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Volume XVIII.

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1900.

Number 893

 

 

American Jewelry Co.,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of
Jewelry and Novelties

45 and 46 Tower Block,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

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KOLB & SON, the oldest wholesale
clothing manufacturers, Rochester, N. Y.
The only house in America manufactur-
ing all Wool Kersey Overcoats at $5.50
for fall and winter wear, and our fall and
winter line generally is perfect.

@ WM. CONNOR, 20 years with us, will be
at Sweet’s Hotel Grand Rapids, Oct. 31
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write him Box 346, Marshall, Mich., to call
on you and you will see one of the best
lines manufactured, with fit, prices and
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Collector and Commercial Lawyer and
Preston National Bank, Detroit.

References: — and Mich-

 

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Established 1841,

R. G. DUN & CO.
Widdicomb Bld’g, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Books arranged with trade classification of names.
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IMPORTANT FEATURES.
Page.

2. Window Dressing.

3. Village Improvement.

4. Around the State.

5. Grand Rapids Gossip.

6. The Buffalo Market.

7%. The Meat Market.

8. Editorial.

9. Editorial.
10. Shoes and Rubbers.
12. Representative Retailer.
13. Two Stores.

14. Dry Goods.
15. Clothing.
16. Hardware.
1%. Hardware Price Current.
18. Ministers and Money.
Woman’s World.
21. Crockery and Glassware Quotations.
22. The New York Market.
23. Butter and Eggs.
24. Clerk’s Corner.
25. Commercial Travelers.
26. Drugs and Chemicals.
2%. Drug Price Current.
28. Grocery Price Current.
29. Grocery Price Current.
30. Getting the People.
32. The Morning Market.

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AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION.

Beating the air is not an exercise at
all commendable in commercial gym-
nastics. There is a plenty of profitable
activity without it and in the depart-
ment of business economy, where time
is money, every air-wasted stroke adds
just so much time and money to the
wrong side of the account. In the early
days of lumbering, when the waterfall
fixed the locality of the sawmill, time
and strength and money were wasted in
hauling the logs long distances. It cost
too much to transport the waste mate-
rial. Slabs at the end of the trip were
still slabs and, when steam took the
place of the waterfall, the first move of
the lumberman was to set up his mill
in the woods and leave slabs and_ chips
and sawdust with the remainder of the
refuse, and so save what had before
been an utter loss.

The same fact appears in the manu-
facture of cotton. The New England
waterfall located the first American cot-
ton mill and for more than a_ century
the raw material has been hauled first
by muscle and then iron from the South-
ern cotton field to the Northern factory ;
and, while the refuse is by no means as
extensive as it is in lumbering, the
practical idea is carrying the day, and
the cotton mill of the South is the re-
sult.

With these two instances it does seem
as if the grower North and South should
by this time have learned their lesson,
and yet here is an item showing that the
orange grower is insisting on shipping
the slabs of his business to market for
the sake, it seems, of increasing the
freight bill and of adding to the refuse
pile.in the alley:

A good many Florida oranges are
coming, but so far a good many of them
are green and otherwise unsatisfactory.
There is a fair sale for the best of them,
however, at good prices.

While it is not possible to bring the
orange orchard and the Northern market
together and while objectionable fruit
will occasionally be found at the end of
the expensive trip, that ‘‘a good many
of them are green and otherwise unsat-
isfactory’’ is due to no accident. It

 

sometimes happens that ‘‘anything will
answer the purpose ;’’ but rarely in the
line of fruit. The green and the unsat-
isfactory have but one destiny, the
dump, and the dealer who encourages
that branch of his business is not wise.

Admitting that the shipping of unde-
sirable fruit is by no means due to in-
tention, it remains to be inferred that
inexperience is experimenting in a new
line of business. In that case, it is easy
to see that a costlier man at the head of
the packing department would soon pay
the cost of difference between a man up
in his business and his opposite. It is
needless here to insist that nobody can
calculate on the weather, the length of
the journey nor time of transit; that
there are a thousand conditions that
can never be taken into account in the
shipping of perishable goods; that often
the satisfactory, for causes never ex-
plained, is unsatisfactory when the
market is reached. Every word is so
much fact and yet these are the very
conditions that must be met if orange
orchards are to be made _ profitable.
Freight for waste is loss and the man who
ships that kind of merchandise should
be made to pay the freight bill; and
if the freight bill, under the circum-
stances, does not show that incompe-
tency as a fruit packer is a miserable
failure in a very responsible position,
another of the delusions of the trading
world will be dispelled.

The ray of sunshine which brightens
the item offers little consolation to any
but the incompetent packer. ‘There is
too. much of the ‘‘ Well, we didn’t run
behind’’ about it. There is little con-
solation in the fact that ‘‘a fair sale
for the best of them at good prices’’
made up for the lack of judgment in
shipping a lot of unsalable goods that
had to be thrown away after a big
freight bill had been paid for carrying
them to market. It would require con-
siderable cheek for a carrier to put
down this item in his freight bill: ‘* Tc
several lots of nothing, $25;’’ and yet
that is what ‘‘green and otherwise un-
satisfactory goods’’ amount to. The fact
is, it is a costly kind of commercial
beating the air, wholly undesirable, and
the quicker it becomes a lost art the
hetter it will be for everybody interested.

 

The man of wealth who has earned
his money is always a busy man and a
good citizen. The rich loafer is one
who has inherited wealth, and the acci-
dent is no credit to him as a man.

 

Every year is leap year to a queen
who must choose her mate, and has
suffered the surveillance of a nation
ready to kick from her doorstep any
young man who came courting.

There should be a civil service com-
mission to examine bank examiners
who say they examine banks.

He knows that everybody will be com-
ing his way sometime.

Adam had a family tree; but it did
not go back far enough to hide his sins
in a dim distance.

 

GENERAL TRADE REVIEW.

It is a remarkable thing that the last
weeks of a presidential campaign should
witness the culmination of a decided
boom in the stock market, with a con-
siderable advance in values and a still
greater increase in volume of business.
The reaction taking place this week is
the natural result of too rapid an ad-
vance and too great activity, and can
not be attributed to the political situa-
tion nor to any of the usual adverse in-
fluences, as everything seems to be
moving toward more favorable condi-
tions. The great coal strike is out of
the way and other industries are taking
on greater activity. The reaction is a
purely speculative one and the expecta-
tion of resumption of the forward move-
ment is pretty general. A month of ad-
vancing prices took the average of sixty
railway shares to $74.12 on Wednesday,
which was within $2.17 of the top point
in the last seventeen years—September
§, Edo. Industrials stocks rose to
$57.42 on Wednesday, a gain of over $7
a share in a month, while traction and
gas stocks reached their best point on
Friday, gaining $13.60 a share for the
month.

The iron industry has shown more
vitality, and confidence in the stability
of pricesis general. Dig iron is sought
eagerly by manufacturers who have
delayed purchasing until their stocks of
raw material are insufficient for making
goods already sold. * Railroads have
taken supplies of all kinds in great
quantity, including large contracts for
rolling stock. There is less agitation
for cheaper rails, partly owing to the
advance in billets, which puts the two
more nearly ona parity. In many de-
partments, such as ship plates, bridge
material and structural shapes, there is
less disposition on the part of makers to
contract beyond the end of the year.
Purchasers are ready to accept former
terms, but now find sellers reluctant to
do business. At Pittsburg last week’s
transactions were the best since prices
broke in the spring, especially of fin-
ished forms. General improvement is
also noted at Chicago and machinery
shops at all the big cities are crowded
with work. Lumber continues in a firm
position and few concessions are made
from the high prices recently obtained.
Arrivals are large at Buffalo and Phila-
delphia, but the demand is brisk and
stocks do not accumulate.

Things are not moving quite as
smoothly with the textile manufacture
and trade, as the widely extended un-
seasonable weather interferes with the
expected winter trade, and in cotton
manufacture the break in the raw staple
tends to unsettle prices and delay trans-
actions. Wool is moving more freely in
Eastern markets and prices are firmly
held. Boots and shoes are now moving
freely and jobbers exhibit a desire to
augment their depleted stocks without
further delay. Demands for prompt
shipment have crowded the capacity of
shops, and resulted in such a general
rush for material that holders of leather
and hides have pushed prices up vig-
orously, although no better terms are
made for the finished product.

 

  

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MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

 

Window Dressing

Effective Method of Displaying Umbrellas
and Underwear.

A very good effect can be secured in
a window by using glass shelves which
are either curved or straight and which
are arranged in step fashion in the win-
dow. But instead of displaying all the
articles on them flat or on supports of
the same height or character, they
should be displayed on supports of
different heights so as to produce a cer-
tain imegularity in the trim. For in-
stance, at one end of the shelf a pair of
socks might be placed with their ends
hanging over the edge. At the other
end a shirt on a shirt stand might be
placed,and between on a stand of inter-
mediate height a tie with its ends
spread out so as to cover the interven-
ing space. By producing a studied ir-
regularity in the arrangement of the ar-
ticles placed on the shelves a much
prettier effect can be secured than by
placing every article in identically the
same position on every shelf.

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A very neat trim of white shirts can
be made by hanging them close together
on the bars, so that they slightly over-
lap, with black ties or socks hanging
between them. Another plan is to run
a band of black ribbon over and under
tne shirts and hang from it black but-
terfly ties.

 

 

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Peacock feathers make a very useful
accessory fora trim. Ifa peacock with
outstretched tail were placed in the
center of the window on a low stand
and surrounded by low stands covered
with silk and having neckwear and col-
lars, with made-up ties, on them, a rich
and simple display could be made. Two
or three feathers tied together by a band
of peacock blue satin ribbon and _at-
tached to the corner of a price card or
placed so as to project over the top of a
shirt stand would give a very attractive
dash of color to a plain display of white
shirts. Peacock feathers tied at wide in-
tervals to the upper bars of the window
and attached by narrow bands of ribbon
could have twisted about them small
ties, or alternately with them units of
neckwear, collars and cuffs.
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A neat way of utilizing a pillar ina
window for display purposes is to have
brass bands fitted to it that will serve as
supports for the bottoms of a row of
umbrellas that are placed about it and

kept in place hy a band tied about their;

middle. If the umbrellas are changed
from time to time so as to show a vari-
ety of styles, this makes a very satis-
factory umbrella exhibit. Umbrellas
are articles that are always in demand
on rainy days, and too often the mer-
chant does not have them displayed
when a sudden shower of rain comes
up. They are, too, neat accessories for
almost any trim of men’s apparel, and
for that reason as well as the other can
wisely be given a permanent place in
the window.

As a rule too little attention is paid
to proper displays of underwea-. Mer-
chants think that as underwear for win-
ter is staple goods, it can be displayed
in almost any way without affecting its
sales. While to a certain extent under-
wear must be bought by everyone, it is
still true that a considerable difference
can be made in the amount and quan-
tity of sales by a proper display of this
line of goods. A prominent dealer
lately said: ‘‘Many people make a
often

great mistake in not varying

 

enough their displays of underwear.
After we have had a trim in the window
a few days we take it out and replace it
by a new line of goods or by the old
line made up in different units of dis-
play. We wish to attract attention to
our goods, and if they are not any
different in quality or price from those
shown all about us, we still endeavor to
attract attention to them by showing as
much care with them as if they were
something new. I think that it is asim-
portant to put into the window varying
lines of goods in underwear as to show
different lines of neckwear. Further-
more, we have found by experience that
it is particularly advisable to make dis-
plays of underwear in outside show-
cases. Women passing along the streets
often in this way have their : ttention
attracted to goods that they would not
otherwise see, and so are led to buy
garments that, had they not been dis-
played outside the store, would not
have come to their notice. Every fall
as the cold weather comes on we send
out to our patrons circulars calling at-
tention to our fall lines of goods, and
particularly to our fall lines of under-
wear. Then we display underwear
prominently on the bars in the window
and in the interior of the store. It is
impossible for anyone coming into our
place to escape seeing underwear. By
pushing it forward in this way we are
able to considerably force the sales of
this particular line of goods.

A neat display of underwear can be
made in connection with sweaters. The
shirts are spread on the floor with the
drawers placed on them after being
made up in this manner: The legs of
the drawers are folded up and then the
tops of the drawers are drawn back
about them so as to be pinned tightly
back, thus making a stocky lump of the
pairofdrawers. Low stands are placed
about the window with the sweaters dis-
played on them in this manner: The
sweater is folded down the middle and
then draped over one end of the stand
and the arms are stretched out and _fas-
tened to the other end of the stand. A
pair of golf hose is then draped over
the arms of the sweater with the em-
broidered tops placed one over the
other.

* * *

It is said that during the Franco-
Prussian war a patriotic French dyer
captured a couple of the storks of Stras-
burg, and, after dyeing them with the
French colors, let them loose in the
city. The French portion of the popu-
lation was delighted and the Germans
proportionately incensed, but the colored
storks bore the French colors high in
the air above the German colors. It is
suggested that the same idea might be
applied in a modified form by using
those inhabitants of our cities who are
a general nuisance—the English spar-
rows. A window might be filled with
corn husks and other products of autumn
strewed over the floor, with two or three
sheaves of wheat for the food of the
birds. Some twenty or thirty English
Sparrows might then be dyed in differ-
ent colors and liberated in the window,
where they would undoubtedly attract
much ;ttention. Any druggist could
recommend dyes that would not be in-
jurious to the birds and they could be
applied to them with a small brush. If
different colors were used, with regard
to the natural markings of different
species of birds—for which purpose
colored illustrations of different kinds
of birds would be necessary—some very
pretty and striking effects could be ob-

 

 

tained. The dyes could be made either
fast color or wash color, as might be
desired. If the window were a very
high one or a very large one, the up-
per part or the sides could be used fora
display of clothing by fencing off the
enclosure in which the birds are placed
by fine wire netting at the sides and top,
which would prevent the goods from be-
ing soiled by the dirt of the birds. Such
an attraction would be very interesting,
especially to children.

—___» 0.__—

Almost Successful.

The world is full of people who are
almost successful. Here is a man who is
almost a lawyer, but not quite; here is
another who is almost a physician, but
is neither a good druggist, a good sur-
geon,nora good dispenser. Another man
is almost a clergyman, or about halfway
between a farmer, or a tradesman, and
a clergyman. Another is almost a teach-
er, but not quite competent to take
charge of a school or an academy. We
meet, every day, people who are almost
something, but just a little short of it.

If these people undertake anything,
they never quite finish it; they never
quite complete their courses at school ;
they never quite learn a trade or profes-
sion. They always manage to stop just
short of success.

We encounter people everywhere who
are almost happy, almost philosophical,
almost religious, yet never exactly be-
long to any class or sect. They never
know just where they stand; they are
not quite anything.

‘‘Almost’’ is a dangerous word. It
has tripped up many a man who might
have been successful if he had had deter-
mination and grit enough to go a little
further, to hold on a little longer.

——_>_2.__
No Need to Make Promises.

First Politician—Why is it that your
man will make no promises? Just look
at the promises our candidate has made.

Second Politician—Well, you see, our
man expects to be elected.

THE ALABASTINE Com-
PANY, in addition to their
world-renowned wall coat-
ing, ALABASTINE
through their Plaster Sales
Department, now manufac-
ture and sell at lowest prices,
in paper or wood, in carlots
or less, the following prod-
ucts:

Plasticon
The long established wall
plaster formerly manufac-
tured and marketed by the
American Mortar Company.
(Sold with or witkout sand. )

N. P. Brand of Stucco
The brand specified after

competitive tests and used

by the Commissioners for all

the World’s Fair statuary.
Bug Finish

The effective Potato Bug

Exterminator.

Land Plaster

Finely ground and of supe-
rior quality.

For lowest prices address

Z—-A0>U>r>

Alabastine Company,

Plaster Sales Department
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

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Village Improvement

Practical and Financial Side to Beautiful
Surroundings.

For an illustration of the fact that
there is a practical side and so a finan-
cial side to beauty, the Tradesman is
glad to refer to what the National Cash
Register Co, has done along these very
lines at Dayton, Ohio. In the mind of
John H. Patterson, the President of the
company, it had long been more than
conjecture that business success depends
to a great extent upon the personal sur-
roundings of the workman and, while
each man’s home is his castle and so
not subject to invasion, it is possible
even then to influence that home so that
it may be a counterpart of the indwell-
ing spirit wrought upon by a beautiful
exterior. What he wanted was work-
men at their best and these he could
not have under existing conditions.
True, the finest pond lily comes from
the blackest mud; but it takes the
Divine to plan and carry out such work-
manship and so far human fingers have
not been found to equal Nature’s handi-
work. It was possible, however, to take
advantage of Nature’s hint and, mak-
ing the most of sun and sky and _ leaves
and vines, in this way so fill the work-
man’s being with real beauty that it
would thrill even his finger tips and so
brighten the work of his hands.

With that thought in his mind, he
proceeded to put it into practice. He
began with the rubbish—old iron, boxes
and barrels in the immediate vicinity
of the factory—-and sowed the ground to
grass. Trees and shrubs were planted
and flowers bloomed and it was found
that these changes, simple as they were,
influenced wholesomely the health and
the daily lives of the workmen and their
families and that, as an investment,
the outlay paid.

This conclusion reached, Mr. Patter-
son determined to go a step farther and
wisely placed the matter of adornment
in the skillful and distinguished hands
of John C. Olmsted, the well-known
landscape gardener. The genius who
made the grounds of the World’s Fair a
memory spot of never-forgotten beauty
came and, with a ‘‘Come forth’’ that
even Nature was compelled to heed, un-
bound the beauty that only his cultured
eye could see, and factory ground, cot-
tage, lawn and even the backyard, so
long despised, put on a garb of loveli-
ness until then unsuspected there and
certainly before unseen.

Thus fairly and correctly started, the
idea took root and began to grow.
Women, naturally,and men, unnaturally
but kindly, began to see an error in
what they had before believed, that

A primrose by the river’s brim

A yellow primrose was to him

And it was nothing more;
and it was not long before the error took
wings and flew away. For the first time
in their lives the mystery of ‘‘green
things growing,’’ of leaf and bud and
blossom, of shady nook and vine-guarded
hammock, of pictured garden plot and
beauty-brightened backyard, was re-
vealed to them, because for the first time
in their lives they were brought under
its educating and refining influence.
They knew what landscape gardening
meant when acres and square miles had
been brought under the artist’s touch ;
but here was their own neighborhood a
picture of living beauty before them
and here, as a part of the loveliest pic-
ture that sunshine ever looked down
upon, were their own little, but beauti-
ful, leaf-covered homes which their own

 

 

 

hands had brightened—a part, and an
important part, of the delightful whole.
From the expansive landscape had these
garden-plots been taken, and, breathed
upon by the spirit that had_ brightened
the whole, had shown how the general
principles on a large scale not only
could be, but had been adapted to the
family cottage and its surroundings and
made it a thing of beauty.

With the thought thus worked out,
with tree and shrub and flower doing
each its best to illustrate that thought,
the National Cash Register Co., with a
gesture that includes these improve-
ments, affirms that its idea means just
what these things declare: good taste
in homes and planting; neat yards in
premises large or small; clean streets
and alleys; simple instruction in prin-
ciples of landscape effects for all
homes; enthusiasm for the neighbor-
hood; the abatement of nuisances by
publicly showing what and where they
are; the elevating, rather than the de-
basing, influence of factory life; the
cultivation of interest in the moral, in-
tellectual and physical welfare of the
entire community. It has been affirm-

 

ing this for five years or more. It has
succeeded in bringing human _ nature
into contact with the beauty of inani-
mate Nature and has watched the de-
lightful result. The displacement of
the rubbish and old iron by flowers and
leaves has made a charming change,
but it falls far short of the greater one
in the lives of the men and women who
once wondered what this change was
for. The backyard no jonger means a
place to throw things; but, better than
that, it has suggested so pointedly that
there are nuisance-places in character
to be similarly cared for that the com-
munity has changed by heeding the
suggestion. The good seeks the good
no more surely than it repels the bad
and the cleaned street and the cared-for
alley had no sooner become sightly than
they began to teach their moral lessons
to the thoughtful and the unthoughtful
about them. Cleanliness is an attribute
of beauty,as certainly as form and color
are, and, when backyard and alley were
fairly overflowing with these three, the
lives they came in contact with had_ to
be better. The idea had to grow, and,
given a chance everywhere, it every-

 

where brought to bear its influence and
has made the locality, once defaced
with tin can and ash barrel, a spot so
bright and so: beautiful that the whole
world is asked to come and see.
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The Parson’s Guarantee.

A good joke is told on a certain min-
ister of the gospel who lives not many
miles from Grand Rapids and who likes
to trade horses by way of recreation.
By some means the preacher came_ into
possession of a horse that wouldn't pull
at all when he came to a hill. The par-
son found a_ purchaser who enquired
particularly as to age, condition and
qualities of the parson’s steed. At last
he asked if he was a tried puller. ‘‘It
would do your soul good to see him
pull,’’ was the enthusiastic response.
The trade was made and in a few days
the new owner came back and _ claimed
the parson had misrepresented the qual-
ities of the animal. | told you tt
would do your soul good to see him
pull, and would it not have done so?’’
The purchaser saw’ the point and
dropped the subject.

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Keep your credit good by using it
sparingly. It is like your bank account,
the more you use it the weaker it be-
comes.

 

 

Jnsurance Department.

MIGHIGAN.

Lansing, Octe 18, 1900.

Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co.,y

Grand Rapids, Mich.,
W.Fred McBain, Seo'y,
Dear Sir—This morning Mr. Otis filed his report of the

examination of your company and I am pleased to note that,in

spite of the very large number of fires this year, your com-

pany is in good strong financial condition.

Dic eHeH. Se

I am

Very truly yours,

 

Commissioner of Insurance.

 

 

The Insurance Department at Lansing is making an official examination of all

Michigan Fire Insurance Companies.

It has recently completed an examination of

the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co., and Secretary McBain has received the above

letter from the Commissioner, which shows that our home company is in good finan-

cial condition.

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

Around the State

 

 

Movements of Merchants.

Lyons—Greenhoe Bros. have engaged
in the meat business.

Clare—James O’Connor has engaged
in the grocery business.

Kalkaska—Mrs. J. H. Durkee, baker,
has sold out to S. Stevens.

Owosso—Fred Carpenter has sold his
grocery stock to Stephen B. Pitts.

Detroit—Chas. Protiva has sold his
grocery stock to Fred W. Schwartz.

Thompsonville—N. A. Egbert, of
Clare, has opened a flour and feed store.

Tecumseh—FE., J. Peters is succeeded
in the jewelry business by Gaston &
Son.

Easton—-C. E. Underwood, of Owosso,
has engaged in the grocery business
here.

Eaton Rapids—I. P. Roberts has en-
gaged in the flour, feed and_ provision
business.

Bad Axe——Bartley Bros. succeed
Henry Bartley in the furniture and un-
dertaking business.

Pontiac—Victor Sheppard and George
Nusbaumer have purchased the grocery
stock of W. Elevier.

Battle Creek—James G. Redner has
purchased the grocery and_ crockery
stock of Wm. G. Murphy.

West Bay City—A. McDonald con-
tinues the grocery and meat business of
McDonald & Owen in his own name.

Lansing—Edmund Moore has engaged
in the grocery business at this place,
having purchased the stock of W. H.
Maguire.

Big Rapids—A. R. Morehouse has
sold his grocery stock to A. Farladeau,
who will continue the business at the
same location.

Allegan—Burrell Tripp has purchased
the furniture stock of Oliver & Co. and
will add a line of crockery and house
furnishing goods.

Turner—The general stock of Wede-
meyer Bros. has been taken by the Win.
Barie Dry Goods Co. and Symons Bros.
& Co., of Saginaw.

East Jordan—Elmer Richards has re-
tired from the meat firm of Richards
Bros. The business will be continued
under the style of Richards & Co.

Sault Ste. Marie—P. C. Keliher, the
veteran grocer, will discontinue the re-
tail business and engage in the whole-
sale grocery business exclusively.

Big Rapids—F. W. Joslin has pur-
chased the M. A. Wells & Co. clothing
stock of John T. Clark, receiver, and
will continue both stores for the present.

Petoskey—L. VanAlstine has formed
a copartnership with E. H. Gilbert, of
Grand Rapids, and engaged in the har-
ness and agricultural implement busi-
ness.

Owosso—Edwin S. Lusk, formerly en-
gaged in the shoe business at this place,
and later in the employ of D. R. Salis-
bury, has leased a store building and
opened up a line of boots and shoes.

Owosso—Macauley & Co., wholesale
milliners at Detroit, have begun suit
against the millinery firm of Sturtevant
& Shehee in the sum of $500 to collect
a debt due them to the amount of
$318. 4o.

Bay City—The Bay City Dry Goods
& Carpet Co. is spending about $20,000
in the improvement of its store build-
ing, which will include a new elevator,
enlarged windows, hardwood floors and
a third story to the south store.

Buchanan—H. O. & E. B. Weaver,
proprietors of the Hub clothing store,
have sold their stock to Wenger & Hath-

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away, who will discontinue the feed
and livery business and devote their en-

| tire attention to the clothing business.

Owosso—Fred Carpenter has sold his
grocery stock to B.S. Pitts, formerly
engaged in the drug business here and
later with Detwiler & Son. Mr. Car-
penter has accepted the position of
manager of the dry goods department of
the Tamarack Co-operative Association,
at Calumet.

Durand—A_ war on meat prices is in
progress at Durand. On Monday one
meat market reduced the price of sir-
loin and porterhouse steaks from sixteen
cents to twelve and a half cents. His
competitor several doors away immedi-
ately purchased $5 worth at the reduced
price.

Hillsdale—The grocery and meat firm
of W. H. Croose & Co. has been dis-
solved, Mr. Croose retiring. Geo.
Schick will continue the business in his
own name. Mr. Croose will devote his
entire attention to stock buying and
shipping, which he has followed as a
side line for some time.

Charlotte—M. Heyman & Son, meat
dealers at this place, have dissolved
partnership on account of the retirement
of M. Heyman from active business.
Henry Heyman has formed a copartner-
ship with Charley Bicker, for many
years in the employ of the firm, and
will continue the business under the
style of Heyman & Bicker.

 

Manufacturing Matters.

Onaway—The Huron Handle & Man-
ufacturing Co, has been organized with
a capital stock of $50,000.

West Bay City—The Michigan Land
& Lumber Co. has increased its capital
stock from $5,000 to $25,000.

Jackson—The Puritan Cereal Food
Co, is the style of a new corporation at
this place. The capital stock of the
enterprise is $100,000.

Montague—Olsen & Youngquist have
purchased the roller mills at this place
and will conduct the business in con-
nection with their grist mill at White-
hall.

Lakeview—Frank Hess has discontin-
ued the stave manufacturing business at
Ithaca and formed a copartnership with
his father-in-law, Fred Sreaves, to con-
tinue the grocery and crockery business
of the latter.

Norrisville—N. Sarensen, formerly
with the Michigan Starch Co., of Trav-
erse City, has leased from Charles Nor-
ris a half interest in the roller mills and
formed a copartnership with John Nor-
ris to continue the business under the
style of Norris & Sarensen.

Grass Lake—The Grass Lake Cream-
ery Co. has declared a 7 per cent. div-
idend. This is the first dividend since
the fire of two years ago. The machin-
ery and repairs are ali paid for, and
hereafter with fair success a semi-
annual dividend will be forthcoming.

Jackson—Ground has been broken for
the erection of a new factory building,
130x50 feet in dimensions, on Ganson
Street, in which to manufacture hard-
ware specialties, including the metal
parts for carriages and agricultural im-
plements. The new enterprise will be
conducted under the style of G. A. Mc-
Keel & Co,

Mt. Clemens—The Mt. Clemens Lum-
ber Co. is now fully organized and do-
ing business in the old yard of William
Dulac & Sons. The company is com-
posed of the following substantial cit-
izens of the town: Francis P. Ullrich,
Thomas W. Newton, John P. Martz,
Oscar O. Lungershausen, Louis Char-

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beneau, Capt. Dulac, F. B. Schott, Otto
K. Bartley, George Chambers, Albert
Schott, F. L. Wolf, John Priehs, John
Weber, Jacob Hubarth, Jas. Matthews
and W. D. Wilson.

Saginaw—The plant of the American
Fibre Co. is rapidly assuming shape for
the manufacture of its product, about
40 men being employed in overhauling
the engines and boilers, refitting the
building and installing the machines
and reservoirs. The building which
will contain the big ovens where the
ware is to be baked is now under con-
struction. It will be 165 feet long. A
100 horse power electrical generator will
operate the pumps of the salt wells,
which are to be operated in connection
with the factory.

Northville—The Northville Improve-
ment Association has secured the Fisk
& Olds’ shoe factory, and the company
will move here early next month and
expect to be ready for business by De-
cember 20. The company, to begin with,
will employ fifty hands, which number
will be increased to 100 by another year.
Besides a cash bonus, the company will
get free light and free water fora period
of five years. ‘Ihey will occupy the
large three-story brick near the depot,
formerly used by the Globe Furniture
Co. as a finishing room. The Associa-
tion has also induced the J. A. Dubuar
Manufacturing Co. to build a 40x80
three-story brick addition to its plant,
and the work has already commenced.
The manufacture of air guns and some
other novelties will be extended and an
increase of twenty. to thirty men will
result,

Detroit—The case of the Old Sol
Cigar Co. against the Flint Cigar Co,
to restrain the use of the registered
trade mark or cigar label of ‘‘Old Sol’’
is under consideration by Judge Hos-
mer. Sol Aberdee maintains that he
registered the label and used it with the
firm of W. E. Braman & Co., or the
Flint Cigar Co, Subsequently he sold
out his interest in that company, but
claims that he retained all the rights to
that cigar and label. For a while after
he left the company they still made the
‘*Old Sol,’’ but ceased later, as he de-
manded that they take his picture off
their boxes. Then they made the
‘‘Original Old Sol.’* This led to so
much confusion that when a man wanted
a cigar he would ask for the ‘‘Sol with
whiskers on,’’ meaning the ‘*Old Sol’
with Aberdee’s picture, or he would
ask for ‘‘Sol without whiskers,’’ mean-
ing the ‘‘Original Old Sol.’’ The Flint
company applied for registration on
the names ‘‘Old Sun’’ and ‘‘Old Son,’’
and ‘‘Original Old Sun,’’ and ‘* Origi-
nal Old Son,’’ but were only granted it
on the last two.

——_?22>__
Large Potato Crop in Oceana County.

Shelby, Oct. 28—There is a big po-
tato crop in Oceana county. Farmers
are very busy digging the tubers now.
The quality is very fine and the crop is
unusually large—an average of about 100
bushels to the acre. They are a little
green to ship yet, as the weather has
been summerlike, but the first frost will
harden them up. J. H. Chapman.

Sudden For Her.
Neighbor—Good morning,
How's your ma?
Johnny—She’s pretty well for her,
Neighbor—And how's your pa?
Johnny—He'’s pretty well for him.
Neighbor— Your grandma's dead. She
died pretty sudden, didn’t she?
Johnny—Yes, pretty sudden for her.
oa. —______

Johnny.

More than $100,000,000 worth of India
rubber has been imported into the
United States during the last four years,

 

The Grain Market.

Wheat has been dull during the week,
Fine weather was the rule. Farmers’
deliveries were good in the Southwest
and in the Northwest as well. The ex-
ports from the United States were large,
being about 5,000,000 bushels. Still the
visible showed an increase of 1, 460, 000,
which had a depressing tendency, but
the reported damage in the Argentina
finally caused a halt in the downward
course, so cash wheat closed to-day
where it was a week ago to-day. While
December options were 3c lower, the
outlook, notwithstanding the large vis-
ible, is for firm markets, as the condi-
tions are such that the heavy receipts
are about over.

The prospects for winter wheat are
not promising at the present time, as
the Hessian fly is reported in Ohio as
bad as last year, while similar com-
plaints also come from Kentucky and
Kansas. In our own State it has not
made its appearance to any extent as
yet, owing to the late sowing. Should
the Argentine damage be more pro-
nounced, we will yet see better prices
in the not far future, especially as the
Russian as well as the Danubian and
Hungarian crops are short—so much so
that part of Russia is threatened with
famine in parts where wheat is usually
plentiful.

Corn is fully 1%c lower than at the
corresponding time last week. The rea-
son therefor is the fine dry weather.
New corn has made its appearance
earlier than usual and, notwithstanding
the visible showing a decrease of 770,-
ooo bushels, the market sagged off, as
above stated. At present prices look
very weak in the corn trade.

Oats, not to be outdone by corn, fol-
lowed suit and dropped tc a bushel,
which is still too high, taking the large
amount received into consideration.
We predict lower prices for that cereal.

Rye has held its own, 50c for choice
in carlots being the going price.

Flour was very steady. The demand
has not been as pressing as heretofore,
owing to the apparent weakness in
wheat, and buyers are holding off. For-
eign bids are below value at present.
However, there seems to be considerable
doing. The city mills have orders to
run full time yet. Should wheat prices
firm up, the demand will be very much
Stronger, both for domestic, foreign and
local trade.

Mill feed is still in good demand at
full prices.

Receipts have been nominal: 55
cars of wheat, 5 cars of corn, 9 Cars of
oats, I car of flour, 2 cars of beans, 2
cars of hay, 8 cars of potatoes.

The mills are paying 73c for No. 2 red
wheat. C. G. A. Voigt.

Crusades have been legion in Boston
and New York against unsightly adver-
tisements, both in town and country.
A Boston club offers a prize for the set
of twelve photographs which will best
illustrate the disfigurement of land-
scapes in the way indicated. The New
York Central Railroad has taken up the
matter with the object of protecting the
scenery along its route.

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A curious case of loss of memory is
reported from Worms. A _ small land-
owner was struck by lightning while
plowing, the flash passing through his
hat, leaving a hole as large asa fist,
then down his neck and through the
plow handle into the ground. The vic-
tim, who was ill for several days, finally

recovered, but he has entirely lost his
memory.

—_—___22__
The campaign spell-binders will be
out of a job for a spell after the election
is over,

 

 

  

 

 

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

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Grand Rapids Gossip

M. Millard has purchased the grocery
stock of B. L. Millard at 31 East Bridge
street.

 

 

Taylor & McDuff, proprietors of the
so-called Cut Rate meat market on
Wealthy avenue, have suspended opera-
tions fdr the present.

G. A. Johnson has sold his grocery
and confectionery stock and_ bakery
business at 38 West Leonard street to
Mrs. Rosa M. Castor.

Wellington R. Lawton has sold his
grocery stock at 58 Second street to B.
Fred Idema, who will continue’ the
business at the same location.

 

J. G. Jourdan has engaged in the drug
and grocery business at Fruitport. The
drug stock was purchased of the Hazel-
tine & Perkins Drug Co. and the gro-
cery stock was furnished by the Mus-
selman Grocer Co.

Peter Cooper has sold his interest in
the grocery stock of Cooper Bros., at
418 West Bridge street, to his brother,
who will continue the business under
the style of Sebastian Cooper. The re-
tiring partner has taken the position of
Grand Rapids representative of the
American Importing Co., of Chicago.

Representatives of the local wholesale
grocery trade and allied lines enjoyed
a trip to Holland last week as the guests
of the Holland Sugar Co. The pro-
gramme included dinner at the City
Hotel and a visit to the beet sugar fac-
tory, where the process of converting
beets into granulated sugar was wit-
uessed and explained. The factory ap-
pears to be a model in point of system-
atic arrangement and careful attention
to details, the product moving along
from one stage of manufacture to an-
other without stoppage. The output is
superior in quality, being even more
uniform than the output of last season,
which was manufactured under the
auspices of the construction company
which erected and equipped the plant.
Although the acreage planted to beets
by the patrons of the factory is no
larger than last season, the yield is so
much greater and the returns so much
more satisfactory, that the management
confidently expect that the acreage will
be doubled another season.

The Pbruoduce Market.

Apples—Michigan fruit commands
$1.75@2.25 per bbl. A_ considerable
portion of the crop must be moved
quickly, owing to the prevalence of the
so-called bitter rot, which indicates that
the fruit so affected will be short lived.
Local handlers are purchasing New
York fruit for cold storage.

Bananas—Are_ stronger and some
grades have advanced again 5@toc
per bunch. There is a constantly in-
creasing movement, due to the small
supplies of other fruits which have
passed out of season. Although the ar-
rivals have not been as large as last
year at this season, the condition ofa
large proportion is better than it has
been and prices are showing the effect
in substantial advances.

Beets—$1 per bbl. \

Butter—Fancy creamery is strong at
21c. Receipts of dairy are heavy, but
they run largely to low grades and poor
stock. Prices range from 13c for pack-
ing stock to 15c for choice and 16c for
fancy table grades.

Cabbage—$1 per bbl.

Carrots—$i per bbl.

Cauliflower—$1@1.25 per doz. heads.

Celery—18c per bunch.

Cider—-10o@11c per gal. for sweet.

Cranberries—Walton fruit commands

$2.50 per bu. box for fancy. Cape Cods

 

 

are; held at_ $2.40 per bu. box and™§7
per bbl.

Egg Plant—g1 per doz.

Game—Local dealers pay $1 per doz.
for gray squirrels, $1.20 per doz. for fox
squirrels and $1.20 per doz. for rabbits.

Green Peppers—5oc per bu.

