The  Michigan  Tradesman.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4,  1889.

NO. 324.

Gook  \  Bergtliold,
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A lle n   D u r fe e   &  Co.,
FUNERAL  DIRECTORS,
EDMUND B,DIKEMR|i

103 Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids.

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FACT  OR  FICTION.

A Drummer sat in his eas'  chair,
For the thrilling tales that he could tell 

His children gathered  near,
They dearly loved to hear. •

Softly the rain fell down  outside.
And left the father to entertain 

Mother to church  had  gone 
The children all  alone.

Ulysses, tt e eldest of the  three,
And Juno, the little daughter fair,

Waited, serene and grave;
Her loviny  presence jave.

Hector, the youngest, all fire and push,
Flung his feet high In air,
And finally settled down upon 
The arm of his father’s chair.

That Drummer was not like Washington,
A h!  no!  for he could tell 
Stories abominably absurd,
And he could tell them well.
' ithout a twitch of muscle or chin,
Or single eyelash quiver,
He could make your hair stand up on end; 
The stoutest hearted quiver.

And didn’t they enjoy themselves,
’Til mama came and ascertained 

How fast the minutes  went,
How they the  time had spent.

She reasoned long and she reasoned well,
The mischief dire that lie had wrought 

To make that Drummer see 
For the children at his knee.

She lectured him in her loving way,
They surely would dream of horrid things 

Said she should dread the night,
Until the morning light.

And then. in her thoughtful love and care, 
And read to them the Bible stories 

She called the children near,
They always loved to hear.

Her heart was sad as she kissed good night 
Lest the thrilling tales of the morning 

Each loving little face,
Had left the deepest trace.

The solemn stillness of midnight 
And silently the wee small hours 

On each one rested down,
Counted ont one by one.

Suddenly from his pillow starting,
“Just stand up like a man and hit him,”

Young Hector fiercely sprung,
The childish voice outrung.

Then he lay back, quietly sleeping 
When they asked him, “pray tell us, Hector, 

Until the morning light,
What did you dream last night?”

“I dreamed of Jack, the Giant Killer,
And the mother looked up at the father, 

You know,” the boy replied;
Reproachfully, and sighed.

“A h!  that is just what I was fearing,
On the minds and hearts of the children, 

The dreadful tales you told,
Will have a lasting hold.”

But a few close questions aptly plied,
Brought out the fact that the boy referred 

With the skill a Drummer hath,
To the  Giant Goliah of Gath.

For the mother had read the story 
How he killed the Giant, and afterward 

Of David and his sling,
Became of Israel king.

The Drummer  gleefully rubbed his hands, 
And stood acquitted before the world 

His wife had lost, he won,
Through Hector, the little son.

And thus, with patient thought and care, 
It is what the Drummer told  himself,

This tale I’ve told to you,
And—may be—it is true.

A  MAN  OF  BUSINESS.

much  chagrined.  Presently  back  game 
the  devil—and  surely  it  was  the devil 
this  time—there  could  be  no  mistake 
about it, for he  wore a scarlet  cloak and 
had cloven feet and  carried  about  with 
him as many suffocating  smells  as there 
are  kinds  of  brimstone,  sulphur  and 
asafoetida.
The two talked  over  all  Daniel’s mis­
eries;  the devil  sympathized  with  Dan­
iel,  and  ever  and  anon  a  malodorous, 
gummy  tear  would  trickle  down  the 
devil’s  sinister  nose and drop off  on the 
carpet.
•What  you  want is money,”  said  the 
“That will give  you the comfort 
devil. 
and contentment  you crave.”
“Yes,”  said  Daniel,  “it will  give  me 
every opportunity to do good.”
To  do  good,”  repeated  the  devil. 
To  do  good,  indeed !  Yes, its many a 
good time we shall  have together, friend 
Daniel!  Ha,  ha,  ha!”  and  the  devil 
laughed  uproariously.  Nothing  seemed 
more  humorous  than  the  prospect  of 
doing  good”  with  the  devil’s money ! 
But Daniel failed to see  what  the  devil 
way so  jolly  about.  Daniel  was  not  a 
humorist;  he was, as we  have  indicated, 
plain business man.
It was finally agreed that Daniel should 
sell his soul to the devil  upon  condition 
that  for  the  space of  twenty-four > ears 
the devil should  serve  Daniel faithfully, 
should  provide  him  with  riches,  and 
should do whatsoever he was commanded 
to do;  then,  at  the  end  of  the  twenty- 
fourth  year, Daniel’s ‘ soul  was  to  pass 
into the possession of  the devil  and  was 
to remain there forever, without recourse 
or benefit of  clergy.  Surely a more  hor­
rible contract was never entered into !
You  will  have to sign  your  name to 
this contract,” said  the  devil, producing 
sheet of  asbestos paper upon which all 
the  terms  of  the  diabolical  treaty were 
set forth exactly.
“Certainly,”  replied  Daniel.  “I have 
been a businessman long enough to know 
the  propriety  and  necessity  of  written 
contracts.  And as for  you, you must, of 
course, give a bond for the  faithful  exe­
cution of  your part of  this business.
That is something I have  never  done 
before,” suggested the devil.
I  shall  insist  upon  it.” said Daniel, 
firmly.  “This  is  no affair of  sentiment; 
it is strictly and coldly business—you are 
to do certain  service  and to receive  cer­
tain rewards therefor—”
‘Yes,  your  soul!”  cried  the  devil, 
gleefully, rubbing  his  callous  hands to­
twenty-four 
gether;  “your  soul 
ears!”
“Yes,”  said  Daniel.  “Now,  no  con­
tract is  good  unless  there is a quid  pro 
quo.”
“That’s  so,” said  the  devil,  “so  let’s 
get a lawyer to  draw  up  the  paper  for 
me to sign.”
Why a lawyer?”  queried Daniel.  “A 
contract is a simple  instrument. 
I as a 
business man, can frame one  sufficiently 
binding.”
But I prefer  to  have  a  lawyer to do 
it,”  urged the devil.
‘And I prefer  to  do  it  myself,”  said 
Daniel.

in 

Am  I  to  understand,”  asked 

“The  determination  is  a  wise  one 

Eugene Field in Chicago News.
Daniel  was a very wretched  man.  As 
he  sat  with  his  head  bowed  upon  his 
desk that evening he made  up  his  mind 
that his life had been a failure.  “I hav 
labored long  and  diligently,”  said he to 
himself,  “and  although  I  am  know 
throughout  the  city  as  an  industrious 
and  shrewd  business  man, I am  still 
poor  man,  and  shall  probably continue 
so to the end of  my days,  unless—”
Here  Daniel  stopped  and  shivered 
For a week or more he had been brooding 
over his  unhappy lot.  There  seemed to 
be  but  one  way out of  his  trouble,  yet 
his  soul  revolted  from taking that step 
That was why he stopped  and  shivered, 
“But,” he  argued,  “I  must  do  some 
thing!  My nine  children are growing up 
into big boys and girls.  They must have 
those advantages which my limited means 
will  not  admit o f!  All  my life,  so far 
has  been  pure,  circumspect  and  rigid 
poverty has  at  last  broken my spirit 
give  up  the fight—I am ready to sell my 
soul to the devil!”
said  a voice  at  Daniel’s  elbow.  Daniel 
looked  up  and  beheld  a  grim-visaged 
stranger  in  the  chair  beside him.  The 
stranger was arrayed all in black,  and 
exhaled a distinct odor of  sulphur.
the 
stranger,  “that  you  are  prepared to en 
ter into a league with the devil ?”
Yes,”  said Daniel, firmly;  and  he set 
his teeth  together  after the fashion of 
man who is  not  to  be  moved  from  his 
purpose.
Then I am  ready  to treat with  you," 
said the stranger.
Are  you  the  devil?”  asked  Daniel, 
eyeing the stranger critically.
“No, but 1 am  authorized to enter into 
contracts 
for  him,”  exclaimed 
the 
stranger.  “My name is Beelzebub  and I 
am my master’s most trusted agent.” 
“Sir,”  said Daniel,  “you  must  pardon 
me  (for I am  loth  to  wound  your  feel­
ings),  but one of  the  rules governing my 
career  as  a  business  man  has  been  to 
deal directly with  principals  and  never 
to trust to the offices of  middlemen.  The 
affair now in  hand is one  concerning the 
devil  and  myself,  and  between  us two 
and by us two only can the  preliminaries 
be adjusted.”
“As  it  so  happens,” explained Beel­
zebub,  “this is  Friday—commonly called 
hangman’s  day—and  that  is  as  busy a 
time in our particular  locality as a Mon­
day  is  in  a  laundry or  as  the’ first  of 
every  month is at a book-keeper’s  desk. 
You  can  understand, perhaps, that  this 
is the devil’s busy day;  therefore be con­
tent to make this deal  with  me, and  you 
will find that my master  will  cheerfully 
accept  any contract I may enter  into  as 
his agent and in his behalf.”
But  no—Daniel  would  not  agree  to 
this; with the devil himself, and only the 
devil  himself,  would  he  treat.  So  he 
bade Beelzebub go to the devil  and make 
known his  wishes.  Beelzebub departed,

When  a  business  man  once  gets  his 
mind set, not even an Archimedian  lever 
could  stir  it.  So  Daniel  drew  up  the 
bond for the devil to sign, and this  bond 
specified that in case  the  devil  failed at 
any  time  during  the  next  twenty-four 
years  to  do  whatsoever  Daniel  com­
manded him, then should the bond which 
the devil held against Daniel be null and 
void, and  upon  that  same  day should a 
thousand  and  one souls be released for­
ever  from  the  devil’s  dominion.  The 
devil  winced;  he  hated  to  sign  this 
agreement,  but  he  had  to.  An  awful 
clap of  thunder ratified  the  abominable 
treaty,  and  every  black  cat  within 
radius of  100 leagues  straightway fell to 
frothing and  yowling  grotesquely.
Presently Daniel began to prosper;  the 
devil was a faithful  slave, and he served 
Daniel  so  artfully  that  no  person  on 
earth suspected that  Daniel had  leagued 
with the evil one.  Daniel  had  the finest 
house in the city, his wife  dressed  mag 
nificently and his  children enjoyed every 
luxury  wealth  could  provide. 
Still 
Daniel was content to be known as a bus 
iness  man;  he  deported  himself  mod 
estly and kindly; he pursued with all his 
old-time diligence the trade which he had 
found  in  earlier  days  so  productive of 
riches.  His indifference to the pleasures 
which  money put within  his  reach  was 
passing  strange,  and  it  cost  the  devil 
vast uneasiness.
“Daniel,”  said  the  devil  one  day 
“you’re not getting out of  this  thing  all 
the  fun  there  is  in  it.  You go poking 
along  in  the  same  old rut with never 
suspicion that you have it in  your power 
to  enjoy  every  pleasure of  human  life 
Why don’t  you  break away from the old 
restraints?  Why  don’t  you avail  your 
self  of  the  advantages  at  your  com 
mand?”
“I know what  you’re driving at,” said 
Daniel, shrewdly.  “Polities!”
“No,  not  at  all,”  remonstrated  the 
devil. 
“What  I  mean  is fun—gayety 
Why not have a good time,  Daniel?”
“But I am  having a good  time,”  said 
Daniel.  “My business is going  along all 
right. 
I’ve  got  a lovely 
home, my wife is happy, my children are 
healthy and contented,  I  am respected 
what more  could  I  ask?  What  better 
time could I demand?”
“Yon don’t understand me,” explained 
the devil.  “What I mean by a good time 
is that which makes the heart merry, and 
keeps the soul  youthful  and  buoyant— 
wine,  Daniel.  Wine,  and  the  theater, 
and pretty girls,  and fast horses, and all 
that sort of happy, joyful life!”
“Tut,  tut,  tut!”  cried  Daniel;  “no 
more of  that, sir!  I sowed my wild-oats 
in college.  What  right  have I to think 
of such silly follies, I, at 40 years of age, 
and a business man, too?”
So not  even  the  devil  himself  could 
persnade  Daniel into  a  life  of  dissipa­
tion.  All  you  who have made  a  study 
of  the business  man  will agree  that  of

I  am  rich. 

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devil.

Undrawn Poultry.

“ Hush,”  said  Daniel, 

The  devil  was  surely  put 

human beings he is the hardest to swerve 
from  conservative  methods.  The  devil 
groaned  and  began  to  wonder  why  he 
had ever  tied up to a man like Daniel—a 
business man.
*

The devil groaned and writhed.
“They call me a dude,” whimpered the 
Who do ?” asked Daniel.
Beelzebub  and  the  rest,”  said  the 
devil.  “I have been  trotting around do­
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ing pioHS errands so long that I’ve lost all 
Pretty soon  Daniel developed  an  am­
my  snlphur-and-brimstone  flavor,  and 
bition.  He  wanted  reputation,  and  he 
now I smell like spikenard  and myrrh.” 
told  the  devil  so.  The  devil’s  eyes 
Pooh!”  said Daniel.
“At  last,”  murmured  the 
sparkled. 
Well, l do,” insisted the devil.  “Yon 
devil, with a sigh of relief;  “at last!” 
humiliated  me  so  I  hain’t  got any 
“Yes,”  said  Daniel,  “I  want  to  be 
more ambition.  Yes,  Daniel.  You’ve 
known far  and wide.  You must build a 
worked »me shamefully  hard!”
church for me.”
Well,”  said  Daniel,  “I  have a very
“What!”  shrieked the devil.  And the 
_____ ________   distinct  suspicion  that  when,  thirteen
devil’s tail stiffened up like a sore thumb
Yes,”  said Daniel, calmly; “you mustlyears  hence,  I  fail  into^  your  hands, I 
and  it  must  be I shall  not  enjoy  what  might be called a
build a church for  me, 
sedentary life.”
the largest and handsomest church in the 
The devil plucked up at this suggestion.
city.  The sittings shall be free and  you 
Indeed,  you  shall  not,”  he  muttered.
shall  provide  the funds for  its  support 
I’ll make it hot for you.”
forever.”
But come, we waste  time,” said Dan­
The  devil  frothed  at  his  mouth  and 
iel.  “I am a man of  business and I can­
blue fire  issued from  his  ears  and  nos­
not fritter  away  the  precious  moments 
trils.  He was the maddest devil seen  on 
parleying with  you. 
I  have important 
earth.
work for  you.  To-morrow  is  Sunday; 
1 won’t do it!”  roared the devil,  “my 
you are to  see  that  all  the  saloons are 
time  building  churches  and  stultifying 
kept closed.”
myself  just  for  the  sake  of  gratifying 
I shan’t—I won’t!”  yelled the devil. 
your idle whims?  I won’t do it—never!”
But you must,”  said  Daniel,  firmly. 
“Then  the  bond  I  gave  is  null  and 
Do you really expect me to do that ?” 
void,”  said Daniel.
roared the devil. 
“Do you fancy that  I 
“Take  your old bond,”  said the devil, 
am so arrant a fool as to shut off the very 
petulantly.
feeders whereby my hungry hell  is  sup­
“But the bond  you gave is operative,” 
plied?  That would be suicidal!”
continued  Daniel. 
“So  release  the 
I don’t know  anything  about  that,” 
thousand  and  one  souls  you  owe  me 
said Daniel,  “I am a business  man,  and 
when  you refuse to obey me.”
by this  business  arrangement  of ours it 
“Oh,  Daniel!”  whimpered  the  devil, 
is explicitly stipulated—”
“how  can  you  treat me so?  Haven’t  I 
I  don’t  care  what  the  stipulations 
always  been  good  to  you?  Haven’t  I 
are!”  shrieked the devil.  “I’m  through 
given  you riches and prosperity?  Does 
with you,  and may I be consumed in  my 
no sentiment of friendship—”
own fires if I ever  again  have  anything 
interrupting 
to do with a business man!”
him,  “I have already told you a thousand 
The upshot of it all  was that the devil 
times  that  our  relations  were  simply 
forfeited his bond, and by this act Daniel 
those of  one business man with another 
was released from  every obligation unto 
It now behooves  you to fulfill  your part 
the  devil,  and  one  thousand  and  one 
of  our compact; eventually I shall fulfill 
souls were ransomed  from the torture of 
mine.  Come,  now  to  business!  Will 
the infernal fires.
you or will  you not keep  your word and 
save your bond?”
to  hi 
trumps.  But  when it came to releasing 
From th e Am erican A nalyst.
The custom  of  selling undrawn  poul­
a thousand and one souls from  hell—ha! 
try, which still generally prevails,  should 
that staggered him!  He had to build the 
be abolished  as  pernicious  and  danger­
church,  and  a  noble  one  it  was,  too, 
ous. 
In former days,  when cold storage 
Then he endowed the church,  and finally 
was not  yet in vogue, there could not be 
he built a parsonage;  altogether it wa< a 
much harm done,  but now it has become
stupendous work,  and Daniel got all the 
serious  hygienic  evil  and  should  be 
credit for it.  The preacher whom Daniel 
effectually stopped  by legislation.  Un­
□stalled in this  magnificent  temple was 
drawn  poultry cannot be kept even for a 
severely orthodox,  and  one  of  the first 
few hours without starting the  processes 
things  he  did  was to preach a series  of 
of putrefaction.  This poison is absorbed 
sermons  upon  the  personality  of  the 
by the flesh,  and  therefore  makes  such 
devil, wherein he inveighed most bitterly 
poultry  unfit  for  rood.  Keeping  it  in 
against that person and his work.
the  atmosphere  of  cold  storage  ware­
By and by Daniel  made  the  devil  en­
houses,  while it  may arrest  decomposi-
dow  and build  a  number  of  hospitals,
charity schools, free baths,  libraries and  tion,  will  not  undo  the  deterioration
that  has  already  taken  place,  and  the 
other  institutions  of  similar  character. 
instant  such  poultry  is  removed  from 
Then he made him  secure the election of 
the cold atmosphere  putrefaction sets in 
honest  men  to  office  and  of  upright 
again  with  greater force. 
In  many in­
judges to  the  bench. 
It  almost  broke 
stances such poultry has  been kept for a 
the devil’s  heart to do it,  but  the  devil 
year,  and  sometimes longer.  What  its 
was prepared to do almost  anything else 
condition  must  be  we  refrain  from 
than forfeit  his  bond  and give up those 
further  discussing. 
Some  time  since 
thousand and  one  souls.  By this  time 
the  New  York  aldermen  attempted  to 
Daniel  came  to  be  known far and wide 
pass an ordinance to prevent  the  sale of
for his philanthropy and his piety.  This
gratified him, of  course;  but most of  all I undrawn  poultry, but on a  public  hear- 
he gloried in  the  circumstance  that  he  ¡ng  the  dealers  made  it  appear  that 
drawn poultry, on account  of  its having
was a business man. 
Have  you  anything for  me to do to-  so much more  surface exposed to germs, 
more  rapidly.  This, 
day?”  asked the devil one morning.  He I would  decompose  more  rapidly, 
no doubt, was true in  one  sense,  but  it 
had grown to be a very meek and courte­
was readily answered by the fact that no 
ous  devil;  steady  employment  in  right­
flesh is fit for  human food  that has been 
eous causes had chastened him to a degree 
long  exposed  to  germs. 
It  is  a  poor 
and  purged away somewhat  of  the  via
argument  to  say  that  inasmuch  as  we
lence of  his  nature.  On this particular 
^  ^
morning he looked  haggard and ill—yes,  must in any event eat putrefying poultry, 
and  he  looked,  too,  as  blue  as a whet-1 that which is undrawn is the least  likely 
to  show  its  putrefaction. 
It is not ex­
stone.
actly an appetizing  subject,  yet  it  is  a 
robust,”  explained 
very important  one,  and deserves popu­
the devil.  “To tell the truth, I’m some­
lar  agitation,  until  by  applying  the 
what ill.’
proper remedy the public  health is made 
“I am  sorry  to  hear  it,  said  Daniel,
more secure.  Let  us  have a strict  city 
‘but, as I am not running  a  sanitarium,
ordinance against  the  sale  of  undrawn 
I can do nothing further than express my 
poultry, irrespective  of  the convenience
regret that you  are  ailing.  Of  course,
our business relations do not contemplate | and profit of the dealers, 
any interchange of sympathies;  still, I’ll 
go easy with you  to-day.  You  may  go 
How They Carried  a Million.
UD to the house and look  after  the  chil-  N ew  York correspondence P hiladelphia Press, 
Two men  walked  rapidly  down  Wall 
djen;  see
street  the  other  afternoon  and  entered 
ettes,  or  quarrel,  or tease the cat, or do 
one  of  the  prominent  banking  institu­
anything out of the way.”
tions.  They were sturdy, heavy-set men. 
Now  that  was  fine  business  for  the 
One carried a small black  satchel.  Both 
devil to be in ;  but how  could  the  devil 
kept their eyes roaming from side to side. 
help himself?  He was wholly at Daniel’s 
I followed them into the bank.  The man 
mercy.  He  went  groaning  about  the 
with  the satchel sat down, dropping  the 
humiliating task.
bag carelessly  on  the  floor.  The  other 
It was  when 
went into the receiving teller’s inclosure, 
the devil informed  Daniel  one  day that 
reached down into his  breast pocket and 
he wasn’t going to work for him any more, 
extracted a package of bills.  These were 
“You have ruined my  business,”  said 
hastily  counted  and  the  two  strangers
the  devil,  wearily. 
“A  committee  of
imps waited upon me  last night and told I left.  The teller jammed the bills into an 
me that unless I severed  my  connection  envelope,  sealed  it and pitched it into  a 
with you a permanent  suspension  of  my  safe, afterward closing the door in a per- 
interests down yonder  would be necessi-  functory manner.  The entire transaction 
tated.  While I have been running around  occupied  less than two minutes.  Then 
doing your insane errands,  my  personal  the teller turned to  me and said: 
“How much do you think was  in  that 
business has gone to the dogs—I wouldn’t 
be  at  all  surprised if  I were to have to  package ?”
.
“Why, about $500. 
get a new  plant  together.  Meanwhile, 
mv  reputation  has  suffered;  I  am  no 
“Yes, and a little  more. 
It  contained 
1 one million four hundred  and  forty-odd
- 
longer respected, and the number  of  my 
thousand.”
recruits is daily becoming smaller.  I give 
up—I can make no further  sacrifice.” 
“Then you are prepared to forfeit your 
bond?”  asked Daniel.
“Not by any means,” replied the devil. 
“I propose to throw the  matter  into  the 
courts.”
“That will hardly be to your interest,” 
said Daniel,  “since,  as  you  well  know, 
we have recently elected  honest  men  to 
the  bench,  and,  as  I  recollect, most of 
our judges are members in good standing 
of the church we  built some'years ago!” 
The devil  howled  with  rage.  Then 
presently he began to whimper.
“For the last time,” expostulated Dan­
iel,  “let me  remind  you  that sentiment 
does not enter into this affair at all.  We 
are simply two business parties co-opera­
tive in a business scheme.  Our respective 
duties  are  exactly  defined in the  bonds 
we hold.  You  keep  your contract and 
I’ll keep mine.  Let me see, I still have 
a margin of thirteen years.”

