7 Uy “ a Za y oS a. A Mo e) Soe Wh Ai cL bE 11 {: of yA Ey SGVA a BAS ei a ape eR NS) Sh EE G9 BAzZzne WAY ct Wi TG AN TRADE SVAN LG a em ig aA “ 2k wy 4 Sg] oN Gy he = ve \ S ee 1 (CTE ae ea ee VLE eae SN) 3 CSPUBLISHED WEEKLY §7 Sh TTRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERSE <2) SYA "$1 PE S SST PASC SSO OES ma Fn Oa TEES Zs S25, Es Gee) SNR ; HG GSA Sx 84 i “ENG, Me aoe a ext By Ex ee eae ‘i DE hy 075 es) NS ( S30 Sy ay) 2 ay HEN? Twentieth Year GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1903. Number 1036 HAVE YOU A GRASP ON THE DETAIL? Loose Leaf Methods will put you in such close touch with your business that you will wonder how you ever got along in the old rut. May we send you a catalogue? We are manufacturers of loose leaf devices for every imaginable use. Let us talk it over with you. Grand Rapids Lithographing Co. 8-16 Lyon Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Our Seundard Beare © PF. REYROLUS D. S. HAUGH A. A. ROGERS JNO. CUMMINS W.' K.. WILSON PETER LANKASTER 5. E. STRATLION NEAL CAREY ]. C. VAN HEULEN GEO. T. WILLIAMS G. H. McWILLIAMS N. L. HEERES P. M. VAN DREZER .. S.. DAVENPORT ARTHUR E. GREGORY W. S. CANFIELD ABRAM JENNINGS pone Judson Grocer Company Grand Rapids, Mich. The Balke Manufacturing Company, Sole Manufacturers of the BALKE Combined Davenport, and Billiard Tables. Pool } FOR THE HOME. There is Nothing More eae or indoor amusement than 4 mgunse f billiards or pool The great majority of homes are deba en ym the king of games on account of | cake of room, and in many cases on account of the seid enue se of the old style table. We have overcome all obstacles. We offer youa perfect and complete Pool or Billiard Table, with full equipment, at an extremely moderate cost, while at the same time givir ig you a magnificent full length couch, suitable for the best room in any house, and adapted to be used in a moderate sized room, either parlor, sitting room, library or dining room. _ We have a large line of children’s tables for $i¢ to $25, and regular tables at $50 to $200. Catalogue on application. The Balke Manufacturing Company, 1 W. Bridge Street. Prospective investors should consult those who are conserv ative and whose suggestions are of value. An appointment is easily made. E. M. Deane Co., Limited Municipal, Corporation and Railway Bonds 211-213-215 Michigan Trust. Bldg., Grand Rapids. References: Old National Bank, Commercial-Savings Bank. ee ee iene eee BASKETS are BEST HE IS WORRIED because his COMPETITOR has got in a nice, clean lot of BALLOU BASKETS, with “TALKING POINTS” all over them, while he is loaded up with a cheap, inferior lot of stuff, just because he did not know what to — and the jobber could send him y ig and he had to accept them. Don't you get ae in any such way. DE- MAND BALLOU BASKETS —the kind that are made right and will sell mnght, too. They are good enough for Uncle Sam, and they are good enough for you. BALLOU BASKET WORKS, Belding, Mich. BALLOU BASKETS are BEST iets Gea” Ga CEE Sunlight A shining success. No other Flour so good for both bread and pastry. Walsh-DeRoo Milling Zo. Holland, Michigan AO er oS tS. et aii ere Fruit Flavor Fruit Flavor With the masses. nomical. jobber. Liberal discounts to the trade. Distributors: Judson Grocer Company, Worden G Co., Grand Rapids This Is the Popular Flake Food palatable, nourishing and eco- Order through your Write for free sample and particulars. Globe Food Company, Limited 318 Houseman Block, Grand Rapids, Mich. arocer Co., Musselman Rae The Popular Ocean Wave Washers Once Sold, They NEVER Come Back, Because THEY WASH CLEAN Ligit RUNNING BAP Hand: SOIII6 CAH Durable | AdUSt- adl6 nigh LOW speed SOLD ONLY TO ONE DEALER IN EACH TOWN p articula Voss Bros. Mfg. Co. 1326 to 1332 West 3d St., Davenport, lowa | i | Charge goods, when purchased, __ directly lon file, then your cus- | tomer’s bill is always | ready for him, and |can be found quickly, |on account of the jspecial index. This Simple Account File A quick and easy method of keeping your accounts. Es- pecially handy for keeping ac- count of goods let out on ap- proval, and f-r petty accounts with which one does not like to encumber the regular ledger. By using this file or ledger for charging accounts, it will save one-half the time and cost of keeping a set of books. | saves you looking over several leaves of a day book if not posted, | when a customer comes in to pay an account and you are busy wait- } | ~~ on a prospective buyer. { TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids ales a GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1903. Number 1036 We Buy and Sell Total Issues of State, County, City, School District, Street Railway and Gas BONDS Correspondence Solicited. NOBLE, MOSS & COMPANY BANKERS Union Trust Building, Detroit, Mich. J CREDIT AQVICLES COLLECTIONS ANO, WIDDICOMB BLDG. GRAND RAPIDS, DETROIT OPERA HOUSE BLOCK, DETROIT. mt N AGAINST rd WORTHLESS ACCOUNTS AND COLLECT ALL OTHERS WHY NOT BUY YOUR FALL LINE OF CLOTHING where you have an opportunity to make a good selection from fifteen different lines? We have everything in the Clothing line for Men, Boys and Childreu, from the cheapest to the highest grade. The William Connor Co. Wholesale Clothing 28-30 South lonia Street Grand Rapids, Mich. Collection Department R. G. DUN & CO. Mich. Trust Building, Grand Rapids Collection delinquent accounts: cheap, efficient, es direct demand system. Collections made everywhere—for every trader. ©. KE. MoCRONR, Manager. SERRE Ament aremoEREEON Oil Brings $4.50 Per Barrel Greatest Oil Fields the world has ever known—our 2Sth Company—The Alaska Oil & Mines Deve} »pment Com- pany. We are offering the Founder Share Issue at 7c per share until Au sth Orders for 500 and 1,000 shares filled in full; over this amount subject to allotment. Full information furnished upon application to CURRIE & FORSYTH Managers of Douglas, Lacey & Company 1023 Michigan Trust Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. 90000000 00000000000000008 IF YOU HAVE MONEY and would like to have it EARN MORE MONEY, write me for an investment & that will be guaranteed to @ earn a certain dividend. ¢ Will pay your money back at end of year i you de- sire it. Martin V. Barker Battle Creek. Michigan OO DPOOO4 04 000094006096 FF EE EE VV VV EVV VV TT VCS Gobo 6 bd GGG bbbb bbb bbb bbe IMPORTANT FEATURES. Page. 2. Wooing Trade. 4. Around the State. 5. Grand Rapids Gossip. 6. Marquette’s Growth. 8. Editorial, 9. Editorial. 10. Dry Goods, 12. Produce. 14. The New York Market. 16. Clothing. 18. Some Remarks About Health Food, 19, Early Closing. 20. Shoes and Rubbers. 23. Eating Habit. 24. Woman’s World. 26. Mineral Glowworms. 28, Clerks’ Corner. 30. Farming vs. Storekeeping. 32. Where They Eat Horse Meat. 33. To Cut Down Family Expenses. 34. The Anti-Hoodoo. 36. Gradual Growth of Citizen Phone. 40. Commercial Travelers. 42. Drugs and Chemicals. 44. Grocery Price Current. 46. Special Price Current. 18. Terpeneless Extracts. GENERAL TRADE REVIEW. There is this difference between the recent failures in Wall Street and those which accompany panicy con- ditions, that these are so fully antici- pated that there is no apparent effect beyond the slight sensation of the announcement. In the present case there are simply speculative condi- tions into which the individual firms have been led that make such fail- ures inevitable, and the wonder is there have been so few of them dur- ing the long period of over-stocked liquidation. Another feature of the present era of return to actual val- ues is that call money is in abund- ance out at low rates, an impossible condition in cases of panic. Many properties are making new low rec- ords of values and among these are some carried down by being in bad company, some whose recovery can hardly be long delayed, but that there will be an early advance all along the line is hardly to be ex- pected. The sooner trader come to realize that the great watering spec- ulation is a thing of the past, the sooner will stock values assume a basis of parity to the industries and Properties they represent. Then fluctuations of value will not be so rapid or so great and the market will become an index of trade conditions. This is far from being the case now. Right through the long de- cline transportation and many indus- tries are breaking records of activi- ty and the natural trend of prices is still upward. In some industries there have been voluntary readjust- ments On more reasonable bases with a view to the future, but in general pressure of demand is still forcing many prices to the highest for years. The most notable interruption to any particular industry is the long labor controversy in the building trades in New York. This is be- coming serious in its hindrance of the vast building operations of the metropolis and the interruption of wages to so great a number of good buyers is having a noticeable effect on trade. The prospect of early set- tlement, however, is good and this will be accomplished on a basis in- suring freedom from strike inter- ruptions for a long time to come. Indeed, in ail the labor controversies in the country it is coming to be accepted that the sinister significance of unionism has passed its climax. Pressure of demand has made it easy for the unions to gain concessions in wages, but as these have been almost invariably accom- panied by claims of recognition and union control, the final outcome has been defeat for the unions. This is bringing a_ clearing of the atmos- phere, which argues less attempts at aggression for a long time to come. The disturbing factor in the cotton branch of textiles is the high price demands of the staple. This is closing many foreign mills especially, and if kept up can hardly fail to stop home spindles. In wool prices of goods for the future are placed at a lower level and that in face of the advanc- ing staple. Boots and shoes are keeping up their even course of rec- ord breaking activity. ee ca The man with a guilty conscience can find no peace until he has sur- rendered and made such amends as are possible for him to make. Charles Stern took $12,000 from a New York bank in 1896 and disap- peared. After wandering all over the world, he reappeared there bare- headed, barefooted and Most of the stolen money was re- covered and Stern promised to pay the rest if given a chance. The court released him on parole, friends provided him with clothes and Stern will try to live an honest life. He is only 30 years old. His experi- ence is but a repetition of that of the prodigal son, which many has found unprofitable. shirtless. another Now the California fruit growers, imitating the example of the Kansas wheat farmers, are bidding for the services of college students. There is a shortage in the California labor market and thousands of hands are wanted to pick and pack fruit for shipment. Excursion rates are to be offered on the railroads from August I to August 13, the tickets being good for two and one-half months. Young men can make $100 beside their board during this period and at the same time see the sights of the Golden State. If such arrange- ments should be permanently estab- lished the harvest season in_ this country would witness some remark- able movements, and people of all sections would get well acquainted with each other. DECLINE IN HUSBANDS. According to a report issued by the Massachusetts Bureau of Statis- tics only 12 in 100 of the women workers in the State are married. It es ‘ as Wiha Coa ta. is said that they “prefer freedom work and an income of their own to a husband are supporting themselves by such unteminine torms of empioyment as marble cutting and brick laying rather than bend their necks to the matrimonial yoke. Among those wl in earlier years committed the erro} of marriage, divorce nere g There is now one divorce to eve y eighteen marriage The e no longer seeks the support of the oak It twines on its own trell This is but added testin ony to the increasing unpopularity of marriage Every year witnesses rther de cline of husbands be p Antimatrimonial me in tions multiply. H y men o 1 to . the tele Vv mo g tl eal ing information that Emperor Wi liam is fighting socialism h ele tricity. By means of the very com plete German police system the Em peror long ago learned that more than were mén that lived in leased or rented houses and had of their own. He had a theory, found ed deep in knowledge of human na ture that if the average German workman could be induced to own his own home and have something to leave for his children, he would 1 . no ionger yeari property, anc ism, which has tl despite the dras the Bismarck checked. To make way must be provided for very q and very cheap that the workman might go far enough into the country to obtain Hence the official Ger- ‘ transportation, sO cheap land. 1 man experiments along the line of high speed electric roads, and hence the commission of here to study the trolley system A second accident during the month of July on the Muskegon interur- ban—due also to gross carelessness and neglect of duty—emphasizes the necessity of an immediate change in the management of the road, the present management having proven its incapacity and incompetence. Un- til such a change is made, the people who patronize that line take long chances and the physicians and hos- pitals will continue to reap a rich harvest. niente nt mono st en a a a ee isin ied ait nek iin MICHIGAN TRADESMAN WOOING TRADE. To skill that all the played it with such listen. : ; world stopped to How Accomplish It in r wie nee é Weather. int a 1 / ve applied to warm weather wooing thought here can Have one domin- poin nderlying all the summer vertising. And that point may well q () S 1S a cool store! \ s you will, twist it in new - bring in new phrases and sen te but every advertisement bring re id clear and strong ss dur- that your store is a nice place to stop ecause it 1s cool and comfortable. - ’ \ s é responsive chord in sant the bosom of everybody who swelters _lewe tt bit under the sizzling S S] sales ng dog-day - d be ularly stud- Fo trade languishes under \ we € juence, and the best 5 summer debility is S ses |S g doses sales and spe- seme ts / . 2 t S Si s shows neg © > V o ~ Sis idy sing the staple arti- es of wear—such as regular suits, vs hing, s , soft hats, g é ‘ ere is but little demand S tl he demand for cloth- g 9 it if lhe ing is in the direction of such summer - is s 2g weight c > s s > oF w h ats S g h.? Why give up the whole, or S .dvertisement to such < g S The é y the writer noticed s 5 5 € sement of a New York sting g S S r h s almost altogether ¢ o ) reg summer suits. A short paragrap the bottom spoke straw hats A visit to the store S ed ry department deserted oa 5 s S given to the easy, table things for summer wef&r, g g s 4 hats, Oxford shoes, g s 1% é ) rather light and sum- sentence suggestive of 5, |S I ft m wearmer togs Cuts are great helpers to the adver- S tsements; they should also be clever- ( nd applied with strong Ee 2 ggestiveness to the use of the gar- > > > + dv tiSé ] 5 x AS ‘set Up One day a special sale of Ss straw s. Keep your straw hat ad- KS, and that vertisement running a week or so g Whetl hange of copy every day. Do s Pa S get to change your copy daily, fi S inci- ar inject life, crispness, and point g social bubbles, and into every advertisement you pen Q e played but one key, he Change your cuts frequently. The The word “Quaker” is synonymous with purity. That's what our Quaker brand of high grade Mocha and Java Coffee is guaranteed to be. It pleases the palate, exhilarates the spirit and nourishes the body. All first-class grocers Carry it in stock or will order it of the WoRDEN GROCER COMPANY Grand Rapids, Mich. Grocers A loan of $25 will secure a $50 share of the fully- paid and non-assessable Treasury Stock of the Plymouth Food Co., Ltd., of Detroit, Mich. This is no longer a venture. We have a good trade established and the money from this sale will be used to increase output. To get you interested in selling our goods we will issue to you one, and not to exceed four shares of this stock upon payment to us therefor at the rate of $25 per share, and with each share we will GIVE you one case of Plymouth Wheat Flakes The Purest of Pure Foods The Healthiest of Health Foods together with an agreement to rebate to you fifty-four cents per case on all of these Flakes bought by you thereafter, until such rebate amounts to the sum paid by you for the stock. Rebate paid July and January, 1, each year. Our puzzle scheme is selling our good. you seen it? There is only a limited amount of this stock for sale and itis GOING. Write at once. Plymouth Food Co., Limited Detroit, Michigan Have MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 3 great charm of advertising is its va- wears off it becomes like the anti- I rl, “slightly passe.” After your straw hat excitement, Handle this ur straw hat affair. consideration to your out- ng shirts, fa ies, low-cut shoes lightweight y and underwear. Kxe€t Up a Special s le on each of these. It would not be a half-bad idea to ng with a half page adver- ibove goods, and give the entire advertisement a sum- mer flavor. This can be done by a suitable general heading and a suita- ble cut te ccompany same. Before you advertisement 2 1 few n rd considera- tic to your Do not sit dow1 d pe first thing that comes uppermost in your brain. Ad- more or less than of your store news, and just as much hard, sensible th as you would pply to the pu of a lot of suits of worsted. ” Lots of merchants “just jot down an advertisement because they fan- cy that they have not time to give advertisement the consideration it deserves. This is a very grievous error—one that switches many good loll pockets of store proprietors. When you are prepar- ing advertising, prepare it right, ad- vertising is to- & day to business what fuel is to a boiler—it keeps the steam ip and the wheels working. of a Io per point of a g li it ho 1 was ng an 2 10 per é the pur- good for its epartment. Thus [f was sold, a ticket £0 was given, which t dollar’s worth of 2 : ’s worth of dress Q 1 » dol S worth of small S. of a do S WO! of anything the store In a boys’ clothing department a midsummer excitement can be cre- ted by giving with « suit a ticket é ng the bears oO photograph self in his new suit, by giving him tickets to the circus or summer pera, balance of season to baseball grounds, or an ¢ irsion ticket to a| é summer resort These mat- ters can be arranged easier than is when put in VYOrous Ope ration are surprising ng window in Bos beautiful Columbia 7c boy buy- 10 would guess the exact number of seeds in big pumpkin. I needed a new suit ily about as much as a dog wo tails, but I was suffering So I joined the im- mense crowd of boys who were buy- ing suits. That pumpkin idea, which | tor that bicycle furor on crash suits and| |. is closely related to the corn-cob plan riety—when the bloom of freshness and seed-in-the-jar idea, can still be worked where the lottery law is not | too strongly enforced. Band concerts from the balcony are clothiers summer given by some enterprising and furnishers during the season. breezes, The value of cooling ,| whether operated by an electric fan, or by the simple process of opening the front and back doors, with a few not be over estimated. of the sprinkling pot and a few palm-leaf fans within easy windows, can A judicious use reach help to cool the store and inci- dentally the customer. Give people 1 the idea your store is cool, and you summer adver- 1 give them a solani i In every advertise- tising argument. ment should appear some reference to the cool, _ store, as well as the cool, comfortable weara- 1 bles to be had within. Among the out-of-the-ordinary methods of advertising that some ad vanced advertisers do in summer may be mentioned: umbrellas idvertisements on same) to 1. Giving away huge (with drivers of truck teams, etc 2 Giving away Japanese fans (with aGeectiocmants, on both sides) to everybody who calls for them. But, after all, the pee newspaper now it is graceful, yet forcib the worth of its. story light and easy, yet pointed and convincin reflex of the hot summer season, yet telling its tale of bargains in a ; straightforward and convincing man ner. __ <> —__ Dent si It. A man should not advertise so extensivel ly that he must sell a $5 bi- r $15 in order to pay his bills. te “ 0. ll, however, sella bicy- could not have been hout it. Advertising beginner is _ a There is a vast difference between 1 I laving simply a suy of work and having a thorough un- derstanding of it. QUICK MEAL Gas, Gasoline, Wickless Stoves And Steel Ranges Have a world renowned reputation. Write for catalogue and discount. D. E. VANDERVEEN, Jobber Phone 1350 Grand Rapids, Mich Save Oil, Time, Labor, Money By using a Bowser mines Oil Outfit Full particulars free. Ask for Catalogue ““M”’ S. F. Bowser & Co. Ft. Wayne, Ind. They Save Time Trouble Cash Get our Latest Prices THE OLDS MOBILE) Is built to run and does it. i | $650 | j ee ~ Fixed for stormy weather—Top $25 extra. More Oldsmobiles are being made and 1 sold 1 ev day than any othe r ty vomakes of autos ir th 1€ ¥ More Oldsmobiles are owned in « the in any other two makes of auto steam ¢ oline. One Oldsmobile sold in Grand Ra pi year has a record of over 8,000 miles tras less than $20 expense for repairs. If you have read the Oldsmobile catal ogue we shall ee giad to send you one. We also handle the Winton car, the Knox waterless gasolin line of Wav y electric ve l few good wr 1s in secondhand steam and line machin We want a few more good a and if you this ik of buying an automobile, or know of any one who is talking of buying, we will be glad to hear from you. ADAMS & HART 12 West Bridge Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Retailers | Put the price on your gooc Is SeLL THEM. It helps to Merchants’ Quick Price and Sign Marker ae a 14 hie viade and soid Dy as, DAVID FORBES ** The Rubber Stamp Man”’ 34 Canal Street. Grand Rapids, Michigan | Olecmargarine Stamps a specialty. Get “}our prices when in need of Rubber or | Steel Stamps, Stencils, Seals, Plates, etc. Write for Catalogue. “iy A ready.to bre -€at akfast Seu Wouton’t THAT JAR You? A QUART MASON FRUIT JA FILLEO WITH THE Finest TABLE | Nhe 0} EARTH--For 10c Purity Guaranteed MANUFACTURED CNLY BY THE DETROIT SALT CO. ae ztt Not Get Hard ASH YOUR GROCER fe THE JAR FOR FRUIT” Detroit, Mich. The Union Trading Stamp Co., Head vhom we redeem th em for cas! Office, Whitney Bidg., Detroit, Mich Checks, ee enact RS ee can tn nlp meine va arate eet ee Btn MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Around the State Peele of Merchan z Becker, Will Becker, the North- ville jeweler; Mrs. Fred Gartner, of this city, and Mrs .Brown, wife Postmaster Brown, of Brighton Ludington—C. E. Carter, J. E. icCourt and J. M. Magmer, three vell-known Ludington business men e purchased J. S. Stearns’ depart- 1 t store in this city. The deal in- s transfer of all the holdings the Stearns Mercantile Co., valued t $50,000. Stearns relinquishes the wood store and his entire coal, and retail lumber business, besides valu- 1c Feaity Grand Ledge—Hixson & o y ve leased a store building at Flint, 3xSo feet in dimensions, in which they wi c the same lines of goods as the Grand Ledge establish- ent—groceries, drugs, confection- ery and baked goods. They will open for business on September 1 and Fred Bromley, who will have charge end of the business, will family there about Au- meeting of the whole- ints of Detroit has been called for Thursday to perfect the or- ganization of a jobbers’ bureau, which ; h interest of wholesale The committee - board of commerc the work to be att ulated a set of by-] try to estab closer r t s with retail merchants Michiga and in other territory close to Detroit. Manufacturing Matters. Pontiac W heel Co anil -_ fon capital STO x irom Pontiac—The Freeport Cutter engage in the man- ifacture oO itomobile bodies. Detroit—The Peninsular Tool Manufacturing Co. has increased its capital stock from $25,000 to $40,000. lolland—The Guthman, Carpenter & Telling shoe factory is furnishing ployment to 125 hands at preeme it. | Cadillac—The capital stock of iCobbs & Mitchell, lumber manufac tu has been’ increased fron $750,000 to $1,000,000. Adriar “he Church Manufactur- ne Co manufacturer of gas en- nes and pumps, has increased its tal stock from $42,000 to $100,- Hol The Kleyn Lumber Co. s the style of a corporation newly or- ganized to succeed the R. J. Kleyn The new company is capital- 50,000. -The Michigan Novel- has merged its business into a stock company under the same style. The capital stock is $20,000, be commenced August 3. Eleven of the leading merchants have signed l agreement to try it. It is not movement of the clerks, although they are anxious for it to be done, but was inaugurated by the mer- chants themselves. Detr —John Becker, for forty years ninent hardware’ mer- | t srighton, died at his home this Saturday of paralysis of the brain. He was the father of Charles the Gratiot avenue one-half of which has been subscrib- ed and paid in in property. Hillsdale—The Hillsdale Steel Boot Co. has begun operations at its fac- tory. The factory is still short some its machinery, but it will soon be completely oan and the manu- of facture of steel boots pushed vigor- ously. Menominee—The Michigan Cedar & Lumber Co. has merged its busi- ness into a ation. It is cap- the stock being L. Lindsley, 1,190 corpor $15,000, Aaron italized at owned by shares; Grant B. and Geo. H. Dor Traverse City—The Lindsley, 300 shares, n, Io shares. Hull-L - been organized wi ‘ith stock of $100,000, of whicl id in, to engage in the lumber and the merchandise in the Upper sale e of building burned. rowed for the pur- build a proposed to ] fire ructure which shall be s - Pearl—The Pearl Creamery Co has been organized to engage in the facture of butter and _ other products The company is ized at $9,000, held as follows: ur B. Severens, 155 shares, and smith, james ©. Hollis, {elbach and M. Helbach each i ei E. Hook has paint Oo. mergec and oe machine coating business into a stock company under the style of the Hook-Hardie Co. The authorized capital stock is $75,- ooo. The paid in capital $18,000— $16,500 $1,500 in H. BH. Hardie and EG. DD. in property and F. E. Hook and each hold 3,749 shares Chandler two shares. Lake Linden—The Cav-ago Co. has cash. been organized to engage in the manufacture of various medicinal preparations. The authorized capi- tal stock $100,000. The stockhold- i are Edo ers urd FPF. Bordas, 5S,000 shares; Jos. Bosch, John E. Jones, Geo. W. Orr, Norbert Sarazin and John H. Wilson, Jackson—The each 10 shares. Globe Fenc Co. been organized with a capital stock of $500,000 to engage in the manufacture of wire fences. The capital stock is $500,000 and_ the are Edwin 13,550 shares; J. 5,600 sl , Hudson, 100 shares; poe shares, », Jackson, 100 shares. principal stockholders Frensdorf, Hudson, a amb, Chas. shares; 100 and rr. BOF Commercial Credit Co., . us. Widdicomb Building, Grand Rapids ~ Detroit Opera House Block, Detroit Good but slow debtors pay upon receipt of our direct de- _letters. Send all accounts to our offices for collec- other mand eres em > No No No No No No Purely vegetable, to the Retailer. introductory prices. of delicious flavor, popular prices —15 and 25c Better Than Beefsteak Bone Gristle Fat Waste Spoilage Loss VEGE-MEATO == and sold at Good profit per can. Send for samples and _ special The M. B. Martin Co., Ltd. Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Gossip The Produce Market. Apples—Early Harvest and Duch- liberal supply at $2.50 ess are in per bu. Bananas—Good _ shipping $1.25@2.25 per bunch. Beeswax—Dealers pay 25c_ for prime yellow stock. Beet Greens—soc per bu. Beets—z2oc per doz. Blackberries—$1.50 per 16 qt. stock, crate. Butter—Creamery declined 1'%4c on the Elgin market Monday, but it is not thought that the low range of values will prevail long. Local dealers hold creamery at 20c for choice’ and 21¢c) for fancy, Dairy grades are without particular change, 1andlers quoting 11@tz2c_ for packing stock, 12@13c for choice and 14@1sc for fancy. Receipts are heavy and dealers are pushed to their capacity to prevent an accumulation Cabbage—4o0@s5o0c per doz. local Carrots—iz2c per doz. Celery—18c per bunch. Cauliflower—$1 per doz. Cucumbers—z20@zs5c per doz. Eggs—Receipts are more liberal and the demand is not quite so strong, giving ground for the belief that lower prices may prevail. Lo- cal dealers hold case count at 13@ 14c and candled at 15@16c. Egg Plant—$1.20 per doz. Figs—oc per 10 tb. box of Califor- nia. Grapes—The outlook for the com- ing crop is generally good. Some growers in this vicinity report a largely increased yield, others report | an average crop, while some esti- mate that their crop has been reduc- ed from one-half to two-thirds by the ravages of the bug which attacked the blossons early in the season. Corn—t1z2c per doz. Green Onions—rie per doz. for silver skins. Green Peas—8o0@ooc. per bu. for home grown. Honey—New white is beginning to arrive on a basis of 12%c. Lemons—Californias, $4.50; $4.75; Verdillis, $5@5.25 Lettuce—Leaf, 60c per bu.; head, 75¢ per bu. Mint—soc per doz. bunches. Musk Melons—Gems from Illinois and Indiana command 75c per basket; Rockyfords California fetch $5 per crate. Onions—Louisianas in 65tb. sacks, Si.so. Californias in oo tb. 1.75; Kentucky, $2.75 per bbl. Oranges—California late Valencias, $4@4.50; $3 5 50@3.75. Greet Mes- sinas, from sacks, tft Mediterranean Sweets, Parsley—25c per doz. bunches. Pieplant—$1 per 50 tb. box. Potatoes—6o@65c per bu. for new home grown. Poultry—Spring chickens are strong, on account of scarcity. Other Local dealers pay as follows for live fowls: Spring broilers, 13@14c; 8@9c; old _ fowls, white spring ducks, 9@1oc; old tur- keys, 9@IIc; nester squabs, $1.50@2 fowls are in good demand. yearling chickens, 7@8c; per doz.; pigeons, 50c per doz. MICHIGAN Radishes—China Rose, 14c_ per doz.; Chartiers, 12c; round, 12c. Raspberries—Red are in active de- mand at $1.75 per 12 qt. case. Black are in firm demand at $1.75 per 16 qt. case. Summer Squash—soc per %_ bu. basket. Tomatoes—75c per 4 basket crate. Turnips—isc per doz. Watermelons—2z0@z2sc for Georgia, about 22 tbs. average. Wax Beans—60@75c per bu. Whortleberries—$2@z2.25 per bu. -_>?