GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1904

Number 1105

 

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SPECIAL FEATURES.

Page.

2. The Pilgrim Spirit.

3. Around the State.

4. Grand Rapids Gossip.
6. Window Trimming.

7. Weod Working.

8. Ejtorial.

9. Saved by a Horse.
11. Sun Spots.

12. Butter and Eggs.

14. New York Market.

16. Clerks’ Corner.

13. Clothing.

20. Woman’s World.

24. Looking Backward.

26. The Average American.
28. Out of Work.

30. Genuine Thanksgiving.
32. S06es.

36. Power of Humor.

38. Dry Goods.

Travelers.

142. Drugs.

43. Drug Price Current.
44. Grocery Price Current.
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THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS.

annual Thanksgiving day is that it
gives us a chance to audit our
counts with life and to find out that
bad off as had
Indeed, as a

we aré, not so we

supposed. matter of
fact, it needs only the most curscry
observation to convince
day is mostly celebrated on the plan
of the Publican, who thanked God

Nothing

he was not as other men.
is more amusing, but nine times out
of ten, when people come right down
to brass tacks and telling the truth,
their Thanksgiving consists in a
glorification of themselves
thanking heaven it was pleased to
make them as they are instead of like
somebody else.

: i : |
a carriage waiting for me at the door, |

|} instead of having to scurry
| the
jthat |

Id
really

corner to the street car, feel

had something to be

around |

| grateful for, but, thank goodness, one |

 

| The childless woman’s

mercy has been vouchsafed me any- |

way! I’ve still got my figure, and

don’t go about looking like a meal

sack with a string tied in the middle.” |

And so it and we have this

£0¢s,

| particular

strange paradox of human nature, |
that while none of us are satisfied
with our lot in life, not one of us

would be willing to change and be

another. The over-worked mother
of a big family, seeing her cluttered
house and endless tasks, now and
then envies the childless woman her
neat and orderly and quiet abode, but
she would not exchange the kisses
of her babies for the other’s freedom.

heart some-

i : i times aches for the clinging of little
One of the beneficent results of an} ie

arms about her neck, but she returns

ito her quiet home as to a temple of

ac |

| other woman.

one that the |

and im}

Mrs. A., for instance, offers up her |

this:

again.

little prayer something like
“Well, it’s Thanksgiving day

thanks heaven she does
live in bedlam the

Youth looks with pity
yet that has

far on the journey of life would re-

peace and

not have to like

Of age, who set feet

trace their steps and live over again
all the struggles, the disappointment,

the fret and fever of that tempestu- |

ous time? Even those of us who
have supped with sorrow and whose
bread has been wet with tears would
not exchange places with those who
know nothing but gayety and laugh-
ter. They have struck yet only a
few notes of the great diapason of
Hite,  9t is
the

only when grief smites

heart that the great chord of uni-

versal human love and sympathy

ltrembles into being and makes the

| music complete.

Goodness knows I have not all I
want. I could be a lot more thank- |
ful if I had a new silk-lined, tailor-

made frock, instead of having to turn
this old dress again. I wish
the depths of my soul I had a hat
worthy to be called a creation, and
I’'d just like to be able to go into a
and buy without re-
cost, OF

store one time

gard to whether a

would wear or

comfort anyway. Thank heaven! I

thing |
not, but I’ve got one |

from |

| prohibit the unionizing of

can wear a low-necked gown to the|

looking as if I
the

without
skeleton

opera

an animated from

was |
side |

show, like that poor Sally Skinner.”

Sally Skinner, on her part, return-

ing thanks for mercies received, re-|

flects: heaven

knows,

“Its a eood thing,

for the President to appoint

a day for Thanksgiving, or else I'd
forget it. I haven’t got enough to
recall the subject to me on my own
less to need to take

account, much

a whole day for the job.

Ht had a}

new colonial house, with real Persian |

rugs and art draperies, and_ things

like that, and a box at the opera, with

And
ing day is worthy of all

so Thanksgiv-
honor and
observance, if it only reminds us of
this

lot.

one lesson of content with our

_sonetctmteen nN AN MRE ERAT
—_—_——

An important measure of new leg-
islation is to be proposed at the com-
ing session of Congress, with the in-
dorsement of the administration. The

| counted

object of the legislation will be to|

Govern-

ment employes. The bill will be}
introduced early in the session and
will be pushed with vigor. It is|

not only to be an “open shop” meas-
ure so far as relates to the employ-
ment of laborers who may not be-
lone to labor unions, but is to ¢

go
to-

farther and prevent the banding

gether of employes of the Govern-
ment to effect any purposes. Save
those strictly benevolent. The ad-

ministration is understood to be
deeply concerned in the proposition.

and it is thought there will be little

| opposition to it when its terms are

|

understood.

|

| excited

favorable,

GENERAL TRADE REVIEW.
(Phe

from day to day

story of trade developments

is one surely not

lacking interest. The breaking of
records in many significant depart-

ments is enough to warrant
ment. And
the activity that it
that

com-
yet so wide-spread is

can not be said

conditions exist in

Fx or

volume of stock trading is astonish-

boom any

lines. instance, the

ing in many properties, but this is

owing to the wider distribution of
wealth-—-many operators who_ con-
tented themselves with transac-

tions of a few hundred shares in
past active seasons are now handling
Sudden

with

as many thousands.

lative

specu-

reactions occur enough
frequency to make it interesting and
keep the ball rolling, but the course
As

indicating the rising tendency sixty

of prices is generally upward.

leading railway stocks are abovean

average of $105 as compared with
$85 a year ago.
One significant breaking of rec-

the a
trade of
when

ords is m ggregate export and
import United States.
Usually there is. especially
heavy export trade the leading items

the

have been in agricultural products.
The condition of the wheat market
now, however, is such as to greatly

the
This means that the vast

lessen its proportion in general

aggregate.

increase in trade is in the various
lines of manufacture; and these are
so well distributed that it is hard

to point out any especially leading.
Demand is developing at an astonish-
ing rate in many parts of the world,
which promises much for the future.

With than
for years past the great demand for
little
For
foreign demand has caused an outgo
of over $20,000,000 in gold in the past

less of bank reserve

money seems to have influence

in financial circles. instance.

three weeks and the fact has hardly
This is to be
methods of han-

comment. ac-

for in new
dling financial matters by the banks
and trust companies, which do not
require so large accumulations.
Notwithstanding the long increase
in iron and steel industry reports of

idle

pressure of

resumption in
that the

has not yet been reached.

works indicate
activity in ‘92
Prices are
and
demand is encouraging in all fields.
The

being advanced in some _ lines

outlook for textiles continues

especially in woolen
the

Cotton showed an upward

pro-

duction, although staple is ad-

vancing.
tendency,

he manufacture

which was quickly check-
the
depart-

ed, t showing
encouragement of

All

arc

least

any

ment of industry. branches of

footwear. trade advancing and

orders are being placed with in-

creasing confidence.

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

THE PILGRIM SPIRIT.

It Still Lives in the Great Men of
To-day.

Governor Bigler, of Pennsylvania,
was one of the Dutchest of all the
Dutch governors of that State, and
after he was elected he was waited
on by an [Irishman who was. an ap-

plicant for an office. Pat sat ex-

pectantly on the edge of a chair in|

the big anteroom, with his hat in
his hand and his hair over his fore-
head, waiting for his turn, and when
an opportunity offered he dodged in-
to the presence of the Governor and
began:

“Neither, my friend, all my ances-
tors came Germany.”

“All right, all right,” said Pat, not
wishing to lose a point, “there’s some
dacint people among the Dutch.”

The same discriminating remark
might properly be applied to
company of Yankees.

It is generally agreed that much of
the spirit of the Pilgrims came from
Holland. It is said that when the
saintly Robinson and Brewer became
fellows of Leyden University, they
were each granted by the hospitable
Dutch, free of state and town duties,
twenty-four hogsheads of beer and
forty gallons of wine’ every
What a torchlight procession
would have made to Cape Cod!

It was a descendant of a Pennsyl-
vania Quaker who was once speak-
ing of this peculiarity of the early
inhabitants of New England on one
of these festive occasions, who said
when they went into their trenches,
which they were defending against
King George, that they were armed
with a copy of the Bay State Psalm
Book, a double-barreled shotgun and
a single barrel of old Jamaica, and
probably no body of men ever suf-

from

any

year.
that

fered more from rum, rheumatism
and rebellion.
It was Mary Allerton who first

stepped on Plymouth Rock, and the
Pilgrim mother not only suffered the
privations and terrors of cold and
storm and disease and Indians, but
she endured the Pilgrim -fathers as
well, and when she landed on that
memorable Monday proceeded
without delay to get out her washing,
and after establishing the national
wash day she sat down to the cold
dinner which has since driven’ so
many husbands, besides the Pilgrims,
to rum.

A Scotch-Irishman ought to feel
at home here for the Plymouth col-
ony was only a type of the great
republic. which should afterwards
open its sheltering arms to the op-
pressed of other lands, and seven na-
tions were represented among _ its
members. It had English, Scotch,
Welsh, Irish, French, Walloon and
Dutch.

The Scotch-Irishman has another
claim, for he represents a race which
brought here the very finest fruits
of that mighty movement called Pur-
itanism, which spread over and
changed all Northern Europe, and
made the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries remarkable for this dynam-
ic force.

she

“Yer honor, are ye related |
to the McBiglers or the O’Biglers?” |

The Pilgrim spirit bowed to but

never feared majorities. It ac-
knowledged the supremacy of the
Almighty and believed that one on
God’s side was a majority, and when
satisfied that the cause was right, it
calmly took its place there undeter-
red by principalities and powers, so
tles for constitutional government,
for freedom of thought and the free-
dom of man, the sons of New Eng-
land, the the Pil-
grims, have led the van, doing heroic
deeds wherever liberty has been en-
|dangered, and writing their names
on every page of our country’s his-
| tory.

descendants of

 

The Plymouth colony and the Pil-
grims welcomed Roger Williams
the Puritans banished him,
gave a place to Miles Standish, a
Roman Catholic, and had rabid radi-
cals and strenuous Anglicans among
its members, for the Pilgrims had
lived in a free republic and from it
they brought the jewels which now

when

|shine brightest in our coronet of
Le

;freedom. Local self government,
| written constitutions, our common

 

school system, freedom of religion and
the press, the secret ballot, the Su-
|preme Court and the Senate—all
| these came from Holland. Whata
| fortunate thing that they had be-

 

 

| hind them the splendid age of Eliza-
beth in literature, the memories of
the Armada and Raleigh and Drake,
and what colonists ever brought so
much?

It is estimated that, from those
who came between 1620 and _ 1640,
numbering 20,000, one-fourth of the
people of the United States have de-
scended. They were the very cream
of East England, and when Horace
Walpole heard the great
Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga, he
wrote: “Old England is safe; that
is America whither the true Eng-
lish retired under Charles I.”

news of

It was the old Pilgrim spirit that
flashed out when Thomas Jefferson,
in 1779, presented his famous bill for
religious freedom to the Virginia
Legislature, and it shone in Madison
when it passed, and he said: “In
Virginia was extinguished forever
the ambitious hope of making laws
for the human mind.”

The demand of the first congress
for an amendment prohibiting any
establishment of religion was
brought about because of this strug-
sie im Virginia. This spit has
irradiated our literature in the poems
of Whittier and Lowell and Holmes
and Longfellow; it has built endur-
ing monuments of scholarship in
the works of Prescott and Parkman
and Bancroft and Fiske and the stars
which New England has set in the
national sky forevermore.

It found those brave knights ready,
when it called in their young man-
hood, for lives of sacrifice and oblo-
quy, Garrison and Theodore Parker
and Wendell Phillips. It breathes
through the philosophy of Emerson,
and it was first revealed to slavery
when Charles Sumner stood in the
Senate of the United States, the in-
carnate conscience of New England,

 

that in war and in peace, in the bat- |

 

the only statesman slavery had yet
met there who could not be tempted
to compromise. They were worthy
to stand for those of whom Robin-
wrote in Holland: “It is not
with us as with whom small
things discourage.”

son

men

It is re-
lives of

The old spirit is not dead.
vealed to the nation in the

great men and in the high ideals of |

duty and the lofty public service of
the remarkable man who in_ the
Providence of God is the President
of the United States.

Governor Endicott, the Puritan, cut
the cross out of the English banner
because he thought it was a badge
of Romanism. The world moves on,
and two months ago at the bicenten-
nial celebration of Yale University,
in the presence of the most distin-
guished of the land, I saw President
Hadley, with the toleration of the
Pilgrim, place the highest honors of
the old Congregational college on the
head of a Catholic archbishop, that
splendid American, John Ireland, in|
token of what he has done for Amer- |
ican liberty.

The Pilgrim — spirit in the
resonant tones ot Webster in his im-
mortal plea for the Union, and when

spoke

 

he bade the distant generations hail
at Plymouth, he welcomed them to}
the things the Pilgrims loved and |
for which they have lived and labor- |
ed and suffered, the treasures of |
science, the delights of learning, the |
immortal hope of Christianity and}
the light of everlasting truth.

About a year ago I stood in front |
of the state house at Boston and|
looked at the beautiful marble me-
morial which a grateful state has}
erected on the Common to commem- |
orate the heroic life and death of |

Col. Robert Gould Shaw. He had|
youth and education and wealth, and |

. |
on him the gods seemed to have}

|
showered all their gifts, but the guns |

aimed at Sumpter reverberated on}
Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrim spir-
it responded when he heard the call.
He braved the ostracism of Beacon
street, surrendered the bright career
which opened before him, took the
command of a colored regiment in
the civil war, and lies buried with his
men in the trenches where they fell
in the awful charge on Fort Wagner.

The art of St. Gaudens has pro-
duced a masterpiece, and on the mar-
ble slab in bas-relief is carved the
figure of Shaw riding beside his
men, each soldier looking as Lincoln
said he might, “with steady eye and
well poised bayonet, helping forward
the great consummation.”
this beautiful inscription:
Right in the van. on thé red ramparts’

slippery swell,

With heart that beat a charge, forward
he fell—

Below is

Foremost, as fits a man. But the high
soul burns on

To tight men’s feet, where death for
neble ends

Makes dying sweet.

The high soul will burn on wher-
ever noble deeds are done and ,holy

sacrifices made. We need a little

more of this heroic spirit.

M. Guizot once asked James Rus-
sell Lowell how long the American
republic would last, and they both
agreed in his reply, which was: “It

tions of the men of English descent
who founded it are dominant there.”
This has been the kernel of our civ-
ilization, and the passion for educa-
like Ho-
made the
the
institutions

tion which gleams in lives
Mann’s, which has
England
Western
of learning everywhere, is a

race
older New colleges
mothers of the
proud
thing to contemplate.

Michigan was the first State of the
West to adopt the town meeting, and
it was not self-governing until that
New Englander, General
Territorial Governor from
1831, made it so. It
member his words

Cass. as

i813 to
is well to re-
now, because he
said: “In proportion as government
recedes from the people it becomes
liable to abuse.”

He was a firm believer in the
primary assembly, and I should like
to know what he would think of our
method of nominating candidates for
office in Michigan now, where the no-
ble doctrine of free choice has been
so prostituted by the use of money
and corrupt practices that our public
life has been so poisoned that grand
indictments and convic-

juries and

those in office make us
blush for the State. Is it not possi-
ble that if the and the

town clerk had been summarily re-

tions of
moderator

moved the Pilgrim father would have
Would
not John Winthrop, the Puritan, have
felt it time to another “Little
Speech on Liberty?e”

indulged in some remarks?
issue
I have seen upon the wall of the

lobby of the House of Lords at
Westminster a picture, in the place

|of honor, representing the embarka-

tion of the Pilgrims, and once I

| stood at Delftshaven and thought of

that little company setting forth in
the Speedwell with prayers and tears,
little dreaming they carried’ with
them the seeds of the mightiest na-
tion appeared on this
earth, and one day I ascended the
hill overlooking Plymouth and heard
the
lonely graves, and tried to decipher

that has yet

the spring winds sighing over
the quaint inscriptions and the home-
head-
stones, and I thought of that terri-
ble first there were at
one: time but seven able-bodied men

ly names on the moss-grown

winter when
in the colony, when they were re-

duced to five kernels of corn for each
one, with the savages about them,

 

 

 

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out of
your goods

Cost out of ‘‘un-
desirables” and
a profit out of
better goods, by
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

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the unexplored continent in front of
them, the stormy Atlantic behind
them, fever and consumption stand-
ing by their bedsides, and yet nota
man returned in the Mayflower and
their serene and lofty courage did not
quail.

T looked on the monument sur-
mounted by the figure of Faith, and
it seemed to typify the beginning and
the greatness of our country, and
standing on the old rock which aft-
er-generations have lovingly guard-
ed and canopied with a beautiful me-
morial, I tried to imagine the scene.
Then I have taken the train and gone
across the continent past the busy
cities, the smiling villages, through
the great inland empires of states
with their marvelous resources,
through which the pioneer has pur-
sued the fast-vanishing Great Ameri-
can desert of our younger days, until
at last I have stood in that fair city
that sits by the Golden Gate “through
which the soft Pacific sighs.” And
I have said, if we have accomplished

all this from such humble beginnings |

in 281 years, give us a thousand years
of history as England has and what
under the providence of God may we
not become?

We are fast winning the world’s
supremacy in commerce, the iron and
steel crown is already ours, and our
country will occupy in this century
the place England filled in the one
just ended. The vision of the fu-
ture is a dazzling one, but better

than material greatness are the great |

names which make a people truly
great, the splendid, inspiring tradi-
tions of the past, the most priceless
heritage which a nation has, and for
all who are the pioneers in great
causes, who are filled with a love of
country and a desire to serve her,
who would see that “righteousness
for their
encouragement there still shine those
words of Bradford, “Let it not be
grievous to you that you have been

which exalteth a nation,”

instruments to break the ice for

The honor shall be yours to

the world’s end.

The Pilgrim svirit is not dead; it walks
by noon’s broad: light,

And it guards the bed of the glorious
dead by the holy stars of night—

It watches the bed of the glorious dead,
and will guard that ice-bound shore,

‘Till the waves. of the bay where the
Mayflower lay, shall foam and freeze
no more

others.

John Patton.
—_++
Feminine Finances.

A Philadelphia banker began six
months ago the custom of giving his
wife a book full of blank checks
which he had properly signed.

“You are welcome to use these as
you see fit,” he said, “but I want you
to write on the stubs just what each
check went for. Then at the end of
six months I'll look over the stubs.”

The other day the six months came
to an end and the husband began his
inspection.

“Vou say here,’ he said,’ “that
check 272, for $25, went for church
expenses. What church expenses
were these?”

“A new Easter bonnet,” the wom-
an replied.

——_+~->—___
No amount of looking right can

fix you up for living wrong.

 

 

| $50 behind his name.
| ant dream, and that may be his future

jin the chill mist on a winter day and

NOT ALL POWERFUL.

Experience Must Bow Before Level |
Headed Energy.

Every day is heard the cry: “Ex-
perienced men wanted,’ and on this
the tramp bases his excuse for idle-
ness. He has seized no chance to
learn, and when asked the cause of
his idleness he points to the want
advertisement and says he can not
land such a job. “I don’t know how.”
He is pitied, and helped perhaps, and
so lives through his miserable life on
the pocketbooks of others.

At the bottom of the story it will
be found that the real trouble lies in
the fact that the man has no desire
to work—and he is merely an extreme
of the class of “floaters” who loaf
about the streets, on the pretense of
hunting work. The employment
agencies are flooded with them. They
are sent time after time to places |
where there is an opening, but it |
doesn’t suit them—they want jobs |
where they will be salaried loafers.

 

That experience is essential to suc-

cess is a foregone conclusion, but
experience must come from some-
where, and certainly no man is born
with it. There are hundreds of po-
sitions open in
times for the man without experi-
ence if he chooses to begin at the
bottom—but there comes the rub. |
The man objects when he is offered |
a position at $8 or $9 a week—he pre-
fers to sit in an office with his feet
on his desk and smoke a cigar while
a clerk makes out the pay roll with |

these prosperous

It is a pleas-

if he goes in at the place he is offered
and works, but he chooses to stand

console himself with his own misery.
He pets it, and develops it until he
convinces himself with his own illu-
sion.

Hotels and restaurants offer exten-
sive opportunities for a man who is
willing to work. No matter what his
education may be, no matter what
his experience, no matter what
his age, if he is willing to work there
are a chance and an opportunity to
rise. Perhaps he will only receive
his meals and $7 or $8 at the start—
but there is a chance. All that is
asked is, “Are you willing to work?”

vVies7

“Then take off your coat.”

Dishwashers and baggagemen re-
a hotel a man receives his room,
quire no experience at the start. In
board, and a few dollars, and if he
proves satisfactory “there is always
room at the top.”

Street men need no
Any man who is not a degenerate and
not physically handicapped can han-
dle a broom and a shovel, but does
he want to do it? Is he willing?
The same question invariably arises.
If “yes” is the answer he is secure
and the wolf will not haunt his door.

Hundreds of boys and girls hunt
work, and most of them find it. Any
firm is willing to give a bright, neat
boy or girl a chance whenever there
is an opening. “There is never an
opening,” cries the idler, but the ex-

experience.

 

ling and

 

cuse limps. There are thousands of

employed children, and each day sees |

some of them grow out of the child-

hood age ready to take up burdens |

of men and women. The
are open, and as the number of ap-
plicants increases the business world
is increasing with an equal pace. The

positions

employed children are gaining experi- |

ence. When they are grown they will
not step into the world helpless, but
will be ready to meet the requirements
of “experience.”

What were the inexperienced men
children?
Loafing perhaps on the street cor-

doing when they were

LETS.

A man with a trade has no trouble

in securing a position if he is indus-

The time to learn that trade
is while he is young. The machine

trious.

shops and factories all offer oppor-
tunities to young men who are will-
them-

anxious to advance

selves. Chicago is full of such places,

|and any industrious young man can |
| find employment, but he must begin

arly. No firm is willing to teach

its trade to an old man. It is the|
young man with a future before him |

that is given the chance.

Foundries offer an opportunity to
the man without experience. They
require the services of unskilled la-
bor and take on men at $1.25 a day.
The employment agencies are daily
calling for “handy men’—men who
need no experience but are willing to
work. Such men are serviceable as

| barn men, yard men, and in facto-
ries, to nail boxes, sweep out, and do |

general janitor or all around man
work. Contractors employ thousands
of men in digging trenches, tearing
down buildings, and removing the
debris. Hodcarrying is one of the
trades that a man can break into with
no experience, and each one offers a
chance
tight to ask for.

 

 

“Tt is no chance—there is nothing
ahead in it,” is a common excuse for

not accepting these opportunities. The

man who makes the excuse does not |

stop to consider that he must be-
gin. The hodcearrier can learn to be
a bricklayer, the janitor can learn to

be an office man, the sewer digger |
can become a boss, and the factory |

man a mechanic. There is a chance
in all of it, and it depends upon the
man.

It all nar-
rows down to that question. Any
man who is willing to work, willing
to learn, and is ordinarily intelligent,
has a chance at the top. It all de-
himself, no

Is he willing to work?

pends upon matter

whether he begins as

factory man or dish washer.

Men come to the cities from farms. |
Many of them have had an education |

and are lucky enough to get a sart
in an office. Others, however, who
are just as ambitious, come to the
inborn

city depending upon their

ability and, having no experience, no

education, are “just trying their
luck.’ Such men have the same}
chance. They, too, can start. They

can -begin at. day labor and, after
that, it depends upon themselves.

Adaptability decides the fate of the|

all that any man has the|

hodcarrier, |

| men who start out lacking experi-
ence. If the man can pick up ex-
perience as he passes the daily in-
cident he will win out. Speaking in
regard to his profession, an old Al-
|pine guide once said: “It’s all in
the experience, signor—all in the ex-
perience. Not in the experience of
doing it a hundred times, but in that
of doing it without being a fool.” In
other words, perfection and success
result from seeing things as they
| pass, learning wherever the chance
offers.

No man enters manhood without
certain

experience. There, is 4

lamount of it that is a part of nat-

iural growth and absorption. There
is experience of some kind in every
environment. The child gains ex-
perience in the profession of his
|father, and while it is not essential
that a tailor’s son should be a tailor,
|\there is no escaping the fact that
that child would have a distinct ad-
vantage over the child brought up in
the environment of another trade.
The class of men who have made
a start in the wrong direction form
another great problem along’ the
| same line, for when they endeavor to
make a new start, they, too, face the
| problem of inexperience. As a rule,
|they find out their mistake too late
to avoid, being a failure in life, or
|at least to avoid falling far below
i their actual abilities. For that rea-
son every young man should realize
the depth of the problem before him

| when he chooses his life work.

Many a man has given up in de-
spair because he feared failure in the
face of inexperience, but such men
llack strength and energy. Experi
lence is not the force which make:
ithe world move, for, powerful al-
though it is, it must bow before leve
headed energy. Geo. V.
| ——_. > > ___
Mail order swindles are common

Steep.

jand several concerns have recently
i been denied the privilege of using
This does not imply that
ithe mail order business is corrupt

the mails.

in itself, but only that it is a com-
| paratively easy way to impose upon
the credulous. Besides it is not easy
‘to learn whether the unknown mail

order concern is reliable without spe-

 

cial enquiry, and therefore those who
are not unduly credulous will risk
sending a small amount of money
rather than write a letter of enquiry.
The notion that money can be sav-
ed by buying in this way is a mis-
taken one. /
—_~> 2.
The light of one life shines farther
ithan the brillance of a century of

logic.

 

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Attention, Merchants
The Rapid Sales Company can reduce or close
lout your stock for spot cash without loss; we
| prove our claims by results; shelf-stickers, slow-
| sellers and undesirable goods given special atten-
| tion; our salesmen are experts. Address

| Rapid Sales Co., 609, 175 Dearborn St., Chicago

AUTOMOBILES

We have the largest line in Western Mich-
| igan and if you are thinking of buying you
will serve your best interests by consult-
ing us.

‘Michigan Automobile Co.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

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Movements of Merchants.

Niles—Frank Hatfield has opened
a new meat market.

Evart—Henry Turner has opened
meat market.

Cadillac—Hall & Murphy have
opened a new shoe store in the Kel-
ly building.

Flint—Hart & Vincent are suc-
ceeded by James M. Hart in the gro-
cery business.

Woodland—D. _S.
moved his furniture
store building.

Holland—L. D. Knoll & Co. have
opened a meat market at 212 West
Fourteenth street.

St. Johns—Troup & Yost are to
succeed Elmo M. Frink in the boot
and shoe business.

Ann Arbor—George M. Gaudy has
sold out his line of baked goods, con-
fectionery and ice cream.

Pompeii—-A. Fraker & Son _ suc-
ceed D. K. Barnes & Co. agricul
tural implement dealers.

Lowell—J. M. Meyers has pur-
chased Geo. McKee’s interest in the
Meyers & McKee feed mill.

a new

England has
into his new

Mt. Morris—Mrs. E. A. Knapp,
who formerly conducted a_ bakery
business, has sold her stock.

Detroit—An involuntary petition

in bankruptcy has been filed by the
creditors of the Hall Brick Co.

Imlay City—Fairweather & Steele
are succeeded by Lewis Steele, who
is to carry a line of farm implements.

Port Huron—The Flint Pantaloon
Co. has purchased the _ furnishing
goods department in F. J. Haslett’s
store.

Stanton—Frank Strouse has open-
ed a hardware and implement store
in the corner store of the Tower
block.

Gladwin—W. B. Tubbs has pur-
chased the interest of Mr. Button in
the hardware stock of Fraser &
Button.

Almont—W. F. Hammond & Co.,
dealers in drugs, groceries, paints and
oils, are to be succeeded by Wm. F.
Hammond.

Sault Ste. Marie—O. Hart has in-
creased the capacity of his grocery
store by doubling the size of his
show room.

Lake Odessa—Weldon Smith has
sold his bakery to H. E. Pratt, who
was formerly engaged in the grocery
business here.

Manistee—C. B. Shuman purchas-
ed the Somerville book, stationery
and wall paper stock at bankruptcy
sale for $1,000.

Caro—Eugene O. Spaulding is to
be succeeded by E. O. Spaulding,
who will carry a stock of dry goods,
cloaks and carpets.

Cadillac—J. D. Wilson, formerly
engaged in the meat business at Mid-
land, has opened a meat market on
North Mitchell street.

Sparta—H. A. Cranmer has sold
his interest in the cigar factory here

Re ‘continue the business.

| Coleman—Arthur C. Watring isto
con-
ducted by Watring & Butler, dealers
in agricultural implements.

Henderson-—Milo A. Crane has
sold his general stock to John Tel-
fer, will consolidate the stock
with his own general stock.

St. Johns—-E. M. Frink has sold his
shoe stock to Henry A. Tromp and

who

S. A. Post, who will continue’ the
business at the same _ location.
Wheeler—The general stock and

store building of W. C. Folkert were
recently destroyed by fire. The loss
is partially covered by insurance.

Nashville—D. A. Green and Fay
Green have formed a copartnership
under the style of Green & Son and
engaged in the grocery business.

Holland—Bousma & Wieringa,
grocers at the corner of Central ave-
nue and Sixteenth street, have dis-
solved partnership, Mr. Bousma suc-
ceeding.

Hart—T. S. Gurney has bought up
all the stock of the Hart Improve-

heating plant.

Hart—Noble Hook, of South Hart,
has bought the grocery stock of
Ralph De Vries. Mr. De Vries will
engage in the dry goods business in
the new Noret Block.

Cedar Springs—Wm. Black cele-
brated the thirty-third anniversary
of his career as a merchant last week.
He has every reason to feel gratified
over the success he has achieved.

Cadillac—C. L. Dolph and John
Wilcox have formed a copartnership
under the style of the Cadillac Manu-
facturing Co. for the purpose of en-

gaging in the manufacture of head-
ing.
Traverse City—A. B. Cook and

 

D. L. Young have formed a copart-
nership under the style of Cook &
Young and engaged in the hay, grain
and feed business at 410 West Front
street.

Alma—Thomas E. Pringle recently
sold his stock of clothing and men’s
furnishings to H. J. Vermulen and
the next day Mr. Vermulen sold it
to N. J. McCullough, who intends
to continue the business at the old
stand.

St. Clair—Crowley Bros., Burnham,
Stoepel & Co. and the Ryan Bros.
Knitting Co. have filed a petition to
have Louis Goldstein, a St. Clair dry
goods merchant, adjudicated a bank-

rupt. Petitioners’ alleged claims
amount to $1,800.
Mesick—Bruce Preston and R.M.

Harry have formed a copartnership
under the style of the Mesick Hard-
ware Co. The new company will
use the same building in which Mr.
Preston has been conducting
hardware business.

Detroit—F. J. Schaffer & Co. have
brought suit in the Circuit Court
|against the Wabash Railroad Co.,
claiming $2,000 for the alleged failure
to deliver a quantity of produce in
a reasonable time and in proper order
to L. H. Krallman, at St. Louis, Mo.

Traverse City—Thomas H. Sher-

the

 

ment Co. and has let a contract to/|
Muskegon parties for a $1,490 steam |

TRADESMAN

man and C. F. Hunter, who have |
been employed for several years as|
book-keeper and salesman, re- |
spectively, for the Hamilton Cloth- |
ing Co., have formed a copartnership |
and will engage in the clothing busi- |
ness on their own account.

Detroit—Judge Swan has under ad- |
visement a petition that Charles B. |
Hirschfield, recently adjudicated a_|
bankrupt, turn over $1,800 to his |
creditors or go to jail. It is alleged
he has collected thousands
not accounted for, and that his wife |
recently deposited $2,500 in a bank.

Lake George—F. A. Luce has pur- |
chased the general stock of J. R.|
Borst and will continue the business |
at the same location. Mr. Luce has
recently managed the general stock |
of Wagner & Gilman, at Clarence, |

several

previous to which he was employed |
for two years as clerk for Geo. F.
Cook.

Lake City—Wm. H. Arbuckle has |
sold his grocery stock to James Ber- |
ry and his bakery to Percy Chick
and M. 1. Wolverton, who will con- |
| tinue the business under the style}
(of Chick & Wolverton. Mr. Arbuc- |
| kle will remove to Boyne City, where |

 

| he will engage in the restaurant busi- |
ness.
300n—Andrew Olson
chased the interest of J. M. Hayden |
in the store building, general stock
and lands of Losie & Hayden. The|
business will be continued under the
style of E. A. Losie & Co, Mr. OL
son has been on the road the past |
five years for J. Cornwell & Sons, of |
Cadillac.
Jackson—Lawrence Verdon
Jay C. Hobart, both of whom con- |
duct retail cigar stores have |
consolidated their interests under the
style of the Hobart-Verdon Co. The |
company, which will also conduct the |
cigar stand in the Hotel Otsego, has |
a capital stock of $4,000, all subscrib-
ed and paid in in cash and property.
Nunica—A. Hilan Parkhurst is |
now sole owner of the general stock
which has_ been conducted several
years under the style of W. B. Park- |
hurst & Son.
tablished twenty-eight years ago un-
der the style of Parkhurst Bros.
Some years later it was changed to
A. F. Parkhurst and afterwards to
W. B. Parkhurst & Son.
Kalamazoo—Sumner Owen has
purchased a third interest in the im-
plement stock of H. H. Boylan &
Son and the business will hereafter
be conducted under the style of Boy-
lan, Owen & Boylan. Mr. Owen
has but recently resigned his posi-
tion with the International Harvest-
er Co. in order to devote all of his
time to the new business. He has
been traveling for the past two years |

has pur-|

and |

here,

The business was es-|

 

 

| for the harvester company, . having |
| been similarly employed for four|
; years previous by the Deering Har-|
lvester Co.
with

Before taking

' posi- |
| tions companies Mr. |
| Owen conducted a retail implement |
business at Stanley. |

these

Manufacturing Matters.

Piinwecl BC. Shayler has leas-|
ed the Brownell Flouring Mills.

Rochester—Wm. Williams, manu-

| Co. has been organized with
|

|to manufacture step ladders.

| which

| biles.

facturer of confectionery, is
ceeded by James Daffneas.
St. Johns—Arthur L. Rockwell is
succeeded by Slade & VanAuken,
manufacturers of confectionery.

Suc-

Detroit—The Princess Manufac-
turing Co. succeeds Chas. W. Moore,

manufacturer of children’s garments,

| etc.

Kalamazoo—Pfeiger & Frederick
have purchased the cigar manufactur-

|ing business of A. J. Weaver and will
jcontinue it at the same location.

Battle Creek—The Eccentric Pump
a cap-
ital stock of $25,000, all subscribed

land paid in in property, to engage

inthe mantutacttre and sale of

pumps and wind mills.

Co.

Jackson—The Fuel Protector

| has been organized to engage in the

|} manufacture of radiators and_ fuel
|economizers. The capital stock is
| $15,000, of which $10,000 has_ been

subscribed and paid in.

Port Huron—The Ratchet-Exten-

'sion Ladder Co. has been organized

The
pre-
common—oj{

capital stock is $25,000—$5,000
and $20,000
four-fifths is

ferred

subscribed and

| paid in.

Detroit—The Hammer Motor Co.

i has been organized for the purpose
| of manufacturing and selling automo-

The capital stock is $10,000,
all of which has been subseribed and
$3.000 of which has been paid in in
eash and property.

Detroit—The Wayne Automobile
Co. has been incorporated to manu-

|facture automobiles. The capital
stock is $300,000, of which $265,000
| has been subscribed. Of the latter,

| $8.200 has been paid in in cash and

$240,000 in property.

Detroit—Tilden Bros. & Noble
have merged their saw manufacturing
business into a stock company under
the style of the Tilden Saw Co. The
company has a capital stock of $60,-
000, all paid in in patented processes,
machinery and stock.

Hart—The Hart Potato Flour Co.
has organized with a
stock of $30,000, all of which
been subscribed and paid in in cash.
C. H. Seager, of Marshalltown, Iowa,
and W. J. Ward, of Gilman, Iowa,
each own one-quarter of the stock.

Muskegon—The Diamond Clothes
Pin Co. will be organized by local
men to manufacture’ the
clothes pin invented by A. Smith, of
City. The company
utilize the plant formerly occupied
by the Automatic Wringer Co., at
Muskegon Heights.

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Mrs. S. A. Gaumer has opened a
Srocery store at Boyne City. The
Worden Grocer Co. furnished the
stock.

grocery business at 207 Straight
street. The stock was furnished by

the Worden Grocer Co.

Ernest J. Parr, whose drug stock
at Marion was destroyed during the
recent conflagration at that place, has
re-engaged in business in a tempor-
The Hazeltine & Per-
kins Drug Co. furnished the stock.

ary location.

Peter Doran, trustee of the mort-
gage creditors of Sherman & By-
ram, the Petoskey dry goods dealers,
sold the stock at public sale. last
Wednesday on a bid of $3,160, made
by S. Rosenthal & Sons. Cash sales
to the amount of $1,200 were made
by the trustee between the dates
the mortgage was uttered and the
sale of the stock was effected, mak-

ing $4,360, less expenses, to divide |

among creditors whose claims aggre-
gate $8,000.

 

The Acme Cement Plaster Co.,
which recently purchased sixty-three
acres of land at-the junction of the
P. M. and Lake Shore Railway—
known as the Rufus Corkins farm—
has had plans prepared for a four-
kettle mill for the manufacture of
stucco. The company has_ caused
borings to be made at several places
on the land and claims that the en-
tire tract is underlaid with eight feet
of plaster rock only twelve feet un-
derground. The company will mine
the rock, instead of taking the dirt
off the surface, which will enable the

work of mining to be conducted the |

year round. The company maintains
its headquarters at St. Louis, Mo.,
and has four other stucco plants lo-
cated in Texas, Indian Territory and
Wyoming.
—_—_—_.
The Produce Market.
Apples—Winter stock is

freely on the basis of $2@2.25 per bbl
The market is
firmer and quotations are reaching
There has been an
enormous movement in apples this

moving

gradualiy growing

a higher basis.

fall and it is not over yet by any
mens. Retailers throughout the
country report the sale of an un-
usually large quantity of apples by
the barrel. The low prices and the
good quality of the fruit have caused
many a family to put one or more
barrels into the cellar for winter use

Bananas—$1t@1.25 for small bunch-
es; $1.50(@1.60 for Jumbos.
still high and they have reached a
point where the jobber finds some
dificulty in doing business. The re-
tailer is loth to pay the :advanced
prices and sales have been ent down
within the past two weeks a good
deal.

Beets-—4oc per bu

Butter—Creameries are 3teady in
price and active on the same basis

Prices are

 

 

 

as a week ago—25c for choice and
26e¢ for fancy. . Dairy grades are
stronger and higher than a week ago.
in consequence of the light receipts.
No. I is in strong demand at 19@2o0c
and packing stock is steady at 14@I15c.
Renovated has advanced to 20-.
Cabbage—35c per doz.
Carrots—goc per bu.
Celery—1sc per doz. bunches.
Cranberries—Cape Cods have ad-
vanced to $7.50 for late Blacks and
$8 for Howes. Home grown are in
moderate demand at $2.35 per bu.
Eggs—Fresh continue to advance.
the market having moved wp from
i@2c during the week. The receipts
of fresh stock continue to fall off
and the demand more than equals the
supply, even at present prices. The
effect of this condition, together with
the improved weather, has been to
advance storage eggs from 1@2c. li
it were not for the general use of
storage eggs at lower prices the mar-
ket on fresh advance very
rapidly until consumption was
Fresh command 23@24c for
case count and 25@26c for candled.
Storage, 20@2Ic.
Grapes—Malagas, $5.50°@6 per keg.
Ifoney—-Dealers hold dark at 10@
12c and white clover at 13@1Sc.
Lemons—Verdillas and Messinas
command $4.25 per box; Californias
fetch $4.25.
iettuce—Hot
per) tb.

would

checked.

house fetches I5c

Onions—The price is strong and
higher, choice stock fetching 75c per
bu.

Oranges—Floridas fetch $3; Ja-
maicas, $2.75; California Navels, $3.25.
-arsley—25c per doz. bunches.

Potatoes—The price ranges from
25(@30c, depending on local competi-
tion rather than outside demand. The
excellent weather has enabled the
farmers to market large quantities of
their tubers and the dealers are well
supplied for the immediate future.
There has been an unusually large
quantity of potatoes bought by city
grocers this fall and they will not be
in the market again until their stocks
run out. The country dealers, too,
have loaded up well. The shipping
demand is not active, either.

Pop Corn—ooc ‘for old and 50@6o0c
for new.

Radishes—20c per doz. for hot
house.

Squash—tc per fb. for Hubbard.
-Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried [linois
fetch $2.75 per bbl.

Turnips—4oc per bu.

———s-~-————

Henry B. Fairchild, Manager of
the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co,
has returned New Orleans,
where he attended the annual con-
vention of the National Wholesale
Druggists’ Association. It was his
first visit to the Crescent City and
he enjoyed the trip from start to
finish.

from

 

Senn aie: cee aed
Port Huron—J. W. Goulding & Co.
have merged their wholesale and re-
tail notion and millinery business in-
to a stock company under the same
style. The capital stock is $30,000,
all of which has been subscribed and
paid in.

 

The Grocery Market.

Sugar—London cable advices re-
port beet sugar unchanged for No-
vember delivery and December 34d
higher. Cane is firm but quiet. - As
Cuba has now sold about all of the
sugar that can be shipped during
December and January, there’ are
practically few offerings except for
February and March shipment, and
it is generally understood that re-
finers are ready buyers of these sug-
ars on the basis of 3 5-16 ¢ and f, for
96 test centrifugals, but holders are
not inclined to sell except at 33c.
The market for refined is quiet and
unchanged, with refiners quoting on
the basis of 5.35c less 4 per. cent.
cash for granulated in barrels. The
withdrawal demand is fairly active,
but there is no new business as the
trade is well protected for immediate
wants, owing to the fact that it has
been compelled to withdraw sugars
so freely on old contracts lately.

Teas—Stocks of Japs in first hands
are strongly held, with every indica-
tion of higher prices before spring.
The demand is fair, prices being
strong on ruling quotations.

Coffee—Both spot and future cof-
fee has remained steady, with a
firm tone. The option market has
fluctuated more or less during the
week, taking on some days a decided
decline, but recovering later. The
demand is dull and likely will be un-
til after the turn of the year. Milds,
Mocha and Java, are firm and: un-
changed.

 

Canned Goods—Corn is in moder-
ate demand at unchanged prices.
There may be some decline in the
lower grades of corn, as there seems
to be plenty to go around. Fine
grades, however, are scarce, and will
probably be well held throughout the
season. In peas there is a good de-
mand for cheap grades, but cheap
grades are scarce, and buyers are not
yet willing to pay the higher price
for better grades. Anything below
6o0c is now not easy to procure. To-
matoes are selling only in a very
small way at prices that show no
change and no disposition to change.
It is almost certain that the market
will remain as it is until after the
first of the year, anyway. Peaches are
unchanged, as is the entire line of
Baltimore stuff. Stocks are believed
to be less in Baltimore than usual.
California canned goods are  wun-
changed, with the _ exception of
péaches, which are steadily harden-

ing.

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Dried Fruits—There is a_ better
demand noted for prunes. The mar-

ket seems to be righting itself after
a very bad start, and from now on

it is expected that increasing

‘strength will be shown each day.

Small sizes are evidently in very
poor supply. Currants are strong but
without especial feature. Figs and
dates are also on a firmer basis.
Among the other cured fruits there
is little change. California advices

still tell of the firmness in peaches
and predict a complete clean-up of
the market early. Apricots are also
in none too large supply. Pears are
steady, The demand for fancy grades

 

of these fruits has been fully up to
expectations the past week. It is an-
ticipated that it will be still larger for
the next few days, as the last of the
Thanksgiving orders come in. The

| way the trade has taken high-priced

goods is an encouraging sign. All
signs point to a much higher raisin
market after the first of the year. A
large number of the packers have
withdrawn quotations and when they
make new figures, atfer January first,
it is exceedingly likely that higher
ones will be made. This is true of
seeded raisins especially, and they
are expected to open at least a cent
a pound higher.

Syrups and Molasses—The expect-
ed movement in glucose came last
week in the shape of a Io point ad-
vance. Compound syrup promptly
followed with a jump of Ic per gal-
lon. The demand is very firm. Sug-
ar syrup is in small demand at un-
changed prices. Molasses is’ very
strong. Good grades are scarce, and
really can not be sold below 38@4oc.

Fish—The mackerel situation is
strong and an advance is expected
The de-

mand for mackerel has been very

within the next few weeks.

Sardines are
quiet.

good until this week.
unchanged and_ business is
Cod has not receded as yet from its
very high position. The demand is
only fair, but seems to be absorbing
all of the available supply. White-
fish and lake fish are scarce and in
fair demand.
ne a

Buffalo. Market on Butter, Eggs,

Poultry, Beans and Potatoes.

Buffalo, Nov. 23—Creamery, fresh,
20@23'%4c; dairy,
12@15c; roll,

22(20¢€; storage,

fresh, 16@2Ic; poor,
18@20c.
Eggs—Candled. fresh, 27@29c; cold
storage, 20@2Ic; at mark, 19@z2oc.
Live Poultry — Chicks, tIo0@riIc.
fowls, 9@toc; turkeys, 16@17c; ducks,

I5c; geese, I3c.

Dressed Poultry — Turkeys, 21Ic;
chicks, 12@13c; fowls. to@tzc; old
cox, S@oc; ducks, I14@rise. Still

higher prices are predicted for next
week.

