite  so  firm 

but  the  price  is  unchanged.

Sassairas  Bark—Is  scarce  and  firm  at 

the  advanced  price.

Elm  Bark  Slab—Is  about  out  of  the 

market.  Prices  rule  very  high.

Oil  Cloves—Has  advanced,  on  ac 

count of  higher  prices  for  spice.

American  Saffron—Has  advanced  and 
s  tending  higher.
Senega  Root—Is  in  small  supply  and 

steadily  advancing.

Anise  Seed—Has  advanced  and 

very  firm.

is 

Canary  Seed—Is  still  advancing,  both 
n  the  primary  and  local  markets.
Linseed  Oil—Is  firm  at  unchanged 

price.

Form ulas  For  Alm ond  Cream.

 

 

 
 

Spermaceti......................................... ,   n„
Wbite  wax................  
\   ° Z_S
Castor o il.. 
ozs.
Cottonseed  oil...................................io ozs
Borax  powder.................................. 
,  ,jr
Bitter almond  water................... 
y  ozs
edns
Essential  oil  almond. 
Bergamot oil.......................... 
2o dps
Rose  geranium  oil................. 
iodps'

. 

Cold  cream,  U.  S.  P.....................   2 ozs
i  02  *
Sweet  almond  oil__  
g ly f erin. - ................................................ 1  oz.’
Boric  acid  .............  
r  oz
Solution soda............... 
\\W .2ji  ozs.
Mucilage  quince  seed...................   c ozs
W^tMr u-nough, to  m ake....................... 40 ozs.’
Uil  bitter  almond  and  oil  rose  each 
q.  s.  perfume.

Heat  the  cold  cream,  oil  and  solution 
of soda  together,stirring  constantly until 
an  emulsion 
is  formed;  then  warm  to­
gether the  glycerin,  acid  and  mucilage, 
and  about  30  ounces  of  water,  mix  with 
the  emulsion,  stir  until  cold  and  make 
to  40  ounces  with  water.  Lastly,  add 
the  volatile  oils. 

Joseph  Lingley.

True  love  never  grows  old:”   it  is 
usually  killed  by  its  mother  in  infancy.

Advanced—Senega Root, Saffron. 
Declined—

75
17
27

Acid nm
A. cell cum .................$
Benzolcum, German.  70® 
Boraelc..................... 
®  
Carbollcum.............. 
22® 
Cltrlcum...................
Hydrochlor..............
Nltrocum.................
12 ®   u
Oxalicum.................. 
15
Phosphorlum,  dll... 
Sallcyllcum.............  
so®  S3
Sulphurlcum...........
Tannlcum.................  l  10 ®  1  20
Tartarteum  .............  
40
Am m onia
▲ qua, 16 deg............. 
▲ qua, 20 deg............. 
Carbonag.................. 
Chlorldum................  
A niline

4 ®
6®
13®  
12 ®  

38®  

15
14

®  

Black...........................2 00® 2  25
Brown....................... 
80®   1  00
Red........................... 
45®  
50
Yellow.......................  2  50®   s 00
Baccae

Cubeb»........... po,2B  22® 
24
7
Junlperui.................  
6®  
Xanthoxylum..........  1  50®   1  60
Balaam  nm
Copaiba.................... 
P e ru ........................  
Terabln,  Canada__  
Tolutan..................... 

55
0   1  70
66

so® 
60®  
45©

Cortex
Able*, Canadian......
Cassia*.......................
Cinchona  Flava.......
Euonymus atropurp.
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po.
Prunua  Virgin!........
Quillala, gr’d ...........
Sassafras........po. 15
Ulmus.. .po.  20, gr’d
Kxtractnm
Glyoyrrhlza  Glabra. 
Glycyrrhlza,  po......  
Haematox, 15 lb. box 
Haematox,  is ...........  
Haematox,  Vis.......... 
Haematox,  >¿1.......... 

Ferrn

Carbonate  Predp... 
Citrate and  Qulma.. 
Citrate  Soluble........ 
Ferrocyanldum Sol.. 
8olut. Chloride........  
Sulphate,  oom'l....... 
Sulphate,  com’l,  by
bDl, per  cwt.......... 
Sulphate,  pure........  

Flora
▲ m ica......................
Anthemls.................
Matricaria................
F o lia

240 
28® 
11®  
13®  
14®  
16®  

38

30
30
12
14
16
17

15
2  26
76
40
16
2
80
7

40
26

Barosma...................  
Cassia ▲ cutlfol,  Tln-
nevelly.................. 
Cassia, Ahutlfol, Alx. 
Salvia officinalis,  Vis
and Vis.................  
Ova Ursl....................... 

36®  
20®
26® 
12®

8®

Oomml
®
▲ oacla, 1st picked... 
©
Acacia, 2d  picked... 
A
Acacia. 3d  picked... 
A
Acacia, sifted  sorts. 
Acacia, po................  
45®
12 ®
Aloe, Barb. po.i8®20 
Aloe, Cape__ po. is. 
A
Aloe,  Socotrl.  po. 40 
A
Ammoniac................  
65®
Assafcetlda___ po. 40  25®
60®
Benzotnum............... 
Catechu, is ..............  
@
A
Catechu, Vis............. 
Catechu, Vis.............  
A
Camphor®............... 
64®
Bupnorblum... po. 36 
®
GaJbanum................  
®   1
Gamboge.............po  80®
®
Guaiacum..........po. 36 
®
Kino........... po. $0.76 
M astic.....................  
®
®
Myrrh............... po. 46 
Opll....po.  4.10® 4.30  3 00®   3
Shellac..................... 
36®
Shellac, bleached.... 
40®
Tragacanth.............. 
70®   1
H erba 
Absinthium..oz. pkg 
Bupatortum. .oz. pkg
Lobelia........oz. pkg
Majorum__ oz. pkg
Mentha Plp..oz. pkg 
Mentha Vlr..oz. pkg
Rue...............oz. pkg
Tanacetum Y  oz. pkg 
rhymus, V .. .oz. pkg 
M agnesia
Calcined, Pat...........  
Carbonate, Pat........ 
Carbonate, K. ft M.. 
'arbcnate, Jennings 

66®
13 ®
is ®  
18®  

Oleom
Absinthium....... 
6 1
Amygdalae,  D ulc"!!
Amygdalx,  Am ar®.  8 I 
An 1s t........................   1 ^
Aurantl Cortex........ 2  10
Bergamil..................2
Cajlputl...................
CaryophyUl...... .
Cedar  .......................
Chenopadll........
Clnnamonll.............   1
Cltronella. . . . . . . . . . .

Conlum Mac.
Copaiba..........
Cubeb®.......
Exechthltos... 
Erlgeron.
Gaultherta__ 2 2 0 ®
<a 
Geranium, ounce.,.. 
60®
Gosslppii, 8em. gal.. 
Hedeoma........ 
1  soft
Junlpera........j  go®
an®
Lavendula  .... 
Ltmonls...........**’ ’ *  1  ¡g©
Mentha Piper...... |  5 50®
Mentha Verid........   50 0 ®
Morrhu*, ;gal........   2
Myrcia...........  
4  „
OUve..................71
Plds Liquida...! Ill*  n 
Plds Liquida,  gai” ;
Rldna......................
Rosmarlnl............."
Ros®, ounce........... '  g
Sucolnl............... 
Sabina  .....................  90®  1  00
g a n t* .....................   2  76®   700
Sassafras.................. 
60
®   go
SJnapls,  ess., ounce. 
I L * ™ " .....................  1  60®   1  60
i “  y™«...................... 
40ft 
60
Thïïî.e,0p t...............  
®   1  »
Xheobromas...........  
15 ®   20
Potassium
Bl-Carb...................  
18®  
18
Bichromate........... . 
13 a  
ib
3*5» 
Bromide.................. 
35
c a r b ............................. S ®   u
16 ®  18
Chlorate...po. I7®19 
Cyanide.................. 
as
34a 
Iodide........... . 
2  30®  2 40
28®  30
Potassa. Bitart, pure 
7 ®   10
Potass Nitras, opt... 
Potass  Nitras.......... 
0 ®  
8
Prusslate.................. 
23®  
26
Sulphate  po.

gg® 

40®

Radix

_
11

Aconitum......
Althae..................
Anchusa.............
Arum  po.............
Calamus................
Gentiana........po. 18
Glychrrhlza.. .pv.  15 
Hydrastis  Canaden.
Hydrastis Can., po..
Hellebore, Alba, po. 
Inula,  po.................. 
Ipecac, po................2
Iris  plox.. .po. 36@38
28®
Jalapa, pr............... 
Maranta,  Vis...........  
35
22®  26
Podophyllum,  po... 
Si“ ! - " * ;.................  
78®   100
®   1  28
§J»e . cut.................. 
76®   1  36
...................  
Splgella.................... 
38
36® 
ig
®  
Sanguinaria... po.  16 
Serpentaria.............  60® 
66
S M - J S í ^ ¡y y « * w | * 3
Smllax, officinalis H
Smllax, M................
26 12
Scili».................. pp. 36
Symplocarpus.Fwtl-
dus,  po..................
Valeriana,Eng. po. 3Ó 
Valeriana,  German.
Zingiber a ................ 
Zingiber].................. 

10®
®®
16®
14 ®
26®

© 

®

13®z

Semen
Anlsum.......... po.  18
A£lum (graveleons).
Carul....................po. is
Cardamon................  1  26®   1  76
Corlandrum.............. 
8 ®  
10
6 ®   g
Cannabis Saliva......  
Cydontum................ 
7g@  1  00
ig ®  
Chenopodlum.......... 
ig
DIptertx Odorate....  1  00® 1  10
Faenlculum..............  
®  
jo
Foenugreek, po........ 
7 ®
U}n}..........................  4  ®
„
Lini, grd...... bbl. 4 
4  @ 
Lobelia .....................  1  SO®  1  66
5  ®   g
Pharlarls Canarian.. 
R apa......................  6  ®  
g
Slnapls  Alba...........  
9 ®  
10
8inapis  Nigra..........  n@  
12

8plritus

Frumenti, W. D. Co.  2 00® 2 60 
Frumenti,  D. F. R..  2 00®  2 28
Frumenti................   1  28®   1  80
Junlperls Co. O. T...  1  gè®  2 00
Junlperls  Co...........   1  75®  3  60
Saacharum  N. E __   1  90® 2  10
|Pt..Vini Gain.........   1  76®  g  60
XPJ  9J2°rto.............  1  26®  2 00
Vini Alba.................   1  26®  2  00

Sponges 
Florida sheeps’ wool
carriage.................  2  60®   2  78
Nassau sheeps’ wool
carriage.................  2 80®   2  76
Velvet extra sheeps’
wool, carriage......
®   1  60 
Extra yellow sheeps’
wool, carriage......
®   1  26
Grass  sheeps’  wool,
carriage................
®  1  00 
Hard, for slate use..
®   75
Yellow  R e e f ,   for 
slate use................
®   1  40
Syru p s
A cacia.....................
Aurantl Cortex........
Zingiber...................
Ipecac.......................
Ferrl Iod...........
Rhel Arom..............
Smllax  Officinalis...
Senega .....................
Belli*.......................

SO®

Belli®  Co................  
Tolutan.............. 
Prunua  virg........... 

Tinctures 
Aoonltum NapeUls R 
Aconltum Napellls F
Aloes .......................
Aloes and Myrrh
Arnica..........
Assafcetlda........ " "
▲ trope Belladonna.,
Aurantl Cortex...
Benzoin...................
Benzoin Co..........I  [
Barosma.............
Cantharldes........... \
Capsicum.................
Cardamon...........
Cardamon Co.........
Castor......................
Catechol...................
Cinchona.................
Cinchona Co.............
Colombo................
Cubeb®...................
Cassia Acutlfol........
Cassia Acutlfol Co...
Digitalis...................
Ergot........................
Ferrl  Chloiidum....
Gentian...................
Gentian Co..............
Gulaca......................
Gulaca ammon........
Hyoscyamua.............
Iodine  .....................
Iodine, colorless. ....
K in o ........................
Lobelia...................*
Myrrh......................
Nux Vomica.............
Opll...........................
Op 11,  oomphorated..
Opll, deodorized......
Quassia...................
Rhatany...................
Rhel.........................
Sangulnarla.............
Serpentarla.............
Stromonlum.............
Tolutan...................
Valerian..................
Veratrum  Verlde” .’
Zingiber...................

