The  Michigan  Tradesman.
Hillers, Attention

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY 27,  1889.

That love, as It should be, was a prize too rare to be lightly won,
And that confidence deep at the root of it lies ere love-life has  begun.

+  VOL.  6.

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Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  B o w s e ,  P resid en t.

G e o .  C.  P ie r c e ,  V ic e  P r e sid e n t.

H .  W .  N a s h ,  C ash ier
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

T ra n sa c ts a  g e n e r a l  b a n k in g   b u sin e ss.

GRIND  RAPIDS,  NIGH.

We are making  a  Middlings 
Purifier and Flour Dresser that 
will save you their cost at least 
three times each year.
They  are  guaranteed  to  do 
more  work in less  space (with 
less  power  and  less  waste) 
*.ym.n  any  other  machines  of 
their  class.
Send  for  descriptive  cata­
logue with testimonials.
Martin’s  Hidiliis  M e r   Co„
EDMUND B.DIKEMRN
Watch ffaker 
s Jeweler,
44  GRNÄL  8T„
(M .
Grand Rapids,  ■ 

THE  GREAT

2 0 0 0   Cigars  Free!

On o r about April 1st, 1889. we  propose p u ttin g  a  new 
bran d  of cigars on th e m ark et w hich  we  shall  sell  to 
th e trad e a t $33 00 p er thousand.  Now we w an t a  name 
fo r th is cigar, and w ant it badly.  Hence we  m ake th e 
above  offer  of  1000 of these cigars  (the first thousand 
made) to  uny w holesale o r reta il dealer  who  will send 
us an  original nam e th a t will be acceptable, subject to 
th e  follow ing conditions, v iz.:
1st.  The name m ust be one  th a t has n ever been used 
fo r  a   cig ar  an d   one  upon  which  we can g e t a  trad e­
m ark  paten t.
2nd.  The  nam e  m ust  to   us  upon a  le tte r head, bill 
head or card o f th e firm o r m em ber of the firm  sending 
it.  The firm m ust be a   bona  fide  re ta il  o r  wholesale 
dealer  in  cigars.  Names  from   all  o th ers  will  be re­
jected. 
J
3rd.  This nam e m ust n o t reach us la te r  th an   March 
15th, 1889, as th e  aw ard will be m ade  on M arch  31st,  or 
as soon th ere a fte r as possible.
1th.  The aw ard o r salection o f th e  nam e  w ill be left 
to a  com m ittee of th ree (3) consisting of th e  editors of 
th e follow ing papers published in th is c ity :  The  F lint 
E vening  Journal,  The  W olverine  Citizen,  The  F lint 
Globe.  We 
selected 
by th is com m ittee, and if  upon  investigation, we  find 
it h as never been used  as a   cig ar  bran d ,  we  will  fo r­
w ard to  th e  w inner  one  thousand  cigars  by  exprees, 
charges prepaid. 
^
5th.  Should th e  com m ittee select a   nam e,  th a t  h ad  
been sent to us by m ore  th a n   one  firm   o r  d ealer, the 
thousand  cigars  will  go  to   th e  first  firm  o r  dealer 
sending it, as all names will  be  num bered  in  ro tatio n  
as received.  No firm  o r dealer will be allowed  to  send 
m ore th a n  one name.
A postal card containing th e  aw ard  o r  selection  by 
th e  com m ittee w ill be m ailed to  a ll contestants.
Address,

shall  accept 

nam e 

th e 

G E O .  T .  W A R R E N   &  CO .,

Mfrs. H igh Grade Cigars._____________ F l in t ,  M id i

G.  M.  MUNGER  &  CO.,
Successors to Allen’s Laundry
M ail a n d  E x p r e s s  o rd ers  a tte n d e d   to  w ith  
p io m p tn e s s .  N ic e   W o r k , Q u ic k  T im e  

G R A N D   R A P I D S .

S a t is f a c tio n  G u a r a n te e d .

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W .  E .  H A L L ,  J r ., 

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WHIPS
W A N T E D !

Rapids, Mich.

We want stocks of goods in exchange 
for $100,000 worth of productive  real 
estate in Lansing city property and im 
proved farms.

Lansing Mich

R. A.  CLARK & CO.

Real  Estate Brokers 

DfllilEL L Y P

S u c c e s so r   t o   F R E D   D .  Y A L E  &  CO ,,

M anufacturer of

F la v o r in g   E x tr a c ts, 

B a k in g   P o w d e r , 
B lu in g ,  E te
Grocers  id   Drniists’  Sundries.

And Jobber of

Call and inspect  our  new  establishment 

when in the city.
19  S.  IONIA  ST.

WHLES  -  GOODYERR

and Connecticut Rubbers.

M a k e  a   S p e c ia lt y  o f  C o lle c t io n s .  A c c o u n t s  

o f  C o u n tr y  M e r c h a n ts  S o lic it e d .

DO YOU WANT A SHOWCASE?

S P E C I A L   O F F E R —This sty le of oval case;  best 
q u ality ;  a ll  glass,  heavy  double 
th ick ;  panel  or 
sliding doors;  fall length  m irro rs  and  sp rin g   hinges; 
solid ch erry  o r w alnut fram e, w ith  or  w ith o u t  m etal 
corners, 
trim m ings; 
S feet long,  28  inches  wide,  15  inches  high.  P r ic e , 
¡8 1 1 ,  n e t   c a s h . 
I m ake th e sam e style  of  case  as  above,  17  Inches 
high, from  w alnut, cherry, oak or ash,  fo r $2 p er foot. 
Boxing an d  c artag e free.

e x tra   heavy  base; 

silv etta 

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D.  D.  C O O K ,

21  Scribner St.,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

THE 
PA.KA
in  Ladies’,  Misses’  and  Children’s,  Heels  and 
G.  R .  M a y h e w ,
86 Monroe St., Grand Rapids

Spring Heels.

A   L E S S O N   O F   T O -D A Y .
Where the bright New England villages are busy with thrift and gain—
And city is linked with country by the grip of the railway train—
With moss-grown roof and shingled sides, painted the soberest brown.
A dwelling stands amid the trees, its front door toward the tow n;
And even this old-fashioned seems, w ith knocker on one side,
And half-doors, double bolted, but which can swing open wide.
No Mansard, tiles or fancy slate;  its garret windows old,
Are relics of the by-gone days when homespun goods were sold;
No winter’s wind can shake the pile, for from the great oak  trees 
The sturdy woodsmen hewed the beams, w ith ax-marks on the knees:
The glazing—set in six-inch panes, from sand-specks not quite C lear- 
Through which, with plumb-straight vision, all distant things look queer:
But in the “big room,” sunrise-faced, in all its state and pride,
Two modern windows give a view upon a mountain’s side.
Close-wedged, and meeting at the base, the hills look grandly down,
And streams their rugged paths have traced down  from the m ountain’s crown 
While in the spring the shifting shades lie softly in the sun,
And buds of blossoming trees are seen when spring has scarce begun.

Away up in the Granite State, where skies and hills are blue,
There lived a man of large estate;  his bond and word were true.
Plain, honest and hard working, he had fought his way through life,
And found, despite its sears and blows, a victory in the strife.
He lived in a quiet, country- way;  his family lived the same,
Though Thomas, the son, inclined to be gay, and justly earned the name 
Of coming home from trips to town when the moon was bright and  cold,
And the cherry-wood clock, w ith steady stroke, the midnight hour had tolled;
When sister Hanuah, loving girl, sat up to let him  in,
Knowing that Tom was a bit of a churl, and thought such hours no sin.
A country household;  only four—father, mother, daughter and son—
With just a touch of the city in Tom's clothes and his fun.

“ Boys will be boys,” the fath er’d say,

W ith a knowing look at wife.

• And all the youngsters w ant their way 

In the early days of life.

Our Tom will settle down at last,

And when he does we’ll see 

His wild oats sown are rooted fast,

And a steady man he’ll b e!”

Then, quite w ith a sigh, she’d nod and think.

Though never a chiding look was  there,

That she could, if she would, w ith the slyest whik,

Tell a certain man w ith a serious air 

How he used to go it when he was young,
And courting a certain Miss Sarah Lane,

Till bells for the wedding in church were rung,

And then the fact was certainly plain—

That his start in life was the clothes he wore:

His capital, health and a Will 

To work his way in the world, and more—

A rich m an’s place to fill.

No board in all the country round with more good cheer was spread,
And many a holiday gathering closed w ith late stars overhead—

For Timothy’s wife, so plain and good,

Knew how to keep  things right.

And governed her house, as good wives should,

With everything in sight.

She made all welcome, knowing well, w henever the dark days  came,
That after work there was time to play, and taught her child the same.
No rustic beauty, golden-haired, w ith eyes for a poet’s pen,.
Her daughter H annah suitors found ’mongst all the honest men.
And Timothy’s stock and acres broad, so fine for grass and grain,
Were fair inducem ents, solid, sure, why Hannah should change her name;
And yet, unpromised, her heart was free.  “Time  enough,” was the silent thought; 
For father and mother and Tom and the farm  kept Hannah's heart-strings taut.

Tom gave his confidence  (when he chose)  and took good care to tell 
How the Boston men dined at  the club, and treated him  so well.
He painted glowing pictures, how the smartest State Street men 
Made fortunes large by “dipping in the m arket now and  then.”
Then, as the run to Meadowbrook was a short ride from the  town,
The friends he always went w ith were oft “invited down,”
And w hen the leaves were scattered and the air was crisp and still.
These city chaps, w ith dog and gun, shot over wood and h ill;
So the farm er’s simple household was made merry over night,
And Tom’s new-found acquaintances were always “ treated right."

The smoke in curls ascended from the thoughtful farm er’s  pipe,
In dreams of Tom's well-doing, when his  projects should be ripe,
And the fragrance of Havanas spread through the filmy cloud,
As financial problems solved themselves, and  every one seemed proud,
To know that something higher  than the farm  work was Tom’s bent,
And to give their boy a showing both the parents were intent.
Then Hannah found some pleasure in attentions paid to her.
When Beverly Jones brought down his team, she certainly couldn't demur 
At enjoying the “spin”  he offered;  for the bays stepped well together,
And the monogrammed afghan felt so warm in the cool October weather.
Poor Beverly Jones had tossed about the cross-seas on Life's tide,
And could tell stories, in his way, of countries far and wide.
He had traveled till the Old World, beneath his wandering feet,
Was fam iliar in its by-ways as the narrowest Boston street.
He had sauntered over  England;  cut squares of London fog;
He had visited K illarney;  had  explored each Irish bog;
He had “done” the pretty Tyrol, and in Russia had gone far—
But for Nihilistic troubles, m ight  have v-sited the Czar, 
m  fair, seductive Paris, he found pleasure, but no  harm,
Still, all this lore of distant lands for him  had little charm.
But State Street was the province where all w ith promise glistened,
As he told his pleasant story to the girl who sighed—and listened.
Her brother Tom, his nearest friend, deserved a better show
Than could be found in Meadowbrook, where everything was “ slow.”
The “Great Galvanic Company” had a Treasurer’s vacant chair 
W hich Tom could fill—if Hannah’s words would only place him there.
From w andering here and wandering there, taking the world at best,
Jones needed H annah’s love and then would settle down and rest.
So. H annah’s heart-strings loosened, as she thought of Tom’s success— 
she really fancied Jones much more than she would yet confess—
■  And while the practiced driver kept the horses swift and straight,
She knew that time was fully ripe and said “Yes!” at the gate.

3 Maybe the bracing autum n air made Hannah’s cheeks so red;

Maybe a doubting thought the cause, when the little word was said ;
But when the farm er’s daughter pressed her cold hands on his cheek,
And looking down from ’hind his chair, essayed her part to speak,
The old man gave his spectacles a hitch above his brow,
And saw just w hat was coming, not knowing why, or how.

3   So, they talked the m atter over, w ith Tom in highest glee

At w hat he would (and wouldn’t)  do, when Treasurer he should be.
And Timothy Green, in earnest of w hat he meant to  do,
When Tom should be successful, and to help the project through,
W ith trembling lip and tear-dimmed eye, and rather husky tones,
Gave Tom the bonds to buy the stock—and Hannah's hand to Jones;
But, when the blazing logs were low, and the sitting-room grew  chill,
Though bed-time came, w ith hand in hand, he sat w ith Sarah still.
Soon all the village gossips caught  the news and sent it ’round,
That Hannah Green, the quiet girl, a city beau had  found;
And suitors, not quite jilted, still confessed to feeling sore,
Talked of the coining marriage and wondered more and  more 
Where Tom found brains enough to play the m ining magnate’s part,
Where  one side of the bargain was his sister H annah’s heart.
Good Timothy Green at first felt sad;  he pondered long and well 
W hether the match was good or bad, and, pondering, could not tell.
■Tones talked of stocks in large amounts, was alternately “long” or “short;”
He mentioned his several bank accounts, and deemed it merely sport 
To take in a thousand shares or so, but seldom seemed content 
To find on his balance-sheet a show of less than ten per cent.
The Great Galvanic, his special pride, kept quiet since it started,
For prudential reasons, was little known ’till with treasury stock he’d parted,
And a “ flyer” which Timothy Green had made, with margin in Jones’ hands,
Had shown a profit quick and large—better than crops or lands.
Tom told how the property, far out West, in the most  auriferous ground,
Had croppings and leads surpassing the  best—the richest deposits found;
That money was needed, and work to be done, to avoid a “jum p” to the claim, 
And handed a parcel of stock, with notes, to which Timothy signed his name, 
While liberal Jones, to make things right, turned over a thousand  shares 
As nest-egg for “Mother,” while the price was low, lest a rise come unawares,
And Tom declared that, very soon, the Galvanic’s ore would  sell,
And nothipg in the mining camps had ever promised half so  well.
Then Jones, in loving words and deeds, impatient was and grew so dear 
That, though the engagement promise stood, “no wedding for a year,”
The day was set the dresses bought, and preparations made 
By all the little household—and the bills were promptly  paid.
Then Hannah moved about the house, as everything progressed,
And in the new life coming a bride’s delight she  guessed,
Giving a woman’s trust and love—her  whole heart In her hand,
Teaching her woman’s nature in her faith to understand

In silent moments she asked herself 
If Beverly’s heart were hers.
And w hether a dowry of lands or pelf 
In love-thonght ever  occurs;
And w hether the man who had traveled wide,
Who had flirted  with ladies fine,
In seeking an honest country bride,
Loved her more than Galvanic Mine.

With easy grace Jones scorned the doubt.  His was no sunshine love, he said,
And laughingly kissed a tear away, as Hannah playfully tossed her h ead :
He needed a wife to share his luck;  a woman loving, pure and good;
His love-vows were no romance—she might test them as she would.
Three months had passed;  just ninety days, in the lovers’ calendar counted out.
The old brown house was gayest, and the neighbors round about
Were bid to the w edding;  and Jones’ friends their most engaging powers asserted,
As they danced a reel with Meadowbrook girls, and with the prettiest toyed and flirted: 
W hile the spinsters admired the  traveling dress and argued w hether or no 
There was luck for a bride on a stormy day, when away in the snow she’d go.
Then short farewells were spoken;  the  old folks had their say;
The handful of rice and a slipper were  thrown far after the sleigh.
And the covered trunk, with initials new, checked out on the train that night,
Had a Bible from mother, with passages marked, ’neath the clothing hid from sight.
There were silent hours for Timothy Green when the day’s work was completed;
The house seemed strange, with  Hannah away, when wife and he were seated;
He complained that his “specs were cloudy,” and a tear, like a bright glass bead,
Fell down on the sheet before him, w hen her  letters he tried to read.
She wrote of her new acquaintances, of her cosy cottage room.
So bright with books ana pictures that nowhere was there gloom;
Told how the folks who called on her, so friendly seemed inclined,
That no young bride, In city life, such  kindly friends could find.
They lived in a suburb, a few  miles out, in one of the prettiest spots,
Of a half-fledged village, with some “swell” folks who owned the corner Jots,
And the shaded lane leading toward the house, hid from inquisitive eye 
W hat the inmates m ight be doing, from neighbors inclined to pry.

So time rolled on—spring, summer, fa ll;
Each w ith its changes, in-doors and out,
W ith varied pleasures, sorrows small,
And some regret, and little doubt.
A summer visit to New Hampshire’s hills,
Closed but too soon, left Hannah free 
To think of granite rocks and winding rills 
Where often, girl-like, she so loved to be.
Thanksgiving came;  the big New England feast 
Its own good praises had good right to sing 
In home-made dishes, neither last nor least,
And sounds of laughter made the old house ring.

She sat an hour In her childhood’s room, w ith m other by  her  side.
‘Twas not for any complaining word, but for old times, she cried;
And the story, slowly given, came unbidden, piece by piece.
That she longed for the country  homestead, and from city life release.
For Tom was little comfort, with money enough to spend,
When Jones and he thought duty done, dispatches they would send 
Of “Kept in town.  Directors meet.  Home late, to-night.”  And soon 
She found her husband’s company a privilege and a boon.
The friends who came to dine and wine made Bedlam of the night,
And many a game was played and won, w ith money kept from  sight.
Quick visits were so often made, to some distant place, not  named,
That Hannah, In trust of Beverly’s word, felt doubting and ashamed 
To ask the reason, since for business needs ’twas best;
And Tom, w ith satchel duly packed, had  started for the West.
As Treasurer, he had gone away, to “see how the claim panned out,”
And H annah was left alone to love, to watch, to think, to doubt.
Still, true to her trust, and true to herself, she hid her sorrows deep.
Till often the morning hours found her sobbing herself to sleep.
There was talk on the Street of the Galvanic Mine, the m arket  full of stock,
And careful paragraphs promptly said the concern had reached  “pay rock;”
The loans required to help the scheme and ship the glistening  ore 
Were rapidly taken, Jones declared, by bankers who asked for more;
And the Board of Directors—all his friends—to make things right and  fair 
Proposed a trip to London—Jones could place a big block  there;
The mission—a confidential one—no word must now  betray;
Not even their nearest neighbor must know he was going away.
“Ju st a  few weeks, my darling—then—hack again to you.
I’d take you along for the pleasure, but this must be hurried through.
In their neat, bay-windowed chamber, w ith its carefully-shaded light,
They sat alone and listened, on one early summer  night—
H annah to pattering rain drops fast beating upon the pane,
\n d  Jones, with quick ear, waiting for hoof falls In the  lane.
She fancied her husband started, as, pressing his hands to his head,
He seemed to be watching for something w hich he waited for in dread.
He listened to the sudden wind, then turned the light down  dim,
And she thought she felt him shudder as she put out her arms to him.
••There!  th ere!”  he said, and held her head down to his shoulder tight,
“Only a run to London, then all will come out right.
The Galvanic must be floated—”  A sound of horses’ feet,
The grating of wheels on the graveled road, and out in the village street 
\. wagon stood ’neath the dripping trees.  A knock at the small side door.
\ n d  Jones’ greeting to some one he “expected an hour before.”
Below  in the library, she could hear the visitor’s measured  tread,
\ s solemn it seemed, and as steady, as theirs who carry the dead.
Her husband called.  She found his friend talking in accents low.
They started as she entered, and all that she heard was “Go!”
"Twas an intim ate friend of the dining set, and he spoke w ith air polite:
"This trip abroad’s quite sudden.  He must ride into town to-night.”
\  a im foreboding of evil and temples w hich throbbed w ith  pain,
As she held up her lips, with a smothered sigh, for the good night kiss again.
No man  with heart not made of stone, could have looked in her quiet face,
Where doubt and anxiety held their own, but distrust showed no trace—
And Jones had  a little of softer stuff than granite in his, to his praise,
As he saw the beseeching, loving look in Hannah’s steady  gaze:
“A w et ride, and a fast one;  I’ll be back in the  morning, pet;
Don’t worry for me till the ship sails—I’m not on the ocean  y e t!”
Few words to her—one lingering kiss—and a light from the doorway shone 
Upon the drizzling rain w hich fell, and Hannah was left alone.
Away  in the dark, the men had gone—and H annah’s heart went, too;
For she loved the man who had left her, and her heart to its pledge was tru e :
Too true to its vows, indeed it was—for with the dawn of day
There came other men, with questions  sharp, for him who had gone away.
Her denial of his flight was true.  She did not know the rest,
And answered, w ith her firmest tone when inquires were pressed.
One man, despite his rough, round face, saw ju st how matters  stood:
He was used to detective duty, but he knew w hat it was to be good.
“Your husband’s fled from justice, ma’am ;  you’d better leave this place.
It’s hard, I know, ma’am, but  you’re brave—look trouble  in the face.
The ‘Great Galvanic’ bubble’s burst;  your father’s in the lurch,
Since Beverly Jones, its President, took you for his bride in church.
T reckon you knew but one of  his names—he’s pretty well known over-sea,
\n d  h e ’s worked it well, w ith his Galvanic Mine, and  dividends yet to b e .
The game’s up now.  Of these things here, whatever’s really your o w * - 
W hatever you had before you became the wife of him that’s flown—
You may take away—but at once, you see—for before to-morrow night 
There’ll be an inventory here, and everything sealed up  tight.”
The mystery of her lonely nights;  the story a gossiping neighbor told;
The stock in the mine that Tom had  bought:  the shares to her father soul.
The weary hours of watching;  her husband’s strange  reserve:
The actions she, for love of him, neglected to observe;
The many cunning stragatems of which she had not  thought.
Came in ’a moment’s memories, and each its sorrow  brought.
“Is this all true?  God help me th e n !  I’m strong—pray, let me go !”
She murmered, staggering to her room ;  then turned, and whispered low :
“Back to my dear old home again—I’ve father and mother there!
Then'll take me back to them again.”  A strange and vacant stare 
Was the look from out her brown eyes then, as all her strength gave way.
And  with face pressed to the pillow, a half-crazed woman lay.
“You sent that message last night, Bob?”  one of the officers said,

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‘W hat’s t h a t ? ---- ------------ 
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There’s a hatful of trouble inside—and outside—things are queer.
The train was in ;  and soon there came a sturdy,  brave old man,
Who took his child to his arms again, as only a father can.
“Bad business, boys!”  he said to the men.  “This  girl was all my hope.
She’s fallen into a villain’s hand;  but there’s always an end to a rope.
W hatever’s hers I’ll take w ith me—the rest belongs to the Law.
A sorry day for the folks at home when H annah that man saw .
Softly and tender the good man spoke, as the sorrowing girl looked up:
No word of reproach was uttered;  no drop to her misery’s cup.
The staunch New England farmer put back the coming tear,
For H annah was all his own again—his duty was plain and clear.
A lesson most bitter he had learned, and Tom must learn it, too:
For his path in the world was rugged;  he must fight his own way through.

The old house looked almost the same.  The  wife stood at the door,  .
As the faltering steps of the stricken girl fell on the sill once more;
And the half-doors swung wide open, as they had done years ago.
When Hannah was in short clothes and the fields were white with  snow.
She had gone away in the winter.  More than a year had passed;
There  were  leaves  on  the  trees  for  her  welcome  now;  the  brook  ran  free  ana  ia si, 
A mother’s fond kiss greeted her, as she, weeping, bowed her head.
W ith loving hands she clasped her, and a silent prayer was said.
“She’s home again with us, Sarah.  Poor H annah’s not to  blame;
Many a foolish woman has suffered and borne the same.
I’ve worked for many years, my dear ;  I’ve roughed it hard and long;
But I’m sound in health and mind, w ife;  these tough old  arms are strong,
There’s a good New Hampshire farm  still left—there’s plenty of ground to till— ,
It made me rich once, Sarah—and it’s good for a big crop still;
So ju st be kind to Hannah—she’s back again once more—
Thank God, she has a fa th e r!”  And he closed the old half-door—
Shut out the world, and kept the love of the parents fast w ithin:  .
There was still a home for Hannah, and her error had been no sin.
“We’ll stick to the farm and farming—I know w hat stock will bring—
The other kind, not fed on grass, will do for that State Street ring.
We’ll give them the Great Galvanic, when I’ve plowed it under deep.
We’ve something in this homestead—this broad old farm  we’ll keep.
If Tom don’t care to farm  It—wants m ining shares and trash,
He may work his way on credit—but without my name or cash.”

C h a r l e s  C h a m b e r l a in .

NO. 284.

THE  OVERGAITER CRAZE.

They Are Fashionable Now and AH the 

Girls Wear Them.

From  th e P hiladelphia Record.

These  overgaitered 

A girl with rosy cheeks and the dream­
iest of  dreamy eyes strolled down Chest­
nut street recently as proud as a peacock. 
She  was  very  fashionably  dressed, and 
there  was  in  her  attire  a  harmonious 
blending of colors which at once stamped 
her  as a  young  lady of  exquisite  taste. 
But  she  seemed  oblivious  of  all  her 
pretty finery, and, as was plain to be seen 
from  her  frequent  looks  to the ground, 
was  conscious  only  of  a  dainty pair of 
russet-colored  overgaiters  that  encased 
her tiny feet,  and  the  admiring  glances 
of  a  small  knot  of  whimpering  dndes 
who  ogled  her  vulgarly,  yet  smiliDgly, 
from the opposite side of the street.  She 
was  proud of  her  gaiters,  and  she  put 
each  foot  forward  with  a  vigor  that 
showed it.  By and by another  girl came 
along, and she wore overgaiters,  too, and 
just as proudly as her predecessor.
apparitions  of 
charming  femininity became so frequent 
that a reporter  who  witnessed  the  pro­
cession called upon a a swell foot-dresser 
to inquire  about  the  cause  of  the great 
turn-out.
“Oh!  it’s all  the  rage  now,” said he,
and  when  the  flowers  bloom  in  the 
spring  it  will  seem  curious  to  see  a 
young girl, or a  young  man, either, who 
does not wear  the  articles. 
It is purely 
matter  of  style,  of  course,  and  the 
fashion  was  revived  in  London  by the 
swell  society women  last  fall, and  was 
sent over by the Johnnie  Bulls  to  their 
American cousins by cable.
‘I tell you what it is, young man, there 
are no barnacles on the  fashionable peo­
ple on this side of  the  briny deep  when 
they want to tak^.  hold of  a fashion that 
has  been  set J p   the  other side, as was 
shown  when  Tue  Directoire  wedding 
dresses were broughtout.  At a wedding 
in Paris  the  bride  and  bridesmaids ap­
peared before the minister in these robes. 
Two  days  afterward all  Europe  knew 
about the affair and  there was a rush for 
Directoire  wedding  costumes,  but  an 
alert American newspaper correspondent 
cabled over here a minute  description of 
the articles and they were in  general use 
here as soon as they were in Europe.
“But, to return to the overgaiters.  They 
will be generally worn in the spring, and 
nobody  can  deny  that  they are a hand­
some  addition to a well-dressed  man  or 
woman’s  walking  costume.  There, you 
see that old gentleman  going  up  on the 
other side ?  See  those  overgaiters,  and 
how  nicely they set  off  his  shapely pat­
ent  leather  shoe  and  stylish  trousers ? 
He is a man  who  probably wore them in 
his  younger  days,  when it was almost a 
crime not to have  several  pairs of  them 
at least—one pair to match each costume. 
Even now I see a great  many young men 
wearing  them, and if  this  weather  con­
tinues  they will  be  all the rage in a few 
months.
“What  do  they cost?  Well,  they can 
be  bought  for  any amount  from  S3 up­
I  made  this  pair  for  a  young 
ward. 
girl, who will call  for  them  this  after­
noon.”
Here  the  dealer  exhibited  a  pair  of 
overgaiters that  would  tickle  the vanity 
of  the  most  fastidious  ereature.  They 
were  made  of  very  fine  gray corduroy, 
and  were  fastened  at  the  sides  with 
rather  large  and  glistening  buttons  of 
pure  mother-of-pearl.  At  the  bottoms 
there  were  delicate  little  straps  that 
passed under the  sole and were fastened 
on the other  side  with  large  buckles of 
solid silver.
“When the girl  comes,” continued the 
dealer,  “sho will  pay me—but  here  she 
is  now. 
‘Good afternoon,  miss.  Y'our 
gaiters?  Yes,  just  finished.  Fourteen 
dollars,  please.  Good-day.’  That  will 
give  you an idea  of  what  they cost.  Of 
course,  the price  could be much  higher. 
I  am  making a pair  now  for  a  Walnut 
street  young  lady  which  will  cost  her 
$48,  but the  buttons  and  buckles are to 
be of  unburnished gold.”

Egypt’s  Commercial  Capital.

The  London  Times  is of  the  opinion 
that “in a far  distant  future  Port  Said 
will  inevitably  become  the  commercial 
capital  of  Egypt.  That  it  has  not  al­
ready  become  so  is  due  mainly  to  the 
Suez  Canal  Company.  That  it  should 
ever  have  had a chance  of  becoming so 
is  equally  due  to  the  canal  company, 
which  threw  away the golden chance of 
making Ismailia  the  commercial port of 
Egypt.  At  the  date of  the  opening  of 
the Suez Canal there  was, comparatively 
speaking,  little  capital  sunk  in  Alex­
andria.  The large quays were not made, 
the large cotton-pressing  establishments 
were  only  in  course  of  creation. 
It 
would have hardly required the  exercise 
of  any  pressure  to  have  diverted  the 
trade  to Ismailia. 
It required, in fact, a 
good  deal  to  obstruct  it,  and  that  ob­
structive  pressure  was  supplied  by the 
canal company.  Under  existing circum­
stances,  the  change  from  Alexandria to 
Port Said will  come  very  slowly;  but it 
is bound to come, in  spite  of  the  Egyp­
tian  government,  whose  interests  the 
change would damage, and in spite of the 
canal company, whose  interests it would 
benefit.
New  England  Factory  Mutual  Insur­

Prosperity, which in  this  case  means 
very  low  premiums,  continues to be re­
ported by the  associated  factory mutual 
insurance  companies.  The  annual  re­
port  shows  losses of  $848,068,  on  risks 
aggregating  $491,366,988  and  dividends 
of  $3,063,303,  as  against  $4,463,059  re­
ceived  in  premiums.  This  obviously 
makes the cost of  insurance  exceedingly 
small.  Most of  the risks  where  sprink­
lers are required  are now protected with 
automatic apparatus,  and  the  officers of 
the various  companies  are agreed in de­
manding a further  extension  of  the  im­
proved  system  as  the  condition for low 
insurance  rates.

ance.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisement« will be inserted  under  th is  head for 
tw o  cents  a   word  th e  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  fo r  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent tak en  fo r less th an  »6 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

NEW DEPARTURE

W e  take  pleasure 

in  announcing  to  the 

trade that w e have put in a full liEe of

S y ru p s a n d

M olasses

W hich  w e  offer at Bottom Prices.

Ä11  Goods  Guaranteed  to 

Give  Satisfaction. 

j 
j 

N o   C h a r g e   for 

C a rta g e.

Teller Spice Company\
P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS,
D ry   G oods 1 N otions,

JOBBERS  IN

83 Monroe  St.  and 10,12,14,16 i 18 Fountain  St.,

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

S p r in g   L in e   o f  P r in ts,  S e e r s u c k e r s , 
T o ile   D u   N o r d ,  G in g h a m s,  H o s ie r y   a n d  
W h it e   G o o d s J u st  R e c e iv e d .

Peerless  Warp

------- A N D--------

Geese  Feathers,

STARK  A,

FRANKLINVILLE  A. 

AMERICAN  A,
HOOKER,

GEORGIA  «fe  MARSAC, 

BURLAI’.