Beans—Hand picked marrows, new,
$2.75@2.85; mediums, $2(@2.15; peas,
$1 So@1.90; red kidney, $2.75; white
kidney, $2.75@3.

Potatoes—Round_ white,
mixed and red, 40@45c.

Rea & Witzig.
ee

Detroit—Sherman R. Miller and
George H. Detroit, and
Joseph Stubbers, of Cincinnati, have
incorporated as the Incandescent
Light & Stove Co. The capital stock
is $600,000, of which $400,000 is com-
mon and $200,000 preferred stock. Of
the common stock all has been paid
in in property, including patents, etc.,
and the business of the Incandescent
Light & Stove Co., a West Virginia
corporation. Of the preferred stock,
$23,373.22 has been paid in in cash
and $176,626.78 has been paid in in
personal property. The
will conduct its principal operations
in Cincinnati, and will have its prin-
cipal office in Detroit.

43@50¢c:

Paine, of

company

eee tll en tf a
It is usually the grumbler who de-
serves the least. recognition.

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MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

Thanksgiving Windows
ous in Stores.

Conspicu-

The hours can now be counted to
Thanksgiving, the time of family re-
and aching tum-tums. The
stores have been growing more and
more with
day, until now there is nothing need-
for

unions

festive each succeeding
a bounteous dinner but a
plethoric pocketbook with
strings and some one possessing the
ability to cook and serve the
things after they are bought.

ed
loosened

good

show-
array
for the foundation of said tempting
dinner, and very clean and beautiful
they look, too.
have somewhere about the decoration

All the dry goods stores are
ing fine table linens in snowy
Most of these goods

of their section considerable green,
burlap being employed generally for

the floor covering.
+ ££ *
Next to the tablecloth and nap-
kin department in Herpolsheimer’s

is a space division cosily fitted up as
a dining room, there being a round
table, all set a repast, three
chairs, a tall cabinet, and an impro-
vised mantel, made of two handsome
white marble pedestals and a shelf
draped with China silk, on which are
a clock and bric-a-brac. A rich rug
exactly fits the floor space and adds
much to the pleasing effect.

This comprises the west window.

as for

In the east window one is confronted
with
city is concerned.
mies

an mmovation as far as

are dressed in pretty

 

this |
Four lady dum- |
paper |

gowns which look as natural as the |

real thing. Also two children’s
per clothes
the one for a boy being a Buster

Brown suit.

are

Scattered all around are
the latest issue of the Delineator and

a neat card calls attention to the
3utterick patterns.
- =. +
I wish that Steketee’s would

sometimes vary their posy program
and once in a while have a bouquet of
“live flowers”—not always dead ones
fabricated out tissue paper! All
the other stores occasionally patron-

of

ize the florist, and the genuine article
adds much to the attractiveness
of an exhibit that the added expense,
I should think, would be looked up-
on as a legitimate one and be gladly
borne by some of those who never
have taken kindly to this method of
gratifying the public eye. The Stek-

SO

etee people often use flowers, such |
| pany these goods.
them | .

as they are—paper—but let

\
pa- |
similarly displayed, |
|cutlery a person of ordinary means

 

have a dainty window and a dainty |

bunch of flowers in the center,
conspicuously at one side, and see
how the compliments will pour
on their windowman’s skill!

. © +

or

in

Broadtail would appear to be the
reigning fashion in velvet, if one
might judge by the many times it
is run on to in the windows. I see
no beauty in it for suits or belts and

|

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i

some other uses to which it is put.
‘Tis a coarse, ugly-looking material
and I do not see how any one can
admire it.
coats—if there be any best!
a ee

Frederic Wurzburg’s_ art
windows always come in for a meed
of attention. J was greatly interested

in the exquisite specimen of embroid- |

ery in a frame at the right of the
door.
weeds’ by
the edge of the water occupy the
right of the picture, while a cloud-
enveloped mountain—an example of
“white on white”’—is at the left. I
presume mountain is the sa-
cred one, Fusiyama. The work was
executed by Mr. T. Sanzo.

Trees and wind-blown

this

bears the following information:
Sanzo
Jap Embroidery Artist

Will Instruct You
Free of charge.

“Free lessons in embroidery”—this |

announcement always appeals greatly

It looks the best in long

store |

It is of the very finest work. |

A card |

“Judge us by these.”
At a glance you can see
We lead
Them all

| In neckwear. -

Our superiority is just as
Evident

In every line we carry.

“Where we live,”
Now that large shapes
Are in vogue, neckwear
Has “come into its own again.”
Madam, remember that
Christmas is close at hand!

case is filled with hats. The same
|eleven brilliant red roses this firm
has used so many times occupy the

front of the

center. Below and in
says to the reader:
New Hat for Thanksgiving?
The only real live Hat Store
Of the
Showing the new styles fully
And most in advance
Of all the other stores.

town—

to the Sex it is intended to reach.
If the small town stores threw out |
this bait a little oftener than they |

do there would be more fish in their
nets, to use a homely metaphor.
* * x

3efore
to Foster, Stevens & Co.’s
beautiful windows. Last
friend said to me, “Oh,
the
so to-day I made a spe-
to take them in. Well,

must refer
latest very
Sunday a
must
windows;”
effort

you see

cial

that east one contains so many fine |
art pieces I simply can’t describe it |

in the remaining space at my dispos-
an
is

to be appreciated. The window

full to overflowing and yet it does}

not seem a particle crowded, para-
doxical that sound.

The window nearer Spring’s is
completely given up the finest

as may

to

could ever wish’ for.

A neat little firearm for ladies’ use
hangs high the background
carrying this description of particu-
lar interest to sportsmen:

in

Ladies’
Prize Rifle Club
Contest
Donated
by
President Wernicke,

and immediately the jolly German
hoves into one’s mental vision. May |
his present generous shadow never |

grow less!
" + ££ 2

A. May & Son have a fine showing
of neckties, one entire window being
taken up with them.
two small framed

One large and
placards accom-
I give them for
the benefit of country dealers, who
may
from:
A Glorious Exposition.
The novelty and beauty of these
cravats must strike you with
admiration the moment you see
them.
The greatest exhibit—the
most elegant ties ever shown in
Grand Rapids.
50c

going farther I assuredly |

Foster-Stevens |

These objects must all be seen!

get some suggestions  there- |

The Mays’ cardwriter always
catthy cards: There's a "go". to
them, and I give them quite often in
these columns for that reason.

And I come to what these
people probably consider the “piece
de resistance” in window decoration:
All around the central figure are ar-
ranged fine clothing galore, substan-
tial suit cases, dapper canes, etc. So
far so good. But now comes the ob-
jectionable part:

now

most prominent
| portion of the window is a dummy

Occupying the
representing a_ well-dressed young
man in a shockingly-intoxicated con-

dition. His clothes are in a “won’t

go home till morning” plight—his
collar unfastened, his voluminous
rich black silk tie flung to the

; breeze, the gold scarfpin losing out
and his hat, all dents and dust, jam-
med rakishly askew. A big whisky
bottle from his overcoat
pocket, all too plainly indicating that
John Barleycorn is the cause of his
beastly condition. One of his at-
; tempted long strides has landed the
|; dummy against a friendly lamppost,
which bears intersecting signs on
which are painted the names “Cher-
ity St” and “Sheldon St”

protrudes

| Yes.

The large square sidewalk show- |

vase is a card, also framed, which |

has |

ia scene

The}

 

| lagsppost and the signs are the “real
| goods.”
'the feathered turkey grasped firmly
|in the man’s right hand.
| stretched left hand holds a card on
| which is printed:

The same may be said of

The out-

Grand Turkey Raffle
No. 4-—1I—44,

‘the darky’s proverbial lucky combin-
| ation.
|small newsboy, with a white canvas
| bag slung over his shoulder.

Behind the rounder standsa

The aggregation attract attention?
Every one whose eye caught

ithe predicament stopped immediate-

ly, the same as if the “Black Maria’

had just been called, while others

| whose attention had not yet wander-
ied to the window were drawn there

by the eager crowd. Older men look-
ing on the spectacle laughed a con-
scious laugh, as if the scene recalled

| kindred experiences in their own
past; but as I caught glimpses of the
| young men and younger lads who
gazed on the representation and

| thought of the influence such ascene

might have on their lives I felt that
May & Son had—perhaps unwitting-
ly--done the people of Grand Rapids
a grievous wrong in this coupling
Thanksgiving day, with its hallowed
memories and happy reunions, with
which suggests anything
but happiness to the wife and chil-
dren who await the home coming
of such husband and father. I make
this and not
anger, because I believe that if May
& Son
of the
of the
cating

criticism in sorrow in
would listen to the comments
crowd which gathers in front
window and note the depre-
remarks of the
children have eaten the bread
of bitterness consequence of the
drink habit on the part of some loved
one, they would lose

women = and
who
in
time in
removing the disgusting and objec-
tionable spectacle and replace it with
a display more in keeping with the
character of their establishment and

no

the excellent traditions of their show
windows.

 

 

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A look at our stock con-

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

7

 

WOOD WORKING.

Evolution of the Art from the Dig-
ging Stick.

Man may have begun in the scale
of biped as a nut eater. Manifestly
he was not carnivorous to a marked
degree until he had made some prog-
ress in invention. Shell fish and mol-
lusks may have pointed him the way
to flesh eating, but with some of the
mollusks, such as the oyster, he had
to improvise a means for opening the
shell.

But whatever the state of the first
man as to dieting, it is certain that he
was neither planter nor cultivator of
artificial Necessity led him
to consider the artificial side of na-
ture, and in the beginning of his gar-
dening it seems certain that he be-
gan assisting nature in the develop-
ment and ripening of the wild plant
The
struction of crowding weeds proba-
bly appealed to him first the
prime necessity of occasion. Thus
the digging stick became the progeni-
tor of the spade, the hoe and the
plow—the first product at the hands
of the first woodworker.

No

in the scale as

crops.

life of plains and forests. de-

as

tribe has been known so low
not to recognize the
digging stick. It was
brought to the needful point by rub-
bing the end of the branch upon the
rough surface of a stone. Hardening
this point in the fire came afterward
of the inevitable marks

Indeed, this fire hardening

necessity of the

as one of
progress.
may have been the after discovery
the fact that scorched branch

could be ground more readily to

of a
a

point than could the green one.

In the primeval digging stick only |
No use of |

the point was considered.
the foot in pressing it into the ground
made. The user of it, whether
Australia, America
the lost archipelagoes of the South
Seas, took up the implement, assum-

was

in Africa, Or 1

ing a crouching attitude, and bored
the sharp point into the earth, lifting
it with main force of back and hands.
With the fire hardened stick the root
crops of nature were dug and _ har-
In the destroying of weeds
with the stick the idea of cultivation
came to this first tiller of the soil—
who, by the way, seems to have been
the woman in all tribes.

Among the Mojaves of the Ameri-
can Great West the woman wielded
the digging stick. One of her first
crops was the gourd, because of the

vested.

necessity for preserving water. When
the planting season had come, she
and her kind of the settlement went
forth, seeking the rich alluvial cran-
nies in the hills, and steeps and can-
ons, where the sun might peep into
warm and where the soft dews and
might wet. Protected by the
warriors stationed in the heights,
they planted the seeds of the gourd
where they might climb the rocks,
and from which the fruits might hang
to ripen. And with the planting all
attention was done until the war
party, with the gleaning women, went

rains

again in the autumn to the gourd
harvest.

Livingstone discovered that the
women of Portuguese Africa had

made a marked move toward the eyvo-

 

[his labors.

 

lution of the plow. The implement
was a double handled hoe, made by
cutting a tree trunk in a manner leav-
ing a branch pointing right and left
from its center. Into this trunk por-
tion the wooden blade of the hoe was
set and the implement was moved
back and forth with a dragging mo-
tion. The literal survival of this hoe
is seen to-day in any Chicago street
where leveling macadam is done, only
that the wooden blade becomes the
steel rake, with a man at each handle
pulling and hauling, back and forth,
with the regularity of a pendulum.
It was man’s first great step into
the future of inventions when he har-
the wild to his blunt

nessed oxen

| plow, made from a tree trunk, and

began to stir the ground with a view

 

|

to maintaining himself and his fami- |

ly by tilling the soil. He was the
prophet of the riding plow of the
present, of the giant grain header of
the Western wheat fields, of the corn
planter, the harrow, the self-binder,
and the mowing machine.

3ut with the — settled
and the abandonment of
as the chief means of life,
val man discovered the
Wild quadrupeds
Small
upon his ripening grains.
of the air feasted upon

3ut it was against the
quadrupeds that this first man built
his fences, frequently with more la-
bor than expended
crops proper.

habitation
the chase
the prime-
need of
came and
gnawers

fences.
trampled his crops.
fat
birds

grew

The

was upon his

of double utility in all this, especial-

  

The digging stick was |

 

ly among those peoples who tilled the |

upland plains.
The first threshing machine wasa
forked stick, whipping the straw of

| the grains and using the force of the

 

wind in cleaning chaff from the corn.
Looped vines and woven fibers used
for tree climbing were harvesting im-

plements as necessary as was the
flail.
Driving oxen and asses over the

heaped straw of the threshing floor
was one of the early means of sepa-

rating gram from the -straw. In
Palestine the mowrej, drawn by a

pair of oxen, not only shelled the
grain, but ground the straw _ into
chaff. A writer has. described the
process of threshing by this imple-
ment:

‘Bits of rough lava are fastened
into the bottom of the mowrej and

the driver sits or stands upon it. The
floor is simple. A circular space, thir-
ty to fifty feet in diameter, is made
level and the ground smoothed off
and beaten solid. The entire har-
vest is brought and there threshed
and winnowed, the different products
to respective
The Egyptian mowrej has
which revolve on the grain.
plains of Hamath I saw this

being carried their
places.
roliers

In the

machine much improved by having |

circular saws attached to the rollers.
On some floors at Yebna there was
no machine of any kind, but boys
rode or drove horses, donkeys or
oxen round and round upon the grain.
No one continued long in one direc-
tion, but changed every few minutes
to keep the animal from being dizzy.
The grain as it is threshed is heap-

ed up in the center of the floor, and |
when the wind blows the mixture |
thrown up with the shovel and |
fork to have the dust and chaff and
straw blown away.”

But if it was the wood of plant
life that directed man to the making |
of for the further cultivation
of plant life that wood in connection
with bodies of water taught him the
easiest form of transportation.

It that several
thousand the first fire
man discovered that |
was than |
For the
that |

of

is

tools

enough
after

was. well
years
hollowed canoe
wood substance heavier
like stone.
to

afloat

water and sank

man have known
kept

the air cells

primeval

wood only because
it
filling of these cells with water would
it to the bottom might

delayed navigation several

within and that

have
hundred

send

years.

It may be new to-day to the lay-
man in many walks of life that pine
wood

fiber is quite as heavy as is
the ironlike ebony, only that in the
pine the presence of air cells makes
and when
once the air is forced from the light-

it feathery in comparison,

est of white pine the wood substance
to the of water
cause of the wood’s greater specific
tools of the
held to wooden rafts and boats for

setties bottom be-

gravity. From wooden
transportation was easy.

Then for storage, wood again be-
came the substance in chief use for

the building’ of the granary. Not
alone the ant taught man to store
i...

| his food; the gnawers that preyed

upon his harvests carried his grain
to. their the
ground, and in the rocks.

the
When man
began to build his granary, however,
he still had to
small marauders.

holes in trees, in

these
One of the oldest

fence against
ot his makeshifts against the rats and
the squirrels was to put the granary
upon tall posts and encircle the posts

with wooden disks over which the
little animals could not crawl or
climb. To-day in the _ ordinary
kitchen the table is built with pro-

jecting top, making
on the same principle.

it mouse proof

In the beginning the wood for all

purposes available for man was the

dry, fallen timber that broke easily. |

or it was the sappling that could be
broken and twisted off.
As man worked in woods, however.

He
tree
at
The fire that
ate off the tree trunk naturally would
hollow the trunk into a skiff.
ot

progress

afterward

learn-
until it
its root

his proficiency increased.
away at the
to keep the

ed to
fell

until it was eaten off.

Saw

or fire

rudest makeshifts in wood
the of primitive

man in ornamentation of these prod-

these
working

| by the

sharp grained

the |

From |

ucts of his skill is shown clearly in
the South Sea Islands.

The prettiest woodwork is done
South Sea upon
their clubs, paddles and ceremonial
adzes,” says a writer. “To dig up a
of the proper cut tt off,
dress it down, and prepare it for the

Islanders

tree size,
carver was the work of the digging
stick, the adze, the scraper and the

rubbing As
wood sufficiently

stone.

soon as the was

| seasoned it was further hardened and

dried by means of fire. The surface
heated to destroy the
grain-of the The engraver
then with a shark’s tooth etched up-

was enough

wi od.

on the surface a lacework of geomet-

ric patterns, varied now and _ then

i with a bit of true sculpture.

“The Panamint Indians of Califor-
nia make their bows from the desert
juniper. The Indian prefers a piece
wood from the trunk
that has died and
while standing. At
mountains moist

of or limb of
seasoned

in

a tree
low altitudes
desert of

these rot

dead woods never occurs. A mature
tree subjected to the intensely drying
heat of the region is in perfect condi-

tion for this use.

“The bow rarely exceeds three feet
in length, and is strengthened by
gluing to its back a cover made of
strips of deer sinew laid lengthwise
along it. The string is made of twist-

ed or of rawhide,

the

sinew, sometimes
or of hempen cord prepared by
Indians.”

In the evolution of the woodworker
the palm family has been one ofthe
greatest incentives to the uncivilized
man. Leaves, fibers and fruits alike
Then the bam
Wallace

has said of the bamboo: “Its strength,

have encouraged him.
boo has been an inspiration.
lightness, smoothness, roundness.
hollowness and the facility and reg-
ularity with which it can be split and
with be madé
the varying lengths of
the which it
cut, its hardness outside, its

which holes
through it:

its joints,

can
ase. with
can be
freedom from any pronounced taste
or smell, its great abundance, and the
rapidity of its growth and increase,
are all qualities which render it use-
ful for a hundred different purposes
and with the minimum of labor
preparation.”

in

the
protecting

inner
their
and

and the
the trunk:

their leaves
nuts and shade—all have
been of inestimable value to man and
have lent themselves and blent them-
selves in

Barks of tree
fibers
resins;

saps and

fruits and

his evolution of woodwork-
of the of the
of the twentieth cen-

Howard

one
arts

ing into greatest
domestic

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ATHLETIC COMMERCIALISM.

Notwithstanding the fact that for
the last three months the country
has been suffering the throes of a
presidential election the season’s ex- |
citement will culminate to-morrow |
upon the gridiron. Men, old and |
young, who read the election returns
with something less than indifference |

will scan the results of the ball
game and will be uplifted or de-
pressed, glad or sorry, as Harvard
or Yale shall be reported to have

gone exultant from the field.

For some years through the cour-|
tesy of the above-named universities |
Princeton has received a half-hearted |

recognition upon the ball field and
she has proved by her prowess and
success that the recognition has not
been misplaced; but after all in’ the
public mind there are only’ two}
champions of the pigskin on _ the
Western continent, and as the one}

or the other succeeds so the Thanks- |
giving dinner is the gladdest or the
saddest the year has known.

There is no need here of asserting
‘hat the this
the nation at large is a tremendous
It has the
United States with an idea as health- |
ful as it is uplifting, and as this in- |
fluence has radiated, and |
maintaining ganglion after ganglion
the young manhood centering there,
the world of matter and of mind has
been strengthened and_ benefited,
thereby leavening the mass of Amer-
ican life until the whole is
Twenty-five

influence of game on|

one. honey-combed

creating

leaven.

years ago a game of
football was only a game of foot-
ball, read without comment, creat-

ing, if anything, the wonder that the

ing. It deserved no
even in the world of sport; but to-
day the college without a ball team
is the college gasping for life and the
college without a future. Maine, the
Eastern limit of the country, looks
with pride at the stalwart shoulders

that have butted themselves into

masterful recognition; the Mississip- |

pi Valley, listening to bragging New
England, the home-center of the
wholesome idea, with her nose in
the air pats the steel sinews of her

young giants and looks forward with

i that.

| college

|mind and with
| sustained ideas. of

recognition |
thrills the palm it grasps.
|ern

| stamp

| sees
| tures

confidence and hope to -the coming | was wafted westward by the wind-

encounter, while the listening Paci-
fic complacently watches the putting
on of the nose-protector and the
shin-guard, sure that the
Gate at sunset will resound with the

praises of her youthful heroes com- |
land hearty hand, certain at least of |
that the time is soon coming, |

ing home with their shining shields.

Golden |

With the partnership of brain and |

brawn

thus happily formed at the |

country’s centers of intellectual life, |

those
perity of the firm have been and are
uneasy, if not fearful, that the house,
by a too. strong leaning
commercialism, may in time
of the gate money

think
more

° |
who are watching the pros-|

towards |

than of|

that larger, broader and far more im- |

portant object in view when _ the
members of the firm went into busi-

ness. Commercialism

|tained, but only so as it is needed
to keep a vigorous body and soul

together. It is a means, not the end,

| cesses of crudeness and culture alike |

ac- |
may be an| their |
|essential part of the end to be at-j|

kissed sails of the Mayflower calls
the Western rail-splitter
American,” and it is a son of Har-
vard who, recognizing the man un-

der the wild and the wool of the|
|of Japan, or any foreign

Plains, greets him with level eye

this:

|
|
|

|
|
|
|
|

if it be not here already, when their |
common manhood will wear the same |

garb of speech and action and wear
the impress of the same Great Seal.

The latest and the best means Of
accomplishing this all-important pur-
pose is the pigskin and the gridiron.
They uplift, sustain, strengthen and
encourage. They lop off the ex-
levelers, are best
the best
Thus far a

and, common
complishing in
all-important task.
hindrance threatens:
commercialism is blocking the way.

way
sin-

gle

|The desire for the almighty dollar

and just so surely as it be made the |

end and the means just so surely
can early bankruptcy be safely pre-
dicted.

What is wanted is manhood, not
money, and Christian manhood at
Tor years, counted
Harvard and Yale
untrained best and
the world to
world’s trained best,
succeeded; but the

now by
centuries, have
taken
them

with

ou
out

the

have

into

they suc-

|cess when it has come has been due

to the happy combination of train-
God

stamped with His approving seal the

ed intelligence where

| survival of Nature’s best. This makes
imen, and just in proportion as the

for and realizes this
ideal, in that same proportion
this United States be peopled with
the best specimens of
which the world knows.

works

is shutting out the fact that the ba-
sis of the partnership is not the mak-
ing of money, but the making of life.

' Considerations of finance there must

ibe only to sustain and strengthen
the physical, moral and __ social
health of the humanity about it.

sent |
cope |
and |

opinion, “a
generous manhood, a chivalric spirit
high~ type of social inter-
but to that
crushes out the purpose of the man
hunts for his dinner and

“Develop,” says public

ang 4
course;” accomplish

who puts

|money in his purse without caring,

has |

| athletic

will |

Her Manchurian army of nearly half
a million men has_ been defeated,

“the first| but she has many more millions of

men at her disposal. By what right
Lord Lansdowne, who is the
Minister of a power openly the ally
minister,
ask Russia to accept her defeats and
sue for peace? It is all very well to
prate of the terrible slaughter going
on in the Far East and appeal to the
nations to stop the war in the name
of humanity. Such talk is childish.
The slaughter has been as great, and
greater, in other wars, and the

does

evci

| contest went on without interference

Athletic |

| looked

to a logical finish, and there is no
good reason to expect any other out-
come to the present war. Russia will
not yield until she is convinced that
there is no hope of winning by mak-
ing sacrifices. _

Lord Lansdowne has not far to go
to find
to rebuke him.

rise

will
During the Boer war

instances. which
there was a time when it looked very
much as if the British had been de-
feated at all points, and the situation
so black that General Buller
heliographed an order to General Sir
George White at Ladysmith to make

| the best terms possible and capitulate

| South

so he be successful, about the means |

resorted to to put it there.

This is the thought to be consid- }

after dinner; and if
the

receiving the heartiest commendation

ered to-morrow

commercialism is idea

|of the American public football, as

manhood |
| fluence

a means of culture, has

and the game will be rele-

| gated to other failures that have been

There has been expressed often-
jer than often the thought that the |
Eastern college is tremendously

bothered with what the Great West |

forcefully calls an aggravated case
of the “swell head.”
and effete. It

enervate takes

It has become | ae
| standpoint,
the |

great untrained, not always the best, |

clothes it not always in its

blue-blood and
to the world with its Harvard seal
or its Yale seal alone to assert its
superiority. There may be
thing in this, but not much.
strikes hands with young
manhood the world over and as sure-
like meets like so the

some-
Young
manhood

ly as spirit

| that goes with the Western “Put her
reporter had found it worth record:= |

there, pard!” feels and

the genuine Eastern

recognizes
manhood that
The East-
has met the Western
culture and only as each bears the
of Heaven’s great seal is the
manhood that stands for it the real
thing. The cowboy laughs at the
tenderfoot; but the laugh is turned
into respect the moment the cowboy
that the college-marked fea-
of the tenderfoot stand for a

culture

| courage and a cunning and for mus- |
icle that equal his own.
Englander whose transmitted blood| have by no means been

The

right |
exalted and not well |

|ancestral importance sends it out in- |

; Sea

| Rast,

|} generous terms.

| and

weighed in the balance of approval

found wanting.

 

THE PLEA FOR PEACE.
it 15 all well,

to call a halt; now that

very

lost its in-|

What would Great Britain have
thought of intervention at that
gloomy hour? Did the British gov-

ernment think of yielding then? Not

a bit of it. John Ball hardened his

heart and sent out more troops to

Africa and kept sending them
out until the tide turned and the Boer
1

was conquered, and Lord Lansdown?

| was the very man more than all other

men who had to do with sending out

| those additional troops, and who kept
|sending them out to the end. With

| what

this
statesman now advise Russia with her

countenance can

same

eeming millions, who are as good

t
t
| food for powder as his own country-

| men, to play the part of a craven and
| accept defeat merely because a few

battles

lare all
from Japan’s |

a . . |
she has achieved everything she set |

out to win.

Peace now would leave |

Japan in the role of a victor never |

once checked during the progress of
one of the most
century, with her military prestige
Natural-
ly, Japan would welcome peace. But
with Russia the case is essentially
different. So far the Russians have
not won a single victory, but, on the

terial resources unimpaired.

contrary, have sustained a succession
of humiliating defeats on
almost

land
without

out of Manchuria and her

| cause

serious wars in a|

lost and a few

Humanitarian ideas

been
ships destroyed?

have
very fine while countries are
at peace, but any nation worthy of
the name which yields while at war
to save effusion of blood or for any
other reason than the exhaustion of
of the
under-

her resources or the removal
the
taken, has entered upon its period of

for which war was

| physical and moral decay.
firmly established and with her ma- |

|

and |
paralle:. It is |
true that her armies have been almost |

| driven | Nov. 22,

ships swept from the seas of the Far |

Were these forces all she pos-
sessed, then there would be logic in
the advice so freely given to accept
and yield, particularly
as the enemy is in a spirit to offer

the inevitable

It must be remem-

has been invaded, and her resources

| the

Secretary of State Hay has taken
the proper stand, namely, not to in-
terfere in any way until both bellig-
erents ask for our good offices. and it
is to be hoped that he will strictly
that sensible

adhere to wise and

| course.

STS

San
in a decision handed down
that boycotting
of no protection from

Supreme Judge Hebbard, of
Francisco,
declared
was deserving
that a sufferer could
pro-

and
to personal
tect his rights.

laws

resort violence to

 

The men wlio talk loudest about

| the necessity o/ war are generally the
| bered, however. tha spite | | aps @ wie
, he . that despi *r loss- | - :
De late ces ust nae loss- | men who stay at home and finance it.
€s, Russia is still a great and rich em- |
| pire. Not a foot of her real territory |
New | i

 

It is not what you can do but what

| you do do that speaks for or against

exhausted. | you,

|

 

 

 

=.

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

9

 

SAVED BY A HORSE.

Thanksgiving Day Experience on)

Smoky Hill River.

“Breakfast now ready in the dining
room!” yelled the cook, as he poked
his round face through the flap of the
tent. There was no answer from
within. “Last call for breakfast!’”’ he
repeated. And this time there came
a grunt from the depths of a canvas
roll, and a head, surmounted by a
woolen cap, protruded just far enough
to allow its owner to see that dawn
had scarcely broken.

“Say, isn’t it going to snow?” quer-
ied the newly awakened.

“Not a cloud in the sky,” answered
the knight of the skillet. “You bet
you'll have to work to-day, if it is
Thanksgiving.”

The newly awakened glided into a
sitting posture. “Wake up _ there,
Smiler,” he shouted, slinging a: shoe
at a similar bundle, myself, on the
other side of the tent. A smothered
groan was the response. Then the
bundle began to move, a hand _ pro-
truded from one end, a couple of
spring hooks were unfastened, anda
head, similar to the one already de-
scribed, and followed by a long, skin-
ny body, appeared on the scene, like
a snake issuing from its hole.

You see my blankets were sewed
tip into a kind of bag, just large
enough to receive my body, and at
night I crawled in and fastened up
the end, thus keeping off the chilly
air. When the weather was excep-
tionally cold I would take the addi-
tional precaution of inserting a small
puppy into the orifice and kicking it
down to the bottom, where the faith-
ful animal would remain until morn-
ing, emitting a cheerful warmth.

Although decked for the hours of
slumber we were entirely clothed,
with the exception of shoes and coat.

“Beastly cold, Tom,” I remarked to
my companion, as I shivered into my
coat and shook on my shoes.

“Worse and more of it,” replied
Tom, and, completely dressed, he
disappeared through the tent door.
In a moment I heard the strokes ofa
hatchet. It was only Tom breaking
the ice in the water bucket. “It froze
three inches last night,’ he remarked,
as I issued from the tent. “We'll
have a day of it. Ill bet I freeze to
death.”

A little dab of water around the
eyes and vigorous use of the towel
comprised the extent of the morning’s
ablutions, and then we hurried into
the cook tent, shivering, and stretch-
ed our fingers over the comfortable
warmth of the gasoline stove. The
other men were already there, seated
around the oilcloth-covered table and
devouring oatmeal by the bow], fried
eggs, hot biscuit and pints of delici-
ous coffee from big granite cups, an
example we were not slow to follow.

But in spite of a good breakfast
the situation was pretty tough. This
was the day that the President of
the United States had declared should
be given up to Thangsgiving, and
which is from one end of the land to
the other set apart for ruinous feast-
ing, and here were these poor fel-
lows, Uncle Sam’s very servants, pre-

 

paring to start out for a day’s work,
driving in the cutting wind, with stif-
fened fingers trying to depict on pa-
per the contour of the rolling plains.
Of course, we were going to work.
Men in the field never take holidays,
especially toward the end of the sur-
veying season, and the only Thanks-
giving we expected to have was a
little better dinner than usual on the
following Sunday.

We were camped within sight of
the twin cupolas of Hays City, and
were it not for the cottonwoods
which line the course of Big Creek,
the abandoned military post of Fort
Hays, with its decaying buildings,
would have been plainly visible.

The sun had just risen when we
prepared to get under way The horse
had been brought up to the wagons
and fed—that is, all except my con-
scienceless Chesapeake, who had nos-
ed all his feed out on the _ frozen
ground with an impatient toss of his
head. At this period of his career,
by the way, Chesapeake’s wild oats
had not yet been all sown. He evi-
dently knew it was Thanksgiving Day
and expected some of the delicacies
with which my indulgence had often
supplied him. For Chesapeake was
the only horse I ever heard of that
liked fried chicken.
the meat off a drumstick as daintily
as you or I. Then, I always used to
give him a bite of my pie at lunch
time. He just loved pie—mince or
pumpkin or lemon; it did not seem
to make any difference what kind it
was, so it was pie.
remarkable thing, though, was olives.

He would pick} * =
|\for a suitable place to cross.

Perhaps the most |

|

 

 

He’d eat all the pulp off and pit out |

the stone—why, it was simply beauti- | °'”" fl i
| at frequent points, especially in a pas-

ful.

Well, Chesapeake was hitched up to |

my buckboard and tied to the wagon. |
I loaded in my map-making stuff and |

put on my wraps—quite an ordeal, |

as I already had on two pairs of
trousers, two vests, a knit jacket and
a couple of coats.
don a pair of heavy felt boots over

my shoes, over them a pair of go-|

loshes lined with red flannel. My
throat must be protected by a silk
muffler. Then came the big overcoat,
tightly buttoned. A woolen scarf was
drawn over my hat and ears, and
after rolling into the buckboard I
wrapped myself carefully into a horse
blanket, then put on big fur gloves
over a lighter pair of dogskin. You
might suppose all this would be
enough to keep me warm, but I tell
you there are not clothes enough
made to protect a man from those
prairie winds on an all day drive in
an open vehicle.

After I was arranged to my satis-
faction, Jake, the teamster, let go the
head, and in a moment I had forded
the creek and was striking southward
on an angling road across the prairie
toward the Smoky Hill River.

It didn’t seem to get any warmer.
A sort of mist had come up and
obscured the sun, and the wind was
sharp and cutting. Gradually the cold
penetrated layer after layer of my
apparel, and when it reached me _ it
didn’t stop there, but went right on
into my very bones. My feet were

‘Then I had to}

| earth.

perfectly numb, my fingers were en- |,

tirely out of the jurisdiction of my
will, I shivered and shook constantly,
and my face—all that was visible of
it—-was ultramarine blue.
on, There was a certain bend in the
river which I was anxious to see and
describe, and it would take good
work to get there and back in a day.

I passed few houses, and these were
mostly one-storied affairs, roughly
built of the native white stone and
tenanted by a low
grants, known, or

class of immi-
rather unknown,
to fame as “Rooshians.”

It was about 11 o’clock when my
refrigerated self descended the steep
bluff which borders the Smoky Hill
River. The point I was aiming for
was a couple of miles to eastward
down the stream. Turning off the
road I passed through one of those
inventions of Satan, a wire gate,
drove swiftly over the crisp buffalo
grass along the level river bottom
and in fifteen minutes more was just
at the desired point. I sketched the
bend in the river as carefully as my
benumbed condition would allow,
holding the pencil in my closed fist.
One break that entered the river on
the other side I could not see to
my satisfaction. I was too conscien-
tious to guess at it, so began looking

Now, -the Smoky at that point isa
very formidable river on the other
side. In summer it dries up entirely,
and in winter its depth averages not
over two or three feet. The bed isa
stretch of sand a quarter of a mile
wide, while of actual water there is
not a third of that width. It is pos-
sible, with care, to cross in_ safety

ture, where the cattle keep the sand
well packed down.

As I skirted the stream, looking
for a place where it was possible to
descend the bank of the river bend
itself, I heard a sound as of the roll-
ing of distant thunder. What could
it be? I stopped and listened. Loud-
er and louder it grew, a roar and a
rumble shake the
A little swell in the ground

seemed to

|cut off any extended view in the di-

 

rection from which I had

Waiting, I listened.
Suddenly on the crest of the swell

outlined against the sky, looking like

come.

a giant of its kind, appeared one of

those wild, long horned Texas steers. !

But I kept |

Seeing me, he gave a_ surprised
snort, turned his majestic head and
uttered a bellow of instruction to
his followers, and then, as if decided
that I was not a sufficient obstacle
to cause embarrassment, started on
a run down the slope straight to-
ward me. Then the whole herd came
into view—one solid tossing mass of
lowered heads and_ waving tails
plunging in the leader’s wake. There
must have been a thousand of them,
but to. my excited imagination they
eemed to darken the whole hori-
zon, and they were coming with an
impetus that nothing
could withstand.

Certain

face. The river was before me, and

apparently
death stared me in the

at the point where I stoed a precip-
itous bank, four or five feet high,
said as plainly as a sign-board, “No
thoroughfare.” Right in the bend
of the stream as I was escape seem-

ed impossible. The cattle were clos-

ing in-as im a funnel. Their sharp
horns I could already see red with
my blood and could picture to my-
self the mangled mass of horse and
man their mad stampede would leave
behind.

Chesapeake was by no means una-
With the open
bridle which I always used he could

ware of the danger.
see as much as J, and he began to
fear and plunge, uncertaim as [ im
what direction safety lay.

Could I divide the living stream,
causing it to pass me as an island?
I had heard of such things in buffa-
lo days. Still in my confined posi-
tion on the seat of the buckboard,
fettered by my many garments and
swaddled in the blanket, and holding
my frightened horse with one hand,
I took off my gloves with my teeth
and drew my revolver from the little
pocket in the dash-board where |
always carried it, for | sometimes
amused myself popping at jack rab-
bits. My fingers were so stiff with
the cold, even this excitement not
having warmed me up, that I de-
spaired of being able to pull the trig-
ger.

The leader was almost upon me,
his horns lowered, his wicked _ blaz-
ing eyes taking in this intruding and
unfamiliar combination with a most
effect. ‘With a supreme
effort of will my numb finger pressed

terrifying

the sensitive trigger.

Bang! the report rang in my ears.

 

 

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10

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

Did I hit him? I never’ knew.
Chesapeake, nervous and excited al-
ready, leaped at the sound of the pis-
tol like an arrow from a bow. En-
tirely beyond my control, he flew
over the bank with me and into the
icy water. The pistol was thrown
from my hand and I from the vehicle.

I struck face first and went com-
pletely under. My, but the water
was cold! It went into my very mar-
row. But with determination
I held on to the Not a mo-
ment did Chesapeake pause, but
plunged through the freezing river,
dragging in his wake the front
wheels and myself, the remnant of
his disintegrated load, until we reach-
ed the sandy shore opposite. Then,
for a wonder, he stopped. Not such
a wonder either, for to drag by the
bit through that soft sand such a
dead weight as I was enough to
stop even Chesapeake. I, more dead
than alive, lay stretched out, a_be-
draggled, nerveless object.

grim
lines.

The cattle didn’t go into the river
at all. Whether my pistol shot
‘halted them or whether the watery

channel had turned their course, I|
But the fact is that |

could not say.
when I stood again on my feet there
they were, bellowing and _ tossing
their horns on the bank and as_ I
watched them by some unknown sig-
nal they turned and started with one
impulse back as they had come, heads
down and tails up, not nearly so ter-
rifying a sight, now that their backs
were turned on me.

I was naturally uncomfortable, but
didn’t know just how to improve my
situation at once.

Why didn’t I make a fire and dry
myself? I have heard of burning
sand. They have it in Africa, but
this wasn’t that kind. My teeth
chattered a little accompaniment to
the tenor of my thoughts, and the
water dripped off my garments and
made a puddle around my feet, so
that IT had to move at intervals to
keep from getting any wetter, while
Chesapeake stood idly by, waiting
for something to turn up, the buck-
board probably, and wondering if it
wasn’t almost time for lunch and pie.

“This is Thanksgiving,” said I to
my equine companion, as I spat some

sand out of my mouth. “Turkey?
Cranberry sauce? Not for you, Un-
cie Smiler, this year. Chesapeake,

we'll go on, and the first house we
come to, even be it a one-room dug-
out, there we will spend the rest
of our Thanksgiving and go back
to camp to-morrow. My dinner will
consist of sour bread and fat pork
with the bristles on; yours will be
wet straw.”

After’ this melancholy homily,
driving Chesapeake and the front
wheels before me, and postponing

any rescuing of my belongings until
some more favorable time, I started
across the sand and up the low bank.
As I reached the summit I eagerly
cast my eyes about for the expected
dugout.

What was that I saw a mile or so

away? One, two, three windmills
rising out of what looked like a
city in the early stages of its

 

 

 

growth. There seemed to be barns
and houses,
enough for all the people and. the
cattle in the county. I cogitated a
then an idea—a_ pleasant
idea—struck me, and I directed my
course toward the newly discovered
goal. “This,” I said, by way of ex-
planation to Chesapeake, “is Birch’s
ranch

 

moment,

We're right in one of his pastures

now, and [ didn’t have sense enough | ce tice
. | statistics that the number of cigar-

lettes annually sold in this country

to know it.” This was evidently sat-
isfactory to Chesapeake, for he prick-
ed up moved on at a

Perhaps he smelled pie.

his ears and
good gait.

3irch was, indeed, a well known
name in that part of the country.
His ranch, the largest anywhere
around, embraced thousands of acres
of fertile prairie, over which
dered myriads of cattle.
ful residence in

|

and sheds and corrals |
| spirit.

‘not muster the courage to ask Mrs.

that we hear so much abott. |

|of a great number of cheap cigars
wan- |

His beauti- |
Hays 1 had fire |

quently seen, and heard the wildest ;

accounts of the elegance of his rural |

home.

>

“We shall see,’

thought I, “wheth- |

er or not I shall get the entree to}

his select circle.
do look very inviting.”

I tied my long-suffering quadruped |

I don’t suppose I}

to a fence post, and with joy in my}

heart and ice water in

my boots |

passed up the walk to the largest of |

 

the houses

ored structure with broad

a big, square, buff col-|
piazzas, |

which at another season might have |

been described as inviting.

“Please tell Mr. Birch I would like |
to see him,” I said to the housemaid |
who answered my vigorous ring at

|

the bell.
“Walk tm, sit,”

fice or reception room where blazed
a cheerful fire. It certainly did feel
good to get close to that fire. I took

was the response, |
and I was conducted into a little of- |

off the rest of my gloves, and unty-|
ing my scarf removed my hat. I'|
unbuttoned my coats and allowed the |
grateful warmth to penetrate the rest |
of my garments, and a vapor rising |

from the damp clothes made me

look like an emaciated cherub riding |

in a cloud.

A door opened and Mr. Birch en-|

tered. A short, thickset man he was,

with a sun-tanned face, a little gray |

mustache and small, twinkling eyes.
He shook my hand with a heartiness

that made me feel at home immedi-|

ately, and as soon as he discovered
how wet and cold I was a room, gal-

lons of hot water and a whole lay-|

out of dry clothes were at my dis-|

posal in a jiffy.

It is true, the clothes were from}

the wardrobe of Mr. Birch himself, |
more |

who measured eleven inches

around the waist than I did, besides |

shorter.
I care for that?

being a foot or so
what did

But |
I put |

them on and went down to the par-|
lor, where the family were assem- |
bled, and the hearty reception they |

gave me made me feel quite happy,
even if my collar was a seventeen
and my makeup altogether ludicrous.

Faithful old Chesapeake had a
heaping measure of oats for his
Thanksgiving dinner, served in a
clean, warm stall. No putting on
airs now about eating them, either,

 

that are usually classed as_ stogies
or cheroots, or to all three causes,
would be hard to determine. Whether
the health of the nation will ultimate-
ly suffer from much tobacco smoke
is a question over which doctors will
always disagree; but we think we are
right in saying that there is no dis-
agreement as to the injuriousness of
the use of tobacco to persons who
have not attained their full growth.
As it is probably true that the cigar-
crease in the consumption of cigar-

for the day’s hard experience had |
temporarily sobered his wayward
If his dessert was missing he
took it philosophically. I thought of
him when I was at dinner, but could

Birch for a piece of pie for Chesa-
peake when I had already eaten two
myself. Frank Howard Seely.
—_-—_—~>—
Passing of the Cigarette.
It appears from recently compiled

 

ettes is due mainly to prevention of
indulgence in them by boys, the fact
that there is a decrease, and a con-
siderable one, is gratifying.

at present is less by about a billion
than it was ten years ago. Whether
this decrease may be attributed to
the operation of the
laws, to the power of public senti-
ment, to the placing on the market

anti-cigarette ae

If good fellows were handed the
ice pitcher oftener they would be
wealtheier.

 

 

System

In your store
means

Money

in your pocket,

But you do not have a per-
fect system until
you geta

Caskey Account
Register

It is a practical method of handling sales slips, in a register
that is mechanically correct, and shows every detail of the trans-
action: Date, Customer's Name and Address, the Clerk who sold
the goods, the Amount of Previous Balance, the Items comprising
Present Purchase and amount of same, and the Grand Total, all
Posted and ready for settlement at any minute—and ali done

WITH ONLY ONE WRITING

Remember, Mr. Merchant, when you see it on a McCaskey,

you're sure of it. You see it all. They are sold ona guarantee.
New Catalogue just out.

 

The McCaskey Register Company
Alliance, Ohio

 

  

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Every Stock Owner
| Uses Stock Food

Think, Mr. Merchant, how many of your
customers are stock owners and how naturally
their trade would come to you if you handled

Superior
Stock Food

which is conceded by all the first-class stock-
men in the country to be unequalled in quality.
Put up in attractive packages which are easily
handled Let us quote you price.

Superior Stock Food Co., Limited
Plainwell, Mich.

    

 

 

 
  
   

 
  

 

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11

 

SUN SPOTS.

The Mystery of Their Causes and
Effects.

The director of the Santa Clara
College Observatory announces the
discovery of a series of spots on the
face of the sun. They are invisible,
however, without the aid of a tele-
scope. The telegraphic announce-
ment of the discovery of these small
sun spots was accompanied with the
suggestion that they are responsible
for the recent phenomenal weather
in this State. The suggestion is, of
course, untenable, for, if sun spots
were responsible for terrestrial me-
teorological changes or disturbances
the latter would be uniform the world
over and not localized as they are in-
variably. There are doubtless more
rational causes than sun spots to
assign for this year’s September and
October rainstorms, which are un-
usual only in the fact that they are
more prolonged and the precipita-
tion has been greater than at any
corresponding period on_ record.
Moreover, intervals of exceptionally
warm weather have preceded and oc-
curred between these storms and dur-
ing the prevalence of most of them
unusual electrical activity has been
displayed. But the storms them-
selves have merely followed in the
wake of the disappearance of the
trade winds, just as variable winds
and hurricanes follow the changes
of the monsoons in the, Indian Ocean
and the China seas.
the recent meteorological phenomena
is not exceptional and can not be
attributed to the presence of spots
on the face of the solar orb.