—- i Hides, Pelts, Tallow and Wool. The country hide market is decid- edly quiet and lower and will remain so until the hide man has had an outing and returns to boom it. The demand is fair, but none too good even at the low price. Many tanners are out of the market, but not from any surplus supply. Heavy cows are in large supply and are sold lower by packers, which has demoralized the market. Extreme light are scarce and command full prices. The sheep pelt market shows up brisk, with advanced price on light offerings. All grades are in demand. Tallow is in large supply and low in price. Edible and prime are in excess of the demand and are held above buyers’ views. The wool market is strong and higher and_ selling freely. Some dealers are buying at the advance, while the bulk held in the State is above buyers’ views and virtually out of the market. One lot after another leaves the State at some price, with one or two buyers looking for soft spots not readily found. Wm. T. Hess. ED Flavor of Eggs. The flavor of eggs is influenced by the food. This may be easily tested by shutting up a laying hen and giv- ing her different rations. There is a theory (but which is not fully con- firmed) that an egg laid on any smelling substance will con- tract the odor. This is explained by the fact that the shell, when the egg is first laid, is comparatively soft and becomes hard contact with the atmos- strong impressionable and only after phere. It is more probable, however, that any objectionable flavor is due to the food. Tainted food or drink should not be given under any con- ditions. _ > <> Big Rapids Dealers Fall In Line. Big Rapids, July 28—The annual Rapids butchers and held this year at Clear Lake on Thursday, August 6. Officers have been elected and are President, W. G. Ward; Secretary, Herbert Canaan; Treas- Committees for purchasing and print- ing -have been appointed and have already become active in doing their parts toward making the gathering the “best ever.” There will be sports of different kinds, but the real feature will be a ball game between the meat dealers and grocery men. ee Beware of sitting in a draft when your clothes are damp. Keep mov- picnic of Big grocers will be as follows: urer, John Sharpe. amusements, ing about and they will soon dry. TRADESMAN The Grocery Market. Sugars—The raw sugar market continues very firm, but prices this week show no change. There is a good demand and a very steady tone to the market, and much of an in- crease in demand would be liable to cause another advance. There is a general feeling that prices will cer- tainly go no lower for the present, and dealers would not be much sur- prised to see another advance soon. There is no change in the refined market. The consuming demand is heavy and this makes good business, even although prices are high com- pared with those of two weeks ago. A continued heavy demand is ex- pected for several weeks during the usual fruit season, and it is not thought prices will go any lower. Canned Goods—While no change is reported, there is much interest noted in the leading varieties of canned goods. The demand for most lines continues good and in many cases can not be satisfied on account of the lack of supplies. Tomatoes are a very important article in this line and everyone is interested in the outcome of the present crop Spot light and it looks as if very few indeed, if any, stocks are very would be carried over to next sea- son. Corn continues substantially the same as it has been heretofore, as no change is reported in the sit- uation. Sellers are not getting anx- ious to dispose of their stocks and restricted. business is - necessarily Corn reports are somewhat more fav orable, but not enough so to make any difference in the holders. Nothing new i garding the pea crop. looking very anxiously to Wisconsin to see what the output there will be, for a great deal =n sentiment o learned re- Everyone is their pack. Gallon apples are still in great demand, but all goods are depends on Strictly first-class cleaned up and there is nothing now to be had but a few cars of stock that are not ver y good quality. : Packers, however, are very firm in their views and are not will ing to meet the ideas of buyers, which are considerably lower. Buyers have given up trying to get hold of any desirable lots of pie peaches, as it seems to be an impossibility as they are entirely cleaned up. Sardines continue very firm and are expected to do so on account of the very short pack of this Demand for good and stocks are moving out very satisfactorily. Without doubt, the outlook for sal- mon this year is anything but promis- ing. Reports from all packing points on the coast tell of a light run and future sales are being held back un- til the output can be more definitely estimated. The pack on the Colum- bia River has been very light, scarce- ly one-half what it was to the same date last year. Sockeye has also run light everywhere and the output has been and promises to be small. Some canneries are not packing cheap grades this year at all. season. salmon continues Dried Fruits—The unusual condi- tion of the dried fruit market con- tinues. The consumptive demand is very good indeed and causes stocks & of all kinds of dried fruits to move out rapidly. The very unusual thing noted last week of the selling now of dried fruits that have been put in cold storage for the summer still con ' . iOOKS as tinues, and it certai ‘. scarcely anything will be carried over into next season. The demand for prunes continues and stocks are mov ing out very rapidly As compared to 1 quiet, but there still is a good demand on this article for this season of the year. Peaches and apricots are quiet as usual at this season, and not mu trade on during the rants are in good demand prices. est taken in figs on account of the probability of a short cro Very lit tle business is noted in dates, but very little is expected just at thi season. There continues some de- mand for evaporated apples, but lit tle business res ts ft ¢ pr sent ) buyers are looking for ymething cheap, while holds ret 1 firm in heir views and are ci ned t shade prices. Reports from a f tions seem to be of practically the same character, and that is that there will be a good crop this season Rice Demand for rice continue good cha 1 price bse _. \ with t et rm in tone Dealers r ore ‘ rk cr ¢ ight StOc k a } ft f d »y not f 1 1 pect wv n r . . . + ' eT , _ tO (ne ne crop, WV 1 be ome vl t ite t re Ady ce re ceé ved tror the tate th + ' 1 the ear va c he } + ¢ + 4 \tlantic coast Texas Molass La a tle tion on m« ses « g kT ed There t y der d at l but holders ré t eavoring “ ‘ ‘ tr force + r st 1 ¢ ’ rke } + + is they be t r +} or he t the ¢ . that there will be ice when the f: ( The ' co as) f rke+ mn I } deed d pric ( C ! a} Ic per gallon d 6 S | rw f o a “— Fi Trade is good id ‘ ' 1 \ every mm tt I ( with a litt dv ae Oe / —_ aot Macaerel, which 1 ne ig Wit 4 continued demand . ong 1 Nuts Che most 1 tant ft ng ne is peanut ( are * I arith 1 é ellent demand — ' 1 at present, and which show an ad vance of Bc Im price It s0 al fects the salted peanuts to considera ble extent, as they show an advance of 4c per pound Other nuts are - 2 k } 1 tT " " rather quiet at unchanged price - + ’ 7 1 18S ustialliy tne case during the 1f mer season a << For Gillies’ N. Y. tea, all kinds, grades and prices, Visner, both phones PILES CURED DR. WILLARD M. BURLESON Rectal Specialist 103 Monroe Street Grand Rapids, Mich. 6 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MARQUETTE’S GROWTH. Industries Vhich Have City Famous. 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We make other sizes of Hot Water and also Steam Heaters for heating most any size building with a minimum cost of fuel. Our handsome new booklet mailed you FREE for your name and address. Tells you all about these heaters and gives pictures of homes and buildings we have warmed successfully and ata great If your fuel bill is too high better write us. Rapid Heater Ce... Limited, Grand Rapids, Mich. Gas or Gasoline Mantles at 50c on the Dollar GLOVER’S WHOLESALE MDSE. CO. MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS of GAS AND GASOLINE SUNDRIES Grand Rapids, Mich. eG. eg TR one eg A eg, RUGS ™ CARPETS THE SANITARY KIND ’e have established a branch factory at Sault Ste h 1 orders from the Upper Penin nd westward should our ¢ 1ere. We have no j 5 sent to ing orders as w rely on Unser lou ns take ur re rs of to represent being in our m do Write direct to us at either Petoskey let mailed on req Petoskey Rug M’f’g. & Carpet Co. Ltd. Petoskey, Mich. or the Soo. A bhook- 1est j Automobiles Price $500 We can satisfy the most exacting as to price, quality and perfection of machinery Will practically demonstrate to buyers that we have the best machine adapted to thfs section and the work required. Discount to the trade. Sherwood Hall Co., (Limiied ) Grand Rapids, Mich. BORGHG TOUCHE FeTOHOEGEZONE EE eR eR, eR. WR, eR, ee. j j j : j f f f “EORORORGROE CHOHOR OCH ONOROEOR OHOHO HERES RERS TENSES SS SSCAI SS SEES RS HERS average resi- fuel, ease of operating vestors, with a knowledge of the! wealth making power of Calumet & Hecla in mind, bought shares’ in every copper proposition presented to their consideration. The state- ment of the amount of money thus expended, as made by reliable busi- ness men here, is beyond belief al- most. It recovered from the craze, and when the citizens now speculate in stocks they buy and sell, in the main, those listed on the accredited stock exchanges, and which in case of necessity can be used as bankable paper. During the days when the fires were extinguished in the furnaces and there were no shipments of ore, 1 when manufacturing was stopped and abor could not realize upon its only capital, Marquette suffered, as_ did every other city and town. Some of the financially weaker business men were obliged to close their establish ments, but this process of elimination has added to the general business stability of the city at the present time Real estate value decreased somewhat, but has since recovered under the stimulus of new industries and added transportation facilities city much building is being done, and in the business section there are few vacant blocks deve opment rt tl i to Marquette is ju about beginning. The different r ad companies owning land dur ing the last two years have been ad- vertising extensively, and as a result settlers are attracted to the 1 land in many . i ree. cut over lands Che sections is settled, and farming 1s successfully and profitably engaged n All along e line of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic railroad, the Soo id othe it es, colonies of Fin- ‘TS and s are locating of he é n Chippe wa the country is an old settled section, and griculture h long the experimental i1rough what xine timbered lands were the heavy | hardwood ridges, which, when cleared, make as good farms as can be found anywhere. The entire coun- trv may be said to be an excellent dairving and stock territory, and es pecial ttention is at present being given to the development of the sheep industry In the matter of street building few cities in the world possess the advan- tages of Marquette. In the ledges rock to be found everywhere almost in the city limits, the city has mate- 1 11 Soars oe en es Ff CXcelient Macadam Strects Crushed rock of di rent grades is OT Ss App streets of the cit from this material. Marquette county is building a new court house to cost $200,000. The sandstone entering into its construc- as into many other buildings o the city, 1s quarried in the Upper Peninsula. Plans and spe- cifications are being submitted for ry ¢ a new public library to cost $40,000. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Washing Clothes in Rome. I soon found out that in all domes- tic affairs I must learn Italian meth- ods; it was useless to try to teach Pompilia and Filamena our ways. After the tussle over the washing I gave it up. Set tubs, washboards, wringing machines? Nothing of that sort. Sunday evening the clothes are put in a large copper vessel, a bas- ket-work cover is laid on top, over which a layer of wood ashes is spread, then boiling water is poured on slowly, percolating a little at a time through the clothes, which are bleached by the lye of the ashes; this is the bucato. When they have stood long enough in this witch’s cauldron the clothes are carried down to the basement and washed with cold wat- er in the vast stone fountains of the palace, which we have the right to k. The wom- en employ a stiff brash and the use one day in the wee rr f een soap to scrub the lin- have any tablecloths left at the end of six months we shall be lucky. The American clothespins ind line I sent for are neatly dis played in the kitchen as curiosities We “hang out” on an iron clothes- line, to which the linen is tied by small pieces of twine, as it was in the days of the Empress Faustina. We are no better than our mothers! Che clothes are sent out to a stira- trice to be ironed. Maud Howe _ —~> 2 . His Violin Did Not Dine Out. Kubelik, the violinist, was intro duced t » Cleve onaire dur- but at the patronizing and g. He did not hesitate, to ask Kubelik how y he made a year, and, on learning the amount td exclaim: “By jingo! I don’t do so very much better “wants you to She told me to } How about it? Can you come to-night?” “Yes, thank you; I believe I can,” said Kubelik ‘And, by the way, bring vour vio- lin along, too,” the millionaire went y. 1c young Man an- my violin never dines a Japan Tea Trust Wants More Busi- ness. The Central Tea Association of sent Kihei Aizwa as spe- nissioner to the United look after and_ increase sales. This Association is practically the Tea Trust in Japan It numbers more than 1,000,000 grow- ers, and controls not only tea for ex- port, but o tea kept for home con- sumption There are practically no tea plantations outside this Associa- was formed with consent of the government. The Association has established agencies in New York, Chicago and Montreal. a Paying a premium to a clerk be- cause he stuck a customer with unde- sirable goods is buying a bad name. If you want to place your business on a cash basis, if you want to prevent forgot- ten charges, poor accounts, overrunning of accounts, loss of time and do away with the detail and expense of book- keeping, then use our Coupon Book System We manufacture four kinds of coupon books and sell them all on the same basis, irrespective of size, shape or de- cheerfully send nomination. We will samples and prices on application. Tradesman Company Grand Rapids eA NA TARE PO EAE RG APSR 0 i FEN ahh Pat MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Devoted to the Best Interests of Business Men Published weekly by the TRADESMAN COMPANY Grand Rapids Subscription Price One dollar per year, paya vble in advance. No subse ription acc e . ed unless accom- ied by a signed order for the pay pan Without specific tructions to con- trary, all subscriptions are continued indefi- nitely. Orders to discontinue must be accom- pani i by payment to date Sar ple copies, 5 cents apiece. Entered at the Grand Rapids Postoffice E. A. STOWE, Epitor. WEDNESDAY - - = JULY 29, 1903. OF MICHIGAN )} yunty of Kent i 3 ¥Y Sword, cc STATE on aoa o Ss 4 1°) Oe office of the ly and have charge folding machine in that establishment. I printed and folded 7,000 copies of the issue of T 22. O03 saw the edition led in the usual manner. And ft rther let 1ent saith not. John DeBoer Sworn and subscri ibed before me,a notary public in uid county, —_— ty-fif day f Ju y, 1903 + . + to the izen ] > + + na’ , t S ~ { © l € nad tne ny in icec w ¥ -, + ty + e S mor- hr (i tnr th g € This ging the S Y ~ r T t ¢€ < c c they + + + ‘A + ' Ss \ Ss e Wes “alt, ¢ } rc + ' + tc 1 S \\ Y S Nor rc r C I \ " x nn + ¢ i. ' \f ’ ; i? 1 Vi Kind t Nature + 4 y ae 1 + ‘ c } j ~ N . i em i } . estar ) € \ ~ + + + eat t ‘ ¢ sup i Ss t ) i" . , Ss is g I s due ta the f the neon + Lot ~$3.0) I t ic 1¢ < é t < Dut nt nda r na nue . i sends pure bloos thranoaoh +} rey > “he = tnrougn tne ein The rc tinctions are marked the gentry gain culture without losing strength. That is the highest type of manhood. It in the pre-Augustan in the chivalry of was seca of Rome, age mediae- val Western Europe, in the planters of our own Southern States in the first half of the nineteenth century The development of the highest type of manhood involves the condemna- tion the majority to a rude and laborious life. But such men can be propagated from generation to gen- ot long as they remai In th e Here and & eration only so in their rural environment. cities degeneration occurs. transmitted of city bred individuals, who maintain name and standing. he there vigor is through several Scaerenon men, at least in the family tendency is to degeneration, and the mass yields to the tendency. The result is seen in the slums and the potter’s field. The new men who cities—at least in bred. the are country dominate America The fun human life damental necessities of are food and warmth—the later incl g shelter and clothing. With those mankind can at least live. With an assured abundance of those there may be happiness and con- tent with little else. Both are more attainable in the country than city. In American rural dis- they are quite within reach of ability. very mean The man who eaves the safety of the country for the strenuous struggle for existenc n incurs more danger thar space to inary powe a terrib to die knowing that one’s f: be turned into the street the next s q lay the man who has pos- a session of iand whereon he may pro duce what he needs is the one inde | f +} T pendent man o art It was . tae eal One need to go back to rimeval man for virtual self-suffic- gness when land is ava e ihe ed Inc of Americ 1 bad &@ im a high degree. It is possessed by all frontiersmen, and still more abun- di by those whom call sav- + Zauion if- volves the grad I he power of self-support The thers fed, sheltered and + y , } tho 1 bo c 1. as i seives Dy the labor ot their own sed ta ln 77 rT h . led to the land, but they them from Europe the ylane, the and the lo plow them they would have been 1 than le the Indians, who lived without any of these things. Even rural environment ually iad arts whe independent. losing, after reby they were Few families could now cover their nakedness if one another, once they could not buy cloth. Their fore- fathers and foremothers made their own cloth. In rural life, however, there still remains a large measure of that dependence on self which gives character to the man who calls no other man master. In the city almost the last vestige of that no- of mankind majority blest attribute disap- of urban Their means The vast pears residents are servants. of livelihood depends on the will of They only by at the th; rs nings anotl are sheltered from They e others. sufferance. of directed by storm only pleasure in try-out have proved most ca- There Crowded so- the waste of are the few in the pable to direct. The rest obey. i from it. not endure escape ciety Can bad direction. The wisest must di- rect or all will suffer. There is, of course, in such society the constant effort of individuals to rise into the directing class with its richer re- wards. Of these a few succeed. The most fail. The majority never try. In the second generation the hope of independence becomes still fainter. Disuse destroys the power of initia- tive. oh habit of dependence be- There remains radition of comes fixed. not the arts where- And the discontented even the t ] by man dependent res upon the land. the man 1S n man. The dependents who feel least assured of ele usefulness are the desperate men Tt is from such a society that they hope to whose cry is “Back to the land.’ Th urale £ hilnacanhw ic The value of philosophy is moral to be drawn from it. The plans of the benevolent to colonize the poor rw neal at 4 of the cities in rural ts do not SsuUnICICntiy recognize tor most part these people have n ly st the ts of rural life, 10st glorious at- tribut of humanity There is dan- g O society in its loss or impair- ent. Bonanza farms, great sugar piantations d rporate orchards re to ral life those in ur 7 perity of the State and the happiness of its people demand that subdivi- sion of the land which is now happi- ly going on. ft i made Michigan and the West. it is at must make 1s and ieee sections where syndicate farms ire common And while it is going on is the time for the unfortunate of our cities who feel stirring within them some remnants of the pristine wigor of the race to ‘vet land.” the PSYCHOLOGY AND MARRIAGE. Some weeks ago the Tra idesman discussed editorially a proposal stat- ed, upon the supposed unimpeacha- ble authority of a press dispatch, to have been made by the lady faculty of Ruskin University, in the State of to virtually guarantee to those who should be as to the girl that institution, by so indoctrinating the young ladies in the of that they would be able read their husbands’ open book and thereby steer clear of all exasperating topics. The Tradesman discussed the subject seriously, Illinois, family fortunate peace sain marry graduates ot psychology to principles minds like an as its importance warrant- but ventured out dangers us ed, to point some immi- ntimate knowledge which seemed to nent upon a too of some wives - the secret medita- tions of some husbands. Looking over our editorial, we are impressed with its wisdom and pr: but regret to be tate that the dispatch ed it was a gross fabrication by ctical utility, sean ae to which inspir- we some designing villain—and we more than suspect it was some woman— who deliberately it to impair the matrimonial chances of the lady charming graduates of Ruskin University of them. of this city has write to Miss I aculty of Rus- University, who ihe over that one con- or has of at- business of the promoting the girls. She by making the men afraid A right done us Ada C kin ner t-minded the f lady avor to Sweet, signature own no nected with the university has had tl e slightest idea ruin the PQ 4 te ’ yy raceless and un has been We retraction ae are we ery deep connected with v one t journalism ve been so } : ad abroad depraved as to v invent and send such a story t and that the Tradesman should have so unfortunate as to be deceived DY tm We even go farther than ; and fo not doubt that all “1 Wiil have been asked, voluntarily raduates of Ruskin Univer- ing young women, per- introduced into any as delectable mat caught in the other day. The police vere pursuing him, and he stopped it a lemonade stand that some chil were conducting in front of home He had hardly finished dt ing when he saw his pursuers g down the street. Fumbling his pockets fo ige to pay the ildren, he lost so much time that the police overtook him. The fellow vas bad enough be a burglar, but vould not de the children If any of the Tradesman’s read- ers contemplate committing suicide, the Tradesman suggests that they dis- card the time-honored methods of the past and substitute therefor a trip on the Muskegon interurban. A the present manage- likely to do the The most valuable thing for an editor to possess is a good thinker. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 9 THAT BOY. The announcement was characteris- tic of the man: “I am going to take a month’s vacation and I am going to take it at home for the single pur- pose of getting acquainted with my family.” The determin: can be There r seen ather in the role and wv be able f the house he ith unbound- eC weeks home- st He is fifteen, ‘ ‘ 4 ‘ V Pp ( te sieep t na ¢at n } } +} alia Stay nh when t iS nothing going on outside, and I iS a cer Of cons me Size tf Ulis al 1 1 1 gement will be broken in upon in t vacation time There is a won ager ir tnt enness of the paternal SCC Can Certecr ct S the tabie an odor that does pert ©¢§ a i€hiCws ‘ ’ clothes be he ever so imspect 1 what will be tHe resuit il C } 1 , ++ J ] + + should id out. He does it oft 1 1 ret 1iome now at 8008 airer ti f 1] t > " yA ] . LOIKS ve gone to be Will there } ] ae pe an) iwkward questions n to , - t¢ 1 + t { } Swe nm tne ing and < this home vacation mean t ¢ e mus: \ ; 1 WwW ive breakfast with the rest of : ss 1 ‘ Uri mily Lias © £0 to ive p 1 : “ / i" 18 imes’ w the ther f 1 1 ‘ 1 nd has he got to co ¢ himself to ‘ ( tie risk OT . Mes ; ¢ A Ik ist i> « : " t ] } excursion mont is it goine to be OT family picnics with wo? Tnnld ¢ iA ‘ ngs Vould the old man er if > »y he ic ¥ I if he, when he is off ‘ 1 ' 1 1 1 I er from “letting on bout his having Oo mu¢ to do witn s crowd The o meet his Wa- j it } +} an¢ 1. i tHe Or UuUnWwitt Wellington or a Napoleon. The traveling man who has been | away from home so much that he| needs an introduction to his own fam- ily must not be surprised to find his boy’s condition is accurately enough described in the preceding paragraph and he may as well understand first and last that he has no inexperienced fool to deal with. The point for him to gain is that boy’s confidence, and this he can never do by any kinder- None but the un- flinching bold will win; and while it may take that boy’s breath away for his father to say as they rise from the able, “Come, jack, lets go veranda and have a cigar! from that instant will stop that month’s vacation and fore those cigars have gone *r will conclude that Jack c of a fellow than he thought The worrying mother may that her husband is beside himself, but if that man knows what | about when the cigar stubs are over the veranda rail he wi 17 il hat boy to “come on down to the on House and have a game of He will rds.” That boy will go close to his father all the way the way the conversation wil i vely. They will have a good Midway it will be punctured yy a lemonade that is worth drinking. seer is too low-down,” a remark that is heard and will be heeded ever af- in that boy’s experience. no need to go on with ~ e grand idea permeates the ather and son_ have ind a companionship which time vill only strengthen. There is no ng twice to breakfast. That boy wants to be down and talking over last nights fun. He wants to go down town h his father and his Nothing. His da ' ett m1 has lost cerror Che Ss no temptation to swear. He goes to bed when his father does; nd the Duke of Wellington comes ring hero’ from his 10ot enjoy his Being independ jue distinction ently wealthy and intelligent and re fined as well he is not a sideshow sigh He stands eight feet three | 1+ and welehs 268 It al Weizgns Us No. 8 hat and weighed nine he was born. He was 1 st other babies until, at the ge of 3, he began to grow with re- markable speed. His parents are of normal size. He was 6 feet 4 when 1; years old. Now it takes thirteen workman who is just stupid enough to do things as he is told to do them. polite that he would not butt in and interrupt her. Perhaps he is so IS HE EQUAL TO IT? The Massachusetts Bureau of Sta- | tistics have been in session and have reached certain conclusions. They find that the industrial emancipation of women is a matter of common ob- servation, but that many puzzling problems have arisen in consequence which have not been solved with any degree of accuracy. To what extent, for instance, are women taking ad- vantage of the newly opened avenues of occupation? Are women in indus- try gaining upon men, and, if so, how fast? What effect is the employment of women having on the domestic side of society—on the marriage rela- tion, on the number of children and on the number of divorces—problems 1 extend to vital points and on easy to see that the whole first two questions it needs no investigation to answer with a ecided yes. The statistics only con- firm with figures what the common- “While in 1870 women constituted 22 out of est observation asserts. every I00 persons employed in gain- ful occupations, in 1900 they consti- tuted 27 out of every 100.” In illus- rating the widening field of woman’s work it is found that in the federal census for 1860 a list of seventeen was given as “curiosities.” In 1870 the number of women’ employed formed 17.08 per cent. of the total number of all ages and in 1Ig00 the per cent. rose to 2288. For every 100 persons of industrial pursuits 27 are women and 73 men. The former exceed the later in domestic service different branches of occupation is 2,620, of which men only are em- ployed in 1,066 or 40.69 per cent.; women only in 33, or 1.26 per cent and both sexes in 1,521, or 58.05. In 1895, compared with 1885, women show an increase in all gainful occu ons except in professional ser- and manufactures, re aione they show a positive loss. The statistics relating to marriages, births and deaths extend from 1851 to 1891. In 1851 there were about 28 births per 1,000 of population; about marriages and nearly 19 deaths. In igo the bitths had fal about 25; marriages to about | deaths to almost 17. In i872 the average age of bridegrooms was 28.6 and in 1901, 202. Of all brides the average age in 1872 was 24.7; in I9QOI, 25.8. The average age of men mar- rying for the first time in 1872 was 26.3 and in 1901, 27.3, while the aver- women marrying the first I time in 1872 was 23.4 and in i9ol, In 1882 the number of marriages was 17,684 and the rate 19.17 per 1,000 of population and the number of di- vorces 55, Or Ome tO Cvery 34 mar- ¢ I ages. In 1gor the number of mar- riages was 24,8901, Or 17.34 per 1,000, while the divorces had increased to ae 1,376, or one divorce to every 18 mar- - > t riages, ¢ he rate being almost doubled With these facts and figures star- ing us in the face it looks very much as if the “clinging vine” business has seen its best days. The woman side of the house has come to that point where the traditional oak has to be y one to support -fruitful or which she is willing to supporter and a good one is asking of her a conside rifice to become a nome a home-maker for a_ brez whose salary is equal to more than her own. The must be . ne » S1rOneg Onc, ona cut in two, to become ake from him ng or unwillins a ut ea a + } _ 86 may or may not be to them “the dear est spot on earth.” sent Ccreeéet v -. nae 2 pall 1 moti j ad only 1 ut y mu- tuaily Sac mCEe i0OF 1 and I tn ground be caret g ¢ pver Cre Wao StOry Will De I d based 1p | | ] On this tne WOT in ait © i tne of ] ) a si looked to to make every sae ne die #h- Ac +1 1- + f ] lake that as tl K¢ 1 Or CU! I home and see to what it will lead: ap ply 1 as a test to every case of di ' j 1 ! vorce and ponder the outc So lone as the woman outs un § t tn woman put I ‘ +} ‘ h . ut ] W 1 tnis ¢« ait ) t eS so ong her only consolatior vhen tion was neede L was found Y } neo tr y ve ng and being strong The time came nOoOWeVer, When this ce ised to rer 1 \ ] } be a virtue Menta y, morally and asserted herself. “She " , herse Sw 5 | ' +} rot £ t c ot LW Oo ’ wT er + } nature, irrespective of s nd s ! i 4 ‘ ‘ nas proved the law poe Can St port herselr. She does: and now with conditions changed it re s to be See! whether t] ttao a at V € and tie } us baby arms ‘ 1 the heaven-blessed 1 ve the husband d 1 re going ye strong enough ) é eon to bee come a I 1 5 sact ce! —, | { T € ) I I ~ v g : . | " Scise ters film is the ( y aven Oj] happiness he nope to |! Vé this 1 +] 1, ti. Side rT the (srana tl a ( Cr a rh ‘8 ‘ " ’ Italy ciaims ‘i 6 t 1S¢ vered a ri Loot SCrur I [ Wii Sul mmunity ym. tuberculosis 1 t s ¢ way that vaccin secures iH unity 1 1 irom si pOx It iIntro¢ d De . ae 1 1 eath the skin the arm and pro duces a small sore, atte er with for r hr ] ' ever 10 two o tree GC s iiter ~} nm tee System is ce trol tuber ‘ : ’ , ‘ cular developments This discovery Ss Oe OF THOSE things that are iiih- Ort true It has excited con- Side interest in the med 4 Ira te rni ternity soon to be made by physicians in this coun- try to determine its practical value att MICHIGAN TRADESMAN S ant IS CON-| what they see ather scarce and buyers who are Dry Goods before long lready well covered are going = re ae nd it difficult to complete their 4 iM ° a > to. ~~ Se fale pee Weekly Market Review of the Prin- @ s the s: e 1s lines. There is delay even cipal Staples. he g in filling orders that may be- : } cl ser 1s be ore the season i c Di Ss pus 5 : Ope Many « tracts that S é yeing ed e said s } . e seas v's ces ( h t n- sses to é ers d co Cis > C any ¢ 5 Say ¢ it their I O s Just} make more money and lose less S ines | they would shut down entirely rather ‘ a€ . c S sO prices ye in c ie making at present »¢ cS 9° 2 to ices v s id Hos | tge buyers are ie i was coming to the market and hos- ‘ oa i the new : te is no Yo. It will] : an WRAPPERS for Summer, WRAPPERS for Winter, i Th WRAPPERS for Spring, WRAPPERS for Fa ; But some merchants try to do business . Without a rappers at all. ~ I S| B rchant 1 ants ‘‘somet g g A Sires to pre for his tra a tl! Ww 1 cious sele s Fr € st r ETS s ade ae : Ww. > th lo rH ? I ex] prove st fi I “LOWELL” outranks every r inis ng et- Ar bring in goe irs y 1 J ve < © Fall I t Wr rs, Dres > & S$ 2 | r a Night I s is ady, ar vor to ' F / r les r acing ir r Lowell Manufacturing Co. 4 1c -dla- 57, 80, 91 Campau Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. i Stan cing. | Stay i a - an ++ ' rey ' ee 0S BAA BAA AA AEE AEA EE EE Be ) € posi- i ‘ t i th Ss i> tr i «sa 4 Bed Blankets and Comfortables } 4 We make a specialty of Bed Blan 4 kets and Comfortables and always s 4 carry acomplete assortment. Cot- I S| ton, wool cotton warp and all woo! 5 | 4 blankets. Knotted and _ stitched 4 comforts in prints, satine, silkoline s a 4 and silk coverings Our line this | q year is larger and better than ever. t wev { | 3 “| 1 P. Steketee & Sons, W''s2!'¢ Dry Goods, ‘tH . e 9 Grand Rapids, Mich. mat 1a 4 " | ne > s ym — (0 itl — a EET oe! Exclusively Wholesale Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co. O re le r ~ Monaro 2a An Grand Rapids, Michigan by mail receive prompt and careful attention. Ci MICHIGAN TRADESMAN li curing good orders even although prices are not yet considered to be on a settled basis. Carpets—The carpet mills not af- fected by labor troubles are in full operation on old orders and will be for some time to come. Eastern mills especially have their productions for the present season pretty well con- tracted for and selling agents say that much of the duplicate business that placed have to be down. The Philadelphia which now appears to be on last legs, has resulted in an un- demand for goods thus early in the season, and also the fact that the tapestries and the other cheaper three-quarter goods have gone into hands that were formerly seeking even cheaper lines. With the greater part of the ingrain looms of the country not in operation, natural- is usually will turned strike, its usual grades of ly the supplies of ingrains are rap- idly taken off the market. To-day ingrains are being made by only a few of the big Eastern mills so that if dealers and the public want in- grains they must do the next best thing and order tapestries. Since the strike tapestries have been in excel- lent request. In fact business in this line compares favorably with any other in the costlier grades. Previous to the strike tapestries were only in and manufacturers did expect much out of the ordinary. In Philadelphia mill circles things are taking on a more favorable atti- tude. Nearly all the three-quarter are in operation or get- ting under way, but the ingrain work- ers are as firm in their demands as In the Wilton and tapestry mills, those that have re- cently started up are getting consid- erable business, but as a_ general thing from their spring patterns. No difficulty to any reached yet in the fair request not , atita goods mills ever. Brussels, they are weaving extent has been dyeing line or in procuring a suffi- cient amount of stock, although the stock that is on hand is in very lim- ited supply and prices for the same high. Anticipations are strong that a resumption of work in the ingrain mills in Philadelphia will shortly be brought about. Now that a settlement has been reached in the three-quarters goods end, it is hoped that some action can be taken to end the existing difficulties. Much busi- ness has already been lost to the in- grain trade this season, and there is danger of losing practically all of the business unless work commenced almost immediately. are very season’s is Rugs—Rug weavers are doing an excellent business in the body Brus- sels and tapestry lines. In the former the demands run heavy to the large carpet-sized rugs, which are sold up for months to come. Carpet sizes in Smyrnas are not active, but there is a good business doing in the smaller particularly the 30x36 in. rugs. Jute rugs in small sizes are also in good demand. sizes, —_> > — I see by the newspaper that a cer- tain man has not spoken to his wife for sixteen years. oe It’s time enough to talk back to the boss when your salary equals his. Makes $7,000 a Year Selling Corsets. There are more than half a hun- dred women in the United States who can earn a living, and a good one at that, by acting “drummers,” or commercial travelers, for business houses. One of the most successful of these saleswomen not of the opinion that all members of her sex could do as well she has “The women who have made a suc- cess on the road,” she “are the who made a success in any they took up. as is as done. said recently, would have line of work There is the rank and file every business, but I think that go on the road now than did a few years ago. women in fewer women “Men do not regard the woman commercial traveler with favor, and many houses employ them simply as an advertisement to attract attention to their goods and make them talked about in the small towns. Other houses refuse to have a woman rep- resent them on the road, and there others who find that the per cent. of sales by their feminine representatives as large, if not larger than by the men who made the same territory. are still + 15 “The work is hard, but less hard than that of a clerk who stands all day behind a counter, and the pay is better. Most traveling saleswom- en can make at least $1,000 a year, and few clerks receive more than $15 a week. Some routes are pleasanter than others, and it is not always agree- able to make towns of less than 8,000 inhabitants, as the hotels are likely to be poor, and there is nothing to for amusement after the work is over.” do day’s There are a number of Minneapo- lis women who have made a success saleswomen, but they endowed with the ability to make a success of anything they un- dertook. as traveling were They have shrewd, capable brains, they are not afraid of work, and they deserve the checks they receive in payment for the equally large orders they send in to the Miss Pettibone, who formerly made Minneapolis her home, and large houses. who now represents a_ corset house, with headquarters in Chicago, receives a salary of about $7,000 a Miss McCue formerly ed for Washburn, Crosby & Co., and was one of the few women selling flour. She has recently abandoned breadstuffs for soap. year. travel- Among the traveling saleswomen who are well known to buyers are Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Campbell, who sell baking powder; Miss Louise Ames, who has a dry goods line; Miss Augusta Asher, infants’ wear; Miss Heintzman and Miss Connolly, cor- and Miss Annis Burr Porter, mouse traps. sets, Most of the traveling saleswomen represent some branch of women’s wear. The women who sell soap and flour and salt are not bothered with large trunks of samples, and they can make their sales at once if the buyer is in the humor. A man can some- times coax him into a purchasing dis- position with a cigar or a drink, but a woman has to depend on her wit, which does not always answer the same purpose.