The  Michigan  Tradesman.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER  23,  1889.

NO, 318.

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CH ICAG O .

A  DREAMER’S  CRY.
I am tired of planning and toiling 
In the crowded hives of men;
Heart-weary of building and  spoiling, 
And spoiliug and building again.
And I long for the dear old river,
Where I dreamed my youth away;
For a dreamer lives forever,
And a toiler dies in a day.

I am sick of the showy seeming 
Of a life that is half a lie;
Of the faces lined with scheming,
In the throng that hurries by.
From the sleeples-  thought’s endeavor 
I would go where the children play;
For a dreamer lives forever,
And a toiler dies in a day.

I feel no pride, but pity 
For the burdens the rich  endure;
There is nothing sweet in the city 
But the patient lives of the poor.
Oh, the little hands so skillful,
And the child mind choked with weeds,
The daughter’s heart grows willful,
And the father’s heart t <at bleeds.
No. no!  from the street's rude bustle, 
From the trophies of  mart and stage,
I would fly to the wood’s low rustle,
And the meadow’s kindly page.
Let me dream as of old by the river.
And be loved for the dream  alway;
For a dreamer lives forever,
And a toiler dies in a day.

THE  OLD,  OLD  STORY.

Good-evening,  Hesper. 

On a clear,  frosty evening in the  latter 
part  of  October,  Hesper  Carroll  stood 
leaning against the  bars  of  her  father’s 
barnyard, waiting for the return of Jacob, 
the  bound-boy,”  who  had gone  to  the 
sture  to  drive  home  the  delinquent 
ws,  which,  though paragons  of  virtue
generally,  grew  a  trifle  rebellious  now 
that pasturage was becomiug limited, and 
manifested a  decided  preference for  re­
aming  in  the  meadows  to  search  for 
dainty patches of  green  grass that could 
i found only in sheltered nooks.
The sun was sinking  slowly  down  the 
glowing west, and its warm,slanting beams 
fell full upon the face and figure of the girl 
she stood listening to the distant tinkle 
the bells,  and  looking  dreamily away 
across the broad  meadows to the wooded 
lopes which were  glowing with the rich 
tints of autumn.  She made a fair picture 
she stood  in the  gay sunshine,  which 
tinged with gold the dark  chestnut curls 
that were pushed back beneath the broad 
im  of  a  large  straw  hat  that  shaded 
but did not conceal  the  bonny,  winsome 
face  beneath  it.  Her  deep  violet  eyes 
ere fringed with  long dark lashes, that 
swept far down on the rose-tinted  cheek.
fair  forehead,  delicate, clear-cut nose, 
weet, crimson  mouth,  and  snowy chin, 
nil of  dimples,  completed a  face which 
entitled its owner to the palm universally 
awarded her  of  being “ the  belle  of  the 
hole  country-side.”  Her  figure  was 
perfect,  and  every  movement  instinct 
rith grace, and the tiny foot that peeped 
rom  beneath  her  dress  was  fairy-like 
nough to  have  worn  the  slipper of  the 
fabled  “ Cinderella.”
The bells  sounded  nearer  and  nearer, 
and just as Hesper  turned  to  see  if  the 
cows were in view,  a  shadow  fell  aero 
the path,  and  the  substance thereof  ap- 
appeared  in  the  form  of  a  tall,  hand 
some young  man,  who  advanced toward 
her, smiling as he held out his hand,  say 
ing:
I  called  at 
the  house  to  see  you, but  Mrs.  Carroll 
told me I should find you here.”
The hand he had grasped,  very warmly 
must be confessed, was decidedly with­
drawn,  and  he  looked  surprised at  the 
brief “Good-evening”  with  which  Hes 
per greeted him.
I had  hoped to  find  you  nearly  done 
milking,”  he  added,  as  he  stood watch 
ing  the  slender  fingers  energetically 
plucking to pieces a  late clover-blossom 
Mother  sent  me  over  to ask  you  to 
come and help her.  We have  our  husk 
ing to-night,  and  she is  a  little  behind 
hand with her  preparations.  The husk 
ing  will  break  up  with  a  dance.  Will 
ou come?”
‘“Yes, as your mother  wants me;  but  I 
cannot go mow.”
I  can  wait  for  you,  then.  Mother 
told me to be sure to bring you.”
You  need  not  wait,”  said  Hesper, 
quickly, just a tinge of  impatience in the 
usually  sweet voice.  “ 1 sha’ntbe  ready 
for some time, and  when  I am Jacob can 
go with me.  Tell Mrs. Rayburn,  please, 
that  I will  come  as  soon  as  possible.” 
And without even a glance at the troubled 
face before her,  she took up  her pail and 
stood tapping her small foot  impatiently 
as  she  watched  the  fine,  sleek  Devons 
slowly filing into the barnyard.
Harry Rayburn stood a moment irreso­
lute,  then,  with  a  quiet “Good-evening, 
Hesper,” turned again  into  the path  by 
which he had  come.
‘Good-evening,”  she  answered,  and, 
without even  glancing  toward  him,  she 
began at once  to  fill  her  pail with  rich, 
foaming milk.
Stand still, Blossom.  You are so cros: 
that  I never shall  get through  this  tire 
some milking!”  At  Hesper’s  sharp  re­
proof, accompanied by a smart blowTrom 
the small hand of  that indignant damsel, 
Blossom  turned  a  mildly  reproachful 
glance upon her,  for the delinquency had 
been nothing more  serious than entering 
an energetic protest with  her long,  flow­
ing tail against  the  marauding  proclivi 
ties  of  a  great  horse-fly,  which,  while 
humming an innocent-sounding tune, was 
steadily levying  “blackmail”  from Blos­
som’s  most  vulnerable  and  defenseless 
points,  evidently determined upon secur­
ing his vesper meal at her expense.
Hesper’s little  hands  worked rapidly, 
and  notwithstanding  Blossom’s  several 
lapses from obedience,  the  last  pail was 
soon capped with snowy foam.
“Mother,”  she said as  she entered  the 
kitchen  some  time  afterwards,  where 
Mrs.  Carroll  was  busy  with  her  early 
supper,  “Mrs, Rayburn  has  sent  to  ask 
me  to  go  over  and  help  her;  they  are 
going, to have their husking to-night, and 
she wants me,  May I go?”
“To  he  sure,  Hesper;  get  ready  and 
go  at  once.  No  doubt  she  does  need 
help.  The ’Squire told me yesterday she 
had  had  the  rheumatism all  the  week, 
and was not able to do much.”
Hesper  disappeared, and  was  soon  in 
her own little  room  arraying  herself  in

all the bravery  of  her  best  attire.  Her 
“Yes, I waited for her,” replied Harry 
dress, of soft dark green  material,  fitted  doggedly, 
the  color  waving  over  his 
her  pretty  figure  perfectly,  and  was  swarthy cheek  as  he saw  the  little  red 
finished  at  the  throat  and  wrists  with  mouth set and the  head  give just a  per- 
snowy ruffles, while at the throat a cherry- ; ceptible toss,  as though that waiting had 
colored ribbon  was  tied  in a  shower  of , done him but small good!
“Here, my dear,”  said Mrs.  Rayburn, 
loops.  Her dark ringlets  were  brushed 
who was  blissfully  ignorant of  this  by­
back from the fair blue-veined  forehead, 
play,  leading the way  into an  adjoining 
and  kept  in  place  by  another  piece of 
room  where  a  long  table  covered  with 
cherry-colored  ribbon.  As  she  stood 
snowy,  home-made  linen  stood  ou  the 
before the glass  giving the  last  touches 
fioor,  “this is the  table,  and  Harry  will 
to her dress she glanced  for a moment at 
help you  bring  the  things to  put on  it.
the  reflection of  her  own  bright,  pretty 
I must go  now and  look  after  the  girl; 
face, and tossing  her  head defiantly,  re­
she does not know anything,  and is little 
solved to “make  Harry Rayburn’s  heart 
better  than  no  help.”  And  Mrs.  Ray­
ache  that  night,  if,  indeed,  he  had  a 
burn limped away to “look after the girl” 
heart!”  And here the curly head gave  a 
in part, and, as  she  thought to  herself, 
disdainful toss.  “To think of  how  long 
to be out of  the  way of the young folks’ 
he had  been pretending to  care for  her, 
courting;”  for having no daughter of her 
and now to be devoting himself to Fannie 
own, and being very fond of  Hesper, she 
Lawson! 
It  was  too  bad!  She  always 
hoped some day to see  her Harry’s wife.
thought Fannie was the  prettier,  but she 
Hesper  having  laid  aside  her  shawl 
did not know that  Harry thought  so too 
and  hat and tied  on the  daintiest ruffled 
until now!  He had carried Fannie to the 
white apron,  was soon  engaged in trans­
fair first, and  then  actually  came  back 
ferring  the  appetizing  viands  into  the 
for her,  as if  he  thought  she  would  go 
room where the supper  was to be laid.
with him!  No,  indeed!  And  how  glad 
“What can I do for you?”  Harry asked 
she was to pass him  iu  Joe Wentworth’s 
a little  stiffly when  they were alone.
buggy.  Joe loved her,  that she was sure 
“Bring in the  heaviest  dishes,  please, 
of, for he had told  her so  that very  day, 
and just put them anywhere on the table;
and said such beautiful things to her, aud 
I  can  arrange  them  afterward.”  And 
told her that it would  break  his heart  if 
Hesper tripped away to  the other end  of 
she did not love him;  but—Joe was small 
the  room,  where  she  was  busy  amidst 
and ugly,  and had such  a squeaky voice, 
pies,  etc.
and she did not  care for him; and  Harry 
Of  course,  there was  no talking done, 
was so tall and handsome—the very hand­
but  Hesper would  now  and  then  sing 
somest  man  she  ever  saw—and he  had 
softly to herself  tiny  snatches  of  songs, 
such a beautiful voice,  so deep and  mel­
as  though  utterly  oblivious  of  Harry’s 
low, that when  he said  lovely  things  it 
presence.  When he had  brought  in  the 
sounded  as  if  they  were  set  to  music. 
dishes and arranged them in a row ou the 
But  she  did  despise  him;  he  was  so 
table,  and could see  nothing  else  to  do, 
leceitful, so  unlike  the  Harry she  used 
he went to  where Hesper  was  arranging 
to know!”  And the  bright  eyes  flashed 
sundry  delicious, green  apple  tarts  and 
through the tears  that a moment  before 
golden pumpkin pies, and asked in a tone 
had softened  their  indignant  light,  and 
half-piqued, half-pleading;
he renewed  her  resolve  to  give  him  a 
heartache if  he had not grown absolutely 
indifferent to her.  and if  he had,  why he 
would see that she too was  indifferent.

When  Hesper  entered  the  kitchen  to 
say good-night to  her mother,  Mrs.  Car- 
roll asked:
“Has Harry Rayburn  come for  you?” 
“No;  father  says  that  Jacob  may  go 
with me,  it  is such a short  distance, and 
I shall  not  want  for  an  escort  coming 
back.”
“That you may  be sure of,” said  Mrs. 
Carroll,  looking  fondly  and  proudly  at 
the fair face of  her child;  “but I wonder 
that  Harry did  not  come to  walk  over 
with you.”

“He did, but I was not ready to go.” 
“But couldn’t  he  have  waited?  You 
would not  have  kept  him  long,  and  he 
generally seems to mind  no trouble if  he 
can only be with you.”
“I would not let him wait.  Jacob  will 
do  just  as  well.  Good-night,  mother.” 
And Hesper tripped  away  in  the moon­
light  in  charge of  her  humble  esquire. 
The pathway wound  across the field  and 
into a  belt of  woodland,  and it was after 
entering the  shadowy  woods  that, hear- 
voices,  Hesper  looked  up  to  see Harry 
Rayburn.  Coming forward, he said as he 
joined her:
‘¡I happened  to  be  coming  along  the 
path, and if you have no objections Jacob 
may go back  and  I  will  escort  you  the 
rest of  the way.”
“Did you  tell your mother why I could 
not  come  sooner?”  asked  Hesper  with 
quiet  malice,  determined  to  find  out 
whether he  had  been  home, or  had,  as 
she shrewdly  suspected,  been  waiting to 
accompany  her.
“Yes—that  is,  uo;  not  yet,”  replied 
Harry, startled by the  unexpected  ques­
tion.
Hesper  gave  an  audible  sniff—how 
girls luxuriate in that method of express­
ing  disdain!—and  they  walked  on  in 
silence for  a  few  moments.  They  had 
reached  a dense  part of  the wToods,  and 
the moon  was obscured by a cloud.
It is  very dark;  won’t  you  take  my 
arm?”  said Harry gently.
“No,  thank  you;  I  can  see  well 
enough!”
“But you might fall. 
I know the path 
so well—do lean on my arm.”
“It would not be convenient,”  Hesper 
said coolly; “you are too dreadfully tall.” 
“Why, you  never thought so before!”
“I  never  said  so.  perhaps,”  she  an­
swered dryly.
“Hesper, what  is  the  matter?” asked 
Harry,  now thoroughly conscious of  her 
“What 
intention  of  wounding  him. 
makes you so cold and so changed?”
“If  I am not pleasant it  is  a pity  you 
insisted  on  walking  with  me,” she  re­
plied with quiet indifference,  “You  had 
better have let Jacob come with  me.”
“I wish I  had,” he exclaimed passion­
ately;  “and 1  beg your pardon  for forc­
I  was  stupid 
ing  myself  upon  you. 
enough not to know that  it would be dis­
agreeable to you,  but  I  shall not  annoy 
you any more than I can help.”
They  soon  reached  the  house,  and 
throwing open the door of  a  large,  well- 
lighted room, in which Mrs. Rayburn sat, 
surrounded  with  eatables  of  every  de­
scription,  Harry  said,  “Mother,  here  is 
Hesper.”
Mrs.  Rayburn  limped  forward,  and, 
heartily kissing the  cheeks  whose  roses 
the frosty air had deepened,  said:
“I am mighty glad you  have come, my 
dear. 
I have had the rheumatism all  the 
week,  and it has thrown  me  a  little  be- 
hind-hand with  my work,  and 1  wanted 
you  to  help  me  fix  the  table. 
I  can’t 
move about quick  like I  used to do,  and 
the girl don’t  know  about  such  things, 
besides being busy. 
I told Richard Ray­
burn that it’s  the first time  since I mar­
ried him—going on twenty-five years ago 
—that I was  ever  behind-hand  at  husk­
ing time; and I never wanted help before, 
either!  But  I  suppose  a  body  can’t 
always keep strong and spry as they were 
when they were young.  1 looked for you 
by dusk, dear;  what kept you so late?” 
“The cows did  not  come  in  from  the 
pasture until after  sunset, and the milk­
ing was later than usual.”
“And Harry waited for you, of course!” 
said the good dame mischievously.

“Here I  am,  father,” Harry replied, 

“Can I  do anything  else for you?” 
“Nothing at  all,  thank  you,”  replied 
Hesper, so intent upon the exact relation 
that a pie  should  bear to a tart that  she 
could not  even glance  up;  and when the 
young  man  did  not  move,  but  stood 
irresolute for  a  moment,  supposing,  of 
course,  that he had not heard her, she re­
peated:  “There  is  nothing  you  can  do 
now.  You  can  go  if  you  wish. 
If  I 
need your  assistance  any  further I  can 
call you.
But suppose I  wish to  stay,”  he  said 
in a tone of suppressed feeling,  “and ask 
you to tell me  what I have done that you 
should treat me as you are doing?” 
“Harry!  Where 
is  Harry?”  called 
Squire  Rayburn’s  voice,  as  he  came 
hurrying toward the  room  in  a state  of 
mild excitement.
trifle impatiently, and  the next  moment 
the  door  was  thrown  open  and  the 
’Squire’s  bluff,  good-natured  face  ap­
peared.
“Oh,  here you are.  The boys are com 
ing, my son.  You  had  better  go out  to 
meet them, hadn’t you?  Why, how  d’ye 
do,  Hesper?  You  look  as  bright  as  a 
bunch of  holly-berries!”  And  with  the 
usual relish that elderly specimens of the 
genus homo develop  for  such  diversion, 
the ’Squire imprinted a  hearty kiss upon 
the  fresh,  red  lips  of  the  bright  face 
smilingly upturned  to  his.  “Busy as  a 
bee,  are  you?”  he  continued, 
looking 
around upon the confusion that Hesper’s 
deft hands had already begun  to  reduce 
to tasteful order.  “You will make a jolly 
wife for some lucky fellow by-and-by.  It 
almost makes an old man like me wish he 
was young again;  but I am  a better-look­
ing  man now than the most of them—eh 
Hesper?”
“A great deal  better-looking than any 
of  them,”  said  Hasper  quietly;  and 
moment afterward  she glanced down the 
room  as  a  pair  of  very  emphatic  boot 
heels went  ringing  across  the  floor  and 
out into  the  piazza,  and  Master  Harry 
strode off in full  receipt of as  genuine 
heartache as would have  amply  satisfied 
Hesper’s most vicious desire.

The  great  heap  of  corn  had  been 
husked, the bountiful supper dispatched 
and the long room was cleared and ready 
for the dancers.  Then came  the  tuning 
of  violins—that  sound  which  instantly 
“puts mettle in the heels” of the dancers 
The bows were rosined from heel  to  toe, 
drawn with a  ringing flourish across  the 
instruments, and then they glided off into 
an old-fashioned reel.  A set was formed 
and in a twinkling the measured tread of 
dancing feet kept time to the  inspiriting 
strains.
The dancing  continued for  hours,  and 
Hesper Carroll, the  belle of the evening, 
had been  on  the  floor  repeatedly.  She 
was besieged with partners, and even the 
old ’Squire insisted on  “treading at least 
one measure” with  her.  “I  like to  cut 
the young fellows out,”  he  said,  with 
merry  twinkle  of  his  eye.  “It  aston 
ishes them  so, and  then I  always  had 
taste for pretty girls ever since  I  fell  in 
love with my  buxom wife.  One set will 
not  weary  you,  will  tease  the  boys 
Master Harry  most  especially,  to  judge 
by his looks—and is just about  as  much 
as my two hundred and sixty pounds and 
sixty-five years can stand!”
Harry,  who  had  danced  repeatedly 
with Fanny Lawson and paid her a great 
deal of  attention, had not been near Hes­
per.  Joe  Wentworth,  on  the  contrary, 
was devoting himself  to  her,  and she,  it 
must be confessed,  had  received his  de­
votion and treated  him with  bewitching 
sweetness.  When, therefore, the gather­
ing broke up, just  as the  gray  east was 
tinted with the rose  flush of  early dawn, 
and she  walked  away  across  the  fields 
leaning on  Joe’s arm, he  found  himself 
pleading  his cause with a  hope  born  of 
the impassioned love which had met with 
such* unexpected encouragement.
In the early  morning,  when  its  chill 
has cooled the fevered  pulsd, and one  is 
looking at things by the gray, cold light, 
and  is  weary  withal,  things  that  were 
worth the accepting a  few  hours  before 
grow worthless and are but added weari­
ness!  A keen remorse smote Hesper, for 
she  was  conscious  how  much  she  had

hurt  Joe in trying  to  pique  Harry, and 
she repented the  selfish  disregard of  his 
feelings.  But to  further  encourage him 
by even the slightest  hope would be  but 
to wouud him the  deeper.  When, there­
fore, his appeal  ended,  and  he  awaited 
her answer,  it came  in a passion of tears.
“Oh, Joe,  forgive me;  I  was cruel and 
selfish to trifle  with you  as 1  have  done, 
because l knew  that I did  not  love  you 
aud never could.”
I  doubt  if  Harry’s  voice  would  have 
sounded  sweeter  or  more  manly  than 
Joe’s did when he answered gently:
“Don’t cry,  Hesper; it hurts me.  Never 
mind about me;  if  there was anything to" 
forgive, I could  not help  forgiving you, 
because I love  you.  Now, good-by,  and 
don’t  grieve  over  me  any more,  sweet­
heart; I am not worth those tears.”  And, 
lifting her hand to his lips, he turned and 
was gone.
The  weeks that  followed  were dreary 
ones to Hesper, though no one knew that 
aught had come to cloud  the sunshine of 
her days.
Joe  Wentworth  was  very  gentle  and 
onsiderate  of  her  whenever  they  met, 
but that made her all the more regret the 
ungenerous  way  she  had  treated  him. 
Harry she seldom  saw,  and  their  inter­
course was very cold and indifferent.  She 
till imagined  herself  very indignant  at 
his apparent trifling,  and  he  seemed  to 
avoid her as much as possible.
It was  only  after  Will  Rayburn  re­
turned  from  the  West,  about  a  month 
later,  that it  became  known  that he and 
anny Lawson  were  engaged,  and  that 
Harry had  only been  taking care of  her 
in Will’s absence.  Hearing  this Hesper 
begun  to  reproach  herself  for  having 
judged too hastily, and  been  so quick  to 
resent  Harry’s  supposed 
indifference.
But,” she  thought,  “it was  in part his 
fault;  had he  only told  her  at  first, she 
ould  have  understood  and  would  not 
have minded it in the least.  Now every­
thing seemed so changed.  No doubt that 
he  despised  her.  He  could  not  know 
rhy  she  had  changed  so  to  him,  and 
ery  probably  thought  she  had  been 
trifling with him.  He  had been  so  cold 
to her  since  the  night  of  the  husking, 
and she could see  that he  tried to  avoid 
her whenever  he  could.  Of  course she 
ould do nothing but feel miserable.  She 
ould not  show him that  she was not in­
different to him  because  he  might  have 
ceased to care  whether  she  was  or  not, 
and she would rahter die  than have  him 
uow that all  the  world  seemed  weari­
ness without him.”
Several  months  passed  thus,  and  at 
length  came  Will  Rayburn’s  wedding; 
and as soon as  the  merry-makings  were 
over he was to take his  young  wife  and 
emigrate  to  the  West,  which  held  out 
glowing inducements to new settlers, and 
where  Will’s  imagination  pictured  the 
peedy realization  of  dreams which  had 
lured him to  broader  fields than  the  old 
homestead  offered.  Unexpectedly 
to 
every one  at  the last, Harry  announced 
his  determination  to  go  also.  Though 
bitterly opposed  to  it,  his  parents  said 
nothing to  dissuade  him.  He had  been 
so unlike  himself—so  straugely  restless 
—that they thought  an  absolute  change 
might  benefit  him;  at  ail  events,  they 
would not  oppose  what  seemed  to be  so 
earnest a desire.

certainly 

Twas the  night  before  they were  to 
leave,  and  Harry, having made his hur­
ried preparations and  walked  restlessly 
up and down the long  piazza,  at  length 
trode  off  across the fields and down the 
well-known path  that  he  had  not  trod 
now for four months.
‘Good-evening,  Hesper,”  he  said,  as 
he came up the steps of  the porch where 
Hesper sat alone in the moonlight.
“Good-evening, Harry,” she answered, 
rising and offering him her hand.
He grasped it,  looking at her earnestly 
for a moment,  then  released  it, . saying 
with repressed emotion:
“ 1 have come  against  my will  to  tell 
you good-by. 
I  am  going  away tomor­
row, and I am  such  a  weak fool  that  I 
could not go  without  one  more sight of 
your face!”
“You are going away ?”  Hesper  said, 
growing  pale in the  moonlight. 
“How 
long shall you be gone ?”
“Forever,  possibly; 
for 
years!”
“Why do you go ?” she asked in a low, 
unsteady voice.
“ Why f ”  he asked with a short laugh. 
“Why shouldn’t I go;  what is there  here 
to stay for ?”
“Your father  and  mother,  at  least,” 
she answered  gently;  “it  must  distress 
them  bitterly to give  you  up;  they will 
be so lonely!”
“I suppose they will,”  he said breath­
ing  quick,  “but  I  also  am  lonely  and 
miserable.  Why do I  go?  You  to  ask 
me that when you know so well that it is 
you who are driving me away.  Do  you 
suppose  that,  loving  you  as I do, I can 
be  content  to  go  on  in  this  way  any 
longer ?  To live so near  you and  yet be 
so far away—to be worse than nothing to 
you;  I am not the  same  man  that I was 
four months  ago.  Why, the  very world 
looks different. 
I will  go  where  I  can 
forget  you, for  that at  best  is  as  near 
happiness as I can  ever  hope  to  reach. 
But forgive me for intruding  thus  upon 
you;  I longed to see  you again,  and only 
meant  to  say good-by, but  the  sight  of 
you  completely unmans  me,  and I have 
said  what I had  no  right to say to  you. 
I did not mean  to be  unkind.  Good-by, 
little  Hesper.”  He  held  both  of  her 
hands close in his,  looking at the  sweet, 
downcast  face  with  yearning, 
love-lit 
eyes.  For  one  brief  moment  the  face 
was lifted to meet his glance;  then, with 
a  little  cry,  “Oh,  Harry,  do  not  leave 
me !”  Hesper  was gathered close to the 
broad  breast  that  was  heaving  with 
strong emotion.
“And did you love me all this while ?” 
he whispered a moment later,  as he bent 
low over the nut-brown head and listened 
for the answer,

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AMONG THE TRADE.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Wm. H. Yan  Leeuwen has  opened his 

new drug store on Cherry street.

Orange—Wm. Sickelsteel contemplates 
opening a blacksmith shop at Tremayne’s 
Corners.

O. Yan Buren has  nearly  completed  a 
double  store  building  on  his  farm  on 
Stocking street.

L. J. Martin,  son  of  S. J. Martin, the 
Sullivan  general  dealer,  has  opened  a 
restaurant at 18 Canal  street.

Samuel  M.  Lemon  prophesies  that 
granulated sugar  will  touch 6% cents in 
New York,  which  is  equivalent  to  7% 
cents in Grand Rapids,  between now and 
Christmas.

H.  F.  Hastings  has  been  appointed 
broker for the  Spreckels Sugar Refinery, 
of  Philadelphia,  and  expects  to be  able 
to  take  orders  for  the new  concern  by 
November 1.

E.  H. Manley has retired from the firm 
of  Wellington  & Manley,  grocers  at  33 
West  Bridge  street.  The business  will 
be continued by  the  remaining  partner, 
J. C. Wellington.

Dun  &• Co. have  arranged  to  open  a 
collection office here in  connection  with 
their agency business.  The department 
will be superintended by Manager Fergu­
son, but will occupy separate  offices  and 
be  conducted  by  a  separate  working 
force. 

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Clark, Baker & Co., of Jackson, recently 
took possession of  the  H. C. Coe grocery 
stock,  at  Mason,  on  a  bill  of  sale. 
I. 
M. Clark  & Son  subsequently purchased 
the  bill  of  sale  and  took  possession of 
the stock.  Unless  a  purchaser  is  found 
before Monday,  the store  will be  opened 
for business under the management of  J. 
D.  Clark.

AROUND THE  STATE.

Owosso—Mrs. M. Troutman has opened 

Mason—H.  C.  Coe  has  assigned  his 

a bakery.

grocery stock.

Shultz—Geo.  Wilkinson  is  building a 

blacksmith shop.

Prairieville—M. T. Jones is  putting in 

a stock of  hardware.

in the meat business.

Cedar Springs—N. Gerow  has engaged 

Bear Lake—E. A. Messer has started a 

bakery and  restaurant.

Evart—Mrs. Benj.  Griffith  will  engage 

in the millinery business.

Bay City—Chas. N. Ghent  has  bought 

Mellow & Co.’s drug stock.

Clarksville—J.  Fitcha  has  his  store 

building nearly completed.

Wayland—W.  H. Kimmerling  has  en­

gaged in the meat business.

Kalamazoo—Ehrman Bros., bakers, are 

succeeded by Adam Ehrman.

Yassar—S.  M.  Calvin’s  general  store 

has been closed by creditors.

Eaton  Rapids—Seeley  &  Facer  have

engaged in the meat business.

Marquette—N. & A.  Johnson,  grocers, 

are succeeded by A. Eckstrom.

Cedar  Springs — Mrs.  S.  Stark  has 

opened a millinery establishment.

Otsego—J.  S. Linton,  of  Peoria,  111., 
will engage in  the  boot  and  shoe  busi­
ness.

Lisbon—J. F. Mann, the boot  and shoe 
dealer,  contemplates  building  a  new 
store.

Fennville—Alva  Smith, of  the firm  of 
Hardie & Smith, blacksmiths, has moved 
to Hart.

Atwood—Wm. Supernaw has  sold  his 
stock  of  groceries  to  Chas.  Randall,  of 
Eastport.

Wayland—J.  C.  Branch  has  added  a 
line  of  crockery  and  glassware  to  his 
grocery stock.

Evart—Davy  &  Co.,  general  dealers, 
will occupy the new Lacy store with their 
clothing stock.

Charlotte—M. Heyman & Son have sold 
their  meat  market  to  Y.  L. Dibble, of 
Scott’s Station.

Sault Ste. Marie—Geo.  F. Old will run 
a  meat  market  in  connection  with  his 
grocery business.

Eaton Rapids—J.  E. Cupp has sold his 
grocery stock to Stirling & Crawford, and 
retires from business.

Owosso—J.  J.  Davis,  the  dry  goods 
dealer, is building an addition, 22x25 feet, 
in the rear of  his store.

Sault Ste. Marie—John Grass has closed 
his fruit  and  confectionary  stands,  and 
left the Soo for the season.

Detroit—The  firm  of  Bacon &  Clapp, 
dealers in hats,  caps, etc.,  has dissolved. 
A. C. Bacon & Co.  succeed.

Cheshire—S.  Bush,  of  Gobleville,  is 
building  a  store  here,  which  he  will 
occupy with a general stock.

Petoskey—Bower & Barber have located 
their new drug  store  in the corner store 
formerly occupied  by Hazlett Foy.

Fennville—Duell  &  Pierce  have  sold 
their fruit evaporator to Harden & Sweet­
ing,  whose dryer burned two years ago.

Montague — Rudolph  Herren  moves 
here from  Clay Bank and will  engage in 
the meat business with his brother, Fred. 
Herren.

Spring Lake—John  Pruim is  re-build­
ing his  brick  store,  which  will  be  the 
second structure on the burned district.

Alpena—Creighton & McGregor  is  the 
style of  the firm succeeding Creighton & 
Vrooman in the  boot and shoe  business.
Monroe—The  Michigan  Nursery  Co., 
with  an  authorized  capital  of  $15,000, 
succeeds E. H.  Reynolds in  the  nursery 
business.

Shelby—C. H. Rose has purchased Mrs. 
A. Moore’s  bazaar  stock,  which  he  has 
added  to his  own  line  of  tobaccos  and 
confectionery.

Sherman—Gilbert  &  Sturtevant,  gen­
eral dealers,  will build a  storehouse near 
the depot and have it ready for occupancy 
before winter.

Saugatuck—C. E.  Bird  has  purchased 
an  interest  in  the  drug  store  of L. A. 
Phelps,  and  the  firm  name  now  reads 
Bird & Phelps.