Sun spots are not rare phenomena.
In fact, it is rare that the sun _ is
absolutely free from them. Some-
times it is more seriously afflicted in
this respect than it is at others.

These sporadic outbursts of sun spots |

have given rise to a theory of pe-
riodicity of 11.11 years, which, while
not positively proved, has been so
far sustained that many astronomers
of repute accept it in a general sense.
But the insecurity of this theory is
disturbed and its value weakened by
the fact that a variability of a little
over two years has occurred between
the maxima as shown in the records
of those astronomers who have made
sun spots a special study.
Doubtless a more perfect knowl-
edge of the value or influence of sun
spots in the solar system would be
acquired if we only knew definitely
what they are. That is an undeter-
mined quantity and may ever remain
so to the ken of man, for nearly
everything that is assumed to be
known about the composition and
condition of the central orb of the
solar system is speculative and de-
batable. To acquire a positive knowl-
edge of what sun spots are we must
first possess a positive knowledge of
what the sun is. On that subject
the most learned astronomers are di-
vided. One school holds to the the-
ory that it is a molten mass sur-
rounded by an atmosphere of its own
gases in a state of combustion. An-
other set of astronomers as firmly
believes that the sun proper is ina
gaseous state and that the outer en-

That part of}

{ing more or

 

velop only is aflame.

Still another

class, as distinguished in knowledge.)

of astronomical science, cherishes the |

theory that the solar sphere is like

our own earth—cool on the surface |
and capable of maintaining life as/|

we know it—and that the bright ex-|
terior which distributes light to all |

members of the system is merely an|

electrical incandescent
whose rays communicate heat to the
sun’s attendant planets through the
friction created by their
through the planetary
All of these theories

are More OF

atmosphere |

| the
passage |
atmosphere. |

drum, of the Mauritius Observatory, |

pointed out, as the result of care-
fully compiled data extending from

|

1847 to 1872, that the number of cy-|

clones in the Indian Ocean was great- |

|

est at the time of a sun spot maxi- |

mum.

The generally accepted rule is that

within a well defined and _ limited
equatorial belt merely increases the
perplexity of those who are search-
me for a solution of the
problem of their cause and effect.
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“Keep up with the procession” is

rational

|not the modern axiom in spirit, for

latitudes of 6 and 35 degrees north |
and south of the polar equator. If|

telescopic sun spots which

are | : og
but it can not overcome the deficien-

reported by the Santa Clara College |

astronomical director are located, as

| announced, one a slight distance be-

less sustained by plausible evidence, |

and each one is in like degree dis-

turbed by unaccountable phenomena. |
The believer in the combustion of |

the sun places the greatest faith on
the testimony of the
and, on the strength of that testi-

spectroscope, |

mony, he catalogues the elements of |
which the sun is, in his opinion, as-|

sumed to be composed.

But the in-|

fallibility of the spectroscope is bas- |
ed on comparative evidence only. On|
the other hand, the theory of the}

electric and incandescent source of
solar light and energy is backed by

the artificial reproduction with me-|

chanical electrical agents of all solar
phenomena.

In the theory of solar combustion, |

sun spots are assumed to be either

great solar storms or ruptures in the}
solar atmosphere caused by violent |
volcanic eruptions on the surface of |

the sun’s body or by an indraft from
the exterior of the photosphere or
outer envelop.

In the electrical the- |

ory sun spots are regarded as noth- |

less than electrical
storms or violent disturbances inthe
solar atmosphere. Color is givento
this theory by the fact that great

magnetic disturbances on the earth)

usually accompany the appearance of
spots on the sun.

The latter coincidence led the elder
Herschel to assume that sun
influenced the vegetation of

spots |
the |

earth, from which he attempted to |
prove a direct relationship between |
the price of cereals and the appear- |

ance of these phenomena. Professor

Jevons by asimilar process of reason- |

ing as that which was employed by |
Sir William Herschel endeavored to |

establish a relationship between the
appearance of sun spots and commer-
cial crises, which Professor C. A.

Young characterized as “an idea by |

no means absurd.”

Young presumed |

that if sun spots have a sensible ef-|
fect on terrestrial meteorology, they |
indirectly affect crops and prices, and |
thereby disturb the world’s commer- |

cial equilibrium.
in the theory that sun spots through

But the weak point |

magnetic influence affect the earth’s |

temperature, storms and rainfall is)

the absence of uniformity in the ef-
fect. The latter ought to be visi-
ble the world over simultaneously if
produced by sttch a_ cause
should continue throughout the life
of the solar phenomenon
change. Neither has ever occurred
so far as any record shows, although
the average life of sun spots is two
or three months and one observed
in 1840-41 was prolonged eighteen
months. Nevertheless, Director Mel-

and 1)

without |

 

low the solar equator and the others

2 degrees above it, their position is |
certainly an exception to the gener- |

But

acknowledged rule.
still

ally

fact, which remains

the |
undisturb- |

| the truly up-to-date m:
sun spots appear only between the | the truly up-to-date man

wants to
keep ahead of the procession.
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Advertising can be made to pay
cies of a blockhead who has been
charge of it. :
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The trouble with most people is
that they can’t be sweet without be-

put in

ing sticky.
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Misrepresentation may sell goods

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ensure a good profit.

HANSELMAN CANDY CO.

Increase Your Candy Business

Put in a line that the people want—a line that is
guaranteed absolutely pure—put up in attractive

Hanselman’s Candies

Are the best on the market, are ready sellers and
Let us quote you prices.

 

Kalamazoo, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

ton.

Putnam’s

Packed 40 five cent Packages in Car
Price $1.00.

Each carton contains a certificate, ten

of which entitle the dealer to ONE FULL
SIZE CARTON FREE when returned to

us or your jobber properly endorsed.

PUTNAM FACTORY National Candy Co.

Makers
Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

Did You Ever

Make a Mistake

You won't if you buy a few dozen of our fancy package goods for

the holiday trade.
It's a repeater wherever sold.

You should see our One Pound Aluminum Box.

Straub Bros. & Amiotte

Traverse City, Mich

 

 

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Obs rvations of ” Gotham Egg Ma | other hand, if we could be sure of a/|
The general situation of the stor- |

age egg market has been further im-

proved since the first of November

by the very material reduction in the |

supply of fresh gathered eggs. The
large increase in egg collections and
shipments which characterized the

movement from the beginning of the
season up to October was

during the latter month by a mate-

followed |

rial decrease; and this decrease has
continued, as compared with _ last |
year, so far during November. The |}

receipts of eggs at the leading mar- |

kets during the first twelve days of

 

November are shown in the follow-
ing table, together with those for |
the same time last year:
1904. 1903.

Mew York ooo. 52,497. 64,890]
cae 35.754 37,030
See 19,034 23,490 |
Philadelphia .......-. 22070 33/140

Obl oe oo 130,255 159,465 |

In comparing these figures, how- |

ever, we again have to remember the

inaccurate calculations of receipts

| to interesting

case two weeks ago. If anything

| should happen to lessen the present

| confidence of buyers—such as an

| increase in receipts—I am inclined to

{than for some time past. On the

light receipts

|continuance of the
that

this

have been
that

reduced to

month, it is evident our

storage stock would be

|a reasonably safe figure by the end
|of the year.

| Did you ever see an egg gourd? |
They grow on a vine and are so

nearly like an egg in appearance as
John
Milligan brought one on ’Change the

to deceive the casual observer.

other day, taken from a_ case of
Western eggs. The size and shape!
|were as near egg-like as anything

| could be, and even the texture of the

outside were so near the egg shell
jas to be deceptive. Inside were

seeds and a thick flesh like a squash.
But there is no use in putting these
esses,

comments,

lead
only

| vegetables in with they

but

find a resting place in the ash bar-

| rel.

eggs

jments of

which the receipts there were then |

reported considerably too
is also to be that

first twelve days of November last

considered the
year contained
this year they contained only
Sunday.

even

two’ Sundays

with these corrections the re-

deal smaller than at the
last year.

same

large; it|

while |
one |
Nevertheless it is seen that |

The result of the small supply of |

fresh goods has been a very large

j

and satisfactory reduction in refrig- |

erator accumulations. Having  re-
ceived no reliable
Chicago
days past I am unable to make a
fair comparison of the output there;
but for New York, Boston and Phil-
adelphia the first fourteen
November find a
held
November—much

maining stocks for some

days of

very satisfactory

movement in goods so far in

larger than was
formerly considered probable before
the extent of shortage in fresh ar-
While the

improved

rivals was made manifest.
situation
by the the past
month, it is evident that a large sup-
ply of held eggs is still to be mar-
keted and that the consumptive de-
mand is now being affected somewhat
by the high prices of fresh eggs
ruling.

For the first fourteen days of
November our trade output
65,000 cases reduction in refrigerator
holdings,

has been much

developments of

figures

to 8,621
cases per week.

cases per day or
But it must be con-

Statement of re-}

nf ns ‘. | thi > OOS
made in Philadelphia last year by|™ re <SEs

: : . | being defrauded, :
ceipts this year are running a good | Peg defrauded, and I

time |

the store of an
has a trade for

often

I happened into

+o
ese
ox

man who fancy

and who receives ship-

nearby new laid selected
there is a
special outlet at extreme prices. He

for which
showed me a letter from a New York
State shipper, returning a check and
account of sale for two cases of eggs
sold at 20c, and saying that no such

price would be accepted; also re-
questing the return of the eggs.

The shipper evidently thought he was
suppose he

will think so for all time—but he
was not.

At this time of year new laid
eggs are always hard to get and

such command high prices when free
from mixture with stale goods. An
extra price is also paid for new laid
white eggs. But where lot of
nearby white eggs is really
new laid a dozen lots are no more

one

these

than held eggs—weak, more or less
shrunken watery. Of
these latter are worth no more than
good refrigerator eggs.

and course

Now it seems quite a common
thing for country dealers who buy
eggs from farmers or others to take
it for granted that they are new laid
eggs without making any proper ex-
amination of them—and they are oft-
en deceived. They may pay fresh
egg prices for them, send them to
a big city, and think themselves rob-
bed if the goods prove old and have
to be sold at their true value.

 

plus 55,696 cases receipts, |
or 120,696 cases all told; this is equal |
60,347 |

Every man who buys eggs in the
country ought to know how to dis-
tinguish qualities by candling and
| examine the goods carefully before
them. When they get
here they have to be sold on their
merits as shown before the electric
\light and stale eggs will not pass

paying for

sidered that the buying has lately | for fresh.

been somewhat in excess. of immedi-
ate wants and it is quite certain that
dealers are now carrying a larger

I saw an egg the other day that
| had never been laid!
An acquaintance in the egg trade

stock on their floors than was the|sent to a friend in the market fora

| believe that our local jobbing trade |
lis in better position to quit buying |}

experienced so far}

   

Butter, Eggs, Apples, Pears,
Potatoes, Beans and Onions

I am in the market all the time and will give you highest prices and quick
returns. Send me all your shipments.

R. HIRT, JR.. DETROIT, MICH.

 

 

Poultry Shippers |

I want track buyers for carlots. Wouid like to hear from shippers from

every point in Michigan. I also want local shipments from nearby points

Can handle all the poultry shipped to me. Write or wire.

by express,

- William Findre, Grand cedge, michigan

 

 

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Fresh Eggs Wanted

Will pay highest price F. O. B. your station. Cases returnable. :
C. D. CRITTENDEN, 3 N. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Wholesale Dealer in Butter, Eggs, Fruits and Produce ;
Both Phones 1300 H

Distributor in this territory for Hammell Cracker Co., Lansing, Mich.

 

 

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Fresh Roll Butter Wanted

Consignments solicited.
Highest Market Prices and Prompt Returns.

HENRY FREUDENBERG

104 South Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Citizens Telephone, 6948; Bell, 443
Refer bv Permission to Peoples Savings Bank.

 

 

 

  

You Won't Have Trouble

IF YOU BUY

Ladd’s Full Cream Cheese

We guarantee the best quality of goods, prompt :
shipments and right prices.
Manufactured and sold by

LADD BROS., Saginaw, Mich.

If not handled by your jobber send orders direct to us.

   
   
 
   

 

 

 

Shippers of Fresh Eggs

Should correspond with us. We want from 5 to 50 cases
each week from as many shippers as we can get. We
pay the highest market price and will send check on
arrival of shipment.

L. 0. SNEDECOR & SON, Egg Receivers

36 Harrison St., New York

 

 

 

 

Egg Cases and Egg Case Fillers

Constantly on hand,a large supply of Egg Cases and Fillers,
and veneer basswood cases. Carload lots, mixed car lots or quantities to suit pur-
chaser. We manufacture every kind of fillers known to the trade, and sell same in
| mixed cars or lesser quantities to suit purchas2r. Also Excelsior, Nails and Flats
| Constantly in stock, Prompt shipment and courteous treatment. Warehouses ana
factory on Grand River, Eaton Rapids, Michigan, Address

L. J. SMITH & CO., Eaton Rapids, Mich.

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fowl and asked that it be dressed
(drawn). The fowl was sent up to
him ready for the oven and with it
an egg which had been taken from
the internals of the bird.
idently ready to be
shell was perfect.
Just for a joke the egg was sub-
mitted to some egg sharps and their
opinion asked as to its
Most of them
egg!
shell had rather an unnatural look |
and the egg was absolutely full.
Such errors of judgment do

It was ev-
laid for the

character.
limed
Probably this was because the |

 

Said it was a

not |
imply that egg candlers can not tell |
good eggs from off grades, for they |
certainly can. 3ut anything in the |
way of a freak is sometimes hard to |
place.—N. Y. Produce Review.
—_.-.__
Evolution Accomplished by the
American Poultry Association.
To get an idea of the great im-|
provement made in poultry in this |
country within several decades, prin- |
cipally through the efforts of mem- |
bers of the American Poultry. Asso- |
ciation, it is only necessary to recall |
to mind the status of fancy poultry |
therein. About forty years ago, when
the craze for the “big breeds,” the
Asiatics,
‘ihere is

was on, the _ assertion,

nothing for either eggs
or the pot that can compare with}
them,” didn’t appear to be copy-|!

righted.
I remember a neighbor farmer who,

in addition to that, added, with great |
pride, “Why, my
ean stand on. the

Shanghai rooster

ground and eat |
corn off’ the top: of a flour barrel,”
which was surely a high recommen- |
dation.
Of the

the Shanghais,

at the time

3rahmas, Cochins and |
There was for several
which of |
the breeds or varieties was the best |
as an all-purpose

Asiatics were
Chittagongs.

years contention as to

fowl, the Shang-
hais at first leading in popular favor,
but soon after supplanted by the}
Brahmas, and later on by the
Cochins. There quite a|
split of the then comparatively few |

was also
fanciers as to “whether the Cochins, |
Brahmas and Shanghais were varie- |
distinct breeds,’ and it |
looks as if the split is still there.

About the only undebatable _ real |
breeds of the period were the Black |

fies) «OF

Spanish, Dorking, Game, Hamburg |
and
fourth also in varieties, and, while |
the Black Spanish will likely ever re-
then and

main what he was

of the time, origin of |

|

|

still is, |

the Leghorn |

was then unknown, did not
seem to last
that he wore. He was thus describ-
ed at the time: “It resembles in
size and form the Creole fowl, the}
neck and feathers of the cock a pure |
those of the
small black
ning into a grizzle; the tail feathers
darker, with
What a novelty that fowl, which was
the only representative of itself,
would be to at least the younger por-
tion of our to-day fanciers!

The well-known and truly valuable
fowl of the then “common” varie- |
ties, the Dominique, stood so far |

which

very long in the suit

white, while hen were

marked with spots run-

transverse black bars.”

Leghorn; the second, third and |

ithe eggs and the edges being groov-

‘ed one

| little ends, keep fresh longer.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

associates that it |
might in justice have been classed
as a breed. It is generally conceded
that from it our present popular Ply-
mouth Rock was evolved.

Such, then, was about the condi-
tion of poultry prior to the time of
the American

out ahead of its

Poultry Association’s

advent, when the’ great work of
evolving both new breeds and va-
lrieties was begun. That it has
proven a success in that line and in
many other ways the living and
|crowing evidence may be seen and
heard in all sections of our vast

country, thus contributing to the
good of all. So great, indeed, has
been the growth in number of new
breeds and varieties of breeds, espe-
cially the latter, that to count them
would be quite a task.

Geo. M. Dittor.
ne
Recent Trade Changes in the Buck-
eye State.

Cambridge—G. J. Jones & Co. are
succeeded by Paul D. Bonnell in the
harness business.

Doanville—D. J. who
formerly conducted a grocery store,
is succeeded by Porter Bros.

Flag—G. B. Van Fossen & Bro.,
grocers, succeed G. B. Van Fossen.

Fort Recovery—Mrs. J. R. Kruse,
milliner, is to be succeeded by Kruse
& Keller.

Malta—The meat market formerly

Richard,

'owned by Chas. H. Roberts is to be)

conducted under the management of

LJ. BR. Harper,

Mount Sterling—Steward Bros., im-

| plement dealers, are to be succeeded

by Crownover. &.-Dick.
Cincinnati—Jacob Abrams, dealer
in furnishing goods, has made an as-|
signment.
Cleveland—A receiver has been ap-
pointed for the Hy-Co Chemical Co. |
Columbus—An assignment has
been made -by John W. Baird, gro-

1 Cer.

Lima—The South Side Lumber Co.

| has filed a petition in bankruptcy.

a
Metal Egg Case Filler.

The newest thing in egg holders

|are made of sheet metal coated with

zinc and are known as zinkets. Each |

zinket holds -just twelve eggs, in|
three rows, the eggs being set on
end and held in place by narrow |

| metal strips which encircle the ends |

of the egg. The sides of the zinkets |

are bent over so as to fully protect |

into
number can be

will fit

desired

zinket another
so that

readily combined into a case. It is|

any

claimed that by this means more eggs |
can be stored in the same space than |
method, that there |
is less breakage in handling, and that |

by the present
the eggs, being always set upon their |
The
much
more convenient for the retailer and
may be used

package is also ‘said to. be

over and over again. |

|The zinkets are made entirely by

machinery and are said to be inex-|
pensive and, all things considered, |
economical.

2... ___

The store that gets talked about |
favorably is the one where the largest |
crowd of shoppers wili gather.

    
     
 
   

Butter

I would like all the fresh, sweet dairy
butter of medium quality you have to

send.

E. F. DUDLEY, Owosso, Mich.

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BUTTER

We can furnish you with

FANCY
FRESH-CHURNED
BUTTER
Put up in an odor-proof one pound
package. Write us for sample lot.

If you want nice eggs, write us. We
can supply you.

WASHINGTON BUTTER
AND EGG Co.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

 

 

For fifteen years I have worked to build up a

Good
Michigan Cheese

rade

I have it. Last year I manufactured at my own
factories 25,462 boxes of cheese, 1,016,000 pounds,
selling in Michigan 23,180 boxes, or over 91 per
cent. of my total output. I solicit trial orders from
trade not already using Warner’s Oakland County
Cheese. Stock paraffined and placed in cold stor-
age if desired.

Fred M. Warner, Farmington, Mich.

 

  

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

 

Special Features of the Grocery and
Produce Trade.
Special Correspondence.
New York, Nov. 19—Speculators
in coffee are reported as being “fa-
tigued” ahd sick of

er and smaller, as it seems evident
that a big crop is almost certain. The
market for the “real thing” has been
quiet this week and, upon the whole,
the situation is one containing more
encouragement for the buyer than
for the seller. Where the grocery

usually taken small lots and while in
the aggregate the total has been fair,
there is certainly no
Crop reports are favorable for lower
rates, as big yields are seemingly as-
sured and there is every reason to
look for a low range of values fora
good while. In store and afloat there

are 3,937,606 bags, against 2,857,316 |

bags at the same time last year. Mild
grades, in sympathy with Brazil
stocks, are quiet, although quotations
are practically unchanged. Good Cu-

cuta is worth 9%c and good average |

Bogotas 11@11%c. East Indias are
steady.
The refined sugar market contin-

ues firm and little, if any, change has
taken place for a There is
very little new business, as most of

week.

the orders have been for withdrawals |

under old contracts.
The week has been a dull one for

teas. In fact, business has_ been

about as light as at any time during |

the whole year. Stocks in the hands
of the trade seem to be sufficiently
large to meet present wants and
small lots.
The one redeeming feature is that

sales made are of very

quotations are firm and _ practically
without change.
There is a small volume of trade

being done in the rice market.
plies of fancy head are reported very
moderate here. Some little improve-
ment in domestic Japan is, perhaps,
observable, but the situation in gen-
eral is not especially encouraging.

There is quite an active demand iis. food of the poor is

for grocery grades of New Orleans
molasses. Offerings are quickly tak-
en at full rates and there is no ac-

cumulation here. Syrups are firm and |

the demand keeps the market closely
sold up.
Quietude
goods trade.
age standard sort are dull and easy.

prevails in the

Goods of a kind that will stand the}

test made by experts move with free-
dom and fetch full figures. It ap-
pears that there is a larger supply of
really fine goods than we have had
for several seasons.
sylvania and New Jersey goods have
in many cases shown

to most e¢x-

cellent advantage and command from |

85c@$1.10, while the other kinds are
listed at about 62%4@65c.

carrying big |
stocks on which their hopes of real- }
izing any profits are becoming small- |

excitement. | Liat
i ket is in pretty favorable shape for

ithe seller.

Sup- |

Maryland. Penn- |

| feea” to grades thet meet the most
| fastidious taste, and with variations
‘in quotations ranging from  60c
| through every possible fraction up to
| $1.10 for choice Maine sorts. Salmon
|is quiet and yet dealers are pretty
| well pleased with the situation. Quo-
}tations are firm.

| Dried fruits are doing fairly well
and the holiday trade shows steady
|improvement. Imported Malaga rais-
|ins are meeting with good call and
are firmly held.

Butter is steady, although the de-
mand is not especially active. Sup-
of fancy fresh creamery are
moderate and prices are firmly main-
tained in consequence. Extras, 25@
25'%4c; seconds to firsts, 18@24%4c;
imitation creamery, firm at 16%4@
19c; factory, well held at 15@16%c;

plies

,

| renovated, 16@1gc and moving quite
trade have made purchases they have i 1

freely.
There is a fairly active call _ for
best grades of cheese and the mar-

Fancy full cream New
York State is worth 11%c for small
sizes and 11'%c for large.

Eggs are becoming luxuries if we
have to depend on fancy nearby
stock, as the range is from 35@38c.
Finest candled and graded Western
fetch 29@30c; average best
Western, 28c; seconds, 25@27c.

Poultry is very high and turkeys
will retail at 28@3o0c at Thanksgiv-

will

ing, although a very sudden drop is|
Western |
dry-picked turkeys, 22@23c for fancy |

looked for the day after.

stock.
——

Food of the Rich and Poor.

The everyday man on an everyday |
diet digests and uses about 96 per |
cent. of the material and about Qt.
per cent. of the energy of his food. |
So Prof. Atwater says to the British |
idea |
of the need of large amounts of meat |
all the way through is often exagger- |
ated, and that muscular laborers need |

association. He also says the

more food than sedentary workers.

Mental labor differs from muscular |
|labor in requiring much less mate-
In |
general, people with sedentary occu- |
larger and those}
the smaller |
Thus it comes about that |
the well to do are often overfed and |

rial and energy for its support.

pations have the
whose labor is manual
incomes.
the poor underfed. In many cases
inadequate
for normal nourishment and must re-
main so until they have larger in-
comes or cheaper food. Half the

poor man’s money is spent on food

|and it is worst spent in the market.

| Little attention is given to the rela-
canned |

Tomatoes of the aver- |

tion between the real nutritive value
Of food and its cost. His is
worst cooked food and the worst
and illustrates
"2e htm that
given, and from him that
hath not shall be taken away even
| that which he hath.”
——_22 > ___

served food
writing that

shall be

| Twelve Commandments to the Busi- |

ness Girl.
| The following little list was com-
| piled some years ago by a young girl

There are | just starting on a business career.
all sorts of corn here, from “chicken | It has proved an invaluable help to

her, she says, so she gladly “passes
it on” to any who are interested:
1. Be honest.
. Don’t worry.
. Be courteous to all.
. Keep your own counsel.
Don’t complain about trifles.
Be loyal to your employer.
. Don’t ask for vacations.

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Be businesslike, not womanish. ;

9. Be prompt—a little ahead of
time, if possible.

to. Be neat and attractive, but un-
obtrusive in your person.

11. Take kindly criticism in
spirit in which it was intended.

12. Do the very best you can each
day and every day, so that when
there is a chance for promotion you
will not only be “called, but chosen.”

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Write to us and we will give you the reasons. (

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MAKERS OF PURE VANILLA EXTRACTS
AND OF THE GENUINE, ORIGINAL, SOLUBLE,
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They are made of seasoned elm, 3-16 inch thick and put
together with cement coated nails, which makes them the strongest and light-
est for handling, effecting a great saving in freight and express charges.
will build these crates any size desired.

Wilcox Brothers, Cadillac, Mich.

Standard Sizes

For Chickens

36x24x10, each....$ .55
42x26x12, each.... .65

For Turkeys
1 f. A 86x24x16, each....$ .
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We are distributors for all kinds of FRUIT PACKAGES in large or

small quantities.
Also Receivers and Shippers of Fruits and Vegetables.

JOHN G. DOAN, Grand Rapids, Mich.

| Bell Main 2270
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Citizens 1881

A. J. Witzig

REA & WITZIG

PRODUCE COMMISSION
104-106 West Market St., Buffalo, N. Y.

We solicit consignments of Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Live and Dressed Poultry,

Beans and Potatoes. Correct and prompt returns.
REFERENCES

Marine National Bank, Commercial Agents, Express Com
Shippers

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: . : |
High Prices Likely To Rule on Hol- weather conditions some dealers are

iday Turkeys.

As Thanksgiving approaches more
interest is shown in the crop and
probable market for turkeys. The
holiday occurs this year Thursday,
November 24, which is unusually ear-
ly. The high prices ruling last year
induced farmers to market all the
stock they could possibly spare and
fewer birds were carried over for
breeding purposes than usual. The
spring weather was late in setting in

and the quantity hatched was much |
Wet weather aft- |
er birds were hatched was disastrous, |
killing off large quantities of the lit- |
tle turkeys, and while a fair quantity |
was raised in a few sections the gen- |
eral crop of the country is estimated |
to be fully 50 per cent. below an |
the birds backward in|
most all sections, while in many sec- |
is not thought the turkeys |
in fit condition to market |
|will no doubt be in very good de-

lighter than usual.

average, and

tions it
will be
before the

Christmas holidays. A

short Thanksgiving holiday supply is |
therefore generally predicted and an|
holiday |
The stock of last year’s froz- |
en turkeys is practically exhausted |
and the trade will have to depend |
on the fresh supply for all outlets. |
therefore point to|

actual scarcity of fancy

stock.

All indications

high prices at the coming holiday.

There is great danger, however, in |
There are |

forcing prices too high.
a few certain classes who will have
their turkey at Thanksgiving and the
best to be had, no matter what the
cost, but the
pended upon. to consume the
of the supply, and if prices are forc-
ed beyond their means it would turn
their trade to other poultry or meats
and small supplies would be
quate for all requirements.

masses

While
the country is generally in a prosper-
ous condition it must be borne in
mind there have been large numbers
of working people out of employment
times, owing to
strikes and labor troubles, and when
it comes to paying $3@4 for a good-
sized turkey for Thanksgiving they
will be more than apt to look for
something else to take its. place.
There is little doubt but what prices
will rule high for fancy stock, but
comparatively little of that quality
can be expected for Thanksgiving
and shippers are strongly urged to
go slow and operate conservatively
on the great bulk of turkeys they
compelled to take. The
condition to

for considerable

will be
birds will not be in
freeze and will have to be marketed
if forwarded. All sorts of predic-
tions are being made regarding prices
expected, but we would advise ship-
pers not to base their operations on

of ‘realizing more than
Should weather conditions

expectation
20c here.

prove favorable exceptional stock
will no doubt bring a little more
from particular buyers who must

have quality without regard to price,
but it will no doubt prove a full fig-
ure for the average run of quality
expected.

The Monday and Tuesday preced-
ing the holiday are always the best
selling days, although with favorable

 

| this season with perfect success and

|cluck that
must be de-! i :
man of all desire to set.

bulk |

ade- |

 

anxious to commence stocking up the |
previous week. Out of town dealers |
are compelled to secure their supplies |
on Monday or early Tuesday morn-|

{ing and such buyers nearly all want |

fancy scalded stock. Local trade pre- |
fer dry picked and as most of them
will be busy on Wednesday with |
their own retail trade, do most of |
their buying on Tuesday. Shippers, |
therefore, are strongly urged to time
their shipments to arrive here not
later than
day, making allowance for

Monday or early Tues- |
delays,
and only ship by freight or express.

While turkeys are the most want-
ed at Thanksgiving there is always
a good demand for fancy large and
fat young ducks and fat young geese
wanted.

are also The scearetty and

expected high prices of turkeys,
turn
more attention than usual to chick-

ens and chickens

ducks and geese will probably

fowls, and fancy

mand.—N. Y. Produce Review.
—_—_2-- ~~. —___

A Noisy Egg.

Timothy Varney, a Minnesota hen
raiser has been greatly troubled, as
have most people who keep hens, by
the persistent desire manifested by
the fowls to set, in season and out.
on eggs, stones, or door knobs, or
anything else that comes handy, says
a Western exchange. But he hasa
plan now which he has quietly tried

which he warrants will cure the worst
ever vexed the heart of

POTATOES

in carlots.,

 

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Buyers and Shippers of

PILES CURED

 

DR. WILLARD M. BURLESON
Rectal Specialist
103 Monroe Street

Write or telephone us.

H. ELMER MOSELEY & CO.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. |

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

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——We Carry

FULL LINE CLOVER, TIMOTHY

AND ALL KINDS FIELD SEEDS
Orders filled promptly

MOSELEY BROS. ecranp rapips, micn.

Office and Warehouse znd Avenue and Hilton Street,

 

We Are Headquarters

for Sweet Potatoes, Cranberries, Figs, Nuts, Dates and Malaga Grapes.
Send your Thanksgiving order in early and avoid the rush.

The Vinkemulder Company

Grand Rapids, Mich:
Jobbers of Fruits and Produce

 

 

The cure consists of a cheap watch,
with a loud, clear tick to it, enclosed
in a case that is white and shaped
like an egg. When the Hen
fests a desire to set out of season he
gently places this bogus egg under
her sheltering breast and the
rest: It ticks
soon the hen

mani-

does the
away. and
show

cheerfully |
begins to!

signs of uneasiness

thinking perhaps that it is already |
time for it to hatch and there is a/
chick in it wanting to get out. She}

grows more and more nervous as |

the noise keeps up and soon jumps |

off the nest and runs around awhile |
to cool off, but returns
her self-imposed duty.
and worse with her and she wriggles
about and cackles, ruffles her feathers
and looks wild, until at last with a
frenzied squak she abandons the nest
for good and all.

Mr. Varney finds use

for fialf a
dozen of these noisy eggs and claims
that they pay for their cost over |
and over during the year by keeping |
the hens at the business of laying and |

not permitting them to waste the|

golden hours in useless incubating. DETTENTHALER MARKET, Grand Rapids, Mich.

FLOUR

brings you a good profit and satisfies your customers is
the kind you should sell.
manufactured by the

 

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What, then, shall we say of the |
man who is too good, perhaps, to|
break any of the ten commandments, |
but who does dozens of despisable |
little things every day?
Cg
Some people will buy sixty dollars’ |
worth of advertising space and put!
sixty cents in value in it—and then |
wonder why.

 

egg |

Shipments of

a

Poultry, Eggs and Butter

It would pay you to get our prices or telephone us at our expense.
Both Phones.

Lansing Cold Storage Co., Lansing, Mich.

 

 

WE ARE BUYERS OF

the noisy — around with ge oem | Cc LOV E R S E ED AND B EA NS

Also in the market for

Pop Corn, Buckwheat and Field Peas

If any to offer write us.

ALFRED J. BROWN SEED CO.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

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It gets worse |

WHOLESALE

Oysters

CAN OR BULK

See our quotations in Grocery Price Current on page 45

 

 

 

That is made by the most
improved methods, by ex-
perienced millers,

Such is the SELECT FLOUR

ST. LOUIS MILLING CO., St. Louis, Mich.

 

Telephones, Citizens or Bell, 1217

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

 

Grocery Clerks Stand the
Chance in Matrimony.
If you are a man and anxious to
get married bestir yourself and get
a job as a grocery clerk: Failing |
in this use your influence to secure
a position as a milkman. If neither
of these lines of endeavor is open}
to you, and you still wish to tread
the hymeneal paths, make it your
business to get work as a delivery
driver of some kind, or as an ice-/|
man, for these lines, in the order
named, are the. kinds of work among |
which Cupid most frequently man-
ages to effectively land his arrows.
Why? The grocery clerks are
modest when the subject is broach-
ed to them. They affirm, with a dif-
fidence that is quite becoming, that
it is not because they happen to be

the best looking workers in the
world... They also deny that it is
because they, through experience

handed down among their craft from
the beginning, are more adept inthe
gentle and pleasing art of lovemak-
ing than any of their fellows. They
are a modest and highly reticent lot
of young men, are the grocery clerks,
but the fact remains that they are
the champions when it comes to
finding wives.

How often is it that one sees a
grocery clerk of marriageable age
who is single? Ask the clerk who
cuts off 7 cents’ worth of cheese for
you the next time you go to the
store whether he is married or not.
Better still, if it is evident that he
is at an age where it is proper for
a man to be wed, do not trouble to
ask him. Simply enquire why it 1
that he and his kind have so little
trouble in finding the girl of their
heart’s choice and in winning her. If
he is like the-average grocery clerk
he will modestly affirm that there
is no about the success of
his kind in matters of the heart. He
will say that it just happens that
way, and, possibly, that it is all a
mistake. But the facts remain.

Most of the clerks in the city
have been at the work for only a few
years. The great majority of them
are married. Nearly all of them were
single when they
ness. What necessary to
prove that Cupid has his own strong
favorites even workers
of this everyday city? The
reasons for his penchant for

s

secret

entered the busi-

more is

among the
busy,
devot-
ing much of his time and energies to
the clerks are many. In the first
place, the grocery clerk comes into
closer touch with a greater variety
of women than most workers.

By far the majority of the custom-
ers that come to a grocery store are
women. There come women of all
kinds, rich and poor, young and old,
beautiful—and otherwise; and_ the
grocery clerk is right there behind
the counter with his constant smile
to wait upon them. “Does the lady
wish 2 cents’ worth of matches this
morning?” The obliging clerk mer- |

i with a smile on his face
im his hair, and

| ing?”

| how attentive!” If she

rily goes to the back of the store,

A | 00 0 forth a ladder, mounts to the

top of an interminable row of shelves,
knocks down a shower of clothes-
pins and breakfast food, and returns,
and dust
jubilantly presents
the 2 cents’ worth of matches to the
fair customer. “Is that all this morn-
The clerk’s smile never comes
off. The woman leaves the store re-
peating to herself: “My, what an
ebliging young man; how patient,
is Of the
delicate, susceptible ages she may
add to her thoughts, “And how no-

ble

Now patience, attentiveness, cheer-
fulness and general good nature are
not qualities that a woman despises
altogether when it comes to enter-
taining thoughts regarding the eligi-
bility of any Many
homes there are which would be the
better if the male portion of the
same possessed some of the quali-
ties observed in the conduct of the
grocery clerk; and the average young

young man.

{| woman is wise unto these facts. She

sees in her mind’s eye the obliging
clerk performing in a like manner
in a home of his own. She sees
him getting up with a smile on his
face to walk the baby at night; she
sees him gleefully going down into
the basement to stir the furnace ona
cold morning; and she sees him turn-
his envelope at the end of
the week with a smile of real pleas-
ure on_his face.

ing over

After all these things is it any
wonder that when the grocery clerk
asks for permission to call the un-
married young woman seldom refus-
es the request? After the first call
the sequence is inevitable. The young
woman is invariably thereafter a
steady customer at the store where
the young man is employed, and the
familiarity which does not breed con-
tempt is soon inspired.

“The

erOoccry

clerk said:
so many
clerks get married while in the busi-

As one grocery
whole reason why

ness is summed up in the statement
that they have a better chance to
get acquainted with a greater number
of women and girls than most work-
ers. They meet more women in one
day than the average worker meets
in his month. Because
at a grocery store the patrons come

work in a

more than once, it is not long before
clerk and the
customers are on a

the grocery women
speaking ac-
Frequently the clerk
customers’ houses to
take orders and then a still greater
degree of familiarity obtains.
ing aside all

quaintance.

goes to the

Leav-
questions of
must
of cases in love, and
then there are sure to be some mar-
riages.”

The officials

personal
advantages, this resuli m a

certain number

of the grocery clerks’
union are mute upon this momentous
matter. They admit that most gro-
cery clerks who stay in the business
for any considerable length of time
get married, but they will not ven-
ture any opinion upon the matter
nor agree that the grocery clerks
are the leaders among workers in
matrimonial yentures. It is a deli-

|

 

|
cate subject and one they will not | been used before, and to the adop-
| tion of a weaker, less effective head-

discuss.

But not far behind the clerks in|

the number of marriages within their
ranks are the milkmen of the city.

Probably the same reason that leads |

so many grocery clerks to marriage,
that of a wide acquaintanceship
among young women, sends many of
the men who deliver milk along the
roads that lead to weddings. There
is no doubt the milkmen are second
in the ranks of marrying workers.
Although it is asserted the milkmen
are the only men who see the young
women of the city before they are
dressed for the day, this fact seems

not to deter them in choosing wives |

among their fair customers. Per-
haps the secret lies in the fact that,
having seen woman at a disadvant-
age, they figure out how much more
beautiful she will appear when hair
and attire are neatly arranged.
———_+ >. _-

Value of Originality in Advertising.

If you can’t be original, be as orig-
inal as you can. But be sensible.
Commendable originality is—well, it
is commendable; but the
originality which leads one to do
things of questionable taste or value,
simply because no one else has done
those particular things, is quite the
reverse of commendable.

In the matter of advertisement
writing, and in particular the writing
of headlines for display advertise-
ments, the desire to say something
original frequently leads to the dis-
carding of striking and appropriate

phrases simply because they have

rage for|

line which has the sole merit of be-
ing a new combination of words.

The news columns of daily papers
bear evidence every day that it is
not necessary to write an original
headline in order to command atten-
tion. Telegraph stories of news run
in certain channels. War, murder,
fires, accidents, storms, riots—to
dwell for a little in the realm of vio-
lence—-besides the less sensational
topics, furnish the subjects that must
be provided with heads. And it will
not be denied that a news story with
a big display head will get the atten-
tion of the reader even although the
headline may be quite similar to
others which have preceded it by a
week or a month.

The best newspaper advertising is
that which tells the most good things
about the commodity advertised, and
the best heading for a newspaper ad-
vertisement is that which gives the
casual eye a quickly grasped idea
of the gist of the matter which fol-
lows. If an original heading which
will do this can be devised,
good; if tt
achieve the desired expression with-

well and
seems impossible to
out resorting to something which has
been used before, still well and good

much better, indeed, than -to

achieve originality at the cost of

clarity and strength.
—__.- >

He was so great himself that he
couldn’t perceive the littleness in his
fellow-men.

 

 

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129 Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, Mich.

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SUCCESSFUL SALESMAN.

Educational Qualifications Consider-
ed Absolutely Necessary.

“Salespeople must consider

| selves responsible to a customer from

|

| paid.”

Among the many educational fea- |

tures considered absolutely neces-

Sary to a successful salesman in these | dise, as the man to relieve them of

days

ress,

of college education and prog-
the art of diplomacy in its va-
rious branches bids fair to become
one, if not the most important one.

When Caecilius exclaimed: “We

are but like a fish upon dry land,” he |

must have
that beset the troubled lives of the
exponents of the fourth profession
every day; trials that will test the in-
genuity and endurance of salespeople
the world over. to maintain
pleasant relations with a customer
all the year around requires more
than a mere aptitude for selling.

For

line of business, whether large
small in the volume of business done,

foreseen the tribulations

position of mediator

| servation,

the time of the sale until the bill is
Tt is evident that customers
will look to the salesman, who waits
upon them and has sold the merchan-

their real or imaginary trouble, con-
sidering him better equipped to ad-
just the grievance as he is entirely
familiar with the circumstances of
that particular transaction.

it becomes important
that salespeople form something of
a theory on how to conduct them-
selves when suddenly placed in the
between the
complaints of a client and the best
interests of their
diplomacy

Therefore

employers.

and

enquiry,

|properly directed, become then the
| great ornament and excellence of the
The best conducted houses in any |

Or

are adjusting continually the irregu- |

larities and mistakes made in their
dealings with their customers. The
adjustment of complaints has _ be-
come a factor and a big item of ex-
pense with business men and a great

many firms have gone so far as to

mastered the art
of handling complaints in a manner
satisfactory to both sides. A great
deal depends upon the attitude of

salesman who has

i|mind we preserve while listening to

‘or taking part in the controversy and

; in

;untrue sometimes are

establish regular departments for the |

adjusting of all claims and complaints
from their clients.

We should carefully heed the ad-
monition given by one of the best
known and foremost merchants
this country to his salesmen, while
extemporizing upon the necessity of
quick, honest and diplomatic action
in the settlement of a

i but this particular

retain
it becomes

order to this correct atti-
tude needful that we
should learn how true and yet how
human beliefs.
usually an ex-
of everything
complaint, and
must, therefore, be dealt with in a

An aggrieved party is

cited party, oblivious

| diplomatic manner.

of |

Delay in shipments, breakage and
loss during transit, shortage, etc.,
are some of the most natural com-

|plaints for adjustment and a sales-

complaint: | man’s ready offer to look into these

them- |

Ob- |

complaints personally will not only
increase his popularity with the trade,
but go a long way toward cementing
the commercial relations between the
firm and its customers. We find, on
the other hand, a great many _in-
stances where a customer may try to
€xact exira concessions On a certain
transaction, not stipulated in
agreement at the time of sale; and
right here a diplomatic salesman, by
exercising politeness,
will firm a great
of annoyance, time and money.

and
deal
The

energy
tact, save his
fact, disclosed by a survey of
past, that majorities usually have
been wrong, must not blind us to
the complementary fact that majori-
usually have
Such

individual,

ties not been entirely
the with the
therefore

in most cases assume that his griev-

wrong. is case

and we must
while possibly
truth

ance, exaggerated,

contains enough to merit an

investigation or what becomes more |

As this
adjust-

Necessary, an explanation.

last mentioned medium of

ment can not be forthcoming truth- |

fully im a great many instances at
the time it demanded it also be-
comes imperative the members
of the fourth profession to practice
the art of letter writing as well as
to
telephone in a clear and businesslike
manner.

is

for

perfect themselves in

Neglect or inability on the part of

salespeople to properly look into any |

complaints brought to their notice by
customers of the will
their employers the loss of many an

house

; customers

the |

the |

using the}

cause |

rather bear expense or

loss than communicate with the com-

plaint department of that  particu-
lar firm. These so-called silent com-
plaints are the most serious, af-

fecting the business of a firm most
from
themselves

people
rebuked

strongly, as it comes

who consider

when, after stating the nature of
their complaint to their salesman, he
no further interest in
but them to the bureau
created that purpose. Rather

than to expend any further time in

takes their

case, refers

for

seeking redress that class of custom-
ers remain silent and take their trade
to a house that employs more intelli-
gent and progressive help.

What are the benefits derived from
this lesson in diplomacy to all con-
cerned?

To the customer it brings the as-
surance of

honesty and speedy ad-

justment of any claim.

To the employer it saves time, la-

| bor, business and money and to the

the
A steady private

salesman it becomes greatest as-
set of his calling:
trade, which will follow him wher-
ever he may choose to locate, for in
him they not only recognize a ca-
pable and progressive salesman, but
what is better, a disinterested friend.
H. C. Scheuer.
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deity seem to believe also in an om-
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Conditions in the Underwear and
Hosiery Trade.
The magnificent weather and the

unusual number of warm days have |

had an apathetic influence upon un-
derwear retailing, and set back busi-
ness just that much in the season.
Speaking of the effect the warm
weather has had upon _ business a
large retailer said to the writer that
during the cold weather of last Oc-
tober their underwear department
did a business of about $1,500 a day,
exceeding in volume all previous rec-
ords. For the corresponding period
this year the department might as
well have been closed for all the
trade that was done. He said that
the business would no doubt come
later, but that the fixed charges of
the department were just the same,
and, on account of the weather, this
expense was a clear loss. That un-
derwear departments throughout the
country were similarly affected is
shown by the dearth of duplicates in
the wholesale division. There should
have been at least a fair duplicate
business during the latter part of
the month, but as retail stocks had
not yet been much depleted there
was no need of supplementary stock.

