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Leather. Etc.

Buffalo slau sole ex. best, Sic; buffalo slau
sole, best, $4,000; buffalo Spanish sole, ESQ
zee; best oak sole, 3604Oc; French calf, "a to
so d, Sl.2O91. 80; French calf. 80 to SO d,
l.20Sl IS; French kip. 60 to so %, S5c0
81 Ito; hemlock calf, S1.0501.2O; hemlock KIP
veal, SOcGSI; hemlock upper, per foot. $50
25c; hemlock collar, per foot, 179I9c; hem
lock harness, 30G32c; oak harness, 34Gl37c;
roans, per dOz, SS.5OG12; pinks, per doz, 50.
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Wheat. Corn. Pork

MY Jne My IJne May. June.
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Kansas CiIY.

KANSAS CITY, April 49, Cattle-Receipts,
1,275; shipments, S97; strong, active and so
10c higher; choice to fancy, $5.20Q5. 81 ;
fair to good, So 60G5: common to medium,
S46D4. so; stocllers and feeders, $3.3594. 30;
cows, $2.5O@3. 40. Hogs-ReceiptS, S,S77;
shipments, 1,947; quality better, active and a
shade higher; good to choice, S+d425; COM
mon to medium, IS. 1908. 80; skips and pigs,
S2@3.60. Sheep-Receipts, 225; shipments,
none; strong; guod to choice, $4.25G5. so;
common to medium, S23S. 50.
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MINNEAPOLIS.
Chamber OF Commerce.

The local wheat market was weaker and
lower and the trading was very light indeed
Futures on No. hard May were Ic lower and
samples were offered &c lower with few buy
ers. There seemed to be less inquiry than for
several days before. Receipts were fair,
though no great amount was offered on track,
the demand was too poor to take much of
that. No. hard opened 1c lower, May SELL
ing at S15s(gS112c, closing steady. Car lots
sold at S218c +. o. b. and S034c was bid in
store. No. l northern sold by sam
pie at rs o. l., re- bid, TIC asked
or May. No. 2 northern sold at 7207515cf.
Sales of futures were as follows: 5000 bu
No. hard, May, size; 5000 bu No. hard
May, Sl3sc. Cash sales included the follow
ing by samples: cars No. hard, f. O. b.,
S21%c; 10 cars No. l. Northern. o. t., 7Sc; 2
cars No. Northern, o. t., 7Sc; l car No. 9
Northern, o. t., 75hc; car rejected, o. t.,
re; car rejected o. t., Tie; l car re-
jected, o. t., sac; car rejected, o. t., Csc;
car rejected, o. l., Csc. The following
were the closing bids on call: No. l hard,
cash, S0s4c; April. s034c; May. S13Sc; June,
S2SIc;No. Northern, May, nc. Flour is quiet;
patents, sacks to local dealers. 81. 1904. 80;
patents for shipment, insacks, car lot, 81 go
CATS; in barrels, $4.7004.S5; delivered at
New England points, S5.5005.70; at New
York points, $54095.60; delivered at Phila-
delphia and Baltimore, s. 1905. so; bakers,
SO. 60D3.75; superfine, 81. S5@92.35; red dog,
Sl.4O91.75 in sacks; Sl.S092.15 in bbls;
rye flour, S1.7592 per 100 Ds; buckwheat,
$4G5 in bbls. Bran and shorts were easier
and lower Isl. 5O@7.75 for the farmer.
MINNEAPOLIS PROVISION COMPANY !
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Chicago.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, April lS.-No appreciate change
is taking place IN money rates or in the local
market generally. Banks doing the bulk OF
the loan business report holding an annie
loanable supply fund TO meet the require
mcnts OF the board or trade ard other houses
Funds go out on demand on gilt-edge sccuri-
ties Ut SOC per cent, and on demand NJ G1s7
per cent To days bank clearings were
SS,OOi,OOO. New York exchange was quoted
at par.
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Liverpool Grain,

LIVERPOOL, April b. Wheat Steady
demand improving ana holders offer sparingly.
The receipts for the past three days were 95.-
600 centals. including %. 900 American. Corn
steady; demand good; new mixed Western.
As 219d per GENITAL. The receipts of Ameri-
can corn for the past three days were 80, 400
centals.
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OTHER MARKETS.
Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, April 13,-The exports of do
nestle cOttons the past week have been be-
low the average, but that is a feature usual
to the period OF the season for shipments.
The movement for the week was 2,513 pack
ages, and since Jan O., S67 packages against
55,252 packages the same time last year. The
tone of the market continues very steady,
with the new business con fined to actual re-
quirements. In underwear there is u fair
trade, while clothing woOlens are in steady
demand.
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THE FAST MAIL LINE.

