VOL-  7.
(la p   Goffßß  Roaster,

The Best in the World.

Having on hand a large  stock of No.  1 
Roasters—capacity  35  lbs.—1  will  sell 
them  at  very  low  prices.  Write  for
Special Discount.

48-50  Long  St.,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO.

ROBT.  S.  WEST,
Eaton,  Lyon  X  Go.,
Alims, Dressing  Cases, Boots
F a n c y

A nd a com plete lin e of

JO B B E R S   O F

H oliday

Goods.

EATON.  LYON  &  00.,
20  St  22  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids.
Wna•  Brtimmeler
Tinware,  Glassware  and  Notions.

JO B B E R   O F

S ags,  R ubbers  an d   M etals  bought  a t  M arket 

Prices.

76  SPRING  ST., GRAND  RAPIDS. 

WB  CAN  UNDERSELL  ANT  ONE  ON  TINWARE.

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.

Charlevoix  Cigar  MTg  Co.,

CHARLEVOIX,  MICH.
Daniel  G.  Garnsey, 

EXPERT  ACCOUNTANT
Adjuster  of  Fire  Losses.
Twenty Tears Experience.  References furnished 
94  Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

if  desired.

AND

7oigt, HerpoMeiier & Go.
D r y   G oods

Im porters an d  Jobbers of

STAPLE  an d   FANCY.

O v e r a lls,  P a n ts ,  E tc.,

OUR  OWN  MAKE.

A  COMPLETE  LINE  OF

PanGy  Crockery  and

Fancy Woodenware

OUR  OWN  IM PORTATION.

Inspection  Solicited.  Chicago  and  De­

troit  prices  guaranteed.

(Jilskepn  Paper  Go„

D ealers in

FINE  STATIONERY,  WRAPPING 

PAPERS, PAPER BAGS, TWINES, 

WOODEN  DISHES,  ETC.

Mail  Orders  Promptly  Filled.

44 Pine St.,  Muskegon, Mich.

Gook 
It Bergthold,
SHOW  GASES.

M A N U FA C T U R E R S  O F

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any competitor.  Write for cata­
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106 K ent St.,  -  Grand Rapids, Misli.

T h e   M ost  C e leb ra ted   C ig a r  in   A m e r ic a

“  B E N   H U R . ”

S B

B ET TER   THAN  EV ER . 

EX Q U ISITE  AROMA. 

DELICIOUS  QUALITY.

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10c  each,  three for 25c.

GEO. MOEBS  &  00.,  M anufacturers, 92  W oodward  Avenue, Detroit.

LIQUOR i  POISON  RECORD
B e st o n  th e  M a rk et.
i  uvnwu  non  1001"«*« st.,
.  A.  O l U n E   a   DKU.f GRAND RAPIDS

A cknow ledged to be th e

COMBINED.

E

A l l e n  D u r f e e .

A . D .  L ea v en w o r t h.

A lle n   D u rfee  &  Co.,
FUNERAL  DIRECTORS,

103 Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids.

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMflfi
Watch JUaker

Sas Jewßlßr,
Grand Rapids,  -  JVIißli,

44  CÄNÄL  ST..

(=)

'W a r r e n ’s

“Elixir  of  Life”

C igar

Will be ready Sept.  1.

Price, $55 delivered.

Send orders at once to
GEO. Y.WÄRREN  It  GO., Flint, Wich.

Fine  Millinery!

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL.

Bought Direct from Importers 

and  Manufacturers.

A d a m s   &  Co.,

90  Monroe  St,,  Opposite  Morton  Bouse.

Cherryman  &  Bowen,

Undertakers  and  Hmbalmers,

IM M ED IA TE  A TT EN T IO N  G IV E N  TO CALLS D A T  O B  N IG H T .

Telephone  1000. 

5  South  Division St.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

L ady assistan t  w hen  desired.

W n n t  M i p h i rion  BUSINESS  U N IV ERSITY
n e a t   J n lG n llja ll  a n d  n o r m a l  s c h o o l .
(Originally Lean’s Business College—Est’blished 8 y ’rs.)
A  thoroughly  equipped,  perm anently  estab­
lished and pleasantly lo c ated  College.  T he class 
room s have been  especially  designed in  accord­
ance w ith  th e latest approved plans.  T he facu lty  
is com posed of th e m ost com petent an d  practical 
teachers.  S tudents g rad u atin g  from   tin s  In sti­
tu tio n  MUST be efficient a n d  PRACTICAL.  T he 
best o f references  fu rn ish ed   upon  application. 
O ur N orm al D epartm ent is in  charge  o f  experi­
enced teachers of established reputation.  Satis­
factory  boarding  places  secured  fo r  all  w ho 
apply to us.  Do not go  elsew here  w ith o u t  first 
personally  interview ing  or  w ritin g   u s  for fu ll 
particulars. 
Investigate  an d   decide  fo r  your 
selves.  S tudents m ay en ter a t any tim e.  A ddress 
W est M ichigan B usiness U niversity an d  N orm al 
School,  19, 21, 23, 25 an d   27  S outh  D ivision  St., 
G rand R apids, M ich.

J .  U. L e a n , 

P rincipal. 

A. E . Y e r e x ,
Sec’y an d  Treas.

K .  

K N U n S O N ,

M ERCHANT  TAILOR

And  Dealer in

G ents’ Furnishing Goods.
F in e  stock o f W oolen  S uitings  an d   O vercoat­
ings, w hich I w ill nfake to order cheaper th a n  any 
P erfect fit guaranteed. 
other house in th e city. 

20 West Bridge St..  Grand Rapids.

B u s i n e s s   P r a c t i c e
|  I p - n o  
m  a n  +  a t  th e   G rand R apids 
J- ' c F a l   lI X lC ilL   B usiness College. E d ­
ucates pupils to tra n sa ct an d   record  business as 
it is done b y  o u r best  business  houses. 
I t  pays 
to go to  th e   best.  S horthand  an d   T ypew riting 
also thoroughly- taught.  Send fo r circular.  A d 
dress A .  S. PARISH, successor to  C. G. Swens 
berg.

F.fl. WilriMrg X  Go.,

Exclusive  Jobbers of

DRY  GOODS. HOSIERY,

NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR,

19  A  31  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH

A p p le s ,

P o ta to e s ,

O n io n s.

FO R  PRICKS,  W R IT E  TO

BÄRNETT  BROS, W holesale  Dealers, 

CHICAGO.

M anufacturer  of

F .  R a n iv ille ,
LEATHER  BELTING
RiiLber Goods and Mill Supplies.

JO B B E R   O F

1  to  5  Pearl  Street,

: 

GRAND  RAPIDS. 
MICH.
A .D . Spangler & Co
FRUITS shd PRODUCE

W HOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

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.

(Formerly Shriver,  H eatherly & Co.)

CO N TRACTORS  f o r

Galuanixßd Iron  Gornicß,

Plumbing Ä Heating Work.
Pumps,  Pipes,  Etc.,  Mantels 

and  Grates.

Weatherly  &  Pulte,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

- 

MICH.

(Successors to Steele & Gardner.) 

Fehsenfeld  &  Grammel,
B R O O M S !

M anufacturers of

W hisks,  Toy  Broom s, Broom  Corn, Broom 
H andles, an d  all K inds  o f  Broom  M aterials. 
10 and 12 Plainfield  Ave.,  Grand  Rapids.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER  27,  1889.

NO. 323.

THE  LOSER’S * GAIN.

I sold my lan d  to one w ho h ad  
H e paid for it in   prom ises 

No ready cat-h. It seem ed ;
T h a t nev er w ere redeem ed.

I w en t to court, h o t a fte r years 
My farm  to law yers w ent, for fees, 

O f struggle, all in  vain,
A nd th e re it w ill rem ain.

I gave my friend- h ip  to  a m an 
W ho v ith  d eceit rei aid
My every act o f friendliness,
A nd every tru s t  be  rayed.

To crow n his deeds of infam y 
H is a rt to w in from  m e th e lass 

T his heartless tra ito r plied
W ho w as to be my  bride.

He gained th e prize—a term agant 
A nd th e re's to d ay no m an on ea rth  

She soon  w as f> u n d  to  .  e:
M ore ju stly  scourged th a n  he.
Now I’ve no farm  to w orry me,
No w ealth  to bring m e sti ife ;
A nd  better still, no faith less friend,
A nd best, no scolding w ife.

I'v e lost m uch precious tim e, 'tis  tr u e ;
To ponder how  a m an m ay lose 

Y et tim e is le ft to m e
A nd still  a g ain er be.

F or he th a t haply w isdom  gains 
Is not a loser, b u t, in  tru th ,

In  losing all n is  stor<,
Is ric h er th a n  before.

Ga th  B r itt l e.

CONFEDERATE  GOLD.
A   T h a n k sg iv in g -  S t o r y .

Mr. James Kendall, of  the  law  firm of 
Kendall & Morris, sat at his desk  on  the 
second morning after Thanksgiving Day, 
confronted l«y a pile of  letters.
“Fifty-three !”  he  exclaimed,  despair­
ingly,  “representing  every  variety  of 
feminine handwriting  and  every type of 
female  character.  Most  of  them, 1 sup­
pose, contain pitiful tales of  want.  Why 
can’t  people  present 
their  business 
qualifications without  appealing to one’s 
sympathies ?  Now, here’s the first one,” 
hastily  running  over  a  closely-written 
sheet.  “The  writer  doesn’t understand 
short-hand,  but will undertake to qualify 
herself  in  four  weeks  if,  meanwhile, I 
will  give her some copying to do.  Has a 
widowed brother-in-law and  three  small 
nieces  to  support.  Better  marry  the 
brother-in-law,”  he  commented  vindict­
ively,  “and let him  support her.  Here’s 
another:  'Dear  Sir—I am  the  daughter 
of  wealthy parents,  but  desire  to  be in­
dependent.’  No  more of  that!”  tossing 
it in the  waste  basket.  “Say, Morris !” 
he  cried,  looking  up  hopelessly  at  his 
partner,  “what’s  to  be  done?  I  can’t 
possibly wade through all  this.”
The other  laughed  unsympathetically. 
“Well,”  he  said,  “you  would adver­
Kendall groaned.
“It’s  a  frightful  penalty,”  he  said, 
“and  there’ll  probably be as many more 
by the next mail.”
“Well,”  said his partner,  “read  on  un­
til  you  come  to  a good  one;  then  send 
for her before  you go any  further.  Most 
likely she’ll suit.”
Kendall read on  as he was  advised,  in­
terjecting comments that were not always 
complimentary,  and dropping  one  letter 
after another in the  basket.  Finally,  he 
came to one that seemed to demand more 
careful attention.  He read it twice,  then 
spread it out in front of him and brushed 
the others away.

tise.”

signs  herself 

“I think this will do,”  he said.
“Who  is  it?”  asked  his  partner. 
“What does it say ?”
“She 
‘Alice  Harts- 
horne,’ ”  replied  Kendall,  “and  it’s re­
freshingly  brief  after  the  autobiogra­
phies  I’ve  been  through.  I’ll  send for 
her,  at anj  rate.”
Morris rose,  preparatory to leaving the 
room.
“Well,”  he  said,  “I  hope,  for  your 
sake,  she won’t turn out an antique.” 
“Oh!  I don’t care if  she’s a hundred,” 
declared  Kendall,  “so  long  as  she  can 
write short-hand.”
He  was  not  displeased,  however,  the 
following  morning,  when  Miss  Harts- 
horne  was  ushered  in,  to find  that  she 
was  young  and  prepossessing.  Indeed, 
she was  decidedly pretty,  and  her  voice 
when she spoke  impressed  him as agree­
ably as her face.
“Have  you  ever  had  any  experience 
as a stenographer ?”  he asked.
“Not in office work,”  she  replied. 
,,1 
have taken sermons and lectures.”
He  pointed to a chair.
“Sit  down,” he  said,  “and I will  give 
you some dictation.”
She sat down,  took off  her  gloves  and 
wrote  rapidly  while he dictated  several 
letters.
“That  will  do,”  he  said  at  length. 
“Can  you read  your notes ?”
She glanced rapidly over the paper. 
“Oh,  yes,  sir,”  she  said;  “I  am  quite 
sure I can do that.”
“Very  well, then,”  he said,  “sit down 
at the desk outside  and  write  them out. 
The  clerk  there  will  give  you pen and 
paper.”
“I  can  use  the type-writer,”  she vol­
unteered,  “if  you wish  them  done  with 
that.”
Kendall began to feel  that  he  had  an 
acquisition.
“A h!”  he exclaimed,  “can  you ?  That 
is so much the better.  By all  means, use 
the  type-writer.”
In half  an hour  she  brought him back 
the 
letters  neatly  and  correctly  tran­
scribed.
“That  is  very  satisfactory,”  Kendall 
said,  when  he  had  looked  them  over. 
“Do  you live in New York,  Miss  Harts- 
horne ?”
“Yes,  sir,”  she  replied;  “I  live with 
my father.  He is out of  employment at 
present.”

“And can  you come to-morrow ?”
“I can stay now,  sir,  if  you want me.” 
“Oh,  to-morrow  will  do—”  He  hes­
itated  for a moment.  “As to salary,  we 
pay about $10 a week at the start.  Would 
that be satisfactory ?”

Miss Hartshorne inclined her head. 
“Quite  satisfactory, sir,” she said. 
“That is all then, at present.  Yon had 
better  be  here  to-morrow  about  nine 
o’clock.”

“Oh!”  he  exclaimed, 

She  bowed  and  left  the  room,  while 
Kendall’s partner entered  from  another 
door.
catching  a 
glimpse of  the departing visitor,  “a lady 
client?”
“Our  new  stenographer,”  explained 
Kendall.  “I think she’s a prize.”
Morris laughed.
“You’ll have a row with  her  inside of 
six  months,”  he  said.  “I  never  knew 
you to get along with a woman  yet.”

A frown gathered on Kendall’s face. 
“My  relations  to  her  will  be  purely 
official,”  he  said. 
“There  will  be  no 
occasion for a disagreement.”
“Oh,  you’ll  get  interested 
in  her,” 
“You’re  too  sym­
prophesied  Morris. 
pathetic.  You  can’t  help it.  And then 
you’ll  make  her  mad.  You  can’t  help 
that, either.  You’re too brutally frank.” 
Kendall  never  allowed  himself  to  be 
angry with his partner.
' 
“Well,  I  believe  she  is  a  prize,” he 
insisted.
And,  notwithstanding the  other’s fore­
warnings,  he looked forward  with  some 
expectancy to her advent on the morrow. 

* 

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Mr.  Hartshorne’s fortune  was securely 
invested—so  securely,  indeed,  that  he 
had  not  been  able to realize a cent of  it 
for  fifteen  years.  His  daughter,  who 
had been a little child  when he made his 
investments, did not believe  that he ever 
would realize upon them;  but Mr.  Harts­
horne  himself  was  more  sanguine,  and 
looked  confidently  forward  to  the  day 
when he would  eollect,  if  not the whole, 
a good part of his original $250,000.  The 
securities which  represented this sum to 
Mr.  Hartshorne, and  which  for so  many 
years  he  had  had  locked  up  in his tin 
box,  were bonds of  the  extinct  Southern 
Confederacy.  There were no more hope­
ful signs  now,  it is true,  than  there  had 
been  at  any  time  of  their  being  paid; 
but he clung to the idea that some day or 
other,  when  there  came a change of par­
ties  in  the  national  administration, the 
United  States  would  assume  the  Con­
federate debt,  or so much of  it,  at  least, 
as  embraced  his  particular loan,  whose 
claims  for  consideration  had  always 
seemed to him peculiarly strong.
With  this  hope  Mr.  Hartshorne  had 
gone  into  every  Presidential  campaign 
since  the  war,  only to  be  disappointed 
when  the  result of  the canvass  was  de­
termined.  This  had  been  his  fate  in 
1868,  1872  and  1876;  and  now,  in 1880, 
when  his  candidate  was  once  more de­
feated,  his  disappointment  was  partic­
ularly keen.  What  made it even  harder 
to bear was the  possible loss of  the posi­
tion which he held in  the  Department of 
Sewers  and  Drainage  in  the New York 
City  government. 
It  was  not  a  very 
lucrative office,  but the salary kept Alice 
and  himself  from  want;  and,  until  the 
bonds should be paid,  he could illy afford 
to lose it.  But the local political  faction 
to which he had linked  his  fortunes  was 
also defeated;  and it  was not improbable 
that  in  the  distribution of  rewards  one 
of  the faithful would  receive  his  place. 
When a fortnight had  gone  by and noth­
ing  was  said  by his  chief,  he  began to 
hope that his well-known devotion to the 
party in  the  past,  and especially during 
the war,  might countervail  this  solitary 
lapse.  But at length the  blow  fell;  and 
as if  the chief  designed  it  for a piece of j 
grim irony,  it descended on the night be­
fore Thanksgiving.
“Circumstances  have  made  it  neces­
sary,”  he  said,  by way of  explanation  to 
his  daughter,  “for  me  to  resign  my 
office. 
inconvenient,  of 
course,  to  be  deprived of  a regular  in­
come,  but I shall have  the  more  time to 
devote to  my larger  interests,  and  there 
is no doubt but  that  eventually we shall 
gain by it.”
Alice understood  her  father,  when he 
spoke of  his  “larger  interests,”  to  refer 
to the bonds,  and listened  with some im­
patience as he expatiated upon  his  hazy 
prospects.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  to  be 
deprived of  the  income  was  not  only a 
little  inconvenient,  but  positively  ruin- 
dus.  They  had  very  little  ahead;  her 
father,  she  feared,  could  not  easily ob­
tain  another  place,  even if  he were dis­
posed  to  look  for it,  and  the burden of 
their  support  seemed  likely  to  fall  on 
her.  She was  not  wholly unprepared to 
meet it,  for she  had  been  taking  short­
hand  lessons  for  some  time,  and  could 
already write with a good deal of facility; 
but how could she  find a position  where 
the  knowledge  would  be of  use to her ? 
She searched the papers the  next  morn­
ing  without  discovering  an  advertise­
ment. 
It was Thanksgiving;  the church 
bells  were  ringing,  and  people  every­
where were preparing  their  savory  din­
ners.  Even Mr.  Hartshorne  had  caught 
the infection of  the  day;  only in  Alice’s 
heart there was  no  thankfulness,  while 
the dinner which she served  was  meager 
and poor.
On  the  day  following,  however,  she 
came  upon  the  “Want”  of  Kendall  & 
Morris  and  answered it, though without 
much  hope  of  being  successful  in  her 
application. 
It  was a  genuine  surprise 
when the letter came  summoning  her to 
appear  in  person  at  their  office;  and 
when  at  length  she  was  elected to the 
position,  her  elation  knew  no  bounds. 
Not even her father’s  severe, displeasure 
could dampen it.
stenographer,  A lice!”  he  ex­
claimed.  “Did I understand  you  to  say 
that  you had become a stenographer ?” 

It  is  a  little 

“A 

Alice was folding up her cloak.
“Yes,  sir,”  she  said,  arranging  the 
garment  with  extra care,  in view of  the 
long  service  which it must  still  render 
her,  “you  did.  I have  accepted a situa­
tion  to-day  in  a  lawyer’s  office  down 
town.”
“And may I ask,” he inquired,  majes­
tically,  “why  you  stoop  to that  menial 
occupation ?”

Alice smiled.
“Simply  because  it  is necessary to do 
something,”  she  said,  “and that is what 
I know best.”

Mr.  Hartshorne frowned.
“You seem to have forgotten,” he said,

“that  you  are  the  daughter of  a South­
ern gentleman.”
“Well,”  said Alice, conclusively, “that 
won’t buy bread and butter.”
This  was  obvious, even to  Mr. Harts­
horne,  and the  subject  was  accordingly 
dropped.  Alice  went  to  her  work  the 
next  day,  and  the  days  that  followed,' 
without  any more  opposition,  and  with 
the greater  satisfaction on her part since 
her father did not succeed in  getting any 
other  position.  His  time  was  so  fully 
occupied,  indeed,  with  correspondence 
relating to his  bonds  that  he could find 
no leisure in which to look for other  and 
more  profitable  employment.  While 
Alice  was  laboring  for  his support and 
her  own,  he  was  engaged  in  devising 
elaborate  schemes  for  the  payment  of 
the  confederate  deb*,  and  urging  his 
plans in long and persuasive letters upon 
various members of  Congress.
In a little while Alice had  learned  the 
details of  her  business.  As she came to 
know her employer, she grew to like him. 
He treated her frankly and  with  consid­
eration,  as.  indeed,  he  treated  all  his 
clerks,  without reminding  her  that  she 
was a woman.  He  was  a  little  distant 
withal,  and  Alice was  secretly afraid of 
him.  That  did  not  prevent  her,  how­
ever,  from doing  her  best  to win his ap­
probation,  which,  as  the  year  went  on, 
she  felt  that  she  was  doing.  She had 
been  about  ten  months  in  her  place, 
when Mr.  Kendall sent for  her  one  day 
to  come  into  his  room  with  her  note­
book.
“Good morning,”  he said,  as she  came 
in,  “will  you take a letter for me ?”
She bowed and took her seat.
“Address it,  if  you  please,”  he  went 
on,  “Israel F.  Josephs,  Esq.,  Barnard’s 
Inn,  Holborn,  London.  Have  you  got 
that ?”

ployer.

“Yes,  sir,”  she replied.
“Then  go  ahead:  My  Dear  Sir—It is 
rumored  here  that  a  large  amount  of 
Confederate gold has remained on deposit 
in  London—whether  in  the  Bank  of 
England or with  some private concern is 
not stated—since  the close of  the war in 
1865,  and that it is applicable to the pay­
ment  of  a certain  issue  of  Confederate 
bonds—■”
Miss  Hartshorne  gave a sudden  start. 
“Eh?  did  you speak?”  asked  her em­
The girl blushed.
“No, sir,”  she said,  “I did not.”
“Oh !  I thought  you did.  Well, go on : 
Confederate  bonds, of  which  one of  our 
clients is a large holder.  Our  client  de­
sires  us  to  inquire  whether  the  rumor 
has  any  foundation  in  fact,  and  if  the 
present speculation in Confederate bonds 
may be accounted for  on  those  grounds. 
Will  you  kindly give  us  the  benefit  of 
your valued opinion,  and advise us,  also, 
if  such a fund exists,  what  steps  should 
be taken  on  behalf  of  the  bondholders 
in  the  English  courts.  Have  you  got 
that,  Miss Hartshorne?”
Alice was  just  taking  down  the  last 
words.
“Yes,  sir,”  she said.
“Well,  then,  write  it  out,  please.  I 
want it to go by to-day’s steamer.”
She rose  from  her  chair,  but hesitated 
before leaving the room.
“Would it be improper forme to ask,” 
she  said,  “what  class  of  Confederate 
bonds  is  believed  to be covered by that 
deposit?”

He looked at her in a little surprise. 
“They are  the issue of  1865,” he said, 
“for  supplies and munitions of  war.  It 
is supposed that the  war  came to an end 
before  the  money  could be spent.  Are 
you  interested 
in  Confederates,  also, 
Miss Hartshorne ?”
“My father has some,” she said, “and I 
think they are of  that issue.”
“Ah, indeed !”  he said.  “Then I hope, 
for  your sake,  there is some  truth in the 
report. 
I will let  you know, Miss Harts­
horne,  what  answer  we  get 
from 
Josephs.”

She bowed her pretty head.
“Thank  you,  sir,”  she  said,  as  she 
opened the  door,  “I shall  be very glad  to 
know.”
All  the  rest  of  the  day  Alice  found 
herself  in a strangely excited state.  For 
the first time in  her life she  began to ex­
perience  the  fascination  of  the  bonds 
and to build air castles upon  the  chance 
of  their  payment.  She  had  never  en­
tertained the  least  faith in  her father’s 
notion that the  United  States  would as­
sume  them;  but  this  idea  of  an  unex­
pended balance, out of  which they might 
be paid,  seemed not at all incredible.  In 
that  case,  what  luxury would  they not 
once more enjoy !  How soon would they 
leave  New  York  and  go  back  to  the 
South,  where  she  had  lived  her  child­
hood and where her mother  was  buried! 
As Alice contemplated this, however, the 
thought of  leaving her business gave her 
a strange pang.  How  much  she  would 
miss  the  regularity  of  her  occupation, 
the  discipline  which  it  afforded  her 
mind,  the education  which  she got from 
Mr.  Kendall’s briefs and correspondence, 
and the charm of  his  conversation !  In­
deed,  when  she  came to think of  it,  she 
did  not  want  to  go  back to the South. 
She would  far  rather  stay in New York 
and enjoy the agreeable society of people 
like Mr.  Kendall.  Alice had never cared 
about  riches,  because  they had  always 
seemed  unattainable.  Now  it appeared 
to herself  that she had  suddenly become 
avaricious  and  as  anxious  about  the 
bonds as her father himself.
She would not, however, tell her father 
anything about the rumor  until it should 
be authenticated;  though when she came 
home that night she found  him more dis­
posed than he had been for some  time to 
talk about their prospective fortunes.
“Perhaps  you have noticed, Alice,”  he 
said,  after a little,  “that  there is  quite a 
speculation  in  London  in  Confederate 
bonds.”
The girl’s  heart  beat  fast, but she did 
not betray any concern.
“Yes,  sir,”  she  said,  quietly,  “I  did 
hear of  it.  How  much  are  they selling 
for ?”

Mr. Hartshorne  waved his hand.

“A  purely  nominal  price,”  he  said; 
“$2  a  thousand,  or  something  of  that 
sort.  But the  fact that they are market­
able at all is very significant.  I shouldn’t 
be  surprised if  they sold  at  par  within 
three months,  but if  I can get eighty-five 
for  mine  I  will  let  them  go  for  that. 
There’s  a  movement  in  them,  Alice; 
something is in the wind.”
Alice  wondered  if  he  had  heard  the 
rumor itself.
“What  do  yon  suppose  it  is?”  she 
murmured.
He  took a little  scrap  of  paper  from 
his pocket and handed it to the girl. 
“Read that,”  he said.
It was  an  advertisement  stating  that 
holders  of  Confederate  bonds,  issue  of 
1865,  for  “supplies  and  munitions  of 
war,”  would  learn of  something to their 
advantage  by addressing  Messrs.  Moses 
& Levy,—Chancery Lane, London.  Alice 
read it with kindling cheeks.

less  concerned. 

“Well?”  she  said  interrogatively.
Her  father’s  voice  dropped  to an im­
pressive whisper.
“I  wrote  to  them  to-day,”  he  said. 
“Those are the  bonds  which I hold.  In 
a month we shall  know  whether  we  are 
to be rich once more.”
During that month Mr. Hartshorne was 
in a fever  of  anxiety,  while  Alice  her­
self  was  scarcely 
In 
her case the suspense was  the  more try­
ing,  since  she  had  never  had to bear it 
before.  It did not seem, indeed, that she 
could  wait  for  an  answer either to Mr. 
Kendall’s  letter  or  her  father’s;  and 
though she did not neglect her work,  her 
mind  was  in a tumult  of  unrest  which 
Mr.  Kendall  was  not  slow in observing.
“You are worrying about  something,’ 
he said one day.  “What  is it ?”
The girl blushed.
“It  isn’t  anything,”  she  said,  hur­
riedly.  “Is my work unsatisfactory,  Mr. 
Kendall ?”

His forehead contracted.
“No,”  he  said,  abruptly,  “it is never 
unsatisfactory.  But  your  mind  is  not 
always on it.”
tapped  her  pencil  nervously 
against the table, while  her  eyes  had in 
them a far-off,  anxious look.
“That  is  true,”  she  murmured.  “I 
will try and do better,  Mr. Kendall.”
He  got  up  from  his  chair  and  came 
over to where she was sitting.
“I do not want  you  to do any better 1” 
he exclaimed.  “What  you do  is  always 
right.  But  I  would  like  to  save  yon 
anxiety.”

She 

She lifted her eyes gratefully to his. 
“A h!”  she  said,  “you  are  very kind. 
But  this  is  not  anxiety—it is only sus­
pense.  And I am  afraid  the  object  is 
not a very worthy one.  By-and-by I will 
tell  you about it.  Shall I go now?”  she 
asked,  remembering  that  her  work was 
done.
He nodded and  went  back to his desk, 
while Alice left the room.  The suspense 
was  not  lessened by what  he  had  said, 
but it was made easier to bear,  and Alice 
possessed  her  soul  with all the patience 
she could command until four weeks had 
gone by since the letters  had  been  sent. 
Then one day she  was  summoned to Mr. 
Kendall’s room.
“Do  you recollect,” he asked,  “writing 
a  letter  to  Josephs,  in  London,  about 
Confederate bonds ?”
Alice’s heart leaped.
“Yes, sir,”  she said,  “I do.”
“Well,”  he said,  “here  is  the  reply I 
have  just  received.  I  am  sorry,  for 
your  sake,  it is not  more  encouraging.” 
Her  hopes,  which  had  gone  up at the 
first  announcement,  fell  like  lead.  She 
took  the  letter,  mechanically.  It  was 
written  in a clerkly,  English  hand,  and 
read as follows:
M essrs. K endall & M orris, No.—N assau St., N. Y.
D e a r   S i r s—Referring to  yours of  the 
—ult.,  in the matter  of  the  alleged  de­
posits  applicable  to  the  payment  of  a 
certain class  of  Confederate bonds, I re­
gret that I cannot  give  your  client  any 
encouraging  information.  The bonds in 
question were marketed in  London,  and 
the proceeds were,  no  doubt,  deposited 
temporarily in the  Bank  of  England  to 
the credit of  one  McRae, who was finan­
cial  agent  of  the  Confederacy  at  that 
time.  The money, however,  was shortly 
afterward  disbursed  by  McRae  for  the 
supplies  and  munitions, 
to  purchase 
which the loan was  made,  and a full ac­
count was rendered  by him  to  the  Con­
federate  government. 
I  am  confident 
that not a penny remained;  or that,  if  it 
did,  the United  States government  took 
possession of  it,  along with the other as­
sets  of  the  Confederacy,  at the close of 
the war.  McRae,  in fact,  was  sued  by 
the U.  S.,  and died in Spanish  Honduras 
in circumstances of  great poverty.  You 
may assure  your client that the specula­
tion in  Confederate  bonds,  so far  as  it 
may be based upon any funds existing in 
England, is purely fictitious.
Yours faithfully,

I s r a e l   F .  J o s e p h s . 

This,  then,  was the  end  of  her  little 
dream.  She  looked  up  at  the  lawyer, 
“Thank 
and  her  face  was  ashy pale. 
you!”  she  faltered;  but  the  effort  to 
speak was too much for  her  composure, 
and she burst Into tears.