CJ.Hentaon&Co.
Superior

ARE

Manufacturers.

St.  Louis — Charles  Wells  succeeds 
Hughes Bros,  in the  hardware  business.
Corning—Eli  Runnels  has  stone  and 
lumber  on  the  ground  for a new’  store
building, 20x32 feet in  dimensions, work 
on  which  will  be  begun  as soon as the 
weather is settled.  He  will  convert the 
old store  into a workshop.

Detroit—The firm of  H.  A. Newlaud & 
Co. Ijas  been  reorganized  as  a  limited 
partnership.  The  special  partners  are 
Jas. F. Joy, Aurrilla A. Burns and Martha 
A. Newland,  and  they have  contributed 
$40,000, $32,123 and $14,743 respectively.
Detroit—The  hardware  firm  of  Lim- 
bach  &  Weber,  after being  in  business 
fourteen  years,  has  been  dissolved, Mr. 
Limbach  retiring.  Mr.  Limbach  had 
been  in  business  here  thirty-five  years 
and  at  the  present  location  tw'enty-six 
years.

Allegan—The  replevin  suit  of  E.  G. 
Studley  &  Co.,  Grand  Rapids,  against 
E. N. Lesperence et al., of Hamilton,  has
been on trial  several  days and is not  yet 
concluded.  Plaintiff  sold  E. N.  Lesper­
ence  a  bill of  goods and  took a  chattel 
mortgage  which  was  subject  to a  prior 
mortgage of  $1,500, given  to  Mrs.  Hol­
man  on  Lesperence’s  stock  of  goods. 
Plaintiff  claims that the $1,500  mortgage 
was void.  A  large number of  witnesses 
were in attendance from Hamilton.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Wayne—C. F. Blackman & Co. succeed 
Chamberlain  &  Parsons  in  the  lumber 
business.

Mecosta—Parks Bros  are  arranging to 
engage in  the  manufacture of  their pat­
ented specialties  under  the  style of  the
Parks  Manufacturing  Co.  They  have 
some valuable devices.

Fowlerville—The  F. Palmerton Wood- 
enware Co., Limited, has  been organized 
with  a  capital of  $10,000, to  engage  in 
the  manufacture  of  woodenware  at  St. 
Louis.  F.  G.  Palmerton, of  this  place, 
will  be President  and General  Manager.
Marshall—Messrs.  Faulkner,  Morrow, 
Upham and  Cramp ton  have formed a co­
partnership for the  purpose of  engaging 
in the manufacture of  stoves.  They  are 
well  known  as practical  machinists and 
foundrymen, and  it  is reported that  the 
new  enterprise  will be  established  on a 
large scale.  They  propose  also  to  en­
gage in general  repairing  of  machinery.

Bank Notes.

F. E. Durfee & Co. have opened a bank 

at Perrinton.

S. McNitt &Co., the Byron Center gen­
eral  dealers, have  added  a  banking  de­
partment  to  their  business  and  issue 
exchange on New York and  Chicago.

As a result of  the recent  action of  the 
Grand Rapids banks in agreeing to charge 
exchange,  several  large  establishments 
have  arranged  to  keep  accounts  with 
New York banks to facilitate remittances 
and save exchange.

T h e   T r a d e s m a n   hears  strange  ru­
mors relalive  to  Louis Johannes Koster. 
The gist of  the reports  is  that  Louis  is 
shortly to be led captive to the altar by a 
Grand Haven lady.

F O R   S A L E .

located in one of th e  best stands in G rand R apids; 
elegant  fixtures  in   m ost  m odern  sty le;  will sell fo r 
$2,000 c a sh ;  wish to  study m edicine.  Address, Chemist, 
care  M ichigan Tradesm an.______________________ 389^

Fo r   s a l e —a n   e n t ir e   n e w   s t o c k   o f   d r u g s ,
FOR SALE—Shoe stock of ab o u t  $6,000  in  good  con­

large,  well 
lig h ted  store and good location on Monroe  S t ,  G rand 
Rapids,  now  doing  a   successful  cash  p ay in g   trade; 
reason  fo r  selling,  to   re tire   from   trau e  altogether. 
Address. S. N. W atson & Co. 
390£

dition w ith store fixtures  and  lease; 

F OR  SALE^DRUG  STORE  IN  FIFE  LAKE  DOING 

a  good business;  no  com petition;  stock  an d   fix­
tu res w ill  invoice  $2,000;  p ro p rieto r  h as  o th er  busi­
379 
ness.  Addresss, C. E. Biakely, Mancelona, Mich. 

GOOD  CHANCE 
f o   GO  INTO  TRADE—FOR 
sale, a t a   bargain,  a   stock  of  boots,  shoes  and 
g en t’s furnishing goods, and good w ill o f  th e business, 
a t 505 South Division St.  Enquire  of  Rindge,  Bertsch 
& Co., 12,14 and 16 Pearl St.. G rand R apids 

OOD  CHANCE—FOR  SALE—THE  ENTIRE  STOCK 
of goods of a  w ell-established business.  The store 
to  ren t,  also  th e  house;  well  adapted  fo r  hotel,  if 
desired;  a  creditable  custom   has been enjoyed by the 
owner, w ho will be pleased to im p a rt f u rth e r inform a­
tion a t th e place, 137 W est Bridge street. G rand Rapids, 
Mich.  M. Bootz. 

382

381

OR 8ALE—A GENERAL STOCK OF  MERCHANDISE; 
will invoice $19,000. including fixtures;  business of 
1888 was over $40,000-,  located  in th riv in g  tow n o f 1,500 
in  C entral  M ichigan;  buildings  fo r  sale  o r  ren t;  to 
parties  purchasing,  we  will  give  o u r  tra d  «,  w hich 
am ounts to  from  $600 to $1,000 p er m o n th ;  reasons fo r 
selling,  o th er  business.  Address  M,  care  M ichigan 
Tradesm an. 

F o r   s a l e —g o o d   r e s id e n c e   l o t   o n   o n e   o f

th e  m ost p leasant streets “ on  th e  hill.”  W ill ex­
change fo r stock in an y  good in stitu tio n .  Address 286, 
care Mich g an  T radesm an. 
T^OR SALE—FULL  SET  OF TINNERS’  TOOL8,  SAFE, 
r  
show  cases  and  b a r aw are  fixtures—all  in  good 
condition and cheap fo r cash.  W ill sell one o r all. 
J. 
Y ander Veen, 122 Monroe street, G rand  Rapids. 

OR  SALE—STOCK  OF  CLOTHING  AND  GENTS’ 
f urn* shing goods, located in a  good  tow n  of  1,300 
people in southern M ichigan.  B ut one  o th er  place  in 
tow n handles clothing  For p articu lars address  “ C & 
T,” care M ichigan  Tradesm an. 

373 

357

286

376

377

375

OR  SALE—STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS,  CLOTHING, 
boots and shoes, in live tow n in Central M ichigan; 
will  invoice  ab o u t  $7,500,  fixtures  included;  tra d e  of 
1888 ab o u t $22,000;  will ren t o r  sell building;  o n r trad e 
will be  given  to  buyer;  reasons,  too  m uch  business. 
Address B, care M ichigan  Tradesm an. 
A  GRAND  OP  ORTUNITY  AT  A  GREAT  BARGAIN 
-¿A.  —The stock,  store,  residence,  w arehouse,  g rain  
and coal, a t Moscow, is offered for sale; th ere is m oney 
to  be m ad e; one p a rtn e r has to go w est and  th e   o th er 
lives eleawhere.  Address  E.  Childs  &  Co.,  H anover, 
Mich. 
TjK>R  SALE — THE  FLUSHING  FOUNDRY,  WITH 
Jl 
steam  power, w ithin **ight  rods  o f  side  tra c k   of 
Toledo, Saginaw & Mackinaw  R ailroad.  Splendid  lo­
cation, no incum brance.  Stock, plows and castings in­
cluded w ith shop and lots.  Reason fo r selling, age and 
ill h ealth.  Jam es Sam m er, Flushing. Mich. 

FOR  8ALE—A  NEW.  WELL-SELECTED  STOCK  OF 

staple general m erchandise,  in live town and first- 
class farm in g   com m unity  on  M ichigan  C entral  Rail­
way;  inventory, $7,000;  annual  business,  $28,000,  w ith 
continued  increase; 
fine  m odern  im proved  double 
brick store, newly b u ilt for convenience;  best location 
in tow n;  low re n t  an d   insurance;  reasons for selling, 
poor health.  Address No. 384, care Tradesm an. 

FOR 8ALE—BRIGHT, CLEAN STOCK OF GROCERIES, 

crockery and glass-w are, in grow ing tow n  of  over 
1,200;  stock  and  fixtures  will  invoice  ab o u t  $2,500; 
business averages  $1,500 p er m onth;  store  building is 
one of th e finest  in  th e   S tate  to r business and w ill be 
ren ted  o r sold; reasons, o th er business needs o u r atten- 
tion.  Address A, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

874

384

378

U  A N T S .

372

383

371

325

Mich. 

tw elve years’  ex­

salesm anby a  young m an  of 

ticu lars address Adam Newell, B um ip’sC orners, 

WANTED—REGISTERED  PHARMACIST.  FOR PAR- 
WANTED—POSITION  AS  MANAGER  OF STORE  OR 

perience.  Address. A. R obertson, M artin, Mich. 
T I T  ANTED—TO  EXCHANGE —PRODUCTIVE  REAL 
i i   estate in the  th riv in g  village of Bailey on th e   C. 
& W. M  Railw ay fo r house  and  lo t  in  G rand  Rapids, 
w orth  ab o u t  $1,500.  Address,  D.  B.  Galentine.  Cas- 
no via, Mich. 

is  open  fo r  engagem ent.  L arge  acquaintance 
w ith  g rocery  tra d e   in  M ichigan.  Address  Jackson, 
care M ichigan  Tradesm an. 

SITUATION WANTED—A  COMMERCIAL  TRAVELER 
WANTED—EVERY  STORE-KEEPER  WHO  READ8 

th is  paper  to  give  th e  Sutliff coupon system  a 
tria l.  I t  will abolish yo u r pass  books,  do  aw ay  w ith 
all y o u r book-keeping, in  m any instances save yon th e 
expense o f one clerk, will b rin g  y o n r business  down to 
a   cash basis and  save  you  all  the  w orry and trouble 
th a t usually go w ith the pass-book plan.  S ta rt th e 1st 
of th e  m onth w ith th e new  system  an d   yon  will never 
reg ret it.  H aving  tw o kinds, both  kinds  will be  sent 
by  addressing  (m entioning  th is  paper)  J.  H.  Sutliff, 
Albany, N. Y. 

m is4;kl,l,a^ eous.
$ i Q A A   CASH  BUYS  MANUFACTURING  BUSI 
ness p ay in g  100  per_cent.  Best  of  rea ­
sons  fo r  selling, 
Mich.
W ANTED—1,000 MORE  MERCHANTS TO ADOPT  OUR 
Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System .  Send for 
sam ples.  E. A. Stowe &  Bro., G rand Rapids. 
214 
A \  FAN TED—GERMAN  DRUG  CLERK  WHO  SPEAKS 
V V 
good English.  Enclose references and sta te  age 
d n d  th e   am ount  of  salary  expected.  Address  F.  D. 
P aq u ette. L udington, Mich 
T I T  ANTED—ACTIVE,  HONEST  YOUNG  MAN  WHO 
V V  ha« h ad tw o y ears’ experience in  th e   d ru g   busi­
ness.  Address No. 3*8, care T radesm an. 
TXTANTED—POSITION  AS  BOOKKEEPER  OR  ANY 
VV  office w ork,  by  young  m an  of  seven y ears’ ex­
perience.  Address  “B ookkeeper,’’  care  M ichigan
Tradesm an.____________________________ ________ 387
TYTANTED—A REGISTERED OR GOOD  REGISTERED 
l l   assistan t  pharm acist.  Address,  g iv in g   p articu ­
lars, W. D., C arrier 23, City, 

388

385

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The M ichigan Tradesman

Official Organ of M ichigan Business Men’s  Association.

A  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade of the Woliferine State.

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Advertising Rates made known on application. 
Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

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E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W E D N E S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y  3 7 ,  1 8 8 9 .

CANADIAN UNREST.

Canada’s politics continue to show’ signs 
of  unrest  Whether the immediate topic 
of  discussion  be  the  fisheries,  imperial 
federation,  commercial  union,  unre­
stricted  reciprocity,  annexation, 
inde­
pendence, or what not, the real  question 
is the same—the assumption of a changed 
relation  toward  the  United  States. 
In 
the Dominion  Parliament at Ottawa, last 
Monday,  Sir  Richard  Cartright,  upon 
whom  the  leadership of  the Liberal Op­
position has fallen, since  Mr. Blake  has 
betaken  himself  to  the  law,  and  who 
shows a vigor  which  probably gives  Sir 
John McDonald some uneasiness, brought 
on  a discussion  by  a  resolution  to  the 
effect that it has  become a matter  of  ex­
treme  importance  to  the  well-being  of 
Canada that she should  have the right to 
negotiate  commercial  treaties  with  for­
eign  states.  The  debate  included  but 
three speeches.  Sir  Rithard led off, and 
was followed by Mr. Foster, the  Finance 
Minister,  who  was  rejoined  to  by  Mr. 
Davies, a Liberal  from  Prince Edward’s 
Island.  At this  point, when it was sup­
posed the debate  was  just  fairly begun, 
a  score  of  speakers  being  prepared  to 
follow, the  government  leaders cut it off 
by calling for the question, and the reso­
lution  was  voted  down, 94 to 66.  The 
move  was  unexpected,  and  is generally 
spoken of  in  the  Canadian  papers  as a 
“ruse” of  Sir  John’s.  The  fact  is  that 
he  saw  that  a  protracted  debate,  and 
thorough  ventilation of  all  the  facts at 
this  time, was  sure  to be an  advantage 
to  the  party  of  progress.  Mr.  Foster 
denounced  Sir  Richard’s  speech as  “a 
thinly veiled  argument  in faver of  inde­
pendence,” which necessarily it was, for 
the addition to the Dominion’s  functions 
of  the right to treat  directly with  other 
nations is the most important step in that 
direction open to her.

It  would be a good  thing  if  the  Can­
adian  Parliament  would  make  a  tour 
through  the  United  States, as Mr. But- 
terwortli has suggested in Congress  they 
be invited to do.  They should be able to 
see for themselves the  contrast  between 
our circumstances and the condition of  a 
country  of  nearly  equal  capabilities, 
which has consented to remain  the back­
yard  of  a  European  power.  Not  “An­
nexation” nor  even  Commercial  Union, 
but  Independence  is  the  first  need  of 
the  Dominion;  and  that  had  better  be 
achieved while her  relations  with  Eng­
land  are  cordial  and  friendly,  than  to 
wait for the inevitable quarrel which will 
rend them  apart.  Whatever may be our 
relations  with  the  country,  present  or 
prospective, she should learn to stand on 
her own feet first, and  take  care of  her­
self. 
It is  her  dependence  upon  Great 
Britain which  suggests to onlookers that 
her only possible destiny is “annexation” 
to us,  as soon as the  increasing  gravita­
tion  of  interest  and  sentiment  toward 
America  becomes  so  strong  as to be no 
longer consistent  with  the bond to Eng­
land.  But an Independent Canada would 
be recognized as  capable of  shaping  her 
own destinies.

POLITICAL  PROGRESS.

.Some  important  measures  have  made 
progress  since 
the  last  issue  of  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n .  President  Cleveland  has 
signed the  Nicaragua canal  charter, and 
several  practical  questions  must  soon 
come  to  an  issue:  Whether  the  new 
(Menocal)  company will have the  active 
support  of 
the  new  Administration; 
whether it can secure the  foreign capital 
necessary  for  the  canal  construction; 
whether the  Blackman  company will  be 
able  to maintain  its claims  that the  old 
concessions of 1848 are still valid; whether 
the  English  government  will consent to 
the supplanting of  the Blackman claims; 
and, finally,what international situations, 
affecting  the  United  States, Nicaragua, 
and Great  Britain,  will  follow’. 
It looks 
at  present as  though the  Blackman  and 
Menocal  interests  ought  to  compromise 
their  adverse  ’claims,  and  consolidate 
their  efforts.  The  news from  Paris  and 
Panama  shows more  and more  the terri­
bly complete  collapse of  the  De Lesseps 
work,  and  now is the golden moment un­
doubtedly for the United States to secure 
the cut at Nicaragua.

Next in progress  are the  bills to admit 
the  new states  and to refund  the  Direct 
Tax.  Both  bills passed  both houses and 
went  to  the  President  Wednesday,  the 
former  having  promptly  received  the 
sanction  of  the  Executive.  The  States 
bill provides  measures  for the admission 
of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana 
and  Washington, by which  they may get 
their  constitutions formed  and  adopted, 
and  their  State officers  and  legislatures

and  United  States  Senators and  Repre­
sentatives all elected by the beginning of 
December  next, so  that  the  latter  may 
take  their  seats  at  the  opening of  the 
regular session of  Congress.  New Mexi­
co  is not  in  the  bill, enough  Democrats 
having  joined  the  Republicans  in  the 
House  to  strike  it  out.  There  is  too 
much  Spanish  language  and  too  few 
American  public  schools in  that  Terri­
tory,  yet, to make  its  admission  now de­
sirable.

The  white  people  of  eastern  North 
Carolina  are  much  exercised  over  a 
threatened  exodus of  the freedmen, who 
resent  their  treatment, political  and so­
cial.  So  much of  the  old  slave-driving 
spirit  survives that  the planters  are  or­
ganizing  to  prevent  emigration.  They 
actually call  upon  the  State  authorities 
to forbid black laborers to leave the State, 
and  they further  threaten  to  lynch any 
emigrant agent who is found “prowling” 
about their neighborhood!  These gentle­
men will have  to  make up their mind in 
the end that the Fifteenth Amendment is 
in force, even in North Carolina, and that 
the way to retain the freedmen is to treat 
them as well  as they are treated  in other 
states, in the  northern half  of  Virginia, 
for instance.  Their  indignation  is valu­
able, however, as a reply to the frequent­
ly  heard  accusation  that  free  negroes 
“will not work.”

The “Patrons of  Industry” craze,  now 
having  somewhat  of  a  run  in  certain 
parts  of  Michigan, brings  out an  inter­
esting phase of  human  nature.  The or­
ganizations  are composed mainly of  far­
mers  who band  together for the  purpose 
of  securing  goods  at  5  per  cent, above 
cost. 
It  is  not  usually difficult to find  a 
merchant in each  town who will  cater to 
such a class, but the agreement to sell on 
a 5 per  cent,  margin  makes it  necessary 
for  the  dealer  to  get  two  invoices  for 
every  purchase — one  giving  the  real 
prices  and  another  giving  “ bulged” 
prices,  as  the  innocent  granger  usually 
insists on “seeing the bills.”  Surely the 
gullibility of  human nature is something 
remarkable!

So  far  as  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  is aware, 
but  one  wholesale  grocery  house  has 
broken faith with the Grand Rapids Mer­
cantile  Association  in  relation  to  the 
agreement not to sell goods to the family, 
restaurant and  boarding  house  trade— 
and  that  house was  a  leading spirit  in 
the  now defunct  Wholesale  Grocers’ As­
sociation!  Under  these  circumstances 
the  question  naturally  arises, 
If  the 
house  could  not  be  depended  upon  to 
keep  its  agreement  with  the  retailers, 
would it care a fig for its obligation to the 
jobbers’ organization?  If  not, the  Asso­
ciation  did  well  to  die  before  it  was 
born.

Epitaph  for 

the  defunct  Michigan 

Wholesale  Grocers’ Association :

If  so soon I am done for.
W hat was I begun for ?
Purely  Personal.

Frank C. Sampson,  the  jolly hardware 
dealer of  Cadillac, was in  town  Monday 
and  Tuesday.

Smith Barnes, General  Manager of the 
Hannah <& Lay  Mercantile  Co., is spend­
ing a month in the South and Old Mexico.
Gaius  W. Perkins mid wife  have  gone 
South,  to  be  gone  four  or  five  weeks. 
They  will  make  their  headquarters  at 
St. Augustine.

Miss  Belle Fairchild  has resigned  her 
position as book-keeper  for  W. T.  Lam- 
oreaux 
to  accept  a  position  with  a 
Rochester firm.

Robert M.  Floyd has left  Philadelphia 
and  taken  up  his  residence  at  Jersey 
City, where he  will  engage  in  the  real 
estate and banking business.

Heman G. Barlow and Ludwig Winter- 
nitz  have  been  very ill  during the  past 
week  with  inflammation  of  the  bowels, 
but both are now’ mending rapidly.

Oscar F. Conklin  is  spending a couple 
of  weeks at  Ravenna,  looking  after  the 
business of  O. F.  & W.  P. Conklin, while 
W. P.  is surveying the  pine  possessions 
of  the firm in  Mississippi.

The sympathy of  the trade will  go out 
to  Les. Freeman  and wife in the  sudden 
death  of  their  only son, a  likely  lad  of 
nine  years,  The  little fellow’ was  hold­
ing his breath, in the course of a morning 
frolic,  when  a  bursting  blood  vessel 
caused  his  death within  an  hour.  The 
funeral  will  occur  on Wednesday  after­
noon.

East  Saginaw  Jottings.

The Business Men’s Association is now 
thoroughly organized, has  a  good  Secre­
tary,  and  we  expect  big  results.  They 
are  now’ looking  for a good  location  for 
their headquarters.

We  think  the  condition of  the  roads 
leading  into  the  city this  winter  would 
convince anyone who knew how their bad 
condition  kept  the  farmers  out of  the 
city and  made  business  dull, that  stone 
roads  are  absolutely  necessary  for  our 
city’s  w’elfare,  and  East  Saginaw  can 
afford to  do almost  anything rather than 
lose the farmers’ trade.

J. A. Fox, Michigan  representative for 
the Durham  Coffee  &  Spice  Co., of  La­
fayette, Ind., is  spending a month among 
the retail trade of  this territory.

AMONG THE TRADE.

GRANT)  R A P ID S  GOS8IP.

Thys  Stadt,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
hardware  business  at  Spring  Lake,  is 
now located at 297 Alpine  avenue, in the 
Jonker block.

Wm. R. Jewett has purchased the drug 
stock of  Geo. W. Nichols,  at  37  Monroe 
street,  and  will  continue  the  business. 
Mr.  Jewett  has  been  on  the  road ^for 
Eastman Bros,  for several  years.

A. S. Davis has  sold  the  lease  of  his 
store on Canal street and rented  the  va­
cant  store at 127 Louis  street,  where he 
will carry on  the  manufacture  and  job­
bing of  cigars,  discarding the  retail  de­
partment.

Lyman  Townsend,  formerly  engaged 
in  the  grocery business at Howard  City, 
but  for the  past  year or two engaged in 
the same  business  here, has  re-engaged 
in  the  grocery business at  Howard  City. 
Olney, Shields & Co. furnished the stock.
The  Grand  Rapids  School  Furniture 
Co. is making arrangments to erect a con­
siderable  addition to its  plant as soon as 
spring  opens.  The  improvements  will 
comprise  a  three-story  addition  to  the 
present office building, 45x80  feet  in  di­
mensions,  and  a  wing  running  south  of 
the same, 50x50 feet in dimensions.  Fred 
C. Miller  will  have  charge  of  the  im­
provements.

The Grand Rapids Cottage Co. has been 
organized with a capital stock of  $15,000 
to  engage  in  the  manufacture  of  the 
portable  cottage  patented  by  Frank  E. 
Lovett.  Joseph  Rust  has  been  elected 
President  of  the  corporation  and  C. S. 
Edwards  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  A 
factory has  been opened on South Divis­
ion street and the business will be pushed 
for all there is in it.  The  cottage differs 
from others now on the  market in that it 
is  made  of  canvass,  instead  of  veneer, 
being  covered with a thoroughly  water­
proof composition.

AR O U ND  T H E  ST A TE .

Clio—Parks & Son have sold their gen­

eral stock.

Kalamo—C. M. Woodard is closing  out 

his general  stock.

Borland—Chas. A. Brott succeeds Brott 

& Reynolds in general trade.

Allegan—C. C. Spear succeeds Spear & 

Davis in the grocery business.

Kendall—L. A. Mack succeeds Geo. W. 

Knapp in the grocery business.

Shepherd — H.  O.  Bigelow  succeeds 

W. R. Robbins in general trade.

Marlette—A. T. Baker  &  Co.  succeed 

Buffom & Baker in general trade.

Menominee — J.  M.  Smith  succeeds 

J. W. Stiles in the cigar business.

Rollin—Geo. T. Rice  has  assigned  his 

general stock to  Harvey S. Bowen.

Battle  Creek—Frank  A.  Willard  has 

sold his grocery stock to J. R.  Housel.

Hart—A.  R. Chappel succeeds the Hart 
Manufacturing  Co.  in  the  lumber  bus­
iness.

Saranac—Wm.  Mercer  has  sold  his 
grain elevator toWm.  N. Rowe, of Grand 
Rapids.

Lakeview  — Ed.  Withrall 

succeeds 
Dolph  Hutchinson  in  the  meat  market 
business.

Albion  — Crane  &  Parsons  succeed 
Cady & Parsons in the merchant tailoring 
business.

Allegan—John  Barclay succeeds  Bar- 
slay <& Knickerbocker in the  agricultural 
implement business.

Wakelee—J. E. De Cue has  engaged in 
the hardware business—not  harness bus­
iness, as stated last week.

Holland—Kanters  Bros,  have  moved 
into  their  new  store,  which  comprises 
3,220 square feet of  floor room.

Alba—D. H. Meeker  has sold  his drug 
stock  to  F. D. Hopkins, formerly of  the 
firm  of  Gilbert Hopkins  &  Co., at  Sher­
man.

Hastings—Bert Tinkler  will  soon  oc­
cupy  the  store recently vacated by Fred. 
Knapp with a stock of  general  merchan­
dise.

St.  Clair—Mark  Hopkins has  sold out 
his hardware business to George C.  Solis, 
of this city, and Grant Carpenter,  of Chi­
cago.

Mancelona—Warren  Watson  recently 
lost  about  $100  by the  giving  away  of 
shelving  containing crockery  and  glass­
ware.

Hastings—Fred Knapp’s grocery  stock 
was  turned  over  to  Lemon,  Hoops  <fe 
Peters last Wednesday and by them  sold 
to Goodyear & Barnes.

Traverse  City—Martin  Olson  has  en­
gaged  in  the  grocery  business,  on  the 
state  road,  about  half  way  between 
Traverse City and Suttons Bay.

Cadillac — The  factory  making  cant 
hook  handles  for  Sampson  <&  Drury 
burned  a  couple of  weeks  ago, but  the 
firm has another  factory at work on han­
dles.

Blanchard—L.  D.  Wait,  late  of  Mill- 
brook, has  opened a grocery  stock in the 
Rowlader  building.  W. H. Caswell  will 
occupy  a  portion of  the  same building 
with his meat market.

Advance—The building occupied by P. 
B. Newton  as  a general  store  burned to 
the ground  on the  14th.  All  but  about 
$500 worth of goods were saved, and bus­
iness will  be  resumed  in another  build­
ing.

TOR  SA LT!

Stock of

Product of Our Factory at Fon du  Lac,  W is.

You can buy a better $ 3   M e n ’s C a lf  S h o e  an<l other  grades  made  by  C.  M.  H  K M >  fr K iO N  
&  C O . near your own door  than  other  m anufacturers  can  offer,  and  this is true of our C a d ie s ’ 
F i n e   D o n g o la  a n d  G o a t $ 3 .5 0   S h o e   and  onr  $ 3   H e n d e r s o n   F ren c h   h  id ,  and  other  grades 
made  at  our  Dixon  Factory,  where  our  celebrated  “ K e«l S c h o o l  H o u s e ”  S h o e *  are produced. 
We have special advantages for m anufacturing them and make them all on the theory of merit and 
style.  “The proof of  the  pudding  is  in  chewing  the  string.” and if you will test them we shall 
highly appreciate it and  are sure it  will  prove  to  your  advantage.  Our heavier gra«les of goods 
made at our third  factory  are also acknowledged to be unequaled.

C.  M.  HENDERSON  &  CO.,  Chicago.

Will 
Invoice 
Äboift Polir 
Thousand
Dollars.

Ämodnt 
of  Dash 
Trade 
per  Year, 
$30,060.

G ood   L o c a tio n .  W i l l   L e a s e   S to r e   for 

T e r m   o f  Y e a r s.

Satisfactory  reasons  given  for  selling out.

J.  H.  WAGNER Ì BRO..  -  Plaimll,  |fcli.
W M .  S E A R S   &   C O .,

Gracker  MamlfaGtiirers,

F a c to r ie s:

F o n  «lu Cite, Wig

D ix o n ,  111.

W illa r d   H.  J a m e s,

S a l e s m a n  

f o r   U n- 

I  « .w e r 

i 'e n i n s u l a .

P.  O.  address,

Morton  House.  Gland  Rapids,  Mich.
We  furnish  electrotypes  of  our  Specialties  to  Customers.

C h ic a g o ,  111.

BTIVRN  &

S o le   A g e n t s   f o r   t h e

The devil, Jack!  We’ve got a 

Shark.  He’ll do for

Bliven & Allyn.

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A G E N T S   F O R  

AMCHEESE.

3 7 ,  3 9   a n d   41 K e n t  S t.,  G ra n d   R a p id s.

N E L S O N   B RO S.  &  GO., 

Wall  Paper and  Window  Shades,

GRAND RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

C e leb ra ted   “BIG   F .”  B r a n d   o f O y ste rs
n Cans and  Bulk,  and  Large  Handlers  of  O C E A N   F I S H ,  S H E L L   C L A M S   a n d   O Y S T E R S . 
We make a specialty of fine goods in our line and are prepared to quote prices at any time.
We solicit consignments of all kinds of  Wild  Game,  such as Partridges, Quail, Ducks, Bear, etc.
63 PEARL STREET.
H. M. BTIVEN,  Manager. 

I880GIÄTI0N  DEPÄRTJIEMT.

M ic h ig a n   B u sin e * »   M e n ’s   A s s o c ia t io n . 

President—Frank Wells, Lansing:.
First Vice-President—H. Chambers, Cheboygan- 
Second Vice-President—C. Strong, Kalamazoo. 
Secretary—S. A. 8 to we. Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—L. W. Sprague. Greenville. 
Executive Board-President; C. L. 

i USLoweU-
Frank  Hamilton, Traverse C ity;  N. B. Blaln, Lowell, 
Cbas. T. Bridgman, Flint;  Hiram  DeLano,  Allegan,

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Com m ittee  on  Insurance—Oeo.  B.
ville;  W.9. Powers. Nashville;  OrenL  Stone, Flmt.
Committee on Legislation—S  E  Parkili,  Owosso,
A. Hydorn, Grand Kapids;  H. H. P o ^ , AJlegam 
Committee on Trade Intere^ ts-S m ith ^ rae  , Traverse 
City:  Geo. R. Hoyt, East Saginaw;  H. B. Fargo, Mus-
< § a a K w a « S i ^ « s i >s 3 a

W  E. Crotty, Lansing.

Tocal Secretary—P- J- Connell,  Muskegec. 
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T h e fo llo w in g   a u x ilia r y  

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President,  A.  Wenzell; Secretory. Frank Smith.

N o .  4 9 — L e r o y   B   3*.  A .

N o . 5 0 —M a n is t e e  B .  31. A . 