Green Stuff—Lettuce, 60c per bu. for
head and 4oc for leaf. Parsley, 20c per
doz. Radishes, 8@toc for round.

Honey—Receipts are large, but de-
mand is limited. Fancy white com-
mands 15@1i6c, amber goes at 13@14c
and dark buckwheat is slow sale at 10
@i2¢c.

Lemons—Are dull. Trade is light,
most buyers wanting cnly small quanti-
ties. The condition of much of the for-
eign fruit is very unsatisfactory, but the
California lemons are giving good sat-
isfaction.

Onions—Red Globe and Yellow Dan-
vers have advanced to s50@55c, while
White Globe and Silver Skins fetch 60
@6s5c. Small white stock for pickling
purposes is in fair demand at $2 per
bu. Spanish are held at $1.50 per crate.

Oranges—A few Florida oranges come
into market, but so far the quantity is
too small to make any impression. The
quality is improving, however, and
there is likelihood that the entire crop
will mature earlier than at first stated.
With Jamaicas, Californias and Flor-
idas in market and a few from other
producing sections there promise to be
lively times this fall and winter.

Pears—Cold storage Kiefers command
$1@1.25 per bu.

Pop Corn—$1 per bu.

Potatoes—30c per bu. The market is
beginning to strengthen, on account of
reports that stock is rotting badly, es
pecially in the Grand Traverse region.

Poultry—Local dealers pav as follows
for dressed: Spring chickens, toc;
fowls, 8c; spring ducks, 9c —old not
wanted at any price; spring geese, 8@
1oc—old not wanted; spring turkeys, 11
@i2c; old turkeys, 8@gc. Spring chick-
ems are coming in freely. Spring tur-
keys are not yet in good condition, on
account of being lank and bony.

Sweet Potatoes—$2 for Virginias and
$2.75 for Jerseys.

Quinces—$1@1.25 per bu.,
to size and quality.

Squash—2c per |b. for Hubbard.

Turnips—$1 per bbl.

> 02.
Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool.

Hides remain firm and sell freely at
the advance, with asking prices still
higher. Stocks are kept well cleaned
up. The demand is above the supply.
The past year has proven _remunerative
to tanners and their products are wanted
for the trade.

Pelts are in good demand at higher
values, on account of better quality of
stock and the increased demand.

according

Tallow has more enquiry, with a slight
advance on edible. No. 1 soapers’ stock
remains firm. Trade is fair on all
grades.

Wools do not change in value. No
large sales have been made and small
manufacturers are buying to fill present
orders. The volume of sales is small.
Both sides are awaiting the outcome of
election. The low prices in London
now control the market on this side.

Wm. T. Hess.

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The interest which farmers are taking
in dairy products means a great deal to
the manufacturers of dairy supplies.
The growth of population, the rise of
cities and towns throughout the regions
heretofore devoted to agriculture, the
increasing demand abroad for American
dairy products, all help to increase the
demand for those products in accelera-
ting proportions. The mechanical ap-
pliances for dairy requirements are year-
ly improving, and the opportunities for

rofitable development of this interest-
Ing adjunct to agriculture are widen-
ing. The next step will be the appli-
cation of electricity to dairy work upona
large scale,

The Grocery Market.

Sugars—The raw sugar market is
weaker and prices have declined ‘c,
making 96 deg. test centrifugals now
45¢c. Refiners, however, have fair sup-
plies on hand and seem indisposed to
buy, their ideas being about '%c lower
than the present price. The refined
market is quiet and buying is only of a
hand-to-mouth character in anticipation
of lower prices for the entire list, ow-
ing to the weakness of the raw market.
The beet sugar campaign is now on and
the trade are taking largely of sugar of
Michigan manufacture. The product
turned out this year is.very fine and the
majority of it is fully equal to the best
Eastern refined and, at the Io cents
difference in price, is monopolizing the
business.

Canned Goods--The canned goods
market, like all others, is characterized
by the waiting tendency incident to the
coming election. Immediately after the
election we think business will be much
more active and any increased demand
will cause higher values in several lines.
The tomato market is quiet, but shows
no change in price. The market is in
good condition and we think will soon
begin to do better. Corn continues
easy, with very little interest shown by
the trade. Peas are firm for good qual-
ity goods, but the market is quiet.
Baltimore peaches are easier. String
beans of the best grades are wanted by
some buyers, but goods are very scarce.
The salmon market is firm, but quiet.
There is some enquiry for almost all
grades of salmon, but only small sales
are made, as stocks are so very light.
The sardine market is very firm and
prices are advancing. Some interest is
taken in imported sardines, owing to
buyers’ desire to get in before an ex-
pected further advance.

Dried Fruits—There is considerably
less activity in the dried fruit market
than was the case several days ago and
jobbers are bemoaning the falling off of
retail buying, which early last week
seemed to be starting up in earnest.
The disappointingly warm weather and
the prospective election together are
causing the mischief apparently, al-
though the consensus of opinion at-
tributes the prevailing dulness to the
atmosphere rather than the _ political
conditions. A good cold snap that
should act as if it meant to tarry a while
undoubtedly would vastly improve
trade. At present there can hardly be
said to be any special feature to the
market. There has been a good de-
mand for raisins, although the demand
has not been as brisk as it was a week
ago. Seeded raisins are moving out
more freely than any other line of do-
mestic dried fruits, while all raisins,
California and imported on spot, are in
quite good request. The crown loose
muscatels are in great demand and it is
stated that the market on this grade is
firmer, owing to reports from the coast
that the percentage of two crowns this
year is showing a_ shortage, running
only about 12@15 per cent. The currant
market is somewhat weaker and _ prices
have declined %c. Trade in dates con-
tinues very good. Hallowis are going
out freely at full prices. More interest
is noted in Fard dates. New crop
Smyrna figs show an increased demand
and some large sales have been made.
California tgs are doing better, also,
and are selling quite freely. The out-
put of figs in California this season is
estimated at 160 cars. Evaporated ap-
ples are in light demand just at present,

 

owing largely to the continued warm

 

weather. With the advent of cooler
weather, much better business is ex-
pected.

Rice—There is no particular change
in the rice market. Business is moder-
ate and full prices are realized for all
grades. Some dealers anticipate lower
prices, while others believe there will
be no changes for some time to come.

Tea—The tea market is still very
dull, but a revival in business is ex-
pected the latter part of November.

Prices are steady, but unchanged.
Molasses--The demand for molasses
is not very brisk, owing somewhat to
the warm weather prevailing. Prices,
however, are firmly held. Advices from

New Orleans note somewhat freer ar-
rivals of new crop molasses and it is
expected that prices will be lower.

Buyers are, consequently, purchasing
only small lots to meet current wants.

Fish—Codfish is becoming scarce at
Gloucester and prices there are higher.
The scarcity of fish is said to be due to
the fact that most of the fishing vessels
are going for mackerel, which is more
profitable to the fishermen than catch-
ing cod. The demand for codfish has
been very heavy and_ no lower prices
are looked for.

Nuts—Nuts show more activity, par-
ticularly Tarragona and Ivica almonds,
filberts and Brazils. Returns from all
districts indicate that the crop of Cali-
fornia walnuts is running below early
estimates. Some records show a loss of
25 per cent. in delivery, as earlier esti-
mated. This would make a total output
of but 4oo cars. Based on these condi-
tions large operators are extremely con-
fident of the November market. The
market on Tarragona almonds has made
a slight decline and it is claimed that
this decline brings the price down to
quite a little under the cost to import.
Some interest is taken in filberts and
new Naples walnuts.

Rolled Oats— Millers are still heavily
oversold and for prompt shipment are
holding prices at the last advance, but
for shipment in three weeks are making
some slight concessions.

——-—> 2.
The Cloven Hoof of the Bell.

Before the Kalamazoo people were
sold out to the Michigan Bell Co., they
were getting good telephone service
with granular carbon or long distance
telephones at $24 for business places
and $18 for residences.

The following official announcement
was made Octoher 27 as to Kalamazoo
rates, the ‘‘common’’ service being that
obtained over the old Blake transmitter
telephone :

Long distance business, $48.

Long distance residence, $36.

Long distance two-party business, $42.

Long distance two-party residence,
$30.

Common business, $36.

Common residence, $18.

Common two-party business, $24.

Common two-party residence, $15.

Thus a business man must pay 50 per
cent. more for poor service and double
for good service than he did for good
service under independent ownership!

i
Evidence of Genius.

‘‘My wife,’’ said Mr. Snickers,
truly remarkable woman.”’

‘*We all know that,’’ we said; *‘but
do you wish to specify?’’

‘*Yes, sir. She wrote and sold a story
the other day, and she spent only once

“is 2

the money she expected to receive
for it.” |
——___~»>2.___
For Gillies’ N. Y. tea, all kinds,

grade» and prices Visner both phones.

  

 

6

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

The Buffalo Market

Accurate Index of the Principal Staples
Handled.

Beans—The market is higher on mar-
row and medium, but only steady on
pea. It appears that growers were in-
duced to raise more of the latter variety
by the high prices prevailing the past
few years, and while marrow and
medium are scarce this year there is
plenty of pea to be had at easy prices.
Marrows are selling at $2.30@2.40 for
good to fancy; medium, $2. 15@2. 30;
pea, fancy, $2@2.20 per bu. No white
kidney offered. ° A few red kidney
would sell at $1.75@2 if fancy.

Butter—Fresh extras are scarce and
the majority of sellers are asking 23%c
for tubs and 24@24%c for prints. ‘his
is considered too high by buyers who
even supply the best class of customers,
and there is a general hunt for some-
thing to take its place at a lower figure.
Junes, fancy renovated and some extra
nice storage dairy are being offered and
holders report an active business at
better prices than recently quoted.
Crock butter and low grades of all kinds
are in light supply. Rolls are scarce
and in good request. Quoted: Extra
creamery, 23@23'4c; good to choice,
21@22c; common to fair, 16@18c;
dairy fancy, 20%@2I1c; fair to good, 17
@18c ; crocks, fancy, 20c; fair to good,
17@18c ; poor butter, all kinds, 13@14c.
Rolls sold at 18c for fancy, and 16@17¢
for fair to good.

Cheese—Trade is fairly active for
good to choice and prices remain steady,
fancy full cream small selling at 11.4@
12c ;00d to choice, 1o@11c; common te
fair, 8@oc.

Eggs—Receipts are liberal of fresh
and storage are coming out freely.
Trade is getting into storage quite
generally as fresh lots are not giving
the best of satisfaction. State and
Western strictly fresh, 20c; good to
choice, 18@19c; seconds, 1o@tic; stor-
age, fancy, 17c; good to choice, 15@
1634c.

Dressed Poultry—With a heavy sup-
ply of dressed and live and warm
weather prices were lower, especially at
the close of the week when it was evi-
dent the market could not clean up ex-
cept at liberal commissions. Chickens
went mostly at 11c when extra fancy,
good to choice, 9'%4@tioc. Fowl, fancy,
9%2@1oc ; fair to good 8%@oc. Young
turkeys sold at 11@12c for the best lots
‘down to 8c for thin and old stock.
Ducks if fat and fancy were not quot-
able above 11@12c.

Live Poultry—Receipts of express
stock were liberal, but would have
worked out at close to last week's
prices, but freight receipts began to
arrive and the market broke from 1@
1'4c, and at the close on Saturday was
still lower. Even ducks sold down he-
low expected prices owing to the flood
of chickens and fowl. The break will
no doubt check receipts and it is pos-
sible will place the market in better
shape for future business. Turkeys,
young, sold at 9@1oc; chickens, large
fancy, 9c; good to choice, 8@8 ic;
small and mixed, 7@7%4c. Fowl, fancy,
8¥%c; fair to good, 7@8c. Ducks,
fancy, per pair, 75@8oc; small and
medium, 50@65c per pair. Geese, large
fancy, 80@ooc each: medium, 55@65c.
Pigeons, per pair, 15@2oc.

Game—Scarce. Partridge quoted at
$7@8 per doz. Woodcock, $4@5 per
doz. Rabbits, 40@6oc per pair.

Apples—Fancy table fruit is scarcer
than last week and in better demand.
Snows sold up to $3.50@4, but the bulk
of fancy brought $3 per bbl. Other se-
lected fall fruit sells at $2.50@2.75.
Good to choice, $1.75@2.25 ; common to
fair, $1@1.50 per bbl; winter apples,
$1.50@1.75 per bbl.

Crabapples—Season over. A few 8 to
12 Ib. baskets are selling at 10@15¢.

Pears—Quiet and weak. Duchess and
Kieffer offered at $1.50@2 for choice to
fancy.

Peaches—Light receipts, but demand
is slow wt 15@25¢ per 8 lb. basket.

Quinces—Few really fancy in market
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Common to fair in liberal supply at $1
@1.25 per bbl.

Grapes—Feeling is easier. Offerings
of anything except fancy are accumu-
lating. Wine grapes are beginning to
drag at $14@18 for black and $20@26
for white per ton. Basket Concords, 9
Ibs, 10@1ic; Niagaras, 12@15c; Ca-
tawba, 14@15c; pony Catawbas, 10@
11c. Malaga, per keg, $4.50@6.

Potatoes—_Farmers’ receipts are irreg-
ular and commission men with fancy
white stock are forcing a premium when
the supply is light. It seems difficult
to get potatoes moving this way in car-
loads in sufficient quantity to supply
the demand. Everything sells on ar-
rival and at strong prices compared
with other markets. No. 1 white stock,
40o@42c; No. 1 red, 38@40c; No. 2, all
kinds, 35@37c.

Sweet Potatoes—Lower and in liberal
supply. Fancy packed, $2.25 per bbl;
cloth tops, $1.50@1.80.

Onions—Higher; active demand and
receipts light. Fancy good-keeping
stock is particularly wanted. Fancy
yellow sold easily at 55c,; fair to good,
45@50c; red, 40@45c per bu.

Celery—Receipts continue large and
market easy. Choice to fancy, 25@3o0c ;
fair to good, 15@2oc per doz.

Cabbage—Heavy crop and prices low.
Large head sell at $1.50@1.75, and
medium at $1@1I.25 per 100.

Squash--Good demand; light offer-
ings of fancy. Hubbard, $12@14 and
marrow, $8@I1o per ton.

Horseradish—Light receipts;
demand at $4.50@5.50 per 100 lbs.

Buckwheat Flour—New in bulk is sell-
ing at $2.25@2.50, but trade is light
owing to warm weather.

Chestnuts—Lower on liberal receipts.
Sales generally are at $4 per bu. for
fancy and $3.50@3.75 for small.

Popcorn—A few sales of ear corn were
made at 2@2%c- per lb.

Honey—Fancy white is bringing 18@
20c; No. 1, 17@18c; No. 2, 15@16c;
dark 10@12c per lb.

Straw— Firm under light offerings and
good demand; wheat and oat selling
at $7.75@8.25; rye, So@Io per ton track
Buffalo.

Hay—Slightly easier; receipts in-
creasing. Timothy loose baled, $15.50
@16; tight, $15; No. 1, $14.50; No. 2,
$13@14; blue grass, $13@14 per ton
track Buffalo.

a
Black Rot Playing Havoe With Grand
Traverse Tubers.
From the Traverse City Record.

A dangerous rot seems to have struck
a large number of the potatoes dug this
fall. The Michigan Starch Co. reports
that over half of the potatoes they have
received have been troubled with the
disease, and buyers are having a good
deal of trouble with it.

The Starch company recently pur-
chased over 8,000 bushels of first-class
stock at Northport, Omena and Sutton’s
Bay, but before it could be shipped the
rot struck it and, instead of shipping it
to Chicago they were obliged to turn it
into the starch factory for manufactur-
ing purposes. A few days ago they had
2,000 bushels of No. 1 stock loaded on
the cars for shipment to Chicago, but
this also rotted and had to be unloaded
and turned into the factory.

The rot is a disease due to late rains
and prolonged warm weather this fall.
The Starch company would warn farm-
ers who are planning to put their po-
tatoes in pits for the winter to watch
theta very closely for signs of rot, and if
they have stock which is beginning to
rot, it would be well to bring it in im-
mediately, as the factory can use pota-
toes which have not rotted too badly.
Many farmers who would otherwise find
their stock almost a complete loss are
congratulating themselves on this outlet
for their poor potatoes.

Many farmers make it a practice to
turn the culls over to the children of the
family, to make what they can from
them, and one bright little fellow has
already this fall earned over $25 on culls
which he has sold at the factory.

The Michigan Starch Co. received
over 8,000 bushels Friday, 3,000 by the
Crescent and Columbia, 3,000 by rail,
and nearly 2,500 by wagon, and over

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half of them showed the black rot. It
starts in with a black discoloration,
looking a good deal like a bruise, and
ina couple of days the potato has rotted
almost entirely away.

The Starch Co. had planned not to
Start the factory up until later in the
season, until they had at least 80,000
bushels on hand, but in order to prevent
loss they will begin work Monday morn-
ing.

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Calcutta sends a story of a new mode
of stealing jewels. A youth attired in
a new suit entered a jeweler’s store,
and asked to look at a parcel of dia-
monds. He went to a window to get a
better light and presently the largest
stone, valued at 10,000 rupees, disap-
peared. An assistant saw the youth
carry his hand to his mouth suspicious-
ly. He was arrested and treated, but
the diamond did not appear. A later
examination revealed the gem in the
man’s throat. At the trial an old crimi-
nal described the habit Indian thieves
practice of dilating the larynx by a
round bullet, which is swallowed and
brought up daily until the pouch is
made like a bird’s crop. Thieves use
this as a temporary storage place.

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Rest rooms for farmers’ wives are be-
ing established in some towns in the
West. They are located in the business
center, and are made cosey and com-
fortable with easy chairs, lounges, books
and magazines. Some offer tea at the
nominal price of three cents a cup.
These rooms are sustained by women’s
clubs in the cities, or the merchants of
the cities contribute to them, with the
idea that they help to draw trade.

—_—_—_2<.__

The family of a Government inspector
of meats and live cattle in the Chicago
stock yards, who died during the Span-
ish-American war from disease con-
tracted in the yards, are about to apply
to the Government for a pension of $100
a month, alleging that he died through
his zeal in protecting American soldiers
from the danger of eating meats unfit
for consumption.

YUSEA MANTLES.

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 Meat Market

Meat Chunks as a Measure of Civilization.
Written for the Tradesman.

 

 

The master of the cleaver was filling
orders. The pouring rain precluded
the possibility of a customer and he
was taking his work easily and_ think-
ing ‘‘out loud’’ as it went on. ‘‘ There
is a piece of meat that I hate to let that
woman have. She lives up here on
Nomatter avenue and has an old man—
that’s what she calls him—and five
young ones—that’s what I mean, young
ones. She’ll take that piece of meat —you
see what a beauty it is—and she’ll burn
it. Then she'll cut it into chunks and
the cubs’ll go at it and, after they’ve
downed it, every little stomach will
stick out as if a big popcorn ball had
got in there somehow! Bright children,
and the old folks mean well, but that’s
the way they were raised, if you can
call it that, and that’s the way they’re
bringing up the children.

‘*You don’t, probably, look at these
things as I do; but there’s more training
in a good roast than people think there is.
There was a woman in here the other
day, a high-flyer—I don’t like that
sort—but a woman way up, and, after
she’d left her order, she happened to
see a roast put up like this one and she
said it was fine enough to be the sub-
ject of a painting. That’s rignt. Well,
now, it would make that woman sick to
see this roast chopped into chunks;
and I'll tell you right here that this
chunk business is altogether too com-
mon. Take the family that’s going to
claw into this—animals, every one of
them—and after they’ve been brought
up to chunks they won't have anything
else. You've seen folks, haven't you,
that never shut their mouths when they
eat? They make the same noise pigs
do. You'll find that meat chunks and
that kind of eating go together. What
I’m after is that a coarse way of eating
at the table leads to a coarse kind ol
living, and | think that you can take a
likely piece of meat like that’’—he
patted it as if it were the cheek of his
own dear little baby—‘‘and have it
brought on and carved as it ought to be
carved’’'—he wasn’t thinking of his
baby then!—‘‘and keep those children
from being cannibals quicker than any
other way I know of.

‘‘Notice now and see if what | tell
you isn’t so. A chunk—these folks I’m
talking about call ita ‘‘hunk’’—of meat
usually goes with a chunk of bread.
Where that happens the children, more
than half the time, eat both with their
fingers and, if you've been ‘round
among ’em as much as | have, you
needn't be told that the fingers nor the
rest of the hands are any too clean
when they get down to the table. Hair?
Humph! Hasn't seen a brush or comb
for a_ fortnight and the mother’s head
won't feel one to-day until after dinner.
What kind of a dining room do you
think they eat in? IJ guess it is ‘hunky!’
and that’s what you'll find all over the
house. It is a part of the chunk bring-
ing up. Well, now, what I say is that
let this piece of meat go into that house
andjfall into civilized hands it would
work a change right straight off. The
man wouldn’t sit down in his shirt
sleeves. He’d have a carving knife that
would carve, not hack. I never yet have
seen a man who knew how to carve do
it where there was a dirty tablecloth.
With the roast on the platter, it isn’t in
the middle of the table where the chil-
dren grab for a chunk with dirty hands,

 

but a nice tempting piece is placed on
a clean plate and the child is taught
how to eat it without a single hint of—
well, of a hog! The table is the breed-
ing place of the family in more ways
than one and, when a likely roast like
that is cut up into chunks, you want to
fight shy of that breed!

‘*Talk about carpentering and sewing
and all that sort of thing in the public
schools! Cooking is the only one of ’em
that’ll ever amount to anything and
carving is the first thing that ought to
be taught after the children have learned
how to cook meat without having it
brought on raw or burned to a cinder.
I suppose I’m prejudiced and all that
sort of thing ; but, somehow, I've got it
into my head that the dinner table is
about as good a sign of anation’s civi-
lization as anything I can_ think of.
Anyway, if somebody could take this
meat up to that house and do with it
what ought to be done with it and the
thing could be carried on fora year,
I'll bet all the meat they would eat dur-
ing the time that at the end of the year
they wouldn’t be the blamed _hottentots
they are now.”’

It is not often that civilization is thus
measured by the meat chunk; it is pos-
sible that the butcher's philosophy, to
pass current, needs touching upa little;
but, looking at it as we may, there is
enough in it to warrant the assertion
that ‘‘there is much reason in his say-
ings.’’ R. M. Streeter.

a > o>

Minor Notes of Interest to Meat Dealers.

From the Butchers’ Advocate.

Don’t talk politics in the shop.

Spring turkeys, the advance agents of
Thanksgiving, are arriving. The price
is a little high, but the goods are worth
the money. :

The champion truth ignorer has been
discovered. He lives in Bay City,
Mich., and tells this little yarn about a
butcher who*runs a shop in that city:
‘*He can tell the moment a person steps
into his market just what ails him, and
has cured more people of dyspepsia
than some of the doctors—merely telling
them what is best for them to eat,’’ and
still he runs a market. How foolish!
Doctors get $2 per visit.

The Butchers and Grocers’ Clerks’ As-
sociation of Chicago, which started a
Sunday closing movement some months
ago, which movement had the endorse-
ment of a large percentage of the em-
ploying butchers and grocers, is spread-
ing the gospel of Sunday closing into
the suburbs of the big Western city, and
is having great success. It is contfident-
ly expected that a Sunday closing meas-
ure will be introduced at the next ses-
sion of the Legislature of New York
State, and if the butchers and grocers
will work for its passage there will not
be much likelihood of failure.

The Butchers’ Union that made itself
the laughing target up in Buffalo sev-
eral weeks ago has transferred its stage
of operations to Utica, where it is per-
forming a farce. This time it is after
a firm that conducts a retail market.
The firm employs union men and dis-
plays a union card, but its market is
located in a building that was not made
by union men. For this reason a boy-
cott was placed on the market, but the
proprietors refused to vacate the non-
union made building and _ prospered in
spite of the boycott. Realizing that it
has been acting very foolishly,the union
has sent representatives to Utica to ar-
range’to remove the boycott. We ad-
vise the retail firm to remove the union
card at the same time.

Give a trust enough rope and the
chances are in favor of its hanging it-
self. Altoona, Pa., furnishes an in-
stance proving the assertion. The ice
company doing business in that city,
having the field to itself, asked an ex-
orbitant price for ice during the sum-
mer just closed, and its directors were
jubilant when the season’s earnings
were announced. The butchers and

 

other merchants’who use large quanti-
ties of*ice }were not so happy and, so
that the same dose will not be dealt out
to them next summer, have formed a
company and will make ice. Already
so many customers have been secured
that its success is almost as certain as
is the defeat of the old company. It
would pay butchers in many cities to
follow the example of the Altoona mer-

chants.
> 6 > —_ —___

How to Prepare Tripe.

After washing the tripe with plenty
of clean water, place it in a tub of
clean water, to every gallon of which
has been added half a pound of quick-
stone lime. After having been in the
liquor for twelve hours, scrape it to re-
move the black specks. Then rinse
well with plenty of cold water. It can
be preserved for a considerable length
of time if. placed in water every night
to which has been added a preservative.

——_>_2 >
How to Make French Sausages.

Use 10 pounds of
pounds of pork. The finer you chop it
the better. To this add 5 pounds of
back fat or bacon, cut to the size of a
hazel nut. Season with ground white
pepper, saltpeter, thyme, bay leaf and
salt. Stuff tightly into beef casings,
and tie in 15-inch lengths, and boil
until sufficiently cooked. These sausages
can be smoked if desired.

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achieves accordingly.

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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
Oct. 24, I900, and saw the edition
mailed in the usual manner. And
further deponent saith not.

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Sworn and subscribed before me, -a
notary public in and for said county,
this twenty-seventh day of October, 1900.

Henry B. Fairchild,
Notary Public in and for Kent County,
Mich.
GOODS THAT WILL WASH.

The words were pronounced with the
emphasis that produces conviction, but
they feil upon doubting ears. There
was the usual lingering over a promised
delight, a testing of the cloth with con-
Scious fingers, an undertone of ‘‘Do
you think I'd better, Minervy?’’ fol-
lowed by a decided ‘‘No,’’ and the
women went out, Lot’s wife looking
back when they reached the door. It
was an illustration of the homely adage,
‘*Curses, like chickens, come home to
roost,’’ and both clerk and country
woman thought of it when the sale was
pronounced off.

It makes little difference where it
happened, but the woman—she with the
*‘No’’—had_ stood before that same
counter, in front of that same clerk,
and heard that same statement and _be-
lieved it, to find, later, when the goods
came in from the line, that they would
wash, oh, yes, but that the color at the
same time would wash out of them; and
that was ‘‘all she ever wanted to know
about that feller! I wouldn't b’lieve
him ’f I heard him in heaven!"’ an em-
phatic way of saying that that particular
clerk will go straight home to his father
when he dies! The first was a bargain
that was not worth Iving about, the sec-
ond had inducements, but the chicken
came crowing home to put an end to
the bargain and verify the proverb.

It is submitted that that same experi-
ence is too often repeated in the realm
of business every day. In Chicago and
in New York it has happened at least
twice (!) and those four chickens have
done more interesting traveling, aven-
ging the cheating at every stopping
place, than the dishonest money made
would pay for ten times over. The
clerks chuckled, as they passed the
goods to the package counter and again
when the change was returned and
placed in the cheated customers’ hands.

 

Since then the chuckle has changed
quarters and a good many times before
the season is over and the goods are
worn out that sound of triumph will re-
ceive its immediate curse from the lips
that at tirst rejoiced, and the cheated
“‘hen’’ will come to the same old coun-
ter as she did to-day and cackle her
triumph in the very face of the clerk
who declared the merchandise to be
‘goods that will wash’’ when he knew
they wouldn’t, and who is now to the
best of his ability furnishing the tradi-
tional curse to every roost-returning
chicken.

It begins to look as if the subject
matter in the school of moral must be
changed. Honesty and its lessons have
been harped upon until the tune is as
tiresome as a worn out ragtime melody.
It is as trite as the old story of Elisha
and the mocking children, and modern
trafficing humanity, after disposing of
a counterful of ‘* goods that will wash,’
turns defiantly to the duped public and
tauntingly tells it to ‘‘bring on its
bears!’’ That is the trouble with the
cheats of the world. They simply know
better. They have tried it time and
again. A fool cheat only is caught. It
is the forger off his guard that suffers
for his sins. Hang the honesty policy!
Hang the children-eating bears! They
are both myths, one as improbable as
the other. Trade is trade, a bargain is
a bargain. Between buyer and seller
there is an endless war of wits and he
who beats is the ‘‘best fellow.’’ It has
always been so and it always will be to
the end of time.

Let all this be changed. Grant, with-
out discussion, that the old-fashioned
nonsense is a failure and come down to
good, common, dooryard sense. The
dollar is the bottom fact of trade and
the multiplication of it the only prin-
ciple that business cares anything
about. If, then, there is a chance to
take advantage and double the dollar,
go ahead ; but what a doubly something
fool that man would be who, in doubling
his dollar, should double his chance of
never doing it again. That is killing
the goose which lays the golden egg-—
and the fable says that a woman did
that! Let not a hint be given that dis-
honesty is in the deal, it is now a ques-
tion of whether it pays to double the
dollar, Cheat? No such thing. If the
intention is to double that dollar and
by this method it can be done but once,
is that the way to get rich? Stop prating
about morality and come down to_ busi-
ness—does it pay?

Experience long ago settled the ques-
tion, and if there were not a church or
a Sunday school in existence the answer
would still be an emphatic No. Hea-
thenism itself and covetousness itself
and selfishness in every contemptible
development would applaud the nega-
tive as the soundest principle for getting
gain; and every one of them would
condemn the clerk who hasn’t. wit
enough to see that when he sells ‘* goods
that will wash’’ they must do what he
Says they will or he will smart for it.
There is no religion about it, it is sim-
ply a matter of business —of dollars and
cents, of profit, of gain—and the clerk
who can not see how the principle ap-
plies to dress patterns has no business
behind the counter and the sooner he
changes his business the better it will
be for him and for the trading world.

———

A man living on Easy street snould
be satisfied, without going around the
corner to borrow trouble on Restless
avenue,

NOTEWORTHY HUSKING BEE.

li there is one assertion more gen-
uinely and generally acknowledged
than another it is that this is a selfish
and a heartless world; that republics
are noted for their ingratitude and_ that
the communities and the men who are
‘full of the milk of human kindness"’
are few and very far between. Looking
out for No. 1 is the universal law and,
while the city is talked about as the
gathering place for the quintessence of
all uncharitableness, it never has and it
never can hold a candle to the stingi-
ness that holds the countryman in its
relentless clutch. As men would do unto
you,do ye even so unto them and see that
ye get your work in first, is the law and
the profits everywhere, and the city that
can get ahead of the country in apply-
ing that law and making the most of
the profits has yet to be heard from.

With that for an undisputed fact, the
following item comes like a spring in
the desert where no water is:

Mason, Oct. 24--George Bowden, who
lives on the Hawley farm in Vevay, is
sick with typhoid fever. Yesterday his

chants, including bankers, hardware
men and grocers, united in a husking
bee at his place and cared for his crop
of corn, amounting to 1,000 busheis.
Dinner was served to the huskers by the
Hawley Ladies’ Aid Society. Mr. Bow-
den is a young Englishman, who has
gained many friends by his pluck and
perseverance since coming to this city
some years ago.

This little clipping serves to empha-
size exactly what the Tradesman has al-
ways said and believes: that while the
assertion with what follows is generally
and genuinely acknowledged, it is not
true. The world is not inhuman to hu-
manity, and there is no better time than
now to reiterate the fact, when Galves-
ton has been taken good care of by the
Samaritan world and the. neighborhood
of Mason to a man—because they love
their neighbor as themselves—have
husked his corn for him and so done
what they could to restore him to health
and strength. There is no denying that
there are priests and Levites to-day, as
there were in the olden time. It is a
fact beyond dispute that occasionally
an undue proportion of both seem to
have settled in the same neighborhood ;
it would be a community well worth
going to see if even Mason, her fingers
yet tender with husking corn, has not
men among her people who have some-
times been charged with “passing by
on the other side’’ when occasion, like
the man maltreated by misfortune,
called for a helping hand. For all that,
however, when real suffering shows it-
self, the Samaritans, who are the
masses, stand ready with oil and wine
to help the fallen; and it need not oc-
casion comment if among the _heartiest
huskers at Mason the priest without his
frock and the Levite without stopping
to look or to consider settled right down
to business and did as much husking as
any two Samaritans in the crowd! The
fact, is, there is a man in both and
when that manhood is touched he will
husk corn or do anything else to help
the suffering about him and that, too,
for the sake of that rule which those
no more charitable than he insist that
he has forgotten.

It is rather to the point that the sick
man “‘has gained many friends by his
pluck and perseverance.’’ He has been
doing his level best. He has asked no
odds. He has taken the world as he
found it. He has plowed and planted.

The thousand bushels show that he has

 

taken care of his crop and, just when

neighbors and a number of Mason mer--

 

that crop was ready for his industrious
hands, the fever palsied them. It was
a clear case. The priest had no occasion
to pass by. The Levite saw no signs
of falling among thieves—a good many
have their doubts about the thieves in
that story! a man whom all knew had
been stricken, and the kindness which
makes kinsmen of us all came and took
care of him.

Two facts are emphasized: The world
does love its neighbor as itself; and the
man who does his best is sure, when
misfortune comes, of having a loving
neighborhood husk his corn! Happy
the man and happy the neighborhood
who in this period of the world thus
practice and illustrate the law and the

prophets.

THE UNCONQUERED BOERS.

According to all accounts from South
Africa, the Boers are giving the British
no end of trouble. While it is true that
the war is over, as far as all concerted
movements are concerned, large num-
bers of the burghers remain unrecon-
ciled and are operating in small bands
over a wide stretch of country. Their
operations are confined largely to cap-
turing weak convoys, stopping railroad
traffic and cutting telegraph and tele-
phone wires. As the entire country
Sympathizes with them, they find no
difficulty in securing supplies and shel-
ter.

While the British commanders are
treating these marauding bands with
severity, and are using every effort to
exterminate or capture them, the pro-
cess is necessarily a slow one. So an-
noying have these attacks become to
the British that Lord Roberts has _re-
sorted to severe measures: Wherever a
British force is atta-ked, the property
of the neighboring Boer farmers is
either burned or confiscated, or the men
are deported. Even these measures have

apparently not sufficed to restrain the .

burghers still in arms, as attacks upon
the lines of communication are as fre-
quent as ever.

So exasperated have the British be-
come at the constant activity of the
Boers that threats are now made to for-
cibly deport all suspected of disloyalty
or caught with arms. Such a measure,
even if it could be justified by the
exigencies of the case, would be bad
policy, because of the unfavorable
effect it would have upon the civilized
world. England should not forget the
fact that sympathy for the Boers was
universal ; even in this country pro-Boer
Sympathy was very Strong. There
exists, moreover, at the present time, a
strong anti-British sentiment all over
Europe, which would be quick to de-
nounce the deportation of the Boers as
an act of barbarism.

Great Britain will shortly have to face
a new danger in connection with the
closing scenes of the war in South Af-
rica. President Kruger has taken pas-
sage for Europe on a Dutch warship and
proposes to proceed to Belgium, via
Marseilles and Paris. The people of the
former city are already preparing a
grand reception to the exiled Boer Pres-
ident, and the French government is
preparing to receive and entertain him
as if still the head of an independent
State. Such demonstrations are, of
course, the outcome of strong anti-Brit-
ish feeling prevailing in France, and
might easily assume the proportions of
a serious affront to Great Britain. It
will, therefore, be seen that, notwith-
standing her triumph over the Boers,
England has not yet escaped all the
dangers necessarily associated with such
a war,

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

9

 

MISSION OF THE TRADE PAPER.

Every man knows whereof he affirms,
or should know, and when the assertion
is one to occasion surprise there must
be some good reason to account for it.
When, then, it is stated, with the voice
of conviction, ‘‘that the average busi-
ness man doesn’t care a d—n for any
reading stuff unless it tells him of a
new scheme to wring an extra _percent-
age of profit out of his customer,’’ the
Statement must stand as any honest
conviction should, although it may be
wholly at variance with the listener’s
experience.

The first thought that seeks expression
in regard to it is one of environment.
There are business men and business
men and there are localities and _ locali-
ties. If by ‘‘average’’ is meant the
average business man of a particular lo-
cality, familiarity with that locality is
needed to settle the question. Michi-
gan can furnish a pretty fair average
article in this direction and the Trades-
man feels safe in saying that of the
7,000 subscribers who peruse its col-
umns every week, the majority, while
having an eye out to any extra percent-
age of profit which may be had for the
taking, do care considerably for the
rest of the ‘‘stuff’’ that this paper places
before its readers. For a pubiication
unfortunate in its environment, and es-
pecially if that includes the patrons of
the paper, it may be a question whether
that publication, as an organ, has not
double duty to perform—teaching its
subscribers the need of it and making
them, willy, nilly, to read and to like
to read what is weekly placed before
them.

