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Number 870

 

 

| The Ellsmere Pattern

  

New, Popular Priced, High Grade and Attractive
Manufactured by Alfred Meakin. This in itself is a guarantee for
the claim of supertor goods. Study our crate list. It contains no un-
desirable articles; quantities are proportioned to sell out evenly,
without leaving remnants on your shelves. If our description
doesn’t satisfy you write us for samples. You can make no mis-
¥4 take in putting the Ellsmere into your stock.

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RINGS

Are always in style. But there are fashions in Rings and
they change like other styles. The thing now to wear is
CHASED BAND RINGS. Buy them of us. We carry
ypeemmam a large variety to select from. Have them in Solid Gold or
wigom Gold Filled, all prices We sell them entirely upon their
¥ merit. We give a written guarantee with our Soc and $1
Filled Rings warranting them to wear and give satissaction
oranewring in place Put up 3 doz. in beautiful plush
4 tray with patent device to bold rings in tray Write us for

samples and prices’ Ask our travelers to call and show
you our up-to-date line of jewelry and novelties.

 

American Jewelry Co. Grand Rapids, Mich.

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“Sunlight”

Is one of our leading brands of
flour, and is as bright and clean as
its name. _ Let us send you some.

Walsh-De Roo Milling Co.,

Holland, Mich.
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Save time and money by using the STIMPSON
COMPUTING SCALE; gives weight and money value by
the movement of one poise.

It has hardened steel pivoted bearings throughout
the platform construction, which insures strength and
durability where most needed.

Remember our scales are sold on easy monthly

ayments.
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MAGAZINE PRICES OUTDONE | MAGAZINE PRICES OUTDONE

in having our chair in
your home.
After you've used it
for several years—given it
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not the chair i$ a good one.
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Our Desk No. 261, illustrated above, is
50 in. long, 34 in. deep and 50 in. high;
is made of selected oak, any finish de-
sired.

The gracefulness of the design, the
exquisite workmanship, the nice atten-
tion to every little detail, will satisfy
your most critical idea.

Is sent on approval, freight Prepaid, on approval for
to be returned at our expense if not
found positively the best roll top desk 15
ever offered for the price or even 25 oe
per cent more. Comtpare the style, the workmanship, f°
the material and the price with any
similar article. If it is not cheaper in

Arm Chair or
Rocker No. 1001.

Genuine hand
buffed leather,
hair filling, dia-
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GRAND RAPIDS MICH.

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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, Manager.

 

The sensation of the coffee trade is

A. I. C. High Grade Coffees

They succeed because the quality is right, and
the plan of selling up to date. If there is not an
agency in your town, write the
A. I. C. COFFEE CO.,
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Fall and winter line complete and still a
nice line spring and summer suits.

KOLB & SON, Wholesale Clothing Man-
ufacturers, Rochester, N.Y. Only strict-
ly all wool Kersey $5.50 Overcoat in mar-
ket. See Kolb’s original and improved
cut frock coat, no other house has it.
Meet our Michigan representative, Wil-
liam Connor, at Sweet’s Hotel, Grand
Rapids, June 9 to 16 inclusive. Custom-
ers’ expenses allowed. Or write Box 346,
Marshall, Mich., and he will call upon
you. If you don’t see what you want
no harm done.

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Everything

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lars, or a lawsuit, or a customer.

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ceipts to order; also keep plain
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IMPORTANT FEATURES.

Page.

2. Getting the People.

3. Gotham Gossip.

4. Around the State.

5. Grand Rapids Gossip.
The Produce Market.

- The Buffalo Market.

- Fruits and Produce.

- Editorial.

9. Editorial.

Trouble Ahead.

Shoes and Leather,

12. Eggs.

13. Poultry.

14. Dry Goods.

15. Clothing.

Woman’s World.

18. Hardware.

19. Hardware Price Current.

20. Clerks’ Corner.

21. Crockery and Glassware Quotations.

22. Rules for Clerks.

23. Kicking Session.

24. The Meat Market.

25. Commercial Travelers.

26. Drugs and Chemicals.

2%. Drug Price Current.

28. Grocery Price Current.

29. Grocery Price Current.

30. Free Samples.

31. Success as a Shoe Salesman.

32. A Bunch of Lilaes.

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AMERICA’S PLACE.

It is an acknowledged fact in the so-
cial world that the man who is most
careful about his position is most un-
certain about it. What ‘‘they’’ think,
and above all what ‘‘they’’ say, is his
ever-present thought. Once his position
is acknowledged there is freedom of
speech and action. The chin becomes
elevated. He is less careful about hav-
ing his hat on just exactly so. His
greeting to the Four Hundred is less
obsequious and there is an assertion of
self quite unusual to those who have
known him long and well. He has a
high regard of his own opinion and _ he
gives that opinion as if the matter
needed no further discussion. He is
friendly but not familiar. Those near-
est and dearest in some unaccountable
way are finding out that between him
and them there is a gulf fixed across
which there is to be no promiscuous
passing and what little there is to be
he will do it. Like the mountain he is
afar off. He will be the same looker-out
for the general interest, he will be with
them in trouble, he is the same good
old friend, but he prefers to keep his
distance and be another instance of the
solitude of greatness. At times only,
and when he feels like it, will he come
down from the heights, be social for a
while and then go back to his delightful
isolation.

There are those who are thinking,
and saying, that America’s place among
the nations is the reverse of this. She
can not be, like Milton’s soul, ‘‘a star
.and dwell apart.’’ She must, if dig-
nity will allow the expression, ‘‘come
off her perch’’ and mingle with the rest
of the nations. More than that, she
must become familiar with them. Like
so many small girls, she and they must
go about with arms around each other
and have confidential times when she
and they will chew each other’s gum.
She must be ‘‘in it’’ or out of it. It
must be one thing or the other. ‘The
moment the doors of international life
are open and she passes into that

 

 

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1900.

charmed circle she becomes one of
them.

It is submitted that here lies the mis-
take. The Republic and the life it
stands for may be of the earth earthy,
but it is a different kind of earth from
that of which kings are made. It has
given birth to another race of men. It
has nourished them with food and drink
that the Old World knows not of. It has
strengthened them with sunshine that
falls only upon the United States of
America, The rain that descends upon
them has brought with it qualities
which only these overarching skies im-
part. There is an indefinable some-
thing in the gathering dew that sets _ its
seal upon American manhood and lifts
it above the earth’s mass of men. ‘The
winds from the rocky heights have in-
vigorated it and the sea waves from the
oceans enfolding it have instilled well-
learned lessons of strength controlled.
So taught, the American ideals are
higher, wider and farther reaching than
those so far known and followed. They
have ‘‘hitched their wagons to a star’’
and have nothing to do with the world’s
miserable ‘‘have beens.’’

The fact is America’s place is the
place she wills to take. Her entrance
into the influential positions of the earth
does not imply that she, too, must gird
herself for a fight with the Amazons of
the Eastern Hemisphere. In her right
hand carrying gentle peace to silence
envious tongues, she will show, as she
has shown already, what is the better
way. A beast can be kept in check by
a display of the weapon of warfare,
but it is the lack of fear behind the
weapon that does the business. America
has shown both; and it remains for her
to decide whether she will be a brawler
among brawlers or a Christian nation
and above them. Even Shylock could
buy, sell, walk and talk with the Gen-
tile. Is it not possible for this country
to eat, drink and _ pray with her sister
nations without taking up the sword
against them? That is America’s place
and it is for her to teach, what the na-
tions of the earth have never learned,
that ‘‘it is excellent to have a giant’s
strength, but tyrannous to use it like a
giant.’’ We shall see if this country is
equal to what is expected of her.

 

 

A member of the Chicago school board
wants to have the Czech language taught
in all public schools where 50 per cent.
of the children are of Bohemian parent-
age. This suggestion has roused an Irish
member of the board, who advocates the
teaching of the ancient Irish language
on the ground that in many schools more
than 50 per cent. of the children are
Irish.

 

The First Baptist church in Dover,
Pa., has converted a building heretofore
used for church social affairs into a
shirt factory, in which church members
are given preference in employment.
Five per cent. of the wages is to revert
to church work in the town.

 

Every state has her favored sons; but
the rotation in office is so slow rotating
that but few are favored.

 

Number 870

GENERAL TRADE REVIEW.

The work of readjusting prices to a
sound business basis goes merrily on,
and the best of it is that there is so. lit-
tle interference in the general activity.
In some lines where contracts are still
far ahead prices are held strongly, but
in the majority, where increased facili-
ties have caught up with demand, there
is a steady restoration of a price level
more nearly at a parity with the world’s
markets. The only kind of business
which seems to suffer materially in vol-
ume is the purely  speculative—Wall
Street recorded the lowest average of
prices of industrial stocks known last
Thursday. Later in the week there was
a slight gain, to be followed by further
reaction at latest advices. That this
depression is a speculative one is shown

by the fact that a greater proportion of.

holdings are in the hands of genuine
owners than has ever been known be-
fore. Not much encouragement as to
an immediate increase in activity is
given on account of the season in the
presidential year, but at present prices
genuine investors are taking some inter-
est in many properties.

With the exception of steel rails, an-
gles and structural forms, prices have
tended to lower levels throughout the
iron and steel list. The fall of nearly
a third from the highest in the price of
nails is already having favorable effect
in increased business. Sheets and sume
other forms are held nominally the
same, but transactions are on a lower
basis. Minor metals are sharing in the
readjustment. ‘Tin has fallen from
34.25, the highest, to 28.37 and the rest
of the list more in proportion.

In the textile field the change of
prices is very slow, indicating that the
stimulation was relatively less than in
other departments. Wool has yielded a
quarter of a cent and cotton slightly,
and what changes have occurred in
fabrics have been in the same direc-
tion. The tendency of hides and leath-
er is still downward and manufacturers
are not succeeding in holding all their
advances.

At New York the decline in ex-
changes has been 20 per cent. and cities
in New England and the Middle States
show a decline from last year of $74,-
500,000, or IO per cent. in May, while at
all other cities south of the Potomac and
west of Pennsylvania the decline has
been $51,000,000, or nearly 7 per cent.
Foreign trade also continues healthy,
for while imports at New York in three
weeks have been $30,944,465, against
$30,793,414 last year, the merchandise
exports from New York this month have
shown a gain of fg per cent. If con-
tinued at the same rate the exports
would again exceed imports more than
$40,000,000 this month. Breadstuffs are
doing their part, the outgo of wheat
and flour in three weeks having been
13,196,018 bushels, against 8,980, 4609
last year, and of corn 11,487, 149, against
8, 369, 398 last year. Only a slight gain
in prices of both followed, wheat being
now 10 per cent. lower and corn a little
higher than a year ago.

 

    

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Getting the People

Some Good Advertising and Some Not So
Good.
of Bangor, writes as

 

 

 

M. Goldberg,
follows:

We enclose two of our advertisements
and would consider it a favor if you
would pass criticism upon them and
point out the weak portions. We are
very much interested in advertising and
always read your Getting the People
with interest.

One of Mr. Goldberg’s advertise-
ments is reproduced herewith and shows

 

...Great Furniture Sale...
Sale Saturday, April 21

The largest and most complete stock of Furni-
ture in the county will be put on sale Satuar-
day, April 21, at prices far below competi-
tion. Weare making this sale on account of
the fact that we have more goods than room,
while in addition we have just received a
large ear load of chairs, and in order to dis-
pose of so many goods, we must put the
prices way down.

You will see by the following that our state-
ments are true:

Bent Back Dining Chairs, made of hard-
wood, double stretchers all around, striped
and decorated, light or antique. Our price
during this sale, $2.50 per set.

High-Back Dining Chair. Cane seat, well
braced, good and durable. During this sale,
$4.50 per set.

A Solid Oak Diner. High back, embossed
yanels, with braces; strong and durable.
During this sale, $5.00 per set.

A Showy Chair. An exceedingly showy and
handsome dining room chair. Made of select
oak, fine finish, very large and with high
back. If you want a very attractive chair
this will surely please you. Best grade of
cane. During this sale, $8.50 per set.

Ten More Styles. We also have ten more
styles of diners, ranging in price from $2.50
up, and we will guarantee to save you money
on every chair you buy here.

Rockers. We have a very large line of Rockers
on hand, and we sell them at prices that are
not to be competed with, but during this sale
we will give you a picture—St. Cecilia— 8x10,
with every rocker you buy below $2.98, and
above that price, a picture and frame com-
plete.

We will be pleased to have you come and ex-
amine our goods whether you intend pur-

. chasing or not.

M. GOLDBERG,
BANGOR, MICH.

 

up exceedingly well. The display is
effective and the reading matter leaves
nothing to be desired. The other adver-
tisement is equally good as to wording,
but the display is poor—the heading
showing no _ less than six distinct styles
of type in eight lines and four more
styles of type in the remainder of the ad-
vertisement. 1 realize that it isa diffi-
cult matter to restrain the average com-
positor from making an advertisement
look like the sample sheet issued by a
type foundry, but by demanding proof
of the advertisement before it goes to
press and by insisting strongly upon the
use of two—or, at the most, three—styles
of type, the advertiser can make his
advertisements look respectable. One
fault that I notice in Mr. Goldberg’s
advertising is the fact that he has dis-
played his prices in italics. The orig-
inal use of italics was for the printing
of such portions of the sentence as could
be passed over or left out without ma-
terially injuring the sense. Italics are
less distinct than any other form of  let-
ter and, consequently, should never be
used where especial prominence is de-
sired. Black face would be much better.
ee
W. H. Johnson & Son, of Plainwell,

 

Remember it takes
but $2.00

to buy a Willow Rocker.with 17 inch seat and
27 inch faney back worth $2.50

W. H. JOHNSON & SON,
PLAINWELL, MICH.

 

sent ina bunch of ten advertisements
for criticism and most of them are quite
good. The style is distinctive, they are
not overcrowded with reading matter

 

and their brevity gives them a strength
which a far longer advertisement would
not possess. Two of them are reproduced
herewith and they are in every way de-
serving of high praise. You will notice
that but two styles of type are used, that
plenty of white space is left, that the
headings are set up in small letters in-

A new way to fill
an old want

By framing your pictures with our Banner
Photo Mats. You string them on a ribbon
any way you choose. They are made for
Cabinet or 4x5 Kodak Photos, square or
oval openings, assorted colors, 5¢ each or 50¢
adozen. Others with easel backs and fancy
corner at 10¢, 15¢ and 20¢e.

W. H. JOHNSON & SON,
PLAINWELL, MICH.

 

 

stead of all being in capitals or capi-
talized, that there is very little said and
that what is said is directly to the point.
These are the things that go to the mak-
ing of good advertising in appearance
and in convincing effect.
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Here is something of a novelty in the

way of advertising, in the advertise-

Narrow Chest?

*Course you have. Why don’t you bowl?

All the world loves an athlete and bowling

will develop every muscle in your body.
THE RECREATION ALLEYS

WINKLER BLOCK
are the best appointed, and there’s always
company.

 

 

ment of the Recreation Alleys, Manis-
tee; the argument brought forth in fa-
vor of bowling is exactly one that will
appeal to the people whom the adver-
tisement is intended to reach and there
can be no doubt of its effectiveness.
The advertisement is strongly displayed
and thoroughly attractive in every way.
a

The advertisement of the Electric
Supply & Engineering Co. is good in
everything except the display and the
idea underlying the advertisement is

Is your name on
your wheel ?

FREE—To everyone having repairs on their
wheels amounting to 50e or over. For the
next 30 days we will put your name on your
bicycle in large gilt letters, free of charge.
Electric Supply & Engineeriug Co.
204 Michigan Ave. East, near bridge
Headquarters for Repairing and Sundries.

 

especially clever. Something for noth-
ing is what every man, in his heart of
hearts, desires to get, and the plan of
putting the name on a bicycle free will
attract a large amount of repairing to
the establishment who makes the offer.
It is a clever scheme and, apart from
the fact that there are too many kinds of
type in the advertisement and too much
signature, it is a decidedly good one.
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In looking over the Allegan papers I
ran across a hidden name puzzle or
something of that kind. Possibly my

No old paper to work off!

Don’t forget what we told you last week:
“That you can’t get something for nothing,
and you are sure to get fooled if you try it.”
We're showing some good things; the ‘price
is very low. It is straight. There is no cateh
init. You get your money’s worth and you
are satisfied. i

THOMPSON & GRICE.

Allegan readers will understand what it
means—I don’t. Thompson & Grice
might be selling almost anything under
the sun for all the information their ad-
vertisement contains, and the heading,
‘*No Old Paper to Work Off’’ only adds
to the general air of mystery that per-
vades the advertisement. It is rather
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GOTHAM GOSSIP.

News From the Metropolis—Index To the
Market.
Special Correspondence.

New York, May 19—Owing to strong-
er European advices, the coffee market
during the week has gained strength
and a slight advance in quotations has
taken place. Jobbers are having a fair
run of orders, but there is no special ac-
tivity and the interior dealers are tak-
ing only small lots, waiting possibly for
the new crop, which will soon be due.
Offers for Rio No. 7 are generally 7 %c,
but holders are not willing to dispose of
stocks under 75c, so the situation is
somewhat of a waiting one. Instore and
afloat the amount of coffee aggregates
962, 440 bags, against 1,180,239 bags at
the same time last year—figures which
indicate a slight falling off for this year.
Mild grades continue in steady move-
ment and quotations are practically un-
changed. Good Cucuta, 93¢c.

Sales of tea generally are of small lots
to patch up broken assortments. Prices
are steady and upon the whole, the out-
look seems to show some improvement
although it is slight and slow. Some
11,000 packages of Formosa were re-
ported sold, on the auction basis, on
Wednesday.

Refined sugars are unsettled and sales
are not especially large nor demands
frequent. The Howells announced that
they would sell granulated at 4.95 and
this brought some business,so they hope
to work off an accumulation of stock.
Other refiners still hold at 5c and seem
to be inclined to make no concession.

Exporters of rice have been doing
quite a volume of business in the low
grades—from 3@3!4c—and the market
generally is in pretty good condition.
Quotations, both for domestic and for-
eign, are firm and unchanged. Dealers
show no anxiety to part with holdings
and buyers gain nothing by shopping
around.

Pepper is firm, but for other spices
the market is dull and buyers show no
interest whatever. Quotations are un-
changed, with Singapore black pepper
quotable at 125gc in an invoice way.

Molasses is unchanged. There isa
fair demand for grocery grades and
prices are well sustained. Syrups are
firm and the tendency is toward higher
rates.

The canned goods market is quiet
and quotations are unsteady. Holders,
it would seem, feel compelled to make
concessions in order to effect sales and
peas and corn have both moved for fig-
ures decidedly less than ‘‘regular.’’
There is nothing doing in futures. The
quality and quantity of peas in Mary-
land are said to be equal to any year
on record. Baltimore reports some
business doing in future peaches at
‘‘attractive figures.’ Salmon is very
quiet and quotations are practically un-
changed. Tomatoes are slightly off in
price and No. 3 Jersey goods have _ sold
on the spot at less than 72%c. In Balti-
more, futures are worth 7oc. That city
reports light trade.

Not an item of interest could be
picked up in the dried fruit market.
The demand is of a character that might

 

. be expected at this time of year when so

much green fruit relegates the dried
article to the rear. There is some weak-
ness in prunes and, perhaps, a slight
falling off in price. Evaporated apples
are quiet and the top seems to be about
8c. Package goods of the better brands
of course will fetch about toc.

Lemons have been in better request
and orders have come to hand from all
parts of the country except the West.
Higher quotations are looked for next
week. The large quantity of California
oranges has tended to make the market
rather more quiet and quotations are
hardy as well held asa week ago. There
is so much other stuff in the market that
even the delicious California orange is
for the moment overshadowed. Pine-
apples are arriving freely and the mar-
ket is weil sustained. Bananas are sell-
ing well at the prices ruling of a week
ago. There is to be a rival foreign line
of steamers in the banana trade and
possibly this will tend to hammer down
rates, although the recent high prices
seem to have a reason for being, owing

 

to the inexorable law of supply and de-
mand.

The bean market shows some im-
provement, owing in part to a fair ex-
port trade. Choice marrows are worth
$2.1244@2.15. Other sorts are practic-
ally unchanged. Dried peas are steady
and without change.

Butter quotations are unchanged.
There is a fair demand and yet the sup-
ply seems ample and some stock has
been placed in storage. Quotations are
almost identical with those of last week
and best Western creamery remains at
20c. Western factory, 134%4@15 4c.

Old cheese is pretty well cleaned up
and what remains brings full fgures—
12@13c for fancy full cream. The mar-
ket for new cheese is not at all animated
and the quotations as given are nomi-
nal, the finest full cream fetching not
over 10\%c.

There is a good demand for eggs in
fresh nearby stock which is quotable at
14@14%c. Western show scarcely any
improvement and storage goods will not
bring over 12%@12c.

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The American Lumberman tells a
good story of the way in which a lum-
ber drummer escapes being crowded _ to
the wall when traveling. He says he
got tired being shoved around in cars
by those who have no respect for a fel-
low’s claim to a seat unless he is_ hold-
ing it down himself, consequently he
carries a small sample case lettered,
‘‘Nitro Glycerine’’ in plain letters.
Time and again smart young men and
women have dragged his coat and grips
from a seat, piled them up in a_ corner
and forced him to sit on the wood box.
He didn’t want to get into a fight every
day, and so he had his case lettered
as it is. When he leaves a seat he lays
the case letter side up on it, and with a
single exception it has never failed to
hold it. Once a near-sighted voung lady
sat on the case and when Mr. Deckert
returned with an anxious look on his
face, he said to her she was probably
ignorant of what was under her when
she hitched along far enough to see the
letters, gave a squeal and came near
jumping through the window on the
other side of the car. On one occasion
the people left the end of the car in
which he was sitting and he had it all to
himself. Passengers have appealed to
the conductors and the conductors to Mr.
Deckert but up to the present time the
latter has succeeded in convincing the
conductors that there is no law against
aman carrying samples of explosives
around with him. To make the decep-
tion appear still more real Mr. Deckert
carries in his case a_ long, thin vial
filled with castor oil, which in appear-
ance closely resembles nitro glycerine.
When conversation centers on his case
he says ‘‘Yes, I carry it, and have
never been blown up yet!’’ Then he
opens the case and takes from it the
vial of castor oil and reaches it toward
those whose curiosity is aroused. He
says never yet has a man taken it from
him, but invariably they back away as
though he was aiming a rattlesnake at
them.

  
 

 

 
     

 

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Around the State

Movements of Merchants.

Marshall—F. W. Ederle has sold his
cigar factory to Albert A. Holmes.

Evart-—Mills Bros. have purchased
the grocery stock of Orville M. Bush.

Flint—Louis Kreeger has purchased
the general stock of J. G. Oppenheim.

Decatur—A. O. Duncombe has _pur-
chased the shoe stock of S. Ellis & Co.

Flint—Hvgh Cook has purchased the
fish and meat market of Fred Wesson
& Co.

Laingsburg—Mr. Wolverton, of Gay-
lord, has purchased the grocery stock of
S. Mells.

Homer—G. H. Kingman, of Jackson
will shortly establish a furniture store at
this place.

Ludington—-Andrew Rasmussen has
sold his grocery stock and meat market
to H. Jensen.

Otsego—C. G. Devenwater, of Way-
land, has engaged in the bazaar busi-
ness at this place.

Athens—F. L. Critz has removed his
grocery stock to Vicksburg, where he
will engage in trade.

Charlotte—Robert Donovan succeeds
Donovan & Packard in the furniture
and undertaking business.

Newberry—Laten Bros. are erecting a
two-story building which they will oc-
cupy with a general stock.

Otisville—McCormick & Laing is the
name of the new firm which succeeds
Otis E. Snyder in the grocery business.

Muskegon—John Medema has _ re-
moved his grocery stock from 42 Myrtle
Street to the corner of Jackson street
and Wood avenue.

 

 

Thompsonville—Geo. J. Menold,
druggist, is succeeded by the firm of
Menold Bros., Clarence J. Menold be-
ing the new partner.

Grass Lake—L. D. Loomis, of
Chelsea, has purchased the grocery stock
of Otis S. Johnson, and will continue
the business at the same location.

lonia—Amphlett, Sanderson & Co.
are closing out their grocery business,
and after June 1 will pay their entire
attention to the wholesale stoneware
trade.

Lowell—Clyde Collar, who removed
his bazaar stock to Sunfield some months
ago, has decided to return to this place
and will occupy a store building in the
Union Block.

Bay City—George S. Layerer has _ be-
gun the erection of a two-story and base-
ment brick building on the corner of
Columbus and Farragut streets and _ will
occupy the first floor with his drug
stock.

Alma—A. K. McLuney and H. A.
Jones, who have been conducting busi-
ness here for the past few months under
the style of the Alma Produce Co., have
dissolved partnership, A. K. McLuney
succeeding.

Traverse City—The firm of Miller &
Prause, which has been conducting the
fruit and stationery store formerly
owned by A. A. McCoy & Son, has been
dissolved. W. R. Miller will continue
the business.

Stanton—M. W. Stevenson, junior
member of the dry goods and clothing
firm of Stevenson Bros., has purchased
the interest of his partner, H. E. Stev-
enson, and will continue the business in
his own name.

Escanaba —The exodus of the trading
stamp from Escanaba has finally oc-
curred. This advertising scheme has
proved unsatisfactory wherever it has
been tried and in discontinuing its use

 

the merchants of Escanaba have only
followed the example set them by busi-
ness men in all parts of the country
where it has gone before.

Port Huron—B. C. Farrand, Jr., boot
and shoe and musical instrument deal-
er, will occupy his new store in the
Stewart block after the first of next
month. Mr. Farrand will have as hand-
somely appointed an establishment as
there is in the city.

Evart—Davy & Co. have ceased to do
a mercantile business at Leota, as_ they
have sold the stock to Mr. Rhodes, the
former proprietor. Eugene Boughton,
who has had charge of the business at
thet end of the route, will again fill a
position in the Evart store.

 

Manufacturing Matters.

Port Huron—C. H. Kaumeier and C.
H. Reynolds have incorporated the
Reynolds Grain Co. with a capitaliza-
tion of $20,000.

Saginaw—The Riverside Coal Co.
has been organized with a capital stock
of $60,000 to engage in the mining and
smelting business. The incorporators
are A. Zagelmeyer, C. C. Henning, J.
W. C. Pendell and G. A. Reynolds.

Detroit—The Voelkner & Reinke
Manufacturing Co. has been organized
for the manufacture of machinery and
hardware specialties. The capital stock
is $20,000, all paid in. Henry A.
Voelkner holds 950 shares, Chas. Reinke
950, Wm. Shirray to, and Voelkner and
Reinke, as trustees, go. -

Detroit—The Michigan Mica Co. has
been organized for the purpose of min-
ing mica and carrying on the business
connected therewith at Dillsboro, N. C.
The capital of the company is $350,000,
of which $5,000 is paid in. L. C.
Waldo and Hugh M. McCormack hold
6,900 shares each and Harlan F. Carsant
holds 200 shares.

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The Boys Behind the Counter.

St. Johns—A. Van Ells, of Milwau-
kee, who has been connected with one
of the best dry goods store in that city,
has taken the position of manager of
the dry goods department of the Alder-
tun Mercantile Co.

Tekonsha—A. W. Morris, of Sher-
wood, a former clerk in J. W. Ran-
dall’s store, has resumed his old posi-
tion. Eugene DeLong, with Mr. Ran-
dall for several months past, will return
to his home in Alma.

Lake Odessa—Sheridan Simons is now
behind the counter at Hart’s drug and
grocery store, taking the position va-
cated by Alton Nye.

Sault Ste. Marie—Joseph Flood has
resigned his position in J. P. Haller’s
book store to enter the service of the
Soo Hardware Co.

Holland—W. A. Van Syckle will fill
the position of prescription clerk in C.
D. Smith’s new drug store.

Hastings—Chas. Clark has gone to
Eaton Rapids to take the position of
book-keeper for the grocery firm of
Stirling, Crawford & Co.

Pigeon—Leipprandt Brothers have
engaged Austin P. Hart, of Portland,

to take charge of their drug department.
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Smuggled tobacco conficated by the
British customs authorities was former-
ly burned in the huge furnace known as
the queen’s pipe, but for some years
past this has not been done. Instead,
the tobacco is sent to the criminal luna-

tic asylums for the benefit of the in-
mates.
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‘A cut is to be made in the Cuban
tariff. A great many cuts are needed in
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Beware of I. T. Hunter & Co.

The Tradesman feels called upon to
warm its readers against having any
dealings on anything but a cash basis
with I. T. Hunter & Co., butter and
egg dealers at 210 Duane street, New
York. The firm is composed of Irving
T. Hunter and Harry J. Hunter. Irving
T. Hunter bears a very unfavorable
record, his method of dealing with ship-
pers being severely criticised. He man-
ages the business and those consulted
in the trade are of the opinion that, on
account of his connection with the firm,
it is not ‘a desirable one with which to
have business transactions, as he is_be-
lieved to have no responsibility what-
ever. When the firm of I. T. Hunter
& Co. was originally formed, several
months ago, Franklin J. Minck, who is
also in business at this address, was a
partner, but under date of April 14,
1900, advertised that he had withdrawn
from the firm and had no further connec-
tion with it from that date. Hunter was
formerly a member of the firm of T. B.
Truesdell & Co., who filed a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy Nov. 2, 1899,
showing liabilities of $8,348.16 and as-
sets of $15,728.86, consisting of real es-
tate at Cold Springs, N. Y., $9,800;
household goods, $250; machinery, etc.,
$930 ; two judgments, $3,536, and debts
due on open account, $1,212.86. Harry
J. Hunter filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy April 20, 1899, with liabili-
ties of $12,195 and assets of $17,941, of
which $17,905 consisted of debts due on
open accounts which were in dispute.
Considering the character of the men
composing the firm of 1. T. Hunter &
Co., the Tradesman has no hesitation in
stating that no attention should be paid
to the circular letters they are sending
so industriously to Michigan and In-
diana shippers and that no one who ex-
pects to get out whole should have any
dealings with the firm except on a cash
basis.

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Bell Tactics Not Indorsed By Port Huron
Merchants.

Port Huron, May 22—At the last

meeting of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers’ Association, the first matter dis-
cussed was the selection of a-hall in
which to hold the regular meetings of
the Association. A large delegation of
the Elks, who are also members of the
Association, and a number of Wood-
men were in attendance, for the pur-
pose of making propositions. The
Elks’ hall in the Knill Block was finally
accepted. It was then necessary to
change the night of meeting and the
by-laws were amended so that Tuesday
night was inserted instead of Friday.

The most important matter up for dis-
cussion was the $48 contracts which
have been submitted to the merchants of
the city by the Michigan Telephone Co.
Chester Failing, local manager of the
company, was present and stated that
the old rates would be left as they are,
but that the metallic circuit would give
much better satisfaction for the reason
that no trouble would be experienced
from electric light and electric railway
wires. Mr. Failing denied that the lo-
cal exchange was at present giving poor
service in order to force subscribers to
take the high priced telephone scheme.
He said that he had endeavored to im-
prove the service of the telephone as
much as possible.

The Association was not satisfied with
the explanation and, on motion, the
chairman appointed a committee of ten
to investigate the matter further and the
members were instructed not to sign
contracts until the committee had _ re-
ported. The committee is as follows:
Charles Wellman, Fred J. Dixon, Wil-
liam Canham, H. C. Knill, Jr., Dr.
Palmer, J. D. Patterson, A. A. Graves,
Tt. Goulden, and W. D. Smith.
Charles Wellman stated that he had _ re-
ceived letters from gentlemen who were

 

in a position to know, stating that the
stock of the Harrison telephone plant
can be purchased, and he thought it
would be well to look into the matter.

Secretary Percival was instructed to
write W. J. Tripp regarding his hoop
and stave factory and to again invite
him before the Association.

J. T. Percival, Sec’y.
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The Grain Market.

Wheat has been very strong during
the last week, and has gained about all
it lost the previous week. Receipts
have been somewhat smaller in the
Northwest, while in the winter wheat
markets receipts have been better, as
farmers have marketed what they had
to spare. The strength in the spring
wheat section is caused by the dry
weather. The snowfall during the win-
ter was very small and the rain in the
spring has not been sufficient to give
the ground what moisture it needed.
Unless rain comes soon the spring wheat
crop will not be up to its usual amount.
Kansas reports the Hessian fly and
chintz bug working very industriously
and as deteriorating the once promis-
ing fields. Oklahoma seems to be the
only State that is free from it. In our
own State wheat has improved some-
what and, as stated before, about a 60
per cent.—possibly a 65 per cent.—crop
will be harvested.

Corn is rather in the dumps. Prices
have receded to about 363c for July.
The growing crop will be immense, as
more acreage has been planted and thus
far it looks well.

In oats there is no change to report.
Prices are steady and all offerings are
taken. The growing crop likewise is
doing very well.

No change in rye.

The same can be said of beans, $2.10
per bu. in carlots being the ruling
price.

Receipts have been better, being 63
cars of wheat, I9 cars of corn, I car of
oats, 4 cars of rye, 3 cars of flour, 3 cars
of hay and 2 cars of straw.

Millers are paying 68c for wheat.

C. G. A. Voigt.
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Evart Business Men Oppose the Bell.

Evart, May 22—The Citizens Tele-
phone Co. of Evart has been organized
with a capital stock of $25,000, of which
$5,000 is paidin. A large part of the
stock has been already taken and it is
desired to give Evart people a chance
to subscribe before stock is offered to
people living at other places, several of
whom have made application for it.
The company will start with a line al-
ready built to Sears and poles laid to
Marion. It is proposed to build first-
class copper lines from Marion to Clare,
via Evart, making connections at
Marion for Cadillac and north, at Evart
with the Citizens Co. of Grand Rapids,
and at Ciare with Citizens Co. of Alma,
thus making it a part of the great Citi-
zens system of the State.

——_> 2.

Henry Clay Frick, the Pittsburg iron
magnate, who recently had a falling-out
with Carnegie, has his own mushroom
garden at, his splendid Homewood resi-
dence, and daily gives away $20 or $30
worth of the delicacies. His gardener,
David Fraser, is a recognized authority
on the growing and treatment of mush-

rooms.

The Pennsylvania clergyman who
won fame by claiming that the Lord had
struck the town brewery by lightning
in answer to his prayers has been nom-
inated for Congress by the Prohibition
party. He will now know how it feels
himself. OG

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Grand Rapids Gossip

Charles Ousndag has opened a gro-
cery store at 54 Hermitage street. The
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the
stock.

 

 

Henry J. Vinkemulder and Moses
Dark spent Sunday and Monday in Chi-
cago, bringing home a carload of as-
sorted fruit and vegetables.

Pettit Bros., grocers at 391 N. Ottawa
street, have opened a branch store at
1165 Wealthy avenue, purchasing their
stock of the Clark-Jewell-Wells Co. Wm.
Pettit will remain in charge of the Ot-
tawa street store while Frank Pettit will
assume the management of the Wealthy
avenue establishment.

Fred W. Fuller, grocer at 152 North
Division street, has purchased the gro-
cery stock of M. C. Viergever, at the
corner of North Union and Lyon streets,
and will continue the business at the
same location, giving the store his _per-
sonal attention. He _ will continue the
grocery business at his North Division
street store under the management of
Ernest W. Bratt.

President Kelley, of the Michigan Re-
tail Grocers’ Association, has instructed
the Secretary to issue a call tothe Board
of Directors to meet at Grand Rapids
on Thursday, June 14, to consider mat-
ters of importance which require action
at this time. Particulars as to the hour
and place of meeting will be decided
later. The date decided upon enables
the directors to take advantage of the
half-fare rates which prevail on all rail-
roads in Michigan at that time on ac-
count of the K. O. T. M. biennial re-
view, which will be held in Grand Rap-
ids from June 11 to 16.

Gaius W. Perkins, who recently re-
signed the presidency of the American
School Furniture Co.—the most respon-
sible position ever occupied by a Grand
Rapids man—has returned to Grand
Rapids to reside and is enjoying a well-
earned rest amid the scenes of his_boy-
hood and among lifelong friends. His
residence in Gotham has brought no
appreciable change in his appearance,
although the responsibility of exploit-
ing and starting the machinery of a five
million dollar corporation must have
taxed his strength and energy to the ut-
most. Mr. Perkins is in excellent
spirits and his return to the city of his
birth is a matter of congratulation
among his many friends.

Peter Doran, in behalf of the trustee
of the Booth estate at Cedar Springs,
has filed a petition with the Referee in
Bankruptcy, asking that the claim of
Burnham, Stoepel & Co. for $6,285, as-
signed by them to Geo. B. Ford, of
Rochester, be disallowed, unless Burn-
ham, Stoepel & Co., the former owners
of said claim, pay over to the trustee
about $5,000 that they received in differ-
ent amounts during the four months
previous to the filing of the petition in
bankruptcy, on the ground that said
payments constituted a preference, the
testimony showing that the bankrupts
were insolvent upwards of a year prior
to the institution of the bankruptcy pro-
ceedings. The petition will be argued
before the Referee on May 28.

——_—_>2>_____

The Produce Market.
Asparagus—30@35c per doz. bunches.
Bananas—Owing to heavy supplies,

prices have declined about 25c per
bunch. Prospects for next week are for
light receipts and; a steadier market.

 

 

Banana receipts from May Io to 16 were
45,000 bunches, against 86,000 bunches
during the corresponding time a year
ago.

Sikes gadiese per doz. bunches.

Butter—Factory creamery is stronger
and firmer than a week ago, fancy stock
commanding 18@19c. Dairy grades are
coming in freely, fetching 13c for pack-
ing stock, 14c for choice and 15c for
fancy. The receipts of packing stock
are heavy, but are being moved East to
avoid accumulations. Indications point
to a strong market from now on, owing
to the lateness of the season and the ac-
tive demand in the Eastern cities.

Cabbage—Mississippi stock fetches
$3@3.50 per crate.

California Fruits—Grape fruit, $5 per
box ; California cherries, $2.50 per box.

Cocoanuts—$3.25 per sack of Ioo.

Cucumbers—6oc per doz. for Southern
and 7oc for home grown.

Dressed Calves——Fancy,
common, 6@7c per lb.