October is usually a very good
month for selling mediumweights,
but with the Indian summer running
through the month summerweights
were most comfortable, even in the
extreme latitudes. However, whole-
sale stocks were reduced to small
proportions early in the season as a
result of the liberal buying on the
part of retailers and, in expectation
of a duplicate season later, whole-
salers have been seeking more goods
to replenish their stocks. All have
not been successful in obtaining de-
sirable lines, as the mills making
them are taxed to their fullest ca-
pacity. The reason for this is due
to the large amount of business that
has been thrown to them by small

mills. The latter were unable to}

carry out their contracts, owing to
the high prices prevailing for raw
materials and the failure of the
mills to cover their orders at a time

when raw cotton and wool could be}
had at prices that admitted of a|

profit on the manufactured product.
These irresponsible mills sought to
fill orders by taking the cost out oi
the quality of their product, with the
result that the goods were rejected

the makers’ hands as defective. In
our last report we stated that these
defective goods would find an outlet
somewhere, and that they have been
taken up by certain

denced by the low prices advertised,
prices that clearly intimate there is

something wrong with the © stock. |

The department stores handling these
defective lines are making a profit
out of the stock and believe they are

|ing higher prices on new _ business |

|for summer wear.—Apparel Gazette.

department |
stores throughout the country is evi-|!

as they do not have to take a bos
i |
They view such speculations as good}
| advertising, as well as money-mak- |

ing. The mills taking the loss have |
learned a lesson and are to-day ask- |
for immediate delivery.

in our last report mention was |
made of the growth of trade in|
sweaters and the importance occu-|
pied by this line as a specialty. It}
is a line that has grown in strength |

in the department store with great-

ler rapidity than with the furnisher, |

because the former has pushed it,|
while the furnisher seems to think |
the stock rather cumbersome for the |
returns it yields. Properly handled, |
however, there should be good busi- |
ness in sweaters and knit garments |
for sporting and recreation wear for
the furnisher, in country as well as}
in metropolitan towns. More knit
novelties have been introduced this}
season than ever before, and the de-|
mand for them has been helped by
the weather, which has been exhila-
rating for outdoor sports and has
brought knit garments into’ greater
demand.

A novelty in a knit Norfolk jacket
for golf, skating and other outdoor
sports has pleats running across the
back and front and across the pock-
ets at the hips. The belt is detacha-
ble, and the collar may be worn down
or turned up, a flap buttoning across
the collar when it is turned up to
retain it in position and keep it
closed.

Duplicate orders for half-hose for |
immediate delivery show that fancies
are gradually growing in favor. This
fact is more in evidence on_ spring
business, with fancies of all kinds
going on order in solid and mixed
colors and in a wide assortment of
novelty patterns in colors and em-
broidered effects. Tans are meeting
with a cordial reception and are big
with promise for next season. Dark

blues are also favored. The fine}

trade is taking light blues and colors

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Tulip and Poppy Dangerous Flowers.

The florist held a tulip in his hand.

“Some people claim that a tulip has
no smell,” he said. “As a matter of
fact, it has a dangerous smell. Take
a tulip of a deep crimson color and

inhale it with profound inspirations |
and it will be apt to make you light- |
| headed. You will say and do queer |
| things—dance, sing, fight, swear and |

“The poppy is another dangerous
flower. A young woman of a nerv-
ous .temperament, if she _ lingers
among a bed of poppies, will grow

| drowsy, the same as if she had smok- |
ed a pipe or two of opium. In Asia |

Minor, where the opium manufactur-
ers cultivate vast fields of poppies,
tourists inspecting the

capacitated. They get so sleepy they |
;}can hardly talk. They reel in their |
|gait. In some cases they have to |
justified in selling the goods so long | be put to bed.”

 

   
 
 

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William Alden Smith, 2nd Vice-Pres. M. C. Huggett, Sec’y, Treas. and Gen. Man.
Colonel Bishop, Edw. B, Bell, Directors

The William Connor Co.

Wholesale Ready Made Clothing
Manufacturers

28-30 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Founder Established 25 Years.

Our Spring and Summer line for 1905 includes samples of nearly every-
thing that’s made for children, boys, youths and men, including stouts and
sliims. Biggest line by long odds in Michigan. Union made goods if re-
quired; low prices; equitable terms; one price to all. References given to
large number of merchants who prefer to come and see our full line; but if
preferred we send representative. Mail and phone orders promptly shipped.

We carry for immediate delivery nice line of Overcoats, suits, etc., for
Winter trade. ne

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so on. For two hours you will cut |
up in this way. Afterward you will |
| be depressed.
by jobbers and thrown back upon |}

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Rules for the Sale of Men’s Shirts.

First of all, put them near the door
—preferably a side door.

If you are going to sell goods to
the man you must cater here and
there to his little likes and dislikes.
And he does not like to push through
a crowd of women shoppers to get
at his clothing necessities. Nor will
he care to run the gauntlet of the
half dozen curious eyes which he
feels are fixed upon him from behind
every counter.

Put them near the door.

Men clerks for men make quicker
sales and draw more trade.

The idea that a man will step up|
to a clothing counter and buy goods |
to wear because there’s a pretty girl
behind it is in ninety-nine cases out
of Io0 erroneous. And you are look-
ing for the ninety-nine.

A man can tell his wants, accom-
plish his business, and get his goods
with expedition and dispatch when
trading with a man—he feels privi-
leged to growl a little if he likes, and
to express himself freely.

Why do you never see women
clerks in strictly men’s. clothing
stores?

 

Hire men—intelligent men—to wait |
on men.

And then about bargains.

Suspicion is aroused by a value that |
looks too cheap. And he hasn’t time |
to shop and see if the suspicion is |
warranted.

If you can give an honest’ reason
for a slight cut, put it where the man
will see it. In the newspaper give |
him a story with a picture to it ina
sections entirely separate from other |
lines.

A window, even a small one, ex-
clusively devoted to men’s goods is |
an excellent means of engaging their
attention. As a rule, a smart, strong
line, featured at a good, round price,
will draw the best. But to pyramid
sales, feature special prices for lots
of three or half a dozen. With a|
small reduction you can often sell six
to a man as easily as one. He is
not fond of shopping and is ready
to buy in bulk.

Give him good price value well}
displayed.
Stick to solid windows for men’s |
wear.

Don’t compel him to pick out an|
article here and an article there.

Show generally two articles, sel-|
dom more, changing the trim daily
or every other day.

Stockings and ties feature well with |
almost everything—collars, cuffs, |
hats, belts, handkerchiefs, trousers |
and full suits. |

You want the man.

Study his whims.

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Instance Where Courtesy and Per-|
sistence Win.

Many a sale which seems lost be-
yond recovery only needs the right |
sort of treatment to become an ac-
complished fact, a visible entry upon |
the order book, and a cause of grati- |
fication to the salesman who has |
carried the transaction through to
success. The ways of the customer
are devious, he is elusive, and, like
the Irishman’s flea, when you think |

you sure have him, he is not there.

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

This uncertainty, elusiveness sit |
hard-to-get-ativeness are what stimu- |
late the salesman to the exercise of |
his selling powers. Here is an in- |
stance: |

Not long ago a man was in the |
market for furniture for about half |
of his house. A salesman from a}
house in that line called on Mr. Ash-
by, the prospective customer, by ap- |
pointment, one Saturday afternoon. |

Mr. Ashby pleaded another en- |
gagement and told the salesman he |
could not see him until Tuesday fol- |
lowing. This meant two dead days,
for there was nothing else in sight |
in that vicinity; nevertheless the|
salesman concealed his  disappoint- |
ment and was on time on Tuesday, |
when Mr. Ashby greeted him with: |
“Well, I have thought it all over, |
and have decided to buy nothing}
now. I will get along until next sea- |
son. Come in then and we'll see!
what we can do about it.” |

This was nothing but an indefinite |
postponement and the  disappoint- |
ment to the salesman was greater
than he would allow himself to show. |
He had come on a hundred miles for |
this possible sale, after making a/|
appointment for Saturday, |

til Tuesday, and now, on Tuesday, |
the entire prospect was up in the|
air. He might have “called down” |
Mr. Ashby, and with good cause, but |
what would he have gained beyond |

| the doubtful satisfaction of speaking |

his mind, a privilege which is gen-|
So he}

swallowed his mortification and said

| he would try to be around then. At
| the same time he remarked:

“Mr. Ashby, now that I am here, |
would you not like to see some of|
I can not
until to-morrow, and 1)
would be glad to show them to you
this evening.”

Mr. Ashby acquiesced and at half-
past seven the salesman was on
hand with a large lot of photographs. |
They were good photographs and_/|
Mr. Ashby was_ soon _ interested, |
showing especial attention to one of
them. This one the salesman stood
up by itself on the desk, where Mr. |
Ashby could not help but see it|
time he looked up from the
others. With well directed talk and |
explanations he brought Mr. Ash-|
by’s attention to the degree of in-|
terest, and this developed a desire!
for the goods, and conviction that |
here was what he was looking for |
followed, and the order for the furni-

| ture for the entire house was closed. |

This incident is a true story, except)

| that for reasons the name is fictitious |
}and the line is not really furniture.

that |

| tact and perseverance may be used to}

change defeat into victory and failure |

}into a nice fat order.

es

A business man ought to work and |
live so that when he retires from)
commercial activity he is a_ better |
man in every ethical sense of the |
word than when, glowing with youth- |
ful ardor, he first stepped into the|
arena of life. |

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Assist
Merchants

Our interest in you does not cease
when your order is filled
It is our earnest desire to promote

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Our Advertising Department,

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newspaper ads., posters, fashion
plates, calendars, booklets, etc.,
which we supply in quantities desired.

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The Effect of Absence on Love.
Written for the Tradesman.

In these parlous matrimonial times,
difficult to catch
a husband and to keep him after you
get him,
heart interest to
effect that
Is a woman most sure of being ina
man’s thoughts when she is so di-
rectly under his eyes that it is a
physically impossible feat to forget
her, or does he think most tenderly
of her when she is far away and her
very remoteness makes a transfigur-
ing haze that conceals all her faults,
and magnifies her charms? In other
words, should the woman who de-
sires to retain the affections of a
man give him her allo-
phatic or homeopathic doses?

This is a problem concerning which
there is a great diversity of opinion
in feminine circles both
before and after marriage,
tending that man is but a creature of
habit, imperfectly domesticated at
best, and that it is never safe to let
him quit eating out of your hand,
while others hold that more love is
bored to death than is killed in any
other way. And both of these oppo-
site theories have right on their side
to a certain degree.

There is no doubt that proximity
is a great matchmaker. The
answer to why ninety-nine people
out of a hundred married the particu-
lar individual that they did is be-
cause chance threw them together

when it is equally

real
than the
love.

no question is of more
woman
has

absence upon

society in

as regards
some con-

and nearness did the rest. They had
no real attraction for each _ other.
There was no special congeniality

between them, but just because he

happened to be the man in evidence |

and she the woman, and nobody step-

themselves in love and so they were
married.

There are certain psychological
moments in all of our lives when we
can honestly think ourselves in love
with anybody. The genial glow en-
gendered by a good dinner has _ led
many a man to propose matrimony
to a woman he never thought of an

hour before.

real |

'it off successfully.

A sudden wave of pity,
of sympathy, of tenderness, or of
has made a woman Say
“ves” at last to the suitor she has
refused a dozen times. It is a plain
case of the time arriving when you
must and to the per-
son nearest is handed out the prize
package of sentiment.

All of this makes an enormously
strong argument in favor of a wom-
an staying at home and looking aft-
and this is especially
Indeed,
a woman who removes herself to a
distance during the days of courtship
almost be said to have thrown
down her best weapon. She is firing
at long range, instead of short range,
and the successful feminine conquer-
ors all know that a man will present
arms to the woman who follows the
warriors’ advice and
close enough to

loneliness

love someone,

er her fences,

important before marriage.

may

revolutionary

waits until she is

see the whites of his eyes and then—

shoots.
Nothing appeals to a man like the
sight of a woman in love with him,
and to this spectacle from
his range of vision is to clip Cupid’s
wings. It is the spectacle of her

remove

flattering preference for him that first |

attracts many a man’s notice to some
particular woman. It is the knowl-
edge of how pleased she will be that
tempts many a man into making. love
to a woman when he really does not
mean it, and it is because he simply
has not the nerve to break an en-
gagement and hurt the woman who
adores him that sends many a se-
cretly
altar.

unwilling bridegroom to the
Of course, the value of devo-

tion is just aS great, intrinsically, far

as near, but its effect upon a man
is not so great. It is the difference
between kissing a photograph and
the original—the difference between
saying things in a letter and by word
of 1

                                    

to the woman who is trying to wina
man’s love. She needs to be Sally-

| on-the-spot.
ped in to prevent them, they fancied

In a way, a love affair is like a
business deal—you have to keep the
interest worked up in it if you pull
This is why the
best method yet devised by diplo-
macy for breaking off unsuitable
matches is to separate the couple
and fill their lives with new interests.
It is true that this plan does not al-

| ways work, for there are a few faith- |

 

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nor distance can
cases

neither time
cool, but in the majority of
absence gently and painlessly,

tions

effectually, drugs love to death. Un- |

less we happen to live in the same
community few of us marry our first
love. The young man who bids his
weeping sweetheart good-bye, as he
starts out into the world to seek his
fortune, swears to her that when he
becomes rich and famous he will
return to claim her for his own. He
does, indeed, return in after years,
but not to lead his faithful love to
the altar, for she has been happily
married to the grocer this many a
year, and he has an interesting fam-
ily of his own, so effective has ab-
sence been.

If propinquity is so valuable

 

 

ful souls the ardor of whose affec- | '
to be equally valuable in matrimony.

but |
|looks as if the only logical and safe
‘thing for her to do is to keep herself
|always on view, and

in ! rimonial

courtship it would seem that it ought

   
   
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
  
 

If a man falls in love with a woman
because she is the one in sight it

Wives
subscribe to this faith. There are
women never leave their hus-
bands for a single day,
sist upon sharing all of their spouse’s

many

who
and who in-

work and_ pleasure. They drag
around the country with their John
when John goes off on a_ business

trip; they learn to play golf because
John likes it, although they hate it;
they pretend an enthusiasm for fish-
ing, although they loathe it, in order
that their husbands may never be
out of their sight. Theirs is the mat-
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such a monopoly on a man that it |
will head off all competition. |

It can not be denied that there is |
much to be said in support of this |
view of the situation. There is noth- |
ing for keeping a man at home of |
evenings like knowing he has to ren- |
der an account of himself if he is |
absent, and the fear of his wife is |
the beginning of virtue with more
husbands than we wot of. It is an
old proverb that when the. wife’s
away the husband will play, and with-
out doubt the man who is insistently |
and consistently chaperoned by his |
wife model of discretion. Be- |
sides this, unsentimental as it is, after

is 2

the first romantic affection has burn-
ed out mainly a
good habit, and so long as nothing
to up the custom of|
thinking his Maria the most beautiful |
and attractive and fascinating wom-
an the world a liable to
jog along without out any |
better. There is no disputing that

domestic love is

occurs break

in man is

finding

there is much wisdom in a woman

keeping so close to her husband that |
he

never gets a perspective on her |
and sees her as she really is.

But the great tragedy of absence, |
people,
when it stretches over any considera-

especially between married

ble period of time, is the inevitable
changes that are continually taking
place in every human character. One
or backward in|
happens
that two people who are apart andin

either forward

goes

rarely

development, and it
different environments keep the same
step. If they had remained together
they would not have noticed the lit- |
other
they would have come so gradually,
but after aj
separation of a year or so they can
not fail but notice the difference in|
The man may have little

tle changes in each because |

when they meet again

each other.
vulgarities of speech and manner that
the observed before,
or he may wonder that he never saw
narrow and provincial she was.
has no bitterer moment than
which reunites many a couple
after a long absence, and in which
they realize that they never can be
one again.

Not all of the arguments, however,
are on the side of those who con-
tend that love must always be a
personally conducted campaign, for
if love can die of loneliness in the
absence of its beloved, it is equally
susceptible to the blighting influence
of ennui, and probably the deadest
dead love in the world is that which
has yawned itself into the grave.
The proof of a good general in love,
as well as war, is the knowing when
to beat a masterly retreat, and many
a girl has owed a good husband to
discreetly withdrawing herself at the
proper moment from the scene of ac-
tion. Great an aid as proximity is to
marriage there is always the danger
of its being overdone and leading to
common-place satiety. Many a man
has failed to marry the woman he
ought to have married because he
knew her too well, and has married
the woman he should not have mar-
ried because he did not know her
In courtship absence

woman never

how
Life
that

well enough.

 

| Not

|and broken doses.

can become an allurement of itself.
In married life there can be no
gainsaying the fact that the majority
of people quarrel because they see
too much of each other. lf most
couples were married only three days
a week, instead of seven, there would
be fewer divorces. Any two people
who stay together continually, see the
same people, read the same books
and hear the same stories are bound
to bore each other in time, and the

chances are that the average family |

row begins in a frantic and uncon-

scious effort to infuse a little excite- |

ment and interest into domestic life.
the annual
wives from

without reason is

summer hegira_ of
their husbands and the nightly stam-
of to . the
their wives. Except for these
the institution
of domesticity would be blown up.
The truth is that like
everything else, the
A little absence makes
the heart grow fonder, but too much
Absence should
be taken intermittently and in small

pedé husbands club
from
whole

safety valves

in absence,

safety lies in

golden mean.
of it is fatal to love.

Dorothy Dix.
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New Styles in Buttons.
The big manufacturers have a great

deal to answer for in the line of
| making the styles. Their styles come
lto be the accepted ones, that is, if

|they have any merit, and, as a rule,
ithe designs of the fine waists which

are made up are extremely handsome.
During the past four years the but-
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| the use of buttons on the ready made

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How The Girl Wrought a Remarka- | were seen in the store that day. They |
| were all

ble Change at the Store.
Written for the Tradesman.

When The Girl sailed up the aisle
to the private office those who knew
that she went to ask for a position
were sorry for her. They knew
or thought they knew—that

 

she |

would be humbled and, furthermore, |

that she would get no position. Noth-
ing would “go” with the mangaer
but a humble spirit, as they well
knew from experience.

The girl approached “the boss” in
anything but an humble spirit. When
she came out of the office it was
with the same proud air with which
she had entered, and the clerks won-
dered how this thing had come to
pass.

That was Saturday. When the next
Monday morning The Girl came to
work they wondered more than ever

friends of The Girl who
came to see her in her new posi-|
tion. Many of them bought goods
of her, and Danton was thinking that
his business acumen had not all left
yet.

All her friends The Girl treated in
the same—disagreeable people called
it “highhanded”—way. They were all

| her staunch friends and did not re-

| generai

sent her imperious ways, however.
The Girl seemed to have hosts of
acquaintances who began to trade at
Danton’s just because she was there.
Then the store began to take on a
different aspect—nothing that could
be gotten hold of, to be sure, buta
brightening of the whole

| place that was not to be denied. Still,

how this unforeseen thing had hap-

|eavesdropping and rose

pened.

Although The Girl still carried her- |
self in the old imperious way every
one about the store liked her im-
mensely.

It was patent to all, when The

Girl came to work, that the business
was very much run down at
heel, and every one around the place
was conjecturing as to what the Old
Man meant by hiring another clerk

|what he heard.
the |

when there was hardly enough busi- |

ness to keep busy those already em-
ployed. The Old Man did not know,
any more than the clerks did. When
The Girl knocked at the office door
that morning there was something
in the knock that made the usually
deliberate person rise more hastily
than usual to see what was wanted.
When The Girl came into the office

ia vacation.

the business was not exactly what it
should be and Danton wondered what
the trouble was.

One day he found out. He was
sitting in his office with the door
slightly ajar when he heard a murmur
of feminine voices and his own name
mentioned. He did not want to be
softly to
Then he paused at
It was The Girl’s
voice running on smoothly:

“I know what is the matter with
this store;” she affirmed, “Mr. Dan-
ton can’t manage it.”

Danton gasped and a flush of an-
ger rose in his pale face. Then the
smooth, clear voice ran on again:

“He is worn out with all these
years of constant work and he needs
He is not up to his work
and his business is running downhill
every day. He needs a vacation bad

close the door.

jand if he does not get it soon he

the Old Man knew, with his prac- |

ticed eye, that she had come to ask
for a position.
her standing, as was his wont upon
such occasions;
instinctively asked her to be seated.
She did so, and then she asked him
for a place in the store—asked him
in much the same language as he

Still, he did not keep |; he stood with his hand outstretched

: |; toward the
instead he at once |

will collapse entirely.”
Danton made another move _ to
close the door and again stopped. As

door he noticed how it
trembled, but, instead of admitting

|to himself that he was hearing a

| Girl

had been asked before—but the man- |

ner, ah! that was different, so much | Mir Tienton the ‘oh aca?
ob- | i

tained her position although she was |

different, in fact, that The Girl

not needed.

After she had gone the Old Man!
cursed himself for a doddering old |
fool and turned with a sigh to a}

There were
the collection and

pile of mail.
few bills

in

quite a |
the |

Old Man knew that a great many of |

them would have to go unpaid for
some time. He admitted to himself
that the business was
bad and that he was
stop it.
true. Was it because he was grow-
ing old? Then he smiled to himself
in spite of his weariness.
old at forty-five? It was preposter-
ous. But, for some reason unknown
to him at present, his business was
falling off. Again he turned to his
mail wondering why things looked
so blue.

The first day that The Girl was
at work the Old Man—or, to give his
name, Danton—-began to think that
perhaps he had not made such a
mistake after all. A dozen new faces

going to the
powerless to

He wondered why this was |

Growing |

grave truth, he shut his eyes to it.
Then -he heard the voice of The'|
again. She was saying:

“And, by the way, why do you call
I don’t

 

 

 

think he is old—on the contrary, Ij fort for the struggle he knew was

think he is young to have the

sponsibility of this business on his)

shoulders.”
Danton softly closed the door and

re |}

coming. He owed the firm a large
sum of money for goods which, for

ithe most part, were lying idle on

|his shelves and he knew what the

went back to his desk. Leaning his |
elbows on it he became lost in a
train of thought more or less uncom- |

plimentary to himself. He was

aroused from his gloomy reflections

by a knock on his door and a repre- |

sentative from a firm from whom

he had been buying heavily came in. |

coming interview portended.

The battle was long and arduous
and Danton came out of it consid-
erably worsted. The firm had decid-
ed to push him and demanded the
payment of the entire bill he owed
them.

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met in his entire business career. He |
had pled with the firm’s representa-
tive for time in which to make good
his indebtedness, but the very earn- |
estness with which he talked made
them suspicious and they decided to

give him no quarter. Danton was |
beaten. he last desperate fight had
been for nothing.

Danton sat in his office, with his |
head _ buried arms, trying to}
think with his almost bursting head

what was best to do, when the door

in his

opened and The Girl came in. Dan-
ton looked up in surprise.
“Pardon me,” said The Girl. “I|

knocked,
hear me,”

but you evidently did not |
she added at her ease.

face changed. Danton
that she, with
quick intuition, had
the whole situation.
The visit of the firm’s representative,
his abrupt leave-taking, Danton with
his arms, had

her
change—saw

Then
the
woman’s

saw
her
comprehended

haggard face in his
told her the story well.
“Girl,” said Danton suddenly, “girl,
do you know that it is all up with
me, that’--Danton stopped suddenly
and mentally called himself a_ fool
for confiding in this girl clerk. Then
the look of sympathetic understand-
ing in her eyes impelled him to go
on: “Do you know that | am on
the verge of bankruptcy? Do you
know that any day—any hour even— |
be compelled to close. my |
doors and go out into the world a
personification

I may

bankrupt, the living

of failure?”

face
caught

Danton turned his wan
The Girl suddenly and
by surprise with a look
face which he did not, in his misery,
the fled as
as his eyes met hers and The
Girl said in her old imperious way:

“Tt may seem strange to you, Mr.
that I should attempt what |
about to but,”
proudly, “I great confidence in |
my ability to carry out my plan suc- |
cessfully. I am going to see the firm |
which that man represents,” and she |
went out of the office.

When she had gone Danton called
himself innumerable kinds of fool as
lasted.

upon
her |
her

upon

know meaning of. It

soon

Danton,

I am do, she added

have

long as his meager vitality
Then gave himself up to despair |
and sat at his desk with his chin
upon his chest until every one had

left the the senior locking the

he

store,

door after him. Five minutes after |
he had gone Danton rose and went |
out into the store, with its long ta- |
bles and contents covered with the |
white covers which were’ thrown
over them at aicht. The covers
looked ghostly in the darkness and

as some sound of the building rang |
out in the stillness Danton started,
every |

tired nerves sensitive to
sound.

Then the sense of what he
about to lose came over him again.
How he loved the store, representing
as it did his life as far as it had
gone. And to lose it all just when
he should begin to feel that he could |
in a measure stop struggling! Being |
rather more sensitive than most men |
in business, Danton felt the sting |
of failure more keenly than most men.

his

was

ito open it.

| ton

| Danton knew
| ble
|learn in

|pired at the office

| would be given on

| the reins,
ithe clerks.
| the

i but every time he went back to

|cut by The

splendidly

| coupled with her woman’s
| tive love of detail,
| she touched go.
| with remarkable rapidity

| married and,
| hands of the head clerk,
|away for a

|In the midst of his mental agony he |
| thanked God that he had no wife to

carry the news to.

Suddenly the vigorous rattle of the
front door interrupted him. He went
It was The Girl!

She promptly stepped inside and|

closed the door after her.

Silently the
each other.

In

two stood looking at
a flash it all came over Dan-
and, taking a stride toward her,
he took her in his arms. Despite her

| imperious manner she submitted and

in that one unforgeta- |
moment what he had failed to
Then The _ Girl
slipped from him and stood leaning

months.

|against a table, with her hands rest-

ing on it behind her, and watched

him.

The policeman passing on his beat

saw the two there as he made his
early evening rounds, trying the
doors as he went. He lingered for

a moment watching them curiously.
The rattle of the latch as he tried
the door startled them and with com-
mon accord they went back to the
office, where The Girl told her story
simply. No one, not even Danton,
ever knew exactly what had trans-|
of the firm, but}
word that time
the account, and
Danton held up his head again.
Danton accompanied The Girl to

The. Girl

brought

|her home, kissing her goodby at the

door. Then he went to his boarding

place, and to such a night’s sleep

as he had not known for months.
The next morning The Girl, with)

|an assurance that was charming, took

to the wonderment of all

Danton strolled around
streets in his strange new free-
brute,
the

ordered

dom, calling himself a selfish
was peremptorily
Finally, he gave in,
and loitered at his club all day.

things going |

store he

Girl.

Meanwhile
under The Girl’s manage- |
business ability,
instinc-

were

ment. A _ natural
made everything |
3usiness picked up |
and at the
end of a few months The Girl began
to talk “vacation.”
At first Danton
of it, DHE m
triumph—after
Danton that the
their honeymoon. |
the quietly
with the
went |

would have
The

she

none |

Girl scored a |
had
“vacation”

time
promised
should be

two
the

Accordingly were

store in

they

when the |
Danton

time, returning,
with
with a dozen|
through his

“vacation” was Over,
full of strength and

good schemes running

| head.

Danton prospered. But he says he
owes all success to The Girl; |
and when he wants to be especially

his

nice to Mrs. Danton he calls her, |
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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

   

 

 

 

 

LOOKING BACKWARD.

 

Boy’s First Journey Into the Great
Wide World.
Chapter IV.

|

puzzles. Why will the man _ who | there.

The undoubted success of

spends a decade at home never think- |that person induced me to sit down
ing of liquor load up with a quart |

| canteen and souse himself silly on a
Does |

forty mile ride? Search me.

Kidded along by that sublime faith |the motion of the train arouse latent

common to extreme

purchasers

in humanity
youth and the

in Omaha, Neb. What I knew of the

of gold | the neck of the bottle protruding from |

bricks, I cut loose at the age of 17) his raiment brands him a traveler of

with the unknown world as contained |

|
i

iron molders’ trade absorbed at Mud- |

ville didn’t pain me any, and the pros-

pect of not finding jobs most any-|

where never touched me. Had I de-
sired to procure employment things
might have been different.

hot air in an unsealed envelope, pre-

senting Master C. Dryden, Esq. My
strictly original “to whom it may

gang; hence he could safely say I

was a loo loo both in and out of the |

foundry. He did it in elegant Youth’s
Companion language:
Besides this valuable asset I rated

which had worm holes in it.
outside was armored with the best
wall paper of a subdued yellow pat-
tern. On the inner side of the lid

thirst, or does the gentleman think

world wide repute? Funny, isn’t it,
what mutts you meet while flitting
from state to state, either on foot or

'bled a ball program minus the lead |

among the late Mr. Pullman’s plush. |

Early on the morning of the second |

day the train reached Omaha and al-

|lowed me to mingle in the fierce met-

appeared the portrait of a bloated |

cherub wading around in a bum bou-
quet that barely came up
waist.
yielded readily sometimes to expert
manipulation of a tin key, but I re-
lied more on a safety device of my

and tied in a hard knot. This idea
has since been infringed by persons
lacking original thoughts.

The pedigree of the trunk is thus |

recorded here because it soon eluded

me, and many years elapsed before |

I owned another. Eternal vigilance
is the price of trunks, and likewise

ilocated in a

to his |
The trunk had a lock which |

: -|ropolitan whirl.
Moreover, I carried a package of | —

I left the trunk at

the depot for a look around before |

It was great—
the air of being a gay young man

doing anything rash.

: : |about town, strutin roudly along
concern” was compiled by the village | : & P y a

ostmastr, an elderly, one-legged gen- | :
P i 7 eNeesed BEM | looked like employes, and I was glad
tleman, who did not train with my|. i [
| fate had carried me to the right place.

paved streets. Most of the people

There was no reason why I should
not become an employe and
to my friends at home letters bearing
the postmark of a large city. The

write

a $2 trunk made of some kind of bark | growth of this idea made me chesty.
i The | I chucked caution to the winds and

| decided to risk eating something even

before making my debut as an em-
ploye.

On the rounds of the town I had
side street a Swagger
cafe’ bearing this sign: “The Del-
beano. Mrs. J. Bunk, Prop.” At the

| curb stood an inverted wooden wedge

lin blue,

adorned with this legend:
“Meals 15 cents and upward,” which

own passed twice around the middle | direction, I have since learned, is, or

|should be, the

natural course of

meals taken at that price. In the

|show window a small pink china pig
was mired to its knees in a plate of

valises, among the poor and foolish. |
| glanced back to see who was ring-

The mere fact of going to bed in or-
der to place anything of value under
lock and key did not, in my opinion,
class the trunk as an also ran. My
position in society seemed more firm-
ly established when I raised the lid
and, looked at the cherub. In time
a fellow can do without baggage,
when he gets trained down to it.

So it came about that one winter
day, with the trunk masquerading as
baggage and me bumping the red
plush in a varnished car, we bore
down on Omaha. En route through
Iowa I studied the whisker exhibits
installed on depot platforms, there be-
ing nothing else worth looking at.
The leading export of the state at
that time was prohibition literature,
while the inhabitants raised whiskers
for home consumption. Also, I ob-
served experienced travelers in the
coach drinking from bottles. These
alcoholic festivities made me feel like
a four flusher. Having failed to pro-
vide a bottle of my own, I looked for
the conductor to flag me at every mile
post on the ground that I had made a
false start. That he tolerated one
so remiss in his duty to society
amazed me.

Even now, after a lapse of twenty-
five years, this problem racks and

 

 

uncooked beans—a subtle lure set by
Mrs. Bunk to entrap the Boston tour-
ist.

On pushing open the blue door a
bell tinkled above the portal, and I

ing it. The interior Delbeano was a
gaunt room, harboring a few tables
and a portholed partition at the back,
through which the ambushed cook
fired victuals at unwary patrons.
There were two vivid works of art
on opposite walls.
ress of a fat man, inscribed “I Eat
Here.

One was the like- |

His partner on the other side, |

a haggard gentleman, who looked like

Mr. Dante, did not eat there, ac- |
cording to his epitaph. Where he}

did replenish his inner being will for- |

ever remain a mystery to me. Below

the thin man hung a business motto: |

“No Trust, No Bust,” worked in red
worsted on perforated cardboard.

While noting these appetizing spe- |
cialties I became conscious of a hu- |

man presence in the room. Ata table
in the rear sat a razor-faced female
of middle age gazing fixedly at me
out of snaky eyes. Her face was
without expression, save the black

| thing was

sparks that glowed at either side of |

her beak. As she looked at me I

| gusted me.

tried to look in another direction, and |
|tender bosom a distrust for her sex

failed. Once I made a bold point at

the no trust, no bust, poem, but fear- |

ing this effort to appear natural might
lay me open to unjust suspicion, I
switched to the epicure who ate

throwing

and open a bill of fare, which resem-

pencil.
Pretty soon the lady of the house
came over, placed one hand on my

table and the other on her hip, mean- |

while piercing me with her gimlets.

Once I glanced up, and she merely |

pointed one untidy finger at the bill
Of tare.

at the Bon Ton restaurant in my own
town. The wits were scared out of
me, and still I didn’t know why. Fi-
nally I said “oysters” in a voice in-
audible to myself. Had I been a man
of brains and wide experience in din-

ing out, it would have been ham and |

eggs right off the reel.

Aiming her face towards the rear |

Mrs. Bunk yelled “One stew!” and
then leisurely placed some tools and
a dish of cold slaw on the table.
Meanwhile, no sound had come from
the kitchen. The order was not bel-

‘lowed back in true metropolitan fash-

ion. Ina little while Mrs. Bunk

'strolled into the culinary works and
instantly there issued the stealthy rat- |
tle of pots and a sound of some one |

raking the fire. Soon the dark eyed
lady emerged wearing an air of ex-
treme abstraction. She went to the
front window, shifted the pink pig to
an easier position among the beans,
and gazed into the street. Having
me in her toils, that siren of the west
worked her little game to the limit.

Once she did face about to shriek, |

that
No response.

“Eiarry up stew; the gent’s a
waiting!”

Once more ‘Mrs. Bunk ducked into
the kitchen: again I heard the sneaky

rattle of pots and beheld her skinny |
hand when she slid the bowl upon)

a shelf in the open partition. More-
over, I recognized the voice when
she stepped back and shouted, “Stew
r-r-ready—take it away!” Again she

 

came forth in a walking trance and |
moved about brushing phantom flies |

off the tables. All of a sudden she
saw the bowl and made a dash for
it, and as she sped by me the swish
of her starchy
splashes of rain against a window.

With the stew in front of me and

that pallid flim-flammer seated in her |

original chair, the picture of uncon-

scious virtue and innocence, my first |

feeling of fear gave way to indigna-

tion bordering on wrath. Did she

take me for a lobster?

hope not; but all the same she had me |

going for a while.

three hoots in the hot place so_ far}

as I was concerned. [I

monkeyed with oysters save at church |

sociables at Mudville, where every-

square and above board.

To find that passive bivalve used as a |

medium of deceit annoyed and dis-
And the bold. trick
of that brazen Mrs. Bunk bred in my

which endures to this day.

The oysters were good. After
in. the warm poultice, I
produced a roll fit to choke a canary

To save my neck I couldn’ |
think of anything but stewed oys- |
ters, the only hot food ever served |

skirts sounded like |

Well, I should |

Whether or no}
the lady kept a cook didn’t matter |

never had |

| bird, gave Mrs. Bunk a scornful look,
‘and the price, and went out of the
| blue front door, never again to dark-
en it.

It was a long time before I got
lover the jolt produced by the un-
| parliamentary conduct of Mrs.
3unk. Why should she act that way?
| Food ever has been and always will
be the same to me, whether pre-
pared by chef, proprietor, general
manager, cashier, or floorwalker, so
long as the viands are_ properly
cooked. The world was new to me
then, and everybody and everything
in it strictly on the level until: I
bumped into Mrs. J. Bunk, of Omaha,
Neb. By that one false stroke she
forever queered my faith in females
and the sincerity of their motives on
any proposition. Whenever the gen-
tle passion flickered in my heart,
which it sometimes did, there came a

warning vision of Mrs. B. and her
bunco oyster stew, and I at once
grew cold and frosty for the

sex. Can you blame me?

No one ever saw a male caterer pull
off any such fool performance; it isn’t
lin him. Man 1s prone to pride in
duality without duplicity on the side.
Witness scores of little eating joints
in every city—mere slits in the wall,
at one side
of a counter; range, grub, and gear
on the other. A fat slob of bilious
aspect, in cap and apron that used to
be white, cooks and washes dishes in

mostly. Row of stools

full view of his victims, and glories
in his versatility. Sometimes the

dew of strenuous endeavor mingles
but what of that?
attempt to deceive, to

create an impression of absent quan-

with the cuisine,

There is no

tity, and the entire process is con-
ducive to calm serenity of mind and
unimpaired digestion, for a few years
at least.

I have made much of this boiled
oyster incident because, coming, as
it did, at the threshold of my youth-
ful career, it put me up in the clock
for the time being. There was I a
lonesome boy, far from home, willing
|to be a friend to any one who would
befriend me, and dependent upon the
|labor of my hands and feet provided
I hit it right. The first human with
| whom I came in contact was a wo-
/man, who should have been a mother
to me. Instead she handed me a gold
brick with a spoon in it, leaving me
a melancholy prey to suspicion and
moody distrust.

The proper study of mankind is
man.

It is the woman who keeps us
| guessing. Inthe next chapter I cheer
| up wonderfully, and debut in the pro-
tean character of employe and
| boarder in an honest Omaha fam-
| ily.
| a
Only Profitable Way.
| Customer—How do_ you
| brooms to-day?

Salesman—Same as any other day
—by judicious advertising.

te

The man who has no interest in
|heaven is not likely to have much
| principle on earth.

sell

 

———
It’s a poor kind of affection for a
creed that prevents its correction.

 

 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 
   
       
     
  
 

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26

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

THE AVERAGE AGE AMERICAN.

What He Is and Do Does—How Long
He Lives.

For the purposes of this article the |
He i
becomes an entity through the blend- |

“average American” is a man.
ing of a farmer of great stature, a
laborer nearly half as large, a gro-
ceryman or a big general

tendent of a railroad, a still larger |

mechanic or machinist in blue jump-
ers, and finally a physician of small

stature or lawyer of slight physique |

and thin legs.

Out of this blending of substance. |

to make five men of even weight and
stature and with the same diameter
of hat rim and like quality of gray
matter under their hair, the power
working the transformations would
have the average American large as
life.
or.
the normal.

His ways of life, how-

ever, would be the accepted ways of |

the country and he would be recog-

nized in a foreign port as a Yankee. |

This average American would indi-
cate his nearness to the soil. In
spite of the fact that other indus- |
tries have been taking the men of |
the farms to the city out of all pro-
portion in these last ten years, the
average American is rural still. The
makeup of this average American

might be reduced to percentages of |

constituent parts from the following
table, showing how the

pations are distributed:
Agricultural pursuits ....... 90,458,194

superin- |

He might be a little off in col- |
His lialect would be slightly off |

23,956,115 |
men of the country in gainful occu- |

| Professional service ........ 833,584
a and personal serv-
ee 3,592,581

- 4,274,659
Manufacturing and mechani-

Cal purses 2.0 eee 5,797,097
| According to the tabulated figures
above the average American of the
male sex, old enough and able to
|go to work at gainful occupation in

eed and transportation..

| the United States, is made up of the
|above component parts in the fol-
lowing ratio:

Per cent.

EM a 48.3
Pee 2.9
See ie 15.

| MINE ois os os oe 12.2
ne 21.4

From these composites the aver-
;age American citizen promises a
| sturdy constitution and a clear head.
Up to the present time he has been
depending more upon
|than upon his brain, and for some
| time to come the proportion promises
ito hold, save in farming. In ten
years in the United States there has
| been a loss of 2 per cent. of agricul-
{tural workers, and of more than 1
| Per cent. in manufacturing and me-
chanical workers, accounted for in
| the increase of those in the profes-
| sional services, in personal services,
|and in trade and transportation.

| This average American will be
educated to a considerable degree.
| One-tenth of his constituent part will
have been illiterate in the English
tongue at the least, but an equal dis-
| tribution of the knowledge possess-
led by the five classifications con-

 

his muscle |

 

sidered will leave him with light
enough to choose his occupation and
with intelligence enough to pursue
it if it be already found.

He will be close to 33 years old,
considering the occupations out of
which he is to come. In all the Unit-
ed States there are fewer than 10,000
persons who are 95 years old and
over, and who are thus likely toin-
crease the average of his
through phenomenal longevity.
any case nearly three-fifths of these
persons are women beyond the years
that permit of gainful occupations,
and, more than this,
found among the colored population.

His family, in addition to his wife,
would average a little more than
one child of school age, with enough
more persons under his roof to ap-

years |

In iof New

 

 

each rooftree in the United States as |

the average for the whole
Only 35 per cent. of the total male
population of the country is married;
3 per cent. is widowed, and 2
cent.

per cent. of the total population of |

all ages still single.

country. | 2!! the District of

'than three-fourths of all the homes

| the
one-half of the |

total number in both sexes may be}

United States, of which 7,500,000 are
cwned by occupants with more or
less freedom from  incumbrances,
while 9,500,000 homes are rented by
the tenants in them. More than
6,000,000 of these homes belong to
the farmer class.

More and more this average Amer-
ican is tempted to the apartment
house flat and tenement of the cities.
Thirty-one per cent. of the residents
York are living in homes
whose roofs shelter three families
and more, and, taking Manhattan and
3ronx boroughs, the percentage
of apartment dwellers is 44.5. In
Chicago it is only 19.7 per cent., but
the percentage is growing steadily.

With reference to .this average
American’s place of residence, he is
far less likely to own the house in

proach the 5.3 persons apportioned to | which he lives if he casts his lot with
d 5. |

the political life of Washington. In
Columbia more

| are hired, with Rhode Island ranking

per |
is divorced, with more than 60}

|

This average American of 33 years |
| One person is the sole tenant in 611,-

old scarcely would own his own
home, no matter whether in

country or in the city.

the |
According to |

the probabilities that are accepted he |

should be in possession of it within |

|

ten years, however, especially if it be |

a farm home;

next, where more than 71 per cent.
of the private residences are rented.

There are some odd conditions in
these buildings and portions of build-
ings that are classed as residences.

435 of these dwellings, while at the
other extreme there are 660,091
homes with more than eleven mem-
bers in the household. In sections
of the Great West more than I1 per

in some of the larger} cent. of the dwellings have only one

cities he would have small chance of} person as tenant, while in the North

ever owning it. In round

there are 17,000,000 homes in

figures
the!8 per cent. of

Atlantic division of the States nearly
the total dwellings

 

 

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hot

contain families numbering more
than eleven persons each.
the

Within a few weeks census

-bureau has issued a bulletin dealing

with the chances of life of both men
and women in some of the large cit-
ies. For the average American who
takes up life in New York, Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington,
or in the States ‘of Massachusetts
and New Jersey at large, his age at
33 years promises him about twenty-
nine years more of life in the cities,
with thirty-two years likely if he
shall take to rural existence in Mas-
sachusetts or in New Jersey.

In the ranks of the average Ameri-

 

can who has reached a gainful occu- |
pation the death rate for the year is |

close to 15 in the 1,000. In the gen-
eral divisions of men into the class-
es engaged in gainful occupation, the
laboring man, considered in the va-

| any

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

Don’t eat with soiled hands—wash
them first.

Don’t neglect a cold or a cough.
How To Cure Consumption.
Don’t waste your money on patent
medicines or advertised cures for
consumption, but go to a doctor or
a dispensary. If you go in time you
can be cured; if you wait until you
are so sick that you can not work
longer,

any or until you are very
weak, it may be too late. At any
rate it will in the end mean more

time out of work and more wages
lost than if you had taken care of
yourself at the start.

Don’t drink whisky, beer or other
intoxicating drinks. They will do you
no good, but will make it harder for
you to get well.

Don’t sleep in the same bed with
one else, and, if possible, not

/in the same room.

riety of positions which he fills under |

a death
man in
1,000 of

the general heading, suffers
loss heavier than does the
any other group. In every
this class the annual death
20.2 persons, while in the ranks of
agriculture and transportation 15.8
deaths in the 1,000 nearest approaches
the laborer and servant group. Next
is the group of bartenders and res-
taurant keepers, with a death rate of
15.4, followed in order by the profes-
sional men, men in manufacturing
and machine work, the clerical
official ranks, the personal
police and military people, and last
the mercantile and trading world,
which suffers a death rate of only
12.4 im the 1,000.

One of the odd observations of the
medical profession is that of these
deaths in all parts of the country, the
number is larger in March and April
of each year and smaller in October
and November. Hollis W. Field.

——_2-~- ____

Safeguards Against

rate is|

|rest, all

and |
service, |

Good food, fresh air and rest are
the best cures. Keep in the sun-
shine as much as possible, and keep
your windows open, winter and sum-
mer, night and day. Fresh air, night
and day, is good for you.

Go to a hospital while you can,
and before it is too late. There you
can get the best treatment, all the
the fresh air, and all the
food which you need.

The careful and clean consumptive
is not dangerous to those with whom
he lives and works.

—_—_+ +> —___
Always Something to Learn.

A man who, although still young,
will never again have to worry over
where his next meal is coming from

|was talking reminiscently with some

'young friends of his one evening of

the Spread of |

told

own

them a few things
career that surprised

they had

late, and
about his
them, particularly as
thought themselves
with their host’s personal history.
“When said he, “I

worked for a time in a machine shop,

fairly familiar

E was a Boy,”

|standing over a lathe ten hours a
day for $4 a week. It was hard
work, and plenty of it for the money;

Tuberculosis.
How To Prevent Consumption.
The spit and the small particles |

coughed up
sumptives, annd by many who do not
that they consumption,
are full of living germs too small to

know have
be seen.
of consumption.

Don’t spit on sidewalks—it spreads
and is against the law.
Don’t spit on the floors of your

disease,

rooms or hallways.