Leave I Leavs
Minneap'is st. Paul
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philadelphia Grain,

PHILADELPHIA, April 1S.-wheat quiet;
No. 2 red April, 902409l34c; May, 81 1469l5sc;
June and July, 911&49Iszc. Corn market
STEADY; No. 2 mixed, April, 466l461Sc; may,
465s@465sc; June, 465sG47c. 0ats-Spot. firm
with fair demand; No. white, April, 400
401Sc; May, 40G401zc; June and July, $3.50
40Lc.
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MESSER BROS.

General Produce and Commission Merchants
627 Jackson Street,
Sell Baled Hay in car lots; also, Butter, Eggs,
Poultry and Game, as follows: Creamery, ESQ
26c; dairy, good, 140l5c: fair. I00I2c; eggs,
1lQll1Zc; dressed chickens, 1890 10; dressed
turkeys, 10Gl2c h.; dressed beef, 50615o 10;
dressed hogs, $4.25; oranges, per box, $3.50
@E; lemons, $4614 so. IS $3.50
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Boots md shoes.

Mems Gus. French calf d. s. opera boots per
case, S54; mems Gus. French kip d. S. boots,
$40; mems Gus. calf ID. s. opera boots, SIS;
mems Gus. calf ID. S. split back boots, $50;
mems Gus. grain crimp lin. d. S. boots,
S24; mems Gus. grain d. S boots, S22; Mrs
Gus; calf s. b. pol, 81 So; misses Gus. calf
5. ID. pol, 81 .35; child's Gus. calf S. b. pol,
81.
Rubber goods, including specialties, 40 from
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ST. L0uis Grain.

ST. LOUIS, April 13.-wheat active but
weak and lower; No. 2 red, cash, S615c; May.
s51%@S634c, closing at s55zc; June, SG6S67sc,
closing at 86Ac. Corn-Dull and weak; No
2 red, cash, $3.50; May, 331s9335sc, closing at
3314c; June, 337s@341Sc, closing at 33Sc.
Oats very dull but firm and sc higher; No. 9
mixed, cash, 304c; May, 2g3s.
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Finished Iron and Steel.

Common iron, S2-15; horseshoe iron, 15c;
Swedish iron, &c; best tool steel. Sc; cast plow
steel, &c; German pillow steel, SC: spring
steel. Sc: machine steel, &c; nails, 10 TO 60
penny, S2.45; screws. discount so per cent, /;
barbed wire, painted, 81. so; barbed wire, gal
yauized 81 IN
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Toledo Grain,

TOLEDO, o., April 13.-Wheat firm but dull /;
cash, s59s7c; April ard May, s5c; June, S6s4c.
Corn steady; cash, May and June, 39c. Oats
nominal. Receipts-Wheat, 1900; corn, 3s.-
600; oats, 1000. Shipments-Wheat 1000;
corn, 1000
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Departing Trains.
La Crosse, Dubuque and s.

La Crosse, Dubuque and st.
Louis Express. ......,...
Prairie du Chen, Milwau.
kee and Chicago Express
Calmar and Davenport Elk.
Ortonvine & Fargo Ex. go.
Milwaukee i Chicago Fast
EAprSSS.
NOrthfield, Faribault, Owa-
tonna, Austin and Mason
City.................
La Crosse Passenger. ......
Aberdeen and Mitchell Elk.
La Crosse and Dubuque
Fast Express. ............
Milwaukee and Chicago
Fast Express. e. ........
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Petroleum..

OIL CITY, Pa, April 13.-National transit
certificates opened at 7714c, highest, 771&c;
lowest, 7514c; closed 1873. Sales: 1851, 600
bbls; clearances, 100000 bbls; charters,
&c. gS4bbls.; shipments, 103,57O bbls. Runs
not reported.
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Boston Railroad and Mining shares.
BOSTON, Mass, April 13.-Following were
tue closing prices At the stock exchange To-
London Money and Stocks.

LONDON, April l3, . p. m.-The following
are the quotations OF stocks to-day: Con-
soils, loo Gle for both money and account.
A. " q. W. lists. AIS st. Paul common 81
Canadian Pacific 6714 New York Cent. 100
Erie -..--..-.-... 2s1slPennsylvania.. -. 551S
90 zds. .--..... sl1sl Heading ......... l2ss
Mex. ordinary =. 255s
Bar silver, AZ 7-16d per ounce.
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Drugs, Paints, Oils, Glass.