Eggs—Local dealers pay to@1o%c
f. o. b. shipping point for all receipts
of good eggs, returning cases at expense
of owners. Those dealers who paid
above this figure last week now wish
they hadn’t, because they can not get
a new dollar for the old one. There is
much wailing and gnashing of teeth
among the country shippers who con-
signed eggs to those Detroit dealers
who over-quoted the market.

Green Peas—$1 per bu. box.

Green Stuff—Grand Rapids forcing
lettuce, 1o@12c. Onions, toc per doz.
for evergreen and 15c for silverskin.
Parsley, 30c per doz. Pieplant, goc for
50 lb. box. Radishes, 15c per doz. for
long and toc for round. Spinach, 35c
per bu.

Honey—Fancy white commands 14@
15c. Amber is in demand at toc, while
dark is held at gc.

ILemons—Are in good demand and
with light supplies a confident tone
prevails. During the week prices have
advanced 30@35c per box. The reports
of heavy damage sustained by the Sicily
crop of lemons and the light shipments
sent from that island have a_ tendency
to make prices of California summer
lemons higher. The summer crop of
California lemons is reported as doing
well, with the outlook for a larger sup-
ply than last year.

Maple Sugar—8c for imitation and 9
@ioc for genuine.

Maple Syrup—Selling at 80@goc per
gal., as to quantity and quality.

Oranges-—California sweets,
3.75 per box.

Pineapples—Havanas and Jamaicas
command $1.25@1.50 per doz. Floridas
fetch $2@2.25 per doz.

Plants—Cabbage, sweet potato and to-
mato, 75c per box of 200. Celery, goc
per box.

Potatoes—$1.25 for new and 35c for old.

Poultry—The market is firm. For
live poultry local dealers pay as follows:
Broilers weighing 1% to 2 Ibs. com-
mand 20@23c per lb. Squabs, $1.75@2
per doz. Pigeons, 50c. Chickens, 8@
gc. Fowls, 7@8c. Ducks, 9c for young.
Turkeys, toc for hens and capons and 9c
for gobblers. For dressed poultry:
Chickens command lic. Fowls fetch
toc. Ducks are taken at 11c. Geese are
not wanted at any price. Turkeys are
in good demand at toc for No. 2 and
12@13c for No. 1.

Seeds—Millet, 80c for common and
85c for German; Hungarian,  65c;
mammoth clover, recleaned, $5@5.25;
medium clover, good to choice, $4.75@
5-25; Alsyke clover, $6.50@7; Alfalfa
clover,. $6.50@7.25; crimson clover, $4
@4.50; timothy, prime to choice, $1.20
@1.40; field peas, white, 75@goc; red
top, prime to choice, 60c@$1; red top,
clean from chaff, $1.50@1.75; orchard
grass, $1.10@1.30; blue grass, $1@1.4o.

Strawberries—Southern Illinois stock
now has the call and Indiana berries
will begin to arrive next week. Receipts
are large and quality is fine, the price
ranging from $1.50@2 per 24 qt. crate.

String Beans—$1.75 per crate.

Tomatoes—F lorida stock commands
$4 per 6 basket crate.

Turnips—7sc per bu.
Wax Beans—$1.75 per bu. box.

73%4@8c ;

$3.25@

The Grocery Market.

Sugars—The raw sugar market is very
strong and prices show an advance of
I-32c over a week ago. This makes the
price of 96 deg. test centrifugals now
4 15-32c, with a good demand at this
price. Supplies of spot sugars are
practically cleaned up. The _ refined
market is very firm, in sympathy with
raws, and all grades have advanced 5
points, with prospects of a still further
advance in the near future. It is gen-
erally expected that an increased .busi-
ness will be done, as is usual at this
time of the year. ~

Canned Goods—The canned goods
market is still very quiet, as is some-
times the case during the active pack-
ing season. The pineapple season has
opened up and will be followed shortly
by peas, which have not as vet been
packed. Spot peas, seconds and stand-
ards, 189g pack, are about cleaned up.
The sifted, extra sifted and petit
pois, 1899 pack, are still comparatively
plentiful, but are inactive and but few
sales of these grades are made. Cornis
particularly quiet, the very small sales
that have been made having no influ-
ence on general conditions. Spot toma-
toes are pretty well cleaned up, much
more so than it was expected they would
be at this time. There seems to be
quite a good demand for them at _pres-
ent and, although no large sales are
made, the large amount of small orders
keep the market in good condition. The
chief interest in the canned goods line
rests in the salmon situation. The fact
that the announcement of prices is still
held in abeyance by the Columbia River
Packers’ Association is regarded by the
entire trade as signifying a further ad-
vance in price. This delay is believed
to be responsible for the dulness every-
where felt throughout the trade in spot
salmon. It is expected that prices will
be made sometime before June 1, but
just how soon can not be determined.
The Association will soon have to begin
filling orders and this can not be done
until prices have been submitted and
accepted. It is reported that the Col-
umbia River pack has been largely
oversold. With a _ pack larger than in
1899 the deliveries will not be over 60
per cent., while with a pack up to last
year’s the deliveries will not be over 50
per cent. The season on Puget Sound
will open June 25, but it is not at all
likely that packing will become general
before July 1, unless the fish run freer
than usual to the seasons up there.

Dried Fruits—The dried fruit market
remains practically unchanged. Now
that the weather is warmer, holders of
all dried fruits appear anxious to dis-
pose of their stocks to save cold storage
charges, and there is some inclination
to shade prices to close out the goods.
Recent advices report that the damage
caused by frost in California is not so
great as anticipated. The crops every-
where are showing better results than
were expected a few weeks ago and a
heavy yield is now expected. Apricots
appear to have suffered the most, the
crop in Southern California being very
much scattered and uneven. It is ex-
pected in the face of such unfavorable
conditions that prices for apricots will
be higher this season than last. Spot
stocks are about cleaned up and _ prices
are firm. Prunes still hold the chief in-
terest in the dried fruit trade and a sale
of seventy carloads was made last week.
Many export orders have been received,
which, taken together with the shortage
in the berry crop, denote a good trade

 

during the summer. All through the

 

trade the belief exists that an advance
of at least 4c per pound will be declared
before the new prunes come in, which
will be about September. The differ-
ences between the packers and_ the
Raisin Growers’ Association are all ad-
justed, with the result that an agreement
has been entered into for three years.
The packers will sell and handle the
crop on very much the same lines as
last year. The Association, as formed,
is a great deal stronger than it has ever
been before, and there is no doubt that
the prices made by the Association will
be maintained for the entire season.
The Association will name prices on
both loose and seeded raisins, and they
will probably be reasonable, as the
members realize the importance of
keeping out foreign raisins and increas-
ing the consumption of California
goods. Spot raisins are dull and inac-
tive. Spot peaches, while a trifle easier,
are not moving to any extent. Currants
are going out quietly at unchanged
prices.

Molasses and Syrups—-There is a good
demand for the medium grades of mo-
lasses at firm, unchanged prices. The
lower grades are becoming very scarce
and the better grades are held at ex-
tremely high prices, which checks busi-
ness on this class of goods. On account
of the high cost of cooperage, corn
syrup in barrels has advanced 2c per
gallon,

Tea—The business of the week shows
a slight decline in some grades, but
most dealers are inclined to think that
the market will go no lower and that
from now on prices will improve. The
following figures are instructive as show-
ing the rapid strides in popularity Cey-
lon and India teas are making in this
country. During the first fourteen weeks
in 1900 the imports into America were
1,950,000 pounds, against 850,000 pounds
during the same time in 1899—over
double the quantity, and this in the face
of adverse conditions affecting the gen-
eral tea trade.

Rice—The trade in general is a hand-
to-mouth character, resulting in moder-
ate sales of the better grades at previous
prices. There have been such heavy
purchases of the low grade domestics
recently that this class of goods is now
about cleaned up. Advices from the
South report that contrary conditions
seem to be following the new crop of
rice. Superabundant rainfall, with
growth of grass rank and cultivation
generally retarded.

Nuts—There is a good demand for
nuts of all kinds, especially for pecans,
of which several carloads have been sold
lately. Peanuts are moving out well at
previous prices.

Cereals—There is a somewhat stronger
feeling in the rolled oats market and it
is the general impression that prices
have finally touched bottom. They are
certainly below cost of production and,
with an increase in trade, prices will
undoubtedly advance, as millers are
loath to do business at a loss.

Oe

The American Bicycle Co. has issued
an order to the manager of the Clipper
factory, directing that business at the
local plant be suspended and everything
wound up and cleaned out by August 1.
The discontinuance of operations ap-
plies to the book-keeping and office
force, as well as the manufacturing and
assembling departments.

a

For Gillies’ N. Y. tea, all kinds,

grades and prices, Visner, both phones,

 

     

 

   

  

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

The Buffalo Market

Accurate Index of the Principal Staples
Handled.

Beans—This market is doing consid-
erably better on the best grades of mar-
row, medium and pea, and as has_ been
the case for months past, the latter vari-
ety is preferred. Yellow eye kidney and
also white continue dull. Supplies are
getting low of desirable beans and we
May yet see an upward turn. Marrows
are selling at $2.10@2.30; medium, $2
@2.20; pea, 2.10@2.25; white kidney,
$2.20@2.30; yellow eye, $2@2.25. No
red kidney offered.

Butter—Buyers have been working
from hand to mouth and not anxious to
do much of that on high priced cream-
ery or dairy. The general disposition
was to purchase around 18c for suitable
creamery and fancy dairy and at those
figures considerable business was pos-
sible, but sellers could not see their way
clear and held out for 20%c for Western
and State extras; choice, 19c; dairy
extra State and Western, 18%@uioc;
choice, 16@17c; common to fair, 14@
15c; crocks, 16@18c. Outlook is for
steady prices, as quality and receipts
are daily improving.

Eggs—Lower market and_ weak.
Trade is usually light at this season of
the year for speculative purposes. There
seems to be a large quantity of goods
going into cold storage here. The mar-
ket is weak to-day at 1214@13¢ for State
strictly fancy. Western fancy, 124%@
12%c; good to choice, 11@12c; sec-
onds, 1oc; duck eggs, 15@16c per doz.

Dressed Poultry—Receipts were only
a few lots of coarse, with a light
sprinkling of young fowl, but these
were sold at full last week’s prices.
Broilers would sell readily. No turkeys

 

 

or ducks and little enquiry. Quoted:
Turkeys, 12@14c; chickens and fowl
mixed, 11%@I12c; fowl, 10@12c; old

roosters, 8@gc ; broilers, 20@25c¢ per Ib.

Live Poultry--Not enough fowls ar-
riving to supply the demand and broilers
of 144@2 |b. weight were so scarce that
buyers were bidding 30c per lb. for
fancy at the close of the week. The
outlook is firm for fowl, but chances are
that broilers will not bring above quo-
tations. Quoted: Turkeys, 1o@1t%4c;
fowl, old, 1to@11c; fowl, young, 114%@
12c; mixed, 10%@l1ic; broilers, 25@
30c ; ducks, nominal.

Strawberries—Under light receipts
and an active demand. The market has
been strong and higher and everything
cleaned up early each day. Fancy sold
at 13@14c; good to choice, 11@12c:
common to fair, 8@t1oc per quart.

Apples—The few remaining russets
are held at $3.50@4.50 per bbl.

Pineapples—Market has been flooded,
but at lower prices than last week.
Trade became active and a fairly good
cleaning up was effected. Prospects are
firmer as a_ better class of stock is ex-
pected. Extra, $13@14 per 100; No. 1
S10@12; No. 2, $9; No. 3, s6@8.

Oranges—-Higher; light receipts and
fair demand. Navels sold at $3.25@4;
seedlings, $3@3.25; medium — sweets,
$3-25@3.50 per box.

Lemons—Better demand; firmer. Ex-
tra Messina fancy, $3.50@3.75; choice,
$2.75@3; California, $2@2.50 per box.

Bananas—Quiet and easy. Selected,
$2.25@2.75; No. 1, $1.75@2; No. 2,
$1.25@1.50.,

Potatoes—The market is easier, but at
the decline demand is more active and
the outlook is for firmer prices as soon
as present quality, which is only fair,
cleans up. Fancy white stock is held
above the market as a rule. Country
offerings have grown less daily of de-
sirable stock and nearby farmers’ ar-
rivals are all poor. No. 1 white, on
track, 4o@42c; No. 1 red, 36@38c ; fair
to good, 30@35c per bushel. On track,
store lots, 2@3c higher.

New Potatoes —Receipts fair but any-
thing desirable was held too high for
the general trade. Stock mostly small
and some too poor to bring cost of lay-
ing down here. New Orleans fancy, $5
@6; good to choice, $3.50@4.50; com-
mon, $I.50@2.50 per bbl.

Onions—Market struck $1.25@1.50 for
native yellow fancy, but before the close

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of the week new Southern came in quite
freely and a drop followed. To-day the
market is still easier and demand not
as urgent as indications point to lower
prices. Native fancy, 95c@$1 per
bushel ; New Orleans, $3@3.50 per bbl. ;
Egyptian, $1.40@1.50 per bushel; Ber-
muda dull at $1.85@I1.90 per crate;
Havana, neglected.

Celery—Southern in liberal supply
and lower; demand only fair. Fancy,
80c@$1 ; fair too good, 25@soc per doz.

Asparagus—Heavy supply but at eas-
ier prices. Market has kept well cleaned
up of fancy. Common, thin and_par-
ticularly stale stuff entirely neglected.
Fancy large bunches sold at $1.25@
1.50; smal] and medium good to choice,
25@65c per doz.

Cabbage—Receipts were not above
No. 2-and some inferior small stuff
which could not be sold although the
demand was active for the best quality.
Quoted: No. 1, per crate, $2.50@2.75;
No. 2, $2@2.25 per crate.

Lettuce—Supply only equal to the
demand and the market fairly steady.
Fancy heads, 50@75c per doz. ; boxes
containing 3 doz. choice, 90c@$1.

Cucumbers—Supply fair; good de-
mand for fancy fresh receipts at 50@6oc
per doz.

String Beans—Firmer ; lighter supply
and good demand. Wax, per hamper,
$2.25@2.50; green, $1.75@2.

Beets—New per doz. bunches, 50c@$I1.

Carrots—New per doz. bunches, 20@
35¢.
Pieplant—Wagon loads are coming in
and selling at 1o@15c per doz. bunches.

Radishes—Easier; fancy sold at 15
@2oc per doz. bunches; Baltimore ham-
per, 90c@$l1.

Tomatoes—Heavv_ receipts; quality

generally common to fair. Fancy per
carrier, $3@3.25; good, $1.50@2. 50.
Peas—Quiet. Quality undesirable.

Best hampers sold at 90c@$1.25.

Spinach—Active and firm. Fancy,
$1.50@1.75 per bbl. and 35@4oc per
hamper.

Watercress—Fancy scarce, 18@2oc per
doz. bunches.

Mushrooms—Quiet. Offered at
30c per Ib.

Maple Syrup—Quiet. Fancy,
gallon cans, 70@75c; short, 50@6oc.

Maple Sugar—Firm. Light, 9@1oc;
dark, 6@8c per lb.

Honey—Quiet.
No. 1 white, 16@17c; No. 2,
dark, 10@12c per lb.

Dried Apples—Dull. Evaporated in
boxes, fancy, 6!4c; fair to good, 5@6c;
sun dried, 4@5c per lb.

20@

full

Very light supply.
14@I5c ;

Calves—Scarce and firm. Fancy
quoted at $8@o per cwt.
Straw—Scarce and firm. Oat and

wheat, $8.25@g; rye, $9@Io per ton on
track.

Hay—Receipts were a little more lib-
eral the latter part of the week and the
market not as strong. Prime baled, $16;
No. 1, $15@15.50; No. 2, $13@14 per
ton on track.

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A clean, neat, uniform package will
help to influence an intending purchaser
to form a favorable opinion of goods
offered for sale. It does not follow that
poor goods are made salable by putting
them in a first-class package, but a first-
class package is an indication of a first-
class man behind it. Therefore, buyers
who are looking for fine goods would
pass by indiscriminate packages and
examine the contents of uniformly hand-
some cases. It is human nature to put
the best to the surface. If, therefore,
the surface indicates carelessness, the
core may be taken for granted.
+>.

A retailer recently arranged in his
window an exhibition of live mice and a
teeter board. A mouse running up the
little board would incline it in the op-
posite direction, and as the lively little
creatures scampered back and forth over
the board it would be almost continu-
ously teetering. The show attracted
attention, and other inventive minds
Saw its possibilities as an advertising
scheme and improved on it by replacing
the teeter board by an inclined disk,
which rotated rapidly when the mice
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D. Boosing
General
Commission Merchant
SPECIALTIES

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or less. I also want dairy butter, packed
in 30 and 40 and 60 pound tubs, selling
from 14¢ to 17e, according to quality.
Dressed poultry in good demand, selling
from lic to 12¢c. Any further information
you wish write or wire me and I will
answer promptly.

 

Correspondence solicited.

References: Bank of Buffalo and Dun’s
and Bradstreet’s Agencies.

154 Michigan Street,
Buffalo, New York.

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Write now to

BUSINESS STAMP WORKS.
49 and 50 Tower Block, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Catalogue for the asking.
Both Phones 2255.

 

 

Is conceded. Uncle Sam knows it and
uses them by the thousand.
We make all kinds.

Market Baskets, Bushel Baskets, Bamboo De-
livery Baskets, Splint Delivery Baskets, Clothes
Baskets, Potato Baskets, Coal Baskets, Lunch
Baskets, Display Baskets, Waste Baskets, Meat
Baskets, Laundry Baskets, Baker Baskets,
Truck Baskets.

Send for catalogue.

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A. M. Dean Company

White Lead
and Color Works

230 and 232 E. Kalamazoo Ave.,
Kalamazoo, Mich.

Manufacturers of the most durable
paint made. Every gallon war.
ranted to wear as good and look as
well as any paint made and better
than pure white lead.

Write for prices and terms. One agent wanted
in every town.

 

 

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WANTED "forcorvstonnae®

f We want 100,000 Ibs. of dairy butter either ladles or packing stock with-

in the next few days.

wire us.

5,000 new. Write for prices.

150 MICHIGAN ST.,

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We are always in the market to buy fresh eggs.
We pay spot cash, f.o b. Buffalo.

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GLEASON & LANSING,

BUFFALO, N. Y.

References, Merchants Bank, Buffalo, N. Y., Bradstreet or Dun Commercial Agency.

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BUFFALO COLD STORAGE CO. 2
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Season Rate on Eggs to Jan. 1, 1901.
100 Cases,
100 to 400 cases,
400 to 2500 cases, per dozen, 1 1-6c
2500 and up cases,

After Jan. 1, 1901, there will be a charge of 1-6c
per dozen per month.

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inquiry.

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York; Dun & Co. an
Members of Produce Exchange.

Established 1887.

MACKEY & WILLIAMS,

Dealers in

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62 W. MARKET & 125 MICHIGAN STS.
BUFFALO, N. Y.

From now forward ship dairy butter packed in tubs, 30, 40 and 60 Ib. weight.
poultry in strong demand. Fresh eggs wanted for

Dressed
storage. Frncy creamery in good

REFERENCES: The City National Bank, Buffalo: Berlin Heights Banking Co.,
Berlin Heights, Ohio;

National Shoe & Leather Bank, New
Bradstreet Agencies.

Long Distance Phone Seneca 1081.

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

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Fruits and Produce.

How Washington Potatoes Can Be Mar-
keted.

Potatoes grow large and fifty to a hill
in Washington and one of the varieties
turned out there is the Burbank, which
attains to a size three times as large as
the variety in Michigan of that name.
It has not paid to ship them East on
account of the high railroad tariffs, and
consequently they have been a drug on
the market. Hereafter, however, they
are to be sliced and dried and in this
condition they can be sent East, and
also to the islands of the Pacific. An
evaporating and preserving factory has
‘en set up at North Yakima. The po-

toes are peeled raw and after slicing
-2ry thin are placed in trays and cooked

y steam. This removes the water, es-

 

 

mated at about 80 per cent. of the
iber, and leaves the solids or nutri-
ient in the slices. They then go

arough the drying process, which is on
ne principle of dry steam heat, the
»ipes passing through the evaporator
rear each row of trays. The evaporating
apparatus in the North Yakima plant
contains over one mile of pipes carry-
ing the heat to the trays. A wire screen
is kept over each tray during the drying
to prevent dirt from settling upon the
sliced potatoes.
——__~> 2.

Increased Demand for Evaporated Eggs.

A carload of evaporated eggs shipped
by express and valued at $14,000 left
Springfield, Mo., last week for San
Francisco, where it will be placed on
a steamer bound for Cape Nome. The
eggs were put in one pound, screw top
tin cans, sixty cans in a case, and will
answer any purpose in the culinary line
except boiling. The moisture being
taken out of them when they are pre-
pared leaves nothing to boil.

The largest egg evaporating establish-
ment in the world is located at Spring-
field and is owned and operated by
Jean, Hurst & Redfern, extensive buy-
ers of eggs and poultry. The process of
evaporating is done with hot air and it
takes eight hours to thoroughly ‘‘evap-
orate’’ an egg. About four dozen eggs
are equal to a pound of the preparation.
The Springfield factory employs seventy-
five people and its capacity for consum-
ing eggs is about 400 cases a day. The
roods are.shipped to all the foreign

ountries and in Europe _ especially

1ere is a big demand, as the English
vernment has placed the preparation
uu the hospital supply list. The Klon-
ze country is a heavy user of this
nd of evaporated eggs, so no matter
what the price of fresh hen fruit be or

 

how scarce it is, the evaporated egg re-
tains its old price and is always on
hand and ready for business.

— > 2-2
Heavy Shipments of Celery From Florida.

Sanford, Fla., May 12—-Four solid re-
frigerator cars of celery left here to-
night for various Northern cities. Since
shipments began, about two weeks ago,
over twenty-eight cars have been
shipped. There are from 300 to 400
crates in a car. It takes from four to
five tons of ice to properly cool these
refrigerator cars and they are again
iced at Waycross. The cars are iced
here, usually the day before loading, so
as to keep the temperature even.

Good returns are still being received,
although the market price is a little
lower. A check for $700 was received
Thursday by one grower for 300 crates.
Shipments will continue for several
weeks yet, as some of the large growers
have not as yet cut their crops. There
have been some failures and disappoint-
ments, but the result on the whole is
satisfactory.

There will be a large acreage planted
next year, and the experience of this
season will prove of benefit. Some of
the celery went to seed before it could
be bleached, but many received a dol-
lar a crate for this, which more than
paid expenses. Labor is very scarce
here at present.

—____~» ¢.
Flax Replacing Wheat.
From the Minneapolis Times.

The continued high price of flax and
the low price of wheat has resulted ina
vast acreage that would ordinarily go
into wheat being reserved for flax. It is
now predicted that twice the acreage
will be sown into flax this year that was
cropped in 1899. Minnesota and North
Dakota now raise 80. per cent. of the
flax of the United States, and this in-
crease will have a widespread effect.

Fall flax is now worth $1.25 a bushel
and wheat 65 cents. Farmers of this
region have found that they can raise
about as much flax to the acre as wheat,
and that it does not seem to exhaust the
land; in fact, improves it for other
grains. Hundreds of farmers in the
finest wheat-growing sections of the Red
River Valley are putting three-fourths
of their land out of -wheat and into flax
this spring, and the only limit the flax
acreage will be the ability to buy seed.

—_—__~> 0. ___

Money in Raising Celery in Florida.
From the Marianna, Fla., Courier.

S. C. Gates, of Manatee county, ona
half acre of celery raised by him this
year, has already made a net profit of
$125, and still has a small shipment out
that he has not heard from. Mr. Gates
states that his crop was 210 crates, aver-
aging over $2 percrate. At this rate
one acre would have been worth $900.
Last year from a part of the same piece
of land the average was estimated to
be about $1,600 per acre.

—o

Buckwheat cakes are losing favor in
this country. The amount of buckwheat
raised is only about one-half of what it
was thirty-five years ago, notwithstand-
ing the increase of population.

 

Corner in Flax Seed.

It is stated that flax seed has been
cornered ; that the combination is in
control of the seed and oil market and
that not less than $8,000,000 in profits
is in sight. Owners of mills outside
the trust and dealers in the seed, paint
and oil say that the American Linseed
Oil Co. and the Albert Dickinson Co.,
of Chicago, form the alleged combina -
tion. From go cents five months ago
flax seed has advanced to $1.80. Lin-
seed oil has advanced in the same
period from 34 to 63 cents a gallon. The
corner is so complete, it is stated that
nearly every independent mill in the
United States is shut down, while the
trust is running only a small percentage
of its capacity. The Dickinson Co. is
the largest flax seed dealer in the coun-
try. The officers refuse to discuss the
matter. The nominal price of flax seed
is $1.10 a bushel.

Oe
Advertisers and Advertising.

An advertiser who can cover only a
small territory should cultivate home
ground.

A good advertisement is a signboard
that points out an easy, economical road
to the advertiser’s store.

The advertiser should not alone know
what to avoid in advertising ; he should
know what to use.

People who are hardest to please are
the ones who pay advertisers best when
once they are pleased.

The advertisement that does nothing
more than to create a good impression

 

may be ornamental but
useful.

A joke well told does not need to be
explained; neither does a good point
made in the advertisement have to be
elaborated upon.

First, mark out some particular duty
that you wish your advertising to per-
form and then bend all your energy and
perseverance to carry your point.

it is not very

 

-Butter and Eggs-
-Wanted-

We are in the market for
large quantities of fresh
eggs and all grades of
dairy butter. Highest
market price paid on track
shipping point.

Get your money out of
your low grade butter and
write us for prices.

STROUP & SICKELS,

38 So. Division St.,

Both phones. Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

SEEDS

Mammoth, Medium, Alsyke, Alfalfa, Crimson, White Clover.

Timothy, Redtop,

Blue Grass, Orchard Grass Seeds.

FIELD PEAS

Can fill order quickly at right prices.

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26-28-30-32 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS

 

Clovers
Grass Seeds

Lawn Grass |
Flower Seeds |

Seed Corn
Peas
Beans, Etc.

 

Seeds

Largest stocks, best quality,
prices, prompt service.
are still complete.
quickly day received.
ders come.

Garden Seeds in Bulk.

lowest
Our stocks
All orders filled
Let your or-

ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO.
Seed Growers and Merchants

_ 24 & 26 North Division St.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

000 bushels Holten Early Rose Potatoes, grown at Caribou, Maine.

ESTABLISHED THIRTY YEARS

3 GOOD THINGS

Car of Fine Late Navel Oranges, fine, solid keepers, $3.50 to $3.75 per box.
Three cars November Cut Lemons, either original pack or repacked stock, $3.25 to $4.90.

world, 75c per bushel.

A. A. GEROE & SON, TOLEDO, OHIO

THREE TELEPHONES AND POSTAL WIRE IN OFFICE

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please say that you saw the advertise-
ment in the Michigan Tradesman.

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WEDNESDAY, - - MAY 23, 1900.

 

 

STATE OF MICHIGAN ( gg.
County of Kent
John DeBoer, being duly sworn, de-
poses and says as follows:
I am pressman in the office of the
Tradesman Company and have charge of
the presses and folding machine in that
establishment. I printed and folded
7,000 copies of the issue of May 16, 1go00,
and saw the edition mailed in the usual
manner. And further deponent saith
not. John DeBoer.
Sworn and subscribed before me, a
notary public in and for said county,
this nineteen day of May, 1goo.
Henry B. Fairchild,
Notary Public in and for Kent County,
Mich.

A VERBAL MISTAKE.

The Tradesman is not given to the
unenvious task of picking flaws in the
expressions of another; but when, in
glancing down the summary of trade for
March, it finds that the enormous pro-
ductive energy of this country ‘‘needs’’
an outlet in every quarter of the globe,
it questions the quoted word and _ offers
“‘has needed’’ as a fitting substitute.
Beginning with 1897, the exports from
the United States have been marvelous.
That year they amounted to $1,082,-
007,603; in 1898 to $1,210,291,913; in
1899 to $1, 203,931,222, a quarter of this
last enormous sum being the exports of
manufactures.

With these unquestioned satistics to
start with, the question arises, Where
do all these goods go? That Canada is
treating us with financial consideration
the country, and especially that portion
of it devoted to trade, is weil aware, re-
cent advices from good authority saying
that our trade relations with the prov-
ince have exceeded those with Great
Britain. The northren outlet, then, ex-
ists and needs only to be enlarged.

Trade to the south of us has too often
been the subject of remark in these
columns to call for further comment.
The whole Southern continent has al-
ready established relations with us and
the daily returns strengthen the state-
ment that United States exportation
with the Southern Republics is rapid-
ly increasing. The coming Congress
at Mexico will be an incentive to exist-
ing conditions and, once the doubt is
removed that Northern expansion does
not mean absorption of territory, the in-
crease of business will be at a much
greater per cent. To the south, then,
the country has an outlet which pre-
cludes the ‘‘needs."'

To insist that this country is doing an
extensive trade with Europe would be
too much like proving an axiom. That
part of the world is full of goods of ail

 

sort with the legend, ‘‘Made in the
United States.’’ Is she hungry? We
feed her. Is she thirsty? We give her
to drink. Is she cold? Not her own
New Castle now supplies her fires, but
ours. Are her spindles calling for cot-
ton? The broad acres of the South have
already anticipated her wants and forth-
with they are supplied. Does she need
iron? At her service are our limitless
mines. In a word the outlet into Europe
has been taken possession of so exten-
sively that ‘‘our enormous productive
energy’’ is and has been pouring its
mighty current into that continent until
that swarming hive of industry has come
to depend upon this country for bee-
bread as well as honey.

Into Asia and Africa, if anywhere, is
needed the outlet for this pent up
energy, the one continent stetching its
mighty length westward from the Pacific
to where the shoulders of the Ural
mountains prevent its further progress,
the other sunning itself between the
Mediterranean and the Southern Ocean.
Even there, however, the ‘‘needs’’ is
lacking and, while the outlet is not yet
a river, the waters are running that way.
A foreign steamer—here is the outlet
needed—-but a few days ago cleared at
the custom house for Vladivostock and
Yokohama with a cargo of locomotives,
bridge material and steel rails, the
whole valued at $604,976, one of the
most valuable cargoes of the kind that
has ever left the United States. At
Vladivostock will be landed thirty-one
locomotives and engines complete,
valued at $430,200. To Yokohama go the
bridge materialand the rails, at a_ cost
to Japan of $174,776; and, when it is
remembered that Siberia has depended
largely upon this country for much of
her railroad material for her famous
railway, it will be more than ever evi-
dent that the outlet is at least made
from this country to Asia. These col-
umns have already spoken of increasing
trade with the Dark Continent, Aus-
tralia and the adjacent islands have
long been customers of the United
States, Oceanica has become known to
us through trade relations, so that it
does call for a modification of the state-
ment in regard to that outlet, and that
‘‘has needed’’ should take the place of
‘‘needs’’ if that statement is to be con-
sidered true.

SuSE

 

The first thing a reformer tries to do
is to convince the world-that all people
who do not think as he does are fools or
crooks.

A man with his nose to the grindstone
must spend his summer in town, while
his family spends his money out of
town.

ee

A big amount of pride and a small

amount of courage prevents many men

from getting along well in this world.

 

The average professional man _ is
loaded with advice. When he can not
sell it he insists upon giving it away.

a

 

It is sometimes worth while for a
man’s mind to wander. Doubting peo-
ple can see that he has a mind.

 

————
A Chicago woman can not look a New
York man in the eye; that is when he

is looking at her feet.
ae en ae

The phonograph would have more
friends if it did not tell everything that

was told to it.
Se

Astronomy is looking up on account
of the coming eclipse,

 

 

 

BARREN SIBERIA.

When certain English writers declare
that the Siberian railroad is a failure it
looks much as if the wish was father to
the thought. It hints that Russia had
in mind, in the building of the road,
simply the strengthening of the empire.
On the face of it the alleged settlement
of those wild wastes could be only the
wilder dream of a disordered fancy.
Consider Siberia, that limitless stretch
of country so vast that leagues can hard-
ly compass it. That wilderness of cold
and snow, so far to the north that the
grip of winter never wholly relaxes, is
dotted by a Siberian population so small
and so far apart that the railroad will
have little or no local traffic. As a
commercial venture it is therefore a
failure. Follow the road as it drags its
weary length from starting point to ter-
mination and in the most favorable
light it can not be looked upon as an
important factor in the trade of the
world as a transit between Europe and
the Orient, hampered as it is by the
rival sea route through the Suez Canal,
and the sea and land lines, also rivals,
through North America. These are pre-
tended reasons for the building of the
Siberian railroad and are simply given
to cover the real Russian determination
of making a swift transportation of
troops when the time comes for the long
predetermined sweep southward to seize
Constantinople.

To the Englishman, born to the be-
lief that the distance from Liverpool
to London through densely populated
England is the only unit of measure,
that railroad six thousand miles long
from St. Petersburg to Port Arthur is
many times longer than that. The Eng-
lish mind can not grasp it and any
project having for its end the develop-
ment of such an extent of country is
wildly visionary. To the American,
used to such distances, it is anything
but that. For years that has beena
part of this country’s endeavor. Chi-
cago and Denver and San Francisco had
not been dreamed of a century ago. Si-
beria to-day is more a land of promise
than the United States was then and
Russia, the land of the limitless, is
trying to do from the Ural Mountains
to the Pacific Ocean what this country
has done from the Green Mountains to
the same great sea. Those same Eng-
lish writers are premature in calling the
Russian railroad a failure. It has not
yet really gone to work and if in ten
years that line of road be dotted only
remotely with embryo towns there will
be every reason to rejoice.

If it shall prove true that little if any
local traffic springs up among these
Russian settlements it will be a condi-
tion of things contrary to all previous
experience. Alone and unaided, with
the ill-will of England to contend with,
the early settlers in America grew and
waxed strong. With no six thousand
mile railroad they ‘‘schoonered’’ their
way westward and the Atlantic States
show what they have done. A black-
smith’s shop and a grocery was the be-
ginning of every town in America and
from these civilization radiated until
the land was settled. The voluntary
isolation, however, did not long exist.
Neighborhood exchanged goods and fel-
lowship with neighborhood and_ so
helped one another. Siberia will do
better than that, with far earlier results,
and it is the dwarfish home training
which these Englishmen have received
that has narrowed their eyesight and
that prevents them from comprehending
whatever is done on a large scale,

 

The Russian government, instead of
turning its immigrants adrift to shift
for themselves, bas rendered every as-
sistance and already along this railway
line there are settlements of-eight or
nine thousand inhabitants. During the
last fifteen years nearly ‘1,050,000 heads
of famities have settled along this road,
and the number of both men and places
is constantly and rapidly increasing.
Are we to suppose that little or no traffic
is carried on among them and that the
road is not the main agent accomplish-
ing it? The wants of the million and
their families must be supplied. The
surplus of products must be disposed of
and therefore transported. Will there
be nothing to exchange? Can the men
make their own farming implements
and as thrift comes and wants increase
will a six thousand mile railroad refuse
to cater to those increasing wants? The
English claim is as foolish as it is un-
tenable, and, whether it is a question
of local traffic or whether the road is to
be an important factor in the trade of
the world, there can be but one sensible
answer: The railroad is the modern
pioneer of civilization. Similar causes
produce similar results. It has peopled
the western wilds; it will people the
eastern and before a half of the coming
century has gone, in spite of English
prophecy, that line of Siberian railroad
will be beaded with cities having no
end of local traffic with no end of profit
and will be looked upon at home and
abroad as one of the most important
factors in the world’s trade that that
same world has ever seen.

 

 

The miners at Daleton, Athens
county, Ohio, are out ona strike from
one of the most singular causes in the
history of mining in Ohio. The mines
at that place are regarded as fully up to
date in all equipments, such as elec-
tricity, machines, etc., but they are still
compelled to take coal from the mines
with a mule. One of the animals has
a driver by the name of William Giles,
and they have worked many months _to-
gether. It seems that A. Cunningham,
owner of the mine, for some unexplained
reason conceived the idea that the
mule’s service would be more valuable
to him if he was transferred to another
mine, and the order was given accord-
ingly, but he little realized the dire re-
sults that have followed. Giles took ex-
ception to the order transferring the
mule without any reference to himself.
He entered an emphatic protest with
the company and then appealed to his
fellow-miners for aid. They did not
turn a deaf ear to his pleadings, for 400
of them have laid down their picks and
shovels and declare they will not dig an-
other pound of coal until the wrong has
been righted.

 

 

The social scale is no universal stand-
ard of character. A bad man with much
money knows a weigh that will admit
him socially among respectable people.

 

Some boys are always looking for a
place to work instead of looking for
work. Work is too hard. A place may
be easy.

 

A business philosopher has discovered
that the world’s people are divided into
suckers and those who are fishing for
suckers.

 

The horseback officer in a_ street
parade feels grand until the bill for the
dinner is presented to him.

A young man who has no time to read
may take time to play cards,

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

9

 

DANGER IN CLASS FEELING.

In the early history of this country
there was no marked agrarian tendency
observable in any phase of public life.
The Revolutionary War had been fought
to establish the political rights of the
people of several colonies, irrespective
of class distinctions. The truth is that
the existence of a social aristocracy,
based mainly upon the distinctions of
birth and culture, was almcst as uni-
versally recognized at that time in this
country as in Great Britain. The fact
does not seem to have been at all re-
sented by the masses, and was noticed
in the Federal Constitution only in the
clause which forbids the Government of
the United States to grant any ‘‘title of
nobility.’’ Mr. Jefferson, it is well
known, rather affected the pose of a
man of the people, and one might say
that he was almost ostentatious in his
repudiation of the pomp and circum-
stance of place, but Jefferson’s fame and
his enduring influence in the direction
of the public policy of the United States
cannot be in the least degree ascribed
to these personal peculiarities. Alex-
ander Hamilton’s scheme to strengthen
the General Government, by the de-
velopment and protection of- influential
classes, composed of manufacturers, na-
tional bankers and the like, was strictly
political in its intention, and was de-
signed not to diminish or restrict the
sphere of individual freedom, but only
to add new guarantees for the security
of popular rights. Hamilton’s idea was
that the Government would be strength-
ened by bringing to its support influen-
tial and able men in the world of
affairs, whose own prosperity would be
dependent upon the maintenance of the
Union. His policy in this regard, how-
ever, was not popular. The people of
this country have always cherished a
deep-seated feeling of opposition to any
attempt to build up classes by artificial
means.