Kendall looked stupefied.
“I had  no  idea,”  he cried.  “I  could 
not  imagine  you would be so much con­
cerned.”
In  a moment  she  had  controlled  her­
self.
“I beg your pardon,”  she said.  “I am 
very childish.  But  I  had  allowed  my­
self  for a little  time to think  the  bonds 
might be paid,  and  the  disappointment 
was very keen.  It will  not  be  so  hard 
to  bear,  though,  as  the  suspense  was. 
You will not find me worrying any more, 
Mr.  Kendall.”
“Ah!”  he  cried,  “that  is  what  you 
were fretting about then.”
She  smiled  faintly through  her  tear- 
dimmed eyes.
“It was an unworthy object,” she said, 
“was it not?  I dare say you will think I 
am very mercenary.”
He seemed to struggle  with some  vio-

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The Michigan Tradesman

AMONG THE  TRADE.

G RAND  R A PID S  GOSSIP.

Thos.  Leak has  engaged in the grocery 
business  at  Rosin a.  Lemon  &  Peters 
furnished the stock.

Amos  S.  Musselman  &  Co.  sold  the 
grocery  stock to J.  A.  Holmes & Co.  the 
new dealers at Kent City.

Bartholomew  &  Hodge  have  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business  near  Hopkins.
Ball, Barnhart & Putman  furnished  the 
stock. 

_________ ______

Palmer  &  Crozier  will  remove  their 
boot and shoe stock  from  Traverse  City 
to this city in about  two  weeks,  locating 
at 29 Canal street.

Chester J.  Carrel has sold  his  interest 
in  the  grocery  firm  of  Carrel  Bros.,  at 
598 South Division street,  to  his brother, 
who will continue the business under the 
style of  E. J. Carrel.

Edward C. Judd, the Broadway grocer, 
was  recently married  to  Miss  Lillie V. 
Wright, an estimable West Side lady.

Ishpeming—Markert  Bros.,  provision 
dealers,  have  been closed  on a mortgage, j 
Debts,  $2,000;  visible  assets,  consider­
ably  less.

Watervliet—About $400 worth of goods 
were  stolen  from  the  stores  of  S.  D. 
Walden  &  Co.  and  Hiram  Pierce  last 
Tuesday night.

Hudson—Mr.  Fowle has sold  his inter­
est in the  bakery firm  of  Fowle & Pratt 
to  Samuel Lee.  The  new  firm  will  be 
known as Pratt & Co.

Eaton Rapids—Mr.  Glieman, formerly 
in  partnership  here  with S.  Amdursky, 
has  bought  F.  A.  Montgomery’s  dry 
goods and grocery stock  and will remove 
it to Lansing.

Greenville—F. W. Briggs, of Dexter, has 
purchased the interest of  A.  C.  Satterlee 
in  the  hardware  business  of  Fowler & 
Satterlee.  The  new firm  will be known 
as Fowler & Briggs.

Whitehall—The A. W.  Veal  boot  and 
shoe  stock  was  bid in at mortgage  sale
W.  H.  Chilson & Son,  general  dealers I by M.  D.  Wells & Co.,  of  Chicago,  who 
at  West  Sebewa,  have  opened a general  sold it to a Big Rapids dealer.  Mr  Veal 
store at Woodbury, the  new  town at the  will remove to Tampa,  Fla. 
junction  of  the  D.,  L.  & N.  and, Lowell  East Saginaw—C.  M.  Hill  and  James
&  Hastings  Railways.  The  Olney  &  E. Vincent have let the contract  for  the 
Judson  Grocer  Co.  furnished  the  gro-  erection of  a new hotel, to be  built  here 
ceries. 
at once, at a cost  of  $100,000.  It will be
Ball, B a r n h a r t  & Putman have arranged | completed^ October 1, 1890,  and has been 

to  merge  their  business  into  a  stock
company  under  the  style  of  the  Ball- 
Barnhart-Putman  Co.  The  corporation 
will  have a capital  stock  of  $85,000,  all I 
paid in,  and the  management  will  be in 
the  same  hands  as  in  the  past.  EnoS| 
Putman  will  serve  the  company in the j 
capacity of  President, Willard  Barnhart | 
as Vice President  and O.  A.  Ball as  Sec­
retary  and  Treasurer.  The  incorpora­
tion  papers  went  to  Lansing  yesterday 
and  will  probably  be  filed  with  the| 
County Clerk to-day.

leased to Detroit parties for ten  years.

Reed City—C.  J.  Fleischauer,  who has 
been  engaged  in  the  grocery  business 
here for the past  twelve  years,  has sold 
his stock to his son, A.  Fleischauer,  and 
his brother, N. J.  Fleischauer,  who  will 
continue the business  under  the style of 
A.  & N. J.  Fleischauer.  The old grocer 
will probably not remain out of  the har­
ness long.

M AN UFA CTURIN G   M ATTERS.

Maple City—Cook & Weston  will  start 

their sawmill on January 1.

Remus — Benj.  J.  Shrouds  succeeds 
Shrouds &  Hughes  in  the  manufacture

As foreshadowed last week, the grocery 
business  of  Olney,  Shields  &  Co.  has 
been merged into a stock  company under I of shingles, 
the  style of  the  Olney & Judson  Grocer  Geo.  S. Curtiss,  the  Edgerton  lumber 
Co.  The capital stock of the corporation  and  barrel  head  manufacturer,  was  in 
is $80,000,  all  paid  in,  the  stockholders | town Monday.
being  Chas.  E.  Olney,  Wm.  Judson, 
HemanG.  Barlow,  Edward Frick, Jas.  A. 
Morrison  and  R.  R.  Bean.  Chas.  E. 
Olney is  President of  the  company, Ed­
ward  Frick  Vice-President,  and  Wm. 
Judson  Secretary and  Treasurer.  With 
the  exception  of  the  retirement of  Mr. 
Shields and the accession of  Mr.  Barlow,
the business will be conducted  the  same  capital stock of  $100,000.
as  before,  no  change  being  made 
either the office or traveling forces.

Gould City—R.  D.  Conway will  erect a 
mill for cutting cedar shingles and paving 
blocks near this place.

Detroit—The  Latimer  Cash  Register 
Co. has been incorporated,  with a capital 
stock of $20,000.

Hancock—The  South  Range  Mining 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of  incorporation, 
with a capital stock of  $1,250,000.

Otsego Lake—The Nicholson & Hanson 

Lumber  Co.  has  incorporated,  with

AR OUND  TH E  STATE.

Evart—Mrs.  A.  Seeker  has  opened  a 

Marion — Asa  Borland  has  opened 

notion store.

meat market.

Fraser—John  Fisher  succeeds  John 

Bliel in general trade.

Bay City—The Hathaway Mowing  Ma­
chine Co.  has been  incorporated and will 
carry on business on an  extensive  scale
Maple City—Chas. Elsonhimer is build 
ing a shingle  mill  and  sash,  blind  and 
frame  factory,  and  will  have it running 
by February 1.

eral stock to his  wife.

Elmira—T.  S.  Jordan has sold his gen-

Cheboygan—Dr.  M.  B.  Champion  and 
C.  O.  Gardner  have  leased  the  Langdon
St. Ignace—Frederick  Kruger,  general I feed  mill  and  are  .fitting it up and will 
soon begin the  manufacture of  feed, un-
firm  name  of  Champion  &

Bellevue—James Johnson  has  sold his | der  the 
Gardner.

dealer, has been burned out. 

meat market to Geo. Miller.

Hesperia—Woolpert& Darlington have 

opened a new meat market.

Allegan—The sales of the grange store 

during October were $17,973.

Port  Huron—A.  B.  Carlisle,  grocer, 

has been closed by creditors.

Crystal—H. J.  Beach  succeeds  Hamil­

ton & Beach in general trade.

Battle  Creek—W.  N.  Clark  succeeds 

J. C. Deuel in the fruit business.

Iron Mountain—King & Kneebone suc­
ceed Richard  King in the meat business.
Howell—Frank A. Burkhardt  has sold 

his grocery stock to A.  W. Balch.

Carland — Jos.  Vincent  has  sold  hi 

general stock to Scott & Shannon.

Cannonsburg—J.  C.  Benbow  will  re­

move his general stock to Hartford.

Boyne  City—R.  R.  Perkins  succeeds 

R.  R.  Perkins & Co.  in general trade,

Lake  Odessa—Fred  Wager,  of  Ionia, 

has opened a boot and shoe store here.
Hancock—C.  Simmer,  Jr.,  dealer 
groceries, has been closed by creditors.

Muskegon — T.  M.  Lander  has  em­
barked in the grocery business at 93 Pine 
street.

Detroit—Matthew  Vice  has 
his  merchant  tailoring  stock 
Cohen.

Kalamazoo—C. A.  Merrill  & 

sold their flour and feed business to S, 
Carson.

Glenn—Wm.  Earl  is  erecting  a  new 
building,  which  he  will  use  as a meat 
market.

assigned | 
to  Chas.

Co.  have | 
J.

Manistee—Thomas  R.  Lyon,  of  Lud- 
ington, has been  in  Manistee frequently 
the past few days,  and it is reported that 
there is an extensive  pine  land  deal  on 
the boards,  the particulars of  which will 
come out later.

Bay  City—Jas.  A.  Green  is  patiently 
awaiting  a  decision 
in  the  Green  & 
Stevens  litigation  over the Stone Island 
sawmill  premises,  and  he  says  if  it 
proves  favorable  he  will  erect  a  large 
sawmill on the site.

Saginaw—The  A.  W. Wright  Lumber 
Co. is doing  some  hustling  work  on its 
logging road,  in Clare and Gladwin coun­
ties.  Week before last, from two camps, 
it took  from  the  tree  and  put  into the 
stream 2,153,430 feet of  logs.

Detroit—Howard  H.  Parsons  recently 
executed a chattel  mortgage  for  $15,000 
in favor of  Isaac Parsons and  Butman & 
Rust,  of  Saginaw’,  covering  his  lumber 
yard  and a land  contract  for  the  same, 
A. mortgage for  $20,000 to the  same  per­
sons,  filed  week  before  last,  was  dis 
charged.

Manistee—D.  W.  Lewis,  who  has  i 
lumber  yard  at  Jacksonville,  111., has at 
last  succeeded  in  giving  away the  bal 
ance of  the machinery in his shingle mill 
on the river  here.  A Saginaw  firm  has 
secured  it  and  will take it to the Upper 
Peninsula during the winter months, and 
have 
it  ready  for  operations  in  the 
spring.

putting 

Chippewa  Lake - 
bought  the  bazaar 
Burtsch.

Muskegon—Samuel  S.  Watson has re 
H.  C.  Ward  has I cently purchased the  wood  and  planing 
stock  of  Eugene I mill of  Johnson  & Lind.  He is engaged 
in  new  machinery,  new
Howell—Kellogg  &  Horning  succeed 1 boilers,  etc.,  and  will soon have a good 
Kellogg,  Garland & Co.  in  the  clothing  planing  mill.  Mr.  Watson  is  recently 
business. 
from  “down east,”  and  is a brother  of
East Jordan—H.  Wilensky has  chattel I W.  G. Watson, the well-known Muskegon 

mortgaged his clothing stock to a Detroit  manufacturer.
creditor. 

I  Manistee—Fred Babcock, who has  just
Hancock—Jacob  Rohlman,  Jr., dealer I returned from a land-looking  expedition 
in groceries and  fruits,  has  been  closed I in Minnesota, is not  enamored  with  the 
by creditors. 
I outlook  in  that  region.  He  says  the
Iron ton—J.  G.  Peterson’s  new  store I country  is  so  rough  and  the  brush  so 
building, to replace the structure burned I thick  that it costs a great  deal  more  to 
a few  weeks  ago,  has  been  completed. I log  than  it  does  in  this country.  The 
It is  22x36 feet  in  dimensions  and  two J character of  the timber  that  he saw was 
stories high. 

I Dot  very inviting.

East  Saginaw—Merrill  &  Ring  have 
purchased  of  E.  F.  Gould a tract of  pine 
in town 20, 2 west,  the consideration  for 
which was $40,000.

Manistee—Fred  F.  Huntress,  of  Du­
luth, has been here for the past few days, 
and it is reported  that  there  is quite an 
extensive land deal in  the wind,  the par­
ticulars of  which  will  not transpire un­
til the details are completed.

East  Saginaw—J.  H.  Freeney,  prob­
ably the only colored lumberman  in  the 
State,  who operated  shingle  mills  here 
the past two  years,  one of which was de­
stroyed  by  explosion,  has  removed  to 
Wise,  Isabella  county,  where  he is run­
ning a sawmill,  cutting about  25,000 feet 
daily.  The  shingle  mill  here  operated 
by him has passed into other hands.

Bay  City—While  old  sawmill  plants 
are going out of  existence, new ones are 
being  organized.  W.  H.  Tousey  has 
purchased  a  fine  site  during  the  past 
week,  and it is understood  that  Tousey 
& Turner  will establish  a  planing  mill 
and lumber  yard.  J.  M.  Seever  and  F. 
C. Babst  have  leased the site and build­
ing of  the  Bousfield,  Perrin & Co.  wood- 
enware  factory,  and  will  convert  the 
property into a box  factory and  planing 
mill.

East  Saginaw — When  J.  T.  Hurst 
grouped  and  parted  company with  the 
Tobacco river  tract  of  pine,  which  he 
bought  of  Whitney  &  Stinchfield  last 
spring,  he  held  on  to  about  20,000,000 
feet,  which he proposes  to  lumber  him­
self.  He  will  put  in  8,000,000 feet  of 
this timber this season,  and  has  started 
camps.  The logs  have  been sold to the 
Saginaw  Lumber  Co. 
It is reported the 
price to be  paid  is  $12  a  thousand  de­
livered in the  Tittabawasse boom limits.

The  P.  of I.  Dealers.

J.  B.

Ketchum.

ens &  Farrar.

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

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

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

Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton 
Almont—Colerick & Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Assyria—J. W.  Abbey.
Belding—L.  S.  Roell.
Bellevue—John Evans.
Big Rapids—W. A. Verity, A. V. Young, 
Blissfield—Jas.  Gauntlett, Jr.
Brice—J.  B.  Gardner.
Burnside—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.
Clio—Nixon &  Hubbell.
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
East Saginaw—John P. Derby.
Evart—Mark Ardis,  E. F.  Shaw,  Stev­
Flint—John B.  Wilson.
Flushing—Sweet Bros.  & Clark. 
Fremont—Boone  &  Pearson, 
Grand  Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son. 
Grand Rapids—Joseph  Berles, A. Wil- 
zinski,  F. W. Wurzburg.
Harvard—Ward  Bros.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Hoytville—Mrs.  A.  E.  Combs. 
Hubbardston—M.  Cahalen.
Imlay City—Cohn Bros.
Kent  City—R.  McKinnon,  M.  L. Whit 
Lake Odessa—Christian  Haller  &  Co 
Lapeer—C.  Tuttle & Son,  W.  H.  Jen 
Maple Rapids—L.  S.  Aldrich.
Marshall—W.  E.  Bosley,  S.  V.  R.  Lep 
per & Son, Jno.  Butler.  Richard  Butler 
Mecosta—Parks  Bros.
Milan—C. C.  (Mrs.  H. S.)  Knight. 
Millington—Chas.  H.  Valentine. 
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt.  Morris—H.  E.  Lamb,  J.  Vermett 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M 
Ogden—A.  J.  Pence.
Olivet—F.  H.  Gage.
Ravenna—R.  D. Wheeler.
Remus—Geo. Blank.
Riverdale—J. B.  Adams.
Rockford—B. A. Fish.
Sand  Lake—Brayman & Blanchard. 
Shepherd—H.  O.  Bigelow.
Sparta—Dole  &  Haynes.
Stanwood—F.  M. Carpenter.
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson 
H.  C.  Breckenridge,  M.  H.  Bowerman 
Thos.  Horton.

& Son,  F.  H.  Cowles.
Lee.

nings.

ney.

White Cloud—J.  C.  Townsend.

The  Experience of a P. of I. Dealer.
Su m n er,  N ov.  20,1889.

E. A.  Stowe,  G rand  R apids:
D e a r   S i r —In  reply  to  yours  of  the 
12th,  asking  my  experience  with  the 
P. of  L’s,  would  say that I think  that 
I had not  canceled  my contract,  I would 
have found myself  in the position of  the 
man in the picture  enclosed.

Yours truly, 

J.  B.  T u c k e r  

The  illustration  Mr.  Tucker  incloses 

is substantially as follows :

Portraits for the  Holidays.

Send  a  good  cabinet  photograph 

Hamilton’s  Art  Gallery, 79 Canal street, 
and get a first-class,  life-size, crayon por­
trait  for  $10.  Correspondence solicited,

It pays  to  handle the  P.  &  B.  cough 

drops.

Alpine correspondence Sparta Sentinel: 
“The  Alpine  P.  of  L’s  are  again  agi­
tating  the  question of  investing a share 
of  their funds in fitting up a hall of their 
own.  As  they  have nearly $5 lying idle 
their  treasury,  they can  afford  to  be 
ndependent of  the Grange for a place in 
which to hold their meetings.”

Sears  correspondence  Evart  Review:
A lodge of  Patrons of  Industry was or­
ganized at the  Gregg school  house  with 
twenty-five members.  We hope it will be 
both pleasant and profitable for its mem­
bers,  but we are  in  some  doubt,  feeling 
like the old deacon  when  he  prayed for 
the first Good Templar lodge.  He did not 
want to commit  himself,  so  he  prayed:
Oh Lord ! if  it is a good thing bless it,  if 

is bad,  curse it.”
Parks Bros., who  have signed with the 
Mecosta  P. of  L’s,  write  T h e   T r a d e s ­
m a n   as  follows:  “The  P.  of  I.’s  are 
giving us a nice trade,  and  we  are  well 
pleased with the results. 
‘Cash is King,’ 
and if  all  would  adopt the P.  of  I.  plan 
and  pay cash,  there  w’ould  not  be  any 
trouble  in  the  dealer’s  paying  for  his 
goods and keeping his  financial standing 
it should be.  This  trusting out goods 
Tom,  Dick  and Harry,  and  waiting on 
Tom one  year,  and Dick three  years, and 
have  Harry  leave  the  country between 
two days,  is no way to do business.” 

Owosso Times:  “On Wednesday,  A.  L. 
Osborn,  a Cleveland drummer, registered 
the  Merrell  House,  leaving  his  grip 
near the writing desk in the  office  while 
he went down  the  street a few  minutes 
to  do  some  business.  Coming back, he 
opened  his  grip  and  found  four of  his 
mileage books gone.  An officer was sent 
for,  and as soon as he  came  and  began a 
search,  one  of  the  men  in  the  room, 
named  B.  Rosenthal,  went  down  cellar 
to the wash-room,  returning to  the  office 
in a short time.  The  tickets  not  being 
in  the  office,  a search  was  made  in the 
wash-room and the tickets found.  When 
accused  of  stealing  the  tickets,  Rosen­
thal  did  not  deny  it.  Hotel  men  are 
warned to look out for him.”

George  A.  Sage,  the Rockford grocer, 
recently had an amusing experience with 
P. L  of  that  place.  The sturdy rustic 
had a load  of  carrots to sell and  George 
purchased the entire  lot  at  the  highest 
market  price.  When  the  carrots  had 
been deposited in the cellar of  the store, 
the former owner  hinted that there were 
several  articles  in  the  grocery line  he 
needed,  whereupon Mr.  Sage announced 
himself  in  readiness  to  serve  his  cus­
tomer  with the  best  his  store  afforded. 
The P.  I.  thanked him for the offer, with 
the remark:  “George, you knowlam a P.
from the ground  up.  If  there is any­
thing the P.  I.  store hasn’t got,  I’ll  come 
back here for it.  Guess  I’ll  take  cash 
for them carrots.”  And  George  shelled 
o u t  the hard cash for a load  of  truck he 
will  have no little  difficulty in disposing 
of for as much as it cost him.

Philadelphia  Cash  Grocer: 

“The 
Patrons  of  Industry  must  be  a  measly 
concern.  Organized  originally  by  men 
who are  neither  farmers nor the sons of 
farmers,  it  has  developed  into a combi­
nation of  sneaking  fellows  whose  chief 
aim  is  the  suppression  of  the  village 
grocer.  Once  organized  in  a  county, 
they go to the village grocers and threaten 
to  boycott  them  if  they  will  not  sell 
goods to them at  special  prices or below 
the rates given the general  public.  T h e  
M i c h i g a n   T r a d e s m a n   is making a vig­
orous war  on the contemptible organiza­
tion,  and  with  great  success.  We  ob­
serve that one of  the  head  men of  these 
‘Patrons  of  Industry’  recently  lost  his 
wife by death,  and the  town  authorities 
had  to  assume  the expense of  the  poor 
woman’s  burial.  The  story  is  told  to 
show the impecuniosity of  some of  these 
Patrons,  who  profess  to  buy  for  cash, 
and,  therefore,  should  be  given 10  per 
cent,  discount  below  regular  rates  to 
other  customers.  Here is a chance  for 
the country retail  grocer to try the effect 
of  organization.  Wherever these Patrons 
exist,  the  grocers  in  the  county should 
combine and  decline  to  sell to them ex­
cept  for  cash  at  full  prices.  Two can 
play at the boycott game, and the grocers 
can do it if  they  will  only combine  and 
post their city brethren as to the  scamps 
of  the patronizing order.”

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Evart  Review: 

P.  of  I.  Gossip. 

The  Men  of the  Future.

I 
Belding Banner:  “The  person  who is 
. . .

and copyrights  is not a bad  thing  in  the
family,  and  we  presume  the  royalty on 
the P.  of  I.  order  amounts  to  no  small 
sum.”

The Boston  Boot  and  Shoe  Recorder, 
always  looking  for  the  cheap  class  of  iji an excellent  article on  “Tone in  Bus- 
. 
iness,”  ridicules  the  pretensions  of  the
trade is oftener  fleeced than the one who  fashionable  fad  that  professional  oecu- 
pations  impart to their  followers a kind
saves time and buys at home.” 
Belding  Banner:  “Royalty on  patents) of  superiority,  and an “elevated individ- 
ualism,”  that  distinguishes  them  from 
their brethren who tread other paths, and 
whose talents  and  energies  are enlisted 
in  mechanical  or  mercantile  matters. 
From  the  partiality  of  parents  to  put 
their children in  the  professions,  a good 
many square pegs are  getting into round 
holes.  The  boys  who  leave  school  in 
order to earn food and  clothing  are,  as a 
rule,  the men who  in  after  years consti­
tute the foundations upon which rest the 
structure of  a greater and  grander civil­
ization.  The men who can  be  the  least 
spared  are  outside  of  the  professions. 
That the theoretical is more honorable or 
praiseworthy than the practical  in  voca­
tions,  is  the  reasoning of  the snob,  and 
it is high  time  that  the  parents  of  this 
country began to make something besides 
impecunious parrots of  their boys.

“The  P.  I.’s  have 
swallowed the  fr.  T.’s  in  this  vicinity, 
and now reigns supreme.  The  National 
Farmer’s Alliance have struck  the  State 
and will soon superceded the P. L’s.” 

Borland  correspondence  Big  Rapids 
Current: 
“Wiltsie  &  Charrier  have
started  their  store  again  with  a fuller 
stock than they had  before.  This  looks 
as if theP.  L  scare wasaboutover here.” 
Pentwater News:  “The Hesperia News 
denounces the P.  of  L,  because  they pay 
only 10  per  cent,  profit  on  goods.  We 
don’t know anything  about  the P.  of  I., 
never saw one of  the  animals,  but  from 
reports  judge  that it is woolly  and  has 
long ears.”

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisement» will  be inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise 
ment taken for less than 25 cents.  Advance  payment.

K llS IN K 'S   C H A N C E '

SHOW  CASES!

6 - f t  ea se lik e  a b o v e

6-ft Gase,  sqilare, with metal corners, same  price.

T h e   a b o v e   o ffer  is  n o   “ b l u f f ”  o r 
sn id e   w o r k .  W e   s h a ll  c o n tin u e   to  
tu r n   o u t  o n ly   th e   B K S T   o f w o r k .  A ll 
o th e r   c a s e s   a t  e q u a lly   lo w  p r ic es.

fiEYMflN  i  COMPANY,

63  AND  65  CANAL  STREET,

Grand  Rapids, 
irw m rrnT T 

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™

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State  Agent

g l  GEO.  H. REEDER,
o  81 1   Lycoming  Rubbers
Medium Price Slises,
§  Grand Rapids, Mich.

and Jobber of

LION
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  Wide-Awake  Mercian!

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE  KING  OF  G0FFEE8.

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

539

T   RAVE  A  FINE  STORE  BUILDING—BEST  LOCA- 
-L tion in  Middleville.  Mich..  20x80  feet,  two  stories, 
plate  glass  front,  suitable  for  drug  stock,  which  I 
would like to exchange for a stock of drugs  Address 
W. O. Clark, Erie, Penn.
O  EXCHANGE—MVGNIFHJENf  2U0-A  RE  FARM 
near Columbus, Ohio, a nd cash,  for  merchandise. 
Address Forty-five, Box E. Fostoria. Ohio.________544
Fo r   sa l e   o r  e x c h a n g e—h o u se   a n d  l o t, t w o
blocks from postolliee. in  city  of 5,000 inhabitants 
in Southern Michigan;  also farm of 76 acres, two miles 
from same city, clay  loam  soil,  with  good  buildings; 
will exchange for stock of merchandise.  Address No. 
539, care Tradesman. 

F o r   sa l e—n e w   st o c k  o f   h a t s,  c a p s  a n d

gents’ furnishing goods;  will invoice about $4,000; 
also new stock  of  boots,  shoes  and  rubbers,  will  in­
voice about $6,OjO.  G. W. Watrous,  Jackson. Mich.

537
_______________ ,  ________  BAKERT,  OONFEC
tionerv and restaurant business;  owner obliged to 
leave city on account of  ill  health.  Add; ess,  No. 541, 
care Michigan  Tradesman,_______________  ____ 541
T  HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  WILL  EX- 
I   change for merchandise, Grand Rapids  city  prop 
erty, or will sell on easy payments;  these  farm s  have 
the best of soil, are  under  good  state  of  cultivation, 
and located b jtween the  cities  of  Grand  Rapids  and 
Muskegon.  O  F. Conklin. Grand  Rapids, Mich. 
____

________________ 

taling, Hart, Mich. 

for $600 worth of groceries.  Address  E. S. Hough- 

Gr o c e r ie s— r w o   u. r . c it y   lo t s  in  e x c h a n g e
FOR  8ALE—WE  OFFER  FOR  SALE.  ON  VERY 
favorable terms, the F.  H.  Escott drug stock, at 75 
Canal street. Grand Rapids,  Hazeltine & Perkins Drug 
Co.  Price, $4,000. 
___________ 531
F o r   sa l e —d r u g   st o r e s—f ir st  c l a ss—in  d a y -
ton. Ohio;  others in various locations.  If you want 
to buy, sell or exchange, write W.  E.  Donson,  Dayton 
Ohio. 
________530
Fo r   s a l e —t h e   f in e s t   d r u g   st o r e 
in   t h e
city o f Muskegon at 75 cents on the dollar; reasons 

other business.  C. L. Brundage, Muskegon  Mich.

528

520

Li'Ott SALE—A  GOOD  GROCERY  BUSINESS HAVING 
I   the cream of the trade;  best  location  in  the city; 
stock clean and well assorted; this is a rare chance for 
any one to get a good  paying  busin-ss;  poor  health 
the only reason.  Address S. Stern,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.

Fo r   sa l e - g r o c e r y  stock  in   g o od  lo c a t io n

Will inventory  $7<’0  to  $800  and doing a business 

of about 8l3,000.  Address No. 502, care Tradesman.

502

MISCELLANEOUS.

YTTANTED—GENERAL  AND  LOCAL  AGENTS  TO 
W  handle  the  New  Patent  Chemical  Ink  Erasing 
Pencil.  Greatest  novelty  ever  produced.  Erases ink 
in two seconds, no abrasion o f paper. 
200  to  500  per 
cent, profit.  One agent’s sales amounted to 8625 in six 
days—an  ther 832 in two hours.  Territory  absolutely 
free.  Salary  to  good  men.  No  ladies  need  answer. 
Sample »5 cents.  For terms  and  full  particulars,  ad­
dress,  The  Monroe  Eraser  Co.,  Manufacturers,  La 
Crosse.  Wis. 

________________  545

Be g in   t h e  n e w   y e a r   b v   d is c a r d in g   t h e

annoying  Pass  Book  System  and  adopting  in 
its place the Tradesman Credit  Coupon.  Send  $1  for 
sample order, which will be sent  prepaid.  E. A. Stowe 
& Bro., Grand Rapids,_______
lOc COPY—COMIC
0   Q Q Q   COrlBS  SHEET  MUSIC
song and joke books, 10c; banjo and guitar
_  _  _ 
music, ete.  J. W. Reading, music  dealer,  Grand  Rap­
ids. Mich. 
__________ 536

gray;  well matched;  wei 
M. W. Willard, Kinney. Mich.

Fo r   sa l e—d r a f t   tea m   6  y e a r s  o l d — d a r k
WrANTED—SEND  A  POSTAL TO THE SUTLIFF COU- 

pon Pass Book Co.,  Albany,  N.  Y .,for  samples 
of the new  Excelsior  Pass  Book,  the  most  complete 
and finest  on the  market  and  just  what  every mer­
chant should have  progressive merchants all over the 
country are now using them. 

522

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L E S T E R  &  GO.

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 IO .

L. W INTERN ITZ,  Besident Agent, Grand Bapids.

IF  YOU  WANT

ACCEPT  N ON E  BUT

The B e st
I Silier Timi

Sauerkraut.

Order  this  brand  from 

your wholesale grocer

THE  DETROIT  NEWS  COMPANY,

WHOLESALE

PERIODICALS.

STATIONERY, 

BOOKS, 
FANCY  GOODS, 
The largest and most complete line o f  above  goods In 
the State, at reasonable  prices.  Dealers are invited to 
calL  Send for onr circulars and price lists.
Corner Lam ed  and  Wayne  Sts.,  Detroit.

OUR  HOLIDAY  LINE  IS  NOW  COMPLETE. 

E. W.  HILL  PLSTING  WORKS,

ALL  KINDS  OF

Brass and Iron Polishing

AND

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

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A R L   B R O S . ,
157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

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

Reference:  First National  Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapide.

F o r   S a le !

This corner brick store,  center  of  thriv­
ing village,  with  well  assorted  stock of 
dry goods and millinery.  Leading  trade 
in the village.  LESTER  &  CO.,  Lake 
Odessa,  Mich.

LRD1ES'  AND  MEN'S

Overgaiters

Ladies’, 7 buttons, $12 Net. 
Men’s,  5 
6  

$10  “
$11  “

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LOW EST PRICES ON  A L L   K IN D 8  OF

Findings,  Shoe  Store  Supplies,  Etc
Whitcomb  &  Paine’s  Calf  Boots,  Rub­
bers, etc.  A beautiful Smyrna Rug given 
with each gross dressing.

G.  R .  M A Y H E W ,

86  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Bapids,  Mi. h

THE  T.AKE  TIDES.

The  Status  of  the  Blakeley  &  jenison 
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Failure. 

THE  OFFICE  BOY.

