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WHITE CITY TAILORS, 222-226 ADAMS ST., CHICAGO. AAAAA, “Abb din db bdd in dhteted aA PUVUCUTS AsAsosaoA Save Trouble Save Losses Save Dollars GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1897. The Morning Market. There is an interest in a visit to the morning market just now in the fact that it is so soon to be numbered with the past as a street institution. It has been one of the anomalies of the sub- stantial growth and metropolitan posi- tion of the city, consequent upon the rapidity of its development, that the primitive street market of the village has maintained its position so long. It is probable that wide search would have to be made to find another town of the size with the wealth and architectural pretension whose morning exchange of country produce and fruit is carried on in the streets. So for the next few days opportunity will be given to see the last of an enterprise unique in its ex- tent and importance as a street institu- tion. If the market shall move to the new quarters in two weeks, as promised, it will just complete two years of occu- pancy of its Ionia street quarters. For a number of years previous to its re- moval to Ionia street it had occupied several streets, with its principal center at the corner of Ionia and Louis, lim- ited in its extent by the varying size— ‘‘first come, first served.’’ Thus it was customary for the more enterprising vendors to come sufficiently early to se- cure the most favorable locations, often involving the use of most of the night on the journey and the tedious waiting of the early morning hours for buying to begin. This method, involving much of waste and hardship, was continued until the opening of the market this year, when agreements were made which obviated the necessity of coming so early, the positions generally being tak- en about 4 o'clock. The opening of the market season this year ona large scale has taken place unusually early. The most of the space available is already occupied in a man- ner which indicates that, when the fruit season fairly sets in, the old space available would have been entirely in- adequate. When it is taken into consid- eration that the commission trading which is carried on outside of the mar- ket has greatly increased, it will appear that the increase of country produce trade with the city as the shipping cen- ter is wonderfully rapid. a> >__ Telephone Topics. Holland—Edward Crabbe, of Grand Rapids, formerly with the Citizens Tel- ephone Co.,is now manager here for the Ottawa Telephone Co., having succeed- ed J. R. Watson. The new manager states that the return system will be put in on all phones, giving much better satisfaction than with the present grounded wire. The line to Grand Rapids has been rebuilt and is now in excellent shape. He expects to run a metallic system to Grand Haven ina few weeks and the line to Saugatuck will also be changed to the metallic system. Athens—This place is the headquar- ters of four telephone systems which operate nearly 1,000 miles of wire. They are the F. F, Bisbee Co., the D. TRADESMIAN COUPONS and the Van Middlesworth Co. The Bisbee company starts from Athens with an exchange of twenty-seven sub- scribers and takes in Union City, Bur- lington, Tekonsha, Hodunk, Coldwater, Quincy, and connects at Homer with an exchange that gives connections with Marshall, Eckford, Wilders and Jack- son, and which will eventually run to Detroit. This company’s mileage is 150. The Eldred company has about twenty-two subscribers and its outside wire mileage is 325. Its lines run to Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo, Pavilion, Scott’s, Climax and Hastings, connect- ing in the last named town with the Chicago, Kalamazoo & Saginaw com- pany. The Snyder & Doran company has too miles of wire, taking in all towns between here and Battle Creek, It also has exchanges at Colon and Sher- wood. The Van Middlesworth company has more than 200 miles of wire The lines run to Factoryville, Leonidas, Mendon, Wasepi, Centerville, Corey's Lake, Fabius, Jones, Mocre Park, Park- ville and Three Kivers. The Bell com- pany operates no exchange here, only one Bell phone being used in the vil- lage. ——-> > ___ Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Asso- ciation. At the regular meeting of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, held at Retail Grocers’ Hall Tuesday evening, Aug. 3, President Winchester presided, Fred W. Fuller, chairman of the Committee on Sports, presented a final report as embodied in the printed pamphlet, which was accepted and adopted. B. S. Harris presented the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That we tender our heart- felt sympathy to our old-time member, E. J. Herrick, in the terrible affliction which has befallen his family in the death of his daughter and only child. Resolved, That the Secretary be re- quested to communicate with the fam- ily, expressing the sense of the Asso- ciation. Brief addresses relative to the annual picnic were made by President Katz and Secretary Hilber, of the Retail Meat Dealers’ Association, and the meeting adjourned. ee Stringent Provisions Concerning To- bacco in the New Tariff. The closer the tobacco division in the new tariff act is scrutinized the more stringent its provisions are found to be. Commissioner Forman, of the Internal Revenue Department, has sent out a circular to collectors in whicb he says: ‘* All packages of smoking tobacco, fine cut chewing tobacco, or cigarettes. con- taining foreign articles prohibited, or having such articles attached or con- nected therewith, or advertising any promise or offer of gift, premium, re- ward or prize contrary to the provisions of the new law, are subject to seizure if found to have been removed from the factory and put into the market after July 24. Collectors will immediately notify all manufacturers of cigars and tobacco of the provisions of the law so far as they are affected thereby,"’ Proper stamps are now being pre- pared in Washington for the all-tobacco cigarettes and will be forwarded with- out delay to the collectors. Without these stamps the product cannot be placed in the market. The stamps will be of the denomination of ten, twenty, Eldred Co., the Snyder & Doran Co. Number 724 The Grain Market. The wheat market advanced steadily during the past week, which was in ac- cordance with expectations, as the for- eign situation seems very strong. The world’s supply is supposed to be about 242,000,000 bushels short. Foreigners have been importing our wheat at the rate of 1,000,000 bushels daily for the last ten or fifteen days, which is some- thing unusual for this time of the year. The exports from Baltimore yesterday were 200,000 bushels and from New York 480,000 bushels, saying nothing about the flour that was exported. Tak- ing everything into consideration, the bulls have been in clover. We note an advance of 3c per bushel on spring and 5¢ on winter since our last report. These are the conditions when we had an unpre- cedentedly large increase in the visible of 1,782,000 bushels, while the visible decreased 408,000 bushels last year. This goes to show that our wheat is wanted by importing countries. Our crop is coming forward at a lively pace, but it is being absorbed as fast as it makes its appearance, which is a good sign. We do not wish to make any prediction, but it looks as though we might expect to see considerably higher prices than were anticipated some time ago. It is esti- mited that the crop in the Dakotas is not up to the general average and we are creditably informed that the Great Northwest, with its greatly increased acreage, will not have as much wheat as it did last year. The winter wheat crop in this State has been well secured, while in Ohio, New York or Pennsylvania they have not been so fortunate as the crop has been damaged by wet weather. Corn has gained some strength during the past week, owing to the report that the crop has been damaged at least 4o per cent. in Kansas by the extremely hot weather. It has been so wet in some sections that the growth of the crop has been retarded. Oats have not changed, but we think they will later on, as the crop seems to be shorter than last year. Local millers are paying 74c for both old and new wheat. C. G. A. Vorer. — > e> Flour and Feed. The past week has been an unusually active one in the flour market and buy- ers generally have been much disap- pointed in seeing the price of flour ad- vance right after harvest and at a time when they expected to be able to buy at much lower prices and to better advan- tage for fall trade. The demand for export continues to be an active one for both wheat and flour and the bidding by exporters has steadily advanced prices at country points. The conditions are such and the de- mands so great that our markets seem likely to become heavily oversold befure traders are aware of it. Flour buyers in this country are at last waking up to the true situation and have been placing orders more freely. The city mills are all running night and day to their full capacity and have booked a good many orders within the past week. Millstuffs are in better demand at slightly advanced quotations. Feed and meal are in fairly good demand, with prices ranging from 25@5oc per fifty and one hundred. ton higher. Wm. N. Rowe. NSE TLS ETERS EEL ISIE IPE BAD AR NE EN MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. is Hot Skimming the Coming Plan? Written for the TRADESMAN. Pasteurizing milk by heating up to from 155 to 165 degrees and running it through the separator while hot is un- doubtedly the coming plan for operating creameries, I have been operating my model creamery in Chester county, Pa., on this plan during the past month and the results have been very gratifying. The butter made by this process is sweet and | think exceptionally pala- table. The heat seems to subdue, if not remove, any excessive grassy or garlicky taste and I believe it destroys other bad odors that may be in the milk. The but- ter is of a much better quality, being more firm and solid. It keeps better, although how long it will keep I have not determined. Pasteurizing kills the bacteria and stops fermentation. I have found that milk taken from the pasteurizer and set away will keep sweet for several days, whereas I know that the same milk, not pasteurized, under similar conditions would not have kept twenty four hours. I have also found it necessary to use more of the starter to ripen the cream tor churning, showing that fermentation had been arrested. When we first started to pasteurize the milk we were surprised at the amount of steam it took to heat the milk up to 165 degrees fast enough for the separa- tor; in fact, our 1o horse power vertical boiler would not make steam fast enough to heat the milk and run the separator at the same time. It took al- most as much steam to heat the milk as to separate it, using live steam in the milk heater, but after making another milk receiving vat, especially arranged for using exhaust steam from the en- gine, and a new milk heater with a stirring device and the steam pipes arranged in such a way as to give active if not violent circulation to the water in the heater, we had no trouble to bring the milk to the proper temperature and at the same time run the separator. It is necessary, however, in heating milk to this high temperature, to keep it continually stirred, otherwise the casein in the milk settles on the sides of the heater and bakes fast, making it exceedingly hard to clean. The contin- ual stirring not only prevents the ccat- ing of the tin work of the heater, but the milk heats much more rapidly. The pasteurization of the skimmed milk wi!l be an advantage to the farm- er, as it will kill tuberculosis germs, if there in the milk, and prevent their spread, as is liable at creameries. It has been taught, and some would have us believe, that to heat milk above 70 or 80 degrees would spoil it for mak- ing first-class butter, but we have proven to our own satisfaction that the contrary is true when we heat the milk up to !60. The milk separates very much easier when thus heated and in our testing it was almost impossible to find a trace of fat in the skimmed milk. ADVANTAGES OF PASTEURIZING. 1. Makes better butter. 2. Makes better keeping butter. 3. Milk skims easier. 4. Pasteurizes skimmed milk for the farmers SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS. 1. Milk receiving vat of ample size, under which the exhaust steam from engine can be used, with regulating valves to heat the milk as nearly as pos- sible to the required temperature. 2, Milk heater into which the milk be any is run or pumped from the milk receiv-_ ing vat and of ample heating capacity to complete the heating of the milk to 160 degrees. 3. A separator that will separate hot pasteurized milk. 4. A cooler and aerator to cool the cream down to a proper degree to ripen right. With properly adapted machinery it would be no more expense or labor to run a creamery on the pasteurizing plan than any other. A. H. REID. The Greenhorn’s Advantage. Correspondence Boston Herald I was sitting on a keg of nails ina West Virginia mountain store watching a native dickering with the merchant over a trade of a basket of eggs for a calico dress. After some time a bargain was closed, the native walked out with the dress in a bundle under his arm and I followed him. ‘‘It isn't any business of mine,’’ I said, ‘‘but I was watching that trade, and was surprised to see you let the eggs go for the dress.”’ ‘What fer?’’ he asked in astonish- ment, as be mounted his horse. ‘‘How many eggs did you have?’’ ‘* Baskettul. ”’ ‘*How many dozen?’’ ‘Dunno. Can't count. ‘That's where you miss the advan- tages of education. With knowledge you might have got two dresses for those eggs.’’ **But I didn't want two dresses, mis- ter,’’ he argued. ‘*Perhaps not, but that was no reason why you should have paid two prices for one. The merchant got the advan- tage of you because of his education. He knew what he was about.’’ He looked at me for a minute as if he felt real sorry for me. Then he grinned and pulled his horse over close to me. ‘*T reckon,’’ he half whispered, cast- ing furtive glances toward the store, ‘*his eddication ain't so much more’n mine ez you think it is. He don’t know how many uv them aigs is spiled, an’ | do,’’ and he rede away before I could argue further. ~~ Keep Your Trade at Home. If you want to keep up with the rest of the world, and not allow your com- petitor to creep ahead of you, visit the leading markets this fall and secure some of the numerous specialties always to be found there. If you carry as at- tractive and neat a line as the store in the larger town, you will then have no need to complain about your townspeo- ple going to the other city to get their supplies, I$ the Law Envorced In Your Township? Under the new law the operations of country peddlers can be con- siderably curtailed—in some cases abolished altogether—by the ener- getic enforcement of the statute. It 1s the duty of the merchant to see that the township board of his township enforces the law. The Tradesman has had drafted by its attorney blank licenses and bonds, which it is prepared to furnish on the following terms: LICENSES, 10 c-nts per dozen; 75 cents per 100. BONDS, 25 cents per dozen; $1.50 per 100 Please accompany orders with remittances. TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. ee JOBBE “Absolute” Pure Ground $ labels, and on which we will name @ quote low prices on Whole Spices, Saltpetre, Potato Flour, etc. We a'‘so continue the Fruit and successfully conducted by Henry J THE VINKEMUL We will continue to put up Bakin; Vinkemuldér Gompany, R OF | MANUFACTURER OF : Fruits and Produce pices, Baking Powder, g Powder under special or private very low prices, in quantities. We make a specialty of Butchers’ Supplies and are prepared to Preservaline, Sausage seasoning, Produce business established and . VINKEMULDER. Successor to Michigan Spice Co., Citizens Phone 555. 41 DER COMPANY, 8-420 S. DIVISION ST., GRAND RAPIDS. “De Breed am Larger now.” “Sweet Heart” Watermelons Sweet clear to the rind. Must be sampled to be appreciated. Osage melons better now, and reasonable in price. Cantaloupes now in. Alexandrian Peaches, Mich- igan grown, were never better than those now in. Red and Black Raspberries, Blackberries, Gooseberries, Whortleberries, Cherries, Currants, Oranges, Lemons, Onions, Radishes, Lettuce, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, New Pota- toes, Summer Squash, Wax Beans, New Peas, Cabbage. All seasonable vegetables. Bananas, BUNTING & CO., Jobbers, 20 & 22 OTTAWA “*TREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. POPPPPPPPPAPIAP ERAS Crimson Clover, Alfalfa, Timothy, R Garden Seeds and Impl Bai tata tn ta tnt Dn bn be bn bb tp FV VV VV UU UV VV A RARPPRPAPPPPR PAP PPA PPIAPP AY SUMMER SEEDS TURNIP SEED ALFRED J. BROWN CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. | | ) be bn bn be bn bn bn bn Li, hn Le Ln Ln le ) ee ee ee oh hd ed Top, Orchard Grass, Blue Grass ements, Lawn Supplies. POPP EL OPP PERE APIELRAIIPPPL AS Me. A 98S DIVISION ST. 00,000 Pounds Butter Wanted to pack and ship on commission. Good outlet. Eggs on commission or bought on track. LDEN. GRAND RAPIDS. Ship your Butter, Eggs, Produce and Poultry to HERMANN C. NAUMANN @&CO. Who get highest market prices and make prompt returns. Main Office, 353 Russell St. DETROIT. <4 BOTH PHONES 1793. »———_______—- Branch Store, 799 lich. Ave. Special Attention to Fruit and Berries in Season. Correspondence Solicited. REFERENCES: Detroit Savings Bank, or the trade generally. SEEDS We carry large stock Field Seeds—Medium, Mam Established 1876 moth, Alsyke, Crimson, Alfalfa Clover Seeds. Timothy, Orchard Grass, Blue Grass Redtop Seeds. We buy and sell Beans, Potatoes, Onions, Cabbage, Apples, Pears, Plums, Peaches, carlots and less. Bushel Baskets and Covers. Peaches—Early Alexanders now in market. Give us your ¢ MOSELE 26°28-30-32 OTTAWA STREBT, Hale’s and Rivers peaches will soon follow. jaily orders. Y BROS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, Wholesale Seeds, Potatoes, Beans, Fruits. reece ee lsd rome — Le. nN ee “One Man’s Meat Is Another Man’s Poison.” Stroller in Grocery World. You very often hear the old proverb, ‘‘What’s one man’s meat is another man’s poison.’’ That's a pretty good old adage, and it’s true in business as well as in anything else. Somehow last week my mind got to dwelling on it, and there came to my mind the experi- ences of two grocers whom I used to know, and who are, in tact, still known to me, which bears out very well the adage about the meat and the poison. These two grocers are situated at least Ioo miles apart, one in Northern Vir- ginia and the other in Pennsylvania. I wish I could give their names, but it wouldn’t be fair to herald abroad a man’s misfortunes, even though they happened to have, in one case, a happy ending. So 1’ll call one grocer Broad- gauge and the other Narrowgauge. Both Broadgauge and Narrowgauge failed within five years after their start- ing business. The failuré was the medi- cine which to one was meat and to the other poison. Broadgauge started in the grocery business about twelve years ago. He is the Pennsylvania man, and was a_ born business man. He served his clerkship with a thoroughly good grocer, and one who appreciated the boy’s good quali- ties ard did all he could to develop them. Broadgauge’s employer taught him the grocery business from A to Z, and when the lad left his place, at about 22 years of age, he felt able to start in business for himself in a suburb of the town where he learned the business. He opened a little store, and everybody predicted that some day he'd be rich. The business seemed to prosper from the first. Broadgauge was a slick buyer and had an almost infallible idea of what would go. He kept enlarging and enlarging, and when he’d been in busi- ness three years, he had two stores, both on a paying footing, and not owing a dellar. He had begun to lay by a little money, had married, and was_ regarded as arising young man. Then came his difficulty. He lost his head a little and began to dabble a little in outside mat ters. He did a little speculating, and a little in the scheming or promoting line. Some fellows in the place had a patent for a bicycle engine, and Broad- gauge was completely carried away with it. He put all the money in it he could, and got as many other people as he could to go into it, too. And all this time his business suffered. The scheme went to piecs in a very short time,and everybody lost all they’d put in. Broadgauge was the worst bit- ten, and his affairs became so compli- cated that he had to fail. His stores were sold out, and he made a payment of 33 cents on the dollar. Everybody understood the situation and prophesied, now that Broadgauge had seen what neglecting his business would do, he would brace up, settle down and suc- ceed after all. That’s where they were mistaken. That failure absolutely ruined Broad- gauge. It changed him from a shrewd, far-seeing, energetic young business SONS} SAmyncs\ Os SIG > aerate SAK Ne ( Do you want to know | Ko all about us? g | Y Write to } Corn Exchange National Bank, | , Philadelphia, Pa. Fourth National Bank, Grand Rapids. W. D. Hayes, Cashier, | Hastings National Bank, | Hastings, Mich. | D. C. Oakes, Banker, y Coopersville, Mich. SEES ASS ! could. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 8 man to a lazy, shiftless, down-at-the- heel individual, with all nerve gone. You know there are people with tem- peraments so peculiar that if you strike them in the face they’ll never after have any nerve. In danger they'll go all to pieces. Well, that seemed to be the way with Broadgauge. He had been struck in the face once, and that settled it. That has been several years ago, and Broadgauge has never braced himself up. He still runs a little, soap-forsaken store in the same town, but everybody's long since given up any idea that he’ll amount to anything, and he never will. He’s no more the Broadgauge of a year before the failure than black is white. There’s a different tone to his voice, a different look in his eye. Broadgauge is a discouraged, nerveless, despondent man, and never so long as he lives will he be anything else. Failure was to him a poison for which there was no antidote, r Narrowgauge’s case: He failed, too, and before he had been five years in business. He was a slower sort of man than Broadgauge, and started with less advantages in every way. Indeed, I question whether he was really suffi- ciently acquainted with the grocery business, when he started in it, to run the store intelligently. This was prob- ably the reason, more than any other, why after about four years Narrowgauge made an assignment. He only paid a trifle over Io cents on the dollar. Now, it’s odd, but that failure abso- lutely made Narrowgauge. Like Broad- gauge, it made a different man of him, but unlike him, it made him better in- stead of worse. He set his teeth and made up his mind that he was going to succeed or die in the attempt. He faced the knowledge that everything now rested with himself, and set him- self at the task. { was in Narrowgauge’s place only a few months ago, and congratulated him on his success. He certainly has been marvelously successful for a man who a few years ago went to the wall and paid only 1o cents on the dellar. He has a large, well-ordered store, up to date in every particular and enjoying a large share of the best trade in the place. | said to him that it was rather unusual to see a grocer succeed so well after so direful a collapse. Pretty bold thing to say, | admit, but then I know Narrow- gauge pretty well. ‘“My dear sir,’’ he said, ‘‘that failure was the making of me. It turned me inside out. I hadn’t realized what real business was before. 1 hadn’t under- stood that a man, to get there, has to get up and hustle.’’ ‘*Didn’t you find it harder to do busi- ness after that than it was before?’’ I asked. ‘‘In one way, yes,'’ was the reply; ‘‘I couldn't get credit. Everybody insisted that I pay cash for what I bought, and that was the turning point in my career. I raised some little money and_ started to both buy and sell for cash. I hadn’t been doing this for three months before I saw the tremendous advantage a_ cash man had, and I pushed low prices all I H MEINE W. R. BRICE. The result was that at the end} CSE] Sage SOI SSSS BSS Sj SJ SESS Sg IOS BS OS SS33 CESAR SASS BARS eT BS Sd CSS ST IK Established 1852. W.R. Brice & Co., Commission in Merchants Butter, Eggs and Poultry 23 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Pa. RIC Z 5 = SSNS SCS Sms 5 SIE ; mS ISAS SAN Sn I eT eS Saas SSIES BS Be Ce SS AA weAaes of the year I had a good trade and was | ple wake up, and I was one of that making a little more than a living. "’ | kind.’’ ‘Did you stick strictly to cash insell-| There you are. The failure was meat ing?’’ I asked. to Narrowgauge and was really at the ‘Very nearly. Of course, in cases| bottom of his success. But over the where [| knew people were good and/ line, in your own State, there is a little, prompt pay, I let them have the goods| shabby, run-down individual to whom on credit, but all others paid cash, and | exactly the same experience was a bit- it paid them to doit. Yes, sir, if I | ter poison. hadn't gone to pieces, and the jobbers | 7" hadu’t made me pay cash, I wouldn’t be; Don't carry too much bush on‘a small where I am to-day. I tell you, it takes | canoe, for overtrading has caused many a good, strong kick to make some peo-|a failure. : > o> oPrtss sss F335 33333333S333333333333333332353553234. 7 a a a ee ee ee ae LE DOOD OOD OE OP PIS q Sw { Packing Butter in Any Shape ¢ * racking butter in Any Shape 3 AN \ g I will buy at place of shipment or delivered in Detroit. y m Correspondence solicited. ¥ ® W a IT. a S' roy SA Quick Sales. when you ship your ORS Butter and Eggs tee I Od... Harris & Frutchey, Detroit, Mich. DIS V OVNI SRSSRS SR SR SAS 9 = S x > a mm tn Sc) we PECIAL NOTICE. 4 “VOC ~ — AI a >) lw) We want 5 | Live Poultry Taye cS caTaNEs SA} (Car Load ig Lots. De AY Write for Information. 5 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN _Around the State in - x trade. Dover—A. E. genera! stock to Cul succeeded Sherwood—M moved their cl Watrousvill chased the drt cS Le) Mt. Pleasant—T. R. Smith succeeds T. R. Palmer in the jewelry Alpena—Jas. Sczczkowski Piaskowski & Sczczkowski in the gro cery busi St Bassett continues} the grocery business formerly conducted | by Bassett and boot and shxc to Rochester, N. Battle reeK —Lester Grant Bbertson & by Ho Marcus Michaels Movements, of ithaih: i has embarked | Haines has sold his| D: E. Hoover. s & Brown. & Hill have x stock to Athens. J. Wright has pur- stock of J. E. Handy. re- & »1as. , clothier ealer, has removed ye de -Mrs. Dora E. Bryson has purchased the clothing and hat and cap stock ot G. H. Cooper. Newberry—J. L. Richardson is suc- ceeded by E. (Mrs. J. L.) Richardson in the boot and shoe business Fair Grove—Geo. N. Aldrich suc- ceeds Mar L. Aldrich in the hard- ware and implement bu Freeport—J. W. his } ? j stock to Woodland Sinci drugs Homer— groceries, dissolved, H. D. Owosso —L. C ntinue Dusiness at the r lonia—Amph have purchased stock ] grocery stock. Lacota—( dry left by his crec lito rs. ~iare groc lis goods, town. Ithaca—Wm. the stock of br ments of Herb tinue the busines Hi m Gran Cas Fok -entral Lake leased the B a stock oO manage the busii intention o Yent . rie et apin meat Market and will! consoli siness. announces f removing his general about Sept. 1. Lee, wall Edwards dealers in paper, have succee ding. air & and Lee onverse ¢ & Son have pur- and will an Same iocation lett, Sanderson & Co. the Canfield grocery with their dealer in has s been seized y Ta r W. Lane, eries and notions, tock ha nce Dibble bas purchased uggies and farm imple- Derry and will con- ert McVeigh & Fi: r meat market Du Caplan & Singerman T. FP. Wilson store occupy it with a line groceries. ——e has pur- chased the interest of I r 1. S. Morris in the drug store of W. . Benedict & Co. and will continue the business in his own name. Saginaw—The stock of the ae Ex- celsior clothing and shoe store is to be removed to Rochester, N. Y., an si the store beretofore will be closed. Decatur ley & Co. his own hame and will decided that the ties to do busin copper country an announcemen Hancock about now being buil will be ready date. -James H. chased the interest of } in the grocery firm of ]. known as M. Murphey’s Hinkley has pur- Mrs. Mattie Hink- H. Hinkley continue the business in hereafter. Marquette—Duquette & Metz have better opfortuni- ess in their line in the and they are out with t that they will move to October 1. t for them there and it for occupancy by that Te ate | purchase ed a lin the FAOPKINS are} a the same A store is} 'will be Per bis interest in the hardware and imple- ment stock of C. F. Lewis & Co. to his hs will continue the business | e style of C. F. Lewis. nd—C. M. interest meat market of Price & Pher- and will continue the business location in his own name. ma—Edward Kelly has sold his fix- tures to H. J. Vermeulen, who will re- move his grocery stock from Bowling Green, Ohio, to tbis place Sept. 1. Mr. will close out his grocery stock -engage in trade at some other the - hie nambucq Saginaw—The Saginaw Dry Goods Co. has opened a new dry goods store here. The capital interested is all capital and the gentlemen con- cerned propose to make the store rank with the fine dry goods houses of the city. Muskegon—The loss on the stock of groceries of ex-Mayor Waalkes, which was in the Winters building on Sixth street, has been ———— by the insur- z company and Mr. Waalkes will begin business again in the Yonker building on Third street. Benton Harbor—E. W. Moore has sold his interest in the dry goods and grocery stock of E. W. Moore & Co. to M. A. Ferry, who will continue the business at the same location under his home well own name. Mr. Moore’s retirement from business is due to ill health. Schooicraft—E. W. Cairns, of Te- cumseh, has purchased an interest in the dry goods stock of G. M. Hudson and hereafter the style of the firm will be Hudson & Cairns. The new firm has purchased the shoe stock of F. J. Bauer, which was located in the same building. Negaunee—Joyce & Mowick will dis- solve partnership on or about the first of the coming month, as soon as they | complete an inventory of their dry goods stock. Aix. wick will tormer has no Joyce will retire and Mr. Mo- inue the business. The yet announced his plans -Maley & Snyder will dis- rtnership Sept. 1, Mr. Maley ng the stock of hardwareand Mr. taking the stock of groceries. Mr. Snyder will remove his goods into the store Mrs. Holmes’ millinery belongs to the firm. Snyder building now store, which Saginaw—-Thomas Stewart runs a gro- cery at