122 SEPIA RES = SF AoC 6 L5 TYONOEF (SE IE z SS SS PINT N S Sei Ay << 7 Ca Wy pa yy Roe eae (ES (SS FENN } Wen exes 2 eae ee EEE. Ves Ne Ss ow Bros aN 2 ra aw iY: AQ eg on oP ) Ne SENT S We LIiTe. ea YE al eh) ER UQ/e Ge 2 eee © a eB cf a ap ee Soe ams LG A 8 aay ; an a+ a ae Be: OD ay hs aN SN; a Oy F aCe ee aS WAS ON Say Ea set ee ae BAL re NOG UESE ate a = IND NEN Da » q : a = / 4 ESN PAS ~e i f ( ae) - AROEL PHDDODOOQOQODOO O1OKOUGKOroxerxe C oe Xe We Pay HIGHEST MARKET PRICES in SPOT CASH and Measure Bark When Loaded. Correspondence Solicited. ¢ QOCDOOQODODOO OQOOOQOOODES DOS OQOOOQOGDOOQOOQODOOLOE) POOOQOOOSOOODOODOOESOOQOESKC WeE GuARANTEE Our brand of Vinegar to be an ABSOLUTELY PURE APPLE- JUICE VINEGAR. To any person who will analyze it and find any deleterious acids or anything that is not produced from the apple, we will forfeit ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS We also guarantee it to be of not less than 40 grains strength. We will prosecute any person found using our packages for cider or vinegar without first removing all traces of our brands therefrom. Robinson Cider and Vinegar Co., Benton Harbor, Mich. J ROBINSON, [ianager. This is the guarantee we give with every barrel of our vinegar. Do you know of any other manufacturer who has sufficient confidence in his output to stand back of his product with a similar guarantee? ROBINSON CIDER AND VINEGAR CO. HEMLOCK BARK Ww We measure and pay cash for Bark as fast as it is loaded. Now is the time to call on ‘or write us. ~ MICHIGAN BARK & LUMBER CO., 527.404 528 baage Michigan PELOUZE “Household” Seale 24 LBS. BY OZS. Acknowledged to be the BEST on the market PRICE $1.50 ONLY $12.00 PER DOZ. Net to the trade. Made of cold rolled steel throughout. Beautifully japanned and striped. Large white enameled dial, very ser- viceable and distinct. Enameled steel top plate, absolutely unbreakable. Occupies less space than other scales. Can be instantly adjusted for scoop. Weight, boxed, only 4¥% Ibs. cr EVERY SCALE WARRANTED. p PELOUZE SCALE & MFG. CO., CHICAGO, ILL., Mfrs. Reliable Postal, Counter, Confectionery, Ice and Market Scales, Spring Balances, etc. ¢ ¢ ane Me « ee GME Hn aia Ts. nsiapaipae MT. a = eas “= = BSS Wren Volume XVI. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1899. Number 818 ¢00000-000000-000000000000-0 Michigan Merchants: In Northern and Central Mich- igan towns where shingle mills have ceased operations, and there is no lumber yard, you can make a good profit retailing our Sound Butt Cull Shingles ona small investment. Write us for particulars. Cc. C. 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Mail on Insurance in Force........ .......----: $3,299,000 00 Redoce Aicsets ... ee 45,734 79 Ledger Liabilifies ....:........:--.... 21 68 Losses Adjusted and Unpaid..... o None ‘Totai Death Losses Paid to Date...... Total Guarantee Deposits Paid to Ben- eficiaries ... 1,030 00 Death Losses Paid During the Year.. 11,000 00 Death Rate for the Year............... 3 64 FRANK E. ROBSON, President. TRUMAN B,. GOODSPEED, Secretary. THE MERCANTILE AGENCY Established 1841. R. G. DUN & CO. Widdicomb Bld’g, Grand Rapids, Mich. Books arranged with trade classification of names. Collections made everywhere. Write for particulars. L. P. WITZLEBEN., [anager. ove — eee v poi 35 | hb & ob bb b & 24 VvvuVvVvVVvVvV VV VY 7¥° mpt, Conservative, Safe. J.W.CHAMPLIN, Pres. W. FRED McBary, Sec. ¢ 000000000000 0000000000. Save Trouble. Save Money. Save Time. TROdeSIDOD COUPON IMPORTANT FEATURES. PAGE 2. The Dry Goods Market. 3. A Bad Tempered Clerk. 4. Around the State. 5. Grand Rapids Gossip. 6. Woman’s World. 8. Editorial. 9. Editorial. 10, Observations by a Gotham Egg Man. 11. Gotham Gossip. 12. Advice on the Storage of Eggs. 13. Standpoint of the Country Editor. 14. Shoes and Leather. 15. Window Display in Shoe Trade. 16. Clerks’ Corner. 17. Commercial Travelers. 18. Drugs and Chemicals. 19. Drug Price Current, 20. Grocery Price Current. 21. Grocery Price Current. 22. Hardware 23. The Girl’s Room. Hardware Price Current. 24. Ease for Clerks’ Tired Feet. Business Wants. Hostesses in Department Stores. Five ‘‘hostesses’’ are now included in the staff of one of New York's large department stores. Some people cali them guides, but the five women them- selves prefer to be known as _ hostesses. If you ask them their mission in the affairs of the place they will tell you that they ‘‘extend the hospitalities of the store to shoppers.’’ This glittering phrase represents a line of duties which will appeal to every woman as_ exceed- ingly practical. Taik of its not being good for man to be alone! There is one time of all others when it is not good for woman to be alone, and that is when she is shopping. Rather than go forth solitary to a shopping expedition, a woman would even take her mother-in-law along. There is, generally speaking, nothing stronger to be said. Nine women out often declare, in the moderate terms so dear to the feminine tongue, that they simply loathe and despise to go shop- ping alone. The proprietor of the store in question recognized the prevalence of this state of mind, and determined that no woman need come to his em- porium with such sentiments disturbing her serenity. Hence these hostesses. They have a little office on the second floor at one corner of the rotunda. Facing the open center of tbe building is an array of cords stretched from the railing up to the next floor. It looks as if somebody intended to raise sweet peas or vines. The only blossoms which ever come on this trellis, however, are five bright little satin banners, one for each of the hostesses. One is of blue and white, one of scarlet and white, and so on. If a_ hostess is not in the office when called for her banner is run up, and that is a signal to her that she is wanted. She is supposed to keep an eye on the trellis while she is away from the office and respond to her banner signal as soon as possible. The role of these hostesses is that of a guide and adviser. A woman comes in with a list of purchases she wishes to make. She doesn’t know the store, and, moreover, she isn’t very sure that sbe knows just what she wants. She takes a hostess to be her guide, philosopher, or, at any rate, counselor and friend. Her new ally knows all the ins and outs of the store, and can lead the way with- out loss of time from one department to another, securing immediate attention in each. She is also thoroughly in- formed as to the latest fashions, the best and most popular materials, colors and designs. She gives her advice as to what will be the most becoming thing to get, bow much material to buy, what trim- mings to select, every one of the prob- lems, in fact, which torture the solitary shopper with dreadful doubts. Each of the five hostesses has her own clientele of customers, who always de- pend on her to shop with them. One is a Southern woman, who makes the cus- tomers from the South ber own particu- lar charge. They find in her a real hostess, who takes away from the strangeness and loneliness of being in a great city wholly different in atmos- phere from what they have been ac- customed to. Another of the hostesses is a Catholic and takes care of all the customers from the convents and other essentially Catholic institutions. This privilege of having shopping made easy is not alone for out-of-town customers. Many city women avail themselves of it. There is no charge to the customer at all. The guides are really hostesses, delegated by the proprietor to extend the courtesies of the house, just as they Say. > ¢.__ The collection of waste paper from city streets, through the convenient placing of receptacles for sucb waste, appears to be more successful in Chi- cago than in some other cities where the experiment has been tried. The work is being done on a ten-years’ con- tract with the Clean-Street Company, which pays the city a percentage on its gross receipts. The company also has a contract with the Salvation Army for collecting paper and keeping the boxes clean inside and outside, the army hav- ing its own arrangements for sorting the paper before disposing of it. About eight tons of paper are collected each week,and the quantity is said to be in- creasing. The boxes are of thin sheet iron, with light angle-iron frames and legs, and are anchored to the pavement. A portion of one side is hinged at the top to swing inward. They are about the size of the street mail boxes for the receipt of newspapers and parcels, and cost about $4.50 per box, erected. There are now Io!o boxes in use, and they are mainly placed on street corners, at the edge of the sidewalk. The boxes are emptied twice a day in the down- town district, and oncea day in all other territory. One-horse wagons of light construction are used for this work, —____©¢< —_ Gomez ought not to spoil a splendid career by a failure at the eleventh hour to measure up to the demands of a wise and courageous statesmanship. It is for him just now to make or mar Cuba! —___@¢—? A bathtub trust is now in process of formation; and capitalists will soon be falling into that. —___»0>—__— A man always puts his best foot for- ward; a mule puts his backward. ALASKAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE. The question of the proper boundary between our possessions in Alaska and British North America is.coming rather prominently to the front. Great Britain has expressed her urgent desire that a settiement be effected, but at the same time intimated pretty plainly that she hoped to secure an outlet on the Pacific in the shape of a port for the immense commerce of her Northwestern territory. Although the boundary dispute has not led to any actual unpleasantness, it has developed some friction. The Brit- ish government has objected to the sending of three companies of American troops to the Alaskan boundary on the ground that such action would convey the impression that it was proposed at Washington to defend the American contention by force, although the pacific intentions of the Government in sending the troops was fully understood. The proposed sending of troops to Alaska was for the purpose of preserving the peace and preventing outbreaks be- tween Canadian and American miners, one of which has already occurred. Al- though the administration will send the troops, it will respect the sensibilities of the British government to the extent of withdrawing them somewhat from the disputed boundary tract. It is reported that the British govern- ment desires that the dispute should be submitted to arbitration. Although President McKinley is committed to the principie of arbitration, yet, remem- bering the result of the arbitration pro- ceedings in the Behring Sea contro- versy, he is strongly adverse to again venturing upon arbitration in the mat- ter of Alaska. Arbitration is well enough asa theory, but where a nation has to confront the somewhat stubborn fact that it has practically no friends among other nations, and not a few enemies, the chance of arbitraticn is entirely too one-sided. It would be infinitely better to settle the boundary dispute by direct negotiations with Great Britain, even if some compromise should eventually be accepted, than to accept arbitration. a The wholesale millinery merchants of New York have revolted against the well-meant persecution of the Audubon societies, and have formed the Millinery Merchants’ Protective Association, which is to try to check the crusade against ornamental plumage worn on women’s hats. ‘‘We are aiming to pro- mote a knowledge of the fact that the quills and feathers used in the millinery trade are taken from domestic fowls which have been killed to supply the provision market,’’ says their represent- ative. ‘‘This will do away with the sentimental outcry that is so prevalent. We want to prevent any more such leg- islation as is now in force in Massa- chusetts, as well as the possible passage of a similar measure suggested by Sen- ator Hoar. The public has been de- ceived. The wearing of colored plumes is said to involve the death of our song- birds.’’ Asa matter of fact, songbirds are never used for that purpose, and very few native birds. A tiny songbird would be of no possible value to mil- liners. Chickens are much used.”’ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Dry Goods The Dry Goods Market. Staple Cottons—Everything connected with the situation is strong, and there is nothing that would warrant the beliet that the market is liable to show a re- action at any near-by date. It is not likely that the present conditions will last forever. It would be too much to expect of any business, but when one looks to the bottom of the present situa- tion, there seems to be no good ground to base an adverse opinion upon. In the brown goods division there has been a general advance of about %c and sev- eral of the lines that have openly ad vanced have been turning down busi ness at previous prices. Sellers are very independent on account of the greatly over-sold condition of the mar- ket. In gray goods the sellers are firm in demanding at least 1-16c advance for their goods. These same advances are also noticed in the low grades ot! bleached and brown goods, which were weak only a short time ago. Wide sheetings are quiet and no open change is noted in prices. Cotton flannels anc biankets are quiet and firm. Ducks show a fair business at regular prices. Ginghams are firm and there has been a little better business during tbe past week. Coarse colored cottons show nx change. Prints and Ginghams—There is a he- ginning of business for fall in the line of print goods and some of the earl ones are already showing their lines o1 a part of them. The season will not regularly be open for some time yet. but from present indications it seems as if there would be a finer assortment than has ever graced*the counters before. Some of the colorings and patterns are so perfect that it seems as if it would be hard for the printers to make anv more improvements; yet we suppose they will each season. Some buyers are already making their early selections and taking the cream of what they see. The orders promise to be liberal when the season fairly opens, and the mos! gratifying reports come to hand from all points in regard to the stocks that have been carried over from last season. They are invariably reported as small and the retailers say that they feel en- couragement enough to place good or- ders with the jobbers when the time comes for them to do so, The jobbers, in turn, say that they have very little on hand for the coming season, This would all be indicative of good busi- ness if nothing else was known in re- gard to the fundamental points of the business, but there are many more fac- tors at work that warrant the belief that | { this season will be as big, if not bigger than any that has been seen before. The question of price still remains to be set- tled, and it is uncertain just how soon the printers will be ready to do this. It may be some time before they decide upon prices, and until then orders can only be accepted subject to prices to be regulated later. There has been a good demand for any fall prints that have been carried over from last season, and all that are offered are taken at higher prices than they brought at the close of the season. Dress Goods—The dress goods mills, as a rule, are much better situated as regards orders than those mills engaged on men’s wear fabrics. The orders taken to date on dress goods will keep the mills engaged for some time to come and there is not, therefore, any *There immediate need for concern. Some agents have reported the best business in four or five years, and orders have been booked on many lines which will keep the mills at work for months. The continued buoyant position of the for- eign wool markets, particularly with reference to fine wools, is attracting not a little attention, and the manner in which foreign wool buyers have been picking up Australian wools in bond on this side of the water can not help but interest domestic goods makers who use this class of stock; if present buoyant conditions continue in European wool Marts, and there is certainly no indica- tion to the contrary, it is very probable that the buying of Australian wool on this side by European parties will con- tinue until there is nothing more avail- able. The advent of these foreign buy- ers will naturally cause holders to put up prices on fine foreign wools, and a stiffening in the price of fine domestics in consequence is not out of the ques- tion, although a new clip is about to come in and three is said to be a con- siderable stock of old wool still in hand throughout the country. Carpets—There is a marked change from one year ago, when the auction sales demoralized the trade generally. is a firmer tone noticeable all around, and while there is not the ad- vance in prices of carpets which was expected, some feel confident that it will come later on. While many of the leading mills have completed their lines of samples, and have shown them to the trade, there are several mills which have not delivered the new fall goods to their agents. The largest enquiry re- ported in the market continues to be for tapestries and velvets, and there is also a very marked improvement in the de- mand for wiltons, axminsters and Brus- sels, Extra super ingrains come in also for a share in the improved demand and already some of our merchants are be ginning to anticipate one of the best seasons they have had for several years. —_—_>-2___ Two of a Kind. The merchant who cuts prices and the emplover who hammers down wages are their own worst enemies. They are twin cankers gnawing at their own vitals Until the purchasing public is fairly prosperous trade always drags; and the quickest as well as most satisfactory way to put money in circulation is to sell high grade goods at profitable figures and pay gcod wages, +0. Shallow men are generally despised, but they don’t require as much watching as deep ones. BABCABASBABABAGAGASA. We make a specialty of £ Store Awnings s Roller Awnings ; Window Awnings é Tents, Flags « and Covers ; aoe us a cand and we will quote ; ; 5 Chas. A. Coye, 11 Pearl Street, Grand Rapids. COCOA EO UO UD, NEE NEE PEPE PEPE PEPE OUD Bec dn. te dnt tin st a i Bp By Bp Bn tn Bn On ip Op Op A On Op Bb Op Gp i tn Ab - = 1,000,000 Pieces of Print-Cloths were sold last This certainly means a raise in the price of calicoes. Does your stock need sorting up? We still have a good line to select 4% and week to printers. from. Prices range at 3%, 4, 4 A¥%c. Write for samples. "4 : | | P. STEKETEE & SONS, Grand Rapids POAT RR Re Ov nd POrrornwryn wy” v PUD O9 TTF WS i PUTO OU GOOWOGTOOE WOOO GCOwge SS333333333333333323> ik GIFIIOIFIIOIOwrnr ME ME ME ; Do You ai That we carry a good line of hats? We are selling lots of the “crushers” at $4.50 per dozen. Five different colors to select from: Pearl, Side Nutria, Back Nutria, Blue and Black. The higher priced, such as the $9.00 and $1200 grades, also in stock. Just received a new lot of the “Cowboy” in Pearl and Tan. Always a good seller. If it's straws you need, bear in mind that we have them to retail at 5 cents and up. Voigt, Herpisheimer & Co. Wholesale Dry Goods, Grand Rapids, Mich. We want your Mait Orders. of business but can attend to your orders. Send them in. The Latest in Stripes, Squares and Checks. OUR NECKWEAR PRODUCTIONS «« are unexcelled in Style, Pattern or Finish. goc to $2 00 per doz.; $2.00 to $4.50 per doz. Notraveling men. Write for sam- ple assortment and make selection at your leisure. LEY BROTHERS, Manufacturers of Stylish Neckwear for Men and Women. 18:18 Milwaukee Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. ” WE ARE FULL ER Be EE Ne DAD; : MERC NC NO KO NS Sc RORERORCROMENENG aS) E6si6y'S SUNSHINE Prepared on an entireiy new formula. Makes the best Strawberry Shortcakes, Biscuits, Cakes and Pastry of all kinds, by the addition of Milk or Water. Put up in 2 and 6 Ib. cartons, two dozen in case. Sold direct, or can be sup- plied by any wholesale grocer. We also put up Self Rising Entire Wheat and Graham Flours in 2 Ib. cartons, two dozen in case. We are sole manufacturers of Sunshine Flour for general house-hold use. Mills ab Plainwell and ee Mich. Séli Rising Pastry Flour d. F. Beste Milling GO. NGGC GOCE SESSEEW AXE RL ORME EOE REE Ce oe a senor egaNinase ramen ER I eC oe conus 7 Bye MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 How a Sour Temper Killed an Old Clerk. Written for the TRapESMAN. “Old Hick’’ was a bachelor. He was also one of the testiest, crankiest of mortals, The boys in the store declared tbat he had been crossed in love and had never rightly gotten over it. Be the cause what it may, certain was his sour- ness. His full name was James Robert Hickman; but he was known to his as- sociates as ‘‘Old Hick,’’ and to the cash boys as ‘‘Old Nick.’’ It was not under the pleasantest of circumstances that I first made ‘‘Old Hick’s’’ acquaintance. For five years I had been bead dress goods clerk in a large dry goods establishment in Pitts- burg, Pa. Upon one of my many trips to New York City for the purchase of goods I met the superintendent of the Morey Dry Goods Co., of Denver, Col., and from him received the offer of a position similar to the one I then held, but at a salary exactly double. I gladly accepted the offer and, after giving the Pittsburg firm a few weeks to fill my place, proceeded to Denver, where I at once entered upon my new duties. The first man to whom 1 was introduced was Hickman, who for some time had _ held the position which I was taking. It goes without saying that his greeting was of an icy character. He was being super- seded as head of the department by a much younger man and was going to re- main in that department as a salesman. ae and certainly the thought must have been unendurable. It was expected that he would give me all the needed information in regard to stock. Certain it is that he did not, but in every way possible did his best— or rather worst—to hinder and incon- venience me. I had at first a feeling of pity for the sour old chap, for I knew how humiliated he must feel; but as time passed on I discovered that he neither needed nor deserved pity. I had been in my new position but a short time when I observed that ‘‘Old Hick’s’’ bad temper extended farther than tome. The other men in the de- partment rejoiced in his downfall and, now that his authority was taken from him, they gave him many a stinging taunt. While he was head of the depart- ment they were obliged to call him Mr. Hickman, but now it was ‘‘old Hick’’ this and ‘‘Old Hick’’ that until he was driven to the verge of desperation. His position in the department now was that of first salesman, or, as it was known in Morey’s, ‘‘first call.’’ He was a good salesman—when his custom- ers were pleasant and bought readily; but when, as it frequently happened, he waited upon a person who was not easily pleased his feathers would ruffle, as it were, and his look and manner would destroy whatever chance there had been of making a sale. I was final- ly obliged, after several complaints from customers, to caution him against these displays of temper. There would be a slight improvement in him for a week or so and then he would fall back into his old habit again. The upshot of it was that he was again superseded by be- ing made ‘‘second’’ instead of ‘‘first call.’’ This was followed by his being taken out of the dress goods department and placed as ‘‘third call’’ in the do- mestic stock. For some unaccountable reason he placed all the blame for his steady busi- ness downfall upon me, while it was evident to everybody that he had only his own bad temper to blame. He had been given chance after chance, simply because he and Mr. Morey had been fel- low clerks during their younger days. His last chance was bound to come, however, and ‘’Old Hick’’ found at last that bis services were no longer needed by the Morey Dry Goods Co. He had been such a ‘‘thorn in the flesh’’ that his former associates did not soon forget him. He secured employ- ment with one of the other large dry goods houses in the city, where he re- mained for just one month. After this we heard of him first in one store, then in another, until it seemed as if he had worked in every store in town. Finally he dropped out of our sight altogether and for six months none of us knew where he was. We came to the conclu- sion that he had left the city. About this time one of our boys came to me with, ‘‘Guess where ‘Old Hick’ is ae \ SS SSO SSR CS )) with every meal | on your travels; equaled for not to Keep. Five Cents SCS , G* » i \_s wiches; perfect for picnics; un- general use. Good food for every- body. Made to eat, — ‘Uneeda Biscuit-—a new form of Soda Biscuit, crisp, tender and delicious. > take a box with you splendid for sand- x Serve | ““Uneeda” is our Trade Mark. Uneeda Biscuit, as crisp, ten- der and delicious as when fresh from the iy oven, wehave originated this moisture proof YH package. Carefully remove the wrapper; Serve in this package. After the biscuit are eaten you have — a lunch box for school children. LSB SES Patents pending. 5 EI SS A Se ee ees working now!’’ ‘*Golden Eagle.’’ “You're way off; but I’ll tell you— he’s ‘slinging hash’ in a ten-cent res- taurant on Larimer street.’’ It was not a surprise to us, for a man such as he, whose temper was always given free rein, could never retain a place in a store unless he had a ‘‘friend at court’’ as was the case in Morey’s. I have no doubt that even as a waiter in a cheap restaurant he is an utter fail- ure, for even there a man is required to govern his temper; and I shall not be surprised to hear at any time that he has lost his place in the restaurant and turned sandwich man or tamale vender, Mac ALLAN, re oo Two Views. Mrs. Plunkett——There’s nothing pleases a man so much when he reaches home at night as to be met by a wife with a smiling countenance. Mrs. Barker—That may be your per- sonal experience, but I have found, after a long study of the matter, that nothing pleases a man so much when he reaches home at night as to have all tbe good- looking women in the neighborhood sitting out on their front porches where he'll have to stop and gossip with them. —____~» 2. __— Rational Explanation. ‘‘Did that woman give any reason for attempting suicide?’’ ‘Yes, your honor.’’ ‘*What was it?’’ ‘*She said she warted to kill herself. ’’ My guess was the Moisture spoils biscuit; to preserve and deliver tothe ) consumer our new and splendid 4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Movements of Merchants. Tecumseh— Baldwin Bros. are closing out their stock of boots and shoes. Williamsville—O. Loupee & Son suc- ceed Milo P. Merritt in general trade. McGregor—Hugh G. Campbell suc- ceeds Mercer & Campbell in general trade. Ann Arbor—John C. Fischer has pur- chased the hardware stock of J. E. Harkins. Detroit—Ackerman & Brown have purchased the grocery stock of Jobn I. Turnbull, Holland—R. VanZwaluwenberg, gro- cer and meat dealer, has sold out to C. DeKeyzer. Manistique—Lindsley & Mosher suc- ceed Frank O. J. Lindsley in the gro- cery business. Niles—Chas. S. Quimby & Co. suc- ceed Geo. W. Dougan & Co. in the dry goods -usiness. Allegan—H. F. Marsh has purchased the interest of W. L. Baldwin in the City drug store. Oscoda—Louis Marks, dealer in cloth- ing and men’s furnishing goods, has re- moved to Durand. Milford—Holmes, Dancer & Grogan have purchased the general stock of Nathan J. Bissell. Augusta—Frank Billington succeeds Jobn J. Lawler in the furniture and un- dertaking business. Sault Ste. Marie—Hall & Gauthier, meat dealers, have dissclved, Mr. Gauthier succeeding. Charlotte—E. J. Hill has opened a book and stationery store. His daugh- ter, Miss May, will assist him. Woodmere—Nellie (Mrs. John W.) King, dealer in groceries, meat and wall paper, has removed to Detroit. Cedar—B. E. Foley has begun the erection of a frame store building, which he will occupy with his drug stock. Battle Creek—B. W. Pinch & Co., dealers in agricultural implements, have disposed of their stock to Geo. H. Phillips. South Haven—W. J. Henwood, for- merly engaged in business at Hart and Niles, bas opened a new drug store at this place. Petoskey—Jas. Lyons and O. C. Hay- den have formed a copartnership and engaged in the grocery business at 320 Mitchell street. Lansing—Geo. F. Gillam has pur- chased the hardware stock of A. M Porter and will continue the business at the same stand. Big Rapids—The Henry Shafer gro- cery stock has been purchased by Rud- loff & Krahn, who will continue the business at the same location. Ironwood—Percy Saarp, manager of the drug store of M. F. McCabe & Co., was married this week to Miss Jeannette Ferguson, of Appleton, Wis. Menominee—The drug firm of Chas. H. Law & Co., composed of Chas H. Law and R. E. Jennings, has been dis- solved, Mr. Law succeeding. Millbrook—Dr. W. R. Stringham, formerly engaged in the drug business at this place, has concluded to re en- gage in the same business at this place. Scottville—Edward Kobe, of Hart,has purchased the new two-story brick store building owned by Wm. Fisher and oc- cupied by the general stock of Fisher & Caplin. Mr. Kobe will take possession Aug. 1 and will engage in the general merchandise business. Calumet—Peter J. Nappa, general dealer, was seriously burned in making his escape from his burning building Monday night. He was asleep when the fire broke out. Sault Ste. Marie—J. Sarasohn has en- gaged in general trade at this place. He is the father of Sam Sarasobn, of Bay Mills, and a merchant of many years’ experience. Kalkaska—It is L. A. Hubbell, for- merly of the meat firm of Hubbell Bros., of Manton, not W. J. Hubbell, who has purchased the meat market of Nelson Cummings. Ludington—Nelson C. Madsen has purchased a half interest in the hard- ware stock of Frank Bradl. The busi- ness will be conducted under the style of Brad] & Madsen. Benton Harbor—Butzbach & Kidd bave leased the adjoining store build- ing, recently vacated, and made an archway between the two stores, occupy- ing both with their fruit and vegetable stock, Alma—Jay Jacobs, who has been em- ployed in the jewelry store of A. B. Scattergood, has purchased an interest in the business, which will hereafter be conducted under the style of Scattergoud & Jacobs. Elk Rapids—T. W. Preston, of Big Rapids, who has rented the building now occupied by Ben Yalomstein, has made arrangements to move his drug stock here as soon as Mr. Yalomstein vacates the building. Newberry—F. B. Stade, dry goods and clothing merchant at this place, will close out his stock here and locate in tbe new town of Mass in the copper district. He bas purchased a site and will erect a store building 30x70 feet in dimensions, two stories high. Detroit—Theodore C. Mau and Frank C. Andrews have formed a partnership under the name of Theodore C. Mau, to carry on a fur business. Frank C Andrews is a special partner and has contributed $3,coo to the assets of the firm. The partnership is to last for one year. Houghton—The new corporation which was organized in April of this year to engage in the cold storage warehouse business, and which included the firm of A. J. Rule & Co., of this place, is perfecting arrangements to erect tem- porary warehouses here and at Calumet; also a permanent warehouse here, 50x75 feet and three stories high. Bellaire—P. Medalie has begun the construction of an extension to his store building. It will extend back 35 feet, which will give him a store 75 feet deep and will be one of the largest and most complete stores in the county. The new addition will be devoted to clothing and men’s furnishings and will be ready for occupancy about July 1. Stanton—The general merchandise firm of Ball & Devine has been dis- solved, B. J. Devine retiring. Curtis Ball, who has been identified with the grocery business here for the past thir- teen years, is sole proprietor of the business. Mr. Devine is an experienced and successful produce buyer and ship- per and will probably follow that voca- tion. Bellevue—W. H. Newton and W. D. Luscomb will shortly engage in the gen- eral merchandise business in the south Phelps store. Ray E. Stevens has leased the north store and will put in a gro- cery stock on the south side. He has subleased tbe north side to Frank Phelps, who will occupy it with a stock of boots and shoes and men's furnishing goods. Owosso—The four down town drug firms, W. E. Collins & Co., H. A. Blackmar, Parkill & Son and M. A, Sprague & Co., have devised a plan by which the public will receive better Sun- day service than before, at the same time doing away with the necessity of all being at their place of business a part of each Sunday. The plan, which went into effect last Sunday, is that each of the four above named places keep open all day Sunday in turn—once each in four weeks. A _ notice is posted in each of the other three stores, telling which one is open that day. Manufacturing Matters. Menominee—A. W. Clark announces his intention of establishing a wooden- ware factory here. Lansing—H. B. Severance & Co. suc- ceed Horace B. Severance in the tank manufacturing business. Reed City—J. L. Kegley, of Lake Geneva, Wis., has taken the manage- ment of the Reed City creamery. Grawn—D. E. Crandall & Son suc- ceed D. E. Crandall in the merchan- dise, lumber and shingle business. Glen Arbor—J. O. Nessen & Co., manufacturers of :umber, will here- after do business under the style of the Glen Arbor Lumber Co, Big Rapids—C. F. Mynning has shipped his sawmill to Lake City and will locate it on a tract of timber six miles east of that place. Ironwood—The New Davis Mining Co. has been organized by four busi- ness men of this place. The corpora- tion has an authorized capital stock of $100, 000. Menominee—The Downey Manufac- turing Co. has been incorporated, with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, to engage in the manufacture of various household articles. Grand Ledge—Frank Field has leased a building and equipped it with the necessary machinery for the manufac- ture of paints of all colors. The enter- prise will be known as the Grand Ledge White Lead and Color Works and will begin operations in about a month. Menominee—The E. P. Blinn Cedar Co., of Chicago, has purchased all the cedar stock of the defunct Kirby-Dennis Co. The company will close out the cedar yards in Munising and Marinette. Upwards of $15,000 worth of cedar is to be sold. Frank McGillan, of this city, now employed by Geo. McKinney & Co., will be general manager of the new corporation. Mr. McGillan will locate in Munising for several months and conduct the sale. Ludington—Thomas Percy, the well- known salt manufacturer, has been negotiating for the purchase of the Pere Marquette Lumber Co. plant, which has been out of use by reason of the com- pany closing up its lumber operations here about a year ago. If he succeeds in getting the property he will start up the old salt block and largely increase its capacity, making it one of the finest salt plants in Michigan. It basa flow- ing mineral weli on the land which is said to contain marvelous medicinal properties, although it bas never been put to any use except to furnish a local demand for the water, which is de- livered around town at a nominal price per galion. ——__> 2. ____ He Couldn’t Help It. ““That boy of mine,’’ said the angry father, ‘‘is just a natural born fool.’’ ‘‘Of course,’’ retorted the neighbor, and there was that in his tone that made the father want to climb the fence and go after him. A Family of Merchants. Owosso, May 22—I read in the Trades- man of May 17 the chronicle of the death of my old friend and cotemporary in mercantile pursuits in Grand Rapids in 1850, and it has occurred to me that a few lines historical of the McConnell family might be of interest to the read- ers of the Tradesman, especially, the few of the old business men who are still left to mingle their sympathies with my own at the departure of the deceased. There were five boys in the family, all brought up to mercantile pursuits. Wm. H., John, Fred, Col. Dan., who still survives, and Charles, who was the youngest and who died early in the fifties. They first located in Dansville in the Genesee Valley, N. Y., where they carried on a general business in merchandising about the year 1844, and it was from there that they came to Michigan. When I went to Grand Rapids the youngest of the brothers was a clerk in Wm. H. and John Mc- Connell’s store on Monroe street. After the retirement of our late friend, John McConnell, Wm. H. continued the business for several years and, I think, was succeeded by his brother, Col. Dan. Fred McConnell was for many years a successful hardware merchant in Ionia. They were a family born to mercantile pursuits, which they followed in its various branches in different localities, with credit to themselves and the good will of their customers. Besides their general record as a family of honorable and successful business men, one of the brothers, Col. Dan., bas added a military record as veteran of two wars, in both of which he bore a distinguished art. x good neighbor, a kind friend, a genial companion, an enterprising citi- zen, a gentieman and honest man has departed. W. S. H. WELTON. —__> 2. The Boys Behind the Counter. Three Oaks—Fred Close has been employed by Joshua Chatterson as clerk in the hardware store. Niles—Chas. Francis is clerking at Gage Bros.’ grocery. Charlotte—Fred Murray, who recently returned from Ann Atbor, where he had been for treatment, has so far recovered as to be able to resume business, and will enter the store of Victor C. Roblin & Co. as salesman. Saginaw—Henry Tietz has left his position in the Parkinson pharmacy, and has assumed charge of Meichers’ pharmacy. Harbor Springs—N. H. Randall has taken aclerkship in the grocery de- partment of W. J. Clarke & Son. Menominee—H. D. McKevitt has taken the position of prescription clerk at Sawyer’s pharmacy. Cedar—Arthur Sott, of Maple City, is clerking for Billman & Culver. ——>2>___ Kalamazoo Grocers Alive to Their Best Interests. Kalamazoo, May 22—The Chamber of Commerce was well filled Friday even- ing with members and friends of the Kalamazoo Retail Grocers’ Association. A committee was appointed to visit the Common Council regarding the ordi- nance referring to licensing hucksters and other contingent matters. Warfare wiil be commenced against peddlers who can clear from $5 to $10 a day and handicap the grocer in many ways. In the future all outsiders, in- cluding newspapers reporters, will be barred from the meetings, and the meet- ings will be reported to the press by the Secretary of the Association. A committee was also appointed to look after the grocers not in the Asso- ciation and bring them in. It was thought to be a good plan to close all their respective stores on Decoration day and the ward committees will make a canvass of the grocers and report re- —_ at the meeting to be held next Fri- ay. co cgaaenniraveret ae RAC REECE 6 Lae syns meaner oe seme MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 5 Grand Rapids Gossip The Produce Market. Asparagus—35@4oc per doz. bunches. Beans— Wax are high and scarce aad command §2 per % bu. box. Beet Greens—6oc per bu. Butter—Receipts of dairy grades are very heavy, but local handlers are meeting no difficulty in unloading to good advantage. Fancy fetches 13¢, choice brings 12c and cooking grades about loc. Factory creamery is in fair demand at 17¢. Cabbage— Mississippi stock commands $5@5 50 per crate. California stock is weaker, having declined to $5@5.50 per crate. Cheese—Geo. B. Horton, who oper- ates eight factories in Lenawee county with an output of 140 cheese per day, expresses the opinion that factory- men will not see a 6 cent price this year; in fact, he is doubtful whether cheese will go below 8 cents. All of the factories are sold close up and there is no accumulation of stock in the hands of anyone. Michigan makers are grad- ually extending the scope of their ter- ritory, having found a profitable outlet for the product peculiar to Michigan in the Western R: serve of Obio ard as far south as the Ohio River in Indiana. Peoria and other Illinois cities are also taking considerable quantities of Mich- igan cheese, although a few years ago the dealers and makers in that section of the country sneered at the idea of ever eating anything but the close, com- pact cheddar cheese peculiar to Wiscon- sin and New York. Although there is only about one-half as much cheese made in the United States as there was eight years ago, the output is increasing and the export trade, which has been very largely in the hands of Canadian makers for some years, is coming back to us. Cucumbers--Soutbern, 40@soc ; home grown, 60@7oc. Eggs—The peculiar conditions which have characterized the market st.]] con- tinue and the price still hangs around 12c, which is an almost unheard-of price for the latter part of May. Coun- try merchants are paying Ioc, as a rule, so that the producer is getting the ben- efit of the bulge. Many local buyers are shipping direct to Eastern markets, which is one cause of the dearth of shipments received by cold storage buy- ers, who are paying 11@I!2c. Green Onions—Silver skins command 10o@12c. : Lettuce—Head lettuce is in good de- mand at 12c per Ib. ; outdoor stock is in fair demand at Ioc. Onions—Bermudas now command §$2 per crate. Egyptians are about the same as a week ago, being held at $3 per sack of 110 Ibs. Southern, $2.50 per sack. Pieplant—c per lb. Peas—Green Southern stock is in fair demand at $1 per bu. Home grown is expected to come in early next week Pineapples—Havanas command $1.25 @1 75 per doz., according to size and quality Floridas are in fair demand at $4.50@4 75 per crate. This is a good time to purchase for canning, because the price is lower and the quality better than will be the case later on. Potatoes—There is a little firmer feeling at the outside markets and the demand is good at present prices. Lo- cal shippers find no difficulty in getting 4oc, which 1s equivalent to about 30c at the outside buying points. The grower appears to be possessed of the belief that prices will be higher before they are lower, but this feeling is not shared to any great extent by local handlers, because of the nearness we are to the Southern crop. Poultry—Receipts of live poultry are light, due to the fact that the farmers are too busy with their spring work to give the shipping of poultry any atten- tion. Broilers are scarce and readily command 25c per pound. Chickens are in good demand at 8@gc and fowls are in fair demand at 8c. Ducks are dull at 5c. Geese are not in demand at all Turkeys are in limited supply at 8@ Tic. Radishes— Round, 8c; long, toc. Spinach—6oc per bu. Squash—$1 per box for summer. Strawberies—I!linois and Indiana are furnishing the bulk of the receipts this week. The price ranges from $1.50@2 er crate, although occasional choice ots are held at $2.25. The market is generally low early in the week and higher and stronger the last three days of the week. Other markets appear to be in harmony with this condition of things, Chicago and Detroit markets having been in unison with Grand Rap- ids in this respect for the past three weeks. —_—_»>___—_ Urgent Appeal For Assistance. Grand Rapids, May 22—Alderman Whalen’s resolution in the Common Council, prohibiting peddlers and buck- sters from crying and shouting their wares on the streets, will come up for final consideration by the Committee on Ordinances Thursday evening. In order to secure a favorable report by the Com- mittee, it is absolutely necessary that as many grocers as possible attend the meeting, and you are therefore most earnestly requested to be present on that occasion. We sincerely hope you will not disappoint us, but come and help us out, in order that we may suc- ceed in abating the nuisance, if pos- sible. In concluding this appeal, permit me to further say that although the peddlers are not half as strong in membership as the retail grocers, yet they always turn out to a man, resulting in outnumber- ing us three to one. Thisshould not be the case, and will not be if you do your duty. The next meeting of the Association will be held Tuesday evening, June 6. at the office of the Michigan Tradesman. HOMER K.3ap, Sec’y. —_> 0 ->___ Hides, Pelts, Furs, Tallow and Wool Hides are in good demand at high prices. Stocks are good in quality, but there is no accumulation. Pelts are few and in demand at high- er values than have ruled for some months past. Furs are practically out of the market. Tallow is slow and sluggish, with light demand from soapers. Wocls bave firmed up and are more in demand, although not quotably higher in the Eastern market. Prices on the Michigan new clip start out 2c below 1898 purchases, which is where they should have been bought at that time. So far, there is not the usual excitement incident to a wool season. The article looks, and is, low in price and so much below the product of other countries that it is being exported to quite an extent. Our home manufacturers are not strong on the market, for some reason, and the indications are that the clip will be sold at the present prevailing low rates. Ws. T. HEss. 0. Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co. and P. Steketee & Sons will close both their wholesale and retail departments all day Tuesday, May 30, Memorial Day. 2 2. ___ Ed. C. Judd succeeds Louckes & Biom in the cigar and tobacco business in the Hermitage block at the corner of Bridge and Canal streets. oo E. Heckman has engaged in the gro- cery business at 737 Grandville avenue, The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. fur- nished the stock. ——___> > —____ Notier & Vandenberg have opened a grocery store at Ottawa Beach. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. > 2. For Gillies N. Y. tea, all kinds, grades and prices, phone Visner, 800. The Grocery Market. Sugar—There is uo material change in the raw sugar market this week, sales having been made at the old basis of 456c for 96 deg. test centrifugals and 4c for 89 deg. test muscovadoes. There is a very large increase in the sugar consumption, as is usual at this time of the year,on account of the large amount used in canning and preserving fruit. It is said that this year’s output will not begin to meet this increase in demand and that the reserve stock may bave to be drawn on to the extent of about 200, - ooo tons. Many brokers think that the price of granulated will advance shortly, on account of this increased demand and apparent short supply. Canned Goods—At no time in the past ten years has the supply of canned goods been so small as it is now and holders are firm in their views because of this. There is a slackening in the demand for vegetables, but all supplies are held firmly up to market prices, and trade, although limited, is steady. Small fruits are practically cleaned up and some sorts are entirely gone. The result will be an unusually favorable market for the new pack. Very little is being done in peas just at present. The canneries in Baltimore began opera- tions this week. Most packers are sold out and the tendency of prices is up- ward. Tomatoes are firmer, but there has been no increase in price as yet. Spot trading is confined to small orders to satisfy immediate requirements. Minor vegetables are steady and prices are practically unchanged. The feeling is fairly satisfactory, but trade is quiet, being reduced by the arrival of fresh goods. There is an excellent demand for new pack pineapple, with prices showing an upward tendency on some brands. Conditions are substantially unchanged. The _ Baltimore canners report some difficulty in securing suffi cient supplies to satisfy the require- ments of the trade. Salmon is held firm and large sales of the different grades of Alaska are reported. The general situation is very strong. New pack Co- lumbia River is nearly sold out at the opening price, with a prospect of the price going Ic per dozen higher before a case is shipped. Spot Alaska is get- ting cleaned up and there will be no new available before next September, and we have nearly four months of the best salmon-consuming months stili before us. Dried Fruits—The arrival of fresh fruit and vegetables curtails the demand for dried fruit quite materially, aithough there are a few specialties, like apri- cots, prunes and raisins, for which a fairly active demand exists. The dried fruit situation presents some interest ing features which indicate, in some degree, what prices are likely to be during the coming season. Prices on all California varieties are high and the outlook for opening prices promises an advance over those of last year. Re- ports of the growing crops are conflict- ing, but there is an impression that the yield will be considerably less than has been anticipated. It is too early to say anything definite about the prune and raisin crops, but the outlook for both is fairly good and dealers antici - pate a strong market during the season. Raisins are quiet, although there is a little firmer feeling in 3 crowns. Prunes are steady and prices tend upward. Medium sizes are in short supply, but there is an impression that stocks are heavier than have been stated hereto- fore. Evaporated apples are weak and trade is confined to small orders, There is still some enquiry for sun-dried, but no sales are reported. Peaches are scarce and high. Apricots are steady at previous quotations. It is reported that the yield of apricots this season will be 500 to 600 cars, against 250 cars in 1898 and 1,250 in 1897, making about half the yield for this year that was turned out in 1897. Reports from Greece regarding the currant crop stite that it is progressing favorably, the weather being all that could be desired) Prices remain unchanged. Figs are unchanged. Latest information from shippers is to the effect that the Smyrna crop this year will be about five-eighths of an average crop. Nuts—Old crop walnuts are about cleaned up and the market is firm. In- dications are that the crop will be about equal to last year’s. The demand for almonds is constantly increasing. The supply is also increasing and, while a large share is imported, the production in this country is increasing and _ indi- cations are that there will be a large crop this year. Peanuts have advanced %c. The shortness of the present crop becomes more apparent as the season advances and the large demand for con- sumption causes advances, which may continue. The present light crop came upon a market practically bare of stock. Molasses—The reports coming in from Puerto Rico give more estimates of the shortage of the molasses crop. These estimates run from 40 to 50 per cent. Therefore, it is maintained if the crop turns out to be 12,000 hogsheads, it will show up much better than expected. In this connection it will be interesting to note that last year the total shipments from Puerto Rico were 21,000 hogs- heads. The local market is firm, with prices unchanged and demand moderate, grocers confining purchases to small lots to cover immediate wants. Tea—The demand for tea is light. Prices are steady, but only a nominal amount of trade is reported. This is not unusual, as May is genera'ly a dull month for the tea business. Fish—Trade in fish of all kinds is quiet and not much activity in mackerel is expected until new mackerel comes in more freely. Reports from both the domestic and Irish coast fisheries are discouraging and indications point toa very firm market for mackerel for some time to come. Stocks of low grade salt codfish in Gloucester are reported to be light. High grades are in better supply, although stocks of both descriptions are said to be under the average usually held at this season. Rice—The rice business is extremely dull, almost no sales at all being made at present. What few are made are at unchanged prices. Cereals—The price on Schumacher’s farina has declined 25c per case. Vinegar—Cider vinegar has advanced Yc per gallon. Gelatine—Notice has been received from the manufacturer that the price on Knox’s gelatine will advance $1 per gross June I. —_—__ ~_2 2 Wm. T. Hess has purchased the _ in- terest of James Muir in the Union City Lumber Co., which has its headquarters in this city and operates portable hard- wood sawmills at various places in Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky, in- cluding a logging railroad in the latter State. Mr. Muir has purchased a saw- mill and will engage in the lumber business in Kentucky, in which State he has taken up his residence. 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World A Thing of Shreds and Patches. The little book has lain for nearly a month now upon my library table, and even yet I have not schooled myself to look at it without a blinding mist of tears rushing to my eyes. You see, I gave it to her myself, and now to get it back like this! It was just before she graduated and I was casting about for some trifling gift for her, as a souvenir of the occasion, when I happened to run across it. It was such a frivolous little book, all bound in white and gold, call ing itself a ‘‘dress album,’’ and ar- ranged with spaces where one was to paste scraps of frocks and write the date and place when they were first worn, with such other marginal com- ment as one felt inspired to add. I smiled at the conceit of keeping a record of one’s life by such means of shreds and patches, and then all at once it occurred to me how subtly character- istic it was of the girl. Not that she was one of those poor creatures who think of nothing but dress, and whose brains are cut on the bias and frilled in the middle; but she was one of the peo- ple whom, in your thoughts, you never disassociate from their clothes. To re- member her at all was to conjure up a vision of a fair, young face set off by soft and harmonious color and dainty fabrics and gracious lines of beauty. You could no more have imagined her in an ungainly or dowdy gown than you could have thought of her as old and ugly and haggard. Both might in time come to her, but they had no part now with her radiant and joyous youth and bloom. And now the book has come back to me, with a few words of farewell, and she is done with all the laughter and gayety and frills and frivols that be- longed to the world and were part and parcel of the things it contained. The other day I opened the little vol- ume, and it seemed to me that in no other way could the sweet story of her life have been written more definitely or more pathetically than in the little scraps of cloth, the frailest of which—so unstable a thing is human hope and happiness—outlasted her short need for the trappings of joy. The book has been kept almost like a diary and the first entry was a bit of sheer white organdie, trimmed with lace and ribbon, and dated June, 1897. Underneath it was written: ‘‘How true it is, if one only waits long enough one is sure to gain one’s desires. Here have I been think- ing for three years that the time would never come around when I would actual- ly finish school, and have a really, truly, grown-up long frock and do up my hair. Goody, goody, good. I've got a perfect duck of a graduating gown, trimmed with real valenciennes lace that grandma had in her trousseau. Papa seemed surprised when he found out that I was going to graduate. He said it was ridiculous to graduate babies like me and that they never did such things when he was young. I do be- lieve he forgets that I am18 This morning Billy Travers came and brought me a lovely shower bouquet of white roses. He seemed awfully glum about something, and when I asked him what was the matter, he said, ‘Oh, I Suppose it’s because you are going to graduate, and be out in society, and there'll always be a lot of silly idiots hanging around you, and things won't be like they used to any more.’ ‘Why, Billy,’ I said, ‘what absurd notions you do take up sometimes. The very idea of my ever liking to talk to any one as much as I do you, whom I've known all my life. Why, I love you like a sister.’ ‘Oh, I suppose you do,’ he groaned, and went away. Something seemed to have annoyed him somehow. I won- der what it was?’’ Then followed a lot of scraps of serges, and muslins, and the usual be- longings to a summer girl’s outfit, with ‘*Charlevoix; had a lovely time on the So-and-So's yacht,’’ and Petoskey and Mackinac Island and the Soo, just the date and a line or two of joyous com- ment written on the life where every- thing was new and strange and delight- ful as is that between season when a girl is out of school and has not yet entered the formal world of society, when one has, in a word, all the privileges of a school girl and all the freedom of a young lady. Following came a more important en- try—a piece of white chiffon delicately embroidered in silver. ‘‘This,’’ she wrote, ‘‘is my first ball dress. If it wasn't so perfectly lovely I don’t be- lieve I could have the courage to go. I am as nervous asacat. I know I will break my heart with longing if I don’t go, and I will die with chagrin if I du and am not a success. Suppose no one asks me to dance? Fancy the horror if I had to sit all the evening under the shadow of mama’s wing 2nd hear her fib to the other chaperons about me not caring for dancing and the frivolous company of young men, like Mrs, Smith does about Mamie Iknow what I shall do. To-day when Billy was over I begged him not to ask anybody to dance, so that if no one asked me he could just fill my card up for the whole evening, and we'd dance it out together, ‘People would say we were engaged, if we did,’ he said in such a curious tone of voice. ‘Let ’em,’I cried recklessly. ‘I’d rather they would say anything about me than that I was a wall flower.’ '’ The next morning, ‘‘ Well, the ball is over and I didn’t have to ask Billy to dance with me after all. I hadn't been in the room five minutes before my card was full, and I forgot to save even one little teerty weenty waltz for him. He was very angry about it, and said something stupid about the selfishness of women. Men are so un- reasonable. I should have thought he would have been positively glad not to have to dance with a girl who is just like a sister to him.’’ The first season was a gay one, and the pages that follow are filled with bits of dainty silks and filmy lace and fur and embroidery. Then comesa bit cf scarlet, and written under it: ‘‘T am learning to play golf, and this is my new golf coat. Billy is teaching me. He says that I am a very apt pupil, although I am sure I shall never learn to talk it, and everybody knows that is of much more importance than the ability to knock the balls about. So far as I can see, the principal ad- vantage of the game is that it enables two young people to go off and spend the morning together, and that a check or a brassie or a niblick is considered a sufficient chaperon. Sometimes that is an advantage and sometimes not. For instance, now who could ever have sup- posed such a thing, but Billy—yes, Billy, whom I have known all my life, and loved like a brother—took it into his bead to get stupid and say things about love, you know. I never thought of such a thing. It’s absurd. Of course it is. Why, ever since I've been old enough to read my first novel, I’ve known exactly what sort of a man! would fall in love with, and just how it would be. He will be tall and dark, with a fierce black mustache and eyes that thrill me and make me afraid, and I'll know just the first minute I see him that he’s my fate, and he will woo me in such an impetuous way I'l] just be swept off my feet and won't care if he’s a pirate or a nihilist or anything. He won't be a bit like Billy, who is fair and deliberate and the kindest soul alive, and one that you couldn't be afraid of to save your life. That's the reason I told Billy so positively that I couldn't ever be anything to him but a sister. It wasn’t like I didn’t know what real love is. But I couldn't help crying, and I didn’t mind when Billy put his arms around me and kissed me and said: ‘There, darling, don’t cry,’ and called himself a brute. He says he is going away. I—I never thought of it before, but what will life seem like without Billy?’’ A few pages beyond this is a strip of red, white and blue ribbon, and written under it, ‘‘My country, ‘tis of thee.’’ Then: ‘‘Fancy, this is a bit of a hat- band I’m wearing. We are to have war. Regiments are being formed to go to Cuba. How strange it all seems. Yes- terday the flag was nothing but a bit of bunting that we passed and repassed without emotion. To-day, at the first bint of insult or danger, it has all heaven for its red, white and blue, it becomes the holiest thing on earth to us, a million hearts thrill to every flut- ter of its folds, and tens of thousands spring to its defense. Billy has been made lieutenant of one of the com- panies. He looks very handsome in his new uniform.’’ A few pages further, and a solitary button is fastened to the leaf. ‘‘ This is off Billy’s uniform,’’ she wrote. ‘‘His regiment left for the front to-day. Last night I was sitting in the dusk when he came up to tell me that they would leave at dawn. Then all at once I knew. It came to me ina kind of blinding flash of light what everything meant—that all my life I had loved Billy, and that if—if anything happened to him it would break my heart, and kill all the joy in the world for me. It choked me, and suffocated me, as if a heavy hand had been laid upon my heart and almost stopped its beating. ‘Going,’ I said at last, stupidly. ‘Yes,’ he said, and then he said something about hoping I would think of him sometimes for the sake of the times when we were children together, and I threw myself into his arms. ‘Billy,’ I cried, ‘it was all a mistake; I loved you all the time, only at first I didn’t know it.” After a while be had to go away, but he came back once from the gate. ‘* ‘Sweetheart,’ he said, ‘stand just as you are; I want to remember you with all the glory of love on your dear face,’ and he was gone.’’ There are only two more entries in the book. One is a little piece of blood- stained blue cloth, and beneath it is written, ‘‘Killed in battle, at the head of his men. A comrade cut this from over his heart and sent ittome. ‘A wonderful victory, with only one man lost,’ ’’ said the dispatch ; ‘‘ but that bul- let slayed the whole world for me.’’ Pasted on the last page isa bit of coarse black serge, the habit of a Sister of Charity. The girl put that in it, and sent the book to me, when she took her weary heart, with all its burdens, and laid it down upon the altar, seeking in ministry to others to find the balm for her own deatbless sorrow. DorotHy Dix. oS AW. ~~ A> 4 The Sunlight ' ? Lamps to Burn! Don’t buy something that won’t burn. , eS idences. Local agents oll all tn This Lamp Has Been Approved by the Board of ) Underwriters. Specially adapted for Stores, Churches, and Res- Town and Village in the State. PERKINS, HENRY & CO., Grand Rapids Gas Lamp Makes its own gas and gives a more perfect light at less expense than any light ever offered the public. No flicker, no wicks to trim, no odor, no smoke. 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Universal peace has been a dream of philosophers, statesmen, philanthropists and even of soldiers, not to mention poets, from the earliest times. The an- cient Hebrew prophets foretold a time when the nations would beat their swords and spears into ‘plowshares and pruning hooks and learn the arts of war no more. A writer in the London Fortnightly Review cites Sully, the Abbe de Saint- Pierre and Kant as having drawn up schemes by which tbe ‘‘Golden Age’’ might be realized. Frederick the Great beguiled his leisure with thoughts of a European peace and disarmament con- gress. Napoleon protested, from his exile in St. Helena, that the object of all his wars had been to restore the ‘‘beau ideal de la civilisation,’’ by applying to the European nations the system of the Greek Amphictyony. Even Moltke, in his young days, braved ridicule by con- fessing his ‘‘belief in the idea of a gen- eral European peace,’’ and thought that a mutual disarmament might possibly be a question only of decades. In the present century there have been three efforts to establish such millennia] conditions. The first of these was made by the Holy Aliiance in 1816, by the sovereigns of Russia, Austria and Prus- sia. Napoleon had just been overthrown and Europe was wearied with the wars be had precipitated upon every country of the continent. The three monarchs who had most suffered in the Napoleonic wars entered into an agreement where- by they pledged themselves to rule their peoples like fathers of families, and to regulate all national and international relations in accordance with the prin- ciples of Christian charity. The real object of the Holy Alliance, however, was to consolidate and estab- lish royal and imperial absolutism on a basis that would enable it to suppress and destroy all free institutions and political liberty upon the continent of Europe. It was actually proposed to give substantial aid to Spain, who was involved in serious trouble with her American colonies, then in revolt against her tyrannical domination. It was the prospect of interference by the Euro- pean powers which constituted the alli- ance that brougbt from President Mon- roe, of this United States the famous expression that has become so ident: fied with bis name as the first distinctive American pronouncement upon the for- eign policy of the Republic. The universal peace proposition of the Holy Alliance proved to be anything but the introduction to a miliennial con- dition of the nations, for it meant, if such a realization had been possible, the universal enthronement of despotism. The second of the peace propositions was that of Napoleon III., in 1863, to negotiate a proportional disarmament based on a revision of the treaties of 1815, and an equitable settlement of all international questions then imperiling the public peace. The third was the project of the present Czar, issued last August, for a conference of the powers to discuss ‘‘the maintenance of univer- sal peace and a possible reduction of the excessive armaments which weigh upon all nations.’’ Napoleon III. proposed that a congress of the European powers should be called, in whick a majority would be authorized to compel the minority to comply with the demands of the major- ity in disarming and in settling all questions of international controversy. Many matters that had been fixed as the results of previous wars bad come again into dispute. The previous parceling-out of conquered territory had begun to give serious trouble, and any settlement according to Napoleon’s plan would have involved many changes in its dis- position. Napoleon’s project failed and was fol- lowed by war over some of the very questions which he had proposed to dis- cuss in his congress. Napoleon III. has long ago passed from the stage of ac- tion, and in the place of his empire, sadly shorn in its territorial extent, is a republic. The German empire, which dominated the continent of Europe after the downfall of France as a great military power, still remains; but the mighty men who laid its foundations and reared its superstructure are no more. In a constitutional government every- thing depends on the maintenance of the principles upon which the institu- tions of a country are built, and the men who administer them count com- paratively for little; but in an auto- cratic government, everything is in the man or men who are in control, and laws and institutions need be scarcely considered. The present age is one which has been distinguished for the settlement of international disputes by arbitration. It is to be hoped that the present peace congress will greatly en courage the settlement of such contro- versies. In that respect it can accom- plish great good; but that it will oper- ate to bring on miilennial peace and harmony is too much to hope for with the experiences of the past and the gen- eral facts of human nature in view, ne Not only is toe tood adulterated now- adays, but even the music has come in for a ‘‘mixing.’’ In New York the park bands have been found to contain a lot of ‘‘dummies’’ who sit and go through the motions of blowing French borns and trombones, but who can’t in reality play a note. This is one of the latest schemes conceived by the trades union leaders to defraud the municipal- ity. The union leaders get the most of the pay of the ‘‘dummies,’’ who only swell the bills and not the volume of the music. The park board has dis- covered a number of these counterfeits and is investigating the scandal. The patent medicine manufacturer has been condemned by the congress of pharmacists, held recently in Paris, This convention asks the government to pass a law prohibiting the sale of patent medicines in France. TRIUMPH OF THE UNWORTHY. True democracy has never claimed that people are equal in any other re- spect than in the right to use each his faculties to the best advantage for his own advancement. No other sort of equality is possibie, since no two human beings are precise- ly alike and equal physically, mentally or spiritually. Each individual is in- vested with the natural right to use such faculties or talents as he may have in such a way as to secure for himself the best results in his reach in the pursuit of happiness. This is all the equality and all the freedom that any human being can properly claim, because it is all that is possible. He who envies the wealth, the power, the happiness possessed by others, and seeks to deprive them of it when he had done nothing to win pros- perity or to deserve influence and es- teem at the hands of his fellows, is a dishonest and may be a dangerous per- son, because, being idle and thriftless himself, he desires to convert to his own use, or to destroy, if he can not secure it himself, the personal posses- sions and the good reputation which are the result of the honorable exertion of others. The weak point in socialism, as a practical rule of life, is that it does not recognize the vast variety and univer- sal inequality of human beings, but seeks to reduce them all to the same level and divide out to all equally the sum of the earnings of all, disregard- ing the fact that some, by their natural or acquired qualifications, possess great- er earning power than others, while some are unable to earn, and others, although able, refuse to perform any useful service, but persist, through dis- honest practices, in living upon others Thus it is that any proposition to seize upon the whole of the earnings and wealth accumulations of the popula- tion and distribute them equally among the whole of the people would bea man- ifest injustice. It would be no less than robbery, because it would assure the hoodlum, the loafer and every other vicious and criminal individual in the entire community that they would be supported at the expense of the indus- trious, the faithful and the capable, with an equal distribution of the earn- ings of the latter. Human equality, therefore, means, and can mean nothing more than an equality of right for each individual, under the sanction of law, to engage in the pursuit of happiness. The entire structure of all democratic free institu- tions is built upon this foundation of equality of right and inequality of abil- ity and characteristics. Under such a system, each individual can do his best according to the conditions and circumstances that environ him. Un- der these conditions, some rise to the highest places, others to stations of re- spectability and moderate prosperity, while others fall into poverty, and still others into vice and crime. Unless there should be a most radical and miraculous change in the human race, physically, mentally and morally, ail human beings will never be able to reach the same goal of success. The man who has wasted his means and op- portunities in idleness and profligacy or has broken down his health in debauch- ery has no right to complain that he is not as prosperous or as vigorous as are some of his fellows. He is simply pay- ing the penalty entailed by courses of vice and idleness. There are some wild dreamers who, finding fault with God because he did not make all human beings equal, seek to remedy his defaults, not recognizing that it is out of human power to change the natural laws of human variation and inequality. They can never ac- complish anything, but must remain dreamers to the end. The doctrine up- on which the two most bloody socialistic revolutions ever known cn this earth were based was expressed in the words, ‘‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.’’ Those doctrines were put into the most unrestrained operation, and the result of the experiment was that liberty, unreg- ulated by law, is the despotism of a mob; any attempt to enforce equality upon the human race is to inflict robbery and injustice upon the most worthy and _in- dustrious for the benefit of the most idle and worthless, while the dcctrine of the brotherhood of mankind meant only the banding together of some to slaughter and plunder the balance. There is one, and only one, bad fea- ture in the system of democratic liberty. and that defect is in the practice, and not in the theory. Jt results from the neglect and indifference of the people to the public advancement of bad men, The best people do nct seem to object to having bad men in public office. Good citizens do not interpose to pre- vent them being nominated to important posts, and they do not work or vote to prevent their election. It has even been said that when un- scrupulous, conscienceless demagogues are in public office it is easier to se- cure contracts, public franchises and all sorts of favors, and these are what the alleged best citizens are most interested in. When they have bought up a pub- lic legislative body, they do nct have to beset it with petitions, addresses, argu- ments and all sorts of expedients to ob- tain a hearing. There is no doubt or uncertainty as to how demands for fran- chises and favors will be treated when they are matters of bargain and _ bribes. It is the unbought legislative body and the honest jury that keep the seekers for franchises in doubt and make the criminal at the bar tremble. Corruption in the public affairs of republics has always been the cause of the early destruction of republican gov- ernments. Corrupt politics is the in- evitable resuit of neglect by the people of their public duties or of a deliberate design that there shall be such corrup- tion. When such a state of affairs exists, it furnishes the one great argu- ment against an alleged government by the people for the people, and it seems to show that there has been a reversal of the law of survival of the fittest. A corrupt political administration means the victory of the worst and most un- wo'thy. Canada still keeps up its reputation as the home of the Scotch agricultural settler. Already this year nearly 300 farmers, farm servants and others, with families, have left Scotland to try their fortune among their kith and kin in the Dominion. The eight-hour law may be like some other regulating laws, to be forgotten in eight hours when a man wants to work ten and make more morey. No woman can have any respect for a man after she has helped him take off a porous plaster. One of the buruens ot the living white man is to build monuments for the dead. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 HISTORICAL GREATNESS. History can impose few tasks upon its writers more difficult than a just ap- preciation of contemporary greatness, It is almost impossible to get a clear view of the real man under the glamour of advantageous success. It pays to follow and to praise the winning man, and, besides, it is very generally as sumed and admitted that victory is the supreme test of ability. The conquering general may have had, on his side, su- perior numbers and equipment, and an unavoidable advantage of position; no matter, the inevitable result was none the less a demonstration of his surpass ing military genius. Nothing exceeds the ingenuity of the amateur military critic, especiaily when the inspiration of his eulogy is either the hope of per- sonal reward or the bias of partisan sen- timent. The task of springing an entirely new great man upon the public is, however, easy as compared with that of thrusting greatness upon a familiar mediocrity. Referring to a concrete illustration ot this general rule, the New York Nation observes: ‘‘The difficulty in Mr. Mc- Kinley’s case was that he was not an unknown man. For twenty-five years his countrymen had been painfully tak- ing his measure and had been able to award him no element of greatness ex cept what flowed from a childlike faith in tariffs. The task of showing that he had suddenly developed capacity beyonc the usual measure of middle-aged men in country villages was a task of no or- dinary difficulty, and unhappily, untii now, no one has undertaken it whon the public treated seriously.’’ This par- ticular problem has presented itself more than once in the history of the Unitec States. Anyone conversant with the compromises of party management ano the secret history of nominating conven- tions is aware how little mere personal weight often counts in the determination of the party choice. Indeed, in Amer- ican history there have been nearly in- stances enough to establish the rule tha intellectual supremacy is a complete bar to the highest popular preferment. Really great men are usually men of positive convictions, with more appetite for contest than for compromise. They make enemies as well as friends and have a record which can not be evadeo or explained away. But national nom- inating conventions usually hope to win by the popularity of their platforms and are content with candidates who have incurred no special enmity in any quar- ter. No sooner, however, is the candi date, so selected, actually elected and installed than thousands of partisan pens begin to declare his unparalleled fitness for the discharge of the high responsi- bilities which have been imposed upon him. It may be that the conditions attend- ant upon the management of the demo- cratic form of government are especially favorable to these perversions of his- tory. The unlimited monarch selects his own prime minister with a view to the success of a lifelong administration. He is not looking forward to a renomi nation or a re-election, and feels under no necessity of pleasing a multitude of minor: politicians in every part of bis domain. He, therefore, intrusts the government to competent men, and his measure of greatness is actual perform ance. He would hardly, in any case, think of intrusting every executive function, including the command of the army and navy, to a citizen distin- guished only by the ardor of his advo- cacy of a single economic doctrine; but where the Chief Executive is chosen every four years, any intimation (emana- ting from the party of the administra- tion) of failure or defect on the part of the Chief is little less than treasonable. If any commercial crisis is imminent, the people must be assured that the chief magistrate is a financial genius, with all the great authorities of political economy and monetary science at his fingers’ ends; if war intervenes, every- body must be encouraged to believe that he has quite the capacity of a Carnot to organize victory; if difficult, far-reach- ing questions of foreign affairs arise, he must be credited with the insight and nerve of a Bismarck, coupled with the finesse and subtlety of a Talleyrand. The President may count upon that kind of allegiance which finds expres- sion in fulsome flattery, as long as he is true to the ideals of the thorough-going partisan politician. However faithful he may be to the declaration of prin- ciples upon, which he was elected, be will tind himself abandoned by the ma- jority of his.party, and subjected to a terrible cross fire of friend and foe, whenever, in the exercise of a consti- tutional prerogative, he ventures to cross the purpose or to attack the per- sonal interest of the party managers. Che greatest presidents of the United States have been ccmpelled to wait upon history for a reversal of temporary judg- ment; but the greatest men must always e, in some respects, difficult of com- prehension, and to the extent that they are in advance of their time the just verdict must be delayed. TWO MILLIONS A DAY. This is a great country and it costs »ver $2,000,000 a day torun it. It is well to stop and think, once in a while, of this fact. Last year, for instance, Congress appropriated $675,c00,000. [he largest item of Government expend- iture was for pensions, $145,000,000, Then came $128,000,000 for permanent appropriations; $105,000,000 for the postal service ; $80,000,000 for the army ; $48,000,000 for the navy, and the same amount for the sundry civil service: $25,000,000 for deficiencies ; $23,000,000 for legislative; $16,000,000 for rivers and harbors; $28,000,000 for miscella- neous, including $20,000,000 to Spain; and the remainder distributed among the expenses of the diplomatic service, the Indian bureau, fortifications, and the District of Columbia. These figures have been printed a good many times in various forms, but we put them in concrete shape so that he who reads may understand them without much study, although they are well worth studying. The cheapest postal service in the world is that of Japan, where for 2 sen— ibout seven-tenths of a penny—letters ire conveyed all over theempire. This 1s the more remarkable when one con- siders the difficulty of transit over a mountainous and_ irregular country, where the railway is still in its infancy and where wagons can pass only over some of the principal roads, and only a few of the coast stations are connected ny steamers It is not known exa.ily where the urst baby show was held. Adam and Eve were evicted from the garden of Eden hefore any infant exposition was known, When a man insists on sticking his nose into other people’s business, it is a tolerably good sign that he is a re- former. THE COLONIAL PROBLEM. United States Commissioner of Statis- tics for the Treasury Department, Hon. O. P. Austin, in a recent publication on he ‘‘Colonies of the World,’’ issued by im, presents a great deal of informa- tion on a subject which is almost un- known to the American peopie, and _ is, at the same time, of great importance in view of the colonial relations into which the Spanish war has brought tbis country. The war which brought these colonies into the American system was under taken and carried on for purely benevo- lent and wholly unselfish reasons, with no object of securing any gain or advan- tage. This war has cost a good many hundreds of millions of dollars, and, in view of the fact that the war with the Spaniards brought on another war with the Filipinos, it is plain that the end of the warfare is not yet, and, not to speak of possible conflicts yet to come with the Cubans, it is certainly too early to make any calculations as to the end of bloody troubles in the colonies, But assuming that peace will be fi- nally established in all the island domain that has fallen to the lot of this coun- try, the question next to be asked is: Will these colonies continue to be a heavy pecuniary tax upon the United States Government, or can they be made sources of wealth? Appealing to England for information upon a matter on which the American people are wholly ignorant, it is dis covered that England’s numerous col- onies pay no revenue to the mother country. England’s object in every case has been to open up new markets to British products and constantly increase what is already the vastest system of commerce on the globe. Of course, new countries inhabited by savages or bar- barians can not be expected to buy to any extent the products of civilized people; but by colonizing those coun- tries with white British subjects, and by killing off great numbers of the bar- barous and savage natives and intimi- dating the balance, large civilized pop- ulations that consume largely of British products are finally secured in all the British colonies. England collects not a cent of revenue from the colonies. That sort of thing was tried on those which subsequently became the present American Republic, but the experiment proved to be a com- plete failure, and now England, having gained great wisdom on the subject of colonies, exacts no taxes from them, but labors to make them all self-sustaining, so that the sovereign government will have to spend as little money as pos- sible. Spain has always robbed her colonies by enormous exactions; but England recognizes the importance of the maxim, ‘‘No taxation without represen- tation,’’ and since the colonies have no representatives sitting in the British Parliament, no tax is exacted from the colonies to pay the expenses of the Im- perial government. But how is it going to be with the United States and her colonies? Under the American system, delegates from Hawaii, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and, perhaps, Cuba, will be found sitting in the lower house of Congress in the not distant future. Every United States territory has a delegate in the House, and statehood giving representa- tion according to population in both houses must finally foliow. Then every state and territory represented in Congress must pay tariff and internal taxes, If the islanders will have to make up their quota of the national revenre, they should be entitled to all the rights and privileges of other American citizens. Here is where a great deal of trouble will come in. Sugar and rice from Hawaii, the American West Indies and the American East Indies will compete with the sugar and rice made in the United States. More than this, the va- rious mixed and mongrel populations of the various islands, including the Chinese, who are excluded from the United States by law, but are already in the new colonies in great numbers, can claim the freedom of residents and citi- zens. Thus the financial and political problems to be solved will be extremely difficult. But what of the wealth to be gotten from the new possessions? Unless the plunder system of the Spaniards be con- tinued, and then the bulk of the profits will go into the hands of rascally offi- cials, there is nothing to be gained ex- cept in the way adopted by the English. This is to settle up the new countries with whites, civilize the balance of the native people, and extend our com- merce among them. Official statistics show that, in the British colonies to-day, more than $2, 000, 000, 0co of capital owned by citi- zens of the mother country is invested, loaned at low rates of interest, and utilized in the construction of high- ways, canals, railways, telegraphs, schools, churches, colleges and all of the appliances which tend to additional development, physical, mental and moral. The colonies and their munici- palities have the advantage of being able to borrow capital in the mother country for development of their busi- ness enterprises, the securities of the British colonies being constantly quoted in the London markets, and most of them at more than par value. The people of the British nation are the master traders of the planet and the most daring and adventurous in search of trade. Wiil the people of the United States follow their example? It is not likely. The American people, who own no ships in the foreign trade worth mention, but pay $200,000,000 a year to foreign ships for carrying their foreign trade, can scarcely hope to handle col- onies in the English manner. England and Holland are the only countries on earth that have ever handled colonies successfully. The people of the United States must learn of them, or fail igno- miniously. At a meeting of the Commercial Club of Terre Haute, the other night, it was resolved that no bonus should be paid to any industry to move to that city. It was explained that there had come to be a well-defined class of manufactories which move from town to town and are known as ‘‘bonus-chasers.’’ The Club decided that it was advisable to offer good sites and to absolve new industries from paying taxes for five years, but under no circumstances should a cash bonus be paid. The first cotton mull in Kansas will soon commence operations in Independ- ence. The mill building is 200 by 60 feet in dimensions, and was donated by the citizens. The plant will manufac- ture thread and yarn. Cloth factories are expected to follow. The erection of this mill means an impetus to cotton raising in that section, and the cotton acreage this year will be increased sev- eral times, 10 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Fruits and Produce. Observations by a Gotham Egg Man The supply of cull eggs in the New York market has increased considerably of late and while the very best grades of them have been meeting a very fair demand we have had a slow outlet for inferior lots and values have become very irregular. As usua! with all eggs which are sold case count, or by the case, prices show considerable range and there are some points as to packing these goods which should be observed to obtain the best results. Packers grade their culls variously; some pack to- gether about everything that is thrown out of the firsts; some pack small and dirty by themselves and checks by them- selves; some pack slightly stained and small clean in one grade, straight dirties in another and checks in an- other; and some candle their culls, while others do not. My observation is that it does not pay to make more than two grades of culls under ordinary circum- stances, but that both of these should be carefully candled and all bad eggs thrown out, together with those likely to become bad in transit. If the goods are properly candled and packed it is only necessary to divide the grades into ‘“‘checks’’ and ‘‘dirties;’’ the latter term does well enough for very small clean and dirty mixed together. Some points should be regarded in packing checks. I notice some lots, otherwise of good quality, which arrive in bad order, owing to faults in fillers or because many eggs were put in which were too badly broken to stand the racket. Where the cracks extend around the egg most of the way, separating the shell nearly in two, the eggs should be kept out. Furthermore, heavy fillers should be used for checks and cracks because of their more fragile character. If these precautions are disregarded tbe break- age is increased and the cases open in mussy condition; moreover, broken eggs which spread around in the fillers very soon mold and these defects re- duce price materially. All eggs which sell at mark at all seasons should be packed with especial care; their in- creased value fully repays the greater care required. + is Talking with a Cuban egg exporter the other day I drew out a few interest- ing points about the requirements of that class of trade: The Cuban demands have formed quite an important outlet during the past year and the shipments from here have run between about 3,000 and 3,800 cases per week for some time past. Most of these goods goto Havana, but the south side ships take a few hun- dred cases also. I asked my informant whether there was any difficulty in get ting the stock down to Cuba in good shape at this season. He replied that it depended a good deal upon the selec- tion of the stock here. ‘‘The egg men call me extremely particular,’’ he said, ‘‘but Iam so from compulsion. There are no refrigerators on the steamers and the trip to Havana takes about four days. The thermometer down there runs up pretty close to too deg. now and if the eggs are at all weak they go rapidly to the bad. We require a heavy, strong- meated egg and even with the utmost care in packing the losses increase con- siderably by the time the eggs reach the Havana trade.’’ xk Ke O* Some interesting information is be- ginning to come in as to the quantity ' aa . i of eggs already put away in various parts of the country. A gentleman who | bas lately been devoting considerable | personal attention to the subject, and who is in a position to get reports with | some accuracy, informs me that on the| third of May Chicago had in store about 180,000 cases, which was about 55,000) more than cn the same date last vear. | He asserts that Sioux City and Cedar | Rapids, Iowa, had at thet time some- | what less eggs than a year ago, but that) the shortage there would be fully offset | by increased accumulations at Kansas | City and Omaha. I learn from cthers | who should know, however, that Sioux | City bas rather more eggs than in 1898 | at even date. A correspondent in Kan- | sas City reports about 60,000 cases in that market last week and a probability that the season’s storage there would be at least 80,000 cases. As against Chicago’s surplus compared with last year we have to offset shortages in near- ly all Eastern ‘storage centers at present, altbough Eastern storage men are gen- erally looking for a continued inward movement later than usual and it is probable that the Eastern shortages will be considerably reduced as the season advances. Boston is about 40 per cent short of last year and New York is esti- mated to be fully 50 per cent. behind last year’s figures of even date; these shortages together probably amount to nearly 100,000 cases and an equa! per- centage of decrease compared with last vear would probably be found to pre- vail in the Pennsylvania and New York State houses.—N. Y. Produce Review. —___>2.__ Do not be out of anything. Do not force the customer to take something be does not want, for the unsatistied customer is never continuous. Have all the variety needed, but don’t bave too many of a kind, for there is loss in overstock. STRANGE & NOKES WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PRODUCE CLEVELAND, OHIO. If you have a car Strawberries or other early fruit that you want to ship, write us. MEMBERS: NATIONAL LEAGUE COMMISSION MERCHANTS NATIONAL APPLE SHIPPERS’ ASSOCIATION NOTE: The Vinkemulder Gompany, Jobbers and shippers of the best of everything in new southern and Home Grown Vegetables and all Tropical Fruits 14 Ottawa Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. GORONO TOTOHS SORORO ROE OHO ROTOROEONOHC BeseneneECEERE q Ship your BUTTER AND EGGS to R. HIRT, Jr., Detroit, Mich. 34 and 36 Market Street, aA A ss SS 4 a as | 4 435-437-439 Winder Street. } 4 Cold Storage and Freezing House in connection. Capacity } = 75 carloads. Correspondence solicited. > FTF = w= ry —_s RESELELESLSESELELE SESE SSEHHELELE LOSES ESE ODEEESEEEODOEN ¥ If you shi : : ; : : Butter and Eggs : : : : to Detroit : : Write for prices at your station to ; e ‘ HARRIS & FRUTCHEY, ‘eWostbritee st... Sereveveesvereseees FFFTFTSSSTSTSFSV A a Feed : Corn and Oats Our feed is all made at $ one mill. It is all ground $ by the same man. He thinks he knows how to $ do it right because he has been doing it for a $ dozenyears Webelieve $ he does it right or we would get another man. $ Our customers evidently think he does it right be- § cause they keep on or- $ dering, and our feed trade has been enormous this $ winter and doesn’t seem § to let up. We don’t want it to “‘let up,’’ and $ your order willhelp along. Send it in. We'll give $ you good feed at close $ prices. ‘ Valley City Milling Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. BGABSABGASASASASASCARSASASCACREAPSCASCACACACASCACGACGAGASASGA Sole Manufacturers of “LILY WHITE,” “The flour the best cooks use.” ssemaiennnhaseeimnaniteaihineia SA zl : : : io . BUTTER WANTED Cash F. O. B. cars, packed in barrels, car lots or less. H. N. RANDALL en CO., EGGS recarvror FIELD SEEDS: MOSELEY BROS.,srano, Millets Garden Seeds tn Bulk 660 OOFN F odder OOrn ee tested before sent out, quality the best and prices as low as any responsible house in CAR LOTS ONLY. ST. LOUIS, MO. FFSFSIIISI TITS $44444466068885 a | : 4 | e WE WILL PAY YOU MARKET PRICES FOR ALL THE FRESH EGGS YOU CAN FURNISH. CASH ON DELIVERY. Alired J Brown Seed Go.. ne ¢ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11 GOTHAM GOSSIP. News from the Metropolis—Index to the Market. Special Correspondence. New York, May 20—The coffee mar- ket is decidedly firmer than a week ago. There is a difference of opinion as to the reason for this. Some say that it is Owing to recent heavy purchases at pri- Mary points by men who are not asking a good profit on their holdings. At any rate, the spot market here is looking up and, although jobbers are not tumbling over each other to purchase coffee, they report a generally satisfactory condi- tion, and intimate that the present is as good a time as any that wili be likely to occur tais year for retailers to pur- chase a reasonable amount of coffee for future use. No. 7 Rio is quotable at *634c. The amount of coffee in store and afloat aggregates 1, 180,239 bags, against 1,053 516 bags at the same time last year. As to the speculative market lit- tle has been done and quotations are practically unchanged. For mild coffees there is a pretty fair demand and quo- tations are well adhered to. Good Cucuta is held at 8%c. The market for East India growths maintains about the usual amount of activity, parcels being taken for only present use. While prices sare steady, the demand for teas is very, very ligbt, and for the last half of the week there might be quite truthfully said to be no market at all. There is no pressure on the part of holders to part with their stocks if they must make any concession in rates ; and on the other hand those who may want to buy seem to be willing to ‘‘wait for the wagon’’ awhile longer and see if they can’t pick up some bargains. The market for raw sugars is not as firm as last week. Refined are fairly firm in price. The demand is not especially active, although, taking the orders to- gether, they represent a fair aggregate, and many of them are new, instead of simply closing up old contracts. Softs have been shaded a trifle, but bards remain without change. The rice situation is one that gives satisfaction all around. The jobbers are pretty well stocked up and are making no urgent calls for goods, but meantime hold onto prices quoted with tenacity. Buyers, both local and out of town, are taking oniy enough to meet immediate wants and seem to think there is no use of taking any quantity ahead. Japan rice moves as rapidly as any other sort and is quotable at 4%@5c; Patna, 5@ 5%c: prime to choice domestic, 5% @6x%c. i Buyers and sellers of spices have drifted apart so far that there has been little business going forward in any line of spices this week. Bids were made of 103c for Singapore pepper, but IIc was held for and the transaction did not take place, although a pretty good quan- tity was involved in the deal. Zanzibar cloves are well held at 74% @7%c. Sales of fancy Ponce molasses were made at 34c; choice, 32c. The general market for foreign grades is firm, al- though not a great amount of stock is changing hands. In domestic grades the stock of grocery grades is not over- abundant and prices are decidedly firm. Good to prime centrifugal, 16@26c. The syrup market is firm. Stocks are well cleaned up and the general condition is satisfactory to holders. Prime to fancy sugar syrup is well held within a range of 20@25c. ; Aside from some interest shown in the salmon market, the general line of canned goods has been quiet during the week. Salmon is very interesting just now and tbe Columbia River pack is said to be entirely sold out, although one or two canners ‘‘may’’ be able to take a few more orders. It is certain that orders are being turned down every day and that sales are way ahead of last year. There is a fair demand for future tomatoes, sales having been made at 7oc for Delaware No. 3s, delivered in New York. New Jersey futures, 80@85c. Corn is moving freely and leading pack- ers hold from 80@85c f. o. b._ Portland. Peaches are quiet. A good—fairly good —crop of fruit is said to be promised this year in the Peninsula. Little is doing in peas, Early June, 75@8oc. There bas been a fair demand for lemons and oranges and prices are well sustained. California oranges are about **done for’’ this season. Sicily lemons, $2.75@4.25; Sicily oranges, $3@3 50 Fancy Rodi oranges, $4 25@5. Califor- nia navels, $3.75@5.50. latter for fancy stock. Seedlings, $3@3 50. California dried truits are in rather light supply and prices are firm. Do- mestic dried are moving rather slowly. Choice evaporated apples are 9c, with fancy stock %4c more. _ Tbe bean market is dull, with little immediate prospect of improvement. Choice marrow, $1.50; medium, $1.35; pea, $1.324%@1.35; red kidney, $1.80; white kidney, $1.80. The demand for butter is sufficient to keep stocks from accumulating to any dangerous extent and the outlook is fair- ly satisfactory. Extra Western cream- ery is held at 19c and seems to go read- ily at this figure. Firsts to thirds, 15@ 18%c; imitation creamery, firsts, 14@ 15c; finest Western dairy, 14c. The cheese market is very quiet. Ex- porters seem to have supplied all wants and home trade wants but little. Ar- rivals during the last three days of the week were lighter and the accumulation now is not excessive. Full cream new cheese is worth gc for colored, and %c more for white; old cheese, fair to choice, 1o@11 %c. Arrivals of eggs have been pretty well taken care of and the market presents a fairly satisfactory condition. Best Western stock will bring from 14@ 14%c. The latter is probably top. Prime Southern potatoes are worth up to $4 per bbl. State and Western, per 180 lbs., $1@1.75. ——_> 0 +> ____ Danish Egg Methods. From the National Provisioner. Viggo Schfartz, the Danish expert in egg packing, was some time ago taken to Ireland by the Irish Agricultural Or- ganization Society to teach Erin’s sons how tu pack eggs. The Danish method of sorting and packing eggs is as fol- lows: The eggs are brought to the pack- ing houses, and there they are graded to six sizes, namely, from 13 lbs. to 18 Ibs. per long hundred. It may be explained that eggs weighing 2 ounces each would scale at 15 lbs. per 120, and this is about the medium size. The men who are engaged in the work of packing have six boxes before them representing the different sizes. They use no board as in France, and are simply guided by the eye. Each egg is judged as to which size it is nearest, and put into the box corresponding tothe size. The sys- tem is simple, and so skillful do the experts become that when 120 eggs are taken out of the box as a test, and put upon the scale, they are rarely more than 1 ounce out of the prescribed weight. If after the eggs are scaled they are much out, the packers have to re-sort them. The method of packing eggs con- sidered the best is in wocd wool, and it is an undoubted fact that eggs graded and packed in this way cent from Ire- land, chiefly from the Mallow district, have been able to out-distance most suc- cessfully eggs from the continent. 0-2». Electricity for Eggs. A St. Paul electrician has discovered a method for preserving eggs in an edible condition for a number of years. The new metbod is quite complicated. It is well known that an egg shell is more or less porous, and that air passes into the egg and hastens its decay. In preserving eggs by the new method, the egg is first placed in a vacuum chamber which draws the air from the _ interior. The eggs are then painted with a com- position which renders them air-tight. After this, they are placed in barrels of water and subjected to an electric cur- rent strong enough to destroy any germ life which may be present. ——__>- 4. ___ Cruel Gibe. Waiter—Will you have Spanish cream on your berries? Guest—What kind of cream is that? Waiter—Why, whipped cream, of course. Ready for Business We take pleasure in announcing to the shippers and retail merchants of Michigan that our new cold storage warehouse is now fully completed and ready for business. We espe- cially call attention to our facilities for storing EGGS, BUTTER AND POULTRY which are unsurpassed by any cold storage establishment in the country. We also store seeds, beans and all kinds of produce in dry storage. Warehouse receipts furnished. Correspondence solicited. Inspection invited. i Girand Rapids Cold Storage Co. 98 BEANS, HONEY AND POPCORN POULTRY, VEAL AND GAME Consignments Solicited. Quotations on Application. South Division St., Grand Rapids ee re ee a ESTABLISHED IN PHILADELPHIA 1852 | WR Brice & Co. | | | - B prices and make you prompt satisfactory sales. come freely. : Produce Commission Merchants : Butter, Eggs and Poultry 500 We are in the market for five hundred (500) cars of fine eggs suitable for cold storage. Write for prices either to our branch house in Grand Rapids, : Cars of Fine Fresh Eggs Wanted Mich., or Manchester, Mich. We will take your eggs f. o. b. cars your sta- tion, and pay you all we can afford consistent with Eastern markets. Our Main House in Philadelphia wants all the Creamery and Dairy utter you can ship. We have an unlimited outlet, can realize you outside Let your shipments Yours very truly, W. R. BRICE & CO. cepacia 12 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Expert Advice on the Storage of Eggs. Every one has his own opinion re- garding the storage of eggs; and he is entitled to it. The writer has made very close study of this particular branch of the business, extending over a period of twenty-nine years. Our first experi- ence was in an old-fashioned ice house, to enter which without the damaging of one’s clothing necessitated the wearing of a pair of rubber boots and a mackin- tosh and the carrying of an umbrella. The eggs were put loosely into crates and placed on shelves. The venture was very successful, and fortune favored the speculator. At the present time, if one stored in that manner one would expect to have all the eggs rotten. Since that time the science of refrigeration has made many steps, and with our modern houses it is possible to hold eggs perfectly sweet for a very long time. Eggs packed for refrigeration should contain nothing but first-class stock free from cracks or frac- tured eggs. Every man that stores eggs has bis own opinion on the question of fillers. The writer to-day favors a good, com- mon, strawboard filler that is well made and hard calendered. A great many favor odorless fillers. Experiments con- ducted over a series of years have given results in the common filler fully equal to any of the odorless. On this point each man must judge for himself. Eggs should be stored as near the point of production as possible, for it will be conceded by everyone that eggs will keep better if they have not been shaken up and subjected to changes in temper- ature necessitated by shipment to dis- tant storehouses, It would be better still if the eggs could be repacked in the storehouse in which it is intended to hold them. This, in most instances, is impossibie, but many of the men who store in the East do so. One broken egg will spol a whole layer, and possibly half a case. How many times one hears a man say, **My held eggs I can sell for fresb.’’ He may be able to do that in the West. ern markets, aside from Chicago, but an egg candler in Chicago, New York, Boston or Philadelphia that could not tell held stock the moment he placed it to the light would lose his job in an in- stant. Be content if your eggs will grade under inspection in New York as “‘refrigerator firsts’’ and sell ‘‘at mark. "’ In regard to temperature, some claim that 28 degrees will not hurt the eggs, and if there chances to be a broken or fractured egg, it will freeze and thus not spoil the eggs in its immediate vicinity. This may be all right, but it approaches the danger limit, and it is aot necessary to have broken eggs if goods are carefully examined before storing. And again, a temperature as low as this chills the egg and weakens its keeping properties when taken from cold storage. Experiments for yeass have demonstrated that 32 degrees is more nearly the proper point, and a house holding at that temperature, with hygrometer reading 69 degrees, should turn out good eggs, other conditions being right. The trouble in the egg storing busi- ness commences just as soon as the out- side temperature goes lower than the house. Then circulation ceases and the air becomes dead. When this point is approached in modern houses, either brine circulation or direct radiation, the frost should be removed from the pipes and the air exhausted from the build- ing at least once in every twenty-four hours. Many a time, under the old conditions, has the writer thought he had fine stock. He watched it very carefully once a week, and everything would appear to be going exactly right. Suddenly the weather became cold, the thermometer registered below freezing and the eggs began to deteriorate. This was more particularly the case in the old-fashioned ice house, where it was impossible to maintain a temperature much below 36 degrees. This can be avoided in modern houses by following the foregoing method. The same will be found equally true in the old-fash- ioned ice houses. The old-fashioned ice house requires more care and more fresh air, from the fact that all the gases developed in the carrying of the eggs have impregnated the ice, and for that reason a larger quantity of air should be used to free it from these odors. The humidity in the storage rooms is regulated by the use of chlo- ride of calcium in pans, according to the temperature at which the house is run. This table can be obtained in any modern work on refrigeration. No matter how good ycur eggs have been put up or bow well they have been held, if they don’t have proper attention when taken out, there will be trouble. Every held egg. before shipping, should be placed in the storage cases in a temper ature of 50 degrees to 55 degrees to al- low the chill to pass off without con- densation. They should then be re- packed into new, dry fillers that have never been used in a storehouse. Then you have eggs that will stand up. On the contrary, if you ship in original | cases and allow the eggs to remain in them for any length of time, you will find a fuzz growing on the eggs in the middle of the cases and permeating the entire case. This can positively be avoided by closely adhering to this| ® method. WINFIELD WINTHROP. ——_29._ Where the Eggs Go. One would think that almost any country could produce all the eggs its people consume. Some of the largest | countries, however, import an enormous number of eggs. It takes about a bil- lion and a half of eggs every year to supply the demand in Great Britain and Ireland, besides all the eggs that are produced there. eggs consumed in the United Kingdom are brought from twenty foreign lands, including several of the British colonies. Germany comes next to Great Britain as the largest consumer of eggs in Europe. Her imeorts are a little over a billion and a half a year, and she is obliged to pay from $16,000,000 to $19,000,000 a year for the eggs she buys from other countries. The reason why Germany does not produce enough eggs for her own consumption is that the dampness of the country causes large mortality among chickens, and, besides, large districts are occupied by extensive estates, where the peasantry live in vil- lages, which prevents them keeping a large number of hens. Japan is now using a great many eggs, although few are produced in the country. As they are very much cheaper in China, the eggs Japan uses are al- most all imported from that country. Russia is the largest exporter of eggs. The number sent from that country in 1896 was 1,475,000,000, of which 289, - 000,000 were shipped to the United Kingdom. Forty per cent. of the - there or deliv ered in Buffalo. J. W. LANSING, WHOLESALE DEALER IN BUTTER AND EGGS BUFFALO, N. Y. A good many egg buyers want your eggs only during April and May for storage, but I have got to have them every day during the year. filled for storage, besides my regular trade, soI can use your receipts to good advantage. Write me, before shipping elsewhere, how many you will have. I have a good many orders yet to be I will buy either on track REFERENCES: Buffalo Cold Storage eo Buffalo, N, Y. Peoples Bank, Buffalo, N Dun or Bradstreet. Michigan Tradesman. = | at @Ctovevew SP CTCTCSCTVTCCTVOSD SO OOOOHOOS OH HHHHOOHO 90000008 Hercules Ventilated Barrels The very best barrel in which to ship Apples, Po- tatoes, Pears and all kinds of Produce. Because the contents will be properly ventilated, which prevents over-heating and consequent de- cay and loss. The ‘Hercules’ can be shipped knock down in bundles, thus making a saving in freight. To set up the “Hercules” no skill is required. You can be your own cooper and save money. 300 “Hercules” barrels can be hauled on a farm wagon. The “Hercules” is strong in the bilge and has no inside lining hoops. For catalogue and prices write Hercules Woodenware Co., 290 W. 20th Place, Chicago, III. onl : | : cates SE eee Te eee eae ee 3 @ me rd ee tm ee a os ee wn a a This book teaches farmers to make better butter. of butter that is better made because of its teaching, grocer who buys it or takes it in trade. tisement, but a practical treatise, written by a high authority on butter making. packed in every bag of Diamond Crystal Butter Salt Sell ¢he salt that’s all salt and give your customers the means by which they can learn to make gilt-edge butter and furnish them with the finest and most profitable salt to put in it. DIAMOND CRYSTAL SALT CO., St. Clair, Mich. SO@eeeeeoe ¢} This Will | Benefit YOU : It is stoutly bound in oiled tinen and is mailed free to any farmer who sends us one of the coupons which are Every pound benefits the The book is not.an adver- beezedacda deeded cheeneen ede edeed Ww we ws SCN ee ea a ae a ae a aaa eae eae geeececese SPECIAL FORMS FOR CREAMERIES We have devised a number of special forms which expedite the work of the manager and maker very materially. Samples and quotations cheerfully sent on application. TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ~~? Po ~~? Po MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 138 From the Standpoint of the Country Editor. Written for the TrapEsMAN. I have noticed that you have been greatly exercised, in recent issues of the Tradesman, in regard to the stand many of the country editors have taken in accepting foreign advertisements of the Montgomery Ward species in com- petition with their home merchants, even intimating that some of them can not see farther than the end of their nose when they do so. Let us see whether they can or not. It is all very nice, and looks well in print, to theorize on this question, but cold, hard facts knock theories into smithereens every time. The few years that I have spent ina country printing office have convinced me that any country editor isa great big chump to refuse legitimate foreign advertising, unless he can receive enough home advertising to warrant him in doing so. But if a country editor is so unfortunate as to be located ina town where the business man returns from some neighboring city with his arms full of bundles of various shapes, which he could have bought in his own town from bis neighbor merchant: where this same business man bemoans the fact that such and such a person went out of town for an article that could be bought just as cheap from him; where there are business men who refuse to patron ize you just because you happen to dif- fer with them politically or on matters of local interest; where there are busi ness men who never patronize a printer from one year’s end to another, because all their stationery is donated to them by some large soap, saleratus or thread manufacturing concern, or else use blank paper and envelopes and daub them with a rubber stamp, it makes the country editor drop his head and, as the little boy said, think and think and think where his bread and butter are to come from. Then there is another view to be taken of this question, which I will il lustrate by a case that happened in my office to-day. A gentleman residing in a large city near my town came in and gave me an order fora lot of stationery. Following out the rule which W. S. H Welton lays so much stress upon in the Tradesman of April 19, I ought to have refused this job. Do you suppose | was chump enough to do it? Not much. An advertisement from him would have been accepted just as eagerly, for the good Lord only knows how big a dollar looks to me when I can get sight of it. There are merchants in my town who are constantly supplying customers in this same neighboring city, and they often wait on strangers from Chicago, Detroit and elsewhere, but I have never heard of their refusing to furnish them with anything they wanted from their Stores, if the cash was forthcoming. Then why should a country editor (ex- cept as noted above) refuse to accept cash for his advertising space, which is bis stock in trade, from reliable foreign houses when they want it? The ‘*Buy Goods in Chicago’’ advertisement is not a fake. It emanates from a reliable firm, which does exactly as it agrees and, furthermore, it is not engaged in cutting the throats of country printers by furnishing country merchants with free stationery. When merchants stand by the country editor under such circumstances, they deserve to be complimented ; but giving the other fellows free advertising by everlastingly harping on patronizing bome merchants, and never get a cent in return from them, is getting to be too big a pill for me to swallow. To paraphrase Brother Welton’s clos- ing remarks: From an ethical stand- point, both country merchant and the concerns who furnish free stationery (the arch enemies of the country printer) are to blame. Country EpITor. —__>_0 > _____ The Object of Window Displays. Time was when the window trimmers in the larger cities were crowding each other so closely that all sorts of devices were resorted to in the effort to secure novelty, but now the feeling is differ- ent. The blocking of tbe street in front of the window by a curious crowd is not held to be the purpose of mercantile display. The real and only reasonable object is the convincing of the passer- by that there is just the thing he or she needs, and that the price is right. The crowding of the highway by an idle pack of humanity is oftentimes a way to jefeat the very intent of the show. It makes busy people angry to be retarded in their walk. Besides this, no one can learn much from a series of ‘‘living oictures,’’ or a water-wheel in motion. That kind of entertainment distracts the mind from the thought of purchasing. For this reason the most skillful of the city window trimmers have ceased to use anything but actual goods in this work, although they resort to an occa- sional mechanical arrangement for the display during the holiday season. That is legitimate, however. The idea is to claim attention first, and then fix it upon the goods and prices that are to be found inside, —_—_-¢.>_____ She Wasn’t There. Young Bride—I didn’t accept Tom the first time he proposed. Miss Ryval (slightly envious)—I know you didn't. ° Bride—How do you know? Miss Ryval—You weren't there. Dwight’s Cleaned Currants @ © © © @ © @ @ @ @ @ @ © ® @ > If you want nice, fresh, new stock, buy Dwight’s. If you want cheap trash, don’t look for it in our pack- ages. All Grand Rapids jobbers sell them. @ @ © @ © @ © @ - Wolverine Spice Co., Grand Rapids. 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The only way to deliver Butter to your customers. Good Advice Lf you wish to be up to date and give your custom- ers the best value in the trade buy Northrop Spices and Queen Flake Baking Powder. = (EM FIBRE PACKAGE CO., DETROIT. a Manufactured and sold only by Northrop, Robertson & Carrier, Lansing, Mich. Hugs ES This is the next candidate for favor in the evolution of power. pected to demolish steam, put even electricity to flight, and let water power run to waste. In fact, such decisive results are predicted that it will be like the introduction of ‘‘won’t be in it.’’ It is ex- Our Coffees and Teas among miscellaneous coffees and teas in a grocery store. All our coffees roasted on day of shipment. The others THE J. M. BOUR CO., 129 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 113-115-117 Ontario St., Totedo, Ohio. 14 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Leather Reminiscences of an Octogenarian. Written for the TRADESMAN. ‘*Lord, keep my memory green,’’ is the devout aspiration of all of us who have passed the three score and ten limit and are now living, so to speak, on borrowed time. I know of no better way of preserving the perennial beauties of a green old age than by turning back- ward the leaf of memory and contrast ing the past with the present. It seems both interesting and profitable to mark the progress in the small affairs ot everyday life, as well as the greater events that pass in panoramic view across the vision of the aged thinker. Mental activity is as necessary to lon- gevity as physical energy. They act to- gether in their efforts to round out z cheerful and useful old age. If one is allowed to lapse into desuetude the other soon follows and then it is not long before the record closes. Ten years of the life of an octogenarian have beer spent in childhood and seventy in stor- ing the memory with the experiences and impressions of whatever may have fallen in his way along life’s journey. Commercial changes in the manner o! doing business, the greater variety of merchandise of every kind, manufac- tured and handled, new enterprises and new articles that have been added t the list, as well as the wonderful im- provements upon the old styles, will form tbe subject of this and _ other sketches that may appear from time to time in the Tradesman. I propose in this short paper to give its readers a history of the manufacture of shoes from India rubber in its infancy, to- gether with some idea, if possible, of what they looked like when manufac- tured. India rubber shoes were first manu factured in Roxbury, Mass., in 1833: and verily they were ‘‘fearfully ana wonderfully made.’’ They really bore no resemblance whatever to a_ shoe. They had the appearance of being run into moulds, or blown the same as glass bottles are made. They were made of pure rubber gum. No attempt was made to imitate the shape of the shoe or foot they were intended to cover. In shape they were hollow tubes tapering towards the toe. At the place where the opening to pull them over the shoe should be was an irregular hole, without shape, just as they came from the mould. This hole was enlarged with a sharp pair of shears to fit the instep, or cut high or low to suit the taste or caprice of the customer. This work was done by the salesman after the buyer had selected, according to his requirement, heavy or light, thick or thin. Men's sizes were very heavy. I frequently saw the soles from one fourth to a half inch in thick- ness. They were tied in pairs and stuffed with straw or hay to keep them in shape for shipment. The reader will readily form an idea of the clumsy appearance of a lady’s foot encased in such a huge ill-shaped: mass of India rubber gum, weighing at least a pound, as compared with the light and truly artistic appearance of the present styles, The first attempt at making overshoes of India rubber did not prove a success, a large amount of capit 1 being sunk in the experiment, as well as all the un- sold stock. They answered the purpose in cold weather, but would not stand the heat, melting into a disgusting mass. Well do I remember the first pair of rubber shoes I ever saw. They were brought from Connecticut to Western New York, where I lived, by a relative of our family when he came on a visit. That was in the winter of 1833. They were regarded as a great curiosity, and upon his return home in March he gave them to a cousin, who put them care- fully away for use the coming winter; but before the dog days were passed they gave out unmistakable evidences of decomposition and upon examination they were found to be a molten putrid mass. Experiments to remedy this difficulty resulted in reaching the opposite ex- treme, the cold weather freezing them so hard as to make them brittle, so that they could not be drawn over the shoes until they were thoroughly warmed. This is the shoe I have at- tempted particularly to describe, and this obstacle to success was not over- come until Charles Goodyear discovered his process of vulcanizing rubber, which has rendered his name immortal. Rapidly following this era of im- provements the India rubber shoes _ be- gan to assume beauty of pioportion and practical utility. They were lasted and the shoe merchant threw aside his shears. I recall one particularly popular style that had a great run for a couple of years. They were trimmed with fur around the tops and came well up on the ankles. Dickens has immortalized this particular style by placing them on the feet of the pretty Arabella that Mr. Winkle met and fell in love with while visiting with Mr. Pickwick at Qld Wardles. As I have before stated, all rubber shoes were made from the solid gum at that time and I am safe in saying that a single pair would outweigh six pairs of those now in market. Besides being heavy and ugly, they were often pain- tul from being so tightly stretched over the foot. They made the wearer look clubfooted and any attempt at embel- lishment was a failure and made them appear clumsier still. But this condi- tion of things was not to last. In 1844 Goodyear perfected his vulcanizing Process and his method of spreading the pure gum upon elastic textile fabrics, and the manufacture of rubber shoes has since improved from year to year until they have become a thing of beauty. When we contrast the dainty close- fitting bighly-polished rubber shoe of 1899 with the heavy shapeless mass of India rubber called shoes of 1833 we must realize the triumph of inventive genius in this one direction which has characterized the last half of this Nine- teenth Century. The untold value of India rubber to the world of commerce and manufac- tures may prove the theme for a future paper. W. S. H. WELTon. 23-0 >_ At the Mercy of the Legislature. General Butler was one of a commis- sion to examine young applicants for admission to the bar, and before him came a youth who failed miserably on all that pertained to jurisprudence, case law, civil law, sumptuary law, unwrit- ten law, and due process of law. Fin- ally Butler asked: ‘‘What would you like to be examined in? You have failed in everything we have suggested.’’ The. reply came: ‘‘Try me on the statutes; I’m up on them.”’ Butler shook his head solemnly. ‘‘My young friend,’’ be said, ‘‘I’m afraid you won't do. You may be ever so fa- miliar with the statutes, but what is to prevent a fool legislature from repeal- ing all you_know?’’ OU LYCOMINGS are the best Rubbers made; 25 and 5 per cent. from list. KEYSTONES are the best seconds made; 25-5-10 per cent. from list. We sell them and want your orders. We also have WOONSOCKET Rubbers; 25-5-5 per cent. from list. RHODE ISLANDS 25-5-5-10 per cent. from list. Our agents will call on you soon with rubber samples; also a line of Fall Leather samples which is much more complete than ever before, and we think much superior to anything we have ever shown before. Look them over and we feel confident that you will find something that will be to your interest to buy. We have quite a fuli line of the justly celebrated Snedicor & Hathaway shoes at factory prices. We will ap- preciate your orders. GEO. H. REEDER & CoO., 19 SOUTH IONIA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. wy S&GEEEESEEESEREEE SEGCEEEEEEEREEEEE OUR DISCOUNT from Gross Price List on Rubber Boots and Shoes for *99 will be as follows: Until October 31st: Federal Brand, 25, 10 and 5 per cent. Woonsocket Brand, 25, 5 and 5 per cent. Candee Brand, 25 and 5 per cent. After October 31st: Federal Brand, 25 and ro per cent. Woonsocket Brand, 25 and 5 per cent. Candee Brand, 25 per cent. Terms November Ist, net 30 days___If paid prior to November 1oth 7 p2r cent. per annum and | per cent. extra discount allowed Goods shipped and billed after November Ist are net 30 days. Our stock of Tennis Shoes is very complete. We solicit correspondence. STUDLEY & BARCLAY, Grand Rapids. VETO YOANN NEE NP NNT NP ND reP eT EP Nt UMA AAU AUAGNk bk SUk Abb bk Lhd JbU dk ddd ddd NM = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Waals ifelatiels We are in the market with the best Rubbers on earth and in water. Wales-Goodyear Terms Nov ist, 30 days. Wales-Goodyear, 25 and 5 per cent. Connecticuts, 25, 10 and 5 per cent Woonsoch et Boots, 25, 5 and 5 per cent. Seine aie Wale eal ial ieee AAAS fixtures, etc Write for catalogue. We also carry a full line of findings, shoe store supplies, = Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co., Grand Rapids. We are selling Agents for Boston and Bay State Rubbers. Discounts for This Season. From May rst to October 3Ist, 1899, in- clusive, Boston Rubber Shoe Co.’s goods, 25 and 5 percent. Bay State Rubber Co.’s goods, 25, 10 and 5 per cent. November st, 1899, to March and Bay State 31st, 1900, Boston Rubber Shoe Co.’s goods, 25 per cent., goods, 25 and Io per cent. Terms. Bills to date November 1st, due December ist. 1 per cent. off cash in 1o days. For prepayment, 7 per cent. per annum to Novem- ber 1oth, and above mentioned I per cent. will be allowed. Freight. Actual railroad and steamboat freight will be allowed. On account of advance in crude gum and lining fabrics it has become necessary to advance the price list. New lists will be mailed you on application. We hope to receive your valuable orders for the best line of Rubber Goods made. Yours respectfully, RINDGE, KALMBACH, LOGIE & CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN — oO Importance of Window Display in the Shoe Trade. There are many shops whose proprie- tors keep interesting pictures in their windows at all times. ‘he pictures have nothing to do with the goods displayed, but they simply cause people to stop and look, and the display is supposed to do the rest. It would seem difficult to always have something that people would stop to see, but it needs only to be well managed. It is not necessary to go to much expense to obtain these pic- tures, if obtained from the right sources. There are certain weekly and monthly papers which give lithographs that are usually of sufficient interest to be at tractive in a window. A sufficient num- ber of pictures of current events can be obtained to keep the assortment fresh, and the ‘‘between times’’ may be filled in by pictures of historical events. To get the most benefit out of this sort of a window attraction the goods must be shown with such taste, or the prices placed so conspicuously that the persons who stop to observe the picture can not but notice the display. *x* * * From all that can be learned from different sources there does not seem to be so much fluctuation in styles this season as formerly. Both men and women are settling down to a more common sense shoe than the styles that have prevailed for the past few years. Thousands of feet have become dis- torted and mis-shapen by ill-fitting shoes, by having the toes compressed, and the crop of corns and bunions has been enormous. This latter result will benefit the chiropodists, beyond a doubt: but many people will have occasion all their lives to remember the sufferings they endured in wearing tight shoes, and they will from time to time continue to suffer as a result of having their teet pinched out of shape. It is to be hoped that for a season, at least, if for no longer time, we may have steadiness in shoe styles. This may not be so good for the last manufacturers, but it will be better for the wearer of shoes, better for the retail dealer, and better for the manufacturers. et el te A merchant will do well, in the ar- ranging of his store, from the coloring of the walls to the dressing of the win- dows, to keep the women he knows con- tinually in mind. Women take fancies to a.store, or dislikes. There may not be, in all cases, any stated reason for the dislike, but the fancy can always be accounted for. The place seems to present to her more than she imagined she needed. The goods go beyond her expectations. The manners of the clerks please her. It is not especially the office of a clerk to gossip with custom- ers, but, at a second or third meeting, if there is a respectful showing of re- membrance, it is a strange sort of wom- an who is not pleased. It is a delicate flattery that one’s face should be re- membered out of so many. ae ae The habit of filling a show window with all kinds of goods is questionable, as far as reaching in the best possible way the eye of the public is concerned. The mixing of cheap with the better class of goods must necessarily suggest comparison, and while in some cases this may be very desirable, it is often- est the very opposite. It is liable to un- settle the possible purchaser and pro- mote dissatisfaction and indecision, all of which is fatal to the object of the dealer. Some people have the idea that anything will go in a window if it is only worth looking at or if it is cheap. ee Women are wearing heavier shoes than formerly and the show windows are displaying the so-called mannish shoes in various styles and in several shades. This is a return to common sense prin- ciples and it isa style of ware that is certainly calculated to last longer than the pointed toe shoes formerly worn. Dealers would do well to catch the drift of the sentiment in this way and to dis- play in their windows the lines of shoes following this new fashion. It is the woman who is the buyer, in the great majority of cases, and the show win- dow must be dressed to attract her crit- ical eye. If she thinks mannish shoes are the things to wear she will natural- ly expect to see them in the show win- dow.—Shoe and Leather Gazette. ——_>2.___ Bright Shoe Sayings. Sellers of shoes and satisfaction. A perfect shoe for women at last! These shoes fit the feet as nature in- tended—snugly and comfortably at every point. Children’s shoes, the kind that stand the wear that they are sure to get from the kind of wearers for whom they are intended. Comfort is one of the pleasures of life most sought after. Every lady should have her shoes properly fitted. Do nct ask for your size if you think you know what fits you, but ask to be fitted. We bave experienced men and women whose pleasure it is to fit you properly. They fit like a glove. They never pinch the foot. They are beautiful in design. They fit high or low insteps, They yield to every action of the foot They conform in vital points to the shape of the wearer’s foot instead of pressing the foot into the shape of the shoe. You can’t appeal to a man’s vanity when you talk shoes to him. You must get at him through the medium of com- mon sense. Price, comfort, and dur- ability are the three points in these shoes that will puncture that organ and wake him up to an economical sense of duty. — Some Significant Shoe Statements. Stokes Sells Strictly Solid, Skillfully Selected, Stylish, Substantial Shoes, Seldom Showing Shoddy Stock. Since Serving Seventeen Seasons Steadily Selling Shoes, Stokes Should Sell Shoes Satisfactorily. Shrewd Shoe Seekers Seem Sufficiently Satisfied Since See- ing Stokes’ Shoes Save Starving, Strug- gling Sinners Snug Sums. Suspecting Strangers Sometimes Slight Stokes’ Shoe Store, Selecting Sorry, Spongy Soled Shoes Swindlers Sell. Such Simpletons Soon Stop Squandering Scarce Specie, Swiftly Seeking Stokes’ Shoe Store. Stokes’ Stupendous Shoe Stock Sup- plies Surrounding Sections Specially Strong, Smooth, Soft, Serviceable, Staple Shoes, Summer Styles, Suitabie Sizes, Seasonable Shapes. Somewhat Successful Sales Strongly Sustain Stokes’ Simple, Square, Sincere State- ments. Stokes’ Systematic Style Selling Shoes Solely, Surely Should Stimulate Splendid Sales. Shoppers Seeking Shoes Should Steadfastly Support Stokes’ Straight, Sound System, Since Such Sympathizers Surely Save Surplus Stuff, Situated Southwest Side Square, Stokes Solicits Solvent Shoe Shoppers’ Scien- tific Scrutiny. Sincerely, Stokes’ Shoe Store. AMERICAN CARBIDE GO., Lit Successors to the Michigan & Ohio Acetylene Gas Co.’s Carbide Business. Jobbers of Calcium Carbide and all kinds of Acetylene Gas Burners Orders promptly filled. JACKSON, MICH. 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WE ARE THE PEOFPLE Profiting by the experience of the numerous generators which have been put on the market during the past two years, we have succeeded in creating an ideal generator on entirely new lines, which we have designated as the TURNER GENERATOR If you want the newest, most economical and most easily operated machine, write for quotations and full particulars. TURNER & HAUSER, 121 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS. State rights for sale. LET THERE BE LIGHT! Do you want to light your store better than it is? Do you want a machine that will not clog the burn- ers? Do you want a machine that will not waste gas? Do you want a machine that is not expen- sive to operate? If so, buy a ‘*Crown.’’ What J. D. Price, of Jackson, says: Jackson, Micu , May 3. I have used one of your machines now for eleven weeks and have used only 65 pounds of carbide in that time. There are seventeen burners in the house attached to the machine, but. of course, we do not use all the burners at the same time, but we have hal more light at less expense than we got from coal gas. The machine is very easy to take care of. Ihave only filled it three times myself, my wife taking care of it the balance of the time. She says she would rather take care of this machine than one Rochester burner. J. D. Price. carrpeane erty Near sc We would be pleased to give you prices and full particulars upon application. Agents wanted. CROWN ACETYLENE GAS MACHINE CO. 1475 Woodward Ave. Detroit, Mich. Watch our advertisement for further testimonials. 16 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clerks’ Corner. How a Lie Lost a Cierk His Position Written for the TRADESMAN. The business at the silk counter was increasing. Doane, the clerk, knew his business and kept it going; but it was evident that the time was coming when he must be relieved. Brinsmade had been on the lookout for a hand for some time and finally settled upon young Chalmers, who had been doing good work in the linings department. But Doane, as his work increased and there was a prospect that soon help would have to be forthcoming, had made up his mind that, if he could bring it about, Will Kittredge, at the light woolens coun- ter, should have the place. Kittredge is a royal zood fellew. A couple of years ago, when he first entered the establishment, he was a jay, fresh from the woods; but time and oppor- tunity had improved him. He changed the size of his neckband and the size and style of his collar. He shed at an early date his hand-me-down suit for one of Blum's custom-made outfits. He put on clean first-class linen often enough always to be presentable. His neckties were silk and never loud. He found out the use of a bathtub, and be- came a practical self-manicurist. His shoes showed daily attention, and he did not part his hair in the middle. Brinsmade liked him and Doane had every reason to believe that he should find Kittredge sharing his counter some fine morning. Brinsmade had thought so, too, for a while. From the first he had seen that the country lad was a man, hidden away under a lot of the brownest of freckles and the coarsest of clothes, and he intended, when he had emerged from these and became a little used to the ways of the town, to do something fine for him. He liked everything about him except his familiarity witb Doaue. That fellow he had ‘‘spotted’’ some time ago and had rapidly come to the conclusion he wasn't the right sort. Once or twice he had mildly suggested to him that two hours’ sleep before mid- night was worth four afterwards, espe- Cially for a clerk; but it didn’t seem to make any impression. When the thought of putting Kittredge in his department came up he was afraid of the outcome and, wisely concluding that Kittredge could wait a while, sent Chalmers around to the silk counter. There may have been a madder fellow than Doane when he saw Chalmers at his new post, but probably not. ‘‘That chump! Look at him! Long and lank and slouchy and—well, if he wasn't dirty he looked so, with a coat too big for him and brushed until it was threadbare and shiny. What if the counter did hide his thick, ill-fitting shoes? He had to see them every time he looked that way—they were the big- gest things within his range of vision; and the stovepipe bend at the knee of his frayed-out trousers was not an es- pecially attractive sight. What in thun. der was Brinsmade thinking of? That fellow sell silk! Humph! The scales on his yellow-soap-washed hands would tear the delicate fabrics all to pieces. If the manager thought that he, Doane, was going to teach that gawk his busi- ness he would find himself grandly mis taken. Just let him ask questions and see what he'd get.’’ : Brinsmade was a man who knew what he was about. From certain signs he knew what the weather was going to be, and was wise enough to put under cover what he didn’t intend should get wet. He saw the fall in the barometer over by the silk counter, and kept in that par- ticular neighborhood until the black cloud on Doane’s face had passed over. Then, telling Chalmers that Doane would post him in the details of his new position, and saying to Doane that he would be held responsible for Chalmers’ mistakes, he left the boys to settle matters in their own way. But there wasn’t any settlement. To Doane’s surprise the fellow took to silk as naturally as a duck takes to water. The goods and the hands didn’t have the slightest misunderstanding. ‘‘From morn to dewy eve’’ not a question was asked and, what was especially provok- ing ‘‘that chump’s’’ sales for the first day were greater than his own! {It seemed as if everybody that came in went straight past him and was not only willing but determined to wait until Slouchy could serve them. What was especially exasperating, some of his ‘“‘toniest’’ customers in the swellest homes on Capitol Hill walked right up to that fellow and congratulated him on his promotion. One delicate little piece of young womanhood, Helen Van Ars- dale, whom he had longed to wait upon ever since he had seen her, actually leaned over the counter when she talked to ‘that clodhopper!’’ How in thunder did such a fellow as that get acquainted with that upper-class humanity? He didn’t know and he didn’t care; one thing he was sure of—he'd fix him the first chance he got. That very afternoon who should come into the store but Mr. Van Arsdale. Ah, but he was a high flyer! From the sheen of his silk hat to the very tip ot ois aristocratic toes he exhaled the di- vine aroma that his ancestors brought over in the Mayflower! Doane had seen and admired him ‘‘many a time and oft’’ ata distance; but now—why the man was Coming straight to his counter and was going to spe—! Instead, he went to the other end of the counter, looked up and down for a moment, and, not seeing the object of his search, walked back to Doane and asked him if he could tell him where Mr. Chal mers was. ‘“‘Now was his time!’’ he thought. Never again would he have so good a chance to give the upstart a bite in the back, and he would improve it.. **Chalmers? He’s around here some- where—hardly ina condition to be seen, though. He is pretty well done up to- day. Was out all night with McVey, one of the boys in the store, and not fit to see anybody. ’’ ‘*Will he be in this afternoon?”’ ‘Oh, perhaps. Will you be seated, Mr. Van Arsdale?’’ ‘I think I will,’’ and, greatly to Doane’s disappointment and disgust, the descendant of the Mayflower walked down to the stool farthest from his counter and sat down to wait for Chal- mers. He did not have to wait long, but he filled up the short time in going over in his mind what Doane had said. The more he thought of it the more he won- dered. Indignation soon took the place of wonder. ** ‘Out all night!’ tion to see any one!’ up to-day!’ ’’ He pictured to himself the used-up young man of, not ‘‘the period’’ but of all ‘*periods,’’ and wondered how young Chalmers would appear in the role. Just then he came in. *‘Well, Norton, I wasn't expecting to see you looking quite so vigorous. I beard you were out last nigbt with this young McVey here, and that you were ‘hardly in a condition to be seen,’ even so late in the afternoon as this. Were you festively inclined last night and did the time—especially the time—and oc- casion prove too much for you?”’ ‘Why, Mr. Van Arsdale, what do you mean? Young McVey, my fe!low clerk here, and I went out to see ‘Quo Vadis.’ After the play he went home with me and stayed all night. The ‘festive’ part consisted of a cigar on the way home. We were asleep by half past eleven—at least I was, and I didn’t wake until seven o'clock this morning. Do I look as if I had been ‘having a night of it?’ "’ “*No, you don't; and, candidly, I didn’t expect to find you in that condi tion. I have been told, within the last hour, exactly what I have stated, how ever, and if I didn't know better I should conclude that Mr. McVey was no fit companion for the young man, Nor- ton Chalmers, whom I know."’ **Well, I should say not. Would you ‘Not in a condi- ‘Pretty well done be willing, Mr. Van Arsdale, to tell me who told you this lie?’’ ‘*Evidently no friend of yours. It would do you no good to know. In this case that lie will certainly do you no barm. Don’t let it trouble you in the least—forget it as scon as youcan. Um— by the way, I mustn't forget my er- rand.’’ (The gentleman had given Chalmers his hand and the two were standing near Doane’s end of the coun- ter.) ‘‘Have you an engagement for Friday evening?’’ ‘Ne, str.”* ‘*Then I want you to come up to din- oer and spend the evening with me. I have a young friend from the East who is to be with me for a few weeks and I fancy you and he will take a liking to each other. I shall expect you then? Goodbye. ’’ As luck would have it, the Court- wrights dropped in for a neighborly call upon the Van Arsdales that evening, and when the facts were related to the merchant he gave a little make-believe laugh and said, ‘‘ That'll be all right ;’’ and as luck wouldn't have it, Court- wright told Brinsmade all about it, and Brinsmade told Doane. Then he told him something else which I don't care to repeat. Asa result of that last tell- ing Chalmers moved along to the head end of the silk counter and Kittredge took Chalmers’ place. Two promotions in a month makea difference in a fellow’s prospects, espe- cially when each is attended with an in- crease of salary. The last advance did the business for Chalmers—he could take care of his widowed mother and the family now and not have it take almost every cent of his wages. It was not long before Kittredge found out what a good fellow Chalmers is and the two have become the strongest of triends. Doane left the city a week after his discharge. He never said any- thing to Chalmers, but in smoking his last cigar with Kittredge he did make the remark that ‘‘A bite in the back is a mighty poor way to get even witb a fel- low, and the man that does it is pretty sure of getting it in the neck sooner or later."’ And he is about right. RICHARD MALCOLM STRONG. —>- > ____ Not Exactly True. ould you cail Uncle Amos a stingy man?’’ “‘No, I should say he had all the gen- erous impulses under perfect control.’’ ot evevevevevevevenenenenenevenenvnrnvnnnnnnnenevnennnnaes j SUIVITEP ITPA OYTIIONYYYYY INN They all say = “It's as good as Sapolio,” when they try to sell you their experiments. Your own good sense will tell you that they are only trying to get mewatice 2: 3 2 + Who urges you to public? The manufacturers, by constant and judi- cious advertising, bring customers to your stores whose very presence creates a demand for other articles. WabaasabsdsASdLbkdkddbddbdbbbdbbdbbbbdbddddddd Las Sapolio? you to aid their Is it not the SUMMA MMbAAAhdddddAddddddd MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 17 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the Grip. President, Cuas. S. STevEeNs, Ypsilanti; Secre- tary, J. C. SaunpErRs, Lansing; Treasurer, O. C. GOULD. Saginaw, Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association. President, James E. Day, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, C. W. ALLEN Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan. Grand Counselor, J. J. Evans. Ann Arbor; Grand Secretary, G. S. Vatmore, Detroit; Grand Treas- urer, W. S. WEsT, Jackson. Grand Rapids Council No. 131. Senior Counselor, D. E. Keyes; Secretary-Treas- urer, L F. Baker. Regular meetings—First Saturday of each month in Council Chamber in McMullen block. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Acci- dent Association. President, J. Boyp PanTLIND, Grand Rapids; aa and Treasurer, Geo. F. Owen, Grand pids. Lake Superior Commercial Travelers’ Club. President, F. G. Truscort, Marquette; Secretary and Treasurer, A. F. Wrxson, Marquette. Gripsack Brigade. Grand Rapids Captures the Next State Convention. Grand Rapids, May 22—Through the efforts of Jno. Emery, the Grand Rapids representative, the next annual meeting of the Grand Council of the M. C. T. will be held here on the third Friday and Saturday of May, 1900. It will also be of interest to local members to know that Brother Emery was elected to the office of Grand Sen- tinel in the Grand Council. The members of the Detroit Councils did everything in their power for the entertainment of their visitors, and they certainly succeeded beautifully. The Detroit hotels made no charge for the wives of visiting members and the Board of Public Works suspended an enormous electric sign, covering half the front of the city hall, which flashed a welcome to the United Commercial Travelers. The banquet and ball, given at the Hotel Cadillac, were magnificent affairs and will long be remembered by those in attendance. Detroit bas set a pattern which Grand Rapids will find hard to follow, but all may feel assured that every effort will be put forth by the local Council to pre- pare an eventful meeting for the U. C. T.’s in Igoo. L. F. BAKER, Sec’y. —_—__> 2. ____ Troubles of the Traveling Man. Who hath woe? Who hath contentions? Who hath babbling? Who hath corns on the bosom of his pants? Verily, he goeth forth upon the road to travel. He goeth forth in the morning witha light heart and a starched ccllar, and returneth at eventide with a soiled rai- ment and blisters on his heel. He goeth forth like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour; but lo! every man he meets smiteth him. He goeth to the place where they do enter- tain strangers, and what he ordereth of the servant she bringeth not, and what he doth not order is set before him. And when eventide has fallen, he say- eth unto the keeper of the house: ‘*Bebcld! I would be awakened at the fifth hour of the morning, that I may depart to another country.’’ And lo! before it is yet light he knocketh loudly against the door and sayeth in a loud voice: ‘‘Arise, that thou mayest depart upon thy train.’ And he that would arise awaketh in haste and putteth his right foot into his left shoe, and he girdeth himself quick- ly. And, behold, he weareth his clothes hindside before, so great is his haste thereof. And the collar that should be girt about his neck is coiled in the upper story of his hat. And when he arriveth at the place whence he would fain depart, he finds it only the third hour of the morning, and he leaneth against a telegraph pole, and in his heart he revileth the keeper of the house wherein he slept. Or perchance he asketh to be awak- ened at the sixth hour of the morning, and lo! the servant man knocketh not until the eighth hour, and when he rail- eth the hired man looketh at him with a look of scorn. He goeth forth to ride upon the rail- way. Then cometh in a beautiful maiden, arrayed like the lilies, and behold! she taketh a seat afar off, but the dowdy woman with five children and a wart on her nose taketh the seat nearest him. Verily, man that is born of woman, and goeth upon the road, is of a few days and variegated rations. To-day he hath much that is good, and to-morrow the food is the withered grass, yet not cleanly. Where he sleepeth, if there be much water, he bath no towel; but if the water be gone, he hath towels five in number, and a piece of soap. Verily, he bath cause to murmur an exceedingly great murmur. WANDERER. ———_—~>-6 Gripsack Brigade. J. W. Sleight, who is now handling the clothing line of the N. G. Richman Co. (Cleveland) in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, was in Cripple Creek last week, He reports a remarkable busi- ness, due to the wonderful prosperity now prevailing in the mining regions. E. Starbuck has transferred his alle- giance from Merrell & Co., of Toledo, to the Gale Manufacturing Co., of Al- bion, for which establishment he will cover the trade of Northern Indiana. Mr. Starbuck is to be congratulated on his new connection. George A. Sage, of Rockford, has the reputation of being the best trout fisher- man in the State—and he catches the game, too. Other fishermen depend on the sbape of the hook and the color of the feather, but any old hook will do for George. He depends on his worm and electricity. He has on the inside of each foot an electric battery, covering a large portion of mother earth, and the moment he casts his line and the hook touches the water, it forms a complete circuit and causes a beautiful electric light on the hook. This attracts and charms the larger and best fish and George bags the game. You can see these batteries at any time, but do not touch them, as it always causes his bands to close and fly up and a piercing ook come into his eyes and, if his closed hands touch you, it causes a com- plete circuit and you will see a ball of fire which breaks up into myriads of stars. ——__6—_—___——_ Excursion to Detroit, Saginaw and Bay City. Via Grand Trunk Railway Sunday, May 28. Train leaves D, & M. depot 7 a. m., arriving at Detroit 11:45 a. m.; Saginaw, I! a. m.; Bay City, 11:30 a.m. Round trip to Detroit, $1.85; Saginaw and Bay City, $1.50. Bicycls and baby carriages carried free. For particulars call at Grand Trunk City Ticket office, Morton House or at depot. C. A. Justin, C. P. & T.A. 2-2. ___. Three Transfers In As Many Days. Hubba:dston correspondence Carson City Ga- zette. Monday our meat market was owned and operated by Mr. Lynch, of Coral; Tuesday it was owned by _ Spencer Hodges, of Carson City, and Wednesday by James Belcher. Three changes in one week,and stiil we have a meat mar- ket. Business is booming and so is beef steak. The Grain Market. The past week has been full of sur- prises to both long and short sellers. Crop damage, Hessian fly, chintz bugs, the grain shovelers’ strike at Buffalo, foreigners following our advance, Ar- gentine having wet weather—all these points were worked for all they were worth. The only news tbe opposition could bring forth was the small exports, and foreigners, while they followed our market at home, were not buyers on this side, which caused an advance of 3c in cash. Futures shared in the same ad- vance. We may hear now of a better outlook as men’s minds change, and should we hear that wheat is improving we may find prices go lower; but we think that, even should we have the best of weather, wheat will be higher, espe- cially as the best authorities now claim 125,0c0,000 bushels less winter wheat than in 1898. As to spring wheat, we will have to wait to see how that is com- ing along. Wemight mention that on the 2oth of this montb only about 65 per cent. had been sown in the Jim River Valley, which will make the balance of the sowing rather late. The visible showed a decrease of 550,000 bushels. Corn, owing to the causes set forth last week, is rather tame. Had it not been for the cool weather I think it would have sold off; however, it holds its own. Contrary to all expectations oats made a small advance, We still look for lower prices in both corn and oats. Rye is strong and tc advance can be recorded. Enquiry for flour, owing to the ad- vance in wheat, has been good and sales have been made at an advance. Mill feed does not show any falling off. Prices remain firm. Receipts were not excessive, being 50 cars of wheat, 9 cars of corn, 9 cars of oats and 6 cars of hay. Millers are paying 7oc for wheat. C. G. A. Vorer. —_—__o 4. Amalgamation of Wholesale Druggists Improbable. From the New York Commercial.’ The effort which is being made by some parties to organize the jobbing drug trade into a trust, or ‘‘flotation,’’ as the active promoter of the scheme prefers to call it, would be amusing if it were not for the fact that the active parties are so much in earnest. There is so little probability of any such or- ganization being perfected that we don’t care to take the space to answer at length the voluminous circulars sent out by tbe promoter, copies of which we have received. The possibility of unit- ing all of the wholesale druggists in this country into one vast parent com- pany is about as possible as the millen- nium, Assuming that the plan is a feasible one, so soon as the jobbers are organ- ized the leading proprietary manufac- turers would feel compelled to get to gether in self-protection. This would doubiless resu't in the rebate plan beirg abandoned, which is now recognized as the life-blood of the jobbing drug _ busi- ness, and without which two-thirds of the present jobbers could not exist. Further, all this talk about a ‘‘central laboratory’’ and the ‘‘upholding of the standard of purity of drugs’’ is mere bosh. What is going to become of all of the pharmaceutical manufacturers if the central laboratory is run on a scale to supply pharmaceuticals? The phar- maceutical men would immediately start to sell their goods direct to the re- tail trade, and this would take another big slice off of the jobbers’ sales. But the pure drug scheme is the most amus- ing of all. The average jobber figures more on price than quality. The whole- sale drug houses are not first hands for these crude drugs, which are imported by a special class of firms not included in the proposed combination. The whole scheme is so improbable that it is not worth serious consider- ation, and we advise the promoter to save his postage and to devote bis ener- gies and good intentions in other direc- tions, where his reward wili be much greater, Flour and Feed. The situation continues to be one of uncertainty in the flour market. This is the time of year when the trade nat- urally expects a decline in price, on ac- count of the near approach of harvest; and, on account of the annual crop of crop killers, the trade is very suspicious of crop news, fearing the picture may be overdrawn and the statements as to decreased yield too highly colored. While,as a rule, this is true, we beileve, from close personal observation of the wheat fields, that the half has not been told; in other words, it looks to us to pe the most serious failure of winter wheat for many years. When the true situation begins to dawn on the minds of indifferent buyers we look for a radi- cal change of sentiment and a strong demand for flour, The city mills are running steadily on orders booked some time ago, but many mills throughout the winter wheat belt are only running half time or are shut down altogether, on account of scarcity of wheat or a lack of orders. Feed and meal are in fairly good de- mand for this season of the year, with prices well sustained. Miullstuff has been moving freely, with prices about the same as last morth. > > China is trying to tell her troubles to Japan, but the latter will probably po- litely protest that she is not a police- man. REMODELED HOTEL BUTLER Rates, $1. I..M. BROWN, PROP. Washington Ave. and Kalamazoo St., LANSING. HOTEL WHITCOMB ST. JOSEPH, MICH. A. VINCENT, Prop. Taggart, Knappen & Denison, PATENT ATTORNEYS 811-817 Mich. Trust Bidg., = Grand Rapids - Patents Obtained. Patent Litigation Attended ‘To in Any American Court. LARGE BIRD EIGHT BY SIXiEEN FEET. HAVE YOU SEEN IT IN THE CITY? SWEET; RICH. $35 PEM. SEND MAIL ORDER. THURLOW WEED,CIGAR. $70.00 per.M. TEN CENTS STRAIGHT. AARON B. GATES, MICHIGAN AGENT, STANDARD CIGAR CO., CLEVELAND, OHIO. 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Term expires A. C. ScHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1899 Gro. GunprovmM, Ionia - - - Dec. 31, 1900 L. E. REYNo.tps, St. Joseph - Dee. 31, 1901 Henry Hem, Saginaw -_ - Dec. 31, 190” Wirt P. Doty vetroit - Dec. 31, 1803 President, GEo. GunDRUM, Ionia. Secretary, A. C. ScoUMAcHER, Ann Arbor. Treasurer, HENRY Herm, Saginaw. Examination Sessions. Star Island—June 26 and 27. Houghton—Aug. 29 and 30. Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8. STATE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIA™ION. President—J. J. Sourwine. Escanaba. Secretary, Cuas. F. Mann, Detroit. Treasurer Joun D. Murr, Grand Rapids. Camphor Likely To Be Made a Gov- ernment Monopoly. ‘*The present unusually strong situa tion of camphor,’’ said a manufacturer, ‘*is due to uncertainty as to future sup- ply. The whole crude camphor supply of the world comes from the Japanese Empire, and it is expécted that at no distant date the Japanese government will take the industry under its control.’’ As regards the island of Formosa, which contributes a considerable part of the supply of crude camphor, a bill to that effect has already been passed in the Japanese parliament, which will go into force on the first of July. The causes which led to the adoption of the measure are two: the necessity of raising revenue, and the dangerous conditions under which the industry is now pursued. The camphor forests of Formosa are situated, for the most part, in the interior, which is peopled ’by lawless tribes of savages, whom the Japanese have as yet been unable fully to subdue. The wood cutters are utterly without protection, and every now and then a band of these savages swoop down on them and slaughter them. The government will carry on the in- dustry in security, for its employes will work under the protection of troops and cannon. But it was the pecuniary con- sideration that probably had most to do with the step. The exports of camphor are immense, and continually increas- ing, but as there is no export duty the government derives no revenue there- from. The details of the new arrange- ment have not yet been given out. The government may go into the manufac- turing business itself or it may sell the wood by auction, as other governments do with cinchona bark, but it is cer- tain that supplies will be artifically reg- ulated, and it is likely that prices will be advanced. Another motive of the government inp assuming control of the industry may be found in the apprehension that sup- plies wiil be exhausted. The camphor forests are large, but they are not in- exhaustible, and they are gradually be- ing decimated. in order to obtain camphor a tree must be cut down, and the camphor tree reaches maturity only after 100 years. Within recent years the danger of exhausting supplies has been lessened by the passage of a law prescribing that for each tree that is cut down a new one must be planted, but still the renovation does not keep pace with the destruction, while owing to the primitive methods at present pursued, the actual yield of crude camphor per tree is not as large as it should be, The government will probably pursue the culture in a scientific way and bring water to producing districts. Water. is necessary for the extraction of camphor from the wood. In sume such way the expense of extraction may be demon- strated, under which circumstances, prices, although higher at first, would likely decline. As regards the camphor supply of Japan proper, it is not yet known what measures the government has under consideration, but it is thought likely that here, too, the industry will be con- verted into a government monopoly. ——_~>_0 > ____ The Profit for One Year. Manufacture and push your own prep- arations, says H. P. Pettigrew, a suc- cessful Sioux Falls druggist, and secure for yourself the large profits which fall into the pockets of the patent medicine barons. During 1898 Mr. Pettigrew put up and sold several hundred packages of his own five-cent articles, 520 ten- cent articles, 1,793 twenty-five-cent ar- ticles, 403 fifty-cent articles, and 116 one-dollar articles. The sale of these amounted to $830; the total cost was $215, the profit $615! A five-cent article, such as petrolatum (vaselin), costs about thirty to thirty- five cents per dozen. A ten-cent article costs from three cents to five cents. A twenty-five-cent article should not cost over five or six cents. A fifty-cent arti- cle should not cost over ten cents, and a dollar bottle ought not to cost the phar- macist more than twenty cents to manu- facture, including bottle, cork, cap, and label. The proprietary sarsaparillas cost the manufacturers not over four or five cents for each bottle; the druggist pays sixty-five to seventy cents for them! Make your own at twenty cents per bottle and save fifty cents. It isa very simple and easy matter to manu- facture these things, observes Mr. Pet- tigrew; no complicated apparatus is needed, save where the work is con- ducted on a large scale in order to save labor. There is no sense in drudging life away in the drug business and turn- ing the biggest share of the profit over to an outside manufacturer when we can as easily keep these preparations our- selves. But one thing must be constantly kept in mind, and that is that we can not make these things too good. We must always use the very finest material and the product must be uniform in quality and effect. ——_>2+2>___ Which Is the Best Cod Liver Oil? Professor Armand Gautier still holds to his idea that it is alkaloids in cod liver oi] which make it nutritive. In a recent letter he says that virgin oil of a slightly green color obtained at the fish- ing places does not contain the alkaloids which stimulate nutrition. The very pale oil can not be recommended—the Madeira-colored oils are the best: and in reply to the criticism that the livers must be allowed to decompose before such oil is obtained, he replies that the initial decomposition of the livers, dur- ing which the cells disgorge the oily contents, is a diastasic phenomenon not in the nature of putrefaction. Thorough Examination. “*You are all right,’’ said the doctor after he had gone through with the regu- lation thumping and listening with his patient. ‘Not a trace of heart disease. Fifteen dollars, please. '’ The patient drew a long breath and remarked: ‘‘I am sure now I have no heart disease; if had I should have —— dead when you mentioned your ———— ee Most men zre ready and willing to die for their country—of old age. 2-4 .___ Some men have a gallon of words to every spoonful of thought. The Quality of Drugs Supplied to : Hospitals. It has been urged by some that the city hospitals, which encourage competition among manufacturers to the extent out- lined in the article in our last issue, are only following the practice of the United States Government, which in- vites bids on medical supplies by pub lic advertisement and awards the con- tract to the lowest bidder. We would, however, point out to these individuals that the system pursued in the Govern- ment laboratories in the awarding of contracts is not based entirely upon con siderations of cheapness; quality counts and the purity and strength of drugs are very carefully ascertained by the Government chemists, especially ap- pointed for this work, before contracts are awarded. Supplies furnished on contract are inspected as they arrive, and if they do not come up to the stand- ard of the sample first submitted in making the bid, the supplies are re- jected. With the exception of one hospital in this city, Bellevue, of which Dr. Charles Rice is the chief chemist, we know of no other institution where a systematic inspection of drugs and chemicals by expert chemists is conducted. This is what gives us reason for believing that the average quality of the drugs used in hospital practice in this city is below standard. That the greed of the mana- gers of hospitals has been taken advan- tage of to provide a quality of goods equal or nearly so to the price paid is no longer a secret. It was the custom, for example, not very long ago for one of the larger hos- pitals in this city to import the gauze used in the surgical operating room from a certain mill in Germany, where exceptional precautions were taken to provide an aseptic article of great pu- rity, softness and absorbency; but im- portations from this source ceased some vears ago, and gauzes are now purchased in the cheapest market—gauzes filled with all sorts of filling materials, such as gums, starches, dextrin, albumen, etc., to increase the apparent absorbing power. When gauze loaded with such fillers is used for wound dressing it be- comes a matter of serious importance both to the surgeon and the patient. A number of manufacturers have asked us to go deeper and take up the whole subject of the after treatment of a patient who has been operated upon while under the influence of cheap ether, but we must decline, as the in- vestigation would carry us too far, and it is doubtful whether it would serve the useful purpose which we had originally in mind, namely, the improvement of the quality of medical supplies pur- chased by city bospitals.—American Druggist. ae ee eae The Drug Market. Opium—Continues to weaken, under reports from the primary markets of an exceedingly large crop, estimated at from 6,000 to I0 000 cases. Morphine—The decline has not yet been announced, but is expected daily. Quinine—Is steady, but unchanged. Citric Acid—Has been again ad- vanced by manufacturers and the mar- ket is very firm, with an upward tend- ency. Napbthaline or Moth Balls—Have been again advanced, on account of very large sales and light stock. Essential Oils—Anise is firm and ad- vancing. Citronelia is weak and lower. Cloves are firm and advanced, on ac- count of higher price forspice. Berga- mot and orange are firm, but lemon is weak. Reports from the peppermint district show much smaller acreage and a good deal winter killed. The crop will be only balf it bas been for the last two years, but there is sufficient in sight for consumption for the next year and a half or two years. Wintergreen has declined. Pennyroyal is in small supply and again advanced. Wormwood is also higher, on account of scarcity. Gums—Campbor has further advanced and higher prices are looked for. Asafoetida is also higher, on account of exactions of the Government at the cus- tom houses. Roots—Ipecac is in better supply and is slightly lower. Mexican sarsaparilla is higher. Linseed Oil—On account of competi- tion between crushers, has declined. —> 02> ____ Estimating His Loss. A certain learned judge who was im- mensely stout, having tried many rem- edies, went to some hot springs, and, much to his joy, lost considerable adi- pose tissue in a very short time. On his return home he talked of noth- ing else except his loss of weight. He walked into his butcher's one day, and said, ‘‘Cut me off twenty pounds of pork.’’ The request was complied with. The judge looked at the meat for some time and then walked out of the shop. ‘‘Shall I send the meat home, my lord?’’ asked the butcher. ‘Ob, no,’’ was the reply. ‘‘I don’t want it. I have fallen off just twenty pounds, and I only wanted to see how much it was.’’ ~~» 0» The White Powder on Nutmegs. Professor Wulling states that this powder is calcium carbonate. The nut- megs are limed by the exporters to pro- tect them from insects. Some years ago be deprived a few nutmegs of their lime coating and placed them where insects could get atthem. At the end of four months notbing was left but a whitish powder consisting largely of starch, of which nutmegs contain 30 per cent. 0-2» ____ Pills of Thymol. These had better be made by the phar- macist himself when he is called upon tor them; for they are not very stable, and they deteriorzte very rapidly under unfavorable atmospheric conditions. Moreover, scarce any two lots of thy- mol pills are exactly similar in appear - ance, although made after the same for- mula and with the same precautions. 8 Impossible to Doubt. ‘*How do you know this is fifteen- year- old whisky?’’ ‘‘Here is the written guaranty, sir, of the man who invented the process for aging it.’’ OOOO00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Hanselman’s Gandies Are Always Sellers HANSELMAN GANDY 6O., Kalamazoo, Michigan zo8 3 @ @ @ 3 always fresh, made from the best material 3 by experts, put up in neat packages and ‘ > are for sale by all dealers. @ e 3. | : : MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENT Morphia, 8.P.& W... 2 20@ 2 45| Sinapis.............. @ 18] Linseed, pure raw.. 41 44 ° Morphia, S.N.Y. Q& Sinapis, opt......... @ 30| Linseed, boiled..... 42 45 C. Co... -- 2 10@ 2 = Snu ee Neatsfoot,winterstr 65 7 Advanced— Moschus Canton.... @ VeGe os. @ 3% | Spirits Turpentine.. 48 5b Declined— ee No. 1. a — a snuf Scot ,DeVo’s ‘ @ = ux Vomica. a Oras. ......... : ca al ae Qs Sep IB ene 16@ 18) Soda Horas, a 9 g i Paints BL. LB um onium Mac........ 35@ 50) ScilleCo............ @ 50] Pepsin Saac, aet Potass Tart. 26@ 28 ‘lie 8 6gs 3| Copaiba.....0000.0. 1 15@ 1 25| Tolutan ......... 2s. @ 1 00| Soda, Carb......... Game Sam eee wes re 7 Benzolcum, German 70@ 7%5| Cubebe.............. 90@ 1 00| Prunus virg......... @ 50 = Lia. N.N.% gal. Soda, Bi-Carb......._ 3@ 5] Ochre, yellow Ber.. % 2 @3 i @ 16 Exechthitos ........ 1 00@ 1 10 Tinctures qo = | ..102....--.---------- @ 200 Soda, —........ 3%@ 4 Putty, commercial. . Ho} 2%@3 20@ 41] Erigeron............ 1 00@ 1 10 Aconitum NapellisR 60 Pies Liq., quarts.. @ 1 00| Soda, Sulphas..... . @ . 2! Putty, strictly pure. 2% 24%@3 48@ 50|Gaultheria..... .... 1 40@ 1 45) Aconitum Napellis F 50 | Dicis Liq., pints..... @ _ 85/| Spts. Cologne........ @ 2 8! Vermilion, Prime 3@ 5/| Geranium, ounce... @ 7%! Aloes go | Pil Hydrarg...po. 80 @ 50) Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55) American.. 3@ 15 8@ 10| Gossippii,Sem.gal.. 50@ 60] Aloesand Myrrh... go | Piper Nigra...po. 22 @ 18/|Spt. Myrcia Dom... @ ° 0) Vermilion, English. 70@ 75 12@ 14| Hedeoma..... ...... 1 25@ 1 35 i 50 | Piper Alba....po. 35 @ 30| Spts. Vini Rect. bbl. @ Green, Paris ........ 13%@ 17% @ 15|Junipera............ 1 50@ 2 00] Assafostida . 59 | Pilx Burgun........ @ 7 Spts. ViniRect.4bbl @ Green, Peninsular.. 13@ 16 50@ 60} Lavendula.......... 90@ 2 00] Atrope Belladonna. go | Plumbi Acet........ 10@___12| Spts. Vini Rect. 10gal @ Lead, Re 5u@ 6% Sulphuricum. 1%@ 5 | Limonis............. 12°@ 1 35| Auranti Cortex..... 50 | Pulvis Ipecac et = 1 10@ 1 20] Spts. Vini Rect. 5gal @ Lead, white........ 5%@ 6i4 marian 1 25@ 1 40| Mentha Piper....... 1 60@ 2 20/ Benzoin......... 60 | Pyrethrum, boxes .| Whiting, whiteSpan @ 7 Tartaricum.......... 38@ 40| Mentha Verid....... 150@ 1 60] Benzoin Co.. 50 | .. & P. D. Co., doz.. @ 1 25 | Strychnia, Crystal... 1 20@1 35| whiting. gilders’. @ Aeon Morrhum, gal....... 100@ 1 15] Barosma.... 50 | Pyrethrum, pv...... 2@ 30) Sulphur, Subl....... 2%@_ 4 | White, ParisAmer.. @ 1 00 onia eyrere es: 4 00@ 4 50/ Cantharides... 5 Quinta” ciated ele ee 8@ 10; Sulphur, Roll.... . 24%@3% Whiting, Paris Eng. ’ Aqua, 16 deg........ 4m 6) Ove. 75@ 3 00| Capsicum 59] Quinia,S.P.&W.. 43@ 43| Tamarinds.......... 8@ 10 iff... @i Aqua, 20 deg........ 6@ 8 Picis Liquida....... 10@ 12|Cardamon..... 75 | Quinia, S. oe 3°@ 48) Terebenth Venice... 28@ 30| universal Prepared. 1 00@ 1 15 Carbonas............ 12@ 14| Picis Liquida, gal... @ 35|Cardamon Co... ..” 75 | Quinia, N.Y... 3@ 48) Theobrome....... - 464@ 48 Chloridum .......... 129@ 14| Ricina ......0.0..... 92@ 1 00] Castor............... 1 00 | Rubia Tinctorum... 12@ 14| Vanilla............. 9 00@16 00 apiieis Aniline Rosmarini........... @ 100] Catechu.......27.777 59 | SaccharumLactis py 18@ 20| Zinci Sulph......... 1@ a Rose, ounce........ 6 50@ 8 50| Cinchona............ 59 | S@lacin.............. 3 00@ 3 10 No. 1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20 Blac Succini ....... 00... 40@ 45| Cinchona Go.... 17”: 60 | Sanguis Draconis... 40@ 50 Oils Extra Turp......... 1 60@ 1 70 ' Brown - Sabina. ........... _90@ 100] Columba... ....1727: 59 | Sapo, W............. 2R@ 14 BBL. @aL. | Coach Body......... 2 7@ 3 00 =. Santali 250@ 700| Cubeba. ..... 1.777: 50 | Sapo, M.... ......... 10@ 12! whale, winter....... 70 7%0|No.1Turp Furn.... 1 00@ i 10 Sassafras............ 55@ 60] Cassia Acutifol..._. 50 | Sapo, G........... .. @ 15! Lard, extra......... 5 60 | Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60 i — ess., ounce oe Ke : . Cassia Ac Acutifol Co. 50 | Siedlitz Mixture.... 20 @ 22/fard,No.1.......... 40 45|Jap.Dryer,No.1Turp 70@ 75 Cubese........ po.18 13@ 15] As8ill....... 0.2... _ 50 Juniperus........... 6@ 8 Tiga. Po aarabreay Sia =~ OF 0) OO — = 4 = ss" 8 HE Sar | ares» 50@ 55 Potassium =— Coe = 7 | Bi-Carb............ oe ee sO 2 7 | Bichromate |... 130 si. oo 50@ 55 — Been cecal. 52@ 57 —e oe = pe 1 15 (pee nt Chlorate..po. 17@i9e co 18 — colorless... vb) ee. Canadian.. 18 | Cyanide. ............ 5 40 saan 1 ae ty = ee 12 | Iodide... 0.0.2.1... 2 40@ 2 50 "ee = Cinchona Flava Boe 18 | Potassa, Bitart, pure 28@ 30 x Veuiin a = Euonymus atropurp 30 | Potassa, Bitart, com @ Pion Myrica Cerifera, po. 20 | Potass Nitras, opt.. 10@ 12] Onii camphora ain a 9 Prunus Virgini...... 12| Potass Nitras........ 0@ wu Opi aadeie Quillaia, gr’d....... 13] Prussiate....... _... MW@ 22 anode orized. .. ‘| Sassafras...... po. 18 12} Sulphate po ...... 15@ 18 — ce 50 Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 15 Radix Rhe Span snes 50 Extractum Aconitvm...... .... 20@ 25 | Sanguinarla . 1... 50 Glycyrrhiza Gishea. 2@ 2% Althe............... 22@ 25| Serpentaria......... 50 Glycyrrhiza, po..... 2sq@ 30| Anchusa... ......... 10@ 12] Stromonium........ 60 Hematox, 15 box. 11@ 12 os | TORMAH.......0 2.05 .. 60 Hematox,1s........ 13@ 14 2@ 40| Valerian............ 50 Hematox, \s .. M4@ 15 12@ 15| Veratrum Veride... 50 Heematox, 148....... 16@ 17| Glychrrhiza.. a ib 16@ 18| Zingiber............, 20 maine eae Comaden 2 ; aon lliscellaneous an., po.. ther, Spts. Nit.3F 30@ 35 Carbonate Precip... 15 | Hellebore,Alb trate and Quinia.. 2 25 | Hellebore, Alba, po... be ta ae Our stock of Brushes for the season Citrate Soluble...... 7% | Ipecac, BO % —— gro’d. -po.7 4 3 1 i Ferrocyanidum Sol. 40| Iris plox...-pods@38 - 40| Annatto.... 02... 50 of 1899 is complete and we invite — _—— Be . Jalapa, oo : 30 Antieoni, pee 4@ 5 uw. a Omit. .... Beanie tia) |) ee oe eee et ee . . Sulphate com'l, by «| Podopbyiltim, po. = ite “eo 3 your orders. The line includes bbl, per cwt....... Ren Antifebrin | 1.11.2! sulphate, pure ..... 7 ithe, eae 33 coca ia oz. $ 30 e Flora el, pv........ oes 35] Arsenicum.......... 10@ 12 | W Il b d bb Aros 12@ 14| Spigelia. . 35@ 38| Balm Gilead Bud... 38@ 40 F at a oun In ru er, a. 2@ 8 Sanguinaria.. -po. 15 P » —— &x. “ioe = 1 50 aE : or., Matricaria .......... an 40@ 45| Calcium Chlor., a @ 10 brass and leather Folia “ Similax, — @ 40 oe Chlor., 4s. @ 312 i Wi Lueccecces| Se OO) a Oe @ 2% /| Cantharides, Rus. 5 Cassia Acitito, Tin- peMie — 10@ 12] Capsici Fructus, af 8 15 Oval Paint Rou nd Paint relly ay Gz % Symplocarpus, Feeti- a — Fructus, po. @ 15 i e 4 ene ‘Acutifol, Alx pe 25 | Capsici FructusB, @ 15 h Salvia officinalis, 4s Valeriana,Eng.po.3) @ 25|Caryophyllus..po'ls 12@ 14 Oval Chisel Varnis mand 368.0000) 1.15. = Valeriana, German. 15@ 2 ao No. _ @ 3 00 + Ura Oral... era. 2@ 16] Cera Alba........... 55 h Gans Zingiber j. iS 25@ 27) Cera Flava.......... 42 Oval Chisel Sas fuieks, Sl. 65 Semen —. See cual @ 4 assia Acca 24 G|Anisum.......po. 16 @ | conan Round Sash Acacia, 3d picked 35 Apium (grave a 3@ 15] Cetaceum.......... 2 @ 6 D » Acacia, sifted sorts. 28| Bird, Is... 0... | 4@ Chloroform... .”; 53 . h H d Acacia, po. 80 Chloroform — @110 White as ea S Aloe ae po.18@20 14 % | Chloral Hydc 1 65@ 1 90 oe, Cape .... po. 1 12 | Coriandrum.. - _8@ _10| Chondrus. .... 25 1 Aloe, § Socotri. -po. 40 = — . aS a Cinchonidine,P.& W 3 Kalsomine Ansafeatida.. 30 Chenopo podium _ 0@ 2B a i 28 to Fl t Varni sh orate. 140m 150 | ome ..--s------- sete ee oe B[eemm g R . : atechu, %s. pe... Greta, Ss bbl. % C 1 oaicche ate 240 #4 |Creta prep BE Square and Chise Cam horse Lini, grd....bbl.3% 4@ 4% Creta, recip.. @ 11 He phosban.po 3 wis Ganaiis, OB (| Grom Rube OB Q@NUM..... 22-206 narian con a io . . Gaukaes 30. ae... 4%@ —5| Cudbear .. = 2 All qualities at satisfactory prices. Quaiacum. ....po. 25 30 | Sinapis Albu........ 9@ 10] Cupri Sulph. 64Q_sSC8 Mast Saud po. 83.00 00 Sinapis Nigra....... N@ 12] Dextrine.....27.77! ». 10 2 aie Spiritus Ether Sulph......... BQ 99 < : oe #0 Bmery, all nuimbe s ir Varnish Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 250 Ty, numbers @ Opti. —— 1688.80 3 098 3 = Frumenti, D. F. Ro. 3 00@ 2 33 a ae s amc ° SS a rument!......... 125@ 1 50 a 30@ I Fl Shellac, et: a Juniperis Co. 0. T.. 1 65@ 2 00 Flake White........ se = Mott ers owing ae uniperis Co... i ee Herba semaienamen N. i i 30 ; 0 a. wet ess eens Ss 9 Cc | Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. Vini Galli...... 1 7@ 6 50 Gelatin’ a ss oior Eupatorium .oz. pkg 20 | Vini Oporto - 125@ 2 00) Gy ns rit eos - e Lobelia......0z. pkg 25 | Vini Alba..... ee, 2 Se B d Flo in a pee = Sponges Glue, a s@ 12 a g er WwW £ ’ hype Florida sheeps’ wool Glue, white......... 13@ 25 ° | ee aod = carriage........... 2 50@ 2 75 | Glycerina ........ 21. 144@ 2 single or doub e TanacetumV oz. pkg 2 7 ao wool ‘ ve os eae ne @ = jl Thymus, V..oz. pkg % | velvet extra sheeps’ Hydraag Chior Mite @ 90 ¢. H. Pencils, etc. Magnesia. wool, carriage..... @ 1 2% | Hydraag Chlor Cor. @ 80 Calcined, Pat..... .. 60 | Extra yellows eeps’ Hydraag Ox Rub’m @ 1 00 Carbonate, Pat...... 22| wool. carriage. . @ 1 00| Hydraag Ammoniati @ 115 Carbonate, K.&M.. 20@ 25| Grass sheeps’ wool, HydraagUnguentum 45@ 55 Carbonate, Jennings 35@ 36| carriage........... @ 1 00| Hydrargyrum....... @ KINS i Hard, for slate use. @ Ichthyobolla, Am... 6@ 7% ' Oleum Yellow Ree f, for -- , B@10 I Absinthium......... 450@475| slate use.......... @ 1 40 3 @ 3 70 ‘ Amygdale, Dulc.... 30@ 50 s @ 4 20 Amygdale, Amars . 8 00@ 8 25 yrups @2 e9 85@ 2 00| Acacia............ @ 50 ee 59 0@ 250] Auranti Cortes @ 50 ® a 2 90 | Zingiber....... @ 50| Liquor Arsen et Hy- GRAND RAPIDS MICH. 80 | Ipecac. a i @ 60} drargiod.......... a B 9 80] Perri lod............ @ 50) LiquorPotassArsinit 10@ 12 65} Rhei Arom.... ..... @ 50/ Magnesia, Sulph.. 2@ 38 7 | Smilax Officinalis.. 50@ 60| Magnesia, Sulph, bbl @ 1% : : 50 | Senega.............. @ 50|Mannia,S.F........ 50@ 60 qe om. ED 2 ase. Curronella. ......-.. 40@ 45] Scillm.. ™m 50| Menthol So alsa O33 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 possible to give quotations suitable for a erage prices for average conditions of purchase. those who have poor credit. our aim to make this feature of the greatest possible use to dealers. oing to press and are an accurate index of the local market. 1 conditions of purchase, and those below are given as representing av- Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is It is im- AXLE GREASE. 02. gross Beers... 5. o> 600 | a 6 700 Diamond... .......... 50 «6.400 Frasers ...... Py) 9 00 IxL Golden, tin boxes 7% $900 Plica, tin boxes.. 2 9 06 Paragon a 55 6 00 BAKING POWDER. Absolute. og DCAnRGGs............. 45 tp cane on...... 85 Ib cau dos...... - 2.50 Acme. Ib Cans 8 dos........... ; -_ ID Cane 3 GoKs...........00 % Ib Cans I dos............ 1 0 a... 10 Arctic. 6 oz. Eng. Tumbiers........ 85 6 oz. cans, 4 doz case....... 80 9 oz. cans, 4 duz case....... 12 1 1b. cans, 2 doz case. . 2 00 2% Ib. cans, 1 doz case..... 475 5 Ib. cans, 1 doz case..... 9 00 Ei Purity. 14 1b cans per doz......... 75 % Id cans per dos ........ 1 2 t Tt cans per dos......... 2 0 Home. iq 1b Cans 4 doz case. _ = % lb cans 4 doz case...... 5d Ib cans 2 doz case ..... 90 JAXON iq 1b cans, 4 doz case... 45 % lb cans, 4 doz case... .. 85 lb cans. 2 doz case...... 1 60 Jersey Cream. 1 Ib. cans, per doz. 2 00 9 oz. cans, rer doz. 1 23 6 oz. cans, per doz.......... Our kenter. Sipeee 45 Bean |. % ee 1 56 Pesriess. eee 8 Queen Flake, 3 0z., 6 doz. case... ~< © oe 6 oz., 4 doz. case oe 9 ox., 4 doz. case. 4 80 1 1b., 2 dos. case. . 