When you spit, spit in the gutters
or into a spittoon. Have your own
spittoons half full of water, and clean
them out at least once a day with
water.

Don’t cough without
handkerchief or your hand over your
mouth.

Don’t live in
is no fresh air.

rooms

where there}

and sneezed out by con- |

These germs are the cause |

but there were any number of other
fellows ready to take my place if
I didn’t like it; so I kept at work. |
used to think out schemes for get-

ting a better place and making
| money, but none of them seemed to
promise very well except one. I

| man

holding aj}

thought that, if I could only learn
something about draughting J
might be trusted with the plans that
came into the shop and so get ahead
of the $4 men around me. I paid a
seventy-five cents an hour for
one hour’s instruction in draughting
one day’s pay
but I could

every week—nearly
for an hour’s instruction,
not see any other way out of it.
“Well, what I learned about
draughting doesn’t do me any good

| now, probably, and yet I firmly be-

Don’t work in rooms where there |

is no fresh air.

Don’t sleep in rooms where there |
Pp

is no fresh air.

Keep at least one window open in|

your bedroom day and night.
Fresh air helps to kill the
sumption germ.
Fresh air helps to keep you strong |
and healthy.

con- |

|

|
|

lieve that I am much better off to

| this day for having made the effort.

It gave me at the very beginning of
my business career some strong con-
victions about the way to get ahead,

|and consciously or unconsciously I

|

undoubtedly applied the general prin-
| ciple that I had learned to opportu-
nities that I might otherwise not
have known enough to utilize.”

Great Scheme.

A glad smile broke into a long, low
chuckle of delight that made the
club man in the next chair rouse
for a moment from the labors of
digestion and exclaim:

“Struck a good thing, eh?
have it!”

"Good thimgr” said the happy
member, “Its simply a Klondike
and Golconda rolled into one
an inexhaustible mother
sight.”

“Ob,

“Joke nothing!

Let’s |

I thought it was a joke.”
This is
to me as the source of my income.”
“You mterest me.”
“The Japanese have just made an-|

as serious

other advance in Manchuria.”
Well, I don’t see anything in that

to chuckle about.”

“You don't, eh? this’
And he read off an account of skirm-
ishes and battles full of names that
sounded as if the makeup man ? ud |
pied a paragraph and sent it to press |}

Listen to

without correction.

“T don’t see any richness in that,” |
said the one who had butted in.

“You don’t, eh? Well, perhaps you
will IT tell you that
interests lie almost
equally in building sleeping cars and
modern flat houses.”

"1 am sill dark.”

“Fish, tush, man! Cant: you see |
that this new list of outlandish names |
will enable me to christen all the
sleeping cars and apartment —
that | ¢
-—Judge.

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my business

can build the next two years?

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

OUT OF WORK.

Experience of a Man Looking fora
job.

In the first place I never knew un- |
til six months ago what it was to
be out of work and out of money.
I had held one position for several
years. It was a fair position, paid |
me for these years an average of
$12 a week, and as I was single and
without any incumbrance I got along
on this quite nicely. I never was
particularly ambitious, which fact I
have since found many times occa-
sion to rue, as this lack of some-
thing to spur me on had kept me
content with my position and had
prevented me from ever attempting
to find anything better or anything
that offered hope of eventually yield- |
ing a big success.

 

I never saved, because what I earn- |
ed was quite sufficient for my imme-
diate wants, and I never gave a
thought to the future, never laid by
a cent for the proverbial rainy day.
I think I had among my acquaint- |
ances the reputation of being a “pret- |
ty good fellow.” I went out with |
the boys occasionally, although never
dissipating to excess; I played the
races occasionally when the barber
hinted that he could put me on to
some sure thing, and occasionally sat
in at a little game of draw poker. |
My losses and winnings were never |
but the
losses were such as to keep such por-
tion of my salary as did not go for
‘room rent, car fare and board from |
getting into the savings bank.

of an astounding nature,

I worked for five in
place and never got to know what
my name looked like at the top ofa
deposit slip. I lived the life that
hundreds of young men are living |
to-day, letting each day be sufficient |
unto itself and never giving thought
or precaution against the day when
everything is not going to come so
easy. That day came to me during}
the slack season of the year, when the |
firm in whose employ I had been
dissolved partnership.

years one

The man who remained in the busi-
ness decided to conduct it on a
much smaller scale. He promptly
proceeded to cut down the _ force
of the shipping room to two people,
and I was not one of the two. How-
ever, when he let me go he impress- |
ed the fact upon me that he soon in-
tended to the and
would give me the first possible |
chance to get back: It was this fact
that helped to keep me out of per-

increase force

manent work for six months and re-|
duced which

seem nearly incredible in this city.

me to. circumstances

When TI left the door of the ship-
ping room for the last time I had
just $14 in my pocket. My pay was
then $15 per week, and I owed one
of the men $1, which I paid. I went
home, paid 65 cents for my laundry,
$2 for my room, and $4 for a weekly
meal ticket. -This left me a total
capital of $7.35 upon which to live |
until I could secure work and earn
more. Yet I was not alarmed, for
the last few years had been so easy |
te me and free from worry that I

| send for me.

| what
to

| have
| weeks.

| need a
|man in their establishments.
| 10 trade nor any special training in
|any kind of work, except that of the
| shipping room.

| fourth

| ployment bureau.
|and told what I could do.

| me.

| ionely
| through
| received

i while waiting for
Lup.”

expected no trouble in finding an-
other job. In fact, I expected each
day that my former employer would
This kept me from in-

stantly beginning an active search for |
work, and undoubtedly had much to}

do with my subsequent inconvenience
and misery.

When it dawned upon me at the

| i‘ i
|end of a week that a wait for employ-

ment at my old place would. be one
of great protraction I had left $3 of
my original capital and no room rent
or meal ticket ahead. This was the
first time that the sense of my con-
dition came home to me with force.
As I dolefully counted my funds I
suddenly became aware that I must
secure work immediately or else be
unpleasantly termed a va-
I explained my predicament
woman from whom I rented
She agreed to let me
the room on credit for two
Then I set out to conserve

is
grant.
the

the room.

|my limited finances by eating at the
|cheap restaurants and began to eag-

erly search for work.

It will surprise the average man to
find out how many employers do not
able bodied
I had

young, strong,

It was the dull sea-
son of the year, and in these times

| the shipping department is one of the
| frst to suffer curtailment of help, so
| asked and asked for work in vain.

secure work
within a few days, I doubled my ener-
gies, but without result. On _ the
second week I

Realizing that I must

day of the

|found myself with $1.30 in my pock-

ets and no prospects of a job in

| sight.

As a last resort I entered an em-
I stated my want
The man-
ager of the bureau was glad to see
He had just received a call for
a young man. He had been
worrying as to where he could lay

such

| his hands upon a man skilled in the
| work of the shipping room and here
|] was. right at hand.
|was one that paid $12 and I could
|go to work immediately.
| remember the rest of the employment
|man’s talk, but I know I presently
ifound myself going out of his door,

The position

I do not

politely promising to come back and

|secure the address of my future em-
| ployer in the morning and elated be-

yond measure. Incidentally,

reposing

my

dollar was in the

| pocket of the “bureau.”

Of course, I never job
The only benefit I
the expended

place wherein to loaf

‘«

cor 62
them.
from dollar
was a warm
‘something to turn
In the meantime, as there were

no friends to look to for aid, a benev-

|olent old gentleman condescended to
|allow me a loan of $5 on a $20 over-
| coat.
| landlady, who had by this time grown

This helped me to placate the

| exceedingly cold in her treatment of
|me, and to eat regularly for at least
|a few days.
/nearly gone I changed my place of

When my money was

abode in the dark of night to a

cheap downtown lodging house, the
inevitable home of the man whose
finances begin to seriously decline.

I again paid a visit to the man who |
held my overcoat in lien. This time |
I sold him the good suit I wore am
5, and with $1 of the money he paid |
me [ bought from him an old suit, |
worn and ragged and dirty—the kind |
popular with the average hobo}
and lodging house inmate. Our meth- |
od of transaction was original.
tered a rear room and handed him |
my coat and he handed me his old |
coat and $3. Vest and trousers were |
exchanged in the same way, neither |
of us having sufficient faith to trust
each other with a full suit in hand |
at one time. |
I had now reached what may be}
called the lodging house stage of my |
career. The man who descends into |
these depths, even if only for a short |
length of time, has drunk of  the|
worst that is in life, and drunk deep- |
ly. I was no longer a respectable |
I was a bum. I could no
longer try to get work in a
spectable position; I was now only
fit for making a living in some man-|
ner which is not reputable. Two |
months before I had been a decent |
citizen with friends and acquaint- |
ances. Now I could look no decent |
man in the face and call myself his |
equal. I sat with my feet in the win- |
dow and gloomed out upon. the|
sireet one morning, with less thana_
dollar in my pocket and absolutely |
nothing to look forward to. |
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beside me. Within fifteen minutes |

I received as my pay the price |

this man had wormed the story of! the first two pounds of coffee or tea |

my hard luck and my present condi- |
tion out of me, and was making me
a business offer. He was, in short,
an outhitter of street  fakirs.

| premium,

His |

business was to supply the men who |

stand on the corners and inveigle the

| days’

passerby into buying something he |
doesn’t want with the goods to sell. |

Sometimes the visible supply of fak-

| nothing—it

irs grew low, and the little man had}

to go hunting for agents to sell his
wares. He knew well where to hunt,
and he never made the mistake of
picking out a man who was hopeless-
ly a bum.”

He offered to supply me with a
small stock of goods, enough to last
for one day, merely upon my word.
He also secured me a corner upon
which to stand. The article which [
was to sell was a paste for sharp-
eninge tazors. It was a wonderiul

article, but somehow it didn’t sell. I |
spieled my loudest and best in an en- |
deavor to force the people to see}

the superexcellence of the goods, but
in vain.
evening and reported my failure to
the little man he smiled sardonically.
“T was mistaken;
said, in dismissal.

I next secured work of a fairly de-
cent nature with a photographer on
the west side. His method of doing
business was to go to the various
public schools and take pictures of
the children at play. Then he secur-
ed the names and addresses of the
children’s and it was. my
duty to go to these parents and try
to take their order for photographs.
My to try to se-
cure a deposit on each order if possi-
ble. I was paid 25 per cent. com-
mission and pay day was each night.

Had it not been for the activity
of the fake photograph agent whose
actions have sown the seed of dis-
trust for all photo solicitors in the
hearts of all housewives, I
doubt I would have fought back to
the respectability of good clothes
and a steady income with this pho-
tographer. He was thoroughly
est and delivered 100 cents’ worth of
pictures for every dollar received.
But he had no capital to work with
and the refusal of the parents to pay

parents,

instructions were

hon-

When I went back in the |

dot vas all,” he|

sold. This averaged 50 cents. We
gave away a foot high jardiniere asa
but despite this fact the
best I could do was to sell four |
pounds of coffee at the end of two
work, Even at this | rate) | |
would have been satisfied to work;
for 50 cents a day was better than
enabled me to exist at}
But the employer had differ-
ent views on this matter. He reason- |
ed that there must be something
wrong with the solicitor who could
not do more toward bringing in busi-
ness than this, and as solicitors were
plentiful and easy to get, I again
found myself down in the lodging
house with no position to look for-
ward to.

I thought of the man who supplied
fakirs. To him I went with a dollar
in my pocket and the resolve in my
mind to find something there that
I could take and sell. I was growing
desperate now and felt sure that my
desperation would help me make my
way. But it was the same story over
The man who wants to sell
goods must have the knack of it. I
tried everything the man would trust |
me for but in vain.

Let it be known
fakir or peddler, it matters not how
glib he may be, does not make the
wages that an honest man would own
to as his own. The only men who
this are men of the
great army of “hardlucks,” of which

least.

again.

that the street

pursue calling

il was then a member, and the cheap,

have no}

[up my
without supper.

a deposit with their orders put the|

picture man out of business and
with him.
sion of $1.65 for my last day’s work
out of the wreck of his finances. In
all the rest of my experiences in a
“bum” role I never found any man
in the city who would do similar.

I had discovered by this time that
the only position open to the man
who is down is that of solicitor. It
is a precarious means of livelihood,
but to the man who wishes to earn
his living decently it is better than
nothing. With the money paid me
by the photographer I paid 5 cents
for a shave, 12 cents for a collar, and
I5 cents to have a new braid put
around the edge of my derby hat,
for a frayed hat band is the
and surest sign of the “bo.” I then
secured work as a solicitor for a tea
and coffee house, where I worked on
commission.

first |

He paid me my commis- |

|
|

 

lazy, nerveless crooks of the city
I found this out after I had
lines of faking and small
peddling without success. When I
finally came to that stage where my
shoes were mostly uppers and my
beard actually growing long for want
of the price of a shave the little Ger-
man made a suggestion.
“Vy don’t you deh
dotch?” he asked. “Wrap up your
hand ina rag. | vill help you.’ But
yet reduced to the final
obloquy of begging. I went back to
the lodging house without
hand? Chat night |
I had 5 cents in my
pocket then, and I that 5
cents as if it were my last hope of
life. All the next day I tramped, as

slums.
tried all

dry symbathy

I was not

“wrapping
went

hoarded

e | had been my constant custom, around

to every place where I imagined they

| might need a man without regard to
| appearance.

As usual, my quest was in vain. I
could not bring myself to sweeping
out a saloon, so I went hungry for
the day.

Next morning my mind was made |

up. There was only one thing to)

| do, and that was to borrow a quar-|

ter from the little German, get a|
square meal and a drink of whisky, |
and then “wrap up my hand.” |

For some reason or other, that |
morning I first went to the postoffice. |
I had been in the custom of eagerly |
enquiring for letters at the general |
delivery window for over six months,
and had been disappointed with a
regularity that had grown monoton- |
ous. But this morning the clerk}
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called my
of my

name.
old employer and was three |
days old. : |

“Come to work at your old salary |

whenever you are ready,” it read. |

I was on hand bright and early the |
next morning and felt no compunc- |
tion in borrowing $2 of one of my |
order that | 1)

former associates, in

might buy something to eat. I had}
not tasted food for two days.
i did not save anything for a}

month—it took that long to restore |
my wardrobe—but every week since |
that time I have deposited from $2)
to $5 in the savings bank. If I ever|

lose my job again, I want to be ina|
position to keep out of the hobo|
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2.

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The
been in-'|
publication of |

one

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the satisfaction
friction,

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one paper
one haying |
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referred to will be |
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one

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

GENUINE THANKSGIVING.

Given a Leading Place
Among the Viands.
Written for the Tredesman.

“Ah-ples—Ah-ples—Ah-ples.”

Paul Abington, weary and provok-
ed, turned his face determinedly to-
wards the flat, uninteresting land-
scape of the North Platte as it drags
its wearisome length through West-
ern Nebraska. For days he _ had
turned his back upon the delights of
the Golden Gate hoping and _ yet
doubting whether, wanderer as_ he
was, this eastward trip for the win-
ter was for the best; and from the
first hour of his journey the train
boy had heralded his coming with
his stock on hand, had poked his
basket under his nose, had tempting-
ly held up to his admiring gaze the
choicest specimens of Pacific or-
chards and vineyards with very dir-
ty hands and with an impudent re-
joinder to a decided no had passed
on to besiege the next victim of his
plunder or abuse.
with equanimity the imposition, hop-
ing at Salt Lake to submit to it no
more. He fondly believed at Denver
that the last grape and the last big
pear would pass forever from his
sight—and they had gone _ indeed;

Apples

but at the North Platte station this |
new fruit-product in brimming bas- |

ket had come in, and with a drawl
that could only come from a Dago

He had endured |

 

| They came from the Gunnison

 

training came the more than offen- |

talking, taking the boy all in. The
child was well put together. His
head was. well-set. His oval face
and his broad forehead and his hair
fine, flossy as silk, had nothing of
the Dago about it, while the sunken |
eyes and the pinched face told the
story which hunger has no need to
tell. The child’s’ clothing  corre-
sponded with his famished face and
the want looking from his eyes was
doing more for him than even his |
tongue could do, although that was |
at its best.

“You will find them very nice, sir.
or- |
chards. They are all ready for eat-
That smaller one is much the
best you will find if you care for
one. Many people don’t care to have
their fruit handled so I don’t touch
mine unless I must; I rather you!
would help yourself.”

That last did the business for Paul |
Abington. He wanted no fruit, but
he did want to know more about this
little piece of unusual humanity so
snugly put together with eyes like
those and a voice that humanity is
seldom blessed with.

 

ing.

“I don’t want the apple unless you
will. eat it for me; will you?”

“I thank you, Sir”—his “Sirs” al-
ways began with capitals—“but I
don’t like apples; and then I couldn’t
afford to eat it.”

“Bat 1 will pay for. 1t.”

“That’s what I couldn’t afford, Sir.
I thank you just the same, though,” |

 

jand with that he seized the heavy|
!

sive proclamation: “Ah-ples, Ah- |
ples, Ah-ples.”
The passengers in the Puliman

were not

nearer came the hateful basket—one

numerous and nearer and}
; upon the basket.

feature only to relieve the now un-|

bearable exchange of incivilities—a
voice that had a pleading in its tone.
So the traveler listened, but he did
not heed.

“Ah-ples, Ah-ples, Ah-ples.”

He still continued to be interested

in the landscape although he knew}

that the apple vender was now at
his seat, and he would have contin-
ued his gazing had not a hand been
gently placed upon his arm.

He shrank from the touch as if it
had been polution, and with an in-
dignant look upon his face turned
to resent the unpardonable familiari-
ty of the train boy. Instead of the
usual overgrown, round-face piece of
condensed insolence, whose hands
and face and general dirtiness more
than out-balanced the tempting fruit,
he traveler’s eyes rested upon an
evident ten-year-old of under
whose strength was hardly equal to

size,

wan face with its pleading eyes sur-
prised and attracted and touched the
heart of Paul Abington as ‘it had
not been affected for years.

waited and wondered.

“Won’t you please buy something,
sir?” and the pleading eyes
lifted almost despairingly to his own,
while the sweet voice with
tone of the aggressive huckster in
it appealed strangely to the apple-
hater.

“Why, I don’t know,” the man,

| passed only by its violence.

 

 

basket to pass on.
Paul Abington’s hand was _ placed
A sudden resolu- |

tion came to him, its suddenness sur- |

“T’ve an idea, my boy, that you
need something more than the price
of the apples. Put your basket}
across the aisle and get up into the
seat. I want to talk with you.”

There was an earnest look into
Abington’s face from the pleading
eyes; then the basket was lifted into
the vacant seat across the way and
the lad shared the seat of the stran-
ger.

“T haven’t had any breakfast yet; |
have you?”

“No, Sir, —”

“Oh, yes, you do, and even if you
don’t I want you to come in and}
help me eat mine. I’m pretty hun-
ery and 1. shall eat too fast i ft
don’t have somebody to talk to.”

So they were soon in the dining |

 

icar and opposite each other at a}
| table and shortly after a pretty fair |
the weight of his basket and whose |

share of the delicious steak swiftly |
disappeared from the plate of the
boy who couldn’t afford, under the |
circumstances, to eat one of his own |

| apples.
Instead of the decisive “No!” pro- |
nounced with unction, he looked and |

At last man and boy were both)
satisfied and back in their seats in
the Pullman, the boy, this time, next

|to the window.

were |

not a}

“You boarded the train at
ver. Do you live there?”
A bit of red leaped into the boy’s |
face. He waited a moment and then, |
as if his good breakfast called for.
this concession at least, he said, “I |
don’t live anywhere. It’s apt to be |

Den-

| mean

Denver or Omaha; but I’m _ never
anywhere very long. I haven’t had
any home for more than five years
now—longer than that, only I can’t
remember much before that. I used
to be with a hand-organ man; but he
kept beating me and one day in Den-
ver he was worse than usual and I

got a good chance to get away from}

him when he was drunk and_ got
aboard a U. P. train, and I’ve been
on here ever since.”

“Can you remember anything of

yourself before the time you came
to the organ grinder?”

“Nothing, really, but my name.
You haven’t asked me that. It’s
Binton—Abe Binton. I tried and

tried to have the organ man tell me
something about myself, but he never
would, and finally when I did he
beat me so that it wasn’t worth ask-
ing for.
n’t my father and so I left him.”

“And so you are all alone in the.

world?”

“Yes; but I’m better off than I
was with him, Don’t you think so?”

‘Most certainly I do—Binton—
Binton. You don’t mean Brinton or
Benton, do you?—your name, I’m
thinking about it.”

“’Most everybody asks me that;
but it’s Binton. I’ve seen Brintons
and Bentons in Omaha and Denver:
but never any Bintons.
Omaha asked me once

Abe Lincoln.

Aman m
H I didn't
That is way

| off; and I had to say it quite a/|

number of times before he caught

; on to it—Abe Binton—just plain Abe

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Binton.
ought to go together.”

“Did this hand-organ man always |

live out West?”
“T don’t think so, always.

Italian on the street,
more?’ and the man said, ‘Quit your

joshing, and then began to. talk|
about New York. There may _ not
have been anything in it, but I’ve}

wondered a good many times if there
was.”

Once started the boy kept on; but
the man at his side did not hear
him. He was busy with the unusual
name: Abe Binton—Abe Binton—

repeating it until he was pronounc-|

ing his own. All at once the truth
flashed upon him and his heart stood
still. Was

last over and was the lost boy)
whose spiriting away had cost his |
father his reason restored to that |

father’s brother on
Denver to Omaha? It seemed so, it
seemed so; and the longer he looked
and thought the more plausible the
idea seemed.
boy by his: side

 

his appearance, his

language—through years of brutal
suffering he had kept his home

speech radically pure; and the longer be

he looked the surer he was __ that
at last his long search was over.

“T used to know a boy by the name |

of Abington, Frank Abington, and
he had an Aunt Fannie, and it seems

to me he had an uncle he used to|
_call—let

me see; what tt he
used to call him—er—”

“Unele Paul! Was tt Uncle Paul,
and did he live in Baltimore?”

was

“The Uncle Paul I mean did; but
that was some time ago.
ever live in Baltimore?”

Did you

question
awakened memory
brought back more than enough to
convince Paul Abington that his one
beloved nephew was on the seat be-

before the
answered the

Long was

side him and he looked across the |
acres of corn ripening in the Septem- |

ber sun wondering what had better
He never could take
home as he

be done next.
this boy
him into his mother’s arms—so thin,
so pale, so weak from want and
suffering. The mother could never
bear the shock and poor Tom—well,
there was hope that with his
hands on the boy his mind might
come back to him.

now

as he desired it he must

home.

not go

ters should awaken hope in the de- |

The
and
of the boy himself.

rest would take care of

now

“What will you do, Abe, when we
reach Omaha?”

“Oh, wait for my train to Denver.”

“I'm to remain in Omaha for some
time. Do you know anything of the
hotels there?”

“The Paxton is the best. I think
there’s where you will want to go.”

“Do you know the city well enough
to show me about a little?”

Seems sometimes as if it |

Once a!
little before I left him he asked an |
‘How’s Balti- |

his wearisome search at |

the road from |

was and lead

Time was needed |
for these things, however, and much |

So he decided that early let- |

for the willing possession |

i of his

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

31

 

| do it.

”

“Wouid you like to do that?”

There was no doubt about that
yes, but there was a great deal about
the next remark:
well enough to go around with you.”

“PI teil you what I'll do. If you
will stay over with me in Omaha Ill
make the dress
jas I stay.”
“Do you mean it?”
| “LE imean just that.’

a far happier man who left the train
in Omaha that early fall afternoon.
The young guide hailed the
Street
| themselves

right

deeply interested in the
question of clothing, and it is need-
less to say that the outcoming boy
bore little resemblance to the one
who went in, and when the two turn-
ed away from

his side and said so.

boy to man and when they reached |

their room it was the boy who said,
What shall I call you? I do
even know your name.”

“Why not let me be ‘Uncle Paul’
to you?
your name is
Frank.
surname I will lend you mine,” and
lit was so agreed.

So a week went by
and for reasons all his own
| Paul stayed in Omaha;

and another,
Uncle
and the boy
under this new guardianship had the
best time in his life so far as he
could remember. The

face grew round and rosy.

thin,
The eyes
|lost their anxious look and sparkled
with the joy of boyhood.
fed in

wan

Fun lurk-
he had

 

every dimple three
week Uncle Paul be-
talk of leaving.

“Shall I go with you, Uncle Paul?”
“Do you want to go with me?”
r¥es, FT do. I
|again on the train. |
|go back to
| Paul, let me be

of the seventh

| ban to

don’t want to
selling apples.

your boy!”

registering at  the|
| Paxton it was no wonder that the |
|clerk thought that the father ought |

|to be proud of the handsome boy at)
So the man studied the |

|sow and grief and despair had sat |

There was a very happy boy with |

car and the two soon found |

There was a look and a smile from |

| “Yes, but I should have to stay to | everywhere to find him.

si | your
‘’m not dressed |

[recovered as to be at
; more

all right and have |
you with me at the Paxton as long|

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“But that

is all over now. I have told them}

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well and happy, with Uncle Paul and |
Aunt Fannie, and Joy and |
Gratitude sat down as most welcome |
guests at the Thanksgiving

Peace

BEAT THE TRUST

PITTSBURG
VISIBLE

  
  

dinner |

table, and for the first time in the | TYPEWRITER
family history the apple was given|
a leading place among the choicest | ir Does as
|viands of that luxuriously spread ta-| good work
| ble. Richard Malcolm Strong. | Tr
eg gg sua Price $60

The Brave Old Way.

eee Er ches at We want
Say risk a OF One Warm Kiss; ae

I say_’twere better risk the fall, ss.
| Like Romeo, to venture all, in EVERY
And boldly climb Tey deadly bliss. TOWN.
I like that savage Sabine way;
| What mighty vaiaetecis came of it! Write for

not |

And because I don’t believe |
Abe let me call you)
Of course you are not my'/|
boy; but until you can find a better |

i Why,

after the first month—and at the end

méver want to 20;

Uncle |
and 2

pleading hand was placed on Abing- |

| ton’s shoulder as only pleading boy-

hood can place it there. “May 1°?”
"L your father? Yes, until

| find a better one. Will that do?”

“Jest.” The left) hand

back of Unele Paul's

| fellow

as he was, upon his uncle’s lap.
“Where shall we go, papa?”
TOn,

i to see

not papa yet.
Aunt Fannie and your mam-

you |

found its |
neck

a . | 2 e boy pulled himself so, big |
spairing mother’s heart that the lad | and the boy pulled himse mg |

was alive and would soon be found. |
itself |
We are going |

|ma and Uncle Paul—your real Uncle |
Paul—and, Frank, I hope, I do hope, |

1 .
|you will see your own

and sit on his knees
on mine;”

and so, with

home
whose

in Baltimore,
nurse carelessness
| abduction possible, of his mother’s
| heart- broken illness, of his father’s
insanity and of his own wanderings

made _ his

dear father, |
as you now sit |
the boy’s |
head against his breast, he told him |
of the|

Their songs are ringing to this day,

The bravest ever sung or writ.

Their loves the love of Juliet,

Of Portia, Desdemona, yea,

7 old true loves are living yet;
\nd we, we love, we weep, we sigh,

In love with loves that will not die.

catalog any-
way.

THE COOMER CO., Saginaw, Mich.
State Agents. 112 North Hamilton St

ELLIOT O. GROSVENOR

Late State Food Commissioner
| aciciaaes Counse! to manufacturers and

 

 

Then take her,

lover, sword in hand,
Hot-blooded

and red-handed; clasp
Her sudden, stormy, tall and grand,
And lift her in your iron grasp
And kiss her—kiss her till she cries

From keen, sweet, happy, killing pain, | JObbers whose interests are affected by
Aye, kiss her till she seeming dies: 'the Food Laws of any state. Corres-
Aye,-kiss her till she dies, and then— | pondence invited.

kiss her back to life again.
Jovaquin Miller.

| §222 Majestic Building, Detroit. Mich.

 

 

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Footwear Purveyors.

War in the Far East has boomed

| tic City
| posed of at $2 a pair.

everything Japanese in this country, |
buyer for John Wanamaker, of that

and one of the most striking evi-

dences of this fact is the popularity |

of the burnt orange—the color of

the Japanese pheasant—that is being
used on hats, belts, dress
and dress trimmings. In

line with

One of the largest clearing sales of

| white shoes during September was

ithat held by the Sorosis Shoe Com-
| pany

in their Philadelphia _ stores.

| Two thousand pairs, representing the

Ideas and Opinions of Interest to. surplus summer stock of their Atlan-

were dis-
According to
A. C. McGowan, the well-known shoe

establishments,

city, the immense demand for white
goods, during the summer, was di-

| rectly due to American college girls.

materials |

Early in the season they adopted the

| all-white costume, ignoring the claims

the demand for the new color comes |‘ ; 7
/ing to their city homes about July

the announcement that we will have
a burnt orange leather next year.

It will be called Coq-de-Roc, after |

the pheasant of the Island Empire,
whose wonderful plumage ranges from
a rich brown to a magnificent shade
of orange, and an effort will be made
to make it popular for women’s slip-

pers and oxfords. It is quite prob-
able that the experiment will meet
with success.

The proprietor of a certain New
York shoe house studies styles close-
ly, but despite his knowledge of foot-
wear he never attempts to force a
style upon his patrons. On the con-
trary, he conducts his establishment
on the principle of “selling what the
public want and not what I think
they want,” and he experiments along
this line in a rather unique manner.
Whenever he sees a shoe that attracts
him he orders a few pairs and places
them in the front of his window for
several days. A number of inquir-
ies convinces him that the shoe will
be a good seller, whereas silence on
the part of his trade warns him to
let it alone. He is one of those men
whose successful buying has frequent-
ly roused the envy of less fortu-
nate competitors. The secret of his
“luck” is here revealed.

Friday is usually a dull day in the
shoe but an Iowa dealer re-
stimulated trade in the fol-
lowing clever manner: To begin with

SLOTE,
cently

he purchased a line of men’s Good-
year welts and a line of women’s
shoes at $2 a pair, ordering direct
from a manufacturer. The condition

accompanying his order was that each |

shoe should have a top facing read-
ing “Friday Only,” and this stipu-
lation was carried out.

Then he ordered an attractive win-
dow sign, announcing that on the
following Friday, and every Friday
thereafter, $3 shoes
for $2.50, these sales being strictly
limited, however, to the sixth day of
the week.
nouncements were also sent out to
residents of the town.

At first the response was so feeble

One thousand postal an-| york shoe store proprietor, last week.

i have become

of the tan shoe, and when return-

I they established the style, for city
women were quick to admire the
effect of white costumes, white hos-
iery and white footwear. The de-
mand for white footwear, notably ox-
fords, grew in volume during July,
and by August the call for tans fell
far behind it. Mr. McGowan be-
lieves that only a normal demand for
white goods will be felt next year,
as in his opinion, women are not
likely to be of the same mind about
a style two seasons in succession.
He may, however, bz mistaken.

tne

The most abused boots in the coun-
try are a pair once belonging to

mentioned. Of course there are cases |
|! have to give it, particularly if you
when you know you are about to!

where it is impolitic to refuse, even

throw your money away. For _ in-

stance, when a committee of five or |
six young women from a leading high |
school wait upon you and ask for an!

advertisement in their program, you

happen to recognize one or two as
regular customers. Even if they are
not customers it is well to grant their
request, your refusal may
awaken an antagonism that may ex-

since

 

 

 

President Roosevelt, and now on
exhibition at St Loems: A pla-
card announces that they were
used by | the President dur- |
ing his strenuous cowboy days in}
North Dakota, the period during}
which the young Eastern college!

graduate known as “Four Eyes” as-
tonished the natives by thrashing the
bully of the community, and _ by
“bustin’ bronchos” innumerable. The
placard invites all visitors to register
in a book placed near the shoes,
but since the time when some en-
terprising tourist decided to scribble
his signature on the boots the latter
covered with auto-
graphs, without number. This, how-
ever, is the least important part of
the damage. Souvenir cranks early
attacked the boots, tearing out scraps
of the linings. Then a bolder fel-
low ripped a portion of the upper
from the sole, in order to obtain a
nail. Others followed his example,
with the result that the footwear has
been reduced to a shadow of its
former self, and is in an exceedingly
battered and wretched condition.
“J am turning down all those peo-
ple who come to me to secure adver-

| tising for church programs, sports of

would be sold |

city high schools, commencement cat-

| alogues and the like, which I call
| charitable advertising,” said a New

“The expense for each ad is trifling.

| but in the aggregate it amounts to

that he feared his scheme was go-|

ing to be a failure, but by the third

Friday this fear was set at rest. By|
that time the people became aware |

of the fact that they really could se-

cure a $3 shoe for $2.50, and, more- |

over, that the purchase could only |

be made ona Friday. From that

a very considerable leak in the course
of a year. A careful business man
must avoid all unnecessary expenses,
for modern shoe retailing draws all
too heavily upon a man’s capital, as
it is. Advertising is an expensive
commodity, and I only buy it where
my judgment tells me it will do the
most good. And my experience has

time on the Friday sales steadily in- | demonstrated that no results come
creased, and within two months they from cards in programs of the kind

 

GRAND ely

SAVAVTV

NOT EXTREME BUT CORRECT

THIS IS THE STYLE STORY OF OUR MEN’S
GOODYEAR WELTS.

THIS MAKES THEM JUST THE LINE TO
TIE TO FOR YOUR FINE MEN’S $3.00 AND
$3.50 TRADE.

BEING CUT FROM THE BEST GRADE OF
VELOUR, BOX CALF AND VICI KID,

BEING MADE IN A CAREFUL, PAINS-TAK-
ING MANNER,

THEIR WEAR QUALITY WILL SATISFY
THAT CUSTOMER OF YOURS WHO IS SO
EXTRA HARD ON SHOES.

WHEN MAY WE CALL WITH THE SAMPLES?

RINDGE, KALMBACH, LOGIE & CO., LTD.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates to Grand Rapids every day. Send for circular.

 

 

  

Are the only

the requirements of those de-
manding a shoe for hard usage.
Our DUCK goods are made to
wear—the most vital point con-
sidered in manufacturing. This

should be a conspicuous feature

and one

when satisfaction to your trade is

the main object in view.

Order of

GEO. S. MILLER

SELLING AGENT
133 MARKET ST., CHICAGO, ILLS.

BANIGANS

rubbers

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tend to their classmates. The shoe

man has to take all these matters in- |

to consideration when dealing with
this annoying problem.”

The “pointed toes” that were in
stvle several years ago were consid-
ered eccentric footwear by many, but
these toes bore no comparison with
the ridiculous “points” in vogue in

ishop are as bad as

Great Britain, and throughout Europe, |

several hundred years ago. Shoes of

that era were usually made with felt

uppers, extending to a point four or |

five inches beyond the large tce, and
Dan-
dies of the reign of Richard II. of

sometimes being much longer.

England wore footgear with toes
twelve inches long. The toe was

paddéd, to preserve a shapely round
appearance, but those of the length
mentioned were so unwieldly that the
back m a
graceful curve, attaching the point to

shoemakers turned them

the shoe where the large toe joins
the foot.

It is difficult to imagine a more
outrageous style of footgear. Nev-

ertheless long toes were popular with
the
France and Germany for more than
three centuries. About 1390 the fash-
the

fashionable classes of England,

extreme of
the
leg when iurned back, the “toe” be

iol was catried to

having the toe extend well up
ing attached to the wearer’s garter
by means of a gold or silver chain.
Of course, it was only a few of the
the
style to this length; ordinary indi-

ultra-fashionables who carried
viduals being conteiut to slop along
with thin, padded toes, extending from
three to six inches in front of the foot.
The priesthood finally began to thun-
der against the extravagance and this
94} ysulese sjoIpo [eAO1 ay} O21 port
more absurd styles. One of these
quaint documents announced that the
toes, or “pikes,” should not be “so
long as to prevent kneeling in God’s
house.” It will be seen from this de-
scription that modern taste in foot-
wear is exceedingly temperate when
compared with some of the follies of

preceding centuries——A. B. North-
field in Boot and Shoe Recorder.
+ -
How To Fit Up a Shoe Store Sus-
cessfully.
If all of us in the shoe business
realized how often little things in-

fluence a customer, we would spend

more time and thought than we us-

ually do in fitting up our shops.
One all-important factor in selling

| “background” I mean a color used to

shoes is to concentrate the custom-
er’s attention, and our own efforts
in the persuasion line, on shoes— |}

just—nothing—but—shoes. And when
we fit up our shops with gingerbread
walls with a

posters—_pur
decorations of

mouldings—cover the
multitude of
fancy

glaring
and

over the place—
with all the

ribbons
colored papers all
and fill
shoes we can possibly crowd
them—we distract the customer’s at-
tention until he—or she—doesn’t
know what he wants, is hard to suit,
and may go away to a rival dealer.

our windows

into

should be a backing in each window

| chin,

Men are less susceptible to har- |

monious coloring than women, but,
nevertheless, they feel the difference

in general tone the moment they en- |
ter a shop which has been fitted up | between them.

| good,

}

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

33

 

oe : . . |
with a proper consideration for col-|

or values in the decorations and/|

jurniture. Too many colors in a

too many ob-

jects to distract the eye from the

shoes themselves. They get on to
one’s nerves unconsciously, and the
brain gets tired out in following the
eye from one thing to another. Too

many different kinds of shoes, dis-
played on shelves or in cases, about
the shop, confuse the customer. He
may have come in with a pretty well

fixed idea of what he wants, but see-

ing so many different styles and
shapes to choose from makes him|
more and more uncertain. And eith-

er he
that is
to buy and does not satisfy him after-
wards, or, if he

finally
not

purchases something

what he really came in
gets what he wants,

it is with the sense of having put
in an hour’s hard work at it.
it 3s. fest. last the

salesman’s business to find out what

and always,
the customer wants and produce just
the proper thing for his or her in-
It ts
not good business for the salesman

spection. most emphatically

to wave his hand toward an assort-
ment of shoes in the window, or on
and “There are about |

a shelf, Say:

ail the styles we carry. * + = *

See anything there you like?”

Every customer, man or woman,
likes personal attention, and a_ lot}
of it. And when the general scheme}

ot the Shop has | been carefully
thought out in all its details, the per-
efforts of the

more

sonal salesman are |

made many times effective in|
pleasing the customer.

While
ors that give a more
effect to the

shop, there are but a

there are a number otf col-|
or less attrac- |
any

which |

tive interior of

few
seem particularly adapted to use as
the word

a background, and by

give a general tone to the whole in-
terior, and to bring out in the sharp- |
est contrast the coloring and texture |
of the
sold in the

other

One
best of these is a rich cardinal red, |
Another,

shoes, or articles |

of the|

any
same way.
with ivory trimmings. is a|
cold, light green—(by “cold” I mean
a green which has a greater propor- |
tion of blue than yellow in its com-
light emerald)—and |}
pure white or ivory trimmings. Of |

position, say a

course the individual taste of the}
dealer thay run to something else, |
but whatever color is. chosen it}

should be something against whicha
knot on a |

the |
entire |

shoe stands out, like a

le Lg,
general

used as
the

and should be

color tone in
shop.

Tan color, olive or neutral gray)
are also excellent for this purpose. |
excellent reason, the ob-|
jection most men and women have |

on shoes in public, there |

For one

to trying

to about the height of a _ person’s|
and behind this, yet at the |
front of the shop where the light is |
should be the fitting seats, |
women on one side of the shop and |
men on the other, with a partition |

|each window, in order to give rear

Where it is possible mirrors should

be placed against the backing of

Twenty samples in

one window are far more effective

than two hundred. Each shoe should

have sufficient space around it to
give the observer an_ unobstructed
view of the front, top and sides, and

the color scheme of the

shop, or one that will harmonize with

general

| it, should appear in the window. floor-
| views of the samples and a generally |
| pleasing effect.

and a drapery of some _ kind

ing,
around the sides and top. In deco-
rating the interior of the shop, sup-
posing the color chosen to be green,
furniture should be eith-
finish of oak (where the
will permit), or a

the chosen

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Every Pair

HIRTH. KRAUSE & CoO.,

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MEN
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This Shoe is
meant for just
its name
implies, viz.:
HARDWEAR

wuat

Made from a
heavy first-class

upper stock with
two full Soles
and Tap.

Price $2.00
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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

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some the past week.
Speak quick if you are
gains. Terms 30 days.

As we

 

5 and 5 Per Cent.

Below prevailing trust prices have made our stock
of Lycomings, Woonsockets and Keystones go

A good assortment left.

looking for genuine bar-

are now State Agents for the Celebrated

Hood Rubbers

We will close out all our stock of

Lycomings, Woonsockets and Keystones
At Once

Hustle in your orders and get them filled while
our stock is large.

 

Geo. H. Reeder & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Our store is on the wav to Union Depot and we are always pleased
to see our friends and customers.
Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates every day to Grand Rapids.
Send for circular.

 

   
 

 

 

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less expensive material painted to
harmonize with the other trim.

The utilization of all available
space, in these days of high rents,

makes it necessary that the walls of |
customer—but there should not be

a shoe shop should be lined with
shelving for the cartons, but the
decorative effect may be carried out
by having each carton covered with

green paper of the same shade as|

the walls and furniture. The edges
of the shelving should also be green,
but the cornice moulding at the top,
like the frieze moulding just below
the ceiling, should be white or ivory,
and the ceiling also white or ivory.
Where the floors are of hard wood
rugs should be used in front of the
fitting seats, and each rug should be
of the same, solid green, unfigured,
although there is no objection to a
figured border at either end. But
figured Turkish and Persian rugs
should not be used because the nu-
merous colors and patterns distract
the customer’s eye frqgm the shoe
which is being tried on her feet. And
this is really the keynote of the
whole decoration, the concentration
of the customer’s attention upon the
shoe, and nothing but the shoe, while
it is being tried on, or shown. Where
carpets are used they should be of
the material known as green “lin-

ing,” which is solid color, without pat- |

terns.

At the lower inside of the parti-
tion, which forms the window back-
ing, there should be a mirror about
three feet high, or two and a half,
and the full width of the window.
This gives the best possible view of
the shoes on the customer’s feet as
she stands, facing the window, in the
full light. And a row of incandescent
lamps along the top of the window

 

|of each window.

ground, almost any atractive plaster
cast may be used as an ornament, and
if three or four are carefully select-
ed, they add materially to the pleas-
ing impression produced upon the

If business is sufficient-
ly good to warrant it, a great deal
niay be done in the way of oak and
leather “Mission” furniture of the
prevailing color. But if the dealer
is forced to be economical, he can get
some very pretty effects with inex-
pensive furniture which he can him-
self paint. If the shop is sufficient-
ly large, palms and rubber trees, in
tubs, may be used to advantage. A
dressing table with an oval mirror—
in an ebony or ivory colored frame—
is a very pleasing addition to the wo-
men’s side of the shop. And _ boot-
black chairs with brass trimmings—
colored to match the rest of the
place—help out the men’s side.

As for street signs—but one word

too many.

 

is necessary, and it is the only one
that the public pays any attention to:
SB OLS”
Of course there is no objection to
a sign with the proprietor’s name,
also—but it should be smaller—pref-
erably, in lettering upon one corner
Personal friends

| may be interested in the proprietor’s

name

 

| the great, stranger public is interest-

packing partition will give the same |

effect at night.
Individual chairs, preferably of rat-

tan or oak, stained green, or the

prevailing color, whatever it is, are |

more desirable than bench

seats |

where the space in the shop will per- |

mit of their use.

Those who have been accustomed
to highly colored
think, upon first
this idea, that the keeping the general
tone down

decoration

to one or two harmonious

ed in the kind of goods sold in the
shop—and nothing else. For exam-
ple—-if a man had but fifteen minutes
in a town, before his train left, and—
looking way down the main street—
saw a big electric sign, “Shoes” stick-
ing out in front of a store two blocks

away, he’d make for it on the jump, |

if he happened to want
most likely pass “Brown & Tomkins,”
right under his nose, at the first cor-
ner, if he didn’t happen to know what
they sold.

And if, when he reached the place,
he found such a shop as I have at-
tempted to describe—found a _ smil-
ing and obliging salesman who looked

| at the lining number of his shoe and
| brought just exactly what he wanted,

may |
consideration of |

colors does not offer much opportu- |

nity to make what they consider an
attractive shop. But a little thought
will convince them that the chance

for variety in the way of decoration |

without necessarily spoiling the

“background” effect is almost unlim-

ited. There are portieres and hang- |

ings, for instance—of green burlap,
denim or grass-cloth—hung
either ivory colored or gilt

upon
rods—
which may be used in the windows—
in the openings between the parti-
tions—or at the rear of the shop.
There is plenty of space, usually, be-
tween the top of the wall-shelving
and the ceiling, upon which to put

|

inside of a minute—found nothing to
distract his attention from the shoe
he was trying on—so that he could
judge of its merits, or see what was
wrong with it, inside of another min-
ute—well—he’d be pretty likely to
go out of his way, next trip, to pat-
ronize that shop, wouldn’t he? And
it’s dollars to doughnuts that he'll
tell a good many of his friends about
it, too.
—_—_>+___
Little Toes Vanishing.

Dr. George F. Shrady, im com-
menting on the theory of Sir John
Murray that the little toe would
eventually disappear, said such a
thing might happen if the custom of

|compressing and distorting the foot

an ivory colored freize of some at-|
tractive pattern, or, if the shelving |

reached to the ceiling, a tastefully
designed green border, two or three
feet wide, may be frescoed all around

the edges of the ivory-colored ceiling |

itself. Against the cool green back-

within the confines of a shoe con-
tinues.
“The theory of the disappearance
of the little toe within the next 10.-
coo years,” he said, “is legitimately
based upon  Darwin’s teachings.
Disuse of certain parts of the body
and their elimination go hand in
hand with evolution. Disuse of a

in fact they usually are—but |

shoes—and |

part causes its weakening and grad-
ual elimination.