On the other hand, it is probably just
to say that a great majority of the citi-
zens of the United States have always
deprecated the display of agrarian tone
and tendency in public life. The dis-
position to attack men of wealth and in-
fluence in the business world as the nat-
ural enemies of the people is not a gen-
uine American sentiment. It is not in
harmony with the feeling of the men
who followed Washington and Greene,
Wayne, Putnam, Sumter and Marion
through so many years of danger and
suffering to establish here a condition
of absolute equality for all men before
the law. No other equality has ever
been possible. When this great truth is
forgotten, it will be an evil day for this
Republic and for the cause of human
progress. It is unfortunately true that
wealth has been made a means of social
advancement in many instances, espe-
cially of late years, in this country and
in Europe. Wealth is a_ source of
power; it is, par excellence, in this com-
mercial age, the most abundant and
formidable source of power with which
men have to deal. There is not a little
resemblance between certain ruthless
potentates of the markets, sometimes
aptly called money barons, and those
predatory chieftains of the feudal age
who rode forth from their old castles to
strike down their enemies and carry off
whatever property might have excited
their cupidity. The hatred of such men
by the people is natural and inevitable,
and the distrust and uneasiness with
which they are regarded have been
greatly increased by the organization of
combinations known as trusts. It is

 

not strange, indeed, that men, general-
ly, should have come to look with sus-
picion and anxiety upon almost every
kind of business corporation and nearly
every form of aggregated or combined
wealth. The discovery of the enormous
power of these combinations, coupled
with the fact that the courts have hither-
to been unable to deal with them effec-
tually, has had a startling effect upon
the public mind. People are alarmed
when they are compelled to recognize
the possibility of the establishment of
an inexorable despotism, under the
color of law, and even proclaiming the
protection of the Constitution itself.
While all these things are true, they
are associated in the mind of the
thoughtful observer with another danger,
which may in its turn become the fruit-
ful source of very serious public evils.
It is only too possible that the young
men of this country, constantly hearing
or reading the denunciations hurled by
doughty orators at the head of unscrupu-
lous capitalists, may come to entertain
a degree of prejudice against the rich
as a class, and to look upon any consid-
erable prosperity as prima facie evi-
dence in itself of some form of robbery.
There are, unfortunately, many agitators
in the land who are apt to play upon
this string, and the tendency of the edu-
cation imparted by them is to impress
the inexperienced and the unwary with
the fatally false idea that the hardships
of poverty should be relieved by a legis-
lative raid upon the accumulations of
the profits of the rich. It is this sort of
teaching which leads to socialism, dis-
couraging the young toiler as it does at
the outset with a gloomy view of his
outlook, but after all that has been said
it remains true that ‘this country was
never more prosperous, as a whole, than
it is to-day, and that there is no coun-
try in the world in which the young
man of ability and industry can so eas-
ily make his way to competence and
distinction. How many of the great
capitalists of this country were rich
forty years ago? Is it not a fact that
the great majority of American capital-
ists were children of poor parents? Cer-
tainly, the wealthy are always, compar-
atively, a small part of the population,
but when it can be shown that the great-
er number of those who are rich began
life with very moderate means at the
best, is it not evident that there are no
barriers to prosperity which can prove
impassable to strong and earnest men?
By all means, let every oppressive form
of combination be done away with as
promptly and effectually as may be, but
let no one suppose, because such evils
do, to a certain extent, obtain, that the
country must undergo a social and po-
litical revolution, a general re-organiza-
tion along new lines, to save it from a
condition of general ruin and despair.

 

 

The loafer is entirely unreasonable.
Not satisfied with wasting his own time,
he must intrude his presence and waste
the time of other people.

The large, all-black hat is much in
style this season, although it has a total-
solar-eclipse appearance to persons who
sit behind it at a concert.

 

Very many people who are going to
Paris this summer may get no further
than a $4 per week farmhouse in Can-
ada.

 

When there are striking signs of dan-
ger, the walking delegate runs.

A man _ looks small when he is_ lying
to make others think he is big.

 

TROUBLE AHEAD.

For Manufacturers and Dealers in Alum
Baking Powders.

Following are the main provisions of
the Pure Food bill introduced into the
United States Senate by Mr. Foster:

Section 1. Any person, company, or
corporation who shall manufacture, sell,
or offer to sell, ship, or deliver for ship-
ment any article of food, or any article
or compound intended to be used in the
composition or preparation of food, in
which article or compound there is, as
added ingredient, any chrome yellow,
coal-tar dye, colorine, formaldehyde,
fluoride, salicylic acid, sulphuric acid,
ammonia, alum, copper salts, zinc salts,
or terra alba, within the District of Co-
lumbia or the Territories of the United
States, shall be guilty of a felony, and,
upon conviction, fined not less than five
hundred dollars nor more than two
thousand dollars for the first offense,
and for each subsequent offense fined
not less than two thousand five hundred
dollars nor more than ten thousand dol-
lars, or be imprisoned not less than one
nor more than five years, in the discre-
tion of the court.

Sec. 2, That any person, company,
or corporation who shall introduce into
any State or territory or the District of
Columbia, from any other state or terri-
tory or the District of Columbia, or
from any foreign country, any such ar-
ticle, or any person who ships or deliv-
ers for shipment, to any state or terri-
tory, or to the District of Columbia, or
to a foreign country, or who shall receive
or deliver, or who shall sell, outside of
the state in which the same was manu-
factured, any such article, shall be
guilty of felony, and shall be, upon con-
viction, fined not less than five hundred
dollars nor more than two thousand dol-
lars for the first offense, and for each
subsequent offense fined not less than
two thousand five hundred dollars nor
more than ten thousand dollars, or be
imprisoned not less than one nor more
than five years, in the discretion of the
court.

Sec. 3. That any such article which
is being transported from one state or
territory or the District of Columbia to
another state, territory, or the District
of Columbia, or has been sold or offered
for sale in the District of Columbia or
the territories of the United States, or
imported from a foreign country, or be
intended for export to a foreign coun-
try, shall be liable to be proceeded
against in any district court of the
United States within the district in
which the same is found, and to be
seized for confiscation and destruction
by a process of libel for condemnation ;
and all such proceedings shall be at the
suit of and in the name of the United
States.

Sec. 4. That the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall have charge of the enforce-
ment of this act, and of the procuring
and examining of samples of articles of
food and articles or compounds intended
to be used in the preparation of food.

Sec. 5. That if it shall appear from
the examinations that the provisions of
this act have been violated, the Secre-
tary of Agriculture shall certify the facts
to the District Attorney, whose duty it
shall be to cause proceedings to be be-
gun and prosecuted without delay for
the fines and penalties. Any citizen or
district attorney may proceed independ-
ently for any violation of this act. All
fines collected shall be apportioned
among the agricultural colleges of the
several states.

The Senate Committee on Manufac-
tures, to which this bill was referred,
has voted to report it favorably, and an
extended discussion in the Senate de-
veloped a strong sentiment favorable to
its passage.

In view of the probability of the
enactment of this or similar legislation,
grocers who are affected by it should
look carefully to their stock on hand not
only, but refrain from buying any of the
articles which, after the law goes into
effect, will become contraband, and the
sale or possession of which will make

 

them liable to heavy fines and penalties.

It was stated in the Senate that the
Alum Baking Powder Trust was at work
with a strong lobby endeavoring to pre-
vent the passage of this law, which
would prohibit the manufacture and sale
of alum powders. Apparently, it is the
object of the manufacturers combined
in the Alum Trust to delay the passage
of the law until they can unload their
stock of alum powders upon the retail
dealers, and leave the dealers to stand
the loss of the goods and the brunt of
the prosecution. Wide-awake dealers
will not be caught in such a trap!—
American Grocer.

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How Spices Are Adulterated.

Pure spices are debased for pecuniary
profit by adding to them inferior or
spurious articles or by taking from them
one or more of their constituent parts.
The practice has grown with present day
competition in spite of the very severe
laws prohibiting it.

It is not at all an uncommon thing
to see ground spices sold at iess than
half the price of the unground article,
a fact which sufficiently indicates that
grinding is not the only process which
the spice undergoes. It means, of
course, that the ground spice has been
more than doubled in its bulk by the
addition of some cheap substance.

Some firms go so far as to advertise
adulterated goods, and evavde the law
by calling them compounds. Ground
ginger is adulterated with meal, rice,
flour, starch, cayenne pepper, and manila
rope.

The true ginger-root has a very fine
hair-like fiber running through it, and
this is found in the ground article.
Many people will not buy ginger unless
they see the fiber, and bits of ground
rope are made to take its place in the
adulterated article.

The cayenne pepper gives the neces-
Sary pungency. Sometimes chrome
yellow, a poisonous article, is used for
coloring various spices.

Cloves are adulterated by an admix-
ture of the dried and ground twigs of
the trees from which the cloves are
gathered; also with ground cotoanut
shells and pepper dust.

Allspice is also treated in the same
way. Considerable cleverness is shown
in the adulteration of cinnamon and
nutmeg. Stale and broken biscuits or
damaged and common flour are baked
in the oven, and afterwards ground up
to a fine powder, and this is freely
mixed with the ground cinnamon and
nutmeg.

In adulterating mace, Venetian red is
mixed up with this baked dust. Cay-
enne pepper is adulterated with meal,
farina, cocoanut shells, Venetian red
and salt, the whole being then ground
up together.

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Conductors occasionally come across
queer things in the collection of tickets
on the passenger trains, sometimes hav-
ing passengers with tickets that have
been purchased several months before,
perhaps a year or two before, but it rare-
ly occurs that the date of purchase runs
back more than a few months. But on
the Denver and Rio Grande passenger
train No. 4 last Sunday was a man go-
ing from San Francisco to St. Louis
who had a ticket, the class or form in
which it had been issued having passed
out of date several years ago. “This
ticket was about fourteen years old, but
being of the unlimited class had not ex-
pired and consequently had to be hon-
ored by the conductor, as it had been all
the way from the coast. The holder of
the ticket was Herman Pastsch by
name and he bought the ticket in San
Francisco on March 8, 1886. He _ paid
$60 for it, he said. Conductor Childers
looked at the ticket, saw that it was an
unlimited one and could do nothing else
but honor it.

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Switzerland now has about sixty
macaroni and noodle factories, which
supply the whole demand of the country,
although the Swiss come next to the
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MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

 

Shoes and Leather

Some of the Demands Made Upon the
Shoe Dealer.

The retailer of shoes in these progres-
sive times, unless he be a man of
infinite patience, judicial wisdom, deli-
cate tact, with a knowledge of human
nature, and lots of foresight, has mis-
taken his vocation when he drifts into
this business. He has, in fact, ‘‘ bitten
off a good deal more than he can chew.”’
So says the veteran who has wrestled
with feet and shoes for nearly half a
century.

It goes without saying that he must
be thoroughly familiar with leather and
the art of putting it together into foot-
wear, and that his knowledge must
keep pace with the progress in mate-
rials, and with modern, progressive shoe-
making.

The duties and cares of the retailer of
to-day are legion and a_ hundredfold
more diversified than those which at-
tended the life of the old-timer among
his strings and boxes of kip boots, bro-
gans and prunella side-lace shoes in his
little shop.

Our modern shoe dealer must be
versatile in his accomplishments; all
things to all men with varying tastes in
his desire to please them; one thing to
all customers in his honest representa-
tion of his wares; ever alert and watch-
ful to see that no customer is slighted;
not proffering advice except when asked
for it, unless it is in case of a choice of
absolute misfits. Add to these require-
ments the hundred little contingencies
that arise in the process of sale, and
which must be met successfully, and
you have a rough idea of what is ex-
pected of the retailer in his relations
with an exacting and fastidious lot of
humanity.

It is expected, besides, that the re-
tailer shall be a successful promoter of
the imanufacturer’s rapidly changing
products in form, toe, heel texture, ma-
terial, combination of parts, color and
all the rest; that he shall meet the
brisk, smiling representative encoura-
gingly, and order every new specialty
that is thrust under his nose; that he
must ‘‘keep up-to-date,’’ as the com-
mercial man puts it, in replenishing his
stock, and in replacing back numbers,
although they came out only a few
months ago, by the very latest in toes
and side curves. He is told that the
retailer who hesitates is lost; that he
must sacrifice the last season’s or last
month’s styles on the bargain counter
and trust to the profits on the new com-
ers to equalize matters on his balance
sheet ; that he must have faith and more
shoes, although his shelves are full and
were filled by faith, too. If he bea
long-suffering, patient Christian, he
will sigh as he thinks upon the consola-
tory text: ‘‘From him to whom much
is given, shall much be expected.’’ If
this be a bed of roses, the one who pro-
vided it left most of the thorns on the
flower stems.

The veteran retailer has met every
shade and variety of humanity in his
long experience in selling shoes, and he
says the one who has annoyed him most
is the male customer who has acquired
a smattering of shoe lore and with
whom ‘‘a little learning is a dangerous
thing.’’ The veteran has seen him,
met him and conquered him in the shoe
store, and he advises the clerk thus:

‘‘If a man comes into the store who
had a distant relative who was once em-
ployed in a shoe store, give him rope,
and let him talk learnedly about welts,

 

 

 

feather-edges and fair-stitch. It will
detract nothing from your own shoe
knowledge and it will please the amateur
immensely. Repress your smile when
a woman comes in confidently and de-
mands a ‘Gondola’ goat shoe, or if she
makes other slips in names. Ridicule,
conveyed by an amused look, will prob-
ably spoil a sale. It is better to humor
her in her mistakes than to expose them
to her.

‘‘As for man, he is a_ peacock de-
prived of his tail if he is crossed in his
rudiments of shoe lore. His egotism is
greater than that of woman and will not
bear wounding. There is a time for all
things but the time to smile is not when
the smile will chill the ardor of an
amateur shoemaker who might have
been a customer if humored.”’

There are certain little matters that
can be judiciously pointed out to your
patron, to his and your own advantage.
Refer to such things without too much
persistence. Show your wares freely;
but with a customer who does not have a
clear idea as to what she wants, use
discretion. Too lavish and luxurious a
display may unfit her for taking the
plainer shoes within her means. It is
better to show her a shoe a little below
than a little above her purse, for you
can work up gracefully and apologeti-
cally from the lower grades. Still
pecuniary prognostication is not an ex-
act science and the weather prophet is
not the only man who makes wrong
forecasts.

The retailer gets into close touch with
shoe wearers and their peculiarities,
and, of course, he gets into still closer
touch with their feet. He could even
give the physiologist points on feet
that would astonish the latter. Like the
phrenologist in his explorations at the
other end of our anatomy, the shoe man
becomes familiar with the various
bumps and configurations of the feet.
He draws a sigh of relief, however,
when he reflects upon the fact that the
repugnant labors of the chiropodist are
not also added to his cares and _ labors,
as a last straw to break the back of his
patience in the shoe store. He is even
grateful that he is not obliged to burden
his mind with the inconvenient prej-
udices which cling to the stubborn,
matter of fact cobbler and which render
the latter rather cynical toward shoe
wearers.

The old time dealer and his cobbler
at the back of the shop used to have
some disagreements because of the _lat-
ter’s plain way of calling a spade a
spade ; and when, in an emergency, the
services of the man at the bench were
required in the store, the proprietor was
never quite at his ease until his pres-
ence could be dispensed with. His
shop boy the retailer only expected to
throw out rubbers or other staples and
to let the things sell themselves. But
with the cobbler it is different. He did
not come out for amusement. There
was a lot of stern business in his eye as
he emerged from his little den, with the
smell of wax and leather about him,
his hair unkempt, untidy in dress, but
knowing shoes from the toe to the heel,
and from the bottom up. But he was
not made to sell shoes, only to make
and repair them. :

Says the veteran dealer of this matter :
‘‘When there is a rush of customers in
the store 1 sometimes have to call on
the cobbler to assist. 1 am careful to
give him, whenever it is possible, a
plain, common-sense looking person to
wait on. Asarule, the man who re-
pairs shoes is not apt at selling them.

 

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rubber—the best wearing shoe on the
market. The tops are made of first
quality oil grain and the bottoms
are the Boston Rubber Shoe Com-
pany’s Snag Proof Over and we ¥
put them together. Price no higher >
than others. Buy the Ajax and you ty
will be suited. More sold last year
than any one kind in Grand Rapids.
See them before you place your fall Pe
order for Rubbers.

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The “Gold Seal
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With or without Leather Tops.
Best and most popular Lumber-
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Goodyear
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Milwaukee,
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W. W. Wallis,
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that says ‘‘Nothing Succeeds Like Success.”’
the same thing about our Leather Tops. They are a suc-
That’s the reason they succeeded so phenominally
last season. When you consider that out of more than a
thousand cases not a pair ripped, came back or caused dis-
satisfaction in any way—well, judge for yourself.

OUR PRICE $2.00 PER PAIR

Flerold- Bertsch Shoe Co..,

Makers of Shoes,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

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He has heard so many of the rather
strained representations of the over-
zealous clerk to people in the store that
he has become rather cynical. He comes
from the mutilated heap of ‘‘suicides,’’
as he terms them, in the repair shop,
with the strong conviction that shoe
buyers need a little plain-spoken advice
about their feet and shoes. He knows
that a certain shoe in his heap has been
squelched over at the heel, or forced out
at the toe because it was too short for the
foot ; that another has been worn out at
the sides of the uppers because it was
too narrow and he feels as though phi-
lanthropy and selling shoes ought to go
hand in hand in the shoe store. He
makes a fatal mistake, this misguided
cobbler. The customer, as a rule,
doesn’t appreciate much plain speech
about his feet, nor any that does not
coincide with his choice of shoes for his
own wear. Now the worthy cobbler can
adjust a sole neatly to an old _ shoe, but
he seems to lack the tact to adjust his
remarks fittingly to the tastes and feel-
ings of particular patrons. He can graft
a bit of leather over a broken upper so
that it is scarcely noticeable ; but some-
how he never seems to apply his patches
of conversation to his chance customers
so that they fit smoothly. No, the man
from the repair shop is not a success in
the shoe store as a salesman.’”’

During the past few years an added
burden to the retailer’s cares has been
found in the matter of changing toes.
Their names have taxed the ingenuity
of the designer and manufacturer, and
certainly, in the aggregate, their name
has been legion. I think it was the poet
James Whitcomb Riley who remarked
that a poet or writer had not actually at-
tained lasting fame until there had
been a five-cent cigar named for him.
Now whether or not some great man
feels honored by having a_ shoe toe
called by his name is a matter for
thought. It is certain, nevertheless,
that toes and shoes and heels have been
named after certain celebrities for cen-
turies past without danger to the per-
sons, and often without benefit to the
shoes themselves.

It is an exceedingly difficult matter
now for a shoe builder to invent a
new toe that shall be distinct from all
of its predecessors. It is a small space
to work upon for new effects after it has
been the chief objective point of the de-
signers for years.

It is a difficult task, too, for the per-
plexed retailer to settle in his mind the
merits and probable success of each
rapidly appearing new toe. He _ is
thrown entirely upon his own judgment
in this matter, as the manufacturer does
not call him into consultation when
building a new front end to offer shoe
wearers. Not until it is completed and
launched does the retailer have any-
thing to say about it, and then, like the
editor,he must promptly decide whether
it will go successfully with the public.

With the best of judgment, when new
forms of toes succeed each other so rap-
idly, the retailer finds a great medley
of shapes in stock, and must take his
chances on customers for all of them.
Not long since a complaining retailer
declared: ‘‘Our stores are made the
dumping ground for all the different
styles and odds and ends of boots, shoes
and rubbers, causing millions of dollars’
loss and many failures annually in the
trade.’’

Now, whether our store becomes the
dumping ground for the manufacturer
and jobber depends a good deal on the
man who keeps the store. Of course a

 

nice discrimination is necessary as to
what shall be received in these days of
immense variety, lauded specialties,
and the like, but when it comes to an
indiscriminate overloading of the pro-
ducer’s stuff, we are at liberty to put
up the sign: ‘‘No dumping allowed
here.’’

Then the overworked dealer has the
new problem to deal with consequent
upon the flood of multiform toes—that of
adapting rubbers to their shapes, and
to the tastes of buyers. Of course, the
rubber man co-orerates with him, or
his efforts would be futile, but his cares
and labors are multiplied just the same.

The veteran remembers well enough
when no such condition of things existed
in the trade ; when one shape of toe for
men’s shoes and one for
seemed satisfactory for a season or
more. But, then, the veteran remem-
bers, too, when there was little or no
machinery in the shoe trade; no trolley
cars or electric lights, and when the
shoe store was not the palatial thing of
to-day. And it is to the credit of the
veteran, in his progressive spirit, that
he doesn’t look back with any regret up-
on those primitive days of his begin-
nings.

Some one has advocated the appoint-
ment of a committee of shoemen, with
taste and judgment, to settle this vexed
question of toes; that they be em-
powered to select two or three kinds of
toes to reign supreme and alone for a
year at a time—a sort of National Toe
Congress, in fact, in whom shall be
vested the arbitrary right to legislate
into existence and out again the sort of
shapes that shall adorn the front end of
our shoes. The retailer, like Barkis, is
willing, but the manufacturer says No
emphatically. The latter has some
opinions of his own about his rightful
latitude in shapes, and like the con-
sumer, he insists upon toeing the mark
in his own way.—E. A. Boyden in Boot
and Shoe Recorder.

> 2.

Some long-headed business men in
Milwaukee are endeavoring to system-
atize the work of providing a guarantee
fund as an inducement to organizations
to hold their conventions in that city.
Like other Western cities, Milwaukee
desires the honor of entertaining large
gatherings. It is a costly honor, and
yet, to judge by the rivalry between
cities in this matter, it is not regarded
as too dearly bought. Returns to busi-
ness men are supposed to more than
recompense for the expense involved,
although the reluctance of the merchants
to make repeated subscriptions for such
purposes implies something of a doubt
on their part as to the profit in the
transaction. The purpose aimed at in
Milwaukee is to relieve business men
from these constant appeals on behalf
of conventions. It is hoped to raise an
annual guarantee fund of from $100,000
to $125,000, and to systematize appro-
priations to different conventions so that
business men will be obliged to pay
only half of what they are paying now.
If any business man is appealed to, all
he will have to do will be to direct the
applicant to the Citizens’ Business
League, where the money that ought to
be given the convention will be deter-
mined by a comparison of its impor-
tance with other conventions. That
would put the matter on a purely busi-
ness basis.

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J. H. Colby, hardware dealer, Hart:
Could not get along without the Trades-
man.

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Eggs

 

Observations by a Gotham Egg Man.

A large egg receiver called my atten-
tion one day last week to a lot of eggs
received from the West which had _ evi-
dently been washed. ‘They were of or-
dinarily good size and clean, but before
the candle they showed up very weak
and contained many bad. ‘‘I wish you
would caution shippers against washing
the dirty eggs,’’ said the receiver, ‘‘for
they are worth less when washed than
when dirty.’’

It is well known that eggs which have
been washed have no keeping quality
and very quickly goto the bad. The
water seems to dissolve the gelatinous
substance which practically seals the
egg, leaving the shell porous and per-
vious to the air, which quickly starts
decomposition. Packers who have a !o-
cal outlet in their own town, in which
the eggs are consumed very quickly,
may perhaps use washed dirties in such
trade without damage, but for shipment
to distant points where it takes a consid-
erable time to get the stock into con-
sumption it is bad policy. When the
washed eggs are mixed in with first
grade clean stock they cause loss and
ruin the reputation of the brand, and
when packed separately they will not
sell as high as if the dirt was left on
them. This particular lot sold at 11¢c and
was well sold at that, while good sound
dirty eggs would readily command 11 %c.

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One of our largest egg receivers ex-
pressed his firm conviction that all eggs
ought to be sold at mark in this market
all the year around and said: ‘‘We
sold all storage eggs at mark last season
—good, bad and indifferent—and the
system gave perfect satisfaction to buy-
ers and sellers alike. It was the first
season,’’ he continued, ‘‘that we ever
sold the whole storage holdings on this
basis, and there is no good reason why
we should not sell the fresh collections
on the same basis even in the summer
season. Receivers should be able to
arrive at an understanding with buyers
as to the condition of the stock before
the goods are sold and fix on an agreed
price according to the quality shown.
It is wrong,’’ he continued, ‘‘to put this
property in the hands of Tom, Dick and
Harry, who can virtually put their own
price upon it.”’

I am very glad to present this gentle-
man’s views to my readers and feel
certain that they are shared by a large
number of egg receivers in this market,
although they are naturally opposed by
many of the dealers. I have long been
of the opinion that case count sales of
eggs at all seasons would be practicable
and, in fact, it is evident that each year
brings a larger and {larger part of the
egg business to this basis. During the
past year loss off sales have been _prac-
tically confined to such eggs as are sold
as ‘‘fresh gathered firsts’’ and it would
seem that these might be sold case
count also if the method is found satis-
factory in selling under grades and all
grades of limed and refrigerator stock.

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The practice of selling case count
would undoubtedly tend to create such
a wide range of prices according to
quality that a premium would be put
upon close grading and a packer could,
by careful selection and packing, earn
for his goods a reputation which would
be worth something. The tendency
would be toward the throwing out the
rubbish and worthless eggs before ship-

 

ment, to the saving of thousands of
dollars in freight and expenses now
paid on the eggs which are shipped to
market only to be thrown away. If eggs
were sold at mark in New York at all
seasons shippers would soon find that
close grading was essential; this would
encourage the paving of different prices
to farmers and store keepers for differ-
ent qualities and the whole business
would be put in a condition to encour-
age the production and marketing of
higher grade goods. The question is
worthy of very careful and serious con-
sideration by the egg committee and
the trade at large.
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It is noticed that many of the eggs ar-
riving here under the description of
‘storage packed’’ do not meet the re-
quirements of the rules. To be ‘‘stor-
age packed’’ the eggs must be in new,
clean and smooth 30 doz. cases and _ the
fillers must be no lighter than ‘‘me-
dium.’’ They must be packed with
cardboard flats (same material as the
fillers) on top and bottom and_ between
the flats and the cover and bottom of the
case the packing may only be clean, dry
excelsior or cork shavings. Under the
rule the quality of the eggs for storage
packed is the same as for any fresh
gathered goods—that is, the requirements
to pass as ‘‘firsts’’ and ‘‘extras’’ are
the same in regard to size, cleanness
and freshness; but the number of
cracked eggs is limited when goods are
sold as ‘‘storage packed ;’’ ‘‘firsts’’ can
not contain more than 18 cracked eggs
to the case nor ‘‘extras’’ more than 12.
But while the Exchange rules make the
Same requirement of size and cleanness
for ‘‘firsts’’ whether storage packed or
not, buyers looking for stock to store
demand a closer assortment and gen-
erally larger and cleaner goods than
they will often accept for current use
and shippers who desire to obtain stor-
age egg prices can only reach the top
figures by grading their goods pretty
closely.—N. Y. Produce Review.

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Changes Wrought by the Incubator.

History does not record any great
dearth of chickens during any previous
age, and yet it is certain that our fore-
fathers never were able to raise poultry

as easily or in as great numbers as we
are.

All we have to do is to obtain a num-
ber of eggs, place them in a box, wait
a few days, and then, presto! out comes
a flock of lively and promising young
chickens. The box which has brought
about this wonderful tranformation is
known as an incubator, and it is one of
the most useful inventions of the cen-
tury. Some may cavil at this statement
on the ground that incubators were in
use ages ago—it is even said that the
old Egyptians used them—but while this
may be true, it is no less true that a
practical incubator was not fashioned
until cur day. There are several farms
in the United States where thousands
of chickens and ducks are produced each
year from incubators, and thus an en-
tirely new industry has come into exist-
ence since the machine.

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The Fastest Train to New York.

The Detroit-New York special is very
popular, leaving Michigan Central sta-
tion (Detroit) at 4:25 p. m. daily,
reaching Buffalo at 10:10 p. m. and
Grand Central station (New York) at 1o
a.m. the following day, making the
run in 16 hours and 35 minutes.

It is composed of a buffet, library car,
New York sleepers, dining car and ele-
gant day coach. If you ever go to New
York do not miss this excellent service.

All lines have connecting trains. 873

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Floors of rubber, claimed to be as
durable as asphalt, and cheaper, are
being tried in Germany.

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WANTED

We are always in the market for Fresh

BUTTER AND EGGS

36 Market Street. R. HIRT, JR., Detroit, Mich.
OFFs FFSSSSSSSSTFSTFTTFSTFTSTSISTITF GS

WANTED---

Potatoes, Onions, Apples, Cabbage, Beans, Honey, Eggs, etc. If you have
any to offer name your price, quality and quantity, f. o. b. or delivered.

G. A. SCHANZ & CO.
WHOLESALE PRODUCE

58 W. Woodbridge St. and 22 Market St., Eastern Market, Detroit, Mich.
References: Ward L. Andrus & Co. and City Savings Bank, Detroit.

D. O. WILEY & CO.

DETROIT, MICH.

COMMISSION MERCHANTS

ESTABLISHED 1868.

BUTTER, EGGS, FRUIT, PRODUCE

References, Dun or Bradstreet. Consignments Solicited. Please Mention Tradesman.

WE PAY CASH

F.O. B. your station for EGGS and all
grades of BUTTER. It will pay you to
write or wire us before you sell.

HARRIS & FRUTECHY, Detroit, Micu.
ALL GROCERS

 

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Who desire to give their customers the best vinegar on the
market will give them Rep Star Branp Cider Vinegar.
These goods stand for puriry and are the best on the market.
We give a Guarantee Bond to every customer.
solicited.

Your order

THE LEROUX CIDER & VINEGAR Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.

Fibre Butter Packages

Convenient and Sanitary

 

The best class
Write for prices to

Lined with parchment paper.
of trade prefer them.
dealers.

Gem Fibre Package Co

Detroit, Michigan

 

 

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Geo. N. Huff & Co.,
f
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WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

f Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Game, Dressed Meats, Etc.

COOLERS AND COLD STORAGE ATTACHED.
f Consignments Solicited. 74 East Congress St., Detroit, Mich.

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WE BUY FOR CASH

gs and Butter

IN ANY QUANTITY.

Hermann C. Naumann & Co.,
353 Russell St., Opp. Eastern Vegetable Market, Detroit, Mi h. Phones 1793.

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 13

 

Poultry

Mrs. Hen’s Advantage.

A stub-tailed hen looked to the west—
Most seornfully that hen did look—

And in this wise the sun addressed,
The while her stubby tail she shook:

 

 

* You think that you are something hot,
And I am but a humble hen,

Yet some advantage have I got,
If you’ll consider now and then.

*“‘T reckon that you do your best—
His best will nobody disgrace—
Yet you must set there in the west,
While I can set in any place.”
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Dressed Poultry Shippers Draw too Heav-
ily on Consignments.

One of the customs in the commis-
sion trade which is probably abused
more than any other is that of drawing
too heavily on stock shipped. In speak-
ing on the subject a prominent receiver
said: ‘‘We experience trouble all the
time with drafts and I presume most
other receivers are in the same position
we are. I just refused to pay a draft on
some poultry because the shipper drew
too close. His draft was just about
what I could sell the stock for and if I
paid it he would be in my debt. Of
course the shipper is responsible and
honest enough, but if I had paid his draft
and drawn on him for the balance due
me he would fix up some claim, prob-

’ ably that the shipment was divided and

the other fellow realized more than |
did and therefore he hardly thought he
owed me anything when he _ had lost
money by shipping me. He would find
something to make a claim on and |
would have difficulty in getting my bal-
ance. We commission men are very
liberal as a rule, but no matter how care-
ful we are the shippers get ahead of us
every once ina while. For example, |
have a case in the courts now. A ship-
per consigned me a lot of goods, mak-
ing draft for a fair amount and he in-
structed me to get at least 1oc for the
stock and if the market was in such con-
dition that I could not realize that figure
to put the stock inthe freezer. The
poultry should. have reached here in at
least five days after shipment, but it
did not arrive until ten days, having
been delayed in transit. The stock was
in poor order, so much so that the car-
man refused to accept it from the rail-
road company unless he could sign for
it in the condition it was in. Of course
the poultry would not bring 1oc—the
shipper’s limit—was unfit to put in cold
storage, and the only thing which could
be done was to force the poultry out at
once for what it would bring. Conse-
quently the shipper’s account was over-
drawn and I am trying to collect the
difference from him, which he has re-
fused to pay, claiming that if I had fol-
lowed his instructions I would be in his
debt instead of him being in my debt.
I have commenced suit against him and
will probably win it, but it is annoying
and has cost me something, including
the loss of the shipper.’’

Another receiver told me ofa ship-
per he had just lost through a misun-
derstanding about the draft. He said:
‘*This shipper in Illinois shipped me
regularly and made his drafts so high
that he was always a little ahead of me.
I urged him to make his drafts lighter
and he agreed to, but told me not to let
any of them go back unpaid. -The last
draft I had was so heavy I could not pay
it without a loss as the poultry had no
chance to bring enough to cover it, so |
turned it down and the shipper turned
the poultry over to another house and

wrote me that as he had trusted me 1’

should have trusted him and paid draft,

 

which he would have made good. How-
ever, he does not ship me any more and
I am unable to get the small balance
still due me from the last lot of poultry
he shipped me.’”’

Talking with other receivers I found
that the trade generally were more or
less troubled by shippers drawing too
heavily and while some dealers said
they paid drafts of some of their regular
old time shippers and drew back on the
shipper if they were too heavy, most
receivers said they kept on the safe side
and only paid drafts when they were
small enough to ensure the receiver get-
ting his money back from the poultry,
fearing that they would lose the shipper
if they let him get in their debt, one
man expressing himself that he had lost
more shippers in this way than by turn-
ing down heavy drafts, and this seemed
to be the opinion of many others.—N.
Y. Produce Review.

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An Absurd Theory,

A contemporary of the Tradesman
advances the absurd theory that we do
not want a foreign market for our corn,
because to ship corn off the farm is to
simply ship away the fertility of the
land. That doctrine would prevent the
sale of any product. It is true that it
is usually more profitable to feed corn
to stock than it is to sell it, but a brisk
foreign market might change this con-
dition. When we sell wheat, we sell
fertility. Ifthe farming is conducted
as it should be, the fertility of the land
will be maintained. Ifthe foolish theory
to which we have referred were univer-
sally adopted, it would revolutionize the
world’s methods, for the world needs
something besides meat. If all the corn
that is produced were fed on the farms
that produced it, there would be such
an oversupply of meat that there
would be mightly little profit in the corn
that was grown. There are times when
nothing is made by feeding steers or
hogs, when it would be better to sell
the grain and not bother with feeding it.
Because ordinarily it is more profitable
to market grain on the hoof is no sort
of warrant for claiming that all of the
grain should always be marketed in that
way.

Capons Losing Favor.
From the Maine Farmer.

The popularity of the capon seems _ to
be on the wane, and that by reason of
the improvement in roasters; the fancy
is now turning to younger and more ten-
der stock. There is no call for debate
over merits of one or the other, the only
thing to do is to follow the market and
furnish what the consumer wants.

With the increasing demand for broil-
ers and roasters it must become a _ study
to produce a compact bird ready for the
block at all times. The long legged,
thin bodied bird which weighs heavily
at six months is not the bird to suit the
broiler or young roaster customer.
Breadth of body, depth of breast and
roundness of same will tell the story to-
day and there must be an adjustment to
fit the conditions, for the man who set-
tles the question is the consumer. Suit
his fancy and your market is secure.

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Has a Record for Quickness.

Mr. Wholesale—Your former employer
tells me you were the quickest book-
keeper in the place.

Applicant (dubiously )—He does?

Mr. Wholesale—Yes. He says you
could chuck the books in the safe,
lock up, and get ready to go home in
just one minute and ten seconds.

+. 2.
Drew the Line Sharply.

Sampson—You say he is a union ma-
son?

Simpson—I should say he is. Why,
he won’t eat brick ice cream unless it’s
plastered with labels.

 

 

   

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F. CUTLER & SONS, Ionia, Mich.
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
BUTTER, EGGS AND POULTRY,

Write or wire for highest cash price f. o. b. your station.
ESTABLISHED 1886.

We remit promptly.
Branch Houses.

New York, 874 Washington st.

Brooklyn, 225 Market avenue.

Refe rences.
State Savings Bank, Tonia.
Dun’sor Bradstreet’s Agencies.

Poultry, Eggs and Butte

The best
Write for prices.

 

Highest cash price paid at all times for small or carload lots.
equipped poultry and egg establishment in the state.

J. COURT & SON, Marshall, Mich.
Branch house at Allegan, Mich.

Dun or Bradstreet, First National Bank, Marshall, City Bank, Allegan.
Both Phones at Allegan.

References:

 

 

PDVPAL A ™ LNB PAL ANAL

BUTTER WANTED

Roll or packing stock.
small shipments.
Ladles in Michigan.

H. N. RANDALL, TEKONSHA, MICH.

PLP OLVF OLD LP ALAA LP AL

COLD STORAGE

We are in the field
for business and solicit your patronage.
pondence solicited.

Write for prices. Cash f. 0. b. car lots or
We are the largest packers of Imitations or

 

 

We do a general storage.
Corres-
Second season in operation.

GRAND RAPIDS COLD STORAGE CO.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

50,000 Pounds of Butter Wanted

To be packed in syrup or molasses barrels or well-soaked
sugar barrels, for which we will pay the highest market
price. We are also in the market for FRESH EGGS.
Write or wire us for prices.

J. W. FLEMING & CO., Big Rapids.

 

J. W. FLEMING, Belding.

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ESTABLISHED 1876

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GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANT
Wholesale Fruits,

General Produce and Dairy Products.

58 AND 60 W. MARKET ST.
121 AND 123 MICHIGAN ST.
BUFFALO, N. Y.

Unquestioned responsibility and business standing. Carlots a specialty.

 

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Quotations on our market furnished promptly upon application

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THE VINKEMULDER COMPANY

Headquarters for

NEW GREEN STUFF

Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Onions, Radishes, Spinach, Lettuce,
California Celery, Cabbage, etc. Fancy Navel, Seedling and
Blood Oranges. Lemons, Dates, Figs and Nuts. Maple Sugar

scurry reer

Filihil

 

and Syrup. Careful attention given mail orders.