‘You don’t mean i t !”
‘Yes,”  he  said,  showing  his  memo­
randa. 
“You  see,  it’s  nearly  all  in 
$10,000 bills.  There is not great danger 
in carrying notes  of  that  denomination, 
because, except  here  in New York, they 
are so seldom used  that suspicion would 
at once be directed toward any  one  who 
attempted to negotiate  them.”
One thing still puzzled me.
“What did  the  messenger  have in his 
Sfttcll6l
“Nothing but a half-brick.  The satchel 
is carried as a blind, to  throw  any  pos­
sible thief off the track.”

Harper’s  Magazine  of  October,  1888, 
says “the best is none  too  good  for  The 
Chicago Herald.”  This  is  undoubtedly 
the  reason  why  its  growth  is constant 
and  its  circulation  is  acquiring  such 
enormous  proportions.  Chicago  never 
had a better newspaper than The Herald.

that  they  don’t smoke cigar  1  " ------ M   — 1

The crash came at last. 

I am not  feeling

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best  $35  cigar  on  the  market. 
Send  us  trial  order,  and  if  not 
ENTIRELY  SATISFACTORY 
return  them.  Advertising mat­
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CHARLEVOIX,  MICH.
Daniel  G.  Garnsey, 

EXPERT  ACCOUNTANT

AND

Adjuster  of  Fire  Losses.
Tw enty Y ears Experience.  References furnished 
84 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

if  desired.

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Importers and Jobbers of

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or, in  fact,  Any  Kind  of  Seed, 
send or  write to the
Seed.  S to re,
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Price, $55 delivered.

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BUSINESS  UNIVERSITY 
AND NORMAL SCHOOL.
(O riginally Lean’s Business College—Est’blished 8 y’rs.)
A  thoroughly  equipped,  permanently  estab­
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rooms have been  especially  designed in accord­
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is composed of the most competent and practical 
teachers.  Students graduating from  this  Insti­
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Grand Rapids, Mich.

Principal. 

J. U. Lean,- 
A. E. Yebex,
Sec’y and Treas,
K.  KNUDSON,

MERCHANT  TAILOR

And  D ealer In

Potatoes,

Onions

FOR  PRICES,  WRITE  TO

BÄRNETT  BROS, Wholesale Dealers, 

CHICAGO.

Manufacturer of

R an iville,
LEATHER  BELTING
RiMer Goods and Mill Supplies,

JOBBER  OF

1  to  5  Pearl  Street,

MICH.
GRAND  RAPIDS,
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FRUITS ip  PRODUGE

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EAST  SAGINAW,  MICH.

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Fine stock of Woolen  Suitings  and  Overcoat­
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other house In the city.  Perfect fit guaranteed. 

80 West Bridge St.. Grand Rapids.

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

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AMONG  THE  TRADE.

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

Pease  Bros,  have  re-engaged  in  the 
grocery business  on  East  Bridge street.
W. S. Hunt, grocer at  77  South  Divis­
ion street, proposes  to  remove his stock 
to Owo'sso shortly after  January 1.

E.  J.  Manshaem  has  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  at  Fisher.  The Ball— 
Barnhart-Putman  Co.  furnished 
the
stock. 

____________ _

J. C. Benbow placed his order with the 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.  for a grocery 
stock,  to be shipped to his  new  location
at Hartford.__________ _

Henry  J. Pessink  and  Mr. Yan  Dom- 
melen  have  started a bakery at %the cor­
ner of  South  Division  and  Hall  streets 
under  the  style  of  Henry  J.  Pessink
& Co. 

____________ __

Stephen  Taylor 

is  building  a  new 
store on Fifth  avenue,  in  which he will 
embark in the  grocery business.  Amos 
S. Musselman  &  Co.  have  the order for
the stock.  _______ _______

Thé  newly-organized  Olney & Judson 
Grocer Co. is faring  badly at  the  hands 
of  the newspapers and trade  press.  The 
Grand  Rapids  Telegram-Herald  puts its 
capital stock at $8,000, while the Chicago 
Grocer—whose  Michigan  news is almost 
invariably inaccurate—places the capital 
at $800,000. T h e T ra d esm a n reported the 
matter correctly, as usual, when it stated 
the  capital  of  the  corporation  to  be
$80,000. 

________________

The organization of the Ball-Barnhart- 
Putman Co. has been fully consummated, 
and  business is  now  being  done  under 
the corporate style.  No  change is likely 
to be made in either  the  office or travel­
ing forces, those  who  weré  prepared to 
take stock  in  the  company having been 
accommodated.  All  connected  with the 
establishment  prophesy  a  career  of  in­
creased usefulness for the institution.

Blakeley & Jenison  have  secured  the 
signatures  of most of  their  creditors  to 
an agreement to compromise their claims 
on the  basis of  40 per  cent. cash, in full 
settlement. 
It  is  understood that  Wm. 
McMullen has agreed to furnish the funds 
to back the partners in this arrangement. 
Unless the signatures of  all the creditors 
are  secured, Assignee  Jamison  will sell 
the stock at mortgage sale on the 13th.

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

Petoskey—John  Shier  has engaged in 

the meat business.

Ravenna—R. D. Wheeler  has  sold  his 

grocery stock to Wm. Young.

Monroe—C. F.  Collins  succeeds  J.  C. 

Willetts in the drug business.

Pentwater—H.  H. Bunyea has  sold his 

grocery stock to F. O. Gardner.

Hudson—Chas. Crandall  has  opened a 

grocery store and meat market.

Vermontville—Dunlap Bros,  have sold 

their drug stock to Jones & Co.

Augusta—J.  P.  Bristol  has  sold  his 

blacksmith shop to Stuart Ogden.

Mt  Pleasant — P.  Halsey’s  general 

store has been closed on execution.

Drenthe—Henry K.  Lanning  has  sold 

his general stock to John Riddering.

Bancroft—J.  H.  Hutchings  succeeds 

R. J. Pinkerton in the drug business.

Alma—Stevens  &  Son  succeed  Miller 
Bros, in the agricultural  implement bus­
iness.

Traverse City—S. W. Perkins succeeds 
Perkins & Sherwood  in  the grocery bus­
iness.

Yankee Springs—Wallace Watson con­
templates  engaging  in  the grocery bus­
iness.

Muskegon—H.  Fenderluit  &  Co. have 
opened  a  meat  market  at  204  Spring 
street.

East  Saginaw—D.  D.  Burdick, of  the 
firm of  Burdick & Son,  produce  dealers, 
is dead.

Dundee—W. H. Egabrod succeeds Geo. 
Hough in the  grocery and  boot and shoe 
business.

Fowlerville — J.  L.  Cooper  succeeds 
Lamereaux & Wert in the drug  and  gro­
cery business.

Saranac—E.  L.  Mosher  has  gone  to 
Vicksburg, where he has  engaged  in the 
jewelry business.

East  Jordan—L.  C.  Madison  &  Co. 
have  purchased  C. W. Dunham  &  Co.’s 
stock of  wall paper.

Detroit—The assets of  Edward P. Kel­
logg & Co., furniture  dealers, are $5,389; 
liabilities, $4,926.81.

Caldwell—Chas. L. Moses has removed 
his grocery stock to Owens, where he has 
re-engaged in business.

Charlevoix—Warne  &  Calkins  have 
purchased  the  Beaman  drug  stock and 
will continue the business.

Shelbyville—Geo. Dwight  is  about  to 
move to Charlotte, where he  will  engage 
in the fresh meat business.

Holland—M.  Notier  will  shortly  em­
bark in the  dry goods  and  grocery bus 
iness, on a strictly cash basis.

Montague—It  is  reported  that  G.  H, 
Mason will  establish a branch dry goods 
store at Whitehall in the near future.

South  Haven—Edgerton  &  Ransom, 
the  Pioneer  clothing 
proprietors  of 
house, have  dissolved  partnership,  Mr. 
Edgerton continuing.

Hastings—Chas.  E.  Lunn  has  retired 
from  the  firm of  Lunn  Bros., merchant 
tailors.  The business will be continued 
by the remaining partner, J. W.  Lunn.

Ionia—E.  S.  Welch,  who recently ut­
tered  three  chattel  mortgages  on  his 
grocery stock,  aggregating  $1,100, offers 
to compromise  with his  creditors on the 
basis of 35 per cent.

Acme—C.  E.  Silver, who  recently sold 
his general stock to C. A. Barker, opened 
December 2 with a new line of drugs and 
groceries.  The  Hannah &  Lay Mercan­
tile Co.  furnished the stock.

Detroit—The  Detroit  Beef  Co., with a 
paid-up capital of  $12,000, has  filed arti­
cles  of  association.  James D. Standish 
owns  950 shares, G. W. Simpson, of  Chi­
cago, 250, and C. D. Standish 50.

Muskegon—Henry Elends,  of  the firm 
of  Elends & Laughray, dealer in musical 
instruments,  asks  the  Circuit  Court for 
the  appointment  of  a  receiver  on  the 
ground  that  Laughray is  not complying 
with the terms of the partnership.

Matherton—  Some  miscreants  broke 
into  Francis Hall’s grocery a few  nights 
ago and  carried off  some  cigars  and  to­
bacco,  but  got  no  money.  The money 
drawer  contained  about  $200  worth  of 
notes, which  were  carried some distance 
and then thrown away.

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

Fremont—L.  D.  Foote  &  Co.  have 

opened a cigar factory.

Cedar  Springs—Solomon  Ipe has  sold 

his grist mill  to D. G.  Carpenter.

Muskegon — S.  S.  Watson  succeeds 
Johnson & Lind in the planing  mill bus­
iness.

Elk Rapids—The Elk  Rapids  Iron Co. 
is turning  out  an  average of  fifty-three 
tons of  pig iron per day.

Battle Creek—The  Kritzer  cider  mill 
property  has  been  purchased  by  the 
Bunge Vinegar Co., of Chicago.

Shelbyville—Briggs & Deuel  expect to 
add a shingle mill to their  elevator soon. 
Pine stumps will furnish the shingle ma­
terial.

Holland—Notier &  Bakelaar  are  now 
turning  out  3,000  pounds of  butter per 
week  at  their  creamery.  They run the 
year round.

Ionia—C.  T.  Rogers, of  Lansing, is en­
deavoring  to  organize a stock  company 
to  engage  in  the  manufacture  of  con­
densed milk.

Elk Rapids—The  Bangor Chemical Co. 
is  turning  out  an  average  of  16,000 
pounds  of  acetate  and  200  gallons  of 
wood alcohol  per day.

Traverse  City—The  Elmwood  Man­
ufacturing Co. is  building  a  warehouse 
for  storage  purposes,  22x46  feet  in di­
mensions and two stories high.

Fremont—The  Fremont  Evaporating 
and  Canning Co.  has  under  advisement 
the  establishment of  a chair  factory,  in 
connection with its other business.

Detroit—Edward M. Benson has retired 
from  the  Detroit Cracker Co.  The bus­
iness will be continued  by the remaining 
partners under the style of H. B. & A. W. 
Copeland.

Eastmanville—Huizinga  &  Son  have 
sold their steamer, Dr.  Hanly, to Nelson 
Glough,  Jr., of Duck Lake,  who will use 
it in transferring the product of  his mill 
to Muskegon.

Kent  City—A.  L. Power,  the  general 
dealer,  proposes  to  build  and  equip  a 
cheese  factory  early  next  season.  Mr. 
Power’s brother, who is located at North- 
ville, conducts the largest cheese factory 
in the State.

Detroit—The  Standard  Illuminating 
Co.  (electric  light  and  power), has filed 
articles  of  association  with  the  county 
clerk.  The  paid-up  capital  is  $10,000. 
The  incorporators  are  Herbert E. Deyo, 
trustee, 9,993 shares,  and  seven  others, 
one share each.

Kalamazoo—Fuller Bros, have  merged 
their  washboard  business  into  a  stock 
company,  under the style of  Fuller Bros. 
Manufacturing  Co.,  the  capital  stock 
being  $30,000.  Geo. P.  Fuller  is  Pres­
ident of  the  corporation,  Chas. D. Fuller 
Vice-President and Frank D.  Fuller  Sec­
retary and Treasurer.

Elk  Rapids—The  sawmill  of  the  Elk 
Rapids  Iron  Co.  cut  9,000,000  feet  of 
merchantable hardwood lumber this  sea­
son,  an  average  of  55,000  feet  a  day. 
The  largest  day’s cut was 82,000 feet of 
maple, which could have  been  increased 
3,000 feet if  the logs had  not run out, as 
the  day’s  work  was  finished by cutting 
hemlock.

Kalamazoo—Geo.  W.  Miller,  Gardner 
T. Eames, Geo. S.  Foster  and  Horace G. 
Haines  have  formed a copartnership un­
der the style of  the Eames  Pulley Co.  to 
engage in the manufacture of  the patent 
wood  pulleys  invented  by  Gardner  T. 
Eames.  The  firm  has  purchased  the 
stock  and  machinery of  the Eames Pul­
ley Co., of Racine, Wis., and removed the 
same to this city.  Twenty-five  men  will 
be employed in the factory.

Manager  Baxter is making a desperate 
effort to retain his position  at  the  head 
of  the local office of  the  Western  Union 
Telegraph Co., a petition  for  his  reten­
tion now  being  clandestinely  circulated 
among  the  friends  of  that  gentleman. 
Some may sign  the  petition under a mis­
apprehension as to the  facts in the  case, 
but a canvass of  the business men of the 
city would show a large majority in favor 
of  a change in thecmanagement.

BLEED  THROUGH

P.  of  I.  Gossip.

Basswood correspondence  Eaton  Rap- 
Ids Journal:  “The school ma’am is going 
to  join the P. of  I.  at the  next  meeting. 
This gives us three of  the craft.”

A  Stanton 

correspondent  writes: 
“Fairbanks & Co., of  this city,  who  are 
boot  and  shoe  dealers  in a small  way, 
have  contracted  with  the  P.  I.—Poor, 
Ignorant farmers.”

Eaton Center correspondence Charlotte 
Republican:  “The  Patrons  of  Industry 
are at present  having a hard row to hoe, 
as  they  can  get  no  trading  places  at 
Eaton  Rapids,  except  boots  and  shoes 
and harness.”

Detroit  Journal:  “The P. of  I.  organ­
ization  has  struck  Luther  and  it is ex­
pected  that  everything  the farmer buys 
will go down 10 per cent,  and  everything 
he  sells  will  keep  up  to the top of  the 
market.  Mebbe  it  will—and  meb]>e  it 
won’t !”
R.  D.  Wheeler,  the  Ravenna  grocer, 
writes  as  follows:  “I  notice  in  T h e 
T r a d esm a n  that I am a P. of  I.  dealer. 
It  is  not  so. 
I  am  not  guilty  of  the 
crime  and  you  will  please  correct  the 
mistake,  as I do not  want  to  go  before 
the United States Court for treason.”

Belding correspondence Saranac Local: 
“Thus  far  several  of  the P. of  I.’s fail 
to see wherein  they are  benefited by the 
organization—financially, at least.  Some 
of  the  order  have  been  examining  the 
prices of  other merchants on their wares 
and find no difference, much to their sur­
prise and chagrin.”

Detroit Journal:  “ The Patrons  of  In­
dustry are now  alleged to have  declared 
their  itention  of  starving  out  the  Hes­
peria Neios and all the stores in town but 
their  own.  The  Hesperia  News  and 
some other Hesperia business enterprises 
will probably be alive  when  the P.  of  I. 
scheme is dead and in the soup.”

Shelby  Herald:  “The  Patrons  of  In­
dustry are  in  our  midst.  Farmers will 
do  well  to  investigate  the  thing  thor­
oughly  before  they  invest  their  good 
money  in  this  scheme. 
It  may  be  all 
right,  and  we  can’t  say  but  it  is, but 
where  the  farmer  will  gain by alliance 
with them is what we can’t see.”

A  Lakeview  patron  writes  The 
T r a d esm a n that the  statement  recently 
made  In  relation  to  a  member  of  the 
Cato  P. of  I.  lodge  is  untrue.  As  the 
statement was made by a Greenville mer 
chant,  and  was  published as such,  T h e 
T r a d esm a n gives equal  publicity to the 
denial, leaving  its  readers to draw their 
own conclusions.

Said a prominent Blissfield P. of I., the 
other day :  “I think  the  stores of  Bliss- 
field  are  selling  goods  just  as  low  as 
competition will allow them,  and as they 
carried  me  along  when I needed help, I 
am not going back on  them  now.  But I 
do believe we  are  paying  altogether too 
much for our machinery.  There is where 
we are being swindled.”

Dorr correspondence Allegan  Journal: 
“The  Patrons  of  Industry  orgaized  a 
goodly lodge east of  here last  week  and 
now  intend to buy goods  at 10 per  cent, 
above  costs.  The  unwise  are  not  all 
dead  yet,  and we fear  that  farmers will 
find  in  the  end  that  they are losers in­
stead of  gainers  by  this  scheme  to  de 
stroy competition,  which  is  the  life  of 
trade the world over.”

J. W. Pattison, who  does  business  at 
Millbrook in the  name of  his  son—T.  O 
Pattison—for 
reasons  best  known  to 
himself,  has contracted to sell the P.  of I 
people  at  that  place.  As  Mr. Pattison 
has managed to fail in his own name, and 
in his daughter’s  name, it is fair to infer 
that he is now on the  verge of  his  third 
failure.  A man who can  beat  his  cred­
itors  w’ill  have  little  difficulty in swin­
dling P.  of  I.  farmers.

Shelby  Herald:  “A Shelby merchant 
speaking to us recently in regard  to  the 
P. of  I.,  suggested  that  in  case they re­
fuse  to  buy of  but  one  store  (the  one 
which  agrees  to  sell  for  10  per  cent, 
profit), the  other  merchants  could,  with 
equal  fairness,  refuse  to  buy  produce, 
etc., from  any member of  the  order. 
It 
is  to  be  hoped  that  the  good  feeling 
which now exists  between the merchants 
of  this  place  and  the  farmers  of  this 
vicinity will continue  indefinitely.*  The 
interest  of  one  is  the  interest of  both 
Without  Shelby’s  merchants,  farmers in 
this vicinity would  not be so prosperous 
and vice versa.”

The  Finest Resort in the  Land.

P eninsular C orrespondence G rand T raverse H erald.
Traverse  Point  has  been  visited  by 
about twenty gentlemen  who  will  build 
themselves  cottages  next  summer.  We 
will  be glad to see  the  place  improved 
as it is a very  sightly  place,  and  like a 
“city that  is  set on a hill  which  cannot 
be hid.”

Bank  Notes.

The Merchants’ National Bank and the 
Union  National  Bank,  at  Muskegon, 
have exchanged  locations.

The Marine Bank, of  Marine City, will 
soon occupy a handsome and  substantial 
brick building, now being  erected for its 
use.

Portraits for the Holidays.

§end  a  good  cabinet  photograph  to 
Hamilton’s  Art  Gallery, 79 Canal street, 
and get a first-class, life-size, crayon por­
trait  for  $10.  Correspondence solicited.
The P.  A   B. cough  drops  give  great 

satisfaction.

Interview, with a Local P. of I.  Dealer.
Three  Canal  street  firms  have signed 
with the  P. of  I.’s—Joseph Berles,  F. W. 
Wurzburg  and Abraham  Wilzinski, Agt. 
Mr. Berles is a shrewd  German, who can 
be depended upon to hold'his own in any 
deal he may make  with  men  who  know 
less about  the  hardware  business  than 
he does.  F.  W.  Wurzburg  is  a  thrifty 
dry goods  dealer, who  stands  well with 
the  trade  and  has  hosts  of  friends  all 
over  the  county.  A.  Wilzinski  sells 
clothing and furnishing goods and can be 
relied upon as looking out for Wilzinski— 
at  least,  such  was  the  opinion  of  his 
creditors  on  the  occasion  of  his  last 
failure.

For  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the 
views of a level-headed  merchant on the 
P.  of  I.  question,  a  reporter  of  T h e 
recently  called  on  Mr. 
T r a d esm a n 
Wurzburg and asked him on  what  basis 
he dealt with the  Patrons.

“We  give them a 10  per  cent,  reduc­
tion  from  our  regular prices, which are 
marked  in  plain  figures  on the goods,” 
replied the proprietor.

“Do I infer,  then,  that  you  have  two 
prices—one for  those  who do not belong 
to  the  P.  of  I.  and  another  for  those 
who do ?”
.“That’s,  about  the  size  of  it,  but my 
contract  runs  only to  January 1, when I 
shall probably abandon it.”

“I  understand, 

then,  that  my  wife 
must pay $10 in  your store for  the  same 
goods which her sister or cousin from the 
country can buy for $9 ?”

“That’s the whole thing in a nutshell.” 
“Can  you reconcile such methods with 
any principle ordinarily laid down among 
the rules of  business ?”

“No, but we can sell the farmers goods 
which city people  won’t  touch—cloaks a 
year old and  goods  which  have been on 
the shelves so long  that  we  have grown 
tired of  seeing them.”