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Sensible  Explanation of the Variations 

Assignee  Jamison  has  completed  an  jjow He  May  Get  Promoted  and How- 

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that ran after this fashion :

* He  May  Get the  Other  Thing:.
Are office boys  never  promoted,  then ? 
Certainly.  I have  known  several cases, 
and  I  will  give  a  free  translation  of 
I  wrote a note  to  a  book  house 

“I want  you  to try as a boy Fred----- .
500 oo  He is plucky,  means  business,  will  not 
«so no  whine  about  promotion,  will  work  as 
20 oo  early and  late as  you  wish,  will hold his 
9 ooo  tongue,  and  will  earn  $2  for  every $1 
you pav him.  He will be contented with 

inventory  of  the  estate  of  Blakeley  &
Considerable has been said of late over 
Jenison,  the South Division  street  hard­
the lowness of  the  water  in  the  Great 
ware dealers,  from which it appears that 
Lakes,  and  many theories have been ad­
the 
liabilities  are  $9,715.76,  divided 
vanced in explanation  of  the  phenome­
among  fifty-two  creditors,  in the follow-  ttiree> 
non.  It has remained for  G.  N.  Smith, 
iug amounts:
a resident  of  Northport,  to  present the 
♦Foster, S tevens &  Co.,  G rand R apids
most  plausible  explanation,  which  ap­
♦Mrs. C. F. B laklev, 
peared in  the  last  issue  of  the  Grand 
♦D eG raaf, V rieling & Co. 
♦Mrs.  M.  A.  P ardee, 
Traverse Herald:
♦Brown, H all *   Co.,
Mrs.  C.  G. Fuller?
The question  raised  in  the  Herald  a 
G unn H ardw are Co.,
few  weeks ago concerning  the  so-called 
H a  eltine &  P erkins D rug  Co., 
lake tides seems  to  me  to  have  an  ex­
H ester &  Fox,
D aniel  Lynch,
planation  which  I  have  never  seen 
D aily L eader 
offered.  It is simply the  secular  excess 
Chas. P arish , 
or deficiency of precipitation.
E.  G.  Studley,
F red  Shriver, 
I have lived all my life in the  vicinity 
W eatherly  & Pulte, 
of  the  Lakes,  having  resided  at  North- 
M. J .  M cCarthy,
port since June,  1849,  and have carefully 
J . R ed m an ,’
Thos.  E.  W ykes & Co.,
observed the  phenomena in  question  all 
Sproul &  M eG urrin,
this time.  Over forty years’  observation 
J . M. Jam iso 1  , 
for a man  with his  eyes  open  is  worth 
G.  R.  & L   R ailw ay, 
G  R. G as L ight Co.,
something.  My conclusion  is  that  the 
W. C. D enison,
alleged  seven  years’  business  is  all  a 
L abor  indebtedness,
fable;  that the  land  sinking  and  rising 
Black  Flay  Stove P olish  C’o.,  D etroit 
♦Wm.  R eid, 
is all  a myth;  dredging the St.  Clair tail 
race below the dam  is  the  same.  Rain 
Lake H uron Stove Co., 
is  all.  When  1  meution  it  to  any one 
A dam s & W estlake  Mfg  Co.,  Chicago 
B urdett, Sm ith  & Co., 
who  has  lived  here  for  a  good  many 
C utler,  W oodrough  & Co., 
years, the  answer  always  comes  quick:
C hicago Spring B utt Co., 
“That is true.  I have  noticed  that  wet 
H ints & B aker Co., 
M orrison. H an n ah  & A llen, 
seasons and high water,  and dry seasons 
W. C.  M etzner, 
and low  water  have  somehow  gone  to­
A m erican Screw Co., 
gether.”
Carey Ogden Co., 
Claflin  Mfg  Co.,  C leveland...................
Let us  look  into  the  reason  of  this:
“ 
F . H.  Penfiel 1, 
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Here  is  Lake  Michigan,  for  example, 
V an Olive G lass Co.,  “ 
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like a great  mill  pond, fed  and emptied 
Ireland  Mfp  Co., C incinnati 
.............
H ow ard  F u rn ace Co., Syracuse  .........
like any mill pond.  The rivers from the 
K ieehefer Bros.  & Co., M ilw aukee—
surrounding  water-shed  feed  it. 
Its 
P ittston Stove  Co.,  P ittston,  P a ...........
sluiceway at Mackinac  straits  drains it.
j .   S.  & M.  Peckham , U tic a....................
W ilcox  Mfg Co.,  A urora, 111............
Given  a  certain  nearly  fixed  rate  of
*S.  H eyser  & Sons, J a c k s o n ..................
drainage at the straits,  what follows but  I ______ ___
♦B urdette, Sm ith A  Co., Troy
th e   big  pond  is   going  to  fill  up  w ith   | *Miss P atience Sherw ood,  N ew ark, X 
g r e a t e r   w a te r  supply,  and run  lo w   w ith   ptniip^&co., P ittsburgh 
lo w   w a te r   supply?  And is  not t h a t   a ll
there is of  it?
Now let the oldest citizens recall a few 
facts:  ’Forty-seven-eigbt-nine and ’fifty 
were dry years.  Forest fires everywhere. 
Low water in the lake, good,  wide  beach 
everywhere,  teams  driven  easily  from 
here  to  Boardman  mill,  now  Traverse 
City.  Succeeding  years  of  the  ’fifties 
were wetter.  Lake  slowly rising.  Bach­
way  all  gone.  Repeatedly  the  same 
thing  happened  afterward,  but  most 
notably  in  the  ’eighties. 
’Eighty-one 
ended  a  somewhat  dry  period,  water 
quite  low.  The fall  of  that  year  was 
almost  a cloud-burst,  over  the  drainage 
area of  Lake Michigan.  And  with  each 
heavy rainfall I could seethe water come 
up on my rain  gauge  stone in the bay in 
front of  my house.  It  kept  on  raining 
and  filling  our  big  pond  until  it over­
flowed  all  its  beach upon its banks;  up 
into the trees,  washing  them  out  by the 
thousand.  Four-foot saw logs were car­
ried to where  they lie to this  day,  above 
landings  that  had  been  used for  years. 
We had no landings  any more. 
’Eighty- 
five  brought a turn.  For  four  years  it 
has  been  steady arid drought.  Steadily 
the big pond has rundown, until now the j 
water is lower  than  1 ever saw it since a 
imilar  time  forty  years ago.  Drought, 
and  the  pond  runs  down.  That is all. 
Let this cease and the rain begin to come 
again,  and we  shall see it begin to fill up 
again,  as  I  have  often  after  even  one 
long,  hard  rain,  almost  as  much by my 
bay rain guage as by my land rain guage. 
And why .not?  The little bucket and the 
big bucket are filled by the same rainfall, 
and,  of  course, ought  to fill alike.  Only 
the big one wTill keep  on  filling  from its 
rivers  after the rain is over.  So that an 
inch  in  my land  rain  gauge  means  an 
inch on  the  lake,  and a great  deal  more 
in a few hours  afterward,  less  only  the 
nearly  constant  outflow 
through  the 
Mackinac sluice.
The same facts account for the rise and 
fall in the inland  lakes,  and they are the 
only  facts  that  do,  as  I believe a little 
thought will readily show.

i 53  $3 a week.”
I received this  reply in substance:
11 
,
oo Ud : 
“I have  no  vacancy among  the  boys, 
15(0 
but  such  a  boy as  you  mentioned  will 
It  was  a loud 
1 ,‘o  always  pay  twice  over. 
7 so  commendation  you  gave  him. 
If  you 
*1* ^   dare stand by it, send him along. 
I shall 
44 ns  keep  your  indorsement  for  ready refer- 
9t 15'  ence.”
7 ^  
Fred reported for  work the next rnorn- 
5 75»  ing.  He began at the  bottom,  sweeping,
44 jj®  dusting,  clearing up,  taking  away books, 
179 5 '  carrying off  waste paper, etc. 
In a short 
840 92  time  the  store  looked as it never did be-
8 25  fore 
jje was tjje first there in the morn- 
3 ®  ing  and  the  last  at  night.  He  never
348 18  asked what to do  next,  but  found  some- 
99  thing to do until new work was assigned.
12 98  He kept  his  mouth  shut,  his  eyes  and 
17 45  ears  open,  and  his  feet  and  thoughts 
™ **  active.  The fifth  week  they raised him 
ft 90  to $5 and gave him work above four other 
il 36  youths  whom  he  fouud  there.  At  the
156 19 
®2  emj 0£  four months he  was  raised to $12
a week,  without asking it.
8*5 78 
Ben went from the high  school  into an 
23 75 
306 05
office  at  $3  a  week.  They  told  him
68 75  plainly that  there  was no probability of 
935 58 : promotion,  as no boy had been  promoted 
35  for twelve  years,  but  there  was a possi- 
|,o oo; bility.  There  was  nothing  about  him 
a 9 94  that  was  promising.  He  had  not stood 
high  in  school,  was not a good penman, 
io oo
was  not  strong  physically;  but he went 
M ass......................................................
The claims marked  (*)  are in the form | to WOrk with the full  determination that 
A few days  after,  the  senior  member
of  the  firm  saw  him  going to the  post- 
office,  and was so delighted  with his evi­
dent  intent  to  boom the mail  business, 
that  he  said  to  his associates:  “1 wish 
there was  some  way to label  Ben, ‘This
It  is  wTorth  something  to have  such an
In the course of  a few  months another 
boy was  secured,  and Ben  was given $6, 
until,  in  less  than  three  years, he  was 
having  $20 a week,  making  a place  for 
himself  by the  way he  did  everything. 
In  those  three  years  a  thousand  other 
boys in Boston had  changed  from  place 
to place,  and were  still working for $3 or 
$4 a week.
The boy who  is  merely  an  office  boy 
will  never  be  promoted,  neither will he 
who is above  being  an office boy;  who is 
lazy,  indifferent, talkative, sulky, moody, 
meddlesome,  envious,  jealous,  afraid of 
doing  more  than  his  share,  and  bound 
not to earn more than he is paid for.  He 
will  be  promoted  who  makes  himself 
equal  to  every  emergency;  who  loves 
work,  learns  how  to  work, how  to  be 
cheerful and loyal,  lending a hand every­
where;  who puts  brains  into  his  work, 
who lets his  “head  save  his  heel;”  who 
will work anywhere,  at any time,  at any­
thing,  without complaint.

not fail to have a good effect on the trade j Exhibition of  business on the street.”
in general,  and  furnish  food  for  reflec­
tion to those who  have thought it neces­
sary to cut prices,  in  order to succeed in 
business.

How did he get it ?
Simply  by  cutting  prices—by  selling 
goods  at a lower  margin  of  profit  than 
could  be  afforded. 
In  job  work,  his 
methods were  the  same.  All  kinds of 
tin work he would  take for less than the 
regular dealer, and, by so doing, he would 
get the business.

It is now some seven years  since  Fred 
Blakel,ey  commenced  business 
in  this 
city.  He  started  with less than $1,000 
capital  and  immediately  sprang  into a 
driving trade.

The assets are  set  down  at  $8,287.98, 
comprising stock appraised  at  $6,787.98 
and  book  accounts  to  the  amount  of 
$3,946.19,  appraised at $1,500.

By this  course  of  action,  he has been 
the means of depreciating  prices to such 
an extent that it has  been hard work for 
the retailer to make  both ends meet.

of notes,  but there is no  secured  indebt- j  he would  “get there.”
edness.

The failure of Blakeley & Jenison can

_ ] boy  is  from  the  house of  ----- &

Langdon M iter  Box  Co.,  M iller’s F a 

Expecting  Too  Much.

Ordinarily,  one’s  sympathy  would  be 
with a person  who  has  been  obliged to 
suspend business, but in this case, Blake­
ley & Jenison do  not  deserve  sympathy 
from the hardware trade  of  Grand  Rap­
ids.  If the creditors of Blakeley & Jeni­
son compromise  their  claims  and allow 
them*to continue in business, they do not 
deserve  the  patronage  of  any dealer in 
Grand Rapids who  is  trying to do a fair 
business at a reasonable margin-of profit. 
The jobbers who  have  sold  them in the 
past should not  again  step  in,  and,  by 
compromising their claims,  furnish them 
capital to continue in business  and  thus 
keep  up  their  demoralizing  methods. 
With assets  of  $8,000  and  liabilities of 
$9,000,  the  lesson  taught  is  that  goods 
must be sold at a profit, if  the dealer in­
tends to pay a hundred  cents on the dol­
lar.

Time  Would.  Tell.
Patient—Great  heavens!  young  man, 
that’s a pretty strong medicine.
Young Doctor—Yes,  it’s  very  power­
ful.  Sometimes it cures  and  sometimes 
it kills.
Patient—Well — I  say — here,  young 
man, is there any danger in my case ?
Young  Doctor—I can’t tell for an hour 
yet,  Mr.  Moneybags.  Now,  calm  your­
self. 

______ 

______

Good  Words  Unsolicited.

T.  H erbert & Co., general  dealers, M aple C ity: 
“W e can n o t g et along w ith o u t T h e T r a d esm a n.”
M.  P.  P eterson,  grocer  an d   lum ber  dealer, 
L angston: 
“ C ould  n o t  w ell  get  along  w ith ­
o u t  it.”

VISITING  BUYERS.

F D Smith. Coopersville 
John Spyker. Zeeland 
Hunger, Watson & Devoist,
DenHerder & Tania, 
Sullivan
Vriesland 
Sampson & Drury, CadUlac 
A M Kingsbury. Edmore 
Struik Bros,  Byron  Center Barry & Co.-, Rodney 
Geo 8 Curtiss, Edgerton 
Jno Riddering. Drenthe 
J R Harrison, Sparta 
Alex Denton.  Howard City
John Damstra, Gitchell 
S D Thompson, Newaygo 
John De Vries.  Jamestown C L Glasgow, Nashville 
H Meijering. Jamestown  C L Doty, Casnovia 
H Van Noord, Jamestown  D H Meeker, Perrinton 
W McWilliams, Conklin  Miss Ella Wamsley, 
GTenHoor.  Forest  Grove 
Cedar Springs
SmaUegan & Pickaard, 
T H Shepherd &Bro..Martin 
Forest Grove  Hubbell & Cheney, Ionia 
John Crispe, PlainweU 
N F Miller. Lisbon 
E Medes, Coral 
G W Reynolds, Belmont 
Spring & Lindley, Bailey 
Frank Smith.  Leroy 
W G Tefft, Rockford 
Isaac Quick, Allendale 
W C Congdon.CedarSprings 
S H Ballard, Sparta 
Miss A Peake,CedarSprings 
J D Noah, Moline 
J O'Jeannot, Muskegon 
John Smith, Ada 
Thos Heffeman, Baldwin
N Bouma. Fisher 
_________11_____  
John Graves, Way land
A C Barkley, Crosby
Herder &Lahuis.  'Zeeland  R A Hastings, Sparta 
R Osterhof. Ferrystiurg 
D E Watters, Freeport 
C S Comstock, Piers  n 
Maston & Hammond,
B Voorhorst.  Overisel 
Grandville
J V CrandaU & Co.,Sand Lk Whelpley & Cogswell, 
Brookings Lumber Co., 
Mulliken
Brookings  L Perrigo & Co.,  aw Paw 
Severance & Rich,
T Armock, W right 
C B Moon. Cedar Springs 
Middleville
L Maier, Fisher Station 
J W Lovely. Howard City 
C J  Westerliend, Muskegon L Bums, Ada
Geo A Sage, Rockford 
J Raymond, Berlin 
W A Whitman. Montague 
J Coon, Rockford 
T W Preston, Millbrook 
A M Porter.  Moorland 
Eli Runnels, Coming 
C H Deming, Dutton 
S T McLellan, Denison 
G H Nelson, Whitehall 
A Purchase. So Blendon 
H Ade. Conklin 
F W Vanwinkle,8helby 
L Cook, Bauer 
E S Houghtaling, H art 
P DeKraker, Holland 
G H Spencer, Cleon 
B Gilbert & Co., Moline 
C DeJonge, Holland 
John Gunstra, Lamont 
J A Holmes & Co.,KentCity
W E Hinman, Sparta 
Carrington & North,  Trent Phelps & Soule,  Hastings 
R B   Gooding&Son,Gooding

From the Shoe and Leather Gazette.
The Patrons  of  Industry,  an  agricul­
tural  organization,  have  secured  con­
tracts from  merchants  in  some parts of 
Michigan  agreeing to sell them  goods at 
a  small  percentage  above  cost.  Such 
contracts are not based on true  business 
principles,  and the parties who enter in­
to  them  will  eventually find  that  they 
have made a mistake.  No  class  should 
expect  to  be  favored  above  another. 
There is no reason  why a farmer  should 
buy his goods for less  than  a  mechanic 
or a clerk,  and in  the long  run  he does 
not buy them  cheaper,  even  though the 
contract be ironclad.  Dealers  who  sign 
such  agreements  acknowledge 
their 
weakness,  for no  merchant  whose  posi­
tion is assured will agree to discriminate 
in favor of one class and against another.
It is a one-sided affair,  anyhow,  as the 
dealer agrees to sell at a certain low rate 
of  percentage,  while  the  parties  who 
take advantage of the concession—when­
ever there is any advantage in the d ea l- 
do not bind  themselves  to  trade  at  the 
contract  place;  whenever 
they  can 
secure  better  bargains  (as  they  often 
can),  they buy elsewhere. 
It  is  hardly 
probable that the dealers  who sign these 
contracts expect  to  sell  cheaper  to  the 
Patrons  of  Industry than  to  other  cus­
tomers;  if  they do  then  they expect  to 
confine their trade  to  that  organization 
alone,  for  when it is learned that a mer­
chant  has  entered into a contract to sell 
certain  persons  goods  cheaper 
than 
others,  his  customers  who are not mem­
bers  of  the  class in question  withdraw 
their  patronage,  as they do not  propose 
to  pay  more  for  their  goods  than  the 
favored  class;  and  the  Patrons  of  In­
dustry are  not  sufficiently numerous  to 
justify any dealer in  confining  his trade 
to them exclusively.
The conclusion is inevitable that those 
dealers  who enter into such contracts do 
not expect to fulfill  them,  and no honor 
able man will be a party to an agreement 
which  he  does  not  expect  to  observe; 
neither will an honorable dealer agree to 
discriminate in favor of any class of per­
sons.  Merchants of unquestioned honesty 
have signed the contracts referred to, but 
it was  done  without a true appreciation 
of  the  situation,  and they are now seek 
ing to rectify their mistake by withdraw­
ing from  them,  though in doing  so they 
injure themselves as much  with the Pat­
rons  as  they  had  previously  injured 
themselves with their customers who are 
not members of that body.  Other dealers 
have  agreed  to  the  contracts  because 
they expected  to  obtain  the  custom  of 
the  Patrons  and  'get  just  as  much for 
their goods as they ever did,  or more.
The farmers are justified in attempting 
to secure  goods  as  cheaply as  possible; 
but  they have  no  right  to  expect  that 
they will be favored above  other  classes 
of  citizens,  and they may put it down as 
a fact as true as  the  gospel  that  when­
ever a dealer  agrees to  sell  them  goods 
cheaper than others,  that dealer is either 
crazy or  dishonest,  and is an unsafe and 
unsatisfactory person to trade with.

Satisfy  Your  Customers.

trades,  but  another 

From the Merchants’ Review.
It  would  be  well  for  all retail mer­
chants if  they would  take  special pains 
to let no customer leave  their  stores dis­
satisfied with either the quality of goods, 
prices or treatment.  As the  great world 
is  made  up of  all  kinds of  people, it is 
too  much  to  expect  that  any  merely 
human retailer can always succeed in his 
endeavors  to  please  the  public,  but  he 
can  at  least  deserve  success  by  deter­
mination  and  perseverance.  It requires 
constant vigilance,  as  for  the  most part 
the  merchant  is  compelled to rely upon 
assistants in supplying  the  wants of  his 
trade,  and  he  must  keep a sharp watch 
upon  his  clerks to sefe  that  patrons are 
not  driven  away by neglect or impolite­
ness.  The inattention or brusqueness of 
those behind the counter  is  undoubtedly 
the cause of  much  loss of  custom  in the 
retail 
important 
source of  dissatisfaction  among  custom­
ers is the deception  practiced  in  regard 
to quality.  When  a patron  restricts  the 
merchant to a certain  price  in  purchas­
ing  goods,  quality  will, of  course  have 
to suiter—the chief aim desired being the 
satisfying of  the customer’s  wishes;  but 
when the price is not  mentioned  and the 
best goods are asked for, it is poor policy 
to palm off  on  the customer  an  inferior 
article  because,  owing  to  the  light call 
for them,  they either  never have been in 
stock or have been  sold out.  The wisest 
plan  in  this  case is to let the  would-be 
customer go unsatisfied as  to  his  wants, 
but  satisfied regarding  the  square  deal­
ing  and  honesty of  the merchant.  It is 
often  advisable  to  offer  in  place of  an 
article  called  for  another  one which is 
equal  in quality and  price,  but  this is a 
bad  practice  unless  the  substitution is 
made  with  the  knowledge  of  the  con­
sumer.  To  sum  up,  the  chief  aim  of 
the  merchant  should  be  to  satisfy  his 
customers in every respect,  and no better 
motto  can  be  selected  for a retail store 
than  the  following:  “No  customer  al­
lowed to leave  this  store  dissatisfied”— 
provided it is lived up to.

A  Serious  Loss.

Dr.  Ipecac—You  seem  to  have pretty 
good luck with your cases, Belladonna.
Dr. Belladonna—Yes,  I  flatter  myself 
I do.
Dr.  Ipecac—You  never  lost  a  case, 
did  you?
Dr.  Belladonna—Yes,  one.  He  went 
to Canada.  I needed  that  hundred  dol­
lars,  too.

He  E iew   Latin.

Mr. Banks—Come  into this drug store, 
Harriet,  and  let’s  have a glass  of  soda 
water.
Mrs.  B.—I  will,  if  you’ll  promise  not 
to wink.  I know what  that  means, you 
know.

“All right,  I promise.”
Mrs.  Banks  (after 
leaving  the  drug 
store)—What was that  spiritus frumenti 
that  you had, George?
“Spiritus frumenti ?  That’s,the Latin 
for raspberry and cream.”

A  Sufficient Recommendation.

Gentleman  (to  village  cobbler)—What 
is that  yellow  powder  you are taking so 
constantly,  my friend ?

Cobbler—It’s snuff—catarrh snuff.
Gentleman—Is it any good?  I’m some­
what troubled that way myself.
Cobbler  (with  the  air  of  a man  who 
could  say more if  he  chose)—Well, I’ve 
had catarrh for more’n  thirty  years,  and 
I’ve never took nothin’  for it but this.

All  He  Could Promise.

count, Mr.  Short?

Dunn—When  can  you  settle  this  ac­
Short—Oh,  come around next week. 
“Will  you pay me then ?”
“I can’t  promise  that,  exactly;  but  I 
can tell  you then,  whea to come  again.”

A Very Bad  Case.

First  Doctor—I hear  you  treated  my 
neighbor for typhus fever.  Was it a bad 
case ?
Second Ditto—Very bad; the man never 
paid his bill.

A wealthy merchant  who began life as 
a bootblack was once sneered at for  hav­
ing  blacked 
shoes  in  his  boyhood. 
“Didn’t  I  shine  them  well?”  was  his 
answer—which points a moral that many 
might  profit by._____________________

Dry  Goods•
P r ic e s   C u rren t.

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

A tlan tic  A ...........
A tla n ta A. A .......
A rchery  B unting
A m ory...................
B eaver D am   A A
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Cohasset A ...........
C om et....................
C lifton C C C ........
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B L E
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shorts.
E d w ard s.....................
E m p ire........................
F a rw e ll.......................
F ru it o f th e  L oom .. 
F itc h v ille 
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C arlisle  “ 

Integrity  XX............. 534
654 K ing, E   F .................. 634
E X .................. 6*4
4M “ 
“  E C , 32 in ........ 554
734
534 L aw rence L L ........... 534
634 N ew   M arket B .........
5 5 ,
5 N oibe  R ...................... 5%
4 N e w to n ...................... 6%
O ur Level  B est........ 7
7 R iverside X X ........... 5
654 Sea Islan d  R ............. 6M
Sharon B  .................. 8%
5
7M Top o f th e  H eap ___ 754
654 W iiliam sville............ 7
6% Comet,  40 in ............. 834
7 N ew  M arket L, 40 in. 754
554
HELI
8
454 F ru it of th e  Loom % 8
F a irm o u n t................. 434
754 L onsdale  C am bric.. 1054
654 L on sd ale.................... 854
9 M iddlesex.................. 554
854 N o N am e.................... 754
6 Oak V iew .................. 6
7 O ur  O w n.................... 554
S u n lig h t..................... 454
8
V in y ard ...................... 8^4
854
754

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COTTONS.

Cabot.
F a rw e ll.......................8V4l

E A C H E D   COTTONS.
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2.. ..11
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U N B L E A C H E D   CANTON  F L A N N E L .
V.................
N ............... 654
L ............... 7
E  A T ......... 8
X ............. 9
No. 2 5 .... 9
B L E A C H E D CANTON  F L A N N E L .
N ............... 754 M iddlesex A A ___ ..11
2.... ..12
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4 .... ..1754
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C O R SET  JE A N S .

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IN aum keagsatteen. 7K
654|Rockport....................6%
P R IN T S .

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M errim ’ck shirtings.  5H 
A llen, sta p le .............  6
Repp fu rn  .  8%
fa n c y .............654
Pacific  fa n c y ............ 6
ro b es.............654
ro b es.................654
A m erican  fa n c y —   6 
P ortsm outh ro b es... 
A m erican in d ig o —   654 
Sim pson m ourning..  654
A m erican sh irtin g s.  554 
g re y s ..........654
....  654
A rnold 
solid black.  654 
long clo th  B . 1054 
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W ashington indigo.  654 
“  C.  854
“ 
“  T urkey ro b e s..  754
“ 
cen tu ry  clo th   7
In d ia  ro b es___754
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gold seal.......1054
“  p la in  T ’ky X %   8V 
“  T urkey re d .. 1054
“ 
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B erlin so lid s.............   554
“  O ttom an  T u r­
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oil b lu e ........   654
key re d ..................  6
“  green —   654
“ 
M artha W ashington
Cocheco fan cy .........   6
T urkey red  %..........754
m ad d ers...  6 
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M artha  W ashington
E ddystone  fa n c y ...  6 
T urkey re d ............   954
H am ilton fancy.  ...  654
R iv e rp o in tro b e s....  5
s ta p le ___6
W indsor fa n c y .........   654
M anchester  fa n c y ..  6 
new  era»  654 
indigo b lu e ........... 1054
M errim ack D fancy.  654
A m oskeag A C  A ....1354|Pearl  R iv e r...............12%
H am ilton N ...............  754lW arren........................14

gold  tick et 

T IC K IN G S .

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A m oskeag..................13541Bv e re tt........................1254
A m oskeag, 9 oz........15  Law rence XX............ 1354
A n d o v er.....................1154 (L ancaster................... 1254

GIN G H A M S.

G len a rv e n ................. 6341 R enfrew  D ress............8
L a n cash ire................  654 Toil d u  N o rd .............1054
N o rm an d ie................8 

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Peerless, w h ite.........18541Peerless,  c o lo re d ...21

C A R P E T   W A R P .

G R A IN   BAGS.

S ta rk ............................20 
IG eoygia...................... 16
A m erican ...................17  P acific......................... 14
V alley C ity................16 
¡B urlap......................... 1154

T H R E A D S .

C lark’s M ile E n d .... 45 
I Barbour’s ...................88
Coats’,  J .  <& P ........... 45  M arshall’s ..................88
H olyoke......................22541

No.

K N IT T IN G   COTTON.

W hite.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
..33
6  ..
“  16...
...38
39
8... ....34
“  18... ....39
40
10... ....35
“  20... ....40
41
12... ...36
C A M BRICS.

W hite.  Colored,
42
43
44
45

S later...........................434IKid G love____
W hite  S ta r...............  434|N ew m arket...............   4-4

R E D   F L A N N E L .

F irem an .
C reedm ore................ 2754
T albot X X X ............. 30
N am eless.................. 2754

..3254IT W ..............................2254
FT....................... 3254
J R F ,  X X X .............. 35
B uckeye.....................3254

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

R ed & B lue,  p la id . .40 
I G rey S R W ...............1754
U nion R .................... 2254 W estern W ................. 1854
W in d so r..................•..1854 D R  P — ............. ...1854
6 oz W e stern ............21  F lu sh in g  X X X ...........2354
U nion  B ................... 22541M anitoba..................... 2354

D U C K S.

Severen, 8 oz.............  9541 G reenw ood, 8 oz — 1154
M ayland, 8 o z ..........11  W est  P oint, 8 o z—   954
G reenw ood, 754 o z ..  9541

W hite,  d o z ...............20 
Colored,  d o z ............25 

I Per bale, 40 d o z— S7 25
|

W A D D IN G S.

S IL E S IA  S.
.  9 
Slater, Iro n  Cross 
.  9
R ed Cross.
' “ 
“ 
B est 
........... 1054
B est  A A .........1254
“ 
.  

C O RSETS.

P aw tu ck e t..................11
D u n d ie........................  9
B ed fo rd .......................11

C oraline...................$9 50|W o n d erfu l............... $4 75
S hilling’s ................   9  00|B righton................... 4  75

SEW IN G   S IL K .

C orticelli, doz...........85 
tw ist, d oz. .42  1  per 54oz  b a ll......... 30
50y d ,d o z ..42 

(Cortieelli  k n ittin g ,
j

“  
“ 

COOPER TOOLS

W e   e n d e a v o r   to  c a r r y   [a  full 

a s s o r tm e n t.

Foster,  S tev en s  & Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St., 

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

i i A . u n w j s . n B , .

m o l X s s e s   g a t e s .
Stebbin’s  P a tte rn ................................
Stebbin’s G en u in e..............................
E nterprise, self-m easuring.............

dis.
.60&10
.60*10
25

A U G U R S  A N D   B IT S .

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dis.
60
Iv es’, o ld style  ........................................................
Snell’s .................................................................................
60
40
Cook’s ............................................................................
Jen n in g s’, g e n u in e .................................................
25
Je n n in g s’,  im ita tio n ........................................... .......50*10
....... $   7 00
F irs t Q uality, S. B. B ronze.....................
D.  B.  B ronze....................
_____  11  00
......  8 50
S. B.  S. S teel....................
D. B. Steel........................ .......  13 00

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

A X E S .

“  
“  
“  

R a ilro ad .................................................................#  14 00
G ard en ............................................................. n e t  30  00

B A R B O W S. 

bolts. 

d i s .

dis.

buckets.

Stove...........................................................................50&10
C arriage new  lis t...................
..............40&10
P lo w ...........................................
.............. 
70
Sleigh  sh o e..............................
W ell,  p la in ..................................... '....:..............Í   3  50
W ell, sw iv el................................................... 

 
dis.
Cast Loose P in, figured........................................70&
W rought N arrow , b rig h t 5ast jo in t..................60&10
W rought Loose P in ............................................... 60&10
W rought  T a b le...................................................... 60&10
W rought In sid e B lin d ..........................................60&10
W rought  B rass..................... 
75
B lind,  C lark’s ........................................................ 70&10
B lind,  P ark er’s ...................................................... 7Q&10
70
B lind, S hepard’s ..................................................  