Miscellaneous 

16

®  

30® 
jSther, Spts. Nit. ? F  
34®
iKther, Spts. Nit. 4 F  
▲ lum en...................   2V i®
3 ®
▲ lumen,  gro’d..po, 7 
Annatto....................   40®
Antlmonl, po...........  
4 ®
Antlmonl et Potass T  40®
Antlpyrln................  
®
Antlfebrln..............  
©
Argentl Nitras, oz... 
®
Arsenicum............... 
10 ®
Balm  Gilead  Buds.. 
46®
Bismuth 8. N...........   1  66®  1  7»
Calcium Chlor.,  is...
Calcium Chlor.,  vis..
Calcium Chlor.,  Vis.. 
Cantharldes, Rus.po 
Capsid Fructus, af.. 
Capsid  Fructus, po.
Capsid Fructus B, po 
12
Caryophyllus. .po. 18 
Carmine, No. 40.......
Cera  Alba............... 
55
Cera  Flava...............  40
Coccus  .....................
Cassia  Fructus........
Centrarla..................
1
Cetaceum.................. 
ss
Chloroform............. 
1
Chloroform,  squlbbs 
Chloral Hyd Crst....  1  35
Chondrus................. 
20
Clnchonldlne.P. ft W 
38®   48
38®   48
Clnchonldlne, Germ. 
Cocaine...................   4  58®   4  75
Corks, list, dls. pr. ct. 
75
Creosotum................ 
®   4s
Creta.............bbl. 76 
1
Creta, prep............... 
1
Creta, predp...........  
9 ®  
Creta,
,  Rubra...........  
<
  _
Crocus 
1
Cudbear...................  
Cuprl  Sulph.............  a V41
Dextrine.................. 
n
Ether Sulph............. 
7®
Emery, all numbers. 
<
Emery, po................  
(
Ergota........... po. 90  8A
ia
Flake  W hite..:..... 
Galla........................  
(
Gambler.................. 
$
Gelatin,  Cooper....... 
t
Gelatin, French.......  mu
Glassware,  flint, box
75  ft
Less than box......
11©
Glue, brown............. 
is ®
Glue,  white............. 
Glyoerina.................  i7Vi®
Grana Paradlsl........ 
©
~
Humulus.................. 
* 9
Hydrarg  Chlor  Mite 
Hydrarg  Chlor Cor..
Hydrarg Ox Bub’m.
Hydrarg  Ammonlatl
HydrargUnguentum  __
Hydrargyrum.......... 
IchthyoboUa, Am ... 
Indigo...................... 
Iodine,  Resuhl........ 3
Iodoform..................3
Lupulin.....................
Lycopodium............
M ad s.......................
Liquor Arsen et  Hy­
drarg Iod..............
LlquorPo tass Arsi ni t 
Magnesia,  Sulph.... 
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl

©  gg
g s®  70
76®  1 00
40®   3 60 
09®   3 86 
60 
66®   70
88®   76
26 
12
O  IVi 
80

© 
10®  

75®  

®  

j j

■

g
j
i

Menthol...................   7 26®  7  60
Morphia, S„ P.ft W. 2  16 ®  2 40 
Morphia, 8„N . V. Q.  2  1
Morphia, Mai...........2 n
Moschus  Canton..
Myrlstlca, No. 1 .......
Nux Vomica.,.po. 15
Os Sepia...................
Pepsin Saac, H. ft P.
D  Co.....................
®   1  00
Plds Llq. N.N.VÌ gal,
doz........................  
©
©
Plds Llq., quarts.... 
@
PJf1« i J l -   Pints....... 
©
Ml Hydrarg. ..po.  80 
©
Piper  Nigra...po.22 
®
Piper  Alba....po. 38 
Pllx Burgun............. 
©
Plumbt Acet............. 
1 ©
Pulvls Ipecac et Opll  1  30®
Pyre thrum, boxes H. 
©
ftP . D. Co., doz... 
Pyrethrum,  pv........  
28®
Quassl®.................. 
g ®
Qulnla,8 . P. ft w... 
28® 
Quinta, S.  German.. 
280
Qulnla-N. V............. 
28®
Rubla Tlnctorum.... 
12 ®
Saocharum Lactls pv  20®
Saladn.....................4 go® ,
Sanguis  Draoonls...  40®
Sapo, W....................  u ®
SapoM.....................  
10 ®
Sapo  G ..................... 
©

V oes........... .

Seldlitz Mixture......
Slnapls.....................
Slnapls,  opt.............
Snuff, Maocaboy, De
Snuff .Scotch, De Vo’s
Soda, Boras.............
Soda,  Boras, po.......
Soda et Potass Tart.
Soda,  Carb...............
Soda,  Bl-Carb..........
Soda,  Ash................
Soda, Sulphas..........
Spts. Cologne...........
Spts. Ether  Co........
Spts. Myrcia Dom...
Spts. Vlnl Rect.  bbl.
8pts. VInl Beet, vibbl 
Spts. Vlnl Rect. lOgal 
Spts. Vlnl Rect. 5 gal 
Strychnia, Crystal...  80®  1  06
8ulphur,  8ubl..........  2Vi© 
4
Sulphur, Roll...........   2Vi®  3vi
8© 
| Tamarinds............... 
10
[ Terebenth  Venice... 
30
28® 
Theobrom®.............. 
46®   60
Vanina 
...............9 oo@i6 00
Zlnel Sulph............... 
g
7© 

O ils

___ 
Whale, winter.......... 
Lard, extra............... 
Lard, No. 1 ............... 

BBL.  OAL.
70
go
gg

7q 
86 
go 

Linseed, pore raw...  47 
Linseed,  Dolled........  48 
Neatsfoot, winter str 
so 
Spirits  Turpentine.. 
59 

to
go
gg 
34
P a in ts  BBL.  LB
Red  Venetian.......... 
lVk  3  ©g
Ochro, yellow  Mars. 
1V{  2  ®4  
lit  2  ® 3  
Ochre, yellow Ber... 
Putty,  commercial..  2Vi n f i

American............. 
i s ®  
ig
79®  75
Vermilion, English.. 
Green,  Paris........... u v i®   I8vi
Green, Peninsular... 
ia ®  
jg
Lead, red.................   3  ©  gu
Lead,  white.............  g  ©  gu
©  90
Whiting, white Span 
Whjtlng'gliders’ .... 
g   gg
©  1  26 
White, Puis, Amer. 
I Whiting, Paris, Eng.
 
©   J  4f
Universal Prepared.  1  10 ®  1  20 

Cliff.................. 

Varnishes

No. 1 Turp  Coach...  1  10 ®  1  29
, Extra Turp..............   1  go®  1  70
Coach  Body............ 2  76®   8  00
| No. 1 Turp Furn...... 1 00®  1  10
Extra Turk Damar..  1  66®  1  go 
Jap.Dryer.No.iTurp 
70®   79

D r u g s

We  are Importers and Jobbers of Drugs, 

Chemicals  and  Patent  Medicines.

We  are  dealers  in  Paints,  Oils  and 

Varnishes.

We  have  a full line  of  Staple  Druggists’ 

Sundries.

We  are  the  sole  proprietors  of  Weath­

erly’ s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

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

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.

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

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

ADVANCED
Mackerel 
Prunes 
B u lk   Oysters

Index to  Markets

By Columns

B

C

A

Col.
Akron  Stoneware.................   15
1
Alabastlne............................. 
Ammonia...............................  
1
Axle Grease...........................  
1
Baking Powder......................  
1 1
1
Bath  Brick............................. 
Bluing....................................  
i
l
Breakfast  Food..................... 
Brooms.......................................l
Brushes.................................  
l
Butter Color..........................  
1
Candles..................................   14
Candles................................... 
l
Canned Goods.......................   a
Catsup....................................  3
Carbon Oils...........................   3
Cheese........................................ 3
Chewing Gum........................  3
Chicory...................................  3
Chocolate................................  3
Clothes Lines..........................  3
Cocoa......................................  3
Coeoanut................................  3
Cocoa Shells...........................  3
Coffee.....................................  3
Condensed Milk.....................  4
Coupon Books........................  is
Crackers................................  4
Cream Tartar........................  5
Dried  Fruits.........................   s

D
F

H

Farinaceous  Goods..............   5
Fish and Oysters...................  13
Fishing Tackle......................   6
Flavoring Extracts................  6
Fly  Paper..............................   6
Fresh Meats..........................   6
Fruits....................................   14
Gelatine.................................   6
Grain Bags.............................  7
Grains and Flour..................  7

G

Herbs....................................   7 1
Hides and Pelts.....................  13
i ndjg0 

T 

Je lly .......................................  7

J

M

Lamp Burners.......................   15 |
Lamp Chimneys...................  15
Lanterns................................   15
Lantern  Globes.....................  15
Licorice.................................   7
Lye.........................................   7
Meat Extracts.......................   7
Molasses.................................  7 |
Mustard.................................   7
Nuts........................................  14 i
OU Cans. 
Olives ...
Pickles...................................   7
Pipes......................................   7
Playing Cards........................  8
Potash....................................  g
Provisions..............................   g
Rice........................................  8

N

R
8

A X L E   G R E A SE

‘ urora

Prater’s

M ica, tin boxes..........75 
Paragon......................55 

9 SO
6 00

B A K IN G   POW DER 

E g g
4 doz. case.... 375
li lb. cans, 
Vi lb. cans, 
2 doz. case.... 3  75
1 doz. case.... 3  75
1 lb. cans, 
5 lb. cans, *  doz. case....... g  00

JA X O N

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

Royal

lOcslze....  90
Vi lb. cans  1  as 
6 oz. cans.  1  90 
*   lb. cans  2 to 
X lb.  cans  3 75 
1 lb.  cans.  4  so 
&  3 lb. cans  13  00 
5 lb. cans. 21  50

BATH   B R IC K

American............... 
I English.............. 85

BLU IN G

Arctic, 4 oz. ovals, per gross 4 00 
1  Arctic, 8 oz. ovals, per grosse 00
7  Arctic 16 oz. round per gross 9 00

75

B R E A K F A S T   FOOD

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

HEM mi FLUKES

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

4  40

TRYABITA

Pum pkin

BROOMS

doz. In case..........................4 05

Raspberries 
Russian  Cavier

F a ir...
Good..
Fancy.
Standard...................

Salad Dressing......................   9
Saleratus................................  9
Sal Soda.................................   9
Salt.........................................   9
Salt  Fish................................  9!
f ^ W k i n g : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :   1 1  s ® * *
Snuff......................................   10 I
Soap........................................  g
Soda.........................................  10
Rnlnoc 
C : : . : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :   “
Stove Polish...........................  10
Sugar......................................  1 1 1
Syrups....................................  io
Table  Sauce...........................  n
1 » ....................................  11
Twine....................................   12
Vinegar.................................   12
Washing Powder...................  13 I
kicking.............................  13
Wooden war®.........................   13
Wrapping Paper...................  13
Yeaat  Cake.

Peptonized  Celery  Food,  3
Hulled Corn, per doz...........   95
No. 1 Carpet...............................2 -0
.2  25
No. 3 Carpet...................  
o  15
No. 4 Carpet.....................’ ” 1  75
2  40
Parlor  Gem...................  
; ;   Common Whisk...................   85
3 50

90 
t  00 
1  26
1  15
K lb. cans...........................   3 75
*  lb, cans...........................   7 00
l lb. can............................. 12 00
@1 65
Columbia River, tails 
©1 so
Columbia River, flats 
Red Alaska.............. 
0 1   30
45
Solid Back,  8 In............  
Pink Alaska.. 
......  
0   90
Solid  Back, 11 In ............” ."*  95
Shrim ps
Pointed  Ends..................... 
«5
Standard
5 ?-*........................... 1 00
Sardines
Domestic, * s ...........
Domestic, * s ..........
5 °- *......................................    70
No. 3. 
. 1  an I  Domestic,  Mustard.
California, * s ..........
No. 3.
„  
................................   75  California * s ...........
No. 2........................................  jo  French, * s ..............
No. 
1  75  French, *« ...............
BU TTER  COLOR*
W., R. ft co.’s, 150 size__
1  25  standard..................
W., R. ft Co.'o, 25c size....
.2 00 I Fancy  .....................

1  40
3X
56
11014
17024
7014
18028

I S i s ™ * * .............®
Warehouse.................  

B R U S H E S ........

S t r a w b e r r ie s

Salmon

Scrub

Stove

_____

V
W

Shoe

13

T

1  10 
1  40

COCOA

 

 

Cleveland..............................   41
Colonial, wg  ........................   35
Colonial, * s ..........................  33
Epp8............... 
42
Huyler..................................  45
Van Houten, * s ................... 
12
Van Houten, * s ...................  20
Van Houten, * s ...................  40
Van Houten,  is ...................  70
Webb.................................. 
30
Wilbur, * s ...........................   41
Wilbur, * s ............................  42
Dunham’s * s ....................   26
Dunham’s * s  and * s ......   26*
Dunham’s  * s ...................   27
Dunham’s  * s ...................   28
Bulk.....................................  
13

COCOA NUT

COCOA  SH E L L 8
20 lb. bags........................ 
Less quantity.....................  
Pound packages............. 