14 OTTAWA STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

Dry Goods

 

 

The Dry Goods Market.

Staple Cottons—The market is excep-
tionally dull, both as regards store trade
and the mails. Ducks, osnaburgs, etc.,
are very quiet. Bleached cottons show
some irregularity, and a very small
business. Wide sheetings, cotton flan-
nels, blankets, etc., and all coarse col-
ored cottons are steady, but sales light.

Printed Goods—There has been a
small demand for printed calicoes for
immediate consumption, which helps
to clean up some of the odds and ends
left on hand. There has been, however,
some increase in the amount of orders
that have come to hand for fall staple
lines. There is no change in the price
situation and, although advances may
be made a little later, some sellers ap-
pear to be willing to do business at the
present standard for next season. The
fancy calico situation for fall shows no
life as yet, nor is there likely to be any
change for awhile. Printed and woven
patterned fabrics are quiet, and prices
are without change.

Dress Goods—Business activity in all
departments of the dress goods market
is conspicuous by its absence. In the
primary market it is a between hay and
grass period. The initial season has
drawn to a close, and it is too early to
expect much of a development in the
way of supplementary purchases, al-
though in a few instances the receipt of
a few duplicate orders is reported by
agents. The retailer is biding his time
in the purchase of fall fabrics, for the
reason that he desires to work off a good
portion of his stock of light weights be-
fore he takes hold very heavily of fall
goods. The spring retail dress goods
business has been slow in developing,
owing to the backward spring. Across-
the-counter sales have totaled up well
during the past few weeks, and there
has been a good demand for ready-made
garments as well. The fact that retail-
ers have been in no great hurry to buy
fall goods in large quantities does not
in itself mean that there is trouble
ahead, although it temporarily checks
the life in the .primary market. Their
purchases to date have been very fair,
and the improving spring business _ will
add to their confidence, as well as their
takings of fall-weight fabrics. The
primary market is weli cleaned up;
there are doubtless considerable stocks
in the hands of the cutters-up, jobbers
and retailers, but they are not unrea
sonably large. -

Underwear—It is easy to see what a
remarkable run balbriggan underwear
has had, by looking into the windows
of the various retail establishments.
About two-thirds of the underwear dis-
played, we should judge, is balbriggan,
especially cheap and medium balbrig-
gan. Although in the past, retailers
have found this line a good seller, it
will take a greatly increased demand to
clean up the shelves of the retailers of
their stock of cheap and medium lines.
The amount of retail business transacted
during the past week has been some-
what larger in volume than for the pre-
ceding weeks, and dealers are praying
that the mild weather will keep up, so
that their stocks will diminish. This
increase, although not of enormous pro-
portions, is gratifying, and it is to be
hoped that it is the beginning of a long
and prosperous season. The improve-
ment naturally extended itself to job-
bing circles, and the jobbers began to
breathe easier, as they received a num-

 

 

ber of new orders, as they had feared in
a great many cases that they had over-
bought.

Hosiery—The demand in both cotton
and wool domestic hosiery for the fall
is probably as large as manufacturers
will be able to handle. Prices remain
very firm, with no probability of a de-
cline for some time to come. Seamless
hosiery is having a very good run,
while there is an increased demand for
fancies. Spring hosiery is firm, and
the demand for cotton plain and single
and double thread hose is very great.
There has been some dissatisfaction
about the wearing qualities of foreign
single thread hosiery. Importers are ad-
vised to devote their attention to more
substantial lines. There are less hori-
zontal stripes observed this year,except-
ing in the very cheap goods. The most
popular lines are solid colors, with a
neat figure or fine vertical lines of lisle
thread or silk embroidered thereon.

Carpets—Prices of carpets for the fall
season have not as yet been announced,
but it is expected that they will be
known inside of a week. There is yet
a good deal of speculation as to what
the amount of the advance will be. The
retail trade is unsatisfactory, but there
is still time for a good amount of busi-
ness to be done. The cut order carpet
stores report the wholesale business to
be coming along nicely now, although it
held off longer than was expected. The
trade of the cut order stores for spring
is principally with the country towns
and small cities where samples of their
goods are shown. They have a larger
business in the spring than the fall, the
fall trade being principally in the cities.
A large number of small orders are com-
ing in. Manufacturers are not willing to
say haw large a business they expect for
fall, but if the retailers cut up a large
amount, in a rush, there will be plenty
of room for new stocks to be supplied
by the mills. It is still intimated that
ingrains will be advanced sc per yard
on the better grades. Some think that
if the price of ingrains is raised too
high the tendency will be to turn to
tapestries and velvets. Manufacturers
no doubt are aware of this fact, and will
take it into consideration when prices
are made.

Rugs—A very fair amount of business
is being done in this line of goods, es-
pecially wool Smyrnas. The carpet
rugs are also increasing in demand, al-
though high in price and a one-face
fabric. Their great advantage from a
sanitary point is now generally ac-
cepted, and the demand for all lines of
rugs is sure to increase each season.
Some manufacturers’ agents report an
advance of 2%4c on Smyrnas of 30 by 60
size.

Notice of Stockholders’ Meeting.

Stockholders of the Clark-Rowson
Manufacturing Co. will take notice that
there will be a meeting of the stock-
holders of the above company, held at
the office of the Bissell Carpet Sweeper
Co., in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Sat-
urday the oth day of June, A. D. 1900,
at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, for the
purpose of ratifying the sale of real es-
tate and machinery to the Grand Rapids
Match Co., said sale having been made
by the Board of Directors of the Clark-
Rowson Manufacturing Co. on the gth
day of May, A. D. 1900.

By order of the Board of Directors.

Clark-Rowson Manufacturing Co.,
by M. Shanahan, Sec’y and Treas.
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Many a young girl makes the mistake
of thinking that because she would die
for a man she truly loves him. In this
restless, throbbing age it is necessary
for her to ask herself in all seriousness :
‘‘Would I take in washing for him?’’

 

  

We carry a complete stock of :
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For Ladies, Misses and Children, from
$2.00 per dozen upwards. We are also
showing a large assortment of Ready-to-

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from $9.00 to $36.00 per dozen. Write for
samples and prices.

Jobbers of Millinery
Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Protect the corset, as well as dress and
sleeves, from perspiration. Superior to
any ordinary dress shield. Save all the
trouble of tacking or sewing a pair of
shields in each dress. Just the thing for
summer wear. An agent wanted in every

town. Write for catalogue and prices to

Madame C. F. Salisbury,
Battle Creek, Mich.

 

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NEW LOT

of shirt waists just received.
This lot includes some very
pretty numbers in the all white
which promise to be the big
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Prices $4.50 to $9.00 per dozen.

 

 

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Memorial Day

Cotton Flags from 3 feet to 28 feet long.

Wool Flags from 3 feet to 28 feet long.

Silk Flags from 2 inches to 6 feet long.

Solid Color Bunting 36 inches wide.

Tri-Color Bunting 25 inches wide, 3%c
per yard.

Stick Fags in abundance from 3 inches
to 24 inches long.

Our prices are right. Write for samples.

P. Steketee & Sons,

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Send in your orders
NOW for

Mackintoshes

We will make low-
er prices than ever.

Studley & Barclay,

Manufacturers and Jobbers in Rubber Goods and

4 Monroe Street,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

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TRADESMAN 16

 

Clothing

Changes in Apparel Wrought by the Mar-
tial Influence.

 

 

The race, which I will term for want
of a better expression, the Anglo-Saxon-
Teutonic, is composed of all the modern
powers who are striving to gain the
ends that mark the advancement from
the barbaric conditions to the perfected
state of civilization. The race is now
busily engaged in the solution of ques-
tions which, although but remotely re-
lated to the subject of clothes, still bear
upon that subject in no unmistakable
manner. We _ Anglo-Saxon-Teutonics
are, I fear, now under the dominancy of
the spirit of militarism. It pervades
our daily life, and it is easily discern-
ible in our apparel. The people who
have taken upon their hands the task of
completing the fabric of Anglo-Euro-
pean civilization have been very much
occupied during the past two vears with
engagements of a more or less gory and
glorious nature. For the present the
milky white dove of peace is taking a
vacation, and our cousin Johnny Bull
and old Uncle Sam are swelling out
their chests and stepping out to the in-
toxicating strains of martial music. The
air about them is full of modern ordi-
nance, and the ground about them is
wet with the blood of their kin, the
Castilians, the Filipinos, the stubborn
Boers and the fanatical Egyptians.

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The call to arms has injected into our
national ideas of dress the spirit of the
man of war. In olden times when war
was the profession of the higher classes,
the dress of the period bespoke the field
of strife. Men wore the dress and car-
ried the arms of the soldier. It is but
a little over a century since that the side
arms were part of the dress of the civ-
illian. We modern men of business do
not go so far as our ancestors. More
quiet callings take up the time and the
thoughts of the intelligent. To bea
gentleman one needs not be a soldier ;
but nevertheless we have taken every-
thing that we could take with propriety
from the military school. The position
of the soldier, as it is laid down in the
drill regulations, is the carriage a la
mode of the period. Men must stand
erect, head up, chin drawn in, chest
thrown out, shoulders square, and the
legs as close together as the conforma-
tion of the body will permit.

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Men must appear athletic and rugged.
The stoop shouldered, carefully prinked
effeminate of the French school is
passe. Warand sport have put their
mark on the man of to-day, and the
man thus moulded must be dressed in
raiment fashioned to meet the spirit of
the age. The mode reflects the school
of the soldier and the school of the

athlete.
x * *

Possibly the most noticeable of all the
changes wrought by the martial influence
is that which has been made in coats and
jackets. The latter are cut so as to ac-
centuate the broad square shoulders ; the
waist lines taper and the skirt flares
out. The model is easily tacked to the
tunic of the man in the British line, or
the regular establishment of the United
States. Close fitting jackets reveal the
straight, well set up figure. It takes a
tailor that is a tailor to fashion the
smart jacket of the day. It must be a
garment that fits almost as close as a
frock about the body above the waist,
and it must show that smart outspring

 

which is the earmark of the expert artist
tailor. ‘

Frocks are made to fit the figure above
the waist faultlessly and without a wrin-
kle. The skirts must be of medium
length and well flared. The shoulders
of these coats must be square. Waist-
coats of the double-breasted type should
be made so that the top buttons are well
separated and the lower buttonholes
quite close together. This imparts that
expansive appearance to the chest that
is the much sought after desideratum.
Trousers should be cut close about the
instep, and quite full about the hips.
The newest models accentuate most un-
mistakably the pear-shaped or peg top

form.
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The suits for street wear will be made
of fine worsteds or cheviots, in very
neat and almost invisible stripes, checks
in more or less pronounced patterns,
and in neat plaids and mixtures. The
effects in these suitings will be in vari-
ations founded on gray, brown, or
heather shades. Here and there one
finds a dash of green and red, but these
colors are used very sparingly. Serges
will, of course, be in favor. This fabric
is the ideal one for the double-breasted
jacket. The worsted suitings in file or
herring bone weaves, and in checked or
striped, and basket treatments in chev-
iots, as well as the rugged staple combi-
nations in homespuns and _ tweeds, will
figure prominently. For outing wear,
golf, and lounging about the country
knickers are doomed. ‘The new flannel
suits so popular last summer will un-
doubtedly be great favorites during the
summer to come. These flannels are in
broad stripe, and have line stripe effects
in grays, biues, heathers and slates.

Blarney tweeds in grays and heathers
will also be good for suits designed for
informal country wear.

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In top coats we have that new favor-
ite, the Raglan, to count on. There’s
the influence of the military with a ven-
geance. These are military coats.
They're cut to hang straight from the
broad shoulders. The sleeves will be
made without cuffs, and the slit side
pockets will not have the big crescent
line of stitching about them. For all-
round: informal wear the covert will
maintain its position. These coats will
be quite short, and will be full in the
back. Many of them will be made
skeleton fashion and without pockets.

* * *

The proper breeches for wear when
wheeling or for golf, if you prefer to
wear breeches, are of the decided pear
shape. They are very loose about the
hips and thighs and fit snugly under the
knee. The knee buttons are closely
spaced and the vent is in front of the
leg, just on the outside of the shin bone.
The breeches are made of tweeds or
rough cheviots and are best in dark
grounds with a neat hair line plaid.
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Woman’s World

Some of the Uses of Adversity and Suf-
fering.

It has been truly said that we are all
heroes when it comes to bearing our
friends’ misfortunes. It is easy enough
to philosophize about them. We can
even rise to the heights of agreeing
with the poet that ‘‘sweet are the uses
of adversity’’—when it is somebody
else’s adversity. We are quick enough
to see that suffering is the stern school-
master from whom many people must
learn life’s best lessons, but when it
comes to us--when the pain pierces our
own souls—it is another matter. Then
the philosophy that should have been
our prop and stay breaks like a rotten
reed. Then we beat upon our breasts
and turn upon fate with that question
that is as old as humanity and as _ bitter
as death, asking why we should be
made to suffer, why we should be forced
to tread the narrow aisles of pain?

Yet, after all, if there is one truth in
life that stands out more clearly than
another, it is the fact that there is no
useless suffering and that somewhere
every tear turns into a lambent pearl.
There are no eyes so unbeautiful as the
eyes that have never been dimmed by
weeping. There is no heart so hard as
the heart that has never been torn by a
single sorrow. There is no character
so unlovely and repellent as that of the
person who has never known anything
but success and happiness. Those who
have never suffered are like the hard,
brilliant sunlight glittering on an ice
floe. They may dazzle us for a moment
with their brilliance, but there is no
warmth there, no comfort, nothing in
which love can strike down its roots and
grow. To find that we must turn to the
heart that has known the shadow as well
as the sunshine and so learned how to
weep with the weary and heavy laden,
as well as how to rejoice with those who
make merry and are glad.

 

 

None of us are willing to suffer, and
women in particular who are brought
up on the theory, however widely the
actual facts in the case may differ, that
life is to be for them nothing but flow-
ery beds of ease resent affliction of any
kind as a high-handed outrage that they
had no right to expect from fate. Wom-
en are not good losers. In our hearts we
expect to always hold the trump cards
and have the game go our way, yet did
you ever think, my sisters, what a hard,
cold, unsympathetic world it would be if
there were in it no women except those
who had been always rich and fortunate
and happy?

No one who passes through any great
affliction ever quite looks at the world
like they did before. They have gotten
another point of view and see many
things clearer because their eyes have
been washed with tears. Of course,
there are a few people so divinely gifted
with sympathy that they know things
by the grace of God without being told,
but the most of us are so limited in our
natures, so dull of apprehension, so
walled in by our own personality, that
we can only reach up to our fellow-
creatures’ needs and suffering through
our own.

We see this exemplified all about us
in a thousand ways every day and it
would be amusing, if it were not so
pathetic, to see how quickly we can
change our views upon a thing when it
is brought home to us. When we are
honest enough to examine into our own
consciences, we know that life has_pro-

 

vided us with two different sets of opin-
ions. One of these we might label,
‘‘Before Experience,’’ and the other,
‘*After Experience.’’ There is seldom
even a family likeness between the two,
but according as a woman holds to one
or the other—as her views are cock-sure
and narrow or large and tolerant—do we
know the things that she has been
through.

Take, for instance, the way in which,
when we are strong and well, we speak
of nerves. No persistently healthy per-
son ever failed to regard that word as a
hissing and a reproach. When we are
in health we are firmly convinced that
nerves are a combination of irritation
and aggravation and affectation and
imagination devised by the ingenious
as a happy excuse for doing the things
they have no business to do, and _ leav-
ing undone the things that they ought to
do, and that everybody has a right to
expect them to do. ‘‘Stuff and non-
sense,’’ we say scornfully. ‘‘Don’t talk
to me about Sally’s nerves. Flies into
a tantrum about nothing. Temper is the
right word to use for her. If she’d get
out and work as I do, she wouldn’t have
any time to have nerves. Nerves! Fid-
dlesticks !”’

Then comes a day when the foul fiend
comes and lays the boaster low and we
make intimate and personal acquaint-
ance with that inferno reserved for the
nervous. We find out what it is to lie
sleepless through the long night, tor-
mented by all the imps and goblins of
unfounded fear and senseless forebod-
ings. We find out what it is to be so
overwrought that a word can reduce us
to tears and a casual suggestion take
on all the malignant significance of a
studied insult. We know that we are
unstrung, unreasonable, miserable in
mind and body and about as agreeable
and soothing in the family circle asa
mustard plaster—yet we can not help it.
We are the victim of our once derided
nerves. A little episode like that
changes the whole complexion of the
subject forever for us. Never again do
we refer to sick people as cranks, and
when we speak of nerves we turn down
our thumbs for luck.

It ought to be a consolation to us in
sickness, although we don't appreciate
it at the time at its full value—that we
are acquiring a highly effective social
charm, as our own sufferings enable us
to listen with patience and belief to the
story of other people’s pains and aches.
Nothing is quite so fascinating and en-
grossing as detailing your symptoms
toa listening ear, but think what a hor-
rible thing it would be if there were no-
body but healthy people to tell them to.
Healthy people are so brutally unsym-
pathetic and so sure you aren’t half as
sick as you think you are. The really
congenial companion is the person with
no liver or one lung who can believe any-
thing, and who never interrupts you to
tell you to “‘brace up,’’ or ‘‘stop imag-
ining things.’’

To whom do we go for help, secure
of pity and understanding, when losses
come to us? Not to the woman who
has never been anything but rich and
prosperous. None are so hard in their
judgments. She can’t understand that
the very poverty of the poor is their de-
struction. To her poverty seems merely
shiftlessness. ‘*Poor women are such
bad managers,’’ I once heard a rich
woman say. ‘*They always buy things
in little dribs. Such extravagance!
Why don’t they buy at wholesale? It’s
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such mistake. She knows that it is only
the rich who can afford to economize.

The rich woman who is_ generous
gives her big checks to the organized
charity or feeds the beggar at the door,
but it is the woman who has been poor
herself who knows how to give gifts that
are sweet with the very breath of
heaven. You may never see her name
on a single subscription list, but some-
where there is a poor girl to whom she
sends the pretty party dress or the danc-
ing slippers or the box of dainty chiffons
that enables her to go to the ball on
which she had set her heart ; somewhere
there is an old gentlewoman to whom
little dainties find their way or a boy
who gets a helping hand just when he
needs it to start him on the road of suc-
cess. I know one such woman as this
from whose hands there flows a contin-
ual stream of benefactions that bright-
en hundreds of lives. Her gifts are
never misfits. They are always just ex-
actly the thing the recipient needed
most, and once I asked her how it was
that she never made mistakes. ‘*Ah,’’
she said, ‘‘it is because | have been
Cinderella and sat inthe ashes myself.’’

One, too, must have suffered to know
how to sympathize with the griefs that
tear other hearts. If there were no other
women who had wept passionate tears
over a still, cold face; if there were no
other women to whom the desolation of
earth was measured by the little space
of a baby’s grave; if there were no
other mothers praying over wayward
children, to whom could we sob out the
story of our grief-burdened souls? Not
to the woman who has never loved and
lost. Not to the mother whose children
have gone to places of honor and credit
or whose baby lies sleeping and smil-
ing on her breast. Ah, no! She would
criticise us for giving away to our grief.
She would tell us that we had failed in
our duty, made mistakes; tell us God
knows what bitter truths, but the one
who has suffered will merely clasp our
hand in hers. She has suffered and she
knows.

We shall never be willing to suffer.
That philosophy is too high for us, but
there is comfort for us in knowing that
our tears are not useless and that we are
richer and better for it, just as the rain-
washed field bears the heaviest harvest.

Dorothy Dix.
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The Spite Fence.

Every now and then we read in the
papers about some eccentric individual
who takes offense at his neighbors and
builds between himself and them a high
barrier that popular opinion denomi-
nates a spite fence. Of course, oftener
than not the obstruction works just as
much hurt to him as it does to anybody
else. It may block his view of a beau-
tiful scene, or darken his windows, or
disfigure his grounds as much as it does
his neighbor’s, but, nevertheless, he
shuts himself within the walls his vin-
dictive humor have reared, and stoically
puts up with the inconvenience—a pa-
thetic and ridiculous victim to his own
revenge.

To any healthy minded man or woman
nothing could seem a more egregious
piece of folly, and fortunately those who
erect actual spite fences are few and
far between, but the process is not as
uncommon in the inner life as it is in
the outward. All of us know people
with whom we_ never come in contact
without feeling that they have built
around them a wall of reserve, or dis-
trust, or cynicism, that shuts ali the

 

sweetness and brightness of life out

 

from them, just as completely as the ill-
tempered crank’s visible spite fence
shuts out the sunshine from his win-
dows.

One of the most frequent causes that
leads to the building of this kind of in-
tangible spite fence is the loss of prop-
erty. That is an affliction that only the
most courageous and soundest natured
seem able to stand and still preserve a
kindly attitude towards life. The others,
like so many melancholy Jacques, are
continually crying, Come and let us rail
together at fate. They grow bitter and
suspicious, their conversation is a per-
fect jeremiad, and when friends grow
weary and acquaintances avoid them as
they would the plague, they say they
have been dropped because they are
poor. Nothing could be less true. They
have been dropped because they have
built a spite fence around themselves,
that nobody thought it worth the trouble
of breaking down.

Sometimes—it happens very often
with women—the fence is a picket made
of sharp speeches. A woman has the
gift of repartee, of saying bright and
witty things that have a sting. Nobody
is safe from her tongue. She would
sacrifice a friend to an epigram any
day, and no pity keeps her from calling
attention to the weakness of those about
her. People laugh at her bright speeches
and repeat them, but soon she finds her-
self growing lonelier and lonelier, and
she wonders at it. She sees dull women
and commonplace women, at whose
coming every face flaunts a signal of
glad welcome, but she knows that for
herself there is no heart in all the world
that has any place for her, and she
thinks it cruelly unjust, and she calls
herself misunderstood. It is a mistake.
She is understood, and even the dullest
perceives that she has ouilt around her-
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There is, of course, a certain luxury
in indulging a grief or wrong. If we
suffer a sorrow we like to brood on it,
to feel that no heart was ever wounded
like ours and to claim the tears and
compassions of our friends, but before
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Hardware

How to Achieve Success as a Hardware
Dealer.

If you want to make a success of your
undertaking do not hold the cent too
close to your eye nor be reckiess with
the dollar. Keep your eyes and ears
open for new things and new ways, and
for economical ways of doing and ex-
pediting matters. Keep a better store
than others and let the public know it,
secure and sell better goods than others
are offering for the money, and be
honest about everything to everybody.
Besides the foregoing, success is pos-
sible only by the concentration of mind
and energy, by one doing his best in
every instance, and at all times.

There is overwhelming evidence that
advertising is not generally understood.
Particularly noticeable is this among
new advertisers. To almost everything
but advertising they devote considerable
time and attention and much thought,
but the advertising they let take care of
itself, whereas it is really the most vital
of any business, in fact, that by which it
is fed and kept alive and _ bettered
and broadened.

No one should invest one cent in ad-
vertising until he has outlined a policy,
prepared a plan and knows how best
that can be accomplished for which he
aims. After the plan has been formu-
lated, much thought should be given to
the selection of media and the prepara-
tion of ‘‘copy.’’ Without good
‘“copy’’ profitable results are almost im-
possible. Filling the space with ‘‘any
old thing’’ will detract instead of attract
trade.

The advertiser who will give some
thought to his advertising will reap a
harvest that will repay him for all his
troubles, whereas the one who does it
‘‘any old way’’ will waste his money,
and, for no one’s fault but his own join
the army whose battle cry is, ‘‘advertis-
ing doesn't pay.’’

While the writing of advertising mat-
ter puzzles so many, it is comparatively
easy. There is nothing more to it than
to reproduce the style and manner of
the salesman talking to a customer over
the counter, and the closer the printed
words approach this easy, natural talk,
the nearer they will come to the sympa-
thy, good will and purse of those at
whom directed.

Never attempt to puzzle readers of
your advertising matter. Avoid pe-
culiarities in wording, or eccentricities
in composition; let your sentences be
largely composed of household words—
of the every day language of the public.
Let every sentence be simplicity in it-
self, short, direct talk. The sooner you
learn to do this, the quicker will your
advertising be effective and sum down
to an economical basis.

I received a batch of newspaper ad-
vertisements and several four-page fold-
ers from a hardware dealer in Southern
Missouri, and he complains that neither
his newspaper advertising nor his fold-
ers are bringing him any results. What-
ever advertising matter he has sent me
is very good, and that they are not
effective is a surprise to me. The
trouble is not with the advertising mat-
ter, for seldom, indeed, do I notice so
much sense exercised in what is said,
and so much care taken in expressing
that which has been said. He also com-
plains that the department stores in his
town, although small, and particularly
those in that big city not more than four
miles distant, are the ones that are forc-

 

 

 

ing him out of business. Why this
should be so I fail to see for, judging
from his advertising, he must be an
honest hardware dealer, and his store a
safe place to goto. If this impression
can be spread in his locality it must
bring about business, and plenty of it.
There certainly must be something out-
side of the advertising he gets out that
stands in the way of his success. Per-
haps he asks more for his goods and his
work than others are asking for the
identical; there may be _ something
wrong with his store management; he
may not circulate his advertising mat-
ter where it can do him some _ good, or,
possibly, the newspapers in which he
advertises have little or no circulation.

Let us sappose that you have taken
your inventory. Surely you came across
plenty of odds and ends and a great
many things that you thought had been
disposed of, or, if you had known of
their existence, would have disposed of
them. At any rate, you could use the
space they are occupying to better ad-
vantage, and what is more, without
them the stock will look considerably
neater. Usually such odds and ends can
not be sold in a hurry, nor is it wise to
store them away, so if one can dispose
of them in some profit-bringing way he
should do so.

In this connection I suggest that the
old stock, and those odds and ends be
given away as presents with purchases,
and in a way that will benefit all con-
cerned, and be the means of securing
plenty of: good free advertising for the
hardware dealer. This is how this can
be brought about :

Place all the odds and ends and what-
ever old stock you want to get rid of
in some place about your store where
each piece is in view of everybody. Let
us suppose that there are a thousand
such articles. Put a tag with a number
on each one of them consecutively from
I to 1,000. Then, on a card that will
fit into an ordinary envelope, have
printed on one side, say, a calendar
and a fire alarm list, a railroad and
street car time table, and whatever else
you believe will be of interest to your
customer and induce him to keep it for
future reference. On the other side print
your business card and a free order for
one of the presents, so that all you need
do is to fill in the number, or, if you are
not going to number the articles then
the name of the article. Place each
card in a plain envelope and seal, and
then, after mixing them up so that no
one can teli what number or name of
article there is in any one envelope,
place the lot in the original envelope
boxes from where they may be picked
by customers. Then advertise your
scheme in the newspapers and send the
same information on a neatly printed
circular to all of your customers, a list
of which you ought to have on hand.
Let the advertisements and circulars
make plain that, say 1,000 presents con-
sisting of this, and that and the other,
will be given away to the first 1,000 cus-
tomers trading at the store, from a cer-
tain date on, and continuing until the
last present has been given out. Make
it clear that a present will be given with
every cash purchase, no matter how
small or how large its amount and ex-
plain how the distribution will be con-
ducted, and that but one present will
be given with a purchase.

Conduct the scheme in this way: As
soon as a person has made a cash pur-
chase invite him to pick one of the
thousand envelopes. This done, let him
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the present it calls, for returning the or-
der, after you have marked on it, either
with a rubber stamp or in ink, the word
‘‘delivered’’ and the date. Summed
up, this scheme will create very valu-
able advertising for some time after-
ward for the hardware dealer making use
of it, and through it he will get rid of
considerable shop-worn stock and odds
and ends that are in the way. And, be-
sides, the business will be on the boom,
as for each article given away a cash
sale will be made; therefore, if 1,000
articles should be given away, 1,000
cash sales will have been made. I have
n mind a certain small town that I visit
frequently. In it are three hardware
dealers of the modern type, and although
the amount of capital invested by each
of the three is about the same, the one
having the least prominent location is
doing the better business. And the rea-
son for it is this, he is a better buyer
than the other two, and the only one of
the three that visits the main market.
In every other respect the trio are well
matched, experienced hardware men of
the pushing-ahead kind. I have always
been of the opinion that a merchant
ought to visit the principal markets—the
leading supply centers in his line of
goods—at least once a year, and if pos-
sible twice a year. If he can manage
it he should go oftener. In that way a
retailer will get into closer personal
contact with the wholesalers and manu-
facturers, and with all the goods that
are being placed on the market.
Further, he will be placed in a position
to inspect the retail stores of these large
centers and thereby obtain new ideas of
display and for the attraction of trade.

You ought to enclose in every pack-
age that leaves your store some advertis-
ing matter calculated to bring the cus-
tomer back to you again. It being a
fact that nearly half of the trade of
the average store is made up of transient
shoppers, people that have no fixed

‘place of trading—the wisdom of trying

to turn every transient shopper into a
regular customer is apparent. Make
plain to them every feature of your
business. Careful buyers will always
welcome this; in fact, they want to be
told of all you have to attract them.
A dainty little booklet, full of facts well
told, will best serve this purpose. Don't
let the cost of the booklet scare you,
however, for if correctly done, it is the
cheapest piece of advertising matter
you can get—cheap, because it does the
work expected of it oftener than any
other method that could be secured for
the same money.—Alfred Meyer in
Hardware Dealers’ Magazine.
—_—_—_~>4 + ____
Returning Bankrupt Stock.
From the Dry Goods Economist.

A remarkable instance of nerve on the
part of a retailer was reported this
week. This gentleman purchased, at
about 30 cents on the dollar, a bankrupt
stock which included a line of certain
standard goods. Feeling that he did
not require the latter articles he returned
them to the manufacturer, asking credit
for them at full prices. The manufac-
turer investigated and found that the
retailer in question had never purchased
the goods from him, and on fa’ther en-
quiry discovered the way in which they
had been acquired. He promptly
shipped the goods back, express
charges ‘‘collect,’’ and is now engaged
in wondering what brand of nerve food
that particular retailer takes.

—_—_—_2-2-2___-
Method in His Madness.

Friend—Why do you have such mis-
spelled and ungrammatical signs in your
front windows?

Sharp Tradesman—People think I’m
a dunce and come in to swindle me.
Trade’s just booming.

 

Chicago’s Oldest Hardware Man.

The oldest hardware man in Chicago
is William G. Hibbard, of Hibbard,
Spencer, Bartlett & Co., and who is
now in his seventy-fifth year. He is
hale and hearty, and continues to take
an activé part as President of the com-
pany in the control of the great hard-
ware house which he assisted in found-
ing in the early days of prairie history.
He comes- down town from his Prairie
avenue home with the utmost regularity,
and gives to those about him, who are
looking after the details of the busi-
ness, the benefit of the advice and sup-
port which are the results of his long
career and vigorous manhood.

Mr. Hibbard first became associated
with the hardware business as a clerk in
1849 for William Blair & Co. at $300
per year, and continued in their em-
ploy until 1855, when with Frederick
and Nelson Tuttle he engaged in busi-
ness for himself under the firm name of
Tuttle, Hibbard & Co. The copartner-
ship lasted ten years, until 1865, when
he and F. F. Spencer purchased the
Tuttle interests and the firm became
Hibbard & Spencer. A year previous
to this change young Bartlett came from
school to Chicago and was given a boy’s
place, at $400 a year, in the dirtiest
corner in the store, at a time when
paved and sprinkled streets were still
in the future, and Mr. Hibbard declares
the dirt in that corner was ‘‘a caution.’’
Mr. Bartlett insists that his rapid pro-
motion to an interest in the profits in
1868, and a partnership in 1871, were as
much due to opportunities kindly
afforded him by Mr. Hibbard as to his
own ability and efforts. Mr. Bartlett's
entrance made the firm name Hibbard,
Spencer & Co., which became incorpo-
rated in 1882 as Hibbard, Spencer, Bart-
lett & Co.

Mr. Hibbard enjoys conversing of the
days when Chicago was young, and can
relate many an interesting reminiscence
of his early experiences with those of
other early settlers, beginning with the
rise of the city from a population of
22,000 inhabitants through the struggles
of the Civil War, the great fire, and the
vast work of re-establishing the city in
its great metropolitan position. He
came to Chicago before the days of
paved streets, and saw the principal
supply of wheat brought in by prairie
schooners ; he has also seen nails go up
from $1.25 to $9 per keg and go down
again. Mr. Hihbard was a young man
of remarkable strength and forbearance.
It is said of him that he could load and
unload more wheat on and off the prairie
schooners of those days than any other
man in the hardware trade. There be-
ing no burglar-proof loc’ss, but more in
order to live within their means, Mr.
Blair (now deceased) and young Hib-
bard slept in the store together through
a series of years, hotel and fashionable
boarding house life in those days being
considered too fastidious for them.

Mr. Hibbard has never been foot
loose from a business connection since
the year he opened his first store, and
has never allowed himself to become
associated with any other business en-
terprise outside of his own main estab-
lishment. His efforts have been devoted
exclusively in keeping with the steady
advancement of the great West. Thous-
ands of business concerns have formed
and dissolved in his time; scores of suc-
cesses and failures have surrounded
him in prosperous and disastrous years,
but he succeeded in passing all the
wrecks and mounting the goal of stal-
wart success, the reward of an incessant
career of persistent toil.

—_—__> 2. —___

Put down the fleeting ‘‘good things’’
which occur to you as furnishing the
basis of a good advertisement; or a
catchy head-line; or a good design for
‘‘display ;’’ or a happy phrase which
can be ‘‘worked in;’’ memorandum of
special rates offered you for extra space
or for an extended period; samples of
good advertisements of your competitor,
or as shown in the trade papers, or of
other lines of business in the daily
newspapers ; suggestions made by essay-
ists on the theory of advertising ; and so
on, through the whole range of this
large subject.

 

Hardware Price Current

 

 

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Re ee pt see ie 60
Jennings genuine..................... 25
Jennings’ imitation.................... 50
Axes
First Quality, S. B. Bronze............ 7 00
First Quality, D. B. Bronze........... 11 50
First Quality, S. B.S. Steel........... 7 7
First Quality, D. B. Steel............. 13 00
Barrows
TINO a... 18 00
Cee eee) 6c
Bolts
ee ee ek 50
Carriage, new list 50
Flow ........ eee 50
Buckets
Te ies as $4 00
Butts, Cast
Cast Loose Pin, figured ............... 65
Wrought Narrow .... .................. 60
Cartridges
ete ee 40&10
MSD TE ais oo ois chesey do occa op
Chain
4 in. 5-16 in. 3% in % in
eo sae. TF a... 6 ae... ee
a 9 . a 1. OX 8 Oe
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Crowbars
iCesé Stoel, per My... .-.. .... 1... te. 6
Caps
iy e tae perm... tl... 65
men eC. fF. perm.................... 55
ee pee... 45
Riuskes, perm... 75
Chisels
SOcket Mirmier ............5......... 65
Socket Framing... 65
Socket Corner.. Loe 65
BS i 65
Elbows
Com. 4 piece, 6 in., per doz............met 65
Corrugated, per d0z................... 1 25
ROVUREAUIC. wl cece ee eee Gs «© SOCIO
Expansive Bits
Clark’s small, $18; large, $26 .......... 30&10
Fves’ 1, $is- 2 $24: 3. $90... 2... 25
Files—New List
Now American ........................ 70&10
BOTCON ee 70
Heller’s Horse Rasps.................. 60&10
Galvanized Iron
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27, 28
List 12 13 14 15 16. 17
Discount, 65 10
Gauges
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... 60&10
Glass
Single Strength, by box...............dis 85&
Double Strength, by box.. . dis  85&10
By the Light.....................dis 80&10
Hammers
Maydole & Co.’s, new list.............. dis 33
Yerkes & Plumb’s.....................dis 40810
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........... 30¢ list 70
Hinges
Gate, Clark’s 1, 2,3....................dis 60&10
Hollow Ware
el ee 50&10
eee 50&10
POON 50&10
Horse Nails
Au sale... cu. cs. ee «=|
i ee dis
House Furnishing Goods
Stamped Tinware, new list.. aes 70
Japanned Tinware..............-.0.-++ 20&10
Iron
ae ee es 2 75 c rates

fignt Band. .-.
Knobs—New List

34¢ rates

Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........ 85
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings....... 1 00
Lanterns
Regular 0 Tubular, Doz................ 5 25
Warren, Galvanized Fount........... 6 00
Levels
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... dis 70
Mattocks
Adze Eye..............:.......917 O..dis 60
Metals—Zinc
600 pound CasKS...........0..0. 02.2000 7%

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Miscellaneous

ire CO i 40

Pimps, Cater... a. 70

Seraws, Now list .....................

Casters, Bed and Plate................ 50&10&10
Dampers, American..............+.... 50
Molasses Gates
Stonping Patera... ..........00.-.. 60810
Enterprise, self-measuring............ d
Pans
Mey. AGWen sco. 5. ee 608&10& 10
Common, polished...................- 70&5

Patent Planished Iron
“A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 75
“B”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25toz7 9 75
Broken packages %c per pound extra.
Planes

Ohio Tool Co.’s, famcy.................
Selcee OBON ec Coc
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy...........
Bench, first yuality,.

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Nails
Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire.

     

Steel nails, base................ 265
OW ee, see 2 65
Be a ee et we wee eee oe Base
meee ee eeveeee.......... ....... 2... 5
Soe. Cit... 10
i ce ci sicine os sane oe 20
ce, 30
ee, 45
ee 70
Mreoo Savemee. |. 8... oe.
tem, Nettle 15
Casing 8 advance...................... 25
Casing 6 advance.................. 000. 35
Finish 10 advance ..... 25
Finish 8 advance.... 35
Finish 6 advance... .. 45
Barrel % advance... a. 85
Rivets
Tron amd Tinned... ..... 20.6... .c.0 0s 50
Copper Rivets and Burs......... ay 45

Roofing Plates

14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean..............
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean..
gexuzs IC, Charcoal, Dean..............
14x20 IC, Chareoal, Allaway Grade...
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade...
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade...

