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if  desired.

AND

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W O O D ,
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WEST SIDE YARD:

30 East Bridge  St.,  Corner Kent. 

Winter St., one block south of Shawmut Ave., 

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To  the  Book  and  Stationery  Trade:

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Messrs. Harper Brothers’ School 
Books  and  can  furnish  them  at 
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MICH.

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Rags,  Rubbers  and  Metals  bought  at  Market 

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GRAND  RAPIDS. 

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in  Grand  Rapids and vicinity.

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MICH.

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A lle n   D u rfee  &  Co.,
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103  Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids.
Fehsenfeld  &  Grammel,
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(Successors to  Steele & G ardner.)

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Handles, and all Kinds  of  Broom Materials. 
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who was for  nine  years  cutter  for  Gardiner & 
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friends in the trade.

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44 Pine St.,  Muskegon, Mich.

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KOBT.  S.  WEST,
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CHICAGO.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6,  1889.

NO . 320.

ROADS  AND  ROAD-MAKING.

Exhaustive  Treatment  of  the  Subject 

by  a Noted  Engineer.
[CONTINUED  FROM  LAST  WEEK.l

It should be borne in  mind that this  is 
not a mere paper organization, or code of 
forgotten statutes,  but an actual working 
system in full operation to-day. 
It is the 
result of  120 years  of  thought and labor 
devoted to an important  subject by some 
of  the  best  minds  in  France,  and  the 
result is the most superb system of roads 
to be found anywhere  in the world.  The 
cost  is  surprisingly  small,  considering 
what  is  accomplished.  The  actual  cost 
per  mile  of  maintaining  the  national 
roads (all  macadamized)  is  given in  De- 
vauve’s Manual for  each of  the  eighty- 
seven  departments. 
It varies  from  $60 
to  $500  per  mile,  with  an  average  of 
$150, of which about half is for labor and 
half for materials.  For maintaining less 
important roads the average cost per mile 
is as follows:  departmental  roads.  $135 ; 
important local roads, $92; ordinary local 
roads, $57;  by-roads, $42.
It would seem as if a somewhat analog­
ous system might be devised  in America, 
by which the roads in  each  State  might 
be placed in charge of the State Engineer, 
the repairs in each county to be  made by 
the county  survey, or  according  to  the 
instructions  of  the  State  Engineer,  a 
uniform road tax of  say  five  mills  to  be 
levied  throughout  the  State,  but  the 
amount of  taxes raised in each county to 
he  expended  in  that  county.  With  an 
estimated valuation in  the State of  New 
lTork of $1,200,000,000  (exclusive of  city 
property)  for the census of  1890, such  a 
tax would yield $6,000.000 per annum for 
the roads of the entire State; and this sum 
judiciously expended,  according to well- 
digested  plans  and  under  competent 
supervision, would in a few years rebuild 
nearly all  our important roads and main­
tain them  in good  order.*  The  present 
system of  independent action or inaction 
by  each  hoard of  county  commissioners 
is known to be a complete failure.  What 
it  costs  for  the  entire  State  cannot  he 
stated,  for  there  are no  statistics on  the 
subject.  Possibly,  if  the statistics were 
available, it would he found that the total 
cost is fully as  great  as  the  sum  above 
stated,  although  the  result 
is  almost 
nothing.  As for toll  roads, and compul­
sory labor or a tax  in lieu  thereof,  they 
are both  out  of  date  at  the  end of  the 
nineteenth  century-
In brief,  then, the only system for good 
country roads, as shown by universal ex­
perience,  is  a  bed of  stone,  broken into 
small angular  fragments and thoroughly 
rolled, and maintained in good order by a 
small  force  of  laborers,  under  proper 
organization and  supervision, constantly 
at work summer  and winter  in cleaning 
off the road and repairing any defects the 
moment they  appear ;  to which must  be 
added from time to time, according to the 
amount of traffic  and  resulting  wear,  a 
general renewal of the road surface with 
the same materials.
City streets  are  simply  roads of  very 
heavy traffic,  and the problem of  paving 
is road-making  designed to  meet certain 
special  conditions.  A  vast  amount  of 
ingenuity has been expended in the effort 
to make pavements  that  would  be inde­
structible,  hut the effort is entirely futile. 
In the  constant  attrition of  wheels  and 
pavement  something must  he worn, and 
if  the  pavement  is  indestructible  the 
vehicles  will  soon  he  destroyed.  That 
pavement is the  cheapest  which  affords 
the least wear to  its own  surface and  to 
the  vehicles  combined.  A  good  pave­
ment should be durable,  smooth, cleanly, 
as nearly noiseless as possible,  and afford 
a  good foothold for  horses.  Every form 
of  construction  material—iron,  brick, 
stone, f and wood—has been tried in every 
conceivable manner of application during 
the last fifty  years.  The  results of  this 
large  experience—as  to  cost  and  dura­
bility,  eas*e of  traction  and  cleanliness, 
noiselessness and slipperiness—have been 
carefully studied by  French and English 
engineers,  and to a certain,  though much 
less,  extent  by  American  engineers. 
While it  cannot  he said  that  the  exact 
amount of  wear  in  terms  of  the  traffic 
has been fully  determined,  nor  that  the 
effect  of  different  pavements  upon  the 
wear  of  vehicles  and  the  cost of  trans­
portation  has  been  mathematically  de­
monstrated,  yet  certain 
fundamental 
principles are now generally admitted by 
all who have given careful thought to the 
matter, viz.:  1.  A  foundation  is  neces­
sary,  which  constitutes  the  real  pave­
ment,  and  which  is  indestructible.  2. 
On  this  foundation  a  suitable  wearing 
surface should he laid, and renewed from 
time to time.  3.  The only suitable wear­
ing  surfaces  are  stone  blocks,  asphalt 
and wood. 
m
In reality, these  principles are  only  a 
development of the macadam road.  Since 
the  surface  of  macadam  is  worn  too 
rapidly by heavy traffic,  it  must  be pro­
tected with a  renewable surface,  leaving 
the body of  broken stone  as  the  perma­
nent  roadrbed.  As  broken  stone  and 
cement mixed with sand  will  acquire  in 
a few days the solidity that macadam will 
attain only after several  months or years, 
the bed of  macadam metal has  naturally 
given place to a bed of concrete.  This is
*A bill of a somewhat similar character is cow 
pending  in  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature. 
It 
provides for a uniform road tax of  seven  and  a 
half mills, to be raised in each county by a board 
of  road  commissioners,  and  expended  under 
their direction by  a  county  engineer,  provided 
that not less than forty  per cent, of the road tax 
shall be expended in macadamizing or other per­
manent improvement.  The act further provides 
that the county engineer  shall  be  appointed by 
the Court of Common  Pleas, that the roads shall 
be  classified  into  highways,  roads  and  lanes, 
that  the  county  shall  be  subdivided  into  dis­
tricts, each  in  charge  of  a supervisor, and that 
he shall  make  plans  and  specifications  for all 
work  upon  roads  and  report  at  stated periods 
concerning  the  same.  The  only defect in the 
proposed plan is its  failure to provide some cen­
tral supervision for the entire  State, so  that  the 
roads should be. constructed  and maintained on 
a uniform system in the different counties.

tAsphalt pavements are really a form of stone. 
The asphalt which they contain acts as a cement 
to hold  together  the  limestone  or  sand  which 
forms the body of  the material, being from 85 to 
95 per cent, of its weight.

universally  conceded  to  he  the  proper 
foundation for  any  good  city pavement. 
A thickness of  six inches has been found 
by experience  to be  amply sufficient;  in 
cases  of  exceptionally  heavy  traffic  it 
should be  made of  Portland cement,  but 
in all other cases the  ordinary American 
cements are quite strong enough.
In selecting  the  wearing surface,  due 
regard should be had to the gradient, the 
traffic, and the climate.  Stone blocks are 
the most  durable, but  they are the  most 
expensive  the  most noisy, and  offer  the 
greatest resistance to  traffic.  Asphalt is 
the smoothest and cleanest, but it should 
not be used  on  grades of  more  than 1)4 
in  100.  Wood is the least durable, hut  it 
is smooth and noiseless.  Among different 
kinds of  stone,  sandstone and  limestone 
are not  sufficiently  durable,  and  trap  is 
so hard that it polishes and becomes very 
slippery under  traffic.  Hence, granite is 
considered  the  best  stone  to  use.  Of 
asphalt  there  are  two  varieties,  the 
natural bituminous  limestone of  France, 
and the artificial  bituminous  sandstone, 
made by mixing sand with  pure asphalt, 
which is largely  used in many  American 
cities.  Of wood, many varieties both hard 
and  soft  have  been  used,  but  the  best 
wooden pavements of  London  and  Paris 
are made of Baltic fir.
Acting  on  these  general  principles, 
engineers  have  usually  recommended 
granite  blocks  in streets of  heavy traffic 
or  steep grades,  and asphalt  or  wood for 
residence  streets.  They  have for  many 
years condemned macadam as a city pave­
ment on account of  its lack of durability, 
and because it cannot be kept clean, being 
always muddy when  watered  and  dusty 
when dry.  There are  still large areas of 
macadam in  the cities of  Europe as well 
as of  New England,  but  the  expense of 
maintaining  them  is so  great  that  they 
are being replaced  as raipdly as possible. 
The wood pavement on a concrete founda­
tion has not been pupular in America  on 
account  of  its  lack  of  durability,  the 
wood surface requiring renewal every five 
or  six  years;  hut  it  is  largely  used  in 
London and Paris.
The granite block surface has been used 
more largely  than  any  other,  an  undue 
importance having been attributed to the 
element  of  durability  regardless  of  all 
other  qualities.  But  of  late  years  the 
questions  of  noiselessness,  cleanliness, 
and ease of traction have been more fully 
considtred,  and  the  result  has  been  a 
large  development  of  smooth-surface 
pavements,  i.  e.,  asphalt and wood.
The  limits of this article  do not admit 
an exhaustive  statement of  the  relative 
merits of  the different kinds of road sur­
faces,  but  certain  facts  in  relation  to 
them may he briefly stated.
1.  Ax to Durability.—The  average life 
of  granite  blocks under heavy traffic,  in 
London,  is  fifteen  years,  during  which 
time the wear  is  about  two  inches, and 
the  edges  become  so  rounded  that the 
pavement is  as  rough  as  cobble-stones. 
They can  then  be  taken  up,  redressed, 
and laid on streets of lighter traffic, where 
they  will  last  for  twenty  years  more, 
during which  time  the  wear is  another 
two inches.  The blocks are then so worn 
that they have  not  sufficient depth for  a 
pavement surface,  but can he sent  to the 
crusher and broken up for concrete.
The average life of  asphalt  as  laid  in 
London  and  Paris  is  seventeen  years. 
Cheapside  was  paved  with  ashpalt  in 
1871, and  after  sustaining  the  heaviest 
traffic for  seventeen  years,  it  had  worn 
down about one  inch  when it was resur­
faced in 1878.  The life of asphalt as laid 
in America is not  yet  fully  determined. 
The first good asphalt pavement was laid 
on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, 
in 1876, and it is  reported that it will be 
resurfaced this year, after thirteen years’ 
use.  On the  other hand,  several  streets 
laid in Washington in 1879 are in perfect 
order,  and  do  not  show  any  apparent 
diminution in  thickness  after ten years’ 
use. 
It is probable that  the average life 
will prove to be about fifteen years.
The average life of wood in London and 
Paris is from six to seven years, as shown 
by  the experience  of  large  numbers  of 
streets.
2.  Ease of Traction.—Elaborate experi­
ments have been  made  by  Morin,  Mac- 
Neil,  Rumford,  Gordon,  and  others,  to 
determine the  force  required  to  draw  a 
given load on various  surfaces.  The  re­
sults agree fairly well,  and show that the 
force is from 1-20 to 1-133 of the load, de­
pending on  the  surface.  The  result of 
all the experiments  as  regards  the rela­
tive value of  different surfaces, is  as fol­
lows :
Force required to draw one ton.
Iron............................................................  10 lbs.
Asphalt.......................................................   15  “
Wood....   ..................................................  21  “
Best stone blocks.......................................  33  “
Inferior stone blocks.................................  50  “
Average cobble stone................................   90  “
Macadam.....................................................100  “
Earth........................................................... 200  “
i.  e., if a certain amount of force is neces­
sary to draw one ton on iron rails on level 
ground, it will  require  additional  force 
in the proportions. above. stated to  draw 
the same load on the other surfaces.  The 
importance  of  these  facts  is  hut  little 
realized,  and in  the  absence of  accurate 
statistics as  to  the  number  of  vehicles, 
the amount of tonnage, and the  distance 
traveled in large  cities,  it  is  impossible 
accurately  to  demonstrate  their  effect; 
but it  can  be  approximately  estimated. 
For instance, in the  city of  New York it 
is estimated that there are  12,000 trucks, 
carrying an average  load of  1)4 tons for 
twelve miles  on  each of  300 days in  the 
year,  at an  average  daily  cost of  $4 for 
each truck.  The result is  about 65,000,- 
000 tons transported  one  mile  in  every 
year,  at a total cost of  $14,400,000, or  at 
the rate of over 22 cents per ton-mile.  The 
excessive  nature  of  this  charge  is  seen 
when  it  is  remembered  that  the  same 
goods are now carried by rail at 6-10 of 1 
cent,  per  mile.  On  asphalt  or  wood 
pavements the  same  horses  could trans­
port a load three times as heavy as on the 
present rough  stone  pavements. 
If  the 
saving  in transportation  is  proportional 
to the load  carried  it  would  amount  to 
nearly $10,000,000 per annum. 
It is safe

to  say  that  at  least  one-half  of  this 
amount would  be  saved by  substituting 
smooth pavements for  those  now in  use 
in New York.
3.  Cleanliness.—The  joints of  a  block j 
pavement  are  receptacles  for  manure,  i 
urine,  and all other street filth, and these 
joints  can  never  be  perfectly  cleaned.  | 
The  only remedy is to make the joints as j 
small as possible.  This  is easily accom­
plished in wooden  pavements where  the | 
blocks are sawed to exact shape.  In stone 
pavements it is more difficult, but the dirt 
spaces  are  reduced  to  a  minimum  by 
filling the joints with gravel  and hot tar, 
which  renders  them  water-proof,  and 
fills  them  up  flush  with  the  surface. 
When this  work  is carefully  done  with 
proper  materials 
the  filling  is  very 
durable,  and  remains in  place  for  many 
years. 
It  can  easily  be  replaced  when 
worn  or broken by travel,  by raking  out 
the joints and refilling them.  On asphalt 
pavements there are no joints, the surface 
being continuous, and for this reason the 
asphalt is the cleanest of all pavements.
There  are  two  methods  of  cleaning 
streets.  The  cheapest,  and  the  most 
commonly used, is to clean the pavements 
(preferably  at  night,  and  after  being 
sprinkled  to lay  the  dust)  by  revolving 
brooms attached to  carts.  The  broom is 
set  at  an  angle,  and  revolved  by  cog­
wheels connecting with the main wheels. 
The dirt is thus  brushed  into the gutter, 
where  it  is  collected  into  piles  and  re­
moved by carts.  The other  method  con­
sists  in removing  by hand every particle 
of manure or dirt the instant it is  placed 
on the street.  Boys or men are stationed 
on  every  block,  and  provided  with  a 
broom and dust-pan, or  canvas  baa:, into 
which they brush th.e  dirt,  and deposit it 
in  a receptacle placed  on  the  sidewalk, 
whence it is removed every few hours  by 
carts.  Broadway  between  Seventeenth 
aud Twenty-third streets, and Fourteenth 
and Twenty-third  streets between  Fifth 
and Sixth  avenues,  in  front of  the  large 
dry  goods  stores,  are  thus  cleaned  by 
private enterprise.  In London, this work 
is done at public  expense  by  large num­
bers of  hoys  between  ten  and  fourteen 
years of  age, whose dexterity  in darting 
between  the  horses  and  wheels  in  the 
most  crowded thoroughfares is  quite re­
markable. 
Iron boxes  are placed on the 
curb-stones at intervals of about one hun­
dred and fifty feet, into which they empty 
the contents of  their  dust-pans,  and  the 
boxes are in turn emptied into carts,  and 
hauled away  every few  hours.  The  ex­
pense of  this, hand  labor is much greater 
than a daily sweeping with machines, but 
it is  very much  more  effective.  Where 
the  streets  are  not  properly  cleaned, 
sprinkling is resorted  to  in order  to  lay 
the dust, and the result is  only to substi­
tute one evil  for  another, for the sprink­
ling turns the dust into mud, and renders 
all pavements very slippery.  Pavements 
of all kinds should be kept  dry  and  per­
fectly clean.
4.  Noise.—The asphalt and wood pave­
ments have a great superiority over stone 
in the matter of  noise.  Wood is probably 
the  most  noiseless  of  all,  as  the  only 
sound is a low rumbling, due to the wheels 
passing over the joints of the blocks.  On 
asphalt there is a click of the horses’ feet, 
but  no  noise  from  the  wheels;  this  is 
hardly noticeable  in  summer,  hut is ob­
served  in  winter,  when  the  pavement 
becomes harder.  But  both the rumbling 
and  the  click  are  insignificant  in  com­
parison with the roar caused by the ming­
ling of countless blows of  iron shoes and 
wheel  tires  on  stone  blocks.  Several 
eminent  physicians  have  expressed  the 
opinion that  this  incessant  noise  is  the 
chief cause of the nervous diseases which 
have come to be such a feature of modern 
city  life.
5.  Foothold.—The  opinion  generally 
prevails that granite block pavements are 
less slippery than smooth pavements, but
careful observations show that this is not 
the fact.  The best  foothold  for  a horse 
is afforded by the soft  dry soil of  a race­
track ;  next to this is a  gravel  road,  and 
then macadam.  But all of these surfaces 
are out of the question on heavily traveled 
streets.  Exhaustive  experiments,  con­
ducted by  Colonel Haywood, in  London, 
showed  that  the  relative  proportion of 
falls  of  horses  on  different  pavements, 
under the average  conditions of weather, 
was  as  follows:  On  asphalt,  1;  on 
granite, 1.47;  on  wood,  0.  Similar  ob­
servations in  American cities established 
the following:  On asphalt,  1; on granite, 
1.40 ;  on wood.  0.
It is thus evident  that  under ordinary 
conditions,  such  as  exist  on  probably 
three hundred  and  fifty  days in  a  year, 
the number of accidents to horses is much 
greater on stone pavements than on either 
asphalt or wood. 
In  fact, the surface  of 
granite, or of any stone  sufficiently hard 
for use on streets,  polishes  under  traffic 
and  becomes  very  slippery.  The  only 
foothold afforded to  the  horses is  in  the 
joints between the blocks.  On  the other 
hand,  under  certain conditions, such as a 
light, dry snow, or a fine  rain on  a  dirty 
surface, asphalt and wood are  more slip­
pery  than  stone.  The  surface of  these 
materials  is not  so  slippery even  under 
these circumstances as the stone, but they 
have no joints to  prevent the horse  from 
completely losing his footing.  The num­
ber  of  accidents  on  stone  pavements, 
under the  circumstances  named,  is very 
great,  but not so great as on the smoother 
pavements.  But  when  kept  dry  and 
clean,  both  asphalt  and  wood  afford  a 
perfectly  good  foothold  for  horses,  if 
reasonable care  is  exercised  in  turning 
corners. 
It is the practice in London and 
Paris to sprinkle sand on the smooth pave­
ments,  when the conditions  are unfavor­
able,  and the  same  practice is  followed 
daily under all circumstances by the street 
car companies in New York  on the stone 
pavements used by their horses.
6.  Cost.—The prices  of  labor and ma­
terials  differ so  widely in various  cities 
and at times in the  same city, the condi­
tions  of  traffic  and  cleanliness  are  so 
different  on  different  streets,  and  the 
character of the maintenance is so differ­
ent,  that it is extremely difficult to form

comparative tables of  cost  of  the differ­
ent road surfaces that can he relied upon 
as accurate. 
It  is  evident  at  a  glance 
that the  cost of  construction is only one 
factor in the problem,  and not the  most 
important one.  The main question to be 
determined  is  the  cost  of  construction 
and interest on the same added to cost of 
maintenance during a long term of years. 
And by maintenance is  meant  maintain­
ing the surface in a condition practically 
as good as  when first laid.  Of  course if 
stone blocks are placed upon a street and 
become full of  ruts  and  depressions  at 
the end of five  years  (as  has  happened 
on  Broadway between  Seventeenth  and 
Twenty-third streets),  these defects will 
not become very much worse  in  another 
twenty or even thirty  years,  even  if  no 
repairs are made.  The cost of  mainten­
ance under such circumstances  would be 
very  different from  the figures  obtained 
from the  experience  of  Paris,  London, 
Manchester,  or  Liverpool,  where 
the 
surface is always kept in good order. 
In 
the following  statements the comparison 
is made between different pavements laid 
in the best manner,  with  concrete foun­
dations,  and maintained  at all times in a 
condition  substantially as good as  when 
first put down.
In Law and Clark’s  Treatise on  Roads 
are given  a  great  number  of  tables  of 
first cost and maintenance  of  pavements 
in English cities,  and in Debauve’s Man­
ual and the  notes  of  the  engineers  ac­
companying the annual budgets of  Paris 
are given similar data in regard to French 
cities.  They differ  widely,  according to 
varying  circumstances, but all  agree  in 
showing the excessive  cost  of  macadam 
under  city  traffic,  which  ranges  from 
fifty cents to over  two  dollars  per  yard 
in every  year.  They also  agree  in  the 
general  statement  that  of  pavements 
proper  the  granite  is 
the  cheapest, 
asphalt, next,  and  wood the most expen­
sive.  The  only scientific  attempt to re­
duce  these  varying  data  to  a  uniform 
basis  of  cost for a given  traffic  is’  that 
made by Mr.  Deacon in a paper  read be­
fore the  Institution of Civil Engineers in 
1879,  and since  widely quoted.  He had 
extensive statistics  of  cost and traffic in 
several  English  cities,  and  he  reduced 
them  to  a uniform  standard  of  100,000 
tons of  traffic  per  year on each  yard of 
width of  the pavement.  This is equiva­
lent to about one hundred  tons  per  day 
on each foot of  width,  and would be pro­
duced  on  a  street  forty  feet  wide  by 
about 5,000 vehicles of an average weight, 
including  load,  of  1800  pounds  each. 
This is substantially the  traffic  of  Fifth 
avenue,  in New York.  He  counted  in­
terest at three per cent.,  sinking-fund at 
fifty  years,  and  maintenance  at  actual 
cost.  His figures are as follows :
For 100,000 tons annual traffic per yard 
of  width:  granite  blocks,  26  cts.  per 
yard  per  year;  bituminous  concrete,  45 
cts.; wood. 52 cts.; macadam, 71 cts.
The  “bituminous  concrete”  referred 
to in his tables was a mixture of  coal-tar 
and gravel used in Liverpool.  Data now 
available for asphalt  streets would place 
their cost about midway between granite 
blocks  and  bituminous  concrete,  i.  e., 
about 35 cts.
In America, owing  to  the  absence  of 
accurate statistics on the cost of maintain­
ing  granite, it is difficult  to  give  exact 
figures,  but it is  believed,  from  present 
experience,  that the relative  expense of 
the  granite  block  pavement  on  Fifth 
avenue  and  the  asphalt  pavement  or 
Madison avenue in fifty  years  will he as 
follows, per square yard per annum :
Cost of construction............... 84.60 
Interest at 3 per cent,  and  sink­
ing fund at fifty years.................. 27 
Annual  maintenance.......................04 
Three  renewals  of  surface  at
82.50................................................ 15
... 
Four renewals of surface at 82.25 
.46

.18
Total per year.
.50
In the above statement  the cost of  re­
newing  granite  surface is taken at $2.00 
per yard.  The actual  cost,  on the basis 
of  the contract  price for  Fifth  avenue, 
would  be  $3.75, from  which  should  be 
deducted the value of  the old stones, es­
timated at $1.25,  which  would be  avail­
able for redressing and use on the lighter 
streets.
There are no statistics  in  America  as 
to the expense during a term of  years of 
wood pavement on a concrete foundation. 
In Paris  the  current  contracts  run  for 
eighteen  years,  and the entire cost, both 
of  construction and maintenance, is paid 
in annual installments during that period 
of  eighty-nine  cents  per  yard for  each 
It is stipulated that the surface is 
year. 
to be renewed every six years.
In brief,  then,  of  the  three  wearing 
surfaces granite  block  is  the  cheapest, 
but at  the  same  time  the  noisiest,  the 
most  destructive  to  vehicles,  and  the 
most expensive for  transportation.  As­
phalt is the smoothest and cleanest,  and 
is slightly more  expensive  than granite; 
wood  is  the  most  noiseless, 
is  quite 
smooth, but is the most expensive.
There  are  various  other  pavements, 
such as brick, wooden  blocks  on  plank, 
macadam,  etc.,  which  are  useful  in 
villages and small  towns,  hut are incap­
able of standing the traffic of large cities, 
and hence are not discussed here.

Granite.  Asphalt.
83.75
.22
.10

A story is told  about  one of  the mem­
bers of  the Flint Union Blues  while  the 
Michigan  State  troops  were  in  camp. 
The  story  is  also  vouched  for  for  its 
veracity.  One  of  the  members  of  the 
F. U.  B.’s  was  doing  guard  duty,  and 
while at his post a gentleman came along, 
and  the  boys  along  the  line  did  their 
best at saluting the  passer-by.  Noticing 
that the Flint  youth  gave  no salute,  the 
man asked  him why he did  not  salute as 
the  other  soldiers  had  done. 
“Didn’t 
have to,” came the  unsatisfactory reply. 
“But  you  saw  your  comrades  did?” 
“Well,  I  don’t  salute  every gol darned 
farmer that passes along these parts, sir, 
if  they  do,” came  the  reply.  “Do  you 
know  whom  you  address  that  way?  I 
am  Governor  Luce.”  “Eh !  oh!  gosh! 
Excuse me, Governor, just once.”

The Michigan Tradesman

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

G R A N D   R A P ID S   GO SSIP.

A.  E. Brooks & Co.  are out with a  new 

candy wagon.
□ Alfred  J.  Brown  has  handled  over 
15,000 baskets of  New York grapes so far 
this season.

A.  Lindsay has opened a  grocery store 
at Milton Junction.  The  stock was pur­
chased here.
□ Delmore Hawkins has opened a grocery 
store in  Paris township.  The stock was 
purchased here.

Gleason  Bros, have  opened  a  jewelry 
store  at  44  West  Bridge  street.  They 
hail from Cedar Springs.

Samuel Lyon will open up for business 
at Chicago  on December  1—not  Novem­
ber 1, as stated last week.

Baer & Bolt have engaged in the grocery 
business at Grand Haven.  Olney, Shields 
& Co.  furnished the stock.

F.  B.  Richardson &  Co.  have  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business  at  Owosso.  1. 
M. Clark &  Son  furnished  a  portion of 
the stock.

B.  Schell, formerly of Spring Lake, but 
recently 
in  the  grocery  business  on 
Bridge street  hill, has  sold  out to G. H. 
Cummings.

S. W. Glover has engaged in the grocery 
business  at  the corner  of  .Jefferson and 
Griggs avenues.  Amos  S.  Musselman & 
Co. furnished the stock.

M.  D.  Weeks  has  purchased  a  half 
interest  in  the  cigar  business of  J.  K. 
Delbridge,  at 341  South  Division street. 
The new firm will be known as Delbridge 
& Weeks.

Wm.  H.  Tibbs  bid  in  the  Frank  H. 
Escott  drug  stock  at  chattel  mortgage 
sale, last  Saturday,  and  immediately re­
sold the stock to  theHazeltine & Perkins 
Drug  Co., which is now in possession.
Hyman  Brown,  formerly  engaged 

the clothing business on Canal street, but 
for the past year  and a half at  Cadillac, 
has removed to this  city and  re-engaged 
in the same  business at  19 West  Bridge 
street.

A R O U N D   T H E   S T A T E .

Cadillac—Geo. Hotelling has  opened  a 

Detroit—Karrer  &  Phillips,  grocers,

restaurant.

have dissolved.

Sand Lake—M. Crothers will engage in 

the meat business.

roe’s meat market.

Berlin—M. Fuller has bought  J.  Mon­

Montague—Austin  & Warnick, general 

dealers,  are closing out.

Decatur—Mrs. Geo.  Reiley has opened 

a restaurant establishment.

Dorr—M.  Herp and Frank  Track  have 

engaged in the meat business.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Mr.  Crawford  has 

engaged in the meat business.

Harrison—J.  Silverstein  is  succeeded 

by J.  Lev son in general trade.

Jackson—Geo.  W.  Watrous  has  re­

moved his shoe stock to Lansing.

Charlevoix—G. W. Jefferies has bought 

Carr’s fruit store near the bridge.

Morrice—A. B. Clark & Co.  have  pur­

chased P. Booth’s hardware  stock.

Chesaning—G.  M.  Peet &  Co. succeed 

Peet & Wagner in the meat business.

Albion—Graff  Bros,  succeed  Louns- 

bury & Graff in the lumber business.

Jackson—Q. Walker, Jr., has opened a 

grocery store at 702  East Main street.  '

Davisburg—Howard  Seeley  has  pur­

chased J. O. Shepard’s hardware stock.

Gooding — Wilmer  Heath,  of  Sparta, 

has engaged in the hardware business.

Reed City—J. M. Cadzow succeeds Cad- 

zow & Gow in the  dry goods business.

Boyne Falls—F.  M. Chase will open an 

agricultural implement warehouse here.

Sunfield — Geo.  Davis  contemplates 
building a blacksmith shop at Woodburg.
Alton—John  Bergin  has  moved  to 
Grand Rapids to engage in the meat busi­
ness.

Kalkaska — G.  W.  Wooden  succeeds 
Kellogg & Wooden  in  the  grocery busi­
ness.

Holland—Mrs. Bertsch  succeeds  Van- 
denberg & Bertsch in  the millinery busi­
ness.

Hudson—F.  N. Upton,  boot,  shoe and 
clothing  dealer,  has  assigned  to  Ira 
Swaney.

St.  Ignace—W.  E. McAdams  succeeds 
McAdams Bros, in the book and stationery 
business.

Hillsdale—The dry  goods  stock of  W. 
G. Winans & Co.  is being  closed  out  by 
creditors.

Cedar Springs—C. J. Bradish, of  Sand 
Lake,  will  engage  in  the  harness busi 
ness here.

Detroit—Ryan & Bourke,  salt and fish 
dealers, have dissolved.  Wm. A. Bourke 
continues.

Hart—Chas. H. Leonard has purchased 
an  interest in  Geo.  H. Rhodes’  grocery 
business and the style of  the firm is now 
Rhodes & Leonard.

Charlotte — A.  D.  Baughman  &  Co., 
dry goods dealers,  have dissolved,  C.  O, 
Irish and C.  W.  Stults  retiring.  A. D, 
Baughman continues.