“The principle of disuse is well
exemplified in the foot. The toes
are so spread out to support the arch
of the foot and balance the body.
In savages, who do not wear shoes,
or at the most soft moccasins, their
toes are spread out like a fan, as if
to grasp the earth. Certain Filipinos
have this construction of the foot
marked degree. Their little |
used constantly and is won-
derfully active .

“Compressing the foot within an
ill-fitting shoe distorts it; makes the
toes grow smaller, and is driving the
little toe into disuse. It is like put-
ting your arm is a sling. It will grow
weak and helpless.

“Disuse is proved in the case of |
women. Their feet are much small-
er than men’s, because they have
been coddled and have done so lit-
tle walking. On the other hand po-
licemen have big feet. Unless man
revolts against the pressure of tight
shoes his little toe will grow smaller
and become almost useless.”—Chi-

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3e careful to avoid the patronizing |
way of handing out information to
your possible customer, — especially
where he is likely to be as well or
Seek to
|learn from him in a diplomatic way,
and you are much more likely to
get his good will and his order.
>>
A man can not climb higher than

his thoughts.

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Mack the mechanic, who makes ma-
chines,

Is a man who always says what he
means, i

And you may bet with all your might

What he says is surely right,

And if you bet you can not lose,

For Mack says HARD-PAN are the
shoes to use.
Dealers who handle our line say

we make them more money than

other manufacturers.

Write us for reasons why.

Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co.
Makers of Shoes Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

Custom M

Another good thing to remember:

Footwear in the State, all fresh new
price.

No. 131-133-135 Franklin St.

 

Opportunity te do Business

With us every day in the year, on a fair and square basis.

Do you know that our

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You can probably answer that in a

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Some Things To Be Thankful For.

The thief is thankful he is out of
jail.

The man in office is thankful he
has turkey.

Well men are thankful that they
are not sick.

Sick men are thankful that they
are no worse.

The man with a home is thankful
he is married.

The preacher is thankful when he
gets his salary.

The business man is thankful when
business is good.

A tailor is thankful when he gives
a customer a fit.

The good man is thankful when he
is able to do good.

 

The loafer is thankful he has rela- |
| on how that time was spent and how |
|much knowledge you have acquired

tives to sponge on.
The deadbeat is thankful he
an old friend.

can
mace

The soured old bachelor is thank- |

ful he is not married.

The comedian is thankful when he
can make his hearers laugh.

The hypocrite says he is thankful
he is not as other men are.

The orphans are thankful charita-
ble people are not all dead!

A wooing man is thankful when a
nice girl gives him her hand.

The happy young man is thankful |

because he has a sweetheart.

A collector is thankful when he can
collect the bills he presents.

The gay young girl is thankful
when she has a steady beau.

Poor people are thankful when the
weather is mild and pleasant.

The man who enjoys good dinners
is thankful for a good appetite.

A woman is thankful
women Say she

when other
is well dressed.
thankful that their
good-paying patients do not die.
The honest workingman is thank-
ful when he can get work to do.
A setter dog is thankful if he is
not killed by an amateur hunter.
The patriot is thankful when his
country is prosperous and respected.
An honest man is thankful when
he has the money to pay his debts.
The loafer is thankful when he can
live on his relatives, without work-

ing.

Doctors are

A scheming politician is thankful |

that his constituents do not find him
out,

Football players are thankful when
they are not rushed and kicked to
death.

A chronic office-holder is thankful
if he always keep himself in
office.

The sinner should be thankful that
there is a good God willing to forgive
his sins.

A widow is thankful when she has
a chance to make a better choice of
husbands.

can

The egotistic, hypocritical Phari-
see is thankful that he is not as
other men are.

The mean man is_ particularly

thankful when misfortunes overtake
his enemies.

The lawyer is thankful when pin-
headed legislators make laws which
can not stand.

The mean man is thankful when

|caters each day—plays a most im-
| portant part.

|of salesmanship from every side, if

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

others are generous to him and help |
him remain mean.

An emotional actress is happy ae
thankful when she
audience shed tears.

Coal dealers are thankful when the
weather is cold enough to oblige
people to have fires.

The dyspeptic is thankful when he
is not obliged to attend a stomach-
destroying banquet.

A motorman should be thankful |
that he is a non-conductor when elec- |
tricity is all around him.

can make an

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What Constitutes a Competent Sales- |
man,

The fact that you have spent sev-|
eral years behind the counter does |
not by any means make a competent |
salesman of you. It depends entirely |

regarding your calling.
If you have not studied the art

you have not given thought to every
point of vantage that would help in |
increasing the sales of your depart- |
ment, you are not yet competent. If |
you have failed to find out everything
possible about the goods you han-
dle, how they are manufactured,
where they come from, etc, you
have not earned the title of a ‘“com-
petent salesman.”

And these are not all the require-
ments that the competent salesman
should be able to meet. A study of |
human nature—of the whims and
fancies of the customers to whom he |

 

Careful attention to-

| ward this phase of the salesman’s ac- |

| toward

| avoid them at

complishments will help him much}
“sizing up’ the
purchasers who come to his counter.
It will do much to help him acquire
that tact which enables him to make
suggestions at the proper time orto

other times. Putting |

would-be

{ at -
| yourself in the customer’s place will |

laid im trainine this most desirable |
acquirement to an appreciably high}
point.

 

It is most unwise not to say un-|
salesmanlike to make up your mind |!
beforehand that the customer does
not intend to make a purchase. This
hesitancy as to the customer’s inten-
tions—this feeling that she might not
buy—has spoiled many a sale. Don’t
let it spoil any more for you. Make
up your mind that the customer in-
tends to buy and that you positively
intend to sell. It will make it very
much easier and pleasanter on both
sides. That hesitant feeling will oft-
en make your efforts so listless and
unwilling that it is no wonder the |
customer will walk out and make her |
purchase elsewhere, even although |
the goods you have might be just |
what she was looking for. On the)
other hand, she may not have fully |
made up her mind to purchase, but |
your willing and cheerful service, |
your kindly interest in endeavoring |

 

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to satisfy her wants, has influenced |

her to such an extent that she makes |
up her mind then and there instead |

of waiting for some other time.
———__> > |
Mary had a little lamb,
So white she named it Lily;
But later learned, to her dismay,
She should have called it Billy.

 

 

 

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have one as it illus-

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POWER OF HUMOR

Frequently Proves a Drawback in
Public Life.

The most serious of us admit that,
for a rational enjoyment of existence
humor is almost indispensable. It
would be as useless to attempt to
undervalue it as to preach of — its
wonderful efficacy in the practical
affairs of life. We know how it
broadens the mind, how it oils the
rusty machinery of our treadmill af-
fairs; how not infrequently it ele-
vates the character and makes its
possessor assume a cheerfully unsel-
fish attitude towards his fellow man
when his heart is heaviest and his
brain most dull.

 

One could cite instances where a
humorist won by a pun or witticism,
while some ponderous orator failed.
Innumerable episcdes come to the
mind which suggest the power of
humor when all seemed hopeless. A
factor in every day life, it may be
in varying measure a help and more
often a hindrance to a public career
for the statesman as well as for the

politician.
The ordinary citizen who quietly
pursues his daily vocation is, in

most cases, employed by one man,
or a small company of men. .The
politician is employed by the public—
a large, exacting, captious public. A
man in public office must win con-
stituents by tact and _ dignity; he
can not afford to defy the prejudice
of the mass. The statesman must
not sin against inflexible traditions

 

and he must be careful how he takes |

liberties with ironclad conventionali-

ties. A public man can not afford to! - : :
| with the guardianship of the coun-

be known as a humorist alone. A
politician is a humorist at the ex-
pense of his own promotion. A pub-
lic charge is reverently sacred. Pa-
triotism is impugned when a man at-
tempts a joke. In the minds of the
public a humorist is seldom in earn-
est. He is often judged by his su-
perficial qualities; and his most
praiseworthy efforts in other direc-
tions are often overlooked. This
seems harsh, but the key to it is
simple.

For centuries past the position of
a public man has been looked upon
with awe. Dignity and office have
been inseparable. The love of caste
is still in our bosoms. We place an
imaginary glamour around the man
in public life. He is a little bit dif-
ferent from ordinary mortals; we ex-
pect different conduct from him. By
virtue of his office he is supposed to
possess qualities which raise him far
above those who surround him. Our
democracy forbids us to invest him
with purple and fine linen. We make
up for the deficiencies by demanding
evidence of transcendent power. The
world looks upon his position as se-
rious, and demands seriousness in re-
turn. Too much humor is an of-
fense against dignity. Seriousness
and gravity in the minds of the peo-
ple are identified with wisdom. The
American spirit is earnest; it might

be charged with overseriousness.
The practiced wit is not generally
supposed to be in earnest. A humor-

ist, although frequently possessing
the common qualities of wisdom and

 

integrity, is suspected of flippancy—a
thing that is deadly to rapid advance-
ment. A man who has the reputa-
tion of being a. humorist may dem-
onstrate, to an extraordinary degree,
his capacity for work; but the world
at large does not trust him. “A pub-
lic office is a public trust” is a law
of universal application. The humor-
ist in public feels the sting of in-
gratitude, for the public does not
trust him. Trust and confidence are
the foundation of preferment in any
career.

The public respects a joke, but
considers the joker a trifler. The
court jester was frequently a wiser
man than the king, yet custom con-
demned him to cap and bells and
clothed the man on the throne with
magnificent garments. The _ people
who listen to a public man have a
retentive memory when it comes to
jokes; his more serious utterances
are forgotten. The _ post-prandial
speech, over coffee and cigars, which
may have been made only as a re-
laxation after a day of arduous la-
bor, is immortal; is repeated from
one end of the country to the other;
is telegraphed over continents, and
the serious effort which called for
indefatigable labor is forgotten or
overlooked.

A public speaker may make an ad-
dress which will be mirth provoking
from beginning to end; it may hide
some serious intent behind the mask
of raillery; it may reconcile party
differences; it may do more to carry
doubtful states than some learned or-
ation; yet the American public would
never trust the maker of that speech

try. The public is a severe censor;
wit and humor are not possible in
the highest type of oratory.

To the worker in other fields of
labor I would commend the cultiva-
tion of humor; the politician I advise
to shun it. The doctor will proba-
bly find humor of more value than
noxious doses—a cheerful physician
can frequently further the recovery
of a patient. The merchant and the
teacher will find humor invaluable ad-
ditions to their stock in trade. Hu-

mor is the greatest specific for hu-

man ailments in existence. I look
forward to the time when a course
in humor will be included in all the
college curricula—a course in which
degrees will be conferred upon those
only who possess the quality un-
strained. But the man destined to
the presidency of the United States
will never take that diploma.

The public sometimes remembers
a pun when it forgets a sermon. In
speaking to Henry Ward Beecher
one day I casually mentioned the
large number of people who attended
his church. He smiled oddly and
said:

“TI flatter myself that the reason
my church is crowded is that I can
nearly always keep the congregation
awake; I do my best to insinuate
humor into all of my sermons. I
cau not say that I see anything un-
orthodox in joking; heresies are

more apt to thrive and flourish ina
community that is ill tempered ha-
bitually than in a community that
makes a point of smiling at its woes.”

 

As we look back upon the history
of our country we discover many
statesmen whose names suggest cer-
tain witticisms or time honored bon-
mots. Abraham Lincoln and* James
Garfield are conspicuous. Lincoln
has invariably been called a humor-
ist, representing as he did the purest,
most incisive type of American hu-
mor, yet he had no right to enjoy
that title until after he became Pres-
ident. His natural inclination § to
joke was sternly suppressed when
he went electioneering. He recog-
nized early in his career the demand
the public makes for dignity in a
statesman. If he gratified his natural
tendency to joke he did so upon
private occasions only—-like the two
celebrated French statesmen who
used to take one afternoon in every
week for a little funmaking. The
jokes that we hear repeated as his
were the jokes he made after he had
become President.

Upon one occasion, when I was
talking to President Garfield, I ven-
tured a joke at the expense of one
of the politicians in the House of
Representatives. Only after consid-
erable explaining and repetition was
the President able to appreciate the
point. He bewailed his denseness.

“As a boy,’ said Garfield, “I in-
herited from my mother a keen sense
of humor. Until my ambitions di-
rected me to a public career I enjoy-
ed playing tricks and cracking jokes
But I saw the
danger when I saw my future. I
strove hard to suppress my rich in-
heritance. I succeeded so well that,
in the course of time, I was not only
unable to make a joke but I also lost
the faculty for appreciating one.
Depew,” he added mournfully, “it
demonstrates the fact that humor is
a mental gift that can be disposed
of with greater facility than it can
be cultivated.”

When campaigning in a Western
town some years ago I had an ex-
perience which will serve as commen-
tary upon the attitude of the people
concerning humor as an ally in a
political campaign. The night  be-
fore the one upon which I was to

as much as any one.

speak a gentleman who was distin-
guished for his magnificent eloquence
and convincing arguments held the
audience for two hours and a half—
local historians whispered that fully
two-thirds of the assemblage left
before the gentleman had finished—
and the papers chronicled the event
and claimed a second “Daniel Web-
ster.”

The speech was reported in full.
It was burdensome reading to me,
but the orator had appreciated the
fact that the public demands sonorous
eloquence and ponderous’ wisdom.
He had given it to them. Contrary
to established custom, and waiving
time honored tradition, I inserted in
my speech as much humor and wit
as were consistent with the dignity
and the seriousness of the occasion.
It was gratifying to me to note that
the audience stayed in the hall until
my lecture was ended. The laughter
and the applause that greeted me
afterward were pleasing to my ears.
The chairman, coming up to me and
shaking hands with me, said: “Mr.

 

Depew, your speech has won more
votes to-night than any other speech
in the campaign.”

I looked in the papers. the
next morning, naturally enough, to
see a report of my speech, and I
suffered a little mortification when
I saw only a short notice of the
meeting, and, at the end of the par-
agraph: “Mr. Depew gave a charac-
teristically witty speech.”

This was the public estimate of
my efforts; the press merely voiced
the traditions of the people. In the
world of politics, the man who would
obtain political preferment must be
serious. No man who cultivates hu-
mor to the exclusion of his other
gifts can hope to attain to the high-
est places in the political arena. The
American citizen reserves the in-
alienable right to vote for whom he
wills, and the serious man who sup-
presses his sense of humor, rather
than the man who cultivates it, is
honored with his preference.

Chauncey M. Depew.
——_> +> —_—_

Recent Business Changes in the Hoo-
sier State.

Attica—Frank Rothrock is_ suc-
ceeded by Peck & Son in the harness
business.

Bedford—Jasper N. George, drug-
gist, is to succeed J. M. Snapp.

Danvillé—The hardware store for-
merly managed by Snyder & McCanr
is to be conducted by Snyder & New-
man.

Elkhart—-Harley H. Himebaugh
will continue the grocery business
formerly conducted by Himebaugh &
Rowe.

Jasonville—The grocery store for-
merly occupied by Frank W. Black-
wood is to be conducted by Black-
wood & Blynum.

Kokomo—-Hutchins & Murphy,
druggists, succeed G. E. Meck.

Muncie—E. H. Gregg & Co. are
succeeded by E. Cecil in the drug
business.

Peru—Bretzner Bros. are to con-
tinue the hardware business formerly
conducted by Bretzner, Miller & Co.

Brookston—Geo. T. Chilton has
filed a petition in bankruptcy.

Indianapolis—-A receiver has been
appointed for the Interior Manufac-
turing Co., the Teats Polish Co. and
the Wagner Plow Co.

a
Concerning Tears.

 

We spend our days in weeping and
wailing for things that attained turn
to ashes.

Tears in a sweetheart are charm-
ing; in a wife they bore. This is
because a sweetheart has nothing to
cry about and a wife has everything.

Man is a tearless animal because,
failing in one amusement, he hasso
many others.

Woman is given to tears because
she has only one amusement—the
care of her home and husband, and
it is so seldom amusing.

Life is too short to grieve; besides
tears make wrinkles.

There is quite a_ difference  be-
tween convincing a man that he is
wrong and convincing him that you
are right.

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Short Sayings.
Love of dress is some women’s

whole existence.
A poet is a dead writer of verse.
Day dreams are the dissipation of
the ordinarily sober
The face was a little edition of the
soul until the beauty
gated it.
Truth is a spontaneous expression.
Veracity is truth under oath.
Opportunity is only Chance broken

Senses.

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Axes
First Guality, &. F. Bronwe ......... 6 50 |
First Quality, D. EB. Bronze. ..... 9 00
Piret Guiality, © ©. &. Bieel ...... 7 00

Many a woman 1s not as bad as}

she is painted.

The real test of virtue
office hours.

So much
ever tried to
turnip?

Biography is often only the gentle
art of varnishing the truth.

Obstinacy is the foundation of
many a fat fee for lawyers.

J. W. Foley.
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Thirty Thousand Dry Goods Stores.

In the United States there are
about thirty thousand shops that sell
dry goods. Twelve thousand of
these may be ranked as good stores,
and about five thousand are establish-
ments of a size which makes them
important factors in the commercial
and domestic life of their communi-
ties. The owners of almost all of
these shops, the largest as well as
the smallest, began obscurely. The
majority of the most prosperous have
attained their present success and
magnitude during recent years, in
which unsuccessful merchants have
been wont to complain that the com-
petition has been ruinous.

comes after

             

needless
get blood out of a

or

14x20, IC, Charcoal,
14x20 IX, Charcoal, "Allaway Grade .. 9 00
20x28 IC, Charcoal, Allaway Grade . 115 00
20x28 IX, Charcoal, Allaway Grade ..18 00

Ropes
Sisal, %@ ine and lnrecr .......... 914
Sand Paper
East geek. 19 “Se... 2. dis 50
Sash Weights
Solid Byes, per tom ................. 28 00
Sheet Iron
mee 30 to we 3 60
CC _L_ eee 3 70
mos © fo af... 3 90
INGOs. 22 to 2. 410 3 00
Pom oo te me ................ 4 20 4 00
iO fe 4 30 410

All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30
inches wide, not less than 2-10 extra.

Shovels and Spades

Rivet Grade, Pee... etl .. 5 50
Become (rade, fee. .....0..1.....1.. 5 00
Solder
ee 21

The prices of the many other qualities

| of solder in the market indicated by pri-

vate brands vary according to compo-

| sition.

Squares
Steel and Iron

Tin—Melyn Grade

aOrit IC Charedal. ow... 10 50
| lea2e EC, Chareeal |... 10 50
[Sete 3M Chareoal .. 2... el... 00

| 10x14 Ze,

| Fivst Goality, D. B. Steet ........... 10 50 |
Barrows
OE EE 15 00
OE ee se cen eee. 33 00
Bolts
ee 70
(OO EE eee 70
ca a 50
| Buckets
[Wee ple 2... ae. 4 50
Butts, Cast
Cast Loose Pin, figurcd ............ 70
NOE sO, CO. es en, 60
Chain
%m 5-16in, “%in. % in.
Commion: .....7 = 6 ¢....6 ec. a.
Be Stee. gage eael |
BBB. 7. beac. ...G%e.. as
Crowbars
EE OE eee 5
Chisels
OE ee 65
Boceet Pie l.......«........... 65
OE EE eee 65
eee 65
Elbows
Com. 4 piece, 6in., per doz. net. 15
Corrugated, per Goz. .......... ceee Le
Aagostate 66. e. . dis. 40&10
Expansive Bits
Clark's small, $18: larewe, $26. ...... 40
Eves 1, S18: 2 Bot: @. See .--u...... 25
Files—New List
Mow Aueertees .................4.-.. 7
Michomoue ........,.... ‘

 

 

Heller’s Horse Rasps.
Galvanized Iron
Nos. 16 to 20; 22 and 24; 25 —— 26> 37, U4
List 12 13 14 16 17
Discount, 70.

Gauges
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s - 60&10
Glass
Single Strength, by Dox .......... dis. 90
ieee Sivenath, Oy DO ........ dis 90
By the Het o:.3. a dis. 90
Hammers
Maydole & Co.’s new list. ...... dis. 33%
Verkes & Pramps .............. dis. 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel ....30c list 76
Hinges
Gate Clark a 1. 2 2... 2... dis 60&10
Hollow Ware
Pete 50&10
CC eo 50&10
Spiders gi oece Seecaelecasccsceae. 50&10
Horse Nails
Au Sable .........-..-.- wcoses im. 40G16

House Furnishing Goods

Stamped Tinware, new list.
Japanned Tinware — a

eeeeee

Each additional X on this grade, $1.25
Tin—Allaway Grade

MHONEGR) (oe 9 00
DeeeG MS Chereeal .... sk. s. 9 00
(roars IX, Coerco ................. 10 50
ae Ce ................ 10 50

 

Each additional X on this grade, $1.50
Boiler Size Tin Plate
14x56 [X, for Nos. 8 & 9 boilers, per ih 13

40
Coe’s Patent ‘hese. Wrought, 70&10

ee 60-10-5 |

Allaway Grade. ” 50 |

|

SIOV ONS C100 IS ht

  

XXX Flint
crimp top, wrapped & lab.
crimp top, wrapped & lab. 4 10
hinge, wrapped & labeled 4 25
Pearl Top

No. 1 Sun,
No. 2 Sun,
No. 2 Sun.

 

No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled ....4 60
No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled ....5 30
No. 2 hinge, wrapped and labeled ....5 10
No. 2 Sun, ‘‘small bulb,” globe lamps 80
LaBastie
No. 1 Sum, plain bulb, per doz ...... 1 00
| No. 2 Sun, plain bulb, per doa ......1 26
,iwo. f Crimp. per dow ....--.......... 1 So
pinO. 2 Crimp, per doz ............... 1 60
| Rochester
java. 2 Lime (je doz) ........... 2s oe
No. 2 time (i5e doz) ............... 4 00
No. 2 Pit €30¢ dew) ...............1 4 60
Electric
oc: 2 bime (ide dew) ............ 27 4 00
i No. 2 BPiint (S0e dow) -......0..2. 2.5. 4 60
OIL CANS
gal. tin cans with spout, per doz. 1 20
gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz. 1 28
gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz. 2 10
gal. galv. iron with spout, peer doz. 3 15
gal. galv. iron with spout, per doz. 4 15
gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz. 3 75
gal. galv. iron with faucet, per doz. 4 75
wal Tilting Gans .. 2.51: 7 00
gal galyv. tron Nacefas ....._.....- 9 00
LANTERNS
INo. © Pubular, side lift .............. 4 65
ING. 2 ES Detwiler |. Cl 6 40
No. 15 Tubular, dash ...........:.., 6 50
ING. 2 Cold Binst Lantern ........._. '
MO. 12 Tubular, side la ........... 12 60
No. 3 Street lamp, cach ......... i. 2 OO
LANTERN GLOBES
No. 0 Tub., cases 1 doz. each, bx. 10c. 50

No. © Tub.,
No. 0 Tub.,
No.

eases 2 doz. each, bx. ide. 50
bbls. 5 doz. each, per bbl.2 00
0 Tub., Bull’s eye, cases 1 dz. eachl 25
BEST WHITE COTTON WICKS
Roll contains 32 yards in one piece.

ae 0 % in. wide, per gross or roll. 25

No. 1, % im. wide, per gross or roll. 30
| No. 2, 1 in. wide, per gross or roll 46
| No. 3. 1% in. wide, per gross or roll 8d

 

 

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590 books, any denomination -1 oe
100 books, any denomination ...... 2 50
390 books. any denomination ...... ii 50
1 1000 books, any denomination ......20 00

| man,

Traps
See 7
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s 40&10 |
| Oneida Com’y, Hawley & Norton’s. 65 |
; Mouse, choker, per doz. holes ...... 11 25
Mouse, delusion, oe Ge ........... i 2

Wire
Brie Disreet oe 60
Aypealed Marke: .................... 60
@Comperce Miareece ..... 0... lt 50&19 |
Oe —s
Copperea Sirimae Steel .............. 40
Barbed Fence, Galvanited ........... 2 ss
Barbed Fence, Oe 2 2

Wire Goods
eee 80-10
ec c ce 80-10
A ee ee 80-10
Gate Hooks and Myes ............... 80-10

Wrenches
Baxter’s ———— Niekele@ ..... . ae
Coe’s me 4. oso -c ee sae

Above quotations are for either Trades-

Superior, Economic or Universal
grades. Where 1,000 books are ordered
at a time customers receive specially

printed cover without extra charge.

Coupon Pass Books

 

Can be made to represent any denomi-
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100

509
1000

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500, any one denomination ........ 2 00
1000, any one denomination ........ 3 00
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Weekly Market Review of the Prin- |
cipal Staples.

Dress Goods—In the dress gods
sales for the past week or ten days |
a decided increase in demand for fan- |
cy cloths in lightweights has been |
noticed. The buyers who placed |
small spring orders on this class of
goods have had reason to revise their
orders and add considerably to their
assortments of fancy weaves. For
plain cloths the continued flood of
business on broadcloths remain a
feature of the buying. Cutters-up are
just as anxious to take broadcloths |

in liberal quantities as were the job- |
bers a month or so ago. Of course,
there is nothing being done in the
primary market on ‘spring lines of
either dress goods, cloakings or skirt-
ings that reaches sufficient impor-
tance to act as a moulder of fash-
ions. The bulk of spring business
has been placed, and the remaining
weeks of the season will be devoted
to making deliveries and rounding up
duplicates on open lines. Because of
the tardy way in which the cloak and
skirt manufacturers entered the mar-
ket for duplicates the heavyweight |
lines for the fall and winter have |
dragged somewhat. Now, however, |
the retail cloak and suit houses are
reaping the full benefits of a brisk
fall trade; they are calling upon)
manufacturers for more garments. |
The secondary market has come for- |
ward with a late rush demand for |
fancy cloths suitable for tourist coats, |
for broadcloths and fancy kerseys for |
cloaks and for fancy worsted suit- |
ings in medium weights. Buyers are
paying the advanced prices on all
goods and so long as they can be
assured of immediate delivery they
do not complain. With the present
heavyweight season
close and the spring season passing
into the stage where duplicates are
in order, manufacturers are turning
their attention to the preparation of
lines for the fall season of 1905-6.
Early in January the lines will be
put before the trade, and the work
of selecting patterns and determin-
ing price ranges has now become of
primary importance. From the fact
that plain fabrics have held undisput-
ed lead this fall and have sold equally
well for spring, it is said by agents
that these goods—the broadcloths,
eoliennes, voiles, mohairs and_ eta-
mines—will be made _ conspicuous
leaders in many lines. It is thought
that venetians will be given a more
prominent place for next fall than
they occupied this year, and coverts
are regarded as certain to retain their
present popularity. Henriettas ap-
pear to be improving in demand as
they conform to the twilled weave
effect that has come into favor of
late. The colors that are to predom-
inate for next fall have not been de-
termined upon. Many manufacturers
believe that the dress goods market
is in a transitory state, and that fash-

 

drawing to a

 

ion may adopt pronounced colors for
dress goods as a change from the

| staple colors that have led now for

eighteen months. The increased de-
mand for plaids is said to be a

| strong indication that monotones are

not to have the field to themselves
for next fall.

Suits and Cloaks—The season has

;}run strongly to one color effects,

and now that the late orders con-
tinue to come in on these styles it
follows that deliveries will be de-
layed. There are numerous orders

| for fancy cloaks and for the now uni-|
versally popular tourist coats. For}

street wear fancy worsted skirts to
be worn with a silk or worsted waist
under a short jacket are in strong de-
mand. The cutters are making rapid
progress with their new spring lines

|and are anxious to get their sample |
cloths. The showing for spring will |

include a larger percentage of net
mixtures and plaid effects than last
season. The vogue for monotone
fabrics, while continuing strong, it
is said by the trade, will not domin-
ate the market and plans are being
made for the new season’s lines on
this hypothesis.

Knit Goods—The steadiness of the
market on cotton staple has given
confidence to jobbers and retailers

to anticipate their wants more free-

 

ly than ever, and the already upward |
e . |
tendency of wool can not otherwise |

than have a favorable effect on those}
| placing orders for goods manufactur- |

ed from this staple. It is equally

true that the price of wool being so

|firm and being of an upward ten-

dency, will also stimulate early or-
ders for goods manufactured from
wool. Altogether it is safe to say
that merchants will end up the fall

season of 1904 with satisfactory busi- |

iness in the main and will probably

carry over less goods than usual.

Sweaters—Sweaters and knit jack- |
ets are now in the class of necessi- |
ties as much almost as any other|
line of knit goods, and are good|
sellers at prices from 50c to $7 a|

piece. Aside from the demand from
those people devoted to golf, foot-
ball and other athletic affairs, there
is a steady demand from laboring
men, firemen, motormen ands ail-
road men in general. The Shaker
knit is supplanting the ribbed goods,
and in styles the neckless is very
popular and the coat sweaters, a sort
of improved cardegan jacket, is a
good seller. Some jobbers think the
neckless and coat style will be the
whole thing next season. In colors,
gray, white and

not really satisfactory to manufac-
turers, particularly to the smaller
concerns who are short on yarn and
can only get it at fancy prices. Be-
yond question next spring will see
a still further rise in prices of these
goods.

 

Friezes are in best de-
mand for cloakings for immediate
delivery and the brown shades’ of
almost every fabric are selling well.
Prices.do not seem to stand in the
way of business at all when a fabric
or a pattern that is wanted is in

Cloakings

maroon are the}
best sellers. Market conditions are |

 

 

 

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We make it our special aim to carry in stock all the
staple and best styles of linen and waterproof collars and
cuffs. Do you need any?
tj

Grand Rapids Dry Goods Co.

Exclusively Wholesale

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates every day to Grand Rapids.
Send for circular.

 

 

$2 Corset Retailing
at One Dollar ;

 

 

The sooner you get
away from the idea
that Price Repre-
sents Value the
more money you will
make and the great- )
er Satisfaction you

will give your trade.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PURITAN CORSET CO.

KALAMAZOO, MICH.

 

 

 

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question. The retail demand Sor]
brown has been abnormal, according |
to many, but the mills are endeaving
to meet it. There has been but lit-

tle new in the development of
spring business so far, not by any |
means enough to indicate in even |

a general way what will be wanted
later. The buyers can |
not yet, so certainly not |
give any information to the manufac-

themselves

say can

turers, even if they wanted to ever |
so much.

Blankets — While seasonable
weather is at hand, and under normal

conditions the market would open
on woolen blankets, no move _ has |
yet been made to fix an opening

price and all the large manufactur-
ers are waiting for some one to
make a It is expected that
the season will open December 1, but
it may be later and even the first
of. the
business Where wool |
is going to as regards price is the |
burning question, and on this ac-|
count no one is yet willing to make |
It is
a case of who will get into the mar-
ket first with prices, which will cer-
tainly be much higher than last year, |

move.

year before any volume of

is transacted.

a price for next fall delivery.

and whoever goes in first will as}
surely receive a knockout, for his|
figures will scare the retailer. Prob-

ably they will have recovered by the
time the second fellow around
and possibly make conservative pur-

gets
|
.
chases, fearing increased instead of |
a Spies |
lower prices.
¢ |

Carpets—The manufacturers have |
been busy preparing their samples
for the opening of spring lines, which
will be made uncer-
tainty’ as to prices at the
been writ-

as soon as the

auction,

about which so much has
ten, is out of the way.
then be opened and prices announc-
ed with an assurance of maintaining |
them. Another unsettling
removed, that of the political situa- }
tion: ‘While it is {rue that to a
large extent the election of Presi-
dent Roosevelt had been discounted
by the manufacturers, still a politi-
cal campaign is never wholly free
from unsettling tendencies. Not all
foresee with such a degree of as-
surance as cock-
sure of the result, especially as to
the result of the Congressional elec-
tions, however sure they may feel
about the success of the head of the
ticket.
may be said to take an optimistic
view of the season which opens this
week. Many of them that
whatever other influences be at
work upon prices, the statistical po-

Lines will

factor is

to feel absolutely

Generally the manufacturers

reason
may

sition of the wool market is such
that higher prices for carpets are
inevitable, if manufacturers are to

run their mills at a profit. The mar-
ket is so bare of carpet wools and
at the same time so_ strong. that
holders of the small amount of such
wools in sight have not cared to sell
at prices which suit the
manufacturers, while uncertainties as
to prices hang over the coming sea-
son.

Sheetings and Drills—Are showing
up to very fair advantage, although

views of

 

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

39

 

more or

less business is lost be-

cause of
liveries, the export demand interfer-
ing somewhat in this direction. In

firm attitude as to prices, and where

|
|
|
|
|

uncertainty regarding de-

1

. . . |

the textile industries of the country.
American

manufacturers had shown}

| their ability to meet the exacting de-

i|mands of consumers by producing |
all cases sellers are maintaining a/|

| known to the trade.

nearly all weaves |

Silk mills were

descriptions of

; erected at many new points in this

the need of goods is pressing buy-
ers ate much less inclined to dis-|
pute over quotations than was the|
case even one week ago.
—_—-s.-_——_

|in New Hampshire, three in

interesting Review of World’s Silk |

Industry.
“Fhe Sik industry of the

lin Allen, Secretary of the Silk As-

| land,
World |
at the Opening of the 20th Century” |
jis the title of a pamphlet by Frank-

sociation of America, the purpose of |
° sh ° ° |
which, according to the introduction, |

|is “to trace the development of the
silk industry in the principal coun- |

silk
processes of
indicate

which manufacture
ucts, to describe the
manufacture, and to

tries

|leading factor in the

|

prod- |

the |

causes and present conditions of the |

progress and equipment at the begin-
ning of the 20th century.” The au-
thor shows a most intimate acquaint-
with the development of the
silk business, both past and present,

ance

and as a history of the great indus-
try the pamphlet is both interesting
and instructive.

The chapter on New York’s silk
district is one of the most interest- |
ing features of the pamphlet. The
story of New York’s silk ‘business

is told at length, giving historically
the names of the merchant engaged
in the silk industry and describing
the various changes which have tak-
and

en place in importing, selling

manufacturing. The author presents
facts concerning
the United States.

some interesting
the silk trade in
He says:
“Looking back fifty years at the
end of the century the notable fact
that the value of the
products in silk m | 1000
great as

is apparent
American
was nearly sixty times as
The American manufacturer
has arrived at a period in which the

in 1850

importation was confined almost
wholly to the costliest fabrics in
broad silks and fashionable novel-
ties, church vestments and_ special-

ties not suitable for mechanical weav-
ing. The industry had spread from
New England and the Middle States
into many other states, although the
comparative rank in importance was
New Jersey, Pennsylva-
nia, New York, Connecticut
Massachusetts. These States have
respectively 180, 121, 93, 38 and 20
silk manufactories. The
growth was noticeable in Pennsylva-
nia. Twenty years the
silk industry in that portion of our
scarcely apparent. Be-

as follows:
and

greatest
previously

country was
tween 1880 and 1890, in Pennsylvania
alone “throwing” plants at first and
weaving plants later were establish-
ed in towns or
places where previously there had
been none. The incentive was cheap-
er fuel, cheaper wages, lower taxes,
less cost for factory space, etc.

?

eighteen separate

“During the last decade the silk
industry of the United States reach-
ed the point where its future seemed
assured as a permanent branch of

decade, fifty-two located in Pennsyl-
vania, New York, ten m
New Jersey, four in Connecticut, four
Rhode
Island, two each in Delaware, Mary- |
North Carolna,
and one each in Michigan, Ohio, II-|
Wisconsin, |

fourteen in

Virginia and

linois and aggregating

ninety-nine separate places where

silk mills were put in operation in the
ten years.
‘Fhe United States has been a
development,
and five

especially so in the

If the

past

years. present fiscal policy

|}of the republic endures the United

States will take first rank in
its annual output of silk products. It

now holds second place, France be-

soon

ing first in value of annual produc- |

tion. The supremacy of the United!

States as an industrial nation means
lower prices to consumers, and con-
sequently a much wider distribution
of products than ever before. When
this can truthfully be said of articles
silk

goods, every American can take pride

of adornment and art, as of

in the industrial and commercial
achievement.”

Mr. Allen

uable comparative

also presents some val-

tables very care-

fully compiled which should be of

considerable future usefulness.

Forty-four pages of the book are
devoted to the silk industry of Eu-
rope and Asia, giving in descriptive
tabulated form the

outline and in

| history and condition of the industry

abroad.
Cee ene etl nn aire ore e
In silence there is strength.

 

 

Percival B. Palmer & Company

Manufacturers of

Cloaks, Suits and Skirts
For Women, Misses and Children

197-190 Adams Street, Chicago

 

 

 

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P. STEKETEE & SONS

Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates every day to Grand Rapids.

Handkerchiefs

Remember that now is the time
to fillin your line of handkerchiefs
for Xmas trade while our stock is
complete. We carry a large as-
sortment of the following g:ades:

Gents’, ladies’ and children’s
cotton, linen and silk handker-
chiefs, in plain hemstitched, fancy
borders and figured centers. Also
a nice assortment of Harvard and
Way's mufflers. Ask our agents
to show you their line.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Send for circular.

 

 

 

 

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OF THE RIGHT KIND sell and create a greater demand for
goods than almost. any other agency.

WE MANUFACTURE boxes of this description, both solid and
folding, and will be pleased to offer suggestions and figure
with you on your requirements.

Prices Reasonable.

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Michigan Knights of the Grip.
President, Michael Howarn, Detroit;
Secretary, Chas. J. Lewis, Flint; Treas-
urer, H. E. Bradner, Lansing.

United Commercial Travelers of Michigan
Grand Counselor, L. Williams, De-

troit; Grand Secretary, W. F. Tracy.

Flint.

Grand Rapids Council No. 131, U. C. T.
Senior Counselor, S. H. Simmons; Sec-

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Class of Traveling Salesmen Well To
Avoid.

A wholesale grocer says he asks}

a rank four-flusher. He has always,
according to his own story, never
received less than $5,000 a year and
every concern between both oceans
wants him now—he is receiving the
most flattering offers by every mail,
and it difficult task in
the world for him to avoid taking a
situation at $8,000 or $10,000 with un-
limited expense accounts thrown in.

is the most

The subscription book selling fieid
offers the best opportunity for this
class, and they cast much undeserved
discredit upon the gentlemen in that
line, who to be permanently success-
ful must have sterling character in

their make-ups. Mr. Four-flush has

 

salesmen who try to do business with |
him if there are any stamp or coupon |

schemes in connection with

goods |

and, if there are, it decides him in|

the negative.

He has been victim- |

ized by so many of these that he)
would not take a good scheme as a|

gift.
oftenest was the
sent out by

canvassing team

manufacturers

The one that caught him the}

a certain ability, he is able to assume
a virtue if he has it not, and if he
had a foundation of character would,
in spite of his other disqualifications,
He sees people
once or twice, rarely as many as
three times, and he leaves many of

answer the purpose.

his people with the impression that
he has merit, for the simple reason

|that the acquaintance had not en-

of ex-|

tracts or soap concerns who would |
call at all the houses in the grocer’s |

bailiwick and then

browbeat the

dealer into buying liberally by show- |

,

ing him a lot of “orders.”

The goods |

would be ordered and come and then |

the fun would begin.

When the gro- |

cer would try to make delivery, he |

found himself up against it and with
an extra stock
need and could not sell.
that kind in at least 80 per cent. of
the cases fail to develop into sales.
They are not sales and should not
be so considered. If sale de-
velops from five such prospects itis
a good proportion. Why?
the canvasser only tries to get an
order and does not try to make a
real sale. He only orders,
and talks to the mistress of the
house or to the maid until he
the so-called order. He

one

Because

wants

which he did not}

Orders of |

gets
does not!

care who signs it or how, and he|

is willing to misrepresent

and he}

forthwith to get a signature or leave |

a coupon. The trouble comes in for

the dealer when he tries to make de- |
livery, and he has to stand for what |

comes or quarrel with his own cus-
tomers. In either case he loses, for
the purchase he made of the goods
is all regular; the canvass is the
place where the graft of the bogus
salesman flourishes. The plan is sus-
ceptible of endless variations, and is
used in nearly every line of business
to make a showing whereby some

innocent person is finally victimized. |
The windy, half-truth teller is an-|
other disreputable member of his pro- |

fession.
really

The probability is that he

thinks himself a wonderful

salesman, most likely refers to him- |
self as a cracker-jack, a world-beat- |
er, with years of experience, and he |
does put up a bold front and he|
To hear |}
and believe his talk one would think |
he was the most wonderful sales-ar- |
tist who ever came up the pike; he |
is full of his past great achievements |

makes a good appearance.

and performances. But if you

analyze him and his deeds you dis- |
mn G | rg
cover under the guise of an expert| bug is

 

| sists

dured long enough to expose the
This humbug has his
counterpart in medicine, law and in
the ministry, and ordinary business
callings. As a salesman he is full of
theories of but they
never bear fruit. The house which
employs him at a salary of $900 to
$1,200, instead of the $5,000 he talks
so glibly about, will find that al-
though he makes two or three good
plays, his year’s work has Hittle profit

four-flush.

salesmanship,

less and less useful over the same

the worse for his. employer.
ability is all on the surface

principally of what he learns

from others, for he wili generally be |
found to have the ability to adapta}
others to}
there is|
nothing back of the front but arrant |
egotism and insufferable vanity, and |
these are likely to be mingled with |

ideas of
front;

portion of the

complete his own

even worse qualities. He

ceives and deserves the contempt o

his acquaintances, and his four-flush |

is surely called in time. Only those
who do not know him well labor un-
der the mistaken impression that he
is an expert salesman.

His manner of work is by partial
truths, detached from their actual as-
sociations and made to do duty in
misrepresentation by which he hopes
to close the sale. If he is called to
account there is the fragment of
truth for him to hold up, and he has
some skill in side-stepping, and trusts
to this to avoid being cornered. Like
his cheaper mentioned
above, his object is to get a signed
order, not to make a legitimate sale
on business principles. He is ever-
lastingly butting in to the salesmana-
ger with schemes which he figures
out beautifully on paper. He is a
great chap to talk. about hustling
and action, and he is frantic to have
a lot of expense incurred for print-
ing and other things, but the schemes
never work out and the salesmanager
has had his experience.

counterpart

Strange as it may seem this hum-
rarely discharged. His na-

 

i | plies valueless.
territory, for the better he is known |

His |

and con- |

soon fre-|

 

ture leads him to try something else,
and he often contrives to get a good
letter from his manager, for the rea-
son that the latter is so pleased with
the outcome that he will do almost
anything. It is the same way at the
next place, and so on until the end
of the chapter. While he is drawing
money from one employer he is wil-
fully spending his time negotiating
with the next.—Salesmanship.

——_2-2>——___

High Time to Die.

A gay and handsome traveling man
Lay on a bed of pain.

All hope was past, his life ebbed fast;
He ne’er would rise again.

“Have you no sweetheart fair and true?”
They whispered o’er his bed,

“Whom you would tell a last farewell?”
The young man softly said:

“There’s Daisy back in Burlington,
And Millie up at Blair,

There's Katie down in Watertown,
And Mary at Eau Claire,

At Fond du Lac there’s Esther dear,
Whom I must surely see,

And Annie, too, at Waterloo;
Please bring them all to me.”

The watchers stared in wild surprise
And then they said once more:

“And tell us, pray, and without delay,
The girl whom you adore;

The girl whom you have sworn to love,
And bring both wealth and fame;

 

Your promised wife, and hope and life,
Quick, let us know her name!”
“There’s Susie at West Bend he said,
“And Mayme at Antigo,
There’s Violet at Marinette,
And May at oid St. Joe.
There’s Hattie, too, at Baraboo, |
And Mabel at Whitehall.’’— |
The young man sighed—“‘‘It’s time I died;
I've sworn to love them all.” |
——__-s2-.>—_____—_
An ambiguous advertisement may |
bring a larger number of enquiries}
° " |
than an advertisement that tells its |
story completely and without |
sion, but the impressions that are |
left upon people who have answered

eva-—

E | it by the printed matter that follows |
for the house, and that he would be} |

often make the majority of the re-|
It should be figured |

that advertising is not done to get
answers, but to get business, and the
complete story in an advertisement
brings business so much closer.
—_> +. ___

Cupid goes into convulsions when
he hears girls him
cute.

green calling

 

 

GRAND RAPIDS
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY

W. FRED McBAIN, President
rand Rapids, Mich.

DuauE

Write for prices.

DETROIT FUR CO.
253 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich.

The Leading Agency

 

 

LIVINGSTON
HOTEL

The steady improvement of the
Livingston with its new and unique
writing room unequaled in Michigan,
its large and beautiful lobby, its ele-
gant rooms and excellent table com-
mends it to the traveling public and
accounts for its wonderful growth in
popularity and patronage.

Cor. Fulton and Division Sts.
GRAND RAP.DS, MICH.

 

The Improved

E & H Loose Leaf Ledger
The Best on the Market

Drop us a postal and we will send full

descriptive catalogue or better still, let us call

and show you a sample.

THe (didi

Co.

Loose Leaf Devices, Printing and Binding.

5 and 7 Pearl St., (offices 2nd floor) Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

Ocean to Ocean

From Monroe to Calumet and New Buffalo to Sault Ste. Marie and
intervening territory, the

Copper Wires

of this company reach over 68,000 subscribers and more than one thousand
towns in Michigan, besides connecting with all the
principal cities east of the

ROCKY MOUNTAINS

New stations constantly being added.

