GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  22,  1904 

Number  1083

IM PO R TA N T  F E A T U R E S .

Page.
2?  W indow   T rim m ing.
4.  A round  th e   S tate.
5.  G rand  R apids  G ossip.
6.  T re e  Foliage.
&  E ditorial.
9.  Y ankee  S prings.
12.  B u tte r  an d   Eggs.
13.  N ew   Y ork  M arket.
14.  E volution  of  C harity.
15.  P ublic  S ervice  C orporations.
16.  C lothing.
20.  S um m er  M eeting.
22.  H ard w are.
24.  C u t  F low ers.
26.  F ram e w o rk   of  T rees.
28.  W om an’s  W orld.
30.  Shoes.
32.  S stim a te s  of  P opulation.
33.  B eau ty   in  G rounds.
34.  S to re  and  P ap er.
36.  C lerks’  C orner.
38.  D ry  Goods.
40.  C om m ercial  T ra v elers.
42.  D rugs.
43.  D rug  P rice  C u rren t.
44.  G rocery  P rice  C u rren t.
46.  Special  P rice  C u rren t.______________

the 

then 

celebration  of 

WHERE  THE  SHOE  PINCHES.
Chicago,  after  much  suffering  and 
loss,  has  reached  certain  conclusions, 
the  most  important  of  which  is  this: 
If  care  and  forethought  can  prevent 
the  fires  and  accidents  attendant  up­
the 
on  the  usual 
Fourth  of  July, 
coming 
Fourth  ii  to  be  a  noteworthy  one in 
the  history  of  this  nation.  To  en­
sure  this  much-to-be  desired  result 
she  has  already  begun  to  work.  She 
has  passed  an  ordinance  to  the  ef­
fect  that  great judgment  is  to  be  used 
in  the  sale  of  firecrackers  and  toys 
where  powder  plays  an 
important 
part  and  she  begins  thus  early  that 
merchants  will  not  have  any  excuse 
if  their  sales  in  this  sort  of  mer­
chandise  are 
interfered  with.  The 
simple  fact  is  that  she,  as  a  leading 
city,  can  not  indulge  in  any  million- 
dollaf  fires  in  order  to  grant  Young 
America  the  privilege  of  indulging in 
his  dangerous  pastime.  Therefore, 
the  public  is 
the 
greatest  surveillance  will  be  exercised 
in  all  that  pertains  to  smoke  and the 
underlying  cause  of  it  and  all  good 
citizens  are  called  upon 
to  use 
their  influence  in  carrying  out  the 
wholesome  plans  which  the  duly  ap­
pointed  committee  have  determined 
upon.

forewarned 

that 

them 

With  the  fearful  record  of  only  re­
cent  years  of  Fourth  of  July  con­
flagrations  to  pursuade 
there 
would  seem  to  be  little  need  of  urg­
ing  all  good  citizens  to  lend  their  in­
fluence  in  a  cause  so  commendable, 
and  yet  while  that  same  citizenship 
on  general  principles  will  heartily 
concur  in  the  purpose  the  committee 
of  safety  have  in  view,  there  will be 
after  all  a  feeling  that  that  purpose 
strikes  at  the  very  life  of  all  the  day 
is  intended  to  honor  and  revere  and 
perpetuate. 
It  is  celebrating  the  oc­
casion  when  that  paper  was  signed 
which  admitted  mankind  to  kingship,

the  Magna  Charta  for  all  coming  time 
of  liberty,  freedom  and  enfranchise­
ment. 
It  was  received  by  the  ring­
ing  of  bells,  by  the  firing  of  guns, by 
the  burning  of  powder  in  every  con­
ceivable  form  and  device  and 
that 
same  rejoicing  has  been  sanctioned 
by  custom  until  it  has  to  all  intents 
and  purposes,  crystallized  into  law, 
and  there  is  no  American,  young  or 
old,  who  wants  to  violate  that  law. 
The  purpose  is  commendable,  but is 
it  quite  American?

There  is  no  doubt  that  everywhere 
the  wisdom  of  the  country  will  give 
its  hearty  assent  to  the  proposed re­
form  and  there  is  no  doubt  that  when 
the  day  dawns  the  sons  of  wisdom 
will  be  found  on  the  back  steps  and 
on  the  front  steps  and  in  all  the  ac­
customed  haunts  of  American  boy­
hood  with  the  same  old  firecracker 
and  the  same  old  pistol  and 
the 
same  old  cannon,  firing  away  at 
the 
reckless  expense  of  life  and  limb  and 
property,  and  that  searching  enquiry 
will  find  out  that  Wisdom  himself 
has  broken  the  law  and  has  himself 
bought  and  paid  for  and  delivered in­
to  the  hands  of  his  boys  the  forbid­
den  articles.

The  fact of the  case  is  that  all along 
the  boy  has  not  been  the  cause  of 
the  fires,  big  and 
little,  that  have 
wrought  destruction  on  the  Fourth 
of  July,  and  another  fact— much  to 
the  point  just  now— is  that  the  Chi­
cago  ordinance  is  a  shoe  that  does 
not  pinch  the  boy’s  foot  so  much  as 
it  pinches  that  boy’s  father’s;  and,  if 
the  ordinance  is  a  failure,  that  same 
father  will  be  the  one  responsible 
for  it.  There  are  some  things  man­
kind  do  not  outgrow,  and  this  is  one 
of  them.  The  man  now  does  not  be­
gin  to  celebrate  at  midnight  or  at 
dawn,  but  he  thinks  highly  of  his 
boy  that  does,  and  father  and  son 
are  one  at  heart  in  the  uproar  that 
begins  at  an  unearthly  hour  under 
the  former’s  window,  be  the  reproof 
later  on  what  it  may.  While  the  chil­
dren  are  young  and  little  it  is  worthy 
of  note  that  the  supply  of  crackers 
and  torpedoes  and  whatever  makes 
a  noise  is  always  abundant  on  the 
glorious  morning  and  he  who  cares 
to  watch  will  not  fail  to  observe that 
it  is  the  hand  of  maturity  that  be­
gins  the  firing  and  that  keeps  it  up 
so  long  as  the  ammunition  lasts.

Another  fact  that  maturity  con­
cedes  and  says  nothing  about  is that 
after  a  boy  has  been  taught  how  to 
celebrate  that  same  boy  wants 
to 
celebrate  his  “own  self”  without  hitch 
or  hindrance.  He  wants  his  own fire­
crackers  and  all  the  rest,  and  he 
wants  to  buy  them  himself.  He  wants 
his  own  piece  of  punk  and  he  wants 
to  light  it  and,  what  is  much  to  the 
purpose,  that  condition  of 
things 
suits  the  father  exactly;  and  instances

are  not  wanting  where  paternity  has 
been  so buried  in  patriotism  as  to lose 
all  sense  of  ownership  in  the  fast 
disappearing  ammunition  and  only 
the  sharpest  filial  reproof  could  bring 
the  paternal  offender  to  a  realizing 
sense  of  his  lawlessness!

It  remains  to  be  seen  whether  the 
American  boy  concealed  in  the  Amer­
ican  man  will  rise  to  the  occasion 
and  assert  himself.  He  may  in  Chi­
cago  this  year,  but  it  is  safe  to  pre­
dict  that  the  attempt  will  not  be  re­
peated. 
It  is  a  day  when  the  old 
Adam  must  break  out  and  show  it­
self. 
In  his  heart,  this  minute,  it  is 
about  all  the  day  is  fit  for.  On  gen­
eral  principles  he  loves  and  reveres 
the  day  and  all  it  stands  for.  There 
is  Lexington  and  Bunker  Hill  and 
Valley  Forge  and  Yorktown,  and 
there  they  will  stand  forever.  None 
more  than  he  loves  the  brave  men 
who  won  for  us  the  country  and the 
independence  he  enjoys,  and  no  one 
is  readier  than  he  to  defend  the  same 
when  they  need  it;  but  his  ancestor, 
whose  musket  hangs  over  his  mantel, 
fired  that  musket  on  the  Fourth  of 
July  and  his  son  and  his  son’s  son 
are  going  to  keep  up  that same firing, 
sometimes  with  guns and sometimes 
with  crackers  and  sometimes  with 
rockets,  and  the  ordinance  that  un­
dertakes  to  restrain  them  in  the exer­
cise  of  the  rl^ht  that  that  gun  and 
those  ancestors  fought  for  will  find 
that 
its.  requirements  can  not  be 
carried  out!  There  is  where  the  shoe 
pinches,  a  shoe,  be  it  remembered, 
that  covers  the  paternal  foot.

In  this  section  of  the  country  the 
St.  Louis  fair  has  not  as  yet  created 
any  great  amount  of  excitement,  and 
there  does  not  seem  to  be  a  very 
widespread  or  deep  seated  desire  to 
see  it.  Many  who  have  been  there 
bring  back  the  report  that  even  the 
grounds  are  but  half finished, many of 
the  exhibits  are  not 
in  place  and 
things  generally  are  only  half  pre­
pared.  They  all  agree  that  the  show 
is  on  an  immense 
scale  and  has 
a  great  deal  that  is  worth  seeing. 
Another  drawback  is  the  disposition 
of  the  St.  Louis  people  to  get  rich 
in  a  month  out  of  the  visitors.  Later 
on  greater  crowds  are  expected,  al­
though  it  is  reasonably 
that 
there  will  be  a  heavy  deficit  at  the 
end.  For  this  the  St.  Louis  people 
can  in  a  measure  blame  themselves.

sure 

An  effort  to  corner  the  pecan  crop 
was  reported  in  the  produce  district 
last  week.  The  supply  of  the  nuts 
is  said  to  be  rather  short  on  account 
of  unfavorable  weather  in  Texas.

Supplies  of  bananas  are  not  as  lib­
eral  as  ordinarily,  largely  because  of 
the  reduction  of  the  supply  in  Jamai­
ca,  the  result  of  last  year’s  hurri­
cane.

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W in d o w

Trimming

Hot  Weather  Goods  At  Last  Have 

the  Call.

All  the  stores  have  left  off  their 
semi-summer  look  and  assumed  an 
entirely-summer  appearance.  House­
cleaning— in  this  case,  store-cleaning 
— is  over,  or  about  so,  and  the  sum­
mer  business  is  in  full  swing,  or  soon 
will  be.  The  dry  goods  windows  are 
all  suggestive  either  of  diaphanous 
goods  or  more  substantial  materials 
of  an  outing  description.  Also  num­
bers  of  others  are  displaying  articles 
intended  to  relieve  hot-weather  en­
nui— hammocks,  fans,  porch  pillows, 
screens,  ice  cream  freezers,  and  the 
like.

*  *  *

In  the  first  place,  a  carpenter 

I  never  can  quite  understand  how 
the  women  will  chase  off  after  a sum­
mer  resort,  putting  up  with  all  sorts 
of 
inconveniences— and  paying  big 
money  for  the  privilege— when  they 
might  be  ten  times  more  comfortable 
in  their  own  homes  with  but  a  tithe 
of  the  summer-resort  expense.  More 
and  more  are  otherwise  sensible  peo­
ple  beginning  to  forego  this  sort  of 
foolishness  and  making 
their  own 
residences  dreams—more  than  mere 
dreams— of  solid  summer  enjoyment.
is 
called  into  requisition  to  take 
the 
measurements  of  the  erstwhile  fly  or 
mosquito-laden  piazza and  before long 
its  sides  are 
enclosed  with  wire 
meshes  that  preclude  the  entrance of 
droning  winged 
intruders.  Large 
rugs  are  strewn  over  the  recently 
bare  floor,  a  stand  or  two  are  added 
for  looks  or  convenience,  easy  chairs 
and  couches  of  the  willow  variety 
are  here  and  there  disposed,  hanging 
baskets  of  bright-blossoming  plants 
are hung at intervals  around  the  sides, 
a  smal  escritoire  occupies  an  out-of- 
the-way  corner,  a  large  table  stands 
in  the  center,  a  hammock  always  in 
the  breeze,  while  overhead  is 
an 
electric  light  of  sufficient  power 
to 
read  by.  All  this  if  the  porch  is  of 
ample  size.  Of  course,  if  the  veran­
da  is  of  the  diminutive  sort  most  of 
the  above  pieces  of  furniture  must be 
dispensed  with.  But  there  may  yet 
remain  the  wide-spread  hammock and 
a  pretty  hanging  basket  or  two  and 
still  the  picture  be  an  extremely  at­
luxury-loving 
tractive  one  to 
soul. 
if 
suitable  trees  be  lacking,  there  is left 
the  shady  side  of  the  house  in  the 
afternoon,  where  may  be  planted  a 
heavy  post  and  an  inviting  hammock 
swung.  When  one  counts  all  the 
cost  in  actual  money,  not  to  mention 
the  wear  and  tear  on  one’s  nerves 
incident  to  the  preparation  for 
the 
summer  hegira,  who  shall  say  that 
the  stay-at-home-and-take-it-easy plan 
is  not  the  cheaper  arrangement,  not 
taking  into  account  all  the  pleasure 
derivable  from  the  following  of  such 
a  course?

If  there  is  no  piazza,  and 

the 

*  *  *

Steketee’s  right  hand  window  pre­
sents  a  view  of  some  dozen  ham­

these 

mocks— thirteen,  to  be  exact— of  all 
colors  of  the  rainbow,  and  at  vary­
ing  prices,  the  cheapest  noted  being 
$2.75  and  the  most  expensive  $4.60. 
All  sorts  of  patterns  are  employed 
in  the  weave.  The  central  one  has 
large  green  and  white  hexagons  run­
ning  down  the  central  stripe— quite 
an  odd  conceit. 
I  don’t  recall  ever 
before  having  seen  this  geometrical 
figure  employed  in  hammock  decora­
tion.  Many  have  the  ever-popular 
fleur-de-lis  in  an  all-over  design. 
Some  contain  figures  suggestive  of 
those  used  in  other  articles,  one ham­
mock  looking  as  if  made  of  linen 
commonly  used  for  stair  covering for 
preserving  the  carpeting,  the  color—  
or  tint,  rather—being  a  light  creamy 
If  an  old-fashioned  woven 
gray. 
for  an­
bedspread  had  been  used 
other  of 
cotton  hammocks 
the  appearance  would  not  be  far  dif­
ferent.  The  foot-wide 
stripes  are 
immense  red  and  blue 
white  with 
grape  leaves  on  every  other  one. 
It 
is  extremely  odd.  Over  at  the  right, 
in  the  dusky  background,  hanging 
flat  against  the  partition  which  di­
vides  the  window  from 
store 
proper,  is  a  wide  hammock  all  irregu­
larly  barred  off  into  a  gay  Scotch 
plaid— red,  green,  white,  black  and  a 
little  yellow 
lending  themselves  to 
this  peculiar  design  for  a  hammock. 
There  are  so  many  patterns  to  se­
lect  from  that  almost  any  nationality 
can  find  something  especially  appeal­
ing 
to  its  ideas.  The  Orangeman, 
for  instance,  can  here  choose  a  ham­
mock  composed  entirely  of  narrow 
black  and  orange  stripes.  The  Irish­
man  himself  can  have  for  his  the  one 
with  the  green  hexagons  down 
the 
center.  One  in  brilliant  red  and  green 
and  another in  blue  and yellow  stripes 
would  especially  delight  a  colored 
servant  for  the  kitchen  porch.

the 

*  *  *

Perhaps  you  smile  at  the  idea  of 
giving  hired  help  a  hammock.  Why 
not? 
In  a  well-kept  home  doesn’t 
the  maid’s  back  need  resting  even 
more  than  that  of  the  “missus?”  If 
the  latter  woman  appreciates  the  de­
light  of  resting  her  weary  bones in 
the  open  air,  how  much  more  can 
she  enjoy  such  rest  who  does  the 
rough,  heavy  work  of  the  household. 
If  more  little  comforts  were  furnish­
ed  the  paid  toiler  in  the  house  the 
sooner  and  easier  would  the  Great 
Domestic  Problem  be 
solved  and 
solved  satisfactorily  to  all  parties con­
cerned. 
In  every  home  employing 
service,  the  helper  should  have  not 
only  her  pleasant  convenient  kitchen 
but  also  a  room,  no  matter  how tiny, 
that  she  can  feel  is  “her  very  own.” 
There  should  be  a  cheerful  carpet, 
matting  or  rug  on  the  floor,  an  easy, 
back-fitting  rocking  chair  and  a  good 
springy  couch— not  all  humps 
and 
hollows,  a  decrepit  old  castaway.  A 
pretty  picture  or  two  should  adorn 
the  neatly  papered  or  tinted  walls 
(I  prefer  the  former  even  if  scream­
ed  at  by  the  “sanitary”  house-decora­
tors),  and  a  flowering  plant  or  fern 
should  seek  the  sunshine  at  the  mus­
lin-curtained  window.

One  of  the  most  perfect  home­
makers  in  the  prosperous  town  of 
Cadillac  has  fitted  up  just  such  a

room  for  her  one  maid,  and  she  has 
no  trouble  in  “keeping  help.”

The  best  housekeeper  in  Traverse 
City  has  two  good-sized  windows  in 
the  maid’s  sitting  room  and  across 
the  corner  between  them  she  placed 
a  pretty  little  oak  writing  desk.  This 
was  put  there  as  a  present  to  the 
room’s  temporary  owner  and  when 
she  “left  to  get  married”  quite  need­
less  to  state  she  took  the  little  desk 
with  her.  Her  mistress  told  me  that 
the  girl  was  so  delighted  to  possess 
such  a  thing  “all  herself”  that  she 
never  went  past  it,  if  forty  times  a 
day,  without  unlocking  and  locking 
it  at  least  once  each  trip. 
“The  joy 
of  possession”  seemed  so  complete 
that  the  lady  said  she  never  regret­
ted  the  slight  sacrifice  she  had  to 
make  to  give  this  piece  of  furniture. 
The  next  servant  to  enjoy  the  little 
sanctum  could  neither  read  nor write, 
although  she  could  “whack  up  a  meal 
o’  vittals  to  beat  the  band,”  as  a 
certain  Irish  maid  of  all  work  used 
to  express  it.  There  was  no  need 
of  catering  to  literary  achievements 
in  the  desk-owner’s  successor,  but 
the  latter  had  the  faculty  of  extract­
ing  comfort  out  of  the  rocker 
in 
spare  moments.

♦   *  *

I  am  wandering  from  my  subject, 

am  I  not?

Besides  the  hammocks  I  have  men­
tioned,  Steketee’s  right  hand  window 
has  a  big  palm  leaf  fan  stuck  in  sev­
eral  dozen  otherwise  empty  spots, 
adding  to  the  thought  of  coolness, 
and  there  are  also  other  porch  ac­
cessories,  in  the  shape  of  cushions. 
These  are  ticketed  at  33  and  39c,  the 
inexpensive  sort  that  wouldn’t  cause 
a  heart-break  if  rained  on 
the 
night  and  ruined.

in 

The  ideal  veranda  must  either  have 
all  its  decorations  utterly  impervious 
to  the  elements,  or  they  must  be so 
cheap  that, if ruined by  an  unexpected 
rainstorm,  their  loss  will  not  be felt. 
In  such  a  piazza  only  can  one  take 
any  comfort.

The  39 

centers  are  of  flowered 
sateen,  mostly,  although  there  is  one 
particularly  pretty  one  of  plain  green 
sateen,  with  a  shaded  flower  outlined 
with  white  machine  stitching.  There 
is  a  dainty 
spider-webby  design 
around  the  edge  and a little green  tas­
sel  dangles  at  each  of  the  four  cor­
ners.  All  the  porch  pillows  at  this 
price  have  a  one-thickness  ruffle  all 
around  the  edge.  The  pillows  at  33c 
have  a  double  ruffle,  but  the  material 
of  this  ruffle  is 
cheapened,  being 
merely  Sc  per  yard  colored  cambric. 
The  cheaper  priced  pillows  have  such 
a  good  cotton  (sateen)  center  that 
it  is  a  pity  to  spoil  them  with  such a 
shabby-looking  ruffle.  The  centers 
are  different  as  to  colors  used  in the 
printing,  but  the  picture  is  the  same 
on  each— a  Dutch  landscape  with  a 
Dutch  girl  holding  a  little  Dutch baby 
in  her  arms,  while  the  empty  arms 
of  a  big  Dutch  windmill  swing  them­
selves  to  the  breeze  in  the  perspec­
I  think  the  baby  must  be 
tive. 
“teething”— the  girl  holding 
it  has 
her  finger  in  the  corner  of  its  mouth 
for  it  to  bite  on.  The  baby  seems, in 
spite  of  its  teething,  to  be  enjoying 
life  for  it  does  not  cry. 
It  is  proba­

bly  true  that  it  is,  indeed,  suffering 
from  this  childish  ailment  but  has 
for  the  time  being  forgotten  its  in­
fantile  troubles  in  contemplation  of 
the  four  fat  white  geese  eating  out 
of  a  big  china  dish,  while  a  baby 
goose  stands  disconsolately  at  one 
side  patiently  awaiting  its  turn  at 
the  repast.

* 

♦   *

The  little  compartment  next  to the 
porch  goods  window  holds  nothing 
but  ladies’  white  knit  underwear.  An 
airy-looking  placard  bears 
in­
scription:

this 

Hot  Weather  Underwear.

thinking  of 

I  don’t  know  what  the  knit  goods 
manufacturers  are 
to 
send  out  the  nether  garments  for  la­
dies  that  they  do.  They  are 
so 
straight  at  the  knee,  falling  at  a  hate­
ful  length  below  it,  and  are  trimmed 
with  coarse  cheap  lace  put  on  with­
out  the  ghost of  fulness.  When  on,  a 
woman  looks,  for  all  the  world,  like 
the  clown  in  a  circus  procession,  and 
a  woman  never  likes  to  look  ridicu-

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lous,  even  in  the  privacy  of  her  own 
boudoir.  Although  these  garments 
are  turned  out  in  better  grades  as to 
the  knit  part,  they  all  have  the  same 
ugly shape— no  shape  at  all— and  the 
homely  scant  lace,  and  I  have  yet 
to  know  the  woman,  old  or  young, 
who  will  torture  herself  into  wearing 
them.  No  lady  likes  “skimpy-look­
ing”  things,  and  the  man  who  per­
sists  in  foisting  them  on  an  unwilling, 
not  to  say  antagonistic,  market 
is 
simply  and  utterly  wasting  his  time— 
that  is  all!

The  large  nickel  fixture  in  this  knit 
goods  display  is  a  very  handsome 
one,  part  of  the  radiating  arms  ter­
minating  in  a  large 
through 
which  articles  may  artistically  be 
drawn  plainly  or  draped.

ring, 

I  observed  that  one  of  the  knit 
chemises  had  a  piece  of  embroidery 
set  in  across  the  top  and  over  the 
shoulders.  The  idea  is  a  unique  one, 
but  the  embroidery  is  so  coarse  that 
it  spoils  the  whole  garment.

There  are  some  very  attractive 
vests  in  a  fancy  lacey  stripe,  for  a 
quarter.

Across  from  this  exhibit,  which  is 
all  of  white  garments  against  a  rose- 
pink  paper  cambric  background,  and 
the  floor  is  of  the  same,  is  a  fine  dis­
play  of  shirt  waists.  This  also  is an 
all-white  window— with  the  exception 
of  a  few  duck  belts  which  have black 
embroidery— and  as  a  contrast  to the 
opposite  one 
the  background  and 
floor  are  of  Nile  green  paper cambric. 
The  “tablecloth”  patterns  in  white 
shirt  waists  still 
take  well  with 
the  trade,  although  not  very  popular 
when  they  first  came  out.  They  are 
mostly  made  up  minus  tucks  or  fol- 
rerols,  depending  only  on  handsome 
pearl  buttons,  either  plain  or  figured, 
for  elfect.

Next  to  this  neat  shirt-waist  com­
partment  come  dress  goods.  These 
are  all  materials  that  lend  themselves 
gracefully  to  making  up  into  shirt­
waist  suits,  and  they  range  from I2j^c 
the  yard  to  the  illusionizing  price  of 
49c  for  the  same  quantity.  Some  of 
these  would  be  pretty  over  a  taffeta 
drop  skirt— indeed,  would  be 
too 
slimsy  without  this  rustling  founda­
tion  so  dear  to  the  heart  feminine. 
One  gray  white  grenadine  is  specially 
eye-taking. 
It  is  unevenly  barred off 
with  what looks like black chenille into 
squares  about  an  inch  and  a  half 
across.  Draped  on  this  as  an  appro­
priate  trimming  is  wide  black  lace 
having  a  flowered  border  and  the top 
of  plain  netting.  Such  a  dress,  with 
solicitude  on  the  wearer’s  part  and 
careful  attention  on  that  of  the  clean­
er,  will  last  nicely  for  one  season 
and  is  not  so  very  expensive  in  the 
end.

So  much  as  to  the  good  appearance 
of  a  dress  of  this  kind  depends  on  the 
owner,  and  it  is  always  a  mystery to 
me  how  a  girl  can  “switch  out”  a 
fine  gown  when  she  has  only  her 
“own  hair  to  pull”  if  it  looks  shabby.

Best  Sellers  in  Silk  Gloves.

The  best  sellers  in  silk  gloves  are 
those  which  retail  for  50  cents.  This 
has  been  the  case  during  past  sea­
sons  and  so  long  as  a  satisfactory 
glove  can  be  made  to  retail  for  50

cents  the  larger  share  of  the  trade 
will  choose  this  popular  price  arti­
cle.  The  majority  of  buyers  do  not 
choose  to  spend  their  money  for  the 
best.  But  the  fact  that  the  50-cent 
silk  glove  is  the  popular  seller  does 
not  preclude  an  increasing  demand 
for  a  better  silk  glove.  The  lines 
ranging  up  to  and  including  $1  a pair 
are  in  greater  favor  than  before.  And 
to  this  cause  may  be  traced  the  low 
stocks  which  are 
reported  among 
distributers.  Manufacturers  have giv­
en  so  much  attention  to  the  manufac­
ture  of  silk  gloves  to  retail  at  50 
cents  a  pair  that  the  increased  de­
mand  for  better  grades  has  caught 
the  trade  unprepared.

in 

The  absence  of  confidence  on the 
part  of  the  manufacturer  regarding 
the  purchasing  ability  and  inclination 
of  the  American  women  has  been 
conspicuously  demonstrated 
a 
number  of  instances  recently  and no 
more  effectively  proved  than  in  the 
lack of preparation  by glove  manufac­
turers  for better  grades  of silk  gloves. 
If  the  retailer  has  exhibited  the same 
weakness  and  not  supplied  himself 
with  better  grades  of  merchandise, 
then  many  women  must  be  disap­
pointed  in 
the  qualities 
which  they  are  willing  to  purchase. 
White  silk  gloves  are  in  great  pop­
ularity  and  lisles  will  not  be  neglect­
ed.  This  serviceable  glove  has  lost 
little  of  its  favor  with  the  buyer  and 
none  of  its  merit.  Both  lines  should 
be  given  attention  by  merchants  and 
particularly  should  the  better  lines 
of  silks  be  kept  up  well,  for  a  grow­
ing  scarcity  of  the  latter  is  reported.

securing 

in 

White  Shoes for  Summer Wear.
The  predominance 

all-white 
of 
toilets  last  summer  was 
strongly 
marked,  and  to  insure  the  good  effect 
all-white  shoes  were 
request. 
White  low  shoes  are  now  shown  by 
retailers  who  seem  confident  of  their 
coming  popularity.  The  prices  range 
from  $5  to  $3,  according  to  material 
and  style.  White  duck  oxford  ties, 
with  welted  soles,  cost  $3.  White 
buckskin  ties  cost  $4,  and  the  ties 
of  white  buckskin  with  welted  soles 
and  decoration  of  punching  and  fan­
ciful'  perforations  along  the  seams 
and  borders  bring  the  price  up 
to 
$5  a  pair.  White  buckskin  walking 
shoes  are  not  to  be  confounded  with 
the  oxford  ties.  They  are  made  with 
a  flat  last,  extension  soles  and  me­
dium  weight,  with  Cuban  heels.  A 
wide  strip  of  ribbed  white  ribbon  is 
drawn  through  the  single  eyelet  plac­
ed  on  each  side  over  the  rise  of  the 
instep,  and  this  is  tied  firmly  in  a 
neat  bow.  Yachting  shoes,  with  cot­
ton  lacers,  are  made  of  white  buck­
skin,  with  the  flattest  of  lasts  and 
the  rubber  extension  sole.  The  im­
portance  of  wearing  a  rubber  soled 
shoe,  which  will  not  scratch 
the 
decks,  will  be  recognized  by  yacht- 
men.

One  dissatisfied  customer  can work 
more  injury  than  a  dozen  pleased 
patrons  can  efface. 
It  is  the  former 
class  that  takes  especial  delight  in 
telling  his  or  her  neighbors  about 
the  poor  service  extended  to  custom­
ers.

JENNINGS’ 

Flavoring  Extracts

Terpeneless  Lemon 
Mexican  Vanilla

are  worth  100  cents  all  the  time 

Jennings Flavoring  Extract Co.,  Qrand  Rapids

Cream

FLakes

Save  the  coupons  for  which  we  give  handsome  silverware,  such  as 
knives,  forks,  spoons,  etc.  A sk  your  grocers  about  them.  A   coupon 
in  each  package. 

Voigt Cereal  Food Co.,  Ltd.

We  Have  Been  Looking  For
a  long time for a good twenty  cent  coffee. 
We have found it and call  it

Trojan Coflee

It is a mixture of Mocha  and  Java  roasted 
and blended by experts expressly for  our* 
selves  (and you.)  Packed  in air tight  yel* 
low sacks, one  pound  each,  and  guaran­
teed to please your trade.

It is a trade getter and a  repeater.
Our  salesmen  will  show  it  on  their 

next trip.

M erchants’  H alf  F are  Excursion  R ates  every  day  to  Grand  Rapids.  Send 

for  circular.

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

Grand Rapids,  Michigan

Use  Tradesman  Coupons

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M ICHIGAN  TR A DESM AN

^   A r o u n d
The  Sta te

Movements  of  Merchants.

Alpena— Sepull  &  Travis  have 

opened  a  new  drug  store.

Coopersville  —   The  Coopersville 
State  Bank  has  installed  new  fixtures.
Houghton— Norman  Denette  has 
in  East 

store 

opened  a  grocery 
Houghton.

Holland— Henry  Olert  is  erecting 
a  $2,500  residence  just  east  of  his 
grocery  store.

Fenton— Leonard  Freeman  has en­
gaged  in  the  implement,  carriage and 
sleigh  business.

Flint— A.  H.  Hixson  succeeds  Hix­
son  &  Bromley  in  the  grocery  and 
bakery  business.

Ann  Arbor— George  Clark,  of  De­
troit,  has  opened  a  grocery  store  on 
Washington  street.

Alma— The  capital  stock  of 

the 
Union  Telephone  Co.  has  been  in­
creased  from  $400,000  to  $500,000.

Lyons— Howard  A.  Rouger has sold 
his  general  stock  to  John  H.  Unger, 
who  will  continue  the  business  at the 
same  location.

Mt.  Pleasant— Dan  Johnson 

and 
Will  Rowen  have  formed  a  partner­
ship  and  will  open  a  meat  market  in 
the  old  Marsh  stand.

Pontiac— J.  H.  Bushnell  has  remov­
ed  to  this  city  from  St.  Clair  and 
opened  a  men’s 
furnishing  goods 
store  at  20  South  Saginaw  street.

Germfask—J.  I.  Bellaire,  the  Seney 
merchant,  who  recently  made  an  as­
signment,  has  got  on  his  feet  again 
and  will  open  a  general  store  here.

Allegan— Sherwood  &  Griswold 
have  sold  their  lumber  yard— land, 
stock,  business,  buildings— to  Crock­
er  &  Knapp,  who  took  possession at 
once.

Hart— Burns  Hutchins  has  pur­
chased  a  half  interest  in  the  grocery 
stock  of  Adrian  De  Voist.  The  new 
firm  will  be  known  as  De  Voist  & 
Hutchins.

Grand  Haven— Koolman  Bros., who 
are  engaged  in  the  grain  business  in 
this  city,  are  about  to  erect  a  grist 
mill  here,  which  they  will  have 
in 
operation  in  a  short  time.

Maple  Rapids— E.  E.  Cowan,  of 
Ovid,  has  leased  the  store  recently 
vacated  by  B.  W.  &  I.  E.  Hewitt and 
intends  putting  in  a  stock  of  clothing 
and  men’s  furnishing  goods.

Sault  Ste.  Marie— The  Union  Drug 
Co.  has  been  formed  to  take  over  the 
business  conducted  for  several  years 
by  Dr.  F.  E.  Parkinson,  and  former­
ly  by  Parkinson  &  Parkinson.

Benton  Harbor— The  Benton  Har­
bor  and  Southern  Michigan  Cold 
Storage  Co.  has  been  organized  with 
a  capital  stock  of  $75,000,  of  which 
$60,000  has  been  paid  in—$10,000  in 
cash  and  $50,000  in  property.

Hancock— The  Quincy  Co-Opera­
tive  store  will  go  out  of  business 
shortly.  The  sale  of  goods  will  con­
tinue  as  usual  for . about  a  week  and 
the  remainder  will  then  be  auctioned 
off.  The  business  was  started  about 
two  years  ago.

Muskegon— Rosen  Bros,  and  Julius 
Rosenthal  have  merged  their  cloth­
ing  stocks  and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness  under  the  style  of  the  Rosenthal 
Clothing  Co.,  a  corporation  having 
an  authorized  capital  stock  of  $8,000, 
all  of  which  is  subscribed  and  paid 
;  in.

Muskegon— W.  E.  Minhinnick,  who 
has  conducted  a  grocery  store  at  the 
corner  of  Lake  and  McGraft  streets 
for  the  last  eight  years,  has  sold  his 
stock  to  N.  F.  Strong,  formerly  a 
traveling  salesman  for  Fred  Brund- 
age.  Mr.  Strong  will  continue  the 
business  at  the  same  location.

Bay  City— B.  H.  Briscoe  &  Co.. 
which  has  a  number  of  years  con­
sisted  of  a  co-partnership  of  B.  H. 
Briscoe  and  C.  E.  Malone  has  been 
incorporated.  Mr.  Malone 
retires 
the  present 
from  the  business  and 
stock  company consists  of  B.  H.  Bris­
coe,  President;  E.  J.  Vance,  Vice- 
President,  and  A.  E.  Pearce,  Secre­
tary  and  Treasurer.  The  stock  is 
held  by  each  in  equal  amounts.  The 
business  of  the  Briscoe  Co.  will  be 
carried  on  separately  and  distinctly 
from  the  E.  J.  Vance  Box  Co.,  Ltd., 
and  the  management  of  each  com­
pany  will  remain  the  same  as  hereto­
fore.

Manufacturing  Matters.

Pewamo— Hathaway  &  Young  have 

put  in  a  feed  mill.

Lake  Odessa— John  and  Geo. Kart 
have  leased  the  flouring  mill  of  S. H. 
Kart.

Kalamazoo— The  Verdon  Cigar  Co. 
has  increased  its  capital  stock  from 
$50,000  to  $60,000.

Battle  Creek—The  Real  Food  Co. 
has  decreased  its  capital  stock  from 
$500,000  to  $100,000.

Detroit— The  capital  stock  of  the 
Champion  Lumber  Co.  has  been  de­
creased  from  $300,000  to  $200,000.

Hudson— The  Globe  Fence  Co.  is 
its  buildings 
pushing  the  work  on 
and  expects  to  have  the  plant  in  op­
eration  before  fall.

Painesdale— The  sawmill  owned  by 
the  Copper  Range  Consolidated  Co. 
was  destroyed  by  fire  last  week.  The 
loss  was  about  $4,000.

Detroit— The  Youghiogheny  Gas 
Coal  Co.  has been organized  with  a 
capital  of  $10,000,  all  of  which  has 
been  subscribed  and  paid  in  in  cash.
Salem— The  Worden  Co-operative 
Creamery  Co.  has  been  organized 
with  a  capital 
stock  of  $4,000,  of 
which  $3,025  is  subscribed  and  $1,050 
paid  in.

Filmore  Center— The  Filmore  Cen­
ter  Creamery  Co.  has  been  organized 
with  a  capital  stock  of  $4,000,  of 
which  $2,600  has  been  subscribed  and 
$1,000  has  been  paid  in.

Muskegon— Joseph  Torrent,  who 
recently  bought  the  machine  shop of 
the  old  Muskegon  Booming  Co.,  has 
moved  it  to  the  coupling  grounds and 
will  use  it  as  a  sawmill.

Zeeland— P.  Verplank,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  has  formed  a  partnership with 
C.  De  Jonge  under  the  style  of  the 
Verplank  Manufacturing  Co.  They 
will  manufacture  wood  carvings,  or­
naments,  etc.,  and  will  locate  on  the 
second  floor  of  Mr.  De  Jonge’s  fac­
tory  building  on  Main  street  for  the 
present.

Lands 

ter.  After  the  timber  shall  have  been 
taken  off  the  tract  will  be  converted 
into  a  cattle  ranch. 
from 
which  timber  is  being  taken  in  north­
eastern  Michigan  are  being  utilized 
for  stock  grazing  and  thousands  of 
acres  are  devoted  to  this  industry, 
which  is  in  a  thrifty  condition.  The 
lands  grow  grass  luxuriantly.

Detroit— Judge  Donovan  has  grant­
ed  a  formal  foreclosure  decree 
for 
$417,000  against  the  Michigan  Rock 
Salt  Co.  The  suit  was  brought  by 
the  Union  Trust  Co.  as  trustees  for 
400  bonds  originally  given  to  secure 
a  trust  mortgage.  The  salt  company 
was  organized  in  1901  and  land  was 
secured  from  the  Ecorse  Land  Im­
provement  Co.,  Ltd.,  and  $365,000 
worth  of  bonds  was  issued  as  secur­
ity.  The  amount  named  in  the  de­
cree  represents  the  par  value  of the 
bonds  and  $52,000  unpaid  interest  and 
taxes.

the 

Ann  Arbor— The  property  of  the 
Peninsular  Manufacturing  Co.  will be 
sold  at  auction  on  July  1. 
It  is  ex­
pected  that  it  will  be  bid  in  by  E.
A.  Holden,  of  Lansing,  who  repre­
sents  72  per  cent,  of 
claims 
against  the  concern,  and  on  whose 
request  the  receiver  petitioned  for an 
order  to  sell.  Holden  originally  had 
accounts  against  the  company 
for 
$10,300,  and  he  bought  up  the  claims 
of  others  at  25  cents  on  the  dollar, 
until  he  now  represents  $32,587.  Re­
ceiver  Miner  stated  in  his  petition  to 
the  Circuit  Court  that  he  had  been 
requested  by  persons  representing 72 
per  cent,  of  the  claims  against  the 
company  to  sell  all  of  the  property, 
and  that  he  himself  thought  it  would 
be  for  the  best 
interests  of  the 
creditors  to  take  such  action.

The  Boys  Behind  the  Counter.
Hillsdale— Floyd  Sampson  is  clerk­

ing  in  Goodrich’s  drug  store.

Ann  Arbor— Simon  Dieterle  has 
taken  a  position  with  the  Fairchilds 
Hardware  Co.,  at  Cincinnati,  and  will 
leave  the  latter  part  of  next  week to 
enter  upon  his  duties.

South  Haven— D.  E.  Murray  is the 
new  pharmacist  at  the  Clifton  drug 
store.

Ludington— W.  H.  Kinball  has 
been  selected  by  Mrs.  O.  J.  Wilcox 
as  manager  of  her  hardware  store.
Kalkaska— John  Reynolds,  for 

a 
the  Evans 
long  time  employed 
meat  market,  has  taken  a  position in 
Ed.  Gilmore’s  market  at  this  place.

in 

Cecil  Bay— Frank  Vise 

succeeds 
Geo.  Green  as  book-keeper  for  the 
Emmet  Lumber  Co.

Ithaca— R.  C.  Damman,  of  Howell, 
has  taken  the  position  of  head  clerk 
in  the  Ithaca  bazaar  store.

Onaway—John  W.  Lewis,  of  Ham­
mond,  is  negotiating  for  the  purchase 
of  a  site  for  a  mill  plant  at  the  mouth 
of  Stony  Creek,  in  the  vicinity  of 
Black  Lake  and  not  far  from  this 
place.

Detroit—The  Tonic  Tablet  Co.  has 
been  organized  with  a  capital  stock, 
of  $30,000,  of  which  $15,300  has  been 
subscribed  and  paid  in  in  property. 
The  company  will  manufacture  and 
sell  medical  tablets.

Saginaw— On  account  of  increased 
business  the  Somers  Bros.’  Match  Co. 
has  been  compelled  to  enlarge 
its 
plant.  A  building  60x75  feet  is  be­
ing  erected,  connecting  with  the  main 
building  in  the  rear.

in 

in  property. 

Manistee— the  Dempsey  Lumber 
Co.  has  been  organized  with  a  capi­
tal  stock  of  $250,000,  all  subscribed 
and  paid 
James 
Dempsey  is  the  largest  stockholder, 
holding  one-half  of  the  capital  stock.
Portland— Geo.  H.  Doane  has sold 
his  stock  in  the  Portland  Milling  Co. 
to  the  other  stockholders,  so  that 
President  Newman  now  holds  one- 
half  the  stock;  Secretary  Knox  one- 
quarter  and  Treasurer  Herolz  one- 
quarter.

Newberry— The  Superior  Chemical 
Co.  has  been  organized  with  a  capi­
tal  stock of $175,000, of which  $110,500 
has  been  subscribed  and  $19,250  has 
been  paid  in.  The 
company  will 
manufacture  wood  alcohol and  acetate 
of  lime.

Sturgeon  Bay— The  Pankratz  Lum­
ber  Co.  has  sold  a  raft  of  cedar which 
was  stored  at  Peshtigo  harbor  to  C. 
J.  Huebel  &  Co.,  of  Menominee.  The 
raft  contains  several  thousand  pieces 
and  the  consideration  was 
several 
thousand  dollars.

Detroit— The  Eureka  Manufactur­
ing  Co.  has  been  organized  with  $50,- 
000  capital  to  take  over  the  business 
of  Northway  &  Erving.  The  com­
pany  will  make  automobile  machin­
ery,  china  kilns, 
etc. 
Stockholders  are  Henry  Egle,  Wil­
liam  Egle,  Ralph.  E.  North way  and 
Andrew  V.  Erving.

fire  brick, 

Rochester— The  Detroit  Sugar  Co. 
will  not  manufacture  any  beet  sugar 
this  year.  The  crop  of  beets  has 
been  sold  to  Capt.  James  Daviason, 
of  Bay  City,  and  will  be  manufactur­
ed  at  a  beet  sugar  plant  at  Mt.  Cle­
mens  in  which  Capt.  Davidson  is  in­
terested.  It is  probable  that  the  plant 
of  the  Detroit  Sugar  Co.  will  be 
sold  to  other  parties,  who  will  move 
it  to  some  location  more  favorable 
for  the  business.

Muskegon— The  sawmill  of  F. Al­
berts  &  Sons  will  resume  operations 
about  July  1  for  a  run  of  two  or 
two  and  one-half  months. 
It  is  ex­
pected  to  clean  up  about  2,500,000 
feet  of  stock.  The  mill  of  C.  C.  Pot­
ter  &  Co.,  another  of  the  Alberts  in­
terests,  has  been  running  steadily 
without  a  shut  down  since  December
7.  It  will  this  season  cut  about 4,000,- 
000  feet  of  beech  and  maple,  1,000,000 
feet  of  basswood  and  4,000,000  feet 
of  hemlock.

Alpena— Leavitt  &  McPhee,  have 
bought  fifteen  40s  between  Long 
Lake  and  Grand  Lake.  There  is  a 
lot  of  mixed  timber  on  the  land  and 
it  will  be  lumbered  next  fall  and  win­

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sales.  These  are  very  good  and  the 
stocks  seem  to  be  ample  to  care  for 
them.  Corn  is  nominally  higher  in 
this  market,  but  that  means  very  lit­
tle  as  price  has  ceased  to  be  much 
of  a  factor  in  the  corn  market  since 
early  in  the  year.  The  only  ques­
tion  was  to  get  the  goods.  Other 
vegetables  are  not  active  although 
peas  are  moving  well.

Dried  Fruits— The  demand  for  spot 
prunes  is  light  and  the  market 
is 
weak.  More  peaches  and  apricots 
are  selling  and  the  market  is  getting 
more  cleaned  up  every  day.  There 
were  a good many sales  on  new goods 
for  August  shipment  at  fair  prices. 
No  interest  was  manifested  in  rais­
ins,  the  jobbers  buying  only  for  ac­
tual  requirements.  No  new  prices 
have  been  named 
everybody 
looks  for  new  figures.  There  were 
some  sales  of  new  currants  at  %c 
lower  than  last  year.

and 

Provisions— There  has  been  a  bet­
ter  demand  in  the  provision  market 
in  every  line.  Lard  has  advanced 
%c  on  the  preceding  week’s  prices. 
Regular  hams  and  skinbacks  are  un­
changed  at  current  prices  and 
the 
market  is  firm.  Picnic  hams  are  %c 
higher,  with  no  change  in  barrel beef 
or  pork  and  canned  goods.

Rice— The  enormous  crop  of  rice 
keeps  the  market  very  low  and, while 
it  is  moving  out  fairly  well,  prices 
are  cheaper  than  for  years.  Fancy 
heads  are  quoted  at  full  prices,  but 
otherwise  retailers  and  jobbers  are 
afraid  to  buy,  on  account  of  a  possi­
ble  falling  off.  The  quality  is  re­
ported  to  be  better  than  last  year.

Fish— New  mackerel  are  running 
exceptionally  good.  The  sardine sit­
uation  is  unchanged,  nearly  all  the 
factories  along  the  Maine  coast  hav­
ing  been  closed  for  ten  days  because 
of  no  fish.  There  is  a  general  scar­
city  of  sardines  this  spring,  the  mar­
ket  being  nearly  bare  of  old  goods. 
Cod,  hake  and  haddock  fishing  ves­
sels  have  been  doing  well,  but  there 
is  very  little  demand.  The 
trade 
looks  to  see  an  easier  supply  of the 
goods  by  the  time  they  are  wanted. 
There  is  nothing  doing  in  lake  fish, 
but  a  fair  demand  for  ocean  white- 
fish.

Hides,  Pelts,  Tallow  and  Wool.
The  hide  market  is  firm  and  an 
advance  asked,  but  not  obtained. 
Sales  are  light  and  in  good  demand. 
Holders  are  strong  and  prefer  to 
wait,  and  this  results  in  a  surprising 
inactivity.  Heavy  and  extreme  light 
are  in  good  demand.

Pelts  are in  good demand and  close­

ly  sold  up  at  good  prices.

Tallow  has  a  fair  demand  for  best 
grades,  with 
trading. 
Prices  rule  strong.  Soapers’  stocks 
are  not  sought  after.

considerable 

Wool  is  strong  in  price  with grow­
ers  and  second-hand  lots  well  sold 
up.  But  few  lots  are  held  and  those 
are  above  buyers’  views.  Shipments 
from  the  State  have  been  large 
in 
volume,  with  over  half  the  clip  gone. 
Prices  are  being  manipulated  to  ef­
fect  trade  where  possible.  Values 
have  apparently  reached  the  top  as 
buyers  hesitate  and  look  closely  to 
what  they  are  getting 
their 
money. 

Wm.  T.  Hess.

for 

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar  (W.  H.  Edgar  &  Son)—  
There  has  been  no  change  in  the 
sugar  situation  since  we  wrote  you 
on  June  14,  with  the  exception  of 
the  forced  sale  of  two  cargoes  at 
equal  to  3.85c  for  96  deg.  test,  be­
ing  I-32c. above the price refiners were 
bidding  for  these  sugars.  While this 
establishes  the  market  at  3.85c,  there 
is  no  sugar  now  obtainable  at  this 
price  and  we  hear  rumors  of  sales  in 
Cuba,  for  July  shipment,  at  a  price 
closely  approximating  4c,  duty  paid. 
Refined  is  unchanged  and  without 
special  indication  for  the  immediate 
future.  A  better  general  business is 
reported  and  in  some  sections  the 
plentiful  supply  of 
is 
creating  heavy  consumption  and  ac­
tive  demand.  All  that,  is  necessary 
to  quickly  restore  normal  conditions 
is  seasonable  weather,  such 
is 
now  being  reported  from  nearly every 
section.  With  renewal  of  general de­
mand  refined  conditions  should  im­
prove,  although  no  higher  prices  are 
intimated  for  the  immediate  future. 
Contrary  to  general  belief,  supplies 
in  dealers’  hands  are  not  large.  This 
is  not  the  season  for  “hand-to-mouth” 
and  buyers  will  do  well  to  supply 
their  requirements  well  in  advance.

small  fruit 

as 

Tea— Jobbers  generally  report the 
market  as  quiet,  with  prices  about 
the  same  as  prevailed  last  year,  as 
far  as  the  high  grade  goods  are  con­
cerned.  A  cable  just  received  in this 
market  says  that  teas  generally  are 
advancing  in  Japan  and  that  choice 
grades  are  very  scarce.  New  York 
reports  that  the  war  has  evidently 
made  no  difference  in  the  amount  of 
Japan  teas  exported  as  receipts  at that 
port  have  been  normal  this  year.

Coffee— Receipts  of  the  new  crop 
are  small,  being  retarded  by  rain.  The 
quality  is  reported  poor,  and  it  is 
still  early  to  predict  the  outturn  of 
the  crop.  The  general 
impression 
seems  to  favor  smaller  production 
and  a  higher  market.

Canned  Goods— The  new  prices 
named  by  the  California  Canners’ As­
sociation  followed  the  lines  of  the 
large  independent  packers  and  ad­
vanced  lemon  cling  peaches  quite 
considerably.  Some  other  varieties 
of  fruits  show  a  slight  reduction, but 
the  list  will  not  average  much  differ­
ent  from  last  year’s.  That  was  high 
enough  to  suit  almost  anybody. 
It 
is  said  that  buyers  have  not  been 
taking  hold  at  the  new  prices  named 
by  the  Association  or  the  outsiders. 
Everybody  seems  to  be  waiting  for 
the  other  fellow  to  move.  This  is 
in  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  canned 
fruits  were  cleaned  up  better  this 
year  than  for  almost  any  year  within 
the  memory  of  the  brokers.  Salmon 
is  moving  very  well  as  far  as  the 
jobbers  are  concerned.  Reports  of 
the  pack  are  conflicting  as  usual, but 
it  seems  quite  ecrtain  that  it  will not 
be  a  large  one.  Tomatoes  are  at­
tracting  no  attention  beyond  the daily

The  Produce  Market.

Bananas— $1(3)1.25  for  small  bunch­

es  and  $1.75  for  Jumbos.

Beans—$i.so@i.65  for  hand  picked 

mediums.

Beets— $1  per  box  for  new.
Butter— Creamery 

is  unchanged 
from  a  week  ago,  commanding  18c 
for  choice  and.  19c  for  fancy.  The 
price  still  keeps  way  down  as  com­
pared  with  previous  years  at 
this 
time.  The  low  price  is  quite  gen­
erally  attributed  to  absence  of  specu­
lation  and  the  large  production.  This 
is  the  time  of  year  when  butter  is 
put  in  storage.  For  the  last  couple 
of  years  nearly  everyone  who  put  in 
supplies  of  June  butter  lost  money, 
in  consequence  of  which  their  specu­
lative  spirit  is  almost  entirely  lack­
ing  this  season.  Receipts  of  dairy 
grades  are  large,  finding  an  outlet  on 
the  basis  of  9@ioc  for  packing  stock 
and  I2@i3c  for  No.  1.  Renovated, 
I4@ i5c.

Cabbage—$2.25 

for  * Florida  and 

$3  for  Mississippi;  Cairo,  $1.50.

Carrots— 40c  per  doz.  for  Southern.
Cherries— Sour,  90c@$i.io  per  16 
qt.  case;  sweet,  $i .40@i .6o  per  case.

Cocoanuts—$3.50  per  sack.
Cucumbers— 45c  per  doz.  for  home 

grown.

Eggs— Receipts  are  heavy,  but  the 
consumptive  demand  absorbs  the  ar­
rivals  as  fast  as  they  come  in.  Local 
dealers  pay  I3@i4c  for  case  count, 
holding  case  count  at  15c  and  can- 
died  at  16c.  The  warm  weather  of the 
past  week  has  increased  the  percent­
age  of  poor  eggs  very  materially.

vening  points  have  washed  things out 
badly  and  handicapped  transporta­
tion.  The  result  is  that  the  market 
on  new  has  not  gone  down  as 
it 
would  naturally  be  expected  to  do 
at  this  time.

Pop  Corn— 90c  for  common  and $1 

for  rice.

Poultry— Receipts  are  liberal,  but 
the  local  and  resort  demand  absorbs 
arrivals  as  fast  as  they  come 
in. 
Spring  chickens,  i8@20c ;  fall  chicks, 
I2@ i3c;  fowls,  9@ioc;  No.  1  turkeys, 
I2j^@i5c;  No.  2 
io@i2c; 
Nester  squabs,  $1.50(8)2  per  doz.

turkeys, 

Radishes— China  Rose,  18c  per  doz. 

bunches;  long,  15c;  round,  12c.

Strawberries— The  outcome  of the 
crop  is  a  great  disappointment 
to 
both  growers  and  shippers,  it  having 
been  cut  short  at  least  one-half  by 
the  dry  weather. 
It  was  expected 
that  Thursday  would  be  the  heavy 
day,  but  the  condition  of  the  market 
this  morning  disclosed  the  fact  that 
Tuesday  was  the  big  day  of 
the 
season,  in  consequence  of  which  the 
price  of  choice  stock  advanced  from 
Instead 
$1  to  $1.25  per  16  qt.  case. 
of  loading  carlots,  as 
shippers  ex­
pected  to  be  able  to  do  this  week, 
they  are  getting  enough  only  for lo­
cal  shipments.  Even  although  there 
should  be  heavy  rains  within  a  day 
or  two,  they  would  come  too  late  to 
help  the  crop  to  any  extent.

Tomatoes— Declined  to  $1.10  per 4 

basket  crate.

Georgia.

Watermelons—20@30C  apiece 

for 

Wax  Beans— Declined  to  $1.65  per 

Green  Onions— Silver  Skins, 

15c 

bu.  box.

per  doz.  bunches.

Green  Peas—$1  per  bu.  for  home 

grown.

Greens— Beet,  50c  per  bu.  Spinach, 

50c  per  bu.

Honey— Dealers  hold  dark  at  9(8) 

10c  and  white  clover  at  I2@ i3c.

Lemons— Messinas,  $3(8)3.25;  Cali­

fornia,  $3.50(3)3.75.

Lettuce— Hot  house 

fetches  10c  per 
per  bu.

stock 
lb.;  outdoor,  50c 

leaf 

Maple  Sugar— io@ i i J4c  per  lb.
Maple  Syrup—$i@i.os  per gal.
Musk  Melons— $3.50(3)3.75  per crate 

of  1 Vi  bu.

Onions— Bermudas 

fetch  $2  per 
crate.  Egyptians  command  $3.25 per 
sack.  Southern  (Louisiana)  are  in 
active  demand  at  $2  per  sack.  Silver 
Skins,  $2.25  per  crate. 
California, 
$2.50  per  sack.

Oranges— California  Navels  range 
from  $3.25  for  choice  to  $3-5o@3-75 
for  fancy.  California  Seedlings,  $2.75 
@3;  Mediterranean 
and 
Bloods,  $3(8)3.25.

Sweets 

Parsley—30c  per  doz.  bunches  for 

outdoor.

Pie  Plant— 50c  per  box  of  50  lbs.
Pineapples— Cubans  command  $2.50 
@3  per  crate,  according  to  size; Flori- 
das,  $2.75(8)3  per  crate.

Plants— 75c  per  box  for  either  cab­

bage  or  tomato.

Potatoes— Old  stock  is  in  moderate 
demand  at  $1  per  bu.  New 
are 
strong  and  in  active  demand  at  $1.25 
per  bu. 
For  several  weeks  there 
has been  great trouble in  getting ship­
ments  of  newstock  from  the  South. 
Heavy  rains  in  Texas  and  at  inter­

Against  Strikes,  Boycotts  and  Walk­

outs.

its 

The  Citizens  Alliance  of  Cripple 
Creek  crystallized 
attitude  to­
ward  organized  labor  in  the  following 
terms:

“ In  the  future  neither  walking  dele­
gates,  agitators  nor  labor  unions will 
be  allowed  to  say  who  may  or  who 
may  not  labor  in  Teller  county,  who 
may  or  who  may  not  do  business 
here.  The  source  of  all  strife  in  the 
Cripple  Creek  district  has  been  the 
Western  Federation  of  Miners  and the 
Trades  Assembly,  which  they  domin­
ated,  and  through  which  they  car­
ried  out  their  boycotts,  etc.

affiliations,  provided 

“There  is  no  room  in  Teller  coun­
ty  for  these  two  organizations,  and 
their  existence  will  no  longer  be  tol­
erated.  Unions  of  the  various  crafts 
already  organized  will  not  be  inter­
fered  with  as  to  their  local  or  inter­
national 
the 
Trades  Assembly  be  forthwith  dis­
banded  and  no 
similar  boycotting 
agency  be  organized;  provided  fur­
ther,  that  such  unions  of  the  local 
crafts  have  not  for  their  national  nor 
international  affiliation  the  Western 
Federation  of  Miners,  the  American 
Federation  of  Labor,  the  State  Fed­
eration  of  Labor or any kindred crimi­
nal  organization.

“We  declare  against  all  agitators 

and  walking  delegates.

“We  declare  against  strikes,  boy­

cotts  and  walkouts.”

The  capital  stock  of  the  Worden 
Lumber  Co.  has  been  increased  from 
$100,000  to  $200,000.

e

T R E E   FOLIAGE

As  an  Index  to  the  Character  of  the 

Tree*

foot 

leafage, 

It  was  my  great  pleasure  to  at­
tend  the  Grand  River  Valley  Horti­
cultural  Society,  held  at  Mrs.  Sarah 
Smith’s,  on  West  Bridge  street,  at 
its  May  meeting,  when  every  bush 
and  tree  seemed  aflame  with  God. 
The  earth  in  its  first  flush  of  green, 
flecked  with  the  golden  dandelions, 
the  white  anemones,  the  purple phlox, 
presented  a  carpet  by  the  roadside 
of  such  rare  beauty  that  it  seemed 
sacrilege  to  place 
thereon. 
Bridge  street  hill  farms  can  not  be 
described  in 
flowers  and 
fruit.  The  picture  once  seen  becomes 
a  living  memory.  The  soft  shadows 
of  the  western  sun,  the  gentle  undu­
lation  of  the  hills,  the  golden  brown 
of  the  cultivated  strip  between  the 
green,  the  newly  plowed  fields  and 
the  glory  of  the  white  blossoms  of 
the  cherries  and  pears,  the  flush  of 
the  apple  and  peach,  with  the  halo 
of  indescribable  beauty  over  all  as 
seen  that  May  day,  awakened  a  heart 
throb in  unison  with  all  Nature.  Then, 
favored  peo­
to  consider  that  you 
ple  by 
are  privileged 
to  see  all  this  and  more  every  morn­
ing,  every  evening  and  the  whole  day 
through,  you  may  smile  that  one  shall 
come  among  you,  denied  these  beau­
tiful  scenes,  and  presume— no,  I  will 
not  presume  anything,  only 
‘‘Tell  you  what  you  knew  before, 
Paint  the  picture  from  your  door,” 
trusting  to  awaken  greater  love  and 
quickened  perception  of  that  which 
by  constant  familiarity  “ Least  we  for­
get.”  Japan  has  her  cherry  festival.
I  wonder  why  all  the  roads  leading 
to  this  city  do  not  give  special  rates 
and  induce  people  to  visit  our  city 
at  blossoming  time.  With  all  the 
vaunted  beauty  of  the  orange  trees 
is  double  beauty  of  fruit  and  flowers; 
they  are  not  in  it  even  in  perfume 
with  the  fruit  orchards  of  this  local­
ity,  bursting  so  suddenly  in  bloom, 
instead  of  the  slower  bloom  of  the 
semi-tropical  countries.  Our 
road­
sides  are  more  beautiful  each  year 
from  the  planting  of  trees,  and  as 
the  forests  are  disappearing  much 
more  might  be  accomplished.

farm 

life 

in 

Two  trees  vie  with  each  other  for 
supremacy  and  favoritism 
this 
locality,  the  maple  and  elm;  and  none 
are  more  beautiful  in  their  majesty 
of bole,  branch  and  leaf from  the  first 
leaf  and  blossom  of  early  spring  to 
the  crimson  and  gold  of  autumn. 
There  are  so  many  varieties  of  maple 
that  I  enumerate  but  a  few  of 
the 
most  popular,  all  of  which  find  favor 
with  our  city  people.  The  black,  Jap­
anese,  large-leaved,  mountain,  Nor 
way,  red  or  swamp,  silver  or  white 
cap,  sugar,  sycamore,  ash-leaved ma­
ple  or  box  elder. 
I  think  each  va­
riety  has  blossoms,  coming  so  early 
in  the  spring,  the  varieties  vieing with 
each  other  in  red,  green  and  yel­
low,  followed  so  quickly  by  the  seed 
pods  or  keys,  technically  called  sa­
mara,  which  fall  to  the  earth  by  mil­
lions  and  are  ready  to  germinate  as 
early  as  other  seeds.  These  maple
♦Paper  read  by  Dr.  Frances  A.  R uth­
erford  a t  the  June  meeting:  of  the  Grand 
R iver  Valley  H orticultural  Society.

trees  are  all  noted  for  their  rapid 
growth,  symmetrical  form,  beautiful­
shaped  leaves  and  exquisite  tints  of 
autumn  foliage,  which  have  made 
them  such  universal  favorites  that 
they  might  well  be  called,  “seek  no 
farther.”