Luther—Kingsley & Gardiner have pur­
chased the Pool  Bros,  store building and 
will  remove  their  grocery  and  bakery 
business into it about Nov.  1.

Howard City—Fred Ashley and George 
Bennett have purchased Mrs. M.  L.  Gay- 
iord’s  dry  goods  and  notion  stock,  to 
which they will add a line of  new goods.
Charlotte—E.  N.  Morgan  has  retired 
from the firm  of  Ells & Morgan, dealers 
in  agricultural  implements,  and is suc­
ceeded  by  J.  G.  Miller,  formerly  of 
Kalamo.

Levering—A. D. Loomis has bought the 
drug stock of Hass & Co.,  at Clarion, and 
will remove  his  drug  and  grocery stock 
to that  place,  consolidating  it  with  the 
stock purchased.

Lake Odessa—F. E.  Houghtalin  and C. 
F. Jameson have  purchased  the  general 
stock of  Houghtalin &  Co.  and will  con­
tinue  the  business  under  the  style  of 
Houghtalin & Jameson.

Rockford—G.  H. Spencer has  shipped 
his  grocery  stock  to  Cleon,  Manistee 
county,  where he will re-engage in trade. 
He thinks Cleon is  destined to be a trad­
ing point of  considerable importance.

Muskegon—Desky  Bros,  contemplate 
closing out their  variety stock and, with 
other parties, engaging  in the  manufac­
ture of  a patent  hobby  horse.  The  re­
quired capital will probably  be $25,000.

Alma—H. P. F.  Schneider,  of  Wright 
Schneider &  Stultz,  has  cut  loose  from 
the  firm  and  gone  west.  He  and  Mr. 
Stultz had been together twenty-one years 
and  had  been  room-mates  for  sixteen 
years.

Bay City—Craig Bros, are succeeded in 
the retail grocery business by I. R. Braim 
—not by Brucker,  Craig  & Co., as stated 
last week.  The latter firm  is engaged in 
the  wholesale  produce  and  commission 
business.

Howard City—John  B. Quick  has  sold 
his  drug  stock  and  fixtures  to  Henry 
Baar, who has shipped the same to Grand 
Haven where he was recently burned out. 
Mr.  Quick  will  probably  move  to  St. 
Joseph, Mo.

Kalamazoo—Dr.  C.  P.  Sayles  has  re­
ceived  $510  insurance  on  his  damaged 
drug stock.  The store is being  repaired 
and in two  weeks  will be reopened with 
a  fresh  stock  of  drugs,  owned  by  the 
former owner.

Big Rapids—G. Dale Gardner’s C. O. D. 
grocery was closed  on  chattel  mortgage 
held  by W. J.  Gould &  Co., of  Detroit, 
one day last week.  Gould’s  mortgage is 
for  $500,  a  mother  of  Gardner  having 
been previously secured  on the  stock  to 
the amount of  $600.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Dorr—Brautigam Bros,  will  build and 

operate a turning  factory.

Saranac  —  Olmstead  &  Myers  have 

started a chain pump factory.

Enslev—The portable saw mill of Bush 

& McConnell started up Oct. 22.

Excelsior—The  Excelsior Lumber Co., 
James Greacen, proprietor, has closed out.
Evart—M. Belanger & Sons have placed 
a new engine and boiler  in  their  handle 
factory.

Smyrna—W.  R. Tebbel has built a new 
penstock and  added  a  new  roller to  his 
grist mill.

Tustin—T. E.  Stevens  has  rented  the 
Bullock  saw mill  in  this village for  the 
coming winter.

Hartford—T.  T.  Bratton  will  remove 
his cigar manufactory  to this place from 
Chesterton,  Ind.

Fremont—The  Darling  Milling  Co.  is 
putting  in  new  process  machinery  for 
making buckwheat flour.

Lowell—The Michigan Cutter  Co.  be­
gan operations Oct. 14 and is turning out 
thirty complete cutters per day.

Detroit—A. Loranger & Co.,  manufac­
turers of  extracts and  baking  powders, 
have assigned to A.  L.  Hitchcock.

West  Bay  City—Fred  L.  Gilbert  has 
been elected Secretary of  F. W. Wheeler 
& Co., the shipbuilding corporation.

Evart—John Devitt has  added a steam 
engine to the water  power of  the Stand­
ard Mills, and  proposes to  run  eighteen 
out of  twenty-four hours.

Manistee — The  Manistee  Knitting 
Works  will  commence  work  about Nov. 
1, and  will give  employment  to forty  or 
fifty persons, mostly girls.

Tustin—Brett  Bros.,  of  Ashton,  con­
template  moving  their  sawmill  to  this 
place and running  a  planer, shingle mar- 
chine and band-saw  in  connection  with 
the mill.

Eaton  Rapids—F.  A.  Montgomery’s 
new  feed  mill  is completed  and  will  be 
ready for  operation as soon as the  water 
wheels and machinery are in position.

Greenville—J. S. Crosby’s sawmill shut 
down  for  the  season  Oct.  16. 
If  Mr. 
Crosby sells  his  standing  pine near Ed- 
more, the  mill  machinery will be moved 
to Kentucky.

Bear Lake—Hopkins & Co. have begun 
building  a  sawmill  on  the  site  of  the 
Bunton & Hopkins’ mill, recently burned. 
The mill will  have  a  capacity  of  50,000 
feet per day and be ready for work March 
1,  1890. 
It will saw hard wood and hem­
lock.

North  Muskegon—The  North  Muske­
gon shingle mill, known as the Hitchcock 
& Mernan mill, started up Oct.  16 with a 
small crew and will run to the end of the 
season.  The  mill  pays  the  regulation 
wages.

Whitehall—The Eagle tannery is being 
enlarged  by  an  addition  as high as the 
main building, to accommodate eight new 
vats  and  a  long  shed  built  over  the 
leaches.  When  the  improvements  are 
completed, the tannery  wall employ sev­
enty-five men.

Chippewa  Station—Morgan  &  McKee- 
ver, who have about finished their shingle 
cut here,  are preparing to  resume opera­
tions at Trout Lake,  where  they propose 
to cut lumber  as well as shingles.  Some 
of  their camp equipage has  already been 
shipped to the  new location.

Pentwater—The  Pentwater  Bedstead 
Co. now  employs  100  hands and is run­
ning to  its  fullest  capacity, turning out 
more work than  at  any other  period  of 
its history.  During  the  month  of  Sep­
tember, it shipped $10,000 worth of goods, 
and this month will do even better.

Muskegon—The Heap Dry Earth Closet 
Co.  will  build a new  factory  adjoining 
the present  one,  48x150  feet  in  dimen­
sions and three stories  high.  The  addi­
tion  will cost $20,000.  The company will 
also add an  additional  story to the pres­
ent factory.  The capacity of the factory 
will be increased five  times and will em­
ploy seventy-five men.

Palmyra—Jacob  Mitchell  is  putting 
new  foundations  under  his  paper  mill 
and building an addition, thirty feet long. 
The new machinery will  consist of  three 
dryers, an iron  beater,  a  winder,  and  a 
new  boiler  and  engine.  The  mill  will 
then  have a  capacity  of  thirty  tons  of 
paper per  week.  The  estimated  cost of 
the improvements will exceed $6,000.

East  Saginaw—The  venture  of  R.  G. 
Peters, in bringing his  Canadian  logs  to 
the  Saginaw  river  for  conversion  into 
lumber, has demonstrated  the wisdom of 
his conception concerning  the advantage 
inhering in  the Saginaw  valley  market. 
He has disposed of  his  entire  cut at  ex­
ceedingly  satisfactory  figures,  and  is 
ready to start  next  season  with a  clean 
balance sheet.  The  fact  is,  that a point 
has  been  reached  at  the  point  named, 
when there are sufficient mills dependent 
on a saw-bill to keep them  in  operation, 
to make it quite advantageous  to timber- 
owners  who  are  desirous of  marketing 
their pine.

Muskegon—The  Sargent  Manufactur­
ing Co.  is being organized with a capital 
stock of  $100,000,  $75,000 to be  paid  in, 
of  which  $53,000 has been  already sub­
scribed.  The  Sargent  Manufacturing 
Co., of New York, will combine with the 
Geo.  F.  Childs  Chair  Co.,  of  Chicago. 
The  Sargent factory makes  all  kinds of 
invalid chairs, beds,  etc.,  and the Child 
Chair Co. manufacturers reclining chairs. 
A factory  will  be  built  at  once.  The 
building  will  be  50x150  feet in dimen­
sions, two stories high and  of  brick, 
it 
will  be  ready for  operation  early  next 
year and will employ seventy-five  to  100 
skilled mechanics.  Muskegon  men  in­
terested  in  the  enterprise  are  Messrs. 
Mason, Hackley, Hume,  Holbrook, Outh- 
waite,  Kanitz,  Smith,  Nims,  Hoyt, Er­
win,  Heap,  A.  W.  Miller,  Barney and 
Stevens.

Bank  Notes.

H.  N. Hovey has been elected a director 

in the Muskegon Savings Bank.

The Citizens’  Savings Bank  of  Detroit 
will open  its  doors  for  business  at 147 
Griswold street  and  its  branch  bank at 
461 Gratiot avenue on  Thursday  of  this 
week.

T. C.  Sherwood,  State  Banking  Com­
missioner,  spent  last  week  among  the 
banks  of  the  Saginaw  Valley  and will 
put in this week with the banks of Grand 
Rapids.

H. N.  Keys,  O. B. Campbell  and  T. P. 
Steadman have  formed  a  copartnership 
to  engage  in  the  banking  business  at 
Elsie.  The institution will  be  managed 
by Mr. Steadman,  who has been with the 
First National Bank at Ovid  for  several 
years.

Here Until Nov.  9.

Chas. E. Watson, Michigan  representa­
tive for S. A. Maxwell & Co., is quartered 
at  Sweet’s  Hotel  with  his  full  line  of 
fall, winter and Christmas goods and will 
take pleasure in  showing  either  staples 
or  novelties  to  all  merchants  who will 
favor him with  a call.

Carriage  manufacturers are predicting 
that  in  the  not  distant  future  wooden 
wheels will be done away with,  and steel 
wheels  substituted,  on  account  of  the 
increasing scarcity of lumber for wheels.

MERCANTILE  BONDSMEN.

Dealers Who  Sign the P. of I.  Contract 

No  Longer  Freemen. 

c h a p t e r  v.

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* 

* 

* 

* 

It  is  generally considered  contrary to 
good business policy  to have  two  sets of 
prices in any kind of  a store,  or  to favor 
one class, clique or clan at the expense of 
another.  Such,  however,  does  not  ap­
pear to be the guiding star of the P.  of I. 
dealer who is  foolish  enough to sign the 
following contract:
This  agreement, made  and entered into
by  and  between-----of----- ,  dealer  in
of the first part,  and the Patrons of
Industry, of  the second part, witnesseth, 
that  the  said party of  the  first part,  for 
and in consideration of  the  covenants to 
be performed by the parties of the second 
part,  hereby  agree  with  the  parties of 
the second part as follows:
1.  To  sell  goods  to  members  of  said
Order as  follows,  to  w it:  -----will  sell
all  lines  of  goods  in-----store,  or  that
-----may  hereafter offer  for  sale a t-----
store,  at the following named prices (and 
furnish invoice of  same  if  required) for 
cash or  its  equivalent .in  produce to  be 
taken at the market price :
* 

* 
2.  In  case  that any  goods  are sold  to 
persons  not  members of  the  Order  as  a 
“ leader”  or  "specialty,”  or  for  other 
cause at  less  that  than  the  above  rate, 
then the same kind of goods shall be sold 
to  all  members  of  the  Order  at  such 
special price.
3.  The party of  the first part agrees to 
show  the  invoice  of  said  goods  to  any 
member of  said  Order  having authority 
of  said Order to  be copied by  said mem­
ber if  he so  desires.  And the said party
of  the  first part further  agrees th at-----
will not  sell goods  to  persons  not mem­
bers of the Order, at the prices aforesaid.
And the Patrons of Industry, parties of 
the  second  part,  agree to  and  with  the 
said parties of  the first part, to patronize
said  part—  of  the  first part  in -----line
of  goods,  and  to  protect-----  by  their
efforts and influence.  And the parties of 
the second  part  further  agree that  they 
will not make known to persons not mem­
bers  of  said  Order  the  prices  they pay 
for goods.
Should any  member of  the  Order  feel 
himself  wronged  by  any  deal  he  shall 
furnish the  president of  his  association 
with  the  bill  and  a  description  of  the 
goods  purchased,  giving  kind,  marks, 
etc., sufficient  to identify them, and  said 
president  shall investigate  the same and 
if  he  cannot  satisfactorily  arrange  the 
matter  he  shall  refer  the  same  to  the 
proper  committee who  shall  take action 
thereon.
And it is further agreed by and between 
the parties that this contract shall be and
remain'in force  for-----from  this  date,
to be renewed if  desired  by the parties.
Witness  our  hands  and  seals the-----
day of--------A. D.  18—.

[u. s.]
[L.  8.]

The dealer  who  signs  the  above  con­
tract ties his hands pretty effectually and 
becomes  party to  agreements  which  no 
honorable man would abide by.  No more 
iniquitous  provision  could  be  conceived 
than  the  last paragraph of  article  3,  to 
the effect  that  low  prices  are  not to  be 
granted anyone  not a  P.  of  I. 
In  other 
words, the  mechanic  who  goes  into  the 
store with the money in  his fist  is not  to 
receive  the  same  consideration  as  the 
farmer  who  brings  in  a  basket of  poor 
butter  or  ancient eggs.  Any  merchant 
who agrees to such an arrangement should 
not receive a cent’s worth of  trade  from 
persons  not  members of  the  Patrons  of 
Industry, and  the  chances  are  that  he 
will not be troubled with their patronage 
as soon as  it comes to  be understood that 
he is making  fish of  one class of custom­
ers  and flesh of  another.  The  usual ex­
perience of  the  village merchant  is that 
the  signing  of 
the  contract  deprives 
him  of  the  better  part  of  his  village 
trade,  as well  as  the  loss of  the  better 
class of  farmers—a  class which is seldom 
seen  identified with the P. of  I.

P.  of I.  Notes.

I  A,P.  of I.  lodge in the vicinity of Rock- 
I ford started in the spring  with 132 mem­
bers.  When  it  came  time  to  pay  the 
I second  quarter’s  dues,  the  membership 
had shrunk to thirty-four.
|  A  Carson  City  correspondent  writes: 
! “The P.  of  I.’s  have  two  dealers here, 
but the other merchants are selling goods 
, of  all  kinds so much cheaper  than  they 
do at the P. of  I.  stores that  the farmers 
I who do not belong to the order are getting 
I the best  of  it.  Some  of  the  P.  of  L’s 
i begin to  ‘smell a mice.’

Mary A. Brice, at St.  Louis, contracted 
j to sell  the P. of  L’s  on a  10  per  cent.
I basis,  but it proved so unsatisfactory that 
she quit it.  She was  honest and  carried 
' out  her  part  of  the  agreement  to  the 
! letter, but the  Patrons  did  not  support 
her as  they had agreed  to.  She  lost her 
village trade,  and,  take it  all  around,  it 
about ruined her business, 
j  Evart Review:  “An apostle of the Pat­
rons of Industry having failed in forming 
, organizations  in  Districts  No.  1  and 2,
' Osceola  township, and Avondale  school 
district,  Hartwick  township,  another  of 
the  same  sort,  with  a  difference,  has 
j tackled the job.  He  calls  his  order the 
j  “Patrons of Toil,” but he failed to realize 
on his  investment  in  District No. 2 last 
night,  and will  move  on  to  the Warson 
j district to-night.  From  what we hear of 
j  his talk last  night,  we should judge that 
; the last organizer is a cull from the cheap 
campaign speakers of a year ago.”

A Remus correspondent  writes:  “Last 
Friday was a day long to  be remembered 
by the Patrons of  Industry.  As early as 
1 o’clock, delegations began to arrive, and 
shortly  after  4  o’clock  about  100  had 
gathered at the  Town Hall,  whence they 
proceeded to parade the streets.  Headed 
by a martial  band, and  bearing  banners, 
they  marched  through  the  principal 
streets and back  to  the hall.  Following 
are a few of  the inscriptions which were 
carried: 
‘Forward the  Cause,’  ‘Unity  is 
Strength,’  Live  and Let Live,’  ‘Ten  Per 
Cent,  or  Bust,’ 
‘Remus  Association, 
etc.”

A P. of  I.  organizer  went  to  Pewamo 
the other  day and  began  to  preach the 
false  doctrine  to  the  farmers  of  that 
vicinity  and  wanted  to  organize  them 
but  the  most  of  them  had  heard  the 
history  of  the  order  from  their  mer­
chants,  and  were  not  on  the  organize. 
He  had  to  stay  two  days  to  drum  up 
enough to get a  quorum, and  then  took 
$8  for  the  job,  instead  of  $13.50,  the 
regular price.  The better class of farmers 
would have nothing to  do  with it.  The 
merchants would not  contract with them 
and now the few dupes whom  he did get 
are bewailing their fate  and consider the 
whole thing a swindle.

Big  Rapids  Herald:  “Did  you  ever 
stop to consider the  possibilities  of  the
money to be made out of the P.  of I.’s by 
the man  who  set  the  thing  running ?” 
queried  Mayor  D.  F.  Comstock.  The 
Herald man assured  him  he~had  never 
looked at the matter from that standpoint. 
“Well, I have,”  said his honor,  “and  I 
can see where the man  who runs the ma­
chine will make a million  dollars.  Now 
see here. 
It is given out that in Mecosta 
county there  are  three  thousand  mem­
bers,  At least  calculation  $500  of  the 
membership  dues  from  these  goes  to 
grand  or  head lodge that is to be.  You 
will notice that the time set for the grand, 
supreme, national or  whatever it may be 
called lodge is in  1892.  An  average  of 
$500 from each county going to the grand 
mogul for three  years  will crowd a mil­
lion dollars.  By that time there  will be 
no grand lodge, because the lodges proper 
will have died out.  The head ones know 
what they are doing.”

Building:  and  Loan Associations.
The Frankfort association,  after decid­
ing to resume  operations,  has  reconsid­
ered the decision and  concluded to retire 
from the field.  T h e  T r a d esm a n  feels 
that the people of Frankfort have made a 
serious mistake in relinquishing an organ­
ization  which  would  be capable of  ren­
dering so much assistance in the develop­
ment of the town.

A number of  Grand Rapids gentlemen 
are organizing a new  association,  to  be 
known  as  the  Fidelity,  which  will  do 
business through local boards in all parts 
of the State.  A. E. Worden will probably 
serve the association  in  the  capacity  of 
President,  A. E. Yerex as Secretary  and 
Homer W. Nash as  Treasurer.

The Michigan Savings  and Loan Asso­
ciation has been organized at  Detroit,  to 
conduct an  agency  business  throughout 
the State.  O. W.  Shipman  is  President 
and John Western Secretary.  The shares 
will be $100 and payments will be $1 per 
month.  Pledges  for  5,000  shares  have 
already been secured.

The American  association,  of  Minne­
apolis,  does  not  thrive  wherever  the 
report of the Commissioner  of  Statistics 
of California is circulated.  That officer 
punctures the bubble so  completely  that 
no amount of talk on the  part  of  windy 
agents will  overcome  the  objections  to 
the scheme.

always pays.

Advertising That Does  Not  Pay.
Moneybags—Advertising, my dear boy, 
Young Blood—It hasn’t paid me.
“ What do you mean ?”
“ Nothing,  except  that  father  adver­
tised me in the papers a while ago,  and I 
haven’t been able to  get  tick  anywhere 
since.”

Fortune  knocks  once  at  every  man’ 
door, but she doesn’t go hunting throug 
beer saloons for him if  he  happens to b 
out.
-A* D. Spangler <£ C o

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

FRUITS «co PRODUGE

And General Commission Merchants. □ 

EAST  SAGINAW,  MICH.

We buy and sell all kinds of  fruit  and 
produce and solicit  correspondence with 
both buyers and  sellers.

ESTABLISHED  1870.

GHR8.  SCHMIDT 

BROS.,

Manufacturers  and  Dealers in Foreign and 

American

Granite and Marble

MoMmcntsaiid Statuary

Having erected a New Granite  Factory 
with the Latest Improved Machinery, we 
can  Guarantee all Work First Class  and 
Fill Orders Promptly.

WORKSHOP AND  POLISHING  MILLS:

Cor. West Fulton  and  Straight Streets.

OFFICE  AND SALESROOM:

93  Canal  Street.

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,

M IC H .

M a lta =
^ G a s i l e

T h e   B e st  B -C en t  C ig a r 

o n   th e   M a rk et.

MANUFACTURED  BY

J.  K.  DELBRIDGE,

3 4 1   So.  D iv is io n   S t.,  G rand  B a p id s.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

A dvertisem ents will be inserted  under  th is  head for 
tw o  cents  a   word  th e  first  Insertion  and  one cen t a 
word  fo r  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise 
m ent tak en  fo r less th a n  85 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

B U SIN E SS  C H A N C E S.

OR  SALE-DRUG  STOCK..IN  NORTHERN  M IclT-
gan, doing good business;  inventory about 92,8uO; 
j  satisfacto ry   reasons  fo r  selling.  Address  No.  583, 
|  care  M ichigan T radesm an. 

523

OR  SALE -  WELL-SELECTED  STOCK  OF  DRY 
goods, groceries, boots and shoes,  h a ts  and  caps, 
clothing and hardw are,  situ ated  in a  lively lum bering 
tow n  of  1,500  population;  stock  will  invoice  about 
96,000;  re n t  of  store  reasonable;  p urchaser  will  be 
favored w ith th e  tra d e  o f over  100  m en,  em ployed  in 
th e m ill o f present owner.  Address No. 581, care Mich- 
ig an  Tradesm an. 

321

OR  SALE—THE  FINEST  DhUG  STORE  IN  THE 
city  o f Muskegon a t 75 cents on th e dollar; reasons 

o th er business.  C. L. B rundage, M uskegon  Mich.

_______________ _________ 580

OR SALE—A  GOOD  GROCERY  BUSINESS HAVING 
th e cream  of th e trad e;  best  location  in  th e city; 
stock clean and w ell assorted; th is is a  rare  chance fo r 
an y  one to g e t a  good  pay in g   business;  poor  h e a lth  
th e  only reason.  Address  S. Stern,  Kalam azoo,  Mich.
________________________________________________ 518

w ith o u t store building;  an excellent  chance  fo r a 
wide-awake  p a rty ;  good  reasons  given  fo r  selling. 
Address a t once Box 99,  Fowler, Mich. 

For  sale—stock  of  h ardw are—w ith  or
F or s ale—drug s tore and stock situated in

a  lum bering to w n ;  go jd farm ing  country aro u n d , 
a  very desirable place fo r a  good physician.  Address 
Box 668, Alpena, Mich. 

616

509

of a b o u t $13,000.  Address No. 502, care T radesm an.

OR SALE-GROCERY STOCK  IN  GOOD  LOCATION 
W ill inventory  97i>0  to  $80«  and doing a  business 
_________________________________ _502
TT'OR  SALE—A  GOOD  PAYING  BC8INESS—GOOD 
-*- 
In q u ire  of  F.  J.  Detten 
th aler, 117 Monroe Sc. 
490

reason for selling  out. 

M ISC E L L A N E O U S.

OR  SALE—A  CINCINNATI SAFE, WITH BURGLAR 
proof chest;  will be sold  a t  tw o-thirds  first  cost, 
alth o u g h  used  b u t  tw o  m onths.  E. A. Stowe & Bro.. 
100 Louis St.

For  sale—draft  team  5 yea rs  old — dark

g ray ;  well m atched;  w e ig h t3,100pounds.  Address 

M. W. W illard, K inney. Mich. 

588

ANTED-TO  EXCHANGE  KANSAS  LANDS  AND 
real estate for a  stock of  groceries  and  general 
m erchandise.  Address No. 517, care  M ichigan  Trades 
___________________________________________ 517

WANTED—WIDE-AWAKE  MERCHANTS  TO  COR- 

respond w ith th e “Gobleville Sign  W orks;” h ig h ­
w ay signs a  specialty.  Address G obleville Sign W orks, 

t

f

515

i r s

Gobleville, Mich. 
< f c f v n n - THE  COMPLETE  MACHINERY  OF  A 
4P
 class  custom   g rist  m ill;  tw o  ru n   of 
stones, one feed, th e o th er fo r feed ;  all in good  order; 
ready  to   deliver  on  cars.  Address  Geo.  M.  Sayles, 
Attorney-at-Law , F lin t, Mich. 

WANTED—SEND  A  POSTAL  TO THE 8UTLIFF COU- 

pon P ass Book Co.,  A lbany,  N.  Y., fo r  sam ples 
of th e  new  Excelsior  Pass  Book,  th e  m ost  com plete 
and finest  on th e  m ark et  and  ju s t  w h at  every m er­
c h a n t should have  progressive m erchants all over the 
co u n try  a re  now u sing them . 

516

437

ANTED—1,000 MORE MERCHANTS TO ADOPT OUR 
Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System .  Send for 

sam ples.  E. A. Stowe A  Bro.. G rand R apids. 

OR  SALE—GOOD  RESIDENCE  LOT  ON  ONE  OF 
th e  m ost p leasan t streets “ on  th e   hill.”  W ill ex­
change fo r stock in  an y  good Institution.  Address 886, 
care M ichigan Tradesm an. 

814

286

W H O L E S A L E
C a rp e ts,

Oil  C loths,

R u g s ,

C h in a   M a ttin g s  

D ra p e rie s ,

a n d

P a r l o r  S c re e n s
Smith  X Sanford,

O tta w a   an d   P e a r l  Sts.,  L ed yard   B lo c k .

O u r   K ali  S to c k

Is now Complete and Ready for Inspection.

F. A WiInMrg  X  Go,,

(Successors to F. W. Wurzburg’s Sons & Co.) 

Exclusive  Jobbers  of

DRY  GOODS, HOSIERY, 

NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR,

1 9   Sc  8 1   SO U T H   D IV IS IO N   ST .,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MIOH.

S A F E   F O R   S A L E .
A  nearly  new,  fire-proof  safe,  with 
burglar-proof chest,  made  by Cincinnati 
Safe and Lock Co.  Will be sold at two- 
thirds first  cost.  E.  A.  Stowe  &  Bro., 
100 Louis St., Grand Rapids.

E.  W.  HALL  PLATING  WORKS,

ALL  KINDS  OF

B rass  and  Iro n  P olishing

AND

N ickle and S ilver P la tin g
C orn er P e a r l and  F r o n t Sts., G rand  R a p id s.

L IO N
COFFEE

M e r c h a n ts ,

Y O U   W A N T   T H I S  C A B I N E T

T h o u s a n d s   o f  T h e m

Are in use all over fhe land. 
It  does  away  with  the  unsightly barrels so 
often  seen  on  the  floor  of  the  average  grocer.  Beautifully grained and 
varnished  and  put  together  in  the  best  possible  manner. 
Inside each 
cabinet will be found one complete set of castors with screws.

Every  Wide - flwaks  Merchant

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE  KINC  OF  COFFEES.

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

It is fast supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees. 

only in one pound packages. 
120  one-pound  packages. 
Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States.

Packed 
Put  up  in  100-lb  cases,  also  in cabinets of 
For  sale  by  the  wholesale  trade  everywhere. 

W oolson  Spice  Co.,

T O L E D O ,  O H IO .

L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

IP  YOU  WANT

The Best

ACCEPT  NONE  BUT

Silier  Ttafl

S a u e r k r a u t .

Order  this  brand  from 

your wholesale grocer.

ASSOCIATION  DEPARTMENT.
M ich ig a n   B u sin e ss  M en’s  A sso cia tio n .

_ 

. .. 

President—C. L. Whitney, Muskegon.
First Vice-President—C. T. Bridgeman,  Flint.
Beoond Vice-President—M. C. 8herwood, Allegan. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—H. W. Parker, Owosso.  _
E x e c u tiv e   Board—President;  Frank  Wells.  Lansing; 
Frank  Hamilton, Traverse City;  N- B.Blain, Lowell 
Chas.  T.  Bridgeman,  Flint;  O.  F.  Conklin, Grand
Rapids,  Secretary. 
_ .  ___
Committee on Insurance—O.  F.  Conklin,  Grand  Rap 
ids;  Oren  Stone, Flint;  Wm. Woodard, Owosso. 
Committee  on  Legislation—Frank  Wells,  Lansing;
H. H. Pope, Allegan;  C. H. May, Clio.
Committee on Trade Interests—Frank Hamilton, Trav 
erseCity:  Geo.  R.  Hoyt,  Saginaw;  L.  W.  Sprague,
Committee on T ransportation—C.T. Bridgeman, Flint;
M. C. Sherwood, Allegan;  A. O. Wheeler, Manistee. 
Committee on Building  and  Loan  Associations-N.  B. 
Blain. Lowell;  F. L. Fuller, Cedar Springs;  P. J. Con
nell,  Muskegen. 

Local Secretary—Jas. H. Moore, Saginaw.
Official Organ—Thk Michigan Tradesman.____________
The following auxiliary  associations are oper­
ating under charters  granted  by  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s Association-

___  

_ 

.

N o.  I —T ra v erse C ity B . M .  A . 

N o. 6—A lb a   « .  M. A .

N o. 3 —S tu r g is B . M. A

N o.  4 —G rand  R a p id s  M .  A .
N o.  5—M u sk eg o n  B .  M. A .

President. J. W. Milliken; Secretary, K. W. Hastings.
--------- N o . 2—L o w e ll  B. M . A .
President, N. B. Plain; Secretary, Frank T. King.
President. H. S. Church: Secretary, Wm. Jam.______ _
President. E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.______
President, John A. Miller;  Secretary, C. L. Whitney. 
President. F. W. Bloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin._____
' 
President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger._____
President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo.L. Thurston. 
*“  
President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
S o .  1 0 —H a rb o r S p rin g s B . M . A . 
President, W. J. Clark; Secretary. A. L. Thompson.
President. H. P. Whipple; Secretary, D. E. Wynkoop.
President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.______
President, H. B. Sturtevant;  Secretary, W. J. Austin.

N o.  7—Dim ondale B . M . A .
N o. 8 —E a stp o r t B . M. A .
N o. 9 —L a w ren ce B . M .A .

N o . l l —K in g sle y  B . M . A . 
N o.  1 3 —Q u in cy  B . M . A .
N o.  13—Sherm an B . M . A .

~ 

' 

N o.  14— S o .  M u sk egon   B . 31. A .

N o.  1 3 —B o y n e  C ity  B . M . A .
N o.  1 6 —Sand L a k e  B . M. A .
N o.  1 7—P la in w e ll B . M. A .
N o.  1 8 —O w osso B . M . A . 