—Chicago Chronicle. ee He Found Him In. This conversation is said to have taken place between a school board officer in a town near Philadelphia and a woman at whose house he called: "Can | see your husband: he asked. “No, you can’t.” "Is he out?’ "No, he’s m1.” "ihen Fi wat until i can see him.” “Of course, you're welcome; but you'll have to wait some time.” “But you say he’s in? “So he is.” "Well, shall I cali again?” "Yes, out.” “But I want to find “Vou can: he’s in jatl” OO He Got It. “Did he marry for money?” "wes? “And did he get it?” “He, did. him a cash week.” when he’s him in I understand she makes allowance of $2.50 a —~> o> The man who is a “good fellow” the saloon usually the verse to himself. to is r¢c- Tre“Har “The Touring Car For Two” More Power-—-More Comfort Lez Room—More Seat Koom Style plications than any other Run-a-bout. We have Special Agency Intro- duction Price for Dealer in Every Good Town in state, and will also give him absolute- ly immediate delivery. to factory to close deal, traveling expense is ours Write today for complete proposi- tion. Flint Automobile Co. 99 Flint Roadster Full 8 horse power engine More More More Finish Less Com- and Good the just One If you come prove machine, and Flint, Michigan. We aim to keep up the standard of our product that has earned for us the registered title of our label. ung that makes Rochester famous’ Reasreneos’ Solomon Lros.k Lempert. /200. Detroit Sample Room No. 17 Kanter Building M. J. Rogan, Representative line of Fall When our representative calls on you look at his and Winter Overcoats and Suits— medium and fine goods equal to custom work. M. I. SCHLOSS Manufacturer of Men’s and Boys’ Suits and Overcoats 143 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich. H. M. R. BRAND Asphalt Torpedo Granite Ready Roofing. THE BEST PROCURABLE MANUFACTURED By H. M. Reynolds Roofing Co., Write for Samples an GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ws a Price MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Pr d ce | shaped, with a thin, smooth, light-col- Oo u s with a Swee x < 7 »T) t i ait. ~ , rs) eal oe iain r California’s Nut Crop Will Exceed : nt s S S rer i ainess ._ : 91,550,000. . sS 1¥ a ISSO \ war s Ss © voy Ts c . S I isi waint $7 2 9 S Ss » trees are ne ¢ will no by the mstances. Th Ss T t S } laro UC aixk oO xX iV irge I > S Re Ss ve cus e S > \ 1voIc s e a S I Pe€ kc to his } 7 , d shiny, V > , § e S oc on € t = I shells g lly express 1 g be a safe in s Ss | hird quisite Ss fe V a S ictiv 1 ra “a 6 «RSE 2Cil S . ¢ Ml v Q > S ic c \ raising, 1d y the g English is a i Ss go p S QS ‘ c ~ ~ A : s Success s y nd sant s some of the best Englis! / i he best English S < ) yecan rces ) s S cx ¢t w he ~ d i < pec ee | + 3 Wal It i oe v Ss al Vv = ~ ~ x - x \ Vig Siv ( : Ww = 4 \ g ~ yy Vv . g the been \ ~ yy g 7 t = i S e Y s su Ss 2 x C has < ) Vv t ss 7 é < —- 1 4 c oe ( ) p 9 3 As A € i¢ Be . a ee ~} } r } Ch tne Stram has g deficiency ir 2 cl cy V ho ~ A . Tr W ut : graft on iginal Englis S é the more ‘ s rlish w s S Alt S po] . fF nce - v as Ss s re c mt : : I 9 — ng gr t ai j S ke € S| or c e country —. aa a . . : : e jargest, tairly|trom which the parent stock was im- reo gce gp GARDEN SEEDS All orders filled promptly the day received. Prices as low as any reputable house in the trade. ALFRED J. BROWN SEED Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Flint Glass Display Jars And Stands. tfor displaying your fine stock of » Pickles, Butter and Cheese. They I 1 r store a neat nufacturers of orld, and our jars are our prices are very »bber or write for Catalogue ’ - market and low. Order from your jc and Price List. The Kneeland Crystal Creamery Co. 72 Concord St., Lansing, Mich. For sale by Worden Grocer Co. and Lemon & Wheeler Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. HERE’S THE # D-AH Ship COYNE BROS., 161 So. Water St., Chicago, III. And Coin will come to you. Car Lots Potatoes, Onions, Apples, Beans, ete, Egas Wanted Tn any quantity. Weekly quotations and stencils furnished on application. g. D. Crittenden, 98 S. Div. St., Grand Rapids Wholesale Dealer in Butter, Eggs, Fruits and Produce Both Phones 1300 We Have Been In This Business For 38 Years And havea long line of customers (both wholesale and retail) who depend upon us for their daily supply. Our sales are always at best prices obtainable. Personal attention is given each and every shipment. We do the best we can with what yousendus, The better the quality and packing the better the price. L. O. Snedecor & Son EGG RECEIVERS 36 Harrison Street, New York Reference: N. Y. National Exchange Bank THE VINKEMULDER COMPANY Car Lot Receivers and Distributors Watermelons, Pineapples, Oranges, Lemons, Cabbage, Southern Onions, New Potatoes Our Weekly Price List is FREE 14-16 Ottawa Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan When Huckleberries are ripe, remember we can handle your shipments to advantage. see I EE AE SHIP YOUR BUTTER AND ECCS ‘iN ill R. HIRT, JR., DETROIT, MICH. and be sure of getting the Highest Market Price, 13 ported. The largest grove of Eng- it may be subjected to certain sata - | Buyers and Siiseies of ELLIOT 0. GROSVENOR lish walnuts i alifornia is z Llecses, which ote materially chines ly walnut: - Ca Orne, is ” Camp ¢ » Which quite materially ¢ nge P Oo 7 A _ Oo E Ss Late State Food Commissioner bell, in the Santa Clara Valley, and its character and which vary lely | Advisory Counsel to manufacturers and comprises 900 trees; planted 400 trees in diff localiti iS ae in carlots. Write or telephone us. ae ~~ 9 gis are a by in 1892, and 500 in 1893. The trees, kind of cheese is also called Dt itch H. ELMER MOSELEY & CO it € Food Laws of any State. Corres- ' | pondence invited. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | 1333 Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. UC which are of late vegetation, were cheese, cottage cheese and schmier- never injured by frost since planted. kase. or from | vi t- LAMSON & CA... BOSTON | Ow important tts t& little everywhere in Butte, Lake, Yu- ier counties in Northern | .1.,, The Leading Agency, | A rot e ~} - : i L grove of 200 such trees and m >. <-> - N . is - gah | ati e In ‘ icine cae be de es Watch the Tide. Fresh Eggs | National Fire Insurance Co ty, and another grove of 790 trees fe) Go| awe ever Heed alone Hae | of Hartford. was recently planted in Sonoma coun- ,, te 1 less learned SHIP To W. Fred McBain, ty, and numerous smaller groves, a on | - a. i. Ask the Tradesman about us. a trip by water. aie hard work; Next to commercial walnut grow- uy the tide he that of almond ratsing, ter and with which while comparatively new to the ah tan at cer United States, is destined to become ,.;:,, aS ad i ! a ee ee We are the largest egg dealers in Western Michigan. We havea ot imnortance it + > tuture A tmor * 1 1 1 1 i a 7 . a1 f importance in the future. Mond the whole truth about your catch reputation for square dealing. Wecan handle all the eggs you AC CORIDARIOCG) DT a ee acs can ship us at highest market price. We refer you to the Fourth that have attended ,,,,,- mate LD _ walnuts. A tree & 2) wos tality and personality, . wre Giles in testieen attsies S. ORWANT & SON, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. rho leads sn Way (Ol woth sho, eorefally, Be ready to in its culture study 1€ act. But do not wait until the time W HAV M ily D 1ysician ae a human | of that tide before you begin to Italians and French ac- National Bank of Grand Rapids. Citizens Phone 2654, for luck are very Ia, ° “~ body. make your. preparations. Get to 10nd of being the most fic- work Jong before the expected time, | Our office to our new brick warehouse on Second avenue, Hil street, Third ave kle of all trees, but American meth- 2, inat vou are ready for sales at | nue and Grand Rapids & Indiana and Pere Marquette a. aoty between South ods and American intelligence have cuse th a Divis:on St. and Grandville avenue. Reached by either South Division street or discovered that to produce good re- If vou have some project in view | Grandville avenue cars. Get off Second avenue in either case. l 1 sults from almond culture on a large py o5;, 4 1 sien sgplayeid ena Mae MOSELEY BROS scale in large orchards, the almond Se gia & B Os s 2. — c Mating Cottage Cn W IT 1. A toothsome and nutritious article of food 1 fr sour skim milk or butte wing the casei Oc 1] mn of acid al- ready naturally E. F. Dudley I the aid of heat of products ifferent in the ® ess of the curd, at wosso, Mich ® The pee process _microscope, its « dge, tha OOKS sO 9 A is to take sour butter- smooth to the naked eye, is seen to peepee milk or skimmed milk which has co- have innumerable and fine saw teeth. | from 85 to When these teeth get clogged with according to (lirt all the honing and stropping in S| IND US YOU R EGGS off the whey th world will do no good—the razor Ca We will pay the highest market price for them. ‘1° eA . la i" i : ee . y , vg lla _ : lu resulting curd | Then is the time the ignorant sav it We solicit consignments of HUCKLEBERRIES, and guarantee a _ ~~ 4 sa... i . " . . " " by kneading with the hands or a pes- js ‘tired’ an stop using it, but the Honest Dealing. i the product is wise know it is only clogged ni ouRageRl A ypondhcmaal uleatisacalitig gui ar JOHN P. OOSTING & CO. . . 7 ee il vv i Sy til isvil, i i t ou i r butter Some ) eT They dip 100 South Division Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. persons consider it an improvement them in warm water before they use References: Peoples Savings Bank, Lemon & Wheeler Compa to season by the use of one of the them. and thus the teeth are kept more common spices, ean. It is because a razor is a saw i i a It : : 1 OP POO OOOO OOOO SEO DDD ODD SE ODD DGS DO PD PD DD OED DD OS POD FFP PPD OP FA GS away, etc is lar that er is used on the bear he for domestic consum] her does soften the beard, as aS ni oan om an most cities and villages, especially so many people think: it stiffens it during the summer months, there is so that it will present a firm and re- Manufacturers’ s of a considerable demand for fresh sjsting gs ce to the razor.” cheese of this sort, and its manufac- anes UMM mabe ech Sou Packages Hind Wholesale Dealer in Fruit and Produce Main Office 127 Louis Street Warehouse, Corner E. Fulton and Ferry Sts., GRAND RAPIDS. Citizens Ph ture is often a source of revenue to One of life’s aradoxes is that the factories suitably located. It is usual- man who is a poor earner is often a ly sold and eaten in a fresh state, but , great spender. PPV eV eee YS eV Sr ye Yer VY, Sth te te ben bn btn bt bn by bd Bn Sp dt te Ln i Li Mi te De | in Bi Bn Bi th Bin A hin hi Min Min i Mi Min Mn i Min Ms Nin Mn Min Mi tn in Mn Mn i in Mi Mi Mn i Ni Ain i Mi in Min i Mi Mn sl i Ml i i i le ' OD PSS OO OO OOO POO UV eV eee i4 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 7 M draw the money invested in it. In r r mM i New York Market t re the majority of such cases the de- e © i the senior mem- Special Features of the Grocery and : ft alan the lareent Produce Trade. the concern, and St i, i Mdrawal of the N ] . s and it was greater bulk of is most t 7 Sey bit to look out]apt to cause f And g t S ; ‘ every stopping of a ; ; remarks upon the the t 22 this 1 t t ‘ rho passed our often S 8 og | r _ 1 Poss err There a 1 juieter ket won S th No. 7 s g t i a e ae ' ‘ s r tne butter arriving . est life insurance companies \ sent to the warehous Of c rude observatio Tt S . S t Ss ey tly believing this to s t attention t T ct thine ¢ can do. W e 1 che cat c an : : choice stock brought as she cared : : ‘ ue Le EE thoughts. the : _ + market rat = Yr xtr . } T eathlx not ss S : : " Hon cream eal doubtedly : 2 ml 1% L i tA! aM ()+ liv } e tf ; 14(@17'4c, latter for ext ng go] i C < + i fl i r - 3 ’ iy ae 1Oliars 1 C ie -|and cents” it is the cheapest A sep- : cjec “ i e9 ~— mec om ; ih ‘ + £ —" tr -xclusion of iG t . : I po! on the life of each part- g Ss not s gas we others. ft is a mistake to ? i go and 97éc is about top of fer > ] nix of re Iw desirah! eggs mcel S g ; ee ie ee L | oe an irsts §@t7c: seconds, effect wou s © 1 from this dovw ¢ rT D, ae ft r se 1ently cused of vulgarity than are ' ' : 2 t ‘ _ . ‘ 7 .. i“. re = : i So etime of the partners nez all the S Fe eee Ve cam ee money ested as premiums can bi ' , ' ce re ee So drawn from the insurance com 5 S$ S S i is n oe . 1 hout aff ng the ance j I ing If I were asked to give a few hints i i C : ae ladies, I would begin by urging jl : i r 7 ea - them t as poison all tight fit- ' cc Z n ) g a eo) ait ined) pained : t caus —_—_—_».<.__ > : s $ cons s t Partners Should Insure Their Lives body else is also alive in Favor of Concern. " NY ae ' oe Pp » a ¢ cm ta ncor man who is tl oughly i a “ ‘ La. a a : t ys Un t t ness rertisements or in giving pac s_ short 1 uy thers k his appea ryt g iS going a rds. Corn t blame their business center.—Advertising World —emeeeeeerencareenettieneetmen mee renee MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 15 Diebold Safe & Lock Co. Manufacturers of Patent Round Cornered Fire and Burglar- Proof Safes S uit on ere | Ba has eS ee A complete line ‘of these modern and up-to-date safes carried in stock by Tradesman Company Grand Rapids, Mich. | Communications solicited from those in need of anything in the safe line. Clothing Style Tendencies in Little Wearables. Folks’ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN were not great enough in volume to bring about the stock reductions de- sired to _— the department heads make a isfa for l fir rst half of the year. ins have been possi- penton clothing in It is said th scarcity to ctory showing =~? at not- the the in wholesale market of desirable wash suits, they have never been so cheap t retail. Some of the best houses, catering to fine trade only, have put on sale at 95 cents suits which were good value at $2. These consisted of sailors and Ru ssians $ teas dril lead- ———— : i uScS mad, a iCw Gays ago, a Ss € yf boys’ Sa or suits in Ww ashabl . brics at 75 cents, which formerly sold at $2.50. Fine qualities of hand- embroidered wash suits, in the best styl sold at wholesale to retail 1round $4, have been cut to $1.75. One of the lothing houses had a sale F bo »ys’ fancy cheviot and worsted mixtures, nui Pocvsagansess sailor, Norfolk and thr ece suits ] ae as en Th i 3 to wholesalers were busy 16 years. ng their stocks of youths’ and young men’s suits during the first two week f the month, retailers are now am- ply provided with bargain lots in homes crashes and flannels greatly reduced atl prices id on which bargain sales re¢ ww the feature of the retail market It is only the low priced merchandise, however, that is being losed out in this way, as the market s bes S t on fine qualities for sO Y past \ It is said by buyers that the sum- trade, at least the latter h of ' i " S season been un- ) table to the ufacturers, since t ¢ rer Chicago . } ( ns \ ae ie \ that re s bette ciass ) Dovs cloth- , a i. “4 - sold now than ly The staten t e ' t co r me house nor to two, but is practically T rt rics for bovs fter ttle + ~ new co me t ly IS : ’ ’ + + j I i c tne rT Sit Sty ind ts : . . nis 1d whose wearing es e y to be satisfactory, are in ’ é Ww re De: < re in- give t custon s g i variety OT hovs ee R 1 ae . j x CV 1¢ worsteds rh! nd twist , Ss cc eres Pe viots the ft: cs most ced J in j ) bovs siits It is seasor + ¢ ¢ } ~ hon the ty . na \ ‘X T 4 DO it Lii€ SLy te iit } } me | 2 rant 4 ~ + Drics which w be wanted, except the st on l way, no 5 it . « gy » KNOW ‘ . tne ' . . i s w { Ss to demand How as $ < ic sp . . siness The spects ¢ } . L hetter i they |, I I t vi | . vy owe < @ even f i | ( districts ] er, 1 + ' m KCT t re » t-a t} verao t ~ S th \ oe S sea < | Norfolk eads. ¢ ni yey} ole breast sty The hy . moact ec wide r re | t} t s nts »hbv pat nc | ¢ desired evervw! ri \ S ed for bovs nd . 1 1 ns < suits Before re ’ Ne set the d¢ } or . i. ts was str c of , ta sty ‘ } + + e fa . ff : 1 } t = d t weatne come ¢ . 2. that it iv ag re. ¢ ¢ oh - 4 < 1 exte + ‘ the season New Yorl i" . ) mit ¢ firs July New | ‘ , } ? | } ,« the | ; | ‘ ‘ | ‘ } a ote | S 4 ¢ + + ¢ S sp y rans j hare ¢ \\ 4 +e ) ‘ S S 1 ce } c g = Vv bes ect his s their tutn s not 3 ¢ t ( t hile th st . ? ] © ; - + S S [ ' ~ r? ST . \ S17 4 o \ sits S Q : ts< y S TT ’ S S ¢ hus ss beo to : } +}, ne lav that ute ch +} ¢ — t :. de c a . + whi chad thrnhohoaet the hh ot ram one oll -3 . } ; j rt |. Considerable merchandise ba ee ok a il was pushed out then, but the sales | doing work and cf isatis 1e latter with ge s hem out of the 1 yplementary sup- ' + +-~\) < 1 plies he wholesalers with re tities of summer merchan } } } ni : g se which had to be disposed of to mak n tor fall and winter lines | eX] s the large number of bar 9 ns Ss Ww On ? neg et re x + ’ | New York Apparel Gazette | ul a | | ee states that 9 a Ss ery Dp »p 1 i Hext semmer| Ee ses Ss cone sion o the fact that we 1g ens vs 1 the men always fe t cre res No r has ens as vet. but g S state that t caus S 2 prices | } - . . > g s was because women have used the surplus stock of linens this . a ¢ ~ qd there is at the time a scarcity The new foreign line of . é t shown until the month | Septem be -> &¢ > | " | \ who is incapable o 211 g his daily cupatio + + ~ + } S rt e1 SCiece tO direct ti . f . na j { Ss . ers therein | | _ > +> i vast difference between mply getting work | done. This cut represents our Dickey Kersey Coa of which we are large manufacturers WHOLESALE IMANUFAC TURERP S. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. [DEAY (LOTHING © MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Favorable Conditions of the Under- wear and Hosiery Market. While dealers are said to have car- ried over considerable quantities of the cheaper grades of underwear, the demand for the better qualities has made up to a considerable extent for what was lost on poorer. kinds. Dealers are reported to be buying liberally for fall on the better grades of woolens, both in flat and ribbed stuff. On the cheaper classes of goods the fleece ned underwear, etc., it is said that, owing to the con- dition of the cotton market the man- not mak- and that ufacturers and jobbers are ing so mt might, as they reorders in many instances are ad- vanced ft 25 per cent. over pre- vious quotations. The great staple in cotton heavyweight stuff is the Heece-lined garment, on which there is said to be a good demand. At retail there has lately been a very active demand for lightweight balbriggans, lisles and mesh goods. ' The linen mesh underwear is shown in the leading stores, and it is said to be a good seller i satisfac- tior The light underwear demand has fallen off materially from what it was throughout the week or so of hot weather during the first part of the month, but the average of sales will, it is said, be fully up to, if not ahead of the normal for July. Pro- portionately better goods in lisles and in linen mesh goods have been sold this year than ever before. Wholesale buyers are in the New York market operating for spring. What be pr they are doing at this time will interest to retai the question is one of considerable importance of lers, as ice at present. already placed a Buyers have fair amount of busi- ness for next spring on underwear and hosiery. Sample lines of both have been opened, they have been ready for some time, although they have not yet been taken out, as man- ufacturers did not want their repre- sentatives to take them on the road through fear of the uncertainties of the raw material and yarn markets, as fixed prices at this time are not possible. We learn that, notwith- it is it is not used. another reason why the pri- conservative. Wholesalers in market as buyers mary are very They have done very little reordering on fall Agents ex- pected that they would have been in the market for merchandise. additional supplies of fleeces and that the market would have shown some improvement at this time But the wholesalers ap pear regulating their purchases by the volume of retail business, and presumably will not re-enter the market until compelled to by a fair- ly active demand from retail sources for advance quantities. Whether or not the advances oo upon recently by the manu facturers will be maintained on fall ines depends upon the course of the market. If it lags it believed that the schedule will be broken by those most anxious to impart activity to their fall business. Domestic hosiery lines for next spring are showing commendabk impr ovement in appearance, although the use of low grades of cotton as substitutes will throw upon the mar- ket a lot of cheap stuff, vastly infe- to tl for a le grades at present retail of a dollar. on spring ing Prices lines of instances, the better class. The jobbers is from to quarter advanced half-hose particul h: ave in a good many arly to ten cents a dozen Wholesalers fects, on advance five ordering lace ef le silk mixtures are cotton and lis and gauze, balbrig- gans in plain ple and cloc ered effects. ported to 32 sta- embroid- Good business is 1 shades and re- on lines from $1.90 Embroidered effects at about a dollar are also ordered. Cheap goods around 80 and go cents are not doing well; buyers say they look too cheap for them ranging to realize any | business on. While some buyers are | purchasing with a fair show of lib- erality, others are only taking enough | to make a beginning. Retail dem: and f for both hosiery and underwear became so lively during the hot weather that retailers ex- hausted their own stocks and were driven into the market for additional standing the advances recorded on 1: 1 aoe es . r supphes. All grades of lightweight raw cotton and yarns, orders for un- ue 14 { i i i underwear have sold, but the bulk derwear and hosiery for spring de-| 1 a . } : ' : ,.| Ot the season’s business has been livery have been booked at last year’s | | i 1 oc ve ;}upon gauze weight balbriggans and prices, and, in some instances, below | iat a p ee i i. | er gre TI : | lisle gauzes. The fancies in colorings roe evel OF last vear mc Qaality | r . . rd ra ated tat tl 7“? |and effects in cotton and lisle lace of the goods, however, will not com-|__ 1 1 1 4 as : cad . | patterns have also sold well grades pare with last year’s standards of|- 0 i y Irom 50 cents to $1 the garment. make, as it has been lowered by the | - . 1] ' aie i + y.:. | Open mesh underwear in all grades Substitution of cheaper stock. This| , _. - . ct : a un or cotton and in the finest brands applies especially to cheap lines.| . j. 1 . ili La : : oi linen mesh have been business Competition is very severe on the . 1 : “4 i c i oa vn winners this summer for retailers. lower priced lines. The mill agents mae . i 41115. Di 1 ried-over styles have been large, and i" at se ae } : : On balbriggans and lisle under-|the hot weather has einabled retail- wear there has cc a very tair|ers to reduce those carried by whole- amount of business at satisfactory | salers considerably—Apparel Ga- advances. Yet, here, again, is quality | zette. a factor. Lines which were former- ee ly pure Egyptian now contain very The Desired Simile. little, if any, of this exceptional A story is going the rounds relat- stock. Fine grades of American|ing to the cleverness of Se nator Bur- cotton have been substituted with|ton, of Kansas. To hin a mischiey- tained yarns because the price of | ous lot of school girls wrote a lette g fe 2 letter Egyptian yarns is prohibitive to the | concerning their high school exer- manufacturers, and the of scarcity cises “Our topic is ‘The Racial Relat H etter the ebrews Egyptians,’ ” Between Early their ran, ae atest tks we need a simile for something comple yet simple, s p : ; d ied. Won’t you us immediately such a inexhaustible coll > an | } was “Mince pies, suc mother to make.” oF 2 S a s S e k he can- wrong ; s I know e cors is as cil vy WwW la g f : eat This | : S of : s of he: “And | We $ i The ndicit S WE CALL ATTENTION TO OUR <. SPLENDID LINE OF te S = 2 | The s | spatch says that 4h LIGHT AND HEAVY \ ly S ! ° 4 a ; ii th : OUR OWN MAKE , s " ‘A i S S ‘ t |} Ast S } 5 S Ls las i We fully guarantee them. r oor i Also remember our good ed to a that tl i values in HORSE COLLARS. i son health foods re i Our line of Lap Dusters, Fly stence Surely no. city ' Nets, Horse Sheets and Cov- ¢ g s evidenced re h ers is complete. We give i s ty than B: C: : 7 special attention to Mail Creek has to hav: . Orders. mn s ag ' , BROWN & SEHLER S < Grand Rapids, Mich. nme g C; DODDOODO© QOGDODOODTOFGOOOE QDDHDOOQSGDOQODDGOQHODOGQOHODODODDQOOODHOD’S © 1e William Connor, President Wm. Alden Smith, Vice-President. ) M. C. Huggett, Secretary and Treasurer. © ° ® rhs Che William Connor Co. : ‘ ® 28 and 30 S. Tonia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. >. S @ Wholesale Clothing William C Its great ¢g vtl recent ar s I » antages to retail mer ts, having 15 selec g y wholesale READY-MADE CLOTH ING ffering such a ges. The Rochester houses represented by us ' ’ g e Rochester what it is for tr Our New York, Syra g B ( , Baltimore and Chic ises are leaders for medium staples © g 2 ig Visit us and FALL AND WINTER LINE. Men’s © < > O $3.25 Boys 1c ren’s Suits and Overcoats, $1.00 and up. Our UNION-MADE LINE r ires s to be appreciated, pri ing sucl as t all class Pa f every ki fr $ pe ai Kerseys $14 1] For r) car Mail pr tly attende i < e wi S g Hour bus ‘7 a. m. t 0 p. nm Sz lay 1:00 p. m. a 5 l GPOODH®DOD®SH GHGQOODHDHODHDDODOHDOOGDHDOHDD®DOOOGOHGHOHLODQOOD DF ©OODSHOOOE _ “Just Hand ust aS Mandy as 4 | a Pocket in a Shirt” g oe Have you seen the Handy Pocket in the Gladiator shirt ? 5 gs A postal card—one cent— — > will bring salesman or sam- s g t I | ces ples. ole It of gold-inlaw joke, in Clapp Clothi oe a app Clothing Company . a | : Manufacturers of Gladiator Clothing i ni ee a Grand Rapids, Mich. i‘ = sassissette=senneesteneeseeenenaesieti:tinns eesti neeeetinnatinnennnncani remuneerrenranesmemarecs a ss aie ™ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 19 EARLY-CLOSING. farming people who worked all day|in fact, I believe he left there short- | ! and then spruced up and came to]ly after that. Lk Some Places Where It Will Not eae Poe w ue , town to buy in the early evening 10 use talki Work : : : i : These people could not come before] are places must always re- ? Grocery reforms ~— to be tak- 6 o'clock, so it was a matter of bar-| main closed =» 3 S| nese mod ern ‘c- 4 en up with some judgment. 1 |, ' . 4 v ee rile hem out entirely. ments. There are conditions there, Z Get our prices and try are some pimces nat you ‘ 4 : } u ' i ' F me hing raised a big time. One] 45 there were in this piace, that you & reform, no mttter how hare ; " ae ‘aie toead & ° our work when you need h ! of the farmers whose fami- ind are bound to a and the grocers in those pl: , cS) hell apie a ches ci 1d driven fruitlessly to town : pe er take ip Heir munds I . = the county paper and got hat 15 R bb d right at the start. . Ta - iL 7 u er an a I litor to print a lot of stuff abou Et Se S [ saw an early-closing scheme aie grievance, as they considered]|i" hand when the ls are sold; Steel Stamps Started about a month ago that al- | ] aper took the side of the] DUt there are some places where the pted the business of a “cause the grocers in the|cash is not ready—where it only td Seals, Etc. not advertise, and he sput- comes once a month, and further- a good pet about it. more, where the people have _ for | Send for Catal logue and see what | we offer. small town up in Northern Pennsyl- The grocers up there had no busi- ness to try it. And I say that, much ‘ c To a hem to pay ‘ia ; Th somewhat smaller, about three or|***<*'* cil i S i : believe in early-closing. County seat ae a is like asking the leopard Detroit Rubber Stamp Co. got together|t© Change his spots, and, by gad, | 99 Griswold St. Detroit, Mich. There was another little town,|®&°"° tour re are about 1,600 people in : : ‘ . 1 rey WORT do i mUrOLrecr fh (sre “nt inviting the 7 ‘ i i : . y . 3 1 : cery orld. element to trade there and y \ 8 —<>— a | en fa. _ GSES Z£ She Appreciated It. a Bacon—Did I understand you to Z LG lniyeisbly county papers and was see : ' ee 2 a 1 . eo “€" say your wife said the conversatior ie tig fe ce ne ’ i ! id sparkling? Summer School; Summer Rates; Best School deal of new or the i ' a a ’ ce ¢ rimsont yeak The se are her ex: . 100 S U D ‘ wn. words. When the matter of early-closing en ee he Going at the Genet” was being discussec ing to have open stores to serve “his statement was ~< printed we got ae T Drilliant rh oe ot iat they pai do f this school have accepted per- was put into effect, “ i he five manent positions during the past ers died a few] “‘ oe te Bk Hn $ four months. Send for lists and sa | ssa terocers had thought arming iy widow ceécided : : Catalogue to i hed ak de and had asked the mana- ' . s il iiQ i t the business. |e" What was to become of it. He] me D. McLACHLAN CO. tie JUSTITICS . : + a j ll : not know anything about it, but 19.25 S. Division St. GRAND RAPIDS. de the bluff that when it once got ld come to town POPPOPG GO FEOSE HRSG EOSEDSEEEDEOEDESGS CHE OHOSH Search” The Metal Polish that cleansand polishes. Does not injure the hands. Liquid, paste or powder. | Our new bar polish (pow- iy FTAL a o a SH der) in the sifter can is a ae alllowed themselves -d against their better ‘hen the thing actually however, and began I nearly all his life in a city, and did not seem to under- stand that the city and the country otally different, and that you can not apply the methods of one other. So he got off at tl FOSS OS SS OGOSO0S6 496099606 06666060 ee fi hee He) ue trade did not, as th 1 : pagel yatiage r A ats wonder. Investigate. . . 4 dl ee All come to town FOR CLEANING BRASS,COPPER,TIN, aN a a somagle. i d been keeping | Come to town NICKEL AND STEEL. ace CO! ae. events the st S in the + re, even the | POOr grocers REMOVES ALL RUST. I i or : ; wa a DIRECTIONS: through your jobber. intil 9 o’clock at night. Th OT ee APPLY WITH SOFT CLOTH, WIPE OFF von 9 thought 6 o’clock was | P d Om a 200 WITH DRY SOFT CLOTH OR CHAMOIS McCollom yout the proper thing, so he went * echoed b das ieee 45 eco Manufacturing Co. round among the « ve and be-|the day The grocers, leaving MS COLLOM hth Sp? Chamber of Commerce, g to t for the -closing. out the store that had the new man eet peat Detroit, Mich. He fou th old fellows very |ager, got together and decided to DOP DEBS DOBRA ce 0 oe Ho DE hile A Be EH Dt Be BB i ye eH ly hap ahd cl , As tl \ doi , sO | abolish it This they did without - ooo had me for many ‘ars and even consulting the reformer at fat 1e1 To ove He did not know anything about it the I 1S a real revo 1 he read in the county lutic 1ot like it. one day a statement signed For Generous Nourishment Ho , the new man was per-| whole five that they had been there’s no Food made ius and he finally succeeded.