President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C.  Grannis
N o . 5 1 —C ed a r  S p r in g s   B .  M .  A . 

President. L. M  Sellers; Secretory. W. C. Congdon.

N o . 53—G ra n d  H a v e n   B . 31.  A .

President, A. s. Kedzie;  Secretory, F. D. Vos.__________
President, Frank Phelps;  Secretary, A  E. Fitzgerald,

N o , 5 3 — B e l le v u e   B . 31.  A .

President, Thomas B. Dntcher; Secretary, C  B. Waller,

N o .  5 4 — D o u g la s  B .  31. A .

N o .  5 5 — P e t o s k e y   B . 31.  A . 

President, C. F. Hankey: Secretary. A. C. Bowman.

N o . 5 6 — B a n g o r   B .  M.  A .

President, N. W. Drake;  Secretary, Geo. Chapman.
* 
Eresident, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.

•'■o. 5 7 —R o e k fo r r t  B . 31. A  . 

N o . 5 k —F i f e   L a k e  B . 31. A . 

President, L. S.  Walter; Secretai: ,C.Z  Plakely.
* 
President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen.

N o . 5 9 —F e n n v i ll e  B . 31. A . 

N o . 6 0 —S o u th   B o a r d  m a n   B . 31. 

Eresident, H. E. Hogan; Secretory, S. E. Neihardt.

N o .  6 1 —H a r tfo r d   B .  31  A .

President, V. E. Manley; Secretory, I. B. Barnes.______

N o   6 3 —E a s t - a g in a w  31.  A . 

President, Jas. H  .Moore;  Secretory,  C  W.  Mutholand.

N o .  6 3 — 1 v a r t   B .  M . A . 
President, C  V- Priest; Secretory, C. E. Bell.
N o. 6 4 —M e r r ill  B . M . A . 

President,C. W. Robertson; Secretory, Wm. Horton.

N o . 6 5 —K a lk a s k a   B . M .  A . 

President, Ali. G. Drake; Secretary, C. 3. Blom.

N o . 6 6 —L a n s in g  B . M .  A  

President, Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.

N o   6 7 —W a t e r v lle t   B . 31.  A . 
President, Geo. Parsons: Secretory, J.  M. Hall.

President, H. H.  Pope;  Secretory, E. T. VanOstrand.

N o .  6 8 —A lle g a n   B . M .  A 

N o . 6 9 —S c o tts a n d   C lim a x   B .  M .  A . 
President, Lyman Clark; Secretory, F. S. Willison.

N o   7 0 —N a s h v i l le   B .  M.  A .

President, H. M. Lee; Secretory, W. S. Powers.

President, M. Netzorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Clntterbuck.

N o .  7 1 —A s h le y   B   31.  A .

Ñ o .  7 3 —E d m o r e  B . 31. A .
N o ,  7 3 —B e l d in g   B . M .  A . 

President, A. L. Spencer; Secretory, O. F. Webster.

' 0 . 7 4 — D a v is o n   M .  IT. 

President. J.  F. Cartwright;  Secretory  L. Gifford.

N o.  7 5 —T e o itm s e h   B .  M .  A . 

President, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretory, F. Rosacrans.

N o .  7 6 —K a la m a z o o  B .  31.  A . 

President, S. S.McCamlv;  Secretory,  Channcey Strong.

N o .  7 7 —S o u th   H a v e n   B   fcl.  A  

President—L. S  Monroe;  Secretory, 8. VanOstrand.

N o . 7 8 —r a k d o n i s   B .  31.  A . 

President, C  F. Williams;  Secretary, J. W. Saunders.
N o .  7 9 — F«>t, J o r d a n  a n d   ' o   A r m   B   M . A . 
President, Chas. F. Dixon;  Secretary, L. C. Madison 
N o .  8 0 —B a v  C ity  a n d   W .  B a y   C ity   R . 31. A . 
President, F. L. Harrison;  Secretory, Geo.  Craig.

N o .  8 1 —F l u s h in g   B .   M   A . 

President. L.  A  Vickery;  Secretory, A  E. Ransom .

N o .  8 3 —A i n u   B   31  A . 

President. B. 8. Webb;  Secretory. M. E  Pollasky.

N o   8 3 —S h e r w o o d   B   M .A . 

President, L. P. W ilcox;  Secretary. W. R. Mandigo.

C. B.  Mason, Secretary of  the Vicksburg B. M 
A., writes as follows:  “We have just organized 
and expect  to  become  connected with the State 
Association very soon.’’

Association Notes.

Muskegon  News:  The  Muskegon  Business 
Men’s  Association  has  declared  in  favor  of a 
public city market.  Also  for  the  inspection of 
vegetables,  and a sealer  of  weights  and  meas­
ures.  They  will  ask  the  council  to  pass  the 
necessary ordinances.

Elk Rapids  Progress:  A  Traverse  City  busi­
ness man has w ritten us a personal letter asking 
if it would  not  be  a  good  thing to have a com­
mittee  from  their  Business  Men’s  Association 
meet our business  men  and  talk  over railroad. 
Of course it would be  a   good  thing.  Will our 
folks talk?

East Jordan Enterprise:  The system  of  petty 
store  pilfering,  which  has  been  going  on  for 
some time in  this  place,  m ust  be  stopped right 
away, and we are glad to observe that the m atter 
has  been  brought  before  the  Business  Men’s 
Association. 
In  future,  the  culprits  w ill  be 
arrested on the  spot  and  taken  before a justice 
w ithout a moment’s grace and dealt with accord­
ing to the utmost rigor of  the  law.  There  will 
be no more compromising  and  no  no  more  set­
tlin g -n o th in g  but speedy imprisonment.  So now 
all shop-lifters can take  warning.

Manistee Sentinel:  The  Business Men’s Asso­
ciation  held  its  regular  meeting  in  the  Van 
Buren  block,  Tuesday  evening,  about  twenty 
members being present.  After the routine busi­
ness was disposed  of, the Association instructed 
the Secretary to  request  the  Western Union Co. 
to furnish night service  at  Manistee.  He  was 
also instructed to look up the m atter of the State 
Business Men's  Insurance  Ce.  and solicit stock 
in  the  same.  The  m atter  of  securing a night 
operator is  of  vital  importance  to the business 
men of this city, and it is hoped the  Association 
will succeed in securing such  service.

Wayland Globe:  “ I wonder if it ever occurred 
to  the  people  of  W ayland  th at  they  were not 
doing  all  in  their  power  to secure more m anu­
facturing  establishments,”  said  a  gentleman 
from one of  our  neighboring  villages the other 
day. 
“Now,  down  at  our  place,  I   notice the 
business men get  their  heads  tçgether and talk 
I over and encourage the building up of some new 
enterprise,  and  it  don’t  make  any  difference 
I how  trifling  that  enterprise  is,  either.  They 
secure it if possible.  Our Business Men’s Asso­
ciation, 1 think,  does  a  great  deal  toward  im­
proving the town, as everything  of  any  import­
ance comes up before that body and is discussed. 
They  appoint  committees  to  investigate  and 
devise  schemes  to  carry  out  their  aims  and 
desires.  They fail many times, but they ‘tackle’ 
something new, and I  know  they  have  secured 
many advantages  to the town.  They have regu­
lar meetings and all work  for  the  advancement 
of the place, for the  benefit of all, and I am sure 
their labors are appreciated.”

Muskegon  News:  The  committee  appointed 
by the  Muskegon  Business  Men’s  Association 
and to whom had  been  referred  the the matter 
of taking stock in the proposed  State  insurance 
company,  reported  at  the  last  meeting  of  the 
Association  as  follows: 
“ Your  committee,  to 
whom  was  referred  the  subscription  lists and 
papers from the State  Insurance  Committee,  re 
questing  subscriptions  for  the stock of the pro 
posed company, respectfully report that they see 
no reason to change their  opinion  as  expressed 
in a former  report  upon  the  subject;  that  the 
plan proposed  is  crude  and  unsuitable  to  the 
wants of Muskegon,  and  in  no  sense a mutual 
company, not even in  name, and that they deem 
it  unsafe  to  invest  money  in a stock company 
to be conducted in the  manner  proposed  in  the 
circular describing the  plan. 
In  pursuance  of 
the  recommendations adopted at a former meet­
ing, your committee  further  recommend  that  a 
circular be forwarded to  every  member  of  this 
Association,  w ith  a  request  for  an  immediate 
reply,  in  order  to  obtain a fuller expression of 
the opinion  of  the  members  as  well as further 
information  regarding  the  subject  before  pro­
ceeding  to  the  organization  of a m utual insur­
ance company under chapter 133  of  the  revised 
statutes.  M.  C.  Kelley,  R.  S.  Miner,  3f.  II. 
Desky.”
Grand  Rapids  Mercantile  Association.
A.t the  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand Rapids 
Mercantile Association, held at T h e   T r a d e sm a n  
office last Tuesday evening, Chas. E.  Smith  was 
elected to membership.

As O. F. Conklin had been called out  of  town 
suddenly, the report of the Insurance Committee 
was deferred until the next meeting.

The Question Box was then opened, disclosing 
the following questions :
1. Will it be advisable to renew the berry box 
agreement the coming season?
2.  Does any  one  know  how  m uch  the  State 
license is for peddlers?
3.  Do  you  find  the  sale  of  canned  frnit  is 
being superceded by the sale of dried fruit?
4.  Has any move been made toward removing 
the obstacles to the  establishment of a city mar­
ket?
5.  If there is no  city  law  to apply to the city 
peddler,  cannot  he  be  prosecuted  under  the 
State law?

6.  How are collections?
7.  Does  any  one  want  to buy a secend-hand 
cheese safe?
8.  W hat shall we do with  mills  who sell flour 
at wholesale to hotels, boarding houses, etc.?
9.  Have you ever noted any shortage  in  flour 
in either barrels or sacks?
10.  Is there anything in the new charter amend­
ments that  will  help  us  to  get a city market or 
an inspector?
11.  Are  you  all  aware  that  sugar  is cheaper 
here to-day than it is at any other  market in the 
country?
12.  Who  wants  to  buy  a  pair  of  one-horse, 
heavy bobs?
13.  W hat principal  rules  are necessary for the 
best management of a retail trade?

The  questions  were  each  discussed  at  some 
length, except  the  last  query,  which  was con­
sidered  of  enough  importance  to  he  made the 
subject of a paper, and  John Sours was selected 
to prepare the paper.

President Herrick was  requested  to communi­
cate with Representative Killean, with a view to 
ascertaining w hether the  proposed amendments 
to the city charter cover the ground  the  Associ­
ation  desires  in  regard  to  the  public  market 
matter.

Lakeview Ready to Organize.

We,  the  undersigned,  citizens  and  business 
men of Lakeview, hereby  agree  to  meet  (place 
and time to be hereafter noticed)  and assist with 
our  influence  and  means  in  organizing  and 
m aintaining a Business  Men’s  Association, sim­
ilar  and  in  form  of  those  advocated  by  T h e 
M ic h ig a n   T r a d e sm a n  of Grand  Rapids,  Michi­
gan:
C. Newton Smith, S. F. Kennedy, C.  C.  Gilles, 
H. C. Thompson, F. Shellman,  N.  H. Youngman, 
H. P. Norton & Son, C. F. Braden, W. J. Carse, S. 
E. Young, A. H  Forcyth,  A. McAfee, Macomber 
& Bale, R. P. Everitt, D. J. Brown, Geo. McAfee, 
Joe White, E. Sinead, T. Corrigan, Henry Fowler,
A. R. Mather,  J.  B.  Delong.  G.  E.  McLachlin, 
Wm. Warren, Samuel Beall, C. W. Vining,  L.  P. 
Sorenson, J. T.  Butler,  J.  M.  Beach, E. G. Per­
kins, Wm.  Lobdell, Oscar A. Adams, L. L. Bissell, 
Geo. A. Reed, Chas. E.  Butler, F. A.  Ganson,  E.
B.  Stebbins,  C.  W.  Godbold,  Edson  W itheral, 
Harvey Stone,  T.  E.  Bonnett,  L.  Fuller,  J. W. 
Kirtland,  Geo.  Perry,  Wm.  Loveless,  Wm.  E. 
Chamley.

Arousing from  Lethargy.

B e l l e v u e ,  Feb. 21,1889.

E. A. Stowe, Grand  Rapids:
Deair Sir—T he  Bellevue  B.  M.  A.  has been 
dormant for  some  time,  but  its  members have 
awakened from  their  sleep  and started in with 
more vigor.
I write you  to  know  if  there  has  been  any 
change in the dues and what amount  we  are  to 
rem it to yon. 

Respectfully,
A. E. F it z g e r a l d , Sec'y.

Paw Paw Ready to Organize.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:

Paw P aw,  Feb. 22,1889.
Dear  Sir—In a meeting  held here for the pur-
Fose of organizing a Business Men’s Association, 
was  appointed  a  committee  of  one  to secure 
your  services  for  one  evening  to  explain  the 
good derived from such organizations.
Please state w hat  evening  after next W ednes­
day you  can  come  and  we  will  make calcula­
tions for the same. 

Yours  respectfully,
H arr y W. Sho w erm a n.

Next Crop of Silk.

From the New York Commercial Bullentin.
The new crop of silk will not  come  to 
this country in any quantity  before  Au­
gust and September, and it is a  question 
whether there is enough now here  to  go 
around.  Japan is now the  most  impor­
tant point of  supply for our market. 
It 
is estimated that the export of  the  pres­
ent  crop  to  our  market  will  show  a 
shortage of  about 5,000  bales.  During 
the year 1887,  34,000  bales  of  raw  silk 
came here,  while in 1888  there  were  39, 
000 bales received.  Of this fifty-five  per 
cent,  in  value  was  Japan  silk,  about 
twenty-seven  per  cent. 
Italian,  and 
about  nineteen  per  cent.  Chinas.  The 
Canton crop is only about one-third  that 
of last year, and while we may  get  rela­
tively our share it will  not  be  as  much 
as last year.  The Shanghai crop is  now 
taken mostly in Europe, as  it  is  not  so 
well adapted to the wants  of  the  manu­
facturers  here.  The  shortage  in  this 
crop for the current year is estimated  at 
from 12,000 to 15,000 bales of  white silk. 
It will readily be seen  that  without  the 
help of the syndicate there has been good 
reasons for an improvement.  Old manu­
facturers have increased their plant to  a 
considerable  extent,  and  many  new 
looms have been started.

The Commercial Traveler.

The true character of  the  commercial 
traveler is being  better  understood  and 
the  profession  more  appreciated  every 
day.  You  will  not  find  a  merchant 
prince  anywhere — that  is  to  say,  one 
who takes an active interest in his affairs 
—who is not ready to deliver you a glori­
ous tribute  to  the  thrifty,  enterprising 
gentleman  who  extends  his  name  and 
pushes his business, who,  in  reality,  is 
the  sub-architect  of  his  fortune.  The 
commercial  traveler  of  the  better  sort 
possesses the full confidence  of  his  em­
ployer and rarely  betrays  it.  He  is  a 
man of tact, intelligence and  of  eminent 
discretion,  a  trained  business  man  and 
the merchant  of  to-morrow.  Travelers 
are often promoted to membership in the 
firms whose business they have extended, 
and it is an accepted truth that  the  best 
merchants are those who have  faced suc­
cessfully  the  fierce  competition  of  the 
road. 
The  junior  members  of  many 
firms now make periodical trips  to  keep 
posted, to sell a certain trade or to  cover 
unallotted  territory.  Among  sensible 
people, therefore, there is no  more  pre­
judice against  a  traveler  than  there  is 
against a well regulated  millionaire.

To  Suppress Dealings on Margins.
A  bill  introduced  by Senator  Pope  in 
the Nebraska legislature, says the Minne­
apolis  Northwestern  Miller,  “ provides 
that it shall be unlawful for any corpora­
tion,  association, copartnership or person 
to keep, or  cause to be  kept, within that 
state,  any  bucket  shop,  office, store  or 
other place  wherein is conducted  or per­
mitted  pretended  buying  or  selling  of 
shares of stocks or bonds of any corpora 
tion,  of  petroleum,  cotton,  grain,  pro­
visions, or other  produce, either  on mar­
gins or  otherwise, without  any intention 
of receiving and  paying for  the property 
so  bought  or of  delivering  the  property 
so  sold, or  wherein is  conducted  pr  per­
mitted  pretended  buying  or  selling  of 
such property on margins, or when party 
buying  any such  property, or offering  to 
buy the  same, does  not  actually  receive 
the same if purchased^or deliver the same 
if sold.  The keeping of  any such places 
is prohibited,  and  a  violation  is.punish­
able  by a  fine of  from  §200 to  §500, and 
for  a  second  offense six  months  in  jail 
additional.  A violation by a corporation 
is  punishable  by  the  forfeiture  of  its 
charter.  Provisions  are  made  for  the 
collection  of  evidence  and  the  punish 
ment of such offenses.”

Milk Sugar Manufacture.

To  meet  the  requirements  of  the  in­
creasing demand for milk sugar, its man 
ufacture has  been  largely augmented in 
Switzerland.  The  crude  sugar  is  ob 
tained as a coarse  powder, by the  direct 
evaporation of whey, 50,000 quarts yield 
ing  about  2,500  pounds  of  this  crude 
sugar.  The  refining  is  done  by  di 
solving  it  in  water  at  65 degrees C. of 
temperature in copper  pans, and  adding 
of  alum  or  sulphate  of  alumina.  The 
liquid  is  then  filtered  through  animal 
charcoal,  boiled  down  to  a syrup,  and 
allowed to crystallize  slowly on  wooden 
rods.

Harrison’s Inauguration.

The  Michigan  Central,  “the  Niagara 
Falls Route,” will  sell  tickets  from  all 
stations on its lines  to  Washington  and 
return  from  February 28th to March 3d, 
inclusive,  at one fare for the  round trip, 
tickets good to return  leaving  Washing­
ton not later than  March 8th.  A special 
train  of  Wagner  Palace  Sleeping  Cars 
will leave  Detroit  March  1st, at 8 p. m., 
and  run  through  to  Washington,  via 
Niagara Falls  and  Philadelphia, return­
ing  by  same  route.  Applications  for 
berths should be  made to Mr. C. A. War­
ren,  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent,  De­
troit, either  direct or through any ticket 
agent of  the Michigan  Central, of  whom 
tickets  may be purchased.

A Descending  Scale.

watch ?

Uncle Berkshire—How  much  be  that 
Jeweler—Forty dollars.
Uncle Berkshire—En the  smaller one? 
Jeweler—Fifty dollars.
Uncle Berkshire—En the smallest one? 
Jeweler—Seventy-five dollars.
Uncle Berkshire—Gosh, mister !  How 

much is no watch ?

A merchant who owes  money for mer­
chandise should be  fully  insured.  This 
is an obligation due to those who  furnish 
him  with  credit.  There  are  hazards 
enough in business  without undertaking 
the additional risk of  a fire  loss. 
It is a 
risk  there  is  no  necessity for  the  mer­
chant  to  assume,  as  insurance  is  not 
costly,  and the  expense is far more  than 
counterbalanced by the security afforded.

the  premeditated  fraud. 

Improving the Insolvency Laws. 
John N.  Harris,  Minneapolis  manager 
for the Bradstreet Co., offers the  follow­
ing  suggestions  relative to changing the 
prevailing insolvency laws :
I find the most fatal defect in the pres­
ent law  to  be  that  the  debtor  has  the 
choosing  of  his  assignee.  This  opens 
not a loophole  but  a  wide  doorway  for 
fraud to those who  are  disposed to make 
use  of  the  opportunity.  The  assignee 
hires a lawyer. 
If  they are so  disposed, j 
these  two  can  systematically bleed  the j 
creditors.  The  remedy I have  in  mind 
would  be  the  appointment  of  a  Public 
Assignee by the Governor or Legislature. 
Have one for each city of  over  10,000 in­
habitants and in the larger  counties  one 
at each county seat to act for the county. 
Put  him  under  heavy bonds.  Make his 
term  of  office  definite,  say  four  years 
from the  date  of  appointment.  Make it 
part  of  the  duties  of  the  city  and 
county attorneys  to  give  him  legal  ad- 
ice.  Make him an officer of  and  amen­
able  to  the  county  or  district  courts, 
^et all assignments be made to him.  Let 
his  remuneration  be  set  at certain per­
centages,  and  require  returns  by a cer­
tain time, and have him show good cause 
why returns  are  not  made.  Go further 
than  this.  Define a certain  period  pre­
vious  to a failure  within  which  an  in­
solvent may not claim  exemption rights, 
if  not  previously claimed,  so that an in­
solvent may not  obtain  credit  upon  the 
strength of  his owning certain  property, 
and  then,  just before Le is ready to fail, 
move into it and claim it as a homestead. 
Another defect (and  this  one  seems the 
most  difficult  to  provide  for) to be pro­
vided for ii> the law  by  which  an  insol­
vent  may buy back  the  stock  from  the 
assignee and resume in the name of some 
elative. 
In many cases this is all a part 
of 
In  some 
others  it  is a  perfectly honest  proceed- 
ng.  The number of instances, however, 
are against the latter supposition.  Make 
it incumbent upon the public assignee to 
give the widest consistent publicity to all 
proceedings.  Give  him  the  right  of 
search  and  subpoena.  Base  his fees by 
law solely upon the amount of  dividends 
he  pays creditors. 
In outlying counties, 
the public assignee  might be an attorney 
or business man, who could combine such 
duties with his regular  business. 
In the 
larger cities, a man  could give his whole 
time to the work.  Such a plan as I have 
here  suggested in a rough  shape  would 
save  time and money for creditors; lessen 
the chances for fraud and yield remuner­
ation  enough  to  secure  the  services of 
men who have the  required  ability.  Of 
course, such  an  arrangement  would not 
prevent a majority of  creditors  from pe­
titioning  to  have  one  of  their  number 
appointed  trustee  for  the  continuance 
and final winding up of  the  business,  as 
is done under  our  present law, nor need 
it curtail any of  theprivileges which our 
present  law  grants  a  creditor,  but  it 
would  close  up a very profitable  source 
of  revenue to  many lawyers, and,  conse­
quently,  would  lie  opposed  by the  fra­
ternity.
I n c r e a s e   in   th e   U se   o f  C e r ta in   D ru g s .
The  increase  in  the  use  of  certain 
drugs  during  the  last  ten  years  is con­
cisely  shown  by  the  records  of 
the 
Pharmacie  Centrale,”  from  which  all 
supplies  for  the  public  institutions  of 
Paris  are  drawn, ■  In  the  period  from 
1876 to 1886 the use of  carbolic  acid had 
increased  from  369  kilos  to 11,217, cor­
rosive  sublimate  from  102  to 314, iodo­
form from 22 to 353,  and  sodium  salicy­
late  from  none to 353  kilos.  The other 
antiseptic  agents, salicylic  acid,  thymol 
and  potassium  permanganate  either de­
creased or exhibited no increase.  Quinine 
and chloral increased 50 and 100 per cent, 
respectively;  iron preparations remained 
about  the  same,  whilst  arsenic  showed 
increased  consumption  wTith  each  year. 
Purgatives exhibit a remarkably constant 
employment, the  favorites  being  castor 
oil and Epsom  salts.  The  use of  opium 
remained  about  the  same,  except  that 
codeine is on the increase in favor.

Chemical Experts.

Prof. ¡Stuart, of  Chicago,  says  regard­
ing  commercial  investigations  by  so- 
called chemists,  “that their  work  needs 
investigation  more  than  the  substance 
analyzed. 
In other words the  frauds  in 
that quarter are  greater  and  more  dan­
gerous than in the  compounds  they  pre­
tend  to  investigate.  Any  adulteration 
or sophistication which is  dangerous,  or 
especially deleterious,  or even one which 
without these objections, unfits  the  sub­
stance adulterated for  its  ordinary  use, 
will be short lived  and  transient.  The 
adulteration of refined sugar  with  grape 
sugar affords an example. 
It was  exten­
sive eight or ten years ago,  but is  now  a 
thing of the  past.  Grape  sugar  is  not 
poisonous or hurtful in any  way,  but  it 
simply lowers the  sweetening  power  of 
the sugar, consequently the buyers  (con­
sumers) rejected tfie brands of  sugar  so 
adulterated. 
Illustrations of  this might 
be multiplied, and while in food articles, 
at least, there is a possibility of the pres­
ence of poisons so insidious that the con­
sumer may suffer untoward consequences 
from  their  use,  without  being  able  to 
locate the cause, this,  it will be admitted, 
is extremely improbable.  A  suggestion 
in regard to expert chemical work  which 
has much force,  is that it  should  not  be 
ex-parte.  The chemist should  not  work 
for the defendant or for the plaintiff, but 
for the truth. 
In other words, he should 
be employed by the court.”

Corn Pack of 1888.

The American  Grocer  figures  out  the 
corn pack of  last  year.  The figures pre­
sented  represent  the  smallest  quantity 
put up, so that the output of a few houses 
in  the  West  not  reporting would make 
larger  the  figures  which  indicate  the 
greatest corn pack  on  record,  and which 
for  the  first  time  in  the history of  the 
trade  surpasses  the  total  pack  of  its 
greatest competitor, tomatoes.  The total 
output in 1888 reaches  3,491,474 cases of 
two dozen tins each,  against  2,311,424 in 
1887,  an increase of 1,180,050 cases.  The 
average annual  pack for the three  years 
1885-87, was, 1,699,444  cases, so that the 
pack  of  1888  is  more  than  double  the 
average  annual  supply  for  three  years 
past.  These  figures  are sufficient to in­
dicate  why canned  corn  is a drag  upon 
the market,  and  yet  with  this  immense 
supply there is at  the  moment  an abso­
lute  scarcity  of  canned  corn  of  extra 
quality.

I

Origin of the Term.

Written to r Th e  Tradesman.

The man who doesn’t pay his debts 
And doctors who their bills  forget 

Gets on delinquent sheets,
Are classified as beats.

’Twas to them the  term was first applied 
For stealing “stiffs,” when patients died, 
And for that inappropriate  feat 
They  gained the M. D.  (my dead)  snbriqnet.
M. J. W r isl e y .

His  Monthly  Shopping.

Farmer—How many yards o’ that truck 
will it take  ef  make  ther  ole woman er 
dress ?

Clerk—About twelve, I should say.
“At  thee  cents  er  yard  it  comes  ter 
thirty-six  cents. 
I  reckon  twelve’s  er 
leetle  more’n  she’ll  need.  Just  cut off 
six  yards.  Times  is  mighty  close  an’ 
we hev ter be er leetle savin’.”

“Any buttons or thread?”
“No,  I  reckon  not.  She  kin scratch 
up ernuff  o’  them at home.  Craps wan’t 
extry this  ye’r  and we  kain’t  erford ter 
fool no money erway.”

“Is there anything  else ?”
“I guess  yer may wray up er quarter’s 
wuth  er  sugar  an’  er  dollar’s  wuth  er 
chawin terbacker. 
’Pears  like er sin ter 
fool erway money fer sugar,  but  ther ole 
woman thinks she kain’t  live  thoutin it, 
an’  ther  habit o’  usin’  it’s  got  sech  er 
holt o n ’er  that  she  gits  erway  wither 
quarter’s wuth every month.  Say, mebby 
you’d  better  put up two dollars wuth o’ 
that  terbacker, for  I  cayn’t  tell  ef  I’ll 
be down  here  ergin  fer  er month,  an’  1 
want plenty ter do me.”

VISITING BUYERS.

Adam Newell.Buraip*s Core
G F Cook,  Grove 
J  V Crandall&Son.Sand Lke John F arrow e,  So Blendon 
John Kruisinsra, H olland 
E liR unnelS jC oraing 
A P urchase, So Blendon
R G Sm ith, W ayland 
W Ver  Meulen, Beaver Dam
H L Page, E Jo rd an  
J  P  Vinner, Allegan 
H Dalmon, Allendale
J L P u   chase. Boner 
F E Boobinger, E Jo rd an  
B ro tt & Rey aoids,  B orland N F M iller,  Lisbon 
Peck & Co, W alton 
B rookings Lum ber Co,
S J  Koon, Lisbon 
Brookings
C K H oyt & Co.Hudsonviile
R A B astings, S p arta 
W  A Rwarts & Son,Fennvile DeK rnif, Boone & < ’o,
J  B W atson, Coopersviile 
Zeeland
Dr H C Peckham .  F reep o rt JohnV anFarrow e,  Allendle 
O W M essinger, S pring Lke Sm allegan &  P ickaani, 
C lark & W inegar,  Lowell 
F orest G rove
John DeVries, Jam estow n
L M W olf, Hudsonville 
A E Sm ith, C adillac 
G Ten Hoor,  F orest  Grove 
J  T Perham , K ent City 
J   DenHerder&Son.Overisel 
E S Botsford, D orr 
A M  'hu**ch. EncrlishvUle 
C S Comstock, Pierson 
S A H ew itt, M onterey 
H D H arvey, Bangor 
T V anEenenaam , Z eeland 
J  N W ait, H udsonville 
H Van Noord. Jam estow n 
G H W albrink. A llendale
H M eijering, Jam estow n
Co  verse Mfg Co  Newaygo Mrs M A Side, K ent City 
D D H arris, Shelby ville 
J  Vanden Bosch, Zeeland
C F W illiam s, C aledonia  Mrs G Miller,  M uskegon

HAJEIDWAJZE.
P r ic e s   C u rren t.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 

pay promptly  and  buy in  full  package
AUGURS AND BITS.
60
Ives’, old s ty le .................................
60
Snell’s . ...............................................
40
Cook’s .................................................
2o
Jennings’, genuine..........................
Jennings’,  im itation....................... ................50&10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze............ ................$ 7 00
D.  B. Bronze............
..............   11  00
S. B. S. Steel............
..............  8  50
D. B. Steel................ ................  13 00

..............  
.............. 
.............. 
• .. .. .. ..  

AXES.

“ 
“ 
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dis.
dis.

BALANCES.

 

 

 

dis.

BELLS.

BOLTS.

BARROWS.

Spring  ........................«..................... ................ 
4o
R ailroad............................................. ..............$  14 00
G arden...............................................
.......net  33 00
60&10&10
H and.................
___  
70
C o w .......................
.......30&15
Call  .................
G o n g .....................
Door, Sargent —
. 60&10 
dis.
.$ 
0 
Stove........................................................
• 70&10
Carriage new  list...................................
50
P lo w ....................................................................  
70
Sleigh shoe......................................................... 
60
W rought Barrel  Bolts........................ 
40
Cast Barrel Bolts...............................................  
40
Cast Barrell, brass  knobs................................ 
60
Cast Square Spring............................................ 
40
Cast Chain ........................................ 
 
W rought  Barrel, brass knob..........................  
60
W rought S q u are...............................................  
60
W rought Sunk  F lu sh ....................................... 
60
W rought Bronze and Plated Knob F lu sh .. .60&10
Ives’ Door..............................................................60&10
dis.
40
B arber................................................................... 
50&10
B ack u s............................. 
 
Spofford...........................  
50
Am. B a ll..... ........................................ 
net
Well,  plain.........................................................8 3 50
Well, sw ivel.  .....................................................  4 00
dis.
Cast Loose Pin, figured..................  
70&
Cast Loose Pin, Berlin  bronzed..................... 70&
Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed................ 60&
W rought Narrow, bright 5ast jo in t................ 60&10
W rought Loose P in ............................................60&10
W rought Loose Pin, acorn tip ........................60&05
W rought Loose Pin, ja p a n n ed .......................60&05
W rought Loose Pin, japanned, silvertipped.60&05
W rought  Table...................................................60&10
W rought Inside B lind.......................................60&10
W rought  Brass..........................
Blind,  Clark’s .....................................................70&10
Blind,  Parker’s __ ............................................. 70&10
Blind, Shepard’s ..................................

braces. 
 