There  is  a  tree,  native  also  to  this 
locality,  which  much  resembles  the 
maple  except  that  the  central  point 
of  the  leaf  is  squared  off. 
I  refer 
to  the  tulip  tree. 
It  is  a  trifle  more 
difficult  to  transplant  and  but  few 
have  found  favor  in  Grand  Rapids. 
There  is  one  growing  on  the  lawn 
of  Mr.  Jenks,  on  Washington  street. 
The  tree  is  yet  small,  but  gives  prom­
ise  of  great  beauty.  Some  woods­
man  spared  a  forest  tree  of  this  va­
riety  on  the  first  crossroad  between 
Leonard  street  and  Walker  avenue; 
also  between  Leonard 
and  West 
Bridge  on  the  crossroad  two 
are 
planted  by  the  roadside.  These  are 
the  only  ones'with  which  I  am  famil­
iar;  but  they  are  great  enough  and 
big  enough  to  inspire  any  tree  lover 
to  possess  even  a  small  one  in  hope 
that  his  grandchildren  may  enjoy 
their  beauty.  The  technical  name 
is* so  euphonious  that,  like  the  sa­
mara  of  the  maple,  I  desire  to  have 
you  all  so  call  it— Liliodendron tulipi- 
fera.  The  whole  field  where 
this 
monarch  of  the  forest  grows  is  hal­
lowed  ground.  I  know  not  but  I  may 
be  addressing  the  owners,  and  hereby 
desire  to  confess  that  I  make  a  year­
ly pilgrimage  there  to  enjoy  the  beau­
ty  of  the  leaf  and  flower,  and  twice 
at  my  instigation  has  the  tree  been 
scaled  by  a  hardy  youth  and  with 
clipper  a  few  blossoms  been  purloin­
ed  for  my  pleasure.

The 

Another  most  beautiful  tree  (na­
tive)  which  cries  out  for  favor  is the 
linden— basswood. 
beautiful 
waxy  blossoms  are  great  favorites 
with  bees.  “Under  den  Linden”  has 
a  mellifluent  sound,  perhaps,  to  some 
of  our  German  friends,  but  the  beau­
ty  is  not  marked  in  the  Fatherland. 
It  is  in  this  country  we  get  the  big­
ness  and  beauty,  for  College  avenue, 
by  Mrs.  Bissell’s  home,  discounts 
“Unter  den  Linden”  in  Berlin.  We 
owe  these  trees  to  the  forethought 
of  W.  D.  Foster.  To  another  early 
settler  of  Grand  Rapids  we  are  in­
debted  for  the  beautiful  row  of elms 
on  Washington  street  and  College 
avenue. 
It  is  useless  to  speculate on 
the  conception  of  Gothic  architecture 
if  you  will  but  notice  the  interlacing 
branches  of  opposite 
trees. 
There  are  a  number  of  these  trees 
of  large  size  on  a  plat  between  here 
and  Kalamazoo. 
It  is  worth  the  trip 
there  and  back  just  to  see  them  now. 
Long  may  they  be  spared  as  an  in­
spiration!  A  few  only  will  I  give  you 
to  choose  from:  American,  English, 
slippery  or  red.  But  do  not  forget 
the  Waho  or  winged  elm.  This  elm 
throws  out  its  tasseled  blossoms  in 
March. 
I  had  never  observed  this 
until  fifteen  years  ago  when  I  first 
owned  an  elm.  The  March  days  were 
warm  that  year  and  the  tassels  ap­
peared  before  any  other  blossoms.  I 
watched  them  daily,  fearing  the  frost 
would  kill  the  tree,  and  was  not  fully 
convinced  until  the  blossoms  reap­

elm 

M ICH IGAN  TR A D ESM A N

is  how  you 

peared  the  next  year  in  still  greater 
profusion.  This 
learn 
when  you  are  the  possessor.  When 
you  have  time  note  the  elm  on  Cher­
ry  street,  planted  ages  ago,  and  the 
one  in  front  of  Judge  Morrison’s  ojd 
home  on  Fountain  street.  Observe 
it  is  not  a  new  inspiration  to  plant 
trees  and  to  love  trees.  Our  fathers 
planted,  why  shall  not  we  plant?

The  beeches  appeal  very  strongly 
to  me,  with  their  pale  many-veined 
green 
leaves,  soft  fringy  blossoms 
and  triangular  nuts.  As  I  sat  in  the 
great  park,  thirteen  miles  long  and 
six  wide,  at  The  Hague  in  Holland, 
planted  with  beeches 
in  the  ninth 
century,  I  felt  that  kings  were  useful 
as  rulers  when  such  an  improvement 
could  be  made  and  kept.  Then  I 
wondered  how 
long  the  noble  old 
beeches  on  my  father’s  farm  had  been 
growing,  the  trees  I  first  loved.  After 
Grand  Rapids  became  my  home  I 
found  a  beautiful  grove  of  beeches on 
South  Division  street,  just  as  ma­
jestic  and  beautiful  as  the  beeches at 
The  Hague  in  Holland.  The  woods­
men  had  driven  through  the  forest 
at  many  angles,  but  the  trees  were 
still  unharmed.  It  was  just  at  sunset 
one  beautiful  June  evening  when  a 
party  of  physicians,  returning  from 
visiting  a  seriously  ill  patient,  reach­
ed  this  grove  of  trees.  We  lingered 
long  among  them  until  after  the  sun­
set— until  after 
the  moonrise— and 
pledged  ourselves  that  every  year 
would  we  gather  in 
this  beautiful 
place.  Alas,  the  next  year  their glory 
was  gone— only  a  few  cords  of  four- 
foot  wood  remained  of  all  this  won­
drous  beauty  which  had  been  ages in 
reaching  perfection. 
At  Dryburgh 
Abbey  in  England  do  you  remember 
the  size  and  beauty  of  the  beeches 
there?

I  must  mention  the  oak,  of  which 
we  have  many  in  Grand  Rapids,  Eng­
lish,  laurel,  live,  chestnut,  mossy  cup, 
burr,  pin,  post,  black,  white, swamp 
and  willow,  their  glossy  leaves,  when 
full  grown,  their  beautiful  pink  tints 
in  early  spring,  as  if  real  blossoms, 
and  the  catkins  haloing their  coloring. 
But  the  glory  of  their  autumn  color­
ing  is  so  rich,  so  soft,  so  blended, 
that  it  stirs  the  artist  spirit  in  every 
one.  As  you  go  up  through  Bronx

in  New  York  to  the  Hall  of  Fame 
these  trees  have  been  preserved 
in 
all  their  primitive  beauty.  Many  a 
monarch  of  the  forest  bespeaks  gen­
erations  who  have  spared  these trees, 
and  the  carpet  of  golden  rod,  aster 
and  golden  glow  is  as  luxurious  in 
naturalness  as  if  it  were  the  forest 
primeval;  but,  alas,  Grand  Rapids’ 
beeches  are  gone.  The  few  that  are 
planted  in  Grand  Rapids  are  bronze 
or  red.  The  legend  says  they  are  off­
shoots  from  the  beeches  in  the  Thur- 
ingian  forest  on  which  three  robbers 
were  hung,  turning  red  the  leaves.  I 
wonder  all  others  about  here  should 
not  turn  pale  from  the  slaughter  of 
their  brothers!

Of  the  nut-bearing  trees  the  chest­
nut  may  claim  the  palm.  We  have 
two  in  the  city  on  North  Lafayette 
street  and  one  south  of  Grand  Rapids 
farm.  The  walnut,  although 
on  a 
scraggly  as  to  branch,  is  superb 
in 
leafage,  but  is  liable  to  attack  from 
insects.  The  butternut,  too,  with  the 
same  pinnate .leaves,  is  useful  as  well 
as  ornamental.  The  hickory  gives a 
dense  shade,  is  a  clean  symmetrical 
tree.  Let  us  retain  in  remembrance

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an  old  favorite,  the  Balm  of  Gilead, 
with  its  stately  growth  and  balsamic 
It  should  stand  alone  in  some 
odor. 
field  by  the  roadside. 
In  California 
a  man  pointed  with  pride  to  two 
palms,  stately,  perhaps,  but  not  beau­
tiful,  for  which  he  had  paid  $220.  To 
my  fancy  some  pine  or  fir  tree  would 
have  given  greater  grandeur.

Have  we  aught  more  beautiful than 
the  pine?  “Out  to the pine woods!” for 
years  has  been  the  children’s  cry, al­
though  it  is  seven  miles  from 
the 
city,  and  many  a  pale  high  school  girl 
has  earned  her  rosy  cheek  from  her 
walk  there  and  return  before  bicycles 
were  invented.  But,  alas,  they,  too, 
are  gone,  and  what  can  be  done  in 
their  stead?  Plant  pines  and  firs  by 
the  roadside,  far  enough  apart  that 
every  branch  may  have  room.  But 
don't  trim.  Let  them  grow  from  the 
ground  up  solidly,  pyramidally.  In Al- 
tadena  such  a  street  has  been  plant­
ed. 
I  can  not  describe  its  beauty, 
but,  looking  down  this  beautiful  ave­
nue,  even  there  is  one  blot  on 
the 
escutcheon.  A  New  Englander  de­
siring  to  have  his  one  lot  marked, 
trimmed  his  trees.  Yes,  his  lot  is 
marked,  and  the  whole  avenue  marred 
because  of  his  lack  of  appreciation  of 
the  beautiful.

its 

In  California  we  hear  much  of the 
pepper  tree  with 
red  berries, 
drooping  branches  and  lovely  foliage. 
Have  we  not  in  the  East  something 
for  the  roadside  different  yet  beautiful 
in  the  extreme?  The  locust  is  the 
best  material  for  fence  posts;  it  does 
Imagine  A  whole  avenue  or 
not  rot. 
country  road  rich  with  the  perfume 
of  their  white  blossoms.  The branches 
will  grow  from  the  ground  up  the 
same  as  the  pepper  and  the  foliage 
is  very  beautiful.

In  this  locality  we  have  many  fine 
trees or  shrubs which  are greatly  neg­
lected— the  Judas  tree, or red bud, for 
instance,  once  numerous  on  Plas­
ter  Creek,  and  even  now  a  few  repre­
sentatives  have  withstood  the  slaugh­
ter of ages;  but  they are  several  miles 
out  on  East  street.  I  wish  they might 
be  preserved,  also  several  handsome 
ones on  the  island  at  Cascade Springs.
The  sassafras  grows  into  a  beauti­
ful  tree  and  is  a  shining  mark  in the 
autumn,  with  its  golden  leaves  and 
black  berries.  A  medium  sized  tree 
grows  on  the  Fuller  place  on  Wash­
ington  street.

The  witch  hazel  is  our  last  bush 

to  blossom  in  autumn.

Our  thorn  apple  trees?  Yes.  A 
beautiful  tree  grows  on  a  by-street  in 
Grand  Rapids  which  was  worth  and 
received  a  visit  from  the  great  Pro­
fessor  Sargent,  of the  Boston  Arbora- 
tum.

If  you  desire  to  know  how  to  place 
shrubbery  for  effect  drive  out  the 
Walker  road  up  near  Indian  Creek 
and  see  the  thorn  apples  in  bloom. 
You  will  wonder  if  aught  could  be 
more  beautiful.  We  have  nine  varie­
ties  of  thorn  apples,  which  can  easily 
be  transplanted  or  grown  from 
the 
seed— the  Scotch  rone  tree  deserves 
mention.

Of  fruit  trees,  remember  the  wild 
crab  with  its  beauty  and  fragrance. 
Do  not  allow  it  to  be  exterminated. 
Of  the  real  fruit  trees  I  trust  you

M ICHIGAN  T R A D E S M A N

f

have  all  been  permitted  to  visit  West 
Bridge  street  hill,  where  our  success­
ful  farmers  have  vied  with  each  other 
in  planting  the  different  varieties  so 
that  harmony  is  perfect.  But  I  no­
tice  that  farther  out  in  Walker  the 
roadside  is  also  planted  with 
fruit 
trees,  and,  although  the  harvest  was 
so  plentiful  last  year  that  they  were 
unpicked,  they  have  again  put  forth 
profusions  of  blossoms,  which 
the 
bees  are  converting  into  honey  and 
the  children  into  greater  love  of  the 
beautiful.

I 

When  asked  to  talk  to  you  on this 
subject  who  know  so much  more  than 
I,  it  seemed  impossible  to  give  you 
anything  of  interest,  and  it  is  merely 
with  the  hope  that more trees may be 
planted,  more  forest  trees  preserved, 
that  I  plead  for  them,  because  I 
desire  more  natural  growth,  less  in­
judicious  pruning  and  greater  varie­
ty.  Our  great  beeches  are  gone  and 
our  stately  pines.  Could  these  few 
acres  have  been  preserved  they  would 
have  been  a  joy  forever. 
think 
townships  should  be  persuaded 
to 
preserve  such  natural  beauties  by the 
roadside  as  well  as  cities,  and  create 
parks  of  natural  forests.  There  are 
still  many  small  patches  of  woodland 
near  our 
Interurban  and  country 
roads  which  might  be 
secured  at 
small  cost  and  serve  as  an  illustration 
of  what  might  have  been.  Thirty-six 
years  ago  the  hillside  east  of  Grand 
River  opposite 
Island”— our 
present  market—was  an  open  field. 
“The  Island”  was  covered  with  a  lux­
uriant  growth.  That  Fourth  of  July 
fireworks  were  sent  up  from  “the 
Island”  and  reflected  in  the  water 
of  the  river.  The  immense  audience 
from  farms  and  town  were  enthusi­
astic  at  the  beauty.  Even  then  some 
said,  “What  a  spot  for  a  park!” 
It 
could  have  been  bought  for  a  /ong—  
not  one  of  Patti’s,  either!  Recall 
the  amount  paid  for  it  as  a  market 
site  and  the  destruction  of  all  the 
beauty.  And  as  to  the  effort  which 
even  now  is  being  made  to  open  up 
a  good  roadway  along  the  river  bank, 
can  we  not  create  interest  so  that 
every  roadside  in  the  beautiful  Grand 
River  Valley  shall  be  planted  with 
trees,  and  each  school  district  select 
some  spot  of  natural  beauty  to  pre­
serve  forever?

“the 

Sometimes  the  most  important part 
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or  her  own.  Thus  will  they  be taught 
to  respect  the  rights  of  others  and 
appreciate  and  protect  the  beautiful 
as  well  as  useful  in  plant,  shrub  and 
tree.

Taught  by  Experience.

“Mind,”  said  the  careful  mother, as 
she  provided  her  little  daughter with 
a  lead  pencil,  “that  you  don’t  scrib­
ble  on  the  walls.”

“Oh,  no,  mamma,”  replied  Mabel, 
in  a  shocked  voice  that  spoke  of 
previous  experience,  “it  breaks  the 
point!”

When  the  coffee  won’t  settle,  a 
man  thinks  he  has  good  grounds  for 
a  kick.

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three 

After  the  graduating  class,  diploma 
in  hand,  and  the  Board  of  Education 
have  left  the  stage,  the  man  with sta­
tistics  and  his  friend,  the  critic,  in 
order  that  the  public  may  not  rejoice 
too  much  over  the  commencement 
exercises  just  closed,  wish  to  make 
a  few  remarks.  They  are  brief  and 
to  the  point:  “In  spite  of  the  enor­
mous  amount  that  is  expended  an­
nually  on  the  schools  of  this  coun­
try  there  is  a  prevailing  conviction 
that  the  public  is  not  receiving  the 
worth  of  its  money.  Starting  out 
with  the  fact  that  the  schools  were 
designed  originally  to  teach  reading, 
writing  and  arithmetic,  it  is  a  pain­
ful  truth  that  only  a  small  percen­
tage— a  very  small  percentage— of
the  graduating  class  can  do  well 
either  of  the 
requirements. 
Mind,  we  are  not  finding  fault  with 
the  enormous  expenditure  of  public 
money;  we  candidly  admit  the  up­
lifting  influence  upon  the  community 
of  beautiful  school  architecture  and 
believe  it  is  worth  what  has  been 
paid  for  it;  but  we  do  insist  that 
when  these  graduates  go  home,  re­
joicing  with  the  beribboned  testimo­
nials  of  the  school  official,  duly  sign­
ed  and  sealed,  they  ought  to  be  able 
to  speak  good  English;  they  ought 
to  write  a  fairly  readable  letter,  well- 
spelled,  and  they  ought  to  be  able 
to  add  rapidly  an  ordinary  column 
of  figures;  and  they 
it. 
Somebody  is  to  blame  for  it;  who?”
this 
same  question  fortunately  precludes 
the  need  of  answering  in  detail  the 
charges  made  with  #the  certainty  of 
the  coming  of  the  graduating  exer­
cises,  and  with  no  desire  and  cer­
tainly  with  no  intention  of  trying  to 
refute  these  charges  it  does  seem  no 
more  than  fair  to  suggest  to  the 
critic  that  it  is  barely  possible  that 
even  he  with  all  his  good  intentions 
may  not  have  taken  everything  into 
account  that  should  be  in  reaching his 
sweeping  conclusions.  Does  the  crit­
ic  of  these  graduates  consider,  for 
instance,  that  he  is  exacting  from 
these 
inexperienced  boys  and  girls 
results  which  he  has  no  right  to  ex­
pect  except  from  practical  experi­
ence?  He  wants  them  to  add  rapidly 
and  correctly  the  common  columns

The  yearly  presentation  of 

can’t  do 

of  the  daybook  and  ledger;  can  he 
do  it  himself?  He  insists  that  they 
shall  produce  a  fairly  written  letter, 
properly spelled and  punctuated,  with 
the  paragraphs  and capital  letters  cor­
rect  to  a  dot.  It  “is  a  consummation 
devoutly  to  be  wished”  on  the  part 
of  old  and  young  alike;  can  the  critic 
himself  do  this  without  the  occasion­
al  use  of  the  dictionary?  The  English 
speaking  world  is  a  wide  one  and 
many  are  they  who  have  been  long 
and  faithfully  trained 
its  use, 
among  them  the  critic  of  the  hour. 
Has  he  not  learned  from  his  inter­
course  with  these  men  and  from  his 
own  experience  that  mistakes  are con­
stantly  made?  and  does  he  not  see 
from  this  that  he  is  thoroughly  un­
just  when  he  insists  that  these  young 
men  and  young  women  of  seventeen 
without  experience  shall  meet  suc­
cessfully  the  requirements  which  ma­
turity  and  the  experience  which  goes 
with  it  could  not  under  any  possibili­
ty  meet?

in 

in 

There  is  no  need  here  to  try  to 
the 
demonstrate  as  a  proposition 
axiom  that  experience  can  not  be 
bought.  There  it  stands,  a  self-evi­
dent  truth,  as  unalterable  as  truth it­
self. 
“True  ease  in  writing  comes 
from  art,  not  chance,”  says  one  poet, 
and  another  as  convincingly  asserts 
that  “Art  is  long.”  Time  is  an  es­
sential  in  the  making  up  of  perfec­
tion  and  the  expert,  the  class  to 
which  undoubtedly  our  critic  belongs, 
to  make  his  criticism  worth  anything 
must  have  spent  more  time  than these 
graduates  at 
seventeen  have  been 
able  to  spend  in  the  study  and  the 
daily  practice  of  the  English  tongue. 
Could  he  at  seventeen,  can  he  at  for­
ty  in  his  place  there  on  the  stage, 
swear  with  uplifted  right  hand  that 
since  he  was  twenty-five— that  gives 
him  eight  years  for  study  as  a  spe­
cialist— his  speech 
season  and 
out  of  season  has  been  and  is  what 
Spencer  calls  a  “Well  of  English  un­
defiled?” 
It  is  an  easy  thing  for  the 
expert  to  make  fun  of  the  graduate’s 
adding  and  his  grammar,  but  it  is 
just  as  easy  and  a  great  deal  more 
gratifying  to  make  fun  of  the  critic 
who  finds  fault  because  the  public 
schools  do  not  teach  experience,  and 
that  is  what  the  criticism  amounts to.
Another  matter,  which  is  not  taken 
into  account  as  often  as  it  should be. 
is  the  counteracting  influence  of  the 
world  outside  of  the  school  room  as 
well  as  that  outside  of  the  grammar 
recitation.  The  real  teacher  of  Eng­
lish  is  usually  a  correct  user  of  it. 
Her  daily  school  room  talk  is  free 
from  the  blemishes  commonly  com­
plained  of,  and  so  far  as  school  and 
recitation  ate  concerned  for  six  hours 
a  day  the  children  are  brought  up to 
hear  and  to  use  good  English— cer­
tainly  most  teachers  never  let  an in­
stance  of  bad  English  go  by  uncor­
rected.  Need  it  be  backed lip  by  evi­
dence  that  the  six  hours  of  good 
English  work  is  utterly  overcome  and 
destroyed  by  the  home  influence  and 
the  street  influence  and  the  communi­
ty  influence?  And  is  it  pertinent  to 
the  point  to  insist  that  no  one  teacher 
in  six  hours  can  make  much  progress 
in  any  study  where  home  and  street 
and  community  are  strenuously  doing

their  best  to  overcome  and  tear down 
the  little  she  has  been  able  to  do 
in  forty-five  minutes  at  the  longest 
in  the  grammar  recitation?

The  question,  “Who  is  to  blame?” 
is  not,  then,  a  hard  one  to  answer.  It 
is  not'the  teacher  whose  English-lov­
ing  soul  is  tortured  beyond  endurance 
by  the  “had  wents”  and  the  “had 
saws”  and  the  “I  seens”  which  the 
world  outside  her  school  room 
is 
constantly  using  and  encouraging her 
pupils  to  use.  She  is  the  only  one 
who  cares  a  straw  for  that  pure  well 
of  English  and  the  critic  knew  when 
he  asked  the  question  as  well  as  the 
rest  of  us  know,  that  it  is  the  home 
and  the  street  and  the  community 
that  are  to  blame  for  the  outlandish 
English  that  is  heard  throughout the 
length  and  breadth  of  the  land;  and 
let  it  be  said  here  and  now  that  if 
this  incorrect  speech  is  ever  to  be 
overcome  these  same  agents  with the 
critic  to  lead  the  way  must  begin the 
good  work  by  beginning  with  a  new 
broom  the  sweeping  of  the  home 
doorstep.

Oil  is  coming  in  as  fuel.  There  is 
plenty  of  it,  and  it  has  to  its  advant­
age  not  only  cheapness  but  freedom 
from 
the  disagreeable,  blackening 
smoke  that  goes  along  with  soft 
coal.  Locomotive  engines  on  West­
ern  railroads  use  it  quite  extensively 
and  it  has  proven  very  satisfactory. 
A  board  of  navy  officers  has  been  ex­
perimenting  with  it  during  the  last 
two  years  and  the  report  is  very 
favorable. 
It  is  said  that  crude  pe­
troleum  produces  more  steam  than 
coal  and  that  with  light  distillation 
its  combustion  is  less  wearing  on 
boilers. 
It  may  come  to  pass  that 
oil  tanks  will  take  the  place  of  coal, 
bunkers  on  ocean  steamships  and 
prove  an  economical  fuel. 
It  is  easy 
to  obtain  and  the  apparently  inex­
haustible  supply  is  scattered  all  over 
the  United  States.  The  report  of  the 
naval  experts  is  regarded  as  a  very 
strong  argument  in  its  interests.

France  holds  the  lead  in  the  manu­
facture  of  automobiles. 
In  1901  she 
sold  abroad  $3,000,000  worth;  in  1902, 
$6,000,000  worth,  and  in  1903,  $10,000,- 
000  worth,  and  this  year  is  shipping 
still  more.  It  will  be  strange,  indeed, 
if  Americans  do  not  soon  occupy  this 
field  to  a  greater  extent  than  they 
now  do.  Americans  have  a  well 
earned  reputation  for  skill  in  the  in­
vention  and  manufacture  of  mechani­
cal  devices,  and  there  is  no  reason 
why  they  should  not  be  expected  to 
excel  all  competitors  in  the  produc­
tion  of  automobiles.

According  to  a  Philadelphia  phy­
sician  in  a  generation  or  two  the  Japs 
will  average  the  same  stature  as  Eu­
ropeans. 
It  is  only  their  legs  that 
are  short,  he  says,  and  this  comes 
from  the  habit  of  sitting  in  cramped 
positions  on  the  floor.  Western  cus­
toms  are  being  adopted,  and  he  thinks 
the  little  brown  man  will  soon  length­
en  out.  Of  course,  some  of  his  bro­
ther  physicians  pooh-pooh  this  no­
tion.  They  point  out  that  chairs  are 
almost  unknown  among  Hindoos, 
who,  on  the  whole,  are  rather  long 
legged.

A  serious  condition  confronts 

DANGER  TO   GLO VE  TRADE.
the 
domestic  glove  trade  on  account  of 
the  long-drawn-out  strike  at  Glovers- 
ville  and  Johnstown,  N.  Y.  Practi­
cally  all  the  gloves  made 
this 
country  are  made  in  these  two  towns, 
and  the  strike  threatens  now  to  drive 
the  trade  away  from  this  country.

in 

Even  with  a  liberal  protective  tar­
iff,  the  margin  between  foreign  and 
domestic  gloves  is  very  small.  The 
domestic  people,  after  years  of  ef­
fort,  had  about  secured 
the  entire 
trade  on  men’s  goods  and  on  a  few 
of  the  heavier 
lines  of  women’s 
gloves.  The  strike,  which  is  against 
the  open  shop,  has  been  in  progress 
for  several  months,  and  the  strikers 
are  now  apparently  as  firm  as  ever. 
If  work  is  not  resumed  in  two  weeks 
the  jobbers  and  retailers  will  be  forc­
ed  to  place  their  orders  for  fall  con­
sumption  with 
importers  and 
there  will  be  no  work  for  the  strikers 
to  do.  All  that  the  domestic  manu­
facturers  can  hope  for  after  that  is 
a  few  orders  that  the  foreigners  are 
unable  to  fill.

the 

Another  danger  which  is  seen  by 
the  American  manufacturers  is  that 
once  the  trade  has  learned  to  go  to 
Europe  to  buy,  it  may  continue  to 
go  there,  and  the  long  fight  to  se­
cure  the  American  trade 
in  gloves 
wil  have  to  be  begun  all  over  again.

The  other  night  a  man  and  woman 
were  seen  burying  a  white  box  be­
neath  a  tree  in  Central  Park.  The 
matter  was  brought  to  the  attention 
of  the  authorities  and  the  next  night 
a  detective  and  a  couple  of  helpers 
went  to  the  scene.  They  dug  up  the 
sod  in  all  directions  for  the  mysteri­
ous  grave  and  the  white  box  that  had 
been  interred,  and  finally  their  efforts 
were  rewarded. 
Something  whit" 
was  seen  far  down  in  the  bottom  of 
a  deep  hole.  Soon  the  earth  was 
cleared  away  and  a  pasteboard  box 
was  disclosed.  When  the  cover  had 
been  removed  there,  wrapped  in  cot­
ton,  was  the  corpse  of  a yellow  can­
ary. 

____________

On  account  of  the  war  with  Japan 
the  exportation  of  horses  from  Rus­
sia  is  prohibited.  Last  year  43,000 
Russian  horses  were  sold  in  Germany 
alone.  Russia  now  needs  all 
its 
horses  for  cavalry  and  artillery  ser­
vice,  and  it  will  be  a  long  time  before 
it  will  have  a  surplus  of  animals.  The 
situation  is  one  most  favorable  to 
American  horse  raisers. 
It  gives 
them  a  chance  to  enter  the  European 
market.  Japan,  too,  will  want  more 
horses  before  the  war  is  ov.er  and 
Americans  may  supply  them.

The  Southern  pack  of  fine  quali­
ties  of  peas  is  light,  probably  not 
more  than  60  per  cent,  of  the  aver­
age.  The  season  opened  auspiciously, 
but  unfavorable  weather  ruined 
the 
crop  before  canning  was  completed.

Banks  are  in  business 

lend 
It  is  better  to  pay  banks  a 

money. 
little  interest  than  to  be  slow  pay.

to 

Prompt  pay  means  placing  money 
the  day  it  is 

in  the  creditors’  hands 
due.

YA N K E E   SPRINGS.

The  Half  Way  House  of  Seventy 

Years  Ago.

On  the  afternoon  of  a  summer’s 
day,  August  26,  1836,  nearly  sixty- 
eight  years  ago,  there  might  have 
been  seen  a  covered  wagon  contain­
ing  a  stalwart  man  of 
thirty-five 
years  and  five  children,  between  the 
ages  of  eleven  and  two  years,  driv­
ing  through  the  then  unbroken  wil­
derness  of  Barry  county,  in  the  Ter­
ritory  of  Michigan.

Accompanying  this  wagon  was  a 
woman  on  horseback,  carefully  guid­
ing  her  gray  saddle-horse  over 
the 
rough  roads  of  the  new  country.  She 
had  in  this  way  performed  nearly the 
whole  of  the  journey,  we  having 
started  from  Weathersfield,  Wyom­
ing  county,  New  York,  three  weeks 
before,  taking  in  Canada  on  our 
route,  and  expecting  to 
in 
South  Bend, 
Indiana,  where  my 
father  had  bought  a  tract  of  land  of 
160  acres.

settle 

This  party  consisted  of  my  father, 
William  Lewis,  and  Mary  Goodwin, 
his  wife,  three  daughters  and  a  son, 
also  an  adopted  daughter,  Flavia 
Stone.  We  were  at  this  time  about 
to  spend  the  night  with  an  older 
brother,  Calvin  Lewis,  who  came to 
Michigan  a  few  weeks  in  advance  of 
us,  and  settled  at  Yankee  Springs, 
but  the  result  was  that  we  settled 
there  also. 
I  was  a  child  of  four 
years  at  the  time,  so  the  words  of  my 
mother  will  best  describe  our  com­
ing  into  Michigan:

to 

“After  leaving  Detroit  the  road  was 
mostly  through  dense  woods,  Mar­
shall,  Battle  Creek  and  Kalamazoo 
being  marked  by 
little  clusters  of 
houses  surrounded  by  forests.  After 
leaving  Battle  Creek  we  passed 
through  Gull  Prairie,  now  Richland, 
and  there  met  Leonard  Slater,  locat­
ed  on  the  Indian  Reservation  as 
missionary 
the  Pottawattamie 
tribe  of  Indians.  Leaving  this  place 
we  plunged  into  the  wilderness  and, 
the  road  having  disappeared,  we  fol­
lowed  an 
trail  marked  by 
blazed  trees  and  journeyed  eighteen 
miles  farther 
the  woods 
without  seeing  a  single  habitation. 
Tired  and  travel-worn,  weary  and 
hungry,  we  halted  at  nightfall  in  a 
lovely  valley  in  the  wilderness, where 
a  log  house  was  in  process  of  erec­
tion.  Living  springs  of  clear  cold 
water  were  gushing  from  a  bank, and 
on  a  nearby  poplar  tree  someone had 
fastened  a  shingle  marked  Yankee 
Springs.

through 

Indian 

“In  1835  a  young  man  by  the  name 
of  Chas.  Paul,  in  company  with  the 
family  of  Henry  Leonard,  were  eat­
ing  their  luncheon  under  the  trees 
beside  one  of  the  springs.  A  stran­
ger  joined  them  and  it  came  out  in 
conversation  that  they  were  all  from 
New  England  States,  and  one  of  the 
party  said,  “We  are  all  Yankees.”  At 
this  suggestion  Charles  Paul  hewed 
the  bark  off  the  side  of  an  oak  tree 
and  cut  the  words  “Yankee  Springs” 
on  it.  The  name  clung  to  the  place 
and  was  finally  adopted  by  the  town­
ship.”

A  welcome  was  given  us  by  our 
relatives,  and  the  log  cabin  of  two

MICHIGAN  TR A D ESM A N

rooms  was  shared  together.  A  quilt 
was  hung  over  the  door  space  and 
the  windows  were  boarded.  A  sup­
per  was  served  and  we  settled  down 
for  the  night.  Dismal  tales  have 
come  .to  me  of  those  first  nights  in 
the  forest;  that  the  barking  of  wolves 
broke  the  stillness  of  the  hours  and 
that  the  glittering  eye-balls  of 
the 
panther  looked  down  upon  us  with 
no  friendly  gaze.

My  father  located  1,000  acres  of 
land  there  and  it  soon  grew  to  be 
an  attractive  place.  We  endured  in 
common  with  all  the  early  settlers 
the  trials  and  privations  of  pioneer 
and  frontier  life,  and  lived  to  see  the 
wilderness  subdued,  and  surrounded 
by  all  that  pertains  to  a  later  civiliza­
tion.  Here  in  this  thick  forest,  the 
land  entirely  unclaimed,  we  settled. 
The  woods  were  filled  with  Indians, 
and  our  nearest  white  neighbor,  Cal­
vin  G.  Hill,  was  eight  miles  distant 
from  us.  From  Middleville  to  Ada, 
the  direct  route  to  Grand  Rapids, 
was  a  dense  forest,  an  unbroken  wil­
derness  without  an  inhabitant.  We 
were  on  the  direct  line  of  the  great 
Indian  trail  running  from  Detroit to 
Grand  Rapids,  which  passed  directly 
through  Barry  county.  But  we  were 
not  long  alone.  The  fur  trader  and 
the  speculator  were  abroad  in  the 
land,  and  to  fill  the  increasing  de­
mands  of  the  weary  traveler,  our  lit­
tle  cottage  of  two  rooms  was  ex­
tended,  building  after  building,  until 
we  occupied  “nine  stories  on 
the 
ground,”  seven  distinct  buildings  in 
a  row  in  the  front  and  two  additional 
in  the  back.  They  presented  neith­
er  an  imposing  nor  a  graceful  ap­
pearance,  but  were  the  hurried  crea­
tion  of  backwoods  life,  when  there 
was  no  time  to  waste  on  architec­
ture,  symmetry  or  beauty.

the  place 

The  fame  of 

spread 
throughout  the  country  and  so  brisk 
was  business  at  the  old  “Mansion 
it 
House,”  as  it  was  called,  that 
was  no  uncommon 
for  one 
hundred  people  to  tarry  there  for  a 
night,  while  sixty  teams  were  often 
stabled  there  between  sunset  and sun­
rise.

thing 

the 

The  extreme  ends  of  the  old  house 
were  named.  The  one  farthest north 
was  “Grand  Rapids,”  and 
ex­
treme  south  was  “Kalamazoo.”  The 
Kalamazoo  was  considered  the  “best 
room”  and  was  furnished  rather  bet­
ter  than  the  others  and  the  better 
class  of  people  occupied  it  generally, 
bridal  parties,  etc.  All 
the  other 
buildings  have  tumbled  to  ruin.  This 
building  alone  stands  out  all  by 
itself. 
It  is  close  to  the  road  down 
in  the  hollow,  seemingly  proud  of the 
fact  that  it  has  survived  all  of  the 
changes  of  the  last  century  and  in­
viting  admiration  and  respect  because 
of  it. 
could 
speak  what  stories  it  could  tell, what 
historical  information  it  could  impart 
that  would  be  of  interest  and  benefit 
to  future  generations.

If  the  old  building 

Together  this  husband  and  wife 
labored  and  toiled,  their  chief  desire 
seeming  to  be  to  give  happiness  to 
those  about  them.  With  a  hospitali­
ty  that  was  proverbial  and  a  gener­
osity that  can  not  be  measured  by  or­

dinary  methods  they  greeted  all  who 
came.  The  man  without  money  was 
treated  as  well  as  the  man  whose 
pocket  bulged  with  the  currency  of 
that  day.  Ministers  of  all  denomina­
tions,  irrespective  of  creed,  were  en­
tertained  free  of  charge,  but  were  ex­
pected  to  hold  an  evening  service in 
our  large  dining  room,  and  men  were 
sent  out  to  notify  the  neighbors  to 
that  effect.  The  first  Episcopal  serv­
ice  I  ever  heard  was  rendered  there 
by  Dr.  Francis  Cuming,  who  was 
journeying  to  Grand  Rapids  to  settle 
over  St.  Mark’s  church  in  that  city.

We  were  in  very  close  touch  with 
the  people  at  Grand  Rapids  in  the 
early  days  and  visited  often  in  their 
families.  Much  of  our  trading  was 
done  there  and,  although  thirty-eight 
miles  distant  from  us,  we  made  fre­
quent  journeys  there. 
I  remember 
seeing  Louis  Campau  and  Rix  Rob­
inson— those  grand 
pioneers— the
earliest.  Their  names  should  never 
be  forgotten  by  us.  They  were  here 
in  the  early  20’s  and  none  who  came 
after  exceeded  them  in  powers  of en­
durance,  or 
the  cheerfulness  with 
which  they  bore  the  hardships  and 
toil  of  that  period.  The  name  of 
Louis  Campau  is  reverenced  by  older 
Grand  Rapids  people,  for  he  came 
the 
there  first.  He  once  owned 
whole  village  of  Grand  Rapids. 
In 
the  old  days  all  knew  of  his  tender 
heart— all  who  met  him 
received 
some  kindness  at  his  hands.  We used 
to  hear  how,  when  his  bank  failed, 
he  brought  home  armfuls  of  wild­
cat  money  and  papered  his  cupola 
with  it,  saying,  “If  you  won’t  circu­
late,  you  shall  stay  still.” 
I  recall 
the  Withey  family,  the  Moreaus, the 
Godfreys,  Morrisons,  Richmonds. 
Whites,  Henry  R.  Williams, 
the 
Almys,  P.  R.  L.  Peirce,  Canton  Smith, 
an  early  hotel  keeper  of  that  city, 
the  Rathbones,  early  settlers  there, 
who  built  a  large  hotel  and  opened 
it  with  a  big  dance.  I  was  there  and 
danced  all  night.  Mrs.  T.  B.  Church, 
that  noble  pioneer  woman,  who  play­
ed  the  organ  of  St.  Mark’s  church for 
fifty  years  and  is  still  living  in  that 
city,  her  gifted  son,  Frederick Church, 
then  a  babe  whom  I  often  carried  in 
my  arms,  now  celebrated  world-wide 
as  an  artist— all  these  and  many  more 
were  household  names  with  us  and 
went  to  make  up  a  part  of  our  fami­
ly  life  in  a  time  when  there  were 
few  social  barriers  and  man  felt  and 
needed  the  sympathy  and  encourage­
ment  of  his  brother  man.

Lewis  Cass  was  twice  our  guest, 
Ex-Governor  Felch, 
Ex-Governor 
Ransom,  U.  S.  Senator  Zach  Chan­
dler,  Senator  Chas.  E.  Stuart,  Judge 
Pratt— and,  indeed,  all  men  of  note 
who  traveled  in  those  days  were  at 
some  time  or  other  entertained there 
in  the  primitive  style  of 
the  day. 
Royalty  was  once  entertained  at the 
Mansion  House,  and  this  occasion 
was  memorable  as  being 
first 
time  that  the  table  was  set  with  nap­
kins  for  each  guest, word  having  been 
sent  in  advance  of  his  coming.  Al­
most  the  first  guest  I  can  remember 
was  Douglas  Houghton,  then  a young 
man.  He  was  first  appointed  State 
Surveyor  and  later,  as  we  all  know,

the 

t

filled  the  office  of  State  Geologist  for 
many  years.

Thefts  and 

robberies  were  un­
known,  although  large  quantities  of 
money  were  carried  by  travelers  and 
it  would  have  been  an  easy matter for 
it  to  change  hands  had  there  been 
the  desire  for  it  by  designing  per­
sons.  For  example,  every  year  large 
quantities  of  money  were  carried 
through  from  Detroit  to  Grand  Rap­
ids  to  pay  the  Indians  at  their  annual 
payments.  This  money,  $15,000,  was 
conveyed  through  in  an  extra  stage 
by  a  man  named  Lee,  accompanied 
by  an  Indian  interpreter  named  Pro- 
vonsol.  The  money  was  all  in  specie 
and  was  carried  in  boxes  about  a  foot 
square,  very  heavy,  as  I  remember 
hearing.  These  boxes  were  all  set 
in  the  room  at  the  south  end  of 
the  old  house.  There  was  an  outside 
door  with  an  old  lock  and  key  to 
it.  Two  old  guns  they had were set up 
in  one  corner  of  the  room  and  those 
men  probably  slept  without  a  care 
or  thought  of  being 
and 
went  safely  through  from  Detroit to 
Grand  Rapids  in  this 
simple  and 
easy  way.

robbed 

My  father  was  a  man  of  indomita­
ble  courage  and  perseverance— never 
discouraged— always  happy  and  with 
a  fund  of  humor,  wit  and  story-tell­
ing  rarely  excelled.  He  was  just  the 
one  to  lead  in  settling  and  establish­
ing  a  new  country.  He  planned  large­
ly  and  liberally,  and  was  able  with 
his  perseverance  and  strong  health 
to  carry  out  his  plans,  and  by  his  per­
sonal  magnetism  encouraged  others 
to  work  and  persevere  also.  He  was 
the  first  to  contract  for  carrying the 
United  States  mail  through  that  por­
tion  of  the  country. 
In  the  first con­
tract  he  was  assisted  by  General 
Withey,  of  Grand  Rapids.  This  route 
was  from  Battle  Creek  to  Grand  Rap­
ids.  Later  a  contract  was  taken  to 
carry  the  mail  from  Kalamazoo  to 
Grand  Rapids.  Lines  of  stages  were 
put  on  and  several  coaches  a  day 
were  started  from  these  points,  all 
Springs— the 
meeting  at  Yankee 
“half  way  house”— for 
refreshment 
of  passengers  and  change  of  horses. 
For  many  years  this  was  the  only 
route  through  the  woods  from  Battle 
Creek  and  Kalamazoo  to  Grand  Rap­
ids,  and  until  other  roads  were  open­
ed  up  it  made  very  lively  times  at 
the  old  house.  The  Yankee  Springs 
postoffice  for  a  long  time  supplied 
the  adjacent  country.  Letters  were 
luxuries  in  those  days,  rare  and  cost­
ly.  Envelopes  and  postage  stamps 
were  unknown.  We  wrote  on  three 
pages  of  the  paper,  folding  it  so  the 
name  could  be  written  in  the  middle 
of  the  fourth,  and  sealing  with  a 
wafer,  directed  it  and  then  paid  our 
25  cents  postage  on  it  or  left  it  to 
be  collected  by  the  person  to  whom 
it  was  addressed,  just  as  we  chose. 
Sometimes  it  was  difficult  for  the  old 
settler  to  produce  the  25  cents  to 
pay  postage  and  he  had  to  earn  it 
before  he  could  claim  his  letter.

My  father  and  Rix  Robinson  built 
the  first  bridge  across  the  Thornapple 
River  in  1838.  The  road  then  ran 
on  the  old  Indian  trail,  across  Scales 
Prairie. 
In  1838  my  father  also  built 
the  first  bridge  across  the  Coldwater

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M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

Stream  on  Section  35,  in  Caledonia.  | 
Split 
logs  were  used  for  flooring, j 
pinned  down  by  wooden  pins.  H e,! 
in  company  with  some  others,  started j 
in  1849  to  build  a  plank  road  that  j 
was  to  run  from  Galesburg  to  Grand ; 
Rapids.  A  good  deal  of  time,  energy ; 
and  capital  was  expended  on 
this j 
scheme,  but  it  was  finally  abandoned, j
There  was  a  period  when  the  Yan-1 
kee  Springs  property  was  considered : 
very  valuable,  and  the  Rathbones,  in  . 
Grand  Rapids,  wished  to  exchange | 
their  hotel  property  for  our  own,  we 
to  retain  the  farm  lands.  This  Grand i 
Rapids  property  is  now  worth  sever- j 
al  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and 
is 
the  present  location  of  the  Widdi- 
comb  building,  corner  of  Monroe and ; 
Market  streets.  The  other,  deserted 1 
and  forsaken,  requires  a  stretch  of j 
the 
it j 
was  ever  of  great  importance.

imagination  to  believe  that 

in 

the 

Wheat  and  potatoes  at  this  early > 
date  brought  fabulous  prices,  but the j 
table  was  always  well  supplied  with  ! 
the  essentials  and  with  many  delica­
cies.  Great  care  and  attention  were j 
given  to  the  large  garden  of  several  j 
acres  that  lay  across  the  road  from  j 
the  old  house.  No  vegetable  or  flow-1 
er  then  heard  of but  was  grown there, j 
The  light  soil,  highly  enriched  by 1 
muck  taken  from  the  marsh,  was 
calculated  to  bring  them  forward  to i 
speedy  perfection.  The  most 
lus­
cious  fruits,  melons  and  vegetables j 
were  grown  in  abundance,  all  luxu­
riating  in  the  new,  warm  soil  of  the j 
valley.  Arbors were  filled  with choice J 
grapes,  peaches  ripened  in  the  sun, | 
and  flowers,  the  good  old-fashioned i 
flowers  of  that  day,  grew  in  abun­
dance.  Celery— the  first  grown 
in | 
Barry  county  and  perhaps 
the j 
State— was  raised  there.  Tomatoes j 
were  raised.  They  were  first  called  j 
“love  apples,”  and  we  grew  them for 
their  beauty,  but  soon 
learned  to j 
eat  them.  Men  were  constantly  em­
ployed  in  caring  for 
ground. 
Water  was  supplied  for  use  by  wells 
dug  on  the  grounds.  My  father  was 
a  skillful  caterer.  Each  guest  who 
came  was  made  to  feel  at  home  under 
that hospitable roof.  The  first Thanks- 1 
giving  celebrated  at  Yankee  Springs 
tavern  was  in  the  fall  of  1838.  My 
father  sent  out  invitations  to  all the I 
new  settlers  for  miles  around  and 
later  sent  men  and  teams  to  gather 
them  in.  My  mother  meanwhile  was 
superintending  the  first  Thanksgiving 
dinner  in  the  new  country,  which con­
sisted  of  wild  turkeys  brought  by the 
Indians  from  Gun  Lake  woods,  two 
imjnense  spare  ribs  cooked  to  a  turn 
before  the  great  open  fireplace,  as 
were  also  the  turkeys.  Mince  pies 
such  as  only  my  mother  could  make, 
also  pumpkin  pies and puddings, were 
baked  in  the  large  brick  oven  by the 
side  of  the  kitchen  fireplace.  Cook 
stoves  there  were  none.  The  turkeys 
and  ribs  were  suspended  by  stout  tow 
strings  and  slowly  turned  before  the 
open  fire  and  some  one  had  to  burn 
their  face  while  continually  basting 
the  meats  with  their 
rich  gravies, 
brought  out  by  the  heat  of  the  fire. 
Cranberries  were  brought  by  the  In­
dians  and  was  about  the  only  fall 
berry.  Not  a  fruit  tree  or  berry  bush 
had  yet  been  planted.

The  tables  were  spread  and  the 
guests  came  from  their  homes  in  the 
woods  to  enjoy  this  banquet  prepared 
for  them  in  so  hospitable  a  manner 
and,  while  all  must  have  remembered j 
the  parents  and  homes  so  recently 
left  by  them,  it  was  not  their  way to I 
mourn  for  what  they  had  not,  but  to 
enjoy  fully  what  they  had, which they 
did  in  a  way  that  would  astonish  the 
dyspeptic  of  to-day.

It  began  to  snow,  the  first  of 

the 
season,  but  the  harder  it  snowed the 
livelier  grew  the  party.  An  old  vio­
lin  was  pulled  out  of  some  corner  and 
all  began  dancing  and  kept  it  up  until 
morning,  when  breakfast  was  pre­
pared  for  them,  after  which  they were 
conveyed  back  to  their  homes,  and 
so  passed  our  first  Thanksgiving  in 
the  old  Mansion  House  at  Yankee 
Springs.

The  political 

campaign  of 

1840 
made  a  hot  time  in  the  old  house,  as 
1  well 
remember.  Pole  and  flag 
raising  and  stump  speaking  were the ! 
order  of  the  day,  but  the  doings  on 
the  Fourth  of  July,  1846,  beat  every­
thing  on  record  before  or  since,  so j 
far  as  I  can  remember.  A  tamarack 
pole  was  spliced  until  it  was  of  the 
desired  length  and  a  flag  was  flung 
from  it  to  the  breeze  with  much 
hurrahing  from  the  crowd  that  had 
collected  from  everywhere  and  filled 
the  road-front  before  the  old  house 
from  hill  to  hill.  Twenty-six  girls, 
all  in  white,  representing  the  states—  
then  twenty-six  in  number— and  a 
Goddess  of  Liberty  in  red,  white  and 
blue  w'ere  loaded  into  a  monster I 
wagon  drawn  by  twenty-six  yoke  of | 
oxen.  A  girl  for  each  state  and  a  j 
yoke  of  oxen  for  each  girl!  We  went 
above  the  hill  to  form  the  procession 
and  came  down  into  the  crowd  in  fine 
style.

We  were  ten  years  in  advance  of 
the  Michigan  Central  Railway.  We 
heard  rumors  of  its  approach,  but  I 
so  slow  was  it  in  coming  that  the 
old  stage  coach  kept  right  along  its 
undisputed  way  for  many  years.  The 
road  started  from  Detroit  in  1836, 
when  Michigan  was  a  territory. 
It 
reached  Kalamazoo  February 2T,  1846, 
and  six  years  later,  May,  1852,  the 
road  reached  Chicago.

Indian,”  but 

It  has  been  said  “there  is  no  good 
Indian  but  a  dead 
in 
our  experience  we  did  not  find  in 
them  the  treachery  and  deceit  they 
are  usually  credited  with.  They  had 
great  respect  for  my  father  and  we 
lived  in  peace  and  harmony.  The 
woods  were  full  of  them,  but  we  did 
not  fear  them  and  I  believe  they were 
our  friends.  They  were  strict 
in 
their  deals  and  if  they  made  a  prom­
ise  they  kept  it.  They  brought  us 
berries  of  all  kinds  from  the  woods 
and  constantly  supplied  us  with  fresh 
venison,  never  bringing  any  part  of 
the  carcass  but  the  hams,  which were 
always  twenty-five  cents,  no  more nor 
less.  They  brought  us  fresh 
fish 
from  the  lakes,  and  the  muskallonge 
from  Gun  Lake  were  enormous. 
They made  a  great  deal  of maple  sug­
ar. 
these  Pottawattamies 
were  removed  by  the  United  States 
Government  beyond  the  Mississippi, 
and  very  reluctantly  they  left  their 
homes  among 
lakes  and  oak

In  1840 

the 

openings  and  the  silver  streams of 
Michigan.  Noonday,  the  chief  of the 
Pottawattamies,  greatly  impressed me 
by  his  dignified  bearing. 
Six  feet 
tall  and  well  proportioned,  he  was  at 
that  time  nearly  100  years  old.  His 
face  was  painted  and  a  great  circlet 
of  eagle 
feathers  was  around  his 
head.  He  looked  kind  and  he  laid 
his  hand  on  my  head.  He  died  soon 
after  and  was  buried 
in  Richland 
cemetery  by  the  side  of  his  wife. 
He,  Noonday,  assisted  in  the  war 
of  1812  and  witnessed  the  burning 
of  the  city  of  Buffalo.

Ye  say  they  all  have  passed  away. 
T hat  noble  race  and  brave;
T hat  their light  canoes  have  vanished 
From   oft  the  crystal  wave;
T hat  in  the  grand  old  forests 
There  rings  no  hunter's  shout.
B ut  th eir  nam e  is  on  your  w aters 
And  ye  m ay  not  wash  them   out.

There  were  poets  in  those  days and 
frequently  the  old  place  was  sound­
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ly  one  was  found  whose  “feelings” 
overflowed  to  the  extent  that  he  pub­
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was  George  Torrey,  Sr.,  who,  com­
ing  from  Boston  at  an  early  day, set­
tled  in  Kalamazoo  county  and  was 
associated  with  the  Kalamazoo  Tele­
graph  at  its  birth  in  1844.  He  trav­
eled  through  Barry  county  at  that 
date  and  a  poem  published  in 
the 
Telegraph  soon  after  reached  us in 
this  form.  He  had  not  the  world­
wide  fame  of  a  Kipling,  but  this 
poem  has  survived  perhaps 
longer 
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In  a  wagon  w ithout  any  kiver,
Through  a country th a t looks very new? 
If  you  are  hungry  and  wish  for  a   dinner.
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Are  noised  about  country  and  town.
It  finished  by  enumerating  the  bill 
of  fare,  which  seemed  to  afford  him 
great  satisfaction.

Personally,  I  knew 

little  of  the 
hardships  of  pioneer  life,  for  I  was 
protected  and  sheltered  by  my  pa­
rents.  There  was  so  much  of  life 
and  activity  about  us  that 
it  was 
akin  to  life  in  a  city,  and  we  had  no 
time  for  loneliness.  Being  the  al­
most  constant 
companion  of  my 
father  and  visiting  with  him  all  the 
towns  within  a  large  radius,  I  saw 
life  in  all'  its  forms  in  the  new  coun­
try,  traveling  in  stage  coach,  wagon 
•or  on  horseback.  There  was  no  un­
derbrush  in  those  days,  the  annual 
fires  consumed  it,  leaving  the  forests 
free  from  obstruction,  and  one  could 
walk,  ride  or  drive  anywhere  as free­
ly  as  in  a  beautiful  park.  Nature was 
liberal  in  the  diffusion  of  fruits, nuts 
and  flowers,  and  from  the  little  vio­
let  in  the  early  spring  there  was  a 
successive  gradation  of  flowers  of 
all  kinds  and  colors  until  the  frost 
came  in  the  fall.  We  lived  only  two 
and  one-half  miles  from  Gun  Lake—  
that  inland  gem  of  Barry  county.  My 
first  view  of  it  will  never  be  forgot­
ten. 
Scouring  through  the  woods 
one  day  on  my  little  pony— born  of 
the  gray  mare  ridden  by  my  mother 
when  we  came  into  the  country— we 
came  suddenly  out  on  the  shore  of 
this  lake  and  I  gazed  in  silent  wonder 
on  that  broad  sheet  of  water,  flashing 
and  dimpling  in  the  sunlight  where 
no  white  man’s  boat  had  ever  been, 
and  only  the  Indian’s  canoe  had  dis­
turbed  the  calm  serenity  of  its  wa­
ters.  Not  a  tree  had  been  disturbed 
and  the  dark  forest  clear  around was 
reflected  on  the  glistening  surface  of 
the  water.  As  I  silently  gazed  a 
feeling  of  awe  stole  over  me.  The 
solemn  stillness  of  lake  and  forest 
frightened  me. 
I  turned  my  pony 
and  fled  and  never  drew  rein  until 
my  home  was  reached.

leaves. 

In  the  new  country  you  sometimes 
looked  around  for  your  neighbors 
and  they  were  not,  there, .and  so  it 
was  that  some  of  the  birds  we  had 
known— the  robin,  the  wren  and  the 
swallow— were  not  there,  but  blue- 
jays  and  whip-poor-wills  were  not 
lacking.  The  crows  had  not  come, 
neither  the  flies,  but  fleas  and  mos­
quitoes  were  plenty.  We  heard  of a 
neighbor  who  opened  her  Bible  one 
day  and  found  a  fly  pressed  between 
its 
children,”  she 
said,  “don’t  you  touch  that  fly,  let 
it  remain  right  here  in  this  book, 
just  as  it  is,  because  that  fly  once 
lived  in  our  old  home  in  York  State.” 
There  were  no  rats  or  mice,  neither 
were  there  any  house 
cats.  The 
country  had  no  need  for  the  latter, 
but  I  had,  and  so  pleaded  that  one 
day  a  box  came  from  Grand  Rapids, 
upon  opening  which  out  jumped two 
lovely  maltese  kittens.  The  prettiest, 
irrespective  of  sex,  was  immediately 
christened  Tommy  and  nursed  and

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request  was  that  he  might  be  buried 
on  the  hill  overlooking  the  old place. 
I  have  twice  removed  his  remains—  
once,  after  the  old  place  passed from 
our  hands,  to  the  nearby  cemetery, 
and  again  to  lay  them  by  the  side 
of  my  mother  in  Kent  county.  She 
outlived  him  by  thirty-five  years,  dy­
ing  March  I,  1888,  at  Alaska,  Kent 
county,  at  the  age  of  eighty-three 
years.  My  mother  descended  from 
old  Revolutionary  stock,  on  the  Nor- 
ton-Goodwin  side,  and  will  ever  be 
remembered  as  a  faithful  friend  and 
worthy  type  of  womanhood. 
In the 
afflictions  of  life,  from  which  she was 
far  from  being  exempt,  she  displayed 
that  true  Christian  fortitude  which 
commends  her  example  to  us.

The  solid 

forests  have  vanished 
and  we  sometimes  feel  that  the  solid 
man  has  vanished,  too.  The  type of 
character  they  represented  may  not 
be  needed  now,  but  they  are  worth 
remembering  for  their  courage 
in 
opening  up  this  country  and  reclaim­
ing  it  from  brush  and  bramble  trees 
and  stone,  and  placing  Michigan  in 
the  front  rank  she holds  to-day among 
the  states  of  the  Union.

The  men  have  done  much  to make 
this  a  grand  and  noble  State,  but  the 
women  have  not  been  idle. 
If  “the 
hand  that  rocks  the  cradle  rules  the 
world”  ours  have 
certainly  been 
kept  busy.  In  all  ways  pioneer  wom­
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the  heavy  burdens  of  that  period, and 
to-day  can  pride  themselves  upon  be­
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petted  to  a  great  extent.  One  day 
Tommy  was  missing,  and  there  was 
a  great  outcry.  Finally,  when  found, 
he  was  nursing  a  lot  of  little  kittens 
of  his  own.  From  this  small  begin­
ning  many  came  and,  no  doubt,  the 
descendants  of  this  same  cat  are  rac­
ing  around  on  the  sand  hills  of  Bar­
ry  county  to-day.

My  father  represented  the  counties 
of  Allegan  and  Barry  in  the  State 
Legislature  in  Detroit  in  1846.  He 
came  home  for  a  short  time  during 
the  winter  and  when  he  returned was 
accompanied  by  his  two  youngest 
daughters,  who  took  their  first  ride 
on  the  new  railroad  and  indulged  in 
the  gayeties  of  the  Capital  City  for 
two  keeks.

I  have  been  asked  to  give  my 
girlhood  recollections  of  this  trip to 
the  then  Capital  City.

The  ride  to  Battle  Creek  was  duly 
performed  by  stage  coach  and  four 
horses  and  from  there  we  took  our 
first  and  never-to-be-forgotten  ride 
on  that  new  railroad  we  had  heard 
so  much  about.  We  were  nearly 
frightened  to  death  with  the  almost 
constant  scream  of  the  engine  whis­
tle  and  the  clanking  of  the  cars  over 
the  rough  road,  which  was  about 
equal  to  that  of  cattle  cars  at 
the 
present  time.  We  wished  ourselves 
back  in  the  old  stage  coach  many 
times  before  the  journey  ended.

The  Wales  Hotel,  on  Jefferson 
avenue,  East,  just  thrown  open  to 
the  public January  1,  1846,  we  thought 
It  was  kept  by  Austin 
very  fine. 
Wales  and  his  two  sons. 
It  was 
very  crowded,  as  many  members  of 
the  Legislature  and  their  wives were 
staying  there.  The  dining  room  was 
large  and  nearly  square  and  was fre­
quently  used  for  entertainments  in 
the  evening,  balls,  fancy-dress  par­
ties  and  concerts,  all  of  which  we  at­
tended.  About  January  24  a  Scottish 
ball  was  given.  Perhaps  it  was  a 
Burns’  reunion  and  seemed  to  us  a 
grand  affair.  There  was  fine  music, 
with  bag-pipes  included  (the  first  I 
ever  heard),  the  gay  costumes  with 
kilted  skirts,  plaid  hose  and  scarfs 
and  jaunty  caps  quite  charmed  us, 
and  the  Scottish  dances  and  horn­
pipes  altogether  made  it  a  veritable 
fairyland  entertainment,  the  impres­
sion  of  which  I  have  never  forgotten.
We visited a  daguerrean  gallery and 
had  our  pictures  taken.  This  room 
had  just  been  opened  in  Detroit and 
something 
the  art  was 
wonderful  and  had  but 
recently 
come  into  practice  on  this  side  the 
water.  We  thought  it  very  tiresome, 
as  we  had  to  sit  still  five  minutes  to 
get  a  picture.  My  father  had  a  num­
ber  taken  and  presented  one  to  each 
of  his  seven  brothers  then  living.

considered 

That  was  the  last  winter  the  Leg­
islature  convened  in  Detroit.  Some 
feared  that  the  frivolities  of  the  gay 
city  might  affect  the  manners  and 
morals  of  the  members  of  that  day, 
and  so  voted  that  Lansing, 
forty 
miles  from  any  railroad,  in  the  heart 
of  the  forest  of 
county, 
Ingham 
should  henceforth  witness 
the  as­
sembling  together  of 
that  august 
body.  My  father  lived  for  six  years 
after  this  event,  dying  in  September, 
1853,  at  the  age  of  fifty-one.  His last

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|  down  to  a  parity  with  about  pres- 
!  ent  quotations  here— say 
I7J^@i8c 
!  commission  off  for 
selected 
!  goods,  17c  for  average  best  regular 
;  packings  and  16c  for  fair  grades—
!  and  they  should  be  kept  down  until 
such  time  as  the  production  falls  off 
j  enough  to  bring  the  total  yield  below 
If  increased 
j  the  total  consumption. 
j  disposition  to  store  should,  in 
the 
!  meantime,  result  in  momentary  short- 
j  age  and  recovery  in  distributing  mar- 
j  kets  reactions  from  such  advances 
|  are  certain  until  the  surplus  beyond 
j  consumptive  wants  shall  disappear.
From  present  indications  it  will be 
j  a  good  while  yet  before  egg  produc- 
i  tion  falls  below  the  consumptive de- 
|  mands  of  the  country;  this  happened 
I  last  year  at  an  unusually  early  date 
— about  the  middle  of  July— but  it 
will  probably  be  considerably  later 
:  this  year.  The  cool  weather  prevail- 
;  ing  has  been  favorable  to  the  demand 
|  for  eggs,  but  it  also  makes  a  rela- 
j  tively  light  wastage. 
It  is  evident 
|  that  the  June  supply  will  run  far 
ahead  of  last  year,  naturally  increas- 
\  ing  the  excess  of  storage  accumula­
tions  during  the  remainder  of  the j 
i  storage  season.  Judging  from  actual i 
reports  from  a  large  number  of  stor- j 
I  age  houses,  representing  nearly  all i 
sections  of  the  country,  it  is  proba­
bly  safe  to  say  that  total  accumula­
tions  on  June  1  this  year  were  fully | 
10  per  cent,  greater  than  at  the  same 
little 
time 
is 
doubt  that  this  excess  will  be 
in- j 
creased  to  at  least  15  per  cent.— quite 
possibly  to  18  or  20  per  cent.— by  the | 
first  of  July.  The  receipts  at  New j 
York,  Chicago,  Boston  and  Philadel- j 
phia  for  the  first  eleven  days  of June ] 
show  an  increase  of  about  5  per  cent, 
over  those  of  the  same  time 
last j 
year;  the  increase  in  May  was  a  lit­
tle  over  10  per  cent.

last  year;  and  there 

In  a  report  made  some  time  ago j 
by  A.  W.  Gridley,  agent 
in  Great | 
Britain  for  the  Canadian  Department i 
of  Agriculture,  it  is  said  that  Cana­
dian  eggs  have  established  a  favora­
ble  reputation  in  British  markets. 
They  are  mostly  shipped  in  what Mr. 
Gridley  calls  the 
“Canadian  box” 
with  fillers  holding  thirty  dozen  eggs 
(the  same  as  our  ordinary  egg  case), 
although  a  few  are  forwarded  in  cases 
such  as  are  used  on  the  Continent. 
The  best  grades  of  Canadian  are  said 
to  sell  in  England  about  even  with 
Danish  selected  and  the  glycerine 
eggs  find  considerable  favor  late  in 
the  season.— N.  Y.  Produce  Review.