Gobleville—F. D.  Herman  has sold his 
bakery and grocery stock to S. R. Harris, 
of  Allegan.

Norway — O’Callahan  Bros.’ 

store 
burned  Oct.  26.  Loss,  $2,500;  insur­
ance, $1,000.

Howard  City — Mrs.  M.  L.  Gale,  of 
Lalceview,  will  engage  in the millinery 
business here.

Jackson—Homer D. Fisher is succeeded 
by Morrell  &  Smith  in the  grocery and 
bakery business.

Coloma—E. A. Hill has added  a line of 
hardware  to  his  furniture,  wagon  and 
harness business.

Rapid  River—The  general  stock  of 
Hibbard  &  Co.  is  being  closed  out  on 
chattel mortgage.

Charlevoix—Misses  Effie  Berdan  and 
Lottie Mason  have  bought  Byron  See’s 
dry goods stock.

Fremont—W.  Harman, general  dealer, 
contemplates  moving  to  Lima, Ohio, on 
account of  his health.

Ironton—J.  G.  Peterson,  whose  store 
and  grocery stock  recently burned,  has 
commenced rebuilding.

Dorr—Jas.  Riley  has  his  new  store 
building nearly completed and will  move 
his grocery stock into it.

Hastings—Townsend,  Blinston  &  Co. 
succeed  Smith & Blinston in the agricul­
tural implement business.

Dexter—David  E.  Waite has opened  a 
hardware store in the  building  formerly 
occupied by Devine & Quish.

Sparta—Shelby Field and Will Ballard 
have opened a new hardware store under 
the firm style of Field & Ballard.

Sutton’s Bay—The  liabilities  of  H.  & 
J. Deuster,  who  recently  assigned,  ag­
gregate $9,000, and assets $13,000.

Big  Rapids — Mrs.  J.  Stillwell  has 
opened  a  second-hand  furniture  store 
under the management  of  J. Stillwell  & 
Son.

Hastings—O.  D.  Spaulding  has  pur­
chased of Ike  Hendershott  the  business 
block  now  occupied  by  Hams  &  Yan 
Arman.

Hastings—C. D.  Beebe  has  purchased 
the business lot  of  O.  D. Spaulding  and 
will erect  a  three-story  brick  structure 
thereon next spring.

Big Rapids—The  grocery  stock  of  N. 
Scott, who  succeeded C. F.  Mynning, has 
been taken possession of by Darrah Bros, 
on a chattel mortgage.

Cheboygan—The Reliance  Milling Co., 
of  Vassar, has rented the double store of 
Mr. Moloney, and will  open  a flour  and 
feed store in the near future.

Detroit—H. S. Robinson & Co. will suc­
ceed the present firm of  H. S.  Robinson 
& Burtenshaw on December  1, when  the 
copartnership expires by limitation.

Yermontville—John  DeWitt  has  sold 
his store building  and  general  stock  to 
Jones & Co.,  of  Chicago.  A.  L.  Jones 
assumes the management of the business.
Hudson—Ham.  Harlan  has  purchased 
an interest in the boot  and shoe  stock of 
John George &  Son.  The  business will 
be  continued  under  the  style  of  John 
George & Co.

Edmore—Frank Dreese  will  close  out 
his general stock by January  1, when  he 
will  remove  to  Centralia,  Washington 
Ter., where he already has a store in suc­
cessful operation.

Traverse  City—M.  Winnie  has  dis­
posed of his crockery  stock,  and will  go 
out of that branch of  the business to en­
able him to add to  and enlarge the hard 
ware department of  his store.

Cadillac—M.  O. Call has purchased the 
restaurant of Edwards Bros.  D. A. Ed­
wards will teach school at Hobart during 
the  coming  winter. 
John  Edwards  is 
undecided as to his future  movements,

M A N U FA C T U R IN G   M A TT ER S.

Lucas—John  Scholten is putting up  a 

Allendale—Jas.  Phillips  has  started 

charcoal kiln.

his shingle mill.

South Haven—A. M. Prouty is erecting 

a  new stave factory.

Cheshire—W. L. Torrey has begun run 

ning his shingle mill.

Dexter—H. Wiltse &  Son  have opened 

a harness shop here.

Howard City—Geo.  Ketchum has  sold 

his shingle mill to Frank  H. Peterson.

Allendale—F. J.  Fox &  Co.  have shut 

down their shingle mill for the season.

Casnovia—H.  C.  Hutchins, of  the firm 
of Williams & Hutchins, wagonmakers, is 
dead.
Dorr—The  grist mill  will  soon  begin 
operations under the management of Mr 
Clark.
Ionia—The Hammel Cigar Co. has been 
organized  here,  with  J.  F.  Hammel as 
manager.

Evart—The  Knapp & Baldwin shingle 
mill is  advertised to  be  sold  at  chattel 
mortage sale.

Belding — Moreland  &  Hagreen  will 
open a cigar factory  in  the  rear  of  the 
city drug store.

Wayne—Prouty  &  Glass, manufactur­
ers of  carriage woodwork, have  assigned 
to Jas. R. Hosie.

Detroit — The  Detroit  Woodenware 
Works  has  been  incorporated,  with  a 
capital stock of  $40,000.

Harbor  Springs—E. Shay is erecting a 
building, 80 feet long, which  he will use 
as a foundry and machine shop.

Hart—M. Bosworth is putting in a new 
water  wheel  and  fitting up  the sawmill 
for operation the comming season.

Hastings—H.  L. Newton will move the 
old  carding mill to a  better location and 
put in machinery  for a planing mill.

Muskegon—The  L.  L.  Arms  Shingle 
and Lumber Co.’s mill started up Novem­
ber 4, for the remainder of  the season.

Eaton  Rapids—Harden,  &  Sweeting’s 
hot air dry house burned  Oct. 28.  Loss 
$1,000,  with  no  insurance.  They  will 
rebuild at once.

Hudson—Geo.  H.  Avis retires from the 
firm of  the Hudson  Milling  Co.  John K. 
and John H.  Boies continue  the business 
under the same style.

Muskegon—W. J.  Danforth will erect a 
one-story factory building on Pine  street 
and engage in the manufacture of screens, 
doors, sash and blinds.

Muskegon—Newcomb  &  Massey  have 
begun work in their  new  cigar  factory. 
They  will  put  out  a  new  brand  to  be 
known as “Charley and  Bob.”

Dorr—Brautigam  Bros.’  new  turning 
factory will  be  ready for  operation this 
week.  They will run a baud saw and carv­
ing machine in connection with it.

Allegan—Streeter &  Son  have  turned 
their paper and sawmills over toBuyce & 
Hayes, who  will  conduct  them  and  re­
ceive a certain price from the owners for 
the output.

Gobleville—A.  B.  Clark  and  C.  W. 
Springer  have engaged in  the  manufac­
ture of advertising and store signs  of all 
kinds under  the  style  of  the Gobleville 
Sign Works.

Cheboygan—Aldrich &  Kedzie, shingle 
makers, have dissolved partnership.  Mr. 
Aldrich will engage in  the  lumber busi­
ness  and  Mr. Kedzie  will  continue  the 
manufacture  of  shingles.

Scottsville—Powers & Young, of Ferry, 
have purchased a site and  will build and 
operate a  blind,  sash  and  door factory 
the
combining  with  it  machinery  for 
manufacture of other woodenware.

Owosso—Melvin & Berry,  wagon  mak­
ers,  need  additional  factory  room  and 
will give a bond  to  employ  fifteen  men 
and manufacture 1,000 carts before March 
if the necessary  bonus is forthcoming 
Luther—At a  meeting,  held  one eve­
ning last week, the  business men of  this 
place agreed to furnish a  site and erect a 
two-story building for a manufactory that 
will employ forty men and work up hard 
wood.

Shelby—The  organization  of  a  stock 
company with a capital  of  from  $10,000 
to $20,000  to  establish  a  novelty manu 
factory  —  making  baskets, 
toothpicks 
clothespins, Dr.  Sabin’s,  baths,  etc.,  i: 
under advisement.

Big Rapids—The Big Rapids Furniture 
Manufacturing  Co. has taken  possession 
of  the J. Stillwell & Son furniture stock 
on a chattel mortgage,  paid the Crescent 
Furniture  Co.’s  claim  and assumed the 
other mortgaged indebtedness.

Muskegon—The erection of a new roll 
ing  mill for  steel  and  iron,  employing 
seventy-five  men, is in contemplation,  if 
a bonus of $10,400 cash, $20,000 loan and 
a ten acre site on Muskegon  Lake,  with 
400 feet of  water frontage,  are provided

G rip sa c k   B rig a d e .

M. D. Weeks continues  on the  road for 
the new firm of Delbridge & Weeks,  cigar 
manufacturers.

Cornelius  Crawford is happy over  the 
advent of  a lusty son,  who put in an ap 
pearance last Friday.

E.  Bullock,  city  salesman  for  J.  H. 
Thompson & Co., of  Detroit,  spent  Sun 
day in the city,  the guest of Thos. Fergu 
son.

W.  O.  Montgomery,  traveling  repre 
sentative  for  the  oyster  firm  of  H.  F. 
Hemingway  &  Co.,  of  Baltimore,  is 
the city this week.

Jas. B. Mclnnis  has engaged  to travel 
for Ricker &  Co., proprietors of  the Me 
Cullough  Soap  Co.,  of  Milwaukee.  He 
will cover the entire State.

L. F. Delahunt,  who represents  Burn 
ham,  Stoepel  &  Co., of  Detroit,  in  the 
western  portion of  the  State,  will  tajre 
up  his  residence  in  Grand  Rapids with 
the beginning of  the new year.

E.  E. Wooley recently engaged a livery­
man at East Jordan to take him to Boyne 
Falls  in 
time  to  make  a  north-bound 
train.  One of  the horses  was known by 
Wooley to  be  addicted  to  balking,  but 
the driver  assured him  that  the  animal 
never balked when driven  double.  Not 
withstanding the assurance of the driver 
however,  the horse  demurred at pulling 
up  the  first  hill,  whereupon  Wooley 
mounted a stump  and  proceeded to read 
the riot act  to  both  man  and  horse 
programme  which  he  repeated,  with 
variations, at  the  base  of  every hill on 
the route.  So  exasperated did he make 
the driver,  that on one occassion the lat­
ter drove  on  without  him  and  he  was 
compelled to  trudge  along  in  the  sand 
several miles to the next stopping  place. 
A treaty of  peace  was thereupon agreed 
upon,  and  the 
journey  was  without 
further incident,  except  that  the  party 
arrived at Boyne  Falls  two  hours  after 
the train had gone.  Geo.  Alden  and  a 
fleshy implement man,  who  were  mem­
bers  of  the party,  laughed  so  much  at 
the antics of the dry goods salesman that 
their clothes were wholly devoid  of  but­
tons before the trip was half over.

The P.  &  B. cough  drops  give  great 

satisfaction.

P.  o f  I.  G ossip.

Parks Bros, have signed with  the P.  of 

I.’s at Mecosta.

Detroit News: “The Patrons of Industry 
have  made  contracts  with four  Lansing 
merchants  who  are  trying  to  keep  the 
matter secret.  The  foolish  fellows will 
learn it can’t be done.”

L.  A. Gardner,  the Cedar Springs drug­
gist,  whose contract  with  the  P.  of  I 's  
expires  on  Nov.  23,  announces  that  he 
will  not  renew  it  under  any  circum­
stances. 
Instead  of being  a benefit, the 
contract is a source  of serious loss.

The first lodge of the P. of. L  was  or-

their best efforts for  the  suppression  of 
trusts  and  monopolies,  but  instead  of 
doing this,  the lodges have made  war  on 
village merchants,  some  of  whom  they 
have slightly benefited  and some slightly 
inj ured,  but have ruined none.

Hilliards correspondence Allegan  Tri­
bune:  “The Patrons  of  Industry  have 
succeeded  in  establishing 
themselves 
here;  though not large in  numbers there 
are enough  of  them  to  organize a club. 
Brother  Bullock  and his mate, from Me­
costa county,  were here and  said that all 
i the farmers,  except a small  portion,  be­
long to our order  and  they will  join  as

thing  of  the  past,  the charter having ■ 
been voluntarily  surrendered on Oct. 25. j 
Hastings Banner:  “An effort is being , 
made  to organize a lodge  of  Patrons  of 
Industry  here.  Members  of  the  order | 
have endeavored  to  make  arrangements ' 
with some of our merchants to sell goods 
to the P.  of  I.  at 10 per cent,  above cost. 
So far, they have been unsuccessful.  No 
merchant  can  sell  goods  at  a  profit of 
only 10  per  cent,  and  make  both  ends 
meet.”

A White Cloud  correspondent  writes : 
‘Am pleased with  your stand  regarding 
the  P.  of  I.’s.  The  dealers  here  all 
agreed to have  nothing to do with them, 
but by some  means  J.  C.  Townsend was 
induced to contract with  them, and, now 
that they have got a dry goods store here, 
they  are  using  every  means  in  their 
power to get ojfcher lines to sell them, and 
o hold amass meeting here to-day.  What 
the result will be I cannot say, will advise 
ou later.”
A Minden  City  correspondent  writes: 
•It is thought here that the  Patrons  are 
about played out.  Prices have not been 
ut  to  any  extent.  They  will have to 
devote themselves to a higher object than 
boycotting  village  merchants,  or  the 
amount of good they do in the world will 
not be  perceptible. 
It  makes  an  easy 
ife for the grand officers.  The  amount 
a Patron pays to the grand lodge does not 
hurt him much, but it does the  leaders  a 
reat deal of good.”
Seyffeldt  & Waltz,  the  East  Saginaw 
hardware dealers, write:  “We have been 
approached by agents of  the  Patrons  of 
Industry  to  get  special  prices, but  did 
not  entertain  any  of  the  propositions 
made,  You cannot do business success­
fully  on  their  terms,  and  if  you  gave 
credit it would knock the profit  off  very 
quickly.  We  have a large  farm  trade, 
and  find  no  diminution  of  it  since the 
organization has been at  work. 
It  may 
do for small places,  but not for here.” 

we  are 

informed. 

Saranac  Local:  “ Organizers  of 

the 
Patrons of  Industry have  been  at  work 
in  Keene  township,  with  poor  results, 
It  looks  to  us 
as  though  the  grange,  which  is  now 
thorougly  inaugurated  and  on  a  sub­
stantial  basis, 
is  able  to  successfully 
grapple with all the questions that theP. 
of  I. can  deal  with.  The  grange,  how­
ever, having been  established,  affords no 
fat  fees  for  organizers,  which  makes 
quite a  difference  to  the  originators  of 
the latter scheme.

W.  II.  Clark,  the  East  Saginaw  dry 
goods dealer,  writes: 
“The  Patrons  of 
Industry may do well enough for a coun­
try place, but they cannot do  much  in  a 
city.  We have  no  time  to  truck  with 
them, and don’t propose  to  spend a mo­
ment showing them invoices  of  the spe­
cial line of goods they wish to buy. 
It is 
too  picayune  a  way  of  doing ‘business 
and wouldn’t pay.  They  ask  too  much 
and I don’t believe will gain anything by 
it.  Competition between merchants does 
all for them that they ask.”

A Minden  City  correspondent  writes: 
“There is at the present time  no  Patron 
store in this  village.  About a year ago, 
I.  Springer & Co. entered  into a contract 
with several lodges in Minden and  Paris 
townships.  The contract seemed to have 
no binding effect upon the members.  For 
a time they partially patronized Springer 
& Co., but gradually strayed away.  They 
next made a contract  with F.  O.  Hetfield 
& Son, and the same result  followed. 
It 
was a new thing, and somewhat  demora­
lized trade,  but it is  now  flowing  in  its 
old channels,  and you seldom hear of the 
Patrons.”

Big  Rapids  Herald: 

“Yesterday  a 
party called  on a certain  young  Justice 
of  the  Peace and wanted to know  what 
his  charge  would  be  to  go  up  in  the 
Fourth  Ward  and  marry a couple.  His 
honor  replied  that  the  regular fee  was 
two dollars.  The caller  wanted to knowr 
if he could not get the  job done for less. 
‘No sir!  Not a cent less!’  was the reply. 
‘Well,  I  will  give  you  $1.75,  and  no 
more!’ 
‘All right,’  said his honor,  ‘you 
can get some one  else  to  do  the  job—I 
am not a P. I.  and  don’t  propose  to cut 
on matrimonial prices.’  This ended  the 
controversy,  and  the  caller  left to hunt 
up some other J. P.”

forty-two cents a bushel,  just  the  same 
as  the  P. I.  got for  theirs.  We  think 
that  the  gentlemen  imposed on the cre­
dulity  of  their  audience.  About  the 
waning of  the moon will see the collapse 
of  the  affair.  Then  the  brethren will 
have the money and the  club the experi­
ence.”

A Caro correspondent writes:  “Nearly 
the first of  the lodges of  the Patrons  of 
Industry were  organized  in this county, 
and  for  a  time  the  merchants  of  this 
place were fearful of  the result, but like 
most organizations of the kind, where all 
are accepted as  eligible  to  membership, 
one gets distrustful of  another,  or  jeol- 
ous at the  prominence or forwardness of 
some  neighbor  over  himself,  and  it 
causes dissension and  gets  the  discord­
ant elements  to  wrangling,  which  soon 
ruins  the  effectiveness  of  the combine. 
That’s the case here.  An interview with 
the leading  merchants  of  Caro develops 
the fact that  while  their  trade  was  in­
jured  somewhat  at  first, 
the  effect  is 
hardly perceptible now,  as  many of  the 
leading farmers—those who pay prompt­
ly and whose trade is valuable—have de­
serted the organization,  or  at  least  the 
Patron’s  stores,  so that  the tendency of 
the organization is downward.  The  bet­
ter class  of  our  merchants,  those  with 
the best financial backing,  have steadily 
and firmly declined to  become a party to 
the  combine,  and  a  local  collector  for 
one  of  the  largest  agencies in the state 
is authority for  the statement  that nine- 
tenths  of  the failures in the  State  dur­
ing  the  past  year  were  patron  stores. 
The manipulators of  the scheme seem to 
realize  that  their  prosperity  depends 
upon pushing  it  in  new  localities  and 
taking in new material.”

Lee correspondence  Allegan  Tribune: 
“The so-called Patrons of  Industry have 
organized  a  club  at  the  Brown  school 
house,  in  Cheshire,  and  another  at  the 
Star school house  in  the same  township. 
They talk of  starting  a store  at  Bloom- 
ingdale.  They  have  also  organized  a 
club  at  Bangor  and  appointed  a  com­
mittee to visit  the  storekeepers  and ask 
them  to  agree  to  sell their  goods  at  a 
price not  to  exceed  a  certain  per  cent 
over cost, under the threat of their open­
ing another store if they  refuse  to agree 
to this. 
It seems  to  your correspondent 
that this is  a step  in  the very direction 
that  the  farmer  has  most  to  fear, viz: 
trusts and  corporations. 
If  the farmers 
all trade at one store,  the  others must go 
to the wall,  competition  is  crushed  and 
the  monopoly  thus  built  up  has  the 
farmer at its mercy and by means of false 
bills can charge what  it pleases, and pay 
as little  as  it  pleases for  our  farm and 
garden truck.  I advise my farmer friends 
to go slow  in  this  matter  and  consider 
well what they are  doing. 
It costs $1 to 
join and  $2.40  a  year  dues,  and  a  good 
deal of this goes to  enrich the getters up 
of the order. 
It looks  to me  as  though 
there was very little  cohesiveness  about 
the order and as soon  as  these  originat­
ors have  lined  their  pockets  the  order 
will fall  to  pieces.  There  is  chance of 
great  harm  being  done  while  there  is 
very  little  promise of  good,  and  I,  for 
one, am  well  enough  satisfied  that  the 
storekeepers with whom  I deal are treat­
ing me fairly and I  do not see that many 
of  them are getting so rich that I need to 
envy them or accuse them or  over-charg­
ing me.”

P u re ly   P e rso n a l.

J.  D.  Clark  is  closing  out  the  H.  C. 
Coe  grocery  stock, at  Mason,  for  I.  M. 
Clark & Son.

Spencer  Arnold,  Treasurer  of 

the 
Grand Rapids Felt Boot  Co.  is  seriously 
ill  of  pneumonia  at  his  rooms  at  the 
Livingston.

Friedrich Bros., the  hustling boot  and 
shoe  dealers of  Traverse  City, will  run 
a line of pleasure steamers on  Carp Lake 
next season.

C. W. Caskey, the Petoskey grocer, and 
M. B  Harner, of the firm of Harner Bros., 
clothing  merchants  at  the  same  place, 
put in several days in the city last week.
T.  A.  Jamison,  the  South  Boardman 
druggist, spent  Sunday  in  the  city  and 
left Monday for  Lansing,  where he  will 
participate in an  examination  session of 
the State Board of  Pharmacy.

The  organization  of  the  Union  Loan 
and Trust Co., with a capital of $500,000, 
Dr.  Hamilton, of Minden  City,  claims 
has about been completed at Detroit.  The 
to have originated the idea of the P. of I.,
to have consulted with F. W. Yerticanas j company will take  charge of  estates and
mortgages  and  transact  other  similar 
to its objects,  to  have  traveled with him 
business. 
It is backed  by all  the banks 
through Sanilac county and to have borne 
in Detroit,  and its  board of directors  in­
the chief expenses of the  first  efforts  in 
cludes  many  prominent  business  men. 
the association.  He says that the object 
Officers  have  been  secured  in  the  new 
was to elect men to the State Legislature 
Hammond building.
and  to  Congress  who  would  put  forth

ganized in September, 1886, in Greenleaf  soon as they can  sell  their  potatoes for I owo/ ’8811 °r eichansre’write w-
township,  Sanilac  county.  The  lodge j 
originally numbered about 100, but is now 

FO R  SA LE,  W A N TED ,  ETC.

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

BUSIN K<S  CHANCE'

T   HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  W ILL  EX- 
JL  change fo r m erchandise, Grand Rapids  city  prop 
erty , or will sell on easy paym ents;  these  farm s  have 
th e  best of soil, a re  under  good  sta te   of  cultivation, 
and located betw een th e  cities  of  G rand  Rapids  and 
Muskegon.  O  F. Conklin. G rand Rapids, Mich.
YTTILL  SELL  OR TRADE  PRO PERTY   IN  TRAVERSE 
VV  City, Mich., brin g in g  fo rty  dollars m onthly ren t, 
fo r general stock o r special line of m erchandise.  Ad­
dress 529, care Tradesm an. 

529

1 

ton, Ohio;  others in various locations.  If you w ant

for $600 w orth of groceries.  Address  E. S. Hough- 
tali ng, H art, Mich. 
528
Fo r   s a l e —w e   o f f e r   f o r   s a l e ,  o n   v e r y
favorable term s, th e F.  H .  Escott d rug stock, a t 75 
Canal street, G rand R apids,  H azeltine & Perkins Drug 
531
Co. 
IpOR SALE—DRUG  STORES—FIRST CLASS—IN DAY- 
F o r   s a l e —an  in t e r e s t   in   s h o e   s t o r e —o r
C1ASH  AND  FINE  PROPERTY  FOR  GOOD  MERCAN- 
FOR  SALE—THE  FINEST  DRUG  STORE  IN  THE 
I''OR  SALE—A  GOOD  GROCERY  BUSINESS HAVING 

will join stocks with a good shoe  m an;  old  estab­
lished  business  and  best  location  in  city.  Add«ess 
“ Shoes,” « a re  Tradesm an, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

tile  establishm ent.  C. E. Barnd,  F ostoria, Ohio.
525

th e cream  of th e trad e;  best  location  in  th e  city; 
stock clean and well assorted; th is is a rare  chance for 
any one to get a  good  p ay in g   business;  poor  h ealth  
th e only reason.  Address  S. Stern,  K alam azoo,  Mich.

city of Muskegon a t 75 cents on the dollar; reasons 

o th er business.  C. L. Brundage, M uskegon  Mich.

518
YTT ANTED—MERCANTILE BUSINESS  IN  EXCHANGE 
VV  for cash and prim e property.  C.  G.  Barnd,  Fos-

520

524

lum bering to w n ;  go jd farm in g   country around, 
a  very desirable place fo r a  good physician.  Address 
Box 442, Alpena, Mich. 

FOR  SALE—GROCERY  STOCK  IN  GOOD  LOCATION 

W ill inventory  $7<»0  to  $800  and doing a  business 

of ab o u t $13,000.  Address No. 502, care Tradesm an.

509

sit u a t io n s  w a n t e d .

YTTANTED—SITUATION—BY  REGISTERED  PHAR- 
VV  m acist  of  tw elve  years’  practical  experience; 
best of reference;  salary m oderate, if perm anent situ ­
ation is offered.  Address P harm acist.  751  W est  Main 
St., K alam azoo, Mich. 

E x p e r ie n c e d   s a l e s m a n   w it h   n   y e a r s ’  B u s i­

ness experience  in  th e  retail  trad e  would  like  a 
position on th e road as trav elin g  a g en t  fo r  wholesale 
drug o r  grocery  house.  Address  J.  P.  W.,  751  W est 
Main St., K alam azoo, Mich. 

533

532

M I8 C E L L A  N K O U S .

522

g ray ;  well m atched;  w eight 3,100 pounds.  Address 

IjiOR  SALE—DRAFT  TEAM  5  YEARS  OLD — DARK 
M. W. W illard, Kinney. Mich. 
YXTANTED—SEND  A  POSTAL  TO THE SUTLIFF COU- 
VV  pon Pass 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 the  m ark et  and  ju st  w hat  every m er­
c h an t should have  progressive m erchants all over the 
cou n try  a re now using them .____________________ 437

sam ples.  E. A. Stowe  Bro., G rand Rapids. 

Im proved Coupon  Pass  Book System .  Send for 

WANTED—1,000 MORE  MERCHANTS TO ADOPT  OUR 
FOR  SALE—GOOD  RESIDENCE  LOT  ON  ONE  OF 

th e m ost p leasan t streets “on  th e  hill.”  W ill ex­
change for stock in any good institu tio n .  Address 286, 
care Mich gan Tradesm an. 

__________ 286

214

W H O L E S A L E
C arp ets,

O il  C lo th s, 

R u g s ,

C h in a   M a ttin g s 

D r a p e r ie s,

a n d

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

O ttaw a  and  P e a rl  Sts.,  Led yard  Block.

F O R   S A L E .
Portable  Sawmill  with  Engine  and 
Boiler, capacity 5 000 to  10,000  feet  per 
day,  $600.  One  stationary  boiler  and 
engine, 30 horse  power,  $600.  One  set 
Stearns’  eccentric  head  blocks  with 
winged  knees,  $100;  or with both  wing 
and  single  standard  knees, $150.  One 
top saw rig,  adjustible,  $25.  All  of  the 
above in good condition  and  offered  for 
sale for  want  of  use,  not  'because they 
are worn out.  Terms, cash,  or time with 
good  security.  Address  No.  527,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

527

F. I

 WiJrxliilrg  &  Co.,

Exclusive  Jobbers of

DRY  GOODS, HOSIERY,

NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR,

19  &  21  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.f

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

ESTABLISHED  1870.

GHÄ8,  SCHMIDT  X  BROS.,

Manufacturers  and  Dealers in Foreign and 

American

Granite and Marble

Monilmentsand Statifaru

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.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

L . I O 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 the 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  W id e -M e   Merchant

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE  KING  OF  G0FFEE8,

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

It is fast supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees.  Packed 
Put  up  in  100-lb  cases,  also  in cabinets of 
For  sale  by  the  wholesale  trade  everywhere. 

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

W oolson  Spice  Co.,

T O L E D O ,   O H I O .

L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

IF  YOU  WANT

ACCEPT  NONE  BUT

The B e s t

Silver  Tirai

S a u e r k r a u t .

Order  this  brand  from 

your wholesale grocer.

IS80CIÄTI0N  DEPARTMENT.
Michigan  Business  Men’s  Association.

PresidenC-C. L. W hitney, Muskegon.
F irst Vice-President—C. T. Bridgem an,  Flint.
Seeond Vice-President—M. C. Sherwood, Allegan. 
S ecretary—E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids.
M ^ o a ^ ^ sfdeSrfank  W e ^ - s i n g ,

Ids;  Oren  S to n e.F lin t;  Wm  W o ^ a r t   Owosso. 

O^nm W tee'onTnsurance— F  ConkHn  G tend  Rap
Com m ittee  on, L e g isla tio n -F ra n k   W ells,  L ansing,
C om m ittee on Trade In terests 
e rseC ity :  Geo.  R.  H oyt,  Saginaw , L.  W.  Sprague,

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The following auxiliary  a8S°c*ati°™Anchtean 
ating under charters  granted  by  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s Association*

-vo  1_Traverse City B. M. A.

P resident. J.*W. MiUiken; S ecretary, E. W. H astin g s._
-------------- jio. 2—Lowell  B. M. A.
P resident, N. B. P lain; S ecretary. F rank T. King.--------
-------- No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A.
President. H .S .C ta rc h  ; S ecretary, W m -Jorn.--------- _
----------  Vm  4—Grand  Rapids  M.  A.
P resident! E. J. H errick; Secretary , E. A. Stowe.---------_
-------- '  Vo  C M u sk eg o n   B. M. A.
P resident, John A. Miller;  Secretary. C. L. W hitney. _  

Xo« 6—Alba  frt.  .Vi. A.

No.

8—E a s t p o r t

D lm ondale B. M. A.

N o .  9—L a w r e n c e   B .  M . A .

President. F. W. Slo at; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.---------
— --------SFTT 
P resident. T. M. Sloan; Secretary , N. H. W idger.---------
President F. h ! T hurston; Secretary* Geo.L. Thurston.
-----  
President. H. M. M arshall; Secretary. J. H- Kelly.------
------ >0  jo —H arbor springs B.M . A.
P re s id e n tW . J. C lark; S ecretary. A. L. Thom pson. _
------------ 
P resident. H.  p! W hipple; S ecretary.D. E.  V ynkoop^
*--------- 
President, C. McKay; Secretary , Thos. Lennon.----------
W.  J. Austin.

N o .  13 —Q u in c y   B .  M . A .

i i __K i n g s le y   B . M .  A .

1 3 —S h e r m a n   B .  M . A .

President, H. B. S turtevant  ;  Secretary 
—-------x«h  14_No. ViusKeg^D  B, VI. A.
President,S'. A. Howey; SecreJa g ^ H a ^ e n
No. 15 —Boyne City  B. Al. A
vo  16—Sand L a k e   B.  M.  A.

v o .   1 7 — P l a i n w e l l   B .   M .   A .
r^n  to—Owosso  B- Me A. 