You cannot afford to be left

out. Contract now. Call the local Manager for information, or address

Michigan State Telephone Company,
C. E. WILDE, District Manager, Grand Rapids

 

 

 

 

Gripsack Brigade.

Neither trusts nor mail order
houses can do away with the travel-
ing salesman; no more than _ hospi-
tals and medical books can affect the
physician.

At the last
Grand Rapids

regular meeting of
Council two victims

were initiated—G. J. M. VanZoeren, |

representing Geo. H. Reeder & Co.,}

and Dan M. McCowan, of Allegan.

Vincent & Blake, proprietors
the Hotel Whitcomb’ which
write the Tradesman that they have
just completed extensive improve-
ments, additions and betterments to
the ‘Hotel Whitcomb, which make
it a thoroughly up-to-date hotel in
every respecc

The meeting of Grand Rapids
Council, U. C. T., held last Satur-
evening, informal one
and was participated in by the wives,
daughters, etc., of about forty of the
members. Pedro was played during
the early portion of the evening, aft-
er which refreshments were

Geo. Osterhouse, specialty
for Edson, & Co. has
been confined to the U. B. A. Hos-
pital for the past two weeks by in-
The attend-
ing physician expects he will be so
far recovered that he can resume his

of

Gay was an

served.

man Moore

flammation of the eyes.

visits to the trade in the course of
a couple of weeks.
Wm. B. Remington, who has cov-

ered Western Michigan for the past
seven years for the Racine Trunk Co.,
of Racine, and the Dyer Saddlery
Co., of Milwaukee, has retired and
Mr. Stauffer,
was formerly engaged in the imple-
ment business at Alto. Mr. Reming-
ton will be 80 years of age on his
next birthday and, at the time of his
retirement, he was probably the old-
est traveling man regularly visiting
the trade in Michigan. He has tak-
en up the work of introducing Silver
Springs water, which is obtained on
the
Home.

P. W. Crosby, for a number of
years State representative for Ar-
mour & Co., with offices in Detroit,
has resigned his position with the
Chicago house and has associated
himself with Chas. O. Campbell un-
der the firm name of Crosby &
Campbell and will conduct a broker-
age business in their home city, De-
troit. Mr. Crosby’s connection with
Armour & Co. has given him an ex-
tended large

is succeeded by who

acquaintance with the
buyers throughout the State and his
wide acquaintance Detroit
the wholesale grocery and produce
people will give him an opportunity
to get in on the ground floor with
lines the firm represents. Mr.
Campbell is well known to the trade
in Detroit through his former con-
nection with Baird & West for
number of years. H. L. Solomon suc-
ceeds Mr. Crosby in this territory
and is being introduced to the trade
by Mr. Crosby.

in

the

a

—_+++—___
Finale of the Oxford Pure Food Co.

Pontiac, Nov. 22—According to a
bili just filed in the Circuit Court in
chancery for the county of Oakland,
the affairs of the Oxford Pure Food

make |

sales- |

3riggs farm, near the Soldiers’ |

with |
| failure.

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

41

 

Co., Limited, are not as they were
predicted they would be at the date
of the organization of the company,
when Oxford flakes were given a
boom in nearly every part of Michi-
gan.

Daniel W. Briggs, of Saginaw. seeks
the sale of the mill, machinery and
all the property owned by the com-
pany in Oxford to satisfy a claim for
$25.000. Attached to the bill of com-
plaint is an agreement entered into
between the Oxford concern and J.
B. Cook, C. W. Althouse, G. R. Fer-
son, F. G. Palmerton and W. Reed

eu
credit of the company to the extent
of $25,000 to the People’s Savings
Bank of Detroit. The money was
borrowed in two notes of $5,000 each
and one note of $15,000.

The bill of complaint also sets up
that an indenture of the mortgage
was made on January 22 of this year
to C. W. Althouse, as trustee for the
men who had guaranteed the credit
of the company, covering the com-

; pany’s mill and property, and that it
was provided that if after 30 days|
| from

date of maturity the indebted-
ness still existed then the mortgagee
should pay the indebtedness and take
a further lien upon the property.
It the

is also claimed that food

| company agreed to keep up taxes and

| insurance

and that if the company

didn’t pay the People’s Savings Bank
the $25,000 then the

5 trustees should

| take charge of and sell the property

 

to pay the loan.

On May 28 Althouse assigned the
the People’s
Bank and on Sept. 7, the People’s
Savings Bank assigned the mortgage
to Daniel W. Briggs, of Saginaw.
On September 6, Palmerton, Cook
and the estate of C. W. Althouse, he
having died previously, paid the
the bank, $25,333.-
35, each paying one-third, $8.444.45.
Ferguson and Reed did not participate
in the payment.

It is claimed that the food company

mortgage to Savings

amount due to

neglected to pay taxes in 1903 and

19c4, and did not keep up insurance
The bill asks that all other ciaims
against the company be cut off and
that it be decreed that the plant be
sold and the proceeds divided among
the mortgage creditors.
——_2-_ 2

The experiments in aerial naviga-
tion which have been conducted at
the St. Louis exposition do not seem
have resulted It
true that some of the machines test-
ed have made short flights, but the
ended in

to favorably. is

exhibitions always some
The men who are devoting
themselves to the problem, however,
are persistent and full of faith, and
it would be say that
success. will their ef-

forts.

hazardous to
never crown

——_++2>—___
C. Westley, dealer in general
merchandise, Lockhart, Ala.: “En-
closed find $2 for two years’ ad-
vance subscription to the Tradesman.
We can not get along without the
paper away down South.”
——_.->—__—_
Marshall—The Marshall Telephone
Co. has increased its capital stock
from $15,000 to $50,000.

W.

 

|
Campaign for the Assistance of Mr. |

Kelsey.

The following appeal is made to
the traveling men of Michigan
behalf of €. S. Kelsey:

Grand Rapids, Nov. 22—We take

in

sulted in the creation of the now

|important Department of Labor and

| alone

the liberty of calling your attention |

to matter which not fail to
interest you.

veteran

a can

commercial traveler,
home for many years was in Battle
Creek, was two years ago stricken
with paralysis and is almost helpless,
suffering at all times, but striving

ford S. Kelsey was one of the lead-
ers among the commercial salesmen
who were,

the
For two terms he

seeking. to improve

that then existed.

 

      

 

Crawford S. Kelsey
was President of the Michigan
branch of the Travelers’ Protective

Association, and through his
efforts Michigan

the

traveling men
benefit of the week-end
ticket, which privilege was lost when
the went effect.
Mr. Kelsey was the father of the
National Employment Bureau of
Protective Association

ceived

inter-state law into

the Travelers’

sition. Mr. Kelsey has also the hon-

or of being the author of the reso-
lution which introduced the

was in

Crawford S. Kelsey, a|
whose |

Sececd |hard to support himself without ask- |
whereby they agreed to guarantee the | . . — |
; |ing charity. Twenty years ago Craw-

through organized effort, |
conditions

Mr. Kelsey is almost
Unfortunate in
business, helpless through physical
inability, he comes to you willing
to work as best he can, unwilling to
take your or any other man’s assist-
ance without an adequate return, and
places before you this proposition:

Commerce.
in the world.

On exhibition in the Morton House
is the great work of art, “Custer’s
Last Charge,” an oil painting which
has been pronounced by competent
critics to be one of the finest battle
scenes This painting is
valued at $2,500, and has been
sured for and will be
away.

on canvas.
in-
more, given

Mr. Kelsey, who has charge of the
painting, is the State representative
for the New York Casualty Co. For
the sum of one dollar he will furnish
you with a fully paid-up, non-assessa-
good for
against death or

ble accident policy, one

year, insuring
injury on any line or mode of travel,
$1,000 in case of death and $5 per
week for five weeks in case of injury,
and with this policy you will

you

also

| receive a ticket, properly numbered,

| entitling
| painting.
| Any

you'to a chance) im the

The limit of tickets is 5,000.

person can insure only up to

| $2,000, but you can insure your fami-
|ly and thus get as many chances as

you wish in the drawing.
ling will be conducted under the aus-

active |
re- |

and was for many years Chairman
of the same and in that capacity
kelped many a man to a good po-|

Farmers’ National Congress and re- |

| pices

| A.

The draw-
the following gentlemen,
who are prominent in the ranks of
the Michigan Knights of the Grip:
President Michael Howarn, of De-
troit; Past Presidents A. F. Peake,
Jackson; N. B. Jones, Detroit; John
Hoffman, Kalamazoo; James
Hammell, Lansing; A. C. Northrop,
Jackson; Geo. F. Owen, Grand Rap-
ids: S. E. Symonds, Saginaw; John
A. Weston, Lansing; also Boyd Pant-
lind, E. A. Stowe, L. M. Mills, Leo
A. Caro and Manley Jones.

of

Send your money to C. S. Kelsey,
Morton House, Grand Rapids, with
your name in full, your address and
the name of your beneficiary and you
will receive by return mail your pol-
icy and ticket. This is a worthy
cause for a worthy man, one whom
we delight to honor and who in his
prime was our good friend and inde-
fatigable our behalf. Pass the
word along and send in the dollars.

in

 

 

 

kee on forest products.
right-of-way.

note the difference in price per acre,
rate to Chicago and Milwaukee than

to Southern Michigan lumbermen

 

 

A Good Investment

We have for sale 6,000 acres of land in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
This land is well timbered with red birch, elm, bass, hemlock, maple, cedar
and spruce, that will cut upwards of 6 M to the acre, 50% of timber being red
birch and hemlock. The land is rich clay loam, level and slightly rolling and
conveniently located to railroads with a 12 cent rite to Chicago and Milwau-
Railroads pay 25 cents for hemlock ties on their
The copper and iron mines consume vast
that cannot be used in the manufacture of lumber.
ket for cord wood. The price we ask for our land is $to per acre WN D
are informed on prices of timber lands north of Grand Rapids and Saginaw will
and we are able to obtain a better freight

Lower Michigan points north of Grand
Rapids and Saginaw to the same points. 1
during the last year, and we can furnish
references in regard to our estimates being correct.

CHOCOLAY LAND CO., LTD.,

 

quantities of timber
There is also a good mar-
Men who

We have sold several tracts of land

MARQUETTE, MICH.

 

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Board of Pharmacy.
President—Henry Heim, Saginaw.
Secretary—Arthur H. Webber, Cadillac.
Treasurer—J. D. Muir, Grand Rapids.
C. B. Stoddard, Monroe.

Sid A. Erwin, Battle Creek.

 

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Associa-

 

President—W. A. Hall, Detroit.

Vice-Presidents—W. C. Kirchgessner,
Grand Rapids; Charles P. Baker, St.
Johns; H. G. Spring, Unionville.

Secretary—W. H. Burke, Detroit.

‘Treasurer—E. E. Russell, Jackson.

Executive Committee—John D. Muir,
Grand Rapids; E. E. Calkins, Ann Arbor; |
L. A. Seitzer, Detroit; John Wallace, Kal- |
amazoo; D. S. Hallett, Detroit.

Trade Interest Committee, three-year
term—J. M. Lemen, Shepherd, and H.
Dolson, St. Charles. i

 

 

Some of the Whys and Wherefores
of Pharmacy.

Why is ammonia added to the fil-|
trate? By adding the stated amount
of ammonia to the given amount of
filtrate, enough ammonia is added to)
liberate all
redissolve the quinine which is pres- |
ent, but not the other alkaloids. The |
test is based on two principles: (1) |
the comparative solubility of the
sulphates of alkaloids other than
quinine in water, and (2) the com-|

of the alkaloids and to}

parative insolubility of thes  alka-|
loids in ammonia when in the free |
state.

Why are the other salts of quinine
converted into the sulphate in ap-|
plying this test? To get uniform re- |
sults fulfill the
laid down in the first principle.

and to condition as |
Why is quinine tannate nearly taste- |

less?

ble.

3ecause it is so nearly insolu-

Why is manganese dioxide prefer- |
red by some workers to potassium
dichromate, in testing for
nine? dichromate
gives a color that may hide
strychnine color if strychnine is |
present in only small amounts.

strych-
itself
the |

Potassium

Why is the extract of nux vomica |
shaken with the mixture of alcohol, |
water and ammonia in assaying it?
To dissolve the extractive matter and
liberate the alkaloids from the acid
present so that they will be dissolv-
ed in the chloroform subse-
quently.

used

Why must care be used to evap-
orate all of the ammonia before add-
ing the 10 Cc. of acid?
Any ammonia left would neutralize
acid and act as that much alkaloid.

Why is Brazil wood used as_ the
indicator? affected
about as readily by alkaloids as any
of the indicators. Methyl
may be used in place of it.

Why is centinormal potassium hy-
droxide used to titrate back the ex-
cess of decinormal acid? Rather more |
accurate results can be obtained than
when decinormal alkali is used.

Why divide the numbér of cubic
centimeters of centinormal potas-
sium hydroxide by ten? So as to
reduce the centinormal to its equiv-
alent in decinormal.

Why subtract this quotient from
ten? Ten cubic centimeters of deci-

decinormal

3ecause it is

orange

 

| alkali?

lcan be

; some extent into the aconine
|

normal acid were used at first. Sub-
tracting the above quotient from ten,
the remainder is the number of cu-
bic centimeters of acid which were
taken up or neutralized by the alka-
loids.

Why multiply the remainder by
0.0364? Each cubic centimeter of
decinormal acid neutralizes 0.0364
Gm. of a mixture of strychnine and
brucine when in equal proportions.
The product is the weight of alka-
loids in the extract taken.

Why is this product multiplied by
50? The assay method gets the al-
kaloids in two grams of extract, and
by multiplying by 50 gives the weight
in 100 grams.

Why is it difficult to tell when the
acid is exactly neutralized by the
The liquid which is to be
titrated is always colored, and a col-

|ored precipitate of extractive matter

is formed. It is better to add neutral
Mayer’s reagent, or a solution of io-
dine, to the acid ‘solution, filter and

 

| account

then titrate the filtrate with the al-|

kali.
Why is the assay of belladonna
rather unsatisfactory?’ The  alka-

loids are present in only a small per-

|centage and are quite easily decom-
| posed by heat and by alkalies.

Why is the gravimetric method of
assaying aconite objectionable? Aco-
nite contains several alkaloids that
put into two classes, the
aconitine alkaloids and the aconine
alkaloids, the former being active
and the latter nearly inert. The
aconitine alkaloids are conyerted to
com-
pounds in drying the drug, and by

| heat and alkalies during the process
| of assay;

and although a

of alkaloids are

large

amount obtained a

| variable proportion of them are in-

ert.
Why should the use of aconitine
be discouraged? The commercial

| article is extremely variable and ab-

solute aconitine is one of the most
active of drugs.

Why is atropine not pre-
cipitated solutions of
its salts by the addition of an alka-
li? Alkalies liberate the alkaloid, but
it is more soluble in water than most
other alkaloids.

Why is hydrastine called “white
alkaloid?” In order to distinguish it
from berberine, the “yellow  alka-
loid.” was separated be-
fore hydrastine and it was first call-
ed hydrastine.

readily

from aqueous

3erberine

Why is pilocarpine preferable to
pilocarpus? It is more uniform in
strength. Pilocarpus contains an-
other alkaloid, jaborine, which is an-
tagonistic to pilocarpine.

Why does _ physostigma vary so
much in activity? It contains two
alkaloids, physostigmine and. cala-
barine, which vary in proportion and
are antagonistic to one another.

Why should the use of official
veratrine be discouraged? It is a
mixture of alkaloids and varies in

proportion to its different ingre-
dients. Edsel A. Ruddiman.
——~+2—.___

No man enjoys the farm when he
plows it with his face,

 

The Drug Market.
Opium—Is firm but steady in price.
Morphine—Is unchanged.

Quinine—On account of higher
prices at the London bark sale there
is a very firm feeling and indications
are that manufacturers will advance
the price. The Amsterdam sale is
not until Dec. 15, but the amount of
bark coming forward is not exces-
Sive.

Carbolic Acid — Continues

very
firm. Higher prices are looked for.
Balm Gilead Buds—Continue — in

small supply and are very firm.
Chloroform—-Has again declined
5¢ per pound. The patent on the
used by manufacturers ex-
pires in a few months and it is be-
lieved that after that time prices
will be much lower than at present.
Menthol—Continues to decline on
productions in
Japan. Offers for the early months
of 1905 are very much
present prices.
Nux Vomica—Continues to
vance in price.
Strychnine—-Will no doubt be ad-
vanced on
for Nux.
Sassafras Bark—Had another: ad-
vance on account of very
stocks.

process

of excessive
lower than

ad-

account of higher price

small

Oil Citronella—Has again advanc-
ed. It is said that there is none in
the primary markets and that higher
prices will rule.

Oil Sassafras, True—Is in
supply and has advanced.

Oil Spearmint—Is almost out of
market and holders are asking un-
reasonable prices.

Gum Camphor — Manufacturers
have again advanced the price 3c per
pound. It is said that it costs over
7oc to import the refined Japanese

small

and crude is very scarce. Another
advance is possible.

Goldenseal Root — Continues
scarce and high.

Coriander Seed—Has again ad-

vanced on account of
the primary market.
—_+-+.___
Formula for a Good Laundry Blue.
Dissolve 217 parts of potassium
ferrocyanide in 750 parts of distilled
water and to the solution add suffi-
cient water to make in all 1,000
parts. In another vessel dissolve too
parts of ferric
distilled water
tion up to
Make a

strength in

chloride in sufficient
and bring the
1,000 parts as_ before.
cold saturated solution of
sodium sulphate in distilled water,
and of the solution add 2,000 parts
to each of the two iron solutions
(making 3,000 parts of each). Now
add the chloride solution to the fer-
rocyanide little by little under con-
stant stirring. After the last of the
ferric chloride is added continue the
stirring for some time. Filter off
the liquid and wash the residue on
the filter with distilled water until
the wash water comes off a deep
blue color. After washing spread the
mass out to dry, either at ordinary
temperature or by artificial heat.
When dry a lump of this substance
breaks with a fine bronze colored
fracture. It is completely and easily

solu-

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soluble in hot or cold water, and
as a laundry bluing leaves nothing
to be desired either in cost or
quality.

For a liquid blue take I ounce of
the Prussian blue to I quart of dis-
tilled water acidulated by one-fourth
ounce oxalic acid. John Morley.

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The Great Lakes, like Horace Gree-
ley’s young man, are going west and
The whole region § of
these lakes is undergoing a slow tilt-
The each lake are
rising on the southern and western
and falling on the northern
and eastern At Toledo and
Sandusky the advance of the water
amounts to eight or nine inches in
depth in a

southwest.
ing. waters of
shores

shores.

century.

 

 

 

You will make no mistake if you reserve your
orders for

Valentines
Fishing Tackle
Base Ball Supplies

Our lines are complete and prices right. The
boys will call in ample time. Late
orders and re-orders for

Holiday Goods

promptly filled. We can supply your wants
till the last hour.

 

FRED BRUNDAGE
Wholesale Druggist
Stationery, School Supplies and Fireworks
32-34 Western Ave., Muskegon, Mich.

 

 

 

 

Two Special

PERFUMES
onoTHY VeRNoy

Distinctively new in character.
Standard demand.
Sold by the leading drug houses.

atig
Noses

This new rose odor is now having
a splendid sale. The advertising is
effective. Order one pint bettle
Alsatian Roses with samples and rose
art plates, also window display, all
packed in box for shipment. The
Yards Roses, Basket Roses and Art
Plates Roses will make a handsome
window trim for the holiday line.
Place your order at once. H. & P.
Drug Co. carry stock of Alsatian
Roses.

Te Jennes PERFUMERy(@

GRAND RAPIDS

Merchants’ Half Fare Excursion Rates
every day to Grand Rapids. Send for
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These quotations are carefully corrected weekly, within six hours of mailing, |50 ft. —— a. 30
and are intended to be correct at time of going to press. Prices, however, are lia. | $8 f& ----+--++-7720777 ‘=
ble to change at any time, and ccuntry merchants will have their orders filled ai | 80 ft. Catton rai od 00

; otton Braided
market prices at date of purchase. a“ eee 95
co Soa tae se seer ae
ADVANCED DECLINED Galvanized Wire
No. 20, each 100 ft long.1 90
No. 19, each 100 ft long.2 10
COCOA
Baker’s .. '
Cleveland
Colonial, %a
— es
Oe scias,
agg A ease
an Houten,
index to Markets i y Van Houten,
an Houten,
By Columns AXLE GREASE Plums _) Houten, ...
re (Fees oe ihr Se 41
SO 25.5...) Be 6 00 Pl jf MT, HS ---------0--
Col | Castor Oil 2212272! 55 ‘cinina Leet 25@2 75 | Wibur. hs .--..------ *
Diamond os a 50 425 | Slide 1 35@2 55 COCOANUT
A PUMOE coon cee. 75 900 : Pumpkin Dunham’s Xs ...... 26
ie ee 1 IXL “Golden aah onve OOO. Paw oo... lol. 70 | Dunham’s a & %s.. 26%
BAKED BEANS ee 80 | Dunham’s Xs ...... 27
B Columbia Brand ee sees 10@ | Dunham’s %s ...... 28
a. cam por Gx .... 96) Galton ......:-.. on Oe eee |... 13
aes Eee... 5... 2 | 2%. can per Gow. .....- 1 40 Raspberries COCOA SHELLS
ree oo 5 1 | 3m. can per doz. ..... 4.90 Standard ........ @ re Ib. bags
Brushes .....-cccececes 2. BATH BRICK Russian Cavier Less ny coe 3
peewee Oner .......... Si Aeeeeeree 205s % Th. cans ......-..... 375 | Pound is
packages ...... 4
c Meee 2 85 | % Ib. cans .......... 7 00
BROOMS [eee oi 12 00 COFFEE
Cemtections ..........- . No. 1 Carpet 3 75 Salmon Rio
ND i ie bei ene 1 No. 2 Carpet ....... “""2 35 Col’a River, tails. @1 75 | common
Canned Goods -.-....: tae 3 ig | Col’'a River. flats.1 85@1 90| Fair.
Carbon Offs ...... ince |e N». 4 Carpet oe 75 Hea Aimee ....- 1 35@1 45 | Choice
ee nee nt serene - 3/Partor Gem .........-. a). @ %/ Fancy «....
iene se nele 2 | Gammon Wh 85 Sardines i
Chewing GUM sc csc ce 3 Fancy Whisk .......... 1 29 | Lomestic, ag . 34@ 3% | HSE
a eee 3! Warehouse ...........3 00 Domestic, 5 Fai 13%
sek cheweses 2 BRUSHES Domestic, a. 6@ 9 hoi ae ee one tere asia
Clothes Lines ......... - 3 ta aa a anc
Cocteau ce wea coe ornia, %s .. *
Cocoanut ...... ceeweeos 3 — ay :. 7 os Z French, %s ....... 7@14 | Peaberry
Se GE cee scccecus 3 Fointed Ends eo 85 Presek, We... 18@28 e
WO cc cccccccccccccecs 3 Stove Shrimps Fair. ..-..2+-eee-eeeee 15
Oe 31 No Standard ........ 120@140 Choice ..........------ 18
No. 3 eee ew reeeeeerseese 1 10 s h Mexican
- — oo See cess. 95 | Choice ...... ........ 16%
Detem Pradis ........... 4 ii *""" Shoe oe oe, ET 9°90) Paemey 22... 26 essen 19
No 1 waeey: 5 ut. 1 25@1 40 Guatemala
F No. 1 Lo aa : eeemapabma a Choi gee tnrnn ome
Farinaceous Goods . Sime ¢ i.e. Spanky ae = re
Fish and Oysters .....- a2). igo | Fancy .-..0222.0.. seep (oa oe maaan =
Fishing Tackle ........ 4 BUTTER COLOR : ee ie ae er onsite 25
Flavoring extracts ..... 5 | Ww., R. & Co.’s, 15c size.1 25 a ee ae @ > es =
Fly Paper .............. W., R. & Co.’s, 25c size.2 00 | GO0d --------+--- -@ ere eh
Fresh ae 5 CANDLES Fanc Save 1 15@ : 45 pone. 21
ee. Sf. 11| Electric Light, 85 .... 9% (aeons —.....-.. 2 50@2 60 TADIAN .-- +e ee eeeeeee
G Electric Light, 16s ....10 CARBON OILS Package
POPRe, ON onc ssc wes 9 Barrels New York Basis
ee & | Paraffine, 12s ......... 9% | Perfection ...... Gir | Achwrkie: 2-20.06 520.5 3 50
as Pee... eg ee Water White .... @ii iieaeth |. 13 00
Grains and Flour ...... 5 CANNED GOODS D. 38. Gasoline @13 feo 13 50
H Applies Deodor’d Nap’a. i ie eae 13 59
3 >. Standards.. t@ 80: Cylinder ........2 29 @34% | McLaughlin’s XXXX
oe eceseeue § | Gals. Standards .1 90@2 00; Engine .......... 16 @22 McLaughlin’s XXXX sold
fides ana Pelts ...... 10 nee ne | Black, winter Th @10% |to retailers only. Mail all
ONES. ......: TSU orders direct to
! Beans Columbia, 25 pts...... 450| McLaughlin & Co., Chi-
eee Si ebeee 2.2... s... = 30 | Columbia, 25 %pts 2 60 | cago.
J Red Kidney ........ Snider’s quarts ....... 3 25
String ............. 0@1 15/Snider’s pints ........ 2 25 Extract
MO ee ce ei Was .......) 5@1 25 | Snider’s % pints ..... 130 | Holland. % gro boxes. 95
L Blueberries ; SE Felix, % gross ........ 115
Standard ....... 1 Aes 2... @13 Hummel’s foil, % gro. 85
Licorice ..............6- 2 ees @ 5 75| Carson City .... @14 |Hummel’s tin, % gro.1 =
Pe ee ce 5 Brook Trout Deaatos (6: @13% CRACKERS
M 2 Th. cans, — Cee ede @14% :
Cla Sauter 2. es @ National Biscuit Company’s
Meat Extracts 5 | Little Neck, 1 “D. 290) MiGem .........:.- @14 Brands
Molasses ......... 6 | Little Neck, 2 tb. SOP tice ee. @13 Butter
Mustard .......-.-+-++- 6 Clam Bouillon Pele keels @13 | Seymour Butters ..... 6
Burnham's, pt...... 192/ Riverside ........ @13%|N Y Butters ......... 6
Burnham’s, pts ....... 360} Warner's ........ @13 | Salted Butters ....... 6
1 ae. 2 wessece ow Breck .........-- @14 | Family =o Seugie 6
err ee 90 a
,| Red, Standards.-.130@150/jciaen -......... @i3 -|N.BC Sodas ......-- 6
‘| White ............ 1 Limburger ...... it (Selbet” 2. 8
. orn Pineapple ....... 40 @60 Saratoga Flakes ...... 13
cae el 85@90 | Swiss, domestic . @14 Oyster
» | GOOd .... eee eee ee eee 1 00 | Swiss, imported . @20 | Round Oysters ....... 6
SMa oe 1 25 CHEWING GUM Square Oysters ...... 6
6 French Peas American Flag Spruce. . a coor
6|sur Extra Fine........ 2|Beeman’s Pepsin ..... ee 7
Si) iietes Wine oo. ol 19 | Black Jack ...........- HY Extra Farina ........ 1%
Pee 15| Largest Gum Made .. 60 Sweet Goods
8 Moyen ......-.-+.-+-++- ita Bee ee Gh | Amiaats 3. os. eet 10
Gooseberries Sen Sen Breath Per’e.100 | Assorted Cake ......- 10
Standard .............. Gnas Tigat ..00.).... 55 | Bagley Gems ........- :
7 Hominy Waraten ssc icuule KG | Belle ROS fossa see
7 | Standard ae 85 CHICORY | Bent’s —— bie dail 16
7 — ee ds 5 | Butter cece
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91 Picuie Tams. ...-....-- 2 Ot wrnwels oo. 7 | Cococanut Taffy ...... 12
7 Mackerel Seances =... 6. ek ¢|Cinnamon Bar ........
sites, £m . oo. 189 CHOCOLATE Coffee Cake, N. B. es 10
¢ 1 Mustard, 2 ™.......... 280| Walter Baker & Co.’s / Coffee Cake, Iced -
g | Soused. 1 tb....... --.--180|German Sweet ....... 23 | Cocoanut Macaroons .. 18
¢ | Soused, 2 Ib............- 280] Premium .............- $1|Cracknels ........+00- 16
g | Tomato, 1 Ib........... ad RE 41| Currant Fruit ....... . 10
¢} Tomate. 2 ®.-......... 2 80 ee 35 | Chocolate Dainty .... 16
8g bia Mushrooms ae as Wage 28 ee eee snes :
ON oe ees 15 | Dixie Cookie .........
Buttons .......... 2@ 25 cLoTigs: |LINES | Fluted Cocoanut ...... 10
8 sters 60 ft, 3 : wae extra..106;| Frosted Creams ..... 8
9| Cove, lib. .......... 90 | 79 ft. 3 thread, extra ..140| Ginger Gems ......... 8
SC Gove, De... 1 70/90 ¢t. 3 thread, extra ..170| Ginger Snaps, N B C7
Cove, 1 tb — ° 100 | 60 ft. 6 thread, extra ..1 29 —— oo -- 10
eac! raham Crackers ..
ie seeciaee 1 10@1 15 | 72 ft. 6 thread. extra -- =| Honey Fingers, Iced.. 12
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Lemon oe Leaks 12
Lemon Gems ......... 16
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Marshmallow ......... 16

Marshmallow Cream.. 16
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sampoo, 18 ft., pr as. oe

 

Mary Ann .........-+. FLAVORING EXTRAC1s
Dees oc oss 1¢ Foote & Jenks
Mich Coco Fs’d honey.12 | qj ; —
Milk Biscuit .......... 8 is oleman 8 Van. Lem
Mich Frosted Honey ..12 | 20%. Panel ........120  %&
Mixed Picnic ......... 11% 302. Taper ...... -2 00 1 60
Molasses Cakes, Sclo'd 3 | No. 4 Rich. Blake.2 00 1 60
Moss Jelly Bar........ 12 Jennings
Muskegon Branch, Iced 10 | Terpeneless sane
Mowten: (200020) 0.0 0, 12 | No. 2D. C. pr ds .... 18
Oatmeal Crackers .... 8 |No. 4 D. C. pr dz ....1 56
Orange Slice ......... 16 | ee. 6 D. C. pr dz ..... 2 66
Orange Gem ....... - Taper D. C. pr ds ....1 &
Penny Assorted Cakes. inehenie Vanilla ed
Pilot Some... ....... 7 ,3e. 2D. ©. oe & --1 20
Pineapple Honey ..... 15. | Ne. 4 D. = pr dz ....3 0
[Ping Pome ....2...... 9 |No. 6 D. CG. pr dz ....3 00
| Pretzels, hand made .. 8 | Taper D>. CC mds ....326
| Pretzelettes, hand m’d 8 GELATINE
| Pretzelettes, mch. m’d 7 | Knox’s Sparkling, dz. 1 26
MOWERS oo cies. eee cs 14 | Knox’s Sparkling, 14 =
mass BONTe ..... ees. 8 |Knox’s Acidu’d., = i
Scotch Cookies ...... 10 | Knox’s Acidu’d, gro a4 50
Sewrearepe ........... oe OE es 7k
Spiced Sugar Tops ... 8 | Plymouth Heck ..... 1 20
Sugar Cakes, scalloped 8 | Nelson’s ............. 59
Sugar Squares ....... S |Coxs 3 ot. was ..... 1 @1
od eet a ees 15 | Cox’ ft. oe. 110
Spiced Gingers ......- 8 GRAIN BAGS
ee i cic 10 Amoskeag, 100 in b’e. 18
Vienna Crimp ........ | Amoskeag, less than b. 19%
Vanilla Wafer ........ 16 | GRAINS AND FLOUR
oe Soe pees aaee 8 | heat
ee ee. | 0
CREAM TARTAR bw wn 110
ocean ar Grimms _...... = Mo 8 Reg ge
ee ae | a
Square — ot ne wae en 32 | ee a
Fancy caddies. .......... So | Patent (00 Co 6 40
DRIED “FRUITS i Second Patents. ...... 6 00
sai Apples @ | Stratehe ee ee 89
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Evaporated ......-. 54@7 | — Straight. ..... S a
California Prunes Beirne ees eae ea 5 BO
100-125 25Tb. boxes. 3% lB uckwhe Se oe

90-100 25 th.bxs..
90 25 Ib.

80- bxs. 4%
0-80 . bxs.

60-70 25%b. boxes. 6

50-60 25 tb. bxs. wy

40-50 25 tb. bxs %

30-40 25 th. bxs @

%c less in bu .». cases

Coreican. —. ...5.. @15
Imp’d. <a. 7% |
mp pkg. . a |
Imported = a -6%@ 7
zemon American ...... 12
Orange American ..... 12
Ratsins
London Layers 3 cr 1 90)
I.ondon Layers 3 cr 1 95 |
Cluster 4 crown. 2 60

T.oose Muscatels, 2 cr.. 5
Loose Muscatels, 3 cr.. 5
Loose Muscatels, 4 cr.. 6
L. M. Seeded, 1 lb.6%@7
@6

8

8

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L. M. Seeded. % ”* @
Sultanas, a. -
Sultanas, pa %
Re “Goops |
Beans

Dried Lima

Med. Hd, Pk'd. ..2 0002 "|

Brown Holland ....... |

Farina |

2 1. packares. ....1 7%

Bulk, per 100 He. ..... 3 00
Hominy

Flake, 50 Tb. pon ho

Pearl, 200 Th. sack ...4 00

Pearl, 100 Th. sack ...2 00

Maccaron! and Vermicell!
Domestic, 10 Th. box .
Imported, 25 tb. box ..2 50

Pearl Barley
a i 2 60
a 2 75
Musee 6.5... 6s. 3

Peas
Green, Wisconsin, bu..1 25
iGreen, Scoteh, bu... ... 1 35
Sele Th
Rolled Oats

Rolled Avenna, bbls ..4 25
Steel Cut, 100fb. sacks? 10
Monarch, bbl. 4 00
Monarch, 10%. sacks .1 90
Cieker, Cases ...2....5 3 10

East India
(cerman; SACKS .<...... 3
German, broken pkg . 4
Taploca
Flake. 110Tb. sacks .... 1%
6

stew eee ene

Pearl. 1301D. sacks ....
Pearl, 24 1b. pkgs....

Wheat
Cracked, bulk

4
24 2 Th. packages ....2 50
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No. 1, 10 f0GE ..cscces 5
No. 2, 15 feet . ‘ 7
No. 3, 15 feet
No. 4, 15 feet
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Flour in bbis., 26¢ per

| hbL additional.

Worden Grocer Co.'s Brana

Quaker, paper ........ 5 80

Quaker, cloth ..... 2... 6 00
Sorina Wheat Flour

Pillsbury’s Best, %s ..6 40
Pilisbury’s Best, Ms ..6 30
| Pillsbury’s Best, %s ..6 20
Temon & Wheeler Co.'s

| Tran

L Wineom, 4S —°... 1... 6 76
oer. ae 6 65
Wingo. 568 .......... 6 55

| Tndson Grecer Co.’s Brar~

Oeresota, 266 ...:.;:.. 6 79
| Ceresota. ae ee § #9
i Cerceota, Ms ........: 6 50

“Warden Grocer Co,’s Brana
| Laurel, Ws,

eloth ....6 69

Laurel, 4s. cloth ee 50

Laurel, %s & \4s paperf 49
ramet 4a. 6 40
Meal
Tentes. ... 65.4... aa
Golden Granulated. 3 00

Feed and Milistuffs

Wl at. Gar Feed screened 22 00

No. 1 Corn and Oats 23 00

Corn Meal, coarse.....23 00
Cn Meat 2.2. 28 00
Winter wheat bran .19 00
Winter wheat mid’ngs22 06
Cw fee... 21 00
at
oe Pe oo 33%
Corn
Eo ce ee i ale 59

Hay
No. 1 timothy car lots 10 50
No. 1 timothy ton lots 12 50

HERBS
POO ooo cia ec cece «ss oe
a ew is
Laurel Leaves ....... 15
Senna Lenves .......- 2e
INDIGO
Madras, 5 tb. boxes .. Sb
S. F., 2, 38.5 tb. boxes... 62

JELLY
5b. pails, per dos ..1 70
OT:
SOM. WAM W462 si ees
LICORICE
Pee oo ces ee << oa
Calabria ...... conccoae |
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Condensed, 2 S viene 1 66
Condensed. 4 dz ...... 00:
MEAT exrRAcrs
Armour’s, 2 Of .....ce+- 4 45
Armour’s 4 Of .......- 8 26

Liebig’s, Chicago, 2 02.2 75
liebig’s, Chicago, 402.5 50
Tfehie2’a imported ; az.4 BF
Liebig’s. imported 4 oz 8 59
MOLASSES
New Orleans
Fancy Open Kettle ... 2

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Good
Half barrels 2c extra
MINCE MEAT
Columbia, per case, .,.2 75

 

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PRE a 3 00 | Snow Boy Pd'r 100 pk 4 00
Horse Radish, 1 dz ...1 78 | wwiguts Cow ........ 2 i | MRSees 00
Horse Radish, 2 dz ....3 50) tmviem .............. 2 lv} Procter & Gamble Co
Bayle’s Celery. 1 dz eis Se Oe ee » $5 |
LIVES WYaudotle. luv %s ..3 UU! inory, Gos .......... i 09
~~ 1 eal, kegs .... 1 00) SAL SODA | Ivory, 10 oz 6 eS
Bulk, 3 gal kegs. .... 95) Granulated, wuls ...... Go| Star ......... eee e se -2 10
Bulk, 5 gal kegs. . 90 | Granulated, luuID cases.1 uv | ‘ A. B. Wrisley
Manzanilla, 7 oz ...... 80) wump, ie UL gel eaOoe Cie 0, <4 00
Queen, pints .........2 35 Lump, 1441b. kegs . eo | Old Country -.... sd 40
Queen, 19 oz ........ 4 50 SALT ___ Soap Powders
pec 2208 .......... 7 0) Common Grades Central City Soap Co.
tuffed, 5 oz ........ 90 100 3%). sacks ...0° 4 95 | Jackson, 16:07, ..0 2... 2 40
Stuffed, 8 oz ..... scee+d 45 OF of, sae . i So / _
Stuffed, 10 om ........ Boe) oh 1646 Sacks’. 4) ag | Gold Dust, 24 large .-£ 58
PIPES fe eee Su | — Dust, | 100-5¢ 2 00
€fay, Mo. 296) 00.2.) 2 70) Zo tb. pacles |. 0 00. 1p | Kirkoline, 24 4Ib. ..... 3 90
Clay, T. D., full count 65) Warsaw Pp eentose eee eee ecg eee : 7
Cae Oe Be 85 a6 Ib. dairy in drill bags 4v | pales wo a 75
PICKLES | 8 Ib. ~~ — W Receine ...............8 68
Medium Po | Avmeur's - ... 2000.1... 3 70
Barrels, 1,200 count ..6 59/6 Ib. sacks .......... aS Wisdom) 2006000000007) 3 80
Half bbis., 600 count ..3 75 | Common Soap Compounds
Small ‘sranulated, fine ......... 80 | Johnson’s Fine ........5 10
Barrels, 2,400 count g oo | Medium fae So) Johnson's MX |...” 4 95
Half bbls. 1,200 count ..4 75 | AL ae | Nine O'Clock ......... 3 35
PLAYING CARDS Lee ae | @ 644 | Rub-No-More i 3 7
No. 90, Steamboat .../ 85! Small Whole -... @6 | ,. Scouring |
No. 15, Rival, assorted 20 Strips or bricks. 74910 Enoch Mor;an’s Sons.
No. 20, Rover a 60 Pollock Sapolio, oe lots ....5 60
No. 572, Special ...... 75 | Halibut | Sipolio, half gross lots 4 5u
No. 98, Golf, satin — = | Strips 14% | Sape _ eins slo boxes ..2 25
o. 808, Bicycle ...... | oo ee ee ae Sapvlio, hand ... ¥ 25
No. 632, Tournm’t whist2 25 oe “Herring” ° a Manufacturing Co
POTASH | Holad courine, 50 cakes 1.80
48 cans in case White Hoop, bbls8 25@9 25 Scourine, 100 cakes ...3.50
Babbitt’s .............4 00 White Hoop, %bbl4 25@5 00 SODA
Penna Sait Co.’s ...... 3 00| White hoop, keg. 57@ 70| Boxes ................. 5%
PROVISIONS White hoop mchs @ 75/| Kegs, English ........ 4%
Barreled Pork [WOrWestan ............ |
Wai dc akecees sss 13 00| Round, 100 ths .....-.: ee SOUPS
Back fat [Round 40) ibs |... 2. 200 | Columbia. ............ 3 00
Fat back eae oo : 18 Red Letter. 2.2... cose ae
Short cut oe Trout |
eos scene 18 00| No. 1, 100 tbs. ........ 7 50 we
ee ee ee 1230 No. t, 40 ta 0.000), 3 25) ay ole —
Pie 1 No t 10 he ..ol... 90 |G, spice panier ates or 12
Cicar Wamily .......-- ee 75 cassia, inain mats. 12
Dry Salt Meats | Cassia, Canton. ....... 16
ie cca 9 0 ao —_ bund. 28
Ss 2. Bee a. 9% | J s. 5 70 saSs14., Saigon, roken. 40
Patra Shorts §......- $% | Mess, 10 tbe. .|....-. 1 60 pie itso pe in rolls. 55
Smoked Meats Mess 8 Ms, Ls) aoe” - 22
Hams, i2 th averase.i074 | No. 1, 100 Ybs. ....., 11 50 oo nzibar ...... =
Hams, 14 tbh. averase.10% | No. 1, 40 Ibs .......2. 5 10 Wan co a
Hams, 16 tb. average.10%|No. 1,10 s......... 1S po aa OS
Hams. 29 MH. averace.10%4| No. 1, 8 tbs ........ 1 25 ats ae - =
Skinned Hams ......-- | Whitefish en a ieee ia =
Ham, dried beef sets.13% | Nol No.2 Fam| eek Si Pp ar ae
Shou*<ers, (N. Y. cut) oe Me ..... 50 50 | Pepper. oo : 17
Sacon, clear. -..it oe 50 Ibs 2-4 50 2 10) ee Se:
California Hams ...... “140 mae... 52 | Pure Ground in Bulk
Picnic Boiled Ham ....12 5 in ....... 82 44 | Allspice eee eeu. 16
Poed: (aims... 5. 16% SEEDS Pincay — a oueecle =
Berlin Ham pr’sd 8 Anise stgetesceseecsess 15 i oa =
Mince Ham as eo : Pad Sragitia. ..... ws tinge aaveeee =
Lar Orawaw Ooo. fe | Gl > cae oo...
Comind ...-.... 6 Cardamon, Malabar ..1 00 | Ginger, Cochin nae uae 18
PANS oo ak S55 | Coles (0 : | Ginger, Jamaica ...... 25
ov ID. tubs..advance. * Hemp, Russian ao oo 65
80 Ib. tubs..advance. Mixed Bird .. 4 scones hee eee ees oe ou 18
60 tb. tins..advance. % | Mustard, white ...... 8 Poa. ge bik. i
20 tb. pails..advance. % Poppy ....... Senet Ss | Seer co white . 28
10 Tb. pailes..acvance. % Rape ............... 1. ao ayenne ...... 20
& tb. pails..advance. 1 |Cuttle Bone .......... 25 | Sage ....... ee ia 20
8 tb. pails..advance. 1 | SHOE BLACKING STARCH
Sausages | Handy Box, large. 3 dz.2 50 | ie ae
Mologna. <....--.-.-._- o” | Handy Box. small ....1 25/4, jacna tes oss =
ver ... 6% Bixby’s Royal Polish .. 85 31)" Saeeaeee oo ace :
— | Miller’s — ae. 85 | ep, eckan <0 eras Big
Se ee ee eee tes ciaitice
Veal .--++-+- eet & wen... 2 oe
feadonees Sieecabog, im dare occ. $5 | PTS nnn con 28
| sao a RPae-"2 Im fava
nr . ** | 20 Hip. packages ......
ee Bee 9 50} SOAP ; 40 lIb. packages "4g 559 |
Dyieiees 2.2... oe... 10 50; Central City Soap Co. |
aig, View oe 10 SO yaen ee 2 $5 SYRUPS
Pi Boro Wapiti ......... 00 Corn
i Johnson mee * see | Peres 2.2... 22
ee ‘at Baricks ......... 24
Pogeee oi. fl. ‘ | 20 - cans 4 = in case 1 55
gees: | LS 1 10 lb cans % dzin case l 50
Calumet Family ... 2 355M cans 2dz in case....1 65
| China, large cakes .. 2% Ib cans 2 dzin case 1 70
5} China, small cakes Puce) ace
ane 68 6Gc. ...... PO ec 16
tna, 8 OZ. ....-------4 ede ee a ae 20
| Stna, 60 cakes ...... Choice ese 25
. PiraVare: 2.4.6...
Beef middles, set ..... 45 Mary Ann |...........2 TEA
Sheep, per bundle ..... 70 | Motiled German dees
Uncolored ee Mie Wia 0 k. renee ee ia “a
Solid, dairy. ..... eit | Scotch Family | Sundried, Gholes "39
Rolis, ry --eeeeGPeete | cakes ........-.- | Sundried, jue 5... 36
Canned Meats | Scotch Family ha sen 24
Comnea eet 2 .2......2 90) cakes ...............3 30 | omnes’ ae =
Corned beef, 14 .....-17 50| Weldon 12..2..0200000! 2 $5 | Regular, choice ........32
Roast DSR oa. 2 60) Acsorted Toilet, 50 car- ee * = y sears =
Potted ham, \%s oe eens 3851 F ak aoe —s — “$8
Potted ham, ¥%s ..... 85 | Assorted Toilet 100 Basket- fir a. ¢ olce ae
Deviled ham, %s .. 45 Gartoms .-........-.- 7 50 | Basket-Hre ancy...
ees baa. ms “ . Cocoa Bar, if O% 3 25 "9@11
ott: ongue, s | Cocoa Bar, 16 0z ...-. 5 25
tonmue. %s .. 88) Senate Castile ........- 3 50 | Fannings ct eceeseee 12@14
RIC Palm Olive, toilet ....4 00 Gunpowder
Screenings ...... ere Palm Olive, bath ..... 10 50 | Moyune, medium ....30
Fair Japan ....... 3% Palm Olive, bath ...1! 9 | Moyune, choice ....... 32
Choice Japan .... @4 Rose Houguet --.-...-. 3 40 Moyune, fancy ....... 40
Imported Japan @4% J: S. Kirk & Co. _|Pingsuey, medium ....30
Fair Louisiana hd. @3% | american Family ..4 05 | Pingsuey, choice .....30
Choice La. hd..... @4% tyiskvy Diamond. 59 8oz 2 a Pingsuey. fancy Mower
oe. 3 Sez | Dusky D’nd., 100 602.3 8° Young Hyson
"SALAD DRES: | Jap Rose ....... 3.75 Choice ........- Janene 30
SALAD DRESSING Savon Imperial ...-. 3 10 Saeee Se 36
Columbia, % pint. ....2 25| ,"hite Russian “10
Columbia, 1 pint. ....4 00 Dome, oval bars ..,.-.2 35) Oolong
Durkee’s, large, 1 doz.4 50; <atinet. oval ......--..2 15 | Formosa, fancy .......42
pics —, — = uewbe ae oe. .4 00 | Sanne —— oo - 25
nider’s, large, OZ.. | | ue!
Snider’s. smali, 2doz..1 35 Lautz Bros. & Co. | ng Enalish Breakfast
SALERATUS De ee ; 09 |Medium ...........--.
p-Pacied go toa tm box | BIE Ame IL 0 eee ae
rm an mer ‘aia ee ee ee

5| Corn Cake, 2% 0 Oz.

ndia

\ Gates, eamn elec cs cee
TOBACCO
Fine Cut
Cage) oo 54
[Sweet Loma... 0.05... -33
Hiawatha, 5Ib. pails ..56

Hiawatha, 10Ib. pails =
Deleeram .... 5.2...