BUTTS, CAST. 

BUCKETS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BLOCKS.

 

 

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

CARPET  SWEEPERS.

Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85.................. 
40
Bissell  No. 5........................................per doz.817 00
“ 
Bissell No. 7, new drop p a n ............  
“  
Bissell, G ra n d ..................................... 
“ 
Grand Rapids....................................... 
“ 
M agic....................  
dis. 50&02
G rain...
04
Cast Steel.................................................. per fl> 
3)4
Iron, Steel Points......................................  “ 
Ely’s 1-10.................................................. per m 
65
60
Hick’s  C. F ............................................... 
35
G. D ...........................................................  
M usket......................................................  
60
.  50
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & W inchester new lis t.. 
Rim Fire, United  States............................dis. 
50
Central  F ire............................................... dis. 
25
Socket F irm er.....................................................70&10
Socket Fram ing...................................................7Ü&10
Socket Corner.......................................................70&10
Socket Slicks.......................................................70&10
40
Butchers’ Tanged  Firm er................................ 
Barton’s Socket  Firm ers.................................  
20
Cold................................. 1..................................  
net
Curry,  Lawrence’s  ...........................................40&10
H otchkiss...........................................................  
25
W hite Crayons, per  gross...............12@12)4 dis. 10

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

combs. 

CHALK.

*’  dis.

“ 
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dis.

COCKS.

 

“ 

COFFER.

Brass,  Racking’s ............................................... 
60
60
Bibb’s ..................................................................  
B ee r......................................................................40&10
60
Fenns’........................................... 
Planished, 14 oz cut to size.........per pound 
33
31
14x52,14x56,14x60 ..........................  
29
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60..........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48.............................................  
29
30
B ottom s............................................................... 
40
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks............................................ 
Paper and straight Shank................... :.......... 
40
Morse’s Taper Shank...................  
 
40
DRIPPING PANS.

DRILLS.

dis.

 

07
Small sizes, ser p o u n d ..................................... 
6)4
Large sizes, per  pound....................................... 
Com. 4  piece, 6 in ............................... doz. net 
75
C orrugated.......................................... dis. 20&10&10
Adjustable.................................................. dis.  )4&10

ELBOWS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

diS.

f il e s—New List. 

Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826.......................... 
30
Ives’, 1, 818;  2, 824 ;  3, 830  ...............................  
25
American File Association L ist......................60&10
Disston’s ..............................................................60&10
New  American...................................................60&10
Nicholson’s ........................................................ 60&10
50
Heller’s.
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps.........
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
List 
15 

GALVANIZED IRON.

............. 
............. 

28
18

dis.

13 

12 

14 

Discount, 60

g a u g e s. 

d is.

HINGES.

HAMMERS.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ........................  
50
Naydole  & Co.’s ......................................... dis. 
25
Kip’s ..............................................................dis. 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s ...................................... dis. 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................... 30c list 50
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, H and__ 30c 40&10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ..................................dis. 
60
State.................................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  in. 4)4  14  and
3)410
54......... ...........net
......... net
8)4
%.........
......... net
7)4
M.........
7 Î4
......... net
70
......... dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track __ 50&10
Champion,  anti-friction.................................   60&10
Kidder, wood tra c k .......................................... 
40

Strap and T .......

HANGERS. 

dis.

HOLLOW WARE

Pots........................................................................60&10
Kettles...................................................................60&10
S piders.................................................................60&10
Gray enam eled................................................... 
50

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Stamped  T inW are............................new list 70&10
Japanned Tin W are..........   ............................ 
25
Granite Iron W a re ...........................................  
25

Grub  1...........................................................811, 
Grub 2 ......................................................$11.50, 
Grub 3 ...........................................................$12, 

dis. 60
dis. 60
dis. 60

HORSE NAILS.

dis.

l o c k s—DOOR.

55
55
70
.40&10
45
dis.
55
55
55
55

Au Sable...................................dis. 25&10@25&10&10
Putnam ..........................................dis.  5&10&2)4&2)4
N orthw estern..................................... 
dis. 10&10&5
k n o b s—New List.
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings..............
Door,  porcelain, jap. trim m ings..........
Door, porcelain, plated trim m ings.......
Door,  porcelain, trim m ings...................
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain............
Picture, H. L. Ju d d   &  Co.’s ...................
H em atite....................................................
Russell & Irw in  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..
Mallory, W heeler  &  Co.’s .......................
Branford’s .................................................
Norwalk’s ..................................................
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s.
MATTOCKS.
Adze E ye.....................................
Hunt E ye.....................................
H unt’s ............................   ............

70
.......$16.00, dis. 60
.......$15.00, dis. 60
$18.50, dis. 20&10.
dis.
50
................ 
dis.
40
40
40
25
Stebbin’s  Pattern............................................... 60&10
Stebbin’s G enuine..............................................60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring.
25
N A I L S
Advance above 12d nails.

P.  S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malléables___  
Landers,  Ferry & Clark’s ...................  
E n terp rise.............................................. 

Sperry & Co.'s, Post,  handled.

Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s.

MOLASSES GATES. 

LEVELS.

MAULS.

MILLS.

dis.

dis.

» 

FENCE  AND  BRADS.
50d to 60d............................................
lOd................. .....................................
8d and 9d.......................... , ...............
6d and 7d............................... ...........
4d and 5d............................................
3d.........................................................
2d.........................................................

FINE BLUED.

1 00 

25 
10 
25 
40 
60 
1  50

1  00
1  50
2  00

CASTING AND BOX.

19 00
36 00
24 00
15 00

12d to 30d.
50
lOd............
60
8d to 9d 
75
6d to 7d.
90
4d to 5d................................................................   1  10
1  50
3d.

COMMON BARREL.

1)4 and  1% in ch ......................................
.........  1  35
.........  1  X5
2  and 254 
.....................................
“ 
..................................... .........  1  00
214 and 234  ** 
3 in c h ......................................................... ......... 
85
75
3)4 and 4)4  in ch ......................................

Each half keg 10 cents extra.

o il e r s. 

d is.

f i is

P T .A W S  

Zinc or tin. Chase’s P atent.............................. 60&10
Zinc, with brass bottom ................................... 
50
Brass or Copper................................................... 
50
R eap er........................................... per gross, $12 net
Olmstead’s ..........................................................50&10
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y .....................................40@10
Sciota  Bench......................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy............................ 40@10
Bench, first quality.................................... 
  @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood.............20&10
Fry,  Acme.......................... .......................dis. 50&10
Common,  polished....................................dis. 60&10
50
Iron and  T inned............................................... 
Copper Rivets and Burs................................... 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“ B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9  20 

p a t e n t  p l a n is h e d  ir o n .

r iv e t s . 

PANS.

Broken packs )4c per pound extra.

dis.

ROPES.

Sisal,  )4 inch and la rg e r.................................   13
M anilla................................................................   16
dis.

Steel and Iro n .....................................................70&10
Try and Bevels. 
M itre.

s q u a r e s. 

SHEET IRON.

Com.  Smooth. Com.
$3 00
3 00
3 10
3 15
3 35
3 35.
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10to 14............
..........................84 20
Nos. 15 to 17............
..........................  4 20
Nos. It to 21............
.......................... 4 20
Nos. 22to 24............ ............................4  20
Nos. 25 to 2Ö............ ............................  4  40
............................4  60
No. Î7.
wide not less than 2-10 extra

di3.

60 
60 
66 
60 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
45 
35
.öWtlÖ 
35 
70 
70 
70.
.. 18c per doz. 
$1.50 per dbz. 

SAND PAPER.

SASH CORD.

List acct. 19, ’86.
.. .dis.
Silver Lake, W hite  A ..................................list 
Drab A .....................................  “  
W hite  B ........................ . . . „   “ 
Drab B ......................................  “ 
W hite C....................................   “ 

“ 
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“ 

Discount, 10.

50
55
50
55
35

SASH WEIGHTS.

Solid Eyes.................................................. per ton 825

SAUSAGE 8UUFPER8 OB FILLERS.

Miles’ “Challenge” .... per doz. $20, dis. 50iJ50A05
P erry..................... per doz. No. 1, 815;  No. 0,
......................................................$21;  dis. '50@50&5
Draw Cut No. 4............................... each, $30, dis 30
Enterprise Mfg. Co..............................dis. 20&10@30
Silver’s ......................................................... dis.  40&10
Disston’s  Circular.........................................4B@4b&5
Cross C ut.......................................45@45&5
H an d ..............................................25@25&5
Atkins’  Circular............................................... di=.  9
70
50
30 
38

»Extras sometimes given by jobbers.
“  Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,__  
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per fo o t.... 
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per fo o t.... 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot..................................................  

sa w s. 

dis.

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TACKS.

American, all kinds....................................
Steel, all  kinds.......................................
Swedes, all kinds................................... . .
Gimp and Lace...............................
Cigar Box  N ails.....................................
Finishing  N ails............................. ”  ”  ” ’ ]
Common and  Patent  B rads.............
Hungarian Fails and Miners’ Tacks___
Trunk and Clout N ails..............................
Tinned Trunk and Clout N ails.......... ”
Leathered Carpet Tacks.............................

TRAPS.

Steel, Game..................................................
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ... .. .. .
Oneida  Community, Hawley & Norton’s
Hotchkiss’..........................
P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  ................" " " " I
Mouse,  choker.......................
Mouse, delusion.....................
WIRE.
Bright M arket........................
Annealed M arket...................
Coppered M arket...................
E xtra B ailin g ........................
Tinned M arket......................
Tinned  Broom......................
Tinned M attress.....................
Coppered  Spring  Steel.........
Tinned  Spring Steel..............
Plain Fence.............................
Barbed  Fence,galvanized..
p ain ted .......
Copper......................................
Brass........................................

“ 

dis.

............   67)4
............ 70&10
............   62)4
............  
55
.. per pound 09 
. per pound 8)4rj;
40&10 
.. per pound 03
................... $3  75
.................   3  00
,3w  list-net

WIRE GOODS.
B right.............................................
Screw  Eyes...................................
Hook’s ........................................'.
Gate Hooks and Eyes.................
WRENCHES. 

dis.

.70&1U&10 
.70&10i&10 
.70&10A10 
■ 70&10&10

diS.

30
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled....................... 
50
Coe’s  G enuine..................................................  
75
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, w rought,............ 
Coe’s  Patent, m alleable................................... 75&10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dis.
50
Bird C ages............................................... 
 
75
Pumps, Cistern................................................... 
70&05
Screws, New L ist................. 
Casters, Bed  and  P late..............................50&10&10
40
Dampers,  A m erican.......................................... 
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods.........  66%
Copper Bottoms..................................................   30c

 

 

M E T A L S .

PIG TIN.

Pig  Large.................................................................28c
Pig B ars.................................................................... 30e

COPPER.

D uty:  Pig, Bar  and  Ingot,  4c;  Old  Copper,  3c 
M anufactured  (including all articles  of which 
Copper is a component of  chief  valne),45  per 
cent  ad valorem.  For large lots  the following 
quotations are shaded:

Lake...................... 
18)4
“Anchor” B rand.......................................................18

 

D uty:  Sheet, 2)4c per pound.
600 pound  casks...................................................... 6)4
Per  pound........................................................... 7@7)4

ZINC.

LEAD.

pound.  Pipe and Sheets 3c per pound.

D uty:  Pig, 82  per 100  pounds.  Old  Lead, 2c  per 
American 
...........................................................@5
Newark..................................................................@5
B a r................................................................................ 6
S h eet.............................................................8c, dis. 20
)4@)4...........................................................................16
E xtra W iping.........................................................13)4
The  prices  of  the  many other  qualities  of
solder in the market indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.

SOLDER.

Cookson.............................................per  pound  14)4
H)4
Hallett’s ...........................................  
TIN—MELYN GRADE.

10xi4 IC, Charcoal...............................  
14x20 IC, 
12x12 IC, 
14x14IC, 
10x28 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
12x12 IX, 
14x14 IX, 
20x28 IX, 

...8 6 0 0
..............................................  6 00
..............................................  g 25
 
. . . .   li>00
..............................................
. .. .   775
 
..............................................  7 75
. .. ..   $00
 
 
. . . .   13 50
..............................................

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Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.

 
 
 
 

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Each additional X on this grade 81.50. 

TIN—ALL A WAY GRADE.
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“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

10x14 IC,  C harcoal............................................$
14x20 IC, 
12x12 IC, 
14x14 IC, 
29x3810’, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
12x12 IX, 
14x14 IX, 
30x28 IX, 

..............................................  5.40
..............................................  5 ^0
..............................................  5 65
M 5
 
90
 
..............................................  6  90
.............................................   7 15
 
14 00
14x20 IC, Tem e  M. F ........................................$  7 60
20x28  IC, 
.........................................   15 75
14x20  IC, “  W orcester.....................................  5  &
..............................  7 09
14x20 IX, 
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Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan  29,  1889.

The fiber from which Sisal  and  Manilla  Rope  is made is now 
‘cornered”  and  very  high.  The  price  of rope in New York to­
day is,

Sisal,  12  1-2 cents per pound.
Manilla,  15  cents per pound.
Our  price  in  Grand Rapids  is  ONE  CENT  ABOVE  THESE 

PRICES.  We have in stock a new rope called
NJBW P R O C B S S .

Its  superiority  to  Sisal  in  every  respect  is now universally ad­
mitted, and where it has  been  substituted  for Manilla, favorably 
impresses  the  purchaser  with  confidence  in  its  utility  and suc­
cess.  It is  manufactured  in  all  sizes,  the  smaller  coils  being 
made np in a  ball  cord  shape,  thus  avoiding  the  necessity  of a 
reel.  We  keep  in  stock  “ New  Process”  from  1-4  up  to  5-8 
inclusive, and our price to-day  is  only  9  1-2  cents  a  pound  for 
3-8 and larger, and 10  cents  for  1»4.  This price, however,  will 
not hold and must go higher  if Sisal and Manilla keep advancing.
A  trial  coil  will  convince  you  the  days  of  Sisal  rope  are 
numbered. 

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From  th e New York Tribune.
One of  the  Nebraska  Senators  tells of 
one of  the  most  powerful  and  effective 
revivals that  ever  occurred in a town of 
his  State,  where  every male inhabitant, 
with a single  exception,  was  converted. 
The  inhabitants of  the  town  were,  as a 
rule, wretchedly poor.  The president of 
the  railroad  company  on  the  line  of 
which  the  town  was  skuated,  touched 
with  sympathy for  their  condition,  ap­
proached  one of  the  principal  men and 
inquired if  they ever  had  any preaching 
out in that section.
“Preaching!”  said  the  person  ad­
dressed. 
“Oh,  yes;  we  had a great  re­
vival  here  last  winter,  and  all got con­
verted  but  one  man, who  said he could 
not  join  the  church  until he had stolen 
timber enough from the railroad company 
to  fence his farm.”
After this  honest confession,  the pres­
ident of  the  railroad  company never at­
tempted  to  detect  the  thieves. 
It was 
useless.  One of the favorite hymns sung 
by these good converts, the  Senator says, 
was the well-known one beginning:

“Blest be the tie that binds.”

Very Facetious.

From  th e Chicago News.
A member of  the  New  York  Legisla­
ture  has  become  the  proud father of  a 
bill to establish  four State schools of  in­
struction  in  butter-making,  milk-skim­
ming  and  cheese  architecture.  These 
schools are expected to give free  instruc­
tion in the art of  milking  nervous  cows 
in fly time,  in  churning  cream,  and  in 
caressing butter until  the  ultimate drop 
of  buttermilk  has  departed  from 
it. 
There will be a processor to  preside over 
the cheese foundry and  other  professors 
to lecture on the  glories of  grass  butter 
and the  philosophy of  curds  and  whey. 
It  is a great  plan,  but  the  statesmanly 
author w'ill doubtless have to labor  until 
the cows corns home before he secures its 
adoption.

He  Was  Conscientious.

“James,”  said the  grocer,  as he looked 
up from the  morning  paper, “they have 
begun to make maple  sugar in Vermont, 
already.”
“Yes, sir,”  said the  clerk,  with  ready 
comprehension. 
“Those  maple  sugar 
bricks left over from last  year are down- 
cellar. 
I’ll have  them  sandpapered and 
put in the front window to-morrow morn­
ing.”
“Have  you the same sign  you  had last 
year to stick up in the box ? "
“Yes.  It read? :  ‘Fresh from Vermont. 
Strictly pure.’ ”
“You may use that  sign  again, James; 
I don’t  think  it  would  be exactly right 
to paint a new one with that Inscription.”

High Art in Chicago.

From  th e Chicago H erald.
art.”

“We will soon  beat  the  world in high 
“How' is that, .Jackson?”
“Why,  I  see  that  Prussian  Blue,  the 
artist,  is  going  to  have a studio  in  the 
the  auditorium 
seventeenth  story  of 
tower.”

A recent  adulterant  of  coffee  consists 
of  nearly  fifty  per  cent,  of  corn,  so 
roasted as  to  very  closely resemble  the 
coffee in color,  and  the  deception  was 
further aided by glazing  both  coffee and 
earn with a thin coating < f  sugar.

calling at our office.  He  carries a $5,000 
endowment  policy  in  our  company.” 
“That’s  knowing  him enough  for  me,” 
was the Response.  “I’m going to employ 
that  young  man.  No  employer  could 
give him so strong a testimonial of worth 
as he has given himself. 
I tell you when 
a  young man  thinks  so far  ahead  as to 
spend his spare money in a life insurance 
policy rather  than  in  having a ‘high  old 
time,’ he  can  be  trusted  and  depended 
upon every day in the year.”

All 

theologians 

tacitly  admit 

Was  Christ  a  Commercial  Traveler?
that 
the whereabouts of  Christ from  the  age 
of  twelve  until  he  entered  upon  the 
ministry,  at  the  age  of  thirty,  is  un­
known.  Recent  researches  among  the 
sacred books of  Hindostan  show a great 
similarity between  many of  the  phrases 
and  parables of  Christ and those of Hin­
doo sages who lived centuries prior to the 
Christian era.  The  inference is that our 
Lord traveled  extensively in the regions 
of  the  Far  East. 
It  is  presumed that, 
his  precociousness  having  excited  the 
wrath of  the  Jewish  priesthood,  it  was 
found  advisable to leave the country for 
a  time,  and  that  he  joined  one  of  the 
numerous  caravans 
trading  between 
Egypt  and  the  Indies.  Rome,  at  that 
period the proud  mistress of  the  world, 
had  entered  upon  a  period  of  costly 
splendor  and  of  lavish  display.  The 
whole  known  world  was  ransacked  to 
furnish luxuries to gratify the pampered 
taste  of  her  extravagant  emperors  and 
proud patricians.  Innumerable caravans 
were  required  to meet the  demand,  and 
there is not a shadow' of  a doubt that the 
leading merchants of those days were the 
Jews and the  Greeks,  who  were  largely 
engaged in this traffic.  The old Romans, 
those stern masters of  the world, consid­
ered trade  to  be  infra dig.,  and, with a 
grim sarcasm as to the  fitness  of  things, 
constituted  Mercury  the  god  of  mer­
chants and—thieves. 
It is  supposed,  on 
the  best  of  grounds,  that  Christ  took 
part in this business for  eighteen  years, 
and made  frequent  trips  between Alex­
andria,  where the  goods  brought by the 
caravans were shipped to  Rome  and the 
Indies. 
It is but natural to suppose that 
one of  his  extraordinary mental  endow- 
ments w ould be an earnest student of the 
theological  literature  of  the  East, 
to 
which he could  have  had  abundant  ac­
cess.  Edwin  Arnold,  in  his  “Light of 
Asia,” shows that portions of the Lord’s 
prayer and the Beatitudes came verbatim, 
from Hindoo teachers  who lived prior to 
Christ.  A  recent publication also shows 
that there is much  similarity in the lives 
of  Chrishnu  and  Christ.  Chrishnu,  or 
Christnu,  was  born  3,100  years  before 
Christ.  He  wras  one  of  the  Trinity  of 
the  Hindoos  occupying the more central 
part  of  India.  He  came  from  Yishnu, 
became 
incarnate,  was  considered  a 
savior  of  royal  origin,  born  lowly,  sa­
luted by divine  songs  from  angels, sur­
rounded by shepherds.  Nada,  the father, 
and Deva Maia, the  divine  mother, were 
compelled  to  flee  by night into a remote 
country,  for fear of  a tyrant who had or­
dered all the  male  children  to be slain. 
Chrishnu, by his wisdom, at an early age, 
astonished  the  elders.  He  had  a  fore­
runner in his brother  Rom.  He  washed 
the  feet  of  Brahmins,  cured 
lepers, 
raised the dead, was crucified, descended 
into  Hades,  ascended  into  heaven,  and 
sat beside Yishnu,  the first person of the 
Hindoo deity.  The more erudite German 
theologians  admit  the  astonishing  sim­
ilarity in the Asiatic savior Chrishnu and 
Christ.  This  similarity  accounts  in  a 
great measure for the prevalence of  Ger­
man rationalism.
No less an authority than  the Rev. Dr. 
Proudfoot, of  London,  England,  who, in 
early youth,  w as  trained  in  mercantile 
pursuits,  has  been  cited  to  show  that 
Christ himself,  all through  his  proverbs 
and other parts of  the  gospels, evinces a 
business training, and that He must have 
been familiar with the commercial  meth­
ods in vogue  in  those  days,  and  much 
more so than if  He (had  merely followyed 
the carpenter’s trade  of  his  father.  Dr. 
Proudfoot  is  also  of  opinion  that  He 
traveled  in  India  and  was  engaged  in 
commercial pursuits  as  an  attache of  a 
caravan.

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Courts of Last Resort.

P E R SO N A L  P R O P E R T Y   —   CROPS  —   WOOD.
The Supreme Court of  Indiana held, in 
the recent case of Barrett vs. Choen et al., 
that  a purchaser of  real  estate  at an ad­
ministrator’s  sale  was  not  entitled  to 
cor!wood  thereon,  nor  to  crops  sowed 
and  planted by tenants of  the  heirs  be­
fore  the  administrator’s  petition for an 
order  to  sell,  on  the  ground  that  the 
wood and the crops  were  personal prop­
erl v.

U N JU S T   D ISC R IM IN A TIO N   —   IN D IC TM EN T.
An agent of  the  Missouri  Pacific Rail­
way Company was  indicted at Hannibal, 
Mo.,  some  time  ago,  for  violating  the 
Interstate  Commerce  Law by charging a 
grocery  company  at  Hannibal  forty-six 
cents  per  100  pounds  for  freight from 
Hannibal to Helper, Kan., while  he  for­
warded freight for the  Chicago, Burling­
ton & Quincy Railway between the  same 
points  for 
thirty-four  cents  per  100 
pounds.  The agent interposed a demurrer 
to this count in the indictment, but Judge 
Thayer,  of  the  United  States  Circuit 
Court, has overruled the  demurrer,  hold­
ing that the offense charged  amounted to 
unjust discrimination, and that it did not 
matter whether it was effected by rebate, 
drawback  or any other means.

it)  IL D IN G   A SSO C IA TIO N — L O A N — U SURY .
The charter of  a building  and  loan as­
sociation  contained a provision that “no 
dues,  premiums,  interest  or  fines  that 
may accrue to the association  in  accord­
ance  with  its  charter  shall  be  deemed 
usurious  and  the  same  be  collected as 
other  debts.”  The  Court of  Appeals of 
Kentucky held, in the case of  Henderson 
Building and  Loan Association vs. John­
son et al., that the  building  association, 
in an  action to recover  money loaned  to 
one of  its members,  was  entitled  to  re­
cover only the  amount  loaned  with  the 
legal rate of  interest, and not the amount 
authorized by its  charter  in  the  way of 
premiums, 
fines,  etc.,  which  would 
amount to many  times  the  legal  rate of 
interest.  The  court held  that  the  pro­
vision  in  the  charter  referred  to  was 
partial  legislation,  and,  therefore,  un­
constitutional in so  far  as  it  authorized 
the  recovery of  more  than the legal rate 
of  interest upon money loaned.

M AN DA M US— IN SU R A N C E  COM M ISSIONER.
The  Superintendent  of  Insurance  of 
Kansas having refused to permit  certain 
insurance  companies  to  do  business in 
the State,  and  having  revoked  the  per­
mits of  others,  proceedings were brought 
by the companies  to  secure a mandamus 
compelling the  Superintendent  to  issue 
licenses.  The  Supreme  Court  of 
the 
State has  denied  the  application of  the 
companies in the case of  Dwelling House 
Insurance  Company et al. vs. Wilder, on 
the ground that the  duties of  the Super­
intendent  involve  an  exercise  of judg­
ment  and  discretion  on  his part w’hich 
cannot  be  exercised,  reviewed  or  con­
trolled by any other  officer  or  tribunal. 
The court said that  the  Legislature had 
fixed the conditions  under  which  insur­
ance companies  might do business in the 
State,  and that the Superintendent could 
not impose any others.  The Legislature 
had also laid down  certain  rules to gov­
ern  the  Superintendent  in  determining 
whether the conditions imposed had been 
complied with,  but after he  had  applied 
these rules to the facts in the case it still 
remained  for  him  to  officially  judge 
or determine whether  the  conditions ex­
isted, and his action in this respect could 
not be reviewed.

A Secret Well Kept.

Probably the only secret  process which 
has  been  kept  inviolate,  and  for  ages 
openly defied the world of  science, is the 
iron  trade  of  Russia.  The  secret  of 
making  Russian  sheet  iron is owned by 
the government, amd is such an immense 
monopoly that it is currently supposed to 
defray the  entire  expenses  of  the  gov­
ernment.  The works  constitute  an  en­
tire city,  isolated and fortified against the 
rest  of  the  world.  When  a  workman 
enters  the service he bids a last farewell 
to his  family and  friends,  and  is  prac­
tically lost  to  the  balance of  the world. 
He  is  never  heard  of  afterward,  and 
whether he lives or dies all trace of him is 
forever  lost.  There  have  been  several 
desperate  attempts  made  to steal or be­
tray the  secret,  but  in  every instance it 
has resulted in the death of  the would-be 
traitor, 
In one case a letter attached to a 
kite,  which  was  allowed to escape, was 
picked  up  by  some  peasants,  and,  de­
spite their protestations  that  they could 
not  read, they were  at once put to death 
by the guards to whom they delivered the 
letter, and it was afterward  decreed that 
the  guards  themselves  should  pass the 
remainder  of 
their  days  within  the 
works.  The  wonderful  properties  of 
this iron  are so well knowrn that it is un­
necessary to enlarge upon them.

Thinking1  Par  Ahead.

From  the Chicago Jotirnal.
Newspaper  men, in the course of  their 
motley  experiences, are  seldom  met  by 
an  occurrence  so far  out of  the  beaten 
way  as to  make  it  refreshing  by its  ex­
ceeding  novelty.  Yesterday,  however, 
is  entitled  to  a  credit of  one of  them. 
While  in a down  town  mercantile estab­
lishment  enjoying  a  little  tri-cornered 
tete-te-tete with the proprietor and another 
gentleman  visitor,  a  young  man of  pre­
possessing  appearance  approached, and, 
presenting  a  note of  introduction, made 
application  for  a  situation,  remarking 
he had had considerable experience in the 
merchant’s  particular  line  of 
trade. 
Upon being  asked if  he had testimonials 
from  previous employers and could  give 
references, he replied  he  had  no  letters 
of  recommendation, but  gave  the  names 
of  several  firms who had  employed  him 
and  referred  to  them.  He  was  kindly 
told  to “call  again.”  When the  young 
man first made his appearance the “visit­
ing  gentleman,”  a  well-known  life  in­
surance  solicitor,  gave  him  a  bow  of 
recognition, which  was  noticed  by  the 
proprietor of  the  establishment, who  in­
quired of him whether he was acquainted 
with the young man.  “Not intimately,” 
was the  reply. 
I  only know  him  by his

Lakeview Locals.

The  Cato  Novelty Works, established 
in this village a little  over  one  year ago 
by  Ensign  Stebbins,  is  doing  well  and 
turning out lots of  work.
John S. Weidman’s  sawmill, five miles 
north of  here, is cutting out lots of  lum­
ber, which is being hauled to this village.
Pat Long  is  erecting a sawmill  about 
six miles  northwest of  here.
Morgan  Lewis’  sawmill,  about  four 
miles  northeast  of  here,  will  start  up 
soon and cut out a lot of logs now at,  and 
being hauled to,  his mill.
The  boss  sawmill  of  all  the  leading 
mills  within  miles of  this burg  is  John 
J. Bale’s  band  sawmill  in  this  village. 
Bale has logs on the lake here  enough to 
stock his mill all next  season,  besides is 
now  hauling  nearly  100,000  daily  and 
will  so  continue  so  long  as  the  snow 
stays on.
Lewis  Fuller has  finished his contract 
for 25,000 snow shovels  and is now man­
ufacturing  a  large  lot  of  wagon  jacks. 
Mr.  Fuller  has  been  burned  out  twice 
here, but  he is  of  that  make  that  do.ut 
cry over spilt milk.
Lakeview has  two  broom  factories in 
good,  lively  working  order,  which  are 
disposing  of  their  make-up  as  fast  as 
they get them ready for market.
Our business  men  are  going  to try to 
organize  a  Business  Men’s  Association 
here,  whether  they succeed  or not.  For 
their own and the village’s good, we hope 
for their success.
Max Mills, that most popular traveling 
salesman, was here the other day, selling 
goods  and  shaking  hands  wi.h  all our 
good  citizens,  and  many  of  our  good- 
looking  girls  and  boys.  Max  is  just 
more  than  liked  by  all  of  our  young 
men,  and  our  young  ladies  are  simply 
captivated  by  his  manly  form  and  ap­
pearance when he strikes town.

R e p o r t e r .

railway?”

In the Employ of the  Company.
“Are  you  the  Superintendent  of  this 
“Yes, sir, why ?”
“I want a pass.”
“Are  you employed by this road ?” 
“Yes, sir.”
“In what; capacity ?”
“I’m a member of  the Legislature.

ATTENTION,  RETAIL  M E R C H A N T S!•

In c r e a se   y o u r   C igar  T ra d e  b y   s e llin g   th e

3 3 .   3V H . 

. A .

Michigan  B u sin ess  M en’s 

Named in  Compliment to  the

,

And  especially adapted,  both  in  Quality  and  Price,  to  the  requirements  of  the

RETAIL  GROCERY  TRADE.

To  THE  M ir c h a n t s  o r  M ic h ig a n  — We  offer 

Marble and Granite

Monuments

at a closer margin of profit than  any  concern in 
the State.  Write for estimates on Building Stone 
or cemetery work.  First class material and work­
manship only.

SiM ’L  MOFFETT,  Manager.

Absolutely  THE  BEST  5  Bent  Cigar  on  Earth ! *
The  Telfer  Spice  C om pany,

PRICE,  030  PER  THOUSAND.

M ANUFACTURERS’  AGENTS,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

The Finest 5-ct. Cigar ManiifaGtiired.

LONG HAVANA FILLER.

THEY HAVE NO EQUAL.