the corner of Holland and Sheridan avenues. In the rear portion of the building B. Flewelling has a t market. July 30 the two engaged in a rough and tumble fight. Stewart claims that he objected to the presence of a woman who has been hanging about the market, while Flewelling says Stew- art insulted a lady customer. Asa result of the Stewart received an ugly wound in his right shoulder and a gash on his left arm. “The wounds are not considered serious, Bay City—The Miller hardware stock and book accounts were sold at auction July 30 by Charles F. Eddy, as- signee. There were five bidders. They started at $10,000 and came up _ to the being knocked down at that amount to George W. Ames, who acted as an agent for parties thus far unknown. The Miller Hard- ware Co. made a general assignment and the money derived from this sale used in paying off creditors. They will receive something like 50 cents on the dollar. store mea melee, $36, 600, property occupied by] itwater—Wm. E. Ambler has sold | | Phernambucq has | of Thos. Price | |same Detroit—Willard T. Hyne’ has sold the W. T. Hyne Produce Co., at 36 Woodbridge, west, to Boyce & Spencer, |who will continue the business at the location. Mr. Boyce hails from Tecumseh, while Mr. Spencer is a for- mer resident of Holloway. The firm will have the local agency of the Clover Leaf creamery at Holloway. Manufacturing Matters. Morenci—L. E. Rittenhouse, cigar manufacturer, has removed to Waldron. St. Charles—The St. Charles Milling Co. is succeeded by Crockett & Bog- gess. Clare—Mater & Arrand succeed Mater & Naylor as proprietors of the Novelty Works. Jackson—Lewis & Allen, vehicle spring manufacturers, will start an axle tactory, employing fifty men. Lansing—C. L. Burger has purchased a stock of leaf tobacco and will open a cigar factory on Allegan street, west. St. Joseph—Wm. Engberg has leased the Shuler building and begun the man- ufacture of his patent electrical valves. Reed City—T. R. Welsh has sold his planing mill and box factory to W. E. Williams, who will continue the busi- ness. Detroit—The Detroit Paper Co. has given a mortgage on its stock for $6,806 to Edgar H. Shook, as trustee for vari- cus creditors. Strugis—T. Berridge & Son have nearly all the machinery in position in their shear factory and expect to begin operations next week. Houlland--C. Blom, Jr., who has oc- cupied the second floor of B. Van Raaite’s block for manufacturing con- fectionery, has taken possession of the Van Dyke building, Ishpeming —After being idle nearly a year, the Excelsior furnace has resumed operations. The plant is in excellent condition and it is the intention of the management to run it to its full capac- ity. Traverse City—The Potato Imple- ment Co. is preparing to add a wood- working plant to its factory. This will enable the company to manufacture all the wood parts of the implements pro- duced at the factory. Jackson—The Jackson Corset Co. has sold all the buildings on its lots east of No. 1 engine house and they will be moved off at once. The company ex- pects to get its new factory building up and enclosed this fall. Plainwell—The Irland Manufacturing Co. is the style of a new firm composed of L. E. Irland and John Blair, Jr., to continue the manufacture, on a larger scale, of several specialties heretofore produced by Mr. Irland, among them fire backs, stove grates, and churns of a pattern lately patented. Saginaw—The American Potato Flour Co , which has done business in this city for the past three years, has recently secured the advantage of additional capital and new parties have taken hold of the industry. The name has been changed to the Freud Milling Co., with office at Detroit and mills at Saginaw. Julius Freud is the principal owner. His two sons, J. Lincoln Freud and Is- adore Freud, will take an active part in the business. R. McKinney, who has been the manager of the American Po- tato Flour Co., retains a quarter interest in the concern, ‘The company _ has es- tablished a reputation for its products, pure potato flour and evaporated pota- toes, otherwise known as potato chips. Owosso-~J. J. Davis bas uttered three chattel mortgages on his dry goods stock, aggregating $16,732.33, to Henry S. Hadsall, as trustee, to secure about seventy-five creditors, the largest amount being the Owosso Savings Bank with $5,795, the first chattel mortgage, and the smallest $238. Mr. Davis will continue the business for the present, in hopes he can extricate himself from his predicament without going into liquida- tion. a oe SAVES 35c PER POUND DUTY. The G. J. Johnson Covngney Makes Heavy Purchases of Sumatra Wrappers. From the Grand Rapids Democrat August Mueller, representing the John H. Meyer & Son Leaf Tobacco Com- pany, Chicago, was in the city yester- day and reports a mammoth sale. Mr. Mueller sold to the G. J. Johnson Cigar Company, of this city, thirty bales of the finest and choicest spotted Amst Deli Sumatra wrappers, aggre- gating the sum of $25,000, to be used in the manufacture of their S. C. W. cigar. This is decidedly the largest sale ever made toa Grand Rapids cigar house, and speaks very highly of the wonderful developnient of the G. J. Johnson Cigar Company’s business. eg Grocers and Peddlers to Run Rival Excursions. Saginaw, Aug. 3—There is dissension among the grocers and peddlers of this city. For several years the Retail Gro- cers’ Association has held an outing, the objective point being some resort or city within 100 miles of Saginaw, to which an excursion was given. This year the Saginaw Mercantile Associa- tion decided to have the outing and ap- pointed a committee to select a place and fix the date. After considerable in- vestigation the committee decided that Port Huron was the proper place and the date was placed at Aug. 12. There was another faction in the Association that did not take kindly to this decision, so they pulled out and started an excur- sion on their own hook. They have or- ganized under the head of the Peddlers’ Association and will have an excursion to Bay Port, the date selected being the same as the other, Aug. 12. The mem- bers of both factions are doing some tall hustling to sell tickets to their re- spective excursions, and the contest is growing exciting. The trains leave the F. & P. M. depot at the same time, and the rivalry for patronage will con- tinue right up to the last minute. Ask Visner for Inducement on Gillies’ New York spice contest. Phone = Antiseptic Fibre Package Co., Manufacturer of Packages for marketing Lard, Butter, Jelly, Mincemeat, etc. Sealed air tight. Pay for themselves in securing higher prices. 187-189 Canal St., . THUM BROS. & SCHMIDT, Analytical and Consulting Chemists, 84 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Special attention given to Water, Bark and GRAND RAPIDS. Urine Analysis. SAD eS ‘ — MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 6 Grand Rapids Gossip E. J. Emmons has removed his gro- cery stock from 319 South Division street to 197 East Bridge street. L. Murray has opened a grocery store at 307 Jefferson avenue. The Ball-Barn- hart-Putman Co. furnished the stock. L. J. Calkins has engaged in the gro- cery business at St. Johns. The Mus- selman Grocer Co. furnished the stock. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. has foreclosed its mortgage for $240 on the grocery stock of C. B. Slaght, at Grand Haven. John G. Nordella, formerly city sales- man for the Kortlander & Murphy Co., has opened a grocery store at 40 West Fulton street. Louis Hoelzley, meat dealer at 527 Ottawa street, has added a line of gro- ceries. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. The New York Biscuit Co. is getting a duplicate force in line for the purpose of running double time—one gang dur- ing the daytime and another at night. J. E. Cheney continues the boot and shoe business at 87 Monroe street form- erly conducted by J. E. Cheney and Jas. C. Bennett under the style of J. E. Cheney & Co. O. D. Price & Co. have sold their grocery stock at 220 Plainfield avenue to Jacob E. Stander and Wm. W. AIll- gier, who will continue the business at the same location under the style of Stander & Allgier. F. J. Brainerd and Dr. T. F. Thorn- ton have formed a copartnership under the style of Brainerd & Thornton, for the purpose of engaging in the drug business at Eaton Rapids. The Hazel- tine & Perkins Drug Co. has the order for the stock. M. Fordham & Co., whose drug and boot and shoe stocks were recently de- stroyed by fire at Elmira, have leased temporary quarters for the purpose of resuming the drug business at once. The’ Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. has the order for the stock. Chester A. Lamb has returned from Milwaukee and assures the Tradesman that his mission there was solely for the purpose of cumpleting areal estate deal for some lots at South Milwaukee; that he has no connection with the Kridler commission house, and that he does not propose to become identified with the establishment in any capacity. Fourteen permits to peddle without licenses have been issued by Mayor Stow since Mayr. It is reported that one of the beneficiaries of the city put the permit up to the highest bidder and reaped a reward of $3 per week from the rental of the privilege. The Trades- man is investigating the rumor and hopes to be able to present the facts in the case in the next issue. : The Tradesman again feels called upon to caution the trade to make care- ful investigation before paying any money or entrusting any collections to the New England Trade Exchange, whose business card gives the ‘‘main office’’ as 1920 Westminster street, Prov- idence, R. I. Enquiry at that address shows that it is a grocery store and that no one in the vicinity ever heard of the concern. Moreover, the names of the officers do not appear in the Providence city directory, giving ground for the belief that the entire institution is fraudulent—or at least fictitious—and that those who entrust money or collec- tions to the New England Trade Ex- change or any of its representatives may have occasion to regret their ac- tion. oe 0 Purely Personal. Dr. Chas. S. Hazeltine, President of the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co., is confined to his house by illness. Geo. B. Pratt, of the Detroit com- mission house of W. C. Robb & Co., was in town several days last week on business of an urgent nature. Gaius W. Perkins, President of the Grand Rapids School Furniture Co., is spending a week at Lake Harbor. He is accompanied by his wife. The Canadian Pacific Railway sys- tem has established an office in this city, placing E. C. Oviatt in charge. Mr. Oviatt’s title is Traveling Passen- ger Agent and his territory will include portions of Indiana and Illinois, as well as Michigan. L. S. See, the Charlevoix grocer, was in town the fore part of the week on his way home from Sheboygan, Wis., whither he went with a couple of car- goes of hemlock bark. Mr. See is en- thusiastic over the future prospects of Charlevoix, which he believes is des- tined to take rank with Petoskey and Traverse City, both as the focusing point for neighboring resorts and as a commercial center. C. G. A. Voigt has been partially laid up for several days by reason of a very sore eye, induced by a cinder, which has resulted in severe inflamma- tion of the other eye by way of sympa- thy. Mr. Voigt expected to attend the grocers’ picnic and give the boys a short talk on ‘‘How to get rich’’—a subject which he is excellently qualified to discuss, both by experience and ob- servation—but from present indications the talk will have to be dispensed with. However, the grocers have the assurance of Mr. Voigt that, if the wheat market continues to advance for a year, as now seems probable, he will give them a talk next August on the subject, ‘‘ How it feels to be a millionaire.’’ The heartfelt sympathy of the trade will go out to Mr. E. J. Herrick, the well-known Monroe street grocer, in the loss of his daughter and only child, Eena, by drowning at Ottawa Beach, on Tuesday of this week, ina vain effort to rescue her companion, Miss Claire Hall, daughter of Mr. Sherwood Hall, Eena was 15 years old. She was of an exceptionally lovely character, possess- ing. a most sunny disposition that made friends for her wherever she went, among old and young alike. Endowed by Nature with rare mental attainments, she made the most of her opportunities, standing high in her studies at school and in music being one of Prof. Col- well’s most proficient pupils. ‘‘Every- body loves Eena,’’ was always heard when her name was mentioned; and long will she be missed and mourned by those who knew her Lest. No Permanent Gain. ‘Your wife doesn’t seem to improve in health.’’ ‘*No; as fast as she gains strength she uses it up telling people what is the matter with her.’’ a In one Kansas town a Citizen is cam- paigning against Sunday evening church services on the ground that the heat and bugs will damn more souls than the _ re- ligious exercises will save. Grocers Celebrate for the Eleventh Time. The eleventh anual picnic of the Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Associa- tion, which will be held at Reed’s Lake to-morrow in connection with the second annual picnic of the Grand Rapids Re- tail Meat Dealers’ Association, prom- ises to be the monster event of the series in point of attendance, judging by the interest manifested in the anni- versary in advance of the event. It is expected that every grocery store in the city will be closed and that every meat market, with possibly one exception, will permit the day to pass without transacting any business over the coun- ter The programme of sports is unusu ally full and complete, as follows: Base Ball, 9:30 a. m.—Retail Grocers vs. Retail Meat Dealers. Winners, $5; losers, 1 box Cigars. Bicycle Race, 11:30 a. m.—First prize, $5; second prize, $3; third prize, $2 Base Ball, 1 p. m.—Retail Grocery Clerks vs. Retail Meat Clerks. Win- ners, $5; losers, 1 box cigars. Smoking Race, 2:30 m.--First prize, $2; second prize, 50 lbs. Gold Medal tour; third prize, 1 box 5. C. W. cigars. Sack Race, 2:45 p. m.—First prize, $2; second prize, 50 lbs. Pillsbury flour ; third prize, $1. Washing Powder Race, 3 p. m.—First prize, 50 packages; second prize, 30 packages; third prize, 20 packages. Fat Men's Race, 3:15 p. m.—First prize, $2; second prize, 50 Ibs. Gold Medal flour; third prize, 1 box S. C. W. cigars. Three Legged Race, 3:30 p. m.—First prize, $2; second prize, 50 lbs.- Pills- bury flour; third prize, $1. Tug of War, 3:45 p. m—East Side Dealers vs. West Side Dealers. Win- ners, $5; losers, 1 box New Brick cigars. Boat Race, 4:15 p. m.—First prize, $2; second prize, 50 lbs. Gold Medal flour ; third prize, $1. Walking Slippery Pole, 4:45 p. m.-- First prize, $1; second prize, $1; third prize, $1. This event will occur at Manhattan Beach. Swimming Race, 5 p. m.—First prize, $2; second prize, 20 bars soap; third prize, 15 bars soap. SPECIAL PRIZES. Guessing Contest for Ladies Only. Lady guessing nearest number of beans in a fruit jar has first choice of three fancy cakes. Lady guessing second nearest, second choice of cakes. Lady guessing third nearest will re- ceive the remaining cake. Fifty lbs. Pillsbury flour will be given to the tallest grocer or butcher at the picnic. Fifty lbs. Goid Medal flour will be given to the shortest grocer or butcher at the picnic. Fifty lbs. Pillsbury flour will be given to the tallest grocery or meat clerk at the picnic. Fifteen bars soap will be given to the shortest grocery or meat clerk at the picnic. —_—___~.> «> The Grocery Market. Sugar—There has been no change in refiners’ prices since July 26, but the market has been strong and it i$ given out that an advance will be made on soft grades Thursday. The outlook for the sugar crop of the coming season is very good, with the exception of Cuba. That island is growing to be less and less of a factor in the market, as the Spanish army goes on destroying the inhabitants and their resources. The United States is the best customer of the European beet fields and takes the bulk of the Egyptian crop as well. The beet sugar industry of this country is grow- ing very rapidly, and within the next few years will become a considerable item in the American market. The present crop of beets is large. The cane crops in this country are reported to be better than an average and the weather is favorable to a good yield. Cane grinding is not going on in any part of the world now, as it is between seasons. Tea—The Japan market is especially Several orders cabled to the primary market by American importers were turned down, and a higher price of at least 1 cent per pound had to be paid. Prices on desirable grades are perfectly satisfactory, although on the regular line concessions in price must be made to sell. Everybody expects a good business in tea during September and October, as with a great many deal- ers stocks are low. Coffee—The trade in bulks is light, in favor of package goods, and the total trade is not more than enough to current consumption. Prices and from tbe outlook will continue so, as the crop coming to market is large, and the world’s visible supply much larger than normal. Dried Fruits—Dried apples are scarce and it is generally believed that there is a corner in the remaining stocks, so that for the remainder of the season prices will be held up stiffly. This ad- vance in applies is making the prune market better. New apricots are in the market, and although opening prices were lower than those of last year, the market is firming up a little. New peaches are en route and will be here some time next The opening prices are about as they were a year ago. Reports trom California show an active export trade in prunes that is holding up the market well. The French and Turkish crops are reported to be short. These causes, with the shortage in evaporated apples, are tend- ing to considerable strength in the prune market. The Santa Clara Valley, of California, shipped overland, for the crop year of 1896-7, 38,000,000 pounds of prunes. This does not include local consumption and shipments to near-by points. The new tariff law raises the duties on all kinds of California dried or evaporated fruits. While the duties are not as high as the coast people had asked for, they are high enough to dis- courage any competition from the East. Provisioas—The market is {firm and the demand is’ good for all kinds. Prices have an upward tendency. Small hams, skin-backs and picnic hams are especially firm. The lard market is quiet, at about steady prices. There is a very little demand for compound lard, as the pure can still be bought at the same price as the compound. There is an activity in the market for bellies and bacon. The local supply has been quite short, and it has been necessary to strong. cover are low, week. bring bellies from other markets to piece out the supply here. >> Cater to the Ladies. Now that the summer is here, dealers will grumble about the dulness !n_ busi- ness. But your can be made to yield a good profit these days simply by your making an effort to build up a good reputation for dealing honestly and profitably with all. At this time of the year, when a cool resting-place is ap- preciated so much by the women buy- ers, you can have your store fitted up with cooling apparatus at a very slight expense, and especially so when you consider the satisfactory results likely to accrue from such an outlay. a A Cincinnati firm recently shipped 36,000 Ibs. of butter to Europe. This is store the largest and probably the first im- portant shipment of butter direct from Cincinnati to the European markets. 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Necessity of a National Trade-Mark Law. How best to preserve and conserve the public health and purse in the preven- tion of the sale of adulterated food prod- ucts has come to bea problem that is attracting the attention of the civilized world. Our country, by reason of its peculiar political organization, has taken only a few steps in that direction ina National way. It has been the purpose for many years to delegate what are called the police powers of the states to the states themselves, and to preserve the public health from fraud in dealing in food products by legislation in the various state legislatures to the extent that there is a complication of laws or a variety of laws relating to those sub- jects that are not uniform, and that in many cases work injury both to the con- sumers and manufacturers and dealers, because laws applicable to certain sub- jects and states are not the same in other states. For that reason it has been thought best, by the friends of pure food all over the country, that some general legislation by the National Gov- ernment should be had. There have been but three cases of the successful passage of laws in that direc- tion, one of them relating to lard, one to imitation butter and one to imitation cheese, requiring all three of these ar- ticles, when compounded or mixed, to be marked and stamped so as to _ indi- cate their real character, and thus ad- vise both dealers and purchasers of the fact that they were not the pure article. All of these various enactments of our general Government have been of great benefit both to the producers and con sumers of the articles named. And _ yet, even with this National legislation, peo- ple will take the chances of selling the fraudulent article for the pure. We know that such is the case in relation to all of these various articles made, and although there are very stringent laws against robbery, burglary or even mur- der, these crimes are all committed and people are punished sometimes and sometimes they are not; but this is no excuse for not seeking further legisla- tion to prevent the manufacture and sale of adulterated food products. By reason of the peculiar political conditions where states are supposed to be inde- pendent ip their actions regarding their own police powers, there has not been that concerted action toward securing National legislation regarding all articles of than there would have been otherwise; but it has been generally conceded by the advocates of pure food products that only National legislation can completely and shortly accomplish the objects desired. food A manufacturer in this country es- tablishing himself, say in the State of Wisconsin, finds a market for his goods all over the country. If the laws in Wis- manufacture the adulterated article, but when he ships it into another state where laws are more rigid, practically prohibitory, he finds that he has no trade and the dealers are sometimes prosecuted or persecuted in consin are nil, he can Now if a National trade for pure food by the manufacturers that would guarantee the goods to the buyers or the consumers, that they were what was expected, what they were repre- sented to be, this would protect manu- facturers and consumers in all parts of the country. Therefore, we look to the agitation directing toward this method of securing for the manufacturers and consumers the protection of the National that direction. mark products could be secured Government as one of the best moves that has been made in that direction. We are not fully posted as to the provi- sions of the law introduced by Mr. Babcock from the State of Wiscensin, but think it should be somewhat broad- er, so that not only states, but corporate bodies, individuals and _ corporations could secure from the National Govern- ment this protection that would guaran- tee to them immunity from prosecution in States where laws regarding pure food are in force. It would protect the con- sumers and guarantee that the articles bought were what they were represented to be. Such a law should be enacted by our National Government, and it seems to me that there is no time as good asthe present, when the matter has been so thoroughly discussed and is so uppermost in the minds of the people as itis now. The entorcement of laws of this kind onght to be left to the vari- ous states who have food commissioners, and if not it should be relegated to the Internal Revenue Department, while the penalty for the violation of these laws should be made so severe that no dealer or manufacturer could afford to violate them. J would suggest that the penalty connected with the violation of the Na- tional trade-mark law, if such should be established, should include not only a fine but imprisonment. Certain manu- facturers could well afford to pay heavy fines, like the milkmen of the various cities who have heretofore been fined for selling skim milk. A few days’ or weeks’ business could more than com- pensate them for the fines, whereby when they are liable to imprisonment they hesitate before they undertake to commit a crime, knowing that it means not only heavy fine, but imprisonment as well, It seems almost a necessity, at the present time, to curb the greed of men and corporations along that line. We know that many of our laws against cor- porations are persistently violated be- cause the penalties are not severe enough. In our judgment the law in- troduced by Congressman Babcock is not broad enough or general enough to fulfill the requirements. If the law can be passed at all, and it may take some time before it can be passed in our National Legislature, it ought to be broad enough to include the whole scope of food products, of all products that can be labelled with a trade-mark that would guarantee their quality; not only in food products, but along all other lines where there is an opportunity for adulterating or cheapening by using other articles not belonging to the same class. Our republican friends are strong ad- vocates of heavy duties on wool to pro- tect the wool growers. If a law were en- acted compelling every manufacturer who puts out a piece of cloth purporting to be made of wool to say that this is one-quarter shoddy or three-quarters shoddy, and sell it ata corresponding rate, the demand for the real article would be sufficient to give wool growers a much better price, whereas we are now buying shoddy for wool. We a-e huving all sorts of things, not only in food products, but along all other lines, that are purported to be one thing when they are not, and the honest manufac- turer, it seems to us, ought to have some way to protect him from this injury and harmful competition by unscrupulous manufacturers and dealers. Therefore, we suggest that this Association,and all friends of pure food products, broaden and enlarge the scope of the National trade-mark law in such a way as to give the whole people the benefit of it. I am not lawyer enough to undertake to draw up such a bill, but you can find plenty of men who are thoroughly capa- ble and would be glad, I have no doubt, to aid in such a work as this, because not only the farmers, but all of the country are sufferers from this fraudu- lent and injurious competition, not only in food products, but along all other lines. The great difficulty in the passage of laws regarding this matter is that public sentiment is not behind the movement strong enough to compel our congress- men to take up those questions. They go upon the principle of doing as little as they possibly can, and as one of the congressmen said to me one time when in Washington: ‘‘You must remember, Mr. Wilson, that legislation moves along the lines of least resistance,’’ and when large interests see that their profits will be decreased and their business harmed, any movement looking toward compelling honest dealing in food prod- ucts and other lines will bring to bear great pressure upon our legislative bod- ies to prevent the enactment of any such laws; therefore, remember that if we ever secure laws for the benefit of the people, the people must strongly and unitedly demand them. That has been the only way in which has been accom- plished the legislation that has already been had. The oleo fight is an example, the filled cheese fight is another and the compound lard, although of a somewhat different character, is another. It is only a question of time, of course, when this question will assume a force and power that cannot be resisted, and it will be our business,and the business of all interested in the manufacture and sale of food products, to see to it that the interest in this subject is aroused as quickly as possible. The farmers are more interested than any other class, because they are the only real food producers in the world, and upon them falls heaviest the bur- den of the fraudulent competition in food products. Therefore,they are more interested than any other one class, and being as large a class as they are, when they join forces and ask for legislation in their interest they can have it, and it will, be a part of our duty and_ busi- ness to arouse them to this thing as early and as quickly as possible. D. W. WILLSON. Elgin, Tl. - > eo . Utilize the Prevailing Craze. With the Alaskan gold excitement distracting public attention, the mer- chant will make a hit who will place a map of Alaska and the gold region. in his window. From a late atlas a good map of the Klondike district may be obtained. Newspapers, too, have printed maps of this part of the world, They may be redrawn, by some one who has ability in that line, on a larger scale, with steamship and land routes traced, the gold fields designated and mining towns located. A few facts as to temperature, distances, cost of trans- portation, etc., should be added _ below. A placard may read, ‘‘Good as gold are our shoes, You take no chances with them ; they stand the test,’’ or ‘‘ There’s a gold mine for shoe buyers inside. A glance at our prices will prove it.’’ —--~>-0 Excursion to Portland, Me., via the Grand Trunk Railway System. The Grand Trunk Railway has ar- ranged for another excursion to Port- land, Me., via the following routes: Via Detroit or Port Huron and thence to Niagara Falls, from there via Montreal to Portland, Me. Fare for the round trip only $12.50, good going Aug. 5 and returning up to Aug. 16, 1897. Jas., CAMPBELL, C, P, A, How Smith Madea Sale perate Case. From the Dry Goods Chronicle. There used to be an old-time regula- tion in force in some stores: ‘‘ Three swaps and out.’’ That is, the clerk who lost three consecutive customers with- out effecting a sale stood dismissed. This rule was more common in the old country, and as an actual fact was in force some years ago in some free-lance concerns in this country. Of course, such a plan would empty any store of clerks in a day at present. One can easily imagine the state of mind a clerk would be in when he was struggling with his third old shopper, realizing that his last chance was going by the board. It was no longer a ques- tion of what a customer wanted, it was sell any old thing any oid way to make a sale, It happened one morning, in one of those ‘‘three times and out’’ stores, that Smith, a new clerk from the country, was struggling with bis fatal last chance, having already taken two swaps, the third call being an old woman witha six- yard length of calico, who wanted four yards more to finish out a dress pattern. As the six-yard length was a remnant at the time it was bought, which was two years previous, things looked blue for Smith, and as the house accepted no explanations he had about made up his mind to yield to the inevitable when a happy thought struck him. ‘‘ How much did you say you needed, madam?’’ ‘| Pour yards, sir.’’ ‘*I believe we are in luck, ma'am. I think we have just such a remnant,’’ and, taking her piece, he went off a little way and dived under the counter to overhaul the accumulated remnants, and after a few moments bobbed up triumphantly with ap end of calico of just four yards and an exact match. The sale was made, the old lady, who, by the way, lived miles away and came to town not oftener than once a year, going home joyful at her lucky find. The boss congratulated Smith, al- though they were somewhat puzzled about that four-yard remnant—even the manager, who had about slated Smith for dismissal, gave him credit for his energy in making this particular sale, although he, too, had forgotten that such a remnant had ever been in the house. Smith wore an anxious expression for a few days, and seemed to be puzzled about something. He got on well after that, however, and materially improved his standing in the house before the year was out. And to such an extent had he grown in favor with the firm that a year’s contract was made with him. It was a year after the day he sold the four-yard remnant when the cat was let out of the bag, our old lady of the rem- nant popping in with fire in her eye and, spying Smith before that worthy could escape, began abusing him. The truth is, when she got home and opened her parcel to examine her purchase, she found two remnants, it is true, but in- stead of one six yards and one four yards, she had but the original six yards altogether—the wily Smith had sold her four yards from her own piece. 9 Relation of Salary and Salt. Manistee, July 31—I congratulate you on your recent article on salt, descrip- tive of the manner in which the staple is manufactured at Manistee. I note you refer to salt being used in Abyssinia as money. In the days of Caesar, when the Romans invaded Great Britain, the soldiers received their pay in salt, and it was through this custom that the word ‘‘salary’’ came to be used, as it de- scribed a certain amount paid—the stipend paid the soldiers being their salarium. H. W. CAREY. ——_—_+2<.___ Requires Ingenuity. The retailer desiring to make a suc- cess of his business to-day must be ever on the alert to change with the times and with the styles. Styles change a ina Des- couple of times a year nowadays, and this fact calls forth the retailer’s in- senuity to anticipate styles ahead suc- cesstuily ‘ = * MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 ————— © QUAKERESS, QUEEN : ©) ©) 2 > PRINCESS and PERFECTION : These are the trade winners, the first shipment of which arrived at 2 ©) Tacoma on the Steamer Victoria about ten days ago. The goods are now in our warerooms and are the finest specimens of high grade Japan Teas that ever came to this market, and you should give them a care- ful examination before placing orders elsewhere. We import these Teas direct from Japan and control these brands, and offer you the advantage of being able to give your customers the same grade of tea through the entire year, as we always have them in stock. Many of you have placed import orders with us, and we would say in this connection that these goods are being shipped and will arrive soon, at which time we will forward promptly, and we predict for you the best —- © tea trade you have ever had. Some of our good friends who placed orders with us for future delivery became a little nervous when the Senate proposed to put a tax on tea, and were in some doubt as to whether their orders would be filled. To those we said that we accepted ge ee = poe their orders in good faith and they should be faithfully executed. We did not worry any of our customers with letters asking them to cancel their orders. We booked the orders because we wanted them, and we tomers to understand that we consider an agreement with them sacred. We are ambitious to be the largest tea importers in Western Michigan, NODOOOOOOGOOOGOOW'NONL OOLOOOOOOWOOOOOOWCOOOOWO © and we believe that when those who are not already acquainted with our goods become more familiar with them, they will materially assist us in our desire. When convenient to you come in and take Tea with us. : expected to fill them even if we made a loss. We want all our cus- ©) OOWOW © (lO 2 Worden Grocer Co. DQHDHDHHDDHHDHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHD D992 © MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MicHiGAN TRADESMAN Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published at the New Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, by the TRADESMAN COMPANY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, Payable in Advance. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Communications invited from practical business men. Correspondents must give their full names and addresses, not necessarily for pub- lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of their papers changed as often as desired. No paper discontinued, except at the option of the proprietor, until all arrearages are paid. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office as Second Class mail matter. When writing to any of our Advertisers, please say that you saw the advertisement in the Michigan Tradesman. E. A. STOWE, Eprrtor. WEDNESDAY, - = - AUGUST 4, 1897. RETURNING PROSPERITY. Were it not that there isa deep sig- nificance in the subject of the ‘‘return of confidence’’ in business, the long and constant discussion of that subject would have become very wearisome. As it is, it is not strange that the apparent delay, with the reiteration, has provoked a skeptical pessimism and contempt on the part of some of those who fail to see substantial evidence of better times coming, and that such should decry the claiming of improvement when there appear to be no tangible results. ‘* Hope deferred maketh the heart sick,’’ and it has been a long time since it be- gan to be proclaimed that evidences of improvement were at hand. As a matter of fact,many and decided improving conditions have been in evi- dence for a considerable time past; but there has necessarily been very slow progress and in many lines and _locali- ties the improvement even yet is almost imperceptible, if, indeed, there has been aturn. But such lines and localities are fast becoming the exception in the long list of those which show pro- nounced change in the right direction. An apparently discouraging feature of the situation has been the continued persistence in the decline of prices. When in many lines all low records are broken and yet there appears to be no end to the downward movement, it is not strange that there should be con- cern as to the outcome. Declining prices are not, ordinarily, characteristic of improving conditions, although some- times they may be a necessary prepara- tion for them. That the reductions in prices have been substantial factors in the prepara- tion for improvement in the present in- stance is shown in the recent experi- ences of the iron trade in this country. A year ago most lines were governed by combinations and prices were held far above what was warranted by the Situation. But in the condition of the industry the matter of prices seemed to have little importance. Take the steel rail line, for instance. This was so thoroughly paralyzed that it did not sig- nify whether rails were $18 or $28, for the mills were all practically idle, only rails needed for the most necessary re- pairs being purchased. And in varying degrees the same features were charac- teristic of all this trade. Naturally, there was great reluctance on the part of the managers of these combinations to permit a fall in the prices. It was acknowledged that these were too high, but it was hoped that market conditions would improve naturally until the arti- ficial level should be reached. Of course, material improvement under these cir- cumstances was impossible and the long persistence in maintaining prices only served to put off the wished-for change. Many elements had combined to re- duce the natural level of prices far be- low those maintained by the trusts. Among these were improvements in processes, which seemed to progress as rapidly as ever through the long period of stagnation. In the same line was the improvement in transportation facilities. Then there was the development of more accessible and better ores and fuels; also an abundance of labor cheaper than ever before. And the markets of the world were closed to any output on the artificial basis and its maintenance sim- ply served to prevent all recovery. In varying degrees there were the same troubles to contend with in other lines of trade, and so a general revision and lowering of prices seemed tu be a nec- essary preparation for activity. But for a considerable time past there seems to have been an end to the de- cline in most branches of trade, and the changes, while small, have been in the other direction. This is apparent in so many instances that it may be claimed that there has been a positive advance all along the line. Now this is the proper condition for healthy trade— slowly advancing prices, at least in in- dustrial stocks and securities. It isa matter for congratulation that the ad- vance is slow—any other would signify an unhealthy boom. The factors of returning prosperity are many and various. The chief ‘‘con- fidence’’ may be considered either as a cause or an effect; for, while it might be looked for as a consequence of the other factors, it is yet a most potent cause. Perhaps in no single direction is the evidence of returning confidence more manifest than in the steady im- provement in transportation and indus- trial shares in the general stock market. This improvement began the first of May and has progressed steadily ever since, with but one or two slight spec- ulative reactions. Then, upon the settlement of the in- dustries to the low plane of prices, there began a period of rapidly increas- ing activity. Notonly have great enter- prises been undertaken in this coun- try, but we have been enabled to enter the markets of the world on terms to compete, and the result is the placing of many large orders from foreign coun- tries. An interesting instance of this is the contracting by an American firm to equip an electric street railway for the streets of London. In this country the era of low prices marks the beginning of many public and private undertakings. Among these may be noted the betterment and exten- sion of railways and the building of ele- vated and other electric roads in many of the larger cities. In these the change to electrical propulsion has been much slower than in the smaller towns and cities. A notable undertaking of this kind which is now being pushed is the rebuilding of the entire system of the Metropolitan company in New York City. Such undertakings, with the in- crease in building, in marine construc- tion—in fact, in all uses of iron and steel—are sufficient to account for the steady activity in all the iron centers. The same condition of activity ob- tains in any other lines of manufacture. Take our own furniture industry. In this there had been no artificial hin- drance to the decline of prices and they had naturally reached the lowest ebb. Now, this industry is one which first feels depression and is slowest in re- covery, yet the factories of our city are all fairly busy, and the vast exchange in the July sales gives assurance that they are equally busy elsewhere. The financial situation was never in so healthy a condition. Money centers are still crowded with funds awaiting investment. Among the significant features of the financial situation may be noted the fact that this year marks a great increase in the world’s production of gold. Not to mention the Klondyke, the output of the South African mines is far beyond expectation. The increase gives assurance that there is no danger of an undue shrinkage in the volume of the world’s standard. Naturally, the settlement of the tariff questions is a potent factor in the pres- ent outlook. Preparation for fall trade is unusually early and there is a gener- ally healthier feeling all along the line. Orders for fall delivery are given with more sreedom, which would seem _ to promise the ending of the hand-to- mouth policy which has ruled so long. Then, a factor of manifest importance is the condition of the harvests now be- ing gathered. Asa rule, those of most value in the world’s markets are most bountiful; while those of domestic im- portance, like potatoes, are just enough smaller than usual to make the price sufficient for healthy business. And there is enough of assurance of scarcity in foreign markets to make a sure de- mand for all the grains and export prod- ucts. Business improvement is not just be- ginning; the advance already extends over many weeks or months, and the factors are so many, and are of such importance, that they put the future be- yond the possibility of question. Californians are rebelling against the use of their State as a sanitarium for consumptives. There was a time when the salubrity of the climate and the consequent advantages to people of weak lungs were held out as an induce- ment to emigration ; but too many have accepted the invitation, and there is a feeling now among the unafflicted that the incursion is dangerous to them. Just what they can do about the matter, however, is a puzzling question. Di- rectors of the State Board of Trade have decided that some measures should be taken, and they have in mind a quarantine against the health-seekers. Lawyers tell them, however, that this may not be feasible, although no great difference would seem to exist between the right to isolate people ill witha contagious disease and the right to prevent the entrance of such people up- on the State domain. Since labor agitating has come to be a profession pursued by numerous sharp fellows who refuse to work, the profes- sion should be recognized by educators, and diplomas to the busiest agitators should be given by anarchist colleges. The Berlin municipal authorites have granted a license to a society to erect in public places and squares where chil- dren are in the habit of playing, auto- matic machines for the sale of con- densed milk. Don’t neglect to study human nature whfle you are selling a bill of goods. GENERAL TRADE SITUATION. The principal characteristic usual in the middle of the heated term from time immemorial has been that of trade dul- ness. But this year, while there are no unusually favorable conditions as to weather, etc., the order seems to have changed, so that the last two weeks of July are to be recorded as those of greater business activity than the cor- responding weeks of any year in the history of the country. The volume of trade in the past week, as measured by value, as shown by bank clearings, is 30 per cent. more than for the corres- ponding week of last year; 14 per cent. more than for the same week during the little iron and steel boom in progress in 1895; 34. per cent. more than for same week of 1894; exceeding that of 1893 by 17 per cent., and was 5 per cent. greater than for the week of the boom year of 1892. When it is remembered that the low prices mean a relatively larger vol- ume of merchandise exchanged, it will be seen that these figures have decided significance. The explanation of this remarkable activity seems to lie in an . unusually early setting in of fall trade in general merchandise in all parts of the country, and in an unusually large ag- ricultural implement trade, especially in the West. The stock markets still continue their steady upward course which has been maintained ever since May 1. During the week a strong speculative attack was made to secure a reaction; but, although the bears had the aid of a shipment of $3,200,000 of gold, the attack proved a total failure. Of course, the most substantial evi- dence of continued improvement is in the assurance of abundant grain crops, with unquestionably a heavy foreign demand. The price of wheat is rapidly advancing, with no appearance of a re- action, although those of a speculative character are to be expected. The only quotations of the week to show a decline are in iron and steel, and these are very slight. Activity in these industries is greater than usual at this time of year, notwithstanding the fact that many works are idle on account of the high price of fuel caused by the strike. In textiles the situation is more en- couraging than for along time. Not only has the fall trade in woolens opened much earlier than usual, but the goods offered are taken at a decided advance. The cotton outlook is also encouraging, although there is vet the vast accumu- lation of overproduction to contend with. The boot and shoe trade 1s large, nearly equaling the remarkable record of July of last year in that line and exceeding any other corresponding month. The bank clearings were $1,043,000, - ooo. Failures were 259——-a considerable increase over recent weeks. The daring the Cubans through the outskirts of Havana shows that the insurgents are not only in the field yet, but bold and aggressive. Weyler would have the world believe that he has driven every insurgent witn arms into the eastern provinces of the island, when, as a matter of fact, they are everywhere and as courageous, skillful and confident as ever. Spain can no more reconquer Cuba than Eng- land could now reconquer America by an army of invasion. raid by There is a whole lot of difference be- tween the man who has made _ himself and the man who has only made his money. i ila. _samnargeprcren ym = EE APD a. —— - . see Se Le UD ERG Brod rece ar Ee Regret 3 ‘ 4 i | = EP a eee = Wap Re SSRN psa E ne eS THE WAY WE LIVE NOW. Anthony Trollope entitled one of his novels ‘‘ The Way We Live Now.’’ The theme is perennially interesting, and the realistic novel proper is at its best when it turns from every other and holds the living present close enough to paint its faintest wrinkles. Whatever else may be said of him, it cannot be charged against Trollope that he was not at least superficially accurate. If to many read- ers he seems to have too generally missed the deeper meanings of life, it may be that he was unwilling to be as literal as he was usually supposed to be, and counted too much upon sugges- tion in lieu of elaborate analysis and explicit statement. It happens, no doubt very often, that men refrain from talking much of the things they think most about and hide their feelings be- cause they are distrustful of common sympathy. Almost all men-—perhaps there is really no exception—have a philosophy of lite, and that is, of all their posses- sions, the most interesting to the deep- est thinkers. How far is a man’s way of living a key to his philosophy? How far do temperament, fashion and the plastic power of social environment lead the philosopher away from the favorite haunts of his thinking, precluding anything like a clear and consistent translation of his philosophy into vis- ible and influential life? One must often suspect that the humblest people with whom he deals cherish, under the routine of the commonplace employ- ments, thoughts for which their vernac- ular hardly affords a fit expression, tragically sad or heroically hopeful. But when a novelist undertakes to show ‘*How We Live Now,’’ the reader looks rather for a representation of contem- porary manners comprehensive enough to suggest a philosophical generaliza- tion, a summary of a whole society, state of mind, its hopes, its doubts, its reserves, its surrenders, or, haply, its latent note of courage. Trollope wrote of lords and ladies, squires and gentlemen farmers, fox hunters, government clerks, politicians and clergymen. In short, he printed the England that he knew in‘' The Way We Live Now.’’ But that novel ap- peared something more than twenty years ago. Were its author alive to-day in England or in the United States, with unabated strength and power of observation, would he simply repeat the former picture, so far as essential fea- tures are concerned, in an effort to por- tray the ways and means, the modes and manners, of the holiday and worka- day world of to-day? Not long ago—within a few weeks, at the most—‘‘an old mustache’’ said to another veteran observer that it seemed to him that he was living in a foreign country, although he knew that he was, in a certain sense, at home and under his native sky. It was as though he had gone to sleep at the play and had waked up to be confronted with a trans- formation. And it was not merely that he had not got used to electric cars, telephones and bicycles; but it was that the world appeared to be absorbed with playthings, and, although it spoke, in the main, the old language, he could not but suspect that it had lost the meaning of some of the old words. One thing that struck him very forcibly was that society, and a great part of busi- ness, had fallen under the control of the simplest kind of young people, whose claim to leadership, in their own judg- ment at least, was that they were ‘‘up MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 to date.’’ After all, enquired the old mustache, what does that mean—up to date? Is it that the world has reached a new exigency, or a new opportunity, so unrelated to the past that experience is not helpful in dealing with it, and only the abounding confidence and as- surance of youth have any proper place on deck? That was one side of the transforma- tion. The modern Rip Van Winkle just mentioned admitted that his atten- tion was sometimes caught by a spec- tacle of more poignant interest than the rushing and whirling of boys and girls, with strange manners and _ strange clothes, on their light wheels, or en- gaged in any of their graceful or daring sports by land or sea. He did not find everywhere people training and harden- ing their muscles with the costly ap- paratus of this, that and the other athletic sport. He did not hear every- where the loud bravado of the immature in the presence of the great problems of life. On the contrary, he saw, in all parts of the land, many thousands of needy and nearly desperate men and women complaining that there was not only no longer a career for talent, but that there was, too often, only scant and precarious employment for industry. It seemed to him sometimes—certainly he hoped that he might be mistaken—that machinery was minifying man; that man himself was becoming a machine, and society was slowly approaching the condition of some very highly organized and economically effective communities of the lower animal world—bees and ants. The old mustache admitted that he was something older than he was when he first gave his hearty adherence to individualism, but it struck him as rather strange that he should have be- come incapable of understanding the world simply because he had been so long a student of its growth. He're- members that it was by the assertion of individual independence, power and genius that the civilization of the hu- man race has been advanced from age to age, and he asks whether it is ready to retire from business, so to speak, and to live upon the inheritance of practical power, with no effort to add anything to its mighty sum. For that, he believes, is what the surrender of private enter- prise and individual initiative in the interest of a social state would amount to. But so far as machinery goes, so far as mere physical comfort is con- cerned, there is no occasion for mortal sorrow. Men travel fast enough; their machines work fast enough already. But what good fairy will take the place of poverty in the inspiration of heroism and genius, and so keep ever flowing the old fountains of youth—romance, poetry and the beautiful arts? Preservation of the good eyesight of the pupils of the public schools of the land has long been one of the most seri- ous problems confronting the school boards. The New York board of educa- tion has determined upon a_ novel method to render the schoolrooms more conducive to proper effects of lighting. A commission of expert oculists is to be appointed, which will report upon the most advisable color to use for the walls of the schoolrooms; and this uniform color will probably be adopted. The idea is not original with the New York board, as the plan has already met with approval in France. The commission’s report will be in many respects a valu- able contribution to the science of optics. Buy well, both in price and style, for goods well bought are half sold. A Barrel of Flour Branded like this one ~ “eo 2 E ya NSE: oc ‘ee iy BD 34 mw =“ Weer wed AAAAA S-'| oY - “Sy e° f + e*f Is The Best That money can buy. It will make whiter bread and more of it than any other kind. Clark=Jewell=Wells Co., Western Michigan Agents. This brand has always taken first rank among the direct importations of Japan grades and we are pleased to note that the quality of this year’s importation is fully up to the usual high standard of this brand, while some of our customers who are expert judges of tea insist that it grades higher than ever before. We propose handling JEWELL CHOP on small margins, the same as heretofore, on the theory that the nimble sixpence is better than the idle shilling. Clark=Jewell=Wells Co., Sole Owners. 10 MICHIGAN »RADESMAN Woman’s World Reign of the Social Vampire at the Summer Resort. The first dew of the summer social season had evaporated long before Mrs. Malina Muddle made her appearance at the Hotel Cortez, accompanied by sev- eral boxes and a slave-like husband who, so soon as she was installed, fled cityward with manifest relief written on his tired and workworn features. It was only by dint of the greatest scraping that Mrs. Muddle was able to accomplish even six weeks at the sum- mer resort, but she managed to convey the impression that her retarded ap- pearance was due exclusively to her own disinclination to leave her sumptu- ous home: This fine language is not to be credit- ed to Mrs. Muddle. If there was one thing she had not, elegance of speech was that thing. To the contrary, her thin, strident voice dominated the sul- try corners of the hotel porch with the disagreeable pertinacity of a buzz fly while she informed everybody in gen- eral that nobody never caught her stayin’ all summer at home, not much— she liked to get about too well for that. The Hotel Cortez, despite its high- sounding name, was not of the first class. Its management devolved upon a cheery-hearted little French officer and his prolific American wife, who betwixt them fulfilled every role from that of French cook to hostler. Not- withstanding the excellent cuisine, the paying guests of the hotel were comfort- able, sensible and thoroughly unfashion- able, drawn from the middle working classes, and with only an _ oocasional representative of the really smart set to give them flavor. They belonged to that enviable class who, so long as they live well, are intensely indifferent as to whether their surroundings are fashion- able or not. To sit on the broad veran- das of the hotel and watch the antics of their children on the beach below was their highest ambition. They were there for rest and for the health of their children, and if their mental tranquility was ever ruffled by some alerter mind who wanted to know if they had read this in the paper or what they thought of that, they invariably turned the en- quiry off as promptly as possible by the statement that they had been kept so busy getting ready for the summer out- ing and had been so occupied since reaching the resort that they had found no time to keep up with the current news of the day. But I must say they had something that is worth all the intellectuality that ever expended itself on books and papers and globes—they had _ good hearts, hearts that responded instinc- tively to the tear of sorrow, the call of distress, the heart of a patriot that beat for home, the heart of the mother that was in sympathy with the young. Per- haps it is Balzac who says that the woman of thirty has no sympathy for the girl of eighteen because she has no comprehension of her. This is true of many women, but if you had stopped at ihe Hote] Cortez you would have learned that there are women who carry their ycuth folded away in their hearts as a young man might carry his sister or his sweetheart on hisarm, keeping in touch with it, tender to it and never forgetful. Upon the first afternoon of Mrs. Mud- dle’s arrival, there was the usual gentle flurry concerning the newcomer. It is to the credit of these ladies that they were slow to enquire what she was, be- ing eager rather to know if she were pretty and gay and likely to be good cormapany. Meanwhile Mrs. Muddle, in the small, stuffy back room that she consid- ered a fair exchange for the little home whose ‘‘elegance’’ grew daily in her imagination in proportion as her stay from it lengthened, was deep in prepa- ration for her first appearance. There are women to whom every new floor is a stage, and the opportunity for acting something to be desired and made the most of, and in Mrs, Mud- dle's shallow little mudpuddle of a heart there was a grand flutter going on, while the feeble little wizen of a sweet- bread that did duty in her skull in place of a brain took on more kivks and curls, as it tried to compose striking speeches with which to complete the conquest begun by a very brave gown. The composite American face is said to be rather dish-shaped and pretty on the most commonplace lines. This de- scription answered admirably for Mrs. Mnddle. She belonged to that class of femininity who get no graces from books or literature whatever. It is pos- sible that novels of the French school thoroughly satisfied her desire for intel- lectual sweets. Her mouth,that most el- oquent and tell-tale feature of them all, published peevishness, jealousy and a habit of nagging. Its coarse pose showed that she was absolutely lacking in any delicacy or refinement of manner. It was the mouth that could spit vulgarly when no one was looking; cram Jtself greedily with food,and with some subtle and mysterious power convinced even the most casual observer that it wasa mouth given to slanderous and injurious speech and to the repeating of un- womanly and unclean jokes... Her eyes lacked the bright look that must go with a bright mind; they glanced about shiftily, with a dishonest lock in them that was as pitiful as the unintelligence with which they regarded whatever came within range. Altogether, hers was the face of an idle, vain and selfish person, who yet possessed some qualities for evil that were entitled to respectful con- sideration because they were so evi] and of such power. The little circle on the cool porch stirred with slow interest as the new comer advanced with much repose of manner to take her place among them. There -are two sorts of repose, that of good breeding, and that of ignorance. There are women who are wrapped up in a skin of ignorance like some pills are in a sweetened gold foil. They rush in, usurping everybody's rights; wiser people but with more delicacy give way to them in affright. It was thus Mrs Muddle took her place in the circle of the Hotel Cortez. With broad-edged curiosity she addressed her- self to the ladies at the right and left of her. She enquired their names and de- manded fuller details of their personal history. In a friend these enquiries would have been complimentary, as showing a loving interest; from an en- tire stranger they were thorough-paced impertinence. Some women think they are pertinent when in fact they are only impertinent. There is a_ play plot hinges on the perfume used by a woman; everything she touched pre- served the taint of her presence. Each woman travels in an atmosphere of her own that is as suggestive of her as a perfume. 