President, S. A. Howey: Secretary, G. C. Havens._____
" 
President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary. F. M. Chase.
President, J. V. Crandall;  Secretary, W. fiasco._______
" 
President. Geo. H. Anderson; Secretary, J. A. Sidle.
( 
President, Warren P. Woodard; Secretary ,8. Lamfrom.
" 
President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.
President, John F. Henry; Secretary, ». L. Rowe.
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.
President, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke.
President. John W. Hallett:  Secretary. L  A. Lyon.
President, J. E. Thurkow;  Secretary, W. H. Richmond.

N o. 3 3 —G rand  L ed g e B . M . A . 
N o. 3 3 —C arson C ity  B . M . A . 

N o. 3 0 —sa u g a tu c k   B. M . A . 
N o. a 1 —W ay la n d   B . M. A . 

N o. 3 4 —M orley  B .  M . A .

N o.  1 9 —A d a  B . M . A ._

N o. 3 5 —P a lo  B . M . A ,

N o  3 7 —D o rr  B . M .  A .

N o. 3 6—G r e e n v ille   « . M . A . 

»resident, H. D. Pew; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson.
President. A. C. Satteriee;  Secretary, E. J. Clark. 
' 
»resident, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. S. Fisher.
•resident, A. J. Paddock;  Secretary, H. G. Poser.
»resident, Wm. Moore;  Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough
»resident, A. G. Avery ;  Secretary, E. S. Hough talinj
“resident, Thos. J. Green;  Secretary, A. G. Fleury.

N o. 3 8 —C h eb o y g a n  B . M . A  
N o. 3 9 —F r e e p o r t B . M. A .
N o. 3 0—O cean a B . M . A .
N o . 3 1 —C h a rlo tte  B . M . A . 
N o.  3 3 —C o o p e rsv ille B . M . A . 
No. 33—Charlevoix B. M. A.
N o. 3 4 —S aran ac B . M . A . 
N o.  3 5 —B e lla ir e   B . M . A .
N o. 3 6 —Ith a c a   B .  M . A . 

resident, L.  D. Bartholomew;  Secretary. R. W. Kane.
resident, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P. T. Williams.

■resident, H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary,C. E. Densmore.
resident, O. F. Jackson;  Secretary, John  M. Everden.

■resident, W. G. Barnes;  Secretary, J. B. Watson.

N o. 3 7 —B a ttle  C reek  B . M . A . 

N o. 3 8 —S c o ttv ille   B .  M . A . 
N o. 3 9   -B u r r  O ak B . M . A . 

■resident, Chas. F. Bock;  Secretary, E  W. Moore.
resident. H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins.
lesident, W. S. Wilier; Secretary, F. W. Sheldon.
resident, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert.
resident. C. H. Howd;  Secretary, L. Waggoner._____
resident, Jos. Gerber; Secretary  C. J. Rathbnn.
resident, Frank J. Luick;  S ecretary, J. A. Lindstrom.

N o. 4 0 —E a to n  R a p id s B . M . A . 
N o. 4 1 —B r e c k e n r ld g e   B . M . A .

N o. 4 3 —F r e m o n t B . M. A . 
N o. 4 3 —T u stin  B . M . A. 

N o. 4 4 —R eed  C ity B . M. A . 
N o. 4 5 —H o y tv ille   B . M .  A . 

esident, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith.
ssldent, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretary, O. A. Halladay.

N o . 4 6 —L e slie  B . M. A . 

esident, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.

N o.  4 7 —F lin t  M.  U. 

esident, W. C. Pierce;  Secretary, W. H. Graham.
esident, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor._____

N o. 4 8 —H u b b ard s to  n  B . M. A .

N o.  4 9 —L eroy  B   M .  A .
N o. 5 0 —M a n istee B . M . A . 

esident, A.  Wenzell; Secretary, Frank Smith._____
esident, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C.  Grannls.
N o. 5 1 —Cedar  S p rin g s  B .  M .  A . 
ssldent, L. M. 8ellers; Secretary, W, C. Congdon. 
N o. 5 3 —G rand H a v e n  B . M . A .
ssldent, A. 8. Kedzie,  Secretary, F. D. Vos.______

N o. 6 8 —A lle g a n  B . M . A . 

N o.  6 1 —H a r tfo rd   B . M . A . 

N o, 5 3 —B e lle v u e  B . M . A .
N o. 5 4 — D o u g la s B . M . A . 
N o.  5 5 —P e to sk e y   B . M . A .
N o. 5 6 —B a n g o r   B .  M.  A . 
N o. 5 7 —R o ck fo rd   B . M . A . 
N o. 5 8 —F ife  L a k e B . M . A . 
N o. 5 9 —F e n n v ille  B . M . A .

President, Frank Phelps;  Secretary. A. E. Fitzgerald.
”
President, Thomas B. Dutcher; Secretary, C. B. Waller.
President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.
ssldent, N. W. Drake;  Secretary, Geo. Chapman.
esident, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.
President, L. 3. Walter; Secretai; ,G.S  Blakely. 
' 
President F. 8. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen.
N o. 6 0 —S outh  B oa rd m a n  B . M . A . 
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, 8. E. Neihardt.
President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.
President, Jas. H  .Moore; Secretary, C. W.  Mulholand.
President, C. V. Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell._________
President,C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.
President, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C. 8. Blom._____
President, Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.
President, W. L. Garrett; Secretary, F.  H.  Merrifleld.
President. H. H.  Pope;  Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.
N o. 6 9 —Scotts an d   C lim a x  B . M . A . 
President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8. Willison.
President, Wm. Boston;  Secretary, Walter Webster.
President, M. Netzorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Clntterbuck.

N o . 6 3 —E v a rt  B . M . A .
N o, 6 4 —M e r r ill B . M . A .
N o. 6 5 —K a lk a sk a  B . M . A . 
N o. 6 6 —L a n sin g  B . M .  A . 

N o. 6 7 —W a te r v lie t  B . M . A . 

N o. 6 3 —E a st esaginaw M . A . 

N o .  7 0 —N a sh v ille   B .  M. A ,
N o. 7 1 —A sh le y   B.  M .  A .
N o.  73—E d m ore  B . M . A .
N o,  7 3 —B e ld in g  B . M. A . 
N o. 7 4 —D a v iso n   M .  U. 

N o . 7 8—C a led o n ia   B .  M .  A . 

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

N o. 7 5 —T ec u m seh   B .  M .  A . 
N o.  7 6 —K a la m a zo o  B . M . A . 

President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.
President, J.  F. Cartwright; Secretary. C. W. Hurd.
President, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretary, F. Rosacraus.
President, 8. S. McCamly; Secretary,  Chauncey Strong.
President, E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Volney Ross.
President, J. O. Seibert;  Secretary. J. W. Saunders. 
N o.  79—E a st J o rd a n  an d   ho.  A r m   B .  M. A ,
President, Chas. F. Dixon;  Secretary, L. C. Madison.__
N o . 8 0 —B a y  C ity an d   W .  B a y   C ity  B . M , A . 
President,F. L. Harrison;  Secretary, Lee E. Joslyn.
President. L. A. Vickery;  Secretary, A. E. Ransom.
President,B. B. Webb;  Secretary, M. E  Pollasky.
President. L. P. Wilcox;  Secretary. W. R. Mandigo.
President. P. M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson. 
President. J. M. Beeman;  Secretary, C. H. May.______
N o . 8 6 —M lllb ro o k  a n d   B la n c h a r d   B . M .  A . 
President. T. W. Preston;  Secretary. H. P.  Blanchard.
N o .  8 7 —S h e p h e r d jB .  M .  A . 
President, H. D. Bent;  Secretary, A. W. Hurst.

N o. 8 3 —S h e rw o o d  B .  M. A . 
N o . 8 4 —S ta n d lsh   B . M . A .

N o . 8 1 —F la s h in g   B .  M . A .
N o.  8 3 —A lm a   B   M .  A .

No- 8 5 —C lio  B . M . A .

Association Notes.

N. L. Rowe succeeds L. A. Phelps as Secretary 
of the Saugatuck B. M. A.  Mr. Phelps has  been 
a faithful officer.

Rockford Register:  “The citizens of Rockford 
and  vicinity  were  addressed  at  Colby’s  hall, 
Monday evening, by C. L. Whitney, President of 
the Michigan Business  Men’s Association, upon 
the objects and benefits of  such an Association. 
There was only a fair attendar ce, because of the 
briefness of the time to  advertise  it,  but  those 
who were present speak well of his address.”

Governor Luce’s warm approval  of  the  Busi­
ness Men’s Association will bear frequent repeti­
tion.  It is as follows:  “I want to congratulate 
you that you have a Business Men’s Association. 
It is a power which impels and  builds  up.  All 
is done by and through  associated  effort,  hand 
to hand, arm to arm, purse to purse,  shoulder  to 
shoulder, step with step—that is the way mighty 
achievements  are  accomplished.  You  are  a 
benefit to other men.  So you are to be congratu­
lated that yon have an  Association.  Associated 
effort is one of  the latest outgrowths of civiliza­
tion we enjoy.”
Bonuses in Manufacturing Enterprises. 
From  th e B ellaire A dvertiser.
T h e  Mic h ig a n   T r a d esm a n  has  been 
getting  the  opinions  of  representative 
business men  on  the  subject  and  they 
make very interesting reading.  All sub­
stantially agree as far as  they  go.  An 
epitome  of  the  matter  may be given as 
follows:
Bonus by taxation is  dead  wrong;  by 
voluntary contribution is wrong in theory, 
but  may  be  expedient  in  some  cases. 
Natural  locations  need  no  bonus; 
the 
offer of  one at an unsuitable location en­
courages  the  establishment  of 
losing 
enterprises which  must  be  periodically 
helped,  removed,  or  bust. 
Favorable 
openings should be  filled with local cap­
ital and enterprise.  Bonuses encourage 
adventurers.  Always  give  with  great 
care—if at all.
One dissenting  opinion  says  that  “if 
nature has not given a place great natural 
advantages  above  other  cities or towns, 
its business men  must  make  up  for  its 
natural  wants  in  way  of location, etc., 
by their energy, push  and  public spirit. 
This is done,  in a great measure, by giv­
ing manufacturing enterprises bonuses.”
Injecting a few ideas of  our  own  into 
the  discussion,  we  would  remark  that 
many points have favorable openings but 
little  capital, and  that  fully  employed. 
Outside capital must be had.  There  are 
natural locations  which are undeveloped 
and  some  aid  to  bridge  over  this may 
bring a paying  business wrhich otherwise 
must have gone  to  another  place. 
“If 
nature has not given a place great natural 
advantages above  other cities or towns,” 
what is the matter  with  moving to some 
of the more  favored  points  and helping 
them build up a good thing.

The P.  of I.  Dealers.

The following are the P.  of  I.  dealers 
who had not cancelled  their  contracts at 
last accounts:

E. P. Shankweiler & Co., Mrs. Turk.

Ketchum.
Berles, A. Wilzinski.

Altona—Eli Lyons.
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
Bellevue—John Evans.
Big Rapids—C. A. Verity, A. V. Young, 
Brice—J.  B. Gardner.
Burdside—Jno.  G. Bruce  & Son.
Capac—H. C. Sigel.
Carson City—A. B.  Loomis,  A. Y. Ses­
sions.
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A. 
Fish,  L. A. Gardiner.
Charlotte—John  J.  Richardson,  Daron 
& Smith, J. Andrews, C. P.  Lock.
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
East Saginaw—John P. Derby.
Flint—John B. Wilson.
Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark.
Fremont—Boone  &  Pearson,  J.  B. 
Grand  Rapids—John  Cordes,  Joseph 
Harvard—Ward Bros.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Hubbardston—M. Cahalen.
Imlay City—Cohn Bros.
Kent  City—R.  McKinnon, M. L. Whit­
Lapeer—C.  Tuttle & Son,  W.  H.  Jen­
Maple Rapids—L.  S. Aldrich.
Mecosta—Parks  Bros.
Millington—Chas. H.  Valentine.
Morley—Henry Strope.
Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M. 
Ogden—A. J. Pence.
Olivet—F. H. Gage.
Remus—Geo. Blank.
Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A. Fish.
Sand  Lake—Brayman & Blanchard.
Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow.
Sparta—Dole& Haynes, Woodin & Van 
Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter.
Sumner—J. B. Tucker.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson, 
H.  C.  Breckenridge,  M.  H.  Bowerman, 
Thos.  Horton.

ney.
nings.

Winkle.

Lee.

An Indiana man grinds corn stalks and 
coarse prairie  grass, moistens them with 
water, reduces them to a coarse pulp and 
then subjects the mass  to  a  heavy pres­
sure, compressing then into  blocks  12x4 
and  4 
thick.  These,  when 
thorougly  dry,  furnish  more  heat  than 
ordinary bituminous  coal.

inches 

G. M. Lonsbury, the  Cooperville  meat 

dealer, was in town Monday.

VISITING  BUYERS.

Coopersville 

Hessler Bros., Rockford 
G B Nichols,  M artin 
E S Botsford, Dorr 
J  N W ait, Hudsonville 
C arrington & N orth,  T rent 
L Cook, Bauer 
Dr H C Peckham ,  F reeport 
R A H astings, S parta 
Dr H B H atch, H art 
R Purdy.  Lake 
Munger, W atson A Devoist, 
E E H ew itt,  Rockford 
R B  Gooding&Son,Gooding 
J  L Ash, Pai melee 
J  F  H acker, Corinth 
Alex Denton.  H ow ard City 
J  K ruisenga, H olland 
A Purchase. So Blendon 
H Dalmon. A llendale 
G S Putnam , F ru itp o rt 
D DeVries, H olland 
G H Spencer, Cleon 
G usBegm an,  Bauer 
Geo P Stark, Cascade 
DeVoist Bros., Alba 
G M Lonsbury «Coopersville 
A J  Halstead A  Son,
G rand Ledge  and  Ryerson 
R G annon, W hite Cloud 
N H arris, Big Springs 
E H eintzelm an, L ogan 
L am bert A  Van Norm an, 
Baldwin
L M W olf, H udson ville 
D C Blood,  W hitney ville 
H Van Noord, Jam estow n 
Lee Deuel, Bradley 
Jo h n  De Vries.  Jam estow n 
G Ten H oor,  F orest  Grove

w  e  H in m an, S p arta 
J  K inney, Kinney 
G H W albrink, Allendale 
J  R aym ond, B erlin 
J  Coon, Rockford 
M M Robson, Berlin 
W H Strut k. Forest Grove 
L Maier, Fishers Station 
W S Adkins, Morgan 
C Gregory, Fennville 
W R Lawton.  Berlin 
H erder A L ahuis,  Zeeland 
M Heyboer A Bro„ Oakland 
N F Miller, Lisbon 
Brookings Lum ber  Co., 
Brookings 
A M C hurch,  English ville 
Jno Fitzgerald A Bro.,
Baldwin
H Thompson, C anada  Core 
H D Plum b, M lllbrook 
S A Bush, Lowell 
N Bouma. F isher 
E J  H arrington, Holland 
D enH erder A Tanis,
V riesland
Sm allegan A Pickaard,
Forest Grove 
John D am stra, Gitchell 
H M eijering, Jam estow n 
M A Side, K ent City 
Cole A Chapel, Ada 
N O W ard, Stanwood 
A R McKinnon, Shelby 
W  N H utchinson, G rant 
P  B Newton, Advance 
J  Colby,  Rockford 
J  W Lovely, H ow ard  City 
Chris Pfeifle, P a rk  C ity

THE  CLERK  QUESTION.

Discussion of  the  Subject  from  Vari­

ous  Standpoints.

important 

Jno. K. Allen in The A m erican Storekeeper.
Perhaps  there  is  no  department  of 
store-keeping  in  which  merchants  are 
more  vitally  interested  than  in  their 
clerks.  We  do not  mean in  clerks  con­
sidered as jffersons, but in clerks  as  a de­
partment  of  business. 
In any  business 
which has  grown beyond  the  ability  of 
one man’ to handle,  the  clerk enters as  a 
feature  to be carefully  studied.  As  the 
business grows  in volume,  its increase is 
due in  great  part  to  the  efforts  of  the 
clerks.  To be  sure the  merchant’s per­
sonal  popularity  and  his  methods  of 
doing business will have something to do 
with this growth.  To  these,  however,  a 
good clerk  may  add  much,  but  a  poor 
clerk may destroy the  merchant’s  popu­
larity and upset his business calculations. 
It  is  therefore 
that  some 
thought  should  be  given  to  the  clerk 
question in order to get the best results.
In cities it  does  not  matter  so  much 
whether clerks are  personally popular or 
not, because the trade  they might  influ­
ence toward their employers  would bear 
a slight relation to  the volume  of  busi­
ness  which  comes  to  them  from  other 
sources.  But  in  localities  where  read­
ers of  The  Storekeeper  are  in  business, 
clerks play a much  more  important part 
in the development of  a man’s business.
It is not  customary  to  employ  clerks 
for  short  terms.  A  merchant  usually 
likes to employ a clerk  by the year,  and 
endeavors to make his force adequate  for 
the busy  season,  even  though  it  is  too 
large for  the dull  season.  The wisdom 
of  this is doubted. 
It is open to no ques­
tion in the  case of  clerks  of  experience 
and established trade,  because they are  a 
part of  the fixed expense of  a store.  But 
we  believe  merchants  would  do  more 
business with greater ease  and with less 
expense  if  temporary  clerks  were  em­
ployed at  certain  seasons  of  the  year. 
Under  this  head  there  should  be  con­
sidered  the  necessities  of  trade  which 
should enforce the  employment of a  new 
clerk.  A merchant may  have a  rush  of 
business at some portion of the day which 
will either compel  customers to  wait  to 
be  served or submit  to  be  waited  upon 
by a clerk who already has several custo­
mers.  This is unpleasant to a customer, 
and should be avoided whenever possible. 
If  it occurs  seldom it  may be  tolerated, 
but if it gets to be common the merchant 
should realize that  it is  time  for him  to 
employ a  new  clerk. 
It  is wise to  give 
each customer as much time and as much 
personal attention as possible.  While it 
may seem to be opposed to good policy to 
carry this out to  its  extreme  length,  we 
believe a customer will be better satisfied 
and his purchases  will  amount  to  more 
in the end if  it is done. 
It is distressing 
to see a customer  come in the store,  look 
around anxiously,  wait  nervously  a few 
minutes,  and go out unwaited  upon. 
It 
represents a direct loss  to  the  merchant 
which he can never make up.  Nor should 
he wait until the amount of  trade lost  in 
this way is sufficient to  keep a new clerk 
constantly  busy before  he  employs  one. 
It can safely  be  taken  for  granted  that 
the  clerk  employed  will,  if  care  and 
judgment be  exercised in  his  selection, 
bring some  trade  to  the  store,  and  the 
amount  of  it  depends  largely upon  the 
character of  the clerk chosen.
Having decided to  employ a clerk,  the 
merchant should decide whom to employ, 
and  in this  decision  he  should  not  be 
hasty.  He should remember that in  his 
business, as in every other, a  good  clerk 
is worth a dozen  poor  ones.  There  are 
plenty of  poor ones to be had.  The good 
ones are more scarce.  The poor ones are 
plentiful and the  merchant has scores of 
applications  from  them,  because  they 
have proved their  inefficiency, and  have 
nothing to do in consequence of  it.  The 
good ones  are  either  employed  or  have 
higher  aspirations  than  clerking,  and 
have made no  applications.  As  a  good 
one will prove of  great  assistance to the 
merchant, and a poor one only a stop-gap, 
to be  discharged  so  soon  as  his  ineffi­
ciency becomes  known,  we  will  take  it 
for granted that  a  good  one  is  wanted, 
and  we  will  strive  to  point  out  some 
qualities which a good clerk should have.
First, the decision  should  be  made  as 
to whether the new hand is to be a perma­
nent one or  not.  There  are  objections 
held by some to temporary clerks.  Terry 
says it is  unwise to employ  a clerk who 
is liable to  be  discharged  at  the end of 
of  every week  or  month,  because he  is 
constantly 
looking  around  for  more 
permanent employment  and  necessarily 
cannot so thoroughly  give  his  attention 
to his employer’s  interest,  He  must  be 
ready to part with  him  at  the  height of 
the  busy  season,  or  at  any  other  time 
when he  decides to  go.  This  objection 
we conceive  to  apply  only  to the  stop­
gap, and not to a temporary clerk selected 
as we would advise.
In the selection  of  a  clerk  we  advise 
the merchant to aim  high. 
If there  is  a 
young person we say person advisedly, as 
we desire this article  to  apply  to young 
men and  women  alike,  for  no  one  can 
deny the advantage of  having women  in 
stores—who, in the language of Emerson, 
has hitched  his wagon to  a  star,  try  by 
all means to interest  him  in  your  busi­
ness.  High  aims  are  not  out  of  place 
behind a counter.  Let  the merchant  go 
carefully over his list of  young acquaint­
ances.  Let him  select  one  who  is  true 
and honest,  is of  excellent reputation, is 
popular with his friends of  both sexes, is 
well educated, bright,  even precocious if 
steady, careful in conduct, good-looking, 
of  good physique and of  good family.  If 
you want but  a  temporary  clerk,  enlist 
him under your  banner, re-engaging him 
as frequently as you are  in need of  help. 
By the time  you need  a  constant  assist­
ant,  you have one ’trained  to  your hand, 
familiar with your store and popular with 
your trade.  This,  it  seems to us,  is  the 
solution to the temporary clerk question.
If the merchant desires a young helper 
in the store,  who  may  be  retained  con­
stantly, and whom  he wishes  to develop 
into  a  good  salesman,  the  process  of 
selection should be  just  as careful,  only 
applied to a younger class of  boys.  One 
can scarcely expect to  find  that  earnest- 
nese  of  purpose  in  boys  that  would  be 
expected  in  young men, but the  indica­
tions of  its  probable  development  later 
will not be absent, and can be recognized. 
If the boy is  found  who possesses  these 
qualities, so  much desired,  It  is  best  to 
make a long  time engagement with  him, 
say for three or five  years, with the com-

pensation for each year decided upon, the 
boy understanding that a part of his com­
pensation for the first  two years is  to  be 
the instruction  he  will  receive in  busi­
ness  methods.  The  advantages  of  this 
are  obvious.  The  boy  realizes  that  he 
has entered upon  his  life work,  and  the 
merchant  knows 
that  the  sooner  he 
teaches the boy the ways of the store and 
the  art  of  storekeeping,  the  sooner  he 
will become valuable to him.
Here  is  where  most  merchants  fail : 
They do not seem  to realize that  the boy 
whom they hire  at  small  wages  is  ever 
going  to  grow  into  a salesman.  He  is 
neglected and only learns by observation. 
Instead  of  making  him  a  salesman  as 
rapidly  as  possible,  he  is  held  back— 
almost  always  unintentionally—and  is 
only  able  to  secure  the  advanced  pay 
which  his  increasing  years  demand  by 
leaving to go with  some other merchant, 
who does not  know  that  he  has not  re­
ceived that instruction which makes boys 
valuable.
We do not  believe  there  are  intuitive 
salesmen.  There  are  bright young  men 
who are able to catch on to business ways 
by hanging  on  the  outskirts of  a  busi­
ness conversation and absorbing as much 
as they  can,  but  as  a  rule,  the  young 
helpers in a store will not  develop  their 
full value  if  they are allowed  to secure 
their  entire  education  in  this  manner. 
Their faculties lie  dormant  like the pot­
ter’s clay,  ready  for  the  shaping  hand. 
Should the  merchant  take  him in  hand 
when he begins work and teach him some- ] 
thing about business each day, the powers 
latent in the boy’s mind will  be  brought 
out early,  and he will take an interest  in j 
his employer’s  business  because he  will 
realize that his employer  takes  an inter­
est in him.
Taking a case which may be considered 
a typical  one,  we  will  suppose  a  mer­
chant wan is a boy to sweep out the store, 
dust  off  the  counters,  wash  windows, 
build  fires,  keep  stock  in  order,  run 
errands and deliver goods.  The immedi­
ate necessity  the  merchant  feels  is  for 
some one to do  work  of  this  kind.  He 
pays  a  salary  commensurate  with  the 
work performed.  He does not promise to 
keep the boy any specified time,  nor does 
he hold out as  an  inducement  to  him  a 
chance to learn  the  business.  He over­
looks  his own future  interest as  well  as 
the boy’s welfare.
The result is that  after an engagement 
lasting  a  year,  possibly  more,  in  which 
the boy  has  been  buffeted  about  by  all 
hands in the  store,  and  repulsed  when­
ever he has manifested a  curiosity in  re­
gard to business affairs, the young fellow 
gets discouraged,  makes up his mind that 
he has no taste  for  business,  or  at  least 
that there  is no  chance for  him  in that 
store, and throws  up  his  job,  either  to 
enter another store as a full-fledged clerk 
or  leaves  business  altogether  for  some 
other pursuit.  If he succeeds in securing 
another  position  he  does  so  by stating 
that his experience  has qualified  him  to 
sell  goods,  a false  representation which 
his  new employer  discovers  only at  his 
cost.  He  is  then  either  taken in  hand 
and  taught,  or  fired  unceremoniously. 
Such is the  history of  the average clerk.
We have  already intimated  how a boy 
should  be engaged  for a  term of  years, I 
and how the  merchant owes it to himself 
that he should take his  instruction  upon Í 
himself. 
In addition to this bare intima- j 
tion there is much  that can be said.  We 
all know how  extensive  has  become the 
system  of  educating  young  people  in 
business colleges,  and  those  who  know 
these  institutions  know  also  how  im­
practicable is the education  imparted  by 
them,  save with respect to book-keeping. 
We see no  reason  why  a  business  man 
should not establish a business college in 
his own  store.  The  clerks  could easily 
be  induced  to  enter  into  the  scheme 
heartily.  Let  the  owner  of  a  store  set 
apart certain  evenings  in each week for 
councils  of  business,  when,  after  the 
store  is  closed,  all  hands  shall  gather 
together and  with  perfect  freedom  dis­
cuss business affairs and the policy of the 
store.  Each clerk  should be encouraged 
to relate his experiences.  These  may be 
classified into  sales and  failures to  sell. 
In the first class  let  a  clerk  tell of  the 
sales he  has made  during  the  day,  and 
relate any good points he may have made 
in  closing  them.  His  experiences  will 
call forth others  and nothing  but benefit 
and instruction  can  be the  result.  The 
same thing will apply to  failures to sell, 
and suggestions as to  how  arguments of 
buyers could  have  been  met,  will prove 
valuable in future deals.
too,  in  this  little  confidential 
circle of  people devoted  to one  common 
interest, can the storekeeper  discuss and 
devise plans for working off old goods, or 
for  bringing  to  the  front  any  line  of 
business  policy.  Here  can  diseussions 
as to cash or credit  systems,  new  appli­
ances in store  furnishings,  new  systems 
of  conducting  business  and  other items 
of great interest be talked over at length.
In such a circle the  merchant becomes 
an  instructor,  friend  and  guide.  He 
wields the forces  in his store together in 
one  compact,  working  mass.  He  calls 
out their best energies  in his behalf,  and 
gives in return his  experience and  coun­
sel. 
In many ways the  business  college 
when thus surrounded by actual business 
would be a sucoess.

Here, 

Timely  Caution  for  Too  Radical  Mer­

chants.

From  th e Big Rapids Herald.
“I won’t give one dollar for improving 
roads or anything  else  likely to  benefit 
the  farmers,”  said  a  Michigan  avenue 
business  man;  “neither  will  I  buy an­
other dollar’s  worth  of  stuff  from a so- 
called Patron of  Industry, if  I  know it. 
On the other hand,  I  shall  retaliate  all 
in my power.  When the farmers organ­
ize to hurt me,  when some of them boast- 
ingly say they will  shut  up  my shop,  I 
do not find myself  filled  with that spirit 
referred to in the  Scriptures  which says 
turn  the  other  cheek  to  be 
I  shall 
slapped.”
This is,  in substance,  the uttered sen­
timents  of  a  well-known business man. 
In our opinion,  the gentleman has taken 
a wrong  position.  Only a  year  or  two 
ago, he was a member of an organization 
formed for the purpose of  fighting dead­
beats and dishonest customers generally. 
He wanted protection,  and organized for 
that purpose.  How  long  the  organiza­
tion lasted we all  know,  and  the  dead­
beat  still  lives  and  flourishes  in  our 
midst*  The farmer has  the  same  right 
to organize under whatever name or title 
he pleases,  and it is not within the prov-

ince of any man to say him nay.  He has 
the right to say, I’m going to do my trad­
ing hereafter at this place,  or that place, 
and the right  to  do  it.  We  unhesitat­
ingly reiterate our  belief  that in the so- 
called Patrons of  Industry organization, 
the farmer is being  systematically hood­
winked, and sooner or later he will realize 
it. 
If  the  smooth-tongued  organizer 
fills  him  up  with  improbable  stories 
about  the  wonderful  profits  the  mer­
chant realizes, the farmer is to be pitied, 
not  blamed.  By and  by  he  will  have 
learned  by,  perhaps,  bitter  experience 
that he has been  duped—will  learn that 
the law  of  supply and demand regulates 
all commerce  not  “cornered”  by trusts 
and  combinations;  and  then  shall it be 
said of the business man of  Big  Rapids, 
he fought them while  they were chasing 
after false gods?  No;  the  merchant and 
dealer owes it to himself and his  city  to 
treat  the  Patrons  like  men,  and  not 
attempt to ostracise him,  or  retaliate  in 
the  way  threatened.  The  Big  Rapids 
business men  should  let  the latch string 
hang outside their store and house doors, 
and continue to aid in improving the city 
and  county,  bearing  in  mind  that  the 
whole community is  benefited by pulling 
together.  And then,  when  the  novelty 
of being a P. of I.  has worn  off,  and the 
clouds have raised,  and the prodigals are 
desirous of  returning to their first loves, 
the harmony and  pleasing relations that 
have heretofore existed between the mer­
chants and the farmers of Mecosta county 
will be found  unbroken and unimpaired, 
and the old-time social and business rela­
tions will he cheerfully  resumed by both 
parties.

The oldest steamer in  the world is  the 
Industry, built in 1814,  and now lying in 
the Clyde, Scotland.  -

D ry  G o o d s .
P r ic e s   C u rren t.

U N B L E A C H E D   COTTONS.

Atlantic  A.............. 734
Atlanta A. A ...........  6*4
Archery  Bunting...  414
Amory.....................   714
Beaver Dam  A A...  53£
Berwick  L..............   614
Blackstone O, 32__   5
Chapman.................  4
CohassetA..............   714
Comet......................  7
Clifton CCC...........   6H
Conqueror XX........  5
Dwight Star............  714
Exeter A..................  634
Full Yard Wide......   654
Great Falls E .........   7
Honest Width......... 7
Hartford A.............. 534

Integrity  XX......
King, E F ...........
“  E X ...........
“  EC, 32 in..
Lawrence L L __
New  MarketB...
Noibe R..............
Newton.............
Our Level  Best..
Riverside XX__
Sea Island R ......
Sharon B  ...........
Top of the  Heap. 
Willlamsville....
Comet,  40 in ..........
Carlisle  “ 
..........
New MarketL,40in

B L E A C H E D   COTTONS.