A.  S.  DAV I S ,  

70 Canal St,,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

T he Michiganlradesman

WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 

I8H9.

L E IS U R E   H O U R   JO T T IN G S .

W ritten tor Thb  Tradesman.

Is 

B Y   A   CO UN TRY  M ERC H A N T.
it 

sickly  and  mawkish  senti­
mentality, or are  there  really debatable 
and  tenable  grounds, which many  of  us 
are too  blind to discover, for  the  peren­
nial  efforts of  great  numbers  of  people 
for boldly and enthusiastically proclaim­
ing  themselves  the  champions  of  that 
numerous  and  constantly 
increasing 
class which, keeping  discreetly and cau­
tiously  within  the  bounds  of  the  law, 
keeps itself generously supplied with the 
necessities,  and not infrequently the lux­
uries,  of  existence,  at  the  expense  of 
other people’s brain and muscle ?

Among the multitudinous  obstructions 
which  are  biennially  in  readiness  to 
counteract any legislation looking toward 
a curtailment of  the  property  privileges 
of  chronic  debtors, I  have  never  heard 
of  but  one  attempt  at  an  argument 
against more modern and  equitable  laws 
for  the  collection  of  debts,  viz.,  that 
cases might arise  wherein  unreasonable 
and  heartless  creditors might bring dis­
tress and suffering  upon  honest, worthy 
and deserviug poor men  and  their  fam­
ilies;  yet  from  all 
the  obstruction­
i s t —who appear to  fondly imagine  that 
they have  assumed  the  role  of  philan­
thropists—I have  never  heard  one word 
of  sympathy  for  the  dozens  and  hun­
dreds of humble tradesmen who annilally 
drift  into  poverty  because of  their cre­
dulity  and  childlike  confidence  in  the 
pledges  and  promises  of  the  chronic 
debtor.

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There  might,  of  course,  be  isolated 
cases where the honorable and  deserving 
poor  man  might  be  unreasonably  op­
pressed  by his  creditor,  but, during  an 
experience of  no inconsiderable  number 
of  years,  I  have  never  seen  anything 
like a  serious  matter  of  this  kind.  On 
the  contrary, I  have  almost  invariably 
seen the party, who  has  honestly earned 
the reputation,  treated  as  cordially and 
heartily by his creditor as  his more pros­
perous  neighbor. 
I have seen him come 
in to the dealer and  almost  tearfully de­
plore his  inability to keep  his  promise, 
and  heard  the  man  appealed  to reply: 
“Don’t  worry  yourself  about that a mo­
ment,  John!  And  don’t  try  to  pay  it 
until matters are easier with  you !”  And 
even  when  death, the  great  adjuster of 
human affairs, stepped between the cred­
itor and  the  debtor of  this class, I can’t 
call  to  mind  that I ever  heard  a single 
exclamation of  regret  or  reproach,  or a 
single wish expressed  that  more  sharp­
ness  had  been  used  in  endeavoring  to 
collect the account.

There  is, I  am  reasonably  certain,  a 
prevalent  opinion  among  farmers  that 
the  individual  who legally appropriates 
the goods  and  chattels of  a merchant is 
far  less  culpable  than  he  who  legally 
confiscates  the  cereals  and  produce  of 
the  agriculturist.  Let  Farmer  Subsoil 
discover,  at the  end of  the  year, that  he 
has  been  drawn  upon  by  impecunious 
neighbors to the extent of  a hundred dol­
lars  or  so,  and  there  is  wailing  and 
gnashing of  teeth;  but let  me try to con­
sole Farmer S.  with  the  assurance  that 
my assessments in  that  line  are  double 
his  own,  he  will  sniff  contemptuously 
and  probably remark :  “Oh, that s a ma­
terially  different  thing!  You  expect 
them things, and fix  your profits  accord­
ingly.  Such  fellows  as  me  has  got  to 
buck  up  your  losses,  but  can  I  sell  a 
bushel of  wheat or a pound of  butter for 
a cent more on account of my losses ?”

I was in a neighbor’s place of business, 
one day, when a woman  came in and an­
nounced  that  a  poor  acquaintance  had 
just  lost a cow,  and  she  was  »soliciting 
money to replace it.

“But,  my  dear  madam,”  said 

the 
dealer,  “that man owes  me  enough now 
to more than half buy a cow, and I really 
don’t care to invest any more in him !”

“I don’t see what  that’s got to do with 
the case, or how it’s going  to  help  him­
self  and  family  through  the  winter,” 
said the canvasser, rather snappishly.

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“But don’t  you  think  that the proper 
persons to help this  man  are  those w’ho 
haven’t helped him before ?”

“I think  that if  everybody with a few 
bad debts on their  books  made  that  an 
excuse  against  helping  the  poor,  this 
would be a mighty uncharitable  world,” 
said the caller, as she  slammed the door. 
* 
“We  don’t  always  make  collections 
’zactly ’cordin’ to law, cut in Wayback,” 
said  the  old  man  Wimmick,  recently. 
“Giner’lly speakin’, we’re a quiet, peace­
able, good-natur’d sort of folks, but w’en 
we run ’cross a case that the statur, made 
an’  pervided,  don’t  seem 
to  kiver, 
we  manufactur’  a  little  statur’  of  our 
own for the ’casion.  There,  f’rinstance, 
was  Sam  Smalley, who hired  Eph Mug­
gins,  las’  winter, to  cut  an’ pile a hun­
dred cords of  stove-wood, for  $40.  Sam 
is  well  heeled, but  everything  not  ex­
em pt’bout his  place  b’longs to his wife 
er some relation,  an’ Eph is a poor, hard- 
workin’ feller with a big fam’ly, an’ sick­
ness ’nuff  every  year  fur a small  horse-

pital.  Well,  when  Eph  got  through, 
Sam  gin  ’im  $5,  an’  pot a cussed  cent 
more  could  be  squeezed out of  ’im.  So 
the  neighbors  held a privit  meetin’  an’ 
voted to  write  Sam ’bout the matter, an’ 
if  he didn’t pay any ’tention, to argy the 
matter  with  ’im  person’lly.  So  a  nice 
letter,  with  a  skull  an’  crossbones an’ 
coffin, was  writ to Smalley an’ pasted on 
his front door.  But  Eph  didn’t  get his 
money, an’ so one  night a dozen  fellers, 
with white  bags  over  their  heads,  took 
Sam  out of  ’is  buggy,  stripped ’im, giv’ 
him a  dozen lashes on the bare back,  an- 
told  him  if  Muggins  wasn’t  paid  in  a 
week, with $2  interest,  the  dose  would 
be doubled.  But Sam was grit, an’ shet 
hisself  up nights  with a loaded shotgun, 
an’  ’twas two weeks  er  more  afore  the 
fellers  could  git Qit  ’im.  At  las’,  one 
night, w’en the ole woman was away vis­
itin’,  some  of  the  boys  got  some  stuff 
they use in shows furmakin’  red fire, put 
it on the roof  of  the back shed,  an’ set it 
goin’, in a tight iron  dish, an’ in less’n a 
minnit  Smalley  rushed  out  with  a gun 
an’ pail of  water,  an’ in less’n  twro  min- 
nits  he  was  layin’  over  a  bar’l with a 
feller  beltin’  aw’ay at ’is back wit s a big 
rawhide.  Sam  was  pretty sore  yet, an’ 
wanted to settle for cash on the spot, but 
the boys  tole ’im he must go an pay Eph 
hisself,  an’  giv’ ’im  $5  infest, an’ giv’ 
’im the full two dozen promised.  I don’t 
b’lieve,” said the  old  man, musingly, in 
conclusion,  “thet all the  courts, an’  law­
yers  an’ juries in  Michigan  conld  have 
made Sam Smalley do thesquar’  thing by 
Eph that them  there  neighbors of  his’n 
did.” 

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_____

How Thread is Numbered.

Everybody knows  the  sizes of  thread. 
Every  seamstress  knows  whether  she 
wants  No. 30  or  60  or 120, and  knows, 
when she hears the  number,  about  what 
is the size of  the  strand referred to;  but 
how the numbers happen to be what they 
are.  and  just  what  they  mean, not one 
person in a thousand knows.  And  yet it 
is a simple  matter  to  explain,  was  the 
nformation  accorded  a  reporter  by an 
employe of  one of  the  largest  spool cot 
ton manufactories in the  United  States, 
When  840  yards  of  yarn  weigh  7,000 
grains, a  pound  of  cotton,  the  yarn 
No.  1. 
If  1,680  j'ards  weigh a pound,  it 
will be No. 2  yarn.  For  No. 50  yarn  it 
would take 50 multiplied by 840  yards to 
weigh  a  pound.  This  is  the  whole  of 
the  yarn measurement.  The  early man­
ufactured thread tvas three-cord,  and the 
thread took its number  from the number 
of  the  yarn  from  which  it  was  made 
No. 60  yarn made No. 60 thread,  though 
in  point  of  fact  the  actual  caliber  of 
No. 60 thread would  equal  No. 20  yarn 
being three 60 strands.
When  the  sewing-machine  came  into 
the  market as  the  great  consumer, un 
reasoning in its  work  and  inexorable in 
its demands for mechanical accuracy,  six 
cord cotton had to be made as a smoother 
product.  As  thread  numbers  were  al 
ready established, they were  not  altered 
for the  new  article, and  No. 60 six-cord 
and  No.  60  three-cord  are  identical 
size as well as in number.  To effect this 
the six-cord has fo be made of  yarn twice 
as  fine  as  that  demanded  by the three 
cord.  The No. 60  six-cord  would be si> 
strands  of  No.  120  yarn.  Three-cord 
spool cotton is  the  same  number as the 
yarn it is made  of.  Six-cord  spool  cot­
ton is  made  of  yarn that  is  double  its 
number.  As simple a thing as thread i 
there are 2,000 different kinds made.

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

If you have any  of  the  above  goods to 
ship, or anything in the  Produce  line, let 
us hear  from you.  Liberal  cash advances 
made  when desired.

E A R L   B R O S . ,

C o m m issio n M e r c h a n t s

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO.

Reference: F ir s t   Na tiona l  Bank,  Chicago. 
Mic h ig a n T radesman. Grand  Ranidf.

WARRANTED  TO BETHE

y our dealer for them.  Manufactured only by

FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE
Por the m oney in the U. 8.  t3TPut up SO in a box.  Ash 
JOHN E. KENNING & CO., Grand Rapids.
Send for prices.__________________

W.  H.  BEÄGH,

WHOLESALE  DEALER  IX

GRAIN,

SEEDS,

BALED HAY,

MILL FEED

and PRODUCE.
HOLLAND,  -  MICH.

BALED  HAY A SPECIALTY.

H iÜ É

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Eh
We also manufacture a   full  line  of Sweet 

Goods.  Write  for quotations 

and samples.

JACKSON
•1 MICH.

A   W N I N G S

AND  TENTS.

Horse and W agon  Covers,  W ater  Proof  Coats, Buggy 
Aprons, W ide Cotton  Ducks, etc.  Send fo r  Illu strated  
Catalogue.

Chas• A .  C o y e ,

Telephone 106. 

Over 73 Canal St.

Credit Ever Timid.

Credit  is  an  emblem of  timidity. 

It 
takes  fright  easily and  is  keen in scent 
ing  danger. 
It  listens  to  everything 
The  world  is  its  ear,  which  transmit: 
every note of  alarm from  the  suspicious 
whisper,  that  starts  without  apparent 
cause, to the announcement of disaster at 
It elevates or lowers a merchant’ 
hand. 
ability  to  buy goods  and transact  busi 
ness. 
It governs bis position in the com 
mercial  wTorld  at  home  or  abroad. 
It 
speaks for his morals, integrity, industry 
prudence, sagacity and promptness.
Every merchant  should  keep his repu 
tation  and  character  up to  the  highest 
standard and use his best energies against 
everything  savoring  of  a  questionable 
nature.  Moral character and honesty are 
sometimes even larger  factors in grading 
credits  and  high rating than  large capi 
tal.  Money is one  thing in business and 
moral  rectitude  quite  another.  An  old 
merchant  referring to the  life of  a con 
temporary in  trade, remarked,  “that  hi 
paper  sold as  low  as  those  worth  their 
millions,  because  his  moral  character 
and integrity and methods of  conducting 
business  were  above  reproach.”  From 
this  it  will  be  seen  that  a man’s  good 
name  to a large degree makes  his credit, 
all other traits being equal.  This simply 
illustrates how important it is for a busi­
ness  man to obtain  his  reputation and a 
character for doing right.

On  one  occasion, in  pure  jest,  Good­
man applied for a situation  as  salesman 
in answer to  an  advertisement  inserted 
by one of  the most  difficult  men  in  the 
trade to get aloiig  with.  “Vat vas  your 
name?”  was  the  first  query. 
“Good­
man.” 
“Good — man !  Good — man ! 
Dot vas a goot name,”  and the advertiser 
wras  so  pleased  with  himself  on  the 
strength of  his word  play that Goodman 
feared he would engage him at once.  So 
he  said,  somewhat  surly:  “What’s  the 
matter  with  my  name?”  “All  ridght, 
Meester  Goodman.  Vot  you  vas, may 1 
ask?” 
“Your 
nationality?”  “I am a  Yankee.”  “Vot! 
Veil, veil, Meester Goodman !  A Hebrew 
name !  A German  look!  An  Irish  ac­
cent !  And a born Yankee !  You should 
sell der whole vorldt!  I engage  you!”
Goodman did not  engage.  But he had 
wagered a dinner  he  could  get  the  sit­
uation,  and  at  Delmonico’s, on the noon 
of  the  same  day,  he  discoursed  to the 
loser and several friends upon the details 
of  his visit.

“What  am  I,  what?” 

In  Oakland  Cal.,  there  is  an  under­
taker’s  shop  with  a  large  sign  which 
says,  “Bodies  Embalmed,”  while  next 
door is another man’s sign  which  reads, 
“Spirits Rectified.”

B E A N S

And till dealers are  invited  to  send  sam­
ples and write for  prices  that  can  be  ob­
tained in this market.
We  do  a  COMMISSION  BUSINESS 
and our aim is to obtain the  highest mar­
ket price for all goods sent us.  Not only

B B A J V S

but  also  AJ.L  KINDS  OF PRODUCE. 
We cam sell as well as  anyone.

We invite correspondence.

BARNETT BROS.,

159 So.  Water St., CHICAGO.

n UCTRoTVPfRS 

S K r ’c o t y p i j S i Ê

brass rule:

W O O O Í .M E T A L   F u R H It URI

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C r o c k e r y   & G la s s w a r e
50
No. 0 S un.....................................................
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No. 2  “  .................................................................  75
T u b u lar..................................................................   75

LAMP  BURNERS.

LAMP  CHIMNEYS.

6 doz. in box.

 
 

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Pearl top.

XXX Flint.

First quality.
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No. 0 Sun................................................................  1 90
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 0 Sun,  crimp top...........................................2  15
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
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No. 1  “
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No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled..........
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, plain b u lb ...............................
1  25 
1  50 
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 crim p................................................
1  60
No. 2 
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Butter Crocks, per g al......................................  06l/£
Jugs, 54 gal., per doz........................................  65
........................................  90
........................................1  80
Meat Tubs, 10 gal., each...................................  75
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Milk Pans, XA  gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c)__   60
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90c).  ..  78

12  “  “ 
15  “ 
20  *• 
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2  58 
2  80
3 80
3  70
4  70 
4  70

STONEWARE—AKRON.

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To  sweep  the cobwebs from  the sky.
, On such mission  of cleanliness hasten 

The sun, moon and stars need the Soap 

so  high ?

because

Santa Claus.

Manufactured Undar Patents.

GRAIN  BUCKET.
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Code.|on  belt.  tion.  Cubic in.  Quarts,  bu.  per hr  List.
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2.55
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By buying this bucket you get one  strong  and  rigid  enough  to 
elevate all substances except coal, ore, broken stone, etc. .W e  can 
furnish heavy buckets, same make, for such materiaf.

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11.96
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WRITE  FOR  DISCOUNT.

DEALER IN

B eltin g
I I  Supplies

------AND------

Grand Rapids, Mich.

LEMON,  HOOPS S PETERS,

Wholesale

Grocers

A T   THIS

COAL!— COKE!—WOOD!

W holesale  A ..  H I M E S ,  

and  R etail

AND

- T E A -

IMPORTERS.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

Office Bnder Nat’l City Bant.

Telephone  Call 490-2.  CAB LOTS A SPECIALTY.

Yards, Shawmut Avenue, Winter and 
The  Best  Fitting Stock­

W. Division  Sts.

ing Rubber  in the 

Market.

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G e o .  H .  R e e d e r .

Sole  A gents,

Grand  Rapids, 

-  Mich.

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SHAFTING, HANGERS, 
and PULLEYS lspeciilh

FIR S T -C LA S S  IN EVERY RESPECT.
Send  Specifications for  Estimates  before  Contracting.
H I  LANE & BODLEY GO
2 to 48 JOHN ST., CINCINNATI,  O.

WHOLESALE

33  OTTAWAnSTEET,

BROKER  IN  LUMBER.

THEO.  13.  GOOSSEN,

.B utter and Eggs, Oranges Lemons  and Bananas a specialty.

Orders  for  Potatoes,  Cabbage  and  Apples,  iu Car Lots, solicited. 

P r o d u c e   C o m m issio n   M e r c h a n t,

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Oranges, Lemons and Bananas!
GEO. E. HOWES & CO.,

GRIND  RÄPIDS,  MICH»

H e a d q u a r te r s

Telephone 369.

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FOR

M ESSINA  FRUIT.
SPECIAL  PRICES  TO  JOBBERS.

No. 3 Ionia Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  -  -  MICH.

MOSELEY  BROS.,

F r u its,  S eed s, O y ste r s | P r o d u c e .

------WHOLESALE------

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed,  Beans or  Potatoes,  will be 

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to hear from you. 
- 

- 

,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

CO LBY,  C E A IG   &  CO.

MANUFACTURE

S ü B cia

Having  numerous  lines  of  Glassware,  Lamps, 
Fancy  Goods  and  Crockery  which  we  desire  to 
close out and  discontinue  those particular styles, 
we  offer  them  at  a  special  discount  from  our 
regular catalogue prices of
Fifteen per cent., Terms 60 Days,

Twenty per cent., Cash in 10 Days.
These goods  are  now  displayed  in  our sample 
rooms,  corner  Spring  and  Fulton streets, Grand 
Rapids,  and  will  he  offered  in  any  quantities 
desired until sold.

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H.  Leonard  &  Sons,
Jobbers  of Großkeru.Tinware and  Lamp Goods,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

T(1E  BEST  DELIVERY WAGON  ON  EARTH.

We Manufacture to Order Hose and Police Patrol Wagons, Peddlers, Bakers, Creamery, 

Dairy, Fnrnitare, Builders, Dry Goods, Laundry, and Undertakers Wagons,

R e p a ir in g   in   a ll  its  B r a n c h e s .

CO LBY ,  C R A IG   &  CO.,

W est End Fulton St  Bridge.  Telephone No. 867.

g r o c e r i e s .

THE  GROCER’S  ANSWER.

The grocer sat in his office,
Perusing a circular  bold,

Relating to boxing and cartage,
And other things equally  old.

It told of the jobber’s troubles.

How profits had gone to the dogs,
How cutting and slashing and lying 
Had enveloped the jobber in fogs.

It pleaded for larger  margins,

For the overworked jobber and  clerks;

I t professed great love for the grocer,

And gave him taffy by jerks.

The grocer thought deep, and pondered 

On all that the circular said;

Then took out his pen, ink and  paper,

And these are the words that he  said :

“ Mr.  Jobber,  you  may  think  you’ve  got me,

By your trust or monopoly fine.

B ut I’ll show you that you are  mistaken,

W ithin a very short time.

“ I can buy my supplies of others 
In  markets conveniently near,

Of those who are anxious to sell me 

And will send their agents  here.
“ I  have always paid you promptly.

You have never had to sue;

I  have asked no unjust  rebates,

Nor allowances not my due.

“ I have tried to conduct by  business 

W ith credit and  honor, too:

I have aimed to do my duty,

T hat neither of us m ight rue.

“But I  cannot concede the justice 
Of the things you now demand.
And rather than submit to them 

T il take a firm, strong  stand,

“ And  say,  if  you  insist  in  your efforts 

To make me toe the mark,
I’ll transfer my trade to others 

And trust to another bark.

“I  w ould rather  not  leave  the  old  house.

For I ’ve come to regard it w ith pride;

B ut I  w ill not pay for cartage.
If I have to step aside. J
‘ ‘So do as you would be done by,
Charge  cartage,  or  not,  as  you  please;
But,  rem em ber!—you  can’t  have  my  trade.

I f  you add too many fees!”
Another Instance of Equalization. 
The  story  bearing  the  caption,  “He 
Made It Right,” published  on the eighth 
page of  this  issue, suggests a similar in­
cident which was  brought  to  the  atten­
tion  of  T h e  T r a d esm a n  several  years 
ago.

When  the  Lake  Shore  was  the  only 
road making  direct  freight  connections 
with  New York, Kalamazoo  was  neces­
sarily  nearer  the  seaboard  than Grand 
Rapids,  and  in  the  apportionment  of 
through rates  was  given a proportionate 
advantage over  Grand  Rapids,  the  dif­
ference  in  her  favor  being  about  two 
cents per hundred.  With  the  construc­
tion of  the Grand Rapids  division of  the 
Michigan  Central,  however,  and the ar­
rangements  made  by the  Grand  Trunk 
system  for 
through  connections,  the 
lesser  mileage  was no longer in favor of 
Kalamazoo,  and  the  now  defunct  Mer­
chants  and  Manufacturers’  Exchange 
took the matter in hand, firmly believing 
that Grand  Rapids  ought to have as low 
a through  rate  as  Kalamazoo.  A  pom­
pously-worded  memorial,  signed  by the 
leading  shippers  of  the  city,  was  for­
warded to Commissioner  Fink, who took 
the  matter under advisement.  A couple 
of weeks afterward a communication was 
received from the railway magnate, read­
ing substantially as follows:

“I  have  come  to  the  conclusion that 
your claims  are  just—that  you  are  en­
titled to as  low a rate  as  Kalamazoo. 
I 
have remedied the discrepancy by raising 
Kalamazoo  rates  to  the  Grand  Rapids 
basi8.'’,

Gripsack Brigade.

W. L. Tilden is now on the  road for S. 
M. Reynolds & Co., boot  and  shoe manu­
facturers of Brockfield, Mass.

W. E.  Evans, representing  Armstrong 
Bros. & Co., the Pittsburg cork and bung 
jobbers,  was in town over  Sunday.

A. M. Sprague has severed his  connec­
tion with S. A. Welling, at  Jackson, and 
w ill shortly go on the  road with a wagon 
of  his own.
M.  K.  Keeler, general  traveling  repre 
sentative  for H. L. Pratt & Co., of  Bing 
hampton, N. Y., was in  town a couple of 
days  last week.  He  was  agreeably sur­
prised  at the  large  sale in this  State of 
his favorite brand, the “B. M. A.”

Hides, Pelts and Furs.

The wool market  is  weak  and  lower. 
Concessions  have to be made  in order to 
sell.
Pelts  are  lower,  in  sympathy  with 
wool.
Hides, no change.  Prices  are likely to 
rule low until hides  are short-haired and 
good again.  Calf  and  kip  are  in no de­
mand.  Tallow is He. lower  and tending 
downward.

Furs are in good  demand  in  order  to 
ship for the March sales—not  later  than 
10th proximo.

The Barkeep’s Salary.,

“And  do  you  receive a large  salary?” 
asked  the searcher  after  information  of 
the busy bartender.
“Well,” replied the knight of the beer 
pump, setting  out  half  a dozen foaming 
glasses,  “I  draw the  pay  of  a  hundred 
men daily.”

In Montpelier, Ind., it  is  noticed  that 
the flow of  natural gas  follows  the  ebb 
and flow of  the tides,  the  pressure vary­
ing widely, or  so  much  so  that  part of 
the day it is barely possible to get the de­
sired  supply,  while  at  other  times the 
pressure  is  so  great  as to be  objection­
able.

The Condition of Trade.

From  th e  New Y ork Shipping List.
Moderate activity has  again  character­
ized  the  distributive  movement of  gen­
eral trade, and, with one  or  two  excep­
tions, the markets have rules steady, but 
without  developing ‘any new  feature of 
special  significance,  while  speculation 
has  reflected  rather  more  of  a  bullish 
sentiment.  The clearing house statistics 
show that  the  volume of  business  pass­
ing  through  the  banks  has  been  very 
much larger than  for  the  corresponding 
period  last  year, and the  traffic  returns 
of  the railroads likewise reflect a consid­
erable expansion  in  the  East as well as 
the West bound  tonnage, so that  so  far 
as these guide-posts  are  concerned  they 
reflect  increased  trade  activity, but  its 
character can  scarcely be considered sat- 
islactory in. view of  the  depressed  con­
dition of  the iron industry, the continued 
dullness of  the metal  trade and the arti­
ficial  conditions  that  prevail  in several 
of  the  speculative  markets  for produce. 
Wheat has again been under the influence 
of  manipulation that draws its  chief  in­
spiration from Chicago, checks legitimate 
trade  and  has  an  unsettling  influence 
upon all breadstuffs.  The fluctuations in 
prices have not been due to the  develop­
ment of  any new feature  with respect to 
the  position of  supply and  demand, but 
are the results of  a contest  between  op­
posing  speculative  interests.  TLe  ex­
ports  from  Atlantic  ports  continue  ex­
tremely  light,  but  the  shipments  from 
the- Pacific  coast  have  been  unusually 
heavy.  The  exports  of  corn  continue 
heavy, the largest for a number of  years, 
which have  been  stimulated to some ex­
tent  by the  low prices  current.  Cotton 
has  ruled  a  little  easier,  and  the  bull 
clique that has  obtained  temporary con­
trol of  the  speculation in pipe  line  cer­
tificates  has  imparted a bullish  tone  to 
that market, but the  field  news  has  de­
veloped  nothing  new and the  statistical 
position of  supplies is  just  the  same  as 
for  weeks  past.  The  stock  market re­
flects a strong  undertone  and  there  is a 
belief that the presidents’ agreement will 
be signed by all the  Western  roads,  but 
after it has  been  accepted it remains  to 
be  seen  whether  its  provisions  will be 
honestly observed and  strictly enforced. 
Already rumors are afloat that it is being 
evaded,  and  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  is 
pointed  at  as  a delinquent.  Meantime, 
however, railroad  traffic is making a sat­
isfactory exhibit, not  only in the volume 
of  tonnage that is being  moved, but  the 
earnings, wnich are increasing.  Returns 
from 118 roads for the month of  January 
show  an  increase of  nearly 10 per  cent, 
in earnings, against a gain of  less  than 5 
per cent,  in  mileage, while  the  freight 
movement has been equally flattering, not­
withstanding that rail shipments of wheat 
have been checked  by speculation.  The 
aggregate  for  last  month  is $26,338,785, 
against  $24,028,863  in  January, 1888—a 
gain of $2,309,922, or 9.61 per cent., with 
an  increased  mileage  of  4.76  per  cent. 
Of 
the  total  number  there  are  only 
twenty-five  roads  that  report  smaller 
earnings  than a  year  ago.  The  mone­
tary situation has  undergone  no  impor­
tant  change,  and  loanable  funds  have 
continued in abundant  supply and  read­
ily  available  at  low  rates  of  interest. 
The increased activity of  business in the 
interior  has  had a tendency to check the 
flow of  money hither, but the banks have 
gained  from  Treasury  disbursements. 
Ten  days  hence  there will  become  due 
about $20,500,000 in the pension list,  and
,t present there is nothing in the outlook 
that  promises  to  disturb  the  existing 
condition  of  affairs.  Foreign  exchange 
is very near the gold exporting point, but 
whether there will be shipments depends 
upon the buying of  stocks and bonds  for 
foreign account and the  condition of  the 
London money market.

The  Peddling Law.

A friend of  T h e T r a d esm a n  recently 
enquired whether something could not be 
done to amend the  peddling  law so as to 
render  it  more  effective.  The  enquiry 
was forwarded  to  Representative  Good­
rich, who secured a valuable  amendment 
to the law at the last  session of  the Leg­
islature, with  the  request  that  he  give 
the matter consideration.  His reply was 
as follows:

L a n sin g,  Feb.  12,  1889.

E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids:
De a r  Sir—In relation to the  peddling 
law, it seems  to  me  that  the  law  is  as 
good  as  we  can  get  it, provided  those 
parties who are the most interested in the 
matter are willing to assume any respon­
sibility. 
I think  that a few  arrests  un­
der the law would stop the matter, but if 
other parties will frame a bill which will 
reach  the  case  more  effectually, I shall 
take  pleasure  in  trying to get it passed.

Yours kindly,  J. V. B. Goodrich.

W IL L   H A V E   TO  T E R N   P E D D L E R S .
I o n ia,  Feb. 9, 188

E. A. Stowe, G rand R apids:
De a r  Sir—It might be  an  interesting 
fact to know that under the  present law, 
if  a party or parties start in the business 
of  sending others out peddling groceries, 
the  party owning  the  goods  is  not  re­
sponsible for the tax for selling the goods 
if  he  hires  another  party  to  drive  his 
team and do the selling;  the driver of the 
team being responsible  for  not having a 
hawker’s and peddler’s  license. 
I made 
complaint  against  one  driver under the 
above  circumstances  and  he,  being  ig­
norant  of  his  liability and a poor  man, 
the  court  let  him off  on suspended sen­
tence, but it stopped three peddlers from 
going out from here. 
If  the present law 
continues,  it  will  compel  many grocers 
to put wagons in the  country during the 
summer months, which will necessitate a 
large expense, but they will have to do it 
to hold their farm trade.
Sincerely trusting  we  may be  able to 
bring the matter  before  the  State Asso­
ciation and have the  evils that now exist 
in this respect corrected, I am,

Very respectfully,

F r e d .  E.  K e l se y .

Cleon and I.

Cleon hath ten thousand acres,
Cleon dwelleth in a palace,
Cleon hath a dozen fortunes,
Yet the poorer of  the twain is 

Ne’er a one  have I ;
In a cottage  I ;
Not a penny  I;
Cleon, and not I.

Cleon, true, possesseth acres,
Half the charms  to me it yielded!
Cleon harbors sloth and  dullness, 
He in velvet, I in  fustian—

B ut the landscape I ;
Money cannot buy.
Freshening vigor I :
Richer m an  am I.

Cleon is a slave to grandeur,
Cleon fees a score of doctors,
W ealth surrounded, care environ'd 
Death may come, he’ll find me ready. 

Free as thought am I ;
Need of none have I;
Cleon fears to d ie ;
Happier man am I.

Cleon sees no charm in Nature,
_
Cleon hears no anthems ringing 
N ature sings to me  forever 
State for state, with all  attendants—

In a daisy I ; 
‘Twixt the sea and sky;
Earnest listener I;
Who w ould change?  not I.

C h a r l e s M a ck ay .