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Ropes
Sisal, % inch and larger............... 11%
ee 17
Sand Paper
Rome Beet, OG... ............. .. ae 50
Sash Weights
Solid Eyes, per ton................ . 25 00
Sheet Iron
com. smooth, com.
mee Seto... 5... $3 20 $3 00
ee 3 20 3 00
I ee ee 3 20
Ge. 22 OO Oe... kk. cee, 3 30
a 3 40
ea 3 50
All Sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches
wide, not less than 2-10 extra.
Shells—Loaded
Loaded with Black Powder...........dis 40
Loaded with Nitro Powder...........dis 40&10
Shot
— 1 60
ei eee Woe 1 85
Shovels and Spades
Piet Grade, Por................:...,. 8 60
Second Grade, DOZ.....,..... --..-..- 8 10
Solder
i aes 20
The prices of the many other qualities of solder
in the market indicated by private brands vary
according to composition.
Squares
men es Ee es 65
Tin—Melyn Grade
mOxt4 IC, Charooal................ .... $ 8 50
oe 1, Crarooal..................... 8 50
Pere te. Cmareoel.........-..-........ 9 75
Each additional X on this grade, $1.25.
Tin—Allaway Grade
nected IC, Charcoal... .... ee eo ee 7 00
eco IC, Charcom)........._........... 7 00
10x14 1X, Charcoal............... . 8 50
Pee Chaves... ...........,-.+- 8 50
Each additional X on this grade, $1.50
Boiler Size Tin Plate
14x56 IX, for No.8 Boilers,
14x56 IX, for No.9 Boilers, t per pound.. 10
Traps
Cw ee 75
Oneida Community, Newhou ees 40&10
Oneida Community, Hawley Nor-
Ee 65816
Mouse, choker, per doz............... 15
Mouse, delusion, per doz..... © ..... 1 2
Wire
Pe ie ee 60
Annealed Market... ............ccce-e
Coppered Market...................... 50&10
(moe Bearece..................,..... 50&10
See Sovmie Soom... 8... 40
Barbed Fence, Galvanized ............ 3 30
Barbed Fence, Painted................ 3 15
Wire Goods
eee 7
ee ee 75
We 75
Gate Hooks and Eyes................. 75
Wrenches
Baxter’s Adjustable, Nickeled........ 30
Coes Gememe. ......... ., 30

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_ Clerks’ Corner.

 

Incidents in the Life of the Shoe Clerk.

‘*The life of a shoe clerk,’’ said the
shoe salesman, ‘‘is a grand, sweet song.
It is a life of absolute happiness and
felicity. Our daily task begins in the
morning and all day we are happy in
the thought that with the setting sun we
shall have borne our allotted portion of
the heat and burden of the day and that
we may then seek the rest and sleep of
the just or such other relaxation as_ will
best qualify us for the duties of another
day.

‘*Of course we have some experiences
that are not common to salesmen in
other lines of business. For instance
you never hear a lady complain of a hat
that it looks awfully large, nor that a
pound of candy possesses the same de-
fect. No, excessive size for price is in
my opinion confined exclusively to the
shoe business.

‘*Business is now very dull. People
seem to be uncertain whether they
should buy low-necked shoes in antici-
pation of summer or arctics in realiza-
tion of the immediate present. Prob-
ably the first and greatest trial of a shoe
clerk at the present is the customer who
comes in and looks over the stock and,
on starting to go out without having
made a purchase, says, ‘I will come in
again as soon as the weather is settled
so that I can make up my mind just
what I want.’

‘*The first necessity for success in a
shoe clerk is tact and a degree of mind-
reading so to speak. It is necessary
to size up the prospective customer
quickly and correctly,and when that has
been done the rest is easy. In other
words, you want to fit their heads and
then you can fit their feet.

‘Individual cases of trial and tribula-
tion on the part of shoe clerks are not
uncommon, but they don’t count in the
aggregate of a clerk’s experience. What
I have gone through myself would fill a
large volume, but it would be as dry
reading as a dictionary.

‘*Generally when a man comes in he
knows what he wants and about the
price he wants to pay and it takes only
a few minutes to meet his requirements.
Then, again, a man with a tall hat and
megaphone clothes comes in and makes
more bother than thirty-two ordinary
customer. He always attempts to give
a free exhibition of his unlimited know]l-
edge of the shoe business, almost inva-
riably telling the salesman that he has
been in the shoe business himself and
left it because he was not getting as
much salary as he was worth and that
he told the old man he could raise my
salary or I'd leave and he said I’d have
to leave, so I left. He’s been trying to
get me to go back ever since, but |
wouldn't go; so you see I knowall about
shoes. The man of this class usually
take up the time of the clerk as long. as
is required to examine all the high-
priced goods in stock, making com-
ments on the style, price and quality, in
most cases in, derogation of the same,
and he usually buys—if buy he does—
a cheap pair of shoes that is open to all
the criticism which: he has offered on
all the others, but he has at last found
something within his means. He is
rather a bore to the man who is waiting
on him, but he is a never failing source
of joy and delight to the other salesmen,
who look on and enjoy the scene more
than they would a second rate theater.

‘“Then there is the man with the jag.
Talk about ‘the man behind the gun’

 

 

or ‘the man with the hoe’ or ‘the man
with the vote’—they are not in the same
class with the man who has looked up-
on the wine or other beverage and sim-
ultaneously wants a pair of shoes.

‘‘Sometimes a man in such condition
wants to buy out the whole establish-
ment and present it to the worthy poor,
or even give it back to the proprietor
after taking out such goods as he re-
quires for present use. Then again,
he wants to try on as many pairs as
may be and with each successive pair
he evinces an inclination to execute a
terpsichorean exercise to rag-time
music, which he furnishes himself.

‘*When a customer starts on this kind
of performance the only thing to do is
to invite him out to see the new gilding
on the grasshopper on Faneuil Hall and
gently but firmly lose him.

‘*The man who has always had credit
here is a terror to the novice in the
business, but one experience case hard-
ens the clerk. The plausible talk, the
insistence and suavity of the impecu-
nious one are frequently more than a
match for the new clerk and he lets a
pair of high priced shoes go rather than
take chances on the threat that the cus-
tomer will report him at the office and
have him discharged, but when Satur-
day night comes and the youth has to
settle, he has lost a good deal of faith
in human nature besides being short on
ready funds.

‘We have little to fear from shop-
lifters in one side of the store. Unfor-
tunately for the fair sex the shoplifting
class is almost exclusively women. In
my experience I have seen only one at-
tempt on the part of a man to get a pair
of shoes while the salesman was not
looking and that attempt was so awk-
ward and ill concealed that it might as
well have been left unattempted. It is
in the women’s department that shop-
lifting has its abode. I suppose the
wraps and skirts, and other apparel with
the nomenclature of which I am not fa-
miliar, offer tempting places of con-
cealment ; and it seems that, ever since
the days of Mother Eve, temptation has
had a powerful influence on the weaker
vessel.

‘‘One peculiarity of the ladies’ de-
partment, as I hinted before, is that they
want to get as little as may be for their
money. They will try on a pair that
would bring tears to the eyes of an im-
age of Jupiter Pluvius and declare that
they are a world too large, and fre-
quently they tear the leather or break
the seams trying to get their feet into
shoes at least a size small. Of course
they require the assistance of a clerk,
and he usually comes in for more or less
comment for his awkward, ungainly
manner of assisting. He can not say,
* They are not large enough’— no—all he
can do is to try, try again, endeavoring
at the same time to maintain his com-
posure and laying the flattering unction
to his soul that patience is a supreme
virtue and some day, in the long here-

after, he will surely meet his just re-
ward.

“‘Yes, undoubtedly women are more
difficult to suit than men in the matter
of shoes, but their right to be particular
and even fickle has ever been conceded.
Far be it from me to make any undue
criticism of their ways, wiles and
foibles when in a shoe store.

‘In conclusion I can only repeat that
the life of a shoe clerk is probably more
agreeable to a tactful, iftelligent man
than many other employments, but he
must have an eye single to the interests
of the house, keeping constantly on the
watch for means of advancing those in-
terests by ingratiating himself with the
customers—as I said before, fit their
feet by fitting their heads,’’—Boot and
Shoe Recorder. .

 

LABASTINE is the original and
only durable wall coating, entirely
different from all kalsomines.
Ready for use in white or fourteen
beautiful tints by adding cold
water.

ADIES _ naturally refer ALA-
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ings, because it is pure, clean,
durable. Put up in dry powdered
form, in five-pound packages, with

full directions.

LL kalsomines are cheap, tem-
porary preparations made from
whiting, chalks, clays, etc., and
stuck on the walls with decaying
animal glue. ALABASTINE is
not a kalsomine.

EWARE of the dealer who
says he can sell you the ‘‘same
thing’ as ALABASTINE or ‘“‘some-
thing just as good.”” He is either
not posted or is trying to deceive
you.

ND IN OFFERING something
he has bought cheap and tries
to sell on ALABASTINE’S de-
mands, he may not realize the
damage you will suffer by a kalso-
mine on your walls.

Dealers risk one by sell-
ing and consumers by using in-
fringement. Alabastine Co. own
right to make wall coating to mix
with cold water.

HE INTERIOR WALLS of every
church and school should be coated
only with pure, durable ALABAS-
TINE. It safeguards health. Hun-
—]— of tons used yearly for this
work.

N BUYING ALABASTINE, cus-
tomers. should avoid _ getting
cheap kalsomines under differ-
ent names. Insist on having our
= in packages and properly la-
eled.

UISANCE of wall paper is ob-
viated by ALABASTINE. It can
be used on plastered walls, wood
ceilings, brick or canvas. A child
ean brush iton. It does not rub or
seale off.

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We are the distributing
agents for this part of the
State for the Mantle that
is making such a stir in the
world.

It gives 100 candle power,
is made of a little coarser
mesh and is more durable.

Sells for 50 cents.

Will outwear three ordi-
nary mantles and gives
more light.

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THE WOMAN CLERK.

Tale From the Department
Stores.

Said the proprietor of one of Boston’s
largest and most popular department
stores, after he had reproved a sales-
woman for carelessness and inattention
to a customer, and had been met with
the excuse that the woman only wanted
a paper of needles:

‘‘It is not the value of the sale, it is
the fact of the sale. A woman comes
here for a paper of needles, a paper of
pins, or a spool of thread; to be sure
her purchase means at the moment only
a few cents, but if she is made to feel
that it is a pleasure to serve her in her
smail needs she is coming again for
some larger purchase, and not only will
she come herself but she will influence
others to come. If I lose her custom be-
cause the needles or pins are given her
as though she had done the store a mor-
tal injury by making so petty a pur-
chase, it is a pretty expensive paper of
needles or pins for me, and I don’t
care to pay the price. And I can not
afford to pay a salary to any employe
who makes me such a bill of expense.’’

This hint was enough for the girl, for
she was, like many another, bright but
thoughtless, and with the unfortunate
habit of measuring a person by the
amount of the purchases, a most ab-
surd scale of measurement, as her em-
ployer showed her.

‘*But,’’ said a woman to whom this
little incident was told, ‘‘the saleswom-
en are sometimes too exasperating for
anything, even when your wants are not
limited to a spool of cotton or a paper
of pins. And there is no reason in the
world for it. I had a funny experience
not long ago in a_ Boston store. I
wanted to match some silk with ribbon,
and I went to the shop with my sam-
ple. As I entered 1 was met by one of
the proprietors, who was known to me,
and we walked along to the ribbcen
counter together. I handed my sample
to a girl, who did not look up but,
reaching it back to me, said: ‘We've
nothing like it.’

‘* ‘But you haven’t looked,’
sisted.

‘*She was about to persist also when
a pull at her apron from the girl next to
her made her look at me. As she saw
the proprietor standing by my side she
turned very red, muttered a confused
apology, and began looking for the rib-
bon, which she very soon found. 1
didn’t pity her one bit, she deserved all
the discomfiture she felt. I think I was
rather glad that she was found out as
she was; it was probably a good lesson
to her, and she will be more careful in
the future.’’

‘‘Now for the contrary side,’’
nounced the third of the party. ‘*‘Here
is something which I saw: I was in a
large Winter street store one day when
a mother came in witha little girl for
whom she wished to purchase a coat.
The child was very large of her age,
and utterly without figure, so conse-
quently most difficult to fit. The sales-
woman who was attending her did not
lose patience in the least. She tried
garment after garment, was as interested
as possible to please the customer; she
made many valuable suggestions, did
all in her power to help the mother out
of the difficulty and give her exactly
what she wanted.

‘‘The result was that she made a good
sale, and I am willing to wager that she
kept the customer.’’

‘* After all, it is the person who serves
you, more than it is the establishment, ’’

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said the first speaker. ‘‘I used to go
to one particular place to have my boots
fitted, because there was a young woman
who took such pains with me. She
knew every peculiarity of my foot just
as well as I did myself, and could make
a new shoe so easy that I could wear it
at once without any trouble, and yet it
was without wrinkle or any appearance
of the traditional ‘easy’ shoe.

‘*For some reason she left the place,
and my next boots were fitted by an-
other person, and, although she was
anxious to please, she did not get the
hang of the thing and the boots were
never comfortable. Then | tried again
with another fitter, with precisely the
same result. I have just found out
where the young woman is, and | am
going to her, as | am quite sure it was
her fitting, and not the make of the boot,
that did so much for the comfort of my
feet. Iam only one of many who are
following her. I wonder that the firm
ever let her go; she was most valuable
to them, only I don’t suppose they
realized it.’

‘‘Do you know,’’ said the one who
had told the story of the cloak fitting, ‘*1
think shopping is ever so much nicer
than it used to be, someway the girls
are more interested in you and your
wants, and I suppose we are nicer to the
girls. I think we have come to regard
each other as human beings who may
possibly have something in common,
rather than as natural enemies. I was
in a shop the other day, and while |
was waiting for my change the girl who
had been serving me was talking with
an older woman who had just come in.
Of course, I didn’t listen, but could not
help hearing. Said the girl:

‘* ‘Now, you must just go along, and
don’t think any more about supper.
You don’t often have such a chance,
and Uncle Charles will be so disap-
pointed, and just think of it, a dinner
down town, and the theater. I will get
home in season to get supper, and the
rest won't mind because it is a little
late.’

‘* *But you will be so tired—’ inter-
rupted the other.

‘** Not half as tired as I should be to
think of you losing all the pleasure ;
just go along or you will be too late.’

‘* The little woman trotted off with a
smile, while my girl looked after her.
1 couldn't help it, I just said: ‘And
you will get supper after your long day
here?’

‘* “Of course I will; mother doesn’t
have a chance for such an outing very
often, and I was going to see that she
had it this time. Iam more detigited)?
than I would be to go myself.’

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You're a dear girl,’ was my reply, |
and I just squeezed her fingers as she
handed me my bundle. We looked into
each other’s eyes, and were friends right
off. I have come to know her very well
since and she is just what I knew she
would be. It is just this, we’re all
women, with the same woman nature,
the same life to live, and we’ve got to
be good to each other if we want either
to find or to confer happiness.’’

And the rest agreed that this was
true.—Boston Herald.

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‘*Will some one please chase the cow
down this way?’’ said the funny board-
er, who wanted some milk for his oat-
meal.

‘*Here, Jane,’’ said the landlady in a
tone that was meant to be crushing,
‘‘take the cow down there where the calf
is bawling.’’

 

 

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Timely Rules for the Guidance of Clerks.
When John I. Blair, who died re-
cently, worth from $50,000,000 to $70, -
000,000, and who is said to have owned
in the course of his ninety odd years of
life more railroads and also more land
than any other private individual in the
world, kept a country store at Gravel
Hill (now Blairstown) in New Jersey.
In 1831, he employed two clerks. He
had then been in business for himself
eleven years. He had set up for him-
self before he was eighteen years old.

The following rules and regulations
were prepared by him quite early in
life for the guidance of his clerks:

1. The storehouse and the goods in
the same—to be kept in the most perfect
order. Nothing to be permitted to lie
in a slovenly manner about the floor.
Neither clothes, shoes, goods nor any
other article.

2. No article of goods, clothing, or
any other matter, to be made use of un-
necessarily. But in the most prudent
and respectable manner. This is a mat-
ter worthy to be observed and lived up
to; as carelessness and negligence is the
ruin of all business; and this particu-
lar, above all others, ought to be most
strictly, and prudently observed; in or-
der to make a merchant, or any good
citizen. Unless this principle the most
important of all is lived up to it is use-
less to undertake any business whatever
with the idea of making a living. And
any person who does not live up to this
rule of conduct loses my confidence.

3. Every article of store goods to be
kept in their place, in the most respect-
able, and neatest manner and order.

4. The books are to be kept posted
up by the head clerk and every item
examined by the first and second clerk,
the charges and postage thereof; that
in no case mistake can be found.
Which, if so done, will give our busi-
ness a character worthy of notice; and
appreciated by our customers and our-
selves.

 

5. I cannot allow my clerks to asso-
ciate too much with loose and immoral
characters; nor frequent the taverns.
Neither do I wish them to scuffle or
wrestle with such, but pride themselves
above this, as no good can result from
it, but a great injury, it will bring on
them such as sloathfulness and lounging
about the store. And those characters
will take many privileges in my ab-
sence, which would give uneasiness.

6. I wish my clerks on the Sabbath to
go regularly to church. This is a good
principle. It sets a good example to
others, if they should not be immedi-
ately benefited by it.

7. Never permit yourself to use
seven brooms to sweep the house with,
neither five blickeys to keep water in;
and other like extravagances, in pro-
portion. Those principles of extrava-
gance are disgusting and. would ruin
any man in due time. Can you think
it looks better, or why is it done?

8. The great principles of trade are
these and must be observed by any per-
son going into business or carrying on
same: Be strictly attentive always to
your business. Be punctual in all mat-
ters. Be careful and economizing in all

things. Make the best of all things
you have. Watch the situation of your
accounts. Strictly attend to your col-

lections ; moderately pressing the debtor
when he has funds that you know of.
If dunned, in due form, you generally
succeed. Always know the situation of
your own affairs. Avoid riding or going
to any place where you have no_ busi-
ness. I[t is always better to attend to
your business. If you contract debts
look ahead and make calculations to
pay them.

9. A decent, prudent, careful man
will appear much better in a hemp suit,
than a slovenly, careless fop in a silk
suit.

10. Always consider that you are
doing business for yourselves, when you
do my business. If you live up to the
rules laid down, I will make men of you
and it will make men of yourselves. All
that I can do for you would be of no

 

service, if you don’t comply with my
rules, and follow my advice. If you
pursue the course I have laid down, all
will be safe, and I shall have the pleas-
ure of keeping good natured; but if not
all will be confusion, and I must eter-
nally find fault.
—_+2.___
Liked to Deal With an Expert.

‘“You are a pharmacist, are you?’’
am.

‘‘Been in the business a number of
years?’’

‘*I have.’’

**Registered?”’

"| Ves, sir.”’

‘‘That is your diploma hanging over
there?’’

ne is."

‘‘Well, you may give me a pound of
borax.’’

—>2.____
Suspicious Approval.

He—Why don’t you wear your new
bonnet, my dear?

She—Oh, there’s something wrong
with it, and | can’t find out what it is.

He—Then how do you know there is
something wrong with it?

She—All the women in the neighbor-
hood say it is just too lovely for any-
thing.

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Excessive Regard.

‘Your greatest enemy is whisky,’’
said the parson to an incorrigible mem-
ber of his flock.

‘‘But,’’ said the wayward one, ** you
have always told us to love ‘our
enemies. ’’

‘‘Yes,’’ answered the good man, ‘‘but
not to swallow them.’’

See
He Felt Sure.

‘‘Is this new play immoral?’’ asked
the friend.

‘‘No, sir,’’ answered the theatrical
manager.

*‘Are you sure?’’

“‘Absolutely. The demand for tickets
has been the smallest of any week since
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Rules by Which Clerks Can Achieve Suc-
cess.

Be certain that your employers are at
their posts before you get there in the
morning, and see that they are there
when you leave in the evening. They
need watching.

If you do not feel well, stay at home;
your work will be attended to by your
fellow employes. Your employers are
rich and won't mind your absence.

After lunch, stand near the entrance
of the store and finish your cigar prior
to entering. It affords a good example
for the young, and no part of your cigar
is wasted.

Be seen going into saloons at all
hours. And the nearer the saloon is to
the store the better.

In selling goods resort to lying when
the interest of your employers requires
it. They know that you would not jug-
gle with the truth except in their inter-
est.

If confined to your home by illness,
don’t telephone the office; your duties
will take care of themselves.

Always openly or covertly belittle
your fellow employes and fellow men;
employers and employes will alike ap-
preciate this trait in your character.

Change your employers about once a
year. You may not accumulate money
by such changes, but you will acquire a
reputation for independence that in
your own judgment is priceless.

If you have anything unfinished when
the bell rings, drop it. Be prompt in
going home. This is as important as
being tardy in the morning

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Man’s Obiter Dictum.

He: There are two periods in a
man’s life when he never understands a
woman.

She: Indeed, and when are they?’’

He: Before he is married and after-
ward.

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KICKING SESSION.

 

Outcome of a Conference of Merchants
and Consumers.
Written for the Tradesman.

There are in the world a good many
wrong-headed men who are able to see
only the difficulties and the unpleasant
features of their own occupation. At the
same time many of them have a keen
eye for the desirable features of the
business in which their friends are en-
gaged.

I sat for a time in a country store one
rainy day not long ago in company with
a number of just such men. A jolly-
faced drummer with a great paunch and
red side-whiskers sat on the top of a
cracker barrel and acted as master of
ceremonies.

‘‘This rain is a nice thing,’’ observed
the builder. ‘‘I’ve got the roof off two
houses and men hired by the week put-
ting new shingles on. The furniture in
those houses must be floating out of the
windows by this time and the _plaster-
ing probably is about three inches deep
on the carpets. Oh, it’s a nice business
I’m engaged in! I'd like to trade off
all I know about building, and all my
teams and tools for a forty-acre farm
and a couple of cows.’’

There was a brief snicker, for it was
well known to every one present that the
builder was making money at his_busi-
ness. Then the farmer came to bat.

‘‘I’d_ like to trade with you on those
terms,’’ he said. ‘‘Do you know what
this rain is doing to me? It’s flooding
my meadow land and drowning out the
corn. That’s what it’s doing to me.
And I've got six sheep tied up to stakes
in the meadow to keep them at home,
and they’ll be dead when I get back.
Yes, you ought to have a farm! I don’t
see how you've got along without one
as long as you have.’’

‘‘If I had nothing to do all winter
but sit around stores and go through
the motions of feeding a couple of cows
night and morning,’’ said the dry goods
man, ‘‘I don’t think I’d kick on a few
dead sheep or a little water in the corn-
field; or, for that matter, at the loss of
the time of a few men who can't work
on the outside when it rains. You two
men have got snaps. How would you
like to invest every dollar you have on
earth in delicate and easily damaged
goods and stand around day after day
and see women paw them over for hours
at a time and then go away without
spending a cent? Oh, I’ve got the daisy
job! It just does me good to stand and
smile and smirk at some freckled-faced
servant girl for two hours at a time and
make seven cents on the deal. I love to
get in a nice line of dress goods in all
the popular shades and have a bicycle
bloomer craze strike the town! That
gives me a chance to pack my stock in
the garret and overdraw at the bank
when my bills come due. I believe 1’ll
go out West and become a savage.’”’

‘*Next!’’ cried the drummer.

‘You needn’t go out West in order to
become a savage,’’ said the shoe man.
‘‘Just come and buy me out and you'll
soon be ready to loaf around enveloped
in an army blanket and a jag. Of all
the gilt-edged occupations on earth the
shoe business takes the cake! It re-
quires a longer time for the average
man or woman to select a pair of shoes
than it does to raise a church debt. It’s
a common thing to lace and unlace a
hundred pairs in order to get a stand-
off for one pair. If I could start in life
again I’d go into the hardware busi-
ness.’

‘*Oh, you would,’’ said the hardware

 

man. ‘‘You would soon wish you were
sitting on an upholstered stool lacing a
pair of shoes for a pretty girl. I don't
think you would like standing coal
stoves and furnaces bottom end up so
your customers could look for the ma-
chinery. I guess you’d get weary of
uncoiling a thousand feet of log-chain
to prove that some of the links weren’t
glued on.’”’

‘*You fellows all think you have hard
luck,’’ said the druggist. ‘‘ How would
you like to work all the forenoon and
make forty-seven sales and take in 62
cents? What’s your idea about getting
up at midnight and walking half a mile
through the snow to sell 5 cents’ worth
of corn remedy to a man whose shoes
are two sizes too small? It is about
time you sold soda water to giggling
schoolgirls if you think you are up
against the only hard job there is in the
world.’’

‘‘I’d like to know,’’ observed the
drummer, ‘‘if there is a man in this
blooming town who doesn’t wish he was
in some other business. If there is such
a contented person he can have my job.
I guess it will set him to breeding tur-
keys with straw hats in about a month.
He'll wish he was back in his old busi-
ness the first time he gets a merchant
just on the verge of giving him a big
order and then loses him because he _ is
called away to sell a cent’s worth of
candy to some kid with a dirty face and
a faculty of making bargains. He’ll
commit suicide about the first time he
rides on a slow freight all night to get to
a No. 1 customer who bought his _ stock
of a rival house the day before. I should
think so. And I ain’t saying anything
about coming in from a hard trip and
getting a glare from the manager that
would freeze liquid air because you got
caught in a wreck and missed a couple
of dates.’”’

‘‘What I like about my business,”’
said the grocer, ‘‘is the ease and rapid-
ity with which I accumulate accounts.
I’ve got ledgers enough in my safe to
keep a paper mill in active operation
fora year. If any one will give me the
original cost of the volumes he can have
them. And another thing that makes
life one glad, sweet song to me is the
thought that 1 am doing good in the
world. That man who just passed by
came to me a few years ago as lean as a
piece of horse steak. Now look at him.
Fat as butter! I built up his system on
porter house steak. He’s a walking
monument to my skill as a caterer. He
owes me about $200, but what of that?
He never declared that my honey would
poison a bee that got within a mile of
it. He never reminded me that he had
a pair of scales at home. Whenever you
fellows want something that will enable
you to keep on good terms with your
conscience, you should start in the gro-
cery business. ’”’

‘‘If it is in order,’’ said a deep voice
from behind the broom barrel, ‘‘I would
like to move that it is the sense of this
meeting that the people who patronize
merchants are a tough, unreasonable,
non-paying gang and that they be abol-
ished. It is a well-known fact that they
exist solely for the purpose of annoying
business men, and that they should be
tied to the tail of an army mule and
kicked to kingdom come.’’

There was silence for a moment and
then the proprietor of the store in which
we were sitting came out from behind
his barricade of brooms.

‘‘Oh, well,’’ began the hardware
man, ‘‘there’s some customers—’’

 

   
   

‘‘Now and then I! find a man,’’ said Established 1780.
the druggist, ‘‘who—’’
‘*OFf course, of course,’’ said the pro- Walter Baker & C0 LTD,
. ss 1 —_
prietor, ‘‘but I never hear you mention
the good kind. I thought that I had all ~~
| He a © Oldest an
the decent customers there were. I with Largest Manufacturers of

draw the motion.’’

‘‘Yes,’’ observed the drummer, a PURE HIGH GRADE
‘‘there’s all kinds of people and | ’
reckon that cranky merchants make

cranky customers. ’’

The rain was over and the merchants
hastened away. 1 guess the unexpected
outcome of their kicking session set
them all to thinking.

Alfred B. Tozer.
—_++_~ 0
Soaked Without the Use of Water.

‘*Mr. Doiley, won't you let me lock
at your watch a little while?’’

“Certainly, Miss Flypp. Do you want
to consult the time?’’

‘‘No,’’ replied the girl, as she opened
it and examined its case and works, ‘‘]
was curious to see if water tarnished
gold, or had any effect on the watch’s
delicate mechanism. ’’

MS COCOAS
HY CHOCOLATES

on this Continent.

No Chemicals are used in
their manufactures.

Their Breakfast Cocoa is absolutel,
delicious, nutritious, and costs less t
cent a cup.

Their Premium No. 1 Chocolate, put ==
Blue Wrappers and Yellow Labels, is the it
plain chocolate in the market for family use.

Their German Sweet Chocolate is good to
eat and good to drink. It is palatable, nutri-
tious, and healthful; a great favorite witb
children.

pure,
one

Buyers should ask for and be sure that the
‘*Water? What do you mean?’’ get the genuine goods. The above trade-mar
‘*Well, Mr. Hunker told me you were| ‘0D every package.

in the habit of soaking your watch.
What is the object of such treatment,
Mr. Doiley?’’

Walter Baker & Co. Ltd.
Dorchester, Mass.

 

  
 

Hemlock Bark,
Lumber, Shingles,
Railroad Ties,
Posts, Wood.

We pay Highest Market
Prices in Spot cash and mea-
sure bark when loaded. Cor-
respondence solicited.

419-421 Michigan
Trust Building,
Grand Rapids.

W.A. Phelps, President,
Cc. A. Phelps, Sec’y & Treas.

 

 

 

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No danger of fruit spoiling, no danger of burn-
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To facilitate sales we furnish printed matter and hangers (with our
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restricted price agreement to concerns who have salesmen out.

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Agents, Hall & Hadden, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Citizens Phone 2218. 18 Houseman Building.
Prices no higher than other high grade Jars,

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

The Meat Market

Preparing Baby Mutton For Market.

 

 

A ‘‘ripe’’ lamb is one that is fat and
will dress thirty-eight to forty pounds.
It would probably be better if the lambs
were kept from feed a few hours before
killing, but we have never done so. We

take them right off the feeder and if.

they weigh fifty-eight pounds their
doom is sealed. However, we prefer to
have them weigh sixty pounds or sixty-
two pounds alive, and then we are sure
of a dead weight of thirty-cight or forty
pounds. We have sent several this year
that only dressed thirty-one to thirty-
four pounds, but have learned that the
heavier weight brings the more money.

Tuesday afternoon is our time for
dressing. If a lamb tips the beam at
fifty-eight pounds he is hung by a cord
being looped around the hind legs and
thrown over a convenient hook. The
left hand holds the nose of the lamb and
one or two quick strokes of a sharp
butcher-knife in the right brings the life
blood ebbing and flowing. If the nose
is held firmly and the spinal cord is not
severed the lambs will often die with-
out a struggle. If the spinal cord is
severed at first there are struggles and
contortions that are .npleasant to wit-
ness. The lamb hangs near the shear-
ing machine, and as soon as it is dead
we begin at the breast-bone and shear
all the wool on the belly and between
the hind legs to the tail. This isto keep
soiled wool from touching the flesh
when the skin is being removed. A
sack with distended mouth hangs _ near,
and as the wool is removed it is thrown
in there and from the forty-five lambs
marketed at this date there has been
saved nearly five pounds of wool. This
is no big item to be sure, but it will
nearly pay for the muslin to wrap them,
and we are told that it is saving the
hoofs, horns and blood that makes our
dressed beef kings rich.

Next with a wet cloth all the dirt is
removed from the flanks of the lamb and
the skin left clean and white. Cleanli-
ness and neatness mean cash, and the
thought to be kept in mind is that this
stuff is being prepared for people who
want the best and to whom money is no
object. The lambs are now removed
to hooks in front of the windows in an-
other part of the building, and the as-
sistant begins to look for another lamb.

To do the best work the knife must be
very sharp and round-pointed. Begin-
ning at the tail the skin is cut to the
breast-bone and down the hind legs to
the hocks. Remove the skin on the
quarters and down in front and back to
near the middle of the side at the flanks,
being careful to leave the thin coat of
lean meat on the lamb and not on the
hide. The novice will find this difficult
at first, but the sharp round- pointed
knife held with the edge outward will
soon make it easy. Now remove the
entrails and take off the gall-bladder.
Do not cut off the gullet, but pull it out,
as it gives better drainage. Don’t take
out anything but the entrails or the com-
mission man will make remarks that
will not sound well in print. The first
we dressed we took out livers, lungs and
heart, and they sold for $2 less per lamb
on that account. Carefully remove the
caul and hold it up in the air a few mo-
ments until it begins to set, and then
spread it over the quarters and tuck it
around in the flanks, bring it into the
cavity and cut slits in it through which
pull testicles and kidneys. The buyer

 

wants to see the kidneys, as they show
at once the fatness of the lamb.

The frames can now be attached or
left until the next morning. A sanitary
ordinance requires the heads to be re-
moved. The frames are of elm, one-
half by two inches, but one-half by one
inch is probably strong enough. The
dimensions are three feet long, fourteen
inches at one end, six inches at the
other. The object of the frame is to
keep the lambs in proper shape if they
are roughly handled by the expressman,
and they are likely to be. The short
piece is one inch thick, and through it
is driven a ten penny nail, which is
forced into the neck of the Jamb. The
hocks are tied to the frame with strong
twine. If the weather is very cold the
skin had better be brought back to its
original position at once and fastened
by stitches about four inches apart. A
darning needle and some _ wrapping
thread are the necessaries for this work.

Let the lambs hang ina cool place
over night—the cooler the better, unless
it is several degrees below zero. It is
better not to remove the feet until morn-
ing, as there is no bleeding then. Wrap
the lambs in new clean muslin, and
with that same darning ‘needle and
wrapping thread sew them up. The
muslin is cut forty-four inches long, and
that gives a nice lap at the ends. Next
wrap in burlap and sew up again, and
sew a shipping tag on each _ one.—John
B. Peelle in the Breeders’ Gazette.

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German Sausage Seasonings.
No. 13.

5 lbs. pepper.

9 ozs. pimento.

2% ozs. cloves.

1134 lbs. salt.

No. 14.

3 Ibs. black pepper.

3 ozs. Saltpeter.

2 ozs. cayenne.

6% lbs. salt.

No. 15.
black pepper.
saltpeter.
cloves.
salt.

6 lbs.

6 ozs.

3 ozs.

13 lbs.

No. 16.

9 lbs. pepper.

1 lb. sage.

3 ozs. garlic.

20 Ibs. salt.

No. 17.

2% lbs pepper.

1 oz. cloves,

——> 2. ___-

An English physician announces as
the result of a series of experiments that
every kind of food produces a distinct
effect upon the character of the person
who consumes it. He says that ifa
man were to eat nothing but beef for a
few months the inevitable result would
be that he would become abnormally
energetic, courageous and perhaps fool-
hardy to the verge of insanity. If he
were to continue this beef diet for some
time longer he would become as untam-
able as a wild bull, and it would be
dangerous for anyone to approach him.
This would prove true even although he
might naturally be-a man of the mildest
character. Pork as an exclusive diet is
not rated any higher than beef. Much
of the modern pessimism may, perhaps,
be rightly ascribed to it, for we are told
that it breeds melancholy and sadness,
and that over-indulgence in it is likely
to lead to suicide. Even the most re-
fined persons become coarse and_ brutal
under its influence, and the most invet-
erate gourmand will in time become
disgusted with life and its pleasures.
The English physician having had his
Say, we wish to arise to remark that, ac-
cepting his line of argument, he hds evi-
dently been indulging from the time of
his infancy on monkey flesh and monkey

steaks.
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butter. Advocate advanced ideas by substituting for
it our inimitable quality of BUTTERINE, which is a per-

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Dealers, Curers of the celebrated brands,
“Apex” and Excelsior Hams, Bacon and

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We manufacture four kinds of coupon books and sell them
all on the same basis, irrespective of size, shape or de-

nomination. Free samples on application.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip
President, E. J. SCHREIBER, Bay City
retary, A. W. STiTT, Jackson;
O. C. GOULD, Saginaw.

 

 

; Sec-
Treasurer,

Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association
President, A. MARYMONT, Detroit; Secretary
and Treasurer, GEO. W. Hi LL, Detroit.

 

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan
Grand Counselor, ‘J. E. Moore, Jackson;
Grand Secretary, A. KENDALL, Hillsdale;
Grand Treasurer, W. S. MEstT, Jackson.

Grand Rapids Council No. 131, U. ¢. T.
Senior Counselor, JOHN G. KOLB; Secretary-
Treasurer, L. F. Baker.

 

Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Accident Association

President, J. BoyD PANTLIND, Grand Rapids;
Secretary and Treasurer, Gro. F. OWEN,
Grand Rapids.

 

 

Evidently Another Chain Letter Fake.

A well-known Grand Rapids traveling
man recently received a so-called chain
letter, dated April 9, as follows:

Two years ago in February, O. FE.
Hoffman, of Marion, Ind., a young and
well-known traveling man, was stricken
with paralysis, disabling him from
earning a living. A traveling man not
otherwise interested decided to start an
endless chain letter in his behalf, the
amount received from same to be pre-
sented to him asa token of esteem of
the traveling men of the United States
towards meeting medical expenses.
Post N, of Indiana Division T. P. A.,
at a meeting held Sept. 23, 1899, unan-
imously endorsed the movement and
further certified that Mr. Hoffman was
a member of Post N in good standing
at the time he was stricken. Please
make two copies exactly like this.
Number each one a number higher than
this one and mail this letter with ten
cents to T. P. A., care Selling & Co.,
Marion, Ind., who agree to hoid_ the
same in trust until the chain is broken.
Mail copy made by you to two of your
friends and ask them to do likewise. 1
address you as a friend and traveling
man and believe you will comply with
the request. If you can not, kindly re-
turn same to me, so that the chain will
not be broken.

The matter happened to be brought to
the attention of Col. J. N. Murray, who
represents the National Metallic Bed-
stead’ Co., of Marion, Ind., who sent a
letter of enquiry regarding Selling &
Co., receiving the following reply:

Answering yours of April 12, will say
that there is no such concern as Selling
& Co., Marion. If the ing is left off
the firm name the scheme will be self-
explanatory.

In order to determine whether Mr.
Hoffman was actually a member of
Travelers’ Protective Association,
Geo. F. Owen recently addressed a let-
ter of enquiry to Louis LaBeaume, Sec-
retary of that organization at St. Louis,
receiving the following reply:

Your letter of recent date received and
replying to same will state that we have
gone carefully through our records and
we do not find any member in the In-
diana division by the name of O. E.
Hoffman or O. E. Noffman. Am _ in-
clined to think the matter is a fake.

The indications point to the fact that
the man Hoffman is a myth and all who
contributed to the fund are helping to
foster a notorious fraud.

-_— 2
Gripsack Brigade.