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H A L F   B L E A C H E D   COTTONS.

Fruit of the Loom %,
Fairmount..............
Lonsdale Cambric..
Lonsdale.................
Middlesex..... .........
No Name.................
Oak View................
Our Own.................
Sunlight  ................
Vinyard...............

Blackstone A A......   8  iFirst Prize.
Beats All................. 414
Cleveland .............   7
Cabot.......................754
Cabot,  %..................  634
Dwight Anchor......   9
shorts.  834
Edwards..................  6
Empire....................   7
Farwell................... 8
Fruit of the Loom..  834 
Fitch ville  ........... 714!
Cabot........................  734|Dwight Anchor.
Farwell................ 8141
Tremont N..............
Hamilton N............. 634
L............. 7
Middlesex  AT........ 8
X........... 9
No. 25__ 9
B L E A C H E D CANTON  F L A N N E L .
Hamilton N ............. 734 Middlesex A A
2
Middlesex P T ........ 8
A O
A T ........ 9
4
9
X   A
X F ........
5
1034

•*34 Middlesex No. ! .. ..10
2.. ..11
3.. ..12
7.. ..18
8.. ..19

U N B L E A C H E D   CANTON  F L A N N E L .

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C O R SET  JE A N S .
....  6  INaumkeagsatteen..  714
__  6141 Rock port.................614

..11
..12
..IS34
..16

Biddeford.. 
Brunswick.

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P R IN T S .

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Allen, staple...........  6
fancy........... 614
robes........... 614
American  fancy—   6
American indigo__ 614
American shirtings.  514 
“  —   614
Arnold 
“ 
long cloth B. 1014 
“ 
“  C.  814
“ 
century cloth  7
“  gold seal...... 1014
“  Turkey red.. 1014
Berlin solids............. 514
“  oil blue........  614
“ 
“  green__ 614
Coeheco fancy........6
“  madders...  6 
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  614 
staple....  6 
Manchester fancy..  6 
new era.  614 
Merrimack D fancy.  614

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Merrlm’ck shirtings.  514 
Reppfum .  814
Pacific  fancy.......... 6
robes............   614
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning..  614
greys........  614
solid black.  614 
Washington Indigo.  614 
“  Turkey robes..  714
“  India robes__714
“  plain T’ky X 34  814 
“  X...10
“ 
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red.............. 
6
Martha Washington
Turkevred %......  714
Martha Washington.
Turkey red..........   914
Riverpoint robes....  5
Windsor fancy........  614
gold  ticket 
indigo blue......... 1014

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T IC K IN G S .

D E M IN S.

Amoskeag A C A__13141 Pearl  River..............12%
Hamilton N ............ 7141

Amoskeag...............1334 i Everett.....................1214
Amoskeag, 9 oz........ 15 Lawrence XX...........1314
Andover..................11141 Lancaster..................1214

G IN G H A M S.

Glenarven...............634 (Renfrew Dress......... 8
Lancashire..............  634|Toil du Nord.......... 1014
Normandie................. 8 |

Peerless, white.......18141 Peerless,  colored.. .21

C A R P E T   W A R P .

G R A IN   B A G S.

Stark........................ 20  IGeorgia....................16
American..................17 Pacific.......................14
Valley City................16 IBurlap......................1114

T H R E A D S .

Clark’s Mile End... .45  I Barbour’s.................88
Coats’, J. & P ........... 45 Marshall’s .................88
Holyoke.................. 22141

No.

K N IT T IN G   COTTON.

..33
6  .
8... ....34
10... ....35
12...
...36

White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
39
16... ....38
“ 
■'  18... ....39
40
41
“ 
20... ....40
C A M BRICS.

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

Slater......................... 4% ¡Kid Glove.................434
White Star.............  4%|Newmarket............ 4%

R E D   F L A N N E L .

Fireman........
Creedmore.............. 2714
Talbot XXX............30
Nameless................ 2714

3214 T W ......................... 2214
F T ............................3214
J R F , XXX............. 35
Buckeye...................3214

M IX E D   F L A N N E L .

Red & Blue,  plaid. .40  I Grey S R W ............. 1714
Union R.................. 2214 Western W ..............1814
Windsor....................... 1834 D R P .................. 1814
6 oz Western............. 21 Flushing XXX...........2314
Union  B....................22141 Manitoba............... 2314

D U C K S.

Severen, 8 oz...........  9l4|Greenwood, 8 oz 
1114
Mayland, 8 oz............11 West  Point, 8 oz____ 914
Greenwood, 714 oz..  9141

White, doz...............20  I Per bale, 40 doz___ $7 25
Colored,  doz.............25 |

W A D D IN G S.

Slater, Iron Cross.. 
Red Cross...
Best  ...........
Best  AA__

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S IL E S IA S .
9 
| Pawtucket............... 11
9  Dundie....................   9
1054 Bedford................... 11
12141
C O RSETS.

Coraline.................$9 SOlWonderful.............84 75
Shilling’s ..................   9 00|Brighton................... 4 75

SEW IN G   S IL K .

Corticelli, doz...........85 [Cortieelli  knitting,

twist, doz..42 per l4oz  ball................30
50 yd, doz..42 

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TUB RICKARD BAIJ1JBR,

FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  C O .,

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

SO L D   B Y

W r ite   fo r  C ircu lar,

HA.RD WARE.

P r ic e s   C u rren t.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
A U G U R S  A N D   B IT S . 
Ives’, old style  ................................
60
.......... 
60
.......... 
Snell’s ,..............................................
.......... 
40
Cook’s ................................................
25
.......... 
Jennings’, genuine...........................
..........50*10
Jennings’,  imitation........................
..........8 7 00
First Quality, S. B. Bronze..............
D.  B. Bronze..............
..........  11  00
..........  8 50
S. B. S. Steel..............
D. B. Steel.................
.........   13 00

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d lS .

Railroad........................................................8 14 00
Garden.................................................... net  30 00

B A R R O W S.

bolts. 

dis.

dig.

 

 

75

CAPS.

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

BLOCKS.
CRADLES.
CROW BARS.

Stove.......................................................50*10
Carriage new list...........................................  
75
Plow....................................................... 40&10
Sleigh shoe......................... 
70
Well,  plain.................................................... 8 3 50
Well, swivel........................................................  4 00
dlS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured..................................70&
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint......60&10
Wrought Loose Pin...............................60&10
Wrought  Table..................................... 60&10
Wrought Inside Blind.......................... 60&10
Wrought Brass......   ..................................... 
Blind,  Clark’s.......................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s..................................... 70*10
Blind, Shepard’s ..................................  
70
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85.......  
40
Grain........................................................dis. 50&02
Cast Steel................................................per ft)  414
65
Ely’s 1-10 ... 
Hick’s C. F.
G. D ...........
Musket......
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list.. 
50
Rim Fire, United States.........................dls. 
50
Central  Fire............................................dis. 
25
dis.
Socket Firm er.............................................. 70*10
Socket Framing............................................ 70&10
Socket Comer................................................70*10
Socket Slicks................................................70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................. 
40
Curry,  Lawrence’s  .......................................40&10
Hotchkiss......................................................  
35
White Crayons, per  gross..............12@1234 dls. 10
28
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
26
14x52,14x56,14x60 ...................... . 
24
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60........................ 
 
24
Cold Rolled, 14x48................................... 
Bottoms.........................................................  
25
dls.
40
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks........................................ 
Paper and straight Shank............................. 
40
Morse’s Taper Shank..................................... 
40

..................................perm 

CHALK.
copper.

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

drills. 

combs. 

dis.

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DRIPPING PANS.

13 
gauges. 
HAMMERS.

 

ELBOWS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Small sizes, ser p ound.................................  
07
  614
Large sizes, per pound........................ 
Com. 4  piece, 6 in ............................ doz. net 
70
Corrugated.......................................dls. 20*10*10
Adjustable.............................................. dls.  40*10
Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826........................ 
30
Ives’, 1, 818;  2, 824;  3, 830 ............................. 
25
Dlsston’s ........................................................ 60*10
New  American...............................................60*10
Nicholson’s ................................................... 60&10
Heller’s ........................................................... 
50
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps..................................... 
28
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
15 
List 
18
dis.

GALVANIZED IRON.

piles—New List. 

Discount, 60

dls.

dis.

12 

14 

diS.

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HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s......................  
50
Maydole  & Co.’s.....................................dis. 
25
Kip’s........................................................ dis. 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s.................................. dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand— 30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2 ,3 ...............................dis.60&10
State.............................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 in. 434  14  and
longer.........................................................  
334
10
Screw Hook and  Eye, 34........................net 
834
“  %.........................net 
“ 
734
“  %.........................net 
“ 
“ 
“  %.........................net 
734
Strap and T .............................................dis. 
70
Bam Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track— 50&10
Champion,  anti-friction..............................   60&10
Kidder, wood track ......................................  
40
Pots..................................................................60&05
Kettles.............................................................60*05
Spiders........................................................... 60*05
Gray enameled..............................................  
50
Stamped  Tin Ware......................... new list 70*10
Japanned Tin Ware......................................  
25
Granite Iron W are......................new list 3334*10
Au Sable................................dis. 25&10@25&10*10
Putnam......................................dls.  5*10*234*234
Northwestern....................................  dis. 10&10&5
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings..................... 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................. 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..............  
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings.........................  
55
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain...................  
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t .......... 
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  A  Co.’s ............................  
Branford’s ....................................................  
55
Norwalk’s .............................................. .—  
55
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ......................  
70
Adze Eye................................................816.00, dls. 60
Hunt Eye................................................815.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s....................................... 818.50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
5
Sperry A Co.’s, Post,  handled......................
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................
“  P. S. A W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malléables__
“  Landers,  Ferry A Clark’s..................
“  Enterprise.........................................

LEVELS. 
MATTOCKS.

knobs—New List. 

locks—door. 

HORSE NAILS.

MAULS.

MILLS.

dis.

dis.

dis.

M OLA SSES  G A T E S. 

Stebbin’s Pattern........................................... 60A10
Stebbin’s Genuine..........................................60A10
Enterprise, self-measuring...........................  
25

d lS .

N A IL S
Advance above 12d nails.

F IN E   B L U E D .

c a b b i n g   a n d   b o x .

25 
10 
25 
40 
60 
1  00 
1  50
1  00
1  50
2 00
50 
60 
75 
90 
1  10 
1 60

F E N C E   A N D   B R A D S.
50d to 60d.........................................
lOd.
8d and 9d. 
6d and 7d. 
4d and 5d ;
3d.............
2d .............
4d.............
3d.............
2d .............
12d to 30d  .
10d .............
8d to 9d
6d to 7d__
4d to 5d__
3 d ............
%  inch....
%  “ 
...........................................................  2 25
1*4 and  1% inch.............................................  1  35
2 and 234 
“ 
...........................................  1  t5
...........................................  1  eo
234 and 234  “ 
3 inch.............................................................. 
85
334 and 434  inch............................................. 
75

COMMON  B A R R E L .

CLINCH.

Each half keg 10 cents extra.

PLANES. 

dlS.

ROPES.
 

PANS.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy..................................40@10
Sciota  Bench.................................................   @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy..........................4o@io
Bench, first quality........................................  @00
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood..........20*10
Fry,  Acme..............................................dis. 
60
70
Common,  polished................................. dls. 
dis.
Iron and  Tinned........................................... 
50
Copper Rivets and Burs............................... 
  so
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

rivets. 

Broken packs 34C per pound extra.

 

SQUARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, 34 inch and larger..............................  
Manilla  ..............  
Steel and Iron................................................ 
Try and Bevels..............................................  
M itre..............................................................  

t i u
134
dlS.
75
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

325
3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14....................................... (4 20 
Nos. 15 to 17.........................................4 20 
Nos.  18 to 21.........................................4 go 
Nos. 22 to 24.........................................4 20 
Nos. 25 to 26...................................... 440 
No. 27................................................. 4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86........................................ dis.40A10
50
Silver Lake, White A ...............................list 
Drab A..................................  “ 
55
White  B ................................ “ 
50
Drab B ...................................  “ 
55
White C..................................“ 
35

8AND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

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Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

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- 

dls.

dis.

wire. 

traps. 

“ 
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.... 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  root..............................................  

Solid Eyes.............................................per ton 825
saws. 
................................ 25@25A5
70
50
30
28
Steel, Game.....................................................60A10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ..........35
70 
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s
Hotchkiss’........................................... 
70
p. s. & w.  Mfg. co.’s ........................... ;;;;; 
70
Mouse,  choker.....................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion............................... 81.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Market................................................  6734
Annealed Market.......................................... .70*10
Coppered Market...............................................6234
Tinned Market..............................................   62^?
Coppered  Spring  Steel........................................ 50
Plain Fence........................................per pound 03
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................83 45
painted..................................  280
B right...................................................... 70*10410
Screw  Eyes...............................................70*10*10
....................................70*10*10
Hook’s .......... 
Gate Hooks and Eyes...............................70*10*10
WRENCHES. 
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine..............................................  
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,............' 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable................................ 75*10
Bird Cages..................................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern.....................................  
  *’ 
75
Screws, New List........................................... 
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate............. .’..50*10*10
Dampers, American....................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........  
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

wire goods. 

dlS.

dig.

dls.

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83 00
3 OO
3 10
3 15

M E T A L S.
PIG TIN.

ZINC.

SOLDER.

Pig  Large............................................................36c
Pig Bars...............................................................28c
Duty:  Sheet, 234c per pound.
680 pound  casks..................................................6JA
Per pound........................................................"  "wl
34@34.................................................................... ..
Extra W iping..................................................  jgiz
The  prices  of  the  many other  qualities  of
solder in the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cook son.........................................per  pound  14J4
H alletts........................................ 
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal................................ 
14x20IC, 
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10x14 IX, 
.............................  
..................................7 75
14x20ix , 

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TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
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10x14 IC,  Charcoal..............................  
14X20IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

Each additional X on this grade, 81.75."

8 6 on
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7 mi

£¡5 40
s 40

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Each additional X on this grade 81.50.

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ROOFING PLATES

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14x20 IC, “  Worcester................................ 
5 50
7 «J
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14x20 IX, 
........................  
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20x28 IC, 
................... . . . . ’  11  50
“  Allaway  Grade................  
14x20 IC, 
490
............... 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
“ 
6 40
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20x28 IC, 
 
.1 0 5 0
20x28 I X , ............................ 
..................  x s S
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28  IX................................................... 
14x31  IX...................................................... .
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I 
^
14x60IX  “ 
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812

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first time make  the  discovery that  such 
practices are not so common as to be safe.
Cynical disbelief in the general honesty 
is of itself an indication of untrustworth­
iness. 
It  is  equally an  indication  that 
the cynic is out of  touch  with  the facts 
of  life.  Public  life  and  business  life 
alike hold together  because  honesty and 
truthfulness are the  rule,  and  the  con­
trary vices are  exceptional. 
It  is  quite 
true that these and  similar  sins cling to 
both to a deplorable extent,  and furnish 
abundance  of  scope  for  moral  reform. 
But it is not true that they are the ruling 
If  they were,  “the 
element in  either. 
eternal  smash”  of 
the  Down-Easter 
would not be far off.  We  are not so bad 
as to make it  useless to essay a reforma­
tion.

able than we could offer, if we had direct 
communication by steamship lines.  Sta­
tistics tell us  something of  this develop­
ment,  but  to  most  people  they convey 
little  more than a  faint and shadowy im­
pression  of  the  facts  for  which  they 
stand.  Far  more  impressive  is  the  in­
spection  of 
the  great  establishments 
where the gigantic energies of disciplined 
natural force  are  converting  crude  sub­
stances into commodities fitted for human 
use.  As the  commissioners watched the 
process by which rough  lumber was con­
verted into  furniture of  elaborate finish 
and unique design in the mammoth furni­
ture  factories  of  this  city,  last  Friday, 
they learned  more  in  an  hour than  the 
printed  page  could  inform  them  in  a 
year.

The Michigan Tradesman1

Official Organ of M ichigan Business Men’s  Association.

A   W EE K L Y   JO U RN A L  D EVO TED   TO   T H E

Retail  Trade  of the Wolilerine State.

K.  A .  STO W E  A   B K O .,  P r o p r ieto rs.

Subscription Price, One  Dollar per year, payable 
Advertising Rates made known on application. 

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered  at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W E D N E S D A Y ,  O C T O B E R   2 3 ,  1 8 8 9 .

THE IDLER.

Unless some unlooked-for change takes 
place in our  social  conditions,  we  shall, 
before many  years,  be  burdened with  a 
very useless type of  young man, in  num­
bers  sufficiently formidable to  give  him 
far  more  influence  than  he  deserves. 
When  wealth  accumulates  and  concen­
trates as it is now doing  in  this country, 
the class which is not obliged to work for 
its living naturally increases in numbers. 
The' father who has earned  his  own way 
to  fortune,  sends  his  boys  to  college, 
usually  gives  them  too  much  spending 
money, and  expects them,  after  gradua­
tion and two or three years  of  European 
travel, to take their places  in  the count­
ing-house  and  become  steady  workers. 
That  he  is  often  disappointed,  we  all 
know.  The  boys,  now  grow  to  young 
manhood,  have  enjoyed  themselves  too 
well in idleness to take kindly to regular 
hours at desk or counter.  When the  old 
folks are gathered to  their fathers,  there 
is usually in the case of large fortunes an 
assured  income  large  enough  for  all 
reasonable and often for many unreason­
able needs, which can be  had  simply for 
the trouble of  drawing  checks or getting 
coupons cut off and cashed at the banker’s. 
That the class of utterly good-for-nothing 
idlers is  not already  larger,  speaks well 
for our republican influences, but at best 
it is too large,  and must, in  the nature of 
things, increase, unless something can be 
done to check its development.  One mis­
take that is made on  the  part  of parents 
is that they expect their children to adopt 
the same line of work in which their own 
successes have been  achieved, forgetting 
that this may not be calculated to attract 
them or afford them congenial occupation. 
It is  a  mistake, too, for every  man  who 
has  an  independent  fortune  to  assume 
that  he  must  needs  engage  in  a  fixed 
commercial or professional career.  Why 
should one who has ample means secured 
to  him  through  safe  dividend-paying 
investments  do  work  which  some  poor 
man can do as  well  and  earn  his  living 
thereby?  Wealthy men have no business 
still further  to  crowd  markets  that  are 
already  over-crowded. 
If  one  has  a 
special gift, and  can  do  a  certain  thing 
better than any one  else can, let  him  do 
it.  He may  find  abundant  employment 
in  supervision  and  organization.  Why 
should  he  do  mere  routine  work  when 
there are so  many  needy  young  fellows 
who can do it quite as well?

But supposing  this  rich  young  fellow 
has  no  talent  for  supervision,  or  has 
nothing to  supervise—nothing,  in  short, 
but his income to  spend.  What shall he 
do  with  his  time?  To  one  who  hates 
idleness  and  has  abundant  natural  re­
sources  for  the  employment  of  all  the 
spare  time  he  can  command,  such  a 
question seems  absurd.  But it is  by  no 
means absurd  in  the  eyes of  a  matured 
cub who  has  dawdled  his  way  through 
school and college, and  has  never  given 
his supposed  mind to anything more pro­
found than  making up  a  betting  book. 
There lies the  trouble—those  long years 
nominally devoted  to  education!  If  the 
lad falls under influences which stimulate 
his intellect and develop his natural bent, 
his after life will  not  stretch  out  in  an 
endless  perspective  of  years  which  he 
knows not what to  do with.  Has he but 
a love for horses,  let  him have his  stock 
farm and improve the breed.  Very likely 
he will spend a good  deal of  his time  on 
or near  the race  track,  but  at  least the 
stock farm  is a redeeming feature in  his 
career.  Has  he mechanical  or  scientific 
tastes, 
there  are  unexplored  lines  of 
investigation  w’hich  only  await  the  en­
couragement of  capital to develop untold 
wonders  of  discovery. 
Is  he  literary, 
there are a  thousand  ways  in  which  he 
can  employ  his  time  in  research  and 
publication,  ways  which  will  give  re­
munerative employment to  others of like 
tastes. 
Is  he  a  philanthropist,  he  can 
hardly take  up  a  newspaper  that  does 
not  offer  suggestions.  Let  him,  for 
example, interest himself  in  founding  a 
society whose object shall be  to  help ex­
convicts in earning an  honest livelihood. 
Does he love  the  sea,  let  him  keep  his 
yacht,  and  instead  of  making  aimless 
voyages  for  pleasure,  let  him  correct 
soundings,  report  errors  in  charts  and 
try experiments in navigation or  marine 
architecture.  Then  there  is  politics— 
but this,  in  its  present  condition,  does 
not offer a very  alluring  field.  Still,  to 
one  who  has  a  turn  for  statecraft,  it 
presents  noble  opportunities  for honor­
able efiort. 
In all these ways and a hun­
dred others,  a  young  man  who  is  good 
for anything at all may find  employment 
for himself  and  others,  and  may  keep 
his money moving in ways that will, upon 
the whole, make the world better.

Of  course  there  will  always be  some 
who are capable of nothing beyond fault­
less attire, the exertion of  sitting iu club 
windows and hanging  about the  saloons 
and  pool-rooms.  For  these,  perhaps, 
there is no hope,  save  that  they will  go 
to ruin as swiftly as possible.  They can­
not be made boys again and  re educated, 
and except there  befalls a  most unusual 
awakening of  spirit  and  physique,  they 
are emphatically “no good.”  The whole 
matter depends upon  early  training. 
If 
that cultivates manlv virtues,  no income 
can be too  large. 
If  the  reverse be  the 
case, no amount  of  preaching  can  ordi­
narily avail.  ____________

THE  CREDULITY  OF  CYNICISM.
The threatened collapse  of  the  Sugar 
Trust recalls several occurrences  in  our 
recent  history  in  which  the  cynicism 
which thinks  itself  wisdom  is  found to 
be quite another thing.  The Sugar Trust, 
like  others of the kind,  was a big experi­
ment on the credulity of the business and 
investing public.  Like the Cheap John’s 
razors,  it was “made to  sell.” 
Its  pro­
jectors united a large number of refineries 
in a single  corporation,  and issued stock 
to represent the value of  their property, 
and placed these certificates on the stock 
market.  Nobody  in  his  senses  would 
have  thought of paying such a price  for 
the separate establishments  as these cer­
tificates represented.  But the  idea  that 
a great monopoly would  have the  power 
to enrich its stockholders  by exacting  of 
the public such prices as it  pleased,  was 
one  which  commended  itself  to a great 
body of investors.  None of them,  prob­
ably, would justify such  an  exaction  as 
morally right.  They would have admitted 
that it was achieving a gain without ren­
dering a  service,  and  that  this,  when 
taken  in  connection  with the large ele­
ment of risk, made the whole transaction 
of  the  same  moral  quality  with  those 
which take place across the table covered 
with green  cloth.  But  the  conviction 
that the thing most likely  to  succeed  in 
this  world  is  “sharp  practice” 
is  so 
deeply rooted in the minds of  many that 
the certificates of the trust  were  bought 
at excessive prices,  in the face of its con­
demnation by the courts and  the  organs 
of public opinion.

The collapse  of  the  job,  therefore, is 
not  to  be  deplored,  since  the heaviest 
losses will fall upon men  who  are  least 
to be trusted with  the use and control of 
money.  The  makers  of  the  trust  may 
have made  their  turn, in time;  and that 
is a matter for regret.  But  there  is  no 
need to mourn  over  the  losses  of those 
who bought into it in the belief that noth­
ing  could  be  so  remunerative as  a  big 
conspiracy  to  fleece  the  public.  The 
“lambs” who  have  been  shorn  in  this 
case  were  caught  in  trying  to play the 
wolf,  and  nobody  need  weep over their 
losses.
That this transaction should have taken 
place chiefly in New York is not surpris­
ing.  No city of this country, unless it be 
San Francisco,  has so  much of this cyni­
cal  confidence  in  the  profitableness of 
fleecing the public.  The case of the Grant 
and Ward firm is in  point.  The foolish 
credulity  with  which  that  bubble  was 
floated  grew  out  of  the  belief that the 
management  of 
the  business  of  the 
national  government  was  corrupt  from 
top to bottom.  General  Grant  and  his 
son were used as decoys by an unscrupu­
lous rascal,  who  spread  the  report that 
the new firm was to make millions out of 
the  manipulation  of  government  con­
tracts, and that,  in fact,  it could tap the 
national treasury by the clever use of the 
ex-President’s political connections.  This 
gave Ward his fulcrum to move men hav­
ing money in the  direction  he  required; 
and they  trusted  their  millions  to  him 
in the faith that public corruption would 
secure their  gains.  The  result  proved 
that  there  were  no  such  openings  for 
profitable  rascality;  and  once more the 
lambs who would  fain have been wolves 
were fleeced.

Yet this did not shake the cynical  dis­
belief in general  honesty, and especially 
in the honest handling of  public money. 
That  disbelief  wras a large factor  in the 
campaign of  1884, when the rallying cry 
of  one of  the great political parties was 
“Turn the rascals out!”  “Let the other 
side see the  books !”  Everybody knows 
what was the result.  The  management 
of  the nation’s finances, its expenditures 
and its contracts  were  laid  bare to hos­
tile  scrutiny,  with  the  result  that  no 
abuse of  any magnitude was discovered. 
Four  years  later  the  same tactics were 
employed by the other  great party, with 
a result equally as fruitless.

This  cynical  estimate  of  public  life 
and those  who  take  part in it, is a very 
widely diffused  error. 
It is strongest in 
those  who know  the least about govern­
ment and its affairs.  A  new  and  green 
member often  goes  to  Washington or to 
Lansing  with  the  conviction  that he is 
going into a den of thieves. 
If  there be 
an unsound  spot in his  own  honesty,  it 
is  just  this  belief  that  jobbery, brieb- 
taking,  and theft  are  ordinary and even 
safe  transactions  which lay him open to 
the  tempter.  When  scandals  of  that 
kind occur  in  our  legislatures, it is apt 
to be  this  inexperienced  and  cynically 
credulous  element  which  is  found  in­
volved.  The  drag-net  of  investigation 
hauls  up  the  greenhorns,  who for  the

THE  EIGHT  HOUR  MOVEMENT.
There is every reason to expect another 
general  movement  in  favor  of  fixing 
eight hours as  the legal  limit of  a day’s 
labor in mines  and  factores  in both this 
country and  England.  The  great  labor 
organizations  of  this  country  have  the 
proposal under consideration,  and in one 
trade  at  least—that  of  book-printing— 
there  is  an  organization  to  resist  the 
demand. 
In  Great  Britain,  the  miners 
are  to  lead off, and  to  begin  a  general 
strike if  the demand  is  refused.  But  it 
will  not  stop  with  them.  The  British 
Congress  of  Trades’  Unions  has  been 
taking the suffrage of the working classes 
on the subject, and the published returns 
—which are very imperfect  as yet—indi­
cate  a  majority  nearly  four  to  one  in 
favor of  the eight hours limit, and nearly 
six to  one in favor of agitating for  a law 
to establish it.

In the general  revival of  business and 
industry in  both countries, the  agitators 
think  they  see  their  opportunity  for a 
successful effort.  We  think the signs of 
the  times  indicate  that  they  will  meet 
with less resistance from  public  opinion 
generally  than  they did  formerly.  The 
belief that all such  questions  are settled 
by natural economic  law  has grown dis­
tinctly  weaker with every year of recent 
history,  and  the  disposition to  lean  on 
specific arrangements of  law or  contract 
has increased proportionally.  And along 
with this there has been  a growth of  the 
feeling that the working classes generally 
have to  spend their  lives  under circum­
stances  unfavorable  to  both  mind  and 
body,  and  that a  shorter  tale  of  hours 
spent  in “ wasting  fatigue in  bad, over­
heated air”  is  desirable  unless  the  race 
of  mankind is to  be  sacrificed to  indus­
trialism.  When we find this opinion not 
only in the writings of  those who especi­
ally are characterized  by the philanthro­
pic spirit, but in  the  writings of  econo­
mists,  artists  and  others,  we  think  it 
indicates that  society  has been thinking 
out this problem.

Mr.  George  Rice,  of  Marietta,  Ohio, 
continues his manful  struggle  with  the 
Standard Oil Company and  the  railroads 
it subsidizes.  One of  his  last  steps was 
to ask a duces tecum subpoena against all 
the  railroads  embraced  in  the  Trans­
continental  Association,  which  would 
have  required  them to bring  before the 
Inter-State  Commerce  Commission  all 
their  account  books  and  other  papers, 
which  exhibited  their  transactions  in 
shipping petroleum and its products.  In 
justification of  this, he alleged  the  tariff 
sheets of  the Association  which show an 
advance from 72 cents  per hunded weight 
to  82%  cents  in  September,  1888,  and 
§1.25 in January, 1889.  He  charged this 
last  rate  with  being  exorbitant,  and 
alleged  that  special  facilities were fur­
nished  to  the  Standard  Oil  Company 
which  placed  competing  refiners  at  a 
great  disadvantage.  The  Commission 
ruled that he  had  not  made out a prima 
facie  case  against  the railroads in ques­
tion.  But,  as  they  announced  their 
readiness to compel them  to  furnish the 
books and papers he asked for,  whenever 
he did  so, they  cannot  be  said  to  have 
decided  against  him.  On the  contrary, 
their  decision is a decided  gain  to those 
who are laboring to correct  the abuses of 
It very distinctly 
railroad management. 
notifies  those  corporations 
their 
books  must  be  opened  to  inspection, 
whenever a prima facie case is made out 
against  them,  and  that  they no  longer 
enjoy  the 
immunity  from  inspection 
which  belongs  to  private  firms  and  to 
corporations  engaged  in a purely private 
business.  Since  the  Granger  decisions 
were pronounced  by the  Supreme Court, 
these  corporations  have  had  no  more 
emphatic reminder of  their true position 
as public servants.  And, as  the  law re­
quires  the  United  States  courts  to  en­
force the order of  the  Commission,  they 
will have no alternative but to obey.

that 

The tour of inspection of  the Congress 
of  the Three  Americas  is being  carried 
out  very  nearly  as  originally  planned. 
As  so  much  of  the  discussions  of  the 
conference will turn  upon the formation 
of  closer business  relations  between the 
southern countries and our  own, nothing 
could be  better  than  to  familiarize  the 
members with the  extent  and  character 
of  our  industrial  development,  and  its 
consequent sufficiency as  a basis  for the 
supply of  very much  that our neighbors 
are  now  purchasing  from  more  remote 
countries,  and at  terms no  more  favor­

The Patrons of  Industry talk loudly of 
trusts,  corners  and  combinations,  and 
proceed on the  assumption  that the way 
to abolish them is  to cut off  all competi­
tion by diverting trade to a single channel. 
That is not the  way the backbone of  the 
sugar trust was broken.  That result was 
brought about by  the  competition of  the 
refineries which  refused  to  go  into the 
trust. 
If all the wholesale grocers of the 
country had agreed  to  buy  sugar of  but 
one refiner—and he  had  been a  member 
of  the trust—the trust  certificates would 
not now  be  quoted at  a  discount  of  40 
per cent, from the highest point.