There is no need of presenting here
the trials and the disappointments at-
tendant upon such an_ undertaking.
Business men are like their brothers
who have a living to make. They do
not want to, and will not, spend a_ dol-
lar in trade unless they can see a small
percentage of profit in the transaction.
A trade journal is, for the time being,
so much merchandise. If by paying 2
cents a week they can make 4 cents,
the publisher is justified in urging his
claims as the helper he really is. With
that fact to start with—and it is all he
will ever get-——his problem is how to in-
crease his circulation. There is just one
way: make the publication so necessary
to the skinflintest skinflint of a sub-
scriber that he will how! for his copy
the moment it comes from the press.
Easily said? Very; and the realization
comes only after a long, wearisome,
discouraging series of hopes and des-
pairs and heartaches; but it will come.
Just as surely as the paper makes itself
felt, it will come; and when—it isa
question of time, often a long one—it
does come, it is the something heside
the list price that makes the subscrip-
tion a permanency; and that is the
something which must be carefully
looked out for. In the first place it
furnishes something to read; it gets him
to reading and so keeps him at it, and
the difficult task is done.

While the Tradesman’s experience
enables it to look with kindly eyes on
the average business man, it does not
deny that the worst extreme is not
pleasant to contemplate. These ex-
tremes are confined to no locality. The
more we see of them the more intensely
we admire and love the dog. They lie
to save a nickel and grovel in the gutter
to those better fixed than they. In the

catalogue they go as men, but nowhere
else, and yet they are, like the rest of
us, chasing after the dollars.

Their

 

methods are not ours—let us be thankful
for that—and we may goa good ways
around to get rid of meeting them; but
they are, after all, not the general aver-
age business man and there are grounds
for hoping that this shadow of the ex-
treme, black and clear cut though it be,
will grow beautifully less.

It is a long lane that has noturn. The
average business man, from the civil-
ized standard, may be a tough nut to
crack; but there are many reasons for
believing that,take him all in all, he is
a better man than he used to be twenty-
five years ago. He knows more; he
travels more and so sees more; there is
a little less of the mean and the sordid
in him than there used to be; the world
at large, by refusing to have less to do
with him is doing much for him; his
own children are entering the league
against him, and now, if the man can
be induced or forced to read more and
do better thinking—the inevitable re-
sult—the period is not far off when he
wil take the place of the dog in the ad-
miration and the love of his kind.

 

BACKBONE AND OPPORTUNITY.

There are too many men in the world
who are looking for an opportunity.
Affairs in their immediate neighbor-
hood are not exactly to their liking. A
link of ifs are standing in the way,
any of which inight be overcome or
removed were it not for its dependence
upon the remaining ones in the chain
of circumstance shutting them from
unparalleled success. The Klondike is
the place; and they go there to find
more ifs and a longer chain. Then
Nome beckons and they are there; but
the ifs, singly or together, are too much
for them; and, finally, like the knight
looking for the Holy Grail, they go
home to find chances thick as autumn
leaves all about them, every one of
which is begging for a little backbone,
or something resembling it, to turn the
opportunity to profitable account. The
fact is, backbone, not opportunity, is
wanting and the very ifs which are in-
tended: to spur faltering manhood to
success are sO many obstacles that a
good-for-nothing backbone can not over-
come.

There is a country store not a thous-
and miles from this office where the
proprietor is constantly telling what
great things he would do and what
enormous profits he would make if he
had the capital and the chance. The
tact of the case is, he has both right on
his counter. Unless he ‘‘has got a
move’’ on a single pile of goods in his
store where they have lain until the soil
of the ages has almost hidden them
from sight, right there is the place to
begin. The very effort to move them
would exercise the vertebra, physical
and moral, and would lead up to grand
results. He would begin to look into
things. He would start in on a_ study
of dead stock in its relation to profit
and loss and he would slowly but surely
come squarely upon the fact that a dead
storekeeper, buried under a mausoleum
of unsalable goods, which a lack of en-
terprise has allowed to accumulate on
his hands, is getting closely to that
point where only the trumpet of trade’s
judgment day can get him again above
ground. Ifhe is not too far gone to hear
that, there are hopes of him. Face
cloth and shroud will be thrust aside.
The doors of his tomb will swing wide
open. Life will come in and death will
go out. The clink of silver will startle
the silence of the till. Advertisements
will call attention to the fact that Laz-

arus has risen!’ Bargains, unknown be-
fore in that region, will startle old cus-
tomers and start a stampede of new
ones. There will be a grappling with
existing opportunities, equalled only by
Jacob’s wrestling with the angel; and
the backbone of the resurrected store-
keeper will so get the better of existing
conditions that fortune, that has so far
kept her back to him, will turn towards
him her shining face and place in his
hands the reward due to the strength-
ened backbone that struggled with op-
portunity and mastered it.

There has been a dreadful condition
of things in the city of Baltimore. The
bonded debt was $40,000,000. Taxes
were $1.98 per hundred valuation. For
years the city had been living on bor-
rowed money ; and where the thing was
going to end experience was afraid to
declare. The first law of Nature insisted
on taking a seat at the municipal coun-
cil board and on being heard. A
man was put into the mayor’s chair
who is neither a rascal nora fool. He
scattered the politicians with a whiff
and called men about him, irrespective
of party, who were anxious to do their
duty without having in sight a commis-
sion or a rake off. Recognizing the fact
that the office was a trust, he took his
conscience with him in taking his seat.
He examined carefully every item on
the schedule of estimates presented for
passage and approval and, without em-
barrassing any department, cut off
$771,500. He overhauled the street
lighting account and saved a yearly ex-
pense of $200,000. He walked into the
city water department one day anda
small army of lazy and incompetent
clerks and assistants fled before his
stinging lash and gave place toa needed
number who were willing to earn their
salt; and so from department to depart-
ment he went, bringing his indomitable
backbone to bear upon the facts as he
found them, and to-day the very oppor-
tunities which challenged him with an
impudent ‘‘What are you going to do
about it?’’ whipped into submission,
are applauding the backbone which, de-
termined as they were, they could not
overcome.

We hear a great deal about the power
of circumstances. That they often have
great influence can not be denied; but
it can be said on the other side that
somehow it happens that the prize which
is worth the winning comes only after
tremendous opposition where the back-
bone has showed its superiority to op-
portunity in the ratio of a hundred to
one.

 

According to late authorities, it is a
mistake to suppose that the Indian pop-
ulation of the United States is decreas-
ing. It is declared to be slowly grow-
ing now that tribal wars are at an end
and the red man has learned not to get
into trouble with Uncle Sam. Poor Lo
is becoming a self-supporting agricul-
turist.

 

 

The man who paws over a plate of
sandwiches with his’ dirty hands,
sampling them and seeing what is in
them, is a vulgar sample of man, and
his methods do not give appetite to
others who might want a sandwich. It
is only railroad eating-houses that can
get even with such people.

A soured old bachelor says: ‘‘If men
had a right to whip their wives as they
used to, there would be no divorces and
a lot fewer women’s clubs.’’ He is
wrong about that. Every woman would
keep a big club handy and make it

 

warm for wife-beaters.

 

APPEALS TO PREJUDICE.

In every presidential campaign, and
very often preceding state and _ local
elections, there is a great deal of talk,
on the part of those who manipulate or
speculate, about getting the Irish vote,
the German vote, the Welsh vote or the
Jewish vote. Sometimes even they go
so far as to talk about getting the Ro-
man Catholic vote or the Protestant
vote. Out in the Northwest there is al-
ways more or less talk about the Scandi-
navian vote. In the South they might
talk about the colored vote, hut the
negro is not encouraged a great deal to
exercise the elective franchise in some
quarters, and when he does deposit a
ballot it is pretty sure to be of the Re-
publican order, so that there is less con-
cern about getting the black vote than
any other of anything like the same
size. All sorts of clap-trap are resorted
to to prejudice this or that faction.
Misrepresentation is indulged in, and
anything reckoned fair and reasonable
which promises to influence votes.

This anpeal to prejudice, either race
or religion, is exceedingly dangerous,
and, more than that, decidedly un-
American. There is no difference in the
eyes of the Government between the cit-
izenship of a Roman Catholic and that
of a Presbyterian or Methodist. Each is
entitled to the same freedom, and in
this country one man is as good as an-
other so long as he behaves himself.
There ought to be, and there is in fact,
no such thing as the Irish vote, the Ger-
man vote or the Welsh vote. There
come to the shores of the United States
every year tens of thousands of Irish-
men, Germans and Welshmen, and peo-
ple of other nationalities. They can, if
they wish, after a certain probationary
term, become citizens of the United
States. Certain rules and regulations
are laid down to which they must con-
form. Once tbey are naturalized, they
are American citizens, with the same
rights and privileges as the native
born. By the very act of accepting cit-
izenship here,they have renounced their
citizenship abroad and their allegiance
to another government and another flag.
It is their business and their duty to do
what in their judgment will be best, not
for the Irish, the Germans or the Welsh,
but for the United States and its peo-
ple.

There is no good reason under the sun
why all the Germans should be on one
side and all the Irish on another, and
stirring up prejudices and factionalism
along these lines is exceedingly dan-
gerous and reprehensive, and ought to
be discouraged so thoroughly — that
neither side would venture to indulge
in it. Foreigners come here presump-
tively believing that the United States
offers facilities and advantages worth
acquiring, and having availed them-
selves of these opportunities, they
should make the most of them for the
promotion of the general welfare. The
questions of national policy should be
decided in accordance with individual
conviction and belief. Foreign born
citizens of the United States should not
suffer themselves to be like a flock of
sheep and jump over this fence or that
one because some leader does. Main-
taining and encouraging race feeling
here ought not to be indulged in under
any circumstances. Its influence is
bound to be pernicious and harmful.
The elective franchise is an American
privilege and an American duty, and
has no connection, direct or remote,
with former residence in any _ other
country.

 

 

19

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

Shoes and Rubbers

 

Why Shoes Wear Away—Explanations and
Remedies.

As a general thing shoes wear away
on the outer side of the sole much soon-
er than they do on the inner side. The
outside of the sole will often be worn
entirely through while the inside is in-
tact. It would seem from this as if
some walked on the outside of the foot
and, consequently, wore away that side
of its under covering sooner than the
inside; but, as a matter of fact, this is
not the case, for the same man may
wear off the soles of one pair of shoes in
this manner and wear off those of the
next pair only across or on the inper
side of the sole.

If a man’s legs are misshapen at the
knees, producing what is popularly
termed bow-legs, it would appear that,
when walking, the outside of the sole
of the shoe would first strike the ground
and that, as a consequence, this side
would be the first to wear away. If, on
the contrary, he was knock-kneed, the
reverse would apparently be the case.

But, as a matter of fact, whatever
may be the form of the legs, unless there
is actual malformation, the sole of the
foot strikes the ground in walking per-
fectly evenly, and the pressure of the
foot is precisely the same upon one side
as it is upon the other.

The fault then, evidently, lies in the
construction of the shoe. This fault
we will endeav.r to explain.

When the weight of the body rests up-
on the foot in standing a line marked
around it will give its exact profile.
This, then, determines the form of the
sole of the last required to fit this foot.
It is necessary that the outline of the
last should conform to it very exactly
in order that the shoe made on such last
may be absolutely free from any lateral
pressure. If this rule is followed the
foot will rest naturally upon the shoe,
there will be no strain in any direction
and, as a consequence, the sole of the
shoe will wear away evenly across.

As a general thing, shoes that run
over do so on the outside, and it is an
idea altogether too prevalent that the
cause of this is the want of sufficient
space on the outside. But this is not
the reason. The exact opposite is the
cause. The want of room at the bali
of the foot on the inside is the cause
of a shoe running over on the outside of
the foot. When there is not sufficient
room on the inside of the fore part of
the shoe for the ball of the foot to rest
naturally it will, whenever its weight
is brought to bear upon it, force the
upper leather over against the opposite
side. As the sole of the shoe can not
be forced in a similar manner, it will
be compelled to over-ride it, running the
shoe down on the outside by so doing.

A line drawn lengthwise through the
sole of a last from the center of the heel
through the center of the shank does
not divide the sole into two equal parts.
It leaves about two-thirds of the width
on the inside at the ball, and one-third
on the outside. With a less allowance
than this on the inside, the foot would
be pressed by the upper over against
the other side, in which case it would
inevitably cause the upper to overlap
the sole on the outside. This is the
principal cause of shoes running over
on the outside. When, which is more
seldom, they run over on the inside, the
reverse is the case.

When a last requires to be increased
in size over the ball or instep by means

 

of what is termed ‘‘leathering up,’’ the
added pieces of leather should noi be
placed indiscriminately across the top
of the last, for such a proceeding would
inevitably destroy its proper propor-
tions. If it is the size of the ball that
requires increasing the added leather
should be so placed as to increase the
bulk just where it is the thickest. This
is, of course, on the inside of the top,
about one-third of the way across. Suffi-
cient room must always be allowed for
prominent great toe joints or they will
always force the leather across and over
the outer edge of the soles.

The running down of the heels is usu-
ally the result of the manner in which
the wearer walks. If the wearer is accus-
tomed to take long steps, the back of
the heel will first strike the ground,
and it will, consequently, wear away at
that point first. If, in planting his
foot, his habit is to hold his toes straight
forward, the heel will wear off directly
at the center of the back, and if he
turns his toes outward, as is generally
the case, it will be worn off first on the
outside of the back.

To prevent this fault as far as pos-
sible, the heel, at the point where it is
accustomed to wear away first, should
be trimmed off perpendicularly with
the seat of the heel. This will insure a
much longer period of wear to this part
before the fault is apparent, although it
does not entirely correct the evil. A
double row of steel nails, and various
other contrivances have been used for
this purpose, but, for the finer and
more dressy kinds of shoes, they all
have their objectionable features.

Shoes that fit the feet snugly, without
being sufficiently tight to cause discom-
fort to the wearer, and which wear away
evenly across the sole, will perform half
again more service than ill-fitting shoes
made of the same stock and with the
same workmanship.

The upper leather to shoes generally
breaks first where the creases are formed
across the ball of the foot in walking.
The constant motion of the leather at
this point, the grain being bent against
itself at every step taken, weakens it
here sooner than at any other point.
Often a shoe that is comparatively good
in all other parts will have to be dis-
carded on this account, the vamp _ only
showing signs of wear.

The remedy for this defect is avoid-
ance of wrinkles in the vamp.

Of course the spring of the last will
vary according to the height of the
heels. A shoe with a half inch heel will
require considerably more spring in the
last than one with a heel from an inch
and a quarter to an inch and a half.
On this account, slippers and low cut
strap shoes require lasts with a great
deal more spring than congress gaiters
or any style of high cut uppers.

In cutting slippers or strap shoes the
spring of the last must be increased so
as to insure the sides‘of the upper hug-
ging the foot. In this class of footwear
the shank must also be very full and
broad, so that when the weight of the
body rests on it, it will be slightly
forced upward, thus causing the toe and
heel part of the shoe to bend down-
ward. This will cause the sides of the
upper part of the shoe to press inward,
causing it to fit the foot in a proper
manner. Such a slipper will always
feel pleasant and comfortable on the
foot, while one that is what is general-
ly termed slipshod will never give satis-
faction to the wearer.—O. W. Boyden
in Boot and Shoe Recorder.

 

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A SHOE FOR DELICATE FEET

The “YERMA” is an exclusive product of our own factory and combining
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the so-called Cushion Shoes now on the market. Our salesmen carry sam-
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possible to use much heavier soles than are ordinarily used in turned shoes
and reduces to a minimum the possibility of its ripping. The cushion is
made by inserting between the sole and sock lining a soft yielding felt,
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 11

 

PEOPLE WITHOUT FEET.

 

The Shoe Man Would Not Encourage
Them.
Written for the Tradesman.

There was to be a charity fairin town
and the ladies of the Red Flannel Shirt
and Walking Shoes for the Poor Society
were out in force.

Anything from a pint of sweet cider
to a coal stove was effusively received
by the winsome canvassers and good
care was taken that every merchant was
given an opportunity to contribute.

I chanced to enter a shoe store just
behind a deputation composed of a
smiling widow of forty, acting as
chaperon, a brunette society belle in a
rustling skirt of beautiful silk and a
crimson shirtwaist, and a pert young
miss with a tidal wave of blonde hair
piled high over something undistin-
guishable at the top of her head and
touching her ears with a surf of sunny
brown.

They had the merchant backed up in
a corner and the widow had a notebook
ready.

‘‘Now, Mr. Blank, you surely must
contribute something,’’ the smiling
widow was saying. ‘‘We haven’t met
with a refusal on the street.’’

The merchant shook his head.

‘‘Isn’t he horrid?’’ asked the pert
young miss of the brunette, with a most
entrancing giggle.

‘*Just awful,’’ responded the belle.

‘‘Oh, he’s going to do something
handsome,’’ said the widow, after a
moment. ‘‘Just see how we have given
our time for days and days.’’

‘*I’m sorry to disappoint you, ladies, ’’
said the merchant, ‘‘but I can’t quite
see my way to helping you. I have my
own ideas of charity, and if you know
of deserving people who need shoes and
are not able to pay for them, kindly
send them to me.’’

The ladies talked and talked until
the sun went behind a cloud and the
interior of the store took on a hue of
mourning and the widow became red
in the face and the silk skirt rustled
like the first sweep of a storm in the
forest and the blonde hair fell about the
ears of the pert young miss, but all to
no purpose. The merchant looked them
calmly in the face and would not yield.
At last they left the store, with their
noses in the air and a swish of garments
which announced their determination
never under any circumstances to enter
it again.

I was alone in the store with the mer-
chant now and waited for him to make
some comment on the scene I had wit-
nessed.

‘*There goes a right down cheeky
lot,’’ he finally said. ‘‘I suppose they
thought they could tire me out.”’

‘*It’s none of my business,’’ I| said,
‘‘but I really would like to hear your
reasons for refusing. ’’

‘*Reasons enough,’ replied the mer-
chant. ‘‘In the first place, the pro-
ceeds of the fair, if there is anything
left after paying the extravagant bills
they are running up, will be given to
the genteel-poverty pets of the mana-
gers, while the deserving poor will re-
ceive little or nothing. In the second
place, I don’t approve of ladies going
into public places on begging expedi-
tions. In the third place, I don’t pro-
pose to go into competition with my-
self in the shoe business. *

‘All good reasons,’’ I said, ‘‘but I
don’t understand the point you make
about competing with yourself.’’

‘*Last year,’’ replied the merchant,

**the ladies held just such a fair as the
one now proposed. I gave a case of

children's shoes, believing that if they
were not sold at fancy prices they would
be distributed among the poor.

Other

 

merchants gave goods with the same no-
tion in their heads. We all got fooled.’’

‘Tl am still in the dark,’’ I said.

‘*They put the sboes on sale at fancy
prices,’’ continued the dealer, ‘‘and
sold a few pairs. Then trade fell off,
and, instead of keeping them and giv-
ing them out as a proceed of the fair,
the managers kept marking them down
until they had them below cost. Then
they sold fast enough, knocking my
trade in that line to smithereens. 1
hear their prices quoted to-day as fair
prices for shoes! If that isn’t competing
with myself I don’t know whatis. They
won't catch me again, even if they do
become angry and go somewhere else
with their trade.’’

‘*Did they do the same in other
lines?’’ I asked.

‘*Of course they did,’’ was the reply.
‘They sold neckties that cost 28 cents
for 25, and socks that cost 12 centsa
pair for 10. Some of the merchants went
there and bought back their own goods
in order to do away with the competi-
tion. Nice thing, that!’’

‘*You might have done the same
thing.’’

‘*T didn’t find out about it until it
was too late. As soon as I discovered
what was going on | went to the man-
ager and rebuked him in my mild and
timid way. I believe he ordered me
out of his little cheap-john real estate
office and that I retaliated by tossing
an inkstand at his head and changing
his sickly, pimply face to a beautiful
black. Oh, that was a great fair. I be-
lieve that if anyone had contributed
gold dollars the ladies would have sold
them for ninety cents.’’

The merchant went forward to wait
upon a customer, but was soon back
with more to say.

‘*Merchants everywhere,’’ he said,
‘“‘are bored to death with the cry of
charity. Just as quick as they take ina
dollar some long-haired man or some
short-haired woman comes smirking
after it. I could give away every dollar
of my profits if I tried and the charity
beggars would want the capital next.
It’s getting cold weather now and I’ll
bet I have a dozen calls to-day.’’

Even as he spoke the door opened
and a natty-looking young fellow, smok-
ing an expensive cigar and carrying an
atmosphere of imported perfumery
about him, sauntered in. The merchant
went to meet him.

‘*Hello, John,’’ said the fellow, fa-
miliarly, ‘‘l want you to give a couple
of dollars to help Fred Johnson. Got
run over, you know, and has to have
his feet cut off.”’

‘*Not much,’’ replied the merchant,
with a grin. ‘*You must think I am
here because | like the business. Give
a man money to have his feet cut off?
I should say not! What would become
of the shoe business if every man should
— his feet cut offf Tell me that, will
you?

The young man began to cough and
turn red.

‘It would be a nice thing for me to
put my name down on your paper as
encouraging the man in having his feet
cut off, wouldn't it now?’’ continued
the merchant, with a sly grin. ‘‘If 1
sold hats I presume you would come in
here and ask me to subscribe to a fund
for the encouragement of people with-
out heads. You take your man over to
the hospital and have his feet fixed up,
and I'll give him a pair of shoes when
he gets out. If they are pretty bad,
have ’em sewed on. Pay money to re-
duce the percentage of possible custom-
ers! I thought you were a friend of
mine!’

The young man sat down on the coun-
ter and began to laugh.

‘*You’re a corker,’’ he said. ‘* You
ought to edit the smile department in a
yellow newspaper.

‘Tl do well if I live through this
job,’’ said the merchant. ‘“‘If | give
you half a dollar will you try to have
that man’s feet saved?’’ with a return
of his bantering manner.

The solicitor replied that he certainly
would, received the money and went
out. Then the merchant sat down and
helped me make merry over his own
joke. Alfred B. Tozer.

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

REPRESENTATIVE RETAILERS.

Phineas Medalie, General Dealer at Man-
celona and Bellaire.

In the line of descent it is a source of
pride, even in democratic America, to
look backward and forward and be glad.
That is the condition of things, so far
as the subject of this sketch is con-
cerned. Born in Kurland, Russia, on
May 24, 1849—a day he celebrates with
the English Queen-—he is proud of his
parentage and is convinced that, if he
does not reach the apex of his ambition,
the result will be due to no taint of
blood. His father was a natural born
schoolmaster. Aside from a remarkable
fund of information—the genuine teach-
er’s stock in trade—blessed with a
memory as discriminating as it was
tenacious, and the conscious possessor
of a skilful pen, the father assumed the
training of his boy from the first and
carried out in the family what theories
Froebel carried out in his school.

Having reached his majority under
such favorable circumstances, there
were fairer promises for trained brains
and empty pockets in the United States

 

 

 

 

 

than under the dense shadow of the
Russian Bear and Aprii 20, 1870, saw
Mr. Medalie on one of che piers of New
York with the Old World and the At-
lantic behind him, penniless but not in
debt, and the New World before him,
ready to give him of her best if he
should insist on that.

Chance or circumstance—it makes
little difference which to the will that
will have its way—took the young man
first to Toledo, where H. Stettiner gave
him something to do. It was only
something ; but it was a beginning, the
only condition determined success ex-
acts, and after five months of it the
City of the Straits offered something
better and the offer was promptly taken.
The stay at Detroit was not a long one,
nor was that much longer at Flint and
Lapeer. West Branch, in Ogemaw
county, he found more to his liking:
and, when the statement is made _ that
he built there a store for dry goods and
clothing and occupied it for two years,
there comes to the hearer a thought of
the empty pockets on the New York
pier with a wondering How? The Yan-
kee calls it gumption and faculty, which
the West has simmered down to ‘‘git.’’
It is not a matter of spelling, however,
and, when the two years were over, he
took ‘‘it’’ with him to Cadillac in 1876
and, cheered and urged on by it,
opened a store for dry goods, clothing
and millinery. Twelve years of thrift
went on when rumor reached’ Mr.

 

Medaiie that West Grand Forks, in
North Dakota, had inducements in the
way of business which it would be well
to consider. They were found strong
enough to listen to and they were taken
advantage of for two years, when Man-
celona, Mich., made an offer, which
was at once accepted. That was in
1890, and the last ten years affirm that
the change was not a mistake. So pros-
perous has been the business in Mr.
Medalie’s hands that it has expanded
into a branch concern in Bellaire.

In tracing this tall oak from its tradi-
tional acorn it will be noticeable that
not a single commercial cyclone has
been too much for it. There have been
storms and no lack of threatening
weather; but, when the oak reaches far
down and clutches the everlasting rocks,
what matter if the clouds are black and
the wind blows and the descending rains
beat upon it? It laughs at the one,
wrestles with the other, watches, exult-
ant, the fleeing foe and, strengthened
by the struggle, dares a renewal of the
contest whenever it seems best. There
has been no failure—there has been no
fire! On the even tenor of its way the
business has gone, as it promises to do
until its tireless manager gets enough
of it.

Mr. Medalie is as fortunate in his
social relations as he has been in his
business life. In his wife, Nanie
Frank, a Bavarian by birth, he found
the light of his home life and, with
five boys and two girls, who know what
a real home is, he has all that the future
can ask for to make the fairly history as
fair as the past has been.

Five organizations greet Mr. Medalie
with the glad hand. He is a Mason,
an Odd Fellow—is there luck in Odd
Fellows as there is in odd numbers?—a
mem ber of the Maccabees, a Knight of
Pythias and a member of the Sons of
the Covenant; and, while he does not
say it, there is more than a suggestion
that each one of these societies got the
hest of the bargain when they ‘‘took
him in!’’

——__2>2.___
Siberia Exporting Butter.
From the British Food Journal.

In the minds of most people Siberia
is connected only with eternal cold and
convicts, and it will surprise many to
learn that it produces some two million
tons of grain every year and since the
completion of the Trans-Siberian Rail-
way quite a feature has been made of
the exportation of Siberian butter. Last
year no less than 5,500 tons of this arti-
cle were carried over the 2,000 miles
covered by this line. That it is likely
to prove a lasting source of income is
proved by the fact that the Russian
government has granted Io per cent. re-
duction in tariff in favor of Siberian
butter. Owing to the low temperature
at which it is produced, and which pre-
vails in the districts through which it is
carried, there is no necessity to apply
refrigeration methods for preservation.

—__> 2.

An enterprising merchant at an Eng-
lish watering place, having noticea the
eagerness with which people at the sea-
shore pick up shells, recently secured a
wagonload of mussel shells and had _ his
advertisement printed on each one.
Then, under cover of darkness, he had
them scattered along the beach, and
thereafter his name was on the end of
everybody's tongue. There is as yet no
law in England against this form of en-
terprise, and the idea is likely to be
widely copied.

—_—_+2.___

A curious industry in some of the
provinces in China is the manufacture
of mock money for offering to the dead.
The pieces are only half the size of the
real coins, but the dead are supposed
not to know the difference. The dummy
coins are made out of tin, hammered to
the thinness of paper, and stamped
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MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

18

 

TWO STORES.

“Look on This Picture and Then on
That.”

If knowledge is a remembrance of
differences contrast is its best promoter.
At all events comparison, although often
odious, is never partisan and the un-
prejudiced can look and learn and form
its own conclusions. The comparison
in this instance began with the door-
step, where the young grocer with a re-
cent hair cut and clean shave and clean
shirt—is there a better sign of prodigal
prosperity than this in the middle of
‘the week?—was talking with a friend.
‘Use the ’phone? Surely. Just at the
right there on the counter. Talk it
dumb if you want to.’’

The men on the doorstep were flanked
on either side with vegetables and
fruits looking as clean and wholesome
as the grocer himself, and they made a
fitting introduction to the inside of that
thrifty grocery. The first fact notice-
able here was the abundance of goods.
The shelves were loaded and the floor
space verged to the crowded point, and
yet there was method in it all. It was
easy to get around and evidentiy no time
was lost in reaching for things and es-
pecially in trying to find them. The
sweeping out in the morning—ten to
one that store is swept oftener than once
a day—is no fancy job, but the hand
that did it has thoroughness for its
watchword and lets no dirt pass. The
windows? They understand their busi-
ness. The spiders long ago found out
that, unless, they wanted to starve to
death, they would have to open up else-
where. The flies have not been able to
tell the difference between the grocery
hordes and the Boxers and, unlike the
missionary in China, have **vamoosed’’
the territory. The consequence is that
the big glass windows have settled
down to work and, clear as the country
air of the October noonday, they let thé
daylight pass so that goods in that store
can be seen without turning on the elec-
tric light. The whole interior is full of
‘ Buy something! Buy something ;’’
and, if the men who pay the grocery
bills at that establishment are wise,
they will do their own marketing. The
average woman is no Safer there than
she is at the fall opening of a millinery
shop; and a prudent husband will never
let her go there alone!

The road from that grocery store to
the next one visited winds through ten
good miles of fine October landscape.
It is bordered a good part of the way
by maples, who think they know the full
capacity and the possibilities of the dye
tub, and by oaks who are positive that
if inanimate nature or any part of it
ever did typify the proverb that ‘‘Igno-
rance is bliss,’’ especially in the matter
of reds and scarlets, the maple family-
as a whole do just that! The sunshine
did its best to intensify the family feud,
while the wind, not even by a whisper,
let it be known which side it was on.
The lake and the river were doing their
level best to induce both parties to in-
dulge in a little wholesome refiection ;
but the quarrel went on during the
whole ten miles with never a single let-
up. In the village itself, there was open
war. The ground was fairly deluged
‘‘with redder stains than the poppies
knew’’ and up to the very steps of the
village store, where refuge was sought,
there were blood-splashed leaves.

Inside there was conflict, but of a
different kind. Not an article met the
sight which was not at war with its
neighbor. Each had the appearance of

 

ending there a wearisome journey—the
dust of travel still clings to everything—
and it was, literally, too tired to move.
It had certainly not moved since then
and the journey had ended months ago.
A washboard almost barred the en-
trance; but its silent sarcasm, which the
dirty floor intensified, was accepted as
an apology, seconded, as it was un-
doubtedl; meant to be, by a mopstick,
very much out of place behind the door.
Years ago, when life was younger, an
attempt had been made for a commer-
cial dance of Virginia Reel, the calico
on one side of the store and the rough
goods on the other, with a clear passage
for ‘‘down the middle,’’ but ‘‘the cares
of this world and the deceitfulness of
riches’’ choked the intention and the
passage is filled with a little of every-
thing from the enchanted circle where
the stove stands to the offending wash-
board at the entrance.

With much tacking a voyage of dis-
covery was made up one channel and
down the other, but it ended in the con-
viction that the old had not passed away
and that the stvle of storekeeping which
had done its worst for fifty years to send
its best patrons to the city is still in
existence, proving by actual fact that
commerce in that village will never hold
up its head—say nothing of thriving—
until there has been a first-class funeral
there. Death there will not find the
shining mark it likes; but thrift could
not stand in that store five minutes
without uttering the heartrending cry,
familiar to the ages: ‘‘How long, O
Lord! How long!’’

In the midst of the desolation, there
flashed a living picture upon the gloom
in the back of the store, which memory
alone could produce. The old box stove
was the center of it. It was cold and
black, but recollection, more quickly
than kerosene, lighted the fire, opened
the stove door and revealed the old un-
broken circle. The wiseacre of the
neighborhood, fat and dirty, sat in the
same old chair with the same old pipe—
he must be used to the smell of sulphur
by this time! Onan upturned keg sat
the he gossip of the village, who punc-
tuated his sentences with oaths and
liquid attentions which the hot stove re-
sented. The thin, nervous figure of the
whiteheaded squire twitched and
squirmed and held his own in the dis-
cussions of state and neighborhood and
meeting house in his same old corner.
The storekeeper was in his place on the

counter, which he covered with the
amplest measurement of his ample
anatomy, while a certain fair-haired

lad, whom the village philosopher again
and again affirmed, with forceful ex-
pletive for some unappreciated boyish
pleasantry, to be ‘‘the devil’s own
brat!’’ was looking out for business
close by. One may not be materially
bettered by the forced admission that
the philosopher was right, but the
completed picture was well worth the
ride and the visit for all that, the inter-
vening years softening the outline and
securing forgiveness for the good-for-
nothing storekeeper who has made the
replica possible.

The best thing that could happen to
that little village is a store. There is
a good place for one not many yards
away. It should be in the hands of a
man who hasn’t gone to seed and_ hung
out his pods like the milkweed that
creeps up for protection to the very
door. It need not be a grand affair, but
it should be neat and nice and thrifty,
and it would be all three in the right
hands. The village itself shows that it

 

is well-to-do. The school house indi-
cates common care and enough of it.
The town hall is neat and has the air of
self-respect. The meeting house—what
a good old-fashioned word it is and how
much it can be made to mean !—stands
with some dignity a little back from the
road in a yard of its own, the very
green of its blinds hinting of rural
sanctity. All that is needed to make
life desirable there is a country store
worthy the name. May Heaven look
down upon that suffering spot and give
it soon the single blessing it needs and
craves! Saunterer.
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Working Together.

‘*Dr. Dosem and his wife seem to be
in league together, don't they?’’

** How so?’’

‘Why, he is trying to boom his new
dyspepsia cure, while she is running a
cooking school.’’

 

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99 N. Ionia St.

Phone 1214 Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Dry Goods

The Dry Goods Market.

Staple Cottons—In common with
other iines, staple cottons show a very
small amount of sales. The orders are
not many, and_ individually they are
small, both from spot and_ outside
sources. Practically all orders are for
immediate shipment, and very little are
seen for forward delivery. Prices are
well maintained and no concessions are
found in any direction. Brown sheet-
ings and drills are firm at present writ-
ing, even although occasionally a large
order could be booked at some slight
concession. Sellers have too much con-
fidence in the market, however, to ac-
cept anything of this kind. Light-
weight brown goods are firm, although
the present demand is light. Ducks are
dull, but prices well maintained. The
same is true of bleached cottons for all
purposes, either for the manufacturing
or jobbing trades. Prices are easily
maintained, and what orders are com-
ing to hand secure full rates without
question. Wide sheetings, flannels, etc.,
are firm. Denims are steady, and the
demand keeps fully up to the supply, it
being in a little better proportion than
other cotton goods. Other coarse colored
cottons, including ticks, plaids, checks,
etc., are firm, and moderate business is
being transacted.

Linings--There has been practically
no change in the condition of the lining
market from our report of a week ago.
While the demand for linings is less
this year than it was, yet by comparison
with the last five years, say, it will run
about the same. The clothing trade has
not increased its amount of business
and, consequently, the demand from
that source is quite indifferent, although
the tone continues not only firm, but in
some directions shows signs of stiffen-
ing.

Printed Fabrics—Printed calicoes at
the present time show but a compara-
tively small amount of business being
transacted. Buyers find themselves un-
able to do anything except by such
goods as may be in stock. Sellers are
feeling that they prefer at the present
time to withdraw from the market en-
tirely. They have been delaying the
setting of fixed prices on account of the
uncertainty in the cotton and yarn mar-
kets, and what orders are accepted are
on the “‘at value’’ basis. Fancy prints
show no business beyond what is neces-
sary in the way of filling out stocks,and
only two or three agents are taking or-
ders in the new light fancy prints.
These, however, will show more _ busi-
ness shortly ; probably by the middle of
November trade in these lines will be
good. Percales and printed flannel
effects are well sold up, prices being
exceptionally firm. Ginghams are quiet
in both staples and dress styles.

 

 

Dress Goods—The developments of the
week in connection with the dress goods
market have not been as favorable as
could be desired. There has been a very
fair attendance of buyers, but as a rule
their orders have been lacking in vol-
ume. Here and there, however, some
very fair sized orders are reported.
Some makers of standard lines of
staples, such as venetians, broadcloths,
etc., report their orders quite satisfac-
tory. In some instances some of the
smaller mills which have been previous-
ly engaged entirely on some other goods
have been induced by the apparent
popularity of the venetian and broad-
cloth to bring out goods of that charac-

 

ter. Naturally in some instances these
goods have not come up to the standard
of the product of those mills which
have been making these goods for years,
and consequently they do not draw as
well as the well-established lines. On
sackings some fair orders have been
booked, but the volume of orders ac-
cumulated has not come up to expecta-
tions entertained by most manufactur-
ers. The average buyer is still very
much at sea regarding the fabrics that
he should buy, and he is therefore
awaiting developments, and _ agents
claim that if the buyer could get away
from this uncertainty, there would be
little difficulty in getting current prices.
Underwear—The heavyweight under-
wear business has been only moderate
in the retail circles and, naturally, in
other departments of trade. The retail-
ers have not cared to place orders for
duplicates until their present stocks
have been reduced, and they have quite
large stocks, most of them, under con-
tract which are being or will be de-
livered soon. These are many of them
from orders placed nearly a year ago
for delivery at the present time. What
the duplicate heavyweight business will
amount to is now very problematical.
While the retailers have been having a
fair business during the days that were
cool, they have such a satisfactory sup-
ply that the business must be large be-
fore they will enter more orders. They
are, however, placing orders for spring,
or else have already completed these
orders, many of them feeling that for
fancy underwear and specialties they
may run short, unless their orders are
in very early. Specialties have been
ordered in large quantities, and a most
delighiful assortment of fancies is un-
der contract. Lightweight ribbed union
suits have come in for a fair propor-
tion of trade, in fact, the orders are
larger by considerable than a year
ago. One trouble that exists in the un-
derwear business with both the retailers
and the manufacturers is the grade of
goods being sold. This is partly a fault
of the retailer, or, in fact, largely his
fault, for not explaining carefully the
qualities and advantages of the higher
cost goods to his customers. It the re-
tailer understood a little more about the
manufacturer and the position of the
garments, he would be able to talk more
intelligently and turn the tide of trade
towards a higher grade than he does at
the present time. A little effort on his
part would raise the average all over
the country to the benefit of all con-
cerned, the consumer included. The
trade is getting ready to look at fall un-
derwear for tool. It will be remem-
bered, as mentioned above, that a
year ago this time, a great many orders
had been placed, and by the ist of De-
cember, a number of mills were com-
pletely booked for this season. This
year, however, the same necessity for
hurrying the orders does not exist. It
is rather a detriment to the trade to do
this unless there is a good cause, and
it is apt to demoralize affairs in the end
if it is in any way overdone.
Hosiery—The importers are busy
with their fancy hosiery at the present
time, and in spite of some talk that is
occasionally heard in the trade of prices
being cut in the near future, there is no
possible chance of such a contingency.
Naturally the election has upset affairs
somewhat, particularly with the domes-
tic manufacturers. It seems as though
the hosiery end of the business had fall-
en off more than any other department
of knit goods, although why this should

 

be so it is impossible to say. There
seems no reason to doubt that hosiery
will remain firm in price, and that
those who will place orders now will be
perfectly safe in so doing. In regard
to the styles in fancy hosiery, practical-
ly everything that is neat and modest in
effect is wanted, although there is some
demand for high colors in large pat-
terns. Open work lace effects for women
are excellent, and have made black
goods once more exceedingly popular.
There is not expected to be any partic-
ular change in the market for about two
weeks, or possibly a little more, and
then there is a chance that the market
will make an advance.