2 *
3
4

C O FFE E
Roasted

Telfer Coffee Co.  brands
No.  9. ................................... 9
No. 10....................................10
No. 12....................................12 *
No. 14....................................14

Gall Borden Eagle............... 6 40
Crown....................................5 90
......................................4  70
Magnolia...............................4 00
Challenge.............................. « 10
Dime..................................... 3  38
Peerless Evaporated Cream.4 00
Milkmaid............................... 6 10
TIP  Top................................. 3 gg
Nestles................................... 25
Highland Cream.............. ...h 00
Charles Cream................. 4 50

C R A C K E R S 

Butter

National Biscuit Co.’s brands
Seymour............................. 
e*
New York.......................... 
« *
e *
Fam ily..............................  
Salted................................. 
s *
Wolverine.......... .. 
7

Succotash
Fair..........................
Good........................
Fancy...

Tomatoes
F a ir..........................
Good........................
Fancy.......................
Gallons...................

CARBO N  OILS 

B arrels

Eocene........................
Perfection...................
Diamond White..........
D. 8. Gasoline............
Deodorized Naphtha..
Cylinder.......................29
Engine.......................... 16
Black, winter..............   9

CATSUP

Colombia,  pints...................2
Columbia, *  pints............... 1

C H EESE

Acme...................
Amboy................
Elsie.....................
Emblem..............
Gem.....................
Gold Medal.........
Ideal...................
Jersey..................
Riverside.............
Brick...................
Edam...................
Leiden................
Limburger...........
Pineapple............
Sap  Sago.............

016
014
014
0 1 4 *
«1 3
@14014
014
14015
090
017
13014
50075
019

1
I
1
1

CHEW ING  GUM
American Flag Spruce__
Beaman’s Pepsin..............
Black Jack ...........................  
Largest Gum  Made.......... 
1
8en Sen.................................  
Sen Sen Breath Perfume..  1  1
Sugar Loaf...........................  
Yucatan................................  
Bulk.......................................   0
Red......................................... 7
Eagle......................................  4
Franck’s ................................ 7
Scbener’s ................................6

CHICO RY

CHOCOLATE 

Walter Baker ft Co.’s.

German Sweet......................   23
Premium................................  31
Breakfast Cocoa.....................  46
C L E A N E R   ft  PO LISH ER

6 oz. box. 3 can., per doz. .$1  35 
Qts  box, 2 can., per doz .  .  2 25 
Gal  box, *can., per  doz..  7  50 

Samples and Circulars Free. 

CLOTHES  L IN ES 

Sisal

Ju te

'ft. 3 thread,  extra..  ...  100
ft. 3 thread,  extra........  140
ft, 3 thread,  extra__  
170
ft, 6 thread,  extra........  129
ft, 6 thread,  extra........
6U ft....................................
72 f t ...... ............................  
90
90 ft.......................................  1 05
120 ft.....................................  1 50
50 ft.....................................
6f f t.....................................
70 ft-.....................................  
1 10
Cotton W indsor
58 ft.......................................  1 20
60 ft......................................  1 40
70 ft.......................................  1 65
80f t ..................................... 
1 85

Cotton  Victor

Cotton Braided

40 ft..................................... 
50 ft..................................... 
60 ft.....................................
Galvanized  W ire
No. 20, each 100 ft long__  
1  90
No.  19, each 100 ft long....  2  10

75
85

DECLINED
Sugar
Cranberries 
Lemons 
Orange 
Rolled  Oats

CAN DLES

Electric Light, 8s.................la
Electric Light, 16s........   ....12 *
Paraffine, 8s..........................914
Paraffine, 12s........................:o
Wtokln^
17

CANNED  GOODS

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

Blackberries

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

86
2  25

35

Beans
Baked......................  1  0001  30
Rea  Kidney.............
750  85
String......................
70
Wax.........................
75

B laeberries
Standard....................

B rook  Tront

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

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

1  00
1  50

Clam  Bouillon

Burnham’s, *  pint....... ...  1  92
Burnham’s, pints.........
..  3 60
Burnham’s, quarts.......
..  7  20

Cherries 

Red  Standards............!  ao@i  so
White.
1  SO
Corn
j  Fair........................ .
!  Good........................
!  Fancy.......................

85
90
@1  20
22
19
10
11

2 10 

3 80 
2  40

1  80 
2  80
1  90
2 80 
1 80 
2  80

18Q20
22028

French  Peas
I 8ur Extra Fine...............
Extra  Fine.....................
Fine.................................
Moyen.............................
Gooseberries
Standard.................
Hominy
Standard..................
Lobster
Star, Vi lb.................
Star.l  lb..................
Picnic Tails..............
M ackerel
Mustard, 1 lb...........
Mustard, 2 lb...........
Soui id, 1 lb..............
Sous id, 2 lb.............
Ton. „to, 1 lb.............
Tomato, 2 lb.............
Hotels........................
Buttons.....................
Oysters
Cove, 1 lb................
Cove, 21b ................  
Cove, 1 lb  Oval........ 
Peaches
P ie ...........................  
Yellow.....................  
Standard.................. 
Fancy........................ 

Mushrooms

Pears

Marrowfat............... 
Early June..............  
Early June  Sifted.. 
Plums.
Grated
Sliced.

Pineapple

Plum s

86

......
96
860  90
1  3501  85
1  00
1  26

1  00
9001  60
1 65

1  3602  56

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.
Dwlnell-Wrlght  Co.’■  Brands.

@12*
@11*
011
014*
0 1 2
@34
@22@10*

White House, 1 lb. cans......
White House, 2 lb. cans......
Excelsior, M. ft J.  1 lb. cans 
Excelsior, M. ft J . 2 lb. cans 
Tip Top, M. ft J., 1 lb. cans.
Royal Jav a...........................
Royal Java and Mocha.......
Java and Mocha Blend.......
Boston Combination...........
Ja-Vo Blend.........................
Ja-Mo-Ka  Blend..................
Distributed by Judson Grocer 
Co.,  Grand  Rapids,  C.  El 
liott ft  Co.,  Detroit,  B.  Desen- 
berg ft Co., Kalamazoo, Symons 
Bros, ft  Co.,  Saginaw,  Jackson 
Grocer Co.,  Jackson,  Melsel  ft 
Goeschel.  Bay  City,  Ftelbach 
Co., Toledo.

Rio

Common...............................   g
F a ir...................................... ...
Choice....................................10
Fancy.................................... 15

Santos

a
Common............................. 
F a ir......................................   g
Choice.....................................
Fancy....................  
13
Peaberry............................... ...

 

Maracaibo

F air.......................................ig
Choice 
ig

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

Mexican

Choice.....................................
Fancy.....................................

Guatemala

Choice.....................................

Ja v a
African................ 
12
Fancy African..................... 17

 

Arabian..........................

21

Mocha

Package 

New York Basis.

Ar buckle........................   _
.10
Dllworth.......................... . . u
Jersey.................................. 10
Lion.....................................  944
M cLaughlin’s X X X X  
McLaughlin's  XXXX  sold  to 
retailers  only.  Mall  all  orders 
direct  to  W.  F.  McLaughlin  ft 
Co., Chicago.

E x tr a c t

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

CONDENSED  M IL K  

4 doz In case.

Soda

Soda  X X X ........................  
7
g
Soda, City.......................... 
Long Island  Wafers..........  13
Zephyrette........................... 
is

7 *
7
7 *
7

Oyster

F a u st................................... 
Farina..................................  
Extra Farina........................ 
Sal tine Oyster...................... 
Sweet  Goods—Boxes
10
Animals............................. 
10
Assorted  Cake.................. 
Belle Rose............................  
8
js
Bent’s Water..................... 
Cinnamon Bar......................  9
10
Coffee Cake,  Iced............. 
Coffee Cake, Ja v a .............  
10
1«
Coeoanut Macaroons........ 
10
Coeoanut Taffy.................. 
ig
Cracknells.......................... 
Creams, Iced........................ 
g
Cream Crisp......................  
10*
Cubans...............................  u *
Currant  Fruit...................  
12
Frosted Honey.................. 
12
Frosted Cream..................  9
Ginger Gems, l’rge or sm’ll  8
Ginger  Snaps, N. B. C__   6 *
Gladiator...........................  
10*
Grandma Cakes...................  9
Graham Crackers............. 
8
12
Graham  Wafers................ 
ie
Grand Rapids  Tea...........  
Honey Fingers.................. 
12
Iced Honey Crumpets......  
10
Imperials.............................  
12
Jumbles, Honey................ 
Lady Fingers..................... 
12
Lemon Snaps..................... 
12
Lemon Wafers.................. 
ie
ig
Marshmallow....................  
Marshmallow Creams......   16
16
Marshmallow Walnuts.... 
g
Mary Ann.......................... 
Mixed Picnic..................... 
1 1 *
Milk  Biscuit......................  
7 *
Molasses  Cake.................. 
g
Molasses Bar.....................  9
Moss Jelly Bar.................. 
12*
Newton..............................  
12
Oatmeal Crackers............. 
g
Oatmeal Wafers...............  
12
Orange C risp....................  9
Orange Gem.......................  9
Penny Cake........ .............. 
g
7 *
Pilot Bread, XX X............. 
Pretzelettes, hand made., 
g*
Pretzels, hand  made......  
gyt
Scotch Cookies..................  9
714
Sears’ Lunch...................  
Sugar Cake...................... i 
g
Su«ar rrmun. X X X .......... 
g
Sugar Squares...................  
g
13
Sultanas.............................  
Tuttl Fruttl.......................  
ig
Vanilla Wafers.................. 
16
Vienna Crime...................  
8
E .J.  Kruce ft Co.’s baked good 

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

8

with interesting discounts. 
CREAM   T A R T A R

5 and 10lb. wooden  boxes....  so 
Bulk In sacks........... .*............29

D R IE D   FR U IT S 

Apples

Sundrted......................   4 *0 5
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes .*70  8

California Prunes
100-120 25 lb. boxes........  0
90-100 25 lb. boxes........  0   4 *
80-90 25 lb. boxes........   0   4«
70 - go 25 lb. boxes........   0  5 *
60 - 70 25 lb. boxes........  0  6
50 - 60 25 lb. boxes........   0  7*
40 - 50 25 lb. boxes........   0  8
30-40 26 lb. boxes ......

iSSSSter.;.::::

*  cent less In 50 lb. oases

California  Fruits

Nectarines.............
Peaches..................
Pears.......................
Pitted Cherries...... *"
Prunnelles..................
Raspberries...............

8*

010

Citron

Corsican.....................13  @  3yj

Currants

Imported, 1 lb package  6 * 0  
Imported bulk............   6 * 0

Peel

Lemon American 10 lb. bx  13 
Orange American 10lb.bx.!is

Raisins

London Layers 2 Crown.
1  85
London Layers 3 Crown. 
Cluster 4 Crown............. 
2  50
7
Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 
7 *
g
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 
L. M„ Seeded, l  lb.......  @  g *
L. M., Seeded, H  lb__  
7
Sultanas, bu lk......................10
Sultanas, package............... 10*
FARIN ACEO US GOOD8 

Beans

Dried Lima.................. 
544
Medium Hand Picked  "   '240
Brown Holland....................

F arin a

241 lb. packages................. 1  so
Bulk, per 100 Tbs....................    50

M I C H I G A N

„  
Clay, No. 216...............
Clay. T. D.. full oonnt

P IP E S

P I C K L E S
Medium

Barrels, 1,200 count.............8  00
Half bbls, 600 count.............4  to

Sm all

Barrels, 2,400 count............ 9  60
Half bbls. 1,200 count..........6  20
P LA Y IN G   CARDS
No. 90, Steamboat............. 
go
No. 15, Blval, assorted__  
1  20
No. 20, Rover, enameled.. 
1  60
N6. 572, Special................. 
175
No  98, Golf, satin finish..  2  00
No. 808. Bicycle................  2  00
No. 632, Tournam’t Whist.  2 25 

48 cans In case.

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

Im ported.