Remarkable  Vegetable  Product.
Dr.  Welwitsch  brings  news  of  a 
wonderful  tree  which  he  found  grow­
ing  in  the  west  of  Africa  and  named 
for  himself,  the  welwitsch.  The  ex­
traordinary  proportions  ‘ of  a  trunk 
four  feet  in  diameter,  with  a  height 
of  only  one  foot,  make  the  plant 
look  like  a  round  table.  The  tree 
never  has  more  than  two  leaves, and 
these  are  the  seed  leaves,  which  ap­
pear  when  the  plant  first  begins  to 
grow,  and  which  it  never  sheds  or  re­
places  with  others.

in 

Observations  of  a  Gotham  Egg  Man.
Nothing  encouraging  has  develop­
ed  in  the  egg  situation  during  the 
past  week.  Arrivals  have  continued 
unseasonably  large,  bearing  out  our 
previous  expectation  that  the  late be­
ginning  of  free  production 
the 
North  would  be  followed  by  a  long 
season  of  surplus  and  result  in  ex­
cessive  storage  accumulations.  Re- j 
serve  stock  has  now  grown  to  such 
proportions  that  operators  are  loath j 
to  add  to  it  except  at  prices  that  ap-  I 
pear  very  attractive 
in  comparison 
with  the  cost  of  April  and  early  May j 
withdrawals  and  the  surplus  of 
re-! 
ceipts  beyond  consumptive  demands \ 
is  still  so  great  that  the  disposition i 
to  store  still  exercises  a  controlling j 
influence  upon  values  of  average and I 
under  grade  eggs.  As  to  positively i 
are  very j 
fancy  qualities— such  as 
closely  candled  and  graded  before. 
shipment— the  regular  consumptive ! 
demand  is,  perhaps,  nearly  equal  to ; 
the  supply  because  there  is  only  a j 
small  proportion  of  such  in  the  re-; 
ceipts.

to 

I7^@i8c 

When  our  market  declined  to  17c ; 
for  Western  firsts  in  the  latter  part of 1 
May,  and  to  \7V1C.  for  fancy  selected  : 
lines,  there  were  enough  dealers still | 
willing  to  store,  and  who  considered ! 
those  prices  attractive,  to  materially 
lessen  the  quantity  of  eggs  thrown I 
upon  our  open  market. 
It  was  this j 
fact,  doubtless,  which  permitted  so I 
close  a  clearance  of  stock  during the 
first  few  days  of  June,  under  which j 
values  recovered 
for 
firsts  and  to  i8j£c— rarely  even  19c—  
for  selections.  But,  naturally,  stor- 
ers  would  not  go  on  putting  eggs 
away  at  these  prices  and  not  only 
were  larger  supplies  drawn  to  this 
market,  but  a  much  larger  proportion 
of  the  receipts  was  thrown  upon  con­
sumptive  outlets.  Of  course,  the  de­
mand  could  not  take  the  increase—  
for  the  natural  tendency  is  now  to 
smaller  rather  than  greater  consump- j 
tion— and  prices  had  to  go  back  to a 
surplus 
point  where  more  of 
the 
would  again  be  turned  to 
storage. 
This  is  undoubtedly  the  reason  for 
the  decline  of  prices  that  has  occur­
red  during  the  past  week.

The  position  is  now  unsettled and 
somewhat  uncertain.  Prices  have fal­
len  back  to  a  point  which,  two  weeks 
ago,  encouraged  a  greater  withdrawal 
of stock  than  the consumptive  market 
could  spare,  but  whether  or  not  this 
will  result  again  remains  to  be  seen. 
The  season  is  now  late,  the  eggs, 
even  although  weather 
conditions 
have  been  remarkably  favorable,  have 
not  the  strength  of  body  they  had 
before,  and  there  is  a  growing  feel­
ing  of  pessimism  in  regard  to  the  fu­
ture  of  the  egg  deal  which  may  pre­
vent  continued 
free  accumulations 
except  at  still  lower  prices.

I  understand  that  shippers  in some ! 
sections  advanced  their  paying  prices 
when  our  market  went  up  early  in 
June;  if  so  they  could  not  have  un-

We Need Your Fresh Eggs
L.  0 .  SNEDECOR  &  SON,  Egg  Receivers

PRICES  WILL  BE  RIQHT

36  Harrison  Street,  New  York

Reference:  N.  Y.  National  Exchange Bank.

Egg Cases and  Egg Case  Fillers

Constantly  on  hand, a large snpply of Egg Cases and  Fillers.  Sawed  whitewood 
and veneer basswood cases.  Carload lots, mixed  car lots or quantities to suit  pur­
chaser.  We manufacture every kind of fillers known to the trade, and sell stme in 
mixed cars or lesser quantities to suit purchaser.  Also Excelsior, Nails  and  Flats 
constantly in stock.  Prompt shipment and courteous treatment.  Warehouses and 
factory on Grand River, Eaton Rapids, Michigan.  Address

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

R.  H I R T ,   J R .
W H O LESA LE  AND  COM M ISSION

Butter, Eggs, Fruits and  Produce

3 4   AND   3 0   MARKET  8 T R E E T ,  D E T R O IT ,  M IC H .

If you ship goods to Detroit keep us in mind, as we  are  reliable  and  pay  the 

highest market price.

Butter (Banted

I  want  it— just as it runs— for which  I  will pay  the  high­
est  market price  at your station.  Prompt returns.

milliam  Jlndre,  Grand Cedge,  Michigan
G reen  Goods  in  S eason

We are carlot  receivers  and distributors of green vegetables  and fruits. 

We  also want your fresh eggs.

S.   OR W A N T  Su  SO N ,  g r a n d   r a p i d s ,  m io h .

Wholesale dealers in Batter, Eggs,  Fruits and Produce.

Reference» Fourth National Bank o f Grand Rapids.

Citizens Phone 2654- 

Bell Phone, Main  1885.

S E E D S

We handle full  line  Farm,  Garden and  Flower Seeds.  Ask  for whole­
sale price list  for  dealers  only.  Regular  quotations,  issued  weekly 
or oftener,  mailed for the asking.

A L F R E D   J .  BROWN  S E E D   CO .

«R A N D   R A PID S.  MIOH.

________  

----- We  Carry-----

F U L L   L I N E   C L O V E R .   T I M O T H Y

AND A LL  KIN D S  F IE L D  S E E D S  

Orders filled promptly

M O S E L E Y   B R O S ,  g r a n d   r a p i d s ,  m io h .

Office and Warehouse and Avenue and Hilton Street,

Telephones, Citizens or B ell, 1217

Fresh  E ggs  W anted

Will pay highf st price F.  O.  B.  your station.  Cases returnable.

C.  D.  CRITTENDEN, 3 N.  Ionia St., Qrand  Rapids,  Mich.

Wholesale Dealer In Batter, B eg ., Fruits and Produce 

Both Phones 1300

Distributor  in this territory for Hammell Cracker Co.,  Lansing, Mich.

M ICHIGAN  TR A D ESM A N

18

is  going  to  be  very  short.  Some 
pressure  exists  to  dispose  of  canned 
apples,  as  stocks  are  rather  larger 
than  desirable.  Future  New  York 
corn  is  meeting  with  ready  sale  and, 
in  fact,  the  demand  is  more  active 
than  can  be  met.  Tomatoes  are  do­
ing  better.  Already  the  crop  pros­
pects  are  being  discussed  and  pack­
ers  from  Maryland  say  that  in  cer­
tain  sections  of  the  State  the  crop 
will  surely  be  light.  But  for  many 
years  we  have  heard  the  same  thing, 
and  who  can  recall  ever  having  a 
hankering  for  tomatoes  that  he  could 
not  appease  for  9c.

There  is  a  better  feeling  in  butter 
and  speculators  seem  to  be  showing 
more  interest  notwithstanding 
the 
reports  of  a  heavy  make  all  over  the 
country  and  a  consequent  large  sup­
ply  here.  Best  Western  creamery, 
i7^ @ i8c;  cesonds to firsts, I5@i75^c; 
imitation  creamery,  I3@i5c;  factory, 
I2j4@i'3j4c;  renovated,  I2^@i5c.

There  is  a  slight  improvement  over 
last  week  in  the  cheese  market,  and 
the  best  grades  can  now  be  quoted 
for  the  first  time  this  season  at  8c. 
Exporters  have  been  doing  a  fair 
trade  at  about  7Jfic  for  colored,  and 
their  efforts  have  helped  to  strength­
en  the  market  here.

Offerings  of  eggs  are  larger  than 
can  be  taken  care  of,  and  the  ten­
dency  for  other  than  near-by  stock 
is  to  a  lower  basis.  Fancy  Western 
will  fetch  about  I7j4@l8c,  although 
the  outside  is  perhaps  rather  high. 
There  is  an  abundance  of  stock  that 
sells  for  what  it  will  bring,  an  aver­
age  being  about  I3@I4J4c.

Nature  Makes  Men  Meat  Eaters.
The  chemical 

composition  argu­
ment  shows  that  a  mixed  diet  for 
human beings  is the  most  economical; 
and 
physiological  argument 
shows  that  it  is  the  natural  diet  for 
men. 
apparatus 
shows  that  a  mixed  diet  is  best,”  says 
Quain’s  Dictionary  of  Medicine.

“Man’s  digestive 

the 

First,  our  teeth  are 

like  neither 
the  teeth  of  the  vegetarian  animals 
nor  of  flesh  eating  animals,  but about 
half-way  between.  The  “grinders” 
in  the  herbivora  are  large,  and  con­
sist  of  a  wonderful  arrangement  of 
hard  and  less  hard  substances,  which 
wear  unevenly  and  keep  the  crowns 
always  furrowed  for  grinding.  Our 
molars  are  not  as 
large  or  broad 
crowned,  while  the  typical  molars of 
the  carnivores  are  almost  as  sharp 
as  the  cutting  teeth.

is  unequal 

Secondly,  the  intestines  of  sheep 
are 
and  other  vegetarian  animals 
long,  of  flesh-eating  animals  quite 
short,  and  of  man  a  medium  length.
Thirdly,  the  digestive  juice  of  car­
nivores 
task  of 
sufficiently  digesting  vegetables;  the 
herbivores  can  digest  the  hard  cellu­
lose  of  raw  oats,  grass,  etc.,  while 
man  can  not  digest  cellulose  at  all. 
He  needs  most  of  his  vegetables  to 
be  softened  by  cooking,  and  he  can 
easily  digest  meat  raw  or  cooked.

to  the 

Every  seller  has  the  unquestiona­
ble  right  to  make  his  own  price  on 
his  own  goods,  and  every  purchaser 
has  the  right  to  buy  of  whom  he 
pleases.

Special  Features  of  the  Grocery  and 

Produce  Trade.

Special  Correspondence.

New  York,  June  18— There 

is  a 
slightly  higher  and  fairly  active  mar­
ket  for  coffee,  and  this  tendency  to a 
higher  basis  has  led  to  buying  on a 
larger  scale  than  has  prevailed  for 
some  weeks.  At  the  close  Rio  No. 
7  is  steady  at  7%c. 
In  store  and 
afloat 
there  are  2,838,856  bags, 
against  2,380,725  bags  at  the  same 
time  last  season.  West  India  cof­
fees  are  reported  as  very  firm  and 
the  tendency  is  to  a  higher  basis  of 
values,  owing  to  the  reports  that  the 
entire  stock  of  old  coffees  had  been 
shipped  from  Venezuela  and  Colom­
bia.  Stocks  here  are  fairly 
large. 
Good  Cucuta,  9c,  and  good  average 
Bogota,  ioy2@ioy^c.  East  Indias are 
steady  and  orders  have  been  rather 
ahead  of  last  week.

There  is  no  change  in  the  old  story 
of  small  business  in  new  transactions 
in  refined  sugar.  All  that  is  done  is 
simply  withdrawals  under  old 
con­
tracts,  and  while  holders  seem  to 
have  great  confidence  in  the  future, 
owing  to  the  advancing  tendency  of 
raws,  the  fact  remains  that  “there 
is  room  for  improvement.”  The  new 
refinery  will  start  in  July  and  will 
be  making  4,000  barrels  a  day  by  Au­
gust,  and  this  naturally  is  a  factor 
that  is  being  taken  into  account.  This 
is  not  a  trust  refinery.  Prices 
for 
granulated  are  unchanged  on  the  ba­
sis  of  4.80c,  less  1  per  cent,  cash,  in 
barrels.

There  is  some  business  in  lines  in 
teas,  but  seemingly  prices  are  in  fav­
or  of  the  buyer.  And  aside  from 
this  trading  there  is  little  doing  in 
any  sort.  Tt  seems  to  be  a  year  not 
especially  active  in  teas  anyway.  Beer 
is  the  stuff.

Same  old  story  of  a  quiet  rice  mar­
ket.  Holders  generally  seem  to  be 
carrying  full  stocks  and  buyers  take 
only  the  smallest  possible  amounts. 
Quotations  are  unchanged,  and  seem 
to  be  rather  lower  here  than  at  the 
South.

There  is  a  quiet  time  in  the  spice 
trade.  Orders  have  been  for  small 
lots  and  these  do  not  come  as  fre­
quently  as  might  be  hoped  for.  Pep­
per  is  not  as  firm  as  it  has  been, 
while  cloves  seem  to  show  a  slight 
improvement.  Zanzibar,  i6y£@i6j4c.
in 
quotations  for  molasses.  Neither in 
new  business  nor  in  withdrawals  un­
der  old  contracts  is  there  anything 
more  than  a  midsummer  trade  going 
on.  Syrups  are  quiet  and  without 
change  in  rates.

No  changes  have  been  made 

In  canned  goods  peas  seem  to  take 
the  lead  this  week.  Buyers  seem 
to 
think  opening  prices  of  Baltimore 
dealers  rather  steep  and  so  far  have 
been  backward  about  taking 
large 
lots.  But  the  chances  are  that  they 
will  realize  before  many  days  that 
they  will  do  well  not  to  linger  any 
longer,  as  the  pack  of  some  grades

Butter

Butter markets  are  all  pretty  full  and 
dull.  Feed  conditions  never  were  bet­
ter  and  are  bound  to  be  so  for  the 
month  of  June.  Keep  the  butter 
moving  promptly  through 
the  cool 
weather. 
It  will  bring  as  much  now 
as  any time  and  less  shrinkage.
E. F.  DUDLEY, Owosso, Mich.

W e want more

Fresh  Eggs

We have orders for

500,000  Pounds

Packing  Stock  Butter
Will pay top market for fresh sweet 

stock;  oid stock  not wanted.
Phone or write  for prices.

Grand  Rapids Cold Storage Co.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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Cheese 

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But always the best 

Manufactured and sold by 

Send orders direct if not bandied by your jobber. 

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2 

Sold by 

Phipps-Peaoyer & Co, Saginaw 

Howard & Solon, Jackson 

Lemoa & Wheeler Company, Qraad Rapids 

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EV O LU TIO N   O F  CH ARITY.

Dangers  and  Advantages  of  Institu­

tional  Benevolence.

One  of  the  most  hopeful  tokens 
the 
of  the  progress  of  society  is 
readiness  with  which  it  takes  upon 
itself  the  burden  of  caring  for  its 
own  unfortunates.  Charity  in  some 
form  has  undoubtedly  been  practiced 
since  the  world  began  and  the  heart 
of  man  softened  to  the  distresses  of 
his  fellows.  Organized  charity, 
in j 
the  form  we  now  see  it,  would  ap­
pear  to  be  a  modern  institution.  Back I 
in  the  Middle  Ages  trade  guilds  pro­
vided  a  form  of  relief  for  deserving 
members  overtaken  by  sickness  or [ 
old  age,  and  religious  societies  gen­
erously  endeavored  to  alleviate 
the 
suffering  of  the  public  at  large,  but 
these  were  little  barks  of 
rescue 
launched  upon  the  vast  sea  of  human I 
misery.  Only  of  late  years  has  a 
general  and  comprehensive  effort! 
been  made  in  civilized  lands  having 
for  its  avowed  intention  the  amelio­
ration  of  all  ills  that  can  overtake the 
race.  And  as  this  movement  is  for 
the  benefit  of  every  nation,  having i 
for  its  ultimate  object  the  arrest  of 
physical  degeneracy  and  the  reclama­
tion  from  despair  and  vice  of  those 
who  might  otherwise  go  down  in the 
great  struggle,  it  claims  partnership ; 
with  the  state  and  receives  generous 
endowment  at* its  hands.  Almost all 
important  charities  now  draw  upon 
public  funds  in  one  form  or  another i 
for  their  partial  or  total  support,  and j 
thus  claim  the  interest  of  every  tax-1 
payer  in  their  conduct,  although  the j 
state  is  only  lately  obtaining  a  voice 
in  their  control.

Individual  charity  will  always have | 
an  advantage  over  the  more  open 
benefactions  of  machine  charity,  in 
that  it  may  be  proffered  and  accept­
ed,  and  even  in  time  repaid,  without 
sacrifice  of  self-respect  on  the  part of 
the  recipient. 
It  touches,  too,  a  ten­
der  chord  of  human  feeling  in  both 
giver  and  recipient,  which  breeds  a 
brotherly  sense  and  keeps  alive  a 
sentiment  which  it  is  well  should  sur­
vive  in  this  day  of  commerce. 
It 
has  the  disadvantage  over  all  machine 
charity  in  that,  save  in  exceptional 
cases,  where  a  close  personal  knowl­
edge  exists,  it  offers  every  temptation 
and  facility  for  fraud.  The  busy 
man,  the  man  who  has  money 
to 
give,  is  the  one  with  the  least  leisure 
to  expend  in  looking  up  cases  of  need 
presented  to  him  and  ascertaining 
their  deserts.  Acting  upon  his  own 
initiative,  he  is  commonly  so  plun­
dered  and  victimized  that  the  tenden­
cy  of  his  experience  is  to  dry  up  the 
sweet  fount  of  benevolence  and  con­
vert  him  into  a  cold-blooded  cynic, 
who  laughs  at  cases  of  misfortune 
henceforth  presented  to  him.  Fraud 
and  misrepresentation  on  the  part of 
the  unfortunates  themselves  are  re­
sponsible  for  the  hardening  of 
the 
civic  heart  against  their  woes.

Institutional  charity,  on  the  other 
hand,  which  must  perform  its  good 
deeds  in  the  public  eye,  while  to a 
certain  extent  pauperizing  those  who 
benefit  by  it,  yet  by  its  very  publici­
ty  removes  much  of  the  danger  of 
perversion  of  funds.  In  its  inception

the  charity  which  assumed  a  part­
nership  with  the  state  was  made  the 
vehicle  for  cruelties  innumerable  at 
the  hands  of  its  hired  employes,  vis­
ited  upon  the  unfortunates  under 
their  charge.  Dickens  was  the  first 
to  turn  the  searchlight  of  public 
opinion  upon  the  administration  of 
homes  for  the  indigent,  orphanages 
and  other  state  institutions,  and  the 
watchfulness  which  he  awakened  has 
never  wholly 
flagged.  Nowadays, 
whenever  an  abuse  occurs  in  such es­
tablishments,  some  one 
is  on  the 
alert  to  ferret  it  out  and  to  bring the 
offender  to  justice.  Newspapers are 
society’s  most  valuable  sentinels  in 
this  regard,  not  alone  because  the 
exposure  of  such  an  abuse  means  a 
good  “story,”  but  because  human na­
ture,  of  which  the  reporter  and  edi­
tor  have  their  due  share,  rejoices  in 
bringing  to 
righteous  punishment 
those  who  would  wreak  vengeance 
upon  the  children  of  misfortune.  Un­
der  the  present  system  of  espionage 
by  regularly  qualified  state  boards 
of  charities  and  correction,  now  ex­
isting  in  Michigan  and  most  progres­
sive  American  states,  misappropria­
tion  of  public  funds  designed  for the 
support  of  charitable 
institutions is | 
impossible  on  any  extended  scale.

Couldn’t  Get  a  Jury.

A  peculiar  situation  was  developed 
in  Detroit,  when  an  attempt  was 
made  to  obtain  a  jury  to  try  the  case 
of  a  butcher  who  had  been  arrested I 
on  a  charge  of  violating  the  Sunday 
closing  law.  The  first  nine  tales­
men  were  examined  and 
rejected. 
The  first  was  a  barber,  and  stated 
that  he  himself  worked  on  Sundays. 
The  second  was  a  druggist,  who 
keeps  open  every  day  in  the  year. 
The  third  was  the  proprietor  of  an 
automobile  repair  shop,  whose  best 
business  came  in  on  a  Sunday.  The 
fourth  was  a  liveryman,  who  wouldn’t 
dream  of  closing  the  barn  on  a  Sun­
day.

The  fifth  was  the  owner  of  *  a 
building,  the  tenant  of  which  did  a 
flourishing  Sunday  trade.  The  sixth 
man  ran  an  ice  cream  parlor.  The 
seventh  was  a  motorman.  The  eighth 
man  said:

“I’d  like  to  see  every  person  buy 

meat  on  Sunday  and  get  it.”
The  last  man,  Talesman  J.  Dunn, 
was  disqualified  because  he  consid­
ered  the  Sunday  closing  law  “obnox­
ious.”

Took  Him  at  His  Word.

A  squire  in  a  certain  town  had 
just  finished  marrying  a  young  cou­
ple,  and  proceeded  in  a  paternal  way 
to  give  them  good, 
advice. 
Turning  to  the  bridegroom,  he said: 
“Never  spend  your  money  extrava­
gantly  and  be  saving  in  every  way 
possible.”

solid 

The  bridegrom  listened  respectful­

ly,  and  then  remarked:

“Well,  judge,  we  might  as  well  be­
gin  on  you,”  and  he  proceeded  to 
give  the  squire  50  cents  for  tying the 
knot.

When  you  write  Tradesman  ad­
vertisers,  be  sure  to  mention  that 
you  saw  the  advertisement 
in  the 
Tradesman.

M ICH IGAN  TR A D ESM A N

GREEN  GOODS  are  in  Season

You will make more of the Long Green if you handle our 

Green Stuff.

We are Car-Lot Receivers and Distributors of all kinds of Early Vegetables 

Oranges,  Lemons, Bananas, Pineapples and Strawberries.

VINKEMULDBR  COMPANY

■4-16 Ottawa Street, Grand Rapide, nidi.

FLOUR That  is  made  by  the  most 

improved  methods,  by  ex­
p e rie n ce d   millers, 
that 
brings you a good  profit  and  satisfies  your  customers  is 
the  kind you  should sell.  Such is the  S E L E C T   FLO U R  
manufactured  by  the 

'

S T .  LOUIS MILLING C O ., St.  Look, Mich.

For  Hay  and  Straw

Write,  wire  or  telephone

Sm ith  Young: &   Co.

Lansing, Mich.

All  grades  at  the  right  price.  We  will  be  pleased  to 

supply you.

“ Universal” 

Adjustable 
Display Stand

The  Best  Display  Stand  Ever  Made

Adjusts as table, bookcase, or to any  angle.  Only 
a limited number w ill be  sold  at  following  prices: 
No.  12, c shelves 12 inches wide, 33 inches  a   .  f\r\
long, 5 feet high, net price.......................... * 4 *
No. 9, 5 shelves  9  inches wide,  27  inches a   <
long, 4 feet high, net price.......................... * 4 '
T w o or  more  crated  together  for  either  size,  20 
cents less each.
Further information given on application.

American  Bell  &  Foundry  Co. 

Northville,  Mich.

Stop  and Think  a  Moment

of  how  m uch  effort  and  energy  you  are  w asting  each  year  urging  upon  your 
trade  some  article  of  little  m erit  that,  instead  of  m aking  your  custom ers 
perm anent  and  attractin g   new  ones,  is  driving  them   away.  The  com peti­
tion  of  to-day  m akes  it  essential  th a t  every  sale  you  m ake  gives  satisfac­
tion,  and  while  in  the  flour  business  it  would  be  im practicable  to  exchange 
goods  th a t  were  found  to  be  unsatisfactory,  there  is  a   w ay  to  fortify  your­
self  against  dissatisfaction  am ong  your  patrons  and  th a t  is  to  handle  the 
brand  th a t  has  been  tested  and  found  satisfactory.  This  is  th e  position

Silver  Leaf  Flour

occupies  in  the  m inds  of  m any  dealers  who  are  holding  th eir  trade  by  sell­
ing  this  profit-earning  flour.  W e  would  be  pleased  to  have  you  investigate 
our  claim  and  can  suggest  no  better  w ay  th an   by  placing  a   trial  order.
Muskegon  Milling  Co.,  Muskegon,  Mich.

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EGG  CASES  FOR  SALE  CHEAP

We have on hand and offer for sale cheap while they last several hundred new 
30 dozen size No. 2 cases at 22 cents each, F  O.  B.  Cadillac.  They  are bulky 
and we  need the room.  Write or call us up by Citizens phone 62

CUMMER  MANUFACTURING  CO.,  Cadillac,  Michigan

Manufacturer» of the Humpty-Dumpty  Folding E g g  Carriers

We  are  distributors  for  all  kinds  of  FRU IT  PACKAGES  in large or 

small quantities.

Also  Receivers  and Shippers of Fruits  and Vegetables.
JOHN  G.  DOAN,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Bell Mala 3370 

Citizens 1881

Nothing 1ike  it.  L.ike what?

Why,  the Wilcox  perfected delivery box.  Grocers  want  it  every­
where.  Outwears  a dozen ordinary baskets  and  looks  better  than 
the  best.  No  broken  splints  or  “ busted”   corners.  Nest  per­
fectly and  separate  easily.  Ask  your  jobber  or  write  us.  We 
also make  No.  1  Baker and  Laundry  Baskets.

WILCOX  BROTHERS,  Cadillac,  Michigan

Superior 

Stock  Food

Is  guaranteed  to  be the best stock 
food  on  the  ngarket.  You  will 
find  it  one  of  your  best  sellers 
and at  a  good  profit. 
It  is  put 
up in  neat  packages  which makes 
it  easy  to  handle.  See  quota­
tions  in  price current.

Manufactured  by

Superior  Stock  Food  Co.

Limited

Plainwell,  Mich.

MICHIGAN  TR A D ESM A N

Publicity  of  Public  Service  Corpora­

tion  Accounts.

One  of  the  greatest  troubles  that 
honest  city  officials  have  in  dealing 
with  street  railway, gas and other pub­
lic  service  corporations,  particularly 
when  franchises are to be granted and 
rates,  conditions  and  compensation 
fixed,  is  that  the  companies  know  the 
facts  about  the  business  while  every­
one  else  is  in  the  dark.  The  city  has 
to  negotiate  on  unequal  terms.  Pub­
licity  of  accounts  is  widely  regarded 
as  the  most  promising  remedy  for 
the  evils  of  trusts  and  a  necessary 
condition  of  proper  public  regulation 
of  all 
franchise-holding  companies. 
The  people  of  St.  Paul,  in  framing 
their  home-rule  charter 
four  years 
ago,  incorporated  a  provision  requir­
ing  annual  reports  of  their  business 
from  all  franchise  holders.  These 
reports,  sworn  to  by  at  least  two 
officers  of  the  company 
reporting, 
must  state  “the  then  actual  cost  of 
the  plant,”  “the  actual  incumbrances, 
debts  and  obligations  thereon,  if  any; 
the names  and  residences  of the stock­
holders  and  the  amount  of 
stock 
held  by  each,  and  the  consideration 
paid  therefor  to  the 
corporation;” 
“an  itemized  statement  of  the  assets 
and  liabilities;”  “the  gross  earnings, 
the  expenses  and  nature  thereof,  and 
the  net  income”  of  the  corporation 
for  the  calendar year.  The  common 
council  may  require  further  reports 
from  time  to  time.  “The  books, rec­
ords,  bills  and  vouchers”  of  the  com­
pany  must  be  open at any time to the 
inspection  of  the representative of the 
council.  The  failure  of  the  company 
to  observe  these  requirements  ren­
ders  it  liable  to  a  fine  of  $100.00  a 
day  while  it  is  in  default  and  the  for­
feiture  of  its  franchise  after  sixty 
days’  delinquency.

It 

is  generally  agreed  that 

the 
only satisfactory  way of receiving pay 
for  franchises  is  by  a  percentage  of 
the  gross  receipts  being  turned  into 
the  city  treasury. 
In  a  city  of  100,- 
000  population  street  railway,  gas, 
water,  electric  light  and  power  and 
telephone  franchises  are  generally 
of  considerable  value. 
Sometimes 
their  value  is  very  great.  A  practi­
cal  monopoly  of  any  one  kind  of  pub­
lic  service  with  a  rate  fixed  that 
would  bring  reasonable  profits  on 
the  investment  in  a  city  of  50,000 in­
habitants  is  a  gold  mine  when  the 
population  doubles. 
Some  people 
favor  compelling  public  service  cor­
porations  to  reduce  their  rates  and 
improve  their  service,  so  that  all 
value  shall  be  taken  out  of 
their' 
franchises  as  such.  Others  think  that 
a  reasonable  rate  should  be  fixed for 
the  service,  and  the  franchise  sold 
for  what 
is  worth  to  help  out 
street  improvements  or  to  decrease 
general  taxes.  The  difficulty  in  re­
quiring  either  lower  rates  or  a  fran­
chise  fee  lies  in  the  fact  that  most 
franchises  are  already  granted 
for 
many  years  to  come,  and  when  a  new 
application  is  made  it  seems  unfair 
to  make  the  new 
enterprise  pay 
while  the  rich  ones  now  in  the  field 
escape.  St.  Paul  has  adopted  a  plan 
that  would  extricate  the  city  from 
this  difficulty.  The  St.  Paul  charter

it 

service 

provides  that  every  franchise-holder 
shall  pay  into  the  city  treasury  an­
nually  a  license  fee  equal  to  five  per 
cent,  of  the  gross  receipts  of 
the 
business.  The  charter  then  goes  on 
to  say  that  no  extension  of  franchise 
rights  or  privileges  may  be  granted 
to  any  public 
corporation 
now  in  the  field  until  it  agrees  to 
exercise  all  of  its  franchises  subject 
to  all  the 
in 
the  new  city  charter,  including  the 
payment  of  the  five  per  cent,  tax  on 
gross  receipts. 
It  needs  some  such 
charter  provision  to  stiffen  the  back­
bone  of  the  council  when  the  peo­
ple  are  clamoring  for  a  railway  ex­
tension  and  the  company  is  holding 
off  for  the  best  terms  possible.

limitations  contained 

In  Grand  Rapids  we  have  the  cu­
rious  spectacle  of  the  Edison  Electric 
Light  Company  operating  a  steam­
heating  plant  in  some  of  the  most 
important  downtown  streets  without 
any  franchise  at  all  for  that  purpose. 
By  grace  of  permits  given  by 
the 
Common  Council  at  different  times 
this  company  is  operating  a  public 
utility  outside  of  its  original 
fran­
chise.  What permanent  rights  it  may 
be  acquiring  in  the  streets  only  time 
will  tell.  This  sort  of  thing  would 
not  be  possible  in  St.  Paul.  There 
“no  person  or  corporation  shall  occu­
py  or  have  any  rights  in,  over,  upon 
or  under  any  street”  for  any  public 
utility  “until  an  ordinance  shall have 
been  fully  passed” 
in  the  manner 
prescribed  by  the  charter.

the 

Although 

council  has  not 
pledged  itself  to  a  “radical”  revision 
of  the  charter,  there  surely  will  have 
to  be  some  radical  changes  in 
the 
method  of  dealing  with  franchises. 
The  Common  Council  now  has  al­
most  unlimited  power  in  the  matter, 
and  we  are  fortunate  in  having main­
tained  as  many  rights  as  we  have.  To 
think  that  only  three  or  four  years 
ago  a  corrupt  city  attorney  had  the 
Common  Council  in  his  pocket  for 
the  purpose  of  carrying  out  gigantic 
schemes  of  plunder 
to 
make  a  citizen  shiver.  And  the  worst 
difficulty  arises  from  the  fact  that  in 
this  sort  of  crookedness  experience 
shows  an  alliance  between  big  busi­
ness  men  and  corrupt  politicians. 
The  charter  should  be  fixed  so  that 
boodlers  would  not  be  attracted  to 
Grand  Rapids.  Delos  F.  Wilcox.

is  enough 

Appetite  of  the  Eskimos.

The  Eskimos  have  enormous  appe­
tites.  An  Arctic  explorer  relates that 
he  saw  a  boy  eat  ten  pounds  of  solid 
food  and  drink  a  gallon  and  a  half 
of  liquid  with  much  gusto.  This 
same  explorer  observed  an  adult eat 
ten  pounds  of  meat  and  two  candles 
at  a  meal.  Sir  P.  Phillips  tells  how 
a 
lad  of  17  years  ate  twenty-four 
pounds  of  beef  in  twenty-four  hours.

Secrets  of  Slot  Machines.

Pasted 

The  police  of  Philadelphia  recent­
ly  destroyed  about  $8,000  worth  of 
slot  machines. 
the 
doors  were  secret  operating  instruc­
tions.  One  rule  said: 
“To  change 
the  percentage  plug  up  the  color that 
is  paying  too  frequently,  but  never 
have  all  plugs  in  at  one  time.”

inside 

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M ICHIGAN  TR A D ESM A N

is  a  hunting  suit.  The  jacket  is  on 
the  order  of a  Norfolk,  yet  combining 
the  good  points  of  the  Norfolk  and 
double-breasted  jacket,  and  is  to  be 
worn  with  knickerbockers.

Style  Tendencies  in  Little  Folks’ 

Wearables.

Retailers got business  on wash  suits 
so  much  earlier  this  year  than  last 
that,  when  the  hot  weather  came  in 
May,  drives  were  made,  not  only  by 
the  stores  doing  a  cheap  trade,  but 
by  the  better  class  as  well.  The  lat­
ter  inaugurated  their  wash  goods 
season  as  far  back  as  February,  and 
thriving  business. 
in  March  did  a 
With  good  business  coming  in 
the 
early  months  of  the  year,  first  pur­
chases  were  materially  depleted,  and 
with  light  stocks  in  May  buyers  were 
in  excellent  position  to  avail  them­
selves  of  the  special  offerings  made 
by  manufacturers,  hence  the  sales in 
May  and  the  first  week  in  June  at 
price  reductions.  The  business 
in 
wash  goods  is  therefore  considera­
bly  ahead  of  last  year.  While  the 
trade 
retailers  doing  a 
first-class 
have  ended  their  season  on 
cloth 
goods,  the  popular  trade  is  still  do­
ing  very  fair  in  serges  and  other 
lightweight  cloths  in  juvenile  appar­
el.  With  them  the  season  has  been 
late,  and  the  turnovers  less.  At  this 
writing  the  consumptive  demand for 
boys’  and  youths’  clothing  is  most ac­
tive.

that 

Buyers  who  handled  their  stocks 
scientifically  and  pushed  their  busi­
ness  by  liberal  advertising,  despite 
the  weather  conditions,  now  have the 
satisfaction  of  knowing 
their 
stocks  of  strictly  spring  goods  are 
lower  than  they  were  at  this  time 
last  year.  These  are  the  fortunate 
ones  who  availed  themselves  of  man­
ufacturers’  offers  and  closed  out sea­
sonable  merchandise  at  prices  which 
enabled  them  to  retail  the  stuff  very 
low  and  still  leave  a  good  profit, the 
manufacturers  being  the  losers.  This 
will  explain  how  retailers  in 
large 
cities  were  able,  in  May,  to  dispose 
of  boys’  and  youths’ 
suits  at  $5, 
which,  at  the  opening  of  the  season, 
brought  $7.50  at  wholesale.  The  of­
ferings  included  serges  of  good  qual­
ity,  cassimeres,  cheviots  and  Scotch 
mixtures  in  seasonable  colorings  and 
patterns.

Norfolk  suits  in  medium  and  high- 
priced  goods,  all  sizes,  are  scarce. 
The  demand  has  exceeded  the  sup­
ply,  the  style  having  met  with  a 
better  run  than  was  expected  by  buy­
ers  and  manufacturers.  They  have 
been  better  sellers  than  for  any  sea­
son  before,  and  the  fact  has  put  the 
Norfolk  well  up  in  the  front  rank 
for  fall,  although  it  is  less  seasonable 
then  than  for  spring.  The  demand 
for  outing  suits  for  boys  is  increas­
ing  more  and  more  each  year,  and 
this  would  seem  to  open  up  an  op­
portunity  for  manufacturers  to  spe­
cialize  along 
In  men’s 
clothing  we  have  houses  making  a 
specialty  of  outing  wear,  but  in  boys’ 
outing  garments  the  regular  makers 
of  clothing  simply  specialize  along 
this  line.

this  line. 

New  in  juvenile  clothing  for  fall

that 

saying 

Bloomer  pants  have  sold  much  bet­
ter  this  year  than  last.  Boys  who 
formerly  cried  if  their  parents  bought 
them  bloomers, 
the 
“other  boys  in  school  poked  fun  at 
them,”  are  now  crying  for  bloomers. 
Shrewd  buyers,  recognizing  their in­
creasing  popularity  with  all  classes, 
are  halving  their  orders  for  fall,  or­
dering  an  equal  number  of  straight 
knee  pants  and  bloomers.

There  is  a  division  of  opinion 
among  buyers  regarding  Eton  and 
sailor  collar  styles  for  fall.  Some 
are  of  the  opinion  that  the  Eton 
linen  collar  has  seen  its  best  days 
and  that  it  will  be  replaced  for  fall 
by  the  sailor  style  and  dickey,  and 
by  the  velvet  and  leather  collar  on 
styles  buttoning  to  the  neck.  Some 
clothiers  are  showing  the  velvet  and 
leather  collars  in  their  fall  lines.  An 
overcoat  style  with  Eton  collar 
is 
also  shown;  as  if it were  not  sufficient 
to  encumber  a  youngster  with  one 
collar  when  wearing  two  garments, 
is  the  argument  used  against  the  in­
troduction  of  the  Eton  collar  over­
coat.  But  in  putting  the  Eton  collar 
on  the  overcoat  it  is  not  intended 
that  the  little  fellow  is  also  to  wear 
a  white 
linen  collar  with  the  suit 
jacket.  The  velvet  and  leather  col­
lars  in  Eton  shapes  have  been  intro­
duced  as  a  substitute  for  the  linen, 
the  contention  being  that  they  do  not 
soil  so  readily  and  that  they  fill  the 
desire  for  a  change.

From  present  indications 

it  ap­
pears  that  browns  and  bright  reds 
will  be  the  favorite  colors  in  sailor 
and  Russian  blouse  suits  for  fall.

The  junior  suits  made  of  Jersey 
cloth,  in  the  Russian  blouse  style, 
have  been  revived 
It  is 
about  a  dozen  years  since  Jersey  fab­
rics  played  an 
in 
clothing.

important  part 

fall. 

for 

A  leading  maker  of 

little  men’s 
wear  has  introduced  a  new  concep­
tion  on  the  order  of  the  vestee  or 
continental  suit  for  dress  wear.  The 
style  is  admirably  suited  for  Sunday, 
party  and  evening  wear.  The  jacket 
and  bloomer  trousers  are  in  velvet, 
trimmed  with  soutache  and  silk  but­
tons.  The  jacket  is  worn  unbutton­
ed  over  a  full  white  pique  vest.  For | 
evening  dress  it  will  undoubtedly  be 
preferred  by  many  mothers  to 
the 
Tuxedo  model  and 
straight  knee 
pants.

Leading  houses 

in  children’s  and 
boys’  lines  report  being  sold  up  on 
fall  lines  to  August  1.— Apparel  Ga­
zette. 

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While  there  is  a  deal  of  truth  in 
the  theory  that  a  good  advertisement 
will  assert  itself  anywhere,  and  needs 
no  special  position,  it  must  also  be 
remembered  that  the  most  effective 
announcement  always  gains  by  being 
favorably  placed.  Money  spent  for 
preferred  position  is,  in  the  majority 
of  cases,  the  most  remunerative  por­
tion  of  the  advertising  expenditure, 
particularly  if  the  advertisement  be 
of  modest  size.— Printers’  Ink.

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safe.  The Oldsmobile is  built  for 
use every  day  in  the  year,  on  all 
kinds of loads and  in  all  kinds  of 
weather.  Built to run and does it. 
The  above  car  without  tonneau, 
$850.  A  smaller  runabout,  sajne 
general  style,  seats  two  people, 
$750.  The curved  dash  runabout 
with larger engine and  more power 
than  ever,  $650.  Oldsmobile  de­
livery wagon,  $850.

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Handling  Shoes  in  Connection  With 

Clothing.

clothing  and 

Advices  reach  us  from  all  quarters 
that  the 
furnishing 
goods  men  are  waking  up  to  the 
many  advantages  of  running  a  shoe 
department;  and  that  more  and  more 
of  them  are  making  room  for  such a 
department,  and  are  carrying  goods 
for  the  spring  and  summer;  while 
others  have  made  more  or  less  ex­
installing  such  a 
tensive  plans  for 
department 
in  season  for  the  fall 
and  winter  trade.

The  experiences  of  those  who have 
lately  inaugurated  this  additional line 
are  in  every  case,  as  far  as  we  can 
learn,  most  satisfactory.  The  busi­
ness  is  not  only  affording  a  good 
profit  and  adding  to  both  the  gross 
and  net  incomes  of  the  stores,  but 
it  is  having  a  beneficial  effect  upon 
the  other  departments.  It  is  drawing 
in  the  trade  of  those  who  have  never 
before  been  patrons  of  these  estab­
lishments.  Many  a  man  who  has 
been  induced  by  the  window  display 
to  enter  the  store  and  buy  shoes  has 
supplemented  this  initial  purchase by 
others  of  hats,  furnishing  goods  or 
clothing;  and  thus  a  larger  circle  of 
customers  is  one,  and  not  the  least 
important,  benefit 
there­
from.

resulting 

The  shoe  department  requires  care 
and  attention  in  keeping  a  full  assort­
ment  of  sizes.  But  this  is  not  both­
ering  anyone  who  has  had  experience 
in  ready-made  clothing,  hats,  collars, 
shirts,  suspenders,  hosiery  and  under­
wear— all  of  which  are  subject 
to 
the  same  requirement.  Undoubtedly, 
every  one  of  our  readers  has  his 
own 
individual  system  for  keeping 
stock  in  proper  shape,  and  in  antici­
pating  his  needs  so  as  to  prevent 
running  out  of  sizes;  but  we  feel cer­
tain  that  those  who  have  had  expe­
rience  in  other  lines  where  there  is a 
question  of  sizes  can  easily  adopt 
some  system  which  will  fill  the  bill 
to  their  entire  satisfaction.

It  is  the  custom  of  shoe  dealers to 
close  out  their  summer  goods  as 
soon  as.  possible  after  the  Fourth  of 
July,  this  being  practically  the  end 
of  the  spring  season.  Many  shoe 
dealers  do  this  by  means  of  clearance 
sales,  marking  their  lines  at  reduced 
prices.  We  do  not  advise  this  where 
a  small  and  well-selected  stock  is 
carried.  Better  to  buy  sparingly and 
size  up  often  than  to  be  found  after 
the  first  of  next  month  with  a  big 
stock  on  hand;  although,  if  you  have 
made mistakes,  and  find  that  you have 
a  lot  of  distinctly 
shoes 
which  you  can  not  work  off  in  the 
fall,  it  may  be  necessary  for  you  to 
use  some  such  tactics  as  this, 
in 
order  to  be  in  proper  shape  to  take 
care  of  the  fall  stock,  which 
you 
should  have 
in  hand  by  the  first 
week  in  September. 

summer 

This  is  distinctively  an  Oxford sea­
son;  and  if  you  have  a  large  amount 
of  Oxfords  on  hand,  and  do  not  in­
tend  to  make  a  clearance  sale  of 
them,  it  will  be  well  for  you  to  stock 
up  early  in  the  fall  with  overgaiters, 
and  then  recommend  the  wearing  of 
Oxfords  until  late  in  the  season—  
calling  the  attention  of  your  custom­
ers  to  the  advantages  of  the  low,

'

cool  shoe  during  warm  weather,  and 
the  advantage  of  the  gaiter  on 
the 
cooler  days,  thus  making  the  shoe 
adaptable  to 
the  weather.  A  few 
years  ago  Oxfords  were  worn  dur­
ing  the  whole  winter,  but  the  severe 
cold  of  last  winter  worked  against a 
continuance  of  this  custom;  although 
every  one  who  has  worn  gaiters with 
Oxfords  has  discovered  that  the com­
bination  is  much  warmer  than  the 
high  shoe.

The  high-class  clothier  and  furnish­
er  is  the  one  who  is  usually  con­
sulted  as  an  authority  on  all  matters 
of  fashion  and  dress,  and  in  regard 
to  shoes  he  should  be  well  posted  in 
what  is  being  worn.  The  dress  shoes 
for  the  coming  season  are  of  patent 
leather  with  dull  leather  tops.  They 
are  slightly  narrower  at  the  toe,  and 
are  without  caps.  The  edge  is  nar­
rower,  with  a 
light  sole,  trimmed 
off  thin  at  the  edge.  This  is  a  but­
ton  boot,  with  buttons  of  the  same 
finish  and  matching  in  appearance 
the  dull  kid  top.  Some  manufactur­
ers  are  showing  these  lines  with  a 
plain  cap,  but  these  are  not  consid­
ered  so  dressy  as 
full  plain 
vamps.

the 

Some  tan  shoes  are  likely  to  be 
worn  next  winter,  but  it  is  not  ad­
visable  for  the  dealer  who  wishes to 
carry  a  small  stock 
to  purchase 
many  heavy  shoes  in  the  light-color­
ed  leathers.  Let  us  stick 
the 
blacks,  both  in  kid,  calf  and  patent 
leather,  for  these  will  certainly have 
a  good  demand.

to 

Select  lines  of  goods  which  have 
an  undeniable  style  about  them.  The 
drop  toe  is  a  popular  feature  at this 
time.  It  gives  the  foot  a  very  stylish 
appearance,  and  is  in  keeping  with 
your  lines  of  fine  furnishing  goods. 
Toes  are  inclined  to  narrowness, and 
your  lines  should  be  chosen  with  this 
fact  in  mind.  The  broader  toe  is 
going  entirely  out,  and  while  the 
sharp  toe  of  a  few  years  ago  is  not 
likely  to  be  repeated,  a  moderate de­
parture  from  last  spring’s  styles  in 
this  matter  is  well  to  adopt.

Do  not  forget  to  place  in  your  win­
dow  a  few  shoes  of  your 
leading 
styles. 
It  is  better  to  have  a  half 
dozen  than  a  half  hundred  of  them. 
Placed  upon  stands  in  the  center  and. 
near  the  front  of  the  window  they 
will  attract  far  more  attention  than 
even  a  solid  windowful;  and  if  the 
right  kind  of  show  cards  are  used 
to  call  attention  to  them,  they  will 
undoubtedly  be  trade  winners.

To  those  who  contemplate  making 
this  addition  to  their  business  we  can 
not  too  strongly  emphasize  the  fact 
that  it  is  well  to  move  cautiously 
and  conservatively,  until  experience 
has  taught  just  what  lines  are  best 
to  handle  to  cater  to  the  require­
ments  of  one’s  special  trade.  The 
dealer  whose  customers  are  of 
the 
highest  class  will  require  finer  lines 
than  he  who  is  doing  a  middle-class 
business.  The  most  popular-priced 
shoe  of  to-day  sells  for  $3.50;  but 
the  tradesman  catering  to  the  finer 
class  can,  perhaps,  do  better  on  ex­
clusive  styles  to  retail  at  $4  and  $5; 
while  he  whose  business  is  among 
mechanics  and  working  men  will find 
that  lines  which  sell  at  $3.50  will go

fairly  well,  and  that  there  will  be  a j 
demand  for  shoes  at  $3,  or  even  at 
$2.50,  and  it  is  surprising  what  good 
shoes  can  now  be  purchased  to  sell 
at  these  moderate  rates.

It  is  advisable,  wherever  possible, 
to  deal  with  manufacturers  who  carry 
shoes  in  stock,  and  who  are  thus  en­
abled  to  fill  small  orders  quickly. 
The  man  who  carries  an  exclusive 
line,  made  especially  for  him,  can 
not  get  goods  to  size  up  in  less  than 
three  or  four  weeks  from  the  time 
he  orders  them;  and  such  delay  may 
make  all  the  difference  between 
a 
successful  and  an  unsuccessful  sea­
son,  for  the  heavy  demand  for  goods 
is  very  likely  to  come  during  the 
time  when  he  is  out  of  sizes  called 
for  by  his  customers.

The  manufacturer  who  carries  sizes 
in  stock  is  enabled  to  ship  size-up  or­
ders  immediately  on  receipt,  and  the 
retailer  is  thus  enable,  by  weekly or­
ders,  to  keep  his  stock  in  first-class 
shape  until  the  heavy  demand 
is 
over,  and  even  up  to  the  end  of  the 
season.  There  are  now  many  such 
manufacturers  of  extremely  popular 
lines,  who  make  a  specialty  of  this 
business,  and  who  are  giving  excel­
lent  service  to  their  many  customers.
There  is  less  change  in  the  weight 
for  summer  and  winter  goods  now­
adays  than  formerly,  particularly  for 
city  wear.  Many  men  wear  vici  kid 
shoes  summer  and  winter,  and,  al­
though  the  soles  may be  a  little  heav­
ier  for  winter  wear,  they  are  all  sin­
gle-sole  shoes.  This  is,  in  part,  be­
cause  of  the  care  taken  of  the  pave­
ments  in  the  cities,  and  the  fact  that

people  wear  overshoes  or  rubbers in 
preference 
footwear 
which  was  formerly  so  common.

the  heavy 

to 

this 

subject 

And  this  brings  us  to  another phase 
of  the  shoe  business— the  carrying 
of  a  stock  of  rubbers  and  overshoes. 
In  considering 
one 
should  look  at  it  in  all  its  phases. 
Care  must  be  taken,  if  rubbers  are 
carried,  to  choose  only  those  styles 
which  exactly  fit  the  lines  of  shoes 
you  have  in  stock.  This  may  be  a 
more  difficult  matter  to  decide  upon 
than  would  seem  at 
thought. 
There  is  but  little  money  in  the  rub­
ber  business,  and  unless  one  has  a 
large  shoe  department,  and  caters to 
all  classes  of  trade,  it  is  perhaps  bet­
ter  not  to  carry  any  goods  of  this 
kind  until  there  is  shown  to  be  a 
marked  demand  for  them.— Clothier 
and  Furnisher.

first 

The  most  expensive  fur  is  that  of 
the  black  fox  of  Kamchatka,  the  skin 
of  which,  when  dressed,  becomes  a 
very  attractive  blue.  A  single  skin 
is  worth  as  much  as  $1,000.

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INSURANCE  AGENCY

FIRE 

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Tha Leading  Agency

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“We  Say”

Without  fear  of contradiction 
that  we  carry  the  best  and 
strongest 
line  of  medium 
priced  union  made

men’s  and  Boys’ 

Clothing

in  the  country. 

Try  us.
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Characteristics  Which  Determine  the 

Variations  of  Fashion.

The  physical  influence  of  the  tem­
perature  of  a  country  combined  with 
the  moral  influence  of  taste  and  char­
acter  of  the  population  affects  fash­
ion,  but  a  stronger  factor  may  be 
found 
in  the  social  and  economic 
organization.

It  is  a  well-known  fact  that  if  the 
habits,  manners  and  customs  of  a 
people  be  known,  inductively  their 
social  organization  can  be  inferred, 
and  by  a  still  farther  deduction their 
system  of  laws  may  be 
inferred; 
therefore,  the  institutions  of  a  people 
are  reflected  in  their  fashions  as  in 
It  thus  follows,  as  night 
a  mirror. 
the  day,  that 
in  a  country  where 
abuse  of  privileges  permits  a  class 
considered  superior  to  maintain 
a 
system  of  idleness  at  the  expense of 
the  rest  of  the  nation,  fashions  are 
ostentatious  and  complicated.

The  class  thus  privileged,  as  above 
mentioned,  feel  the  necessity  of  os­
tentatious  show  to  dazzle  the  multi­
tude  by  the  splendor  of  their  exter­
nal  appearance,  and  thereby  convince 
them  that  they  are  made  of  better 
clay.  The  fashions  are  complicated 
because  of  the  great  leisure  the  priv­
ileged  class  have,  and  the  time  they 
can  devote  to  their  toilet,  which,  by 
its  sumptuousness,  inspires  the  com­
mon  people  with  exalted 
ideas  of 
those  that  wear  it.

their 

social 

If  now  the 

subsistence,  fashion 

organization 
should  change  so  as  to  eliminate the 
privileged  class,  and  place 
them 
among  the  toilers,  where  competition, 
by  its  inevitable  law,  would  compel 
them  to  employ  the  faculties  in  earn­
ing 
at 
once  would  become  more  simple.  All 
the  gorgeous  wearing  apparel  pre­
viously  common  among  the  privileg­
ed  would  be  eliminated  by  the  trans­
formation  of  their  social  organiza­
tion,  and  in  its  stead  would  be  seen 
an  attire  easily  adjustable  and  com­
fortable  to  wear.

The  London  tradesmen  of  the  old 
school  are  excellent  examples  of  the 
force  of  competition,  which  brought 
into  existence  the  new 
school  of 
tradesmen.  The  London  tradesman 
of  the  old  school  had  to  have  his 
powdered  wig  and  the  queue,  the  pre­
cise  shoes  and  buckles,  the  unwrin­
kled  silk  hose  and  light  impressibles. 
He  never  forgot  the  stately  step  of 
his  forefathers,  and  nothing  gave 
him  more  pleasure  than  to  take  his 
gold-headed  cane  in  hand,  and,  leav­
ing  his  own  shop,  to  visit  his  poorer 
neighbors  and  impress  them  with his 
authority  by  enquiring  into  their  af­
fairs,  settling their  disputes,  and  com­
pelling  them  to  be  honest  and  man­
age  their  affairs  upon  his  plan.

The  business  of  this  tradesman was 
conducted  throughout  upon  the  for­
mal  plan  of  his  ancestors.  His  clerks, 
shopmen,  and  porters  had  their  ap­
pointed  costumes,  and  their 
inter­
course  with  one  another  was  disci­
plined  according  to  the  laws  of  eti­
quette.  Each  had  his  special  depart-1 
ment  of  duty,  and  the  line  of  demar­
cation  at  the  counter  was  marked 
out  and  observed  with  all  the  punc­
tilio  of  neighboring  but  rival  states.

The Style Foundation

You  know  the 

importance  of  style  in 
women’s,  misses’  and  children’s  garments;  it’s 
the one thing that attracts trade.

But you don’t think style  is  all  there  is  to 
it,  do  you?  You  want  something  more  than 
simply  to  sell  a  customer  once.  Style  alone 
will often do that;  but if  the  quality  isn’t  back 
of it you can’t keep the trade.

The  “Palmer  Garment”  offers  you  the 
style  that  brings  buyers  and  the  quality  that 
keeps them coming.

Salesmen  are  now  showing  Suits,  Skirts 
and Children’s Garments for fall.  You’ll  never 
see better goods than these.

Percival  B.  Palmer  &   Co.

Makers  of the  "Palmer Garment”   for 

Women,  Misses  and  Children

The “Quality  First”  Line

Chicago

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

The  shop , of  this  trader  retained  all 
the  peculiarities  and  inconveniences 
of preceding  generations;  its  windows 
displayed  no  gaudy  wares  to  lure the 
common  people  passing  by,  and  the 
panes  of  glass  inserted  in  ponderous 
wooden  frames  were  constructed with 
precision  in  accordance  with  the  an­
cestral  pattern.

With  the  advent  of  the  new  school 
of  traders,  the  first  innovation  was 
to  cast  off  the  wig  and  cashier  the 
barber  with  his  pomatum  box,  by 
which  step  an  hour  was  gained  in 
the  daily  toilet;  then  the  shoes  and 
tight  unmentionables,  whose  compli­
cated  details  of  buckles  and  straps, 
and  whose  close  adjustment  occupied 
another  half  hour,  were  discarded in 
favor  of  Wellingtons  and  pantaloons 
that  were  whipped  on  in  a  thrice,  and 
gave  freedom  to  the  personal  move­
ments  during  the  day.  Thus  dress­
ed,  they  whisked  or  flew,  just  as the 
momentary  calls  of  business  became 
more  or 
less  urgent.  While  thus 
absorbed  in  the  affairs  of  their  own 
business  they  had  no  time  to  attend 
to  other people’s business,  and  scarce­
ly  knew 
their  next-door  neighbor; 
neither  did  they  care  whether  other 
people  lived  in  peace  or  not,  so  long 
as  they  did  not  come  to  break  their 
windows.

The  change  was  not  only  one  of 
dress  and  fashion,  for  their  shops  un­
derwent  as  great  a  change  as  their 
owners.  The  internal  economy  was 
reformed  with  the  view  to  give  the 
utmost  facility  to  the  labor  of 
the 
establishment; 
the  windows  were 
constructed  of  plate-glass  with  ele­
gant 
the 
ground 
the  ceiling,  and  were 
made  to  blaze  with  all  the  tempting 
finery  of  the  day.  One  by  one  the 
traders  of  the  old  school  took  on the 
habits  of  the  new  school,  and  placed 
themselves  in  line  to  compete 
for 
their  share  of  the  trade.

frames  extending 

from 

to 

In  this  transformation  of  the  old 
London  trader  one  is  not  at  a  loss 
to  see  the  necessity  that  determined 
the  simplification  of  the  fashions  of 
the  old  regime.  The  necessity  arose 
from  the  suppression  of  the  ancient 
privilege  which  allowed  a  member of 
a  corporate  body  of  tradesmen  or  a 
manufacturing  mechanic  who  has at­
tained  the  rank  of  master  to  pass  his 
time  at  his  toilet,  or  to  meddle  in 
the  quarrels  of  his  neighbors  instead 
of  attending  to  his  own  business. 
Strong  competition  compelled  every 
business  man  to  take  into  account 
time  and  concentration  of  his  intel­
lectual  energies  to  his 
immediate 
business  in  hand  to  prevent  his  name 
from  appearing  among  those  in  the 
list  of  bankruptcies.

It  is  evident  that  a 

regime  of 
competition  does  not  permit  the  same 
fashions  as  a  regime  of  privilege, and 
also  that  fashion  is  as  sensitive  to 
modification  arising  from  the  social 
organism  of  society  as 
to 
changes  of  temperature. 
It  is  owing 
to  this  fact  that  any  attempt  of  a 
government  to  regulate  fashions will 
prove  a  failure.— Clothier  and  Furn­
isher.

it  is 

There  is  none  so  blind  as  he  who 

refuses  to  see  that  he  is  blind.

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TOM   M URRAY  SERIES— NO.  2.

MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

changed 

grafted  again  upon  a  pronounced 
type  of  the  Maidens  Blush,  which  is 
I a  very  flat  apple,  and  the  two  re­
moves  had 
the  globular 
form  of  the  apple  into  a  very  oblate 
I  fruit.  He  called  attention  to 
the 
!  modification  of  form  by  climatic  in- 
I  fluence,  and  he  said  that  our  ordi­
nary  varieties  of  apples  and  pears, 
transplanted  to  the  country  about 
i  Puget  Sound  became  more  conical 
and  irregular  in  shape.  He  thought 
in 
the 
ideal  of  the  horticulturist 
form  of  fruits  should  have  as 
its 
I  distinguishing  feature  beauty  of  out- 
j  line.

Dr.  Frances  A.  Rutherford  read  a 
a 

paper  upon  “Tree  Foliage 
Character.”

as 

Following  Dr.  Rutherford,  Arthur 
W.  Brown,  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  treat­
ed  “The  Framework  of  Trees.”

2 0

SUMMER  M EETING

Of  the  Grand  River  Valley  Horticul­

tural  Society.

The  annual  summer  meeting  of the 
Grand  River  Valley  Horticultural So­
ciety  occurred  on  the  afternoon  of 
June  14  at  Burton  Farm,  the  home 
of  the  President  of  the  Society,  Mr. 
Chas.  W.  Garfield.  The  day  was  a 
perfect  one  and  the 
surroundings 
comported  so  completely  with 
the 
numbers  on  the  program,  and  the 
object  lessons  were 
so  numerous 
that  the  papers  and  addresses receiv­
ed 
the  emphasis  desired  to  make 
them  most  attractive  and  effective. 
The  meeting  was  held  on  the  lawn 
in  the  shade  of  beautiful  locusts,  ma­
ples,  butternuts  and  elms,  and  about 
one  hundred  and  fifty  people  express­
ed  themselves  as  delighted  with  the 
meeting,  ranking  it  as  one  of  the 
best  in  the  annals  of  the  Society.