Carpets— Manufacturers of three-quar-
ter goods continue to lead other lines,
and while manufacturers of ingrains
have practically wound up their husi-
ness for this season, and completed
samples for next season, tapestry and
velvet manufacturers are at work on
duplicate orders. One factor, affecting
all markets at this time, is the near ap-
proach of the presidential election. No
one seems to care about pushing busi-
ness until sure of the result. The
wholesale trade in carpets, as well as
in rugs, is still quiet, while in the re-
tail trade there is some improvement
noticed, both for carpets and rugs.
There was an advance made Oct. 15 on
tapestries of 1%c per yard by a large
Eastern mill. The new lines of tapes-
try and velvet carpets will be shown
after November 15.

Art Squares—This line has shown up
better than any other this season. There
is a steady improvement in demand,
and the art square has come to stay. It
is constantly increasing in popular fa-
vor. Ingrain manufacturers fully realize
this fact, and those who are not al-

 

ready equipped with art square looms
know that in order to be in the swim
with other ingrain manufacturers, and
have something to fall back on when
regular lines are slow, they must put in
art square looms. Each season finds
the number of new looms put in for
this work exceeding the number put in
for regular ingrains.
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___Clothing

How to Handle the Children’s Clothing
Department.

In some cases stock can best be ar-
ranged by sizes and in other cases by
styles. If stock is arranged by sizes it
is convenient in showing goods, but it
is more difficult to keep the run of the
movement of stock, and lines that are
not selling well are not quickly detected.
If stock is arranged by sizes it does not
present as attractive an appearance as
if it is arranged by colors. By this
method of arrangement customers in-
specting stock on the pile always see
it against a background of its own
color, which is a great advantage. A
suit with blue trimmings shown against
a suit with green trimmings is not and
can not be shown to good advantage.
The salesman should always take ac-
count of these peculiarities of color in
showing his goods.

 

 

All the departments of children’s
goods should be placed as near to one
another as possible. People are thus
often reminded of something that they
need or something that they wish to
buy, as it has been brought to their at-
tention. Careful consideration should be
given to the display of goods. They
should be brought to the notice of
customers by mentioning them, and,
what is better, by displaying them
prominently in sight.

The salesman can never keep too
prominently before his mind the fact
that the physical condition of a woman
customer is far more variable than the
physical condition of a man. This is
a fact of the first importance. To say

-nothing of the anxiety and worry to

which mothers with small children and
sturdy, growing lads are subject, and the
nervous timidity and sensitiveness that
a woman feels in an unfamiliar place,
a woman is subject to physical disturb-
ances that at times convert the most
amiable women into the worst of cranks,
It is safe to say that unless the sales-
man keeps this fact in mind he will
often lose sales and drive away trade. If
a woman comes into his store irritable
and difficult to please he should remem-
ber that the same woman on another day
might be so pleasant that he would not
he able to recognize her. Consequently
too much consideration and patience
can not be shown women customers.
The salesman should cultivate patience
above all things. If a woman comes in
who is irritable and languid, she should
be at once provided with a seat and
goods brought to her. She should not
be obliged to stand, moving up and
down counters and to and from mirrors.
She should be made to feel at home
and relieved of any feeling of nervous-
ness or responsibility as far as may be.
This is only possible if the salesman
has some sort of appreciation of the
difficulties under which she labors. If
he is a tactful and considerate man the
little attentions that he shows will be
gratefully appreciated and the woman
will prefer to come to the store where
she has been made to feel at home and
enabled to do her shopping with the
least worry and fatigue.

Turnovers are much more necessary
in waiting on women than men. Women
often take an instinctive dislike toa
salesman and it will be impossible for
him to make a sale. Consequently
whenever a woman will not purchase of
one man she should be tactfully turned
over to another man in a way that will
not spoil his chances of success with

 

her. ‘‘John, you come here and wait
on this lady. He’ll look after you,
madam,’’ is not the way to doit. By
leading her to the other salesman’s
stock and then saying, ‘‘! will call the
man who has charge of this stock and
who is familiar with it and he will be
able to show you a better assortment of
goods than | can,’’ the salesman makes
a graceful way of escape for himself
and does not spoil the other salesman’s
chances with the customer. But the
man in charge of the department must
take account of this necessity of turn-
overs. Otherwise the salesman will too
often spoil the other man’s chances of
making a sale, that he may not be crit-
icised for failing to make a sale.

Women will often ask odd or whimsi-
cal questions or ask for styles and de-
signs that are outlandish. In such
cases they should be answered as far as
possible with consideration. Ifa woman
asks for something that the merchant
does not have in stock she should not be
told that it is probably home-made or a
bad style, or so on, but she should be
led to look over the stock to see if she
can find something that resembles it.
In this way she often discovers gar-
ments that are more to her taste than
the ones she set out in search of.

Women receive suggestions more
gladly than men. They make out shop-
ping lists, which they frequently lose,
and they are glad to be reminded of
things that they are apt to need. This
is a point of importance. Men object
to having a list of things dinned into
their ears. Women sometimes appreciate
heroic treatment in this respect.

As women like to shop, the fact must
be taken account of by the man who
deals with them. It is fatal policy to
treat them brusquely if they fail to buy.
More time must be given to them than
to men. Customers are often lost by
neglect of this point, which is a most
important one for the clothing man to
remember. Very often a woman who is in
a bad state of health will look at gar-
ments and see nothing that satisfies her.
It is advisable to quietly take one of
the garments she has seen and show it
to her again. Very often she does not
recognize it. Her judgment has modi-
fied itself since she first saw it, or she
failed to notice it the first time that it
was presented to her. If she says that
she saw it before, admit it, but say that
there are some points about it that you
think she failed to appreciate before,
and inthis way lead her to give ita
careful examination. The more close-
ly she can be led to look at the goods
displayed the better the chances of mak-
ing a sale are. If a woman shows evi-
dences of great fatigue it is well to dis-
tract her attention for a time from the
direct business in hand. It rests her
and relieves her and increases her con-
fidence in the salesman who is not too
eager to make a sale.—Apparel Gazette.

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Situation in the Clothing Trade.
From the American Wool Reporter.

The last of September and the first
week in October was a bad time for the
retail clothiers. The weather was un-
seasonably warm, and a considerable
portion of the time was damp and
rainy. Business fell off to a consider-
able extent, and just at the time that it
should have been in full swing, pre-
paratory to the colder weather of winter.
Naturally much disappointment was
felt, and many complaints were heard.
Nevertheless the trade so far from losing
heart, kept up a splendid show of cour-
age, knowing that there must be an end
of the bad weather, and a beginning
of the steady cold season. To their re-
lief this came in the second week of the

 

month; the air turned cold and crisp,
and the retail stores began to look live-
ly. The weather was just coo! enough
to make the public feel that heavier gar-
ments, both outer and under, would be
very comfortable, particularly when they
were out in the early morning or even-
ing. There were faint-hearted mer-
chants, who felt some uneasiness about
the stocks of heavyweight clothing
which they had purchased, but their
fears were for the most part undoubtedly
groundless. That there was a little over-
buying by some is very true, but not
more marked this year than in any past
vear. There are always a certain num-
ber who overestimate the amount of busi-
ness coming to them, and it is always to
be expected. On the whole, however,
we believe the buying was of a fairly
conservative nature, and that no more
was b ught than will be wanted.

Of the business that has been trans-
acted up to the present time in winter
weight clothing, enquiry reveals the
fact that the grade of the garments
bought has been higher on an average
than for several seasons past. True, the
same suit at $15 a year ago will cost the
purchaser more this year, but the con-
sumer seems not only willing to pay
this, but taking the country through-
out, seems willing to do even better.
The political situation is undoubtedly
affecting the wholesale trade to a con-
siderable extent, merchants not feeling
that they want to risk a great deal un-
til they know what the outcome will be.

After election, if the weather is sea-
sonable, there is little doubt but there
will be a resumption of business on a
good sized scale.

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Hardware

How Robert Watson Solved the Problem
of Local Competition.

The little town of Stratford (never
mind what state) lay basking in the
glare of the early morning sun. The
stores along Main street were just be-
ginning to open up, and teams and
men were starting away for the haying.
A young man stood upon the edge of
the sidewalk, with one hand resting on
the brand new hitching post, intently
regarding a newly painted store front
and clean and shining expanse of show
window. The sign over the door, read-
ing, ‘‘ Robert Watson, Hardware,’’ also
partook of this general air of newness.
In fact, its gilt letters looked as if they
had scarcely known even a single
night’s dulling air.

 

 

‘‘There,’’ thought young Robert Wat-
son to himself, ‘‘I think I’ve done
everything that should be done to insure
success. I’ve bought my stcck as near
right as | know how, and my seven
years’ experience in New York trade
should certainly count for something.
And I’ve got the store fixed up in nice
shape and my goods properly arranged.
The next thing is to begin business. I
wonder who my first customer will be
and what he—or maybe it will be a she
—will buy. Wonder if it wouldn’t be
a good idea to return the money, just for
luck. It would make talk and so be a
sort of a little advertisement for me.
Who is this old duffer coming along the
street? Seems to be heading this way.
Guess I'll go inside, get behind the
counter, and so be ready to receive
him, if he really wants anything, ina
businesslike sort of a way.”’

All this while the ‘‘old duffer’’ was
slowly drawing nearer. He whom the
young merchant, in the sadly irreveren-
tial style of the present day, had so des-
ignated was an elderly, farmer ap-
pearing individual, who carried his
four score years of age as easily as many
men of half his time of life. As he

drew opposite the new store he came to] ‘*‘

a standstill, looked all over the outside
very attentively, drew a big bandanna
handkerchief from his coat-tail pocket,
blew his nose with a snort that could
have been heard fora mile, and pro-
ceeded to nod his head and chuckle
aloud, as if mightily amused over some-
thing. Catching sight of the young
storekeeper through the big pane of
glass in the show window, the old man
entered with a brisk step and sat down
upon a nail keg.

‘*Good morning, sir,’’ began Robert
Watson, advancing.
mornin’ !”’

**Mornin’! replied the

other.

‘*Anything I can—’’ began the store-
keeper.

‘*No, sir,’’ interrupted the newcomer

explosively; ‘‘don’t want to do any
tradin’ with you just this minit. But,
Say, ain't you hardware people kind of
rushin’ things? Stratford is a right
smart sort of town, but it don’t seem as
if it needs three hardware stores. ’’

‘“Three?’’ put in the young man ques-
tioningly. ‘‘Why, there’s only Mr.
Gardiner’s and my own. Of course, he
is long established here and will con-
tinue to have the bulk of the trade most
likely, but—’’

The old man interrupted the speaker
with loud chuckling and other signs of
evident amusement. At length he said:
‘“*My name’s Joshua Skinner. Every-
body knows me ’round these parts, and
so will you if you stay long enough.

 

Now I like your looks, and I want to
tell you plump and plain that there’s
trouble ahead for you. I saw you when
you come up here a little while ago to
look around. Sure enough, then there
was only Sam Gardiner’s hardware
store, but we’ve had a sensation since

then, and I’msorry for you. Dinged if
I ain’t.’’
‘‘What do you mean?’’ demanded

Robert Watson in some astonishment,
and with doubts as to the complete san-
ity of his early caller.

‘*Only this,’’ put in Joshua abruptly:
‘that Sallie Terhune has had money
left her, and what does she do but get
the blamed fool notion in her head of
starting a hardware store in this town
with it.”’

‘*Hey!’’ ejaculated the young man.

‘*Gittin’ interested, ain’t ye?’’ put in
the old gossip. ‘‘ Yes, sir, that’s what’s
the matter.’’

‘But now that I’ve opened up she
may change her mind,’’ put in Robert
Watson smilingly.

**Change her mind!’’ croaked Joshua ;
‘‘why, man alive, you must have been
so intent upon getting things to rights
here that you couldn’t see anything
else. Why, she’s starting plumb even
with you.’’

‘*What?’’ yelled the young  store-
keeper.
‘“*Yes, sir,’’ went on his informant,

‘*she hired that other store you looked
at down by Johnson’s livery stable,
bought her goods last week, and opens
up this very morning, with nobody to
help her but a younger sister. I vum
if it don’t beat everything. Three hard-
ware stores all a-booming in Stratford,
and not more than enough trade for two
of them. I tell you, you've got to git a
hustle on if you want to win out.’’

‘*] may be mistaken, but I don’t be-

lieve she can sell at as low prices as |
can,’’ put in Robert Watson sturdily.
‘*IT bought low down for spot cash, and
I’ve had my eye teeth cut in the busi-
ness.”’
‘*Just so,’’ commented the old gossip,
but Sal is pow’rf’l popular with the
church folks and sich. At equal prices,
I'm afraid she'll draw the trade every
time. ”7

‘*Eer—is she—er—is she a young
lady?’’ queried the storekeeper timidly.

‘*Somewhere’s between sweet sixteen
and sour sixty,’’ dryly answered Joshua.

‘*Oh,’’ replied Robert, picturing an
angular old maid in his mind’s eye.

‘*You take my advice and have a talk
with her,’’ went on the old man; ‘‘Sal
Terhune has got a heap of sense, even
if her father was a noodle. Maybe she
might offer you a lump sum to git you
out quick.”’

‘‘T don’t propose to be got out
quick,’’ protested Robert; ‘‘I’m going
to stay where I am and build upa busi-
ness.”’

‘*You are?’’ incredulously ; ‘‘well, a
willful man must have his way. I just
thought I'd give you some advice. I
figure that you'd do better to quit right
now, even if you have to lose a couple
of hundred dollars. However, you're
your own master. I guess 1’ll trot along
to Sal’s and see how much she’s tak-
ing in.’”’

And with a ned of his head the old
gossip ambled off down the stre: t.

The next few weeks were the most
anxious ones in Robert Watson’s life.
He had not gone into business for him-
self in this country town without much
thoughtful preparation and care. So far
as he could see, up to the very moment
of opening store for the first time, every-

 

thing had looked propitious. And then
came the totally unexpected blow of
finding a rival store opening up upon
the very same day. And that his oppon-
ent was a woman seemed a double ag-
gravation to him.

‘‘Why in the mischief couldn’t the
old maid put her capital into a grocery,
or a fancy work store, or an ice cream
parlor, or something like that?’’ he
kept saying and thinking to himself a
thousand times a day. ‘‘What ever
started her into such a completely un-
feminine occupation as the hardware
business?’’

Robert Watson was, ordinarily, a so-
ciable and friendly young man, but,
probably on account of the distractions
attending his launching out into busi-
ness at Stratford, he made very few
friends or acquaintances for some little
time. For one thing, he did not give
himself the opportunity. He attended
strictly to business from early morning
until late at night on every workday.
On Sundays he had formed the habit of
taking the first train to Bridleport,
about twenty miles distant, and spend-
ing the day with his married sister.
Thus it came about that the Stratford
people and he were complete strangers,
exsept for coming to purchase at his
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lished and easy going emporium was an
entirely different matter.

‘*The squire has a line of customers

_that he can’t lose and that I don’t want

him to lose,’’ the young merchant had
cencluded. ‘‘They’ve traded with him
so 1ong that they are all in debt to him
and likely to stay so. They must keep
trading with him or get into trouble.
What I want is the floating cash trade
of the town, and that’s just what I in-
tend to get. I’m sorry for the old maid,
but I’m not going to submit to ruination
just out of politeness. She'll quit as
soon as she finds that she is not paying
expenses, and won't be out a great deal
then.’’

And the young merchant smiled grim-
ly as he thought of his own profit and
loss account growing steadily larger on
the wrong side of the ledger after each
day’s sales totals. For Robert Watson
had found an opponent apparently as
determined as himself to catch the trade
of Stratford town.

The cutting war had begun on lawn
mowers, and in common justice, be it
said, had been commenced by the fem-
inine dealer.

Noticing the many rough and uncut
lawns of the town, Robert Watson had
put in a nice, medium priced line, and
used them as a sort of feature. He put
a row of them outside on the sidewalk
one morning and hung a placard on the
handles announcing the special price
of ‘‘$2.10.’" But in spite of this
tempting offer, no sales were made.
With an idea of what was the matter,
he mounted a telescope behind the
counter and pointing down the long
street. When nobody happened to be
about he took a look at the feminine
opposition premises. Sure enough,
there was a row of mowers out in front
placarded ‘‘$2.00.”’ With an inward
groan, the young merchant took his
marking pot, went outside and made
his own price $1.90. He sold a couple
at this figure, but on taking another
look through the telescope, caught sight
of a figure ina calico dress just in
the act of changing her price to
"RESO, | He quickly followed suit
with $1.70. And so it went, until even
the children bought lawn mowers with
their odd pennies and people used them
to lean against outside doors and to dry
clothes on. And as it was with lawn
mowers, so it went with half a dozen
other lines, until Robert began to figure
on just how long his slender capital
could stand the strain.

“I'll stick it out until the old maid
gives in or I go broke,’’ he would stub-
bornly insist to himself on the rare oc-
casions when he dared add up the loss
account in his ledger.

But although it seemed like an age to
him, it was only three or four weeks
after his first opening store in Stratford
that something important happened.
That is, it turned out to be important.
As is often the case, it seemed of little
moment to him until afterward. It be-
gan by a friendly call from one of the
local pastors and an invitation to a
Sunday school picnic.

‘*Very much obliged, but I’m afraid
I can't go,’’ remarked Robert.

‘Another engagement? I’m sorry.
We don’t see much of you. Not at all,
in fact, except when you are behind
your counter,’’ went on the dominie.

‘‘I have no other engagement, but
I’ve got to attend to business,’’ blurted
out the young merchant.

‘* Business !’’ ejaculated the minister.
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glorious Fourth? Why, man alive, where
is your patriotism?’’

‘*By jingo! I beg your pardon,’
cried Robert; ‘‘I forgot all about it.
I'll accept your invitation with pleas-
wre.

And the eventful morning found the
young man, in company with a number
of others of his own age and of both
sexes, proceeding by team to some pic-
turesque waterfalls that are of much lo-
cal-celebritv. The wagons were merely
farm ones, cleaned up for the occasion,
with planks put across for seats. The
lunch was packed in baskets and pails,
and stcwed anywhere that room could
be found for it. Robert, through some
misunderstanding, had only reached the
meeting place at the last moment, and
the introductions had been hurried and
incoherent. It was not until they had
gone several miles that he realized that
he was sitting beside a lovely girl,
whom her companions addressed as
Evelyn. She was dressed, like her com-
panions, in white, and she seemed to
Robert the most charming young lady
he had ever met. The attraction seemed
to be mutual. They laughed ard talked
together like old friends.

At length Robert stopped abruptly
and looked around. He felt uncom-
fortable. He realized that the whole
wagonload of young people were regard-
ing them attentively. Then the truth
came to him like an inspiration.

‘*You are Miss Sallie Terhune, my
rival in the hardware trade, are you
not?’’ he enquired.

‘‘I’'m afraid you did not pay much
attention when we were introduced,’’
the girl said, laughing mischievously.
‘‘T assent to the latter part of your ques-
tion, but not to the former. Only some
of the old people call me by that hideous
name. Uncle Josh Skinner just delights
in it because he knows it teases me.
My real name is Evelyn—Evelyn
Terhune.’’

There wasn’t much said or done out-
side of an ordinary flirtation at that
picnic, but nevertheless the price cut-
ting war between the two hardware es-
tablishments came to an abrupt close.
Moreover, the Stratford folks openly
talk of a partnership that is to be
formed by the two proprietors. And in-
stead of fora term of years, the young
couple intend to contract for life.--—P.
W. Hart in Hardware Dealers’ Maga-
zine.

A college student visited a Philadel-
phia photographer the other day and
sat for his picture. When the plate was
developed the astonished photographer
saw plainly on the young man’s fore-
head: a clearly defined death’s head with
crossbones beneath it. Thinking it was
some imperfection in the plate, the
photographer arranged another sitting.
Again the skull and crossbones ap-
peared in the picture, and the mystified
photographer was fairly struck dumb
with amazement. Then he noticed the
smiling sitter and finally induced him
to tell the joke. The trick simply con-
sisted of painting on the forehead the
grim design with a solution of bisul-
phate of quinine. This is invisible to
the eye, but shows pure white to the
camera.

By way of a joke, some one_ recently
sent to a New York society belle a full-
grown camel. The young woman
accepted the gift, which,
every evening after the theater crowds
have dispersed, is led. by a colored
servant up and down Broadway for ex-
ercise. Fer the first night or two not a
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Augurs and Bits
CN 60
Jennings gonuine...................-. 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 75
First Quality, D. B. Steel............. 13 00
Barrows
CO 17 00
Garden... ee | =6a a
Bolts
Stove . _ 60
Carr iage, new list 70&10
Flow ........ eee 50
Buckets
Wel Pie $4 00
Butts, Cast
Cast Loose Pin, annet Se ese ence 65
Wrought Narrow. Seen 60
Cabialitagen
Rim Fire . 40&10
‘entral Fire . Os eee ee wees oe 20
Chain
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BEB... ...... S  .. ox _.. 6%
Crowbars
past Steel, perip...................... 6
Caps
Biys EO perm... 8... 65
Hick’s C. perm 55
G. 2, perm... 45
MiusNet perm... 75
Chisels
Hoeket Witmer 65
Socket Framing....... 65
Socket Corner... - 65
Socket Suche... . 65
Elbows
Com. 4 piece, 6 in., - doz net 65
Corrugated, _ doz.. 1 25
Adjustable. . : ...dis  40&10
tines Bits
Clark’s small, $18; large, $26 ... 40
ves’ 1, Ste; 2, $24; 3, Se... 25
Files—New List
New American... 70&10
RGHeINGI Ss 7
Helier’s Horse Kasps.................. Z

Galvanized Iron
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 _ 24; 25 - 26; 28
List 12 13 ie 17

Discount, 70
Gauges
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... 60&10
Glass
Single Strength, y WOM oc k, dis  85&20
Double Strength, by box.............. dis 85&20
By the Light Serna cee cee dis &5&
Hammers
Maydole & Co.’s, new list dis 334%
Yerkes & Plumb’s.:.... ...dis 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........... 30¢ list 70
Hinges
Gate, Clarh’s 1,2,3............ 21... dis  60&10
Hollow Ware
Pie 50&10
Re 50&10
Spiders... = oe 50&10
‘eens ‘Nails
Au Sable . Shale al ae icaatara oi ..dis 40&10
Putnam.. — eee .. dis 5
House ‘Werating ‘Coad
Stamped Tinware, new list............ 70
Japanned Tinware..................... 20&10
Iron
ha eee 2 25 crates
Eignt Gand 3 ¢ rates

Knobs—New List
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........ 75
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings... ee He 85

Lanterns
Regular 0 Tubular, Doz................ 5 00
Warren, Galvanized Fount.. See 6 00
‘bondi.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s......... dis 70
Mattocks
Adze Eye...... ..$17 00..dis 70—10
” Metals—Zinc
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Per pound.. woes 6 See as 8
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Bird Cages . oe eee ee ee as 40
Pumps, Ce 75
Serows, Now tit...

Casters, Bed and Plate................ 50&10&10
Dampers, American.............. ae

Molasses Gates
Stebbins’ Pattern.. See eee cee 60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring.. Ee tee gel cao 30
Pans

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Patent Planished Iron

“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 75
“B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25to27 9 75
Broken packages %c per pound extra.

Planes
Ohio Tool = .’s, fancy...

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SONA 45
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Cashin 3 advatiecce...................... 25
Casiig Gadvyance...................... 35
Pinish 1 advanee..................... 25
Pimsn Sadvanec. .................... 35
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Barrel % advance... ee 85
Rivets
irom an@ Vinned.................... 50
Copper Rivets and Burs.. Mea cee ee 45
Roofing Plates
14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.......... i 6 50
14x20 IX, Charcoal, Dean.. 7 50
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Dean.. _. 13 00
14x20 Ic, Cc harcoal, Allaw, ay Grade... 5 50
14x20 IX, Chareoal, Allaway Grade... 6 50
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 11 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 13 00
Ropes
Sisal, % inch and lar noe oe 8
Manilla. . " " a 12

Sand ion
Ding acec. 19° 86. ais 50

Sash Weights

Solid Eyes, perton................ 25 00
Sheet Iron

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Nes. toe... $3 20
més. tee 3 20
Mos. tem. 3 30
Nos 2s. ee 3 40
Mes 2G 26 0. 3 50
Nea... 3 60

3 80
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Loaded with Black Powder. .

Loaded with Nitro Powder.......... o 40&10
Shot
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B Band Buck .......... ............. 1 70
Shovels and Spades
First Grade, Doz..... Oe eee uc 8 00
Second Grade, Doz.................... 7 50

Solder

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Squares
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Tin—Melyn Grade

rts 10, Cimreoa)....... ....... .... $50
ere IC, Charcoal... 8 50
20x14 IX, Chareoal.................... 9 75

Each additional X on this grade, $1. "25.

Tin—Allaway Grade

neces 1G, Chareoal. ....... 7 00
xce 1C, Chareesl...................-. 7 00
ieni4 1, Charcoal..................... 8 50
bee Te, Charceal....................- 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, per pound.. 10
Traps

Steel, Game.. oes 75
Oneida Cc ommunity, “Newhouse’s...... 40&10
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Coppered Miarmes...................... 50&10
Tinned Marshes... ......... 50&10
Cop — Spri - Steel.. Lai ee 40
Barbed Fence, alvanized.........-.- 3 20
Barbed Fence, Painted................ 2 90
Wire Goods
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Screw Eyes ou cuae vee ee ea ae 80
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Gate Hooks and Eyes.. ee yee ay 80
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MINISTERS AND MONEY.

 

Intimate Relation of the Two Factors in
Civilization.

The influence of money on character
is always an interesting study, for there
is a very close relation between a man’s
money and his character. The meiser
stamps the effects of his niggardly ways
on his pinched face as accurately as on
his account books, while we instinctive-
ly associate the broad open face with
the kindly, generous heart.

In selecting ministers asa study of
this question I am aware that it may
seem unlikely to prove very interesting,
for, as a rule, ministers and money are
_not very intimate companions. Our
banks are, I know, glad to welcome
ministers among their customers and
find them generally able to understand
the laws of banking sufficiently well to
enable them to keep track of their de-
posits, even if they are sometimes weak
as to the proper method of withdrawing
them. We smile sometimes if one proves
unable to distinguish clearly between
a check anda draft; and if he asks what
he is to do with his draft after he has
secured it, we are ready enough to tell
him without imputing to him any unus-
ual ignorance. But no bank ever figures
very largely on the daily deposits of the
minister as a source of revenue, and
if he comes as a borrower we sometimes
enquire carefully as to his securities be-
fore making a loan.

But if the minister does not have
much to do with money, perhaps this
very lack of it helps to the development
of his character. Usually the minister
is born amid humble surroundings and
has from infancy impressed upon his
mind the need of carefully guarding his
resources, and as he advances through
the ten or twelve years of study neces-
sary to become a minister,during which
time he must live on $120 a year, the
habit of carefully guarding his resources
is impressed upon him so firmly that
when, at length, he finds himself in
charge of a church, with a wife and an
ever increasing number of children de-
pending upon him, he knows how to
make his $500 or $600 salary go farther
than almost any other man in the com-
munity.

It would be, however, a great mistake
to think of all our ministers as growing
up amid such humble surroundings.
Often they have around them every-
thing that wealth can offer, and in such
cases, too, it is interesting to notice
how their money affects their minister-
ial character. Sometimes it must be
confessed that an abundance of money
unfits the man for such work. But such
a result generally comes from having
wealth thrust upon him, rather than
from growing up amid its surroundings.
When the minister is so unfortunate as
to be mentioned in the will of some
wealthy parishioner, or to marry a very
rich wife, it frequently happens that he
soon after finds himself afflicted with a
throat disease or something of the sort
and sinks down into a sort of book-
keeper to his wife. But quite as often
the result is just the reverse and wealth
enlarges the man and extends his in-
fluence. The present Treasurer of Yale
College is a minister whose private for-
tune amounts to several million dollars,
but, besides looking after the tremen-
dous financial interests of the college, he
is also the pastor of a large church and
gives himself as heartily to the care of
his people as if he had nothing of his
own to look after. Another minister
has devoted his great fortune to build-
ing up a theological seminary for the

 

education of ministers and shown the
world a noble example of a man whose
money has expanded his heart and mul-
tiplied his power for good. Such cases
are by no means rare, for many of our
noblest charities have had their origin
in the unselfish use which ministers
have made of their money.

Still more conspicuous has been the
illustration of this principle on the part
of those who have had very limited re-
sources, but have generously shared
them with others or used them to_ build
up institutions for the public good.
Harvard College, the noblest university
of learning in America, had its origin
in the gift of 700 pounds, made by the
Rev. John Harvard, to found the first
college in the New World. Yale, scarce-
ly second in size and its equal in mag-
nificent equipment for training the
minds of our young men, had its origin
in a meeting of ten Congregational min-
isters, who were unable to contribute
any money, but gave, each man of
them, some books out of his small
library, which’ represented all his
wealth, to form the nucleus of what has
now become one of the great consulting
libraries of the world. Dartmouth, too,
is founded upon the self-devotion of a
minister, who gave his life to teaching
young men, almost without any pay for
his services; and all over our land you
may find colleges and museums and hos-
pitals and art galleries which have
sprung from the scanty resources of
some minister whose heart has responded
to the cry for better things which con-
tinually comes from the needy world
around us.

This lack of money has its influence
on ministerial character in another way ;
You have all noticed that whenever a
man is needed for a public beggar a
minister is chosen. What would become
of all our tract societies and our Bethel
missions if it were not for our minister-
ial beggars and their persistent appeals
for money? Now this relation of minis-
ter and public beggar is not a mere nat-
ural affinity between them,as you might
suppose. It can be explained by the
law of environment more easily than by
the law of heredity. The minister lives
in an atmosphere full of such influences
and he feels their exhilarating effect,
just as a man feels the effect of breath-
ing the frosty air of an October morn-
ing. It makes him keen to discern the
wants which others do not see, so that
when you find a minister after you for
a subscription to some missionary fund,
or some Dorcas society, you are not to
look upon him as a public nuisance to
be dismissed without a thought, but as
one whose keener moral instincts enable
him to detect a public need which you
have not yet discovered. Such men are
often angels in disguise.

How keen, also, do such men become
to detect the humbugs and frauds which
infest society. The numberless book-
agents, the stranded men and women
who need a few dollars to reach home,
the persons who are deaf or blind or
have sick ones dependent on them, the
pious sneaks who think they can use
your money better than you can, and the
thousand other cranks whose mission
is to live on the credulity of society, all
naturally gravitate towards the minis-
ter, who soon becomes an expert in
treating them, to the great relief of the
public.

It would not be fair if I did not add
that no amount of such experience will
make a_ successful financier of some
ministers. We all have known minis-
ters who could not tell the difference

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between a copper cent and a silver dol-
lar. The one is worth just as much to
them as the other. If they have one
dollar they are always ready to spend
ten, and when pay-day comes they are
in nowise troubled if they have nothing
with which to meet the demands of their
creditors. Very likely there are bank
cashiers who have notes bearing the
signature of some minister well known
in the community, which they have kept
for a long time in that choice collec-
tion of notes which they honor by put-
ting them in a separate package marked
‘*Past Due,’’ and as they occasionally
turn them over they wonder what pos-
sible relation there can be between such
notes and money. If this were confined
to ministers we might say it grows in
some way out of the profession, but,
alas, such ignorance is found in every
condition of life and, like many other
diseases, there has not yet been dis-
covered any specific which is warranted
always to cure.

But it is pleasant to note that the
minister is gradually becoming accus-
tomed to the use of money. When
Bistop Asbury, the grand old pioneer
Methodist bishop in America, lived
mainly on horseback and _ carried his
worldly possessions in his saddle-bags,
he had the magnificent salary of $50 in
cash per year. A congregation which
could promise $200 was regarded as a
great prize, and if they could add the
promise of free fire wood and a dona-
tion, it became almost a paradise. Out
of this came many heavy expenses, as
at the ordination of a minister in
Massachusetts we find charges like
these: For breakfast, 30 bowls of punch
and to bottles of wine, and for dinner
44 bowls of punch, 28 bottles of wine, 8
bowls of brandy and cherry rum without

 

limit. Under such conditions it could
hardly be expected that the minister
would become a great financier.

But those days have passed. The
minister does not now have to provide
such refreshments for those who attend
his ordination, and the old donation, so
favorable for neighborhood gossip, so
welcome to the blushing maidens and
their bashful lovers, and so lavish in
remnants of spare-rib and_ chicken-pie,
which the minister was expected to eat
with a grateful heart after the donation
was over, is now rarely included among
the perquisites of his office.

In place of such a fluctuating, inade-
quate salary, the minister is begin-
ning to come into his true place as a
wage earner, and the salary, running
often into the thousands, gives him an
opportunity to ask what he shall do
with his money. The churches are be-
ginning to learn that it pays to educate
their ministers in this way, although
there are still too many churches which
adopt the same financial policy as that
which lately reported to its higher
authorities as follows: ‘‘The parish
has just added four acres to its grave-
yard and hopes for a large increase of
revenue from that addition.’’ When
our churches offer their minister a sal-
ary of ten thousand dollars a year with
a fine house free of rent, with the added
pledge that this shall continue as long
as he lives and be given afterward to
his widow if he leaves one, then we
may expect to find them becoming as
strong in financial matters as they now
are in other respects.

There is one other point in this rela-
tion between the minister and money
that ought to be mentioned: I refer to
the minister as opening the way for
others to make money. Ministers are

 

generally educated men. They know
more or less about geology and agricul-
ture and those economic questions which
concern the public welfare. Hence we
find that ministers have been pioneers
in geographical discovery, in chemistry
and all those questions which lie at the
basis of moneymaking. I might men-
tion the opening of Africa by David
Livingstone, the pioneer missionary,
who carried his compass and chart in
one hand and his Bible in the other un-
til he learned the secret of that dark
continent, which until that time had
yielded nothing but slaves, but which is
fast becoming the center of a vast com-
merce which is enriching the world. Or
I might mention Whitman, who went
through the wilderness which then cov-
ered the northwestern part of our own
country and by his personal observa-
tions demonstrated its fabulous wealth
and secured its retention by the United
States as a home for millions of our
people.

Many, too, are the men who have
gone from the ministry into our legisla-
tive halls, like one of our Michigan
congressmen, and there shown their ca-
pacity to solve great questions of state
which concern not our country alone but
the whole world. Such cases may show
us that if the minister does not himself
handle much money he does yet often
open the way for others to do so, and
thus becomes entitled to consideration
by those who reap the harvests for
which he has prepared the soil.

J. W. Beardslee.
—_—__—_0.___

The great increase in the volume of
money in the United States during the
past twelve months promises to give an
impetus to business next year in manu-
facturing, agricultural mining, commerce
and export which will be reflected
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The Dust of Ocean.
From the Mariner.

A ‘‘dusty’’ ocean highway sounds al-
most incredible. Yet those who are fa-
miliar with sailing ships know that, no
matter how carefully the decks may be
washed down in the morning, and how
little work of any kind may be done
during the day, nevertheless, if the
decks are not swept at nightfall, an
enormous quantity of dust will quickly
collect. Of course, on the modern
“‘liner’’ the burning of hundreds of tons
of coal every twenty-four hours, and the
myriads of footfalls daily, would ac-
count for a considerable accumulation
of dust, but on a ‘‘wind-jammer,’’
manned with a dozen hands or less, no
such dust-producing agencies are at
work. And yet the records of sailing
ships show that they collect more sea
dust than does a steamer, which is
probably accounted for by the fact that
while the dust-laden smoke blows clear
of the steamer, the large area of canvas
spread by the sailer acts as a dust col-
lector.