B U T T S ,  C A ST. 

 

 

 

BLO C K S.

O rdinary T ackle, list A pril 17, ’85................... 

40

cradles.
crow bars.

C A PS.

G rain ............................................................... dis. 50&02
Cast S teel...........................................................p er B>
454
65
60
35
60
50
50
25

E ly’s 1-10........................................................... per m
H ick’s  C. F ................................................... 
G. D ...............................................................  
M u sk e t...............................................j ........  
R im  F ire, U.  M. C. & W inchester n ew  li s t .. 
R im  F ire, U nited-S tates..............................dis. 
C entral  F ire .................................................... dis. 

C A R T R ID G E S.

“
“
“

chisels. 

Socket F irm e r.........................................................70&10
Socket F ram in g ...................................................... 70&10
Socket C orner.......................................................... 70&10
Socket S lic k s.......................................................... 70&10
B utchers’ T anged  F irm e r.................................. 
40

combs. 

C H A L K .

C urry,  L aw rence’s  ............................................. 40&10
H o tc h k iss ...............................................................  
25
W hite C rayons, per  gro ss.................12@1254 dis. 10
P lanished, 14 oz c u t to size......... per pound 
28
14x52,14x56,14x60 ............................ 
26
Cold R olled, 14x56 a n d  14x60............................  
24
Cold R olled, 14x48................................................  
24
B o tto m s...................................................................  
25

C O P P E R .

“ 

dis.

dis.

N A IL S
A dvance above 12d nails.

F IN E   B L U E D .

F E N C E   A N D   B R A D S .
50d to 60d..............................................
lOd...........................................................
8d an d  9 d ...........................................
6d an d  7 d ..............................................
4d and 5 d .............................................. .
3 d .............................................................
2 d .............................................................
4 d .............................................................
3 d .............................................................
2 d .............................................................
C A S E IN S  A N D   BO X .
12d to 30d
lOd.............
8d to 9d  ..
6d to  7 d ...
4d to 5 d ...
3 d ...............
%  in c h ...

COMMON  B A R R E L .

C LIN C H .

“ 

1^4 an d   1% in c h ..............................
............................
2  an d   234 
254 an d  234 
............................
3 in c h ..................................................
334 an d  454  in c h .............................
4 °0
E a ch  h a lf keg 10 cents extra.

26
.  10 
26 
40 
60 1 00 
1  50
1 00
1  50
2 00
50 
60 
75 
90 
10 
1  50

2 25
1  36 1 15 
1  80 86 
75

PLANES. 

dlS.
O hio Tool Co.’s, f a n c y ....................................... 40@10
Sciota  B en ch ...................................................... 
  @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fa n c y ...................... 
  40@10
B ench, first q u a lity ..............................................   @SO
S tanley R ule an d   Level Co.’s, w ood............. 20*10
F ry,  A cm e......................................................dis. 
60
Common,  p o lish ed .......................................dis. 
70
dis.
Iro n  an d   T in n e d .................................................. 
go
Copper R ivets an d  B u rs....................................  
  go
“ A” W ood’s paten t planished. Nos. 24 to  27  10 20 
“ B” W ood’s  pat.  planished, Nos. 25 to 27 ...  9 20 

pa tent pla n ish ed iron.

riv ets. 

PANS.

B roken packs 54c per pound extra.

ROPES.

 

 

 

SQUARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, 54 in c h  an d  la r g e r ...................................   n u
M an illa....................................................................  1354
dlS.
75
Steel an d   Iro n .................... 
 
Try an d  B evels............................................ 
go
M itre .................................................................... ”  
go
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

3  25
3 36
A ll  sheets No.  18  an d   lighter,  over 30  in ch es 

Nos. 10 to  14.............................................. $4 30 
Nos. 15 to 17.......................................  
N os.  18 to  21..............................................  4  20 
N os. 22 to 24 ..............................................  4 20 
N os. 25 to 26 .................................  
...  4  40 
N o. 27.........................................................4  60 
w ide not less th a n  2-10 ex tra
L ist acct. 19, ’86............................................. dis. 40*10
50
Silver Lake, W hite  A ....................................list 
“ gg
D rab A .............................. 
50
W hite  B ....................................   “  
55
D ra b B ........................................  « 
36
W hite C ......................................   “ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

  4 20 

“  
“ 
“ 
“ 

 

 

|3  00
3 00
3 10
3 15

D iscount, 10.

dis.

Solid E yes......................................................p er ton $26

dis.

SASH WEIGHTS.

saws. 

D R IL L S .

M orse’s  B it  S tocks..........................
P aper an d  straig h t S h an k .............
M orse’s T aper S h an k ......................
D R IP P IN G  P A N S .
Sm all sizes, ser p o u n d ...................
L arge sizes, per  p o u n d ...................

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 i n .................................doz. n e t 
70
C o rru g ated .............................................dis. 20&10&10
A d iu stab le......................................................dis.  40&10
diS.
30
C lark’s, sm all, $18; large, $26............................ 
Iv es’, 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30.................................. 
25

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

f i l e s —N ew  List. 

dis.

D isston’s ..................................................................6O&10
N ew  A m erican ...................................................... 60&10
N icholson’s ............................................................ 60&10
HeUer’s ..................................................................... 
50
H eller’s H orse R asp s........................................... 
50

GALVANJZED IRON.

Nos.  16  to  20;  22  an d   24;  25  a n d   26;  27 
L ist 
15 

12 

13 

14 

28
18

D iscount, 60

dis.

g a u g e s . 
HAMMERS.

HINGES.

Screw H ook an d   Eye,  54 - - •

Stanley R ule an d   Level Co.’s ..........................  
50
M aydole  & Co.’s ............................................. dis. 
25
K ip’s..-............................... ...............................dis. 
25
Y erkes & P lum b’s ..........................................dis. 40&10
M ason’s Solid Cast S teel.............................. 30c list 60
B lacksm ith’s Solid Cast  Steel, H a n d ___30c 40&10
G ate, C lark’s, 1, 2, 3 ......................................dis.60&10
2 50 
S tate.....................
3M
10
854
754
754
70
B arn Door K idder M fg. Co., W ood tra c k — 50&10
Cham pion,  a n ti-frictio n ...................................   60&10
K idder, w ood tr a c k .......................................  
P o ts......................................   ................................... 60&05
K ettles......................................................................60&05
S p id e rs ....................................................................60*05
G ray en am eled ................................................. 

.. .per doz. net, 
in. 454  14  an d
ip, to  12
,54........ .................... n et
%........ .................... n et
%............................. n et
%............................. n et
...................dis.

HOLLOW WARE

HANGERS. 

dis.

50

40

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

25

dis.

HORSE NAILS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

knobs—N ew  List. 

Stam ped  T in W a re ..............................new  list 70*10
Ja p an n ed  T in W a re.......................................  
G ranite Iro n  W a re ..........................new  list 3354*10
A u S able.....................................dis. 25&10@25&10*10
P u tn a m ............................................dis.  5*10*254*254
dis. 10*10*5
N o rth w estern .......................................... 
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m in g s........................  
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trim m in g s..................... 
Door, porcelain, p lated  trim m ings................. 
55
Door,  porcelain, trim m in g s.............................. 
55
D raw er  an d   S hutter, p o rcelain ................. 
R ussell & Irw in   M fg. Co.’s new  l i s t ............ 
M allory, W heeler *   Co.’s ............................ 
B ranford’s ........................................................ 
N orw alk’s .......................................................... 
S tanley R ule an d  Level  Co.’s ..................... 
A dze E y e ..................................................$16.60, dis.  60
H u n t E y e ........................................................$15.00, dis. 60
H u n t’s .   .......................................... $18.50, dis. 20*10.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  h a n d le d ..........................  
50
Coffee, P arkers  Co.’s ..........................................  
40
40
« 
p . s.  & W.  Mfg. Co.’s  M alleables.... 
“  L anders,  F erry  & Clark’s ..................... 
40
“  E n t e r p r is e .............................................  
25

levels. 
MATTOCKS.

70
dis.
55
55
55
dis.
70

MAULS. 
mills. 

dlS.
dis.

55

 

tb aps. 

“ 
“ 
“  Cham pion  an d   E lectric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  fo o t.......................................... 
 

„ „ H a n d - -;........................................... 25@25&5
70
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per fo o t,___ 
Special Steel D ex X Cuts, per fo o t___ 
50
30
Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per fo o t.. . .  
  38
dis.
Steel, G am e..............................................................60*10
35
O neida C om m unity, N ew house’s ................... 
70
O neida  C om m unity, H aw ley & N orton’s __  
70
H otchkiss’ ....................................................  
70
P.  S.  & W.  M fg. Co.’s  ......................................... 
M ouse,  ch o k e r.......................................... 18c p er doz.
M ouse, d elu sio n .....................................$1.50 per doz.
dis.
B rig h t M ark et........................................................  67^4
A nnealed M arket.................................................. 70*10
Coppered M arket..................................................   6254
T in n ed  M ark et......................................................  82X
Coppered  Spring  S teel....................................... 
go
P lain  F e n c e ..............................................per p ound 03
B arbed  Fence, g alvanized........................................$3 45
p a in te d ..............................................  2 80

w ir e. 

“ 

WIRE GOODS. 

diS.

WRENCHES. 

B rig h t.................................................................70*10*10
Screw   E y e s......................................................70*10*10
H ook’s ............................................................... 70*10*10
G ate Hooks an d  E y es....................................70*10*10
B ax ter’s  A djustable, n ic k eled ........................  
30
50
Coe’s  G e n u in e .......................  
Coe’s P ate n t A gricultural, w ro u g h t,............. 
75
Coe’s  P atent, m a lleab le......................................75*10
B ird C a g e s.............................................................  
go
75
Pum ps, C istern................................................  
50
Screw s, N ew  L ist..................................................  
Casters, Bed  an d   P la te ................................50*10*10
Dam pers,  A m erican............................. 
40
F orks, hoes, rakes  an d  all steel goods.........  
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

diS.

d i£

 

 

 

M E T A L S .

PIG TIN.

ZINC.

SOLDER.

P ig  L arg e..................................................................... 26c
P ig B ars.........................................................................28e
D u ty :  Sheet, 254c per pound.
680 pound  ca sk s..........................................................634
654
P er  p o u n d ...............................................................  
54@54..........................................................  
16
E x tra  W ip in g ............................................................13^4
T he  prices  o f  th e  m any  other  q u alities  o f 
solder in  th e m ark et in d icated  by p riv ate b ran d s 
vary according to  com position.
ANTIMONY.
C ookson................................................ per  p o und  1434
H allett’s ..............................................  
n j j
10x14 IC, C harcoal................................................$  6  OO
..................................................   6  00
14x20 IC, 
10x14IX , 
. . . ______________  
..................................................   7  75
14x20 IX, 

TIN—MELYN GRADE.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

E a ch  a d d itio n al X on th is grade, $1.75.

 

 

TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.

10x14 IC,  C h a rc o a l.................................................... $o5 40
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX , 
14x20 IX, 

..................................................   5  40
..................................................   6
................................................

“ 
“ 

“ 

E ach ad d itio n al X on th is g rade $1.50.

ROOFING PLATES

14x20  IC, 
14x20 IX , 
20x28  IC, 
14x201c, 
14x20 IX , 
20x28  IC, 
20x28 IX, 
14x28  IX ................................................................... $12
14x31  EX..................................................................... 18

“  W orcester......................................  5  50
 
“  
“ 
“   A llaw ay  G rad e......................  
4 90
“ 
“  
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

p o u n d ...., 

09

7 is

7 00
11 50

6 40
10 50
13 50

Ä8S0GIÄT1ON  DEPARTMENT.

Michigan  Business  Men’s  Association. 

President—C. L. Whitney, Muskegon.
S S t  Vice-President—C. T. Bridgeman,  FUnt.
Second Vice-President—M 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—H  W. 
Wells,  Lansing;
^
“ 2 Tl S » T ™ S c i   y 7 s . B.Blain, Lowell 
SSSk ?^5Sï«ÏÏïr m«“   à.  F.  Conklin. Grand 
Rairfde.  8ecretorrance_ 0  p  Co„kUn,  Grand  Bap
Committee «n
0¿mmu£? »

a ^

Alle4fan'

¡ a

a

»

con

L ^ Ü ’S Ï Â ^ - J a s .  H. Moore, Saginaw.
Official Organ—Thb Michigan Tradesman.__________ _
T he follow ing au x iliary   associations are oper­
a tin g  u n d er c h lrte rs   granted  by  th e  M ichigan 
B usiness M en’s A ssociation

w n  » „ T ra v e rs ©  C ity   B .  M . A*

-

President. J. W. MUliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings.
------- - 
N o . 2—L o w e ll  B. M .  A .
President. S. B. Plain; Secretary. Frank T. King.-------
------------------N o. 3—S tu rg is  B .  M. A .
President. H. 8 .  C h u r c h i  Secretary^Wm^Jom.----------------

President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary  -  
President, John A. Miller;  Secretary. C. L. Whitney^

N<a.  A—G ra n d   R a p id s   M .  -A.
5_M u sk e g o n  li.  M . A .
v 0t g —A ll>a  H.  M . A .

•><>  1«)—B a r lio r  s p r in g s  » .  ill. A. 

V n  St_K a s tu o rt  B,  M..  A.
j j 0  y - L a a r e n c e  B .  M . A .

President. F. W. Sloat; Secretary. P. T. Baldwin.---------
------------- v „   7_B im o u d a ie  B .  M . A .
President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. Widger.---------
—  — 
President. F. H. Thursten; Secretary. Geo. L. Thurston.
--------- - 
President, E .  M.  M a r s h a ll; Secretary, J .  H. Kelly.-------
— 
President  W. J. Clark; Secretary. A
--------- ”  > o .l  1—K in g s le y   B .
President. H. P- Whipple: Secretary
President, C. McKay; S e c r e ta r y . Thos. L e n n o n .
— 
President, ¿ . B. Sturtevant;  Secretary, W. J. Austin.
----------1«.,  14—> o .  M u sk e g o n   B . M . A .
President. 8. A. Howey: Secreg.ry, G. C. Eavens.--------
-----------V l, 
President. R. R. Perking; Secretary, F. M. Chaw.--------

M . A .
, D. E.  Wynkoop.
‘N o. 12—Q u in c y  B . M . A .
\ l4  f Q_M iheriniii)  B . M* A .

, ¿IT ijo v n e  C ity   B . M . A.

. Thompson.

’  Mo  16—S an d  B a k e   B ^M .  A. 

President, J. V- Crandall:  Secretary, W. Rasco,---------

F la in w e ll B . M . A

j. A. Sidle.

President. Geo. IL Anderson; Secretary
-  
N o.  18
President, Warren P.

-O vrosso  B.  M . A .
Woodard; Secretary.S. Lamfrom.

N o.  IB —A da.  B . M . A . 

Watson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.

Henry; Secretary, N- L. Rowe.

Mo.  »O—s a a ç a t u d t   B. M . A .
N o  21—W a v  la n d  B . M .A . 
No. 28—Grand  Ledge B. M. 
N o  2 3 —C a rs o n  <  ity   B. M- A .

President, D. F
President, John
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. H og.
President. A. B. Schum acher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke.
‘ 
President, John W. Hallett;  Secretary. L  A. Lyon------
S & y A ^ .  Richmond,
President. 

.

N o. 2 5 —P a lo  B.  31. A .

President. H. D. Few; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson.-----

N o. ¡86—G re e n v ille   W .M . A .

President, A. C. Satterlee:  Secretary, E. J. Clara.------ _
President, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. S. Fisher.------ .

N o  587—l> o rr  B. M .  A .

N o. ¡88—C h e b o y g a n   B . M . A  

President, A. J. Paddock; Secretary. H. G. Poser.--------

President. Wm! M o o r^ ecrè tary , À. J. Cheesebroagh.

President  a” £ a» £ ^ £ £ & 5 .E . 'A o u g htaling. 
' 
President, Thos. J. Green;  Secretary, A. G. Flenry.------

N o. 31—C h a r lo tte   B . M . A .
N'o. 3 8 — C o o p e rs v ille  B . M . A .
N o. 33—C h a rle v o ix   B., m. A . 
N o. 34—S a ra n a c   B. M .  A .
N o .  3 5 —fe e lla ire   B. M . A . 

President. W. G. Barnes;  Secretary, J. B. Watson.-------
President,  L. D. Bartholomew;  Secretary, R. w. nane.
President, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P. T. Williams.—
"  
_
President, H. M. Hematreet ^Secretaiy , C. E. Dengmore.
President, O. F. Jackson;  Secretary, John  M. Everden.

N o. 3 6 —I th a c a   B .  M .A .

N o. 3 7 —B a ttle  C re e k   B . M . A . 

President.  Chas. F  Bock;  Secretary.  E  W. Moore.

N o. 3 8 —S c o ttv ille   B .  J L A . 

President. H. E. Symons; Secretary, P. W. Higgins.
Piesident, W. S. WUler; Secretary, F.W. Sheldon.

N o.  3 »   - B u r r  O a k  IS. M . A . 

President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert.

N o. 4 0 —E a to n  R a p id s  B . M- A . 
N o. 41—B r e c k e n r id g e   B . M . A . 
President, C  H. Howd;  Secretary, L. Waggoner.

President, Jos. Gerber; Secretary  C. J. Rathbnn._____

N o. 48—F r e m o n t B . M.  A .
N o. 43—T u s tin  B . M . A .

President. Frank J. Luick;  Secretary. J. A. Undstrom.

N o. 44—R e e d  C ity  B . M . A .
N o. 4 5 —H o y tv ille   B . M .  A.

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

President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.  _ 

N o. 4 6 —L e slie  B .  M. A ,

N o.  4 7 —F lin t  ML  t .

N o.  4 9 —L e ro y   B   M .  A.
-M a n is te e  B . M . A .
N o. 50-  _

President, W. C. Pierce;  Secretary, W, H. Graham.
N o. 4 8 —11 u 1) b a r <i 8to  n   B. M . A . 
President, Boyd Redner ; Secretary, W. J ■ Tabor.
President,  A.  Wenzel!; Secretary, Frank Smith.
President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C. Gramms.
N o. 5 1 —C e d a r  S p rin g s   B .  M .  A .
’ 
President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary. W. C. Congdon.
N o. 5 8 —G ra n d  H a v e n  B . M . A . 
President, A. 8. Kedzie;  Secretary, F. D. V o s .____
President, Frank Phelps;  Secretary. A. E.Fitzgerald.

N o , 5 3 —B e lle v u e  B . M . A . 

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

N o. 5 4 —D o u g la s  B . M . A .

N o.  5 5 —P e to s k e y   B . SI. A . 
N o. 5 6 —B a n g o r  B .  M..  A . 

President, C. F. Hankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.
President, N. W. Drake;  Secretary, Geo. Chapman.

Mo. 5 7 —R o c k fo rd   B . M . A . 

President, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.

N o. 5 3 —F ife  L a k e  B . M . A . 
N o. 5 9 —F e n n v ille  B . M . A . 

President, L. S. Walter; Secretai; ,G.S  Elakely.
President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen.
N o. 6 0 —S o u th  B o a rd m a n  B . M . A . 
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, 8. E. Keihardt.
President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.

N o.  6 1 —H a r tf o r d   B . M . A . 
N o. 68—E a s t S a g in a w  M . A . 

President, Jas. H  .Moore;  Secretary, C. W.  Mnlholand, 

N o. 6 3 —E v a r t  B . M . A .

President, C. V. Priest; Secretary, C. E. Bell._________
President, C. W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.

N o, 6 4 —S te r r i li B . M . A .

N o. 6 5 —K a lk a s k a  B . M . A . 
N o. 66—L a n s in g  B . M .  A . 

President, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C- S. Blom.
President, Frank WeUs; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.
President. W. L. Garrett; Secretary, F.  H.  Merrifleld.

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

N o. 68—A lle g a n  B . M . A . 

President. H. H.  Pope;  Secretary, E. T. VanOatrand.
N o. 6 9 —S co tts a n d   C lim a x  B . M . A . 
President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. 8. WUUson.
President, Wm. Boston;  Secretary, Walter Webster. 
— 
President, M. Netzorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Clntterbnck

N o.  70—N a s h v ille  B .  M. A , 

N o. 7 1 —A s h le y   B.  S I.  A .
N o.  78—E d in o re  B . M . A .
N o,  7 3 —B e ld in g  B . M . A . 
Mo. 7 4 —D a v is o n   M .  U.

President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. Webster.
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President, J.  F. Cartwright; Secretary. C. W. Hurd.

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

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

President, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretary, F. Rosacrans.
President, 8. B.McCamly;  Secretary.  Channcey Strong.
President, E. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Volney Ross.

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

N o. 78—C a le d o n ia   B .  SI.  A . 

President, J. O. Seibert;  Secretary, J. W. Saunders.
N o.  79—E a s t J o r d a n  a n d   Mo  A r m   B . M . A,
President, Chas. F. Dixon;  Secretary, L. C. Madison._
N o . 8 0 —B a y  C ity  a n d   W .  B a y   C ity   R. M . A  
President,F. L. Harrison;  Secretary. Lee E. Joslyn.

President. L. A. Vickery;  Secretary, A. B. Ransom.
President,B. 9. Webb;  Secretary, M. E  PollaBky.

N o . 8 1 —F lu s h in g   B .  S I. A . 
N o.  88—A lm a   B   M .  A .
N o. 8 3 —S h e rw o o d  B.  in . A . 
N o . 8 4 —S ta n d is h   B . M . A .

President, L. P. Wilcox;  Secretary, W. R. Mandigo.
President. P. M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson.
President. J. M. Beeman;  Secretary, C. H. May.
No. 80 -Mill brook and Blanchard  B. M.  A. 
President. T. W. Presten;  Secretary. H.  P.  Blanchard.
N o .  8 7 —S h e p h e r d   B .  M .  A . 
President, H. D. Bent;  Secretary, A. W. Hurst.

No- 8 5 —CU o B . M . A . 

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TheMichiganTradesman

Official organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.

A  W EE K L Y   JO U R N A L   D EV O TED   TO  T H E

Retail  Trade  of the Wolderine State.

E.  A.  STOWE  &  BKO.,  Proprietors.

Subscription Price, One  D ollar per year, payable 
A dvertising H ates m ade know n on application. 

strictly  in  advance.

P ublication  Office,  100 L ouis St.

Entered  at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOW E,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  27,  1889.

The  quantity  of  oleomargarine 

i3 
greater  this  year  than  last,  there is an 
increased  number of  persons engaged in 
its  sale,  and  there is an  increased  con­
sumption,  both  at  home  and  abroad. 
This all goes to show  that  the  tax on it 
was not made heavy enough.

Great  Britain  has  become  alarmed at 
the  inadequacy  of  the  defenses  on  the 
Canadian Pacific  Coast  and  proposes to 
send a military force  there  which  shall 
be  paid  and sustained by the  Dominion 
government,  but  controlled  by the  im­
perial  authorities.  The  Dominion  re­
fuses,  however,  to  submit  to  any such 
arrangement  and  insists  that  Canada 
must  control  any  force  which it has to 
maintain.  The Canadians  are  perfectly 
right  in  assuming this position.  There 
is a limit to good nature.

Much as there is to contemn in the mor­
ibund organization known as the Patrons 
of  Industry,  it  cannot  be  denied  that 
some  of  the  farmers  who  go  into  the 
combination are honest in the belief  that 
they  will  thereby  be  enabled  to  save 
money on their  purchases.  And there is 
no  dollar  that  deserves  as  much  to be 
saved as the farmer’shard-earned dollar. 
“The 
farmer’s  dollar  is  heavy,”  said 
Emerson.  “It  is  no  waif  to  him.  He 
knows  how  many  strokes  of  his  labor 
it represents.  His  bones  ache  with the 
day’s  work  that  earned  it.  He  knows 
how much land it represents—how much 
rain,  frost and sunshine.  He knows that 
in  the  dollar  he  gives  you  is  so  much 
discretion  and patience, so  much  hoeing 
and  threshing.  Try  to  lift  his  dollar, 
you must lift all that weight.”

recently  been 

The  binder  twine  discussion  in  the 
agricultural press,  a few  months ago,  re­
newed the interest in  the  home  produc­
tion of  fiber plants. 
It has  been  known 
for  years that ramie, jute  and  other val­
uable  fiber  plants  could be successfully 
grown in  many parts of  the  South, even 
over a wider area  than  cotton.  But the 
industry remained  undeveloped  because 
there were no cheap processes  and  good 
machines for  separating  the  fiber  from 
the plant and  preparing it for  manufac­
ture  into  cordage  and  textile  fabrics. 
There are good prospects that  the indus­
try will be developed in the near  future. 
There  have 
invented 
machines  and  processes  for  the  cheap 
production  of  white  fiber  directly from 
the  green  ramie  plant,  and  a  company 
has recently been formed for establishing 
and  developing  the  ramie  industry  in 
this  country.  The  company proposes to 
distribute the plants  among  cultivators, 
loan them the decorticating machines for 
separating  the  fibre  from the bark,  and 
buy the  product.  Ramie  is  one  of  the 
most valuable fiber  plants  known.  The 
fiber is fine  and  strong,  almost  equaling 
silk.  It can be made into  thread,  twine, 
rope, coarse  cloth,  or fine  fabrics for do­
mestic use.  Since  the  impopted  fibers, 
with their manufacture,  amount in value 
to more than two-thirds of  the cotton ex­
portation of  the  United  States,  the  im­
portance of  any invention  that will help 
develop  the  home  production  of  fibers 
can be  readily seen.

“Live  and  let  live” 

Politeness in Business. 

SEEDS!

I because I had  reason  to  suppose that it
I f   a   b o o k  
w o u ld   i n s t r u c t   m e . 
i n t e r e s ts
F r o m  the Philadelphia Cash Grocer. 
There are some men  who,  in  business  me I go on  with it. 
If it fails to interest ] 
relations,  seem  to  ignore  the  etiquette | me  (nojnatter who ^yhave^written^it, 
or how many editions it has gone through)
which they are  prompt  to  recognize
I very respectfully shut  it  up. 
In  the I 
the social  amenities of  life. 
It is almost 
second  place,  I don’t  know  how to pick 
a fixed principle  with  them  to be gruff, 
out any three books from the vast mass of 
and to cut off  short  all  who have  other 
literature  at  home  and  abroad,  which 
dealings with them than those which lead 
presents  books  equally worthy of  being 
to satisfy their  selfish  greed.  They are 
specially chosen.  If I had health enough j 
rough  to  all  who  may  approach  them 
and  time  enough to do it,  I  should find 
with any other purpose than to buy their 
it easier to  recommend  300  books  than 
goods. 
is  not  a 
three.  In asking  you,  therefore,  to ex- ] 
maxim with them;  the  maxim is a plati­
cuse  this  late reply,  I must also ask you 
tude only equal to embracing themselves. 
to let my apologies cover a confession  of 
Such men make a grand  mistake,  and in 
incompetence.”
the final make-up of their account it will 
appear in a  diminished  amount  on  the 
credit side  of  profit and loss.  The man 
who pursues a business  with  a  view  to 
helping  himself  as much,  and others as 
little as he  possibly can,  makes,  indeed 
a miserable failure.  There are not a few 
men  of  this kind in every city,  but their 
places  of  business can easily be pointed 
out,  if  one  takes  a  newspaper  in  his 
hand as he walks the  streets.  Why take 
a newspaper?  Because  their  advertise­
ments will not be seen in it.  Their win­
dows are decorated with ink-pot placards, 
for to have them  printed is regarded  by 
them as helping  another’s interest at the 
expense  of  their  own.  Likewise  they 
look  upon  advertising,  and  everything 
else which does  not  contribute  directly 
to their  cash box.  They are  too  thick­
headed to see that  whatever  they spend 
in making known  their  business,  or em­
ploying  the agencies  held  at  their  dis­
posal by other interests, does necessarily 
make for the success  of  their  own busi­
ness.  Fortunately, most of  the business 
men of  this city are of  a  superior type. 
They are men of great force of character 
and  intellectual  vigor.  They are  easy 
to  approach,  and  possess  a  suavity  of 
manner  that  is  decidedly characteristic 
of the culture and learning of this vener­
able city.  They know the great commer­
cial  value  of  politeness  which  comes 
from the heart,  and they know  also how 
much of their own success depends upon 
judicious patronage of  other interests 
They are  men  who  live  not  for  them­
selves  alone,  but  also for  the  good  of 
others.  They  are  men  who  treat  the 
representatives of other interests as they 
would like  to  have  the  representatives 
of  their  own  interest treated.  The man 
who thinks  that his  gruff,  cynical man 
ner of  dealing  with men is regarded as a 
trait of a sagacious business man, should 
go and have his ears clipped

W e again call your attention I 
to  the  high  grade  of .Buck-1 
wheat  Flour  characteristic  of| 
our mill.

Buckwheat,

(A L W A Y 8   P U R E )

Business "Notes  and  Gossip.

About 5,000 persons are constantly em 
ployed  in  the  boot  and  shoe  trade  of 
Chicago, and at least $5,000,000 is invested 
in the  business.
The total cost of  the  Paris exhibition, 
according  to  a  rough  estimate  of  the 
department of  public  works, cannot fall 
far short of $30,000,000.
Extravagant recommendations of goods 
to  purchasers  by salesmen  and  clerks, 
have done more to cut down  prices  than 
almost anything else.
The Quebec  Chronicle  says  there  are 
in that  city twenty-eight  boot  and shoe 
factories and  thirty-four  tanneries,  and 
that the  trade  is  more  active  than  for 
some time  past.
Erastus  Wiman  says  that  the  goods 
sold  by  the  United  States  to  the  five 
millions  of  Canadians  amount  to 
much as  to the fifty millions  populating 
the  Southern  countries  represented 
the Pan-American Congress.
Large  department  stores  are  adding 
teas  to  their  stock.  Mankind  can  be 
thoroughly supplied by one of these uni 
versal establishments  and can get every 
thing wanted,  from the baby linen to the 
coffin department.
Among the Chinese  no  relics are more 
valuable than the boots  that  have  been 
worn by a magistrate.  If he resigns and 
leaves  the  city,  a  crowd  accompanies 
him  from  his  residence  to  the  gates, 
where his boots are drawn off  with great 
ceremony to be preserved  in  the  hall of 
justice.
In the  old  English  guild  system  the 
master  found  the  apprentice  in  food, 
lodging and clothes for four years; in the 
fifth  year he paid him about five dollars, 
and found him  in tools,  and the appren 
tice fed and clothed himself;  in the sixth 
year  he paid  him  ten  dollars,  and  the 
apprentice supplied  himself  with every­
thing;  at the end of  the seventh  year he 
was free  to  engage  in  business  on  his 
own  account,  and to take  to  himself  a 
wife.

Orders from  the  trade  solicited.

NEWÄYG0  ROLLER  WILLS.

BE SURE.

