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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



E. E. Taeflzer & Co. 



(Incorporated) 



MANUFACTURERS 

 AND DEALERS 



— HIGH-GRADE — 

 Hardwood Lumber 



Band Sawn Thin Stock 

 a Specially 



MAIN OFFICE AND MILL : 

 Florida Ave. and Y. & M. V. R. R. 



MEMPHIS, 



TENN. 



ALSO MILL AT SHORT BEND, ARK. 



WANTED. 



We are in the market for 

 the following lumijer, must be 

 in good dry condition, and if 

 can furnish any or all, please 

 quote us f. o. b. cars shipping 

 point, describing stock, and 

 how soon same can be 

 reached. 



10 10 20 cars 1 In. 1st and 2nd Plain White 

 Oak. 



2 cftrs m in 1st and 2nd Plain White Oak. 



1 car I'i; in. Isl and 2nd IMain While Oak. 



3 cars 1% in. 1st and 2nd Plain White Oak. 



2 cars 2 in. Island 2Dd Plain White Oak. 

 1 car 2i'. in. Ist and 2nd Plain Wliitt- Oak. 

 5 cars 3 in. Isl and 2nd Philn White Oak. 

 1 car 4 In, 1st and 2nd Plain While iiak. 



The above stock must be well manufact- 

 ured, equalized trimmed lengths. Prefer 

 handsawn siock. Could take 15* to 259i of 

 good Common with same. 



We are also In the market tor the following: 

 10 cars 1 In. Common Plain White Oak. 



5 to lOcars 1 in. Island 2nd Plain Red Oak. 

 10 cars 1 In. Common Plain Red Oak. 



FOR SALE. 



2 cars 1 tn, Isl and 2nd Quartered Red Oak. 

 2 cars 1 in. Common Quartered Red Oak. 

 1 car 1 in. x 10 In. and up 1st and 2nd 



Plain Red Oak. 

 1 car IJi In. x 10 In. and up Ist and 2d Ash. 

 'i cur 1'.; In. X 10 in. and U|i 1st and 2nd Ash 

 1 car m in. X 12 In. and up 1st and 2nd Red 



Gum (two years old). 

 1 car 2 in. x 6 In. and up 1st and 2nd Red 



(ium (3 to 4 months old). 

 10 cars 1 in. Gum Crallnj; lumber, can .ship 



rough or d. 2 s. 



3.000,000 ft. 1 in. Poplar. 

 IH', IHand 2 In. bang up stock, all grades 

 and good lengths. 



E.E.TAENZER&CO. 



(Incorporated) 



MEMPHIS 



that he hart a just claim, that I woulrt 

 pay it. 



Altogether, I enjoyed my visit to the 

 offices of the Advance Lumber Company 

 very much. Mr. Christy has gathered 

 about him as bright a lot of young men 

 as you will meet in a journey from the 

 Pacific to the Atlantic, and with Mr. 

 Christy presiding, the Advance Lumber 

 Company cannot fail to make money. 

 That sort of an aggregation would make 

 it anywhere. 



I then went down to call on the Martin- 

 Barriss Company. 



This is an old reputable and reliable 

 concern, whose card will appear on the 

 back page of the Record, a fact upon 

 which we congratulate ourselves. Mr. 

 Martin showed me about the place, and 

 I was surprised to find it one of the 

 best equipped yards in the country. 

 Almost the entire yard is under a shed or 

 a series of sheds, in fact, there is very 

 little lumber that is not under a shed. 

 Then they have a large manufacturing 

 plant. The saw mill was put in to cut 

 their mahogany logs, but they could not 

 keep it running all the time on mahogany, 

 and in the interval they make very fine 

 hardwood lumber from domestic logs. 

 The mill was not running when I was 

 there, being shut down for some purpose, 

 but some very fine logs were on the road- 

 way, and they are in the true sense manu- 

 facturers and dealers. 



Robert H. Jenks Company is another 

 very large concern with different depart- 

 ments, and they wisely decided to adver- 

 tise the hardwood department in the com- 

 ing issues of the Record. 