Definition of Contingent Fee.

An Irishman went to a lawyer with a
case, but the attorney wanted a retainer.
The Irishman was poor, and finaliy the
lawyer said he would take the case on a
contingent fee.

It was settled; but the contingent fee
part of the agreement bothered the
client. He confided his ignorance to
his friend Paddy, and asked for an ex-
planation.

‘*An’ it is the meanin’ of a contingent
fee yer after knowin’? Shure, I’ll tell
ye. A contingent fee means that, if ye
loose the case, the lawyer gits nothin’;
if ye win, yer git nothin’.’’

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by mail as follows: ‘‘Pleas to send a
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nobs to put on my pere of drowes large
as you got and if you got a_ brass
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tin of gun pow der and I pay for then
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Woman’s World

Great and Growing Comradeship Among

 

 

Women.

Are women antagonists to other wom-
en? Does the woman at the top of the
ladder always seek to bar the way to
the woman who is trying to climb up,
and does the woman at the bottom try to
pull down the woman at the top? There
seems to be a very general belief that
she does.

A Washington newspaper recently
quoted a prominent Government official
as saying that the reason that women
were practically debarred from receiy-
ing promotions to the higher places in
the Government service was because
they were held back by their own sex.
‘‘Some time ago,’’ the gentleman went
on to say, by way of illustration, ** there
waS a woman ina certain division of
one of the departments who was_ so
highly thought of she would have been
made chief of her department, but as
soon as her prospects became known her
fellow women clerks entered a protest.
They declared that they would not work
under her; that they would a thousand
times rather be bossed by a man than a
woman, and that they would not permit
her to ‘lord it over them,’ so her pros-
pects of promotion were killed.’’

So far as conditions exist in the Gov-
ernment departments—which are most-
ly occupied by disgruntled ladies who
have seen better days and who feel that
their country owes them a living, which
they are trying to collect with as little
work as possible—the official may be
right in his strictures. They may in-
dulge in a petty jealousy that would
resent the success of one of their num-
ber. The mistake is in thinking such
a state of affairs universal. Out in the
broader world, where women are fight-
ing the battle of life in the open, there
is not a day when we do not see some
woman stretch a helping hand to a
struggling sister, and we can but protest
against the sweeping statement that the
greatest obstacle to women securing
equal recognition with men comes from
the antagonism of their own sex. It
may be that Mrs. Milhiner intimates
that Mme. Modiste’s Paris bonnets were
only imported from around the corner,
that Miss Mezzo Soprano sneers openly
at Signorina Fazzantis’ efforts to reach
high C, and that Mrs. Newrich, who
has just broken into society, turns up
her nose at the Parvenues, who are still
battering on the outer gate with their
money bags, but these incidents are
characteristic of individual rivalry, not
the sex feeling. It isn’t on record that
men devote much time to praising their
competitors’ wares or booming trade
for the opposition house across the way.

 

Neither should it be urged, as_prov-
ing the point, that most women prefer
to work under a man rather than a
woman. We are the creatures of habit,
and it must be borne in mind that wom-
an has been subject to man from time
immemorial. We are all used to being
‘‘bossed’’ by husband or father or
brother and to deferring and giving
way to some man, so it carries with it
none of the little sting of hurt pride
and suggestion of submission that we
feel when we are under another woman's
authority. Men recognize that some
men are born to serve and some to com-
mand. Every woman is imbued to the
backbone with the ‘‘I am as good as
you and know as much as any other
woman’’ doctrine, and it is this which

 

makes it so hard for her to give in to
the woman who is set above her.

It must also be admitted that one has
to learn the art of ‘‘bossing,’’ and _ that
woman is still very new at it. There is
no martinet in discipline like the man
who has just been raised from the
ranks,and it may be possible that wom-
en, who are just beginning to have other
women than servants under their con-
trol, may be a little tyrannical and a
trifle too fond of flashing their author-
ity in other people’s eyes to be alto-
gether soothing and agreeable, but this
is a fault that will pass. Besides, it is
already offset by so much added sym-
pathy and comprehension of woman's
needs that, prejudice aside, it is prob-
able that the woman boss is every whit
as easy to get along with and as pleas-
ant as the man boss. The fault lies,
too, just as much with the employe as
the employer, for we all know that a
woman will take with meekness and
humbleness of spirit a criticism from a
man that she would resent all over if it
came from a woman.

Probably there is no other fling
against the sex that has done more
harm than this charge that women are
always standing ready to antagonize
other women and to give a stab in the
dark if they get the chance. Unfor-
tunately, some color is given to the
story by foolish women themselves, who
are always saying *‘ If you want a friend,
choose a man,’’ or ‘‘]If you want to ask
a favor of anybody, go toa man.”’
People don’t stop to think that the
speakers don’t know what they are talk-
ing about, and that they are basing
their rosy theory of the worth of mascu-
line friendship on the fact that men
pay them compliments and send them
candy and violets. They have never
been in trouble and have not experience
enough to know that a man's friendship
for a woman is a fair weather fower
that blights under the salt rain of tears
and perishes at the very mention of
sickness and sorrow.

This isn’t to say that in a case of
want a man won’t give money just as
quickly as a woman. He will, and by
the same token he packs the pocketbook
and has more to give than a woman has,
but no one can deny that men have a
greater horror and a more cowardly
shrinking from facing the unpieasant
things of life like sickness and bereave-
ment and sorrow and death than women
have. Let a woman hear that a friend
has met with some great loss and her
first thought is to go right to her and at
least weep with her. A man may be
just as sorry for tke bereaved one, but
he will walk two miles to keep from
meeting her and having to behold her
sorrow. I once heard a silly girl make
the old stereotyped remark about going
to a man for a favor, instead of a wom-
an. A man of the world—a man whose
vast knowledge and experience of life
had taught him only pity and tender-
ness for human nature’s weaknesses—
was also listening to her, and I shall
never forget the reproof of his reply.
‘“A woman's best friend is always a
woman,’’ he said, and then he added
gravely, ‘‘I am sorry for any girl who
hasn’t women friends and who says she
doesn’t like women.’’

It always seems to me that there could
be no more comprehensive and unan-
swerable refutation of the fact that
women do not antagonize women than
is offered by the spectacle of the glori-
fication of woman that we see on every
hand. So far from resenting other wom-
en’s success the tendency now is to

 

overpraise it and to make mcuntains
out of mole hill achievements. Every
woman who knows enough to collect her
own rents and which is the business end
of a check we herald as a female Na-
poleon of finance; every woman who
can rise in meeting and make a speech
without reading it off of a be-ribboned
paper we proclaim an orator; every
woman who digs an essay on the An-
cient Byzantine Empire out of the en-
cyclopedia can sell us tickets to hear
her lecture ; every woman scribbler who
can write an article we can read without
going to sleep over we celebrate as an
author. It takes a deal less in the way
of performance to make a woman ia-
mous nowadays than it does a man, and
all this exploiting and blowing of trum-
pets is done by other women, mark you,
not by men. Of course, we may have
our little club squabbles and rivalries
for office, but that is neither here nor
there. Human nature is human nature,
whether it is in petticoats or trousers.
Men are not always altruistically anx-
ious for some other man to have the
best places, yet we hear nothing of the
antagonism of men for each other.

As a matter of fact there never was a
more baseless fabrication than the theory
that women regard every other woman
with suspicious jealousy, and are al-
ways waiting like a cat to pounce on
each other and give a scratch. Leta
woman have the misfortune of having
all her property swept away from her.

 

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21

 

Ninety-nine times out of a hundred it
is a woman who goes to her and_ cheers
her up and thinks of some way for her
to make a living. Let some girl show
phenomenal talent. It is sure to be
some woman who gets up the benett to
raise money to send her abroad to study
art or music. Ask the woman writer
who sai: the words of encouragement to
her that kept alive hone and ambition.
Always a woman, because men seldom
think of these things. More than that,
three-fourths of the time there isa wom-
an behind a man's generosity, remind-
ing him to do the things he would never
have remembered on earth if left to
himself.

Among working women this spirit of
good-will and mutual helpfulness is
still more apparent, and I think no one
who is really in touch with them will
accuse them of antagonizing each other
and trying to stand in each other’s way.
On the contrary, I have seen nothing
else in life | thought so beautiful as the
charity—the blessed charity that gives
itself as the gift—that you see so often
extended amongst them. I know a
teacher who works far beyond _ her
strength, but who still finds time to teach
poor girls in her specialty, in order that
they may command better salaries. |
know a little dressmaker who sits up
nights over her weary needle to make
pretty frocks for a shop girl too poor to
pay her. I have seen a woman give her
beautiful voice in concerts whose pro-
ceeds were to give some other woman
the advantages she could never have,
and so it goes in a thousand unnoticed
ways all about us. Is there any antag-
onism in that? Isn’t it whole-souled
generosity? And isn’t it time to stop
that old fiction?

The truth is, there is a great and
growing comradeship among women.
As long as we are built in the selfish
way we are, we Shall all want to roost
on the top rung of the ladder ourselves,
but if we can’t, we are glad to give
some other woman a boost up. There is
no true woman who dvesn’t rejoice in
every other woman’s success, and take
part of the credit for it to herself.

Dorothy Dix.
— i 2
Fallacious Theory of the Attraction of
the Opposites.

One of the time-honored platitudes
to which we all give more or less of cred-
ence is that we are most attracted to
people who are our opposites and who
possess the qualities, mental and phys-
ical, that we lack. This belief is the
corner-stone of the professional fortuner
teller’s art. The seeress always begins
her divinations by assuring the short,
dark woman that she will marry a tall,
blonde man, while her sister who is a
daughter of the gods divinely tall, and
most divinely fair, is given to know
that somewhere down the pathway of
life a swarthy individual, with brigand-
ish hair and piercing black eyes, is
waiting to capture her heart and hand.

Mild and serene temperaments and

stormy and passionate natures are also
supposed to have irresistible attractions
for each other, until the wonder is that
every family, with its high lights and
its shadows, its good and bad qualities,
so admirably balanced, isn’t the scene
of a mutual admiration society and the
abode of perpetual peace.

No one who notices the number of
pocket editions of women who are mar-
ried to big husbands and the hosts of
scrawny little men who are tagging
around in the wake of their big and
buxom spouses can deny the attraction

 

of opposites so far as physical appear-
ances are concerned. When it comes to
those who are our antitheses in mind
and disposition, however, the theory
doesn’t seem to work out so satisfactor-
ily, and a rather forcible illustration of
this has just been given by a New York
woman who has left her home because
after twelve years of persistent argu-
ment she could not convert her hushand
to her way of thinking about religion
and woman’s suffrage.

Of course, there is always something
to be said on both sides of a question
and one can point out that where the
husband and wife take radically differ-
ent views of every subject they are sure
to escape the ennui that afflicts so many
married couples. Conversations could
never languish where one could start a
redhot argument at a moment’s notice.
There are husbands and wives who
yawn in each other's society because
they feel they have threshed out every
subject of talk. This could never be
the case if the wife adored Wagner and
the husband could only endure the
negro minstrels, where he cared only for
the daily paper and she was a Brown-
ing devotee, to say nothing of the gin-
ger that would be infused into the sit-
uation if she was a free-silver Bryanite
and he swore by Mark Hanna.

Such a state of affairs would be
piquant, but it needs only the most ele-
mentary knowledge of human nature _ to
assure us that it would not be harmoni-
ous. In reality we have a certain vanity
that attracts us to people who are like
us, not different.
pathy is merely the same point of view,
and without that there can be no affec-
tion or happiness in a household. The
opposite opinion may be interesting,
but it is likely to be also very aggra-
vating. What we want is somebody to
agree with us, not contradict us, and
certainly no one’s ideal of a tappy
home Is a place that is the scene of a
perpetual debate. It is ail very well to
theorize about the attraction of op-
posites, but it is safest to marry a man
who has the same politics and_ religion
and likes the same kind of cooking.

Cora Stowell.
——__>-2 >
Largest Grape Growing Region.

Contrary to the belief of many people,
the largest grape-growing region in the
world is not the champagne districts of
France, neither the sunny valley of
Southern California, for Western New
York owns the title by virtue of 50,000
acres now given over to grape culture.
In the Keuka lake region of Western
Central New York there are 30,000 acres
in vineyards, and the other 20,000 acres
are in the Chautauqua belt. The two
districts are made one by a sort of grape
isthmus, which runs down toward the
southwest corner of the State. The har-
vest in these great vineyards amounts to
nearly 7,500 carloads this year. That
means more than 22,500,000 nine-pound
baskets of grapes or nearly three pounds
of the fruit for every man, woman and
child in the country. To harvest this
gigantic fruit product requires the
services of between 6,000 and 6,500
pickers, most of whom are women. The
women are preferred, because they pick
the fruit more rapidly and pack it more
neatly than the men, who are only em-
ployed to do the heavier work of haul-
ing, lifting and driving. Many of the
girls come from the inland districts of
Pennsylvania, Northern Ohio, Southern
New York and even farther away. A
good picker usually gets from 80 to 9o
cents a day when she boards herself or
$3 a week and board for working ten
hours a day.”’

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she makes us lose, so long as she never
makes us lose our honesty and our inde-
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% gal. flat or rd. bot., per doz.........
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No. 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. 3 15
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1 gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz.. 1 58
2 gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz.. 278
3 gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz.. a7
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orders.
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We are taking orders for spring.

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GAS AND GASOLINE MANTLES

Glover’s Unbreakable and Gem Mantles are the
best, but we carry every make. Our prices are
the lowest. Try Glover’s Mantle Renewer.
One bottle will make 100 old mantles like new—
removes all spots, ete. 90c¢ per doz. bottles.
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Manufacturers, Importers and Jobbers of
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22

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

The New York Market

Special Features of the Grocery and Prod-
uce Trades.
Special Correspondence.

New York, Oct. 27—The coffee mar-
ket has taken on additional strength
since last week and- we have had some
advance in quotations, owing partiy to
firmer quotations from Europe and small
receipts at Rio and Santos, with firmer
markets there. Whether the advance
will be long sustained is a question.
At the close, No. 7 is quotable in an
invoice way at 8%c. The amount of
Brazil in store and afloat does not vary
much from last year, being 1,138,254
bags, against 1,291,057 bags at the
same time last year. Speculators have
been doing rather more business than
usual and an advance of about 10 points
has taken place. The market for mild
grades is of an average character.
Offerings are not very large, but this
does not seem to affect the situation and
good Cucuta cannot be named higher
than 93% @ioc. East India growths are
quiet and practically without change.

Jobbers are not giving large orders for
sugars, evidently being determined not
to be caught with large supplies on hand
in case another drop comes. General
demand is very sluggish, the grocery
trade generally seeming to be pretty
well supplied. Refiners are not giving
long guarantees and the National Co.
extends the same to Nov. 15. As re-
finers seem to have sufficient raw ma-
terial to work on for the present the
market for raw sugar is very dull.

Spot business in teas has shrunken to
the smallest possible proportions and
for the moment there is nothing what-
ever of interest to chronicle. Dealers,
however, seem to be confident of higher
prices within a short period and some
of them advise liberal purchases on
present basis. Buyers, however, are not
responding to the appeal with great
avidity and seem to be ‘‘layin’ low.”’

Orders for rice are not large, but there
are a good many of them and altogether
they form a good total. Quotations are
practically without change. Prime to
choice Southern, 5%@53c.

Spices are unchanged. Buyers are
not paying much attention to the situa-
tion and the immediate outlook is for a
continuation of this sort of thing. Stocks
are not large, however, and cold weath-
er may cause some improvement.

The weather has been too warm to al-
low of much activity in the molasses
line, and yet the situation is not dis-
couraging. Prices are generally firmly
adhered to and, as stocks here are light
and supplies reported as coming in
rather slowly, sellers feel that they will
soon have a ‘‘good thing.’* Quotations
show no change. Syrups are dull. Sup-
plies are not large, but there seems to
be enough to meet all requirements.
Prime to fancy sugar, 20@26c.

 

 

Canned goods buyers show no dispo-

sition to buy round lots and take only
enough to fill gaps. Some _ concession
is reported to have been made in some
cases where it was necessary to move
stock. There seems to be very little
canned corn carried over this year, and
the new stock enters the market in good
shape, and yet there is considerable
pressure to sell. Maine No. 2 is worth
7oc for standard here with fancy stock
85c f. o. b. Portland. Demand is slow
for tomatoes within a range of 82%@
87%4 for No. 3 N. J. standards.

Lemons are dull and the supply of
oranges, being limited, causes inactiv-
ity in that line. Prices are practically as
last week. The very warm weather
has, perhaps, caused rather more firm-
ness for lemons than would otherwise
have been the case.

Apples are plenty and cheap. Of
course, for strictiy fancy fruit the de-
mand is good and prices are well sus-
tained. The supply is abundant for
medium grades, and the same is true of
many other fruits, such as quinces,
whole baskets of which seem to be full
of knots and holes.

Dried fruits are dull and prices are
low. Raisins are, perhaps, an excep-
tion, as the holiday trade will soon be
in full swing, and this important staple

 

must be dealt with graciously. Prunes,
dates, figs, etc., are selling fairly well.

The butter market is well cleaned up.
Arrivals are not very large and, with
good demand, matters seem to be in
sellers’ favor. Best Western creamery
is worth 22%c. This seems to be about
top, and the goods must stand the test.
Imitation creamery is worth from 14%
@i8c; Western factory, 144%4@16c.

Full cream, large, colored, fancy
State cheese is worth 107%@tic. The
market is rather quiet. Exporters are
doing about all the business.

The egg market is steady. Best West-
ern stock is worth 21c; other grades from
16@1igc. The weather is warm and the
supply is large enough to prevent any
‘‘egg famine.’’

The bean market is strong. The
supply is light and, with a good de-
mand, sellers are having the inside
track. Marrows range from $2. 10@2. 50,
latter for choice; pea, choice, $2.10;
choice red kidney, $2.55@2. 60.

Receipts of Jamaica oranges since
Oct. 1 have been 18,200 barrels and
7,500 boxes, against 15,000 barrels and
2,500 boxes during the same time last
year. Receipts of bananas, 191,300
bunches, against 240,000 bunches to the
same datc last season.

It is thought that the world’s visible
supply of coffee will show an increase
for the month of October of from 550, -
000 to 600,000 bags.

a a
Butter By the Yard.
From the Southern Agriculturist.

Probably Cambridge, England, is the
only place in the world where one would
be likely to find butter sold by linear
measure, but here, in accordance with
the old custom, it is sold by the yard.
For generations it has been the practice
of Cambridgeshire dairy folk to roll
their butter into lengths, each length
measuring a yard and weighing a
pound. Deftly wrapped in strips of
clean, white cloth, the cylindrical rolls
are packed in long and narrow baskets
made for the purpose, and thus con-
veyed to market.

The butter women that in white linen
aprons and sleeves preside over the
stalls in the mart have no_ need of
weights or scales for dispensing their
wares. Constant practice and experi-
enced eye enable them with a stroxe of
the knife to divide a yard of butter into
halves or quarters with almost mathe-
matical exactness.

The university people are the chief
buyers of this curiously shaped article.
In addition to being famed for its purity
and sweetness, Cambridge ‘‘yard but-
ter’’ is eminently adapted for serving
out to the university students in the
daily commons. Cut in conveniently
sized pieces and accompanied by a loaf
of the best wheaten bread, a stated por-
tion is sent around every morning to the
rooms of the undergraduates for use at
the daily breakfast and tea.

oa <>
Going West and Northwest.

The best line west of Chicago, if you
are going to any point in Montana,
Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah,
Nevada or California, is the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Di-
rect and short lines between Chicago,
Sioux City, Omaha, Milwaukee, La
Crosse, St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Solid vestibuled, electric lighted, steam
heated trains; free reclining chair cars;
compartment and sleeping cars; the
finest dining cars in the world. If you
contemplate a trip West or Northwest
call on any coupon ticket agent in the
United States or write to Harry Mercer,
Michigan Passenger Agent, 32 Campus
Martius, Detroit, Mich., saying where
you are going, about when you will
start, how many there will be in the
party, and full information, with maps,
time tables and rates of fare will be
promptly furnished free. Be sure to ask
for your tickets via C., M. & St. P.
Railway.

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give credit if your note is in bank, as
your dependence upon your debtor may
cause your iaeniell.

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Geo. N. Huff & Co.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN §
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COOLERS AND COLD STORAGE ATTACHED.
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POULTRY, EGGS, ETC.

We handle everything in the line of Farm Prod-
uce and Field Seeds. Our “Shippers’ Guide,” or

SEED. Seed Manual” f licati
“See anual” free on application.
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WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
BUTTER, EGGS AND POULTRY,

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References.
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Dun’sor Bradstreet’s Agencies.

Branch Houses.
New York, 874 Washington st.
Brooklyn, 225 Market avenue.

 

 

 

ESTABLISHED 1890.

Hermann @. Naumann & Co.

Wholesale Butchers, Produce and

Commission Merchants.
Our Specialties; Creamery and Dairy Butter, New-Laid Eggs, Poultry and Game.
Fruits of all kinds in season. .
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J.B. HAMMER & CO.,

WHOLESALE

FRUIT AND PRODUCE DEALERS

Specialties: Potatoes, Apples, Onions, Cabbage, Melons and Oranges in car lots.

125 E. Front Street, Cincinnati, O.
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WHEN YOU WANT

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honest quotations.

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Eastern Markets.

Elkhart, Ind., Oct. 26—An egg laid
on an Illinois farm on Sunday is poached
in New York and served on toast on
Wednesday for dinner. It is not shipped
by mail or express either. Nowadays
the railway mail service men are wont
to say that a letter will reach such and
such a town for such and such a deliv-
ery within a given time. So will an
egg or a pound of butter. A box of
eggs will leave Chicago at 7:15 p. m.
Sunday and will be delivered by the
third delivery in New York on Wednes-
day. This is all accomplished by the
great dairy trains which have become
marvels in the matter of marketing the
products of Western farms in Eastern
markets. A train consisting of from
twenty-two to thirty loaded cars of but-
ter and eggs, each car having a capacity
of twenty-five tons, is run through from
Chicago to New York in sixty hours.
The famous New York and Chicago fas
mail on the Lake Shore road, which is
ladened with orders and returns for the
Western dairymen, is seemingly little
faster than the Red Line dairy train
which rushes in the opposite direction
over the same tracks carrying the prod-
uts for which the mail train is filled
with orders and checks. Considering
the difference in tonnage and the num-
ber of heavy cars in the train the dairy
flyer seems as marvelously fast as the
train which is kept in Uncle Sam’s
service and every day in the year cov-
ers the 1,000 miles from the Atlantic to
Lake Michigan in twenty-four hours.

Nowadays a string of cars are hooked
together in Chicago. They have all of
the modern equipment of passenger
coaches, there being a force of air from
the locomotive to the dinkey. They are
hustled out of Chicago with all of the
speed of a train of a higher class and
they are kept going until they reach
New York. That this is so is owing to
the foresight and ingenuity of two men,
both of whom are now dead. One of
them originated the plan of dispatching
such products and the other invented
what railroad men from one end of the
country to the other call the ‘‘freezer,’’
but which to the commercial world is
known as the refrigerator car.

To William Kasson is said to be due
the credit of expediting freight, and
William W. Chandler was probably the
originator of the idea of an ice-box on
wheels. Before the days of refrigerator
cars and fast freights no railway corpo-
ration would allow any of its cars to go
beyond its own line for fear they would
never be seen again. The rolling stock
was kept in sight by means of the par-
ticular gauge of each road. Thirty-five
years ago there were four different
gauges between Chicago and New York
and in consequence there were three
transfers between these points. The
time in which to reach the Eastern sea-
board was from twenty days to two
months. There was a step forward
when Kasson noted the delay occasioned
by the transfers. Just previous to the
war he organized a_ large force of la-
borers and distributed them along the
line where such transfers were made.
He then solicited business ‘‘to be taken
care of’’ and ‘‘dispatched’’ at several
points. This movement was the first that
ever got the name of fast freight and
Kasson cleared something like $10 a
ton on hisscheme. His dispatch reached
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Louis-
ville, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Detroit,
Chicago and other points of the fast-
developing West.

In the meantime, unto the butter,
cheese and egg world was born a com-
mercial Moses. W. W. Chandler, who
had commenced railroading in Ohio,
had turned his inventive genius toward
a contrivance in which perishable
freight could be preserved for some con-
siderable time. He took into a car shop
a lot of discarded freight cars and fash-
ioned them into freezers. They had
double sides, roofs and floors. Between
they were packed with sawdust. There
was a hole in the floor between the

doors for the leakage of water, where

 

the box was put after the car was loaded
and the load trimmed down to the door-
ways. The butter, at that time, was
made in rolls and shipped to Chicago
in nail keys and shoe boxes, when it
was repacked in firkins by the commis-
sion men. In those days it used up the
price of seven and three-fourth pounds
of butter to market 1oo pounds. Now
somewhere near two and a half pounds
will carry a hundredweight in the finest
modern cars at a speed about as fast as
the swiftest mail train of to-day. For-
merly it required seven days of twenty-
four hours each to get the product to the
New York market, while to-day it is
done in two and a half.

Think of the magnitude of this great
dairy business when it is considered that
nearly all of the railroads are bringing
into Chicago the product of thousands
of Western farms by the carload. Some
years ago one carload for one point was
a big thing. Now there are more than
twenty cars for one market in twenty-
four hours. Then shippers were limited
to 20,000 pounds to the car, while to-
day a good freezer will hold twenty-five
tons. The Lake Shore people have ex-
tensive re-icing plants, where the cars
are re-supplied with ice en route.

In most cases special crews of men
are reserved to run these Red Line
dairy trains. They are among the most
experienced men in the employ of the
Lake Shore company. Stops are made
only to change crews and locomotives.
Now and then it becomes necessary to
set out a car of dead freight and take on
a car of perishable matter, but these
are the only delays, aside from acci-
dent, which a dairy train has in its
thousand-mile run to Father Knicker-
bocker’s great market. By daylight the
Indiana-Ohio line has been crossed and
the train is soon within the limits of
Toledo, then Cleveland, after which the
great steel highway along Lake Erie is
taken and traversed to Buffalo. Then
through the Empire State, itself a great
producer of dairy products, the train
rolls swiftly marketward, until it strikes
the New York Central & Hudson River
line at Albany and scuds down along
the old historic shore, reaching Gotham
on the morning of the third day out
from Chicago.

 

> 2 >

No Competition in Live Poultry in New
York,

From the New York Commercial.

There is practically no competition
in the live poultry business in New
York City. The business is controlled
by a combination of dealers and the
combination has up to this time been
strong enough to keep out all competi-
tors and absolutely control prices.
This combination controls a business
that amounts in the aggregate to about
$3,000,000 a year and prices are kept
up to a figure which leaves the combi-
nation a very handsome profit.

The Greater New York Live Poultry
Dealers’ Association, which was organ-
ized in April, 1899, is the organization
which binds together the dealers who
control the market and it has for some
time been claimed that the combination
has strong political backing which en-
abled it to secure exclusive privileges
and to bar competition.

Some time ago the Arthur Jordan Co.,
one of the largest firms in the United
States dealing in live poultry, made an
effort to break into the business in this
city. This firm has its headquarters
in Indianapolis and does business all
over the country. It made two efforts
to obtain a permit from the Board of
Health to establish a live poultry mar-
ket in New York in the same part of
the city in which the markets of the
firms which are members of the combi-
nation are located. Its efforts were un-
successful and the firm was loud in its
claims that it was the victim of a polit-
ical conspiracy. <A letter from Mr. Jor-
dan, the head of the firm, said:

‘“ There is not the slightest doubt that
the speculators and holders of permits
to kill poultry in New York are ina
combine to control prices, and the com-
mission merchants have now formed a
separate association, so that the live
poultry business in New York at  pres-
ent is completely controlled by two or-

 

ganizations. Call them trusts or what-
ever you please, competition is now
eliminated, and the combine fixes the
price of all live poultry going to Greater
New York.

‘‘The matter of my permit is now in
the hands of my attorney and suit will
be instituted during the October term
of the Federal Court in New York. |
am advised that the Board of Health
will be forced to either grant the permit
to me or rescind all other permits
granted on the lower East Side of New
York City. All the facts concerning the
poultry trust will be brought out. Nu-
merous affidavits are already in my
possession which disclose the actual
purposes of the trust.

‘*The main evidence of the existence
of a trust was brought to the attention
of the Board of Health. Every one
familiar with the Tammany organiza-
tions in New York will understand why
the Board of Health was not influenced
by that evidence. I was informed that
an assessment was made of about
$5,000 and used in defeatirg my ap-
plication. Where this money was used
I do not know.

‘‘When the Board of Health voted
there was a majority of one vote against
the issuing of my permit. 1 have no
doubt that $10,000 or $20,000 might just
as easily have been raised among the
members of the live poultry association.
George Brown stated to the Board‘of
Health that to allow shippers to send
their poultry direct to the market them-
selves in New York would ruin the live
poultry commission business. I think
he was right.

‘“There are two unnecessary profits
between the shipper and consumer in
the New York live poultry market, and
when | secure this permit these two
profits will be eliminated, as it is my
intention to ship direct to the jobbing
butchers, leaving out both the commis-
sion merchant and speéulator. The pre-
tense that the business of the Arthur
Jordan Co, is a trust, with headquarters
at Indianapolis, is all rot. Our busi-
ness was built up by the parties who

 

now own and control it and it is in no
sense a combination of different inter-
ests to monopolize or control the busi-
HESS, |

The indignation of the firm against
the combine seems to be dying out, how-
ever, for Dallas Flannagan, the attorney
who represents the Arthur Jordan Co.,
recently remarked: ‘* The condition of
the matter at present is just this: We
have made two efforts to get a permit to
establish a live poultry market from the
Board of Health and the trust has suc-
ceeded in preventing us from doing so.
The Board has finally ruled that there
must be no more live poultry markets
established below Thirty-fourth street.
This practically shuts us out. There is
no use in trying to sell candles in the
Pacific Ocean and there is no use trying
to sell live chickens in any part of the
city except the parts where the popula-
tion is of the Jewish faith. For religious
reasons they prefer to buy their poultry
alive.
‘‘We made preparations to fight the
matter in the courts and we may fight it
out in the courts yet and enter the lo-
cal business and break down _ trust
prices. Just at present we are doing
nothing in a legal way, however, as ne-
gotiations are pending between the com-
pany I represent and the trust to take it
in. If it can make these arrangements
it would be foolish to fight.

‘*I do not know just when the negotia-
tions between my client and the trust
will be concluded, but until they are
nothing more will be attempted in a le-
gal way.’’

 

—> > --—

Children playing with matches caused
ninety-one fires last year. Cigars and
Cigarettes caused go12; electric wires
and lights, 750; boilers and engines,
387; incendiarism, 6,744; lightning,
2,760; spontaneons combustion, 1,235;
six were due to the sun’s rays. The
causes of 13,127 fires were not discov-
ered.

 

Money is the root of all evil, but we
all keep on rooting for it just the same.

 

 

Peaches, Pears, Plums, Apples, Grapes, Etc.

Sold on commission, bought or contracted for.

Write for prices, etc.

R. Hirt, Jr.,

Wholesale Produce Merchant,

34 and 36 Market St., Detroit, Mich.

Cold Storage, 435, 437, 439 Winder St.

REFERENCES:
City Savings Bank, Commercial Agencies and trade in general.

 

BEANS

We are in the market for all grades

If any to offer send good size sampl2 and

we will make bids for car lots or less.

We are also in the market for Clover, Alsyke, Pop Corn.

Write us.

ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CoO.

GRAND RAPIDS,

MICH.

 

We want

BEANS

in carlots or less.

We wish to deal direct with merchants.

Write for prices.

G. E. BURSLEY & CO., FT. WAYNE, IND.

BEANS=-

WANTED—Bceans in small lots and by carload.

=-BEANS

If can offer any

Beans send one pound sample each grade and will endeavor

to trade with you.

MOSELEY BROS.

Jobbers of Fruits, Seeds, Beans and Potatoes

26, 28, 30, 32 Ottawa Street

Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

 

elegans

  

24

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

 

Clerks’ Corner.

Not Making the Most of an Opportunity.
Written for the Tradesman.

 

 

It was a stormy October day. The
wind and the rain had been evidently
disgusted with youthful depravity’s
previous attempts to celebrate Halloween
at Springborough and _ had started in
early with the determined purpose of
‘showing ‘em how.’’ They came down
early upon the store, but found no en-
couragement. Not a blind was loose
and even the back door, that could ai-
ways be depended on for at least one
good bang, was as firm and immovable
as the everlasting hills. As early as ten
o'clock it began to pour and, forgetting
the usual let-up for dinner, it kept right
on for an hour or iwo, until there was
no more chance for a customer, man or
woman, to venture out for the remain-
der of that day than there was for them
to escape a drenching if they should
undertake it. Old Man Means made
the most of the opportunity to write up
his books and Carl late in the morning
had straightened out the back store, so
that now he began whistling what the
storekeeper called his graveyard tune
and to beat the time on the window
pane with his fingers.

For some reason, never explained,
that particular air had the effect of a
rebellion upon the usually controlled
nerves of the storekeeper and for a
while whistler and whistled to were
hardly aware of any mental disturbance
when, as if he couldn’t stand it an in-
stant longer, Old Man Means slammed
the ledger lids together with a desire
to know if that infernal whistle and the
more infernal tune could be stopped
without both being landed together in
the puddle in the middle of the street.

“‘Isn’t there anything that you can
busy yourself with? A read you can
book, ora file you can saw or—or any-
thing?’’

By that time, however, the good
man’s equanimity was restored and,
coming around from his desk, he took a
com popper from under the counter that
had often seen service on similar days
and directed Carl to bring on his corn.

After the crunching of the snowy ker-
nels had gone on for a time and the
corn hunger had been somewhat ap-
peased, he put the half filled popper in-
to the boy’s hands, remarking as he did
so: ‘‘I’ve been watching you, Carl,
for a week or two and I'm wondering
why I don’t see you interested more in
something that’s going to be of service
to you by and by. Young men don’t
know much and can't know much any-
way; but if there’s anything to you,
you are going to look back upon this
getting ready time and wonder why you
didn’t have sense enough to turn it to
better account.

‘*You seem to be well enough satisfied
with being a business man and, if
that’s so, vou are exactly where a young
lawyer and a young doctor are when
they are struggling to get into practice.
It is more than a dull time—it’s despair-
ing; and for ten good years some of
them have to wait for their chance.
That is their test time, I call it. If
they spend it doing nothing—-there’s
where my dig at you comes in—no read-
ing, no study, nothing which tends _to-
wards culture, they are going to be sec-
ond class—or worse—all their days.
They can manage to scrimp along and
get through life somehow; but they

 

never take a high place in the com-

munity because they don’t know enough
of the things the world wants.

‘‘That’s what’s the matter with the
schoolmaster over here. He reads Latin
like a house afire, but he reads it
through his nose. You can’t stick him
on a Greek root, but he’ll stand all day
with his hands on his lips like a wash-
woman and with one foot ona chair
without ever fancying that his learning
only makes more conspicuous his lack
of that real culture which the boys and
girls need most in this neighborhood.
Now I believe that a storekeeper, while
he can get along with the multiplica-
tion and the rule of ‘thumb’ and
‘three’ must have something more
than that to be what the community
has the right to expect and to demand
of him. He can measure potatoes and
calico without caring much about spell-
ing and it doesn’t make any particular
difference in this neck 0’ woods whether
he says caow or cow; but it does make
a difference to his own life and the life
of the village after shutting up time
whether he’s a fool or a man of cul-
ture, and I say that genuine culture is
what the country is needing to-day
more than anything else.

‘*You’ll hear more or less about there
being room atthe top. The theory's
all right and the practice is all right;
but I’ve found that it takes a pretty vig-
orous shaking for even the big lumps
of the sugar bow] to get there and I’ve
a homely idea that the world is just as

well off with the big fellows down
among the smaller lumps and_ the
grains. Culture in the parlor and cul-

ture on a_ pedestal and culture on the
heights—anywhere except down among
people where it can do the most good—
has been the maxim of the world too
long. A student on one end of a log
and good, old Mark Hopkins on the
other end is the college that is training
the worid, and everybody knows that a
boost is better than a pull up any day—
there's more to it.

‘*The fact of the case is, getting on
ir the world is simply getting ‘good
and ready’ for the next thing that
comes. You can _ hang around the sta-
tion all day, but you never can go any-
where without you have a ticket, unless
you beat your way and that isn’t the
kind of man we are talking about. A
man has to get on the right train; but
I’ve noticed that it doesn’t make any
difference to that sort of blunderhead
what train he boards—he never ‘gets
there.’ That's what I want you to look
out for, Carl. Get something that's
worth reading or studying and peg away
at it. The trade paper will keep you
in touch with the business world—your
common sense will make you say yes
to that—and the rest of the time you
want to take in building up—building
up! There isn’t any royal road to learn-
ing nor to anything else, as I look at it,
any more than there is a chance of the
doors opening to a man until he is
ready to enter them. That getting
ready can be done right here as well as
anywhere. Then, with all your getting,
if you get understanding enough to be-
lieve that real success in life is doing,
‘without flinching and with utter faith-
fulness, the duty that stands next to
you,’ you're going to be the man of
the community wherever you are and I
am going to be mighty proud of you.