Japan,  No.  1 ................. 5 * ®
Japan,  No.  2................. 5  ©
Java, fancy head...........  
®
Java, No. 1 .....................   X
Table................................   a

W hite fish 

No. 1  No. 2

100  lbs........... 1  73
50 lbs........... 4  20
to  lb l...........  «3

 

SEED S
Anise..................... 
g
Canary, Smyrna.............!."!  3*4
Caraway...............................  714
Cardamon, Malabar..............1  00
Celery...................................  jo
Hemp, Russian..................  4u
Mixed Bird.................. 
'  4
Mustard, white................. 
' 7
Poppy.................................... o
Rape.....................................   4
Cuttle Bonn................  !!!" .'!l 4

8YR U P 8

Corn

27

Barrels.............................. 
Half bbls............................
10 lb. cans, *  doz. to case..  1  86
5 lb. cans, 1 doz. to case__   2  10
j 2*  lb. cans, 2 doz. In case. . . 2  10
„  
} ™ r .......................................  16
Choice  ..................................  25

Pure  Cane

8TOVE  POLISH

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

SHOE  B LA C K IN G
Handy Box,  large.............  2 60
Handy Box, small............. 
1  25
Blxby’s Boyal Polish 
Miller’s Crown  Polish

»   K-T3

Hom iny

P earl  B arle y

Flake, 80 lb. sack..................   90
Pearl,  2001b.bbl................... b 00
Pearl, 100 lb. sack..................2 so
Maccaroni  and Verm icelli 
Domestic, 10 lb. box.............  go
Imported  9* Ih. ho*............. 2  go
Common.....................................3 00
Chester....................................... 2 90
Empire....................................... 3 68
Green, Wisconsin, bn..........
Green, Scotch, bu................1  86
Split,  lb...................................  
4
Boiled Arena, bbl..................... 6 00
Steel Cut, 100 lb. sacks.......2  70
Monarch, bbl............................. 4 70
Monarch, 90 lb. sacks.......... 2  75
Quaker, cases............................3 10

Rolled  Oats

Peas

G rits

W&lsh-DeRoo  Co.’s Brand.

Sago

Tapioca

Cases, 24 2 lb. packages...... 2 00
East India.............................  344
German, sacks.....................   3 *
German, broken package..  4 
Flake,  110 lb. sacks.............4*
Pearl, 130 lb. sacks...............  3*
Pearl, 241 Repackages.......6*
Cracked, bulk.......................  314
24 2 lb. packages..................2 SO
FISH IN G   T A C K L E
*  to 1 Inch............................ 
g
Hi to 2 Inches....................... 
7
l *  to 2 Inches.......................  9
IK  to 2  Inches..................... 
11
2 Inches.................................. 
15
3 Inches..................................  30

Cotton  Lines

No. 1,10 feet.......................... 
5
No. 2,15 feet.......................... 
7
9
No. 3,15 feet.......................... 
10
No. 4,15 feet.......................... 
No. B, IB feet.......................... 
11
12
No. 6,16 feet.........................  
15
No. 7, IB fe e t......................... 
18
No. 8,15 feet.......................... 
No. 9,15 feet.......................... 
jp
Small.....................................  20
Medium.............................. 
26
Large....................................  34

Linen  Lines

Poles

Bamboo, 14 ft , per  doz.. . . .   BO
Bamboo, 16 ft., per doz.......   65
Bamboo. 18 f t , per doz........  80
FLA V O R IN G   EX TRAC TS

FOOTE  A  JE N K 8 '

JA X O NGrade  Extracts

Vanilla

1 oz full m  l  20
2 oz full m  2  10 
No. sfan ^ 8  is

Lemon

1 oz full  m.  80
2 OZ full m .l  26 I  Harn 
No.ofan’y .i  w   Hope *

Vanilla 

2 oz panel..1  20  2 oz panel.  76
3 oz taper..2^00  4 oz taper.. 1  60

Lemon

^-4V<

'ORimq EXTRACTS

 

 

Folding Boxes 
D. C. Vanilla
D. C. Lemon 
2 oz.........  
76  2 oz....
1  20 
«OZ.........  1  60  4 oz....
2  00 
6 OZ.........   2  00  6 0 Z....
3  00
„   ,  Taper  Bottles 
D. C. Lemon 
D. C. Vanilla
2 oz.......... 
76  2 oz..........1  25
1 26  3 OZ.............2 10
3 
* oz..........  1 50  4 OZ.............2 40
p. C. Lemon 
D. C. Vanilla
l 01.........  
85
2 02..........  1  10  2 oz............. 1 60
<0Z..........   2 00  4 OZ..............3 00
Tropical  Extracts 
2 oz. full measure, Lemon.. 
78
4 oz. full measure, Lemon..  1  60 
2 oz. full measure, Vanilla..  90 
4 oz. full measure. Vanilla..  1  80

F a ll  Measure

68  1 oz.......... 

FR E SH   M EATS 

B eef

Carcass.....................  
5
©  7*  
Forequarters..........  6
Hindquarters..........  6
© 7*  
g
Loins........................  
©14 
©10
& d s : : : : : : : : : ; : ; ; ;  
I h& i
5
©  5
p
uregaea...................  
7  g*  yu
Dressed.
Loins.. 
Boston  Batts...........  
®   gv
S h o u ld ers.......... 
a   04
§ > !*
L e *   L a r d .:::::::::: 

P ork
.
s

* © «

© 6 

Mutton
....................  

4*©   5*

Vnal
...........  
G E LA T IN E

„  
^
*  n   oj..
„  
i  20
Knox’s  Sparkling............  
luiox’s Sparkling,pr gross  14  00
Knox’s Acidulated...........  
1  20
Knox’s Acidulat’d,pr gross 14 00
O xford................ 
jk
Plymouth  Bock....'! 
120
j  go
Nelson’s............................. 
Cox’s,  2-qt size...........1  ei
Cox’s, l-qt size.................. 
1  10
G R A IN   BAGS 
1554 
Amoskeag, 100 in bale  .... 
Amoskeag, less than bale. 
loX 
„ Tw 
Wheat...............................  

G R A IN S  AND  FLO UR 

W heat

7g

W inter  Wheat  Flon r 

Local Brands

Patents....................  
4  40
Second Patent.. 
31m
straight.................... ;;;;;;
Second Straight................  3 40
Clear............................. 
3  25
Graham....................... 
3  35
Buckwheat........................  3  qj
.......................  8  00
Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
Flour In bbls., 26c per  bbl. ad­
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand

count.
ditional.
Quaker * s .........................   3 go
Quaker * s .........................   3  8J
Quaker * s .........................   3  go

Spring  W heat  Flour 

Clark-Jewell-Wells  Co.’s  Brand
Plllsbury’s  Best H i..........  4 go
PWsbury s  Best * s ..........  4  so
™ sb u ry s  Best Ms..........  4  40
Plllsbury’s Best * s  paper.  4  40 
PUlsbury's Best * •  paper.  4 «0 
Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand
4  40
Wlngold  * s ..................... 
Wlngold  ms..................... 
4 ¡>0
Wlngold  * s ..................... 
4  20

Judson Grocer Co.’s Brand.

Worden Grocer  Co.’s Brand

Ceresota * s ............... 
4  70
Ceresota * • ......................  
  4 
Ceresota ijs ......................   4  80
Laurel  * s ..............................   4 co
Laurel  * s ...............................  4 40
Laurel  * s ..............................   4 M
Laurel * s  and * s  paper..  430

Meal

 

Feed  and  MHletuflb

Bolted.......................  
270
Granulated........................  2  80
8t. Car Feed screened__   21  00
No. 1 Com and  Oats........21  00
Corn Meal,  coarse...........  21  co
Corn Meal, fine old...........  21  00
Winter Wneat Bran.........   17  00
Winter Wheat  Middlings.  19 00
Cow  Feed.........................   ig 00
Screenings........................  17  00

Oats

Corn

Hay

Car  lo ts....;.......................  38

Corn, oar  lots, new..........  4g
Corn, car  lots, old...........  go

No. 1 Timothy car  lots....  c9 50 
No. 1 Timothy ton  lots....  12 00 

H ER B S

. .  

J E L L Y

INDIGO 

Laurel L e a v e s ! I ’.!.".’.16 
Swina Leavo« 
op  |
I
Madras, 6 lb. boxes.................. 66 I
S. F., 2, 3 and 6 lb. boxes........60
8 lb. palls.per doz...........  
1  03
16 lb. pails...........................   43
30 lb. palls.............................   go
LIC O R IC E
Pure......................................  30
Calabria........................
Sicily.......................... 
¡1
Boot.......................................... 10

"  

L Y E

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

M ALTED   FOOD

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 76

M EAT  EX TRACTS

MOLASSES 
New  Orleans

Fancy Open Kettle........... 
40
F air...................................   %
Good................................... 
22

Half-barrels 2c extra
MUSTARD

Horse Badtoh, 1 doz............ 1  76
Horse Badlsh, 2 doz............ 3 so
Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz........... 1  75

O LIVES

Bulk, 1 gal. kegs................ 
1  35
1  10
Bulk, 3 gal. kegs................ 
Bulk, 5 gal. kegs................ 
1  06
Manzanllla, 7 oz................ 
go
Queen, pints......................   2  36
Queen, 19  oz......................   4  50
Queen, 28  oz......................   7  00
Stuffed, 5 oz....................... 
90
Stuffed, 8  oz......................  
146
Stuffed, 10 os....................    9  go

PROVISIONS 
Barreled  Pork

Smoked  Meats 

D ry  Salt  Meats

Mess
B ack........
Clear back 
Short out..
PI«...........................
Bean.......................... 
Family Mess Loin... 
Clear........................ 
_  , 
Bellies..............
8 P Bellies...............1
Extra shorts.............
Hams, 12 lb. average.
Hams, 14 lb. average.
Hams, 16 lb. average.
Hams, 20 lb. average.
Ham dried  beef.......
Shoulders (N. Y. out)
Bacon, dear.............  i3
California hams......
Boiled Hams..........
Picnic Boiled Hams 
Berlin  Ham  pr’s’d 
Mince Hams.......... 
Lard
Compound............
Pure.....................
00 lb. Tubs.. advance 
80 lb. Tubs.. advance 
50 lb. Tins... advance 
20 lb. Palls, .advance 
to lb. Palls.. advance 
5 lb. Palls.. advance 
• ,v 
advance
Vegetole...................
Sausages
Bologna...................
Liver........................
Frankfort................
P o rk .......................
Blood........................
Ton

6 >

cheese,

@t7  so
©90 00 
© 2 0   ‘0 
©19 00 
22  00
®16  7*
©19  60
Wii
13

20 00

©   12* 
©  12* 
©  12*  
©  12*  
©  12 
©
©   14 
®  10 
©  17*  
©   14
y * ®   10
9 14 ®  jo

© 7H 
@11*  
*  
*  
*  
*  
*
1
1
8*
0
6*
3 8
8 *© 9
6
«*

11  75 
@11  76
1  86 
3  28 
7  50

I  „  
B eef
i  Extra Mess..............
j Boneless...................
Bump, New.............
Pigs’  Feet
*  bbls., 40  lbs..........
*.bbls.......................
1 bbls.,  lbs.............
Tripe
Kits, 15  lbs...............
*  bbls., 40  lbs..........
*  bbls., so lbs..........
Casings
P ork........ ..77......
Beef rounds.............
Beef  middles..........
Sheen  ......................
Solid, dairy............... 
Rolls, dairv............... 
Bolls,  purity............ 
Solid,  purity............ 
Corned beef,21b .... 
Corned beef, 14 lb ... 
Boast beef, 2 lb........ 
Potted ham,  * s ....... 
Potted ham,  * s ....... 
Deviled ham,  14a .... 
Deviled ham,  * s __  
Potted tongue,  fca.. 
Potted tongue,  * s .. 
B IC E  
Domestic

Canned  Meats

Uncolored  Butte rl lie

®12
ato u
»*
15)4
2  80
17  so
2 60
bo
90
60
90
60
90

Carolina head.......................7
Carolina  No. 1 .......................gu
Carolina No. 2 ..................... ig
Broken................................... 354

SOAP

Beaver Soap Co. brands

É Â

100 cakes, large size... 
50 cakes, large size... 
100 cakes, small size... 
50 cakes, small size...

.  6 50 
.  3  26 
.3 85 
-.1  96

JA X O N

Jas. 8.  Kirk & Co. brands—

Single box...............................  ¿0
5 box lots, delivered...........3  15
10 box lota, delivered........... 3  10
Johnson Soap Co. brands—
Stiver K in g ......................  366
Calumet Family................ 2  75
Scotch Family................... 2  86
Cuba..................................2  35
Dusky Diamond..............   3 86
Jap  Rose  ........................  3 75
Savon  Imperial..............   3 86
White  Russian................  3 go
Dome, oval bars.................3 55
Satinet, oval.................  
2 50
White  Cloud................ i:  4  10
Big Acme..............................  4 jo
Acme 6c................................  3 55
Marseilles........................   4 00
Master.................................     75
Lenox...............................   3 10
Ivory, goz............................    00
Ivory, 10 oz.......................  g 75
Schultz & Co. brand-
star......................................     25
Search-Light Soap  Co.  brand. 
“ Search-Light”  Soap,  100
. b! f ’ £!ir®r *0lM bars........  3  76
A. B. Wrlsley brands—
Good Cheer......................  4 00
Old Country......................  3 40

Proctor A Gamble brands—

Lautz Bros, brands—

No. 4, 8 doz.In case, gross..  4  50 
No. 6,8 doz to case, gross..  7  20
„  
SUGAR
Dom ino*.............. 

