> —___ Remember to ca!l on a business man during business times only, and solely on business. Transact the same and go about your own, in order to give him time to attend to his. : Levels Hardware Pr 1ce€ Curr ent Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... dis 70 E Mattocks a Adze Eye..............2..2..+.$17 00..dis 70—10 Japs Metals—Zinc G. D., full count, per m. . 40 Hicks’ Waterproof, er Qn. oo 50 600 pound —— eee cc ce covctecce cc coeece 1% Musket, a Bee ee cel oe 75 | Per pound.. os — 8 Ely’s Waterproof, per m. 60 Miscellaneous C artridges Bird Cages ...... 40 No. 22 short, per m........ ......-.-.. 2 50 | Pumps, Cistern.. 75&10 No. 22 long, per m............ a 3 00 | Screws, New List ...... 85 No, 32 short, per m.......... --.-----. 4 95 | Casters, Bed and Plate 50&108&10 No. 32 long, per m..................... 5 80| Dampers, American... .. 50 No.2U.M.C..b sik 9p oa Molasses ‘aie . 2U. M. C., boxes 250, per m...... ’ No. 2 Winchester, boxes 250, per i... ij on a lO Gun Wads Pass Black edge, Nos. 11 and 12 U. M.C.. 60 , Soy, ACM 60&10&10 Black edge, Nos. 9 and 10, per m...... alee encase eiaaind ac aan Black edge, No. 7, a. roe TU 80 conan (aaa CO 70 Loaded Shells Patent Planished Iron New Rival—For Shotguns “A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24t027 10 75 Drsof ozot. Size Per B” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 75 No. Powder Shot Shot Gauge 160 Broken packages ‘4c per pound extra. _ ‘ i * = $2 = Planes ‘ 1 29 m6 4s 8 3 Sn | le Toot Cp fancy. 2 - Pi = ‘ = oa Sandusky Tool Co.'s, taney 50 154 ais i, 4 10 3 00 Kench, first yuality.. side oe "O a : ; 10 12 2 50 Nails se = 8 12 250) Advance over base, on both Steel and Wire. a 33 bh : : 65 | Steel nails, base.... 2.2.0... 2.0. cence 2 65 264 2 eh 4 12 2 7 Wines, fem. 2 65 Siiecuiak 3 per cent. = ro : a so Set dcce ees Base Paper Shells—Not Loaded eee 10 No. 10, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100. . 01 CRC 20 No. 12, pasteboard boxes 100, per 100.. 64 ; pee eae ce ceee scecdecgsiones = a 8 aC aN 70 Kegs, 25 lbs., per keg....... ee. 4 00 | Pie S AGVaNCO..... 2. 2... oe ecco en. cone 4 Kegs, 12% Ibs., per 4 keg.......... 2 25 | Casing 10 advanee. .................... 15 14 kegs, 6% lbs., ‘per a6 Hoe... 1 2 | Casing Sadvanee.................. +... 25 Shot — —— Dial e le ce nia eial 35 In sacks containing 25 Ibs. ee 25 Drop, all sizes smaller than B........ 1 40 Finlsh 6 advanee 00.0002. ccc = Siaiane Augurs and Bits ‘i Barrel % advance.. 85 Jeanings gemuhaa. aE ENN 5 Rivets Jennings’ imitation.................... 6G | ven and Tamed... .... es. 50 Axes Copper Rivets and Burs.............. aa quate’ p S. B. — 6 50 Roofing Plates rst Quality, D. ronze. 10 00 | 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Dean.............. 6 50 hac cae $B. Stat 7 00 | 14x90 IX’, Charcoal, Dean.. a 7 50 ’ jOCh. -- 11 50 | 99x28 10, Charcoal, Dean.. dd 13 00 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 5 50 Railroad....... Ee ne ole 15 00 | 14x20 1x’ Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 6 50 Garden ..........................--..--net 30 00 | 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 11 00 20x28 1X’, Charcoal; Allaway Grade... 13 00 Stove .. Se aa ae omc ae tone 60 Ro pes ict” Carriage, ae -— Sisal, % inch and larger. cu 8% er ae ne 12 ae ‘Buckets Sieeadl Paper ell, plain ....... ae $4 00 4 a Butts, oun List acct. 19, ’86.. a. « Ge 50 Cast Loose Pin, figured ............... 65 Sash , Weights Wrought Narrow ..................... 60 | Solid Eyes, per ton.................... 25 00 Chain Sheet Iron ¥%4 in. 5-16 in. 3 in. % in. com. smooth. com. sy — _* eo * SS sXe. _— - - 2 iid alaiell chal acel aiaraca cota aiacalal el = = Ce a : E le Bae |. NOH 18 00 Mee ee 3 30 o% a 6% - Now, a6to86.c000ececeesceccceses 3 3 40 oe 3 50 Gast Steel, por Mm... GUNG ee 3 80 3 60 Chisels a Sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches Socket Firmer i ie 65 | Wide, not less than 2-10 extra. mmite 65 Shovels and Spades MOGHGL COMMOP eo... oe. 65 | wir St Grade, Der... . 8 00 SS ee 65 Second Grade, DoZ........ 00. cee sees 7 50 — Solder Com. Sener 5 * oe Ce acd 21 Corrugated, = sete ee cece ee ee eens 1 25} The prices of the many other qualities of solder Adjustable. . ----dis 40&10 | in the market indicated by private brands vary ‘Expansive Bits according to composition. Clark’s small, $18; large, $26 .......... 40 Squares Ives’ 1, $18; 2, Son 2 Se 25 | Steel and Iron.. —— a 70 Files—New _— New American . 70&10 Tin—Melyn tutte Nicholson 70 | 10x14 IC, —- $ 8 50 Heller’s Horse Rasps... 70 | 14x20 IC, a 8 50 Galvanized Iron 20x14 Ix, Chare 9 75 Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 and 26; 27, 2g| Hach dditional X on this grade, $1:25. — 12 B os 14 15 16. 17 Tin—Allaway Grade co Gauges 10x14 _ Gone Be eee erences cece : = g4090 16, Charcoal... .... 2... 8... Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s.......... 60810 10x14 Dt EN 8 50 Glass Wee UN, Charcoss. .. 1... 2... 8 50 Single Strength, by box............... dis 958 | Each additional X on this grade, $1.50 eee! fant , by box.. : = _- Boiler Size Tin Plate ace .dis 14x56 IX, for No.8 Boilers, Hammers 14x56 IX, for No.9 Boilers, per pound.. 10 Maydole & Co. = _ — Se cec cena. cage 334% Traps Yerkes & Plum tus -dis 40&10| Steel, Game. . ecu 75 Mason’s Solid Gast Se 30 list 70 | Oneida Community, Newhouse’s...... 40&10 — Oneida Community. Hawley & Nor- Gate, Clark’s 1, 2, 3 ee .-.-.dis 60810 a ee ge . ouse, choker per doz............... ee Hollow pw Ware 50&10 Mouse, delusion, pe.’ doz. . ae 1 25 Kettios Soe eoa oe 50&10 Wire Spiders.. See 50810 ee se ciee aie ciao Lecce cows 60 Horse —— Coenet Market...................... 50810 Au Sable . S 40&10 inned Market.. 50&10 House Furnishing Goods cane ered Sprin: Steei-: Sd 40 Stamped Tinware, new list............ 70 Barbed F Fence, alvanized.......-.--- 3 30 Japanned Tinware................0..:. 20810 eee Fence, CS 3 00 Iron Wire Goods ae WO 2 25 c rates | B ee aa 80 iene Hane 3 c rates 80 Knobs—New List ooks 80 Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.. 75 | Gate Hooks and Eyes.. aes 80 Door, porcelain, ap. trimmings....... 85 ‘Wrenches ne — —s 's Rane Nickeled... 2 Regular 0 ular, _ ee 5B 00 | Coe’s Genuine. ........ 2.2. --2- eeee ones Warren, Galvanized Fount....2.52.; 00 | Coe’s Patent Agricuitural, jWrought..70&10 18 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Shoes and Rubbers Process Followed in the Manufacture of Box Calf. Box calf is so called because of the figure imprinted on the grain. The figure is made by boarding the grain with a hand board in the finishing. This figure is not as prominent as the figure seen on oil grain or on pebbled goat. In this class of stock the figure is imprinted in the grain by a cut machine roll while the skin is slightly damp, and the skin is then sprung up over the table four ways to make the pebble rounding. On box calf no impression is cut by a roll; the skin is simply boarded two ways in opposite direc- tions, which gives a figure resembling a box. Box calf as it was first put on the market was tanned in the combina- tion tannage, which is a combination of chemicals, gambier and oil. To-day go per cent. of the so-called box calf is tanned by the chrome process, which is composed entirely of chemicals. In the combination tannage a vegetable tannin works well with the chemicals and makes good leather; in the chrome tannage if any vegetable tannin be mixed with the bichromate of potash the leather is ruined on the Start, as bichromate of potash and any of the vegetable tannins do not affiliate. Box calf leather, as it comes near being rawhide, possesses much _ greater strength of fibre than either the old bark or the combination tanned leather. It can not, in the true sense of the term, really be said to be tanned; it is sim- ply cured, but the curing process is such that it will stand washing in water with- out any injurious effect whatever, which is more than can be said of any other known curing process. The reason for this is that the pores of the skin have been contracted by the bichromate of potash. Bichromate of potash has this effect on anything containing albumin- ous matter. This fact has been taken advantage of by photographers for years, They have used bichromate of potash for preserving pictures from the action of the air. It is said that through the efforts of a photographer in experiment- ing on skins many ideas concerning the tanning and finishing of this class of leather were brought to light. One difficulty with which shoe manu- facturers have to contend in using the chrome tanned calf is caused by the coarse, loose flanks and bellies; when chrome tanned calf first came into use this trouble was much worse than it is now. The calfskin is one of the skins that needs careful manipulation to make it into satisfactory leather. Being taken from the animal’s back while it is young, it has not attained that firmness of fibre found in the hide of the older animal. Since there is but little filling matter in the chrome tannage by which the beilies and flanks may be made plump, tanners are very careful while the skin is being put through the beam- house to keep all possible substance in the skin intact, and then when boarding the leather for the box figure the bellies and flanks are touched but lightly by the workmen. Shoe cutters say that they find a big difference in the leather turned out by different manufacturers as regards the looseness of the flanks. This is true on all classes of leather, and always will be so, since each tanner follows out some particular method of his own. In making box calf by the chrome process two systems are in vogue, one known as the one and the other as the two- bath system. To prepare the skins for these different systems they must be treated differently in the beam-house. It is thought by many that a finer and plumper flank is produced on box calf by using the glove calf tannage previous to applying the one-bath liquor. In using the calf kid tannage the flour in the tannage serves to plump and fill the skin. It also prevents the skin from breaking up coarse, and gives to the grain a velvety feel; then when the one- bath liquor comes to be given the skin, what little plumpness there is in the liquor further increases the plumpness of the skin without drawing or making the grain rigid. Cutters say that in handling the skins, they sometimes find that, although the skins feel fairly soft, they do not break fine, a Straight line often running the whole length of the skin, and that this is more noticeabie in thin stock. This trouble is caused by the skins having been tacked to the boards, for the purpose of drying di- rectly after tanning and coloring, in- stead of after having been dried and then dampened in the manner the work should have been done. On all skins tanned by a curing proc- ess the skins need to be properly dried in the air, then when dampened down and staked out they commence to feel like leather. In tacking out a skin di- rectly from the tanning and coloring, measurement is gained, but the gain in feet is more than offset by the thin bel- lies and flanks. Leather finishers Say that although they are well aware that chrome leather is injured in this way, they must continue this practice as long as shoe manufacturers continue to pay only a certain price per foot, since un- der these conditions they feel obliged to use all known means to increase the measurement, even if it be at the ex- pense of the plumpness of the skin. -— Leather Manufacturer. se >___ Known by Their Shoes. If you go regularly to the same _boot- black he not only knows you by your shoes, but he knows every pair of shoes that he has ever seen on your feet. ‘‘ These are better shoes than the but- ton ones you wore last fall,’’ said one of the Italian footwear shiners, who pre- sumed on a long business acquaintance. He told the truth and set me to think- ing. ‘‘Do you remember those shoes?’’ J asked. ‘Ob, yes. I put a button on them the first time you wore them, and that was right after you stopped wearing the light tan ones that you had for three summers, ’’ ‘‘Do you notice and remember all such things?’’ ‘Yes. We used to all you ‘Old Tans’ when we spoke of you. You see, we talk about our customers sometimes and always know them best by their shoes. That man who just went out is ‘Old Congress Gaiters.’ We don’t mean any- thing wrong by such names; it is only our way. We have very few customers who wear congress gaiters and he is the only one who comes every day. Most of them are old men, for you see they can put the gaiters on easier than other shoes. That gentleman always wears them and he makes a pair last him nine months.’’—Stroller in N. Y. Herald. ——_ 6-s—__ An Irish Verdict. _ Judge—Gentlemen of the jury, what is your verdict? Irish Foreman—We fond that the mon who stole the horse is not guilty. - It Isn’t Luck It is acombination of shrewd buying and close selling that | allows us to offer you a gen- | uine Goodyear welt shoe at | $2.00 | Order samples — you will want more. Write for our | New Catalogue. It contains | lots of good things. | Edwards-Stanwood Shoe Co. Monroe and Franklin Sts., Chicago, Ill. No. 7705—Men’s Vici, Goodyear Welt, Bal. Crown Toe, + C to EE, 6-11, $2.00; carried in stock also in Box Calf, Velour Calf and Patent Leather, Black, Russet and Auto Red. grrteterrrrrrrrrrrrrerrrrt t ; * Don’t Forget the — Se Lycoming Double Wear Goods and that Lycomings contain more pure gum than any rubber on the market. Ask our travelers about combinations Duck and Waterproof Leggins, Lumbermen’s Socks, Leather tops, all heights, etc., etc. Send for our Shoe Catalogue for spring. : GEO. H. REEDER & CO., 28 & 30 So. Ionia St. Poh obhoh heheheh Grand Rapids, Mich. PEEEEEEEEEEEET ETE T EEE TEES Whirlwind of a shoe Our Men’s Vici Shoes made in our own fac- tory will blow a gale of business your way. Try them. Price $1.60. Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co., Makers of Shoes, Grand Rapids, Mich. INI The Illustrated Boot and Shoe Price List of the Grand Rapids Felt Boot Co., will be out in 10 days and our price list on Knit, Felt Boot and Sock ys Combinations is now ready and our discount on Candee, first quality, is G 35 and Io per cent.; second quality, 10 per cent. better; the Grand Rapids Felt Boot Co.’s first quality is 40 and 5 per cent. and their sec- ond quality 10 per cent. better. Cet your orders in now and write for Price lists, etc., if you are interested. STUDLEY & BARCLAY, 4 MONROE STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Wholesale Dealers in Rubber Boots and Shoes—Socks, Gloves and Mit- tens are among our specialties. Poh hh heh oh heheh oh hop “>>> : ASO = NG SAEs MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 Advice to Young Men Starting in the Shoe Business. We receive a great many letters con- taining requests for information from young ren about to enter the ranks of the retailers. A great many of our cor- respondents seem to take it for granted that their ambition to achieve success can be gratified only in the larger towns and cities. One young man writes, ‘‘I have about thirty-five hundred dollars capital which I would like to invest in the re- tail shoe business. I have clerked in a retail shoe store for ten years; the last three years I have had almost exclusive control. I do all the buying and am practically the manager and | feel that I have learned enough about the _ busi- ness to venture in for myself. ‘‘T have thought some of starting in this town where I am well known and have a pretty good ‘stand in’ with the trade, but it is a small town (about 1,500) and although it is growing, the growth is rather slow.’’ ‘‘l believe I would rather locate in a town of ten thousand or up where I can carry a nice up-to-date line of shoes.’’ ‘‘About the highest price we can get for a man’s shoe here is $3.50 and $3 for ladies. 1 would like to get in some town large enough to justify me in put- ting in a nice line of men’s and wom- en’s $5 shoes.’’ ‘‘Do you consider thirty-five hundred dollars sufficient capital to start a shoe store in a good live city of ten to twenty thousand people, and do you know a town of this kind that presents a good opening?’’ To begin with, the idea that seems to prevail to a greater or less extent, that the city is the only place for an ambi- tious young man who wishes to succeed as a retailer, isa great mistake; noth- ing could be wider of the mark. Mind, we are discussing the small re- tailer, the one who wishes to start in a moderate way and cater to a good class of trade. The old saying that ‘‘all is not gold that glitters’ is particularly ap- propriate of the city in this case—as it is to-day, not as it was ten years ago. The young man who goes to the city to start in the retail shoe business in a small way finds it something like this: First, he must find a suitable build- ing in a good location, particularly if he expects to sell the medium and fine grade of geods. Then the trouble be- gins, rents are high, and if a room is finally selected it is at a higher figure than he expected to pay. Then comes sign work ; this must be of the very best to be in keeping with the others—gen- erally something in gold leaf, which costs quite a little sum. The windows and inside fixtures, consisting of settees or chairs, rugs, mirrors, etc., must be good, if not elegant. All this makes quite a little hole in the thirty-five hun- dred dollars. Proper lighting is also expensive. Then he begins to. buy stock. He must have at least a fair as- sortment of styles and when some of these are of the higher priced grades they run into money very fast. Then comes advertising—effective ad- vertising in a city is expensive; insur- ance is high and so are taxes. The city is full of societies and charitable associations of all kinds that must be kept up. The solicitors find the land- lord or the retired farmer hard to lo- cate and when he is found, there is no pressure that can be brought to bear to make him disgorge, but the merchant can not escape; they always know where to find him and there are plenty of rea- sons why he can not refuse, so he con- tributes more than his share and this be- comes quite an item. If he expects to sell the people who buy high priced shoes, he must to a cer- tain extent cultivate their acquaintance and he must dress well. So, when he begins to figure up his actual expenses (the number of dollars he must make every day for others before he makes one for himself) he is startled, but he argues, ‘‘expenses don’t count if only you can do the business and where so many people are, there certainly is business,’’ and so he opens up. After awhile he begins to realize that build- ing up a business in the better grades of goods is necessarily slow work. If he had opened up in inexpensive quarters with a line of cheap shoes, job lots, sample pairs, etc., and adver- tised extensively, business would have started in with a rush, but selling me- dium and high priced shoes is a differ- ent story altogether. He soon finds that a percentage of this high-class trade is very exacting. In many instances they are more particular about the style and fit than they are about paying. He finds that wealthy people do not all buy high-priced shoes. Many of the extremely wealthy goor send to the still larger cities for their footwear. While he spends an hour and a half in an endeavor to sell a pair of ladies $4 shoes that may come back to be sold all over again with a profit—if the sale is made—of $1.25, the bargain-store man with small expenses and cheap fixtures is selling three pairs, closing the sales for good with a profit of $1.75 or $2 and that upon a comparatively small investment. — Shoe and Leather Gazette. ——__—~» 2. ____ The committing magistrate always bas lots of time at his disposal. Your goods on the top shelves 5 will} become stale unless they are kept within easy reach. 7 HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO. Grand Rapids, Michigan Send for Catalogue Mail Orders Use our catalogue in sending mail orders. Orders for staple boots and shoes filled the same day as re- ceived. Full stock on hand of Goodyear Glove and Federal Rub- bers. Send us your orders. Bradley & Metcalf Co., Milwaukee, Wis. sees zal ill” Rubbers Boston and Bay State Wait and see our agents before placing your order for fall. They will call on you in time for you to take advantage of the lowest price. Ask them about new things for fall. RINDGE, KALMBACH, LOGIE & CO. 10-22 N. Lonta St. Grand Rapids, Mich. Canoe IF YOU WANT- RUBBER BOOTS AND SHOES QUICK, ORDER FROM A. H. KRUM & CO, Detroit, Micu. We are Western agents for seven brands of Rubber Footwear, as follows: AMERICANS, CANDEES, COLONIALS, WOONSOCKETS, FEDERALS, RHODE ISLANDS, PARAS. All orders filled Promptly with New, Fresh and Up- to-date goods. USE me CELEBRATED » Sweet Loma ‘ur TOBACCO. CUT NEW SCOTTEN TOBACCG CO. (Against the Trust.) ALWAYS # Pred 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Woman’s World No Danger From the Invasion of the Third Sex. Every now and then some well-mean- ing person, with no worries of his own to occupy his mind, borrows trouble on account of the woman of the future. To a casual observer of contemporaneous events this seems a bit unnecessary. It begins to look as if the coming woman was going to be able to take care of herself when the time comes and settle matters her own way. These amiable philanthropists can’t see it in this light, however, and one of them has just been darkly prophesying that unless some- thing is done to check the economic independence of woman it is going to produce a_ kind of Frankenstein—a creature with the physique of a woman and the brain and tastes of a man. This writer thinks that the invasion of the bread-winning occupation by women must result in changing the fem- inine character. That as women obtain the same education, engage in the same pursuits and follow the same ideals, their tastes and habits and manners and feelings must gradually approximate those of men and thus will grow up a third sex. ‘‘But,’’ he concludes, ‘‘there is no reason to fear that this hideous nightmare will »ever come true,’’ and he hopefully opines that men will arise and drive women workers out of the gainful occupations they are now fol- lowing and that, having nothing else to do, women will resume the pleasing profession of being nothing but women. That the same conditions of life must inevitably produce similar characteris- tics is as certain as that the same soil will grow the same kind of vegetation. So far the proposition is beyond argu- ment, but in all the various ramifica- tions of what we call the woman ques- tion there is nothing else so strange as the different way in which men and women look at this very point of the growing similarity in tastes and thoughts and ability between men and women. Women regard it as freeing their sex from the bondage of ignorance and _ in- competency that has dwarfed their best efforts so long. To them it is a step upward into the light. To men it appears the undermining of the universe. Ever since the creation they have sneered at woman’s peculiar weaknesses and foibles and derided her lack of judgment and logic, but the moment she has begun to show symp- toms of becoming a reasonable and rational human being they cry out in despair that she is unsexing herself and losing all her feminine charm. For a thousand years they have caricatured us for being afraid of a mouse, and now they call us a brazen monster because we aren’t afraid of it. But suppose women do learn of men and get to be more like them in many ways, is it such a terrible misfortune for the world and society? Is the woman who is a good fellow such a bad fellow? Let’s see how some of the theories work out in real life. It is undeniably true that the educated woman is going to think very much as the educated man does. Is the cultivated man going to find his wife any less agreeable and sympathetic a companion because she reads the best literature, instead of de- voting herself to penny dreadfuls and wishy-washy love stories? The woman who goes in for athletics is going to hold pretty much the same theories the man does about fresh air and exercise and wholesome food, but is she any less desirable than the woman who nibbled sweets all day and was a mass of ail- ments and doctors’ bills? No sensible person will deny that men have had the saner outlook on life, but because we are trying to climb up to their point of view is no reason for people to call us names. A third sex, indeed! That the working woman—and, poor thing, she seems to always be the men- ace to society—will come to take the workingman’s view of many things, is also true. There’s the home, for in- stance. Most domestic women never can understand why men make such a fetich of the home. The average woman al- ways thinks her husband a bit crazy, when he tells her he wishes he had nothing to do, like her, but just to stay at home. The working woman knows just exactly what he means and agrees with him in it. 1 know plenty of women whose whole lives have been spent in the shelter of their fathers’ and their husbands’ houses, as safe and warm as a bird ina nest. They have never grappled with a single problem of life, nor known what it was to be really responsible. They have been protected, and somebody has always stood between them and care. They have homes that are pretty and comfortable and that ought to be a heaven on earth, but half the time these domestic women are dissatisfied and discontented and yearning to be out in the world fighting the battle for fame or bread. There is never a day that the working woman, who has achieved even moderate success, does not have some woman with a good husband or father and a good home say to her: ‘‘How I envy you!’’ And there is nothing else under the blue canopy the working wonian would like to do so much as _ to give the disgruntled sister a good shake and tell her to try to have sense enough to appreciate her blessings. In all my experience I have never known a single working woman the ulti- mathule of whose ambition was not to have just the kind of a home the do- mestic woman despises—a place where she can indulge her own taste in wall paper and potter around in the kitchen all sbe wants to, It is nothing less than pathetic, the efforts homeless women In the top tray of every actress’ trunk are a few little lares and penates she drags around with her and sticks up the moment she gets in a hotel room; the poorest-paid shop girl saves a few pennies fora ‘‘drape’’ for a chair or sticks up a newspaper picture or something to give her bare hall bedroom the aspect of homeiness, while it is the desperate effort to make a home and work, too, that accounts for nine-tenths of the breakdowns among professional women. When a working woman does get a home she is apt to look at it still from the man’s standpoint. She knows what a clean hearth and a smiling welcome mean to one who comes in tired and worn, and who wants to be refreshed and comforted. She never nags, be- cause she knows that sometimes a cross word takes the last bit of courage out of a faint heart. She never meets a man at the door with a tale of woe about everything that has gone wrong during the day, because she looks at that from a man’s standpoint, too. She has been all along there and she knows by actual experience that when a hungry, ex- hausted, harassed person gets home, just one more unpleasant thing seems as if the straw that breaks the camel’s back. The working woman also acquires a man’s way of looking at promptness. It is because the general woman has so much of the time that isn’t money that she is so extravagant with it. It doesn’t make any particular difference whether she works a blue rose in a linen doily to-day or puts it off until next week, and she gets in the way of dilly-dallying about everything, and when you have an engagement with her at 4 o'clock she arrives at 5 or any other old hour that she feels like. The working woman finds out that life is run on schedule time. Itis a revelation that knocks her silly at first, but when she finally grasps the fact she can give any man points on doing things with neatness and dis- patch. It may be mannish and an evi- dence that she belongs to the third sex for a woman to arrive at that point of progress at which she ceases to waste her own and other people’s time, but she is a mighty comfortable sort of an individual with whom to deal. The same thing may be said about money. Undoubtedly the girl who is to inherit a fortune, and who receives The New White Light Gas Lamp Co. ILLUMINATORS. More brilliant and fifteen times cheaper than electricity. 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Eight hundred candle-power light at a cost Ask for Catalogue. 