‘“Let’s have another popperful of
corn.’’ Richard Malcolm Strong.

—_—+§_» 9. __

If you think you do not need friends

you either have too high an opinion of

yourself or too low an opinion of your
friends.

Why He Backslid.

‘‘A little over four years ago,’’ said
Smithson, ‘‘I made up my mind that |
was smoking too much. It didn’t seem
to affect my health in the least, but I
thought it was a foolish waste of money,
and I decided to give it up.’”’

‘*A very sensible idea, indeed,’’ re-
marked Brownlow.

‘So I thought at the time. I figured
out, as closely as 1 could, how much I
had been spending each day for cigars
and tobacco. That sum | set aside each
day and started a banking account with
it. I wanted to be able to show just ex-
actly how much | had saved by not
smoking. ”’

‘‘And how did it work?’’ enquired
Brownlow,

**At the end of twelve months I found
that | had $265 in the bank.’’

‘*Good! Could you lend me—’’

‘And a few days later,’’ interrupted
Smithson, ‘‘last Thursday, in fact—the
bank failed. You haven't got a cigar
about you, have you?’’
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Many Shinplasters Still Out.

It has been recently estimated that
there is still outstanding more than
$15,000,000 of the old ‘‘shinplasters’’ or
fractional paper currency. No doubt
much of this has been destroyed, but
private collectors are believed to hold
great quantities of the bills. They are
still redeemable at face value, although
they are no longer legal tender.

——__»9.

An enterprising farmer in the Em-
menthal, Switzerland, has broken away
from all the old customs that have dom-
inated Swiss farming. He has turned
the force of a convenient stream into
power and generates an electric current
strong enough to run a_ planing ma-
chine, a fruit crusher, a threshing ma-
chine anda pump. The peasants come
from miles around to gaze in astonish-
ment at a farm house and stable _bril-
liantly illuminated with electric lamps.

 

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glass in each box.

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Commercial Travelers

Michigan Knights of the Grip

President, E. J. SCHREIBER, Bay City; See-
retary, A. W. Srirr, Jackson; Treasurer,
O. C. GOULD, Saginaw.

Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association
President, A. MARYMONT, Detroit; Secretary
and Treasurer, Gro. W. HI, Detroit.

 

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

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

Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Accident Association

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

 

 

Gripsack Brigade.

Ovid Register: Chas. Walters is
traveling in the Southwest for Voorhees
& Martin, proprietors of the Ovid De-
vice Works.

Jackson Patriot: E. E. Johnson has
resigned his position as traveling sales-
man for the Franklin Mills Co., Lock-
port, N. Y., and taken a similar posi-
tion with the Quincy Roller Mill Co.
of Quincy, Mich.

Joseph Vandervest, for the past two
years clerk in the shoe store of Rice &
Cossler, of Cadillac, has engaged to
travel for the Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co.,
covering the Upper Peninsula and
Northern Wisconsin. He is getting out
his samples this week and will start out
on his initial trip about Nov. 12.

Ypsilanti Sentinel: Bert Goodel has
resigned his position in the Davis gro-
cery store to travel for the J. B. Ford
Co. Mr. Goodel has been employed
by the Davis store, formerly Harris
Bros., for many years, and he has many
friends who will regret his departure
{rom the city. He expects to make Wis-
consin towns.

Detroit Free Press: The Detroit and
Cleveland police are making a com-
bined effort to lccate H. S. Bidwell, a
traveling salesman in the employ of
Glick, Moyer & Co., of Cleveland, who
was last seen in this city last Wednes-
day. Onthe same day he wrote a letter
to his wife and addressed it to the fam-
ily home, 89 Eastman street, in Cleve-
lad, telling her that she would never see
him again, asshe was too good for him.

A Bay City dispatch, under date of
Oct. 27, is as follows: Anodd meeting
took place in the lobby of the Fraser
House to-day. Two commercial travel-
ers of the name of J. W. McKenzie,
have been traveling over the country for
seven years. They have each received
and opened mail belonging to the other.
One is stout, the other slim, but both
genial, good fellows. When they found
each other’s name on the register they

sought acquaintance and sat down and:

swapped stories and experiences for sev-
eral hours.

Manley Jones, chairman of Post E, is
in receipt of the following letter from
President Schreiber: ‘‘By virtue of a
resolution of the Board of Directors,
adopted at the last regular meeting of
the Board, held at Saginaw, Saturday,
Sept. 1, authorizing the President to lo-
cate the next convention, I accept your
kind invitation, in behalf of our order,
feeling that the travelers of Grand Rap-
ids, as well as the citizens at large of
your beautiful city, will do all in their
power to make the convention an un-
qualified success from every point of
view.’’

Marquette Mining Journal: The lat-
est story on the South Shore depot here
will bear repetition. -A traveling man

 

who hails from the East accosted a well
known citizen standing at the corner of
Front and Superior streets yesterday,
asking him, ‘‘ Where is the depot?’’ In
response he received, ‘‘There you are,”’
the gentleman designating the structure
sought by pointing his finger. The
questioner gazed at the building and
then flared up in these words, ‘‘I think
you would have the decency to answer
a civil question.’’ The Marquette man
was amazed, but managed to assure the
second party that he was not ‘*joshing’’
but that he was in reality directing him
to the depot. ‘‘That!’’ said the stranger,
as he apologized for his warmth, ‘‘that !
Why, the Pennsylvania road wouldn't
put coal in that building.’’

John T. Watkins (Musselman Grocer
Co.) has returned from Europe and _re-
sumed his visits to his trade. Although
he was born in England, he considers
that country far behind the American
in everything except the health of the
people. He was raised near Nottingham,
which is still using horse cars, although
it is a city of 400,000 inhabitants. Mr.
Watkins visited the Paris exposition,
where he found little to commend and
many things to condemn. He is espe-
cially severe on the craft and avarice of
the French people, who treated their
visitors with the same consideration
that the gambler does his victim. As
an instance of the disposition to plun-
der foreigners, Mr. Watkins relates the
circumstances attending a luncheon he
purchased on the exposition grounds.
He sat down beside a Frenchman and
motioned to the waiter to duplicate his
companion’s order. When the meal
was finished the Frenchman was charged
a franc and a half, while the American

was taxed three and a half francs.
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The Boys Behind the Counter.

Battle Creek—Fred Larmour succeeds
Mark Seligman as clerk in the drug
store of Charles E. Humphrey.

Constantine—Milo P. Merritt has a
new clerk in the person of Arthur Ed-
ward Wilson, of Marcellus.

Glen Arbor—C. G. Wareham has
taken the management of J. O. Nessen
& Co.’s_ mercantile and lumbering op-
erations at this place. Mr. Wareham
hails from Bear Lake.

Petoskey——Roy Streeter, formerly
with A. D. Baughman, at Charlotte,
has taken a position in the clothing
store of S. Rosenthal & Sons.

Saugatuck—C. E. Bird has taken the
management of J. Bright's drug store.

Ishpeming—Hugh Sparks, who has
been in the employ of J. Sellwood &
Co. for some time, has resigned his po-
sition and gone to Duluth to take charge
of the fancy grocery department of
Henry Folz.

Quincy—George Bowles _ succeeds
Fred Mellen as clerk in the hardware
store of James Pope.

Ovid—Chas. Porter has resigned his
position at Jillson’s and gone to Chesa-
ning to take charge of the Clark shoe
store. Frank Clark returns to Ovid.

Bay City—W. E. English, formerly
manager of H. G. Wendland & Co.’s
carpet and drapery department, has
accepted a similar position in Barie’s
new dry goods store at Saginaw.

——_2> 20 2._

For Campaign Use Only.

‘“I suppose you have to take care to
be absolutely accurate in your calcula-
tions,’’ said the man who was watching
the statistician work.

‘‘No,’’ answered the man of math-
ematics. ‘‘These figures are for cam-
paign purposes. What is expected of
me is to be convincingly inaccurate, ’’

 

The Only Solution Is to Kill the Cook,

It is related with every assurance of
probability that a despairing commer-
cial traveler who loved his country and
his coffee, on contemplating the tepid
concoction that the untidy hand maiden
of the much-serving Martha had placed
beside his plate, asked with resignation
in face and voice as if seeking for in-
formation: ‘‘May I venture, madam,
to enquire if this this’’—language
failing, he tapped his cup with his tea-
spoon—‘‘is tea or coffee?’’ ‘‘Certain-
ly, sir,’’ was the exultant reply, glad
that the question was easy, ‘‘a little of
both!’ Thanking his Heavenly Father
that he had not been betrayed into
drinking the villainous compound, he
yet went out at odds with the world and
found at sunset that it had been a day
of failure.

With so much depending upon a cup
of coffee it is pertinent to enquire if it
is not possible for human stomachs to
rebel against the imposition that is reg-
ularly supplied to it and to insist that
good coffee shall at a reasonable price
be furnished. It is strongly insisted by
the average housekeeper that the pa-
trons of country hotels should not ex-
pect high priced coffee for the morning
meal. Java and Mocha at 35 and 4o
cents a pound make a good cup of
coffee, but they are not within reach of
the country hotels, any more than other
high priced foods are. Again,the whole
matter is one of fancy rather than fact.
A few epicures who think of only what
they swallow can tell the difference be-
tween Mocha and Java or a blend of
both. The majority of coffee drinkers
know no difference between these and
Maracaibo and many a boarder who in-
sists that ‘‘you can’t fool him’’ will
praise a cup of Rio which he declares is
genuine Java. The man who expects
coffee should also expect to pay for it
and right there the whole question
hinges.

It seems so, but it doesn’t. It is a
pretty generally admitted fact that
coffee well worth drinking is not in the
majority of instances a question of
price. A good article can be secured
from what is often considered an in-
different berry. Indeed, it is doubtful if
real Mocha ever cheers the American
senses with its matchless aroma. Java
is found oftener on the American table
and is just as often the insipid stuff
mixed with tea that was offered to the
outraged boarder. Candor willingly ad-
mits that beans and chicory ‘and bran
and brown bread are palmed_ off upon
an unsuspecting public—and it makes
little difference what that kind of pub-
lic drinks —but it at the same time in-
sists that in ninety-nine cases out of a
hundred the real reason for poor coffee
is the cook. Nine families out of ten
have no idea what real coffee is. A
gallon of water and a tablespoonful of
coffee (?) is put on to boil and if it
looks too strong on pouring it is diluted,
That and the dirty cup of the ordinary
hotel finish the business, and all day
long the consequent ‘“stratagems,
schemes and spoils’’ go on!

It is submitted then that the cvok
should be looked after. If it be true
that a poor grade of coffee well and
carefully made will give better results
than a good grade put through an in-
different process of preparation, it is
wrong not to insist that the cook, or the
party responsible for her, him or it,
should be held strictly to account for
the swindle. From first toJast it is a
matter of carelessness and _ indifference.
Good material or bad comes on unfit

 

for use. Commercially, it is cheating.
Physically, it is debilitating. Mental-
ly, it is discouraging and, morally, -it is
highly provocative of profanity and so
productive of wickedness. Coffee, as
heaven intended it to be, is a blessing.
Spoiled, as it usually is, it is a univer-
sal curse ; and a long suffering human-
ity seems to be reaching that point
where the only way out of the awful
condition of things is to kill the cook.
—_* 6+. __

Queer Things Noticed in Traveling.

Did you ever notice, when the trains
reach the terminal station, how the pas-
sengers in a car line up for the front
door? It is only the occasional passen-
ger who backs out of the car and so gets
ahead of the waiters at the rear end of
the queue. The others, the normal pas-
Sengers, seem to feel that so long as
they are headed right they are making
the best possible progress.

When you see a passenger occupying
the middle of the seat, evidently in the
hope that nobody will offer to share it
with him, so long at least as there is
another empty seat in the car, don’t
you feel, just out of spite, like making
him move over to give you room, even
although every other seat in the car is
empty? Of course you do. The only
reason you don’t is that you hate to
punish yourself by having to sit beside
him.

Can anybody explain why it is that
the lame man is always in such a hurry
to get at the door, when the train reaches
its destination, so as to delay every-
body else's getting off? Perhaps his
lameness is due to an accident resulting
from his trying to leave the car before
it stopped, and his present purpose is
to prevent the possibility of a similar
accident to any of the passengers.

When you have a nice, comfortable
seat and all the other seats are full,
why is it that that woman persists in
Standing right beside you, or, even
worse, just in front of you where you
can not look up without catching her
eye fixed upon you. There is standing
room elsewhere in the car. Why will
she persist in standing just where she
does?

How comical it is when a man polite-
ly offers to raise the window that a lady
has tried ineffectually to open herself!
How confidently he takes hold of it! Its
resistance to the gentle exertion which
he first gives to it rather surprises him,
but he is not going to mind that. It
rather pleases him that he has an oppor-
tunity of showing his Strength. He
smiles in a self-confident way and lifts
first with a fair expenditure of strength,
then with all he has. But the window
won't budge. It has a steady job and
does not mean to quit. The man shows
annoyance; his face is reddened from
forehead to neck, and downward as far
as can be seen; he scowls: his lips
quiver with unspoken profanity! He
hates to give up, but he has to doit and
he retires in a bath of perspiration, his
face full of swear words and with every
eye in the car fixed upon him. It is
very funny; but there is one person in
the car who can not appreciate the joke.

> oom —
Safety in Numbers.

‘There is safety in numbers,’’ said
the trite conversationalist.

‘“There is,’’ answered the man who
talks on politics. ‘‘If you can’t con-
vince a man by your argument you can
always silence him by quoting a lot of
statistics that he knows absolutely noth-
ing about.’’

a

Never decry your opposition. It is
tangible evidence that you feel sore over
his power to secure trade from ycu,

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

Drugs--Chemicals

Michigan State Board of Pharmacy
Term expires

 

 

GEO. GUNDRUM, Ionia - = Dec. 31, 1900
L. E. REYNOLDS, St. Joseph - Dec. 31, 1901
HENRY HEIM, Saginaw - - Dec. 31, 1902
WirRT P. Dory, Detroit - - - Dec. 31, 1903

A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor - Dec. 31, 1904
President, A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor.
Secretary, HENRY HEIM, Saginaw.
Treasurer, W. P. Dory, Detroit.

 

Examination Sessions
Lansing—Nov. 7 and 8.

Mich. State Pharmaceutical Association.
President—CHAs. F. MANN, Detroit.

Secretary—J. W. SEELEY, Detroit i
Treasurer—W. K. ScHMiptT, Grand Rapids.

 

 

Medicated Salve Pencils.

Salve pencils are much used in Ger-
many for the local application of rem-
edies for various skin diseases. These
pencils are generally about four inches
in length, and from a third to three-
fourths of an inch in diameter. The
following directions for their prepara-
tion are taken from a little book by
Roderfeld, entitled ‘‘Winke fuer die
Pharmaceutische Receptur.’’ The mass
from which the pencils are made con-
sists of the following :

Resin, 5 parts.

Olive oil, 40 parts.

Yellow wax, 45 parts.

Where there is more than Io per cent.
of a solid or powdered medicating sub-
stance to be added a corresponding
amount of wax should be omitted. In
pencils containing carbolic acid, creo-
sote, creolin or lysol, powdered olibanum
should be substituted for the resin. As
much as 20 to 25 per cent. of these
drugs can then be incorporated in the
mass. If a larger proportion of the
liquid medicaments is to be incorpo-
rated in the pencils a corresponding
amount of olive oil should be omitted.

The pencils are formed by pouring
the molten, medicated mass, previously
cooled as far as practicable without
making it impossible to pour it into
paper moulds. These moulds are made
by wrapping waxed paper about a stick
from a third to three-fourths of an inch
in diameter, pasting the edges of the
paper and fastening the end with seal-
ing wax. When filled with this oint-
ment mass the moulds should be set
aside in a cold room for several hours,
and the pencils then carefully removed
from the moulds. It is a good plan to
wrap each pencil, when finished, in tin
foil. Below are given several formulas
for preparing these pencils:

Creolin Salve Pencils.

Yellow wax, 40 parts.

Olive oil, 30 parts.

Olibanum, 20 parts.

Creolin, Io parts.

Carbolic Acid Pencils.

Yellow wax, 50 parts.

Olibanum, 20 parts.

Carbolic acid, cryst., 3 parts.

Chrysarobin Pencils.

Yellow wax, 4o parts.

Olive oil, 36 parts.

Resin, 5 parts.

Chrysarobin, 20 parts.

Triturate the chrysarobin with one
part of olive oil as fine as possible.
Melt the other ingredients together,
and when nearly cold, add _ the chrysa-
robin and oil; mix thoroughly and pour
into moulds.

—_>2—._
Removing Red Color From Carbolic Acid.

This coloration is often caused by re-
action of hydrogen peroxide, this being
formed during the slow oxidation of
metals in the presence of moisture.
Prof. Walter reports that in many in-
stances the iron present in green glass
containers was the primary cause of the

 

 

red color. Chemically pure carbolic
acid, when stored in green glass con-
tainers, very soon shows a reaction for
iron. This establishes the fact that it
dissolves the iron contained in such
glass. It was found that when green
glass containers were coated inside with
a layer of paraffin the acid stored in
them remained unchanged after three
months. The introduction of a small
crystal of ferrous sulphate caused a red-
dening to take place in three days, while
the addition of hydrogen peroxide
caused the red color to appear in two
days. Pure carbolic acid stored in non-
paraffined green glass containers took on
a red color in ten days. This would
seem to prove that the acid dissolves
the iron present in green glass, which
iron in the presence of air and moisture
is slowly oxidized with the formation of
hydrogen peroxide and the red color
referred to.

To prevent this action it is recom-
mended that the acid be kept in small
bottles, a small amount of powdered
stannous chloride being added to the
fused acid before rebottling.

To restore the reddened acid melt on
a water bath, mixing eleven parts of 95
per cent. alcohol with eighty-nine parts
of acid. Allow the resulting solution to
cool, and when the greater part has
crystallized out pour off the excess of
liquor and drain the crystals. The
crystals are pure white, and on melting
yield a colorless solution. If any color
remains, repeat the operation. For five
pounds of the acid use ten fluid ounces
of alcohol. B. L. Bryson.

—> 2.

How Are Freckle-Removers Made?

Among the substances used are lotions
containing lemon juice or citric acid,
with or without glycerin, ‘‘Lac Vir-
ginis’’ (which is the milky fluid ob-
tained by mixing compound tincture of
benzoin, 1 volume, with rosewater, 15
volumes), and preparations containing
mercury salts, etc. The latter have a
mild escharotic action, and are consid-
ered more truly effective than anything
else. They should be applied very
cautiously, however. Ammoniated mer-
cury has a more gentle and safer action
than corrosive sublimate, and is there-
fore to be preferred. The following is
a lotion of this type in which ammo-
niated mercury might be substituted for
the corrosive sublimate and the acid:

Mercuric chloride, 0.25 gm.

Hydrochloric acid, 4 cc.

Sweet almonds, 15 gm.

Glycerin, 12 cc.

Benzoin tincture, 1 cc.

Bitter almond water, to make, 120 cc.

Bleach the almonds and beat toa
paste with the glycerin, to which add
gradually 90 cc. of the water. Add the
tincture slowly to this, constantly stir-
ring, and finally add the acid and cor-
rosive sublimate previously dissolved
in the remainder of the water. Fifteen
cc. of cologne water might be added
with advantage.

Another substance which is recom-
mended and has the advantage of being
unirritating and non- poisonous is sul-
phocarbolate of zinc. The following
lotion containing this is suitable for tan,
freckles, chapped skin, etc., and has
been found quite satisfactory :

Zinc sulphocarbolate, 1 gm.

slycerin, 12 gm.

Rosewater, 90 cc.

Cologne water, 20 cc.

This last wili often be found satisfac-
tory. H. W. Sparker.

—_~>92>__
Good listeners often listen attentively

so they will know exactly when it is
their turn to put in.

 

 

The Drug Market.

Opium—On account of reports from
Turkey of continued drought, prices are
very firm and have advanced toc per
pound in a week.

Quinine—There is great interest in
the Amsterdam bark sale to be held
on Thursday. In the meantime the ar-
ticle is quiet.

Cantharides—Chinese are out of the
market. Russian are scarce and have
been advanced.

Cocaine—Stocks in the hands of man-
ufacturers are very low and prices are
decidedly firmer.

Glycerine—Is in good demand and
firmer.

Cyanide Potash—Has declined, on
account of lower price for yellow Prus-
siate potash.

Sassafras Bark—On account of small
offerings, has advanced.

Essential Oils— Peppermint is steadily
advancing. Sassafras continues high
and is scarce. Cedar is very scarce and
has again advanced. Wormwood is
very firm and higher.

Buchu Leaves— Are easier.

Ground Flax Seed—Has been ad-
vanced, on account of higher price for
seed.

Linseed Oil—Is very firm at the ad-
vance of 12c per gallon.

Cn
Is It a Wise Undertaking ?

A_ correspondent of the Pharmaceu-
tical Era recently declared that he could
borrow sufficient money, amounting to
$3,000 to $4,000, to buy or open a phar-
macy. He said he would have to pay
interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per
annum, and he asked whether such an
arrangement was a safe undertaking.
The editor replied that ‘‘the undertak-
ing may be safe enough where the con-
ditions are most favorable, but under or-
dinary circumstances and in a general
way the consensus of opinion among
successful druggists seems to be against
the policy of beginning a drug busi-
ness with an indebtedness of this char-
acter. Of course, the proposition might
be highly successful in some localities
and under some conditions, but before
assuming such a responsibility the in-
dividual should consider well the
chances for success and the difficulties
in the way of obtaining it. The man
in business with a large indebtedness
hanging over his head is ha dicapped
to a burdensome degree, and the aver-
age individual would think long and
hard before deciding to assume in this
day of small profits and sharp compe-
tition the proprietorship of a drug store
on any such terms. But after all this
question is a many-sided one and can
be answered in many different ways.’’

—_> 2 .__
Root Beer Extract.

The so-called root beer extract is pre-
pared by various formulas. The follow-
ing is a typical one:

Sassafras bark, 1 oz.

Pimento, I oz.

Wintergreen, I oz.

Hops, \% oz.

Coriander seed, % oz.

Dil. alcohol, a sufficient quantity.

Percolate until 10 ounces of tincture
are obtained.

The extract is added to carbonated
water when drawn in the proportion of
half a teaspoonful or more to one glass.
If more ‘‘body’’ is required, the extract
is to be mixed previously with a little

syrup.
——_—_202>___

Drug Clerk Held for Child’s Death.

Samuel Levine,a drug clerk employed
by Lazurus Dillon, druggist at 216 Clin-
ton street, New York, has been arrested,
charged with being responsible for the
death of Anna Kreiger, 10 months old,
of 242 Madison street. Abraham Krei-

ger, father of the child, went to Dillon’s
drug store Sunday morning, Aug. 26,
and asked for a small quantity of cam-
Levine was on duty and

phorated oil.

 

waited on Kreiger. Kreiger took the
liquid given him, and his wife, Annie,
poured it on the child, Annie, who was
troubled with a rash. Immediately the
child began to cry, but Mrs. Kreiger,
presuming it was because it did not
like the rubbing, poured on more of the
liquid, and when she _ saw the child’s
skin began to shrivel and blister, she
hurried for Dr. M. Rosenthal, of 200
Madison street. After looking at the
child, he examined the contents of the
bottle, and said it was a strong solution
of carbolic acid. The child suffered
great agony from the burns, and the
mother was treated for injuries to her
hands. The infant died early Wednes-
day morning, Aug. 29, and Levine was
arrested, He was held on the charge of
homicide pending an investigation by
the coroner. Dillon would say nothing
of the case except that Levine furnished
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Wholesale Druggist,

32 and 34 Western Ave.,
Muskegon, Mich.

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Ginseng Wanted

Highest price paid. Address

Peck Bros.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Perrigo’s Headache Powders, Per-

 

rigo’s Mandrake Bitters, Perrigo’s
Dyspepsia Tablets and Perrigo’s
Quinine Cathartic Tablets are gain-
ing new triends every day. If you
haven’t already a good supply on,
write us for prices.

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WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT

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Acidum
Aceticum ........... $ 6@$ 8
Benzoicum,German. 70@ 75
BORRGIC.. =... @ i
Carbolicum .......... 30@ 42
Citricum..... -- £0 48
ee 3@ +i
Nitrocum .. ee 8@ 10
Oxalicum............ 1@ 14
Phosphorium, dil. . @ 15
Salicylicum ......... 5 60
Sulphuricum ........ 14@ 5
Tannicum ........... 1 10@ 1 20
Partaricum ......... % 40
Ammonia
Aqua, 16 deg......... 41@ 6
Aqua, _— Becomes 6@ SB
Carbonas.. eo 13@ 15
Chioridum........... 1@ 14
Aniline
Dee 2 00@ 2 25
Brews... 2... 3.8/5
Yellow............... 2 0@ 3 00
Baccze
Jubebe ........ po, 25 = 24
Juniperus......-... .. 6@ 8
Xanthoxylum . 75@ 80
aliens
Copatna.:............ 50@ 55
Peru ... @ 3 85
Terabin, 45@ 50
Tomtan...... 0.2... .. 40@ 45
Cortex
Abies, Canadian..... 18
eo 12
Cinchona Flava. .... =

Euonymus atropurp.

Myrica Cerifera, po. “ 20
Prunus Virgini...... 12
Quillaia, gr’d........ 12
Sassafras ...... po. 20 15
Ulmus...po. 15, a. 15
Extractum
Glycyrrhiza Glabra. 24@ 25
Gian, On. 28@ 30
Hematox, 15 lb. box W@ = 12
Hiematox, 1S........ 13@ 14
Ilzematox, %S....... 14@ 15
Heematox, 44S....... 16@ 17
Ferru
Carbonate Precip... 15
Citrate and Quinia.. 2 25
Citrate Soluble...... 75
Ferrocyanidum Sol.. 40
Solut. Chloride. ..... 15
Sulphate, com’l..... 2
Sulphate, —_ =
bbl, per cwt. . 80
Sulphate, pure. ..... 7
Flora
SS 16@ =
Authemis............. 22 2
Matricaria........... 30@ 35
Folia
Barosma......... aaa 33@ 35
Comme Acatifol, in-
nevelly .. 20@ 25
Cassia, Acutifol, "Alx. 25@ 30
Salvia officinalis, 4s
and %4S ........-.-- 12@ 20
i 8@ 10
Gummi
Acacia, Ist picked.. @ 65
Acacia, 2d picked... @ 45
Acacia, 3d picked.. @ 35
Acacia, sifted sorts. @ 28
Acacia, po 45@ 65
Aloe, Barb. ‘po. 18@20 12@ 14
Aloe, Cape....po. 15. g 12
Aloe, Socotri. . po. 40 2 30
Ammoniae.........-- 55@ 60
Assafoetida.. —_ 30 «=28@ 30
Benzoinum .. 50® 55
Catechu, 1S.......... @ 18
Catechu, Se @ 14
Catechu, 4s.. . a 16
Campnore .........- 69@ 7
Euphorbium...po. 35 @ 4
Galbanum........... @ 00
Gamboge......... po 65@ 7
Guaiacum......p0. 25 @ 30
Kino. -. po. $0.75 @ 7
Mastic ............-. @ 60
Myrrn. .... ..:. . 45 @. 40
Opii....po. 4305.00 3 45@ 3 50
Sees. 25@ 35
Shellac, bleached.. 40@ 45
Tragacanth.......... 50@~=s80
Herba
Absinthium..oz. pkg 25
Eupatorium..oz. pkg 20
Lobelia ...... oz. pkg 25
Majorum ....0z. pkg 28
Mentha Pip. .0z. pkg 23
Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 25
Ree... .. oz. pkg 39
Tanacetum V oz. pkg 22
Thymus, V...oz. pkg 25
Magnesia
Caleined, Pat........ 55@ 60
Carbonate, Pat...... 18@ 20
Carbonate, K.& M.. 18@ 20
‘arbonate, Jennings 18@ 20
Oleum
Absinthium......... 6 50@ 7 00
Amygdalz, Dulc.. 38@ 65
= Amare. : ons as =
ee 34
peal Cortex.. 2 250 2 30
Berga -_ eee ceca 2 75@ 2 85
Gane i in ili.. a0 4
aryop y
Cedar cs.- COB 35
Chonepadii ee ce ce @ 275
Cinnamonii ......... 1 30@ 1 40
Oltronella........... 35@ 40

   
 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 
  

 

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Opaiba . sonceae | 1
Ca bebe . 1 20@ 1 25
expehthites .. 1 00@ 1 10
Erigeron . 1 10@ 1 20
Gaultheria .. 2012717) 2 00@ 2 10
Geranium, ounce.... @ 7%
Gossippii, — noe: 50@ «60
fedeoma... 1 40@ 1 50
Junipera ............ 1 50@ 2 00
Lavendula .__ tote SOQ 2 08
Limonis . «<1 -.0. 5 DOG) § GO
Mentha Piper. _..... 1 40@ 2 00
Mentha Verid....... 1 50@ 1 60
Morrhure, ‘gal... . 1 20@ 1 25
Pre 4 00@ 4 50
OMe 75@ 3 00
Picis Liquida....... 10@ 12
Picis — -_ @ 35
Ricina. -- 1 00@ 1 08
Rosmarini. . @100
Rose, oune 6 00@ 6 50
5 - 40@ 45
90@ 1 00

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Thyme, opt..... @16
Theobromas oe 15@ 20

Potucsie um
Bi-Carb. 15@ 18
Bichromate . 13@ 15
Bromide ....... 52@ = «57
Carb . —- oo 15
Chlorate... “po. 17@19 16@ 18
Cyanide ...... _. st 6
lode... 2 GO@ 2 65
Potassa, Bitart. pure 28@ 30
Potassa, Bitart. com. @ 15
Potass Nitr ‘as, - 74% «(10
Potass Nitras. . 6@ 8
russiage.. 0. 23 26
Sulphate po......... 15@ 18
Radix
—- 20@ «25
hee. 22 25
Anchusa . 10@_ 12
Arum po.. @ 2%
Calamus.. 20@ 40
Gentiana .. ce | po. “15 12@ 15
Glychrrhiza...pv.15 16@ 18
Hydrastis Canaden. @ 7%
Hydrastis Can., po.. @ 80
Hellebore, Alba, tl 12@ 15
Inula, po.. 15@ 20
Ipecae, po. . 4 25@ 4 35
Iris plox.. .po. 35@38 35@ «40
dalapa, pr........... 23@ 30
Maranta, 4s........ @ 35
Podophyilum, - 22@ = 25
Rhei. . -- og 1 00
Rhei, cut. @ 1 2%
Rhei, pv..... eee 75@ 1 35
SURO | Som | a
Sanguinaria...po. 15 @ 18
Serpentaria ......... 40@ 45
Senega.. 60@ 65
Smilax, officinalis H. @ 4
Smilax, Ml. @ 2%
Seille . po. 35 10@ 12
Symplocar, pus, Teeti.

Gus, PO... @ 2
Valeriana, Eng. po. 30 @
Vv aleriana, —— 15@ = 20
Zingiber a. - ae 6
Zingiberj....... 2a 27

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Anisum . 0. @ w
— (graveieons). 13@ 15
Bird, is...... 41@ 6
Carui ea “DO. “18 12@ «13
Cardamon. -.. § 20@ 1 75
Coriandrum... oe 8@ 10
Cannabis Sativa... .. 4 @ 5

Cydonium........... 75@ 1 00
Chenopodium . - | 0@ 12
Dinterix Odorate.... 1 00@ 1 10
Foeniculum.......... @ 10
a pe. ._.. 7« 9
Lini 41@ 5
Lini, grd.. oe ‘bbl. 4 4%@ 5
Lobelia 35 40
Pharlaris Canar ian.. 44@ 5
Ce 44@ 5
Sinapis Alba........ 9@ 10
Sinapis Nigra....... U@ 12

Spiritus

Frumenti, W. D. Co. 2 00@ 2 50
Frumenti, D.F.R.. 2 00@ 2 25
Prumenti............ 1 25@ 1 50
Juniperis Co. O. T... 1 65@ 2 00
Juniperis Co........ 1 75@ 3 50
Saacharum N.E.... 1 90@ 2 10
o Vini Galli....... 1 75@ 6 50

Vini oe / 1 25@ 2 00
Nini Alba. 1 25@ 2 00

Sponges
Florida sheeps’ wool

carriage.. 2 50@ 2 75
Nassau sheeps’ wool

carriage... 2 50@ 2 75
Velvet extra sheeps’

wool, carriage. .... @1 50
Extra yellow sheeps’

wool, carriage. .... @ 1 25
Grass sheeps’ wool,

carriage . . @ 100
Hard, for slate use. @ %
Yellow Reef, for

slate use........... @ 1 40

Syrups
CME @ 50
Auranti Cortex... @ BO
Zingiber...... @ 50
Ipecac cece e coos @ 60
Ferri _ : @ 50
Rhei Arom.......... @ BO
Smilax Ofticinalis 50@ 60
eal @ 50
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Tinctures
Aconitum Napellis R
Aconitum — F
Aloes .
Arniea and Myrrh...

 

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Auranti Cortex......
Benzoin . i
Benzoin Co..........
Barosma......._.....
Cantharides.........
Capsicum ............
Cardamon
Cardamon Co........
Cason
Cateehu . 2.0... ..
Cinchona ............
Cinchona Co
Columba .
Cubebe.......
Cassia Acutifoi oe
Cassia Acutifol Co...
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Gentian 1.1...
Gentian Co..........
Guiaea. . a
Guiaca ammon....
Hyoscyamus.........
Iodine .. Ee
— colorless...

Nux Vomica. :
OPN
Opii, aes
Opii, deodorized. .

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Sanguinaria. .
Serpentaria ..
Stromonium....
‘Eomitan |... 5... |
Valerian)...
Veratrum Veride...
Zingiber ..

Mincsieens
ther, Spts. Nit.2 F 30@
Ather, Spts. Nit. 4F 3H@
Alumen ............. 24@
Alumen, gro’d..po.7 3@
Annatto.............. 40@
Antimoni, Po I@
Antimoniet I -otass T 40@
poor iia @
Antifebrin .......... @
Argenti Nitras, oz.. @
Arsenicum . 10@
Balm Gilead Buds.. 38@
Bismuth S. N....... 90@ 2
Caleium Chlor., 1s. @
Caleium Chlor., YS... @ 10
Caleium Chlor., 4s. a
Cantharides, Rus. po @ 80
Capsici Fructus, a @ 16
Capsici Fructus, po. @ 15
Capsici Fructus B, po @ 1
Caryophyllus..po.15 12@ 14
Carmine, No. 40..... @ 3 00
— Alba.. --.. Cl ob

Cera Flava.......... 40@ 42
Coccus . @ 40
Cassia Fructus. ... |! @ 3
Centraria. oo @ 10
Cetaceum.. 1.0.0.1 22! @ 4
Chloroform ... 55@~=s«60
Chloroform, squibbs @ 110
Chloral Hyd Crst.... 1 65@ 1 90
Chondrus............ 20@ 2
pone anaes eg &W 33@ 48
Cinchonidine, ¢ erm. 38@ 48
Cocaine . 7 06G@ 7 25
Corks, list, ‘dis. pr. ct. 70
Creosotum. @ 3
Creta . @ 2
Creta, prep. @
C reta, Ee Cc... 9@ 11
Creta, Rubra........ @ 8:
a - BO
Cudbear.. os @ 2
Cupri Sulph. . Se 64@ 8
Dextrine . 7@ 10
Ether Sulph.. 75Q@ 90
Emery, = numbe:s. @ 8
ae a ce @ 6

irgot -po.90 85@ 90
Flake White. tees. 12@ 15
Galla . ae a 23
Gambler . ele 8@ 9
Gelatin, Cooper Poe @ 60
Gelatin, Freneh. .... 35@ ~=«60
Glassware, flint, box 75 & &
Less than box..... 70
Glue, brown......... MN@ 13
Glue, white. ice 15@ 25
Glycerina..... 17% 25
Grana Paradi . @ BB
Humulus ............ 23@ 55
Hydrarg Chlor Mite @ 1 00
Hydrarg Chlor Cor.. @ 9
Hydrarg Ox Rub’m. @ 1 10
Hydrarg Ammoniati @ 1 20
ee 50@ 60
H eo um. @ 85
Ie oo lla, Am. 65@ 70
Indi o.com 1
iene. Resubi.. Sula 3 85@ 4 00
Iodoform --+. 3 85@ 4 00
Le sme @ 50
Lysopoti 7@ 75
66@ 75

Liquor Arsen et Hy-
rarg Iod.. @ 2
LiquorPotassArsinit 10@ 12
Magnesia, Sulph.. 2@ «C38
Magnesia, Sulph, bbl @ 1%
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Menthol... @4
Morphia, S., P.& W. 2 25@
Re s. sIN. ©. Q.