The  President,  in  calling  the  audi­
ence  together,  introduced  Mr.  A.  J. 
Bell,  who  led  in  a  number  of 
the 
old-fashioned  hymns  and  songs,  the 
audience  joining  each  time  in 
the 
chorus.  A  bit  of  early  history  was 
given  in  connection  with  the  farm, 
which  is  named  for  Barney  and  Har­
riet  Burton,  who  received  the  title 
from  the  Government.  Mr.  Garfield 
said  incidentally  that  the  apple  tree 
in  the  foreground  was  probably  the 
oldest  apple  tree  in  Kent  county,  the 
seed  having  been  planted  the  first 
year  of  Mr.  Burton’s  residence  upon 
the  place.  Attention  was  called  to 
the  very  desirable  amount  of  people 
who  are  looking  toward  the  country 
for  homes.  The  President  thought 
the  work  of  the  Society  and  the  lat­
est  movement  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Park  and  Boulevard  Association  all 
tended  to  bring  into  popularity  the 
attractions  of  country  life  and  he  be­
lieved  more  people  than  ever  before 
were  thinking  of  owning 
enough 
land  upon  which  to  grow  the  home 
supplies  and  in  connection  with  the 
growing  of  them  secure  one  of  the 
most  delightful  satisfactions  of  life.
The  general  program  of  the  meet­
ing  was  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  John 
B.  Martin,  who  introduced  the  vari­
ous  speakers  in  a  very  happy  way 
and  whose  manner  awakened  enthu­
siasm  on  the  part  of  all.  Mr.  Gar­
field  first  spoke  of  “Beauty  in  Form 
of  Fruits,”  saying  that  form  was  one 
of  the  most  important  considerations 
in  identifying  varieties  and  the  circle 
was  the  unit  from  which  all  defining 
words  indicating  varieties  in  form de­
rived  their  meaning  and  import.  He 
said  the  horticulturist  was  able  to 
modify  forms  by  selection  so  as  to 
reach  an  ideal,  but  that  many  men 
engaged  in  the  development  of  new 
varieties  had  over-reached  by  build­
ing up  monstrosities,  instead  of  come­
ly  forms.  This  he  illustrated  by  the 
Sharpless  strawberry,  which,  while 
monstrous  in  proportion,  had  no  sem­
blance  to  the  original 
strawberry 
type.  He  said  that  modifications  in 
form  had  been  secured  by  the  influ­
ence  of  the  stock  upon  the  cion  in 
grafting.  As  illustrations  he  spoke 
of  the  Baldwin  apple  which  had  been 
grafted  upon  a  Maiden  Blush,  and 
then  cions  taken  from  this  tree  and

Mrs.  Cadette  E.  Fitch  spoke  in  an 
|  informal  manner  about  the  develop- 
!  ment  of  her  own  home  surroundings 
on  Jefferson  avenue,  illustrating  quite 
freely  with  photographs  and  pictures 
of  the  plants  to  which  she  called  at­
tention.  As  she  proceeded  she  ad­
vocated  the  planting  of  flowers 
in 
masses,  having  a  sufficient  quantity 
of  one  variety  to  make  a  distinguish­
ing  feature  in  a  group,  and  she  em­
phasized  the  importance  in  arranging 
plants  and 
flowers  to  study  their 
characters  so  that  their  habits  and 
forms  and  colors  would  fit  into  each 
other.  She  told  the  story  of  her 
experience  in  trying  to  grow  roses 
upon  the  site  of  an  old  cellar  in  her 
back  yard,  which  had  been  the  dump­
ing  ground  for  rubbish  for  a  genera­
tion,  and  jocularly  said,  as  the  re­
sult  of  this  experience  that  she  had 
decided  beyond  possibility  of  change 
in  view,  that  roses  would  languish 
when  fed  principally  upon  tin  cans 
and  broken  crockery.  She  finally  ex­
cavated  to  the  depth  of  four  feet, 
placing  rich  new  soil  therein,  and 
consulted  books  and  florists,  acquir­
ing  all  the  information  possible,  con­
cerning  the  growth  of  roses.  She 
had  achieved  a  considerable  measure 
of  success,  and  she  named  the  list 
of  roses  which  had  given  her  the 
keenest  satisfaction.  However,  she 
said  that  budded  roses  would  in  time 
run  out  and  there  needed  to  be  a 
constant  replenishing  of  stock.  She 
called  attention  to  a  variety  of roses 
grown  in  a  historic  place  in  Germany, 
that  was  a  thousand  years  old,  and 
she  wondered  whether  in  our  Young 
America  we  would  gradually  develop 
a  taste  for  historic  things  and  main­
tain  with  great  care  plants  of  this 
kind  from  one  generation  to  another. 
She  spoke  of  the  iris,  especially  the 
German  varieties,  as  very  attractive 
things  to  use  in  connection  with  the 
flower  garden.  They  suited  them­
selves  to  conditions  and  had  such va­
riety  of  color,  fragrance  and  withall 
a  dignity  unsurpassed.  About  her 
house  were  twenty  varieties  of  climb­
ing  vines.  Perhaps  the  most  satis­
factory  of  which  was  the  clematis 
paniculata,  which  during  the  month 
of  September  gave  the  keenest  sat­
isfaction  to  the  denizens  of  the  home 
as  well  as  the  passersby.  She  said 
this  plant  even  if  killed  down  to  the

The First Step

T his  man  is  writing  for  our  1903 catalogue; 

something  has  happened 
in  his  store  that  has 
made  him  think,  and  when  a  man  gets  to  thinking 
once,  somethin^  generally  moves.

T his  time  it  is  that  pound  and  ounce  scale 
that’s  going  to  move;  he’ s  tired  of  having  his 
clerks  give overweight.

Tried  it  himself  and  found  it  was  the  scale, 

not  the  clerks’  fault.

Now he  is  trying  to  find  out  what  this  N ear­

weight  Detector  is  we  have  been  talking  about 
so much.

Suppose you  do  the  same  thing.  Our  cata­

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ground  in  winter  would  spring  up  and 
be  at  its  best  in  the  following  Sep­
tember.  A  variety  somewhat  simi­
lar,  that  blooms  in  August,  was  very 
satisfactory.  Among  the  roses  the 
Prairie  Queen,  the  Baltimore  Bell 
and  the  Ramblers  were 
the  best. 
Upon  purchasing  their  home  they 
found  a  forsythia  near  the  walls  of 
the  house.  This  is  one  of  the  early 
spring  shrubs,  as 
it  is  generally 
treated,  but  by  pinching  and  judicial 
pruning,  she  had  changed  it  into  a 
climber,  and  its  golden  bells,  coming 
into  bloom  with  the  hepatica  and 
the  earliest  spring  flowers,  produced 
a  most  satisfactory  effect.  A  similar 
treatment  of  the  Judas  tree  had  been 
productive  of  interesting  results.  The 
passion  flower  was  named  as  a  most 
satisfactory  climber,  but  must  be 
given  plenty  of  light  and  sun  to  be 
at  its  best.  Mrs.  Fitch  went 
into 
some  detail  in  treating  of  her  corner 
of  wild  plants  at  the  rear  of 
the 
house.  She  said  that  the  grape  trel­
lis,  with  its  burden  of  foliage,  made 
such  a  deep  shade  that  she  could 
grow  no Vegetables  or  ordinary  gar­
den  flowers  with  any  satisfaction, and 
she  conceived  the  plan  of  turning it 
into  a  wild  garden,  using  such  things 
as  grew  in  the  shade  as  the  elements 
of  the  wee  landscape.  Her  son  had, 
by  aid  of  a  little  masonry,  developed 
a  permanent  pond,  which  was 
fed 
from  the  waste  of  water  employed in 
running  the  house  motor. 
In  this 
pond  were  grown  all  the  things  that 
are  found  in  shady  places,  where  wa­
ter  is  permanent.  Her  model  was 
the  frog  pond  in  Boston  Common, 
only  hers  was  a  very  diminutive  spec­
imen,  and  as  it  developed  under  her 
hand  the  result  had  suggested  the 
name  by  which  it  was  now  called, 
“The  Jungle.”  Among  the  most  sat­
isfactory  plants  grown  in  this  Jungle 
were  the 
lady  slipper,  yellow  and 
white;  the  cardinal  flower,  the  colum­
bines,  the  rose  mallow,  the  swamp 
rose,  the  belhvort,  the  buttercup  and 
the  cowslip,  with  some  odd  things, 
like  the  pitcher  plants,  and  some 
very  common  things,  like  the  black- 
eyed  Susan.  She  had  even  utilized a 
little  corner  for  the  common  milk­
weeds,  which  were  very  satisfactory, 
if  kept  within  bounds.  One  plant af­
ter  another  had  been  added  until  the 
Jungle  contained  a  large  number  of 
species.  Mrs.  Fitch  called  attention 
to  certain  plants  which  grew  so  rap­
idly  and  so  rampantly  as  to  become 
a  menace  to  the  other 
varieties. 
Among  these  she  named  the  bounc­
ing  bet  and  the  wild  morning  glory. 
Mrs.  Fitch  closed  her  address  with an 
earnest  plea  for  the  preservation  of 
our  wild  flowers,  and  spoke  of  the 
New  England  Society,  a  companion 
of  the  Audubon  Society,  the  object 
being  the  preservation  of  the  delicate 
wildlings,  which  were  in  danger  of 
extermination,  through  the  careless­
ness  of  people  in  gathering  them, 
and  destroying  the  conditions  that 
they  enjoyed.  Among  the  delicate 
things  that  she  felt  it  was  most  im­
portant  to  save  were  the  trailing  ar­
butus  and  the  columbines.

Mrs.  Ellen  L.  Baker  read  a  delight­
ful  and  practical  paper  on  “The  Use 
and  Abuse  of  Flowers.”

The  closing  number  on  the  pro­
gram  was  an  informal  account  by 
Mrs.  Julia  L.  Fletcher,  under  the 
title,  “Beauty  in  Ground,”  of  her own 
premises  on  College  avenue.  The il­
lustrations  which  gave  point  to  the 
address  were  numerous  and  so  at­
tractive  as  to  captivate  the  audience.
At  the  close  of  the  meeting  the 
gathered  horticulturists  spread them­
selves  over  the  farm  and  especially 
enjoyed  the  little  forest  of  six  acres 
which  had  been  developed  under  Mr. 
Garfield’s  hands 
in  the  last  twelve 
years.  The  next  meeting  of  the  So­
ciety  will  be  at  the  home  of  Prof. 
Slayton,  of  Flat  street,  in  the  north­
east  part  of  the  city.  The  general 
subject  will  be  the  “Harvest,”  and 
it  will  be  in  charge  of  the  Rev.  S.
B.  Smith.  The  date  will  be  the  sec­
ond  Tuesday  in  July.

Four  of  the  papers  read  at 

the 
meeting  are  reproduced  elsewhere  in 
this  week’s  issue.

What  Asbestos  Really  Is.

as 

In  the  important  work  of  protect­
ing  life  and  property  from  fire,  there 
are  a  growing  appreciation  of 
the 
value  of  asbestos  and  a  constant  in­
crease  in  its  use. 
It  has  a  combina: 
tion  of  properties  unlike  that  of  any 
other  substance  found  in  nature.  No 
other  product 
yet  discovered 
It  has  been 
could  take  its  place. 
called  mineral  wool,  and  also 
the 
connecting  link  between  the  mineral 
and  the  vegetable  kingdoms.  After 
the  fibers  of  asbestos  have  been  sep­
arated  from  their  mother  rock  they 
have  a  fluffy  softness  and  whiteness 
much  like  that  of  wool  or  cotton,  and 
by  a  process  very  similar  to  that of 
ordinary  weaving,  they  are  converted 
into  cloth. 
It  is  a  cloth,  however, 
which,  owing  to  its  mineral  origin, is 
impervious  to  fire,  and  herein  lies its 
value. 
It  is  more  and  more  exten­
sively  used  in  this  country  for  fire­
proof  curtains,  for  firemen’s  helmets, 
jackets  and  leggings,  and  for  gloves 
and  shields  for  men  working  at the 
mouths  of  furnaces.  The  texture  of 
the  fabric  resembles  that  of  canvas, 
so  it  is  too  coarse,  as  now  manu­
factured,  for  such  delicate  materials 
as  those  of  lace  curtains  and  women’s 
dresses,  for  which  its  use  has  been 
suggested,  but  an  interesting  way in 
which  it  is  now  utilized  is  in  the work 
of  surgeons  making  splints  and  dress­
ing  wounds.  Cotton  and  wool  must 
be  specially  treated  to  be  rendered 
aDsolutely  clean  and  antiseptic,  while 
asbestos  is  naturally  so.

Always  carry  full  fire  and  tornado 
insurance,  if  you  are  located  where 
fires  and  tornadoes  occur;  and  we 
think  you  are.  To  economize  on this 
item  of  expense  is  bad  business. 
It 
is  the  “unexpected  that  always  hap­
pens.”  Besides,  your  credit  will  be 
better  if  you  are  well  insured.  You 
are  a  safer  risk.

Before  returning  goods  that  are 
not  in  good  shape,  write  the  shipper 
all  about  it  and  learn  what  he  has 
to  say.  A  shipping  house  would  soon 
have  to  go  out  of  business  if  it  were 
unfair  in  its  dealings.  A  satisfactory 
adjustment  will  always  be  reached.

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In buying  Salt  for butter making, there 
are  ju st  two  points  to  be  considered—  
economy  and  the  quality  o f  the  product.
The  Parma  Butter  Co.,  Parma,  Mich., 
recently  made  up a  churning  with  differ­
ent  kinds  of  salt, 
including  Diamond 
Crystal,  using  the  same  quantity  in  each 
lot, and  asked  a  customer  to  decide  which 
was  the  best.  W ithout  knowing  the 
brands  used,  he  reported  that  the  butter 
made  with  Diamond  Crystal  contained 
the  most salt, and  was  the  best  in  quality.
Diamond  Crystal  Salt  is  used  exclu­
sively  by  a  majority  o f the  largest cream­
eries in the country— and none of them  has 
any  motive  in  the  matter  save  interest

I f   these  creameries  find  it  profitable  to 
use  the  Salt  that's  A L L   Salt,  grocers 
ought to  find  it  profitable  to sell  this kind 
of  salt  to  the  country  trade  which  fur­
nishes the  butter  the grocer sells.

W e ’ve just  published  a  book  o f  letters 
from  Diamond  Crystal  Salt  users  of  Na­
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to send  free  to  any  address  on  request.
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many  hardware  stores  in  Michigan 
where  the  windows  had  the  appear­
ance  of  being  washed  by  the  last 
rainstorm  and  some  seasons  of  the 
year  they  are  few  and  far  between. 
It  is  not  always  necessary  -to  trim 
your  window  with  hardware,  but  put 
something  in  the  window  that  will 
attract  attention  and  cause  people to 
talk.  Only  a  few  days  ago  we  had 
a  fat  steer  in  our  front  window  and 
it  was  the  talk  of  the  town.  For 
several  days  people  would  call  us  by 
’phone  to  find  out  how  long  it  would 
be  there,  and  a  friend  of  mine  tells 
me  he  heard  of  it  in  Chicago.  You 
see  it  was  something  unusual  and the 
advertising  we  received 
this 
was  of  great  benefit.

from 

A  great  many  merchants  in 

the 
smaller  towns  might  say  it  does  not 
pay  me  for  the  trouble  and  expense 
of  fixing  up  a  neat  and  attractive win­
dow.  I  say,  “ It  does.” 
If  your town 
is  large  enough  for  you  to  do  busi­
ness  in,  it  is  large  enough  for  you 
to  have  a  nice  window  display.  The 
expense  incurred  is  the  best  invest­
ment  you  ever  made.  You  will  get 
more  returns  in  sales  from  this  one 
thing  than  anything  else  you  can  do.
Now  about  your  store.  You  have 
heard  it  said,  “Goods  well  bought are 
half  sold.” 
I  want  to  add  to  this  by 
saying,  “Well  bought  and  well  dis­
played.”

Next  to  your  windows  a  neat  and 
well-kept  store  and  stock  will  secure 
for  you  more  business 
any 
than 
other  thing  you  can  do. 
I  can  call 
to  my  mind  many  hardware  stores 
that  I  have  been  in  that  had 
the  ap­
pearance  of  second-hand  stores.  You 
will  see  rusty  shovels  and  steel  goods 
standing  out  in  front  which  many 
think  are  advertisements 
to  draw 
trade,  and  in  many  cases  hide  your 
display  window.  Now,  if  this  dis­
play  was  made  in  your  show  win­
dow  and  not  on  the  sidewalk,  how 
much  better  it  would  look.  And noth­
ing  looks  more  careless  than  to see 
boxes  on  your  shelves  with  ends  or 
sides  broken  and  in  many  cases with­
out  covers.

Well  do  I  remember  one  of  my 
first  experiences  in  a  hardware  store. 
I  was  shown  how  to  repair  broken 
boxes  and  was  told  never  to  put 
cotton  wrapping  twine  around  a  box 
that  went  on  the  shelves,  but  to  al­
ways  use  18B  twine.

labor 

With  a  little  care  and 

a 
stock  of  hardware  can  be  made  as  at­
tractive  as  any  other  kind  of  mer­
chandise.  Do  not  be  afraid  to  use 
a  little  paint  every  year  or  two,  and 
wear  out  a  few  feather  dusters every 
month.  You  have  many  points 
to 
gain  by  doing  this.  One  is,  ladies 
buy  a  large  amount  of  hardware, and 
they  like  to  trade  where  the  stock 
is  kept  neat  and  clean. 
Insurance, 
men  will  give  you  a  better  rate  on 
your  fire  risk,  which 
is  something 
we  are  all  looking  for.

And  how  about  your  show  cases? 
I  am  afraid  many  hardware  men  do 
not  appreciate  their  value.  A  good, 
large  and  well  kept  show  case  will 
soon  pay 
itself  and  helps  to 
make  your  store  attractive.  Also  I 
wish  to  impress  upon  you  that  too 
much  care  can  not  be  taken  to  dis-

for 

Factors  Which  Make  a  Hardware

Business  Successful.

One  of  the  first  things  to  consider 
is  in  buying  the  right  kind  of  goods 
and  buying  a  class  of  goods  that  you 
can  build  up  a  reputation  on. 
If 
you  wish  to  be  successful  you  should 
have  the  reputation  of  having  the 
best  goods  in  your  line  in  your  city. 
And  much  care  should  be 
taken 
to  secure  a  line  that  you  can  tie  to 
and  stay  with,  and  not  be  buying 
promiscuously  from  every  jobber or 
factory  that  comes  along.  Take, for 
I  know  of 
example,  your  stove  line. 
some  merchants  who 
from 
carry 
three  to  five  lines  of  stoves. 
I  be­
lieve  this  is  a  mistake,  for  I  do  not 
think  any  dealer  can  handle  more 
than  one  line  of  stoves  and  do  jus­
tice  to  himself,  leave  alone  doing  jus­
tice  to  the  company  he  buys'from.

line  of  refrigerators,  one 

I  have  been  in  business  for  near­
ly  eighteen  years 
and  practically 
have  handled  only  one  line  of  stoves, 
one 
line 
of  furnaces,  one  line  of  table  cut­
lery,  and  with  the  exception  of  some 
four  years,  one  line  of  builders’  hard­
ware. 
I  might  mention  many  other 
lines  that  we  have  sold  exclusively.
I  believe  that  if  you  show  a  cus­
tomer  a  stove  made  by  one  foundry 
and  show  your  customer  all 
the 
good  points  and  merits  of  the  stove, 
and  say  you  think  it  is  the  best  stove 
made,  and  then  show  them  a  stove 
made  by  another  foundry,  and  you 
have  to  tell  him  you  think  that  stove 
also  is  the  best  stove  made,  your 
customer  is  liable  to  get  to  thinking 
that  there  might  be  still  other  stoves 
made,  and  would  desire  to  see  them 
before,  buying,  and  your  chance  of 
losing  the  sale  is  much  greater  than 
if  you  only  had  one  line  to  show 
him.

Now,  after  you  have  decided  on 
the  right  line  to  buy,  you  must  be 
able  to  buy  them  right.  And  it  is 
impossible  for  a 
in 
many  of  the  smaller  towns  to  keep 
posted  as  to  prices  and  much  infor­
mation  must  be 
through 
the  commercial  man.

local  dealer 

gained 

And  just  a  few  words  as  to  the 
way  you  should  treat  the  commercial 
man. 
I  believe  they  should  have  as 
much  attention  as  your  customer, 
and  when  you  make  dates  with  them, 
be  punctual  and  keep  them,  always 
remembering  their  time  is  as  valua­
ble  as  yours. 
If  you  gain  the  con­
fidence  and  good  will  of  the  travel­
ing  man,  I  believe  you  will  come  as 
near  buying  your  goods  at  the  right 
price  as  in  any  other  way.  Now af­
ter  these  goods 
are  bought,  you 
must  find  the  trade  to  dispose  of 
them  to,  and  how  are  you  going  to 
do  it?

One  strong  argument  in  favor  of 
securing  trade  is  a  nice,  neat  store­
room  and  display  windows.  And  I 
am  afraid  that  many  merchants  do 
not  appreciate  the  value  of  a  nice 
window  display,  for 
seen

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capital 

interest  on 

pense?”  The  first  item  I  figure  in  is 
the  one  usually  left  out  by  many 
dealers.  That  is 
the 
amonut  of 
invested.  You 
should  also  add  to  your  expense  ac­
count  a  salary  for  your  own  time and 
that  should  be  just  what  your  time 
would  be  worth  to  some  one  else. 
Other  items,  such  as  advertising, rent, 
help,  taxes,  insurance,  etc.,  I  think 
every  one  figures  in.  And  I  know 
it  often  surprises  the  very  best  of 
us  when  we  find  it  costs  us  from  20 
to  30  per  cent,  on  our  sales  to  do 
business.

I  recently  had  a  call  from  a  gentle­
man  who  is  many  years  older  than 
I  am  in  the  trade  who  was  desirous 
of  selling  some  hard  coal  base  burn­
ers.  His  price,  I  think,  was  $42.75 
each. 
I  told  him  we  had  to  sell  the 
stove  for  $55  and  there  was  no  money 
in  it.  His  reply  was  that  we  could 
make  $10  on  each  stove  and  was  sur­
prised  when  I  told  him  that  the  cost 
of  doing  business  in  order  to  sell 
his  stove  amounted  to  more  than  the 
$10.  He  said  he  had  never  thought 
of  figuring  the  expense  of  doing  busi­
ness  as  a  part  of  the  cost  of  an  item, 
cost  of  an  item.

“I  went  to  the  good  wife  I  married 
forty-eight  years  ago.  She  put  her 
arms  about  my  neck  and  bade  me  be 
of  good  cheer,  so  here  l  am  again, 
as  if  nothing  had  happened,  travel­
ing  on  the  road  and  selling  goods.”
That  man  is  bigger  than  his  en­
vironments,  superior  to  his  condition. 
In  his  breast  there  is  golden 
sun­
shine,  and  his  manhood  is  of  a  type 
that  defies  fire,  toil,  and  even  stays 
the  hand  of  old  Father  Time  and 
cries:  “Wait  a  moment;  for  my work 
is  not  yet  done.”

The  prosperity  of  this  nation  lies 
in  the  fact  that  it  is  a  nation  of  op­
timists,  brave  men  and  women  who 
lok  up,  not  down,  and  who  never 
lose  hope.

Discriminating  Maid.

Mrs.  Madison— Your  new  maid ap­

pears  to  be  rather  refined.

Mrs.  Parkweste— Yes,  she’s  a  little 
out  of the  common.  She  never breaks 
anything  but  the  costliest  cut  glass 
and  the  choicest  dresden.

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play  goods  so  they  will  attract  the 
attention  of  your  customers.  Many 
sales  will  be  consummated  if  goods 
can  be  placed  so  that  they  can  be 
seen  by  your  customers.

Another  prominent  factor  for  suc­
cess  is  the  treatment  your  customers 
should  receive  from  your  salesmen. 
One  of  the  hardest  things  I  have  to 
contend  with  is  the  inattention  given 
by  salesmen  to  customers  who  make 
small  purchases  running  from  5  to 
25  cents. 
I  find  they  do  not  give  the 
customer  the  attention  on  the  small 
sales  they  do  on  the  large  sales,  and 
this  is  a  grave  error  and  a  costly  one 
if  allowed 
to  continue.  For  who 
knows  that  the  customer  for  a  paper 
of  tacks  to-day  may  not  want 
a 
lawn  mower  to-morrow?

We  also  find  it  hard  to  draw  the 
line  on  guaranteed  goods  and  what 
to  do  with  customers  when  they  re­
turn  an  article  that  has  proven  de­
fective  or  that  they  have  had  an  ac­
cident  with.  They  invariably  bring 
it  back  and  I  know  in  many  cases 
they  are  not  justified  in  making  any 
demand  upon  you  for  exchanging  it.
It  has  been  somewhat  of  a  problem 
for  me  to  decide  what  to  do.  On 
small  articles,  such  as  tools  and  cut­
lery,  we  do  not  hesitate  to  replace, 
thinking  it  much  better  to  be  imposed 
upon  than  to  make  our  customer 
feel  hard  toward  us. 
I  think  many 
goods  are  returned  that  should  not 
have  been,  from  lack  of  business  ex­
perience  your  customer  has  had,  and 
not  from  any  desire  to  gain  any  ad­
vantage  over  you.  And  you  can  not 
afford  to  make  a  customer  feel  angry 
toward  you  no  matter  how  small  a 
customer  they  may  be  for  the  few 
cents  it  would  cost  you  to  replace  it. 
While  you  may  think  you  do  not 
care  for  their  trade,  and  I  know  of 
many  people  who  come  to  our  store 
whom  I  wish  would  never  cross  our 
threshold, 
for 
their  influence  and  talk  with  their 
friends,  I  should  be  frank  and  say 
to  them  we  do  not  care  for  their 
business.  But  you  must  put  up  with 
it  and  treat  them  a  little  nicer  than 
other  people,  so  that  you  can  have 
their  influence  which  they  certainly 
would  have  with  their  friends.

it  were  not 

if 

the 

Another  very  important  factor  is 
the  help  problem.  Does  it  pay  to 
keep  cheap  help  or  high-priced  help?' 
I  have  given  this  some  attention  in 
our  business  and  find  the  most  satis­
factory  and  most  profitable  help  I 
have  are  the  high-priced  men,  and 
if  possible  I  should  recommend  the 
system  adopted  by 
jobbers— 
keep  sales  separate and let  the volume 
of  business  be  a  basis  to  fix  salaries.
Another  very  prominent  factor  is 
the  expense  account.  I  would  like to 
know  how  many  hardware  merchants 
know  what  it  costs  them  to  do  busi­
ness. 
I  know  that  some  dealers  fig­
ure  very  close  and  are  able  to  tell 
you  to  the  fraction  of  a  cent  what 
the  cost  of  doing  business  is.  And 
the  dealer  who  does  not  know  what 
it  costs  and  happens  to  have  sharp 
competition  will  sooner  or  later  be 
up  against  a  proposition  that  is  lia­
ble  to  give  him  many  sleepless nights. 
A  question 
is  often  asked,  “What 
items  should  be  figured  in  as  ex­

I  have  often  heard  it  discussed  as 
to  what  per  cent,  on  sales  you  should 
pay  for  rent  and  I  find  quite  a  differ­
ence  of  opinion.  The  most  conserv­
ative  say  from  3  to  5  per  cent. 
I 
would  say  you  should  not  exceed  3 
per  cent.  You  also  often  hear 
it 
said,  “We  don’t  have  to  pay  any rent 
because  we  own  our  own  building.” 
This  is  wrong  for  the  building  you 
occupy;  the  capital  invested  is worth 
something  to  you,  and  your  business 
should  pay  the  interest  at  least  on 
money  invested  in  building.

Another  prominent  factor  is 

the 
advertising. 
I  will  not  go  into  detail 
on  this,  any  more  than  to  say  what 
per  cent,  of  your  sales  should  be 
used  in  advertising.  This  is  some­
thing  like  the  rent  problem,  upon 
which  many  differ.  My 
judgment 
says  it  should  not  exceed  2  per  cent, 
of  your  sales.  The  cost  of  selling 
goods  should  not  exceed  8  per  cent, 
of  your  sales,  and  in  many  places  5 
to  6  per  cent,  should  cover  this  item. 
The  other  items  of  expense  are  not 
so  great and  to these  I  have not  given 
so  much  thought  as  the  three  defined.
Another  very  prominent  factor  is 
how  large  a  stock  is  a  retail  dealer 
justified  in  carrying,  independent  of 
what  capital  he  has? 
I  would  say 
that  location  and  freight  rates  figure 
somewhat  on  the  amount,  but  maxi­
mum  amount  of  stock  should  be  one- 
third  of  your  annual  sales.  A  larger 
percentage  can  be  made  on  the  capi 
tal  invested  if  you  can  carry  one- 
fourth.  one-fifth  or  one-sixth  of  your 
annual  sales;  or,  in  other  words,  you 
should  turn  your  stock  over  not  less 
than  three  times  and  as  many  as 
six  if  possible. 

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The  Use  and  Abuse  of  Cut  Flowers.*
My  subject,  “The  Use  and  Abuse 
of  Cut  Flowers,”  is  one  sufficiently 
broad,  it  would  seem,  without  includ­
ing  seeds  and  plants,  but  in  order to 
have  satisfactory  cut  flowers  from the 
home  garden  one  can  not  forget the 
seed  time,  and  better  still  is  it  to 
remember  the  bulb  time,  for  one  of 
the  delights  of  early  spring  is 
the 
watching  for  the  peeping  forth  of 
the  tender  green  leaves,  so  soon  fol­
lowed  by  perfect  bloom.  The  pen­
alty  for  forgetting  bulb  time  is  that 
of  waiting  a  whole  year  for  the  long­
ed  for  blossoms.

It 

is  the  garden  that  has  been 
lovingly  thought  of,  well  and  care­
fully  planned,  that  gives  the  succes­
sion  of  bloom.

There  are  the  crocuses,  the  snow 
drops  and  the  dainty  blue  scillas  for 
our  first  flowers,  followed  by  lilacs, 
snowballs  and  the  dear  old-fashioned 
favorites.  Next  plan  for  the  summer 
blossoms,  then  for  the  fall  and  you 
will 
flowers 
from  the  going  of  the  snow  until it 
comes  again.

find  you  may  gather 

side  by 

Study  to  have  colors  harmonious, 
especially  with  your  perennials.  For 
if  you  are  to  have  two 
instance, 
peonies, 
growing 
side, 
choose  white  and  pink,  which,  while 
in  contrast,  will  yet  be  in  harmony. 
Every  city  yard,  every  country  yard, 
ought  to  have  peonies  in  profusion, 
not  alone  for  their  beautiful  display 
while  blooming,  but  also  for  their 
decorative  effect  when  cut.  One  of 
the  most  artistic  table  decorations 
I  have  ever  seen  was  an  immense 
bowl  filled  with  rose  pink  peonies, 
arranged  with  their  glossy,  shining 
leaves.  All  peonies  are  attractive, 
but  usually  we  see  only  the  double 
ones,  and  I  wish  I  could  so  describe 
the  beauties  of  the  single  peony  that 
you  would  each  place  one  in  your 
garden. 
I  have  the  single  crimson 
and  the  white,  with  exquisite  pink 
shadings. 
I  have  never  had  the  buds 
blast,  and  the  blossoms  with  their 
wide-open  petals  last  for  days.

Almost  as  important  as  the  flow­
ers  is  the  foliage  to  be  used  as  back­
ground  to  emphasize  the  beauties  of 
form  and  color.  One  simply  can not 
have  satisfactory  arrangements  with­
out  suitable  green.  Look  at  a  bowl 
of  scarlet  geraniums,  closely  arrang­
ed,  without  one  bit  of  green.  Notice 
how  packed,  how  massed  they  are, 
but  give  them  a  border  of  their  own 
broad  leaves 
and  arrange  dainty 
ferns,  or  sprays  of  Allegheny  vine, 
amid  the  flowers 
the 
transformation.

enjoy 

and 

ideal 

enhance 

Usually  a  flower’s  own  foliage  is 
that  best  adapted  to 
its 
beauty.  Once  I  persuaded  a  florist 
to  cut  generously  of  the  carnation 
leaves,  and  that  gray  green  with  the 
delicate  shades  of  the  pink  carnations 
was  an 
seems 
strange  that  at  the  florists’  and  in  our 
own  gardens  we  do  not 
cultivate 
more  vines  and  plants  for  this  pur­
pose,  but  if  you  have  not  the  desired 
green  do  not  despair,  but  in 
the 
winter  use  sprays  and  branches  of
*P aperrradbv  Mrs.  Ellen  L.  Baker at the Jnne 
meeting of the Grand River  V alley  Horticultural 
Society.

setting. 

It 

evergreens,  and  in  summer  go  out 
with  eyes  wide  open  for  the  beauti­
ful  and  come  home  with  arms  filled. 
It  has  been  my  pleasure  for  years to 
arrange  the  flowers  in  Park  church, 
and  perhaps  I  ought  to  see  how  many 
of  our  congregation  are  present  be­
fore  I  confess  that  many  times  the 
most  effective 
arrangements  have 
owed  their  beauty  to  the  dainty  back­
ground,  formed  of  common,  despised 
weeds,  gathered  in  fields  or  by  the 
wayside.  But  if  possible  have 
the 
greens  near  at  hand. 
In  a  shady 
place  have  ferns.  Have  mignonette 
in  quantities,  not  only  for  the  frag­
rance,  but  as  a  foil  for  the  flowers. 
Have  many  vines,  especially  the  Al­
legheny  vines.  There  is  also  a  plant, 
with  very  pretty  green  and  white 
leaves,  which  are  very  beautiful with 
most  flowers.  Mrs.  Arnold  used  to 
have  it,  but  once  I  bit  the  stem  and 
poisoned  my  lips  and  ever  since  it 
has  been  banished  from  her  garden, 
the  garden  so  many  of  us  are  indebt­
ed  to  for  plants  and  pleasure.

One  important  use  of  cut  flowers 
is  the  cutting. 
If  we  wish  the  wild 
flowers  it  is  the  joy  of  getting  out 
into  the  country,  of  searching  the 
woods  for  these  treasures,  or  if  the 
pleasure  of  the  woods  can  not  be 
ours,  we  can  at 
least  run  out  in 
the  yard  many  times  a  day  and watch 
the  growing  plants  and  the  opening 
buds. 
I  wish  I  could  persuade  each 
one  to  consider  this  a  duty.  Do  not 
say  you  can  not  take  the  time,  but 
as  a  dear,  little  three-year-old  girl 
used  to  say,  “Get  a  bref  of  air.” 
I 
know  how  full  the  days  are,  for  I 
too  am  busy,  but  I  also  know  I  am 
stronger  and  can  accomplish  more 
from  this  habit  of  mine. 
It  will 
take  your  mind  from  the  monotony 
of  life;  it  will  change  your  thoughts; 
it  will  rest  you.  Another  benefit  that 
will  result  from  cutting  your  flowers

is  the 
intuitive  knowledge  of  just 
the  flowers  you  need  for  your  deco­
rations.  You  will  know  at  once  that 
certain  flowers  are  the  ones  for  cer­
tain  vases,  or  that  a  branch  with 
some  peculiar  bend  will  be  lovely  in 
one  place,  but  not  quite  right 
in 
any  other.  If  you  really  love  flowers 
you  will  have  more  enjoyment  and 
better  effects  from  the  flowers  you 
have  yourself  cut.  Try  my  plan  of 
giving  a  few  minutes  many  times  a 
day  to  your  yard  and  flowers,  now, 
in  this  month  of  June,  when  in  gar­
den  and  woods  and  by  the  roadside 
is  such  a  wealth  of  bloom, 
there 
when  the  June  roses, 
stately 
lilies,  the  peonies,  the  exquisite  irises 
and  the  gorgeous  popies  are 
in 
their  glory,  and  when  winter  comes 
again  you  will  recall  with  thankful­
ness  the  hours  you  have  spent  in 
“God’s  out-of-doors,”  and  you  will 
say  with  Celia  Thaxter,  “That  flow­
ers  have  been  dear  friends,  comfort­
ers,  inspirers,  powers  to  uplift  and 
cheer.”

the 

In  arranging  cut  flowers  study the 
vases  and  jars,  and  have  them  suita­
ble  in  shape  and  design.  For  most 
flowers  the  vases  gracefully  spread­
ing  at  the  top  give  the  best  effects. 
Plain  glass  and  cut  glass  are  always 
more  pleasing  than  those  with  heavy 
gilt  or  high 
colored  decorations. 
Even  the  beauty  of  flowers  may  be 
marred  by  their  receptacles. 
It  is 
the  flower,  not  the  vase,  we  wish  to 
see.  Do  not  think  that  I  do  not  ad­
mire  beautiful  vases,  and  think  their 
possession  a  joy,  only  let  flowers and 
vases  harmonize.  The  rich  cut  glass 
is  for  the  regal  flower,  the  rose,  while 
the  wild  flowers,  the  little  woodsy 
blossoms,  are  at  their  best  in 
the 
simplest  vases.  Sometimes 
in  ar­
ranging  flowers  you  will  find  that 
they  fall  out  of  place.  Often  this 
can  be  remedied  by  the  use  of  a

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darling?”  he  asked  fondly,  holding 
her  closely  to  him  as  though  to  keep 
the  too  eager  wind  away.

“Yes,”  she  murmured,  searching for 

her  handkerchief.

“Which  one,  precious?”
“The  right  one,  love.  Did  you  get 
anything  in  yours?”  she  asked  anx­
iously,  seeing  his  handkerchief  ap­
pear.

“Yes,  darling.”
“Which  eye,  dearest?”
“The  right  one,  love.”
“How  sweet!”  she  exclaimed  with a 
glad  light  glowing  in  her  well  eye. 
“Do  you  suppose,  dearest  heart,  that 
it  could  have  been  part  of  the  same 
piece  of  dust  that  got  in  our  eyes, 
darling?”

“ I  hope  it  was,”  he  said,  beaming 

with  one  eye  and  wiping  the  other. 

“Wouldn’t  it  be  sweet,  dear?” 
“Wouldn’t  it,  love?”
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little  fine  wire.  Fasten  a  few  stems 
together  near  the  ends,  which  will 
give  support  to  your  stems  yet  allow 
them  to  gracefully  separate  near the 
flowers. 
If  the  wire  is  wound  too 
far  on  the  stems  a  stiff  effect  would 
be  obtained. 
If  you  have  not  used 
wire  you  can  have  no  idea  what  a 
help  it  is.  Often  a  refractory  blos­
som,  that  simply  will  not  go  where 
you  wish,  is  made  to  obey  by  a  tiny 
bit  of  wire. 
I  have  brought  to-day 
some  wire  I  had  made  for  my  church 
work  that  I -  might 
its 
value.

illustrate 

To  the  fathers  and  mothers 

I 
would  suggest  another  use,  that  of 
teaching  the  boys  and  girls  to  love 
the  flowers. 
It  will  bring  them  in 
closer  touch  with  nature,  it  will  quick­
en  and  train  their  powers  of  observa­
tion,  and  the  love  formed  in  child­
hood  will  grow  stronger  with  the 
years  and  will  be  a  source  of  happi­
ness  all  through  life. 
If  possible let 
the  children  study  them  with  a  mag­
nifying  glass  that  they  may  more 
fully  learn  all  the  wonders  of  their 
structure  and  of  their  delicate  shad­
ings,  and  as  they  perceive  the  ab­
solute  perfection  of  the  tiniest  flower 
there  will  be  a  new  reverence  in  their 
hearts  for  the  Creator.

The  best  use  of  cut  flowers 

is 
when  they  are  the  bearers  of  our 
good  wishes  to  those  in  gladness, and 
when,  as  messengers  of  comfort, they 
enter  the  sick  room  to  give  cheer 
and  life  to  the  suffering,  or  when 
death  comes  to  the  home  they  tell 
more  eloquently  than  any  words  of 
ours  of  our  desire  to  give  strength 
and  sympathy.

To  the  real  flower  lover  the  abuse 
of  flowers  seems  incredible,  but  those 
who  do  not  care  for  flowers,  or  who 
simply  like  them,  do  unintentionally 
abuse  them.  Often  flowers  are  abus­
ed  by  cutting  them  in  the  heat  of  the 
day.  While  a  few  varieties  may  bear 
this,  as  a  rule  flowers  are  more  fra­
grant  and  last  better  if  cut  early  in 
the  morning  or  toward  night.  The 
poppy  must  be  cut  in  the  very  early 
morning  and  placed  at  once  in  water 
to  last  even  the  day. 
I  have  kept 
the  splendid,  gorgeous  Oriental  pop­
pies  three  days  by  cutting  them  at 
five  o’clock  in  the  morning,  when  if 
cut  at  nine  or  ten  all  their  brilliancy 
would  have  faded  in  an  hour.

lives  are  so 

Other  abuses  are  the  neglect  to 
give  plenty  of  fresh  water,  and  to 
give  them  a  cool  place  at  night. 
Their 
short  at  best 
that  to  hasten  their  fading  by  want 
of  care  is  an  abuse.  Especially 
in 
winter,  when  flowers  are  considered 
a  luxury  (although  to  some  a  neces­
sity),  will  one  feel  abundantly  re­
paid  by  taking  them  at  night  from 
their  vases,  clipping  the  stems  and 
placing  them  in  a  cool  place  in  an 
abundance  of  water.

One  unconscious  abuse 

is  over­
crowding—allowing  no  opportunity 
for  the  individuality  of  the  flower.
I  remember  seeing  a  box  of  flowers 
of  many  colors  and  all  beautiful  that 
might  have  been  arranged  charming- 
lj'  in  half  a  dozen  vases,  but  all  were 
crowded  in  one  bowl  without  the 
slightest  regard  for  form  or  color. 
The  result  was  such  that  I  wish  to

these  words, 
especially  emphasize 
Do  not  crowd  your  flowers. 
I  have 
found  that  with  many  people  this 
massing  of  flowers  is  arranging  them. 
It  is  true  that  sometimes  when  they 
are  to  be  seen  from  a  distance  this 
may  be  the  best  way  to  make  them 
effective,  but  for  your  homes  try  the 
simple  arrangements,  and  while  some 
of  your  flower  receptacles  may  re­
quire  many  flowers,  endeavor  to  ar­
range 
the 
crowded  effect.

loosely,  avoiding 

them 

If  you  have  a  slender  vase  place 
in  it  one  perfect  rose  and  see  its 
grace  and  beauty.

You  know  with  the  Japanese,  who 
make  a  study  of  the  decorative  effect 
of  flowers,  you  will  find  a  vase  with 
one  flower,  or  a  jar  with  the  one 
branch.  Many  do  not  realize  how 
beautiful  branches  are  for  decoration. 
Really  every  apple  orchard  ought  to 
have  at  least  one  tree  that  yields 
poor  fruit,  so  that  when  in  blossom 
we  may  with  clear  consciences break 
its  branches,  and  I  wish  that  when 
the  trees  flame  red  and  yellow  you 
would  break  a  branch  and  place  it 
in  your  home.  Next  May,  when  the 
dogwood  is  in  flower,  you  must  have 
at  least  one  of  its  exquisite  branches. 
Do  not  forget  the  branches  must 
be  broken,  not  cut.  The  first  time 
I  used  dogwood  the  most  of  the 
branches  were  cut  and  on  those  each 
blossom  drooped 
little  bell, 
but  on  the  few  broken  branches each 
blossom  was  like  a  star.

like  a 

Another  abuse  is  destructive  cut­
ting— the  cutting  that  ruins  shrubs 
and  trees,  and  in  the  woodlands  will 
destroy  varieties  now  becoming  rare. 
The  mania  for  cutting  can  be  grati­
fied  with 
the  wayside  daisies  and 
with  pansies,  sweet  peas  and  nastur­
tiums.  All  flowers  that  must  be  cut 
and  continually  cut,  but  be  merciful 
and  leave  in  peace  our  wild  orchids 
and  arbutus,  and  in 
from 
trees  and  shrubs  use  judgment,  that 
it  may  be  more  a  wise  pruning  than 
ruthless  destruction.

cutting 

I  think  as  the  greatest  use  is  to 
have  flowers  give  joy  and  comfort, 
so  the  greatest  abuse  is  when  we 
neglect  to  have  them  do  the  greatest 
good,  when  we  forget  to  pass  on  the 
pleasure  that  is  ours.

And  with  the  giving  of  flowers 
let  there  be  the  hearty  sympathy, 
the  kindly  look.  May  we  each  find 
ever  increasing  interest  in  the  use 
of  flowers,  and  remember  that
“God  might  have  bade  the  earth bring 

forth

Enough  for  great  and  small,

The  oak  tree  and  the  cedar  tree, 

Without  a  flower  at  all.

Our  outward  life  requires  them  not—- 

Then  wherefore  had  they  birth?

To  minister  delight  to  man,

To  beautify  the  earth;

To  comfort  man,  to  whisper  hope. 

When  e’er  his  faith  is  dim,

For  who  so  careth  for  the  flowers. 
Will  care  much  more  for  Him.”

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26
FRAM EW ORK  OF  TREES. 

Every  One  Has  Some  Special  and 

Peculiar  Beauty.*

Almost  every  tree  has  some  spe­
is 

cial  and  peculiar  beauty  which 
seen  to  best  advantage  in  winter.

The  bark  of  most  trees  appears 
more  beautiful  in  winter  than  at  any 
other  time  because  the  eye  can  take 
in  all  the  details.  The  differences  in 
the  various  families  of  trees,  once 
these  are  understood,  are  marked 
enough  to  make  family  relationships 
easy  to  recognize  at  this  season  of 
the  year.

The  character  of  the  bark  rarely 
changes  much  on  individuals  of  the 
same  age.  Each  tree  has  definite 
traits  of  its  own  which  distinguish 
it  from  every  other  tree,  and  by  trac­
ing 
in 
branches,  trunk,  stems,  buds  and  leaf 
scars  we  are  able  to  identify  every | 
tree  with  certainty.

characteristics 

individual 

There  are  two  distinct  plans  of 
branching  in  trees:  When  the  main 
trunk  extends  upward  to  the  top,  as 
it  does  in  the  larch  and  other  conical I 
trees,  and  when  the  main  stem  di­
vides  into  many  more  or  less  equal 
divisions,  as  we  find  it  in 
the  Ameri­
can  elm  and  other  spreading  trees. 
The  latter  form  is  the  most  common 
among  our  deciduous  trees.

terminal 

Branches  grow  from  thé  auxiliary i 
or  lateral  buds  on  the  stem,  continu­
ing  their  growth  every  year  by  the 
development  and  unfolding  of  new 
buds,  both 
lateral. 
When  the  growth  is  carried  on  by 
the  terminal  buds  the  tree  is  more 
apt  to  be  regular  in  outline 
than 
when  these  are  injured  and  killed  and 
lateral  buds  develop  the  growth  in­
stead.

and 

Branches  vary  in  showing  an  up­
right,  drooping  or  horizontal  habit 
of  growth,  as  we  see  them  in 
the 
I.ombardy  poplar,  weeping  willow 
and  tupelo,  and  within 
these  divi­
sions  there  are  other  contrasts  of 
rigidity  and  flexibility,  with  differ­
ences  of  color  and  texture  as  well.

Apart  from  the  general  shape  of 
the  tree  the  bark  on  the  trunk  and 
branches  is  a  constant  help  in  identi­
fication. 
in 
some  trees,  like  that  of  the  beech, 
fissured  into  ridges  like  that  of 
the 
sugar  maple,  or  peels  off  laterally  as 
in  the  white  birch.

It  is  hard  and  smooth 

The  little  dots  on  young  bark  are 
called  lenticels.  They  "are  openings 
for  admitting  air  to  the  inner  tissues. 
Lenticels  are  conspicuous  in  the  bark 
of  the  birch.

The  presence  of  thorns  on 

the 
trunk  and  branches  of  certain  tree« 
helps  to  distinguish  them  from  others 
and  the  clusters  of  dry  fruit  which 
trees 
remain  .  hanging  on 
through  the  winter 
another 
means  of  identification.

some 
are 

Stems  and  twigs  vary  from 

the 
lightest  sprays  to  the  most 
finest, 
coarsely  moulded  ones— from 
the 
delicate  twigs  of  the  black  birch  to 
the  stout  shoots  of  the  horse  chest­
nut.  Like  larger  branches  their tips 
either  ascend,  droop  or  grow  at  right 
angles  from  the  stem  and  may  be
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meeting o f the Grand  River  Valley  Horticultural 
Society.

smooth,  downy or rough  to  the  touch.
It  is  interesting  to  find  that  the 
history  of  a  tree  for  several  years 
past  can  be  told  by  studying  the 
scars  along  the  bare  stems.

The  annual  growth  each  year  is 
marked  by  a  circle  of  scars  around 
the  stem  which  was  left  by  the  scales 
of  the  buds  when  they  opened 
in 
the  spring,  and  these  scars  mark  each 
season’s  growth  for  successive  years 
along  the  stem.

in 

Besides  these  circles  of  scars  there 
are  scars  on  each  side  of  the  stem 
which  were  left  by  the  leaves  when 
they  fell 
the  autumn.  These 
scars  differ  distinctly  in  various  spe­
cies  and  may  be  found  narrow,  tri­
angular,  oval,  heart-shaped,  or  horse­
shoe  shaped,  according  to  the  species 
of  the  tree.  They  may  be  opposite 
each  other  on  the  stem,  as  those  of 
the  horse  chestnut,  maple  and  ash, 
or  the  arrangement  may  be  alternate, 
as  that  of  the  hickory,  walnut  and 
oak.

In  our  climate  the  buds  of  trees 
are  formed  in  the  summer,  during 
the  season’s  growth.  The  bud  at  the 
top  of  the  stem  is  called  the  terminal 
bud;  the  buds  in  the  axils  of  the  leaf 
scars  are  called  auxiliary  or  lateral 
buds.  As  a  rule  the  terminal  bud 
carries  on  the  growth  of  the  tree  and 
the  lateral  buds  furnish 
side 
branches.

the 

The  following  is  a  description  of a 

few  of  our  forest  trees:

The  horse  chestnut  is  a  large  tree 
with  a  pyramidal  head. 
It  has  little 
grace  or  beauty  of  outline  in  winter. 
Its  branches  are  stiff,  the  twigs  are 
coarse,  ending  bluntly  with  large ter­
minal  buds,  and  the  general  shape is 
too  compact  to  be  pleasing.  The  buds 
and  recent  shoots  are  particularly  in­
teresting,  however,  as  every  scar is 
sharply  defined  and  the  buds  are so 
large  we  can  see  the  inner  structure 
perfectly.  The  bundle 
are 
plainly  seen  on  the  leaf  scars  and 
above  the  leaf  scars  are  lateral  buds 
ready  to  develop 
lateral 
branch  a  little  later.  The  circle  of 
scars  at  the  base  of  each 
lateral 
shoot  was  left  by  the  scales  of 
the 
lateral  buds  of 
year  before 
There  are  one  or  two  small  unde­
veloped  buds  at  the  top  of  the  leaf 
scars  which  would  carry  on 
the 
if  anything 
growth  of  the  branch 
happened  to  injure  the  vigorous  buds 
at  the  top  of  the  stems.  The  dots 
on  the  bark  are  the  lenticels.

into  a 

scars 

the 

in  summer  by  the  fresh  green  of 
their  foliage.

The  white  birch  is  a  large,  graceful 
tree  60  to  75  feet  high,  with  wonder­
fully  white  bark  splitting  into 
thin 
layers.  The  branches  are 
rough 
thicker  and  the  buds 
than 
those  of  other  birches,  and  the  up­
per  part  of  the  twigs  is  hairy.  The 
buds  are  sticky  and  greener  inside 
than  those  of  other  birches— less 
silverly  and  soft.  The  leaf  scars are 
alternate.

larger 

In  winter  as  at  every  other  sea­
son  of  the  year  few  trees  surpass the 
white  birch  for  beauty  and  delicacy. 
No  other  tree  has  a  bark  so  shining- 
ly  white  and  even  the  snow  is  unable 
to  dim  its  purity.  We  usually  think 
of  this  tree  as  being  fragile  and  deli­
cate,  especially  wh^n  we  recall  it  as

it  grows  along  the  edge  of woodlands 
where  the  shade  of  other  trees  has 
forced  it  to  grow  slender  and  tall  in 
reaching  for  light.  The  white  birch 
is  really  a  large  tree,  however,  and 
often  grows  to  an  enormous 
size 
among  the  Southern  hills,  where  it 
seems  to  thrive  best.

The  wood  of  the  white  birch  is 
light,  but  it  is  hard  and  strong. 
It  is 
used  for  making  shoe  lasts  and  shoe 
pegs,  spools,  wood  pulp  and  for  fuel. 
for  making 
The  Indians  use 
sledges,  paddles,  frames 
snow 
shoes  and  the  handles  of  hatchets. 
They  also  use  the  bark  for  making 
canoes,  wigwams  and  baskets,  and 
they  make  a  drink  from  the  sap  of 
the  tree.

for 

it 

The  chestnut  is  one  of  the  largest 
of  our  forest  trees.  The  bark  is  dark,

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The  general  shape  of  the  sugar 
or  rock  maple  is  erect  with  smooth, 
clean  branches.  Among  the  differ­
ent  characteristics  of  this  tree  in win­
ter  two  stand  out  conspicuously  as 
unfailing  means  of  identification:  the 
sharp,  pointed,  brown  buds  and  the 
rough  furrowed  trunk  with  smooth 
places  between  the 
fissures.  When 
young  it  can  be  distinguished  at  a 
distance  by  its  erect  habit  of  growth 
and  general  shapeliness,  the  main 
trunk  often  extending  up  into  the 
tree,  unbroken  by  divisions.

The  birches  are  a  family  of  exceed­
ingly  graceful  and  attractive 
trees 
and  charm  us  quite  as  much  in  win­
ter  by  the  color  of  their  stems  and 
the  delicacy  of  their  twigs  as  they do

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It  has 

hard  and  rugged,  with  coarse  ridges 
on  old  trees. 
light  brown 
buds  and  alternate  leaf  scars.  Re­
cent  shoots  are  coarse  and  channel­
ed  with  two  groves  running  down 
from  the  base  of  each  leaf  scar,  close­
ly  set  with  white  or  gray  dots.  The 
fruit  is  ripe  in  October.

At  all  times  a  giant  among  trees, 
the  chestnut  seems,  perhaps,  most 
remarkable  in  winter,  when  the  mas­
sive  trunk  and 
lofty  branches  can 
be  fully  appreciated.  There  is  much 
beauty  in  the  bark  of  this  tree,  the 
fissures  sweeping  boldly  up  and  down 
the  trunk  with  broad,  smooth  spaces 
between  the  furrows,  giving  a  most 
pleasing  impression-

It  is  interesting  to  find  that 

the 
chestnut  is  one  of  the  -exceptions in 
nature  to  the  rule  that  every  tree has 
an  unvarying  mathematical  arrange­
ment  of  leaves  on  the  stem.  This 
regular  distribution  of  leaves  on the 
stem  to  economize  space  and  light 
is  called  phyllotaxy,  and  different 
trees  follow  various  systematic  ar­
rangements.  When  the  leaves  or leaf 
scars  are  alternate  on  the  stem,  as 
they  are  in  those  of  the  chestnut, the 
arrangement  is  spiral  and  one  leaf 
follows  another  up  the  stem  in  ranks 
of  two,  three,  five  or  more  in  definite 
order,  according  to  the  kind  of  tree. 
In  the  chestnut,  however,  the  phyl­
lotaxy  is  frequently  variable  in  differ­
ent  twigs  of  the  same  tree,  and  it 
follows  an  unruly,  wayward  leaf  ar­
rangement.

The  wood  of  the  chestnut  is  light, 
soft,  and  not  strong,  but  it  is  used 
for  making  cheap  furniture. 
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also  made  into  rails,  posts  and  rail­
road  ties,  as  it  is  durable  when  used 
in  contact  with  the  soil.  The  nuts 
are  sweet  and  edible  and  have  great 
market  value.  The  trees  bear  fruit 
when  they  are  very  young,  and  some 
Western  farmers  find  that  orchards 
of  these  trees  bring  better  returns 
than  the  same  amount  of  land 
in 
farm  products.

The  oaks  are  large  trees  of  temper­
ate  climates,  and  both  in  Europe  and 
America  few  trees  have  the  same  va­
ried  and  general  usefulness.  The  ex­
the  great 
traordinary  strength  in 
horizontal  branches,  their 
breadth 
and  immense  sweep,  and  the  rugged 
boldness  of  the  trunk  have  long  as­
sociated  the  oak  with  all  that  stands 
for  strength,  duration  and  unswerv­
ing  vitality.

An  oak  never  seems  out  of  place; 
no  matter  whether  we  find  it  grow­
ing  in  unbroken  forests,  on  a  country 
estate,  in  a-little  garden,  or  by  the 
roadside,  it  always  harmonizes  with 
its  surroundings  and  adds  to  the com­
position  of  the  landscape.

The  white  oak  is  a  large  tree  60  to 
80  feet  high,  with  a  trunk  often  six 
feet  in  diameter.  The  bark  is  light 
gray;  the  recent  shoots  light  reddish 
or  grayish  brown;  alternate 
leaf 
scars;  small  round  buds,  smooth  and 
short,  about  as  long  as  they  are wide; 
acorns  in  a  shallow,  rough  cup,  often 
sweet  and  edible.

The  white  oak  seems  to  figure  in 
one’s  earliest  associations  with  the 
woods  in  winter.  The  sound  of 
the 
withered  leaves  rustling  in  the  wind 
is  peculiarly  suggestive  of  cold weath­

er  and  dreariness,  and 
invariably 
strikes  the  key  note  of  the  woods 
on  a  bleak  December  day.  Towards 
the  end  of  winter  the  leaves 
are 
blown  away  or  fall  off  and  then  the 
beautiful  ramifications  and  stalwart 
limbs  of  the  trees  are  fully  revealed. 
I  have  often  noticed  in  the  country 
that  when  one  large,  old  oak  is  found 
growing  in  an  open  pasture  there are 
usually  five  or-six  more  of  the  same 
size  and  age  within  a  short  distance. 
This  may  be  accounted  for  by  the 
fact  that  in  the  early  New  England 
days  these  trees  were  in  great  de­
mand  for  shipbuilding  and  farmers 
waited  for  the  most  promising  trees 
to  reach  maturity  before  selling  them. 
On  some  farms  these  oaks  happened 
to  escape  the  ax,  and  have  not  only 
outlived  the  men  who  spared  them, 
but  stand  for  landmarks  now,  long 
after  the  farms  themselves  have been 
deserted  and  forgotten.

The  wood  of  the  white  oak  is very 
heavy  and  hard,  and  durable  in  con­
It  is  used  in the 
tact  with  the  soil. 
construction  and  interior  finish 
of 
buildings  and  in  ship  building, 
for 
making  carriages,  cabinets,  agricul­
tural  implements,  baskets  and  for 
fences  and 
It  also 
makes  excellent  fire  wood.

railroad 

ties. 

The  elms  are  remarkable  for  the 
massive  strength  of  their  trunks  and 
limbs  and  for  the  light  delicacy  of 
their  small  branches  and  twigs  as we 
see  them  against  the  sky  in  winter. 
The  American  and  English  elms  par­
ticularly  are  really  more  beautiful  in 
winter  than  in  summer,  when 
the 
contrast  between  the  little  twigs and

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the  little  branches  is  hidden  by 
the 
leaves.  The  elms  are  all  long  lived 
trees  and  grow  rapidly.  They  bear 
transplanting  and  pruning  better  than 
any  other  tree  and  grow  on  almost 
any  kind  of  soil. 
If  it  were  not  for 
the  attacks  of  insects,  to  which  the 
elms  seem  peculiarly  liable,  no  trees 
would  be  more  deserving  of  cultiva­
tion.  Perhaps  no  other  tree  is 
so 
strongly  associated  in  our  minds with 
the  beautiful  old  valley  towns  and 
hillside  villages  of  New  England,  and 
to  the  elms  they  largely  owe  their 
beauty.

The  American  elm  stands  absolute­
ly  alone  among  trees  for  its  especial 
kind  of  beauty.  No  other  tree  com­
bines  such  strength  and  lofty stateli­
ness  with  so  much  fine  work  and 
delicacy. 
Its  trunk  divides  a  short 
distance  from  the  ground  into  many 
large 
spreading  branches,  which 
stretch  up  high  into  the  air  and  sup­
port  the  waving,  drooping,  curving 
twigs  and  small  branches.

It  is  interesting  to  find  out  how 
many  distinct  shapes  the  American 
elm  takes.  These  are  so  varied  that 
many  people  think  that  each  form is 
a  separate  species,  but  they  are  all 
different  types  of  the  same  tree.

And  so  from  the  great  outlines of 
the  trees  against  the  sky  to  the  little 
scales  of  the  buds  on  the  stems  we 
marvel  to  find  here,  as  in  all  nature, 
order,  law,  consisting  of  infinite  va­
riety.

Courting  is  the  delicate  science of 
showing  your  love  to  a  party  without 
expressing  it.

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ed  as  to  be  cut  off  from  it  and  so 
safe,  but  the  path  to  the  divorce 
court  is  kept  hot  by  wives  who  were 
married  when  they  were  mere  chil­
dren,  and  before  they  found  out  how 
intoxicating  is  the  draught  of  admir­
ation,  and  flattery,  and  lovemaking 
that  man  offers  to  woman’s  lips.  If 
a  woman  acquires  a  taste  for  this  af­
ter  marriage  God  help  her  husband, 
for  there  is  no  cure  for  the  married 
flirt.  She  may  not  be  a  bad  woman, 
or  an  actually  immoral  one,  but  her 
like  the 
craving  for  admiration 
hunger  for  opium. 
It  grows  by what 
it  feeds  on,  and  there  is  no  limit  to 
the  depth  of  imbecility  into  which 
it  will  lead  its  victim.

is 

If  you  will  trace  back  the  stories 
of  the  infidelity  of  wives  half  of  the ] 
time  you  will  find  that  the  woman 
was  married  when  she  was 
very 
young,  before  she  had  experienced | 
the  thrilling  delight  of  listening  to a | 
man’s  vow  of  deathless  devotion,  or 
had  known  the  subtle  sense  of  power 
with  which  a  woman  finds  out  that 
she  can  sway  men  by  her  beauty  or 
her  charm.  Few  husbands 
ever i 
make  love  to  their  wives,  and  so  it 
is  the  woman’s  natural  desire  for this 
courtship  and  this  adulation  that she j 
has  missed  that  leads  her  into  seek- j 
ing  it  away  from  home  and  in  for- j 
bidden  paths.

Far  otherwise  is  it  with  the  woman j 
who  has  been  a  belle  before  she was 
married.  She  has  had  her  fill  of 
adulation  and  admiration  from men, 
and  it  possesses  none  of  the  charms 
of  novelty  to  her.  She  has  heard 
the  verb  to  love  conjugated  in  all  its 
moods  and  tenses  until  it  is  as  weari­
some  as  a  school  exercise.  She  has 
played  at  the  game  of  flirtation  until 
it  has  palled  upon  her,  and  as 
a 
married  woman  she  would  no  more 
think  of  finding  amusement  in  carry­
ing  on  a  surreptitious  love  affair  than 
Paderewski  would  think  of  grinding 
out  rag-time  from  a  barrel  organ.  She 
has  had  all  she  wanted.  She  is  tired 
of  it.  She  has  outgrown  it.  Above 
all  she  has  picked  out  the  man  she 
prefers,  after  knowing  many  men, 
and  the  woman  who  has  been  a  flirt 
before  marriage  may  be  depended 
upon  to  hang  up  her  bow  and  arrow 
when  she  marches  to  the  altar,  and 
never  to  indulge  in  the  sport  again.