No  amount  of  circumlocution,  how­
ever,  enabled Mr.  Wurzburg  to  conceal 
the fact that  he  had two sets of  prices— 
that  he  was  favoring  one  class of  cus­
tomers  at  the  expense of  another class. 
T h e  T r a d esm a n  has  great  respect  for 
Mr. Wurzburg,  as a man  and  as  a  mer­
chant, but it is frank  to  admit  that it is 
firmly of  the opinion  that he has made a 
mistake  in  discriminating  against  his 
city  trade  and  the  better  class  of  the 
country trade,  as  representative  farmers 
are not found in the ranks of  the P.  of I.

The P.  of I.  Dealers.

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

The following are the P.  of  I. dealers 
who had not cancelled  their  contracts at 
last accounts:
Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton 
Wehle,  L. T.  Lochner.
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
Casnovia—Ed.  Hayward.
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A. 
Fish.
Charlotte—John J. Richardson,  Daron 
& Smith, J. Andrews,  C.  P. Lock, F.  H. 
Goodby.

sions.

nings.

Ketchum.

ens & Farrar.

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,  J.  B. 
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. 
Millbrook—T.  O.  (or J. W.) Pattison. 
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.
Remus—Geo. Blank.
Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A. Fish.
Sand  Lake—Brayman & Blanchard. 
Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow.
Sparta—Dole  &  Haynes.
Stanton—Fairbanks  & Co.
Stan wood—F. M. Carpenter.
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson, 
H.  C.  Breckenridge,  M.  H.  Bowerman, 
Thos.  Horton.

& Son, F.  H. Cowles.
Lee.

ney.

White Cloud—J. C. Townsend.
Proposes to  Sleep Peacefully Once. 
R. D. Wheeler,  who  recently  sold  his 
grocery stock at Ravenna to Wm. Young, 
was afterward approached by a traveling 
man,  who  solicited  an  opportunity  to 
sell  him  a  new  stock.  The  reply  is 
worthy  of  a place  in  the  hat  of  every 
merchant in the  land:

“No, I want to pay my debts  and  then

, "

sleep one night out of  debt  and  see how 
it seems.” 

There are a good  many merchants who 
would  like  to  experience  the  sensation 
of  sleeping  one  night  without  the bur­
den of  debt encircling them.

Geo.  Kennan, 

the  famous  Siberian 
traveler aud writer,  will deliver a lecture 
at  Hartman’s  Hall  on  January 16.  As 
Mr.  Kennau’s  fame  is  world-wide,  the 
hall ought to be crowded on that occasion.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

^¡3f«rSfleineDtMviirb6tDiie^^ 
tw o  cents  a   word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  fo r  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise 
m ent tak en  fo r less th a n  85 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

BUSIN£88  CHANCES.

Fo r   s a l e   o r   e x   h a n g e —n e w  s t o c k   o f   h a t s ,

cans  and  g e n ts ’  furn ish in g   goods;  will  invoice 

about $4,000.  G. W. W atrous, Jackson, Mich. 
p r r j   PER  CENT.  PER  ANNUM—OWNER OF  RETAIL 
grocery w ishes to engage in  exclusive  wholesale 
O
business  and  desires  to   sell;  now   carry in g   $15.000 
stock;  trad e very good;  profits  as above;  ren t reason­
able.  Address,  The W est Coast Trade. Tacom a, W ash.

546

548

Gr o c e r y   w a n t e d —f o r   $4,000  c a s h   a n d   f in e  

three-story b rick block, in Ohio county seat, w orth 
$8,000.  J.& B .. Box 57. Tiffin,  Ohio. 
547

549

d b O K   n n n   a n n u a l   d r y   g o o d s  b u s in e s s ,
building  and  stock,  fo r  one-fourth 
cash a n d  one, tw o o r th ree y ears  on  balance;  county 
seat, Franklin, Box E. Fostoria, Ohio. 

WHAT  W ILL  YOU  PAY  US  FOR  PURCHASER 
offering h a lf  cash  and  h a lf  pro p erty   fo r  m er­
chandise a t fa ir invoice?  C harles  G. Barnd,  Fostoria, 
Ohio. 
>  550
F o r   s a l e   o r   e x c h a n g e —h o u s e   a n d l o t , t w o
blocks from  postoffice, in  city   of  5,000 in h ab itan ts 
in S outhern M ichigan;  also farm  of 76 acres, tw o m iles 
from  sam e city, clay loam  soil,  w ith  good  buildings; 
will exchange fo r stock of m erchandise.  Address No. 
539, care Tradesm an. 
T   HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  W ILL  EX- 
X   change fo r m erchandise, G rand Rapids  city   prop 
erty , o r will sell on easy paym ents;  these  farm s  have 
th e best o f soil, a re  u n d er  good  sta te   of  cultivation, 
and located betw een th e  cities  of  G rand  Rapids  and 
M uskegon.  O  F. Conklin. G rand Rapids, Mich.

F o r   s a l e —w e   o f f e r   f o r   s a l e ,  o n   v e r y
favorable term s, th e  F.  H. E scott d ru g  stock, a t 75 
Canal street. G rand Rapids,  H azeltine & P erkins D rug 
Co.  Price, $4,000. 
Fo r   s a l e —t h e   f in e s t   d r u g   s t o r e  
o th er business.  C. L. Brundage, Muskegon  Mich.
Fo r  s a l e —a   g o o d   g r o c e r y   b u s in e s s  h a v in g

in   t h e  
city of M uskegon a t 75 cents on th e dollar; reasons 

th e cream  of th e trad e;  best  location  in  th e city ; 
stock clean and well assorted; th is is a  ra re  chance for 
an y  one to g et a  good  p ay in g   business;  poor  h e a lth  
th e only reason.  Address  S. Stern,  K alam azoo,  Mich.

539

520

531

518

MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED—GENERAL  AND  LOCAL  AGENTS  TO 

handle  th e   New  P a ten t  Chemical  In k   E rasing 
Pencil.  G reatest  novelty  ev er produced.  Erases ink 
in tw o seconds, no abrasion of paper. 
200  to  500  p er 
cent, profit.  One a g en t’s sales am ounted to $620 in six 
days—an* th e r $32 in tw o hours.  T errito ry   absolutely 
free.  Salary  to   good  m en.  No  ladies  need  answer. 
Sam ple 85 cents.  For term s  and  full  p articu lars,  ad­
dress,  The  Monroe  E raser  Co.,  M anufacturers,  La 
Crosse,  W is. 

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

annoying  Pass  Book  System   and  adopting  in 
its place th e T radesm an Credit  Coupon.  Send  $1  for 
sam ple order, w hich will be sent  prepaid.  E. A. Stowe 
& Bro., G rand Rapids.

WANTED—SEND  A  POSTAL  TO THE SUTLIFF COU- 

pon Pass Book Co.,  Albany,  N.  Y., fo r  sam ples 
of th e  new  Excelsior  Pass  Book,  th e   m ost  com plete 
and finest  on th e  m ark et  an d   ju st  w h at  every m er­
ch an t should have  progressive m erchants all over th e 
country a re  now  u sing them . 

545

437

W H O L E S A L E
Carpets,

Oil  Cloths, 

R ugs,

C h in a  M attings 

Draperies,

a n d

P a rlo r Screens
Smith X Sanford,

Ottawa  and  Pearl  Sts.,  Ledyard  Block.

ESTABLISHED  1870.

GHRS.  SCHMIDT  X  BROS.,

Manufacturers  and  Dealers in Foreign and 

American

Granite and Marble

Monuments 

Statuary

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

WORKSHOP AND  POLISHING  MILLS: 

Cor. West Fulton  and  Straight Streets.

OFFICE  AND SALESROOM:

93  Canal  Street.

GRAND  RAPIDS. 

-  MICH.

F. Ä. WUrzhUrg  it  Bo.,

Exclusive  Jobbers of

DRY  GOODS. HOSIERY,

NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR,

19  &  21  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

IF  YOU  WANT

The B e s t

ACCEPT  NONE  BUT

Sauerkraut.

Order  this  brand  from 

your wholesale grocer

SHOW  GÄSE8I

6 - f t  ease like above

6-ft Gase,  square, with metal Gorners,  same  price.

T h e   ab<3ve  o ffer  is  n o   “ b lu f f ”  or 
s n 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 E S T   o f w o r k .  A ll 
o th e r   e a s e s   a t  e q u a lly   lo w   p rices.

HEYMEN  l  B0MPÄNY,

63  AND  65  CANAL  STREET, 

Grand.  Rapids, 

-  

-   Mich*

s i   GEO.E.REEDER,

State  Agent

B  O 
o'  w
g g.  Lycoming  Rubbers
&  cf
CP)  g* 
15  Medium Price Shoes.
S  J
p  8  Grand Rapids, Mich.

and Jobber of

L IO N
COFFEE

Merchants,

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  Merchant

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE  KING  OF  G0FFEE8.

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

It is fast  supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees. 

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

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

W oolson  Spice  Co.,

T O L E D O ,   OH IO.

L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A R L   B E 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 Rapids.

WHOLESALE

THE  DETROIT  NEWS  COMPANY,
STATIONERY,  FANCY  GOODS, 
BOOKS, 
The larg est and m ost com plete line of  above  goods in 
th e  S tate, a t reasonable  prices.  Dealers a re  invited to 
call.  Send fo r o u r circulars an d  price lists.
Corner Lamed  and  Wayne  Sts.,  Detroit.

OUR  HOLIDAY  LINE  IS  NOW  COMPLETE. 

PERIODICALS.

E.  W.  HILL  PLITING  WORKS,

ALT.  KINDS  OF

Brass and  Iron Polishing

AND

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

ÄS80GIÄTION  DEPARTMENT.

M ic h i g a n   B u s i n e s s   M e n ’s   A s s o c ia t io n . 

P resid en t—C. L. W hitney, Muskegon.
F irst Vice-President—C. T. B ridgem an,  Flint.
Second Vice-President—M. C- Sherwood, A llegan. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids.
T reasurer—H. W.  P arker, Owpsso.
Executive  Board—President;  F ran k   W ells,  Lapsing; 
F ran k   H am ilton, T raverse C ity ;  N. B. Blain, Lowell 
Chas.  T.  Bridgem an,  F lin t;  0 .  F.  Conklin, G rand 
R apids,  Secretary. 
.  „
C om m ittee on Insurance—O.  F.  Conklin,  G rand  Rap 
ids;  Oren  Stone, F lin t;  Wm. W oodard, Owosso. 
Com m ittee  on  Legislation—F r a n k   W ells,  Lansing;
H. H. Pope, Allegan;  C. H. May, Clio. 
_
Com m ittee on Trade Interests—Frank H am ilton, T rav 
erseC ity :  Geo.  R.  H oyt,  8aginaw ;  L.  W.  Sprague, 
Greenville. 
.
Com m ittee on T ransportation—C. T. Bridgem an, Flint;
M. 0. Sherwood, Allegan;  A. O. W heeler,  M anistee. 
Com m ittee on B uilding  and  Loan  Associations—N.  B. 
B lain. Lowell;  F. L. F uller, C edar S prings;  P. J. Con 
neil,  Muskegen.

_   . .  

. 

Local S ecretary—Jas. H. Moore, Saginaw.
O ffic ia l O r g a n —T h e  Mic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n .

T h e  fo llo w in g  a u x ilia r y   a sso c ia tio n s  a re  o p e r­
a tin g  u n d e r  c h a rte rs   g r a n te d   by  th e   M ic h ig a n  
B u s in e s s  M en ’s A s s o c ia tio n -

K e ,  t —T r a v e r s e  C i ty  B . M .  A . 

President. J. W. Milllken; Secretary, E. W. H astings.

P resident. N. B. P lain; Secretary, F rank T. King.

N o . 2 —L o w e l l   B . M . A .

N o .  3 —S t u r g i s   B . M . A .

President, H. S. C hurch; Secretary, Wm. Jorn._______

N o .  4 —G r a n d   R a p i d s   M .  A . 

P resident. E. J. H errick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.

N o .  5 —M u s k e g o n  B .  M . A .

P résident, John A. M iller;  Secretary , C. L. W hitney.

■ 

N o . 6 —A l b a   B .  M . A .

President. F. W. Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.______

N o .  ? —D i m o n d a l e  B . M .  A .

President. T. M. Sloan; S ecretary, N. H. W idger.______
" 
President, F. H. T hursten; Secretary. Geo. L. Thurston.

.  N o . 8 —E a s t p o r t   B .  ML A .

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

President, H. M. M arshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
No. 10—H arbor S p r in g s   B. M. A. 
President, W, J. C lark; S ecretary. A. L. Thompson.
'  
President, H. P. W hipple: Secretary, D. E.  W ynkoop.
“ 
P resident, C. McKay; S ecretary, Thos. Lennon._______

N o . l l — K i n g s le y   B . M . A .
No. 12—Quincy B. M. A.
N o .  1 3 —S h e r m a n   B . M . A . 

President, H. B. S tu rtev an t;  Secretary, W.  J. Austin.

N o .  1 4 — N o .  M u s k e g o n   B . M . A . 
P resident, 3. A. Howey; Secretary, G. C. Havens.

N o .  1 5 - B o y n e  C ity   B .  M .  A . 

President, R. R. P erkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.

N o .  1 6 —S a n d   L a k e   B .  M .  A . 
President, J. V. Crandall;  Secretary, W. Raaco
N o .  1 7— P l a i n w e l l  B .  M . A . 

President. Geo. H. Anderson; Secretary, J. A. Sidle.

N o .  1 8 —O w o s s o   B .  M . A .

President, W arren P. W oodard; S ecretary,8. Lam from . 
-  
P resident, D. F. W atson; Secretary, E. E. Chapel.

N o .  1 9 —A d a   B . M . A .

N o .  2 0 —¡ s a u g a tu c k   B . M . A . 

President, John F. H enry; Secretary, N. L. Rowe.

N o .  3 1 —W a y la n d   B .  M . A .

P resident, C. H. W harton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.

N o .  3 3 —G r a n d   L e d g e   B .  M . A . 

P resident, A. B. Schum acher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke.

N o . 3 3 —C a r s o n  C ity   B . M .  A . 

P resident. Jo h n  W, H ailett:  S ecretary. L  A. Lyon.

P resident, J. E. Thnrkow ;  S ecretary, W. H. Richmond.

N o .  3 4 —M o r le y   B .  M . A .

N o .  3 5 —P a i o   B .  M . A . 

President. H. D. Pew; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson.

N o . 3 6 —G r e e n v i l l e   I™.  M . A . 

P resident. A. C. S atteriee:  S ecretary. E. J. Clark.

P resident, E. S. Botsford; S ecretary, L. N. Fisher.

N o   3 7 —D o r r   B . M .  A . 

N o .  3 8 —C h e b o y g a n   B .  M . A

President, A. J. Paddock;  Secretary, H. G. Dozer._____

P resident, Wm. Moore;  S ecretary, A. J. Cheesebrough.

N o .  3 9 —F r e e p o r t  B . M . A .

N o .  3 0 —O c e a n a  B .  M . A .  * 

P resident, A. G. A very;  Secretary, E. S. H oughtaling. 
'  
President, Thos. J. Green;  Secretary, A. Q. Flenry.

N o . 3 1 —C h a r l o t t e   B . M . A .

N o .  3 3 —C o o p e r s v il le  B .  M .  A .

P resident, W. G. Barnes;  Secretary, J. B. W atson.______

N o .  3 3 —C h a r le v o i x   B .  M . A . 

P resident,  L.  D.  Bartholom ew ;  Secretary, R. W. Kane.

N o .  3 4 —S a r a n a c   B .  M .  A .

President, H. T. Johnson;  S ecretary, P. T. W illiams, 

N o .  3 5 —B e l l â t r e   B . M . A .

P resident, H. M. H em street; Secretary, C. E. Densm sre.

President, O. F. Jack so n ;  Secretary, Jo h n   M. Everden.

N o . 3 6 —I t h a c a   B .  M . A .

N o . 3 7 —B a t t l e   C r e e k  B .  M . A . 

P resident,  Chas. F. Bock;  Secretary,  E. W. Moore.

N o . 3 8 —S c o t tv i ll e   B .  M . A . 

President. H. E. Symons: S ecretary, D. W. Higgins.

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

President, W. S. W ilier; S ecretary,  F. W, Sheldon.

N o . 4 0 —B a t o n   R a p i d s  B .  M . A . 

P resident, C. T. H artson; S ecretary, W ill Em m ert.

N o . 4 1 —B r e c k e n r i d g e   B . M . A . 
President. C. H. Howd;  S ecretary, L. W aggoner.

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

P resident, J os. Gerber;  S ecretary  C. J. R athbnn.

P resident, F ran k  J. Luick ;  Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom.

N o . 4 3 —T u s t i n   B . M .  A .

N o .  4 4 —R e e d  C i ty   B .  M . A . 

P resident, E. B. M artin; Secretary, W. H. Smith.

N o . 4 5 —H o y t v i l l e   B .  M .  A .

President, D. E, Hallenbeck; Secretary, Q«A. H alladay.

N o . 4 6 —L e s li e   B .  M . A .

President, Wm. H utchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.
’ 
P resident, W. 0 . Pierce;  Secretary, W. H. G raham .

N o .  4 7 —F l i n t   M .  IT.

N o . 4 8 —H u b b a r d  s to n   B . M . A . 
President, Boyd R edner; Secretary, W. J. Tabor.

President,  A.  W enzell; Secretary, F rank Smith.

N o .  4 9 — L e r o y   B   H .   A . 

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

P resident, A, O. W heeler; Secretary,C.  Grannis-
N o . 5 1 —C e d a r   S p r in g s   B .  M .  A . 

President, L. M. Sellers; S ecretary, W. C. Congdon.

N o . 5 3 —G r a n d  H a v e n  B . M . A , 

President, A. 8. Kedzie;  Secretary, F. D. Vos,______

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

President, F rank P helps;  Secretary. A. E. Fitzgerald.

President, Thomas B. Dntcher;  Secretary, C, B. W aller,

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

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

President, C. F. H ankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.

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

President, N. W. D rake;  Secretary, Geo. Chapm an.

h o .  5 7 —R o c k f o r d   B . M . A . 

P resident, Wm. G. Tefft; Secretary. E. B. Lapham.

N o . 5 8 —F i f e  L a k e  R . M . A . 

President, L. S. W alter; Secretary ,C.S  Blakely.

N o . 5 9 —F e n n v i l l e   B . M . A . 

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

N o .  6 1 —H a r t f o r d   B . M . A . 

P resident, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.

N o . 6 3 —R a s t  h a g in a w  M . A . 

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

N o .  6 3 —E v a r t   B . M . A . 
President, C. V. P riest; Secretary, C. E. Bell.
N o . 6 4 —M e r r i l l  B . M . A . 

P resident, C. W. R obertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.

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

President, Alf. G. D rake; Secretary, C. S. Blom.

President, F ran k  W ells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.

N o . 6 6 — L a n s i n g  B . M .  A . 

N o . 6 7 —W a t e r v l i e t   B . M . A . 

President, W. L. G arrett; S ecretary, F.  H.  Merrifield.

N o . 6 8 —A l l e g a n  B . M . A . 

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

N o . 6 9 —S c o tts  a n d   C l im a x  B . M . A . 
P resident, L ym an C lark; Secretary, F. 8. W illison.
" 
President, Wm. Boston;  Secretary, W alter W ebster.

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

P resident, M. Netzorg;  Secreta ry ,  Geo. E. Clntterbnck. 

N o .  7 1 —A s h l e y   B .  M .  A ,

N o .  7 3 —E d  m o r e   B . M . A .
N o ,  7 3 —B e l d i n g   B . M . A . 

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

h o .  7 4 — D a v is o n   M .  IT. 

President, J.  F. C artw right; Secretary. C. W. H ard.

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

P resident, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretary, F. Rosacrans.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

President, L. A. Vickery;  Secretary, A. B, Ransom, 

P resident, B. 8. W ebb;  Secretary, M. B  Pollasky.

N o .  8 3 —A l m a   B   M .  A . 

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

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

President, P. M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson.

N o . 8 4 —S t a n d i 8 h   B . M . A . 

N o . 8 5 —C U o  B . M . A .

President. J. M. Beem an;  S ecretary, C. H. May.
N o . 8 6 —M i l l b r o o k  a n d   B l a n c h a r d   B . M .  A . 
jVo.Uo..*  t   w i p rm 'n n ;  S ecretarv.  H.  P.  B lanchard.

N o .  8 7 —S h e p h e r d   B .  M .  A . 
President, H. D. B ent;  S ecretary, A. W. H urst.

Association Notes.

Gladwin is moving in the matter of organizing j 
a B. M. A.  As the preliminary work is in  good 
hands, the Association will probably soon  be  in ! 
working order.
The  merchants  of  St.  Catharines,  Onfc,  are : 
organizing  a  B.  M.  A.  and  have  sent  for  the 
working  plans  of  the  Michigan  associations,  ■ 
which they consider the best in the country.

President  Whitney  informs  The  T r a d e sm a n  
that he proposes to visit Plainwell and Paw Paw 
next week  or  week  after,  and  can  stop over a 
day at any other town in either vicinity, if  noti-. 
fied to that ( ffect at once.

Plainwell  correspondence  Allegan  Journal: | 
“The Scott Brothers, on  the Bast Side, are erect- j 
mg quite a saw mill.  Would  It  not  be  a  good 
idea for our Business  Men’s Association to give 
these  boys a lift ? 
If  the  boys  are  given  the j 
assistance  they  deserve,  they  will  soon he em­
ploying a number of men.”

Good  "Words Unsolicited.

E .  L u ih e r, g ro c e r,  A d r ia n : 

“ I   lik e   th e   w ay  
y o u   h a n d le   th e  P.  o f   I.  q u e s tio n .  T h a t a lo n e  Ig  j 
w o r th   th e  p ric e  o f th e  p a p e r.”
V a n  C le v e   G la ss Co., m a n u f a c tu r e rs   o f   g lass, j 
C le v e la n d :  “ A s w e   a d m ire  e n te rp ris e , w e   w is h   j 
to  sh o w   o u r   a p p re c ia tio n   o f   y o u r  p a p e r to  th e  
e x te n t  o f a  y e a r’s  su b s c rip tio n ,  fo r   w h ic h  y o u  
w ill  fin d  SI  e n c lo s e d .”
H .  A.  H itc h c o c k ,  th e  M t.  M o rris  d ru g g is t  a n d  j 
g ro c e r,  s e n d s  in  th re e  n e w   s u b s c rib e rs , w ith  th e  
fo llo w in g  c o m m e n d a tio n :  “ I  th in k  it is  j u s t  th e  
p a p e r w e  w a n t a n d   am   v e ry  m u c h  p le a s e d  w ith  
it. 
I t   c e rta in ly   s h o u ld  b e   lib e ra lly   s u p p o rte d .”