.. 2 b@
Moschus Canton... @
Mpyristica, No. 1..... 65@
Nux Vomiea...po. 15 @
Os Sepia... 35@
— Saae, H. & P.
Picis Liq. N.N.4% -
doz : @
Piels i iq., , quarts. @
Picis Liq., pints. . @

 

Pil Hydrarg. . po. @
Piper Nigra... po. 22 @
Piper Alba....po. @

Piix Burgun..
Plumbi Acet
Pulvis Ipecac et Opii 1 00
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Co., doz.. @
Pyrethrum, pv...... 25@,
CASSie 8@
Quinia, S. P. & W. 404
Quinia, S. German.. 39@
Quinta, N.Y... 39Q
Rubia Tinctorum.. 12@
Saccharum Lactis pv 18@

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Linseed, pure raw...
Linseed, boiled......
Neatsfoot, winter str
| Spirits Turpentine...

Paints

| Red Venetian.......

Ochre, yellow Mars.
Ochre, yellow Ber...
Putty, commercial...
Putty, strictly pure.
Prime
American .
Vermilion, English...
Green, Paris......._

| Green, Peninsular. .

Lead, red

| Lead, white.....___.
| Whiting, white Span

Whiting, gilders’

4| White, Paris, Amer.

00 | Seidlitz oe a 2a 22
2 60 | Sinapis a“ @ tt
Sina) oe opt... i. @ 30}
2 40 ~— ‘iadeabay, De |
40 S al
80 Snuft Scsiah, De Vo's @ 4
10 |‘ Soda, Boras.......... 9@ 11
37 | Soda, Boras, po..... Ss fi
Soda et Potass Tart. 20 %
1 00 | Soda, Carb.. 14@ 2
Soda, Bi-Carb.. 3@ 5
2 00 | Soda, Ash.. 3%@ 4
1 00) Soda, Sulphas. . @ 2
85 | Spts. Cologne........ @ 2 60
50 | s Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55
18 | Spts. Myrcia Dom... @ 2 00
30 | Spts. Vini Reet. bbl. @ |
7 | Spts. Vini Rect. 4bbl @ |
12 | — Vini Rect. 10gal @
1 50/ Ss a Vini Rect.5 gal @
| Stryehnia, C oe - 1 G@ 1 2
75 | § Sulphur, Subl.. 24%@
30 |S Sulphur, Roll.. 24@ 3%)
10| Tamarinds .......... 8@ 10}
50 | Terebenth Venice.. 23@ 30)
49 | Theobrome.......... 60@ 65
ao) Vanilla... 9 00@16 00 |
14 | | Zinci Sulph.. 7@ 8
20 |
475 Oils |
50 BBL. GAL. |
14| Whale, winter....... 79 70
12 | Lard, extra...... 1... 60 a |
i) tard, Not. 45

W hiting, Paris, Eng.
cliff ..
Universal P repared .

7D 78
76 79
54 60
48 55
BBI LB.
IX 2 @s
IixX2 @4
Ix 2 @3
24 2 2%4@3
2% 2%4@3

M@ «(18
13@ 16
CMG 6%
64@ 6%
@ 85
@ 99
@ 1 2
@ 1 40

1 10@ 1 20

Varnishes

 

No.1 Turp Coach... 1 10@ 1 20
Extra fury... 1 60@ 1 70
Coach Body -. 2 Oa 3 oo
No. 1 Turp Furn..... 1 00@ 1 10
Extra Turk Damar.. 1 55@ 1 60
Jap.Dryer,No. 1Turp 7 75

 

 

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Goods

Drug Co.

» Now is the time to stock

Mineral Waters,
Liquid Foods,
Malt Extracts,
Butter Colors,
Toilet Waters,
Hair Preparations,
Inks, Etc.

Hazeltine & Perkins

Grand Rapids, [lich.

Our Holiday Line will be on exhibition
at Lansing from Oct. 22 to 27.

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GROCERY PRICE CURRENT

Guaranteed correct at time of issue.

with any jobbing house.

Not connected

 

ADVANCED

Maple Bowls
Egg Cases

Egg Case Fillers

Ss

DECLINED

Pickles

Round Herring
Evaporated Apples
Rolled Oats

 

 

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CANNED GOODS

  

 

 

 

 

 

White in drums...... ee 9 pples
Colors in drums............. 19} 31D. Standards...... 80
White in packages.......... 10 | | Gallons, standards. . 2 30
Colors in packages.......... Ly Blackberries i
Less 40 per cent discount. | Standards . eo 75
- 7 7 x | eans
———— gross | Baked 5... 1 9021 30
Auror> 55 6 00! String aisle naan coe
Caster Of1.............@ 7 0) Waxe ee 85
rarer See 3 : > | Riachorios
See eee cee Stadia f : 85
900 Clams.
Little Neck, 1 Ib.. 1 00
Little — Z > i 1 50
rries
— Standards. Pee 85
eee ee ok 1 15
Corn
a ' 75
Le 85
| Fancy ee 95
Gooseberries
| | Standard Se po ce 90
= Hominy
Mica, tin boxes. . -75 Standard ............ 8&5
Paragon .. eee ss A Lobster
isis 2 gees 13
Par 07 z. | cf... 3
Arctic 12 oz. ovals........... | Picnic Qo aer 2 35
Arctic pints. round.......... 1 20 |
: | Mustard, 1lb........ 1 75
BAKING POWDER | Mustard, 2lb........ 2 80
Acme | Soused, 1Ib......... i 1 75
44 Ib. cams 3 doz............ 45 | Soused, 2 Ib........ i 2 80
22 ib. cams3 doz... 75 | Tomato, 1 Ib oo 17
. cams i doz........ 1 Tomato, 21Ib......... 2 80
re 10 | Mushrooms
Arctic [Bom : 18@20
6 oz. Eng. Tumblers......... 90} | Buttons Ce 22@25
E Oysters
4 Ib. cams, 4 d0Zz. case...... 3 75 | | Cove, itb...00 1 00
% lb. cans, 2 doz. case...... 375! Cove,2Ib..... 1 80
1Ib. cans, 1 doz. case...... 3 75 | Peaches
5 Ib. cans, % doz. case......8 00] Pie. ssi!
The “400” Weliow 1 65@1 85
5 lb. cans, % doz. in case....8 00} Pears
1lb. cans, 4 doz. in ease....2 00} | Standard............ 70
90z. cans, 4 doz. in case....1 25 | Raney i 80
$0z.cans, 6 d0z. in case.... 75) Peas
El Purity ». | Marrowfat .......... 1 00
¥ Ib. cans per doz.......... 75 | Early June. . 1 00
¥% lb. cams per doz.......... 1 20) Early June Sifted. 1 60
1 Ib. cans per doz.......... 2 00 Pineapple
—— Grated 1 25@2 7
4 Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 35 Sliced Sea ee 1 352 55
\% Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 55 1 gemacaaee
1 Ib. cans, 2 doz. case...... 9) pap 7 . ae i.
poe... 75
wJ AXO | anew 0) 85
Raspberries
4% Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 45 | Standard............. 90
% Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 85 _ _Salmon
1. Ib. eans. 2 doz. ease......1 60 | Columbia River...... 2 00@2 15
Queen Flake Red Alaska.......... 1 40
3 0z., 6 doz. case. . Pink Alaska. . 1 10
6 0z., 4 doz. case... Shrimps
9 0z., 4 doz. case Standard... 1 50
1 Ib., 2 doz. case... Sardines
Sib., idoz.case........... Domestic, \s.. 4
Roy al Domestie, s . 8
Domestic, 3 Mustard. 8
m ¢ 42 rf
10c size... 86 oe pecs .
14 Ib. cans 1 30] French, %s.......... 28
6 Oz. cans. 1 80 . —“tapragagueree
E rn 5 op | enema 85
¢ Ib. cans 2 40/ Faney 7222222207" 1 25
34 Ib. cans 3 60 Succotash
11b. eans. 4 65 | Par 90
2b. cans 12 75 | een ---------------. 1 00
= oc eee 1 20
5 Ib. cans.21 00 | Tomatoes
90
BATH BRICK 95
—--. ee aoe wees ; >
English oe i eens... 2
BLUING. caer
. | C olumbia, pints..
D | Columbia, ¥% pints...
CHEES
pececimnanaod oR, Acme.. @l12%
& me, Amboy @i2%
j {ts Carson C ‘ity. . @12
ee @13
Embiem @12%
_ @12%
Gold Medal @111,
eo. . @12
Small 3 doz.. emer ce LOSE @121
Large, 2 doz........ -- #0 | Bivyersido.....___.. .. @12
Arctic, 4 0z, per gro: : Sele 14@15
Arctic, S Oz, per gross...... 6 00| Ha@am = @90
Arctic, pints, per gross. 900 | telien @17
BR ner Eémburger..... 2... 13@14
No. 1 Carpet... +e++----.2 75| Pineapple ........... @7
No. 2 Carpet............ 2 50 | Sap Sago.. 19@20
Noe. 3: Carpet. -.:.... 2 2 CHOCOLATE
No. 4 Carpet.. 175 Walter Baker — Co.’s.
Parlor Gem. 2 50} German Sweet.. - 2
Common Whisk. . Ee 35
Fancy Whisk.. --1 25 | Breakfast Cocoa, 46
Warehouse. . -----3 OO Runkel Bros.
CANDLES — Vienna Sweet ......... .... 21
ore Light, 8s.. ence he Vee 28
lectric —_* ee ie) te 31
Paraffine, €s.. ici
Paraffine’ 12s... : 5
Wicking eee oe 7

 

 

 

 
 

   

COCOA
Mone. 30
eevee 41
Mpeg 42
Van Houten, %s............. 12
Van Houten, \s....... _. 28
Van Houten, s............. 38
Van Houten, 1s...... oo ae
Colonial, 4s ... 35
Coelomial, %46................. 33
per 45
Weber se 41
Wilbur, ~ ee 42

ARS

The Bradley Cigar Co.’s ; ete
Advance ..... -- $35 00
Bradle .-. 35 00
Clear avana ) Pats... -.-. 22 00

“8. Bo. . 55 00
“W.B.B.”... 55 00
Columbian Cigar Co.'s ‘Brands.
COmimbiam. 3 35 00
Columbian Special......... 65 00
Columbian Regalia. ........ 65 00
( _— ui Invineible...... 90 00

H. & P. Drug — s ee
Fortune Teller.. --.2- 30 00
Our nee ee ee 35 00
Quint ette.. 35 00

G. J. Johnson Cigar Go.’s brand.

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Lubetsky Bros.’ Brands.
Gold Star...) 75

 

 

Phelps, Brace & Co.” s Brands
Royal Tigers.

 

Royal Tigerettes...._. 35
Vincente Portuondo ..35@ 70 00
Ruhe Bros. Co......... 25@ 70 00
ae Co ———— 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 35 00
Seidenberg & Co. : 25 00
Fulton Cigar Co......10@ 35 00
A. B. Ballard & Co.. ..35@175 00
E. M. Schwarz & Co...35@110 00
san elmo... 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
Bene aCe... ...... 35@ 90 00
Benedict & Co....... 7.50@ 70 00

a Cigar Co. ..35@ 70 00
G. J. Johnson — 0.3K 70 00

Maurice Sanborn .... 50@175 00
Beck & Oo...) |: 65300 00
Manuel Garcia........ 80@375. 00
Neuva Mundo. - 85@175 00
Henry Clay........ ._-. 85550 00
La Carolina....... | 96@200 00

Standard T. & C. Co. ..35@ 70 00
H. Van Tongeren’s Brand.

  

weer Green|... 35 00
COFFEE
Roasted
1C-
C HIGH GRADE
Special ee oe
French _: J. 2
Lenox . ce eee i
Vienna . eee oe
Private Estate. ......2220277) 38
—— ee eee 40
4eSsS 3344 per cent.

Rio
Commence 10%
So 1
eee 13
Pomey 15

Santos
Common 11
a aes
Crees 0 on 15
Paney.. ee 17
Pesbersy ae 13

Maracaibo
Pie 12
Cmetee. 16

Mexican

Ceeee. 16
BOCK 17

Guatemala
ties. 16

Java
Aiea 12%
Fancy African ..............
pe *

Re A 29

Mocha
Arabian. Ma |

 

 

Package
~siag —_— _
Arbuckle... .......... -13 00
Diwan. 113 00
SOIROF .-13 00
Mion ee 12 00

McLaughlin’s XXXX
McLaughlin’s XXXX sold to
retailers only. Mail all orders
direct to W. F. MeLanghlin &
Co., a
xtract

Valley City * —- Sisice lel a

  

   

Felix % gross.. i 115
Hummel’s foil % % gross Ss ieee 85
Hummel’s tin i WFOSS ...... 1 43
Substitutes
Crushed Cereal Coffee ~
12 packages, \% case......... 1 75
24 packages, 1 case ¢
COCOA SH ELLS|
20 Ib. bags.. 2%
Less quantity 3
Poun packages . : 4
CLOTHES LINES
Cotton, 40 ft. per doz.. 1 00
Cotton, 50 ft. per doz. 1 So
Cotton, 60 ft. per doz........1 40
Cotton, 70 ft. per doz........1 60
Cotton, 80 ft. per doz........1 80
Jute, 60 ft. per doz.......... 80

Jute. 72 ft. per doz..
CONDENSED MILK
4 doz in case.

Gail monten —* Soe 6 75
Crow ote oe OO
og pee bee c eee ee 5 75
CuamOR 4 50
Magnota .......... . 1. ne 4 25
Challenge . ...4 00
Dime ..3 35
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, Economie
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
— —_ ™ —_
50 books..

-_
S

2

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De
om toms

Credit Checks
500, any one denom......
1,000, any one denom......
2,000, any one denom......
Steel punch..
CREAM TARTAR
5 and 10 Ib. wooden boxes.....
Bulk in sacks...
RIED FRUITS_Domestic

Apples
Sundried . -@
Evaporated, 50 Ib. boxes. @5
California Fruits

 
 

own
a8S3 8Ssg

is

 
  
 

Apricots . as @10
Blackberries .. epee cing
Nectarines ..

Peaches ... 9 @l1
Pears .......

Pitted Cherr' 7%
Prunnelles .

Raspberries .

: California Prunes
100-120 25 Ib. boxes . @
90-100 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 4%
80 - 90 25 lb. boxes ...... @ 5
70 - 80 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 54
60 - 70 25 Ib. boxes ...... @6
50 - 60 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 6%
40 - 50 25 Ib. boxes ...... @7
30 - 40 25 Ib. boxes ...... 8%
144 cent less in 50 Ib. cases
Raisins

London Layers 2 Crown.
London Layers 3 Crown. 2 15

Cluster 4 Crown.. 275

Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 7%
Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 8%
Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 9
L. 9 Seeded, 1 lb --104%Q@l11
L. M., Seeded, % Ib.... 84@
DRIED FRUITS Foreign

 

Citron
CRROTR ee
COrsiean 12
Currants
Patras, Cases. .3. 8...
Cleaned, bulk .......... ae
Cleaned, packages.......... 14%
Peel

Citron American 19 Ib. bx...13
Lemon American 10 Ib. bx..10%

Orange American 10 Ib. bx..10%
Raisins

Sultana 1 Crown.............

Sultana 2 Crown ............

Sultana 3 Crown.............

Sultana 4 Crown.............

Sultana 5 Crown.............

Sultana 6 Crown....
Sultana package .
ARINACEOUS ‘GOODS

Beans
Draed Tima
Medium Hand Picked 2 ooe2” i
Brown Holland

a
Cream of Cereal............. 90
Grain-O, small .......... 7... 1 35
Grain-O, large...............2 25
Rxeape MANS 1 35
Postum Cereal, small .......1 35
Postum Cereal, large...... 2 26
Farina
241 Ib. packages . soto ae
Bulk, per 100 Ibs............. 3 00
Haskell’s Wheat Flakes
36 2b. packages... .... --3 00
Hominy
Barrels . et scenn oe OO
Flake, 50 1b. drums... .... 1 00
Maccaroni and Vermicelli
Domestic, 10 Ib. box......... 60
Imported, 25 Ib. box...,,... 2 50

Pearl Barley

 

COMMON 2s oe.
Chester... .... oe 40
WAPIPS oe oe ‘3.15

Grits
Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand.

 

 

24 2 Ib. Se pice eee gece 2 00
100 th. ke is ee cee oe ae
200 tb. Sek. -...— ae
1O0%D: bags... 2... 2 90
Pea:
Green, Wisconsin, bu.......1 3
Green, Scotch, bu....... --1 35
Split, bu.. ioe Lecce oo

Rolled ‘Oats

 

Rolled Avena, bbl.. 3 85
Steel Cut, a oS ee
Monarch, Be 3 60
Monarch, 1 UOL 1 95
Monarch, 90 Ib. sacks. ......1 75
Quaker, eases.......-.. 2... 3 20
Sago
[ORIMAM *4
Hest Hidia. 3%
Tapioca
PANG as
ROW ee .. 4%
Pearl, 241 1b. packages..... 6%
Wheat
Cracked, bulk.. Sime asics Sa
24 2 tb. packages ... .-2 50

FLAVORING EXTRACTS
DeBoe’s

Vanilla D. C..2021 10 4021 80

Lemon D. C...20z2 70 4021 35

Van. Tonka...20z 75 4021 45

FOOTE & JENKS’

JAXON

 

 

Highest Grade Extracts

Vanilla Lemon
lozfullm.1 20 1ozfull m. 80
20z fullm.2 10 2 0z full m.1 25
No.3fan’y.3 15 5 No. 3fan’y.1 75

 

Lemon
20z panel. 75
3 0z taper..2 00 4 0z taper..1 50

Jennings’
Arctic
2 0z. full meas. pure Lemon. 75
2 oz. full meas. pure Vanilla.1 20

Vanilla
2 0z panel..1 20

 

   

 

 
 

Big Value
2 0z. oval Vanilla Tonka.... 75
2 0z. oval Pure Lemon ...... 75
JENA aN Gg
ED.
Lavos= aad
Reg. 2 0z. D. C. Lemon...... 75
No. 4 Taper D. C. Lemon... .1 52
Reg. 2 0z. D. C. Vanilla...... 1 24
No. 3 Taper D. C. Vanilla. ..2 08
Standard
202. Vanilla Tonka.......... 70
2 0z. flat Pure Lemon........ 70
Northrop Brand
vem. Van.
20z. Taper Panel.... 75 1 20
Dor, Oval. 0... 75 1 20
3 oz. Taper Panel....135 200
40z. Taper Panel....1 60 2 25
Perrigo’ 8
Van. Lem.
= doz.
XXX, 2 0z. obert....1 25 75
XXX, 4 0z. taper... ..2 25 1 25
XX, 2 o2. obert...... -1 00
No. 2, 2.0z. obert.... 75
XXx'D D ptehr, 60z 2 25
XXX D D ptehr, 40z 1 75
K. P. piteher, 6 02z.. 2 2
FLY PAPER
Perrigo’s Lightning, gro....2 50
Petrolatum, per doz......... 75
HERBS
Sage.. a
Hops .. : See cee
“IN DIGO
Madras, 5 Ib. boxes ........... 55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes......50
- ELLY
Doz.
Bib. pala... 2. ose. 2 00
15 ib. pails. . 40
oe Me. pals. -. 7. e 68
_——e
a” eee ose | oe
SCF o.oo: 14
Root......... oe 10
LYE
Condensed, 2 doz........... -1 20
— 4 aa ee ne coe 2 25
Diamond Maton Co.’s mee
No. 9 sulphur............... 1 65
Anchor Parlor . nies cick oO
No. 2 Home .................1 3¢
Export ve nea «e+e -4 OO
Wolverine...... éspariceis eso OO

 

  

 

MOLASSES
New Orleans
TAO 12%
La 16
eee ae 20
Fancy .. See os 24
Open Kettie.. 2012227722. 25G:
alf-barrels 2c extra
MUSTARD
Horse Radish, 1 doz......... 1 7E
Horse Radish, 2doz.........3 50
Bayle’s Celery, rdez. 1 75
PAPER BAGS
Satchel Union
Bottom Square
28 53
66
88
1 08
1 36
1 58
1 84
2 16
2 58
2 82
3 32
4 48
4 86
5 40
PICKLES
Medium
Barrels, 1,200 count ......... 4 50
Half bbls, 600 count......... 275
Small
Barrels, 2,400 count ......... 5 50
Half bbis, 1,200 count . --3 30
PIPES
Clay, Ne, 296 1 70
ea, D., full count....... 65
Oe g, 85
POTASH
48 — in case.

BADRIES oe 4 00
Penna ‘Sait Os 3 00
RICE
Domestic

Carolina head................
Carolina No. : a eee id 5%
Carolina No. te eae ae
Broken . . cos "4%
Imported.

Japan, No. 1. : 54@6
Japan, No. 2.. 4%4@5
Java, faney head. 3 @5%
Java, No. 1. @
Table..

‘SALERATUS

Packed 60 Ibs. in box.
Chureh’ s Arm and Hammer. 3 15
Delan - ees oo et ue 00

 

 

tm a. ee 2 10
eo 31
ee = Sages 3 00
L SODA
Guide Des. 80
Granulated, 100 Ib. cases. 90
Lump, bbls. . 9e
Lump, 145 Ib. kegs... 80
SALT
Diamond Crystal
Table, cases, 24 3 lb. boxes..1 40

Table, barrels, 100 3 lb. bags. 2 85
Table, barrels, 407 Ib. bags. =
Butter, barrels, 280 Ib. bul

Butter, barrels, 20 141b. bags. 2 60

 

Butter, sacks, 6 the... ae
Butter, sacks, 56 Ibs.... 02... 62
oo geg 1 Grades
100 3 Ib. sack: =o c ee 8S
60 5 Ib. cae ec licrll eee 2 05
28 $0 1D. Sacks. 1 =

SG ID Saeks
28 Ib. — eee aa, 2
arsaw
56 Ib. dairy Po drill bags..... 30
28 Ib. dairy 7 98 a. ae 15
56 Ib. dairy in ines ; andi. .. 60
gins
56 lb. dairy in ie sacks... 60
Solar Rock
BG ID. SROKG 28
moh
Granulated Fine. «-1 05
Medium Fine................ 110
. SOAP
Single box......... 22: 3 00
5 box lots, delivered 1-2 95
10 box lots, delivered........ 2 90

GAS. 5 KIRK & GO.’S BRANDS.

American va ae -3 00
Dome...... ...2 80
Cabinet -.2 40
Savon.... -.2 80
White Russian... ..2 80
White Cloud, ............... 4 00
Dusky Diamond, 506 0Z.....2 60
Dusky Diamond, 50 8 oz.....2 50
Blue -_ 100 % — -.3 00
— ine. .3 50

-2 65

Rub fC shore

100 12 oz bars..

SEARCH- LIGHT

100 big bars (labor saving). .3 60

Sra)

Single bex....
Five boxes, delivered... a 0
Scouring
Sapolio, Kitchen, 3 doz...... 2 40
Sapolio, hand, 3 doz......... 2 40
Washing Tablets
I-V, per gross... oo. cs 10 00

120 samples free.

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

29

 

SALT FISH
Cod

Georges cured.........
Georges genuine......
Georges Selected
Gran
Strips or pricks.......
Pollock

enenane
Strips.. —o
Chunks... :

‘eins
Holland white hoops, bbl.
Holland white hoops4bbl.
Holland white hoop, Keg..
Holland white — mechs.
Norwegian . cee
Round 100 Ibs.. 1.12222 202
Round 40 Ibs. . el
CAME
Bloaters.. . eae

Mackerel
Mess 100 Ibs. ..............
Mess 401ps............
Mess 10 lbs.
Mess 8 lbs.

Lo ete
-2 Sie.

 

Whitefish —

No.1 No.2
100 os... .. .... 7 25
4p Ibs... |. 3 20
me lbs....._.: 38
Sis 73
SEEDS
Ae
Canary, Smyrna..
Caraway . oes
Cardamon, Malabar... ...
Celery...... eee
Hemp, essing
Mixed Bir
Mustard, white..............
Poop ee

Ra 7 ce
Cuttie Bone.................-
SPICES
Whole Spices

   

Allspice
Cassia, China in mats.....
Cassia, Batavia, inbund...
Cassia, Saigon, broken....
Cassia, Saigon, in rolls....
Cloves, Amboyna..........
Cloves, — ee ce :
Mace . Ss boa ee
Nutmegs, 7-80...... lect.
Nutmegs, 105-10...........
Nutmegs, 115-20............
Pepper, Singapore, black.
Pepper, Singagore, white.
Pepper, shot...............
Pure Ground in Bulk

 

 
 
 
 

 

AMSplee scl. 16
Cassia, Batavia............ 28
Cassia, Saigon............. 48
Cloves, Zanzibar........... 17
Ginger, African... 15
Ginger, Cochin...... 18
Ginger, — 25
Mace. 65
Mustard... : 18
Pepper, Singapore, black. 19
Pepper, Singapore, white. 25
Fepper, — ee 20
Sage oe 20
STARCH

 

Kingsford’s Corn
40 1-lb. packages........... 6%
20 1-Ib. packages.... . 2. Oak
6 lb. packages........... 7%

Kingsford’s Silver Gloss

40 1-Ib. packages........... 7
GID: DOOR... 8. 7%
Common Corn
20 1-Ilb. packages.......... 4%
40 1-Ib. packages... 5
Common Gloss
1-Ib. packages......... .- 46
3-lb. packages... —.

6-lb. packages. . Scie
40 and 50-Ib. boxes.........
SORPORR

STOVE POLISH

(Geo
1 @ ENamenine

rite aes ae

 

 

No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross.. 4 50
No. 6, 3 doz in case, gross.. 7 20

 

 

SNUFF
Scotch, in bladders.. 37
Maccaboy, Mi jars. 35
French —, in — eee 43
Boxes. See cic ces in Oe
Kegs, English Bee ee Sale 4%
GAR

Below are a New York
prices on sugars, to which the
wholesale dealer adds the local
freight from New York to your
shipping point, giving you credit
on the invoice for the amount
of re buyer pays from the
market in which he purchases
to his shipping point, including
a — or the weight of the

arrel.

 
 

Domino.. 6 00
Sut Loaf... 6 15
Crisned 6 15
CUpeg 5 90
Powdered . 5 85
Coarse Powdered. 5 85
XXXX Powdered ee 5 90

 

Fine ciceearnee ee 57
Coarse Granulated........ 5 85
Extra Fine Granulated.... 5 85
Conf. Granulated.......... 6 00
21b. bags Fine Gran...... 5 85
5 |b. yi Fine Gran...... 5 85
Mould 6 00
Stemncasd ‘A.. 5 75
Confectioner’s A. 5 55

0. 1, Columbia A...._.. 5 40
No. 2, Windsor A... 5 35
No. 3, Ridgewood A...... 5 35
No. 4, Phoenix A.. 5 30
No. 5, Empire A..... 5 25
No. 6... 5 20

  
 

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No.
SYRUPS
Corn
Barrels... —

1 doz. 1 gallon cans. . 3 10

1 doz. % gallon cans. ........1 75
2 doz. 4 gallon cans

TABLE SAUCES -

LEA &
PERRINS’
SAUCE

The Original and

Genuine

Worcestershire.
Lea & Perrin’s, large...... 3 75
Lea & Perrin’s, small..... 2 50

Halford, large. . ee
Halford, small.............
Salad Dressing, large.
Salad Dressing, small

 

TEA
Japan

Sundried, medium .......... 28
Sundried, choice............ 30
Sundried, fancy............. 40
Regular, medium Se 28
Regular, choice ............. 30
Regular, faney......... ..._. 40
Basket-fired, medium....... 28
Basket-fired, choice. ........ 35
— -fired, faney......... 40

eee ec a 27
Lo 19@21
Hanniggs... 3... 20@22

Gunpowder
Moyune, medium ...........26
Moyune, choice ............. 35
Moyune, faney...... 5... Bp
Pingsuey, medium.......... 25
Pingsuey, choice............ 30
Pingsuey, faey 40
Young Hyson
Cece 30
Paney:..-..... eee tee cae eae 36
Oolong

Formosa, faney....... pescinus 42
Amoy, medium.............. 25
Amoy, Choice................ 32

English Breakfast

 

Medium

Choice. .

PAMeY. 42

ndia

bc orgy ates Sees eee 32

ee 42
TOBACCO
Seotten Tobacco Co.’s —

Sweet Chunk plug..........
Cadillae fine cut...... ...... 57
Sweet ae cen om... 38
EGAR
Malt white Wins, 40 grain..
Malt White Wine, 80 — u
Pure Cider, Red Star. 12
Pure Cider, Robinson.......11
Pure Cider, SHVOr.... 11

WASHING POWDER

ed

 

Rub-No-More, 100 12 0z ..... 3 50
WICK ING

No. 9, per gross..............20

No. 1, per gross.......... ood

No. ?, per gross..............35

No. 3. per gross..............55

 
  

 

   

   
  

 

  
  
  

  

 
 
 
 
 

  

WOODENWARE
Baskets
Bushels 115
Bushels, wide ‘band. 22.2.7 1 25
Market .. 30
Willow Clothes, large. .... 1.7 00
Willow Clothes, medium... 6 50
Willow Clothes. small....... 5 50
Butter Plates
No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate......1 80 |
No. 2 Oval, 250 in erate......2 00 |
No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate......2 20 |
No. 5 Oval, 250 in crate......2 60
Clothes Pins
Boxes. 5 gross boxes... ..... 65
Mop Sticks
Trojan spring .. 85
Eclipse — spring... 85
No ft comimon.......°.... 75
No. 2 aan teak holder.. 80
12 Ib. cotton mop heads.... 1 25
Pails
2-hoop Standard............. 1 50
3-hoop Standard.. wok a
2-wire, Cable..... 8 @
3-wire, Cable. . -1 85
Cedar, all red, brass bound.1 25
Paper, Eureka. os 20
Fibre.. es cose 40
Tubs"
20-inch, Standard, No. 1..... 7 00
18-inch, Standard, INe.Z .. 6 00
16-inch, Standard, No. 3..... 5 00
20-inch, Cable, No. ‘. «4 50
18- inch, Cable, No. ‘ 12.6 50
16-inch, ~ ae 3.. --5 50
No. 1 Fibre... . ..9 45
No. 2 Fibre... oo
No. 3 Fibre.. 0 2
Wash ‘Boards
Bronze Globe.. - —
Dewey . .. :
Double Acme... :
Single Acme.... ee
Double Peerless............, 3 20
Single Peerless.. .2 50
Northern Queen - ee 2 50
Double oo .3 00
Good Luek . 2
Universal 22
Wood Bowls
ii im. Butier......... 2. .... 75
Sim, Butter...) 6.21... 1 00
Stn. Buster... | a ae
i i. Butter... ....... ... 3 0
iSim, Butter: 6. 3 00
Assorted 13-15-17.... .. -1
— ste ......__.., 2 50
EAST CAKE
Magic, : G02... 1 00
Sunlight, 3doz.......... «2.8
Sunlight, 1% doz............ 50
Yeast Cream, odez.: |. 1 00
Yeast Foam, idea 10 1 00
Yeast Foam, doz... .... 50
Crackers.
The National Biscuit Co.
quotes as follows:
Butter
ROVMOUE 8... ; &
New WORK 00000000.
AM 6
Salted . _ -«
Wolverine. ............1.2 6%
Soda
Soda XXX.. ceveces.. GAG
Soda, City. ao. oS
Long ie Wafers. 12
Zephyrette .......... 10
Oyster
PAGke oo 7%
os... tt. 6
Extra Farina .... -- G6
Saltine Oyster.............
Sweet ——
Animals. i
Assorted Cake. ...2.22127! 10
elie Rage... 8. 8
Bent’s Water............. 16
Buttercups... ... ......:.
Cinnamon Bar............. 9
Cofiee Cake, Iced......... 10
Coffee Cake, Java. ........ 10
Cocoanut Taffy............ 10
Crachielis 0... 16
Creams, leed............. 8
Cream Crisp............... 10
Crystal Creams............ 10
Cuname 11%
Currant Fruit. . 2
Frosted Honey 12
Frosted Cream.. 9
— Gems, Ig. ‘or sm. 8
po, al Snaps, N pe ae 8
jator . i
coaen Cakes... —.. =
Graham Crackers......... 8
Graham Wafers........... 12
Grand Rapids Tea........ 16
Honey Fingers............ 12
Iced Honey Crumpets.... 10
Emperiaig ...... .. .... .. 8
Jumbles, Honey. 12
—_ Fin es. 12
Lemon Wafers... 16
Marshmallow . 16
— Walnuts. 16
Mary Ann... .- 8
Mixed Pienie ee 11%
Milk Biseuit............... 7%
Molasses Cake............ :
Molasses Bar..............
Moss Jelly Bar............ 12%
Newton coe. * eS
Gammon Crackers......... 8
Oatmeal Wafers........... 12
Orange Crisp.:............ 9
Orange Gem.............. 8
Penny Cane... .............. 8
Pilot Bread, XXX......... 7%
Pretzels, hand made...... 7%
Sears’ Lunch.. a. on
Sugar Cake.. 8
Sugar Cream, eg
Sugar Squares .. Soe ues 8
Sultanas Loe ccs. ee
Tutti Frutti. 16
Vanilla Waters... Sccctla. 36
Vienna Crimp............. 8

 

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Candies

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

  

 

Wheat Beef Stick Candy
ee 73 | Carcass. . einen ie |
i . ; | Forequarters .:.°'! sie@oe | Standard............