President "h r T P e r M ^ ta o r e ta r y , F. M. Chase^ 
-  
President, >■ V- Crandall;  Secretary, W  Rascm _
-------------- 
P resident, Geo'. H. Anderson; S e c re ta ry ^ A. Sidle.
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P resident, W arren P. W oodard; Secretary, S. Lam from.
----------V o .  1 9 — A d a   B . M .  A .
P resident, D.
3k  B. M. A.
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President, loh n  F. H enry; S ecretary, N. L.
----------  SoTgT—W ayïaüd B. M. A*
P resid en t, C. H.
-Brand  Ledge B. M. A.
M . A .
34 —Alorley  B.  AI. A . _
hurkow ;  Secretary, W . H. Richmond.

~  V7,  33—Carson < <ity B
President* John W. Ha lle tt  Secretai*

Nt
P resident, J. E
N o   2 5 —l’a  U»  B.  Al.  A .

tson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel._____

. W harton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt. 

President, A. B. Schum aehe

Secretary, W .  R.  Clarke.

N o .  2 0 —s a n g a t m

Rowe.

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AI. A .

N o . Ä9 

Pew ; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson.

S atterlee:  S ecretary. E. J . Clark.

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P resident, H. D_____ ____
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P resident. A. C 
President, E. K B otsford; Secretary, L. N.JFisher.
----------- *  huboygan B. AI. A
•y, H. G. Dozer.
President. A. J. Paddock;  Sei
, A. J.

F r e e p o r t B . M .  A.
30—Oceaoa  B. M. A.

reen;  Secretary, A. G. Fleury.

P resident, W m. Moore;  Se
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P resident, A*. G.'Avery;  Secretary , E. S. H onghtalm g.
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President, Thos. J- G
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President, W . G- Ba

AI.  A .
B. W atson.
o  .->a—C h a r le v o i x   B. Al. A.
,.  D.  B artholomew;  Secretary, R. W. Lane. 
President,
" 
v n  34—¡»araiiac B.  Al. A.
President, H. T.‘Johnson;  Secretary, P. T. WilUams.—  
----------- No.  35—B ellaire  B. AI. A.
P resident, H. M. H em street; S ecretary ,C. E.Densmore.
N o .  3 6 —I t h a c a   B .  AI. A .

> p e rs v ille   B  
s;  Secretary, J.

îheesebroHgh.

No. 37—B attle t ree!

I5. 31. A.
E  W. Moore.
N o .  38—S c o t tv i li e   B .  A1. A .

P resident, 0 . F, Jackson;  S ecretary, J ohn  M. Everden
P re sident.  Chas. F. Bock;  Secretary 
_ 
P resident, H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W . Higgins^ 
“  
P resident, W. S. W ilier; Secretary,  F. W. Sheldon.
---------- N o .  40—E a t o n   R a p i d s   B .  >1.  A .
P resident, C. T. H art son; Secreta ry , W ill Emm ert.

N o .  3 9   - B u r r  O a k   B .  >1. A .

" 

N o .  4 1 — i ir  
P resident. C  H- How 

n r i d g e   B . AI. A . 
d;  Secretary. L. W aggoner.
- F r e m o n t   B.
P resident, Jos. G erber; Secretary  C 
— ' 
P resident, F rank J. Lnick;  Secretary, J. A. Lm dstrom.
*----------  N o .  44—R e e d   C ity   B .  AI. A .
President, E. B. M artin; Secre ta ry , W. H. Smith.______

N<
'  N o . 43—T u s t i n   B .  AI.  A .

31 A.

Rathbun.

N o .  4 5 — H o y i v i ll e   B .  AI.  *•

President, D. E. Halienbeck; Secretary, Q. A. Halladay.

P resident, Wm. H utchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.-------

N o . 4 6 —L e s lie   B .  AI.  A .

N o .  4 7 — F l i n t   AI.  U.

President, W. C. P ierce;  Secretary.JW .H- G raham .-----

N o . 48—H u b b a r d  s to n   B . AI.  A . 
ry, W. J. Tabor.

P resident, Boyd R edner; Seer eta

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President,  A

49— L e r o v   B   31.  A .

N o .  49— L e r o y   B 
W enzell: Secretary, Frank Smith.
o . 50—> I a n is te e   B .  31. A .

Association Notes.

Chairman Conklin, of the  Insurance  Commit­
tee, is arranging  to  send  out a second appeal to 
the local bodies, a s k i n g  for further subscriptions 
for stock.
Several hundred copies  of  the proceedings of 
the State convention still  remain  in  the  hands 
of the Secretary, who is prepared to send  copies 
to the members of evert  association in the State, 
on receipt of a list of  the members.

Morley  correspondence  Big  Rapids  Current: 
Hon. C. L. Whitney, of  Muskegon, President  of 
the  Business  Men’s  Association,  delivered  an 
interesting lecture at  Thurkow’s hall in this vil­
lage last Friday  evening.  The  hall  was  well 
filled with an  appreciative  audience,  which in­
cluded a number of  farmers  from this vicinity. 
The speaker was introduced by Dr. B. F. Brown, 
in a few well-chosen  words.  The  subject  dis­
cussed was the  benefits  derived  from the Busi­
ness  Men’s  Association,  not  only  by  the mer­
chants who meet  and  exchange  views  relative 
to the best ways and means of  carrying on busi­
ness, but also  to  the  communities  which  they 
serve.  The  speaker  said  that  the  impression 
which seems  to  prevail  in  some localities that 
the B. M. A. is a combination of men  who  seek 
to  control  markets  and  discriminate  against 
other classes,  is  totally  wrong—altogether  for­
eign to their purposes or  intents.  Among  their 
aims are those of getting cheap freight rates, low 
rates of insurance and  protection from spurious 
or adulterated  goods.  These  things  operate  to 
lessen the merchants’ expenses, and enable them 
to sell goods to their customers  at  lower  prices 
than  they  otherwise  could,  besides  guarding 
themselves and customers  from  dangerous imi­
tations.  He  said  that  not  only merchants, but 
also farmers and  others  were  welcome to mem 
bership in the  B.  M.  A.,  and  that  by  meeting 
together the interests of each would be advanced 
The lecture  was  entertaining  throughout,  and 
was listened to with marked  attention.

W h e re in

the  Collection 

Beneficial.

System  Is

L u d in g t o n , N ov. 2,  1889.

E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids:
Dear  Sir —Our  B. M. A.  having  appointed  a 
special committee to investigate the advisability 
o f adding the collective feature to  the  Associa­
tion, I  take  the  liberty  of  asking  you  to,  and 
trust  vou  will  kindly  furnish  me  with  s*cn 
knowledge and  opinions  on  the  subject as you 
deem desirable  and  important. 
I  wish to con 
sider it under two heads: 
1  Whether or not it  will in any way prejuniu 
or interfere with the main object  of  the society 
2.  Whether or  not  it  is  generally used by tne 
members and its benefits.
In answering these  questions, you will greatly 
oblige 

Truly yours,

.

J o hn  A. Sh e r m a n .

1.  The  Tradesman  cannot  see  wherein  the 
adoption  of  the  Blue  Letter  collection system 
would  in  any  way  interfere with the improve 
ment work of the Association.  It is a part of the 
work of an organization of  business men to pro 
tect its members, the same as it  is  the  business 
of a mercantile agency to warn Its subscribers in 
time to prevent their  sustaining  serious  losses. 
To be sure, the chronic  dead-beat will not cher­
ish the  kindliest  feelings  toward  the  Associa­
tion, but as he is usually  an  individual who sel­
dom has much weight in  the  community,  to he 
deprived of his influence is not a great loss.

2.  The collection department is usually patron­
ized by about  half  the  members  of au associa­
tion—the bankers, lawyers and  cash  merchants 
having  no  use  for  it.  As  to its benefits, The 
T r a d e sm a n  confidently refers any one skeptical 
on that  point  to  the  published  proceedings  of 
the Muskegon convention, a copy  of which will 
be sent to any business  man  applying for same

Good Words  Unsolicited.

T. tv. Preston, drugs and groceries, Millbrook: 

“We cannot get along without it.”

C. A. Johnson & Co.,  general  dealers,  Sparta: 
“Would not be without it, if  it  cost  double  the 
amount.”
Conrad Bros., general dealers, St. Ignaee:  “We 
have concluded that we  want  T h e   T r a d e sm a n  
in our business.”
William Connor, clothing  salesman, Marshall: 
“Your manly courage in exposing  the  maehina 
tions of the so-called Patrons of  Industry,  with 
their wild and outrageous  schemes, illegitimate 
in the extreme, ought  to secure for you the sub 
scription  of  every  legitimate  merchant  in  the 
State.”
“E.  A.  Stowe,  of  T h e 
3Uc h io a n   T r a d e sm a n ,  was  in  town yesterday 
and  made  the  Register  quite  a  pleasant  call 
T h e  T r a d e sm a n  is meeting  with  well-deservec 
success,  as  it  should,  for  it  should  be  in the 
hands of every business man in the  State. 
3Ir 
S. reports that it  is taken by every business man 
except two in Rockford.”

Rockford  Register: 

President, A. O. W heeler; Secretary,C.  G raam s.-----
“  
P resident, L. M. Sellers^ Secretary , W ■ C. Congdon-_ 

N o . 5 1 —C e d a r   ¡S p rin g s   B .  31.  A . 

N o . 5 2 —G r a n d  H a v e n   B . AI.  A .

Kedzie;  Secretary, F. D- Vos.______

iMI, 53— B e l le v u e   B . M .  A .

President, A
President, F rank Phelps;  Secretary, A. E. Fitzgerald. 
“  
P resident, Thom as B. Duteher;  Secretary, C. B. W aller. 
' 
President, C. F. H ankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.

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

“  N o . 5 4 — D o u g la s   B .  A4. A .

' 

P resident, N. W. D rake;  Secretary , Geo. Chapm an.

N o . 5 6 — B a n g o r   B .  *1.  A .

P resident, Wm. G- Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.
' 
P resident, L. S. W alter; Secretary ,C-S  Blakely.

N o . 5 7 —R o c k f o r d   B . 31. A . 
No. 58—Fife Lake B. M. A.
N o . 5 9 —F e n n v i l l e  B . 31. A . 

President F. S. R aym ond: Secretary, A. J. Capen.
N o .  6 0 —S o u t h   B o a r d m a n   B .  M . A . 
P resident, H. E. H ogan; S ecretary, 8. E. N eihardt.

N o .  61—H artford  B. 31. A. 

P resident, V. E. Manley; Secreta ry , I. B. Barnes.

N o . 6 2 —E a s t  s a g i n a w   M . A . 

P resident, Jas. H  .Moore;  S ecretary, C. W .  Mnllioland.

P resident, Alt. G. D rake; Secretary, C. S. Blom._______

P resident, C. V. P riest; Secretary, C. E. Bell.  ________

P resident. C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton. 

‘  N o .  6 3 — L v a r t   B . 31. A .
No, 64—S lerrill B. M. A- 
No. 65—K alkaska B. 31. A.
No. 66—Lansing B. 31.  A.
No. 67—W atervliet  B. M. A.

P resident, F ran k  W ells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles._____
’ 
P resident, W. L. G arrett; S ecretary, F.  H.  M emfleld. 

No. 68—A llegan B. M. A.

P resident. H. H.  Pope;  Secretary , E. T. VanOstrand.

No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. 31. A.

P resident, Lym an C lark; Secretary, F. 8. W illison.____
' 
President, Wm. Boston;  Secretary, W alter W ebster.

No. 70—N ashville B.  M. A,
No. 71—Ashley  B.  M.  A, 
*  ~ 
P resident, M. N etzorg;  Secretary ,  Geo. E. Clntterbnck. 
No. 72—Edm ore B. M. A.________
' 
N o ,  7 3 —B e l d i n g   B . M . A .

President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary , O. F. W ebster.

N o . 7 4 — D a v is o n   31.  U .

P resident, J.  F. Cartw rig h t; Secretary. C. W. H nrd.

N o .  7 5 —T e c u m s e h   B .  31.  A .

President, O scar P .B ills;  Secretary, F. Rosacrans.

N o .  7 6 —K a l a m a z o o   B . M .  A .

P resident, S. S.McCamly;  Secretary,  Channcey Strong.

N o   7 7—S o u t li   H a v e n   B .  31.  A . 

P resident, E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Volney Ross.

N o . 7 8 —C a l e d o n ia   B .  ML  A .

P resident, J. O. Seibert;  S ecretary. J. W. Saunders.
N o   7 9 —E a » t J o r d a n  an<l  s o   A r m   B .  M . A . 
P resident, Chas. F. Dixon;  Secre tary , L. C. Madison. 
N o .  8 0 — B a y  C ity  a n d   W .  B a y   C i ty   R . M . A . 
P resident,F . L. H arrison;  Secretary. Lee E. Joslyn.
“  
P resident. L. A. Vickery;  Secretary, A. E. Ransom.

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

P resident, B. 3. W ebb;  Secretary, M. E  Pollasky.

N o .  8 2 —A l m a   B   31.  A .

P resident. L. P. W ilcox;  S ecretary. W .R.M andlgo.
~ 

N o . 8 3 —S h e r w o o d  B .  M . A .
N o . 8 4 —Standish B. M. A . 

President. P. M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson.
' 
President. J. M. Beem an;  S ecretary, C. H. May.______ _
No. 86—Millbrook and Blanchard B. M. A. 
President. T. W. Presto n ;  S ecretary.  H.  P.  Blanchard.

N o - 85—C lio   B. M. A.

No. 87—Shepherd B. M. A. 
President, H. D. B ent;  S ecretary, A. W. H urst.

Get Rid  of Old  Stock.

One of  the most  successful  merchants 
we have known used to say that he always 
kept his old stock in a place were  it was 
handy to get at.  Every thing  that “hung 
fire,”  as he expressed it, was brought out 
in plain  sight,  so it  should  not  be  for­
gotten.  He  worked  on  this  principle, 
and taught his clerks to do the same.  He 
said it was easy enough to sell new goods, 
but  it  required  an  effort  to  dispose  of 
those that had been in the  store for some 
time.  Working  on  this  principle  his 
stock  was  in  excellent  condition,  and 
there was very little of  it  that  could  be 
called old.  Perhaps the  above should be 
qualified;  for  no  wise  merchant  would 
put something old and  out of style on  to 
a customer where  it  would  work  harm. 
There  are,  however,  always  enough 
buyers who are  just as well pleased with 
the old as the  new.  The new  goods are 
always apt  to  please  the clerks  so  well 
that  they forget the old  and use all their 
energies on the new.  The result of such 
a  method  is to  be left  at  the end of  the 
season with  an  unsalable  stock.  Stock 
decreases in value constantly.  The wise 
merchant will have an eye on those goods 
that  do not move lively, and he will offer 
every incentive for disposing of  them.
Going Back on Their  Agreement.
In 1885, it will be recalled, the so-called 
valued policy insurance law was adopted 
by  the  Legislature  of  New  Hampshire 
and so distasteful was it to the fire insur­
ance men that all the  outside  companies 
doing business therein  withdrew and en­
tered into an agreement to write no more 
insurance on property in  that State until 
the obnoxious statute should be repealed. 
This threat was  put  into  execution and 
the New  Hampshire  people  have  since 
been  dependent  upon  local  companies 
organized  to meet the  emergency.  The 
law still remains, however, on the statute 
books  and  has  since  been  adopted  by 
other states;  in fact,  Wisconsin,  Texas, 
Arkansas, Ohio, Delaware, Missouri  and 
Nebraska  have  a similar  valued  policy 
law at present.  The  .¿Etna,  the  largest 
fire  insurance  company  in  the  United 
States, has the present week given formal 
notice that it will, within  three  months, 
resume business in New Hampshire,  and 
the probable outcome  will  be  that most 
of the old companies will soon  be  doing 
business within the Granite State.

FADED/LIGHT  TEXT

b
teen.
more corn, wheat and oats,  thus nicreas  . 
ing the over-production  of  farmers pro-] 
duce and lower  the market  price.  TV hat 
would the  sixteenth  man  do, the 10  per 
t.  P.  of  I. ?  Naturally  enough,  he 
would  say,  "competition  is  killed  and 
now  I  will  strike  for  higher  prices.” 
Thus the evil they  would  cure increases 
and strengthens.
Fortunately, the elements of  early  de­
in e are in the  P. of  I.,  and  its  certain 

death is but a question of a short time.
Me r c h a n t  (not a P.  of  I.).

Hudson Merchants Condemn the P. of I.
ihe Hudson merchants very  generally 
condemn the P. of L, as will be shown by 
the following interviews:
Phil  Sewald,  jeweler :  “I think it-will 
be detrimental to  business.”
Dr.  Geo.  Chapman:  " I   think  it  is 
another one of the so-called trusts.
F.  H.  Brown,  dry  goods:  “Damaging 
in every way.”
Oren Howes, dry goods:  "If they carry 
out their  principles, it  will  be very  de­
pressing to  business, but 1  do not  think 
it will be very long-lived.”
A. C. Dunham, hardware:  “They would 
be an injury to any community.’'
L.  Frensdorf  & Son, grain,  wool, etc.: 
“They will not  accomplish anything. 
It 
will not last long.”
John George, boots and shoes:  “A per­
fect robbery.  To the merchants who rely j 
entirely on  the  farming  community  for 
patronage, it will be very detrimental.” 
Beardsell  &  Plympton,  drugs  and 
groceries:  “We  consider  it  would  be 
letrimental to any business community.” 
R. A. Beach,  boots and shoes:  “If they 
follow up their  object  the result will  be 
very disastrous to business.”
G. J. Perkins,  clothing:  “It is a snide. 
There is no good business principle it it.” 
J. J. Wood,  bookstore:  “Bad  for  both 
the farmers and the merchants.  A money 
making  enterprise  benefiting  only  the 
originators of  the enterprise.”
E. J. Southworth:,“It benefits only the 
originators.”

Of Such is the  P.  of I.

It is one of  the stock statements of  the 
P.  of  I.  organizers that  the  members of 
the Patrons  of  Industry  are  placed in  a 
position to  pay cash the  year round,  but 
such statements are  no further from  the 
truth  than 
the 
organization.  As  a  case  in  point, T h e 
T ra d esm a n respectfully submits the fol­
lowing :
E. A.  Stowe, Grand Rapids:

G r e e n v i l l e ,  Oct.  29,  1889.

the  entire 

fabric  of 

De a r   Sir —I  have 

th is  day  been  in­
form ed  of  th e  death   of  a  w om an whose 
husband is  a t  the  head  of  a P. of  L  lodge 
n ear  Cato,  and  th a t 
tow n  had  to 
b ury  h is  w ife. 
I  w ould  like  to  know  
how  in  th u n d er  th is  m an  can  pay  cash 
fo r h is  goods ?  R espectfully,W.  J.  Mil l s.

th e 

VISITING  BUYERS.

M Heyboer & Bro,. O akland John Baker, Chauncey 
A D F arling, Millbrook 
D R Stocum, R ockford 
L M W olf, Hudsonville 
D O W atson, Coopersville 
J  F Connell, Lk Odessa 
Mrs E  Scott,Dunningville
W mVerMeulen.BeaverDam  R Purdy.  Lake
W  H S truik, Forest Grove  DeVoist Bros., Alba 
H Van Noord. Jam estow n  H E Stover,  K alkaska 
G S P utnam  , F ru itp o rt
J Horn rich,  No D orr 
T Ravm ond. B erlin 
E S Botsford, Dorr
J o t a  De Vries  Jam estow n W N H utchinson. G rant 
S Sheldon, Pierson 
jn o  Farrow e. So Blendon
8 Cooper, Jam estow n 
H M eijering. Jam estow n 
L N Fisher,  Dorr 
J L Purchase, B auer 
D enH erder & Tanis,
A Purchase. So Blendon 
Vriesland
C DeJong, Holland 
C W Caskey, Petoskey 
Eli R unnels, Com ing 
H arnerB ros..  Petoskey 
John G unstra, Lam ont 
J  Jesson, Muskes-on 
C Eddy,  G rattan 
P ickett, Bros., W ayland 
M O Brockway, Otsego 
H E H ogan, So Boardm an 
E Townsend, Lake Odessa 
B J Shrouds, Remus 
Jos Deal, Gun M arsh 
J  F Mann, Lisbon 
J  L Ash, Pai melee 
F rank O  Lord, Gd Ledge 
G C B aker,  Labarge 
Silas Loew, B um ip’s Cora 
M  B olander.H ubbardston
B E Green,  HudsonviUe
-   -   - 
D H  Meeker, P errin to n  
. . .
T A Jam ison, 80 B oardm an  F E C arapau, Alaska 
Hessler Bros., Rockford  W H  W atts, Alto 
L A G ardner.Cedar  Springs J  L T hom as,C annonstarg 
C A B arnes. O tsego 
W S C lark, Holton 
i R K Finch, Saranac

C P   Judson, Big  Rapids
C E C obum , Pierson

. 

COOPER TOOLS

W e   e n d e a v o r  

to  c a r r y  

a sso r tm e n t.

a  fu ll

Foster,  S tev en s  & Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St., 

33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

H A R D W A R E .

P r ic e s   C u rren t.

MOLASSES GATES. 

dlS.

Stebbin’s  Pattern........................................... 60&10
Stebbln’s Genuine..........................................60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring........................... 
25

N A I L S
Advance above 12d nails.

F E N C E   A N D   B R A D S.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who  50dto60d.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
d is.
Ives’, old style  .............................................
Snell’s.............................................................
Cook’s ............................................................   —
Jennings’, genuine........................................ 
£
Jennings’,  im itation.................................... ..
First Quality, S. B. Bronze................
D.  B. Bronze.................
S. B. S. Steel..................
D. B. Steel..................

...... $ 7 00
....  11 00
......   8 50
......   13 00

“ 
“ 
“ 

A X E S.

B A R R O W S.

Railroad... 
Garden....

Stove.....................
Carriage new list.
Plow.....................
Sleigh shoe........

....8  14 00 
.net  30 00 

dis.

dis.

........50&10
...... 40&10
........ 
70

8d and 9d__
6d and 7d__
4d and 5d__
3d.................
2d...  .’.........

12d to 30d
lOd...........
8d to 9d  .. 
6d to7d... 
4d to 5d... 
3d.............

inch.

F IN E   B L U E D .

CAHEtNG  A N D   BO X .

COMMON BARBEL.

1  00
1  50
2 00

90 
1  10 
1  50

C LIN CH .

ii
1}4 and  1% inch.
2 and 254 
“ 
........................
254 and 2%  “ 
........................
3inch..........................................
354 and 454  inch.........................
Each half keg 10 cents extra.

dis.

-PLANES.

..8 3 50 
..  4  00 
dis.
..70& 
......40@10
. .60&10  Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy......................
......   ©60
..60&10I Sciota  Bench......................................
.. .60&10 
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy..............
...... 40@10
.. .60&1Ü 
......   @60
Bench, first quality............................
...60& 10
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood
__20&10
60 
, dis. 
Fry,  Acme.........................................
70 
. dis. 
Common,  polished............................
50
....... 
Iron and  Tinned.........................................
50
......  
Copper Rivets and Burs..............................
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to Z 
10  20 
9 20
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27..

PATENT FLANISHED IRON.

RIVETS.

PANS.

dis.

Broken packs 54c per pound extra.

. . .70&10 
. ..70&10 
70
.......... 
40
.  dis. 50&02 ! 
.per ib  <
.per m

65

C A PS.

BLOCKS.

B U T T S ,  CAST.

list April 17,

Well,  plain......................................
Well, swivel...................................
Cast Loose P in, fig u red ......... 
.. . .
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.
Wrought Loose Pin.........................
Wrought  Table...............................
Wrought Inside Blind.....................
Wrought  Brass................................
Blind,  Clark’s. 
Blind,  Parker’s.. 
Blind, Shepard’s
Ordinary Tackle
Grain.................
CROW   BA RS
Cast Steel................................
Ely’s 1-10................................
Hick’s  C. F .............................
G. ...........................................
Musket...................................
C A R T R ID G E
mm Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list
Rim Fire, United States..........
Central  Fire.............................
C H ISE L S.
Socket Firm er.........................
Socket Framing.......................
Socket Corner.........................
Socket Slicks...........................
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer......
COMBS.
Curry,  Lawrence’s  ..............
Hotchkiss................................
C H A LK .
White Crayons, per  gross......
C O P P E R .
Planished, 14 oz cut to size...
14x52, 14x56, 14x60 ........
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60........
old Rolled, 14x48.........................
Bottoms................................. .......
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks........................
Paper and straight Shank.............
Morse’s Taper Shank....................
d r i p p i n g   p a n s .
Small sizes, ser pound.................
Large sizes, per  pound.................
Com. 4  piece, 6 in .........................
Corrugated....................................
Adjustable....................................
E X P A N S IV E   B IT S .
Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826......
Ives’, 1, 818;  2, 824;  3, 830 ...........
f i l e s —New List.
Disston’s ......................................
New  American.............................
Nicholson’s .................................
Heller’s .........................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps...................
g a l v a n i z e d   i r o n ,
Nos.  16  to  20;
List 
Discount, 60

e l b o w s .

D R IL L S .

12 

14

< 

dis.
..dis.

dis.
. 70&10 
. 70&10 
.70&10 
. 70&10 
40
dis.
.4Ü&10

__ 12@1254 dis. 10
28
..  per pound 
................... 
26
.............................  24
............................... 24

dis.

.doz. net 
* 
..dis.
'• 
...... dis.  40&10
dis.
..............  
'  30
..............  
25
dis.
...............60&1Ö
.............. 60&10
.60&10
50
50
28
18

27
15

dis.

13
GAUGES.
50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s.
HAMMERS.
25
Maydole  & Co.’s.....................
25
............... ^ s* * ^ |
Yerkes & Plumb’s.V.7
list 60
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.. .............. 
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand... .30c 40&10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ......................... .  ..dis.60&10
gtate’ ...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 in. 454  14 and
longer.........................................................
Screw Hook and  Eye, 54.........................

HINGES.

dis.
dis.

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ti 
.. 

HANGERS. 

HORSE NAILS.

HOLLOW WARE

..........................net  754
%..........................net  754
Strap and .................................................dis*fl,  70
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track.... 50&10
Champion,  anti friction..............................   w<slh
Kidder, wood track ....................................... 
w
Pots.................................................................
Kettles............................................................
Spiders........................................................... 60405
50
Gray enameled.....................................
HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.
.new list 70&10
Stamped  Tin W are..
....................... 
25
Japanned Tin Ware.
__new list 3354 &10
Granite Iron Ware  ..
Au Sable................................
Putnam .................................... d18*
N orthwestem.............. ;•••• •
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.........
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings----
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..
Door,  porcelain, trimmings.............
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain......
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t .......... 
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s ............................
Branford’s ....................................................  
Norwalk’s ........................................  
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ......................  
.. 
Adze Eve 
H ntaEve...........  
K ’s. 
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled......................  
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .
........  
“  P 8 .4 W . Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers, Ferry & Clark’s..................  
“  Enterprise..........................................  

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30
70
MATTOCKS. 
__
.......................................816.00, dis. 60
........................... 815.00, dis. 60
...................«s.so, dis. 20&10.
MAULS. 
50
*°
40
40
25

k n o b s—New List.

dis. 10&10&5 

l o c k s—DOOR.

MILLS. 
.

U18.
dis.

LEVELS. 

dis.

dis.

alS .

.

.

.

.

.

.

ROPES.

 

dlS.

SQUARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, 54 inch and larger..............................   1154
Manilla  .........................................................  1354
Steel and  Iron................................................ 
75
Trv and Bevels..............................................  
60
20
M itre............................................ 
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
83 00
Nos. 10 to  14........................................84 20 
3 00
Nos. 15 to 17 ......................................  4  20 
, Nos.  18 to 21.......................................  4 20 
3 10
3 15
Nos. 22 to 21 ......................................  4 20 
N os. 25 to 26............................  
3 25
..4  40 
3 35
| No. 27 .................................................  4 60 
I  All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 
wide not less than 2-1 n extra
List acct. 19, ’86........................................dis.40&10
50
Silver Lake, White A ...............................list 
Drab A ..................................  “ 
55
White  B ...............................   “ 
50
Drab B..................................   “ 
55
White C.................................  “ 
35

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

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Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

WIRE.

saws. 

traps. 

H and...... ...............  

Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,__  

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton $25
“ 
.25(^25&5
70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot—   50
  30
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot.............................................. 
28
dis.
.
Steel, Game.....................................................60&10
70 | 
Oneida Community, Newhonse’s ................ 
35
70
- I Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s —  
Hotchkiss’...................................................... 
70
P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  ................................... 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz.
.. .81.50 per doz. 
Mouse, delusion
dis.
Bright Market...........................
...................   6754
.................70&10
Annealed Market......................
..............   6254
Coppered Market......................
............  6-ÄS
Tinned Market.........................
................ 
50
Coppered  Spring  Steel.............
...per pound 03
Plain Fence..............................
................. 83 45
Barbed  Fence, galvanized......
.................   2 80
painted...........
WIRE GOODS.
..........70&10&10
Bright.......................................
D&10&10
Screw  Eyes
Hook's......................................................70&10&10
Gate Hooks and Eyes.............................. 70&10&10
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. 

WRENCHES. 

dis.

dis.

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PIG TIN.

Pig  Large........................................................... 26c
Pig Bars.............................................................. 28c
Duty:  Sheet, 254c per pound.
600 pound  casks..................................................6K
Per  pound...................................................... 
654
54@54.---v........................................................

SOLDER.

ZINC.

The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson......................................... per pound  14J4
Hallett’s........................................ 
UJ4
TIN— MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................... * 6 00
6 22
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
7 75
14x20 IX, 
7 75

 
Each additional X on this gTade, $1.75.

10xl4IC,  Charcoal........................................ ®c5 40
14x2010, 
...........................................  5 4°
...........................................   6
10x14 IX, 
.......................-•••••••••••
14x20 IX, 

TIN— ALLAWAY GRADE.
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Each additional X on this grade 81.50.

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ROOFING PLATES

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«« 

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX,
14x28  IX..........................................................«2
14x31  IX.............................  
W
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I D6T Munj  
14x60 IX,  “ 

‘ Worcester....................................  5 50
* 
• 
1  Allaway 
< 
< 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
 

.............................  7 00
...........................  11  50
Grade.  4 90
..................   6 40
..................10 50
..................   13 50

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P.  of  I.

Du s h y il i.e ,  Oct. 28, 1889. 