7  1*

L<»f.....................6 ee

Cut»«?-*",*..........................:  5  20
Coarse  Powdered..............*  5  os
XXXX  Powdered............ 
5  10
Fine Granulated................  4  «5
2 lb.  bags Fine  Gran........   5  06
5 lb. bags Fine  Gran........  5  00
Mould A ...........................   630
Dtamond  A........................   4 95
Confectioner’s  A ............iii  4  70
No.  1, Columbia A ...........  4  35
No.  2, Windsor A.............  4  go
No.  8, Ridgewood A ........   4 90
No.  4, Phoenix  A .............  4 75
No.  5, Empire A .............   470
»
S B
2 ?’  ?’ ................................   4  80
no. 10.................

;

■

4  20
No. 13.......................... 
NO. 14. .................... 
¡ « I
No. 16....................... 
4 9 ,
NO. 16............................... ;;;  4 16

 

T A B L E   SAUCES
LEA  &  
PERRINS* 
SAUCE

The Original and
Genuine 
Worcestershire.

C _JF  
Lea & Perrin’s, pints.......  6 00
Lsa A Perrin’s,  *  pints...  2 76
Halford, large................  
3  75
Halford, small...................   2  26

T EA
Jap an

Sconring
j Sapollo,kitchen,3 doz........ z «  1  o ™ ,,- .  • 
I Sapollo, hand, a doz. 

Sundrled, medium...............si
Sundrled, choice................!!33
Sundrled, fancy....................^
....................
9 an  BeEular, medium.................31
............. *  40 :  Regular, choice................... 33
Regular, fancy.................... [43
Basket-fired, medium  .........31
Basket-fired, choice............. 38
Basket-fired, fancy__  
43
Nibs..................... : ............
Siftings............................19@21
Fannings.........................20@22

’ 
8ODA

1 Boxes.........................
Kegs, English............

5*
4*
Scotch, In bladders.............   37
Maccaboy, to ja rs.........  
35
French Rappee. In Jars! I!ii  43

8 N U F F

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

Cost of packing In  cotton  pock­
ets only * c  more than bulk.
S A L A D   D RESSIN G 
Alpha Cream, large, 2 doz.  .1  86 
Alpha Cream, large, 1 doz...i  90 
Alpha Cream, small, 3 doz 
95
Durkee’s, large. 1 doz.........4  15
Durkee’s, small. 2 doz.........4  86

8ALERA TU S 

Packed go lbs. to box. 

Church’s Arm and Hammer  3  16
Deland’s...... . .........  
3  no
Dwight’s  cow................ : : : ; 8 »
Emblem..................................  10
L.  P .. . . . . . . . . . . . .  
3  on
Wyandotte. 100 M s . . . " " " ^  on

SA L  SODA

Granulated,  bbls..................  gg
Granulated, 100 lb. cases...  1  06
Lump, bbls................  
go
Lump, 146 lb. kegs........ ..i 
95

SA LT

Diamond Crystal 

Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes.. 1  40 
; Table, barrels, 1003 lb. bags.3 no 
Table, barrels, 60 6 lb. bags.3  00 
Table, barrels, 40 7  lb. oags.z  76 
Butter, barrels, 320 lb. butt.2  78 
Butter, barrels, 20 i41b.bags.2 86 
27
Butter, sacks, 28 lbs.... 
Rutter, sacks, as lbs........... !  m
! Shaker, 24 2 lb. boxes.
1  60

Common  Grades
100 3 lb. sacks.................. 
2  26
60 61b. sacks..................’ " ’ 2  15
28101b. sacks..............   *  2 06
56 lb. sacks............... 
  40
28 lb. sacks................  
22 |

 

W arsaw

68 lb. dairy In drill bags 
40 I
28 lb. dairy to drill bags, " i i   20

Ashton

66 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  go 

Higgins

86 lb. dairy in linen sacks...  go 

Solar  Rock

86 lb.  sacks............................  23

Common
Granulated  Fine....... 
75
Medium Fine...................___  gg j

SPIC E8 

W hole Spices

SA LT  FISH

. 

i«

Cod

Trout

H alibut.

Strips................... 
chunks.....................13

No. 1 too lbs.......................   5 50
2  80
No. 1  40 lbs................. 
NO. 1  10 lbs...................... 
70 !
69 I
No. 1  8 lbs......................; 

Allspice............................. 
Cassia, China In mats
ila, China to mats......  
”  
Large whole...............   @ 6*   Cassia, Batavia, In bund . . .
Small whole................  ©  6 
Cassia, Saigon, broken....
strips or  bricks..........  7  ®   9
Cassia, Saigon, In rolls.... 
Pollock........................  
®  8i4
Cloves, Amboyna............... 
Cloves, Zanzibar................  
Mace..........................  
Nutmegs,  re-80.............  
 
Nutmegs,  106-10................  
Nutmegs, 11K-20.................  
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
Pepper,  Singapore, white. 
Pepper, shot......................  
Pure Ground in B a lk
Allspice.............................. 
Cassia, Batavia.................. 
Cassia, Saigon...................  
Cloves, Zanzibar................ 
Ginger, African................  
Ginger, Cochin.................. 
Ginger,  Jamaica..............  
Mace
M ustards... ..v.v;; 
. 
Pepper, Singapore, blaok. 
Pepper, Singapore, white.
Pepper, Cayenne........
Sage...................................

M ackerel
Mess 100 lbs................... 
ig  an
g  -5
Mess  50 lbs.............. 
Mess  10 lbs............  
1  go
’ 
Mess  8 lbs.................i " "  1  47
15 (-il
No. 110 0 lb s.. . . . . . . . . . . . .  
N 0 . 1 6 0 ibs.........: : : : : : : ;   too
No. 1  10 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
165
N0.1  8 lbs...............  
u
No. 2100 lbs..............
No. 2  5) lbs................  V
NO. 2  10 lb s...................  ■
V«*  »  g lb« 
.................**

..  

Gunpowder

Moyune, medium.................29
Moyune, choice....................38
Moyune,  fancy.................... ’58
Ptogiuey,  medium............... 28
Plngsuey,  choice.................. 83
Ptogsuey, fancy....................43

Young  Hyson

Choice....................... 
gg
Fancy..............................'""a g

Oolong

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

English  Breakfast
Medium........................... ••..27
Choice...............................
Fancy......................................

India

Ceylon, choice.....................  gi
Fancy......................................

TOBACCO

Cigars

H. A P. Drug Co.’s brands.

Fortune Teller..................  85  00
Our Manager........................  00
Quintette........................... ...  09
G. J .  Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

F.O.W ......................
Cigar cuppings, per lb ..

ig
12
28
56
17
14
55
50
40
35
18 
28 
20

ig
28
48
17
15
ig
26
îf
17
26 
20

g
5 *
46*

g
§*

H erring

Holland white hoops,  bbl.  10  60 
Holland white hoopt*bbl.  5  so 
Holland white hoop, keg..  ®76 
Holland white hoop mcha. 
86
Norwegian................
Round too lbs................ i " '  3 go
Round 50 lbs....................... i 2  to
J3U.
Scaled....................... 
Bloaters.................... i” “  
¡8 0

Button’s Table  Bice, 40 p> »he 
r

bale, 1 *  p n " f  

STARCH 

Common Gloee

l-lb.  packages...................  
8-lb. packages...................  
6-lb. packages
«a am 
in 60-lb. boxes........... 
Barrel*

Common Corn

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

3 0

1 2

13

14

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

15

Lubetsky Bros, brands

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

Fine  Cut

Cadillac................................. 54
Sweet  Loma......................... 33
Hiawatha, 5 lb. palls........... so
Hiawatha, 10 lb. palls..........54
Telegram...............................22
Pay C ar................................ 31
Prairie Bose......................... 49
Protection............................. 87
Sweet Burley........................ 42
Tiger..................................... 38

P lu g

Smoking

Bed Cross..............................82
Palo...................................... 81
Kylo...................................... 84
Hiawatha..............................41
Battle A x e ........................... 33
American Eagle...................32
Standard Navy.....................36
Spear Head, 16 oz.................41
Spear Head,  8 oz.................43
Nobby Twist........................ 48
JoU yTar...............................36
Old Honesty........ ................ 42
Toddy.,..................................33
Piper Hetdsich.....................61
BootJack..............................78
Honey Dip Twist..................39
Black  Standard....................38
Cadillac................................ 38
Forge................................... 30
Nickel  Twist.......................5 0
Sweet Core........................... 34
Flat Car................................ 32
Great Navy........................... 34
Warpath...............................25
Bamboo, 16 oz.......................24
I X L ,  51b ............................26
I X L ,16oz. palls.................. 30
Honey Dew..........................36
Gold  Block........................... 35
Flagman...............................38
Chips.....................................32
Klin Dried............................21
Duke's Mixture....................38
Duke’s Cameo.......................41
Myrtle Navy.........................39
Turn Yum, IN oz.................. 39
Yum Yum. 1 lb. palls........... 37
Cream................................... 36
Corn Cake, 2# oz..................24
Corn Cake, lib ..................... 22
Plow Boy, IN oz................... 39
Plow Boy, 3«  oz................... 39
Peerless, 3«  oz..................... 32
Peerless, in   oz.....................34
Air .Brake...........................   36
Cant  Hook........................... 30
Country Club....................32-34
Forex-XXXX.......................28
Good Indian........................ 23
Self  Binder.......................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, lib .balls..................... 7«

V IN EG A R

Malt White Wine, 40 grain..  8 
Malt White Wine, 80 grain.. 11 
Pure Cider, B. & B. brand.  .11
Pure Cider, Bed Star...........11
Pure Cider, Boblnson..........11
Pure Cider,  Silver................ 11
W ASHING  POW DER
Diamond  Flake................. 2 7
Gold  Brick......................... 3 25
Gold Dust, regular.............4 56
Gold Dust, 5c......................4 00
Klrkollne,  24 4 lb................3 90
Pearline..............................2 7!
Soaplne................................4  10
Babbitt's 1776. .....................  3
Roselne.................................3  50
Armour’s..............................3
Nine O’clock....................... 3  35
Wisdom...............................3 80
Scourlne.............................. 3 50
Bub-No-More.......................3 75

W ICKIN G

■ No. 0, per gross....................25
No. 1, per gross....................ao
No. 9, per gross....................40
No. 8. per gross....................55

Baskets

WOODEN W A K E 
Bushels.................................
Bushels, wide band............ 1  25
Market.................................  30
Splint, large.........................6 00
Splint, medium...................5 00
Splint, small........................4 00
Willow Clothes, large......... s 00
Willow Clothes, medium...  5 50
Willow Clothes,  small......... 5 00
Bradley  Butter  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. 1 Oval, 250 In crate........  40
No. 2 Oval, 250 In crate........  45
No. 3 Oval, 250 In crate........  50
No. 5 Oval, 250 In crate........  60
Barrel, 5 gals., each............2  40
Barrel, 10 gals., each.......... 2  55
Barrel, 15 gals., each.......... 2  70

B utter Plates

Churns

Clothes  Plus

Bound head, 5 gross box....  50
Bound head, cartons...........   75

Egg Crates

Humpty Dumpty............... 2  25
No. 1, complete...................   29
No. 2, complete................. 
  u