Drugs-Acid, citric. per D, 75c; acid tart, 5ec;
monia aqua, &c; ammonia carb, l5c; balsam
copaiba, 45c; balsam tolu, soc; barks, Peru
red and yellow, 25G40c; bicarb, sodo, sGsc;
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Special 10 the GIODe.
DULUTH. April l3.-Opening prices were
nc under closing sales last night, at $3.50
May, and was the hi CHEST point of the morn
ing. 1t declined gradually from there until
BIC was reached when it steadied up and ad-
vanced nc. June opened at S45Sc, and sold
of to s37sc, with trading very light. Cash
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BANK OF MINNESOTA

diu Up Nap'tdI OVVViOOUi surplus ooUJUUU,
WA. DAWSON, Pres. ROM. A. SMITH V Pres
albert ScHEFFEG, Cashier.
GILFIILANBLoCK. ST. PAIL. MSIS
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MICHAEL DORAN g. CO.

COMMISSION MERCHANTS, ST Paul. MINI
Grain and provisions bought and sold for cash
orfuture delivery.
Orders for the purchase and sale OF Stocks on
any stock exchange in the country promptly exc
cd
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Cotton.

NEW YORK, April 13.-After dropping
some 4G5 points at the opening, prices recov-
cred and closed firmly ut last evenings fig
ures.
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MARRETT g. POWERS,
milwaukee, Produce.

Grain, Provisions and Stocks Bought and Sold.
The only direct private wire north of Chicago.
500 JACKSON STREET. ST PAUL
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B sos a N B $40 = z
B $40 q N B S:45 a m
B $40 a M B S:45 a n
B 9:05 q N B s:25 q n
A loo p m A 1:40pn
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The Fluctuations i'm Detail.

ST. PAUL. April I3.-The following Quota
tons, giving the range OF the Chicago markets
during the day, were received by NJ. Doran,
commission merchant:
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whisky.

CINCINNATI, April 13.-whisky weak at
S1.10. Sales: 504 bbls.
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THE CAPITALRAN

Drake Block, st. Paul. Mimi
CAPITAL 100000. SURPLUS $4,000
l.. l. REED, President; W. ID. KIRK, Cashier
J.W WAIT Assistant Cashier
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FINCK g. McCAULEY,

COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND LUMBERMsy
SUPPLIES
Liberal Advances Made on ConsignmentSot Grain
go SHELLEY STREET. ST. PAUL
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New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Paul.
STOCK, GRAIN AND PROVISION BROKERS
Members New York, Philadelphia Stock Ex-
changes and Chicago Board of Trade.
Private wire. GILFILLAN BIOCK
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MINNEAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY
ALBERT LEA ROUTE

Daily. Daily except Sundays. I Except
Saturday. Except Monday.
Ticket Office st. Paul, 19s East Third street icon.
ner Sioley). Passenger agent and temporary de-
pot general office building Northern Pacific rail-.
road Broadway, foot of Fourth street.
Minneapolis, No. Washington avenue sou3h
tunder Nicouet house,, and depot corner Third
street and Fourth avenue north.
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Arriving Trains

Chicago & Milwaukee Fast
Express.
Dubuque and La Crosse
Fast Express. ...........
Davenport and Calmar Elk
Mason City, Austin, Owa-
tonna, RSTibault and
North field. ........
Mitchell and Aberdeen Elk
Chicago and Milwaukee
Fast Express. ...........
Fast Mail and La Crosse.
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Prairie du Chen Elk.
Fargo and Ortonville Elk. .
st. Louis Dubuque and La
Crosse ENrr,raSs
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A 500 p m A $40 pm
B 4:30 p N B SOS p m
A 1850 p m A 4:10 PA
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Quotations OF Stocks and Bonds.
New YORK, April 13.-Following are the
closing prices bid to-day and the three pre-
ceding business days:
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LIVE STOCK.
st. Paul.

There was an &C tive market at Minnesota
Transfer to-day. The arrivals consisted of
cars cattle, car mixed cattle and sheep,
car hogs. There was good attendance of
buyers. and sales were affected freely. Below
are sales:
No. Av. VT. PricelNo. Av. VT. Price
IL steers. ,179 81 80 a mixed. j, $50 81 80
Is steers. $50 4 00I1 stag .....1,25O %
% steers. oil 3 70 1 steer.... 925 80
Is steers. $50 55 4 steer... $50 90
cows Il, ole 2 Is
One COW and calf sold for $50.
Sheep-SaleS were:
No. Av. VT. PricelNo. Av. VT. Price
3S.....73 81 5OI1...I25 So 90
Hogs-Sales were 50. aver age 200 at $3.50.
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WILLIAM LTNKER ECO.