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The sheets are used in small saucers, and having no corners, are so eo cleanly, compared with large square sheets of CATHARTIC Fly oa Paper, that carry the poisoned liquor to outer side of dish. Will eas . kill more FLIES or ANTS than any poison made. A neat counter 0 wee display box, holding three dozen, costs you go cents, retailing for Ne Pe $1.80. Each box contains a coupon, three of which secure the ° ee ° Ink Bottle free by mail; will never be troubled with thickened ink © se =owhile using it; you would not part with it for cost of Fly Buttons. eC 2 Should your jobber fail to supply your order, upon receipt of cash = we prepay express. oN So $) 0 Gro re < ? Sold by the leading jobbers of the . United States. Order from jobbers. ves The Fly Button Co., Maumee, Ohio. 3° ARVSALADRYS » 2AS%a oe os o Fo °o °o O%e, o o Gh2 $) 2 5X2 $) o GW2 §$) ODO We $): 3s ms BWP $F) t S$) G9 _$) Gr. Gro $)GA2 $) Pe Dee Org CK Oe Se CoG Se oy Ce EPCs S$ oOS OWE OG o OE aOG a OG a OG OG aC a Kos GCosCosGaoonGae BO ¢ See «_ o~ re «_ Her influence for good or bad is unmis- takable. Mrs. Muddle had not heen long in association with the ladies at the sea- side before each one was conscious of her peculiar qualities, her influence, or her atmosphere rather—-an atmosphere of low thinking, of low standards, of commonplace talk as unmistakable as distasteful, and these gentle ladies whose refinement was innate shrank away from it with something approach- ing horror. Their intuitions were all set against this woman who had _ intro- duced into their tranquil rounds of tepid card playing, croquet and_ tennis, suspicion, discord and discontent. At every summer resort, whether it be hotel or boarding house, there is certain to be one or two female mischief-mak- ers who sow trouble between the land- lord and his guests, carry servants’ tales and get up quarrels between children and the mothers. These mischief-mak- ers are the veritable kill-joys to happy existence. They invent scandal and heap obloquy upon this or that innocent head. The good reputation of more than one perfectly pure and innocent woman has been hopelessly hurt by such dreadful creatures, whom no touch, but whose crimes than those of a Borgia. Mrs. Muddle, whose name was like a premonition, was a woman of this type. At the end of a week she had managed to set the whole house by the ears. It was she who first discovered that the meals were not so good as the people were paying for; it was she who with infinite patience composed a hideous scandal concerning the best assorted couple in the house. It is a wonder to me why ladies like Mrs. Muddle go away for the summer, cooping themselves up in the cheapest room to be had, suffering all sorts of in- conveniences, when, according to their own accounts, they have left such com- fort and luxury behind. I once chanced in a hotel where everybody seemed to be at the feet of a lady who was so far like Mrs. Muddle that nothing was good enough for her, and nothing was to be compared to the grandeurs she had _ left in her far-off city home It just hap- pened that I did not meet this gorgeous person, whom everybody wanted to know and whom everybody had been in- vited to visit—those invitations witha string on them, and which the giver certainly never expects to substantiate. Every woman I met was asking: ‘‘Oh, do you know Mrs. Smith?’’ and ‘** Have you seen Mrs. Smith?’’ And _ it was Mrs. Smith’s horses here, and Mrs. Smith’s coachman there, and Mrs. Smith’s boudoir yonder, until I got weary of Mrs. Smith. A case of candy in the morning, candy at noon and candy at night, you know, is rather apt to pall on one’s palate. Mrs. Smith had not her equi- page with her, one woman naively ad- mitted, but she had described it so com- pletely that if was aimost as good as seeing it. She had also edified her ccmpanions with the most vivid de- scriptions of her home, and so fine were the second-hand accounts I had of it that one evening I eagerly consented to be presented to this grand lady. And then there was a little tableau! When I drew near I discovered that the grand Mrs. Smith, the rich Mrs. Smith, the patronizing Mrs. Smith, the Mrs. Smith who had invited half the hotel to visit her next winter, was a quiet little body who lived in one of the quiet little cottage neighborhoods in my own city, law can are. blacker MICHIGAN and who probably had never been in a carriage in her life except when she got | a free ride to a funeral. I have always thought that the record- ing angel must have given mea very long white mark, for I came away with- out confiding to a human soul that Mrs. Smith’s grandeurs were all in the air! The social vampire fairly thrives at the summer resort. She is like some hideous spider, weaving a vile web and casting its skeins over whoever comes along. She lives on the reputations of women ; she sucks dry their tempers and teaches them to lie through her evil habit of boasting of things she has at home. It doesn't take a very large ex- perience to learn that women of means and refinement and experience, women who have traveled and seen the world, are not, when away from home, contin- ual fault-finders and_ sticklers for this and that. They have too much sense to expect to live in a public hotel just as they would in their own houses. They are too modest to boast even by insinu- ation of grandeurs they have left at home. A woman of the world,in a large and liberal sense, has learned the wis- dom of good temper and that comfort comes of making the best of things. There are summer resort women who, if they do not actually consort with the servants of their fellow-boarders, at least manage to pump them dry con- cerning their mistresses and their charges. These summer resort vampires are on the lookout for quarrels, and with a faithfulness that the most ac- complished setter might envy, fetch and carry hearsay and gossip until real harm is accomplished. The social vampire is a toady of the first water. She wriggles and worms until she has inserted her sharp, sus- picious, curious face into the most ex- clusive clique. There she is received on a_sufferance that would insult a worthy woman, but she pays for her way by retailing all the gossip and scandal and distorted comment that she can pick up by listening at keyholes, by questioning children and by confidences with nurse girls. There is something so unlovely in the spectacle of a woman deliberately set down to accomplish the harm or ruin of another of her sex that I sincerely believe, could Mrs. Mudale see herself as she really is, she would shrink with horror and remorse from the sight. It is the mission of each woman to help another, and serious and_ distaste- ful as the task may seem, it is the duty of those who must associate with the summer vampire tolead her into a bet- ter womanhood and a noble view of life. It would be a superb vengeance to teach such a one the grandeur of good deeds, how beautiful it is to hear one woman speak well of another, and how the loy- alty of women to each other should at least equal the loyalty of men to each other. One's ear should be everlasting- ly deaf to the whisper of scandal; but let it be known that when the scandal- monger has better things to say, then ber face will be welcome and her presence desirable. There is a_ particular devil who in- habits boarding houses and summer hotels, and whose Eve to be tempted to wrong-doing is the idle-handed young wife who listens to gossip. This devil takes the shape of Mrs. Muddle, a shape that should appall, and from which a good woman will turn, nor conutenance even by the encouragement of silent listening. CATHARINE COLE. ~ Ab “Wsece 2: Eee ooo a eo oe... a. ae Ly Many men representing to sell Elsie Cheese are selling other makes under our name. Elsie Cheese can only be bought direct from the Factory or from the Musselman Grocer Co., of Grand Rapids. Elsie Cheese are all stamped “Michigan Full Cream, Factory No. 12.” Elsie Cheese has maintained its high reputation for twenty years and is the best selling Cheese on the market. M.S. DOYLE, ecsie. micu. ee. "7 ~~’ ~B’ BB’ @Q @Q @a BQ Ba Ba a = @ a a Qa! G7 22222222, 97222222? ?% i COFF LE Vor rrroeT CTS v . ss Ms Ae A Y & Ale A Ae. A is he A is ; woeeesere It is the general opinion of the trade that the prices on seeeese oe ‘ wv W W v COFFEE v W f bsolutel hed | Ww W rave about, if not absolutely, reached bottom. e are * soie agents in this territory for the celebrated bulk x A roast coffees of the Ah AN AN a WOOLSON SPICE CO. an AN Ask our salesman to show you our line of samples. AN ve MUSSELMAN GROCER CO., Grand Rapids. ition B223sSS5322a. g23233332: Mi Vv a , ® COFFEE YesSssese SSS Seeri ¥ GOSS OOOO OOOO OOOOOOOOOOOO® Big Talk About Circulation Counts for little unless quality goes hand in hand with quan- tity—-Advertisers are learning to discriminate in this matter, and are looking more and more into the character of circula- tion. Asa matter of fact Circulation is of No Consequence Unless it be of a character to reach and directly interest buy- ers and consumers of the class of goods for which the adver- tiser is seeking a market. Advertisers Care Nothing. For Circulation That does not reach and directly appeal to the purchasing constituency of the class of goods the advertiser wishes to sell—that medium only which can show a bona fide circulation to buyers should be considered. The Michigan Tradesman Reaches more paid subscribers in Michigan than all other trade journals combined, and 1s therefore able to give its patrons better returns than any other trade journal published. These Are Telling Points OOOO OSCSOS8O8OS8O88 8 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN JANE CRAGIN. Alta Vista Guests Start for Wilson’s Canon. Written for the TRADESMAN. Look at it as he pleased, take him- self in hand as he might, Cy could not regard with composure the task that he had that day set himself. The more he became acquainted with Marjory Marchland, the more he was convinced that the story he had determined to tell her would crush hertothe earth. 4e had told her he loved her. With womanly frankness, with his arms about her, she had confessed to him her affection and had sealed it with the pledge of her lips. Without reserve she had given herself up to him and, happy in the love he had declared for her, had re- vealed to him day by day the riches of her mind and heart. Beautiful as she had been to him before, never, it seemed to him that day, had she been quite so fair to look upon. For days it had been the purpose of a small party of the guests of the Alta Vista to picnic in Wilson’s Canon, a most romantic spot; and, as the idea had been Marjory’s mostly, she had been foremost not only in planning the pleasing undertaking, but in looking after the details as well. Cy had been freely called into requisition as Execu- tive Committee —of one—on Ways and Means, and it had been a pleasure for him to watch the going and the coming of all this loveliness, as, in dainty attire and with animated countenance, she flitted about from place to place to for- ward whatever was lacking or lagging and so threatening the success of the undertaking. Jane, in the meantime, had been busy with her thoughts. She had heard from the Doctor an account of bis interview with Cy, and the part. which had im- pressed him most of Cy’s straightfor- ward manliness was what gave her the most serious alarm—the more so from the fact that her own words had, with- out doubt, awakened in Cy the determi- nation to straighten what had been crooked and, regardless of consequences, to place himself in the right. He had defined his position with the Doctor. Marjory would come next, and that in- terview she was determined to ward off until she could have a talk with Cy. She knew he was one to ‘‘strike while the iron was hot’’ and, as well as if he had told her, she knew that sometime on the way to or frcm the Canon he had made up his mind to have his say. **T have been thinking, Marjory,’’ said Jane, when chance had brought the busy young woman to her room, ‘‘that somebody ought to be on the ground be- fore the crowd get there; and somebody else having the thing in charge ought to go last to see that nothing is left be- hind. I wonder how it would do for you and the Doctor to drive on ahead, and Cy and I will bring up the rear. You and the Doctor can find enough to talk about to keep you from being lonesome, and I’ve one or two little matters to talk over with Cy before a great while, and this will be just the time. We sha'n’t want to start much before four o’clock; we'll have the spread some- where about six, and we’ll let the rest decide the hour for coming home.’’ ‘Thank you, Jane; I can’t tell you what a burden you’ve taken off my shoulders. For a day or two something has seemed to be troubling Cy, and I’ve been wondering if I have anything to do with it; and, to tell the plain truth, I’ve been dreading just a little this ride over there with him, for I’ve been feel- ing that in some way things were going to be a great deal worse or better—I was afraid worse, though—and I’m glad to have it put off. I wish, Jane, you, with your knowledge of his every mood, would tell me what to do when such fits come over him. It scares me and makes me feel as if the world was com- ing toan end. Do your best with him, Jane, and bring the sunshine along with him into the Canon,’’ and away she went, ‘‘blithe spirit’’ that she was, the song that came bubbling up from her happy heart.and rippling from her rosy lips making glad the very air that heard it and repeated it for all to hear. At the appointed hour the wagons were at the main entrance of the hotel, waiting for their loads of life and gaiety, and the Doctor was not only waiting, but lustily calling for ‘‘the next to the loveliest woman the sun looked down upon’’ to take the vacant seat beside him! She was busy, with Jane, looking after the thousand and one details that must always be looked after; but upper- most in her maiden heart was the tender thought for ‘‘the only being in the wide world worth thinking of ;’’ and, as she stood for a moment with the red rose- bud in her hand, looking and calling for Cy, every eye brightened at the sweet picture she made. ‘‘Oh, here you are!’’ she exclaimed, as the laggard at last appeared. ‘‘Let me fasten this in your buttonhole and then I must be off. The Doctor’s been calling me for the last quarter of an hour. There! You look too handsome for anything! I’m almost atraid to trust you even with Jane!’’ ‘‘l know what I’d do after that bud was fastened to my coat !’’ shouted Smith from the back seat, where he and Miss Birkenmayer were looking with admir- ing eyes at the pair. ‘*So do I,’’ was the prompt response. ‘*That!’’ and a formal pressure of his lips was left on Miss Marchland’s fore- head. ‘‘But this is what | do—and this —and this’’ and each blushing cheek and the lips received a tender reward, and then, to the amusement of all and to the astonishment of the lady herself, he took her up struggling in his strong arms, as a mother carries her child, and placed her in the open buggy at the Doctor’s side. ‘‘There, Doctor,’’ he said, ‘‘bring her back to me safe and sound, with not a petal of those red roses harmed,’’ and as they rode away he watched them, hat in hand, until they turned the corner, when he waved a good- bye to Marjory’s backward-wafted kiss. ‘‘Bless her!’’ he said under his breath ; ‘‘and bless Jane for keeping me from clouding for a minute that sunny life. I never can do it! I never will!’’ and he turned tc Jane with a smile. ‘*Do you see that?’’ whispered Smith to Miss Birkenmayer; ‘‘the storm has passed over and we shall not get so much as a whiff of the threatened gale!’’ The picnickers were soon under way, and a merry crowd they were Laughter and song followed them far up among the shadows of the mountains; and after they entered the Canon the echoes caught the sweet sounds high up among the cliffs and with invisible hands tossed them again and again to the re- joicing rocks. Jane and Cy were not far behind at first. The rocky road wound with a gentle incline between almost perpendicular walls brightened here and there with an ambitious evergreen and darkened by the dead roots of what had been a stunted tree. The merri- ment jarred a little with the mood of both Jane and Cy; and, the reins dropping, the horses were allowed to walk. When a sharp turn in the road had hidden the last carriage from view Cy remarked, as he brushed a fly from one of the horses, ‘‘I am glad you did it, Jane. What made you think of it?’’ ‘‘T knew without thinking. It’s been in your face ever since we had that talk, and I felt it in my bones that you were going to do the dreadful thing to-day; and I felt, too, that I couldn’t have it so. Promise me, Cy, that you'll give it up and make Marjory the happiest, proudest wife the sun ever looked down upon. Won't you, Cy, for her sake first and then for mine?’’ ‘‘T had made up my mind to do it anyway—What was that! My God!’’ RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. The Witness Was a Match for the Lawyer. It often happens that a bulldozing lawyer, who tries to steer a witness and run over the court, strikes a snag in his ill-natured probing. A local lawyer was recently wrecked in such a way, through the channel of his own smartness. The cross-examiner had had the witness on the stand for some time and the latter was naturally getting a little weary. ‘‘If you would only answer my ques- tions properly,’’ said the cross-ex- aminer, who was called by courtesy a lawyer, ‘‘we would have no trouble.’’ The witness, who was a good witness, simply looked askance and let it go at that. ‘‘If I could only get you to un- derstand,’’ continued the lawyer, ‘‘that all I want to know is what you know, we—’’ ‘‘It would take you a lifetime to acquire that,’’ interrupted the wit- ness. The lawyer recovered shortly after, being accustomed to knock-out blows, and tried to explain himself. ‘‘What I mean is that I merely want to learn what you know about this affair,’’ he said. ‘‘I don’t care any- thing about your abstract knowledge of law or your information in regard to theosophy, but what you know about this case.’’ ‘‘Oh, that isn’t what you want,’’ returned the witness in an off- hand way. ‘‘I’ve been trying to give you that for some time, and—’’ Of course, the lawyer got in his deadly work in the line of objections at this point, and the witness had to stop. ‘‘If,] don't want to know what you know about this particular case and nothing else,’’ enquired the lawyer later, ‘‘what do you think I do want to know?’’ That seemed so easy to the witness that he almost laughed, and he showed a willingness to speak that made the lawyer prepare to object before a word was said: ‘‘It isn’t what | know that you want to know; it’s what you think I know that you’re after; and you're trying to make me know it or prove me a liar.’’ Then it was that every one in the courtroom knew that he had been on the witness stand before. a Easy Enough to Arrange. Every dealer recognizes that a female purchaser is more or less diffident about trying on shoes in a place where everyone can gaze at her. A lady hap- pened in a shoe store lately where a number of small screens were seen placed here and there around the estab- lishment. The novelty and the utility of the idea appealed to her at once, and her lady friends in that enterpri- sing shoe dealer's district are whisper- ing among themselves how comforting it is to have one’s shoes tried on in privacy. DEALERS.-Turn your money rover! to familiarize house-keepers with the name of ence ¥ J.L.PRESCOITLE& ce. 3 MeN cone ee ed enables wececkala a to ake quick sales and fair profits. «A nimble nickel is better than a slow dime.” The Modern The enormous amount of advertising being done meline STOVE POLISH Don't load up with dead stock. _—— ee ee a ete arena a: _—— me ~apinggesoneiess Page /N. ete oe ¥ a a: MICHIGAN TRADESMAN I3 SUCCESSFUL SALESMEN. Chas. L. Stevens, Representing Weed, Colburn & Co. Chas. L. Stevens was born in Detroit, Aug. 24, 1850. On his father’s side his antecedents were New England and English, while on his mother’s side they were Irish, his mother having been born on the Emerald Isle. When he was 7 years of age, his parents moved onto a small farm near Denton, Wayne county. Nine years later they took pos- session of a larger farm in Plymouth township in the same county. Mr. Stevens attended district school when he was not actively engaged in farm work, afterwards attending the high school at Plymouth, and spending two winters at the Ypsilanti Seminary, now known as the Ypsilanti high school. In March, 1870, he went to Detroit, through the influence of a relative, and took a po- sition as order clerk in the wholesale drug house of Farrand, Sheley & Co : . ue After filling this position three years, he reached the conclusion that he was cut out for a traveling salesman, and for the next two years he carried a line of perfumery and extracts on the road, the first year in Michigan and the sec- ond year in Wisconsin and Minnesota. At this time he concluded that the hat business came nearer to his ideal of a career than any other line, and he ac- cordingly engaged with the wholesale hat house of A. C. Bacon & Co., of Detroit, with whom he remained twelve years, covering Southern Michigan at first and afterwards the entire State. On the retirement of this house from busi- ness, he transferred his allegiance to Weed, Colburn & Co., of Toledo, for whom he has traveled in this State con- tinuously for the past eleven years. Mr. Stevens was married July 22, 1874, to Miss Caddie Thompson, of Ypsilanti,and is the father of a daughter now 22 years of age. For six years the family resided at Detroit, but in 1880 they removed to Ypsilanti, where Mr. Stevens built a home which is regarded as one of the finest residence properties in the city. Mr. Stevens’ antecedents were Pres- byterian and he has always been closely identified with that denomination in the cities in which he has lived. He is an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Ypsilanti, having served the Sunday School connected with that or- ganization four years in the capacity of Superintendent. He became identified with the Christian Endeavor movement in the earliest days of its organization, since which time he has served as State Secretary two years and State President one year. Mr. Stevens is also a ‘“‘jiner’’ in all that the word implies, having run the gamut in all branches of Masonry. He is Master of Ypsilanti Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 128; Past High Priest of Excel- sior Chapter, No. 25; Standard Bearer in Ann Arbor Commandery, No. 13; member of the Michigan Sovereign Consistory of Detroit, and Grand P. S. of the Grand Chapter. He is alsoa member of Moslem Temple, Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum, a director in the Michigan Knights of the Grip, one of the incor- porators of the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association, which he has served in the capacity of Vice-Presi- dent; Prelate of Queen City Lodge, K. P. He is a ready speaker, a keen de- bater and an excellent presiding officer and is heid in high repute by all of the organizations with which he is in any way affiliated. Mr. Stevens has managed to accumu- late a considerable fortune while in pursuit of business on the road, having demonstrated that it is not necessary that a traveling man should spend his entire income simply because he knows how. He is Vice-President of the Ypsi- lanti Electric Light Co., a stockholder in the Toledo Metal Wheel Co., pays taxes on considerable Detroit real estate and possesses a strong box full of farm mortgages. He attributes his success to bard work and close application to business and to sticking to one place as long as circumstances permit, having represented but three houses during his career of twenty-five years op the road, one of which he left because it retired from business. He is a man of excel- lent character and is highly esteemed by his customers, his house and his as- sociates on the road. —- > © > - ~ The Calf Path. One day through the primeval wood A calf walked home, as good calves should; But made a trail all bent askew, A crooked trail, as all calves do. Since then two hundred years have fled, And, I infer. the calf is dead. But still he teft behind his trail, And thereby hangs a mortal tale. The trail was taken up next day By a lone dog that passed that way. And then a wise bell-wether sheep Pursued the trail o’er vale and steep, And drew the flock behind him, too, As good bell-wethers always do. And from that day, o’er hill and glade, Through those old woods a path was made, And many men wound in and out, And dodged and turned and bent about, And uttered words of righteous wrath, Because *twas such a crooked path; But still they followed—do not laugh— The first migration of that calf, And through this winding woodway stalked Because he wabbled when he walked. This forest path became a lane, That bent and turned and turned again; This crooked lane became a road, Where many a poor horse, with his load, ‘Toiled on beneath the burning sun, And traveled some three miles in one. ' And thus a century and a half They trod the footsteps of that calf. The years passed on in swiftness ficet, The road became a village street, And this, before men were aware, A city’s crowded thoroughfare, And soon the central street was this Of a renowned metropolis. And men two centuries and a half Trod in the footsteps of that calf; Each day a hundred thousand rout Followed the zigzag calf about; And o’er his crooked journey went The traffic of a continent. A hundred thousand men were led By one calf near three centuries dead. ~ > 2 Ina Deaalock. ‘‘Neither of your typewriter girls has taken a vacation this summer.’’ ‘*No; there’s a good-looking young man in the office, and neither of the girls is willing to go away and leave the field to the other one.’’ ~~» 2.» Discounts for cash swell profits, and short accounts make long friends. Wanted the Samples Matched by Wire. From the Lewiston Journal. The manager of a telegraph office in Maine tells this: ‘*T suppose the most comical thing I ever saw in a telegraph office happened the other day. It was warm and I was standing near the desk when a woman entered. She was sweet and 20, or pos- sibly a year or two older, and I picked her out for a young wife just in the exultant flush of her first success as housekeeper. She wanted to know if our line made connections with Boston— most all women ask that question when they use the wire for the first time,’’ ex- plained the manager parenthetically. ‘*I gravely assured her that our line did connect with the Hub and allayed her fear that it might take half a day to send the message. Somewhat reassured, she opened her reticule, took outa bunch of samples and then went to writ- ing. After some difficulty she squeezed ber thoughts into ten words and ap- proached the sending table. -She laid down the written blank, two samples, one marked ‘A,’ the other ‘B,’ and a quarter. The message read: ‘* *Sellum & Sellum, Boston: Send, express, five yards sample ‘A’ and six vaids “B.” "” Na Not to Be Expected. 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That this would be a good motto for the shoe manufacturer to inscribe upon his business banner, and to strictly ad- here to, will not be questioned by the thoughtful, experienced and conscien- tious producer of footwear with one perplexing and irrepressible little ‘‘if’’ to qualify the assertion. If the dear shoe-wearing public, in their rush and eager scramble for shoes, would encour- age the manufacturer to raise the stand- ard of quality, and give him their un- equivocal, moral and pecuniary support in this desirable reform, the thing could be done to the mutual satisfaction of both parties. To the average manufac- turer it is nota pleasure to turn out shoddy shoes, for his profits are neces- sarily tinged with the bitterness that flows through innumerable complaints. True, he may reap a pretty big harvest from his output of worthless goods, but the aftermath is apt to be thin and_ un- remunerative, for the customer who has once had a certain kind of shoes fall piecemeal from his feet, or go to sud- den wreck and ruin like the deacon’s ‘*one-horse shay,’’ will shun the same sort afterward, although he purchased the pretty looking things at a most ‘‘astonishing bargain,’’ at a ‘‘special sale for one day only.’”’ But whether any general reform can ever be accomplished in this line, either through the co-operation of producer and reformer or by the courageous stand of the manufacturer alone, there is cer- tainly a growing minority among repu- table makers of shoes favorable to the driving out from their factories with whips and scorpions those too-cheap banes of a once honorable trade, the stings of the unfortunate producer and the disappointing acquisitions of the deceived consumer. This is well as far as it goes, and for the good of the trade it is a pity that it does not ge farther. The argument that the refusal on the part of a few manufacturers to continue the production of the lowest and most worthless class of footwear will only leave a larger field for those who re- main in it should have no-weight with those who believe they are right in their resolve and who are certain to find more moral satisfaction in putting outa high- er grade of shoes. As to the claim of some of these re- formers that they are offering a better shoe at the price of the one formerly made, but now interdicted in their shops, retailers must draw their own conclusions. It may be easily possible to raise the grade slightly without put- ting up figures, if the maker is content to share his profits with the public. But, in any event, better goods are de- sirable for the reputation of the trade and the peace of mind of the shoe-wear- ing commuuity. Without doubt, one of the meanest offerings of cheap wares is the one that is not only of very inferior quality and make, but which at the same time poses as a genuine shoe of some well-known brand. The article covered by a trade- mark is sacred and protected by law, so far as the trade-mark itself is con- cerned; but imitation of the article cannot be prevented. No article, per- haps, has ever been produced which has met popular favor, and proved success- ful as a business venture, without rais- ing about it a hungry horde of rivals and imitators. There are men who will put money in their purse by fair means or foul, either by ‘‘borrowing’’ from the pockets or the brains of others who are better equipped at both points. Imitation has been going cn since the world began by man and his humbler brother, the moukey. Darwinian theories about the relative positions of these two animals are of little conse- quence to the shoe trade in general. Whether man is descended from the monkey, or whether the latter has only done his level best to be a man in his imitative efforts, is of little importance. Imitation is regarded as high praise to the thing copied, but unfortunately for this species of flattery, the copy is by no means always a creditable effort. In imitating, the aim usually is, and al- ways ought to be, to reproduce a work from a high standard. In imitating a popular and salable shoe the effort seems to be to make a good decoy, to get a good outline and exterior of the thing copied, with little value and large profit in its make-up. But no one imitates trash or obscure things. In painting, only the works of the best masters are chosen to copy; in sculpture a like rule holds good, and in shoes only the best works of sutorial art are chosen for subjects in the imitator’s work. And the nearer we can approach these masterpieces of art in the copied work, the greater will be the triumph of the second-hand artist. And yet, after all, the results, however good, will be only copies of the original. The in- spiration of genius that designed the chef-d’oeuvre guides not the hand of the imitator and copyist. The shoe design- er’s genius and skill are not in the copied shoe. It is only the result of a mechanical operation, depending upon the skill and cleverness of the artisan which shall produce a turn to the paint- ed Madonna, the Apollo Belvidere in cold marble, or the thing of beauty and graceful curves in leather. In fact, it is the forger’s skill, and oftentimes with no more praiseworthy aim than his—the acquisition of lucre. Of course, there are in the world of art worthy instances of laudable imitation, but the chief aim of imitative effort seems to be that basest of deceit by which men borrow others’ ideas to further their own selfish ends. But the products, fortunately for a too-credulous humanity,are only ‘‘clay men,’’ without a spark of the Pro- methean fire,stolen from heaven or else- where, to animate them and make them ‘‘breathe of genius and deceive the eye.’’ But the shoe imitator catches only at the salient points of his prey and aims to give an exterior to his prod- uct without embodying in it the intrin- sic worth and high quality of the thing copied; so that a Blank’s famous shoe, with a world-wide reputation, is repre- sented only by a specious counterfeit to the eye, and money is coined often by the base deception. The producer of too-cheap goods in manufacturing lines helps in great de- gree to break down that pleasant confi- dence which ought to exist always be- tween the producer and the consumer. Here is a wholesome moral maxim, from the pen of a famous writer, that furnishes food for reflection upon this important subject: ‘*The beginning of all good law, and nearly the end of it, is in these two or- dinances: Every man shall do good work for his bread, and every man shall have good bread for his work.’’ Here is, also, a proverb for the re- tailer, who, if he does not actually deal in ‘‘green goods,’’ nevertheless sells shoes that will not bear a close inspec- a QDOOQDOOGQDOOOGDS @ @ non ily. and you will have gained the friendship of the whole fam- To succeed in doing this buy your children’s shoes from HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO., Grand Rapids. Our Specialties: Children’s Shoes, Shoe Store Supplies, Goodyear Glove Rubbers. QCOQOOQOOOOOOSCODODOODOOGQHE QOHOQDOQDOOQOOOOQOODE ©DOQDOO®V®OOQOQOOO OO® GPHNQDOOOGDOPHOGHOHOOOED®OGHOSGHHOGOGO @ © @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @) ©) @ @ @ @ @ © © @ @ @ ©) © @ @ @ @ ©) latest colors and shapes. can give you some bargains. ~ Do you sell Shoes? Do you want to sell more Shoes? Then buy Rindge, Kalmbach & Co.’s factory line—the line that will win and hold the trade for you. We handle everything in the line of footwear. We are showing to-day the finest spring line in the State—all the See our line of socks and felts before placing your fall order. We Weare agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. and carry a very large stock of their goods, which enables us to fill orders promptly. Our discounts to October 1 are 25 and § per cent. on Bostons and 25, 5, and 10 per cent. on Bay States. Our terms are as liberal as those of any agent of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. Rindge, Kalmbach & Co., 12, 14 and 16 Pearl St., Grand Rapids. this market by us. Goodyear,—none better. 5 and 7 Pearl Street, = ae poop nh ob np poh oh oho ahohep Big line of Lumbermen's Sox. We are just as emphatic about our Rubber Line—Wales- Grand Rapids Felt Boots are our Hobby. Herold=Bertsch Shoe Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ee heh hhh hh} eprreereeeeeeereeerrrrrtet ...For this Fall... We are showing the strongest line of Shoes ever placed on PEEEEEEEEEEEE EET ET ETT TT “~ Sc 527 and 528 Widdicomb Bld. Grand Rapids, Mich. MICHIGAN BARK LUMBER CO, C. U. CLARK, Pres. W. D. WADE, Vice- Pres. MINNIE M.CLARK, Sec’y and Treas. We are now ready to make contracts for bark for the season of 1897. Correspondence Solicited. tye - way! _MICHIGAN TRADESMAN oa tion in the broad light of heaven. ‘*They prefer darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.’’ How many dark stores there are, any- And yet not all of these dark stores are the scenes of evil deeds, by any means. ‘There is, however, a lurk- ing suspicion in the minds of many cus- tomers that there is ‘‘method in this darkness, ’’ and it seems to be designed to cover some defects, either in the ap- pointments or the wares of the gloomy place. Customers do not like dark stores, even if they know they are go- ing to buy cheap goods. ‘They want to be able to see how many cents on the dollar they are going to get in their pro- spective purchase. A_sunless_ store, somehow, seems to suggest a sunless conscience on the part of the proprietor ; and it certainly does furnish oppor- tunities for accomplishing the taking off of slightly defective goods, shoes a shade mismated in color, and the like. Now, a good receipt for the retailer of shoes to set up for his observance is this: ““So Jet your light shine before men (and wemen) that your goods shall sell at least on the merits of their external appearance. If they are of the shoddy class, the less internal light the better; for even the X-rays would reveal noth- ing good in their fabric or make.’’ But alas for the perversity of human nature; it is love’s labor lost to try to bring about this reform in the quality of footwear without at least a consider- able measure of approval from those who pay for and wear it. The voice of the people may not always be the voice of God, but it is wonderfully potential with the manufacturer of shoes, just the same. ‘‘Educate the people to a higher standard of excellence,’’ says the re- former. That is good advice and should be followed by the conscientious dealer whenever opportunity offers _ itself. There are, however, some obstacles in the way of success to this educational work. We live in an age of luxuriant abundance and almost infinite variety of shoes, and the wage-earning young woman who formerly contented herself with one good pair of shoes, for which she willingly paid a fair price to se cure quality and durability, now insists upon reveling in footwear to the extent of from three to six pairs, in order to se- cure variety. For these she cannot af- ford to pay more than half the price per pair that the one substantial, high- grade pair formerly cost her. And yet this young woman is from three to six times happier, according to the in- crease of her pedal possessions, than she was before. With the same humble feet she is able to make from three to six times as much display in a given time, and though the cost for display is only about half the former price, it is eminently satisfactory to her, notwith- standing the lamentable limit of lite possessed by any single pair in her wardrobe. Do you suppose you could educate her up to a higher standard of excellence in shoes by a great decrease in numbers and an immense destruction of her vanity? Could she be induced to accept Seneca’s two-thousand-year-old- maxim, from ‘‘books’’ to ‘*shoes?’’ “It does not matter how many, but how good, shoes you have.’’ ‘‘Indeed, it does matter!’’ says our multi-shod young working girl, quite resentfully.—E. A. B. in Boots and Shoes Weekly. —_—__—_» 2. Push your business, or it will push you. Good Things Said by Up-to-Date Shoe Dealers. The flexibility makes ’em easy. Not a trace of stiffmess—the very acme of summer comfort for tender feet. Made of soft kid in black or brown. Hand- turned soles and newest toes.—Partridge & Richardson, Phila. A jolly July for shoe buyers. You who are late buying summer shoes, as well as you who already need a second pair, will have no occasion to find fault with ‘‘the times’’ this July. It's a jolly July—if you are a shoe buyer, for prices have been cut toa ridiculous figure—so low that thé good shoes we sell are likely to sbrink in shame at being scld at such prices. But there s method in our ap- parent madness—we want to sell all our summer shoes and not have a lot left when stock-taking time comes. It pays us to pay you our profits. You get cheap shoes, we simply get our money back. What can we do for you?—Johnson’s Shoe Palace, Altoona, Pa. Here’s a woman's shoe at $3—out of the question elsewhere under $4—-made on our exclusive and model Moderation Bull Dog last. Graceful as a swan, and holds its shape to the last stitch. Light, cool and durable. Rich brown leathers and black. Welted soles that can be re- soled by hand. By long odds the best shoe even we, with our exceptional facil- ities, ever turned out for $3.—Partridge & Richardson, Phila. Our shoe store is a new factor in the New York retail shoe trade. The shoe stake of our business is being driven deep down into the confidence of the people. Friday’s items are reprinted. They are too good to be dismissed with one statement.—John Wanamaker, N, Y. a Minor Shoe Notes. Keep paper between the patent leath- ers in the cartons, otherwise this weather the surfaces will stick together. A shoemaker cites the case of a shoe wherein the pegs around the toe have pulled out—due to an insole too tight tor the outsole. A shoe that will prevent shocking has been brought out. It is not for shapely wheelwomen, as might be inferred, but for electric linemen. While three pairs of lace shoes to one of button are being sold in the better grades of women’s goods, the propor- tion isn’t so great in cheaper lines, Women who buy cheap shoes usually waut button. A good many shoe manufacturers are compelled to write apologizing letters to their customers because they can’t fill or- ders promptly. It isa good while since they have had to do this. The fellow who has been claiming that the field for novelties in footwear has been exhausted ought to take a peep at some of the new fall samples! The indications are unmistakably for higher prices for footwear. A good many prudent buyers have been placing liberal orders, People who just sit around and wait for prosperity to come to them are al- ways sure to have plenty of time to complain. Low-cuts, for bicycling, in both men’s and women’s goods, are con- stantly becoming more popular. Chocolate shoes and chocolate ice cream are both a good deal in evidence just now. ~~» 0. Ripping of Cheap Shoes. If shoes rip more than formerly, as is often claimed, the reason for it is not difficult of determination. Changes in methods of fitting in the factory have been radical in iate years and customs of the present day would have been ridiculed ten years ago. Vamping a shoe with fine thread and a chain stitch, now very much in evidence, would hardly have been seriously considered a few years back. The trouble all comes, of course, from the heavy de- mand for cheap goods and the maneu- vering of manufacturers to meet it. It isn’t the manufacturer’s fault—although he has to take the responsibility. It is the fault,of the buying, public. His Own Manufacture. It is said that thirty-five or more years ago there was a large dry goods store in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., kept by a man of French and Hebrew extraction, whose name was Gosling. Over the doorway of the store he had, on an ap- propriate pedestal, a gilded and _ sculp- tured American eagle. He had twenty six children of assorted sizes; and, as Mrs. Partington would say, of both the male and female ‘‘persuasion.’’ of these were clerks others were scattered along the streets, at appropriate distances, to advertise the store and run in customers. It gave him trade, and so did his lively adver- tising in the local papers. In all his advertisements he urged that one of the reasons why he could outsell all com- petitors was that he was at no expense for clerk hire, as he manufactured his own clerks. |New Prices on Rue LYCOMING, 25 and 5 oif. KEYSTONE, 25 and 5 and 10 off. These prices are for present use and also for fall orders. Our representative will call on you in due time with our specialties in Leather Goods, Feit Boots, Lumbermen’s Socks ... and a full line of the above-named rub- ber goods, and we hope to receive your orders. Geo. H. Reeder & Co., 19 South Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. S Many | in the store and | $ SS 9H99O999H9SS 9OO0O0O0 lf You Hire Help — 3 Pe EEE VV VV VV VV VTS VTS Eovesosesese 9900009004 You should use our Perfect Time Book ~~——and Pay Roll. Made to hold from 27 to 60 names and sell for 75 cents to $2. Send for sample leaf. 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Our large factory is busy mak- ing handsome oak furniture and household articles for ‘“‘live merchants.” Our printing presses are constantly making circulars, coupons and placards. We will furnish you a complete supply free with a trial order. ? Think the matter over seriously, and remember we send a com- plete outfit to you on 60 days’ trial, subject to approval. Catalogue for asking if you mention Tradesman. STEBBINS MANUFACTURING CO., LAKEVIEW, MICH. I6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clerks’ Corner Don’t Buy Goods of Shoddy Shops. Written for the TRADESMAN. The ‘‘young feller’’ over the way has been cutting his wisdom teeth of late. When vacation time began to loom up in the distance it became evident that there was a good time ahead, requiring considerable preparation. My entrance on Monday night was the signal for un- covering a small battery of questions. ‘*Could a fellow who amounts to any- thing get along with less than three suits and be considered respectable?’’ ‘*Certainly not!’’ When a young fel- low of 25 asks such questions he has made up his mind what he is going to do and all he wants is to have his de- cisions confirmed by years of experience and wisdom. The answer expected is always implied in the question, which makes the answer easy and the dialogue run smoothly along. ‘*Don't you think my brown = suit would be all right for traveling, with a pearl Fedora?’’ ‘‘ Just the thing! * (Enthusiastically. ) ‘‘A fellow couldn't possibly be re- spectable without his dress suit, could he?"’ “*T really don't see how he could. I wouldn't want to try it myself.’’ ‘There’s my cutaway suit for func- tions before dark; but I have a_ notion that ‘the thing’ is a blue serge suit, with a fine straw hat, a white vest and a handsome pair of tans. How does that hit you, Old Socs?’’ (I had better say, by way of parenthesis, that ‘‘Socs’’ isa contraction for Socrates, a title which this specimen of Young American man- hood applies to me—rather familiarly, it must be admitted, but with no thought of disrespect. ) ** Favorably—just the thing. ”’ ‘‘Well, that’s the way it struck me. The drawback lies in the fact that these blue serges cost like the divil. Now I stepped into Marx’ on my way home and | find I can get a suit for $23 that will answer my purpose. ’’ ‘*Marx’! That's that snide store down on Curtis street, isn’t it?’’ ‘* Now see here! you needn't turn up your nose in that way. This suit will do, The same thing at Blum & John- ston’s would cost me $4o, and I can't alford it.”’ ‘*You can’t afford anything else! Den’t you know, you blooming ijit, that in buying clothes you can’t afford to indulge in any nonsense? In the first place, they'll] cheat you in the goods; in the second place, they'll cheat in the fitting, you know just as well as I do that they simply can’t do it. You haven’t any money to burn, but you’d better burn it than to blow it into a suit at that establishment. Of course, you left your order?’’ ‘Y-e-s’’— ‘*Then let me tell you something: When you get that suit home, instead of a fine blue, you'll have a nasty black. Under each arm, toward the _ back, there'll be a fold big enough to lay over and pin. The collar will be too high and will roll up. The sleeves will be too long. When you button it in front the whole blame thing will hunch up and leave a deep wrinkle reaching up over each shoulder, and the general effect will be something liké a shirt on a beanpole. Stull, you'll save the difference between the $40 and the $23; and, if you don’t care whether you look like a gawk, and you want something to swear at every time you put it on, why you'll have what you want. This is a free country and a man has a right to wear what he pleases, and on that ac- count I haven’t any business to say any- thing except in the way of self-defense. From that point of view I will remark that I don’t want to spoil what little eyesight I have left by looking at you with that suit on; and I’m sure I don't want to be shocked by your profanity when you find out how you've been cheated. Gi' mea match and let's talk about something else.’’ On ‘the Saturday evening following, I rigged myself up in my new suit from Blum & Jobnston’s and sauntered over to the young man’s room. He was ex- amining a suit just taken from a box bearing the trade-mark of the firm on ee street. I noticed that ‘A cloud was resting on his brow, inoder on his heart,” but, tnmindful of these, I threw my- self into his easy chair and toyed with my cane until he was ready to exchange with me at least the civilities of the oc- casion. I waited a good while. There was a look on the young man’s face not sug- gestive of sociability and it seemed best to observe silence. Finally, with an expression which indicated an ac- quaintance with the language and the learning of the pulpit, he brought the coat and thrust it on my attention. **Just look at that!’’ I looked. (As this paper is inflammable,I think I will give the thought expressed rather than a verbatim report. ) The dealer had taken a shoddy coat from the ready-made counter, ripped up the collar until the garment had been trimming, and when you come to the| tried on, then sewed up the rip and, Ni. packing the suit in a fancy box, sent it to the customer. A sample brought home from the goods selected showed the cheat which had been practiced. The suit throughout was worthy of the description which naturally followed. The fit has been described in a preced- ing paragraph, and merited the torrid adjectives which the glance in the mir- ror called forth. The deepest indigna- tion found vent when the young man found, on the inside pocket of the coat, the label with the name of the manufac- turing establishment where the garments had been made! The suit was hustled unceremoniously into its box and taken back to the store on Curtis street. I went with him, On the way home we stopped at Blum & Johnston’s, where he left his order for a suit of serge that is fit to wear. And he is ready to give to those who need it this advice: Don't deal with a cheat. Buy good goods or go without. Patron- ize only those tailors who understand their business, and don't let a five dollar bill on the price of a suit of clothes be the means of making it hot for you hereafter. It doesn’t pay. A letter just received from the satis- fied young fellow closes with the happy, ‘“‘I am going to bring her home with me’’—a statement he never would have made if he had worn that $23 suit of serge! RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. ie How a Drummer Got Into ‘‘Zion’’. The transformation of the Hotel Im- perial, at Twelfth street and Michigan boulevard, Chicago, into a faith cure establishment conducted by Rev. John Alexander Dowie has been the cause of a number of ludicrous incidents, in which the attaches of Zion,’’ as the place is now called, and old-time guests of the whilom Imperial figure conspicu- ously. Hardly a day passes that some traveling man or otber non-resident does not wander into the hotel from the Twelfth street station, close at hand, and the astonishment depicted upon the countenances of these former guests ot the house would be ludicrous if the employes and other ‘‘Zionites’’ were not so very much in earnest. A few days ago a drummer for an Eastern house arrived in_ town, and, donning a bicycle suit, enjoyed a spin on a rented wheel over the boulevards. During the afternoon he remembered an old friend whom he knew to bea guest at the Imperial, and decided to pay his respects in person and discuss old times over a convenient table in the buffet. The traveling man alighted at the front entrance of the building and rolled his wheel into the lobby. ‘Here, boy,’’ he called to a youth on the bench usually occupied by bell boys, ‘‘just check this wheel.’’ The young man cast an astonished look upon the stranger, but before he replied, the clerk at the desk hastily in- terrupted. a think you have madea mistake, sir,’’ he said, suavely. “A mistake? Well, I guess not. I want to see my old friend Claxton. He’s lived here for a year or more, to my knowledge. Isn’t he here, now?’’ ‘*Mr. Claxton is not in this house,’’ replied the clerk, firmly, but politely. ‘‘You have made a mistake; pray _per- mit me to explain.’’ ‘‘Explain nothing, retorted the now irate drummer. ‘‘I know what I’m talking about. I’ve stopped here with Claxton myself. I’m notcrazy. Per- haps you'll tell me this isn’t the Hotel Imperial i “That's just exactly what I’m_ going to tell you,’ was the reply. ‘‘This is Zion.’ The astonished drummer gazed with wide-open eyes at the clerk and _ hastily glanced over the familiar furniture of the office and lobby. He drew a long breath, and then, with an emphasis that rattled the hymn books in the adjoining chapel—formerly the hotel bar—blurted out, “ The hell it is!" Five seconds later a bicyclist might have been seen scorching down the boulevard for the Auditorium, and those close enough at hand could have heard him murmur to himself, ‘‘Great Scott! I’ve got to quit drinking. I ll go to bed and sleep this off.’ — a Can’t Sell Prize Goods in . Buffalo. The police in Buffalo, N. Y., have ordered the grocers there to stop selling all coffee with which prizes are given, under penalty of arrest. —__> 2. Employ fit help, and make no room for a lazy clerk or shopworn goods. When in want of a new roof or repairs you can save money by employing skilled mechanics in this line. Michigan regularly, We have representatives covering the State of »nd if you have a defective roof, drop us a ecard and we will call on you, examine your roof and give you an estimate of the cost of necessary repairs or putting on new roof. our work and our guarantee is good. Remember that we guarantee all DON’T GET WEF H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, PRACTICAL ROOFERS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ESTABLISHED 1868. 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-006 BELLE QUALITY OUR MOTTO ISLE PICNIC THE FINEST OF ALL SUMMER DELICACIES FOR PICNIC PARTIES, OUTING PARTIES, FAMILY USE. Sea ee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, Jas. F. HAMMELL, Lansing; Secretary, D. C. Siagut, Flint; Treasurer, Cuas. McNotry, Jackson. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, S. H. Harr, Detroit: Secretary and Treasurer, D. Morris, Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. Chancellor, H. U. Marks, Detroit; Secretary, Epwin Hupson, Flint; Treasurer, Gro. A. REY- NOLDs, Saginaw. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President, A. F. PEAKE, Jackson: Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids. Board of Directors—F, M. Tyner, OH. 8. Pare- CHILD,Jas. N. BRADFORD, J. HENRY DAWLEY,GEO. J. HEINZELMAN, CuHas, S. RoBINsoN. Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. President, W. C. Brown, Marquette; Secretary and Treasurer, A. F. WLxson, Marquette. Gripsack Brigade. Do not live as if the world were made altogether for you and you not for the world. Happiness may come to some people, but it is best to prepare yourself to do without it. H. O. Watkins has closed out his harness stock at Riverdale and gone on the road for Armstrong .& Graham, of Detroit. W. F. Wurzburg and E. C. Emmer have started out with the tall line of the Wurzburg Jewelry Co. In addition to the jewelry line, the boys will carry the silverware line of Jennings Bros., of Bridgeport, Conn. If you haven’t good common sense, all the learning in the world will do you no good. It will only give you more op- portunities of making a long-eared ass of yourself. The man who has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but is only the art of using it. The annual picnic of the Grand Rap- ids traveling men will be held on Sat- urday, Aug. 14—probably at Reed’s Lake, in case Alger Park can be se- cured for the use of the boys who insist that a matched game of base ball is necessarily a component part of a drum- mers’ picnic. Frank H. Manchester, who was held up, sandbagged and robbed on the night of June 29, is still confined to the house at his home in Battle Creek from the effect of his injuries, which con- sisted mainly of a broken foot and ankle. He is improving as fast as could be ex- pected and hopes to be out by Sept. 1. The traveling men talk ugly over the provision injected into the new inter- changeable mileage book compelling the holder to exchange the proper num- ber of mileage strips in the book for a ticket covering the distance proposed to be traveled. It was expected that the book would be ready for delivery Aug. 1, but it is now announced that the date of issue has been set at Aug. 15. Un- less the railroads recede from their po- sition and withdraw the obnoxious fea- ture above referred to, the boys—instead of using their influence to prevent un- favorable legislation—assert that they will prevail upon Gov. Pingree to call a special session of the Legislature for the purpose of passing a law establish- ing a flat 2 cent rate on all the roads in the State. Considering the manner in which the boys have been cajoled by that prince of duplicity, President Led- yard, of the Michigan Central Rail- way, the Tradesman would not be sur- prised to see them go to the other ex- treme, as no one likes to be limflammed as E. P. Waldron has been by the gen- tleman above referred to. If we would ever have anything of benefit to us, we must earn it. This thing of hunting for ‘‘snaps’’ and get- ting something for nothing is played out. Kalamazoo Telegraph: The travel- ing men are preparing for a big minstrel show to be given at Nashville on Au- gust 6. C. D. Waldo, of this city, is down on the program as an Ocarina soloist and the champion club swinger of Michigan, and Edward Seventy-Six Rosenbaum is down as a culored come- dian. These twoattractions will douLi- less draw all the belles of Nashville to the entertainment. Fair woman has now invaded the field of the commercial traveler in sufficient number to attract the attention and ex- cite the comment of the press of the country. Some of the dear girls who have espoused the career of the travel- ing salesman are by no means _ beauties —some would scare a sawmill off a creek or kill weeds in a back yard —but most of them succeed in selling a suffi- cient quantity of goods to enable them to hold onto their jobs. The successful salesman in petticoats who takes up a man’s work must expect to be treated exactly as a man is treated. Any mer- chant who gives orders to a woman sim- ply because she is a woman, not be- cause he needs the goods, is doing him- self a violent injustice. He is exerci- sing his native gallantry toward the sex at the expense of common _ business sense and judgment. Women who enter the working sphere of man and ask any greater consideration on the score of their sex should be relegated back to the positions which they most adorn— that of sweetheart, wife and mother— from which they never should have emerged to try conclusions with the sterner sex on their own battleground. Traveling men will be interested in an important decision recently handed down by Justice Scripture, of the New York Supreme Court. James W. Cor- coran bought a mileage ticket from the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Co. for $20, which entitled him to travel 1,000 miles on the lines of that railroad. The company required him to sign a contract which declared that the book was good only for passage when presented to the conductor with a ticket received in exchange for coupons taken from the book. Mr. Corcoran arrived at a station where he wished to take a train, observed that the station agent was not in his office, but was out on the platform, and boarded the cars without having procured any passage ticket in exchange for his mileage cou- pons. The conductor refused to accept the coupons themselves and put Mr. Corcoran off the train. Ina suit to re- cover damages for the unlawful ejection the passenger was successful. An act of the Legislature passed in 1895 re- quires railroad companies operating lines more than Ioo miles long to issue mileage. books entitling the holder to travel 1,000 miles, for which the corpo- ration may charge not more than 2 cents a mile. Under this statute