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clean piece of parchment paper or the finest butter cloth, and then packed into new wooden containers, this being an exactment of the federal laws, forbidding the use of a package containing butterine the second time; hence every pound of butterine is put into a new, clean wooden package.

The factory at 185-197 East Third avenue, will be at the disposal of the Association of Military Surgeons during the days the members are in the city, and the Capital City Dairy Company sincerely hopes that the members will favor them with their presence during one of the days of the meeting. The general manager, Mr. Henry C. Pirrung, in case any information regarding butterine or its ingredients is desired, places himself at the disposal of the profession in reply to any communication they may make, and will cheerfully furnish any desired knowledge of this product or anything relating or pertaining to it.

COLUMBUS SPECIAL TO THE OHIO STATE
MEDICAL SOCIETY.

Special arrangements have been made with the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad Company as will be observed in our advertising department, page 13, by which it is intended to render special accommodations to those who desire to attend the Cleveland meeting from Columbus and other points along the line. Special cars will be reserved for physicians and their families only, thus enabling them to make the trip more enjoyable, and give an opportunity to renew old acquaintances and make new ones. At Mt. Vernon the train will be joined by the President of the Society. It is to be hoped that Columbus and vicinity will return the compliment paid us by Cleveland last year and send to the Forest City a large delegation, which will not only benefit the Society, but show to our brethren there that we appreciate their interest sufficiently to be there in force and enjoy the literary as well as the social feast which the Committee of Arrangements has prepared for us.

Let every practitioner lay aside the cares of routine practice and join with us in making the Fifty-second Annual Meeting of the Ohio State Medical Society a great success.

The Columbus Special leaves the Union Depot at 6 A. M. Wednesday, May 19th, for the Ohio State Medical Society at Cleveland. Members should purchase a full fare ticket and be sure to have the ticket agent to give them a certificate of the purchase over the C., A. & C. R. R., which certificate must be presented at Cleveland in order to get a return ticket at one-third the regular fare.

The reduced fare to Cleveland over the Columbus Special for the round trip from Columbus is only $5.25 on the regular coach, or $5.75 for the chair car.

Those who desire to join the COLUMBUS SPECIAL will please notify Dr. R. Harvey Reed, 68 Buttles avenue, or Mr. C. E. Winterringer, 83 North High street, Columbus, Ohio, in writing, designating in their notice whether they desire to go in the regular car or the chair coach, in order that space may be reserved and over-crowding avoided; it being the desire of the management of the C., A. & C. R'y Co. to have ample room for everyone and make the trip pleasant to all.

THE MANUFACTURE OF MILITARY GOODS IN COLUMBUS.

"Your plant is so much more extensive than I expected, that I am surprised," is frequently the expression of those who visit the military manufacturing establishment of The M. C. Lilley & Co. the first time. "How is it," said one of these, "that you located in Columbus with so extensive a business of this kind"? One of the management, answering this, said, that they did not locate here, they were born and raised here, and the business increased so rapidly that they had no time to consider the propriety of moving elsewhere. The business began in a very modest way, in 1865, and steadily increased and prospered, until to-day a larger business in their line of goods is done by The M. C. Lilley & Co. than by any other three similar concerns combined. How was this result accomplished? As in all cases where there is a decided success, there are a number of factors that jointly produced the result; but there are two of these factors that have most largely contributed to this success. The first of these is the loca

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tion in a small city. This made it impracticable for them to purchase, conveniently, many of the articles for which they receive orders, that can be purchased, readily, in a large city like New York or Chicago, and compelled them, as their business developed, to gradually organize all these branches of manufacture. until they now have fourteen separate and distinct shops, each making its own line of goods. Thus most of the many thousand different articles sold by them are made under their immediate supervision, and they can usually have them made, as their experienced judgment decides they should be made, to prove satisfactory to the customer. The great advantage of these varied facilities can be appreciated by those who have tried to have articles made by manufacturers who do not make a specialty of making such articles.

The second prime factor of the success of this establishment is that those who organized and most of whom still manage it, are rather old-fashioned men, carrying out the old-time business idea that to give satisfaction to your customer, both in style and durability of goods made, is of first importance. And by continuing to buy from them, year after year, many thousand customers bear testimony that The M. C. Lilley & Co. are successful in giving them satisfaction with the military and society goods they manufacture.

The plant is divided into three general divisions, each occupying a separate building. The main building, in which ten of the shops, the salesrooms, stockrooms and office are located, is a building 113 by 130 feet, outside measurement, five stories and basement. This building is in the form of a hollow square, above the first floor, having a fire-proof tower in the center. In the tower are located the stairways, elevator and toilet rooms. The tower has an open space of 15 feet or more, all around it, and is connected with the building by three wide covered bridges on each floor, so that in case of fire in any room, the smoke from the fire will not get into the tower stairs and prevent the escape of the employes. An additional wide stairway is placed in the rear of the building, between fire walls running through the roof, and connecting with the rooms on all the floors by very wide fireproof sliding doors. These fire-proof sliding doors are used in every doorway in the building, made to close automatically should fire come near them. That the means of egress provided

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