Associations Develop Good Men.
From  the N ational G r  cer.
As one of  the hopeful, if  not the  most 
hopeful, signs of the good  that has  come 
to  grocers through organization, we note 
nothing more  strongly than  the work we 
find many of  them  doing in matters per­
taining  to  their several  localities.  The 
day  when  the  counter was  the  horizon, 
and the desk  the summit of the ambition 
of the grocer, has gone by.
The  time  was when  enmities  existed 
between  neighbors  in  the  same  line of 
business  to  such  an extent  that  the de­
linquent  used that  enmity  to  flay them 
both financially.
Now  as  they both  take the  same  step 
outward  and upward  which  severs them 
for a few hours from their surroundings, 
they  take  on  a  more  happy  vein  of 
thought,  and  feel  big  and  strong  for 
action.
There are  those, we  observe, who pre­
sumably  edit  trade  papers, who  pride 
themselves  in  continually correcting the 
too  great  hopes  the grocer  has for  suc­
cess  in  his  undertakings.  They stand 
off  and tell  him that  he can’t do this be­
cause the community is against  him, and 
that  he can’t  do that  because  the  poli­
ticians don’t dare to grant it.
This  is  all very well to say, but  when 
the  writer  reads  these  things,  he  feels 
towards  the  sentiments mentioned about 
as  he  used  to  feel  about  Samson,  the 
strong  man, who, when  he pulled  down 
the temple.  To  be plain about  it, I  dis­
like  to  see  any  one,  even  a  Samson, 
wantonly destroy, or help to destroy, any 
worthy thing  that he  could  not possibly 
replace or rebuild  himself.  There  is no 
place  for  the  iconoclastic  fever  in  the 
grocer  movement.
If  the statistics  could  be  gathered  in 
about  the  development  of  grocers  who 
before  the  movement  was  inaugurated 
were quiet home-bodies, happy that their 
lot  was  no  worse,  and  who  since that 
time  have  developed  qualities  of  mind 
that  have  made  them  conspicuous,  I 
think  you would  find the list a long one. 
The writer  knows  personally of  one as­
sociation  (not  in  Pennsylvania)  which 
has organized  and  pushed  to  success at 
least a full  half-dozen  of  feeble  enter­
prises  that  had  been  languishing  for 
years.  The town is proud of  the grocers 
and their association,  and in  spite of the 
fact that  they use a sharp  stick  on  the 
delinquents, the people back  the grocers 
up in everything they undertake.
This  may  seem  possibly  strange  to 
some of  my readers  who  have  seen as a 
rule only fear  and  dislike  meted  out to 
grocers’ associations.  Possibly  the  suc­
cess  in  the  case  mentioned arises from 
the fact that the thinkers and leaders are 
men who  follow up only ideas and plans 
which aim to practically benefit the whole 
community.  It is very simple, this rule: 
Work for  your neighbor as  for  yourself.
To be frank, with a few exceptions, the 
grocer in the past  has  not  taken care of 
his  opportunities.  No  man  has  any 
right to give up the  duties of  citizenship 
and let others manipulate  his birthright. 
And it is, as it was said in the beginning, 
a hopeful thing, both for  the  trade  and 
the individual, that the grocer is actively 
identifying himself with  the  interests of 
the community.  You will find  him  two 
years from now in a position  to  demand 
and get his rights without question.  The 
hostile  scrutiny  and  opposition  with 
which all laws for his benefit are met will 
have  disappeared.  Why ?  Simply  be­
cause he  will be on hand  locally to fight 
for himself.
The  world,  as a rule,  respects  a  fair 
fight, and when (as the grocers are doing 
to-day)  a fair  issue  is presented to them 
by old and tried friends, with whom they 
have  worked  shoulder  to  shoulder,  we 
will  all  see  in the result why it is good 
for the grocer to become  strong  locally,

Protection Against Rust.

Dr. Gessner, of New York,  proposes to 
protect iron against rust by a very simple 
and  inexpensive  process.  The  iron  is 
heated up to 800 deg.  in  a  vacuum  and 
then exposed to the action of superheated 
steam and petroleum  vapor.  The  con­
sumption of  petroleum  is  stated  to  be 
very trifling.  Iron thus  treated  is  cov­
ered with a layer,  about  one  millimeter 
thick,  of  a grey-blue color, and which is 
described as a  combination  of  iron  and 
hydrogen. 
It  is  said  to  be  extremely 
impervious even to the  action  of  strong 
acids.

The  Grocery  Market.
Business  shows  a  gradua1 

improve­
ment,  with  room  for  still  further  im­
provement.  The  sugar  market  still 
maintains the  peculiar  condition hereto­
fore  described  under  this  head.  Other 
articles  in  the  grocery  line are  without 
material  change.  Oranges  are  higher. 
Lemons are slightly higher.  Peanuts are 
advancing.  Candy is without change.

Catering- for His Wife.

They Were  Marked Down.

Countryman (to grocer)—Mister do you 
keep  this—what  d’ye  call  it—Sweitzer 
cheese?  It’s all holes and smell.

Miss Spinster  (to  shoe  dealer)—I 
of
that  you  have  marked  down  some 
your shoes.
Shoe Dealer—Yes;  that  line of  ladies’ 
Grocer—Oh, yes.
shoes is marked down.  We have marked 
Countryman — Well,  gimme  a  pound 
’em all down  >wo  sizes.  Now, there’s a 
chunk of  it;  it’s for  my wife;  she’s very
fond of it,  but as for me,  by gum, I can’t j tidy  little  gaiter,  1%, I think  will  just 
even eat the holes. 
fit  you.
the
' shoes.
ont an’ throw them awav. 

Grocer—Tell your wife to cut the holes  Miss  Spinster  blushes  and  buys 

Song of the Retail Grocer.

We’re -willing to stand short count,

We expect to get short weight,

But we won’t pay boxing or cartage.

Nor give up an honest rebate.

We’re willing to stand exchange,

For that is a ju st expense;

But the man who  thinks w #re chumps 

Is mentally very dense.

We’re willing to do w hat's right,

We’ll meet the jobber h alf w ay;
B ut he can’t bear down too  hard,

For we’re bound to have our say.
The Wholesale Grocer’s Soliloquy.

BEFORE FEB.  18.
All hail the welcome day 

When profits will be resum ed!

When jobbers can  ride in chaises 

And our bank accounts will boom.

AFTER  FEB.  18.

M ethinks I heard something drop 

W ith a dull and heavy th u d ;

Alas!  our dream is over,

Our compact is dead as mud.
Excursion  to  Washington.

All persons who go to Washington with 
the  Traveling  Men’s  excursion can  use 
the  sleepers  while  there,  as  side  track 
privileges have been secured  for ten (10) 
Wagner sleeping cars.  Those  intending 
to join us  please drop  me a card, care of 
F.  M.  Briggs,  General  Agent  Michigan 
Central railroad, 95 Monroe street, Grand 
Rapids.  Telephone 788.

Geo.  F.  Ow’e n .

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PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—In poor demand at $1.25@$1.50 per bbl.
Beans—Handlers are paying about $1.85 for un­
picked and getting $1.65@$1.75  for  hand-picked.
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Wholesale Price  Current•

The  quotations  given  below  are  such  as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who

Cabbages—Home gi .■'wn command $3@$5 per 100
Celery—Scarce and hard to get.
Cider—8@10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—$6.50 for Bell and Cherry and $7.25 
for Bell and  Bugle.
Dried Apples—Commission men hold sun-dried 
at 454@5c and evaporated at 6@654c.
Eggs—Jobbers pay 1254c for  all  offerings,  but 
have  no  confidence  in  the  price  being  m ain­
tained, as eggs are weak  in nearly every market 
in the country.
Honey—More  plenty,  being  easy  at  15c@17c 
per lb.
Onions—Buyers pay 18@20c for good stock, and 
hold at  25@30c per bu.
Pop Corn—254c per lb.
Pork—Hogs bring 554c on the  streets  and  sell 
for 5%@6c from jobbers’ hands.
Potatoes—The m arket is remarkably quiet,  few 
shipments being made—and those at  no  particu­
lar  profit.

Squash—Hubbard« 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Kiln-dried  Jerseys,  $3.50  per 
Turnips—25c per bu.

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12 to 14lbs.

sm o k ed  m ea ts—Canvassed or Plain.

PORK  IN  BARRELS.
 

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PROVISIONS.
sion Co. quotes as follows:
Mess,  new...........................................................   12  00
Short cut Morgan............... 
12  75
E xtra clear pig, short  c u t...............................   14  25
E xtra clear,  heavy...........................................   14  25
Clear quill, short c u t........................................  14  25
Boston clear, short c u t....................................   14 25
Clear back, short c u t............ ...........................  14 25
Standard clear, short cut, best.......................  14 25
Hams, average 20 lbs.
..  9%
........... 10*4
......... 10%
.......
............ 10

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p icnic__
est boneless.....................
Shoulders......................................
b oneless...................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.........
..10
Dried Beef, extra...................................................v
ham prices..............' .......................   9
Long Clears, heavy...............................................  7
Briskets,  medium.................................................  7%
7%
T ierces................................. ..................................   8
8%
Tubs........................................  
501b.  T ins.......* ....................................................  8?4
Tiprpps 
.........................  7%
30 and » lb.' Tubs "
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case........................................   7%
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case..........................................  7%
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case..........................................  7*4
20 lb. Palls, 4 in a case..........................................  7%
501b. Cans.................................................................7%
E xtra Mess, w arranted 200  lbs.........................  6 75
E xtra Mess, Chicago packing......................... 7 00
P late.........................................................................7 25
E xtra Plate...........................................................7 75
Boneless, rum p butts..........................................  9 25
“  *4 b b l................................5 50

 
lard—Kettle Rendered.

..  .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
.

lig h t......................... 

lard—Compound.

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

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sausage—F resh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage.........................................................7
Ham Sausage.........................................................12
Tongue Sausage...................................................   9
Frankfort  Sausage................... ..........................   8
Blood Sausage........................................................  5*4
Bologna, straight..................................................  514
Bologna,  th ick ........................................................ 514
H eadcheese...........................................................  514

p ig s ’  f e e t .

In half barrels.......................................................3 50
In quarter barrels................................................ 2 00
Iu h alf  barrels......................................................3 00
,  In quarter barrels.................................................1  —
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FRESH  MEATS.

 

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
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Beef, carcass...............................................   5  @  6
h in dquarters...................................  514©  614
3*4@  4
fore 
©   6
 
Hogs........................................... 
Pork  loins....................................................   @8
shoulders............................................ 
©  614
©   5
Bologna........................................................ 
Frankfort  sausage...................-................  @8
Blood, liver and head sausage................ 
©   5
M utton.........................................................   7  ©

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OYSTERS and  FISH.

I  F. J.  Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
©16
S tandards.......................
@18
A nchors..........................
@27
Selects..............................
@35
Fairhaven Counts.......

OYSTERS IN CANS.

.21

OYSTERS IN BULK.

FRESH  FISH.

Standards.............................................................   1  00
Selects....................................................................  1  40
C lam s.....................................................................  1
W hitefish............
T rout...................
Ciscoes.................
Finnin  Haddies.
H alibut................
H erring................
Perch,  skinned..

@15 
© 4  
@  5

©

CANDIES, FRUITS and  NUTS.

Putnam & Brooks quote as foil  ws:

Standard, 25 lb. boxes. 
Twist, 
25 
Cut Loaf, 25 

“
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MIXED.

9
■  944
.10

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Royal, 25 lb. p ails.................................................   9
2001b.  bbls................................................... 85
Extra, 25 lb.  pails.................................................10
2001b.  bbls................................. 
 
 
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails..............................  11 *4
Cut Loaf, 25 lb. cases:...........................................10
Broken, 40 lb. B ask... ...........................................  9>
200 lb. bbls...............................................   9

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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

 

 

 

 
 

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Lemon Drops.......................................................... 13
Sour D rops..............................................................14
Peppermint Drops.......................................... 
Chocolate Drops.....................................................15
H. M. Chocolate  Drops.........................................18
Gum Drops..............................................................10
Licorice Drops........................................................ 18
A. B. Licorice  Drops............................................ 12
Lozenges, plain........................................ 
printed................................................. 15
Im perials................................................................. 14
Mottoes....... ............................................................ 15
Cream B ar............................................................... 13
Molasses  B ar.......................................................... 13
C aram els................................................................. 19
Hand Made  Creams..............................................19
Plain Creams.......................................................... 16
Decorated Creams......................................  
String  Rock............................................................14
Burnt Almonds.................................... 
 
W intergreen  Berries...........................................14
fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails..................................... 12
in Dbls.......................................11
printed, in pails..................................1254
in  bbls...................................1154
Chocolate Drops, in pails..................................... 12
Gum Drops, in p ails..............................................  6
in Dbls.
5
.......... 10
Moss Drops, In pails...............
in bbls.................,
.......... 9
Sour Drops, in pails...............
.......... 11
Imperials, in pails.................
...........1154
...........10*/
in Dbls...................
FRUITS.
Oranges, F lo rid as,.................
.2  75@3 00 
Messina  200s..........
“ 
220s ..........
.2  75@3 00 
“ 
@3 00 
300s..........
“ 
00..........
@3 00 
“ 
.2 75@3 00 
Lemons, choice.......................
.3 00@3 50 
“ 
fancy.........................
.  10@15
Figs, layers, new ...................
.  © 6 
“  Bags, 50 lb .....................
@ 454 
Dates, frails, 50 lb ..................
“  % frails, 50 lb ..............
©  554 
Fard, 10-lb.  box...........
“ 
©
.  8  ©
“ 
.......
.  6  @ 7
Persian, 50-lb.  box__
“ 
NUTS.
@17 
Almonds, Tarragona............
@15 
Ivaca..................... .
.  14.2116
California.............
Brazils......................................
.  7  @ 754 
@11 
Filberts,  Sicily.......................
@12 
Walnuts, Grenoble................
@10
F rench...................
.  8  @12 
Pecans, Texas, H. P ..............
.4 25@4  50 
Gocoanuts, per 100..................
©2 50
C hestnuts...............................
PEANUTS.
@8
Peacocks.................................
...  @75
■torks..........
Y a ch t...............................................................  @6

50-lb.  “ 

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38
24

Strictly  pure......................... 
Grocers’.................................  
d r ie d  f r u it s—Domestic.
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d r ie d   f r u it s—Foreign.
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Apples, sun-dried........   4 @454
evaporated____ 6 @ 654
Apricots, 
“ 
6
Blackberries “ 
Nectarines  “ 
14
14
Peaches 
“ 
Plums 
“ 
10
Raspberries  “ 
22
Citron, in  drum.
©23 
in boxes..
@25 
Currants...............
@ 5
Lemon  Peel........
13
Orange Peel........
14
Prunes,  Turkey..
@  4% 
Imperial 
© 6
Raisins, Valencias.
r*/4  @ 854
Ondaras................  .  8*
Domestic Layers.. .2 40 
Loose Californias.. 1  75
Farina, 100  lb. k e g s.:...........  04
Hominy,  per  b b l...................4 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   60
im ported.......  @10
Pearl  Barley................  @ 3
Peas, green...................   @140
“  split.......................  @ 3
Sago,  German..............  @ 654
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l . ..  @ 654
Wheat,  cracked...........  @654
75
Vermicelli,  im port__   @10
|  dom estic...  @60

FABINACEOUS  GOODS.

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FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

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Lemon  Vanills
35
3 25 I 
1  60 !
4  00 i
6 00 I
5 507 50 I 
15 00
@ 5 
@  7*4

Jennings’ 
2 oz. Panel, doz.
4 oz. 
“ 
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6 oz. 
“
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1  ¡0 
No.  3,  “
No.  8, 
“ 
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2  ,*5 
No.10, 
“
4  50 
No.  4, Taper,  '
1  60 
*4 pt,  R ound,'
4  25 
1  “
8 50
2 25
FISH—SALT.
Cod, w hole.....................
2 75
“  boneless..................
H a lib u t..........................
Herring,  round, 54 bbl. 
54  bbl-
1  50 
Holland,  bbls.
10 00
Holland, kegs.. @  80
Scaled..............
28
Mack,  sh’s, No. 1, 54  bbl
...9  50
“  12  lb k it.. 145
“ 
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“  10
“ 
“ 
.1   35
Trout,  54  bbls..............
@4 50
“  10  lb.  k its............
...  78
White,  No. 1. 54 bbls....... ...6 00 :
121b.  kits.
.. .1  15
“ 
10 lb. k its.
“ 
...  90
“ 
Family,  54  bbls..
.  .2  50
“ 
k its.......... ... 
¡X)
GUN  POWDER.
K e g s.................................
...5  25
Half  k e g s......................... ...2 88
No. 0..................................
30
No. 1...................................
40
No. 2. .................................
Pnro.
Calabria............................
Sicily.................................
...  18
B uckets............................
• •  654
Half bbls..........................
..  6
Black  Strap.....................
.16@17
Cuba Baking.................
22@25
Porto  R ic o .........................24@35
New Orleans, good.............25@30
choice......... 33@40
fancy...........4o@48

LAMP WICKS.

MINCE  MEAT

MOLASSES.

LICORICE.

One-half barrels, 3c extra.

OATMEAL.
Muscatine, B arrels............. .6  0o
Half barrels........3  15
Cases......... 2  25@2  35

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Corn,  barrels....................... 24@25
one-half barrels___ 26@27
1  20
kegs.......................... 
Pure  Sugar, bbl..................25@3S
half barrel__ 27@34
“ 
SWEET GOODS.
@20
XXX
Ginger Snaps............... 9
954
Sugar  Creams............. 9
954
Frosted  Creams..........
954»
Graham  Crackers.......
Oatmeal  Crackers.......
9
C lim ax................................. 39@41
Corner  Stone.............................. 39
Double  Pedro.............................40
Peach  P ie....................................40
Wedding  Cake,  b lk .................. 40
Something  Good....................... 40
“Tobacco” .................................. 40

tobaccos—Plug.

TEAS.

ja p a n —Regular.

OOLONG.

IMPERIAL.

SUN CUBED.

TOUNG HYSON.

F a ir ................................. 12  @15
Good..............................  @16
Choice..............................24  @28
Choicest.......................... 30  @33
Fair  .............................. 12  @15
G ood................................16  @20
1  Choice............................ 24
@28
Choicest.........................30
@33
BASKET  FIRED.
F a ir ...............................
@20
Choice............................
@25
Choicest........................
@35
Extra choice, wire leaf
@40
*  GUNPOWDER.
I  Common to  fair...........2c
@35
Extra fine to finest___50
@65
I  Choicest fancy.............75
@85
I  Common to  fa ir............ 20  @35
Superior to fine..............40  @50
Common to  fa ir........... 18
©26
Superior to  fine...........30
©40
Common to  fair........... 25
@30
Superior to  fine...........30
@50
Fine to choicest........... 55
ENGLISH BREAKFAST.
F a ir ................................. 25  @30
Choice..............................30  @35
B est................................. 55  @65
Tea  D ust........................  8  @10
50
Sweet Pippin................ 
50
Five and  Seven........... 
gg
H iaw atha.....................  
45
Sweet  Cuba.................. 
55
Petoskey Chief............  
40
Sweet R usset................ 
42
T h istle..........................  
65
F lorida..........................  
66
Rose  L eaf.................... 
38
Red Domino.. : ............. 
40
Swamp A ngel..............  
TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONS.
$ 2, per  hundred..................  2 59
8  5, 
3 00
“ 
4  00
| 10, 
“ 
830, 
“ 
5  OO
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts:
200 or over..............  5 per  cent.
300  “ 
1000  “ 
30 g r..........................................  9
40 g r....................................
. ..10...11
30 g r....................................

 
10 
..............20 
VINEGAR.

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

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$1 for barrel

MISCELLANEOUS.
Cocoa Shells,  bulk.........
3%
Jelly, 30-lb.  pails............
ij
Sage........................................  
P A P E R ,  W O O D E N W A R E

PAPER.

C u rtis s   &  Co.  q u o te

a s

 

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4@

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OIL.

SALT

RICE.

PIPES.

SEEDS.

WHEAT.

splint 

PICKLES.

ROLLED  OATS

WOODENWARE.

SAPOLIO.
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SAL  SODA.

Muscatine, B arrels......................6 00

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2 15
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fo llo w s:
S tra w .........................
“  Light  Weight.
S u g a r.........................
Rag  S u g a r................
H ardw are..................
B ak ers.......................
Dry  Goods...............
.8
Ju te  M anilla............
No. 1.
Red  Expres
No. 2................4
t w in e s .

Half barrels........3  15
Cases..........2 25@2  33
Michigan  T est.......................  954
W ater  W hite...........................10%
M edium.........................................4 50
54 b b l.............................2 75
“ 
Small,  b b l.....................................5 50
“  54  bbl.-................................3 25
Clay, No.  216................................ 1 60
“  T. D. full count............  75
Cob. No.  3 ...............................   49
Carolina h ead...........................654
No. 1...........................5%
No. 2.
No. 3 
SALERATUS.

J a p a n .........................................554
DeLand’s,  pure....................... 5*4
C'L.^rch’8, Cap  Sheaf.............. 5
Dwight’s ................................... 5
Taylor’s.'...................................5
Common Fine per bbl..........   «9
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks.......  25
28 pocket....... .........................2 05
60 
100 
Ashton bu. b a g s ...................   75
Higgins  “ 
...................   75
W arsaw “ 
...................   37
Kegs....................................... .•  1*4
Granulated,  boxes.................  1%
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box.......2 35
Hand, 
.......  2 35
Silver Thread, 30 g al............ 3  50
40  “  ............ 4  50

48 Cotton___
Cotton, No. 2 ..........................20
Sea  Island, assorted...........40
No. 5 H em p.........................  16
No. 8 B .....................................17
W ool........................................ 6
Tubs, No. 1............................  7 75
“  No. 2................... 6 75
“  No. 3............................  5 75
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
1  60
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__   1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__  
60
Bowls, 11 in ch ......................   1  00
.......................  1  25
13  “ 
15  “ 
.......................  2 00
17  “ 
.......................  2 75
assorted, 17s and  17s  2 50 
“  15s. 17s and 19s  2 75
Baskets, m arket....................  40
b u s h e l................   1  60
“  w ith covers  1  90 
willow cl’ths, No.l  5 50 
“  No.2 6 00
“ 
“  No.3 7 00
“ 
“  No.l  3 50 
“ 
“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3  5 00
G R A IN S  an d  FE E D ST U FF’S
W h ite ...................................  1  00
98
Red........................................  
FLOUB.
5 00
Mixed b ird ............ '................  4*4 I  Straight, in  sacks...
barrels............  5 20
Caraway................................... 10
“  sacks..............  6  00
C anary.....................................  4
“  barrels............   6  20
Hemp........................................   454
Anise.....................................  .  854
Bolted...................................  2  50
R ap e ........................................   454
G ranulated..........................  3 00
M ustard...................................  754
Bran.......................................   14 00
Scotch, in  bladders...............37
Ships......................................  15 50
Maccaboy, in ja rs..................35
Screenings...........................   14 OO
French Rappee, in J a rs .......43
M iddlings.............................  17 OO
Mixed  Feed.........................   17 75
Small  lots............................ 
36
35
Car 
............................ 
Small  lo ts............................ 
31
29
Car 
“  ............................  
00
.4%*  I  No. 1.... 
1  30 
N o.2....
1  10
No. 1.............................  14 00
No. 2.............................  13 OO
HIDES, PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as 
follows:
Green.......................  4 @454
Part Cured...............  @ 45*
Full  “ 
..............   454© 5%
Dry...........................  5 @ 6
Dry  Kips  ................  5  @6
Calfskins,  green...... 3  @4
cured......  454© 5
Deacon skins..............10 @30

Dingman,  100  bars..................... 4 00
Don’t  Anti-W ashboard.......4 75
J a x o n ............................................3 75
Queen  A nne....................« ...3  89
German fam ily............................2 40
Big B argain..................................1 87

Boxes ........................................5%
Kegs, English.

3  “ 
SAUERKRAUT.
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b y e .
.  No. 1, per 100 lbs 

Allspice..................................   9
Cassia, China in m ats...........7*4
“  Batavia in bund____11
“ 
Saigon in  rolls...........42
Cloves,  Amboyna..................30
“  Zanzibar.....................24
Mace  B atavia........................70
Nutmegs, fancy.................... 70
“  No.  1..........................65
“  No.  2..........................60
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 1854
“ 
“  w hite.........28
shot............................21
“ 
spices—Ground- -In Bulk.
A llspice.................................. 15
Cassia,  B atavia.................... 20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
Saigon......................42
“ 
Cloves,  Amboy n a .................35
“ 
Zanzibar...................28
Ginger, A frican.................... 1254
“  Cochin...................... 15
Jam a ic a ................... 18
“ 
Mace  B atavia........................80
Mustard,  E nglish.................22
“  and T rie..25
Trieste...................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 .................... 70
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 22
“ 
“  w hite.........30
“  Cayenne....................25

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54 off for No. 2.

s p ic e s—Whole.

MILLSTUFFS.

Patent 

BARLEY.

SNUFF.

HIDES.

PELTS.

MEAL.

SODA.

CORN.

SOAP.

OATS.

HAY.

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FURS.

Shearlings..................10 @30
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @28
Add 15 per cent, np to March 10.
Mink.........................  5@1 00
Coon..........................  5@1 10
Skunk.......................   5@1 20
Muskrat.....................  1@ 25
Fox, red.....................  5@1 50
“  cross.................   50@5 00
“  grey....................  5@1 00
Cat, house..................  5@ 25
“  wild....................  5@ 50
Fisher......................1 00@6 00
Lynx.........................  50@5 00
Martin, dark..............  25@4 00
pale...............  io@i 50
Otter........................   50@9 75
Wolf.........................   50@4 00
Bear.........................  50@30 00
Beaver......................  50@8 00
Badger......................  5@1 00
Deerskins, per lb....... 
5©  40
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tallow.....................  4  @4%
Grease butter...........   5  @ 854
Switches..................  2  ©354
Ginseng.........................2 00@2 10

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Mystic, 1 lb.  pkgs. 
barrels.  ..
SUGARS.

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Cut  Loaf......................   @8%
C ubes............................  @ 7%
Pow dered.....................  @ 7%
Granulated, H .& E .’s..  @ 7*4
Knight’s..  @7 06
Confectionery  A .........  @ 7
Standard  A ..................6%@  6%
No. 1, W hite E xtra C ..  @6%
No. 2 Extra  C..............  ©  654
No. 3 C, golden............ 
©  6%
No. 4 C, d ark ................  @ 6
No. 5  C..........................   @  5%

Acme, 54 lb. cans, 3 doz : . .. 

“  4  “ 
“  2 
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“  1  “ 

54 lb. 
“ 
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“  1 lb. 
** 
51b. 
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Arctic, 5s  lb. cans, 6  d o z...  45
... 
75
... 1  40
... 2  40
...12 00
Absolute, *4 lb. cans, 100s.. 11  75 
54 lb. 
50s.. 10 00
“ 
50s..18 75
lib . 
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Telfer’s,  54 lb. cans, 6doz.  2  70 
3  “  . 2 55
54 lb.  “ 
1  i ‘  . 1  50
1 lb.  “ 
75
54 lh.  “  2 
“  —  1  50
“  .... 3 00
lib .  “ 
1 
b u lk ............................  20
45 
Red Star, 54 lb. cans, 12 doz 
6  “ 
“ 
85
4  “  1  50
;  “ 
English, 2 doz. in case....... 
80
Bristol,  2  “ 
 
 
65
American. 2 doz. in case... 
Gross
“ 
00
80
“ 
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7 20
Pepper  Box  No.  2  3 00
4  4 00
5  9 00

bluing. 
54 p t..............  7 
1 p t...............   10 

54 lb.  “ 
1 lb 
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Arctic Liq,  4-oz........................  3 60

BROOMS.
 

 

No. 2 H url...................................  2 00
 
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 C arpet.. . ..........................   2 50
No. 1 
 
“ 
Parlor Gem...................................3 00
Common W hisk...................... 
90
Fancy 
M ill............................................... 3 50
W arehouse................................... 3 00
Kings 100 lb. cases..................... 5 00
80  lb. cases.......................4 25

...................   1  00

BUCKWHEAT.

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13
14
15
16

Dairy, solid  packed............ 
Creamery, solid packed__  

rolls............................... 
ro lls...................... 
CANDLES.
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Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.

Sardines, domestic  34s ......... 

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................  1054
954
Star,  40 
Paraffine...............................  
*2
W icking.................................... 
25
CANNED GOODS—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck.......1  25
Clam Chowder, 3 lb ....................2 50
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stan d __ 1  00
21b. 
“ 
....1 6 0
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic.............1  50
2  lb.  “ 
............ 2 65
1 lb.  Star.................. 1  90
2  lb. Star..................2  90
1 lb.  stand.............1  75
2  lb. 
3 lb. in M ustard.. .3 50
3 lb.  soused...........3 00
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia........2 00
2 lb. 
“ 
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1 lb. Sacram ento.. .1  70
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21b. 
...2  75
“ 
5
“  -  54s......... @ 8
“ 
“  Mustard 54s .........  @8
imported  54s ........ 10@11
“ 
“ 
spiced,  54s...........10@12
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.

Trout, 3  Id. brook..............
Apples, gallons,  stand..........1  90
Blackberries,  stand..............  75
Cherries, red standard..........1  00
p itte d ........................ l  75
D am sons....................................... 1 00
Egg Plums, stan d ........................1 20
Gooseberries................................ 1 10
G rapes.....................................  90
Green  Gages................................ 1 30
Peaches, all  yellow, stand.. 1  45
“ 
seconds.....................1  25
“  P ie ............................. 1  00
Pears.............................................. 1 30
Pineapples.................. 1  10@1  25
Q uinces............ ................ 
1 00
Raspberries,  ex tra......................1 10
red ................... .2 00
Straw berries................................ 1 10
W hortleberries.......................  90

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

CANNED VEGETABLES.

  9

“  
“ 
“ 

CHEESE.

“  sifted........................... 1 55

Corn, Archer’s Trophy.........

Peas, French................................ 1 25

Asparagus, Oyster Bay..........1  80
Beans, Lima,  stan d ....................1 00
“  Green  Limas__   @1  10
“ 
String...................   @ 95
*“  Stringlesg,  E rie...........  90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1  45
“  Mom’g Glory. 1  10
“ 
“ 
“ 
Early  G old... 110
“  extram arro fat...  @110
“  soaked............................ 
to
“  June,  stand........1 
50
“ 
“  French, extra  fine...  14 uO
Mushrooms, extra fine........18 00
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden.........  85
Succotash,  standard__   ©   85
Squash  ....................................1  10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @1  10
Good E nough___1  10
B enH ar.................1  10
stand  b r....l  05@1  10
Michigan Full Cream  12*4©13 
Sap  Sago.........................  16@17
 
CHOCOLATE.
Runkel Bros.’ Vienna sweet  22
“  P rem ium ..... 
33
“  Horn-Cocoa...  37
“  B reakfast___   48
CHEWING  GUM.
200 

Rubber, 100 lumps..................25
35
14
Spruce...................................... 30
B ulk.........................................   6
R ed...........................................  754
Rio, fa ir........................17  @18
14
“  good......................1854@19
©20 
@21 
“  fancy,  w ashed... 19
@22 
“  golden....................20
©21
Santos.............................17
Mexican & Guatemala 19
@22 
P eaberry....................... 20
Java,  Interior...............20
©24 
“  M andheling__ 26
@28 
20
Mocha, genuine...........25  _
@26
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

coffee—Green.

chicory.

p1
prime.

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22

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coffees—Package.