Mr. Corcoran had the right to travel upon presenting his mileage book, without any other ticket, unless he had made a valid con- tract with the railroad which compeiled him to procure such ticket. The court held that the agreement which he signed was not such a contract, because there was no consideration for it. That agreement declared that the book had been sold for a reduced fare, but such was not the fact. It was sold for the highest sum allowed by the act of 1895. Tribute to the Traveler. The commercial traveler is neither intrusive nor obtrusive; he knows what he knows, and knows it as well as any one knows it,and doesn’t care who knows it, but he is not forever and eternally thrusting his knows upon you. He comes to you with a mission and a duty to perform. He meets you with the cordial grasp of friendship, and ufon the completion of his work he leaves you in peace with his blessing. Sel- dom one becomes your instructor or pre- sumes tc dictate your business. If for one moment he shall presume to be either, he too soon finds his level. He comes with no great heraldings, and departs in the same dignified manner. He may think a whole lot, and know a whole lot, but he reserves both his knowledge and thoughts and _ thrusts them not upon you. The commercial traveler would as soon live in a country without a flag as a country without commercial interests. He is as solicitous of one as the other, and would fly to the rescue of either or both. No flag, no country. No com- mercial interests, no country. Coupled directly with the retailer’s interests are those of the commercial traveler. You may call him the commercial journal, looking forward to the retailer and backward to manufacturer and whole- saler. He is the happy medium stand- ing in the middle ground, looking both ways for the protection of trade and the building up of commercial industries. In boom times he may become care- less and somewhat indifferent. Under depression he becomes studious, thought- ful and energetic. The commercial trav- eler is, or ought to be, broad minded. He comes in contact with all peoples, meets with all dispositions, all temper. aments, To-day it is the plethoric, to- morrow the pessimistic, and he accom- modates himself to all the conditions, prosecuting his work in a manner born unto himself. To-day he greets his Wisconsin cus- tomers, to-morrow he shakes hands with the North Dakotan, the next day he sells a bill of goods in Montana, and a day later you find him out in the fast- nesses of the Rockies,a month later you find him hobnobbing in Texas, a little later basking in the sunshine of Florida, and later still you will find him down among the tar heels of old Georgia. He calls upon John Bull, Prince Bismarck. He sees the Russian bear. He con- sorts with the Mexican, and introduces our products to all the world. He is an up-to-date fellow, knows the latest news, you can advise with him, but he has no knowledge to thrust upon you, his inter- ests are yours, and vice versa. There is one thing I want to impress upon the mind of every retail dealer, and that is he cannot for one moment of time afford to turn any commercial traveler down without a hearing. You may know a whole lot, you may know it all, but you don’t know what the com- mercial traveler knows, and it may do you a whole lot of good to know just what he knows and is about to tell you. The things he wants to sell you and the prices he will make you may be just the goods and prices you are seeking for and don’t know it. In the tifteen or twenty minutes it takes to learn his full mission you may have acquired much valuable information, information which means money to you in the final reckon- ing. No one knows ‘‘everything that was, is and is to be’’ (not even myself), and it is mighty good business for the retailer to try and find time to listeh_ to the commercial traveler. The best and most successful business men I have known in the past twenty years are most particular in learning all they can from the commercial traveler and his goods. Let us get the whole fraternity of trades into the co-operative business and department stores and pic- ture trading houses will have no terrors for any class of business men, nor will they have a chance to rob the consumer through their system of business, selling a few staples at cost or less and getting three or four prices on something else to make it up. Good, honest, consistent merchandising robs no one and gives every one an equal chance. The New Griswold House Has NOT reduced its rates but has 100 of the Newest Rooms in Detroit at $2.00 per day. Meals Fifty cents. Rooms with bath and parlor $2.50 to $3. Most popular moderate priced hotel in Michigan. Postal & Morey, Detroit, Mick... Hotel Normandie of Detroit Re- duces Rates. Determined to continue catering to popular de- mand for good hotel accommodations at low prices, we reduce the rates on fifty rooms from $2.50 to $2 per day, and rooms with bath from $3.50 to $3. The popular rate of 50 cents per meal, established when the Normandie was first opened, continues. Change of rates will in no way affect the quality, and our constant aim in the future will be, as in the past, to furnish the BEST accommodations for the rates charged. Carr & Reeve. NEW CITY HOTEL HOLLAND, MICH. We pledge the Commercial Travelers of Michigan our best efforts. Rates $2.00. E. O. PHILLIPS, Mgr. GOLUMBIAN TRANSFER COMPANY CARRIAGES, BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT WAGONS 15 and 17 North Waterloo St., Telephone 381-1 Grand Rapids. Commercial House Iron Mountain, Mich. Lighted by Electricity, Heated by Steam. All modern conveniences. $2perday. | IRA A. BEAN, Prop. NEW REPUBLIC Reopened Nov. a5. FINEST HOTEL IN BAY CITY. Steam heat, Electric Bells and Lighting throughout. Rates, $1.50 to $2.00. Cor. Saginaw and Fourth Sts. GEO. H. SCHINDHETT, Prop. ron... Young men and women acquire the greatest inde- pendence and wealth by securing a course in either the Business, Shorthand, English or Mechanical Draw- ing departments of the Detroit Business University, 11-19 Wilcox St., Detroit. W.F. Jewell, P. R. Spencer. HOTEL NEFF FRANK NEFF, Propr. GRAND LEDGE, MICH. One block east of depot. HOTEL WHITCOMB ST. JOSEPH, MICH. A. VINCENT, Prop. Whitne Ouse Chas. E. Whitney, Prop. y Plainwell, Mich. Best house in town and as good as any in the State for $1.00 per day. Sanitary conditions are complete. Long distance telephone. Rates, $1.0b. Cutler House at Grand Haven. Steam Heat. Excellent Table. Com- fortable Rooms. H. D. and RF. H. IRISH, Props. Northern Hotel, J. L. Kitzmiller, Prop. Cor. Grove and Lafayette Sts., Greenville, Mich. Ig MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Term expires S. E. PARKILL, OWoOssO~= - - Dec. 31, 1897 F. W. R. Perry, Detroit - - Dec. 31, 1898 A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dee. 31, 1899 Gro. GuNDRUm, Ionia - - Dee. 31, 1900 L. E. REYNOLDS, St. Joseph - - Dec. 31, 1901 President, F. W. R. Perry, Detroit. Secretary, Gro. GuNpDRUM, Ionia. Treasurer, A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor. Coming Examination Deiitdietin Hace Ste. Marie, Aug. 24 and 25; Lansing, Nov. 2 and 3. MICHIGAN STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. President, G. C. Painirs, Armada. Secretary, B. ScHROUDER, Grand Rapids. freasurer, CHas. Mann, Detroit. nxecutive Committee—A. H. Wepper, Cadillac; H. G. Cotman, Kalamazoo; Gro. J. WaBpD, St. Cram: A. BE. Sesveus, Petroit: FF. W: BR. Perry, Detroit” Our Medicinal Herbs and Plants. Forty years ago a New England kitchen garden was not considered com- plete without-a collection of medicinal herbs for home use, such as Sage, saffron, chamomile, wormwood and bur- dock, and all the early almanacs con- tained infurmation about gathering, drying and preparing these plants for internal and external application. It is so rare to find a garden to-day contain- ing any of these useful plants that the question is often asked if people no longer employ them for medicinal pur- poses, and if the substitution of chemi- cals and minerals has not. entirely killed the trade in herbs. No statistics are published by the wholesale druggists to show just how many tons of common medicinal plants are consumed in this country every year; but the best informed dealers agree that twice as many are used to- day as in earlier times. The only differ- ence is that the good housewife now goes to the drug store for her supply of herbs instead of raising them herself, and great numbers of herb gatherers and professional growers make a business of supplying the wholesale botanical drug- gists with the various plants. The trade in these medicinal herbs is enormous, and every wholesale botanical druggist must carry between one thousand and one thousand five hundred different plants in stock. The minerals used by the druggists are few compared with the herbs and plants, such as_ potash, arse- nic, alum, sulphur, salt, iron and lime, in their various forms. These are com- pounded in various ways with the me- icinal plants, and constitute the bulk of the medicines dispensed to the pub- lic. . The manufacturers of patent medi- cines use great quantiites of plants, but,as they generally confine themselves to the cheap ones, their supplies are made up chiefly of twenty or thirty of the common roots and barks. Some of the large concerns use twenty to thirty tons of these roots and barks a year, and many smaller ones use half that quan- tity. Germany, France and Italy send con- siderable quantities of medicinal plants to this country, but the American growths are considered best, and the leading druggists prefer to handle them alone. The imported horehound, cen taury, coltsfoct, daisy flowers, and the roots of burdock and angelica sell at from three to ten cents a pound cheaper than the American products, and patent medicine manufacturers who have to go into the market to purchase their sup- plies generally take the imported be- cause of the difference in price. The American growths are generally strong- er, and cured under better conditions, and are well worth the extra price de- asanded, European countries also send us aconite, belladonna, conium, fever- few, foxglove, henbane, marigold flow- | |ers, stramonium, sage, wormwood and |the balms, but owing to duties on these, the prices are more equalized. On the other hand, we export consid- erable quantities of certain medicinal plants to London and other European ports, such as lobelia and hemlock bark, and the extracted medicinal prin- ciples of many others. By exporting the alkaloids the bulk is reduced and transportation ratesarecut intwo. The most prominent of these shipped to Europe are podophyllin, leptandrin, sanguinaria, sinecin and euonymin. Most of the medicinal herbs grow wild in this country, and they are gath- ered from the woods and fields by _ pro- fessional herb pickers; but a few are regularly cultivated on farms and _ gar- dens. Most of the peppermint for dis- tilling oil is grown in New York and fichigan. Sage is raised extensively on. farms in Massachusetts, New York Michigan. Nevertheless, we im- port over roo tons of sage every year, and after paying three cents a pound duty it is sold at $80 and $85 per ton. The American sage brings as high as $140 per ton, and yet no more than twenty tons are raised here. Owing to the demand for it here and the inade- quacy of the home supply, French and German growers have in late years been sending usa pure and superior article that brings even-more than the Ameri- can product. The cheap imported sage comes chiefly from Italy. The mountains of North Carolina and Tennnessee yield great quantities of medicinal herbs for the trade. Most of them grow wild there, and the pickers make a living in gathering the plants for the market at the proper season. Probably twenty tons of boneset, penny- royal and thornapple leaves come from these Southern mountain districts every year, and forty to fifty tons of man- drake, Culver’s root, golden seal, gar- get root, blood root and black cohosh. Most of the medicinal herbs that grow wild in New England are considered superior to those raised anywhere else. Almost without exception the ~ herbs raised in New England bring $20 to $40 per ton more than those gathered in the Southern or Western States. and Until quite recently the chief supply of saffron came from Vermont, buta severe drought there killed so many of the plants that the price advanced from fifty cents a pound to $6 and $8 per pound. This induced the growers in the West aud in Mexico to enter into the cultivation of saffron, and the price dropped at times as low as twenty and fourteen cents a pound. But three times since 1846 the price has run up to $5 per pound. The common garden wormwood thrives in many old, neglected gardens, and the trade demands considerable quantities of it, but very few make a busmess of growing it. A good deal of this is distilled for the oil, and is often sold in barrooms under the name of absinthe. Sixty years ago farmers raised most of it in New York and Vermont, but other farm crops crowded out the plant,and the supply comes chiefly from the wild growths in various parts of the country. France and Germany both send wormwood here, which sells about the same as the best American, although some of the imported wormwood is cheaper. Probably five times as much worniwood is imported as our farmers at home raise, The Pacific Coast sends a great many medicinal herbs to the large markets, and patent medicine men who buy their barks and roots generally go direct to the mountains of Tennessee or to the Pacific Coast and make annual contracts for the delivery of a certain number of tons. California produces ten or twelve tons of horehound annually, and this, with the amount raised at Cape Cod, enters into competition with the hore- hound imported from Mexico and Ger- many. The medicinal herbs that are in great demand to-day, and which are used twenty times as much as they were in earlier days, make a pretty formidable list. Chief among the roots that have increased in popularity are Culver’s root, mandrake, blood root, yellow dock, dandelion, burdock, angelica, bayberry, bitter root or dogbane, blue flag, ele- campane, golden seal, garget or pigeon berry, lady’sslipper, pleurisy root, sen- ega or snake root, spikenard, sarsapa- rilla, unicorn root and jessamine root. The barks of the following trees, shrubs and plants have also become of great value to the medical world, and they have steadily increased in popular favor with druggists and physicians: Prickly ash, barberry, black haws, buckthorn, cascarilla, cherry, cohosh or blacksnake root, cotton root, cramp bark and slip- pery elm. Of the herbs the chief ones are: Arnica, belladonna, boneset, cat- mint, clover blossoms, elder blossoms, fireweed, gold thread, gravel plant or trailing arbutus or Mayflower, henbane or nightshade, horehound, sage, liver- wort, squaw vine or partridge herry, pennyroyal, skull cap, balmony, thorn- apple leaves, thyme, water pepper or smart weed, and wintergreen. Most of these plants grow wild, and there is little systematic effort to culti- vate them, but here and there gardeners attempt to cultivate them in gardens and fields with fair success. Besides these mentioned, there are others that always sell well whether gathered in their wild state or cultivated in the garden. Among these, mention should be made of wormwood, motherwoyt, lemon and sweet balm, burdock root, comfrey root, yellow dock, hyssop §gar- den lettuce, marshmallow root, and the leaves of parsley, poppy, stramonium or thornapple, Jamestown weed and stink weed, valerian, peppermint, spearmint, summer savory and rue. There are many other herbs and plants which every large wholesale deal- er must keep in stock, but which have not increased much in demand. They are only occasionally called for, and the demand is so limited that the wild plants supply the market easily. These are agrimony, angostura, sweet balsam, betony, borage, buck bean, bugle herb, bitter clover, cocash, dittany, haircap moss, lungwort, masterwort, milkweed, mugwort, yellow parilla, sometimes called Texas sarsaparilla, resin weed, scabish, vervain and yarrow. Of late years ginseng has grown into favor in this country, and the herb gath- erers of Tennessee, North Carolina and West Virginia make considerable in gathering it. Ginseng is shipped to China in large quantities, where it is generally accepted as possessing mar- velous curative virtues. The trade in it is steady and will continue as long as the Chinese believe in its medicinal virtues. All through the Appalachian region ginseng abounds, and some is found in New Jersey, but the roots are being gathered so freely that the supply will in time run short. Attempts to cul- tivate ginseng in the South have so far failed, but with the right conditions there is no reason why it should not flourish in gardens or fields. There is probably a quarter of a million pounds of this root exported, and it is sold all the way from fifty cents to several dol- lars per pound, according to its quality. In China the best ginseng comes from Manchuria, known as the ‘‘imperial,’’ and is sold only to the wealthy, who fre- quently pay fabulous prices for it. The second grade is collected in Corea, while the ginseng used by the common and poorer classes is gathered in the United States. In China this latter sells from $2 to $5 a pound, while the ‘‘im- perial’’ may bring $40, $50 and $100 a pound. The Chinese call ginseng *‘jen shan,’’ and believe that only the most perfect grows in the Garden of the Gods, and that all else is merely an im- itation. This superstition costs the Chinese many thousands of dollars, for while the root has some medicinal value, it possesses no specially marvel- ous virtue. Gro. E. WALSH. —__—_» 0-2. The Drug Market. Changes under the new tariff have not taken place to any extent in the drug market as yet. It has caused a firmer feeling in all lines where duties have been increased, but there are only a few changes in prices. Business in the drug line has improved very materially and may be said to be good. Acids—Salicylic, pyrogallic and gallic have all advanced about roc per Ib. Chloral Hydrate—Has advanced 4oc per lb. Borax—Has advanced about tc per lb. ‘Opium—This article is as yet un- changed and prices are steady. Morphine—An advance on this article was expected by the manufacturers on the 31st, but it did not take place. Quinine—N. Y. and foreign brands have been advanced 2c per oz. P. & W. have as yet made no change in their quotations. Castile Soap—On account of increased duty, both white and mottled have ad- vanced and will be higher. Saccharine—This article has been re- duced in price by the importers about $8 per Ib. Linseed Oil—Has advanced under the firm market for seed. Filter Paper—French gray has been advanced about 25 per cent., under the new tariff. Regular size No. 33 is now 44c per pkg. PATENT MEDICINES Order your patent medicines from PECK BROS., Grand Rapids. MASTER” YUMA” The best 5 cent cigars ever made. Sold by BEST & RUSSELL CoO., Cuicaco. Represented in Michigan by J. A. GONZALEZ, Grand Rapids. Oo” *80eee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT. Advanced—Salicylic Acid, German Quinine. Declined— Acidum a MAG... .. 35Q co s a Ce... @ 50 Aceiicagg 8 6@8 8B oe a 10 1 20| Tolan @ 50 Benzoicum, German 7 @5 | CONCH... 90@ 1 00! Prunus virg.. @ 450 Borden. @ 15} Exechthitos 1 00@ 1 Tinctures Carbolicum......... 29@ 41/| Erigeron.... 1 00@ 1 Aconitum Napellis R 60 Carton a 4.@ 42} Gaultheria 1 50@ 1 60/ Aconitum Napellis F 50 Hydrochlor ......... 3@ 5) Geranium, ounce... @ 5! Aloes............. 60 Nitrocum. .......... 8@ 10| Gossippii, Sem. gal. - 50@ 60] Aloes and Myrrh... 60 Oxalicum........... 12@ 14| Hedeoma..... = POND 110) Wrniea 0) 50 Phosphorium, dil... @ 15|Jumipera....... .... 150@ 2 Assafotidg || 50 Salicylicum. ........ 65 | Lavendula.......... H@ 2 Atrope Belladonna. 60 Sulphuricum. ...... %@ 5| Limonis............. 1 20@ 1 40) Auranti Cortex..... 50 Tannicuim (6... 0). 5. 1 25@ 1 40| Mentha Piper....... 1 60@ 2 20| Benzoin............. 60 Tartaricum 36@ 38|-Mentha Verid....... 2 10@ 2 2 Benzoin Co i 50 he te Morrhue, gal....... 1 00@ 1 10} Baros ee = Ammonia ene A One 8 50 Myre 4 00@ 45 Cantharides 5 Aqua, 16 deg... 4@ 6) Olive... - @3 Capsicum ... 50 Agua, 20 deg........ 6@ 8] Picis Liquida. . 10@ Cardamon "5 Carbonge. ..-........ 12@ 14] Picis Liquida, gal... @ Cardamon Co % Chicridum.......... om tS | icing $9@ 1 Castor. . ne 00 Aniline on: Se . con 2 Cateehn 50 ra Se, ee ae e . Y Black... . . ........ 2008 2 25| Succini 0777 40 Cinema = Br Town jo = Sabina oot Columba... an 50 Re teas een SeMOME San bebe ee 50 Yellow. ...-....... ee Sassafras............ 50@ Onesie Acutifol. || 50 Baccez. Sinapis, ess., ounce. @ Cassia a Acutifol Co i 50 Cubeee.... ick Se 1 Se eo ae Digitalis . : 50 Soares. [eo Sawa oe a Reeoo 50 amen ylum..... 5@ 30} Thyme, opt......... @1 Ferri Chloridum 25 : 1 Theobromas |||), 16@ ei 50 iM Balsamum 5 5D Potassium Gentian Co........ 80 —. 5 @2 40] BiCarb... 5 1g] Glace 30 Terabin, Canada... 40@ 45 Bichromate coe eee a Hyoscyamus Tolutan... .......... HQ 80 sey L2@ lodine Cortex Chlorate... ‘PO. 17@19e 16@ lodine, Colorless Abies, Canadian.... 18 | Cyanide. . BA ; aa ol Cones | 12 | Iodide... 2 60@ Me - eee ee eens Cinchona Flava..... 18 | Potassa, Bitart. pure 26@ Was Gaus ts «sews Euonymus atropurp 30 — — Bitart, com @ Oi. ee tao Myrica Cerifera, po. 20 otass Nitras, opt.. 8@ Pokus ti 12 | Potass Nitras. % Oni: camy horated.. Quillaia, grd....... | Prussiate¢))) 0.0.) So aaa orize Sassafras... .. po. 18 12} Sulphate po .. ..... 1@ se ga ne Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 15 Radix Ree Extractum Aconitvm Lt ee Sanguinaria . Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 4@ 25/ Althe..............) | 2@ Serpentaria ......... Glyeyrrhiza, po. veg (30) Anchusa... 00:1) | tog Stromonium .. Hematox, 15 ib box i | Aram po............. @ Tolutan tteeee Hematox. Is cae OO EE Chlamiag 20 WAlGria Hematox,%s....... 4@ 15|Gentiana.....-po. 15 12¢ Veratrum Veride Hematox, 4s.... 16@ 17| Glyehrrhiza.. -pv.15 16@ Zingiber.. 2... ies, Hydrastis Canaden . @ Miscellaneous ~ | Hydrastis Can., po.. @ Kther, Spts. Nit. 3F Carbonate Precip.. 15 | Hellebore, Alba, po.. 6@ ther, Spts. Nit.4F Citrate and Quinia.. ee Inula. pO. 15@ Alumen..... Citrate Soluble.... oO Ipecac, 6 2 00@ 2 ‘Alumen ,gro'd. Sat Ferrocyanidum Sol. 40 | Tris plox.... poses 35@ Anas. Solut. Chloride. ... 15 Jalapa, pr.. 5Q Antimoni, pou 4@ Sulphate, com’l..... o| Maranta, te 0. Antimoni et PotassT 0@ Sulphate. com'l, by v Podophylium, po.. R@ An py Ni @ bbl, per cwt....... 50 75@ 1 Antifebrin . ... @ Sulphate, pure .... ‘ Soc. 1 Argenti Nitras, oz. @ Flora Rhet spy oe i BO 1 Arsenicum. ee 10@ an Si SREB 3@ : alm Gilead Bud... 38@ gs ioe = Sanguinaria...po. 40 2 Bismuth S.N. ..... 140@ Matricsita 30@ 35 Serpentaria cS 30@, Calcium Chlor., 1s. @ sc sc . Seneca: 35@ Caleium Chlor., %s. @ Folia Similax, oflicinalis Hg Calcium Chlor., 4s. @ Barosma 15@ 20] Smilax, M..... @ Cantharides, Rus. po @ Cassia Acutifol, Tin- Seiie ‘0.35 10@ Capsici Fructus, af. @ nevelly.... 18Q@ 25 | Symplocarpus, Feeti- Capsici Fructus, po. @ Cassia Acutifol, 'Alx. 2 30 aus, po... @ Capsici FructusB, po @ Salvia officinalis, al Valeriana, Eng. ‘po. 30 @ Caryophyllus..po. 15 10@ and \%s.. : 12@ 20) Valeriana, German. 15@ Carmine, No. 40. . @3 Ura Ursi 8@ 10] Zingibera........... 12@ Cera Alba, S. & F’_ 50@ Guames Aingiber j. 0. . 25 Cera Flava........_ 40@ Acacia, tst picked.. @ 6 Semen nn Fis tus. g Acacia, 2d picked.. @ | Antsum....... po. 15 @ jaa é Acacia, 3d picked @ 35| Apium — B@ ashe ae 2 Acacia, sifted sorts @~ 28} Bird, Is. 4@ aaa em Acacia, po 7 Ge dO Carat) po. ‘18 10@ Chloroform, squibba - Aloe, Barb. po.1S@20 12@ 14| Cardamon....)...., 1 25@ Chloral Hyd Crst 50@ 1 6 Aloe, Cape .... po. 15 @ 12) Coriandrum ._. ._. &@ Chondrus . @ . : Aloe, Socotri..po. 40 @ 30} Cannabis Sativa.... 3%@ Cinchonidine,P.& W 20@ Ammoniac.......... 55@ 60} Cydonium.........., a, Cinchonidine, Germ 15@ Assafoetida....po.30 2%@ 28] Chenopodium ...... 10@ Cocaine 3 05@ 3 Benzoinum ......... 50@ 55} Dipterix Odorate... 2 00@ 2 : Corks list, dis. pr. ok : Casecny, ta... @ 13} Feniculum.. -.. |. @ Creosotum @ Catechu, 4s... @ 14] Foenugreek,po...... 7@ Creta aan _. bbl. @ Catechnu, ¥s......... @ (ie 24@ Creta, prep... a @ Camphore... .... 48@ 55} Lini, grd....bbl.2% 3%@ Greta, precip...) o9@ Euphorbium..po. 35 @ | Lonelia.-.. 35@ Creta. Rubra |” @ Galvani. ..-. 22)... @ 1 00| Pharlaris Canarian. 3%@ Crees 23@ Gamboge po........ G@ WW) Hapa... -- 4%@ Cudbear @ Guaiacum..... po. 35 @ _ 35| Sinapis Albu........ 1@ Cup Sulph.. | 5@ “Kino....... po. 8.00 @3 00 | Sinapis Nigra....... 11@ cee 10@ . ante ee oe @ . Spiritus Ether Sulph...... || 5 OR te te so@ 2 Go | Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ Emery, all numbers @ oo $3. sien. 00 = = Frumenti, D. F.R.. 2 Ps 7 po.. fig 5 ae Shellac, bleached... 40@ 45 eee oni T)! 1 65@ 2 Flake W ive 12@ Tragucaath ......... 50€ 80 Juniperis Go 1 Tha 3 59 | Galla. @ Herba Saacharum N. E.... 1 90@ 2 Gambier. 22200222. &@ Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. Vini Galli...... 1 7@ 6: or atin, Cooper. . _@ Eupatorium .oz. pkg 20 | Vini Oporto... 2.17 1 25@ 2 a atin, French. .... 35@ Lobelia......0z. pkg oS Vir Alba. 4 25@ 2 ee flint, _ 60, 1 xc 9 4ess than box.. Majorum ...oz. pkg 28 Sponges 2 Mentha Pip..oz. pkg oe : g Ging: brown... | 9@ Mea Vin. 07. pkg 25 Florida sheeps wool =. bs ; Whee: ye re z. pkg 39 Garage... 3)... 2 0@ RIVCGTINA oo. 5. @ r 99 | Nassau sheeps wool Grana Paradisi ..., @ TanacetumV mea pkg 22 ; | te Thymus, V..0z. pkg 5 carriage. @ } Humulus.. 25@ : : ™” | Velvet extra sheeps’ Hydraag Chior Mite @ Magnesia. wool, carriage. .... @ Hydraag Chlor Cor. @ Calcined, Pat..:.. 55@ 60) Extra yellow sheeps’ Hydraag Ox Rub’m. @ ( ‘arbonate, Pat... 2am. «3S wool. carriage. . @ )| Hydraag Ammoniati @ 1 Carbonate, K. & M. 20@ 25} Grass sheeps’ wool, Hydra: ugUnguentum 45@ Carbonate, Jennings 3@ 36 carriage. @ Hydrargyrum....... @ Hard, for slate use. @ Ichthyobolla, Am.. 65@ Oleum Yellow Reef, for die 75@ 1 Absinthium ........ 50 plate use. 0.2. @ Iodine, Resubi...... 60@ 3 Amygdale, Dule.. ‘= 50 lodoform eee. @ 4° Amvezdale, Amare . 8 00@ 8 25 Syrups DUPE @ 2 2 Bie 2 30@ 2 40 | Acacia . eee @ 50| Lycopodium.....2.. ee Auranti Cortex..... 00@ 2 20 Auranti Cortes. esis Qo | Macs =... 65 Berea oe. 2 he 2 50! Zingiber.. eae @ 50| Liquor Arse= et By- Osu ee, TQ Ipecac eee @ @. drargiod.......... @ Ceryopayilt ....... 2: Suge. 6) Perrtiod. 2... 0... @ 50 LiquorPatassA rainit 10@ Cedar i. 1.4. 86 | hE Rel Aram... .... @ 50{ Magnesia, Sulph.. 2@ Chenopadii. See eas @ 4 00 | Smilax — Oe 60 Magnesia, — bbl @ Cinnamonit. .... .... 75@ 1 90 —- = @ 50} Mannia,S. F.. 50@ Ntronella. 40Q ss 45 | Seillm,. Qa Menthol aS aed @2 Morphia, S.P.& W... 1 %@ 2 20 enOee et . @ 18] Linseed, pure raw.. 30 Morphia, S.N.Y.Q.& Sau ¥ Ope... .. @ 30! Linseed, boiled..... 32 C Ca. 2 1 8@ 2 10/ Snu a _Maccaboy, De Neatsfoot,winterstr 65 Moschus Canton.. Se 2 Wee. @ 34| Spirits Turpentine... 30 Myristica, No.1... . . 65@ snout Sento, DeVo’s @ 34 Nux Vomica.. - po.20 @ 10! Soda Boras eects . © 9 Paints Oe Sepia... 15@ 18| Soda Boras, po...... “@ ¢ a — ge a3 Saac, H. & P. | Soda et Potass Tart. 26@ 28] Red Venetian... ... 1% 2 ee t+ ee cee: 1 @/ Soda, Carb.......... 14@ 2 Ochre, yellow Mars. Picis Liq. N.N.% gal. Soda, Bi-Carb.... 2. 3@ 51! Ochre yellow Ber.. dae @ 2 00| Soda, Ash........... 34@ 4] Putty, commercial... Picis Liq., quarts.... @ 1 00! Soda, Sulphas....... ( 2 | Putty, strictly pure. 2% 2%@3 Picis Liq., pints..... @ 85 | Spts. Cologne........ @ 2 80| Vermilion, Prime Pil Hydrarg...po. 80 @ 50} Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55! American 13@ Piper Nigra...po. 22 @ 8 | Spt’ Myrcia Dom.. @ ° 00! Vermilion, English. 7 iper Alba....po. 35 @ 30! Spts. Vini Rect. bbi. @ 2 42) Green. Paris 13%@ Piix Burgun........ @ 7| Spts. Vini Rect.4bbl @ 2 47| Green, Peninsular. 13@ Plumbi Acet........ 10@ 12/ Spts. Vini Rect. togal @ 2 50| read, Red 3%@ Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 10@ 1 20/| Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ 252] Lead. white... 5%@ Pyrethrum, boxes H. | Less 5e gal. cash 10 day Whiting, white Span @ D. Co., doz... @ 1 25 | Strychnia, Crystal... 1 100 1 45 Whiting, gilders’. @ Pyrethrum, ec 30@ 33) Sulphur, Subi....... 24@ | 3! white, Paris Amer. @ Gans 8@ 10} Sulphur, Roll.... . 2@ 2% | Whiting, Paris Eng. uinia’ = = cow: 26@ 31 | Terebenth Ve eee ee. a 0) one . e uinia yerman. 22 31 | Terebenth Venice.. 2 O0l Viniwoens) Pudnacca Pa neg ae 26@ 31)| Theobrome.. . : ae 45 Universal Prepared. 1 00@ ubia Tinctorum. Pe «14 Vania... 9 00@16 09 SaccharumLtetls pV 18@ 20! Zinci Sauipe... "Oe 8 Varnishes eee 7? * | J ‘oar ao Draconis. . 40@ 50 | Oils a i Oe 1 Sa. = Bo es | BBL. @AL. | Coach Body......... 2 H@ 3 Sapo, = 2 a | bog winter....... 70 70 No. 1 Torp Farn.. 1 00@ : ‘ ore, Chtra......... 4 45 xtra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ Siedlitz Mixture.... 20 @ 2 Laid, Not... 35 40| Jap. Dryer,No.i1Turp 7 Nazelting & Perkins = DP 60. olndry Department We invite examination of our remodeled and handsome sundry department now in ch: irge of Mr. J. H. Hagy. We display in sample show cases complete lines of the following goods. Perfumes Soaps Combs Mirrors Powder Puffs = Tooth, Nail, Hair, Cloth, Infant, Bath, and a Shaving Brushes ~ Fountain and Family Syringes 3 Tweezers Key Rings Cork Screws Razor Strops Violin, Guitar and Banjo Strings Atomizers Razors Suspensory Bandages Toilet and Bath Sponges And many other articles too numerous to mention. Goods are up to date and prices right. Hazelting & Perkins Drug 60. Grand Rapids, Mich. 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT. The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. possible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those below a erage prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. Subscribers are earnest Cash buyers or those of strong cre wy ha: ly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it 1s our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. It is im- re given as representing av- dit usually buy closer than AXLE GREASE. CLOTHES LINES. doz. gross | Cotton, 40 ft, per doz.......1 00 Aurora.............--55 6 00) Cotton, 50 ft, per dos....... 1 20 Castor Oil........--... 6 7 00 | Cotton, 60 ft, per doz....... 1 40 Diamond..............50 4 % | Cotton, 70 ft, per doz.......1 60 BTager’s -----.--------049 2 00 | Cotton, 80 ft, per doz .1 80 IXLGolden,tinboxes75 9 00/ Jute, Goft, per doz......... ae Mica, tin boxes........ 7% $900] Jote! 72 ft. per dor,. 95 Paragon... ....... _. Sp 6 00 ne cory. BAKING POWDER. ce : Absolute. Red 9 i i> Came ioe... -.-. 45 : © i) cane doe. ........._. 