Traverse City Eagle: Joseph Cars-
cadden, traveling for Holmes & Wells,
a cigar house of Flint, is quite seriously
ill at the Whiting Hotel with fever.
Mr. Carscadden was orderly sergeant
of the Flint company in the Cuban cam-
paign and the attack is a result of
Cuban fever he there experienced.

Cheboygan Tribune: J. S. Thomp-
son, proprietor of the New York Racket
store, has accepted a position as travel-
ing salesman for Jennings, Lacy & Co.,
East Saginaw, boot and shoe manufac-

 

turers. He has had assigned to him ter-
ritory in the Upper Peninsula and ex-
pects to leave on his maiden trip soon.

Geo. H. Sexton, who is connected
with the exploitation department of the
Egg Baking Powder Co., of New York,
was in the city Tuesday, accompanied
by David H. Naylor, Jr., who has the
management of the company’s business
in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, with
headquarters at Cleveland. They suc-
ceeded_in placing the goods in the
hands of the jobbers at this market and
looked over the availability of several
candidates for traveling representative,
on which they will probably reach a

conclusion before the end of the week.
—_~ 2.

An Unqualified Success in Every Respect.

The annual meeting of the Grand
Council of Michigan, United Commer-
cial Travelers, which was held in this
city last Friday and Saturday, was an
unqualified success in every respect.
The entertainment features were ade-
quate to the occasion, the attendance
was all that could be desired and the
weather the last day of the convention
was perfect. Every guest present was
warm in praise of the manner in
which the affair was handled from start
to finish and the local members of the
order feel entirely satisfied with the
result. The officers elected are as fol-
lows:

Grand Counselor—J. E. Moore, Jack-
son.

Grand Junior
Bartlett, Flint.

Past Grand Counselor—J. A. Murray.

Secretary—A. Kendall, Hillsdale.

Grand Treasurer—W. S. Mest, Jack-
son.

Grand Conductor—Frank Scott, Bay
City.

Grand Page—John C. Emery, Grand
Rapids.

_ Grand Sentinel—H. E. Vasoldt, Sag-
inaw.

Grand Executive Committee——F.
Page, Jackson; F. W. Thompson,
Hillsdale.

At a meeting .of the general Com-
mittee on Arrangements held at the
Military Club Sunday afternoon, a res-
olution was adopted extending the
hearty thanks of the Grand Rapids
Council to all who in any way con-
tributed to the success of the occasion,
especial mention being made of the fol-
lowing: To Mayor Perry, for his ad-
dress of welcome; to the Board of
Trade, for furnishing Newell’s band for
the parade ; to the Common Council, for
decorating the city hall; to the Board
of Police and Fire Commissioners, for
furnishing a platoon; to the Military
Club, for furnishing our members tick-
ets of admission for a_ period of two
weeks; to the B. P. O. E., No. 48 for,
tickets of admission to their beautiful
lodge room; to the hotels, for reduced
rates for our guests; to the Michigan
Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Accident
Association, for the contribution of
beautiful flowers; to the G. J. Johnson
Cigar Co., B. J. Reynolds, Frank An-
derson and Tandler & Torbe. for con-
tributions of cigars; to Mrs. W. R.
Compton and the ladies comprising the
Ladies’ Entertainment Committee, for
the very satisfactory manner in which
they discharged the difficult duties de-
volving upon them; to the other com-
mittees of the Council who assisted in
making the occasion one of the most
successful events of the kind ever held
in the city; to the daily and weekly
press of the city, for the very hearty
manner in which they supported the
work of the committees and the very
generous reports they made of the pro-
ceedings.

Counselor—H. A.

 

AS HE OUGHT TO BE.
Picture of the Ideal
Traveler.

The commercial traveler should study,
by his appearance and address, to put
himself in the most favorable light as
seen by his customers. Without being
too familiar he should be ready to con-
verse easily with all classes. He
should be careful to preserve his self-
esteem, and not to fall into the error of
having a_ better opinion of others than
they deserve.

The commercial traveler who values
the good opinion of others must be con-
scientiously truthful. It is not necessary
for him to communicate all he knows,
but it would be inexcusable in him to
speak contrary to his real convictions.
Falsehood is a most shameful vice,
whatever the motive for it, and he who
practices it is a very contemptible per-
son, whatever good qualities he may
possess. Truth reveals itself sooner or
later, and what a pitiable object is the
exposed liar! Like all other vices,
falsehood begins in a small way, but the
road is easy to its finally becoming a
habit. 1 would say to the commercial
traveler with the greatest emphasis:
Perform faithfully whatever you have
promised to do, and take care never to
enter upon obligations the fulfillment of
which may be beyond the possibility of
your reach. Having, for presumably
good reasons, promised to confer favors
or to give small presents to your cus-
tomers, by all means act up to your prom-
ises. Remember, in this connection,
that little causes often have great con-
sequences. Be careful not to contra-
dict yourself in your assertions. One
naturally forms a poor opinion of the
man who to-day condemns what he yes-
terday approved.

The commercial traveler must strictly
forbear seeking after mean advantages
or he will bring himself and his house
into bad repute. It is an erroneous no-
tion that he can profit by tricks. From
the history of commerce in all times
there can not be produced a single in-
stance in which the practice of dishon-
est tricks did not bring retribution upon
the wrong-doer. Honesty, with its
consequence, the mutual trust of parties
to the transaction of trade, is the basis
of commerce. The wise and far-sighted
business man does not aim to make a
single, isolated sum as profit, be it ever
so large and tempting. To obtain a
permanent and steady living, and to in-
crease his fortune, he endeavors to make
his profits continuous. It is also true
that if by previous honest dealings he
has won the confidence of customers,
his expectations will be realized. The
retailer must buy in order to sell, and
it is to his interest to maintain business
relations with the representative of a
mercantile house in whose uprightness
and integrity he has good reason to
place entire confidence.

The commercial traveler can not
afford to disregard the obligation to ex-
press himself with precision, not forget-
ting at the same time to take into ac-
count, in his use of words, the degree of
cultivation of those with whom he is
dealing. In approaching a customer it
is good to begin in a serious vein, but
at a right time in the ensuing conversa-
tion, to vary his speech with sprightly,
even merry remarks. I think the reader
will agree with me that persons of a
quiet temperament more easily acquire
the art of expressing their ideas well
and clearly than those of a lively dispo-
sition, the ideas of the latter class com-
ing more quickly and requiring more

Pen Commercial

 

management, as a matter of course.
Hence it is not uncommon to find the
utterances of these favored ones some-
what confused in their character.
Should your business bring you into
contact with people who do not know
their own mind, avoid the appearance
of irritability ; answer all questions put
to you according to your best discretion,
and meet objections, which may prove
to be fickle, with dignity and compo-
sure. Strive to understand the real wishes
of those with whom you deal, and if
any way practicable, comply with their
wishes.

Undue curiosity is a bad habit and to
be eschewed. It is a fault which will
make a man an object of contempt,
certainly ridiculous, and often exposes
him to severe snubbing. There are
commercial travelers afflicted with this
provoking weakness to such an extent,
that they can not resist the temptation of
peeping at every scrap of paper which
they find in the offices they enter, prob-
ably in the hope of discovering some-
thing that might be of service to them
in obtaining orders. If account books
happen to be opened in their presence,
orders for other firms compared or let-
ters perused, they will take the oppor-
tunity to glance at them, thus prying in-
to the secrets of those with whom they
wish to transact business. Such conduct
as this is contrary to the laws of good
breeding, and, if discovered, is fatal to
a man’s chances of business. Never at-
tempt to swell your stock of informa-
tion by such means. Have the courtesy
at least to wait for communications in
which you may have no interest.

Not that it is unimportant for you to
know your customers’ affairs, so far as
this is related to your employer’s inter-
ests. There are ways not open to cen-
sure by which you can gather knowl-
edge in regard to the resources of a cus-
tomer. If by using them the commer-
cial traveler has found out anything of
importance, especially with regard to
the customer’s financial standing, he
ought to consider # a sacred duty to
keep the secret, and under no circum-
stances to reveal the same to competi-
tors in trade for the purpose of winning
their favors by it.

Nothing is more attractive than a
happy, cheerful disposition, which may,
perhaps, be regarded as the infallible
sign of an amiable character. Nature
alone can bestow this priceless gift, and
the man who must study to be gay and
jolly can not make nearly the good im-
pression as he who is born with this en-
dowment of perpetual cheerfulness. But
it is desirable sometimes to affect cheer-
fulness, even when not in the best of
humor. At such times the intelligent
reader of human nature may not fail to
notice hidden anxieties. He is, how-
ever, the right man to appreciate the

ffort to conceal them.

—___—_- 0 s—__

Sault Ste. Marie Democrat: A_ trav-
eling man is minus a $30 overcoat and
two woodsmen in some unseen spot are
fighting for it or have divided by this
time the proceeds of ‘‘hanging it up.
The traveling man was left by his train
at Soo Junction Thursday and aboard
the train he had left his glossy Melton
overcoat. Just back of the seat he had
occupied were two lumber jacks ina
very jagged condition. When the train
struck the Soo the brakeman woke up
the two men, slammed one of them into
the overcoat lying across the seat In
front of them and threw them off the
train. The drummer came to the Soo
on the next train and made enquiries for
his coat. He andthe brakeman man-
aged to’ put two and two together until
they settled on the order of the garment s
leave taking, but the coat is as yet coy
and has refused to make its appearance,

 

    

 

  

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“MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

Drugs--Chemicals

Michigan State Board of Pharmacy
Term expires

 

 

GEO. GUNDRwuM, Ionia - - ec. 31, 1900
L. E. REYNOLDS, St. Joseph - Dec. 31, 1901
HENRY HEIM, Saginaw - - Dec. 31, 1902

Wirt P. Dory, Detroit- - - Dee. 31, 1903
A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1904
President, Gko. GUNDRUvUM, Ionia.
Secretary, A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer, HENRY HEI, Saginaw.

 

Examination Sessions
Star Island—June 25 and 26.
Sault Ste. Marie—Aug. 28 and 29.
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

 

State Pharmaceutical Association
President—O. EBERBACH, Ann Arbor.
Secretary—CHAS. F. MANN, Detroit.
Treasurer—J. S. BENNETT, Lansing.

 

Opportunity for Effective Advertising in
the Drug Business.

An advertising system is a part of
every progressive business policy. What
was a good plan of doing business ten
years ago very likely is not a good plan
to-day. Then the condition of the trade,
the habits of the people, may not have
made it necessary to advertise. In the
year 1900 the druggist or other mer-
chant who does not advertise judicious-
ly will lose more or less trade. Every
merchant must learn the wants of his
customers and study how he can supply
those wants. Then he must adopt a sys-
tematic policy for keeping all his pos-
sible customers advised of his special
facilities for meeting their requirements.
Advertising regularly in the papers
which reach the customer has proven
the aid to success in so many cases that
it is now universally conceded the one
advertising policy to be employed for
those who want to conform to the ideas
of their customers rather than satisfy
their personal views about the _ best
method for attracting public favor.
That the public—those who do the buy-
ing-—are attracted more by newspaper
advertising than by other methods is
the experience of the great majority who
have conducted a profitable business.

In the drug store, with its abundant
opportunity for effective advertising
throughout each: season of the year, a
definite, progressive advertising policy
should be adopted and carefully carried
out. If this were done by even a fair
percentage of the retail druggists of the
country, there would very soon be an
end to the subserviency of the country
press to patent nostrum domination.
The patent medicine patronage to the
average paper is comparatively small
and could readily be offset by that of
the druggist, for judicious advertising
would increase his ability to compete
for the favor of the paper. The publish-
er of the country paper is a business
man and naturally says what he can to
heip the business of those who patronize
him. Let the local druggist adopt a
policy of liberal advertising, and not
only will he increase his net profits, but
will also put an effectual stop to the
publication of reflections on his business
integrity, such as the ‘‘short jabs’’ with
which an iniquitous nostrum interest is
flooding newspaper offices of the coun-
try.

A good advertising policy will not
stop with a determination to advertise
continuously during the year, but will
extend to the character of the advertise-
ment, to the greatest care in its prepa-
ration, to bringing all articles the sale
of which can be measurably increased
through public announcements to the
attention of the readers of the medium
used, and to careful attention to the
manner in which the advertising mat-
ter is handled by the papers patronized.
Those men who acknowledge that adver-

 

tising has brought them the larger share
of their success testify that advertising
must be continued with as great regular-
ity, with as much attention to details,
and with as much supervision by the
head of the house, as are given to the ar-
rangement of the stock in the store.
Advertising will not take care of itself.
It is to-day a part of the capital of every
merchant. The degree of attention,
ability and good judgment which he
displays in his advertising determines
whether his advertising appropriation
will prove in the course of a year an ex-
pense or a profitable investment.

—__> 2. ___

the Hair Not Conductive to

Growth.

The popular belief that clipping the
hair makes it grow faster is, according
to Dr. J. Pohl, not founded on fact.
This observer has made accurate meas-
urements of the rate of growth of many
hairs under a variety of conditions and
found that, if a portion of the head is
shaved, the hair will grow for a month
more slowly than the hairs of the un-
shaved portion. After the first month
their rate of growth is about the same.
He also found that the shaved _ hairs
grew unevenly, and _ further study
showed him that the hairs on the head,
and elsewhere, are arranged in groups
of two, three or four, the members of a
group -being closely related anatomi-
cally.

One of them outgrows the other for a
time, and then its pace slackens while
a younger one presses into first place,
to be followed by a third, etc. In other
words, each hair has a life history and
its rate of growth varies at different
times. It is most rapid during the mid-
dle period of its life. When old, a hair
falls out and a young one grows up in its
place.” As the hairs in a hair-group
grow old and fall out successively, bald-
ness is avoided. The growth per month

Clipping

varies from one-half: of an inch to an’

inch or more.—Popular Science News.
——--——~>-2 2
The Drug Market.

Opium—Has again declined under the
information of reported large crops.
Powdered has also declined.

Morphine—Is unchanged.

Quinine—Is firm at unchanged prices.
The bark sale in London a week ago
was at the same price as previous sale.

Acetanilid—The market is quiet and
has declined tc per Ib.

Citric Acid—Is in a very firm posi-
tion and manufacturers refuse to make
contracts at.present prices. An advance
is looked for in the near future.

Alcohol—Has declined 1c per gallon,
on account of the lower price for corn.

Essential Oils—Anise is steady at the
reduced price noted last week. Clove
has declined in sympathy with the
spice. Lemon, bergamot and orange
are very firm abroad and higher prices
are looked for.

Gum Camphor— Has advanced tc per
lb. A further advance is looked for.

Buchu Leaves—Are in large supply
and lower.

Linseed Oil—Is very firm and higher
prices are looked for.

—_tes___
Vinegar Vapor After Chloroform.

Dr. J. Torrance Rugh states that the
inhalation of vinegar for the relief of
vomiting after chloroform was first pro-
posed in 1829. Lewin gives the explan-
ation of its action as follows: The
chlorin that is set free from the chloro-
form is neutralized by the acetic acid :
the chlorin acts as an irritant to the
mucous membrane and induces yomit-
ing.

 

 

Some Recent Dandruff Remedies.

Salicylic acid, 25 grs.

Glycerin, 1 dr.

Dilute alcohol, 2 ozs.

Oil wintergreen, 3 ms.

Oil rose, 1 m.

Oil neroli, 1 m.

Water, 4 ozs.

Mix the acid and oils with the alco-
hol and glycerin; add the water and
filter.

Betanaphthol, 6 drs.

Glycerin, 2 ozs.

Oil wintergreen, ¥% dr.

Oil rose, 10 ms.

Oil neroli, 1o ms.

Terpineol, 10 ms.

Oil orris, 5 ms.

Heliotropin, 1% gr.

Tinct. quillaja, 30 ozs.

Wash the hair, dry it, apply the above
lightly with a sponge, tie a cloth over
the head and allow it to remain for one-
half hour.

Precipitated sulphur, 30 grs.

Sand, 60 grs.

Glycerin, % oz.

Rose water, I pt.

Wash the sulphur to free it from any
traces of acid; dry and triturate with
the sand to divide as finely as possible ;
then add the water and glycerin. Shake
frequently for a few days; then pour off
the clear liquid as wanted for use, al-
lowing the sediment to remain in the
bottle and shaking the mixture after
using.

Resorcin, 5 to 10 parts.

Castor oil, 45 parts.

Alcohol, 150 parts.

Balsam peru, 0.5 part.

Rub in daily with a piece of flan-
nel.

Cologne water, 1 dr.

Sulphurous acid, 2 drs.

Glycerin, 1 oz.

Distilled water, 4 ozs.

Brush into the hair each day.

Caustic potassa, 8 grs.

Carbolic acid, 24 grs.

Lanolin, 4 drs.

Cocoanut oil, 4 drs.

Rub into the scalp morning
evening.

Balsam Peru, % dr.

Betanaphthol, 1 dr.

Lanolin, 6 dr.

Benzoated lard, 2 dr.

Resorcin, 1 dr.

Alcohol, 7% ozs.

Dissolve and add to

Castor oil, 2 drs.

Peruvian balsam, 30 grs.

Shake well, perfume and filter. To be
used after washing the hair.

Resorcin, 90 grs.

Glycerin, I oz.

Alcohol, 1% ozs.

Rose water, 3 ozs.

Distilled water, ad., 8 ozs.

—_—_>20<2.__
Green Tooth Wash.

As a rule, tooth washes are colored
red. The formula below was made up
and colored green with chlorophyll and
presents no objectionable features. Not
that green washes are recommended,
but a wash worthy to stand on its own
color. A 30 per cent. alcohol was used,
and much of the smarting was removed.
This is also allayed to a great extent by
the addition of glycerin.

Alcohol (30 per cent. ), 4 ozs.

Glycerin, 4 drs.

Soap, 2 drs.

Ac. carbol, 1%4 dps.

Thymol, 1% grs.

Oil orange, 3 dps.

Oil cinnamon, 1 dp.

Oil wintergreen, 5 dps.

This wash should be made up in the
usual manner, and colored a bright
green with chlorophyll.

In general, all washes should stand at
leat a week before they are filtered and
offered for sale, as they mellow on
standing toa remarkable degree. Or-
dinary tincture of myrrh will mix with
the last two washes to the extent of two
drachms to four ounces, without precip-
itation.

The mouth is a sensitive organ, and
will bear considerable medication along
some lines, and almost none along
others, As all washes are designed to
remain in the mouth—i.e., not to be
washed out—it is advisable to introduce

and

antiseptics to a considerable extent.
This with soap for a detergent and
alcohol as a stimulant offers a wide
range to the inventor or person who
desires to construct formulas for such
preparations.
—> 2 __
Prescription Bottles in Germany.
Some moénths ago it was determined
by the Bundesrath to use containers of a
different shape for medicines for inter-
nal and external usé; round or square
containers were prescribed for external
medicaments and hexagonal vials or
bottles for articles for internal use. It
appears that the words for ‘‘internal
use’’ were interpreted by one set of
officials to mean only those medicaments
which were taken into the stomach by
way of the mouth and consequently
trouble was made for those apothecaries
who wisely concluded that it meant all
remedies except those for application to
the cuticle, including eye-waters, hypo-
dermic injections, inhalants, etc. ‘The
matter was finally brought before the
Bundesrath, which has decided that this
was the proper interpretation of the
**Verordnung.’’ Notice has therefore
recently been served on all apothecaries
through the official press that henceforth
all eye-waters, hypodermatic injections,
inhalants, etc., must be put up in hexa-
gonal containers.
a  —
Adulterated Extract of Ergot.
ae to Prof. Capellini, extract
of elder is frequently used for adulter-
ating the more costly extracts, particu-
larly that of ergot. “As much as 30 per
cent. is found at times. This admixture
does not materially affect the odor and
taste of ergot nor is the characteristic
reaction of liberating tri-methyl-amine
by addition of alkalies interfered with,
but when present to the extent of 10
per cent. it may be detected in the fol-
lowing manner: If 1 gm. of the pure
extract be dissolved in 30 drops of sul-
phuric acid then 5 to 6 cc. of water
added and _ the solution shaken with 10
cc. of oil of turpentine, then put aside a
while and after shaking again passed
through a filter moistened with oil of
turpentine two layers will be formed, of
which the upper is colorless and the
lower of the color of Malaga wine. If
Sambucus is present the upper turpen-
tine layer assumes a greenish-yellow
color while the lower is of a lighter red.
—s>2——_
How to Use Mustard Plasters.
Never place a cold mustard plaster on
a patient. The shock is like a sudden
plunge into cold water. Before you com-
mence to mix the paste be sure you have
all the necessary material at hand. First
put a large plate where it can get warm,
not too hot; then stir the mustard and
flour thoroughly together before you add
the water, which should be tepid; stir
in enough water to make a paste about
the consistency of French mustard ;
place your cloth (an old handkerchief
is best) on the warm plate, spreading
the paste in the middle of it, leaving a
margin wide enough to lap over on all
sides. Do not remove paste from the
~ until ready to apply. Place a
olded towel between paste and patient’s
clothing.

A Hopeful View.

He _ (despondently )--Our marriage
will have to be postponed. I have lost
my Situation, and haven’t any income
at all.

She (hopefully)—That doesn’t matter
now, my dear. We won't need any.
I’ve learned how to trim my own hats,

RRC AFG. CHEMISTS,
; ., ALLEGAN, MICH

Perrigo’s Headache Powders, Per-
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Dyspepsia Tablets and Perrigo’s
Quinine Cathartic Tablets are gain-
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Declined—

Acidum — Mac... .. ‘ 1 = 60 — COs... @ 50
ae 6@$ 8 opaiba . 1 15@ 1 25 olutan ............-. am 50
pe et 70@ 75| Cubebee . . 90@ 1 00| Prunus virg......... @ 50

Boriete 0... @ 16 pectin. a a ; . Tinctures
— es po = Gaultheria .......... 2 00@ 2 10 a —- 60
Hydrochior.. en 3@ 65 | Geranium, ounce.. a 50
Nitrocum .. ey 8@ 10 oe Sem. . Bale. 50@ 60 ioe pee ae i 60
Oxalicu “- 49@ ~~ 14| Hedeoma.. .. 1 20@ 1 75 | a MAYEER ... 60
Cea @ 15| Junipera .. acoce SO SO 50
Salicylicum ./....... 65@ 7 Lavendula .......... 90@ 2 00 ia *f Belli ea ais
Sulphurieum ... es 1%@  5/|Limonis............. 1 35@ 1 45 | 4 monti Ce a oe 5
Tannicum ........... 90@ 1 00| Mentha Piper....... 1 25@ 2 00 re “cia fal )
‘Tartaricum | ce 33@ 40 | Mentha Verid....... 1 50@ 1 60 cme, oo 60
ae Morrhue, ‘gal... .... 1 20@ 1 25 eran +--+ 50
Ammonia Myrcia 4 00@ 4 50 feo eae oe os 50
Aqua, 16 deg......... 4M 6) Ole 2. 75@ 3 00 ees Ac aaa £5
Aqua, 20 deg.. ae 6@ 8 | Picis Liquida....... 10@ 12 Conisiaas ae =
Carbonas .. woeee 13. 15) Biets — ot. @ 3 yo een ot 75
Chioridum........... 1w@ 14 ees - “— 1 08 Cast gg bd a ‘ 0°

i osmarini. coe oO...

Aniline : 9 05 | Rose, mane 6 50@ 8 50 oma eo miele ices a 50
Black.........-----+- 2 00@ 2 Si een. 45 pec ema 6~, Secu 50
—- Ce = cane 90@ 1 00 yc — Go 60

bet oo ose. cee nae : 3 00 Siete. 2 75@ 7 00 Cubebs a oa ae 50
Yellow Se cece oe 2 500 Sassafras... O55 rs = are ae 50
Sinapis, ess., ounce. @ 65 Sans ae ‘aii é sete 50
Cubebe 12@ 14 po ee 1 50@ 1 60 ara ee: 50
Juniperus 6 8 toe a = 1 = ae Se eo
coapasuae neon @ * | theobromas |... |... bo 2 Ferri Chloridum.. =
ae 50@ 55 Potassium Gantian 6... 60
— Soe foe eee ip Bi-Carb Co 156@ 18 ee ee
i ponada » 45| Bichromate.......... 13@  15| Guiaca ammon
Terabin, carn. 2 45 | Bromide ............. 52@ 57 | Hyoscyamus. 50
peas (on Carb ................ 129@ 15| Iodine .... 75

Cortex Chlorate...po. 17419 16@ 18 | Iodine, colorl 75
Abies, Canadian..... 18 | Cyanide... ........ 2a @ 50
Cassie... >... Co 12 | todide 4. 2 65@ 2 75 50
Cinechona Flava. .... 18 | Potassa, Bitart, pure 23@ 50
Euonymus atropurp. 30 | Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15 5y
Myrica Cerifera, po. 20 | Potass Nitras, opt... 7@ «10 75
Prunus Virgini...... 2| Potass Nitras....... 6@ Opii, compho es 50
Quillaia, gr’d........ 12| Prussiate............  23@ 26 | Opii, deo orized..... 1 5g
Sassafras ...... po. 18 15 | Sulphate po......... 15@ 18| Quassia ............. 50
Ulmus...po. 15, gr’d 15 Radix Rhatany. . ue 5o

Extractum Aconitum............ 20@ 25 Sri NG Bp
Glyeyrrhiza Glabra. 24@ 25) Althe seseeeeeees  22@ 25 | Serpentaria . . 5g
Glycyrrhiza, po....- 28@ 30} Anchusa............. 10@ 12) Stromonium......... 60
Heematox, 15 lb. box W@ 12) Arum po.. @ 2/ Tolutan ............. 60
Heematox, 1s.....--- 13@ 14) Calamus.. 20@ 40| Valerian ............ By
Heematox, 4S.....-. M@ 1 Gentiana ......po.15  12@ 15 | Veratrum Veride... 50
Heematox, 4S....... 16@ 17 cena Ss 15 = 18 | Zingiber .. 20

, ydrastis Canaden. ® 75

ee. _| Hydrastis Can., po.. @ 380 Miscellaneous :
Sarbonate Precip... 15 | Hellebore, Alba, po. 12@ 15| ther, Spts. Nit.? F 30@ 35
Citrate and Quinia 2 25) Tula, po.. ra 153@ 2 | Hther, Spts. Nit.4F 3@ 38
Citrate Soluble...... 75 Ipecac, po... 425@ 4 35| Alumen ............. 24@ 3
Ferrocyanidum Sol.. 40 | Iris plox...po. 35@38 35@ 40| Alumen, gro’d - 7.32 4
Solut. Chloride. ..... 15 | Jalapa, pr. .. 23@ 30 Annatto........ 50
Sulphate, com’l..... 2) Maranta, BAS oo @ 35| Antimoni, 41@ 5
Sulphate, —s = Podophyllum, po. 22@ 25 | Antimonie Pot T 40@ 50
bbl, per cwt......- 80 | Rhei fe 75@ 1 00 | Antipyrin ae @ 2»
Sulphate, pure...... 4) Phe out... 2... @ 1% ie ee ow @ 2
Flora Rhei, a: ae 75@ 1 35 Agent Nie 02... : “ =
? ) a % rsenicum ...... 2
Ammica.......-.----+- 4@ 16 Spi ae i ) * 38 | Balm Gilead Bu 33@ 40
Anthemis ol 2. 2 nguinaria...po. 15 Q@ 18 ; ad i
Matricaria........ 30@ 35 Serpentaria .. ue Se 4o@ 45 | Bismuth S. N........ 1 50@ 1 60
air eae “ Senega . 60@ 65 | Caleium Chior., 1s... @ 9
a on wen Se See. SU

Baro 25@ matee, eo @ 2% J +) “AS.- 1
Cassia Aci, ‘Tin- Seillee . -po. 35 10@ 12 Cantharides, Rus. po @ 7
20@ 25 | Symplocarpus, Feeti- Capsici Fructus, a @
ones. R eatitor, ‘Alx. 25@ 30| ‘dus, po............ @ = 25| Capsici Fructus, po. @ 15
Salvia officinalis, 14s Valeriana,Eng.po.30 @ 25 Capsici Fruetus B, po @
and 4S ........-++- 12@ 20| Valeriana, German. 15@ 20 i -po.15 12@ 14
ae 8@ 10 Zingiber a See L@ 6 a 40..... @ 3 o

Gummi a 23@ W \Iba.......---. 50@
Acacia, 1st picked... @ 65 —— 0 ee
Acacia, 2d picked... @ 45/ Anisum....... 0. @ 12) Cassia Fructus...... @ 35
Acacia, 3d picked.. -@ 3 = age n (aitiveieons). 13@ 15 a i @ 10
Acacia, sifted sorts. @ 28| Bird, ts...... 4@ 6) Cetaceum.. me @ 4
Acacia, po = 65] Cara... Poe ‘18 11@ 12! Chloroform ... 55@ 60
Aloe, Barb. po. 18@20 12 14| Cardamon.. 1 256@ 1 75| Chloroform, squibbs @ 110
Aloe, Cape....po. 15. @ 12 Coriandrum.. oe 8@ 10} Chloral Hyd Crst.... 1 65@ 1 90
Aloe, Socotri..po. 40 @ 30) Cannabis Sativa. .... 4 @ 5 | Chondrus.... 200@ 2
Ammoniae.........-. 55@ 60| Cydonium........... 75@ 1 00 | Cinchonidine,P. &W 33@ 48
‘Assafcetida....po.30 28@ 30] Chenopodium....... 10@ 12) Cinchonidine,Germ.  38@ __ 48
Benzoinum .. we.eeeee BOQ 55] Dinterix Odorate.... 1 00@ 1 10} Cocaine . 5 30G 5 80
Catechu, 1s.... @ 13 Foeniculum ...... cee @ 40| Corks, list, dis. pr. et. 70
Catechu, 4s 14 | Foenugreek, po...... 7@ 9\|Creosotum........... @ 35
Catechu, 4S.......-- 2. 161 Lint... 3%@ 4% | Creta.........bbl.-75 a
Camphore .......--. 66@ 70} Lini, grd..... bbl. 3% 4@ 4% | Creta, prep.......... @ 5
Eu eeams.--2O- 35 @ 40} Lobelia 35@ 40| Creta, precip........ 9@ 1
Galbanum.... @ 1 00| Pharlaris Canarian.. 4 @  5| Creta, Rubra........ @ s
Gamboge ......--- ‘po GO . | Rapa 2... 44Q@ 5| Groeus .............. 6@ 1%
Guaiacum. oe 25 @ 30} Sinapis Alba.. s @ 10} Cudbear............. @ 24
Kino.. po. $1.25 @ 1 %5| Sinapis Nigra....... 11@ = 12/ Cupri Sulph......... 64@ 8
Mastic oN “ g = Spiritus ne , mene 72 =

TEh: .... po. ( - : : er Sulp @
Opi... ‘po. 4.50@4.80 3 30@ 3 40| Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ 2 50) Emery, all numbers. @ 8
Shell .. BQ 35 Frumenti, D. F. R.. 2 00@ 2 25 Emery, po.. @ 6
Shellac, ‘pieached....  40@ 45 | Frumenti.... 1 25@ 1 50| Ergota’........po.90 85@ 90
Tragacanth 50@ 80 | Juniperis Co. O.T... 1 65@ 2 00 Flake White!) ... 12@ 15

reer eee ee | Juniperis Co........ 1 75@ 3 50! Galla......:......... @ 2B

Herba Saacharum N. E.... 190@210| Gambier 0). 8@9

Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. Vini Galli....... 1 75@ 6 50 | Gelatin, Cooper. . i @ 60
Eupatorium..oz. pkg 20 | Vini Oporto......... 1 25@ 2 00 q

ae . Gelatin, French..... 35@, 60

Lobelia ...... oz. pkg 25| Vini Afpa...:....._.. 1 25@ 2 00| Glassware, flint, box 75 & 5

Posen - Pkg : Sponges Less than box..... 70

° x 1 4

Mentha vie z Dk 95 | Florida sheeps’ wool -_ vite besee tees 3 -

is “ carriage........... 2 O@ 2 75 | ue, Willww......... oO :

= es sae a pre = Nassau sheeps’ wool Glycerina............ 17@ 28

Thymus, V...oz. pkg 95 | _ carriage... 2 50@ 2 75| Grana Paradisi...... : @ 2B

oe Velvet extra sheeps’ Humulus............ 25@ 55

Magnesia wool, carriage. .... @150 Hydrarg. Chlor oe @ %
Calcined, Pat........ 55@ 60| Extra yellow sheeps’ Hydrarg Chlor Cor. @ 8%
Carbonate, Pat...... 18@ 20| wool, carriage..... @ 1 25| Hydrarg Ox Rub’ m @1 05
Carbonate, K.& M.. 18@ 20] Grass sheeps’ wool, Hydrarg Ammoniati @1
‘arbonate, Jennings 18@ 20| carriage. @ 100| HydrargUnguentum 50@ 60

Oiseau Hard, for slate use. @ 75| Hydrargyrum....... @ 8

Yellow Reef, for ic i olla, Am... 65@ 70
— gear 6 50@ 6 S slate use........... @ 140 - — atta 75@ : =
mygdale, e. 30@ ne, esubi...... 90@
Amygdale, Amare. 8 00@ 825) cia Syrups ite ae Be @ 4 00
Se eee 1 80@ 1 BAA °
Auranti Cortex...... 2 25@ 2 30| Auranti Cortex...... @ 50 on 15
Bergamii .........-.- 2 40@ 2 60} Zingiber............. @ 50 acis 65@ 75
Campa... -....-. 80@ 85 | Ipecac... @ 60) Liquor “Arsen et Hy-
eee. modaioc a 75@ 80} Ferri we @ 50 rar; @ 2%
w.eeeee 35@ 45] Rhei Arom.......... @ 650} Liquor otassArsinit 10@ 12
Caemesatll uaa @ 275 Snnilax "Olficinalis 50@ 60| Magnesia, Sulph.. 2@ 3
Cinnamonii ......... 1 10@ 1 20| Senega.............. @ 50 me Sulph, bbl @ 1%
Citronella ......--... 35@ 40! Scilla... .,,, -.---+, @ 050! Mannia,S. F........ 00@ 60

 

 

MOnEnGL:..... @ 3 2% | Seidlitz Mixture..... 2 22 | Linseed, pure raw... 66 69
Morphia, S., P.& W. 2 05@ 2 30 | | Sinapis .. @ & | Linseed, boiled...... 67 70
oie S.,N.X. < Sinapis, ‘opt. — @ 30) Neatsfoot, winter str 54 i
1 95@ 2 20} ~~ erent De | Spirits Turpentine.. 55 60
Moschus Canton.. 40 | @ 41|
Myristica, No. 1..... 650, | Snuff, Scotch, De Vo’s @ 41] Paints phil. LB.
Nux Vomica...po. 15 @ 10| Soda, Boras......... os 11)
Os Sepia.. 30@ 35| Soda, Boras, po..... 9@ 11| Red Venetian....... 1% 2 @8
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. | Soda et Potass Tart. 23@ 25 | Ochre, yellow Mars. 1% 2 @4
Die os @ 1 00| Soda, Carb.......... 1%4@ 2/| Ochre, yellow Ber... 1% 2 @3
oh a N.N.% gal. Soda, Bi-Carb....... 3@ 5) Putty, commercial.. 2% 24@3
ale @ 200| Soda, Ash........... 3%@ 4) Putty, strictly pure. 2% 24@3
Picis Liq., quarts... @ 1 00} Soda, Sulphas....... @ 2, Vermilion, Prime :
Picis Liq., pints. . @ _ 85| Spts. Cologne........ @ 260) American . . a =
Pil Hydrarg. ..po. 80 @ 50|Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55| Vermilion, Engiish.. 70@ 75
Piper Nigra... po. 22 @ 18) Spts. Myrcia Dom... @ 2 00| Green, Paris........ M4@ 18
Ss ag =. 35 @ 30/| Spts. Vini Reet. bbl. @ | Green, Peninsular... 13@ 16
iix Burgun......... @ 7/|Spts. Vini Rect. 4bbl @ | Lead, red....,....... Ce F
Plumbi Acet......... 10@ ° 12 | Spts. Vini Rect. 10gal @ | Lead, white......... 64.@ 7
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 30@ 1 50 | Spts. Vini Rect. 5 gal @ | Whiting, white Span @ 70
Pyrethrum, boxes H. | Strychnia, Crystal... 1 05@ 1 25 | Whiting, gilders’.... a@a
& P. D. Co., doz... @ 75| Sulphur, Subl....... 2%@ 4| White, Paris, Amer. @ 1 00
Pyrethrum, py...... 250, 30) Sulphur, Roll. . 24@ 3% | Whiting, Paris, Eng.
Guassie ... 8@ 10} Tamarinds.......... 8@ 10 | | __ cliff. @ 1 40
Quinia, 8. P. & W.. 33@ 43) Terebenth Venice...  28@ * | Universal P repared. 1 00@ 1 15
Quinia, S$. German.. 33@ 43| Theobrome.......... 52M,
Quinta, N. Y......... Sam 49) Vann... 2... .... 9 00@16 00 Varnishes
Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14) Zinci Sulph.. 7a 8
Saccharum Lactis py 18@ 20) Olle | No.1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20
Dares, 6 00@ 6 25 | Bere Fourp.......... 1 60@ 1 70
Sanguis Draconis... 40@ BBL. GAL. | Coach Body. . . See
Sapo, WwW a Whale, winter....... 70 70 | No. 1 Turp Furn..... 1 00@ 1 10
Bape mo... 10@ 12| Lard, extra.......... 60 =| | Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60
Rape Go. @ 6) Lard, No.t.......... 45 70@ =O

 

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Paris Green
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White Hellebore
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GROCERY PRICE CURRENT’.

The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only,
dealers. They are prepared just before going to press and
possible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of
erage prices for average conditions of purchase.
those who have poor credit. Subscribers are e
our aim to make this feature of the greatest poss

in such quantities as are usually purchased by retati
are an accurate index of the local market.

It is im-

purchase, and those below are given as representing av-

Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than
arnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it 1s
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ALABASTINE
White in drums............. 9
Colors in drums............. 10
White in packages.......... 10

Colors in packages.......... 11
Less 40 per cent discount.