Faucets

Tubs

Traps

Mop  Sticks

Toothpicks

Cork lined, 8 In.....................  65
Cork lined, 9 In.....................  75
Cork lined, 10 In...................   85
Cedar. 8 In.............................  65
Trojan spring......................   90
Eclipse patent spring........ .  85
No 1 common.......................   75
No. 2 patent brush bolder..  85
12 B>. cotton mop heads...... 1  25
Ideal No. 7 ...........................  90
Pails
2- hoop Standard.................. 1  so
3- 
hoop Standard.1  65
2- wlre,  Cable............................. 1 60
3- wire,  Cable.............................1 80
Cedar, all red, brass  bound. 1  25
Paper,  Eureka..........................2 25
Fibre..........................................2 40
Hardwood.................................2 50
Softwood...................................2 75
Banquet..................................... 1 to
Ideal.......................................... 1 50
Mouse, wood, 2  holes..........   22
Mouse, wood, 4  holes...........  45
Mouse, wood, 6  holes..........   70
Mouse, tin, 5 holes..............   65
Bat, wood.............................  80
Bat, spring..............................  75
20-lnch, Standard, No. 1............7 00
18-lnch, Standard, No. 2........... 6 00
16-lnch, Standard, No. 3............5 00
20-lnch, Cable,  No. 1................. 7 so
18-lnch, Cable,  No. 2................. 6 50
16-lnch, Cable,  No. 3................. 5 50
No. 1 Fibre............................9
No. 2 Fibre............................7
No. 3 Fibre............................7
Bronze Globe....................... 2 50
Dewey................................  1  76
Double Acme....................... 2 75
Single Acme..................... 
2
Double Peerless......... .. 
3 25
Single Peerless.................... 2 50
Northern Queen................. 2  SO
Double Duplex.................... 3 00
Good Luck...........................275
Universal..............................2 26
12  In.................................... 1 65
14 in.................................... 1  85
16 In..  ..................................2  30
Wood  Bow ls
11 In. Butter..................
13 In. Butter...........................1 10
15 In. Butter...........................l 76
17 In. Butter...........................2 75
19 In. Butter...........................4 25
Assorted 13-15-17................ 1  75
Assorted 15-17-19  ................3 00
W R A PPIN G   P A P E R
Common Straw.................. 
1
Fiber Manila, white.......... 
3K
Fiber Manila, colored......   4
No.  1  Manila....................   4
Cream  Manila..................  
3
Butcher’s Manila..............  
2«
Wax  Butter, short  count.  13 
Wax Butter, full count....  20
Wax Butter,  rolls............. 
15
Magic, 3 doz........................1 00
Sunlight, 3 doz.................... 1 00
Sunlight, 1«   doz..................  50
Yeast Cream, 3 doz.............1 00
Yeast Foam, 3  doz............. 1  00
Yeast Foam. 1H  doz...........  50
Per lb.

Window  Cleaners

YEAST  C A K E

F R E SH   FISH

Wash  Boards

White fish.................... 103  11
Trout............................  3   8
Black  Bass...................ii@  12
Halibut........................  3   14
5
Ciscoes or Herring....  3
12
Bluefish....................... 1 13
20
Live  Lobster..............   3
22
Boiled  Lobster...........   3
10
Cod..............................   3
Haddock.....................  ©
88*
No. 1 Pickerel.............  3
Pike.............................   3   7
Perch...........................   3   5
Smoked  White............   3   11
Bed  Snapper...............   3   10
Col River  Salmon... 13  3   14
Mackerel......................  3   18

O YSTERS

Bulk

F. H.  Counts.................. 
Extra Selects..................... 
Selects................................ 
Baltimore  Standards......  
Standards.........................  

per gal.
1  75
1 60
1 40
1  25
1  20

Cans

23
22
20
18

F.  H.  Counts__
Extra  Selects..
Selects..............................  
Perfection  Standards......  
Anchors............................. 
Standards........................... 

H ID ES  AND  P ELT S 

3  : «  
3  6* 
3  8« 
3  7«  
3  9* 
3  8 ©10« 
3  9

Hides
Green  No. 1 .............
Green  No. 2.............
Cured  No. 1 .............
Cured  No. 2.............
Calfskins,green No. 1 
Calfskins,green No. 2 
Calfskins,cured No. 1 
Calf skins,cured No. 2 
Old Wool..................
Lamb-......................  
50@1  00
—
Shearlings.............. 
40©  75
Tallow
No. 1........................
3  6 
No. 2........................
3  &z
Wool
©20
Washed, fine...........  
323
Washed,  medium... 
Unwashed,  fine....... 
15  3 17
Unwashed, medium.  16  319

Pelts

CAN DIES 
Stick Candy

bbls. palls

Standard.................  
Standard H. H........  
Standard  Twist....... 
Cut Loaf................... 
¿umbo, 32 lb............. 
Extra H. H ..............  
Boston Cream.......... 
Root » —• 

M ixed Candy

Grocers.....................
Competition.............
Special.......................
Conserve..................
R oyal.......................
Ribbon....................
Broken.....................
Cut Loaf...................
English Bock...........
Kindergarten..........
Bon Ton Cream.......
French Cream..........
Dandy Pan..............
Hand  Made  Crenr"
mixed...............
Crystal Cream mix

3 7
3 7
3  8
3 9
cases
3  7 *
3 1 ok
3 10
o   »

3  6 
3  7 3  7X 
3  7*  
3  8« 
3  9 
3  8 
3  s *  
3  9 
3  9 
3  8*  
3  9 
3 1 0
114«
13

Fancy—In  Pans 

Champ. Crys. Gums.
Pony  Hearts...........
Fairy Cream Squares
Fudge Squares........
Peanut Squares......
Sugared Peanuts__
Salted Peanuts........
Starlight Kisses......
San Bias Goodies....
Lozenges, pla'n.......
Lozenges, printed...
Champion Chocolate 
Eclipse Chocolates...
Quintette Choc........
Gum Drops..............
Moss  Drops.............
Lemon Sours...........
Imperials.................
Ital. Cream Opera...
Ital. Cream Bonbons
20 lb. palls.............
Molasses  Chews,  15
lb. palls..................
Golden Waffles........

8» 
15 
12 12 
9 II 
10 
10 
312 3  9
310
311 ©13«
312 
3  5«  
3  9 
3  9 
3  9 
312
© 11
©13
3 1 2
Fancy—In  S lb. Boxes

©50
©60
AM
©85
©1  00
3 3 6
©75
©56
360
AM
360
3 5 6
©55
©90
©66
3 6 6
@60

3  
3  
3 3  75 
8  
8  
3  
3  
8

80

Lemon  Sours..........
Peppermint Drops.!
Chocolate  Drops....
H. M. Choc. Drops..
H. M. Choc.  Lt.  and
Dk. No. 12.............
Gum Drops..............
Licorice  Drops........
Lozenges,  plain.......
Lozenges, printed...
Imperials.................
Mottoes...................
Cream  Bar.............
Molasses Bar...........
Hand Made Creams.
Cream Buttons, Pep.
and  Wlnt..............
String Book.............
Wlntergreen Berries 
FRU ITS 
Oranges
Florida Bus sett.......
Florida  Bright........
Fancy  Navels..........
Extra Choloe...........
Late Valencias........
Seedlings..................
Medt. Sweets...........
Jamalcas.................
Rodl......................
Lemons 
Verdelll, ex fey 300..
Verdelll, fey 800.......
Verdelll, ex chce  300
Verdelll, fey 360......
Call Lemons, 300......
Messlnas  300s ..........  3
Messtnas  360s ..........  3
Bananas
Medium bunches__  
Large  bunches........

1  0032 00

5

Figs

316
@

§
S
3  6«

Foreign  Dried Fruits 
@
3 1   00
@

California«,  Fancy..
Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes 
Extra Choice, Turk.,
10 lb. boxes...........
Fancy, Tkrk.,  12  lb.
boxes.....................  13«@15
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes... 
Naturals, In bags  ... 
Dates
Fards In 10 lb. boxes 
Fards In 60 lb. oases.
Hallow)....................  
lb.  cases, new.......
Salrs, 60 lb. cases....
NUTS
Almonds, Tarragona
Almonds,  Ivtoa.......
Aim on as, California,
soft shelled........... 
Brazils,..................... 
Filberts...................
Walnuts.  Grenobles.
Walnuts, soft shelled
Cal. No. 1,  new__
Table Nuts,  fancy...
Pecans,  Med...........
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos......
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Ohio,  new.............
Coco&nuts, full sacks 
Chestnuts, per bu...
Peanuts 
Fancy, H. P „ Suns..
Fancy,  H.  P „  Sons
Roasted................  
Choloe, H.P., Jumbo 
■ Choice, H. P., Jumbo
Boasted................  
l8MAn.8UUHo.in*» 

6«@ 6
6«©  7
S ; u
m

15316
^
@11«
© 12
@15

© 12
©13
3
3 3  so

@13«@11

1

STO NEW ARE

Butters

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

Why

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

C h u r n s

M ilk pans

«  gai  fiat or rd. hot, per doz............
1 gal. nat or rd. bot,, each.................
Fine  Glazed  M ilkpans
«  gal. fiat or rd. bot., per doz............
1 gal. fiat or rd. bot., each..................

Stewpang

Ja g s

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

«  gal. per doz......................................
H gal. per doz.......................................
1 to 5 gal., per gal................................

Sealing W ax

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

LA M P   BU RN ERS

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

Bints................................................. 4  25 per gross
50 per gross
vt Gallon.....  ................................. 6 50 per gross

W ith Porcelain  Lined  Caps
........................................... 
Fruit Jars packed l dozen In box
LA M P  CH IM N EYS—Seconds 

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

Per box of 6 doz.
1  62
1  84
2  80

. .  

Each chimney In corrugated carton.

F irst  Q uality

No. 0 Crimp.......................................... 
1  74
1  9g
No. 1 Crimp.......................................... 
No. 2 Crimp.................................................... 2 90
1  91
No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 
No.  1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped &  lab. 
2  18
3  os
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped &  lab. 
2 75
No. 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped &  lab. 
No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped &  lab. 
3 75
No. 2 Sun, hinge, wrapped & lab........ 
4  00
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled........
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled........
No. 2 binge, wrapped and labeled......
No. 2  Sun,  “ Small  Bulb,”   for  Globe
Lamps.........................................

X X X   Flint

Pearl  Top

4  60
5  30 
5  10

L a   Bastie

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 (65c  doz)...................
No. 2 Lime (76c  doz)................ ..........
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz)” " ...........;• ;

Rochester

No. 2 Lime (70c  doz).
No. 2 Flint (80c  doz).

Electric

O IL  CANS

.

1 gal. tin cans with spout, per  doz 
1 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz
2 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz
3 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.
5 gal. galv. Iron with  spout, per doz.
3 gal. galv. Iron with faucet, per doz..
5 gal. galv. Iron with faucet, per doz.. 
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................ ..!
„
No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10c 
No. 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15c 
No. 0 Tub., bbls 6 doz. each, per bbl..
No. 0 Tub., Bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each

___LA N TER N   GLO BES

LAN TER N S

80

1  00 
1  26 
1  35 
1  60

3  50
4  00 
4  60

4  00 
4  60

1  30 
1  60
2 50
3  50
4  50 
3  75
s 00
?
9 00
9  00

4  76 
7  25 
7  25 
7  50 
13  50 
3  60

45 
45 
I  75 
1  25

B EST   W H ITE  COTTON  W ICKS 
Roll contains 32 yards In one piece.

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No. 1,  «-Inch wide, per gross or roll.. 
No. 2,1 
Inch wide, per gross or roll. 
No. 3, 1 «  Inch wide, per gross or roll.. 

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50 books, any denomination..................... 
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100 books, any denomination........... !!!!!!  2 50
600 books, any denomination........... !!!!!!  1150
,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- 
cem^specially  printed  cover  without  extra

Coupon  Pass  Books

from $10 down.

Can be  made  to  represent  any  denomination 
50 books...........................  
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100 books................................... 
o  ¿n
500 books...........................  
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Credit Checks

, Z5 ’
one  denomination........................  2 00
3  00
1.000, any one denomination..................... 
2.000, any one  denomination............. " " "   5 00
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We Sell at Wholesale only.

Oh,  I  have  bad  some  experience,”  
little  with  you,  Bill, 

said  Hank,  “ a 
yourself. ”

Now  Bill,  here”   addressing  the 
Debating  Club,  “ is  the  greatest  peanut 
eater  1  ever  knew;  he  never comes  into 
the  store  without  sampling  the  peanuts 
and,  although  he  must  know  by  this 
time  what  good  peanuts  we  sell,  1  never 
knew  him  to  take  home  any  to  his  fam 
ily.  Now,  I  reckon that  there  are about 
sixty  peanuts  to  a  pint,  and  as  Bill 
never  eats  less  than  a  pint  a  week,  and 
has  been  coming 
into  the  store  pretty 
regularly for about  twenty  years,  I figure 
that  in  that  time  he  has  consumed about 
$24  worth  of  my  choice,  double-jointed 
humped-back, 
triple-roasted  Virginia 
peanuts,as  the  man  who owns  the  circus 
says  when  he  passes  through  the  re 
served  seat  section.”

Bill  withdrew  a  little  farther  into hii 
corner,  with  an  uneasy  shuffle  that  indi 
cated  that  Hank's  remarks  would  hold 
im  for  a  while.
“ Then  there’s  Henry  Hapgood. 