22 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN | Butter and Eggs Egg, Butter, Poultry and Lamb Market in Gotham. Now that prices for eggs are getting down toward a spring basis we may expect a closer discrimination as to qualities by the buying interests. So far very little grading has been done by the Western packers, but it will doubt- less be more advantageous to make a closer assortment hereafter. During the spring season eggs may be graded up quickly and there will be more of an inducement hereafter to work up a rep- utation for size and cleanness. It is worth considerable to an egg shipper to establish a good reputation for his brand ; it makes the stock promptly sal- able at the times when quick sale means dollars ahead. *x* * * It now looks very much as though the market was down to stay. Colder weather is reported at the close in some parts of the West, but it is getting too late to build much on this as_produc- tion has evidently started on a large scale and full supplies are already in transit. The demand, however, is re- sponding to the decline and goods are going out in good shape; our outlets have absorbed not only the current ar- rivals but a good deal of stock previous- ly accumulated also, and it looks as if our market would be in good shape to handle the larger supplies in prospect. But unless some unusual occurrence in weather conditions should check the natural increase of production there is every reason to anticipate a further de- cline in values until the point is reached at which surplus will be withdrawn to permanent quarters in cold storage. There have been indications that some storage men would begin to lay in eggs on a basis of 14c at seaboard, but when the time comes it is to be hoped this folly will be avoidable. x * * We have had our attention called toa most exasperating case where a butter- maker, endeavoring to improve the product of the creamery where he was employed, lost his position because he rejected a lot of poor, stale milk. Week after week he had been struggling to overcome the effects of defective ma- terial, but in spite of all the skill that he could bring to bear, his product was having a hard time in the Eastern mar- ket to which it was consigned. The selling agent had complained often and severely of the quality of the butter and finally the buttermaker decided that he must reject some of the poor milk. The next day 2,000 pounds that were fit only for the hogs went back to the patrons, and inside of a week he was notified that his services would not be wanted after the first of the month. *x* * * It is a grievous disappointment to the dairy interests that after pushing the Grout bill so close to a successful issue they are obliged to submit for even a year longer to the fraudulent element in the competition with oleomargarine. The large majority gained for the Grout bill in the House was naturally encouraging ; and it was plainly evident that the Senate was ready to pass the bill had it been possible in that slow going and deliberate body to have reached a vote. But the pressure of peremptory legislation prevented the due consideration of the bill and it died with the session, although with all the elements of life in it requisite for the quickest possible resurrection. “‘Now that the poultry is running poor, especially chickens, I see some of the larger shippers are grading their stock differently,’’ remarked a_ receiver when appealed to for news. ‘‘The trouble is, however, that they do not grade it closely enough to give satisfac- tion to buyers and of course we can_ not get high prices from them unless we can suit them with quality. One shipper of fancy stock who ships more or less to me has been separating his stags from the other chickens and I understand other large shippers are also doing the same thing. My shipper picks out the worst stags and ships them as such and the balance he ships as ‘fancy chick- ens.’ The fact is that the fancy chick- ens are about half stags and while they bring a little more than the stags with the more prominent spurs, the shipper would get almost as much for them if he picked out the few fancy chickens and for the latter he would get a big price. But we can not seem to educate the shipper up to giving us what we want notwithstanding it is money in his pocket. ”’ * * * Another receiver said he thought the trouble was mainly with the commission man himself. ‘‘Returns are made too much on the basis of quotations—so much above or below or just quotation figures, according to the mark, instead of according to quality. The shipper soon discovers that extra care in pack- ing, grading and selecting his stock does not increase returns so he falls back again to his old style and consequently his poultry is not as fancy as it would have heen had he received proper en- couragement from his commission house. ’’ + + + A few hot house or ‘‘spring’’ lambs usually arrive for Thanksgiving and Christmas trade and scattering receipts appear until spring when they become plenty. The arrivals have been more plenty of late and very full prices are ~~ realized. The following are the usual directions for packing and pre- paring for market: Selec: only prime fat stock—always the best of the flock. In dressing early lambs, cut them open only to the breast bone, but as the weather becomes warm it is best to cut down to the head. Take out entrails, leaving in haslet. The skin must be left on, but head and feet should be removed at all times in order to comply with the provisions of a sanitary ordinance. Skin the hind legs about halfway down and draw the caul over them and well down over the kidneys, securing it with skew- ers. Slit the caul just enough to let the kidneys through. Replace the pelt over the legs. Be careful about putting in back sets. The sticks should be just the right length; fasten one end in the flank and the other in the breast close up to first rib, having the sticks cross in the back just behind the kidneys. Wrap the whole carcass with clean, white muslin, then with hurlap or bag- ging, and ship by express. Do not handle too soon after killing, but allow the animal heat to get entirely out of the meat before shipping. Early lambs should not weigh less than 30 pounds, and as the season advances buyers want heavier stock. Late summer and fall lambs will not sell as spring lambs,— N. Y. Produce Review. ————>-0 . ____ Maine’s Oleo Law Valid. The Maine Supreme Court last Tues- day declared as constitutional the State law prohibiting the sale of oleomarga- rine and other imitations of butter. The test case came up in Androscoggin county, a verdict of guilty being ren- dered on an indictment charging Oscar Rogers with violating a statute. —>_2>—__ It is easier for a young man to fool his own mother than it is for him to fool any other woman, Alfred J. Brown Seed Co. Seed Growers and Merchants We are always in the market to buy or sell Clover, Timothy, Alsyke, Beans, Popcorn Buckwheat, Etc. GARDEN SEEDS IN BULK Our stocks are complete and we are prepared to quote prices as low as Good Seeds can be afforded. ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO., Grand Rapids, Michigan SB BB SG HER GE GER GER HR GE wR HR wR Geo. N. Huff & Co., j WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Game, Dressed Meats, Etc. COOLERS AND COLD STORAGE ATTACHED. Consignments Solicited. 74 East Congress St., Detroit, Mich. SN RS SE SB SR SB BR RE Re ee E OE TR UE OOOO0O0S 00000000 00000000 00000000 0000000000000000 We Are Direct Carload Receivers of California and Florida ORANGES and jobbers of the best of everything in seasonable fruits, nuts, figs, dates, etc., for holiday trade. Your mail orders will receive careful attention. Wanted—Beans, Onions, Apples, Potatoes, Honey. Write us what you have to offer. . Vinkemulder Company, °@ 14 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. Mich. Sonccecoonocooooooooosooossoosonseenensonnnesinenns MILLER & TEASDALE CO. Receivers—Carlots—Distributors POTATOES We handle from all sections and sell everywhere, ST. LOUIS, MO. Leading Distributing Center in the United States, POTATOES CAR LOTS ONLY State quantity, variety and quality. If have car on track, give initial and number of car—station loaded or to be loaded. H. ELMER MOSELEY & CO., GRAND RAPIDS. CLARK BUILDING, OPPOSITE UNION STATION. ORANGES LEMONS Direct from CALIFORNIA in car lots. Apples, Onions, Cabbage, Parsnips, Celery, Honey, Beans. market price. E. E. HEWITT, Successor to C. N. Rapp & Co. 9 North Ionia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. BEANS =-==SEEDS POTATOES MOSELEY BROS. obbers of Fruits, Seeds, Beans and Potatoes 26, 28, 30, 32 Ottawa Street Grand Rapids, Michigan ALL GROCERS Who desire to give their customers the best vinegar on the market will e give them RED STAR BRAND Cider Vinegar. These goods stand for PURITY and are the best un the market. We give a Guarantee Bond to every customer. Your order solicited. Will bill at lowest THE LEROUX CIDER & VINEGAR CO., TOLEDO, OHIO. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 The New York Market Special Features of the Grocery and Prod- uce Trades. Special Correspondence. New York, Mar. 9—There is a fair, steady volume of trade among our _job- bers and not a word of complaint is heard. Wholesalers are alert in study- ing the changes that are taking place in the business world, for such gigantic movements are of interest to every business man. The amount of printers’ ink that has been devoted to the coffee market is not inconsiderable and the papers have been shouting themselves hoarse over the ‘‘Coffee Corner’’ cry. It is admitted that ‘‘it will take several years’’ to get coffee fully cornered, but—well, the market is fairly steady. There is not a great movement of actual stock, but the situation is more encouraging than last week and prices are pretty firmly ad- hered to. Receipts at primary points continue large, being 32,000 bags at Santos and Rio on Friday, against 14,000 bags at the same time last year. In‘ store and afloat the amount of Brazil coffee aggregates 1,203,379 bags, against 1,334,165 bags at the same time last year. Rio No. 7 closes at 7%@7Xc. Trading in West India sorts is steady, but the amount really changing hands is rather small. Little is doing in East Indias. Sugar—The market has been rather shaky all the week. Howell led off with a decline of Io points Friday morning, which was followed by an ad- ditional decline of 15 points Friday night. Saturday the American followed with a flat decline of %{c on all grades. No new purchases are being made to speak of and withdrawals under contract are only sufficient to keep assortments fairly whole. The auction sale of tea on Wednesday had the effect of demoralizing trade and the situation is not encouraging, al- though it has easily been worse. Prices are a little ‘‘off’’ and buyers are not at all disposed to make purchases ahead of current wants. The rice market is a little firmer as to prices and the demand from the gro- cery trade has been quite satisfactory. Prime to choice Southern is worth 5@ 5%c; head, 5%@6%c. Foreign sorts are without change. Japan, 4%@4c. The spice business is practically at a standstill. Prices are pretty well held and dealers seem to be satisfied with the condition of things, quiet as they are. Pepper and cloves are the two articles held firmest, and for Singapore pepper 13@134%c seems to be about the range for invoice lots. Molasses buyers take very small lots and this is natural, as the season is too far advanced to carry large stocks. Open-kettle goods are firm and sell within the range of 32@4oc; good to rime centrifugal, 17@26c. Syrups are hin and market pretty well cleaned up. Canned goods appear to have taken a turn and there is a better feeling among the trade. New York corn has ad- vanced 2%@5c per doz.,and if tomatoes are no higher there is not the pressure to sell that has existed. Salmon has been in very good demand and an ad- vance in red Alaska is looked for at any time. Future orders for corn have been taken at 82%c, f. o. b. Portland. Not an item of interest can be found in the entire dried fruit market. Three- crown raisins are cleaning up pretty well and there is rather more strength in prunes. Quotations are practically without change. Lemons and oranges have met with fair enquiry and the weather has_ been more favorable for shipments. Prices are about unchanged. Sicily lemons, 300s, $2.75@3.50, latter for extra fancy stock. The demand for beans is very quiet and altogether the situation is not at all different from the ‘‘usual run.’’ Choice marrows, $2.40@2.45 ; pea beans, $2.20; red kidney, $2.25. Best Western creamery is worth 22c and the demand is fair. Seconds to firsts, I9@2Ic; Western imitation creamery, finest, 18@18%c; lower grades, 14@16c; choice rolls, 14@1I5c. The cheese market is cleaning up in good shape and prices are well sus- tained. Full cream, fancy stock New York make will bring 12%c without much trouble and new stock will come in with very little old goods to compete with. Choice Western eggs will hardly bring over 15c and, with fairly large arrivals and demand not extremely active, no surprise will be occasioned if a further decline sets in. The Easter trade, how- ever, may sustain quotations for awhile. > 2. Go Back to a Crop Partially Deserted. Geneva, Ohio, Mar. 4—Last summer the farmers of Northeastern Ohio received a ‘‘tip’’ that there was a probability that the onion crop in America would fall short fully 1,000,000 bushels. This was sufficient to remind them of the fact that Lake and Ashtabula counties have in the past produced onions which dealers claimed were the best keepers and the best flavored product offered for sale; also that much of the land which was formerly used for growing this vegetable was either lying idle or devoted to the growth of other garden produce or grain. It was not too late for planting in this climate when this information came, consequently the land was made ready with a rush and as soon as the green shoots were fond piercing through the soft loam, father, mother and the chil- dren went to the onion patch to weed out the long rows and to do all in their power to make the harvest a profitable one. All hands contributed to the la- bor, so to all goes the reward for the fine crop and the resulting reward, for the price has already gone about as high as can be hoped for by the most ambi- tious and the daily reports show that the market is still on the increase. There is money in raising onions and disposing of them at 30 cents a bushel. The farmer counts that he has made a good thing when 60 cents can be ob- tained; but these prices were offered for Ohio onions when they were first harvested, fifty-six pounds to the bushel, and since fall the price has constantly been on the increase. Now commission merchants are paying $1.25 per bushel, and are anxious to buy at that price. One Madison dealer has bought 20,000 bushels at this price and feels assured that in a short time $1.50 will be offered. He has already disposed of over 300,000 bushels this season, at a good margin; and, in addition, has paid the farmers about as high a price as the most hopeful could wish for. Owners of small farms who took the ‘‘tip’’ and profited thereby have a neat $1,500 each as