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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30

offered to customers, and customers are
allowed TO exchange goods purchased
ill-advisedly or hurriedIy-a liberality
which is quite outside the business idea
of the small Paris tradesmaE. The
power of purchasing many different
things under one roof, without running
here and there across the city, is also a
vast economy of time and money.
On their side, these establishments
can afford to sell cheaply because their
general expenses are so reduced by
being Jumped together. This has even
been brought uD in politics as a reason
why they should be taxed more than
the smaller shops. IN proportion. whose
proprietors are regularly forbidden by
their leases to handle anything but their
own special line of merchandise.
\ Sliding Price Scale.
Whatever may he said of all this, 1t is
certain that the big shops have revoiu-
tionized all the habits of buving and
selling i'll France. Up to 1880 every
thing went by barter. and there was 10
fixed price. Traces Of this practice are
still found in the small shops around
Paris, where the price first asked has
very little 10 do with what will be
accepted. If your are evidently a
foreigner, and especially if you are ac-
companed by man who looks like
commissionaire. or a guide, or lady of
the land of France, whose sharp and
hungry looks proclaim her to be on the
make while showing you about, the
prices charged will be higher than if
you were alone. This is the Paris
shopkeeper's way of recovering the
commission which he expects your
companion to come back and COL
ect when you are safely out of
the way. 1t Is regular meth
cd of the small Paris shops to mark up
the price of articles which remain long
on their hands, as 1t were, to recover
interest on the capital invested. This
is called"guelt".ing 1t is claimed that,
even in the big shops. each department
has its damaged or imperfect or worn
goods, on whose adroit sale the clerk is
allowed an extra commission. But, in
general. the big shops have brought into
France the "one-price SYSTEM"
This was begun little before 1880 by
La Belle Jardiniere. which is still one
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fond of giving Ito their shops. "Au
Bonheur DIES Enfants" cat the Hap
piness of Chiidrenl is the name of
great toy shop. THE Blue
Dwarf is another. Au Bonheur
les Danes CAT the Happiness of Ladies'
was the fancy name chosen by lola for
his great book on the big shops. SO
houses which make speciality OF
mourning goods have mournful, re-
signed. hopeful or symbolic names,
such as lie Cypress (The Cypress), LA
Scabieuse" IA little flower which the
people strew on graves). LES Deux
Saules' Crhe Two Weeping Willows)
and lie Sabler" ('rheHour GLASS;. Five
of the seven great shops have
fanciful names the Giands
Magasns du Louvre (named
from its location opposite the palace,
the Bon Marche" Cheap MarkeD, the
"Printemps"( Spring), LA Samaritaine"
(named from the first public bath built
i'll the river Seine in the time of Henry
w., which in turn was named from the
Samaritan woman at the well}, and the
Belle Jardiniere, already spoken of.
The two remaining shops have plain
names "A la Place Clichy." which re-
fers to its location in the city, and LA
Menagere" (The Housekeeper), which
simply indicates the line of trade.
Commission to Clerks.
With the abolition of barter and the
continuation of fancy names. these great
shops have created new career for
those who might otherwise have been
each at the head of his own little prop
erty. In the new system each clerk is
not without interest to sell the articles
on his shelf. For the customers the
price Is fixed, but the clerk gets his
commission on each sale. This varies
according to the kind Of goods and the
demand that exists for them, so as to
put all the clerks on an equal footing.
Thus the one who sells silk has 2 per
cent, while 5 per cent is given to the
seller of linen. 1t may some
times happen that the one who
gives out dollar slippers for an
an hour together receives but 3 cents,
while in the same time he can see the
one who presideS over marriage trOus-
seaux elated with his 81 commissions
from single sale. But this does not
happen every day, and in the long run
things are supposed to eQualize them
selves. Not alone at the Bon Marche,
but also at the Louvre and some of the
other big shops, clerks who remain long
enough in their employ are affiliated to
the house and share in the profits Of the
company at the end of the year, besides
receiving their commissions, salaries
and meals. Ali clerks who remain reg
ularly employed, year in and year out.
by house receive their two meals
day. including wine. The salaries of
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Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour - Winter patents, s2.5O@2.s0;
winter straights. S2.25@2.5O; spring
patents, 3.1O@3.6O; spring straights,
S2.20@2.90; bakers, Sl70@2. Wheat
No. 2 spring. 5l1a@52%c; No. spring,
nominal: Noe red. 5l2s@52c. Corn
No. 2, 494c. Oats-No. 2. Csc; No. 2
white. 3oA (@31c: No. white, 3O@301sc.
Rye-No. 2, 47@4719c. Barley-No. 2,
534@5319c: No. 3. 5l@531sc; No. 4, 4Sc.
Flaxseed-No. l. SLAB. Timothy Seed
Prime. S5.50@5.521l. Pork-Mess, per
Dbl, S13.3715@l3.6215. Lard-Per 100 lbs,
$500. Short RiDs-Sides. Qoose), 1880
7.45. Shoulders sailed (boXed),
Sc. 5O@6.621a. Sides-Short clear (boxed),
s7.70@7.90. Whisky - Distillers' fin
ished goods, per gal, S1.33. Sugars
unchanged. Corn-No. 3 yellow. 49c.
Receipts-Flour, $1,000 bbls; wheat,
$4,000 bu; corn, 10000 bu; oats. 1922
600 bu; rye. 5 900 bu; barley, 12S,O0O blu.
Shipments-Flour. 5000 bbls; wheat.
$4,000 bu; corn. 10000 bu; oats, 10000
bu; rye. 1000 Blu. barley, 100000. On
the produce exchange today the butter
market was steady; creamery. 15@25c;
dairy. 14@21c. Eggs firm; l6M@1715c.
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DIARY OF A SUMMER GIRL,
Minis.