MY  FRIEND,

TO CEI

THE ELOPEMENT

after the painting by Kaemmerer,  issued by GOW. 
AN3  &  STOVER,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  at  a  cost  o 
| over  5,000 dollars,  a  copy of which  they  send  fre< 
to  any  address  on  receipt  of  2 5   wrappers  from 
the

Q a M E A F S o a p

TIME  TABLES.
Grand  Rapids  & Indiana

In effect  Nov. 17,1889.
TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

They  Had  Agreed to  Disagree 

A jury in a petty  case  before  a  Lyon 
street justice of the peace, the other day, 
had been out of  court deliberating  for  a 
long time and the  justice finally sent  for 
them.

“Have  you  agreed  upon  a  verdict?” 

asked the justice.

man, rising.

“We have, Your Honor,” said the fore­

“How say you?”  the justice continued. 
“Do you find the defendant  guilty or not 
guilty ?”

“We  find,”  the  foreman  answered, 
♦‘that we  stand  seven  for  acquittal and 
five for conviction.”

“Then  you  haven’t  agreed,”  replied 
the justice.  “You may be discharged,  if 
you cannot agree.”

The intelligent  foreman  and his asso­
ciates  retired  and  the  peculiar  verdict 
was not  recorded.

Novel Price  List.

A manufacturing  company  of  Cincin 
nati is using a novel means of presenting 
its specialties  to  customers,  by printing 
a price list of  several  pages  in  copying 
ink, the pages to  be  torn off  and signed 
by  a  customer  asking  discounts,  the 
added  matter  then  all  being  made  in 
copying ink,  by the company,  and a copy 
taken.  By this  means  an  exact  record 
is  kept,  involving  but  little  labor, and 
one which  cannot  fail to be a great con 
venience in any fo llo w in g  business trans­
actions.

Men Whom We  Have  No  Use For.
From  the Northwestern  Lumberman.
The man who knows it all.
The  man  who  iá  always  blaming his 
competitors  for  everything amiss in the 
market.
The man who goes it blind  on  general 
principles,  assuming  that the rest of  the 
world must  come to his terms.
The  man  who  wants  his own market 
boomed,  by  printing 
screeds  against 
competitors elsewhere.
The  man  who  is  constantly  making 
attempts to  secure  free  personal adver­
tising,  under  the  guise  of  gratuitous 
market  reports.
The  man  who  writes  anonymous let­
ters at any time  and  under  any circum­
stances.
The  man  who  advertises a lie,  eithei 
by word or with  printer’s ink.
The man who vibrates around an office, 
while  making a call,  until  he  has  man­
aged to read all the  upturned letters and 
caught a glimpse of  the order book.
The  man  who  makes  regular  calls, 
of  an  aimless  nature,  and  invariably 
winds  up  with  an  invitation to “Come 
out and be blown off.”
The man who takes  offense because he 
fails to comprehend a  joke.
The  man  who,  when  he  feels that he 
has a grievance,  tells it to everybody but 
the individual whom it directly interests.
The  Three  Best  Books — A  Sensible 
Wilkie  Collins,  when  asked  for  his 
opinion as  to  the  three  best  books  for 
young  men,  answered:  “Setting  aside 
the first and foremost difficulty of illness, 
which has obliged me to defer answering 
your  kind  letter for  a  whole  month,  I 
see two other  difficulties  in  the  way of 
my recommending books J;o ‘young men.’ 
In the first place,  I am not the right per­
son to offer  literary advice  of  this sort. 
Except  when  I  was forced  to  do  it  at 
school I never remember reading a book,

Reply.

Arrive.

Leave. 
7;10am  
11:80 a m  
4:10 p m
0:30 p m
Through coaches for Saginaw  on  7:10 a m and 4:10 p 

Traverse City A Mackinaw................
Traverse  City  Express......................9:20 a m
Traverse City A Mackinaw................8:15 p m
From Cincinnati..................................8:50 p m
Cadillac  (Mixed)...................................
m train.

G O IN G   SO U T H .
Cincinnati  Express........................... 
Fort Wayne Express.........................11:45 a m 
Cincinnati  Express...........................6:80 p m  
From Mackinaw A Traverse City..10:40 p m
From Cadillac.........................................9:55 a :
Train leaving for Cincinnati a t 6 p.  m.  and  arriving 
from  Cincinnati  at  9:20 p. m., runs daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  Other trains daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and Parlor Car  Service:  North—7: :0 a. m. 
and 4:10 p. m. trains have  sleeping and parlor cars for 
Mackinaw  City.  South—7:15 a. m. train has chair car 
and 8 p. m. train Pullman sleeping car  for  Cincinnati.

7:15 a m
12:60 a m
6:00pm

Muskegon, Grand Rapids A Indiana.

In effect Nov. 10,1889.

Leave
7 00 a m .......................................................................10:15am
11:15 a m ..................................................................... .  8:45 p m
6:40 p ..........................................................................  8:46 p m
Leaving time at  Bridge street  depot 7 minutes later. 
Through tickets and fuU  information  can be had by 
calling upon  A.  Almquist.  ticket  agent  at  depot, or 
Geo. W. Munson, Union  Ticket  Agent.  67  Monroe  St. 
Grand Rapids, Mich.
O- L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

G O IN G   W EST.

Arrives.
»Morning Express.............................12:50 p m
»Through Mail................................... 4:10  p m
»GrandRapids  E xp ress...,...........19:40 p m
•Night Express..................................6:40  a m
»Mixed..................................................
G O IN G  BA ST.
»Detroit  Express..............................  
»Through Mail.................................... 10:10 a m  
1 »Evening Express................................8:86 p m  
| "Night Express...................................10:30 p m  

Leaves. 
1:00 p m 
4:20 pm

6:50 a m
10:20 a m

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lent agitation,  and, compressing his lips, 
■walked  away  to  the  other  side  of  the 
room,
“Is there any thing more, Mr. Kendall?” 
she asked.
He turned around and came back.
“Your  father  had  better  burn  the 
bonds,”  he said  abruptly;  “they are not 
worth  the  anxiety they  have  given  you 
in the  last  month;  and  if  he  does  not 
burn them  you  had  better  dismiss  the 
thought  of  their  ever  being  valuable.
It will only be a snare  to  you.  Nothing 
is  more  demoralizing 
than  to  chase 
through one’s  life  the  ignis-fatuus of  a 
fortune.”

hope  you will dismiss it.”

She looked up apologetically.
“It is  very alluring,”  she  murmured. 
“Ah!”  he said,  “that is the danger. 
I 
A shadow came over her face.
“I do not see that  I  can  do  anything 
else,”  she said.
He did not seem to  be  altogether  sat­
isfied.
“Let me convince you,”  he said,  “that 
there is not the  slightest  chance  of  the 
bonds ever being  paid.  Josephs is abso­
lutely  authoritative.  He  was  a  high 
Treasury official in the  Confederacy, and 
what  he  says  may  be  taken  as  fact. 
Don’t delude  yourself,  Miss Hartshorne, 
with any idea to the contrary.’’

“You are very kind,” she said.
“As the  doctor  is,”  he  said  grimly, 
“when  he  administers  a  disagreeable 
dose.  It isn’t  palatable,  I  know,  Miss 
Hartshorne, but it  is  preferable  to  the 
disease.”
It was not palatable,  and Alice,  when 
she  came to think it over,  concluded for 
the present,  at least,  she would not take 
it.  Messrs.  Moses & Levy were  still  to 
be heard from,  and it might be that their 
reply  would  place the matter  in a more 
favorable light.  At  any rate,  until that 
should come she  "would not say anything 
to her father about it.  A week later,  on 
returning at night, she found Mr.  Harts- 
home in a state of  great elation.
“Well,  my  dear!”  he  exclaimed,  “I 
have heard from Moses & Levy, and shall 
sail for England myself on Saturday.”

for  England!” 

Alice dropped into a chair.
“Sail 
she  gasped. 
“What do they say?”
He  handed her a folded  sheet,  which 
she opened and read. 
It ran as follows: 
“ D e a r  S i r :  In reply to your esteemed 
favor of the —ult., permit me to say that 
a large sum of money has  been  accident­
ally  discovered  on  deposit  in  Messrs. 
Buckingham,  Travis  &  Percy’s  Bank, 
applicable to  the  payment  of  the  Con­
federate  loan  of  1865,  of  which  your 
bonds are a part.  We are  about  taking 
legal proceedings  to recover  this money 
for  the  bondholders,  and  will  include 
you in the suit on  receipt  of  a  retainer 
of  £20. 
If  we  recover  the  money our 
charge  will  be  ten  per  cent,  of  the 
amount;  if  we  do  not  recover  it  there 
will be no charge at all.  No time should 
be lost in signifying  your  purpose,  and 
in event of your acceptance of our propo 
sition  we recommend a cable  transfer of 
the retaining fee.
\  “With  assurances  of  the  highest  es 
teem,  we'are, dear sir,

Yours respectfully,

M o s e s   &   L e v y .

“John Hartshorne, Esq.,  New  York.’ 
“Well?” said  Alice,  raising  her  eyes 
from the  paper.
“Well,”  he replied sagaciously,  “thi 
may be all right,  or it may not.  I am too 
old a bird, my dear,  to be caught by any 
confidence game.  So I am  going to Lon­
don  to  conduct  the  negotiation  in  per 
son.  I  have  secured  passage  in  the 
Manitoba for  Saturday, and, my dear”—- 
Mr.  Hartshorne  seemed  a  trifle  embar 
rassed—“I  am  afraid  I  shall  have  to 
trouble  you for a portion of  the passage 
money.  When the  bonds  are  paid  you 
shall have it back.”

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Alice’s face was very pale.
“If  you  are  going, father,”  she said 
“I shall go, too.”
Mr.  Hartshorne  stared at her  in help 
less surprise.
“But, my dear!”  he exclaimed,  “what 
will become of your business?”
“I  shall  give  that  up,”  she  calmly 
said.  “Mr. Kendall  will no  doubt  giv 
give me a letter to some  one in  London 
so that if  we are detained  over  there 
can find employment.”
Of late Mr. Hartshorne had accustomed 
himself  to  be  guided  in  unimportant 
things by his energetic daughter.
“Very well, my dear,”  he replied;  “if 
you can let me have the  money I’ll go to 
the steamship office at once.”
Alice had a little  store  which she had 
been  saving  against  some  emergency, 
and which she now produced.  She knew 
there was no  use  in  attempting  to  dis­
suade  her  father  from  his  purpose. 
When Mr.  Hartshorne  made up his mind 
to anything it was inflexible.  But it was 
with a beating  heart that she undertook,
the next day, to tell  Mr.  Kendall of  her 
determination.
“Going to London!”  he  exclaimed  in 
his surprise.  “What for, pray?”
Alice’s cheeks burned.
“My father has assurances,”  she said, 
“that there is  a  deposit  of  Confederate 
gold in one of  the London banks.  He is 
going over to negotiate his bonds,  and  1 
cannot let him go alone.  Will  you  give 
me  a  letter  to  some  of  your  London 
friends,  Mr.  Kendall,  that  I  may  find 
employment while I am there?”
The blood rushed up in Kendall’s face. 
“It’s  a fool’s  errand,”  he  exclaimed 
hotly;  “I have  told  you  there  is  abso­
lutely nothing to be got out of the bonds. 
They are  as  worthless  as  waste-paper. 
The people who  tell  you  that  they can 
be collected  are swindlers.  If  you  will 
tell me  who  they are, I will cable to our 
correspondents  in  London for  informa­
tion.”

Alice shook her head. 
“1 am much obliged to  you,”  she said, 
“but  my father  would  not  be  satisfied 
unless he went in person.  Will  you  let 
me have the letter,  Mr.  Kendall?”

He frowned sternly.
“No,”  he exclaimed,  “I  will not. 
I 
will not abet your going in that way.” 
She turned  aside,  while the indignant 
tears rushed into her eyes.
“I thought I might ask you as a friend,” 
she said.
“I am too  much  your friend,”  he de­

clared. coming a step  nearer to her side,
“to  help  you  in doing  a  wrong  thing. 
You ought  to  restrain  your father from 
doing it.  1 believe you would,”  he cried 
passionately,  “if  you  did  not have this 
maggot of a fortune in your head.”

Alice was now fairly angry.
“Pardon me,  Mr.  Kendall,”  she  said 
stiffly,  “but 1 don’t  think  you  have any 
right to lecture me in that way.  Indeed, 
your language  makes it quite imperative 
that I should leave you at once.”

He had turned to his desk.
“Very well,” he said coldly.
She  waited a moment,  and as he made 
no other response  she  opened  the  door 
and left the room.  Without  speaking to 
the other clerks,  she  walked swiftly out 
of  the  office into the  street.  Her  eyes 
flashed and her  cheeks  burned. 
“How 
extremely rude!”  she  exclaimed  to her- 
elf.  “1 thought that  Mr.  Kendall  was 
at least a gentleman.” 
It  was  impossi­
ble,  of  course,  that she  should  ever  go 
back;  and as she reached this conclusion 
he remembered that she had been in the 
office almost a year. 
It was the day after 
Thanksgiving  when  she  answered  the 
advertisement,  and  Thanksgiving  this 
ear  was  appointed  for  the  following 
Thursday.  Alice  wondered  vaguely on 
her way home why it always  came when 
he felt the least thankful.
Two days later,  Alice  and  her father 
embarked on the Manitoba for Liverpool. 
She had not been at the office  since,  nor 
seen Mr.  Kendall.  A  letter  had  come 
from  the firm  enclosing a check for  her 
last week’s salary, but without a word of 
farewell  or  regret,  at  which  Alice felt 
unreasonably  vexed. 
“They  might  at 
least  have  said  something  civil,”  she 
complained  to  herself.  At  the  time, 
however,  she was too busy to think of it; 
and it was not  until  she  had got on the 
steamer and was  sailing  down  the  bay 
that she  had  leisure  to  recall  the  dis­
agreeable circumstances of her departure. 
With the  recollection  came a more sober 
judgment.  Had  Mr.  Kendall, she won­
dered,  been so far out of  the  way,  after 
all?  Was she not tempted  by the vision 
of  a fortune?  And  had  not  Mr.  Ken-1 
dall’s remark  been disagreeable because j 
it was so nearly true?  She  was still de­
bating 
looking 
around,  she saw,  coming up  out  of  the 
companion-way,  the  apparition  of  Mr. 
Kendall himself.
For a moment  Alice felt helplessly be­
wildered.  What was Mr.  Kendall doing 
there?  Why had he  left  New  York  on 
uch short notice?  And why did he want 
to  travel  by the  Slow  and  Sure  line, 
which  her 
father  had  considerately 
selected  on  account  of  its  cheapness, 
rather than the  Cunard  or  White  Star? 
Meanwhile, the gentleman had come over 
to her and extended his hand.
I am glad to have  you for a traveling 
companion,  Miss  Hartshorne,”  he  said 
frankly.
But Alice,  though her conscience  con­
victed  her,  was  not to be easily concili­
ated.
interrogatively, 
“Don’t  you  think  it  threatens a storm, 
Mr.  Kendall?”
He frowned  and  seemed  to  be on the 
point  of  making  an  angry reply  when 
Mr.  Hartshorne came up.
Ah!”  said Alice,  affably,  “this is my 
father. 
Father,  you  have  heard  me 
speak of Mr.  Kendall.”

the  question,  when, 

Yes?” 

said 

she 

Mr.  Hartshorne seemed puzzled.
“I think I have heard  the  name”—he 
said doubtfully.
“Mr. Kendal was my employer, father,” 
exclaimed Alice;  “don’t  you  remember 
my mentioning him to you?”
The gentleman  waved his hand apolo­
getically.
“Ah!”  he said;  “now that  you  recall 
the fact,  I do remember it.  But it was  a 
long time  ago.  And  my acquaintance,” 
bowing to the lawyer,  “is very extensive.
It  is a great tax upon one’s memory, Mr. 
Kimball.”
“Kendall,  father,”  gently  corrected 
Alice.
Mr.  Hartshorne’s face expressed regret.
“I  beg  your  pardon,  sir,”  he  said. 
“Nothing is  so  annoying  as to be called 
by  a  wrong  name,  especially  when  it 
bears some analogy to the  right  one. 
I 
was once addressed,  myself,  as Mr. Am­
monia,  and the  person  did  not  remedy 
his mistake by explaining  that he  knew 
it was something which smelled strong.”
Kendall  smiled as faintly as he  could. 
Mr.  Hartshorne  was the kind  of  a  man 
he particularly disliked.
“Yes,”  he said,  in answer  to  Alice’s 
previous question,  “I think we shall run 
into a storm.  In fact,  one  was reported 
in  this  morning’s  papers as moving  up 
from Cape Hatteras.”
Is  this  vessel  a  good  one,  do  you 
think?”  Alice asked,  as Mr.  Hartshorne 
moved away.

taken it before.”
have taken it at all.”

He shrugged his shoulders.
“This is a  second-class line,”  he said. 
“Do  you usually take it?”
“No,”  he said briefly,  “I  have  never 
I should not have thought  you would 
A quick flush came upon his cheeks.
“I was a fool!”  he exclaimed.  “I had 
better have stayed at home.”  He turned 
away abruptly  and  walked  toward  the 
stern of  the ship.  What a power of fas­
cination the girl exercised,  and  yet how 
she irritated him!  She  had  drawn  him 
irresistibly to  Europe at a time  when he 
could not well  afford to  leave  his  busi 
ness,  and in a steamer in which he would 
not  ordinarily have  ventured his safety 
and now  she  made  him  regret  that  he 
had ever come.  His partner  would  jeer 
at him when he went  home,  but  Morris 
could not  say harder  things  about  him 
than  he  was  now  confessing  himself. 
He stood for  some  time  gazing down at 
the  rushing  waters.  When  he  looked 
again in  Alice’s  direction she had’gone.
The storm which Kendall had predicted 
came  that  night  with  a  violence  that 
threatened to wreck the  old  ship.  For 
twelve  hours she  rolled like a log in the 
trough of  the  sea,  and when at last  the 
wind abated  and the  waves  went down, 
they left her strained  and battered,  and 
her cabins were so  water-soaked as to be 
almost  untenable.  During  the  blow, 
and  indeed  for  three  days  afterward, 
Alice remained in her  state-room,  while 
Kendall,  deprived  of  her  society,  and 
uncertain of  her feelings, arrived almost 
at the point  of  desperation.  After  the 
storm the  vessel had run into a fog;  the 
sun had  not  appeared  once  since  they 
started, and so far  the  voyage  had been 
run by dead reckoning.  It  was now the 
fourth day out,  and,  under ordinary cir­
cumstances,  they would  Be  beyond  the

Banks;  but the ship  was  slow,  and  the 
storm had kept them back,  and  Kendall 
knew they were not much  beyond longi­
tude 55 deg., while from  the  chill in the 
air  he  judged  they  were further  north 
than  the  captain  thought.  When  he 
came on  deck  that  night for a little ex­
ercise  before  turning  in,  he found  the 
ship enwrapped by the thick fog,  through 
which  the  hoarse  note  of  the  whistle, 
seeming to emphasize the danger of their 
position,  sounded  at  momentary  inter­
vals.  The bow of the ship could scarcely 
be seen from the stern.  An  atmosphere 
of  its own—dull,  yellow and impenetra­
ble—enveloped the little  world in which 
they  were  moving.  Kendall  was  not 
lacking  in  courage,  but  he felt  an  in­
voluntary sense of  fright.  He  strained 
his  ear  to  listen  for  some  answering 
whistle,  when out  of  the  darkness,  off 
the port bow,  came the  roar  of  the  sea 
breaking  upon  rocks.  At  the  same 
moment the  voice  of  the  lookout,  who 
had heard it as quickly as himself, called 
wildly  through  the  night:  “Breakers 
ahead!  Breakers ahead!”
It was  not  in  time,  however,  to  save 
the ship.  The engines were slowed,  but 
the danger was too near, and her momen­
tum  carried  her  on  to  destruction.  A 
crash,  as  she  drove  headlong upon the 
rocks,  shook her  from masthead to keel. 
She  settled  back,  and  Kendall,  as  he 
picked himself up and ran aft toward the 
companion way,  believed  that  the  next 
moment  would  plunge  them stern fore­
most  beneath  the  waves. 
Something, 
however, held  the  vessel  on  the rocks. 
She  quivered  and  stood  still, though it 
seemed  that  any moment she might slip 
off and  go  down.  Meanwhile,  Kendall 
had  hurried  down  stairs  to  the  Harts- 
hornes’ rooms.  Before he reached them, 
he  met  Mr.  Hartshorne,  in  a  state  of 
frantic terror, half-dressed  and carrying 
alargp bag.

“Is your daughter up ?” he cried.
Mr.  Hartshorne shook his head.
“1 don’t know,”  he cried, in his fright;
“I only had time to think  of  my  bonds. 
Oh,  help  me  save  my  bonds,  Mr.  Ken­
dall!”
Kendall brushed him indignantly aside 
and rushed on to Alice’s room.  She  had 
just come out the door.  Her  hair  hung 
loosely upon her shoulders and  her  feet 
were bare, while over her night dress she 
had drawn her thick ulster.
“Oh. what is the  matter?”  she  cried, 
in distress.
He looked her quietly in the face.
“You  must  be  brave,” he  said;  “the 
ship has struck a rock.  Go  in  and  put 
It is very cold on 
on  something  more. 
deck,  and I will  wait.  There is time for 
that.”
She went in obediently,  and  presently 
came out more completely clad.
“Your father has gone  on  ahead,”  he 
said,  “with his bonds.”
He felt a little tremor in the arm which 
rested upon his.
“Ah !”  she  cried, impulsively,  “what 
must you think of me ?”
He stopped for  an instant,  when every 
instant  was  precious,  and  drew  her to 
himself.
“I^ove you!”  he  cried,  passionately. 
“I love you!  If we must be lost,  it  will 
be a consolation for  me  to go down with 
you.  But  we  shall  not  be  lost!”  he 
added, confidently, as he moved on again, 
leading her up the  steep  companionway 
to the sea-washed deck.
The captain,  they could  see,  had  lost 
no  time  in getting out a boat,  and  was 
rigging  a  tackle  by  which  the  people 
were to be lowered.  Among the waiting 
group stood Mr. Hartshorne, bag in hand 
You  can’t  take  the  bag,”  said  the 
captain,  when  the  arrangements  were 
made  and  the  frightened  man  pressed 
forward.
Mr.  Hartshorne’s  face  grew  paler,  if 
that  could  be,  than  it  had already ap­
peared.
1 must take i t !”  he cried.  “It is all 
have in this world!”
I don’t  care  if  it’s  all you’ve got in 
the world to come,” declared the captain 
there’s no luggage  allowed in the boat 
Leave  it  here,  and  if  the  vessel  holds 
out, you’ll get  it  again;  if  it don’t, you 
won’t.”
Mr.  Hartshorne held on to the bag with 
a strong grip.
I won’t let it go!”  he screamed.  “I’ll 
die first.”
The captain  turned  to  the  other pas 
sengers,  who  were  murmuring  at  the 
delay.
“You  can die 
then, but you can’t carry that bag ashore 
Come,  miss,”  addressing  Alice,  “we’ll 
send you off first.”

“All right!”  he said. 

But Alice had turned  to her father.
“Oh, father !”  she implored. 

“Leave 
the  bonds  behind!  Throw  them  over 
board!  They’ve  brought  us  all  the 
trouble we ever  had in life.  You’ll be 
better  man  and  I  a  better girl without 
them.”

He pushed her  away.
“It’s a conspiracy,” he shrieked wildly 
“to rob me of my fortune!”
Alice  fell  back  into  Kendall’s  arms 
while the captain  began  sending-off  the 
others.  The vessel, meanwhile,  pounded 
angrily upon  the  rocks,  and  it  seemed 
not unlikely that she would  go  down  at 
any moment.
“Now,  miss,”  the  captain  said,  at 
length,  when all the passengers had gone 
but her father, Kendall and herself.
She shivered a little in  Kendall’s  pro 
tecting grasp.
“Oh!  I can’t go,”  she  cried,  “without 
my father.”
The  captain  motioned  to  one  of  his 
men.
“Take  it  away  from  him,”  he  said 
briefly.
There  was  a  short  struggle,  during 
which Mr.  Hartshorne’s cries  and  oaths 
pierced the air.  The  sailor’s  strength 
however,  was  the  greater,  and in a mo 
ment the bag lay on the deck.
“Now, sling him  over,”  said  the  cap 
tain.
The tackle was adjusted, and, notwith­
standing  the  victim’s  protestations, 
another moment he was dropped into the 
boat.  Alice  immediately  followed,  and 
then Kendall.  This  made  up the load 
Another boat drew up to take in the ship 
crew,  and the first one pulled off.  In the 
blinding fog no one could tell where they 
were, and  all  that  could be done was 
lie  on  the  oars  at a safe distance  from 
both ship and shore until morning.
When at length the  light came and the 
fog began to roll away before  the  fresh­
ening  breeze  and  the  rising  sun,  they 
could see the low line  of  the  coast  half 
a mile away.  But  they  looked  in vain

for the ship.  Unseen  and  unheard,  she 
had slipped off  the rocks and gone down 
in the darkness of the night.  Mr.  Harts­
horne  covered  his  face  with  his hands 
and  wept  despairingly,  while  Kendall 
looked into Alice’s tear-dimmed eyes and 
drew a long breath of relief.
“Thank  God!”  he  exclaimed,  “they 
have gone!”
She smiled  faintly  through  her tears. 
“Yes,”  she said,  “thank God  that  the 
temptation  is  taken  away! 
1 was  too
weak to resist it.  How can  you  respeet 
me ?”  she cried. 
“I cannot respect my­
self.”
He looked down tenderly in her flushed 
face.
“Ah!”  he whispered,  “I love you,  and 
love is stronger even than death.”
They were now heading  for  the  land, 
which at every pull of the oars grew more 
and more distinct.
“Do  you  know  what  day it  is ??’  he 
suddenly asked.
She thought for a moment.
“Thursday,  is it not?”  she said.
“Yes,”  he replied,  “and Thanksgiving 
Day.  We shall keep  it  on  shore,  after 
an.”
And so  they  did.  The  coast,  which 
turned  out  to  be  the extremity of Cape 
Race,  was bleak and  inhospitable;  there 
was no church,  and  but  little food,  and 
Mr.  Hartshorne,  on  his  part, refused to 
be consoled.  He sat apart from the rest, 
watching the ocean  for the bag which he 
ainly  hoped it would bring  in  to  him. 
But, whether it was too heavy to float, or 
had  got  caught  in  the  rigging,  or  for 
whatever reason,  it did not  come.  The 
bonds were gone beyond recovery.  Every 
one else, however, joined heartily in  the 
service of thanks  which  the captain  im­
provised,  and  in  the  fish dinner which 
the  few  natives  provided,  and,  while 
waiting  for  the  tug  which  was to take 
them  to  St. John’s, confessed to one an­
other that in all their past experience the 
day had never meant so much.
It was just a year ago,” said Kendall, 
meditatively,  as  they  stood  arm-in-arm 
that afternoon,  looking  out to sea,  “that 

first saw you.”
Her cheeks flushed.
“That  was  the  day  after Thanksgiv­
ing,”  she said. 
“My sky had been very 
dark,  but  you  brightened  it  for me—as 
ou have done again to-day,”  she added, 
hyly.
He stooped down and kissed her.
“I hope I may always brighten  it,”  he 

said,  ardently.

Some days  after  their  return  to New 
York, Alice discovered among  the  cable 
news from  London  the  following  brief 
dispatch:
.Messrs.  Moses  and  Levy  were  com­
mitted  in  default  of  bail  to-day  for 
obtaining money from Confederate bond­
holders under false pretenses.”
Ah !”  said her  father,  complacently, 
when she called  his  attention to the an­
nouncement, “you remember, Alice,  that 
told you I was not to be taken in by any 
confidence game.  Now, if I had sent the 
twenty pounds to those people, we should 
have  lost  it. 
I hope, my dear,  you will 
some  time  do  justice  to  your  father’s 
common sense.”
She did not remind  him that their pas­
sage money had amounted to  more  than 
the twenty pounds.  He had quite recov­
ered his spirits, and a change in the local 
politics having occurred,  was  expecting 
to recover his  old  place  in  the Depart­
ment of Sewers.  Alice  could  afford  to 
forget the past, except as the recollection 
of  it  made  her life a perpetual Thanks­
giving. 

E l i o t   M c C o r m ic k .

In  the  forty days  tour  of  the  Inter­
national  Congress,  the  members  have 
seen more than the  Israelites ever did in 
their  forty  years  of  wandering  in  the 
wilderness.

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We are making  a  Middlings 
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They  are  guaranteed  to  do 
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than  any  other  machines  of 
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taining  testim onials  from   kindreds  o f people  who  have 
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N.  Y.  TRIBUNE  FOR  1890.

NEW  FEATURES.

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D uring 1890,  th e  N ew   Y ork  T rib u n e  w ill  be 
greatly  im proved  in   qu ality   an d   m ade  m ore 
lively, fresh   an d   read ab le  th a n   ever before in  
its h istory.  A m ong th e special co ntributors d u r­
ing 1890 w ill b e :
Success."

o f C ountry Clergym en.”  
lim ited Silver Coinage.” 
tion.”

Andrew  Carnegie,  “ P rinciples o f  B usiness 
Gail Hamilton, “ E uropean M onarchs.” 
Terrence V.  Powderly, “ R estriction  of  Im ­
m igration.”  
r   ,
Chxunoev  M.  Depew,  ' enator  John  «1. 
Ingalls  Mrs. John A. Logan, Rev.  Dr. John 
A .  Paxton and  others, topics  n o t  announced.
Albert  Griffin,  “ T em perance  A m ong  G er­
m a n s;”  a new  view . 
Judge A. W.  Tourgee,  “ T h e  Colored  R ace 
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in A m erica.” 
S. C  T.  oodd, “ T he A dvantages o f T ru sts.”
“  Josiah Allen’s Wife,”  “ T he Sm all Salaries 
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S e n a to r Wm. M . S te w a rt,  of  N evada,  u n ­
Fred S. Tallmadge,  on  “ M en o f th e R evolu­
Kate Field. “ M ormon Q uestion.
K ra s tu s   W im a n , 
“ Success  and  F ailu re 
Kev.  Edward  Everett  Hale,  “ T he  N ew
Bishop Henry C. Potter,  “ R u ral R ein fo rce­
G eo. W. Cable on “ Some  Strange  L egislation 
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Marshall  P.  W in er,  “ H um or  of  E n g lan d
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Henry W. Grady, of th e  A tlan ta Constitution, 
I.  C.  Russell,  U nited  States G eological S ur­
W.  M.  Grosvenor,  “ G old  an d   S ilver  as
L ?6E .  Quigg,  “ W hat  is  L eft  of  O ur P ublic 
Emily Hnntington,  “ H ousehold Science 
Ernest W hitney, “ P eculiarities o f  A m erican 
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P ro nunciation.”  
Professor  William  Pepper,  P resid en t  o f 
U niversity o f P en n sylvania,  “ A  college  ed u ca­
tion good  fo r  a l l ;  w h at  is  best  for  those w ho
cannot g et it.”  