a reward of their sum- mer labor; and several growers have re- ceived as high as $4,000 for the labor of themselves and family. Up to twenty years ago onions were not raised in Northeastern Ohio and it was not suggested that the soil was peculiarly adapted to their cultivation, until Charles and William Edmunds, of Perry, conceived the idea of planting a quantity of seed, harvesting a crop sur- prising to them and pleasing to the dealers who purchased them. Their neighbors in the township followed their example the following season with like results. Then it spread to surrounding townships. All who attempted the cul- ture were successful in a measure, and for the past ten years most of the money which has come into the possession of the farmers in this vicinity has been in payment for onions. We can use your SMALL SHIP- MENTS as well as the larger ones. L.O. SNEDECO Those who go by wheel or automobile from Cleveland to the Pan-American and thus avail themselves of one of the finest routes in the country, over the old stage road, the longest road in the world, will observe a large number of big farms with fine residences and other buildings in proportion, all purchased mainly with money obtained from this product. The work connected with growing onions is comparatively light, and the expense is almost nothing. The seed for an acre costs less than $5, while the product will generally run as high as 800 bushels and in some instances 1,500 bushels. They thrive only ina peculiar soil, which is rich and_ holds moisture. Most of the local product is shipped to Pittsburg, as a distributing point. a Florida Orange Orchards Reach Former Fruitfulness. Ormond, Fla., March 11—Millions of people who love the flavor of the orange will be interested in learning that at least a large portion of the old-time prosperity in producing this luscious fruit in Florida has returned. The frost and bitter freezing spell which in 1894-5 prevailed in the peninsula, killing thous- ands of acres of trees in territory reach- ing down toward Key West, has not been repeated in the last six years, and this year the crop, which has just been picked, approaches in fulness those that used to be known. H. S. Williams, who owns the Lawn- dale orchards near Rock Ledge, shipped 2,000 boxes of some of the finest fruit ever sent out of Florida and other grow- ers have heen similarly successful. This brings back an era of prosperity to the orange growers of the famous river dis- trict. In 1895 Mr. Williams had ten oranges in a fifty-acre orchard. In 1896 he had eighteen hoxes. In 1897 500 boxes and the same in 1898-99. In Ig00 all save thirty-five boxes were killed in the bloom, but the trees were uninjured, and this year not only was a large crop picked and sold, but the prospects for the crop of next winter are good. The trees which in 1894-5 had been killed to the roots brought forth new sprouts, which have been nursed until they are now magnificent producing orchards. For a while the fruit was not as good as before the freeze, but now it is back to its normal flavor. The Indian River orange has a distinctive juicy meat which has given it a wide sale. It was the only variety known here for years. The California naval orange is not produced here, because it is a shy bearer and it does not pay to produce it. After the freeze there was much grafting done and the orchards are now producing many new and deli- cious varieties. There are the tanger- ine, brought from Tangier, and the mandarin from China. There is still another ‘importation, called the king, which is said to be an improvement on both the tangerine and mandarin. This variety was imported from Siam. The Brazilian is also being raised. This orange is said to have been imported by Joseph Jefferson, the actor, and pro- duced on his Louisiana plantation. The famous Rock Lédge, on which the most luscious oranges are produced, extends along the rock ledge overlook- ing the Indian River four miles and on which there are 800 acres of orange or- chards. Strange as it may seem, the Chicago market is almost—indeed, it is said to be absolutely—shut off from the Florida oranges. Nearly the whole product goes to New York and Bostcn. Chicago can get California oranges much cheaper, the freight rate on the latter being 85 cents a box. The all-rail rate to New York is 73 cents, but the sea lines take them for 60 cents. The Indian River russet, with darkened skin but delicious flavor, brings from $3.50 to $4 a box in the orchard. The brights are worth $5. It costs $2.75 to send a box to Chicago by express and go cents by freight. It would seem that with the present rail facilities the Chicago market could be reached more cheaply. O. D. Wetherell, a former Chicago city official and banker, is now raising oranges, pineapples and grape fruit in Florida. His orchards are located forty miles below Tampa, and he says all of them are doing well. When seen the other day he said that no Florida fruit is sold in Chicago. He predicts a won- derful development in the production of Florida fruit, especially the grape fruit, which is steadily gaining in popular fa- vor. —___~>2>__ What Attracts the Women. Flora—How could you ever fall in love with such a homely man? His fig- ure is something awful. Dora—Yes; but he has a_ perfectly lovely one at the bank. erage Te Highest Market Prices Paid. 98 South Division Street, - (oT ie Regular Shipments Solicited. Grand Rapids, Mich. L. J. SMITH & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Egg Cases and Fillers, Cold Storage Cases, Shipping Cases, Hinge Locking Fillers, Excelsior Nails, etc. We keep a large stock on hand and manufacture all kinds of cases known to the trade. wood Veneer cases. We would be pleased to quote you prices on our Special Bass- They are tough, bright and sweet. We manufacture our own timber, taken from the stump, and can please you. L. J. SMITH & CO., Eaton Rapids, Mich. Egg Receiver We want Fresh EGGS. We are 36 Harrison Street, New York REFERENCE:—NEW YORK NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK, NEW YORK candling for our retail trade all the time. 24 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Clerks’ Corner. Never Tired of Telling How to Select a Clerk. Written for the Tradesman. Kittridge, the corner grocer, got sick and tired of a good for nothing clerk who had been worrying his life out of him for several months and discharged the plague. That was a forghtnight ago, and in his unspeakable relief at getting rid of him he made up his mind to get along without any help for a week or two and so make the most of his freedom. He sent the clerk ‘‘kit- ing’’ just after luncheon and had such a good time for the rest of the day that between whistles on his way home he thought seriously of postponing in- definitely the hiring of another clerk and recounted to himself as he went along the numberless reasons why. His wife sympathized with him,as he knew she would, and although the ab- sence of the clerk implied an earlier breakfast hour, she didn’t mind a little thing like that and saw to it that break- fast was ready time enough for ‘‘ Kit’’ to be ready for his earliest customer. The first fact that faced him on en- tering the grocery was the temperature. It wasn’t down to zero, but it was cold enough for him to see his breath and it was plenty cold enough to suggest that the fire had got down pretty Jow. Worse than that—it had gone out. After Kit had looked into the open stove door and stared at the dead coal and ashes a min- ute or two he murmured under his breath something that didn’t sound a bit like *‘Ave, Sanctissima.’’ If there is one thing in the whole realm of duty which Kittridge hates it is making a coal fire ina coal stove. He is something particular about keeping his hands clean and when that part of inanimate nature which that coal stove represents undertakes to make an ex- hibition of its cussedness it can do it to the king’s taste and ask no odds. It was Thursday morning and Kittridge was in all the mid-week grandeur of a clean shirt and turned cuffs. The cuffs he took off and placed on the counter and went carefully to work, thoroughly mindful of the fact—gained by painful experience—that a coal stove that has been burning soft coal all winter has a grudge against everybody that comes near it and takes the earliest opportunity to pay it off. Business began with an attempt to shake down the ashes. They didn’t and wouldn't shake worth a cent and it did not brighten the atmosphere to find on examination that neglect had stuffed the stove so full of cinders and ashes that the shaker wouldn’t work. He tried the shovel and that wouldn’t do and, finally, with a despairing ‘*Well!’’ his clean hands came to the rescue and bravely condescended to do the hateful work. It was a long, dirty, detestable job. Now a black piece of coal——‘‘G-o-s-h! It’s hotter than Hades !’’—fooled him and made him drop it with a violent hand flirt. Now he cut his fingers, unused to handling the sharp and often glassy cinders, and now—what hurt him worst of all—the stove door would swing to and exultant- ly deposit a bit of the blackest of soft coal soot on the whitest of immaculate shirt sleeves. Finally the successful re- moval of a monster cinder allowed a shake-down and the rest of that work was soon accomplished. With a satisfied ‘‘ There !’’ went to find the kindlings. There were none. He tried to find the hatchet. He hasn’t found it yet. Chance brought him in early contact with a thin-boarded fruit box and, enlisting the services of a vigorous boot heel he soon reduced the box to kindling wood. The rest was the matter of a minute or two and the stove was soon roaring over the royal fun it had been having in tearing Kittridge’s hands to pieces and burning his fingers and, best of ali, smirtching up his clean white shirt. The stove had the roaring all to it- self. Not even the ghost of a smile made the slightest attempt to pull up Kit’s mouth corners. He drew the air sharply through his shut teeth, as he tried to wash the ashes and soot from his hands with cold water, and the strong lye from the coarse yellow soap crept into his cinder-cuf hands. He snapped the soot spots from his shirt sleeves with his finger nail and thumb as well as he could and by the time his cuffs and coat were on again he began to feel more like himself; but the build- ing of that fire settled the clerk ques- tion. He, Tom Kittridge, wouldn’t go through with that again for twice the price of the establishment. A clerk could keep the fire going if he couldn’t do anything else and—by George! he’d make that the test of engagement. The first fellow that could make a fire in that stove in the back room without los- ing his temper and swearing the roof off, and then clean himself up after it, would be the fellow he wanted. The store was located on a corner, which had made it possible to place the office between the front store and the back and, with door open, he could see and hear all that was done and said. It would discount that old broomstick story ten toone. So the second day after Kittridge his painful experience he let the fire in the back room go out and put a sign, ‘“Clerk Wanted,’’ in the front window and went into the office to his desk, where through the window between it and the store he could see the coming applicant. He had hardly settled into his office chair with his newspaper when a young chap blew in. ‘‘I’d like the place you're advertis- ing in the window."’ ‘*Can you make a coal fire and keep it agoing?’’ ‘*T guess so.’ ‘‘Well, you go into the back room here and you'll find a stove and things to work with around there somewhere. Make the fire, and don’t bother me with it. If you can’t do it you won't suit.’’ ‘*All right ;’’ and into the back store he went. There was considerable rattling for a while and Kittridge was delighted to follow ata distance his own experiences of the Wednesday before. A_ hearty ‘‘Humph!’’ came first. Pretty soon there was the prolonged ‘‘G-o-s-h!’’ im- mediately followed by the indrawn air through the set teeth; then a silence in- dicating the nursing of the hurt hand; rattling; then a half-smothered ‘‘D—n that door!’’ and a giving up of the job. The candidate was peremptorily dis- missed. For two good hours the tests went on, each ending with appeals to one or the other of the two H’s about equally di- vided. Finally a sturdy fair-haired boy of 17 came in to look the ground over and was directed to the stove, still choked with ashes and cinders. It was when ‘“‘A hot time in Old Town To-night’’ seemed to suit the situation, and with a little cozy whistling of the tune he went out to tackle the stove. It was so long before the rattling began that the storekeeper took a peep into the back store, to find that there was a lively getting ready going on. The boy had taken off his coat and put on the old clerk’s discarded blouse and over- alls. He had laid down papers to catch the ashes and cinders should they fail. He had brought a hod of coal and at that moment was evidently looking for the hatchet. He wasted no time, but, finding a fruit box, used his heels, a circumstance which found immediate favor with Kittridge, who seemed to consider that a very smart thing. In ten minutes after the boy went into the back store, the fire was burning and he was standing in the office door asking if that was all. ‘‘How did you manage to get along without cutting your hands all up?’’ ‘‘Oh, I found a pair of old gloves with the overalls.’”’ ‘‘You did! Humph! Well, that was something the others didn’t find,’’ he said with a certain stress on ‘‘others’’ which the boy didn’t notice. ‘‘Well, I guess you're the boy I’ve been looking after and we’ll try it for a month.’’ That clerk is in that store now and Kittridge is never tired of telling how to select a clerk. Richard Malcolm Strong. —_—__»>9.—__—_ Enough Work for Both. The Boss—Mr. Bijonson, if you can’t keep up with your work better, we shall have to look for another man. Bjonson—I’m glad to hear that. I’ve been thinking all along that I was doing enough work for two. 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 without 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 Alabastine Company, Plaster Sales Department Grand Rapids, Mich. mZ—-AODSWUPrS Mess eS = SCOTTEN-DILLON COMPANY — eS TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS is eS INDEPENDENT FACTORY OJIBWA. FINE CUT UNCLE DANIEL. FOREST GIANT. SWEET SPRAY. OUR LEADING BRANDS. DOUBLE CROSS. Long Cut. SWEET CORE. FLAT CAR. Granulated. SMOKING HAND PRESSED. Flake Cut. TLS DETROIT, MICHIGAN SS KEEP THEM IN MIND. is PLUG SI CREME DE MENTHE. SS STRONG HOLD. eS Plug Cut. FLAT IRON. SO-LO. StenicJ The above brands are manufactured from the finest selected Leaf Tobacco that money can buy. See quotations in price current. | a > 2. a, ve +4 & x - 24 P 4 r Ma Pp » sz > ir 7 an » =” . a Ve Ww & ¥ : 4 = tS = 4 22 +2 a > 4 = « — \ a T — r « MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 25 Commercial Travelers Michigan Knights of the 5s President, GEo. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids; Sec- retary, A. W. Stitt, Jackson; Treasurer, JOHN W. SCHRAM, Detroit. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association President, A. MARYMONT, Detroit; Secretary and Treasurer, GEo. W. Hix, Detroit. United Commercial Travelers of Michigan Counselor, J. E. Moors, Jackson; Grand Secretary; A. KENDALL, Hillsdale; Grand Treasurer, W. S. Mest, Jackson. Grand Rapids Council No. 131, U. ¢. T. Senior Counselor, W R. COMPTON; Secretary- Treasurer, L. F. Baker. Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Mutual Accident Association President, J. BoypD PANTLIND, Grand Rapids; Secretary and Treasurer, GEO. F. OWEN, Grand Rapids. The Philosophy of Growing Old. Written for the Tradesman. ‘*That man Spielbush is the most ticklish fellow on one subject that I have ever seen.’’ The two traveling men were friends, had not met for months and with freshly lighted cigars had _ sat down at one of the round tables in the Morton House. ‘‘He can’t bear the thought of growing old. He has a little two-inch pocket mirror and when he hasn’t anything else to do he hunts for gray hairs. You’ve noticed, haven't you, that he no longer wears a full beard? That’s because they grew so thick he couldn’t pull ’em out fast enough. His mustache is fighting off the ravages of time more successfully and, so long as the gray stays out or can be pulled out, he'll sport a mustache. Funny, isn’t it? As if a gray hair was the only sign of age!’’ ‘‘Well, it is the first sign, you know. One swallow doesn’t make a summer, but the first one indicates that the whole flock can’t be far off, and that’s what Spielbush is afraid of.’’ ‘*But pulling ’em out doesn’t change the fact. The trouble is Spielbush is 55 years old if he’s a day and he wants to Icok as if he were ten years younger. He may be able to accomplish that, but I think not. A man with a worry, no matter what it is, is growing old in spite of himself, and he needn't put down care as such. Care is one of the desirable burdens of manhood. Mas- tered and managed as it should be, there are no gray hairs behind it and no wrinkles; but the minute some little contemptible worry creeps in, look out for both. I tell you what it is, Nelson, I don’t believe a man begins to grow old until he himself says he may. It may be because I am approaching the gray hair line myself, but I’ve a sort of theory that I’m determined to test pretty thoroughly, if I don’t carry it out. I’ve been watching men, young and old, and I find that growing old is a correlative term. It doesn’t begin with any par- ticular year or month or day and where matters and things go on easily, so that worry is kept off out of the way, the man keeps right on being a boy away up into the forties. I don’t mean fool boyhood, but the sterling stuff; and so I think that if the mind is kept where it belongs it’s going to forget such things as gray hairs and wrinkles and woebe- gone faces and_ stooped shoulders and canes. Take Spielbush. He’s been a good-looking fellow, but he’s worried about growing old. If somebody who knows him well would take him in hand and get him to forget about his troubles they wouldn't come so fast, they would- n’t worry him, and the mind, that real sculptor of character, would forget all about its mallet and chisel and let Spielbush’s face alone, if that were the years, 4 only thing, for a good many That’s what made me say that a man doesn’t grow old until he himself says he may, and the man having the great- est amount of self-control is the one who lives longer, because he _ stays young longer. ‘The face is, after all, the revealer of men's secrets, but the minute there is the slightest let-up of self-control up come the chisel and mallet and down go the lines and so the growing-old process begins. Ever wonder why the crows’-feet tackle the corners of the eyes? Watch a boy I2 or15 years old when he is getting mad and see how the eyes tell the story their own way and the chisel ends up the job with a satis- fied ‘‘There!’’ The boy doesn’t think of it until he gets to be 25 and when he sees then the crows’-feet he thinks they are due to hard study or too much care. They are the unmistakable signs of a lack of self-control. Without knowing it he has begun to grow old; and he thinks old age is a good ways off be- cause his hair is still untouched by frost. Men ought to know, more general- ly than they seem to, that the face is the barometer of the character within. Spielbush in hunting after gray hairs is utterly oblivious of the fact that his face is full of old-age signs. He smokes too much. He drinks too much. He hasa look in his eyes and an expression about the mouth that tell their own pit- iful and shameful stories. He thinks he has carefully covered up these tell- tales; but human nature can read hu- man nature and the pure was never yet taken for the depraved. The sepulchre may be whited, but if it be full of dead men’s bones the bones will be sure to make their presence known. So, if men are mean the fact is chiseled upon the face in spite of them. If they are good that is chiseled there, too; and nothing is commoner, in the common walks of life, than the face which says, ‘This face and the man behind it are ‘‘from fair to middlin’,’’’ and the masses take both at their own estimate. ’’ ‘‘A Daniel come to judgment! Yea, a Daniel!’’ ‘‘This is all pure theory, I know, and I don’t expect you to put much confi- dence in it, because I’m not able to bring forward convincing proof, but | believe that if a man at 45, or even 50, should make up his mind to control himself and does, so that things don’t worry him, and he should decide to get back to the old way of cheery, whole- some living, I say that I believe he would begin to grow young again. Let him go back to the simple rules that governed him once. Let good, whole- some, simple food make up his diet; let him throw out of the window his alcohol and tobacco; let him tell his sons what he is up to, and let them and his wife and daughters be his companions, and let them all go in for the occasional good time they used to have years ago; let him go to bed at nine or sooner, and if he led this regular life for ten years I tell you he would be really as young as his boys. His wrinkles would be few and what were left would be faded. The corners of his mouth would go up in- stead of down; and the old fellows, his mates, would find, on comparing notes, that, while they are 70 in looks and feel- ings and fact, this man is nearer 50 than he is 60. Laugh! I don’t blame you ; but if there is anything in it it is this: Keep the mind young and you keep the body young. Intoan old body put a young mind and, as ‘mind rules matter,” the physical will obey its mas- ter and become young, teo. After I get the thing down to a fine point I’m go- ing to tackle Spielbush! Good night.’’ SUCCESSFUL SALESMEN. Geo. B. Wilson, Representing American Cigar Factory. Geo. B. Wilson was born at Coopers- town, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1845. He grad- uated from the Cooperstown Seminary at the age of 16, after which he took a course of instruction at the Eastman Business College, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. On the completion of this course, he opened a set of books for the officer in charge of the Nineteenth U. S. Rev- enue District at Cooperstown—this was during the war when the income tax was in effect and the drafting of men for the army was in progress. A year later, Mr. Wilson migrated to Detroit, where he obtained a position as book-keeper for the wholesale notion house of Shaw & Marvin, with whom Geo. F. Owen, of Grand Rapids, was then identified in the capacity of traveling salesman, cov- ering Southeastern Michigan by means of a gaily-painted and highly-decorated wagon. Mr. Wilson remained with this house three years, when he purchased a half interest in the cigar factory of J. L. Matthews & Co. The firm of Mat- thews & Wilson carried on the business five years, Mr. Wilson keeping the books, attending to the credits and shipping the goods. He then formed a copartnership with his brother, F. B. Wilson, under the style of Wilson Bros., and engaged in the manufacture of the celebrated Leather-Stocking cigar, which had a wide sale over several Western and Central States. This copartnership continued seven years, being dissolved by the panic of 1873, which sent so many business houses to the wall. Mr. Wilson then went on the road for the Western Cigar Co., of Westfield, Mass., which he represented in Michigan for a year, and then formed an alliance with Alexander Gordon, of Detroit, with whom he remained five years. He then worked four years for the New York Life Insurance Co. and one year for the Equitable Life Insurance Co. and, about a month ago, entered into an alliance with the American Cigar Factory, of Benton Harbor, to introduce its goods to the trade of Michigan and Northern Indiana. That he will do this and do it successfully is a foregone conclusion. Mr. Wilson was married May 14, 1870, to Miss Lucy Holcomb, of Buffalo, N. Y. Four children have been born to them and three boys are still living—one being located at Los Angeles, one at Erie and one at New York City. All are doing well in a business way. Mr. Wilson is not a member of any secret or fraternal organization, his pleasant home at 202 Charlotte avenue, Detroit, answering the purpose of a lodge room and a club house as well as an abiding place. —_>0>____ Gripsack Brigade. The liberal spender is not always the largest salaried man on the road. The cheerful liar is not the meanest man on the road by a long shot. He relieves the monotony and we (are often glad to meet him. The traveling man who can get up for a 3:30 a. m. or 4 o’clock train as though he liked it is a cheerful liar to say the least of it. The fat order book shown you by a fellow traveler is not infrequently like some women we have heard of: There’s liable to be a bustle and hip pads under the skirt, a rat in the hair or a couple of towels elsewhere on the anatomy. I. F. Gordon, of Traverse City, for the past seven years traveling represen- tative for the Potato Implement Co., of that place, has taken a similar position with the Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co., of Canton, Ohio, and F. E. Myers & Co., of Ashland, Ohio, whom he will repre- sent jointly in Central and Southern Michigan. If in our daily walk we would con- sider the feelings of our fellow man and reflect on the circumstances that sur- round him we might often have cause to withhold a criticism that might at first seem just. ‘‘Judge not lest ye be like- wise judged’’ is a lesson that will go hand in hand with that foundation stone of true religion, ‘‘Do unto others as you would have them to do unto you.’’ A merchant can offer no greater in- dignity to a drummer than to refuse to reply to a letter relating to business matters. If the salesman writes to en- quire whether the merchant is in the market for goods, it is but courtesy that the letter be answered. The time of a traveling man is as valuable to him as is that of the customer, and business principles should impel him to recognize this fact. It is not to be wondered at that a traveling man _ becomes _ prejudiced against railroad corporations when they are so regardless of the comfort of their patrons as to permit the many incon- veniences that are experienced daily throughout the country. To be called for a 3a. m. train which has been reported ‘On Time,’’ and be compelled to sit at a cold depot for two hours in unpleas- ant suspense gives the traveler plenty of time to consider who is to blame. —___> 2. Cordial Invitation to All. Grand Rapids, March 12—Invitations were issued this week to the members of Grand Rapids Council, No. 131, U. C. T., for the March social, which oc- curs Saturday evening of this week. It is hoped that every member will ‘‘lend his presence’’ and bring along many of his friends and make this party the largest of the season. All traveling men in the city, whether members or not, are extended a cordial invitation. The latch string of the U. C. T. is al- ways out to brother traveling men. JaDee. —__> 2. ____ The Emperor of Japan has done a good deal for the advancement of women in that country. Stained teeth and shaven eyebrows have been abolished. His wife not only shares his throne, but is consulted by him on matters of na- tional importance. Moreover, she has a place at his table, an honor accorded to none of her predecessors. The Em- press is an energetic patroness of the Tokyo Women’s Hospital, which is conducted on the latest scientific prin- ciples. She rides well and takes ad- vantage of the gymnasium created for her benefit at the palace. —_—__~». ¢. J. J. Vanderveer succeeds J. K. Fail- ing in the hardware business at 503 South Division street. Maintain business equilibrium in everything. One can’t buy a good horse for a doll ar. anitarium Morphine & Liquor Habits A Specialty. Morphine habit cured without sick- ness or suffering. Liquor habit cured with only one week detention from business; mild cases none. Booklet free, giving particulars. Citizens Phone 1291, C. E. PATTERSON, M. D., Mgr., Graad Rapids, Mich. 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Drugs--Chemicals Michigan State Board of Pharmacy Term expires L. E. REYNOLDs, St. Joseph - Dec. 31, 1901 HENRY HEIM, aw - - Dec. 31, 1902 Wirt P. Doty, Detroit- - - Dec. 31, 1903 A. C. SCHUMACHER, AnnArbor - Dec. 31, 1904 JOHN D. Mutk, Grand Rapids Dec. 31, 1905 President, A. C. SCHUMACHER, Ann Arbor. Secre' » HENRY HE rm, Saginaw. Treasurer, W. P. Doty, Detroit. Examination Sessions. Star Island, June 17 and 18. Sault Ste. Marie, August 28 and 29. Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6. Mich. State Pharmaceutical Association. President—CuHaAs. F. MANN, Detroit. Secretary—J. W. SEELEY, Detroit Treasurer—W. K. SCHMIDT, (srand Rapids. Mania for Taking Patent Medicines. The mania of Andrew Boyce, of Phil- adelphia, is not so remarkable in form as itis in degree. People everywhere are gulping down all sorts of patent medicines in the belief or hope that their reai or imaginary ills may be cured, a fact which bears inspiring tribute to the eloquence of the ‘‘adver- tisement’’ writer for these marvelous cure-alls. Mr. Boyce was arrested for failing to support his family,and among other things related by his suffering wife she declared that since he began diagnos- ing his case several years ago he has had almost every ailment under the sun. According to her statistics he has taken the following medicines, washed down with two gallons of lithia water each week : 48 bottles Swamp Root. 24 bottles Celery Compound. 