}|an “outsider who did not under that equals Mhey all came in, one by one, and|local conditions to make the mistake greed to close _ thei stores five|of closing th stores at 6 07% beginning with that 1 in re at ‘cl CK Ff » o'clock. Tojin the evening.” They now realized i d it announced |it was a mistaken move, the state- . ‘4 \\) in the county | ment said, and beginnings wi ‘to circulars nij the stores wonld be open The Read Cockea fect on the fol-| until 9 o’clock, as usual Granulap Foose) minutes after The new manager was left to Céreal Surprise every gros close early or late, as he pleased. So A Delidntful s ly closed e closed late. ' t rl sh 1 » ° people who drove into town} It was quite a while before all of ' There's Vim, Vigor, Endurance in to get supplies found only barred|the old trade came back. Little by every grain of it. Best food for ath- ae they were mad cl little it came in, but some had be- letes on account of quick assimila- hey had to turn back 1e fz ed to the other town and tion and great ‘‘staying’’ power. ve he some of them ere did everything they Speedily builds up the weak. ; ris es, without any goods to hold it. The other place Ready cooked—always crisp and That is I early-closing in/w he ¢ convenient, however, sweet. Buy a package today and look for ‘‘benefit’’ coupon. attempted, and I took the liberty of telling those gro si I want to mention re- Proprietors’ a . + A f too. Thej|forms in the place now at all. The NUTRO-CRISP HUOD Co. Ltd chief trade of the town was from the new manager never tried any more; St. Joseph, Mich. FADED/LIGHT TEXT 20 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN I would adopt a “catch-phrase” or RR er Pes OE TOES oiecs cust | cosa eck s | What I Would Do If I Were a Shoe ine iia : - oo c sie . A Few More Dealer. “ah Pia” atte te soa Weeks ’ r : tuin nothing that “si “ not “ae i for the children to wear to ~ ‘ oe school. Our own make Cor- > > represented, in fact, educate th dovans are what you should be ice a a recommend. They are the acme of sturdiness and so ee well made of good leather that you wont hear any complaints about their not wearing well. i oe RINDGE, KALMBACH, LOGIE ingen ae @ CO., LTD. ioe ia | ournals, one or more journals Grand Rapids, Michigan t] shoe business.—Delg ¢ J t and Shoe Recor : > ee Reputation As An Asset. . r S Ss rep ; ; st as es I 1 when s, and grip that is to shake off COMFORT SHOES a r , t Embrace every feature that goes to make 3 S g S itation style, comfort and durability. Our gored shoes run just a little S ahead of anything made by our competitors. The goring used sie cr a ri in the production of these shoes is the very best made and _ will S rf ee ee ee ee eee retain its strength until the shoe is worn out. All styles and i ; oo a the a grades. Dealers who handle Mayer’s Shoes have the advantage f ice eteal of handling a product that is backed by a liberal advertising ap- 9 \ e] stock so cheap that propriation. For prices aud particulars address ie sae Gidea’ his shelves F. MAYER BOOT @ SHOE CO., thotk so elias Ghat no ecor MILWAUKEE, WIS. - ss his threshold, or ~ Say S est to the « ws fford to be hones ; is i 3 ; | C g ac s Oe 9 g gner mot cf s ar r V ° . eid arger t The merchan Caro, Mich. pardy by Makers of Ladies’, Misses’, Childs’ and Little Gents’ pds, to sll the | Hdvertised Shoes : ' Povey Hee 4 Write us at once or ask our salesmen about our g of every method of advertising. — a : ’ °C e 4 5 fae only Jobbers of Men’s and Boys’ Shoes and Hood Rubbers. ble reputa , S 4 table sees estefan eens ene annsneeeeeneteenineereniemiinrn emmmmnennaniieamenaes MICHIGAN TRADESMAN zi EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORES Drawing Trade Away From the De- partment Stores. ‘Are the shoe departments holding *xclusive shoe stores regain ing their former prestige?” These are questions anxiously ask ed by depart: managers nowa e we hear complaints b om the shoe buyers in department business is not as lively uld be. is something radically wrong, s the comment of one de vartment buyer, “for everywhere can be seen the necessity of bargain sales .) ord han een up the volume of bh here ertainly must be cause for this falling off, as the 1 business made by special s rt legitimate and can no be considered the foundation upon yh the vi ne 4 business of the epartment can be based J the other hand, ex Sive sno S s are almost d springing up ( ippearances they e selling [his trade comes f te d it is most nat that it is being drawn . } 1 departments in the various dry goods 99 stores. Within a comparatively short time ere have been opened on Sixth ave- iain 6and= 623d stores. In one department store shoes have been 1e alone, between SIre@ecris; NVEe €xXCn re shoe dded and another department en arged. At the present time we have knowledge of four other concerns do ig business this same territory that wi open shoe stores or snoe dep tments W one wear tw ot them to be exclusive shoe stores ah comp n ot t t bus cc ‘ ‘ comes mostly m the department 1 1 stores where s swomen predom OF « S t re a r 1 1 The be r « s of t le 1 ses Ca as cae ae bus SS ) t 1 s they doubt tl bility t he1 1 1 . , correctly In s es the g class exclusive stores reap the het fit. ()ne CAUSE oO the 9 fi trade in the dep it stores is 1 } ie ' doubtedly the ous va 1 a ae i i Seiad mer c ( . tic ¢ ft ) ges rut ri¢ + S Ss 1 ’ Ss sper I wail e rarely t t 5 t The p b VE heco1 edu ted d re tired ¢ be ing imposed upon. Dur ~ the o week particulat 1 sm of the values offered . three of them advertising specia sale The buyers went into the job bing d strict nd p cha ed shoes it g 1 | regular price stock ordinariiv seliine t S2 and 32.40 [These shoes they . ‘ ed to be good values at $3 and $2 ch, 4 were offered to customers t Si 08 11 S ec it Stor Ss » effort was made to conceal inferiority of the shoes. Others in their and window cards mentioned the jobber’s name. It is possible there were fifty newspaper advertisements pairs from this concern of fairly good value. In most cases -the cartons irom the jobbing house, with the name and style of the shoe plainl; piled upon the fixtures and in the rear of the department. na . a4 \ ints condition prevatied m one of the foremost departt it stores in Greater New Yo In another de . * 1 Dattmient store, which caters to the 1 mens % i¢ S we S re 4 1 q 4s pr¢ 31d } ove 2a ied eat n of the mie S r S r S32 co re qd g 1OUs FOOAS Is it 1 + + ] t iny ( t departmen 5 1 store trade is 1 standst vhen 1 rf ( on pre 1 Yrnot ré V aepa tment 4 1 res e gett } k eve is be ( se of the success t men's spe 4 A Cla stores 1 3 oe vie | satisfying ery part 1 He ‘ s his wite comp t F the 1 ‘ he ae ql 9 VA bts 4 : ' 1 1 I< uests he t 9 to the sat 1 t yl he ) sed is oes d ge 1D ( eir spec 1 aa ‘. Vvome ( iV Tire SE ME S| I » popu The n ers Sa‘ ma 1 1 ) ti Ss Ss ¢ me t le 1 \ ’ ' 1 who had worn the Hanan s] ¢ S Lv ently t] Vv 1 sat 1 | vised thet s, sisters and moth ' 1 ‘ } +} 1 ¢ r % r \\ tie S S \ ce 2 o m iv of the 1 iu ett r +f 7 ~ ) } \ led ‘4 yT lé ~ T ms t \ T QT tT. ST ce t ‘ vome footweat e s Ve 1¢é Che oO rt if store ' 1 eT ets way ror t idea ‘ . 3 s happens to be one dc + + ) ( ) t es, PP ) t ’ rush tor th ' ( 1 ry t ¢ nr tO 2 fF 1 1 I ig put I gains, the soo ~ t S ¢ SF ‘ nd S Shoe R t = a Ai Her Proposal Turned Down. Tl ‘ tow . Ss t] n Mict +} { 4 j yan that boasts ref ri yreache wd } e ‘> dz a t & ttend > fur , dt ! bapt baby , > C T) t ne i 2 < t} Sunday ‘ she t 1 t the 4 S ve ( \ e sum- ¢ gh t Si Cre ian + + 1 1 1 ) (y n ct t in his } ( j ¢ +} } (yf qd Ley TY ¢ pre Cnere S Vay “4 e1 d What do ish? lev < ( » dis ~ evs es it : \ ! 1 Yess? Vell, I t to me kit ie t 419 1 ' | right P. Siie¢ dy’s : s beginn ng to sil \ vcr Othe (sern g e( n€ it | a ¢ i i his ) s head | ed q ft Vi ats ot 1 * he matter she cried after m ond r 1 You ors no char called back “TI don’t vant you; ” got me a girl alreaty! We'll Put Our Hard Pan Shoes Wear Like Iron up against any shoes—no matter be where or by whom they may made—for wear and absolute satisfaction. Herold = Bertsch Shoe Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Makers of Shoes. TOS Announcement E TAKE great pleasure in announcing that we have moved into our new and commodious business home, 131-135 N. Franklin street, corner Tuscola street, where we wil! be more than pleased to have you call upon us when in the city. We now have one of the largest and best equipped Wholesale Shoe and Rubber Houses in Michigan,and have much better facilities for handling our rapidly increasing trade than ever before. you for past consideration, and soliciting a more liberal portion of your future business, which we hope to merit, we beg to remain Yours very truly, Waldron, Alderton & Meize, Saginaw, Mich. PARAIBARZARALAAL LIAR OD TOIT Thanking Comer errr Kee Bathing Shoes and Bathing Caps Write for Prices. Goodyear Rubber Co. Milwaukee, Wis. Walter W. Wallis, Manager Vere uuvavwuuvavuucvuvaduWiueWuWieWuNWred Our justly celebrated No. Ladies’ $1.50 Shoes still rum of market, are having the greatest the like froxing any $1.50 shoe in No 215 is patent If you haven't these ties send for them at once. mucn ‘+ rith lea th it with leather two pbeau- = = Walden Shoe Zo., Grand Rapids, Mich. r Hood Rubber ¢ Agents f Art Which Was Germany in 1881. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Harrisburg. Each panel N p ess I the st sketches the design. 1 it j ft 11s transferred to the leather. Next cS are Cur in Now the i inserting some pil bstance under the horizontal ns made by a sharp knife. And the leather very moist and three times Great Britain. is 6 feet in Do You Know What We Carry ? Men's, Boys’, Women’s, Misses’ Shoes best on earth), Youths’, ind Children’s Lycoming Rubbers Woonsocket Boots, Lumber- men’s Socks, Canvas Leggins, Combinations, Leather Tops in all heights, and many other things. Geo. BH. Reeder § Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. Looking For a Good Line of Women’s Shoes To Retail at $1.50? If so, order sample dozens of following: No. 754 Wom s Don ola I ace, Pat ent Tip, F air stitc! 1, 2% to 8, $1.10 No. 750 Women’s Dongola Lace,Pat ent Tip, Fair Stitch, Low el, 2% to ¢ Lccoaw Sone No. 2440 Misses’ Dongola Lace, Pat ent Tip, Fair Stitch, Low Heel, 12% to 2 so -9O No. 2340 ongola Lace, Pat Nai air Stitch, Low i... So No. 22 , igola Lace, Pat ent Tip, Fair Stitch, Lov Hee tos i 7 ee 80 No. 2348 Child’s Dongola Lace, Pat ent Tip, Fair Stitch, Low Heel, S% to 12 By No. 2248 Infants’ Dongola Lace, Pat ent Tip, Fair Stitch, Low Saous Cl Ox Hirth, Krause & Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan A BUSINESS SYSTEM ESPECIALLY FOR YOU SENT FREE 1 If you will give us a little information about the nature of the work you want the system to cover, we will draw up for you, without charge, a special business system, consist- ing of cards, guides, plans for filing, ready references, etc. It will be especially adapted to YOUR business and will contain the many fresh and bright ideas that have made our work so valuable to office men. Our new catalogue No. 10 will be sent free on request. It is worth its weight in gold for the time saving suggestions it contains, regard- ing accurate methods and economical! outfits THE JEPSON SYSTEMS CO.,LTD., Grand Rapids, Michigan ate DOOCDOQOODOSF ©OOOQOQGDODODO® GHQDODDOQOQGHDHOOHDDODOOQOQODOODDO® " : FOUF KINdS Of GOUPON BOOKS are manufactured by us and all sold on the same basis, irrespective of size, shape or denomination. Free samples on application, TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand ~~ Mich. DOOOOOOO® YXO®@QOGQODOOGOHO® - MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 23 EATING HABITS left at cross angles or balanced| with knife and fork is a sure token | en £6 Le lec be bey . las + j } ™ ae Ps 4 ticklisl on the oblate, and the chaivint oraccnncc » i ak it ae . “ Become Significant of a _ Person’s ee ck hy , : i f grossness of temper and dull or Grand Rapids Awning Com’y pusnec jacx jus as SHC arose itOm vie aa ant : ] : } : 4 untrained perceptions She S General Temperament. it. She is of insensible, undiscrimin- ee 8 Davis & Rewisea, Proprietors ry 1 - r vg rr sy oe eee r £ rAm~- wrh-« ~“mwtd loeriy The subject of eating has so en- : a ee sort of woman who could derive a . —_—— ating natur with littl char to J listed a German scientist’s interest], ; ia ae ene amusement from vulgar sources, and » hy an aa ; ea a develop an interest in the finer things . : “ne ee oar. i nat 1e mas ‘ © te ulations as i e see tart WW > t etiite + 11) ' ¢ nm r a< £4 . ee ee ee 7 rT . - yf life. When she becomes a house-] Whose appetite would not be inter- vom / AWNINGS Hi he actual process The size ¢ 1e 1 “44 fered with by unvthing els hou 44) ene ee ( I ; : pete a keeper her servants will be slatternly | **'S° ™ th by anything © abou fyi 4\ ordinary. bite or iouthfu 12 / ‘ . ae i A ah I site rrcuae ase the land the nicer points of convenience |"! eee —— tnds is hree- i Le . > e> / i | ge p mn he fi is thre€-|.5d household comfort will be miss- i ( Grand, RAPIDS AWN ld tenths of a cubic inch. And it takes Just Like a Woman. MINI AINA AA Ae Ae . ing v SIV thirty seconds completely to masti T} , : Mrs. Gabbie—No, indeed, I don’t : he girl w “ats Onions in every AW t mout Or so food like]. h } ; " a... LHave that woman doctor any more. A NINGS, ‘ -|iorm, not nuch because she likes ' ] f tea] r cheese “he ize f wc a : Mee Ace . Miw 1 the ns a al bee steak orf 1eese. 1e Siz ot ie : Mrs SCUt 1y . oht vot <| | i r Lac Hea them as because she believes them a r } Ascum—Why, I t — TENTS and the largest bite recorded is Halt an 4 : : liked her. ~ . “h 1 di meter The tonoue eae to be V“ is Sabae aby — € ui ce . eon Cubes oO! She na mi ae FLAGS S t S r oT mouth uls to be Mid P . wr wai Cc r ini ce te fu oie used to kee Dp tI ¢ thner- Horse and Wagon Covers, Seat 1 t neu i10o0m ,;| irom deserts and sugary contections . ' “4 Shades, Umbrellas, Etc. S ¢ e tongues judgment] , ‘ mometer in my mouth nearly the / ’ , cr that € Ggeems 1 micious is the : : I sensations throug | 1 me so that I couldn’t say vord ( sort to yp strongmindedness : bee hea Cue Ane PIDS tHe S * W Sine mo opolzed the co rs ce a r . dine proclivities before |“ : : S she is out of the twenties She will Professor made his observations at], saci Sas i en nake «al POOT Wire AL not i VU i mp fire wl Geis Mh cis cad Gl au Sree GOOGOHOGOOEHOOIISO 900909 O OIC OE wa I> Cee Se ) W OTTl- na n to get for herself a hobby and] § GOOD MERCHANTS uk sided i wis ins ia 2 Can recommend to their customers and friends The eg who ts slowly © Q 5s c 1der ; @ 9 a ‘ \ e it : r ' } routh @ 1 < f Nout oe oo is of @ Red Seal Lunch Ch ee surely, is o} @ Red Seal Luncheon Cheese $ H i g to out stan ® He 1 t t io . ! a ey a i x A speciall just nough s] ic o é iu a 1 I } ty ] p t 1 © make it del ght and every sale @ ? : m oe “ nee S} stidious ® makes a regu] lready fora rarebit © 1 he man wv ) S she € S * without adc iches it is just ® ee Hu esth des d neve n ® thing @ “a LEK ; Vy » V¥ vo ii i IO 1 * * . * aie much show in the v d id to care This Elegant Display Case, filled with 2 0 = ey nost in jerks, and keeps , ie a ie la @ 244 dozen 10 cent packages, ° +) ur (¢ ‘¢ { y } i edeced 4 s ' a S S | @ One dozen packages for refilling case cost only 90 cents. Order a trial ce ence assortment—it pays well. Free Advertising Matter, etc, on request. © t 5 mm 2 / ‘The « . \ virl to make s good S ® ayaa deliiet fr 5 cea io whe whose oc 8 Oo J. W. BMEVER, ® rio ve / Hl Hl i" i @ / ‘ of taste is as alert as her other] 6 Manufacturer of 127 E. Indiana St. ® 1 che * ~ . » ( a culties: who eats oticing. dis g Red Seal Brand oe Potato Chips snore : ae minating vw th es her | @@@@OQ02OO@ POOQGOOO® GHDHDDGHGDOH®DOHDOHDO HOHHDHODH® 9) OQOOQODOGe. ~ ¢ € Ss Ss - ecog € mmport c A Sort « W oO I ie pss al sel rportoned ea “BEST OF ALL” ee ee nN ! p Be d ips nos t - ne i V a I wii la y precisi t . wi e,|, another neiping or tor ome condi s what thousands of people a: ’ : My weant ehe tick and bs ‘a 1. seem a nice attention on Her Patt | her belief that the embroidery of life] | DD Pp MES | YABITA FOOD ie a i her belief that the embroidery of life should be subordinate to th main ges d fork as tho ’ ae The Only Wheat Flake Celery Food S made a ] sure of it, imy 1g ’ i ' : . foe ¢ TI g 1 the other hand. wh: +} i: nner be s SO Ct en ) t topics unde * . ' Bat ig i Ready to eat, wholesome, crisp, appetizing, + ¢ } 3 ~ aS ) w L Ss ) € m S y tempe da dis ..- ‘ o make the best of f! os 1 has he pilates 1 the various delicious. Mi . 4 1 s Bb before she ! } 1 1 ae t oO S tted 1 ‘ 4 ’ er eee oe / The profit is large—it will pay you to be pre d sips é S ) She eats ( ‘ » N / ea ue ee pared to fill orders for Dr. Price 1 V yuS manne vi g were | l ' o ' Q ttle nd with « s } ! sions hile real Ippo I ryabita Food. ‘ ery limited cerest im 1 s slide b » vil ck judg- ; 4 ' f 1 . one | ON 1 e 1% k b ae Such a girl]! ce ce Cereal Food Co., Battle Creek, Mich } th husband whose ture is ifosulta acl halen » guide her ee eee in the « . 1 neces house or hotel life Tn Everybody’s Mouth her meal 1 eve eadil as er plates 1 dishes 5s £0 eet ) the \ ter’s bene inte d or “h ind ' ae Ooneyvsuc g t or to the ! the subtle viands, is gless. She comes ~ girl, wl ocd a g Ips oo orderly ok nat a oe : Si leas Packed In Pails and Boxes y A BmUUSU- 1 or investment, be h ity i ical, and not be pe t0 sband or fiend Putnam Factory \ Snity, €rratic tenden witely propensities : The of heedless view is told For a woman to slouch for National Candy Company by _th spoon upright in the | in her seat, wind her feet around the Grand Rapids, Mich. half-drained cup, the knife and fork] back legs of her chair and fall to 24 Some Things To Avoid at Resorts. 9 W id nstead of seven, there would be few- | renews old comradeships and makes Woman Ss ‘Or er divorces a night or two of it with the boys in Sometimes we need to go away]and wakes up with the headache nee hose who are nearest and dear-| Then it begins to dawn on him that st to us to get a focus on their vir- | domesticity unfits a man for being a Ss, Just as we need to eat hotel]}rounder and that when you are used g ht S w good home]to going to bed at 10 o’clock you get gis. Whenavy before 3. A little later on he S S she g¢ s of the restaurants and com- sband as an Ss yearning for home cooking, i rson, who does not shave as}and by the time he has hunted for s he ought to and who is sadly | clean clothes and found that he for ng in enthusiasm about every-]| got to put anything in the laundry, 9 stocks and merchandise,]and does not know where the collar s d to understand her} buttons are, he begins to appreciate id know that she is|the love—fussy, perhaps, but relia- By the e si as | ble—that took cognizance of all his “A s] evises little ways, and by the time Mary 5 gins think him |gets back he sees in her the guardian some and distinguished-looking; |angel that he wooed and wed. s she commences adorn ‘he searcer the commodity, the g 1 th a halo, and by the end]|higher the price, is an old business _a sl s ready to]adage t applies to love as well as s ] become once more the | trad diamonds were as plentiful outhful dreams. ]as oyster shells, we should make Nor does t wife, either, suffer by | roads of them, instead of keeping s . dec 1 chivalrous la box, so, when I ¢ Q gs keeps ut é of those couples who have never s g w reconciled he is| been parted for single day, I am s s 1 but does ed with compassion to think how sguis mself that it is |many renewed honeymoons they have S g ghty comfortable to]n i just ny rit give an ac o st be free to eat where hela s what he pleases without] wv ¢ t ding nm ithat it as aie TN kK ie ~ : Mt é st week he goes about é ge like boy out of school; hes MICHIGAN TRADESMAN — people’s moral principles down into an Oleaginous pulp that makes it dead easy for them to. slide into devious ways is a phenomenon that is too well known to be disputed. The dog days are a time of general preachers tempor- ght with the devil, when the godly take liberties with 1 their code, and when the balance of us who are miserable sinners cherish the cheerful hope that the recording angel knocks off business and shuts aS women are concerned, . . ial climatic degeneration of manners and morals is startlingly no ticeable. Women who, in. winter, would este 1 it immodest to lift the } } t} j + + : ‘ Cl Of tHeir dress to reir she top nm cross = 1ddy St et. im stu eT W brazenly prome de up and WH 1 1 the beach in a bathing costume that would mak b et dancer blush 4 women w In tow! re models o discretion thoug ( estau drinking, recklessly let themselves be snapshot in such Bohemian atti tudes if it is on a yacht or in a camp so that sometimes it looks as if in g to get away from convention away from dignity and propriety as ; aie ‘ i well. Perhaps one of the reasons we ove the good, old summertime is +1 that we pack up our consciences witl it, but all we ask you to do is to investigate. Don’t ; right ut \ Vi nf? that we are ri pioves their error. proven Dy the Sale Of 330,000 registers to merchants « ngagec f retail business. It is proven by S Ste testimonial! Etters ‘ storekeepers who doubt the truth of our claims and tigate them. Are they not like the men who said, ‘‘We u can't see this matter as we see it and as 330,000 mer- Iai he « rner coupon to “%, NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO., DAYTON, OHIO “Had No Idea of the Number of Mistakes” PETERSBUI m VA. K. L. Bowman. Certain wise men once refused to believe in the existence of a planet, newly discovered. “But look through this telescope,” said the discoverer of the planet, “and see it for yourselves.” No,” said the wise men, “we know it isn’t there and we won't look.” History We know that every retail merchant needs a National Cash Register. It is j i for this thoroughly practical ‘ no idea of the number of mis- Only $2 National Cash Register. \ king in the ordinary transac- 392 styles at higher prices. Fully guaranteed second-hand registers in every conceivable for sale. our woolens in can 1 them behind us at ho e er S ( etter r . 4 an that a ladvw is : , recog! able at sigl hav t « m et through 4 ee aaa ee ee ea + shoal meet a : 3 | f oman who began het rst conversa tion 1 by announcing that she belonged to fashionable set, and ' : oe : : that her grandfather was Major Blo On the contrary, t SUnMmCe! Tesort Scem tO make brag- ¢ 1 Sins a2 Perrectiy iegitimate pastime Van ca +t it tr j he hotel LOU Can MOL SIL TWO Gays on the note! veranda without iving been made ' y vise as to evervbodv’s pedigree and social statio t home their cnes, aciua Dp ve strange to say, thes se +] " WHO drag ti qdistin tors or conne ms bv every conversa by eo ; of ’ | roe ncads, ti (hey wont come any leave iphor and me. nobody knows. cardinal virtues hold in winter ‘less grasp that loose in the summer re few more xperiences than ‘nt attitude in + yme in December } 1 a i 4 i ad been Gover 1 would set her a parvenu of the he ethics of the one on the ground floor, or that you left your pearls in safe, or that you prefer it to riding. your husband’s dil walk because you | knows that ; MICHIGAN TRADESMAN Then—and, perhaps, this is the grea test temptation of all—do not Ik abot it yourself or your family or All of us and about sral le» tirelessly have our hearts like , wake up night, and some SVT eric ‘ ‘ whor V ¢ ive gor stro s well-nigh irt cs] ey know ivi sO W t the har “ etiect what i ttie bp | } » I A Vi move bout nm i The story iid ke os ble be ret d to the very pers others who should never have known t, and so your secret be blazo1 to +] 4 > 1 ss 4 he world. Besides, you are trusting to someone else having more discre- tion than you have yourself 1g irried wom- Think that some day young ma J will have to. pass through that fiery ordea and show mercy as you ut ive so 1 1 . snown to ner. Eve ry oe 1 rOONSH; tna 1 . ~ + assassinated wid assas “puffeckly do sing wid great fl oO - If ye your business justifies, you do not know how to spend money. yur expenses are larger than 25 a eFacts in a Nutshell Wipe Bhi ia335 MAKE BUSINESS WHY? They Are Scientifically PERFECT 129 Jefferson Avenue 113-115-117 Ontario Street Detroit, Mich. Toledo, Ohio UMMA AAA AAA AAA AAA AMA bk Ak Ak bk Ak kk kk kk VOTO YET VOT VOT NT VOT NEP NEP VRP NEP ver NNT TT ver veP ver enr ver ner er er ver ner ver‘er er er ver nr tr HUA AUA AMA AMM LUA JON Abd Jk JUN A JUN 4k bk Ahk Jd Jd Jk bk bd Jd JAN 4k bk JA bk dk a “il CARTER LEDGER SYSTEM. Patented May 30, 1899. WRIGHT GAT BROS of SAMPLE SIZE CABINET— Regular No. I size, has 4 rows of 30 pockets, each holding 120 Small Ledgers. ON: WRITING of the item oods, gives to-date’’ s for —_ 7 tk system is given with every order One ledger costing three cents, contains as pees business as five of the ordinary du- plice iting, pads, costing 4 to 5c each. _ Beside es you have your customer’s in one well bound book, made of good writing paper, instead of cheap, flimsy pads made o Of news print paper Send For Catalogue and Prices. The Simple Account File Co., FREMONT, OHIO. customer with ev ery « order. on the market, where a dupl account in a 26 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN MINERAL GLOWWORMS. small quantities, associated with coe : uranium, a well known metal, and One of the Latest Revelations of} . : ; Cy : Ss ° e noriumt, another recently discovered cience. : ign " : 1 ance, in an earthy, carbonifer- The old alchem taugh ha _ : a . led pitch blende. c Radium has the powe “mit or Nadium has the power to emit I ne OE ea ue it yo.. | give off light, and this it does con- oe pi an ce an tinually without any provocation, and c 74° 4 ne +}, ° " Se ee ‘ . I . ent forms. This doctrine was th ithout losing any of its substance. basis of the idea that they could | make gold. What was necessary, ac- At 2 fump — camphor be viggl : posed to the air, it will give off its icles until it is finally evaporated cording to their views, was to discov- er what is the primary and original | ?°' beteentnn 1 Ot SO with fadsim Radium not iorm of r na t detern egy ce ] 6 only gives out light, bu is con- nai how it ye changed fro ne 3 rs ce but it vee ntly emitting three sorts of rays oi . 1 q A . which are classified by the scientists called G, which ap- pear to be fly of the sam as the X-rays of Rontgen; r: 1 B, Or ca to the cathode rays in a Crookes tube 1odic, which are similar sort that would dissolve every sub stance and reduce it to its i ia ' ind to the Lenard rays outside such rm If, for instance, it is fh f i tube, and are found to consist of that ‘ copper, Silver id goid iG i xtremely minute flying corpuscles were a ferent ms of the same ee . ' r co Ss negatively charged: and subdstanc [ I vers So ent i 7 ; ur .. ee Ss « \, which appear to be \ < m € - nosed of projected ar J Ncstite 2 " posed of rojyected anc VOSITIVE mary mater which w d be th elt I i me lv charged atoms of flving same for ea d it would then 1 ‘ ae cuaiay ce r g . I ' mi ' at an immense speed measured possible to discover how this sub- P neers lbv Prof. Ru — — M a! i" - ‘ 1 DV I Nut ord, oO iontreai stance had become Converted into] ' i ( ak eas .¢}-An article on the subject in the Nine +? r c eT S t = Se Tre nth Century for July thus. de- , king ¢ be e known. | : ial 7 | 1 . e . 1 .s mes tnt S ae I properties ot \ t é W De | ‘7 } ma . ve +f Ssupstance I i i Ce ‘ ~~ é S ¢ I T es i" | . 4 ot iL oe ce The whole power of emission is subs t onvert this y | desig ° l t B S c ¢ g to ] a L i vy excited in several wavs. and é t sing y i € ‘ wal 1 j i 5 iii ul on en s discovere the first instance vere supposed to bx wisibie i: S bare experimental fact by M substances int their com-| Becquere lhe most prominent, th¢ 3 | Sn 4 i. ; < iy s the < st us y and easily demonstrated | ny 7 i < } _— + < | the 6 ravs ror these pos | il . é m < \ +3 ‘ ~~ -sece € kable pene ting power we ; . | . ee te ~ ~ 5 < i =. ‘ { t oe Orescent SuD- x i \ < er + ai il ic c tt togra piates Ss | ' Yi, i oe “traccanesc ftar r scing ’ S ec \ \ é te passin y i ie ‘ . | t ir yw cksilve oh | ev g sO v ¢ t weight - o 7 oug t S¢ re the most ne g ie ae j & r Ss. Dit ma’ } | 5 a fe \ re not t most j s ‘ vc and v | nt ihe Sst . j t, stlores t the san .: t A rays € i ties were possess te a ties | < i bee ‘ ‘ phe thin els c c | oe ee ky ch ok a a3 2 yore Lop, eS io. | ok ' | é Fs Plies a meyt \ 7 0 is ik He bodies Ba ee i ee ole ae We would like to explain to you our son | there is an O Jings; b plan for helping the dealer sell Palace purchas , Jeep its Ranges. Write us about it. Ask for large 7 iy oa colored lithograph. 2 ecm aes | E Bement Sons Se aera cin [eg Jansing Michigan. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 27 having been reduced to the liquid-air temperature. “Tested by any of the methods known, the radio-activity of radium appears to be constant and inaliena- ble. Its power never. deserts it. Whichever of its known chemical compounds be employed, the ele ment itself in each is equally effec- tive. At a red heat, or at the fear- fully low temperature of liquid hy- drogen, its activity continues; noth- ing that can be done to it destroys its radio-activity, nor even appears to diminish or increase it. It is a property of the atoms themselves, gard, to ) to with the And this Ss one of ft > facts vhich elevate the whole phenomenon into a position of first-class importance 1 Ul i Li ic ill itdll The 10st striking test for l m . Steramine ¢t cs activity is the power of »yhosphorescence in_ suitable stances: as. for sta in Sir Wm. Crookes has show bringing a scrap of radium, i any convenient opaque envel its m i, and ¢t the course of time it will become exhausted and e 1 1 o . - ext eiished it it ere made doubtless exis active powers, such or Wwgnt and neat being exhausted probability holds some important re- lations to electricity, and it opens vast field of physical tofore absolutely closec nteresting substance in the nature a Scie cK Fran a Some Ways of Making Advertising Pay. The average in advertising. He thinks that advertis- ing is the pro ing—that it must be profitable t it seems to win for some other merchant S judgment or rather ' ic om int will draw th , . . ad + S oO S advertisement o p ipe 1+ Y > ) “3 pu name at the top—write a rary > } ‘ ] cat e that 1s entirely write 1 few specials rticl + + ice n ticle at a cut price—anc waa — . el i" ‘ eading matter in_ short sentences. H mas and strive to make his reading e An matter as concise as possibl . point—he uses the language e masses. No flowery words. This merchant knows how his ad- r t 1 vertisement should look and he gives the printer thorou; of the printed ad- rtisement to tl The Easy Car Pusher ake the name plate Everybody who loads or unloads cars NEEDS one. Price, $5.00 Each. Foster, Stevens & Co. 9224, Rapids, As large buyers of this class of goods we are in position to offer them to the trade at the lowest market prices. We carry a heavy stock and will execute your orders promptly. Write for special prices. FLETCHER HARDWARE CO. DETROIT, MICHIGAN e will use dashes instead of c us last Ss msteac ~ com- im Buckeye Paint & Varnish Co. Paint, Color and Varnish Makers Mixed Paint, White Lead, Shingle Stains, Wood Fillers Sole Manufacturers CRYSTAL-ROCK FINISH for Interior and Exterior Use Corner 15th and Lucas Streets, Toledo Ohio CLARK-RUTKA-WEAVER CO., Wholesale Agents for Western Michigan et ante h eoRa s te RS MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ~ Clerks’ Corner. The Kind of Popularity That Pays), +} t _— me is heels and while his shapely hand taste had improved —just the] looked th the bold ] surprise. hunts down | who he Her study | s; . thank v s coat and col fteen n es t Romeo and J shade and | rehearsed, so far s | shape. Then with the mental con- 1e goods there | clusion, “The animal can’t be improv strong deter-, we'll see the sort of merchant's Ids,” she watched and sham work whatever it was sna! i the cierz rt-purpose, ext to Notts. — You the world’s » of ugliness, you stir I'll show you how!” n her mine s h no suggestion take i ts tne \ Xx them het D ck ! wav t ( Pp e that was instantly ok, glared at the sulting ¢ d e man behind s th meant not to be s R ‘ until he ' Snows Ve WW " Doubtless p ence of the pro yrietor’s wife af ything to seni , with e res but Rodney pron m the pug y hid hims ind wing that ted s ly | protected swered tl ca i } : * ty - mtlesller a ¢ wn that it] when it was given reéespectiully as it with i was shortly af “Good as far Mr irked Yee rem > ’ ier counter a The Improved Perfection Gas Generator M uske yon, Fe _ on . . oetter than we ever had. formation they may ¢ Perfection Lighting & Heating Co. 24 Michigan St., CHICAGO, ILL. s nothing left for us to say aught against. 5 per cent. less and we are more than pleased and will be glad to have you refer any one F. F. HUNT, This is only one of the thousands of testimonial letters we have received With the greatest of satisfaction it becomes our privilege to inform you that, after using the Perfection Gas Gen- ngth of time to give it a thorough test in every respect, there i The expease is about 7 The lighting F. B. BALDWIN & CO. Michigan Agent, 17 South Division Street, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. serena: secret ee rastaaes: soneesean{ mses MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 29 tenderness was concerned between the two—-on his part because he saw in “wrinkled age” the grandmother he adored and she because unexpect- edly again the courtesy the world had Seemingly forgotten was hers once more well worth the see the proprietor was told at the supper table. “In less than five min utes they were calling each other by name and one would have thought the Queen was purchasing material for a reception gown instead of a lit tle dried-up, broken-down, old wom an buying a black calico with a white rig in it. And what do you think! I Right: in the middle of it when they question of whether ild stand the test of + T we 1 ar ‘ washing and the Nebraska sun, in ome his imper highness—oh, that man who pretends he’s related to the Duke of Marlborough-Churchill—and 1 goes up to Nott with his grandest air and says, “My good man, I must trouble you to fill this order at once Mrs. Churchill is waiting in the car riage and’—O, dear me! I do wish | could tell you how he did it: but the way that young man _ stood up and } 1 1 rae ht . wnt ° - looked at that little piece of paper ‘ J , and then at Ipos who saw he had made a mistake, and then the high-bred air with which he begged he old wom s pardon for the fore ed interruption; his call for ‘Rod- ney and his givi him the order 1 vr vith “The has made a mis 1 ‘— } 1, ., take Take pieas¢ tO the Silk counter! ng old Church- ill a look tried to return and 1e went back wrh + + Wd ¢ tomer whom he did not until she went away with under her arm, pleased as ac actually whispering something to him as he lett her at the door, Vhat's } , lee oa ac 1 + what Nott’s popularity is based on he is sincere in whatever he says and does. People see that and there is nothing else that is worth anything. So, the only thing I think of is to get his room ready—lI’ll give him the one over the dini room—and a . i The idea was carried it Chere a Coy a was an vitation » tea ana in duc : : 1e the room over dining room , : , had Raymond Nottingham as_ its cherished occupant ‘because, as rs. Shook put it, “the young man ries no 1s popular not because he t to be but because he can not help it, is just the sort of young man I want in my house and at my table; and I wish to goodness there were more such young men to show by cir life and living that that sort of popularity is the only kind that stays and pays Richard Malcolm Strong ———— <> Make a Confidant of the Clerk. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. In a big store a large amount of confidence must necessari- 7 ly be imposed in each assistant. The store, to each customer, is. for the time being represented by the assist- ant who is serving, and on the con- duct of that assistant will depend the opinion formed of the store as a whole. Next to the quality of the goods sold, there is nothing which appeals more to the purchaser than the per sonnel of the firm. In every walk of life is found the potency of per- sonality. TI 1e attraction or repulsion exercised by one person over another is just as powerful in business as in social walks of life If you meet peo ple at a party or at any other pleas ure function, you usually put forth your efforts to please. Why not do the same in business? Have you never noticed how one clerk at a certain counter seems to have more people to wait on than others? Does it strike you that many of these people have been wait ed upon by the same clerk on some former occasion? A man or woman ll, as a general rule, seek out a clerk who has served them before, provided that they are satisfied with the service. There is reciprocity be tween your firm and yourself born of your treatment of those with whom you come in contact Every friend that you make for yourself is a friend made for the firm, and the firm’s customers, if you handle them rightly, are friends made for yourself. The golden rule applies as much in this instance as in others | with little change. Treat every one you meet as though they were your Own personal customers, and by so doing you help the firm. The man who helps his employer is the man whom the employer helps The firm where every clerk is doing his best to please is the one that is doing the trade. The firm that is making money for itself usually pays good money, and money is what you want. Remember that a modern store is like a big chain. If you are the link with a flaw the inspector will find you out. Be a strong link always. Then the more of the other links that break, the more your strength stands out ce oo Acting the Part. “Now, Henry,” said the bride, “I want you to understand distinctly that I do not wish to be taken for a bride. [ am going to act exactly as if I were an old married woman. So, dearest, do not think me cold and unloving I treat you very practically when there is anybody by.” “I don’t believe I can pass for an old married man,” said Henry. “I am so fond of you that | am bound to show it. I am sure to betray my self.” “No, you mustn’t. It’s easy enough. And I insist that you behave just like all old married men do. Do you nears “Well, darling, I'll try, but I know +1 shall not succeed.” On the first evening of their arriv- al at their hotel the bride retired, and the groom fell in with a whist party, with. whom he sat playing cards un- til 4 o’clock in the morning. His wife spent weary hours in weeping. At last he turned up and met his grief- stricken bride with the hilarious ques- tion: “Well, ain’t I doing the old married man like a daisy?” She never referred to the subject again, and everybody in future knew that they had just been married. Wall Papers Newest Designs Picture Frame Mouldings Newest Patterns High Grade Paints and Oils C. L. Harvey & Co. Exclusively Retail 59 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Fixtures @o. A new Shipped knocked elegant ‘tin — Takes in i ' first a combination class Cigar freight Case rate. No, 64 Cigar Case. Also made with Metal Legs, Jur New Catalogue shows ten other styles of Cigar Cases at prices to suit any pocketbook. Corner Bartlett and South Ionia Streets, Grand Rapids. Mich. For $4.00 We will send you printed and complete 5,000 Bills 5,000 Duplicates 100 Sheets of Carbon Paper 2 Patent Leather Covers We do this to have you give them atrial. We know if once you use our Duplicate system you will always use it, as it pays for itself jn forgotten charges alone. For descriptive circular and special prices on large quanti- ties address A. H. Morrill, Agt. 105 Ottawa Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan Manufactured by Cosby-Wirth Printing Co., St. Paul, Minnesota Housecleaning The spring house, store a rs 7 SWICKS =a: Es -()471,00es oO TNs —— Nit CLEANER Creans Every THING. building cleaning season is now la good de taxybright. his is a combination cleaner that will all retailers w mand for Brunswick’s clean all varnished ar -d wood- work and metals, as well as cloth fab rics, carpets, rugs, lace curtains, etc. It is a cleaner and polisher superior to any and all others now on the market. It is cheaper and_ will do more work than any and all other c € rs. A quart can that retails for 25 cents will clean forty yards of carpet. All retail merchants will find it to their interest to put a case of each size of these goods RED nwors 0. DETROIT. MICH. in stock, The free samples and circulars packed in each case, if passed out to ac- quaintances, will make customers and friends. 58 WEST CONGRESS ST For sale by all jobbers. — - 30 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN for arrive. order to make room to und in FARMING VS. STOREKEEPING. | cost, The Shoemaker Should Stick to His |” | The otl Last. : that were soon 1er fellow was a very igni- ed individual Written for the Tradesman. a ws eT I “a 1; 2 Here S true s \ ais¢ 1 ‘ s b y + j i. i = x was S té V WW t ‘ bills t 1 is | to Ss S A t Kva oe t 2 S cite t mus Ss Ww Oc ) 1 m l é ys 1 + 4 < ar ) ~ay¢ c ¢ 7 . Tt C S S : 1 ul ‘ ( Ving cy way, < < S Ss V 1 } cl a . . and as he worke ri » get r ti s some SW é er th i ouesse would ni et «£ 1 } y ve ther Ss rers that st D . 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But Uncle " 1 ‘ y S xT S I ~ © t Ww Sus 1 . S S g lk mto the a. ccovered cc S| € He discovered g . bottom were little, i I < ec c g nes to b 5 r n t g g mar Ot i : t S cht g sg id Uncle i“ c ( witl . S l store- y Viee . eh AF si . or = 2 disagreeable fea- + t. 7 Ss > S t me muse t Ss . r S f 2 * c ! g g g } r _ > t S ~ ’ » \ L c S can S c os r 5 Ss S De I S a y T c S wis < 1 money. Most 1s > I y¥y Con Se im ew su ¢ C 1d 2 + 7 «t i. S g they bus Ss Ins } a 4 é o ae s 5 j } re 1; vie an ' I vas kine irted man X’ i 1 re 7 2 IN 1 ¢ ike to see peop! € going w EA g with r S + cai . ae 1 . Swe - 1ecessities Of hte when it c Lie I S 5 PD er ft heip the ( t 1] ' ] 1 Ss é l oe . . cS Ss I i such nic L ( ed h nice pleasant Vv iS Te 1f c i re S tr + shes. s H : nN tl Sst i Sy f Ss oot \ a so c . omuses failed to ing sold FELQUIALTIY bf asest 2 i sO eZ J tt g put But the chil- ar COVERING BETTER ANDO TAKING 3T04 White Seal Lead and Warren Mixed Paints Full Line at Factory Prices JARANTEED an rT anon FINER The manufacturers have placed us in a position to handle the goods to the advantage of all Michigan custom- GALLONS MORE OIL TO THE 100 ———, eee ANY LEAD ers. Prompt shipments and a saving of time and expense. Quality guar- anteed. Agency Columbus Varnish Co. Estat The FOREST CITY PAINT & VARNISH CO. WE WANT YOU to have the agency for the best line of mixed paints made. Forest City Mixed Paints zinc Guaranteed not to Puc. U. are made of strictly pure lead, and linseed oil. crack, flake or chalk off. S. STANDARD GALLON. Our paints demand. Write and se- cure agency for your town. Liberal supply of advertising matter furnished. are now In CLEVELAND, OHIO BAKERS’ OVENS All sizes to suit the needs of any grocer. Do your own baking and make the double profit. Hubbard Portable Oven Co. 182 BELDEN AVENUE, CHICAGO Tents, Awnings, Flags, Seat ocean Dchonasheobesa And Lawn Swings = Send for Ilustrated Catalogue CHAS. A. COYE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 11 and g Pearl Street MICHIGAN TRADESMAN oming after goods. thought that perhaps they he did not say became disgusted and ht Way to Walk. His muscles sl and down his back and across his ab- *y were alive anc anybody look- | him should not be able to no- | cept the forward motion, as_ he makes step after step. With each step the ball of the toe must give an upward impetus as well as a forward one. But the body 1ust not bounce. That upward force must be taken by the knee, which bends just enough to take it and car ry 4 foot clear ground. Nature is a ma ficent economiz- er. Whatever is the least laborious in nature is also the most beautiful. Ilence, she has made that walk the most graceful which involves’. the east labor. The foot must not be lifted high- than just enough to clear the ground. The toes should point al- most straight in front, turning out- ward more and more as the body propelled forward, until, at the the toe swings the body along the foot is well turned out ward, but only for an instant “Springing” the body forward ex- presses it exactly. The toe should t throw the weight forward, but ierely spring it ahead, keeping it in ll « rol all the time \ person who is v correctly n this way has his in such perfect command that only an over- throw him. It ily possible for him to trip so badly that he will fall forward. His knees would immediately take up part of the shock and the feet, being ee instead of being dragged, wili step forward to overcome the fall If a person walking correctly ould step on a slippery place and backward, the free foot would ing forward at once and balance him, just as a skater keeps his bal- When jostled such a person can side-step as lithely as a cat. He runs because é€ can stop short without an effort. - > 2. — The Finishing Touch. The small boy with his eyes open iten knows more of things as they an the artist who draws things t are not. An illustrator who Ss winning laurels by his fine work maintains that his most valuable critic his son, a boy of 12. he has a quick sense for beauty and a keen imagination as well. Not long ago I had to make a drawing of a street full of people run- ning to a fire. I flattered myself I lifelike and moving scene and submitted it to my boy with a y OF SA2uisiaction., He surveyed it for a moment, hands iis pockets, head on one side. Then “The people are all right, but ‘aii m ‘The dog? I enquired. “What “Any dog,” he said, in a tone of pity my dulness. “Why, father, don’t know there’s always at least one dog running alongside and getting junder everybody’s feet when you're |going to a fire? Haven’t you ever | been to a fire, father, or seen a crowd going to one?” When I thought it over, I knew single motion of the body ex- he was right, and the dog went in. Easy to operate and perfectly safe. or more and give a perfect, brilliant light. teed and our prices are right. superiority of our machines. gas machines. We Want Local Agents Who are hustlers to sell Safety Incandescent Gas Machines Our special representative is now on the road and we will be pleased to have him call on you and give you a practical demon. stration that will settle any doubts about the superiority of our Territory is going fast. Drop us a postal. FRANK B. SHAFER & CO., Box 69, Northville, Mich. Cut down light bills one-half All machines guaran- Strongest testimonials as to the Interested parties should oe [i W> +> —___ every year in Vienna Nn re t I i j Recent Business Changes Among ie “aah wm) > > i S @& BSeseeas . ; Indiana Merchants. Keys ¥ < = s ~ ‘ ° . sie . derson—Mrs. ( L. Heghel, u s se meat by the ia poun every Su ses a + 1 iX Ss ca i € € ~ 1 } t ' | = has sold hi g, and every p . oe Sialiil a nT AS ( . ( m S riave V s 1 ( : S fae IU7E Gil U8 \ 1 1 ‘ “~ \ ~ ¥ wl b S d tas 9 ie store ” bu S | S¢ thing t io i & i > 4 . > Sé Ss Ss S r P A. | & ( in the 1 re In ) [crs sf s T ~ S 1f Ss 7 * ' “4 : F | K H Weyl Ss 4 tr . . scale The m iT il I i 3 ed Wey & | was | ck whe « > t¢ € ir bi é \ € es ( " F | - on 1aI c -Y ’ S < < A ° oe Vv a & F s e x > > Fallis i “« i e sausages, b — i \) nt o VO., Bre ican ne g O. B. Snyde r The I S ry + i] S4 ‘ x Ww \ } é rey s* > = . > Css ~P 5 i in ¢ eme ai e N & > ° > > N ( S ~ « ~ . i S s ex i ¢ ( i > I n I Rogers ft © ( " -" S > > R - > & i ~ ' ” 2 cot y I g \ i . « } Mw A ‘ } \ i a 5 » Xx p! c I ry m ] vt g S Ss ter hous I Ss \ Jey ( Nick s succeed I \ (y 1} g rT wi ‘ c, \ t Si tl kine | of s S S < US] s up al ! . W S & Nye, d “rs br : sold their stock well spattered, and ed altogether a i Lacked Her Assurance. i erwis Wild, lw } ‘\ c ‘i Wildman; if you continue 1 fe xt g 1c t} was s itl TT I eS i li v bee ; i on ] . . Where They Eat Horse Meat. 1A splendid bay horse which had just illed was being dressed on the or, a white horse was being skin- nd an inspector was going over A Peep into the Future We cannot tell your fortune, but we can help you make it. Our plan is very simple. You will be surprised at what a change a Day- ton Moneyweight Scale, with the new invention, the Nearweight Detector, will make in your month- ly profits. One man tells us: “It pays the hire of my best clerk.” Another says, “T had no idea of the loss.” We believe this system will do as much for you. Now here’s what we want you to do: Spend one cent for a post card, address it to us, and ask for our 1903 catalog. Not much, is it? This book will help you hee le ii, Do it today. ' Ask Department ‘‘K’’ for Catalog. THE COMPUTING SCALE COMPANY MAKERS DAYTON, OHIO f HE ONEYWEIGHT SCALE COMPANY DISTRIBUTORS CHICAGO, ILL. Dayton Money weight es MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 33 : To Cut Down Family Expenses. reductions for two and three brothers] trains or street cars running. But, I Michael Corday, the French econ-| confided to them. say, maybe I can—” Little Gem | omist, who frankly admits that one Many of our family restaurants “Well, go on. Maybe : 1 a that you can reason of the diminishing family is| have introduced the child’s portion, | what? Peanut Roaster the expense of which is much lower But there was no response. i than that of the full meal. They Every! i profit very well by this plan, and are|ha keeping it up. Merchants in general should introduce reduced prices for ‘ for his superior—a feeling of where five bring misery “ - ' ¢ things sold to a number of members | ™ent g children drive away all comfort and]|”™ : ull te ' r ro ' He ‘ , fd loyalty—will be of better service t of the same family. One only needs y out tl 1e principle of whole- sale and retail commerce to do this.| Ply because he is paid for it. A ) sterility is the costliness of the child. Instead of discussing those projects 1 1 , le merchant pay a lowe :s over people’s heads, we > merchant pay a lower price because he buys a large quanti- ke certain practical, easy of inmnediste and sensible 1°) © SOods? Why should he aot A PAiLTLAS sical ali » 5.93 i Chg i ghia give some ee ee which would lighten little by]*°." 7 ht to the overburden | Handsome ' ; i" . "| ed parent who has to purchase whole- | ttle the cares of paternity and Pre cred { vs ae sale to a certain degree? The prob- | 00 ree i vhict us to conciliate : . / _ | f . . m of JOP 1i0n would be largely | ia neces the le of comfort with | ‘ cee on would be largely | i ! ; ‘a solved if our merchants would take | abc th latural desire of raising : ' Penne 1 take this patriotic and sensible view. To et coe the many who are interested in this | i aia “~ ~~} problem, I say: “If you do not wish | BBMWWetibiene oa sts Vie . e av iggel to reduce the size of families, reduce | ining i ntact with real life; the lifey 1. cost of keeping them.” | Petoskey Mackinac Island which is not 1 books. To be Fronk Stowe, || “ae Traverse City gin with, I would reduce the cost of oe || Wequetonsing Neahtawanta traveling with a family. In public Wine tact: Weeen. Harbor Point Omena ur cities a child costs a | Oden Northport S much as a grown person as soon rieio, Laura, is that your Send 2c. toc 2 i ‘“ ’ 1 applicatio . Yes and we wills \ | ! l i it a / cover, 200 pictur ? iis ade uel ai this 1s George. Say, I can’t get |] 1903 m and Hes, ' od ne about the t service on the ie pmmnepsnageagars qe FM e 1 4 are | Grand Rapids & os de ee ee ull closed on account of the strike indiana Railway Catalogue miaile escribes steam, and hand anut and Coffee s, power and hand rotary Corn Pop pers, Roasters and Poppers Combined from ¢ ¢ es, A rd d eady for me this (The Fishing Line) 4 ( S ‘ ' , a 1 en I come home { f i yT & . , 3 ' ] Shakers, etc., etc ; " 4 } +¢ ¢ | U ri George Che gir Kingery Manufacturing Co., id si ; oe Shee do Go Feehiee * 131 E. Pearl Street, een -ount of the strike.” C. L. LOCKWOOD gerAgent, | Cincinnati, Ohio i ey aa : ey 1 } Grand Kz Ss, Mich. lroad Well, cook up a _ pudding or a F something of that kind.” _ = ~ tild + full nric | if : 7 : 7, a Chie Mavs i rice i if ‘ : 1 1 . r “4 must be decorate it ALABASTINE t el : al sla Can't do that, either. No milk to- | CHUR HES insure health — ermanent — satisfactic Eee oe i heal permaner satis , tlld ‘ ' ae The milkmen are on a strike.” Write for A istine Era free suggestions \ Id be cl 1 d artists. Bu i ickage ‘An Aiabdasti is tae that they il ee, bat al Sreat Seat! Cnt yousens SCHOOL, HOUSES "shite. "5" rriage is rarely full on loawd°™ 7 * COtere® im with 2 lunch | abastine Company svar and HOMES and ah Fah : eon of bread and molasses? urnews \ e the most expen a ¢ . oe “NO J nny says > are 10 | ater Street, New York Cit ' Siv to th parent It the hildren i i were charged as baggage, they cer a la de [- A ‘. .. UST i) M E R o ' street cars, but in ali other business The railr d S wuld rai e g q at which children pay full price, and sso, of course, that at which they asks for pay half-price In Switzerland, for f kind are sold. The State should set the example in establishments under its direction or control The reduc i tion W uid he cerioi > yy sw fere i sing ‘tments of the store S . c @ < thac ( ] ] ¢ occupy great spac a Tew 4, OC) CO) d show the c cr 1 } SAOCTR Ty b w! was offere the iN b Here is the preliminary an- ee 1, nouncement just as it appeared in a | a +] Coca | Cen column advertisement a day eee ; ; before the sale TO-MORROW! i The First Meeting ee THE ANTI-HOODOO FRIDAY a Se ce SOCIETY. s s t ( ' ( Loot - m. and con- s a, s m. We want » r 5 s is € igible. As > > S ¢ ‘co Gay the object of this Nt O DO BUSEIs y are to form between ao ople a ourselves is to dis- RI the old-fashioned notion that AR GO ° is unlucky or a hoodoo. We | are going to make it lucky Friday for rou. We are going to make it a | ame eee 1 us “There | Everybody will be no black, ; or Hoodoo | ‘i : Fridays here. Here is the constitu- | E E t tion a society. Don't ah think | njoys a ing is an attractive e? Commencing | # to-morrow, and continuing every Fr || MOther’s Bread 1; 1 r Ju ld ies | a i ' f | 1 COPYRIGHT I p Ces ; we { 1 ie he “ce . Made at the ffered ge eaci If the i es a " . ie ' : . . These are q Hill Domestic Bakery sity of th gains t wer¢ tis nd style tha t was followed: | 249-251 S. Division St., Fr 1 8 unt Q ' Cor. Wealthy Ave., \ £ line rs nines V es, | ¢ Crepes and Fish Nets in Black, 17 Grand Rapids, Mich. Brown, Grey and Blue, the reg oriwe of which is $1.0 d $1.75, The Model Bakery of Michigan At \ Ssc De Vi rd j rom ¢ IO | Women’s Fancy Colored J] || We ship bread within a radius Hose, reg 15 ty || of 150 miles of Grand Rapids. my oD A. B. Wilmink | m 10 II | 1| i WHEN JOHNSON MAKES THE AWNING ve the satisfactior t ving that your buy hey are cut, sewed and Sails, Tents and Carpet nates carefully rry us. csi aeeeenaateaaeemeeetiatiienainniaestenealeatnienn teninenanedtateiaae ‘“‘WE FOOL THE RAIN’”’ trade for your store or office vou Ss are th mark Canvas Covers 1. Esta 1 18S JOHN JOHNSON & CO., 360 Gratiot " Detroit, Michigan Ek. eS ER Se a Seer BOS e PAPER BOXES We manufacture a complete line of MADE UP and FOLDING BOXES for Cereal Food, Candy, Shoe, Corset and Other Trades When in the market write us for estimates and samples. Prices reasonable. Prompt. service. GRAND RAPIDS PAPER BOX CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. Ave., CELERY NERVE GUM SVsy a COPYRIGHT REGISTERED _wSSs wa ES I > most healthful antiseptic chewi material and c« i by th grade usand boxes sold in Grand Rapids in the CELERY GUM CO., LTD., Five tho 35°37-39 North Division Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan Dix MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 35 j he ANTI-HOODOO FRIDAY At only oc each. will find that the goods that he has Sales Has Been t low Cost” and other similar sales. t interview whicl 5 — al © ; é . pes From Ir until been holding at fancy prices on his AN ENORMOUS SUCCESS. one of the proprietors for the pur- Fine Swiss and Cambric| books as a part of his assets have We demonstrated to hundreds of} pose of this article for the Tradesman, i Embroideries and Insertions up to} depreciated hund per cent. of people who attended to-day that in-| he ; pressed himself as very much 8 inches wide, worth up to 25c, ‘tual value in the aisement. stead of Friday being a hoodoo, it| pleased wit the results which had é At only 9c yar rd. In the thirty-two ‘r irgains offered is a |] day for them It has been atta d The firm did not there vere one or two instances been as we predicted, a busy day| humbug its customers with poor j vhet1 fresh, desirable good for us. oe At the same time it benefit q worth | sold at less than cost, but the re THE SPSecraL oe SALES | ed itself by getting rid of good goods must be plain to any merchant IAVE CREATED A ' fi instance, at the first anti-hoodoo sale, ceeciteca | : this store quoted -n’s Talcum It is no wonder, for fore v les pat- | Powder at 9c a box, while its actual has Dependable 1 of- } dy for | cost to the store s close to 1ol%4c. fered at such low prices as prevail It s still wise quotation on the during these sales. If you didn’t at- J part of the store; for who would not tend to-day you a loser Fr be wv ng to pay a cent and a half Remember the next one will be Y ed Madras a for « r} S er who came into! Friday, July 17th Watch the papers re price | ] pl of business?’ At this ratio for still Bigger Bargains made and room has been made i I5¢, the expenditure of three dollars in In due time another anti-hoodoo for the fall goods At 7%c yard. money would bring 200 customers sale was held, preceded by th an- | q eno discontinue these i From 4 until 5 ’ fF StOfe CVver) and that. nouncement: jsales with the last Friday in July Lawn and Dimity Kimonas, regu-}|is as good return s as the best repu- TO-MORROW byt such a2 success have they bh ‘i | tation or thi best advertisement THE SECOND OF OUR that thev will be re med in January, At 59c each. could bring you ANTI-HOODOO previous to the next semi-annual in- From 5 until 6 H These offers made at an actual FRIDAY ST aa a t Misses’ and Children’s Shoes, all| money sacrifice were perhaps made HOURLY SALES ee i a | Bie ; sizes up t 2 Patent Teather and L a sole purpos : 5 ittracting Son hing cheapne ¢ ¢ io Ne from Vici Kid, regular prices $1.25, $1.50} , i i ca the hour | Every Minute a eh pen- and $2, f this popular talcum powder Of Dependab ae i ? Only 89c pair s sold below cost, there were sales | chandise at Pr | JT recomn 1 the Anti-Hoodoo sale It should be borne in mind that!1n progress in several other depart- ¢ for nsideration only one bargain is quoted here of | ments and it is very reasonable to irst of these sales, held last Charles Frederick bhi Mede dssies sutitieds he ben esume that many a woman veel vas a hummer Every one| ly offered in its advertisement s attr ed by tl exceptir y 0 took advantage of the bargains } a ee Ae a ow price of the sn ticle visit- ed was more tl fied, and] Thi s W Sell oe a ie re i a i sie 1 the other counters before she left declared they would come again this | ing e ant - es aca ee i s / ee a us al ch tl isual Iron pipe, brass rod, steam fittings, pre eT EC OT A ton electric fixtures, lead pipe, brass oe CO Ly wire, steam boilers, gas fixtures, a gin od bee cee mh uy brass pipe, brass tubing, water ae a wal aa a) a heaters, mantels, nickeled pipe, ad se cia i ; ' t brass in sheet, hot air furnaces, ‘ il al i ae a Le ita fire place goods. of stock all over the store. Every g cust Weatherly & Pulte e —. _— ia Geng Grand Rapids, Mich. bered ror a ] ng t T € ] » | nt : . aa oe ee, two dollars on an PREPARED MUSTARD WITH HORSERADISH ] i. | ac int of view sale cert ly was not the Just What the People Want. Pe cna a en woods | LO Good Profit; Quick Sales. were sold at much less than t pecu ture in THOS. S. BEAUDOIN, Manufacturer ‘ ord \ sellin 1 ces It I 1} t wit this s for it had Write for prices 518-24 18th Se. Detroit, Mich. ’ cases they e sol t “ ‘Ft oa that there woeld ti 7 eee , ; oe c : |» , cit YE OUR ee a il ee ss A L a 1 v ' 1 Ms Standard of 100°Z purity. Powdered and Perfumed. sust o , ire one ¢ mo \ ) W : ty f unt , sto N Strongest, eo oe. ee : isl gina i aby purest and best, New De ; ] r} mr } } do } macked inacan merchant " ’ saias o f . ' ' havingtwo lids, . a 1 nd marl t T nd + e sole it one easily cut oe ° sigs! ao qn ar ad the eee. F R T E . + e ba Lye ice fs for soap making, ‘ A c r) the washing,clea e j i ing, disinfe | ‘ WA ing, softeni e e! : i ui Established1s70 rater, &tc.. rves to demonstrate anew how little 4 fol bietos . r ee on can wrapper. Write for bookletof val- ae" hic eal i ubie oO withdrawal ;« the tblic knows about the c st of uableinformation. For spraying trees, ee This’ — * t oe 4 : eum arawal a? i _ we < — vines and shrubs it has no equal. any time without further notice. goods It! 12 t ore tomer assumes to possess a pie Absolutely Free oi all Charges nmOWwicadge On this subject. Cs day of the anhoodoo One Handsome Giant Nail Puller served to pave the way yr the to any dealer placing an order fora whoie case deal of ‘ re een eee ee EAGLE BRANDS POWDERED LYE. ivertisement also Raga tal ae hacen amipccmieR a HOW OBTAINED to institute an anti-hoodoo cale a1 d Place vour order through your jobber for 5 whole cases (either one or assorted sizes) nstitu an anti-hoodoo sale, an : ; nA ce ni anni a a i : r Eagle Brands Pov ed Lye. With the s case bree itone whole case Eagle Lye will SO as a model of a succinct adver- come shipped FR Freight paid to nearest R. R. Station. Retailer will please send tisen i" to the factory jobber’s bill showing purchase thus made, which will be returned to the LISCMent: retailer with our handsome GIANT NAIL PULLER , all charges paid. Eagle Lye Works, Milwaukee, Wisconsin close to their origi ; f kes this man and overtak THE FIRST -_ misfortune of our Seb beers eater aR ney aman ebanenetiazmne 36 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN } GRADUAL GROWTH. You will observe that the net gain| very considerable and prospects for|the banner day is 1,232, an increase eum , rs f i 2 he near future are very bright for|of 173 switches in a day, or nearly 17 nee in vour svsten f ephor Sis g, " the near ruture are vcr) yrign Or i 4 3 it . < se ' 7 / Annual Report of the Citizens Tele- |)" your system of telephone 3,586 a ae : I t to tell . considerab dditional service in t was pleasant to tell you phone Co. t more than 34 per cent. |COMSiderable additional : ; hig Pp oo : : _ | that region. that “thus far there have seventh complete year—-almost precisely i au t] : +H if ry ’ days nis montni wrere :¢ f your company ck cains wn Re of he growth inthe Company’s Long ry fs m , ' : : 5 2 cs ipids’ connections exceeded 20 st the most importz ee s | _ lines, has Dees : | sacs . eportead a year ago ( g ie 2 day. This year every day nificant year in its ' as great during the year - ia ’ : Stee OF SS ISS Si. . . . 1i0nth save Sundays anc 1 Sealed a 3933 23 just closed as during its predecessor. ionth save Sun lays and the ' ' ' at year was so large!_.. i ; . ’ Grand Rapids’ connections -ompanvy thus far in ce rT There were added 162 miles of pole stand Rapids’ connections ‘ . ered remarkable, and * . : e ot vour system have exceeded 1,000 1 of oe lines, carrying 210 miles of copper - - ' : exceeded at all, the : . ; a Se tlie a teu ge thes There is a steady growth cement of ie metallic circuits and 7 niles of iror : i : oe ifying. The cl : . ; 1; {in this department of business. June, ng that time the growth eh ae ; metallic circuits, making a total toll " : : niga a i Og2 teie-|, : . : 3 a 30 day month, exceeded all yre- tem has been marked, < me system Or 1,020 miles Of TOll ne 4 ' wear as com decessors: May, the next bad i niaic a snes - poles; 1,230 miles of c : il \ : il ~ . ‘ e 1 " ce : s he preceding oe ie ae ka rgest month facts 6fell ol ttle exceed the figure ret ca ' : : circuits, and 934 miles i ' . ' the hundreds of orders ali : story of very 2g importance co, t actu ic its, with a total - : comp! ' . cS ’ ' : ereater t nm t OF wire. Copper tor [The p Ss oI e proper been , , ce ' Tu circuit between this ‘y ic Oo more than the } ° : o.. i ‘ " ° ~ . ie City, a distance Oi about 80 miles of | , evelopment of vour ¢ ompany’s bust- considerably more ie ’ ' f wal and for ness on its fin side. During the ity system, tah c . i to bat past yvt the gross income (with a in number ne : i i i i i a , | miles more Of circt few smalll ite of toll line receipts considerably | _ fl ‘ae il / | a : : r “| 200 mules of wire, ha ¢ or 1}from minor offices closely estimated) of the year ; va i a r and would have S 343.79, as compared with $108,- ould the energy | - , . oo I th ’ « »f tore this coud 110.08 reported to you last year: an been expended ' ' . | ed as ( ross reventie lowing being a list of the ' course the additi yf gle year is a the t ber of t } 1es ge of the systen ‘ convinces vol n yo “ * “— ~: c a solely additions to the Long Distar t of the large ted ee r i 1902 1903 ! of the Com mount of new capital invested dur Grand Rapids Aa22 65.16% cian past twelve months a very consider: ng the sar twelve months pro A Ite 42 te ble increase of pole mileage has been | duced a very important effect in ad- ? Athens > et. . : : made in the expansion of farmers | dition to revenue—which is what the 2 | that importuning : : , ' coe ' : T lwit I at . Loe r lines, some hundreds more of tele dded inves gement for service for . . . : Bellevuc 65 FO cn in farm houses being now | accomplis Relding 145 > : not = ? m T + yw ig Rapids 6 en ‘ Tonia to 6revente, Cadillac 44 ; . Springs, added greatly . la "i Iso . ’ le Vermontville system, 1 vaki »s e to d ° : + oe " Cannonsburg 19 is . . er points being of this ch c- more use sufficient for 2|to be done ” t Tr 1 1 “ Case Spring 14 . ter needs elephone exc es i ** | consideration, we may content our- ee ' no : ¢ ao 1 tnalt ft ice revint ners rela is “*|selves by saying that the Manage Speaking of the Long Distance : € previou oper: a .. : . si seta , bhi Ae ee Bs Ge ~s ae e 911 ta that which ed to bel|lines of the Company, the growth j‘'” t or the added invest ne ’ se a mportant first, that the|in business in the system has been ent upon the p t and the previous Cor 5 cor o vear will more pleasing, larger, considerably, }'"Vves! it should not be lost sight mor 19 92) ders and for ur than t growth in the system itself ows 4( 53 | y ¢c ce to a pleasing The year ens July 1, 1901, showed € 16 4 / Z : a oa a ‘Ol when vou as le for vour n crease in Grand Rapids’ toll ° port a 2s . Boece £ ee a ail 4é S° | in 1904 With the completion DUuSsmmess Of TO Per Cent, (ae yea ' f4inew 1 he prospects for g ending July I, 1902, gave an increase ' im oe oe ‘ “lin this because of orders now | 0! per cent. over the preceding rter, $70,913.99; LL a oe : | lw $42 gor 4 oy iy 91 or indicated, are| year; and the year just ended shows $78,921.70. Th 3 me . 1 ! ee 1 quarter of the ' * i that ensuing twelve montl will necreas the preceding year] ” : : co 339 «422 | be the most in the history | 0f 67,709 Grand Rapids connecti y nowing € $79,000 oO! 92> 4°02 ii ne " . * “4 + ross earninos indicates } rou); 353 423 the Company. r switches, a trifle more than 30/5'* arnings indicates tna you II Is " nL | a on is now earning near! oe The statistics of growth above giv-| Per cent. increase. A year cn , S : at ee ee per annum. | rief retro eel | S w that at several points ex-|tota!l was 3, Making ' \ brief retro ‘2 |changes are now owned by your]|ior the year just e 8} 5 7 ¢ a e | A were not a part ofr] ' oe ' o oo 422 ~ -~] r [ ~~ i1ts system a year a ac is|Panys ofce as a i ssi : 15 he 1 st notable ex: Ma of tl Long Distan Nala! It Ol con. the c sea coun-| Company. When we speak of Grand Owe! 222 344 | ty. second iportance in this list.| R connections we mean. the Lansing 3! 1.735 | althoug rumber of messages or completed Vianto Gr | i 1 . 4. y 100! Sra7.cu7. ‘* mm Ooo Siex.