A m ong B usiness M en.”
E n g lan d  o f To-Day.” 
m ent o f City P opulation.”
in  th e  South.” 
said  A m erica.” 
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“ C hances fo r C apital in  th e  N ew  South.”
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officers of th e  U nion, o f a ra n k  n o t  h ig h e r  th a n  
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accepted w ill be paid fo r  a t  reg u lar  new spaper 
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HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

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T h e fu rn itu re  factories  h ere pay as follow s for 
dry  stock,  m easured  m erchantable,  m ill  culls 
o u t:
Basswood, lo g -ru n ......................................... 13 00@15 00
Birch,  lo g-run...................................................15 00@16 00
B irch, Nos.  1 and 2 ...................................  
B lack A sh, lo g -ru n ..........................................14  00@16 00
C herry, lo g -ru n .................................................25  00@40 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2 ......................................60  00@65 00
Cherry, C u ll............................t..................  
Maple, lo g -ru n .................................................12  00@13 00
Maple,  soft, lo g -ru n ........................................11  00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 an d  2 ...................................  
M aple,  clear, flooring.............................. 
M aple,  w hite, selected ............................ 
Red Oak, lo g -ru n ............................................. 20 00@21 00
Red O ak, Nos. 1 a n d  2 ....................................26 00®28 00
Red O ak, \  saw ed, 6 in ch  an d  upw ’d.38 00@40 00
Red Oak, 14 saw ed, re g u la r.......................... 30 00(932 00
@25  00
Red Oak, No. 1, step p la n k ....................  
@55  00
W alnut, log r u n ......................................... 
W alnut, Nos. 1 an d  2 ................................ 
@75  00
W alnuts, cu ll 
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@25  00
Grey Elm , lo g -ru n ........................................... 12 60@13 05
W hite Aso, lo g -ru n ......................................... 14 00@16 00
W hitew ood, lo g -ru n ....................................... 20 00@22 00
W hite Oak, lo g -ru n .................... , ...................17 00@18 00
W hite Oak, H saw ed, N os. 1  an d  2 —  42  00@43  00
C r o c k e r y   & G la s s w a r e

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F irst quality.

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No. 0 S un,  crim p  to p ............................................ 2
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N o. 0 Sun,  crim p  to p ............................................ 2
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No. 1  Sun, w rapped an d   la b eled ........................ 3
No. 2  “ 
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N o. 2 H inge,  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, plain  bulb,  per d o z .............................1
No. 2  “ 
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No.  1 crim p, per d o z ................................................ 1
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Ju g s, )4 gal., per d o z ...........................................  65
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M ilk P ans,  54 gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c) —   60 
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q u a rts .....................................................10
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L ightning, q u a rts . . . .   .......................................  12
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Tin Toys for the Holidays

H .  L E O N A R D   &  S O N S .,  G ra n d   R a p id s,  M ic k .

ASSORTED  PACKAGE  NO.  110,  TIN  TOYS.

The prices on this assortment of staple tin toys  are  lower  this  season  than 
ever before,  and is most carefully selected from the best sellers of the entire holiday 
line.  The net price—only $14—for the assortment allowing a clear profit of seventy-
five per cent. 
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A ssorted T in  A nim als. 
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T ro ttin g  H orses.............
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A nim als on W heels...................
S team boats..................................2.00—  b7
H orses an d   C arts.....................   70—  70
City  C ars...............   80—  80
W agons................... 1.25—  63
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..9.00— 75
..5.50— 46
..4.25— 71
..4.50— 75
..1.75— 30
75— 37
..  42— 21
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Crow n  B an k s..............................  45—
M echanical L ocom otives....... 4.75—

$14.00

R etail. 

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5—  60 
10—1.20 
10—1.20 
25—1.00 
10—1.20 
10—1.20 
20—1.20 
25—1.50
50—1.(0
1.25—1.25
75—  75
60—1.20
50-1.00
50—2.00
25—  50
10—  60
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10—1.20
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65—1.30
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No. 98—Woodenware,  Tinware,  Etc.

SEND  FOR  ILLUSTRATED  CATALOGUES,  AS  FOLLOWS:
No. 99-Glassware and Crockery.
No. 100—Holiday  Goods.

No-101—Lamps and Lamp  Goods.

No.  102—Silver  Plated  W are.

H.  Leonard  &  Sons.

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g r o c b r i b s .

Purely  Personal.

Frank Smith, the  Leroy grocer, was in 

town one day last week.  t

Hon.  Neal  McMillan,  the  Rockford 
druggist,  is confined  to  his  house by ill­
ness.

C. L Clapp,  managing  partner  in  the 
Michigan Manufacturing  Co., at  Otsego, 
was in town one day last  week.

Charlevoix—The  Charlevoix  Savings 
Bank has taken posession of  the Beaman 
drug stock on a chattel mortgage.

D. B. Van Buren, formerly engaged  in 
the  drug  business here,  has  gone on the 
road for a Chicago wholesale drug house.
Dr. Geo. W.  Cronter, formerly engaged 
in the drug business  at  Charlevoix,  has 
rented a cottage at  St.  Augustine,  Fla., 
and will spend the winter at that famous 
resort.

Mr.  Gilbert,  of  the firm of  Gilbert  & 
Sturtevant,  at  Sherman,  has  purchased 
a case—sixty boxes—of  gum,  and  gives 
notice that  he  proposes  to  chew  it  all 
himself.

E.  A.  Mosely  is  as  proud  of  his Ken­
tucky saddle  mare as a boy with his first 
watch.  The  animal is a remarkably fine 
one of  the  kind,  having  a  repertoire of 
eight gaits under the saddle.

Edward  Bradford,  formerly  engaged 
in the grocery business at  White  Cloud, 
was killed at his shingle  mill near Bald­
win  last  Wednesday.  The funeral  was 
held on Friday, the interment being made 
at Fremont.

Jas.  G.  Johnson,  the  Traverse  City 
druggist,  has  the  only  railway  which 
ever entered  that  place,  with  the excep­
tion of  the G.  R.  & L Railway.  The em­
ployes frequently strike on him  and  the 
rolling  stock  is  continually getting  out 
of  repair,  but  he  manages  to get fairly 
good  service out of  the  road,  in spite of 
these drawbacks.

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experience 

Heman G. Barlow resigned his position 
with  Ball, Barnhart & Putman, and sold 
his  interest  in  the firm,  last Thursday, 
and before night engaged with  the Olney 
& Judson  Grocer  Co., becoming a stock­
holder  and  director 
the  corpora­
tion.  Mr.  ¡^Barlow’s 
in 
the wholesale  grocery business  covers a 
period  of  seventeen  years,  Chas.  E. 
Olney  and  Lewis E.  Hawkins  being the 
only  active  men.  in  the  trade  who dis­
tance him in  years of  service.  Entering 
the employ of Cody & Olney in the spring 
Of  1872, he remained with  that house for 
seven  years,  when  he worked a  year for 
John  Caulfield  and a similar  period  for 
C. W. Jennings.  Returning  to  the  em- 
;ploy of  Cody, Ball & Co.  in  1881,^he  has 
followed the  fortunes of  that house with 
fidelity up  to  the  present  time.  As an 
instance  of  the  esteem  in  which  he  is 
held  by  thej jobbing  trade,  it  may  be 
stated  that as soon as it was known  that 
he  had severed his relations with the old 
in 
house,  three  offers  of  partnership 
other  establishments  were  made 
in  as 
many hours.

Quality,  Not  Price.

“We never talk price, but always qual­
ity,”  said  the  leading  retail grocer in a 
city of over 700,000  inhabitants and who 
sells  goods  only  for  cash  on  delivery. 
This man is  getting rich  fast,  his  trade 
is steadily increasing, and these facts add 
to the significance of his remark.  Quality 
is what,  after  all,  makes or loses a cus­
tomer.  Price  has  nothing  to do with a 
consumer’s palate.  We are all, more  or 
less,  slaves to appetite and know no other 
law than self-gratification.  The  pleased 
palate  is  wedded  to  the  source  of  its 
gratification and does not stop to compare 
prices.  If an article  is  offered  cheaper 
by some competitor, the pleased customer 
will argue that  it  is  because the service 
is  inefficient, or that a low price  on  one 
article is only an excuse for  an  extrava­
gant  price  on  another,  and therefore he 
becomes  the  steady  patron  of the store 
where  quality  is  the  first consideration 
and where a fair price is the rule.

The  Grocery  Market.

l-16c  to 

Sugars,  both  raw  and  refined,  have 
again  advanced  and  the indications are 
that  still  higher  prices  will be reached 
before  the  end of  the  week.  Willett & 
Ham lens’  circular  of  the  23d  is  as  fol­
lows :
Raws  have  advanced  %e to 3-16c,  re­
fined 
As  indicated  last
week,  the  market  has  turned  upward 
and  has  made  a  small  gain  on  a  fair 
amount  of  business.  The  increased 
meltings for the week  are  quite  signifi­
cant (27,055 tons, against 13,456 tons last 
year)  and show an iucreased  demand for 
refined.  In fact,  refiners are now largely 
oversold and cannot make  immediate de­
liveries.  Refiners  reduced  their  stock 
of  raws 5,451 tons  and  are now down to 
30,000  tons  in  New  York,  a  moderate 
carrying  basis, which  indicates a steady 
buying  demand  from  now  onward  and 
more active markets at home  and in pro­
ducing countries.  This 30,000 tons  con­
sists of  13,450 tons East India,  6,100 tons 
Java,  1,480  tons  beet  sugar,  330  tons 
Brazil and 8,640 tons Cubas.  Total stock 
in all hands  decreased  7,683 tons for the 
week,  and importers’  stock is now 24,967 
tons,  against  40,423  tons  at  same time 
last  year.  European  markets  show  a 
hardening tendency.
Syrups are without particular  change. 
Rio  coffees  are  stronger  and  a  shade 
higher.  Tea is without change.  Raisins 
and currants are higher.  The oil market 
is still demoralized,  there  being no regu­
lar market on that staple.

Wool,  Hides  and Tallow.

There  is  more  strength  to  the  wool 
market  and a better,  if  not  larger,  bus­
iness.  It  is  conceded by manufacturers 
and dealers that  stocks at the mills or in 
store,  are  not  large, or to the amount of 
one  year  ago.  Yet  manufacturers  do 
not  buy,  as  they  have  been  unable to 
obtain  corresponding  prices  for  their 
goods.  At  this  time last  year the  mar­
ket was brisk at advanced  prices.  Deal­
ers of the best  judgment  claim there are 
much  stronger  reasons for it to advance 
this,  instead  of  last  year,  and  it  must 
revive  in  the  near future.  At the sales 
in  London  this  week,  an advance is ex 
pected.  Combing and delaine wools have 
sold freely,  on account of the restrictions 
placed on woolens and  worsteds,  as indi­
cated by recent  classifications.

The  hide  trade  shows  little  change. 
Heavy cows’  are 
less, with stocks
accumulating.  Other grades remain the 
same.  The  leather  trade is good, as the 
boot  and  shoe  trade has been large, but 
at low  prices.
Tallow is dull and  low,  with  light de­
mand.

Edwin S.  Tice  and  F.  W.  McKinney, 
of  Gladstone,  and  Sarah  McKinney,  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y., have formed a copart­
nership  under the firm name of Edwin S. 
Tice & Co., for  the  purpose  of  doing a 
general banking  business  at  Gladstone.

GROBKRMEN!

C all  u p   1 0 7 4   for  W i l l ­
ia m s  B ro s. & C h a r b o n - 
e a u ’s  T h a n k s g iv in g  
m in e e   m e a t  6 e   p e r   lb.

J.S. W a lk e r
M ies, Vinegar, Gider.

W HOLESALE  D EA LER   IN

Jellies  and  Preseives.

Mince Meat, Maple Syrup,

Sauerkraut and Produce.

Telephone 1074. 

383  South  Division  St.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Demands by Labor.

Apropos of  the contemplated  union of 
the Knights of  Labor and the Federation 
of  Labor in the  United  States to enforce 
an eight-hour day on  May 1 next,  it is of 
interest  to  read  in  the  British  Trade 
Journal  that  “the  working  classes 
Germany are  demanding  higher pay and 
fewer  hours of  labor,  and  that  they are 
likely to  get  them,  the  influence of  the 
Emperor  and  the aristocracy who repre 
sent  the  landed  as against the commer 
cial  and  manufacturing  interests being 
in favor of  the operatives.”

Scrutinize  Your Policy.

The fact that insurance  policies issued 
to retail dealers do not,  as a rule, include 
many provisions which they should have 
is  not  so  generally known as  to  excite 
solicitude  on  the  part  of  the  insured. 
Nevertheless,  such  is  the  case,  as many 
dealers have found to their sorrow  when 
settling up after a conflagration. 
It is 
wise precaution to examine  policies very 
carefully before  accepting  them,  and if 
any doubt  exists  as  to their wording,  to 
submit  them  to an  insurance  authority 
for examination.

Absent-Minded.

“Talk about  absent-mindedness,”  said 
a  citizen  to-day;  “why,  when  I  was  a 
boy,  I worked for a man  who  was so ab­
sent-minded  that he discharged me three 
times in one week  and  paid me a week’s 
wages each time.”
.©1* 
The  preacher  who  forgot  his  manu­
script  the  ott^ri^Bqgiday morning  apol 
agized to  his  |qpgregatidh,  saying  that 
lie should have tV^Wpend-on the Lord for 
his sermon,  but in  the  afternoon  would 
come better  prepared.

Better  Pre^toed.

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B u y   a  C a s e   o f

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Sold  Under  Our  Personal  Guarantee.

Lemon  &  Peters,

WHOLESALE

GROCERS.

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

Lautz Bros.  &  C o .’s   Soaps,

Niagara  S tarch9

A.mboy  Cheese

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

O R D E R

Novelties  in  Perfumery,

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

Glass  Stands, Wicker  Stands,  from

J ennings  &  Smith,

Grand Rapids,  Mich•

AT.T■  ORDERS  FILLED  PROMPTLY.

Putnam  Candy  Co.

13,  15  AND  17  SOUTH  IONIA  ST._______

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PRODUCE  MARKET.

m ake a t 11 %@12%c.

per bbl., fancy  K ings com m anding $2.50.
81.50 fo r picked, holding a t $1.75@$2 per bu.

A pples—D ealers hold w in te r  fru it  a t  $2@$2.25 
Beans—D ealers  pay  $l.a5  fo r  unpick ed   an d  
Beets—40c per bu.
B utter—T he  m arket  is  decidedly  sick,  th ere 
being no dem and for th e staple  anyw here.  T he 
country  m e rch an ts  are  loaded  u p   w ith   stock 
w h ich  they h av e p aid  l6@18e  for, w hile th e top 
of th e m arket from  jobbers’ h an d s is 20c.  Cream ­
ery is in  fa ir dem and  a t 24@25c.
B uckw heat F lo u r—84.50 p er bbl.  fo r N ew   Y ork
Cabbages—$3@$5 per 100.
Cheese—Jobbers hold Septem ber  an d   O ctober 
Cider—9@10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork b arrels, 81.25;  produce barrels 
C ranberries—Cape  Cod  read ily   com m and  $9 
D ried  Apples—N ew  evaporated are  h eld  a t  8@ 
Eggs—Jobbers pay 19@20c fo r fresh  an d  hold at 
P ick lea  an d   cold  storage  stock  com ­
F ield  Seeds—Clover,  m am m oth, 84.35 per b u .; 
G rapes—N ew   Y ork  Concords  a n d   C ataw bas 
H oney—In  sm all dem and.  C lean  com b  com ­
Onions—D ealers  pay  35@4Cc  fo r  clean  stock, 
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—T he m arket is quiet,  large  h an d lers 
of th e staple hav in g  com e to th e conclusion  th a t 
th e  crop is a very large one all over th e country. 
S quash—H ubbard, 2c per lb.
Sw eet P otatoes  Jersey s are  o u t  o f  m ark et a t 
T urnips—30c per bu.

25c
@$9.50 per bbl.
8%c  and new  su n d ried  a t  5@5%c.
21@22c. 
m ands  about  19c.
m edium , 84.35.  T im othy,  $1.50 per  bu 
are in   sm all dem and at 50c per basket.
m ands 15c per lb.
h o ld in g  a t  50@55c.

present.  M uscatines, 83.50 per  bbl.

PROVISIONS.

T he G rand R apids  P acking  an d  P rovision Co. 

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

quotes as follow s:
H ess,  new ...............................................................   *2
S hort c u t ................................................................   J® m
E x tra  clear pig, sh o rt  c u t..................................  ,  v.
E x tra  clear,  h e a v y ..............................................   J2 JJj
C lear, fa t  b a c k ......................................................  1*90
Boston clear, sh o rt c u t.......................................  1* W
Clear back, short c u t...........................................  1* 90
S tandard clear, sh o rt cut, b e s t........................  12  00
Ham s, average 20 lb s ..................................-...........  *5»
16 lb s ............................................... 10M,
12 to 14 lb s ......................................19V*

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s m o k e d   m e a t s — C anvassed or P lain.

S h o u ld e rs..................................................................... “ A
B reakfast Bacon, boneless...................................
D ried beef, ham  p ric es..........................................
Long C lears, h e a v y ..................................................   jjg»
B riskets,  m edium ....................................................   jj/4
9 »
T ie rc e s .........................................................................  ’¡X
T u b s....... ......................................................................   I g

l i g h t .................................................. 

l a b d — K ettle R endered.

lard—R efined.

 
 

B E E P   IN   B A B B E L S .

s a u s a g e — F resh  a n d  Smoked.

30 and^O  lb." T u b s ....................................................   «X
3 lb.  P ails, 20 in a   c a se .............................. ............
9%
5 lb. P alls, 12 in  a case......................... 
10 lb. Pails, 6 in  a  case.............................................  9/4
20 lb.  Pails, 4 in  a ease.............  
 
9?g
50 lb; C an s.....................................................................°X
E x tra  M ess, w arran te d  200  lb s .......................... 7  GO
E x tra  Mess, Chicago p a c k in g ............................  7 00
Boneless, rum p b u tts................................- ..........   °  75
P ork S ausage..............................................................
Tongue S ausage........................................................  *
F ra n k fo rt  S ausage....................................... ...........°
Blood Sausage...........................................................
Bologna, stra ig h t.....................................................
Bologna,  th ic k ..........................................................
H ead Cheese...................... ........................................
In  h a lf barrels...........................................................325
In  q u arter  b a rre ls................................................... 2 90
In  h a lf  b a rre ls .........................................................3  00
In  q u arter b a rre ls ................................................... 2  9b
In  k i t s . . : . . . ................................................................  73

P I S S ’  P E E T .

T B IP E .

FRESH  MEATS.

S w ift an d  Com pany quote as fo llo w s:
B eef, c a rc ass..................................................
h in d q u a rte rs .....................................
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fore 
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lo in s.....................................................
rib s ...................................................... 
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to n g u e s...............................................   @19
H o g s ................................................................

4*@   6 
5  @  5% 
3  @  4 
7  @  7% 
@  6%
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sh o u ld ers..............................................   @ 3
B o lo g n a ..........................   ..............................  @ 3
Sausage, blood  or h e a d ..............................  ®  5
liv e r..................................................  @ 5
F ra n k fo rt.......................................  @ 8
M u tto n ............................................................®  @ 6'

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OYSTERS and  FISH.

F . J . D etten th aler quotes as follow s:

P B E S H   P IS H .

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o y s t e r s —Cans.

W hitefish .........................................................   @  7
sm oked...........................................  @  8
T ro u t.................................................................  @ J[/4
H a lib u t.............................................................  @*2
H ad d ies............................................................   @  7
F a irh a v e n   C ounts.......................................   @35
S elects............................................................. 22  @27
F . J .  D .’s .........................................................   @29
A n ch o rs..........................................................   @1®
S ta n d a rd s........................................................  @19
F a v o rite s.............................................. -  ••••  @14
S tan d a rd s....................................................  
©$1  1®
S elects..........................................................  
@ 1   50
C la m s .............................................................  @1  ®9
S crim ps............................................................   @1  99
S callops............................................................  @1  99
H orseradish
Shell oysters, per 100................................... 1  00@1  50
clam s, 
....................................  @  75
C A N D IE S ,  F R U IT S   a n d   N U T S.

o y s t e b s —B ulk.

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fancy—In  5 lb. boxes.

S tandard, 25 lb. b o x es.............................................  9
25 
T w ist, 
9
C ut Loaf,  25 
10'
R oyal, 25 lb. p a ils ................. : .................................9
2001b.  b b ls .......................................................8%
E x tra , 251b.  p a ils .....................................................10
2001b.  b b ls....................................................   9%
F ren ch  Cream, 25 lb.  p a ils................................  11%
Lem on D rops..............................................................12
Sour D ro p s ..................................................................13
P epperm int D rops.....................................................14
C hocolate D rops.........................................................14
H.  M. C hocolate  D rops.........................  
18
G um   D rops..................................................................10
Licorice Drops............................................................ 18
A.  B. Licorice  D ro p s..............................................,14
Lozenges, p la in .......................................................... 14
p rin te d .....................................................15
Im p erials......................................................................14
M ottoes.........................................................................15
Cream  B a r...................................................................13
M olasses  B a r..............................................................13
C ara m els..............................................................16®18
H and M ade  C ream s........................................  
18
P lain C ream s..............................................................16
D ecorated C ream s.....................................................20
S tring  R o ck ................................................................15
B u rn t A lm onds..........................................................22
W intergreen  B erries............................................... 14
fancy—I n  bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in   p a ils........................................12
in  b b ls ............. .-..........................11

O ranges,  F lorida,  choice,  146 to 226—  
112 to 128.... 

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“ prin ted , in  p a ils...............................................12%
in  bbls......................................11%
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C hocolate Drops, In p a lls ........................................12
G um  D rops, In p a ils.................................................   6%
“ in  b b ls.........................................................   5%
Moss D rops, in  pails................................................. 10
“ in  b b ls.........................................................   9%
Sour D rops, in  p a ils ................................................. 1&
Im perials, in  p a ils.....................................................11
in  b b ls...................................................... 10%
@3 59
@3 25
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fan cy ,  1 4 6 to 2 2 6 ....  @3  75
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golden  ru ssets...........   @3  50
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Lem ons,  M essina, choice, 360..................   @4  00
300................. 4  25®4  50
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fan cy ,  360..................  @4  50
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300................. 4  50@5  < 0
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M alagas,  choice, rip e ...............  @3  50
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F igs, Sm yrna,  new ,  fan cy   la y e rs............14 @15
11  @12%
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choice, 7 lb ...............................................8 @ 9
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D ates, frails, 50 lb .........................................  @ 4%
“  % frails,  50 lb ....................................  @ 5%
F ard , 10-lb.  b o x ................................  @10
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P ersian, 50-lb.  b o x ..............................6 @  7%
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17  @17%
Iv a c a ..............................................  @16
C alifo rn ia....................................   @15
B razils........................................... 
 
W alnuts, G renoble.......................................  @14
C alifo rn ia......................................12%@14
P ecans, Texas, H. P .........................................8 @12
G am e C ocks...........................................................  @8
S ta r...........................................................................  @7
H o rse.......................................................................   @7

A lm onds, T a rra g o n a.............. 

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P E A N U T S .

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“   % lb. 
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5 lb. 

A rctic,  % lb.  cans, 6  d o z ... 45
... 75
“  4  “ 
“  2  “ 
... 1  40
...  2  40
“  2  “ 
“  1  “  -. .12 00
A bsolute, % lb. cans, 100s..11  75 
50s..10 00
50s..18  75
T e lfer’s,  % lb. cans,  d o z .. 
45
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85
“  ..  1  50
75
Acme, % lb. cans, 3 doz —  
“   2  “  —   1  90
“ .  1  “  ••••  3 00
29
45
85
1  90

% lb. 
l i b . 
b u lk .............................. 

R ed Star, hi lb. cans, 

% lb . 
l i b . 
g i b .  
1 lb. 

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1 lb  
AXLE  GREASE.

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B A T H   B R IC K .

F razer’s .................................... 82  60
A u ro ra........................................ 1  75
D iam ond..................................   1  60
80
E nglish, 2 doz. in  ca se........ 
B ristol,  2  “ 
 
75
A m erican. 2 doz. in  c a s e ... 
70
b l u i n g . 
A rctic Liq,  4-oz....................  3  40
Vt P t..................  7  00
l  p t..................  10 00
8-oz paper bot  7 20
3  00
4  00 
8  00

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No. 2 H u rl........................
No.  1  “ 
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No. 2 C arpet............................  2  00
............................  2  25
No. 1 
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P arlor G em ..............................2  60
Common W h isk .......................  
F ancy 
.....................  1  00
M ill...........................................  3 25
W areh o u se..............................2
K ings 100 lb. c a s e s ................4  50
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80  1b. c a ses..................3  85
D airy, solid  p ac k ed .............12%
ro lls ..............................  13
Cream ery, solid packed —   13%
..  14

BUCKWHEAT.

BUTTERINE

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d r i e d   p b u i t s —P runes.

T u rk e y ............................  4%@  6
B o sn a..............................   5%@  6%
C alifo rn ia......................  8  @10

d r i e d   f r u i t s —R aisins.

FA R IN A C E O U S  GOODS.

d r i e d   p b u i t s —Peel.

a len cia s.......................  8  @  814
O n d aras..........................   @ 914
S u lta n as..........................   @12%
London  Layers,  C ali­
fo rn ia ...........................
L ondon  L ayers,  fo r’n. 
M uscatels, C alifornia.
L em on .............................  
O range............................  
F arin a , 100  lb.  k eg s...............  04
H om iny,  per  b b l....................3  50
M acaroni, dom  12 lb  b o x ___  60
@  9% 
P earl  B arley .............
@  234 
@1  10 
Peas, g re e n .................
s p lit.....................
@  3 
@  6% 
Sago,  G erm an ...........
@  6% 
Tapioca, fl’k  or  p’r l .
W heat,  c ra c k e d ........
©   6%  
V erm icelli,  im p o rt..
@10 
dom estic.
@60

im ported

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Jen n in g s’ D. C. Lem on  V anills 
85
2 oz. P anel, doz.
1  25
2  25
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6 oz. 
3  25 
2  25
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1  60
No.  3,  “ 
No.  8,  “
4  00 
2  75
No.lO,  “  
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6  00 
No.  4, Taper,  “ 1  60
2  50 
% pt,  R ound, “ 
4  25
7  50
1  “ 
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15 00
F IS H —-SA LT.
 
Cod,  w h o le 
........... 4%@  5
H a lib u t........................   9%@10
H erring,  round,  % b b l.. 
gibbed................ 
H olland,  b b ls.. 
Scaled  ............. 
M ack,  sh ’s, No. 2,  %  bbl 
“ 
■ ■  

“  b oneless.................  @ 7%
2 75
2  75
12 00
“  kegs, new   @  70
22
12  00 
“  12  lb   k i t ..130

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

10

90

S W E E T   GOODS.
X  TV V
914
G inger S naps.................9 
S ugar  C ream s...............9 
# 2
91?
F rosted  C ream s............ 
9^
G raham   C rackers........ 
9
O atm eal  C rackers........ 
B o x e s .......................................... « v

SO D A .

©2  55  Kegs, E n g lish .............
teas.
@2  10  ;
F a i r .........................  

SUN CURED.

ja pa n—R egular.
  14
@16
............................... 18
@22
24
C hoice................... 
@29
C hoicest................  ... .30
@34
F a i r .................................. J4
@15
G o o d ................................ itj
@20
Choice.............................. 24
@28
C hoicest...........................30
@33
BASKET  FIRED.
F a i r .................................
@20
Choice..............................
@25
C hoicest..........................
@35
E x tra  choice, w ire le af 
@40
GUNPOWDER.
Common to  f a ir ............25
@35
E x tra  fine to fin est.... 50 
@65
C hoicest fa n c y ..............75
@85
Common to  f a ir ............20
@35
Superior to fine..............40
@50
YOUNG HYSON.
Common to  f a ir .........18  _____
@26
S uperior to  fine..............30  @40
Common to  f a ir ..............25  @30
Superior to  fin e............. 30  @50
F in e to ch o icest............. 55  @65
F a i r ....................................25  @30
Choice................................30  @35
B e s t................................... 55  @65
T ea  D u st..........................  8  @10

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

TOBACCOS—Plug.

“ 

8.  W. V enable & Co.’s B rands.
N im rod, 4x12 a n d   2x 12.............37
R eception, 22-5x12,16 oz......... 36
V inco, 1x 6,4%  to  f t .............  
30
_  
T rout.  *   b b ls .............. 4  00@4  50  B ig 5 C enter, 3x12,  12 o z..........34
161b..  k it s .    ...............  60  W heel, 5 to  Jb..............................37
...........................37
W hite,  No. 1, % b b ls ...
T rinket, 3x9,  9  o z.......................25
“  '  
Jas.  G.  B u tler  &  Co.’s  B rands.
9%
“ 
Som ething G ood.........................37
“ 
D ouble P edro  .............................37
“ 
P each  P ie ......................................37
W edding  Cake, b lk ..................!37
“ Tobacco” .................................... 37

12 lb. k its ........ 1  00
10 lb.  k its ........  80
Fam ily,  %  b b ls .........2  50
k its .................  50

G U N   P O W D E R .

“ 
“ 

“ 

ro lls 
CANDLES
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

 

 

H otel, 40 lb. boxes................... 10%
Star,  40 
P a ra ffin e ........................
W ick in g ...................................  
canned Goods—F ish.

Clams.  1 lb. L ittle N eck ........ 1  20
Clam Chow der, 3  l b . ..  ........2  10
Cove O ysters, 1 lb. stan d  —  1  00 
“ 
....1 7 5
Lobsters, 1 lb.  p ic n ic..............1  40
............. 2  65

21b. 
2  lb.  “ 

25

“ 

“ 

 

“  

M ackerel, in  Tom ato S auce.2 85

1  lb.  S tar......................... 1 90
2  lb. S tar.........................3 00
1 lb.  s ta n d ....................1 20
2  lb. 
2 00
3 lb. in  M u stard .. .2  85
3 lb.  sou sed ............2  85
Salm on, 1 lb.  C olum bia..  ..1  80
1 lb.  A lask a............... 1 80
Sardines, dom estic  34s .........  
5
% s......... @  9
M ustard % s.........   @ 9
im ported  34s ... 10%@16
spiced,  %8............ 
10
T rout, 3  lb. b ro o k ............. .

“ 

CANNED GOODS—F ru its.