85 CATSUP 1 i cane doe............. 150 | Oolemaa, pee... 4 25 i Columbia, % pints..........2 50 ag Ib cand Sdoz............. 45 CLOTHES PINS. a wees -. a Geront boxes... .....-.... 5 40 [ monn i Gos....... x ae COCOA SHELLS. El Purity. Sip pees... 2% _ | Less quantity......-..... 3 bof = cans per ~~ seeteceee : + Pound packages......... 4 44 Ib cans per doz ........ a 1 WWeane per dot.......-. 2 00 CREASI TARTAR. Home. Strictly Pure, wooden boxes. 35 ib sa 95 Strictly Pure, tin boxes.....-. 37 14 lb cans 4 doz case...... 35 % 1b cans 4 doz case..... 5d COFFEE. Ib cans 2 doz case ..... 96 Groen. 7 : Rio. * C4 JA XON Pea : I et ee cee eee 18 44 lbcans,4dozcase...... 4) prime ....... 22... eee eee eee 19 % 1b cans, 4 doz case...... Piggies 200 1 ib cans, 3 doz case.....-. 1Oipheew 22 Jersey Cream. Santos. i Coes perdos. 2 19 9 oz. cans, rer doz.......... 1 25} @ooa ne Gen CAns, perdos.......... Miswen, >) Our Leader. Peaperey 220 eee 5 Mexican and Guatamala. oS came... | A a ee ee 21 1 Ib cans.. . Lee Gee ....--.-. a F So GA clk Goa eeis wale nee Peerless. riaraancel CU ean 85 Maracaibo. . i oS Celica elem aie al BATH BRICK. oo m4 eee a 70 J oe oe ava. a eter BLUING. Private Growih..............- 7 Mangcnanr....-... Mocha. | Imitation oo Ayebigm 2... Roasted. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brands Mitth Agenws..... . -.-..-. 28 Jewell’s Arabian Mocha....28 Wells’ Mocha and Java.....25% 1 doz. pasteboard Boxes... 40} Wells’ Perfection Java..... 25% 3 doz. wooden boxes....... 1 20} Semeaibo ........... -.-+.--. 2 | Valley City Maracaibo. 18% BROOMS. 'tgee Biend........2:...._..8 4 Re. 1 Carpet... .......- 1 90] Leader Blend....... .. -...12 _ : —— weeeee teeeee 75 | Worden Grocer Co.’s Brands Be. S Cates... -. ----- 50 | Quaker Arabian Mocha..... 31 No. 4 Carpet. ' 1 15 ou ker Mandehling Java. "30 Par oom... 2 00; a aha a Common Whisk....... 70 | Rok M Sa pra oe Fancy Whisk.. gg | Toko Mocha and Java......25 Ww ec » 95 | Quaker Golden Santos.... .21 ee oe | State House Blend.......... 19 CANDLES. | Quaker Golden Rio.........17% ee Package. — |... 3elow are given New York Parnfine....... ......-.-.....8 | prices on package coffees, to which the wholesale dealer CANNED GOODS. |adds the local freight from eens Sees ata oe 0 et oe oe Lakeside Marrowfat....... 1 00 eee hg for the amount of Lakeside E. J... .......... 130] ¢-cisht buyer pays from the ide, Cham. of Er eee ae ee ae Lakeside cman. of [ ug gs | market in which he purchases Lakeside, Gem, Ex. Sifted. 1 65 | t5 his shipping point, including i weight of package. In 60 Ib. CHEESE. | cases the list is 10¢ per 100 Ibs. Bee a 7% | above the price in full cases. BREBOT -------+ +++ + @ 8 |arbuckle.............. 1150 Byron......-......-. @ | Jersey......... .....----. 1150 FIBIE ---- oon + ane ones @ & | rMctaughlin’s XXXX.. 11 50 eee... os. La @ 9 Gold Medal...... i Extract. ee se @ 8% | Valiey City % gross oe %%} ol... @ 8 Weis %& groee........... 1 15 PUEWOO.. -....--.- @ 7 | Hummel’s foil 4 gross .. 85 Riverside.. @ %%| Hummei’s tin % gross 1 43 amg ciety ake cannes . :” Kneipp Malt Coffee. ae @ % |1lb. packages, 50 lb. cases 9 eee @ 18 | 11b. packages, 1001b. cases 9 Limburger.........._ @ 15 | CONDENSED MILK. Piseepee.......:..... 4 @ % i u Sap Seee........,... @ 18 4 doz in case. Gail Borden Eagle......... 6 7% CHOCOLATE. CN ce eae 6 25 . NN ae cco ae 5 75 Walter Baker & Co.'s. NINE ooo le 4 50 Magnolia va oe IB 5 5-6 oviven ssp ance 3 50 TUNE cue cbeccds su Saes deeeee 3 35 COUPON BOOKS. Tradesman Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 50 100 books, any denom. 2 50 500 books, any denom....11 50 1,000 books, any denom....20 00 Economic Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 100 books, any denom.... 500 books, any denom.... 1,000 books, any denom.... Sewer Ssss Universal Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 100 books, any denom.... 2 500 books, any denom... 1,000 books, any denom.... BF so S3sg Superior Grade. 50 books, any denom.... 1 100 books, any denom.... 2 500 books, any denom....11 1,000 books, any denom....20 Coupon Pass Books, Can be made to represent any 8Sss denomination from $10 down. Speees,...., 100 Pe eeens oc. 2 00 ie nooks... 3 00 Pe een cS € 2 ee 10 00 TGC OSES... 17 50 Credit Checks. 500, any one denom’n..... 3 00 1000, any one denom’n..... 5 00 2000, any one denom’n..... 8 00 Steel panch. .... 22... 6 DRIED FRUITS—DONMESTIC Apples. Beritied 2 -- O% Evaporated 50 1b boxes. @ 4 California Fruits. Aseicem.. cs 9 @10 Bisekberries........... Nectarines...... Le 6 @ Pestaes.........-.)- co WEES, fo cee ees 8 @ Pitted Cherries........ Pronpenos.........-.. 12 Maspuermses........... California Prunes. 100-120 25 lb boxes....... @ 3% 90-100 25 Ib boxes....... @4 80 - 90 25 Ib boxes....... @ 4% 70 - 80 25 lb boxes....... @ 5 60 - 70 25 lb boxes.. .... @ 50 - 60 25 Ib boxes....... 40 -50 25 lb boxes....... 30 - 40 25 1b boxes....... @ 4g cent less in 50 1b cases Raisins. London Layers 2 crown. Lendon Layers 3 Crown. London Layers 5 Crown. ll Loose Muscatels 2 Crown Loose Muscatels 3 Crown Loose Muscatels 4 Crown FOREIGN. Currants. Ee @ 5% Vostizzas 50 lb cases......@ 53 Cleaned bulk ...::.....03 6% Cleaned, packages........ @7 Peel. Citron American 101b bx @14 Lemon American 101b bx @12 Orange American 101b bx @12 Raisins. Ondura 28 ib boxes.....74%4@ 8 Sultana 1 Crown....... @ Sultana 2Crown....... @9 Sultana 3 Crown.......9%@ Sultana 4 Crown....... @ Sultana 5 Crown....... 120 4, ea Nr RTT ae FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina. EST Die a cts pn aero 3 Grits. Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s....... 2 00 Hominy. Bemenn 2 2 Flake, 50 1b. drums....... 1 00 Lima Beans. Dried 2 es Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 10 lb. box...... 60 Imported, 25 lb. box.. ... 2 50 Pearl Barley. Common.... .-.... pee cae 1% Chester .. 2 Empire .... 234 ao ee 80 Sot. perip......-...)... 214 olled Oats Rolled Avena, bbl.. 3 50 Monarch, bbl.........-. .3 25 Souders’. Oval bottle, with corkscrew. Best in the world for the money. Monarch, % bbl.......... 1 7% Vanilla. Private brands, bbl..... 00 = Private brands, %bbl..... 1 62 ofan... 1% Quaker, — — ocala 3 20 en... 350 a . German ...... 2... ea GLUE. Bast india......-.... 3% per doz. Wheat. Jackson Liquid, 1 oz....... 65 Cracked, balk: .-......- -. 3 | Jackson Liquid, 20z....... 98 242 1b packages........... 240 | Jackson Liquid, 3 0z....... 1 30 GUNPOWDER. ° Rifle—Dupont’s. Fish Resse eo 4 00 Half a 2 25 Cod. . merser Kegs................1 oe Georges cured......... @ 3% Es 30 an. Be ee. 18 Georges selected...... @5 Choke Bore—Dupont’s. Strips or bricks...... -o OS | Nees 4 25 Halibut. Pit MOPS 2 40 CME ac se 10 | Quarter Kegs... .. 2.22... 6.; 1 35 Strips...... eo Oi i1b Cameo 34 erring. ior ’ Holland white hoops keg. _ 60| xegr ste Duck—Dupont’s. —— white hoops bbl. 7 50) Half Kegs....00000000015114 5 Orwegian... ---.----..-- Quarter Kegs.......... ..... 2 25 coun 100 Ibs. .-.:.....:. 2 50 - sa... 1 30 nO CGMS. oe ol Rented. oo 13 LICORICE. “ 00 ee 11.50 Oe 380 ess 1 Bos ues Ot See Mess 40 1bs........0000--- a Mees. 10 Ibs... 2.5.25. .. £30 eee 10 Mrces 8 ite... CO ee ee ee MASON FRUIT JARS. Pints, 1 doz. box, per gross 4 %5 a. 1 d’z. box, per gr’ss 5 00 Half gal. 1 d’z. b’x, p’rgr’ss 7 00 Fruit Jar Rubbers, p’rgr’ss 25 M — a Se —_ 2 2 ass Cover Fruit Jars. Sardines. “The Best” Fruit Keeper. Russian kegs... .........-. 55 Pints, 1 doz. box, per gross 5 50 No. 1, 1001b, bales......... parse, t d's. DOX, per exon 6 No. 2) 100 1b. bales......... alr gel. tae bx, prerss 7 1 ss MINCE MEAT. oe a Ideal, 3 doz. in case......... 2 25 a ; 7 ou ee cs coos oe = MATCHES. No. Me Diamond Match Co.’s brands. eg gee | OE 1 65 * " 2! Anchor Parlor.............. 170 a cosets 7 o ca 0.2 Home 110 ates ‘ oe ROOM ec ce, 10 Ibs dca 73 65 38 MRpOr PATON. ... 2... 3 4 00 Sie... a. 5 MOLASSES. FLAVORING EXTRACTS. New Orleans. : Ton cr cas ov asso ll eee ee ee 14 SSN TED See ae nia etero ac 20 enews 24 Open Mettie........5.. 352 25@35 alf-barrels 2c extra. PIPES. ae ee. i 1 70 Clay, T. D. full count...... 65 Cnn Me 6.20 1 POTASH. 48 caus in case. DAUIMSGR.. s 4 00 Penna Salt Co.’s......... 3 00 i PICKLES. : 40 Medium. 6 3 oo | Barrels, 1,200 count........ 3% No. 8 400 No. 8...2 40 Half bbls, 600 count........ 2 40 = wee = Le pe = Small. No. 2T. 0. : Barrels, 2,400 count........ 475 No. 3 'T.2 00 No. 37.1 35| Half bbls, 1,200 count...... 2 90 No 47.2 40 No. 4T.1 59 RICE HERBS. 8 oe Domestic. Hops Pe iaily a taie Me imillalute aca iaie ai ple 15 Carolina head.............. 634 _ INDIGO. Carolina No. 1 Ss Madras, 5 lb boxes......... 55 | Carolina No. 2. mes 8. F., 2,3 a” Broken ee 3 15 Ib pails.......... Pg 41 Imported. Oy RIS oo cs ose 70 Japen. Not... oc... 5% LYE. apan, No. Condensed, 2 doz .......... i 2) gava; MO. 1.2... cos. l i Condensed, 4 doz........... ee oad vosccoesesscoaeses 5 SALERATUS. Packed 60 lbs. in box. COTO Soe. ices sivee ee 3 30 DOWN R csc ecececcce te 3 15 UE on. OO Wawier ss... i 3 00 SAL SODA. Granulated, bbls........ .1 10 Granulated, 100 lb cases..1 50 Lump, Bee sea Lump, 145]b kegs.......... 1 10 SALT. Diamond Crystal. Cases, 24 3-lb boxes......... 150 Barrels, 100 3lbbags...... 2% Barrels, 40 7lbbags...... 2 40 Butter, 28 Ib. bags........... 30 Butter, 56 1b bags........... 60 Butter, 20 14 1b bags........ 3 00 Butter, 280 1b ‘bbls.......... 2 50 Common Grades. 1003 1b eaGkS: 2. oe: 2 60 0052p saeks... sess 1 8 <0 21D SRORR.. 170 Worcester. BO 4 Ib. cartons. .......... 3 25 15 DGib. abeks... 4 00 OO 5 Th sates es: 3% a4 Ib. sacks..... .......850 Bo 10 Tb. sacks... oe... 3 50 28 Ib. linen sacks............ 32 56 tb. linen sacks............ 60 Bulk in barrels. .........0..: 2 50 Warsaw. 56-lb dairy in drill bags..... 30 28-lb dairy in drill bags..... 15 Ashton. 56-lb dairy in iinen sacks... Higgins. 56-lb dairy in linen sacks... 60 Soiar Rock. OO2b GOOKR. 21 Common Fine. Bagingw oo, 70 Memes oo 70 SEEDS. lee oo. Canary, Smyrna......... — a ae 10 Cardamon, Malabar ..... 80 Hemp, Russian.......... 4 Mitce Gita. ...3. 2. 4% Mustard, white....... ... 6% POY oc 8 ee ie ee 5 Cutsle Bone. 2.0... 0... 20 SNUFF, Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, injars........... 35 French Rappee, in jars..... 43 SPICES. Whole Sifted. PUNPNOG oes ss a 9 Cassia, China in mats....... 10 Cassia, Batavia in bund....20 Cassia, Saigon in rolls...... 32 Cloves, Amboyna........... 15 Cloves, Zanzibar............ 9 Mace, Batavia.............. 60 Nutmegs, fancy........... -60 Nutmegs, No. 1......... 50 Nutmegs, No. 2....... Ss Pepper, Singapore, black... 9 Pepper, Singapore, white. . .12 Popper, SB06, cs. 10 Pure Ground in Bulk. Mee eg 12 Cassia, Batavia............. 22 Cassia, Saigon.............. 35 Cloves, Amboyna........... 20 Cloves, Zanzibar............ 15 Ginger, African....<.-..... 15 Ginger, Cochin............. 20 Ginger, Jamaica............ 22 Mace, Batavia.............. 70 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .20 Mustard, Trieste............ 25 Wutmoers, «oo... ol... 40@50 Pepper, Sing., black ....10@i4 Pepper, Sing., white....15@18 Pepper, Cayenne........ 17@20 AMO ces 18 SYRUPS. Corn. BATION oe 17 Bart Bole... 3. . 2.2. 19 Pure Cane. OE coe sec yao, 16 O08 eo 20 CO ee 25 SODA. NPN oe ordi cas one vactees 5% Kegs,English............... 4% % : % MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 2! SOAP. Laundry. Armour’s Brands. Asmeour’s Fainily.......... 27 Armour’s Laundry........ 3 25 Armour’s White, 100s...... 6 25 Armour’s White, 50s....... 3 20 Armour’s Woodchuek .... Armour’s Kitchen Brown. 2 Armour’s Mottled German 2 40 JAXON SPIe BOR 2% 5 box lots, delivered....... 2 e 10 box lots, delivered....... 2 JAS, 8. KIRK & 60.’S SRINDS, American Family, wrp'd....3 33 American Family, unwrp’d.3 27 ce € PO ee 2 20 Ae aie e coe ica 2 50 Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz....2 10 Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz....3 00 Blue india, 100 X& Ib........-. 3 00 MiekOene. 3 75 Boe... 3 65 One box American Family free with five. Schulte Soap Co.’s Brand. 100 cakes, 75 Ibs. a Gl a 2 $5 POX fot 2 80 TO BOx 10) 2% on DO TOG 2 65 Wolverine Soap Co.’s Brands. Single box -.. ....... ...... 2 6 5 box lots, delivered........ 2 60 10 box lots, delivered........2 50 Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars ..2 7% Good Cheer, 60 1-lb. bars...73 7% Uno, 100 %-Ib. bars.......... 2 50 Doll, 100 10-0z. bars......... 2 065 Scouring. Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz ..... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3doz........ 2 40 Washing Powder. Coa 100 £2 Oz pikes... ... 1. .-<-.. 350 STARCH. Kingsford’s Corn. 40 1-Ib packages............. 6 20 1 Ib pacKages............- 614 Kingsford’s Silver Gloss. 46 1-1b packages............. 6% Gib boxes z Diamond. 64106 packages ..:........ 5 00 128 SCO packaces..... 2.5. =. 5 00 32 10c and 64 5c packages...5 00 Common Corn. Wh Dewees 4% INTh hayes 4% Common Gloss. i-tb packages: ........:..... 4 Sib PRCERMOS. .. 4 6-lb packages....... a 40 and 50 lb boxes... 2% aor STOVE POLISH. td SECA AARP No. 4, 3 doz in case... .. 4 50 No. 6, 3 doz in case...... .. 7 20 SUGAR. Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your shipping point, giving you credit on the invoice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 pounds for the weight of the barrel. Cm Poet 5 63 PONG 5 50 Ceres 2 Fowdered ........- 5: AAXX Powdered.........,.53 MOH A .5 20 Granulated in bbls... ...... 5 0U Granulated in bags......... 5 00 Fine Granulated............ 5 00 Extra Fine Granulated..... 5 13 Extra Coarse Granulated...5 13 Diamond Confec. A........ 5 00 Confec. Standard A......... 4 8% NO Pe 47% Ne 2 47% Ne ee 4% Ne £2 4 69 Ne oe 4 69 nO Oo 4 56 moO Fo 4 50 me So 444 De Oo 4 38 no oe 4 31 mo. ii... _4 No. 12. 4. ne ee 4 UU a 38 is 3 Candies. Grains and Feedstufis Stick Candy. SPeRDaara 8... Standard H. H...... Standard Twist..... Cu oat... Beira. , Boston Cream...... Mixed Candv. Competition. ........ Standard...... he Reader COMSERVG. 200, . MOVE Rippon. Broken ......_ Cut Loaf, ..... os English Rock....... Kindergarten....... French Cream...... Dandy Pan |. Valley Cream.. .... Fancy—In Bulk. Lozenges, plain..... Lozenges, printed.. Choe. Drops... ..._: Choc. Monumentals Gime Drops... Moss Drops......... SOUL Drops... |. Haperiais 0. bbls. pails d4@ 7% d4@ 7 6 8 ® oa * cases @ 8% €® — we QHHHOHOHHSO GOEEHHSH G8 OD 3 ON he OO woe BE aR Fancy—in 5 Ib. Boxes. Lemon Drops....... @ao0 TABLE SAUCES. sour Urope @50 Lea & Perrin’s, large..... 475 | Peppermint Drops.. @60 Lea & Perrin’s, small.....2 75 | Chocolate Drops.... 260 Halford, large.... 2... .._. 375 | H.M. Choc. Drops.. @i5 Halfordsmall....... ..... 925 | Gum Drops.) / 0. | @30 Salad Dressing, large. .... 455 | Licorice Drops...... @i5 Salad Dressing, small..... 265 | A. B. Licorice Drops 5 Lozenges, plain.... 5 TOBACCOS. ors. printed.. @50 EPCOS @5v Cigars. Mottees @55 Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s brand. | Cream Bar........., @a0 Molasses Bar ....... @50 New Brick 000002): 35 00 —— Made Creams. 80 @90 Morrison, Plummer & Co.’s b’d. Decorated Creama.. 60 @0 Governor Yates, 4% in..... 58 00 | String Rock......... @60 Governor Yates, 43; in..... 65 00 | Burnt Almonds.....1 25 @_ Governor Yates, 54 in..... Wintergreen Berries @55 Monier. _-.. H&PD C iia Caramels. . : 0.°8 nd. —_ " No. 1 wrapped, 2 Ib. Quintetie 600 oO) Doxes @30 G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand. — ne - @45 No. 2 wrapped, 2 Ib. ( boxes Fruits. Oranges. Messinas. SC. We... os we sa el OO Fancy 200s.......... @3 %5 H. Van Tongeren’s Brand. Choice 2005... @3 50 St. Michaels. OO @i 50 Lemons. Strictly choice 360s.. @4 50 Strictly choice 300s.. @4 50 Haney 3608...... .-. @5 00 Ex.Fancy 300s...... @5 50 B. i. Sear Green 35 00 Meat sig ne Miscellaneous Brands. 7 cdium bunches...1 25 @1 50 La bunches...... 5 2 American Queen...... ae = ae BAMORy es .-..30 00 Foreign Dried Fruits. Michigan: 0...) 35 00| _.. a Royal Knight... 35 00 Wigs, Choice Lager Suv Hes. 35 00 Figs, hoe "Sinyrna VINEGAR. i 1b boxes... @i2 Figs, Naturals in heroux Cider. 2300.) ols 10| 30 ib. ee @6 Robinson’s Cider, 40 grain....10 Dates, Fards in 101b Robinson’s Cider, 50 grain. ..12| phoxes..... ....... @8 Dates, Fards in 601b WICKING. Caeee a... @ 6 No, 0; pergross......... 5... 25 | Dates,Persians,H.M. INO. L DOESTORE.... 25... B., 60 1b cases, new @ 5% Gs 2, DOr PTORR. 6). 40 | Dates, Sairs 60 Ib OG. 3, POF STORE... ® Capes ee @ 4 Fish and Oysters Nuts. Fresh Fish. Almonds, Tarragona.. @i2% Per lb, | Almonds, Ivaca....... @ll Whitefish ........... @ 8 |Almonds, California, ee @ 8 soft shelled......... @ Black Bass.......... @ 10 | Brazilsnew........... @7% a @ 4 Milbermte (200: @10 Ciscoesor Herring.. @ 4 | Walnuts,Grenobles.. @12% Binefisn 0... @ 10 | Walnuts, Calif No.1. @10 Live Lobster....... @ is | Walnuts, soft shelled Boiled Lobster...... @ 2 aE ee @i2 Con @ 10 | Table Nuts, fancy.... @i1 Haddock............ @ g |Table Nuts, choice... @10 No. 1 Pickerel...... @ 8 | Pecans, Med........... @ Pike @ 7 | Pecans, Ex. Large.... @10 Smoked White...... @ 7 Pecans, Jumbos....... @i2 Red Snapper........ @ 10 | Hickory Nuts per bu., Col River Salmon.. @ Oo new Mackerel .......:.. @ 12% | Cocoanuts, full sacks @3 50 Oysters in Cans. Peanuts. Fancy, H. P., Suns. @7 F. H. Counts........ @ 4 Fancy, H. P. Flags hell Ss. ORSECE cecil. @iz a Choice, H. P., Extras. @ 4 orem, per 100.......1 mst 50 | Choice, H. P., Extras, Clams, per 100....... 100| Roasted ..”’... ese ae Wheat. Cid Wheat... te Winter Wheat Fiour. Local Brands. eee 4 65 meCOne PAtONE 6. 4 25 Chiro, 4 U5 Crean. . 3 6d “os. ........ . 400 Becewrese 3 40 = 2 65 Subject to usual eash dis count, Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand. Caer 80. 4 30 OREO ee 4 af ABOe a! 4 30 Spring Wheat Flour. Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand. Pilisbury’s Best ¢s........ 5 00 Pillsbury’s Best 4s........ 4 90 Pillsbury’s Best \s........ 4 80 Pillsbury’s Best is paper.. 4 80 Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper.. 4 80 Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand. Grand Republic, %s - 5 00 Grand Republic, | hea 88 _ Fresh Meats. oe No.2 Sun, ‘Small Bulb,” | forGlobe Lampe. ........ 36 Carcass .... seit at a a — | Fore quarters......... 6 No. 1 Sun. plain bulb, per | Hind quarters........ re geo hibit st Reims Nog... ....... § = | un, plain bulb, per 50 2ibs i. 1. ee eee sce ee eele ee at a mM | No. 1 Crimp, per doz....... 1 35 Chucks... 5 | NO. 2 Crimp, per dos.. .... 1 66 Piases 3 Rochester. Pork. No. 1, Lime (65¢ doz)...... 3 50 piessea / @ 1% | No. 2, Lime (70c doz).. ... 4 06 oii... @ 7 No. 2, Flint (80e doz)...... 4 70 ROUMGGES,.. 2.) o. @ 6 Electric. j Leaf Lard............. 54@8 | No. 2, Lime (0c doz) ..... 4 00 f Mutton. : | No. 2, Flint (80e doz)...... 4 40 [Carcass 2... ea SO | Spring Lambs... _.... 9 @10 OIL CANS. Doz. | Veal. | 1 gal tin cans with spout.. 1 25 | Carcass oe @ 7% | 1 gal galv iron with spout. 1 65 | 2 gal galy iron with spout. 2 87 — = — —= | 3 gal galv iron with spout. 4 00 4 ] I ry | | 5 gal galv iron with spout. 5 00 | 7 | 5 gal galv iron with faucet 6 00 | Hides and Pelts, 15 gal Tilting dang... 2... 9 00 es ar anem | 5 gal galv iron Nacefas ... 9 00 Perkins & Hess pay as fol- | Pump Cans lows: : 5 gal Rapid steady stream. 9 00 Hides 5 Gece ' 6 @? 5 gal Eureka non-overflow 10 50 eae Se ieee... 10 50 Full pes ae ssa 2% 8% |5gal Home Rule.... ......12 00 | a acre ate eee ne Ble | | . 950 iy... we a ot : King. precn.. 1... 6 @7 | LANTERNS. Rips, Cired .......... 7¥@ Sx |No. OTabalar..... ave 2 on Calfskins, green. :..;. 64.8 [No. 18 Tabalir.....:.... 6 50 Calfskins, cured...... 8%@10 |No.13TubularDash. . 6 30 Deaconskins ... --25 @30 | No. 1Tub., glassfount.... 7 00 elts. | No. 12 Tubular, side lamp. 14 0C DOCARNINES..).. 0... . 30; No. 3Street Lamp........ 3 % Lambs .” Be LANTERN GLOBES. *” | No. 0 Tubular, cases 1 doz. i | each, box l0cents.. ..... & | No. 0 Tubular, cases2 doz. } ape | each, box 15 cents... .... 5 ae ~ | No. 0 Tubular, bbls 6 doz. io @iiy | __ eaeh, bbl 35.0... 0... XXX W W Mich ait @ giz | No.0 Tubular, bull’s eye, i ie ' aa]. 6UCaSe8 1 Gos, eseh........ 1 oe W W Michioan........ @ 8 LAMP WICKS High Test Headlight.. ar |. Se a RGA @8 | No.0 pergross............. 20 Oo Nene iG | Ne. 1 per wroge. oo... 25 De ptaa .... @ 7% | N I Oylindse 2 @36 |} No.2 per gross ............ 38 MMI a cau 1 @ei. | Ne. Sperarog........ .... Se Black, winter......... @8 EOIN i os ica cca es a a MICHIGAN TRADESMAN THEN AND NOW. Food Products of Seventy Years Ago. Written for the TRADESMAN. I think it was Doctor Franklin who, when he saw any person eating a new kind of tood, said, ‘‘He is creating a new want.’’ By this he would not necessarily mean a new dish of food, but a kind which was wholesome and had not heretofore been in common use, if at all. The Doctor was an economist in the broadest sense, and probably con- sidered time more valuable for other purposes than the acquisit:on of new desires which might he expensive to gratify. In the coming centuries, with their millions more to feed, that man who shall discover and bring into gen- eral use any new and low-priced vege- table or animal food will be a _ benefac- tor of the human race. A dozen or more different kinds of food might be named, many of them now in very general use and considered almost indispensable, which were scarcely known at all in the early part of the present century. The rapid communication between all parts of the world and the comparatively cheap transportation now give every part of the earth’s inhabitants the prod- ucts of every other. Let your readers of the age of 7o years recall the different kinds of food served upon the tables when they were 1o years old, or still younger—meager, indeed, in kind and quantity, at times, and an early spring was hailed with joy by the poorer classes, who might then hope for a ‘‘mess of greens’’ to boil with their salted meats. The bread on the farmer’s table was more often made of ground rye and Indian corn meal, or from the meal alone, than from wheat flour. The ‘‘rye and Indian loaf,’’ as it was called, was the standard bread. Wheat flour was then high in price, be- ing eaten principally by the wealthier classes and considerd by all more of a luxury thana necessity. Raised biscuits made from wheat flour were thought too expensive except to be eaten by women and children. The writer can well re- member the first biscuits he ever saw made from pure wheat flour, and with the glorious gift of a boy’s appetite he watched the process of baking them in the long-ago tin oven before an open fireplace, and afterward earnestly re- quested his mother to keep biscuits constantly on hand for his especial! diet! This request was further urged from the ‘fact that his grandfather promised to furnish him honey from his own hives to form a layer over the butter spread upon the biscuit! For a variety of food there were no autumn or winter squashes—nothing ex- cept the summer crookneck, and these were not equal to those now grown; no varieties of Indian corn; no tucket nor popcorn like that of the present; no to- matoes—they were considered poison- ous; no oatmeal except imported, and no canned meats, fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables were then pre- served for future use by drying, or were made into a confection. Fruits in general were scarce in the land, and bread and meat were the great staples of diet. Pies were considered an indis- pensable article everywhere, especially those which would keep in cold weath- er; and, as winter approached, days would be set apart in a family for the preparation and baking of forty to fifty pies at once, principally mince. These were set aside to freeze, and were thawed out as required. Apples were pared, quartered and cored, and strung oe upon twine and dried, both for home use and for sale to new sections of the country where apples were not yet grown. These were packed and pressed into flour barrels and were a staple ar- ticle of commerce—now rarely seen. A variety of fruits in general was scarce throughout our country. The sweeten- ing used generally was maple sugar, also West India molasses, commonly known as ‘‘blackstrap.’’ Few people outside the cities could afford to eat fresh meats and, therefore, during the summer salt or pickled pork and beef were the staple kinds of flesh meats re- lied upon. The preservation of ice for the sum- mer months was hardly thought of, and a butcher’s shop for the sale of fresh meat was unknown outside the large towns. In moderately cool weather and during the grain harvest, farmers who were obliged to employ extra help would occasionally butcher a small an- imal, as a sheep, calf or pig, and if it proved an oversupply, portions wouid be given to their neighbors, who would afterward butcher an animal themselves and return the compliment. Potatoes were raised principally for home use, as all means of transporta- tion to market was limited, and only few were wanted. The quality was poor, the tubers being small and often strong and watery—quite unlike the smooth, dry and rich, starchy potato of the present. Hominy—the Indian name for samp, or Indian corn divested of the bran or outer covering by boiling in weak lye, and afterward prepared in various ways, sometimes eaten with milk—was a favorite food, now nearly or quite out of use. Tea was then, as now, an almost universal beverage among all classes. Imported tea was far higher in price then than now. A domestic tea was made by using the carefuily-dried leaves of sage, and the young leaves of tbe currant bush, and also of the whortleberry. This illus- trates the craving generally for some drink besides water with our food, and these possessed at least one virtue—they were healthful and unadulterated. Among the class of people using these substitutes for tea a breakfast beverage was often used as a substitute for coffee, made by browning a crust of bread to nearly the burning point and known as ‘‘crust coffee,’’ true coffee, as a bever- age, being rarely seen except on the tables of the wealthier classes. The cuisine at that day was narrowed in kinds and quantity. Asa rule, cul- tivated fruits were natural, for as yet little pains was taken to graft or bud them. At best, thousands ot people had an insufficient supply. Dried fruits or those preserved in sugar were prepared for winter use, none of which would to- day be considered worth eating with the exception of the foreign-dried raisins and figs. Let us look in for a moment upon a farmer’s or mechanic’s table at the mid- day meal in the year of grace, 1830. The family are seated on short benches or wooden-bottomed chairs around a large square, or nearly square, deal table. The central dish is a large tin pan of baked beans with salt pork, just taken from an iron bake kettle with a deep cover for holding live coals on the top, in which this food has been cook- ing since breakfast upon a bed of coals before an open fireplace, and its savory and tempting odor pervades the room. A generous supply of small boiled pota- toes with their jackets on is near the pan of beans. An earthern bowl con- taining boiled samp and a crock of sweet milk with the cream on are also seen. No warm or hot drink of any kind graces the table; milk or water is the beverage drunk. A large loaf of stale rye and Indian bread has been sliced and piled high upon a plate, also a warm ‘‘Johnny cake,’’ with a pitcher of black molasses near it. A _ large golden pumpkin pie on a tin pan, pip- ing hot from the oven, completes the menu. At the evening meal the table is covered with a figured oilcloth; and we find a generous supply of mush, a pudding of boiled corn meal, which forms the central dish,a large molasses cake, a pot of steaming tea, a crock of sweet milk, a plate of golden butter and again the pitcher of molasses. Cups and saucers are at each plate. Around these bountifui, but neither stately nor fash ionable, repasts much true happiness was found, and warm and generous hearts dispensed hospitality to the stranger as well as the friend. I have been speaking of the home lives of our own people in the United States, and behold the contrast with the present! And yet, the coming wonder- ful Twentieth Century will witness a far greater contract with the present time, in the still greater varieties of food produced and the improvements of those now in use. Twice—even thrice—the quantity of food per acre will yet be produced, and with less labor and ex- pense and of better quality. All hail the day when the poverty-stricken of earth may revel in luxuries as well as necessities ! FRANK A. Howie. eS ae eee Outwitting a Store Detective. From the Philadelphia Record. A detective in a_ well-known retail store is engaged in the mental process of kicking himself whenever he thinks of a certain transaction which took place last week. At atime of day when the store was crowded, the detective, who was keeping a sharp lookout for evil- doers, was approached by a _ well- dressed, intelligent-looking man, who informed him that he was employed as detective in another store, and had fol- lowed a shoplifter from his firm’s store to the present place, where they would find her at the glove counter stealing gloves. ‘‘Let her aione,’’ said the strange detective, ‘‘and when she loads up I will follow her home, and we can then make a big haul.’”’ Consent was given to this plan and the shoplifter stole $200 or $300 worth of goods unmolested. Then she went out, followed by the strange detective. That was the last ever seen of the pair, and the store detective wonders how on earth he was duped so easily. We have The Eclipse Sprinkler The Globe Sprinkler The Bartholomew Sifter @Qa Get in your orders now. This is our FRUIT AND DELIVERY WAGON. Racks when desired. The Best is Furnished with Fruit none too good. See this and our complete line of hand made Harness, Carriages, etc. Write for new catalog. BROWN & SEHLER, Grand Rapids, Mich. SV Ae INN ONIN monn amt 2 TR ABest i, oo bk. ee seilanatactiasosaee ean i bashes Local Bicycle Legislation. Written for the TRADESMAN, The coming of the wheel has been so rapid that it 1s with considerable diffi- culty that communities are able to ac- cord it its proper place, and in most lo- calities there have been a series of more or less ridiculous regulations betore matters became settled from the com- motion consequent upon the innovation. To recount the various enactments de- fining what shall be done and what shall not be done, in the thousands of towns and cities, would give a list of the most contradictory and empiric pro- visions which could be imagined. In one town provision is made that bells shall be rung at-certain places, in others the ringing of the bells is forbidden. In some, lamps must be lighted on the wheels at sundown regardless of the ex- pectation of the rider to reach his des- tination long before dark. In some provisions only two are allowed to ride abreast. In other towns riding on the walks is permitted, but the rider must dismount a certain distance from a pe- destrian——and so the list might be ex- tended indefinitely. in most towns it has been found nec- essary to subject the wheel ordinances to a number of revisions before the un- reasonable and absurd elements are eliminated. In those towns where the use of the wheel has become most uni- versal the amendments have been large- ly in cutting and pruning, until little is left, and even that is found unneces- sary. In the case of our own city the regulation of the wheel was not under- taken as early as in most cities; but, when it did come, many of the pro- visions were as ridiculous and impos- sible as the average, and soon they be- came dead letter. The law has been on the statute books a year, during which time it has been violated almost constantly by all riders, and yet a great number have been arbitrarily arrested and fined for exceeding the ridiculously slow speed limits imposed. After a year of this child's play it is proposed to amend the ordinance with a new and—it is to be hoped—less ab- surd one. However, in the propositions that are offered there is yet enough that is too ridiculous for patient considera- tion. Perhaps the most prominent one is the requirement of a license, with its corresponding tax. It is urged that, because wheels need special provisions for use in rough-paved or muddy streets, they should be taxed and the proceeds devoted to the construction of special paths for their use. In support of this proposition the fact is cited that some of the larger cities are imposing such a tax, and that the system seems to work successfully. The practice is quite common in European cities, and in this country attention is called to the fact that Chicago has just enacted an ordi- nance exacting a dollar tax. Changing conditions are making this proposition to tax the wheel more un- just and outrageous every day. When the new vehicle was monopolized by a few of those who were able to pay the large prices of a few years ago, there might have been some sense in asking such to pay for special work for their benefit had such work been undertaken. But now the taxing of the wheel would be more absurd than the taxing of other vehicles, for they have become vastly more numerous than all others com- bined. Indeed, on many streets the number of wheels passing in a given time far exceed the number of pedes- trians. Yet special provision is made MiCHiGAN for the accommodation of the latter, with no thought of imposing an_ indi- vidual tax. As compared with other vehicles and with pedestrians, the task of furnishing a suitable highway is small, and the wheel co-operates most effectively in the work of its preparation and maintenance as neither of the other classes of sojourners do. But how about Chicago? Well, in the first place, the provision for such a tax in that city is grossly unjust, although there may be found much more excuse for it than here. While Chicago is doubtless ahead of Grand Rapids in some regards, as a wheel town it is far behind its Michigan rival. The rela- tive number of wheels in use there is very much smaller than in this city. This fact is accounted for in that so much larger proportion of the people are not so Situated as to make the wheel practicable, either on account of poverty or on account of location and business where the wheel would not be available. Thus, special improvements for the wheel there might be claimed to benefit a class, and it seems that it is cheer- fully borne, as the wheelmen there are generally able to pay such assessments. But in Grand Rapids, and in most of the smaller cities of the country, the conditions are different. In these the wheel is becoming the universal in- strument of locomotion. Poor laborers save car fare by buying second-hand wheels. Indeed, the number of families where no wheels are found is becoming comparatively small. So the asking for special recognition in the provision of paths is not the request of a few wealthy faddists, but the demand for a suitable way for what is becoming the most uni- versal mode of transit. Bicycle legislation, as a whole, is a most egregious absurdity. There might seem some excuse during the period when so large a proportion of the riders are novices. But, as the people become proficient in the management of the wheel, any legal regulations beyond the proper suppression of scorching—and perhaps the keeping out of the way of pedestrians when other suitable ways are provided—are uncalled for and im- pertinent. NATE. —_—__ ¢~.____ He Wanted to Know. He seemed very much in earnest when he entered the office of the gas company, but he was courteous and pleasant’ and betrayed no desire to swear or call names. ‘‘L am after a little information,’’ he explained. ‘“Of what nature?’’ asked the clerk. ‘“‘Well, you see, I am going away for a month or two, and { intend to shut up my house entirely.’ The clerk intimated that he had no objections. *“*T did the same thing last summer, continued the sranger, ‘‘and my experi- ence then induced me to come around this time to see if I can get a little in- formation that may be of value.’’ ‘Certainly, if we can give it.’ Now, I want to know if, in case I have the gas turned off clear out in the street, the meter will still keep on working, as it did last summer. —_—_—_> 0-___ Cure for the Blues. Never sit down and permit yourself to think morbidly over things that look a little blue. Strike out at such a time, make yourself aggressive, on a lit- tle venturesome. The old s * Noth- ing ventured, nothing won,”’ is just as true to-day as ever it was. Venture- someness may be attended with some little risk, of course, but then it is the wiser plan to take a little risk than to simply sit back and mope over a trifling | K misfortune. Morbidness is a curse. Ag- gressiveness is progress. TRADESMAN Hardware Price Current. | | ' AUGURS AND BITS Snes. ..... : a 70 Jennings’, genuine . Odes cca ae 25&10 ccntingn Witegon .. .. 0... |. abd AXES Hirst Quality, SB. Bronze |... 5 00 First Quality, . BH. Bronge................ 9 50 First Quality. S. B.S. Steel.. i tccaas oe OO First Quanty, DB Steel... 10 50 BARROWS ON ee an da ag Co en ED net 30 00 BOLTS ee 60410 cmrriage mew Mee 70 to 75 eG eee lee 50 BUCKETS WOH, Oa 83 3 BUTTS, CAST Cast Loose Pin, figured.. : eee .. 7&10 Wirouht Natoma F0&10 BLOCKS Ordinary Tackle... |... , ae 70 CROW BARS Cost Stee .- per lb 4 CAPS Biya Eid... .. eeeeeees eo ee per m 65 Hick’s C. FP. See eee eect ae os. DOE Il 55 Gc. 0... i aa. .- per m 36 Musket. eee .- per m 60 CARTRIDGES Mi Wire Saueaes 2. ne Ceiitral Fire... 1.” ee DBc& 5 CHISELS ROCnCe Hie 80 Socket Framing. eee 80 Socket Corner. eeu ee ee 80 Socket Se ao 80 DRILLS Morse’s Bit Stocks .... es 60 Taper and Straight Shank.. DUK 5 Morse’s Taper Shank.. 50c& 5 ELBOWS Com. 4 piece, 6 in. Corrugated Adjustable... oo doz. net 55 .. dis 40 1&10 EXPANSIVE | BITS Clark's small, $18: large, #6........._.. Ives’, 1, $18; 2, $24: 3, 830 2 FILES—New List New American . Nicholson's i a ea Heller’s Horse Rasps GALVANIZED IRON” Nos. 16 to 20; 22.and 24; 25 and 26; 27. ..... 28 List 12 13 14 15 2. 17 Discount, 75 to 75-10 GAUGES Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... KNOBS—New List Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.. Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings. MATTOCKS BORG Me. ae 00, dis 60&10 PG Bye... os SI OO. aie BOIO i es -818 50, dis 20410 NAILS Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. Steel nails, base he | Wire nails, 20 to 60 adv: Me ORPEM i a Sadvance...... _ Caaeaae : oe 4advance........ Seavanee =o... is. Zaeavence .......... eee y uae bee ues, Hime SROVANCE. 2c Ceres TO RCVAnOe................ Caeine Batyanee. Casine Gatvance, ee Finish 10 advance Pimiah Sadvence. | Finish 6 advance........ ae 45 | Borel Me OVANGe oe 85 | MILLS Coffee, Parkers Co.’s. ie 40 Coffee, P. 8. & W. Mig. Co.'s Malleabies. .. 0} Coffee, Landers, Ferry @ Ciarie’ So. oc, 40 | CONGG, FNCCTET Re i. 30 MOLASSES GATES Steopin’s Fatter............ \ . .60&10 MDGS GlONUNG 60410 Enterprise, self- measuring . cs ae 30 PLANES Orie Fook@ocs, faney. 2.31... .3 ls... @50 PME CUO ee 60 pandusky Pool Co.'s, famey.... 8... @50 rttiQcte: ow @50 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s wood......... 60 PANS Fry, Acme ..... a -6GO&10K10 Common, polished. . See ee og tee eo cee T& 5 RIVETS iron Ane Dime ce 60 Copper Riveteand Ruri... 60 PATENT PLANISHED IRON “A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 ““B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 20 Broken packages 4c per pound extra. HAMMERS oe & Co's, new lat... .... — —s aia: = oa dis 40810 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.......... .. 30¢ list 70 Biacksmith’s Solid Cast Stee! Hand 20¢ ist 40&1¢ 3010 | 23 HOUSE peta sramuetisd bien Stamped Tin Ware i -new list 75410 Japanned re Wc 204 10 Granite von Ware..........,...... new list 40&10 HOLLOW WARE Pot. .... aS Se ae eS ..- -60&10 mig lS .. 60410 ee . 60&10 oe eee dis 60&10 Gate, Clark’s, 1, State. per doz. net 2 50 WIRE Goops rent... ..... i le 80 Ow Me 80 ec oe 80 Gate Hooks and Eyes. i a sO LEVELS Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s........ .--@is 70 RO Sane Sisal, % inch and — Loe a 544 Manilla..... 8 _ SQUARES: Gel Ge Ir i, 80 Try and Be vels ... Mitre . el ec ak ee eee aaa oy SHEET IRON com. smooth. com. ee 10 We 83 30 #2 40 Om. tutte... , ci... ee 2 40 ee 2 6 YOs. 2 -_ao 2 70 3 70 2 80 2 i 3 80 90 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra. SAND PAPER 6. ..... lees, SASH WEIGHTS List acct. 19, Solid Eyes «es ++. per tom 20 00 TRAPS” Steel, Game. Oneida C ommunity, ‘Ne Ww house’ 8. 50 Oneida Community, Hawle y& Norton's 70& 1010 60&10 MOUse, CHORGY....... 5... ........ per doz 15 Bouse, delasion..........._..... ner dds 1 25 WIRE Bright Market.... ee el 75 Araeared Mareee 8... 75 Coppered Market...... ime y scree 0&10 Ce BO Coppered Spring Ste lee 50 Barbed Fence, galvaniz \ nue 26 Barbed Fence, pair ied. . a. a NAILS | An Sable. w+ 4... Cie SOG runes... ...... ae 5 NoOrshwestori...,......................,.@in 10810 WRENCHES Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 Coe’s Genuine... 50 Coe i. Seem Agri 80 Coe’s Pater 80 50 80 ters, Be a and Plate........ --. H0&10&10 Pamper American... .............. 50 METAL .S—Zine 600 pound casks en 644 Per pound. 00.01. ee 6% SOLDER 9 a | according z to com] position. I TIN— Melyn Grade 143 20 1c 20x14 IX, Char a) Each additional X on this grade, al. 5 TIN—Allaway Grade Werte 00), CMOCOeE ec 5 00 14x20 IC Charcoal ie hed Cede ic ae 10x14 1X, C tharcoal leek 14x20 I ios 6 00 1a1 X on this ; a ROOFING PLATES IBAPCOGL, DORM cu. 6.1... 5 00 marcoal, Dean ....... 6 00 eeregal DCA. ..... .......... fee ; yal, Allaway Grade......... 4 50 Allaway Grade......... 5 50 harcoal, Allaway Grade......... 9 00 Chi arcoal, Allaway Grade......... 11 00 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, : 14x56 IX. for No. 9 Boilers, { Pet Pound.. $ TRADESMAN ITEMIZED LEDGERS Size 8 1-2x14—Three Columns. 2 Quires, 160 pawes............ & Quires, 260 pawes..... ...... 4 Quires, 320 pages 5 ¢ 6 ¢ a me 8 WO DO HS Juires, 400 pages Juires, 450 pages. ...... Invoice Record or Bill Book. 80 Double Pages, Registers 2,880 in- la A $2200 TRADESMAN COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS. JSG2 0806 S000CR00 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis---Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, July 30—There are many visitors here just now and their number is being augmented by the arrival of al- most every train. They come from all parts, the South and Southwest in par- ticular being well represented. Of course, they bring joy to the hearts of our jobbers and within the next two weeks we probably will see one of the liveliest seasons we have had for years. Jobbing grocers are doing well even now and in some cases have about all they can do to meet the volume of trade. May the good work go on! Prices are practically without change and there is no reason to expect much advance on anything. Good prices for wheat mean better business for the re- tailer throughout the country, and this is the real starting point forall business after all. The coffee market shows a reaction in buyers’ favor. There is little interest displayed by either side. Brazil sorts are barely steady on the basis of 73¢c for Rio No. 7. The deliveries here are rather lighter than usual. In store and afloat there are 719,739 bags, against 451,309 bags last year. Muld coffees are easy and Padang Interior is nom- inally 2314 @24c. Granulated sugar is worth 5c and ap- pears to sympathize with the stock mar- ket. The demand is better than last week and some large orders have been filled. Deliveries have been prompt and, while there is room for more busi- ness, there is little to find fault with. There has been considerable trade in raw sugar and an advance of %c has taken place in refining grades. Teas are dull and dragging. The public sales bring out few buyers and the whole market is in anything but a satisfactory condition. The finest grades of nearly ail sorts are, of course, meet- ing with some enquiry, which is natural ; but an abundant supply prevents any advance in the general run. Japan and Java rice have been in good request and have been selling at 41%c. Most of the orders have been from the city trade. Domestic rice is in lighter demand and the supply is not large. Fancy head is quickly taken at fuli quo- tations. Choice to fancy, 54% @6\c. There is a little firmer market for Singapore pepper and not so strong a one for African. Cassia is selling pretty well and the market is firm. Nut- megs are steady. Singapore pepper, 634@614c; West Coast, 53, @6c; Zanzi- bar cloves, 454@43/c. There is more enquiry for molasses, and the indications are that within a week or so we shal] have a lively trade in this article. The market here is firm and prices are well held. Syrups are dull and only small lots are moving. Glucose is doing wonderfully well since the trust was formed and has advanced to $1.65 for 43 deg. The past eighteen days have been given over to what the Weather Bureau calls ‘‘showers.’’ Some days there would be a steady downpour all day. The result is that in all this section of the country—N. Y., N. J., and other states —there isa lake. Corn and vegetables are drowned. It may have no effect on the canned goods market, but cer- tainly corn seems ina bad way. The market generally is firm and there has been some advance in quotations. Gal- lon apples and string beans have ad- vanced and tomatoes seem to be in- clined that way, too. In dried fruits scarcely anything is doing. Sales made are on a very low basis. Evaporated apples are not quite as dull as formerly and are an excep- tion to the general run of dried fruits. They are quotable at 6c for fancy stock. No material change has taken place in butter. There is a moderate enquiry for best Western creamery, which is still quotable at 15c. Cheese is dul] and with very small en- quiry. Best full cream, 7%c. The Produce Market. Apples—Red Astrichans command $1.75 per bbl. Duchess fetch $2@2.25 per bbl. Bananas—The market is well supplied with good fruit and the movement is very fair, although limited to some ex- tent by the variety of fruit on the mar- ket. Prices are unchanged. Beets—3oc per bu. Blackberries—Cultivated are large and sweet, commanding 75@85c per 16 qt. case. Wild are in small supply at 60@75c. Butter—Separator creamery is firm at 14¥%c. Dairy is less plenty than it has been and extra fancy readily commands 12c. The cooler weather which pre- vailed the latter half of July tended to improve the quality of shipments very materially. Cabbage—65@75c per doz. Carrots—soc per bu. Cauliflower—$1.50 per doz. Celery—15@2oc per bunch, according to size. The quality is superior to the offerings for the past two seasons. Cheese—Cheese made during the ex- treme hot weather is coming on the market at present, and is decidedly off in flavor and quality. This accounts for the stationary condition of the mar- ket this week. Cheese made at present should be very fine, the weather being cool and the pastures being in,fine con- Oranges—There is a steady move- ment, but it is light in face of so much other fruit. The only varieties that are offered now are the Seedlings, Medi- terranean Sweets, and Malta Bloods. Prices are unchanged. - Peas—Green, 75c per bu. -Peaches—Alexanders have declined to $1@1.25 per bu. The flavor is excellent and the size is ahead of anything ever before seen at this market. Hale’s Early, which are halfway between a cling and a freestone, will begin to come in the latter part of the week. In spite of the gloomy predictions made by the growers earlier in the season, the peach crop promises to be fair in size and excellent in quality. Seeds—Timothy commands $1.35@ 1.50. Medium is in fair demand at $4.50@4.75. Mammoth is very scarce at $4.75@5. Alsyke, $4.90@5. Crimson, $2.75@3. Alfalfa, $4.25@4.50. Squash—3c per Ib. Tomatoes--Home grown are now in market, commanding $2@3 per bu. The quality is superior to the Southern stock. Turnips—4oc per bu. Wax Beans—75c per bu. Whortleberries—Quotations have ad- vanced to $2.25@2.50, on account of shippers diverting their_consignments to other markets which®: presented (a higher range of values. The cropfis SHERWOOD HALL AND FAMILY. The oldest child—the daughter in the center of the group—is the young lady who met a tragic death by drowning at Ottawa Beach on the afternoon of Aug. 3. dition. The make of cheese ought to be heavy from now on, as conditions are favorable for the making of a large quantity of superior quality cheese. Corn—Green, 7@1oc per doz. Currants—Red, 5oc per crate of 16 qts, Cucumbers—25c per doz. Eggs—The quality of the general re- ceipts is very much better this week than for the last two or three. The eggs bave been laid in cool weather and the hens have been feeding on grain from harvested fields, which produces a bet- ter quality of eggs. Eggs from now on should be fine in quality, unless we have another spell of extremely hot weather. The market is extremely low for this season, local handlers paying 7 4c on track, subject to handling,. and holding fancy candled stock at 8%c. Lemons—The market is firm at prices given last week. The slightly warmer weather has had the effect to move the fruit better, but not yet to advance prices. Lettuce—soc per bu. Melons— Watermelons are a little low- er, ranging from 15@2oc, according to size. Canteloupes command 75c@1$ per doz. Little Gems bring 65c, while Osage are still held at $1.50. Onions—$1 per bu. for dry. 1oc per doz. for green. thought to be short, the cool and moist spring having had a more contrary effect than on strawberries and raspber- ries. >> No Advantage. ‘“*Won’t it be delightful when we all have flying machines?’’ ‘*T don’t know about that; of course our creditors will all have them, too.’’ ee The Pure Food Commission of Cin- cinnati has been very active of late in prosecuting milk dealers who are violat- ing the laws by skimming or selling skimmed milk; many arrests have been made. WANTS COLUMN. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent in- sertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. ANTED—MEDIUM SIZED STOCK OF clean merchandise in good town; will pay cash. Address, Wanted, 211 North lonia street, Grand Rapids. 360 JOR SALE-STOCK OF GENERAL MER- chandisein a good lecation in a growing town. Good business. Will rent building. Reason for selling, poor health. For further particulars inquire of or write to I. J. Wigent, Watervliet, Mich. 359 o OR SALE—STOCK OF DRY GOODS, FUR- nishing goods and shoes. Will invoice about $4,200. Rent, 35.00 per month, residence attached. Bargain forsome one. Address No. 363, care Michigan Tradesman. 5 ILL SELL MY FOUR DEPARTMENT stores of general merchandise, as I must retire from business. Here is a fortune for somebody. Julius H. Levinson, Petoskey, Mich. 353 _ ILL SELL AT A GREAT BARGAIN— Drug stock and fixtures, inventorying about $3,000, in a city of 6,000. Two other drug stores. Reason given to intending purchaser. Terms liberal. Address No. 354, care Michigan Tradesman. 354 TORE FIXTURES CHEAP—ONE ASHLAND prescription scale and weights, one drug- gist’s counter balance and weights (Fairbank), one prescription case, six large store lamps, two showcases (one 4 ft. and one 6 ft.), one iron safe, one grocer’s scale, tin scoop—all or any of above ata bargain. For description and price write Van I. Witt, Grand Haven, Mich. 355 VOR SALE—CLEAN STOCK GROCERIES and crockery, enjoying cream of trade in best growing city in Michigan. Lake port and center of fruit belt. Patronage mostly cash. Rent, 50 per month, with terminable lease. Stock and fixtures will inventory $3,500, but can be reduced. Reason for selling, owner has other business which must be attended to. Business established five years and made money every year, Answer quick if you expect to se- cure this bargain. Address No. 358, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 358 POR SALE CHEAP—ONE 1897 COUNTER Dayton computing scale; one Vermont pat- tern counter Howe scale; one Fairbanks plat- form counter scale; one Buffalo platform coun- ter scale. Address 8. 8., care Michigan Trades- man. 350 ESIRE TO TRADE FOR MERCHANDISE— $4,009 store. $1,500 encumbrance; rented $30. City 20,000. Address gNo. 345, care Michigan Tradesman. 345 YOR SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS, PAINTS and wall paper in one of the best towns in sou hern Michigan; an old established business of thirty years Yearly sales $12,000 to $15,c00; owner retiring. Add:ess No. 344, care Michigan Tradesman. 344 Ke SALE—CLEAN NEW STOCK GENERAL merchandise, located in brick building in growing town, surrounded by excellent farming country. Established trade. Address No. 334, care Michigan Tradesman. 33 PARTIE> WISHING TO BUY, SELL OK excuunge real estate or merchaidise, any quantities or description, ean depend upon Townsend & Morous, of Jackson, Mich., for quick and responsible dealing. 318 POR SALE—STOCK OF GE} MER- chandise, inventurying about $4,500, located in a thriving town in Central Michigan. Wouid take a smail farm in part payment, if location is aesirable. Address No. 320, care Michigan Tradesman. 320 Ker SALE—ONE 100-HORSE POWER SLIDE valve engine, especially adapted to sawmill work, and fitted with a Nordberg Automatie Governor. Can be seen running any week day at Waliin Leather Co.’s tannery, Grand Rapids. q ANTED—PARTNER WITH $2,000 FOR one-half interest in hardware, stoves and tinshop, plumbing and furnace work and job- bing, roofiug, etc. Have several good jobs on hand and a well-established trade; best location in heart of city. Address Box 522, Big Rapids, Mich. 298 ANTED—WE ARE THE OLDEST, LARG- est and best laundry in the city of Grand Rapids. We do considerable business out of townand want more of it. We want good live agents in towns where we do not now have any. We pay a liberal commission and give satisfac- tory service. Terms on application. American Steam Laundry, Otte Brothers, proprietors. 289 FOR SALE OR TRADE FOR STOCK OF merchandise—180 acres of choice timber land on Section 2 of the Haskel land grant, Buchanan county, Virginia; title o. k. Address No. 262, care M ichigan ‘Tradesman. 262 I UBBER STAMPS AND RUBBER TYPE. Will J. Weller, Muskegon, Mich. 160 {OR EXCHANGE—TWO FINE IMPROVED farms for stock of merchandise; splendid location. Address No. 73, care Michigan Trades- man. 73 ay 4 CASES FRESH EGGs, daily. Write for prices. F. W. Brown, Ithaca, Mich. 249 PATENT SOLICITORS. : & ALLGIER, GRAND RAPIDS, PAT- ent Attorneys and Practical Draughtsmen. Our new Handbook free on application. 339 MISCELLANEOUS. W ANTED_COMPETENT MEN TO WORK in cracker factory, Must be capable of running machines or peeling. Apply to the New York Biscuit Co., Grand Rapids. 361 ANTED — REGISTERED PHARMACIST to clerk in small town. Must give good reference. Singi.e man preferred. Address No. 357, care Michigan Tradesman. 357 Wy ere score SALESMAN TO REP- resent to dealers and consumers a well- advertised and meritorious soap in and about Kent connty. Address No. 352, care Michigan Tradesman. 32 OR SALE—DRUG STOCK INVOICING about #700. Best location in Northern Mich- igan. Address Drugs, care Michigan Trades- man. 362 OUNG MAN, COMPETENT BOOK-KEEP- er, understands double entry, desires posi- tion. Best of references furnished. ‘Aine W., Care Michigan Tradesman. 347 ss he President of the United States of Amertea, GREETING: To HENRY KOCH, your clerks, attorneys, agers, Satlesmaienm and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you, : Wher cas, it has been represented to us in our Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey, in the Third Circuit, on the part of the ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, Complainant, that it has lately exhibited its said Bill of Complaint in our said Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey, against you, the said HENRY KOCH, Defendant, complained of, and that the said ENOCH MORGAN’S SONS COMPANY, Complainant, is entitled to the exclusive use of the designation ‘‘SAPOLIO” as a trade-mark for scouring soap, to be relieved touching the matters therein Wow , Cherefore, we do strictly command and perpetually enjoin you, the said HENRY KOCH, your oa attorneys, agents, salesmen and workmen, and all claiming or holding through or under you, uader the pains and penalties which may fall upon you and each of you in case of disobedience, that you do absolutely desist and refrain from in any manner unlawfully using the word “*SAPOLIO,” or any word or words substantially similar thereto in sound or appearance, in connection with the manufacture or sale of any scouring soap not made or produced by or for the Complainant, and from directly, or indirectly, By word of mouth or otherwise, selling or delivering as “SAPOLIO,” or when “SAPOLIO” is asked for, that which is not Complainant’s said manufacture, and from in any way using the word ‘““SAPOLIO” in any false or misleading manner. ° » AViiness, The honorable MELVILLE W. FuLLer, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the [sear] ROWLAND COX, United States of America, at the City of Trenton, in said District of New Jersey, this 16th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, [stcneD} Complainants Solicttor Ss. D. OLIPHANT, Clerét Good Yeast is Indispensable Fleischmann & Co.’s is the recognized standard of excellence. Put up in pound packages for bakers and in tin foil for family use. None genuine without our Yellow label —— YEAST * "Che fagsve * ee OUR gs 58 and signature Prompt attention given to shipping orders, Address orders tor yeast to 26 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich., or FLEISCHMANN & Co., 118 Bates St., Detroit, Mich. are mauufactured by us of size, shape or and all sold on the same basis, irrespective denomination. Free samples on application. _ TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids. Four Kinds of Coupon Books Travelers’ Time ‘Tables. CHICAGO "cx Going to Chicago. Ly. G. Rapids..8:35am 1:25pm *6: 25pm *11:30pm Ar. Chicago....3:10pm 6:50pm 2:0vam 6:40am Returning from Chines. Ly. Chicage.........:.. 7:20am 5:15pm * 9: Ar. G@’d Repids pst aaa - 1:25pm 10:45pm * 4:00am Muskegon. Lv. Gd Mapids..... .... 8:35am 1:25pm 6:25pm Ar. Gd Hateds.... ......3 1:25pm 5. 5pm 10:45am Traverse City, Se etoskey and Bay ew. Ly. G’d Rapids........ 7:30am 11:30pm 5:30pm Ar. Traverse ait uae 12:40pm 5:00am 11:10pm Ar. Charlevoix... .. . 3:15pm 7:30am ...... a Ar: Potosiey.:...:.... 3:45pm 8:00am ....... Ar Bay View...,.-.:.. S:S6pm §:ldam .....;.. PARLOR AND SLEEPING CARS. CHICAGO. Parlor cars ieave Grand Rap ds 8:35 am and 1:25 pm; leave Chicago 5:15 pm. Sleeping cars leave Grand Rapids *11:30 pm; leave Chicago *9:30 p m. TRAVERSE CITY AND BAY VIEW. Parlor car leaves Grand Rapids 7:30 a m; sleeper at 11:30 p m. *Every day. Others week days only. Gro. DEHAVEN, General Pass. Agent, GRAN Trav. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...* 4:15am *10:00pm Cray. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...t 7:45am ¢ 5:10pm Trav. C’y, Petos. & Har. Sp’gs.t 2:20pm + 9:10pm CRG -t 5:25pm 11:10am Petoskey & Mackinaw.. -t11:10pm + 6:30am Train leaving at 7 :45 a.m. has parlor car to Petoskey and Mackinaw. Train leaving at 2:20 p.m. has parlor car to Pe- toskey, Bay View and Harbor Springs. Train leaving at 11:16 p.m. has sleeping cas to Petoskey and Mackinaw. Southern Diy. Leave Arrive Rapids & indiana Railway June 20, 1897. Leave Arrive COGTIAEE foc a + 7:10am + 8:25pm We Wee. oe cc + 2:00pm + 2:10pm Ps se ec + 7:00pm t+ 9:10am Cincinnati, Louisville & Ind..*10:lopm * 4:05am TERIROROOG icine if 4c + 8:05pm + 8:50am 1:10a.m. train has parlor car to Cincinnati. 2:00p.m. train has parlor car to Fort Wayne. 10:15p.m train has sleeping car to Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Louisville. Muskegon Trains. GOING WEST. Ly @’d Rapids.......... +7:35am t1 — +5:40pm Ly Gd Rapids... ..... --. 39:00am {7:00pm Ar Muskegon.......... 9: 00am "2: 10pm 7:00pm Ar Muskegon.. . 10:25am 8:25pm Ar Milwaukee, Steamer. .. 4:00am GOING EAST. Lv Milwaukee, Steamer. 7:30am Ly Muskegun.. +8:10am Pia 5am 44:10pm Ly Muskegon... oe ae :85am $6:35pm Ar@’d Rapids... . 9:30am *13: 56pm 6:30pm Ar Gd Rapids. ................ 13:00am +§:gin +Except Sundar. *Daily {Sunday only. Steamer leaves Muskegon daily except Satur- day. Leaves Milwaukee daily except Saturday and Sunday. A. ALMQUIsT, C L. Lockwoop, Ticket Agt.Un.Sta. Gen. Pass. & Tkt Agt. CANADIAN T™titic Railway: EAST BOUND. : ..--fll;45am = *11:35pm 8:30pm 8:15am 7:20am 8:00pm iW. SObMOts,..... 3.5. OP. TOO i cg cout os WR, MOEN cece Caan WEST BOUND. =< tay. MOMGYOAL. co. sc... 8:50am 9:00pm TNs POUGNOO ec wees, cy ue. 4:00pm 7:30am Ad. WOCON oo 10:45pm 2: :10pm E. C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. ‘Agt., Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids & Western. June 27, 1897. DETROI South Shore and Atlantic Railway. Going to Detroit. Ly. Grand Rapids...... a 1:30pm 5:35pm AY, PIGO coe. coe 1:40am 5:40pm 10:20pm Sete: from Detroit. Ly. Detroit... 00am 1:10pm 6:10pr Ar. Grand Rapids naan = :00pm 5:20pm 10:55pr Saginaw, Alma and Greenville. Lv. G R 7:10am 4:20pm Ar. @ R12:20pm 9:30pr Parlor cars on all trains to and from Detroit and:Saginaw. Trains run week days only. Gro. DeHaven, General Pass. Agent. GRAN Trunk Railway System Detroit and Milwaukee Div DULUT Ly. Grand Rapids (G. R. & L.)t11:10pm = +7:45am Lv. Mackmaw City............ 7:35am 4:20pm Ar. St. Ignace... v.01. a 9:00am 5:20pm Ar. Sault Ste. Marie........... 12:20pm 9:50pm Ar. — Tod sanedueess ce Oe 2 Ar. Nestoria. . Wee 5:20pm 12:45am Oe TN ore nc cheer ace ce: TheStimpson Computing ScaleCo. Elkhart, Ind. ce R. B. BIGELOW, Owosso. Cc. L. SENSENEY, Grand Rapids. Telephone No. 266. 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