Percentage  and  Other  Matters for the 

De a r   Sir—Through  your 

Editor Michigan Tradesman;
paper  I 
wish to  submit  a few  thoughts  for  the 
consideration of  the  P. of  l.’s.  We sold 
a broom to-day  at  the  regular  price,  15 
cents. 
It cost 12%  cents,  which  left  au 
apparent  profit of  2%  cents,  or  20  per 
cent,  on  its  cost.  But  the  money  paid 
for the broom at 7 per cent, for two years 
—the  time  since  its  purchase—would 
have  been 14 per  cent, of  that on a note, 
and that leaves au apparent 6 per cent, of
ana tnai leaves an 
profit;  but that is apparent  only because  fr  it, w.uge  ^

Why  Oysters are  Scarce this Year. 
[ garoos,  among them the  blue, red Walla- 
by,  black,  gray and  Forester,  the  latter
From  the  B altim ore  Trade. 
Because of  the  difficulty  of  getting  a ; furnishing  the  best  leather,  as  it  hves 
supply of  good  oysters  for  the  fall  de- j mainly  in  wooded  sections.  Wheu  the 
i  mandythe  price of  shell  stock  has  been j shipping  ports  are  reached the  hunters 
k!liw thfl first nf  Seo-  dispose of  the  skius  by  auction  to  the
steadily advancing since the first of  Sep­
highest bidders,  and  realize  about 70c  a 
tember,  and if the receipts do not show a 
pound.  Kangaroo  hunters  make  large 
better daily  average during the next few 
profits.  One  man  is  known  to  have 
weeks we are likely to have  a  heavy rise 
cleared $4,500 free of living expenses in a 
in prices of  shell stock when  the rush of 
single  year.  The  tanning  of  kangaroo 
the Thanksgiving  season comes on.  The 
skins  is  confined  to  men  employed  by 
turkey has the  credit of  filling the  hori­
Americans, as other dealers cannot afford 
zon  on  that  occasion,  but  it  should  be 
to pay the  high  prices for  the  raw  ma­
more generally known, that the oyster  is 
terial.  The  result  is that  Parisian  and 
as much  in  demand  as  any  other  shell 
London  shoe  manufacturers  buy  their 
valved.  Owing  to  the 
stock of  kangaroo  leather  directly  from 
last  winter  the  oysters
Newark.

nr

 

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,  ,i 

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fichino-  fo r th ere  is  a  scarcity ui

u  if the ”0 Der  the  opportunity  was  availe
of  the  beds  atld  the
r i c e s .  As  a result
^  

sacuon. 
a  10 per cent. P. of  I.  basis if the 20 per . 
demoraliza-
j  j J   L  
cent, on the broom does us no good ? 
, turn  of  Drices.  As  a result  the  dealers
Take another  instance :  Y e^tefr^a^  ^.  waged a bitter war of competion in prices, 
  to such  an  extent  that  the  bulk of  the
sold a pair of  ladies  kid boots1^ e^
that cost $2.25, which  gave:  «* 
shucked  after  January  1,  were
-  ^
11  per  cent,  profit.  But  the  cash  that 
loss  (for oysters  must  be  sold
- 
bought  them  would  have  br°u^ h* 2th.® ! and shipped rapidly, especially in a mild 
i f , season\  and  the old  experience  was  re- 
price of  the  kid  boots  now to  $2. 
we figure 7 per  cent, on  the  original  in-, newed” f  too many  goods  making a  loss 
estment. 
..  wbere  fewer  goods  would  have
e^  J e  e , made a profit.  But  now  they are paying 
Our taxes and insurance Ia^
this folly  of  last  year’s  over-
3Vo  per cent,  on all  sales.  The cash m-, 
^ 
there -3 a  scarcity of  oysters
■ested in  store,  stock  and  fixtures  and j  S 
,iv-’ 
fielding no other  income  but the profits i hsnmg, 
----- g-------a
r hr  Jo u lT eifbVoaiedPratfi  7 j in a cold fall season, with strong demand, 
avoid  these  errors  of  last  season
lise  would,  if  loaned  at  7 
of  m erchand
packers  of  all  kinds  came
ve yielded 15 per cent, on all 
1 the  oyster  packe
p er cent.,  have  ym .ucu  « , i~ .  W m  
sales fur the year. 
tnvether  a  couple  of  m onths  ago  and
The  freig h t on  sa lt  from .  ° ” d a tw av s  m fdelbusinesS  arrangem ents  th a t  w ould 
railroad statiou  to our store>u  a“ d a l™ yi  I  preveiit such  loss of  value  and  destruc- 
has been  over  50  per 
almost  too
cent.  on  its  cost, 
Where  would  the P.  of  I.  10 per  cent, 
late,  it  is  now  certain  there  will  be  a 
leave us ?  The freight on kerosene from 
scarcity  of  oysters,  for  it  will  require 
our  nearest wholesale  store  is  23% per 
another season  to  get  the  heels  back  to 
cent,;  it has not been  less in  ten  years, 
even the moderate condition they were in 
and  has  sometimes  been  considerable 
1888-9. 
more;  this  with  an average shrinkage of 
The daily press,  however, in  their  de­
8 per cent, shows the  impossibility of  P. 
sire for  sensation,  have  made it  appear 
of  I.  10  per cent,  without  heavy loss to 
that the  organizations of  oyster  packers 
the retailer.  The freight on fresh fruits, 
have been in the nature of ‘trusts,’ merely 
oranges,  lemons,  bananas,  etc.,  from 
because it is  now   "the  style”  to call  all 
Detroit  to our store is  more  than 10 per 
new  business  moves  "trusts,”  and  to 
cent.,  while  the  loss by rot  is from 10 to 
imply condemnation at the same time.
50  per  cent. 
It would be well for the world at large 
If  the  average  farmer,  leaning to  the 
to know that the  Chesapeake oysters are 
P.  of  L, would  abandon  the  false  idea 
the  property of  the  State,  that  anyone 
business to beat
-  H 
that it is  his  legitimate  uuo.^oc, ^  m m , 
them, and  that
who has taken them has the right
and break  down
know   th a t  the  farm er,  blacksm ith,  me-
.v„  tn opi,  them  where  he  pleases  and  for 
^  pieases.  We would like to
chanic  and  merchant  are  all  a ike  the 
victims  of  trusts  and  monopoliesl  and  what price “ P“  
QUt  t0  us  how  a
be  formed  on  such  a  free 
that they  should give  encouragement  to F  
another  instead  of  waging  war I b^ f ofe^ p^ y ™  this!  If  a  gang  of
one 
'  in buying  the 
against  the
State,  they 
bile we have

; benefited and none have cause forconi-  ^  

the  merchaut,  learn  to  aQy 

ffie  oysters,  b u t it  -

who  by  com peti

„ t0 take
'  ' 

but w

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The  Evil  of  Endorsing.

The system  of  endorsing is all wrong, 
and should be utterly abolished. 
It  has 
been the financial ruin of more men than, 
perhaps, all other  causes.  Bookkeeping, 
a  journal  devoted to merchants,  clerks, 
and  business  men,  advises  our  young 
men especially to study the matter  care­
fully in all its bearings,  and  adopt some 
settled  policy to  govern  their  conduct, 
so as to be ready to answer  the man who 
asks  them to sign  his  note.  What  re­
sponsibility  does  one  assume  when  he 
endorses  a  note ?  Simply this:  He  is 
held for the payment  of  the  amount  in 
full, principal and interest, if  the maker 
of  the  note,  throfigh  misfortune,  mis­
management, or rascality,  fails to pay it. 
Notice, 
the  endorser  assumes  all  this 
responsibility,  with no  voice in the man­
agement of  the business and no share in 
the profits of the transaction, if it proves 
profitable;  but with a certainty of loss if, 
for any of  the reasons stated, the princi­
pal fails to pay the note.  ___________

Dry  Goods.
P r ic e s   C u rren t.

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

Atlantic  A.............. 7V4 IlntegrityJXX.
Atlanta A. A 
Archery  Bunting.
Amory..................
Beaver Dam  A A.
Berwick  L...........
Blackstone O, 32..
Chapman..............
Cohasset A...........
Comet...................
Clifton C C C........
Conqueror  XX —
Dwight Star.........
Exeter A..............
Full Yard Wide...
Great Falls E ......
Honest Width......
Hartford A...........

..  654 King, E F ...................«
“  EX............   I
“  E C, 32 in .......!
Lawrence L L..........i
654 New  M arkets.........  '■
Noibe R ..............  
  !
4  Newton......................1
Our Level  Best........ 1
Riverside XX..........
654  Sea Island R...........
Sharon B  ...............
Top of the  Heap —
654 Williamsville..........
..  6k Comet,  40 in ...... .
Carlisle  “ 
..........
New Market L, 40 in.

..  554
ACHED  COTTONS.
..  8 First Prize............. 7
- ■  454 Fruit of the Loom % 8
Fairmount............. 4?4
754 Lonsdale Cambric. 10%
..  i>k Lonsdale................ 8 %
..  9 Middlesex.............. 5%
s.  8M[No Name................ 7%
6
..  6 Oak View..............
5%
Our Own...............
!.  8 Sunlight  ............... 4%
8%
..  8% Vinyard.................

Edwards. —
Empire.......
Farwell —
Fruit of the  Loom
Fitchville  ..............  754,

h a l f   b l e a c h e d   c o t t o n s .

Cabot.......................  THIDwight Anchor.
Farwell................... 8541
U N B L E A C H E D   CANTON  F L A N N E L .
Tremont N..............   f-54 Middlesex No.  1
Hamilton N.............  61
3.
L .............  7
Middlesex  AT........  8
X.............  9
8.
No. 25—   9
B L E A C H E D   CA NTON  F L A N N E L .

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...  7541 MiddlesexAA----
j?----
...  8 
A O ___
9 
9 
4----
5****
lis aumkeag satteen

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...10541 
C O R SET  JE A N S .
__  6 
__  654|Roekport................... 654

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P R IN T S .

’  10*4 

Biddeford.. 
Brunswick.
Allen  staple...........   6  IMerrim’ckshirtingi
Repp f urn .
ro^.<Ls' ‘ V.A—

’ fancy...........   654 
.robes............  654 ¡Pacific fancy...........6
American  fancy—   6 
American indigo....  654 ¡Portsmouth robes...  6 
American shirtings.  554¡Simpson mourning..  £4 
P f f /- :  *:*
Arnold 
solid black.  654
c.  Washington indigo.  6*4
|  “  Turkey robes..  754
plain T ky X %  854

....654 
“ 
long cloth B. 1054 
<< 
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century cloth  7 
“ 
gold seal...... 10541  “ 
z   S
— 
“  Turkey  red.
“  x .,.10
;  5vJ  “ 
Berlin solids..........
.  654|  “  Ottoman  Tur-
“  oil blue......
.  654  key red.............   ..6
“ 
“  green ...
.  6  Martha Washington
Cocheco fancy— : 
.  6  I  Turkey red %...... 754
“  madders..
.  6  [Martha  Washington
Eddystone  fancy..
.  654  Turkey red...........  954
Hamilton fancy.  ..
Manchester fancy..  6  I Windsor fan cy ...... 654
Merrimack D 
indigo  blue........ 1054
....1254
....14
....1254
....1354
....1254

Amoskeag AC A— 13541 Pearl  River...
Hamilton N .  754 !Warren........................
D E M IN S.
Amoskeag.13^ ¡Everett.......
Amoskeag, 9 oz...... 15  ¡Lawrence XX.
Andover.11/4 ¡Lancaster.....

staple__  6  Riverpoint robes—   5
new era.  654 
gold  ticket

fancy. 6541 

T IC K IN G S .

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g i n g h a m s .

Glenarven.^ ¡ S eiifi e^ DrSS8..........................i L
L an cash ire........  6^4¡Toil du Nord..........10^6
Normandie.............   8  I

Peerless, white...

C A R P E T   W A R P .
.. 1854 i Peerless,  colored... 21

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Blackstone A A.. 
Beats All............
m __  
Cleveland...........
trust.
r a  trust of  some sort  to the I Cabot.... ...*.•• • • 
would prefe 
destruction meted out to them by the un 
—
>' v  thA n n -  bwig(it Anchor'. '.
restricted fishing of  them,  but the oyster 
shorts
is  proverbially  dumb  as  to  his  desires 
and his opinion of the daily press.
If  the mercurial flyers of the  day  wish 
something to amuse  the  public with,  let 
them ask why the State manages her  im­
mense  oyster  interests  in  such  an  un­
business  like  way;  why  the  license  to 
catch oysters  permits the  holder to take 
anything from the size  of  his finger nail 
to the  size of  his  foot.  Here is  merri­
ment for  mercury if  he wishes it, for he 
can  tickle  the  public 
into  sardonic 
laughter  at the  State  that  throws  away 
from 553.000,000 to $5,000,000 per  year  by 
such  folly.  But for  this  we  would  not 
now see inferior oysters, poor stock,  sell­
ing by the cargo at  45  and  48  cents  per 
bushel, yielding  so poorly  that even  the 
cove packer will not touch them, although 
cove oysters are scarce.  This is the poor­
est season for oysters so  far for over five 
years and at the prices fixed for raw stock 
shippers are not having  the margin they 
seemed to promise. 
If the population of 
the country  continues to  increase in  the 
ratio of  the past years,  and  if the Chesa­
peake  oysters  do  not  get  such  manage­
ment as will end the  too severe  catching 
it will not be many  years  until  the  peo­
ple  will  have  to  pay  double  present 
prices for them, or  perhaps they will  all 
have to be put up  in cans  and graded to 
the standard of  “church sociable stews,” 
as a Chicago friend suggested.  But  just 
now the  supply of  shell  stock  is  below 
the requiremeut,  the  price is  nearly  50 
percent,  above the usual  at  this time of 
the  year,  November,  the  busiest  month 
of  demand,  is  at  hand  and  there  is  no 
“trust”  for  oysters.

Hamilton N ........
Middlesex P T ...
A T ... 
XA...
X F ...

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The  Kangaroo  in Commerce. 

According to  the  Providence  Journal 
6,000  kangaroo  skins  are  received  in 
Newark,  N.  J ., every  week,  are all tan­
ned in one  large establishment there and 
are  then  made  into  fine  shoes.  “Aus­
tralia  and  New  Zealand,”  the  Journal 
says,  “furnish  kangaroo  hides  for  the 
world.”  The  kangaroos  are  killed  in 
Australia about 300  miles  back from  the 
coast,  and are  shipped from  Melbourne, 
Sidney and Newcastle, in  Australia,  and 
from Masterton in  New Zealand.  Up to 
1869 the kangaroos were killed and eaten 
in  Australia,  and  their  hides  were  cut 
into  shoestrings.  But  an  Englishman 
named Brown in that year discovered the 
remarkable character of  the leather  and 
brought several  thousand  skins  to  this 
country.  He tried  to  sell  the  hides  to 
tanners, but they were shy of the novelty, 
and he  had to sell them at a sacrifice to a 
bookbinder.  The  bookbinder  made tri- i 
angular corner-pieces in ledgers and com­
mercial books out of the skins,  and so as­
certained the good quality of the leather. 
It was in this way that  the  large leather 
factories were first attracted  to kangaroo 
hide.  The  skin  was  found  to  he  very 
tenacious  and  the  compactness  of  the 
grain prevents its absorbing water, while 
the acids in blacking meet with an almost 
impervious substance. 
It was hard work 
I for years to  get  the  kangaroo skius. 
It 
was not until the Newarker who now tans 
them sent agents to Australia three years 
ago that the demand  could  be  supplied. 
The characteristic  climate  of  Australia 
and the pugnacity of  the  kangaroo make 
¡hunting  the  hides  dangerous.  *  *  * 
Eight men hunt together  for  kangaroos. 
They  are  called  a  “set.”  *  *  *  As 
the game is bagged it is skinned,  and the 
skin  is stretched on the  ground and peg­
ged  down  to  prevent  shrinkage.  The 
flesh furnishes meat for the camp.  Each 
man places  his  private  mark  upon  his 
booty, and when they have  one  hundred 
skins apiece they return  back to civiliza­
tion.  There are twenty varieties of kan-

T H R E A D S .

20  I Georgia.

G R A IN   B A G S.
...17 
...16 

....... 16
¡Pacific....................14
¡Burlap....................(154

Stark............
American —  
Valley City..
Clark’s Mile End... .45 
| Barbour’s...............88
Coats’,  J. & P .........45  Marshall’s ................88
Holyoke..................22541
White. Colored.
38 No.  14 .......37
6 ..  ..33
“  16 .......38
39
8 .......34
“  18 .......39
40
10 .......3f>
“  20 .......40
41
12 .......36
CA M B R IC S.

White. Colored
42
43
44
45

K N IT T IN G   COTTON.

No.

Slater..........
White Star.............  4%¡Newmarket.

__ 43i|Kid Glove.

Fireman......
Creedmore...
Talbot XXX. 
Nameless  ...

J R F , XXX..............35

R E D   F L A N N E L .
.......3254 T W .......................... 2254
...... 2754 F T ............................ 3254
...... 30 
...... 2754 Buckeye................... 3254
M IX E D   F L A N N E L .
Grey S R W ............. 1754
.........2254|W estern W  .............. 1854
..1854 D R P ......................1854
Flushing XXX.» ... .2354 
.. .22541 Manitoba................ 2354

DUCKS.
..  9541 Greenwood, 8 oz — 1154 
954
"   West  Point, 8 oz...  OI/

WADDINGS.

¡Per bale, 40  doz

...87 25

Red & Blue,  plaid..*) 
Union R ... 
W indsor...
6 oz Western...........21
Union  B..

Severen, 8 oz
Mayland, 8 oz.........11
Greenwood, 754 oz..  9541
White, doz.............20 
Colored,  doz.......... 25  |

Slater, Iron Cross.. 
“ 
Red Cross...
Best  ...........
“ 
“  Best  AA —

Coraline__
Shilling’s...

Corticelli, doz......... 85
twist, doz.. 42 
50 yd, doz..42

“ 
“ 

S IL E S IA S .
9  ¡Pawtucket...............11
...9   Dundie....................  9
... 1054 Bedford...................H
...12541
..$9 50|Wonderful.................84 75
..  9 001 Brighton...................... 4 75
SEWING  SILK.

CORSETS.

[Corticelli  knitting,
I  per 54oz  ball........30

The Michigan Tradesman

Official  Organ of M ichigan Business Men’s  Association.

▲  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THK

Retail  Trade  of the  Wohierine State.

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Entered  at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  6,  1889.

THE  PRICE  O F  SUCCESS.

Very often the hard  things said  about 
men  who  have  made  a  success  and 
achieved  wealth is but a very severe and 
unjust criticism  regarding  personal  ef­
fort,  ability,  wisdom  and  industry. 
In 
is  accumulated 
this  country  wealth 
oftener  than 
inherited.  Among  our 
wealthiest men  of  to-day,  those who in­
herited  what  they  have,  as  compared 
with  those  who  have  labored  for  and 
achieved riches,  are too few to form even 
a notable exception  to  the  general rule. 
Were  we to consider  the  well-to-do  we 
would  find  that  the  rule  obtains  with 
still fewer exceptions.  The wealthy and 
well-to-do  of  to-day were the poor  of  a 
generation  ago.  They have  come  into 
possession  of  what they have  by means 
that  were open  alike to all men.  They 
possessed no advantage  which  their fel­
low-men did not,  and  won their  way by 
and beyond them through  watchfulness, 
industry  and  energetic  perseverance. 
Yet we find  them  abused  and  maligned 
for  achieving  that  in  which  their  de- 
famers failed.  Are our  successful  men 
in the  schools,  churches,  the  Stater  in 
the professions  of  all  kinds,  thus  tra­
duced?  Are  they  not  rather  extolled 
and honored ?  The successful man,  out­
side of  business transactions, is praised, 
while in business the failures are shunned 
and the successful  are  vilified.  This is 
not all-embracing, but it is true to a great 
extent,  so much so that it has  given rise 
to peculiar social  problems  and  created 
discontent  and a schism  that is perplex­
ing and even  menacing.  The  truth  of 
the  whole  matter  is,  that,  for  various 
reasons, many men fail to meet  with the 
success desired  and fail  to  look  at  the 
real  cause  of  their failure.  They look 
entirely  beyond  self,  imagine  that  the 
successful have caused their  misfortune, 
and  cry  out  that  they  are  oppressed. 
They fail to recognize  that  this is a pro­
gressive  age;  that  it is a  very busy one 
filled with new enterprises, new methods, 
new  industrial  operations  and business 
adventures and practices.  The  methods 
applicable to business affairs a few years 
ago are out of  date and new ones contin­
ually  arise.  Competition  is  greater, 
trades and industries are more  crowded, 
a new condition of  affairs exists,  and he 
who is slow  to  recognize  this is the one 
who  fails  to  succeed.  The  successful 
mau  of  to-day is ever  watchful.  He is 
fully awake to the demands of  the times 
and the  means  through  which  they are 
to be met.  He is always  abreast  of  the 
age, and keeps  pace  with  the  changing 
condition  of  affairs.  He seeks the new 
and best methods,  applies the principles 
suited  to  the  rushing,  crowded,  ever- 
changing,  advancing  times.  He catches 
the  spirit of  the  general  progress  and 
keeps up with  it,  or  in  advance  of  it. 
He educates himself in the  principles of 
his  business,  and  becomes  acquainted 
with  its  minutest  ramifications.  With 
the change  of  conditions he changes his 
methods,  and is quick  to utilize  the ad­
vantage his  alertness  discloses  to  him. 
In  short,  he  pushes  his  business,  he 
•works, he rushes.  The fable of  the tor­
toise and the  hare is out  of  date.  That 
one race  taught  all  hares a lesson,  and 
they do not  sleep  now  till  the  race  is 
won.  This is so  true  in  this  day that 
there  can  be  found  no  tortoise  silly 
enough to  challenge  a  hare for  a  race. 
The  successful  man  recognizes that we 
are living in the last quarter of the Nine­
teenth Century,  and not the first, second, 
or even the third.  He succeeds, not only 
because he  works for it,  but because he 
works in the  right  way.  Where  there 
was one man  pursuing  certain  business 
methods and adventures  ten  years  ago, 
there are now thousands  of  men in com­
petition with him.  Business  tact grasps 
new methods,  and when the old currents 
of  commerce become crowded,  cuts new 
channels  through  the  country,  and,  if 
necessary,  into new lands.  There  is  no 
patent  on  any of  this.  Everything  is 
open to all alike,  and that  some  do  not 
succeed  is  no  fault  of  those  who  do. 
There are instances in  which wealth be­
comes an oppressor in certain directions. 
There can  be  no  defense  made for  the 
abuse  of  the  power  wealth  may bring, 
but even that  wealth  once  consisted  of 
the  brain  and  brawn  of  its  possessor. 
Would not this so-called problem be elim­
inated  of  a  very  troublesome  quantity 
were all to properly use the means about 
them and  within  them to provide  them­
selves  with  at  least  a  competency ? 
What is in the  way of  an effort ?  What 
is in the  way of  success ? 
If  there  be 
nothing found to prevent  this,  who  are 
to  blame for  the  failures  if  not  those 
who fail ?  Aside from the lack of effort, 
there is prodigality too often  observable

which is never a part  of  the  successful 
man.  Many  men  can  now  look  back 
upon their lives  and  discover  that they 
have wasted  what could have proven the 
basis of  a  comfortable fortune.  No one 
would willingly part with any portion of 
his physical  ability to make  money,  yet 
many recklessly waste their wages which 
is  as  much  a  part  of  their  financial 
strength as their  right  arm  is  of  their 
physical.  Wasted  or  idle  money is  as 
wasted or idle  strength.  This  problem 
of  bread-getting on up  through the var­
ious degrees  of  fortune, has its solution 
in  the  individual,  and his fault and the 
cause  of  his failure lie in his seeking  it 
elsewhere.

THE  RESTORATION  OF  OUR  OCEAN 

FLAG .

The hope which seems to be indulged in 
in some quarters, that the  United States 
can  be  permanently fooled  and  balked 
in the  matter  of  its foreign trade,  must 
be set down as one of  the delusions with 
which  people  are  fond  of  entertaining 
themselves.  Yet it is  easy to  see  how 
many interests  are alarmed at the awak­
ening  interest  in  the  subject,  and  the 
increase  of  intelligent knowledge  as  to 
the remedy for  our  present  disabilities. 
The  steamship  lines  of  Europe,  which 
now practically control the trans-Atlantic 
trade of  the three Americas;  the owners 
of  the  “tramp”  ships, which pick up a 
mean and precarious living  on the edges 
of  the legitimate commerce of  the regu­
lar lines; the foreign interests of all sorts 
which  are  quartered  upon  us  in  the 
United  States,  for  their  own  gain;  all 
these,  as  they  have  voices  to  oppose 
every rational and  sensible  step  toward 
re-establishing  our lines of  ships on the 
Atlantic,  have  also  the  hope  that  the 
American  people  will  fail  to  apply  to 
this  subject  the  direct  and  resolute 
methods that they have used  in  railroad 
building,  and 
the  establishment  and 
maintenance of domestic industries.

The  time  has  come,  beyond  doubt, 
when the  attention  of  the  country may 
be,  and  will  be,  drawn  to the subject. 
We have seen long  enough  the  relative 
decadence of  our  ocean  shipping.  We 
have suffered long  enough  the  business 
disadvantages  of  not  having  friendly 
lines to carry to  the  countries  south  of 
us articles  which  experience  shows  we 
can sell  there.  We  have  endured  long 
enough the offense of  seeing a large part 
of  the  commerce  between  North  and 
South  America  done  in  ships  making 
“triangular  voyages”  —  bringing 
the 
products of  South  America to us, carry­
ing our  products  to  Europe,  and  com­
pleting the three-sided  operation by tak­
ing  Europe’s  manufactures  to  South 
America. 
Such  a  commerce  as  this 
illustrates to us,  if  nothing  else would, 
the folly and fatuity of  our present situ­
ation.  We have a large trade with South 
America.  We are good buyers from her. 
In 1888 we purchased  53% millions from 
Brazil,  10 millions from  Venezuela, and 
20 millions from  other  South  American 
countries.

Yet we surrender our  trade with these 
nations to European control,  and give to 
Europe not simply the profit of the carry­
ing but  the  enormous  advantage  of  its 
manipulation and direction.  If it be worth 
while for  ships to sail between our ports 
and those of  South America, one way, it 
ought to be worth  while for them to sail 
both ways.  This  is  natural  commerce, 
and any other is  unnatural.  Moreover, 
it  is  just  commerce,  for  if  we buy of 
South  America  84  millions  a  year,  we 
ought to sell her more than  30  millions. 
She takes from Europe  the  products  of 
the  advanced  industries;  she  will  take 
many of  these from us,  if  the ships that 
come hither from  Rio and  Buenos Ayres 
shall go directly back  again,  and  go  in 
the interest of the United States.

The  delusion  which  those  hostile  to 
American ships are  entertaining is,  that 
the subject will not receive practical and 
direct treatment.  They hope that people 
will be perpetually  terrified by the word 
“subsidy.”  But did  not, and do not,  all 
the commercial nations start and support 
their  steamship 
lines  with  subsidies, 
open or  covert ?  Did we  not  ourselves 
build  the  great  railways  which  first 
opened the West, by means of  subsidies— 
gifts of  valuable lands,  or direct loans of 
the public credit ?  Is it a crime to do for 
our ships what  we  did  for  our  locomo­
tives?  The  railroads  opened  up  our 
domestic traffic and  made  our industries 
pessible;  they  have  brought  materials 
for  manufacture  within  reach  of  each 
other, as they have, likewise, brought our 
raw products to the seaports;  is it likely, 
then, that we shall  fail to  see  the sense 
and the  profit  of  providing  correspond­
ing  carriage  for  these  to  the  nations 
which are ready to be our customers ?

Our sales  to  South  America,  in  1868, 
were  19%  millions ;  in  1888  they  were 
29% millions.  But  our  purchases there 
grew in the  same  two  decades  from  40 
millions  to  84  millions.  The  balance 
against us thus increased four fold.  And 
yet  our  capability  of  supplying  return 
cargoes enormously increased.  Our pro­
duction of manufactured goods developed 
between 1868 and 1888 in every particular 
—in range,  in quality, in adaptation.  Our 
shops and  factories  are  far  better  pre­
pared  now  than  twenty  years  ago  to 
furnish the agricultural nations of South

America  with  the  manufactures  which 
they desire. 
It is the  friendly  facilities 
for  transportation  alone  that  are want­
ing. 
It is steamship lines, owned  in the 
United States,  and directed and managed 
with the patriotic as well as the pecuniary 
sense,  that  are  demanded.  These  will 
not only help to make an equal-sided com­
merce,  but they will increase as well the 
bulk of  the whole movement.  They will 
not, perhaps, establish  themselves at the 
expense of Europe  so  much as they will 
take  for the  United  States  a  share  to 
which she is every  way entitled.

And such ships must be fostered by the 
wise  and  adequate  legislation  of  Con­
gress.  Let  the  voices  of  foreign  inter­
ests object, but what of that ?

FA LSE   REASONING.

It  is  the  stock  threat  of  the P. of I. 
organizers  that  the  merchants  who  re­
fuse  to  contract  with  the  organization 
will live to see “grass grow in the streets” 
of their towns and villages.  They vividly 
picture a condition of  affairs when every 
merchant  who  refuses  to  listen  to  the 
entreaties or threats of the P.  of  I.  will 
be  following a plow in  the  field,  while 
their vacant stores in the villages and the 
grass  in  the  streets  in  front  of  every 
building  but  the  P.  of  I.  store will be a 
constant reminder  of  the  supremacy of 
the new doctrine. 
In other words, they 
argue on the  assumption  that the nearer 
the Patrons can crush out all competition 
in merchandising, the nearer they will be 
to the farmers’ millennium.

The fallacy of such reasoning is readily 
apparent to any man of ordinary abilities. 
Carried to a legitimate  conclusion,  such 
a policy would  leave  but  one  merchant 
in towns  of  ordinary  size and not to ex­
ceed a dozen stores in  cities  as  large  as 
Grand Rapids and  Detroit.  Under such 
a  curtailment  of  the  number  of  mer­
chants,  a  pool  or  understanding would 
necessarily  follow—the  prices  on  mer­
chandise would not  be held to the 10 per 
cent,  basis, while the prices paid for agri­
cultural  products  of  all  kinds  would 
suffer a  corresponding  reduction.  The 
farmers would find  themselves unable to 
extricate themselves from  the  trap  into 
which  they  had  unconsciously  fallen. 
Farm property  would  decline  in  value 
until it would be next  to  worthless—all 
because of the absence of a home market, 
which is the best market the farmer ever 
had or ever will have.  Bankruptcy and 
starvation would  necessarily follow, as a 
legitimate result of the absence  of  com­
petition.

T h e  T r a d e sm a n wishes it to be under­
stood that it does not  predict such a con­
dition of affairs.  The sturdy good sense 
of the rank and file of the farmers of this 
country would never permit  their  being 
led  into  so ruinous a pitfall as the P.  of 
I.  organizers are  endeavoring to precipi­
tate.  The pitiful wail of the miners and 
lumbermen  who  suffer  at  the  hands of 
the company store—or “pluck me” store, 
as it has come  to  be  known—warns  the 
farmer against placing  himself in a posi­
tion where he could  be made the prey of 
designing and unscrupulous  men.  The 
experience  of  those  who  espoused  the 
cause of the P.  of  I.  a year ago, and have 
found that, instead  of  being a benefit,  it 
is a  positive  detriment  to  the  farmers, 
should also warn the thinking men of the 
farming community that  the officers and 
organizers of the P. of  I.  are  teaching  a 
false doctrine, knowing it to be false, and 
that the man who listens to  their  seduc­
tive promises  and  prophesies  is sure to 
regret  it  before  many  months  have 
passed.