AXLE GREASE

 

doz. gross
Aare... ......-. .. 55 =—s-«6:«00
Cassor Ol.............60 700
Diamond .............. wm 423
Mraenr es... 0... 7 9 00
IXL Golden, tin boxes75 9 00
Mica, tin boxes.......75 900
Paragon .. 55 6:00

BAKING POWDER

 

El Purity

¥4 Ib. cans per doz.......... 75
¥% Ib. cans per doz.......... 1 20
1 Ib. cans per doz.......... 2 00
Home
44 Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 35
% Ib. cams, 4 doz. case...... 55
1 Ib. cans, 2 doz. case...... 90

JAXON

¥ Ib. cans, 4 doz. case.. ....
% Ib. cans, 4 doz. case......
1 Ib. cans, 2 doz. case...... 1

85
60
10¢ size... ..
44 Ib. cans 1
6 Oz. cans. 1
1% Ib. cans 2
3; Ib. cans 3 60
1 1b. cans. 4 65
Ib. cans.12 7:
5 Ib. cans.21 00

86
30
80
40

 

Queen
3 0Z., 6 doz. case. . cae
6 02., 4 doz. case............
9 0Z., 4 doz. case. ...........
1lb., 2 doz. case............

Flake

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63 88883

Sib. ldoz. case...
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merean
English..........

BLUING

    

LUIN¢

Small 3 doz......... 40
Large, 2 doz........2 0.00011) 5
Arctic, 4.0z, per gross... _.. 4 00
Arctic, 8 0Z, per gross...... 6 00
Arctic, pints, per gross.... 9 00
BROOMS
No. 1 Carpet.................3 00
No? Carpe, 8 2 75
No. 3 Carpet.................2 50
No. 4 Carpet.......000......2 05
Parlor Gem.................2 75
Common Whisk............. 95
Fancy Whisk... 1 2
Warehouse..................3 75
CANDLES
Electric Light, 8s............12
Electric Light, 16s...... .... 12%
Faratine,6s....... 11%
Paraffine, 12s.......... ns eee
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CANNED GOODS
Apples
3 1b. Standards...... 80
Gallons, standards. . 2 60
niin ans
ao im 75@1 30
Red Kidney......... 75@ 8d
ee 80
Wee 85
Blackberries
Standards ........... 75
Blueberries
Standard .............. 85
Clams.
Little Neck, 1 Ib..... 110

 

 

 

    
 

   

 
  
 
 
  
  

Cherries
Red Standards........ 85
Witte. ....... ce 115
Corn
fear |. : 75
—-............ 85
Wancy..- .... 2... 95
Hominy
Standard ............ 85
Lobster
Star, 4Ib.......... me 1 85
a 3 10
Pienie Talls........ ne 2 2
Mackerel
Mustard, 1lb........ 1 75
Mustard, 2lb........ 2 80
Soused, 1 lb......... . 1 75
Soused, 2 Ib........ it 2 80
Tomato, 11b......... 1 75
Tomato, 2 lb......... 2 80
Mushrooms
Lo) : 18@20
Buttons... ......._.. 22@25
Oysters
Cove. tT... 95
Cove, 2Tp:.... ...... 1 70
Peaches
Me
Totow 1 65@1 85
Pears
70
80
Pe
Marrowfat .......... 1 00
Early June.......... 1 00
Early June Sifted. 1 60
ineapple
Gentes... 2 75
Saeed ee 2 25
Pumpkin
ae 65
coo 75
Maney 85
Raspberries
Standard............ K 90
Salmon
Red Alaska..... Coe 1 35
Pink Alaska......... 95
Shrimps
Standard... ..... 1 50
Sardines
Domestic, \s........

Domestic, Mustard. @8
Beemen 8@22
Strawberries
Standard............ 85
Panes... 1 25
Succotash
ae 90
Bree 1 00
Bantry. 1 20
Tomatoes
Mr 80
oa 90
pamey 115
Gallons... 2 35
CATSUP
Columbia, pints.............2 00
Columbia, % pints........... 1 25
CHEESE

ROMO @10
i @10
Carson City.......... @10
Maniiem ... 2... 1... @9%
ae @1%
Gold Medal.. . @ 9%
ideal ......... @ 9%
Jersey.... @10
Riverside. @10

ric : @12
Edam @90
Leiden @17
Limburge @13
Pineapple ........... 50 @7
Sap Sago is cease @18

CHICORY

Bulk a 5

Oe 7

CHOCOLATE
Walter Baker & Co.’s.
xerman Sweet.............. 2
Premium ........... oo
Breakfast Cocoa............. 46
Runkel Bros.
Vienna Sweet ......... oo.
ee 28
Prem 31
H. O. Wilbur & Sons.
Capital Sweet............ 2... 21
Imperial Sweet...... ....... 22
Nelson’s Premium.......... 25
Sweet Clover, 4s.... 25
Sweet Clover, 4s..... 27
Premium Baking.... a
Double Vanilla.............. 40
Triple Vanilla. ....... ..... 50
COCOA

ee 30
Cleveland ............. _. ae
Reps... _ 42
Van Houten, ‘¢s...... 12
Van Houten, ys... 20
Van Houten, %s... 40
Van Houten, Is .. 72
Colonial, 14s ......... 35
Colonial, %s........ 33
Le 45
Wilbur, %s. . ae
Wier, ae. 42

 

CIGARS
The Bradley Cigar Co.’s Brands
Advance ................._$35 00
Bragioy .. ..... | ae eD
Clear Havana Puffs....... 22 00
Wee, Boo... ee ee
Wedd Bo... ee
H. & P. Drug Co.’s brands.
Fortune Teller............ 35 00
Our Manager........ .. 35 00
Quintette.................. 35 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.’s brand.

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Phelps. Brace & Co.’s Brands.
Royal Tigers. - 55@ 80 00
Royal Tigerettes......
Vincente Portuondo ..35@ 70 00

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Ruhe Bros. Co......... 25@ 70 00
Hilson Co.............35@110 00
T. J. Dunn & Co....... 35@ 70 00
McCoy & Co...........35@ 70 00
The Collins Cigar Co..10@ 35 00
Brown Bros...........15@ 70 00
Bernard Stahl Co.. ....35@ 90 00
Banner Cigar Co......10@ 35 00
Seidenberg & Co...... 55@125 00
Fulton Cigar Co......10@ 35 00
A. B. Ballard & Co....35@175 00
E. M. Schwarz & Co...35@110 00
San Telme....... 35@ 70 00
Havana Cigar Co......18@ 35 00
C. Costello & Co....... 35@ 70 00
LaGora-Fee Co....... 35@ 70 00
S. I. Davis & Co. .... ..35@185 00
Hene & Co... .... -..-. 35@ 90 00
Benedict & Co... ...7.50@ 70 00
Hemmeter Cigar Co. ..35@ 70 00
G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.35@ 70 00
Maurice Sanborn .... 50@175 00
Beck &Goe...... 65@300 00
Manuel Garcia........ 80@375 00
Neuva Mundo. ..... .. .85@175 00
Henry Clay... ....... 85@550

La Carolina. .......... .96@200 00
Standard T. & C. Co. ..35@ 70 00

H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.
Star Greem..-....... - 35 00
COFFEE
Roasted

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Special Combination........ 20
French Breakfast........... 25
Lenox ...._.. Se 30
wee
Private Estate. .............. 38
Supecme. 40
SS 3344 per cent.

Rio
Sc 10
wee 11
Prime ..... 13
GOdee os ee
Peavey...

Santos
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Maracaibo
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Java
Ce ss 26
Private Growth............. 30
Mandehling................. 35

Mocha
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Aram 28

PACKAGE COFFEE.

Below are given New York
prices on package coffees, to
which the wholesale dealer adds
the local freight fron. New York
to buyers shipping point, giving
buyer credit on the invoice for
the amount of freight he pays
from the market in which he
purchases to his shipping point.

These prices are further sub-
ject to manufacturer’s regular
rebate.
BepMeG 12 00
OR eee
McLaughlin’s XXxXX

McLaughlin’s XXXX sold to
retailers only. Mail ‘all orders
direct to W. F. McLanghlin &
Co., Chicago.

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Valley City 4% 75
Felix % gross................1 15
Hummel’s foil % gross...... 85
Hummel’s tin % gross ...... 143

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COCOA SHELLS
20 Ib. bags... 5.

Loss quantity ---......-.. 3
Pound packages ......... 4

CLOTHES LINES

Cotton, 40 ft. per doz..
Cotton, 50 ft. per doz.
Cotton, 60 ft. per doz
Cotton, 70 ft. per doz.
Cotton, 80 ft. per doz
Jute, 60 ft. per doz
Jute, 72 ft. per doz...

CONDENSED MILK
4 doz in case.

  
  
  

 

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Gail Borden Eagle .......... 6 75
ee one 20
Day . 5 75
Champion ...................4 50
Mupeee 4 25
Challenge ...................4 00
Dine. _.- Sees elect asic ba ee
COUPON BOOKS
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

Above quotations are for either
Tradesman, Superior, Economic
or Universal grades. Where
1,000 books are ordered at a time
customer receives specially
printed cover without extra
charge.

Coupon Pass Books

Can be made to represent any

denomination from $10 down.
we DOORS 1 50
ie bees. 2 50
500 books................ 11 50
1,000 books......... . 20 00

Credit Checks

500, any one denom...... 2 00
1,000, any one denom...... 3 00
2,000. any one denom...... 5 00
Steel punch...............

CREAM TARTAR
5 and 10 Ib. wooden boxes..... 30
Sulkin sacks...-. 8. 8. 29
DRIED FRUITS—Domestic
Apples
Bumdried 20... @ 6%
Evaporated, 50 Ib. boxes.7@ 7%
California Fruits
ABECOS @15
Blackberries ..........
Nectarines ............
Rememes 10 @l1
Rea
Pitted Cherries. ...... 7%
Prunmneties ...... 2... ..
Raspberries ..........
California Prunes
100-120 25 Ib. boxes ...... @4
90-100 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 4%
80 - 90 25 Ib. boxes ...... @5
70 - 80 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 5%
60 - 70 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 6
50 - 60 25 Ib. boxes ...... 1 7%
40 - 50 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 8
30 - 40 25 Ib. boxes ......
4 cent less in 50 Ib. cases
aisins
London Layers 2 Crown. 1 75
London Layers 3 Crown. 2 00
Cluster 4 Crown......... 2 25
Loose Museatels 2 Crown 74

Loose Musceatels 3 Crown
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 834
L. M., Seeded, choice ...
L. M., Seeded, fancy ....

DRIED FRUITS—Foreign

Citron
ORROT ae
WCORReA 02

Currants
Patras, Cas@s................ 6%
Cleaned, bulk ............... 634

Cleaned, packages..........

Peel
Citron American 19 Ib. bx...13
Lemon American 10 Ib. bx..104%4
Orange American 10 lb. bx ..104%
Raisins

Sultana 1 Crown.............
Sultana 2 Crown ............
Sultana 3 Crown.............
Sultana 4 Crown.............
Sultana 5 Crown.............
Sultana 6 Crown...... ......
Sultana package ............

FARINACEOUS GOOD
Beans
Driog tama...
Medium Hand Picked 2 15@2 25
Brown Holland..............

 

. Cereals
Cream of Cereal............. 90
25
35
35
Postum Cereal, large...... 2 2

Farina
241 1b. packages ............1 25
Bulk, per 100 Ibs.............3 00
Haskell’s Wheat Flakes
36 2 1b. packages... .... --3 00
Hominy
ORCS 2 50
Flake, 50 Ib. drums.......... 1 00
Maccaroni and Vermicelli
Domestic, 10 Ib. box.........
Imported, 25 Ih. box........ 2 50
Pearl Barley
Common os
Caeser 2 50
hmmre 3 00

Grits
Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

HEAT

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24 2 Ib. packages ............1 80
100 ib. kegs...... Sees oce ee
200 . barrels .:.............

  

Peas
Green, Wisconsin, bu....... 1 30
Green, Scotch, bu...........1 35
Spee, 4
Rolled Oats
Rolled Avena, bbl........... 3 45
Steel Cut, % bblis............ 1 70

  

Monarch, bbl......
Monarch, % bbl........... a

  

Monarch, 90 Ib. sacks. ......1 55
Quaker, eases............... 3 20
Sago
German oe 4
Mast India. 3. oo. ck 3%
Tapioca

BARS
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Pearl, 241 lb. packages..... 6%
Wheat
Cracked, bulk....... . 8%
24 2 th. packages ....... .2 50
FLAVORING EXTRACTS
DeBoe’s
2 02. 402.
Vanilla D: C........ 110 1 80
Lemon D.C ...... 70 1 35
Vanilla Tonka...... 75 1 45

 

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JAXON

Highest Grade Extracts

 

 

 

Vanilla Lemon .
10zfullm.1 20 1o0zfull m. 80
2.0z fullm.2 10 20z full m.1 25
No.3fan’y.3 15 No.3fan’y.1 75

  
    

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Vanilla Lemon
75

aper..2 00 40z taper..1 50

2 0z —. 20 20z panel.
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Jennings’
D. C. Vanilla D. C. Lemon
2 OZ... 1 20 OE. 75
See 1 50 3 0Z. 1 00
202... 2 00 OR. oss 1 40
a 3 00 G:OZ....:.. 2 00
No. 8....4 00 No. 8....2 40
No. 10....6 00 No. 10....4 00
No.2 T..1 25 No.2 T.. 80
No.3 T..2 00 No. 3 T..1 25
No.4 T..2 40 No. 4 T..1 50
Northrop Brand

Lem. Van.

1 20

20z. Taper Panel.... 75

 

 

202. Oval... 9B «1.98
30z. Taper Panel....135 200
40z. Taper Panel....160 2 25

Perrigo’s
Van. Lem.
doz. doz.
XXX, 2 oz. obert....1 25 75
XXX, 4 oz. taper....2 25 1 25
XX, 2 0z. obert...... 1 00
No. 2, 2.0z. obert.... 75
XXX D D ptchr, 6 oz 2 25
XXX D D ptehr, 40z 1 75
K. P. piteher, 6 oz. 2 25
FLY PAPER
Perrigo’s Lightning, gro....2 50
Petrolatum, per doz......... 75
HERBS
AS
TOPS as
INDIGO
Madras, 5 Ib. boxes ........... 55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 Ib. boxes...... 50
JELLY
Sip pais. 1 99
pas 35
oom pals. 62

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Calabria... .. 2... 25
peety 14
OGG . 10

LYE

Condensed, 2 doz. -1 20
Condensed, 4 doz...... 2 20

MATCHES
Diamond Match Co.’s brands.
No. 9 sulphur. 1 65
Anchor Parlor ..... . ......1 50
No.2 Home... a 38
Export Parlor... .....2.....4 00
Wolvering. BO

MOLASSES

New Orleans
Ce a ot
Pe 14
ee 20
OCU 24
Open Kettle.............. 25@35

alf-barrels 2c extra

MUSTARD
Horse Radish, 1 doz.........
Horse Radish, 2 doz.........3 50

Bayle’s Celery, 1doz........ 175
PICKLES
Medium
Barrels, 1,200 count ......... 5 25
Half bbls, 600 count......... 3 13
Small
Barrels, 2,400 count ......... 6 28
Half bbls, 1,200 count .......3 62
PIPES
Olay, No. 216... 1 70
Clay, T. D., full count....... 65
Con, Ne:s. 85
POTASH
48 cans in case.

Bappue's ss... 408
Penna Salt Co.’s............. 3 00
RICE
Domestic

Carolina head................ 6%
Carolina No.1.... :
Carolina No. 2 ..

  

BEORCR 4
Imported.

Japan, No. 1............5%4@6

Japan, No. 2............44%@5

Java, fancy head........5 @5%

Java, No. 1..............5 @

Papo ec
SALERATUS

Packed 60 Ibs. in box.
Church’s Arm and Hammer.3 15
Deigng Ss. | Se

3 15

POMONA coe 2 10
i 3 00
DOG 315
Wyandotte, 100 %s.......... 3 00

SAL SODA
Granulated, bblis............ 80
Granulated, 100 Ib. cases.... 85
Eup pps.
Lump, 145 Ib. Kegs........... 80
SALT
Diamond Crystal

Table, cases, 24 3 Ib. boxes..1 40

Table, barrels, 1003 Ib. bags.2 85
Table, barrels, 407 Ib. bags.2 50
Butter, barrels, 280 Ib. bulk.2 50
Butter, barrels, 20 141b.bags.2 60

Butter, sacks, 28 lbs......... 7
Butter, sacks, 56 lbs......... 62
Common Grades
100 3 Ib. sacks................2 15
60 5 Ib. sacks................2 05
23 OID. seers. 1 95
SGID SACKR. 40
28 Io Smee 2... 22
Warsaw
56 Ib. dairy in drill bags. .... 30
28 lb. dairy in drill bags. .... 15
Ashton
56 lb. dairy in linen sabks... 60
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56 Ib. dairy in linen sacks... 60
Solar Rock
BGM. SAeKee 25
Common

95

Granulated Fine............
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Mfolland white ace, bbl. 11 00
Holland white hoopsi4bbl. 6 00
Holland white hoop, keg.. 75
Holland white hoop mechs. 85

 

 

 
 
 

 

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sford’s Corn

Kin
40 1-Ib. packages........... 6%
20 1-Ib. packages.... ...... 6%
6 lb. packages........... 7%

      
      

 

  

: Kingsford’s Silver Gloss
Norwegian dole cle as dw ciciviciae : 40 1-lb. packages. a eee 7
Round 100 Wis......... .... 3 60 nas

- 6 lb. boxes... oe
Round $9 9DS.2.22....-....., 2 5 Common Cox
Sealed ......... seececeeee 1G Lon ay packages.......... 4%
Bilogsers..................-. Pool aaa i: packages... Lee
Mackerel Common Gloss
Mess 100 Ibs. . . 17 00/| 1-Ib. packages ae 24
Mess 40 lbs. ... 7 10 | 3-lb. packages . 4%
Mess 10Ibs........ . 185] 6-1b. packages.... 5
Mess 8lbs................ 1 51.) 40 and 50-lb. boxe 3%
No. 1 100 lbs. 15 00 | Barrels. . 3%
No.1 40 lbs . 6 30 STOVE ‘POL! §
ent Ops: .. 8... 1 65
0.1 sibs - i
No. 2 100 = en : = SO
iO. 2 40 ees. -.-. -...
No.2 10 Ibs. ..0.2.......e 110 Lanai
Ned Sibel. 91 x oP
Trout » SS Po
INO. 1 100 IDS. <.-: -.....-..-- a : rere Rd

0.1 40 Ibs. eg :
i. —_ ee BUTT -

OL Sis............... 4 Y

Whitefish a aa N 3 ;
No.1 No.2 Fam}.
100 Ibs........ sa 73 25) Ne+cee 63S

46 16s... ...; 360 3 20 1 40|- 0. 6, 3 doz in case, gross.. 7 20

10 Ibs 00 88 43 —

Sibel o 9S 37| Below are given New York
cee a prices on sugars, to which the
SEEDS wholesale dealer adds the local
ANISC .... .- ee eee ee eee eee 9 | freight from New York to your
Canary, ‘Smyrna -4 a point, =
Caraway . - 8 |on the invoice for the amount
Cardamon, Malabar 60 | of freight buyer pays from the
Calermr......2 0 market in which he purchases
Hemp, Russian - 4% | to his shippt ing point, including
Mixed Bir - 4% | 20 pounds for the weight of the
—" white.. .--- 5 | barrel.
Poppy. sete oe Mowing... Be
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Cuttle Bone...........------- 15 Gites Bo
SNUFF « oe 5 35
Scotch, in bladders.......... 37 Powaened. dec OOO
Maceaboy, in jars........... 35 | Coarse Powdered ....... 5 30
French Rappee, in jars..... 43 | XXXX Powdered......... 5 35
SOAP Standard Granulated..... 5 20
Fine Granulated. .... ..-... 5 20
Coarse Granulated...... 5g
J y-N © D Extra Fine Granulated.... 5 30
Conf. Granulated....... ..
Single box.. 3 00 | 2 lb. cartons Fine Gran...
5 box lots, delivered........ “"2 95 | 2 Ib. bags Fine Gran... ..
10 box lots, d delivered........ 2 90 - pee ye Cran a
ags Fine Gran......
Mould A.. - eels
iS. § KIRK & G0.’S BRANDS, | Soiuas

American eae —- .3 0

  

Dome..... 1.2 80
Cabinet... “N12 40
Sse siege bce ects oe
white Mussian.. ....<...-..- 2 80
White Cloud, .. ..........: 4 00
Dusky Diamond, 50 6 0Z.....2 00
Dusky Diamond, nt 8 OZ..... 2 50
Blue India, 100 % Ib ..3 00
Kirkoline ........ oo ..3 50
os... ..2 65
100 12 oz bars..
100 big Twin Bars.........--- 3 65
B penes.. 2s 3 60
10 boxes ee 3 55
ia ..__..........,..0 =
5 boxes or upward delivered free
Singie Ox... 5.0... - =... 3 00
Five Sues, delivered.......2 95
Scouring
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz...... 2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz......... 2 40
SODA
Boxee a0. 35... OM
Kegs, English............... 4%
SPICES
Whole Spices
MGI. uae. tse 12
Cassia, China jn mats... 12
Cassia, Batavia, in bund.. 25
Cassia, Saigon, broken. . 38
Cassia, Saigon, in — 55
Cloves, Amboyna. . oe 16
Cloves, Zanzibar........... 14
Bites ee 55
Nutmegs, 75-80............ 55
Nutmegs, 105-10........... 45

Nutmegs, 115-20........... 40
Pepper, Singapore, black. 15%
Pepper, — white. 23

  

 

 

 

 

Pepper, shot. . --- 16%
Pure Ground f ‘in ‘Bulk
Alispice........... 16
Cassia, Batavia 28
Cassia, Saigon. 48
Cloves, Zanziba 17
Ginger, African 15
Ginger, Cochin 18
Ginger, —— 25
Mace....... 65
Mustard.. . 18
Pepper, Singapore, blac 18
Pep r, eoeure, white. 25
Pep , Cayenne..... a cosh 20

 

 

 

Confectioner’ a ae

No. 1, Columbia A.. S

No. 2 Windsor A.........

No. 3, Ridgewood A......

No. 4, Phoenix A.. o

No. 5, — Se
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SYRUPS

Corn
Barre cs ae
ie BP ce 2
1 doz. 1 gallon cans......... 3 20
1 doz. % gallon cans......... 1 95

2 doz. % gallon cans......... 95
Pure Cane_

PAM ce ae
Gooe ........: oe...
Choice 23
TABLE SAUCES

EA &
PERRINS’
SAUCE

The Original and
Genuine

  

 

Worcestershire.
Lea & Perrin’s, large...... 3 75
Lea & Perrin’s, small..... 2 50
Halford, large............. 3 75
Halford, small............. 2 25
Salad Dressing, large..... 4 55
Salad Dressing, small..... 2 75
TOBAC

Seotten Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Chunk plug . 34

Cadillac fine cut...... ......57
Sweet Loma fine cut........ 38
VINEGAR

Malt White Wine, 40 grain.. 8
Malt White Wine, 80 grain..11

Pure Cider, Red Star........12

Pure Cider, Robinson. . =

Pure Cider. Raver...
WASHING POWDER

Sub EM
Rub-No-More, 100 12 0z ..... 3 50
WICKING

No. 0, per gross.
No. 1, per gross.
No. 2, per gross.
No. 3, per gross..............

 
  
 

 

WOODENWARE

Baskets
Bushels .

Butter Plates

No. 1 Oval, 250 im crate.....
No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate......
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate......
No. 6 Oval, 250 in crate......

Clothes Pins
Boxes, gross boxes
Mop ee
Trojan spring
Eclipse patent spring ..
No 1 commo.

No. 2 patent brash holder ..
1z th. cotton mop heads ...

Pails

2-hoop Standard.............
3-hoop Standard.............

2-wire, Cable.

3-wire, Cane
Cedar, all red, brass —

Paper, |

Eureka......
Fibre. eee ce

Tubs

20-inch, Standard, No.1.....
Bac cea
16-inch, Standard, No. 3.....
20-inch, Dowell, No. 1.......
18-inch, Dowell, No. 2.......
16-inch, Dowell, No. 3..

18-inch, Standard, No

No. 1 Fibre..
No. 2 Fibre..
No. 3 Fibre......

 
 

Wash Reande

Bronze Globe..
Dewey

Double siaaee

Single Acme.....
Double Peerless.

Single Peerless....... 000000!

Northern Queen ........

Double agama ean ul
Good Luck . oes aceale

Universal. . :

Wood Bowls |

11 in. Butter.....
13 in. Butter.
15 in. a
17 in. Butter..
19 in. Butter...
Assorted 13-15-17...

‘Assorted 15-17-19... .-..+--

YEAST CAKE

Yeast Foam, 1% doz........
Yeast Koam, 3 doz..........
Yeast Cre m, 3 doz..........

Magic Yeast be, 3 doz..

Sunlight Yeast, 3d0z...-....
Warner’s Safe, 3aGZ......_.

Crackers

The National
quotes as follows:
Butter

MegaeIe 6.2.0...
New YORK. .......2....-..
OEM occ. es. at oe
Same 8...
Wolverine. ................

   

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Long. Island Waters.
Zephyrette ..

Extra Farina
Saltine Wafer.

Sweet Goods—Boxes

Animals.

Assorted fale

Buttercups... .
Cinnamon Bar..... .
Coffee Cake, Iced. .

Coffee Cake, Java..... es

Cocoanut Taffy...

Cracknells ...... es
Creams, leed.............
Cream Crisp...............

Crystal Creams..
Cubans.

Currant Fruit). 220222. 002:
Frosted Honey....-.....-.-

Frosted Cream..
Ginger Gems, ig. ‘or sm.
Ginger Snaps,
Gladiator .

Graham Crackers.

 

Graham Wafers...........
Honey Fingers...........-

Imperials.

eo Honey... ee
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a’ MO et.

Marshmallow
Sesshenaliow Walnuts...

Mixed Pienic.... .........
Milk Biseult...............
Molasses Cake...........
Molasses Bar.....--..-----
Moss Jeily Bar.........---

Newton

Oatmeal Crackers. .......-
Oatmeal Wafers.......-...-
Orange —" a

Pilot

Pretzels, hand — hues

—_ Lunch

Sugar Cake................
Sugar Cream, XXX.......
Sugar Squares ...........-
Tat Prote...............
Vanilla Wafers............
Vienna Crimp............-

1
Bushels, wide band......... 1

Market . se
Willow Clothes, large.......
Willow Clothes, medium...
Willow Clothes, small.......

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Grains and Feedstuffs

Wheat >
Wheat. . 68

Winter “Wheat ‘Flour
Local Brands

  

Patents .. ed oe 10
Second Patent. | ae . oe
PORE ice. eee 3 40
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Pe le 3 30
BGR WHOSE ..............-. 5 00

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vine in bbls., 25e per bbl. ad-
ditional.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand
Diamond 366..............- 3 60
Diamond 4s . se
Diamond sS...... .

Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand
iahor 48................. 3
Cone 2EG..... ...... .. 3 60
Cheer We. 3 60

Spring Wheat Flour
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s —

Pillsbury’s Best %s....... 41
Pillsbury’s Best 4s... Loe oe
Pillsbury’s Best %s.. 3 95

Pillsbury’s Best %s paper. 3 95
Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 3 95

Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand

Duluth Iniperial 3¢s....... 4 00
Duluth Imperial =: . ee
Duluth Imperial s.. . 380
Lemon & Wheeler Co.'s ; Brand
Wingo %s.............. 3 90
Wingold Ws.............. 3 80
Wise “s.............. 3 70
Olney & Judson’s Brand
peresota ¥%4S............... £15
Coresous 48............... £@
Ceresota 4S............... 3 95
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand
ame: Me... ll.

Ramee 56... wc... 5 4 00

Laurel \s.. —

Laurel 4s and Ys paper 3 95
Meal

Bolted . 2

Granulated |. 2 20

Feed ma Millstufs

St. Car Feed, screened .... 17 00
No. 1 Corn and Vats...... 16 50
Unbolted Corn Meal...... 16 00
Winter Wheat Bran....... 15 00
Winter Wheat Middlings. 15 50
oorcemeeee ................ 15 00

Corn
Corn, car lots.. ee
Less than car lots. .

Oats
One lets 291%
Car lots, clipped........... 32
Less than car lots.........

Hay
No. 1 Timothy car =. 12 00
No. 1 Timothy ton lots.... 13 00

Hides and Pelts”

‘The Cappon & Bertsch ch Leather
Co., 100 Canal Street, quotes as
follows:

Hides
Green No.1......... @7
Green No.2......... @6
Cured No. 1. @ 8
Cured No.2.. @7
Calfskins,green No.1 G10
Calfskins,green No.2 @ 8%
Calfskins,cured No. 1 @il
Calfskins,cured No. 2 @ 9%
Pelts
Pelts, cach.......... 50@1 10
Tallow
Mech oe. @ i%
Me oe ce tees te @ 3%
Wool
Washed, fine........ 20@22
Washed, medium. . 22@24
Unwashed, fine..... 14@15
Unwashed, medium. 1820

_ ‘Fish and Oysters

‘Fresh Fish

Per lb
White fish............. @ 9
Ce
Binek Baes........... 9@ 10
eee os. on ne @ 15
eee. or Herring. . @ 4
eee ........ @ il
Live —pclares eee @ 18
— ——. Lc eeee @ 2
Cod. oe a Lose ee Ce
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No. ——— peas enies @ 8
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Foren... se 5
Smoked White........ @ 8
Red Snapper......... @ 10
Col River Salmon..... @ 14
Winckerel.............. @ 18
Oysters in Cans.
F. H. Counts........
F. J. D. Selects. .... :
peices ee eye e was
F. J. D. Standards...
Anchors.........-..-
Standards .......... .
Payerie......-<.....-
Shell Goods.
Clams, per100...... 1 00
Oysters, per 100 . .. 1 00@1 25

 

Fresh M eats

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Forequarters ....... 6
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Loins No. 3.. _ &
Ribs. cise ae
Rognda

Ceeens..........<... mem ©

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Pork

Reseed... ..........
Boston Butts........
Shoulders ...........
beat Lard...........

Mutton

Carcass .  @
Spring Lambs...

Veal
Cmreane.............

"Provisions

Barreled Pork

oom. 5... @12 7
Back . ee @Qi3
Clear back...) 2.11, @13
poet CWE... .. 1... @13

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@13 75

 

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Dry Salt Meats

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OS on 5 oe sc os 4
Extra shorts.........

Smoked Meats

Hams, 121b. average. @

Hams, 141b. average.
Hams, 161lb. average.
Hams, 20lb. average.
Ham dried beef. ....
Shoulders (N. Y.cut)

Boiled Hams. @ !
Pienie Boiled Hams @ 1:
Berlin Hams..... @

Mince Hams.......
Lards—lIn Tierces

Compound...........
a ee
Vegetole ....
55 lb. Tubs..advance
80 lb. Tubs..advance
50 Ib. Tins...advance
20 Ib. Pails. .advance
10 Ib. Pails..advance
5 lb. Pails..advance
3 1b. Pails..advance

Sausages

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Frankfort ...........
Pere eee ee
pecs. ..............
Tongue. el souiee
Henichecss. Med ces er sa
Beef
Extra Mess..........
OMOIOGR, 0. eens ce
Rie...

Pigs’ Feet

Bite, 5 We..........

¥ bbls., 40 Ibs.......

% bbls., 80 Ibs.......
Tripe

Bits, 16 6........+-
¥% bbls., 40 lbs.......
% bbls., 80 Ibs.......

Casings

 

Pork . .
Beef rounds. . wa
Beef middies.. cee cee

Sheep.. 5
sicitiaditieis

Hols, daivy..........

Solid, dairy..........

Solid, creamery.....
Canned Meats

Corned beef, 2 1b....
Corned beef, 14 a
Roast beef, 2 Ib..

Deviled ham, a
Deviled ham, %s....
Potted tongue, %s..
Potted tongue, 4s

 

W. W. Michigan ......
Diamond White. .

D. ley me ee. ee
Deo. Naphtha..........
Cyleer. .-.. 29

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Black, winter..........

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Candies
” Stiek Candy
bbls. pails
| Standard . a. 2 oor
| Standard ea 7 @i™%
| Standard Twist. . 7%4@ 8
| Cut Loaf.. . @ 8%
cases
Jumbo, 22 1b........ @ 6%
mxtrea 1. .......... @ 8%
| Boston Cream. — @10
Beet Root. ' @7
Mixed Candy
| Grocers.. @6
Competition. . @ 6%
Special @7
Conserve @8
| Royal @i%
Ribbon . @ 8%
a @ 7%
Cut Loaf... oe @ 8%
| English Roek.. — @ 8%
| Kindergarten ....... @ 8%
| French Cream.. ‘ @9
| Dandy Pan.......... @ 3%
| Hand _ Cream
| meee ..........,.. @i4
Nobby. . @ 8%
Crystal Cream mix._ @lz
Fancy—in Bulk
San Blas Goodies.. .. @il
Lozenges, plain ..... @»
Lozenges, printed. . @9
Choe. Drops. . @il
Eclipse C hocolates... @13
Choc. Monumentals. @13
Gum Drops.......... @ 5
Moss Drops......... @ 8%
Lemon Sours. ...... 9
ceo. .......... @ ws
Ital. Cream Opera... @\l
ital. Cream bonbons
S61. patie... @u
Molasses C oe f 15
Ib. pails.. . @13
Pine Apple ‘Tee. @12%

Iced Marshmellows.

Golden Wattles . “@ll
Fancy—in & ib. Boxes

Lemou Sours .

  

  

Peppermint Drops.. @60
Chocolate Drops. . @65
H. M. Choe. Drops.. 75
H. M. Choe. Lt. and
Dk. No.1 oo @9
Gum aed. vl Gw
Licorice Drops @i5
A. B. Licorice Drops @50
4 | Lozenges, plain..... @55
Lozenges, er @55
linperials.. nl @5d
Mottoes ..... wo
Cream Bar.. (bd
Molasses Bar... (55

Hand Made Creams. 80 @y
Cream Buttons, Pep.

and Wint.......... @o5
String Kock......... (ou
Surut Almonds. .... 128 @
Wintergreen Berries (dé

Caramels
No. 1 wrapped, 3 Ib.

Boxee. ............, G50

P Penny Goods. 55@60
Fruits
Oranges

Fancy Naveis

— Choice.......

eoamees............ 3 3 25
Medt. Sweets........ = 50
PSAMIBICAE 66.0060 00 oes @

Lemons
Strictly choice 360s.. @3 75
Strictly choice 300s.. @A 0
Fancy 300s.. on @A 25
Ex. Fancy 3008... .. (@A4 50
Extra Fancy 360s. @A 50
Bananas
Medium bunches.... 1 75@2 00
Large bunches...... 2 00@2 25

Foreign Dried Fruits

Figs
Californias, Fancy.. @10
Cal. pkg, 10 lb. boxes @&8
Extra Choice, 10 lb.
boxes, hew Smprna @iz

Fancy, 12 lb. boxes new §=(@1g
Imperial Mikados, 18

i Gewese... @
Pulled, 6 lb. boxes.. @
Naturals, in oe. @ 5%

Dates
Fards in 10 lb. boxes @10
Fards in 60 lb. cases. @ 6
Persians, P. H. V.. @ 5

lb. cases, new..... @5
— 60 Ib. cases.. @

N uts
Almonds, Tarragona @17

Almonds, Ivica.....
Almonds, California,

soft shelled........
Brazils, new. :
i aD . @i3
Walnuts, Grenobles.
Walnut. softshelled

California No. 1... G@i3
Table Nuts, fancy.. ‘
Table Nuts, choice..
Pecans, iat
Pecans, Ex. Large...
Pecans, Jumbos.....
Hickory Nuts per bu.

Ohio, new. @1
Cocoanuts, full sacks @3 2
Chestnuts, per bu..

eanuts

Faney, H. P.,Suns.. 5
Fancy, H. BP, Flags

Roasted

Choice, H. P., Extras
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FREE SAMPLES.
Introducing New Patent Medicines and
Health Food.

Written for the Tradesman.

‘‘Health is the winning card in the
world at the present time,’’ said the
druggist, sitting down ona keg of paint,
the diminutive proportions of which
brought his knees ona level with his
nose.

‘Health has always been the winning
card,’’ said the retired politician.
‘*When I was sheriff of this county—’’

‘‘All a man has to do to get rich
now,’’ interrupted the druggist, ‘‘is to
get up a _ patent medicine and push it
or invent a health food and get it on the
market.’

‘*T rather like the way the health food
folks are pushing their goods,’’ said the
painter, peering around the end of the
counter to see if the senior proprietor
had gone out. ‘‘I’ve been living on
samples for the last three months. It’s
a cold day when some boy doesn’t leave
a package of Granola, Granose, Grape
Nuts, Bromose, Maltose, Gluten, Grits
or Nutose at my house.’’

‘‘IT haven’t bought any coffee ina
year,’’ said the blacksmith, also with
an eye on the senior proprietor. ‘* There
are more than a million kinds of grain
coffee made right here and the way they
scatter it about is a caution.’’

Coffee,’ said the retired politician,
‘“‘is a drink made from the roasted
berry of the coffee-tree, by decoction.
I'd like to know how that is passed
about by the sample.”’

“At this stage of the game,’’ replied

the druggist, ‘‘coffee is any old thing
that you can put milk and sugar in and
drink. It is made out of bran, wheat,
Tye, corn, oats or anything else that
happens to be lying around handy. The
coffee-tree would have to work overtime
in order to keep up with the market
now.”’
‘‘When I had the consumption last
year,’’ said the fisherman, ‘‘I didn't
have to buy an ounce of medicine. 1]
took all the samples of medicine that
were left at my house and came out in
the spring a three-time winner, slick as
a colt and as gay as a soldier home on
a furlough, When the supply at the
house fell short, I went to the drug
stores and asked for more samples. ”’

‘* Most of the samples you got here, ”’
said the druggist, ‘‘were followed by a
little water. ’’

The fisherman retired in good order.

‘I went down to Battle Creek the
other day,’’ said the painter, ‘‘and had
a dinner in the West End, up by the
Sanitarium and the Sanitorium. There
was a chicken on the table that was a
corker in size and general appearance.
I thought it tasted a little bit queer, but
I was hungry and kept right on eating."’