l am inclined to think that if had
really known what wedding was l
should never have promised to marry
Herbert. 1t was awful.
Presents kept coming all the time
during the last few days. Every mail.
every express, every delivery wagon
brought piles of silver and stuff. At
first it was exciting. but it got to be
bore, and l have a hideous suspicion
that got names and gifts mixed in my
notebook. For instance, 1t seems
impossible that sweet. Old-fash-
Toned Mrs. Endicott could have
sent me that picture of all Egyp
tan dancing girl, and Dolly Dareit, the
lovely Illuminated missal. But that is
what my note book says. Moreover. L
cannot believe that dear DR.. FOurthly.
who christened me and prepared me for
confirmation, could have sent that eX-
QuiSite edition of Petrarch's Sonnets,
and Will Dale, with whom l used to
read Italian. the beautiful silver aud
white Thomas attempts. But my note
book says SO!
Almost every one sent ladies and
spoons. That may not be quite true,
but it is nearly so. Most of them will,
of course, have to be changed. There is
no end in duplicates of cut glass and
Dresden china, too. l have arranged
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the great majority are extremely small.
So what is gained in one way Is lost in
another. From commissions on sales an
ordinary clerk, it he is Jealous, may
make $500; if he is lazy the sum will not
pass $500. In each case his salary would
be little more than 50 or So week. OF
course, as he mounts up into places of
trust, all these sums are increased many
times over.
The "chef de rayon," or head of de-
partment, is much more important
man Tor woman than the head OF con.
siderable shop would be ON the old
plan. At the beginning of each month
the director of the whole establishment
gives to each of these chefs the credit
which they can dispose of during tine
next four weeks. 1t is determined by
recent sales and the corresponding
sales of the same month in the previous
year. With this credit the chef has to
stock his department. This may require
frequent Journeys to Lyons for silks, to
Belgium for laces, to GrenOble for
gloves, and SO on. Sometimes these
simple employees can turn the scale in
favor of some national manufacture.
Thus one of the chefs at the Louvre has
been the means of establishing velvet
factory in France, where goods are pur.
many. To these higher places the low
est clerk can mount by successive steps.
There are many lucrative posts by the
way And, in general. each emplOye
has a moral right to count on retaining
his place, with his chance for promo
ton, as if he were in civil service. 1t
Is the French habit never to discharge
clerk who behaves himself.
One of the chefs de rayon in each of
the great shops is in very curious
position. 1t is he of the glove depart
ment. The establishment expects to
lose on all his sales enough his COM
OF each month he is bound to show a
deficit. The mission of the glove
counter is everywhere in Paris chiefly
for advertising. The price of the gloves
is marked up on an average at only 4
per cent net above the cost. Now, as
the running expenses of these establish
ments are from 16 to II per cent of the
total business, the glove counter is con-
stantly losing at the rate Of from IL to
Is per cent. Exchanges. accidents and
bad bargains further increase the loss
This may explain the dozens of gloves
ordered by every American lady pass
Ing through Paris, and why SO many
gloves are sent home to America sealed
up in letters Zone glove in each letter..
The Temptation TO steal.
In the advertising way there are
other things than gloves. The Louvre
gives away each year $4,000 worth of
toy balloons, lettered with the name,
to children whose parents have brought
them to the shop on their search for
"veritable occasions"-i e., real bar.
gains. Another item OF expense con-
sists in the undetected thefts. These
amount in both the Bon Marche and
the Louvre to $4,000 year. At the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30
Duluth Wheat.