Then and Now.

W ritten f o r  Th e  T radesm an.

He was a man of some account 

And well among the jobbers stood;

For any reasonable amount 

His name was  good.

He took to drink, and soon bis nose 

Assumed a tint as red as blood,

And now, as far as credit goes,

His name is Mud.

S. A. Sheldon.

Knew Her Business.
ever minded children before ?
a choild mind me.

Lady  (in intelligence office)—Have you 
Nurse—No, mum; but I’ve made manny 

SEEDS!

If in want of Clover or Timothy, 
Orchard, Blue Grass, or Red Top, 
or, in  fact,  Any  Kind  of  Seed, 
send or  write to the
Seed
71  Canal  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.
W. T. LAMOREAUX.

ROUL#

AND

Plumbing,

Steam  and  Hot  Water Heating, 
Brooks’  Hand  Force  Pump, In­
stantaneous  Water  Heater,  Hot 
Air  Furnaces,  Mantels,  Grates 
and Tiling, Gas  Fixtures, Etc. 
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

P lu m b e r s ’  S u p p lie s.
184 East Pillion 81., Hoad of Monroe,

T e le p h o n e   N o.  1 4 7 .
21  Seribner  Street,
T e le p h o n e  N o .  1 1 0 9 .

T h e  T r a d esm a n  has frequently com­
mended the  administration of  Governor 
Luce, believing it to be  one  of  the best 
ever given the  people by any Executive. 
In  no  respect  has  the  Governor  been 
more particular than  in  the  making  of 
appointments,  which  have  generally 
been such as to  commend  themselves to 
the people Qf  the State.  Such, however, 
is not  the  case  in  the  appointment  of 
I.  R.  Wadsworth,  Supreme  Secretary of 
the Patrons of Industry, to represent the 
farming  interests  of  the  State  at  the 
national  convention  of  farmers,  to  be 
held at  Montgomery, Ala.,  next  month. 
Mr.  Wadsworth  is neither a farmer  nor 
the son of a farmer,  that part of his time 
not  spent  in  the  employ of  a  railway 
company  having been  devoted  to  origi­
nating and propagating a crusade  which 
has already cost the farmers of Michigan 
thousands  of  dollars,  placed  many  of 
them in compromising positions, and left 
the  adherents  of  the  movement  wiser 
only in point  of  experience.  Governor 
Luce  has  undoubtedly  been 
imposed 
upon  in  making  the  appointment  and 
will  probably  be  glad  to  revoke  it  as 
soon as the true character  of  the man is 
made plain to him.

One great trouble the people have about 
the new inventions and  great discoveries 
of  the age is to  readily obtain the use of 
them at  anything  like  a  comparatively 
moderate cost.  Combinations of men and 
capital  control  telegraphs, 
telephones, 
electric lights, electric  railways,  natural 
gas, etc., and furnish  them to the people 
at just enough less the cost of  the things 
they  supersede  to  induce  the  public  to 
use them. 
It is true, the public pays less 
for electric  light  than  for  illuminating 
gas, and natural gas is cheaper than coal, 
and the people  are  so  much  better  off, 
but they do not begin to  get them at  the 
price they ought to. 
In other words, the 
people are prevented  from  realizing the 
full benefits of inventions and discoveries 
as long as it is possible  for capitalists V) 
help  it.  Competition  will  reduce  the 
cost  to the  public  in  time,  if  it  is  not 
strangled  by combination.  These things 
could be furnished to the public at  much 
less cost and still  pay a reasonable inter­
est on the capital invested.

D E A L E R S  IN

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GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE-

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M anufacturers.

BEN. W. PUTNAM, Pres. 

JAMES M. BARNETT, Vice-Pres.

FRED  B.  ALDRICH,  Sec’y  and  Treas.

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GROCBRS.

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

L autz B ros•  &  Co,9s  Soaps,

Niagara  Starch,

A m boy  Cheese,

GRAND  RADIUS.

HEÄUENRICH  BROS.

W h o le s a le   C lo th iers

MANUFACTURERS  OF

P erfect-F ittin g   'Tailor-Made  Clothing

AT  LOWEST  PRICES.

138-140 Jefferson flue,, 34-38  Woodbridp 81., Detroit.

T H F

MAIL  ORDERS sent in care L.  W. ATKINS will receive PROMPT ATTENTION.

SßlßGlßd Herbs -  S dìgbs I
THOMSON  &  TAYLOR  SPICE  COMPART,

P r e p a r e d   b y

C h ic a g o .

Is  a  C o m b in a tio n   o f

T he  F in est  Ingredients  for  use  in 

Seasoning M eats,  P o u ltry,

Game  and Fish#

SOLD  BY  ALL  GKOCEKS.

S.  K.  BOLLES.

E.  B.  DIKEMAN

S .  K.  B o lle s   &  C o.,

77  C A N A L   S T ..  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

W h o l e s a l e   C ig a r  D ealers.

6 ( T O S

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99

W e  w ill  forfeit  $1,000  if the  “TOSS  UP” 
Cigar  is  not  a  Clear  Long  Havana  Filler  of 
excellent quality,  equal  to  more  than  the  aver­
age ten cent cigars on the market.

Headquarters  for  Splps  and  Molasses!

We  began  handling  Syrups  and  Molasses  on  Feb.  11, 1889, since which time we

have received

Nineteen  Carloads

Of these goods.  Our  goods  are  right  and our prices are low, and merchants will 
consult their best interests by  comparing  samples  and  prices before placing their 
orders for fall stocks.

T elfer  S pice  C o m p a n y .

t   A N D   3  P E A R L   ST R E E T .

S ta te  A g e n t

1 1  GEO.  H . R EED ER ,
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1 g  L ycom ing  R ubbers
I ?   Medimi Price Shoes.
’  5  Grand Rapids, Mich.

an d  J o b b e r  o f

^ r N o   Chem icals.

W.  BAKER 
&   C O / S

Breakfast Cocoa

Is  absolutely  pure 

and  it  is  soluble.
To  increase  the  solubility  of 
' the powdered cocoa, various expe­
dients are employed,  most of them 
being  based  upon  the  action of  some  alkali, potash, soda  or 
even ammonia.  Cocoa  which  has been  prepared  by one of 
these chemical  processes  can  usually be  recognized  at  once 
by the distinct alkaline reaction of the  infusion  in water.
W .  Baker  & Co.’s  Breakfast Cocoa
is  manufactured  from  the  first  stage  to  the  last  by  perfect 
mechanical  processes,  no  chem ical  being  used  in 
its preparation.  By one of the most ingenious of these 
mechanical  processes  the  greatest  degree  of  fineness  is 
secured without the sacrifice of  the  attractive  and  beautiful 
red color  which  is  characteristic  of an absolutely pure and 
natural cocoa.
W . Baker & Co., Dorchester, Mass.

act like men of old when  invited  in  the 
ark by Noah, responding, “I guess it will 
not be much of a shower. 
I’ll  stay  out 
awhile and  see.”  The  shower is a cer­
tainty.  The opportunity is as good  as it 
has  been.  The  demand  is  increasing. 
The reward is in proportion to the genius. 
The competition may be ten times greater, 
but  the  uses  of  genius,  property  and 
business  were  never  so numerous as in 
the present century.

Keep your boy heart up into manhood. 
The chances come later to  some  than  to 
others.  Yours  may  be the duller fore­
noon and the more brilliant evening.

K .  KNZinSON,

MERCHANT  TAILOR

And Dealer in

Gents’ Furnishing Goods.
Fine stock of Woolen  Suitings  and  Overcoat­
ings, which I will make to order cheaper than any 
other house in the city.  Perfect fit guaranteed. 

2 0   W e st  B r id g e   S t.,  G ran d   R a p id s.

Grand Rapids  Fire  Insurance  Co.

Cash  Capital,  $200,000.

The M ichigan Tradesman

W E D N E S D A Y .  O C T O B E R   2 3 ,  1 8 8 9 .

TH E 

INTENSITY  OF  COMPETITION.
It is a wise man  that  carries  his  boy 
heart up into  manhood. 
It is a part  of 
wisdom  to  profit by study, reading  and 
observation. 
“If  I  knew  once  what I 
know  now,”  said a wornout bookkeeper 
of  Chicago,  “I  could have been a half­
millionaire as easily as to be poor.”

“I  have  seen  the  little  fellows  that 
once  scrubbed  out  the  store,  putting 
aside a little  saving  each  year,  buying 
land and selling put lots, and to-day they 
are way up in riches,  while I am as 1 al­
ways  must  be, for my days  of  business 
” 
chances are over 
k, 
the  Findley block 
of  Toledo,  “is  worth more than a layer 
of  gold  dollars all over it,  and  I  could 
have owned  it  once  if  I  had  dared  to 
make the  venture.  We  all  lack  some 
courage,”  he  continued. 
“We  might 
have known this would be the city, but a 
good  many  settled  in  Manhattan  and 
Maumee.  The men that had grit enough 
have made money.

to  much.  The 

“Everything over by that hill yonder,” 
said  a  young man of  Kansas City,  “ was 
sold for a song eighteen  years ago, and I 
let it go  because it was  broken  and un­
even  soil. 
I had an inkling  to  own  it, 
but lacked a little nerve to take chances. 
To me it is as  much  grit as genuis for a 
man to buy growing  property.” 
“That 
big farm  out  by the  University was  all 
platted out into lots since I came  here,” 
said a  resident  of  Michigan  street,  In­
dianapolis.  “Nobody thought  it  would 
amount 
trees  stood 
thick over half of it. 
In ten years it has 
turned into  one  of  the finest suburbs of 
the whole city.”  “ Yes;  but the chances 
were  better  then,”  exclaimed  a  by­
stander.  Better!  Not  so  much. 
It 
was  just about the time of  the panic,  in 
’73,  and  matters  were  very  much un­
settled  everywhere.  Chances!  Well, 
there are chances !  Why, this country is 
only  half  settled.  The  change  of  the 
last  twenty-five  years  was greater than 
that of  any other fifty  years,  and  there 
is  great  room  still  for  improvement. 
What have we done in Montana, Dakota, 
half of Texas, Northern Michigan, Wash­
ington Territory, half  of  Calefornia and 
Oregon ?  Every time  the  sun  rises  in 
America it adds $20,000,000 to the wealth 
of  our  country.  What  will  become  of 
thfe South, that stands a quarter to a half- 
century  behind  the  North  in  advance­
ment ?  Where is  the  genius  that  shall 
develop  the  unworked  ores  and  mines 
and forests of Missouri ?  How few, after 
all, are the  peoples  that have libraries ! 
How  many are  the  counties  that  have 
courthouses ?  How  narrow  is the limit 
of markets!

Stock-raising, breeding, building, home 
comforts  have  only  extended  over  a 
small  portion  of  America.  The  very 
chances  of  Chicago,  Toledo,  St.  Louis, 
Minneapolis,  and  New  York  may  be 
sealed for the present;  but  the  world is 
growing grandly and fast. 
It is turning 
out  new  cities,  new  ideas,  new  men. 
The  days  of  discouragement  are  over. 
There is nothing impossible with genius. 
It laughs at the theory. 
It is a lull,  but 
not an end of inventions.  When was the 
day, and  who were the men  with  better 
facilities for  starting  than  the  present 
moment and the men of the present ?

The truth is, we are children of a larger 
growth, and, looking out on the world as 
children  look upon it, the  center  seems 
overhead, the limit  where the sky comes 
down  to  the  trees,  and  the  chances of 
advancement all limited to  those  within 
range of fancy’s vision.

There  are  scarcely  ten  firms  in  any 
large city in  law,  medicine, mercantile, 
real  estate,  insurance,  railroading  and 
manufacturing  but  have  within  thejr 
employ from one to  ten ambitious young 
men  or  women  who  will, ere long, out­
reach 
their  employers  in  wealth  and 
progress in business.

The  old-fashioned  way  of  learning a 
business and stepping up  higher,  round 
by round, on the  ladder  of  progress, or 
saving up little sums to buy  an  interest 
in business, or becoming so valuable that 
the business must  need one’s services, is 
the regular line of railway  that  leads  to 
the station  of  success in business, with 
out rechecking or transfer of  baggage.

Do  you  tell  me  that  the  world  will 
never see other cities like Chicago? other 
merchants like  Stewart?  other inventors 
like  Edison?  other  lawyers  like Beach 
and  Carpenter?  other  statesmen 
like 
Sumner?  Certainly not.  That destroy; 
all  individual  effort.  The  duplicate; 
would be mere copies.  The  men  would 
be imitators, and lose all  caste  of  origi 
nality.

But it is just  possible  that other large 
cities, and very many of them,  are yet to 
grow  up  and  prosper  within  the  next 
century.  The  promise  of  it is tenfold 
greater than were the  promises one hun­
dred years ago.  The same is true of  the 
merchants,  and doubly true of  the  law­
yers and statesmen, for they have a large 
range of  country. 
It is enough to assert 
that  all  this  is  not  only  possible,  but 
it is probable.

The flood of  prosperity  will  overtake 
us,  and it will not do to be doubters, and

The  Modern  Store.

’ 

. 

From  "A Text Book for M erchants.”  by J. E. Powers.
It will be a long time before  the  little^ 
local  stores  find  out  the  advantage  of 
“That very land bv  being just,  and a little  more  than  just;
,_.  but, just as  fast  as  they  do,  they  will
said an old resident  ceage to 
an^ local.  The  inven­
tion grew out of  certain embarrassments 
met in extended business.  A little shop­
keeper needs no system at all.  When  a 
customer comes he can adapt himself;  he 
can always sell, if he has what is wanted, 
or something near it.  A large store has 
its disadvantages.  Selling has to be done 
by  hired  men  and  women,  not  by the 
merchant, not even  under his eye or im­
mediate  direction.  How?  The answer 
to  that  short  question,  whatever  the 
answer is,  is the  system.  There  has  to 
be a system.
One item of  it now more or less estab­
lished  is  to  have an invariable price on 
everything and mark it in  plain  figures. 
Another  is  the  privilege  of  returning 
unsatisfactory  articles,  which,  if  well 
managed,  is an excellent one;  indeed it is 
indispensable,  whether you like it or not. 
(The proof—you allow it  and  grumble.) 
Another is  guaranteeing  more  or  less, 
a delicate business.  Another  is gauging 
the  pay  of  your  sellers;  if  you pay by 
amount of sales,  that  is  one  system;  if 
you pay  by efficiency  and  acceptability, 
that  is  another  system;  if  you pay by 
premiums—you  dare not let it be known 
—that is still another.  However you pay 
is your system.
Every  one  of  these  items  that  go to 
make  up  the  system  by  which  a large 
store  is  constrained  has  its advantage. 
Because of these and other disadvantages 
growing out of doing business  at  second 
hand, the little local shopman  beats  the 
great  merchant  whenever  he  can catch 
his customer.
There is the little man’s difficulty.  He 
can’t catch customers.  He  can  provide 
for the little pin  and  needle wants,  and 
sell to ignorant  people  who never write 
letters or know  what  is  going on in the 
world outside of  their immediate  neigh­
borhood.  The  local merchant is neces- 
ary.  Fortunately, he is so short-sighted 
he will stay little and local.  He is wel­
come  to  his emergency business.  You 
are not afraid  of  him.  What you want 
a scheme that  will give you the upper 
hand  of  other  large  and  far-reaching 
stores.  That is the new invention.  You 
have got to understand your region; have 
taste  and  judgment  and  knowledge  of 
goods;  you  must  have  what  is wauted 
and get it cheap—you’ve got to sell cheap, 
and  you  can’t  be  losing  money all the 
time.  The other great merchants  do  all 
this.  What  more  can  you  do  to beat 
them?  This more, with the rest, is what 
I mean by the modern store.
Merchants are apt to  think  of  people 
outside that, being careful of  money and 
eager for goods, they will come  and buy, 
if only prices seem to be low  This nar­
row view  of  working  people’s minds is 
the  cause  of  most  of  the faults of  the 
merchants.  They  are  judges of  goods 
and people are not;  and  this  superiority 
constantly in their  minds.  They  get 
the habit of looking down on their custo­
mers.  Then they make extravagant state­
ments about their  goods  and prices as if 
there was no danger of  getting caught at 
it.  “Others exaggerate;  why  shouldn’t 
I?  If I don’t, they’ll beat me.” By-and-by 
he wakes up to the fact that no one takes 
him seriously.  His advertisements have 
no effect, and his  trade  depends  largely 
on the good will of  his sellers.  What  is 
that  but  admitting  that  his  customers 
value the statements  made  to them over 
the  counter,  face to face, by his sellers, 
more than his  own  statements not made 
face to face?
No matter  what  you are,  the question 
is “What are you going to be?”  The first 
question  to  settle  is  as  to  telling  the 
truth.  Have you made up your  mind  to 
put into every part  of  your business the 
truth and nothing but  the  truth?  Aud 
then so far as the merchant being superior 
to his customers, he  is probably midway 
among them; but, taking them altogether, 
they  have  the  advantage  of  him;  and 
that  is  the  way  he  had to take them 
altogether.  If he makes a hundred misses, 
one  detects  another.  He gets the bene 
fit of  them  all;  his  general standing de­
pends on  the  hits  and  misses he makes 
His business calls for continual  exercise 
of  taste,  judgment,  knowledge, wisdom 
and common sense.  Whenever he shows 
himself lacking in any of them he lowers 
his  mercantile  standing.  He  cannot 
afford  to be ignorant,  vulgar  or  selfish 
The other question to settle is as to being 
civilized.  Have you made up your mind 
to be as much of a man as you  are  capa­
ble of?  It is useless to pretend  and  put 
on airs and pretend.  A merchant’s con 
tact with people  through  his business is 
too  familiar;  disguise 
is  impossible. 
What  1  mean  by  the  modern store is a 
store in which the moral law is supreme, 
and the law of good taste almost supreme, 
and the law of justice superfluous.  Put 
your  customers’  interests  before  your 
own,  and  manage  your  sellers  so  that 
they will do the  same,  then  print  your 
store news.  That is  the  modern  store; 
and the merchant who sets it up will con­
trol the intelligent  trade  of  his  region; 
his region will grow  and he will grow.

A   P la in   U n d e rsta n d in g .

me ?

doubt of my honesty.

Discharged  Employe—Have  you  any 
Employer—Not the least.
Employe—Then why do  you discharge 
Employer—For that very reason.
When  the  first  creamery  was  estab­
lished  the name had a queer  appearance 
on the sign,  but now one passes  a  milk- 
ery,  a  glovery,  a  cheesery,  a  cidery, a 
tobaccery,  a bootery,  and  lots  of  other 
things  without  giving 
the  matter  a 
thought,

-C o m m en ced   B u sin e ss  N o v em ­

b er,  1 8 8 2 :

Assets 
Dec. 31st.
$100,359
109,793
115,670
126,257
239,501
275,595
300,227

Total
Income.
$  2,578
25,276
40,933
51,054
57,759
102,181
123,240

Total 
Expend’s Surplus.
$ 2,675
16,505
35,142
41.168
45,660
66,558
99,249

$ 5,378
20,695
35,983

D IR E C T O R S:

Year.
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888

Julius Houseman, George  W.  Gay,  Mart'n  L. 
Sweet,  I.  M.  Weston,  H.  Widdicomb,  J.  W. 
Champlin, D. A. Blodgett, S. F. Aspinwall, James 
Blair, T. Stewart White, Philo C. Fuller, E. Crof- 
ton Fox, A. J. Bowne,  Thos.  M.  Peck,  FranciB 
Letellier, Grand Bapids;  C. T. Hills, Muskegon; 
R.  A.  Alger,  Detroit;  Dwight  Cutler,  Grand 
Haven;  F.  B.  Stockbridye,  Kalamazoo;  O.  M. 
Barnes, Lansing;  W. R. Burt, East  Saginaw.

JULIUS  HOUSEMAN, President.
S. F. ASPINWALL, Secretary.

“ COLUMBIA.”

Steam  and  Hot  Water  Boiler  for  warming 
HUM  I   SCHNEIDER,  Grand  Rapids.

dwellings,  etc.

F O R

ON  BEST

Lowest Wholesale Quotations
Scranton  Coal!
A. B. Knowlson,
25  Pearl Street, Grand Bapids

Call o h   or  address

C r o c k e r y   & G la s s w a r e

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun...........................................................  45
No. 1  “  ...........................................................   48
No. 2  “  ....•.....................................................  TO
Tubular.............................................................  75

LAMP  CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.

6 doz. in box.

 

 

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2 25
3 25

First quality.
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XXX Flint.
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No. 0 Sun.....................................  ..................1  90
No. 1  “  .......!.................................................. 2 00
No. 2  “  ...........................................................3 00
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.............................................2 15
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Sun, crimp top.............................................2 58
2 80
No. 1  “ 
3 80
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled.................... 3 70
No. 2  “ 
................... 4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.....................4 70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz........................1  25
No. 2.  “ 
........................150
No. 1 crimp, per doz.............................................. 1 40
No. 2 
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1  60

La Bastic.

Pearl top.

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STONEWARE—AKRON.

Butter Crocks, per gal.................................  
Jugs, *4 gal., per doz...................................   65
“  1 
....................................   90
................. j 80
(i  g 
Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c)__   60
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pruit  jars—Per  gro.

Mason’s, pints..............................................  $ 9 50
qnarts.............................................  10 00
^-gallon.........................................   13 00
Lightning, quarts.........................................   12 00
^-gallon.....................................   16  00

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Wholesale  Confectioners,

4 1 2   SO U T H   D IV IS IO N   S T R E E T .

T E L E P H O N E   9 2 -3 R .

We wish to announce to the trade that we are prepared to meet all competition in  

our line,  which comprises a full line of confectionery, fruit and nuts.

We  also  carry  the  Finest Line of Christmas Goods in the City.

Do not forget that we are agents for Rueckheim Bros.’ Penny Goods, which are 
the best goods made, although sold at the same price as other makes.  Mail orders 
promptly attended to.

KOAL!

GRAND  RAPIDS 

W H O L E SA L E

Anthracite and Bituminous CoaL
Before ordering your coal write to us for prices.

S ta te   T r a d e   a   S p e c ia lty .

ICE  X  GOAL  GO..

5 2   P e a r l  S treet, 

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

EDWIN 

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Bitter, E is, Fairfield t e e , Foi-eip Emits, Mince Meat  Nats, Etc.

J O B B E R   O F

Oyster and Miuee Meat Business Running Full  Blast.  Butter and Sweet Potatoes 

Going Like Hot Cakes.  Let your orders come.

Office  and  Salesroom ,  N o.  9  Io n ia  S t.,  G rand  B apids,  M ich.

Grand Rapids Fnlitand ProdiiGe Go.,

Headquarters  for  O.  WILKINSON  &  SON’S

Fancy Jersey

Sweet Potatoes.

3  N O R T H   IO N IA   S T ..  G R A N D   R A P ID S .

M O S E L E Y   B R O S .,

F r u its ,  Seeds, O y s te rs  § P r o d u c e .

-W H O L E S A L E -

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.
- 

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Alfred 

WHOLESALE

GRAND  RAPIDS.

J.  Brown,

16  and  18  North  Division  Street,  Grand Rapids.

A.  H I M E S ,

Shipper and Retail Dealer in 

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O ffice, 5 4   P e a r l St. G rand R a p id s, M ich . 

-JL.  A .  -AmmJ
THE  ABOYE  COMPANY’S  COAL  IN  CAR  LOTS  ALWAYS  ON  TRACK  READY  FOB

SHIPMENT.

MICHIGAN  CIGAR  CO.,

B is   Rapids,  Mich*

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DETROIT SO A P  CO.

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

Q U E E N   A N N E . 
U   T R U E   B L U E , 
’ 

M O T T L E D   G E R M A N , 
p h <EN IX, 

S U P E R IO R , 

A N D   O T H E R S.

R O Y A L   B A R , 
M A SCO TTE, 

C ZA R ,

CAM EO,

For quotations in single box lots,  see  Price  Current.  For quotations in larger 

quantities,  address,

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S a lesm a n  fo r   W e ste r n  M ich ig a n ,

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

BBIVBN  &  ABBYN,

S o le  A g e n ts   fo r   t h e   C e le b r a te d

“BIG  F”  Brand of  Oysters.

In Cans and Bulk, and Large Handlers of OCEAN FISH  SHELL CLAMS and OYSTERS.  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.

H.  M.  BLIVEN,  Manager. 

________________63  Pearl  St.

N E L S O N   BRO S. &  CO.,
Wall Paper and Window Shades.

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

M IC H .

H E S T E R   &  F O X ,

M anufacturers’ A gents fo r

S A W  A IT S   C R I S T  M IL L  M A C H I N E R Y ,
s e n . for  a n » «   A  
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GROCERIES.

Purely  Personal.

Oren Scotten, nephew  of  the  million­
aire  tobacco  manufacturer  of  Detroit, 
was in town last Thursday.

Wm.  L. Hallenbeck and wife, of  Cold- 
water,  have  been  spending  ten  days 
with their  relatives, Wm.  H. Downs  and 
family.

Oscar F. Conklin spent a couple of days 
at Traverse  City  last  week.  The Grand 
Traverse region appears  to have remark­
able attractions for O.  F. of  late.

Jas. M.  Barnett,  W.  R.  Shelby, C.  E. 
Olney  and L.  H.  Withey  have  returned 
from Park City, Utah, where  they  spent 
a week inspecting their silver mine.

Dr. Chas.  S.  Hazeltine  left  last  night 
for  Indianapolis,  where  he will  attend 
the  annual  convention  of  the  National 
Wholesale  Druggists’  Association.  He 
is accompanied by his wife.

A.  O.  Halsted,  of  the  firm  of  A.  J. 
Halsted & Son, grocers at Ryerson, passed 
through the city  Saturday on  his way  to 
Grand Ledge,  where  his  father conducts 
a grocery store under the same firm style.
E. H. Manley has gone to Owen Sound, 
Ont., where he will visit a number of rela­
tives  and  accompany a  party of  friends 
on  a  four  weeks’  hunting  trip  to  the 
north shore of  Lake  Superior.  He  will 
re-engage  in  business  on  his  return  to 
Grand Rapids.

Dirk Kimm will  be  married on Thurs­
day  to  Mrs. Bentum,  relict  of  the  late 
Dr. Bentum,  and in  about  two weeks he 
will embark in the  drug  business on  his 
own account  in  the  new  store  built by 
Jas. Rooney,  on  East Fulton street, near 
Centennial street.

Geo.  P.  Gifford  has  purchased  seven 
acres of land on the east shore of the west 
arm of  Grand  Traverse  Bay, about  four 
miles  northeast  of  Traverse  City.  The 
land  has  a  water  frontage of  600  feet, 
commanding a view of nine miles of shore. 
Mr. Gifford  will  erect  a  cottage  on  the 
land next  season, and  will  probably  in­
duce several friends to do likewise.

Wool.  Hides,  Pelts and Tallow.

Wool does  not  change  materially, but 
is more firm in tone.  Manufacturers who 
usually  buy  in  100,000  pound-lots, take 
but 5,000  or 10,000 pound-lots,  and  come 
often, waiting  for  the  goods  market  to 
open at remunerative prices.  There  has 
been a good retail  trade  in  these  goods, 
which sends  jobbers into  the  market to 
replenish.  This  gives  manufacturers 
more hopes,  and, being out of  stock, are 
ready to  buy when  the  price of  wool or 
goods will  warrant.  On the  whole,  the 
outlook  is  better  for  higher  prices  for 
wools.

Hides are in fair demand, at the decline 
for light weights, and in good request for 
heavy.  The leather trade is in good con­
dition for good stock, which sells readily. 
The supply of  both  hides  and leather  is 
ample and  only conservative  prices will 
move either.  Low prices have apparently 
come to stay.

Tallow is firm and in good demand.

Gripsack Brigade.

Geo.  E.  Preston, of  the  firm  of  E.  B. 
Preston  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  has  leased 
W.  F.  Blake’s  residence,  on  South  Col­
lege avenue, for the winter.

Three additions to the  hotel list of the 
K. of G. were made last week, as follows: 
Albion  House;  Albion;  Commercial 
House, Homer;  Farwell  House, Farwell.
Dr.W. G. Nesbitt, who represents the C. 
H. Phillips Chemical Co., rendered timely 
service in attending to the injuries of the 
engineer who was so badly burned in the 
C. & W. M. accident, Saturday.

M.  Kerns, traveling representative for 
Dilworth  Bros.,  of  Pittsburg,  was  in 
town a couple of  days  last  week.  He is 
getting up a  new  l^rand of  cigar,  styled 
“ El Puritano,” the  label of  which bears 
a  photographic 
representation  of  his 
royal highness.

Thanks,  Brother.

F rom  th e New Jersey Trade Review.
We  congratulate  our  esteemed  con­
temporary,  T h e  Mic h ig a n  T ra d esm a n, 
upon the completion of  its  sixth  year of 
usefulness. 
It  is  a  payer  which  com­
mands  the  highest  respect  among  the 
trade, and deservedly  so. 
It has  in  the 
person of Mr. Stowe, its editor, a staunch 
defender of  the rights of  the  retail mer­
chants,  and  an unyielding foe to corrup­
tion,  dishonesty  and  chicanery. 
It  has 
been the means of  uniting the merchants 
of  Michigan  in  a  strong,  compact  and 
powerful  body, and  one  which  is using 
its power  year  by year  judiciously,  yet 
progressively.  May  T h e  T ra d esm a n 
and its present editor both  live for many 
years,  to continue the work they  have so 
well begun.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar  has  sustained  another  5ic  de­
cline  and  is  weak  at  that—so  weak,  in 
fact,  that still  another  decline is inevit­
able this week.  The  corn syrup market 
is firm, owing to the  new combination of 
the manufacturers.  Cheese  is stiffening 
up.  Teas  are  firm.  Coffee  is  steady. 
Salt is weak,  and a  decline to 50 cents at 
the  factory is by no means improbable.
Going  Out  of the Grocery Business.
Mr.  Scripps,  who  is  a  leading  stock­
holder in  J. H. Thompson  & Co., of  De­
troit, was  in  town  last  Thursday.  He 
stated that hisj house  would  shortly dis­
continue  the wholesale grocery business, 
hereafter devoting its  entire attention to 
the coffee and spice business.

PRICE  CUTTING.

As  Great an Evil in the  Wholesale  as 

the Retail Trade.