An  old  negro  woman  once  put  this 
matter  pithily  to  me  when,  in  speak­
ing  of  a  frivolous  matron,  she  made 
this  excuse  for  the  flighty  lady:  “You 
see,  honey,”  said  the  dusky  philoso­
pher,  “Miss  Ma’y  done  married  be­
fore  she  had  any  gal  time,  and  a 
woman  just  ’bleeged  to  have  a  gal 
time.  Ef  it  don’t  come  while  she’s 
young,  it’s  got  to  come  when  she  is 
old.  Miss  Ma’y  is  just  getting  her 
gal  time  now.”  A  profound  truth is 
wrapped  up  in  this  homely  axiom. 
The  reason  that  the  American  mar­
ried  woman,  as  a  whole, 
is  more 
trustworthy  than  her  continental  sis­
ter  is  that,  as  a  rule,  the  American 
woman  has  had  her  girl  time  of 
lovemaking,  and  flirtation,  and  free 
admiration  from  men  before  mar­
riage,  while  marriage  first  opens  the 
door  to  these  pleasures  to  the  major­
ity  of  European  women.  So,  in  real­
ity,  in  choosing  a  wife  the  man  who

The  Girl  Who  Has  Never  Had 

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W ritten  for  the  Tradesm an.

As  a  general  thing  the  sophisticat­
ed  woman  appeals  to  a  man  as  more 
enjoyable  as  a  companion  than  desir­
able  as  a  wife.  He  may  like  to  spend 
his  leisure  hours  in  the  society  of  a 
woman  who  knows  her  world,  but 
when  he  marries  he  is  apt  to  pick 
out  some  gentle  creature  who  has, at 
least,  the  illusion  of  artless  ignorance 
about  her,  for  there  is  no  gainsaying 
the  fact  that  an  impression  prevails 
among  men  that  the 
less  a  wife 
knows  the  better.

This  explains  the  fascination  of the 
debutante,  and  the  reason  why  men 
so  often  pass  by  the  cultured,  ele­
gant,  socially  experienced  woman of 
their  own  set  to  fall  in  love  with 
some  rustic  maiden,  with  whom their 
marriages  are  as  incongruous  as  the 
union  of the  Sevres  jar  and  the  earth­
en  pot.  To  men  ignorance  in  worn- j 
an  still  means 
innocence  and  ab­
sence  of  opportunity,  lack  of  desire, 
when, 
far j 
apart  as  the  poles.

in  reality,  they  are  as 

Still  this  is  a  mistake  that  men  | 

almost  universally  make,  and strange­
ly  enough,  the  older  they  are  and the 
less  excuse  there  is  for  their  making 
such  an  error,  the  more  apt  they  are 
to  fall  into  it. 
If  an  old  bachelor  I 
marries,  for  instance,  he  almost  inva­
riably  picks  out  some  little  girl  just 
out  of  the  school  room  with 
the 
aroma  of  bread  and  butter  still  about 
her,  instead  of  some  woman  of  his 
own  age  who  has  arrived  at  his own 
cocktail  state  of  experience,  so 
to 
speak.

“Here  is 

The  average  man’s  ideal  of  woman 
is  still  Eve  before  she  ate  the  apple, 
not  the  Eves  who  refrain  from  eat­
ing  apples  because  the  fruit  is  bad 
for  their  digestion,  so  when  his  de­
lighted  gaze  falls  upon  the  ingenue 
he  says  to  himself: 
the 
modest  little  floweret  I  have  been 
looking  for!  She  does  not  know  any­
thing  about  admiration  and  adulation 
like  the  splendid  big  roses  that bloom 
in  the  conservatories,  and  so  I  will 
transplant  her  to  the  secluded  shade 
of  my  own  home  where  she  will be 
perfectly  satisfied  just  to  shed  her 
perfume  for  me.  Heaven  defend me 
from  acquiring,  for  my  own  pleas­
ure.  one  of  the  prize  winning  flow­
ers  that  every  man  that  comes along 
has  admired,  for  I  apprehend  that 
that  kind  of  a  woman  can  not  live 
except  in  an  atmosphere  of  perpetual 
adulation,  and  I  do  not  care  for  any 
married  belle  in  mine.”

Thereupon  the  wise  man  marries  a 
young  girl  during  her  first  season in 
society,  firmly  convinced 
that  be­
cause  he  is  the  first  and  only  man 
who  has  ever  made  love  to  her  that 
he  will  be  the  last  and  only.  This 
depends  on  circumstances.  The  girl 
may  be  sufficiently  in  love  with  him 
to  never  crave  the  admiration  of  any 
other  man,  or  she  may  be  so  situat­

picks  out  a  woman  who  has  been 
surfeited  on  admiration  gets  a  pre­
ferred  risk.  Not  so  with  the  man 
who  marries  the  ingenue  who  still 
has  her  debt  of  admiration  to  collect 
from  man.

Another  mistake  that  men  make 
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women  do.  The  city  man,  at  least, 
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in 

Never  was  a  more 

is  no  other  woman 

is  utterly  weary  of  the  deadly  round 
of  social  gayeties,  and  until  the  very 
sight  of  a  restaurant  fills  him  with 
loathing,  and  the  glare  of  electricity 
above  the  theater  door  makes  him 
want  to  run  from  it  instead  of  into 
it. 
In  his  picture  of  domestic  bliss 
he  sees  himself  spending  the  evenings 
in  slippered  ease  by  his  own  fireside, 
and  the  mere  thought  of  being  drag­
ged  about  in  a  wife’s  wake  to  balls, 
and  parties,  and  first  nights,  fills him 
with  such  terror  that  he  feels  his 
only  safety  lies  in  marrying  some 
woman  who  knows  nothing  of them.
fatal  error. 
the 
There 
world  who  is  so  absolutely  crazy  for 
every  form  of  amusement  as 
the 
woman  who  has  never  known  any 
gayety  and  who  all  of  her  life  has 
been  starving  for  it.  She  is  like  a 
man  dying  of  thirst  who  is  suddenly 
plunged  into  a  river  where  he  can 
steep*  himself  to  the  lips.  Perhaps 
she  has  never  been  to  a  ball  before, 
and  the  intoxication  of  dancing  be­
comes  a  frenzy  with  her  that  makes 
her  mad  to  go  to  every  party  to 
which  she  is  invited.  Perhaps  she 
has  never  been  to  a  restaurant  before, 
and  the  golden  streets  of the New Je­
rusalem  do  not  appear  so  desirable 
to  her  eyes  as  to  eat  in  a  gilded  pub­
lic  dining  room.  Perhaps  she  has 
never  been  to  a  five  o’clock  tea  be­
fore,  and  the  inane  chatter  of  wom­
en’s  tongues  at  a  reception  is  like the 
music  of  the  spheres  of  which  she 
can  never  get  enough. 
I  have  seen 
a  country  bred  wife,  whose  most po­
tent  charm  in  her  husband’s  eyes

was  her  promise  of  domesticity,  con­
verted  as  soon  as  she  reached  town 
into  the  most  insatiable  of  theater 
fiends,  and  restaurant  goers,  and  a 
gad-about  who  counted  every  min­
ute 
lost  that  she  had  to  spend  in 
her  own  home,  and  who  could  never 
by  any  stretch  of  the  imagination 
understand  why  her  husband  prefer­
red  to  have  dinner  at  home  and spend 
an  evening  in  the  library,  when  he 
might  be  eating  at  a  table  d’  hote 
down  town  and  going  to  see  a  musi­
cal  extravaganza.

social 

Nor  is  there  any 

climber 
equal  to  the  woman  who  has  always 
sat  at  the  foot  of  the  ladder  and  en­
vied  the  women  who  were  perched 
on  the  top  rung.  Almost  without 
exception  the  women  of  whose  in­
sane  extravagance  we  hear,  and  who 
bankrupt  their  husbands  trying 
to 
break  into  society  by  means  of  bi­
zarre  entertainments  whose 
every 
is  gold-plaited,  are  women 
feature 
who  are  not  used  to  society,  and 
to 
whom  seeing  their  names  in  the  so­
ciety  column  of  the  papers  is  a  new 
and  undiluted  joy  of  which  they  can 
not  get  enough.

is 

the 

Here,  too,  it  is  the  woman  who  has 
had  who 
safe  matrimonial 
chance  for  a  man.  The  girl  who  has 
been  in  society  all  her  life,  who  has 
been  to  parties  and  balls  and  theaters 
lost  all  charm  of 
until  they  have 
novelty,  is  glad  enough 
settle 
down  to  domesticity,  and  to  find her 
pleasures  inside  of  her  home  instead 
of  without  it.  To 
the  girl  who 
knows  her  Europe  as  she  does  her 
native  town  every  excursion  does not

to 

offer  a  temptation;  having  seen  the 
best  the  stage  affords  she  does  not 
yearn  to  see  every  silly  play  that  is 
put  on  the  boards;  having  wearied of 
balls  and  parties  she  is  glad  to  turn 
from  them  to  the  abiding  pleasures 
of  old  books  and  old  friends.  Hav­
ing  also  a  settled  position  in  society 
she  does  not  feel 
it  necessary  to 
keep  herself  before  the  public  by 
spectacular  stunts  that  get  her  name 
in  the  newspapers.  This  is  why  we 
often  hear  it  said  of  some  woman 
that  she  has  almost  dropped  out  of 
society  since  her  marriage,  but  we 
can  depend  upon  it  that  she  is  mak­
ing 
some  man  a  good  wife,  and 
mighty  happy.

Pretty  much  the  same  rule  will  be 
found  to  apply  to  women  and  econo­
my.  Most  men  are  afraid  to  marry a 
girl  who  has  been  raised  rich 
lest 
she  be  extravagant,  and  there  is  a 
theory  that  if  a  man  wants  a  saving 
and  helpful  wife  he  should  marry  a 
poor  girl.  Quite  the  reverse  of  this 
is  generally  true.  To  the  girl  who 
has  never  had  any  money  at  all  to 
spend  the  two  or  three  thousand 
dollars  that  her  husband  earns  seems 
as  unending  as  the  wealth  of  a 
Rockefeller  and  she  is  generally  reck­
less  in  throwing  it  away,  whereas to 
the  girl  who  has  been  used 
to 
thousands  instead  of  hundreds, 
the 
husband’s  small  income  seems  so  lit­
tle  that  she  feels  that  she  must  save 
every  cent.  Besides  this,  rich  people 
are  habitually  better  economists, and 
know  better  how  to  get  the  worth 
of  their  money  than  poor  people  do, 
because  there  are  many  places 
in

which  only  the  rich  can  afford  to 
economize.

In  the  end  the  question  of  a 
choice  between  the  girl  who  has  had 
the  things  she  desired,  and  the  girl 
who  has  never  had  them,  narrows 
itself  down  to  the  old  one  of  human 
experience,  and  the  reason  that  men 
make  so  many  mistakes  in  deciding 
this  important  question 
is  because 
they  have  never  yet  learned  that  a 
woman  is  a  human  being.

Dorothy  Dix.

For  Safety.

First  Citizen— It  is  not  enough  that 
bicycles  carry  bells.  The  law  should 
enforce  a  regular  system  of  signals 
that  all  can  understand.

Second  Citizen— What  would  you 

suggest?

right;” 

First  Citizen— Well,  I  don’t  know 
exactly,  but  it  might  be  something 
like  this:  One  ring,  “stand  still;  two 
rings,  “dodge  to  the 
three 
rings,  “dive  to  the  left;”  four  rings, 
“jump  straight  up  and  I’ll  run  under 
you;”  five  rings,  “turn  a  back  hand­
spring  and  land  behind  me,”  and  so 
on.  You  see,  we  who  walk  are  al­
ways  glad  to  be  accommodating,  but 
the  trouble  is  to  find  out  what  the 
fellow  behind  wants  us  to  do.

Professional  Opinions.

“Did  Jones  have  appendicitis?”
“The  doctors  disagreed. 
thought  he  had  money  and 
thought  he  hadn’t.”

Some 
some 

We  are  not  meant  to  be  good  in 
this  world,  but  try  to  be  and  fail  and 
keep  on  trying.

YOU CANt FOOL 

A BEE

When it comes to a question of purity the 
bees know.  You can’t deceive them.  "¡Hey recognize 
pure honey wherever they see it.  They desert flowers for

CORN
SYRU P

every  time.  They  know  that  Karo is corn honey,  containing the same 
properties as bees* honey.
Karo  and  honey  look  alike,  taste  alike,  are alike.  Mix  Karo  with 
honey,  or  honey  with Karo and experts can’t  separate  them.  Even  the 
In fact,  Karo and honey are identical,  ex« 
bees can t tell which is which. 
cept that Karo is better than  honey for less money.  Try it.
Put up in air«tight, friction-top tins, and sold by all  grocers  in  three 
sizes,  10c, 25c, 50c.
Free on request  “ Karo in the Kitchen,*’ Mrs. Helen Armstrong'■  book of original receipts.

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stock  for  $5,400  and  would  sell  him 
half  of  it  for  $2,700.  He  went  on to 
tell  him  that  he  could  move  the stock 
down  where  they  lived,  buy  some 
new  stuff  to  go  with  it,  and  he  could 
then  quit  traveling  and  be  at  home 
with  his  family.  Mr.  F.  thought  it 
would  be  a  capital  idea,  and  immedi­
ately  got  on  the  train  with  Mr.  M. 
and  up  to  that  town  they  went  to 
inspect 
from 
which  they  both  expected  so  much.

stock  of  shoes, 

the 

After  looking  over  the  stock  (he 
might  as  well  have  been  looking over 
the  town)  he  said  he  would  take  it, 
and  accordingly,  gave  Mr.  M.  his 
check  for  $2,700.

He  was  very  much  elated  over the 
deal  and  commenced  to  lay  plans  as 
to  how  he  was  going  to  run  it.  The 
first  problem  which  presented  itself 
was  moving  it  about  100  miles  and 
getting  it  in  shape  for  sale.  He  did 
not  know  a  right  from  a  left  and  can­
didly  admitted  as  much,  and 
the 
problem  of  getting  it  set  up  after 
reaching  its  destination  was  a  serious 
one,  but  he 
finally  overcame  that 
by  getting  me  to  go  down  with  him 
and  take  charge  of  the  proceedings.

That  being  settled  he  commenced 
to  tell  us  about  the  clerk  he  intend­
ed  to  hire  if  he  could  get  him.  We 
enquired  what  he  was  doing  at 
the 
present  time  and  he  replied  that  he 
“was  driving  an  ice  wagon.”  “He’s 
never  had  any  shoe  experience,” said 
he,  “but  he’s  the  most  popular  fel­
low  in  town  and  they  can’s  have  any 
kind  of  doings  in  town  from  an  ice 
cream  supper  to  a  wedding  without 
having  Harvey  Duff 
there.”  We 
other  clerks  looked  at  each  other  in 
amazement.  We  couldn’t  figure  out 
how  Mr.  F.  and  Harvey  Duff  could 
make  a  success  of  the  shoe  business 
when  old  experienced  men  were  go­
ing  under.

One  thing  in  Mr.  Duff’s  favor  was 
that  he  was  a  good  fellow  at  all  func­
tions.  There’s  nothing  like  having a 
clerk  that  is  a  mixer and whose pres­
ence  is  indispensable  at  all 
social 
gatherings.  Those  qualities,  in  con­
nection  with  a  reasonable  knowedge 
of  the  shoe  business,  makes  an  ideal 
clerk,  but  we  were  a  little  apprehen­
sive  about  Mr.  F.  and  Mr.  Duff  mak­
ing  a  success  of  the  business,  as 
neither  one  had  ever  sold  a  pair  of 
shoes  in  his  life.  For  some  reason 
or  other  Mr.  Duff’s  services  were not 
engaged  and  we  instantly came  to  the 
conclusion  that  he’d  “rather  be  the 
ice  man.”

in 

stock 

Another  young  man  was  engaged, 
however, who  was  very popular  in the 
town,  and  we  spent  the  first  few 
days  getting  the 
shape. 
Shoes  were  unpacked  and  put  in  new 
cartons,  where  the  old  ones  were 
broken,  and  arranged  on  the  shelf in 
a  systematic  manner.  Oscar,  the new 
clerk,  and  I  did  the  work  while  Mr. 
F.  looked  on  and  got  all  the  pointers 
he  could.  He  would  say 
to  me, 
“Now  Me,  you  just  order  me  and 
Oscar  around  as  if  you  owned  the 
store,  and  don’t  you  do  a  thing  but 
boss.”  That  was  a  good  indication to 
start  with,  and  we  were  inclined  to 
encourage  it.  He  and  Oscar  were 
very  apt  pupils  and  in  a  few  days we 
were  ready  to  open  up  for  business.

I  suggested  to  Mr.  F.  that  he  take 
about  a  half-page  in  the  local  paper 
to  announce  his  new  business. 
I  did 
not  exactly  say  a  half-page,  but  sup­
posed,  of  course,  he  would  use  that 
much.  He  commissioned  me  to  write

up  the  advertisement,  which  I  did and 
I  expected  it  to  occupy  a  good  part 
of one page,  but  when  the  paper  came 
out  my  effusion  with  which  I  had 
taken  so  much  pains  was  found  way 
down  in  the  southwest  corner  of  the

School Shoes

We  make 

a complete  line— from  those  worn  by 

large  boys  to 

those  worn by 

small  g i r l s ,  

and every pair 

be in g   made 

by  s k i l l e d  

workmen,  out 

of  th e  best

l e a t h e r ,   we 
can  a s s u r e

you  of  abso­

lute  foot satis­

faction both to 

c h i l d   a n d  

parent.

W e will call 

with  samples 

any  time  you 
say.

Rindge,  Kalmbach,  Logie & Co.,  Ltd.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Don’t  Forget

That  the most  important  part  of your  business 
is  quick  delivery  in  time  of  need.  4   fab  and 
complete  line  of Tennis  Shoes  in  all  grades  and 
colors  enables  us  to  supply  your  wants  with 
dispatch.  Just  the  thing  for vacation.

The Joseph  Banigan  Rubber Co.

Geo.  S.  Miller, Selling Agent
131*133 Market St, Chicago, Hi.

Investigate the  merits of  Banigan  and  Woonas- 
quatucket  Rubbers and make a good investment.

Keep  Out  of  a  Business  You  Don’t 

Understand.

Speaking  on  the  subject  of  under­
standing  the  shoe  business  before go­
ing  into  it  reminds  me  of  a  case  that 
came  under  my  personal  observation 
and  with  which  I  was  closely  asso­
ciated.  The  party  I  have  in  mind 
knew  just  about  as  much  about  the 
shoe  business  as  he  did  air  ships  and 
the  results  of  his  venture 
showed 
that  my  theory  is  correct— every  man 
to  his  business.

Mr.  F.  was  a  dry  goods  drummer 
and  was  considered  a  successful  one. 
He  had  traveled  for  a  big  St.  Louis 
house  for  several  years,  owned  his 
own  property  in  a  thriving  Southern 
Illinois  town,  had  a  nice  bank  ac­
count,  was  giving  his 
children  a 
good  education  and  showed  every 
evidence  of  being  in  a  prosperous 
condition,  but  his  love  of  home  and 
family  caused  him  to  seek  other  busi­
ness  where  he  could  be  with  them 
more.  He  “never  cared  to  wander 
from  his  own  fireside,”  and  he  began 
to  watch  the  “business  chances”  in 
the  big  newspapers  in  the  hope  of 
landing  on  something  that  would  be 
more  congenial  than  traveling.

couldn’t 

In  1897,  in  one  of  the  most  pros­
perous  cities  in  Central  Illinois 
a 
gentleman  had  retired  from  the  shoe 
business—by  request  of  his  creditors. 
A  couple  of  years  previous  he  was 
the  most  popular  shoe  man  in  town, 
had  the  carriage  trade  and  did  a  big 
business  in  the  A’s  and  AA’s,  but 
he 
stand  prosperity,  so­
ciety’s  demands  on  his  time  caused 
him  to  neglect  his  business  and  it 
went  down  so  low  that  one  morning 
the  sheriff  came  down  and  took  pos­
session.  My  friend  was  not  easily 
dismayed,  however,  and  managed to 
make  a  settlement  with  his  creditors. 
He  held  an  assignee’s  sale  which  was 
a  hummer,  and  just  as  he  was  ready 
to  make  the  last  payment  on  his  in­
debtedness  the  bank  in  which  he  de­
posited  failed.  This  put  him  out 
good  and  proper  and  his  creditors 
demanded  what  was  left  of  the  stock.
About this  time a  Mr.  M.,  who lived 
in  the  same  town  with  Mr.  F.,  ap­
peared  on  the  scene.  Mr.  M.  was  a 
very  wise  man,  and  made  a  good  liv­
ing  and  money  besides,  by  watching 
for  good  things  and  taking  advantage 
of  people  who  had  been  unfortunate 
in  business  and  needed  assistance.  He 
furnished  the  money  to  pay  off  the 
creditors  and  then  traded  a 
farm 
which  he  didn’t  own,  to  the  popular 
shoe  man  for  what  was  left  of  the 
stock,  which  was  invoiced.  He  al­
lowed  him  60  cents  on  the  dollar  for 
it  which  was  30  cents  more  than  it 
was  worth,  and  as  it  invoiced  about 
$9,000,  he  paid  him  $5,400 
(in  a 
farm  he  didn’t  own).

He  then  went  to  his 

friend  and 
neighbor,  Mr.  F.,  and  told  him  what 
a  good  thing  he  had  and  wanted  to 
let  him  in  on  it.  He  explained  that 
he  had  gotten  hold  of  a  $9,000  shoe

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paper  in  a  space  of  about  four  inches 
in  one  column! 
I  was  greatly  disap­
pointed,  but  concluded  that  I  ought 
to  stand  it  if  he  could.

The  Opening(?)  was  a  failure, not 
more  than  eighteen  or  twenty  pairs 
of  shoes  being  sold  all  day.  Mr.  F. 
and  Oscar  sailed  in  and  helped  all 
they  could  and  Oscar  made  a  good 
impression  on  the  trade  and  gave 
promise  of  developing  into  a  good 
salesman.  He  could  meet  any  ordi­
nary  objection  with  ease  and  could 
make  them  think  it  fit  whether  it  did 
or  not.

them.  After 

Two  very  charming  young  ladies 
came  in  and  as  Mr.  F.  was  well  ac­
quainted  with  them  he  went  forth  to 
wait  on 
exchanging 
pleasantries  for  a  few  minutes  one 
of  them  said,  “Mr.  F.,  I  wish  to  look 
at  a  pair  of  boots,  No. 
C.”  Now 
Mr.  F.  had  never  heard  them  called 
“boots”  before  and  he  was  non-pluss- 
ed,  however  he  didn’t  want  to  show 
his  ignorance.  His  idea  of  a  boot 
was  some  kind  of a  contraption  which 
fitted  over  the  foot  and  had  a  gener­
ous  top  to  it  and  what  did  he  do but 
go  and  get  a  pair  of  leggins  and  hold 
them  up  to  the  amazed  young  lady 
and  asked  if that  was  what  was  want­
ed!  Oscar  and  I  saw  the  proceedings 
and  while  we  could  not  contain  our 
risibles,  we  felt  very  sorry  for  Mr. 
F. 
It  is  needless  to  say  the  young 
lady  bought  no  “boots”  in  that  store.
Instead  of  sorting  out  his  stock  be­
fore  placing  it  on  sale,  he  put  it  all 
in  together.  He  could  have  gotten 
regular  price  for  some  of  it,  as  it  was 
in  good  condition,  and  then  when he 
was  obliged  to  cut  and 
slash  on 
most  of  it  he  would  have  averaged 
up  better,  but  his  instructions  to  us 
was  to  sell  it  all  at  cost.— Drygoods- 
man.

Retailers  Essential  to  the  Distribu­

tion  of  Shoes.
and 
catalogue 
The  mail  order 
themselves  of 
houses  are  availing 
every  opportunity  to  extend 
their 
trade  throughout  the  country.  Since 
the  institution  of  the  free  mail  de­
livery  system  the  efforts  of  the  large 
city  houses  to  eliminate  the  retailer 
and  sell  shoes  directly  to  the  consum­
er,  have  been  greatly  facilitated.

It  would  be  well  at  this  time  for 
every  one  connected  with  the  trade 
to  take  some  thought  of  the  trend  of 
affairs  and  consider  broadly  whether 
it is  expedient  to attempt  to  eliminate 
the  retailer.  A   very  little  examina­
tion  into  the  question  will  suffice  to 
demonstrate  that  the  retail  dealer  is 
the  vital  factor  in  the  distribution of 
almost  every  commodity.  As  a  mat­
ter  of  fact  it  is  not  possible  for  the 
manufacturer  or  wholesaler  to  dis­
pense  with  the  services  of  the  re­
tailer. 
country 
where  agriculture  is  the  basis  of 
wealth,  it  is  impossible  to  get  along 
In  country  commu­
without  credit. 
nities  the  consumer 
the 
retailer  for  credit  and  the  retailer  in 
turn  gets  a  line  of  credit  from  the 
jobber  or  manufacturer.  This  is the 
legitimate  and  established  system  of 
trading.  The  consumer  who  ignores 
the  retailer  and  orders  direct  from  a 
catalogue  house  is  to  that  extent  in-

Throughout 

looks  to 

the 

juring  the  retailer  in  his  neighbor­
hood,  and  is  attempting  to  destroy a 
credit  system  of  trading  which  may 
be  depended  upon  to  carry  him  over 
the  between-crop  period  when  money 
is  scarce.

There  is  really  no  excuse  for  ig­
noring  the  neighborhood 
retailer 
when  purchasing  shoes.  As  a  matter 
of  fact  the  shoe  retailer  if  he  is  prop­
erly  supported  by  his  neighborhood, 
can  sell  shoes  of  as  good  quality  and 
at  as  low  prices  as  any  mail  order 
house  in  the  country.  Then  again 
shoes  can  never  be  bought  satisfac­
torily  without  seeing  them  and  try­
ing  them  on. 
It  is  a  notorious  fact 
that  shoe  cuts  can  be  made  to  make 
the  poorest  shoe  look  equal  to  the 
best.  The  difference  between 
fine 
leather  and  inferior  stock  and  be­
tween  good  workmanship  and  faulty 
construction  can  only  be  distinguish­
ed  by  looking  at  the  shoes  and  try­
ing 

them  on.

a 

out 

It  would  be  well  for  retail  mer­
chants  if  they  would  organize  asso­
ciations  and  send 
literature, 
dwelling  upon  the  points  above  made. 
The  consumers  of  any  given  locality 
will  really  serve  their  best  interests 
by  confining  their  purchases  to  the 
retail  dealers  in  their  vicinity.  Very 
little  argument  should  be  necessary to 
demonstrate  to  any  practical  farmer 
the  advantage  of  having  a  thriving, 
prosperous  town  within  driving  dis­
tance.  The  only  way 
country 
town  can  be  made  prosperous  is  by 
the  people  in  the  vicinity  making 
their  purchases 
there..  There  are 
persons,  of  course,  who 
so 
thoughtless  and 
illogical  that  they 
will  in  good  times  when  money  is 
plentiful  send  their  cash  hundreds of 
miles  to  mail  order  and  catalogue 
houses  and  then  atfer  a  crop  failure 
when  money  is  scarce  will  grumble 
and  repine  because  their  neighbor­
hood  retailer  is  not  in  a  position  to 
extend  them  a  line  of  credit.  • All 
other  things  being  equal,  the  finan­
cial  strength  of  a  retail  store  de­
pends  upon  the  support  given  it  by 
purchasers  in  the  neighborhood.  Re­
tail  dealers  everywhere  should  get 
together  and  in  an  organized  capaci­
ty  press  these  truths  home  to  the 
consumers  in 
their  vicinity.— Shoe 
Trade  Journal.

are 

Vanity  Fair.

Dress  has  made  a  maniac  of  more 

than  one  married  man.

Don’t  assume  that  Sweet  Sixteen’s 

mind  is  as  transparent  as  her  dress.

Some  women  don’t  adopt  tiny  rose­
buds  and  muslin  until  they  are  well 
past  forty.

Fine  clothes  were  first  devised  by 
the  enterprising  wife  of  a  dull  preach­
er  to  swell  her  husband’s  congrega­
tion.

It  is  natural  to  assume  that  women 
who  affect  cherry millinery must  have 
a  predilection  toward  the  truth.

Don’t  judge  a  dress  by  the  tag; 
many  forgeries  are  being  perpetrated.
Cleverness  is  the  ax  that  cuts down 

much  good  matrimonial  timber.

Crusoe-like,  a  woman  is  seized  with 
a  panic  of  fear  when  first  she  discov­
ers  the  footprints  of  a  man  on  her 
heart.

Just  at-This Tim e

Most  merchants  are  wanting  goods  to  size  up  their 
stock.  We  have  a  big  stock  on  our  floors  and  will  be 
only  too  glad  to  serve  you  promptly.

If you  want  any Tennis Shoes let  us  know.  We 

have  them.

Our  leather line  for  fall  is  receiving  many  compli­

ments*.  Let  our salesmen  show  you.

GEO.  H.  REEDER  &  CO., Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Success  in  Shoe  Business

Depends largely on  keeping  up  sizes.  Of  course  you  want 
good lines  also.  Now is the time to  size  up  stock  of  Sum­
mer Shoes for the  “ Fourth.”  W e have all colors in Canvas 
Shoes—leather  sole  or  rubber—and  make  a  specialty  of 
hurry-up orders.

Our  “ Custom  Made  Shoes”  fill  the  bill  for  wear  and 

comfort.

Waldron, Alderton & Melze

131,  133,  135  N.  Franklin  St.,  Saginaw,  Mich.

Wholesale Boots,  Shoes and  Rubbers

State Agents for the Lycoming Rubbers Co.

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O U R   A G E N T S  will  call  on you  in  the  near  future 
with  a  full  line  of  both  fall  and  seasonable  goods. 
Kindly  look over  our  line;  our goods  are  trade  build­
ers. 
If  you  are  one  of  the  few  that  have  never 
handled  them  send  us  your  order  at  once. 
It  will 
pay  you  to  investigate  our $1.50  Ladies  Shoes.
Buy  Walden  shoes  made  by

WALDEN  SHOE  CO.,  Grand  Rapids

Shoe ITanufacturers

WHY

Our  Hard  Pan  shoes  wear  better,  look  better,  and  sell  better 

than  any  other.

The  best  sole  leather  that  can  be  bought  goes  into  them.  The 
upper  stock  is  tanned  especially  for  us.  We  use  HORSE  HIDE 
topping  and  put  in  Bellows  Tongue  of  same.  We  put  an  extra  row 
of  wax  stitching  in  vamp  to  insure  against  ripping.  We  use  HORSE 
HIDE  for  eyelet  stays,  inside  back  stay  and  outside  back  stay. 

These  are  the  points  that  make  our 

HARD  PAN  SHOES 
W EAR  L IK E   IRON.

HeroldaBertsch  S h o e   Co.,  M akers of shoes

Grand  Rapids, Michigan

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Tradesman  Company

Qrand Rapids, Mick.

“I  gave  you  the  money  for  the 

grocer  yesterday.”

“But  I  used  that  to  pay  the  meat 

“The  meat  man?  You  paid  him 

man.”

last  week.”

“No,  dear,  I  took  that  money  to 
pay  for  the  groceries  we  bought  week 
before  last.”

“How  much  is  the  grocer’s  bill this 

week?”

“Five  dollars.”
“Take  it  out  of  my 

insurance 
money.  I  can  stand  the  company  off 
thirty  days.”

“But  I  have  used  the 

insurance 

money,  dear,  to  pay  the  rent.”

“Rent?”
“Yes,  dear,  the  January  rent.  The 

February  rent  is  due  to-morrow.”

“Can’t  we  get  the  landlord  to  wait 

until  the  end  of  the  month?”

“He  does  now,  James.  The  Janu­
ary  rent  was  really  the  December 
rent,  you  know.”

Every  time  you  ask  extension  of 
time  it  hurts  your  credit,  not  only 
with  the  one  of  whom  you  ask  it, 
but  others.  They  soon  learn  of  it.  Do 
not  buy  beyond  your  ability  to  pay.

Our

Kangaroo Kip

BELLOWS  TONGUE 

yt  Double  Sole 

Just  the  shoe  for  the  Farmer

and  the laborer.

We use  the  best  tannages 
in  our own  make of  shoes.

is 

those 

tion  is  increasing  now  in  the  ratio 
of  the  increase  of  the 
last  decade. 
The  Director  of  the  Census  believes 
that  this  method  will  give  very  ac­
curate  results  in  all  well-settled com­
munities,  while,  as  stated  in  the  bul­
letin,  they  will  be  too  small  for  lo­
calities  experiencing  unusual  growth. 
As  there  is  no  way  except  actual 
enumeration— which 
impossible— 
to  get  the  correct  population  in  these 
exceptional  cases, 
interested 
will  have  to  content  themselves with 
such  guesses  as  they  can  devise, bas­
ed  on  multiplication  of  the  registered 
voters,  the  number  of  school  children, 
or  the  names  in  the  directory  by 
some  assumed  number  which  they 
find  to  give  satisfactory  results.  Such 
methods,  however,  have  this  disad­
vantage,  that  the  results,  being  inva­
riably  much  too  large— no  estimates 
being  made  except  with  a  multiplier 
sure  to  produce  a  good  showing—  
there  is  always  an  uncomfortable 
setback  when  the  actual  enumeration 
is  made  in  the  census  year.

It  is  difficult  to  see  why  the  people 
| of  any  city  should  care  whether  it 
was  large  or  small,  or  growing  rapid­
ly  or  slowly.  Of  course,  when  a  city 
is  thought  to  be-growing  fast  own­
ers  of  real  estate  may  be  able  to  sell 
land  for  more  than  it  is  really  worth, 
while  if  it  is  not  thought  to  be grow­
ing  buyers  may  be  able  to  get  good 
bargains.  It  would  appear  that  from 
the  standpoint  of  the  public  one  was 
as  desirable  as  the  other.  We  do 
not  know  why  public 
sympathy 
should  always  be  with  the  seller  in 
such  cases.  Whether,  however,  one 
can  understand  it  or  not,  and  regard­
less  of  absurdities  which 
analysis 
might  disclose,  there  is  no  question 
whatever  that  municipal  pride  in the 
growth  of  one’s  city  does  exist  in 
this  country  in  a  very  high  degree.  It 
seems  to  be  bred  in  the  bone  and  is 
the  result  of  the  spirit  of  specula­
tion  which  has  been  more  marked 
in  this  country  than  elsewhere,  be­
cause  our  growth  has  been  more 
rapid.

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ESTIM ATES  O F  POPULATION.
Municipal  Pride  Versus  Cold  Mathe­

matics.

requires 

The  Director  of  the  Census 

re­
cently  issued-  a  bulletin  giving  the 
official  estimate  of  the  population of 
the  cities  of  the  United  States,  and 
thereby  brought  down  upon  his head 
a  delugs  of  wrath  from  the  press  of 
those  cities— and  that  means  most 
cities— in  which  the  estimate  of  the 
Census  Office  failed  to  correspond 
local  estimates,  based  on  the 
with 
names  in 
the  directory.  Director 
North  probably  knew  whát  to  expect, 
but  an  official  estimate  seeming  to be 
necessary,  he  proceeded  to  the  dis­
charge  of  his  duty  just  as  a  good 
soldier,  when  ordered,  attacks 
the 
enemy’s  batteries.  So  many  calcu­
lations  are  based  on  population  that 
public  convenience 
some 
method  of  computation  in  intercensal 
years  which  shall  be  uniform  for the 
United  States.  Without  that,  statis­
tics  of  mortality,  for  example,  or of 
public  indebtedness  or  taxation,  will 
not  be  comparable  and  will  often  be 
for 
very  misleading.  Applications 
charters  for  national  banks  are 
fre- I 
quently  received 
from  places  not 
shown  by  the  last  census  to  have the 
required  population,  and  some  uni­
form  method  must  be  adopted  upon 
which  to  pass  upon  the  applications, j
The  Census  Office  does  not  pre­
tend  that  there  is  any  method  of  as­
certaining  population  other  than that 
of  actual  enumeration  as  practiced 
every  ten  years.  Some  cities  and 
some  sections  are  always  growing 
faster  than  others,  and  any  uniform 
computation  based  upon 
last 
enumeration— which  is  the  only  pos­
sible  base— must  give 
too 
large  in  some  cases  and  too  small  in 
others. 
Immigration  varies  greatly 
in  different  decades,  and  hitherto 
there  have  been 
extensive  move- 
menst  of  population  within  the  coun­
try  from  one  section  to  another.  The 
birth  rate  also  varies  more  or  less, 
and  the  mortality  rates  vary  still 
more.

results 

the 

There  are  all  sorts  of  sources  of 
error  in  any  uniform  method  of 
computing  population  in  intercensal 
years,  and  yet  these  always  to  a  cer­
tain  extent  balance  each  other,  so 
that  for  the  whole  country  the 
re­
sults  will  be  sufficiently  accurate  for 
purposes  of  general  statistics  while 
they  may  be  quite  out  of  the  way  in 
the  case  of  cities  or  sections  which 
may  be  growing  abnormally  or  los­
ing  their  surplus  population. 
In  de­
termining  the  method  to  be  employed 
the  Census  Office  was  guided, 
like 
Patrick  Henry,  by  the  lamp  of  ex­
perience. 
It  was  discovered  by  ex­
amination  that  if,  during  the  decade 
1890-1900,  an  annual  official  estimate 
had  been  made  on  the  basis  of  add­
ing,  each  year,  one-tenth  the  total 
gain  of  the  previous  decade,  the  esti­
mated  population  in  1900  would  have 
been  75,414,181,  while  the  actual pop­
ulation  found  by  the 
enumerators 
was  75.994,575—an 
error  of  only 
three-fourths  of  1  per  cent.  This  is 
certainly  close  enough  for  practical 
purposes,  and 
the  Census  Office 
therefore  assumes  that  the  popula-

It  is  not,  however,  necessary,  and 
perhaps  not  even  desirable,  to  criti­
cise  the  Director  of  the  Census  be­
cause  the  figures  of  his  arithmetic do 
not  harmonize  with  the  figures  of our 
imagination.  His  figures  are  good for 
his  purpose,  and  ours  are  good  for 
our  purpose.  The  truth  is  sure 
to 
come  out  in  the  end,  and  ten  years 
roll  around  a  good  deal  quicker  than 
many  of  us  wish  they  did.  If  we  are 
all  busily  employed,  if  we  see  new 
buildings  going  up  all  about  us,  and 
occupied  as  soon  as  built;  if  wages, 
salaries,  interests  and  profits  are  sat­
isfactory  and  come  regularly  in, then, 
and  in  that  case,  as  the  lawyers  say, 
we  are  evidently  prosperous  and have 
reason  to  be  proud  and  happy,  what­
ever  stories  the  Census  Office  may 
set  afloat  about  our  population.

Frank  Stowell.

Robbing  Peter  To  Pay  Paul.
“James,  dear.”
“Yes?”
“I  must  have  some  money  to-day.” 
“What  for?”
“For  the  grocer.”

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83

B E A U T Y  IN  GROUNDS.

As  Exemplified  in  the  Home  of  the 

Writer.*

Mr.  Martin  has  asked  me  to  give 
you  the  story  of  some  home  grounds 
on  College  avenue  where  flowering 
shrubs  have  been  used 
freely  and 
with  increasing  pleasure  to  the  peo­
ple  who  live  in  the  house  and,  to 
judge  by  the  enthusiastic  expressions 
of  friends,  to  those  who  pass  on  the 
street.  The  lot  was  not  attractive un­
til  it  had  been  filled  nearly  twenty 
feet. 
Indeed,  some  one  asked  why 
that  swamp  had  been  purchased,  but 
the  view  in  every  direction,  especial­
ly  across  the  street,  where  one  look­
ed 
into  what  was  almost  a  forest 
which  concealed  the  houses,  was most 
delightful.  The 
lot  contained  only 
sand  and  weeds  and  possibilities the 
first  of  September,  1894,  when  work 
was  commenced  on  the  house.  The 
building  site  was 
very 
important  and  two  friends,  an  archi- 
tech  and  a  landscape  gardener,  were 
called  in  consultation.  The  distance 
from  the  street  was  decided  upon, 
just  enough  space  being 
left  upon 
the  north  side  for  a  driveway,  leav­
ing  seventy-five  or  eighty  feet  south 
of  the  house.  The 
the 
west  side  of  the  street,  200  feet  deep, 
and  about  150  feet  front,  and  many 
were  the  expressions  of  dissatisfac­
tion  as  the  building  grew.  People 
thought  the  house  too  low,  too  plain, 
and  it  was  even  called  ugly.  Every­
one  said  it  looked  like  an  old  house,
•P aper  read  by  Mrs.  Julia  L.  Fletcher 
a t  June  m eeting  of 
the  Grand  River 
Valley  H orticultural  Society._____________

considered 

lot  is  on 

which  the  owners  always  regarded 
as  greatly  in  its  favor.  An  irregular 
belt  of  shrubs  was  planned  for 
the 
edges  of  the  lot  and  many  were 
planted  that  fall.  Early  in  the  spring 
the  grading  was  done  and  the  land­
scape  friend,  by  what  seemed  almost 
a  miracle  to  the  uninitiated,  raised the 
house  at  least  four  feet  by  sloping 
away  the  ground  from  it  in  a  restful, 
beautiful  curve.  A   plea  for  flower­
ing  shrubs  would  hardly  seem  neces­
sary  now,  but  nine  years  ago  they 
had  a  great  many  enemies,  besides 
their  natural  pests.

Is  it  an  entirely  money-getting age 
when  girls  awaken  their  parents  at 
in  the  morning  to  hear 
4  o’clock 
the  whippoorwill, 
and  busy  men 
give  up  days  and  weeks  of  their  val­
uable  time  to  help  educate  the  peo­
ple  in  regard  to  the  beautiful  things 
of  this  world?  W hat  can  be  more 
delightful  than  the  blossoming  of the 
called 
flowering  quince,  sometimes 
firebush,  in  the  early  spring,  or 
the 
prompt  forsythia  with  its  golden bells, 
or  the  spirea  with  its  mass  of  snow, 
of  which  it  seems  needless  to  speak 
when  there  are  so  many  evidences 
of  its  growing  popularity?

the  criticisms  of 

T o  me  even  one  shrub  is  a  redeem­
ing  feature  and  a  saving  grace,  but 
many  were 
the 
“scrubs,”  as  they  were  often  called 
by  a  maid  in  the  house.  Hardly  a 
good  word  was  heard.  People  said 
they  reminded  one  of  a  nursery,  and 
a  great  many  preferred  plain  green 
grass.  Nevertheless, 
the  planting 
went  on.  Tw o  or  three  experiments 
proved 
trees

Pepperidge 

failures. 

hundred 

in  the  shadow  of 

would  not  grow  under  the  shadow  of 
some  magnificent  elms  which  were 
in  the  street.  Choke  cherries  would 
not  thrive 
the 
house.  The  north  side  of  the  house 
was  a  puzzle;  in  fact,  is  yet  some­
what.  But  for  these  disappointments 
successes. 
there  were  a 
Native  thorns  were  brought 
from 
the  woods,  and  have  apparently  been 
very  happy  since  coming  to 
the 
city.  Pine  trees  were  brought  as  a 
screen  for  a  neighbor’s  barn  and,  as 
a  background  for  red  dogwood,  make 
a  beautiful  picture  in  winter  or  sum­
mer.  The  bush  honeysuckle  with its 
early  pink  or  yellow  flowers,  and its 
pretty  berries  later  on,  is  always  a 
pleasure,  and 
the  dwarf  barberry 
which  looks  well  all  the  year,  but is 
gorgeously  colored 
in  the  autumn, 
is  a  constant  delight.  The  European 
barberries  and  the  purple  leaf  bar­
berries  with  their 
flowers 
which  develop  into  the  beautiful red 
last  all  winter  (unless 
berries  that 
perchance  they  are  picked  by 
the 
passerby)  you  are  all  familiar  with.  I 
have  heard  that  these  lovely  berries 
make  delicious  jelly,  but  as  a  friend 
said  years  ago,  “ I  should  think  you 
would  want  to  make  it  from  some 
other  people’s  barberries.”  Not  so, 
however,  with  Japan  quinces,  which 
make  fine  jelly  and  marmalade  eith­
er  alone  or  in  combination  with  ap­
ples.  For  years  the  fruit  was 
left 
on  the  ground  to  rot,  as  the  people 
were  ignorant  of  its  value,  but  now 
no  quince  is  wasted.

yellow 

Some  of  the  most 

satisfactory 
planting  is  done  around  a  large  en­

closed  porch  on  the  south  side, where 
the  fragrance  of  the  flowering  cur­
rant  and  sweet  brier  is  very  notice­
able,  even  in  the  second  story.

I  have  not  spoken  of  the  many  va­
rieties  of  lilacs  nor  of  the  June  ber­
ries  and  red  buds,  which  come  so 
early,  nor  of  the  wild  flowers  grow­
ing  under  the  pines  in  their  natural 
environment.

The  shrubs  need  care  the  first  year 
or  two,  hoeing  being  very  necessary, 
very  well 
but  afterwards  they  do 
alone,  although,  of  course,  like 
so 
many  other  things,  a  little  care  and 
pruning  of  dead  wood  more  than  re­
pay  the  trouble  by  increased  bloom 
and  grace  of  form.

A s  the  shrubs  are  arranged,  the 
earliest  blossoms  are  near  the  street 
and  about  the  house.  When  they are 
gone  the  syringas  come  and  then  the 
deutzias,  and  later  on 
the  altheas 
and  colutea.  There  is  a  lack  of  blos­
soms  during  July  and  part  of  August 
op  the  grounds  of  which  I  am  speak­
ing,  but  a  crimson  spirea  is  very  at­
tractive  at  that  time.  And  there  are 
many  others  if  one  takes  the  pains 
tc-  hunt  them  up.

T o  speak  of  the  money  side,  no 
amount  spent  in  the  house  can  give 
as  much  pleasure  to  everybody  as a 
few  dollars  expended  in  shrubs  and 
plants— an 
in­
creases  in  value  as  the  years  pass.

investment  which 

I  hope  you  may  all  derive  as  much 
pleasure  from  your  grounds  as  those 
who  live  in  the  home  I  have  describ­
ed  have  taken  with  what  a 
friend 
facetiously  calls  their  Epping  Forest.

When  The 
Bottom’s Bad

Then  the  entire  Show  Case  is  a 
poor proposition.2$^%

Thousands of show cases  have a 
cheap  basswood  bottom.  When  this 
bottom becomes moist  the game’s end­
ed.  Why?

N O .  6 3  —Best  combination  case  on  the  market, 26  inches  wide,  42  inches  high. 
Adjustable shelves.  Shipped knocked down.  Glass, finish and workmanship of the 
highest grade.

Because the wood expands, certain  joints  open  and  the  dust  makes  a  loafing  place  of  your 

case’s  interior.

OUR show case bottoms are composed of three-ply veneer with the  grains  crossed.  They  can’t 
shrink  or  expand.  You  can  tell  by  the wear that this bottom is built on  honor like the remainder of 
the case.

That  honest  little  catalogue  of  ours  will  give  you  an idea of cases made to last the balance of 

your life.

In building a house or buying a Show Case— 
be sure the foundation Is right.  W W W

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34

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

STORE  AND  PAPER.

How They Co-Operated to Their Mu­

tual  Advantage.

I  am  a  firm  believer  in  co-opera­

tion.

little 

Yes,  sir,  I  believe  that  many  a  man 
who  is  to-day  running  one  of  these 
measly 
John-Jones-dealer-in- 
boots- shoes- caps- hats- and<- general- 
provision  stores,  where  “Uncle  Josh” 
sits  down  on  a  barrel  of  pickles  to 
relieve  his  system  of  tobacco  juice 
and  distributes  it  lavishly  around  on 
cracker  boxes,  sugar  sacks,  floor and 
stove  with  equal  favor,  could  be  a 
merchant  of  some  prominence.  But 
he  must  broaden  out  a  bit  and  try  to 
licit  su n :  other  fellow  instead  of  let­
ting  his  skin  become  so  tough  and 
tight  that  he  can  not  take  a 
long 
breath  without  feeling  that  he  is ab­
sorbing  too  much  of  the  aroma  from 
the  Mocha  and  Java  cask.

A  number  of  years  ago  I  was  bun­
dle-wrapper  in  a  Western  store that 
had  an  advertising  manager  who  was 
the  “whole  thing.”

For  short  we  called  him 

“Old 
Sous”  with  no  little  reverence,  and  I 
don’t  believe  there  was  a  fellow  in 
the  store  but  what  would  have  felt 
highly  honored  had  "Sous”  asked him 
to  do  a  favor.

“ Sous”  and  I  got  along  together 
finely,  and  one  night  when  he  asked 
if  I  didn't  want  to  help  him  write  an 
advertisement,  you  should  have  seen 
me'  swell  up.  W hy,  I  almost  split 
my  coat.

I  must  have  written  a  beaut,  be­
cause  when  I  came  b ack.  from  the 
cigar store with  a  handful  of  “cracker- 
jacks,”  “ Sous’ ”  favorite  smokes,  he 
had  it  cut  to  pieces  and  rewrote  about 
seven-eighths  of  it.

A   year  or  two  after  that  “Sous” 
got  me  a  job  as  pencil-pusher  in the 
swellest  store  in  a  thriving  Hoosier 
county  seat  of  about 
twenty-five 
thousand.

There  were  three  dailies 

the 
town,  with  a  combined 
circulation 
less  than  one  should  have  had,  and 
that  was  largely  of  the  waste-basket 
variety.

in 

Outside  of  the  personals,  society 
happenings  and  an  occasional 
local 
story  concerning  some  casuality  or 
special  event,  the  news  had  about  as 
much  ring  to  it  as  a  cracked  bell, 
while  the  advertisements  were  run for 
weeks  and  months  without  change.

I  never  worked  quite  so  hard  in my 
life,  not  even  when  I  was  the  “dev­
il”  in  a  printshop,  to  start  dollars  to 
roll  into  my  employer’s  till,  but  they 
wouldn’t  start.

I  soon  learned  that  it’s  just  as  im­
portant  to  get  advertisements  circu­
lated  as  it  is  to  write  them;  but  how 
I  was  to  do  it  was  the  question  that 
bothered  me.

“ Everything  comes 

to  him  who 
waits”  must  have  been  the  motto  of 
the  evening  issue,  for  I  never  saw 
such  a  patient  bunch,  from  the  editor 
down  to  the  office-boy,  and  when  I 
suggested  that  we  double  our  rate 
and  change  copy  every  day,  it  almost 
waked  the  manager.

He  said  that  the  old  way,  allowing 
but  one  change  a  week,  would  be 
more  satisfactory  and  a  good  deal

more  profitable  to  the  publishers than 
to  give  us  the  privilege  of  changing 
daily.

The  fact  of  the  matter  was,  a  lot 
of  politicians  controlled  the  sheet  and 
the  editorial  columns  commanded a 
good,  round  price  for  representing 
them  to  the  community  as  shining 
lights,  consequently  the  advertising 
was  a  secondary  consideration.

The  town  needed  a  newspaper  that 
would  be  of  interest  to  the  general 
public  and  of  value  to  the  merchants 
as  an  advertising  medium  a  good deal 
more  than  a  factional  organ,  and  I 
felt  that  it  was  up  to  yours  truly  to 
butt  in  and  do  a  little  converting  on 
the  Q.  T.

I  tried  to  figure  out  how  to  get 
into  the  orchestra,  where  I  could  get 
a  swat  at  the  organ  once  in  a  while, 
btu  my  figuring  was  all  subtraction.

W hen  I  get  through,  if  you  don’t 
think  that  I  did  a  wise  thing  when  I 
left  the  whole  affair  to  another,  and 
if  you  don’t  think  that  a  woman  is a 
better  diplomat  in  some  things  than 
a  man,  you’d  better  keep  your  thinks 
to  yourself,  for  in  this  case  the  suc­
cess  of  a  paper,  and  its  value  to  the 
merchants  are  the  result  of  a  bright, 
modest 
little  maiden’s  untiring  ef­
forts.

She  has  so  much  common  sense 
and  so  many  practical  ideas  that any 
fellow  would  feel  mighty  lucky  if  he 
had  a  chance  to  share  part  of  them.

lady  came 

On  one  of  those  cold,  drizzly  morn­
ings  this  little 
into  the 
store  and  asked  one  of  the  girls  at 
the  notion  counter  if  she  could  tell 
her  something  about  the  new  things 
that  were  going  to  be  worn  by  the 
fair  sex,  as  she  had  just  started  to do 
the  society  for  the  evening  paper, and 
wanted  to  do  a  little  extra  stunt.

I  had  not  met  her,  but  it  didn’t 
take  me  over  half  a  minute  to  get 
busy.

She  told  me  that  on  account  of my 
being  such  a  rustic-looking  W estern­
er  with  an  ice-chest-like  disposition 
I  might  drop  the  Miss  and  add  “is” 
to  her  name.

M y  heart  bounded  so  fast  that  I 
couldn’t  keep  the  blood  pumped out 
of  my  face  and  I  guess  Lloydie  must 
have  noticed  it,  for  she  called  me* a n 1 
Indian.

When  I  offered  to  give  her 
a 
bunch  of  periodicals  from  which 
to 
gather  data  she  thanked  me  so  many 
times  that  I  couldn’t 
them; 
I’m  pretty  sure  the  number  was  suffi­
cient  to  pay  the  debt,  though.

count 

The  next  day  Lloydie’s  talk  arous­
ed  more  interest  than  anything  else 
in  the  paper,  and  they  had  to  run off 
several  hundred  extras.

The  way  she  jollied  people  up  and 
slipped 
in  a  fashion  hint  here  and 
there  was  enough  to  turn  a  literary 
genius  green  with  envy.

Whenever  something  new  came  in 
I’d  tip  it  off to  Lloydie  and  she  would 
ring  it  in  on  the  society  page;  then  I 
followed  with  an  appropriate  adver­
tisement.

The  scheme  worked  like  a  charm 
and  by  the  end  of  the  year  the  paper 
had  more  than  doubled  its  circula­
tion,  as  well  as  its  advertising  rates, 
and the way people  came  flocking into

the  store  reminded  one  of  a  camp­
meeting.

To-day  Lloydie  is  filling  one  of the 
most  important  places  on  the  staff of 
the  paper  which  she  worked  so  hard 
to  elevate,  and  there  isn’t  a  business 
man  of  any  consequence  in  the  town 
but  what  will  tell  you  that  she  is  a 
queen. 

David  Crichton.

Use  and  Abuse  of  the  Bargain  Table.
The  “bargain”  table,  which  only  a 
few  short  years  ago  was  tabooed  in 
many  good  stores  as  a  deteriorating 
influence  on  the  trade,  has  now  not 
only  overcome  this  prejudice  but  has 
developed  from  the  mere  table  into 
what  is  called  the  “bargain  depart­
ment.” 
In  fact,  this  department  has 
now  become  recognized  as  a  neces­
sary  adjunct  in  nearly  every  enter­
prising  store,  small  or  large.  W here 
space  permits,  a  section  of  the  store, 
usually  the  basement,  is  set  apart for 
“bargain”  offerings  of  every  descrip­
tion.  Where  space  is  too  limited  a 
“bargain  table”  or  counter  is  necessi­
tated.

In  every  store,  no  matter  how care­
fully  conducted,  or  how  conserva­
tively  the  buying  is  done,  some  goods 
will  be  found  in  stock  that  can  not 
be  sold  in  the  regular  way.  They 
may  be  out  of  style,  a  little  damaged, 
or  contain  some  flaw  unobserved at 
the  time  of  arrival.  But  whatever the 
reason,  they  are  undesirable  goods, 
and  the  sooner  they  are  out  of  stock, 
the  better.  They  not  only  take  up 
shelf  room  but  become  less  and  less 
salable  the  longer  they  are  kept.

W hy  not  the  “bargain  table?”  Sure­
a 
ly  a  most  sensible  solution  to 
Somehow 
most  annoying  problem. 
there  is  something  in  the  word  “bar­
gain”  that  appeals  to  nine  shoppers 
out  of  ten— be  they  men  or  women—  
and  which 
in  spite  of 
their  better  judgment  to  purchase  ar­
ticles  at  “bargain”  prices  that  under 
ordinary  circumstances 
they  would 
not  even  look  at.

leads  them 

However, 

in  order  to  make  this 
department  profitable,  it  will  not  do 
to  merely  make  it  a  clearing  place 
for  damaged  or  unsalable 
goods. 
These  are  not  sufficient  bargains,  no 
matter  how  low  you  put  the  price, 
to  prove  a  permanent  drawing  card. 
W hat  you  want  to  do  is  to  build  up 
a  reputation  for  low  prices  and  good 
values  for  this  particular  part  of  the 
store. 
It  would  be  well  to  add  a  line 
of  staples  which  you  can  sell  a  trifle 
lower  than  the  usual  price  and  a  line 
of  popular-priced  goods  would  not  be 
amiss  here,  either.  On  these  latter 
you  could  make  up  some  of  the  profit 
which  you  have 
forego  on  the 
staples,  and  yet  retain  the  “bargain” 
reputation.  Keep  a  lookout  for  job 
lots  and  special  offers.  They  will 
serve  to  replenish  the  stock  gleaned 
from  the  odds  and  ends  found  unde­
sirable  in  the  regular  departments.

to 

But  be  sure  that  your  offers  are 
genuine.  Let  them  be  bargains 
in 
the  true  sense,  of  the  word.  Don’t 
attempt  to  sell  an  article  for  the same 
price  that  you  sell  it  in  the  regular 
department  and  pretend  that  it  is  an 
unusual  bargain.  The  customer may 
have,  priced 
it  upstairs  before  she

came  to  this  counter.  And  if  you 
offer  damaged  goods  even  at  a  very 
low  price  be  sure  that  the  customer 
knows  it  is  damaged  before  she  buys 
it.  Otherwise  it  is  likely  to  act  like 
a  boomerang,  coming  back  at  you 
with  more  force  than  it  took  to  get 
rid  of  it.  Don’t  make  the  bargain 
It  was 
table  a  receptacle  for  trash. 
“ Bargain” 
never  meant  to  be  that. 
means  extraordinary  values. 
is 
only  by  such  values  that  you  can 
this  department  a 
hope  to  make 
much-talked-of, 
much-sought-after 
place  in  the  shopping  world.  And 
don’t  for  a  moment  think  that  the 
trade  attracted  by  this  department is 
going to  confine  all  its  shopping there. 
The  balance  of  the  store  will  benefit 
by  it  far  more  than  you  surmise.  Be­
sides,  the  advertising  you  get  out  of 
it  from  those  that  have  already  tested 
the  good  values  is  also  worthy  of 
more  than  a  little  consideration.

It 

Sovereign  Remedy  for  Man.

One  may  see  on  every  hand  indica­
tions  that  appendicitis  has  become 
one  of  the  most  fashionable  of  fads.
A   malady  of  recent  discovery, 

it 
seems  to  have  spread  with  the  swift­
ness  of  the  plague  and  to  have  gath­
ered  its  victims  into  the  hospitals by 
uncounted  thousands.

Scarcely  a  neighborhood  or  social 
circle  but  has  one  or  more  of 
its 
members  in  a  hospital  being  relieved 
of  the  troublesome  vermiform  appen­
dix,  and fortunate  is  the  man  or  wom­
an— usually  the  woman— who 
es­
capes  with  only  one  operation.
W ise  in  his  generation  was 

the 
man  who,  when  picked  up  uncon­
scious  on  the  street  and  taken  to  a 
hospital,  was 
to  have  had 
tattooed  on  his  breast  these  words: 
“Don’t  operate  for  appendicitis— had 
appendix  removed  three  times.”

found 

in  cases 

imperative  only 

It  is  a  strange  fact,  w holly  inexpli­
cable  to  the  lay  mind,  that  operations 
for  appendicitis  seem  to  be  consid­
ered 
of 
wealthy  people.  And  it  has 
fre­
quently  been  observed  that  in  propor­
tion  to  the  money  people  have  to 
spend 
for  operations  the  necessity 
for  operations  increases.  The  poor 
man  is  permitted  to  get  along  very 
well  with  pills.  This  is  one  of  •  the 
advantages  of  poverty.

If  the  sum-total  of  the  world’s  best 
philosophy  as  related  to  health  means 
anything  it  is  this— that  activity  of 
body  and  mind  is  the  best  preventive 
and  the  most  sovereign  remedy  for 
disease.

The  man  who  walks  and  hustles can 
laugh  at  the  doctors,  and  the  woman 
who  discharges  her  servants 
and 
goes  into  the  kitchen  as  her  mother 
did  will  find  neither  time  nor  cause 
to  go  to  a  hospital.

One  Balances  the  Other.

“ M y  words  don’t  seem 

to  have 
much  weight,”   protested  the  young 
wife  during 
the 
breakfast  table.

an  argument 

at 

“ Never  mind,  my  dear,”   rejoined 
the  brutal  other  half,  "your  biscuit 
more  than  make  up  for  the  short­
age.”

If  the  shoe  fits  you,  that’s  a  sure 

sign  you  could  wear  a  size  smaller.

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No  Statement made in the interest of

SAPOLIO

has EVER been disproved by the public or the trade.

The housekeeper has for many years depended upon Sapolio as  a  household  cleanser,  and  has 

bought  it from a satisfied retailer, who, in turn, got it from a protected  wholesaler.

NOW we offer to the trade and the public

HAND SAPOLIO

It can be depended upon with the same  confidence—by  the  Dealer  because  its  worth,  made 
known by our wide advertising, will sell it;  and by the Consumer, because of  our guarantee  that  it  is 
the best, purest, safest and most satisfactory toilet soap in existence.

Every corner of the country shall know the  worth  of  Hand  Sapolio.  Already,  where  it  has 
been fully introduced, it  is  rivalling  its  long-known  namesake,  Sapolio—our  advertising  shall  not 
cease until it is equally popular.