DULUTH, Mimi. Sept. 90 Wheat
opened strong. ssc advanced, at 554c
for December ana 591ac for May. The
market ruled easy Immediately follow
ing the opening, selling down to 591sc
for May before II O'clock, after which
prices were better and the market
closed strong and fairly active, &c adj
vanced for spot wheat and nc up for
futures. Stocks will increase about
$4,000 bu shipments were about $50, 900
bu during the week. Receipts about
1880 bu. Mills took 10000 blu. Close:
No. l hard, sic: No. northern. cash.
551ac bid; to arrive. September, 551sc;
December. $500 bid; May, $500 asked;
cash No. 2, 52115c; No. 8. soc; rejected,
4615c; flax, Sl.4O bid; rye, 45c; barley,
45@50c; oats. 3114@32c. Receipts,
wheat, 259.55G bu: oats. 1926 bu; rye.
245 bu; barley. 1852 bu; flax, 1l,3O9
blu. Wheat, $500 blu. Cars
wheat inspected in, 297; oats. 4; rye, l;
flax, 43; barley. 40; year ago. 422.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30
DR.. TELLER,
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Dr. Feller, who has hac many years OF er
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30
Bewa re of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

As mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten
fold to the good you can possibly derive
from them. HalPs Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. J.Cheney & Co., Toledo,
O., contains no mercury, and is taken
Internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken
internally. and made in Toledo, Ohio,
by F. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
BS Sold by Druggists; price. 75c per
bottle.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30

of tho seven biggest shops, and owns
three of the others. 1t is slillin the
hands of the family that made this
great change in French commerce.
Belle Jardiniere" means the Beautiful
Garden Girl; it is sample of the names
which the French have always been
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30

Results OF treatment. aged men and women
The awful effects of youthful errors. producing
weakness. nervous debility, nightly emissions,
consumption. insanity, exhausting drains and loss
of power OF the generative organs uniting for
study business and marriage is quickly cured b
DIR. Rodriguez Spanish Nerve Grains. They no
ouy cure by starting at the seat of disease, but
great Nerve Tonic and Blood Builder bring, ng
the Fire Of Youth to the patient. BY mall 81 per
box ORE or s., with written guarantee 10 cure or
refund the money. Book free. Spanish Nerve
Grain Co, Box 239a New York.
For sale by l. Mussctter Druggist, Fourth and
Wa ba sha streets st Paul. Mimi
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30
Contrary to Custom.

Chennick-A very mysterious case of
the accidental shooting of boy by an
other boy with pistol occurred yester
day.
Dudley-I heard about it. But wha
Is there mysterious connected with it2
Chennick-Why, the boy that had the
pistol knew that it was loaded,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30
WOODWARD & co
Grain
Commission.
Established 1873.
Minneapolis. Duluth.