W A TER ED   STOCKS.

There is  too  much  of  our  wealth  in 
wind and water.  Where ficticious values 
and watered stock  taken  from  our  com­
mercial system  there  would, perhaps, be 
a  great  shrinkage,  but  there  would  as­
suredly be a greater  stability.  Not only 
that, but there  would  be  a  strong influ­
ence felt driving  men  to legitimate busi­
ness operations ;  business that would  in­
crease  the  material  prosperity  of  the 
country;  business  that  would  produce 
something,  and leave  the country  richer 
in  a  tangible  property.  What  does  a 
large  industrial  system  profit  when  it 
creates nothing,  when  it has no material 
basis, is unstable,  and in its  fluctuations 
affects  creative  industries  and  hazards 
legitimate  enterprises,  and  substantial 
investments ?  The  whole  system  of 
speculation is  not  based on  any substan­
tial,  material quantity. 
It adds  nothing 
to the general wealth;  it consists of false 
values and fanciful commodities,  and re­
sults in the shifting of fortunes, accumu­
lations ever changing, but  never in crea­
tion or production.  What is  there given 
to  substantial  gain  in  stocks,  margins, 
pools and the  like ?  They  are only per­
plexing to the real creative forces  which 
add to substantial wealth  by the produc­
tion  of  something  tangible,  something 
valuable,  They  encourage  and  at  the 
same time menace the credit system with 
its burdens of interest and rents which is 
an unhappy one at  best.  The  only sub­
stantial  wealth  is  the  material,  and the 
nearer commercial interests can be based 
on the  substantial,  the  nearer will  they 
approach stability, and  the better agents 
will they become  as  material-producing 
forces.  We want  less  wind  and  water, 
and  more  of  a  substance  that  we  can

take  hold  of.  Something  we  can  feel 
always makes the most  comfortable pos­
sessions.  It has a sense of security about 
it that creates a stronger faith and a more 
stable,  progressive prosperity.

IN SPIRED   BY  IGNORANCE.

the  subject. 

The  Detroit  News  and  a  number  of 
other daily  papers of  the State have had 
considerable to say of late concerning the 
P.  of  I.,  which  they  very  improperly 
term the “Farmers’ Trust.”  The articles 
are,  in  the  main,  full  of  inaccuracies, 
showing the  general  ignorance of  news­
paper  writers  on 
T h e 
T r a d esm a n is the only paper which  has 
gone to the expense of probing the move­
ment to the bottom,  having maintained a 
reporter  in the  confidence  of  the  origi­
nators  of  the  scheme  at  Port  Huron 
several  weeks.  The  confessions  and 
admissions of  the  “Supreme” officers of 
the order,  fortified by the  account  books 
of  the organization and the statements of 
men  who  are  familiar  with  the  inside 
workings of  the plan,  form  the basis  of 
T h e  T r a d esm a n’s  series  of  exposures 
during the past three months.  With this 
knowledge in detail,  T h e  T r a d e sm a n is 
able  to state that the movement is losing 
ground faster than it is gaining,  and that 
it is  only  a  question of  a  few  months 
when  the  P. of  I.  will  cease  to  be  an 
object of  contention,  so far as  Michigan 
merchants are concerned.

The local management—or mismanage­
ment,  rather—of 
the  Western  Union 
Telegraph Co.  continues  to  receive  the 
condemnation  of  the  business  public. 
The surly treatment accorded the patrons 
of  the office is  enough to  sour  the  sun­
niest of  dispositions.

There is not  an  ill  anywhere  but  for 
which  some  one  has a remedy.  There 
are theories  and  theories  by  which the 
most perplexing social and civil problems 
can be solved.  Each evil has its special­
ist  with  his  specific,  but the ills do  not 
disappear, and  the  problems remain un­
solved.  The  theories  seem  difficult to 
reduce  to practice,  and the specifics lose 
their virtue before they can  be  applied. 
Notwithstanding  there  are  some  evils 
magnified and others altogether the crea­
tions of imagination, the specialist would 
do a good work  who  could  make states­
men out of politicians.

One  great  difficulty  lying  across  the 
path  of  life  of  many  struggling  vainly 
for success is their view singly to the end 
desired.  The almost  universal greed for 
gain is,  however  worthy  the  object de­
sired  may be,  a  difficulty in  the  attain­
ment of the end. 
Intent on attaining the 
object in view, the means to be employed 
are  disregarded.  The  plain  lessons  of 
life are not  learned,  and  men  strive for 
exalted  positions  and  fortunes  before 
they have  learned how  to  live.  “ Step­
ping stones”  and “ means to an end”  are 
delusive,  Foundation  stones  and  ends 
attained pave the way to success.

Ignorant legislators  can weaken,  crip­
ple, or even  destroy a nation. 
Ignorant 
physicians can weaken, cripple,  or  even 
destroy  a  human  being, yet we  require 
medical education, diplomas, certificates, 
recommendations, etc.,  from  our  physi­
cians,  and  elect  our  legislators  with a 
reckless  disregard  concerning  their  fit­
ness and qualifications to make laws.  We 
suffer constantly in  many ways from bad 
legislation yet never  stop to consider the 
cause or a remedy.  Political  education 
seems never to be thought of,  and  many 
of  our  politicians  are  too  ignorant  in 
political matters  to  know  that they are 
ignorant.  Fewer and better  legislators, 
both State and national, would be an im­
provement.

The question of how  to  get  money  is 
engaging the  attention  of  more  people 
than the question of  how to earn money. 
Laws that are general  are  the ones to be 
regarded.  There  is  no general law gov­
erning scheming and  speculation.  The 
successful in such matters are the excep­
tions.  There is a general  law, however, 
governing the earning  of  money and all 
legitimate industry.  Those  who  fail  to 
receive what they  earn  are  unfortunate 
exceptions  to  the  general  rule  and are 
very few.  The problem is  how  to  earn 
money,  and  this  is  no easy one. 
It is 
simple enough when  rightly  considered, 
but  too  many people do not comprehend 
that it forms the basis of all success.  No 
one is entitled  to  anything  he  does not 
earn,  and  very  few  fail  to  get that for 
which they give an equivalent.

R o u te  o f th e   W e s t  M ichigan.

It is  stated that  the  C. &  W. M. Rail­
way, in extending its  line from Traverse 
City northward, will touch Bellaire, East 
Jordan  and  Boyne City,  going  east  of 
Pine Lake.  The uneven condition of the 
country on  the  west  side of  Pine  Lake 
precludes the  road  taking  that route  to 
Charlevoix.  Whether  the  route  from 
Boyne City will lead to  Charlevoix direct 
or to  Petoskey—running a  spur  line  to 
Charlevoix—has not  yet been decided by 
the powers that be.

It Doesn’t Cost Anything to  Think. 
Old Grouty—“I’ve  got  some  splendid 
advice for  young men who  are  thinking 
of  getting married.”

Would-be Benedict—“What is it ?”
Old Grouty—“Keep on thinking.”

of I.

How Adrian  Merchants Regard the  P. 
Adrian  merchants  are  largely  young 
men,  and the methods  and history of  the 
Patrons of  Industry have  caused the ex­
pression of  some  decided opinions.  The 
general feeling  is  that  the patrons  will 
prove to  be  a  large  and lustrous  fizzle, 
individual expressions being as follows :
C. G. Wesley, of Wesley & Sons, hatters 
and clothiers:  “The effect  on my trade, 
if I put in say  four  times  the  stock  the 
first year, and sign one of their contracts, 
might  be good;  but  if  I  stocked  in  the 
same proportion the second  year and the 
organization  broke up  the  effect  on  me 
would be bad.”
Hoch Bros., grocers:  “If the  700 fami­
lies they claim to  have  in  this  country 
combined to  buy their groceries at a cer­
tain store,  the  result would  be  bad  for 
the  others  in  our  line;  but  we  do  not 
believe  they can  or will  so  concentrate 
their patronage.”
Charles Humphrey,  books and  station­
ery:  “Ido not think the organization will 
materially affect any  branch of business. 
It is  one of  those  spasmodic efforts that 
will be short-lived and soon  forgotten.”
Wm.  M.  Sheldon,  jeweler:  “A  city 
man’s dollar will  always  be just as good 
to  me  as  a  Patron’s.  They can  get  no 
Adrian  jeweler  into it,  and I  know  it. 
The  effect  would  be  very  disastrous  to 
him if  he  were  honest,  and we all  are, 
you know.”
Levi  Roath,  of  Roath  &  Yan  Doren, 
agricultural  implements :  “No merchant 
with a well-established  trade  can afford 
to go into the scheme.  The Patrons will 
have some effect  upon  trade for  a  time. 
Our trade is with the farmers largely, and 
is of a  class  of  goods  they  require  time 
to pay for.  One of the claims of the new 
organization is that they  are to pay cash; 
two-thirds  of  their members cannot  pay 
cash when buying farm tools.  This is one 
reason I  do  not  believe  they  will  suc­
ceed.”
Miles  A.  Wheeler,  of  Johnson  & 
Wheeler,  druggists:  “The object of  the 
Patrons is to crowd  out  legitimate  busi­
ness.  They will  hurt trade  for  awhile, 
as they do now,  but ultimately they must 
fail,  because men’s interests are counter, 
and cannot  possibly be  all  in  the  same 
channel.”
Geo. A.  Wilcox,  of  the  Wilcox  hard­
ware company:  “If  the  farmers  of  this 
county think  they are  paying  too  much 
for hardware  they  are  ‘off.’  The  hard­
ware men have to  ‘hustle’ early and  late 
to make ends meet.  I think if merchants 
generally ignore the order the established 
tradesmen  would  not  suffer  from  the 
Patrons of  Industry in the long run.”
John Mulzer,  boots  and  shoes:  “I  do 
not believe the movement will be lasting, 
or  that  its  influence will  be  long  felt. 
One  result will be to  compel  us to do  a 
more  strictly  cash  business,  because 
margins are so small now that if we have 
any  considerable  loss  our  profits  are 
gone.”
J. Y.  DeFoe,  dry  goods:  “The  effect 
on trade of  all branches here is apparent 
at  present,  because  the  trade  of  the 
Patrons is being held off  until they  have 
stores of  their own.  While  saying noth­
ing  against 
the  new  organization,  I 
honestly think it  would  be disastrous  to 
a  merchant’s  credit to  enlist  to  run  a 
Patrons  of  Industry  store.  And  I  do 
not think  the  Patrons  will  succeed. 
I 
advocated their starting  an entirely new 
store of  their  own,  and  let the old  mer­
chants run as they have been.”
F. R. Stebbins, furniture, crockery and 
carpets:  “I  wish  them  no  harm,  but 
goods,  yet  cannot  make a  bargain with 
their  committe.  There  seems  to  be  a 
general feeling among purchasers outside 
of  the order to stop trading with a store­
keeper  who  signs  a  Patron of  Industry 
contract.  However,  they may very seri­
ously affect trade is  some branches.”
THE  DETROIT  NEWS  COMPANY,
STATIONERY,  FANCY  GOODS, 
BOOKS, 

WHOLESALE

PERIODICALS.

The larg est and m ost com plete line of  above  goods in 
the S  ate, a t reasonable  prices.  Dealers are invited to 
call.  Send fo r o u r circulars and price lists.
Corner Larned  and  Wayne  Sts.,  Detroit.

OUR  HOLIDAY  LINE  IS  NOW  COMPLETE. 

Knit Boots,  1 Stay,  $13.50 Net 
Wool  “ 
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“ Boys, 2  “ 

12 OO  “
1  “ 
2 Stays,  9.50  “
8.50  “

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LOWEST  PRICES  ON  ALL  KINDS  OF

Findings,  Shoe  Store  supplies,  Etc.
Whitcomb & Paine’s Calf Boots, Rubbers, 
etc.  A  Beautiful  Smyrna  Rug  given 
with each gross dressing.

G.  R .  M A Y H E W ,

86  Monroe  St  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

E.  W.  HALL  PLATING  WORKS,

ALL  KINDS  OF

Brass and Iron Polishing

AND

Nickle and Silver Plating
Corner Pearl and Front Sts., Grand Rapids.

K .  K N U D S O N ,

MERCHANT  TAILOR

And  D ealer 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. 

20 West Bridge St., Grand Rapids.

Pirn   Candy

W holesale

Bo.

M anufacturers.

BEN. W. PUTNAM, Pres. 

JAMES M. BARNETT, Vice-Pres.

FRED  B.  ALDRIOH,  Sec’y  and  Treas.

°

State  Agent

=  r   GEO. H. REEDER,
W  o 
C+-  00 
& g  Lycoming  Rubbers
d  e£
0Q  S' 
p   M eta Price Shoes.
**  5  Grand Rapids, Mich.

and Jobber of

HEÄ1/ENRIGH  BROS.

W h o le sa le  C lothiers

MANUFACTURERS  OF

E e r f e c t - E i t t i n g   'T a ilo r -M a d e   C lo th in g

AT  LOWEST  PRICES.

138-140 M fer8on fine,, 34-36  Woodhridge 8t„ Detroit.

T H E

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

Seated Herbs ■* Sdìcbs I
THOMSON  4  TAILOR  SHOE  COMPANY,

P r e p a r e d   b y

Oliica-go.

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

T h e   E i n e s t   I n g r e d ie n t s   fo r   u s e   in  

S e a s o n in g   M e a t s ,  P o u lt r y ,
SOLD BY ALL  GROCERS.

G a m e   a n d   E i s h •

N E W   H O U S E   A N D   N E W   G O O D S .

A.  B.  BROOKS 

CO.,

WHOLESALE

Confectionery,  Nuts  and  Figs.

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

CODY  BLOCK,  158  EAST  FULTON  ST„ 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

S.  K.  BOLLES.

E.  B.  DIKEMAN

S.  K.  Bolles  &  Co.,

77  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W h o le s a le   C igar  D ea lers.

« T O S

S

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We  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.

P .  S T E K E T E E   &  S O N S ,

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS,

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Sell  the  following  well-known  brands  of 

muslins:

BROWNS.

BLEACHED.

Atlantic,
Pacific,
Beaver Dam, 
Lawrence L.L, 
Honest Width, 
Great Falls, 
Comet,
Exeter A,
Clifton CCC,
Hartford A.

“  Arrow Brand, 

Blackstone,
Cabot,
Dwight Anchor,
Fruit of Loom,
Lonsdale,
Vineyard,
Farwell,
Middlesex,
Sunlight,
Oak view,
First Prize.

P f l i V

83  M om s  and  10.12,  14,16  i  18  Podntain  Sis.,  G R IP   RAPIDS.
N ELSO N   BROS. &  CO.,
Wall Paper and Window Shades.

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

M IC H .

Once admitted to  the  circle of  farm  in­
dustries, it was found  to  hold thirty-five 
gallons of  pure oil  to  the  ton,  worth  in 
its crude state $14 to the ton, or $40,000,000 
for  the  whole  crop  of  seed.  But  then 
a system was devised for  refining  the oil 
up to  a  value  of  $1  a  gallon,  and  the 
frugal Italian placed a  cask  of it  at  the 
root of  every olive tree,  and  then defied 
the  borean  breath  of  the  Alps.  And 
then experience  showed that  the  ton  of 
cotton seed was a  better  fertilizer and  a 
better  stock  food  when  robbed  of  its 
thirty-five gallons of oil than before, that 
the hulls of  the  seed  made  the  best of 
fuel for  feeding  the oil-mill engine,  the 
ashes  of 
the  hulls  scooped  from  the 
engine’s draft had  the  highest  commer­
cial value as potash, and that the “refuse” 
of  the whole  made the  best  and  purest 
soap stock,  to carry to  the toilet the per­
fumes of  Lubin  or Colgate.
C r o c k e r y   & G la s s w a r e

D E A T H

To t h e  B a s s   B o o k *

Such is the fate of the  Pass Book System wherever it comes in

contact with the

Tradesman  Credit  Coupon  Book,

W hich is now used by over 2,600  Michigan  merchants.

The Tradesman Coupon  is  the  cheapest  and  most modern in 

the market, being sold as follows:

 

 
 

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3.00 Orders 
4.00 
1 “ 

5.001  •  “  “  1000  “ 

for  200 or over.5 per cent
“ 500 
 

$  2 Coupons, per hundred............... $2.50 I su b je c t  to  t h e  fo l lo w in g d isc o u n ts:
$ 5  
$10 
10 
$20 

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8END  IN SAMPLE  ORDER AND  PUT YOUR BUSINESS  ON  A   CASH  BASIS.

E. fl. STOWE A BRO., Brand Rapids.
H.  Leonard  &  Sons.

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G ra n d   R a p id s,  M ich .

Near Union  Depot. 

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Cor. Spring and Fnlton St«.

HOLIDAY  6

8

If w e   h a v e   n o t  sen t,  y o u   o u r   n e w   H o lid a y  
C a ta lo g u e  N o . lOO, w e  s h a ll  b e p le a s e d  to  se n d  
3n e   o n   r e q u e st.  T h e  la r g e s t lin e  o f S ta p le   a n d  
F a n c y   G o o d s 
in  
W e s te r n   M ic h ig a n .
rerms on Holiday Hoods—Due Jan. 1.  Buy early while assort­

lin e   e v e r   s h o w n  

th is 

in  

ment is complete.

ILSO  SEND  FOR  OUR  GLASSWARE  AND  CROCKERY  CATALOGUE  NO. 99 

AND  LAMP  AND  LAMP  GOODS  CATALOGUE  NO.  101,  IF 

YOU  HAVE  NOT  RECEIVED  THEM.

H.  Leonard  &  Sons.

HESTER.   &  FOX,

S A W  A I T S   G R I S T   M I L L   M A C H I N E R Y -,

M anufacturers’ Agents fo r

Send for ATLASENGINEWORKS

INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.,  U.  S . A
__________ M ANUFACTURERS  OF
STEAM ENGINES* BOILERS
Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock 

tor  immediate  delivery.

Planers, Matchers, Moulders and all kinds of Wood-Working Machinery, 

Saws, Belting and  Oils.

Smd Dodge’s  Patent Wood Split Pulley.  Large stock  kept on hand.  Send for Sampb 
Write for Prices. 

Pul lay and become convinced of their  superiority.

44.46 and 48 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH-

LA .H P  B U B N E R 8.

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

l a m p   c h i m n e y s .— Per box.

6 doz. in box.

Pearl top.

1  90
2  00
3 00
.2  15 
.2 25 
.3 25
,2 58 
.2 80 
.3 80
.3 70
4 70 
.4 70
1  25 
.1  50 
.1  40 
.1  60

First quality.
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No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.................
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 0 Sun, crimp top...................
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled 
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No. 2  ** 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.. 
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz...................
No. 2 
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Butter Crocks, per gal...................................  06H
Jugs, M gal., per doz.....................................  65
....................................  90
Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c) —   60 
“  90c).  ..  78

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La Bastic.

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Mason’s, pints.........
q u a rts .......
H-gallon..
Lightning, quarts... 
H-gallon

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$ 9 50 
10 00 
.  13 00 
12 00 
16 00

A.D. S p a n g le r  ¿è C o

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

FRUITS ip  PRODUBE

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.

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 Store,

71  Canal  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.
W.T.LAMOREAUX.

“ C O L U M B I A .”

Steam  and  Hot  Water  Boiler  for  warming 
HUM  *  SCHNEIDER,  Granò  Rapids,

dwellings,  etc.

ment. 
In  the  fire tables of 1884, incen­
diarism  is  placed  at  the top of a list of 
some twenty-seven causes.  Next in  this 
fatal list comes defective flues,  but  it  is 
questionable  whether  they  have  been 
given the rank they deserve.  Dr. Nichols 
mentions,  as a notable  example  of  the 
complete  carelessness  possible  in  this 
direction,  that the handsome residence of 
a neighbor got qp  fire three times within 
one month,  and that on each occasion the 
narrowly escaped destruction was directly 
traceable to defective  construction. 
In 
the  first  instance,  fire  was due to wood 
placed in connection with a steam boiler, 
and in the other two cases was caused by 
joists or beams  brought  in  contact with 
chimneys when the house was built. 
In 
these  cases  sufficient  heat  reached  the 
timbers to cause ignition.
There are many buildings in  all  parts 
of the country  to-day  where a little hot­
ter fire than usual in furnace or grate will 
do just the  same  thing.  Every  house­
holder should assure himself that no such 
danger menaces his own  home  or  ware­
house.  Continued contact of wood with 
hot brickwork or heated  currents  of  air 
will eventually cause combustion.  There 
is but one remedy,  and that is to remove 
the conditions. 
If a building  is  already 
erected,  and  these  fire  traps  carefully 
concealed, it  is a difficult  matter  to  get 
at the source of danger and see that  it  is 
removed;  but  the  difficulty is much less 
than that of  starting anew when fire  has 
carried  off  the  household  goods  or de­
stroyed the “plant” of a well-established 
industry.
But  while  spontaneous  combustion, 
being  impersonal and therefore  without 
the  ability for defense,  has  had a great 
many sins  laid  to  its  door  by builders 
whose volubility exceeded their  careful­
ness, this peculiar process of slow oxida­
tion has  still a heavy account  against it 
in the list of fire losses. 
In one instance, 
recalled by the  same  writer,  a dwelling 
house  caught  fire  by  the  spontaneous 
ignition  of  sawdust  placed  between 
kitchen floors as a sound deadener.  The 
sawdust  alone  was  safe  enough,  but 
when it became  saturated  wi th oil from 
the  polishing  of  the  floor  above,  new 
conditions  prevailed. 
sawdust 
heated  rapidly  from  the  absorption  of 
oxygen  by  the  oil.  The  temperature 
speedily rose  to  such a point  that  igni­
tion occurred,  and flame  burst  through 
into the room.  For many  years the con­
ditions  favorable  to  spontaneous  com­
bustion were  so  imperfectly known that 
no precautions were taken to avoid them. 
Now,  however,  they have been  so  well 
illustrated, together  with the large  pos­
sibilities  of  defectiveness  in  flues  and 
chimneys,  by  a  very  complete  list  of 
catastrophes,  that an  intelligent builder 
—by which we  mean  not  only the  man 
who  builds a house,  but  the  man  who 
has it built as  well—must  keep this  ex­
perience in mind, and  see  that  none  of 
these fatal  conditions is  repeated in his 
own structure.
With  twenty-seven  recognized  causes 
of fire, and any number besides, not clas­
sified, there are not a few otherwise care­
ful persons  who despair of  the value of 
precautions,  and trust the  whole matter 
to fate and a heavy insurance.  The wis­
dom  of  providing  funds  necessary  for 
rebuilding 
is  certainly  commendable; 
but  aside  from  any  economic  reasons 
why valuables should  not  be  permitted 
to be thus quietly consumed,  those  who 
have  gone through the  ordeal  of  a fire, 
at either home or place of business, know 
that  there  are  many things for  the loss 
of  which  insurance  is  but a poor  com­
pensation.

The 

T he  M e th o d s  o f  S u ccess.

There is  no modern  notion  that  more 
completely strikes at  the  root of  whole­
sale sentiment and of  national and  indi­
vidual prosperity than the idea that many 
young persons are growing up with,  that 
industry, especially  manual  industry, is 
not quite respectable.
Whether  idleness  takes  the' form  of 
lounging and street gossip that begets all 
kinds of vices, or of dreamy sentimental­
ism that wastes life  in vague fancies,  or 
the busy idleness that  occupies  itself  in 
attending to  other people’s  business,  all 
is pernicious in its effects as it is culpable 
in character.
The want of method and habit in early 
life is answerable for many evils to man­
hood.  The youth  accustomed to regular 
and industrious employment  will seldom 
lose such  habit in after  life,  while those 
who have  been suffered to pass  a  desul­
tory childhood  will  require  extra  forti­
tude and strength of character to become 
persevering,  energetic,  and  industrious 
in after life.  A determination of charac­
ter,  a firmness  of  principle,  which tries 
to do  that which is  right instead of  that 
which  is  temporarily  agreeable  is  the 
great safeguard against  evil. 
Impulsive 
exertions may sometimes produce magnifi­
cent  deeds;  but without  methodical and 
steady resolutions,  without  system  and 
habit  and  strength  of  will,  but  little 
permanent good or usefulness is  ever  ac­
complished. 
It is only in the cultivation 
and  improvement  of  our  faculties  that 
we can properly enjoy any of them.  The 
large number of  instances show the vice 
of  idleness to be the  result of  luxurious 
habits,  which  break  down  the  native 
energy  of  character.  The  person  who 
regards  momentary  gratification  as  the 
chief good will soon  lose  the  vigor  and 
enterprise  necessary  to  undertake  and 
the  perseverance  to  carry  through  any 
scheme requiring  industry and self-com­
mand.  Some, from  a  paucity  of  ideas, 
lack enterprise and become  torpid, being 
unable to see the utility of  proper under­
taking;  while others,  overwhelmed with 
a vast conception  of  what is to be  done, 
sit  down  in  the  inaction  of  despair. 
Others begin with earnestness  and hope, 
but, 
lacking  perseverauce.  are  intimi­
dated by the first  difficulty,  and  accom­
plish nothing because  they  have not  the 
courage  to  face  obstacles.  Still  others 
waste their  energies  in  trying  to  beep 
others from  succeeding,  and  have  none 
left with which to  secure  their own suc­
cess.

The Michigan Tradesman

WEDNESDAY.  NOVEMBER  6, 1889.

ONE  OP  W OM AN’S  RIGHTS.

A right which really belongs to woman, 
but one which she seldom  avails  herself 
of,  is a right to  business  habits.  Those 
who  have  them  are  such  a  minority 
among the  whole  number  as scarcely  to 
count at all.

In many cases  this  is  due  to the  fact 
that their male relations take all the care 
of their money  matters,  asking  them  to 
render no account of  their  expenditure, 
but to keep the  house neat and  cheerful 
and to provide comfortable  meals.  This 
simplifies matters very  much.  But such 
a  state of  things  may  not  always  last, 
and woe to the woman  who  has  become 
accustomed to  it when she suddenly finds 
herself a  widow.  Some  women  are  in­
herently lazy, and nearly all women have 
a natural dislike for figures.  These would 
instinctively  avoid  all  keeping  of  ac­
counts.  Others think to take up any such 
system  makes 
them  appear  strong- 
minded,  and that  they  are  more attrac­
tive in their normal condition of idiocy.
We have  heard of  a  lady  whose  hus­
band, obliged to leave the city, deposited 
in her hands a check-book  for  some  five 
hundred dollars with which to  make cer­
tain purchases.  On  his return  he asked 
her if she had money enough, upon which 
the charming imbecile instantly answered 
that she had had an  abundance, and  had 
purchased  a  number  of  things she  had 
not expected to buy, and still had several 
checks  left.  The  husband  shortly  re­
ceived a letter from a friend in the bank, 
informing  him  that  his  wife  had  over­
drawn her  account by nearly double  the 
amount deposited, but that the friend had 
assumed  the  responsibility,  knowing  it 
would be all  right. 
In  the  lady’s igno­
rance of business, she had supposed every 
check  stood  with  the  bank  for  just  as 
much as she  chose to write  down on  its 
face, and considered  herself  a  model  of 
economy that  she had two or three speci­
mens of  this  invaluable and Fortunatus- 
like sort of  check left.

Every girl  should  be  given  a  knowl­
edge  of  certain  business  matters.  She 
should have a sufficient insight into bank­
ing to make her independent of the service 
of men not of her immediate family.  She 
soon learns the nature of bills and receipts, 
and she should  know as well  the  nature 
and  forms  of  deeds,  writs  and  leases, 
power of attorney, contracts and bills.  She 
should know how to  get  out of  business 
difficulties, as  she  very readily gets into 
them.  She should know how to maintain 
her  rights  with  firmness,  and  without 
anger;  she will then know more than the 
majority of  the stronger sex !  She would 
then  not  be  left  to  the  mercy of  those 
with whom  she deals,  and  who  may  be 
' disposed  to try to  get the  best of a  bar­
gain made with “ nothingbut a woman.”
But  it is  not  in money  matters  alone 
that business habits  are  essential.  The 
housekeeper  who  is  destitute  of  them 
makes but a poor appearance  beside  one 
who has  them.  The  latter  has  a  fixed 
hour and  day  for  every  domestic  duty. 
The one replenishes  before  an article  is 
exhausted;  the  other  runs  around  and 
borrows.  The one knows  just how long 
an article ought to last;  the other  is rob­
bed before  her face  and eyes.  The  one 
can see a  visitor  at  almost  any  hour of 
the day;  the other  has  to  hurry to make 
herself  presentable.  The  one has some­
thing from  which  a  toothsome  addition 
to a meal can  be  made if an unexpected 
guest  drops  in ;  the  other  has  nothing 
but an apology to  offer—a  thing  that  is 
always  unpalatable.  With  one all goes 
smoothly, noiselessly,  and with a smiling 
face;  with the  other  the  jar  is  always 
noticeable, and mistress and  servants are 
forever in a snarl.

Therefore, business habits are valuable 
to a woman as  a  means of  general  com­
fort  during every  day of her life, be she 
rich  or  poor.  Without  them  she  does 
nothing  decently  and  in  order;  with 
them she is mistress of the situation;  she 
controls the  unknown,  provides for  the 
unexpected,  and lifts  herself beyond the 
kindly-contemptuous  help  of those who 
have been wiser than  she,  and, by means 
of business habits, have made themselves 
all that shp might be.  Without them she 
is only a waif and  a  drift, cared for and 
kept by what  may be  designated  as  the 
business  habits  of  the  great  universe, 
which, in its  foresight, lcoks out for  the 
apparently useless  atoms as much as  for 
races  and  continents,  while  with  them 
she  might,  if  only  infinitesimally assist 
in  its  work. 

L o u ise  P h il l ip s.

T he  O rigin  o f F ire s.

In speaking of the origin  of  fires,  Dr. 
Nichols states that present investigations 
show  that  the  number  of  fires attribu­
table to incendiarism is much less than is 
generally  supposed.  Spontaneous com­
bustion is  another cause which has here­
tofore been  brought  forward  on a great 
many  occasions,  when the  real  trouble 
has  been  in  defective  or  careless  con­
struction.  While dwelling houses in the 
United States  are  burning  at about the 
rate of one every hour, and mills, hotels, 
stores and barns are vanishing in propor­
tion,  it  is  worth  the  consideration  of 
every householder to  know  whether  his 
own  premises  are  inviting  destruction 
from fire, or whether they are reasonably 
secure from the ruin brought by that ele-

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“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 preparedto quote prices at jany time.  We solicit 

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i as Partridges, Quail, Ducks, Bear, etc.

consignments of all kinds of Wild Game,

H.  M.  BLIVEN,  Manager.

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Lem on  &  Peters,

W H O L E S A L E

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SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

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N ia g a r a   S ta r c h ,

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G R A N D

R. K E E L E R   ¿è  C O .,
W M . 
Wholesale  Confectioners,

412  SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET.

TELEPHONE  92-3R.