Points for  Clerks.

John E.  Searles, Jr. of  the  Havemeyer 
Sugar Refining Co., recently delivered an 
interesting  address  to  the  young  men 
connected with  the  grocery trade  in the 
city of  Brooklyn.  There  were, said  he, 
nine  words  which,  if  combined,  meant 
the word  success.  Capital did not make 
success.  Character,  for  a  young  man, 
was  far  better  for  him  to  start in life 
with.  The best capital for a  young  man 
was combined in the following words :
Ambition—a  young  man  without am­
bition  would never  amount to anything. 
We are living at high-pressure  time,  and 
no  young man should lack the important 
element  in  this  country.  Some  young 
men wanted  to  be  the  Vanderbilts, but 
they were lazy and would never succeed.
The  next  word—industry—was as im­
portant to success as ambition.  Without 
it the latter  was  no  use.  Every  young 
man  looking  for  success  should  settle 
down and acquire industrious habits.
Honesty  was  absolutely  essential  for 
any young man starting out on a business 
career.  There were exceptions, but hon­
esty won in the long run.
Sobriety, the  next  word, was  also im­
portant  to  assure success.  The speaker 
could not bear to see  many of  those who 
had started out in life  with  him  falling 
by the  way through  love of  intoxicants. 
He  advised  all  young  men  to let drink 
alone and thus cast a sheet  anchor to the 
windward.
Reliability meant  the  combination  of 
interests  with  the  employer and a care­
ful and correct attention to business.
Courtesy, in  the  grocery trade in  par­
ticular,  is another most  important  word. 
Its use  paid  in  the  end, and  everyone, 
rich and poor, was entitled to it.
It 
meant,  wake  up, think,  study,  observe 
and read.
Independence  should  be  possessed by 
all  young men looking for success.  The 
man who cannot say no, and has no mind 
of  his own,  will never get along.
The  last  word  was  nerve.  At  one 
time  or  another,  Mr.  Searles  said,  a 
young man was brought face to face with 
an important situation which called upon 
him  for  action. 
If  he is afraid  to meet 
it, if  he  cannot  make a change,  when a 
change is for the best, for want of nerve, 
he will not  succeed.  Nerve meant cour­
age  of  convictions.  And  all  of  these 
words combined made the  greatest  word 
of  all, and signified  the  kind of  charac­
ter the  young  man  should  have  who is 
looking for success. 

Thoughtfulness  was 

the  next. 

It is—
1

Courtesy, 
Honesty,
Reliability,
Industry,
Sobriety, 
Thoughtfulness,
Independence,
Ambition,
Nerve,

!►  Character.

“These two words,”  said  Mr. Searles, 
in conclusion,  “embrace  everything  that 
will win in the  long  run,  success  in this 
world and in the world to come.”

Nearly Ready.

The  Detroit  Journal  Year  Book  for 
1890,  will be ready for issue  about  Jap- 
uary 1. 
It will  be  sent free  to  all  old 
and new subscribers of  the  Journal. 
It 
has been thoroughly revised,  and nearly 
all the matter it contains,  as  well as the 
cover,  is entirely new,  the  latter  being 
beautified by an elegant floral design. 
It 
is a beauty.

Both  Satisfied.
tricks of  these merchants. 
come down $2 on the price.
tricks of these lady customers. 
price up $4.

Lady (leaving a store)—I am  up to the 
I made him 
Merchant (to  himself)—I am up to the 
I put the 

VISITING  BUYERS.

Stanwood

Dr A H anlon & Son,

Vriesland  Avery & Pollard,

Geo E Marvin. Clarksville 
E H eintzelm an, Logan 
Munger, W atson & Devoist,
L L ott, Elm dale 
Sullivan
H ilton & Osborn,  M organ 
L M W olf, H udsonville 
A M P orter,  M oorland
Sm ith & Bristol, Ada 
Geo Meijering:. Vriesland 
CV anAm berg,W hitneyville Sisson & W atson,  Ada 
S T Colson, Alaska 
C E Coburn, Pierson
Isaac Quick, Allendale 
F M C arpenter & Co..
Wm Riley,  Dickenson 
A Purchase, So Blendon  G W Shearer, CedarSprings
G Ten Hoor,  F orest  Grove W H McConnell,
B Cohen, H esperia 
Cedar Springs
John Giles & Co., Lowell 
John D am stra, Gitchell 
M M Brooks, A usterlitz
J Raym ond, B erlin 
G C Baker, L abarge 
L Maier, F isher Station 
Geo P S tark, Cascade 
R D W heeler, R avenna 
P ickett, Bros., W ayland
DenH erder & Tanis, 
Slocum’s Grove
S H B allard, S p arta 
S J M artin, Sullivan 
Wm B arker, Sand Lake 
Middle ville
E zra Brown,  English ville  P  B rautigam , No D orr 
W S Adkins, M organ 
C B Shaver, K alkaska
John Sm ith, Ada 
S C Scott, H ow ard City
C arrington & N orth, T rent  P  S Fancher, Mt Pleasant 
G H W albrink, Allendale  R A H astings, S parta 
E S Botsford, D orr 
P&dley Bros., Muskegon
W H S truik, Forest Grove  C H Adams, Otsego 
A Justem a,  G rand H aven  Hessler Bros., Rockford 
M Heyboer & Bro„ O akland J  N W ait, Hudson ville 
J  H M anning, Lake P  O 
John De Vries.  Jam estow n Mas ton & H am mond,
H M eijering. Jam estow n 
H Van Noord, Jam estow n  W alling Bros., Lam ont 
Struik Bros,  Byron  Center  Dr H C Peckham , F reep o rt 
Sm allegan & Pickaard, 
E E H ew itt, Rockford 
Forest Grove  Reed & Son, Mul liken 
D O W atson. C oopersville 
W M cWilliams, Conklin 
Jno Farrow e. So Blendon  L Steketee, H olland 
E H artgerink, 
R  B  Goodin g&S on, Goo ding
H M orley, Cedar Springs  Geo A Sage, Rockford 
Tucker,Hoops & Co.,Lnther T W P reston, Millbrook 
M M Elder, Spencer Creek  Eli Runnels, Corning 
John G unstra, Lam ont 
W N H utchinson, G rant 
8 T McLellan, Denison
N O W ard, Stanwood 
H Dal m on. Allendale
D D H arris, Shelbyville 
A & E B ergy, Caledonia 
G F  Cook, Grove 
E H Bok, Hudson ville_____________  
* 

New G roningen  L Burns, Ada 

J  W  A rm strong,  Caledonia 

G randville

  CD

A  CITY  OP  THE  FUTURE.

A  Utopian  Vision  of a Remote  Social 

Possibility.

The engineers  made  their  repart. 

C. H. Shinn, in th e  A rgonaut.
In the  year 2029, the  leading  Vander­
bilt of  his  time  came  into  his  fortune. 
He had received a remarkable education, 
and  one  which  the  nineteenth  century 
would have considered impossible.  With­
out  going  into details,  young Vanderbilt 
was  evenly  developed, physically, men­
tally and morally.  He  had  been so edu­
cated that he found happiness in the full 
and  constant use of  his  money  and  his 
brains for the good of  humanity.  But he 
was  pre-eminently  practical—a  purified 
and  perfected  type of  one of  the indus­
trial  kings  of  the  nineteenth  century. 
He lived in a cottage in the hills,  and  he 
thought  out  his plans in long walks un­
der his trees.  He  was the richest man in 
America,  and  yet he had  as  much  free­
dom as any plain  farmer.  To sum it all 
up,  he had  become, without* knowing it, 
the  most  unselfish  and at the same time 
the most patient and  persistent of  living 
men.  The  friends  he  had  were  not 
numerous,  but  each  one  of  them  was 
capable of  great things.  And he and his 
wife understood  each  other in that com­
plete  way  which  happens  once  in  a 
thousand  or  so.  Remember,  I  am  not 
trying to tell  you how it all  came  about, 
because  that  would  make  a  volume. 
Briefly, Vanderbilt wished to build a city 
more pleasant  and  better to live in than 
any the world had  yet seen.  He wanted 
to  see  whether  such a city could  be es­
tablished under  new conditions of  social 
and  industrial  life,  and  in  such a way 
that the enormous capital he proposed to 
invest  could  be restored  unimpaired  at 
the  end  of  a  term  of  years.  The  site 
which was chosen for the city of Arachne 
was in a sheltered and fertile part of  the 
great  valley  plain of  California,  which 
extends from  Shasta to Tehachapi.  The 
floor  of  the  valley  at  this  point  was a 
sloping  plain,  looking  west,  with* tree- 
clad  foothills  east,  and  hundreds  of 
great oaks scattered here  and  there,  like 
the  ancestral  oaks  in the heart of  Eng­
land.  The  region  was  chiefly occupied 
by large  wheat  farms.  Vanderbilt  was 
able to purchase,  through  agents, a tract 
of land nearly twenty miles square.  Then 
he sent for his engineers.
“What  I  want,”  he  said,  “is  a  city 
capable  of 
indefinite  extension.  The 
plan  is  to  be  based  on  the web of  the 
geometric  spider. 
Streets,  sewerage, 
water,  light, transportation and the other 
requirements  of  this  Utopia  are  to  be 
perfected  as  far  as  the  science  of  the 
day will permit.”
It 
was  a  wonderful  situation, 
they  said. 
There  was  natural  gas  underlying  the 
valley;  water  could be brought from the 
Sierras;  railroads  from  all  parts of  the 
continent could center in the heart of the 
city;  commerce  could  occupy  miles  of 
wharves—if  only people chose  to  come 
and live  in  Arachne.  Then  Vanderbilt 
sent for several  great  landscape garden­
ers to work  with  the  engineers, and  he 
and  his  wife  went  with  them over the 
valley,  the  golden  foothills and the sea- 
green  tule  lowlands by the sloughs.  As 
the work went on, so  broad  and  beauti­
ful  were  the  plans  developed, so  mag­
nificent  the  scale of  operations,  that the 
interest of  the country was  aroused,  and 
many persons  wished  to buy and live in 
the  as  yet  unbuilt  city;  but  the  reply 
sent out was:  “Not  yet.  Wait until we 
are  ready.”  The  landscape  gardeners 
said:  “With this soil  and  climate,  every 
home  can  have'  its  garden  and  every 
street  can  be  an  avenue  of  shade  and 
fragrance.  All  the trees of  the  temper­
ate  zones, and  many of  the  tropics,  can 
thrive  here,  so  we  will  have  no  street 
less than 100 feet wide, and  some of  our 
great  avenues  shall  even  be  150  feet 
across,  and planted with  date  palms and 
magnolias,  for  twenty  miles  into  the 
country.  We shall lay out public squares 
on every street and two ^reat  parks, one 
on the1 lowlands  by the  river,  another on 
the  foothills  which  look  down  on  the 
city.  We shall  so  arrange  our  squares 
as to preserve the best of  the oaks,  syca­
mores  and  other  trees  of  the  valley. 
And,  when  the  city is  built, one  of  its 
officers  shall be a city forester, educated 
and efficient, to preserve and  develop all 
this  beauty  of  streets,  squares  and 
parks.”  And  that  winter  they planted 
miles of  avenues  and  hundreds of  acres 
of forests.  There were 400 specimens of 
deciduous  trees,  forty-eight  species  of 
broad-leaved  evergreens  and 100 of  con­
ifers chosen to plant on the streets.  Some 
streets  had  one  row of  trees  down  the 
center;  others  had  two  rows  near  the 
sidewalks.  The  great  parks were to be 
not  only  pleasure  grounds,  but  also 
arboretums.  A  belt  of  forest,  a  mile 
wide,  across  the  valley, was  planted to 
protect  the  city  from  the  occasional 
northers.  The  engineers  arranged  to 
have  all  the  sewers of  the city unite at 
the 6dge of  a tule  marsh,  by  the  river, 
five miles beyond the city’s  possible  ex­
tension,  and there their  contents were to 
be heated in vast furnaces, dried,  ground 
to  powder,  and  sold  for  fertilizers  to 
fanners the world over.  They arranged 
for  water  and  natural  gas  for cooking 
and  lighting,  to  be  piped  into  every 
house, free  to  the  consumer.  They ar­
ranged for cable cars up and down  every 
street  and  avenue, all  managed  by one 
system.  They laid  out  the  city so that 
every  lot,  besides  fronting  on a street, 
ran  back to a twenty-five-foot  alley,  and 
they  arranged for a freight cable  system 
on  all  these  alleyways.  They arranged 
for  telegraph, 
telephone  and  phono­
graph connections  throughout the entire 
system.  Railroad men in those days had 
come to run cars without smoke or noise, 
by electricity, and it was  easy to arrange 
for  the  approach  of  all  trains  by  two 
broad,  sunken  avenues,  one  north, the 
other  south,  over  which  the  streets 
crossed.  These  avenues led  to the cen­
ter of  the city, where a union  depot, the 
great  public  buildings and the offices of 
all  the  departments  of  public  works 
were situated.
It would be too  long a story to explain 
further the physical  details of  the sytem 
of  organization,  in  which  beauty  and 
utility  were  joined  in  perfect  union. 
When the time came, there appeared one 
morning  in  every  newspaper  in  the 
United  States  an announcement:  “Lots 
for  sale  in  Arachne, to  actual  settlers. 
Two  hundred  and  fifty  million  dollars 
have  already  been 
invested  here,  and 
sales  will  be  so  conducted as nearly to 
restore  this  capital  intact, at the end of 
twenty  years,  to  the  original  investor.

tubes 

relating 

The  sections 

The  object  of  this  experiment  is  not 
money-making.  Those  who cannot read 
and  write  had -  better  not  come  to 
Arachne, as the charter which it is hoped 
will  be  adopted  does  not allow such to 
vote  at  city  elections.  Copies  of  the 
proposed  charter  mailed  to  all  appli­
cants.”
Within  a  year  Arachne  was  a  city. 
Vanderbilt  and his friend,  succeeded  in 
obtaining their charter,  which could not 
be altered except by a three-fourths  vote 
of  the  citizens.  This  charter  was  the 
most important part of  Arachne,  and so 
I will give a synopsis of  some of  its pro­
visions.  As  Vanderbilt  stated  at  the 
public  meetings  of  the twenty or thirty 
thousand  voters  who finally adopted  it, 
almost as it was written:.“It is intended, 
in  this  charter, 
to  give  intelligence, 
thrift,  and honesty the controlling power 
in Arachne.  Some things the people can 
do unitedly;  some must for  ever  be  left 
to  the  individual.  Arachne  will  prob­
ably contain  both  rich  and  poor,  weak 
and  strong,  wise  and foolish to the end 
of  time,  but we hope it will contain less 
crime,  less  unhappiness,  and fewer fail­
ures than  any other  city in  the  world. 
The charter of  Arachne will suit neither 
nationalists nor Silurians,  but it is worth 
trying nevertheless.”  The  charter  pro­
vided for  the  absolute  equality of  men 
and women before the law,  and for non­
sectarian  free  schools  in  a  chain  from 
the primary grades  through  the  univer­
sity, with schools  of  the arts and indus­
tries.  Then came  the  qualifications for 
voters: 
“City  elections  shall  be  con­
ducted  separately  from  all  other  elec­
tions.  Voters  at city elections  must  be 
able to read and write,  and must be free­
holders owning one  ‘unit of  real estate.’ 
‘The unit of  real estate’  is a lot of  fifty 
feet frontage and not less  than one hun­
dred feet in  depth  extending  to  a  rear 
alley.  This  unit  cannot be subdivided, 
though it may be  held  in  several  undi­
vided  interests. 
If  used for residence, 
only one house can  be  built  on  such  a 
lot,  and it must have at least five full feet 
of  space  left on  each  side,  ten feet  in 
front,  and  twenty-five  in  the  rear.,  If 
used for business, the plans of the build­
ing must  conform  to  the  general  ordi­
nances of  the board of  building commis­
sioners.” 
to 
“qualfications of  officers”  were remark­
ably simple:  “All  candidates for offices 
in  the  gift  of  the  people  shall  have 
passed through at least the grammar grade 
of 
the  public  school  system.  Heads 
of departments shall have passed through 
at least  the  high  school  grade.”  The 
system of voting provided for was unique. 
Voters  were  registered  by  residence. 
Besides  telephonic  and  phonographic 
apparatus,  and  pneumatic 
for 
receiving and sending  mail,  every house 
contained  a  “voting  tube,”  connected 
with  the city hall.  At  night,  between 
the hours of  six  and  nine,  every  voter 
sent from his own house  or  room, to the 
central voting office,  ,his  vote,  recorded 
on a phonographic piece of  metal,  which 
passed at once without any human agency 
into  a  mechanical  contrivance  which 
counted  and  recorded  the  entire  vote, 
and preserved the  cylinders  and  tallies 
intact for twenty-five years.  This gigan­
tic machine  was mathematically perfect, 
and  had  been  tested  in  every possible 
way.  The  entire  vote  of  the  city was 
announced within an hour after the clos­
ing of  the polls.  The introduction of  a 
single  unregistered  vote,  or  of  a  vote 
from the  wrong  place, would cause  the 
machine to throw  out  the  entire vote of 
that  house  or  room.  Any  voter  could 
give  his  number  at  any  time  within 
twenty-five  years,  apd hear his own vote 
read  off  by the  machine.  The city had 
printed on its  ballots  the  names  of  all 
persons  nominated by fifty or more free­
holders.  The voter  merely read  off  the 
names  of  those  he  wished  to  vote for, 
and  his  phonograph  recorded  it.  The 
Voting-tubes and  the  machine  were  se­
curely closed at  all  other  times  of  the 
year  except  during  the  three  voting 
hours.  The  register  of  the  city  was 
posted,  page  by  page,  in  many promi­
nent places,  for  weeks  before  the  elec­
tion,  and the city had a standing offer  of 
a reward for the discovery of  any fraud­
ulent entry.
After a  few  years  it  became  evident 
that machinery had triumphed and hope­
lessly  broken  up  all  the  political  ma­
chines.  Voters  stayed  at  home,  after 
dinner,  long  enough  to  vote,  and then 
went to the theaters, libraries, or art gal­
leries,  returning  in  time  to  hear  their 
phonographs  report  the  results  of  the 
election.  The  organization  of  the city 
was  said  by  the  charter  “to be for the 
purpose  of  carrying  on, as cheaply  and 
efficiently as possible, the business of the 
city.”  The officers were expected to give 
their entire time to the city’sservice, and 
all were salaried.  The head of  the gov­
ernment was called “the city president,” 
answering in some respects to the mayor, 
but with  greater  powers.  He  sent  all 
nominations for heads of  certain depart­
ments to the legislative body,  which con­
sisted  of  twenty-seven members, nine of 
whom  were  chosen  once  in  every  two 
years.  They were  elected, not from dis­
tricts, but at large, and were termed “the 
city  legislature.”  The  officials  nomi­
nated by the president and elected by the 
legislature were those  belonging to what 
was termed the “Industrial Group of the 
City  Departments”—the  chief  forester, 
the sanitary engineer,  the  city architect, 
the chief railroad engineer, and the heads 
of the water supplies,  the gas  wells  and 
the sewerage furnaces.  TlBese  were  all 
trained and educated specialists,  for each 
department worked up to within  certain 
test  limits  of  error, just as  the  United 
States mints now do.  The  heads  of  the 
“Governing Group” of  officers,  the  city 
attorney,  the school  superintendent  and 
directors, the chief librarian, the head of 
the art  schools,  the  insurance, banking 
and fire commissioners,  head  of  the  tax 
department,  chief of  police,  and  similar 
officers, were elected by the people.  The 
judiciary were twice elected, once by the 
people and once by the  president,  legis­
lature and  other  elected  officers  assem­
bled  in  council  on  the  following  day. 
Usually they  ratified  the  choice  of  the 
people,  but there  were  many notable in­
stances  where  they  had  reversed  that 
decision.  This,  being a veto  power,  re­
quired  a  two-thirds vote. 
In that  case, 
the  people  presented  new  candidates. 
Taxes were arranged on the basis  of  the 
“unit  of  real  estate.”  This  unit was 
taxed at a fixed rate,  whether  improved 
or unimproved.  A fixed amount of water 
and gas was furnished free to each house 
—this amount being rated  as  “sufficient

BLEED  THROUGH

for the use  of  one  family;”  everything 
above this  amount  was  charged  at  cost 
of production.  The  sewerage furnaces 
turned in a large  annual  revenue  to the 
city.  The  transportation  department, 
which included  all  the  freight and pas­
senger traffic, had rates of  charges  fixed 
from time to time by the city legislature. 
The  income from  this  source,  added to 
the revenues of the sewerage department 
and the small fixed tax on the unit of real 
estate,  was sufficient  to  pay  all the ex­
penses of the city government.  The city 
had enabled its citizens  to  escape  most 
of the indirect taxes of the  cities  of  the 
nineteenth  century,  and the  result  was 
most astonishing in the  tax  department. 
It was not necessary  to  put  a  dollar  of 
tax  on  the  great  buildings, for,  as  the 
city  grew,  the  added  transportation, at 
rates that lessened each year, paid all the 
expenses.  The  legislature had the right 
to raise the tax rate on  the  unit  of  real 
estate,  and even  to  levy a graduated tax 
on all  buildings  which  cost  more  than 
$5,000,  but  this  was  a  right  which  it 
never  exercised.  The  other  sources  of 
income were sufficient.
As Arachne grew from a population of 
fifty thousand  to  one  of  half a million, 
and before the close  of  its first century, 
to more than  two  millions,  the  wisdom 
of its  founders  became  more  and more 
manifest. 
It  was  a  city  of  homes, of 
health, of  happiness. 
Individuality had 
its proper play,  competition  had  health­
ful activity,  but the sense of brotherhood 
was  cultivated, and,  as the  powers  and 
duties of the city grew, the service of the 
city  increased  in  honor  and  responsi­
bility, and the organization of public life 
became more perfect.
The  evils  of  cities  like  London and 
New  York  never  existed  in  Arachne; 
there were no slums, no tenement houses, 
no pestilence-haunted rookeries, no dives 
and  dance  cellars  and  saloons, for  the 
spirit of the community did  not  tolerate 
these things._____________ _________

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

Atlantic  A..............
Atlanta A. A ..