60 bottles Expectorant. 80 bottles Vermifuge. 75 bottles Kidney Cure. 60 bottles Peruna. 36 bottles Swayne’s Specific. 57 bottles Omega Oil. 75 bottles Catarrh Remedy. 30 bottles Munyon’s Remedies. 50 bottles Nervura. 24 boxes Skin Ointment. 60 boxes Magnetic Ointment. 36 boxes Cough and Catarrh Root. 15 bottles Glycerine Tonic. 37 boxes Tar Tablets. 25 boxes Cold Cure Pills. Despite poverty and protests Boyce stuck to his self-treatment and persisted in using every medicine advertised, and as a result Mrs. Boyce swore out a war- rant for his arrest because of non-sup- port. 2. ____ Cats and Valerian. It is a matter of popular knowledge that cats evince curious emotional dis- turbances when presented with the valer- ian plant, so great is their fondness for this form of inebriety ; for it appears to induce in them a species of intoxica- tion. Nor is this influence confined to cats, for rat-catchers, it is stated, em- ploy the roots to attract rats for purposes of slaughter. In a novel which was re- cently published, we note a curious episode which turns on the incident of a cat having been attracted to a corner of a room where some tincture of valer- ian had been spilled. Unfortunately for the probability of the author’s ingenious fancy, the Galenical preparations of valerian do not possess the property of attracting cats, and the animal, if offered a sniff of the tincture in a glass, turns from it with silent contempt, when, indeed, its attitude is not suggestive of disgust. The author may be pardoned his ignor- ance of this peculiarity, which is doubt- less shared by many persons who pride themselves on their knowledge of ma- teria medica, but the curious inertness of pharmaceutical preparations of the plant in this direction inspire a diffi- dence to their therapeutical efficacy when administered to human beings. The action of valerian in man is not one which admits of ready estimation and we would commend this doubt to the attention of the editors of the Brit- ish Pharmacopoeia who may think it worth while inserting a proviso among the tests to the effect that no preparation of valerian which fails to excite the cat is to be regarded as orthodox. 2 Incompatibilities of Heroin. Heroin and heroin hydrochloride form an essential part of so many formulae for the relief of cough, dyspnea, and pains in the treatment of respiratory affections, that it is important to deter- mine in what combination they will prove most effective, and what are their incompatibilities. Owing to the insolu- bility of heroin in watery solutions it is necessary to add a few drops of some acid, acetic or hydrochloric, in order to effect its solution. This can be entirely obviated by using the hydrochloride, which is freeiy soluble. The only in- compatibilities of heroin and the hydro- chloride worthy of special mention are the alkalies, such as bicarbonate of so- dium and carbonate of ammonium. On the other hand, salts of neutral reaction, such as iodide of potassium, chloride of ammonium, may be used in the same mixture, and this also applies to acid salts,such as the hypophosphites or acid phosphates. The vegetable expectorants, as ipe- cac, senega, squill, and sanguinaria, are entirely compatible with heroin and its hydrochloride. Although many physi- cians employ heroin without admix- ture, very desirable results have been reported from combinations with iodide of potassium, chloride of ammonium, and the vegetable expectorants. The large doses recommended at the time of the introduction of heroin are no longer preferred by the majority of authors, the average dose ranging from 1-24th to 1-12th grain in adults, and 1-12o0th to 1-6oth grain in children. It is advis- able not to employ larger doses until the smalier ones have been given a trial. Many physicians now resort to the hy- podermic use of heroin hydrochloride in cases in which it is desirable to ob- tain an immediate effect, and especially in the treatment of spasmodic condi- tions, such as asthma, care being taken in the preparation of solutions not to add the drug until the water has partial- ly cooled. ——__ 2. No Fun in Taking Inventory. Taking an inventory is far from be- ing pleasant work for a pharmacist. He has so many small items and such a va- riety of broken packages which must be either weighed, measured or counted that the very thought of the undertak- ing fairly staggers him. Then after each item is plainly written in the in- voice book there comes that long, tedious job of calculating the cost of each item as it appears. No matter how unpleasant, how tedious it may be, this important duty should not be overlooked. It places you in a position to tell exactly how you stand, enables you to adust fire losses much more satisfactorily should you ever he so unfortunate as to have any. It also brings to light duplicate stock and that which is dragging. Start the year right, take an invoice, keep a_ stock book and run your store on business principles. a Don’t fool with a wasp because he happens to look weary and tired—you’ll probably find him all right in the end. Largest Ever Before the Board. The State Board of Pharmacy held an examination in Grand Rapids last week and granted certificates to the largest class ever before the Board. The percentage of the applicants receiving certificates was also the largest in the history of the Board. There were 83 applicants, 64 for registered pharma- cists’ certificates and Ig for assistants’ papers. Of the number 52 applicants received registered pharmacists’ papers and I1 assistant papers. Following is a list of those receiving certificates : Registered Pharmacists—D. T. Alten- berg, Ithaca; H. D. Berry, Ann Arbor; . C. Berridge, Detroit; M. E. Butts, Mt. Pleasant; J. E. Birney, Leslie; J. B. Cannon, Detroit; P. B. Christensen, Grand Rapids; Geo. V. Coffmans, Mackinaw City; F. G. Duerr, Benton Harbor; A. H. Eckert, Grand Rapids ; L. E. Frazier, Muskegon; C. H. Friend, Petoskey; W. E. Gorsuch, Waldron ; Wm. Glum, Grand Rapids; G. 5 Herbert, South Lake Linden; J. D. Hogg, Detroit; C. W. .Headley, Mt. Pleasant; Harry R. Roth, Racine, Wis. ; F. L. Hoffman, Shelby; Peter J. Haan, Grand Rapids; Frank P. Hor- ner, Jackson; Jacob N. Haan, Holland; Ray E. Kanouse, Hastings; S._ P. Mosher, Dowagiac; D. M. Monroe, Im- lay City; Wm. M. Merethew, Bay City; Katherine McCabe, Crystal: F. J. Mans, Hastings; E. C. Preston, Big Rapids; H. N. Parker, Bronson; F. G. Randall, Howell; R. R. Stepler, Port Huron; F. H. Scott, Battle Creek; Elwyn Skimin, Port Huron; E. A. Sepull, Alpena; Chas. Smith, Sault Ste. Marie; Ed. L. Sargent, Saranac; A. Snowman, Lapeer; C. L. Voorhees, Midland; Jas. E. Way, Jackson; Chas. E. Watson, Breckenridge; J. F. Webb, St. Louis. Assistant Papers—James Brace, Ne- waygo; Mrs. W. A. Crabb, Carson City; H. Diessner, St. Joseph; J. E. Ferris, Grand Rapids; E. T. Hankin- son, Big Rapids; J. J. Neihardt, Fife Lake; R. W. Olin, Caro; D. D. Pattie, Mecosta; H. E. Smith, Lansing; A. E. Stickley, Big Rapids; 1. E. Ten- ney, Hanover. All members of the Board were pres- ent at the meeting. The next meeting of the Board will be held at Star Island on June 17 and 18. oe Wood Alcohol in Ginger. Some wholesale druggists of Balti- more, it is said, will be made defend- ants ina prosecution that will prove of unusual interest. The charge will be the using of a dangerous substitute in the manufacture of extract Jamaica ginger, by substituting methyl or wood alcohol for ethyl! or (pure) grain alcohol, and that many persons have been stricken blind by its use. This charge may pave the way for large damage suits involving many thou- sands of doilars. In certain local towns of Maryland, West Virginia, and Penn- sylvania, extract of Jamaica ginger is largely used by topers and victims of alcohol in lieu of whisky or other stim- ulants. It is always easy to buy it, and it is said its consumption has growr to alarming and very serious proportions, in view of the new and unexpected al- leged result—total blindness. —_——___>-0 Beef Juice and the Tapeworm. One point seems to have been usually overlooked in the administration of beef juice. It has been found that the ex- pressed juice of fresh uncooked beef is in many cases of illness the most effi- cient form of nourishment. It must be always borne in mind, however, that occasionally beef is infected with the cyiticercus of Tehaenia mediocaneilata (or saginata), and that the expressed juice of the uncooked meat may infect a patient with tapeworm. This forms no objection to the administration of the beet juice, but necessitates simply the careful inspection of the beef that is used for the purpose. In these days when so many people buy a meat-press and make their own juice, it is important that the physician should warn them of the danger of tape- worm. On the whole it is better to have the meat juice prepared by a competent druggist, who is well equipped for the purpose and who has been carefully posted to look out for the cysticercus. A few cases of tapeworm have occurred in Cleveland in persons whose sole in- dulgence in any uncooked meat-product was in the case of some home-made beef juice. While the connection is not pos- itively proved, the presumption is suffi- ciently strong to demand that great care be exercised in selecting beef for the meat-press. > 9-2 __ The Drug Market. Opium—Is dull and weak, both here and in the primary markets, on account of small holders being anxious to sell and favorable weather conditions for the growing crop. Morphine—Is unchanged. Quinine—Is firm at the late advance. Higher prices are looked for. Haarlem Oil —Has been advanced io per cent. on account of small stocks. Santonine—Has been advanced 60c per pound. Oils—Lemon and orange have again advanced 5c per pound ; bergamot, Ioc. Clove is still advancing, on account of higher price for the spice. Colchicum Seed—Is in very small supply and has advanced. Exceeding- ly high prices are looked for, as there is very little in any market. Linseed Oil—Has declined. ——__o-0-~<——_- Followed Instructions Too Literally. ‘*You must push matters a little, James,’’ said a druggist to his new boy; ‘‘by calling a customer’s attention to this article and that article, you often effect a sale.’’ ‘*Yes, sir,’’ responded the new boy, and then he hastened to wait upon an elderly person who wanted a stamp. ‘‘Anything else, mum?’’ enquired the ambitious boy politely; ‘‘hair dye, cosmetics, face powder, rheumatic drops, belladonna, -mole destroyer—’’ The elderly lady deals over the way now. The only way you can convince a girl — kissing is dangerous is by showing er. FISHING TACKLE We carry avery complete stock and make the right prices. Wait for travelers or write FRED BRUNDAGE, MUSKEGON, MICH. 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I eR ydrastis Can., po Sarmentia quinks.. 2 a | pelledore, Alba. po. 199 39] ther’ Spis.NILAF Ma 8 ani ‘ “= Citrate Soluble. {0 Ipecae, po "Ho. 3538 . oe 2 — “gro’d..po. 7 48 4 We are Importers and Jobbers of anidum 35@38 40 .-po. Solut. Enloride, sees 7 Jalsa, PE 2G 30 Anmatton.--..-..--. 10@ 60 ( P eG sey Sulphate, com’l..... Maranta, \4s........ 35 i aten edicines. Sulphate, com'l, by “ Podophyilum, a oe 2 Antimontet Po Potiss 4 50 Drugs, Chemicals an tent + sulphate, pure.. 7 hel 00000007 i @ 2 f ecutsiiin Flora hel pe 75@ 1 35 Argenti Nitras, 02. @ oi ! i i 15@ 18 | Spig _. 35@ 38|Arsenicum.......... 10@ 12 We are dealers in Paints, Oils and z aaniee errs = : nas. ‘po. 15 @ 18 —_ Gilead i Buds.. ; 38@ . a j OMS... eee eere smuth x 90@ u ae @ 35 —— Cee = < Calelum Chior., 1s. @ 2 ( Varnishes. oe: Folia Caleium or. YS.. 33@ smllax, sficinalis i. 2 = Calcium Chlor., ys.. @ 12 eAee caetmg eo Scillz _. 10@ 12/| Cantharides, Rus.po @ 380 | i: “a ——— 20@ 25| Symplocarpus, Ree Capsici Fructus, a. = @ 15 We have a full line of Staple Drug- conan Xcutifol, A ‘Alx. 25@ 30] ‘dus, po............ @ 25 Capsiel Frohne g . ee j ‘officinalis, 4s Valeriana,Eng. po. 30 25 ply aoe ¥ gore coca n. 12@ = Valeriana, German. 15@ 20 Soa a .po. 15 "ia gists’ Sundri { Uva Ursi......-..---- 8s@ 1 Zingiber &.......--~- on = oon ee oe 50@ 55 Pe 4 & — ag “Seinen = Flava........-. 77 = Ww h 1 —— § Weath icke MOOS oo on oc cwosiee re the sole roprietors o a — + Acacia, ad pleked.. $ = se . 7G : ' £ = Cassia Fructus...... 2g 35 -- prop ‘ ia, 3d picke ium grave eons entraria. ' : : ' ae sifted sorts. uf = Bird. Is... i “ia 2 8 Cetaceum...... i af 8 erly’s Michigan Catarrh Remedy ‘a — Barb. po. 18620 be 14| Cardamon........... 1 25@ 1 75 CMerofori, sal @ 1 10 f SAUD . Aloe, Cape....po. 15. $ a Coriandrum ‘ - ga = —_— Hyd Crst. 2. 1 - Ww \ h l oe eat teen f : oO. 40 annabis Sa Va... Onarus ............. 2 2 ave in stoc a 0 1 ‘- Aloe, Socottt. sok ca 55@ 60| Cydonium........... 75@ 1 00/ Cinchonidine,P,&W 38@ 48 f e always —— ci i Boe 85 Dipton Sonne. 1 ood 110 — — 5 soe 5 5 of Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Wines and enzoinum ae ; Le “ @ y ms 8. @ 13] Fceniculum.......... @ 10/ Corks, list, dis. pr. ct. 70 ae 2 Oaamn YaS..---2ees oe ¢ aero, po...... S Fe @ = Rums for medicinal purposes only. — ae ok Bling Le os Slane. SE 4 alias Euphorbium...po. 35 = : = nia a a < —_ bra aoe = * : Cohen. - arlaris Canarian.. a We give our personal attention to ay eae "S Sein sie Se 2 r ‘ong «A Kino. «Po. $0.75 g = Sinapis Nigra. . 11@ 12 Cupri Suiph. .. Cee = . f mail orders and guarantee satisfaction. a — ic ec twune wea cines Spiritus ae a @_ 40 Ether Sulph.. . FQ 9 A i fi....po. 515.30 3 65@ 3 70 non ° 4 ap aan - Emery, al numbe.s. @ 8 — r> shellae ‘bieached.. -! =o | rrumenti........... 1 25@ 1 50| Emeoey PO-- 7 56."g a a f All orders shipped and invoiced the a . 60@ Juniperis Co. O. T... 1 65@ 2 00 } Vhite 1 15 l i a —— ‘Herba ® | Juniperis Co...;../°. 1 75@ 3 50 aia ‘2 f same day received. Send a trial order. erba ; Saac aru N.E.... 1 9@2 Gambler ...... 8@ 9 Absinthium ..oz. pkg 25 | Spt. V Oo ro. fesse i= § 50 | Gelatin, Cooper. ... . — _ .0Z.PpKRZ Wy} Vini Uporto......... 25@ 2 00 | Gelatin. French..... ita oe pee 25 | Vini A "1 25@ 2 00 Gelatin, French. and . BG. 7 f a. Majorum ....02Z. pkg 28 Seomene Less than box..... 70 BBB BB Se SS Bw Mentha Pip..oz. pkg 23 | plorida sheeps’ wool Glue, brown......... N@ 13 Mentha Vir..oz. pkg 2b |” carriage 2 50@ 2 75| Glue, white... 