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.

RDWIN  BABBAS,

Butter, E is, Fairfield Cheese, Foreip M s , Mince Meat, Nets, Etc.

JOBBER  OF

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

Going Like Hot Cakes.  Let your orders come.

Office and  Salesroom, No. 9 Ionia St., Grand Rapids,  Mich.

Grand Rapids FniitandProdiiGe Go.,

Headquarters  for  O.  WILKINSON  &  SON’S

Bancy Jersey

Sweet Potatoes.

3 NORTH IONIA  ST., GRAND RAPIDS.

MOSELEY  BROS,

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

-WHOLESALE-

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to hear from you.
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GRAND  RAPIDS.

Allred  J.  Brow n,

WHOLESALE

16  and  18  North  Division  Street,  Grand Rapids.

A .   H I M E S ,

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Shipper and Retail Dealer in 

Lehigh Valley Coal Co.’s  I 

Office, 54  Pearl St. Grand Rapids, Mich. 

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THE  ABOVE  COMPANY’S  COAL  IN  CAR  LOTS  ALWAYS  ON  TRACK  READY  FOR

SHIPMENT.

MICHIGAN  CIGAR  CO.,

B i g   R a p id s ,  M ic h *

MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

((M .  C.  C .” “ Y iim Y tin i

The Most Popular  Cigar. 

The Best Selling Cigar on the Market.

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D E T R O IT  S O A P  CO.

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

OUEEN  ANNE,  MOTTLED  GERMAN,  ROYAL  BAR,  CZAR,
V   TRUE  BLUE, 

MASCOTTE, 

SUPERIOR, 

CAMEO,

PHŒNIX, 

AND  OTHERS.

For quotations in single box lots,  see  Price  Current.  For quotations in larger 
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C o tto n   S eed .

Was there ever such a history as that of 
the cotton  seed, now  one of  our  staple 
products ?  For seventy years despised as 
a nuisance,  and  burned  and  dumped as 
garbage, then  discovered to  be  the very 
food for which  the  soil  was  hungering, 
and reluctantly admitted  to  the  rank of 
utilities, shortly  afterward  found  to  be 
nutritious food for beasts, and thereupon 
treated  with  something 
like  respect.

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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.

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194

S Y R U PS.

SA L   SODA.

SA PO LIO .
“ 

dried fruits—Domestic.
“ 

dried fruits—Prunes.

in less quantity  @  6 

dried fruits—Raisins.

dried fruits—Currants.

3  “ 
SA U E R K R A U T .
“ 
“ 

Kegs................................... 
Apples, sun-dried......   554®  63£
! Granulated,  boxes..............   2
evaporated__   @  854
__ 15  @16
Apricots, 
“ 
! Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box......   2 35
Blackberries“ 
................ 7
I  Hand, 
.......  2 35
 
14
Nectarines  “ 
14
 
Peaches 
“ 
...............
Plums 
“ 
! Silver Thread, 15 gallons__ 2 95
Raspberries  “ 
 
28
....4   75
dried fruits—Citron.
In drum......................   @23
I Corn,  barrels.....................  @24
In boxes......................  @25
one-balf barrels—   @26
! 
:  Pure  Sugar, bbl................ 28@36
Zante, in  barrels........  @ 5%  j
“ 
half barrel....30@38
j
S W E E T  GOODS. X  XXX
Turkey........................  454@  454
954
Bosna..........................  5J4@ 6
954
California...................  9Sa @10
954
9
Valencias....................  72£@  8
9
Ondaras......................   @ 9
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia.......................  @2 50
London Layers,  for’n.  @
Muscatels, California.  @2 00
dried  fruits—Peel.
Lemon......................... 
13
Orange........................  
14
Farina, 100 lb.  kegs.............  04
Hominy,  per  bbl..................3 50
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   60
imported.......  @  954
Pearl  Barley..............   @ 234
Peas, green..................  @1  10
“  split.....................  @ 3
Sago,  German.............  @ 654
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’rl...  @654
Wheat,  cracked..........  @654
Vermicelli,  import__   @10
domestic...  @60

Ginger Snaps..............9 
|  Sugar  Creams............9 
;  Frosted  Creams.......... 
1  Graham  Crackers......  
j  Oatmeal  Crackers......  
Boxes..................................... 554
Kegs, English........................ 494

-Regular.
........... 14  @16
........... 18  @22
............24  @29
........... 30  @34
@15
@ 2 0
@28
@33
@20
@25
@35
@40

F A R IN A C E O U S  GOODS.

SU N   C U R E D .

TEAS.

SO D A .

“ 
FL A V O R IN G   EX TR A C TS.

A Possible Comer in Tea.

It says, editorially:

The Financial News of London appears 
to think that there is a prospect of a cor­
ner in tea. 
Cups that cheer  but not inebriate have 
become so essential to our  daily life that 
tea consumers generally,  especially those 
who use the  lower-priced  qualities  (un­
fortunately  representing  the  majority), 
may  take  alarm  when  they  hear  that 
there is  every reason to expect a general 
rise in the values of their favorite bever­
age.  The position of the tea trade at the 
present is unique,’ or  nearly so.  China 
teas have for several  years  been  deteri­
orating  in  quality,  most  of  the  really 
choice tea  produced  being  immediately 
bought  at  the  opening  of  the Hankow 
season  for  Russia,  at  prices  which are 
prohibitive  to  English  buyers. 
The 
Chinese,  in  allowing  this  deterioration 
of their crops, permitting  their tea to be 
represented  in  our  markets by thin and 
indifferent qualities, have till now loftily 
ignored the  weighty  competition  which 
has arisen on the part of  India and  Cey­
lon.  The  visible  stock  of  China  tea, 
including that announced by telegraph to 
be afioat, is about 17,000,000 pounds short 
of the estimate. 
From  India  we  have 
received about 2,000,000 pounds less than 
last  year,  instead  of  about  5,000,000 
pounds more,  as  was  estimated,  and of 
Ceylon tea the deliveries were last month 
absolutely double the imports, while very 
j small further shipments  are coming for­
ward.  Last  year it was calculated that 
j 7,000,000 pounds less tea of all kinds was 
imported into this country than was actu­
ally consumed,  and if no alteration takes 
place—and it seems  hardly  likely  there 
will be any—in the outputs  from  China, 
it is probable that this year  the  imports 
of tea  will  be  some  25,000,000  pounds 
short of  the  quantity  actually  required 
for consumption.
In spite of this  shortness  of  supplies, 
common  China  Congou  is almost as low 
in price as it has ever  been known,  and, 
had it not been  for  the terminal market 
values,  would  probably  have 
fallen 
further.  This  deficiency  in the supply 
of common  tea,  at  all  events  for some 
months  to  come,  has  lately  attracted 
attention, and prices are steadily tending 
upward.  The wholesale trade,  the  gro­
cers and the packet firms, have long been 
accustomed  to  replenish 
their  stocks 
whenever they needed,  and to find plenty 
of any kind  of  tea  just  for  the asking; 
but now that the shortcoming of common 
tea is apparent (the  grades  they  mostly 
depend  on  to  enable  them  to keep the 
low  quotations  they  áre  accustomed  to 
advertise),  they  must  lay in stock,  even 
at the  advance.  We  are  under  the im­
pression,  from all that can  be  gathered, 
that some people who are  always  on  the 
lookout  for  opportunities  of  this  sort, 
have  already  commenced  operations  in 
tea.  These,  if  the signs of the times are 
to be depended upon, may  shortly  place 
this market in a similar  condition to that 
of the cotton market  in  Liverpool,  only 
the  operation  will  be  based  on  much 
sounder grounds,  and will be justified by 
the existing conditions of supply.

California Dried Fruits.

From  the Am erican G rocer.
The demand for California dried fruits 
this  season  has  been  exceptionally  ac­
tive.  The  supply  of  apricots  in  first 
hands  has  been  exhausted,  and  it  is 
doubtful if a carload order could be filled 
in  the  State.  The  primary  market  is 
reported  higher  than  Chicago  on  some 
grades.  The  demand  for  prunes  has 
been equally as satisfactory, the receipts 
it being  large  enough to meet require­
ments  to  date.  Peaches  are  firm  and 
commanding  full figures.  This  is  evi- 
iently what  Armsby,  of  Chicago,  calls 
an “eating year.”
the 
The  unusually  heavy  rains  on 
Pacific  coast  have  wrought  serious  in- 
ury to the raisin crop.  Grapes  on  the 
trays for two weeks  prior  to  the  down­
pour were in the same condition as when 
ut  there.  The 
largest  growers  and 
packers  cannot  any more than fill  their 
contracts.  Heavy losses must be met by 
ome packers,  a number  of  w’hom  have 
bought  in  their  contracts. 
Later  we 
hall have  a  plentiful  supply of  cheap 
domestic raisins.

Influence  of Pure  Air.

A dairy at Frankfort-on-the-Main made 
the 
following  valuable  observations. 
They kept  in  a  standard  stable  eighty 
Swiss cows, extraordinarily well fed  and 
treated. 
In the years 1878 to  1879, prior 
to the introduction  of  a  ventilation, sys­
tem, the same yielded, on an average  per 
cow, 3,700 liters in 1877, same amount in 
1878,  and  3,716  liters  in  1879.  Subse­
quent  to  the  introduced  ventilation the 
amount of  milk  yielded,  the food  being 
the same, was as follows :  In  1880, 4,050 
liters milk  per  head;  in  1881,  4,152;  in 
1882, 4,354 liters.

Meeting  of Lansing  Traveling Men.
L a n s i n g ,  Nov. 2, 1889.
Pursuant  of  a notice for  a  meeting of 
all 
traveling  and  ex-traveling  men  of 
Lansing, at the  council rooms on Nov. 2, 
for the purpose of  making arrangements 
to entertain the Michigan  Knights of the 
Grip  at  the  annual  convention,  thirty- 
seven persons assembled.
A. F. Peake, President, and L. M. Mills, 
Secretary  of 
the  organization,  were 
present and  invited to speak on the sub­
ject before  the meeting,  which  they did 
in their usual  pleasing manner.
The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by 
Geo.  C.  Cooper,  when  the  following 
officers were elected:

President—A.  L. Field.
Secretary—W. K.  Walker.
Treasurer—Geo. C. Cooper.
The  following  committees  were  ap­
pointed:
General  Arrangements—S.  H.  Row, 
Jas. G. Derby, W.  K. Walker.
On  Finance—Geo.  C.  Cooper,  E.  J. 
Evans,  C. F.  Ballard,  J.  N.  Alexander.
On Rooms—E. A.  Gilkey, W. E. French, 
W. J.  Lee.
On  Reception—E.  K.  Bennett.  F.  G. 
Row,  H.  S.  Seage,  W.  S.  Jones.  Ford. J. 
North,  Jos.  Urquhart, C.  F.  Marple, B. 
W.  Long.
On Carriages—J.  A.  Smith.  H.  Lieb, 
W.  S.  Sullivan.
On Press and Printing—W.  S.  Cooper, 
N.  B. Jones,  Hon. Wm. Van Buren.
On Banquet—A.  L.  Field,  J.  J. Bush, 
Chas. Gilky.
On Music—L.  A.  Baker,  J.  J.  Frost,
H.  Marple, J.  H. Temmick.
It  was  moved  and  carried  that  both 
officers and committees serve  until  Jan.
I,  1890.
It was  moved  and  carried  that  there 
be  a  regular  meeting  every  Saturday 
night at the  council  rooms at  7:30 p.  m. 
until further notice.
It was moved and carried  that the Sec­
retary furnish the  press  with reports of 
the  meetings;  also  invite  all  traveling 
men of Lansing to attend these meetings.

Adjourned to meet Nov. 9.

M.  K. Walker,  Sec’y

California Raisins.

The  P.  of I.  Dealers.

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

Ketchum.

Berles, A. Wilzinski.

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

sions.
Fish,  L. A. Gardiner.
& Smith, J.  Andrews, C.  P.  Lock.

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
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A. 
Charlotte—John  J.  Richardson,  Daron 
Chester—P.  C. Smith.
Coral—J.  S. Newell & Co.
East Saginaw—John P. Derby.
Flint—John B. Wilson.
Flushing—Sweet Bros.  & Clark.
Fremont—Boone  &  Pearson,  J.  B. 
Grand  Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son.
Grand  Rapids—John  Cordes,  Joseph 
Harvard—Ward Bros.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Hoytville—Mrs. A. E. Combs.
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.
River dale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A. Fish.
Sand  Lake—Brayman & Blanchard.
Shepherd—H.  O.  Bigelow.
Sparta—Dole & Haynes, Woodin & Van 
Stan wood—F. M. Carpenter.
Sumner—J. B.  Tucker.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson, 
H.  C.  Breckenridge,  M.  H.  Bowerman, 
Thos.  Horton.

ney.
nings.

Winkle.

Lee.

White Cloud—J.  C.  Townsend.

The first special raisin  train  ever  dis­
patched  from  San  Diego left that point j 
on Friday, Oct. 11, for Chicago and other 
points,  the  train  consisting of ten cars, 
with  an aggregate of 10,000 boxes.  These 
were from the Cajon Valley,  where  it  is 
estimated the  yield  this  season  will  be 
95,000  boxes. 
Fresno’s  yield  is  now 
placed  at  not  less  than  550,000  boxes. 
That the product of the entire State  will 
exceed 900,000 boxes is not considered in 
anywise improbable by  parties  who  are 
in a position to give  an  intelligent  esti­
mate.
P E R K I N S   &•
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

P R E S S   F O R   S A L E .
A 7x11  Prouty  press,  with  steam fix­
tures, good as  new, for sale at a bargain. 
Call on or address

100  Louis  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

FULLER  &  STOWE  COMPANY,

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NOS.  122  and  124  LOUIS  STREET, GRAND  RA PID S,  M ICHIGAN.

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE-

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I.  M .   C B A B K   &   S O J V .

GROCERIES.

In coffee they have  a  wider range. 

To Increase  Tea  and  Coffee  Sales.
Correspondence San Francisco Grocer.
During the last few  years  the  grocers 
of this State have complained  greatly in 
regard  to  their  decreasing  sales  and 
profits  on  tea  and  coffee,  which  they 
attribute to the encroachments of the tea 
companies, so-called;  who,  they  claim, 
sell  their  teas  and  coffees  below what 
dealers  are  able  to  do,  and also give to 
purchasers gifts of china,  glass, tinware, 
etc.  Now, the  question  is, do these tea 
companies or stores sell  their  goods  for 
less than the grocers do?  To answer this 
query,  it  will  be  necessary  to  explain 
some of  the methods by which these  tea 
companies carry  on  their  business with 
profit.
The average grocer  seldom  buys a tea 
that  costs  him  less  than  23  cents  per 
pound.  This  tea he sells for from 35 to 
50 cents a pound,  but the tea  companies, 
instead of buying the same quality of tea 
at the  same  price  to  sell  at  the above 
prices, buy cheaper grades;  teas left over 
from  the  last  or  previous  seasons, and 
also what  is  known  as  tea dust, at per­
haps  from  one-quarter  to  one-half  the 
price the grocer pays for his.  By a sys­
tem of  blending  the  cheap old teas and 
tea dust with new teas of a higher grade, 
the gift concerns are enabled to sell them 
at the same o!' even at a considerably less 
price  than  the  grocer  can  afford to do, 
besides giving away  their  so-called gifts 
and making enormous profits.
It 
being a partly manufactured commodity, | 
they are at no loss to be  able  to  supply 
an article which in  the pure condition as 
it comes from the roaster sells at 25 cents j 
a pound and  upward,  that by a series  of 
manipulations they can  sell at from 12% 
to 30 and 40 cents a pound. 
In fact, in a 
good  many  instances  this  mixture con­
tains no coffee whatever.
“How  is  it,”  the  grocer asks,  “if,  as 
you say, the tea companies  resort  to  the 
above  practices, that we have  been  un­
able to hold  our trade,  when we,  in fact, 
sell a better article.”  That is where the 
rub  comes  in.  When  the  stores  first 
started, your customers  came  to you de­
manding the gifts and prices that the tea 
company were  giving.  You  told  them 
that you  were  unable  to give them,  and 
that the tea company could  not afford  to 
do so, either,  and would therefore be un­
able to exist only for a short time.  You 
also ran down the quality of the tea com­
pany’s  goods  and  told  your  customers 
that if they bought them once they would 
never buy them  again.  Your  customers 
at  last  being  unable  to  induce  you  to 
reduce  prices  and  give  away  presents, 
took  their  patronage  to  the  tea  store, 
where they obtained teas and coffees sim­
ilar to yours, and in some instances for a 
less price.  You are astonished, dismayed, 
declare it  incredible,  but your customers 
don’t  return  and  you  ask  the  reason 
thereof. 
It  is  very  simple:  The  tea 
companies  follow  the  example  of  the 
cook,  “first she catches  her  rabbit,  then 
she skins him, and lastly she cooks him.” 
When the  tea  company  cooks their rab­
bit,  then  is  the  time  for  you  to try to 
regain your  customers.
I would advise all grocers to make their 
tea and coffee a separate department from 
their other goods, and to add a tea tasting 
apparatus,  consisting  of a few cups and 
saucers, a tea strainer,  a  tea  kettle,  and 
either a gas,  alcohol or coal oil  stove  for 
heating  water  for  preparing  the tea or 
coffee to be tested.  The  apparatus  will 
give your  customers  the  opportunity  to 
suit their  different  palates,  and  enable 
you to introduce any particular  grade  of 
tea or coffee that  is  of  especial value to 
you and also to an immediate demonstra­
tion, if necessary,  of  the  superiority  of 
your goods over that of  your competitor.

Wool,  Hides,  Tallow  and Furs.

Wools  are  steady  in  price  and  held 
somewhat firmer,  with  fair transactions. 
The market shows no weakness,  as  wool 
paper maturing  in  November  has  been 
paid  or  renewed,  holders  feeling  confi­
dent  that  prices  will  be  higher  in  the 
near future. 
In  fact,  houses  that  have 
made sales claim the  market  is in better 
shape  and  stronger.  Sales  up  to  this 
time are some 33 million pounds less than 
one year ago.  Manufacturers are  in the 
market  early  and  often, 
looking  for 
something they can use and for bargains. 
They must  soon  buy  for  heavy  weight 
goods and are only  waiting  for prices  to 
be established on  those goods. 
It  looks 
favorable for  an advance  in price.

Hides  remain  quiet  and  unchanged, 
with a good demand.  The leather market 
is in good condition,  with prices lower in 
both hides and leather than ever before.

Tallow  is  in  full  supply  at  the  low 

prices.

Furs open at  about  last  year’s prices, 
having lost  the increase of  value gained 
last  spring.  London  sales  of  October 
showed no  advance  in  any grades sold, 
but a decline in opossum, bear and coon.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar  is  weak  and  declining.  Low 
grade  coffees  are  weak,  and  package 
coffees have gone off %c.  Teas are about 
the same.  California  raisins are a little 
stronger.  Fine  grades  have  been  con' 
siderably damaged  by the  rain,  but low 
grades  are  plenty. 
Fish  is  without 
change.  New Orleans molasses is a little 
cheaper.  Rice  is  a  little  firmer,  both 
foreign and domestic.  Canned goods are 
firm.  California prunes and dried fruit: 
are very strong.

The  crop  of  Florida  oranges  is  s 
fair  one  in  point  of  quantity,  and 
the  quality  is  said  to  be  very  fine 
The first shipments will  be due here in i 
day  or  two.  Lemons  are  more  plenty 
and the price  is  still  lower.  Chestnuts 
are a very light crop  and are advancing. 
New figs will be  plenty  soon and cheap 
Oysters hold firm and unchanged.

It pays to  handle the  P. 

drops.

&  B.  cough

FADED/LIGHT  TEXT

PRODUCE  MARKET.
bbl., fancy Kings commanding $2.50.
$1.50 for picked, holding at $1.75@$2 per bu.

Apples—Dealers hold winrer fruit at  $2.25  per 
Beans—Dealers  pay  $1.25  for  unpicked  and 
Beets—40c per bu.
Butter—Dairy is held steady at 18@20c.  Cream­
ery is firm at 24@25c.
Buckwheat Flour—$5 per bbl.  for  New  York 
stock.
Cabbages—$3 per 100.
Cheese—Jobbers hold September  and  October 
make at 1154@1254c.
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  5Vic.
Eggs—Jobbers pay 19c  for  fresh  and  hold  at 
21c.  Pickled and cold storage  stock  commands, 
about  19c.
Field  Seeds—Clover,  mammoth, $4.35 per bu.; 
medium, $3.50.  Timothy,  $1.50 per  bu
Grapes—New  York  Concords  are  the  only 
variety  now  in  market,  commanding  45c  per
Honey—In small demand.  Clean  comb  com­
Onions—Dealers  pay 35@4Cc  for  clean  stock, 
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—The  market  is  a  good  deal  of  a 
conundrum and is likely to be weak  until  afttr 
a spell of t evere weather.

mands 15c per lb.
holding at  50@! 5c.

Squash—Hubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Fancy Jersey stoek commands 
Turnips—30c per bu.

$4 per bbl.  Muscarines, $3.50 per bbl.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

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

Mess,  new...............................  
11  00
Short cut Morgan...........................................  10 50
Extra clear pig, short cut.............................  12 00
Extra clear,  heavy........................................  12 00
Clear, fat  back..............................................   12 00
Boston clear, short cut.................................   12 00
Clear back, short cut.....................................  12 00
Standard clear, short cut, best.....................  12 00

 

 

s m o k e d   m e a t s —Canvassed or Plain.

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12 

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Hams, average 20 lbs........................................ 1054
16 lbs........................................1094
to 14 lbs.................11
p ic n ic .............................................................   654
best boneless.....................................9
Shoulders........................................................... 5%
boneless........................................ 8
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..............................   954
Dried beef, ham prices....................................   914
Long Clears, heavy...........................................  614
Briskets,  medium.............................................  614
614

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

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l a r d — Kettle Rendered.

Tierces__
Tubs.........
501b.  Tins.

Í 72

l a r d —Refined.

Tierces................................................................  6
30 and 50 lb. T ubs........................  ..................  654
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case.....................................  694
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case.....................  ...............  6%
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case......................................   654
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case........................................ 696
50 lb. Cans........................................................... 654

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

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

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage.......................................................654
Ham Sausage..................................................... 12
Tongue Sausage................................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage......................................... 
8
Blood Sausage...................................................  554
Bologna, straight..............................................  554
Bologna,  thick....................................................554
Head Cheese......................................................   554

P IG S '  F E E T .

In half barrels........................................................ 3 25
In quarter barrels..................................................2 00
In half  barrels.......................................................3 00
In quarter barrels..................................................2 00
In kits................................................................  75

T R IP E .

FRESH   MEATS.

“ 

Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass............................................  4  @ 6
“  hindquarters.................................   5  @ 554
fore 
“ 
................................  3J4@ 4
loins................................................7  @794
“ 
“ 
ribs..............................................  @  654
tongues.........................................  @10
“ 
Hogs.........................................................   ® 5
Pork loins...................................................   @8
shoulders..........  ...............................  @5
Bologna ..................................................  @ 5
Sausage, blood  or bead.......  ....................  @ 5
liver..........................................   © 5
Frankfort..................................  @8
M utton.................................................... 6  @654

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OYSTERS and  FISH .

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

F R E S H   F IS H .

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oysters—Cans.

smoked.....................................  @ 8

Whitefish.................................................  @ 754
Trout........................................................  @754
Halibut........................................................  @20
Fairhaven  Counts.....................................  @35
Selects..................................................... 25  @28
F. J.  D.’s .....................................................  @20
Anchors......................................................   @18
Standards................................................   @16
Standards.............................................  @$1  15
Selects.................................................. 
@  1  60

oysters—Bulk.

CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

ST IC K .
Standard, 25 lb. boxes.................’....................   954
25 
Twist, 
954
 
1054
Cut Loaf, 25 
 
m i x e d .
Royal, 25 lb. pails...................... 
954
2001b.  bbls................. 
9
Extra, 25 lb.  pails............................................. 1054
2001b.  bbls............................................. 10
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails........   ........ 
1154
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................... •-.......r .........1 5
Imperials.......................................................... 14
Mottoes...............................................................15
Cream Bar..........................................................13
Molasses Bar.....................................................13
Caramels.....................................................16@18
Hand Made  Creams..........................................18
Plain Creams..................................................... 16
Decorated Creams.............................................20
String  Rock.......................................................15
Burnt Almonds................................................. 22
Wintergreen  Berries........................................ 14
fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails..................................12
in bbls....................................11
printed, in pails................................1254
“ In bbls................................ 1154
Chocolate Drops, in pails..................................12
Gum Drops, in pails..........................................  654
in bbls.......................................   554
Moss Drops, in pails..........................................10
in bbls.......................................   954
Sour Drops, in pails........................................ 12
Imperials, in pails.............................................11

in bbls...... ........................................1054
Oranges bbl..............................................6 50@7 00
Lemons, choice.......................................3 50@3 75
“ 
fancy, large  case.....................  @4 €0
Figs, layers,  new....................................13  @16
“  Bags, 50 lb......................................   @ 5
Dates, frails, 50 lb...................................  @ 454
“ 
54 frails, 50 lb........ .....................   @ 554
Fard, 10-lb.  box...........................  @ 9
“ 
“ 
...........................  754® 8
Persian, 50-lb.  box...................... 6  @754
“ 
Bananas..................................................1  25@1  50
Almonds, Tarragona...............................1654@17.
Ivaca......................................   @15
California..............................13  @15
Brazils......................................................  @9
Filberts,  Sicily........................................ 1054@11
Walnuts, Grenoble.................................   @14
Pecans, Texas, H. P .................... 
  754@12
Cocoanuts, per 100...................................  @
GameCocks................................................  @854
Star..............................................................  @754
Horse...........................................................  @654

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

peanuts.

50-lb.  “ 

F R U IT S .

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B A K IN S   PO W D E R .

10c cans.. 
>4 lb.  “  
.
.
i OZ.  “  
. 
*4 lb. “ 
. 
12 oz. “ 
. 
11b.  “ 
. 
3141b.“ 
. 
11b.  “ 
41b.  “ 
. 
Sib.  “ 
.

95 
.  1  40 
.  1  90 
. £ 60 
.  3 80 
.  4  95 
.11  78 
.13 75 
.17 76 
.22  20

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541b. 
54lb. 
1 lb. 
51b. 

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Red Star, 54 lb. cans, 

54 lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 
bulk....................   20

Arctic, % lb. cans, 6  doz...
“  4  “ ...
“  2  “ ...  1
“  2  “ ...  2 40
“  1 
“ ...12  00
Absolute, 54 lb. cans, 100s..11  75 
54 lb. 
“ 
50s.. 10 00
50s..18 75
lib .  “ 
45
Teller’s,  54 lb. cans, doz.. 
85
541b.  “ 
“  .. 
“  ..  1  50
1 lb.  “ 
Acme, 54 lb. cans, 3 doz__ 
75
2  “ 
1  50
1  “  ....  3 00
45
85
1  50
Frazer’s............................... $2 60
Aurora.................................  1  75
Diamond............................... 1  60
English, 2 doz. in case......  
80
Bristol,  2  “ 
......  
75
American. 2 doz. in ease... 
70
Gross
3 40 
Arctic Liq,  4-oz..
7 00 
10 00
7 20
3 00
4 00
8  00

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b l u i n g . 
“ 
54 Pt...................
1 Pt.....................
“ 
“  8-oz paper bot
Pepper  Box  No.  2
ii  4
i> 

54 lb.  “ 
1 lb 
“ 
A X L E   G R E A SE .

B A T H   B R IC K .

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21b.  “ 

BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl...................
...................
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet................
No. 1 
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Parlor Gem.................
Common Whisk.........
Fancy 
..........
M ill.............................
Warehouse.................
BUCKWHEAT.
Kings 100 lb. cases..............4 50
“  80 lb. cases............... 3 85
Dairy, solid packed...........1254
rolls.........................   13
Creamery, solid packed—   1354 
rolls................. 14
CANDLES
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BUTTERINE

Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes.............. 1054
...............  954
Star,  40 
Paraffine............................. 
<2
Wicking......... .................... 
25
CANNED GOODS—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck...... 1  20
Clam Chowder, 3 lb— ...... 2 10
Cove Ovsters, 1 lb. stand —
....175
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic...........1  50
........... 2 65
“ 
2  lb.  “ 
“ 
1 lb.  Star................2 00
“ 
2  lb. Star..................3 75
“ 
1 lb.  stand..................1 75
“ 
2  lb. 
3 00
“ 
3 lb. in Mustard.. .3 00
“ 
31b.  soused...........3 00
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  . .1  90
lib .  Alaska..........180
“ 
Sardines, domestic  54s........ 
5
“ 
54s........ @9
“  Mustard 54s........  ©  9
imported 54s... 1054@16
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10
spiced,  54s...........  
Trout, 3  lb. brook.............
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons, stand.  -----2 25
Blackberries,  stand.............  90
Cherries, red standard....... 1  20
pitted...................... 140
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
Pears.......................................... 1 25
Pineapples................. 1  20@1  50
Quinces..................................... 1 00
Raspberries,  extra....................1 75
red................... 1  40
Strawberries............................. 1 25
Whortleberri es....................  75
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay........
Beans, Lima,  stand.............  85
“  Green  Limas__   @1 0b
“  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
“ 
“  extra marrofat...  @125
“  soaked..........................  80
“  June,  stand....................... 1 40
“ 
“  sifted......................... 1 55
“  French, extra fine...  . I  50
Mushrooms, extra fine........ 2 15
Pumpkin, 31b. Golden.........1  00
Succotesh,  standard...........   90
Squash.......................................1 10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @95
Good Enough__ 95
BenHar............95
stand br___  @95

Peas, French..............................1 68

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CHICORY.

CHEWING GUM.
200 

Michigan Full  Cream 1154@1254 
Sap  Sago.................... 16  @1654
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
23
German Sweet............—  
Premium............................ 
35
Cocoa................................. 
38
48
Breakfast  Cocoa..............  
Broma................................ 
37
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.

coffee—Green.

coffees—Package.

COFFEE EXTRACT.

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

100 lbs
Lion.......................................23J4
“  in cabinets....................2394
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX__ 2354
Durham................................ 23
Thompson’s Honey  Bee— 2554
Tiger...............2354
Good  Morning..................... 2354
Valley City.........................  
75
Felix....................................  1  10
Cotton,  40 ft..........per doz.  1  25
1  50 
1  60
2  00 
2 25 
1  00 
1  15
7  50
Eagle.
Anglo-Swiss.......................   6 00
Kenosha Butter..................  8
Seymour 
................... 6
Butter................................... 6
“  family.........................   6
“  biscuit........................  7
Boston.................... ..............  8
City Soda..............................  8
Soda......................................   654
S. Oyster ..............................  6
City Oyster, XXX.................   6
Picnic................................... 6
Strictly  pure......................   38
24
Grocers’................... .......... 