30 lbs  60 lbs

100 lbs
Lion..........................................22%
“  in cab in ets.....................2354
Dilworth’s ...............................22%
Magnolia.................................2254
Acme................... 21%  21%  22
G erm an...................................22^4
b in s ......................'..23
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX.......... 22%
Honey  Bee............................. 2454
Nox  All  .................................2354
O  B ..........................................2254
T iger........................................2254
Valley City.
F elix ...........

COFFEE EXTRACT.

“ 

1  10

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton,  40 f t ...........per doz.  1  25
1  50 
1  60
2  00 
2 25 
1  00 
1  15

50 ft.
60 f t .........
70 f t .........
80 f t .........
60 f t .........
72 f f .......
CONDENSED MILK.

Jute

E agle......................................  7  60
Anglo-Swiss..........................  6  00

CRACKERS. 

.

Kenosha B utter.....................  8
Seymour 
Butter

“  fam ily...
“  b iscu it..
Boston..............
City Soda.........
Soda 
S. Oyster 
City Oyster, XXX 
Picnic

Wholesale Price  Current•

Advanced—Glycerine.  Declined—Quinia, Salacin, Oil Peppermint, Oil Lemon.

D r u g s  0  M e d i c i n e s *

Stale  Board  of  Pharmacy.

One Y ear—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
Two Y ears—Geo. McDonald. K alam asoo.
Three Y ears—Stanley E. P arkill, Owosso.
F o u r  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Five Y ears—Jam es V em or, Detroit.
P resident—Geo. McDonald 
S ecretary—Jacob Jesson.
T reasu rer—Jas. V em or.
Next Meeting—At th e lecture room  of H artm an s  Hall, 
G rand Rapids, Tuesday and W ednesday, March 6 and 6.

M ic h i g a n   S t a te   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   A s s ’ll. 

President—Geo. Gundrum , Ionia.
F irst V ice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
Second Vice-President—H. M.  Dean, Niles.
T hird Vice-President—O. Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary— H. J. Brown, Ann A rbor,
T reasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Com m ittee—A. H. Lym an,  M anistee;  A. Bas 
sett,  D etroit; F. J.  W urzburg,  G rand R apids;  W.  A. 
H all, Greenville;  E. T.  Webb, Jackson.

Local Secretary—A. Bassett, D etroit.

G r a n d   R a p id a   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty . 
P resident. J. W. Hayw ard.  Secretary, F ran k  H. Bscott.

Detroit  Pharmaceutical  sociec* 

President, J.  W. Caldwell.  S ecretary, B. W. P atterson.

Muskegon  Drug Clerks’  Association. 
President, Geo.  L,  LeFevre.  Secretary, G. W. Hoye.

P harm aceutical  “ D on’t s ”  for  Y oung 

P rescription  Pharm acists.

Don’t employ Latin  unless  you under­
stand  it, or  where  English  will  answer 
better.
Non’t fail to put  the patient’s name on 
each  prescription, unless  otherwise  ad­
vised.

Don’t abbreviate unnecessarily.
Don’t forget that

Acid Hydroc. may mean-: 

n r

or

or

( Hydroehloric Acid. 
I Hydrocyanic Acid.
i Ammoniac,
1 
( Ammonium.
( Chloroform Water,
-( 
( Chlorine Water.
( Ext. Colchlcum,
-( 
or
( Ext. Colocynth.
| Calomel,
J Corrosive  Sublimate,
i 
or
I. Hydrate Chloral.
( Hpposulphite,
or
( Hypophosphite. 
f Sulphur,
J  Sulphate,
|  Sulphide, 
l Sulphite.

“ 

“ 

„ 

,, 

“  < 

Aq.  Chlor.

Ext. Col.

Hyd. Chlor.

Sod. Hypo.

Sulph.

victims of  violent death.  He  mentioned 
a case in which this test  had proved con­
clusively that the patient was dead.
The  President  asked  Dr.  Richardson 
how he accounted for the facts  observed 
by himself  and others on the  battle-field 
of  the occurrence of  instantaneous rigor 
mortis  in  soldiers.  He  had  seen  them 
preserve the attitude in which they were 
at the moment of  death,  the arms  raised 
as  in  drinking, or  holding  the musket, 
etc.
Dr. Richardson, in reply, observed that 
he Had protested  against the introdution 
of death by electricity as being altogether 
unreliable.  He  quoted  a  series  of  ex­
periments  made  on  sheep,  and  showed 
that while it was possible, by means of  a 
very powerful  current, to kill small  an­
imals, birds, etc.,  it was  quite otherwise 
when  large  animals  were experimented 
with.  He said that he had asserted  that 
the color in the cheeks persisted in death 
by asphyxia, to which  categary death by 
pneumonia belonged.  He  alluded to the 
fact  that  no  one  could, by will, impose 
on the  survivors  any particular  method 
of  disposing  of  the  body, by  cremation 
or otherwise.  He thought the discretion 
rested  with  the  executor  (Dr.  Routh 
claimed that the wife or  next of  kin was 
the authority in such  matters), and  sug­
gested that the legal  right to leave direc­
tions  iu  this respect  might fairly be ap­
plied for.  He denied  that  rigor  mortis 
over produced any change in position, all 
the Muscles undergoing the change simul­
taneously. 
In reply to the President, he 
said  that  the  sudden  rigor in the cases 
mentioned  was  probably due  to the im­
mediate  coagulation  of  the  albuminous 
constituent of  the body, due  to  the  heat 
developed  by the  sudden  resistance  of­
fered to the circulation.

The  A bsolu te  Signs  o f D eath.

drops 10

 

 

Mix.

LIST EBIN E.

arations.

B L U E   PR IN T  P A PE R .

D A V IS’  P A IN -K IL L E R .

reasons  which 

T H E A T R IC A L   R E Q U IS IT E S .

White Face and Arms Lotion—

C onstituent  E lem ents  o f  Several  Prep­

Tincture myrrh.............................................  fl. oz.  1
Tincture  capsicum......................................  fl. dr.  1
  “  “   1
Tincture opium ......................................... 
Tincture guiac........................................... “  “  54
Spirit camphor, i ............................. ............“   “ 
4

Red prussiate potash.........................................oz.  1
Dist.  w ater........................................................... “  10
M.
Cit. iron and am m onia.....................................oz.  3
Dist.  w ater........................................................... “  10
M.Put in separate  bottles  and mix equal 
parts when wanted for use.

Oil wintergreen.................................... 
Oil pepperm int...............................................   “ 
8
Oil  thym e........................................................  “ 
2
Eucalyptol..................................... 
Rect.  spirit...........*.......................................gms.  180
8
Benzoic acid...................................................  “ 
Borax................................................................  “ 
8
Boric acid.................................................. .. -  “ 
16
T hym ol............................................................  “  2.4
W ater to  make................................................  “ 1000

Nigger  Black—Beat  the  finest  lamp­
black  'into  a  stiff  paste  with  glycerin, 
and  apply  with  a sponge;  if  necessary, 
mix a little  water  with  it  when  using. 
This is far superior to  the  old-fashioned 
burnt cork and beer, and can be as easily 
removed as it is applied.
Zinc oxide...........................................................oz.  54
Glycerin.................................................. fl. drams.  2
Rose w ater to m ake.................................... fl. oz.  2
Superior  to  powders.  Many  leading 
actresses use the above.
Nose Paint for Comic Characters—
Wheat  flour............ :....................................... oz. 
1
Pulv.  tragac.  ..........................................  grains.  120
To be tinted w ith carmine.
Take as much of  the  powder as neces­
sary and  knead  into a stiff  paste  with a 
little water ancf apply to the nose, having 
previously painted it with spirit gum.
Grease Paints—Clarified  suet  is mixed 
with the required  color  and  poured into 
round molds.
For  flesh  tint,  use  white  lead  and 
chalk, equal parts, and vermilion to suit; 
three  different  tints  are  required;  red, 
vermilion;  blue,  ultramarine;  black, 
finest drop  black;  white, use white lead. 
Perfume with bergamot.

At the  meeting of  the Medical  Society 
of  London,  held  December 10, 1888, Dr. 
B. W. Richardson  read  a  paper  on  this 
subject.  He  opened  by saying  that  in 
the  present  day,  owing  to  the  discus­
sions that were taking  place  on the sub­
ject of  cremation and the disposal of the 
dead,  members  of  the  profession  were 
more  frequently  being  called  in in con­
sultation  in  order  to  determine  if  life 
were  actually  extinct.  He  proposed, 
therefore, 
in  the  short  essay  he  was 
about to read, to state in a very practical 
form,  first,  the  common  circumstances 
under which the inquiry was  demanded; 
secondly,  the  methods  for  determining 
the  absolute  proof  of  death;  thirdly,  a 
summary  of  efficient  practical  details. 
Under the first of  these heads the author 
specifies  the 
led  the 
friends of  persons supposed to be dead to 
question tjie fact of  death.  These  were:
(0) changes  of  color  of  the  dead  body; 
(b) retention  of  warmth;  (c) movements 
of  parts,  or  supposed  movements;  (d) 
retention  of  lifelike  expression  after 
death;  (c) prolonged  preservation of  the 
body  from  putrefactive  decomposition; 
( /)  suspension of  the  ordinary phenom­
ena of  vital  action  after  some  forms of 
induced  narcotism;  (g) 
the  cataleptic 
state, 
traumatic  and  idiopathic.  One 
other  circumstance  might  also give rise 
to the  inquiry—namely,  a request on the 
part  of  the  person  while  living  to  be 
subjected  to  skilled  examination  after 
death, in order to prevent the possibility 
of  living  burial.  The  author  twice  in 
his career had been called in to meet this 
demand or request.  The various circum­
stances which might lead to a doubt as to 
absolute  death,  some  of  them  very im­
portant  and  singular,  were  next  de­
scribed in  detail;  and  then  followed the 
second part,  namely,  the  actual  or ver­
itable  proofs  that  had to be made in or­
der to arrive at a satisfactory demonstra­
tion that life was  extinct.  These proofs 
were  named  as  ten  in  number.  They 
were  taken  up  in  the  following order:
(1)  respiratory failure, including absence 
of  visible  movements  of  the  chest,  ab­
sence  of  rispiratory  murmur,  and  ab­
sence  of  water  vapor  from  the  breath;
(2) cardiac  failure, including  absence of 
arterial  pulsation,  of  cardiac  motion, 
and  of  cardiac  sounds,  absence  of  tur- 
gescence or filling of  the veins  on  mak­
ing  pressure  between  them  and  the 
heart;  (3) reduction  of  the  temperature 
of  the body below the  natural  standard;
(4) rigor mortis  and  muscular  collapse;
(5) coagulation of  blood iu the veins;  (6) 
putrefactive  decomposition;  (7)  absence 
of  red  color  in  semi-transparent  parts 
under the  influence of  a powerfnl  light; 
(8) absence of  muscular  contraction  un­
der  the  stimulus  of  an  electric  or gal­
vanic current; (9) absence of a red blotch 
on the skin after the subcutaneous  injec­
tion of  ammonia;  (10)  absence  of  signs 
of  rust  (oxidation)  of  a  bright  steel 
needle  after  plunging  it deeply into the 
tissues. 
In  the  last  part  of  his paper, 
Dr.  Richardson  indicated  the  precise 
mode in which the practice  named above 
should be directly applied, taking up the 
steps of  the necessary examinations, one 
by one, pointing  out  the relative  values 
The  chemical  industry  of  Germany 
of  each,  and  giving,  so  to  speak,  in  a 
pays in wages over $15,000,000  annually, 
condensed form, the  diagnostic  formula 
and this sum is  yearly increasing.
for  an  absolute proof  of  death in every 
For  failure  to  record a sale of  liquor 
doubtful  case,  without  any  operative 
(to  a policeman  in  disguise)  a  leading 
procedure  that  was  itself  inimical  to 
Chicago  pharmacist  was  recently  fined 
life. 
The President  complimented Dr. Rich­
$100.
A quinine factory, established  in  Eng­
ardson on his  interesting  and  elaborate 
land by a German  some  three  years ago, 
paper.  He thought  the  method of  com­
at a cost of  about  $50,000,  was  recently 
pressing  the  veins  at  the  back  of  the 
offered  at  auction,  the  highest  bid  re­
wrist  was  a  very  simple  and  efficient 
ceived being  $7,500.
method.  He remarked on  the  fact  that 
An English  chemist was fined $125 for 
execution by electricity had been decided 
selling sweet spirits of  nitre  adulterated 
upon in the United  States, a fact which, 
with  methylated  spirit.  This is only to 
in view of  Dr. Richardson’s conclusions, 
be  expected  where  a  discrimination  is 
might have untoward results.
made between  alcohol for medicinal and 
Dr.  Routh mentioned that persons who 
mechanical purposes.
died  of  pneumonia  retained  the  color­
ation of  the  cheeks, and  recalled  an in­
The Indian  medicine  fakirs, variously 
cident at Clamart  which had forcibly im­
styling themselves Sasguah, Seguah, etc., 
pressed the fact upon his memory.  Pass­
have invaded Great Britain, like all other 
ing on  to  the  question  of  temperature, 
American frauds, and  are  reaping a big 
he  mentioned  a  case  of  ovariotomy  in 
harvest.  Recently a hall  was  rented in 
which the temperature  rose  two degrees 
Edinburgh  for  five  weeks  at  a  weekly 
after death, and even the  next  morning, 
rental of  $500.
though it was in the  winter, the  temper­
The Hop Bitters Company, of England, 
ature was still two degrees above normal. 
which has spent  the  greater  part of  its 
He  also  referred  to  the  post-mortem 
existence and capital in  the courts trying 
movements  in  patients  who  had  suc­
to  convince  the  druggists  that  it  had 
cumbed to Asiatic cholera.
“vested rights” in the two English words 
Dr. Althaus  alluded  to  the  universal 
“Hops”  and “Bitters,”  has  finally gone 
dread  felt  toward  being  buried  alive. 
to the wall.  Sic semper, etc.
the  occurrence  of 
He  observed 
Prof. Emlen  Painter,  chairman of  the 
post-mortem,  rise  of  temperature  was  a 
arrangements  committee  for  the  San 
recognized  fact, notably in  tetanus. 
In 
Francisco  meeting  of  the A. P. A., says
other  cases,  again, there  might  be a re­
rkable fall in temperature  before life  that the cost of  the round trip to Eastern
members  will  range  from  $150  to  $200 
was  extinct, so  that  temperature  per se 
eaeh.  Either  figure is a snug  little sum 
could  not  be  relied  upon  to prove any­
for the average pharmacist, but the great 
thing.  He had  known  the  temperature 
attractions of  this  trans-continental trip 
to go down to 93  degrees  within  twenty 
will  repay the  investment, with double 
minutes after  an  apoplectic  attack, and 
compounded interest.
the same phenomenon was often observed 
The relations  between pharmacist and 
in wasting diseases and as a consequence 
physician  have  been  a fruitful  subject 
of  inanition.  He  mentioned  one  such 
for discussion during the past year, with­
recorded case, in which the  temperature 
out, however,  showing  any  net  results. 
fell as low as 81 deg.  F., though  the  pa­
These relations, in the professional sense
tient  was  undoubtedly  alive. 
In  his
opinion,  the  only really reliable test, ex-  referred  to,  will  adjust  themselves ac­
cept  putrefaction,  was  the  reaction  of | cording  to  individual  merit  or  prefer- 
muscles  to  electricity. 
In  no  disease,  ment, rather than by arbitrarily  imposed 
short of  death, was  the  contractility  of  conditions.  The  conscientious and com 
muscles absolutely destroyed all over the  petent physician could no more recognize 
body  at  the  same  time.  He  said  that  the  entente cordiale  from  quackish  and 
very soon after  the heart ceased to beat a ] nostrum-faking  druggists  than  could  a 
steady and perceptible  diminution in the  thoroughly  qualified  and  honest  phar 
extent to  which  the  muscles  responded  macist  that  of  the  medical  man  whose 
to the electrical current was noticed, and j chief  aim is to gull  the  public  into  the 
all trace of  reaction disappeared in about  belief  that  the  only  drug  store  (from 
two  hours, certainly within three hours. I which  he  receives  commission)  is  the 
It persisted longest in powerful men, the  best!

Minor  D rug  N otes.

that 

'

Don’t  convert  metric  prescriptions. 
Use metric weights and measures.
Don’t carry on conversation while put­
ting up a prescription.
Don’t use the dot to denote the decimal 
fraction of  a gramme.  The decimal line 
is much safer.
Don’t try to write the label  worse than 
the  physician  has  written  the prescrip­
tion.
Don’t  put  up  a  prescription  without 
first calculating the dose.
Don’t fold powders into odd shapes and 
sizes.
Don’t  paste a new  label  over a  soiled 
one on a “repeated” prescription.
Don’t  copy  a  prescription  or  write  a 
label with lead pencil.
Don’t use flourishes in writing.
Don’t tell a patient if you fiud an error 
in a prescription.  Make  some  excuse to 
step out and consult the physician.

person  when several are waiting.

Don’t guess.  Look up facts.
Don’t  give a prescription to the  wrong 
Don’t  press the  cork with  your  teeth.
Don’t hold an end of the string in your 
teeth when tying parcels.
Don’t,  by  word  or  action, criticize  a 
physician’s prescription  in the  presence 
of the patient.
“ 10
Don’t forget  that  a  slight  error  may 
result in the death of the  patient
Don’t fail to  read  the  label of  a shelf 
bottle as  you take  it down;  again as you 
pour from it, and again as  you replace it 
on the shelf.
Don’t have two unlabeled preparations 
on the desk at the same time.
Don’t  paste  a  label  on  the  bottle 
crooked.
Don’t  filter  a prescription  unless  you 
are instructed to do so, or  are  sure  that 
the sediment is inert.
Don’t  be  surprised  if  you  dissolve 
Potass.  Permanganate  in  Glycerin  and 
are blown up in consequence.
Don’t add  strong  acids to solutions of 
carbonates in a small bottle.
Don’t  mix  iron solutions  with Tannic 
acid or astringent fluids unless  you wish 
to make ink.
Don’t add acids to mixtures containing 
Syrup  Yerba  Santa  Arom.,  or  F.  E. 
Licorice.
Don’t  use  delicate  scales  for  heavy 
work.
Don’t put most of  the mass on  the out­
side of  the capsules.
Don’t fail to date prescriptions.
Don’t forget  what  you  have  put  into 
the preparation when  called away.
Don’t “substitute.”
Don’t smoke cigarettes or chew tobacco 
in business hours.
Don’t pass prescriptions  to  customers 
without first reviewing  your work.
Don’t  be  hasty in  concluding  that  a 
fancied error is real and alter a prescrip­
tion in consequence.
Don’t try to designate  the  strength of 
ammonia water  by any number of  “f’s.” 
Deal with percentage of  gas alone.
Don’t expect  the  fluid to remain  clear 
if  you  mix  solutions  of  Quinine  Sul­
phate and Potassium Acetate.
Don’t  dispense  Pepsin  in  alkaline 
liquids  (the activity of the pepsin is thus 
destroyed).
Don’t  dispense  pepsin without  regard 
to its digestive power.
Don’t dump salts into a bottle of liquid 
and take  for granted that  they will  dis­
solve.
Don’t dispense  a  powerful  alkaloid in 
an  alkaline  solution so that  the  patient 
will get it all in the last dose.
Don’t  keep the  morphine  and  quinine 
containers  together—you  may  dispense 
quinine from the morphine bottle.
Don’t dispense rancid ointments.
Don’t  leave  dirty mortars  and  gradu­
ates on the prescription desk.
Don’t  get  above  washing  bottles  and 
graduates if you have time.
Don’t  think  you  can  learn  without 
study.
Don’t  notice a man  when  he winks at 
the soda fountain.
Don’t  stand  in  the front  door  of  the 
pharmacy—you  may be  mistaken  for  a 
cigar sign.
Don’t  trust  to  memorizing  formula1— 
“consult the authorities.”
Don’t  believe  everything  you  hear or 
read.
Don’t disregard advice from seniors.
Don’t undertake to destroy a customer's 
Don’t  use an untrimmed label.
Don’t  paste the label  below the  center 

confidence in a remedy he asks for.

of the bottle.

The Drug*  M arket.

Quinine is  lower, both  for foreign  and 
domestic brands.  Gum  opium  is  easier. 
Morphia is steady.  Oils  lemon and  pep­
permint are lower.  Salacine has declined. 
Gum  camphor  is  unchanged.  Glycerin 
has advanced and higher prices are looked 
for.

H e  H ad  B een  There.

“Can  you tell  me,”  inquired  an  anx­
ious-looking  man  of  the  bank  cashier, 
“is  there  any  way  of  disposing  of 
plugged nickels ?”
“Certainly,”  replied  the  cashier,  fa­
cetiously.  “You can drop  them into the 
contribution box at church.  Any deacon 
will  take  them.  He  cannot  well  help 
himself.”
“Yes,  sir,”  said  the  anxious-looking 
man;  “I  know  that. 
I  am  a  church 
deacon. 
I have half  a bushel of  them I 
would like to dispose of.”

ACIDUM.

A ceticum .....................
Benzoicum,  German..
Boracic 
.......................
C arbolicum ..................
C itricum .......................
H ydrochlor..................
Nitrocum  .....................
O xalicum .....................
Phosphorium  d ii.........
Salicylicum ................. 1
Sulphuricum ................
Tannicum .....................1
Tartaricum ...................
a m m o n ia.

m   io 
80@1  00 
30
40©  45 
55©  60 
m   5 
10©   12 
13©  14 
20
40@.l  80 
134®  5 
40@1  60 
45©  50

“ 

Aqua, 16  d eg................ 
3© 
5
18  deg................ 
4@  6
Carbonas  : ....................  H@ 18
C hloriduin.....................   12© 14

B lack.. 
Brow n. 
R e d ... 
Yellow

a n il in e .

: 00@2 25 
80©1  00 
45©  50 
50@3 00

BACCAK.

Cubeae (po. 1  60.......... 1  85@2 00
Ju n ip eru s..................... 
8©  JO
X antnoxylum ............ •  25©  30

BALSAMCM.
Copaiba.........................  70®  75
P e r u ............................. 
© f  3?
Terabin, Canada  .......  50®
T o lu tan .........................  45©  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  C anadian...................   18
Cassiae  ...................................  J*
Cinchona F la v a ...................
Euonymus  atropurp............
Myrica  Cerifera, po.............. 
fO
Prunus V irgini.......................  J*
Quillaia,  g rd ..........................   J*
Ulmus Po (Ground  12).........  10

EXTBACTUM.

Glycyrrhiza  G labra...  24©  25
po............  
^
Haematox, 15lb. box..  11®  12
is ................  13©  14
54s ..............  14®  15
16©  17

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FEBRUM.

@  15 
@3 50 
@  80 
©   50
UW  z

14©  16 
30©  35 
30©  35

10©   12
25©  28 
35®  50
10©   12 
8©   10

“ ....
“ ....

75@1
50©

Carbonate Precip.........
Citrate and Q uinia....
Citrate  Soluble............
Ferrocyanidum Sol....
Solut  Chloride............
Sulphate,  com’l ...........
p ure..............

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FLORA.

A rn ic a ...  ...................
A nthem is.....................
M atricaria...................

f o l ia .

nivelly.................

Barosma 
............ • ■ • • •
Cassia  Acucifol,  Tin-
A Ix.
Salvia  officinalis,  54s
and  54s.......................
TTraUrsi........................

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UUMMI.

“ 
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Acacia, 1st  picked —

2d 
3d 
sifted sorts...
p o ...................
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...
Cape,  (po.  20)...
Socotri. (po.  60).
Catechu, Is, 04s, 14 )4s,
1 6 )...........................
A m m om ae...................
Assafcetida,  'po. 30)...
Benzoinum 
................
Camphorse 
................
Euphorbiu 
p o ..........
Galbanum .....................
Gamboge,  po................
Guaiacum,  (po. 45) —
Kino,  (po.  2*5).......
M astic..........................
Myrrh,  (po  45)............
Opii,  (pc. 4 75)............ •
Shellac  ..  ....................
bleached.........
Tragacanth  ..................

! 20@3 -; 
30©  : 
28©  : 
“ 
30©
herba—I n ounce packages.

A bsinthium ............................
E upatorium ............................
Lobelia....................................
M ajorum .................................
M entha  Piperita...................
“  V ir ............................
R ue............................................
Tanacetum, V ........................
Thymus,  V ..............................

MAGNESIA.

OLEUM.

Calcined, P a t...............   55©
Carbonate,  P a t ..........   20©
Carbonate, K.  & _M....  ~0@ 
Carbonate,  ,Tenning5..  35©
Absinthium .................. 3 00©5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc------   45©  75
Amydalae, Amarao— 7  25@7 50
A n isi............................. 2  00@2  10
A m anti  Cortex................  @2 50
Bergamii  ..................... 2  50@3  00
C ajiputi........................   90@1  00
C aryophvlli.......................  @2 00
C e d a r............................  35©  65
C henopodii.................   @1  *5
C innam oni!..................  96@1  00
Ci tronfili a .....................  ©   75
Conlum  M ac................  35©  65
Copaiba........................   90@1  0C
Cubebae.....................15'50@16  00
Exechtbltos.................   90@1  00
E rig ero n .............................1  20©1 30
G aultheria.........................3:25@2 35
Geranium,  ounce....... 
©   75
Gossipii,  Sem. gal.......  50©  75
Hedeoma  ......................1  15@1  25
Ju n i peri.............................   50@2 00
L av en d u la........................   90@2 00
L im qnis.............................. 1  50@1 80
M entha Piper.....................2 50@8 50
Mentha  V erid................... 3 00@3 25
Morrhuae, gal..............  80@1  00
Myrcia, ounce..............  @  50
O live................................... 1  00®2 75
Picis Liquida,  (gal. 35)  10©  12
R ic in i.................................   96@1 10
Rosm arini..........................   75@1 00
Rosae,  ounce.....................  @6 00
Buccini..........................  40©  45
S ab in a..........................  90@1  00
San tal  ...........................3 50©7 00
Sassafras.......................  55®  60
Sinapis, ess, ounce —   @  65
T iglii................................... 
T hym e..........................   40©  50
opt  ..................  @  60
Theobromas.................   15©  20

©1 50

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POTASSIUM.

B iC arb..........................  15®  18
B ichrom ate.................   15©  16
Brcm ide........................   37©  40

C arb................................  12©  15
Chlorate,  (po. 20).........  18®  20
C yanide.........................  50©  55
Iodide........................... 2  85@3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  28©  30 
Potassa, Bitart, com ... 
©   15
Potass  Nitras, o p t....... 
8©  10
Potass N itras................ 
7®  9
P russiate......................   25©  28
Sulphate  p o ...............  15©  18

RADIX.

A conitum .....................  20©  25
A ltbae............................  25©  30
A n ch u sa.......................  15©  20
Arum,  po.......................  @  25
Calamus.........................  20©  50
Gentiana,  (po.  15).......  10©  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16©  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 65).......................  @  60
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__   15©  20
Inula,  po.......................  15©  20
Ipecac,  po.....................2 40®2  50
Iris  plox (po. 20@22)..  17©  20
Jalapa,  p r.....................  25©  30
Maranta,  Ms................  @  35
Podophyllum, po.........  15©  18
R hei................................  75@1  00
“  c u t........................   @1  75
“  p v ..........................   75@1  35
Spigelia........................   48©  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  ©   20
Serpentarla...................   30©  35
S enega..........................   75©  80
Similax, Officinalis,  II  ©   40 
©   20
M 
Scillae,  (po. 35)............  10©  12
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
©   35
dus,  po....................... 
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ©   25
Germ an...  15©  20
Zingiber a .....................  16©  15
Zingiber  j .....................  22©  25

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SEMEN.

4© 

Anisum.  (po.  20).........  @  15
Apium  (graveleons)..  10©  12
Bird, i s .......................... 
6
Carni, (po. 18)..............  12©  15
Cardam on.....................1  00®1  25
C orlandrum ..................  10©  12
Cannabis Sativa...........3*4© 
4
Cydonium.....................  75@1  00
Chenopodium  ............   10©  12
Dipterix Odorate.........1  75®1  85
Foeniculum .................  
®   151
Foenugreek,  p o ........... 
8
6@ 
L in i................................4  ©454
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  ) ...  4)4@ 4!4
Lobelia..........................  35©  40
Pharlaris C anarian—   354® 4)4
R a p a ............................. 
5®  6
Sinapis,  A lbu.............. 
9
8® 
N igra............  11®  12

SriBITUS.

 
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Frum enti, W., D.  Co. .2 00®2 50
D. F. R ....... 1  75@2 00
1  10®1  50
Juniperis  Co. O. ST— 1  75@1  75
..............1  75@3  50
Saacharum  X .  E . .. .. .  1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  G alli............1  75@6 50
Vini O porto..................1  25@2  00
Vini  A lba......................1  25@2 00

SPONGES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage..................... 2 25®2  50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ...................  
2  00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
1  10
wool  carriage........... 
E xtra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage.....................  
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ..........................  
65
75
Hard for  slate  use —  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u s e .............................  
1  40

A ccaeia........................
Zingiber  .......................
Ipecac............................
Ferri  Io d .......................
Auranti  Cortes............
Rhei  Arom...................
Similax  Officinalis —
Co
Senega  ..........................
Scillae............................
P i- 
Co.......................
T o lu ta n ........................
Prunus  virg .................
TINCTURES.

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** 

and  m yrrh...............

Aconitum  Napellis K ...........
F ...........
Aloes........................................
A rn ic a .....................................
Asafoetida...............................
Atrope Belladonna................
Benzoin...................................
Co..............................
Sanguinaria............................
B arosm a.................................
C antharides............................
Capsicum  ................................
Cardamon...............................
Co.............................
C astor...................................... 1
C atechu...................................
Cinchona  ...............................
Co.............................
C olum ba.................................
C onlum ...................................
Cubeba....................................
D ig italis.................................
E rgot..................................—
G en tian ...................................
Co...............................
G u aica.....................................
ammon.......................
Z in g ib er.................................
H yoscyam us..........................
Iodine......................................
Colorless.....................
Ferri  Chloridum ...................
K in o ........................................
Lobelia....................................
M yrrh......................................
N ux  Vomica..........................
O p ii..........................................
“  Cam phorated.................
"   Deodor............................2
A uranti Cortex.......................
Q u assia...................................
Rhatany  .................................
R h ei.........................................
Cassia  A cutifol.....................
Co................
Serpentarla............................
Stromonium............................
T o lu tan ...................................
V a leria n .................................
V eratrum  V eride...................