15@ 25 Rue.........: oz. pkg 39 Nass ad seeps” wool Glycerina.. .17%@ 2 mR | Tanacetum V 02. pee 2 | earriag 2 50@ 2 75 Grana F Paradisi...... @ = eee. * Velvet extra sheeps” umulus - 23@ 4 Magnesia | ,mooyearnage., @ 1 90| Hvdrarg Chior Mile @ 1 Hazeltine erkins Caleined, Pat........ xtra yellow sheeps om 110 Carbonate, Pat...... 18@ 20| wool, carriage. .... @ 12 wine Ox Rub'm. . — \ Bad Carbonate, K.&M.. 18@ 20/| Grass sheeps’ wool, Hyd drargUnguentum 50@ 60 ‘arbonate, Jennings 18@ 20| carriage.. 6 @1 00 | F o 85 D ru O t — Yellow Re = << . Ichtnyobolla, , Am... .65@ bo ve " Absinthium......... 6 50@ 7 00| slate use........... @1 40 a ite. oe -, : = Seeman. yeas 8 300 8 2B Syrups Toaine, esi ea 3 85@ 4 00 - 4 ace 2 10@ 2 20| Acacia .............. @ 50| Lupulin.. a : as Auranti Cortex 2 30@ 2 35| Auranti Cortex...... @ 50\L Popodium:. 80@ 85 Grand Rapids Michigan EIAMED 5 20. - cw 3 09@ 3 10} Zingiber............. @ 50 Macs 65@ 75 ? hi Cajiputi ............. 80@ 85 | Ipecac............... @ 60! Li ao Arsen et Hy- * peeae eae 4 90 Rhel Aro ic : g Po Liquor otagsAvsinit 108 i Ms eee ccc, COD: ei Arom.......... < Chenopadii.......... @ 2 75 | Smilax Officinalis.. 50@ 60| Magnesia, Sulph.... 2@ 3 ws. P| Cinnamonil ......... 130 1 40 | Senega ....-----+---- @ 50| Magnesia, Sulpn,bbl O14 we WH WH. WHE. wn WE 28 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN GROCERY PRICE CURRENT These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing, and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however, are lia- ble to change at any time, and country merchants will have their orders filled at market prices at date of purchase. ADVANCED Scaled Herring Cordage Family Whitefish | Index to Markets By Columns Col. A Akron Stoneware. 15 Alabastine ...... 1 Ammonia.......- 1 Radoteecene.......-...-.. 1 B —* Powder.. 1 Bath Brick. ... Le Beem... . ee 1 ee 1 Brushes . ee. Butter Color..........-....06- 2 Cc ieee. 6 14 a 2 Canned Goods.........------- : Ss Bae ee 3 Chewing Gum...............- = aos 3 eee 3 Saieees Eomes. 3 sy i ah Na i An lan o Cocoa See 3 ee 3 Condensed Milk.............. 4 Coupon Books.......--------- 4 ice 4 (ream Partar...............- 5 D ried Prats. ...-:.-......... 5 F Farinaceous Goods.......... 5 Fish and Oysters.........---- 13 Flavoring Extracts........... 6 Hiy Paper................-... 6 roses Meaig..............._.- 6 Meee 14 G Grains and Flour ............ 6 H somes... 2 Hides and Pelts.............. 13 I ote 7 J Jeg 7 L Lamp Burmers...............- 13 Lamp Chimneys........--.--- 15 Saeeerea...5..-.-.. 15 Lantern Globes.............. 15 eee 7 ce z M Matches........ ae 7 Meat Extracts 7 Molasses. . -. 7 Maaare - N mes. 14 oO 4 _ SE nS os 15 ee 7 Geuaer Pag 2 Pr Peper Bags 8 eee rer 7 Poe < ees z Baan 8 Pregsnems. 8 R ee 8 eee 8 - PR ee 8 Salt’ Fish... ae a = obo chews uae 9 9 ~ a “Blacking ee ee oe 9 9 9 od CRN Epa ieee 11 a A eS 11 So a 12 Vv WimbGAr .-.. ... 2. 12 w Washing Powder............. 12 jo a 12 Woodenware.............-... 12 Wrapping Paper............. 13 = eet Cake 25050 cs. 18 DECLINED Sugars Pearl Barley No. 2 Egg Cases Fard Dates Mixed Bird Seed Standard Ware Tubs ALABASTINE BRUSHES ee in —-- ce Serub olors in drums White in packages. : = —_ 8 = ease et. 45 Colors in packages. : ae ’ _ settee eeeees 95 Less 46 per cent discount. Point So 85 AMMONIA re D Shoe er Doz. | 7 Aretie 12 07. ovals.....-..--- ae ee Arctic pints. round.........- ree 170 AXLE GREASE sl 1 90 doz. gross Aurora. BB 6 00 ae i Castor Oil... ee es No. 3 ee Se ee oe 7 Diamond na 50 425 No Fe 1 10 75 9 00| NO. 1........0..-.-+-- 22 seen ee 1 75 “— BUTTER COLOR W., R. & Co.’s, 15¢ size.... 1 25 W., R. & Co.’s, 25¢ size.... 2 00 CANDLES Electric Light, 8s............ 12 Electric Light, 1 16s.. 12% Paraffine, 6s... co ag Parasite, 128:. ........ ...: 3 Wicking .. So oes 5 ee CANNED GOODS lb. Stand _ “apg 9 00 | 3 1b. ards...... 80 — — 6 00 | Gullons, standards. . 2 30 BAKING ‘POWDER Blackberries Acme Standards ........... 75 ans Rete... + 1 .00@1 30 = i Soe 85 eee eee 80 Eng. Tumbl ~ wae Tia Een 85 —— — oe Blueberries Standard ........ ..... 85 Brook Trout 2 Ib. cans, gous oe Clams. Little Neck, 1 Ib.. 1 00 Little Neck. 2 Ib..... 1 50 Clam Bouillon Burnham’s, % pint........ 1 92 14 Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 3 75 | Burnham’s, pints.......--- 3 60 \% ID. cans, — case...... 3 75 | Burnham’s, quarts........ 7 20 1lb. cans, 1 doz. case...... 37 Cherries 5 Ib. cans, % doz. case..--..8 00) Red Standards........ 85 Wane. 115 JAXKON me ee ee : 75 ¥% Ib. cans, 4 doz. case...... 2) Good. 85 \% lb. cans, 4 doz. case...... So | Maney....-........ 95 1 Ib. cans. 2 doz. case...... 1 60 French Peas Queen Flake 3 02Z., 6 doz. case. ...-2 70| Sur Extra Fine............ 22 6 02., 4 doz. case... ‘lS pap] xtra Wine.0 2.20 19 9 0Z., 4 doz. case. ........-...4 80 Mime eo ee 15 1Ib., 2 doz. case.............4 00} Moyen. .....-----....-.---- il Gib., i doz.case.......-.--.. 9 00 Gooseberries Royal eiien Ca 90 . Hominy 10e size.... 90} Standard............. 85 44 Ib. cans 1 35 Lobster 2 6 oz. cans. 1 90| Star, 4 Ib..........+ 1 8 Seat 3 40 % Ib. cans 2 50| Pienic Talls........ , 2 35 % Ib. cans 3 75 cities — us ~i i... .. 1 75 1 Ib. cans. 4 80) wiustard,2Ib........ 2 80 = 3b. cans.13 00; Soused,11b......... J 175 7 5 lb. cans.21 50 Soused, 2 oe : 2 80 Tomato, ec. 175 Tomato, 2 Ib......... 2 80 BATH BRICK - ushrooms American .....-..+.-+-+++ +++ 70 | Hotels............... . 18@20 English.. cles aia gt ee 22@25 “BLUING Cove, 1Ib............ 1 00 Cora 23... 1 80 EN Cove, ; Ib Oval...... 1 10 Peaches Me... Seow... 1 65@1 85. ears Standard ........... : 70 Waney 2. a 80 Peas Marrowfat .......... 1 00 Early June.......... 1 00 ay Early June ee - 1 60 Arctic, 40z, per gross...... 4 00 ae Arctic, 8 oz, per gross...... 6 00 —— oto. : aoa = Arctic, pints, per gross.... 9 00 "Pumpkin ote a CSTE IETS 70 pickets wee ee 75 + Fancy... 000021022. 85 2 25 pberries 175 Standard............ : 90 2 50 Russian Cavier -. 90) 44 Ib. cans.. 3 75 1 20| % Ib, cans.......< 0.26. 7 00 --8 40| 1b. can........- Se cceess 22 89 Cotton, 80 ft. per - eae 3 Salmon Columbia River...... 2 00@2 15 ASABEA. ..-...--- 1 40 Pink Alaska 110 Shrimps Standard........-... 1 50 Sardines Domestic, 4s.......-. 4% Domestic, %s ....... 8 Domestic, ee 8 California, s.. 17 French, 44Ss........-. 22 French, S.......... 28 Strawberries Standard............ 85 Pemey 2.0 1 25 Succotash wae 90 a 1 00 Tee 1 20 Tomatoes ee 90 age. 95 ast. 115 arene. ....-......_- 2 50 CATSUP Columbia, pints.............2 00 Columbia, % pints........... 1 25 CARBON OILS Barrels Mocems @l11 Permcetoen........- ..... @10 Diamond White....... @9 D. S. Gasoline......... @l1 Deodorized Naphtha.. @10 — Se a ae 29 @34 ee 19 22 Black, winter.......... @10% CHEESE Acme.. als Bi12% Amboy .. @12% ae. @13 ianblem ...«......... @i13 _ ace @ Gold Medal.......... @12 deal .... @l2 a @12 Riverside............ @ Se 14@15 PA oo Ree @17 Limburger........... 13@14 —s eee 50@75 p Sago. 19920 CHEWING GUM American Flag Spruce.... 50 Beeman’s Pepsin.......... 60 Binck dae. cs. 50 oe Gum Made....... 55 Sen 55 Sen aoe Breath Perfume.. 1 00 Sugar Loaf 45 Woestan 55 CHICORY ae Pree ss 6% Mieeemer ee 6 CHOCOLATE Ambrosia Ambrosia Sweet............. 21 Household Sweet............ 19 Ambrosia Premium. . oe Yankee Premium. . Walter — & Co.'s 5. German Sweet. en Premium .. aca ae Breakfast Cocoa...........-. Runkel Bros. Vienna Sweet ......... -... 21 eee ee 28 Prag 31 CLOTHES LINES Cotton, 40 ft. per doz.. Cotton, 50 = per doz........ Cotton, 60 ft. per doz.. Cotton, 70 ft. per doz.. erororarey Jute, 60 ft. per doz.. Re Jute, 72 ft. per doz.......... COCOA Ambrosia, % Ib. tin cans.. 42 Ambrosia, 4 - = cans.. 44 Cleveland............ cone SE Colonial, “4S oo Colonial, ere: Van Houten, Xs. Van Houten, %s = Houten, 1s a " eae Wilbur, s.. COCOA SHELLS packages . ee eee 4 COFFEE Roasted ft HIGH GRADE, CorFFEES Sooc Combination... ......15 r Poun ench Breakfast...........17% Lenox, Mocha & Java....... 21 Old Gov’t Java and Mocha..24 Private Estate, Java & Moc.26 Supreme, Java and Mocha .27 Rio Cases. cee eee a uceigue 10% Fair . eo oice eects aeAd Phokes 13 ee: oe 15 Santos Common. ..<..2.... 55:52. <.-- il Fair ... 14 he 15 Raney. ...-.....-.. .- +. s = - 17 Penerry...-. -.2. ss... 13 Maracaibo Male. a 12 Saiee. .-- 0 sce 16 Mexican Migies..... 0 16 FANCY... ....... 2220-0 - 00s - eee 17 Guatemala NGG. 5. ce rece 16 Java POR oe. os. ass -— Fancy iio Slo ‘ McLaughlin’s XXXX McLaughlin’s XXXX sold to — only. Mail all orders dir W. F. McLaughlin & Co., Chicago. Extract Valley City % gross.. 75 Felix % gross.. ee aes Hummel’s foil % Bross. oe 85 Hummel’s tin % gross ...... 1 43 Substitutes Crushed Cereal Coffee on 12 packages, % case......... 75 24 packages, 1 case .. = 50 CONDENSED MILK 4 doz in case. Gail Banden Eagle Sais ees 6 25 oO Soc ee cae cie ae ee 5 75 anaes A cies siete toons ad 4 50 PPAORONS 3. co. ea 4 25 Challenge .. ceeciee Sublist ae Dime..... ..3 35 Neager 2 ee 3 80 COUPON BOOKS 50 books, any denom... 1 50 100 books, any denom... 2 50 500 books, any denom.. 1, 000 books, any denom.. _ 20 00 Above quutnibons are for either Tradesman, Superior, Economic or Universal grades. Where 1,000 books are ordered at a time customer receives specially printed cover without extra charge. Coupon Pass Books Can be made to represent any s — — 10 — 50 books. 1 50 100 DOOKS.....-.. 20.000. 2 50 500 books.. cs - 1150 1,000 books. . . 20 00 Credit “Checks” 500, any one denom...... 2 00 1,000, any one denom...... 3 00 2/000, any one denom...... 5 00 Steel punch.. eee 75 CRACKERS 99 | The N ational Biscuit Co. quotes as follows: Butter Heymeur,.. 0... 6 ew VOR os: 6 Mammy ce 6 AM 6 Wotvertas.:..-.-.. 6% Soda feoga See... 6% Sods: (ite... 8 Long Island Wafers....... 12 Zopiyretse.... ..:-..-.-..-- 10 Oyster amet ee 7% ar sos cS as 6 Extra Farina.............. 6% Saltine Oyster............. 6 a Goods—Boxes ek a. toa ae 10 Belle Rose 8 Bent’s Water. 16 Cinnamon Bar.. tec oe Coffee Cake, Iced......... 10 Coffee Cake, Java......... 10 Cocoanut Macaroons...... 18 Cocoanut Taffy............ 10 Cracknells ceccs 2c. Se Creams, Iced.............. 8 ‘Cream Crisp............... 10 Cubans... Woo eas oe Currant rate 7. 12 Frosted oa Cou ee Frosted Cream............ 9 = Gena Te rgeorsm’ll 8 a Snaps, aC: 8 Granition Sanne... -.5. 2.5. 9 Graham Crackers......... 8 Graham Wafers........... 12 Grand Rapids Tea........ 16 Honey Fingers............ 12 Iced Honey a ois sbi 10 Imperials.. é oe Jumbles, Honey.. ists swan 12 Lady Fingers Be ts wes Scare 12 Lemon Snaps............-. 12 Lemon Waters...........- 16 Marshmallow.............. 16 Marshmallow Creams... 16 a low Walnuts. . 16 Lee oe ea wees 8 on ‘ionic eee 11% Mtck Bisenit..... -........, Th Molasses Cake............ Molasses Bar.............. 9 Moss Jelly Bar............ 12% Newton.. Se Oatmeal Crackers... os Oatmeal Wafers........... 12 Orange Crisp.............. 9 Grange Gem... 22-0 0... 8 a CANS. |. lle.. 8 Pilot Bread, XXX......... 7™% Pretzelettes, hand made.. 8 Pretzels, hand made. 8 Scotch Cookies...... 9 Sears’ Lunch..... 1% Sugar Cake......... 8 Sugar Cream, XXX....... 8 Sugar Squares............. 8 Lo, a ee 13 PUREL PSE sc 5k... 16 Vanilla Wafers. ........... 16 Vienna Crimp............. 8 CREAM TARTAR 5 and 10 lb. wooden ae aaa 30 Bulk in sacks.. ee DRIED FRUITS — Apples Sundried . ” Evaporated, ‘BO Ib. boxes. California Fruits Aprioges oo... |... 10 Blackbertied oe cele a = Nectarines . ca —" sec cecal 18 @ll Ths @41% @b% Pea! Pitted oO Prunneliles . wee Raspberries .. Scere California Prunes 100-120 25 Ib. boxes ...... aoa ae Currants California, 1 lb. package.. Imported, 1 lb package...... 12 Imported, — ee ee oe 11% -- 11% Citron asain 19 Ib. bx...13 Lemon American 10 Ib. bx..10% Orange American 10 Ib. bx..10% Raisins London Layers 2 Crown. London Layers 3Crown. 2 15 Cluster 4 Crown......... Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 6% Loose Muscatels 3 Crown 7% Loose Muscatels 4 Crown a L. M., Seeded, 1 Ib...... , Seeded, % Ib.... 8 e. Sultanas, OMe oe Sultanas, package .......... = FARINACEOUS GOODS Beans Dried timas..t os. 7 Medium Hand Picked 2 00 Brown Holland.............. Cereals Cream of Cereal............. 90 Grain-O, small .............. 1 35 Grain-O, large.. ace oe Grape Nuts... 1 35 Pos Cereal, ‘smail. -.1 35 Postum Cereal, large...... 2 25 ws att packages ............ 1 50 Bulk, per 100 Ibs............. 3 00 Haskell’s Wheat Flakes 36 2 lb. packages. 3 00 Hominy Flake, 50 Ib. sack. . a. Pearl, 200 Ib. bbl............ 2 40 Pearl, 100 Ib. sack-:........-. 117 Maccaroni and Vermicelli Domestic, 10 Ib. box.. 60 Tmported, 25 Ib. box........ . 2 BO Pearl Barley OOP, 20s os Goes cee 2 40 NORPRO 2 occa edes cee. 2 90 Pere ee clos 3 40 Grits Walsh-DeRoo Co.’s Brand. 24 2 Ib. Ip. packages .. Scccesacede se ae 100 ve ecsesee OO 200 B. earvels eset oe ccsne sae me 100 Th. DAGE. «<2: 5-52.32 2 2 90 Peas Green, Wisconsin, sie _.0k oo Green, tech, bu. TI 40 Spl i wees Rolled ‘Oats Rolled Avena, bbl.. -.-3 & SteelCut, 100 Ib. ‘sacks. 2 00 Monarch, bbl. reese seed BO Monarch, % bbl. --.1 90 Monarch, 90 Ib. sacks. .1 70 Quaker, cases... eS 20 Sago Hast India... 0.35.2... 2% German, SackSs.............. 3% German, broken package.. 4 Tapioca Flake, 110 Ib. sacks......... 4% Pearl, 130 Ib. sacks.......... 3% Pearl, 241 lb. packages. .... 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 29 7 10 Wheat Craekod, bulk... .........:.. D4 24 2 Ib. packages ............ 2 50 FLAVORING EXTRACTS FOOTE & JENKS’ JAXON Highest Grade Extracts Vanilla Lemon 1ozfullm.120 1ozfullm. 80 20zfullm.2 10 20z full m.1 25 No.3fan’y.3 15 No.3fan’y.1 75 Vanilla 2 0z — -120 2ozpanel. 75 Lemon 3 0z taper..2 00 4-0z taper..1 50 Jennings’ Arctic 2 oz. full meas. pure Lemon. 75 2 oz. full meas. pure Vanilla.1 20 Big Value 2 oz. oval Vanilla Tonka.... 75 2 oz. oval Pure Lemon ...... 75 jJENEINGS Sovet QncenTaReey FLAVORING EXTRACTS Reg. 2 0z. D. C. Lemon...... 75 No. 4 Taper D. C. Lemon. _ 52 Reg. 2 oz. D. C. Vanilla...... 1 24 No. 3 Taper D. C. Vanilla. ..2 08 Standard 2 oz. Vanilla Tonka.........- 70 2 oz. flat Pure Lemon........ 70 Northrop Brand = m. Van. 2 0z. Taper Panel.. 2 LD Sor. Oyar..... 2... ob .i12 3 0z. Taper Panel....135 200 40z. Taper Panel....160 2 25 Perrigo’s an. Lem. — doz. XXX, 2 0z. obert.. 75 Xxx, 4 oz. taper.. 2 8 1 25 xx, 2 oz. obert...... 3 00 No. 2, 2 oz. obert .. 75 XXX D D ptchr, 602 2 XXX DD ptehr, 40z : 75 K. P. pitcher, 6 0z.. 25 FLY PAPER Tanglefoot, per doz.......... 35 Tanglefoot, per case.......- 3 20 FRESH MEATS Beef Carcas: 6 @8 Woroquarters . - 54@6 Hindquarters ....... @2 Loins No. 3.......... 9 @14 Mes 9 @12 Moumes..-........... 64@ ae 54@ 6 Plates . 4@5 Pork Dressed . . @7 Loins oe als @9 Boston’ Butts........ @7% Shoulders ........... @ 74 Leat Lard......... @8 Mutton i 7%@ 8 ieee aa. 9 @% Veal Cavesss...-.. 