Range of prices on wheat:
May Opening. 5Sc; highest, SIS; low
est. 575sc; closing, 571s@e5sc. Septem-
bcr- Opening. 54Hc: highest, 541ac;
lowest, 54}sc; closing, 5419c. Decem-
ber-Opening. 54%c; highest. 541sc;
lowest, 541c; closing. 54%c.
On rrack-No. hard. 56hc; No.
northern, 551&c; No. 2 northern, 53k1c.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30
No Chance of Disappointment.

Quick Drop Dan (hospitably)-I want
yer 10 come up to the ranch tonight.
We're to have party md wake.
Eastern Traveller - A wake! But
there's nobody dead, is there?
Quick Drop Dan-Nope. But thar
will be before the party's over.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30

NJ Office IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT l
~ will Offer at public auction. at my office
in Saint Paul, on Saturday. October 2Dth,
1894. at 10 O'Clock n. ~. all pine stumpagc on
state lands exposed to waste or damage, in
accordance with the provisions Of section
z, cheapter IS, General Statutes 1873
A. BIERMANN,
Commissioner of the State Land Office
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30
ROGERS & ROGERS,
Live Stock Commission.
Union Stock Yards, South st. Pau, MINI
Union Stockyards.

Receipts-sOO hogs. $50 cattle, calves,
1880 sheep.
Hogs-Strong and active. Quality
good, except one bunch of poor rang
ers." Yards closed early to packers.
Representative sales-
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Exchange.

CHICAGO. Sept. 29.-Clearings today,
SIS, 361. 900. Total for the week. $50, 629,-
600. Same week last year, 1882. 600.
Money, 1913 per cent on call; soc on
time. New York exchange, 30935c dis
count. Foreign exchange firm; sterling
commercial, S4.S41a94.S5l5.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30
Representative sales

Sheep-DuIl. Receipts were West
ems, going east. There are few hold
overs in the pens, but the market is
glutted and demand will be light for
few days.
Quotations: Muttons, s1.35@2. rs;
lambs, Sl.5O@2.4O; common, 75c@Sl. 25.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30
EXCURSIONS.

A CRUISE TO THE MEDITERRA-
IA mean by specially chartered steamer,
Feb. 6, 1895. visiting Bermuda, Azores. Glib
raltar. Malaga, Grenada, Alhambra. Algers,
Cairo; days Mt Jerusalem, Beyrout, Ephe-
sus. Constantinople, Athens, Rome. etc.
Only S525. all excursions. fees, etc., included.
A. A. Guthrie. Albany. \. y.
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DIR. Rodriguez

Spanisi, Treat
nient. A positive
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cure for Lost Man
hood and all at
tending ailments both
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30

Cdtt!e-2uItt. very IIttIe offered,
and there was not much inquiry, it
being tlfcAast day of the week. Heavy
feeders, veal calves, and fat butcher
cattle all are in good demand.
Quotations.: Prime steers. s3.4O@3. rs ;
good steers, s3@3.40; prime cows,
S2.50@3; good COWS. S2@2.5O; CON-
mon to fair cows, Sl@1.75; light veal
calves. $3.50@4.50: heavy calves, Sl.50@
3; stockers. Sl.25@2; feeders, S2@3;
bulls. s1.25@1.75.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30

and Cattle Feeders, 1900; Reading,
loo; st; Paul. 1O.4Q0; Cordage, LOCO;
Western Union. LOCO,
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Malarial Poison

Results from atmospheric conditions unclean
premises, imperfect ventilation and more fire.
Quently from the deadly SEWER GAS. A gen.
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Mr.. J. A. Rice, Ottawa. Kan writes: For three
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then decided 70 try IF,Hs5HSK few bottles of
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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-17


The well known Phillips Excur-
sion Company has arranged to run
bi-weekly excursions to all princi-
pal California and other Pacific
Coast cities, from all points on the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Railway, via st. Louis, Kansas
City and Denvdr.
The parties will be carried in
Pullman Tourist cars leaving Park
ersburg 200 a. M, Cincinnati s.25
a. m., Thursday, January 25th,
February 9Th and 22ni, March 9Th
and 22nd, and passengers will be
booked through to destination
There are no Pacific Coast tours
Offering 80 good accommodations
at less expense.
For full information, address A.
Phillips 4 Co., 8. e. Corner Fourth
and Vine Streets, Cincinnati, Ohio,
or call on nearest ticket agent OF
the b. & o. 8. w. R'y.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-17
REsoL
Headquarters w. r. z. No. 1926