I 
think  that  Henry  must  be  the  champion 
prune  eater  of  this  and  several  adjoin 
ng counties.  He  never  forgets to  try  the 
dried  prunes  when  he  comes  from  his 
mill  and  I  figure  that  he  has  consumed 
bout  $7.87  worth  of  prunes  since  he 
first  found  out  wbat good  prunes  they 
were. ”

An-uneasy  laugh  from  Henry’s  chair. 
“ Then  there’s  Hiram  here,  one  of  the 
greatest  coflee  testers  that  I  ever  knew 
who  was  not  drawing  a  salary  as  an  ex­
pert  in  a  wholesale  bouse.  With the bulk 
coflee  of  the  kind  I  sell,  cheap  at  35 
cents  a  pound,  I  figure  that  1  am paying 
Hi  about  $5  a  year  for  spreading  the 
news  through  Kelly  Center  what  good 
coflee  I  keep.  Oh,  I  know  how  great 
little  acorns  grow  all  right; 
oaks  from 
and 
if  you  raisin  eaters  and  cookie 
samplers  and  cracker  consumers  and 
cheese  fiends  will  wait  a  few  minutes  1 
ill  make  you  out a  bill for the stuff  that 
you  have  carried  away  a  little  at a time, 
but  which,  piled  in  a  heap,  would  make 
I  figure  that 
this  bunch  must  owe  my  heirs  and  as- 
gns  about  $78.29  all  together,  so  if 

pretty  good  wagonload. 

you  will  wait  a  minute—”

But  the  Kelly  Center  Debating  Club 
had  suddenly,  unanimously  and  silently 
adjourned. 

Douglas  Malloch.

How  It  Happened.

“ How  did  this  happen?”   asked  the 
surgeon,  as  he  dressed  the  wound  in 
the  cheek  and  applied  a  soothing  poul-

ce  to  the  damaged  eye.
‘ Got  hit  with  a  stone,”   replied  the 

“ Whothrew  it?”
“ My—my  wife,”   was  the  reluctant 

patient.

answer.

It’s  the  first  time  I ’ve  heard
“ Hum! 
a  woman  hitting  anything  she  aimed 

muttered  the  surgeon.

“ She  was  throwing  at  the  neighbor's 
“ I  was 

hens,”   explained  the  sufferer. 
behind  her. ”

T H E  STOCK  SA M PLER S.

Hank  Spreet  M akes  a  Pew  Rem arks  For 

Written for the Tradesman.

Their  Benefit.

“ It  is  wonderful  how 

little  things 
grow!”   remarked  Bill  Blivens  when 
the  Kelly  Center  Debating  Society  had 
settled  down  about  Hank  Spreet’s  stove 
and  was  enjoying  the warmth  of  the  vi. 
lage  grocer’s  hardwood  without  appre 
ciating  the  fact  that  it  was  costing  hi 
$6  a  cord.

“ A 

lie  about  somebody,”   suggested 
Hank  bluntly.  He  meant  the  remar 
for  no one  in  particular,  but  the  eyes 
Bill  Blivens  shifted  and  several  of  the 
debaters  moved  uneasily  in their chairs 
“ I  don’t  mean  that,”   said  Bill,  ' 

mean  something  that  really  is,  that  you 
can  see,  that 
'visible,’  that’s  the 
word. ’ ’

is 

“ You  mean  a  boil  on  a  man’s  nose, 
for  instance,”   remarked  the grocer.  But 
Bill  Blivens  was  not  to  be  sidetracked 
by  Hank’s  humor,  although  the  mem 
bers  of  the  Kelly  Center  Debating  Clu 
were  smiling  a  unanimous  smile.  H 
went  on:

“ No,  I  mean  things  like  the  sand 
hills  ’long  the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan 
Them  hills  are  as  big  as  mountains 
some  of 
’em.  These  scientific  fellows 
say  that  when  they  was  started  they  was 
no  bigger  than  a mole-hill;  but the wind 
and  the  water  kept  to  work  and  the 
sand  collected  and  collected  and  col 
iected  until  finally  them  big  hills  was 
the  result. ”

is  a  good  deal  easier  than 

It  must  be,”   said  the  grocer,  point 
edly,  “ that  along  the  lake  shore  collect 
ing 
it  a  
around  Kelly  Center,”   and  he  began 
thumbing  over  bis  day-book.  Bill  let 
the  remark  go  unheeded.

“ Now  there’s  the river,  too,”   he said, 
“ it  is  nothing  but  a  little  stream  up  in 
the  mountains,  but  it  gathers  and  gath 
ers  and  gathers—”

“ Like  a  Kelly  Center  crowd  at  a  dog 
fight,”   interjected  the  irrelevant  grocer.
It  gathers  and  gathers  into  a  river 
and  gathers  more  water as  it flows  along 
until  look  at  the  size  of  that  river  at  the 
mouth!”

“ Like  some  men,”   said_Hank.
Bill  eyed  the  grocer  suspiciously  at 
*his  remark,  wondering  whether  it  was 
personal  or  general 
in  character,  but 
resumed  bis  argument  without  com­
ment.

It  don’t  weigh  much  and 

“ Now  there’s  the  snowflake,  too,”  
' “A  snowflake*8  not  very 
Bill  said. 
much. 
it 
don’t  cover  much  ground,  but  let  a  few 
hundred  million  of  them  snowflakes  fall 
from  heaven  and  look  at the drift  they’ll 
make.”

‘ That’s  where  heaven 

looks  like  it 
was  working  against  itself,”   said  the 
grocer. 
“ I^have  known  of  them  snow­
flakes  falling  from  heaven  on  Saturday 
night  and  then  keeping  many  a  good 
man  from  going  to  church  on  Sunday.”  
As  Bill  was  not  over  strenuous  on 
religion,be  bad  little  difficulty  in  guess­
ing  for  whom  this  remark  was intended.
“  It’s  the  same  way  with  a  man  get- 
ting  rich,  ’  Bill  went  on,  “ he  saves  a 
penny  here  and  a  shilling  there  and  in 
that  way  he  builds  a  fortune.”

Yes,”   said  the  grocer,  “ and  many 
is  built  with  other  people’s 

a  fortune 
brick.”

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You  don’t  seem  to  take  much  stock 
in  my  remarks,”   said  Bill,  addressing 
the  grocer  at  last,  and  helping  himself 
to  a  handful  of  peanuts  from  a  bag 
which  was  listening  to  him  with  gaping 
mouth  near  by. 
“ Must  be  that  you 
never noticed  this  thing  yourself. ”  

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

TESTS  ON  ÏO l'X G   MEN.

Study  o f Food  Effects  by  the  Department 

o f A griculture.

Seated  about  a  table  heaped  to  over 
flowing  with  good  things  to  eat,  a  dozen 
young  men  in  Washington  are  enjoying 
the  hospitality  of the Government.  But 
the  table  etiquette  is  rather  unusual.

“ You  may  have  a  second  piece  of 
pie,  but  just  let  me  take  your  tempera 
tore  first, "s a y s   the  host.  For  every 
thing  eaten  is  eaten  for  a  purpose,  and 
these  young  men  are  simply  human  ma 
chines  working  out  a  nice  little  prob 
lem  in  chemistry under  the watchful  eye 
of  Dr.  Wiley,  Chief  Chemist  of  the  De 
partment  of Agriculture.

The  first  half  of the  experiment  wi 

be  remembered  as  a  period  of  good 
food,  well  cooked,  for,  just  as the Rhode 
Uland  farmer  fattens  his  turkeys  for 
Thanksgiving,  so  Dr.  Wiley  is  prepar 
ing  his  subjects  for  a  poison  diet  by  a 
prelude  of gastronomic  bliss.  By and  by 
he  will  have  diagrams  of  the  digestions 
of  his  guests.  He  will  have  discovered 
as  every  boarding  house  keeper  does, 
the  capacity  of  bis  lodgers,  bow  much 
food  they  need, and how  it  affects  them 
Then  comes  a  heavy  change.  The 
twelve  boarders  are  divided 
into  two 
groups:  one  takes  the  pledge  to eat only 
what  Dr.  Wiley  gives  them; 
in  the 
cause  of  science  they  renounce  the 
pleasures  of  “ rarebits”   and  kindred 
joys.  They  get  their ten  days’  rations 
of  the  finest,  then  come  ten  days  of 
preserved  food. 
In  this  time  the  vol 
unteer  subjects  have  for  food  that  vast 
range  of  chemically  treated  articles 
ranging  all  the  way  from  the  canned 
beef  of  Spanish  war  fame  to  the  tinned 
baked  beans,  “ just  like  those  motbet 
used  to  bake,”   so  the  label  says.

In  the  days  when  chemical  food  con­
is  a  frequent 
fronts  the  guests  there 
taking  of  temperature  and  feeling  of 
pulse.  The  effects  of  preserved  pickles 
on  the  good  nature  of  the  subjects,  of 
canned  fish  upon  the  intellect,  and  all 
the  various  ramifications  of  food  on  the 
system,  are  minutely  observed.  Day 
and  night,  themometer 
in  hand,  Dr. 
Wiley  stands  vigilantly  on  guard.

About  the  time  when  the 

last  pun 
about  “ can”  
is  exhausted,  the  diet 
regimen  is  over  and  the  first  six  go  into 
period  of  relaxation,  where  milk  flows 
straight  from  the  cow  and  the  honey  is 
squeezed  from  the  comb.  At  the  same 
time  the  other  six  subjects  who  have 
been  poking  fun  at  their  brethren,whom 
they  have  dubbed  “ the  can  openers,”  
take  their  turn,  and  the  first  batch  get 
their  revenge.

Of  the  purposes  of  the  tests,Dr.  Wiley 

gives  the  following  explanation:

The  object  of  the  experiment  is  to de­
termine  the  wbolesomeness,  or  rather 
the  unwholesomeness,  of 
substances 
added  to  foods  as  preservatives,  color­
ing  matter,  or  for  other  purposes.  An 
attempt  will  be  made  to  settle  definitely 
the  disputed  points  in  regard  to  these 
matters  about  which  chemists  and 
hygienists  differ  so  greatly.  The  result 
can  a iso  be  used to shape  intelligent leg­
islation  of  restrictive  nature,  regulating 
commerce  in  food  products, securing the 
removal  of  unnecessary  and  unjust  re­
strictions,  and  making  effective  those 
that  are  necessary  and 
It  will 
serve  as  a  basis  for  international  agree­
ment  in  regard  to  the  composition  of 
preserved  foods.  Now  the  different  na­
tions  have  widely  different  laws  to  pro­
tect  and  regulate  the  importation  and 
exportation  of  food  products.  They  will 
serve  also  as  a  basis  for  rational  advice 
on  the  part  of  hygienists  and physicians 
in  regard  to  the  foods  that should  be  or 
should  not  be  used  by  persons  in  or­
dinary  health,  and  will  be  especially 
valuable 
in  the  treatment of  invalids.

just. 

The  investigation  will  produce  results 
which  will  tend  to  conserve  the  public 
health  and  guard  the  invalid  and  the 
weak  from  injurious  substances.

Beginning  at  tbe  Beginning.
‘ ‘ But  can  you  cook?”   asked  the 
pro
saic  young  man.
‘ ‘ Let  us  take  these  questions  up  i 
their  proper  order,”   returned  the  wise 
girl.  “ The  matter  of cooking  is  not  the 
first  to  be  considered.”

“ Then  what  is  the  first?”   he  de 
“ Can  you  provide  tbe  things to be 

manded.
cooked?"

Home  Discomforts.

“ No,"   grumbled  the  husband  in 

spasm  of  confidence,  to  a  friend, 
have  no  place  at  all  for  my  book.  The 
storage  room  is  kept  exclusively  for  my 
wife. ”

“ And  what  does  she  do  with  it?”
“ Oh,  she  puts away  those  things  that 
are  a  trifle  too good  to  be  destroyed,  yet 
scarcely  good  enough  to  be  of  use.”

Fourth  Estate:  Tbe Michigan Trades 
man, of  Grand  Rapids,  which celebrated 
its  1,000th  issue  November  19 by  issu 
ing  a  handsome  illustrated  edition  of 
68  pages,  has  removed  to  the  corner 
floors  of  the  Wiliard  Barnhart  building 
which  it  has  leased  for seventeen  years 
The  new  location  is  in  tbe  center  of  the 
jobbing  district.  Tbe  success  of  tbe 
Tradesman,  of  which  E.  A.  Stowe 
tbe  editor,  is  marked. 
Its  popularity 
and  prosperity  seem  to  be  increasing 
with  each  succeeding  year.

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give  a  business  man.  We  trust  your 
efforts  may  be  crowned  with  tbe  same 
degree  of  success  at  your  new 
location 
as  they  have  been  in  the  past.