8 @9g GRAINS AND FLOUR — Wheat . a 75 Winter “Wheat ‘Flour Local Brands Patents. Second Patent..-..0... me Clear fl ween cece ee cece cesses vers ce : Flour in bbls., 25¢ per bbl. ad- ditional. Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s —— Diamond \S............... Diamond \4S8.............-. s it Diamond \s. Worden Grocer Co. Og Brana’ QUSKGF 468.....0. 6... 200.2- Cusmor se oc. 3 90 —— YS... 3 90 pring ‘Wheat Flour Clarke Jewell-Wells Co.’s — Pillsbury’s Best ¥%s....... 4 60 - £2 “e.:.... £2 Pillsbury’s Best %s paper. 440 Pillsbury’s Best 4s paper. 4 40 Ball-Barnhart-Putman’s Brand Duluth Imperial s....... 4 Duluth Imperial 4s....... 4 30 Duluth Imperial &s.. 4 20 Lemon & Wheeler Co.’s Brand bh RB oss se 4 50 Wingold 14s.............. 440 —— Eaincse os ee secs 4 30 Iney & as oe Ceresota \s. 4 65 Ceresota \s.. 4 55 Ceresota s. 4 45 Worden Grocer Co. ‘s Brand Laurel 48........... 4 60 Laurel 480-65... see 4 50 Laurel \s. 4 40 Laurel %s and is paper... 4 40 Washburn-Crosby Co.’s Brand. (WASRBURN CROSBYCOR, _ GOLD MEQAL. Prices always right. Write or wire Mussel- man Grocer Co. for special quotations. Bolted. 3.2... 8... 2 00 Granulated 2 10 Feed and. Millstuits St. Car Feed, screened.... 16 50 No. 1 Corn and Oats...... 16 00 Unbolted Corn Meal...... 16 50 Winter Wheat Bran....... 15.00 Winter Wheat Middlings. = = Sereenings ...........---.- Corn Oorn, car lote............. 42 Oats al Gan tote. . 30 Car lots, clipped........... 32% Less than car lots......... Hay No. 1 Timothy car lots.... 11 00 12 00 No. 1 Timothy ton lots.... HERBS Laurel Leaves. . Senna Leaves.......... -... -.-- INDIGO Madras, 5 Ib. boxes . oe a S. F., 2, 3 and 5 Ib. boxes...... 50 JELLY 5 lb. eal. * Gaz. ..... 1 85 15 Ib. pails. hl occuse 35 So fy. Balls: 2... 2... 62 en Pure. : cos Oe Calabria... Seuecgetsccae (oe Sie ee 14 Mogg a a LYE Condensed, 2 doz............ 1 20 Condensed, 4 doz............2 25 MATCHES No. 200 Lookout, 144 bx..... 1 2 No. 500 Select Society, 144...4 00 No. 200 Williams Perfect, 144.1 35 No. 2 Lily, 144 boxes....... 115 No. 100 Park, 432 boxes...... 2 85 No. 80 Poetry, 720 boxes....4 00 Diamond Match Co.’s ae. No. 9 suiphar............... 1 65 Anchor Farior ............-. 1 50 No. 2 Home..... 13e Export Parlor 400 Wolverine. . .1 50 MEAT EXTRACTS Armour & Co.’s, 4 02. 45 Liebig’s, 2 0Z........-....- 75 MOLASSES New en Fancy =—_ —— 40 Choice.. <2 Sac 35 PA ce. 26 Co 22 Half-barrels 2c extra MUSTAR Horse Radish, 1 doz......... 1 76 Horse Radish, 2 doz......... 3 50 Bayle’s Celery, 1 doz........ 1 75 OLIVES Bulk, 1 gal. kegs.........-- 1 25 Bulk, 3 gal. kegs........... 110 Bulk, 5 gal. kegs........... 1 00 Manzanilla, 7 0Z......-.--- 80 Queen, pints............-.- 2 35 Stuffed. 40 O02... .:....-... OYSTER PAILS Victor, pints. .............. 10 00 Victor, quarts.............. 15 00 Victor, 2 ss a code 20 00 PAPER BAGS Continental Paper Bag Co. Ask your Jobber for them. Glory Mayflower Satchel & Pacific Bottom Square RE ese oe 28 50 Oo eee keene 34 60 Bee eee eae es 44 80 ss 54 1 00 Me cee 66 1 25 ee 76 1 45 90 1 70 06 2 00 28 2 40 38 2 60 60 3 15 24 415 .-2 34 4 50 ..2 oe 5 00 ie 5 50 Sugar eG oo ccc 4% EA oc pecs aa aoe sees % PARIS GREEN Common — Bak. 100 3 lb. sacks 2 2S Packages, 4 lb., each....... 18 60 5 lb. sacks we? 1B Packages, % lb., each....... 17 29 £0 10. SAGES... ....... <-.- 20) Packages, 11b., each....... 16 5G ID. seks... ..._.-.-.. 40 PICKLES Se Wo. SACHS... 22 edium Warsaw Barrels, 1,200 count ......... 4 50 | 56 Ib. dairy in drill ba: a . os... ... 30 Half bbls, an wee 2 75 | 98 Ib. dairy in drill bags. .... 15 Barrels, 2,400 count ......... 5 50 Ashton Half bbls, 1,200 count .......3 30 | 56 lb. dairy = linen sacks. . ieee PIPES Clay, No, 216-777-771 | so, dairy in linen sacks. Com Morse oe 85 Solar Rock POTASH ‘on eins Saas. OG O. SACRE 3... 30 BOs. 4 00 Common Penna Salt Co.’s............. 3 00 | Granulated Fine............ 1 20 ae ee Medium Fine.. sialon Sg oe A ee arreled Pork SALT FISH @14 00 Cod @14 50 | Georges cured......... @6é Short cut. @14 00} Georges genuine...... @ 6% fe... 17 00 | Georges = ae @7 Bean........ " @12 25 | Grand Bank........... @5 —_——- Moss. :.. .... 14 50 ae or ao .-6 @9Y Dry Salt Meats Pomeem.-.....-....._.. @ 3% Bellies..... 8% Briskets .. : 814 Halibut. Extra shorts......... 7% ee 10 Smoked Meats CRS se ams, 121b. average. @ 10% H Hams, 14Ib.average. @ 10% | Holland white a bbl. 11 25 Hams, 161b. average. @ 10% | Holland white hoopsbbl. 6 00 Hams, 20lb. average. @ 9% | Holland white hoop, keg.. 82 Ham dried beef. .... @ 11% | Holland white hoop mehs. 87 Shoulders (N.Y. -_ @ 734 | Norwegian ........ Bacon, clear. . 10 @ 10 | Round 100 Ibs...........--. 3 00 California hams. . @ 7%| Round 40 lbs............... 1 50 Boneless hams.. @ 11 | Sealed ee te Rolie’ tase. as (2. a Picnic Boiled Hams @ ll tl i Berlin Hams....... @ 8% Mackerel Mince Hams....... @ 9 Mess 100 Ibs. . sens 22 2S Lards—In — Mess 49ibe. .............. 570 Com — G4 | MOSS 101ps.-............. 1 35 Kettle.. 84, | Mess 8lbs.. 113 Vegetole - 6 c a % - 80 Ib. Tubs. eavence My 50 lb. Tins...advance % 20 Ib. Pails. .advance % 10 Ib. Pails..advance % 5 lb. Pails..advance 1 3 lb. Pails..advance 1 Bologna 5% Liver . 6 Frankfort 1% Por 7% Blood : 6% ‘ongue.. Socace 9 Whitefish Headcheese.......... 6 No.1 No.2 Fam Beef 100 Ibs........ 700 300 Extra Mess.......... 10 75 Ib @ ibs........ 310 1850 — ponee 11 59] 10 Ibe........ 85 45 Rump .. 11 50| 8 Ibs.. 71 39 wniee 3 Reet 0 ee ¥ bbls., 40 lbs.. 1 50 SAUERKRAUT % bbls., 80 Ibs... oie) Barrel 4 50 oe ai ae Tripe| Half parrels...._........... 2% Oo ——— 70 % bbls., 40 Ibs. 125} ani —— i% bbls., 80 lbs co 2 25 —-....tCti«dsi«i(i«‘i‘#aa........... © Casings Canary, Smyrna............. 4 Pork . Cae gi | Caraway ........ 0... .eeee ee 8 Beef rounds......... 3 Cardamon, Malabar.........60 Beef middles.. 10 Celeew 12 Sheep........ go | Hemp, Russian.............. 4% B eae Mixed Bird.. 4% Solid, dairy.......... 1 @i3 | Mustard, , white. vo 9 Rolls, dairy... 11%@13% a eg Rolls, creamery. A 14% | Rape .......------e sees seen ee 4% Solid; creamery. .... 14 & aged Seas Soe Canned Meats 3 Corned beef, 2 Ib.. 2 75 ee Corned beef, 14 Ib... 17 50 | Handy Box, large......... 2 50 Roast beef, 2 Ib...... 275 Handy Box, small......... 1 25 Potted meni eh 59 | Bixby’s Royal Polish...... 85 Potted ham, \s..... go | Miller’s Crown Polish..... i) Deviled ham, \S.... 50 Deviled ham, s.... 90 — Potted tongue, \s.. 50 a bladders.. - of Potted tongue. a accaboy, in jars........... 35 ™ oO CE % | French Rappee, in jars. .... 43 Domestic — Now eee. 7 ae aromna Nout. .............. 5% x Cozcins © Neo ee JA oO | roken . Imported. --4% Single box.. cons era OO Japan, No. 1.. ..5Y%@6 5 ea lots, delivered .... 1... 2 95 Japan, No. ae I 44@s 10 box lots, delivered ........ 2 90 Java, fancy head ...5 @5% | Bell & Bogart brands— Java, No.t.............5 @& Coal Oil Johnny ......... 3 90 TAMO. cs ee Peekin --- 400 SALERATUS Lautz Bros. ‘brands— Packed 60 Ibs. in box. -- - 400 Church’s Arm and wena 3 > cai iaisiela, acim oan a a Deland’s .3 00 — Sen eee eee ises 4 00 Dwight’s Cow ills 15] _ Maste 3 70 _— «2 10 Proctor & ‘Gamble brands— r.. 3 00 Tene Nadiad 300; Ivory,6 —<- ee Wyandotte, = SB ereonon 8 300} Ivory, 100 SODA N. K. Fairbanks — Cameiinied bbls ee. 80| Santa Claus.. : - 3 26 Granulated, 100 Ib. cases. Go| Brown... .:......-....- 2 40 Lump, bbls. becca ae aeey gs 00 Lump, 145 Ib. kegs. ee 80 Detroit Soap Co. brands— LT Queen Anne..... ........ 3 15 nen Big Bargain.......... "1% 100 Sib. bags ..............- S00) Unipie... . ....... 2 15 BO Gin. bags... -. 2... 300} German Family.......... 2 45 oo tay Nags. 275| A. B. Wrisley brands— In 5 bbl. lots 5 per cent. dis-| Good se eee 3 80 count and one case 2431b. boxes | _ Old Country............-- 20 free. Johnson Same Co. brands— Diamond Crystal Siver ime... - 3 60 Table, cases, 24 3 Ib. boxes..1 40} Calumet Barnily.... -.<.- 2% Table, barrels, 1003 Ib. bags. 300} Scotch Family..... .....- 2 50 Table, barrels, 407 Ib. bags.2 75| Cuba........ -..-.-+----+- 2 40 But ter, barrels, 280 Ib. bulk.2 65 | Gowans & Sons brands— Butter, barrels, 20 14Ib.bags.2 85| Oak Leaf..............--- 3 25 Butter, sacks, 28 Ibs......... 97| Oak Leaf, big5........... 400 Butter, sacks, 56 Ibs......... 67 ' Beaver Soap Co. brands— Grandpa Wonder, large. 3 25 Grandpa Wonder, small. 3 85 Grandpa Wonder, small, SO cilees. 95 Ricker’s fancies. 3 90 ~_ ie Co. brand— Pegman. 9... 5.2... — & oa. brand— a 3 00 B. ee ‘Babbit brand— Babbit’s Best............- 4 00 Fels brand— apeia ll. 4 00 Scouring Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz...... 2 40 Sapolio, hand, 3 ‘doz. .....-.. 2 40 SODA Bowed... Be Kegs, English............... 4% SPICES Whole Spices Lo Cassia, China in mats..... Cassia, Batavia, inbund... Cassia, Saigon, broken.... Cassia, Saigon, in rolls.... Cloves, Amboyna. . se Cloves, Zanzipar......... : Maes Nutmegs, —_ ~~ Nutmegs, 105-10.. ee Nutmegs, 115-20............ 35 Pepper, Singapore, black. 18 Pepper, Singapore, white. 28 Pepper, shot............... 20 Pure Ground in Bulk Allspice.. oo 16 Cassia, Batavia... sain ie 28 Casaia, Saigon............. 48 Cloves, Zanzibar........... 17 Ginger, African... aa 15 Ginger, Cochin............ 18 Ginger, — oe eee ee 25 Mace. . sue ce ae 65 Mustard... 18 Pepper, Singapore, black. 20 Pepper, Singapore, white. 28 — — pose heeue 20 Sage.. —— 20 STARCH Kingsford’s Corn 40 1-lb. packages........... 6% 20 1-Ib. packages........... 6% 6 Ib. packages.......-..- 7% Kingsford’s Silver Gloss 40 1-lb. gga Soc cece es a 6 Ib. boxes... oe = Ci in 20 1-Ib. packages.......... 4% 40 1-Ib. packages.......... 4% Common Gloss 3arrels.. STOVE POLISH : ee CN lathe ods yan er eer No. 4, 3 doz in case, gross.. No. 6, 3 doz in case, gross . 4 50 7 20 SUGAR Below are given New York prices on sugars, to which the wholesale dealer adds the local freight from New York to your — puint, givin oa on t voice for the amount of freight buyer pays from the market in _—o he purchases to his shipping point, including 20 — or he weight of the barrel. Domino. ugar Fine Granulated Coarse Granulated... Extra Fine Granulate 2b. bags Fine Gran 5 lb. bags Fine Gran Mould A..... Diamond A..... Confectioner’s A. o. 1, Columbia A . 2, Windsor A.. fs 3, Ridgewood A No. 4, Phoenix A . 5 Empire A = ooh bh ORAS Re OT OT OH OF OT ON ON OF OF OT OF OT OT OF Ot Ot 3-10 No. 8... 4 50 No. 9.. 4 45 No. 10... 4 40 Na. #1... 4 35 ING: fe 4 30 No. 13.. 4 30 No. 14.. 4 25 No. 15... 4 25 Naik 4 25 SYRUPS Corn Barrels.. oe ee 20 1 doz. 1 gallon cans.......... 3 00 1 doz. % gallon cans......... 1 70 2 doz. % gallon cans......... 90 Pure Cane Meee. Oneles ..... a TABLE SAUCES LEA & PERRINS’ SAUCE The Original and Genuine Worcestershire. Lea & Perrin’s, large...... 3 75 Lea & Perrin’s, small -_ £a Halford, large. ....... Halford, small........ aoe Salad Dressing, large..... Salad Dressing, small..... TEA Japan Sundried, medium ... Sundried, choice... Sundried, fancy. . Regular, medium. Regular, choice .... Regular, fane Basket-fired, medium....... 28 Basket-fired, choice......... 35 Basket-fired, fancy.......... 40 Wie... 27 Siftings....... Peecees cee 19@21 Mannings. ..............., 20@22 Gunpowder Moyune, medium ........... 26 Moyune, choles ............. 35 Movyune, finey.............. 50 Pingsuey, medium.......... 25 Fingsuoy, choiee............ 30 Pingsuey, faney............. 40 Young Hyson Chotee........ . be dee cote cage 30 Meee 36 Oolong Formoea, faney.............. 42 Amoy, medium.............. 25 Amoy, ehofes................. 32 English Breakfast Magma... 27 Cueiee 34 OT 42 India Covion, chotee........... 0.2; 32 ABO 8 42 TOBACCO Elk’s Heart, ae. . 70 00 Elk - a eonena........ = 00 ws... 35 00 Bald "Head oe 35 00 A. Bomers’ brand. Plaindealer . H&P. Drug Oo. 's brands. Fortune a 35 00 Our —: -$ 00 = 35 00 G. J. 7 ea Cigar Co.’s brand. c oN S. 6. W........ 5... oe Cigar Clippings, per Ib..... 26 Lubetsky Bros.’ Brands. Ree $33 00 Gold Gear 35 00 oe ‘Brace & Co.’s Brands. Royal Tigers.......... 55@ 80 00 Royal Tigerettes.......... 35 00 Book Filled ae . 35 00 Female Tigerettes.. 35 00 Night Hawk, coneha...... 35 00 Night Hawk, navel....... 35 00 Vincente Portuondo . .35@ 70 00 Ruhe Bros. Co . BO 70 00 Hilson Co....... ..35@110 00 T. J. Dunn & Co....... 35@ 70 00 McCoy & Co. ..35@ 70 00 The Collins Cigar Co..10@ 35 00 Brown Bros.. ..15@ 70 00 Bernard Stahl ‘Co.. ..35@ 90 00 Banner Cigar Co......10@ 35 00 Seidenberg & Co...... 55@125 36 Fulton Cigar Co......10@ 35 00 A. B. Ballard & Co....35@175 00 E. M. Schwarz & Co...35@110 00 380 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Mop Sticks ‘ = 5 N zr = + a ee os = > . Trojan via er 85 CANDIES AKRON STONEWARE 750 Candle Power ARC ILLUMINATORS C. Costello & Co... ....35@ 70 00 ang ord patent spring .. 85 Stick —_, - Butters Produce the finest artificial light in the world. \ora-F as ‘ © 1 0Ommon................ 75 . s 5 a. ae No. 2 patent brush holder .. go | Standard............ 7% 4 gal, or per gai Se Hene & Co... ......... 35@ 90 00 | 12 I. cotton mop heads.....1 25 Standard ‘Twist. = ag 8 gal a Benedict & Co.......7.50@ 70 00 Pails a= aa Hemmeter Cigar Co...35@ 70 00 | 2-hoop Standard............. 1 40 : 9 Poa ae a G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.35 70 00 | 3-hoop Standard... 2.2222: 1 60] Jumbo, 32 Ib o 1% 15 oo - SE eam 1 » Maurice Sanborn .... 50@175 00 | 2-wire, Cable.. .ess-eel 801 Extra HH | = 20 gal. meat-tubs, each............-... 1 | . Book Go 65@300 00 — Cable... : -1 70] Boston Cream t @10 | 25 gal. meat-tubs, each: . 2.2. ..00.0 222. 2 span gama meee —— . aa sired, rass bound. = = Beet Root............ @s8_ | 30 gal. meat-tubs, each.............-.. 2 o Henry Clay... .... ....85@550 00 | Fibre .. ioe Mixed — Churns ie Garotins...........- 96@200 00 T Grocers.. 6 . Standard T. & G. Co...35@ 70 00| Hara a i Baan etition . 7 |2,to6gal., per gal.................++- ros ardw ee hurn Das ers, per doz H. Van Tongeren’s Brand. Softwood ... “72 75 | Special. . @ 73% per gen. oo... 6. i Star —e i os oe 35 — uet... ..1 40 Conserve... he ce aes Z ps Milkpans - : y ae... fo a “= Bebo 2.0.22... G 9” | % gas fat or rd. bot., per doz......... =* ees eae = 20-inch, Standard, No. 1.....6 00 eT cee @ 8% | 1 gal. nat or rd. bot,, each............ a ae GO 18-inch. Stand. @9 s * Ss o Sweet Spray 35 8-inch, Standard, No. 2..... 5 00} English Rock... @9 Fine Glazed Milkpans o Cadillac ee 57 | 16-inch, Standard, No. 3..... 4 00} Kindergarten .. @9 |s == eee 33 | 20-inch, Cable, No. 1.........7 90] Bon Ton Cre : ce eet ote ee a2 + Golden Top..............+...22 ig- inch, Cable, No. 2.6 OO l aeeneh Cre re =. en ae Sie =~ -- oe ea aS inch, Cable, No. 3.........5 © | Dandy Pan... ...... @10 Stewpans oe ~~ < ganar CS ce —