Brokers in Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Provisions.
IFS. DRAKE BLOCK. ST. PAUL MINI.
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A $40 a N A $50 au
A1l.40 a N All:00 q n
A 2::25 p m A $40 p n
B S:25 p N B 400 p m
B 7:10 p III B 7:15 p N
B 4 :05 y Ii B 6:25 p N
B 9:55 p n B l0:S5 D n
sunday. CMondayeS-
ay.
n CT. Par,I oy6 NIi00A
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THIRD NATIONAL RANK.

Corner Third and Robert streets.
CAPITAL $500 ooo
WALTER MANN, RICHARD s. SLOWER
President Cashier
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CIearances of Leading cities.

The clearances of five of the leading cities
Yesterday were as follows:
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New York Mining shares

NEW YORK, April l3.-Mining shares were
Strong and more active. Sales:
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G. :. YERKES & co

Except matured coupons.
coupons.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-18
supey.,itIons of the Educa,od.

President Garfield, although n man OF
much sterling practical ability, whose
lifo had been so full OF hard experience,
was afflicted with nh unconquerablc cle.
ment OF superstition. Ills faith I'm lucky
and unlucky numbers was implicit.
For many years certain combinations OF
figures haunted him, aud he wns con.
stantly expecting omnous events TO take
place on certain dates, and although In
variably disappointed, hc never censcd 10
form fresh prognostications Such traits
OF superstition are not so uncommon,
even in this positivistic Nineteenth cen
tury, as one is naturally inclined To sup
pose.
There are as many hard headed, prac-
tical men of business today who would
not start fresh enterprise on n Fridny
"a there are ignorant seamen who de-
clare that the rats desert ship only
when she is doomed TO sink Thousands
OF well educated men and women there
are who would feel insulted IL accused OF
believing In ghosts, but who would framc
any excuse for not sitting down Mt n table
with twelve OF their friends. As 90 the
uneducated classes, superstition Ia as
rampant among them az I'm the days when
poor old women wero set on tho ducking
stool. In walk through any country
village you will scarcely find farm
house without its lucky horseshoe, its
charm for corns and warts, its terror OF
crossed knives and broken looking plasses
ben; Perley Poore.
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Paris as IA Clean CITY.

Paris is very clean city ms 90 the con-
dition of her streets. 1t IN too clean,
almost, for the continual use of the hy-
drant and broom 10 keep everything fresh
and free from dust makes moro mud
than is agreeable 90 ladies with trailing
skirts, and the critical Partisan has every
right TO find fault with the compara-
lively filthy condition Of New York. Yet
there is one thing that cannot be over
looked-that certain seasons of the year.
and at certain hours OF the day, even the
best neighborhoods OF Paris are i'll smell
ing 10 degree never attained by the
courtyard of n Cherry street tenement
house. The terrible COLONIES Mortis'' ON
the boulevards are largely responsible for
this all the way from the Madeleine to
the Place de la Bastile, and IN the side
streets still more public latrinB offend
the sight and poison the air
AS n disinfectant chloride OF lime IA
freely used, but j am not sure but that
the remedy Is worse than the disease. In
the tainted atmosphere hanging over
two or three points on every block OF the
principal boulevards, the stencil OF chic
ride Of lime, and the not infrequent Whit
OF garlic waited toward the stroller by n
blouse wearing representative OF the
working classes, the French capital pos
scsses sort Of tricolored perfume which
leaves the tabled odors Of Cologne far be-
hind.-COr. New York Times.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-18
pe.ccnt Of tI,s umhr.iin.

IT. was not until the year 1900 that
Americans began 10 make their own um-
brcllns. The word comes from the Latin
umbra, which means a shade, but the
name, most probably, was introduced
into tho English language from the Ital-
ian word umbrella. Parasol means "to
ward Oft the sum-" and another pretty
name, not much used by Americans for
a small parasOl, IL 'parasOlette - The
umbrella, in oriental countries, is q very
ancient and primitive sybmoi OF royal
authority The crown" is but the fur
cap Of northern races, adorned with gold
and Jewels
The umbrella traces its descent TO the
primeval ancestry Of the tropical forest:
the gigantic leaves OF the palms are its
prototype But 30 is only i'm very recent
times that The umbrella has been con
verted into the parapulie. Those OF our
readers who have read Robinson Cru
soc remember how he made his UNI
brclla and covered 10 with skins. Then
there have been umbrellas covered with
large feathers that would shed rain like n
duck IS back, ~ and umbrellas with
coverings Of oil cloth, of straw, Of paper,
or wooden stuffs, until now nearly oil
umbrellas nre covered either with silk,
alpaca or giugham Brooklyn Eagle.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-11-18
+ Vaiuo Ola salesman.