Pay (ar ..:...55....... AH
Prairie Hose _-........ 49
Protection ... .....<..40
Sweet Burley .......... 42
ee es 40
Plug

Hea Crogs .........01. 31

Oe ee oo
Soya once. 5
ctiewatha 8... 41
Stwttic Aw io. ll... 37
American Eagie ..... 33
Standard Navy ....... 37

Spear Head 7 as. ...4/

 

Spear Head 14 2-3 oz..44
Nobby Twist -65
Jeny: Tar ...
| Uld ay :
| 2eGgay 2...
ee ee a. 38
| kiper Heidsick
meet Jace - 3... --80
| Honey Dip Twist ....40
Black Stasidard —....... 33
— ee 38
Howe oo. 30
Nickel Tart 50
Smoking

swe Core 2.0.0.2... 34
GRE Or... 68... <a
Great Mavy ..0002... 0: 34
Mearpain #8 26
Bamboo, - -_— ...... 25
ENR GmM - 27
ix i ce Oz., pails ..31

ee rere ens

Got Bigek .......... =
Dead
Cape 33
| iitin Dried ........; ~aome
| Duke's Mixture .......- 39
Dukes Cameo ........ 43
Divrele Navy .......... 44
Yum Yum, 1 2-3 oz. ..39

Yum Yum, 1fb. pails ..40
Cream ...

ood

| Corn Cake, Hh. _......
Plow Boy, 1 2-3 ox. ..39
Flow Bey, 3% oz, .._. a9
Peerless, 344 om. ...... 35
| Peerless, 1 2-3 oz. =
(Aer Brame 200
|\Cant Elook . |... ‘ 30
| Country Club ..... | 132- 34
| Pores -X2uN 28
| Good Indian ........_ | 23
[Self Hinder ...... |. 20-22
(Silver Foam .......) |. 34
| TWINE

Cotton, ¢ ply 7... 22
| Cotten. £ piy.... 22
| Jute, 2 ply Sac once cee
Hemp, 6 piy reeeeeee dB
[Piax, medium |... | 20
| Wool, 1b. balla. ..... 64%

VINEGAR

|Malt White Wine, 40 gr. 8
Mait White Wine, 80 gr.il

Palis

2-hoop Standard ...... 1 60}
3-hoop Standard ......1 75 |

2-wire, Cable ...... soak ©
'a-wire, Cable ....... -o. oO
| Cedar, all red, brass ..1 26
| Paper, Mireks .....-... 2 25
| Pee ee ci 2 70

Toothpicks
| Hardwood

| POmOmee sola coe 1
| Ideal

  

Softwood ....

ace ad lg iaalg wee acme 1 30
Traps

Woo
Washed, fine ..... i
i Unwashed, medium22@ at

| Washed. medium .. @

| Mouse, wood, 2 holes .. 22 |

  

| Mouse, wood, 4 holes .. 43
| Mouse, wood, 6 holes .. 70
| Mouse, tin, 5 holes ... 66
iat, Wee occu. oll. 80
et, Oe on ects 7%
Tubs
| 20-in., Standard, No. 1.7 00
| i8-in., Standard, No. 2.6 00
l6-in., Standard, No. 3.5 00
| 20-in., Cable, oa 2 ..7 oe
| i13-in., Cable. Ne. 2 ..6 50
| (¢-in., Cable, No. 3 ..5 &@
(Wo. i Wiles ....;....... 10 80
|No. 2 Fibre ... —. 2 &
No. 3 Fibre 8 55
Wash Boards

Bronze Glebe ..........

Demers os

Double Acme ......... 4

Single Acme

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Single Peerless ....... <
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| Boston Cream

Grocers
| Competition

| Broken
|Cut Loaf.
| English Rock co
| Kindergarten ..........
'Boen Ton Cream .......
|French Cream

|Premio Cream mixed..

Unwashed, fine --igme
CONFECTIONS |
Stick Candy

Pails
Standard oe. cece. Tk
Standard tf. H........ i”
whtimimtds CWIRE . 5...
ut Lene oo lc :

cases
Jumbo, a cs: 7
Mixtra FE oe. csc.

gee ats 0
Vide Time Sugar stick

0 Ib. case 12
Mixed Candy

Special

Royal
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Hand made Cream... =

Fancy—tin Pails
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Double Peerless ...... 5 | Gypsy Hearts ........ 14
§ | Coco Bon Bons ........ 12
| Northern Queen ....... 50 | Fudge Squares ..... +12
| Double Duplex ... 00 | Peanut Squares 9
God@ Tuiele oo. 75 Sugared Peanuts
Universe 25 | oer Sa sect eeee
Starlight Kisses
| Window Cleaners San Blas Goodies
be AM. eee eee cece eee A = Lozenges, plain ....... ¢
aa “a oe : a Lozenges, printed ....1
a. Champion Choeolate ..1)
: Wood Bowls | Eclipse Chocolates ...1i
i ta. Battier .......... 75 | Quintette Chocolates...12
13 in. Butter .........1 15|Champion Gum Drops ‘+
i> ip. Botter .:... «com GG | Moms Deoos ........... 9
17 in. Butter wcoccee an | Eoman Sore ...4....-. $
19 mm. Baltes ....... «./ 20 |tmiperiais ...........- 9
Assort 13-15-17 .....2 25 | Ital. Cream Opera ae
Assort 56-17-16 ..... 3 25 Ital. Cream Bon Bons ae
| 20 ie pelle... -.....
See ae oo Molasses Chews. 15tb.
h SikAw . 20... 1% eee 12
Fibre Manila, white Sin. ee e..DhU!lmU!lhUlUt”t”t”:~
‘ij aad |Golden Waffles .....
Fibre Manila, colored . 4
iNo. 1 Manila 4 Fancy—in 5tb. pickin
| ; eo | Lemon GOUES .......... 50
Cream Manila ........ ip ae Es 60
Butcher’s Manila BI pelt tp en on
, iCheeolate Drops ...... 6
Wax Butter, short c’nt.13
H. M. Choc. Drops ...85
| Wax Butter, full count.20 ae emo ae | an
Wax Butter, rolls - 0 Tak Nal 420 1 of
YEAST CAKE | ee Gums, Crys.60
Magic, 3 dom .......... | A. A. Licorice Drops ..90
Sunlight, 3 doz. | Lozenges, plain ........ 55
Sunlight, 1% doz. .... | Lozenges, printed . -40
Yeast Foam, 3 doz. ...1 15 |Imperials ........... . 55
Yeast Cream, 3 doz | on eee .......-....... 60
| Yeast Foam, 1% doz. ... 58 | Cream Bar .. —_
Molasses Bar .....
FRESH FISH Hand Made Cr’ms. ‘80690
ne Per Ib.|Cream Buttons, Pep.
| Jumbo Whitefish ..11@12 | and Wintergreen ...65
| No. 1 Whitefish @ 9 |8tring Rock .........
[Prone ee @ 9% | Wintergreen Berries ..55
| lock Base ....... | Old — Assorted, 25
Eialiput .. oo... ]: 10@ = . case ............ 2 50

| Ciscoes @ rHerrine. @

|Pure Cider, B&B ..11
Pure Cider, Red Star.11
Pure Cider, a 10
| Pure Cider. Silver ....10
WICKING
| Ne. @ per gross ...... -30
No. per groee ..... 40
No. 2 per gross ...... 50
No. = per groaa ...... 7s
WOODENWARE
Baskets
Bunhels . 000. 4 00
Bushels, wide bana . ot Z|
Markee 35 |
(Spine Taree ...... |. 6 00
\Spimt, medium ....... : 00
}Spimt, sma 8. 4 00
| Willow, Clothes, large. 25

| Willow Clothes, med'm. 6 00)

| Willow Clothes, small_5
| Bradley Butter Boxes
2Ib. size, 24 in case ..
3Ib. size, 16 in case ..

5Ib. size, 12 in case .. 63
| (01. sige, G6 im case .. 60
| Butter Plates
| No. 1 Oval, 250 in crate. 40
| No. 2 Oval, 250 in crate. 45
| No. 3 Oval, 250 in crate. 50
| No. 5 Oval. 2A in erate Fe
| Churns
| Barrel, 5 gal.. each ..2 40
Barrel, 10 gal., each ..2 55
| Rarrel 18 gal each 7e

Clothes Pins
| Round head 5 gross bx. 65

a @ 12
| Live Lobster ...... @22
| Boiled Lobster .... @23
ion ..........., @12%
| reaeggGeck | 2. @ 8
No Pickeree ...... @ 9
(eise |... @7
Perch, dressed .... @ 7
Smoked White .... @12%
Kked Siapper ...... @
| Col. River Salmon.13@14
| Oinekerd) ..:...... 14@15
OYSTERS
Cans
Per can
- EF Counts ...2..... 35
xtra Selec ........ 28
corr. «|... Ze
| Perfection Standards .. 22
Puen ooo ec 20
Paes 18
Pavorites ............. q
Bulk Oysters.
y tt Cente ....... 1. oo
Bytia Selects -........ 1 60
Peet t 50}
| Perfection Standards .1 20
Plain Standards ....... 1 15}
PO Cy. I 2
Shell Goods
Per o~
POMS 202 cc 12
Cvs ......,,........ 1 35
HIDES AND PELTS
| Hides
Green MWe To. >
Green INO. 2. .......... 8
Curea Ne. E ...:...-... 10%
Cured MO. 2...-...-.-.- 91%
Calfskins. green No. 1 12
Calfskins, green No. 2 10%
Calfskins, cured No. 1 13%
Calfskins, cured No. 2

apna *& 7 |
| Egg Crates
| Humpty Dumpty ....2 4
| Na 1. complete ....... 32
iNa 2 coumpiete ........ 18
Faucets

Cork tned: 8m ........ 65
Cork lined: $m -.... os 75
Cork lined, es 85
Cedar. 8 in. . 55
| Mop Sticks
| Troan spring ........ 90
| Eclipse patent spring . 85
| No. 1 common ....... 75

No. 2 pat. brush holder.
12%. cotton mop — 25
Hgeal We. 2 ............

Steer Hides. 60%s. aaa

Pelts
Old Wook .....-...
ee a 15@1 50
(Snearings ........20@
| Tallow
No. F ........... @ 4%
a @ 315°

| ede” Brown Geen
30ID.

iadeumauen aa

Hanselman Candy Co
Chocolate Maize ..:.-.. 18
Gold Medal Chocolate

| AOS oS 18
| Chocolate Nugatines aks
i Quadruple Chocolate .15
Violet Cream Cakes, bx90
Gold Medal Creams,
DANS oC 13%
Pop Corn
Dandy Smack, 248 ... 66
| Dandy Smack, 100s ...2 75
Pop Corn Fritters, 100s 50
Pop Corn baat 1008. 5€¢
Cracker Jack . so On
| Pop Corn Balls, 200s ..1 39
NUTS
Whole
| Almonds, Tarragona ne
| Almonds, Ivica .......
| Almonds. California sft
shelled, new ..15 @16
| PeemS ccs *, 2
ae 2
| Walnuts, soft ame
Cal Mo. ft ......... @
| Walnuts, new Chili @12
Table Nuts, fancy ....13
Peeans, Med .:::.-. 10
Pecans, Ex. Large 11
Pecans, Jumboe ........ 12
Hickory Nuts per bu.
Onis new ......-..- 1
Coceanuts . .....
Chestnut, New York
State, per bu. .. ...3
Shelled
Spanish Peanuts 6%@ 7
Peean Halves ........, 40
Wainnt Halves .......29
Bilbert Metts ......... =e
Alicante Almonds .....33
Jordan Almonds ...... 47
Peanuts
Fancy, H. FP, Buns D Lig
tances ( ©. Shas,
Roasted ........ @7%
Choice H P, J be @6
, Po, Howetce —..... @

 

 

 

 

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MICHIGAN TRADESMAN

 

 

SPECIAL PRICE CURRENT

 

AXLE GREASE

 

Mica, tin boxes ..75 9 00
Seen... +. .5.-e 65 6 00

BAKING POWDER

   
 

41D. cans, 4 des. ease 45
%lb. cans, 4 dez. case 85

1 Th. cans. 2 doz. casel 60 |

Royal

%tbcans 135
6 ozcans 190

&%Ibcans 375

i theans 480

3 Thcans13 00

=e 6 Ibcans 2150
BLUING

Arctic 4 0z ovals, p gro 4 0°

 

Arctic 8 oz evals, p gro 6 04 |

Arctic 16 o0zro’d, p gro 9 06
BREAKFAST FOOD

Walsh-DeRoo So.’s Brands |

   
    

Sunlight
og $4 00
Wheat Grits
Cases, 24 2 tb. pack’s.$2 00

CIGARS

   

Less

600 or more.... . 82 00

«,00@ or more......... 31 09 |
COCOANUT

Baker’s Brazil Shredded
— |

70 %Ib pkg, per case..2 60
85 42tb pkg. per case..2 60
38 “lb pkg, per case..2 60
16 %tb pkg. per case. .2 80
FRESH MEATS
Beef

Carre oss. =
Forequarters.
Jiindquarters
Loins

 
 
  

10c size. 90)

YIbeans 250)

|
|
|

COFFEE
Roasted
Dwinell-Wright Co.’s Bds

ie ee a

rai OlE

3

ue Tees

 

| White House, 1 Ib......
White House, 2 Ib.......
Excelsior, M & J, 1 Ib..
Excelsior, M & J, 2 tb..
i1ip Top, M & J, 1 tb....
Hioyal Javea <.......-25-.
Royal Java and Mocha..
Java and Mocha Blend..
Boston Combination ....
Distrivuted by Judson

 

| National Grocer Co., De-
| troit and Jackson; F. Saun-
ders & Co.,
Symons Bros. & Co.,

Grocer Co., Grand Rapids; |

 

Port Huron;

Sagi- |
naw; Meisel & Goeschel

Bay City; Godsmark, Du-

rand & Co., Battle Creek |

Fielbach Co., Toledo.

 

CONDENSED MILK
4 doz. in case

| Gail Borden Eagle....6 40 |
5 90)

SR on sect ween |
| Coempem = 5. cs. 4 62)
| Daisy ......-2-eeeeeeee 4 70
Peeeeeeee . 5c, se. 4 00
renee 6 440
eae 3 85
| Peerless Evap’d Cream 4 vv

SAFES

 

Full line of the celebrated |
Diebold fire and _ burglar |
— safes kept in stock |

y the Tradesman Com- |

| pany. Twenty different |

sizes on hand at all times |
—twice as many safes as}

are carried by any other

| house in the State. If you |
are unable to visit Grand |

Rapids and_ inspect the
| line personally, write for
| quotations.

STOCK FOOD.

| Superior Stock Food Co.. |

Ltd.

| $ .50 carton, 36 in box.10.80 |

1.0¢ carton, 18 in box.10.s0
| 12% Ym. cloth sacks.. .84
25 Th. cloth sacks... 1.65
50 Th. cloth sacks.... 3.15

Peck measure ....... -90

| 100 Th. cloth sacks.... 6.00 |

% bu. measure...... 1.80 |

| 12% tb. sack Cal meal .39 |
| 25 Th. sack Cal meal.. .75 |

| Of R. Plainewal Mich.

SOAP
teaver Soap Co.’s Brands

Ribs

Rounds :.

Chucks oe “

Pee cee

a 5144@ 5%

Dee eae @ 8%

Boston Buts. .. @ 7% |

Shoes 1... @ 7%

Seek tere ....,;. @ 7% |
Mutton

Cares 2.05. <... 5 @ 5%}

DS cs ee ces € @8

eal
Capes. sks 5%@ 8

afr

24 10c cans ..........
22 S5c cans ........- 3 30
S Be GRO ...200.5--8

| WONDER

 ~- Berwd

IC, eakes, large size..6 50
| = cakes, large size..3 26

ly 0 cakes, small size..3 85
650 cakes, small size..1 95

Tradesman Co.'s Brand

 

 

Black Hawk, one box..2 50
Black Hawk, five bxs.2 40 |
Black Hawk, ten bxs.2 25)

TABLE SAUCES

Halford, large ........ 3 75
t.alford, smal] ........ 2 25

 

Place Your
Business
ona |
Cash Basis
by using
our |
Coupon Book |
System.
We
manufacture |
four kinds
of

Coupon Books

and
sell them
all at the
same price
irrespective of
size, shape
or
denomination.
We will
be
very
pleased
to

send you samples
if you ask us.

They are

free.

Tradesman Company

Grand Rapids

 

A Catalogue That
Is Without a Rival

 

There are somcth.ng like 85,000 com-
mercial institutions in the country that
issue catalogues of some sort. They are
all trade-getters—some of them are success
ful and some are not.

Ours isa successful one. In fact it is
THE successful one.

It sells more goods than any other three
catalogues or any 400 traveling salesmen
in the country.

It lists the largest line of general mer-
chandise in the world.

lt is the most concise and best illustrated
catalogue gotten up by any American
wholesale house.

It is the only representative of the larg-
est house in the world that does business
entirely by catalogue.

It quotes but one price to all and that is
the lowest.

Its prices are guaranteed and do not
change until another catalogue is issued.

It never misrepresents. You can bank
on what it tells you about the goods it
offers—our reputation is back of it.

It enables you to select your goods
according to your own best judgment and
with much more satisfaction than you can
from the flesh-and-blood salesman, who
is always endeavoring to pad his orders
and work off his firm’s dead stock.

Ask for catalogue J.

BUTLER BROTHERS

Wholesalers of Everything—
By Catalogue Only.

New York Chicago St. Louis

 

 

 

Forest City
Paint

gives the dealer more profit with
less trouble than any other brand
of paint.

Dealers not carrying paint at the
present time or who think of
changing should write us.

Our PAINT PROPOSITION
should be in the hands of every
dealer.

It’s an eye-opener.

Forest City Paint
& Varnish Co.
Cleveland, Ohio
TOROROC TOROROC TORO ROROROEO

 

 
  
  
  

This is a picture of ANDREW
B. SPINNEY, M. D. the only
Dr. Spinney in this country, He
has had forty-eight years experi-
ence in the study and practice of
medicine, two years Prof. in
8\ the medical college, ten years in
3)sanitarium work and he never
fails in his diagnosis. He gives
#/ special attention to throat and
lung diseases making some
wondertui cures, Aliso all forms
of nervous diseases, epilepsy, St.
Vitus dance, paralysis, etc. He
y never fails to cure piles.

i There is nothing known that
he does not use for private diseases of both sexes,
and by his own specia! methods he cures where
others fail. If you would like an opinion of your
case and what it will cost to cure you, write out
all your symptoms enclosing stamp for your reply.

ANDREW B. SPINNEY, M. D.
Prop. Reed City Sanitarium, Reed City, Mich

 

A MEAN JOB
Taking Inventory

Send now for description of our Inven
tory Blanks and rem vable covers,
They will help you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BARLOW BRUS., Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We

can fill
your
order
promptly
now

for any
amount
of any
kind of -
calendars.
Remember,
we

are the
largest
calendar
builders
in

this
section
of the

country.

Tradesman Company
Grand Rapids
Mich.

 

 

 

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MICHIGAN

TRADESMAN

47

 

BUSINESS-WANTS DEPARTMENT

Advertisements inserted under this head for two cents

subsequent continuous insertion.

No charge less

a word tlie first insertion and one cent a word for each

than 25 cents.

OFT ether laces rebar eee cel ee

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS CHANCES.

 

General merchanlise store in = smali

town South

$35,000 yearly; business

 

Dakota; profitable trade of |
established 25 |

 

years; cause of sale ill health. Stock |
about $10,000 at invoice—part cash. |
Strictest investigation invited. Good
lease or will sell. store building. Austin
Business Broker, Sioux Falls, S. D. 35

 

Bakery tor sale Northern Michigan.
City of 12,000. Two stores, strictly up-
to-date.
tun day and night.
particulars address
igan Tradesman.

Invoice $3,000. For
No. 34, care Mich-
34

For Sale—Stysck of general merchan-

dise in good country town 500 popula-
tion. Splendid good farming country,
25° miles from Saginaw, Mich. Stock
$5,000 (more or less) in the very best

condition. One of the best country stores
to be found anywhere. dcing a good pay-

 

| meats.

Wanted—To buy clean stock general
merchandise. Give full particulars. Ad-
dress No. 999, care Michigan Tradesman.

 

For Sale—$4,500 stock of groceries and
Illinois town of 8,000. Doing

| profitable business of $45,000 a year. Good

 

location. Address No. 998, care Michigan
Tradesman. 998
For Sale—Furniture store and new

 

| home—net profits $100 to $160 per month.

| Northern Michigan preferred.

Three rigs, large shipping trade. | Part time & : . i
at oe : * | small manufacturing town—Central Mich-

given if desired. Located in

igan. No competition. Address for par-

ticulars, 426 W. 7th, Traverse City, Mich.
19

|

|
|

For Sale—Farm implement
established fifteen years. First-class lo-
cation at Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

or lease four-story and basement brick
building. Stock will inventory about
$10,000. Good reason for selling. No
trades desired. Address No. 67, care
Michigan Tradesman. 67
For Sale—Foundry and cider’ mill.

Everything in running order.

lovation. Harrison & Moran, Chelsea, |
Mich, 945
Wanted—To buy stock of general mer- |

 

chandise from $5,000 to
Address No.

89, care Michigan Trades-
man. 89

business, |

25,000 for cash. |

 

Wanted—Good location
store.

for hardware
Will buy stock or put in new one.
Address at

| once with full particulars, Box 102, Web-
| berville, Mich. 4

ing business. Can reduce stock to suit
purchaser if 1ecessary. No trades or
no auctioncers. Address No. 33, care
Michigan Tradesman. 33

For Sale—$5,000 stock general mer- |
chandise. Country store lecated in oil
field, doing big business. Want to re-
tire. Address

No. .28, care Michigan
Tradesman. 28
Splendid opportunity to purchase fine
quarter sawed oak refrigerator and dis-
play counter. Enquire A. RK. -Hensler,
Battle Creek, Mich. 29
For Sale-—Fresh stock
cated in best shop town in
Michigan. 300d trade location.
business. Address No. 32,
gan Tradesman. 32

groceries,

 

lo- |

Southern |

Other |

care Michi- |
29

For Sale or Trade—One 12 horse power |

engine and one Champion

 

complete Nearly new. Address Lock
Box 24, Lowell, Mich. 36
We can sell your property for cash
and do it quickly. We have offices in
800 towns and cities. We have_ thou-

sands of buyers monthly.

000,000 worth of property yearly.

We sell $15,- |
We}

hay press, all |

can sell your store, your stock of goods, |

vour mill, your mine, your factory, your
farm: in fact, property of any kind, any

price, anywhere. We want to do busi-
ness for you and can convince you that
we know our. business. Write to-day
for our plans. bo rt now. THE you want |
to buy any kind of property write us}
your wants and we vill tare pleasure
in filling them. Address Central ASSO-

ciation, LaGrange, Ind. 37

“Will Sell—A good flouring mill and busi- |

ness in live town, fine location, 18 miles
to nearest mill, Northern Indiana. Now
making $100 per month. Can be easily
doubled. Price’ right. Might

farm. A. W. Howe, Dansville, Mich. a

Groceries—A No. 1 clean stock. Good

 

 

 

 

cash business. Best town in the State.
Owner wishes to change business.

dress Lock Box 24, Hart, Mich.

For Sale—Stock of dry goods, fixtures,
lease. Best location in Dayton, Ohio, or

 

Ad- |
11

exchange |
for up-to-date stock merchandise or good | 2 :
I & | established business.

will sell lease and fixtures without stock. |

Location suitable for any kind of busi-
ness. Atlas Dry Goods Co., Dayton, Ohio.
14

Wanted—Experienced laundryman with
$2,000 cash to take half interest in steam
laundry and manage the same. Address
Snow Flake Laundry, Lebanon, Ohio. 16

Offer For Sale—The well-known Dibble
House property of Flint, Mich. Owned
and operated by the present owners for
over twenty years. This hotel has been
remodeled and kept up-to-date; is doing
business at full capacity of the house. It
is situated on a corner lot and paved
streets, being centrally located one block
from opera house,
hall and two blocks from postoffice. Ho-
tel is a three-story brick of fine construc-
tion; it has 35 rooms and a seating ca-
pacity in the dining room of 120. Would

consider part exchange for other prop-
erty. Address C. B. Dibble, Proprietor,
Flint, Mich. 15

 

For Sale—Good paying stock of gen-
eral merchandise. Invoice $5,000. Best
location in town of 1,100.

for selling. Price right. Clarence G.
Stevens, Flushing, Mich. i af
~ For Sale—Summer resort. Beautiful

lake, hotel, bowling alley.
acres.
on easy terms. Full description on ap-
pHeation. H. W. Hagerman,
Mich. 23
For Sale—A good clean stock of hard-
ware with tin shop in connection in a
town of 1,500 population. Good surround-
ing farming country. A bargain for the
right man. Address A. K. 7, Michigan
Tradesman, Grand Rapids, Mich. VW

Sturgis, |
2

| lished ten years.

For Sale—Shoe store, all new goods.
Location the best. Write or see John
Gysie, Columbus, Indiana. 976

 

For Sale—Clean and complete general
stock inventorying about $6,000, located at
Silverwood. Old established business, en-
joying a profitable and gradually increas-
ing patronage. There is no better farm-
ing community in Michigan than this
part of Tuscola county. This is an ex-~-

cellent opportunity for the right man, be- |

cause I find it impossible to conduct two

stores. I. S. Berman, Kingston, Mich.
997

For Sale—Good paying restaurant in

town of 8,000 inhabitants. For particu-

lars address Lock Box 84, Cadillac, Mich.
983

 

 

For Sale—A clean
ing, shoes and furnishings in a hustling
town of 1,300. Two good factories and a
crosperous farming country. ‘Trade last
year over $15,000 cash. Stock will invoice
about $9,000. Ill health the cause of

 

selling and must be sold quick. Cash
deal. Address No. :61, care Michigan
Tradesman. 961

 

For Sale For Cash Only—Stock of gen-
eral merchandise with fixtures. Estab-
Good country trade.

 

| sonville.

Wanted—Will pay cash
lished. profitable business.

for an

|

Will sell |

|
|

J. | MeKennan & Co,, the Mocester
Hustlers—the noted merchandise auc-
tioneers—carry the largest book of ref-
erence of any firm in the United States.

Now senting stock for F.

burg. Neb.

~ MISCELLANEOUS.

S. Gold, Stroms-
7

at

  

| Smallpox Sure Cure—in from three to

First class |

five days. Leaves no marks. Perfectly
harmless. Send 25 cents for particulars
and recipe. Florentine Supply Co., 108
Shelby St., New Aibany, Ind. 31

| Brother Merchant—Your hands make

estab- |

you a living, but brains make you money.

A postal card to Box 353, “rown Point,
| ind., brings you. brainy news. 26
Wanted—Everyone troubled with As-

Will consid- |

er shoe store, stock of general merchan- |

dise or manufacturing business.
full particulars in first letter.
tial. Address No. 519, care
Tradesman.

Confiden-
Michigan
519

Give |

 

For Sale—480 acres of cut-over hard-
wood land, three miles north of Thomp-
Housé and barn on premises.

| Pere Marquette Railroad runs across one

 

2eason for selling, other business. Don’t |
write unless you mean business. C. F.
Hosmer, Mattawan, Mich. 959

 

200 Ferrets For Sale—Best stock. Write

 

for price. Lewis DeKleine, Jamestown,

Mich 936
For Snle—Stock of hardware, paints

and wall paper, invoicing $1,5¢0. Town

600 pepulation, surrounded bv best farm-
ing country in the State.
for selling.
gan Tredesman. 969
For Sale—Good up-to-date stock of
general merchandise; store building; well
Stock will inven-

 

 

tory $5,000. Located in hustling North-
ern Michigan town. Address No. 744,
| eare Michigan Tradesman. 744
| For Sale—Shoe stock, invoicing $3,000.
| Splendid opening in good city. Best of
| reasons for selling. Address No. 955,
| eare Michigan Tradesman. 955
For Rent at Holland, Mich.—Brick

|

| cash.
two blocks from city |

store 20x80 inside. Plate glass front; ex-

Best of reasons |
Address No. 969, care Michi- | L
| clothing,

cellent location on main business street. |

No. 4% Bast Sth St. Has freight cle-
vator; now occupied by 5 and 10c store.
Possession given Nov. 1st. Address C.
J. DeRoo, Cor. Ottawa and Grand Sts.,
Lansin ich. 928
as your stock—Or we will close
out for you at your own place of busi-
ness, or make sale to reduce your stock.
Write for information. C. L. Yost & Co.,
577 West Forest Ave., Detroit, Mich. 2
Sell your real estate or business for
I can get a buyer for you very
promptly. My methods are distinctly dif-
ferent and a decided improvement over
those of others. It makes no difference
where your property is located, send me

  

 

full description and lowest cash price and |
Write to-day. |

I will get cash for you.

Established 1881. Bank references.

| Frank P. Cleveland, 1261 Adams Express
| Building, Chicago. 899

| in business for
Good reason |

Choice lots, 20 |
All or any portion of the property |

 

A firm of old standing that has been
fifteen years and whose
reputation as to integrity, business meth-
ods, etc., is positively established, de-
sires a man who has $5,000 to take an
active part in the store. This store is
a department store. Our last year’s busi-
ness was above $60,000. The man must
understand shoes, dry goods or groceries.
The person who invests this money must
be a man of integrity and ability. Ad-
dress No. 571, care Michigan a
‘

 

For Sale—20 shares of ist preferred
stock of Great Northern Portland Cement
Co. stock for $1,200. Address Lock Box
265, Grand Ledge, Mich, 835

 

| sonic Temple. Davenport, lowa.
new stock of cloth- coma

corner of land. Very desirable for stock
raising or potato growing. Will
change for stock of merchandise. C. C
Tuxbury, 301 Jefferson St., Grand Rap-
ids. 835
For Sale—A 25 horse-power steel hori-
zontal boiler. A 12 horse-power engine
with pipe fittings. A blacksmith forge
with blower and tools. Shafting, pulleys,

belting. All practically new. Original
cost over $1,200. Will sell for $600.

Address B-B Manufacturing Co., 50 Ma-
537

 

POSITIONS WANTED.

 

Wanted—Position as
or grocery store.
Best of references.
Ithaca,

clerk in general
Six years experience.

Mich. 8

 

Wanted—Position as experienced sales-
man in general store or hardware.

buy interest. Address No. 3, care Michi-

 

ex |
Cc

thma to send 15 cents for a sample bottle

of Asthma Remedy. It has never faileJd
to give relief. Address W. S. Widerfelt,
Florence, Colorado. 963

To Exchange—8s0 acre farm 3% miles

southeast of Lowell, 60 acres improved, 5
acres timber and 10 acres orchard land,
fair house and good well, convenient to
good school, for stock of general mer-
chandise situated in a good town. Real
estate is worth about $2,500. Correspon-
dence solicited. Konkle & Son, Alto,
Mich. 501

Want Ads. enntinned on next nage

‘Let Us Act as Your Factory

| own for sale.

| exact cost of production.

Address S. Hamilton,

W ould |

gan ‘Tradesman. 3
Wanted—Position in grocery or gen-

eral store by experienced salesman. Ad- |

dress Box 71, Nashville, Mich. 987

Wanted—Position as salesman in retail |

hardware _ store. Have had

experience.
Mich. 466

ten years

 

 

HELP WANTED.

 

Address Box 367, Kalkaska, |

Wanted—An experienced salesman ina

hat, cap and furnishing
store.
address, a good salesman and
keeper, who is apt in decoration and
window trimming, a bright, genial, ac-
tive worker. <A‘ldress, giving references

stock-

stating salary expected, experience, etc..
Hamilton Clothing Co., Traverse City.
Mich. 38

 

goods |
An American, unmarrieé@, of good |

— Wanted—A first-class salesman to so- |

licit orders from established trade. Side
line or salary. Address Caledonia Chem-
x. ;

ical Co., Caledonia, N. 18

 

 

AUCTIONEERS AND TRADERS *

 

Special and Auction Sale Facts—We
sell the stock. We get you every dol-
lar your stock is worth. <A record of
thirteen years that stands pre-eminent. |
We do not tell you one thing and do
another. Ovr reputation is at _ stake,
therefore good _ service. We are in- |

structors of merchandise selling at Jones’ |
Davenport. |
thoroughly |

College of Auctioneering at
Iowa, therefore we must be

competent. Look us up there as well

as the hundreds of merchants for whom |

Our free advertising sys-
Write us,
Ww.

we have sold.
tem saves you many a @ollar.

 

 

we can Hit the burden: ‘The A.
Thomas Auction Co., 477 Wabash ave., |
Chicago. 30
H. C Ferry & Co., the hustling auc-
tioneers. Stocks closed out or reduced
anywhere in the United States. New

methods, original ideas, long experience, |
We |

hundreds of merchants to refer to.
have never failed to please.. Write for
terms, particulars and dates. 1414-16 Wa-
bash Ave., Chicago. Reference, Dun’s
Mercantile Agency. $72

 

Merchants—Are you desirous of clos- |
ing out your stock or having a reduction |

sale? We positively guarantee a profit
on all reduction sales and 100 cents on
the dollar-above expenses on a closing
out sale. We can furnish you with ref-
erences from hundreds of merchants and
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Detailed Review of the Grain Mar-
ket.

The wheat market the past week
has suffered quite a material drop
in price, the May and December op-
tions selling at 4@6c per bushel less
than one week ago. Cash wheat,
however, has not followed the option
as closely as might have been ex-
pected. The demand for choice mill-
ing wheat has been very good at the
decline and, in fact, this demand has
had a tendency to turn markets for
the better. Receipts of wheat in the
West continue liberal, running con-
siderably stronger than last year, but
as the Eastern States generally are
comparatively bare of both wheat
and flour, the offerings are all ab-
sorbed from week to week without
overloading the buyers.

Corn is beginning to move more
freely and the new corn is improving
in quality each day, but a little cold,
snappy weather is needed to put corn
in condition for milling. The future
market is being discounted quite
sharply. December shipment corn is
offered at from 3@s5c below’ spot
shipment for new corn, and new corn
to-day is practically toc per bushel
below old. We anticipate liberal re-
ceipts within the next ten days or
two weeks.

Oats are quiet, with May options
selling at about %c per bushel dis-
count for the week, with‘ cash oats
practically unchanged. Receipts have
been light and hardly equal to the
demand.

Millstuffs have been dragging rath-
er heavily the past month, but we
are now approaching a season where
the demand for bran and middlings
will be more urgent from dairymen,
and we look for markets to pick up
at least $1 per ton within the next
month; in fact, the heavy storms in
the New England States the past
ten davs have had a tendency to in-
crease the demand for feeds and at
slightly higher prices.

L. Fred Peabody.
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The Boys Behind the Counter.

Plainwell—Clarence Knapp, who
has had three years’ experience in a
Chicago drug store, has taken a clerk-
ship with J R. Schoonmaker.

Shelbyv—H. M. Elliott completed his
twelfth year as clerk for W. H. Shirts
last Saturday and has been longer in
continual service with one concern
than any other clerk in Shelby. H.
J. Goodenrath has been clerking for
a longer period, but recently made
a change of location. J. C. Hickok,
with A. J. Rankin, is Mr. Elliott’s
closest rival, having been in that store
nine years.

Kalamazoo—J. F.
signed his position as salesman at the
M. N. Lehner hardware store to take
a more lucrative position in Saginaw

Petoskey—Clyde FE. Van\Wormer,
who has been with S. Rosenthal &
Sons of Petoskey for the past three
vears, has taken a position with R.
H. Fyfe & Co., of Detroit.

Dowagiac—A. M. Weir, formerly
salesman at Rowe & Canfield’s, has
gone to Denver, Colorado. Failing
health caused him to adopt a more
congenial climate. He does aot know

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whether he will remain in Denver or
go to New Mexico or Arizona. He
is an expert window trimmer, former-
ly following his trade at Gilmore’s.
Kalamazoo, and he expects to follow
the same work in the West.

Portland—Eston Smith has gone
to Detroit to work in the retail gro-
cery store of Miller & Gray. Besides
having a thorough knowledge of the
grocery business, Mr. Smith is an
unusually tasty window dresser.

Allegan—The Grange store has en-
gaged R. E. Davison, of Hopkins
Station, to take charge of its hardware
department, thus filling the vacancy
cansed by the retirement of I. A
Brown, who resigned to engage in
the hardware business on his own
account.

—_—»2.

One of the interesting personages

in the next Congress will be Gen-

eral J. Warren Keifer, of Ohio, who!

has just been elected to the House
of Representatives. He will notbe
a stranger there, for some twenty
years ago he was speaker of that
body and occupied a prominent po-
sition in public affairs. General Kie-
fer is a veteran of two wars and
although advanced in years is yeta
striking personality. His retirement
from Congress was due to a clash
with the legislative correspondents
at Washington. On several important
occasions General Kiefer filled the
press gallery with his friends to the
exclusion of the correspondents. The
war between the speaker and_ the
newspaper men proceeded until he
charged one of them with lobbying
for a certain claim and attempting
to bribe him. An investigation was
ordered and the charge was disprov-
ed. The odium attached to Keifer
was sufficient to put him out of Con-
gress immediately he has re-
mained in oblivion until now. He
will probably be very kind to the
newspaper men this time, remember-
ing what happened to him when he
tackled them before.

and

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Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, of New York,
has pounced upon what he calls a
piece of fiction in the immortal Dec-
laration of Independence. The state-
ment that “governments derive their
just powers from the consent of the
gdverned” he declares false. “One
of the reasons,” he says, “why we
have to have governments is_ that
there are so many people who refuse
their assent to government. That is
why we have criminal courts and
jails, and if all the people in this
town who in one form or another
are refusing their assent to govern-
ment were to be shut up, the jails
required would be so numerous as
almost to crowd upon the residential
portions.” This is an interesting but
not wholly correct commentary. In
this country the government does de-
rive its powers the consent
of a majority if not all of the gov-
erned. It will not be until the mil-
lennium that all will consent or even

submit to government of any kind.
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Folly pins her bells on many a
man, even while he is bragging that
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Review of the Hardware Market.

Pig Iron—With the exception ofa
fair volume of orders placed by con-
sumers in the Middle West the pig
iron market was rather quiet last
week. Eastern foundrymen, manu-
facturers and steel makers appeared
to have covered their more immedi-
ate wants, but were anxious to make
contracts for forward deliveries.
Most furnacemen, on the other hand,
were not desirous of accepting this
class of business as they expect an-
prices within
the next sixty days which they be-
lieve will carry values close to $18
and possibly $19 per ton. No. 2
Eastern Pennsylvania foundry grades
are now bringing $15.75 and $16 at

other big advance in

the furnace, while No. 2 Alabama
brands are being held firmly at

$13.50. Eastern basic is offered at
$15.25 and Southern at $13.50. Bes-
semer is selling in small tonnages
at $15. In the absence of large trans-

actions in domestic iron many _ pro-
ducers are becoming interested in the
possibility of importing Scotch, Eng-
lish and German grades at a moder-
ate profit as soon as domestic prices
make an additional advance of $1
per ton. Owing to the extremely
low ocean freight rates now being
offered by several of the largest
trans-Atlantic steamship lines it is
expected that operations in foreign
iron will reach larger proportions
this winter than at any time since
the boom of two years ago.

3ar Iron—lIs selling well at the ad-
vance of $2 per ton announced by the
Eastern Bar Iron Association last
Wednesday and a similar advance is
expected in bolts and nuts within the
next few weeks. Old material is
very scarce and more firmly held by
all dealers with the prospect of fur-
ther advances in values. The Rock
Island Railroad recently sold about
1,800 tons of scrap iron and steel at
prices which made new high levels
for the year.

Steel—Structural beams, angles
and shapes are being taken in heavy
tonnages by the numerous construc-
tion companies in the East and West
at the old quotations which were re-

affirmed by the Structural Material
Association last Thursday. The in-
terest of the principal railroads

throughout the country is now cen-
tered upon the approaching confer-
ence of the Steel Rail Association,
to be held about the middle of next
month, for the purpose of fixing
prices for 1905. Although the belief
is becoming general that this pool
will be compelled eventually to re-
duce its official quotation from $28
to $26 a ton, the leading members
have so far succeeded in deferring
action upon the question in the hope
that further advances in all finished
products may make it possible for
them to at present
high levels.

Copper—While the demand of Eu-
ropean and Asiatic consumers is ofa
more conservative character, being
limited to January, February and
March deliveries, the domestic de-
mand is reaching excellent propor-
tions. Electric power and lighting
companies and many of the largest

maintain values

 

electrical equipment manufacturers
are attempting to cover requirements
in the first quarter of next year, and
as most producers are not anxious
to dispose freely of their prospective
output at present quotations, the un-
dertone of the market is growing de-
cidedly firmer. A few local dealers
are holding their spot offerings of
lake at 15c and even t5i4c, but the
largest producers continue to main-
tain prices on this grade at 14.87%4c,
while they offer to sell electrolytic at
14.75c and casting at 14.62%c. Talk
of 16c and even 17¢ copper before the
end of the year is still prevalent in
the local market and it is predicted

in some quarters that prices’ will
reach 20c within four months.
Wire Nails—Leading manufactur-

ers, including the American Steel &
Wire Co., are now holding prices on
wire nails for spot delivery at the
advance of $2 per ton or Ioc per hun-
dredweight announced last Tuesday
and are generally refusing to book
any orders for shipments beyond the
end of this month, as they expect

another advance within a few weeks.:

Quotations to jobbers and retailers,
a basis of £ o. b. Pittsburg, 60
days, or 2 per cent. discount for cash
in 10 days, follow: Carload lots,
$1.70; less than carload lots, $1.75; lo-
cal quotations are: Single carloads,
$1.89; small lots from store, $1.95
@2.

Cut Nails—While prices of cut
nails remain unaltered on the basis
of $1.60 and $1.65 for carload lots and
less than carload lots, respectively, f.
o. b. Pittsburg, it is expected that an
advance equal to that in wire nails
will be made at the next meeting of
the Cut Nail Association scheduled
for Dec. 8. Local quotations follow:
Carloads on dock, $1.74; less than
carloads on dock, $1.79; small lots
from store, $1.85.

on

Barb Wire—Despite the recent ad-
vance of $2 per ton in the prices of
barb wire, the demand continues very
heavy owing to the steady growth
of fence building. Quotations, on a
basis of f. o. b. Pittsburg, 60 days or
2 per cent. discount for cash in I0
lays, follow:

Painted Galv.
carload lots....31 Ss $2 15
Retailers, carload lots.... 1.90 2.20

Jobbers,

Retailers, less than car- _
seam IOtse 200 2 30
Smooth Wire—lIs selling well at
the recent advance. Quotations, on

a basis of f. o. b. Pittsburg, 60 days
or 2 per cent. discount for cash in Io
days, follow: Jobbers, carloads,
$1.55; retailers, carloads, $1.60. The
above prices are for base number, 6
to 9. The other numbers of plain
and galvanized wire take the usual
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