- I | Portland telephones in T, $147,557.04, iM 2, + , Masor 148 ‘i 110.98, and last year, 1903, the sum 2 . ae | oo _ TL. ' 251 p ; me e, S27asazy7o. Whe McCords Rg | NI tendency in this regard is certainly ae _ > | oe . a : : I silt sala e the Distance calls of the sumicientiy marked tO secure atten- * cian vit Por between any other two tion NI- AR -> oe "' 4 a 1 i | serve t toll points in or connected with the The gross expenses of the past , system. The growth of that business] vear for operation, management, gen- Iraverse City, which reported re-| has un nuibtedly kept pace with the eral expenses, taxes, etc., were $76,- i 5 300 1 1 : - Crand Rani : . a “ ‘ . le growth a year ago, have in the Grand Rapids connec-]| 966.60: for reconstruction. repairs, x re 3A 225 I ul cc... ~ . f ' Se : oe gain ya ne quite as well relatively during | ons. maintenance and depreciation, $100, San e i Oe c ; a i : ast y The star opposite Lee- 499.46. So after paying dividend re- SN oi 2 OQ e : i " iT 1 county is for the purpose of |is il ‘ quirements of 2 per cent. each quar- I se City 9 054 i .. . — . | ] kj j a ' iS your : tO the tact ir the banner week in Grand |t agetegatine $82,777.73 in the lr 6 12 we : , iy i that county not connections included 5,717} year, by formal action of your Di- Vern tville 227 orc nnn i “ - - : - 7 : 6: II exchanges last year are es. This year the banner week,] rectors on Saturday night, the sum ‘ 7 oO ” i | i 4 " + 1 lsct- Ll ih sel c Te “ , “ c Ore an [ ’ ° foregoing list:|the second week of July, there were] of $15,000 was carried over to sur- e \ 22 + . | " ui . i " a : . e, Honor, Northport, Switches, an increase of 725}plus, making your new surplus ac- Lo 96 107 - - l ; 107 . a i a i A a | a development of|switches. Last year the report of] count $55,231.48. he last dividend otal I i } a " ee : m i : Total, 10,496 14,082 region has been|the banner day was 1,059; this year] payment, the checks for which were > MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 37 mailed you yesterday, aggregated $23,514.67, there being almost 1,100! (1093) checks. The dividend pay- ments in gross last year were $56, 231.41, $26,546.32 less than this year’s. The gross expenses of operating your plant during the past year, in- cluding depreciation, as you will see, were $176,566.06. A detailed analysis would be instructive, but would take your time than is desirable that the gross penses of the last quarter of the fiscal year, it its proportion de aggregated but $46,975.87 remember that the the quarter was $78,921.70, or $31,945.83 larger. of Suffice it more to say ¢x- icluding of preciation You will revenue statement for same During the year just closed and in accordance formal action of about 80 per cent. of the stockholders, with mended articles of association (the sixth amendment in the history of the Company) were filed in the of- fice of the Secretary of State on the 17th of November, increasing the au- thorized capital of the Company to $2,000,000 and the number of Direct ors of the Company to eleven. On the Ist of July, instant, the amount of capital stock outstanding was $1,212,880, as compared with $847,065 reported to you at last year’s annual meeting, from which you will see that the net sales of stock during the past fiscal year have aggregated $365,815, an average of a trifle more than $1,000 a day for every day in the far this month 7,020. The requirements with which to meet such large growth of more than 3,500 telephones the year just closed—to take care of the expansion and improvement of your system in this City including the new Auto- matic apparatus—are very considera- ble. Your recently authorized additional Secretary is disposing of it as rapidly as possi- ble; with what degree of success the the month thus year. The sales thus aggregate $2 for money very in Directors have of an $150,000 of stock and your the sale record of far sug- gests. the 340 the now During total of past fiscal year a new stockholders was added list, making the total of holding stock in the Company quite a little in excess of to those 1,100. The sales thus far this month include 2r new stockholders. The preceding fiscal year of sales added ~ new stockholders—87 in the first alf of the year and 128 in the second ialf; during the year just closed 145 the first half of the year and 195 the second half. It is the policy of the Company, even more firmly now than before, to the number its partisans—every stockholder is the very nature of of his own, and interests; the larger the number of those watchful, surely are the Company’s ever increase of necessarily, in watchful our, things, hence the more interests served. Last year General Manager Tarte made a report of pleasing character as to the number of troubles afflict- the City sys- this year show have had 28 per cent. less trouble subscriber than during the previous year. We gave then the following statement: “Our rec- ing the telephones of Our that we tem. records per Hardware Price Current Ammunition Caps . D., fall oouet, perm kf. Lk Hicks’ —— — Musket, = Ely’s Wai rproof, ‘per. n. Cartridg ges me. oo Sere Perm... No. 22 long, per m. No. 32 short, per ee a Primers No. 2 U. M. C., boxes 250, ee... No, 2 Winchester, boxes 250, per m... Gun Wads Black edge, Nos. 11 and 12 U. M. C. Black edge, Nos. .9and 10,

oa oOneo 88 S888 ks Be 76 % in. +. 4%¥e, - 6 Oe ee a 50810 Semen ememanaheageas 50&10 i 50&10 Horse Nails \u Sable . dis 40&10 House Furnishing Goods stamped aware, mew Ge..., ........ 70 Japanned Tinwar . 20810 ‘eo ee tree ae ee eee 2265 c rates ee 3 c rates Knobs—New List Joor, mineral, jap. trimmings...... e 75 Joor, porcelain, jap. trimmings....... 85 Lanterns tegular @ Tubular, Doz.,.............. to Varren, Galvanized F PE boc semen oe Levels Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s........ dis 7 Mattocks eee Ee... ee oe ie €0 Metals—Zinc ee ea cee oa TH Per pound.. oe cclee acs aaes oa 8 ‘iio Bird Cages .. hee eee es eae us 40 Pumps, EER NTN 75 Screws, New List .. eke sees 85 Casters, Bed and Plate................ 50810810 Dampers, American.............. Seeee 50 Molasses Gates ee SA. 60&10 Enterprise, self-measuring............ 3 Pans ee ee 60810816 Commen, ‘polished eT 7085 Patent Planished Iron ‘‘A”’ Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 80 “‘B’’ Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 25 to 27 9 a8 Broken packages \c per pound extra. Planes Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy... i a 40 Sciota Bench.. Lew 50 Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy... eed oo cee 40 Bench, first yuality....... 45 Nails Advance aon base, on both Steel and ——e eer eee ee... 75 Wire nails, ee ee eee eee. pene 3 36 20 to 60 advance. . hee oe odd aie on Base oe oe te Oevaee.............. oe 5 Senveeee.. ... L... dase 10 6advance..... .. a 2t Seen Bide ee ae 8 advance... on 45 2 advance . ne 70 Fine 3 advance.. 56 Casing 10 advance 15 Casing 8 advance............. 2 Casing 6 advance............. 38 Finish 10 advance 28 Finish 8 advance . 3t wroteon 6 AGvanes.. ............. oo at EE a ar on ae eee 5 Copper Havets and Bure.............. at Roofing Plates 14220 10, Charcoal, Dean.............. 7 & 14x20 Ix, Charcoal, CC , 9 00 20x28 IC, Charcoal, . 15 00 14x20 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade. || 7 50 14x20 Ix, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 9 00 20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 15 00 20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade... 18 Of Ropes Sisal, % Inch and ee. Se eee eae 8% Sand — List acct. 19, ’86.. ..dis o Sach Weights Soe Meee pertom.................... 86 08 Sheet Iron com. smooth. com eee, $3 6 Hos. 16 60 17........ rede dees ece ese 8 7% Nos. 18 to 21 oo Sm oe ee 410 3 ge 25 to 26 4 20 4 00 a eee 30 410 4 airs Sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches wide, not less than 2-10 extra. Shovels and Spades First Grade, Doz..... ee eee aes 6 00 Pees Core, Sn, ie tec 5 50 Solder ad eee et eed dee nae eae 19 — prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vars according to composition. Squares Steel and Iron..... Ss 60—10—5 Tin—Melyn Grade Dewees Wey, Ceres... |... .... 1... .... $10 50 14x20 IC; eee 10 50 tt 12 00 Kach additional, X on this grade, $1.25. Tin—Allaway Grade 10x14 7 ee 9 OC aeeee 6, Cerone, 9 oO 10x14 Ix’ Ce 10 & gl 10 5 Each additional X on this grade, $1.50 Boller Size Tin Plate 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, 14x66 1X’ for No.9 Bollers, ¢ Pe? Pound.. ib Traps Steel, Game.. .... eo 7 Oneida Community, “Newhouse’s...... 40&10 Oneida Community, Hawley & Nor- ee ee 85 Mouse, choker per oe, 18 Mouse, delusion, per doz........ .... ° 1 2F Wire rs 60 Annealed Market.. oe uceces« 60 poppeses Market.. eee eis ae 50&10 ee a= arke| aie Le ee ees a oe — opper prin Barbed F Fence, Gavan be ed eee 3 00 Barbed Fence, aa bes eee 2 70 Wire ‘cite co ae a 10—30 Hooks.. bok ee een ie aoe cee 10—w Gate Hooks and isa 10—% Wrenches ee — Adjustable, Nickeled.,...... juine Coss Patent Agricultural, |(Wreught,.19419 Crockery and Glassware STONEWARE Butters % ° 6 gal, per ga ee = ci 62 66 18 ae Ges, BOPRE- fs, GAch................ 1 20 20 gal. meat-tubs, each................ 1 60 25 gal. meat-tubs, each................ 2 25 30 gal meat-tubs, each................ 2 70 Churns acoGeel seraml.... ._....... coe b% ‘hurn Das ers, per = 4 Milkpans Ye ga. fiat or rd. bot., per doz......... 48 1 gal. hut or rd. bot,, aen..... ...- 6 Fine Glazed Milkpans % gal. flat or rd. bot., oa oe 6... 60 i gal Gat or rd. bot.,cael............ 6 Stew pans % gal. fireproof, bail, per doz......... 85 1 gal. fireproof, bail, per doz......... 1 10 Jage or oor ee... il 60 oe core... 5 1 to 5 gal., per gal..... ' 7% Sealing ‘Wen © ida. ii package, yer ID .............. 2 LAMP BURNERS oe, ee 35 OO EE 5 acs wl oe 43 MO ee ec ice 85 Co oe 50 ee 50 MASON FRUIT JARS With Porcelain Lined — Pints.. -4 50 per gross Quarts... Dee ease . 75 per gross meee... 6 60 per gross Fruit Jars packed i dozen in box LAMP CHIMNEYS—Seconds Per box of : - cit eeatcas OEE — A CS Anchor Carton Chimneys Each chimney in corrugated carton. . Oo Crmee..........., oid esas De CS Creee First Quality . 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. . 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. . 2 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. XXX Flint . 1 Sun, crimp top, wrapped & lab. . 2 Sun, crimp top, wra — & lab. . 2 Sun, hinge, wrapped & lab...... Pearl Top . 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled...... . 2 Sun, wrapped and person ieee . 2hinge, wrap and labeled..... No. 2 Sun, “Small Bulb,” "ie Globe ———————— La Bastie o. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........ o. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........ 0.1C rimp, per Gen... ............ EE Rochester No. 2 Lime {Teo doz} a bea ecue 1 96 2 92 86 08 04 ere 91 18 O38 eer whe s8S saa ane et ee No. 2 Lime (75¢ doz No. 2 Flint (80c doz > » Electric No. 2 Lime fee dos} ie ees ceua de cee No. 2 Flint (80¢ doz OIL CANS gal. tin cans with spout, per doz.... gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz. gal. gaily. iron with spout, per doz.. gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz.. gal. g =F al. galy. iron with spout, per doz.. al. gaily. iron with faucet, per doz.. gal. galy. iron with faucet, per doz.. oo cee oe... ........ gal. galv. iron Nacefas.............. ° SSSSSSSSS SS BSS SRERS SF Sn a@ kf OK ee LANTERNS ee. © Papas, 60 Oi............... . 1B Tubula . 1 Tubular, glass fountain......... . 12 Tubuier, o0 lamep............. ) Bercee meme, ONGN.............. LANTERN GLOBES . 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, box, 10c . 0 Tub., cases 2 doz. each, box, 15c . 0 Tub., bbls 5 doz. each, per bbl.. 1 No.0 Tub., Bull’s eye, cases 1 doz. each 1 BEST WHITE COTTON WICKS Roll contains 32 yards in one _— No.0, %-inch wide, per gross or rol No.1, %-inch wide, per gross or roll. No. 2,1 inch wide, per gross or roll. No. 3, 1% inch wide, per gross or roll.. COUPON BOOKS 50 books, any denomination.............. 100 books, any denomination........ ‘ 500 books, any denomination.... ... / 1, 00 books, any denomination.............. 20 Above quotations are for either Tradesman, Superior, Economic or Universal grades. Where 1,000 book ks are ordered at a time customers re- ane specially printed cover without extra charge. Coupon Pass Books Can be made to represent any denomination from $10 down. = SON RShH SSIBRRS FSSSE SEK = books 1 5 i ke cl ieee, 2 50 ee li 50 I oo ed ace ns ce chee econ ue ee 20 00 Credit Checks 600, any one denomination................ 2 00 1,000, any one denomination................ 3 0 ae any one denomination...........0020. 5 ] 38 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN sler teiep July July hon ie had one trouble ev I, 1900, each subscriber or every 64 days; during the year ending I, 1902, each subscriber had trouble every 81 days.” During rear just closed our records show there was one trouble per sub- er 104 days—or 28 per le 1 trouble per telephone d ci ipparat proper tc t new bt S at to adequately an care for the traffic ence preparations f the +} + nian+ g the new plant |your Directors entered into a con- ! Ce CTT : n very careful investigation of the sub- | - he|ject, and after securing proposals a monolith—although not of the ly ascribed to a monolith. me / & e poy yoni nee y eware of Imitations it tells its own story. Each and ali of you are welcome to visit the ling and note its progress from The wrappers on lots of Caramels are just as good as the S. B. weess you . : _ ° . : : & A, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Insist on vil ited to attend | eT < in Opening reception, when its char- getting the original and only ! cter, the purpose for which it is de- signed, 1 its occupancy will ‘be Genuine Full Cream Caramel edt to inwite on the market. Made only by i“ first to “ these property, < h the antilaan ge pie Straub Bros. $ Himiotte a chance to see our new Traverse City, Mich. S. B. & A. on every wrapper. is believed that the build- ly fire-proof. Its con- QO and the mon the building will closely approximate the original estimate of $45,000, not rge sum for such a building, 77x 143 feet in size, two stories and base- nent in height, with heating appa- of FLEISCHMANN & COS YELLOW LABEL COMPRESSED fter the building was decided up- n and was in process of construc- mn, and after weeks and months of Lo i YEAST you sell not only increases your profits, but also gives com- plete satisfaction to your patrons. gratifying in o quality of prices made, - eo - utomatic apparatus, Fleischmann & Co., Detroit Office, 111 W. Larned St. Grand Rapids Office, 29 Crescent Ave. telephones for your City Exchange, purchasing as_ the and all the a t t e e co t " : : |telephones necessary in connection ee \therewith. This decision as to ap- Company wit the ' : i i j : tus W d represen- mply compensate ha t + sara nj Mibanegiomy ves WALL CASES, 4 i u ~ uaa X ‘ the t y eparat . COUNTERS, Because it is desirable e the | Massac SHELVING, “Or plete in is respect djithe Aut ETC., ETC. not be se it 1s news to any you. | use a be stated t the expecta- |] e telephone comps cmeie \ C y one g t 1 ons we obtained . i ile : | a i Drug. Store Fixtures s I \ c 2: re it i re was remarkable una was then s that the Co \ eferenc iT Automatic a Specialty cently cht S Ir perman t g the ht eds of patt uk 1e id t g it who were thus visited. : i i i i / Estimates Furnished on Complete > ia t er. re Sl] i a : : Store Fixtures. st K I ive ed it ) S | gi de “ oe . . Pauper : Geo. S. Smith Fixture Co. i i wnistcnts . ite 97--99 North lonla St. » og y ba Grand Rapids, Michigan g the east s I o si the en that er ict ell as the « ty s. ap S tang i S was entered into r that purpose delay was necessary | T p tus is now arriving, sev B 1 crv 3 > car ) SW tches and teie a ct upon the propos s having been placed within ete ; eH made by you cers. As the news esent month in the new build- RA ae Se ae eee papers med you, sn t x. The work of installation is to _ . M.B.ALLEN-GAS LIGHT CO. gles “ begin in a very few days and will be ae : 2 BATTLE CREEK, MICH. complishing jus pt se des shed with due zeal and diligence hel eted plans i The h geme S quite as anxious lding were ypted, the work get the new apy] 1s into s th f put & s has n s give ir patrons the best tened with as ch speed as w s ce as any of the telephone weather w permit. It is believ- | users same connec- ed that t t st substantial] tion it n 1at our Com- substructures 2 tue pany, w I h a ve mucl larger ' een ee ere , — oe was constructed; it ystem outside of Grand Rapids than M. B. ALLEN said that your w | 1 our home Exchange, and in a ter- Successor to M. B. Allen Gas Light Co., on a rock, for the foun ;ritory that is continually calling for | Makes the best Gasoline Gas Plant on the market to-day. Never has had a fire concrete made with Michigan cement, | more telephones, will have little diffi loss. Three years on the market. Write for further light. ght almost be spoken of as culty in using the thousands of tele- Responsible agents wanted in every town to handle the Allen Light. mpanawnnneaninn = & £ 7 eee & & ‘ MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 39 phones displaced in this City by the these tele- to be or wasted by any means. Automatic apparatus q . i" a ones will not have cast aside A year ago mention was made ot Judge Brown, of the husetts, in \iass ac tl celeb ner case. While it was admited that an appeal to the Uniter Court of Ap pe ils by the Bel! Comp: it was believed that the final result would be an affirmation of Judge Brown’s. opinion. What realized. The Gécision of the Court of Appeals, inimous, was handed down just t the hol s and became a part OE ay 1greeable Christmas for the independent telephone companies of the country. That decision was the end of the celebrated Berliner case and patent, and the independent tel- ephone companies of the country are giving themselves no concern about patent suits—are certain. that Si ents are no longer an appreciable fac- or in the telephone competition and You probably have noticed that it | ill begin in azoo in the building of a sys ; Expected cost in the neighborhood ot hi the coming month. Toledo capitalists are said to be in- terested in the project. The indepen- dent c in Toledo has been signally ful and has stimulated nd etico ged many such invest- ments. Your ¢ y has promised he Kala o Citizens Company that in the event of the building of gsood system in that wn, to ections will be rrovidec ye further stat- ed that the actual work of building idependent plant in Ann Arbor is in progress, considerable capital from Pennsylvania having engaged n that project. Anthracite coal men, chie of Scranton and Wilkesbarre, ithin the last two: years or there- outs, have invested some $10,000,- 000 in independent telephone prop- erties. They are parties to the Ann projects yr ~=6plant among other They are also ttin into the new indepen- dent plant in Chicago, which is to use Automatic apparatus, the same as is to be installed in your Exchange 1is City, and which is expected to be in operation in a few weeks. “he general news of the telephone hroughout the pique as re- ported at the meeting of the National Association last month in Chines, is decidedly pleasing. For example, every considerable city and town in the State. of New York, outside of Greater New York, has built or is plant, and there are more than 50,000 indepen- dent telephones already in service in that State. In Pennsylvania there is no a to this condition; Phila- delphia and Pittsburg, as well as the smaller towns, are also provided with flourishing exchanges. The same thing is true of Ohio, save as to Cincinnati, where it is believed that work on an independent plant will begin yet this year. The gener- vere more flatter- + L } 4 building an independen independent al prospects never ing for independent telephone com- panies throughout the country than they appear to be at the present time. During the year just closed, as you | may ha ive noticed from the report as | c and the number of tele- | your Company taking possession phones in operation, bought the plant last October. Your Company owned oll lines through that town and were indirectly interested in the property before its purchase. When it was ought, it had somewhat more than | | With 449 | and prospects that the 500 mark will be passed be 200 telephones in service. the first of the month fore the year closes, an idea of the levelopment of the plant is gained. What that devel other way is suggested by the fact \pment means in an- that the toll line revenue from that hange has considerably more than 1 since your Company took ( ouble: exchange and its management. Similar reports as to growth of the ong Distance business of the Com- pany could be made as to many Your gross receipts from this source the other points in your system. past year were $65,606.54, as compar- ed with $44,567.17. An increase of 1,129.37 in this department in a ear, Or very neatly 50 per cent. is something to be proud of. A new copper metallic toll line is uilding from St. Joseph and Benton arbor North along the Lake Shore through to Saugatuck, there connect- ing with the headquarters of the farmers’ co-operative telephone sys- tem, known as the Saugatuck, Dou- and Ganges Telephone System. Your Company will build a copper line from Holland to Saugatuck to connect therewith, and work on the line will be in progress shortly. The completion of that line will give through connections to South Bend, Indiana, as the line between St. Joseph and Benton Harbor and the Indiana town named is rapidly ap- proaching completion. South Bend’s view plant, of about 2,000 phones, has developed with wonderful success during the past year, substantially supplanting the Bell. It is the sec- ond independent exchange built there, the first having been sold to the Bell some time ago. That a second independent plant was built is significant. The Illinois Tele- phone-Telegraph Company, the inde- pendent Chicago Company is prepar- | | ing to build a toll line connection through tothe East, joining the inde pendent propositions at South Bend Thus your Company will get a through line to Chicago and also to points in Northern Indiana, Indianapolis and to the Ohio River at Louisville, which lines must develop a large business IS well as to and prove exceedingly satisfactory. During the year there have been no fatalities, no serious accidents to persons, no sleet storms, bad wind storms or other serious troubles to mar the record, for which we are most grateful. It is a pleasure to again bear testi- mony to the zeal, energy, and effi- ciency of your staff of employes. Your Secretary and General Manager Tarte have almost unqualified words of praise for their colleagues in the operation and management of your property in this city and throughout Much depends upon the loyalty and fidelity of such a staff. your system. Perhaps no other company in the country has more to be grateful for it: this direction than yours. ago the annual report stated: “The future is full of promise, bright prom- A year ise. Great growth is still in progress; there will be very canis growth, both in the exchanges al- ready developed and in others which the Company must build in the terri- tory which it has planned to serve You may count certainly upon the continued zeal, enthusiasm, energy and loyalty of all in your employ they each and all have nearly as great pride in your property and its suc- though individual The same thing can be said cess as owners thereof.” to-day, with even more of positive- The conditions of the past months give ample war- rant for this assertion. E. B. Fisher, Sec’y. ness and emphasis. | GOOD BARGAINS IN "ECON D HAND AUTOMOBILES No.1. 1900 model Locomobile 5 h. p. steam, cost Sso, in A-1 condition throughout, all thoroughly overhauled and repainted with red and black trim mings, looks good as new, with new burner and chain which cost $30, also four new tires which cost $<0. Has detachable Dos-a-Dos rear seat, new carpet and high new dash. Itisa quiet and easy running steamer and worth fully $s00, which will sell for $325 spot cash, first $25 deposit received will get it. No. 2. Mobile 1go1 pattern ». steamer bought new in 50, used in City only, new “ 2 j , thoroughly overh by us ata cost of red with black trim and is in A-1 condi Dos-a-Dos rear seat Owner will sell 3 ordered a new machine. No. 19. Another 1 seat Mobile in good condition except needs painting, at $2 Get our complete list MICHIGAN AUTOMOBILE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. laa nua” § Certificates ‘of Deposit We pay 3 per cent. on certifi- cates of deposit left with us one year. They are payable ON DEMAND. It is not neces- sary to give us any notice of your money. Our financial responsibility is $1,980,000-~your money is safe, secure and always under your control. SD a ae a> ae” = GE § Old Nationa! Bank 4 Grand Rapids, Mich. The oldest bank in Grand Rapids Ne GR, eR qe. j j j j j j your intention to tito j j j j j j j generous offer during the next surely interest you. Dixon & Lang, Michigan State Agents, Ft. Wayne, Ind. 30 days. Write us about it. It isa GREAT OPPORTUNITY. P. F. Dixon, Indiana State Agent, Ft. Wayne, Ind. yO YOU NEED A BETTER LIGHT IN YOUR STORE © If you do, and want one that you KNOW is all right and can be depended on all the time, you want to get the “PF, PL” manufactured by the Incandescent Light and Stove Co., Cincinnati, O. use attest its superiority and popularity over all other systems. We are making an unusually If you want a good light it will 25,000 plants now in — 40 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN When in Detroit, and need a MESSENGER boy s over wasted work. Said good streams of Italians coming to this ce Commercial Travelers ok i Sha . pountry, more numerous his year | aa a of thoughtful ac bak ‘The aes ceck | The EAGLE Messengres i from which come the tour- | Office 47 Washington Ave. ] land with evidence | Ft, VAUGHN, Proprietor and Manager Michigan Knignts of the Grip President, B. D. PALMER, St. Johns; Sec- retary, M. S. BRowN, Saginaw; Treasurer, H. E. BRADNER, Lansing. =i. 1 +h 1. : I can testify that all who the lane with me have succeeded ists to their own Grand Secretary, W. F. TRAcY, Flint. co ” ~>~eom a th a Z wees himself so ma i e k Grand Rapids Council No. 131, U. C. 7. _ } Major. There is a banana war in vw The Warwic < City. Nearly 250,000 bunches | Senior Counselor, W. B. Ho_preNn; Secretary — >.> K UILy Nearly 50,000 bunche Treasurer, L. F. Baker. The jeserved. One ma hat it is possible to earn more than |; LF, i aeserved. (ne man at oe 8 I ie . | he Clerk Gricwold House ae ne — . oe s more than another only a livelihood here. Grand Counselor, J. C. EMERY, Grand Rapids; 2 { Strictly first class. recent prevalence of strikes ved there im the catty Gays ©t) Rates $2 perday. Central location, 1 gr disposition to take J fhe market was well supplied | Trade of visiting merchants and travel- Some Causes of Failure and How to ee Lien lites ate | ee ne : | / | ing men solicited. Eliminate Them. i elite aaa. | te A. B. GARDNER, Manager. Written for the Tradesm | _ f decisions w Ww stand com ce wing ¢t Sree ecedents. In Adams county, Illi-| and \ tak count favora m the enighopes: 6+ sasmalinetine- HAVE YOUR BOOKS unt! i es , 5 1 “ | ye y struck and quit their s ‘8 , & ~ > } reupon the emplovers hir- ' S reupon the employers hit SS caused | es men and at least one | The hot weather created an immedi- | AUDITED sary s¢ S : es i year’s con -t. About| ate crisis. The best b nas were i ' cn win ' s later at 1 cents a Thurs- | S¢ ecte energy tl niot d many were g out- | . 7 bits—the most g S wal | gre tf company ' 5 S — t off an exact statement of affairs. : riygian atk JOUOHOE CHOROEONOHOROHOHORC We can arrange with any firm or corpo- tI 1 , 2 ener ecucai \ @ ration to audit their accounts periodically. sisted 1 € ; eS We open books of new companies and I E Ss €cis i € t I Ss install new modern and approved book i @ He who wants a dollar’s worth ” | ‘ Yout st gs For every hundred cents € “ti 2 ay 2 ~ vice g Goes straightway to the Livingston ¢ : @ And nevermore repents. € i $ . : = : : a gm A cordial welcome meets him there @ many years of business nt, cy, *t ci 8 a ‘ & Fett bn vill g : ~j i If a With best of service, room and fare. g Write to us and we will give you special wig) i £ * information that will be of interest to you. col ve = & ‘ , as dis & ea 2 s rest of t é Cor. Division and Fulton Sts., e bi rselves int ° Grand Rapids, Mich. ° MICHIGAN TRUST CO. 2 ° GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. U g : , = i ue a $ PUSTIRSC HOCS RSE HORSES ER BAB S \ \ Laucrs r s g sa] ‘ I s 4 E " iM to the fact t t Govert S S t so stan ; Ss Ss CE ts nave 4 Ca ‘ t S S g : é to For « 1 x ‘ ° Ss 4 plant S x ~ S SV c Ss me ess Ss S > > is YOSSIDIE ~ i a > ~ 1 4 _ ‘ oe THE IDEAL 5c CIGAR. i ee ea ‘ es oe a ea d these Highest in price because of its quality. ie wis, bene | EEE SERS CH Peeeeree G. J. JOHNSON CIGAR CO., M’F’RS, Grand Rapids, [lich. ~andidates and also records of exam tell you t o1 fe a re i aliiehnmaRIORY a a NS A NE NECN ES ERAN: NAT AN CNL SIE NII J , = —. J ee It is declared ears and eyes open and made my ce i ' i ae { . mea examiners Irequentty esas ated a wae” Pek eae) On u cxaminers frequently oe GUM Beetean?t GAS LARS ee mistakes in diagnosis and appli Hy : , i : i s suffer the conse ces in in and cut down your expenses. One lamp will make a : ” 7 5 tn, obi nc p It is cn 25-foot room BRIGHT AS DAY. The average expense t S 5 __. ; 6 3 of a 100 Candle Power Light is i y ec ( t is © medic cx I s of his ties if s : oo . S sco Less than one-half a cent a day. b SS ¢ Se s M One quart gasoline will go farther than 9 quarts of ker ( S ving i han 8 or 10 ordinary lamps. ‘ \ S ‘ spapers ren + + + light at ¥ the c . : : i € gasoline lamp ©: » YUCsiades ee ving » ¢ver-in never fails to give satisfaction or to do as rep r 1 t sing enu tr ers wl resented. Every lamp guaranteed. Over§ I m \ m rs : S é ncreasec 100,000 sold during the last five years. Don’t} < } S = i cr —" 5 1 es. be persuaded to try imitations - they are risky int ‘ ao ' and exper n the end iverybody pleased engag S cs italy ougnt » De ORE OF with the BRILLIANT. Write for catalogue. I phys s ¢ s spe Ss countries in the energetic and up-to- world, but that the conditions there BRILLIANT GAS LAMP CO. ~ sures i hose s é rable for the masses is Halo soo Candle Power. 42 State St., CHICAGO. 100 Candle Power. not be spent in un re- str demonstrated by the Nap si \ Gripsack Brigade. Frank D. Warren, for the past year on the road for the Clark-Jew- ell-Wells Co., has engaged to cover Ohio for the J. P. Dieter Co., of Chicago. He will make his _ head- quarters in Cincinnati. Fred W. Oesterle (Rindge, Kalm- Ltd.) has been fortnight’s rest, which time he has had the pleasure of entertaining Rev. J. H. Horst, of Covington, Ky., and Rev. H. E. Wul- bach, Logie & Co.,, taking a during zen, of Hamilton, Ohio. Rev. Horst is his father-in-law. Sturgis Journal: J. C. Wolfinger, who is traveling in the interest of the Miles Medical Co. of Elkhart, is at home ona vacation £.0 remain un- til August 1. While here, he is as- sisting in Tobey’s drug store, while Mr. Tobey and family the luxuries of a are enjoying short residence in their cottage at Klinger Lake. Three Rivers Herald: The Three Rivers traveling men will hold their picnic August 7 at Corey Lake. twenty-seven Pulver’s resort, There are at present raveling men who re- side in this city, a record few cities This that Three Rivers is a pleas- the size of ours can boast of. means ant place to live, else they would move elsewher The boys are all genial fellows ae we are glad we have so many of them within our borders. Big Rapids Herald: Miss Wini- daughter of Mr. {errendeen, of Mus- f y fred Herrendeen, and Mrs. FH. EH. E kegon, formerly of this city united in marriage in Grand Rapids last Monday evening to Charles H. Osmun, of Lapeer, a traveling sales- man in Michigan for a Boston sil- and Mrs. Osmun are now in the South on a two weeks’ verware firm. Mr. reside at where Mr. Osmun has a fine wedding trip. Lapeer hey will home. Many Big’ Rapids people know the bride. A her life greater was spent here. She is one of the finest young ladies and her Big Rapids with this many friends will join paper in wishing herself and husband well. Howell Democrat: At Monday of this week, five and a lady were riding Lyons, on gentlemen in a bus from the west-bound train up to the center the town, when all of a sudden one the horses indulged in the act of caused the start on a runaway. Charles Adams and Andrew B. F two travel- ing men from this place—(the former kicking, which team to ishbeck, representing Crowley Bros. and the latter J. W. Fales & Co., both of De- troit—were passengers in the vehicle Mr. Adams, at the risk of his life, leaped from the bus and ran along the side of the team until he caught one of the horses by the bits, thus preventing a runaway. It was a courageous act and most likely sav- ed the lives of the entire > &¢ > The Ideal Woman. This is somebody’s idea of the ideal woman. We have an idea this world is no place for such an ideal, save as she is idealized in the idea of the idealist: An ideal woman is one without an ideal. party. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN ot only is she easy to live with, but she is worth living for. She has no history. She has no story. She wears a reasonable hat at mat- inees. She is too clever to talk of woman’s rights; she takes them She wears frocks that match her hair; she does not dye her hair to match her frocks. She helps her husband to build up a future for himself, and never seeks to rake up his past. that a theory is the yaper fortress of the immature, and iat a clergyman may still be a man. She knows that when men. talk about a woman being good-looking they mean that she is well dressed, although they do not know it. She does not insist upon her hus- band eating up the cucumber sand- wiches left over from one of her part- She believes I t ies; she eats them herself and suf- fers in silence She is not such a fool as to fancy 1at anyone is ever convinced by ar- gument. She does not reason; she loves. She does not believe that a man can love only once or only one. She herself prefers loving much to loving many. She knows that every real woman is the ideal woman—the fact being idea of the ideal woman ‘holly dependent on the idealist, woman who is idolized is —___~.