Beaver Dam  A A.
Berwick  L ...........
Blackstone O, 32__   5
Chapman.................4
CohassetA..............   754
Comet......................  7
Clifton CCC...........6H
Conqueror XX........5
Dwight Star............   7J4
Exeter A .................   654
Full Yard Wide...... 654
Great Falls E ......... 7
Honest Width.........   6%
Hartford A...............5%

Integrity  XX........ ..  5

LCHED  COTTONS.
654 King, E F ............. ..  654
“  E X ............. ..  654
454
“  EC, 32 in ... ••  514
754
554 Lawrence L L...... ..  554
654 New  Market B__ ..  55»
Noibe R...................  554
Newton...................654
Our Level  Best...... 7
Riverside XX..........454
Sea Island R...........
Sharon B  ...............   654
Top of the  Heap.... 754
Williamsvllle.......... 7
Comet,  40 in .............854
Carlisle  “ 
..........  754
New Market L, 40 in. 754

B L E A C H E D   COTTONS.

Blackstone A A......   8  I First Prize...............  7
Fruit of the Loom %.  8
Beats All...................454
Fairmount............4?4
Cleveland...............  7
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1054
Cabot.......................754
Lonsdale...............8 Vi
Cabot,  %.................   654
Middlesex............554
Dwight Anchor......   9
shorts.  854
No Name.............   754
Oak View.............   6
Edwards..................6
Empire....................   7
Our Own.............   554
Sunlight...............454
Farwell................... 754
Vinyard...............  854
Fruit of the  Loom..  854 
Fitchville...............754

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

Cabot.......................  754[Dwight Anchor.......9
Farwell................... 7341

U N B L E A C H E D   CA N TO N   F L A N N E L .

...  554 Middlesex No.  1... .10
TremontN........
“  2... .11
Hamilton N.......
...654
...  7
“  3... .12
L ......
“  7... .18
...  8
Middlesex  AT..
8... .19
...  9
“ 
X ....
No. 25 ...  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  PLANTEL.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

“ 
“ 
“ 

...  754 Middlesex A A...... .11
“ 
2....... .12
...  8
“ 
A O ...... .1354
...  9
4...... .1754
“ 
...  9
“ 
5....... .16
...1054
CORSET JEANS.

“ 

“ 
“ 

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P R IN T S .

“ 
“ 

Blddeford......... ....  6 Naumkeag satteen ■  754
Brunswick.......
■  654
Merrim’ck shirtings.  554 
Repp fura .  854
Pacific  fancy...........6
robes.............. 654
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning..  654
greys........ 654
solid black.  654 
Washington indigo.  654 
“  Turkey robes..  754
“  India robes__ 754
“  plain T’ky X 54  854 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................     6
Martha Washington
Turkey red 54......   754
Martha  Washington
Turkey red...........  954
Riverpoint robes....  5
Windsor fancy........654
gold  ticket 
indigo  blue..........1054

Allen, staple...........   6
fancy........... 654
robes........... 654
American  fancy—   6 
American indigo—   654 
American shirtings.  554 
Arnold 
“  —   654
long cloth B. 1054 
“ 
“ 
“  C.  854
“ 
century cloth  7
“  gold seal...... 1054
“  Turkey red. .1054
Berlin solids...........   554
“  oil blue.......   654
“  green__ 654
“ 
Cocheeo fancy........  6
“  madders...  6 
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  654 
staple....  6 
Manchester  fancy..  6 
new era.  654 
Merrimack D fancy.  654

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TICKINGS.

Amoskeag A C A__13541 Pearl  River.............1254
Hamilton N .............  754lWarren....................14
Amoskeag...............1354 lEverett....................1254
Amoskeag, 9 oz...... 15  Lawrence XX.......... 1354
Andover..................11541 Lancaster................1254

DEMINS.

GINGHAMS.

Glenarven...............  6341 Renfrew Dress........ 8
Lancashire..............  654 Toil du Nord.......... 1054
Normandie..............8 

|

Peerless, white....... 18541Peerless,  colored...21

CARPET  WARP.

GRAIN  BAGS.

Stark.......................20
American............... 17
Valley City.............16

Georgia.................. 16
Pacific.....................14
Burlap....../ ............1154

T H R E A D S .

Clark’s Mile End... .45  [Barbour’s................ 88
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall’s .................88
Holyoke..................22541

No.

K N IT T IN G   COTTON.

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

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

White.  Colored.
42

Slater.......................  454|Kid Glove...............   454
White Star.............  4S4|Newmarket.............434

R E D   F L A N N E L .

Fireman..................3254|T W...........................2£54
Creedmore.............. 2754 F T ............................ 32y2
Talbot XXX............30 
Nameless................ 2754|Buckeye................... 3254

JR F .X X X ..............35

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

Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R ..................2254
Windsor..................1854
6 oz Western...........21
Union  B .................2254

Grey S R W ............. 1754
Western W ............. 1854
D R P .......................1854
Flushing XXX........ 2354
Manitoba.................2354

DUCKS.

Severen, 8 oz...........  954| Greenwood, 8 oz 
1154
Mayland, 8 oz......... 11  West  Point, 8 oz....  954
Greenwood, 754 oz..  9541

White, doz.............20  [Per bale, 40 doz....87 25
Colored,  doz........... 25  j

WADDINGS.

S IL E S IA S .

Slater, Iron Cross...  9  Pawtucket...............11
“  Red Cross....  9  Dundie.......................   9
“  Best............... 1054 Bedford................... 1054
“  Best AA........1254

CORSETS.

Coraline................ 19 501Wonderful............ 84 75
Shilling’s ..............  9 00| Brighton................4 75

SEWING  SILK.

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

• “ 
“ 

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

1 

COOPER TOOLS

jjy

W e   endeavor  to  ca rry  

assortment.

a  full

Foster,  S tev en s  &^Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St., 

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

H A R D W A R E .

P r ic e s   C u rren t.

T hese  p rices  are  fo r cash  buyers,  w ho 
pay p rom ptly  and  buy  in  fu ll  packages.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dis.

Ives’, old style  ............................................. 
Snell’s........................... *............................... 
Cook’s .•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 
Jennings’, genuine................. 
Jennings’,  im itation................................ 50*10
First Quality, S.  B. Bronze...........................8 7 00
D.  B. Bronze............................  11  00
S. B. S. Steel.............................  8  50
D. B. Steel................................   13 00

“ 
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69
60
40
25

AXES.

 

 

BARROWS. 

dlS.

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

dis.
Stove.....................:........................................50*10
75
Carriage new list......................................  
Plow................................................................ 40*10
Sleigh shoe................................................ 
70

BOLTS. 

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

BLOCKS.
CRADLES.
CROW BARS.

Well,  plain....................................................8 3 50
Well, swivel........................................................  4 00
dlS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured........... ; ....................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 60*10
Wrought Loose Pin........................................60&10
Wrought  Table..............................................60*10
Wrought Inside Blind...................................60&10
Wrought Brass..........................:.................. ....  75
Blind,  Clark’s................................................ 70*10
Blind,  Parker’s...............................................70*10
Blind, Shepard’s ........................................... 
70
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85................ 
40
Grain...................................................... dis. 50*02
Cast Steel.............................................. per lb  454
Ely’s 1-10................... . . . . . . .................perm  
65
60
“ 
Hick’s C .F ...........................................  
G. D .......................................................  “ 
35
60
M usket................................................ 
“ 
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list.. 
50
Rim Fire, United States........................dis. 
50
Central  Fire........................................... dis. 
25
dis.
Socket Firm er............................................... 70*10
Socket Framing............................................. 70&10
Socket Comer................  ................................70&10
Socket Slicks.................................................70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................. 
40
Curry,  Lawrence’s .........................................40&10
Hotchkiss......................................................  
25
White Crayons, per gross.............. 12@1254 dis. 10
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
28
14x52,14x56,14x60 ........................ 
26
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60........................  
24
Cold Rolled, 14x48.........................................  
24
Bottoms................. 
25
40
Morse’s Bit  Stocks........................................ 
Paper and straight Shank............................. 
40
Morse’s Taper Shank..................................... 
40

CHALK.
COFFER.

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

drills. 

combs. 

dis.

dis.

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DRIPPING PAN8.

13 
gauges. 
hammers.

 

ELBOWS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Small sizes, ser pound.................................  
07
  654
Large sizes, per pound........................ 
Com. 4 piece, 6 in .............................doz. net 
70
Corrugated.......................................dis. 20*10*10
Adjustable..............................................dis.  40*10
Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826........................ 
30
Ives’, 1, 818;  2, 824 ;  3, 830 ............................. 
25
Disston’s ........................................................ 60&10
New  American...............................................60&10
Nicholson’s ............................ 
60&10
HeUer’s ........................................................... 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps..................................... 
50
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
List 
15 
dis.

GALVANIZED IRON.

files—New List. 

Discount, 60

dis.

dis.

12 

14 

18

 

dlS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE

HOUSE FURNISHING  GOODS.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s......................  
50
Maydole  & Co.’s..................................... dis. 
25
Kip’s ........................................................ dis. 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s...................................dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__ 30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ...............................dis.60&10
State............................................ per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 in. 454  14  and
354
longer.........................................................  
Screw Hook and  Eye, 54........................net 
10
854
%.........................net 
“ 
54.........................net 
754
“ 
“ 
Ti.........................net 
754
Strap and T ............................................. dis. 
70
Bam Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track— 50&10
Champion,  anti-friction......................... 
  60&10
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................  
40
Pots................................................................. 60*05
Kettles.............................................................60*05
Spiders........................................................... 60*05
Gray enameled.............................................. 
50
Stamped  TinW are......................... new list 70&10
Japanned Tin Ware......................................  
25
Granite Iron W are......................new list 3354 *10
Au Sable......... .'....................dis. 25&10@25&10&10
Putnam......................................fils. 5*10*254*254
Northwestern.................................  
fils. 10&10&5
knobs—New List. 
55
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings..................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................. 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..............  
55
Door,  porceluin, trimmings.........................  
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain...................  
70
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t .................... 55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s............................. 
Branford’s .................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ..... ................................................  
55
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ......................  
70
Adze Eye..........................a ..............816.60, dis. 60
Hunt Eye.....................................— 815.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s .. ....................................818.50, dis. 20*10.
dl8.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled......................  
50
dis.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ..................................... 
40
“  P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Clark’s........... 
40
“  Enterprise.......................................... 
25

levels. 
MATTOCKS.

MAULS. 
mills. 

locks—door. 

HORSE NAILS.

dis.

dis.

dis.

d lS .

M OLA SSES  G A TES. 

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

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

NAILS
Advance above 12d nails. 
25
50d to 60d........................................................ 
10d...........  
10
8d and 9d....................................................... 
25
40
6d and 7d................................................  
 
60
4d and 5d......................................................  
3d.........................................................  1 no

 

 

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FINE BLUED.

C A SE IN G  A N D   BO X .

COMMON  B A R R E L .

12d to 30d
lod...........
8d to 9d 
6d to 7d... 
4d to 5d... 
3d.............
%  inch...

1  00
1  50
2  00

*2 25

CLINCH.

1*4 and  1=4 inch.................................................. 
2 and 254 
“ 
254 and 2J£  “ 
as
3inch.............................................................. 
354 and 4V4  Inch...................................................75

 
 

 

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Each half keg 10 cents extra.

PLANES. 

dis.

PANS.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy..................................40@10
Sciota  Bench.....................................................@60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy................... ,40@10
Bench, first quality...................................... ’  @55
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...  '.'...20*10
Fry,  Acme.............. ...............................dis. 
60
70
Common,  polished..................................dis. 
go
Iron and  Tinned........................................... 
Copper Rivets and Burs......................... „* * 
gq
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

rivets. 

Broken packs 54c per pound extra.

’dis.

ROPES.

Discount, 10.

 

 

SQUARES. 

Sisal, 54 inch and larger..............................   J154
igjz
Manilla..........................................................  
diS.
75
Steel and Iron................................................ 
Try and Bevels..........................  
 
go
M itre.................................... 
20
SHEET IRON.
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

3 25
3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to  14....................................... 84 20 
Nos. 15 to 17 ......................................   4 20 
Nos.  18 to 21.......................................  4 20 
Nos. 22 to 24........................................ 4 26 
Nos. 25 to*6 ............................  
...  4 40 
No. 27.............................................1..  4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86........................................dis. 40*10'
gq
Silver Lake, White A ...............................n st 
Drab A.................................... « 
“ 
55.
£
“  White  B ............................... 
« 
D rabB................................ 
“ 
«  Sc
“ 
White C.............................. ’.  « 
S

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

83 00
3 00
3 10
3 15

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

saws. 

traps. 

........... dis.

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

Solid Eyes................... ......................... per ten $25
H and..........................................25@25*5-
70-
50
30
28
Steel, Game.....................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...... . 
35
70
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s .... 
Hotchkiss’.................................................... ’ 
70
70
P. S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s
Mouse,  choker...........
......................... 18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion........
........................81.50 per doz.
wire. 
Bright Market................................................  6754
Annealed M arket........................................... 70*10
Coppered Market.............................................. 6254
Tinned Market..............................................  62^!
Coppered  Spring  Steel........................................go
Plain Fence....................................... per pound 03
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................83 45
painted.......................................   2 80

dis.

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wire goods. 

dis.

WRENCHES. 

Bright........................................................70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................. 70*10*10
Hook’s ...................................................... 70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...............................70*10*10
'30
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..................... 
Coe’s  Genuine..............................................  
go
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought..........! ] 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable................................ 75*10
Bird Cages........................  ..........*..............  
go
Pumps, Cistern.........................................  
75
go
Screws, New List........................................... 
Casters, Bed  and  Plate........................... 50*10*10
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

’  dis.

dlS.

METALS. 
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SOLDER.

Pig  Large........................................................... 260
Pig Bars............................ 
280
ZINC.
Duty:  Sheet, 254c per pound.
680 pound  casks..................................................654
Per pound......................................................  
554
54@54................................................................... :i6
Extra W iping................................................... is%
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  or 
solder in the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson.........................................per  pound  1454
Hallett’s ........................................ 
n u
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................... 8 6 00
..........................................  6 00
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
775
 
14x20 IX, 
..........................................  7 75

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Each additional X on this grade, (4.75.
10x14 IC,  Charcoal.................................  
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

..........................................  5 40
..........................................  s
..........................................

Each additional X on this grade 81.50.

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ROOFING PLATES

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14x20 IC, “  Worcester.................................   5 50
“ 
14x20 IX, 
.......................   7 00
............. ............  1150
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20x28 10, 
“ Allaway  Grade.......................  4 90
14x20 IC, 
14x20 EX, 
“ 
20x28 IC, 
“ 
..................  10 50
20x28 EX, 
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATS.
14x28  EX..........................................................813
14x31  IX........................................................... 18
M
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers,) 
14x60IX,  “ 
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1 ¿0

8o5 40

6 40
13 50

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

00@15 00
00@16 00
00@16 00
00@40 00
00@65 00
00@13 00
00@13 00

The furniture factories  here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  mill  culls 
out: *
Basswood, log-run................................13 
Birch,  log-run........................................15 
Bireh, Nos. 1 and 2..............................   @22 00
Black Ash, log-run................................14 
Cherry, log-run......................................25 
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2............................ 60 
Cherry, Cull..........................................  @12 00
Maple, log-run......................................12 
Maple,  soft, log-run.............................. 11 
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2..............................  @20 00
Maple,  clear, flooring..........................  @25 00
Maple,  white, selected........................  @25 00
Rea Oak, log-run.................................. 20 
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2...........................26 
Red Oak, >4 sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00
Red Oak, M sawed, regular.................. 30 
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank..................  @25 00
Walnut, log ru n ...................................   @55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2...........................  @75 00
Walnuts, cull 
.....................................  @25 00
Grey Elm, log-run.................................12 
White Aso, log-run............................... 14 
Whitewood, log-run..............................20 
White Oak, log-run............................... 17 
White Oak, 14 sawed. Nos. 1 and 2 —  42 00@43 00

00@21 00
00@28 00
00(932 00

60@13 05
00@16 00
00@22 00
00@18 00

LIQUOR X POISON  RECORD
B e st o n  th e  M a rk et.
100 Louis st.,
i   oTnufu  s> non 
.  A .  OlUffK  A  BKU., GRAND RAPIDS

Acknowledged to be the

COMBINED.

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

L A M P  B U R N E R S .

No. 0 Sun...........................................................   45
No. 1  “  ...........................................................   48
No. 2  “  ...........................................................   70
Tubular............................................................   75

L A M P  C H IM N E Y S.— f K T   bO X .

6 doz: in box.

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YYY Flint.

First quality.
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No. 0 Sun............................................................1  90
No. 1  “  ........................................................... 2 00
No. 2  “  ............................................................3 00
No. 0 Sun, crimp top......................................... 2 15
No. 1 
No. 2 
No. 0 Sun, crimp top.........................................2 58
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 
“ 
Pearl top.
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled.....................3 70
................... 4 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.....................4 70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz........................1  25
........................ 1  50
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz............................................1  40
No. 2 
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1  60

La Bastlc.

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STO N EW A R E— A K R O N .

Butter Crocks, per gal.................................  
Jugs, Vi gal., per doz.....................................  65
.....................................  90
“  1 
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<4  £  44 
..... .......................J gQ
Milk Pans, Vi gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c)__   60
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(  “  90c).  ..  78

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44 
1  “ 

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fruit jars—Per  gro.

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

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Having stood the test of time and the  battle  of  competition  and 
come  off  victorious,  we  have  uo hesitation  in  recommending  to  the 
trade our line of
2  25
3  25

Our Leader  Cigars,

2  80
3  80

Olir  Leader Smoking,

Olir  Leader  Fine  Gift,

Odr  Leader  Baking  Powder,
Olir  Leader  Saleratiis,

Olir  Leader  Brooms.

WHICH  ARE  NOW

L E A D E R S 

IN  FACT

In hundreds of stores throughout the State. 

If  you  are not handling these goods, 

send  in  sample  order  for  the  full  line and see how your 

trade in these goods will increase.

The MichiganTradesman

Official Organ of M ichigan Business Men’s  Association.

A  W KKKLY  JO U RN A L  BKVOTRO  TO  TH K   ^

Retail  Trade  of Ite tfoliierine State.

B. A. STOWE  &  BKO., Proprietors.

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

strictfr in advance. 

Publication  OfBce,  100 Louis St.

Entered  at  the  Grand  Rapid*  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER 4,  1889.

MORE  CONTINENTAL  TRADE. 
Having  seen  as  much of  this country 
in the space of  forty days as  nine  out of 
ten  Americans  see  in  the  course  of  a 
lifetime, the  Pan-American  commission 
ers  are  taking  up  the work of  the con­
ference with a vim  which  indicates that 
they have an adequate  impression of  the 
magnitude and the resources of the United 
States.  They  realize  in a practical way 
that this is a country for the continent to 
have some  pride  in—not merely possess' 
ing a population and wealth greater than 
all the rest of  the continent  from Green 
land and Alaska to Terra  del  Fuego, but 
also exceeding in wealth  and  population 
every  European  country,  and  behind 
none in industrial resources  and  energy 
and  the  educational  machinery to make 
an intelligent and orderly people.

The  programme  suggested for discus­
sion is sufficiently long.  Popular  inter­
est, however, centers  on  that  part of  it 
which  looks  to  the  establishment  of 
closer and more  abundant  commerce be­
tween the different free states of the con­
tinent.  And  of  these  proposals,  those 
which relate to  the  subsidizing of  ship­
ping  and  the  modification of  tariffs are 
felt to be the most  important.  The sug­
gestion  of  a  common  unit  of  interna­
tional coinage, of  identical  laws  for the 
administration of  custom houses and the 
like,  are  secondary  matters.  No  great 
and  immediate  effect  will  result  from 
them,  and  they might  well  be  left over 
for  discussion  after we have reached an 
understanding as to the other two points.
As  to  the  establishment of  steamship 
lines by joint action on the  part of  these 
governments  and  our  own, there seems 
to be a great  unanimity among  the dele­
gates  to  the  congress.  The  chief  diffi­
culty will be to determine the proportion 
of  the burden which is to fall upon each. 
These  sister  states  are  not in the same 
financial position as ourselves.  We have 
not heard of  any of them being burdened 
with a surplus of  revenue.  As  we  said 
above,  their  entire  population  is much 
less  than  ours,  and  the  disparity  in 
wealth is even greater.  The seven states 
of Central America and the nine of South 
America  represented  in  the  conference 
had  a  population  slightly  more  than 
40,000,000, according to the census enum­
erations  they  tftok  between  1872  and 
1881.  Their  collective  wealth  is  not 
half  that of  the  United  States. 
In  set­
tling  the  terms,  therefore,  of  our  co­
operation with  them, we  must expect to 
bear the  greater share of  the  burden, at 
least  at  the  outset, as  we are very well 
able to do, independent of  the  fact  that 
it is we who are to  derive  the  most  im­
mediate  benefit  from  the  arrangement 
suggested.