At  the  banquet  which  followed 

the 
meeting  of  the  New  York  Wholesale 
Grocers’ Association, President G. Waldo 
Smith delivered an  address  on  the  sub­
ject of  price-cutting,  which  is  as  appli­
cable  to  the  retail  as it is to the whole­
sale trade:
According  to  Webster’s  unabridged, 
the meaning  of  the  verb  cut  is  to sep­
arate,  to  sever, to  shame, to  cut  off, to 
cut  short, to  cause  to  fail, to check, to 
wound, to  lacerate, to  humble, to  hurt, 
to put an  end to, to destroy, to  debar,  to 
interrupt,  to  lessen,  to  remove. 
If  Mr. 
Webster  had  been  a  wholesale  grocer, 
and if  he had suffered from the effects of 
cutting, as all grocers have, he could  not 
have  found  sharper or more  incisive or 
more  fitting  words to describe the effect 
of  cutting  as  it  has  been  practiced for 
many  years. 
It  has  cut  off,  removed, 
destroyed  the  entire  net  profits  of  a 
large  portion  of  the  business. 
It  has 
caused  many a merchant to  feel  greatly 
humbled  and  wounded  and  hurt  when 
his  balance  sheet  has  been made up at 
the  end  of  the  year. 
It  has  cut  short 
the  career of  some  and  caused  some to 
fail.  And  what  have  been  the  corre­
sponding  advantages?  I  think  that  if 
you should  search  for  them with a fine- 
tooth  comb  you  would  utterly  fail  to 
find  them.  Long  years  ago  some  one 
cut the price of  sugar,  and not only gave 
away all the net profit, but  also  put the 
entire cost of  handling it upon  the inno­
cent and suffering  grocer.  This  cut has 
cost the merchants millions upon millions 
of  hard-earned  money.  But  have  the 
original  cutters  found  it  any easier  to 
sell sugar at cost  than  they would  have 
found it to sell at a profit if  no  one  had 
cut?  Did  anyone  succeed  in  building 
up a prosperous business by this means ? 
While  the  twelve  hundred  wholesale 
grocers of  America have been greatly in­
jured, has  anyone  been  benefited by it? 
If  anyone  here  in  this  representative 
gathering  of 
this  chief  distributing 
point of  America  has  received any ben­
efit from it, let him  hold up his hand. 
I 
should  like  to see him. 
I do not like to 
feel  that it has  been  all  loss  and  that 
there  has  been  no  compensation in the 
whole  business.  But I see  no  hands;  it 
must  be  true.  As  with  sugar,  so  also 
with baking powder and some chocolates, 
and  a  great  variety  of  other  goods. 
When they were first put upon  the  mar­
ket  they  were  handled at a profit.  But 
grocer No.  1 cut,  grocer  No. 2 followed, 
and grocer No. 3 fell into  line,  and  then 
there  was  a  rush  to  see who could  be 
most  successful  in  ruining  the  entire 
trade. 
If  jt  had  been a question of  the 
survival  of  the  fittest,  or  if  there  had 
been a purse  to  be  given  at  the end of 
the  race,  there  might  have  been  some 
sense  in it;  but  as  it  was a question of 
building up a remunerative business and 
of  finding a net  profit  at  the end of  the 
year.  I fail to see  where  the  benefit can 
be found.  But  this  is  all  ancient  his­
tory.  Let us come down to modern times, 
and see if  we  have  grown  any wiser in 
the  latter  days.  Last  spring  a certain 
milk  company put a brand of  milk upon 
the  market  at  $4.  Now, it is  conceded 
that  the  lowest  estimate  of  the  cost of 
doing business is 5 per cent.  This would 
make  the  actual cost of  huudling a case 
of  this  milk  twenty  cents. 
If  sold  at 
$4.25,  there  would  be  five  cents left to 
add to the  capital  account  at the end of 
the  year. 
If  sold at $4.20, it would con­
tribute its portion to all the  various  ex­
penses of  doing business without leaving 
any net results.  When  it  gets  down to 
that point our interest in  the  business is 
entirely lost, and the  work is being done 
entirely for  the  benefit  of  manufactur­
ers,  salesmen,  clerks, landlords, etc. 
If 
sold  ai  $4.10,  it  would  actually  net  a 
clean  loss of  ten  cents  per  case, which 
would have to be taken from  the  capital 
account  at  the  end  of  the  year. 
Is 
there anyone here who  has  permanently 
improved  his  business  by  this  means? 
So  with  sal-soda. 
The  price  has  re­
cently been cut to the point of  cost, and, 
if  we  believe  what  we  hear,  to even a 
lower  point  than  that.  Has  anyone 
gained any valuable trade by it ?  Thanks 
to this Association and  to  the  co-opera­
tion  of  the  manufacturers,  it  has  now 
been put  upon a paying  basis  and  will 
furnish a little  net  profit. 
It  must  be 
remembered that  the  conditions of trade 
have  greatly changed in the last twenty- 
five  years.  Then our  stock  consisted of 
raw sugars,  molasses,  family soaps, tea, 
coffee, etc.  The  specialty  house  was a 
thing almost unknown.  As  these  goods 
had no absolute standard of  quality,  and 
as prices  were  constantly fluctuating on 
such  goods, it was  always  easy to get a 
fair profit;  and  if  the  price  was  occa 
sionally  shaded,  it  would  not  be  uni­
versal and could be soon  restored.  Now 
a  very  large  and  constantly increasing 
proportion  of  the  goods  we  deal in  are 
special  goods  and  proprietary  articles. 
The price seldom varies,  and if  the price 
is once cut it is cut for  all  time,  and, in­
stead of  a profit  accruing,  a loss  occurs. 
If  merchants  would open a new expense 
account  and  charge  up  the  loss  on all 
goods  sold  at  a  less  profit  than  5  per 
cent., I think  that  they would  soon  be­
gin  to  realize  that  their  losses  in  this 
way were  much  greater  than  they  had 
supposed. 
If  one house  had all the cut­
ting to itself,  and  was ambitious to work 
for glory alone,  and did  not  care for net 
results, there might  be  some  excuse for 
that  house  cutting.  But  as  it  is  well 
known  that  when  one cuts all cut, it is 
time to call a halt, and  to  set  our  faces 
resolutely against it.  All my experience 
and observation proves  that  money can­
not be made in that way. 
I am very cer­
tain that the man who  sold  the first case 
of  $4 milk  for $4.10, whoever he may be, 
has not gained any permanent advantage 
over  his  fellow-merchants  by doing  so. 
That  same  experience  and  observation | 
has  fully convinced me  that  there is no 
royal  road to success  but  by the way of 
hard,  continuous,  faithful  labor;  good 
goods, not at ruinous,  but  at  reasonable 
prices, the faithful performance of every 
honorable  obligation,  promptness 
in 
doing  business,  close  attention  to  de­
tails,  and  with  all  these  courtesy  and 
tact. 
I think that I can congratulate the 
Association on what I am  assured  is the 
fact, that more has  been done during the 
last  year  to  counteract  this  dangerous 
and  destructive  system  than  has  been 
done  before  for  many  years.  There is

no doubt but that the  firm  price and re­
bate system has come to stay.  Manufac­
turers have come to see that if  they wish 
to have  responsible  distributors of  |heir 
goods,  they must assist them to maintain 
a living margin of  profit.  Manufacturers 
are beginning to recognize  the  fact  that 
it is as unfair for them to go into  compe­
tition with the  wholesalers  for the trade 
of  retailers as it is for wholesalers  to  go 
into  competition  with  their  customers 
the retailers, for the trade of  consumers. 
Much  has  been  done  to  cultivate  a 
friendly spirit among  merchants,  and all 
have been impressed with  the  truth that 
a “live  and  let  live”  policy is  the  best 
policy.  The fact has  been  fully proved 
that our members  are  covenant-keeping 
men,  who  need  not to be bound by fines 
and forfeitures;  that they are men whose 
word is as good  as  their  bond,  and  that 
they prize  their  honor  more  than  they 
prize  unlawful  gain.  Much  has  been 
done that without this Association  could 
not  have  been  done, to secure a reason­
able compensation for a  year of  toil  and 
effort.  And all  has  been  done in strict 
accordance  with  the  teachings  of  the 
golden  rule,  “Whatsoever  ye would that 
men  should  do to  you, do  ye  even so to 
them;”  or,  in the  words of  the  couplet, 
“Unto  others  you  should  do  as  you 
would have others do unto  you.”

Progress in the  Grocery  Trade.
From  th e M erchants’ Review.
The remarkable progress that has taken 
place in the  retail  grocery trade  during 
the past score of  years must strike every 
observant person who  has  reached  mid­
dle life. 
It  is perhaps  most  marked  in 
the appearance of  the stores,  the greater 
neatness  and cleanliness  of  those of  the 
present  day;  but almost  as  important  a 
difference to be  noticed is in the class  of 
goods handled now and  then.  The  con­
sumption of fancy groceries has increased 
enormously since  the war, many articles 
in  this  line  having  been  entirely  un­
known in the sixties,  staple  groceries  in 
those days being  exclusively handled  by 
many  retailers.  Now,  however,  not  a 
few dealers rely  mainly upon  a trade  in 
only the  finer  descriptions of  groceries, 
goods  that  pay  a  good  profit,  and  are 
easily  handled  as  well  as  attractive  in' 
appearance.  Too  many  retail  grocery 
stores a couple of  decades  past  were re­
dolent of  other  than  the  spicy  odors of 
the  best  modern  establishments,  a  bar 
being  a  conspicuous  feature of  a  great 
number, which being generally separated 
from the grocery  department  only  by  a 
slight screen, was displeasing  to custom­
ers of  the fair six,  owing to the free cir­
culation of  tobacco  smoke and  the  pro­
fanity with which bar  room conversation 
is  so  largely  garnished.  The  delivery 
system in  the  times we  speak of  was  in 
its infancy  and  inadequate,  except in  a 
few stores,  for  the  transaction of  busi­
ness on the present basis, and goods were 
either carried home by  the  purchaser  or 
reached  their  destination 
through  the 
medium of  a  boy and  basket.  The  sys­
tem of  supplying customers with postals 
bearing the address of  the dealer,  for the 
purpose  or  ordering  by  mail,  was  not 
dreamt of  then.  As  for  the  telephone, 
that great  convenience  to  the  customer 
and  the  dealer,  the  old-time  retailer 
managed to  jog along  contentedly  with­
out it.  Then,  most  of  the  present use­
ful 
inventions  in  grocers’  tools  and 
utensils were, like the telephone,  still in 
the womb of  the future, the scales  being 
of  the old-fashioned balance variety, the 
apparatus for  measuring  oils,  molasses 
and other  liquors  expeditiously  and  ac­
curately were lacking,  and the tea, coffee 
and  spice caddies,  as  well as  the  coffee 
mills, were far less  attractive than those 
of  the present age, and  their  inferiority 
was as marked in point of  utility.  There 
are still to be found  in the  cities, chiefly 
in the most thickly populated districts,  a

good many stores which show some of the 
characteristics  of  the  establishments of 
twenty years  back, one  of  which  is  the 
receptacle for  coal  on  the  curb,  facing 
the widely extending rows of barrels con 
taining fruits,  vegetables,  etc.,  and leav­
ing the  passerby  barely  room  to  walk. 
But, on the  whole,  the  progress  in  the 
retail grocery  trade in  the  period  men­
tioned  has  been  great,  and  the  model 
modern  store is  indeed  a  delight to  the 
senses  of  smell  and  sight.  Despite the 
large  consumption  of  adulterated  and 
cheap food, the  increase  in  the  sale  of 
pure  goods,  especially  of  the  finer  de­
scriptions,  and of  luxuries,  has  been re­
markable and has kept pace  with the im­
provement in the  dealer’s  facilities  and 
business  methods.  During  the  remain­
der  of  the  nineteenth  century  there  is 
every reason to believe that a still greater 
advance  will  be  made.  With  the  in­
crease of  population and wealth that it i 
reasonable  to  expect  in  the  future,  in 
view of  the  remarkable  strides  in these 
directions in  the  past,  the  demand  for 
fancy groceries will probably increase in 
a greater ratio than  ever,  while with the 
advance of  science the  improvements  in 
thr retailer’s facilities  may be trusted to 
keep  abreast of  the  ever  increasing de­
mands  upon  them. 
It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  the  early  future  will  bring  more 
equitable  legislation  by which  retailers 
may obtain  their  honest  dues  fron^ de­
linquent  debtors  with  a  minimum  of 
trouble and expense,  for  it is  extremely 
doubtful if  the  end  of  the  century  will 
find the trade any nearer  the  solution of 
the  cash  vs.  credit  question.  Nor  can 
competition be eliminated from the prob­
lem  of  making  both  ends  meet,  with 
which  so  many  dealers  are  at  present 
struggling.  Competition  may  be  ex­
pected to survive as long as  merchandise 
exists;  the  expedients  by  which  pro­
ducers  have  temporarily  staved  off  its 
effects cannot  be used  by  merchants for 
manifest reasons.  The reckless slashing 
of  prices,  however,  will  propably  grow 
less common as the  disastrous  effects  of 
the  practice  become  more  and  more 
widely known,  and  the  rivalry of  trade 
show a  healthier  tone  than  during  the 
past.  The doctrine of the survival of the 
fittest may be  trusted  to  receive a more 
thorough exemplification than ever, how­
ever,  and  the  incapable  and  indolent 
merchant must inevitably fall  behind  in 
the general progress of  the trade.

Over Buying:.

“To depart from regular business is to 
lose money,”  is a maxim among business 
men,  and  is  so old that its parentage is 
lost. 
“A legitimate  business  fairly at­
tended to,” says a well-known merchant, 
“will  rarely  fail to bring a competence, 
if not wealth; and yet it is estimated that 
only four or five merchants out of 100 are 
able to keep their names out of the bank­
rupts’ list.  At  first  sight,  it  does not 
seem  possible  that  this can be true, but 
it appears to be  borne  out  by statistics, 
and if one runs over the list  of  business 
men whom he knew twenty years ago, he 
will  be  surprised  to  see  how  many of 
them were closed out by  their  creditors.
“The haste to be rich is  given  as  the 
primary cause of half  the  failures,  and 
the  first  step  on  that  road  is  reached 
through speculation.  A shrewd merchant 
will always scan the  market closely, and 
anticipate  advances  or  declines  in  the 
cost  of  goods.  This,  when carried to a 
proper  business  limit, 
thoroughly 
legitimate.  But when  a man buys many 
more goods of a kind than he can possibly 
dispose of to his trade within the season, 
or at most within the year, he has stepped 
outside  of  business  and  has  become  a 
speculator.”

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Benzonia—Packard  & Betts succeed J. 

O. Packard in general trade.

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For  Sale  by  Leading  W holesale  Grocers.

NEW 

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A .  B.  BROOKS  &   C O .,

WHOLESALE

Confectionery,  Nnts  and  Figs.

Our  Specialty-Candy made from sugar and good  to  eat.

CO DY  B L O C K ,  1 5 8   E A S T   FIJLTO X   S T „ 

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Buy  a  C a s e   of

T I  G B R

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Sold  Under  Our  Personal  Guarantee.

PRODUCE  M A RK ET.

Apples—Dealers  pay  25@50c  per  bu.  for  fall 
and winter fruit, holding Kings and  Pippins  at 
$2.25 per bbl. and Kings and Snows at $2.50.  Or­
dinary varieties  command $1.75 per bbl.
Beans—Dealers  nay  $1.25  for  unpicked  and 
$1.50 for picked, holding at $1.75@$2 per bu. 
Beets—40e per bu.
Butter—Dairy is held steady at 19@20c.  Cream­
ery is firm at 24@25c.
Buckwheat Flour—$5.75 per bbl. for New York 
Cabbages—$3 per 100.
Cheese—Jobbers hold September  and  October 
make at 11%@*2%C.
Cider—10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—Cape Cod readily command  $9.25 
@$9.75 per bbl.
Dried Apples—New evaporated are  held  at  8c 
and new sundried at  5He.
Eggs—Jobbers pay 18c  for  fresh  and  hold  at 
20c.  Pickled and cold storage  stock  commands 
about  19c.
Field  Seeds—Clover,  mammoth, $4.35 per bu.; 
medium, $4.25.  Timothy,  $1.50  per  bu 
Grapes—Concords,  4c;  Catawbas,  6c;  Dela­
wares,  10c.
Honey—In small demand.  Clean  comb  com­
mands 15c per lb.
Onions—Dealers  pay 35c for clean stock, hold­
ing at 45©.' 5c.
Pears—Only  a  few  late  varieties  are  yet  in 
market.
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—The  market is  weak.  Dealers pay 
2E@30e and sell at 35c.
Squash—Hubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Fancy Jersey stock commands 
Tomatoes—Green command 75c  per  bu.;  ripe, 
Turnips—30c per bu.

$3 per  bbl.  Muscatines, $3 per  bbl.
$1 perbu.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

P O R K   IN   B A R B E L S .

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new......................................................   11  00
Short cut Morgan.............................................10 50
Extra clear pig, short cut.............................  11  50
Extra clear,  heavy........................................  11  50
Clear, fat  back..............................................   11  50
Boston clear, short cut.................................   11  50
Clear back, short cut.....................................  11  50
Standard clear, short cut, best.....................  12 00
Hams, average 20 lbs....................................... 1014
16 lbs........................................1094
12 to 14 lbs.................................11
picnic.......................................................614
best boneless............................................9
Shoulders........ ...................................................5
boneless........................................   8
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..............................   914
Dried beef, ham prices....................................   914
Long Clears, heavy...........................................  6
Briskets,  medium...................... .....................   6
lig h t.................................................  6

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Tierces....'..................................  
7%
Tubs......... .........................................................  714
501b.  T in s....................................... 
714
Tierces..................................................................6
30 and 50 lb. Tubs..............................................6
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case.....................................  6%
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case......................................   6
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case......................................   614
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case......................................  6
501b. Cans..........................................................614
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................   7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................   7 00
Plate................................................................ 7 25
Extra Plate......................................................   7 75
Boneless, rump butts......................................   9 00
Pork Sausage.....................................................  7
Ham Sau.sage..................................................... 12
Tongue Sausage................................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage.  ........................................   8
Blood Sausage...................................................  514
Bologna, straight..............................................  514
Bologna,  thick....................................................514
Head Cheese......................................................   514

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

B E E F   IN   B A R B E L S .

P IG S '  F E E T .

In half barrels.................................................... 3 00
In quarter barrels..............................................2 00
In half  barrels...................................................2 75
In quarter barrels.............................................. 1 50
In kits................................................................  75

T B IP E .

FRESH  MEATS.

 

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Beef, carcass.............................................  4 @ 6
“  hindquarters................................. 5  @  614
fore 
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loins............................................... 7  © 7%
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ribs...............................................  6  © 614
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Hogs.............................................................5 © 514
Pork loins................................................  @ 8
shoulders........................................  © 514
Bologna...................................................   @ 5
Sausage, blood  or head..........................  © 5
liver..........................................   © 5
Frankfort..................................  @ 8
M utton.................................................... 5?i@ 6

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F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

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Whitefi8h.*...............................................   © 714
smoked.....................................  © 8
Trout....................... 
@714
Halibut....................................................   @15
Fairhaven  Counts..................................  ©35
Selects.......................................................25 ©28
F. J.  D.’s .................................................   @20
Anchors.....................:............................   @18
Standards................................................  @16
Standards........................................... .  @$1  15
Selects.................................................. 
©   1  60

oystebs—Bulk.

CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

200 lb.  bbls........  ....................................914
2001b.  bbls............................................. 1014

Standard, 25 lb. boxes.......................................10
25 
Twist, 
....10
Cut Loaf, 25 
11
Royal, 25 lb. pails............................................. 10
Extra, 25 lb.  pails............................................. ll
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails........ ..................  12
Lemon Drops..................................................... 12
Sour Drops........................................................ 13
Peppermint Drops............................................. 14
Chocolate Drops................................................ 14
H. M. Chocolate  Drops..................................... 18
Gum Drops........................................................ 10
Licorice Drops....................................................18
A. B. Licorice  Drops.........................................14
Lozenges, plain..................................................14
printed............................................. 15
Imperials............................................................14
Mottoes...............................................................15
Cream Bar.......................................................... 13
Molasses Bar..................................................... 13
Caramels..................................................... 16@18
Hand Made  Creams..........................................18
Plain Creams..................................................... 18
Decorated Creams.............................................20
String  Rock...................................... ...............15
Burnt Almonds..................................................22
Wintergreen  Berries........................................ 14
fancy—In balk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails..................................12
in bbls....................................1154
printed, in pails...............................1254
Chocolate Drops, In palls..................................12*4
Gum Drops, in pails..........................................  654
in bbls...........................................   5J4
Moss Drops, in pails.......................................... 10
in bbls...........................................   954
Sour Drops, in ¡jails.......................................... 12
Imperials, in pails............................................. 1154
in bbls...............................................1054
Oranges bbl..............................................   @7 50
Lemons, choice...................................... 4 25@5 00
fancy, large  case.....................  @6 50
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Figs, layers, new.....................................  @18
“  Bags, 50 lb......................................   @ 5
Dates, frails, 50 lb ...................................  @ 454
“  % frails, 50 lb........................... ..  @ 554
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...........................754@ 8
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................   6  ©  754
Bananas..................................................1  25@1  50
Almonds, Tarragona..............................   @17
Ivaca......................................   @15
California.............................. 13  @15
Brazils......................................................  @ 9
Filberts,  SicUy........................................ 1054@ll
Walnuts, Grenoble..................................  @14
Pecans, Texas, H. P ..................................754@12
Cocoanuts, per 100...................................  @
GameCocks................................................  @854
Star..............................................................  @754
Horse...........................................................  @654

California...............................   @1254

in bbls................................12

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

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

B A K IN G   P O W D E B .

95

10c cans
% lb. “
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lib.  “
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54 lb.  “ 
1 lb 
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AXLE GREASE.

541b.  “ 
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ji lb. 
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51b. 
54 lb.  “ 
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Arctic, 54 lb. cans, 6  doz...  45
“  4  “ ... 
75
“  2  “ ...  1 40
“  2  “ ...  2 40
“  1  “ ...12  00
Absolute, ?4 lb. cans, 100s. .11  75
50s..10 00
50s.. 18 75
45
Telfer’s,  % lb. cans, doz.. 
85
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75
Acme, >4 lb. cans, 3 doz__ 
2  “  ....  1  50
1  “  ....  3 00
45
85
1  50
Frazer’s................................$2 60
Aurora...................................1
Diamond................................ 1 60
English, 2 doz. in case......  
80
Bristol,  2  “ 
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American. 2 doz. in case...
bluing.  Gross
Arctic Liq,  4-oz.................  3 40
54 pt...........   7 
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1 pt...........  10 
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8-oz paper bot  7 20
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Pepper  Box  No.  2  3 00
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“  5  8 00
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No. 2 Hurl............................  1 70
1  90
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet........................   2 00
No. 1 
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Parlor Gem..........................  2 60
Common Whisk....................  
90
1  00
Fancy 
 
M ill.....................................   3 25
Warehouse................. 
2 75
BUCKWHEAT.
Kings 100 lb. cases............... 5 00
“  80 lb. cases.................4 25
13
14
15
16

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

rolls............................  
rolls....................  
CANDLES
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Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................ 1054
Star,  40 
Paraffine............................. 
'2
Wicking................................. 
25
CANNED GOODS—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck........1 20
Clam Chowder, 3 lb..............2 10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand —
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Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic.............1 50
“ 
2  lb.  “ 
2  65
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1 lb.  Star.................2 00
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2 lb. Star.................3 75
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.
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lib .  stand............. 1
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2 lb. 
3 00
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3 lb. in Mustard.. .3  00
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31b.  soused............3 00
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  ..1  90
1 lb.  Alaska.............1 80
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Sardines, domestic  54s........ 
5
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54s........@ 9
“  Mustard 54s........  © 9
imported  54s • - • 1054@-16
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10
Trout, 3 Id. brook.............
CANNED GOODS—Fruits. 
Apples, gallons, stand. 
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Blackberries,  stand.............  90
Cherries, red standard......... 1 20
pitted.....................1  40
Damsons................................1 15
Egg Plums, stand..................1 15
Gooseberries......................... 1 00
Grapes ..................................
Green  Gages......................... 1 15
Peaches, all  yellow, stand.. 1  70
seconds..................1  45
P ie.......................... 115
1  25
Pears................... 
Pineapples..................1  20@1  50
Quinces................................. 1 00
Raspberries,  extfa................1 75
red................... 1  40
Strawberries......................... 1 25
Whortleberries.....................
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay........
Beans, Lima,  stand.............  85
“  Green  Limas 
  @1  00
“  Strings..............   ©  90
“  Stringless,  Erie..........  90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1  40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy......... 1 00
“  Morn’g Glory. 1  00
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Early Golden. 1  00
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Peas, French......................... 1 68
“  extra marrofat...  @125
“  soaked..........................  80
“  June, stand...................1 40
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“  sifted.....................1 55
“  French, extra  fine...  .150
Mushrooms, extra fine.........2 15
Pumpkin, 31b. Golden..........1 00
Succotash,  standard...........   90
Squash...................................1 10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @1 00
Good Enough.... 1  00
BenHar................1  00
stand br....  @1  00
Michigan Full  Cream 1194@1254 
Sap  Sago......................16 @1654
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet...................... 
Premium............................ 
Cocoa....................................  
Breakfast Cocoa.................. 
Broma...................................  
Rubber, 100 lumps................ 25
35
Spruce...................................30
Bulk......................................  6
Red.......................................   754
Rio, fair....................... 17 @19
“  good..................... 1854@20
“  prime...................   @21
“  fancy,  washed... 19  @22
“  golden...................20 @23
Santos...........................17 @22
Mexican & Guatemala 19  @23
Peaberry......................20 @23
Java,  Interior..............20 @25
“  Mandheling___26 @29
Mocha, genuine...........25 @27
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

CHEWING GUM.
200 

coffee—Green.

CHICORY.

CHEESE.

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Jute

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CLOTHES  LINES.
50 ft. 
60 ft. 
70 ft. 
80 ft. 
60 ft. 
72 f f
CO N D EN SED  M IL K .

100 lbs
Lion.......................................2334"
“  in cabinets................... 2454
M cLaughlin's  XXXX__ 03%
Durham................................ 2354
Thompson’s  Honey  Bee__ 2554
Tiger...............2354
Good  Morning..................... 2354
Valley City.......................... 
75
Felix....................................1  10
Cotton,  40 f t......... per doz.  1  25
1  50 
1  60
2  00 
2 25 
1  00 
1  15
Eagle..................................   7  50
Anglo-Swiss.......................   6 00
Kenosha Butter...................  8
...................   6
Seymour 
Butter...................................6
“  family.........................   6
“  biscuit........................  7
Boston...................................  8
City Soda..............................  8
Soda......................................  654
S. Oyster........... ...................  6
City Oyster, XXX.................   6
Picnic...................................6
Strictly  pure......................  
Grocers’..............................  

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dried fruits—Raisins.

dried fruits—Currants.

dried fruits—Domestic.
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evaporated__   754© 8 
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Apricots, 
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Blackberries “ 
 
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Nectarines  “ 
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Peaches 
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Plums 
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DRIED FRUITS—Citron.
In drum..........  ..........  @23 
In boxes......................  @25 
Zante, in  barrels........  © 534
in less quantity  @ 6 
Turkey........................  454@  454
Bosna..........................  5%@ 6
California...................  9&@10 
Valencias....................8  @  854
Ondaras......................   954@1C
London  Layers,  Cali­
London Layers,  for’n.  @ 
Muscatels, California.  ©2 35 1 
Lemon.........................  
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Orange........................  
14  1
Farina, 100 lb. kegs.............  04
Hominy,  per  bbl..................3 50 :
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   60
imported.
@10 
Pearl  Barley...........
@ 3 
Peas, green..............
@1  40 
“  split.........., ___
@ 3 
Sago,  German..........
@ 654 
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l.
@ 654 
Wheat,  cracked......
@ 654 
Vermicelli,  import.. 
@10 
domestic.
@60

fornia.......................  ©2 50

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

dried  fruits—Peel.

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2 oz. Panel, doz.  85 
1  25
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2 25
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6 oz. 
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3 25 
“  1  00
No.  3,  “ 
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No.  8,  “ 
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4 00 
No.10,  “ 
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6  00 
No.  4, Taper,  “  1  60 
2 50 
54 pt,  Round, “  4 25 
7 50
1  “ 
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15 00
F IS H — SA LT.
Cod, whole.....................  @ 5
“  boneless..................  @754
H alibut.......................... 10@1154
2  50
Herring,  round, 54 bbl.. 
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¡ribbed............... 
10 00 
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
“  kegs, new  @  85
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Mack,  sh’s, No. 2, 54  bbl  11  00 
“  12  lb k it..165
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Trout,  54  bbls.............  @5 00
*'  10  lb.  kits..................  75
White,  No. 1, 54 bbls...........5 50
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10  lb. kits.......  90
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K egs..................................... 5 25
Half  kegs.............................2 88
No. 0....................................   30
No. 1..................................... 
40
No. 2....................................  
50
Pure......................................   30
Calabria................................  25
Sicily.....................................  18
Black  Strap......................  
23
Cuba Baking.....................22@25
Porto  Rico........................ 24@35
New Orleans, good............25@30
choice........ 33@38
fancy..........45@48

G U N   P O W D E R .

One-half barrels, 3c extra,

LA M P  W IC K S.

M OLASSES.

L IC O R IC E .

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Muscatine, Barrels............. 5  75
Half barrels...... 3 12
Cases........2 15@2 25
Muscatine, Barrels__   @5 75
Half bbls..  @3 12 
Cases........2 15@2 25

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Michigan  Test.....................  9
Water White........................ 1094
Medium................................ 5 50
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“  54  bbl.........................3 50

54 b b l..........................3 00

P IC K L E S .

P IP E S .

R IC E .

Clay, No.  216............................. 1 75
“  T. D. full count...........   75
Cob, No., 3.............................  40
Carolina bead.......................654
“  No. 1.......................534
“  No. 2.................554@
**  No. 3.......................5

Japan............................. 554@654
Common Fine per bbl.......77@78
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   28
28 pocket................................... 2 05
60 
2 15
 
2 40
100 
 
Ashton bu. bags..................  75
Higgins  “ 
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Warsaw“ 
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DeLand’s,  pure....................5
Church’s, Cap  Sheaf............5
Dwight’s ...............................5
Taylor’s.................................5
Mixed bird................... 
Caraway................................ 10
Canary..................................4
Hemp.....................................4
Anise.......................................854
Rape.....................................  454
Mustard..................................754
Jettine, 1 doz. in  box............. 75
Scotch, in  bladders............37
Maccaboy, in jars...............35
French Rappee, in Jars...... 43

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Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Superior.....................................3 30
Queen  Anne.............................3 85
German  Family........................2 40
Mottled  German.......................3 00
Old German.............................. 2 70
U. S. Big  Bargain...;.  ___ 1  87
Frost, Floater........................... 3 75
Cocoa  Castile  .....................3  00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy...........3 36
Happy Family,  75............... 2 95
Old Country, 80................... 3 30
Una, 100................................3 66
Bouncer, 100........................ 3 15
spices—Whole.
Allspice......................... 
9
Cassia, China in mats..........  8
Batavia in bund__ 11
Saigon in rolls.........40
Cloves,  Amboyna................26
Zanzibar.................. 20
Mace  Batavia.......................80
Nutmegs, fancy....................80
“  No.  1......................75
“  No.  2......................70
Pepper, Singapore, black__18
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shot....................... 20
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Allspice................................ 15
Cassia,  Batavia................... 20
and  Saigon.25
Saigon...................42
Cloves,  Amboyna................32
Zanzibar................25
Ginger, African...................1254
Cochin...................15
Jam aica................18
Mace  Batavia.......................90
Mustard,  English................ 22
and Trie..25
Trieste...................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ....................80
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 21
“  white...... 30
Cayenne................25
Herbs & Spices, small......   65
large...... 1  25

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Mystic,  64  pkgs........................ 4 48

barrels.......................6

SU G A R S.