Clark  Sintz,  manufacturer  of oil  and 
gasoline  engines  and  transmission  gear, 
Grand  Rapids:  Enclosed  1  hand  you 
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congratulations for your need  of  enlarged 
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if 
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out  it.

“ Think  of  me when  I  am  gone,”   said 
1  young  man  who  had  stayed  very 
late. 
'I  will  if  you  will  give  me  a  chance,”  
replied  the  young  woman  he  was  visit- 
ng.

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

U'OK SALE—MY  STOCK  OF  STAPLE  DRY 
X1  goods In city of Lansing,  Mich.;  fine  store, 
steam heat;  best  location  In  city;  good  trade; 
making  money;  stock  about  $6,000;  reason.  111 
health of family.  This Is a rare chance for some 
one.  You must act quickly if  you are Interested. 
W.  P. Yakeley, Lansing, Mich. 
UTOR SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—A  GOOD  IM- 
X  proved farm of 130 acres near Howard  City. 
Also 100 acres  of  improved  land  near  Howard 
City, and ?20 acres of wild land.  Address W. P. 
Baxter, e$3 Madison Ave.,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

929

B a t t l e   c r e e k   fo o d   s t o c k s—i   h a v e  

for sale stock In  the  following  companies; 
Malta Vita, Norka, Tryablta, National Food Co., 
Maple Flake.  Flakota,  Sanltortum,  Pepto  Qui­
nine, Jebb Remedy Co.  and all others.  You can 
double  your  money.  Sam  A.  Howes,  Broker, 
Battle Creek, Mich. 
TXT ANTED -  LOCATION  IN  NORTHERN 
_v  Michigan.  Indiana or Ohio for newspaper. 
W. Ingles. 329 Madison St., Petoskey, Mich.  926
j TOR SALE  OR  EXCHANGE  FOR A STOCK 
A   of merchandise.  A No. 1  too  acre  farm,  all 
improved. In the Kalkaska  county  potato  belt: 
>nce  $2,500.  Address  P.  O.  Box  27,  8outh 
Board man. Mich. 

I  ¡'OR  SALE  OR  WILL  TRADE FOR  GOOD 

stock  of  general  merchandise,  a  fine  resi­
dence,  Including  new  barn,  1c  Grand  Rapids. 
Address Lock Box 162, Muskegon, Mich. 

940

927

937

928

935

936

health.

cash this week 
Tradesman.

fixtures;  Inventories about $1,000,  cheap  for
Address No. 935, care Michigan 

I ¡TOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  AND 
PARTNER  WANTED,  EITHER  GENTLE 

man or lady, with, say $5,000 to $10,000  cash, 
in one  of  the  safest  and  best  paying  lines  of 
business known.  Address Box  55,  Sub  Station 
B, Grand Rapids. Mich. 
TX7 E  HAVE  A  STOCK  OF  ABOUT  $2,000-  
VV  furniture—and  our  books  are  open  to 
your Inspection, which will show that our profits 
were over $280 average per month  last  year.  A 
factory  town  of  1,500  to  1,800.  Bent lor store 
barn and  modern  finished  flat  $25  per  month. 
Have  just gone Into the manufacturing business 
and will sell this If  taken  before  Jan.  l;  other 
wise, will hire good manager and run  It  myself 
It will only cost  you  a  stamp  to  look  this  up 
We will answer all letters written In  good  faith, 
Address No. 934, care Michigan Tradesman.  934
Fo r 
SALE  ON  ACCOUNT  OF  POOR 
one-half  Interest  In  a  paint  and 
paper  store  In  Southern  Michigan;  first-class 
town of  5,000  population;  good  business  estab 
Ushed; first-class  store;  one-half  stock  will  In­
voice about $1,000; will sell on  time;  stock  first- 
class,  no  remnants.  Address  No.  933,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
CHOICE FARM FOR SALE OB TRADE FOR 
i itOB  SALE.  IF   TAKEN  AT  ONCE—CON 
f 'OR SALE—CLOTHING AND SHOE STOCK, 

merchandise, hardware preferred:  177  acres 
burr oak openings.  Box 3,  Leonidas, Mich.  931
fectlonery and News  Depot,  soaa  fountain 
counters  and  show  cases.  Best  reasons  for 
selling.  Address No. 930, care Michigan Trades­
man.________  

Invoicing $7,000 to $8,000; 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'OB  SALE—DRUG  STOCK  AND  FIX 
X1  tures. Invoicing about  $4,800;  located  in one 
of the best  resort  towns  In  Western  Michigan 
Address No. 923, care Michigan Tradesman.  923

Upper Peninsula  town must  be  sold  Imme­
diately;  good  discount  Clark’s  Business  Ex 
change. Grand Rapids. 

BLOTHING  STOCK  OF  $3,500  IN  GOOD 
D O N ’ T  BUY  STUCK  GENERAL  MKR- 

chandise until you Investigate mine;  $10,000 
yearly  business  on  $3,000  Investment;  good 
profit;  pleasant  small  town.  Address  No.  919, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

930

925

922

919

933

921

sou

¡TOR  SALE-O NE  OF  THE  BEST  DRUG 
stocks In Northern  Indiana, Invoicing about 
$800;  only stock of drugs In  the  town.  Address 
No. 909. care Michigan Tradesman. 
60 ACRES OREGON GOVERNMENT LAND; 
cut  three  million 
feet  timber;  take  six 
months;  cost  $500;  worth  $3,000.  Clark’s  Real 
Estate Exchange. Grand Rapids. 
TT'OB  SALE-CLOTHING,  DRY  GOODS, 
X   millinery  and  cloak  business;  established 
thirty  years;  put  In  complete  new  stock  four 
years ago;  best location;  best trade In  city 3,(00 
population;  best  of  reasons  for  selling;  stock 
can be reduced  to  $5,000;  annual  sales,  $25,Oao. 
Address No. 924, care Michigan Tradesman.  924

IjTOR  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. 

IpOB  SALE—DRY  GOODS  STOCK  AT  AI- 

legan, Mlch.  Fine location  and good  trade. 

Address at once John C.  Stein. 
I?O R  SALE —  DRUG  STORE,  FIXTURES, 
X   shelfware, show  cases,  counters,  etc.  Will 
MU cheap  at  once. 
J . J . VanHaaften,  Benton 
Harbor, Mich. 

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WILL  PAY CASH FOB AN ESTABLISHED 

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 bear  Investigation.  Address 
No, 905, care Michigan Tradesman. 

IjTOR  SALE-GOOD  BUSINESS;  BEST GEN- 

eral store  In  best  little  town  In  Genesee
county, Mich. 
Address  No. 904,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman.
I r'iIG A R  STORE  AND  BARBER  SHOP  FOB 
\ J   sale;  doing  a  good  business.  Address  No. 
902, care Michigan Tradesman. 
J j 'OR  S A L E —TWO  BLACK  BEARS,  8 
X   months  old;  male  and  female;  price.  $50 
M. Rickets, Cadillac, Mich. 

I ¡'OR BENT—NEW DOUBLE BRICK  STORE, 

44x80  feet;  one  of  the  finest  locations  In 
Southern  Michigan.  Address  Baughman  & 
Yunker, Goblevllle, Mich. 
nPHE  HOOSIER  HUSTLER,  THE  NOTED 
X   salesman and  Merchandise Auctioneer, has 
closed out more stocks than any other  one  man 
living.  For terms  and  reference  book  address 
. O. Box 478, Omaha, Neb. 

BHICAGO  PUBCHASHING  CO.,  221  5TH 

ave., largest cash buyers of stores and stocks 

of all descriptions. 
1 JI 7 ANTED—SECOND  HAND  COMPUTING 
vv  scale;  about 26 pounds.  Address Chas.  H. 
Fish, Butler, 111. 
J*OR  SALE-CHANCE  OF  A  LIFETIM E  TO 
C  purchase  an  old-established  grocery  busi­
ness in an A No. 1  location.  Annual  sates,  $30 - 
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.
W AN TED -G O O D  STOCK  GROCERfES OR 
V T  general merchandise for  Iowa farm.  Par­
ticulars first letter.  Address No. 893, care Mich­
igan Tradesman. 
i'DR 
SALE —  MEAT  MARKET  AND 
.  slaughter house in connection; a  good  first- 
class trade and cash business;  town  of  fourteen 
hundred  Inhabitants  and  the  only  market  In 
town.  Reason for selling,  have  other  business 
Mrgerplace.  M. A. Mahoney, Box 246, Belle­
vue, Mich. 

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Fo r   s a l e —S3,ooo  g e n e r a l   s t o c k   a n d

$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 Mich­
igan Tradesman. 

W A n i s o - U A  x o r  u i r r  fin r.N i u rtA iifis 
IiTOR  SALE—WR  HAVE  THREE  LAUN- 

also  rye  straw.  What have  yon to offer? 
Address Smith, Young & Co.. Lansing. Mich.  890
1  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, Mich. 
x v r ANTED  FOR  CASH—LUMBER  OF  ALT. 
tt  kinds;  also  shingles  and  lath.  Will  con-
tract mill cuts. 
Belding-Hall Mfg. Co.,  Belding,
Mich
TATE CAN SELL  YOUR  BEAL  ESTATE  OB 
Tv  business wherever located;  we incoroorate 
and float  stock  companies:  write  us.  Horatio 
Gilbert & Company, 325 Elllcott Square,  Buffalo. 
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IpOR  SALE—SMALL  STOCK  CLOTHING, 

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. 
Xj'OR  SALE—FIEST-C LASS,  EXCLUSIVE 
P   millinery business In  Grand  Rapids;  object 
Address
for  gelling,  parties  leaving  the  city. 
Milliner, care Michigan  Tradesman.

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and burglar proof safes.  Geo. M. Smith Wood 
&  Brick  Building  Moving  Co.,  376  South  Ionia 
St.. Grand  Rapids. 

I ¡'OB SALE-DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES, 

Invoicing about $2,000.  Situated In center of 
Michigan  Fruit  Belt,  one-half  mile  from  i-.k» 
Michigan.  Good  resort  trade.  Living  rooms 
over store;  water  Inside  building.  Rent,  $12.50 
per month.  Good  reason  for  selling.  Address 
No. 334, care Michigan Tradesman. 

Rapids.  Will  trade  for  a  stock  of  general 
merchandise.  Address  No. 751,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman.___________  

■ HAVE  SOME  REAL  ESTATE  IN  GRAND 
I  TOR  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

334

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Salesm an  wanted- shoe  s a l e s m a n

to  carry  side  line,  on  commission.  Takes 
but little  time and your  commissions  are  large 
and quick.  Give  reference  and  territory  trav- 
'.  Address The Sallna Mercantile Co.,  Syra- 
. N. Y. 

for specialty;  big commissions:  can  handle 
as  side  line.  Crown  Stationery  Co.,  Chicago, 
III- 

SOLICITORS  WANTED  FOB  MICHIGAN 
Il'XPKRIKNCED DRY GOODS MAN WANTS 

j   permanent position, young, married, refer- 
bs.  Address  P. X.,  care  Michigan  Trades-
L___________________________  

939

941

932

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T I 7 ANTED —POSITION AS  BOOKKEEPER 
TT  or office assistant, experienced,references. 
Address No. 938, care Michigan Tradesman.  938
VX7 ANTBD —  SALESMAN  IN  AN  ESTAB- 
tt 
lished retail  general  store  who  can  take 
an Interest In the business; salary and  share  in 
the  profits.  Address  A.  J .  Prlndle,  Howell, 
Mich.
TX7 ANTED—A GOOD TAILOR AND CLOTH- 
▼  t 
ing  salesman,  a  young  man  steady  and 
reliable;  references  required;  good  wages  to 
right  man.  Address  No.  910,  care  m w o  pan 
Tradesman.
W A N T E D  — A  MAN  TO  DELIVER  AND 
t T  work  in  grocery  store.  Must  be  of good 
character, a  worker  and  strictly  temperate;  a 
steady job for the right man.  Address  No.  823. 
care Michigan  Tradesman._______  

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arc Auctioneers 

and  Special Salesm en

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 tbe price  on 
the goods.  This 
is the very  best 
time of  the year 
for sales ana we 
would  like  you 
to call on  us  or 
write at once.
C o r respond- 
ence  connden-
tial.  We  buy
and  sell  store

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fixtures or take them on consignment.

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C.  C.  O’N E IL L   A  CO.,  Chicago, III.

»5«  DGurhom   R t,  R nlts 40« Star R n fld ln r

Cheney  &  Tuxbury

the  Real  Estate  Men

are in the market  for  Hemlock  and  Cedar  Lands.

24 Caaal St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