Have you had ONE call?  That is but the warning!  We will send  you  more  in  ever-increas­
ing numbers.  See that you stock it promptly before your rivals wrest from you the reputation of being 
the leading grocer in town.

If you are selling Sapolio you can double your sales  by  stocking  Hand  Sapolio. 

If  you  have 
not  yet  stocked  either,  delay  no  longer—satisfy  your  customers  with both.  A quarter-gross box  of 
each should not cost you over $5.00 in all, and should retail at $7.20.

O R D E R   FROM   Y O U R   JO B B E R .

ENOCH  M ORGAN’S  SONS  CO.

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Comparative  Advantages  of  Pull  and 

Hard  Work.
W ritten  for  the  Tradesm an.

They  were  both  working  for  the 
same  house;  both  were  desirous  of 
climbing  for  the  higher  position  as 
well  as  the  higher  salary;  both  were 
from  out  of  town  and  as  different 
from  each  other  as  the  East  is  from 
the  W est,  where  the  home  of  each 
is  respectively  located.  One  was town 
born  and  bred  on 
the  Nebraska 
prairies;  the  other’s  first  breath  was 
breathed  on  the  breeze-swept  plains 
of  W yoming.  The 
impulse 
that,  years  before,  had  forced  their 
fathers  and  mothers  from  far-off  New 
England  had  brought  the  young  fel­
lows  to  Denver,  and  there  chance had 
made  them  fellow-workers  in  one  of 
the  up-to-date  commercial  houses of 
that  thrifty,  go-ahead  city.

same 

Neither  had  any  difficulty  in  get­
ting  a  place,  although  neither  had 
bothered  about 
recommendations. 
Their  faces  were  their  fortunes, as the 
old  song  says,  or  if  not  that  the  per­
sonality  of  each  had  so  come  to the 
front  that  the  short  interview  in the 
front  office  in  each  instance  had  end­
ed  in  the  calling  in  of  the  general 
manager,  into  whose  hands  the  young 
men  were  at  once  consigned.

to 

It  did  not  take  long  to  discover 
that  Douglas  Dale,  or  Doug.,  as  the 
boys  soon  called  Him,  considered  him­
self  as  belonging  to  a  superior  spe­
cies  of  the  genius  homo 
that 
of  his  fellow  rival  for  commercial 
emoluments.  He  early  had  consid­
erable  to  say  about  the  advantages 
of  the  town  over  country. 
“There 
are,  don’t  you  know,  a  good  many 
things  a  boy  brought  up  in  a  town 
will  just  naturally  pick  up  by  being 
around  where  things  are  going  on. 
It’s  a  kind  of  training  in  itself.  He 
gets  used  to  seeing  people  and 
the 
w ay  they  do  things.  His  angles  are 
worn  off  instead  of  knocked  off  and 
he  doesn’t  go  around  sticking 
’em 
into  people.  The  single  idea  of  dress 
goes  a  great  ways  with  a  fellow  while 
he’s  growing.  The  boy  on  the  ranch 
is  brought  up  not  to  care  for  these 
things,  because  he  doesn’t  see 
’em, 
and  when  he  reaches  the  gawky  age—  
all  the  way  from  fifteen  to  twenty- 
two— he’s  generally 
the  confirmed 
hayseed  without  any  ambition  and 
he  goes  slouching  around  home look­
ing  like  the  devil  and  when  he  occa­
sionally  comes  to  town  his  one  am­
bition  is  to  light  a  two-for-a-nickel 
and  smoke  it  on  a  corner,  leaning 
against  a  lamp-post. 
If  his  particu­
lar  huckleberry  on  a  neighboring 
ranch  goes  by  ten  chances  to  one 
he’ll  wink  at  her,  call  her  by  her 
first  name  and  walk  along  with  her 
a  block  or  two,  puffing  into  her  face 
the  rank  smoke  of  his  burning  garden 
truck!

“ Such  a  bringing-up  as  that  doesn’t 
fit  a  fellow  for  business.  He  comes 
a 
to  town  feeling  like  a 
strange  garret  and  is  one. 
It  takes

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him  from  six  months  to  a  year  to 
find  out  that  he’s  talking  through  his 
nose;  it  takes  him  longer  than  that 
to  see  the  difference  between  a  tail­
or-made  suit  and  a  hand-me-down, 
and  by  the  time  he  begins  to  learn 
that  it’s  only  the  country  gawk  who 
goes  around  with  his  mouth  open, 
the  town-reared  boy  is  away  ahead 
of  him  at  the  store.  There,  too,  his 
ranch  training  tells  against  him.  His 
fingers  are  all  thumbs.  He  gets  in 
everybody’s  way,  his  own  included, 
and  his  big,  clumsy  footgear,  that 
covers  all  creation,  is  a  pretty  fair 
type  of  his  whole  make-up.  O f 
course,  I  know  I’m  prejudiced,  but 
that’s  the  way  the  thing  looks 
to 
me. 
I  may  be  all  wrong,  but  I’m 
mighty  glad  that  I  can  take  off  my 
hat  to  a  young  lady  on  the  street 
without  suggesting  to  her  that  I’m  a 
bucking  bronco!”

the 

That  last  brought  down  the  house, 
laughter  all  the  more  hilarious 
the 
from  the  discovery  that 
level­
headed,  quick-witted,  whole-souled, 
ranch-reared,  American  manhood, 
right  from  the  W yom ing  plains,  had 
heard  the  town-bred  tirade  and  was 
heartily 
it.  The  reply 
liberal  and  comprehensive  but 
was 
condensed. 
“ You  d— d  jackass!” was 
all  he  said;  but  it  completely  covered 
the  ground  and  gave  the  argument 
to  the  ranch  as  a  man-breeder  a  hun­
dred  to  one.

laughing  at 

It  did  not  take  long  for  each  'to 
illustrate  per  se  his  side  of  the  ques­
tion.  Doug.,  with  his  suave  speech 
and  pretended  sincerity,  soon  disclos­
ed  the  ass’s  ears  under  the 
lion’s 
skin. 
In  the  round  world  the  ground 
he  stood  on  was  the  center  and  any­
thing  not  centering  exactly  there was 
eccentric.  His  town 
training  had 
early  taught  him  the  word  “pull” and 
all  it  is  intended  to  convey,  and  that 
same  town  training  had  led  him  to 
believe  that  deceit  and  cunning  and 
graft  were  the  essential  elements  of 
success.  Straight  out,  first-class, hon­
est  work  for  every  cent  of  the  dol­
lar  that  came  to  him  was  splendid 
in  theory,  but  demoralizing  in  prac­
tice,  and  he  wanted  none  of  it.  W hat 
was  the  use  of  working  ten  hours if 
nine  could  be  made  to  answer?  So 
his  day  began  at  the  last  minute  of 
grace  in  the  morning  and  never  did 
six  o’clock  find  him  with  anything in 
his  hands  that  he  did  not  instantly 
drop. 
So  all  work  that  could  be 
shirked,  he  shirked.  Every  string 
that  was  pullable  he  pulled.  The 
most  unpromising  graft  he 
tested. 
He  dressed  well,  but  he  never  paid 
his  tailor.  He  was  continually  be­
hind  with  his  barber.  His  laundry 
was  always  delivered  C.  O.  D.;  in  a 
word,  he  had  reached 
that  point 
where  it  was  truthfully  said  of  him 
that  “ Doug,  would  be  considerable 
of  a  success  if  he  would  work  as hard 
to  earn  a  dollar  as  he  did  to  get  it 
for  nothing.”

In  the  course  of  time  the  commer­
cial  sugar  bowl  on  the  corner  of 
Blank  and  A.  streets  was  occasional­
ly  shaken  and  the  big  lumps  slowly 
the 
but  surely  found  their  way  to 
the 
surface.  Then  one  day  when 
general  manager  announced  to 
the

house  his  determination  to  go  into 
business  for  himself,  Douglas  Dale 
immediately  began  to  scheme  to  se­
cure  the  coming  vacancy.  From  his 
point  of  view  it  was  merely  a  matter 
of  “pull”  and  the  one  who  got  hold 
of  the  right  string  and  pulled  the 
hardest  would  get  the  place.  A s fate 
would  have  it  Dale’s  hopes  centered 
upon  the  out-going  manager  and, as 
promptness  is  the  twin-sister  of  suc­
cess,  the  evening  of  the  day  of  the 
resignation  found  the  grafter  press­
ing  the  button  of  the  manager’s door.
“ I 
have  called,”  the  young  man  began, 
“to  see  what  steps  it  wi l l b e   neces­
sary  to  take  in  order  to  secure  the 
position  you  have  resigned.”

The  two  were  soon  seated. 

“ Steps?  W hat  do  you  mean?” 
“W hy,  I  want  the  place;  I  am  con­
fident  that  I  can  fill  it  satisfactorily; 
but  I  don’t  quite  see  the  best  way 
to  proceed.  Naturally  you  have 
a 
great  deal  of  influence  with  the  firm 
-—with  Mr.  Branerd  especially— and 
it  occurred  to  me  that  for  a  consider­
ation  you  might  be  willing  to  pull 
the  string  for  me.”

firm  meeting  of  the 

For  a  minute  anger  prevented  all 
utterance.  A   glare  came  into 
the 
eyes  of  the  manager  and  then  faded, 
while  a 
lips 
might  have  told  the  young  seeker 
after  knowledge  that  he  was  about 
to  receive  the  lesson  of  his  life;  but 
he  was  too  much  in  earnest-just then 
to  notice  anything. 
“W hat  would 
you  consider  as  an  inducement?” 

The  town-bred  boy  who  had  learn­
ed  to  get  around  angles  without  im­
paling  himself  on  them  attributed the 
succeeding  silence  to  the  mathemati­
cal  calculation  going  on  in  the  mind 
of  the  man  before  him  and  could 
hardly  understand  the  real  reason for 
that  gentleman’s  quietly  rising  and 
turning  the  key  in  the  door.  Put­
ting  the  key  in  his  pocket  he  seated 
himself  near  Mr.  Douglas  Dale  and, 
hooking  his 
left 
armhole  of  his  vest,  he  said:

left  thumb  in  the 

“ Mr.  Dale,  you  have  asked  me two 
very  unusual  and  remarkable  ques­
tions,  and  I  am  in  doubt  how  best 
to  reply. 
If  I  considered  simply  my 
own  feelings  I  should  make  short 
work  of  both;  but  aside  from  the 
personal  satisfaction  such  work  would 
undoubtedly  give  me,  I  doubt  wheth­
er  any  good  would  come  of  it. 
I 
will  say  this:  Some  seven  or  eight 
years  ago,  more  or  less,  at  all  events 
you  had  been  here  only  a  short  time, 
I  heard  you  make  some  very  dispar­
aging  remarks  about  a  boy  brought 
up  in  the  country,  and  especially  one 
who  was  born  on  a  ranch.  The  boy 
you  had  in  mind  was  Duff,  and  you 
said  some  mighty  nasty  things  about 
him,  as  untrue  as  they  were  nasty. 
When  you  began  I  knew  what  was 
coming  and  I  motioned  to  the  ste­
nographer,  who  at  m y  request  took 
down  word  for  word  what  you  said.” 
He  went  to  a  desk,  took  out  the  pa­
per  and  read  what  has  already  been 
“ Y o u ' said  he  was  a  gawky 
given. 
full  of 
angles.  He  wasn’t.  You 
made  fun  of  his  clothes.  They  fit­
ted  him  better  and  were  better  than 
yours.  You  said  he  looked  like  the 
devil.  He  didn’t;  there  wasn’t  the 
slightest  resemblance  between 
you.

You 

You  told  about  his  leaning  against 
the  corner 
lamp-post  and  smoking 
two-for-fives.  He  didn’t  then  and  he 
doesn’t  now.  You  laughed  at  his 
‘particular  huckleberry.’ 
I  need  not 
tell  you  that  his  will  compare  favora­
bly  with  the  ‘huckleberry’  I  saw you 
with  no  later  than  day  before  yes­
terday— after  dark! 
charged 
him  with  talking  through  his  nose. 
He  doesn’t;  and  I  need  not  tell  you 
the  short  word  we  give  to  such state­
ments.  He  was  clumsy,  you  said.  He 
had  big  feet  and  acted  like  a  bucking 
bronco;  and  that  same  little  word  of 
three  letters  meets  the  condition  of 
every  statement.  You  didn’t  describe 
him  at  all 
in  your  three  hundred 
words  and  he  did  you  when  he  said 
you  were  ‘a  d— d jackass!’— just  three.
“ Now,  Mr.  Dale,  you  are  right  in 
supposing  that  I  have  influence  with 
I  have;  but  there  is  an­
the  firm. 
other  man 
in  the  house  who,  just 
now,  has  a  great  deal  more.  He’s 
been  with  us  for  about  eight  years. 
In  those  years  he  has  been  faithful, 
industrious  and  honest.  He  has  nev­
er  pretended  once  to  be  what  he  is 
not.  He  doesn’t  lie,  nor  get  drunk, 
nor  gamble,  nor  walk  "with  his 
‘particular  huckleberry’— after  dark! 
Clear  through  he  is  a  first-class  man 
and  in  whatever  way  we  look  at  him 
we  are  convinced  that  he  is  by  all 
odds  the  best  man  for  the  place,  and 
he’s  going  to  have  it  because  he  de­
serves  it.  He  doesn’t  know  yet  that 
he’s  going  to  have  it  and  he  isn’t go­
ing  about  trying  to  find  a  pull  and 
insulting  respectable  people  by  offer­
ing  them  money  to  let  him  get  hold 
of  the  string.  His  name  is  Duff—  
John  George  Duff.  He  came  here 
with  his  fingers  all  thumbs  and 
in 
eight  years  by  a  strict  attention  to 
business  he,  a  week  from  to-day,  is 
going  to  be  promoted  to  a  responsi­
ble  position  at  $3,000  a  year.  Mr. 
Dale,  I  bid  you  good  evening.”

Richard  Malcolm  Strong.

Take  Your  Share  of  Responsibility.
Young  man,  if  you  mean  ever  to 
rise  out  of  the  ranks,  you’ve  got  to 
take 
responsibility. 
Shirk  responsibility  and  you  will  al­
ways  be  a  private.

share  of 

your 

This  world  is  just  full  of  men  and 
women  who  are  willing  to  work  rea­
sonably  hard  for  eight  or  nine  or 
ten  hours  a  day,  but  do. not  take  their 
share  of 
responsibility.  They  do 
things  only  half  well— or  not  on  time 
— do  not  finish  them— require  con­
stant  pushing  to  do  what  they  know 
well  how  to  do— leave  some  part  to 
be  completed  by  the  one  next  above 
them.

B y  taking  one’s  share- of  responsi­
bility  we  mean  taking  some  of 
the 
worry  that  goes  with  all  work— see­
ing,  not  only  that  it  is  well  done, 
but  that  it  is  finished,  leaving  no 
loose  ends  to  snarl.

High  salaries  are  paid  to  certain 
men,  not  on  account of  the  prodigious 
amonut  of  work  they  can  do,  but  be­
cause  they  are  both  willing  and able 
to 
responsibility.  Some  one 
must  take  it— in  the  smallest  business 
as  well  as  in  the  largest.

take 

In  your  business  some  one  must 
see  to  it  that  goods  are  re-ordered 
before  they  run  out— that  goods  are

MICHIGAN  T R A D ESM A N

not  overlooked  in  the  store  room—  
that  over-stocks  do  not  accumulate—  
that  fore-thought  is  used  to  provide 
goods  and  advertising  for  a  special 
sale— that  copy  goes  to  the  printer 
on  time— that  bills  are  paid  when  due, 
and  a  dozen  other  things.

Naturally  the  head  of  the  house 
must  take  responsibility  for  all  in a 
sense,  but  he  shortens  his  own  life 
and  hurts  his  own  development  if he 
does  not  try  to  train  those  under 
him  to  take  their  share.  They  will 
be  better  men  for  themselves  as well 
as  for  him  if  they  form  the  habit  of 
taking  their  share  of  responsibility.
If  a  boy  is  told  to  sweep  out,  he 
shirks  responsibility  when  he 
fails 
to  get  the  dirt  out  of  the  corners and 
behind  the  counters  as  well  as 
in 
show  places.  He  forces  his  employer 
to  prod  him  into  doing  that  which 
he  knew  well  how  to  do.

When  a  thing  is  given  you  to  do 
D O   IT — do  it  as  well  as  it  can  be 
done  by  anyone— or 
forward 
manfully  and  say  you  can  not.

step 

Above  all,  if  you  find  you  can  not 
handle  the  task  that  has  been  given 
you,  never  keep  silent  in  the  hope 
that  the  boss  will  forget  about 
it. 
Maybe  he  will  this  time,  but  if  you 
shirk  responsibility  once 
you  will 
shirk  it  again.  You  will  form  the 
habit  df  shirking.

Be  sure  you  are  not  taking  your 
full  share  of  responsibility  until  your 
superior  can  feel  that  when  he  gives 
you  a  thing  to  do  he  need  not  worry 
about  it— that  it  will  be  done  and 
done  right.— Butler  Bros.’  Drummer.

Why  Ice  Does  Not  Sink.

It  is  one  of  the  most  extraordinary 
things  in  this  extraordinary  world, 
writes  Henry  Martyn  Hart  in  a  mag­
azine,  that  water  should  be  the  sole 
exception  to  the  otherwise  universal 
law  that  all  cooling  bodies  contract 
and  therefore  increase  in  density.

is 

W ater  contracts  as  its  temperature 
falls  and  therefore  becomes  heavier, 
and  sinks  until  it  reaches  39  degrees. 
A t  this  temperature  water 
the 
heaviest;  this  is  the  point  of  its  max­
imum  density. 
From  this  point  it 
begins  to  expand.  Therefore  in  win­
ter,  although  the  surface  may 
be 
freezing  at  a  temperature  of  32  de­
grees,  the  water  at  the  bottom  of 
the  pool  is  six  or 
seven  degrees 
warmer.

Suppose  that  water,  like  everything 
else,  had  gone  on  contracting  as 
it 
cooled  until  it  reached  the  freezing 
point;  the  heaviest  water  would  have 
sunk  to  the  lowest  place  and  there 
become  ice.  Although  it  is  true  that 
eight  pints  of  water  become  nine 
pints  of  ice  and  therefore  icebergs 
float,  showing  above  the  surface  an 
eighth  of  their  bulk,  still,  had 
the 
water  when  at  the  bottom  turned  in­
to  ice,  the  stones  would  have  locked 
it  in  their  interstices  and  held 
it 
there,  and  before  winter  was  over the 
whole  pool  would  become  solid  ice 
and  all  the  poor  fish  would  be  en­
tombed  in  clear,  beautiful  crystal.

Do  not  take  it  for  granted  that  the 
one  from  whom  you  buy  goods  is 
making  an  enormous  profit  and  can 
afford  to  be  mulcted  at  every  turn.

Hardware Price Current

AMMUNITION 

Capa

G.  D.,  full  count,  per  m .
H icks’  W aterproof,  per  m .......................   60
M usket,  per  m ................................................  76
Ely's  W aterproof,  per  m ...........................   M

Cartridges

No. 22  short,  per  m ........................................2 60
22  long,  per m ...................................... S 00
No. 
N o.  32 short,  per n>...................................... 6 00
No. 
32  long,  per m .......................................6 75

Prim ers

Gun W ads

No.  2  U.  M.  C.,  boxsa  260,  per 
00
No.  2  W inchester,  boxee  260,  per  m . .1  00

Black  edge, N os.  11 *   12  U. M.  C ... ..  60
Black  edge. Nos.  9 *   10,  per  m . . . . ..  70
Black  edge.  No.  7,  per  m . . . .
so
Loaded  Shelia

.. 

N ew   Rival—-F or  Shotguns

Drs.  of

ox. of
No. Pow der  Shot
120
IV!
129
IV!
128
IV!
126
1H
135
IV!
154
1%
200
1
208
1
236
IV!
265
IV!
264
IV!

Sise
Shot
10
9
8
6
5
4
10
8
6
6
4
D iscount 40  per cent.

4
4
4
4
4V4
4VÍ
3
3
3V4
3 Vi
3 Vi
Paper  Shells—N ot  Loaded 

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

Per
100
32  90
2  99
2  90
2  90
2  96
3  00
2  60
2  50
2  96
2  70
2  70

No.  10,  pasteboard  boxes  100,  per  100..  72 
No.  12,  pasteboard boxee  100,  per 100..  04

Gunpowder

K egs,  26  lbs.,  per  k eg ...............................   4  20
M  K egs,  12U  lbs.,  per  K   k e g ...........2  90
VI  K egs,  0V|  lbs.,  per  Vl  k eg ...............1  00

In  sacks  containing 26  lbs.

Drop,  all  sixes  sm aller  than  B ...........1  76

Augurs  and  B its

Snell’s ..............................................................  
Jennings’  genuine  ...................................... 
Jennings’  Im itation 
.................................  

60
26
60

A xes

F irst  Quality,  S.  B.  Bronxe  ................. 0  60
F irst  Quality,  D.  B.  Bronxe  ..................9  00
F irst  Quality,  S.  B .  S.  S t e e l .................7 00
F irst  Quality,  D.  B.  S t e e l..................... 10 60

Barrows

Railroad 
........................................................ 15  00
Garden  .............................................................23  00

B olts

Stove  ..........................
Carriage,  new   list 
P low  
.........................

W ell,  plain 

B uckets

..................................................  4  60

B utts.  C ast
C ast  Loose  Pin,  figured 
W rought  N arrow  

.......................   70
.......................................   00
Chain

VI in.  6-16 in.  %  in. 
H in. 
7  C...0  C...0  c
4%c.
S V |c...7V 4c...0V 4e...6  c. 
8% c...7 % c...6 % e...6 V tc.
Crowbars

Common 
BB.
BBB

C ast  Steel,  per  lb .........................................  

6

C hisels

Blbows

Socket  Firm er 
66
............................  
Socket  Fram ing  ...........................................  65
Socket  Corner 
..............................................  66
Socket  S lic k s ..................................................  66

 

 

Com.  4  piece,  6  in.,  per  dox............net 
76
Corrugated,  per  dox....................................1  26
A djustable 
....................................... dls.  40&10

Expansive  B its
Clark’s  sm all,  $18;  large, 826  .................  40
Ives’  1.  218;  2,  824;  8.  220 
...................  25
Fllss— N ew   L ist
N ew   A m erican  .......................................... 70*10
N icholson’s 
....................................................  70
H eller’s   H orae  R asps  ................................  70

N os.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  26  and  20;  27.  28 
10.  17
L ist  12 

Galvanized  Iron
IS 
D iscount,  70.

14 

16 

Stanley  Rule  and  L evel  Co.’s   . . . .   60*19 

Gauges

Glass

Single  Strength,  by  b o x ...................dls.  90
Double  Strength,  by  box 
...............dis.  90
................................dls.  90

B y   the  L ight 

H am m ers

M aydole  &  Co.’s,  new   l i s t ...........dls.  26V!
Yerkes  A   Plum b’s   ...................... dis.  40*10
M ason’s  Sdlld  C ast  S t e e l ...........20c  list  70

Gate,  Clark’s  1,  2,  2....................... dis.  60*10

H inges

Hollow  W are

P ots 
K ettles 
Spiders 

............................................................  60*10
.......................................................... 60*10
...........................................................60*10

HoraeNalls

.........................................dls.  40*10
Au  Sable 
Stam ped  Tinw are,  new   l i s t ...............  
70
Japanned  T inw are  ..................................20*10

H ouse  Furnishing  Goods

B ar  Iron  ..........................................2  26  e  rates
L ight  Band 
8  c  rates

.................................... 
Nobs—N ew   List

Door,  m ineral,  Jap.  trim m ings  ...........  76
Door,  porcelain,  Jap.  trim m ings 
. . . .   86 

Stanley  Rule  and  Level  Co.’s 

. . .  .dis 

Levels

M etals—Zinc

600  pound  casks 
Per  pound 

............................................ 7V!

......................................................  8

M iscellaneous
Bird  Cages 
....................................................   40
............................................  75
Pum ps,  Cistern 
....................................  86
Screws,  N ew   L ist 
Casters,  Bed  and  P late  ............... 50*10*10
...............................   60
Dam pers,  Am erican 

M olasses  Gates

Stebbln’s  P attern 
. . : ..............................60*10
Enterprise,  se lf-m e a su r in g .....................   20

P ans

Fry.  A cm e  .............................................60*10*10
Common,  polished 
..................................70*10

P atent  Planished  Iron 

“A ’*  W ood’s  pat.  plan’d.  No.  24-27..10  80 
“B ”  W ood's  pat.  plan’d.  N o.  26-27..  9  SO 

Broken  packages  V!c  per  lb.  e x tr a .. 

P lanes
Ohio  Tool  Co.’s  fan cy 
...........................   40
Sciota  Bench 
................................................  60
Sandusky  Tool  Co.’s   fancy  ...................   40
Bench,  first  quality  ....................................  45

N alls

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

A dvance  over  base,  on  both  Steel  *   W ire
Steel  nails,  base  ........................................  2  76
W ire  nails,  b a s e ..........................................  2  SO
20  to  60  advance  ........................................ B ase
10  to  16  advance 
6
8  advance 
....................................................   10
....................................................  20
6  advance 
....................................................   30
4  advance 
3  advance 
....................................................   45
2  advance  ........................ 
70
F ine  3  advance 
..........................................  60
Casing  10 a d v a n c e ........................................  15
Casing  8  advance  ........................................  25
Casing  6  advance  ........................................  36
F inish  10  advance 
......................................  25
F inish  8  a d v a n c e ..........................................  86
F inish  6  advance 
......................................  45
....................................  86
Barrel  %  advance 

 

 

R ivets
Iron  and  Tinned 
........................................  60
Copper  R ivets  and  B u r s ...........................   45

Roofing  P lates

14x20  IC,  Charcoal,  D e a n .......................   7  50
14x20  IX,  Charcoal,  D e a n ..........................9  00
20x28  IC,  Charcoal,  D e a n ........................16  00
14x20  IC,  Charcoal,  Alla w ay  Grade  . .   7  60 
14x20  IX,  Charcoal.  A llaw ay Grade  ..   9  00 
20x28  IC,  Charcoal,  A lla w ay  Grade  .. 15  00 
20x28  EX,  Charcoal,  A llaw ay  Grade  ..IS   00 

Ropes

Sisal,  V!  Inch  and  larger  ..................... 

L ist  acct.  19,  ‘86  ................................. d is 

Sand  Paper

10

60

8ash  W eights

Sheet  Iron

Solid  B yes,  per  ton  ............................... 20  00

N os.  10  to  14  ................................................28  60
N os.  15  to  17  ..............................................3  70
N os.  18  to  21  ................................................3  90
N os.  22  to  24  ................................4  10 
8 00
4 00
............................4  20 
N os.  25  to  26 
No.  27 
..............................................4  30 
4 10
All  sh eets  N o.  18  and  lighter,  over  60
inches  wide,  not  less  than  2-10  extra.

8hovels  and  8pades

F irst  Grade,  Dox  ........................................  6  00
Second  Grade,  Dox........................................5 60

8older

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

fc@Vi 
21
The  prices  of  the  m any  other  qualities 
of  solder  in  th e  m arket  indicated  by  priv­
ate  brands  vary  according  to  com position. 

Steel  and  Iron 

Squares
.......................................60-10-6

Tin— Melyn  Grads

10x14  IC,  Charcoal 
................................$10  50
14x20  IC,  Charcoal  ..................................  10  60
10x14  IX,  Charcoal 
...............................   12  00
Each  additional  X   on  th is  grade,  31.25. 

Tin—A llaw ay  Grads

10x14  IC,  Charcoal  ..............................3  9  00
14x20 
10x14 
14x20 

................................   9 00
................................  10 50
...............................   10 60
Each  additional  X   on  th is  grade,  81-60. 

IC,  Charcoal 
IX,  Charcoal 
I X   Charcoal 

Boiler  Size  Tin  P late 

14x56  IX,  for N o.  8 * 9  boilers,  per !b. 

12

Traps

Steel,  Game  ..................................................  
Oneida  Com m unity,  N ew house’s 
Oneida  Com’y,  H aw ley ft N orton’s . . 
M ouse,  choker,  per  dox............................ 
M ouse,  delusion,  per  d o x .................... 

75
..4 0 * 1 0  
65
16
1  25

W ire
B right  M arket 
60
............................................ 
Annealed  M arket 
...................................... 
60
Coppered  M arket 
....................................60*10
Tinned  M arket  .......................................... 60*10
Coppered  Spring  Steel  ...........................  
40
Barbed  Fence,  G alvanised  ..................... 8  00
Barbed  Fence,  P a in te d .............................  2 70

W ire  Goods
.............................................................80-10
B right 
Screw   E yes 
................................................ 80-10
............................  
80-10
H ooks 
G ate  H ooks  and  B yes  ............................99-10

B axter’s  A djustable,  N ickeled 
80
40
Coe’s   Genuine 
Coe’s   P atent Agricultural,  W rought. 70*10

W renches
......... 
.......................................... 

 

37
Crockery and Glassware

STONEWARE

Churns

Mllkpans

Fins  Glazed  Mllkpans 

B utters
V!  gal.  per  dox. 
48
.....................................  
6
I  to  6  gal.  per  dox................................. 
62
8  gal.  each 
............................................. 
10  gal.  each 
66
........................................... 
12  gal.  each 
78
............................................. 
15  gal.  m eat  tubs,  each  ......................1  20
20  gal.  m eat  tubs,  e a c h .........................   1  60
25  gal.  m eat  tubs,  each  ......................2  26
30  gal.  m eat  tubs,  e a c h .........................   2  70
2  to  6  gal.,  per  gal  .................................   6V!
Churn  Dashers,  per  dox  ..................... 
  84
V!  gal.  flat  or  round  bottom,  per  dox.  48
1  gal.  flat  or  round  bottom,  each  . . .  
6
Vi  gal.  flat  or  round  bottom ,  per  dox.  60
6
1  gal.  flat  or  round  bottom,  each  . . .  
V!  gal.  fireproof,  ball,  per dox...............  
86
1  gal.  fireproof,  bail  per  dox..............1  10
V!  gal.  per  dox................................. 
V!  gal.  per  dox..................................  
1  to  5  gal.,  per  g a l...............................   7Vi
5  lbs.  in  package,  per  lb..................... 
2
No.  0  Sun  ................................................... 
86
No.  1  S u n ..;..................................  
38
No.  2  Sun.......................................... 
50
No.  3  Sun  ................................................... 
T ubular  ....................................................... 
....................................................... 
Nutm eg 
MASON  FRUIT  JARS 

LAMP  BURNERS

Sealing  W ax

Stew psns

Jugs

60
45

86
60
60

W ith  Porcelain  Lined  Caps
P er  Gross.
..........................................................   4  00
...........................................................4  60
..................................................   6  25

P in ts 
Q uarts 
V!  Gallon 

F ruit  Jars  packed  1  doxen  in  box. 

LAMP  CHIMNEYS—Seconds

P er  box  of  6  dox.
No.  0  Sun 
.................................................  1  60
...............................................  1  72
No.  1  Sun 
No.  2  Sun  ...................................................  2  64

Anchor  Carton  Chimneys 

Each  chimney  in  corrugated  carton

La  Bastie

Pearl  Top

XXX  Flint

No.  0  Crimp  ..........................................    1  80
No.  1  Crimp  .............................................  t   78
No.  2  Crimp 
............................................. 2  78
F irst  Quality
No.  0  Sun,  crim p  top,  wrapped  A  lab.  1  91 
No.  1  Sun,  crim p  top,  wrapped  &  lab.  2  00 
No.  2  Sun,  crim p  top,  wrapped  A  lab.  3  00 
No.  1  Sun,  crim p  top,  wrapped  *   lab.  3  25 
No.  2  Sun,  crim p  top,  wrapped  *   lab.  4  10 
No.  2  Sun,  hinge,  wrapped  *   labelsd.  4  26 
No.  1  Sun,  wrapped  and  labeled  . . . .   4  60 
No.  2  Sun,  wrapped  and  labeled  . . . .   6  30 
No.  2  hinge,  wrapped  and  labeled  ..  5  10 
No.  2  Sun,  “small  bulb," globe  lamps. 
80 
No.  1  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per  d o x ..........1  00
No.  2  Sun,  plain  bulb,  per  dox..........1  26
No.  1  Crimp,  per dox................................ 1  26
No.  2  Crimp,  per  dox............................. 1  20
No.  1  Lime  (65c  dox.)  ..............................8  50
No.  2  Lime  (76c  dox.)  ............................4  00
No.  2  Flint  (80c  dox.)  .........................   4  60
No.  2.  Lime  (70c  dox.)  .........................   4  00
No.  2  Flint  (80c dox.)  .............................   4  60
1  gal.  tin  cans  w ith  spout,  per  dox.  1  20
1  gal.  glav.  iron  with  spout,  per  doz.  1  38
2  gal.  galv.  iron  w ith  spout,  per  doz.  2  20
3  gal.  galv.  iron  w ith  spout,  per  doz.  3  10 
5  gal.  galv.  iron  w ith  spout,  per  doz.  4  05 
3  gal.  galv.  iron  w ith  faucet,  per  doz.  3  70 
5  gal.  galv.  iron  with  faucet,  per  doz.  4  68
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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

weave  rather  than  from  the  introduc­
tion  of  another  color.  Black,  brown 
and  blue  tones  are  most  favored.

justified 

in  asking 

goods,  as 

for  woolen  underwear, 

Underwear— The  firmness 

shown 
by  raw  wool  of  late  has  led  a  good 
many  authorities  to  predict  higher 
prices 
al­
though  this  prophecy,  as  well  as  that 
relating  to  cotton  prices,  is  readily 
accepted  by  some  and  ridiculed  by 
others.  Prices  on 
the  new  wool 
clips  will  serve  to  settle  this  question 
in  no  slight  degree,  hence  definite 
figures  are  awaited  with  more  than 
ordinary  interest  by  jobbers  every­
where.  Manufacturers  might  easily 
be  influenced  to  ask  higher  prices for 
the  manufactured 
they 
claim,  with  no  small  degree  of  rea­
son,  that  the  present  prices  for  knit 
goods  are  lower than those which they j 
would  be 
■ when 
to-day’s  manufacturing  conditions are I 
given  due  consideration.  Knowing 
the  jobber’s  disposition  to  keep  out I 
of  the  market  following  the  establish­
ment  of  higher  prices  wherever  such  j 
a  course  is  possible,  it  can  be  seen  [ 
that  the  operator,  unless  pressed  too j 
hard  by  conditions  in  the  staple mar- j 
ket,  will  continue  to  do  a  fair am ount; 
of  business  at  a  small  profit  in  prefer­
ence  to  a  small  business  at  a  large 1 
profit.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the 
sit- j 
uation  hinges  on 
the  willingness 
shown  by  the  public  to  pay  higher 
If  the  retailer  believed  that 
prices. 
his  customers  could  be  induced 
to 
pay  increased  prices  for  their  under­
wear,  the  operator,  through  the  job­
ber,  would  feel  that  his  position  was 
materially  improved.  As  it  is,  how­
ever,  buyers  are  holding  out  against 
higher  prices,  as  they  lack  confidence 
in  the  public’s  willingness  to  meet  an 
advance.

Hosiery— The  hosiery  market  has 
shown  up  to  good  advantage  during 
the  last  week,  in  view  of  the  high 
prices  asked  for  cotton  goods.  The 
manner  in  which  many  lines,  notably 
the  cheaper  ones,  have  been  cleaned 
up  augurs  well  for  future  business. 
Fancy  designs  do  not  appear  to  be 
meeting  with  as  great  favor  as  they 
did 
last  year,  solid  colors  having 
come  in  for  increased  popularity  of 
late.  Fabric  gloves  are  also  turning 
in 
out  to  be  an 
interesting  factor 
retail  trade,  staple  colors  being 
in 
very  good  demand.

Gloves— The  demand  in  gloves  now 
is  for  the  lightest  possible. 
It  re­
quires  an  effort  with  most  people  in 
hot  weather  to  wear  a  pair  of  kid 
gloves,  and  they  are  avoided.  The 
ordeal  of  conforming  to  Fashion’s 
behests  and  dictates  is  undergone  by 
some  people  even  when  they  severe­
ly  censure  themselves  for  their  prac­
tice.  A  very  attractive  window  dis­
play  seen  in  Broadway  recently  was 
one  made  entirely  of 
silk 
gloves.  Moreover,  the  only  gloves 
shown  were  whites.  A   window  of 
is 
nothing  but  white  silk 
bound  to  attract  attention. 
If  a  deal­
er  has  the  courage  and  a  deft  window 
trimmer  during  some  public  occasion 
he  should  try  a  white  silk  glove  win­
dow. 
It  need  not  be  up  more  than 
a  single  day,  but  it  will  most  certain­
ly  interest  the  buying  public  in 
the 
glove  stock.  And  the  dealer  may

gloves 

ladies’ 

Weekly  Market  Review of the  Princi­

pal  Staples.

said 

It  is 

Much  to  the  surprise  of  the  retail­
er  brown  has  been  about  the  best 
selling  color  this  spring. 
It  took 
very  well  in  the  winter,  but  when  the 
buyers  made  their  purchases  for  this 
season  they  figured  brown  as  a  win­
ter  color  and,  thinking  it  would not 
be  much  in  demand,  placed  their  or­
ders  accordingly. 
that 
when  brown  became  popular  many 
of  the  mills  had 
the  undesirable 
shades  dyed  this  color.  According 
to  the  opinion  of  various  dress  goods 
buyers  brown  will  be  in  vogue  in the 
fall.  One  new  shade  is  called  “onion 
brown.” 
to  how 
it  will  take  with  the  public.  The 
retailers  had  a  few  pieces  of  this  col­
or  in  the  spring,  but  so  far  they  have 
not  met  with  favor. 
It  is  also  to  be 
seen  in  the  new  lines  of  trimming 
and  it  is  more  appropriate  for  this 
class  of  goods.

It  is  a  question  as 

Cotton  Dress  Goods— The  poplaine 
weave  is  still  in  favor  for  late  fall 
wear.  The  poplaine  weave  is  similar 
to  a  weave  in  a  pique,  although  in a 
pique  the  fabric  is  generally  produced 
with  two  warps,  while  in  a  poplaine 
weave  only  one  warp  is  necessary. 
The  poplaine  idea  originated  in 
a 
Fall  River  mill.  The  original 
idea 
was  made  with  an  80s  warp  and  an 
8s  filling  in  a  piece  dye  only.  The 
fabric  was  called  poplaine 
original 
de  soie. 
It  was  given 
this  name 
probably  because  it  was 
first 
high  sounding  title  that  entered  the 
mind  of  the  maker.  Since  the  intro­
duction  of  poplaine  de  soie,  fancy  ef­
fects  have  been  added  to  the  original 
idea,  but  to  the  trade  it  is  connected 
with  the  poplaine  cloths.

the 

W ool  Dress  Goods— The  primary 
market  is  busily  engaged  upon  lines 
for  spring,  1905,  but  as  yet  too  little 
is  known  to  permit  a  statement  of 
the  styles.  For  fall  and  winter  plain 
materials  are  certainly  holding  first 
place  and  promise  to  continue  so on 
account  of  the  trend  of  styles'abroad. 
The  shades  that  are 
finding  most 
favor  are  about  in  the  following  or­
der: 
tans,  browns  and  navy  blues 
stand  first— creams,  mole  skin,  light 
blue,  maroon  and  greens  next,  and 
reds  and  purples  third. 
In  regard 
to  the  range  of  fabrics  that  are  in 
best  demand,  broadcloths 
seem  to 
lead  by  considerable,  unless  we  take 
summer  dress 
voiles,  crepes 
goods  under  one  heading— next 
to 
these  come  zibelines  in  plain  colors, 
mixtures  and  suitings,  and  then  pru­
nellas,  cashmeres,  jacquards,  etc. 
In 
looking  over  the 
tendencies 
abroad  with  a  view  of  ascertaining 
their  possible  effect  on  the  demand 
in  this  country,  both  for  the  fall  and 
next  spring,  we  see  that  a  good  many 
almost  invisible  plaids  of  very  som­
bre  tones  are  being  utilized  this  sea­
son:  the  dark  grays  that  border  on 
black  and  some  plaid  effects  in  the 
new  mohair  that  come 
the

from 

style 

and 

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$18.00  the  dozen.

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more  money.  We  also have  the  “ bargain  store”  ar­
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rest  confident  that  he  will  be  accom­
plishing  two  very  desirably  effective 
bits  of  advertising— namely,  stealing 
a  march  on  his  competitor,  who  is 
afraid  to  attempt  a  window  display of 
this  nature  or  has  not  thought  of 
doing  so,  and  he  will  also  be  advertis­
ing  his  confidence  in  a  line  of  gloves 
concerning  which  he  is  safe  in  urg­
ing  to  the  very  first  place,  white  silk 
gloves.  The  general  consensus  o c 
opinion  is  that  white  gloves  will have 
the  lead  for  summer  wear  this  sea­
son.  T hey  are  even  now  in  such  a 
strong  position  that  little  doubt  ex­
lead­
ists  regarding  their  continued 
ership  for  the  season. 
If  you  have 
not  enough  white  silk  gloves  mix  in 
a  few  white  lisles.

surplus 

Carpets— The  carpet  situation 

re­
mains  unchanged.  As  yet  the  orders 
received  from  the  salesmen  on 
the 
road  are  not  large  and  they  are  not 
expected  to  increase  in  volume  until 
after  the  first  of  July.  The  prices 
in  general  are  not  satisfactory  to the 
great  majority  of  the  manufacturers. 
None  of  the  manufacturers  seem  in­
clined  to  cut  under  present  prices  for 
the  purpose  of  inducing  jobbers  to 
buy. 
If  any  one  was  so  inclined, the 
prices  of  the  raw  materials  would  de­
ter  him  from  such  action,  as 
the 
prices  are  so  high  and  stiff  that  he 
could  not  replace  old  stock  with  new 
and  manufacture  at  a  profit.  Distrib­
uters  report  a  good  business  during 
the  past  week,  especially  in  summer 
fabrics.  Velvets  have  been  in  fair 
demand  during  the  past  week  among 
consumers.  The 
stock  of 
some  manufacturers  recently  placed 
on  the  market  has  not  yet  been  fully 
disposed  of,  and  until  it  is  sold  it  will 
act  as  a  check  on  the  sale  of  other 
fabrics  of  the  same  class  which  may 
be  offered  at  regular  prices.  The  new 
prices  established  at  the  opening  of 
the  season  have  not  as  yet  proved 
attractive  to  the  jobbers,  who  are still 
holding  back  orders  in  the  hopes  of 
a  further  decline.  During  the  past 
year  and  a  half  some  of  these  goods 
were  advanced  as  much  as  18  and 
20c  a  yard.  The  recent  reduction in 
prices  and  the  high  cost  of  the  pres­
ent  supply  of  raw  materials  bring  the 
present  prices  to  about  bedrock,  and 
it  is  not  probable  that  any  further 
reductions  will  be  made. 
If  buyers 
continue  to  hold  back  their  orders 
instead  of  weakening  the  prices  as 
expected,  manufacturers  claim 
that 
that  policy  on  the  part  of  the  buy­
ers  will  have  a  tendency  to  strength­
en  prices,  as  it  is  not  probable  under 
present  conditions  that  manufactur­
ers  will  produce  goods  in  anticipation 
of  orders.  The  price  of  ingrains,  as 
fixed  at  the  last  opening,  is  still  agi­
tating  Philadelphia  manufacturers, 
but  as  yet  no  plan  has  been  formu­
lated  to  prevent  a 
recurrence  next 
season.  Some  of  the  large  manufac­
turers,  while  deploring  the 
lack  of 
courage  and  business  foresight  shown 
by  some  of  their  associates,  deem  it 
almost  a  hopeless  task  to  attempt  at 
present  to  unite  them  all 
in  any 
movement  to  establish  a  profit  yield­
ing  price  list.  T hey  say  that 
the 
only  hope  for  the  future  lies  in  the 
profits  being  so  small  this  season 
that  all  who  wish  to  continue  in  the

self- 
business  will,  as  a  matter  of 
preservation,  be  forced 
to­
gether  the  next  season,  regardless 
of  the  attitude  of  the  Eastern  manu­
facturers.

to  act 

Smyyrna  Rugs— Manufacturers re­
port  a  better  demand,  at  present,  for 
Smyrna  rugs  than  has  existed  for the 
last  six  months. 
In  this  line  of  busi­
ness  all  the  indications  point  to  a 
fairly  profitable  season.

Smyrna  Rugs— Manufacturers  re­
week  the  demand  for  summer  rugs 
has  been  very  large.  These  goods 
are  largely  cotton  and  white  is  the 
preponderating  color  in  nearly  all. 
Sometimes  it  is  white  and  blue; 
in 
others  it  is  white  and  brown.  Con­
sumers  have  a  large  variety  of  pat­
terns  and  colors  to  select  from,  but 
there  are  few  shown  in  which  white 
does  not  occupy  a  prominent  place 
in  the  color  scheme.

Women’s  Waists  for  Fall.

Manufacturers  are  busily  engaged 
in  getting  their  fall  lines  of  waists 
Some  houses  have  quite  a 
ready. 
line  to  show,  while  others  are 
just 
beginning.  There  is  no  reason  why 
there  should  not  be  a  big  fall  busi­
ness.  The  vogue  of  the  heavy  white 
waist  is  over  as  a  winter  garment, 
and  this  fall  silk,  flannel,  albatross 
and  similar  materials  will  take 
its 
place.

Some  waist  manufacturers  believe 
messaline  will  be  the  favorite  of the 
season. 
It  has  the  appearance  of  a 
satin  finished  crepe  de  chine.  The 
style  of  the  dress  waist  is  similar  to 
the  ones  seen  this  spring.  Broad 
shouldered  effects,  however,  are  pre­
ferred  to  the  drooping  shoulders.  The 
sleeves  are  fuller  and  made  with  a 
deep  cuff.  A  great  deal  of  hand­
work  is  to  be  seen  on  the  elaborate 
styles.  Crepe  de  chine,  chiffon,  taffe­
ta,  peau  de  cygne,  net  and  lace  are 
also  to  be  employed  in  the  dressy 
waist.

The  new  samples  of  fall  waists are 
made  with  just  as  much  blouse  as 
ever,  and  the  buyers  in  the  different 
department  stores  have  great  confi­
d e n ce ^   the  blouse  waist.  The  plain 
styles,  however,  will  have 
sleeves 
with  small,  narrow  cuffs.

The  cheaper  styles  are 

the  best 
sellers.  The  lawn  waist  can  be  retail­
ed  for  $i  and  $1.50.  A  buyer,  when 
asked  which  waists  are  selling  best, 
replied  that  on  a  warm  day  the  lin­
gerie  waist  is  in  the  lead,  and  in  cool 
weather  the 
first 
place.  The  demand  for  the  linen  waist 
has  been  exceptionally  good  this sea­
son.  The  backward  spring  has  help­
ed  the  sale  of  these  goods;  further­
more,  they  launder  better  than  the 
other  style.

linen  waist  has 

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A   good  way  to  restore  white  silk 
rticles  that  have  become  yellow  in 
trashing  is  to  dip  them  in  tepid  soft 
vater  containing  to  each  quart  a  ta- 
ilespoonful  of  ammonia  water  and  a 
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>ut  and  if  still  yellow  add  a  little 
nore  bluing  to  the  water  until  they 
ire 
the 
hade  and  dry  partially,  and  press 
vith  a  hot 
iron  between  folds  of 
:otton  while  damp.

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in 

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in n liih iir  

GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT

The “ IDEAL”  has it

(In the Rainy River District, Ontario)

I  have 
It  is up to you  to investigate  this  mining  proposition. 
personally inspected this  property,  in company  with  the  presi­
dent  of  the  company and  Captain  Williams,  mining  engineer. 
I  can furnish you his  report;  that  tells  the  story.  This  is  as 
safe a  mining proposition  as has ever  been  offered  the  public. 
For price  of  stock,  prospectus  and  Mining  Engineer’s  report, 
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Travelers„  l

Michigan  K nights  of  tho  Grip 

President,  M ichael  H ow am ,  D etroit; 
Secretary,  Chas.  J.  L ew is,  F lin t;  T reas­
urer,  H .  E.  Bradner,  Lansing.

United  Com m ercial  Travelers  o f  M ichigan 
Grand  Councelor,  L.  W illiams,  D etroit; 
G rand  Secretary.  W.  F .  Tracy,  Flint.
Grand  Rapids  Council  No.  181,  U.  C.  T . 
Senior  Counselor,  S.  H .  Sim m ons;  Secre­

tary  and  Treasurer,  O.  F.  Jackson.

BRAND  FROM  TH E  BURNING. 
Experience  of  a  Michigan  Clerk  in 

W ritten  for  the  Tradesm an.

Chicago.

raised 

The  great  white  moon,  riding  high 
in  the  cloudless  vault  of  Heaven, 
shed  a  silvery  radiance  across  the 
rolling  bosom  of  Lake  Michigan, 
turned  the  beach  sand  into  a  dazzling 
strip  of  seeming  snowflakes  and  gave 
strange  fantastic  shapes  to  the  scrag- 
gly  trees  clinging  to  the  edge  of  the 
great  sand-dunes  that 
their 
heads  in  an  irregular  line  along 
the 
shore.  The  never-ceasing  waves  broke 
into  phosphorescent  spray  as 
they 
reached  the  sand,  far out  on  the  broad 
expanse  a  ship’s  bell  marked  the  time 
as  the  white  winged  vessel  plowed 
slowly  along with  the  soft  wind, down 
the  beach  the  brightly  illumined  pa- 
villion  filled  with  a  merry  crowd  of 
dancers  disturbed  the  serenity  of the 
natural  picture,  but,  taken  all  in  all, 
it  was  an  ideal  night  for  wily  Cupid. 
Couples  wearied  with  the  dance  or 
finding  more  enjoyment  with  them­
the  great 
selves  dotted 
drift-logs 
re­
treats.

convenient 

the  sands, 

forming 

Seated  in  a  cozy  nook  formed  by 
two  great  timbers,  washed  from  the 
deck  load  of  a  passing  barge 
in 
some  long-forgotten  storm,  sat  two 
lovers.  The  girl, 
the  moonbeams 
sparkling  her  hair  like  a  mass  of 
jewels,  in  a  conventional  summer cos­
tume  of  cool  linen,  her  straw  hat  ly­
ing  by  her  side,  rested  easily  against 
the  broad  side  of  a  timber,  streams of 
white  sand  slipping  through  her  fin­
gers,  while  the  man  sprawled  at  her 
feet,  the  smoke  from 
cigarette 
floating  lazily  above  his  head.

a 

“Are  you  glad  to  go,  Frank?”  ask­
ed  the  girl,  as  she  gazed  wistfully 
over  the  lake  to  where  the  blue  of 
the  sky  seemed  to  meet  and  mingle 
with  that  of  the  waters.

“ I’d  be  tickled  to  death,  girlie,  if 
it  wasn’t  for  one  thing,  and  that’s 
leaving  you. 
It’s  a  great  chance;  the 
one  I’ve  been  waiting  for,  but  I  hate 
to  leave  you,  Mabel,  even  for  a  little 
while,”  he  answered,  as  he  flipped the 
ashes  from  his  cigarette  towards  the 
water’s  edge.

The  girl  sighed  pensively  before 
replying  and  then  whispered: 
“Yes, 
Frank,  the  thought  of  your  going 
fills  me  with  sadness,  but  it  is  all for 
the  best. 
that  you  have 
grown  too  big  for  this  place  and  the 
quicker  you  get  to  the  city  the  more 
rapid  will  be  your  progress.”

I  know 

“That  is  the  case  exactly;  the  way 
the  old  man  put  it.  He  came  to  me 
‘Frank,  you’ve 
last  week  and  said: 
grown  beyond  us  here. 
I’ve  boosted

your  salary  to  the  limit  and  still  you 
are  not  getting  what  is  coming  to 
you,  so  I  am  going  to  get  you 
a 
chance  where  the  field  will  be  large 
enough  for  you  to  grow  still  more. 
I  have  written  to  Rosenbaum,  Ho- 
henstein  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  to  see 
what  they  can  do  and  I  am  awaiting 
their  reply  now.’ 
I  thanked  him  for 
what  he  had  done  and  said  no  more 
about 
it  until  he  came  to  me  this 
morning  and  showed  me  the  letter  in 
which  they  said  that,  on  the  strength 
of  the  boost  that  he  had  given  me 
they  would  give  me  a  show  in  the 
city  salesroom  until  I  was  fit  to  go 
on  the  road.  He  asked  me  if  I’d  go 
for  the  salary  mentioned  and  I  told 
him  that  I  would.  To-day  I  wrote 
a  letter  of  acceptance  and  will  leave 
next  Monday  for  the  job.  But  don’t 
you  worry,  Kid;  when  I  told  you 
that  you  were  all  the  world  to  me 
there  was  no  hot  air  about  it  and  the 
bet  holds  good.  A s  soon  as  I  can 
get  the  price  of  a  nice  little  flat  in 
sight,  it’s  me  back 
and 
the  wedding  bells  and  you  may  bet 
something  that  if  hard  work  will get 
the  goods  that  time  isn’t-far  away.”
“ Don’t  be  foolish,  Frank,”  said  the 
go 

let  us 

girl  blushing  prettily, 
back  to  the  pavillion.”

you 

to 

“No,  let  us  stay  here. 

I’d  sooner 
be  with  you  alone  down  here  than 
mixing  with  that  bunch  up  '  there,” 
and  he  raised  himself  high  enough to 
place  his  arm  around  the  girl’s  waist. 
For  an  hour  they  sat  and  talked  as 
only  lovers  can,  built  their  airy  cas­
tles  high  and  dreamed  sweet  dreams 
of  the  future.  A t  last  the  dwindling 
crowd  warned  them  that  the  night 
was  wearing  on  and  reluctantly  they 
arose  and  strolled  towards  the  car 
landing.  The  ride  to  the  city  was 
passed 
in  retrospective  silence  and 
an  hour  later  they  bade  each  other 
good  bye  at  the  gate  of  her  father’s 
house.  The  days 
intervening  until 
Frank’s  departure  passed  rapidly  and 
the  night  he  sailed  away 
on  the 
lake  steamer  for  Chicago  he  left  her 
on  the  dock  with  his  kisses  on  her 
lips.  She  returned  home  to  dream 
and  wait  for  his  return,  but  the  little 
city  seemed  to  have  lost  its  charm 
with  his  going.

In  his  new  field  Frank  rose  rapid­
ly.  A   few  months  in  the  salesroom 
of  the  house  and  he  was  placed  on 
the  road  on  an  excellent  route.  He 
wrote  frequently  to  the  sweetheart 
at  home  and  looked  forward  eagerly 
to  the  time  he  could  return  and  claim 
her.  After  an  interval,  however,  his 
interest  waned.  The  goodfellowship 
that  characterizes  the  road  man  set­
tled  upon  him  and-  the  thought  of 
giving  up  his  freedom— he  was  hon­
est  enough  to  believe  that  he  would 
be  perfectly  true  if  married— no  long­
er  had  the  same  charm.  His  salary 
was  raised,  but  still  he  put  the  matter 
off  and  gradually  his  love  cooled.  His 
letters  became 
infrequent  and  no 
longer  were  filled  with  the  honeyed 
words  of  infatuation.

A t  last  he  was  offered  an  excellent 
position  with  a  retail  house  in 
the 
city  and  he  knew  that  the  time  had 
come  to  keep  his  promises.  He  tried 
to  bring  himself  to  do  his  duty,  but 
the  hold  of  the  city  was  upon  him

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planning  the  future.  Years  had  pass­
ed  since  then,  but  there  was  the  same 
old  love  tone  in  his  voice  as  he  whis­
pered,  “ Mabel.”

“ Yes,  Frank,”  she  answered,  “you 

had  better  come  with  me.”
Staggering  slightly  from 

ef­
fects  of  his  drinking,  he  slipped  from 
his  place  at  the  table  and,  unmindful 
of  the  curious  glances  which  were 
bent  upon  them,  walked  with  her out 
of  the  door.

the 

Years  have  passed  since  that  night 
and  in  a  beautiful  home  in  a  suburb 
of  the  city  a  couple  have  just  reach­
ed  a  cozy  sitting  room  after  enjoying 
an  excellent  dinner.  The  father  reads 
the  last  edition  of  the  paper,  while 
the  mother  arbitrates  threatened  war 
between  the  boys  upon  the 
floor. 
The  room  is  handsomely  furnished, 
but,  in  strange  contrast  to 
re­
mainder  of  the  pictures,  on  one  wall 
hangs  a  portrait  of  a  young  woman 
in  the  dress  of  a  member  of  the  Sal­
If  you  wonder  why it 
vation  Army. 
is  there,  just  look 
the  happy 
mother  and  you  will  see  that  her  face 
is  “The  Face  Beneath  the  Bonnett.” 

the 

at 

J.  F.  Cremer.

The  manufacturers  of  leather  goods 
are  now  busily  engaged 
in  getting 
their  samples  ready  for  fall,  and  each 
is  endeavoring  to  bring  out  the  bag 
that  will  make  the  hit  of  the  season. 
It  is  expected  that  the  bags  will  not 
be  quite  as  large  as  those  of 
last 
spring.

Man’s  extremity  sometimes 

leads 

a  man  to  find  out  what  he  can  do.

Rockford  Boys  Cross  Bats  With 

U.  C.  T.

Grand  Rapids,  June  20— The  United 
Commercial  Travelers  of  Grand Rap­
ids  won  the  ball  game  at  Rockford 
last  Saturday  afternoon.  The  score 
by  innings  was  as  follows:
U.  C.  T ..............1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0   o— 8
Rockford..............0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0   o— 4
Battery  for  U.  C.  T.,  Rockwell, 
Rider  and  Jones;  for  Rockford,  Bur­
rell  and  Mitchell.

W e  had  the  very  finest  treatment 
possible  to  give  us.  They  met  our 
boys  at  the  afternoon  train  with  the 
Rockford  band  and  escorted  us  to 
the  ball  ground,  and  we  would  like 
you  to  give  them  a  nice  write-up, as 
they  certainly  deserve  it  for  the  fine 
treatment  accorded  the  U.  C.  T. 
team.

Manager  C.  P.  Reynolds  is  open  for 
games  with  any  Grand  Rapids  team 
or  towns  near  Grand  Rapids.  Please 
give  this  your  best  attention  and  by 
so  doing  you  will  confer  a  favor  on 
the  U.  C.  T.,  as  well  as  the  writer. 
Make  the  puff  for  Rockford  as  strong 
as  possible,  as  they  certainly  treated 
us  fine.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Detroit  Free  Press: 

John  M. 
Fleming,  formerly  a  salesman  for the 
Universal  Tobacco  Co.,  has  been  giv­
en  a  verdict  of  $579-53  against  that 
company  by  a  jury  in  Judge  Frazer’s 
court.  The  amount  represents 
two 
months’  salary.

A  Bangor 

correspondent  writes: 
W.  B.  Edmonds  is  being  boomed by 
his  brother  traveling  salesmen 
for

Salesmen  Association. 

President  of  the  National  Confection­
ers’ 
The 
standing  Mr.  Edmonds  has  with  the 
fraternity  is  quite  liable  to  win  him 
the  office.

A   traveling  man  tells  a  story  of 
a  clergyman  who  visited  a  hotel  in 
Western  Michigan  and  was  astonish­
ed  afterward  to  receive  a  visit  frbm 
a  delegation  of 
labor .  leaders,  who 
asked  him  to  go  to  some  other  hotel 
because  the  bartenders’  union  had or­
dered  a  strike  on  that  hotel  and  the 
hotel  had  been  declared  unfair.
Recent  Business  Changes  Among 

Indiana  Merchants.

Indianapolis—Essex  &  Terwilliger 
are  succeeded  by  Hugh  Essex  in  the 
grocery  business.

Richmond— Railroad  Store  Co. has 
same 

been  incorporated  under 
style.

the 

Sutherlin, 
Russellville— Lain  & 
dealers  in  buggies  and 
implements, 
are  succeeded  by  Sutherlin  &  Dodd.
Indianapolis— The  Union  Manufac­
turing  Co.,  manufacturer  of  suspend­
ers,  is  in  the  hands  of  a  trustee.

Do  not  be  offended  when  a  draft 
is  made  on  you  for  a  bill  that is over­
due. 
It  is  your  fault.  The  creditor 
is  entitled  to  payment.  Do  not  re­
turn  the  draft  if  it  is  correct.  Pay  it.

An  ounce  of  prevention  has  cheated 
many  a  person  out  of  the  delights of 
being  advised  during  convalescence.

It  is  better  to  live  on  a  desert  is­
land  with  a  parrot  than  to  live  in 
Paradise  with  a  woman  who  pouts.

and  he  could  not  do  40.  He  contin­
ued  to  write  for  a  time,  but  at  last 
he  ceased  doing  even  this  and,  as the 
months  slipped  by,  she  passed  al­
most  completely  out  of  his  mind.  She 
had  written  twice  after  he  gave  up 
corresponding,  but  when  the  letters 
were  unanswered  her  pride  forbade 
her  to  do  more  and  she  accepted  the 
inevitable  and  turned  to  her  own  life 
in  an  effort  to  forget  him.