They were all nice people in Cleveland, 

 and when I thought I had done all the 

 damage I could, and leave things in shape 

 so I could call again some time in the 

 future, I hied nio away to pastures now. 



THE DISAPPEARING COAT. 



1 had a queer experience in Ueaver Falls, 

 Pa. I had never been in the town before, 

 and there were no 'busses to meet the 

 train, so I inquired of a way-faring man 

 the way to the principal hotel in town. He 

 told me that the Grand Hotel was a little 

 ways up the street. A little ways de- 

 veloped into about a mile, and I found 

 the Grand Hotel situated right next to 

 the morgue. 



But it was a very nice hotel and they 

 ,i;ave me a very nice room for $2 a day, 

 overlooking the morgue. Having no rate 

 higher than $2 per day, there was no pri- 

 vate bathroom, but I noticed, as I was 

 shown up to my room, a public bathroom, 

 which seemed to be the only one in the 

 house. I asked the boy if that was for 

 the use of the guests and he told me it 

 was, and accordingly after a good night's 

 sleep, I made my way to the bathroom. 

 It was early in the morning, shortly after 

 G o'clock, and when I noticed there was 

 no soap or towels, I made a trip back to 

 my room to remedy that defect, and imme- 

 diately proceeded to enjoy a bath. It was 



nice warm water and did not cost a cent. 

 So I splashed around at a great rate. 

 Hoopla I No wonder they call it a Grand 

 Hotel. When I was right in the middle 

 of my bath, the chambermaid, who had 

 gone to work in the meanwhile, stuck 

 her head in the door to see what was the 

 matter, but hastily withdrew with a little 

 shriek, from which I inferred that the 

 bathroom was not extensively used. Else 

 why did she shriek? Anyhow, she damp- 

 ened my ardor, and after a hasty rub- 

 down, I donned my nightshirt and went 

 back to my room, where I proceeded to 

 perform a careful toilet. When I had com- 

 pleted my toilet all except my coat, and 

 packed my grip as I went along, I noticed 

 that my coat was gone. Yes, sir, I looked 

 all over the room and it was not there. 

 Then I looked again. Under the bed, be- 

 hind the bed, there was no doubt about it, 

 it had disappeared. I remembered dis- 

 tinctly hanging it on the door right where 

 anyone interested in doing so could reach 

 over the transom, and by a little exertion, 

 secure all my clothes. I remembered 

 when I came to think of it that there was 

 a queer noise of some kind when I awoke. 

 I stirred and coughed and the noise 

 ceased. Evidently someone had reached 

 over the transom and taken the coat and 

 the vest and pants would have followed it, 

 had I not coughed and made a noise. Yes,- 

 sir, you could not fool me, and the land- 

 lord would find out that I was from Chi- 

 ca.go and that he would have to make my 

 loss good. My pants and vest, containing 

 my watch and money, were safe, but the 

 coat was gone. 



However, I would not be rash, but 

 would take another careful look. I did so, 

 and even shook out all the bedclothes to 

 make certain. There was my overcoat 

 hanging on a hat rack in the corner, but 

 no undercoat in sight. I would go down 

 and have it out with the landlord, but in 

 the meantime, fortunately, my overcoat 

 was a short, light coat, which would 

 answer every purpose for the time being. 

 I wanted to be certain that I was not mis- 

 taken and had a notion to call the cham- 

 bermaid to assist me in the search, but 

 felt a slight hesitation in doing so, owing 

 to the contretemps of a few moments ago. 

 So I finally concluded to go on alone, and 

 after thoroughly searching in every con- 

 ceivable place, I proceeded to don my 

 overcoat, and, in doing so. 1 noticed that 

 my overcoat was not my overcoat,- but 

 my undercoat, the coat I had lost. My 

 overcoat was down In the office, and a 

 check for it in my trousers. I did not 

 say a word. 



WORK DONE IN YOUR INTEREST. 



I .got to thinking about it and it occurred 

 to me that you people were not making the 

 amount of money you ought to make and 

 I thought I would get some machinery ad- 

 \ertising. I would have got it before if I 

 had thou.ght of it, but as I was journeying 

 along on the train, I saw the "Enterprise 

 Manul'act iiring Company" on a big sign and 