Headquarters w. r. q. No. 1926.
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased the
Almighty God in his providence to
remove our Sister, Janet Pond,
from our midst, we bow in submis-
sion to his holy will.
Resolved that we deeply feel our
loss, as she was faithful, loyal
and efficient member of our order,
encouraging us by her cheerful
readiness to help in every good
work.
Resolved that our charter be drap.
ed in morning and we wear me-
mortal badges for thirty days, also
Resolved- that. these resolutions
be published in the city papers and
copy presented to the family OF
our Sister.
ESTER SANDERsoN,
LOUISA BROOKE,
ELIZABETH JENNINGS.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-17
THE DOW TAX.
Interesting Statistics in the Report
on Same.

Chief Clerk w. ID. Guilbert, OF
Auditor POe's Office, has just com.
pleted a tabular statement of the
Dow tax collections for the last
six months of 1898. For the pur-
pose of comparison the following
figures are given: 1894. Number
of saloons in the State, 9,Sls; State
general revenue fund, 1858 ,439, 20;
police, $843,O3227; municipal gen.
eral revenue, S4Os, ,7O9.s9; county
poor fund, 1901, 1922; total, 1876
973.67.
1893. Number of saloons, lO,62O;
State general revenue, $27S,9l6,30;
municipal police, 1858, ,ss732; muni-
cipal general revenue, $43l, ,943.21
county poor fund, 1924 ,554.sO; total
$l,204.301.03.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-17

THE editor Oi an exchange, who
apparently knows what he Is writ
ing about, says . newspaper has
5000 readers for every 1000 sub
scribers. A merchant who puts
out 1000 hand bills gets possibly
800 or 900 people to read them
that is If the boy who is intrusted
To distribute them does not chuck
them under the sidewalk. The
hand bills cost as much az a hall
column advertisement in the home
newspaper. All the women and
girls and half Of the men and boys
read the adyeI tisements. Results;
The merchant who uses the news
papers has 1900 more readers tO
each 1000 of its subscribers. 1here
~ no estimating the amount ol
business that advertising does
bring to the merchant, but that
each dollar invested In advertising
brings IL the investor from rs tO e2l
worth of business there can be no
dpght 7a es
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-17
- No money required of respon-
sible parties to begin treatment.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

We cure when others fail
Remember that no disease remains
Dormant.
DR.. Raney, of Columbus, o.. will
be at the Depot House, Logan, O.,
in the interest of DIR. Kistler, the
noted Scientific Specialist in Ner.
vous and Private Diseases on April
Ind from 10 a. IN. to 6 p. m. where
all who desire may consult him
free of charge in the private par
lors of the Hotel.
Come and flnd out what your
disease is and begin treatment
without delay, remembering that
all examinations are free. Write
for free question list.
We cure many direful cases in a
week or two which ordinarily re.
1uire months and other diseases In
few months which usually are
never cured.
How deceptive many diseases
are:-let us illustrate, = Bright's
Disease may be and often is mis-
taken for Heart Trouble, Rheuma-
tism and other Kidney or Bladder
Disease and Dropsy. The symp-
toms are such that you never sus-
pect it but die suddenly. We make
such cases a speciality. 1t is cur
able and we treat it successfully,
whether result of Grip or of other
conditions.
Home treatment supplied for
patients unable to leave their busi-
ness.
DR.. Kistler will pay Railroad
Fare for one visit to his home Office
for any one who makes arrange
ments for taking treatment pre-
vious to their coming, and obtain
the Doctors written consent.
If you cannot go and be examin-
ed by Dr.. Raney, come or write to
DIR. Kistler at Home Office. DIR.
Kistler is prepared to go to any
part of the country in consultation
upon severe cases or will send q
man whose equal is not to be found
anywhere.