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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ground, 

Æ ther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26©'  28
“  4 F ..  30©  32
A lum en........................   254© 354
(po.
7)................................. 
4
A nnatto........................   55©  60
Antimoni, po...............  
5
et Potass T.  55©  60

3© 
4© 

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“ 

“ 

7© 

5© 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

po.....................  @ 

“ 
“ 
“  R ubra..................  @ 

A ntipyrin.....................1  35© 1  40
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ©   68
A rsenicum ...................  
7
Balm Gilead  B ud.......  38©  40
Bismuth  S.  N ..............2  15®2  25
Calcium Cblor, Is,  (54s
11;  54s,  12)................ 
9
®  
Cantharides  Russian,
po........................
®1  75 
Capsici  Fructus, a f ...
©   18 
©   16 
“ B po 
_
@ 
.14
Caryophyilus,  (po.  30)  25©  28
Carmine,  No. 40...........  @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F .......  50©  55
Cera  F lava...................  28©  30
C occus.......................... 
©   40
Cassia F ructus............ 
©   15
Centraria.......................  @  10
C etaceum .....................  @  35
C hloroform ..................  50©  55
squibbs..  @1  00
Chloral Hyd C rst.........1  50@1  75
C hondrus.....................  10©  12
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W  15®  20 
5©  12
German 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ..........................  
©   60
C reasotum ...................   @  50
Creta,  (bbl. 75)............  
©   2
5©  5
prep..................... 
8©  10
precip.................. 
8
C rocus....................  
  30©  32
Cudbear.........................  @  24
Cupri Sulph.................. 
8
D ex trin e.......................  10©  12
E ther Sulph..................  68©  70
Emery,  all  num bers.. 
©   8
6
Ergota,  (po.)  45 ...........  40©  45
Flake  W hite................  12©  15
G alla.............................. 
©   23
7©  8
Gambier......................... 
Gelatin,  Cooper...........  © 9 0
“  French.  40© 
60
Glassware  flint,  75 per cent, 
by box 66%, less
Glue,  Brow n................ 
9©  15
“  W hite..................  13©  25
G lycerins.....................   22©  25
Grana Paradisi............  
©   15
H um ulus..................... 
25©  40
©   85
Hydraag  Cblor  M ite.. 
“  C o r.... 
©   75
Ox Rubrum  
@  90
Ammoniati..  @1  10 
U nguentum .  45©  55
H ydrargyrum ..............  @  65
Ichthyobolla,  Am.........1  25© 1 50
Indigo............................  75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl............. 4  00@4 10
Iodoform ..........................   @5 15
L u p u lin ..........................   85®1 00
Lycopodium ................  55©  60
M acis............................  80©  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10©  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
2®  3
Mannia,  S. F ..................  90@1 00
Morphia,  S.  P. & W ...2 55@2 60 
C. C o ...........................2  55@2 70
Moschus  Canton.........  ®  40
Myristica,  No. 1...........  60©  70
N ux Vomica,  (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia.......................  27@  29
Pepsin Saac, H.  & P. D.
C o...................................   ©2 00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., 54 g*l
doz  ................................  @2 70
Picis Liq., q u a rts .......  @1  00
©   70
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22>..  @ 1 8
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__   @  35
Pix  B urgun.................. 
7
Plumbi A c e t................  14©  15
Pulvis Ipecac et o p ii..l  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......
@1  25 
55©  60 
Pyrethrum,  pv ............
Q uassiae.......................
8@   10 
43©  48 
Quinia,  S. P. & W .......
30©  40 
S.  Germ an__
12©  14 
Rubia  Tinctorum .......
@  35 
Saccharum Lactis p v ..
40@2  50 
Salacin..........................
40©  50 
Sanguis  Draeouis.......
@4  50 
Santonine  ...................
12©  14 
Sapo,  W ........................
8©   10 
“  M ...............................
@  15 
i , !   Seidlitz  M ixture........
©   28 
01  j  Sinapis..........................
©   18 
“  opt.....................
®   30
Snuff,  Maecaboy,  De
60  V o es............................   @  35
50  Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  ©   35
il@   12 
60  Soda Boras,  (po. 12).  .. 
60  Soda  et Potass T art...  33©  35
50  Soda Carb..................... 
2©  2)4
501  Soda,  Bi-Carb.............. 
4©  5
60 j  Soda,  A sh..................... 
3©  4
Soda, Sulphas.............. 
©  
Spts. E ther C o ............  50©  55
“  Myrcia  Horn.......  @2 00
“•  Myrcia Im p......... 
©2 50
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2  21) ..............................  ©2  11
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......  @1  10
Sulphur,  Subl................2%@ 354

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

p in ts ....... 

154)........ 

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R oll................  254©  3

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Terebenth V enice.. ...  28© 30
Theobrom ae........... ...  50© 55
V anilla.....................
.9 00©16 00
Zinci  Sulph............
7© 8
OILS.
Bbl.  *G a)
Whale, w inter......... ..  70
70
Lard,  ex tra .............. ..  86
90
Lard, No.  1.............. ..  56
55
Linseed, pure raw .. ..  58
61
64
Lindseed,  boiled... ..  61
Neat’s  Foot,  w inter
strain ed ................ ..  &
69
Spirits Turpentine.. ..  52
57
bbl.  lb.
Red  V enetian................ 15£  2@3
Ochre, yellow  M ars___134  2@4
“ 
B er.........134  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2>4  254@3
“  strictly  p u re.......254  2)4 ©3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican .............................. 
13@16
Vermilion,  E nglish__________  70©75
Green,  Peninsular.......................  70@75
Lead,  red .......................  63£@754
“  w h ite ....................634@754
@70
W hiting, white Span... 
W hiting,  Gilders’......................... @90
1  00
White, Paris  American 
W hiting,  Paris  Eng.
c liff.............................. 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20© 1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 

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P a in ts..........................1 

00@1 20

VARNISHEg.

No. 1 Turp  Coach.........1 10@1  20
E xtra T urp.....................1 
Coach  Body...................2 
No. 1 Turp  F u rn ...........1 0Q@1  10
E utra Turk Dam&r___ 1 55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
T u rp ..........................   70®  75

60@1 70
75@3 00

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.

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Persons afflicted with chilblains should 
carefully avoid  letting  the  feet  beccme 
damp and cold.  Socks should be changed 
daily,  and  under  no  circumstances  be 
permitted to dry on the  feet.  Constipa­
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moderate  exercise  and  regular  diet 
should be carefully  observed.  For  the 
immediate  relief  of  itching  the  feet 
should be soaked  in  hot  water  and  the 
affected parts  be  painted  with  tincture 
of 
iodine.  Dr.  Greene  recommends  a 
mixture of equal parts of castor oil,  tur­
pentine, and flexible collodion, to be used 
twice a day, even when the skin is broken. 
Dr. Nicholson  uses  a  mixture of  spirits 
of  camphor,  tincture  opium,  each  two 
drams; carbolic  acid  40  grains;  alcohol 
and niter each four drams. 
If  the  skin 
be broken the mixture should be  diluted 
with water and applied by means of  lint 
saturated with  it.

Should  send $1 to 
A .  S t o w e   &  B r o .
GRAND  RAPIDS,
ffo r one of th e ir Im proved

LIQUOR I  POISON RECORDS

p

o  F I  S U I N A

[TRADE  MARK  REGISTERED.]

The Best Furniture Finish in the Mar­
ket.  Specially adapted for Pianos, 
Organs  and  Hard Woods._____

D ili  TOUIM ir  will remove grease and dirt, and 
r U h l o r l i u i l   will  add  a  luster  w hich 
for 
beauty and durability cannot  be excelled.
D ili  I <?Ill M H  ;s  clean  and  easy 
to  use,  as 
r U l i l O n i l i  A  full directions  accompany  each 
bottle.
D ill  ISUTM1T  is put up in Large Bottles and is 
r U u l O n i l i A   sold  at  the  moderate  price  of 
Twenty-five cents.
D ili  ib U lM JI  is  the best  Furniture  Finish  in 
r U h lO f l lllA   the  market.  Try  it,  and  make 
your old furniture look frfish and new.
D ill  T V? UI M H  is for sale by all  Druggists, Fur- 
r  U U lO jllJl A  niture  Dealers,  Grocery  and 
Hardware Stores.

^ “ Beware of  imitations.

TRADE  SUPPLIED  BY  THE

Hazeltine I  Perkins Drily Go.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

GZXTSSXTC  R O O T .
B r n r   U D flC !  Wholesale Druggists,
L I iOJa   -DliUlO.,  GRAND RAPIDS.

We pay th e  hig h est price fo r it.  Address 

W e are  Sole  A gents  in  Michigan  for  W . D. & Co. 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

W hisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  W hisky.

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give our Personal Attention to Mail  Orders  and  Guar­
All orders are Shipped and  Invoiced  the  same  day  we re­

antee Satisfaction.
ceive them.  Send in a trial order.

keltine i  Perkins  Drug  Go.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

SAFES !

A nyone  in  want  of  a  first-class  Fire or 
Burglar Proof Safe of  the  Cincinnati  Safe 
and  Lock  Co.  manufacture  will  find  it to 
bis advantage to write  or  call  on  us.  We 
have light expenses, and are able to sell low­
er than  any  other  house representing first- 
class  work.  Second-hand  safes  always on 
hand.

O. M. GOODRICH & CO.,

With  Satety Deposit  Co., Basement oi Wid- 

dicomb Blk.'

B

E

If you have  any 
to offer  send 
samples

A

N

and
amount  and 
will try to buy them
W .  T.  LAMOREATJX,

71  Oanal  Street

s

B U Y

M uscatine
ROLLED

OATS

IJP YOU

T H E   B E S T !

CREOLE  STRAIGHT  CUT,

To all Merchants Handling Cigarettes:
A new era has been reached whereby all dealers 
selling cigarettes may now make  a  larger  profit 
than heretofore on any other brand.  The

GREOLE  STRAIGHT CUT.

W hich  has  recently  been  introduced  into  the 
State is becoming very popular, it being the only 
straight cut sold for five  cents,  thus  giving  the 
dealer a cigarette with which he  may  please  all 
classes of cigarette smokers.  The same are nicely 
put up in packages of ten  and  packed  with  ac­
tresses’ photos.  There is also a variety of  other 
inducements, a notice of which  is  contained  in 
each package. 
Give the  CREOLE  a  trial  and  you  will 
find it a big  seller.
Sold by all Grand Rapids  jobbers,  and  m anu­

/  *

factured by

S.  F.  HESS  &  CO.

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

Man uf rs of High Grade Cigarettes.

The Michigan Tradesman

“ H e   M a d e   I t   B ig h t.”

W H tten fo r  Th e T ra d es max.

In  an  interior  jobbing  city  in  Ohio 
there  is  a  wholesale  grocery  firm,  the 
senior  member of  which may be known, 
so far as  this  story is concerned, as Col. 
Blank.  The  firm  have  two 
traveling 
salesmen—a  single  man,  receiving  $60 
per month, and the  other a married man, 
drawing  $70  per  month.  A short  time 
since  the  single  man, being in the store 
and looking over matters, discovered that 
the married salesman  was  receiving $10 
per  month  more  salary  than  himself, 
while he (the  single man) was selling the 
most goods. 
lie called  the  Colonel’s at­
tention to this  and  suggested  that as he 
was selling  more  goods  than  the  other 
fellow, he should at least receive as much 
pay.  The  Colonel  acknowledged  the 
point  well  taken,  and  assured  his man 
that he would look into  the  matter, and 
if  the statement as made was correct that 
he would make it right.

Another  month  rolled  around,  and 
when  the  single  man  came to draw his 
salary from  the  book-keeper he was sur­
prised to see only $60 passed  out to him, 
the  same  as  before.  He demurred, the 
book-keeper insisted he  had  received no 
instruction to raise  his  pay and referred 
him to the Colonel.

Approaching  Col.  Blank,  he  said: 
“Colonel,  you  remember I spoke to  you 
about  a  month  ago  about  my  salary, 
stating  that  while  I  was  selling  more 
goods  than  the  other  fellow, I was  re­
ceiving  less  pay, and I thought I should 
receive as much as he  did.  You  assured 
me  you  would  look  into  it and make it 
right.”

“Yes,” said  the Colonel,  “I remember 
your mentioning  the  matter  and I  made 
it right,  didn’t I?”

“Why,  no,  I don’t  see  how  you  have 
as  the  book-keeper  has  just  tossed  me 
out  the  same  pay as before.  I can’t see 
how that is making it right.”

“ You  don’t  understand,”  said 

the 
Colonel.  “I  have  made  it  right.  You 
thought  you ought to have  as  much pay 
as  the  other  man,  and  I have  made it 
right, by cutting  the  other fellow's  pay 
down."

It  is  unnecessary  to  state  that  the 
Colonel  is  a  Yankee  and  figures  from 
both ends.  ' 

W. A. B.

ho  depend  entirely  on  the  morning 
milkman fi ith the  peculiar  cry.  There 
ire no cows on Fifth-ave.
It would seem  at  this  distance,  how- 
er, that the Buffalo writer  goes  rather 
too far when he insists that the cows  re­
main  off  the  streets  entirely  at  night. 
\fter other people have gone home there 
seems to be no valid reason why the cows 
of  Buffalo  should  not  walk  abroad  to 
take the air  and  inspect  the  landscape.
Fhile, as ably pointed out  by  a  Boston 
writer, the  cow  is  not  so  sedentary  in 
her habits  as  the  setting-hen,  still  she 
needs exercise and must have it to insure 
health.  So long as the citizens of  Buffa­
lo retain that bucolic custom  of  keeping 
family cow, so long must she  have  ex- 
rcise.  After a Buffalo man has returned 
home at night, eaten his supper, shut the 
chicken coop, locked the barn and milked, 
he is perfectly justified  in  pursuing  his 
present course of opening the front  gate 
and  turning  his  cow 
into  the  street, 
here  the  patient  beast  can  exercise, 
forage and otherwise amuse herself until 
morning, at  w'hicli  time  the  intelligent 
cowr always returns to her home.  There 
may be much strength in the position  of 
the Buffalo editor that the cow must stay 
off the crow'ded  streets  during  the  day, 
and  especially  during  banking  hours, 
but he goes too far  when  he  holds  that 
she should not be allowed on  the  streets 
at night.

TO  MONTANA,  OREGON  AND 

WASHINGTON.

If you are going west bear in mind the  follow­
ing facts:  The Northern Pacific Railroad  owns 
and operates 5)67 miles, or 57 per cent  of  the  en­
tire railroad mileage of M ontana; spans  the  ter­
ritory with its main line from east to w est; is the 
short line to Helena; the only Pullman  and  din 
ing car line to Butte, and  is  the  only  line  that 
reaches Miles City, Billings, Bozeman, Missoula, 
the  Yellowstone  National  Park,  and,  in  fact, 
nine tenths of the cities and points of interest in 
the  territoiy.
The Northern  Pacific  owns  and  operates  621 
miles, er 56 per cent of  the  railroad  mileage  of 
Washington, its main  line  extending  from  the 
Idatunine via Spokane Falls,  Cheney,  Sprague, 
Yakima and EUensburg, through  the  center  of 
the Territory to Tacoma  and  Seattle,  and  from 
Tacoma to Portland.  No other trans-continental 
through rail line reaches any  portion  of  W ash­
ington Territory.  Ten days stop over  privileges 
are given on Northern Pacific second class tickets 
at Spokane Falls and all points West, thus afford­
ing intending settlers  an  excellent  opportunity 
to see the entire Territory w ithout incurring  the 
expense of paying local fares from point to point.
The Northern Pacific is the shortest route from 
St. Paul to Tacoma by 207 m iles; to Seattle by 177 
miles, and to Portland by 324 miles—time  corres­
pondingly shorter, varying from one to two days, 
according to destination.  No other line from St. 
Paul  or  Minneapolis  runs  through  passenger 
cars of any kind into Idaho, Oregon or Washing 
ton.
In addition to being the only rail  line  to  Spo 
kane Falls, Tacoma  and  Seattle,  the  Northern 
Pacific reaches  all the principal points in N orth­
ern  Minnesota  and  Dakota,  Montana,  Idaho. 
Oregon and Washington.  Bear in mind that the 
Northern Pacific and Shasta line  is  the  famous 
scenic route to all points in California.
Send for illustrated pamphlets, maps and books 
giving you valuable information in reference  to 
the country traversed by this great line from  St. 
Paul, Minneapolis, D uluth and Ashland to  Port 
land, Oregon,  and  Tacoma  and  Seattle,  Wash 
ington Territory, and enclose stamps for the new 
1889 Rand McNally County  Map  of  Washington 
Territory, printed in colors.
Address your nearest ticket agent, or  Chas.  S 
Fefi General  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent,  St 
Paui,  Minn.

H o w   H e   W a s   C a u g h t.

One of  the  leading  dry  goods  houses 
in New York had  long  been  disbursing 
money to one of  its  customers  who  was 
constantly  sending  in  long  lists  of  al 
leged shortages and claims  for  damaged 
goods, until the  principals could stand it 
no longer. 
It  was  determined, upon the 
first  opportunity, to  resort to stratagem 
and cheat the devil with “his own cards,’ 
if  possible.  Shortly  after  the  decision 
was  arrived  at, an  order  was  received 
from  the  customer  in  question  for 
large shipment of  collars,  cuffs, ties  and 
general  drapery.  The  cases  were duly 
packed  and  the  invoices dispatched the 
same  night, but the goods were retained 
About three days afterward a letter came 
to hand from  the retailer acknowledging 
receipt of  the  shipment,  and concluding 
with  the  usual  stereotyped  phrase:  “ 
noticed  that the following  articles  hav 
been  damaged  in  transit,  etc.”  Thi 
cool  piece  of  impudence  brought  forth 
the  following  letter  from the wholesale 
house:
"H r.--------:
eeived.  We  note  your  claim  for  dam 
aged goods and  short  lengths.  Perhap 
you  will  take  the  trouble  to  examine 
your purchases in future before troubling 
us with  these  claims.  Your goods hav 
been  purposely retained by our packers 
and have not left our warehouse.

“ De a r  See—Yours  of  the  4th  is 

“Yours, 

A. B. & Co.”

The above  incident  actually  occurre 
in  the  early part  of  last  year,  and it i 
needless to say that  no more claims were 
made from the customer referred to.

T he C ow  in   B u ffalo.

There is certainly food for  thought 

From  th e New York Tribune.
A Buffalo paper  is  entering  a  strong 
protest against the habit the cows of that 
town have of wandering about  the  prin 
cipai  streets  and  switching  their  tail 
against the plate glass windows and hook 
ing the policemen off the  sidewalks. 
It 
is not metropolitan,our contemporary i 
pects, to have cows parading  the  street 
and perhaps  lying  down  on  the  tracks 
and -delaying the horse-cars; and it is very 
sure that it  is  far  from  pleasant  for 
bookkeeper, for instance, when he is run 
ning up a column of figures to have a cow 
who is a comparative  stranger, perhap 
insert her head in the window and  begin 
going through the w aste  basket  looking 
for an ear of corn.
the ideas advanced by the Buffalo editor 
That cows are perfectly  proper  in  their 
places even he does not deny, but is one of 
those  places the sidewalk?  Can we  ask 
the resident of Buffalo to allow a strange 
cow to sleep on his doorstep without pro 
test?  Shall the tenants of one of Buffalo’ 
largest  office  buildings  quietly  submit 
when  a  large  red  cow  comes  into  the 
hall and puts  her  head  in  the  elevator 
and delays this popular mode ascent? 
would seem that our  journalistic  friend 
makes a point  worth  considering  when 
he  says  that  the  residents  of  Buffalo 
have some rights that even the city  cow 
are bound to respect. 
If cow*  must  p 
rade the city during the  day,  the  senti 
ment in Buffalo is that they must behave 
themselves and not become too free  with 
either their horns or heels.  It is no pleas­
ant thing, Buffalo people of great respect­
ability and acknowledged trustworthiness 
say, to be  kicked  by  a  predatory  cow\ 
That it is not  metropolitan to keep cows 
and pasture them in the streets  is also  a 
fact, as suspected by the  Buffalo  paper. 
The hcmely but nutritious cow has  been 
given up by the best people  in this  city,

HARDWOOD  DUMBER.

The furniture factories  here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  mill  culls 
out:
Basswood, log-run................................... 13 00@15 00
Birch,  log-run........................................... 15 00@16 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2..............................   @22 00
Black Ash, log-run..............................14 00@16 00
Cherry, log-run.................................... 25 00@35 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2...........................50 00@60 00
Cherry, Cull.........................................   @12 00
Maple, log-run......................................... 12 00@14 00
Maple,  soft, log-run..................................11 00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2..............................  @20 00
Maple,  clear, flooring.........................   @25 00
Maple,  white, selected........................  @25 00
Red Oak, log-run...................................... 18 00@20 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2..........................24 00@2 > 00
Red Oak, % sawed, 8 inch and upw’d.40 00@45 00
Red Oak, 
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.................   @25 00
Walnut, log run...................................  @55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2...........................  @75 00
Walnuts, cull 
.....................................  @25 00
Grey Elm, log-run.....................................12 60@13 05
White Aso, log-run................................... 14 00@16 00
Whitewood, log-run..................................20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-run................................... 17 00(3)18 00

sawed, regular...................... 30 00©35 00

Notice of Limited  Partnership.

Notice is hereby given that  Frederic A. Wurz 
burg,  William  M.  W urzburg  and  William  F 
Wurzburg, as  general  partners, and  Zachary T 
Aldrich, as special partner, all of  Grand Rapids 
Michigan, have  this  day  formed a limited  part 
nership  in  pursuance  of  chapter  78  Howell’s 
Annotated  Statutes, for  the  purpose of  carrying 
on the business of jobbers of  dry goods, notions 
and similar  articles, at Grand Rapids, Michigan 
under the  firm name and  style of  “F.  W.  Wurz 
burg’s  Sons & Co.,” and  that the amount of cap 
ital  stock  w hich  said  special  partner  has con 
tribted  to  the  common  stock,  is  twenty-seven 
hundred and fifty dollars, and that  said partner 
ship  is to  commence  January  28,1889, and  ter 
minate January 28,1891.

FREDERIC  A.  WURZBURG.
WILLIAM  M.  WURZBURG.
WILLIAM  F.  WURZBURG,
ZACHARY  T.  ALDRICH.
Dated, Grand Rapids, Jan. 28,1889.

General Partners.
Special Partner.

TIME  TABLES.
Grand Rapids & Indiana.
Arrives. 
Traverse C ity & Mackinaw................ 
Traverse City & M ackinaw................9:05 a m  
From  C incinnati................................... 7:30 p m
F orP etoskey & M ackinaw C ity ....... 3:55 p m  
Saginaw Express................................11:30 a  m  
10:30 p m . 

GOING NORTH.

** 

“  

 

Leaves.
7:00am
11:30 a  m
5:00 p m
7:20 a  m
4:10 p m

Saginaw express runs th ro u g h  solid.
7:00 a. m. tra m  has ch air car to T raverse City.
11.30 a. m. tra in  has ch air c a r fo r Petoskey and Mack­
5.00 p.  m , tra in   has  sleeping  c a r  fo r  Petoskey  and 

inaw  City.
Mackinaw City.
GOING  SOUTH.
Cincinnati  Express.......................... 
F o rt W ayne Express.........................10:30  a m 
C incinnati  Express...........................4:40pm  
From  Traverse C ity.......................... 10:40 p m

7:15a m
11:45 a  m
5:00pm
7:15 a m  tra in   has  p arlo r  ch air  c a r  fo r  Cincinnati. 
5:00 p m tra in  has W oodruff sleeper fo r Cincinnati. 
5:00 p.  m . tra in  connects  w ith M. C. R. R. a t K alam a­
zoo for B attle Creek,  Jackson,  D etroit  and  C anadian 
points, arriv in g  in D etroit a t 10:45 p. m.
Sleeping c ar rates—$1.50  to  P etoskey  o r  M ackinaw 
C ity;  $2 to C incinnati.
All Trains daily except Sunday.

Muskegon« Grand Kapids & Indiana. 

Leave. 
Arrive.
7  05 a  m .............................. ....................... .............. 10:46 a  m
11:15 a m ......................................................................   4:45 p m
4 :20pm .......................................................................  7:45pm
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge street  depot 7 m inutes later.

C. L. Lockwood. Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING WEST.

Arrives. 
fM orning Express................................I :©6 p m  
tT hroughM ail......................................4:55 p m  
tG rand R apids Express...................10:40 p m
*Night Express.....................................6:40 a m  
t Mixed..............  ................................. 
GOING EAST.
tD etroit  Express............................ . 
tThrough M ail....................................10:20 a m  
tE vening Express................................3:40 p m  
•Lim ited E xpress...............................10:30 p m  

Leaves.
1:10 p m
5:10 p m
7:00 a m
7:45 a m
6:50 a m
10:30 a m
3:50 p m
10:55 p m
tDaily, Sundays exeepted.  *Daily.
D etroit  Express  has p arlo r  c a r  to D etroit,  m aking 
direct connections for all points  East, a rriv in g  in New 
York 10:10 a. m. next day.  Lim ited  Express,  E ast, has 
th rough  sleeper  Grand  Rapids  to   N iagara  Falls, 
connecting 
th ro u g h
sleeper to Toronto.
Through tickets and  sleeping  c a r  b erth s secured a t 
D., G. H. & M .R’y offices, 28 Monroe St., and a t th e  depot.

Junction w ith 

a t Milwaukee 

J as. Campbell, C ity Passenger Agent.

O ranges !
We  carry  the  Largest  Line 
and  make  Special  Prices  on 
Ronnd Lots.
p u t n a m   &  BROORS.  T  nmrinc T
I.  M.  CLARK  l  SON,

J L j t / l l l U I l O  

Grand Rapids. 

•

If  our  Travelers 
do not see you reg­
ularly, send for our 
Samples and Prices 
before  purchasing 
elsewhere.  We will 
surprise you.

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS

------- FOR-------

Teas
Syrups
Molasses
W holesale  Grocers
Arctic IVlanUfaGlilring Co.

Mail  Orders  al- 
w a y s  
r e c e i v e  
prompt  attention 
and lowest possible 
prices.

Arctic Baking P o w d e r ,

Arctic Bluings, 

A rctic  I n k s  a n d   M ucilage,

RED  STAR BAKING POWDER, 

English Standard Extracts

When making Orders, Mention the Above  Well Known Brands. 

SEE  Q,UOTATIONS.

O.  E.BROWN

MILLING  CO.

SW IFT’S
C h o ice CAicago

D ressed  B e e f

— A  N I)  M U T T O N  —

Can be found at all  times  in  full  supply  and at 
popular prices at the branch houses in all the larg- 
ger cities and is retailed by all first-class  butchers.
The trade of all market men  and meat  dealers  is 
solicited.  Our Wholesale Branch House, L. F. Swift 
&Co., located at Grand Rapid*, always has on hand 
a full supply of our Beef, Mutton and Provisions,and 
the public may rest assured that in  purchasing our 
meats from dealers they will always receive the best.
S w i ft  a n d 

C,

Union  Stock  Yards, 

CHICAGO.

W. C.  DENISON,

8tationan[  and  Portable  Engines  and  Boilers,

GENERAL  DEALER  IN

Vertical, Horizontal, Hoisting  and Marine Engines.  Steam Pumps, Blowers and  h» 

baust Fans.  SAW   MILLS, any Size or Capacity Wanted.

88  0O and 98 SOUTH  DIVISION ST.. 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH

Estim ate, Given on Complete Outfits.

M I C H IG A N   C I G A R   CO.,
“M. C .  C.”(iYum Yum

B ig   Rapids,  Mich.

MANUFACTURERS  OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

99

The  Best Selling Cigar on the Market.

The Most Popular Cigar. 

SEND  FOR  TRIAL  ORDER.

R I N D G E ,  B E R T S C H   &  CO.,
BOOTS  and  SH O BS

M anufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in

B o sto n   R u b b e r   S h o e   Co.,

12,  14  & 16  P e a r l  S tr e e t,  G ra n d   R a p id s,  M ich.

AGENTS  FOR  THE

THE GRAND  RAPIDS

PAPER BOX  FACTORY,

W.  W.  HUELSTER,  Proprietor,

Formerly  located at 11 Pearl St., has been 
removed to
81  &  8 3  C a m p a u  St.
Cor. Louis, where I shall have more room 
and far  ,etter facilities for  the m anufac­
ture of Paper  Boxes.
All work  guaranteed  first  class and at 
the lowest rates.  Write or  call  for  esti­
mates.  Telephone 850.

MAGIC COFFEE  ROASTER
The  m o st p ractical 
h an d   R o aster  in  the 
w orld.  Thousands in 
use—giving  satisfac­
tion.  They are simple 
durable an d  econom ­
ical. 
grocer 
should  be  w ithout 
one.  R oasts  coffee 
and  pea-nuts to   per 
fection.

No 

Address  fo r  C ata­

logue and prices,

Roft,  8. West,
48-50 Long St., 

Cleveland, Ohio,

Why you should send us your orders.  We handle 
nothing but BEST ana CHOICEST BRANDS; 
Sell at Manufacturers* and Importers* Prices; 
Ship at ONE DAY *S NOTICE, enabling 
you to receive  goods day following: 
  Fill  orders  for ALL  KINDS ol

^

G L A S S ,

Imported 
and American 
Polished PLATE,,
Rough  and  Ribbed 
French  Window,  Amei 
can  Window,  English  26 oz.
Enamelled, Cut and  Embossed.
Rolled Cathedral, Venetian, Muffled, #
Frosted  Bohemian,  German  Looking 
Glass  Plates,  French  Mirror  Plates.
The quality, variety and quantity of our StocK 
is exceeded by no house in   the united States«

W M • REID

73 & 75 Lamed Street We»t, DETROIT,  MICH* 
Grand  Rapids  Store,  61  Waterloo Street,

W.  S T B  B E E  

P a c k in g   an d  P r o v isio n   Co.

x  GRAND  RATIOS,  MICH.

W H O L E S A L E   D E A L E R S   IN

Fresh and Salt Beef, Fresh and Salt Pork, Pork Loins, Dry Salt 

Pork, Hams,  Shoulders,  Bacon, Boneless Ham, Sausage 

of all  Kinds,  Dried  Beef  for  Slicing. 

Brown’s Patent 
Brown’s Standard 

riur  T 0Qrl’mr  RrQnik 
UllI  liDdu iit  JjidlUIS. 

Our Baker’s
uur bakers
Vienna Straight

Every Barrel and Sack guaranteed. 

Correspondence SoUcited. 

r> a  rt H  "R a  rvi H e   TVT i r> Vi

V_Jl  d l l U .   U Y c ip iU iy ,

C u r t i s s   &  Co.,

Successors to CURTISS &  DUNTON.

B A R D

W H O L E S A L E

strictly Pure and W arranted, in tierces, barrels, half-bbls., 501b. cans, 201b. cans, 3, 5 and 101b. pails

Pickled JPigs9 Beet, Tripe, Etc.

Our prices for first-class goods are very low and all  goods  are  w arranted  first-class  in every in ­
stance.  When in Grand Rapids, give us a  call  and  look  over  our  establishment.  W rite  us  for 
prices.

P a p e r   W a r  eh O U S G ,

J.  H.  T H O M P S O N   &  CO.,
T E A S ,

Honey Bee  Ooffee

IM P O R T ER S  A N D   JO B B E R S

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C O F F E E S

S P IC E S II

Our Bunkum Coffee 
Princess Bkg. Powder 
Early Riser Bkg. Pdr.

SPICE  / ;   M ILLS
POWDERS. E BEE  Müls  Gd.  Spices. 

SPICE GRINDERS
BEE  Mills  Extracts. 
BEE  Müls  BirdSeed. 
BAKING 
BEE  Mills  Starch.
BEE  Chop  Japan  Tea.
ÖO Jefferson Ave.,  DETROIT,  MICH.

and m anufacturers  of

Houseman Building,  Cor. Pearl & Ottawa Sts.,

G R A N D   R A P I D S , 

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M IC H IG A N .

W HO  U R G E S   Y O U

TO  IvEEP

THE  FTJBX-iIO!

By splendid and expensive advertising  the  manufacturers ere 
ate  a  demand,  and  only  ask  the  trade  to  keep the goods in 
stock so as to supply the orders sent to  them.  W ithout effort 
on the grocer’s part the goods  sell themselves,  bring  purchas­
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.
ANY JOBBER W ILL BE GLAD TO  FILL YOUR ORDERS.