+. Broom Corn Very Strong. certainly a boom on in the broom aarket. The up- ward movement is caused by the small stocks on hand and the short ge reported from the sections were depended upon There is corn formerly he big end of the supply. The acreage in the Illinois district is the I There a very mark- smallest in twenty-five years. has been a gradual but ed decrease since 1895, the year of the big crop. This year will show a decrease of to per cent. over last the old of broom corn lands to the taking it up. In districts are growing, south are Illinois the “central district” move- ment is from the old to the lower portions of the State, while in Kansas the crop is migrating o Oklahoma. Broom corn can not to hold its own in a country where wheat and Indian corn get a foot- hold, It has wheat that has gradually been driv- What land is left after the wheat is in now goes been our big acreage ing out the broom corn. to Indian corn. Saad the last few days a number of crops were sold between Arcola and Mattoon for $100 a ton, an enormous price. A tew crops found a market in the central district at $00 a ton, and a crop or wo of very inferior brush went at $80 to $85, which sixty days ago would not have brought more than $50 per ton. a Hamilton and Guy W. spent Sunday at Cecil Bay, inspecting the properties of the Em- met Lumber Co. fp on Claude Re yuse Surface of the Moon. The photographing of the heavenly bodies has made most important, as well as interesting, additions to our knowledge of astronomy. The photographic plate is very much more sensitive than is the hu- man eye and when this plate or film is put in the place of the eye at the little end, or more properly, at the eyeglass of a big telescope, it reveals objects that were invisible to any hu- man optics. Thus it is that the exist- ence of vast numbers of celestial ob- jects has been made known when no telescopic power has revealed them to the eye, for they appear in the photograph as small points of light. Subjects of very much more inter- est to the unlearned observer are photographs of the moon, the nearest object in the heavens. A writer in Harper’s Magazine for August pre- sents some fine pictures of lunar scenery. It is worth while to recite a few facts concerning the moon, so as to give some idea of what the as- tronomers hold it to be. The moon is about away from us. 240,000 miles It is about 2,000 miles diameter, it contains about one-thir- teenth of the surface area of our earth, and it around our globe every twenty-eight days. The other heavenly bodies are vastly more distant. Mars, even at its near- est approach to the earth, is about eighty times farther distant than our satellite. revolves The sun is nearly four hun- dred times farther from us than is the moon; Jupiter about two thous- and times; the nearest of the fixed stars approximately one hundred mil- lion times. The photographs of the moon show a state of things that is described as a dead volcanic desert. There are enormous mountain peaks and grea basins, making up a chaos of rock and sand, with no signs of water or vegetation. The astronomers hold that the moon is a dead thing with- out water, an atmosphere or vegeta- ble or animal life. This opinion, how- ever, is based on the fact that we have never seen but one side of the It always keeps the turned towards our earth, moon same dead side and under the circumstances it is scarcely fair to hold that the side which we do not see is also dead. On the contrary, it may have continents, seas, rivers, sities and inhabitants like ourselves. living creatures on the moon they must be like on our earth, If there be any those since the theory of its origin is that the moon is a big chunk that was thrown off from our earth by some possible tremendous explo- sion. It has been claimed that the two hemispheres were once a single body of land, joined where the Atlan- tic ocean now is, and when the moon was thrown off it left the big hole that is now the Pacific ocean, while the balance of the land was split and riven as it now is. The Atlantic fill- ed up the greatest breach, while the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean and the Red seas filled up others. Probably some of the inhabitants and other animal and vegetable or- ganisms were carried away with the 41 moon, and as a matter of course, they live on the good side, which we never see, while we look only into a vast desert of mountains and dry seas. The photographs, however, are very interesting. As to our earth, it is a globe nearly eight thousand miles in diameter and weighing three-fourths as much as a solid globe of iron of the same size. We know that this great mass of the earth, with its mountains and forests, its continents and _ oceans, not only makes a complete rotation on its axis every day, but also moves forward, in its inconceivable yearly journey around the sun, with a speed of nineteen miles every second—a speed nearly a thousand times great- er than that of a railway train run- ning seventy miles an hour. On such a chariot and at such a speed we are riding, and have been all our lives, through the abyss of space; and if it should for a single second of time stop spinning either on its axis or around the sun, a shock would be produced that would probably shake off another moon, even if it did not tear our globe to fragments. If some catastrophe in the knocked the globe, enormous’ past off from our assurance that such event may not oc- can neither predict it nor moon there is no some other cur, We prevent it. Work While You Wait. Work i spite of yourself, and make a habit of work; and when the habit of work is formed, it will be transfigured into the love of work; and at last you will not only abhor idleness, but you will have no hap- piness out of the work which then you are constrained from love to do. 1 Commenting on the trolley devel cpment the Buffalo News — In most counties the trolley _ rates at first to diminish the of the but it is fe uP later .g growth of towns and villages busines steam railroads, han makes lew York enter upon its inheritance. It is unquestion- ably destined to be richest i garden sec tion of the world as well as the theater of the greatest manufactur known anywhere.” i

> The Drug Market. ) ie ee ee ee Another ad- < ked f r Has vance 1oc p } ne Dp es A oc \ ce was ex t Amsterdam _ sz 1 mM i ce ' " hotter muninte T ere is ght stip ) Pop Te a k S 7 Is Ww ¢ - / " im" ‘ 2 nd tradec - oe thers The sporadic successes of Formula For Flexible Glue. loubtful character are founded on ‘ t < < Scie reality in } ct "= o7s r f } 7s VW € } st V ¢ « ting 5 +‘ atifhie vit ( ie lemme v - every- é ° e glue to] y 1 lay business associates i Si i fey \ friends? | Bewer think t \ opliv h + % = ¥ sp . the 8g f S gs 4 thes ners ¢ ¥ ‘ : ' oi\ 5 dd 7 € vo 1 5 if Ss @ ] I jred \ 3 ! yt his v oh. oe Nl " < \ Sy ti? xf r 1} Wr . - XE t S ‘ ° _ Se oe - hi How iv oo s are re \ Too Many Physicians. ee Billings, President ot the | B Yy 1 t your clerks and they M SSO says v3 Trade on t 500 S t c f bre t 1 S i 2 c + e1¢c : | S ° S ss a me S i" ss ft] f < t ges c + tt ¢ pg 4 € o ¢ } é S ¢ B é t - t V \ Ss go g it care oe F \ t H ee ‘ ee Cantaloupe Sundae. A ee i K S\ DP io ) “ - > r wine verv tf leneant m ith + wder An Alkaloidal Idéa. Fis Gee ceesetveeiell oul tia anetiu Ilvertiser nt Ss ld Bette coe kk bh oe Le Mix 1 S Say é S t + we : S cioves t ! 9 al i ao \\ ctors wv t iw } : oe « we a 25 > [ j I € gy nis n S f t S tly w v S | t A litt F the e of clove y 3 buy 10 | might be used t r e NS i —~ ' TT eallcwal Is Petroleum a Food? VN vards rm Gry & S| Lhis question has agitated physi- ‘ -_ 2 \ The Trades ~entict . a iia ™ A cians ad Sci ists (6 sonic c < ¢ | ae y . " " ... / tl S rignt and Can|and seemed to have been settled in t ic Wati ~ oO St Ss ré 4 and educ eS iw 3 A Prominent places in New Jersey have spent considerable money during the recent year for the use of petroleum d prevent mosquitoes. As these tests it is now tnis vear s crop ot mos lese sections are larger and that hy Dusiness ver before. -o months earlier than usual > 2. — Human Rays. ht from the hurnan the eyes of some q} ctr¢ ycraphs, fo i scie c dis le by FP fessor \ W Be ie ae resi r study, but came about 1ecid nd s opened g cc ities in the field . ee Ae a I J ” "e T ix of this 1 t S ised g ee i ws oted tner se] c to the ct fy oO the XA ray S ) nena a - Formula for Ping Pong Soda. MeL. emu ] ¢ L f c : ©. nm thre ‘ ces of ge car ( gradually 1 e pints f heavy \ . na wine _— H ion syrup for t b . de a Diss e gallo watt » t ane 4 v € OUT qs ~~ ty 7 ) S¢é ¥v this ¢ in the most ppetizing . ‘ it shou } a c 7 nal sho ce we! o ov it’ ficec t ume and eotle POW Dende a That t s touched bott s got s ow that S ye despise SCHOOL SUPPLIES Tablets, Pencils, Inks, Papeteries. Our Travelers are »w out with a complete line of samples. You ill make no mis take by he FRED BRUNDAGE Wholesale Drugs and Stationery 134 Wester Muskegon, Mich. | 32 and : | | wvvy OUR HOLIDAY LINE Will be ready for inspection soon. As it would be impossible to carry the complete line on the road, samples will only be shown in our sample rooms over 29-31-33 N. Ionia street. Our display far surpasses any we have ever shown. All the latest novelties in Domestic and Foreign Fancy Goods, Toys, Bric-a-Brac, Miscel- laneous, Toy, Juvenile and Gift Books, Bibles, Etc. Our Book line will also be car- ried by our representatives. We make liberal expense allow- ance to the trade coming to Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids Stationery Co. nds tae PS VV VV EV Ve eee YS tates ta tnd ta bntntnbine rerrvrwyYyyYyYeweYYY CPLA LAL PL MPP APPLE APP PAE mannnand eb tate tn tn be tin in be bbb hn Grand Rapids, Mich. MA RAAAAAAAARAAPAPARARADODS ~ acacia “Spang SENS ae. gree ss 4 a Ne (aie | | Menthol.. 7 40@ 8 00 Seidiitz eae boas @@ 22) Linseed, pure raw.. 4t WHOLESALE DRUG PRICE CURRENT Morphis, &., 8.8 W. 2 399 2 60|Sinapls sw ’:.-, “Qi Linseed, pure raw. ‘2 —— : Morphia, 8.,N.Y. Q. 2 35@ 2 60 | Sinapts, opi. ‘opt.. eos pass @ 2 Neatsfoot, winter str 70 Advanced—Morphia, Qninine, Turpentine. Morphia, Mal........ 2 35Q 2 8) | 8n Maccaboy, De Spirits Turpentine.. 62 Declined— Soap Bark, Oil Peppermint, Linseed Oil. Moschus Canton.... @o “| V alee @ 41) et —— a Myristica, No. 1..... 38@ 40/ Snuff, Seotch, DeVo's @ 41 Paints BBL. L 80 90 | sot © 50 Os 5 a — 306 2 | a. ie wens i 3S i | Red Venetian... j Acidum | Contum _. be dsceges 90 OC nc ccccceee «6 | .-.. .. .... 2 3 a, | oe. .... 6 11 po (ise § 6@s 8/| Copaiba. 1 18@ 1 28 | Tolutan.............. $ 50 | Pepsin Saac, H. & P. Soda et. Potase Tart. 28@ 30| Ochre, yellow Mars. a a aoe , German. 70 75) Cubebse be eee eee i. 30@ 1 36 Prunus virg......... o@ & O22. wees eres ee 1 00) im tere.......... 1%@ 2 Ochre, yellow Ber.. @s inzolcum ' @ 17) Exeohthitos — 1 50@ 1 60 | A Picis Lig. N N.i al. Soda, Bi-Carb.. 3@ 5 Putty, commercial.. 2% 2%@3 eee ee cn ne 2\ Erigeron . III 100@ 1 10} doz. $ 2 00 | Soda, Ash.. tone OO 4) Putty, strictly pure. 2% 2%@3 AEDONCUM «..--.--+. : 44| Gaultherla .... 2.12. 2 30@ 2 40 | Aconitum Napellis R 60 | Picis iis. , quarts .. 1 00 Soda, Suphas.. oc @ 2 Vermilion, Prime Oitricum...........-- 42 5 | Geranium, ounce. 75 | Aconitum Napellis F 50 | Picis Lig., pints..... @ 85 | Spts. Cologne.. @260| American......... 14 15 Hydrochlor.......... = 19 | Gossippi!, Sem. gal... a 60 | Aloes . 60 | Pil Heaters po. 80 50 | Spts. Ether Co...... 50@ 55 | Vermilion, English.. = 75 Nitrocum ..........-- 19@ 14| Hedeoma..........:. 1 80@ 1 85 | Aloes and Myrrh... 60 Piper Nigra...po. 22 18 | Spts. Myrcia Dom... @ 2 00 | Green, Paris........ 14 18 in a @ 15|Junipera............ 1 50@ 2 00) Sea te eeee eens = Le z Al a.. -o. & @ * Sots. Vani Reet. bbl. @ =. Peninsular, . ’ ue r 4 Oe vim 4 | ABSALCOSIGR......-... x Burgun...... s. Vin t. 4Db! ae Lou Salicylicum ......... 20 5 ome 2222727" 1 tee 1 28 | Abtope Belladonna. 60} Plumbi Acet..... 10 Spts. Vini Rect. gal Lead, white. 6% 7 aoe weteceee Re 1 29 | Mentha Piper... 3 24@ 8 50 | — Oortex...... = rae. Fam bor on 1 30@ 1 50 | Spts. Vini Rect. 5 gal @ Whiting, mis Span S@ w er ae. 5 50} ceeeeteceeene ethrum, boxes 8 chnia, Crystal... 1 15 tin ers’. 96 Tartaricum ......... 38@ 40) sone eat i oT a 5 5 50} &P. D.Co., d @ 75| Sulphur, 8 ube... ' ae Ke 4 White, Paris, Amer. @iws Ammonia ... 400@ 4 50 50 | Pyrethrum, bv.. 28@ 30/ Sulphur, Roll. 24@ 3% Whiting, Paris, Eng. ‘ Amun, 16 deg... .... 40 e| Oive.: oe 75Q 3 00 77 Guaeete 8 10) Tamarinds . an oe 1) £ 1 4a Aqua, 20 deg. Hea 6@ 8| Picis Liquida........ 10% 12 | 50 | Quinia, 8. P.& W :6Q 36 | Terebenth Venice... 28@ 30 | Universal Prepared. 1 10@ 1 20 Carbonas.... .....-- 18 15} Picis Liquida, wale. @ 3 > Guia German.. 26 38|Theobromm.......... 42 50 iti Chioridum........... 12@ 14 Ricina.. ce ccecee a onl eo a aaa 25 r — acceee- eee eee 9 00@i6 _ Aniline Rosmarini --... a a ; mo 50 | Saccharum Lactis pv 206 22 | . i ” No.1 Turp Coach... 1 1 28 00@ 2 25 | Seects Nee... 4. 0O. 6 Siaae.............. 4 50 4 75 | Otls Extra Turp.......... 1 60@ 1 78 =e 1 4 ae 90@ 1 00 | ° Senarie Draconis = ” ii i BBL. GAL. Coach B 2 8 08 °° Se se oe 27 7 00 | Sapo, W.. 4 4) Oe, Wenter....... 79 70 | No. 1 Turp Furn..... 1 1 16 WEROW...00 65.0505. 2 50@ 8 90 | Qassar = 65 | vant ma ie «612 | Laed, oxtra.......... 85 90 | Extra Turk Damar.. 1 1 60 Baccs — ess., ounce. : on : oe | Sapo G @ Wi tart, Mot... 60 © 65 | Jap. Dryer,No.1Turp OCubebse........ po, 2@ wT ZL tetera . Juniper: “on: o@ me RAE Og A ei to anthox | Theobromas ........ 15@ 20/| Fe um... ie ee eee | Gentian . ee 59 agit, eee fo palba. = som «85 Potassium Genta ee 88 @ as. — —_ = Se eE- Ww © Per : lt sine WO 1S Guleee amieas- 8 ~11¢ - VV ome Hydrasis me — 3 7 parame to our established custom of hav Sarbonate Precip... | Hellebore a, i Li 15| Atther, Spts.Nit.e F 30@ 385 ye -aqc > yec Citrate and — ~~ 2 a a — no ‘ = | —' Spts. Nit.4F 2@ . Ing each season the largest and Gentecvankium iol. 40| Iris plox...po. 3538 38@ 40 | Alumen, ‘et0'4.90.7 “—— 7 most desirable line of HOLIDAY Solut. Chloride. ..... 15 | Jalapa, pr........... 23@ 30) Annatto........ 40 50 : a / a Sulphate, com'i. .... 2| Maranta, is........ _@ 35) Antimoni, 2s GooDs and staple druggists’ sun- Sulphate. com'l, by os — po = ; = Antimont et P Potass T = d \ h i | Te Ww WHE, OE CWE. cee Re es cope eee oncs yrin 9 — un i m i a guiphiate, pure...... 71 ot = ls “a ; = — as be wend oe 3 : ries shown in the state. ON ec odee esas n . 9 ns , we. a os we 19|Spiwella cc ------0:: 8G 38] Areentcum. 10 have spared no effort or expense Aves... .....- be Sanguinaria...po. 15 @ 18) Balm Gilead a 5 50 : | oe anthem|s. 278 7p | Serpentaria ......... 85@ 70| Bismuth 8. N........ 2 20@ 2 38 in assembling the most attractive Matricaria.. 30@ 35 Sonegs . sii 75 85 | Caletum Chior., 18.. a6 cau > i | Smilax, o cinalis 40 | Calcium Chior., 8... @ 10 ac ~ -< arc han- il sq 40) Similar, M.. 2 Caletum Chior Q3" gu articles of this class of merchan L antharides, Rus.po oi ” is i le Caunla-Acatifa, Ti — + Srmpicaipa, Ft as Capit erucusal” = @ is dise of both foreign and domestic i 2 oo) eee Oe | Capsic! Fructus 4 Salvia Acie Ais, 88 %| varie. Eng. 70.3 = @ 25 ae 2 s manufacture, and we confidently andes nws--s 2g 20) Valerian, German, 192 | Carropayiua. pots up i , : ee | 8... Jarmine, No Lees 3 r a y . : : ; Uva Ursl......0..00-- = 2 ers... 14@ 16 | Carmine, No. aa await the approval and generous Gammi Cera Flava.......... 42 , i “rs f i Acacia, 1st picked... @ 65 nee. — ae orders of our customers for 1903. Acacia, 24 picked... @ 45)/ Anisum 10. @ 15) Cassia Fructus @ 35 Acacia, 34 picked.. @ 3A = "(eraveieons). 13@ 15 | Centrarta.. 10 Acacia, sifted sorts. $ 28 | Bird, 4@ 86 / Cetaceum.. woe 45 Acacia, po 45 85 | © ma. ee ieee Bo. ‘15 10@ 11/| Chloroform 60 BOOKS Aloe, Barb. (po.18@20 12@ 14/ Cardamon. eae 70@ 90 /| Chloroform, squibbs @ 110 Aloe, Cape.. SS -po. = $ = | Cortandrum..... os on es ae J p> Hyd Creé.... 1 at 2 , Socot 0. abis Sativa..... lore 20@ r he " a elk ee , . inane. 2 55@ 60/ Cydonium........... 75@100/Cinchonidine,P.&W 3@ 48 We have made a special study of Assafotida.. --Po. 40 25@ 40/Chenopodium....... 25@ 30/0 nchonidine,Germ. 38@ 48 H i Benzoinum.......... 50@ 55| Dipterlx Odorate../. 0@ 1 09 | Cocaine 4 55@ 4 75 the book business this season Catechu, is........-- g 13 Feenioulum .. aie 2g 10 Corks, list, ‘dis. pr.ct. aa FP sia al Catechu, 48......... | _be...... 7 TOOOGER, 8. 5 won 2 aT): > - “ Catecht, Xs.. i aiff ig Lint Cone enc ‘ 3 8 Creta waa. ebb. @ : and are prepared to urnis a st | . «+o a Ee a a i euphottion pois @ | 40| Lobella 1 50@ 1 86 | Creta, precip... 22. @ 11 the new and holiday editions. Galbanum. @ 1 00; Pharlaris Canarian.. 6 @ 7| Creta, Rubra........ @ 38 ue ce Le Gamboge ........- -Bo ! 25@ 1 38 | Rapa -§ @ 8) Crocus... ag 8 Dealers placing their orders with geanctn. i | — ee Se Soin - ones h ood will h ll no | Cupri Sulph......... : ace , re Mastic. ..-... sg «62 8 aaien | Bextrine 20 Ae us for th ese good wi ave a Opi... Po. ‘oi + * | Frument BPRS fag 18 Emery, all numbers. g 3 the leading lines of the country ee saa ae toe 2 mery, po.. 8 Shellac, biewched.... 40@ 45 | Prumentl........... 1 280 180 Ergota | po, 00 86 90 to select from. Tragacanth.......... 70@ 1 00 | ee a See 30 | Flake White........ 12 18 ; Herba N. E..!) 1 90@ 2 10 | Galla “i = Our Mr. W. B. Dudley will have on | - > ~ "=e <— 8 9 7 " ' Absinthium..oz. pkg 25 “% V int Galli Wee oe oe 1 75@ 6 BO Gelatin, Cooper. S@ 6 . : ° i" Eupatorium..oz. pkg 20 | Vint Oporto. ........ 1 25@ 200 Gelatin} French... 35@_ 60 this entire line on the road soon Lobelia ...... oz. pkg Ak Vini Alba........... 1 25@ 200 | Glassware, filnt,box 75 & 5 . “¢ Sa Majorum ...0z. Dkg = Sponges | Less than box’... 70 and will notify you at what points an bs aggons am 35 | Florida sheeps’ wool | Glue, brown......... 11@ 18 i . eee — ‘oz. pkg 39 | carriage... 2 00@ 2 75) Glue, white. aa & it will be on exhibition. Tanacetum V oz. pkg 2S. ae: "wool 2 @ 2 75| Grana Paradi @ B rhymus, V...0z. Pkg 25 | Velvet extra sheeps’ | Humulus. 2D 55 casa | wool, carriage. . @ i so| Hydrarg Chior Mite $ 1 00 Calcined, Pat........ 60 | Extra yellow sheeps’ os Hvdrarg page de abl $ l * H | ti c p ki ns Carbonate, Pat...... 1 20; wool, car age 1 25 ie i : eo 201G h 1, | Hydrarg Ammoniati 1 20 ae aoa 180 20 acariage ~ = @10 ————— = = aZe ine er I Oleam ae late use. or ichthyobolia, Am): 6@ 70 Absinthium......... E 00@ 5 25 | slate use........... @ 1 «| Indigo:.......--. - tei Amygdalez, Dulc.... 50@ 60 s tonne, Resu a 3 60 ru om an Amygdale, Amare. 8 00@ 8 25 yrups | lodoform i 3 85 eT 60@ 1 65 @ | Lupulin...... ‘i @ & Sees Coen Lae = : = > . iL —-- 4 70 i" Bergamii .. i Mac 8 75 : Cajiputt . 80@ 85 @ 60/| Liquor Arsen et Hy- Grand Rapids, Mich. Caryophyill / 80@ 85 ‘ So 0) Tod.. -. & Cedar . oe i Bee Avom.......... @ se) Liquo FPotassArsinié 1 12 Chenopadii-. ee : oon + 80 | — Officinalis... = 3 60 | | feagnes is, a a 3 8 innamonii ......... ee ‘ es 1% GHErODeLR s-cccsscoce | MS BL elles cc GR iw Mmm: Be eee ee ao | © Ym Ne Ne ee ge ee ee A. © 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 ble to change at any time, ADV ANCED Corn Syrup Pearl Barley Straw Paper Cotton Twine going to press. Prices, however, are lia- and country merchants will have their orders filled at market — at date of —— hase. DECLINED Galvanized Pail Galvanized Tubs Brick Cheese index to Markets By Columns Col A Axle Grease..........- 1 B ek cece tern onesie |B eee LE eke eee tier CORE... ... ccc ssscceees. Ff © Te il Candles: . ond ete te ten 1 a Goods. ae Lhe : Cageup...... eae eee ee Carbon Oita 2 Chewing Gum. A ite ee cee eee OB Chocolate. . 2 Clothes Lines. . ie 2 —_—_———————_— _ 2 eT eee Oooek Giells..........-..+-- 3 Comes ..... 8 Crackers .. . 8 Db ee PE, nce cece cee ss © ¥ Farinaceous Goods.......... Fish and — ae en P Fishing Taskie. . eee 4 Fly Paper. oe — eats, eee 4 Fruits . 11 a Gelatine.. Ce 5 Grain Ba ags. oe Grains and Fiour . ee ee 5 H ee Hides and Pelts.............- 1¢ I Indigo.........- 5 J TE occ oe we onsen enone. oe _ os L es tee wee vena 5 LO... ncrceecseccccccccsenee & M a 5 Metal Polish... . ao. © cit eet eet eee Mustard.... ee 5 N i ie eect eane Oe oO a... 8 a. 8 Pinptes Cards e Potash .... i 8 Provisions. en 6 R tet eee ee eee 8 ce Soeee-- 7 Saleratus...... a. 8 oak ou 7 Salt Fish.. 7 Shoe Biscking: EU ie eee & Soap.. 7 Soda.. 8 Spices — 8 Starch g ee & Syrups ees 8 = wA.... 8 —s...l. 8 ne. 9 v Ee 9 w Pees Foeser,............ 9 ee 9 RN, sen enes ot amns 3 Weepeind PROT... 0... .00.5. 10 Y Teast Gube...... ............ © AXLE GREASE gross chip. te, 6 00) Oastor Oli 7 00 Diamens ......... 425 Frazer’ 75 8 00 IXL Golden, tin boxes 75 9 00 BATH BRICK Rees... .... -... ew ee 75 | Pe oe — “BROOMS © et ee... 2 ao. = Oeeee........ No. 3 Carpet. No. 4 Carpet... Parlor Gem.. Pee Wie es ike ne ees os 2 BRUSHES Scrub oe eee, SO............. 75 tet, ae 95 ee 85 BUTTER COLOR 30 =" R. & Co.'s, 15¢ size.. 1 25 00 , BR. & Co." 's 2e size... 2 CANDLES Electric Light, &8.. i Electric —" 168. oe Parafiine, 6s.. | Paraffine, 12s. cseseeee eel Wicking. ae CANNED GOODS Apples 3 lb. Standards ' 80 Gallons, standards... 2 00@2 25 Blackberries Standards .... \ 85 Beans Baked ; 80@1 30 Red Kidney 80B 20 String \ bo. 70 Wax 75@ 80 Miushervtes Standard .... 1 20 Seenk ‘feces 2 Ib. cans, Spiced..... a 90 Clams, Little Neck, 1 Ib 1 OO@1 25 Little Neck. 2 Ib. i 50 Clam Bouillon Burnham’s, % pint........ 1 92 Burnham's, pints.......... 36. Burnham’s, quarts........ 7 20 Cherries Red “ee as........1 Sl White . 1 50 ‘m wee... \ o 115 Good : ' 1s Fancy 1 50 French Peas ar eee Peee............ 22 Extra Fine. a 19 ee 15 Moyen... oe 11 Gooseberries Standard .. 90 Hominy Standard... 85 Lobster Star, 4 ib “ 2 00 Star, 1 1b 875 Picnic Tall 2 40 Mackerel Mustard, 1 ib 1 80 Mustard, 21D 2 80 oe 2 ......... 1% Soused, 2 Ib i i 2 80 Tomato, 1 1b 1 80 Tomato, 2 Ib 2 80 Mushrooms cnttitam ten 18@20 Buttons.... . 22@25 Oysters Cove, 1 Ib XQ Cove, 2 1b | 1 eB Osve, 1 i Oval...... 1 o Peaches Pie : ; 80@1 C0 Yellow .... . 1 35@1 85 ears Standard ' ‘ 1 00 Fancy 12 Peas Marrowfat .. 9071 *o Early June 90@1 60 Early June Sifted.. 1 65 Plams Pas a 2 eee 1 Grated .... 25@2 75 —-......... 1 35@2 55 | Pumpkin con, fe 7 'G , 90 3 1 10 ee 2 50 Raspberries eee... ° 1 15 een eennead 44 Ib. cans. 4 8 75 % Ib, cans. / 00 a... ee Salmon | Columbia River, talls 1 65 Columbia River, flats 1 80 ae. a... 1 30 ra See.. ...... 90 Sardines Domestic, 4s.. 3% Domestic, \s ....... 5 Domestic, Mustard. E|]RK California, t4s....... 11@14 California \s...... i. 17@24 Peon, WE.......... 7@14 French, Pe sae. 18Q28 Shrimps eee 1 20@i 4 Succotash a... .. NN 40 Fancy 1 50 whberries peers ..........., Fancy Tomatoes —.............. Qi — ee —. eee ee CARBON OILS Barrels rorroren........__... @11% Water bela @i1 >. &. Gaeenne......... @15 Deodorized 1 Napintia.. @14% Cylinder. . --38 @34 a... 16 @22 Biaek, Winter.......... 8 @10% CATSUP Columbia, 25 pints......... 4 50 Columbia, 25 % pints....... 2 60 Snider’s quarts — 3 25 Snider’s pints. . Snider’s & pints .. CHEESZ se ........... Amboy —— Carson City. \ Gil Eoin oie aioe wien @iz« —- be @tis Ge @11 Gold Pe @ — Sli ~ ces —— Bil Riverside....... ~ All I i pees eee ee 11@1% eee @1 09 Leiden . a @i7 Limburger. .. ee i 8@ 9% Pin ee 50@7’ Sap : ii ibis le @20 CHEWING GUM American Flag Spruce.. 55 Beeman’s Pepsin .......... 60 a eee... 2 55 Largest Gum Made....... 60 eee 5S Sen Sen Breath Perfume.. 1 00 oo oor........ ...... 5S ee, 55 CHICORY 5 a i ee ee 6 as .............., CHOCOLATE Walter Baker & Co.'s. German Sweet.. . = Premium..... wc oe ee 41 Caracas. 35 Eagle.. 2R CLOTHES LINES» Sisal 60 m, 3 threes, ociva...... 1 Oo 72 ft, 3 thread, extra...... 1 40 90 ft, 3 thread, extra...... 17 60 ft, 6 thread, extra...... 1 29 72 ft, 6 thread, extra...... —_ Jute oT 75 Ee 90 ee ee 1 05 i a al 1 50 Cotton ‘Victor ria . 1 00 Ee at 85 | 70 ft... ~ 3 4 Cotton Windsor eh ee 1 20 ee eee ce eke. 1 40 i i 65 Oe le ee ee 1 & Cotton Braided em & cg ES 95 oo. ................. 110 Galvanized Wire No. 20, each 100 ft long.... 1 90 No. 19, each 100 ft long.... 2 10 COCOA Baker's 38 Cleveland 41 ae oe ........- 4... 35 Colonial, 48 ‘. 33 oe oo 42 uyler . a Van Houten, %s............. 12 Van Houten, 4s8....... ~— - Van Houten, 48...... ood 40 Van Houten, is...... i e.........., Lace 31 wae ie... CC ae 42 COCOANUT ee ee. 26 Dunham’s 48 and %48..... 26% Dunham's \8............. 27 Pees 5)..--......... oe =... CU 13 Se SHELLS oe eee... a, 2% Less quantity eee 3 Pound packages . vel a COFFEE Rio oe : Fair . i ee cea A 10 eee rcs cues oc, 15 Santos I an eee eet cone 8 Fair . bees beeen one NT “10 I cece teas eddemu cous i ee ce ence penn Maracaibo _ ee 13 as 16 Mexican A 18 Pee 17 Guatemala oe .. 13 Java a ied os oe decane, 12 a 17 Oo @. McLaughlin’ 5s XXXX McLaughlin’s XXXX sold to retailers ay Mail all orders direct to W. #. McLaughlin & Co., Chicago. Extract Holland, % gross boxes..... 90 Felix % gross.. Seescek Hummel’s foll % gross. ne 85 Hummel’s tin % gross ...... 1 43 CRACKERS Nationa! Biscuit Co.’s brands Batt €% els 6% t €44 ———o.ti‘*«‘(CCSC ? a ~. 2. OC. — ee R ception F lakes . oo. = — ll 13 EO —————— is Oyster ee 64 ee oe ek oie ces 7, ne 7% a... Sweet Goods— Boxes OO 1 DOOOTEOE CORB... .0.. 000. 10 BE I oe erie denen i EE es cocn ce once 18 Cinnamon Bar.. a 2 Coffee Cake, loed......... 10 Coffee Cake, Java. . _ = Cocoanut Macaroons... ons 18 ee Cocoanut Tafty.. ee 12 Cracknelis. . co Creams, a a 8 CE Cs os cone cnc ce 10% ee i oe oe 11% EE BR ew oes c ane 10 Frosted _—-* 12 Frosted Cream. * Gingers ... 8 Ginger Gems, 'rge or am’ll 8 6 Ginger Snaps, N. B.C.. % ee 10% Graham Crackers......... 8 Graham Wafers......... . = Grand Rapids Tea........ 16 money Pingers...........- 1g Iced Honey Crumpets..... 16 Rc 8 Jumbles, Honey......... - Lady Fingers ees es ce 12 Lemon Snaps... . 12 RNG WRTIEE.... 5050 cone 18 eer... + 18 Marshmaliow Creams..... 16 MT A Walnuts.... 16 Molasses Bar........7..... 9 Moss Jelly A a 12% oe —. Oatmeal! Crackers. . Oatmeal Wafers.. Orange Crisp.. a Penny Cake...... ne Pua meee, SAA......... Pretzelettes, hand made.. Pretzels, hand made...... Scotch Cookies eee Beers 2 eee........ 6... Sugar Cake Sugar Biscuit Square.. = BqUATER,........ 0 . © Putt eae AN EN 16 Vee Waeees........:..... ié Woes Coe. ..-3. 05, 8g DRIED FRUITS Apples ae... Evaporated, 50 Ib. boxes54@7 California Pranes 100-120 25 ib. boxes ...... @ 90-100 25 ib. boxes ...... @4 80 - 90 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 4% 70-80 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ Bq 60 - 70 25 Ib. boxes ...... @é 50 - 60 25 Ib. boxes @ 8% 40-50 25 Ib. boxes ...... @ 7% 30 - 40 25 Ib. boxes ig cent less in 50 ib. cases Citron Ceres... 14 @14% Currants Imported, 1 |b package 14e Imported _ ge 74™@ Lemon ous 10 Ib. Dx..13 Orange American 10 Ib. bx..13 isins London Layers 2 Crown. London Layers 3 Crown. Cluster 4 (rown......... Loose Muscatels 2 Crown 4 Loose Muscatels 3 Crown TH Loose Muscatels 4 Crown 8 > a -. =. 9@ 9 ’ Seeded; & Ib.. 7@ 7 inca an eT 10 Sultanas, package .......... 10% FARINACEOUS GOODS Beans Dried Lim ows oon Medium Hand Picked” 2 40 Breve Beeeee................ 2 26 Farina 26 1 1D. Pee ............ 1 50 Bulk, per 100 Iba.... i Hominy Pie, 0. ee..... .... 1 eee oe Oe 5 00 reat, eo . eoe8........... 2 60 Maccaroni and Vermicelli Domestic, 10 ib. box........ Imported. 25 Ib. box. ....... “2 BO Pearl — a , ee a 2 Empire.. ee st tt ..8 50 Green, Wisconsin, me... 1 85 Green, Scotch, bu. . ae Split, b.. a. / Rolled ‘Oats Rolled Avena, bbl... 6 00 Steel Cut, T00 Tb. sacks... 3 00 Monarch, a, 5 7 Monarch, 90 Ib. sacks. ......2 80 Quaker, cases. tenon oe Sago a ‘= German, sacks.. 3 German, rr pookage.. 4 Flake, 110 = — pose ees » 44 roars, (3) ©. eenks.......... 3% Pearl, 241 1b. packages..... 6% Wheat Crees, D.........4 ss, Be 242 Bb. packages ..... --2 BO FISHING TACKLE me ee ee ee 6 i to 2 inches...... 7 1% to2 inches.... 1. o OO —_——————_ . oO a 15 Soe. ......-.....,... 2 Cotton Lines ee a 5 ee ee... Fg ee. BO eee oo a ee ee il eo, oe ee... ee, 12 No. 7, eee as 15 Do 6, oo oee....-.........--- 18 No. 9, 15 feet... ~——- a Linen ‘Lines eS et i ia a SN ee ee iene 26 eo eS 34 Poles Bamboo, 14 ft., per doz.... . 50 Bamboo, 16 ft.. per doz...... 65 Bamboo. 18 ft., per doz. . 2 FLAVORING EXTRACTS Jennings’ Terpeneless Lemon. No.2 D.C. per Goz........3 7% No.4 D.C. pe Gex........ 1 50 mo. 62>. C. per Gos..:.. ... 700 Taper D. C. pet Gon....... 1 Mexican Vanilla. Noe. 2D ©. pee Ges........ 12 No. 4 D.C. par dos. ....... @ me. 6 D.C. oer Gon........ 3 00 Taper D.C. Le GOZ.... 000+ 2 00 FRESH MEATS yo Uarcass.... a © oe Forequarters . 6 @8& Hindquarters .. ane 8%O10 eek caine ae ee 10 @14 , @ @i2 och eee uine ~ 22 I eh ce ener en Plates eee eeesceseeees 4 GELATINE Knox’s Sparkling......... 120 Knox’s Searktion, r gross % ma Knox’s Acidula ah Knox’s Acidulat’d \pr gross 4 oe Oxford.. 75 Plymouth Rock........... 1 20 TT a aaa 1 50 oe, Soe Oe... ........ 1 61 Cox's. i oe... ..... i 10 GRAIN BAGS Amoskeag, 100in bale .... 15% Amoskeag, lessthan bale. 15% GRAINS AND FLOUR Wheat vo... .... ees 73 Winter Wheat Flour Local Brands se 00 cash dis- 25c per bbl. ad- ye achubiect ‘to ‘usual unt. ow in bbis., ditional. Worden oa Co.'s — Quaker ‘s.. 406 Quaker igs... — Gusker 44... ...... Spring Wheat Flour Clark-Jewell-Wells Co.'s ee t Pillsbury’s Best Sin i ¢ €O Pillsbury’s Best %s paper. : > Pilisbury’s Best j4* Rap aper. oO. Lemon & Wheeler Brand ME ieee wees ces eee e..--- ‘ 3 (ee 475 Judson Grocer Co.’s a. Ceresota %8.. S ‘ Cee Cee oe..... 70 Worden er Co.’s im oo Poors We... no 420 Laurel \s. 4 80 Laurel 4s and is paper... 4 89 Meal Bolted .. a. oe Granulated |. ted oconce, oe Feed ond Millstufts St. Car Feed screened .... 21 50 No. 1 Corn and Oats...... "1 50 Corn Meal, coarse........ 20 59 Winter Wheat Bran....... 18 50 Winter Wheat Middlings. 20 56 ee 19 00 ores 5. 5 ee 18 00 Oats ee We... ............ -- 36% Corn on a oe ............ & Hay No. 1 Timothy car lots.... 14 00 No. 1 Timothy ton lots.... 16 00 HERBS ee o Hops .. a “ae ot jenna Leaves...... ——e INDIGO Madras, 5 Ib. boxes ...........55 S. #., 2, "g.and 5 Ib. ae. oe JELLY 5 ib. pails.per doz........ ee ee eee. eee ec uee 68 er Eagle Brand High test powdered lye. Single case lots. l0e size, 4 doz cans per case 3 50 Quantity deal. #3.90 per case, with 1 case free with every 5 cases or % case free with 3 cases. Condensed, 2 €08........0..+.1 B® emeeeen, 6 Gee... ....... 2 2 MEAT ne Armour’s, 2 0z . 445 a ge eee 8 20 Liebig’s, Chicago, 2 oz.... 2 75 Liebig’s, Chicago, 4 0z.... 5 50 Liebig’s, imported, 20z... 4 55 Liebig’s, importad.4o0z .. 8 50 MOLASSES New Orleans Fancy Open Kettle........ 40 Cn ae 35 22 Half-barrels 2c extra MUSTARD Horse Radish, 1 doz.........1 75 Horse Radish, 2 doz. .......8 58 Sayle’s Oelary, . doz........ ii as Sea MICHIGAN TRADESMAN 45 4 | | S 7 8 a METAL POLISH ' Search Brand. SALAD DRESSING 9 10 j Paste, 3 0z. box, per doz... 7 | Durkee’s, large, | doz 4 Scouring j - Paste, 6 oz. box, per d 5 | | Durkee’s, small, 2 doz....... 50 Enoch Morgan’s Sons Fine Cut Liquid, 4 02. bottle don : = | Snider's, ‘large, 1 doz 2 = — oe wen, ........ "9 00 ee... Se vee BA Trojan oh a Liquid, % pt. can, ‘per doz. 1 é0 | | Snider’s, small, 2 doz. a apolio, half gross lots......4 0} Hl oss cscs. 33 | Rel spring . 90! Wool Liquid, i pt: can, per doz.. 2 30 ——— [aie oh oe lee codmen. oie. be Qi0 quid, % gal. can, per doz. % 50 Packed 60 ibs. in bo yp aad... lie sia in woah OO pails.......58 | No. 2 patent brush holder _. 75 | medium. . @23 ’ 5 i. a) elegram...... 0. 2 patent b | Unw Liquid, 4 gal. , Can, per doz.14 00 | ome Arm an and Hammer. 3 15 Boxes Soma. Bay Car ee) = | Taeai =, iia i 1 =" oe a ‘a pe Bulk, 1 gal. ees. 1 | Dgne GoW. 20 8 00| Kegs, Miglias <0 2000000000 a Protection... ....-2 00202 | ta " CONFECTIONS Bulk, 6 gal a ee vorrei 218 18] geoteh, in bladders... —— 2 on : a eae a 8S | Wyandotte, ibd Mal. 27~...7 50] pee "i gy | TIBOR ---- oo ne cree eooe core ones 38 | oop Standard...... 1 50 bbl one — sal pong or “gama 8 00 | French in jars.. i me 3-hoop —— sa 1 80 | Standard .... > Queen, 19 02........ 4 50 | Granula’ L SODA appee, in jars. ...: 4g | Red Cross.......... Wu a NN | 65 | Standard H. H.- z Queen, 28 0z......-..---.-. 7 00| — aes os 85 SPICES iene ame ete |3-wire, Cable......... --++-+1-1 60 | Standard Twis 7 Stuffed, § oz. 00000-00000. °e—_—— aan. Sis IPD. —n-vwewoote Liahieoaae | Cedar, "wureka boii 95 | Cub Loag............ : > ius sauaus . 2 .... Sie. , : ’ ss. :2 1 A -, $2) Cassia, China in ‘maia. 12 Battle Axe ooo DE ke tiered eau "370 nn oT : | * ‘s-a. 12 | American Eagle............. P a“ xtra wns PIPES lt Dinmend Oryetal | Cassia, Saigon, broken... a Standard Fan yg Ean = Shetheteie Boston Sheen i @10% Clay, a mine dese esos eves 1 70; | Topic” cases, 243 !b, boxes..1 40 a - on, in rolls. 55 Spear Head, 16 oz r7*°, «=| Hardwood .... .. Raat R>- seneee 10 i ae | Zable. barrels, 1003 Ib. bags.3 00 | Cloves’ yna... 17 | Spear Head, (eee... ...... 2 50 Mixed Cand ; No, ae — barrels, 50 6 Ib. bags.3 00 —* Tansiver. . 14 | NODDY Twist ......-..- +e Be EUs ann. 2 70 | Grocer a chillin | Zable, barrels, 407 Ib. bags.2 75 | Nutme SI TN access coon ee, SOO) Reeeescrrneeees RS Medium Butter, ooo 320 Ib. Dulk.2 65 a aa 105-10 ge | Old Honesty.........--...--- ee ae ‘sa. @7 ae 1,200 count ......... 