In  some  respects, the  solution of  the 
shipping proplem solves everything.  We 
now are selling in small  and  unsatisfac­
tory  quantities  to  these  countries  the 
very articles in which  we  desire  an  in­
creased  commerce  with  them.  Neither 
their tariffs on manufactures nor ours on 
the  raw  materials  of  manufacture, nor 
our  higher  rate  of  wages  stands in the 
way of this. 
In prices, in quality, in the 
adaptability  of  our  goods, we  are  com­
peting  with  Europe  in  the  markets of 
these  countries  as  regards  hardware, 
boots and  shoes, woolens and cottons, no 
less than flour and  the  like  produce, so 
far as our inadequate  provision of direct

communication  permits.  And  the rapid 
growth of our commerce with Venezuela, 
through  the  establishment  of  a  single 
ine  of  steamships  between  her  ports 
and  ours,  shows  what  we  fairly might 
expect  if  our  neighbors  could  buy  our 
manufactures  and  other  products  di­
rectly,  instead  of  getting  them  through 
the 
intervention  of  our  commercial 
rivals.  This,  therefore, is the matter of 
greatest urgency at present, and we hope 
the  deliberation  will  result  in  placing 
before  our  Congress  definite  proposals 
for this great object.

Next in importance is it that we should 
scan  carefully  the  actual  conditions of 
commerce in  all  these  countries,  with a 
view to seeing  what  advantages and en­
couragements  each of  these  free  states 
can  extend  to  trade  with  the other, in 
order that  the  ties of  friendship may be 
strengthened by mutual  intercourse  and 
reciprocal  advantage.  On our side, it is 
not difficult to see what  might be done to 
increase  our  purchases  from  the  free 
states  of  Central  and  South  America. 
All that is needed is to divert to them the 
commerce  we  now  maintain  with  Eu­
ropean dependencies in the same  region. 
From  Cuba,  Porto  Rico,  St.  Thomas, 
Jamaica, the Bermudas, Trinidad and the 
three Guianas  we  now  make  large pur­
chases  of  tropical  produce,  which  the 
free  states  could  furnish  with  equal 
facility.  And  except  with  the  British 
colonies—if,  indeed,  that  be  an  ex­
ception—we  are  not  allowed  to  trade 
with  these  dependencies  on  terms  as 
favorable  as  their  European  rulers  re­
serve to themselves.  Spain,  for instance, 
excludes from Cuba and Porto Rico every 
kind of  American  produce she wishes to 
supply herself.  We  thus are submitting 
to  commercial  impositions  of  the  most 
offensive  kind, while  we also make our­
selves  the  patron of  colonialism, to  the 
disadvantage  of 
the  free  states  who 
would give us the fairest terms.

There would be little difficulty in read­
justing  our  tariff so as to foster the pro­
duction by our sister republics of  all the 
supplies  we  require to purchase.  A re­
mission of  the  duty  on  sugar  imported 
from  the  countries  now  represented at 
Washington  would  convert the whole of 
the most northern  states of  South Amer­
ica into  heavy producers  and  exporters 
of  that article, and  this  might be repaid 
by a similar  remission of  duties  on  im­
ports of  ours  which  they do  not now or 
cannot  conveniently  produce  for  them­
selves.

It  is  in  arrangements  of  this  nature 
and  not  in  the  establishment  of  an 
American  Continental  Zollverein,  that 
the best solution of our common problem 
is to be sought.  No  attempt  should  be 
made  to  interfere  with 
the  internal 
affairs  of  any.  state.  The  richer  they 
grow through the  development of  indus­
trial association with  the  diversification 
of  industry, the  more  valuable  will  be 
their commerce to us.  Any arrangement 
which  might  tend  to  place  a  check to 
their industrial  development  would cost 
us dear.in the  long  run.  Their  highest 
prosperity is our truest interest.

The  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  was 
created for the purpose of protecting the 
people  from  incompetent  druggists and 
relieving the trade from  the  distrust en­
gendered by such  men  being  permitted 
to  dispense  drugs.  The  Board  has,  in 
the  main, discharged its duties  satisfac­
torily,  but  it  owes  the  trade,  and  the 
public  as  well,  an  explanation  for  its 
failure to act  in  the  case of  a clear vio­
lation  of  the  law  at  Millbrook,  as  set 
forth on another page of this issue.  Why 
the Board  should  have  permitted an in­
competent  man to continue  in  business 
three  years, without  a  license, while  it 
prosecuted a competent  man  in  another 
portion of  the State, before he  had  been 
in business a month  without  complying 
with the law, is more  than  the  average, 
law-abiding  druggist  is  able  to  under­
stand.

If the farmers  would  devote  one-half 
the time they  are  squandering on the P. 
of I. craze in  improving the wagon roads 
of  the  country,  they  would have an in­
vestment which  would  pay them a divi­
dend every time they went to market.

It has always  been  an  axiom of  trade 
that  two  sets  of  prices  are  contrary to 
good business principles and, if persisted 
in,  will  result  in  the  ruin  of  any mer­
chant pursuing  such a course.  Yet over 
a  hundred  Michigan  merchants  have 
signed  the  stultifying  contract  of  the 
P.  of  L, evidently thinking  they can  set 
the  laws of  trade  at  variance  and  still 
succeed. 

It cannot be done.

Within less than a month T h e T r a d e s­
m an has  published a letter from a P.  of 
I. firm, crowing  over the fact that it had 
secured a profitable  line  of  trade  on  a 
strictly cash basis.  Within an hour after 
the paper  containing  the item appeared, 
the mercantile agencies reported that the 
firm had uttered chattel mortgages to the 
full  value  of  its stock.  The  creditors 
did  not  appear to feel  so  jubilant  over 
the signing of the contract as the firm did.
The contract entered  into  by the mer­
chant  who  signs  with  the P. of  I. is an 
ingenious document. 
It  sets  forth  the 
rate of profit at which the merchant must 
sell  his  goods, but it does not  bind  the 
Patron  to  patronize  the  store  which is 
alleged to give him inside figures.  Such 
a one-sided agreement  is entered into by 
but two classes of  merchants—imbeciles 
and sharpers.  Those  who enter into the 
the  agreement  honestly  are  imbeciles. 
Those who use  it as a cover for crooked­
ness—and that is the size  of  nine-tenths 
of the contract dealers—are  sharpers.

An Incident of the Road.

From  th e Chicago Mail.
A few weeks  ago a couple of  traveling 
men met in St.  Louis.  They were  in the 
same line and had frequently met on  the 
road.  As  a  consequence,  they had  be­
come friends.  Both were young married 
men.  One,  a Pittsburger,  was telling his 
friend, who  was  from  Wheeling,  about 
his  new  baby boy, and  was  going  into 
raptures  over  the. youngster,  as  new 
fathers  are  apt  to  do.  When  he  had 
poured out his soul without interruption, 
the Wheeling man told him that when he 
returned  from  the  trip  he  was  then 
making  he  would  be  a  father  himself. 
Then his face took on a shade of sadness, 
and he lamented being  engaged in a bus­
iness  which  kept  him  away  from  his 
sweet  young  wife’s  side  at such a time.
His  friend  sympathized  with  him  in 
the  hearty  fashion  of  commercial  trav­
elers,  and  together  they  talked  of  the 
delights  of  home  and  home  love,  and 
each declared himself the husband of the 
sweetest little woman that ever sanctified 
a man’s life.  Could  the  people who set 
the  drummer  down  as a  heartless  per­
son—the  very butterfly of  love  with  an 
uncurbed  propensity  for  bestowing  his 
affections 
every 
handsome  woman  he  met—have  heard 
this  exchange  of  confidence, I  am  sure 
they would have recanted and had a very 
different  opinion  of  the  married  com­
mercial traveler.  These two men parted 
with their hearts  as  tender as the hearts 
of  babes—the  one  full  of  rejoicing, the 
other hopefully exalted.
Last week  these  two  men  met  at the 
Tremont  House, in this  city.  They had 
not  seen  each  other since the St. Louis 
meeting.  The  Pittsburg  man,  remem­
bering  all  about their talk, rushed up to 
his Wheeling friend with congratulations 
expressed in a beaming countenance:
I’m mighty glad to 
see  you,’’ he said, and  then, poking  the 
other  in  the  ribs, laughed:  “Well,  was 
it a boy or girl ?”
The  Wheeling  man  turned  away  to 
hide  the  tears  that  sprang  to his eyes. 
Then  he  swallowed a great  lump in his 
throat  and  looked  in  the  face  of  his 
friend.
“The mother and  child  both died,” he 
said, with a half-sob.
The Pittsburg  man  wrung his friend’s 
hand  in  silence  and  looked, with moist 
eyes, the sympathy he could not speak.

indiscriminately  on 

“Hello, old man ! 

In a Toy Store.

Customer—I see that you advertise that 
Proprietor—That’s  right,  sir;  no  one 
Customer—I’m glad of that;  I  want  a 

your goods can’t be beat.
can beat ’em.
drum for each of my little boys.”

ANO

Plumbing,

Steam and  Hot  Water  Heating, 
Brooks’  Hand  Force  Pump,  In­
stantaneous  Water  Heater,  Hot 
Air  Furnaces,  Mantels,  Grates 
and Tiling, Gas Fixtures, Etc. 
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
P lu m b e r s ’  S u p p lie s.
184  East Fillton  8t., Head  of Monroe,

Telephone  No. 147.

21  SGribner  Street,

Telephone No. 1109.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

Hillers, Attention

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

B M P   RAPIDS,  MICH.

L E S T E R  & CO.

F o r   Sale!

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.

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TIME  TABLES.
G r a n d   R a p i d s   &   I n d i a n a .

In  effect Not. 17,1889.
TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

A rrive. 

Leave.
7 :lo a  m
11:30 a  m
4:10 p m
6:30 p m
T hrough coaches fo r Saginaw   on  7:10 a  m and 1:10 p 

T raverse C ity & M ackinaw................  
Traverse  City  E xpress...................... 9:20 a m  
Traverse C ity A  M ackinaw...............8:15 p m  
From  C incinnati..................................8:50 p m
Cadillac  (Mixed)...................................  
m  tra in .

COINS  SOUTH.
C incinnati  Express........................... 
F o rt W ayne Express......................... 11:15am  
Cincinnati  Express...........................6:30 p m  
From  M ackinaw & T raverse C ity..10:10 p m
From  CadUlac.........................................9:55 a  m

7:15 a m
19;60pm
6:00 p m

T rain leaving fo r C incinnati a t 6 p.  m.  an d   arriv in g  
from   C incinnati  a t  9:30 p. m., ru n s daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  O ther tra in s daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and P a rlo r C ar  8erv iee:  N orth—7: :0 a. m . 
and 1:10 p. m. tra in s have  sleeping and p a rlo r cars fo r 
Mackinaw  City.  South—7:15 a. m. tra in  h as c h air c ar 
and 6 p. m . tra in  P ullm an sleeping c a r  fo r  C incinnati.

M u s k e g o n ,  B r a n d   R a p i d s   4k  I n d i a n a .

In  effect Nov. 10,1889.

Leave 
Arrive.
7:00 a m ....................................................................... 10:lfiam
11:16a m .......................................................................  3:16p m
6:10 p m ................ ......................................................  8:16 p m
L eaving tim e a t  Bridge s tre e t  depot 7 m inutes later. 
Through tick ets an d  full  in form ation  can be had by 
callin g  upon  A.  Alm qoist,  tic k e t  a g e n t  a t  depot, o r 
Geo. W. Munson, U nion  T icket  Agent.  67  Monroe  St., 
G rand Rapids, Mich.

0 . L. Lockwood, Gen’l P a n . Agent.

D e t r o i t ,   G r a n d   H a v e n  &  M i l w a u k e e .

GOING WEST.

 

A rrives. 
tM ornlng Express..............................13:60 p m  
tT hrongh Mail................... 
1:10 p  m  
tO rand Rapids  Express.................. 10:10 p m
•N ight Express..................................0:1 0 am  
tMlxed.................................................. 
s o m a  bast.
tD etroit  Express............................... 
tT hrongh M ail....................................10:10 a m  
(Evening Express............................... 3:35 p  m  
•N ight Express.................................. 10:30 p m  

Leaves.
1:00 p m
1:30 p m
7:00am
7:30 a m
6:60 a m
10:30 a m
3:15 p m
10:66 p m
tDaUy, Sundays excepted.  *Dally.
D etroit  Express  h as p a rlo r  c a r  to  D etroit,  m aking 
d irect connections fo r a ll points  E ast, a rriv in g  in  New 
T ork 10:10 a. m. n ex t day.
G rand  Rapids  express  has  p a rlo r  c a r  D etroit  to 
Q rand  Rapids.  N ight  express  has  W agner  sleeping 
car to  D etroit, a rriv in g  in  D etroit a t 7:30 a.  m.
steam ship 
sleeping 
tick ets 
secured  a t 
B.,G. H. *  M.R’y offices, 33 Monroe St., and a t th e depot.
J as. Campbell, Cltv Passenger Agent. 

tick ets  an d   ocean 

Through  railro ad  

b erth s 

and 

c a r 

J no. W . Loud, Traffic M anager, D etroit.

T o l e d o ,   A rm   A r b o r   S t  N o r t h e r n .

F o r  T o le d o  a n d  a ll p o in ts  S o u th  a n d  E a s t, ta k e  
th e  T o le d o , A n n  A rb o r &  N o rth   M ic h ig a n   R a il­
S u re   c o n n e c tio n s  
w a y  fro m  O w osso J u n c tio n . 
a t a b o v e  p o in t w ith  tra in s  o f  D ., G .  H .  &  M ., a n d  
c o n n e c tio n s  a t  T o le d o   w ith   e v e n in g   tra in s   fo r  
C le v e la n d , B u ffa lo , C o lu m b u s,  D a y to n ,  C in c in ­
n a ti, P itts b u rg , C re sto n , O rv ille   a n d   a ll  p ro m i­
n e n t p o in ts  o n  c o n n e c tin g  lin e s.

A . J .  P a is l e y ,  G e n ’l P a s s . A g e n t

I.  M .  C L A K / i  &   S O A T.
P.  S T E K E T E E   &  S O N S ,

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS,

Sell  the  following  well-known  brands  of 

staple dry goods:

TICKS.
Warren,
Amoskeag,
Garner,
Pemberton,
Otis,
Hamilton.

SHIRTINGS.

d e n im s.

Amoskeags,
Clark’s,
Everett,
Lancaster,
Lawrence,
Warren.
GINGHAMS.
Amoskeag,
Westbrooks,
W ellington,
Lonsdale,
Bates,
Cumberland,
Lancaster.

Otis,
Scotia,
Delhi,
Randelman,
McAden,
Amoskeag, napped.
88  Monroe  and  10,12,  14,16 &  18  Foilnlain  Sis.,  GRÄP  RÄPID8.
F .  J.  D B T T B N T H Æ L B R ,

JOBBER  OF

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

CONSIGNMENTS  OF  ALL  KINDS  OF  WILD  GAME  SOLICITED.

S.  K.  BOLLES.

E.  B.  DIKEMAN

S .  K .  H olies  &   C o .,

77  CANAL  <ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

"Wholesale  Cigar  Dealers.

“ T O S

S

  U P T ”

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

»CLOSEST BUYERS IN  WESTERN  MICHIGAN

It  becomes  necessary,  therefore, 

adopted,  it  may turn out that he will be 
short of  funds to meet the claims falling 
due earlier.
to 
notice how it happens  that the cash is in 
surplus,  whether it arises from the  nat­
ural profits or increase  of  the  business, 
or  whether from  some  of  the  sales  or 
collections, or both—being  made  earlier 
than was calculated. 
In the former case 
he would  use  the  surplus  cash  to  dis­
count  wherever it would be most  to  his 
advantage. 
In the latter, he would have 
to fear that  the  sales  or  collections  in 
the  following  months  would  be  short 
just in proportion as  they were  over  in 
the then recent past.
If,  for  instance, a dealer should make 
his  estimate  of  $3,000  as  the  probable 
amount  he  would  sell  in  the  coming 
month of  April, and should create an in­
debtedness  falling  due 
that  month, 
which,  with  current  expenses,  would 
about require the  $3,000 to cover, an un­
usually early spring  might  cause  a  de­
mand for  his  goods  in  March,  so  that 
$1,000  of  the  $3,000 to be sold in April, 
are sold a month  earlier,  and at the end 
of  the month of  March he has the $1,000 
in  surplus  of  his  payments.  But  it 
would  be  very  unsafe  under  such  cir­
cumstances, to use it to pay debts falling 
due in  June  or  July, as the sales would 
very probably fall  off  in  April,  and he 
would therefore  not  take  in  enough  to 
pay his April indebtedness.
Sometimes,  though,  it might be safe to 
conclude  that  the  whole  season  would 
continue  to  be  in  advance  of  calcula­
tions.  Of this the dealer could  judge by 
looking over the character  of  the  goods

then selling,  and comparing  them  with 
the sales of  former  .years,  and  noticing 
whether  certain  classes  of  goods  were 
sold to the same  customers,  in  advance 
of  the time when they were sold to them 
in previous years.
If  no  difficulty of  this  kind  is  seen, 
and the anticipation of receipts of money 
for the next month  or  two  seems  likely 
to  be  realized, 
there  is  nothing  that 
should prevent the dealer from discount­
ing  wherever  he can get the greatest in­
terest off.
It  is  always,  however,  a  matter  of 
commendable  prudence,  to  accept  one 
or two per cent,  per annum less discount, 
and take up the  nearer  indebtedness, so 
as to be on the  safe  side.  There is an­
other matter that should  sometimes gov­
ern  the  selection.  The  dealer  may be 
buying  more heavily than usual of  some 
houses,  or  may desire to buy more goods 
of  them,  and  know  that  his  limit  of 
credit  there  is  reached. 
It  would  be 
good policy to  select  such  indebtedness 
in preference to others from  whom he is 
not  likely  to  want  more  goods  before 
their  bills  regularly mature.  As  these 
larger  creditors  are  apt to be  the  ones 
who have known him best,  and sold him 
goods at  the  lowest  prices,  whereby he 
became for  his own  profit  more  largely 
indebted to them, it is often the case that 
they are unwilling to give  him so large a 
discount for  pre-payment  as  others can 
afford to give who have  charged him the 
higher  prices.  But  this  should not in­
fluence the dealer to pass them by  in dis­
counting  his  paper. 
It is better to  deal 
so  as  to  retain  old  friends, 
than  to 
merely secure new ones.

WHOLESALE

16  and  18  North  Division  Street,  Grand Rapids.

E D W IN  

B
Bitter, Em , Fairfield Cheese, Foreip Friits, Mince Meat, Nits, Etc.

JOBBER  OF

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

Going Like Hot Cakes.  Let your orders come.

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

Grand Rapids Friiil and Produce Go,

JOBBER  OF

F O R E IG N   B R U IT S ,

O r a n g e s,  L e m o n s   a n d   B a n a n a s   a  S p e c ia lt y .

3 NORTH IONIA  ST., GRAND RAPID8.

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

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

Fruits,  Seeds, Oysters 3 Produce.

The Michigan Tradesman

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4,  1889.

SETTLING  FOR  PURCHASES.

The  Best  Methods  of  Dealing'  with 

One’s  Creditors.

,  very little concern.

As very much of  the  retailer’s  credit 
and  standing  among  wholesale  dealers 
will depend upon his manner  of  settling 
for his purchases, it  may not be amiss to 
devote a few pages to that subject.
Although it would seem more business 
like  for  the  wholesale dealer,  in giving 
credit, especially as  he  renews  it  from 
time to time,  to know that the retailer  is 
conducting his business on  correct  prin­
ciples,  and  that  he  is fully acquainted 
with the goods  he deals in—buying only 
those  which  he  has a good  prospect  of 
selling,  and selling, too, at a fair profit— 
that  he  is,  in  short,  a careful, prudent 
and intelligent  business  man,  with suffi­
cient means to himself bear any ordinary 
loss  in  his  business,  than  to  depend 
simply  on  the  ene  criterion of prompt­
ness in paying;  still we must take things 
as  they  are  and  not  as  we  think they 
should be, and it may be that  experience 
has  taught  the  most  of  the  wholesale 
dealers that irregularity in payments,  by 
a retailer, is a pretty  sure  indication  of 
some radical defect in his business quali­
fications.  The person who attends to giv­
ing credit in many of the large wholesale 
houses—the financial member of the firm, 
as he his called—or  his  especial  deputy 
or clerk, has often very little opportunity 
to learn, by personal intercourse with the 
retailer,  anything about his general busi­
ness qualifications,  except  in  respect to 
his settlements for purchases,  this  being 
the only part of  the business intercourse 
which  comes  directly  under  his super­
vision. 
.Consequently,  when  a  retailer 
once obtains a credit in such  a wholesale 
house,  the  confidence  of  this  financial 
member continually increases  in  him, if 
he uniformly makes  prompt settlements, 
according to the  terms.  Many a retailer 
is able to do this for years,  though doing 
business at a loss all the time, and on the 
other  hand,  perfectly  solvent  retailers 
are found, who  either  from carelessness 
or disregard  of  its  importance, half the 
time fail  to pay their bills at maturity— 
allowing their notes to go to protest with
The custom of requiring  the  retailer’s 
promissory note, in settlement  of  a  bill 
of goods  bought  on  credit,  is  found so 
advantageous  to  the  wholesale  dealer, 
that it is now almost uniformly required; 
and a beginner in the retail business will 
find it almost impossible to obtain a first- 
class  credit  without conforming  to  the 
custom.  There are yet to be found a few 
old  and  substantial  retailers, who were 
in business  years  ago, before this usage 
was  so  general,  and whose credit  is  so 
well established, who are known to be so
l  responsible  that  they can  obtain  goods 
on credit, and are  courted  for their cus­
tom,  even  though  they  refuse  to  give 
their notes.
But it would be a sign  of  weakness in 
a man  just commencing to refuse to give 
If the credit is  given  after 
such notes. 
such a refusal at all, it will  only  be  be­
cause  the  sale  is  in some way specially 
desirable  to  the  wholesale  dealer.  He 
will place but little  reliance in the debt­
or’s punctuality,  and  will  consider that
.  the  undertaking  of  the debtor is to pay 
at  maturity,  if  convenient;  and  if  he 
should not,  he  expects to wait a reason­
able time longer,  till  the debtor finds it 
convenient;  or relies on his ability to en­
force payment at maturity.
There is always  one  exception to this: 
Whenever the retailer is able to  say  and 
fulfill his promise,  “I  don’t  give  notes 
for  my  purchase, but will  at  any  time 
give you the cash with  the  current  rate 
of interest deducted,” he may stand on a 
par  with  the  dealer  who  gives  notes.
►  Unfortunately,  there  are  but  few  who 
commence the  retail  business with suffi­
cient capital  to  warrant them in making 
such  offers.
A retailer will  find it to his advantage 
to conform  willingly to such well settled 
usages  of  the trade,  and give notes, and 
govern his intercourse in accordance with 
the rules  of  the  house in which he pur­
chases.  The knowledge that notes are to 
be  given  for  a  contemplated  purchase,
►  and  that  they must be paid at maturity, 
will tend  to  make  him more cautious as 
to the amount of goods he buys, and that 
he  buys  only  such  as  are  sure  to  sell 
promptly.  Such customs, therefore, tend 
in a measure to his  own advantage, as he 
is not so likely to buy what  he  does  not 
really want, or in excess of his wants,  as 
when  he  has  not  the necessity for cau­
tion  so  forcibly  impressed on his mind. 
When he buys on open  account, there  is
.  an easier feeling, it  does not seem so im-
*  portant to be careful in  the  selection  of