Cut  Loaf.....................  @  7%
Cubes..........................  @  734
Powdered.......................  @734
Granulated,H. &E.’s..7.44@7.56 
Franklin. .7.44@7.56 
Knight’s... 7.44@7.56
Confectionery  A........  @ 7%
No. 1, White Extra C ..  6?a@ 7
No. 2 Extra  C.............  654©  694
No. 3C, golden...........  654® 694
No. 4 C, dark........  ...  534® 5%
No. 5  C........................  554® 594

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134

S Y R U PS.

SA PO L IO .
“ 

3  “ 
SA U E R K R A U T .
“ 
“ 

Kegs..................................  
Granulated,  boxes.............. 2
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box......   2 35
Hand, 
.......  2 35
Silver Thread, 15 gallons__2 95
....4  75
Corn,  barrels.....................  ©26
one-half  barrels__   @28
Pure  Sugar, bbl...............
“ 
half barrel...
.30@38
S W E E T   GOODS. X
XXX
954
954
954
9
9

Ginger Snaps..............9
Sugar Creams............ 9
Frosted  Creams..........
Graham  Crackers......
Oatmeal  Crackers......
Boxes..................................... 554
Kegs, English.........................434

SO D A .

japan—Regular.

SU N  C U B E D .

G U N PO W D E R .

basket  fired.

F a ir.............................. 14  @16
Good.............................18  @22
Choice...........................24  @29
Choicest....................... 30  @34
F a ir.............................. 14  @15
Good.............................16  @20
Choice...........................24  @28
Choicest........................30  @33
F a ir.............................  @20
Choice.........................   @25
Choicest......................   @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fair........... 25  @35
Extra fine to finest___50  @65
Choicest fancy.............75  @86
Common to  fair...........20  @35
Superior to fine.............40  @50
Common to  fair........... 18  @26
Superior to  fine...........30  @40
Common to  fair...........25  ©30
Superior to  fine...........30  ©50
Fine to choicest...........55  @65
F a ir.............................. 25  @30
Choice...........................30  @35
Best.............................. 55  @65
Tea Dust......................  8  @10

E N G L ISH   B R E A K F A S T .

YOU N G   H Y SO N .

IM P E R IA L .

OOLONG.

tobaccos—Plug.

S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands
Nimrod, 4x12 and  2x12............37
Reception, 22-5x12,16 oz.........36
Vinco, 1x6, 454 to  lb................ 30
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz........ 34
Wheel, 5 to  lb..........................37
Trinket, 3x9, 9 oz....................25
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good..................... 37
Double Pedro..........................37
Peach  Pie................................37
Wedding  Cake, blk................ 37
“Tobacco” ...............................37

tobaccos—Fine Cnt.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

62
37
TR A D ESM A N   C R E D IT  COU PO N S.

Hiawatha...................  
Sweet  Cuba................ 
$ 2, per hundred................  2 50
3 00
$ 5, 
$10, 
4 00
$20, 
5 00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over.............   5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 

“  “ 
“  “ 
“  “ 

 
10 
.............20 
V IN E G A R .

40 gr......................................   7
50 gr......................................   9

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$1 for barrel.

Y E A ST .

M ISC ELLA N EO U S.

Fermentum,  Compressed.  .
Cocoa Shells,  bulk.............  754
Jelly, 30-lb.  pails................  5
Sage.....................................  15
P A P E R  & W O O D E N W A R E  

P A P E R .

“ 

“ 

Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­

“  3.............

WOODENWARE.

Baskets, market...............

lows:
Straw ...................... ............. 160
“  Light  Weight..............200
Sugar....................................180
Hardware............................. 254
Bakers.................................. 254
Dry  Goods............................. 5
Jute  Manilla..........................8
Red  Express  No. 1..............5
No. 2..............4
48 Cotton................................. .......22
Cotton, No. 2.............. ........20
........18
Sea  Island, assorted.. ...... 40
No. 5 Hemp.......................... ........ 16
No. 8B ......................
........17
W ool........................... ........  7X
Tubs, No. 1.................. ......   7 26
“  No. 2................. ..........6 25
“  No. 3............................
..........   5 25
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.
1  60
“  No. 1,  three-hoop____  1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes____ 
60
Bowls, 11 inch .................... ..........   1  OO
13  “ 
“ 
..................... ..........   1  25
15  “ 
“ 
..................... ..........2 00
..................... ..........   2 75
17  “ 
“ 
assorted, 17s and  17s  2 50
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
“ 
40
“ 
bushel................ ..........   1  50
“  with covers  1  90
“ 
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
“ 
“ 
“ No.2 6  25
II No.3 7 25
If 
If 
“ No.l  3 50
“ 
No.2 4 25
If No.3 5 00
Il 
G R A IN S   an d  F E E D S T U F F S
New.  Old.
W hite......................................... 80 
80
Red..............................................
80
80 
All wheat bought  on 60 lb.  test.
Straight, in  sacks.......... . . . .   4  70
“  barrels.... . . . .   4  90
Patent 
“  sacks..........
. . . .   5  70
“  barrels____ . . . .   590
Bolted......................................... ....  2 20
Granulated................. ....  2  45
Bran............................. . . . .   11  00
Ships............................................ . . . .   12 00
Screenings............................
. . . .   11  00
Middlings............................... . . . .   12 00
Mixed Feed.......................... . . . .   14  50
Coarse meal.......................... . . . .   14  00
Small  lots............................... . . . .   38
Car 
Small  lots............................... .............25

“  ............................... . . . .   3594

M IL L 8 T U F F 8 .

splint 

W H E A T .

FL O U B .

“ 
“ 

M EAL.

CORN.

O ATS.

..........  

If 

R Y E .

H A Y .

B A R L E Y .

No. 1............................................. ----- 35@40
No. 1..............................................
. . . .   1  10
No. 2 ............................................. . . . .   1  05
No. 1................................................. . . .   11  00
No. 2................................................. . . .   9 00
H ID E S ,  P E L T S   a n d   F U R S.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay'  as  fol-
lows:
G reen.......................... 4  @  454
Part  Cured.................. @  454
Full 
..................  @ 5
Dry..............................   5  © 6
Dry  K ip s...................   5  @ 6
Calfskins,  green........3  © 4
cured........  454@ 5
Deacon skins..............10  @20

H ID E S .

“ 

“ 

54 off for No. 2.

P E L T S .

Shearlings...................10  @25
Estimated wool, per B> 20  @28

M ISC ELLA N EO U S.

Tallow........................  354@ 4
Grease  butter.............3  @ 5
Switches.....................  154@ 2
Ginseng...................... 2 00@2  75
Washed.............................25@30
Unwashed.........................

W OOL.

JLND GOODS.
“ 
“ 

Drugs 0  M edicines,

S t a l e   B o a r d   o f   P h a r m a c y .  

One T e a r—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
Two T ears—Geo. McDonald, Kalam azoo. 
Three T ears—Stanley E. P ark ill, Owosso. 
F o u r  Tears—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Five T ears—Jam es  Vernor, Detroit.
P resid en t—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon. 
S ecretary—Jas.  V ernor, Detroit.
T reasu rer—Geo.  McDonald. Kalamazoo.
N ext  Meeting—At L ansing Novem ber 5 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 ’n . 

P resident—F rank Inglis,  D etroit.
F irst Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
Sec’d Vice-President—H enry K ephart, Berrien Springs. 
T hird Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, D etroit.
S ecretary—H. J . Brown, Ann Arbor.
T reasurer—W m Dupont, Detroit.
Executive C om m ittee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan;  E. T. 
W ebb, Jackson;  D. E. P rall,  E ast Saginaw ;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, Kalam azoo;  J. J. Crowley. D etroit.
Next Meeting—At  Saginaw , beginning th ird  Tuesday 

o f Septem ber,  1890.________________ ______________

G r a n d   R a p i d s   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty . 
P resident. J. W. H ayw ard,  Secretary, F rank H. Escott.
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. 

P resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, A lbert Brower.
D e t r o i t   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty  

President, J.  W. Allen;  S ecretary, W. F. Jackm an.

M u sk egon   D ru g   C ler k s’  A ssociation . 

President, C. S. Koon;  Secretary, J. W. H oyt.

Powers of Pharmacy Boards.

The  Court of  Common  Pleas of  Pitts­
burg  rendered,  October 1,  a  decision  of 
great interest  to  druggists,  in  all states 
It  was  in 
which have  pharmacy  laws. 
the  case  of  C.  W.  Scheutz  vs.  Alonzo 
Robbins  and  others,  constituting 
the 
Pennsylvania  Board of  Pharmacy.
In the act of May 24, 1887,  under which 
the board was created, there was a clause 
which provided that all  persons who,  at 
time  of  its  passage,  were  managing or 
owning  drug stores,  should  be  granted 
certificates without  further  question,  if 
they applied within a  certain limit.  All 
other applicants  are  required  to satisfy 
the board of  their  fitness  by passing  an 
examination.
Scheutz demanded  that  he  be given  a 
certificate  without  examination.  The 
board refused his demand, because at the 
time  of 
the  application  Scheutz  was 
under twenty-one  years of  age,  and  had 
only been an assistant  to  the proprietor 
of  the store, never  having  managed one 
of  his own.
Judge Ewing declared,  with respect to 
the board’s first season,  that it  is irrele­
vant  and  not  justified  by  law.  The 
hoard has no power,  he thinks,  to estab­
lish any limitation upon applicants what­
ever in the matter of  age.  With  respect 
to the board’s second reason, however, he 
expresses his approval, and  holds that if 
Scheutz was  not  a  proprietor  when  he 
applied for a certificate he can not  j ustly 
expect it to be issued to  him  under  pro­
visions of  the act  until  he  has passed  a 
fair examination.  His  petition  is there­
fore dismissed.

Catching* Rattlesnakes for  Oil.

From  tb e  A tlan ta Constitution.
Most  people  think  that  rattlesnakes 
are entirely useless  upon the earth,  but 
the  story told by  “The Athens Banner” 
will set aside  such a belief.  There  are 
places in south  Georgia  where  men  ex­
tract oil from the  rattlesnake  and use it 
to cure rheumatism.  These persons will 
give a negro  one  dollar  to  point  out  a 
rattlesnake to them,  and  then they  kill 
it in a  peculiar  manner.  They place  a 
forked  stick over the snake’s head,  then 
put a  cord  around  it  and  strangle  the 
snake.  This is done to  keep  the  snake 
from biting itself.  The body of  the rep­
tile is  then  strung  up  and  the  oil  ex­
tracted from it. 
It sells  at  two  dollars 
per ounce,  and  this  industry is  a  very 
profitable one.  The  snakes in that  sec­
tion are very large,  averaging five feet in 
length, and one rattler gives up  a  great 
deal of oil.  A little negro  once saw two 
rattlers lying close together,  and wanted 
to get  the  money for finding  them. 
It 
was a  mile  to  the  nearest  house.  He 
was afraid  the  snakes  would  crawl  oil 
while he was gone,  and so he took off his 
coat  and  placed  it  between  the  two 
snakes.  He  went  off,  came  back,  and 
found them  still  eyeing  the  coat.  He 
had  them  charmed. 
So  the  snake  is 
cultivated  down  there as a profitable in­
dustry.

The Drug Market.

There are no important changes to note 
this week.  Opium and  quinine  are  un­
changed.  Morphia  is  steady.  Cream 
tartar  is  higher,  and  it  is  thought  the 
present  small advance is  the forerunner 
of  higher  prices.  Balsom  copaiba  is 
tending higher.

Electricity has  formed  a  combination 
with the drop-a-nickel-in-the-slot scheme 
and  has  produced  a  very  useful  little 
contrivance  in  the  shape  of  a  reading 
lamp for  railroad  cars.  The  apparatus 
is situated immediately  ever  the passen­
ger’s  head, and  under  the  rack,  and  is 
contained in  a  small  box  five  by three. 
The light is of  five-candle power, and  is 
obtained by the  introduction of  a penny 
at the  top of  the  box, and  by  a  subse­
quent presure of  a  knob,  and  will  last 
for half an  hour,  extinguishing itself  at 
the end of  that time automatically.

One of the results of  recent legislation 
in  Massachusetts  is  the  closing  up  of 
drug stores  in  various  places, owing to 
the inability of proprietors to get permits 
to  handle  spirituous  liquors,  even  for 
medicinal purposes.  The  action  of  the 
selectmen,  in  whose  hands  the  affair is 
left,  is complained  of  as  grossly unfair 
in many instances.  While this  may  not 
he true, it is certain that the law operates 
so as to enable them to show the greatest 
favoritism,  should  they  feel so inclined.
Dr. Edson, of  the  New  York Board of 
Health, sums  up  his  conclusions in  re­
gard to typhoid fever,  as follows :  First, 
that  typhoid  fever  never  infects  the 
atmosphere ;  second,  that it  never arises 
de novo,  and third, that the  causes of the 
disease,  in order of  their  frequency,  are 
as follows :  First,  infected  water ;  sec­
ond, infected milk ;  third,  infected  ice; 
. fourth, digital infections;  fifth,  infected 
meat.

A system  of  building  houses  entirely 
of  sheet iron has been  communicated  to 
the  Society  of  Architecture,  iu  Paris. 
The walls,  partitions,  roofs  and  wains- 
coating are composed  of double  metallic 
sheets,  separated  by  an  air  mattress, 
which 
is  surrounded  by  different  non­
conductors of  heat.

Gaylord—Russell  &  Phillips  succeed 

H. W. Warner in the drug business.

The  Watchful  Merchant.

From  th e C*m m ercial Bulletin.
Every merchant needs to keep a watch­
ful eye on his  stock.  How  often it hap­
pens that a customer  asks  for an article 
and  is  informed  that “We are  just out, 
but  shall  have  some  in  a  few  days.” 
Every  time  the  merchant  says  this  he 
loses  trade,  and  it  may  be a customer. 
It  does  not  pay  to  be  out  of  sample 
goods.  A  merchant  should  make  it  a 
rule to inspect his  stock  daily, or a por­
tion of  it,  and  as  soon  as  an  article  is 
running  light  in  stock  an order should 
be made so that the fresh  supply may be 
on the  shelves  by  the  time  the  present 
stock is exhausted.
A merchant should reduce his orders to 
such a system that  freight  hills  will not 
be needlessly  numerous. 
If  a  watchful 
eye  is  kept  at  work  orders  may  be  so 
bunched that it will not  be  necessary  to 
have  the  smallest  shipments  made,  but 
the package will be of respectable dimen­
sions.  There is money in keeping orders 
bunched  as  much  as  possible,  as  every 
unnecessary package  reduces  the  year’s 
profit to the amount of  freight charge.
There  is  a  feature  in  ordering  goods 
that should always be kept in mind.  The 
orders  should  npt  be  too  large.  How 
many stories there  are  carrying old  and 
dirty  looking  stocks  of  goods.  This  is 
especially  noticeable  in  a  patent  medi­
cine stock, where the wrappers have been 
faded by the sun until  they  have a  very 
unsalable  appearance.  No one  likes  to 
buy  an  old  bottle  of  patent  medicine 
though the contents may be as  good, and 
if  the customer  finds  he  must  purchase 
such a package  he  will  generally  find  a 
way to refuse it.  The trouble is that the 
merchant ordered a  dozen  bottles  when 
he  should  have  ordered  a  quarter  of  a 
dozen.  He has four times what his trade 
demands.  The  result  is  he  injures  his 
business  every  time  he  allows  an  over­
stock to come in his store.
This is also  true  in  a  measure  of  the 
notion stock.  Some  merchants buy a lot 
of  cheap  jewelry  and  novelties,  much 
more than their  trade  can  use;  it  is put 
in  a  show  case,  and  not  very  well  ar­
ranged at that, or if  so,  it  is  allowed  to 
become  disarranged until  it  is  so  unin­
viting  that  all  chance  of  sale  becomes 
practically lost.  And the  same  thing  is 
seen in all lines of  goods.  The merchant 
has an overstock, or he is “out.”  Either 
of these conditions should be strenuously 
guarded against by every merchant.  They 
are evils in his  business  that  if  allowed 
to have firm  hold  will  always  hold  him 
aloof  from  prosperity.  There  is  just 
as  much  use  of  system  with 
the  mer­
chant  as  with  the  farmer;  neither  can 
prosper without it, and the merchant who 
thinks  he  can  earn  money  by  actually 
selling the  goods  over  the  counter  has, 
it is  feared, mistaken  his  calling.  And 
yet  how  many  merchants  are  keeping 
store  after  this  fashion,  and  they  com­
plain because business is  poor, when the 
fact is that their profit is consumed in the 
purchase of unsalable  goods. 
It  is  pos­
sible  that  a  careful  merchant  may  fall 
into some of  these errors,  hut  the  possi­
bilities are  that  if  he  has  his watchful­
ness will  soon  detect  it  and  he will  be 
able to correct it.
These  are points  that every  merchant 
should  study  carefully.  He  cannot  af­
ford to  do  otherwise.  A  careful search 
about the shelves  will  reveal  an  alarm­
ing  pile  of  old  and  unsalable  goods. 
These should be  worked off  at  most any 
price and  the  stock  cleaned  up to  date. 
If  they cannot  be  sold  to  advantage, or 
drag,  make an  auction of  them. 
It will 
at the same time advertise your business. 
With the old stock cleaned  out  the store 
will take on  a  different  appearance, and 
when the people of the vicinity once learn 
that a certain merchant  never  keeps  old 
goods in  stock,  but,  on the  other  hand, 
keeps a well selected, though small stock, 
they will much prefer  to trade  with him 
rather than  with  tbe  merchant who  has 
failed to clean up his stock.
A  clean  stock  does  not  mean  that  a 
merchant can sell readily every article in 
it.  That would he unreasonable.  But it 
means  that  he  can  be  judicious  in  his 
purchases and thus  save himself a  need­
less outlay, and at the same time have on 
hand  a  more  desirable  stock  of  goods. 
Study  your  business.  You  have  not 
mastered  it  yet.  The  goods  on  the 
shelves are not well arranged.  How can 
you improve the appearance?  The stove 
is not clean.  The books are  not  posted. 
There are a hundred things that  demand 
your constant attention, and  yet, maybe, 
you  are  entirely heedless of  all of them. 
If  so, begin  to-morrow  the  transforma­
tion work,  and the close of  the year  will 
show a larger balance in  your favor than 
you have ever enjoyed.

Formulae  for  Some Insecticides.

I . — M OTH  P A P E R .

I I . — M OTH  P A S T IL L E S .

Carbolic acid....................................  1 part
Ceresin............................................  1 part
Napthalin...............................................   2 parts
Melt and imbibe in  the  melted  liquid 
pieces of bibulous paper.  Dry on metal­
lic plates.
Camphor.................................................   5 parts
Black pepper  .................................   10 parts
A bsyntb....................................... 
  10 parts
Patchouli................................................  2 parts
Essence of lavender.................................  2 parts
Essence of cloves.............................   1 part
Paraffin...................................................  100 parts
Melt together and  make into pastilles.
Etherial oil of cherry laurel..............   2 parts
Essence of cloves.............................  2 parts
Essence of bergamot.........................  2 parts
Oil of turpen tine......................................   2 parts
Camphor.................................................  5 parts
Garden pepper.........................................  15 parts
Alcohol..................................., __1,000 parts

m . — E SSE N C E   F O R   CO CK ROACHES.

Digest and filter.

IV .— ESSEN C E  F O R   GNATS  AND  F L IE S .

Essence of bay................................  10 parts
Essence of eucalyptus......................   20 parts
Ether......................................................  20 parts
Alcohol...................................................  70 parts

Mix and  dissolve.

 

V . 

V I. 

Mix. 

— COCKROACH  P O W D E R .

— P A S T IL L E S   F O R   G N A TS.
5 parts
1 part
Melt the spermaceti together,  add  the

Spermaceti..............................................  10 parts
Wax................................... 
 
Essence of anise..... ....................... 
anise and pour into moulds.
Angelica root, well powdered....................  160 parts
Essence of eucalyptus..............................  20 parts
Scatter,  at  night,  plentifully, 
around  the  haunts of  the  pests. 
answers  equally  well  against  all  the 
coleoptera,  etc.
Green soap...............................................  40 parts
Extract of tobacco...................................   60 parts
Empyreumatic oil....................................  50 parts
Alcohol  .........................................   200 parts
Water............................ .  ..............   650 parts
Mix  secundum  artem.  Before  use 
dilute with five volumes of water.

V II.— N E S S L E R ’S  IN S E C T IC ID E .

It

DARWIN  DOUBTED.

Prof.  Virchow  Says  that  the  Proof  of 

His  Theory  Is  Still Lacking.

Some sensation has  been caused at the 
recent  Anthropological  Congress 
in 
Vienna by the speech of the great Berlin 
biologist, Prof. Virchow.  About a year 
ago,  Virchow, on a similar occasion, made 
a severe  attack  on  the  Darwinian posi­
tion,  and  this  year  he  is similarly out­
spoken.  We make the following extracts 
from  his  long  address  to the Congress: j 
“Twenty  years  ago,  when  we  met  a t! 
Innspruck, it was precisely  the  moment 
when the Darwinian theory had made its | 
first  victorious  mark 
throughout  the 
world.  Jtfy  friend  Vogt  at once rushed 
into,the ranks of  the champions  of  this 
doctrine.  We have since in vain sought j 
for the intermediate stages,  which  were | 
supposed to connect man with  the  apes; j 
the proto-man,  the pro-anthropos,  is  not 
yet discovered.  For anthropological sci­
ence the pro-nnthropos is not subject of a | 
discussion.  The anthropologist may, per- j 
haps, see him  in a dream,  but as soon as 
he  awakes  he  cannot  say  that  he  has 
made any approach toward him.  At that 
time iu Innspruck the prospect  was,  ap­
parently, that the course of descent from 
ape to man would be reconstructed all at 
once;  but now, we cannot even prove the 
descent  of  the  separate  races from one 
another.  At this  moment we are able to 
say that among the peoples  of  antiquity 
no single one was  any nearer to the apes 
than  we  are.  At  this  moment  I  can 
affirm that  there  is  not  upon earth any 
absolutely unknown race  of  men.  The 
least known of all are the peoples of  the 
central  mountainous  districts  of  the 
Malay Peninsula, but otherwise we know 
the people of  Terra del  Fuego  quite  as 
well as the Eskimo,  Bashkirs,  Polynesi­
ans and Lapps.  Nay,  we know  more  of 
many of these races than we do of certain 
European tribes;  I need only mention the 
Albanians.  Every  living  race  is  still 
human;  no single one has yet been found 
that  we  can  designate  as  Siminian  or 
quasi-Simian.  Even when in certain ones 
phenomena appear which  are  character­
istic of the ape—e. g.,  the  peculiar  ape­
like projections  of .the  skull  in certain 
races—still  we  cannot, on  that  account 
alone, say  that  these  men  are ape-like. 
As  regards  the  lake  dwellings,  I have 
been able to submit to comparative exam­
ination nearly every single skull that has 
been found.  The result has been that we 
have certainly met with opposite charac­
teristics among various races;  but  of  all 
these, there is not one  that  lies  outside 
of the boundaries of  our present popula­
tion. 
It can thus  be  positively  demon­
strated that in the course of  5,000  years 
no change of type worthy of mention has 
taken place. 
If you ask me whether the 
first man were white or black,  I can only 
say  I  don’t  know.”  Prof.  Virchow 
summed  up  the  question  as  to  what 
anthropological  science  during  the last 
forty years has gained,  and  whether,  as 
many  contend,  it  has  gone  forward or 
backward.  “Twenty years ago the lead­
ers of our science asserted that they knew 
many  things  which,  as a matter of fact, 
they did not  know.  Nowadays we know 
what  we  know. 
I  can only reckon up 
our  account  in  so  far as to say that we 
have made  no  debts;  that  is,  we  have 
made no loan from  hypotheses;  we  are 
in  no  danger  of  seeing  that  which we 
know overturned in the course of the next 
moment.  We have  leveled  the  ground, 
so that the coming generation may  make 
abundant use of the material at their dis­
position.  As  an attainable objective  of 
the next twenty years,  we  must  look  to 
the anthropology of the European nation­
alities.”
Constituent Elements of Some  Popular 

Preparations.
V A N A D IU M   IN K .

 

H A G A N ’S  M A GNOLIA  BA LM .

Tannin...............................................  25grs.
Distilled water....................................250 grs.
Vanadate of ammonia.................  
  1 gr.
Distilled water.............. 
25 grs.
Mix  the  two  solutions  by  agitation. 
This fluid  writes  black,  does  not pene­
trate the paper and cannot be  copied;  is 
not  affected  by  dilute  acids,  but  is 
bleached by javelle water.
BLOOM   O F   R O SES.
Sol. of ammonia.................................  X oz.
Carmine.............................................   ¡402.
Rosewater................ ..........................1  Pt.
Essence rose.......................................  X oz.
Glycerine...........................................1.  oz.
Pure oxide of zinc..............................1  oz.
Rosewater  ......................................... 4  oz.
Glycerine...........................................1  dr.
Perfume............................................. 
qs.
Flake white....................................... 6  drs.
Carmine No. 40....................................  X dr.
Glycerine...........................................2  drs.
Rosewater..........................................7X oz.
Mix in mortar, shake before using, and 
apply with a sponge.
Muriate of ammonia................................... 40 grs.
Any strong cologne..............................   2 oz.
Distilled water.......................................7 oz.
Apply to the face with sponge  or  soft 
cloth.
Alcohol.................................................  1 qt.
Gum camphor........................................  4 oz.
Turpentine............................................  2 oz.
Oil origanum.........................................  2 oz.
Sweet oil  .............................................  1 oz.

A  D E L IC A T E   A N D   R E F R S H IN G   T O IL E T   W A T E R .

BLOOM   O F  Y O U TH .

MAGIC  L IN IM E N T .

A Somnambulist in  a  Coal Bin.
From  th e Chicago H erald.
Over on the  West  Side is a very hand­
some  young  lady who  is  afflicted  with 
somnambulism.  When  she  puts  her 
pretty head upon the pillow  at night she 
does not know  what may befall  her  be­
fore she awakes in the morning,  and she 
worries a  great  deal  over  this  strange 
affliction.  Her  people  watch  her  as 
closely as possible, but she objects to any 
regular  espionage  during  her  sleeping 
hours.  One night not long ago she went to 
bed at the usual  hour.  Along  about  1 
a. m. her sister,  who slept in an  adjoin­
ing room, awoke and went in to see if the 
girl was all right.  Her  bed  was  empty 
and her door was open!  The house  was 
aroused  and a search for  “La  Somnám­
bula”  was  begun.  She was found—but 
where ?  Curled up in a little ball on the 
coal  in  the  cellar  coal-bin  sleeping 
soundly.  She  was  aroused  quietly and 
went  back  to her bed,  where  she  slept 
well until morning. 
In her  dreams  she 
must  have imagined  that coal cost more 
than a good bed and she was about right.

Red Pepper.

The  cultivation  of  the  red  pepper 
plant is said  to  be  increasing  consider­
ably in  Turkey and to now form  an  im-

| portant branch of industry. 
It is chiefly 
carried  on  in  the  cantons  of  Karadja 
Abad,  in the districts of  Vardar Yenidje 
and  of  Yendine,  a village  of  Salonica. 
There are two gatherings,  the first being 
the best quality, as  the  pepper  reddens 
imperfectly  in  the  autumn.  The  last 
harvest in the cantons of Yenidje Karad­
ja Abad amounted to about  350,000  okes 
(oke, 2.84 pounds),  and  in that of  Ven- 
dine Karadja  Abad  to  about  the  same 
quantity.  About 45 per cent, is exported 
to Europe,  30  per cent,  to the neighbor­
ing countries, Bulgaria,  Servia and Aus­
tria-Hungary, and  the  remainder to dif­
ferent parts of the Turkish empire.

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Caryophyllus,  (po.  28)
Carmine,  No. 40..........

Coccus .............
Cassia Fructus.
Centraría..........
Cetaeeum........

A ntipyrin...................1  35@1  40
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ©  68
Arsenicum.................  
5©  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N .............2  10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  Xs,  12)............
@ 9
Cantharides  Russian,
PO........................
@i 75
Capsici  Fructus, a f...
@ 18
@ 16
© 14
23® 25
@3 75
50® 55
28® 30
@ 40
@ 15
@ 10
@ 35
32® 35
@1  00
50@1 75
io@
10® 12
15® 20
4® 10
@ 60
© 50
2
i
5® 5
8® 10
@ 8
35® 38
@ 24
8® 9
10® 12
68© 70
8
© 6
40® 45
12@ 15
@ 23
10® 11
& 90
40® 
60
0 per

Cudbear.......
Cupri Sulph.
Ether Sulph.
Emery,  all  numbers..
PO-...
Ergota, (po.)
Flake  White.
G alla.............
Gelatin,  Cooper.

Chondrus...................  
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W 
German 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ........................
Creasotum.................
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........
“  prep...................
“  precip................
“  Rubra................

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

8. N.  Y.  Q. &

cent, by box 70 less
Glue,  Brown.............
“  White..............