“ 

A pples, gallons, sta n d ............ 2 25
B lackberries,  s ta n d ...............   90
C herries, red  s ta n d a rd ......... 1  20
p itte d ......... ...............1  40
D am so n s.....................................1 15
E gg P lum s, s ta n d .....................1 15
G ooseberries..............................1 00
G rapes  .......................................
G reen  G ages..............................1 15
Peaches, all  yellow , s ta n d .. 1  70
se c o n d s..................... 1  45
P ie ...............................1  15
P e a rs.............................................1 25
P in e a p p le s.....................1  20@1  50
Q u in c e s........................................... 1 00
R aspberries,  e x tra ....................... 1 75
re d ............... ....1   40
S tra w b e rrie s.................................. 1 25
W hortleberries........................   75

“ 
“ 

“  

Peas, F re n c h .................................. 1 68

CANNED VEGETABLES.
A sparagus, Oyster B ay .........
B eans, Lim a,  s ta n d ...............   85
“  G reen  L im as 
  @1  00
“ 
S trin g s.................  @  90
“  Stringless,  E rie ...........   90
“  Lew is’ Boston B ak e d .. 1  40
C om , A rcher’s T ro p h y ..........1  00
“  
“  M orn’g G lory. 1  00
“ 
E a rly  G olden. 1  00
“ 
“  e x tra m a rro fa t...  @ 125
so ak ed ..............................  80
“ 
“  J u n e ,  s ta n d ...........................1 40
“ 
“   s ifte d ............................. 1 55
“  F ren ch , e x tra   fin e...  . 1  50
M ushroom s, e x tra  fine..........2  15
P um pkin, 3 lb.  G olden..........1  00
Succotpsh,  sta n d a rd .............   90
S q u a s h .............................................1 10
Tom atoes,  R ed  C oat..  @95
G ood E n o u g h — 95
B e n H a r...................95
stan d  b r ....  @95

“ 
“ 

CHEESE.

M ichigan F u ll  Cream  1134@12% 
Sap  S ago.........................16  @16%

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
G erm an S w eet...................... 
P rem ium ................................. 
C ocoa....................................... 
B rea k fa st  C ocoa................. 
B rom a.....................................  

23
35
38
48
37

“ 

CHEWING  GUM.
 
200 

R ubber, 100 lum ps................... 25
35
S p ru ce.........................................30
B u lk ............................................   6
R e d ..............................................  7%

CHICOBY.

“  

 

coppee—Green.

R io, f a ir ...........................17  @19
“   goo d .........................18%®20
“  prim e......................   @21
fan cy ,  w a s h e d ... 19  @22
“ 
“  golden.....................20  @23
S antos.............................. 17  @22
M exican & G uatem ala 19  @23
P e a b e rry .........................20  @23
Jav a,  In te rio r............... 20  @25
“  M an d h elin g — 26  @29
M ocha, g e n u in e ........... 25  @27
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, ad d  %c. per lb. fo r roast 
in g  a n d  15 per  cent,  fo r sh rin k  
age.

c oppees—Package.

100 lbs
L io n ............................................. 2334
“  in  c a b in e ts .......................24%
M c L a u g h lin ’s  X X X X ---- 2334
D u rh am ......................................23%
Thom pson’s  H oney  B ee— 26
T ig e r................. 24
G ood  M orning .........................24

“ 

COFFEE EXTRACT.

V alley C ity.............................. 
75
F e lix ..........................................  1  10
Cotton,  40 f t ........... per doz.  1  25
150
1 60
2 00
2 25
1 00
1 15

CLOTHES  LINES.
50 f t ........... ‘ 
“ 
“ 
60 f t ...........  
70 f t ...........  
“ 
“ 
80 f t ...........  
60 f t ............. 
“  
72 f t ' ........... 
“  
CONDENSED MILK.
E a g le ...................................
A nglo-Sw iss......................

J u te  

“ 

CRACKERS.
“ 

K enosha B u tte r...............
Seym our 
...............
B u tte r........................................... 6
fam ily..............................  6
“ 
“  b is c u it............................  7
B oston.........................................  8
City Soda...................................   8
Soda............................................  6%
S. O yster .............. 
6
City Oyster, X XX....................   6
P ic n ic ........................................... 6

 

7  50 

6  006

CREAM TARTAR.

38
24

S trictly  p u re ..........................  
G rocers’ ...................................  

d r ie d fr u its—Dom estic.
A pples, su n -d ried .......   5  @  6
evap o rated ....  @ 8%
“ 
— 15  @16
“ 
A pricots, 
7
 
B lackberries “ 
 
“  
N ectarines 
14
 
P eaches 
“  
14
P lum s 
“ 
.................
 
R aspberries  “ 
........  — 28

@10

 

DRIED  FRUITS—Citron.

I n  d r u m .......................  @23
In b o x e s ..........................  @25

d r ie d fr u its—Cu rran ts.
Z ante, In  b a rre ls.........   @ 6

“ 

in  less q u an tity   @ 6%

L IC O R IC E .

L A M P  W IC K S.

K e g s .................................................5 25
H alf  k eg s....................................... 2 88
No. 0 .......................................... 
30
No. 1.......................................... 
40
No. 2........................................... 
50
P u re .............................................  30
C alab ria.....................................   25
S icily.
18
B lack  S trap .......................... 
23
Cuba  B ak in g .........................22@25
P orto  R ico ............................ 24@35
N ew  O rleans, goo d .............25@30
ch o ice......... 33@38
fa n c y ...........45@48

MOLASSES.

O ne-half barrels, 3c extra.

“ 
“ 

OIL.

ROLLED  OATS

M uscatine,  B a rre ls .....................5 75

OATMEAL.
H alf b a rre ls....... 3  12
C ases..........2  15@2  25
M uscatine, B arrels___  @5 75
H alf b b ls..  @3  12
C ases......... 2  15@2 25
M ichigan  T e st........................  9%
W ater  W h ite........................... 10%
PICKLES.
M ed iu m .. . : ................... 5  00@5  25
b b l ..............2  75@3  00
Sm all,  b b l........................................6 25
%  b b l....................................3 50
Clay, No.  216.................................. 1 75
T.  D. fu ll c o u n t............  75
Cob, No.  3 ..................................  40
C arolina b e a d .............................6%
No.  1.............................5%
No. 2 ................... 5%@
No. 3 .............................5

p ip e s.

BICE.

J a p a n ..................................5%@6%
Comm on F in e per  b b l......76@80
Solar Rock, 56 lb.  sa c k s.......  28
28  p o ck et......................................... 2 05
2  15
 
“ 
60 
 
100  “  
2  40
A shton bu. b a g s .....................  75
 
H iggins  “ 
75
.....................  37
W arsaw  “ 
.....................  20

“ 
“ 
“   % b u   “ 

SALT

 

SALERATUS.

SEEDS.

D eL and’s,  p u re .........................5
C hurch’s, Cap  S h eaf................5
D w ight’s ......................................5
T aylor’s ..............*.......................5
M ixed b ird ................................  4%
C a ra w a y ..................................... 10  i
C a n a ry .................................... 
4 
H em p.............................................. 4  1
A nise................................................8% 1
R a p e ...................•.......................4%  1
M u stard ..........................................7% !
Je ttin e ,  1 doz. in   b o x ................75
Scotch, in   b la d d ers.................. 37  |
M accaboy, in  ja r s ......................35  |
1
F ren ch  R appee, in  J a r s ........43 

SHOE  POLISH.

SNUFF.

SOAP.

D etroit Soap Co.'s B rands.

S uperior...........................................3 30
Q ueen  A n n e ..................................3 85
G erm an  F am ily ............................2 40
M ottled  G erm an.......................... 3 00
O ld  G erm an ...................................2 70
U. S. B ig  B arg a in ........... — 1  87
F rost,  F lo a te r.......................... 3  75 i
Cocoa  C astile  .........................3 00 :
Cocoa Castile, F a n c y .............3 36

A llen B. W risley’s B rands.

“ 
“ 
“ 

spices—Whole.

H appy F am ily,  75.....................2  95 1
O ld C ountry, 80..............................3 30
U na, 100............................................3 65
B ouncer, 100...................................3 15
A llspice.....................................   9 
|
Cassia, C hina in  m a ts ................... 8 (
B atavia in  b u n d ___ 11
Saigon in   ro lls..........40
Cloves,  A m boyna......... ......... 26
Z an zib ar.....................20
M ace  B atav ia............................ 80
N utm egs, fa n c y ..................... 80
“  No.  1............................75
“   No.  2............................70
Pepper, Singapore, black — 18 
"  
w h ite ...  .26
sh o t..............................20
“ 
spices—Gro u n d --In  B ulk.
A llsp ic e........................................15
Cassia,  B atav ia.........................20
an d   S aigon.25
“ 
S a ig o n ........................ 42
“  
Cloves,  A m boyna.....................32
Z an zib ar.....................25
“ 
G inger, A frican ..................... 12%
“•  C ochin.........................15
J a m a ic a .....................18
“ 

M ace  B atav ia.............................90  I
M ustard,  E n g lish ..................... 22  j

“  

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

an d  T rie ..25
T rieste........................ 27
N utm egs, No.  2 .........................80
Pepper, Singapore, b la c k — 21
« 
w h ite .........30
“  C ayenne......................25
H erbs & Spices, sm all........  65
la rg e ....... 1  25

“ 

“ 

“ 

STARCH.

“ 

“ 
“ 

SUGARS.

M ystic,  64  p k g s....................... 4  48

b a rre ls ............................6
C ut  L o af........................   @  1%
C u b e s ..............................  @  7%
P o w d e re d ..........................   @ 7%
G ranulated, H. & E .’s..  @ 7%
F ra n k lin ..  @ 7%
K n ig h t’s ...  @  7%
C onfectionery  A .........   @7  06
S tan d a rd ........................... 694@  626
No. 1, W hite E x tra  C ..  6%@  6%
No. 2 E x tra   C ...............6  @  6%
No. 3C, g o ld e n .............  524©  576
No. 4 C, d a rk ................. 
©   5%
No. 5  C ............................  @  5%
SAL  SODA.
K egs..........................................  124
G ranulated,  b o x es.................  2
K itchen, 3 doz.  in  b o x ........  2 35
H and, 
2 

SAPOLIO.
“  

 

 

3  “ 
SAUERKRAUT.

“ 

“ 

“  

36 

Silver T hread, 15 g allo n s— 2 95 
....4   75
C om ,  b a rre ls.......................  @24
one-half b a rre ls __   @26
P u re  Sugar, b b l................... 28@36
“ 
h a lf barrel....30@ 38

SYRUPS.

“  

tobaccos—F in e Cut.

“ 
“ 
“ 

D.  Scotten  & Co.’s B rands.

H ia w a th a ......................  
62
37
Sweet  C u b a................... 
TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONS.
$  2, per  h u n d re d ...................  2  50
...................3  00
“ 
* 5 , 
$10, 
...................  4 00
“ 
$20, 
...................  5 00
“  
S ubject to  th e  follow ing  dis­
counts :
200 or o v er...............  5  per  cen t.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
40 g r .............................................  7
50 g r............................................   9

...............20 
VINEGAR.

10 
“

 

$1 fo r barrel.

YEAST.

MISCELLANEOUS.

F erm entum ,  Com pressed.  .
Cocoa Shells,  b u lk ........... 
Jelly , 30-lb.  p a ils..................   5
Sage...........................................  15
PAPER &WOODENWAKE

7%

PAPER.

2.4

C urtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fo l­
low s:
S tr a w ........................................... 160
“  L ight  W eight...............200
S u g a r .........................................180
H a rd w a re ...........  .......................2%
B a k e rs ..........................................2%
Dry  G oods..................................5
J u te   M anilla.............................. 8
R ed  E xpress  No. 
1......5
No. 
TWINES.

“ 

 

 

“ 

WOODENWARE.

48 C otton.................................   22
Cotton, No. 2........................... 20
“  3........................... 18
Sea  Islan d , asso rted ........... 40
N o. 5 H e m p .............................16
No.  8 B ...................................... 17
W o o l..................... 
7f4
Tubs, No. 1................................7  25
“  No. 2 ..............................  6  25
“  No. 3 ................................5  25
1  60
P ails, No. 1, tw o-hoop.. 
“  No.  1,  three-hoop___  1  75
C lothespins, 5 gr. b o x es___ 
60
Bow ls, 11 in c h ........................  1  00
13  “  
........................   1  25
15  “  
...................... 2  00
17  “ 
........................   2  75
assorted, 17s an d   17s  2  50 
“  15s, 17s an d  19s  2  75
40
b u s h e l.................... .  1  50
“  w ith  covers  1  90
75
“   No.2  6  25
“ 
“ 
“  No.3  7  25
“   N o.l  3  50
“ 
“  No.2 4  25
“  No.3  5  00
“ 
G R A IN S   a n d  F E E D S T U F E S

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
j
“ 
“  
“ w illow  cl’ths, N o.l  5 
“  
*' 
“ 
“  
“ 

B askets, m a rk et..................... 

sp lin t 

WHEAT.

N ew .  Old.
W h ite ...............................   78 
78
R ed...................................  
78
78 
A ll w heat bought  on 60 lb.  test.
S traight, in  sack s................  4  60
“  barrels.............   4  70
P ate n t 
“  sack s................  5  50
“  b arrels.............   5  70

FLOUR.

“  
“ 

MEAL.

“ 

11  00

CORN.

..............................  38%

B o lted ............................  1  00
G ran u lated ..................   1  10
MILLSTUFFS.
B ran ..............................................   10 50
S hips...............................  
S creen in g s..................................  11 00
M iddlings....................................  12 00
M ixed  F e e d ................................  15 00
Coarse m e al................................  15 06
Sm all  lo ts ..............................  40
C ar 
Sm all  lo ts .................................25
C ar 
................................. 23
N o. 1..............................  @40
NO. 1...............................................  1 10
N o .2 ..............................   105
No. 1...............................................  11 00
No. 2 .............................................   9 00
H ID E S ,  P E L T S   a n d   F U R S .
P erk in s  &  Hess  pay  as  fo l­

BARLEY.

OATS.

HAY.

RYE.

“ 

“ 

“ 

FURS.

low s:
M ink, d a rk ....................   40@1  25
p a le .....................   25®  80
R accoon..........................  H@1  00
S k u n k ..............................  80@1  20
M u sk ra t..........................   15@  20
F o x , re d ......................... 1  25@1  75
cro ss..................... 2  00@5  00
“ 
“  grey........................   4C@  70
B a d g e r............................  75@1  00
Cat,  w ild ........................   50@  75
F is h e r.............................4  00@6  00
L y n x ...............................3  00@5  00
M artin,  d a rk ............... 1  25@3  00
pale  & yellow   60®   75
O tter,  d a rk ................6  00@10 00
W o lf............................... 2  00@3  00
B e a r.............................15 00@25 00
B e a v e r...........................2  oO@7  oO
O ppossum .......................   15@  30
D eerskins, per 
lb .......  15@  35
A bove  prices  fo r  No. 1 skins 
only.
G re e n ..............................  4  @ 4%
P art  C u red ....................   @  4%
F u ll 
@  5
D ry ...................................  5  @  6
D ry  K ips  ......................   5  @ 6
C alfskins,  g reen ......... 3  @  4
c u re d .v. . . .   4%@  5
D eacon sk in s.................10  @20

HIDES.

“ 

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%  off fo r No. 2.

FELTS.

35

WOOL.

S hearlings......................10  @25
E stim ated w ool, per Si 20  @28
W ashed................................. 2S@30
U n w ash ed ............................12@22
T a llo w ............................   3%@  4
G rease  b u tte r ............... 3  @ 5
S w itc h e s.........................  1%@  2
G in sen g ..........................2  00@2  75

MISCELLANEOUS.

Wholesale Brice  Current.______
—--------  -  n   ~   ra m n h o r  o IF Pennyrt.yal,  G um   G naiac,  Gum  G uaiac  (po),  B alsam  Copaiba
A d v an ced -G u m   Cam phor,  » u ^ e n n y ^   ¿ epp en n en t  T u rp e n tm e.________________________

. 

PUIS.

the 

.  ,  _•  ___ _ 

— —  *  • 

Hard Work.

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gimmerdown,  at  diuner  the  other
. ¿ayt  found  the  cheese  very lively.  He

respective  arguments  were  made  up of 
blind and incoherent  repetitions of  such 
The agitation for  shSrter hours among 
of  the legal  jargon  as  they could  recol­
pharmacal assistants in  Germany has re­
lect from reading  the  documents  drawn 
sulted in the closing  of  the  pharmacies 
up  by  their  lawyers.  Therefore,  Pan­
in Stuttgart at 9 p. m.  This  is  a  good 
tagruel  gave  his  decree  in 
language 
beginning  and  may  be  productive  of 
equally  unintelligible  as  the  pleaders’ 
other cities  following  the  example. 
In 
statements.  Both  parties  were  fully 
America,  however,  they  would  rather 
content  with 
incomprehensible 
keep open all night.
sentence  he  passed,  neither  of  them 
The mournful  intelligence that a com
seing  anything in it to make  him  think
paratively  harmless  citizen  of  Indiana 
jost ^is cause.  When  this  satire
,  , 
W U n«  flvic  c a tirP
has  gone  crazy  from overindulgence  m  of  Rabeiajs  was  published,  somewhere 
chewing gum will not have been promul-  about  1534,  the  Russian 
lawsuit  had 
gated in vain if  it  serve to moderate the  ajrea(jy been progressing over fifty years.
activity  of  even a single  pair  of  jaws. , 
The chewing gum habit  is  getting  to  be j 
! almost  as  depressing  as  the  cigarette , 
! nuisance. 
A most  singular  accident  occurred in  managed to get along with that, but when  j 
front  of a drug store in  New  York  the  be  ¿rew a hair,  out  of  the  butter,  Sim- | 
other evening.  An empty alcohdl  barrel  merc[own remarked that it was hard work 
! was standing in front of the  large  show , for a man to have to eat  his  dinner with 
I window.  George Rinely struck a match  mite and mane.
„
I on it for the purpose of  lighting a cigar. 
I The alcohol on  the  barrel blazed up, ex-  The P.  &  B. cough  drops  give
I pioded  the  barrel,  shattering  the  plate j satisfaction.
glass in the  show window and disarrang- 1 
....
ing the stock.  Rinely was thrown some 
distance by the explosion,  but  was  only
slightly hurt. 
A laudable example has been set by the 
Buffalo College  of  Pharmacy in creating 
a free scholarship for the student receiv­
ing the highest average standing in gram­
mar,  arithmetic,  geography,  elementary 
botany,  chemistry  and  physics, 
the 
terms of competition to be determined by 
the superintendent  of  education and the 
principals of  the high school and normal 
school,  competition  to be  open  to  any 
resident  of  the  city  seventeen years of 
age and of good moral character.
In  an  introductory  sessional  address 
delivered at  the  commencement  of  the 
School  of  Pharmacy  of  Great  Britain,
Prof.  Jno.  Marshall,  President  of  the 
General  Medical  Council,  gives  some 
sound  advice  with  reference  to  educa- 
tion.  He insists, first of  all, that a good
preliminary education is absolutely neces- ] Aqua, 16 deg............  
jj
sary to all who aspire to be really accom- s r , on1°saeg;;;;;;;;;;  n®  13
plished pharmacists,  and that in order to ■ cjjioriduni...............   12®  44
be really preliminary,  in  fact as well as 
in name,  the  examinations  be  thorough 1 
....... 2 <*,@2 25
and passed  before  the  systematic scien-j 
........   80@l 00
tific training is commenced.  The attempt j Red.....................  •••„ 
^
at  introducing  a  preliminary  examina- ( Yellow.....................
tion by leaving the latter  optional  until 
the  student  “is  ready  for  it”  will not 
avail.

A ceticum   . . . . . .   •••••• 
8®  10
B enzoicum   G erm an..  80@1  00
B oracic 
........................  
Jr
C a rb o lic u m ................... 
g
H y d ro c h lo r................... 
O x a lic u m — • 
 
Phosphorium   d ll.........
Salicylicum   . .................1
S u lp h u ric u m ...
T a n n icu m .........
T a rtaric u m -----

GX2TSX2TG  R O O T
We pay the highest price for it.  Address
We pay the highest
PECK BROS.,
GRAND  RA PI

C ubeae (po. 1  60........... 1  85®2 00
..........................  
Ju n i]
lo x y lu m ...............   25®  30
Xant.

 
13@ l.4
154®  5 
.1  40@1  60 
.  40®  43

8® 10

Wholesale  Druggist», 

ANn.nra.

ammonia.

great

ACIDUM.

baccae.

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D n i f f s  ^  JMledicines»

St»<e  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Two Years—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Three Years—Stanley EL Parkill, Owosso.
Four  Years—Jacob Jesson,  Muskegon.
F ire Years—James Vernof, Detroit. 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon. 
Secretary—Jas.  Veraor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald. Kalamazoo.
Next  Meeting— At Lansing November 5 and 6.

Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n.

Lansing.
fte?d V lctPresident-H enry Kephart, Berrien Springs. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. \  ernor, Detroit. 
Becretary-H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—W m Dupont, Detroit. 

t e ?  G^°-kcl
“ ‘^ w X ^ ' n ^ i n i  Tuesday 
of September, 1890.__________ _____________ ______

Grand  Rapids  P lia r m a c e ulic a l  S<miet>

President. J. W. Hayward,  Secretary, Frank H. Escott.
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. 
President, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, Albert Brower--------

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^

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D e tro it  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S ociety

President, J. W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackman.___ _

M u sk e g o n   D ru g   C le rk s ’  V sw iciatio n . 

President. C. S. Koon;  Secretary. J. w . Hoyt.

Should  Be  a  Good  Judge  of  Human j 

Nature.

The  successful  retail  druggist  who 
waits  upon  the  counter  trade  must be 
more  than  an  average  judge  of  human 
nature.  Like all business men who have 
dealings with his fellow  beings,  he must 
be able to detect the  dead-beat  customer 
and recognize the  sharper  who comes m 
as a commercial traveler.  He must study 
how to please the talkative customer who 
feels  slighted  if  not  recognized 
in  a 
familiar  manner,  and  avoid  offending 
those who never  have  anything but bus­
iness to talk  about,  and do  not  desire to 
have him  enter  into a general conversa­
tion.  All of  this and much  more he  has 
in common with the general merchant.
But his task does  not  stop here.  The 
pharmacist  must  be  able  to  read  in a 
man’s  eye  the  ravings  of  a  murderer 
when a man  comes  in  to  buy  poison to 
dispose of  some  human being.  He must 
recognize  the  flush on the cheek and the 
nervous  hand  which  is stretched out to 
take  the  morphine  intended to end  the 
customer’s  life.  In  prohibition  places 
he  must  catch  the  tone of  voice which 
indicates  that the liquor  demanded for a 
sick  wife  will  be  used  to  sicken a de­
praved  man.  In  short, the  pharmacist 
should  be  a  close  observer  of  human 
nature in all the  phases it presents itself 
to the druggist.
Every  young  pharmacist  should  con­
sider it a part of his duty to study human 
nature.  Some  are born with the faculty 
well-grounded  in 
their  make-up,  but 
phrenologists  and  physiognomists teach 
us that the  faculty can be  greatly devel­
oped  by  practice  and  study. 
It is not 
our intention to advise druggists to waste 
time  over  the  fallacies  of  phrenology, 
but to study human nature from the gen­
eral make-up of  the  person  without  re­
gard to the charts of  the  “bump feeler.’ 
Many  unconsciously  do  this,  but  more 
should purposely follow such a course.

Insurance  Against  Burglary.

balsamttm.
.......................  65@  70
...............   @1  30

Cnnaiba 
P ern 
T erabin, C anada  ........  45@
45®

Abies,  C an a d ian .....................  18
Cassiae  .....................................
C inchona F lav a  .....................  A?
E uonym us  atro p u rp .............  
j"
M yrica  Cerifera, p o ...............   ““
P ru n u s V irg in i........................  
‘i
Q uillaia,  g rd ............................  1“
S assafras  ..............  
Jn
 
U lm us Po (G round  12).........

 

COBTEX.

The London  Pall  Mall  Gazette  gives 
the following scale  of  premiums for  in­
surance  against  burglary  in  that  city.
Private  residences—No.  1,  2s.  6d.  per 
cent,  per annum,  when  the  whole  con­
tents  of  a  house are insured;  No. 2, 3s.
4d.  per cent, per annum,  when the whole 
contents  of  a  house are insured,  but to 
include damage  done  or  caused by bur­
glars; No. 3, 3s. 4d. per cent,  per annum, 
where specially selected  articles  are  in­
sured, such  as  plate,  jewelry, etc.;  No.
ext b a c tu m .
4,  2s. 6d.  per  cent,  per  annum,  where i giycynhiza Glabra..
P®-¿v"
pecially  selected  articles  are  insured, 
but  a  warranty  is  given  that  they are  Haematox, 15 lb. box.
ys^...........
kept in a safe when not in use.  Business j 
premises—No. 5,  5s.  per  cent,  per  an-i 
)4s...........
numr  No. 6,  3s. 4d. per cent,  per annum, 
febbum.
when  it is shown that special precautions  carbonate P re c ip .—  
are taken to protect the  property.  The  C itrate 
.
agreement  is  made  to  pay the  amount  perroCyanidumSol—
insured  within thirty days after the loss  solut  c h lo rid e ............  
. 
t h a t   Snlnhate.  CODd 1............
s  proved,  subject  to  a  provision  that 
there shall be no  claim  on  the policy if 
the  whole loss on  any one occasion does j 
not amount to £5,  or that  the  theft  has  Arnica . .. 
been  committed  by  a  member  of  the  jjatricaria 
household,  such as  a  servant  or  person | 
living on the premises, or  “by loot,  sack 
or  pillage  by insurgents  or  military or 
usurped powers.”

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B arosm a 
C assia  A cutifol,  Tin- 
nivelly

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Sulphate,  com J 

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pu re.

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24®
33®
11®
13®
14®
16®

@  15 
®3  50 
®   80 
®   50 
15 
®
2 
7

14®
30®
30®

10®   12

35®  50

10®8®

16)

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GTTMMI.

2d 
“ 
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Should  Work  Both Ways.

It  is  quite  a  common  occurrence  for 
retail druggists to make  use of  the argu­
ment that  cheap  prices  indicate poor or 
adulterated  medicines  when  a customer 
comes in and states  that a druggist  over 
the  way  will  fill  prescriptions  at  ex­
tremely low rates.  The  pharmacist  can 
see the force of  such  an  argument when 
he is dealing  with  his  customers, hut it 
seems to be quite  another thing when he  Amm0rjae 
comes to order from  the  wholesaler.  It | A ssafoetida, (po. 30) 
Benzom um  
is  too  apt  to  be a low  figure he wants,
Camphorae 
Eupl
The same old rule  certainly applies with 
G aib an u m ...............
Gamboge,  p o ......
equal force here.  If  the  retail  druggist 
G uaiacum ,  (po. 50)
has  any doubts  about it, he should  test 
K ino,  (po.  25)........
the goods and see if  price and quality do 
M a s tic .....................
M yrrh,  (po  4 5 )....
not  go  hand  in  hand.  The  customer 
Opii,  (pc. 5  10)----
must take the  retail  druggist’s word for 
Shellac
the  quality  of  medicines  in  most  in- 
T ra g a c a n th ..........................  
tances,but the druggist should be rea dy 
to  satisfy  himself  about  the  drugs  he 
buys,  so that  he  will  be able to guaran­
tee them to the community.

Salvia  officinalis,  54s 
a n d   ..............................
Ura ..........................
@1  00 
A cacia,  1st  p ic k e d ....
®   90 
••••
....
©   80 
®   65
sifte d  s o rts ...
p o .....................  75@1  00
60 
Aloe,  B arb, (po. 6 0 )...  50®
12 
“
Cape, (po. 2 0 )... 
@  50
Socotri,  (po.  60).
C atechu, Is, (V4s, I4 548'
@  l 
25®  30 
@  15 
30@  55 
42®  45 
35®  10 
©   80 
80®  95 
@  45 
@  20 
@1  00 
@  40 
3  50@3  55 
25®  35
b le ach ed .........   28®  30

A b sin th iu m ................................  2?
E u p a to riu m ................................  S
L o b elia.........................................   S
M aio ru m .....................................   ™
M entha  P ip e rita .......................  ~
Benefits  of  Local  Organization.
............................   ^
 
Local  pharmaceutical  associations  do j Tanacetum, V...................   ^

From the  Western  Druggist. 
not always  flourish as long as the found-  Thymus, V........................
ers  would  like  to  see,  but  this  should 
55®
not discourage those  who  undertake the 
20®SO®
work  of  reviving  old  ones  or  starting 
new  oues.  They  serve a  good  purpose 
35®
while they do last,  and,  like  the  day fol­
OLEUM.
lowing  night,  they sometimes are all the  |
more appreciated  when resurrected after j Amyjdalae^Dulc. 
a  disappearance.  The  number  of  such  * 
organizations through  the  country is on 
the increase,  and  they help to foster and 
feed the state and  national  associations.

MAGNESIA.'
C alcined, P a t................
Carbonate,  P at  . . . ----
C arbonate, K. <s  M. —  
C arbonate,  JenningS ..
| ________
A b sin th iu m .................. 5 00®5  50
A m ygdalae, D u lc .........   45©  75

A u ran ti  C o rtex ...........   @2  50
B ergam ii  ......................2  ova?  m
C a jip u ti.......................... 
30

herba—I n ounce packages.

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

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A  Time-worn  Suit.

A Russian paper notes the termination 
recently of  a  lawsuit  begun  in  1490, or 
four  centuries  ago.  The  litigation was 
over  a  forty-acre  tract  of  uncultivated 
land,  has  been  handed  down  through 
numberless  generations,  and,  curiously 
enough,  has been finally settled by peace­
ful arbitration.  This  protracted  litiga­
tion,  as  well  as the  satisfactory manner 
of  its  termination,  reminds  us  of  the 
celebrated  case  described by Rabelais in 
which Pantagruel acted as umpire.  This 
classic lawsuit had lasted many years be­
tween two French  nobles.  Innumerable 
law  papers  had  been  prepared on both 
sides, and all the courts  had  been  gone 
through,  with  the  result  of  utterly be­
fogging  and  mystifying  the  claims  of 
both  parties.  The  umpire  abbve  men­
tioned  being  appealed  to,  agreed to de­
cide  the  matter  provided that  all  the 
papers  and  documents  should  first  be 
burned up and the claimants then should 
plead their  own  cause personally before 
him.  As,  owing  to  the  lapse  of  time, 
they had both  forgotten  altogether what 
was the origin of  the  controversy,  their

C itro n e lla ......................   @  ¿J
Conium   M ac.................  35®  65

G eranium ,  o u n ce........ 
<®  75
G ossipii,  Sem. g a l.......   50® 
i5
H edeom a  .......................2 00@2  10
J u n ip e ri..........................  50@U  00
L a v e n d u la ....................    90@2  00
L im o n is................................ 4  50®1 80
M entha P ip e r......................2  10@2 25
M entha  V e n d .....................2  50®2 60
M orrhuae, g a l...............  80@1  00
@  50
M yreia, o u n ce.
O liv e .................... ... . . . 1   00@2
Picis L iquida,  (gal..35)  10®  12
R ic in i.............................. 1  24@1 36
R osm arin!............... 
75@1  00
Rosae,  o u n ce.................  „  @5  w
S u ccln i............................  40®  45
S a b in a ............................  »O®!  00
S antal 
............................3  50@7 00
S assafras........................  55®  60
Sinapis, ess, o u n ce—   @  65
T ig lfi................................ 
®1  53
T h y m e ............................  43®  50
T heobrom as..................   15®  20

FOTAssnm.