40 5 lb., 1 dos. case. 9 00 BATH BRICK. American ...... . Snglish....... . & CANNED Goops. Dometees 89@ orn ——— ormtny 2... 80 Beans, Limas.......... 70@1 30 Beans, Wax........... 20 Beans, String.......... 85 Beans. Baked......... T3@Q1 00 Beans, Red a v6 “5 Succotash.. 95@1 20 eee 0G 8 Peas, French.....-.... 25 Pumpken 2... v6) MUSHhYTOOM ...... ....- 15@ 22 Peaches, Fie .......... 10% Peaches, Fancy.......1 40 Apples. gallons....... @3 00 eae Pee 7 Pineapple, grated..... 175 240 Pineapple, sliced...... is 23 Pineapple, Farren....1 7 Strawberries .......... 110 Blackberries . - 80 Raspberries .. 85 Oysters, I-lb.. 85 Oysters, 2-lb...... -1 50 Salmon, Warren’s ....1 4°@1 60 Salmon. Alaska....... 1% Salmon, Klondike..... 90 Lobsters, 1-lb. Star....3 20 Lobsters, 2-lb. Star....3 90 Mac erel.l lb Mustard 10 Mackerel, 1-lb. Soused.1 Mackerel,l-lb Tomato.1 75 Saree. 2 Sardines. 4s domestic 3%@ Sardines, mstrd, dom.5%@ a” Sardines, French....., 8 @_-22 BLUING. penal, Saoe.... 40 Earee, 2dex.--... 5 BROOMS. io. 1 Gores. 23 eg ee can 21 ee ee Ne. arpa... 14 Parmer Gem .....- 2 50 Jommon Whisk............ 9 Rance Whiek.. ........... % warcuowee . 270 CANDLES ES 7 ae 8 eee 8 i eS 20 TSUP. Jolumbia, pints ....... 2 00 Solumbia, 4 pints ......12%5 CHEESE German Sweet . .-23 Premium... . 35 Rreakfast Cance 46 COFFFR., Roasted. Kio. ee 9 see dt ES OSES STS ABLE 10 Pree. 12 oe eee ce ce. = Peper Santos. ee. 14 Oe 15 hoes See = Peery 2 1 bo. en 15 oe q Java. pee 8 26 Private Growth...............3) alee 3 ocha. tere bob 22 Avan 23 oasted. Clark-Jewell-Welis Co.’s Brands Pom Avenme..... 8... 29 Jewell’s Arabian Mocha....29 Wells’ Mocha and Java.....24 Wells’ Perfection Java.....24 pene co oak Breakfast Blend........ -~- Valley City Maracaibo. mee ieee. Leader Blend....... .. .... 12% Package. Below are given New York prices on package coffees, 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 ge from the market in which he purchases to his shipping point, including weight of package, also X¥c a pound. In 601b. cases the list is 10¢ per 100 lbs. above the price in full cases. —— bce cc see eee 10 50 SOENOW a 0 50 AcLsughiin’® s XXxX. McLaughlin’s XXXX sold to retailers only. Mail all orders direct to W. F. McLaughlin & Co., rue Yailey City ° gros % alley ae Felix %& Bross............ 115 dummel’s foil % gross.. i 3] Hummel’stin % gross... 1 43 CLOTHES PINS. SQrese HOKGS.. 0. os. 40 CLOTHES LINBS. Cotton, 40 ft, per dosz....... 1 00 Cotton, 50 ft, per dos....... 1 20 Cotton, 60 ft, per dos....... 1 40 Cotton, 70 ft, per dos....... 1 60 Cotton, 80 ft, per dos....... 1 80 Jute, 60 ft. per dos......... 8G Jute, 72 ft. per dog,,........ COCOA. James Epps & Co.’s. Bowes, 7 P08. 40 Cases, 16 boxes.. ......-....- 38 COCOA SHELLS. 2i bags... ..... th Less gquaniiiy ao 3 Pound packages........ 4 CREA TARTAR. 5 and 10 1b. wooden boxes... . .30 Bulk tn seeks... ... 29 CONDENSED MILK. 4 doz in case. Gail — Bagle. Se 6% rown Sa 6 25 Daisy _. Champion 450 Magnolia 425 Challenge . 835 e ne a: 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.... 1 50 100 books, any denom.... 2 50 500 books any denom....11 50 1,000 books. any denom... 20 00 Superior 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 Universal 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 Credit Checks. 500, any one denom’n..... 3 00 1000, any one denom’n..... 5 00 2000, any one denom’n..... 8 00 Steel punch. ... 6 Coupon Pass Books, Can be made to ~~ resent any denomination from $10 wage DOORS 08s Bp eeeB ss 3 oo fee noers ........... 3 00 SOOO 6B peers oo 10 00 Senos... 17 DRIED Sn Santried.. 2... @7% Evaporated 50 lb boxes. @9% California — Apricots... ae B ackberries.. Soe cen sees Nectarines ............ @ — ae ce 10 @ll Pitted Cherries........ 7% Prunnelies............. Raspberries............ California Prunes. 100-120 25 lb boxes....... @4 -.. @5 @ 5% @ 64 @ 6% @ 8 @10 @ Raisins. London Layers 2 Crown. 150 London Layers3 Crown. 1 65 Cluster 4 Crown.. : 2 00 Loose Muscatels2 Crown 5 Loose Muscatels3Crown 6 Loose Muscatels4Crown 7 L. M., Seeded, choice..... 8 L. M , Seeded, fancy...... 9% FOREIGN. Citron. Leghorn ..........-cceeces @i11 Coreen @12 Currants. Patras bbls... 3.5523 @ 5% Cleaned, buik ............ @6 Cl eaned, packages........ @ 6% Citron American 10 Ib bx @13 Lemon American 10 lb bx @!0% Orange American 101lb bx @10% Raisins. Ondura 28 ib boxes..... @ Sultana 1 Crown....... $ Sultana 2Crown....... Sultana 3 Crown.. Sultana 6 Crown....... Sultana package....... €88e6e FARINACEOUS GOODS. FLAVORING EXTRACTS. imported. a Japan, No.t......:... 5%@ 6 2411b. packages.. ae Japan, No.2. .- 4n@ 5 Bulk, per 100 Poe Bidet cect 3 60 sore. = head - @ a% cova, 30. 5....... ‘ Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand. ele... os @ SA = SALBRATUS. Packed 6) Ibs fin nox nurch’s Armand Hammer. 15 eland’s iG oe Dwight Cow.. ..3 15 Mympres <2... ., 3 38 ee oe 300 CN oe es i Wyandotte, 1(0 %s.......... 3 00 SA ami t#ranulated, bbis.......... by 50 Granulated, 100 1b cases.. 90 242 1b. pachages...... . .1 80 00 40/ Lump, bbls . cl. ae 10th eees 2 70 00 2 00 uae 145)b kegr ice 85 ene geet 5 10 i : 7 : te SALT. Barrels ..... sis 250 | No. 27435 No. 27. 80 Diamond Crystal. Flake, 50 Ib. Somme oe 1 00 = = = ae. _—. % — ok ae Lanna ‘ = Dried Lima . na oe" "| Pale. barrels, 407 1b bags.2 40 Medium Hand Pickee 1 20@1 x5 FLY PAPER. Butter, barrels, 280 1b. pnik k.2 25 Maccaroni and Vermiceiii. Tanglefoot, per box........ Butter, barrels, 20 14 Ibbags.2 50 Domestic, 10 lb. box. .... Tanglefoot. per case........ 3 20| Butter, sacks, 38 lbs esac es 25 Imported. 25 Ib. box.. ...2 50 | Holders, per box of 50......_ 75 | Butter, sacks, 56 lbs......... 55 _— Barley. Perrigo’s Lightning, gro... .2 50 Common Grades. Common... 0 |... |.” 1 7% | Petrolatum, per doz......... 71|1003-lbsacks.... ......... 1 95 ee .. 2°'0 HERBS 60 5-lb sacks.. 2 oe Empire “ieaeer et 2 50 ave " 15 28 10-lb sacks...... .-1 65 ee I ee. cos Coa cau wee Green. Wisconsin, bu..... $06 tHe 0s 15 Wo rcester.. G Scotch, bu. 110 50 4 Ib. cartons........... 3 25 aoe ee INDIGO. 115 24%Jlb.sacks..... ....... 4 00 Rolled Oats. Madras, 5 Ib boxes......... 55) oa = ps tt eeeeeeceees : % Rolled Avena, bbl.......4 00 8. F.,2.3 and5ib boxes... 50 30 10 Ib. — oS 50 ee ee 33 GUNPOWDER. 28 Ib. linen sacks............ 32 Monarch, % bbl.......... 2 v0 a $616. linen sacks 60 Monarch, 90 1b sacks...... 1 80 Rifle—Dupont’s. ana 2 50 a beseeeee = oe ED 400 ac UTON, CABES......-------- a BWR * Sago. ann 95 | 56-lb dairy in drill bags..... 30 Gorman « lie cane ae 30 | 28-lb dairy in drill bags..... 15 Bast India eee cen 3% | 4 Ib. Cans..e........0....... 18 iain aoe SELF — Ngee Choke Bere—Dupont’ ie Ty rh nen — 60 2 Ib. cartons, = in case... 1 . — a rer rn : = 56-lb dairy a. 00 5 lb. cartons z.‘n case.. Bet A : Entire Wheat. Quarter Kegs... sett eseeeeeee ees 1 - 56-Ib sacks................. 21 2 1b. cartons. 2 dz. in case.. 1 80 es See. Gener” “ raham Eag —Dupont’s. eee eee 2 1b. cartons, 2 az. in case.. 1 80 Ke 1e Dack — 00 Modium Pine............... WJ Fiske —— 5 Et Mem... 4235 SCALES. Perd a ic 4% Quarter Kegs. le) oa = er doz. bee Sc etal oe oo ones oT Pearl, V5, pkaee.- oe Pelouze Household... 12 00 Cracked. bulk............. ee 35 Weighs 24 Ibs. by ounces. 24 2 lb packages. . Ste 18 pees... -..: SBEDS. SALT FISH.” LYE. ABO ooo vonn ee vees cose é Georges cured......... @»5 | Condensed, 2 doz ......... 1 20 nary, Smyrna........... % Georges genuine...... @ 5% | Condensed. 4 dos . 2% = anes z Georges selected. ..... @6 LICORICE. ce a oe i Strips or "cn at 6 @9 EES SEEMS ACSA a 20 Home "Russian....... 4% Holland white wos al bbl. 9 25 Sicily : - ee = Holland white hoop bbl 5 25 Root ee ee ee ee 10 Po ‘ 10 Holland white hoop. k 70 ee Poppy ee ed Uo eae os a Holland white hoop me! s 80 MATCHES. Cuttle Bone.......222.27". 90 Diamond Match Co.’s ——_ SNUPP No. 9 sulphur.......... ..16 Scotch, in bladders. 87 a ‘arlor. : 7 Maccaboy, in jars......... un ge oO. OE ae Mess 100 Ibs _.. 15 09 | BxPort Parlor.............. 4 00 | French pee. ta ars... 48 BB o cece eee 6 30 MOLASSES. Mocs io ~ 1 6 New Orleans. Mess 8 Xba. occ 2 02 a nM YAXON No. 1 40 Ibs. 560) Good 2.22. a] Simgle pox. nec eee 2 5 Noe.t Mie... ............ Sivan or 94| 5 box lots, delivered........ 20 BO: Se... 2c. 120] Open Kettie............... 25@35 | 10 box lots. delivered........ 2% —s ~ — Dee het eile eiale pia . = alf-barrels 2c extra. JAS. 5. KIRK i 60. 8 BRANDS. No.2 101be....2..0. 2.0.2. 130 MUSTARD. pontine at = No.2 & a conte 1 07 | Horse Batten, 1 dos pou i % —— ee = “5 " aaa. Sh, 2 doz... 118 50 | DOME. +--+ eee ee eee ee eee e es : —s 1100 : See a ali ca ale : . Bayle’s Celery, ite 1% —— : . caper ences - : ; = No. 1 10 lbs... Sete tiene 68 PIPES. White Russian.. ws00e8 35 Not -Site........ 57 White Cloud, laundry. ares ee 6 2 itefish. Se 170] White Cloud? toilet......... 3 50 No.1 No.2 Fam | Clay,T. D. fullcount...... S | Dusky Diamond, 50 6 oz....2 10 100 lbs........ 7 CO 2 75 | Cob, No.8................-. Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz....3 00 OM so oc 310 293 140 POTASH. Kirkoline.- ov % TD... 4 = 10 Ibe........ 8 89 43! 48 cans in case. Kirl voesne cess B BO Ss Babbitt's.... 0... ......... 4 00 "Scsertag. eeeciiogs EXTRACTS. Penna Salt Co.’s........... 3 00 Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz ..... 2 40 pete PICKLES. Sapolio, hand, 3 doz ........ 2 40 XXX, 2 oz. obe 1% aon ee Boxe en 5% Sen. ober. 1S Gin een UU a BOxOS -..5....... s XK! 402. taper. 03 35 1-95 | Barrels, 12M count....... $00! Kegs. Rineitch “s XX, 2 oz. obert..... 1 60 SYRUPS No. 2.202. obert .... 75 i Corn. XXX DD ptchr. 6 oz 2 25 | Barrels, 2, Me... 500) Bari oo seks 16 XXX D D ptehr, 4 0z 1 75| Half pele” TO00 ——_.. 300| Alf bbis............... 17 Se a ioc cone Ts m. Van. Domestic. 2 doz. 4 gallon csns .....1 7% 20z. Taper Panel.. 75 1 20} Carolina head.............. 6% Pure Cane. 2oz. Oval.......... v3) 1 90} Carolina No.1 ............ BS Te os oe 3 oz. Taper Panel..1 35 2 00/ Carolina No.2............. 4 1Good......... ees ae 40z. Taper Panel..1 60 Oey OE os ons ceca c 8% | Choice Pe ates MICH ee IGA Alspi ole Sifted. ’ Cassia, Chita iis ganas" . — TOBACCOS. T R A D FE S M oa Batavia in baad. ie |e Cigars. Candi A N ote | sJemell-Wells Co's bran es. _| Grains and 8, Amboyna... sel | Bt &P. Dru c md. M miter ee an eaan ‘Batavia ............ 12 H. &P.D —— Stick Candy. Feedstuffs 21 Hotmene a 55 Fortu Tug Co.’s brand Provi e Nutmegs, No. 1e.-2.0 00001 .. @ |Ou ne Teller. ase ard.... bbis. Wh Whea sions egs, No. 2.......”. Hes Sane ON StandardH. H... 5 eat... t. le T Pep Noe Sn 50 | Qu agce es 35 03 ard H. H ce is | Winter Wh Swift & omat J Poo fous maa 45 a eee ee Twist...) 7@ i% PD 7, | follows: Company (t.——- Pepper, —% pore, aes ea wee a %*O 5” | Pasen Local sacl Bar quote as | Corks tor 4 gai; oo aneeit® Ground in Bulk. 15 nCigarCo.’sbrana. | Bxtra HH.” Gases second Patent... 2.1) se ine — Corks for ta; “perdon. 38° spice in Bu a we traight .. co y ae eewinea P per dos.. Cassi en o Boston a g = 2 —o settee Ze Short hase 0 ‘oo 00} gree Jars and Cove 30 ae 30 Mixed Canc oe aa a eae —— gio to, 18al., st e cover, doz. % Cloves, a Can a ~ Grocers.. andy. ye wheat . 3 £0 ~ tp ea Taman 10 25 one cover, ep “ za — oo i4 Competition... oe @6 Meijcd i Te a Family coretteeeteees 7 uo | 5 lbs. in _ = Wax. Ginger, Coeain. <2 2.00020) is Standard.....2000.. @ 6% | usuai cash dis. aera ae ekage, per ib... 2 eee} aan Loo ed onserve...... ..... @7 Pic te b is- | Bellies .. y Salt Meats ’ | Wo. 0 — BURN 2 Mass aa 23 Seema @7 ditional. bls.,25¢ per bb 0 ime Sun BRS. gm oe ao 8.C. W.... ——— te @ i Ball-Barnh iene 38 No 2 on ce = Sn aan | alee thane e ST n . treeee . -. es ete si ace mee sy Pepper, en Ce 2@18 Phel ....35 09 | Cut ou a @ 8% | Daisy, ses. — -Putman’s B ae aa oy oo. 3 Pepper, Sing. a 15 eas Brace & Co.’s Bra English Rock....... @ 7% — oS —< Hams, 12 —— Meats. “| Pubalar................. 1 3 Papper, Cayerine .... 2 peer ntePortuondo 350 7) Kindergarten... | ycetoallamenmantann = Hams, 141b average “.!. seoureys WoT eee Coors Bide D Cream...... @8 is ithe as ha dean 8; | Ha b avera 83, | N wes, 60 a T. J nCo... andy Pan...” 4 | Quaker er Co.’s B ms, 20 Ib co... 4 | Nutmeg te tee eee STARCH. 1 | Mec Dunn & Co. 3 @u10 00 | # an.... @9 » 6S... rand, | Ham aver Te --- 80 : ‘ 0. 0p | Hand Made Cream 1 ie a dried age..... ce 8 z os i. 35 70 ov | Nobby. lade Cream mxd @10 Ganleex: as ena iE 3 5) | Shoulders ag ma P LAMP CHIMNEYS— 50 one nen Gigar 00. : 00 — Seen eee om a So 3 $e poe clear ¥. ent). Bis No. 08 Per San agente. Ba roa) 00 cy—In 4!) 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Ca Oats. aor “ge | Rolls, dai a a ‘a Min beer 18-in. h, aaa No. 1. a 85 0.2 ead & see @50 Camas - ° Solid, dairy eee. 1 a 2; Lime (roe rom a 3 50 ee 1¢.inch, awa No. z —— 25 sea 2 |. sala bese ts, clipped. 32% Rolls. creamery oo Pe o 2, Flint (80¢ as 40 =. a . 425 — r lots... creamery Ws] Blectrie, ‘7 6. 8 don tis enon. groce. 450] NO-2 Fibre... ; Sahih pa ai 2 | No. 2, Electric. ae aes grose.. 7 20| 5° 2 Bibre....--...-.- ---- pr Fruits. = sone io fe Cored Canned Meats. 19” | No. Fiimt (aoe dos) oe Ww are Bross 7 2) 6% y. to 1, ¢0 ed beef, . oo ae a. prices o given Ne % n lots ) | Roas ef, 14 Ib. 215 4 10 moiesale deste to mich the Crackers. | ™#'S¥e — Fish and eae | Pokey fae pips | esta caus wits sfout,. 9's t from N s the lo aa e ted h oo F galv iro spout.. ) shi ew cal ° weet. . * rs | D am, Sea ns n wit 1 4? shipping point, York to your cy chet 375 2 7D Fresh F Ss conned haat a 90 3 a galv iron aa spout. 1 £2 t on the i giving you | 240 ational B Lemo 4 00 ish. eviled ha: _ : galv iron spout. 2 sl le ee cu on | Sully cba a Wauessn (Se ee ih oat. 3 e uye Cc e L ae : ed tang: ne 2 = galv spou “ parenases tohship web he | Seyaous —— Bancy' 300 ee gg 2 | lack as -¢ sigue geo? | RaR Ra faueci $50 ng ping point our Xxx, Coe ancy 3008... Ae d ut... tec. Se @ = ting aucet 4 : Ww 0 ,|F . E @3 cpt lice lu 5 cans 85 weight of the terre. Fatally XXX oy | Bx-Fancy soos. 7a | Clscoekor iierriig § @ Fresh M Beattie. 3 aa a New Youk KXX. 7” oe “ “+ B*| Med Bananas eo |e oo ea a6 eats. | 382! ‘anit es p Cans. on eee ee 34] maim monies a gy sa oe ieee case wdered vie tecereee coll 68 | BOBEDMerew eee nae occcse 6 ehes...1 25 @i s0| aadoek 227." @ : Fo Stet e eee a 5 ome I -overitow eee pewica. eet ee F ...1% @ a. <0 re rau ee 5 tale... 10 56 Cabos. ee — 4 Soda —_ MH oreign — a sai 1 Piokerel rect e. S _ ont quarters anne 6 g = 5 = Pirate Rule... aa = DOS ie ubin a XXX, Siebel ecle aicaa oo Califor igs. r Pp a @ 6 Ribs.. No. Bese. i T4@ ee a 9 Granulated - wet teens 5 - ee a Clty Ib Carton... 12 Choice mol Fancy.. — a @ 5% Rawal T = @14 | No. ote en “ E owes Granuist oa ee 5 38 Long Island Se =e atts ee ae al 33 Red Snapper ae @ 5 Chueks Ta _; = F B foe” lift... Sai che ce aul fers. i oxe: ? lb x C re > ates Si aieial ~ wele sing oa No. 13 Tub ABE. ww ree : Extra taen Granulated 5 38 detersa ’ - carto -11 | Fan Ss new... ol River Sal tC 6 @6%| No. 1T ular Dash. Mould a. Granulated... -5 59 tte. . nm... 12° | lm cy, 12 lb boxes... @16 Mackerel almon. @ dl ll 4@5 2) No. 12 ub., glass fou Di ...5 50 .. 10 erial Mik: —- 2 | #£Seen 32. | Dressed ork a Tubular —_ Confec. A F t3 ene. pe DOKEE veer 18 - Oyster Shell Goods. ae oe _— Poca ogee Ne oe 5 gx | Saltine W: led, 6 1b boxes... 8, per 100. . oo. @ 54 LANT yeach.. 3 7 No 5 Saltine Water, Ua Naturals, i boxes... @ 1 5@1 5° | Leaf La TS... ...., @ 7% | No.0 Tub ERN GLOBES - ee ba | manner aie. Vavbags: Sa oa eee Ca Pg rg . 4 88 maine sf Fards in 10 Ib ates. Oils un. 7 No. 0 Tubular, ¢ aa 45 No. 4'8) sweer Bee 6 Fards in 60 Ib — on . Satan 8%@10 No. 0 oe eau, dos. No. 475] animal GOODS—Boxes peg HV _— @ 6 sa. -. venue Cc ¥ ae 14 @i6 uae Per Ba bbls 5 dos. ” ° a . ‘ Se ee ess 2 2 OE [se Siecier, Sais i = a eee Pre hee | Be | MAME eg ER ethos, Balla es le 5 coanut ee naa — See ea ia aoe i " Ne 5: | Goffee nat iy N @5 |D./8: Ga xd Whig @ 4 | UFOCKer : No ta. tv uts. Reb epi Sane Bi giz Gi: and No. & | (rackmells ........202.2.00. Almon Cylinder .....-2..0 0... 12 No al Frosted Se ne 15% Almonds, Ivacaso a tngine...... se 3 % = assware i * 2 a ee . aa ne Gitcmia, C4 | Hid ; RUM STONEWARE TAB : : 25 Graham Creek Xxx. eee n en 8 Brazils . cee eceee @ es and P. 4 gal., per a: atters, . L LE SAUCES. —— ao ag Kew eseeee 7% Pilberts LN a elts. tot 6 gal, aa soe v raham Wafers........-... nu gal per gal........ : EE & ——— oe... 3 | Walnuts; Gronobies.. Gis ia. ten eo 10 gal a 5% PE RR IN januee, ego : Walnuts, on No. 1. = follows: Street, quotes = 12 gal., a nt = 9 M , Honey........... Calif .: shelle 4 12 gal., each 5 SA sg? | Reamer iby, | Table Nats, fancy”. dou | Green No. — 15 gal'meat- tabi éach 1 1 Tf UCE damumalor Gia | Fe sag ge | —— See ie Lich anes ans st @U | Cured No. 1.7” : ga i each ...2 ( The Original rp aye oe ne Pecans, Med.... gi0 wared No. tv. @ o% meat-tubs, each....3 4) Geant and | Newton akes..... : img Pecans, Fans arge Te C aa. ae 2tos Churns i.e uy i a. Newton... ......0sese ees. = Hickory —aeaia: ou Calfskins, green No. 1 @ 7% Chun Dashers: p Le orcestershi Nic Nacs-o. ec... io r bu., DS, gree shers. per dc Gas Lea & ~~ large — Penny — pees coe: Cocoanuts, fu @1 Calfeking cured — : o = % Milkp a a” Halford, rrin’s, small... : = pretzels ssorted ead a .. Chestnuts + full sacks & . skins, cured No Ss @10% | | 5 flat aon — 2 alford, large......... 2 50 Semen" tan iene os paseo < Pel Pelts @ 9 at or rd. 0z. 45 oo 3 ch... Co P @ elts, eac le bot., e seep nd ae te Sugar Cake... 2 02. os | Fee. 2. rr ee 50@1 00 | 4 tee Cheat — arin se ian . » Suns. 1 00 | 4 Bal. flat o Milk ysmall.....2 7% — WATER... oe. ee a ws igal. flat or oe * 60 — M4 Gnoloe, H. P., Extras. @7 | Was Woo g 24 — cise aoe 12% Roas ted ed —s @ ix Washed’ fine .. 73 4a. Seemeeet = i, BE aR ca: |B | ra wise, U ne 3 5.1 10 nwashed, edie ba sor ee oe i “a itaten 40 g ., per gal.....--.. 50 de 6% U MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Hardware In Regard to Freight Claims. Manufacturers and jobbers can, with- out material expense, render invaluable assistance to the dealers who have breakage claims against transportation companies. The writer overheard a dealer recently complaining of the arbitrary stand taken by the shipper of a machine that had been broken in transit Not only did he decline to ren- der any assistance, stating that it was a matter entirely between the carrier and the consignee, but used harsh, not to say discourteous, language in his letter. Technically it is correct to say that it is a m:tter entirely between the carrier and the consignee. Custom, if not law, releases the shipper when a Clear re- ceipt is obtained from the carrier, un- less special provision to the contrary has been previously made. But no one will deny that carriers are averse to paying claims, that they often endeavor to ‘‘ wear out’’ the claiinant and thus es- cape payment. Neither can it be denied that a large shipper wields an influence that can and often does facilitate the settlement of a claim. A dealer may not rightfully expect the consignor to assume the responsibility, furnish a new machine or parts and look to the carrier for his compensation, but since it is to the seller’s interest to protect the buy- er, the dealer has a right to expect kindly assistance in this and similar; matters. The writer has known the time when a word from a large shipper respecting a customer's claim would result in an early and satisfactory settle- ment. Many of them undertake to aid their customers iu this way, cheertully, but others are inclined to keep their skirts clear. DelaYed payments are often due to improper filing of claims. A necessary document or notation is missing through the consignee’s neglect, and the claim agent calmy pigeonholes the papers, where they are buried until the con- signee or shipper brings up the subject again. When aclaim is properly pre- pared, bill of lading and expense bill attached, and acknowledgment of break- age by the local agent included, there is no reason for any special delay in adjustment. With such claims as this a delay is a ‘*bluff’’ and the large ship- per’s influence may be listed to good advantage. None should refuse their assistance when just claims areat stake. —__—_->_0 2 Tribute to the Stove. I like a good stove. To be sure, my early associations led me to love the seven-foot fireplace in which burned a fire of great logs—a fire that could sing —a fire that sent flames up the chimney and out of sight—a fire that popped out coals as big as hickory nuts—a fire be- fore which one could bask and dream of summer at Christmas time—a fire which, burning low in the later even- ing, presented to the country-boy a marvelous series of dream-pictures in its fading embers—a fire which finally went softly to sleep at bedtime and cov- ered itself with a counterpane of white ashes, and awoke again at a touch, rosy in the winter dawn. Ere I came to man's estate, the much-loved fireplace was bricked up, and in these later years I have become so much a stove man that I am afraid I would hardly want to exchange the stove of to-day for the fire- place of yesterday. It is easy to say a good word for the stove. That it is economical makes no difference to me, for when a man has gotten poor enough to keep a dog, he cares littie for economy. I praise the stove rather because it is a welcome resting place for tired, cold feet; it is an indispensable means of good cookery and good cheer; it isa promoter of neat- ness; it is a labor-saving device for that sex which has been born to labor since Eve ate the pippin and raised Cain. DANIEL MILLIKEN. —__> 2. _____ Twine Made From Grass. Twine made from grass which grows abundantly upon the marsh lands of Wisconsin, Minnescta and other West- ern States is the product of a new Amer- ican industry. Some years ago the high orice of twine led a member of a large Northwestern binder manufactory to make it from the raw material men- tioned. The process was so far de- veloped that the twine produced could be used on the binders manufactured by this firm. But, owing to the sudden fall in the price of sisal and manila hemp, and the death of the member of the firm referred to, the project was abandoned for the time. Shortly after, however, other parties became interested in the process and a company was organized for its further development some years ago. This concern began the develop- ment of the new business in a quiet wav, with the result that a large and well-equipped grass twine plant is in active operation at Oshkosh, Wis., while another and still more extensive grass twine plant has been recently es- tablished at St. Paul, Minn., both of which are now manufacturing twine, matting, rugs, bagging for cotton bales, vegetables, etc., floor deafening, carpet lining, bottle covering, ropes, and, in fact, anything for which cord is made or required in the manufacture. —___-2-e—___ Learns Something From Everyone He Meets. Some men never learn anything new, and others seem to acquire an education by rubbing up against the world. The «ther day a man told me that he learned something from every man with whom he came in contact. He claims that the practical things in life can only be learned from twisting every bit of knowl- edge gained into proper use. This man 1s a veritable storehouse of wisdom, and his information comes from the butcher, the baker, or the candlestick maker— whomever he meets ; at all times and in all places he acquires some knowledge which can be twisted into practical use. This is certainly an easy road to education if one could but first learn the art of twisting. +o 2-2. Famine in Some Lines. The scarcity of wire cloth is growing more pronounced and jobbers are un- able to secure prompt shipments from the factories. Stocks in other lines are also becoming somewhat depleted. In Canada jobbers report a scarcity of green wire cloth, screen doors and win- dows, rakes, hoes and forks. BIGYGLE SUPPLIES Deaiers of Western, Central and Northern Michigan should write for our catalogue of Sundries and Fittings. Weare selling agents in Michigan for WORLD, ARIEL, ADMI- RAL and SOUDAN bicycles. Write us and we can probably in- terest you. ADAMS & HART, 12 W. Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich. We make the best Senegens on earth. Get our circular and prices before buying elsewhere. Wm. Brummeler & Sons, 2's: lol St Grant Raps SS : SOFIN : As manufacturers we can supply goods in our line at extremely low prices. We make Roofing Pitch, Tarred Felt, Tarred Board, 2 and 3 ply Roofing, Gravel Roofing, Asphalt Paints. H. M1. REYNOLDS & SON, DETROIT, MICH. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Office: 82 Campau St. Established 1868. easese5e5e25e5e25e25 (Please mention where you saw this advt.) Factory: 1st Av. and M. C. Ry. go e2525252e5e25e5e5e5 es2e5eS AR BROWN & SEHLER WEST BRIDGE ST. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. SSh4 Manufacture a full line of LIGHT AND HEAVY HARNESS FOR THE TRADE. Jobbers in SADDLERY HARDWARE, ROBES, BLANKETS, COLLARS, WHIPS, ETC. Also a full line of CARRIAGES AND FARM IMPLEMENTS. MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION. Pan pg REFRIGERATORS, YUKON AND CHILKOOT Le Nae tn ccetlain sten tl all sctli atlinsillins A> L$. a mm | < The verdict of those who have used them: ‘That they are the best » ever offered in this market.’? Write for Price List. \ FOSTER, i & CO., *"Gaann rarios, mich. % uf Sway ees oO OO ATG OR HARI SOLS Tradesman Company Ri Grand Rapids. foe ee Sere MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 The Girl’s Room. In a month or two now the girls will be coming back from school, and al- ready in many homes anxious thoughts are being turned towards fitting up a room that shall be an appropriate shrine for the young daughter of the house. Everywhere it is a labor of love, and the mother’s heart must have grown old indeed that is not filled with tender memories of her own youth and the lit- tle white chamber that was the-sanctu- ary of all her girlish dreams and ro- mances. Fortunately, in these days beauty is no longer the sole perquisite of the rich. A little taste and artistic skill can make a very satisfactory substitute for money, and there is no reason that the woman of moderate means shall not fit up a snuggery for her daughter every whit as charming as the boudoir of lit- tle Miss Croesus. Pretty wall papers in good colors may be had for a song, and the almost limitless assortment of chintzes, figured denims and _ cotton hangings that come now in such beauti- ful designs solve the problem of artistic furnishing at little expense. The wom an who is handy with her needle and her tack hammer is frequently her own unholsterer, and can turn any old piece of furniture into a thing of beauty and a joy forever. Every room should have a character of its own, and it goes without saying that freshness, daintiness and a sweet purity in keeping with the youth of its occupant should be the keynote to the furnishing of a girl’s room. One such chamber that is being fitted up at mod- erate expense for a girl is by way of being a pretty recognition of her pro- nounced affection for violets. The walls, half way down, are covered with an ivory white paper, on which are sprays of violets, while the lower half is cov- ered with a dull green that shades into the green of the mating that covers the floors. The bed is of white enameled iron and brass, and the bureau, chairs and armoir are of white wood. There is a violet and white screen and the few pictures are watercolors or good photo- graphs showing the same violet tints, while a cunning lilac sunbonnet is drawn up into a catch-all, and fastened to the gas bracket. The violet idea is still further carried out in the bureau scarf and pin cushion, which are of white linen, embroidered in violets, and the spread for the bed is dotted swiss over lilac. The room is not entirely furnished, the wise mother ieaving much for the hands of theggirl herself. There is plenty of space left for her photographs and the innumerable souvenirs girls collect so soon, and which are so pre cious to them and so rubbishy to every- one else. There is, furthermore, to be a simple couch, piled with cushions, which mam’selle must make herself, and a tea table, where she can brew the cheering cup and entertain her friends while they discuss the last ball or ex- change confidences. ‘‘T think that every girl should have some spot that is absolutely and entirely her own,’’ said the mother, ‘‘and that she can do with just as she pleases. I remember, when I was a girl, always planning bow I was going to do when I had a house of my own, and being so annoyed because my mother insisted on my having my room fixed just as she wished it, instead of the way I wanted it. I really believe that the desire to have some one spot they can ‘‘boss’’ is what leads many a girl to rush into mat- rimony. I don’t want Adele to do that, and so, when I turn this room over to her, it is going to be hers, to do with absolutely as she pleases, just as much hers as an Englishman’s house is his castle. Yes, and to take care of, too, for I believe in girls doing housework, and she is to be responsible for its be- ing kept in order.’ CoRA STOWELL. 2-2 ___ The Lesson That Was Lost. ‘My wife has a disagreeable habit of leaving her pocketbook in exposed places,’’ said the man who was telling the story. ‘‘I have cautioned her more than once that she would lose it if she wasn’t more careful.’’ ‘*T came down town with her the other morning, and the first thing she did after boarding the car was to deposit her purse upon the car seat while she re- lieved herself of the terrible suspicion that her hat wasn't on straight. A move- ment of her arms knocked the purse on the floor, where it remained until I picked it up. ‘‘T rescued that purse no less than a dozen times before we reached the _bar- gain counter that was the goal of my wife’s ambition. ‘Events around a bargain counter oc- cur with kaleidoscopic swiftness, and I soon found myself the sole guardian of my wife’s purse, which lay before me on the counter, where it had been deserted by her ina mad rush for the other end of the counter. ‘*To teach her® a lessson, I emptied the contents of the purse in my pocket and retreated to the edge of the crowd to await developments. ‘*It wasn't long ere my wife crowded her way out, triumphantly holding aloft a 25-cent cream jug that she had suc- ceeded in buying for 49 cents. ‘**T didn’t know that they charged things here,’ I began feebly. ‘**They don’t,’ she answered. ‘I have money left for three ice cream sodas and a strip of car tickets.’ And she exbibited the contents of her purse to prove her assertion. ‘‘T nearly fainted when it dawned upon me that I had taken the contents from a purse belonging to some other woman. ‘‘I have no desire to retain posses- sion, and if the woman who lost 79 cents and a postage stamp, three hairpins and a recipe for making angel food will call at my office she may have her property. ’’ ——_> > ____ If a man is big and fat and able to keep his mouth shut, he can bluff nearly anybody. Walter Baker & Go, 70 The Oldest and Largest Manufacturers of gy PURE,HIGH GRADE COCOAS CHOCOLATES on this Continent. S No Chemicals are used ip Trade-Mark. their manufactures. Their Breakfast Cocoa is absolutely pure, delicious, nutritious, and costs less than one cent a cup. Their Premium No. 1 Chocolate, put u Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the plain choc eats in the market for family — Their German Sweet Chocolate is good tc eat and good to drink. It is palatable, nutri tious, and healthful; a great favorite with — ers should ask for and be sure that the an genuine goods. The above trade-mar! a every package. Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. Dorchester, Mass. Hardware Price Current. AUGURS AND BITS Snell's. a 7 Jenning genuine | Mee ene sce etencuacouss 2&1C Jennings imitation Sectet cea...) | Cn AXES First Quality, S. B. Bronze ................. 5 50 First Quality, D. B. Bronze................. 9 50 First Quality. S. B.S. Steel...... 2 ..0..... 6 25 First Quality, D. B. Steel................... 10 50 BARROWS ee 14 00 oo net 30 00 BOLTS wk. 60&10 Carriage now Ha ub BUCKETS Well, plain....... <.. - oe o oe BUTTS, ‘CAST Cast Loose Pin, figured......... ee. 70&10 Wrewght Narrow 70d 10 BLOCKS Ordinary Tackle 70 CROW BARS Cast Stee per Ib 5 CAPS OE -per m mice aeG wl Ga. D CHISELS pocmese Die 70 Socket ee een mee ee oeus cau UM ao OT 70 OGees Siew 7 DRILLS Mormes Bit Sioces oC... 60 Taper and Straight Shank................... 50& 5 Morse’s TaperShape.. 50& 5 — Com. 4 piece, 6in.. ---..do0z. net 65 Cometic 1 2 Adjustable eae dis 40410 EXPANSIVE BITS Clark’ : small, eis; large, OG...... |. 30&10 Ives’, 1, 818; 2, Seren, 25 FILES—New List New Avwertean 5 70&10 ee ee 70 Heller’s Horse Rasps. -66&10 GALVANIZED IRON Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27. ..... 28 List 12 13 14 15 i .... " Discount, ‘5—10 GAUGES Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 60&10 KNOBS—New List Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .._......... 7 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 80 MATTOCKS Adee Wye $17 00, dis 60410 Het Wye $15 00, dis 60&10 Eee tg 818 50, dis 20&10 MILLS Coffee, Parkorn Ces. ..... 40 Coffee. P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables. . 40 Coffee, Landers, Ferry & Clark’s........... 40 Coffee, Enterprise. . a , 30 MOLASSES GATES Stepnirs Patter 8 60&10 Stennis Gemiting 6... tk... ee 60&10 Enterprise. self-measuring ....... 30 NAILS Advance over base, on both —_— and Wire. Steel nails, base..... ... 2 Wire nails, base..... OT eecctece sys Cauc) o 2 ete OO aeuanice fe. Ba Mito t6aevemec....... 8c... OS OMNWe es Ge Loa. Ee A MO eo Mie Sagvanee. -. ee, GCaning Madvatee ....... Casime Sdsivamec ....... 1... 1.8.1.5... Case G advance... .... 1... 1... Minish i@advanee....... .. ........2:.... REES 5 e8Se8 RFEKKKRARSSHRSSS 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 Maydole & Co.’s, new list........ ...... dis 33% TE is Yerkes & Plumb’s. dis 20&10 Mason's Solid Gast Steel RO Mer 70 Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel Hand 30c list 50&10 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Stamped Tin Ware....... ......... new list 70 Japanned Tin Ware....... eee eee 20&10 HOLLOW WARE OO 60&1 eee 60&10 Pe 60&10 HINGES Gate, ons L . Se dis 60&10 State.. : .. per dos. net 2 58 ‘ROPES -_, eae eee gee eee eee ee d 11% WIRE Goops ee 80 ere MOR i ll. “a 80 i eee cee <5 cues 80 Gate Hooks and Myon...................... 80 LEVELS Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............ dis 7c SQUARES Sock Ma ee... 70&10 ey ad Hew oo on 60 ee 50 SHEET IRON com. smooth. com. Moe Miem ....... 82 70 82 30 a 2 70 2 50 Nos. i ted............ eos. oe 2 60 Tee Se tem........---....... 5... 3 00 2 70 Nos. 25 to 26....... bigs eee ee eee 3 10 _ 80 OO 3 20 90 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 ie wide not less than 2-10 extra. SAND PAPER hang acet Ge. dis 50 SASH WEIGHTS Meld Meee per ton 20 00 TRAPS ace Came . W&10 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s....... 50 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 70&10 Mounc, Choker................... per doz 1) Mouse, Gere... per doz 1 2 — Ce ee s Axpicaie Marmot. ......................... Copperea Market......................... .. 6 id OE co Coppered Spring Steel.......... ........ . 50 Barbed Fence, galvanized ........... «2 60 Barbed Fence, painted... es aa, oe HORSE NAILS Ausatie. dis — i ee dis 5 oe... ........ net list WRENCHES Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 20 CegaGewiime ee 4) Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought ....... 7 Coe’s Patent, malleable. .................... 75 Sere ene Bird Cages ....... , 45 Pumps, Ciatern. eee oe . Besowe mew tjee:. ............... .... Casters, Bed and Plate.. . 50&10& 1 ‘0 Dampers, American..................... 50 METALS—Zinc Gie peund cagka. ......... 9 Per ee 9% SHOT eT 1 45 i Band Baek...) 1 70 SOLDER Qs The prices of the many other qualities of eis in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. =e Grade Wnt 1C, Charcom,........... §... 8755 14x20 1G, Co 7 '0 monte Oa, Chareqes 8 5) Each additional X on this grade, 81.25. TIN—Allaway Grade : : OO EE 6 25 Biwieh Sadvance Mees, CliaeeOe) ks 6 2) Finish 6 advance...............-+...5 ++ itettd 90 GUMMNOEE .... 5... oo ss occc cs sscc cscs 7 00 Barrel & advance... -.......... 14x20 Ix, See 750 sibs a PLANES Each additional X on this grade, 81.50. oO ToetGos, fancy 8... ae. mea. on Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy................. 14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean ................... 650 Bench, first quali 2 | Shae aaron entre 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean........ .......... 11 00 Stanley Rule an "PA — wood......... —_ <4 poem oe one baked ie : = x! , Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... Fry, Acm ee coe ce es 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade........ 10 00 aaa ac. bee ee bs uceicie we seeeee 70& 5 | 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade......... 12 00 RIVETS BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE Sromand Timed... 8 60 | 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, a eid 10 Copper Rivets and Burs................. 45 | 14x56 TX. for No 9 Boilers. ¢ PET P os Jars, 4% eal... .... -3\4c each Pans, black, % gal...... 3%c each Jars, 1 to 6 gal... ..§c gal Pans, black, % gal.. 4c each Jars, 8, 1o and 12 6c gal Pans, black, 1 to 2 wal...... 5c gal Jars, 15 and 20 gal. -74C gi - Pans, Peoria or — : Churns, 2 to 6 ga! -5%c ga | 4c each Jugs, % gal — Beeps Pans, P’a or pcb + % gal. -4¥C each Jugs, 1 to 5 gal.. ..6c gal Pans, P’a-w., 1 to 2ygal..5%c gal advertisement. a specialty. F. O. B. factory at Akron. No charge for crates if you enclose this Car loads to one or more merchants in one town CHICAGO POTTERY GO., Glark ond TWelliN Sis., Chicago, tl) 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Restful Ease for Clerks’ Tired Feet. Written for the TRaDESMAN. That a clerk shouid have deft, swift, unerring hands is a fact always fully appreciated; that he should have tire- less, enduring feet as well, while it may be as fully understood, is not often given much weight in considering his physical equipment. Yet many cases of inattention and irritability on the part of clerks, resulting in loss of sales and driving away of valuable custom- ers, are caused directly by painful or tired feet. In the beginning of warm weather al- most everybody has a little trouble with the feet and shoe dealers then receive many Calls for easy-fitting, comfortable footwear. Beginning earlier, and last- ing longer than with the general run of humanity, salespeople and others who have to stand and walk a great deal experience this difficulty. It varies ac- cording to the individual case, from excessive weariness to positive agony, sometimes even causing illness and absence from duty. There are feet and feet. Tender feet, like blue eyes or red hair, are a sort of tempermental matter which one may in- herit from his forefathers. The prac- tical problem with a clerk is how to take care of his feet, if they are strong, so as to keep them unimpaired for many years’ service, and if they are tender he should study to get along as comfortably as possible, managing his feet so that they will neither give out entirely nor make him serious trouble. As intimated, the best way to have good feet is to have had a grandfather and grandmother who had a good un- derstanding ; but still, with intelligent care, feet naturally very tender will serve their owner long and faithfully. A cardinal rule is to wear only com- fortable shoes. These should be large enough, well fitted to the feet, wel: made and smocthly finished on the in- side. It is a good plan to have two or three pairs of shoes for everyday wear, as a change of footgear is restful to the feet, even if the shoes are all the same size. No one who is constantly on his feet should try to wear new shoes a whole day while ‘‘breaking them in.’ Shoes should be amply long, a shoe a trifle too short being about the most ex- quisite instrument of torture left to modern times, If the foot must be crowded at all let it be in the width: but a shoe wide enough to allow the natural spread of the ball of the foot with every step is the most comfortable, It is well to have one pair of shoes that are a full halfsize too large. While a loose ‘‘shucking’’ shoe is not to be recommended as a usual thing, when the feet become feverish and swollen sometimes a very loose shoe is the one thing that will give relief. Men's shoes are now for the most part constructed upon a fairly sensible plan, but it would seem that the prevailing style of shoe for women must have been devised by some imp of darkness. The sole is so narrow that the sides of the foot must rest on the upper, which is made to do duty asa sort of lateral sole-extension. Then, nine women out of ten have the idea that to be easy and comfortable a shoe must have a very thin flexible sole. Just what advantage it is to have a sole that can be bent like the famous Damascus sword is hard to Say; yet every shoe dealer knows well the hold this has upon the feminine mind. In actual fact a thin light sole is very hard on the foot for either walk- ing or standing. A word about heels. Spring heels, outside of misses’ and children’s sizes, are a thing of the dead past, and it re- quires a certain amount of moral cour- age to lift one’s voice in their favor; yet a properly-constructed spring-heel shoe is the truly scientific shoe for man, woman or child. A low broad heel is, of course, better than a high narrow one, but any heel whatever tends to pitch the body forward and causes an unnatural strain. The poise of the hu- man body, the ease with which it is kept upright, has always been the won- der of anatomists, A heel throws all this nice-adjusted mechanism ‘‘out of plumb.’’ Every machinist knows how important it is that a machine should be set perfectly true; a vertical shaft must not vary in the least from the exact vertical and every part must be set at exactly the angle it was intended to occupy; the mcre highly geared and complicated the machine the more se- rious the disaster occasioned by any deviation in this regard. It may be mentioned that there are shoes especially designed for clerks, nurses and others who have to be con- stantly on their feet. These are a great improvement on shoes of conventional pattern and are well worthy of a trial. Hosiery should be smooth and well- fitting, all seams and wrinkles and an undue amount of mending being avoided. Corns and bunions must be promptly attended to. Prevention is better than cure in respect to these. A clerk should cultivate a light, elas- tic step and correct postures. Many make unnecessarily hard work of walk- ing and standing. It is a well-known rule, with travelers on foot, to bathe the feet frequently in cool water, as this prevents their be- coming footsore. The rule would apply to clerks as well. Frequent changing of hosiery is also grateful to tender feet. A little consideration on the part of the employer will save his clerks much weariness; and he will obtain better service, so that he will be a gainer in the end even if his motive is a selfish one. Order and system save unnecessary steps. Certain portions of store work can be performed just as well while sit- ting, and as far as practicable these should be divided among the different employes. No humane man cares to bave his clerks standing constantly in times of slack trade when it is not nec- essary. Some years ago there was con- siderable agitation on this subject, es- pecially regarding the girls employed in the large retail stores in cities, it being then usually the demand that they must remain standing all the time whether actually engaged in waiting upon customers or not. This was right- fully considered cruel, and much was accomplished in their behalf. Now those large stores are usually closed evenings, and it is probably the clerks in the smaller towns and in those city shops that do not close evenings that suffer most from being on the feet. Not all employers can see their way to early closing, but wherever even two or three clerks are employed it generally can be arranged to give each one an evening off every week, or a half hour in the day two or three times in the same period, and the employer will not be the loser; for no man or woman can do the best kind of work when twelve, fourteen or even more hours is the length of his working day. QUILLO. —_—_—_>20—__ Some men seem to have been made out of dust that had gravel in it, Keep Your Temper. Be good tempered. It pays, in every way. It pays, if you are an employer; it pays, 1f you are an employe. It is profitable, in every walk in life. And this is taking the most selfish view. You owe it to others to be good tem- pered. You owe it to your own man- hood, to your own womanhood, to your own self-respect. Only a coward by na- ture will be habitually ill tempered at home; only a fool will be so abroad. In making others comfortable, you are making things agreeable for yourself; you are gaining and keeping good wil) which may be of value and help to you hereafter; you are accumulating a cap- ital of popularity and good report which may be used to advantage, perhaps, at a critical time. Good temper is a great factor in success. Bad temper, on the other hand, may rove a fatal handicap in the race ot = Nobody is so poor or insignificant that you can afford to give him or her causeless offense. Exhibitions of ill temper may seem to do no harm at the moment, but they often inflict wounds, the scars of which are not easily healed. A man possessing every other elemert requisite for success, good temper ex- cepted, may have his whole career marred by that lack. Keeping one’s temper does not cost a cent. It is wise to keep it, even under great provoca- tion, for deliberate reflection may sug- gest some method of redress far sater and more effective than might have been adopted under the impulse of passion. If you would succeed in life, keep your temper. Busines Nanas 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 ascents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. ANTED—YOUR ORDER FOR A RUBBER stamp. Best stamps on earth at prices that are right. Will J. Weller, Muskegon, Mich. 98 RUG STORE FOR SALE—IN THRIVING city of over 10,000; pleasant competition; no cut prices; modern fixtures; invoices about 5.010. No better opening in State. Address Box 54 , G:and Rapids, Mich. OR SALE AT A BARGAIN—CLEAN STOCK groceries and crockery; invoices 81.000; in live town; best location in town. Address No. 956, care Michigan Tradesman. 956 O EX HANGE-BEAUTIFULTOWN HOME cigbt acres, for clean Merchandise. Ad dress L, 291 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. 959 ,OR SALE CHEAP—OWING TO ILL health, I will sell my busiress, established thirty-one years, consisting of jewelry. watches, cocks and silver-plated ware. crockery and g.assware, wali paper and window shades. Bench work runs from #0 to $75 per month. Will sell al ogether or either of the lines sep- arat. ly. Will sell or lease the building to suit purchaser. Come aud tee my prospects. M F. Dowling Middleville, Mich. 960 ILL PAY SPOT CASH FOR A DRY GOODS or department store stock from $8,000 to $25,000, situat d in Lower Michigan or nearby state. Communications held stiictly confiiden- tial. Address, stating lowest cash price, E. P., care Mich'gan Tradesman. 9.3 ANTED—GENERAL STOCK IN THRIV- ing town in exchange for 50 acre farm, with crops, three miles from city of Grand Rap- ids. Good bui dings Good soil for fruit aud gardening. Write for particulars to 952, care Michiga:: Tradesman. 952 {OR SALE—-HAVING PUR‘ HASED AN- other house, I offer for sale my residence property at 24 Kellogg street. at $10.0 less than cost. Large lot; in excellent neighborhood; 12 room house, all modern conveniences; barn on rear of lot. O.uly one block from Cherry street cars. Terms to suit purchaser. E. A. Stowe. 949 NAP FOR THE RIGHT MAN; ONE OF THE finest stocks of hardware in Michigan cits of 20,000; goods al! new year ago; will sell for eash only; no traders need apply; have other important business to attend to. Answer quick if you mean business. .Lock box 1070, Port Huron. Mich. 954 ROCERY STOCK FOR SALE—ON \C- count of the ill health of owner, he offers for sale his stock of groceries in one of the best towns in Michigan. Trade well-estab'ished and increasing. Address Box 37, Carson City, — RUG -TOKE FoR SALE. CASH S:LES average $20 daily. Address Ed Beebe, Ovid. Mich. 9»! AN 'hD—30 CARS EACH TIMUTHY HAY and graded white corn. Richard J. Biggs Co.. Baltirore. Md. 935 OR SALE—A SELF-ADDING NATIONAL cash regi-ter. good as new. Cost$25. Will sell less than half cost on easy terms. Jas. A. Campbell, 252 Woodward Ave., Detroit. 945 eS GROCERY, JEW- elry and bazaar trade. A new side line for the above. Do you wish to handle it? Write us. J. D. McFarlin Co., Northville, Mich. 913 ANTED—bBY OWNER OF A CLOTHING stock, one side of dry goods, shoe or grocery store in town near Grand Rapids. Ad- dress No 942, cure Michigan Tradesman. 942 RUG STOCK—WILL INVENTORY ABOUT $1,00°—onc-third fixtures, balance drugs and sundries. Forcash. will sell for 50 percent. of amouut it inventories. R.E. Hardy, Lansing, Mich. 944 ANTEU—WILL BUY YOUR STORE OR become your partner. O. M. Bucklin. 6933 Yale Ave.. Ch cngo, Ill. 947 PUR SALE—CHvVIUk AND CAREFULLY SE- lected stock of drugs and groceries in best bu-iness town in Michigan. Rent of brick store, reasonable. Business well established and always profitable. Keason for selling, ill health of owner. Address No. 941, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 941 ge SALE FOR SPOT CASH—A twelve light Kopf acetylene gas plant. Brxnd new. Ured only four months. Price $50. Reason for selline, going out of trade. Address Lock Box “8, McBride’s. Mich 937 UR SALE—GOUD BAZAAR STOCK. EN- quire of Hollon & Hungerford, Albion, Mich 925 NY ONE Wish INe TO ENGAvE IN THE grain aud produce and o her lines of busi- ness can learn of good locations by communi- e ting with H. H. Howe, Land and Industrial Agent C. & W. M. and D., G. R. & W. Railways, Grand Rapids, Mich. + 919 YOR SALE—A RARE OPPORTUNITY—A flourishing business; cl-an stock of shoes and furnishing goods; established cash trade; pest store and location in city; located among the best iron mines in thecountry. The coming spring will open up with a boom for this city and prosperous times for years to come a cer- tainty. Rent free for six months, also a dis- count on stock; use of fixtures tree. Store and location admirably -dapted fur any line of business and couducted at small expense. Get in line before too late. Failing health reason for selling. Address P. O. Box 204, Negau- nee, Mich 913 AA ONEY TO PATENT YOUR IDEAS MAY BE 4Vi obtained through ouraid. Patent Record, B :itimore, Md. 885 NUK SALE — CLEAN HAKDWARE STUCK located at one of the best trading points in Michigan. Stock will inventory about $5, 00 Store ard warehouse will be rented for $30 per month. Will sell on easy terms. Address No. 868, care Mich gan Tradesman. 868 OR SALE—NEW GENERAL STOCK. A splendid farming country. Notradcs, Ad- dress No. 680, care Michigan Tradesman. 680 COUNTRY PRODUCE ANTED—BUTTER, EGGS AND POUL- try; any quantities Write me. Orrin J. stone, Kalamazoo, Mich. 8i0 MISCELLANEOUS. ANTED—A FIRST-CLASS REGISTERED pharmacist. Good fair wages to right party. St ady employment. J. L. Congdon & Co., Pentwater, Mich. 955 4772222299999999999999999a,, SALE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT BONDS. L A. BRACY, Clerk of the Village of White Cloud, Michigan, will receive sealed ZR bids until June 3, 1899, noon, for $4,500 § ; ate per cent. electric light coupon bonds, July 1, 1-99. Denomination, $500. payable semi-annually. Principal and in- terest payable at Fourth National Bank of Grand Rapids, Mich. First bond due Aug. I, 1900, and one of such bonds on tirst day ; @ 4 : Interest of August thereafter until all are paid. Bidder required to furnish blank bonds. Right reserved to reject amy and all bids. eceeeceececeece If You Hire Over 60 Hands Don’t write to BARLOW BROS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHiGAN for sample sheet of their “PERFECTION TIME BOOK AND PAY ROLL.” Their WAGE TABLE, however, fits (and pleases) firms who hire from one to a million hands. So do their PAT. MANI- ae SHIPPING BLANKs. adieu ous @ @ @ MERCHANTS AND ALL HANDLERS OF MON'Y: Destroy that obsolete Old Coin Book and send for our new vest pocket edition ‘‘Market Value of U. S. Coins and Stamps ’’ Gives values of Co- iumbian and Omaha stamps. Price 10c; leather bound soc. Coin orstamps. The Henry Carroll Co., Grand Rapids, Mich, Reference—Peoples Savings Bank. ane a ee ee ae a! . s0 : to — Acuna ————— yore rch AMIN ANN ss —— ‘ aaa ete iS Noe tg aS serena Travelers’ Time Tables. MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS CHICAGO "esos. SS ‘ - 7:30am 12:00nn *11:45pm - Chi 2:10pm 5:15pm 7:20am Lv. Chiesen.. -11:45am 6:50am 4:15pm *11:50pm Ar. @’d Rapids 5:00pm 1:25pm 10:15pm * 6:20am Traverse wv Charlevoix and aueneeer- Ly. @’d Rapids.......... Tam ...:..... 5:30pm Parlor cars = day trains and sleeping cars on night trains to and from Chicago *Every day. Others week days only. Bere ——— Lv. Grand Rapids......7: 00am 1:35pm 5:25pm Ar. Detroit... ... 3... “iu: 40am 5:45pm 10:05pm Ly. Detroit........ ..... 8:15am 1:10pm 6:10pm Ar. Grand Rapids..... 1:10pm 5:20pm 10:55pm iw, Alma and Greenville. Sagina Lv. 4 R7:00am 5:10pm Ar. @R11:45am 9:30pm Parlor cars on all trains to and from Detroit and Saginaw. Trains run week days only. Gro. DEHAvEN, General Pass. Agent. GRAND Trank Railway System Detroit and Milwaukee Div (In effect May 1, = y Leave Arrive EAST Saginaw, Detroit & EN Y So osa t : :45am + 9:55pm Detroit and East.. -. 10:16am + 5:07pm Saginaw, Detroit & Hast. a itbsia + 3:27pm +12:50pm Buffalo, N Y, Toronto, Mon- treal & Boston, Lt a Ex....*7 :20pm *10:16am GOING WEST Gd. Haven and Int Pts.. . * 8:30am *10:00pm Gd. Haven Express........... *10:21am * 7:15pm Gd. Haven and Int Pts....... +12:58pm + 3:19pm QGd. Haven and Milwaukee...t 5:12pm +10:1lam Gd. Haven and Milwaukee...+10:00pm + 6:40am Gd. Haven and Chicago......* 7:30pm * 8:05am Eastbound 6:45am train has Wagner parlor car to ssnsiery eastbound 3:20pm train has parlor car to Detroit *Daily. " +¢Except Sunday. A. JustTIN, City Sass. Ticket Agent, 97 Monroe St., Morton House. G AN Rapids & indiana Railway R Feb. 8, 1899. Northern Div. Leave Arrive Tray. C’y, Petoskey & Mack...t 7:45am t 5:15pm Trav. City & Petoskey......... + 1:40pm 10:15pm Cadillac accommodation...... + 5:25pm +10:55am Petoskey & Mackinaw City....t1':00pm + 6:30am 7:45am train, parlor car; ii :00pm train, sleep- ing car. Southern Div. Leave Arrive Ce ee 77: Ri Wayee -.-:. -2... 3. + 2:03pm + 1:30pn. Cincinnati.... ‘oo ~ : Vicksburg and Chicago. ae *11: :30pm * 9:00am 7:10 am train has parlor car to Cincinnat: and parlor car to Chicago; 2:00pm train has parlor car to Ft. Wayne; 7:00pm train has sleeping car to Cincinnati; 11:30pm train has coach and a car to Chicago. hicago Trains. TO CHICAGO. Ly. Grand Rapids... 7 10am 209%pm #*11 30pm Ar. Chicago......... 230pm 8 45pm 6 25am FROM CHICAGO. : Eee: CHICRSO se taste. ce : ye *11 32pm Ar. Grand Rapids.............. 6 30am Train leaving Grand pm te a has iar car; 11:00pm, coach and sleeping car. Train leaving Chicago 3:02pm has Pullman parlor car; 11:32pm sleeping car. Muskegon Trains. GOING WEST. Ly @’d Rapids...... ‘ ie — tt: 15pm % —_ Ar Muskegon.......... 2:250m pm oe train leaves “cna Rapids o sea arrives Muskegon 10:40am. Gomte Bast. Lv Muskegon.......... +8:10am +11:45am +4:00pm ArG’d Rapids... ..... 9:30am 12:55pm 5:20pm Sunday Tenia leaves Muskegon Be 30pm; ar- rives Grand Rapids 6:50pm. t+Except Sunday. a L. LOCKWOOD, Gen’l Pear. and Ticket ‘Agent. W. Cc. BL Ticket Agent Union Station. South Shore and Atlantic Railway. DULUT WEST BOUND. Ly. Grand Rapids (G. Re é " sae 10pm +7:45am Ly. Mackinaw City.... 7:35am 4:20pm Ar. St. Ignace. ................ 29: : Ar. Sault Ste. Marie. . . Ar. Nestoria.... Ar. Marquette..... Lv. Sault Ste. Marie.. see Ar. Mackinaw City, ......... = E HisBARD, Gen. Pass. in iat ae C. Oviatt, Trav. Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids & Northeastern Ry. MAN I ST E Best route to Manistee. Via C. & W.M. Railway. Lv Grand ens Ar Manistee.... Lv Manistee. . Ar Grand Rapids get nle! toa -.. 1.00pm 9:55pm Michigan Business Men’s Association President, C. L. WHirnry, Traverse City; Sec- retary, E A. Stowe, Grand Rapids. Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. WIsLER, Mancelona; Secretary, E. A. Stows, Grand Rapids. Michigan Hardware Association President, C. G. Jewett, Howell; Secretary Henry C. Mrinntrz, Eaton Rapids. Detroit Retail Grocers’ Association President, JoszPH KNieHT; Secretar , E. MARKS, 221 Greenwood ave; Treasurer, C. H. FRINK. Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association President, Frank J. Dyk; Secretary, Homer KuaP; Treasurer, J. Gero. LEHMAN. Saginaw Mercantile Association President, P. F. TREaNoR; Vice-President, JoHn McBRatNIg; Secretary, W. H. Lewis. Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association President, J. Frank HELMER; Secretary, W. H. PortTER; Treasurer, L. PELTON. Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association President, A. C. CLarK; Secretary, E. F. CLEve- LAND; Treasurer, Wm. C. KoEHN. Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association President, M. L. DEBats; Sec’y, S. W. WaTERs. Traverse City Business Men’s Association President, THos. T. Bares; Secretary, M. B. HOLuLy; Treasurer, C. A. HamMonp. Owosso Business Men’s Association President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. T. Camp BELL; Treasurer, W. E. CoLLins. Alpena Business Men’s Association President, F. W. Grtcurist; Secretary, C. L. PARTRIDGE. Grand Rapids Retaii Meat Dealers’ Association President, L. J. Katz; Secretary, Pariip HILBER: Treasurer. S. J. HUFFORD. St. Johns Business Men’s Association. President, THos BrRomiey; Secretary, FRANK A. PrERcy; Treasurer, CLARK A. Purt. Perry Business Men’s Association President, H.W. Watuace; Sec’y, T. E, HEDDLE. Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W. VERHOEKS Yale Bnsiuess Men’s Association President, Cuas. Rounps; Sec’y, FRANK PUTNEY. TRAVEL VIA F. & P. M. R. R. AND STEAMSHIP LINES TO ALL POINTS IN MICHIGAN H. F. MOELLER. A. 4G. P. a. 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GINGER SNAPS HK IE KOK IE KEK IK | | HOFF IO III Put up in 3-lb. barrels, 12 and 24 to the case, $2.40 per doz. A whole barrel of fine Ginger Snaps to the con- sumer for 25c. Made only by NATIONAL BISCUIT CO. Sears Branch, Grand Rapids. FE IORI IAF IO HE HE HIE IE HEA HE A HEH Or App ep, pu OO A LA i J Our Automatic Money Weight Scale Has the Result () \*=2-A-4-A.- AA AAA AAA AA ABABA A AEA Before You Gan Také Time to Think A—~2--A>--r>— A: aA A aaa >? sell on long time and easy payments without interest. The Computing Scale Co., Dayton, Ohio. Figured Out for You. SONNY SSE This Automatic Spring Balance Scale referred to is Mee the finest thing of the kind upon the American market. It shows automatically the value of any article placed upon it within the range of prices provided for it. The scale here shown has a range of prices from 3c to 30c per pound, thus providing for all the prices usually prevailing in meat markets.and in butchers’ stalls. Several different style pans can be furnished with the Money Weight Spring Balance Scales referred to. Write for full particulars and remember that we ON oe ee ee PD SND NESSES PIPE F FFF PLP FF FFF FFF EE FP OOOO : Fans Foy Warm Weather Nothing is more appre- ciated on a hot day than a substantial fan. Espe- Cially is this true of coun- try customers who come to town without provid- ing themselves with this necessary adjunct to com- fort. We have a large line of these goods in fancy shapes and unique designs, which we fur- nish printed and handled as follows: 1G. ee ee $ 3 00 PEG ee os 4 50 400! 5 75 ROG oh ae 7 00 BOO. uss ae 8 00 FOOG 2s 15 .00 We can fill orders on two hours’ notice, if necessary, but don’t ask us to fill an order on such short notice if you can avoid it. TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. "2 AAAAARARAAARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AN S S oS S oS SS ome OO Ow DD Sew“ S S oS S S S S SoS S S S S SS S SS S MICA AXLE GREASE has become known on account of its good qualities. Merchants handle Mica because their customers want the best axle grease they can get for their money. Mica is the best because it is made especially to reduce friction, and friction is the greatest destroyer of axles and axle boxes. § It is becoming a common saying that “Only one-half as much Mica is @ required for satisfactory lubrication as of any other axle grease,” so that 2 Mica is not only the best axle grease on the market but the most eco- nomical as well. Ask your dealer to show you Mica in the new white and blue tin packages. ILLUMINATING AND LUBRICATING OILS SS SS SY a = SS SS SQ WATER WHITE HEADLIGHT OIL IS THE STANDARD THE WORLD OVER HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR EMPTY CARBON AND GASOLINE BARRELS STANDARD OIL CoO. = S SS SS SS SS S SS A AS AS SS a SS SS SS SS a“ SS S SS SS f Ss ; /