“‘A superfluous remark,’’ said the
druggist.

‘‘And when I came to a bone,’’ con-
tinued the painter, ‘‘] bit right through
it and found that it was good."’

‘‘I didn't know they had a
there,’’ said the retired politician.

““And that chicken,’’ resumed the
painter, with a scornful glance at the
ex-sheriff, ‘‘was not a chicken.’’

‘It might have been a sea_serpent,’’
said the blacksmith.

‘No, sir,’’ continued the painter,
patiently, ‘‘it was a combination of
grains and nuts. It looked like chick-
en, was roasted like chicken, and tasted
like chicken, but it knew no more about
the interior of an egg than the fisherman
does about the interior of a church.’’

‘‘The bones, I suppose,’’ said the

 

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blacksmith, ‘‘were made of nut-shells."’

““Not a bit of it,’’ was the reply.
‘“They were made of macaroni; yes,
sir, of macaroni. I had ham sandwiches
there made out of peanuts; and fried
cakes—such as my mother used to make

boiled in nut grease; and roast beef
made out of butternuts ; and butter made
out of Brazil nuts. The hog of com-
merge doesn’t stand much show down
there. Did you ever partake of roast
pig made out of whole flour and hick-
ory nuts?’’

‘“T once ate maple sugar made out of
beets,’’ said the fisherman.

‘“‘And they’re going to block your
game, too,’’ said the painter, with a
pitying look at the fisherman, ‘‘They
are making baked fish and salmon steak
out of nuts. Catch their fish in the
kitchen, see? without getting tipped in-
to the water or breaking any bottles. ’’

‘‘That’s just what 1 started to talk
about,’’ said the druggist. ‘‘ The health
food is now the whole thing, the only
job-type heading on the page, as the
printers say. Just make a man or
woman believe you can bring back the
golden days of youth and they will sell
the parlor carpet or the bicycle to do
business with you. It doesn’t make a
bit of difference whether you are selling
health foods or patent medicine. They
all go just the same. Every person on
earth wants to live a thousand years and
anything that will give him one day
extra is a good thing for business men
‘o handle.’ The grocers are up to their
eyes in grain foods now and the nut
products are coming right along. |
don’t know whether they fill the bill or
not, but I know that they are good sell-
ers. At least patent medicines are.’’

‘Speaking about fish,’’ said the big
fisherman, ‘‘I know a place out at the
lake where—’’

‘“‘And so,’’ interrupted the druggist,
who had heard the story with which the
party was then threatened once a day
for five years, ‘‘l say that the stomach
is the whole thing at,the present time.
Get up a stomach tablet or pill and push
it or invent a health food that will make
the fat man lean and the lean man fat
and you have a fortune.’’

‘It’s funny looking stuff,’’ said the
blacksmith. ‘‘Makes me think of hay
or shavings. ’’

‘“‘It is not advertised as an intelli-
gence quickener,’’ said the druggist,
‘‘but if it will cause you to think, that
is another point in its favor.’’

‘‘A man out in South Africa,’’ said
the painter, ‘‘ordered a lot of flake
Granose. When it reached him he pawed
over the stuff and threw it all away.
Then he wrote back that he had ex-
amined the shavings very carefully, but
hadn't found any health food.’’

‘*He’s like the man that went fishing
one day and bet—’’

But the druggist came to the rescue
again and the party dispersed before
the fisherman could get another chance.

Alfred B. Tozer.
—> 2 ___
The Longest Sentence.

How many of my scholars can remem-
ber the longest sentence they ever read?

Billy—Please, mum, I can.

Teacher—What! Is there only one?
Well, William, you can tell the Test of
the scholars the longest sentence you
ever read.

Billy—Imprisonment for life.

2 < —_—
Shouldn’t Be So Particular.

Growell (in cheap restaurant )—Here,
waiter, are these mutton or pork chops?

Waiter—Can't you tell by the taste?

Growell—No.

Waiter—Then what difference does it
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Michigan Fire and Marine

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Organized 1881.
Detroit, Michigan.

Cash Capital, $400,000. Net Surplus, $200,000.
Cash Assets, $800,000.
D. WuiITNey, Jr., Pres.
D. M. FERRY, Vice Pres.
F. H. Wurtney, Secretary.
M. W. O’BrIEN, Treas.
E. J. Boorn, Asst. Sec’y.
DIRECTORS,

D. Whitney, Jr., D. M. Ferry, F. J. Hecker,
M. W. O’Brien, Hoyt Post, Christian Mack,
Allan Sheldon, Simon J. Murphy, Wm. L.
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1. The cost of gas for lighting,
cooking and heating is reduced to
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2. It makes two kinds of gas—
one for illuminating and one for
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3. It can be connected with the
gas stove which you now have
without any change.

4. The lights will always be
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5. It costs less to run this ma-
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private and public buildings.
simplicity and strength; there are no compli-
cated parts to get out of order; the mechanical
action is so smooth and perfect that the ma-
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There are other Automatic Gas Machines in
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in a short time than you paid for the machine.
If our machine ever gets worn out by its use—
which may happen after a long time—you can
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How to Win Success as a Shoe Salesman.
To win success as a retail shoe sales-
man one should work with a determina-
tion and will to acquire all possible
knowledge of the shoe business.

Some men seem by nature fitted for
salesmen, but their minds never get so
crowded with knowledge that there is
not room for more.

Before being entrusted with so respon-
sible a position as salesman a man
should receive a thorough course of in-
struction from his employer or the head
of the department.

A salesman should know how to deal
with human nature, have perfect control
of himself, and treat people as he would
like to be treated himself.

He shculd know the stock of goods
thoroughly, know where all the differ-
ent styles and kinds are kept so he can
find them promptly.

He should be familiar with the fit-
ting of the different shaped lasts and
know the kind of feet to which they
are best adapted. He should also have
a general knowledge of how leather is
tanned, its wearing qualities, and what
kinds are best adapted for footwear, that
he may be able to talk intelligently
when serving customers.

The most important thing for a sales-
man to know is how to deal with cus-
tomers. The first thing he should do is
to ‘‘size up’’ a customer and find out
what he wants; and, if a man knows
the stock and is a judge of fit he can
tell what will suit almost at once.

In every stock of shoes there are some
styles that do not sell as readily as
others. It is expected of the salesman
that he will dispose of these goods as
soon as possible. However, he should
not try to force them on a customer they
do not suit, but sell something that
pleases him and never sell him anything
when in his own judgment he considers
it is not right.

If the customer is persuaded by the
salesman to buy something with which
he is not entirely satisfied, the chances
are he will go to another store for his
next purchase. It is better to lose a sale
than to lose future trade. A man will
always patronize a_ store where he can
get what he wants.

A salesman should not show too many
styles of shoes, as this often puts the
customer ‘‘all at sea.’’ When he sees a
shoe suits a customer he should not show
him any more, but try to sell the shoe
that pleases him.

If a salesman sees his customer is
getting tired or nervous, he should turn
him over to the head of the department
or to another clerk at once. But, what-
ever he does he should give him his
entire, undivided attention.

A salesman should keep his eyes open
at all times, and watch for customers
entering the store; he should speak to
them pleasantly, and invite them to be
seated, so they may know they have not
entered the store unnoticed. This will
always have a good effect.

A great many salesmen often become
egotistical, because they have succeeded
in disposing of many pairs of shoes to
customers in a giventime. This does
not always prove them to be the most
valuable clerks. The salesman who not
only sells a pair of shoes to a customer,
but also pleases that customer so far as
to gain his confidence from the pains
taken to fit him, is the most valuable.
He has secured future trade. When he
has done this he has accomplished what
his employer has desired. He has ad-
vertised the business and secured cus-
tomers for the future.

 

A salesman should never lose his tem-
per; it is inexcusable. The sooner he
learns to control his temper the better it
will be for him. The disciplined sales-
man should not only have learned to
conceal his emotions, but to feel none.

A salesman should always keep him-
self neat and tidy, but not overdo the
thing in the way of dress. Clothes
never make the man—in a shoe store.

A man’s success is often handicapped
by the company he keeps. He should
be very careful in picking his associates
and avoid all questionable society.

A salesman should carry out the in-
structions of his employer and work for
his interest, which should also be the
interest of the salesman.

The success of a salesman is some-
times due to the success of the em-
plover. If the employer is not a suc-
cessful man, he should look for another
position at once, so that his own success
will not be interfered with.

Good salesmen never need be idle.

The saying that ‘‘all things come
around to him who will but wait’’ is
true enough, and applies to salesmen as
well as other people. But ‘‘all things’’
seldom come to those who do not do
their part. —Boots and Shoes Weekly.

Le aaa,
Where Obedience to Orders Is Necessary

Employers may be divided into two
general classes: Some men wish those
working under them to assume_respon-
sibilities, be ready to meet emergencies
and think for themselves. When they
are looking about for someone to fill a
vacancy, they seek a man who knows
what the situation demands and can_ go
ahead with meager directions. They
rejoice to find one who, if a dilemma un-
looked for arises, will make for himself
a way out of the difficulty. The ad-
vancement of such an employe is certain
with them.

But there are employers of a different
stamp. Orders must be obeyed in any
event, is their motto. They wish to fzel
that once having issued instructions,
they can depend upon their being fol-
lowed out. The employe who takes up-
on himself to vary his course because
situations have apparently changed is
useless in their eyes. They prefer to do
the thinking, and to have the employes
respond with ready service.

There is room in the business world
for each kind of employer and each
kind of service. As an illustration of a
case where obedience to orders was con-
sidered of prime importance, we give
the following story, which we clip from
an exchange:

A-young man with a decidedly seedy
appearance entered the superintendent’s
office, and placing his hand familiarly
upon the superintendent's shoulder ac-
costed him thus:

‘*Boss, can you gimme a job?’’

‘*What department?”’

‘*Fither brakin’ or firin’.

‘*Do you know the Book of Rules?’’

oe Some. oo

‘Well, let me see how well you are
posted. We will suppose you were firing
a train that was running from Jersey
City to Philadelphia; the engineer
would get killed and you would take his
place. You would find on his clip that
the train had orders to take the side
track for another train somewhere in the
woods where there was no telegraph
office. Now, suppose that train did not
arrive there for, say, twelve hours, what
would you do?’’

‘*That would be the affair of the con-
ductor, not mine.’’

‘‘T will take your name, and if we
have need of your services we will send
for you. Good day.’

The next applicant to enter seated
himself back of the superintendent and
waited for him to break the silence,
which he did shortly.

‘‘Well, sir, what can I do for you?’’

‘*T would like to have a job, boss.’’

‘‘In what department?”’

‘*Train service.”’

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froze over.’’

He jests at
himself.

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trainmaster, for duty.
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scars who never shaved

‘*Are you familiar with the Book of

The <i then asked him
the same question as the first.
scratched his head, then
looking the superintendent square in
he replied:
ders Jooked good, and were positive, |
would stay on that side track till hades

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We have our own Straw Board Mills, carry heavy
Prompt shipments.

Write for prices.

CASE AND FILLER CO.,
Flint,

Michigan.

MOSELEY & SHELBY,
SUGAR BROKERS,

We work direct and can interest you.
Wire or write us for prices.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
25 TOWER BLOCK.

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denominations, 4 , 10¢, and $1.00.
Each de nemsination “on Witte re a color of
board, 60¢ per 100 prepaid. 20 per cent. dis-
count on 500 or over. Send for free samples.
Ww. R. ADAMS & CO., Detroit, Mich,

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Lead them all in dur ability, high candle power,
ete. Everybody uses them. They give the best
of satisfaction. We carry a complete stock of
everything in this line; also Y-USE-A Mantles
and Gasoline Mantles. Write for price sheet

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necessary adjunct to com-
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line of these goods in
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to fill an order on such short notice if you can avoid it.

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Reminiscences Recalled by a Bunch of
Lilacs.

“There were lilaes and syringas and other old-
fashioned blossoms.”

I had just reached the end of the
above sentence in the Tradesman’s
pleasing story by Miss Udell when my
door was opened after a gentle tap and
‘a maiden fair to see’’ came in with a
vase of old-fashioned lilacs. They are
on my desk now. They are the fairest
of their lovely race and the exquisite
odor of their purple plumes is filling my
workshop with fragrance. I drew in long
breaths of the old-time sweetness and
again took up my pen. It would not
goon. The theme it had begun had
already become stale and in place of the
snow covered rockies which in front of
my window had so far been my inspira-
tion, I saw only a lilac sky upon which
the mountains in the western back-
ground of Denver were pillowing their
white heads. Then the mountains gave
place to the purple and through a mem-
ory-made rent afar off, as we see things
through an inverted spyglass, the old
New England home appeared. The
‘other old-fashioned blossoms’’ had set-
tled down upon the apple trees and in
the center of bloom, bright with sunshine
and humming with bees, was ‘‘the
dearest spot on earth to me.’’ There
was the house, little and old, and there
were the lilac bushes hiding eve ry win-
dow except the one in the garret, with
every bush purple as these flowers are
in the vase before me. The walk, bor-
dered with sea shells, led Straight from
the front gate to the front door and tall
Syringas not yet in flower were biding
their time at the gate which their green
leaves hid. The door was flanked with
milk pans on one side and on the other
was the bench with the basin where the
men washed their hands. Near by was
the well, its sweep high in air, and
along the front fence the leaves of the
tall yellow lilies and the vigorous
bouncing bets were contending their
right of possession as obstinately as in
the long ago.

The kitchen door is open but I will
not go in. The farm has passed into
other hands and.‘ ‘the Stranger’s foot is
on the sill.’’. Now and then a woman
comes to the docr, but the face I used to
see there is older and the dark hair had
here and there a thread of white. The
hands that combed my hair and tied my
tie were thin and brown, the eyes were
hazel and the lips that kissed me when
I started for school were sweeter to me
than these are, though not so full and
red. The boy I see in the spencer and
the palmleaf straw running bare-footed
through the gate and down the maple-
shaded lane does not resemble much the
man who is looking from these lilacs to
those blooming yonder across the years
and yet the two areone. I watch him
as he climbs the wall and follows the
path through the meadow towards the
little red school house. I hear him
answer the challenging chipmunk which
barely misses the well-aimed stone.
Here he stops to look into the ground-
bird's nest, filled now with half-grown
young. There he answers the cail of
Bob White on the topmost fence rail.
The bluebird’s flute and the robin’s
greeting are heartily returned and now
I see him in the school room giving
“‘teacher’’ the handful of lilacs pulled
for her from the purple-plumed bushes
of the farm yard. :

I wonder if my water wheel and my
triphammer are still at work down there
in the brook where the big root of the
chestnut made the biggest part of my
dam. I wonder if the cowslips still

 

brighten the swale and if the buttercups
are as thick as they used to be when I
carried home solid handfuls of them to
put on the mantel shelf. A week ago |
could have gone to a spot out North
where under a white pine hardly taller
than I am now, I used to poke away the
brown needles and pull into the light
the largest clusters of rosy arbutus that
I have ever seen. I wonder if some
other boy has found that place and is
keeping his secret as well as 1 kept
mine. My snares were just over there
in the woods and under that shad bush,
a-bloom a month ago, I caught my first
rabbit in my own box trap. I shall
never be so proud again of my handi-
work as I was of that. Just on the edge
of the woods where the warm sun comes
early and stays late you can find the
biggest and the tenderest ‘‘checker’:
leaves to be found in all New England,
The tall grass makes them tender and
the tall pine stump shows where they
are. A little later, over there on the
hillside where the woods have been cut
off you will find the sweetest strawber-
ries, as big as the end of your thumb!
I don’t see why we don’t have strawber-
ries like that now. 1 used to like to go
up there when—when I couldn’t do just
what I wanted to at home and, looking
into the valley, think how glad I should
be some day when I followed that brown
road over that distant rim of sky, with
my trunk in the wagon behind me. |
did not think then that I should ever
care to see again the sawmill down
there by the pond, or the cider mill on
the road to the village, or the black-
smith’s shop, or the store, or the school
house-—what puffs of perfume that sweet
briar used to blow through the open
windows !—or the old farm buried in
orchard blossoms, or the church over
there by the graveyard. Then nobody
was buried there whom I knew. A little
grave which my grandmother always
went to see the first sunny day in May
was alone in the lot and the grave was
covered from stone to stone with moss
pink. The rest was grass and lilacs.
They are there now. The pink, a cover-
let of bloom, has spread and under it—
I can say no more that nobody is buried
there whom I| knew, for there the house-
hold steeps except me; and, from those
purple lilac blooms sacred to the dust
they guard, | turn my eyes again to the
same old-fashioned blossoms that deck
my desk and thank God for the perfume
and the petals and the purple which the
years shall never change.
Richard Malcolm Strong.

 

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An Obliging Grocer.

Mrs. Youngwife—I want five
of sugar, please.

Grocer—Yes, ma’am.
it for you?

Mrs. Youngwife—No, I'll take it with
me if it isn’t too heavy.

Grocer—I'll_ make it as light as pos-
sible for you, ma’am.

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pounds

Shall we send

Possible Solution.
Mrs. Brown—I don’t think Miss
White will ever marry Mr. Jenks.

Mr. Brown—Why not?

Mrs. Brown—Oh! She quarrels with
him so constantly.

Mr. Brown—Ah! perhaps they’ve
been secretly married already.
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Touching Consideration.

‘That burglary was the most satis-
factory affair I have ever heard of,"’

‘What do you mean?”’

‘‘They went through my daughter’s
seven hundred wedding presents and
carried off only the duplicates, ’’

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Don’t_ make the mistake of weighing
advertising by what it costs.

 

} Odessa, Mich.

Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool.

The hide market is much lower in
price with no accumulations; in fact
dealers are sold ahead. Receipts of
country stocks are light, although of
good quality. The demand is good and
the few hides on hand are held above
buyers’ views.

Pelts are not quotable and there are
none being offered.

Tallow is lower and slow of sale with
but fair demand.

Wool is much lower than previous an-
ticipations. The market is fairly
opened at 16c for fine unwashed and 21¢
for medium unwashed on cars. Serious
objection is made by Eastern buyers to
fleeces tied with sisal twine. Some
buyers are offering a fraction above
these prices but even up on sorting the
grades. Some mills are buying ata
fraction over or at 22c for medium and
18c for fine as to quality while Eastern
buyers are not anxious takers at 16@2Ic.
The ciip is coming in in good condition
generally and at some increase over
1899. Wm. T. Hess.

—> 2. __
Pharmacists’ Errors.

George Kantor, proprietor of a New
York drug store, has been sued for
$10,000 damages. It is alleged that he
erred in putting ammonia water instead
of cinnamon water into a prescription,
and that a child was _ so badly injured
thereby that there is doubt whether she
will ever be wholly well again.

A druggist in Plainfield, N. J.. gave
a patron wood alcohol when whisky was
ordered, and the man was seriously
harmed. He was taken to a hospital,
and since then his sight is said to be
undergoing a gradual impairment.

Not many weeks ago it was reported
that a_ Lansing druggist used stramo-
nium instead of smartweed in filling a
prescription, and that the man who
drank a cupful of the decoction came
near dying.

a
Impossible Conditions.

“The kind of a drummer we want is
a convincing talker who has a large
circle of friends. ’’

‘*You’ll not find him, ’’

‘‘Why not?’’

‘‘Convincing talkers never
large circle of friends. ’’

BustnsDanls

Advertisements will be inserted under
this head for two cents a word the first
insertion and one cent a word for each
subsequent insertion. No advertisements
taken fer less than 25 cents. Advance
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

= SALE—UP-TO-DATE, GLEAN DRUG
_ Stock in best town of 25.000 population in
Michigan ;, 00d location; elegant soda fountain;
no cut prices; satisfactory reasons for sealing.
Address No. 364, care Michigan Tradesman. 364
qVOR SALE—THE ONLY RETAIL LUMBER
business in village of 800 population; trade
well established; stock about $1,500; yard can be
rented. Other business takes owner’s time. Ad-
dress No. 359, care Michigan Tradesman. — 359

 

 

WING TO BUSINESS CHANGES A
thoroughly competent and experienced of-

fice man will be open for an engagement about
Aug. 1. Capable of taking full charge of an of.
fice, conductin correspondence, passing on
credits or con ucting finances. Could make
change earlier if desired. No objection to leay-
ing city. Best of references and bond if re-
uired. Address G., P. O. Box 418, Grand
apids, Mich. 363
{OR SALE—A1 CLOTHING STOCK, MEN’S
furnishings and men’s and boys’ shoes; lo-
cated in large manufacturing town in Southern
Michigan with fine surrounding country; 2,500
population; best location in city; will seli eloth-
ing and furnishing goods stock separate from
shoes; cash only. Address M., care Michigan
Tradesman. 362
«| ft IOICR TAAL aL
Fe SALE—CHOICE STOCK OF GROCER-
jes in manufacturing town of 5,000, sur-
rounded by best farming country out
Southern Michigan; best location; finest store;
modern fixtures; largest trade; all cash; a
oneymaker; sales $40,000; no trades; a rare
chance for one who means business. Address
Lock Box 53, Niles, Mich. 345

ASH PAID FOR GENERAL STOCK OF
merchandise. Address B. Cohen, Lake
312

of doors;

 

Fok SALE—THE ARCADE CIGAR STORE
and billiard hall at Lansing. A good paying
business. For particulars write T. K. Jeffreys,
Lansing, Mich. 358
ro SALE—ACETYLENE LIGHTING
lant furnishiug excellent white light at
nominal cost; capacity, seventy-five 32 candle
power burners; as good as new, at a great bar-
gain; especially adapted for store or hotel. Ad-
dress Ed. Schuster & Co., 560 12th St., Mil-
waukee, Wis. 357
OR SALE—FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT
and billiard parlor in the best town in North-
ern Michigan. Address John C. Fair, Cadillae,
Mich. 355

 

 

 

OR SALE FOR CASH—NICE, CLEAN
stock dry goods, notions, boots, shoes, cloth-
ing, ete., invoicing $3,500 to $5,000. Good estab-
lished business. Annual sales about $12,000. Best
of reasons for selling. Address No. 361, care
Michigan Tradesman. 361
WANIED_TO LEASE A NEW BRICK
store building, next door to postoffice, best
location in town; furnace heat; lighted by elec-
tricity and up to date in every way; population
1,600. Would prefer to sell electric fixtures and
would sell any part of the present stock—cloth-
ing and men’s furnishing goods—as I wish to es-
tablish a department store in another city. Only
one other stock of the kind in town. Address
No. 348, care Michigan Tradesman. 348
OR SALE—FLOUR AND FEED MILL,
roller process; in a good location; good bar-
gain. C. L. Packard, Flushing, Mich. 353

7 SALE—GOOD MEAT MAKKET WITH
all modern conveniences. Other business
reason for selling. It will pay you to write at
once. Address Fred Young, 813 N. Eaton St.,
Albion, Mich. 351
OR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR STOCK
of Groceries—Forty acre farm one-half mile
from railroad; all clear;-good house and barn;
good peach, plum and apple orchards, all bear-
ing. Fruit crop this year will average $1,000.
isos No. 337, care Michigan Tradesman. 337
7 RENT—DOUBLE STORE, EITHER
whole or half of it, 40x65; plate glass front;
modern fixtures; electric lights; sewer connee-
tion; water; centrally located, with postoftice in
same block. Address Box 32, Vicksburg, Mich, 336
PANTED—SEVERAL FIRST-CLASS
salesmen for Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
Michigan to sell the largest and strongest lines
of rubbers on the road. Salary or commission,
Write for particulars, giving references. The L,
A. Dudley Rubber Co., Battle Creek, Mich. 346
roe SALE—STOCK OF GROCERIES IN
good town; doing good business, Reason
for selling, other business. Address No. 339,
care Michigan ‘Tradesman. 339
OR SALE—STORE BUILDING ANDSTOCK
consisting of shoes, clothing, dry goods, gro-
ceries and small amount of hardware; stock in-
voices about $3,000; store building worth about
2,000; annual sales about $14,0°0; a hustler can
easily do $20,000 business; located on railroad;
population, 500; good farmip country; no com-
petition. Will sell for cash, cheap, and give good
reasons for selling. Address No. 331, care Mich-
igan Tradesman. 331
OTEL AND BARN TO EXCHANGE FOR
merchandise; twenty-five rooms in hotel;
resort region; a money-making investment.
Address No. 318, care Michigan Tradesman. 318
RoR SALE—THE HASTINGS DRUG STORE
at Sparta. One of the best known drug
stores in Kent county; established twenty-six
; brick build-

 

 

 

 

 

long lease; belongs to an estate;
M N. Ballard, ‘Administrator Sparta, or M. H
alker, Houseman Building,
Mich.
OR SALE CHEA P—$33,000 GENERAL
stock of hardware, farm implements, Wwag-
ons, buggies, cutters, harnesses, in good town

Grand Rapids,
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and good farming country. Reason for selling,
other business. Address No. 320, care Michigan
Tradesman. 320

_ SALE—GENERAL STOCK, LOCATED
at good country trading point. Stock and
fixtures will inventory about $2,000; rent reason-
able; goed place to handle produce. Will sell
stock complete or separate any branch of it.
Address No. 292, care } ichigan Tradesman, 29
ARTIES HAVING STOCKS OF GOODS OF
_ any kind, farm or city property or manufac-
turing plants, that they wish to sell or exchange,
write us for our free 24-page catalogue of real es-
tate and business chances. The Derby & Choate
Real Estate Co., Lansing, Mich. 259
i SALE—FLOUR AND FEED MILL—
full roller process—in a splendid location.
Great bargain, easy terms. ddress No. 227,
care Michigan Tradesman. 227
i= SALE, CHEAP — $3,000 GENERAL
__ Stock and building. Address No. 240, care
Michigan Tradesman. 240
| oe SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GENERAL
Stock of Merchandise—¢o acre farm, part
clear, architect house and barn; well watered.
I also have two 40 acre farms and one 80 acre
farm to exchange. Address No. 12, care Michi-
gan Tradesman. 12
——————
MISCELLANEOUS.

W 4XTED—REGISTERED DRUG CLERK.
Enquire Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. 365
ANTED— REGISTERED OR REGIS-
tered assistant pharmacist. Address No,

360, care » Michigan Tradesman. 360

W ANTED—POSITION AS BOOK-KEEPER

or assistant by a young man of good ref-

erence. Address Box 116, Elkton, Mich. 356

ANTED—SITUATION AS BOOK-KEEP-
er by married woman who is highly recom-
mended by W. N. Ferris Principal of the Ferris

Institute." Wages secondary to ermanent and

progressive Situation. Apply 0 A. G. Girs-

erger, Storekeeper Peninsular Club, Grand

Rapids, Mich. 352

ANTED—SITUATION BY REGISTERED
druggist. Address No. 274, care Michigan
Tradesman. 274

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mica because their customers want the best axle grease they can get for
their money. Mica is the best because it is made especially to reduce
) friction, and friction is the greatest destroyer of axles and axle boxes.
} It is becoming a common saying that “Only one-half as much Mica is
required for satisfactory lubrication as of any other axle grease,” so that
Mica is not only the best axle grease on the market but the most eco-
nomical as well. Ask your dealer to show you Mica in the new white
and blue tin packages.

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KALAMAZOO PURE FOOD CO., Kalamazoo, Mich.

 

 
 
  

 

MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS

Travelers’ Time Tables.

 

 

 

Michigan Retail Grocers’ Association
President, C. E. WALKER, Bay City; Vice-Pres-
ident, J. H. Hopkins, Ypsilanti; Secretary,
E. A. STOWE, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, J.
TATMAN, Clare.
Graud Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association

President, FRANK J. DyK; Secretary, HOMER
KAP; Treasurer, J. GEORGE LEHMAN

Detroit Retail Grocers’ Protective Association
President, WM. BLESSED; Secretaries, N. L.
KoEnIG and F. H. CozzEns; Treasurer, C.
H. FRINK.
Kalamazoo Reta:l Grocers’ Association
President, W. H. JOHNSON; Secretary, UHAS.

Bay Cities Retail Grocers’ Association
President, C. E. WALKER; Secretary,
LITTLE.

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Maskegon Retail Grocers’ Association

President, H. B. SmirH; Secretary, D. A.
BOELKINS; Treasurer, J. W. CASKADON.

Jackson Retail Grocers’ Association

President, J. FRANK HELMER; Secretary, W
H. PORTER; Treasurer, L. PELTON.

Adrian Retail Grocers’ Association

President, A. C. CLARK; Secretary, E. F.
CLEVELAND; Treasurer, WM. C. KOEHN

Saginaw Retail Merchants’ Association
President, M. W. TANNER; Secretary, E. H. Mc-
PHERSON; Treasurer, R. A. HORR.

Traverse City Business Men’s Association

Presideht, THos T. Barges; Secretary, M. B.
HOLLY; Treasurer, C. A. HAMMOND.

Owosso Business Men’s Association

President, A. D. WHIPPLE; Secretary, G. T.
CAMPBELL; Treasurer, W. E. COLLINS.

Pt. Hurons Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
President, CHAS. WELLMAN; Secretary, J. T.
PERCIVAL. ns
Alpena Business Men’s Association
President, F. W. GILCHRIST; Secretary, C. L.
PARTRIDGE. ee
St. Johns Business Men’s Association
President, THos. BROMLEY; Secretary, FRANK
A. PERcy; Treasurer, CLARK A. PUTT.
Perry Business Men’s Association
President, H. W. WALLACE; Secretary, T. E.
HEDDLE.
Grand Haven Retail Merchants’ Association
President, F. D. Vos; Secretary, J. W. VER-
HOEKS. ee
Yale Business Men’s Association
President, CHAS. RouNpbs; Secretary, FRANK
TNEY. ee
Grand Rapids Retail Meat Dealers’ Association

President, L. M. WILSON; Secretary, PHILIP
HILBER; Treasurer, S. J. HUFFORD.

 

 

Bryan Show Cases
Always please. Write for
handsome new catalogue.

Bryan Show Case Works,
Bryan, Ohio.

 

 

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PERE MARQUETTE

Chicago Trains.
G. Rapids, 7:10am 12:00m 4:30pm *11:50pm
Chicago, 1:30pm 5:00pm 10:50pm * 7:05am
Chicago, 7:15am 12:00m 5:00pm *11:50pm
G. Rapids, 1:25pm 5:05pm 10:55pm * 6:20am
Milwaukee Via Ottawa Beach.

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Ly. Grand Rapids, every day............. 10:10pm
et NO gic ig cake ian cose 6:30am
BG, PO ect e ees heey 10:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids, every day............. 6:55am
Traverse City and Petoskey.

Ly. Grand Rapids......7:55am 1:45pm 5:30pm
Ar. Traverse City...... 1:15pm 6:25pm 10:45pm
Ar. Petoskey .......... 4:10pm 9:20pm ........

Trains arrive from north at 10:50am, 4:15pm
and 11:00pm.

Ludington and Manistee.
Ly. Grand Rapids...... 7:55am 1:45pm 5:30pm
Ar. Ludington......... 12:05pm 5:20pm 9:25pm
Ar. Manistee...........12:28pm 5:50pm 9:55pm
Detroit and Toledo Trains.

Ly. Grand Rapids. .* 7:10am 12:05pm 5:30pm
Ar. Detroit......... 11:40am 4:05pm = 10:05pm
AY Soreee.......... BSOpm = 8 ese. eee te
Lv Toneed.......... 7:20am = 11:55am 4:15pm
Ly. Detroit......... 8:40am 1:10pm * 5:15pm
Ar. Grand Rapids.. 1:30pm 5:10pm 10:00pm

Saginaw and Bay City Trains.
Lv Grand Rapids......... ..... 7:00am 5:20pm
Ay RE ei coe cet cones 11:50am 10:12pm
Ay. Bay City.....-........----.. 12:20pm 10-4
Ar. from Bay City & Saginaw..11:55am 9:35pm

Parlor cars on all Detroit, Saginaw and Bay
City trains.

Buffet parlor cars on afternoon trains to and
from Chicago. Pullman sleepers on night trains.
Parlor car to Petoskey on 1:45pm train.

*Every day. Others week days only.

May 13, 1900. H. F. MOELLER,

Acting General Passenger Agent,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Northern Division. Goin From
Nort North
Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack. t+ 7:45am + 5:15pm
Trav. City, Petoskey, Mack. + 2:10pm +10:15pm
Cadillac Accommodation... + 5:25pm +10:45am

Petoskey & Mackinaw City +11:00pm t+ 6:20am
7:45am and 2:10pm trains, parlor cars; 11:00pm
train, sleeping car.

Southern Division Going From
South South
Kalamazoo, Ft. WayneCin. + 7:10am + 9:45pm
Kalamazoo and Ft. Wayne. + 2:00pm +t 2:00pm
Kalamazoo, Ft. Wayne Cin. * 7:00pm * 6:45am
Kalamazoo and Vicksburg. *11:30pm * 9:10am

7:10am train has parlor car to Cincinnati,
coach to Chicago; 2:00pm train has parlor car to
Fort Wayne; 7:00pm train has sleeper to Cincin-
nati; 11:30pm train, sleeping car and coach to
Chicago.

Chicago Trains.
TO CHICAGO.

Ly. Grand Rapids...t7 10am +2 00pm
Ar. Chiecago......... 2 30pm 8 45pm
FROM CHICAGO

*11 30pm
7 00am

Ey. Cihldagp............ *11 32pm
Ar. Grand Rapids............. 6 45am
Train leaving Grand Rapids 7:10am has coach;
11:30pm train has coach and seers ear; train
leaving Chicago 3:02pm has coach; 11:32pm has
sleeping car for Grand Rapids. ~
Muskegon Trains.
GOING WEST.
Ly. Grand Rapids....+7 35am ti 35pm +5 40pm
Ar. Muskegon........ 9 00am 250pm 7 00pm
Sunday train leaves Grand Rapids 9:15am;
arrives Muskegon at 10:40am. Returning leaves
Muskegon 5:30pm; arrives Grand Rapids, 6:50pm.

GOING EAST.
Ly. —— eo ee +8 10am +12 15pm +4 00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids... 9 30am 1 30pm 5 20pm

+Except Sunday. *Daily.
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Gen’! Pass’r and Ticket Agent.
. C. BLAKE,
Tieket Agent Union Station.
MANISTEE S.2iroucto menses
Best route to Manistee.
Via C. & W. M. Railway.
Lv. Grand Rapids............... 7 30am
Ar. Manistee. ................. 12 Opm_ .......
Ly. Manistee.................... 8 40am 3 55pm
Ar. Grand Rapids.............. 240pm 10 00pm

 

 

50 Cents
Muskegon
Sunday
G.R. & I.

Train leaves Union Station at 9:15 a. m.
Returning, leaves Muskegon, 5:30 p. m.
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Empire Porcelain

The Richest Dinnerware Pattern yet produced by Alfred Meakin, England.

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6 doz. 6 in. plates. 2.006222... 500 $1 04 $6 24
3 doz. 6 in. plates. ..... 0.2.02...) Lo 3 81
IR GOe TU PibbeS: 150 18 00
3 doz. 8 in. eee tgs cutee 173 65619
2 doz. 7 in. + ¢ - 150 300
10 doz. 44% fruits......° .. ee 6 90
6 doz. individual butters. . 2) be S Oe
20 sets handled teas.................. 93 18 60
4sets handled coffees............... 1 08 4 32
G02. 3m. Raker... 14 1 68
See. 7 ie Mee 23 69
$do0z.8in bakers................... 35 1 05
6 doz. 6 in. oe pat cre as nes 19 114
° . . 6 doz 7 in. seollops. . 23 1 38
The decoration is a beautiful garland of ; doz, Sin, Seollops. = se
. 3 doz. 8 in. dishes ..... —. 57
small rosebuds, underglaze in Flower Can. 5 doz. 10 in. — ek 35 1 75
: . . » O@02 tiin dishes”... 0. 46 1 38
ton Blue color and Is fully lined with gold 3 — 12 in. os ee 58 174
. . ; . a dor. 14m. dishes’... 81 81
which gives the seta rich effect. It is 1 = PAS UORNOER ee ce 62 62
- SO WO2. US SURETS. 2 46 1 38
no doubt the best retail pattern on  §& doz. 30s qreayns ee 2 1s
2 ; 3 doz. covered butters............... 69 207
the market. Let us send you lithographs 3 doz 7 in. covered dishes........... 81 2 43
; 3 doz. 8 in. covered dishes........... $3. OF
or samples. 6 doz. sauceboats........... ce Se 1 86
12 doz. oatmeals............ .. 1 20
12 doz. bonedishes. . . i 144
Our I ravelers OGOt; WCKION lee 23 1 38
S02, SOG NOWIS. 16 96
GGOk SOSMOWIS. 13 78
12 = 30s Ter DOWIRS 16 1 92
A A 2402. 128 pitthers: 46 92
carry samples of a full line of English 2 doz. 21s pitchers | 27 54
2 doz. 30s pitchers ................... a 46
Decorated Dinnerware and among them 2 doz. 36s pitehers ....1.. 21212. 21277" 19 38
i 4 doz. 42s pitchers ................... 19 76

Many exclusive patterns, that will be —e
$106 32
money makers for you. Less 10 per cent. discount. ... 10 63
a $ 95 69
Don’t fail to see them. Crate and cartage............ 2 50
$ 98 19

The Daudt Glass & Crockery Co.

236 Summit and 230, 232, 234, 235 and 236 Water St.

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CROCKERY, GLASS, LAMPS, HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS

The Grand Rapids Paper Box Co.

Manufacture

Solid Boxes for Shoes, Gloves, Shirts and Caps, Pigeon Hole F iles for
Desks, plain and fancy Candy Boxes, and Shelf Boxes of every de-
scription. We also make Folding Boxes for Patent Medicine, Cigar
Clippings, Powders, etc., etc. Gold and Silver Leaf work and Special
Die Cutting done to suit. Write for prices. Work guaranteed.

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A most beautiful line shown in our new catalogue No. 154. If you do
not receive one within a week, write for it.

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Big Value in a
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Large in size, superior in quality,
decorated in large sprays of flowers
and leaves in natural colors and gold
lines on edge and handle. A fine
trade winner to use either as a
special or premium.

Price per Gross, $15.
Case Lots of 50 Dozen $13.50 per Gross.

  
       
     
    
 
 
   

  

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