His  career  was  the  same  as  count­
less  of  others  in  the  great  metropo­
lis.  For  eight  hours  each  day  he 
was  all  business  and  then  for  a  good­
ly  portion  of  the  remainder  of  the 
twenty-four  the  companion  of  men* 
about  town,  a  habitue  of  the  clubs, 
taking  occasional  flights  into  the half- 
world  and  called  by  all  who  knew 
him  a  “ royal  good-fellow.”  He  lived 
as  did  hundreds  and,  although  his 
conscience  suffered 
occasional 
prick,  he  regarded  his  old  love  affair 
in  the  light  of  an  infatuation  of  his 
youth.

an 

One  night,  in  company  with  sever­
al  boon  companions,  he  sought  a  well- 
known  resort  down  State  street  to 
while  away  a  few  hours.  They  found 
an  empty  table  and  the  liquor  flowed 
merrily. 
It  was  a  scene  which  only 
the  city  knows.  The  great  mahogany 
bar,  with  its  fittings  of  brass,  stood 
out  from  a  back  bar  of  fancily  carved 
wood  and  wonderful  mirrors.  The 
colored  lights  cast  their  beams  about 
the  place  and  the  rich  cut  glass  re­
flected  them  back  in  beautiful  tints. A 
motley  crowd  filled  the  place.  A few 
loungers  lolled  against  the  bar,  but 
by  far  the  greater  number  sat  at ease 
about 
tables.  Women, 
painted  and  overdressed,  mingled 
freely  with  the  men  and  the  polite 
waiters  threaded  their  ways  skillfully 
between  the  groups  with  trayfuls  of 
drinkables.  Over  all  hung  a  cloud 
of  tobacco  smoke,  which  the  rapidly 
revolving  electric  fans  failed  to  dissi­
pate.

small 

the 

A s  a  clock  somewhere  tolled  the 
hour  of  eleven  a  little  figure  entered 
the  place  and  moved  forward  towards 
the  thick  of  the  crowd.  A  gown  of 
ill-fitting  blue,  the  waist  of  red  show­
ing  through  the  front,  failed  to  hide 
the  charm  of  the  lithe  form  and  from 
beneath  the  deep  bonnet,  with 
its 
band  of  red,  a  face  of  beauty  could 
be  seen.  Above  the  murmur  of  the 
merry-makers  her  sweet  voice  sound­
ed  clear  in  the  usual  cry  of  “W ar 
Cry,  sir?  W ar  Cry?”  As  she  ap­
proached  the  table  at  which  Frank 
sat  that  worthy  was  deep  in 
the  re­
cital  of  a  racy  tale  to  which  his  com­
panions  were  listening  with  absorbed 
interest.  None  of  them  noticed  the 
approach  of  the  girl  and  Frank  had 
reached  the  point  of  the  story,  when 
she  said: 
“Would  you  like  to  have 
your  mother  hear  you  tell  that  story, 
sir?”

turned 

W ith  shamed  face  he 

to­
wards  the  Salvation  Arm y  lassie  and, 
as  he  saw  the  face  beneath  the  bon­
net,  he  gave  a  start.  So  did  the  girl 
and  slowly  the  blood  mounted  the 
faces  of  both.  His  mind  moved  rap­
idly.  Once  again  he  was  sitting  on 
the  beach  back  at 
city 
which  he  had  called  home.  A t  his 
side  a  girl  sat  and  together  they were

little 

the 

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MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

born  of  fighting  stock,  and  I  made 
up  my  mind  to  hang  on.”

“And  the  next  move?”
“W ell,  I  had  a  grocer  next  to  me 
and  a  shoe  store  on  the  opposite cor­
ner.  The  grocer  got 
four  dozen 
bottles  of  cough  medicine  to  peddle 
out,  and  the  shoe  man  put  a  lot  of 
sponges  and  tooth-brushes  on  sale.  I 
at  once  bought  two  barrels  of  sugar 
and  sold  it  at  a  cent  less  a  pound 
than  the  grocer,  and  I  got  a  case  of 
boots  worth  $3  a  pair  and  gave  every 
man  his  choice  for  $1.50. 
I  made 
those  fellows  tired  of  me  in  about 
three  days,  and  they  had  me  arrested 
for  false  pretenses. 
I  turned  about 
and  hauled  ’em  up  for  selling  goods 
not  covered  by  their  licenses, 
and 
they  let  go  of  me  as  if  they’d  picked 
up  a  hot  potato.

“ Meanwhile  the  other  druggist  was. 
laying  for  me  again.  There  was  a 
law  that  every  prescription  should be 
filed  with  the  town  clerk,  but  not 
knowing  of  it,  I  had  taken  no  steps.
I  pleaded  guilty  when  arrested  and 
was  fined  $10  and  costs. 
I  wanted 
tc  get  even,  of  course,  and  the  chance 
soon  occurred.  He  visited  his  store 
on  Sunday  to  see  that  all  was  right, 
and  I  swore  out  a  warrant  and  he 
had  to  fork  over  $5.  The  law  at that 
time  even  kept  a  man  out  of  his  own 
store  on  Sunday  unless  in  case  of 
fire  or  serious  illness.

“A  dry  goods  man  went  into  toilet 
soaps  and  I  bought  and  almost  gave 
away  calico  enough  to  last  that  coun­
ty  ten  years.  When  I  had  settled 
him  a  book  store  man  took  up  Seid- 
litz  powders  and  pills  and  I  supplied 
the  town  with  free  paper  and  enve­
lopes. 
I  had  got  the  better  of  him 
when  I  was  fined  for  using  obnox­
ious  language. 
It  wasn’t  anything  I 
said,  but  a  sign  in  the  window  read­
ing 
’Em,  but  I’ve 
Got  the  Cure.’

‘You’ve  A ll  Got 

“ It  was  a  cold-feet  remedy,  but the 
judge  decided  that  the  sign  might 
refer  to  bugs  and  other  things,  and 
was  at  any  rate  calculated  to  shock 
sensible  people. 
I  paid  the  usual fine 
and  shouldered  my  gun  to  get  back 
at  the  chap  who  swore  out  the  war­
rant.  He  was  a  furniture  man  and 
a  church  deacon,  and  after  a  bit  I  had 
him  fined  $5  for  obstructing  the  side­
walk  with  a  bedstead.

“As  to  trade  and  profits,  I  hadn’t 
any,  of  course,  but  as  my  expenses 
were  light  and  my  stock  all  paid  for 
I  could  afford  to  hang  on.  When 
they  had  made  a  general  boycott on 
me  I  used  to  go  off  fishing  and  hunt­
ing,  and,  queerly  enough,  I  was  ar­
rested  for  that.  Under  an  old  law, 
which  read  that  a  drug  store  must be 
kept  open  during  reasonable  hours on 
week  days,  I  was  fined  $10  and  costs. 
My  rival  was  the  man  who  caused 
it,  and  the  very  next  day  I  got  even 
with  him.  A  chimney  burned  out  and 
he  rang  the  fire  bell.  The  law  read 
that  any  person  ringing  the  bell  un­
less  there  was  a  fire  was  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor,  and  as  there  was  no 
fire  it  cost  him  $8  to  square  matters.”
“ But  they  let  you  alone  at  last?” 

was  asked  by  one  of  the  listeners.

“ Yes,  aftef  a  year  or  two  more  of 
it,”  replied  the  retired  druggist,  with 
a  grim  smile.  “ But  I’m  thinkin’  that

language?  Well, 

most  young  men 
in  my  position 
would  have  gotten  discouraged  and 
thrown  up  the  sponge.  Perhaps  you 
never  heard  that  there  used  to  be a 
law  in  Connecticut  against  the  use of 
ambiguous 
there 
was,  and  I  was  arrested  and  fined $3 
under  it.  A  man  came  in  with  a  sore 
finger  and  wanted  to  know 
if  tar 
would  heal  it. 
I  told  him  I  doubted 
it,  and  that  was  defined  as  ambiguous.
“ It  was  the  furniture  man  who  put 
up  this  job,  and  next  day  I  had  him 
up  for  cruelty  to  animals  in  keeping 
his  dog  in  the  store  over  night. 
In 
the  last  attempt  to crush  me  the  furni­
ture  man,  the  shoe  store  man, 
the 
grocer  and  the  rival  druggist  were 
combined.  A  boy  came  down  to  the 
store  with  a  sore  heel,  and  I  dressed 
it  with  a  piece  of  courtplaster.  They 
brought  up  an  old  law  to  prove  that 
I  had  given  ‘medical  aid  and  assist­
ance’  without  having filed  my  diploma 
as  a  physician,  and  I  paid  something 
like  $25  for  my  charity.

“The  laugh  was  on  me,  but  not  for 
I  caught  the  old  deacon  out 
long. 
after  10  o’clock  without  a  lantern and 
had  him  hauled  up.  The  shoe  store 
man  got  into  a  jaw   with  a  drayman 
and  I  had  seven  counts  of  ‘harsh  and 
undue  language’  against  him  in 
the 
warrant.  The  grocer  left  a  trapdoor 
open  ‘against  public  safety’  and  had to 
pay  $4  and  costs,  and  the  druggist 
was  soaked  $25  under  an  ancient law 
which  held  that  all  salves  sold  for 
the  curing  of  sores  must  be 
com­
pounded  by 
’ye  keeper  of  ye  drug 
store  himself.’ ”

“And  then  you  shook  hands  over 
the  chasm  and  began  to  make  your 
million  and  a  half?”  was  asked  as 
the  retired  druggist  got  up  to  go.

“W hy,  yes;  that  was  the  end  of 
the  attempted  freeze-out,  but  I  sold 
my  store  after  a  bit.  There  was no 
money  to  be  made  there.”

“ But  how— how-----”
“Oh,  I  got  elected  to  the  Legisla­
ture  and  stood  in  with  the  ring  for 
two  or  three  terms. 
It  may  not  be 
quite  a  million  and  a  half,  but  a  few 
thousand  dollars  makes  no  difference 
one  way  or  the  other. 
I  was  telling 
you  of  my  adventures  as  a  druggist 
simply  to  point  a  moral.”
“ But  what  is  the  point?”
“ Go 

if 
you  want  to  make  a  million  and  a 
half!”— M.  Quad  in  Chicago  News.

into  some  other  business 

The  merchant,  the  preacher  and 
the  school  teacher  in  each  community 
are  in  about  the  same  boat.  All of 
them  are  trying  to  please  the  public 
and  the  public  is  hard  to  please.  The 
people  who  do  not  like  the  merchant 
get  even  by  trading  at 
the  other 
store. 
In  time  they  get  mad  at  all 
of  the  merchants  and  get  back  to the 
first  store  again.  When  they 
get 
mad  at  the  preacher  they  stay  away 
from  church.  They  get  even  with the 
school  teacher  in  the  next  school  elec­
tion.  The  editor  does  not  care  what 
they  do,  as  he  has  the  last  word  any­
way.— Commercial  Bulletin.

One  of  the  things  that  a  woman 
with  brains  never  gets  quite  used  to 
is  the  ease  with  which  the  woman 
without  them  commonly  gets  along.

Michigan  Board  o f  Pharm acy. 
President—H enry  H eim .  Saginaw . 
Secretary—John  D.  Muir,  Grand  Rap* 
Is.
Treasurer—Arthur H .  W ebber,  Cadillac.
C.  B.  Stoddard,  Monroe.
Sid  A.  Erw in,  B attle  Creek.
S essions  for  M04.
Star  Island—June  20  and  21.
H oughton—Aug.  23  and  24.
L ansing—N ov.  1  and  2.

.

_   __ 
_________

beck,  Ann  Arbor. 
B attle  Creek. 
Freeport.

Mich.  S tate  Pharm aceutical  A ssociation. 
President—A.  L.  W alker,  Detroit.
F irst  V ice-P resident—J.  O.  Schlotter-
Second  V ice-P resident—J.  E .  W eeks,
Third  V ice-P resident—H .  C.  Peckham , 
Secretary—W .  H.  Burke,  Detroit. 
Treasurer—J.  M ajor  Lemon,  Shepard. 
E xecutive  C om m ittee—D.  A.  H agans. 
Monroe;  J.  D.  Muir,  Grand  Rapids;  W . 
A.  H all,  D etroit;  Dr.  W ard.  St.  Clair;  H. 
J.  Brown,  Ann  Arbor.
Trade  Interest—W .  C.  K lrchgessner, 
Grand  Rapids;  Stanley  Parkill.  Owosso.

Laboring  Against  Odds  in  a  Small 

Town.

“ Yes,  it’s  nice,  very  nice,”  said the 
retired  capitalist  as  he  put  the  thous­
and  dollar  greenback  he  had  been  dis­
playing  back  into  a  fat  wallet. 
“ It’s 
not  only  nice  to  have  such  things 
about,  but  to  look  back  and  remem­
ber  that  I  owe  all  I’ve  got  to  the 
State  of  Connecticut.”

“ But  why  particularize  Connecti­

cut?”

“ Because  of  its  laws  and  because 
of  its  people.  When  I  got  my  diplo­
ma  as  a  pharmacist  I  went  into  busi­
ness  in  that  State. 
In  those  old  days 
a  druggist  who  started  in  business 
in  a  Connecticut  town  found  forty 
old 
laws  on  the  statute  books  to 
confront  him  and  render  his  life  mis­
erable,  and  the  stranger  who  opened 
business  in  a  small  town  found  all 
other  business  men  against  him. 
I 
got  a  corner  store  in  a  big  village 
and  began  to  hustle.  The  first  thing 
I  did  was  to  take  a  full-page  adver­
tisement  in  a  local  paper.  Can  you 
believe  that  I  was  arrested  for  it?”

“On  what  grounds?”  was  asked.
“ For  unduly  exciting 

the  public! 
Yes,  sir;  the  warrant  read  that 
I 
was  seeking  to  stir  up  anger  and  ex­
citement  against  public  welfare,  and 
I  was  fined  $io  and  cautioned  to go 
slow. 
I  paid  the  newspaper  $30  for 
that  advertisement,  and  yet  the  edi­
tor  came  out  in  the  next  issue  and 
said  it  was  evident  that  a  dangerous 
agitator  had  settled  in  the  community 
and  ought 
looked 
after.

to  be  carefully 

“ It  was  the  proprietor  of  the  other 
drug store  who  instituted  the  proceed­
ings  against  me,  and  in  revenge 
I 
marked  all  my  patent  dollar  reme­
dies  down  to  80  cents.  That  left  a 
thumping  big  profit,  as  you  know, but 
in  less  than  thirty-six  hours  I  was 
arrested  again.  The  charge  was that 
I  was  preparing  to  defraud  my  cred­
itors. 
I  proved  that  I  hadn’t  any, but 
owned  m y  stock  and  had  $1,500  in 
the  bank,  but  the  court  held  that 
there  must  be  some  sort  of  fraud  in 
my knocking  down  prices,  and  I  paid 
another  fine. 
I  realized  by  this  time 
that  they  were  after  me,  but  I  was

The  Drug Market.

Opium— Is  very  weak  but  unchang­

ed  in  price.

Morphine— Is  steady.
Quinine— Is  without  change.
Cod  Liver  Oil,  Norwegian— Is 

steadily  declining.

Lycopodium— Is  very  firm  and  an­

other  advance  is  looked  for.

Menthol— Has  advanced  in  the  pri­
mary  market  but  is  unchanged  here.
Sugar  Milk— Owing  to  scarcity  has 

advanced.

Oils  Bergamot,  Lemon  and Orange 
— Have  advanced  on  account  of  high­
er  prices  in  primary  markets.

Oil  Lemongrass— Has 
vanced  and  is  very  firm.

again  ad­

Oil  Sassafras— True  remains  very 

high.

American 

Saffron— The  market
broke  last  week,  but  has  again  ad­
vanced,  and  is  now  higher  than  be­
fore  with  advancing  tendency.

Jamaica  Ginger— Is  firmer  on  ac­
ad­

count  of  small  stocks  and  an 
vance  is  looked  for.

In  the  belt  world  there  is  much dis­
cussion  concerning the  belt  which  will 
be  the  proper  thing  for  fall  and win­
ter.  W hile  the  wide  crush  belt  will 
probably  be  the  most  popular,  there 
may  still  be  some  radical  departure 
in  the  new  style.  The  medium  width 
is  the  best  seller  at  present.  One  of 
the  latest  leather  belts  is  made  of 
two  pieces  of 
leather  attached  to­
gether  in  the  center.  W hen  in  the 
hand  it  gives  a  wave  effect,  but  when 
put  on  fits  into  the  lines  of  the  figure. 
It  is  reported  that  back  ornaments 
will  not  be  so  fashionable  this  com­
ing  season.  This  is  not  surprising, 
for  the  new  belts  will  have  to  be 
made  so  they  fit  snugly  to  the  figure, 
as  they  will  be  worn  under  a  coat.

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See  Program  on  Page  6, issue o f June 8.

FRED  BRUNDAGE

Drugs  and  Stationery

W holesale
- 

Muskegon, 

-  Michigan

P I L E S   C U R E D

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Rectal  Specialist

103 Monroe Street 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

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. . . .   7 5 0   80
Mannla,  S  F  
M enthol 
.................6 00@6 50
Morphia,  S P A  W.3 S5©2 60 
M orphia,  S N T Q .2 S 6 O 2  60 
Morphia,  Mai 
....2 2 6 0 2  60 
M oschus  Canton  . 
©  40
M yrlstlca,  No.  1.  38©  40 
N ux  V om ica.po  15 
©   10
Os  Sepia 
...............  25©  28
Pepsin  Saac, H  A
O l 00
P   D   Co  ............... 
P icls  Liq  N  N   %
gal  doz 
0 2  00
............... 
P icls  Liq,  q t s ....  © 100
©   86 
P icis  Liq,  p in ts.. 
Pll  H ydrerg  . po 80 
©   60
Piper  N igra  .p o22 
©   18
Piper  Alba  . .po 36 
©   80
P llx  B u r g u n ........... 
©  
7
Plumb!  Acet  .........  10©  12
P ulvis  Ip’c et O pll.l 30© 1 60 
Pyrethrum ,  bxs  H  
©   76 
A  P  D  Co.  doz.. 
Pyrethrum ,  pv 
..  26©  SO
Q uassiae 
............... 
8©  10
Qulnia,  S  P   A  W .  26©  36
Quinia,  S  G er___   26©  36
Quinta,  N   Y  ___   26©  36
Rubia  T inctorum .  12®  14 
Saccharum   L a’s  .  22®  25
Salacin 
...................4 60©4 76
Sanguis  D rec’s . . .   40©  60 
Sapo,  W  
...............  12©   14

Sapo,  M ...................  106
4
Sapo,  G ................... 
Seidlltz  M ixture..  204
Sinapis 
................... 
4
Sinapis,  opt 
I
......... 
Snuff,  Maccaboy,
De  V oes  ............
Snuff,  S’h D e Vo’s
Soda,  B o r a s ........... 
94
Soda,  B ores,  p o .. 
94
Soda  et  P ot’s  T art  286
Soda,  Carb 
.............:
. . .
Soda,  Bl-Carb 
Soda,  Ash 
...............1
Soda,  Sulphas 
.. .
. . .
Spts,  Cologne 
Spts.  E ther  C o ...
Spts.  M yrcla Dom 
Spts.  Vlni R ect bbl 
Spts.  Vi’l Rect  %  b 
Spts.  VI’! R ’t 10 gl 
Spts.  VI’l R’t  5 gal 
Strychnia,  Crystal  904 
. . .   2%(
Sulphur,  Subl 
Sulphur,  Roll  ____ 2%4
Tam arinds 
II
........... 
Terebenth  V enice  284 
. / . .   444
Theobrom ae 
V anilla 
....................9 004
ZInci  Sulph 
......... 
74

Oils
W hale,  w inter 

bbl  gal
. .   70©  70

Lard,  extra 
. . . .
Lard.  No.  1...........
Linseed,  pure  raw 
Linseed,  boiled 
.. 
N eatsfoot.  w s tr ..
Spts.  Turpentine.
Paints

Am erican 

Red  V en etia n .. .  .1 
Ochre,  yel  Mara  1 
Ochre,  yel  Ber  .. 1 
Putty,  com m er’1.2%  2% 
Putty,  strictly  pr.2%  2% 
Vermillion,  Prim e
.........    IS
Verm illion.  E n g ..  70 
. . . .   14 
Green,  Paris 
Green.  Peninsular  13
Lead,  red 
.. ............ 6%
Lead,  w hite 
...........6%
W hiting,  w hite  S’n 
W hiting.  Gilders.*
W hite,  Parts. Am ’r 
W hit’g,  Paris,  Eng
......................   @1 40
U niversal  Prep’d .l  10©1 20

cliff 

V arnishes

No.  1  Turp  C oach.l 1001  20
’ E xtra  Turp  ...........1  60@1  70
Coach  Body 
.........2 76@3 00
No.  1  Turp  F u rn .l0 0 © 1 1 0  
E xtra  T  D am ar. .1 5501 60 
I Jap  Dryer  N o  1 T  70©

WHOLESALE  DRUG  PRICE  CURRENT

Advanced—
Declined—

6© 

4 0  
6 0  

Addurti
A ceticum  
1 0  
8
...............  
Benzoicum ,  G er..  7 0 0   75
................... 
Boracic 
|  I  17
...........  M 0   29
Carbollcum 
Citrlcum 
.................  2 8 0   40
Hydrochlor 
3© 
........... 
5
N ltrocum  
8 0   10
............... 
...............  1 2 0   14
Oxalicum  
Phosphorium ,  d ii. 
11  IS
Sallcyllcum  
...........  4 2 0   46
.......... 1 6 0  
Sulphuricum 
6
Tannlcum  
............. 1 3.04  »1 20
...........  2 8 0   40
Tartari cum  
Am m onia
Aqua,  18  d e c ......... 
0
Aqua,  20  d eg ......... 
8
...............  ISO  16
Carbonari 
Cbloridum 
.............  1 2 0   14
A niline
Black 
....................... 2 0 0 0 2  26
.....................   8 0 0 1 0 0
Brown 
Red 
...........................  4 6 0   60
..................... 2 6 0 0 2  00
Tellow  
Baccae
...p o . 26  2 2 0   24
Cubebae 
Juniperus 
............... 
6
X anthoxylum  
. . . .   30©  86 
Balsam um
Cubebae  ....p o .  20  1 2 0   16
Peru 
0 1 6 0
........................... 
Terabtn,  C anad a..  6 0 0   66
..................   4 6 0   60
Tolutan 
Cortex
18
Ablee,  C anadian.. 
Caaslae 
12
...................  
C inchona  F la v a .. 
18
Buonym us  a tr o .. 
20
M yrlca  C erifera.. 
20
12
Prunus  V ir g in !.... 
QuiUaia,  gr’d ......... 
12
Sassafras 
. .po. 18 
14
Ulm us 
..25,  gr’d . 
46
Extractum
G lycyrrhlza  G la ...  2 4 0   20 
Glycyrrhlza,  p o .. .   2 8 0   60
H aem atox 
.............  1 1 0   12
H aem atox, 
l a . . . .   ISO  14 
H aem atox,  6 s . . . .   1 4 0   15 
H aem atox,  % s ....  1 6 0   17 
15
Carbonate  P recip. 
2 26 
Citrate  and  Quinta 
76
C itrate  Soluble 
. .  
40
Ferrocyanidum   8 . 
Solut.  C h lorid e.... 
16
Sulphate,  c o m i. . .  
2
sulphate,  com'l,  by
bbl,  per  c w t-----  
80
Sulphate,  pure 
. .  
T
Flore
Arnica 
.....................  1 5 0   18
A nthem ls 
...............  2 2 0   86
M atricaria 
.............  8 0 0   85
Folia
Barosm a  .................  8 0 0   82
C assia 
A cutifol,
.........  20Tb  85
C assia,  A cu tifo l..  2S©  80 
Salvia 
officinalis,
14s  and  £ ■ •• ••  1 8 0   *•
Uva  U rsi................. 
8 0   10
Gumml
Acacia,  1st  p k d ..
Acacia,  2d  p k d ..
Acacia,  3d  pkd...
Acacia,  sifted   sts.
Acacia,  po...............
Aloe,  B arb.............  1 2 $   14
Aloe,  C ape....
Aloe,  Socotrl 
55i
Ammoniac
A ssafoetida 
Bensoinum   .............  50<
Catechu,  I s ............. 
i
Catechu,  H u........... 
1
1
Catechu,  14s.......... 
Camphorae 
...........  75
Euphorblum 
i
......... 
1
.............. 
Galbanum 
G a m b o g e -----po. . .125<
Guaiacum  
. .po. 25 
i
Kino 
...........po. 76c 
i
.....................  
i
M astic 
.........po.  46 
Mvrrh 
(
Opil 
...................   6 0 0   66
Shellac 
Shellac,  bleached  6 6 0   70
T ragacanth 
.........  7 0 0 1 0 0

.........................3  OOu.

.........  36©  40

TinneveDy 

Forni

H erbs

Absinthium ,  u   pk 
Eupatorlum   o s  pk 
Lobelia 
. . . . o s   pk 
Majorum 
. .o s  pk 
M entha  Pip o s pk 
M entha  Vlr  o s p k
Rue 
..............o s  pk
Tan ace turn  V .........
T hym us  V   . .o s pk 
M agnesia
Calcined,  P a t.........
Carbonate,  P at.  .. 
Carbonate  K -M ..
Carbonate 
Absinthium  
.........8 0 0 0 2  25
A m ygdalae,  D ulc.  50©  60 
A m ygdalae  A m a. .8 00© 8 25
A n isf 
........................1 7 6 0 1 8 5
Auranti  Cortex  . .2 20@2 40
Bergam li 
...............8 8 6 0 2  25
C ajiputl 
.................1 10© 116
Caryophylli 
...........1 500 1  60
.......................  8 5 0   70
Cedar 
........... 
Chenopadii 
0 2  00
Cinnam onll 
...........1 1 0 0 1 2 0
.............   4 6 0   46
CltroneUa 
Conium  M ac.........  80©  90
Copaiba 
..................1 1 6 0 1 2 6
C nM bM  
. . . . . . . . . 1 6 0 0 1 8 6

.............  18
Oleum

B xechthltos 
.........4 260 4  60
................. 1 00@ 110
Erigeron 
Gaultherla 
............. 3  00@3  10
Geranium 
.........os. 
76
Gossippli,  Sem   gal  60©  60
Hedeom a 
............... 1 40©1 60
..................1 50©2 00
Junlpera 
Lavendula 
.............  900 2  75
Lim onis 
.................  90© 1  10
M entha  Piper 
...4  3 5 0 4  50 
M entha  V erid. . . .  5 00©5 60 
M orrhuae,  gal. 
..2  0003 00
M yrcla 
................... 4 0 0 0 4  60
O live 
.......................   7 6 0 3  00
P lcis  Liquida 
. . . .   10©  12 
P lcis  Liquida  gal.
R icina 
.....................  90
Rosm arini 
.............
Rosae,  os  ............... 5 00
Succlnt 
...................  40
...................  90
Sabina 
......................2 75© 7 on
Santal 
Sassafras  ...............  8 5 0   90
Sinapis,  ess,  o s ... 
©   65
T iglil 
........................1 5 0 0 1 6 0
T hym e 
...................  4 0 0   60
Thym e,  opt  ............... 
0 1  60
Theobrom as 
.........  16©  20
Potassium
.................  16©  18
Bi-C arb 
B ichrom ate 
...........  18©  15
Brom ide 
.................  40©  46
Carb 
.......................  12©  15
Chlorate  po 17©19  16©  18
Cyanide  ...................  34©  88
I o d id e ........................2 7 5 0 2  85
P otassa,  B itart  pr  3 0 0   82 
7©  10 
P otass  N itres  opt 
P otass  N itres 
8
. . .  
6© 
Prussiate 
...............  23©  26
Sulphate  p o ...........  15©  18

Radix
Aconitum  
...............  20©  25
A lthae 
...................  30©  88
.................  10©  12
A nchusa 
. . .
Arum  po 
Calam us 
...............  20
..p o   16  12< 
G entiana 
G lychrrhisa  pv  15  16< 
H ydrastis  C a n a .. 
H ydrastis  Can  po 
H ellebore.  A lb a ..  12<
Inula,  po 
...............  1 8 0   22
Ipecac,  p o ............... 2 750 2  80
...............  8 6 0   40
Iris  piox 
Jalapa,  pr 
...........  26©  80
M aranta.  14s 
©   36
Podophyllum   p o ..  22©  25
Rhei 
.........................   7 6 0 1 0 0
Rhel,  cut 
@1 25
Rhei,  pv 
Spigella 
Sangulnarl,  po  24
Serpentaria 
Senega 
Sm ilax,  offl’s   H
........... 
Sm iiax,  M 
©   26
S c illa e ..........po  35  10©  12
©   25
Sym plocarpus 
. . . .  
© 2 5
V aleriana  B ing... 
V aleriana,  Ger 
..   15©  20
Zingiber a 
.............  14©  16
...............  16©  20
Zingiber  ]
Semen

...................  
...............  76
.................  36
...........  66
...................  76

. . . .  

. . .  .po.  20 
Anisum  
Apium  (gravel’s ) .  13i
Bird.  I s  
................. 
41
Carul 
lOi
...........po  15 
.............  70i
Cardamon 
gi
Coriandrum 
......... 
Cannabis  Sativa. 
7i.
Cydonium 
.............  75i
Chenopodlum 
D lpterix  Odorate.  80(
Foenlculum  
.........
Foenugreek,  po  ..
Lini 
.........................
Llnl,  grd 
2(
...b b l  4 
...................  76i
Lobelia 
Pharlaris  Cana’n  6Ü (
R apa 
5<
.......................  
Sinapis  Alba 
7i 
. . . .  
Sinapis  N i g r a ___  
9i
Spiritus
Frum enti  W D ___2 OOl
Frum enti 
...............1 261
Juniperis  Co O T . 1661
Junlperis  Co  ___ 1761
.. 1 90l 
Saccharum  N  E  
Spt  V lnl  Galli 
...176<
Vlni  Oporto 
......... 1  25t
V lni  A l l » ............... 1  26(

Sponges 
Florida  sheeps’ w l
carriage 
............. 2 60© 2 75
N assau  sheeps’ wl
carriage 
............. 2 50@2 75
V elvet  extra  slip s’ 
©1 60
wool,  carriage  .. 
E xtra  yellow   sbp s’ 
©1 25
wool,  carriage 
. 
Grass  sheeps’  wl,
carriage 
© 100
............. 
Hard,  sla te  u s e ...  @1 00
Tellow   Reef,  for 
...........  @1 40

slate  use 

A cacia 
A uranti  Cortex
Zingiber 
Ipecac 
Ferri  Iod 
Rhei  Arom 
Sm ilax  Offl’s  
Senega 
Scillae 
Scillae  Co 
Tolutan 
Prim us  vlrg 

Syrups
...................
.................
.....................
..............
..........
. . . .
...................
.....................
............
.................
. . . .

604

Tinctures 
Aconltum   N ap’s   R 
A conitum   N ap’s   F
.......................
A loes 
A loes  &  Myrrh 
..
A rnica 
.....................
A ssafoetida 
...........
Atrope  Belladonna 
Auranti  Cortex 
..
Benzoin 
.................
Benzoin  Co  ...........
Barosm a  .................
Cantharldes 
........
Capsicum  
.............
.............
Cardamon 
Cardamon  Co  . . . .
.....................
Castor 
Catechu 
.................
Cinchona 
...............
Cinchona  Co 
. . . .
...............
Columba 
Cubebae 
.................
C assia  A cutifol 
.. 
C assia  A cutifol  Co
D igitalis 
................
.......................
E rgot 
Ferri  C hlorldum .. 
G entian 
. . .  v  . . . .
G entian  Co  ...........
...................
Guiaca 
Guiaca  am m on 
..
H yoscyam us 
.........
.....................
Iodine 
Iodine,  colorless..
.........................
K ino 
Lobelia 
...................
Myrrh 
.....................
N ux  V om ica  ........
Opil 
.........................
Opil,  comphorated 
Opil,  deodorised  ..
Q uassia  ...................
Rhatany 
.................
.........................
Rhei 
Sanguinaria  ..........
Serpentaria 
..........
S tro m o n lu m ...........
Tolutan 
.................
Valerian 
.................
Veratrum   V eride.. 
Zingiber 
.................

60 50 
60 
60 
60 
50 
60 
50 
60 
60 60 
76 
60 
76 
76 
1 00 
50 
60 
60 
60 
60 
50 
60 
60 
60 
35 50 
60 
50 
60 
60 
76 
76 
50 
50 
50 
50 
76 
60 
160 
60 
60 
60 
50 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
20

M lscellaneeus

Aether,  Spts N it 8  304 
Aether,  Spts N it 4  344 
Alumen,  gr’d po 7 
34
A nnatto 
.................  404
A ntlm oni,  po  ___  
44
A ntlm oni  et Po T   404
Antipyrin 
...............
Antifebrin 
............
A rgentl  N itres,  oz 
,
Arsenicum  
.............  104
Balm   Gilead  buds  454.  „„ 
Bism uth  S  N   . . . . 2  200 2  30 
Calcium  Chlor,  Is 
Calcium  Chlor,  %s 
Calcium  Chlor.  14 s 
Cantharldes.  Rus.
Capslci  Fruc’s af..
Capsicl  Fruc’s  po..
Cap’!  Fruc’s  B  po.
Caryophyllus  ___   254
Carmine.  N o  4 0 ... 
4
Cera  A lba...............  604
Cera  Fiava 
...........  40
Crocus  .....................1 35
..
C assia  Fructus 
Centrarla 
...............
Cetaceum  
.............
Chloroform 
...........  55
Chloro’m,  Squibbs 
w ,  w  
Chloral  H yd  C rst.l 35@1 60
Chondrus 
...............  20©   25
Cinchonidine  P -W   38©  48 
Clnchonid’e  Germ  38®  48
Cocaine  ...................4 05©4 25
76
Corks  list  d  p  ct. 
©  45
Creosotum 
............. 
2
Creta 
...........bbl  76 
©  
Greta,  prep  ........... 
©   6
Creta,  preclp 
. . . .   9©   11
Creta.  Rubra 
. . . .  
®  
g
Crocus  .....................1  75© 1 80
<g>  24
C u d b ear................... 
Cupri  Sulph 
6©   8
......... 
D extrine 
7©   10
............... 
Ether  S u lp h ...........  78©  92
Em ery,  all  N o s.. 
©   8
Em ery,  po 
g
........... 
©  
B rgota 
.........po  90  85©  90
Flake  W hite  ___   12©  15
Gaila 
.......................  
©   23
Gambler 
g© 
................. 
9
Gelatin,  Cooper  . .  
©   60
Gelatin,  French  ..  35©  60 
G lassware,  flt  box  75  A  5 
L ess  than  box  .. 
70
Glue,  b r o w n ...........  11©   13
Glue,  w hite  ...........  16©  25
Glycerlna 
.............17% @  26
. .  
Grana  P aradlsi 
©   25
H um ulus 
...............  25©   55
H ydrarg  Ch  Mt. 
©   95 
©   90
H ydrarg  Ch  Cor  . 
H ydrerg  Ox  Ru’m  ©1 05 
H ydrarg  Am m o’l. 
@ 115 
H ydrerg  U ngue’m  60©  60
H ydrargyrum   ___ 
©   85
Ichthyobolla,  Am.  9001 00
Indigo 
.....................  76 © 1 00
Iodide,  R esubl 
. .3 85614 00
...............4 100 4  20
Iodoform 
©   50
................. 
Lupulin 
Lycopodium 
.........  85®  90
M acis 
.....................  65©  75
Liquor  Arsen  et 
©   25
H ydrarg  Iod  . . .  
Liq  P otass  Arelnit  10©  12 
M agnesia.  Sulph.. 
2® 
3
M agnesia,  Sulh bbl 
©   144

4 4

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT

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

ADVANCED
C anned  P ears
P ack a g e  Coffeé

DECLINED

S pring  W h e at  F lour

D

H

J

L

N

Index to Markets

By  Columns

Col

A

A xle  Grease  .......................  1

B
.......................   1
...............................   1
...............................  1
...................  1

B ath  Brick 
Broom s 
B rushes 
B utter  Color 
C
..........................11
C onfections 
Candles 
...............................   1
...............  1
Canned  Goods 
I
Carbon  Oils 
..................................  2
Catsup 
..................................  2
C heese 
...............  2
Chewing  Gum 
Chicory 
...............................   2
Chocolate 
...........................   2
Clothes  Lines  ...................  2
Cocoa 
....................................  2
Coeoanut 
.............................  2
Cocoa  Shells  .....................  2
Coffee 
2
Crackers 
.............................   2

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

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

 

 

Dried  Fruits  .....................  4

P

Farinaceous  Goods 
. . . .   4
Fish  and  O ysters  ............. 10
F ishing  T ackle 
...............  4
Flavoring  e x t r a c t s .........  5
Fly  Paper  ...........................
Fresh  M eats  .....................  5
Fruits  ...................................   11

G
Gelatine 
...............................  5
Grain  B ags 
.......................  5
Grains  and  Flour  ...........  5

Herbs 
H ides  and  P elts 

...................................   5
............. 10

Indigo 

I

...................................  6

Jelly 

......................................  5

Licorice  ...............................   &
Lye 
........................................  5

M
M eat  E xtracts 
...............  6
M olasses 
.............................   6
lfu sta rd   ...............................  0

N u ts 

......................................  11

O

...................................   6

Hives 

P

Pipes  .....................................   0
Pickles  .................................   6
Playing  C a r d s ...................  6
Potash 
.................................   0
Provisions 
.........................   6
R

Rice  ........................................  6

8

Salad  D ressing 
...............  7
............................  7
Saleratus 
Sal  Soda 
.....................  
7
........................................  7
Salt 
...........................   7
Salt  F ish  
....................................  7
S eed s 
Shoe  B lacking  .................   7
Snuff 
.....................................  7
Soap 
.....................................   7
Soda 
......................................  8
Spices 
...............  
8
..................................  8
Starch 
Sugar 
..................................  8
Syrups 
................................  8

 

 

T

V

W

T ea 
Tobacco 
T w ine 

........................................  8
..............................  9
..................................  9

V inegar 

..............................  9

W ashing  Pow der 
...........  9
W inking 
..............................  9
.....................   9
W oodenware 
W rapping  Paper  ............... 10

Y east  Cake 

Y
........................18

A XLE  G REA8E
(  00
........................66 
............... 65 
................... 50  4 26
..................... 76 
............. 75  9 00

da  gre  I
;
9 00 I

Aurora 
Castor  Oil 
Diam ond 
Frazer's 
IXL  Golden 

BAKED BEANS
Columbia  Brand

BROOMS

BATH  BRICK

lib .  can  per  doz...........  90
2!b.  can  per  doz.....................1 40
31b.  can  per  doz................... 1 80
Am erican 
.........................   75
E nglish  ...............................   86
N o.  1  Carpet 
...............2  76
No.  2  Carpet  ...................2  35
No.  3  Carpet  ...................2 16
No.  4  Carpet  ...................1 76
Parlor  Gem 
.....................2 40
Common  W hisk 
...........  25
Fancy  W h is k .........................1 20
W arehouse  ........................3  00

BRUSH ES

Shoe

Stove

Scrub
Solid  Back.  8  in 
...........  76
Solid  Back,  11  In  .........  95
Pointed  E n d s ...................   85
No.  3 
..................................  75
No.  2 
................................ .1 1 0
..................................175
No.  1 
No.  8 
................................. 190
No.  7 
................................. 130
No.  4  ................................... 1 70
No.  3 
................................. 1 90
W ..  R.  A   Co.’s,  15c  s is e .l 25 
W .,  R.  &  Co.’s.  25c  s iz e .2 00 
CANDLES
Electric  L ight.  Ss 
. . . .   9% 
E lectric  L ight,  16s  ....1 0
Paraffine,  6s  ...................  9
Paraffine,  12s  .................  9%
W icklng 
...........................23
Apples

CANNED  GOODS 

BUTTER  COLOR 

Corn

Clams

Clam  Bouillon

Blueberries
Brook  Trout

3  lb.  Standards  . ,  
80
Gals,  Standards  . .2 0 0 0 2  35 
Blackberries
Standards 
. . . . . . .  
85
Beans
Baked  .......................   80(81  SO
................85@93
Red  K idney 
String  ........................ 70@1  15
W ax 
.........................  75@ 125
Standard  ............. 
@  1  40
2  lb.  cans.  Spiced. 
1 90
L ittle  N eck.  1  lb .l0 0 @ l  25 
L ittle  N eck,  2  lb . 
150 
Burnham ’s,  %  p t............ 1 92
Burnham ’s,  pts 
............ 3 60
Burnham ’s,  qts 
............ 7 20
Cherries
Red  S tan d ard s.. .1 300 1  50
W hite  .......................  
160
....................................
Fair 
Good 
.................................. 1 35
F ancy 
..................................16«
French  Peas
Sur  E xtra  F in e.............  22
E xtra  F ine 
..................  19
....................................  15
F ine 
................................  11
M oyen 
Gooseberries
. 
Standard 
  .................  9(l
Hom iny
Standard 
...........................   85
Lobster
Star.  %  lb .............................2 25
Star,  1  lb ............................ 3 75
........................2 40
P icni  T ails 
M ustard,  1 
lb 
............... 1  80
M ustard.  2  R>.................... 2 8»
Soused.  1  rb........................180
Soused,  2  lb ........................ 2 80
Tom ato.  1  lb ...................... 1 80
Tom ato.  2  lb ...................... 2 80
Mushrooms
H otels 
.....................   1 8 0   20
B uttons  ...................  22@  25
lib ........................@  90
Cove, 
Cove,  21b.........................@1  70
Cove,  1  lb.  Oval  . 
1 00
Peaches
P ie 
........................1  1 0 0 1   15
................1  65@2  00
Yellow  
Pears
............. 
@1  35
Standard 
Fancy*  ................... 
@2  00
P eas
M arrowfat 
......   90@ 100
E arly  J u n e ............... 900 1   60
1  05
E arly  June  S ifte d .. 
P lu m s .......................  
85

Mackerel

O ysters

Plum s

R ussian  C aviar

1 00 

P ineapple
.....................1  2 6 0 2  76
G rated  
■Meed   ........................1 2 8 0 2  56
P u m pkin
70 
F a ir 
.........................
80 
Good  .........................
F a n c y   .......................
226
G a llo n .......................
R asp b erries
@  90
S t a n d a r d ..............
%  lb.  c a n s ............................   3 75
%  lb.  ca n s  ........................7 00
1  lb  ca n ............................12 00
Salm on 
0 1  65 
Col’a   R iver,  ta ils..
0 1   85 
Col’a   R iver,  fla ts.
@1  65 
R ed  A laska 
.........
P in k   A lask a  ..  
.
<9  95
S ard in es 
3%
D om estic,  % s  . . . .
6
D om estic,  % s  . . . .
6@  9 
D om estic.  M u st’d ..
11@14 
. . .
C alifornia,  % s 
17024 
C alifornia,  % s 
. . .
7014 
F ren ch ,  % s 
...........
18028
F ren ch ,  % s  ...........
S hrim ps
S ta n d a rd  
...............1 2001 40
S uccotash
F a i r ...........................
1  50 
Good  .......................
1  60
...................
F a n c y  
S traw b errie s
110
S ta n d a rd  
...............
140
F a n c y   .......................
T om atoes
T b lr 
.......................   8 5 0   95
Good 
.......................  
115
F a n c y  
...................1  1 5 0 1   50
G allons 
................. 2  65 0  3  00

CARBON  O ILS 

B arrels
P erfectio n  
...........
W a te r  W h ite  
. . .
D.  S.  G asoline  ..
D eodor’d  N ap ’a...
C ylinder 
E n g in e 
B lack,  w in te r 

............... 29
...................16

014
@12%
034
..   9  010%

0 12%012

C A T SU P

0   9
@ 9
@ 9
@  9%

@ 9
@  9%
Co)  8%
fa)  9

C olum bia,  25  p t s ........... 4 50
C olum bia.  25  % p ts ___ 2 60
S n id er’s   q u a rts  
............ 3  25
S n id er’s   p in ts  
...............2 25
S nider’s   %  p in ts  
.........130
C H E E S E
A cm e 
................... 
............. 
B u tte rn u t 
C arson  C i t y ......... 
E lsie 
..................... 
E m b lem ........... 
G em ................  
Id eal...............  
J e rs e y  
................... 
@ 9
R iv ersid e........ 
W a rn e rs ................  
@ 9
B ric k  
..................... 
0 1 2
0 9 0
..................... 
E d a m  
L eiden 
................. 
0 1 5
L im b u rg er 
........... 
0 1 1
P in eap p le 
........... 40  @60
Sw iss,  d om estic  .  @15
Sw iss,  im p o rted   .  @23
A m erican  F la g   S pruce.  55
B eem an’s  P ep sin  
.........  60
B lack  J a c k  
.....................  65
L a rg e st  G um  M ade 
S en  Sen 
.............................  66
S en  Sen  B re a th   P e r’e . l  00
S u g ar  L o af 
.....................  55
Y u catan  
...........................   65

C H E W IN G   GUM 

..   60

CH ICORY

6
7
4
7
6

B ulk 
B ed 
E a g le 
F ra n c k ’s 
S ch en er’s 

.................................... 
...................................... 
.................................. 
...........................  
.........................  
W a lte r  B ak e r  &  Co.’s

C H O C O LA TE 

G erm an   S w eet 
P rem iu m  
V an illa 
C a ra c a s 
E a g le 

.............  23
...........................   81
...............................   41
..............................  35
............ 
28

 

 

C L O T H E S   L IN E S  

Sisal

60  ft,  3  th re a d ,  e x t r a ..106 
72  ft,  3  th re a d ,  e x tra   ..1  40 
90  ft,  3  th re a d ,  e x tra   . .1 70 
60  ft.  6  th re a d ,  e x tra   . .1 29 
72  ft,  6  th re a d ,  e x tra  
60  f t  
72  f t  
120  f t  
___   C otton  V icto r

....................................  75
.................................. ,9 «
.................................. 160

J u te

.. 

70  f t   ....................................1  60
80 f t   .................................... 1 * 0

C otton  W in d so r 

.............................. . 1   44
...............................1 * 0

66  f t  
70  f t  
80  f t ................................ 8 00
Cotton  Braided
40  f t  
.................................   96
..................................1  86
50  f t  
60  f t   ....................................1  65
No.  20,  each  100  ft lon g.l 90 
No.  19.  each  100  ft long.2 10

Galvanized  W ire 

COCOA
B aker’s 
.............................   38
.........................  41
Cleveland 
Colonial,  %s 
...................  86
...................   33
Colonial.  %s 
....................................  42
Epps 
H uyler 
...............................   45
Van  H outen,  %s  ...........  13
V an  H outen,  % s ...........  20
Van  H outen,  %s 
.........  40
Van  H outen,  Is  .............  72
..................................  31
W ebb 
W ilbur,  %b  .......................   41
W ilbur,  %s 
.....................   42

COCOANUT

D unham ’s   %s 
Dunham ’s  %s &  % s..  26%
Dunham 's  %s 
D unham ’s  %s 
Bulk 

.........  26
.........  27
.........  28
...............................   12

COCOA  SH ELLS

20  lb.  bags 
L ess  quantity 
Pound  packages 
COFFEE

.....................  2%

................. 3
............. 4

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

Rio
.........................11
................................... 12
...............................15
...............................18
Santos
........................... 11

Common 
Fair 
Choice 
F ancy 
Common 
....................................12%
F air 
C h o ic e ............................. 12 1-3
................................16%
F ancy 
Peaberry 
M aracaibo
....................................18%
F air 
Choice 
..............................16%
M exican
Choice 
......... 
...16%
 
F ancy 
................................ 10
G uatem ala
..............................15
Choice 
Java
African 
.............................12
F ancy  A frican 
.............17
O.  G.....................................26
P.  G.....................................21
Mocha
Arabian 
........................... 21
Package

N ew   York  Baals.

ArbUckle 
........................11  75
Dil w orth 
........................11  75
Jersey..................................11  25
Lion..................................... 11  25
M cLaughlin’s  X X X X  
M cLaughlin’s   X X X X  sold 
to  retailers  only.  M all  all 
orders  direct 
to  W .  F. 
M cLaughlin  &  Co.,  Chi­
cago.

E xtract

Holland,  %  gro  b oxes.  95
Felix.  %  gross 
...............115
H um m el's 
foil,  % gro.  85 
H um m el’s  tin,  %  g r o .l 43

CRACKERS

N ational  B iscuit  Com pany’s 

Soda

Brands
Butter
................... ....6 %
Seym our 
N ew   York 
...............
....................... ....6 %
Salted 
....6 %
F am ily 
......................
....6 %
N.  B.  C.......................
......................... . . .   8
Select 
Saratoga  F lakes  . . . ...1 3
Oyster
Round  ..................
............... .............__l
Square 
F aust 
.................................7%
.................................. 7
Argo 
E xtra  F arina 
..............  7%
Sweet  Goode
Animals 
........................... 10
..............10
Assorted  Cake 
Bagley  Gems  .................. 8
Belle  Rose  ......................8
Bent’s  W ater 
................16
B utter  Thin  ................... 13
C hocolate  Drops 
----- 161
Coco  B ar 
........................10
Cococanut  T a f f y ..........12
Cinnamon  B a r ..............  8
Coffee  Cake,  N.  B.  C..10 
Coffee  Cake,  Iced  . . . .   10 
Coeoanut M acaroons  ..  18
Cracknels 
....................... 10
C urrant  F ru it  ................10
Chocolate  D ainty 
. . . .   16
....................  9
Cartw heels 
Dixie  Cookie 
................  8
Fluted  Coeoanut  ...........10
...........8
Frosted  Cream s 
Ginger  Gems 
. . . . . . . . .   8
Ginger  Snaps,  N  B  C ..7%  
G randm a  Sandwich  ..  10.
G raham   C ra c k e r..........8%
Honey  Fingers, Ic e d ..  12
Honey  Jum bles 
............12
Iced  H appy  Fam ily  ...1 1  
Iced  Honey  C rum pet  .  10
Im perials 
.......................... •§
Indiana  Belle  ................ 15
Jersey  Lunch  .................. »
i Lady  Fingers 
. . . . . . . .   18
Lady  Fingers,  hand m d 25

 

. 

Lemon  B iscuit  Square.  8
I  ^mnn  Wafer 
. . .   16
Lemon  Snaps 
.................12
Lemon  Gems  ...................10
Lem  Yen 
.........................10
M arshmallow 
...................16
M arshm allow  C ream ..  16 
M arshmallow  w a in u t.  16
M ary  Ann 
.......................  8
Malaga 
10
... 
Mich  Coco  F s’d  honey.12
Milk  B iscuit  ......................8
Mich  Frosted  H oney  ..  12
Mixed  P icnic  .................11%
M olasses  Cakes.  Sclo’d  8
M oss  Jelly  B a r............... 12
M uskegon  Branch,  Iced 10
N ew ton 
.............................12
.........8%
Oatm eal  Cracker 
Orange  Slice 
...................16
.........: —   »
Orange  Gem 
Penny  Assorted  Cakes.  8
Pilot  Bread 
...................  7
Pineapple  H oney 
......... 15
.....................  9
Ping  Pong 
Pretzels,  hand  m ade  ..  8 
P retzelettes,  hand  m ’d  8 
P retzelettes,  mch.  m ’d  7
R evere 
................................14
.....................  8
Rube  Sears 
Scotch  Cookies 
.............10
Snowdrops 
.......................10
Spiced  Sugar  Tops  . . .   8 
Sugar  Cakes,  scalloped  8
............... 8
Sugar  Squares 
Sultanas 
...........................13
................8
Spiced  Gingers 
........................... 10
U rchins 
V ienna  Crimp 
...............  8
Vanilla  W a f e r .................16
W averfy  .............................. 9
Zanzibar 
.........................   9

DRIED  FRUITS 

Apples

S u n d r ie d ...................
E v a p o r a te d ............. 6%
California  Prunes 
100-125  251b.  boxes.
90-100  25 Tb.bxs..
80-90  25  lb.  b xs.
70-80  25 lb. b x s.
60-70  251b.  boxes.
50-60  25 lb.  b xs.
40-50  25 lb. b xs.
30-40  25 lb.  b xs.
%c  less  In  bv  .„.  cases 
Citron
.................... 
Currants

Corsican 
Imp’d,  lib .  pkg.  .  7%@ 
Im ported  bulk 
...6% @   7 
Peel
jemon  A m e r ic a n ........... 12
Orange  A m erican  ......... 12
1  90
London  L ayers  3  cr 
Tendon  L ayers  3  cr 
1  95
O u ster  4  crown. 
.  2 60
Loose  M uscatels,  2  c r ..  5% 
Loose  M uscatels,  3  cr..  6 
Loose  M uscatels,  4  cr..  6% 
L.  M.  Seeded,  lib ...  @7%
L.  M.  Seeded.  %lb.  5%@n 
Sultanas,  bulk. 
8
. . .  
Sultanas,  package. 
8% 
FARINACEO US  GOODS 

R aisins

@14%

Beans

Farina

Hom iny

Pearl  Barley

Dried  L im a ....................... 5
Med.  Hd.  P k’d.  ..2   00@2  lu
Brown  H olland  ............. 2  50
24  1  lb.  pkgs 
................. 1  50
Bulk,  per  100  Tbs........... 2  50
. . . . 1   00 
Flake,  50  Tb.  sack 
Pearl,  200  lb.  sack  
. ..4   00 
Pearl.  100  lb.  sack  
...2   00 
Maccaronl  and  Verm icelli 
D om estic.  10  Tb.  box 
.  60
Im ported,  25  lb.  box  ..2   50 
Common 
..........................2  50
C hester 
..............................2  65
E m pire 
........................ . .3  50
Green,  W isconsin,  b u .l  26
Green,  Scotch,  b u ...........1  40
Split,  lb ...............................  
4
Rolled  A venna,  b b l.. .  .6  50 
Steel  Cut,  1001b.  sack s  2  70
Monarch,  b bl................... 5  25
M onarch,  901b.  s a c k s ..2  55
Quaker,  cases 
............... 3  10
Sago
E ast  India 
.....................»%
German,  sacks  ...............8%
.  4 
German,  broken  pkg 

Rolled  Oats

P eas

Tapioca

Flake.  1101b.  s a e k s -----4%
sack s 
Pearl,  1301b. 
Pearl,  24  1  lb.  pkgs 

-.3% 
. .   6%

W heat

Cracked,  bulk 
24  2  lb.  packages 

...............8%

. . . . 2   50

FISHING  TACK LE
8
%  to  1  in 
.......................  
1%  to  2  in 
7
.....................  
1%  to  2  i n .......................  
*
1  2-3  to  2  In  ...................   11
2  in 
.....................................    15
....................................  *0
3 
in 
Cotton  L ines
No.  1,  10  feet 
5
No.  2,  15  feet 
7
9
No.  3.  15  feet 
No.  4,  15  feet  .................   10
N o.  5,  15  f e e t .................   11
N o.  6,  15  feet 
...............   12
No.  7,  15  feet  .................   16
N o.  8,  16  f e e t .................   1*
N o.  9-  I f   te a t  ...............   *9

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

Linen  Lines

Sm all 
Medium
Large 
................................  84
Bamboo,  14  ft.,  pr  d z ..  58 
Bamboo,  16  f t ,   pr  d s.  65 
Bam boo,  18  f t ,   pr  d z. -  80
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS 

Poles

Foote  A   Jenka 

Colem an’s  
2oz.  P a n e l......................... 1  20 75
3oz.  T a p e r ................2  00  1  60
No.  4  Rich.  B la k e.2  00  1  50 

Van. Lem.

Jennings

T erpeneless  Lemon 

No.  2 D.  C.  pr  d s . . . .   75
No.  4 D.  C.  pr  dz . . . . 1   60
No.  6  D.  C.  pr  d s .........2  00
Taper  D.  C.  pr  d s  . . . . 1   58
. . . .  
No.  2 D.  C.  pr  dz . . . . 1   20
No.  4 D.  C.  pr  dz . . . . 2   00
No.  6 D.  C.  pr  dz . . . . 8   00
Taper D.  C.  pr  dz . . . . 2   00

M exican  V anilla 

G ELATINE

K nox’s  Sparkling, d z.  1  20 
K nox’s   Sparkling,  gro.14  00 
K nox’s   Acidu'd.,  doz.  1  20 
K nox's  Acidu’d,  gro 
.14  00
Oxford 
75
Plym outh  R ock 
.........1  20
N elson’s  
.........................  1  50
Cox’s,  2  q t   size 
.........1  61
Cox’s,  1  q t   size  ...........1  10

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

GRAIN  BAG8 

A m oskeag,  100  in  b'e.  19 
Am oskeag,  le ss than b.  19%

GRAINS  A N D   FLOUR 

W heat

No.  1  W h i t e .................  98
No.  2  R ed .........................   95

W inter  W heat  Flour 

Local  Brands

P aten ts....................................... 5 65
Second  P a ten ts......................5 25
Straight......................................5 05
Second  S traight..................... 4 75
Clear.............................................4 45
Graham 
............................4  70
B uckw heat  .......................4  70
R ye  ...................................... 4  00
Subject 
cash 
d isco u n t
Flour  In  bbls.,  25c  per 
bbl.  addltlonaL 
W orden  Grocer  Co.’s  Brand
Quaker,  paper 
............. 5  10
Quaker,  cloth 
............. 5  30

to  usual 

Spring  W heat  Flour 

Brand

Brand

C lark-Jew ell-W ells  Co.’s  
Pillshury's  B est  %8. 
PUlsbury s  Beat  %s  . . .  
P illshury’s  B est  % s.. 
Lem on  &  W heeler  Co.’s  
W ingold,  %s  ....................5  50
W ingold,  %s 
................. 5  40
..................5  30
W ingold,  %s 
Judson  Grocer  Co.’s  Brand
..................5  50
Ceresota,  %s 
Ceresota,  %s 
............... 5  40
Ceresota,  %s 
............... 5  30
W orden  G rocer  Co.’s  Brand
....................5  50
Laurel.  %s 
Laurel.  %s 
......................5  40
Laurel..  %s 
...............-^ .5   30
Laurel,  %  &  %s paper.5  30

Meal

Feed  and  Mmstuffa 

Bolted 
................................ 2  60
Golden  G ranulated  . . . . 2   40 
S t   Car  Feed  screened22  50 
N o.  1  Corn  and  o a t s ..22  60 
Corn  Meal,  coarse  . .  .21  00 
W inter  w heat  bran  . .21  00 
W inter  w heat  mid'ngs22  00
Cow  Feed 
..................... 21  50
................... 20  00
Screenings 
O ats
Car  lots 
............................45%
Com

C om ,  new  

. . .  ...............54%

H ay 

•

N o.  1  tim othy  car lots. 10  60 
N o.  1  tim othy ton  lots. IS  50

H ER BS

Sage 
....................................  16
....................................  16
H ops 
Laurel  L eaves 
.............  16
...............   26
Senna  L eaves 
Madras,  5  lb.  boxes 
. .   66 
S.  F„  2, 3,  6 Tb.  b o x e s..  06 
5Tb.  palls,  per  doa 
..1   70
isn>.  palls 
.....................   28
SOIb.  palls  .........................   86

INDIGO

JELLY

.......... 

LICORICE
 

Pure 
....................................  60
Calabria 
22
Sicily 
..................................  14
R oot 
....................................  11
Condensed,  2  d s 
........... 1  80
Condensed,  4  d s  ........... 2  00

LYE

 

MEAT  EXTRACTS

Armour’s,  2  o s ................ 4 46
Armour’s   4  oz 
............... 8  20
Liebig’s,  Chicago,  2 oz.2  76 
Liebig’s,  Chicago,  4 oz.6  60 
L iebig’s,  im ported.  2 oz.4  55 
L iebig’s,  imported.  4 oa.«  50

MICHIGAN  TR ADESM AN

6

. . .  

M OLASSES 
New  Orleans
F u n - )   <  »pen  K e t t le  
40
rhmi'i- 
...............................   35
Fair  .....................................   26
...............................   22
Gotal 
MINCE  MEAT 

H alf  barrels  2r  extra 

MUSTARD

Columbia,  per  case.  ...2   75 
llorse  Ibiihsh.  1  dz  .. . 1   75 
Horse  Radish.  2  dz  . . . . 3   50 
Bayle's  Celery.  1  dz 

..

OLIVES
Hulk.  1  gal.  kegs 
. . . . 1  00
.  90
Bulk.  3  gal.  kegs  . . . .
85
Hulk,  ó  &di.  ktrg» 
. . . .
80
M anzanilla.  7  o z ..........
............... .2  35
yueeu.  pints 
Queen,  19  oz 
............
Queen,  28  o z ................... 7  00
.  90
............
Stuffed,  5  oz 
................. .1  45
Stuffed.  8  oz 
.2  30
Stuffed.  10  oz 
............
............, .1  70
Clay,  N o.  216 
Clay,  T .  D..  full  count  65
.................... ..  85
Cob,  N o.  3 

PIPE S

PICKLES
Medium

Small

PLAYING  CARDS 

Barrels,  1,200  c o u n t.,..7   75
. .4  60
Half  bbls,  600  count
Half  bbls,  1,200  count . .5  50
. .9  50
Barrels,  2.400  count
No.  90,  Steam boat 
. . .   >5
No.  16,  Rival,  assortedl  20 
No.  20,  Hover  enam eled!  60
No.  672,  Special 
........... 1  75
No.  98,  Golf,  satin Iiuish2  00 
No.  808,  B icycle 
...2   00 
. 
No.  632,  T oum m 't  w hist2  25 

POTASH 

48  cans  in  case

B abbitt’s 
..........................4  00
Penna  Salt  Co.’s  ........... 3  Ou

PROVISIONS 
Barreled  Pork

Lard

Smoked  M eats 

M ess  .................................. 13  50
B ack  fa t  ..........................14  00
F a t  B ack 
........................13  50
Short  cut  ........................13  0u
P ig  
.................................... 18  Ou
B ean.....................................12  ou
B risket 
............................14  50
Clear  F a m ily ..................12  50
Dry  Salt  M eats
B ellies  ........................... 
  9
S  P   B ellies....................... 9%
E xtra  S horts 
....................8
H am s,  12  lb.  average. 11% 
H am s,  14  lb.  average. 11% 
H am s,  16  lb.  a v er a g e.11% 
H am s,  20  lb.  a v e r a g e .il
Skinned  H am s 
........... 13
H am ,  dried  beef  se ts. 13 
Shoulders,  tN.  1.  cut
Bacon,  clear  ___ 10  @11%
California  H am s 
............8%
Boiled  H am s 
................17%
P icnic  Boiled  H am s  . .   12%
Berlin  H am   pr’s ’d  ----- 8%,
M ince  H am  
...................  9
Compound..............................6
P ure 
.................................   8
lb.  tubs, .advance.  %
60 
tb.  tu bs, .advance.  %
80 
lb.  tin s, .advance.
60 
80 
lb.  p a ils, .advance.  %
10 
lb. p alls, .advance. 
\
6  lb.  p a ils..a d v a n ce.
S  lb.  p alls, .advance.  1 
Sausages
Bologna 
...........................   5%
Liver 
...............................   6%
Frankfort 
Pork 
. . . .
7%
7%
V e a l.........
Tongue 
...................  6%
H eadcheese 
Beef
.10 50
E xtra  M ess 
.............
.10 50
B oneless 
...................
.10 50
Rump,  new  
............
P ig’s   Feet
..1 10
%  bbls. 
.......................
..1 90
%  bbls.,  40 
..
.  .3 75
%  bbls...........................
..7 75
1  bbls............................
70
K its,  16  lbs  ...............
1 25
%  bbls.,  40  lbs  .........
2 60
%bbls.,  80  lbs 
.........
C asings 
H ogs,  per  lb. 
. . .
B eef  rounds,  set 
........... 
B eef  middles,  set  ........
Sheep,  per  b u n d le .........
Uncolored  Butterine
Solid,  dairy 
.........9%@10
Rolls,  dairy 
------10%@ll%
Corned  beef,  2  ............... 2  50
Corned  beef,  14 
........... 17  50
............. 2  50
Roast  beef,  2@ 
45
Potted  ham,  %s 
. . . .  
Potted  ham.  %s 
85
........  
45
Deviled  ham.  %s  ----- 
85
. . . .  
Deviled  ham.  %s 
Potted  tongue. 
. . .  
45
Potted  tongue.  %s 
.. 
Sff 

...........................  9

Canned  Meats

Trips

lbs. 