Winter om Flour | Haar Standard H. H.. @8
iiiks Local Brands | Loins No. 3.. 2D Standard _—-, @ 8%
ate nts .. | Ribs. n12. ~| Cut Loaf.. @9
Straight. — ounds 2. @ 7% Jumbo, 32 lb G tM
Pg ati | Olmens | 54@6 |¢ Se et ane @ 7%
Cee Pres 4 *O 5 | Extaee @10%
oan To ceeea a Pork aoae Cream. @10
uckwhea 5 | Dressed .. @6_ | Beet Root.. @8

ee... sien @ 8: Mixed Cana
oe to usual cash saall Boston Butts... LL @ 7 Grocers.. i ” @ 6%
Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- | PLowlders . .. = Competition. tees @7z
ditional, | Leaf Lard. @ 8% Special. | @ 73
Matton | | Conserve.. @ 8%
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand | Carcass .. ooo | Oe Rowan @ Biz
Diamond 4s 3 35 | Spring Lambs. - @10 | Ribbon. | a.
Diamond \s.. 3 86 | feal | Broken. @ 8&
Diamond is... 3 95 | Carcass.............. 8 @9_ | Cut Loaf... @o
Worden Grocer Co.’s Brand Tee Enis ick @9
Quaker ‘ys... 3 90 Provisions idengarten Qo
1 3 a il _ “ $
pst 4s... 3 <a Barreled Pork |andy Pan @lo 7
ci ee a @ | Hand Made Cream
: Spring Wheat Fi lour Baek . @14 26 med @15%
Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.’s Brand | Clear back...1. 7) 7"*. @14 09 | Crystal Cream mix._ @13
Pillsbury’s a a i | Short cut........ 2... @14 00 | Fancy—In Bulk
Pillsbury’s Best MS... i | es Ea ne = @i2
Pillsbury’s Best 44s paper. 4 33 Family Mess. . 1.177) @l4 2% iamngee plain ..... @ 9%
Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 4 55 Dry Sait’ Meats “| Lozenges, printed. - @10
Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand | Bellies. 91, | pe oe Saree tne @11%
Duluth Imperial 4¢s.. 4 50| Briskets ..__. 834 | lc ‘h ~~ ocolates.. @l4
Duluth Imperial \4s.. 4 40 | Extra shorts......... 8 1G ria D onumentals. @l4
Duluth Imperial %s....... 4 30 | - ee Meats pore ae. Peete ees © “at
ale ; | Hams, 121b. average. @ 10% :
oes ee . 0.’s B — | Hams, 14]b.average.  @ 10 a — Sours. @10
Wingold 48.....000 1... 4 60| Hams, 16lb.average. @ 9% | tral Cream 6; : an
Witssid ice 4 49 | Hams, 201lb. average. @ 94\7 am Opera. .. @l2
g ee Ham dried beef. @ i tal. Cream Bonbons
Olney | - Judson’s Brand Shoulders (N.Y. cut) @7 Moon Ib. Pails. . @i2
Ceresota % : .. 465] Bacon,clear......... 104s@ 11 | * oe Chews, i5
Ceresota ae 4 55 California hams. S 7 | poe ae vets @l4
Ceresota %s..... 2.20000... 4 45/ Boneless hams...... @ il Sidi ig e Tee. 22... os
Worden G 5 Boiled — @ 15% | Ge as 12
teen %S ! ise sa Gasiant Pienie Boiled Hams @ 11% | Golden Wattles ...... @lz
Eaurel Ye gpa | Berlin Hames | ao | Fancy—In 5 Ib. Boxes
Laurel s.. .. 4 40| Mince Hams....... @ Lemon Sours . @55
Laurel gs and 44$ paper.. 4 40 © bards ia Tierces | | Peppermint Drops.. @60
Washburn-Crosby Co.’s Brand. Katt mi bal Chocolate Drops. @65
; Vegetoie “77.” | HLM: Choe Leeeg = 28
eG i 535 | oc. - and
60 lb. Tubs..advance ¥ Dk. N
80 Ib. Tubs..advanee i | | Gum onal oo pn
7 50 lb. Tins...advance % | Licorice IrOps... 7
3 é 20 Ib. Pails. advance %4 | Lozenges, TOPS... a @5D
a ; | 10 1b. Pails..advance % | | Lozenges, printed... @eu
2 & | 51b. Pails..advance 1 | Imperials.. @60
2 8 | 3 lb. Pails..advance 1 | Mottoes . i @60
3 f | ehereis Sausages a | Cream Bar... @55
1 ee ee)2|lté‘“(“‘LCwolosna. % olasses Bar... 55
q De 6 | Hand Made Cream po
> : 4 80
3 | Nranktoré....... .__. 7% | Cream Buttons, — -
 WASASURN CROSEY CO, eee 74) | and) Wing. @65
GOLO MEDAL. a Seed oe on ter og @é65
i ntergreen Berries @60
Headcheese...... 6
Prices always right. aa. mel A Caramels
q {xtra } eee ene 75 | No. 1 wre
Write or wire Mussel- Boneless... 11 50| boxes an om @50
man Grocer Co. for mp .. Sigs eee 11 50) Penny Goods, stress. BB@60
special quotations. | 4 bbls., 40 Ibs... 1 60 | i ey
—s % bbls., 80 Ibs... 3 50 Fruits
Meal Tripe
DOME 2 00) Kits, 15 Iba_... 1... 7 Oranges
Granuiated................ 2 20} & bbls., 40 Ibs.. 1 25| Fancy Navels ......
Feed and Millstuffs \% bbls., 80 lbs. . 2 25 | Extra Choice
St. Car Feed, screened .... 17 75 Casings Late Valencias. @
No. 1 Corn and Oats...... 17 26 | Pork . See oe 20 | Seedlings...... @
Unbolted Corn Meal...... 17 25; Beef rounds. .... 2.1! 3 | Medt. Sweets @
Winter Wheat Bran....... 14 00 | Beef middles.. 10 | Jamaieas .. G5 00
Winter Wheat Middlings. 15 00 ——.. ‘Ciotine 60) Rodi............ @
Seréenings -¢.. 100.00. 14 00 u i
—— ea Solid day... .... aes Messin: were
: Rolls, dairy.. --- 13 @14 | wessina, 300s 4 00@5 00
Corn, car lots.. 42 Rolls creamery. 19 Messina, 360s dua4 50
Less than car lots... eee | alifornia 360s 3 50@4 25
Solid, creamery. .... 18% } @4 25
Oats Canned Meats | California 300s 0U@4 £0
Car —_ oe 26% — —— 2 ae 2 75 | Bananas
jar lots, cClipped........... 23% orned beef, 14 17 50} ae
Less than car lots. ........ Roast beef, 2 Ib...... 27 sor ie gg : soe °
Hay Potted ham, es... 59 Se ee ’
No. 1 Timothy car lots.... 11 00 a AS. .... 90 Foreign Figs. Fruits
" i 2 00 | Deviled ham, 4s.... 50 5
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man — - | Potted tongue, s_, 50 | Cal. pkg, 10 Ib, boxes @
Hides and Pelts _ Potted tongue, ¥s.. 90 | Extra Choice, 10 Ib. Bi
ee en | eae aE S, - ll lh, de a ‘
The Cappon & Bertsch Leather | Fish and | Oysters | Fancy, 12 Ib. a. @i3
. Pp Pulled, 6 lb. a: @
Co., 100 Canal Street, quotes as | Naturals, in bags...
follows: Fresh Fish mace 8 @
Hides er lb. tes
1 N White fish... @ 10 | Fards in 10 i» boxes
_— so S it Trout.. seseseeesss @ 9 | Fards in 60 Ib. cases.
Cured No.1........ @ 8 | Black ie ..... 4. 9@ 10 | Persians, P. H. V.. 5
Cured No. 2 i @7 oe @ 15 Ib. cases, new..... 5
Calfskins,green No. 1 @ 8 | Ciscoes or Herring.... @ 4% | Sairs, 60 Ib. cases. @5
Calfskins,green No.2 @ eu | Biuefisn. C010
Calfskins,cured No. 1 @9 | Live Lobster.......... = © | N ie
Calfskins,cured No.2 @ 7% | Boiled Lobster........ @ 18 oe a
Pelts Cod... eas 10 Almonds, ‘Tarragona’ @!3
cl ‘ Almonds, Ivica ..... G@
FE — Ce @ 9 A-monas, California, a,
Tame q soft shelled...... a20
Tallow Perch @ + | pee Sims
No. 1 ae @ 3% anned Witto...._... @ 8 Eiger @14
No. 2 See eae @ 2% | Red Snapper......... @ 9 | Walnuts Grenobies. @15
Wool Col River Salmon..... @ 13 | Walnut: . soft shelled
Washed, fine........ is@20 | Mackerel.............. @ 18 | California No. 1.
Washed, medium.. 22@24 Oysters in Bulk. Table ‘Nuts, fancy... ‘@15
Unwashed, HG. .... 12@14 Per gal. | Table Nuts, ee 14
Unwashed, medium. 16@18 COG 1 75 | Peca..s, Med.. ll
SoS poh Shs eee Ext. Selects............... 1.60] Pecans, Ex. Large... @13%
: ] SeteGes e 1 40| Pecans, Jumbos.....
Oi S Standards. ---1 16] One Nuts per bu. e
tt a aT oO sn in ‘ne. | 0, new. i
Barrels ing ae ——. 35 Cocoantuts, full sacks @3 75
a craic @10 F. J . D. Selects..... l 30 Ceuts, Per yu G6 50
Wi, Meine. 2 Peanuts
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Cylin der. . -29 @34 Shell Goods. Choice, H. P., Extras
Engine ...... -19 @22 | Clams, per 100......... 100| Roasted ........... @
Black, winter......-.. @11% | Oysters, per 100.. .... 1 00! Span. Shelled No.1.. 7%@ 8

  

 

30

MiCRy GAN TRADESMAN

 

 

Getting the People

Confining Styles in Type to the Needs of
Business.

I remember in the early days of the
great newspaper there were a few like
the New York Herald which would not
admit any display type to their columns
except two line letter for the initials of
want advertisements. Compared with
the display of the present, such a paper
presents a strange appearance; but it
is a question whether the change to the
admission of so much that is outlandish
and ugly is much of an improvement. |
recollect that in the display of capitals
and white space there was a remark-
| able degree of clearness, and certainly
i the page as a whole could not be unfa-

vorably compared with much of the

modern method of display. There was

a harmony of design and a dignified
a1 appearance of plain statement which
i was much more pleasing than the
conglomerations of the present. And it
is to be noted that the best practice in
display approaches more nearly to the
early idea. Of course, there was not
a scientific plan of advertisement writ-
ifg, proportioning and display—the art
was crude then—but from the force of
limitation to one style the general re-
sult was made better than the crude
mixture of later days.

 

 

 

 

 

 

For many years the idea of harmony
in design as to type faces, rules, bor-
ders, etc., has been recognized in job
printing, although the practice has not
deferred to it as fully as it might. The
advertisement compositor has been still

i more slow in adopting it. Fora long
time there were certain cast iron rules
of display which made it practically
impossible to handle copy which must
be followed as set down, without the use
of type of varying extensions. The
principal thought, after deciding upon
the heaviness of the main display lines,
was how to make the lines of a certain
fixed length. To meet this require-
ment a guess was made as to what
would make the line, without regard to
style, and if it was found that a fit did
not result from the first trial, something
else, entirely different, was taken, and
so on until it ‘‘came in.’’ The result
was a balanced display, but a mixture
of designs fatal to artistic effect.

In the modern development of type
designing it has been found that each
series of new letter faces, to be made
j complete, must have a corresponding

condensed and expanded series. At first

glance this would seem to greatly in-

crease the quantity of letter faces neces-
i sary for an advertising outfit, but while
there is doubtless some increase, it is
not very great; that is, to produce a
corresponding result, for in the old days
it was necessary to lay in a great num-
ber of styles to get material to meet the
cast iron demands of display and length
4 of lines. Now an advertising office may
4 be made complete without the neces-
sity of drawing upon every school of
design that has ever contributed to the
typographic art. One consequence of
the great diversity of adaptation in the
new designs is that an advertising out-
fit may be complete and have an indi-
viduality in design.

Of course, the demands of an exten-
sive advertising plant may make it nec-
essary to put in a great variety of de-
signs in type faces, ornaments and bor-
ders; but it is not necessary or desir-
able in a small or medium plant. In
i fact, the variety of design in the large
; plant is an obstacle to good results un-

iy Sci

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THE DEPARTMENT STORE.

Peeve VS np hr hro
--SOMETHING NEW....

Double Wear Rubbers

Manufactured by Lycoming Rubber Co.

They give men and ladies double wear on the HEEL, where they
nearly always give out first, and Boys’, Youths’, Misses’ and Chil-
dren’s double wear on toe and heel

A New Line of Gentlemen’s
Fine Shoes.

Don’t forget the Whang Leather Shoes for hard wear, mud and wet.
Just received, our fall line of Drew, Selby & Co's make of Ladies’
Misses’ and Children’s Shoes, made expressly for us. They are the
best wear, nicest fit and the nobbiest shoe we can buy for the money.
Cail and see them all.

e
PHIN SMITH.

 

t25° UNSURPASSED IN MERIT by any cereal food.
(35° Lower IN PRICE than others.
[3% Makes dishes fit to set before a king.

tay" A trial is sure to make you a regula customer.

Walsh-De Roo
"Wheat Grits.

Nutritious—Delicious—Easily cooked.

 

VERY OFTEN

I hear people say they will not wear
glasses use they are not becoming
to them. They have tned them on @
great many times but they never look-
ed weil in them. The trouble is they
have never tried the right kind

looks well on some faces may be un-
becoming on others. There are

t2@ Glasses and Glasses.-@}

They are made with oval springs.
Grecian springs, bar springs, equate
springs. There are plain guards, off-
set guards, fan guards and hundreds
of others. ere are straight temples,
full riding and half nee temples,
and small lenses, a thousan: different
styles and combinations. I have given
considerable study to this subject.
With my experience | can aid you in
selecting the must becoming shapes.
1 know I can give you glasses that
look well and are suited to your face.

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W. F. GUILE & SON.

 

MONEY REFUNDED

Standard Balm
and Soap
Does Not Cure.

W. J. HOLLOWAY and
W. 4. GOODYEAR.

 

 

 

 

 

OOO +
BUY GROCERIES

Where you know you will get absolute-
ly the best quality of goods. You can't
afford to buy poor food, no matter how

S cheap. and when you can get the best

ways fresh, clean and pure. If you
find them otherwise, our cash register
will work backward and the money ie
yours for the asking. We want togive
you the best actual value for your mon-
ey of any grocery in Nashville.

Onr China display is enticing.
Have you seen it?

E. B. Townsend & Co.

Made to Order
Glasses

 

The complete satisfaction and

comfort given by our made-to-

eh order glasses is making our
optical department daily more
popular, because the frames fit

so perfectly and they are more
h becoming than ill-fitting, ready
made goods, and the price §s
no more than for inferior goods.

A. b. FEXER,

Specialty. deweler-Optician,

tiood i
Witch Repairing. 72 Main Street
sss

 

Fur Garments

made to order from the raw
material

 

We carry a full line of Domestic
and Imported Furs from which
we fill orders on short notice,
either for ladies or gentlemen

We Can Repair
your worn or out of style furs so
they will look like new enes, and
the expense is small. Atany rave
call and see our fine furs.

WESTERN FUR MFRS.

57 Poplar St.

 

Near River

 

 

 

 

at the same prices, it pays you well to
f

be on your guard. Our goods are al-
We

+ DD Oe. i FQ, FO ™"'%.

 

    

Trust
Not in
Leaky Pockets

   
   

 

Lessons

NEW PHONE 716

") R. GUY BROWNSON ]

109 Franklin St. W,

 

It is wasteful economy to try to get along
without a pocket book or purse. Pockets can
easily leak as much as a money holder will
cost, and they often leak more. A good pocket
book or purse does not cost a great deal if you
get it here. It lasts a long time and is asource
of saving and satisfaction while it lasts.

       
      
       
    
     

We have all sorts of pocket books.
Can suit you as to style, size,
quality and price. J

 
   

 

Lyman’s Book Store.

 

 

@ If vou want to live 100
3 vears you must build a
@ strong enduring body by

Eating
:HealthfuL
Foods

and such being the case you can-
net afford to. trade elsewhere,
when such goods are offered to
you at

J. F. ATCHISON

The Up-to-date Grocer.

 

 

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THE COMMERCIAL BANK.

THE SMALL Depositor of today becomes the large depositor of the tuture.

NO ACCOUNT soo small to receive at our bands equal care and attention
with the larger ones.

INTEREST PAID atthe rate of 4 per cent.
MONEY LOANED on rea) estate and good collateral securities. Writes
fire tnsurance

WM. F. SANDELL, Cashier.

 

 

We Haye Closed Our Soda
Business for the

but will continue to make ice
cream and ices for city delivery all
winter; also ice cream can be ob
tained in bulk, by the pint or
quart, as usual, at our drug store,

EILENBURG & REYNOLDS
DRUGGISTS

 

 

less in the hands of a man of good
judgment and _ sufficient experience.
For the smaller outfits, careful, system-
atic selection along the line of certain
most suitable styles will give a compar-
atively small number of founts and yet
enough to meet the needs of the work.
With such an outfit a compositor who is
familiar with the principles of adver-
tisement setting—and no one else should
undertake this work—can produce as
strong and artistic a result as though he
had access to the greater variety; and,
unless he is prepared by a wider ex-
perience or study, the result of his work
will be better. _

In succeeding articles I shall take up
some of the features of advertising de-
sign, such as the new principles of dis-
play, unity and individuality in design,
borders and ornaments, etc.

The advertisement of Phin Smith is
evidently the work of one who does ad-
vertisement writing in addition to other
duties which leave but little time to at-
tend to details of expression. The ad-
vertisement is generally well written,
but the use of ‘‘men and ladies"? in first
paragraph should be the same as
‘‘Boys’, Youths’, Misses’ and Chil-
dren’s ;’* that is, should be capitalized
and have the possessive. Men and
ladies, used together, is not good taste
unless they are intended to designate a
kind of goods as the other names do.
The displayed line of gentlemen’s shoes,
in this kind of an advertisment would
seem to demand that something be said
about them. ‘*They are the best wear,
nicest fit and nobbiest shoe’’ is a very
common mistake in the trade expres-
sion, but it is not correct. The sen-
tence would be stronger and it would be
better English to say, ‘‘It is the best
wear,’’ etc. ‘‘Call and see them all’’
rounds out the wording euphonically,
but customers are more likely to be in-
terested in seeing the goods they are
apt to need. The display is fairly
good, but the periods should have been
left off the ‘‘Something New’’ line.

The Walsh-DeRoo Milling Co. has an
advertisement which aptly expresses
something likely to interest the buyer
readably and well. The amount of mat-
ter is well proportioned to the space and
the display is good.

C. B. Townsend & Co. show a care-
fully considered advertisement, which is
above the average in both writing and
composition. ‘lhe urging of quality,
instead of cheapness, is becoming more
and more effective. 1 think the s yle
of the border might be improved and
yet it makes a striking advertisement
which catches the eye.

Lyman’s Book Store is in a mourn-
ing border, but is well displayed and
will gain attention. There is a ques-
tion whether the reference to leaky
pockets will strike most people pleasant-
ly. There is in it a little too much sug-
gestion of shabbiness, and not every
one likes to be called shabby. An ad-
vertisement must be a pleasant invita-
tion to the store, to do the best work.

The Commercial Bank gives a digni
fied little advertisement which is mod-
estly and well composed. The use of the
same style in all display is good and
the type sizes are well selected.

The advertisement of W. F. Guile &
Son is generally well written, but while.
the compositor has evidently taken
care with his work, there are some things
he could do better. The display line
‘“*Very Often’’ should have been small-
er and the dash below it omitted. The
‘“phists’’ have no place in the ‘‘Glasses
and Glasses’’ display line. The use of

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

31

 

the singular personal pronoun in a firm
of more than one member strikes the
reader as a little strange.

I have never been inclined to favor
the ‘‘money refunded’’ idea as in Hol-
loway & Goodyear’s advertisement, for
it seems better to have no question as
to the claims of anadvertisement. The
return of the money is a small matter
to the disappointment of failing in the
cure. The offer will not induce as
many people to buy as a strong claim
forthe remedy which may be made if
it deserves it. I never liked the border,
for to the average eye its roughness
seems an imperfection.

A. L. Fexer writes an attractive ad-
vertisement, but some of the statements
might be improved. ‘‘The price is no
more than for inferior goods’’ should be
modified, to have any meaning, as ‘‘is
no more than is often charged for in-
ferior goods.’’ As a general rule, in-
ferior goods are sold at lower prices
than the other kind. In the display the
ornaments are too heavy and the words
‘*Specialty Good’’ should have been
omitted and ‘**Watch’’ put above ‘‘Re-
pairing. ’’

Western Fur Manufacturers write a
careful advertisement, which is com-
posed with good judgment. The change
of sense and the expression, ‘‘at any
rate, call and see our fine furs,’’ are
weak.

R. Guy Brownson, a striking ex-
ample of overloaded border.

J. F. Atchison shows a well-displayed
and attractively-written advertisement.
I note the careless punctuation which
puts a comma before the relative and
omits it after ‘‘strong.’’

Eilenburg & Reynolds show a well-
written and well-displayed advertise-
ment. It should not run too long, how-
ever.

 

ee
Caesar’s Secret of Success.

Caesar made it the one rule of his ilfe
to be always in advance of his enemies,
so as to meet them in battle when they
least expected it. This was the secret
of his great success. He led his age by
always being in advance of it.

This rule is true to-day in every busi-
ness calling. The man who leads is usu-
ally the man of courage. It is courage
that is the one quality needed by nine
men out of ten. Be courageous and you
increase fourfold your chances of suc-
cess. Exercise your own judgment;
rely on vour own convictions; keep a
tolerably ciear head; and don't be
afraid!

Nearly every business man likes to
deal with men of courage. They will
give such men better terms, they will
grant them larger credit, and they take
fewer chances in doing so.

 

——_—> 2-2 ____

Asked to Pay For His Bees’ Damages.
South Haven, Oct. 27—One of the
most peculiar suits at law ever brought
before any court is soon to be tried in
Van Buren county between two neigh-
bors and old friends. One of the men,
H. D. Burrell, of South Haven, keeps
about sixty colonies of bees. The other
is a peach grower. A few weeks ago
the latter complained of the former’s
bees destroying the early Crawford
peaches, claiming that the bees came
into his orchard in large numbers, bit
holes in the fruit and rendered it un-
marketable, for which he demanded
$200. Prof. J. M. Rankin, of the Agri-
cultural College,and the Entomologist of
the Agricultural Department at Wash-
ington will be called as expert witnesses

by the defense in a suit for damages.

—_—_>-20 +.
Employer’s Liability.

Clerk—I! have been in your employ for
many years, sir, and, as I was married
yesterday, I'd like an increase in my
salary.

Moneybags—But, my dear sir, this
house is not responsible for accidents
happening to its employes.

 

Innate Depravity of Inanimate Things.

One of the mysteries that nobody has
ever satisfactorily explained is the de-
pravity of inanimate things. We need
a kind of moral Sir Isaac Newton to
take this subject up and discover what
is the attraction of gravitation towards
the iniquity that always prompts a
collar button to roll under the bureau
and that makes bread fall on the but-
tered side. It looks as if it ought to be
just dead easy for a chair or table or
stool to be good and to keep on doing
its duty in the sphere of life to which
it has pleased Providence and the furni-
ture maker to call it, without any hu-
man lapses of virtue by the way, but it
isn’t. Everybody has had experience
with deceitful chairs that lured them
into sitting down on them, just in order
to collapse and bring confusion on a
bashful man; of tables that went out of
their way so they would trip you up;
while a three-legged stool, as a first aid
to profanity, has no equal on this sinful
earth. A clock will sit upon the man-
tel shelf, with a face so open and_hon-
est and innocent it would take in Sher-
lock Holmes himself, and lie to you by
the hour. We all know houses where
we got a glad hand and a warm ‘‘ Wel-
come’’ from the door mat and the mar-
ble heart from the people who owned it,
and on whom we should never have
dreamed of calling but for their hypo-
critical door mat. Nobody will pretend
that it is anything but temper that
makes chimneys smoke. They will be-
have like angels for months and months,
and then suddenly, without rhyme or
reason, they begin spouting soot and
sulphur until they turn everything into
a realistic study of the inferno. You
send for a man who comes and pries
and pokes and breaks the slates on the
roof and sends you ina hill for $3.50,
but nothing does any good until the
chimney gets over its sulks and resumes
business on its own account. Sewing
machines are as subject to hysterics as
a woman, and have ‘‘spelis’’ when they
can neither be reasoned with nor coerced
int» doing their d-ty. There’s no use
in sending for a doctor. Just let ’em
alone and they will have it out by them-
selves and bob up serenely the next
day, ready to go to sewing again.
Razors go on a strike, as any barber
will tell you, and positively refuse to
work any longer.’ Only people who
wear spectacles can realize the deep,
fiendish, malevolent delight they take
in hiding themselves away in secret
places, where you never put them and
would never dream of looking. In this
wicked world of things, however, there
has been one article that has always
been looked upon as beyond reproach
and above’ suspicion—the hairpin.
Humble and inconspicuous, yet invalu-
able, its modesty seemed only exceeded
by its worth, and so it is a distinct
shock to find it figuring in the police
news as an accessory to crime and to
learn that a talented young man who
was arrested last week in St. Louis for
robbery attributes his downfall to the

evil influence of a hairpin. In _ his
early boyhood, he says, his mother
locked him up ina closet. In despair

he threw himself on the floor, where his
hand came in contact with a hairpin.
The hairpin suggested to him to pick
the lock. He did so and escaped, but
alas, he had formed the lock-picking
habit, that has now landed him in the
penitentiary. But for the corrupting
association of the hairpin he is confi-
dent he would have been an honest and

honorable citizen. The attention of the |

 

guardians of the young is called to this
incident. We can not be too particular
in such matters and if the hairpin is
demoralizing our youth, it must go. We
leave it to the young women of the com-
munity to say if it is right—if it is safe
—for them to go about with a whole kit
of burglar’s tools stuck in their pompa-
dours.

 

—?>2 > ______
5 Counterfeit.

A counterfeit of the new silver certifi-
cate that bears the portrait of the Indian
‘‘Onepapa’’ has made its appearance.
The most noticeable defect in the coun-
terfeit is the portrait itself, wherein the
right cheek shows white spots, the left
eye lacks a lifelike appearance, and
the mouth has a smile upon it. The
back of the note is a darker shade of
green than the genuine bill shows. The
shade of blue in the numeral V at the
left end of the note, in the seal at the
right end, and in the Treasury numbers
is lighter than it should be.

New

 

Self- 6
P® BRILLIANT wif. GAS LAMPS
Are not expensive; anybody can have
them and get brighter light than elec-
| tricity or gas, safer than kerosene at about
|} 110 the cost. One quart filling lasts 18
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Cash Assets, $800,000.
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D. M. Ferry, Vice Pres.
F. H. WuItNey, Secretary.
M. W. O’BrIeEn, Treas.
E. J. Boorn, Asst. Sec’y.
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THE MORNING MARKET.

The Tradesman Bids It Goodbye For this
Season.

The somber morning was sobbing a
sad farewell to the brightest October
that has gladdened us for many a year.
The trees were standing disconsolate
and the leaves that the rain had _ beaten
to the ground were soiled and sodden.
Mist brooded on the slumbering city
and the darkness that rested like a pall
upon both was hardly brightened by the
electric lights that seemed like funereal
tapers above the dead month’s _ bier.
The silence was broken only by a single
footfall and = street after street was
threaded with no louder sound than that
as it fell upon the carpet of damp dead
leaves. On the corner where the street
turns into the market place a lamp in
the office market sent its beams of light
across the way in order that no wagon
unseen should enter the precincts of
trade.

The first glance indicated an unoc-
cupied waste. The mist and the clouds
and the cheerless morning were doing
their best to bar back the day, but as
the eye became accustomed to the gray,
it soon saw that an occasional cart was
in its accustomed place. Not a peach
wagon appeared. It was an easy guess
that there were apples under now and
then a protecting canvas, but there was
no use in exposing them to the raw,
chill morning with not a customer in
sight. By actual count there were fifteen
growers’ wagons scattered over the Is-
land and the three or four which chance
had huddled together only made more
apparent the loneliness of the remainder
and the wide stretches of solitude be-
tween them. The market for the sea-

son is dead and past all hope of
resurrection.
The sullen, forbidding atmosphere

had evidently affected the spirits of the
few farmers. Not cross exactly, but a
look which strongly suggested that the
amenities of the market had better be
closely adhered to. The solace that the
pipe is sure to furnish was strongly in
evidence and out of the possible fifteen
Vesuviuses there were ten in full blast.
When the Dutchman has fairly settled
down to business, it is a matter of
record that it is safer to let him alone,
and with him a season with his pipe is
one of the most serious affairs of life.
The pipe and the Hollander, and the
German and his lager, are prototypes of
determined earnestness. It is unalloyed
happiness too sacred to be betrayed by
a smile, and whether enjoyed at home
or abroad, nothing trivial or even amus-
ing is suffered to interfere. So where
the wagons were grouped the pipes
were filled and lighted. The somber
gloom of the morning laid its wand of
contentment upon every placid smoker’s
face and it made little difference then
whether the coming customer was afar
or at hand. Let the world wag. Some-
time between then and_ sunset they
would be at home, without the load or
with it, and it would make but little
difference which.

One younger than the others, whose
pleasing features still plainly told of
Dutch descent, nodded ‘‘Good morn-
ing’’ and, when questioned as to the
difficulties of the journey, shook his
head with a most expressive ‘‘awful
dark’’ and ‘‘pretty muddy.’’ There
was no need of wasting sympathy for
any long distances taken this morning.
it was dark and there was mud, but the
horses showed no signs of exhaustion
and their owners were not overcome

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with weariness. The lanterns that still.
burned under the dashboards showed
clear flames and uncharred wicks and
the lack of yawning which tells its own
sleepy story indicated that there had
been no loss of needed sleep. Twelve
year old impudence was looking for a
chance to assert itself and, as if to fur-
nish the needed opportunity, a neigh-
bor coming in cheerily called out,
‘“You up this early in the morning?’’
was greeted with ‘* Ye know I'm always
up early!’’ That was the surly reply;
but type can never express the doubly
compounded quality of that doubly con-
densed nasal tone that fairly out-Yan-
keed the matured New England article
ten to one, taken at its best.

In the midst of the stagnation that
had settled like an enormous pool over
the whole Island down she came like
Aurora in her chariot, only, unlike that
charming goddess, she insisted on com-
ing alone and doing her own driving.
There she sat in the middle of the seat,
a generous load. behind her, a Scotch
cap resting upon her flaxen hair like a
crown, her bright eyes piercing the
gloom of the dawn like the morning star
and her fair young cheeks tinged with
the flush of unclouded sunrise. The
sober smokers took out their pipes to
look. The young fellow who had plowed
his way through mud and darkness for-
got them both in this sudden burst of
sunshine. The night had gone and the
day had come and the queen, careless
of her acknowledged allegiance, as if
she were unaware of it, rode straight to
her stall, unfastened the cords that held
down the sheltering canvas, stood by her
wagon in the very joy of living and
smiled a hearty greeting to every face
her coming had gladdened. It was a
happy omen for the day and for the
market and with the radiance of that
young face resting upon it and brighten-
ing its darkest corner it seenved a fitting
time, under pleasing circumstances, to
bid good-bye to the morning market un-
til the coming of another year.

—_>_2.___
Value of Bees as Fertilizers.
Written for the Tradesman.

A few miles east of Big Rapids,
Michigan, are several valuable cherry
orchards, and a few miles distant from
these were two or three large apiaries.
From time to time the owners of the or-
chards complained that there were al
most aS many bees as blossoms, and
they traced most of them to the apiaries
in question, and also asserted that their
crop of fruit was being lessened and
that the orchards would eventually be of
no value. So much was said upon the
subject that one or more of the apiaries
were either largely reduced or disposed
of and removed. The following two
years, although the cherry trees were
apparently healthy and bloomed abun-
dantly, the fruit was less than half a
crop, showing that the blossoms were
only partially fertilized.

It has been known for many years that
all bees play an important part in the
fertilization of flowers of all kinds, both
wild and cultivated. The bumblebee
is equally valuable, although not as
numerous. It works mostly upon the
wild flowers, as may be known by the
difference in the flavor of their honey.
Probably the most important work these
wild bees perform for agriculture is up-
on fields of clover. There is abundant
proof. that this plant will not produce
good seed without the co-operation of
the bees. While the wind will bring
about the fertilization of corn, grain

 

and some forest trees, it is not possible

for it to fertilize small seeds. The tube
of the red clover blossoms is usually so
long that only the bumblebees are rn gu-
lar visitants and are able to reach into
these tubes successfully. The bumble-
bee is not a native of some countries or
some islands, and in Australia the red
clover failed to produce seed _ until
bumblebees were imported. When
there were sufficient numbers of them
the plant could he depended upon for
seed. If bumblebees were still more
numerous in the United States, much
larger yields of clover seed might be
expected than we now obtain. A bum-
blebee’s nest should never be wantonly
destroyed. It was formerly taught that
the world rested on the shoulders of the
mythical Atlas; but a successful old
farmer says, ‘‘I can prove that the
world’s prosperity rests on the bumble-
bee: The world can not prosper with-
out the farmer’s product, the farm will
not be productive without clover, we
can not raise clover without seed, and
we can not have clover seed to any ex-
tent without the bumblebee, because it
is this insect that carries the pollen
from flower to flower, securing its de-
velopment and continuance. So,’’ he
adds, ‘‘let us know and protect our
friends.’’

So far as regards most kinds of fruit
blossoms their fertilization depends
principally upon the honeybee alone;
and therefore there can never be an
oversupply of this insect, for without
their co-operation a small crop of fruit,
inferior in every respect, may be ex-
pected. Frank A. Howig.

a eet

The question of spontaneous combus-
tion of hay has recently been investi-
gated by one of the officials of the
United States Weather Bureau, who
States that fermentation within moist
hay may raise the temperature to 374
degrees Fahrenheit, at which tempera-
ture clover hay will ignite.

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The man who does not stand up for
his own town is not much better than
the one who lays down in its gutters.

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A young man who has ‘‘the gift of
gab’’ is bad off when it comes to him
without the gift of common sense.

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A man with a poor appetite thinks he
must have rich food.

 

Business Mes

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 for less than 25 cents. Advance
payments.

BUSINESS CHANCES.
a SALE AT A BARGAIN—ELEVATOR
and feed mill located twenty-four miles
south of Grand Rapids in country town; good
paying business. For particulars address Box
75, Bradley, Mich. 576
Y ANTED—TO SELL HALF INTEREST IN
a good drug business to a graduated phar-
macist with good references. Geo. M. Jordan,
Reese, Mich. 574
RARE CHANCE FOR A LIVE BUSINESS
nan. For Sale—The best established dry
goods and clothing store in one of the liveliest
cities of 4,000 in the iron district of the Upper
Peninsula; elegant stoek, invoicing about $12,000;
doing good business; best of prospects; good
reasons for selling; store 26x80, with up-to-date
furniture for sale or at reasonable rent. Will
not exchange for farm property. Address No.
573, care Michigan Tradesman. 573

OR SALE—FRESH, CLEAN STOCK OF
dry goods in one of the best cities in Min-
nesota; 10,000 population; prosperous money-
making concern; capital necessary to run it,
$10,000 to $12,000; will not trade for real estate;
best chance in America. For particulars ad-
dress P. O. Box 2280, St. Paul, Minn. 577
OR SALE—A CLEAN STOCK OF HARD-
ware about $6,500; cash; no trade. Write
Lock Box 105, Hudson, Mich. 551
OR SALE—NEW STOCK OF DRY GOODS,
shoes. groceries. Good cash trade. Rare
opportunity. Investigate at once. Box 365,
Quincy, Mich, 555

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UT RATE DRUG STORE IN PATENT
medicines, druggists’ sundries, ete., will at-
tract a big trade in a town of 6,000 popu-
lation, within fifty miles of Detroit. I know of
the right store, with rent nominal, for right
Ee to give itatrial. If _— is limited, ean
ave help. This is bona fide in every way. | Ad-
dress at once, William Connor, Box 346, Mar-
shall, Mich. 560
NOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—FINE SUBUR-
ban home of 10 acres, orchard, _ build-
ings, near school, mail route an proposed
electric railway; or would exchange for desir-
able house and lot. G. H. Kirtland, 1159 South
Division St. 569
OR SALE—AT A LOW FIGURE, CHOICE
100-acre farm; fine buildings, stock, farming
tools and crops; six miles southwest of city;
would take good house and lot as part pay.
G. H. Kirtland, 1159 South Division. 570

 

 

 

ANKER WANTED—A RELIABLE MAN
with capital, wishing to invest in the bank-
ing business, will find it to his interest to write
L. H. Moss, Secretary Middleton Improvement
Association, Middleton, Mich. 571
WOR SALE—BAZAAR STORE AND FIX-
tures inone of the best business towns in
the great fruit belt of Michigan, doing a good
business; must sell on account of poor health;
only $350 cash. Box 162, Shelby, Mich. 552
{OR SALE—FRESH STOCK OF GROCER.
ies, inventorying about $1,200 in live town;
fine location. Reason for —- other business.
Address No 546, care Michigan Trad . 546
YOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GITY
property—one-half interest in small capacity
Sawmill; doing good business and will continue
to do so for oe ae years. Reason for selling,
other business which requires attention. Ad-
dress Box 64, Boon, Wexford Co., Mich. 544
40) ACRES FIRST-CLASS FARM LAND
within one-half mile of depot and school
house for sale on reasonable terms, or will ex-
change for first-class city property; good loca-
tion, fine soil and plenty of timber. ’ Will sell in
40, 80 or 160 acre lots, with or without saw timber.
Address Box 64, Boon, Wexford Co., Mich. 545
- SALE—COMPLETE 22 FOOT, TWO
cylinder, 4 h. p. gasoline launch; in water
only two months; regular price $650.’ Will sell
cheap for cash. R. E. Hardy, 1383 Jefferson
Ave., Detroit, Mich. 535

OR SALE—ONE SET DAYTON COMPUT.
ing scales and one medium-sized safe. Ad-
dress C. L. Dolph, Temple, Mich. 522
OTEL FOR RENT OR SALE—STEAM
heat, electric lights, hardwood floors, ete.;
located in Bessemer, Mich., county seat Gogebic
aig Address J. M. Whiteside, Bessemer,
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rer SALE — GENERAL MERCHANDISE
stock, invoicing about $8,000, store building
and fixtures. Stock is in Al shape. Trade es.
tablished over twenty years. Would accept
house and lot or farm in part payment. Splen-
did chance for the right person. Reason for sell-
ing, wish to retire from business and take a
needed rest. Address No. 520, care Michigan
Tradesman. 520
OR RENT—A GOOD BRICK STORE
building centrally located in a good business
— Address Mrs. E. F. Colwell, Lake Odessa,
Mich. 516

OR SALE—DRUG STOCK INVOICING
_ fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars, in Southern
Michigan. Will retain half interest or sellentire
stock. place to make money. Reason for
selling, have other business. Address No. 515,
care Michigan Tradesman. 515
re SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GEN-
eral Stock of Merchandise—Two 80 acre
farms; also double store building. Good trading
point. Address No. 388, care M ichigan Trades-
man. 388

 

 

 

 

_ SALE—GENERAL STOCK, LOCATED
at good country trading point. Stock and
fixtures will inventory about $2,000; rent reason-
able; good place to handle produce. Will sell
stock complete or a any branch of it.
Address No. 292, care Michigan Tadesman. 292

Ss HAVING STOCKS OF GOODS
of any kind, farm or city property or manu-
facturing plants, that they wish to sell or ex-
change, write us for our free 24-page catalogue of
real estate and business chances. The Der y &
Choate Real Estate Co., Lansing, Mich. 259

oR SALE CHEAP — $2,000 GENERAL
stock and building. Address No. 240, care
Michigan Tradesman. 240

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

ANTED—MAN TO WORK IN MEAT
market and grocery store. Must be steady
and sober. Address No. 575, care Michigan
Tradesn an. 575
WANTED BY EXPERIENCED MAN—
Position as clerk in general store. Refer-
ences furnished. L. D. Miles, Wayland, Mich.
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W ANTED— POSITION AS MANAGER OF
general merchandise stock in town of 2,000
to 5,000. Fifteen years’ experience. Best of
references furnished. Address B. A., care Mich-

igan Tradesman. 566
WANTED SITUATION AS PHARMACIST
about Nov. 15. Write No. 554, eare Michi-

gan Tradesman. 554

 

 

Notice of Stockholders’ Meeting.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Oct. 24, 1900.

The stockholders of the Clark-Rowson Manu-
facturing Co. will take notice that a meeting is
hereby called of the stockholders of the above
company, to be held at the Bissell Carpet
Sweeper Factory at 10 o’clock in the forenoon of
Monday, Nov. 5, 1900, for the purpose of settling
the indebtedness of the company or applying
their assets toward the payment of said indebt-
edness, and for the further purpose of settling
up all of its affairs and disbanding the company.

THE CLARK-ROoWSON MANUFACTURING CO.
By M. SHANAHAN, Secretary. —