C R A C K E R S.
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CREAM TARTAR.

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JA P A N
F a ir..............
Good.............
Choice...........
Choicest........
F a ir............................. 14
Good............................16
Choice..........................24
Choicest.......................30
B A SK E T   F IR E D .
F a ir.............................
Choice.........................
Choicest......................
Extra choice, wire leaf
G U N PO W D E R .
Common to  fair.......... 25
@65
Extra fine to finest__ 50
@85
Choicest fancy............75
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
E N G L IS H   B R E A K F A S T .
F a ir.............................. 25  @30
Choice...........................30  @35
Best.............................. 55  @65
Tea  Dust......................  8  @10

Y O U 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, 2 2-5x12,16 oz........ 36
Vinco, 1x6, 454 to  B>................ 30
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz.........34
Wheel, 5 to  5b..........................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” ...............................3R

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

62
37
TR A D ESM A N   C R E D IT   CO UPONS.

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

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10 
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V IN E G A R .

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

$1 for barrel,

3 00
4 00
5 00

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Jennings’ D. C. Lemon  Vanills 
1 ¿5 
2 oz. Panel, doz.  85
4 oz.
2 25
10 
6 oz.
3 25
25 
B0 
1 60
No.  3,  “
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No.  8,  “ 
75 
4 00
No.10,  “
50 
6 00
No.  4, Taper,  “
2 50
60 
54 pt,  Round, “ 
25 
7 50
i  “ 
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50 
15 00
LT.
F IS H —
Cod, whole...... .
.. . .   454®  5 
“  boneless__
. . ..   @  754
H alibut............
...  954@lb 
bbl.. 
2  75
Herring,  round,
gibbed............
Holland,  bbls.
Scaled  ...........
.  sh’s, No. 2, 54  bbl
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“  kegs, new  <œ  70
22
12 00
“  12  lb  kit ..1  30
“  10
.1  20
,  54  bbls.............4 00®4 50
10  lb.  kits.............. ..  60
;,  No. 1, 54 bbls........ ..5 25
12 1b.  kits... . .1  00
10 lb. kits__..  80
Family,  54  bbls__ .2 50
kits...........
..  50

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G U N   P O W D E R .
K egs...........................
Half  kegs...................
L A M P  W IC K S.
No. 0.............................
No. 1.............................
No. 2............................
LIC O R IC E.
Pure.............................
Calabria......................
Sicily...........................
M OLASSES.
Black  Strap................
Cuba Baking.............
Porto  Rico.................
New Orleans, good__
choice..
fancy.
OATM EA L.
Half barrels........3  12
Cases.........»•  15@2 25
R O LLED   OATS
Muscatine,Barrels__   @5  75 !
Half bbls..  @3  12
Cases......... 2  15@2 25

23
.  ..22@25 
....24@35 
,...25®30
__ 33@38
45©48

Muscatine, Barrels..................5 75

One-half barrels, 3c extra.

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O IL.

R IC E .

P IP E S .

P IC K L E S .

Michigan  Test....................
Water  White........................
Medium......................5 00@5  25
“ 
54 b b l...........2 75@3 00
Small,  bbl........................... .'.6 25
“  54  bbl...........................3 50
Clay, No.  216......................... 1 75
“  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No.  3.............................  40
Carolina head.......................654
“  No. 1....................... 5J4
“  No. 2.................554@
“  No. 3....................... 5

Jap an .............................554@654
Common Fine per bbl.......76@80
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   28
28  pocket..............................2 05
60 
.............................. 2  15
.............................. 2 40
100 
Ashton bu. bags.................   75
75
Higgins  “ 
Warsaw “ 
37
..................  20

54 bu  “ 

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SA LER A TU S.

SE E D S .

DeLand’s,  pure....................5
Church’s, Cap  Sheaf............5
Dwight’s ...............................5
Taylor’s .................................5
Mixed bird...........................  454
Caraway............................... 10
Canary J................................  4
Hemp....................................   4
Anise. 
854
R ape.....................................  454
Mustard................................ 754
Jettine, 1 doz. in  box............. 75
Scotch, in  bladders............ 37
Maeeabov, in jars............... 35
French Rappee, in Jars...... 43

SH O E  PO L IS H .

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S N U F F .

 

SO A P.

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Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

spices—Whole.

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 65
Bouncer, 100........................ 3 15
Allspice................................  9
Cassia, China in mats..........  8
Batavia in band__ 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
“ 
w hite...  .26
shot......................... 20
“ 
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
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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STA R C H .

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SU G A R S.

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

barrels.......................6
Cut  Loaf.....................  @794
Cubes..........................  @  754
Powdered...................   @754
Granulated,H. &E.’s..7.P6@ 754 
Franklin..7.06@ 754 
Knight’s...7.06@ 754
Confectionery  A........  @6.94
Standard.....................  @ 6%
No. 1, White Extra C.  654® 654
No. 2 Extra  C............. 6  @ 654
No. 3 C, golden...........   © 594
No. 4 C, dark...............  @554
No. 5  C........................  @  694

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M ISC ELLA N EO U S. 

Fermentum,  Compressed.  .
Cocoa Shells,  bulk.............  754
Jelly, 30-lb.  pails................  5
Sage....................................   15
PA PER  iW O O D E S W A B E  

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i  Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
Straw ..................................... 160
j  “  Light  Weight..............200
Sugar.....................................180
Hardware.............................. 254
;  Bakers................................... 254
i Dry  Goods.............................5
Jute  Manilla......................... 8  ^
i  Red  Express No. 1..............  5  ™

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T W IN E S .

j No. 2...............4
48 Cotton.............................22
Cotton, No. 2........................20
“  3.......................18
Sea  Island, assorted.........   40
No. 5 Hemp.........................16
No. 8 B.................................17
Wool....................................   794

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W O O D EN W A R E.

Baskets, market...........  40

Tubs, No. 1.........................   7 25
“  No. 2.........................   6  25
I 
“  No. 3.........................   5 25
| 
1  60
|  Pails, No. 1,  two-hoop.. 
I 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  75
I  Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 
60A
! Bowls, 11 inch....................  1  00
.....................  1  25
1 
13  “ 
“ 
j 
.....................2 00
15  “ 
“ 
.....................  2 75
17  “ 
“ 
assorted, 17s and  17s  2 50 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
“ 
“ 
bushel................   1  50
“  with  covers  1 90
“ 
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
“ 
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“  No.2  6 25
“ 
“ 
“  No.3  7 25
splint  “  No.l  3 50
“ 
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“  No.2  4 25
“  No.3  5 00
“ 
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GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
W
New.  Old.
W hite...........................  78  78
78  78
R ed...,......................... 
All wheat bought  on 60 lb. test.
Straight, in  sacks...........   4  70
“  barrels..........  4 90
Patent 
“  sacks............  5  70
“  barrels..........  5 90

W H E A T . 

F L O U R .

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M EA L.

R Y E .

O A TS.

CORN.

“  ..........................  3754

Bolted.........................  
90
Granulated..................  1  00
M IL L S T U F F S .
Bran...................................  11  00
Ships..................................  11  00
Screenings........................  11  OOja
Middlings..........................  12 0 0 ^
Mixed Feed......................   14 50
Coarse meal......................   14 50
Small  lots........*........  37
Car 
Small  lots.................... .....25
Car 
“  ............................ 23
N o .l............................  @35
NO. 1...................................  1  10
No.2............................  105
No. 1...................................  11  00^
No. 2...................................  9  00%,
HID ES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green..........................  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

B A R L E Y .

H ID E S .

H A Y .

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54 off for No. 2. 
P E L T S .

Shearlings...................10
Estimated wool, per 5) 20
M ISC E L L A N E O U S.

%

@25
@28

Tallow........................  354®  4
Grease  butter.............3  @  5
Switches.....................  154®  2
Ginseng......................2 00@2  75
WOOL.
,2G@30 
Washed...................
Unwashed..............
. 12@22

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Warranted  not  to  Thicken,  Soar  or  Mold in 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injury 
by Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after free* 
ing.  See quotation.  MARTELL  BLACKING 
CO., Sole M anufacturer»,  Chicago, 111.

P O C I S H I N A .

(T R A D E   M A R K   R E G IS T E R E D .)

The Best Furniture Finish in the  Market. 

Specially  adapted  for  Pianos, 

Organs and Hard Woods.

DnlioTiina  will  remove  grease  and  dirt, and 
rU llo u llid   will add a lustre which for  beauty
and durability cannot be excelled.
as  full
Clnli oTiinu  is clean  and  easy  to  use,  . 
ru ilo U H la  directions accompany  each  bottle.
B n licllim )  is  Put  nP  in  LARGE  BOTTLBS, 
r u llo llllld   and is sold at the moderate price at 
Twenty-five Cents.
Tl n il oh in n   is the Best Furniture Finish in the 
rU llo R llld   market.  Try it, and make your old 
furniture look fresh and new. 
tlnliohinQ   is for sale  by all Druggists, Fnrni- 
rU llo llllid  ture  Dealers,  Grocery  and  Hard­
ware Stores.

BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS.

FOR  SALE  WHOLESALE

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

HKZELT1NE  i  PERKINS  DRUG  CO.,
WarGlaims aSpeGialty.

PENSIONS  FOR  DISABLED  SOLDIERS, 
their widows and children.
INCREASE  PENSIONS for  those  whose  die- 
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 who re- 
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  (or 
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.
AT.T,  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 
F. I. DARLING, Attorney,

on application.

L ate  Special  Exam iner  U. S. B ureau  of  Pensions, 

46 Old Houseman Building,

Grand Rapids, Midi.

---- AND----

Female

C o m p l a i n t s

Being composed entirely of  HERBS,  i 
the only perfectly harmless  remedy oi 
the market and  is  recommended  by  al 
who use it.

Retail Druggists  will find it to 
their  interest  to  keep  the DIA­
MOND  TEA, as it fulfills all that 
is claimed,  making  it one of the 
very best selling articles handled.

Place your order m itb  our  Wholesai 

House.Diamond  (JediGine  Go,,

PROPRIETORS,

DETROIT,  -  MICH.

Hazeltine &;Perkins Drug Co.
MICH.

WHOLESALE  AGENTS,

GRAND RAPIDS, 

- 

Playing Garda

U  ÄRE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  L pG h,

19  So. Ionia  St.,  Grand Rapids.

T Ü E  M O S T

F O O D  
For Infants and Invalids.
Used  everywhere,  with  unqualified 
success.  An/ a medicine, but a steam- 
cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest 
stomach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  by 
druggists.  In cans, 35c. and upward. 
W oolrich  &  Co. on  every label.f

W h o le s a le   B r i c e   C u r r e n t .
Advanced—Balsam  Copaiba, Irish Moss. Castor Oil, Chlorate Potash.

Carb.............................  13©
Chlorate,  (po. 20)........  18©
Cyanide......................   50©
Iodide......................... 2  80®2
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  27© 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ©
Potass  Nitras, opt......  
8©
Potass Nitras............... 
7©
Prussiate.....................  25©
Sulphate  po................   15©

r a d ix .

Aconitum...................   20©
Altbae..........................  25©
A nchusa.....................  15©
Arum,  po.....................  @
Calamus.......................  20©
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......  10@
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16© 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 50).....................  @
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15©
Inula,  po.....................  15©
Ipecac,  po................... 2
Iris  plox (po. 20@22)..
Jalapa,  p r...................
Maranta,  34s..............
Podophyllum, po........
Rhei.............................
“  cut......................
Splgella......................
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..
Serpentaria..................
Senega  ........................
Similax, Officinalis,  H 
M
Scillae, (po. 35)..........
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
dus,  po.....................
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.3Q)
German...
Zingiber a ...................
Zingiber  j ...................

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15  Antipyrin................... 1  35@1 40
20  Argenti  Nitras, ounce  @
55  Arsenicum.................. 
5®
90  Balm Gilead  Bud......   38©  40
29  Bismuth  S.  N .............2 10@2 20
15  Calcium Chlor, Is,  (%s
11;  54s,  12)............
10 
9  Cantharides  Russian,
p o .............................
28 
Capsici  Fructus, af...
18
p o ...
Bpo.
Caryophyllus,  (po.  28)
Carmine,  No. 40..........
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......
Cera  Flava.................
Coccus  ........................
Cassia Fructus...........
Centraria.....................
Cetaceum...................
Chloroform................
squibbs 
Chloral Hyd Crst........

@1
©  18 
16 
©
14 
85 
©3
50®  55 
28©  30 
©  40 
@  15 
©  10 
©  35 
32©  35 
@1  00 
1  50@1  ■
18@  20 I Cinchonidine, P.  &  W 15© 20
4© 10
German 
25©  30 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
©  35
© 60
cent  ........................
15©  18
75@1  00 Creasotum.................
© 50
© 2
@1  75 Creta,  (bbl. 75)...........
“  prep...................
5©
75©1  35
“  precip................
8(a) 10
48©  53
“  Rubra..-.............
©  20
©
40©  45 Crocus  ........................ 35© 38
60©  65 Cudbear......................
© 24
@  40 Cupri Sulph................
8©
@  20 D extrine..................... 10© 12
10©  12 Ether Sulph................
68© 70
Emery,  all  numbers..
©  35
PO...................
©  25 Ergota, (po.)  45.........
Flake  White..............
15©  20
10®  15 G alla...........................
22©  25 Gambier......................
Gelatin,  Cooper..........
French...........
“ 
Glassware  flint,  75  & 10 per 
cent, by box 70 less
Glue,  Brown__
9©  15 
13© 
“  W hite...;..........
22©
Glycerina...................
25 
15 
Grana Paradisi...........
25©
40 
Humulus.....................
©
90 
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..
80 
“  C or___
Ox Rnbrum
00 
©1  10 
Ammoniati..
45©  55 
Unguentum.
©  80
Hydrargyrum.............
Ichthyobolla, Am...... 1  25®1  50
Indigo...........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl.......... 3 ?5®3 85
Iodoform.....................  @4
Lupulin........................   85®1 00
Lycopodium................   55@ 60
M acis...........................   80©
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod................   @
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10© 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
2®
Mannia,  S. F ................   45©
Morphia,  S.  P. & W ...2 65©£

©
©
40© 45
12© 15
•© 2S
10© 11
© 91
40© 61

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D r u g s  0  M e d ic in e s .

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 Y ears—Geo. McDonald. K alam azoo.
Three Y ears—Stanley E. P ark ill. Owosso.
F o u r Y ears—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Five Y ears—Jam es Vernor, Detroit.
P resid en t—Jacob  Jesson. M uskegon.
S ecretary—Jas.  V ernor, D etroit.
T reasu rer—Geo.  McDonald. Kalamazoo.
N ext  Meeting—At Lansing N ovember  5 and 6.________

M i c h i s a n   State  P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   A s s ’n .

President—F rank Inglis,  D etroit.
F irst Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, L ansing.
Sec’d V ice-President—Henry K ephart, Berrien Springs. 
T hird Vice-Presiddnt—Jas. Vernor, D etroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Com m ittee—G. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan,  E.  T. 
W ebb, Jackson;  D. E. P rall,  E ast Saginaw ;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, K alam azoo;  J .  J .  Crowley. D etroit.
N ext Meeting—At  Saginaw , beginning th ird  Tuesday 
of 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 ran k  H. Eacott.
G r a n d  R a p i d s   D r u g  C l e r k s ’ A s s o c i a t i o n .  

P resid en t, F. D.  Kipp;  Secretary, A lbert Brower.
D e t r n i t   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   « in cietv  

P resident, J.  W. Allen;  S ecretary, W. F. Jackm an.
M u s k e g o n   D r u g   C l e r k s ’  A s s o c ia tio n . 
President, C. S. Koon;  Secretary, J. W. Hoyt.______

N ew   W a y   o f  M aking  S u g a r  o f  L ead .
In the  Deutsche  Industrie  Zeitung for 
the current  year,  page  6,  there  is  a  de­
scription of  a new  method  of  preparing 
sugar of lead or plumbic acetate.
Up to the present time the usual method 
in vogue consisted in treating litharge or j 
or  plumbic  oxide  (PbO),  which  is  ob- j 
tained  in  'the  eupellation  of  lead  at | 
high 
temperature,  with  acetic  acid j 
(CH3COOH).
Many have  tried to devise  other plans j 
in  which  the  preparation  of  the  lead j 
acetate should  be made  to  depend upon j 
the use of  metallic lead,  but although the 
oxidation  of  lead  in  the  presence  of 
acetic acid exposed to  the  air  goes very j 
well, yet there is a corresponding  loss of 
acid  due  to evaporation  which  renders 
the price of the acetate t hus produced no 
lower  than  that  by  the  employment of | 
litharge.
Herr  J.  Lowe,  however,  has  recently 
taken  out  a  patent  by  means of  which 
excellent results can be obtained by work­
ing in a manner which is briefly thus :
The lead in  the form of  thin plates  is 
exposed  to.  the  attacking  influence  of 
acetic  acid  containing  40  per  cent,  of 
nitric acid added  to  it.  The decomposi­
tion is effected  rapidly  and with a slight 
evolution of  heat;  the vapors  which rise 
from  the vat  in  which  the  oxidation  is 
being carried  on  are  collected  and  led 
into a condenser—thus nothing  is lost.
Although nitric  acid  is  employed,  the 
solution  obtained  when  the  lead  is  all 
dissolved contains no nitrate of lead.  On 
evaporating slowly  the  crystals  of  lead 
acetate are gradually’ thrown down.  The 
expense  of  producing  sugar  of  lead  by 
this new method  is  asserted  to be  much 
less than byr any other.

Nick  of Time. 

grand rapids.

We p ay  th e  h ig h est price fo r it.  Address 

D ru d g in g   a n d   W o rk in g .

10 o’clock in the  morning.”

|  in Which they do  their  work.

DROPS

COUGH

T Y F r t T r   B D H O   W h o le s a le   D r u g g i s t s ,
r h U K   JDltUo., 

GXXTS3E2TG  ROOT.

PÎB

HE  GOT  THE  BILL.
From  th e C hristian Union.
Tailor  Caught  His  Man  in the |  There is no greater  difference between 
men than that  which  exists in the spirit

“So you are going west?”  he asked. 
“Only to Chicago.  I’ll be back in three 
or four days,  and then I want to pay you 
that little bill.”
“Yes.  Going to Chicago on a visit?” 
“Something  of  a  visit,  going  to  get 
married.”
“No!”
“Fact.  The  ceremony takes  place  at 
“And you want to be there, of course?” 
“I  should  smile?”
The collector took off  his hat, removed 
his  coat,  and  was  peeling  off  his  vest 
when  the other asked him what was up. a 
“I’ve been biding my time, and my op­
portunity has come,” he replied.
“How—what ?”
“I’m going to light into you.  You are 
the bigger man and I expect to be licked, 
but the row will  certainly cause  both of 
us to be arrested and taken to the station, 
and you will thus miss  your train.  Per­
haps I can  black  your  eye, and  in  that 
case  the  marriage can’t  come  off  for  a 
week.  Put up your dukes !”
“Say, mart, you wouldn’t be as mean as 
that ?”
“Thirteen  dollars or a row.”
“I’ll pay you half.”
“The whole or nothing. 

The  selectmen  met  and  ordered  that 
every  dog  should  be  muzzled  for forty 
days,  and the  thrifty hardware man sold
How
___ r ____  nearly 500 muzzles at  $1  apiece.  Staid
There  is  old family dogs travel  around town with 
From  th e  D etroit Free Press. 
ForTveaTor’two oast the collector for ! always  a  large  contingent  of  drudges;  leather thongs around  their jaws  which 
a certain Detroit  tailor  has  been  trying  men who are  driven  to their tasks either  never  closed  on  anything  more human 
I saw one big mastiff 
aifsorte of p a S c  ways to get the sum of I by a sense of duty or by the lash of neces- I than a beef \on«. 
and  was
debtor  for  over  two  years.  The  col- | entious workers; sometimes they are sue- j lugging it around in In 
S13 out of  a young  man who  has been  a j sity.  These men  are  often hard,  eonsci-  that had worked his muzzle off 
mouth.
lector has  been put off  a  hundred  times j cessful  workers;  but  it  is  doubtful  if i 
by  promises  made  to  be  broken,  and  they are ever great workers;  it is  doubt- 
he  has  worked  every  racket  known  to  ful if their work  ever  really  represents 
the profession without avail.  The other  the moral expression of their own energy 
evening  he happened down  at the Third  and  purpose.  True  work  of  all  kinds 
street depot and saw his  young man buy  must have a large element  of  plaj  in it,
must, in other words, be  spontaneous—a 
a ticket for Chicago.
"  overflow of a nature
natural outflow and
which  finds  in work the real expression  j 
of itself.  Those  who have looked at the ; 
immense and  almost  countless pieces of j 
canvas on which Rubens stamped himself ■ 
must have been conscious of  the tremen­
dous current  of  the man’s nature;  mak- j 
ing all deductions for work which he did ] 
by proxy,  enough  remains  to  testify to ■ 
the love, no less than the  fixed  purpose, 
behind his pencil.  Men of  great  execu­
tive force, who are the centers of immense 
organizations,  are  invariably  lovers  of 
work,  not  simply’  because  work means . 
money  and  position  and  influence,  but! 
because  work affords a channel  through ; 
which they can pour  themselves into the j 
great current of  the  world’s  movement, i 
It is not possible for all of us, with lesser 
talents  and  opportunities,  to  feel  con­
stantly  the  inspiration of  this great im- | 
pulse, but  it  is  possible  for all of us to 
share it in some degree.
God works incessantly, but His work is 
pervaded by that element which  we  call 
play,  because  it  represents  the  natural 
flow of His energy,  and there is in  it  the 
joy of the divine nature finding adequate 
expression.  Man’s  work,  if  it is to be 
eal and true and to embody  his  charac­
ter, must partake of this same element of 
joyousness.  We have not done our whole 
duty when we have  finished the day and j 
left no part of our task  undone;  there  is j 
something  in  the  complete  doing  of a j 
work which is more  than the mechanical j  c a r b o n a s  
element;  something  which  gives  that  Chloridum 
mechanical  element  its  moral  quality, 
and this  something  is  our  personality.
If our work is to tell, we  must  put  our­
selves in it. 
It must be to us a language 
through which  we  speak  to  the world, 
and  in  which  our  souls  express  them­
selves.  Work comes hard always to those 
who do it from a sense  of  duty or under 
the lash of  necessity;  work  is  always  a 
joy to those who do it,  -because  it  gives 
them the one great means through which 
they’ can express  their  deepest  purpose 
and their truest self.

ACID CM.
Aceticum..................
Benzoicum,  German.
Boracic 
...................
Carbolicum..............
Citricum...................
Hydrocblor..............
N itrocum ..................... 
Oxalicum...................
Phosphorium dii........
Salleylicum................1 
**
Sulphuricum................  
IMM »
Tannicum...................1  f *®1
Tartarieum...................   4U(® **
a m m o n ia.
16 deg............  3®  5
deg............  4©  6
...........................

It’s  my  first, 
last and only chance.  Come down or put 
up.”
The young man took out his boodle and 
j counted out the amount of the bill, while 
| he skipped for the train the other calmly 
! donned  his  garment and  left  the  depot 
¡whistling,  “ I  Wonder  What  My  Ma 
I Would Say ?”

LIQUOR X POISON  RECORD
B e st o n  th e  M a rk et.

a n il in e .
 
8 00@2 25
Black 
Brown 
.....................  80@1 00
Red 
Yellow.............................® 50@3 00

E.  J.  STOWE I  BR0.,G&o™ ;& r".,i s

Cubeae (po. 1  60...............1 85®2 00
« g  iX
J u n i p e r u s ............................... 
Xanthoxylum...............  "5o® M

b a l s a m c m .
Copaiba................... 
për";. 
Terabin, Canada  .. 
Tolutan...

  60@
......  @1-30
45©
45©

8®   10 
80©1  00 
30
40©  45 
50©  55 
3©  5
10©   12

T he  C o n scien tio u s  B ro k e r

Acknowledged to be the

COMBINED.

b a c c a e.

45© 50

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CORTEX.

L em o n s  a n d   T h eir  U ses.

It  prevents  the  disease, 

him not half an hour ago.”

The Dietetic Reformer says: 

“ Oh,  nonsense;  that  is  all  right, 

Lemons are cultivated in the  south  of 
France, Portugal,  Italy,  but their origin 
is in Asia,  and  therefore  it  is  in  that 
country  the  largest  growths  are  to  be 
found, as in its native state it  grows to a 
height of  sixty  feet, whilst in European 
countries it is not  of  very  high growth.
In medicine,  lemons  are  most  valuable,
and it is  the  best  anti-scorbutic remedy | for 
and
known. 
goes a long  way  in  curing  it.  Sailors j 
take  the  juice  constantly  when  at sea. | 
It is also very good in neuralgia; the best 
way of applying it is to rub  the  afflicted j 
part with a slice of  cut lemon,  and those j 
persons who desire to keep in good health j 
and be free from billiousness should take • 
the juice of a lemon in a glass  of  water, i 
without sugar, before  going  to  bed and ; 
before rising  in  the  morning.  Taking) 
lemons without water  irritates the stom- j 
ach,  and eventually  would cause inflam- | 
mation.  The uses of  lemon juice are so | 
numerous that it is impossible  to  define ] 
them all;  but there  is no doubt the more 
it is employed, both externally and inter- | 
nally, the better  people’s health will be.
The use of  lemons is good for seasick­
ness, billiousness and jaundice, and most 
It  is  good  also to j 
beneficial in fevers. 
cure warts,  and  to  destroy  scurf on the |
head by rubbing it into  the  roots  of  the i course I will give you it back.’
hair
“A  new 
method of prolonging life  is  announced 
in a German  work,  where  we  are  told 
that long life will be reached by the daily 
and  increasing  use  of  lemons.  Count 
Waldeck, it is said,  attained  the  age  of 
120 years because of  his having resorted 
to this antidote to the sluggishness of the 
liver,”

From  the  M inneapolis Tribune.
I heard a very clever  story on a promi­
nent broker a few days ago—a man whose 
name  I  am  not  at  liberty  to  discus 
though I may say  that he is  well known 
as a picture buyer.  This broker had some 
mining stock which he had long regarded 
as worthless,  and one day when he found 
an opportunity to get rid of it at  a pretty 
fair consideration,  he  was  very  happy. 
That very night,  however,  after he  went 
home,*he received a telegram announcing 
that this mine, of  which  he had sold the 
stock, had developed a lead of extraordi­
nary richness.  An  hour  afterward  the 
purchaser of  the  stock  received  a  tele­
gram from the broker, who desired to see 
him immediately’ upon a subject of  great 
importance.  The buyer  called  and  was 
told by the servant  that  the broker  was 
very7 ill and could not be seen.
But I  must see him; I have been sent
The servant went upstairs and brought 
back word tha’  the  visitor might go up.
The broker was in  bed,  moaning with 
pain.  The lights were turned low.  When 
the visitor entered the broker began :
“ My  dear  Jones,  I  have  had  to-day 
another of the dreadful attacks I am sub­
ject to,  and I am afraid  this  last  one  is 
going to ‘do me  up.’ 
I sent  for  you  to 
confess that I  have  taken  advantage of 
you in a business transaction, and I want 
to make  reparation  before  I die.  That 
mining stock I sold you to-day was really 
worthless,  and it troubles  me that I took 
advantage of  you.”
didn’t  pay  you  much  for  it  and  I  can 
easily sell it to somebody else.”
•• No, that will not do.  1 want to take 
it back and pay  you back your money, 
can’t rest until I have  made this  right.” 
‘Oh,  well  if  you  feel  that  way,  of
Very well,  and  while I  am  able  to 
sign a  check I will  prepare  one,  and,  in 
the meanwhile,  you can  bring back  the 
stock.”
The visitor went  home,  g»t the stock, 
and returning it. received the check which 
the  now  utterly  exhausted  broker  had 
fil led out for him.  He went away musing 
upon the vicissitudes of  human  life  and 
filled  with  profound  sympathy  for  the 
sorrowing family of the  rapidly  sinking 
broker.
And  the  broker?  The  moment  his 
customer  was out of  the house he leaped 
out of  bed and  gleefully  danced around 
the room in a  manner  that  would  have 
aroused  the  envy  of  Carmencita  could 
she have seen it.  But the customer, next 
day, when  he learned of  the  rise in  the 
value of the stock, metaphorically kicked 
himself for  his stupidity in  being  taken 
i in by a broker’s “ conscience.”

Commercial glycerine, which is usually 
from 1*16 to 1-25 specific gravity,  is much | 
used in the  dyeing industry as a  solvent 
for many’ aniline  dyes;  also as  an  anti­
septic in  solutions  which  contain  albu­
men, caseiue, and  other  substances,  for 
which purposes it is not necessary to  use 
the white  glycerine  except  for  delicate 
colors, when  it must  be  absolutely  free 
from  mineral matter. 
Its  application in 
many other  ways will  no  doubt  follow. 
It can also  be  used  with  bleaching  ma­
terials to  prevent  the  penetrating  odor, 
and bleaching can then  be  performed  in 
It used to be  thought  that one got the 
the driest weather  with  open  windows, 
without the goods  becoming stiff  or brit­
best  service out of  a shoe  by putting on 
tle. 
It also acts as a preventive of “stock 
the  best  pair  a  shoemaker  could  make 
stains” in goods which are warehoused a 
and wear them constantly until the leather 
long time.  A  mixture  for  such  use  is 
gave way somewhere,  but it  is  the  most
the following:  Dextrine, 10 lb.; glycerine,
24 lb.;  sulphate of alumina a tl’5 specific j extravagant way of  dressing the feet.  It 
gravity, 2 lb.;  and water, 51 pints.
tter  to  have  three or  four  pairs of 
s in good wearable condition.  Never 
• the same pair  two  days  in  succes- 
At  least  once  a  month  go  over 
pair with a  brush  dipped  in vase- 
eacl
By  giving  each  pair  one  day  of 
line,
work and two  days  of  rest,  the  leather 
has time to regain its elasticity and stretch 
out  the  wrinkles  the  foot  has  made, 
These  wrinkles  become  breaks  in  the 
leather when  the  shoe  is  continuously 
worn.  Vaseline  is  better  than  any  oil 
for fine leather.  A pair of shoes worn in 
this way will last  twice  as long as when 
worn constantly.

Under  date  of  September  10,  1889, 
Consul Willard, of Guaymas, reports that 
within the past  six  months  a deposit  of 
cinnabar (quicksilver ore) was discovered 
in his  consular  district  (Sonora),  about 
150  miles  from  Guaymas,  in  the  Ures 
district.  The deposits are  being worked 
and  are  reported  to  be  extensive—one 
yielding 30 per cent.,  while as high as 50 
per cent, has been found.  Twenty flasks 
of  quicksilver have been extracted.  The 
owners of the five claims or mines located 
are  developing  their  grounds  with  the 
object of  proving  their  value.  This  is 
the first cinnabar located  and worked  in 
Sonora.