9® 15
13@ 25
22© 25
Grana Paradisi.
@ 15
25® 40
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..
@ 90
“  Cor ....
@ 80
Ox Rubrum
@1  00
Ammoniati..  @1  10
Unguentum.  45® 55
Hydrargyrum.............  @  80
Ichthyobolla,  Am...... 1  25@1  50
Indigo.........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl........... 3 75@3 85
Iodoform.....................  @4  70
Lupulin......................   85@1  00
Lycopodium..............   55©
Macis 
----
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod— >..........  @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinltis  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
IX )...........................   2®  3
Mannia,  S. F ..............   45®  50
Morphia,  S.  P. & W .. .2 65@2  90 
C. C o........................2 65@2 90
Moschus  Canton........   @ 4 0
Myristica,  No. 1..........  60®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 1 0
Os.  Sepia.....................  28®  30
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co.............................  @2 00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., X gal
doz  ..........................
@2  00 
Picis Liq., q u arts......
@1  00 
pints..........
@  70 
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)..
@  50 
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..
@  18 
Piper Alba,  (po £5)__
35 
15@
Plx  Burgun................  
_
7 
Plumbi A cet...............  14®
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......
@1  25 
Pyrethrum,  pv...........
35®  40 
Quassiae.....................
8®   10 
Quinia, 8. P. & W ......
42®  47 
S.  German__ ____
33®  45 
Rubia  Tlnctorum......   10®
14 
Saccharum Lactis pv. 
~  _
35
Salacin........................2 25@2 35
Sanguis  Draconis......   40®  50
Santonine  .....................  @4 50
Sapo,  W......................   12®  14
8®  10
“  G...........................   @ 15
Seidlitz  Mixture........  @  25
Sinapis............................  @ 18
opt.......................  ® 30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes...........................   @ 35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
il@  12
Soda Boras,  (po. 1?).  , 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  30®  33
Soda Carb...................  
2® 2X
Soda,  Bi-Carb............. 
4®  5
Soda,  Ash................... 
3®  4
Soda, Sulphas................   @ 2
Spts. Ether C o ...........  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom......   @2 00
“  Myrcia Imp........  @2 50
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 05).............................  @2 15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subí...............2J£@ 3)4
Tamarinds.................  
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   28®  30
Theobromae..............   50®  55
Vanilla...................... 9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph................ 
7®  8

Roll................ 3X@ 3

M........................ 

“ 

“ 

Carb.............................  12®  15
Chlorate,  (po. 18)........  16®  18
Cyanide......................   50®  55
Iodide......................... 2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  27®  29 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ®  15
Potass  Nitras, opt......  
8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  
7®  9
Prussiate.....................  25@  28
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

RADIX.

Aconitum...................   20©  25
Althae..........................  25®  30
A nchusa.....................  15®  20
Arum,  po.....................  @  25
Calamus......................   20®  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......  10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16@  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 50).....................  @  45
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__   15®  20
Inula,  po.....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po...................2 40®2 50
Iris  plox (po. 20@22)..  18®  20
Jalapa,  pr...................   25®  30
Maranta,  X®..............   ®  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei.............................  75@1  00
“  cut......................   @1  75
“  pv........................  75@1  35
Spigelia......................   48®  53
Sanguinaria,  (po 25)..  @  20
Serpentaria..................  40®  45
Senega........................  60®  65
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........   10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po.....................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
Zingiber a ...................   10®  15
Zingiber  j ...................   22®  25

“ 

“ 

“ 

SEMEN.

Anisnm,  (po.  20)........  @  15
Apium  (graveleons)..  10®  12
Bird, Is......................  
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18).............  8®  12
Cardamon.........................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum................  10®  12
Cannabis Sativa..........3X@ 
4
Cvdonium...................   75@1  00
Cnenopodium  ...........   10®  12
Dipterix Odorate.........1  75® 1  85
Foeniculum................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po.......... 
6®  8
L in i.............................4  @ 44
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4 )...  4X@  4X
Lobelia........................  35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian__ 3X@  4)4
R apa...........................   6®  7
Sinapis,  Albu.............  8®  9
Nigra...........   11®  12

“ 

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“ 

SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W.. D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R .......1  75©2 00
 
1  10@1  50
Juniperis  Co. O. T __ 1  75@1  75
“ 
............. 1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E .........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galll............1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto..................... 1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba........................ 1  25@2 00

SPONGES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage.........................2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  .................  
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.......... 
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage.'.................. 
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .............. 
Hard for  slate  use__  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se ........... ...............  

2 00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

 

SYRUPS.

Accacia......... _.....................  50
Zingiber  ........ 7...................   50
Ipecac...................................   60
Ferri  Iod..............................   50
Auranti  Cortes.....................  50
Rhei  Arom...........................  50
Similax  Officinalis..............   60
Co........  50
Senega..................................  50
50
Scillae....................... 
“  Co..............................   50
T olutan...............  
50
Prunus virg..........................  50

“ 

“ 

 
 

 

TINCTURES.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconitum  Napellis R ..........  60
F ..........  50
Aloes.....................................  60
and  myrrh..................  60
A rnica..................................  50
Asafcetida.............................  50
Atrope Belladonna..............   60
Benzoin................................   60
Co...........................   50
Sanguinaria..........................  50
Barosma..............................   50
Cantharides..........................  75
Capsicum.............................  50
Cardamon.............................  75
Co.....................   75
Castor........................................ 1 00
Catechu................................  50
Cinehona.............................  50
Co.....................   60
Columba..............................   50
Conium................................  50
Cubeba.................................   50
D igitalis..............................   50
Ergot.....................................  50
G entian................................  50
Co.............................  60
G uaica................. 
50
ammon.................  60
Zingiber..............................   50
Hyoscyamus........................  50
Iodine...................................   75
Colorless................  75
Ferri  Chloridum..............  35
K in o ................. 
50
Lobelia.................................   50
Myrrh...................................  50
Nux  Vomica........................  50
O pii......................................   85
“  Camphorated.......... 
50
“  Deodor.............................. 2 00
Auranti Cortex.....................  50
Q uassia................................  50
Rhatany  ..............................   50
Rhei......................................   50
Cassia  Acutifol...................   50
“  Co..............   50
Serpentaria..........................  50
Stramonium...................... 
  60
Tolutan................................  60
V alerian..............................   50
VeratrumVeride..................  50

“ 
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“ 

“ 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

Aceticum...................
Benzolcum,  German..
Boracic 
.....................
Carbolicum................
Citricum.....................
Hydrochlor................
N itrocum ...................
Oxalicum...................
Phosphorium  dll........
Salley Ileum ...............1
Sulphuricum..............
Tannicum.................. 1
Tartaricum..................

8®   10 
80@1  00 
30
40®  45 
50®  55 
3®  5
10®   12 
13®  14 
20
40®1  80 
IX®  5 
40®1  60 
40®  43

AM M ONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg................. 
18  deg.................  
(Tarbonas  ...................
Chloridum...................  

3®  *>
4®  6
!«© 14
v
Black................................ 2 00@2 25
Brown...........................   80@1 00
Red  ........................  
45® 50
Yellow............................. 2 50@3 00

a n i l i n e . 

 

BACCAB.

Cubeae (po. 1  60...............1 85®2 00
Xantnoxylum.............  25®  30

b a l s a m u m .

Copaiba........................   55®1
Terabin, Canada  ......   45®  50
Tolutan.......................  45@  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian..................  18
Cassiae  ................................
Cinchona F la v a ..................  »
Euonymus  atropurp...........
Myrica  Cerifera, po.............  20
Prunus Virgin!.....................
Quillaia,  grd........................ -  **
Sassafras  ........... ................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)------  10

EXTRACTUM.
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
“ 
Is.............
»  Xs............

po.

FERRUM.
Carbonate Precip....
Citrate and Q uinia.. 
Citrate  Soluble......
Ferrocyanidum Sol..
Solut  Chloride........
Sulphate,  com’l ........
pure..........
f l o r a .

“ 

24®  25 
33®  35 
11©   12 
13®  14 
14®  15 
16®  17

®  15 
®3 50 
®  80
IX®®

Arnica ........................
Anthem is...................
M atricaria..................  * ®

F O L IA .

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin- 

........ 
niv elly ...;.. 

 

1®®
g g

Salvia  officinalis,  X8
UraUrsi......................... 

and  Xs.....................  I®»
8®

“ 
“ 

» 
“ 
“ 

75@1
50®

Acacia, 1st  picked....  ®1

g u m m i.
2d 
••
3d 
..
sifted sorts.
po.
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)
“  Cape,  (po.  20)
“  Socotri, (po.  60) 
Catechu, Is, (X®, 14 X®t
16)...........................
Ammoniae..................  25®
Assafetida, (po. 30)...
Benzoinum..................  * ®
Camphor*...................  
j®®
Eupnorbium  po  ........   36@
Gafbanum...................
Gamboge,  po..............   80®
Guaiacum, (po. 45)—   ®
Kino,  (po.  25).............  ©
M astic........................  ®1
Myrrh,  (po  45)...........
Opii,  (pc. 5 10)........... 3 60®3
Shellac  ............—   30®
bleached........  28®
“ 
Tragacanth................  30®
hbbba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium..........................
Eupatorium.........................
Lobelia.................................
Majorum..............................
Mentha  Piperita..................
“  V ir........... .............
Rue........................................
Tanacetum, V ......................
Thymus,  V ...........................

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, Pat..............   55®
Carbonate,  P a t ..........  20®
Carbonate, K. &  M—   20® 
Carbonate, JenningS..  35©

OLEUM.

Absinthium..........................5 00®5
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®
Amydalae, Amarae— 7 25@7
A nisi.....................................1 85®1
Auranti  Cortex..........  @2
Bergami!  ................... 2  80@3
Cajiputi......................   90@1
Caryophylli................   @1
C edar..........................  35®
Chenopodi!................  ©1
Cinnamomi..........................1 35®1
Ci tronell a .............. 
  ®
Conium  Mac..............   35® .
Copaiba......................   90@1
Cubebae...................16 00@16
Exechthitos................  90@1
Erigeron.............................. 1 20@1
Gaultheria........................... 2 20®2
Geranium,  ounce......   @
Gossipii,  Sem. gal......   50®
Hedeoma  ....................1  15@1
Juniper!......................   50@2
Lavendula..................  90@2
Limonis................................ 1 50@1
Mentha Piper........................2 35@2
Mentha Verid...................... 2 50®2
Morrbuae, gal.............  80@1
Myrcia, ounce.............  @
Olive..................................... 1 00@2
Picis Liquida,  (gal.,35)  10®
R icini................................... 1 20@1
Rosmarini............. 
75@1
Rosae,  ounce...............  ®6
Succini........................  40®
Sabina........................  90@1
Santal  ........................ 3 50@7
Sassafras.....................  55®
Sinapis, ess, ounce__   ®
Tiglii...........................  @1
Thym e........................  40®
opt  ................  @
Theobromas................  15®
BICarb........................  15®
Bichromate................  13®
Bromide......................   37®

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Specially  adapted  for  Pianos, 

Organs a nd Hard Woods.

DnlkTlill!) 
remove  grease  and  dirt, and 
rU llo lllU a  will add a lustre which for  beauty 
and durability cannot be excelled.
P n lk h in a   is clean  and  easy  to  use,  as  fu ll 
ru ilO lillla   directions accompany  each  bottle.
P n lk liin a   is 
up  in  l a r g e  b o t t l e s, 
r o iio n illu   and is sold at the moderate price of 
Twenty-five Cents.
D flliehi na  's l*ie Best Furniture Finish in tbe 
r  U iio lllila   market.  Try it, and make your old 
furniture look fresh and new.
D n iitllin a   is for sale  by all Druggists, Furol- 
ru llo llllid   ture  Dealers,  Grocery  ana  Hard­
ware Stores.

BEWARE  OF IMITATIONS.

FOR  SALE  WHOLESALE

HAZELTINE  l  PERKINS  DRUG GO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

War Glaims a Specialty.

PENSIONS  FOR  DISABLED  SOLDIBB8, 
their widows and children.
INCREASE  PENSIONS for  those  whose  dis­
abilities have increased, and for those who have 
become  entitled  to a higher  rate  by  a  depart­
mental ruling, or by act of  Congress.
VETERAN  BOUNTIES to all soldiers whore- 
enlisted on or  before  April  1,  1864,  during  the 
war of the rebellion,  having  previously  served 
in  the  army  at  any  time  for  a period  of  (et  
periods aggregating) nine months.
OFFICERS’  TRAVEL  PAY  now  collectable 
In every instance where a discharge  or  resigna­
tion was based upon a disability incurred in ser­
vice.
ALL  KINDS  OF  CLAIMS  diligently  and per­
sistently prosecuted.
Sixteen years experience.  My  fees  and  other 
charges are  moderate  and  in  accordance  with 
the law.
ADVICE  FREE and  CHEERFULLY  GIVEN.
REFERENCES in every County  in  Michigan 
P. I. DARLING, Attorney,

on application.

L ate  Special  Exam iner  17. S. Bureau  of  Pensions, 

46 Old Houseman Building,

Grand Rapids,

SUSPENDED!

J E T T I N B .

Warranted  not  to  Thicken,  Sour  or  Mold in 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injury 
by Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after freea 
ing.  See quotation.  KARTELL BLACKING 
CO., Sole Manufacturers,  Chicago, 111.

H A ZELT IN E

&  P E R K IN S

DRUG  CO.

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

-D R U G S --

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.
Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, l/arnislies.

Sole  Agentsjfor  the  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Painte.

Dealers in

We  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

W E A T H E R L Y ’S  M IC H IG A N   C A T A R R H   R E M E D Y .

We have in stock and offer a full line of

W h isk ie s,  B randies,

G i n s ,  W i n e s ,   B u m s .

OILS.

“ 

paints. 

Bbl.
Whale, winter...........   70
Lard,  extra................   55
Lard, No.  1................  45
Linseed, pure raw __   58
Lindseed,  boiled  __   61
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained..................  50
Spirits Turpentine__   53
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian...............IX  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ IX  2@4
“ 
Ber........IX  2©3
Putty,  commercial__ 2X  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure.......2X  2X@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ........................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English_________  70@75
Green,  Peninsular../...  70@75
Lead,  red.....................  6X@7X
“  w h ite..................6X@7X
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’....................... @90
1  00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
Cliff........................... 
1  46
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints........................1 
00@1 20

We are  Sole  Agents in  Michigan  for  W. D. & Co* 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  Whisky.

W e sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
W e 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.

ftaltine i  Perkins  Drug  Bo,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

‘ 
“ 

Jäther, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
"  
Alumen........................2)4® 3)4
ground,  (po.
7).............................. 
3®  4
Annatto......................   55®  60
4®  5
Antimoni, po.............. 

“ et Potass T.  55®  60

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach........1 10@1  20
Extra Turp...................1 
Coach  Body.................2 
No. 1 Turp  F um ..........1 00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar___ 1 55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Tutd........................  70®  75

60@1 70
75@3 00

F .   JT . 

L otSSJo.— j 
5/JMQ

+  Price.

BETTENTHA.
JOBBER  OF

Oysters

-AND-Salt Fish.

P u tn am   Candy Co.,

. JOBBERS  OF

BEN. W. PUTNAM, Pres. 

JAMES M. BARNETT, Vice-Pres.

FRED  B.  ALDRICH, Sec’y and Treas. 

•

W M . SEARS & CO.,

Graeker  ManiMilrers,

3 7 .  3 9   a n d   41  K e n t  St.,  G ra n d   R a p id s.
BROWN  &  SEHEER,
lines,  Boilers  aefl  Mill  Maelery,  Fan Machinery,

Agricultural  Implements, Wagons and Carriages.

DEALERS  IN

___   garment  bearing  the  above  ticket  is
WARRANTED  NOT  TO  RIP, and,  if  not as re­
presented, you are requested  to  return  it to the 
Merchant of whom it was purchased and receive 
a new garment.
S T A N T O N ,   S A M P S O N   &  CO.,

Manufacturers, Detroit, Mich.

Vlillers, Attention

W e 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) 
than  any  other  machines  of 
their  class.
Send  for  descriptive  cata­
logue with testimonials.
Martin’s  Middlings  Mta  Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
S.  P .  B e n n e tt,
Th« “Line COAL Man.1'

Wilkesbarre and Pittston Anthracite 
Coal, Cumberland  Blossburg  Smith­
ing Coal, 72-hour  Connelsville Coke.

year around.  Write for prices.

A large supply  of  the  above  coals on track the 
8.  P.  BENNETT,  Grand Rapids, Mich.
N otice !

Special
All smithing coals sold  by us we guar­
antee to be mined  from  the  BIG  VEIN 
in the Georges  Creek  District.  This is 
the coal so  favorbly known as Piedmont 
or  Cumberland  Blossburg,  and  stands 
unrivalled for smithing purposes.

S o m e th in g   N e w

Bill Snort

Mail Orders Receive Prompt  Attention.  See  Quotations  in Another  Column. 

CONSIGNMENTS  OF  AT.T.  KENDS  OF  WILD  GAME  SOLICITED.

Io n ia  P a n ts  & O v e ra ll Co.

E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Pants,  Overalls,  Goats,  Jackets,  Shirts,  Ete,

Warranted  Not to Rip-

Fit Guaranteed.

Workmanship  Perfect.

F*

Mr.  Voorhees’  long experience in the manufacture of  these  goods  enables him 
to turn out a line especially adapted to the  Michigan  trade.  Samples  and  prices 
sent on application.

IONIA,  MIOH.

c o m m o n

Two Years 

T est,

No.  4  Monroe  Street, 

E.  G.  STUDLEY,
Rubber

Wholesale  Dealer in

Boots and Shoes

Manufactured by

GANDER RUBBER  GO.

Send  for  Large  Illustrated  Catalogue  and 

Price List.

TELEPHONE  464.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

CURTISS  & 

WHOLESALE

C O . ,

TbeMichiganTradesman

THE  OLD,  OLD  STORY. 
[ c o n t i n u e d   f r o m   f i r s t   p a g e .]

“Yes;  and,  oh,  I  have  been  so  un­
happy !”
“Then,  my darling,  why did  you treat 
me so coldly ?”
“Because  I  was  jealous. 
I  thought 
you did not carefor me as you used to do!” 
Harry  Rayburn, laughed a low,  sweet 
laugh, and lifting the hushed face gently 
and  kissing  the  trembling  lips,  asked, 
smiling.  “Jealous of whom, Hester ?”
1  thought  you 
“Of  Fanny  Lawson. 
loved her best!”
“Oh !  silly little  girl.  Not  to  know 
that I could  not love any one else in the 
whole world as  I  love  you. 
I was only 
taking care  of  Fanny  while  Will  was 
away, and this has been the cause of  my 
long heartache, has it?”
“But  Harry,  you took  her to the fair 
first!”
“So  I  did,  sweetheart,  but  I  started 
early, so that I could  return  in  time  to 
take you. meaning to tell  you that morn­
ing  that  Will  had put her  in  my care, 
though I never for one  moment  thought 
St possible that  you could misunderstand 
my attentions to  her.  When I returned 
for  you I met  you with  Joe Wentworth, 
and  from  that  day  you  have  been  so 
changed that I have  been  miserable. 
I 
could not imagine  at first  what could be 
the cause  of  it,  but afterward I thought 
that  you  did  not  care  for  me,  and  so 
meant  to  show  me  your  indifference. 
The night  of  our  husking  you  were so 
cold, so unlike  what  you  had  been  be 
fore,  that I made up my mind  it  would 
be  useless  to  say anything  to  you 
I 
thought then that  you loved Wentworth, 
and I was a wretched  man.  When  Will 
said he was  going  West I determined to 
go too. 
I could not have stayed here be­
lieving that  you cared for another  man; 
but now 1 am  the  happiest  man  alive ! 
Will can go  West if  he wishes;  I cannot 
imagine anything  that  would induce me 
to go now.  But Hesper, sweeeheart, one 
thing  more”—Harry  smilled  mischiev- 
ously _ “and then I think the clouds will 
all  have  been  swept  away:  am  I  ‘so 
dreadfully  tali’  now.  and  is  father  ‘a 
great deal handsomer’ than I am ?”
“Oh !  Harry,  why do  you recall  those 
spiteful  speeches  that  I  have  been  so 
sorry for,  and  that  were  not  true;  for 
there is no one in all  the  world  half 
handsome or so good as you are.  Forget 
all  of  that dreadful time,  and I promise 
that I will never give  you another heart 
ache, and forgive an unkindness that has 
cost me as  much  sorrow  as it has  done 
you.”
The moon peeped down  curiously into 
the porch—the moon has not a particle of 
manners, and is just as curious about lov­
ers to-day as she was about their ancestors 
hundreds  of  years  ago!—doubtless  she 
was grieved that she had not  sped  west 
ward sooner, for  looking  in through the 
climbing  roses  and  honeysuckle  vines 
that wreathed  the  porch she only saw a 
man’s  arm  around the slender figure  of 
the  woman  whose sweet face lay hidden 
on his breast,  while  his  bearded  cheek 
rested lovingly against her  soft  chesnut 
hair.

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

The furniture factories  here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  mill  culls 
out:
Basswood, log-run................................... 13 00®!® 99
Birch,  log-run........................................... 15 00@16 00
Bireh, Nos. 1 and 2.............................. 
<®22 9£
Black Ash, log-run..............................14 00@16 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...................................... 20 00@21 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2.............................. 26 00@2S 00
Red Oak, J4 sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00
Red Oak, \  sawed, regular.......................30 00®32 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.................   @25 00
Walnut, log run...................................  @*» 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2...........................  @75 00
Walnuts, cull 
Grey Elm, log-run.....................................12 0O®13 05
White Aso, log-run................................... 14 00@16 00
White wood, log-run..................................20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-run................................... 17 00@18 00
White Oak, M sawed. Nos. 1 and2 ....42 00@43 00

.....................................99

FOURTH NITIOML B l l

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

J.  Bow ne, President,

Ge o.  C.  P ie r c e,  Vice President.

H.  W.  Nash, Cashier
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general  banking  business.

lake a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

•»f Country Merchants Solicited.

F .  R a n iv ille ,
LEATHER  BELTING

Manufacturer of

JO B B E R   O P

Rilbber Goods and Mill Supplies.

1  to  5  Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

WANTED.

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A R L   B R O S . ,  
Co m m issio n  M e r c h a n t s
157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  F i r s t   N a t i o n a l   B a n k ,  Chicago. 
Mic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n . Grand  Rapids.

the Acme of  u t il it y am

»ECONOMY,

The Danger in Handling  Gasoline. 
Many merchants who  handle  gasoline 
and many housekeepers who use the sub 
stance have  no  idea  how  dangerous  an 
article they are dealing with.  Could the 
writer have his choice,  he  would  prefer 
to deal  with the same number of  pounds 
of dynamite.  Dynamite,  as  now  made, 
is not dangerous unless subjected to shock 
or intense heat.  Gasoline,  on  the  con­
trary, will vaporize  at  any  temperature 
above the freezing  point  and  whenever 
the vapor  of  gasoline  comes  in contact 
with flame, an explosion is the inevitable 
result.

An article lately published in the Phila­
delphia  Enquirer  stated  that  gasoline 
could be exploded sixty feet from a flame, 
provided a breeze  wafted  the  vapor 
the directiop of the flame. 
It is not safe 
to have a naked light in  the  same  room 
with an open can of  gasoline.  Any per 
son who doubts  this assertion may make 
a few simple experiments which will give 
him a better idea of  how gasoline burns, 
and,  at the  same  time,  teach  him more 
respect for that substance.

Procure  a  two-ounce  vial  filled  with 
gasoline.  This  quantity  is  enough— 
don’t run the risk of  having any more of 
it around to get on fire during the experi­
ment.  Pour a little of the gasoline upon 
a board, table or  floor;  see  how  near 
lighted match can  be brought before the 
gasoline ignites.  The distance at which 
it will take fire may be a surprise  to  the 
experimenter.  Usually the gasoline will 
bum entirely up and not even scorch the 
board upon which it is placed.

Next, place the open  vial  of  gasoline 
in a window or other place  where  there 
is a draft;  approach with a lighted match 
or candle from the  leeward, and see how 
many feet distant  the light will be when 
the gasoline bursts into  flame.

There is no such thing as a fire test, as 
far as gasoline  is  concerned.  Kerosene 
oil  vaporizes  anywhere  from  65  to 180 
degrees.  Gasoline  is  always  ready  to 
vaporize.  As before stated, the freezing 
point  alone  prevents  vaporization  and 
danger.  When gasoline must be handled, 
give it no chance to get on fire. 
It  will 
take all the chances and do it every time.

Very Laudable.

“ Do you want to hire a  man, mister?” 
“ No;  I can’t  say that  I  do.  Are  you 

looking for a situation?”

“ Yes, sir.”
“  T h e n   I hope you will get one. 

to see a  man  with  aspirations  toward 
hire life.”

I like 

A  tin  peddler  who  travels  through 
Canada can e x h ib it forty-one scars where 
farmers’ dogs have interviewed him.

DJUSTABL 
reversible;
m .

Liberal  dis­
count 
to  the 
trade.  Special 
Inducem ents 
to parties intro­
ducing 
t h i s  
system of store- 
fitting  in  any 
locality.
Manufactur 
ed  by

KOCH A . B. CO.,
354 Main St.,  PEORIA, ILL.
48-50 Lake St.. Chicago;  114 Water SL, Cleveland

BORDEN, SELLECK & CO., Agta.,

TIME  TABLES.
Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.

In effect Oct. 6,1889.
TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive.

Traverse City A M ackinaw............... 7:00 a  m
Traverse  City  E xpress.....................   8:80a m
Traverse City & M ackinaw............... 3:05 p m
From  Cincinnati..................................8:45p m

GO IN G   SO U T H .
C incinnati  Express...........................
F o rt W ayne Express........................ 11:45 a  m
Cincinnati  Express........................... 5:30 p m
K alam azoo and Chicago..................10:40 p m

Leave 
7:20 a  m 
11:S0 a m 
é:10 p m

7:00 a  m 
18:10 a  m 
6:00 p 
11:06 p

T rain leaving fo r C incinnati a t 6 p.  m.  and  arriv in g  
from   C incinnati  a t  7 p.  m .,  ru n s  daily,  Sundays  in 
eluded.  O ther tra in s daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and P a rlo r C ar  Service:  N orth—7:20 a. m 
and 4:10 p. m. tra in s have  sleeping and p a rlo r cars for 
Mackinaw City.  South—7 a. m. tra in  h as c h air c a r and 
_  m. tra in  P ullm an Bleeping c ar fo r C incinnati; 11:05
p.'m. tra in  has W agner sleeping car fo r Chicago.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids 4k Indiana 

Leave 
Arrive.
7 00 a m ...................................................................... 10:15 a m
11:15 a m ......................................................................   8:45p m
5:10 p m ......................................................................   8:45 p m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge stre e t  depot 7 m inutes later.
C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

GO IN G  W ES T .

D etroit, Grand H aven & M ilw aukee
Leaves.
1:0« p
4:20 p m

Arrives.
tM om ing Express.............................12:60 p m
tT hrongh Mail.....................................4:10 p m
tG rand Rapids  Express...................10:40 p m
•N ight Express....................................6:10 a m
t Mixed.................................................
GO IN G   EA ST.
tD etroit  Express..............................
tT hrongh Mail................................... 10:10 a  m
tEvening Express............................   3:85 p m
•Night Express................................. 10:30 p m

6:60 a  m 
10:20 a 
3:46 p m 
10:55 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  •Daily.
D etroit  Express  h as p arlo r  car  to D etroit, m aking 
direct connections fo r all points  East, a rriv in g  in New 
Y ork 10:10 a. m. n ex t day.
G rand  Rapids  express  has  p arlo r  c a r  D etroit  to 
G rand  Rapids.  N ight  express  h as  W agner  sleeping 
c a r to D etroit, a rriv in g  in D etroit a t 7:20 a.  m.
steam ship 
sleeping 
tick ets 
secured  a t 
D .,6. H. A M.R’y offices, 28 Monroe St., and a t th e depot.
J ab. Campbell. Citv Passenger Agent. 

tickets  and  ocean 

Through  raU road 

b erth s 

and 

car 

JNO. W. LOUD, Traffic M anager, Detroit.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  &  Northern.

For Toledo and all points South and East, take 
the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North  Michigan  Rail­
way from Owosso Junction.  Sure  connections 
at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., and 
connections at Toledo  with  evening  trains  for 
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus,  Dayton.  Cincin­
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville  and  all  promt 
nent points on connecting lines.

A. J. Paisley, Gen’l Pass. Agent

Comer W est Bridge and  North  Front  Sts.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

P.  Steketee  &  Sons,
Sell th e   fo llo w in g   w e l l - k n o w n  

W H O L E S A L E   D R Y   G O O D S.

b r a n d s   of  calico:
AMERICANS, 
WINDSORS, 
STEEL  RIVER, 
ANCHOR, 

SIMPSON’S, 
MERRIMAC, 
ST.  LEDGER, 
FRANKLIN, 

ALLEN’S, 
WASHINGTON’S, 
RIVERPOINT, 
CHARTER  OAK,

HAMILTON’S,
COCHECO,
EDYSTONE,
HARMONY,

IMPERIAL BLACK, 

BERLIN  SOLIDS, 

SLATER  SOLIDS,

COCHECO SOLIDS, SUTAN SOLIDS, SATIN STYLES OF SIMPSON & GARNER. 

Also  Comforts at All  Prices.

8 3   M o n r o e   a n d   lO ,  1 2 ,1 4 ,1 6  & 18 F o u n ta in  S ts. 

Grand  R apids•

RixicLge, 

MICHIGAN  AGENTS  FOR  THE

Bertsch &  C o.,

BOSTON  R U B BER 

CO.

We carry a full line in stock and  guarantee  terms and prices as good as any house 

selling the line.  Correspondence solicited.’

12.  14  AND  16  PEARL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Seventeen  Years  on  the  Market

W ith a steady increase  in  demand.

Jennings’  Flavoring  Extracts,

ARE  ALWAYS  RELIABLE  AND  UNIFORM  IN  QUALITY  AND  PRICE,  BEING 

MADE EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE FINEST FRUIT THAT GROW CANNOT 

BE OTHERWISE  THAN  THE  FINEST  FLAVORS PRODUCED.

We  guarantee  this  cigar  the 
best  $35  cigar  on  the  market. 
Send  us  trial  order,  and  if  not 
ENTIRELY  SATISFACTORY 
return  them.  Advertising mat­
ter sent with each order.

Paper  Warehouse.

We carry the VERY BEST double or single  bit,  hand-shaved  ax  handle
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
Houseman  Block,

ever made.

Bharleiioix  Cigar  MTg  Bo„

CHARLEVOIX,

Joli  Printing!

We desire to  call  atten 
tion  to  our  facilities  for 
first-class  job 
producing 
printing for the  trade.

If  you  live  in a part  of 
the State where you cannot 
get satisfactory work,write 
us for estimates.  Samples 
and prices sent on applica 
tion.

We carry a complete line 
of  stationery,  papers- 
fact all kinds  of  printers1 
stock. 
Send  sample  of 
what you want.

PiillerX Stowe 

Company

100 Louis St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS

.  « v-epy of the KMM'KMEYT after the painting bj 
Kaemmerer,  issued  by 
them  at  a  cost  of  Orel 
5,000 dollars.

T 'he B elknap Wagon and Sleigh  C o .,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

Manufacturers  of
Delivery  Wagons  of
all descriptions. Also

manufacturers 
full
line of  Delivery  and
Road Sleighs.  Write
for  illustrated  cata-
logue and price list.

Dealers will always find Jennings’ Extracts saleable and profitable 
goods to add to their stock.  Order through your Jobber or  direct from

Jennings  &  Sm ith,

Grand Rapids,  Mich•

SEE  QUOTATIONS THIS PAPER.

WHO  URGES  YOU

TO  B.EEP

T H E   F T JB IuIO !

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 WILL BE GLAD TO FILL YOUR ORDERS.