8 75 | Butter ho -bags.2 8 | Nutmegs, i620. S VenceeserereceseeereeceeeB | ~~ | Conserve............. Sm s bbis, 600 count.........4 8&8 | Butter, sacks bewnnenee 27 | Pepper, Singapore, black. 85 | Piper Heldsick.......... 2.2. | Mouse, wood, 2 holes ee S7% i ee : Small Shaker, 242 ig bee ee cou 67 Pepper, Bingap =o bine 15 — die ae mise ceed 61 | Mouse, wood, 4 holes........ 22 Ribbon mane a eta bee S &% eS ane 10 5) | ee 1 50| Pepner.shot. _. , White. 28 Honey aOip Twist pees dese cese = | Mouse, wood, 6 holes........ = wan @9 er 199s bs sack Grades anenz? ann in Bulk Black Standard............. ? ae | En ut Loat ae , PLAYING CARDS | ee ee 199 | Allspiee.. a Cadillac «..- 0-0 -00-02-+. ic 33 | Rat, Saas: reeeeere 80) nglish Rock.. eo No. 90, Steamboat. . 99 | 2810 — i oo a, Batavia. Se I ne anne 30 | eg a 75 | Kindergarten «-... .. ee No. 15, Rival, assorted.... 120| 561b —— ee oa 1 70 | Cassia, peteria............ “a mai... T | Bon Ton Cream... . @3 No. 20, Rover, enameled.. 1 = tr comme 39 | Cloves, Zanzibar....... 17 Smoki = ices | Beam — Haha ue @ o” a ry Goi, sat TS 1 75 | Se 15 caer’ Aenean... oe Sweet eo - | o- entens, Ne. i, ...7 00 pear Sr a asonn- S10 : b , Golf, satin finish.. 2 00} Warsaw Gi » Cochin............ 18 EL AAA NAN , ard, No. 2.....6 00 ixe ii : No. 808, Bicye 2 00 | 56 Ib. dairy I Inger, Jamaica enn Rutan... 3? | 1¢-Inch, Standard, N “a eee 1 d No. 632, Tournam’t Wiist. > 2s | 28 Ib. dairy in drill oon fc = —— 8 aa a 2 \ieinch’ Cable, i Levees BO ee mata 2 POTASH Helar ne Pepper, Sin: 1g | Bamboo, i6oz..............-24 | 16-4 ae 8 50 ancy—In Pais | Rock . ’ gapore, blac [ : é-inch Cable, 2 ( ae case. aa ee 98 peer: a black. Ps I = 1. 1Goz. pal etiegreri 2 He. 1 Fibre... No. wate eaee 60 cae Drop 1079 Penna Sait Co.’s.............3 00 | Common eee og — Dea Na 2 Fibre... | Gose Hen Bone... U a PROVISIONS | Granulated Fine.. 75 | STA “-- Flag lock. a Te 35 . : Pe ge Squares.. 12 boshanceatimeagietire | Medium Fine.. Se ae . RCH Chise, Lee ade sah oe 38 Wash Boards see uares 9 ' i @ cece | ee ir eanuts i a oo @Q17 75 | SALT FISH 1-Ib. pac “coe 5 Kiln Dried .....-..-.----+-+- S oe a .2 5 | Salted Peanuts.. . Ss Clear bac @i7 00| 2 Cod Hg ea 5 | Duke's Mixture. 2.000000 33 | Double A : | oe eee 10 Clear back.......... 17 S | ee e....---::-- ss Sn puke's Gameo.............--48 | Single aii .2 75 | San Wine Goodie gu foes onan noes @16 76 | Z . boxes. Oe ew. bee nges, plain . } Be descr sare ten 19 09 | Sitips or bricks. 2 BPs | tarve....-... en... vaeeeee Seng Yum Yum, 1% 0z.........-.- | Dotbie Ponisi. eases 2 25 | Vozenges, printed Sas Kamil SA Ge reer nc sean . @8%| Comm ee Yum, 1 Ib. ails Leda 37 | Northern Quee! (1II1..2 50 | Champion C hocolate @u y Mess Loin.. a: _,. i (ee... > ip NOE oo 2 50 | Kelipse Chocolates... ae @16 75 | Strips Halibut. = 7 = packages.......... Corn Can... | Double Duplex "T1727 55 "2 gg | Quintette Choe. . o i ie Dry Salt Meats oo Sead tality : a. Panes ........ ikon = pang Ce 2 | Universal ttsteeceee recess 275 —— Gum Dps @s | SP Bellies... 10% | —— | i" Plow Boy, 3% O2.......-0000- 30 dies die 2 25 Lemon Sours... + Extra shorts...... — ro Heltand white hoops, bbl. 10 50 | ‘co... eee oe le udow Cleaners | Imperials...... $3 and white hoops%bbl. 5 50 | Half bbis....... ce Peerless, 1% OZ........-++++- oH bob ull a seen Rion Rit 1 gp | sal. Cream Opera. . $ j Hams SS. @ | eee white hoop, Keg.. of 10 Ib. cans, % doz. in secon = BRB ee see nuns 36 _ me ND 1 85 Ital. _— Bonbons ” f ao : 13 | Ho white hoo) |5 1b. cans, 1d a ERA MMI cose coca nnees | te retetesseeteeeses 144-2 BO iis. aoe isib-average. 3 13 | Round ont Ibs... oe 85 | 2% Ib. cans, ra: ng rena i 95 pooee XxX Pevenseen ene 3 i384 | Wood Bowls “eo Chews, I = ' | tee at xX-AXXAX......- 5 | Cases. Hams, 201. av‘ — 2 = | a oo ia... .... : . | Falr . Pure Cane Good Semester = } _ = oo aa 75 | Golden Waffies...... gu Ham dried beef..... ie | ONNOE cases coos tote cece ce wees es ee ee . Pe sat te | NR ap J erence Y. cut) @ “Ge 18% | Chote « ' oe keg oui ceseeose 2022 | 18 tm. Butters... 2000s, i 75 ion ne gp CIE . ween wwe y “ee ceee se _. eeeceweres o pp he “9 14 ues : TWINE | 17 in. Butter..... ...........2 75 tale og lm @50 a5 gga 83; | No. 1 100 Ibs. ..... 5 50 | Domino | Cotton, 3 ply....... 29 | Assorted 13-15-17... 1.2.2.7: 4 25| Chocolate D ops. ; Pienle Bolled Hams @ tm | No.1 40lbs............... 2 50 | Cut . 7 40 | Cotton, 4 ply............+--. 29 | Assorted os ee ieows Berlin Ham pr’s’d. 9 Sime: tee 79 | Crushed 5 80 | Jute «ZDMY ones veeess eve seeeld me tee -8 00 | H. M. Choe. tii Mince Hams....... @ 9% = gg | Cubes...... 5 80 | Hemp, 6 ply........ 12 WRAPPING PAPER DE. No. 12.. Mackerel” Powdered . 5 45| Flax, medium...........00.. | Common 8 | Gum Dro Gi w Lard Mess 100 Ibs. . C 5 20) Wool, TID. ee Fib ont ne 1%} 0. F. a G35 : Compound... @ 7% | Mess 50 Ibs. _... 16 59 | Coarse Powdered. sl Cee *3 Fiber Manila, white. ..... 3% Licorice Drops 0 . .c00-0 D 8% Mess 10 ibs ccccsccccccece 8 76 XXXX Powdered S 35 | M NEGAR | Fiber Manila, colored... 4 4 Lozenges, ee. .... C55 Phy gg a aggele tnotced Moss 10 bs. .............. 1 890 Fine Granula' 2 alt White fe Wine, 4 grain. g | No.1 le printes.. 60 80 Ib. Tubs..advance oi eee 1 47 | 21D. bags Fine Gran | Malt White Wine, 80 grain. .11 | Cream Manila...... - 4 | Imper als... | 50 Ib. Tins... advance - a. 3 aie “TIEI 15 00 | 51d. bags Fine Gran.) 6 | Pure Cider, B. eB. bend. 11 | Butcher's Manila. ca ve / Mottoes oo oe 20 Ib. Pails. advance =| No.1 10 Ibs. coovee SOOl Mould oh | Sues Cider, Red Btar........11 | 2 count: 13” | Molas Bara... 55 10 Ib. Pails.. advance %/ No.1 8ibs.. i se as... | Bure Cider, Hed Star........1t | Wax Butter, fullcount.... 20 | a. G55 4 » advance 1 Sema Contactionsr's A 20 | Pure Cider, Silver........... 41 | Wax Butter, roils........ 15 | C ones Nemes reams. 80 @90 . | ° , | i : | U " aile..advance 1 | 100 Ibe ~~ : No.2 Fam/| No. 2, Windsor es a se | ma - YEAST OAKE } and Win a Bol Sausages ae : 8 76 | No. 8, Ridgewood An. On 5 co | Gold Brick..... cn ‘2 =e c, 3 doz.. Ho 118 ee Bock. ........ Ses Bologns «.....--.--- @5% | 10 Ibs.....: 3 | = 5 Empire + baa - Dust, regular..........4 50| Sunlight, ; do. ST . B | Wanrenaeen Benries geo “coe 6 1 ' oe. nn | Gold Dust, 5¢.......-........ estore Pop C — 27% | a8 | No: $ -- | Kirkoline,’ 244 ib.......-..-'8 90 | Yeast Cream, 3 doz.....°.... , | Maple Jake, per case.......3 PORK .....+-+--e00+ 8@10 | anise | Se 7... ie a | Bearline «.......+.--+--+- 1.2 B| Yenat Aeon eee s 15 | Cracker Jack ...... nm ees —— 7% | | Canary, ees ate ensnens ‘ik a " o 5 | Rabbits ir ce aan ene + 10 | i Gee... eg | 1 OP Corn Gale. ......... 1 30 Headcheese.......... ex, | Caraway . ern : 3 | He... . | Roseine.. aeons hatees am FRESH FISH FRUITS a" Cardamon, Malabar... wr0 71 Pag | No. 12. ae Armour cea nan ont 50) Woreign Dried sited Bee | Celery... DATs. vos 4 | No: 13.. [Nine O'clock coc Mid Sie So Hemp, Russian...._.. scene No. 13.. : | Wisdom . tetteee sees eeee sD BB | —— eee me Californias, Waaey.. G ag a 10 50 | | Mixed Bird.. peters 4 | No. 14. eesrecere seed 80 | Black Bass Oal. pkg, 16 Ib. boxes eS view ieee @i0 10} | Mustard, wi wiiie. pence 2 | No. 15 Seourine,----.. alia : 60 Cincooe or itis a Extra Chet mcies, Turk., ae % bbls., 40 IDs... : enenbe | No. sept on ring... @ 8 | waney, Tkrke, ii tb bis. alee ene : be aoa ee eee ok ae on | . ae | No. 0, nor WICKING : | ee Lobetes we MI@ 12 — Tark., 12 Ib. @ 1 bbis., Ibs......... 7 75 | one.. 1.28 | No. 1, per gross... sserereeeeeedS | Botled Lob + =e } Pull 8 ib, boxes... ™ @is Tripe SHOE BLACKING | Sundried, en on | NO-9, Der grou. c22 cc. Cod rcs $ a7 IN ed, "é ib. boxes. @ Ee 3 Be. 70 | | aoe Box, large. ...... | Sundried, chotoe 24 | No. 8. Der grOss........---. er a re @ mi Lae ‘ Ox small... uD fanc —o . a 7 peed a in % bbis., 80 Ibs.. 2 eo | a Polish...) 1 25| Regular, medium 36 WOODENWARE | Be. 1 Poker rseteeees @ s% | Fardsiniolb. boxes = 6 ae Cnsings lller’s Crown Polish... 8 Regular, choles . 2¢ | pushels Baskets a Ee eed 1 Fards in 60 Ib. casos, * or: al gular, fancy .. | Bus oe was eae | Smoked. w st eee ow 5 . John i 33 | Bushels, wide ban 26 | Oo coos ‘ 5% + ae rounds......... is Silver Kin se nen aoe aree. oe a 31 | Market . .. | ay 4 Bed Snapper... - @ ay Sairs “oo Ib. cases... i middles ce 12 | ee ee wssossee 8 6 | Ragkot-f choice. -88 | Splint, lar sgorecesecseeceeeceg BB Col River Salmon... i5 @ 16 | r » CROSS. -. 4A Sheep... ain &| Scotch Fam. Es 2 75 | Nibs.. red, fancy ‘3 | Splint, m ona aR NCR | Mackerel.............. 19 2 NUTS Uncolored B AD 2 85 | Siftings......... 2@24 | Splint, small................ 400) aie Whole Solid, dairy........ ratterine ox, | 388.8. Kirk & Co. ee Fannings.. a | ie Clothes, large. ......8 00 oo Almonds, Tarragona 16 Rolls, dairy . 1K4@1 om | | American Family........ 405 ee ; 1IGia | Willow ye medium... 5 50 Cans ——_ I once g — ree... 14% oe Viamond 50-8 oz.. 2 6 Moyune, eg er Sieadt hes, smaill....... 6 00| F. H. Counts per can Sa Mas Pury A | ap tna acer 8 Moyune, cholo ---20cige | 21 oe ae raat eccecs a eats rex Shia ce aa 3 75 iiss Gbscwues | 3b. i near a I tn sio iiss 3 cong ea | Hie a Bren aoa | SRR ikem. | Male Giiibica, Sis Roast beet a ib ... 17 60 | Dome, oval bars.. AH 23 a Pier: — settee eeeeee 3g «(| 10 1b. size, 6 in case.. i o Anchors “i woes Walnuts, soft shelled re a 940| Satinet, oval.. 2 a ee art | an — i Tat i: ee gis Potted ham; s..... 6 | , White Cloud. . cium | No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate » %BIDES AND PELTS Table Nuts, tancy.. gis Deviled ham, Ma s big Acme Co.’s brands— | No. 2 Oval, 280 in crate...... 45 “a Pecans, Ex. Large. - ham, %8.. Bi oes OO) | No. 3 Oval, 250 in erate...... 50 Green N Pecans, Jumbos Potted tongue, a. 85 | _——-.......... 00 | No. 5 Oval, 250 in crate...... zs ee 7 Hiakory Mate per bu. giz e 4g | Snow Bo P ita i | ’ rate...... 60 | Green No, 2..... : dickory Nuts per bu. oe " su ay PW, ig : | | Barrel rae | Cased Be 3. oh g $% | 1¢ CS BOW. -- ~ > toyal Java ant oc a. a Java aud Mocha Biend.. Boston Combination .. Distributed by Judson a Co., Grand Rapids National Grocer Co., Detroit and Jack son; B. Desenberg & Co., Kal- Tne Ready Cooked = amazoo, Symons Bros. & Co., Granular Foods Saginaw; “Meisel & Goeschel, Best grade Imported Japan, . Bay City; Fielbach Co., Toledo. | 3 pound pockets, 33 to the A Deli¢htful Cereal Surprise CONDENSED MILK ; 7 ye ~ 2 és ck coal i. Lu 4 doz in case, ‘ost of packing in cotton poe Cases, 241 lb. packages -2 70 ets only 4c more than bul Oxford Flakes. SOAP - 1 A. per — renee : = Beaver Soap “‘o. brands No $C, per case .. 3 6 No.1 D per case..... 3 60 No. 2 D. per case, J Ov No. 3 D, Te OD 8 en wn 8 60 No. LE, ptr case 3 60 No 2 E, per case 3s 69 No. 1 F, per case 3 60 No. 3 F, per case 3 €0 Le Gall Borden ee 6 40 WON DER Plymouth (tap 8! Erey:wz4 4 Champion - oe 425) Magnolia ...............0..-. 4 00 | 100 cakes, large size......... 6 50 Wh t FI k ee 50 cakes, large size.........3 25 ea a es Dime ..... -3 85 | 100 cakes, small size......... 3 & Peerless Evaporated Cream.4 00| 56 cakes, small size......... 1 95 Case of 36 cartons —_ _o CRACKERS al KE. J. Kruce & Uo.’s baked goods j Oo each carton contains 134 Standard Crackers. y~% i Blue Ribbon Squares. Write for complete price list | Single box.. 20 TRYABITA with interesting discounts. 5 box lots, delivered........ 8 08 Perfection Biscuit Co.’s brands | 10 box lots, delivered ........ 30 Peptonized Celery Food, 3 . TABLE SAUCES H sed Ce = me oe... 7 = LEA & Grits PERRINS’ SAUCE Waish-DeRoo Co.'s Brand Genuine : Worcestershire. i ae ale Lea & Perrin’s, pints . se Lea & Perrin’s, % pints... 2 75 8 75 Florodora Cookies, *se.2 00 rd, | i Su ject tol iberal dis scount Case Halterd, large a p?ck9ges. Complete line of t h igh ‘gr ade crackers and 2 sweet zg Per rfecti on Bis- i 7 ) ' ee P| ee ; , cult Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. I lace \ our Cases, 24 2 Ib. packages..... 200| Freight allowance made on i. a all shipments of 100 lbs or more Business hare rs Joas ne ., CHEWING GUM aa eee 0 t yg n a Gelery N6PV@ sees (Cash Basis by using | box, 20 packages 50 oxes | irton 2 50 ’ Coupon Books. CIGARS We ill G. J. Johnson Cigar Co.'s brand. Vanilla Lemon - Wl ( i. Leatulim.120 testa mw. | . : |20zfullm 210 2ozfullm125 Send you samples Cc (( No. 8fan'’y.3 15 No.8fan’y.1 75 el : if you ask us. They are free. oe oe eee... 33 09 | Vanill Le ” ae 82 00 | 20 2 panel..1 20 202 con, 75 | Tradesman Company cer mere... ... .....- Bi 8 | 302 er,.2 00 402 taper..1 50| Grand Rapids The Original an: | Our Catalogue is “Our Drummer” It lists the largest line of gen- eral merchandise in the world. It is the only representative of one of the six largest commercial its in the United States. establishmer It sells more goods than any four hundred salesmen on the road and at 1-5 the cost. It has but one price and that the lowest. Its prices are gua geuntil another catalogue is issued. No discount sheets bother you. It tells the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. undue i 1en€ It will t ttoa mere t pon request. Ask for catalogue J Butler Brothers 230 to 240 Adams St., Chicago We Sell at Wholesale only. We Never Lose a Customer When once a merchant has sold our goods he al- ways keeps them in stock because his customers de- mand them and_ they bring him a good margin of profit. Shall we class you among these by send- ing you a trial order? Tell us on a postal card. E. J. Kruce & Co. Manufacturers of Standard D Crackers and Package Sweet Goods Detroit, Mich. Opportunities! Did you ever stop to think that every piece of advertising matter you send out, whether it be a Catalogue, Booklet, Circu- lar, Letter Head or Business Card,is an opportunity to advertise your busiress? Are you advertising your business rightly ? Are you getting the best re.urns possible for the amount it is costirg you? If your printing isn’t THE BEST you can get, then you are losing opportunities. Your print- ing is general'y considered as an index to your business _ If it’s the best—it establishes fidence. but if it is poorly executed the right—high grade, a feeling of con- + feeling is given that your business methods, and goods manufactured, are apt to be line with your printing. Is YOUR printing right? Let us see if we cannot improve it. TRADESMAN COMPANY 5.27-29-31 North lonia Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. es Piles ieciaratie gg i a i } Ticccbelienaehine € ye MICHIGAN TRADESMAN BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT Advertisements inserted under this head-for two cents a word the first subsequent continuous insertion. No charge less Ne oui(eemetalomns e(mucilar ee Zelcs il to) amrer Te) than 25 cents. Cash must ey all orders. BUSINESS CHANCES. y WILL TAKE #180 PER FRONT FoOoT| for lot 34 Ionia street, opposite Union Depot ‘This is less than any lot between the new Brooks | block and Monroe street has sold at within the last ten years. Is there anyone who dare invest in the best location on the best wholesale street in this city? If so, eall Kdwin Fallas, Citizens Phone 614. 584 W 4NTED—A PARTNER IN FIRST-CLASS meat market in town of 3,000 population. good farming and stock county; or would sell the business out. Answer quick. Address No. 583, care Michigan Tradesman. 583 vo SALE—AN OLD ESTABLISHED DRY goods business in one of the best towns in Northern Michigan; population about 7,000; cash 34,000 or 36,000 If desired. Will pay to investt- gate; a grand opportunity for right party; nice, clean, up-to-date stock. Other business Inter- ests to look efter reason for selling. Address No. 582, care Michigan Tradesman. 582 I ARE CHANCE C 00 STOCK shoes and men’s furnishings; established trade; 40 miles from Detroit; at 90 cents on the dollar; rent, $12.50. Address No. 581, care Mich- igan Tradesman. 581 JrOR SALE—THE RACKET STORE, ANN Arbor; inventories about $2,500. For par- ticulars address Geo. R. Manwaring, 202 E Washingthn street, Ann Arbor. 580 | ae SALE—LEGITIMATE MINING PAYS. Join us in developing a good mining pro- perty; 1000 shares for Ten dollars. Address J. J. Young, Joliet, Il. oe . 585 _ Fer SALE—FINE GROCERY, SHOE AND furnishing goods business in Southern Mich. Address O. B. Bowen, Addison, Mich 565 fer ‘SALE AT A BARGAIN—SMALL Must be ciosed out immediately. Will sell at decided bargain. Levi S. Hartzer & Sons, Topeka, Ind. 567 re RENT- GENERAL STORE IN GOOD A farming country. Collections very best Fine location for doctor and drug store. Good living rooms over store. Enquire F. J. Keating, Parnell, Mich 5°! _ SALE OR TRADE FOR MICHIGAN Farm—New stock of hardware and store bullding; $1,200 for quick deal; big bargain and splendid business opening. Robt. Adamson. Mattawan, Mich. 5 551 INE RESIDE} » NEW STORE BUILD- ing, general stock of merchandise for sale on account of poor health. Lock Box 280 Cedar Springs, Mich. 550 Witt LET CONTRACT TO LOG FROM 20,000,000 to 100,000,000 feet of m shogany and other hardwood timber, Contractor must furnish own outfit and men. Company owns 1,200,000 acres situated in the State of Campeche, in the Republic of Mexico. The Laguna Com- pany, 1008 Tribune Bidg., Chicago, Ii. 549 Ww* MAKE A BUSINESS OF BUYING out stocks of general merchandise for cash. Address The Globe, 118 Front St.. Trav- erse City, Mich. 548 lays RENT—$175 per annum for half of double store building in lively village of about 660 inhabitants. Good location for shoe store. 'iving rooms above included. Inquire of F. N. Selby, Montrose, Mich 547 \ OSQUITO KOMBs (HARMLESS), HOW i to compound; Fumestone, the great ice Saver; Pyrojine, the great coal saver; 100 other new money-makers; mfre. taught by mail. Ad- dress Ch mist, Howard City, Mich. 554 FOR SALE-UP-TO-DATE STOCK OF general merchandise, invoicing %.2,000, in finest farming community of Northern Indiana. Will rent building or sell out entirely at bargain. Poor health of senior member reason for selling. No agents. Address Box No. 373, Mentone, Ind. 553 2 SALE—ONE DETROIT SAFE, SIZE 2 x39 inches (outside measure), in good condition, Nearly new with g00d combination. Vault inside. Wiil sell cheap as I have no use for it Address D. Mansfield. Remus. Mich. 552 Fe SALE—MILL EQUIPPED FOR SAW ing lumber, making baskets, berry crates, cider and jelly. The building can be wrecked and moved. Will sell for less than one third value. James Balfour, Sparta, Mich. 528 JANTED—GOOD MAN AS CASHIER ‘ for Savings bank just being organized Exceptional offer. Must have $20,000. Address C. R. Cole, Secretary, 210 E. Madison St., Chi- cago, Ill. 530 Fo SALE OR RENT—STRICTLY MOD. ern brick store building, fully equipped for business; location Redwood Falls, Minn. Good business town. Address T. E. Mulligan, 145 College avenue, St. Paul, Minn. 54? WE CAN SELL YOUR REAL ESTATE OR business wherever located. We incorpo- rate and fioat stock companies. Write us. Horatio Gilbert & Co., Eliicott Square, Buffalo. 545 F YOU ARE IN THE MARKET TO BUY OR sell @ business or other property, consult Post & Horn, 33 McGraw building, Detroit, Mich. 614 trade; 310.000 to $12,000 stock; can reduce to | | towns in Southwestern Michigan, inventoryin | over $6,000. Owner has to seil on account o |; health. Address No. 544, care Michigan Trades- | man. Bot VOR SALE—STOCK OF DRUGS: REASON, | to close an estate; will sell store if party | ; desires to purchase. Address The Farmers’ ) Bank, G rass Lake, Mich. 543 SALE—THE WELL-KNOWN GEN eral store business of J A. Shattuck & Co., | Newberry, Mich. Annual sales, $30,000. Con- | ditions are favorable to trade and Newberry {s | reckoned one of the best towns in the Upper | Peninsula Reasons for selling, forty years in | the store business and do not care to be buried | 398 | there. a u Eyal i AFES—NEW AND SECOND-HAND FIRE | and burglar proof safes. Geo. M. Smith Wood | & Brick Building Moving Co., 376 South Ionia | 8t., Grand Rapids. 321 Ko SALE IN MICHIGAN—DRUG STOCK and fixtures located in one of the best resort ‘OR SALE—DKUG SLUCK OF EATON & K Foley, St. Ignace, Mich. On account of the death of Mr. Foley the business must be closed up. ©. A. Eaton. Executor. 516 JOR SALE—OLD ESTABLISHED BUSI. nesss; best town in thumb; house and store (separate), 4 lots, $2,500 stock of general merchandise; will stand closest investigation; reduced stock for purpose of sale. If you have $5,000 cash look this over. Address Box 227, Deckerville, Mich. 511 yew SALE — BAKERY AND RESTAU- rant in manufacturing and resort town of 1,500; portable oven, No. 3 Buck range and holes with warming closets, cement floor in bake shop ind kitchen; also spring and city water. Good chance to do a wholesale business. Only bakery and restaurant in city. A good money maker. ; if you mean business, Address A, care Michi- | gan Tradesman 491 Stock of shoes. WIHll invoice about $300. | for “SALE—LIGHT MANUFACTURING business. It is now showing an annual profit of about $1,500 per year and is not being pushed. Business can be doubled the first ‘ye with @ little efforf. Goods are staple and an excellent line of jobbers now handling them. Opportunity for a very large business is un- limited. One man can run the office end of it now and have time to oversee shop work. $2,000 will buy it. Good reason for selling. This business Is a bargain and will not remain unsold very long. When writing please give bank reference, otherwise no attention will be paid to enquiry. Address No. 452, care Michigan Tradesman. 452 ( NLY DRUG SIORE IN UP-TU-DATE town of 500. Best agricultural section in fichigan. Large territory. Full prices. I can prove it & money-maker. No trades. Act soon. Address L, care Michigan —_— o yo SALE— HARDWARE AND IMPLE- ment stock. Location tn northern town. Business good. Prospects never brighter than now. Stock invoices about 25,000, cash buyers, Address No. 539, care Michigan Tradesman. 539 “ RENT — BRICK STURE IN GOOD business town between Detroit and Grand Rapids. Fine location for bazar or department stock. Store has salesroom above. Good stor- age below. Modern convenlences. Plats glass window. Box 492, Howell, Mich. 536 OR SALE IN INDIANA—DRUG STOCK; - Only stock In town of about 400 inhabitants. Stock will invoice about #800. Will give a bar- gain. Reasons for selling, have groceries and queensware and need the room that ts now other drug store, The best of farming country around it. A good wheat and stock market. olls and wall paper if wanted. Address No. 22, care Michigan Tradesman. 522 farming implements; good location for trade; prospects good for new railroad. The survey is completed and the graders at work within six miles of us. Stock will invoice about $5,000. Population about 600. Store building 24x60, two stories; wareroom, 24x40; implement shed, 50x50. Must have the money; otherwise donot reply. Reason for selling, wish to re- move to Oregon. Address No. 502, care Michi- gan Tradesman. 502 JANTED—PARTNER IN GROCERY and bicycle repair business. Man with capital who wants to invest from $500 to $1,000. Address No. 499, care Michigan a g E)OR SALE—ON ACCOUNT OF POOR kK health, a stock of groceries in the best city of 10,000 In the state; doing a good business. Address J. B., care Michigen Tradesman. 443 NOR SALE—3800 GROCERY STOCK; STORE k and dwelling in connection; for sale or rent; can be had on easy terms. Write Lock Box 281, Ithaca, Mich. ' 476 I.OR SALE—A FIRST-CLASS SHINGLE mill, engine 12x16, center crank, omele boiler room, Perkins machine knot saws, bolter and cut-off saws, gummer, drag saw, endless log chain, elevator, all good belts, four good —— store (about 80 feet); also two perfume or tollet oods cases and a sponge case. Will be reedy or delivery not later than Oct 1. B. Schrouder, 37 Monros St., Grand Rap'ds, Mich. 457 trade for stock of general merchandise. Address No. 751, care Michigan Tradesman. 751 The Kent County 8 prices. Savings Bank 344 ® interest paid on Savings certifi- cates of deposit. The banking business of Merchants, Salesmen and Individuals solicited Jno. A. Covode, Fred’k C. Miller, T. O'Brien, Lewis H. Withey, E. Crofton Fox, T. Stewart White, Henry Idema, | J. A. S. Verdier. | Cor, Lyon and Canal Sts., Grand Rapids, Mich. | J ANTED— CLOTHING SALESMAN TO} SALE—LARGE, GREY AMERICAN take orders by sample for the finest mer- chant tailoring produced; good opportunity to | M. Rickets, Cadillac, Mich. grow into a splendid business and be your own —— Write for fu | information. E. L.. Moon, Gen’! Manager, Station A, Columbus, 0. 458 OR SALE CHEAP—ALL THE SIDE WALL and cross partition fixtures now in my drug ® Eagle. Price, #12. Photograph, 15 cents. 538 Business Chances continued on next page. RUBBERS SCHAEFER’S HANDY BOX SOME CITY REALTY. WILL @® One dozen in a box. Retails toc. 2 g Large profit. Ask your jobber for Merchandise Brokers GRAND RAPIDS, Write us for 8 5O©@QO@QOQOO © Deposits exceed 214 million dollars. MICHIGAN 90O00HHO® § ©H0O000O*6O @ | MOORE & WYKES es 2000000es Buy OF YOUR JOBBER ale HU ee | : ‘ “ Ny ia Cee ag MR aga eg SNS) ae Ti ele Weber see ae) 7 #™Me < ata Ue ats Bae ia ae DIRECTORS —" Atlee) = .Lbs: |) aera ho) PELOUZE SCALE & MFG. Co. *118-132 W. JACKSON BOULEVARD, CHICAGO. ATTRACTIVE CATALOGUE 30 DIFF ERENT KINDS OF SC, taken up by the drug stock. Six miles from any | Ail country produce comes to this town. Best | school and building in county. Will sell paints, | Egg SALE—STOCK OF HARDWARE AND | saws, everything first-class. Address A. Morehouse, Big fapias, Mich. 369 Fans For « Warm Weather Nothing is more appre- ciated on a hot day than a substantial fan. Espe- cially is this true of coun- try customers who come to town without provid- ing themselves with this necessary adjunct to com- fort. We have a large line of these goods in fancy shapes and unique designs, which we fur- fm nish printed and handled as follows: 100 $ 3 00 200 4 50 300. 5 5 400 i 500 Go OX [OO a... 15 oO We can fill orders on two hours’ notice, if necessary, but don't ask us to fill an order on such short notice if you can avoid it. Cradesman Company, Grand Rapids. 48 MICHIGAN TRADESMAN TERPENELESS EXTRACTS. Why They Are Best For Ali Flavor- ing Purpeses. For many years every on organic chemistry has given a long list of essential oils, diverse in crigin, appearance, odor and _ taste, which were stated to be composed of text book a certain hydrocarbon having the for- mula CroH16. Yet, more than hundred years ago essential _ were recognized as being composed of a grosser pa‘t in- soluble in water together with a more ethereal portion known as the “srome.” (“Volatile Oils,” Gilde meister & Hoffman, p. 35.) Within the past two decades it has come to be generally r ecognized by the main buik of oils conipused of rbon CroH16., rms, the taste are proportions of chemists that while most essential the hydro isomeric odor and tively is . a ca severai f 1 dead seatirr to reai Cisunctve due to the rela- small oxygen- ized constituents which exist in great variety and may now be isolaied and classified according to their chemical constitution as esters, aldehydes, ai- cohols, organic acids and saits It follows from this that it is no longer sufficient that an essential oil should be guaranteed pure, dut tive exact, or at least minimum, pcercent- age of its chief valuable constituent is plainly stated and made the basis for computing its value. Oil of lemon, like the other citrus the carrying in oils, consists mostly of hydrocar- bon, d-limonene, solutior a large number oxygen stituents of which the most ant is the aldedyde known as citral Practical investigations undertaken in 1884 showed that it sible, by washing the | oil of of ized con- import- is pos lemon with a mix- ure of alcohol and water, to sepa- a a. rate out tne n whe } r + 1e other c s they natu- rally the oil go into solution n the alcoh« .. - + wash I Si ptain process show only a f ] ” * . ly 3 a lemon pee e bland as on the tongue except for sation on the tip of the have none of the characteristic flavor or taste of lemon upon the palate " aT ls mat 1 hwdir my ora The same eliminated hydrocarbons vhen subjected to the action of light for a week develop strongly the « r and taste “terpene or h iydro Cc arbor Ss with originall the Pp r¢ nd odor The cilia *« ss cirrus O1UsS a j ll prep: s containing them also develop the flavor and taste of tur pentine by exposure to light and heat, especially with access to. air. Even the as emo - quently iv with turpentine Experiments demonstrate that 5 er cent. solution of oil of lemon in 95 per cent. alcohol develops on ex- posure the taste and smell of turpen- tine to a marked degree, and that a partly filled bottle kept in the light will show the change more strongly than one completely filled and kept in the dark. The writer has made many experi- ments with the terpene-freed solution of oil of lemon representing a strength of 5 per cent., 74 per cent. and 15 per cent. oil in dilute alcohol about 60 per cent. in all sizes of bottles from five gallon down to one ounce, full and partly filled, subjected to action air, light and heat, and I arrived at the conclusion that the terpeneless extract is practically unalterable. The terpeneless extract, being of higher specific gravity than a solu- oil of lemon in pure alcohol, tile than the latter and better adapted to baked and all products in heat used. Being it mixes most readily of tion of is less vola therefore J goods gzooas, candies making which is aqueous, ito ices, ice creams, and custards, and being soluble, has become a for the bottler. representing some cases thirty times the strength yractical necessity Terpeneless oils in of the natural oil are now on the market, but while these have some good qualities they can not be said to represent truly in all cases the atural flavor of the oil, since es- sential oils and especially the citrus oils are modified as to their constitu- ents by distillation. Terpeneless extracts, made by a cold an process only, of any desired strength, represent fully and unalterably the flavor of the fresh fruit. They are purely natural pro- ducts and the best for all flavoring purposes. CE. Foote. —__~»> 6. ___- Why Country People Want to Go to Town. the World’s Work for A writer in August complains that the current system of education was made for city people only, and is unfitted for country children, and this has made int people want to live -in Je says of the text books: ontly, they have been written city children, sons and of clerks, merchants, bankers and traders. They do not even st > the farmer’s child the possibilities science and training agricultural work. On the con- trary, the natural and logical infer- ce from our general scheme of rural instruction is that education is ot indispensable to the farmer, but is aaa chiefly for the commercial and prof fessional classes.” Continuing, writer claims that more than to any other, due the backwardness of agricultural states. The has not taken hold on farm lite. Plants, animals, flowers, the the sky—from all apart, this ‘to this fact perhaps, is cation in S -hool insects, er, the forests and these things it has has babbled of ar and uninteresting to the country-bred child. All rural education has been hacked and hew- ed to fit the Procrustean bed of the city model.” It may be claimed that a _ town- trained mind is not competent to ex- press an opinion on the subject, but the idea set forth in the above seems soils, weathe stood while it subjects unfamili so entirely illogical to minds that have had both country and town ex- perience, that it is surprising that it was ‘ever presented. The fact re- mains that agriculture is a most com- plicated assemblage of conditions and circumstances, and it has never been reduced to a science, nor ever will be, until we shall understand and be able to foreknow the weather. As matters now stand, the farming in- terests of this country are fairly sat- isfactory. But the reason why country boys and girls want to go to town is not because the school books made them but because Ss 4 creature. dissatisfied, gregarious activity country is dull, The country the fact ablest statesmen, t affair or man The city is full and excitement. The lonesome and monot- who wrote of life, most But the merchants and men country boys, and the in a nearly onous. poets of lived in London. that of life remains many Ss were country girl city dress is always a belle. When city people they country summer, 0g cd are rich enotu own residences for the ' and they spend a great deal of money on os and fine live Fe Ww They try stock. persons farm fc to asthe all the when yr pleas- ure. ce Mmoncy they can, and they get rich town and the city. only enough they remove to engage in the business of can be and Agriculture as a science learned in laboratories experi- these cities. have do with taste town lif matters removed taught in the schools. _ > +. - - Edwards & Girard, mental farms, and the School to tor are usually in environs of books nothing what- ever giving persons a It depends on far from what is dealers in dry goods and clothing, Shelby: The Tradesman is a book that is right and can not have too wide circula- tion. Dorothy Dix’s stories are ver entertaining and educating I wish everyone could read them. - >-eo> L. O. Snedicor & Son, jobbers of eggs, N. Y.: Allow us to say that your paper is immense. It is the brightest and best trade journal whic ch we Trcceivc. Businss Hans BUSINESS CHANCES no SALE—CLEAN. NEW GROCERY stock invoicing about #800; paying business; - lendid location East Main St., Jac kson, ich. Reason, poor health. Address S. M. F.. care Michigan Tradesman 579 GOOD MILLINERY STOCK FOR SALE Pi cheap in town of 700; good location and — Address Mrs. R. T. Bullock, Concord, ich 578 mOR SALE—12 BARR PACKAGE CAR- riers,7 of them almost new, 5 older, #200 for the lot; 1 Nat'onal Cash Register, No. 129, been in use six months, $50; 1 Remington Type- writer with table, No. 7, almost new, $50. Ad- dress Box 184, Canon City, Colo.