P ro p e r  C a re  fo r  Shoes.

bi

The Drug*  Market.

Quinine was lower  last  week, but  has 
again advanced  to  the  price of  our  last 
report.  Gum opium is steady.  Morphia 
is  unchanged.  Balsam  copaiba  has 
advanced and is likely to go higher.  Irish 
moss is  extremely  high and very scarce. 
Castor oil has  advanced  Kc  per  pound. 
Chlorate potash is higher.

Nutritive  Value  of  an  Egg.

Prof. Fresenius, of Wiesbaden, declares 
that an  egg  contains  as  much nourish­
ment as a pound  and  an ounce  of  cher­
ries,  a pound and a quarter  of  grapes,  a 
pound and a half  of  russet  apples,  two 
pounds of  gooseberries, and four pounds 
of pears.

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24©
33©li©
13©
14©
16©

Ic e d   F ish   D an g ero u s.

©  15 
©3 50 
@  80 
©  50 
©  15 
2 
7
<©

Abies,  Canadian..........
Cassiae  ........................
Cinchona F la v a ..........
According  to  Mr. J. Lawrence-Hamil­
Euonvmus  atropurp... 
ton, M.  R. C.  S., in the Lancet,  ice spoils 
Myrica  Cerifera, po—
the freshness,  firmness and flavor of  fish 
Prunus Virgini.............
by’ rendering it, prior to putrefaction, in­
Quillaia,  grd................
Sassafras  ........... ------
sipid,  soft and flabby.  Experience seems 
Ulmus Po (Ground 12).
to show  that  the  gravest  cases  of  fish 
e x t r a c t u m . 
poisoning arise more commonly from eat­
Glycyrrbiza  Glabra...
ing fish which has been  kept on ice than 
p o ..........
from  eating  fish  kept  naturally  cool.
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is...............
Where fish is preserved on ice, it appears 
34s............
that the ice  only  favors  putrefaction by
V. .............
furnishing a constant supply of moisture, 
| _____
FEBRUM .
carrying with it the putrefactive bacteria j Carbonate precip.....
derived from its foul and filthy surround- 
and Quinia...
ines  so that  this  iced  fish remains cov- , citrate Soluble.......
eredwith  fresh  solutions  of  filth preg- | ^ f ^ r i d e . 8  ::: 
Solut  Chloride..--
nant with  putrefactive  bacteria. 
Ihus 
Sulphate,  com’l ..........
pure............. 
large quantities of those subtile, complex 
bodies, the animal alkaloids or ptomaines, 
are probably elaborated,  and give rise  to 
those  marked  symptoms  of  poisoning 
which sometimes occur from  eating  fish 
preserved on ice.  On  the  other  hand, 
keeping fish dry’ and  cool  can in no way 
favor putrefaction.  And  although  here 
cases of poisoning may  happen,  yet  the 
symptoms  are  much  less  marked,  and 
off  sooner,  the  toxic  effects being
pass
u su ally   confined  to  a  passing^ a ttack   of 
@1 00
vom iting  and diarrhoea, w hile in  th e  case j Acacia>  i st  picked.... 
@  90
of fish  preserved on  ice, th e vom iting and | 
“  —
2d 
“ 
3d 
.•••  ©  80
diarrhoea m ay be less m arked, th o u g h  the 
sifted sorts...  @  65 
o ther  sym ptom s m ay  be m uch  m ore  pro­
no  .....  .....  75@1  00
  50©  60
p- 
found  and  lasting,  and  even  som etim es I Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)... 
®  12 
fatal. 
¿¿j!
®  50
able from   p u trid   fish,  th e  d etailed con-  C a te c b u , is, (54s, 14 54s
©  l 
sideration of w hich req u ires m uch fu rth e r i 
..................................
25©  30 
©  15 
elaboration,  w ork,  experim ent  and  re;   ^ t o t i d V ^ . '^ ) - - -
50©  55 
search. 
Indeed,  as  upw ard  of  seventy  g enZoinum..................
35©  38 
different kinds  of  food  fishes,  w ithin  a  camphor«...................
35®  10 
few   hours of th e ir death,  on  being eaten,  | 
,po. ;!!!! ]
©  80 
80©  95 
give  rise  to  poisonous  sym ptom s,  th e  ;  Qamboge,  po..............
@  40 
R ussian  governm ent,  in  1894,  w ill  aw ard l Guaiaeum, (po. 45) —
©  20
a  p rize  of * 5,000  roubles  (say,  roughly,  I Kino,  (po.  25).............
M astic........................ 
I»1  an
£500)  for th e  best  essay  upon  the n a tu re  
Myrrh, (po  45)...........   ©  £0
Opii,  (pc. 5 10)........... 3 60@3 6o
and cure of fish poisoning.
Shellac  .. 
■ ..........  30©  38
bleached........  28@  30
T r a g a c a n t h ................   30©  75

14© 16
35
30©
35
30©
10© 12
28
25©
niveliy.......
50
35©
Salvia  officinalis,  34s 
and  34s..................... 10© 12
i Ura Ursi..

T h e r e   are  various poisons deriv- 

Anthem is...................
M atricaria..................

P ro fits  in   B u sin ess.

Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin- 

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F O L IA .

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SEMEN.

4© 

©  15 
Anisum,  (po.  20)........
10©  12
Apium  (graveleons)..
6
Bird, Is............  
Carui, (po. 18)............. 
8©  12
Cardamon.........................1  00®1 25
Corlandrum................  10©  12
Cannabis Sativa..........334© 
4
Cydonium...................   75@1  00
Chenopodium  ...........   10©  12
Dipterix Odorate........ 1  75©1  85
Foeniculum...... .........  @  15
Foenugreek,  po.......... 
6@  8
L in i.............................4  © 434
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4 ) ...  454© 4'/*
Lobelia........................  35©  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   334@ 454
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.  Yini  Galli............1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto..................... 1  25@2 00
Yini  Alba........................ 1  25@2 00

SPONGES.

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

SYRUPS.

A ccacia................................  50
Zingiber  ..............................   50
Ipecac...................................   601
Ferri  Iod..............................   50 j
Auranti  Cortes.....................  50
Rhei  Arom...........................   50
Similax  Officinalis..............   60
Co........  50
Senega.................................   50
Scillae...................................   50
“  Co................................   50
Tolutan........................... 
 
Prunus virg...........................   50

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20©
20©
35©

Absinthium..........................  **
Eupatorium.........................   “
Lobelia.
T  n R n lin  
Majorum......................
Mentha  Piperita.........
“  V ir.................
Rue..............................
Tanacetum, V .............
Thymus,  V..................
m a g n e s i a .
Calcined, Pat..............
Carbonate,  Pat  . . . ----
Carbonate, K. & M —  
Carbonate, Jenning5..

In  a  legitimate,  every-day  business, 
profits  are  small.  Wit  requires  to  be 
alive to  every detail  of  the  whole  ma­
chine  of  the daily routine.  There is no 
easy way to make  money in such a busi­
ness,  and,  consequently,  everybody  is 
not rushing into it.  Competition may be 
severe, but, like every other walk of life, 
some will succeed  and others must go to 
the wall,  and surely  the balance  is met. 
Good business knowledge,  with perserv- 
erance and  close  pruning  of  expenses, 
will accomplish wonders.  The merchant 
OLEUM.
that goes to business at 10  o’clock, in his 
Absinthium................5 00©5 50
carriage, and leaves  again  at  4,  cannot
Amygdalae, Dulc.
with reason  expect to be as successful as j Amydalae, Àmarae— 7 25®7 50
stajdlarly situated in 
A nisi............................ 4  90@2 00
his neighbor,  who, 
Amanti  Cortex..........  @8  50
ks  oown to his ware-
other respects,  walks 
Bergami  ................... 2 80@3 W
house at 8 o’clock,  and remains until the 
Cajiputi......................   90@1  00
last  employe goes  at  night.  Not  only 
Caryophylli.......*........  @1  50
C edar..........................  35©  65
does he save the salary of one man, some­
Chenopodii................  @1  ‘5
times a large  salary, too,  but he person­
Cinnamonii.................1 35®1 40
ally sees  that  all  his  employes do their 
Citronella...................  @  ¡2
Conium  Mac..............  35@  65
full duty throughout the  day.  After  a 
Copaiba......................   90@1  06
firm has  attained  sufficient  wealth  and 
Cuhebae...................16 00@16 50
Exechthitos................  90@1  00
business  to  be  independent  of  trade 
Erigeron..........................1  80@1 30
struggles  in  general,  they may perhaps 
Gaultheria.......................2 20@2 30
adopt easy ways of  living,  but  they had 
Geranium,  ounce......   ©  75
best watch closely the younger and newer 
Gossìpi!,  Sem. gal......   50©  75
Hedeoma  ....................1 15@1  25
houses,  who  work  while they rest,  and 
Juniperi......................   50@2 00
will gradually absorb their trade.  There 
Lavendula..................  90@2 00
Limonis............................1  50@1 80
is as much  science  in  commercial  busi­
Mentha Piper................... 2 35@2 40
ness as  any of  the  learned  professions, 
Mentha Verid..................2 50@2 60
and merchants should be close  students.
Morrhuae, gal.............  80®1  00
Myrcia, ounce.............  ©  50
Olive................................ 1 00@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. .35)  10@  12
R icini...............................1  24@1 36
Rosmarini............. 
75@1  00
a run through Vermont writes:
Rosae,  ounce..............   @6 00
Buccini..................  
  40©  45
Sabina........................  90@1  00
of  their  cutaness.  One  town  where I  ________
Santal  ........................3 50@7 00
s t o p p e d  has about 4,500 inhabitants.  One I sassafras...........................  55©
65
of the  selectmen  runs a hardware store,! Sinapis, ess, ounce.
@1 50
and  tw o w eeks  previous  his dog  was  bit-  Thym e........................  40©  50
ten by a neighbor’s dog. 
opt  ...............  @  ®
enough m atter,  b u t see  w hat  happened:  Theobromas...............  15©  20
First,  he had the  neighbor’s  dog  killed;  Bi Carb  p0,,A89IlI,I•  15@  18
then he raised  the  cry  that the dog had  Bichromate l!."!.’
13©  14
been  mad  and  had  bitten  other  dogs.  Bromide.....................  37©  40

A correspondent who has recently taken 

The natives of Vermont have lost none

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... 
It was  a  small 

An  Bye  to  Business.

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TINCTURES.

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Aconitum Napellis R ..........  60
F ..........  50
Aloes......................................   60
and myrrh..................  60
A rnica...................................   50
Asafoetida.............................  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
Cinchona................; ..........   50
Co..........................   60
Columba..............................   50
Conium................................  50
Cubeba.................................   50
D igitalis..............................   50
Ergot....................................   50
Gentian................................  50
Co.............................  60
G uaica.................................   50
arnmon.....................  60
Zingiber..............................   50
Hyoscyamus........................  50
Iodine...................................  75
Colorless...................  75
Ferri  Chloridum.................   35
K ino.....................................  50
Lobelia.................................   50
Myrrh...................................  50
Nux  Vomica........................  50
O pii......................................   85
“  Camphorated................  50
“  Deodor......................... 2 00
Auranti Cortex.....................  50
Quassia................................  50
R hatany..............................   50
Rhei......................................   50
Cassia  Acutifol...................   50
Co...............  50
Serpentaria.........................   50
Stromonium.........................   60
Tolutan................................  60
V alerian.................  
.......  50
Veratrum Veride.................   50

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A2ther, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  26©  28
“ “  4 F ..  30©  32
Alumen........................2)4® 3H
ground,  (po.
3©  4
7).............................. 
Annatto.......................   55©  60
4©  5
Antimoni, po............... 
et Potass T.  55©  60

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DIAMOND  TEH

CURES

L i v e r  a n d  

K id n e y  'T r o u b le s  
B lo o d  D i s e a s e s  

C o n s tip a tio n

H A Z E L T IN E

&  P E R K IN S  

D R U G CO.

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

- D R U G S - - -

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.

Dealers in

Patent MediGines, Paints,  Oils, Varnishes.

Sole  Agents  for  the  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

We  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY.

We bave in stock and offer a full line of

W h isk ies,  Brandies,

Gins,  W in es,  R um s.

W© are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W. D. & Go. 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

Whisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  Whisky.

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

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

$ 

toltine i Perkins  Drilg  Go.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

“ 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

“ 

“ 

C. C o.......................2 65©2 90
©  40
©  10 
28©  30
© 2  00
@ 2  00 
@1  00

Moschus  Canton
Myristica,  No. 1..........  60@
Nux Vomica,  (po 20)..
Os.  Sepia.....................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co.............................
Picis  Liq, N.  C., 34 gal
doz  ..........................
Picis Liq., q u arts......
pints..........  ©
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  ®
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  ®
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @
Pix  Burgun................  @
Plumbi A cet..............   14@
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.. 1  10®1 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......   @1
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  35©
8@
Quassiae..................... 
Quinia, S. P. & W ......   42©
S.  German__   33©
Rnbia  Tinctorum......   12©
Saccharum Lactls pv..  @
Salacin........................2 25@2
Sanguis  Draconis
40©
Santonine  ........
@4
12©
Sapo,  W.............
s   M..............
8©©
“  G..............
50
Seidlitz  Mixture
Sinapis...............
“  opt...................   ®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes........................  ®  35
©11©
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  ©  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 12}.  , 
ll®   12 
30©2© 2)4
Soda  et Potass Tart...  30©  33
Soda Carb...................
4©  5
Soda,  Bi-Carb.............
Soda,  Ash...................
3©  4
Soda, Sulphas.............
©  2 
50©  55 
Spts. Ether C o...........
“  Myrcia  Dom......
© 2  00 
©2 50
“  Myrcia Imp........
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl
©2 15
2 05).........................
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subl.............234© 334
“  Roll..............   2)4® 3
Tamarinds....................   8© 10
Terebenth Venice......   28©  30
Theobromae..............   50©  55
Vanilla...................... 9 00@16 00
7®  8
Zinci  Sulph................... 
.  Bbl.  Gal
Whale, winter...........   70 
70
Lard,  extra................  55 
60
56
Lard, No.  1................  45 
61
Linseed, pure raw __  58 
Lindseed,  b o iled __   61 
64
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................   50 
69
58
Spirits Turpentine—   53 
bbi.  lb.
Red  Venetian..............134  2@3
Ochre, vellow  Mars__134  2@4
“ 
Ber........114  2@3
Putty,  commercial__ 234  2%@3
“  strictly  pure...... 234  234@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ........................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English—  
70@75
Green,  Peninsular......  
70@75
Lead,  red...
“  white 
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1  00 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
c l i f f ........................  
140
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20®1  4 
Swiss  Villas Prepared 
•Paints....................... 1  00@1 20

paints. 

OILS.

“ 

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach........1  10@1 20
Extra Turp.................1  60©1 70
Coach  Body................ 2 75©3 00
No. 1 Turp  Fura......... 1  00@1 10
EutraTurk D am ar....l  55@1 60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turn  ........................  70©  75

they had laughed over it, the  story  went 
around the car.
“Finally, a man who did not look  a bit 
like  me  came  to  me  and  said  that he 
guessed  that  he  was  the  man  that the 
conductor was after,  as he  had  occupied 
my  seat  and  had  a  bad  dollar  in  his 
clothes.  It was missing, and he supposed 
he might have  given it to the conductor. 
He offered to  keep  quiet  about the mat­
ter,  and  gave  me a good dollar  for  the 
bad  one.  When  the  conductor  came 
scowling  through  the  car  again, he got 
the  grand  laugh,  but  he  did not know 
what it was  about.  Somebody  gave  the 
snap  away later on, and as I got  off  the 
train  at  my  destination,  the conductor 
approached  me  on  the  platform  and 
wanted me to pay my fare. 
I laughed at 
him,  and told him that he wouldn’t get a 
cent, because he had called me a liar and 
made a hog  of  himself  generally.  He 
threatened  to  have  me  arrested,  but 
couldn’t find an officer.  Finally he shook 
his fist  in  my  face  and  jumped  on the 
train, amid  the  jeers  of  the drummers, 
who had their heads out of  the windows 
of the car.”

Fires  resulting  from  burning  oil  are 
inextinguishable  with  water,  but  may 
readily be smothered  by  throwing  flour 
upon the burning oil. 
If  clothing is set 
on fire by spilling oil or by  the  bursting 
of a lamp,  a handful of  flour thrown im 
mediately  may be the means of  quench 
ing the flames and saving  life.

’R O U L #
< T "

AH 0   J f *

P lu m b in g ,

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  FUlton  81., Hoad of  Monroe,

Telephone  No. 147.
21  Seriliner  Street,
Telephone No. 1109.»

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MIOH.

BE SURE,

MY  FRIEND,

TO GET

The Michigan Tradesman

EVERY  INCH  A  MAN.

She sat on the porch In the sunshine 
As I went  down the street—
A woman whose hair was silver.
But whose face was a blossom sweet,
Making me think of a garden.
When, in spite of the frost and  snow 
Of bleak November weather,
Late, fragrant lilies  blow.
I  heard a footstep behind me,
And the sound of a merry laugh,
And I knew the heart it came  from 
Would be like a comforting staff 
In the time and the hour of trouble,
Hopeful and brave and strong—
One of the hearts to lean on.
When we think all things go wrong.
I  turned at the click of the gate latch,
And met his manly look;
A face like this gives me pleasure,
Like the page of a pleasant book.
I t  told of a steadfast purpose,
Of a brave and daring will,
A face with a promise in it 
That God grant the years fulfill.
H e went up the  pathway singing,
I saw the woman’s eyes 
Grow bright with a wordless  welcome,
As sunshine warms the skies.
“ Back again, sweetheart mother,"
He cried and ben1  to kiss 
The loving face that was lifted 
For what some moi hers miss.
That bov will do to d  pend on:
From lads in love with their mothers 
E arth’s grandest hearts have been  loving hearts 
And the boy who kisses his  moth  r 

I hold'that this is  true—
Our bravest heroes grew.
Since time and earth began:
Is everv inch a man.

•

.

How Wooley Met His Match.

I  started  out  from  the  hotel  at  Kal­
amazoo a few weeks ago in company with 
Wooley.  He had  eaten  a  pretty hearty 
dinner, and, as soon  as we  were clear of 
the town, he observed :

“You  never saw  me  fight, of  course 
but I will soon give  you an exhibition of 
what 1 can do. 
I feel in the mood to-day 
and I’m going to  lick the  first man I can 
pick a fuss with.”

“I wouldn’t  get  into  any  trouble.” 

suggested.

“Oh,  there  won’t be any trouble about 
it. 
I’ll bring it  around so as to have the 
other man begin  it,  and then  I’ll polish 
!bim off  and drive on.”

About two miles  out we  met a  young 
farmer driving into  town with  a wagon- 
box full of  corn.  He gave more than half 
the road, but AVooley pulled up, gave me 
a  nudge,  and exclaimed :

“Young  man, do you want  to run over 

as?”

“No, sir.”
“You act as  if  you  did. 

It is evident 
that you think  yourself  very  smart,  but 
you’ll meet a man some day  who’ll teach 
you a lesson.”

“How ?”
“By giving you a  licking.”
“Perhaps you want to try it?”
“What!  Don’t  you  talk  that  way  to 
m e!”  shouted  Wooley, as he nudged  me 
to signify that the leaven  was working.

“If you do, just come down here,” con­
tinued the young man, as he climbed over 
the wheel.

“I think  I will,” replied Wooley.  “I’m 
a peaceful  man,  and  I  don’t  believe  in 
force,  but  in this case I  regard it as  my 
duty to teach you  a great moral lesson.” 
He handed me the lines, jumped down, 
and squared  off,  and  I  don’t  believe  it 
was  two  minutes  before  he  lay  in  the 
May weeds in the ditch licked to insensi­
bility.  The young  fellow  knocked  him 
out with the very first blow, and then sat 
down and hammered  him  blind.  When 
he let up he nodded to  me, climbed upon 
the corn, and as far  back  as  I could see 
him he never looked back.  I worked over 
Wooley a quarter  of  an  hour  to  revive 
him,  and another quarter to  get him into 
the buggy, and it  was only as I drove on 
that  he  rallied  enough  to  dreamily  in­
quire :

“ W ill  you  please tell  me  w h eth er I  am 
selling lightning-rods or  w ind-m ills,  and 
w h a t my nam e is?”  

N emo.

The  Drummer  Never Gets Left.
“I want  to  observe,”  said a drummer 
last week,  “that  while  railroad  conduc­
tors are gentlemanly  and  right good fel­
lows  every  way,  there are some in  this 
country who never should have been pro­
moted from running a cattle  train.  The 
worst case I ever struck was out in Ohio.
I got on a train at Tiffin some  years  ago 
and discovered  almost  immediately that j 
I had lost my ticket. 
I hated to give up 
the three-fifty that it would cost to reach 
my  destination,  and.  as I was searching 
my  pockets  for the fifth time, I saw  the 
conductor  coming  along  with fire in his 
eye.  He singled me out and  pounced  on 
me. 
‘Here,’ he said, holding out  a  lead 
dollar,  ‘I  want  you  to  give another for 
that.’

“ ‘What for?’  I asked.
“ ‘Cause it’s bad,’ he said.
“ ‘But I have nothing  to  do with it,’ I 
said,  ‘I  haven’t  given  you  any  money 
yet.’

“ ‘Yes, you did,’ he said, angrily.
“ ‘But, I tell you I didn’t. 
I got on at 
Tiffin,’ I replied.
“ ‘See here, now.  You can’t play  me 
for no sucker.  You  got on at Watson’s 
and paid me five  dollars,  and this here is 
one of them.  Hanged if I don’t  believe 
you knew it, too.  Now,  if you don’t set­
tle quick, I’ll have you  locked  up.’  He 
was  talking  loudly  and  the  whole  car 
load was attracted to us. 
I was going to 
fight  it  out  with  him,  when I thought 
that the best thing I could do was to give 
him another dollar and ride out  the  five 
dollar’s  worth  that  somebody  else  had 
paid.  I still protested that I did not give 
him  the  dollar,  but  finally  took it and 
gave him a good one for it.  Then I tackled 
Kim for a hat slip,  and  he  said  he  had 
given me one. 
I denied it, and he finally 
gave me the yellow slip,  which shows on 
Western  roads  that a man has  paid  his 
ticket  taken  up  or 
fare  or  had  his 
punched.  Then I felt that I was in two 
or three  dollars. 
I explained the situa­
tion to two or three drummers;  and after

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

The furniture factories  here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  mill  culls 
out:
Basswood, log-run................................... 13 00@15 00
Birch,  log-run...........................................15 00@16 00
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2..............................  @22 00
Black Ash, log-run................................... 14 00@16 00
Cherry, log-run......................................... 25 00@40 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2................................60 00@65 00
Cherry, Cull.........................................   @12 00
Maple, log-run......................................... 12 00@13 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(8)32 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.................   @25 00
Walnut, log ru n...................................  @55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2...........................  @75 00
Walnuts, cull 
.....................................  @25  00
Grey Elm, log-run.....................................12 60@13 05
White Aso, log-run................................... 14 00@16 00
Whitewood, log-run..................................20 00@22 00
White Oak, log-run................................... 17 00@18 00
White Oak, % sawed. Nos. 1 and 2__ 42 00@43 00

WA.NTEU.

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A R L   BROS.,
157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO, 

Co m m issio n  M e r c h a n t s
deference:  F i r s t   N a t i o n a l   B a n k ,  Ohicago, 
M i c h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n . Grand Rapids.

FOURTH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A   J .   B o w n e ,  P r e s id e n t.

G e o .  C.  P i e r c e ,  Vice President.

H .  W.  N a s h ,  Cashier
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general  banking business.

4ake a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

Manufacturer of

F .  R a n iv ille ,
LEATHER  BELTING
Rubber Goods and fiill Supplies,

JO B B E R   OP

1  to  5  Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  R AP ID S,

MICH.

TIME  TABLES.
G ra n d   R a p id s  & In d ia n a .

In  effect Oct. 6,1889.
TRA INS  G O IN G   N O RT H .

Traverse C ity A  M ackinaw................ 7:00 a m
Traverse  City  Express........................9:30 a m
Traverse  City A  M ackinaw.................3:05 p m
From  C incinnati....................................8:45 p m

Arrive.

GOING  80UTH.
Cincinnati  Express....................... .
F o rt W ayne Express.........................11:45 a  m
C incinnati  Express...........................6:30 p m
Kalam azoo and Chicago..................10:40 p m

7:00 a  m 
12:45 a  m 
6:00 pm 
11:05 p m
Train leaving fo r C incinnati a t 6 p.  m.  and  a rriv in g  
from   C incinnati  a t  7 p.  m.,  runs  daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  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  has ch air car and 
6 p. m. tra in  P ullm an sleeping car fo r Cincinnati; 11:05 
p. m. tra in  h as W agner sleeping c a r fo r Chicago.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. 

Arrive.
Leave 
16 a m 
7 00 a m ........................................................................10
11:15 a m .......................................................................  3
45 p m  
5:40 p m ..............................................................  
8
45 p m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge street  depot 7 m inutes later, 

C. L. L o c k w o o d , Gen'l Pass. Agent.
D etro it,  G ran d  H a v e n  & M ilw au k ee.

 

GOING WEST.

Leaves. 
1:00 p m 
4:20 p m

Arrives.
tM ornlng Express. / . .......................12:50 p m
fThrongn Mail.....................................4:10 p m
tG rand Rapids  Express...................10:40  p m
•N ight Express....................................6:40 a m
fMixed.................................................
GOING EAST.
tD etroit  Express..............................
tT hrough Mail................................... 10:10 a  m
tEvening Express.......................................3:35 p m
•N ight Express................................. 10:30 p m

6:50 a  m 
10:20 a m 
3:45 p m 
10:55 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  *Daily.
D etroit  Express  has p arlo r  c a r  to D etroit,  m aking 
direct connections fo r all points  E ast, arriv in g  in New 
York 10:10 a. m. nex t day.
Q rand  Rapids  express  has  p a rlo r  c a r  D etroit  to 
Grand  Rapids.  N ight  express  has  W agner  sleeping 
car to D etroit, arriv in g  in D etroit a t 7:20 a.  m.
steam ship 
sleeping 
tick ets 
a t 
B., G. H. A  M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and a t th e depot.
J a 8. C a m p b e l l , Citv P assenger Agent. 

tick ets  and  ocean 

Through  railro ad  

secured 

berths 

J no. W. Loud, Traffic M anager, Detroit.

and 

c a r 

T oledo,  A nn  A rb o r  &  N o rth e rn .

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  promi­
nent points on connecting lines.

A. J. P a is l e y , Gen’l Pass. Agent

G r a n d   R a p id s ,  M i c h t

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  IN

RoadL o g g i n g

Delivery

Pleasure

6H8.

SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE.

Job  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.  Sample 
and prices sent on applica 
tion.

We carry a complete line 
of  stationery,  papers—in 
fact all kinds  of  printers 
stock. 
Send  sample  of 
what you want.

Fuller ÄStowe 

Company

100 Louis St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS

IB

E.  J.  DETTENTHÆEER,

BRANDI

JOBBER  OF

Oysters

-AND-Salt Fish.

Mail Orders Receive Prompt  Attention.  See  Quotations  in Another  Column

O R D E R .

Novelties  in  Perfumery, *

Comprising many  New Shapes  in  Bottles, Brass Stands, China Stands,

Glass  Stands, Wicker  Stands, from

Jennings  &  Sm ith, *

G r a n d  R a p id s ,  M ich *

ALL  ORDERS  FILLED  PROMPTLY.
WHO  URGES  YOU

TO  h-TITBP

T R IE   RTTIBILjI O !

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.  Without 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.

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.,

Gradier  Manufacturers,

3 7 ,  3 9   a n d   41  K .ent  St.,  G ran d   H a p id s.

BROWN  &  SEHEER,

Engines,  Boilers  aid  Mill  Machinery,  Farm Machinery

Agricultural  Implements, Wagons and Carriages.

DEALERS  IN

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»

CONSIGNMENTS  OF ALL  KINDS  OF  WILD  GAME  SOLICITED.

Ionia P a n ts & O v erall Co

E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Pants,  Overalls,  Goats,  Jaekets,  Shirts,  Ete.

Warranted  Not to Rip.

Fit  Guaranteed.

Workmanship  Perfect.

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.

A Common 

Idea.

Two Years A
Test.  ^

E.  G.  8TUDLEY,
Rubber

Wholesale  Dealer in

Boots and Shoes

Manufactured by

GANDER RUBBER  GO.

Send  for  Large  Illustrated  Catalogue fand 

Price List.

TELEPHONE  464.

I   -o^-

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

to Combination Here.

It  is  h a r d ly   n e c e s s a r y   for  u s  to 
in fo r m   th e   tr a d e   th a t  w e   d o  n o t  b e lo n g  
to  th e  W h o le s a le  G r o c e r s’ C o m b in a tio n  
a n d   th a t  w e   d o  n o t  s e ll  g o o d s  a t  c o m ­
b in a tio n   p r ic es.

Telfer  Spice  C om pany,
Rindge,  lie riseli  &  Co.,

1  AND  3  PEARL  STREET.

MICHIGAN  AGENTS  FOR  THE

No.  4  Monroe  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

CURTISS  &  CO.,

WHOLESALE

Paper  Warehouse.

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

ever made.

B O S T O N   R U B B E R   S H O E   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.

THE  ELOPEMENT

after the painting by Kaemmerer,  issned  by  G0W. 
ANS  &  STOVER,  Buffalo,  N,  Y.,  at  a  cost  o 
over  5,000  dollars,  a  copy of which  they  send  fra 
to  any  address  on  receipt  of  25  wrappers  from 

thef]AK=|EAF S o ap
w

■H

* « 3M 0 u
1
A P rut-------- 1
M
Every  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.

Uilta, Attention

We are making  a  Middlings 
Purifier and Flour Dresser that 
will save you their cost at least 
three times each year.
They  are  guaranteed  to  do 
more  work in less  space (with 
less  power  and  less  waste) 
than  any  other  machines  of 
their  class.
Send  for  descriptive  cata­
logue with testimonials.
Martin’s  M iiling  Purifier  Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

FLOUR

Leave. 
7:20 a  m 
11:30 a  m 
4:10 p m

Owl, Grown Prince, White Lily, 

Standard, Rye, Graham.

B o lted  M ea l,

F e ed ,  E tc.

M AIL  ORDERS  SOLICITED.

HEWRYGO  ROLLER  MILLS.

S o m e th in g   N e w

Bill Snort

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.

Gliarleiioix  Giyar  MTy  Go.,

■  CHARLEVOIX,  MICH.