the goods; if they are only cheap enough, 
they will sell sooner or  later, and  if  not 
all sold when  the  bill  falls due, he will 
take a little extra time on it.
Through  this  method of  buying,  dila­
tory habits in paying are engendered, till 
soon  the  retailer  falls  into  the  way of 
buying without any special regard to the 
maturity of  his purchases, or to his abil­
ity to pay for them.  He pays when he is 
dunned—if he has  the money—becoming 
yearly  less  and  less sensitive about the 
dunning.  His business falls into confu­
sion,  and  even  though  he may be abun­
dantly  solvent,  his  credit  becomes  im­
paired.  Those who have hitherto sold to 
him'do not  care  to  continue selling, ex­
cept they get increased profits, or can put 
off on him old and  undesirable  styles of 
goods,  and  he  has  not a record,  which, 
when  he  gives a reference,  will get him 
into credit in new houses. 
Indeed, with­
out  a  radical  change  in  his  system of 
business,  he  would  buy  no  cheaper or 
more favorably in new houses, so soon as 
his  dilatory  habits  are  known,  than he 
does from his old creditors.
Such  experiences  are  sometimes  en­
countered  by  men  who  are abundantly 
solvent, who have  employed too much of 
their capital in  some  outside  enterprise 
or investment.
Whatever  changes  from  the  regular 
known  terms  of  credit  in  the house in 
which  purchases  are  made, may be  de­
sired by the purchaser, should  be applied 
for before the purchase is made.  When 
some unforeseen or  unexpected  circum­
stance has  occurred  after  the goods are 
purchased, making a change in the terms 
desirable,  it  may,  without objection,  be 
still applied for,  so long as the goods  are 
yet under the  control  of  the seller,  and 
he is free to grant  the buyer’s request or 
retain the  goods.  When  they are  once 
under  the  control  of  the  buyer,  such 
changes must be asked for as  favors;  be­
fore,  they  are  business  arrangements, 
wherein  buyer  and  seller  stand  on  an 
equality. 
If the seller does not like the 
proposed  change,  he  can  refuse it, and 
the purchase can be annulled.  After the 
goods have come  into the buyer’s hands, 
it is better for him  to  come  squarely up 
to  the  agreement  and  give  his  notes 
according  to  the  terms, even though he 
may  have  doubts  about  his  ability  to 
meet them as given.  At the worst, it is 
then only a future  probability,  and per­
sistent effort may overcome the difficulty; 
and even if it does not,  and  the  retailer 
has to fall back on the holder of the note 
at maturity for aid to carry him through, 
it  is  less  objectionable  than  the  other 
course would be.
Such a reasonable  request as to divide 
the purchase money into payments of the 
same average time as the terms, might be 
applied  for at any time;  as  where a bill 
of $1,000 has been bought on six months’ 
credit, and it is found that so many other 
smaller purchases have  been  settled for 
by six months’ notes,  that it is feared the 
payments at that period will be too large, 
a request to give  two notes of  $500 each, 
at  five  and  seven,  or  four  and  eight 
months,  will  not  be  out  of  place,  and 
will often be granted,  to  the  great  con­
venience of  the  retailer.  A request  for 
two  or  three  months  extra  time  might 
well be thought  an  unreasonable  one to 
make after the goods are delivered.
such  contemplated 
changes  are  left by the  buyer  until  he 
gets  the  goods  in  his possession, when 
even  to  apply for an increase of  time is 
regarded  as a greater  sign  of  weakness 
than it would be to ask aid in  taking  up 
the note  at  maturity.  A perfectly solv­
ent  and  responsible  man  may be so far 
out  in  his  calculations as to be short of 
money to  meet  his  note at its maturity, 
and prefer, as  the lesser  of  two evils, to 
ask his creditor to extend it, rather  than 
to borrow from  his  friends, or ask them 
to  endorse a note to raise  the  necessary 
funds.
Having given out the  notes  in accord­
ance with the  terms, or  where  the  pur­
chase is on open account, it becomes now 
the retailer’s  duty to give  his  attention 
to  making  preparation  for  payment  at 
maturity. 
If  the instruction set forth in 
the previous chapters of this book, in re 
lation  to  founding  the  maturity of  the 
credits and  the  amounts  thereof, on the 
receipts from  the sales  for  each  month 
in the  year, has  been  strictly  followed, 
and in  the  calculations  enough  margin 
has  been  allowed 
for  contingencies, 
there  will  be  sufficient  money received 
from the sales to make  the  payments as 
they mature.
Should  it  sometimes  unfortunately 
happen  by a miscalculation  that  a note 
is maturing at a period when  the  expec­
tations  from  sales  are  not  realized  or* 
likely to be, and no  arrangement  can be 
made  to  raise  money  temporarily on  a 
loan, or  without  unreasonable  sacrifice 
and the debtor is satisfied  that  beyond a 
doubt  he  is  solvent  and  can  meet  his 
payments with  the  necessity of  only the 
occasional  indulgence, a good plan  is to

apply directly to the creditor holding the 
note  for a temporary  loan  or a  renewal 
of  such part of  the  note  as he is unable 
to pay.  This application should be early 
enough  to  avoid  a protest  of  the  note, 
and the money for the  part paid  and the 
new note for matures. 
It opens the way 
to a bad  habit to suffer  a note to be pro­
tested, or held  over  when  it can  be pos­
sibly avoided.
In all cases, when  such a  favor  is  so­
licited, or from any cause  any extra time 
is  taken,  interest  for  the  time  should 
always be added in making payment. 
It 
is not a pleasant way that  dealers  some­
times have,  when such a faver  has  been 
granted,  to say,  “I  will  pay  you  the in­
terest if  you wish,” with a look and tone 
that  says  plainly,  “You  ought  not  to 
wish it.”  Unless  the  wholesale  dealer 
is one who insists on  strict  obedience to 
business  rules,  by those  he  deals  with, 
at the risk of  being  thought'illiberal, he 
is  very  apt  to  say,  if  the  interest  is 
trifling  in  amount,  “It  is  of  no  conse­
quence,”  even  though  he  thinks  that 
gratitude  ought  to  induce  the  favored 
party to pay without hesitation.
Most generally,  an  occasional favor of 
this  kind,  when  the  interest  is  cheer­
fully  and  readily  paid  as  though  the 
favor  was  appreciated,  will  be  granted 
with  pleasure,  and  without  any partic­
ular  disparagement  to  the 
retailer’s 
credit. 
In truth, occasional  instances of 
this character  sometimes  induce greater 
confidence in  the  debtor, in showing his 
honorable  appreciation  of  favors,  and 
his  systematic  way  of  doing  business. 
Men fear to give credit  more  from  dan­
ger  of  a bad  heart  in  the  debtor  than 
they  do  from  a  weak  head.  They  are 
pretty generally willing to take a reason­
able risk, if  they can  only feel  sure that 
the person they credit will be honest and 
do  the  best  he  can  under  the  circum­
stances;  and  when  he  cannot  pay 
promptly  they  prefer  to  help  him.  A 
debtor who craves such  favors,  and then 
shows  his  want  of  principle  by  subtle 
efforts 
to  evade  paying  the  interest, 
loses—if  mercantile  standing  could  be 
valued by dollars—a hundred times more 
than the interest in question.
These  little,  or  comparatively  little, 
matters  show  the  retailer’s  character. 
Another  small  one  often  has  great in­
fluence—that  of  discount  on  uncurrent 
money, or  exchange  on  a note or check, 
payable at some  place  more  or  less dis­
tant from  the  place  where  the  debt  is 
created.  Sometimes,  after  much wrang­
ling and ill-feeling,  the  wholesale dealer 
may accept  the  currency or  the  check, 
and  the  retailer has thus “shaved”  him 
out of  the  amount of  the  exchange, but 
if  he  could  know  at what a loss of  rep­
utation he has made the  amount in ques­
tion,  he would hesitate  before  repeating 
the  transaction.  Possibly  a retailer  by 
such  petty  meanness  may  make  $50 or 
$100 a  year, but it is done  at  such a loss 
of  character  that  he  finds  few  honest 
men envy him  his  reputation  or money, 
either.
The retailer who has with due  caution 
left  sufficient  margin for  contingencies, 
in  all  his  calculations  of  the  relative 
amounts and periods of  purchases to his 
sales and collections, will often find him­
self  in  possession  of  money in advance 
of  the  maturity of  his payments.  This 
is a great trouble to some  weak  minds— 
to have too much  money.  The difficulty 
may  be  surmounted  in  a  bad  way,  as 
some do, by  using  the  money to  specu­
late  in  wheat,  cotton,  wool,  or  other 
produce;  or  by the  purchase  of  corner 
lots in some embryo city in Iowa or Kan­
sas;  or  by lending  it to a neighbor  who 
is “hard up,”  at a high rate of  interest; 
or  even  in  buying  lottery  tickets;  all 
pretty sure  ways  of  investing it so per­
manently  that  the  owner  will  not  be 
troubled with it again,  nor  get  it  back 
to pay his bills  when  they are due.  A 
good way to use  such a surplus is in an­
ticipating  the  retailer’s  own  indebted­
ness,  and making'  something by the dis­
count.  There  is  scarcely  any  use  to 
which a  solvent  man  can  so  profitably 
put  any spare  cash  he  may happen  to 
have,  as  in  paying  his  debts  whether 
they are due or not.  People  who  have 
not  had  much  experience,  sometimes 
think  the  comparatively small  discount 
they get  bears  no  comparison  to  what 
they might  make  by some  temporary or 
speculative  investment,  but  mature ex­
perience  teaches  otherwise.  When  he 
owes  nothing,  the  money which he may 
have on  hand is his,  to  do  with  as  he 
pleases,  honestly, of  course.  But when 
he is in  debt,  he  should  remember  his 
creditors and their claims.
When a retailer is prepared  to  antici­
pate some  of  his  payments,  it  will  be 
proper for him  to  consider  whether  he 
shall  discount those soon to become due, 
or others more remote.  The rate of  dis­
count  will  generally  be  greater 
the 
farther the  day of  payment  is  off,  and 
the  temptation  will  often  be to get the 
greatest  discount. 
If  this  course  is

Too  often  all 

Lem on  &  Peters,

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G R O C E R S .

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

Lautz Bros•  &  Oo.9s  Soaps,

Niagara  Starch,

Amboy  Cheese.

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

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Adopt  the

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 s s   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 modern in 

the market, being sold as follows:

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

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SEND IN SAMPLE ORDER AND PUT TOUR BUSINESS ON A GASH BASIS.

“  500  “ 
“  1000  “ 

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

SUBJECT  TO  THE  FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS:
Orders for  200 or over............. 5 per cent.

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E.  A.  STOWE  &  BR0.,

Grand  Rapids.

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

26,28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to hear from you.
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GRAND  RAPIDS.

B L IV B N   &  A L L  YN,

Sole Agents for the  Celebrated

“BIG F  Brand of Oysters.

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

a specialtyof fine goods in our line and are prepared to quote prices at any time.  We solicit 

consignments of all kinds of Wild Game, such as Partridges, Quail, Ducks, Bear, etc.

H.  M.  BLIVEN,  Manager. 

63  Pearl  St.

C U R T I S S   &  C O .,

WHOLESALE

Paper  Warehouse.

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

W M . SEARS & CO.,

ever made.

Graßker  Manufacturers,

8 7 , 8 9   a n d   41 K e n t S t.,  G ra n d   R a p id s.
W M . R.  

KEELER &  C O .,
W h o lesa le  C o n fe ctio n ers,

418  SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET.

TELEPHONE  92-3R.

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

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

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

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

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DEALERS IN

WE CARRT A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL  USE-_______________

NOS.  188 and  184 LOUIS STREET. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

Utnam13,  15  AND  17  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.

Wholesale Price  Current•

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

pay promptly and bvuy in fu ll packages. 

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GROCERIES.

Gripsack Brigade.

John H. Jewett has sold  his  residence 
on  Paris  avenue  to  M. K. Walton, who 
will take possession immediately.

The  Knights  of  the  Grip  promise  to 
pay  their  respects  to  the  P.  of  1.  at 
their  annual  convention  at  Lansing on 
December 27.

Chicago  drummers  now  carry rubber 
stamps  bearing  the  legend,  “World’s 
Fair, 1892, Chicago,”  and  register at the 
iiotels with them.

Aaron  B. Gates  is  no  longer  on  the 
xoad for  Morris H. Treusch & Bro., hav­
ing  dissolved  his  connection  with  that 
bouse last Saturday.

Geo. F.  Owen recently suffered another 
relapse,  but  is  able  to  be about again. 
John D.  Mangum  will cover his territory 
for the next two weeks.  '

Two additions  have  been  made  to the 
botel  list  of  the  Knights  of  the  Grip 
during  the  past  week—the  Aldine,  at 
East Saginaw,  and  the  Mansion  House, 
at Imlay, City.

One thousand  copies of  the  invitation 
to the annual  convention of  the Knights 
of  the  Grip,'; which  is  given  in  full in 
another  column, are  being  sent  out  by 
Secretary Mills this  week.

Secretary Mills  announces  the receipt 
of  the 875th application for membership 
In the Knights of  the  Grip.  The  mem­
bership will certainly reach 900, and may 
touch  1,000, by the  date  of  the  annual 
convention.

H. A.  Hudson teas the victim of  a run­
awaywhiledriving from Cadillac to Lake 
City,  last  Wednesday.  He  was  thrown 
from  the conveyance and  suffered severe 
bruises on his  legs,  which  are  likely to 
confine  him  to  his  home  for a week or 
ten days.

The Railway Association  of  Michigan 
declined to  grant  reduced  rates  to  the 
annual  convention a of 
the  Michigan 
Xnights of  the Grip.  The action of  the 
Association!  is a in  accordance  with  a 
resolution  adopted two or  three  months 
ago,  refusing to grant concessions to any 
conventions excepting political andG. A. 
JL gatherings.

Frank E. Chase, for eleven  years  trav­
eling  salesmans for A. C. McGraw & Co., 
of Detroit,  but  for  the  past  year on the 
road for a Chicago  house,  has  returned 
to  his  first  love and  will  write Detroit 
after  his  name  hereafter.  He is in De­
troit  this  week,  fitting  out  his  sample 
trunks, and will  start  out  on  the  war­
path next week.

A Lansing  correspondent  writes:  “At 
a meeting  ofo the  Lansing  members  of 
ibe Michigan Knights of  the Grip, a per­
manent  organization  was  formed, lobe 
known as  Division A,  Michigan  Knights 
of the Grip of Lansing.  The objects are to 
promote friendly feeling and social inter­
course; also, to be more fully prepared to 
entertain the State  society at  its  annual 
meeting, which will be held  in  Lansing. 
We propose  to  make it pleasant for any 
and  all  members  of  the  K.  of  G.  who 
may  be  here  on  December  27  and 28. 
There  will be a banquet  at 6 p. m.,  fol­
lowed by toasts,  music, etc.:  then to the 
Governor’s parlors,  at the Capitol, where 
a reception  will  be  given by His Excel­
lency,  Governor  C.  G.  Luce;  then  to 
Armory  hall,  where  the  members  may 
shake their feet to their  hearts’  content. 
I  will  here  state  that  we  will have the 
galling gun loaded and primed, and if that 
Spring  Poet  shows up, he will be blown 
so far that he will  not  get  back  in time 
for the next banquet.”

Hides,  Pelts,  Furs and Wool.

The wool  market is not  only stronger, 
but  actually  higher.  There  have  been 
large purchases the  past  week at J£@lc 
advance from the  previous  week, with a 
2c advance asked and held firmly in many 
cases.  The  bottom  has  been  reached 
and the turn called, which makes dealers 
happy.  Foreign  markets  advanced  10 
per cent,  last week, which was expected, 
which  advance  prohibits  export on our 
market.  If  the cloth trade would revive, 
then wools would move  freely.  The sit­
uation is better  generally and  cannot be 
fully given,  as the week was  broken by a 
holid&y  and  two  immense  fires  at  the 
centers of  trade,  which  checked  its vol­
ume.

Hides  are  weak  and  inclined  to  be 
lower at the  East  and  firm at the West. 
A scant  supply is claimed West  and am­
ple offerings East. 
In the  meantime the 
leather  trade is good.  Large  quantities 
were  burned  at  Lynn  and  must  be re­
placed, but 8,000 to 10,000 boot  and shoe 
workmen  were  burned  out,  who  must 
find places to work  before they will need 
an extra supply.

Tallow is dull and low  and in light de­
It 

mand,  with  large  accumulations. 
looks like lower prices.

Furs  do  not  come  forward  very fast 

and prices are not well established.

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Prescription for  Tramps.

R  Bark of  dog, scru. ij.

Commercial lead, dr. vij.

Sig.:  In  pills.  One every minute  till 

disappearance.

Brooklyn boasts of  having  the  largest 
bread bakery in the world, 300 barrels of 
flour  producing  daily  70,000 
loaves  of 
bread.

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W r i t t e n  f o r  T h e   T r a d e s  m a s.

A  FEW  FACTS  ABOUT  TEA.
How  few  out  of  the  many thousands 
who  drink  tea  give  any thought to the 
cultivation, picking, curing  and  packing 
of  it! 
It  requires a man  of  a  great  deal  of 
study  of  tea  and  one  who  has  a very 
acute  taste  to  be a good  judge  of  tea, 
spices or coffee;  in  fact, it requires more 
experience in this  line  than is necessary 
to handle  dry goods.  Few of  the  many 
who enter the  retail  grocery trade know 
anything  of  the  line  they  handle,  yet 
many  of  them  make  very  successful 
merchants. 
I do not  say this in any dis­
respect to the grocery merchant, but it is 
a mistake to feel  that  we  must have an 
experienced man to sell us  our  clothing, 
while  we  do  not  stop  to  consider  the 
quality  of  the  stuff  poured 
into  our 
stomachs  to  create  disease  and  unhap­
piness through life.
'  Every state  should  have a law, which 
should  be  enforced,  compelling  every 
merchant who enters into  the  retail gro­
cery trade to be one of  experience  in the 
business—one who knows how to test his 
goods  and  ascertain  whether  they  are 
right.  He will  then  not have to depend 
too  much on the house or the  represent­
ative whom he buys of.  No  good  house 
will  knowingly  sell  a  customer  poor 
goods, but I am sorry to state  that  there 
are commercial  men on the road who are 
so anxious to  sell their  wares  that  they 
cut puces and misrepresent  their  goods, 
and in most cases if  the  merchant would 
write  the  firm  he  buys  of  and  ask 
if  the goods  were  pure, the  firm  would 
write  him  they were not pure, and were 
not so understood to be  from  the agent’s 
order.  I think it would be  well for mer­
chants to write the  firm they buy of  and 
satisfy themselves  in  regard to the hon­
esty of  the agent.

The date of  the first use of  tea is quite 
uncertain, 
its  native  countries  being 
China and  Japan.  Not  being  countries 
which  spread  their  knowledge  rapidly, 
we  do  not  find  it  mentioned in Europe 
before 1559, nor used there until in 1600, 
but  we  find  it  mentioned  in  China  as 
early as 750.  Accounts of  this  date  are 
very vague.  The  first  American  vessel 
sailed  for  China  in  1774, and  the  year 
following two American  vessels  brought 
from China 880,000 pounds of  tea.

In  order  to  raise  a  good  tea, it is as 
necessary to have the right soil as to have 
a suitable climate.  The  soil  must  be a 
loam  and  the  climate  a  wet, mild one. 
In order to  make  tea a profitable crop, it 
must be cultivated where wages are very 
low.  The  help  employed  is  mostly 
women and  children,  who  are  educated 
from the cradle for picking tea, and such 
care is taken  in  gathering  the  tea  that 
the help is not  allowed  to  pick  the  tea 
without gloves, and is not  allowed to eat 
fish or other food considered  unclean for 
three weeks before the harvesting.  They 
are  also  required  to  take  a bath  three 
times  a  day.  A  good  picker  cannot 
gather  over  fifteen  pounds  per  day  of 
the first picking, and it takes four pounds 
of  green leaves to make one pound when 
properly dried.

The  tea  plant  will  begin to bear  the 
third  year and will  yield but  about two 
ounces  of  dried leaves  to  the tree or 80 
pounds to the  acre,  or  what  we  call  a 
half  chest at this picking,  while a plant 
at the age of  five  years will produce ten 
times  the  amount,  but  the quality will 
not  be  as fine. 
In  some  sections,  the 
trees are  allowed to grow  their full size 
untrimmed  and such  produce  a  coarse, 
large leaf  which we call black tea, while 
in other localities they are kept  trimmed 
low, for the convenience of  pickers, and 
when the plants are  six  or  seven  years 
old they bear less leaves.  They are then 
cut  down close,  and the  young  sprouts 
which spring  up  yield again the crop of 
young  and  tender  leaves.  This cutting 
down may be repeated for a dozen years, 
after  which  the  tree is dug out entirely 
and a new tree planted instead.