B iC a rb ............................  15®  18
Bichromate..............  13®  14
B rom ide..........................  37®  40

Look  After  the  Apprentice.

The duties of  a pharmacist  to  his  ap­
prentice is  a subject  which  periodically 
agitates  the  thinking  members  of  the 
profession  on  both  sides  of  the  globe. 
There  is  but  little  difficulty in  getting 
all to admit  that,  theoretically,  the drug­
gist should strive to educate his assistant 
in  the  fullest  sense of  the  word.  The 
trouble commences when it comes to car­
rying out such a plan.  A  certain  class, 
and,  we  regret  to  say,  it  comprises  a 
large  portion  of  the  pharmacists,  com 
plain that it does not pay to take so much 
pains  with  the  clerks.  They  make  all 
kinds  of  minor  excuses  based  on  the 
plea that the ethical  side of  the question 
is  simply  impracticable.  As  the  only 
way  to  reach  such  men  is  through 
financial  road,  we  should  like  to  ask 
them  out on a tour  of  inspection  of  the 
drug  stores in any city.  We have  made 
the  rounds  and  find that the most pros 
perous  druggists  are  those  who are the 
most  devoted  to  the  training  of^  thei 
assistants.  The  disgruntled  faction  of 
our citizens who are ever  endeavoring to 
show that true merit  is  never  rewarded 
in  this  world  and  that  the road of  the 
transgressor,  though  hard,  is  smoother 
-than  the  path of  righteousness,  cannot 
find ammunition  for  their old flint-locks 
in the stores of  druggists  who look after 
the  interests  of  their  apprentices  and 
elerks.

Adulterations  in  Massachusetts.
In  the  a n n u a l  report  of  the  State 
Board of  Health  of  Massachusetts, it  is 
stated  that  under  the  operation  of  the 
statutes against food and  drug  adultera­
tion,  “certain  forms  of  adulteration, 
especially such  kinds as ■were  distinctly 
of  an  injurious  or  poisonous character, 
have  been  entirely suppressed,  and  are 
no longer to be found  within  the  limits 
of  the  State.  Among  these  are 
the 
coloring of  confectionery and  other arti­
cles  of 
food  with  colors  which  are 
poisonous.  New  forms  of  adulteration 
are  constantly  appearing  as  fraud  and 
avarice and the inventive faculty of  man 
find opportunity for exercise, and unceas 
ing vigilance is requisite to detect and to 
expose  them  by  the  aid  of  chemistry 
microscopy and such  physical  processes 
as  are  at  hand.  Among  the  principal 
newer forms of  adulteration  which have 
recently flourished  are  those  which  de 
pend  upon  the  introduction  of  glucose 
into  molasses,  syrups,  honey,  mapl<) 
syrup  and  other  products.  Much  im 
provement  has  been  secured  in this di 
rection  by  careful 
inspection  and  the 
prosecution of  offenders.”

T h e  D r u g   M a r k e t .

Gum camphor is scarce and  advancing 
rapidly.  Sal Rochelle  and  seidlitz mix­
tures  have  advanced.  Tartaric  acid  is 
higher.  Cream  tartar 
is  very  firm. 
Gum  opium is steady here, but is higher 
abroad.  Morphia  and  quinine  are  un­
changed.  Quicksilver  has advanced and 
all mercurials tend  higher.  Gum guaiac 
has  advanced  and  is  very  scarce.  Oil 
peppermint is lower.  Oil  pennyroyal is 
higher. 
Ipecac  root,  po., 
lower. 
Balsam copaiba has  advanced.

is 

C o u ld n 't  S p o n g e   o n   H im .

“I  say,  doctor,  you  know  medicine 
from A.  to Izzard,  what do  you do  your­
self  when  you have a bad cold ?”
Physician  (who  does  not  believe  in 
giving advice gratis)—Cough.

Placing Bards

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¡Used  everywhere,  with  unqualified 
success.  Not a medicine, but a steam- 
J cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest 
■ I stomach.  Take  no other.  Sold  bv 
9 ^druggists.  In cans, 35c. and upward. 
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We  will  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.

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 Fire  and  Marine  Insurance  Co.

O R G A N IZ E D   1 8 8 1 .

ASH  CAPITAL  $408,080.

GESH  ASSETS  OVER  $700,000.

LOSSES  PAID  $500,000.

CURES

D.  Whitney, Jr., President.

Eugene Harbeck, Sec’y.

C a rb ..................................  12®  15
C hlorate,  (po. 80).........   18®  20
C y a n id e ..........................   50@  55
Io d id e .............*............... 2  80@2  90
Potassa, B itart,  p u re ..  33®  34 
Potassa, B itart, c o m ...  @  15
Potass  N ltras, o p t.......  
8©  10
Potass N itr a s ................. 
f
7® 
P ru s s ia te ........................   25®  28
S ulphate  p o ...................  13®  18

RADIX.

(po. 50). 
eilet

A c o n itu m ......................   20®
Althae......................   23®
A n c h u s a ........................   15®
A rum ,  p o ........................
C alam us..........................   20@
G entiana,  (po.  15)........  10®
G lychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16® 
H ydrastis  C anaden,
H ellebore,  A la,  p o —   15®
In u la ,  p o ........................   13®
Ipecac,  p o ...................... 2 00@2  20
Iris  plox  (po. 20@22) ..  18@  20
Jala p a,  p r ......................   25®  30
M aranta,  )4s.................  @  “5
P odophyllum , p o .........   15®  18
R h e i..................................  75©1  00
75
75@1  35
S p ig e lia .............................. 48®  53
®   Jo
S anguinaria,  (po  25).. 
¿5
S erp en taria..............  « J S  
S e n e g a .....................  60® 
65
@  40
Sim ilax, Officinalis,  H 
@  20
M 
Scillae,  (po. 35)........ . 
10®  12
Sym plocarpus,  Fceti-
dus,  p o ...............  ---V 
<g  35
V aleriana, E ng.  (po.30)  ®   *5
15®  20
G erm an ... 
Z ingiber a ...............  10® 
15
25
Z ingiber  j ...............  22® 

c u t.......................... 
t)y .................. 

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SEMEN.

A nisum ,  (po.  20).  . . . .   @  1 |
A pium   (g rav eleo n s)..  10(©
B ird, i s . ! ....................  
4® 
*
8®  ™
C arui,  (po.  18)............... 
C ardam on......... ............ 1  0U®1  20
C o rlan d ru m ...................  10®  1-
C annabis S ativ a............. 3H ®  
4
C ydonium ......................   75@1  00
C henopodium   .............  10®  J*
D ipterfx O dorate.........1  75®1  85
F o en ic u lu m ...................  @  15
F oenugreek,  p o ...........  
o
L in i  ..................................4  ®   4H
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  ) . . .   4M@ VA
L o b elia............................  85®  40
P h arla ris C a n a rian —   3*4®  4!4
 
R a p a ......................... 
Í
Sinapis,  A lb u ...............  
9
N ig ra .............  11®  12

8®  
8® 

6® 

SPIBITD8.

F rum enti, W ., D.  C o ..2 00@2  50
D. F. R ...........1  75@2 00
.....................1  10@1 50
Ju n ip eris  Co. O. T ....1   ^
 ^
S aacharum   N .  Ê ......... 1  75@2  00
Spt.  V ini  G alli............. 1  75®6 50
"Vini O p o rto ....................1  25@2 00
V in i  A lb a...................... 1  25@2 00

SPONGES.

F lo rid a  sheeps’  w ool
c a rria g e ...................... 2  25@2  50
N assau  sheeps’  w ool
2  00
.....................
carriage 
V elvet  e x tra   sheeps’
1  10
wool  ca rria g e ...........
E x tra   yellow   sheeps’
85
c a rria g e ......................
G rass sheeps’ w ool car­
65
riage  ............................
75
H ard  fo r  slate  u s e ....
Y ellow  Reef, for  slate 
1  40
u s e ................................

8YBUFS.

 

A c c a c ia ................ 
30
Zingiber  ...................................   5U
Ip eca c..................................   “ J
F e rri  Io d ............................   5U
A u ran ti  C ortes.................   30
R hei  Arom.
Sim ilax  O fficinalis...
Senega  .........
S cillae...........
“  C o .-..
T o lu ta n ........
75
P ru n u s  v irg .

!  60
.  50
.  50
.  50
.  50
.  50
.  50

TINCTUBRS.

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“  

•i 

“ 

“ 
30

A conitum   N apellis R ...........   60
p .........  50
A loes..........................................
an d   m y rrh .....................  60
A r n ic a .......................................   50
A sa fœ tid a.................................   30
A trope B ellad o u n a.................  WJ
B enzoin.....................................
CO................................  50
S an g u in a ria..............................  50
B a ro sm a ...................................   30
C an th arid es..............................  7j>
Capsicum
C ardam on..................................  75
C o...............................  75
C a s to r.......................................-1  30
C atech u .....................................   5U
C inchona  .................................   50
C o...............................   60
C o lu m b a...................................   50
C o n iu m .....................................   50
C ubeba....................................... 
°o
D ig ita lis ...................................   50
E rg o t...............................................50
G e n tia n .....................................   «J"
C o.................................   60
G u a ic a .......................................
am m on........................  w
Z in g ib e r...................................   50
H y o scy am u s............................  50
Io d in e .........................................  7®
C olorless......................   75
“ 
F erri  C hloridum .....................  35
K ino
L obelia.......................................  50
M y rrh .........................................  ?o
N u x   V om ica............................
O p ii...................... ......................

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“   C am phorated...................  50
“   D eodor..............................2 00
A u ran ti C ortex........................   50
th a ta n y   ...................................  33
R hei.
C assia  A cu tifo l......................   50
» 
C o.................  50
S e rp e n ta ria ..............................  J®
Strom onium ..............................  «J
T o lu ta n .....................................   ®3
V a le ria n ...................................  
jjJJ
V eratrn m V e rid e....................   50

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m isc e l l a n e o u s.

• 

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’  b  

Æ th er, Spts  N it, 3 F . .  26®  28 
“  4 F . .   30®  32
A lu m e n ..........................2)4®  3)4
7)A n n atto ..........................  35®
A ntim oni, p o ........... . • ■ 
4®
e t Potass T .  55®

ground, 

(po.

« 

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p o  
B p o . 

A n tip y rin ...................... 1  35®1  40
A rgent!  N itras, ounce  ®
A rse n ic u m ....................  
5®
B alm  G ilead  B u d ........  38®  40
B ism uth  S.  N . . . ......... 2  10@2  20
C alcium  C hlor, Is,  (H s
11;  14s,  12) .................
C antharides  R ussian,
p o .................................   @1  75
Capsici  F ru ctu s, a f ...  @  18
  @  16
®   14
C aryophyllus,  (po.  28)  23®  25
Carm ine,  No. 40...........   @3  75
C era  A lba, S. & F ........  50®
C era  F la v a ....................   28©
®   40
C o c c u s............................ 
C assia  F ru c tn s ............. 
®
C e n traria........................ 
®
C e ta c e u m ......................  
®
C h lo ro fo rm ...................  32@
C hloral H yd C rst......... 1  50@1
C h o n d ru s ......................   20®
C inchonidine, P.  &  W   15®
“ 
4® 
Corks, 
ce n t  ............................  @
C re a so tu m .....................  @
Creta,  (bbl. 75).............   @
5®
8®   10

“ 
p re p ......................  
precip 
“ 
“  R ubra

squibbs  ..  @1  00

G erm an 
per

list,  dis. 

“ 

“  

C ro c u s ............................  35®
C u d b ear..........................  @
8®
C upri S u lp h ................... 
D e x trin e ........................   10®
E th e r S u lp h ...................  68©
Em ery,  all  n u m b e rs.. 
®
p o ...........
40®
E rgota,  (po.)  45 
12®
F lak e  W h ite ...
G a lla ..................
G am bler..........................   10®
G elatin,  C ooper....................... ®
F re n c h .............  40®
“ 
G lassw are  flint,  75  & 10 per 
cent, by box 70 less
15 
9®
G lue,  B ro w n .................
25 
13®
“  W h ite ...................
22®
25 
G ly c e rin a ......................
@
15 
G rana P arad is!.............
40 
25®
H u m u lu s........................
90WA 
H ydraag  C hlor  M ite..
“   C o r  
@1  00 
Ox R ubrum
@1  10 
A m m oniati..
45®  55 
.U nguentum .
“  80
H y d ra rg y ru m ............... 
_
Ichthyobolla,  A m .....1  25®1  ¡50
In d ig o ..............................  75@1  00
i  Iodine,  R esu b l............ 3  75®3  85
1  Io d o fo rm ........................  @4  70
L u p u lin ..........................   86®1  00
L y c o p o d iu m .................  55@  60
M a d s ..............................  80®  85
L iquor  A rsen  et  Hy-
d rarg  Io d ....................   @  27
L iquor Potass A rsinitis  10®  12
M agnesia,  S ulph  (bbl
3
1)4)................................ 
M annia,  S.  F .................  45®  50
M orphia,  S.  P.  & W .. .2 65©2  90 

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2©  

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

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C. C o .......................... 2  65@2  90
M oschus  C an to n .........   @ 4 0
M yristica,  No. 1...........   60®  70
N n x  V om ica,  (p o 20).. 
©   10
Os.  S epia........................   28®  30
Pepsin Saac,  H.  & P.  D.
@2  00
C o .................................
P icis  Iaq , N.  C.,  H gBl
@2  00 @1 00 
doz  ..............................
P icis Liq., q u a r t s ........
@  70 
p in ts ...........
@  50 
P il H ydrarg,  (po. 80)..
@  18 
P iper  N igra,  (po. 22)..
@  35
P iper A lba,  (po g5)___
P ix  B u rg u n ................... 
©  
<
P lum bi A c e t.................  14®  15
P ul vis Ipecac et o p ii. .1  10@1  20
P yrethrum ,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., d o z........  @ 125
P yrethrum ,  p v .............  35®  40
8®  10
Q u a s sia e ........................ 
Q uinia,  S. P. & W .......   42@  47
S.  G e rm a n ....  33®  45
R ubia  T in cto ru m ........  12®  14
Saecharum  Lactis p v ..  @ 3 5
S ala cin ............................2  25@2  35
S anguis  D raco n is.......   40®  50
S antonine  .  .................  @4 50
Sapo,  W ......... ................  12®  14
“  M ............................ 
8®  10
“  G ............................  @  15
Seidlitz  M ix tu re.........   @  25
S inapis........-....................
o p t......................
Snuff,  M accaboy,  De
V o e s ............................
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes 
Soda Boras,  (po.  12).  .
Soda  et Potass T a r t...
Soda C arb ......................
Soda,  B i-C arb...............
Soda,  A sh ......................
Soda,  S u lp h as...............
Spts. E th er C o .............
“  M yreia  Dom
“  M yreia Im p .........
“  V ini  Rect.  bbl.
2  05)..............................
Less 5e gal., cash ten days.
S trychnia  C rystal........ 
S ulphur,  S u b l............. 254® 3)4
R o ll............... .2 )4 ©  3
la m a rm u b ...............
T erebenth V e n ic e ..
T h e o b ro m a e ...........
V a n illa ......................
Zinei  S u lp h ............. ... 

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..  28® 30
..  50® 55
.9  00@16  00
7® 8

©1  10

OILS.

« 

'0)4

jr£LÀ
Bbl.
70
W hale, w in te r......... ..  70
60
L ard,  e x tra ............... ..  55
50
Lard, N o.  1.............
61
Linseed, pure raw ..  58
64
Lindseed,  boiled  .. ..  61
N eat’s  F oot,  w in ter
69
..  50
s tra in e d ...............
55
Spirits T u rp e n tin e .
.. 
PAINTS.
R ed  V en etian .................154  2@3
O chre, yellow   M ars— 154  2@4
B e r......... 154  2@3
“ 
P u tty ,  com m ercial —  2)4  2)4@3
“  strictly  p u re ....... 2)4  254®3 i
V erm ilion P rim e Amer- 
!
13@16
le a n ................................ 
V erm ilion,  E n g lis h —  
70@75
G reen,  P e n in su la r........ 
70@75
Lead,  r e d ........................  654©7)4
w h ite ...................  654@7M
W hiting, w hite S p an ... 
@70
W hiting,  G ilders’ .........  
@90
1  00 
W hite, P aris  A m erican 
W hiting,  P aris  E ng.
c l if f ................................ 
1  40
P ioneer P repared P a in tl  20@1  4 
Swiss  V illa  P repared 
P a in ts ............................1  00@1 20

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YABNISHBS.

No. 1 T u rp   C oach......... 1  10@1 20
E x tra  T u rp ......................1  60®1 70
Coach  B o d y ....................2 75@3 00
No. 1 T u rp   F u r n ...........1  00@1 10
E u tra  T u rk  D am ar— 1  55@1  60
ja p a n   D ryer,  No.  1  __

T r i m ............................  70®

Liver and 

Kidney 'Troubles 
Blood Diseases 

Constipation

----- AND-----

F e m a le

C o m p la in ts
Being composed entirely of  HERBS,  i 
is the only perfectly harmless  remedy 01: 
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 with  our  Wholesal* 

House.Diamond  fflBdiGine Go.

PBOPMETOBS,

DETROIT,  -  MICH.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Oo.

W HOLESALE  A GENTS,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

MICH.

p  O BI S H IN  A.

(t b a d e  m a rk  b e g is t e b e d .)

The Best Furniture Finish in the  Market. 

Specially  adapted  for  Pianos, 

Organs and Hard Woods.

l i n l i o h i n q   w ill  rem ove  grease  a n d   d irt, and 
F O ilS U lIia  ¿will add a lu stre  w h ich  fo r  beauty 
an d  d u rab ility  can n o t be excelled.
C ln lic h in Q   is clean,  an d   easy  to   use,  as  fu ll 
r U l l o U l i l l   directions accom pany  each  bottle
B n l i o h i n i   18  Pu t  UP  in   LARGE  BOTTLES, 
r u l l o I l l H d   an d  is sold a t th e m oderate price of 
Tw enty-five Cents.
D n li o b i n o   is th e B est F u rn itu re  F in ish  In the 
r u l l S I l l U d   m arket.  Try it, a n d m ak e y o u r old 
fu rn itu re  look fresh  and. new .
D n1i chin<J  is fo r sale  by all D ruggists, F u m i 
r O l l o u l f l d   tu re   D ealers,  G rocery  an d   H ard 
w are Stores.

BEWARE  OF IMITATIONS.
• 

F O R   S A L E   WHOLESALE

H1ZELTINE i  PERKINS DRUG CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

SUSPENDED!

Ö2  5

j e t t i n e
W arranted  n ot  to  T hicken,  Sour  o r M old to  
any clim ate.  Q u a lity  G uaranteed A gainst Injury 
bv F reezing.  All  others  w ortliless  &ite r frooz 
ing.  See quotation.  MARTELL BLACKING 
CO.,  Sole Manufacturers,  Chicago, ID.

GOUGH

DR0P8
FOUBTH SATI0NA1BAHI

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A .  J .  B o w n e, P re sid e n t.

Ge o .  C.  P ie r c e ,  V ice P re s id e n t.

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

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

Make a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

• f  Country Merchants Solicited.

The Directors of

‘The Jfichigan”  are representative business men of 

our own  State.

F a ir  C o n tra cts,

P r o m p t

S e ttle m e n ts,

E q u ita b le   R a te s, 

In s u r e   in   “ T h e   M ich ig a n ."

B R O W N   &   S B H T B R ,

DEA LERS  IN

Agricultural Implements, Wagons and Carriages.

F<

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

HAZELTINE

&  P E R K IN S 

DRUG CO.

Im porters  and  Jobbers  of

- D R U G S - -

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.

Dealers  in

Patent MediGines, Paints,  Oils, liarnisks.

Sole  Agents  for the  Celebrated  Pioneer Prepared  Paints.

W e  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIÖAN

CATARRH  REMEDY.

W e have in stock and offer a full line of

W h is k ie s ,  B ra n d ies,

G in s,  W in e s ,  B u m s .

W e  are  Sole  A g en ts  in  M ichigan  for  W . D. & Oo. 

H enderson C ounty, H and M ade  Sour Mash 

W h isk y ¿and D ruggists’ F avorite 

R ye  W hisky.

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

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

•  _  ,, 

_  ___

^ 

¡tettine i Perkins  Dnlg  Bo,

G R A N D   R A PID S,  MICH.

OLNEY  ï  JUD80N

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COMPANY.

S uccessors  to

Olney, Shields  &  Co.
moorters  and  Wholesale  Grocers.

DIRECTORS:

C h a r le s  E .  O ln e y ,

W i l l i a m   J u d so n ,
E d w a r d   F r ie k ,

H e m a n   G.  B a r l o w ,  

J a m e s   A.  M o r r iso n , 
R ic h a r d   R.  B e a n .

T h e m a n a g e m e n t w ill 
be  th e  sa m e   as  in  the 
past, w ith   the  addition 
of  H e m a n   G.  B arlo w , 
fo rm e rly  of Ball, B a rn ­
h a rt & P u tm a n .

M ail  o rd ers  solicited ,  to  w h i c h   sp e c ia l  a tte n tio n   w i l l   be  paid.

Fac  Simile  of  the  Label  of

A Common Sense

Two Y e a rs  * * * * % *  
T est.

E.  G.  8TUDLEY,
R u b b e r

W holesale  D ealer in

Boots and Shoes

M anufactured by

GANDER RUBBER  GO.

Send  fo r  L arge  Illu strate d   C atalogue  and 

P rice List.

TELEPHONE  464.

The Best Scouring and Cleaning Soap in the World
Costs as m uch to m a n u factu re as Sapolio,  y et  sells  a t 
about h a lf th e price  ($2.75 per box of 72 cakes).  Can be 
retailed  fo r as  m uch  w ith   equal  or b etter v alu e to  th e 
consum er,  alth o u g h   it  is  generally  sold  a t  5  cents  a 
cake.  C ut th is out, an d  ask yo u r  Jo b b er  to  send you a 
box of Pride o f the K itchen. 

It is w o rth  trying.

Good-BoeiPass Book S
Tradesman  Gredit  Goilpon  Book,

Adopt  the

No.  4  Monroe  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

HEÄ1/ENRIGH  BROS.

^W holesale C lothiers

M ANUFACTURERS  OF

Perfect-Fitting  'Tailor-Made  Clothing

A T  LOW EST  PRICES.

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

138-140 Jefferson Rite., 34-36  Woodhridge S t, Detroit

dtnam  Candy  Go.

13,  15  AND  17  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.

Ionia P a n ts  & O v erall Co.

E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

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W e   h a v e   r e c e iv e d   la r g e   s h ip m e n ts   o f 
m o la s s e s ,  d ir e c t  fro m   ih e   p la n te r s   in   L o u is i­
a n a ,  w h ic h   w e   a r e  o ffer in g   to   th e   tr a d e   a t  o u r  
u s u a l  lo w   p rices.

Telfer  Spice  C o m p an y ,

IMPORTERS  OF  TEAS.  COFFEES  AND  SPICES.

1  AND  3  PEARL  STREET.

Rindige,  B ert& ch   &  Co.,

MICHIGAN  AGENTS  FOR  THE  BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  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  WAL8H--DE  R00  MILLING  GO.,

HOLLAND,  MICH.

A n d   y o u   w ill  fin d   th e   s a v in g   o f  tim e   to   b e  so  
g r e a t  th a t  y o u   w ill  n e v e r   p e r m it  th e   u se   o f 
a n o th e r  p a ss  b o o k   in   y o u r   e s ta b lis h m e n t.

The Tradesman Coupon  is  the  cheapest  and  most modem in 

the market, being sold as follows:

$  2 Coupons, per hundred................. $2.50
$ 5  
3.00
$10 
4.00
5.00
$20 

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SUBJECT  TO  TH E  FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS:
Orders for  200 or over........... 5 per eent.

“ 
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“  500  “ 
“  
“   1000 

............10 
.................20 

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

E.  A.  STOWE  &  BR0.,

Grand  Rapids.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Pants,  Overalls,  Goats,  Jaßkets,  Shirts,  Etc.

W arranted  Not to Rip.

Fit  Guaranteed.

Workmanship  Perfect.

Mr. Yoorhees’ 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.

^HPtBooaiuiœçp-
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¡standard roller

Correspondence  Solicited.

Daily  Capacity, 

400  Bbls.
BRANDS:
SUNLIGHT,
DAI8Y.
PURITY,
IDLEWILD, 
ECONOMY.

I p   MORNING  STAR, 
ftfi  DAILY  BREAD, 
Ml 
U S  SPECIALTIES: 
gH? Graham,
EW 
*** 

B uckw heat F lo u r, 
Rye F lo u r,

'  W heatena,

B olted  M eal, 
R ye M eal, 
B uck w h eat G rits, 

W heat  G rits,

P earl  B arley,
O at  M eal, 

R olled Oats.

( he Michigan Tradesman

Hints for  Employers.

Scolding is not  wise criticism.  Conse­
quently it is not  educational.  Scolding 
is not stimulating;  on the contrary,  it  is 
discouraging.  Scolding does not promote 
sympathy of ideas;  widens the gap.  An 
AWHHirited scolding  is  not always wiped 
Out by ft subsequent pat on the back.  Too 
much  even  of  adverse  criticism  finally 
.produces a reaction which neutralizes Its 
•iffect.
The  worst  culprit  has  a  right  to  be 
heard in self-defense before judgment  is 
passed.
The  pupil  has  as  much  right  as the 
teacher to have his  feelings  respected.
Faithfulness  and  trustworthiness  are 
more valuable than intelligence,  for they 
jire verj much  harder  to  find, and ca*\’v 
"be bought«
if oil  can’t  frighten  intelligence  into 
anybody, or bulldoze trustworthiness out 
Of  him.
The best employe is one who has affec­
tion for his employer, as well as  respect.
Affection is a plant of  slow growth;  it 
cannot be forced. 
It  is,  moreover,  very 
easily  *  chilled,  or  totally 
sensitive, 
blighted.
When  you put a responsibility  on  the 
shoulders of  any one, don’t take it away 
at the  first  mistake.  He  will  have to 
make  several  before  he  learns  how  to 
properly  use his authority,  and  another 
would have to go over the  same  ground.
Don’t intimate to an employe  that  you 
consider  him a blockhead,  for  his  irre­
sistible conclusion is that,  if  so,  you’re 
another for keeping  him. 
If  he  don’t, 
after ample opportunity, grow big enough 
to fill the place assigned to him, give him 
another, or discharge him  in  kindly lan­
guage.
A  man  isn’t  stupid  by  preference; 
hence,  a dull comprehension  is  his  mis­
fortune, not his fault.  It is even useless 
to reproach  him  for  having  incorrectly 
represented  himself  as  skillful.  That 
was probably his  honest  conviction.  It 
is only the man at the head of  his  trade 
who knows enough  to recognize his own 
shortcomings.
Do  not  coerce any one by withholding 
his pay until his necessities force him  to 
humble  himself  before  you.  It  is  not 
chivalrous for the strong to humiliate the 
weak.
After you have  broken the spirit of an 
employe,  you  might  as  well  discharge 
him.  You  have  spoiled him for all but 
eye service.  He  may escape doing any­
thing very bad, through fear  of  punish­
ment;  he will never do anything particu­
larly well—he gets no credit for it.
Have  system  and  enforce  discipline, 
but remember you cau overdo both.  Too 
much  of  the  former  becomes  red tape, 
and discipline disproportionate to the ex­
igencies  *f  your  business  reduces your 
employes to mere machines.
Cultivate  esprit  de  corps in your  em­
ployes, or, at least,  be very careful not to 
mar any already existing.  This is another 
of these extremely valuable elements in a 
successful  business  which  cannot  be 
bought.
Don’t think that the prosperity of your 
business  is  due  alone to your capital of 
money and  brains.  Recognize  the fact 
that every one, from  the office boy up,  is 
contributing his quota of the  brain  part 
of the capital.  Consequently, don’t  dole 
out their wages as if it were charity.
Stop looking  for  that  ideal  employe. 
He’s in business  for  himself.  Besides, 
you  couldn’t  get  along  together.  He 
would  be  too  independent  to  suit you, 
and you would  appear  simply  brutal to 
him.
Don’t  keep  continually  discharging 
your  employes  and hiring others,  in the 
search for better men.  Those you already 
have are probably all  right,  if  properly 
developed,  and  a  man’s  value  to  you 
ought to grow in proportion to his length 
of  service. 
If  you  don’t  sufficiently 
remunerate faithful  and  intelligent ser­
vice,  you  will never get good men, or  at 
least you won’t keep them.

Cool Presumption.

From the Albany Express.
One  of  the  leading  Pearl street mer­
chants was an eye  witness  yesterday  to 
the utter demolition of  all previous  rec­
ords in the way of  cold nerve.  He  was 
busy at one  of  his  counters and did not 
look up as the quick step of a woman was 
heard in the front of  the store, nor as its 
owner passed him,  going toward the rear 
of the place.  He even thought  it  might 
be his wife,  who is a  frequent  visitor  at 
her husband’s place of business.  A min- 
• ute  later  he  went  back  himself  to his 
little private office in the rear, and reached 
the door just as a well-dressed  and  emi­
nently  respectable woman,  whose  name 
is in the recently published list of Albany 
“society,”  and whom  he  knew  slightly, 
but only slightly,  closed  his cash drawer 
with  a  bang,  and  looking  up  as  he 
stopped, thunder-struck,  on  the  thresh­
old,  said coolly:  “Well,  you haven’t got 
change enough to change  my $5 bill, so I 
won’t bother you.”  Then she swept  out 
of  the  store,  leaving  the merchant in a 
state  of  mental  and  physical  collapse 
from which he has not yet recovered.

Missouri’s  Anti-Trust  Law.

The enforcement of the Missouri “Anti- 
Trust”  law is placed in the hands  of  the 
Prosecuting Attorney and  the  Attorney- 
General.  The  Secretary  of State is re­
quired  to  address all corporations incor­
porated under the laws  of  Missouri,  and 
is directed to revoke the charters of those 
failing  to  make reply,  under oath,  after 
a given time, to his enquiries.  On  Nov. 
11,  the Secretary of  State issued an ulti­
matum  to  all  corporations,  requesting 
them to comply with the law on or before 
Nov.  14,  or  their  charters would be re­
voked.  On the 13th inst.,  it  was  stated 
that all the corporations of  Missouri,  in 
the  Lead  Trust, had  withdrawn  there­
from. 

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G o o d   A d v ic e   t o   t h e   F a r m e r s .

fro m  the Farm and Fireside.
Try the plan of  paying cash for every­
thing  you  buy. 
If  you  have  not  the 
ready  money,  borrow  it.  The  banker 
will loan it to you at a less rate of  inter­
est than you  will  have  to  pay the mer 
chant for credit.  When  merchants  sell 
on time,  without notes  or  security, they 
are  forced  by  necessity  to  cover  their 
risks by charging high for credit.  It will 
not  pay  you  to  make a banker of  your 
merchant.  Pay him  cash,  even  if  you 
have to borrow the money with which  to 
do it.