RICE 
D om estic

Carolina  head,  fancy.6@ 6%
Carolina  No.  1 
............ 5%
Carolina  No.  2 
.......... 5
Broken 
.................I  @  3%
Japan  No.  1.......... 4%@  5
........ 3%@4
Japan  No.  2 
Java 
1 * 0   No  1 
........... 

fancy  head 

■»>*% 
*6%

SALAD  DRESSING

Columbia,  %  pint.......... 2  40
Columbia,  1  pint..............4  25
Liurkee’s, 
large,  1  doz.4  60 
Durkee’s 
sm all,  2 doz. .5  26 
Snider’s,  large,  1  d o z..2  35 
Snider’s,  sm all,  2 d o z..1 3 5

Packed  60  tbs.  in  box 

SALERATUS 
Arm  and  H am m er 
Deland's 
D w ight’s   Cow 
Emblem 
L.  P. 
W yandotte,  100  %s 

...3   15
...........................3  00
...............3  15
............................2  10
............................... 3  00
..3   00

SAL  SODA

Granulated,  bbls  ...........  85
Granulated,  1001b ca se s.l  00
Lump,  bbls.......................  75
Lump,  145!b.  kegs 
. . . .   95

Diamond  Crystal 

SALT

Table

...1   40 
Cases,  24 31b.  boxes 
Barrels,  100 31b. bags  . .3  00 
Barrels,  50 61b.  bags 
..3   00 
Barrels.  40 71b.  bags 
..2   75

B utter

Barrels,  320  n>.  bulk  .. 2  65 
Barrels,  20  141b.  bags  . .2  So
Sacks.  28 
..............  27
Sacks.  56  tbs..................   67

lbs 

Shaker
B utter

B oxes,  24  2tb 
............... 1  50
Brls,  280  lbs,  bulk___ 2  25
Linen  bags,  5-56  tbs  3  00 
Linen  bags,  10-28  lb s  3  00 
Cotton  bags,  10-28  lb s  2  75

Cheese

5  barrel  lots,  6  per  c e n t.' 
discount.
lO  barrel 
lots,  7%  per 
cent,  discount.
Above  prices  are  F.  O.  B. 
100  31b.  sack s 
...............1  90
60  51b.  sacks 
...............1  80
28  10R>.  sack s  . . . ~ . . . . l   70
56  lb.  sacks  ...................  30
2o  lb.  sacks  ...................  15

Common  Grades

W arsaw

56  lb.  dairy  in  drill  bags  40 
28  lb.  dairy  in drill bags  20

Solar  Rock

56  lb.  sack s 

...................   22

Common

Granulated,  f in e ..................80
Medium  Fine 
...............   90

SALT  FISH 

Cod

Large  W hole 
. . .   @ 6%
Sm all  W hole. 
. . .   @ 6
Strips  or  bricks.  7%@10 
Pollock 

@  3%

................. 
Halibut

Strips 
Chunks 

................................. 14%

............................. 15
Herring
Holland

W hite  Hoop,  barrels  . .8  25 
W hite  hoops,  %bbl.  . ..4   60 
W hite  hoops  keg...60@ 65 
W hite  hoops  m etis  . .  
75
N orw egian 
Round.  100  lbs  ............... 3  60
Round,  50  lb s 
............... 2  10
Scaled 
...............................  18

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

Trout

No.  1, 100  lbs................... 6  50
lb s................... 2  76
No.  1, 40 
No.  1,  10  lb s...................   80
No.  1,  8  lbs 
...................  68

Mackerel

M ess  100  tbs...................14 50
M ess  50  lb s........................ 7 76
M ess  10 lb s........................ 1 75
M ess  8  lb s..........................1 45
No.  1,  100  lb s............... 13  00
N o.  1, 50 
lb s..................7  00
No.  1,  10  lbs..................... 1  60
No.  1,  8  lb s......................1  35
W hlteflsh
N o 1  No. 2  Faun
3  ou
.............7  25 
26 100  lbs.
.............3  75 
2  10
50  lbs.
15
15
10  lbs.  . .............  88 
52
45
8  lbs.  . .............  73 
70

44

SE E D 8

A nise 
..................................16
Canary,  S m y r n a ............... 0
Caraway 
...........................  8
Cardamon.  M alabar 
Celery 
................................10
................4
H em p,  R ussian 
Mixed  Bird 
......................4
M ustard,  w hite 
...........  8
................................  8
Poppy 
Rape 
Cuttle  Bone 
....................25

...................................   4%

..1   00

SHOE  BLACKING 

H andy  Box,  large, 3 dx.2  60 
H andy  Box,  sm all 
. . . . 1   25 
B ixby’s  Royal  Polish  . .   85
M iller’s  Crown  P olish.  85 

SN U F F

Scotch,  in  bladders 
. . .   87 
....-   85 
M accaboy,  In  Jars 
Preaob  Bappls.  la  Jars.  48

8

* 

8 0  AP

Central  C ity  Soap  Co’s 

brand.

.................................3  10
Jaxen 
.. . 3   05 
Jaxon,  5  box.  del. 
.. . 3   00 
Jaxon,  10  box,  del 
Johnson  Soap  Co.  brands
Silver  K ing 
................... 3  66
Calum et  F am ily 
........... 2  75
............. 2  85
Scotch  F am ily 
Cuba 
.................................... 2  35
J.  S.  Kirk  &  Co.  brands
Am erican  F am ily  ......... 4  05
D usky  Diam ond,  50 8oz.2  80 
Dusky  D'nd.,  100 6oz. .3  80
Jap  Rose 
....................   .3  75
Savon  Im perial 
........... 3  10
W hite  R ussian 
. . . . . . 3   10
Dom e,  oval  bars...........2  85
Satinet,  oval  ....................2  15
W hite  Cloud 
................... 4  00
Lautz  Bros.  &  Co.  brands
Big  Acm e 
........................4  00
Acm e,  100-%Ib.  b a r s.. .3  10
......................4  00
Big  M aster 
Snow  Boy  P d’r.  100 pk.4  00
..........................4  00
M arselles 
Proctor  St  Gamble  brands
Lenox 
.................................3  10
Ivory,  6  oz  ........................4  00
Ivory,  10  oz 
....................6  75
Star 
....................................3  25
....................4  00
Good  Cheer 
Old  Country 
................... 3  40

A.  B.  W risley  brands

Scouring

Enoch  M organa  Sons. 

Sapolio,  gross  lots  . . . . 9   00 
Sapolio,  half  gross  lots.4  50 
Sapolio,  single  boxes  . .  2  25 
Sapolio,  hand 
............... 2  25

B oxes 
Legs,  English 

........... 

 

6%
...............  4%

Columbia..............................3  80
Red  L etter.........................  90

SODA

SOUPS

SPICES 

W hole  Spicos

A llspice 
.............................   12
C assia,  China In m ats.  12 
Cassia,  B atavia, bund.  28 
C assia,  Saigon,  broken.  46 
Cassia,  Saigon,  in rolls.  55
Cloves,  A m boyna  .........  23
Cloves,  Z a n z ib a r ...........  20
M ace  ....................................  65
N utm egs,  75-80 
........... 
to
N utm egs,  105-10 
.........  So
N utm egs,  115-20 
.........  30
Pepper,  Singapore,  blk.  15 
Pepper,  Singp.  w hite  .  25
sh ot 
Pepper, 
...............   17
..............................  16
A llspice 
C assia,  B atavia  .............  28
Cassia,  Saigon 
.............  48
Cloves,  Zanzibar 
.........  23
Ginger,  African 
...........  15
Ginger,  Cochin  ...............  18
Ginger,  Jam aica 
...........  25
M ace 
.................................   65
M ustard  ..............................  18
Pepper,  Singapore,  blk.  17 
Pepper,  Singp.  w hite  .  28
Pepper,  C a y e n n e ...........  20
Sage 
....................................  20

Pure  Ground  in  Bulk

STARCH

Common  Gloss

lib .  packages................4@5
3ib.  packages 
.................  4%
61b.  packages 
....................5%
40  and  50  lb.  boxes  .303%
Barrels................................ # 3
20  lib .  packages  ............. 5
40  lib .  packages  . ...4% @ 7

Common  Corn

Corn

SYRUPS
...............................23
..................25

Barrels 
H alf  barrels 
_o,u  cans  %  dz in c a s e .l  60 
101b  cans  % dz in c a s e .l  60 
61b.  cans,  1 dz in c a s e .l 85 
2%lb  cans 2 dz in c a s e .l  85 
Fair  ......................................  16
Good 
...................................  20
Choice 
...................’. .........   25

Pure  Cane

TEA
Japan

Sundried,  m edium 
....2 4
Sundried,  choice  ........... 82
Sundried,  fancy 
........... 86
Regular,  medium 
......... 24
Regular,  c h o ic e ............... 32
Regular,  fancy  ............... 36
.31 
Basket-fired,  medium  
Basket-fired,  choice 
. .38 
Basket-fired, 
..43
fancy 
N ibs 
........................... 22 @24
........................9@11
Siftings 
F annings  ....................12@14
Gunpowder
....3 0
Moyune,  m edium 
Moyune,  choice 
............. 32
............. 40
Moyune, 
fancy 
....3 0
Pingsuey,  medium  
Pingsuey,  choice 
......... 30
Pingsuey.  fancy 
........... 40

Young  Hyson
C h o ic e ..................................SO
Fancy 
................................. 36

Oolong

Form osa,  fancy  ..............42
Amoy,  m edium   ...............25
Amoy,  choice 
................. 82

English  B reakfast

9
Medium 
............................20
Choice 
................................30
F ancy  ..................................40
Ceylon,  choice 
............... 82
................................42
TOBACCO
Fine  Cut
Cadillac 
..............................64
Sw eet  U rn a 
................... 33
H iaw atha,  51b.  palls  ..56 
H iaw atha,  101b.  pails  .64
T e le g r a m ............ - ...........29
Pay  Car  ..............................31
...................49
Prairie  Rose 
Protection 
........................ 40
Sw eet  B u r le y ..................42
T iger 
................................. 40

Plug
....................... 31
Red  Cross 
Palo 
....................................3f.
Kylo  ....................................35
H iaw atha 
........................ 41
.....................37
B attle  A x 
Am erican  E agle 
.........33
.............37
Standard  N avy 
Spear  H ead  7  oz. 
. . .  47 
Spear  H ead  14  2-3  oz.,44
N obby  T w ist 
.................55
Jolly  Tar 
.......................39
Old  H onesty  ...................43
Toddy 
................................34
J.  T ......................................37
.........66
Piper  H eidsick 
Boot  Jack 
.......................80
H oney  Dip  T w ist 
....4 0
Black  S ta n d a r d ............. 38
Cadillac 
............................. 38
Forge 
................................. 30
N ickel  T w i s t ..................60

Sm oking'

Sw eet  Core 
.....................34
F lat  C a r ............................32
Great  N avy  .....................34
.........................26
W arpath 
Bamboo,  16  oz................ 25
....................27
1  X  !..  R  tb 
I  X   L,  16  oz.,  p&ils 
..21
H oney  D ew 
...................40
..................... 40
Gold  Block 
Flagm an 
...........................40
Chips 
.................................33
Kiln  Dried 
.......................21
Duke’s  M ix tu r e ................39
Duke's  Cameo 
............... 43
M yrtle  N avy  ...................44
Yum  Yum,  1  2-3  oz.  ..3 9  
Yum  Yum,  lib .  pails  ..4 0
Cream 
................................3g
...2 4
Corn  Cake,  2%  oz. 
Corn  Cake,  lib ................. 22
Plow  Boy,  1  2-3  oz. 
. .39
Plow  Boy,  3%  oz...........39
Peerless,  3%  oz............... 35
P eerless,  1  2-3  oz. 
...3 8
Air  Brake  .'.......................36
Cant  H ook  ........................30
........... 32-34
Country  Club 
Forex-X X X X  
..................28
Good  Indian 
....................23
Self  B in d e r ..................20-22
Silver  Foam  
....................34

TW INE

Cotton,  3  ply 
Cotton,  4  ply 
Jute,  2  ply 
H em p.  6  ply 
Flax,  medium 
Wool, 

................25
..................26
......................14
..................13
............... 20
lib .  balls............. 6%
VINEGAR

M alt  W hite  W ine,  40 gr.  8 
M alt  W hite  W ine,  80 g r .ll 
Pure  Cider,  B & B  
..11 
Pure  Cider,  Red  Star. 11 
Pure  Cider,  R obinson. 10
Pure  Cider.  Silver  ___ 10
W ASHING  PO W DER
Diamond  Flake  ....... ..2 76
Gold  Brick 
................. ..3 25
. .4 50
Gold  Dust.  24  large.
Gold  D ust,  100-5c  ... . .4 00
.. ..3 94
Kirkoline,  24  4tb. 
Pearline 
....................... ..3 76
Soppine 
......................... ..4 10
........... . .3 75
Babbitt’s  1776 
R oseine 
......................... ..3 50
Arm our’s 
..................... ..3 70
N ine  O'clock 
............. ..3 35
W isdom 
....................... -.3 80
....................... . .3 50
Scourine 
Kub-No-M ore 
............. ..3 75

WICKING
No.  0  per  g r o s s ...........30
No.  1  per  gross 
.........40
No.  2  per  gross  ..........60
No.  3  per  gross  ..........76

W OODENW ARE

B askets
B ushels 
..............................1  00
Bushels,  wide  band  . . . . 1   26
Market  ...............................  85
................... 6  00
Splint,  large 
Splint,  medium 
............. 6  00
Splint,  sm all 
................... 4  00
W illow,  Clothes,  la r g e .7  25 
W illow   Clothes, m ed'm . 6  00 
W illow   Clothes,  sm a ll.5  60

Bradley  B utter  Boxes 

size, 24  in case 
size, 16  in case 
size, 12  in case 
size,  6  in case 
Butter  P lates

..   72
2!b. 
. .   68
3Tb. 
. .   63
51b. 
101b. 
. .   60
No.  1  Oval.  250  in  crate.  40 
No.  2  Oval,  250  in  crate.  45 
No.  3  Oval,  260  in  crate.  50 
No.  5  Oval.  260  in  crate.  80

II

45

1 0

Churns

Barrel,  5  gal.,  each 
..2   40 
Barrel,  10  gal.,  each  ..2   55 
Barrel,  15  gal.,  each  ..2   70 
Clothes  Pins
Round  head,  5  gross  bx.  66 
78 
Round  l>*"4  nmrinnm 
bay  Crates
H um pty  D um pty 
. . . . 2   40
No.  1,  c o m p le te .............  32
No.  2,  c o m p le te ...............  18
Cork  lined,  8  i n ...............  65
Cork  lined,  9  in  ; .............  75
Cork  lined,  10  i n .............  85
Cedar,  8  in.........................  55

Faucets

Mop  Sticks

Trojan  spring 
...............  90
Eclipse  patent  spring  ..   85
No.  1  common  ...............   75
No.  2  pat.  brush  holder.  85 
12tb.  cotton  mop  h ead s.l  25
Ideal  No.  7  .......................   90

Traps

Toothpicks

Palls
hoop  S ta n d a r d .1 60
2- 
hoop  S ta n d a r d .1 75
3- 
wire,  Cable  .1 70
2- 
3- 
wire.  Cable 
.1 90
Cedar,  all  red,  brass  .. 1  26
Paper,  Eureka  ............... 2  25
Fibre  ....................................2  70
Hardwood 
.........................2  60
Softwood  ............................2  75
B a n q u e t.........*.................. 1  60
....................................1  50
Ideal 
M ouse,  wood,  2  holes  ..   22
Mouse,  wood,  4  holes  . .   45
M ouse,  wood,  6  holes  . .   70
M ouse,  tin,  5  holes 
. . .   65
Rat.  wood 
.......................   80
Rat,  s p r in g .......................   75
20-i:i.,  Standard,  No.  1.7  00 
18-in.,  Standard.  No.  2.6  00 
16-in.,  Standard,  No.  3.5  00 
..7   50 
20-in.,  Cable,  No.  1 
18-in.,  Cable,  No.  2 
..6   50 
16-in.,  Cable,  No.  3 
..5   60
No.  1  F ib r e ......................10  80
No.  2  Fibre  ...................  9  45
No.  3  Fibre  ................      8  65
W ash  Boards
Bronze  G lo b e ....................2  60
D ew ey 
................................1  76
Double  Acm e  ................... 2  75
Single  Acm e 
....................2  25
Double  Peerless 
........... 3  25
Single  P e e r le s s ............... 2  60
N orthern  Q u e e n .............2  50
Double  Duplex  ............... 3  00
Good  Luck  ........................2  75
U niversal 
..........................2  25

Tubs

W indow  Cleaners

12  in...................................... 1  65
14  in........................................1  85
16  in........................................2  30
Wood  Bowls
11  in.  B utter  .............
76
........... ...1 15
13  in.  Butter 
......... ...2 00
15 
in.  B utter 
17 
in.  B utter 
......... ...3 35
19  in.  B utter 
........... ...4 75
Assorted  13-15-17  .. ...2 26
Assorted  15-17-19  .. .. .3 25

W RAPPING  PAPER

.. ............1%
..   2% 

Common  Straw 
Fibre  M anila,  w hite 
Fibre  M anila,  colored  .  4
No.  1  M anila 
.................4
Cream  M anila 
...............8
Butcher's  M anila 
W ax  Butter,  short  c’nt.13 
W ax  Butter,  full  count.20 
W ax  Butter,  rolls 
....1 6  

. . . .   2% 

YEAST  CAKE

M agic,  3  doz...................... 1  15
| Sunlight,  3  doz............... 1  00
Sunlight,  1%  doz...........   60
Y east  Foam ,  3  doz. 
...1   16 
I  Y east  Cream,  3  doz 
..1   00 
Yeast  Foam .  1%  doz.  . .   68 
FRESH  FISH

Per  lb.

Jum bo  W hlteflsh  ..11@12 
No.  1  W hlteflsh 
..  @ 9
W hite  f i s h ................... 10® 12
Trout 
..........................7@  8
Black  B a s s .............
H a lib u t........................19@11
Ciscoes  or  H erring.  @  6
ttluefish 
......................11012
Live  Lobster.............  @22
. . .   @23
Boiled  Lobster. 
Cod  ..............................  «913%
Haddock 
...................  @  8
No.  1  Pickerel 
. . . .   @  8%
P ike 
............................   @  7
Perch,  dressed  . . . .   @  7
Smoked  W hite 
. . . .   @12%
Red  Snapper 
Col.  R iver  Salm onl5  @16 
M ackerel  ....................14@15

0

OYSTERS

Cans

Per  can
F.  H.  Counts  .................  40

Hides

HIDES  AND  PELTS 
Green  No.  1  ..................... 7
Cropn  No.  2  . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cured  No.  1 
....................8%
Cured  No.  2 
....................7%
C alfskins,  green  No.  1  10 
Calfskins,  green  No.  2  8% 
C alfskins,  cured  No.  1  11 
Calfskins,  cured  No.  2  9% 
Steer  H ides  <01bs.  overt 
Cow  H ides  60  lbs.  over8%

P elts

Tallow

Old  W ool  .
ia m b   . . .
Shearlings
&  4 
No.  1 .........
@  3
No.  2  ___
W ashed,  fine 
.........  @22
W ashed,  medium  ..  @25
Unw ashed, 
..14@19 
Unw ashed,  medium21@23

Wool

fine 

CONFECTIONS 

Stick  Candy

Palls

Standard  ...........................   7
Standard  H.  H ............... 7
Standard  T w ist 
...........8
Cut  Loaf  ...........................  9
cases
Jumbo,  321b.........................7%
E xtra  H.  H.......................9
Boston  Cream 
...............10
Olde  Tim e  Sugar  stick 
30  lb.  case  ....................13

 

 

6
....................   7

Mixed  Candy
Grocers 
.................... 
Com petition 
............................   7%
Special 
.......  
7%
Conserve 
................................   8%
Royal 
Ribbon 
...............................   9
...............................  8
Broken 
Cut  Loaf. 
.........................   8
English  Rock 
...............  9
K in d er g a rten ................... 8%
Bon  Ton  Cream 
............  8%
French  Cream 
..................9
Star 
....................................11
Hand  made  C rea m ... • 14% 
Prem io  Cream  m ixed. .12% 

Fancy— In  Palls 

............... 1  00

O  F   Horehound  D rop..10
Gypsy  H earts 
................14
Coco  Bon  B o n s ................12
Fudge  S q u a r e s ................12
Peanut  Squares 
............  9
......... 11
Sugared  Peanuts 
Salted  P eanuts 
..............12
........... 10
Starlight  K isses 
San  Bias  Goodies  ......... 12
Lozenges,  plain 
............... 9
....1 0  
Lozenges,  printed 
Champion  Chocolate 
.. 11 
Eclipse  Chocolates 
...1 3  
Q uintette  C hocolates... 12 
Champion  Gum  Drops,  i
Moss  Drops  .....................  9
Lemon  Sours 
....................9
Im perials 
.........................  9
Ital.  Cream  Opera 
. . .  12 
Ital.  Cream  Bon  B ons.
2u  lb.  pails  ....................12
M olasses  Chews,  151b.
cases 
..............................12
Golden  W affles 
............. 12
Fancy—In  51b.  Boxes
Lemon  S o u r s ....................50
. . . .  60
Pepperm int  Drops 
Chocolate  Drops 
........... 60
H.  M.  Choc.  Drops  . . .  86 
H.  M.  Choc.  Lt.  and
Brilliant  Gums,  Crys.60 
O.  F.  Licorice  Drops  ..80
Lozenges,  p la in ............5 6
lo z en g es,  printed 
....6 0
Im perials 
..........................55
..............................60
M ottoes 
Cream  Bar  ........................56
MolaBses  Bar 
................. 56
Hand  Made  Cr’ms..80@90 
Cream  Buttons,  Pep. 
...6 5
String  Rock 
..................60
W lntergreen  Berries  ..55 
Old  Tim e  Assorted.  25
B uster  Brown  Goodies
U p-to-D ate  A sstm t,  32

and  W lntergreen 

Dark  No.  12 

Pop  Corn

Tb.  case  .......................   2  60
301b.  case  ..................... 8  25
........................3  50
lb.  case 
D andy  Sm ack,  24s 
. . .   66
Dandy  Sm ack,  100s  . . .  2  75 
Pop  Corn  Fritters.  100s  50 
Pop  Corn  T oast,  100s.  50
Cracker  Jaek 
................. 3  00
Pop  Corn  Balls 
. . . . . . . .  1  30
NUTS
W hole
Almonds,  Tarragona... 16
Almonds,  Ivica 
.............
Almonds,  California  sft 
shelled,  new  
..1 4   @16
..................... . . . . I t
B razils 
Filberts 
..................... . . . . U
. ....1 3
W alnuts.  French 
W alnuts, 
soft  shelled.
Cal.  No.  1 ................. ..16@ lf
Table  N uts,  faney . . . . a
Pecans,  Med............. ___ 9
Pecans,  Ex.  Large ...1 0
Pecans,  Jum bos 
.. ....1 1
H ickory  N uts  per bu.
Cocoanuts  ................. ___ 4
Chestnuts,  per  bu.
Shelled
7%@8
Spanish  Peanuts.
Pecan  H alves  ----- ....3 8
W alnut  H alves  . . . . ___ 33
filb e rt  M eats  ......... ....2 6
....3 6
A licante  Alm onds
....4 7
Jordan  Alm onds  .
Peanuts
Fancy,  H   P,  Suns.6%@7 
Fancy.  H.  P.,  Suns.
R oasted 
...................  @8
Choice,  H   P,  J ’be.  @  8% 
Choice,  H.  P.,  Jum ­

........... . . . . 1   75

Ohio  new  

bo. 

. . . . t   9

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

46
Business-Wants  Department

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SP EC IA L PR IC E CU RREN T

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COFFEE
Roasted

D w inell-W right  Co.’s   Bds.

SO AP

B eaver  Soap  Co.’s   Brands

BU SIN ESS  CHANCES.

it; 

601

610

602

606

town 

605
in 

thriving  city 

For  Sale—A  fine  bazaar  stock 

For  Sale—Retail  m eat  m arket  in 

the 
liveliest  town  in  Southern  Michigan,  pop­
ulation  30,000. 
1  pack  my  own  hams, 
bacon  and  lard;  m ake  all  my  own  sau ­
sage;  I  do  no  killing;  I  own  my  build­
ing  and  would  sell  or  rent 
steam  
plant  and  m achinery  in  excellent  condi­
tion;  the  m eat  business,  including  horses, 
wagons  and  stock  of  pickled  m eats,  will 
invoice  about  $2,000;  sales  $500  to  $650 
per  week;  experience  in  the  m eat  busi­
ness  not  a  necessity,  as  I  have  a  man 
working  for  me  who  is  capable  of  ru n ­
ning  the  business;  a  good,  clean,  money­
making  business  for  some  one.  Address 
No.  597,  care  Michigan  Tradesm an.  597
Grocery  and  M eat  Business—Fine  open­
ing  for  live,  up-to-date  party  in  prosper­
ous  Michigan  county  seat.  E ntire  brick 
building,  three  stories  and  basem ent,  to 
lease.  No  progressive  competition.  E n ­
quire  of  Geo.  L.  Little,  Monroe,  Mich.  60 1
W anted  To  Exchange—Compressed  air 
apparatus  and  electrical  table  plate  for 
optician's  trial  case.  Dr.  Hawkey,  H es­
peria,  Mich. 
For  Sale—Fourteen  room  hotel,  new 
and  newly  furnished,  near  Petoskey.  Fine 
trout  fishing. 
Imm ediate  possession  on 
account  of  poor  health.  Address  No.  60i. 
care  M ichigan  Tradesm an. 
For  Sale—The  leading  hardw are  store 
in  a 
in  W estern  Illinois. 
Invoice.  Best  location  in  city.  A  money­
maker.  Best  of  reasons  for  selling.  Ad­
dress  Rambler,  care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
a 
lum bering 
in  N orthern  Michigan, 
county  seat.  Price  right.  Good  reasons 
for  selling.  M ust  be  sold  a t  once.  Ad­
dress  Rogers  B azaar  Co.,  Grayling,  Mich.
Cash  or  a  good  farm   for  your  stock  or 
m erchandise.  Address  Box  148,  Indepen­
dence,  Iowa. 
R estaurant—Located  in  a   live  mining 
town  of  2,000  population;  only  one  othei 
small  restau ran t  in  town;  good  tow n  for 
some  music  organizer.  L.  M.  Johnson. 
Pleasant  City.  Ohio. 
An  old-established  business  for  sale, 
stock  consists  of  new  and  second-hand 
furniture,  stoves,  etc.,  in  the  best  city in 
Southern  M ichigan;  good  reasons  for  sell­
N orthern  Specialty  Co.,  Battle 
ing. 
Creek.  Mich. 
582 
For  Sale—Candy  factory,  doing  good 
business,  both  city  and  country,  Seattle, 
Ad­
W ashington;  population, 
dress  W.  H.  H echt  &   Co. 
587
W anted—Active  experienced  p artner  in 
retail  dry  goods  business,  w ith  $10,000 
cash  capital,  in  one  of  the  best  cities  ir. 
Illinois.  Address  Gubbins.  Jung  &  Co. 
147-153  F ifth  Ave.,  Lees  Building,  Chi­
cago,  111. 
Fine  residence,  new  store  building,  gen­
eral  stock  of  m erchandise  for  sale  cheap. 
Box  280,  Cedar  Springs,  Mich. 
577 
W anted—To  buy  a   stock  of  goods  at 
once.  Lock  Box  21,  Odessa,  Minnesota.
in  Philadelphia  for 
sale;  light,  clean  and  well  paying;  buyer 
m ust  have  from  $5.000  to  $7,000  cash;  a 
chance  of  a   lifetim e;  m ust  sell  to  settle 
estate.  M.  E.  Skinner.  2310  N orth  H an­
cock  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
563
For  Sale—The  only  m en’s  and  boys' 
clothing  and  furnishing  goods  store 
in 
Oregon.  Mo., 
th e  county  seat  of  Holt 
county,  lying  in  richest  p art  of  N orth­
w est  Missouri.  Stock  invoices  between 
$8.000  and  $9.000.  all  new  goods.  Will 
sell  residence  if  desired.  Address  W.  B. 
Hinde.  Oregon.  Mo. 
551 
For  R ent—Fine  location  for  a  dep art­
ment,  general,  or  dry  goods  store.  Large 
stone  building,  three  entrances,  on  two 
main  business  streets.  R ent  reasonable, 
possession  given  a t  once.  D on't  fail  to 
w rite  Chas.  E.  Nelson,  W aukesha,  Wis.
For  Sale—Small  stock  of  general  m er­
chandise  in  a  live  town.  Will  sell  a t  a 
two- 
bargain  and  rent  building;  good 
story  brick.  Address  Box  387,  Portland. 
Mich 
57u
Farm   for  Sale  or  Exchange—163 acres, 
80  cleared;  good  buildings,  two  and  one- 
half  miles  from  Leota,  Clare 
county. 
Mich.;  good  school, 
one-quarter  mile; 
good  location  and  good  farm .  Can  give 
im mediate  possession  if  taken  before July 
1.  Enquire  on  prem ises  or of  S.  A.  Lock- 
wood.  T-apeer.  Mich. 

A  retail  business 

150,000. 

545

565

547

586

583

_ 

Geo.  M.  Smith  Safe  Co.,  agents  for one 
of  th e  strongest,  heaviest  and  best  fire­
proof  safes  made.  All  kinds  of  second­
hand  safes  in  stock.  Safes  opened  and 
repaired.  376  South  Ionia  streeL  Both 
phones.  Grand  Rapids. 

926

For  Sale—480  acres  of  cut-over  hard- 
1  wood  land,  three  miles  north  of  Thom p­
son ville.  House  and  barn  on  premises. 
Pere  M arquette  railroad  runs  across  one 
corner  of  land.  Very  desirable  for  stock 
raising  or  potato  growing.  WUl 
ex­
change  for  stock  of  m erchandise.  C.  C. 
Tuxbury,  301  Jefferson  SL,  Grand  Rap- 
|  ids. 
! 

For  Sale—One  of  th e  finest  100-barrel 
flour  mills  and  elevators  in  the  State.  A 
good  paying  business.  Address,  H.  V„ 
care  M ichigan  Tradesm an. 

453

835

For  Sale—Stock  consisting  of  bazaar 
goods,  crockery,  glassw are, 
lam ps  and 
invoices  $1.000; 
groceries;  also  fixtures; 
centrally  located  in  thriving  town  of 900 
inhabitants;  rent 
trade  and 
low;  good 
paying  business, 
ill  health  reason  for 
selling.  Address  No.  499,  care  Michigan 
Tradesm an. 

499

For  Sale  Cheap—Good 

com er  brick 
store  and  office  building  and  vacant  lot 
adjoining, 
hustling  Thompsonville. 
Mich.  Price  $3,600  cash.  Brings  12 per 
cent,  interest.  Address  G.  W.  Sharp, 
N orth  Baltimore,  Ohio. 

553

in 

|

For  Sale—M eat  m arket;  good  location. 
Address  No.  554,  care  Michigan  T rades­
man. 
554 

and 

stock, 

shoes, 

A  Golden  Opportunity—P arty   desires 
to  retire  from  business.  Will  sell  stock 
and  building  or 
consisting  of 
clothing,  boots  and 
rent 
building.  Only  cash  buyers  need  apply. 
W rite  or  call  and  see.  T.  J.  Bossert. 
Lander,  Wyoming. 

|
For  Sale—880  acres  of  the  finest  unim -  1 

in  one  of 

proved  farm  
the  best 
farm ing  districts  in  Central  South  Dako­
ta.  Five  miles  from  county  seat,  tw en­
ty-five  miles  from  Pierre,  the  S tate  capi­
tal.  Offered  a t  a   bargain  for  tw enty days 
for  cash. 
Price,  $7.500.  R.  C.  Greer. 
Blunt.  S.  D. 

land 

529 

538

For  Sale—A  modern  eight-room   house 
Woodmere  Court.  Will  trade  for  stock 
of  groceries.  Enquire 
J.  W.  Powers. 
Houseman  Building.  Grand  Rapids.  Mich. 
Phone  1455. 
W anted—Will  pay  cash  for  an  estab ­
lished.  profitable  business.  Will  consid­
er  shoe  store,  stock  of  general  m erchan­
dise  or  m anufacturing  business.  Give 
full  particulars  In  first  letter.  Confiden­
tial.  Address  No.  519, 
care  M ichigan 
Tradesm an. 

498

519

532

county, 

On  account  of  failing  health  I  desire 
to  sell  m y  store,  m erchandise,  residence, 
two  sm all  houses  and  farm .  Will  divide 
to  suit  purchasers. 
J.  Aldrich  Holmes. 
Caseville,  Mich. 
For  Sale  or  Will  Exchange  for  an  A1 
Stock  of  General  M erchandise—My  fine 
farm   of  160  acres,  together  w ith  team s, 
stock  and  tools.  The  farm   is  located  at 
Coopersville,  O ttaw a 
thirteen 
miles  from  city  lim its  of  city  of  Grand 
Rapids.  Call  or  w rite  if  you  m ean  busi­
ness  E.  O.  Phillips,  Coopersville,  Mich.  535
A  firm  of  old  standing  th a t  has  been 
in  business  for  fifteen  years  and  whose 
reputation  as  to  integrity,  business  m eth­
ods,  etc., 
is  positively  established,  de­
sires  a  m an  who  has  $5,000  to  take  an 
active  p art  in  the  store.  This  store  is 
a   departm ent  store.  Our  last  year's  busi­
ness  was  above  $60.000.  The  m an  m ust 
understand  shoes,  dry  goods  or  groceries. 
The  person  who  invests  this  money  m ust 
be  a   m an  of  integrity  and  ability.  Ad­
dress  No.  571,  care  Michigan  Tradesm an.

571

in 

W anted 

Stock  will 

to  Exchange—120  acres 

F or  Sale—Bright,  new  up-to-date  stock 
of  clothing  and  furnishings  and  fixtures, 
the  only  exclusive  stock 
the  best 
town  of  1,200  people  in  M ichigan;  nice 
brick  store  building;  plate  glass  front; 
good  business. 
inventory 
about  $5,000.  Will  rent  or  sell  building. 
Failing  health  reason  for  selling.  No 
trades.  Ackerson  Clothing  Co.,  Middle- 
ville,  Mich. 

569
im ­
proved  land,  good  buildings,  good  loca­
tion,  or  120  acres  wild  land,  good  loca­
tion,  near  schools;  also  eighteen-room  
hotel  and  store  building  In  a   hustling 
town  on 
the  Pere  M arquette  Railroad 
for  stock  of  m erchandise  or  drug  stock. 
Address  Lock  Box  214,  Marion,  Mich. 485
For  Sale—Good  elevator  and  feed  mill 
in  M ichigan, 
condition. 
Paying  business  for  th e  right  m an.  Ad­
dress.  No.  454,  care  M ichigan  Tradesm an.
Cash  for  Your  Stock—Or  we  will  close 
out  for  you  a t  your  own  place  of  busi­
ness.  or  m ake  sale  to  reduce  your  stock. 
W rite  for  inform ation.  C.  L.  Yost  &  Co., 
577  W est  Forest  Ave.,  D etroit,  Mich.  2
W anted—To  buy  stock  of  general  m er­
chandise  from   $5.000  to   325,000  for  cash. 
Address  N o.  89.  care  M ichigan  T rades­
man. 

first-class 

454

in 

29

Mica,  tin   boxes 
Paragon 

..7 5   9  00
...................55  6  00

BAKING  POW DER 

Jaxon  Brand

J A X O N

%lb.  cans,  4  dos.  ease  45 
%Ib.  cans,  4  dos.  case  55 
tb.  cans,  2  dos.  ea sel  CO 
i 

Royal

10c  size . 
90 
14 lb cans  135 
6  os cans  100 
% lbcans  250 
%Ib cans  375 
1  lb cans  480 
3  lb cans 18 00 
5  lb cans 2150

BLUING

Arctic  4 oz ovals,  p gro 4 00 
Arctic  8 oz ovals,  p gro 6 00 
Arctic  16 oz ro’d,  p gro 9 00

BREAK FAST  FOOD 

Grits

W alsh-DeRoo  Co.'s  Brands

W hite  H ouse,  1  lb ...........
W hite  H ouse,  2  lb .............
Excelsior,  M  &  J,  1  lb .. 
Excelsior,  M  &  J,  2  lb ..
T ip  Top,  M  &  J,  1  lb . . . .
Royal  Java  .........................
Royal  Java  and  M o ch a .. 
Java  and  M ocha  B le n d .. 
Boston  Combination  . . . .
Judson 
Grocer  Co..  Grand  Rapids; 
N ational  Grocer  Co.,  D e­
troit and Jackson;  F.  Saun­
ders  &  Co.,  P ort  Huron; 
Symons  Bros.  &  Co.,  Sagi­
naw ;  M eisel  &  Goeschel. 
Bay  City;  Godsmark,  Du­
rand  &   Co.,  B attle  Creek; 
Fielbach  Co..  Toledo.

D tstnuuted  by 

COFFEE  SUBSTITU TE

Javrll

Cases.  24  2  lb  pack’s . .2  00 

CIGARS

2  doz.  in  case...................4  50

\S A F E S

G.  J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s  bd.
Less  than  500................ 33 00
500  or  m ore.......................32 00
..000  or  m ore.................. 31 00

COCOANUT

Baker’s   B rasil  Shredded

10  ■alb  pkg,  per  e a s e ..2  <0
15  ftfb  pkg.  per  c a s e ..2  50 
18  %Ib  pkg,  per  ea se. .2  60
16  %lb  pkg,.p er  c a s e ..2  60

FRESH  MEATS

Beef

C arcass....................
Forequarters. 
. . .  
H indquarters. 
. . .
Loins........................
Ribs. 
.......................
Rounds.....................

D ressed 

Pork
. . . . . . . . .

Shoulders................
Leaf  Lard  .............
Mutton
C a r c a s s .................
...................
Lam bs 
rcass  .................

Veal

m

• 6%@  9%
• 5%@  6% 
8%®10
12  @16 
8%@13 
7%@  8% 
@  6
@  4
@  5 %
@  9% 
@  6% 
if  7 % 
@  7
@  9
11  @12 

4%@  7ro

CORN SYRUP

24  10c  cans 
12  25c  can s 
6  50c  can s 

................ .1  84
.................2  30
...................2  30

Tw enty 

Full  line  of  the  celebrated 
Diebold  lire  and  burglar 
proof  safes  kept  in  stock 
by  the  Tradesm an  Com­
pany. 
different 
sizes  on  hand  a t  all  tim es 
—tw ice  as  m any  safes  as 
are  carried  by  any  other 
If  you 
house  in  the  State. 
are  unable  to  visit  Grand 
Rapids  and 
the 
line  personally,  w rite  for 
quotations.

inspect 

SALT

J a r-Sa It 
O n e   dosen 
B all’s   quart 
M ason 
Jars 
(2  p o u n da 
e a c h l .............6(

STOCK  FOOD. 

Superior  Stock  Food  Co., 

Ltd.

$  .50  carton,  36  in  box.10.80 
1.00  carton,  18  in  box. 10.59
12%  lb.  cloth  sack s.. 
.84 
25  lb.  cloth  s a c k s ...  1.65 
50  lb.  cloth  s a c k s ....  3.15
100  lb.  cloth  sacks___6.00
Peck  m easure 
..................90
%  bu.  m easure..........  1.80
.39 
12%  lb.  sack  Cal  meal 
25  lb.  sack  Cal  m eal.. 
.75
F.  O.  B.  Plainw el,  M ich.

S O A   P.

100  cakes,  large  sis e . .6  50 
50  cakes,  large  sise . .3  25 
100  cakes,  sm all  sise . .3  85 
50  cakes,  sm all  sis e . .1  95
Tradesm an  Co.’s   Brand

Black  H aw k,  one  box. .2  50 
Black  H aw k,  five  b x s.2   40 
Black  H aw k,  ten   b x s.2   25

T A BLE  SAUCES

............... 3  76
Halford,  large 
H alford,  sm all  ............... 2  25

Place Your 
Business 

on a

Cash  Basis 
„ by using 

our

Coupon  Book 

System. 

W e

manufacture 
four kinds 

of

Coupon  Books 

and

sell them 
all at the. 
same price  • 
irrespective of 

size, shape

or

denomination. 

W e will 

be 
very 

pleased 

to

send you samples 

if you ask  us. 

They are 

free.

Tradesman Company 

Grand Rapids

MICHIGAN  TR A D ESM A N

47

The  Summer

How  to  Solve  It ?

Soon  will  begin  a  season  when,  if the  merchant 
lets  things  take  their  natural  course,  outgo  will  be 
dangerously near—possibly even greater than—income.

T o  forestall that  condition,  there  is  a  way—The 
Butler  Way.  T o  travel  it  demands  but  extra  push 
and  some  goods  particularly  selected  for  tempting 
the jaded,  summer,  buying  appetite.

W e  have  such  goods  in  plenty-varied  enough 
to  keep  the  summer  offerings  of  the  largest  store 
continuously  so  spiced  as  to  arouse the hunger  of de­
sire  in  the  most  satiated  of buyers.

Besides  the  goods,  our  July  catalogue describes 
in  detail  practical  methods-not  only for making trade 
in  new  things  good  but, also,  for the use of those new 
things in turning stock odds and ends into ready money.

A  request for the July catalogue will be especially 
interesting,  for  we’ll  know  that  it  comes  from  the 
merchant ready  with  the  Extra  Push  and  that’s  the 
kind  our  catalogue  is  made for.  The July catalogue 
is  No.  J509.

BUTLER  BROTHERS  "*TR

Wholesalers of  Everything— By Catalogue Only

48

Canned  Corn  to  Be  Scarce.

in 

some 

According  to  present 

indications 
the  prospective  corn  pack  will  be 
reduced  far  below  what  it  was  last 
year  and  much  below  what  it  usually 
is.  Farmers  have  had  difficulty  with 
their  seed,  and 
instances 
three  replantings  have  been  neces­
sary.  New  York  State  and  Maine 
have  been  severe  sufferers  in  this re­
gard.  The 
losses  sustained  during 
the  past  two  years  have  discouraged 
growers,  and  there  is  every  evidence 
that  the  acreage  will  be  much  less 
this  year  than  it  has  been  for  several 
years.  Last  year’s  pack  in  New York 
was  585,403  cases,  and  the  pack  of 
1902  was  552,167  cases. 
It  is  gen­
erally  believed  that  the  prospective 
pick  this  season  is  sold  ahead.

estimates  place 

In  Maine  conditions  at  present are 
no  better  than  they  are  in  New  York. 
Available  seed  has  poor  germinating 
qualities,  and  in  some  instances  three 
necessary. 
replantings  have  been 
Conservative 
the 
pack  about  the  same  as  last  year.  The 
quantity  put  up  last  year  aggregated
381.000  cases,  compared  with  367,000 
cases  in  1902.  Under  favorable  con­
ditions  New  York,  Maine,  and  the 
other  New  England  States  put  out
3.750.000  cases  a  year. 
The  entire 
prospective  output  of  Maine  has  been 
sold  under  early  contracts,  and  not 
a  packer  can  be  found  who  is  willing 
to  sell  a  case  under  any  terms.  An 
early  price  for  Western  account  was 
95  cents  per  dozen,  free  on  board, 
Portland.

In  Maryland  conditions  have  been 
favorable  up  to  a  week  ago,  but poor 
weather  has  injured  the  crop  pros­
pects;  yet  they  appear  more  favor­
able  than  in  New  York  and  Maine. 
The  Maryland  pack 
last  year  was
588.000  cases,  compared  with  498,000 
cases  in  1902.  Some  packers  are  still 
quoting  on  the  basis  of  62V2C  per 
dozen  for  standard  No.  2  and  67V2C 
to  70c  for  standard  Maine  style,  free 
on  board,  factory.

Much  of  the  acreage  in  the  W est 
has  been  plowed  up  and  planted  to 
other  crops  because  of  poor  germina­
tion  of  the  seed.  Many  of  the  pack­
ers  will  supply  their  contract  grow­
ers  with  seed  in  the  hope  that  they 
will  be  able 
sufficient 
corn  to  fill  contracts.

to  produce 

The  total  pack  of  the  United  States 
last  year  was  4,600,000  cases,  com­
pared  with  4,200,000  cases  the  previ­
In  1901  the  pack  was  5,- 
ous  year. 
000,000  cases  and  in 
1900  6,400,000 
latter  the  largest  in  the 
cases,  the 
history  of  the  business.

Two  Records  Broken.

A t  the  Athelstan  club  yesterady af­
ternoon  C.  E.  Kolb,  John  Knight 
and  C.  R.  Dye,  the  traveler,  were  tell­
ing  their  experiences  with  snakes and 
fish. 
“ Farmer”  Knight  and  “ Cap’t’l- 
ist”  Kolb  were way ahead, when “ Old 
Man”  Dye  started  in  to  relate  some 
of  his  tales.

“W ell,”  said  Dye,  “my  father  and 
my  uncle  came  to  Michigan  in  1836, 
settled  in  Ionia  county,  and  were  cut­
ting  marsh  hay  one  day  when  they 
killed  265  rattlesnakes.”

Knight  and  Kolb,  partially  paral­

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

yzed  by  the  blow,  asked,  “ Can  you 
tell  a  true  fish  story?”

“W hy,  yes,”  said  Dye,  “but  it’s  a 
tame  one.  M y  brother  is  spending 
the  year  in  South  Africa  and  a  while 
ago  he  went  fishing,  with  a  couple  of 
natives,  for  alligators,  using  a  cod­
fish  hook,  and  having  a  young  goat 
for  bait.  They  pulled  out 
in  the 
Congo  River  about  a  mile  and  got  a 
strike.  The  alligator,  as  they  sup­
posed 
it  was,  pulled  them  up  the 
river  two  miles,  and  finally  gave  up, 
when  my  brother  was  surprised  to 
find  that  their  fish  was  a  full-sized 
hippopotamus.”

Mr.  Dye  insists  that  both  stories 
are  true  and  says  his  brother  sent 
him  some  of  the  hippo’s  teeth  for 
proof.  But  when  Kolb  told  the  story 
at  home  last  evening,  his  little  daugh­
ter  would  not  believe  it,  and  asked, 
“W hy  didn’t  Mr.  Dye  use  a  bale  of 
hay  for  bait?”

Members  of  the  club  threaten 

to 
buy  a  belt  for  the  “ Old  Man.”— Battle 
Creek  Record.

In  St.  Louis  recently  a  jury  ac­
the 
quitted  a  notorious  woman  of 
larceny  when  the 
charge  of  grand 
proof  was  clear  against  her. 
She 
stole  $204  from  a  visitor  after  entic­
ing  him  into  a  resort. 
It  seems  that 
some  members  of  the 
flirted 
jury 
with  the  woman  in  court.  The  Judge 
commented  on  this  defeat  of  justice, 
due  to  what  he  called  a  “ sickening 
flirtation,”  and  Assistant  Circuit  A t­
torney  Bishop  sarcastically  thanked 
the  jury  for  their  verdict  in  these 
jury,  I 
words: 
thank  you  for  your  verdict. 
I  thank 
you  in  the  name  of  all  that  is  lawless 
and  shameless  in  crime  and  criminals. 
I  thank  you  for  the  discriminating 
taste  you  have  shown— for  the  high 
order  of  citizenship  which  you  have 
displayed— in  being  influenced  in your 
verdict  by  a  pretty  woman’s  winks 
and  a  glimpse  at  a  bit  of  openwork 
stocking.  You  are  a  credit  to  your 
class.” 
If  the  jury  had  not  forgot­
ten  how  to  blush,  these  words  must 
have  brought  the  blood 
their 
faces.

“ Gentlemen  of  the 

to 

Every  merchant- must  take  into  ac­
count  what  the  public  thinks  of  him. 
He  wants  the  good  opinion  of  most 
of  the  good  people  of  the  community. 
He  can  not  expect  to  have  the  good 
opinion  of  all  the  good  people  be­
cause  some  of  them  will  allow  their 
prejudices  to  sway  their  judgment. 
He  need  not  be  afraid,  however,  to 
refuse  credit  to  unworthy  parties.  He 
must  also  bring much  tact  to  his  serv­
ice  when  he  does  refuse.— Commer­
cial  Bulletin.

firm 

Detroit— The  plan  to  operate  a co­
operative  wholesale  grocery,  whereby 
retailers  would  secure  better  prices, 
started  under  the 
of 
Starkweather  &  Co.,  has  been  aban­
doned,  and  the  company  has  sold  out 
to  Lee  &  Cady.  The  reason  given 
for  selling  out  is  that  there  was not 
enough  capital  behind  the  enterprise 
to  carry  it  on  successfully.

name 

Decline  in  Calicoes. 

American  prints  have  declined 

cent  per  yard.  Send  us  your  orders.

P.  Steketee  &  Sons.

BU SIN ESS  CHANCES.

Steam  Bakery—Simpkins  oven;  boiler. 
No.  6  Day  mixer,  brake,  ten  horse  power 
electric  motor,  bakeshop  tools,  oak  w rit­
ing  desk,  counters,  wall  and  show  cases, 
safe,  cash  register,  fifty  grocery  show 
cases,  six  horses,  five  wagons.  Doing 
good  business;  55  to  60  barrels  weekly. 
Barge  cake  trade.  Price,  $3,000.  Rea­
son,  sickness.  Vienna  Steam  Bakery, 
F ort  Wayne,  Ind.__________________ 617

W anted—To  buy  half  interest  in stock 
of  general  merchandise.  Address  No. 
615,  care  M ichigan  Tradesman._____ 615__
For  Sale—Tin  shop,  complete  set tools, 
good  furnace  business.  Small  stock.  Ad­
dress  Bock  Box  592,  Shelby,  Mich.  611

For  Sale—New  four-room  cottage  at 
I ¿ike  M issaukee  Park,  beautiful  summer 
resort  on  G.  R.  &  B  R.  R.  Price  very 
low.  Term s  easy.  W rite  for  illustrated 
booklet.  Address  B.  A  Howard,  McBain, 
Mich. 

612

613

style, 

trade, 

transient 

shipm ents 

constantly 

inventory 
for 

F 01  Sale—Farm  

the  S tate  of  M ichigan 

D rug  Store  and  Business 

For  Sale—The  only  confectionery  and 
restau ran t  combined  in  the  city;  a  rush­
ing  business.  Apply  a t  once  to  Box  784,
St.  Clair,  M ich.____________________614
If  you  wish  to  hear  of  a   genuine ground 
floor  enterprise,  with  modern  10  stim p  
mill,  6  gold  mines,  large  veins,  1.000  feet 
development,  ore 
averaged 
over  $50,  in  heart  of  great  gold  camp, 
drop  card  to  John  O.  Ming  &  Co.,  fiscal 
agent,  M arshall,  Mo. 
for 
For  Sale—The  right  opportunity 
anyone  wishing  hotel  business.  Entire 
in 
new 
new  outfit,  up-to-date 
three-story  tw enty  room  brick;  hot  and 
cold  w ater  and  toilet  rooms  on 
each 
floor,  fine  bath  room;  rent  cheap;  rates. 
$1.50  and  $2  per  day;  meals,  50  cents; 
in­
good 
creasing;  located  in  the  best  town  of  its 
size  in 
to-day; 
population  about  1,200;  excellent  agricul­
tural  surroundings;  two  railroads  through 
the  place.  Price  for  outfit,  $1,250.  R ea­
son  for  selling,  fam ily  sickness  and  m ust 
change  clim ate  a t  once.  Address  No. 
558,  care  M ichigan  Tradesm an._____558
im plement  business, 
established  fifteen  years.  F irst-class lo­
cation  a t  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Will  sell 
or  lease  four-story  and  basem ent  brick 
about 
Stock  will 
building. 
$10,000.  Good  reason 
selling.  No 
trades  desired.  Address  No.  67, 
care 
Michigan  Tradesm an. 
67
for  Sale 
Cheap—$3,000  inventory.  Address  Muske­
gon,  care  M ichigan  Tradesm an. 
For  Sale  or  R ent—Tw o-story  brick 
building  in  hustling  town;  fine  location 
for  any  business;  store  has  electric  light, 
fixtures,  shelving,  counters, 
tables,  city 
water.  Address  No.  595,  care  Michigan 
Tradesm an. 
For  Sale—W e  have  decided  to  sell our 
stock  of  hardw are;  will  inventory  about 
$3,500;  here  is  a   g reat  chance  for  some 
one.  Miller  Bros., leading  hardw are  deal­
ers  a t  Colon,  Mich. 
On  account  of  ill  health  I  wish  to  close 
out  a t  once  my  stock  of  general  m er­
chandise,  consisting  of  groceries;  all new 
stock  a   year  and  a   half  ago,  dry  goods 
and  notions.  For  particulars  address  J. 
M.  W heeler,  Shelby,  Mich. 
For  Sale—An  established  and  profita­
ble  business  consisting  of  a   fam ily  res­
tau ran t  run  in  connection  w ith  bakery in 
a   thriving  M ichigan  city  of  over  25,000 
inhabitants;  splendid  returns  on  invest­
m ent;  good  reasons  for  selling  furnished; 
a   fine  opportunity  for  right  m an 
or 
woman;  term s  cash.  Address  P.  O.  Box 
493,  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
inventory­
ing  from  $3,000  to  $3,500;  established  six 
years;  reason  for  selling,  are  not  fam iliar 
with  the  hardw are  business  and  lumber 
yard  requires  all  of  our  attention.  Ad­
dress  A.  A.  Hemily  &  Co.,  Newaygo, 
Mich. 
Bakery—A t  invoice;  m ost  convenient, 
up-to-date  bakery, 
ice 
cream   plant  in  Central  Illinois.  Strictly 
cash  business,  no  delivering.  Money­
m aking  business,  grow ing  every  year; no 
com petition;  will  bear  closest  investiga­
tion.  Reason  for  selling,  w ant  to  go  into 
other  business.  Anyone  m eaning  busi­
ness  and  w anting  nice  money-m aker,  ad ­
dress  K.  Cooper,  Maroa,  111. 

For  Sale—H ardw are  stock 

confectionery, 

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591

580

595

590

573

H ELP  W ANTED.

W anted—A  registered  assistan t  to work 
nights;  ten  hours  w ork;  m ust  be  well 
care 
recommended.  Address  No.  596, 
Michigan  Tradesm an. 
596
Salesm an  W anted—First-class  shoe and 
findings  road  salesm an  to  carry  our  new 
dressing  in  connection  w ith  regular  line. 
N othing  like  it  on  the  m arket.  Meets 
w ith  in stan t  favor.  Liberal  term s.  T eats 
Polish  Co..  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
W anted—Grocery  and  drug  salesman 
to  sell  an  article  w ith  m erit, 
through 
liberal  commission.  W rite 
your  house; 
Maple  City  Soap  W orks.  Monmouth.  111.

575

562

POSITIONS  W A NTED .

Position  W anted—Young 

lady  would 
like  position  as  assistant  book-keeper  or 
some  kind  of  work  in  an  office.  Good 
references.  Address  B.,  care  Michigan 
Tradesm an. 

598

W antd—Position  as  salesm an  in  retail 
hardw are  store.  H ave  had 
ten  years' 
experience.  Address  Box  367,  Kaitnaira 
Mich. 

466

W anted—A  position  by  an  experienced 
clothing  and  shoe  m an  as  clerk  or  m ana­
ger.  Address  J.  A.  Vandervest,  Thom p­
son ville,  Mich._____________________  555

Ad-w riter,  thoroughly  experienced 

in 
clothing—all  its  branches;  A1  salesman, 
open  to  proposition  after  June  20;  satis­
factory  references.  Address  Bock  Box 
817,  Tecumseh,  Mich. 

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AUCTIONEERS  a n d   t r a d e r s

604

I  personally 

To  M erchants—Are  you  burdened  with 
the  ‘'Correct 
slow-moving  stock?  Try 
it 
Method  Sales  People.”  They  move 
out  on  a   small  commission.  No  new 
goods  to  be  bought.  You  m ake  th e  price. 
W rite  for  particulars.  The  C.  O.  Scott 
Co.,  Main  Office  120  South  Lebanon  St., 
Lebanon.  Indiana. 
The  Hoosier  H ustler—The  prince  or 
m erchandise  auctioneers,  carries  the larg­
est  book  of  reference  of  any  auctioneer 
in  the  United  States;  now  selling  stock 
for  A.  H.  Dearborn.  For  term s  and  ref­
erence  book  address  Box  12,  Barnes,  K an­
sas. 
603
Reduction  Sales—Conducted  by  my
new  and  novel  m ethods  draw   crowds 
everywhere.  Beat  any  auction  or . fire 
sale  ever  held. 
conduct 
every  sale. 
I  am   not  a   novice  a t  the 
business,  but  a   com petent  special  sales­
m an  and  advertiser  w ith  years  of  ex­
perience.  My  m ethods  clean  your  stock 
of  all  stickers,  and  will  quickly  raise 
money  for  the  m erchant. 
I  also  conduct 
closing  out  sales.  For  term s  and  refer­
ences  w rite 
to-day.  Address  W.  A. 
Anning,  86  W illiams  street,  Aurora,  Illi­
nois. 
M erchants—I  hereby  certify  th a t  F. M. 
Smith  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  have  ju st  closed 
one  of  these  “ Special  Sales”  for  me  and 
am  highly  pleased  w ith  the  w ay  they 
conducted  the  sale  and  prices  they  ob­
tained  for  my  goods,  and  can  recom ­
mend  them   very  highly  and  their  “Spe­
cial  Sales  P lan”  to  any  w anting  to  re ­
duce  or  close  out  their  stock  of  m erchan­
dise.  as 
their 
business,  and  their  plan  of  advertising is 
a  winner.  H enry  Bruning.  dealer  in gen­
eral  merchandise.  Bluffton,  Ohio.  For  full 
particulars  address  F.  M.  Sm ith  &  Co.,
215  F ifth  Ave..  Chicago.  III.________ 550
M erchants,  A ttention—Our  method  of 
closing  out  stocks  of  m erchandise  is  one 
of  the  most  profitable  either  a t  auction 
or  a t  private  sale,  o u r  long  experience 
and  new  m ethods  are  the  only  m eans, 
no  m atter  how  old  your  stock  is.  We 
employ  no  one  but  the  best  austioneers 
and  salespeople.  W rite  for  term s  and 
date.  The  Globe  T raders  &   Licensed 
Auctioneers,  oiuce  431  E.  Nelson  St.. 
Cadillac,  Mich. 
H.  C.  Ferry  Ac  Co.,  the  hustling  aue- 
Stocks  closed  out  or  reduced 
tioners. 
the  United  States.  New 
anyw here 
in 
methods,  original  ideas,  long  experience, 
hundreds  of  m erchants  to  refer  to.  We 
have  never  failed  to  please.  W rite  for 
term s,  particulars  and  dates.  1414-16  Wa­
bash  ave.,  Chicago. 
(Reference,  D un's 
M ercantile  Agency.)________________ 872

they  surely  understand 

_________ 446

607

M ISCELLANEOUS.

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Grocerymen 

second-hand 

W anted—Good 

______________________599

and  Dealers—50c  will
bring  you  by  return  mail  100  bright, 
catchy,  up-to-date  pulling  suggestions for 
advertising  by  circular  or  in  newspapers. 
Don’t   delay  a   day  in  sending  for  them  
and  see  how  your  business  will  grow. 
Address  R.  A.  Neff,  1020  Broadway,  To­
ledo,  Ohio. 
portable 
baker’s  oven.  C.  E.  Fairw eather,  Im lay
City,  Mich._________________________ 608
—W anted—W e  are  in  a   position  to  con­
tra c t  for  light  m anufacturing  work;  nov­
elties,  punch-press  work, 
forming,  a s ­
sembling,  etc.;  the  larger  the  contract the 
better;  prices  and  estim ates  given prom pt 
attention  on  receipt  of  sam ples  and  spe­
cifications;  quality  of  work  guaranteed.
O.  Box  56,  Toledo.  Ohio._________ 609
W anted—To  buy  a t  once  one  second­
hand  hand  carpet  machine.  W rite  at 
once  condition  and  tim e  in  use  and  price 
wanted.  Address  H arry   H.  Shaw,  Gree­
ley,  Colo. 
Good  Typew riter  w anted  in  exchange 
for  printing.  G ildart  Bros.,  Albion,  Mich.
Four  new  tow ns  on  Thief  R iver  Falls 
extension  of  the  G reat  N orthern  railw ay 
now  being  built.  F irst-class  openings for 
all  kinds  of  business  and  investm ents. 
Address  A.  D.  Stephens,  Crookston,  Minn.
A  Good  Position  is  alw ays  open  for  a 
com petent  man.  H is  difficulty  is  to  find 
it.  W e  have  openings  for  high-grade men 
in  all 
capacities—Executive,  Technical 
and  Clerical—paying  from  $1.000  to  $10.- 
000  a   year.  W rite  for  plan  and  booklet. 
Hapgoods  (Inc.),  Suite  511,  309  Broadway, 
New  York. 
Bees,  honey  and  bee-keepers’  supplies. 
The  Rural  Bee-keeper,  sample  copy  free. 
Address  W.  H.  Putnam ,  R iver  Falls, 
W is. 
To  Exchange—80  acre  farm   3%  miles 
southeast  of  Lowell.  60  acres  Improved. 
5  acres  tim ber  and  10  acres 
orchard 
land,  fair  house,  good  well,  convenient 
to  good  school,  for  stock  of  general  m er­
chandise  situated  in  a   good  town.  Real 
estate  is  w orth  about  32.500.  Correspon­
dence  solicited.  Konkle  &  Son.  A Ho. 
Mich. 

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