"But itis I'M the retail clothing business
that SatfeS0teu's salaries are measured hy
the nutngcr az friends they have, more
than in any business that | know OF. In
buying clbthiNg every man feels That he
needs soOlpdNfcc, and particularly that
he likes 10 Lbuy OF a salesman who has
good taste; and who appears to he candid
aud anxious Co please. You know thcro
are salesrtcu who appear 60 know just
wh0t a man wants even il he docsn' {
know himself, ANA these men are sure TO
mako friends and have customers follow
ing them wherever thcy 40.
81 know o. nkin who hogan, two years
ago, in enc of oar clothing houses, on n
saiaryCot - aweek. lie made "A study of
the btSiness aud of customers. did the
best % please, and carefully jotted down
the names and addresses Of all men TO
whom ho made sales. 4 year or more
latarho engaged with another firm on n
salary Of Sl,aQ0 year, and then sent
note to'allQf his customers advising them
of his change uf, base and inviting them
10 QSll'Ond see 'him. soon men were call
mg'at tho Al oro, every day, asking for this
salesman, and making purchases OF him.
lie WAS, busy when his brother statesmen
were ldle., AInid the selling checks the
prqRrietor. found this salcsman's name
moras, ,freqpont than that Of any other
man. W his .gmploy. What was the re-
sult,, ANIllr tbG very natural one that
GsoloSmau became wcllnigh indispcnsa-
bic, and he is now drawing a salary Of
~. yW, Y. ygpr Young man, instead OF
cOptplliRiug Of The vrctchcd wages paid
CLERKS, and C,using your employers,
jump in qpd sec II you can make your
self Indispensable. You arc not n clerk'
No mRtter--tJe advice is good, and I
stapd by i, ,h-Chicago Herald.
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he HAD AN IDEA.
The simple Invention which Brsught .
Fortune To n Flooding German.

Fortune to n Plodding German.
ran across one OF these men with an
idea the other day. He is n middle aged
German and he lives on Vanderbilt
avenue. \ few years ago he was very
ordinary fellow, drudging away nt n
TRADE, with the prospect OF always being
poor and drudge. That was what his
neighbors thought OF him. But, while
he was pounding away no emulated tho
example of the widows famous COW,
didn't say much, but kept up n divvll oS
thinkin'" One day he got up from his
bench Il think IL was bench, though it
might have been n tailors table or .
butchers block; anyhow, tho plodding
German knocked of from his trade) and
he went out of tile shop with nm idea.
His friends noticed no change in their
plodding neighbor. IL they noticed him
at all, IL was Co reflect what hopeless
drudge of n German he was Meanwhile,
he went right ahead with his idea
Then some OF HIS friends discovered
that he did not como back TO his bench.
That worried them n little. a few weeks
later they observed that he went over TO
New York every day and was beginning
to dress better ard spruce up bit. That
really gave them a great deal OF concern
Tho next thing they took note of was
the the petty German tradesnan had
begun TO build n new house. Then they
were terribly cut mp. Finally the whole
thing came out The Vanderbilt avenue
German's idea was simple enough, but It
has already made him rich and tho money
Keeps coming in. His idea originated
the small cardboard signs, with varie-
gated letters upon them, seen around the
walls of every popular restaurant The
letters look like letters cut out Of wall
paper. At first they were. Then the
German thought OF an Improvement and
nc tried making the letters OF prottily
figured calico. That gave the little signs
greater durability, and az he had prepared
glue especially adapted 10 sticking on
the letters, IL struck him TO apply for n
patent
Simple as was the whole thing, he got
MS patent. IL has filed his purse and
lifted him out Of the life OF drudge.
Not only In every popular restaurant In
brooklyn are these attractive little signs
To BE found announcing specialties on
the bill of fare each day, and thus making
the demand constant, but in many bar
rooms, drug stores, waiting rooms, hotel
corridors, offices and scores OF other
places they serve n diversity OF purposes.
From Brooklyn and New York restau-
pnts the popularity OF the varlegated card
signs extended to other cities, until now
inc niue signs arc in common use as far
east as Boston and as far weSt as Chi
cago. Remnants OF cloth arc used in
making the letters, and the cost is, there
fore, very light. The demand has been
something tremendous, and the plodding
German tradesman of Vanderbilt avenue
has risen TO the dignity OF q solid business
man, with his Office I'm New York, his
family in new house and prosperity all
around him brooklyn Eagle.