The  time  of  picking  the  tea  takes 
place at different times  of  the  year, ac­
cording to the locality and quality of  the 
leaf, from  early in  January until late in 
October.  Much  depends on the time of 
picking,  as  the  finest  crops  may  be 
changed to  a  worthless  article in a few 
hours’  time  by delay in  picking.  The 
first picking  generally takes place, from 
March  to  May.  This  picking  is  the 
finest kind of  tea,  which consists of  the 
young and tender leaves  and  buds,  just 
beginning  to  expand,  and is known  on 
the market to commerce as “first chops.” 
The younger the leaves, the more delicate 
and fragrant  their flavor.  The  gather­
ing of  these  young leaves  would  prove 
injurious  to  the  plant  were  it  not for 
continual rain, which falls at this season, 
producing new  leaves.  Otherwise,  the 
plant  would be  robbed  of  its  clothing. 
The second picking  occurs from  May to 
June and is the largest  and  most impor­
tant  one  and is known  as  the  “second 
chops.”  This picking,  with  the  “first 
chops,”  is  the  kind all dealers seek for 
their trade. 
It varies from three to four 
hundred  pounds to the  acre,  and an ex­
perienced  picker  can  gather  about  20 
pounds  per  day.  The  third  picking 
takes  place  usually about  July,  and  is 
known as the “third chops.” 
It is much 
inferior,  the  leaves  being  larger  and 
coarser, but is an important crop.  Some

will  not  gather  the  third  crop,  while 
others  even  go  so  far  as  to  gather  a 
fourth  crop,  known  as  the  “fourth 
chops.”  •  This  picking is very injurious 
to the  plant and should not be gathered, 
as it is of  little  value. 
It is gathered in 
August and September and is used mostly 
among  the  poorer  class  for  home  con­
sumption and also for dyeing or in blend­
ing  with  finer  grades,  for  which  it  is 
quite  valuable.  Green  tea  plants  are 
never  allowed  to  grow  to a large  size, 
but are kept  pruned and so are kept ten­
der. 

W.  M.  Gib b s.

The Condition of Trade.

Prom th e  New Y ork Shipping List.
The intervention of  the  Thanksgiving 
holiday since our last has interrupted the 
current of  business  and considerably re­
duced  the  volume  of  transactions in the 
local market and throughout the country. 
The condition of  trade has undergone no 
appreciable  change,  but, as  usual at the 
close of  the autumn season, the distribu­
tion of  many kinds of  goods is generally 
decreasing.  This  is  especially  true of 
manufactures adapted to winter use.  On 
the  other  hand,  there  is  an  increased 
movement in the leading grocery staples. 
Both raw and refined sugar have been re­
markably active of  late  and  prices have 
advanced considerably,  as  have  also the 
prices of  coffee,  the  basis of  the  rise in 
most these staple commodities being their 
conceded 
strong  statistical  position. 
There also continues to be a good deal of 
activity in iron  and  steel  and their pro­
ducts, and  as  there is an  absence of  all 
features  of  an  excited  boom,  the  late 
rise  in  prices  has  all the appearance of 
being healthful, and  in  obedience to the 
law of  supply and  demand.  The cotton 
goods  trade is in a very satisfactory con­
dition, while  the  woolen  trade,  though 
not nearly so prosperous as the cotton,  is 
said to be, on  the  whole,  better  than it 
was at this period last  year.  The export 
movement is not  quite so  brisk as it has 
been  along  back,  but  it  is much larger 
than it was a  year  ago.  The  exports of 
this  year’s cotton crop to date are nearly 
half  a million bales in  excess of  the cor­
responding  period  last  year,  whilst the 
outward  movement  of  breadstuffs  and 
provisions  is  also  materially larger this 
year  than  last.  On  the  whole,  then, 
while  there  is  some  falling  off  in  the 
volume  of  home  trade,  due  wholly  to 
seasonable influences, the business situa­
tion  is  fairly satisfactory.  The scarcity 
of  loanable  money and the high rates of 
interest continue to be an  important fac­
tor  in  some  branches  of  business,  es­
pecially in speculative  circles.  Another 
retarding  influence has been the circula­
tion of  unfounded reports and rumors as 
to what the  Treasury  policy is  likely to 
be in connection with bonds and the cur­
rency.  But all doubts on this  point will 
be  set  at  rest  before  another  issue  of 
this  paper. 
Probably  no  President’s 
message in a dozen years has been looked 
for by business men with greater interest 
that  the  one which will be issued at the 
beginning of  next week.  An  unusually 
large  number  of  questions  of  national 
concern  have reached the burning stage, 
and  as  the  President’s  party  controls 
both  branches  of  Congress,  merchants, 
bankers,  manufacturers and  others  are 
naturally anxious  to learn  his  views on 
those  matters,  knowing  that his recom­
mendations  and  suggestions  will  have 
considerable  influence  in moldihg legis­
lation.

Purely  Personal.

Wesley Hessler, the Rockford druggist, 

is in town for a day or two.

Frank E. Pickett, of the firm of Pickett 
Bros., general  dealers at  Wayland,  is in 
town for a few days.

Chas. Kernan,  manager of  the store of 
the  Converse  Manufacturing  Co.,  at 
Newaygo, was in town Monday.

Frank  Hibbard,  formerly  engaged  in 
the drug  business at Evart and East Sag­
inaw,  is in town for a day or two.

H.  Edward  Nicholson,  of  Muskegon, 
will take  the  position of  assistant book­
keeper  for  Samuel Lyon,  at Chicago, on 
January 1.

J. T. Borst  has  gone to Altona, where 
he will embark in the  shingle  mill  bus­
iness, using  the  mill  formerly operated 
by his  father.

Roy  Parmenter,  formerly  with  Ball, 
Barnhart & Putman,  has  taken  the  po­
sition  of  assistant  book-keeper  for  the 
Grand Rapids Tank Line Co.

E. Tracy  Woodward,  of  the  firm  of 
J. H.  Woodward  &  Co.,  the  Frankfort 
clothiers and boot and  shoe  dealers,  was 
in town a couple of  days last week.

Alfred W. Lyon left for Chicago Satur­
day night and Samuel Lyon followed him 
Monday.  The.  work  of  shipping  the 
stock to Chicago was completed Saturday.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugars  are  a  trifle firmer,  owing to a 
stronger  feeling  among  the  holders  of 
raw sugar in Europe,  and the scarcity of 
refiners’  stock  in  this country.  As the 
demand for  refined  stock is very active, 
standard  grades  are largely oversold all 
around,  and  all  other  grades  are  sold 
close  up  to  the  production.  Teas  are 
steady.  Singapore  pepper  is  a  shade 
stronger.  Domestic  rice is strong.  Rio 
coffees  are firm,  the  package  manufac­
turers having advanced their  prices  %c. 
Cove oysters  are  a  little firmer.  Kero­
sene  oil  is  still  unsettled,  no  regular 
price being established by either the tank 
companies or jobbers.

KNIGHTS  OF  THE  GRIP.

Call  for  the  First Annual  Convention, 

to he Held  at Lansing.
Gra nd  Ra p id s,  Dec. 1, 1889.

toasts:

De a b   Sir—I have the honor to inform 
you  that  the  first  annual convention of 
the Michigan Knights of  the Grip will be 
held  in  Representative  Hall,  Lansing, 
Friday, December 27, 1889.  Every mem­
ber is earnestly  requested  to  arrange to 
be  present,  if  possible,  accompanied by 
ladies,  as  special  arrangements  have 
been  made  to  entertain  them  by  the 
Lansing ladies,  in visiting  the  State Re­
form School, State  Blind  School and the 
War  Museum  at  the  Capitol.  You are 
requested to report  promptly  upon  your 
arrival  in  Lansing at the K.  of  G. head­
quarters,  at  the  Council  Chamber,  on 
Michigan  avenue,  where  you  will  reg­
ister  and  receive  a  badge  for  yourself 
and  lady,  which  will  admit  you  to  all 
meetings  and  entertainments  of 
the 
sessions.
The convention will  be  called to order 
at 10:30 o’clock Friday morning, standard 
time, for organization  and  the  appoint­
ment  of  committees,  and  adjourn  at 
noon, to meet promptly at K.  of  G.  head­
quarters  at  1  p. m., to  join  in a parade 
through the  principal  streets to the Cap­
itol,  where  the  afternoon  session  will 
convene  at  1:30  p.  m.  and  adjourn  at 
5 p. m.
The  banquet  will  be given in armory 
hall,  with  the  following  programme, 
being called to order at 6 p. m.  sharp:
Invocation, by Rev.  Washington  Gard­
ner.
Address of  Welcome, by  Hon.  Jas. M. 
Turner, Mayor of  Lansing.
Response, by President A. F. Peake.
Music,  by Plymouth Quartette.
Collation,  closing  with  the  following 
“Our Guests”—S.  H.  Row, Lansing.
“My Michigan”—Hon.  Cyrus G.  Luce.
“Our  Association”—F.  A.  Warner, 
East Saginaw.
“Our Sister Association” —J. T. Lowry, 
President M. C. T. A.
“The  Press,  an  Important  Factor of 
Commerce”—E. A.  Stowe,  editor  official 
organ.
“The  Ladies”—Hon.  Erastus  Peck, 
Jackson.
“Our  Manufactures”—O.  F.  Barnes, 
Lansing.
“Our  Capital  City”—J. J. Bush,  Lan­
sing.
“The  Commercial  Traveler of  a Quar­
ter  of  a  Century  Ago”—A.  C.  Antrim, 
Grand Rapids.
“The  Commercial  Traveler  of  To­
day”—C.  S.  Kelsey, Battle Creek.
“Our  Merchants” — G.  L.  Whitney, 
President Michigan B.  M. A.
“The Commercial Future of Our Coun­
try”—Hon. Jas. O’Donnell, Jackson.
“Mine Host”—E.  R. Egnew,  President 
Michigan  Hotel  Keepers’  Association, 
Mt. Clemens.
“Our  Transportation  Lines” — Capt. 
W. A.  Gavett,  President  Railway  Asso­
ciation of  Michigan.
The toasts  will  be  interspersed  with 
recitations  by  Brothers  Reynolds  and 
Frazer,  and  music  by  a  quartette  and 
orchestra.
At the  close  of  the  banquet,  a recep­
tion will be tendered by the  Governor in 
the executive  parlors at the  Capitol,  to 
be*followed by dancing at the armory.
The following  local  committees  have 
been  appointed  at  Lansing,  which  en­
sures an enjoyable and instructive  gath­
ering:
General Arrangement—S. H. Row,  Jas.
G. Derby, W.  K.  Walker.
On  Finance — Geo.  C.  Cooper,  E.  J. 
Evans, C. F. Ballard,  J. N. Alexander.
On Rooms—E. A. Gilkey, W. E. French, 
W. J. Lee.
On Reception—E.  K.  Bennett,  F.  G. 
Row, H.  S. Seage,  W.  S.  Jones,  Ford  J. 
North,  Jos.  Urquhart,  C. F. Marple,  B. 
W.  Long.
On Carriages—J.  A.  Smith,  H.  Lieb, 
W. S.  Sullivan.
On Press and Printing—W.  S.  Cooper, 
N. B. Jones, Hon. Wm. Van Buren.
On Banquet—A. L. Field,  J.  J. Bush, 
Chas. Gilkey.
On  Music—L. A. Baker,  J.  J.  Frost,
H. Marple, J. H. Temmick.
The banquet will be  $1  per plate  and 
the hotels will make  $1  per day rates to 
If  you  expect  to 
members and ladies. 
attend,  please  notify  W.  K.  Walker, 
Lansing, to  that  effect  at once,  stating 
whether  you  will  be  accompanied  by 
ladies, so that the Committee of Arrange­
ments may be prepared to properly enter­
tain all who may be present.
Your dues for  the ensuing  year of  50 
cents are payable  on  or  before  Jan.  1, 
1890,  and should be remitted to the Secre­
tary previous to that date, or can be paid 
at the convention.
Trusting you will make a special effort 
to attend what promises to be the largest 
convention of  commercial travelers ever 
held in our State,  we are

Yours fraternally,

L. M.  Mil l s,  Sec’y.

A. F. P e a k e ,  Pres.

A  F la g ra n t  C ase.

“Going  to  the  druggists ?  Well,  I 

wouldn’t go to Pestle’s.”

“Why not?”
“He’s so disobliging. 

I went there the 
other  evening  to  get  a  postage  stamp, 
and  he  actually  refused  to  change a $5 
bill for it. 
I made up my mind then that 
I  should  transfer  my  custom  to  some 
other druggist.”

It pays  to  handle the  P.  &  B. cough 

drops.

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For  Sale  by  Leading  W holesale  Grocers.

PRODUCE  m a r k e t .

make at 1134@I234c.

$2.75  per bbl.,
$1.50 for picked, holding at $1.75@$2 per bu. 

Apples—Dealers  hold  winter  fruit  at  $2.25@ 
Beans—Dealers  pay  $1.25  for  unpicked  and 
Beets—40c per bu.
Butter—The  market  is  decidedly  sick,  there 
being no demand for the staple  anywhere.  The 
country  merchants  are  loaded  up  with  stock 
which they have paid  I6@18c  for, while the top 
of the market from jobbers’ hands is 20c.  Cream­
ery is in fair demand at 24@25c.
Buckwheat Flour—$4.50 per bbl. for New  York
Cabbages—$4@$5 per 100.
Cheese—Jobbers hold September  and  October 
Cider—9@10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—Cape  Cod  readily  command  $9 
@$9.50 per bbl.  Bell and Bugle are  in  good  de­
mand at $10 per bbl.
Dried Apples—New evaporated are  held at  8® 
8He  and new sundried at 5@5)ic.
Eggs—Jobbers pay 19@20c for fresh and hold at 
21@22c.  Pickled  and  cold  storage  stock  com­
mands  about  19c.
Field  Seeds—Clover,  mammoth, $4.35 per bn.; 
medium, $4.35.  Timothy,  $1.50 per  bu 
Grapes—New  York  Concords  and  Catawbas 
are in good demand at 50c per basket.
Honey—In small demand.  Clean  comb  com­
mands 15c per lb.
Onions—Dealers  pay 4(@45c  for  clean  stock, 
holding at  60@65c.
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—There  appears  to  be  a  “rift  in the 
cloud,” 
the  Southern  demand  showing  evi­
dences  of  looming  up  in  good  shape within a 
short  time.

Squash—Hubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes -  Jerseys are  out  of  market at 
Turnips—30c per bu.

present.  Muscatines, $3.75 per  bbl.

PROVISIONS.

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FORK  IN  BARRELS.

lard—Kettle Rendered.

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

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

quotes as follows:_
Mess,  new...................................................... 10 50
Short c u t.......................................................   10 50
Extra clear pig, short cut.............................  12 00
Extra clear,  heavy........................................  12 00
Clear, fat  back..............................................  12 00
Boston clear, short cut.................................   12 00
Clear back, short cut.....................................  12 00
Standard clear, short cut, best.....................  12 00
Hams, average 20 lbs........................................  914
16 lbs........................................10
12 to 14 lbs.................................10M
picnic.......................................................614
best boneless......................... 
814
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..............................   814
Dried beef, ham prices....................................   814
Long Clears, heavy...........................................  614
Briskets,  medium.............................................. 6*4
  614
Tierces................................................................ 714
Tubs...... ...........................................................   7*4
50 lb.  Tins.........................................................   714
Tierces................................................................6
30 and 50 lb. Tubs.............................................  614
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case.....................................  614
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case........................................ 614
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case........................................ 614
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case........... ............................ 6%
50 lb. Cans...........................................................614
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs......................   7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing........................  7 00
Boneless, rump butts......................................   8 75
Pork Sausage.......................................................614
Ham Sausage................................................... 12
Tongue Sausage................................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage...........................................  8
Blood Sausage...................................................  514
Bologna, straight..............................................  514
Bologna,  thick................................................... 514
Headcheese......................................................   514
In half barrels..................................................3  25
In quarter barrels............................................2  00
In half  barrels...........................   ................... 3 00
In quarter barrels............................................2  00
In kits................................................................  75

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

lard—Refined.

pies* FEET.

TRIPE.

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Beef, carcass............................................   4 @ 6
3  @ 4

Swift and Company quote as follows:
“  hindquarters...................................5  @ 514
fore 
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@  6H
tongues..................   ...................   @10
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Hogs..........................................................  © 6
Pork loins................................................  @ 8
shoulders........................................  @ 5
Bologna...... ...........................................  @ 5
Sausage, blood or head..........................  @ 5
liver..........................................   @ 5
Frankfort..................................  @ 8
6  @614

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F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH FISH.

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Whitefish.................................................   @714
smoked.....................................  © 8
Trout........................................................  @714
Halibut....................................................   @20
Haddies...................................................   @ 7
Fairhaven  Counts...................................   • @35
Selects..  ................................................. 22  @27
F. J.  D.’s .................................................   @20
Anchors...................................................  @18
Standards................................. .............   @16
Favorites.................................................   @14
Standards................................ ............  @$1  15
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@  1  50
Clams........................................ ..............  @1  50
.............  @1  50
Scrimps...................................
..............  @1  50
Scallops..................................
Horseradish............................. .............. •  ©  75
..............1  00@1  50
Shell oysters, per 100..............
..............   @  75
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oysters—Bulk.

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CANDIES,  FRUITS  and NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

 

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2001b.  bbls........ ....................................  814
2001b.  bbls.............................................  914
1114

STICK.
Standard, 25 lb. boxes.......................................  9
Twist, 
25 
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Cut Loaf, 25 
 
MIXED.
Royal, 25 lb. pails.............................................  9
Extra, 25 lb.  pails.................'..........................10
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails..................... . 
Lemon Drops..................................................... 12
Sour Drops............ 
13
Peppermint Drops............................................. 14
Chocolate Drops................................................ 14
H. M. Chocolate Drops..................................... 18
Gum Drops........................................................ 10
Licorice Drops..................................................... 18 •
A. B. Licorice  Drops........................................ 14
Lozenges, plain..................................................14
printed.............................................15
Imperials.............................. 
14
Mottoes...............................................................15
Cream Bar.......................................................... 13
Molasses Bar.....................................................13
Caramels..................................................... 16@18
Hand Made  Creams..........................................18
Plain Creams..................................................... 16
Decorated Creams.............................................20
String  Rock.......................................................15
Burnt Almonds..................................................22
Wintergreen  Berries........................................ 14
fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pedis.................................. 12
in bbls....................................11
printed, in pails................................1234
“ in bbls................................ 1134
Chocolate Drops, in pails..................................12
Gum Drops, in pails.........................................   634
in bbls.......................................   534
Moss Drops, in pails..........................................10
inbbls.......................................... 934
Sour Drops, in pails..........................................12
11
Imperials, in pails.............. 
1034
FRU ITS.
Oranges,  Florida,  choice,  146 to 226__   @3 59
112 to 128.... 
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fancy,  146 to 226.... 
@3 75
golden russets..........  @3 50
Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360................  @4 00
300........ .. 
4 25@4 50
fancy,  360................  @4 50
300................4 50@5 (0
Malagas,  choice, ripe.............  @3  50
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Dates, frails, 50 lb ...................................  @434
*4 frails, 50 lb...............................  @534
Fard, 10-lb.  box...........................  @10
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Persian, 50-lb.  box......................   6  @ 734
Almonds, Tarragona.............................. 17 . @1734
Ivaca....................................   @16
California..............................   @15
Brazils......................................................  @10
Walnuts, Grenoble..................................  @14
California................................1234@14
Pecans, Texas, H. P .............  ................ 8  @12
Game Cocks................................................  @8
Star..............................................................  @7
Horse.........................  
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BUCKWHEAT.

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21b.  “ 
 

CANNED GOODS—Fish.

Red Star, *4 lb. cans, 

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34 lb.  “ 
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341b.  “ 
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Arctic, 34 lb. cans, 6  doz...
4  “  ...
2  « . . .   1
2  « . . .   2
1  “  ...12
Absolute, *4 lb. cans, 100s. .11 
60s..10
50s..18 75
Teller’s,  34 lb. cans, doz..  45
85
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75
Acme, 34 lb. cans, 3 doz —  
34 lb. 
“  2  •“ ....  1 50
«  1  “  ....  3 00
1  lb. 
bulk.........................   20
45
85
1  50
Frazer’s................................ $2 60
Aurora....................................1 75
Diamond................................ 1 60
English, 2 doz. in case...... 
80
Bristol,  2  “ 
 
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70
bluing. 
Arctic Liq,  4-oz.................  3 40
34 Pt.........  7 
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1 pt.........  10 
8-oz paper bot  7 20
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Pepper  Box  No.  2  3 00
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No. 2 Hurl............................  1 70
1  90
No. 1  « 
No. 2 Carpet........................   2 00
2  25
No. 1 
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Common Whisk............  
90
Fancy 
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M ill.....................................  3 25
Warehouse..........................2 75
Kings 100 lb. cases..............4 50
«  80 lb. cases................3 85
Dairy, solid packed...........1234
rolls.........................   13
Creamery, solid packed —   1334 
r o l ls ................14
CANDLES
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..........1034
Star,  46 
 
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Wicking......................... 
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Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck......1  20
Clam ChOwder, 3 lb ............ 2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand— 1  10 
....180
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Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic...........1  40
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2  lb.  “ 
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1 lb.  Star................1  90
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2 lb. Star.................3 00
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85
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1 lb.  stand..................1 20
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2 00
2 lb. 
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3 lb. in Mustard.: .2 85
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31b.  soused...........2 85
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  . .1  80
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1 lb.  Alaska..................1 80
Sardines, domestic  348 ........  
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34s........ ® 9
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imported  34s ..,1034@16
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spiced,  34s........... 
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Trout, 3 Id. brook........... .
CANNED GOODS—FrUitS.
Apples, gallons, stand.........2  25
Blackberries,  stand...............  90
Cherries, red standard....... 1  20
pitted........................... 1 40
Damsons............................. 1  15
Egg Plums, stand............... 1  15
Gooseberries.......................1  00
Grapes  .................................
Green  Gages.......................1  15
Peaches, all  yellow, stand.. 1  70
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«  P ie........................... 115
Pineapples.................i  20@1  50
Quinces...............................1  00
Raspberries,  extra............. 1  75
red................... 1  40
Strawberries.......................1  25
Whortleberries.......................  75
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay........
Beans, Lima,  stand.............  85
«  Green  Limas 
  @1  06
«  Strings................  @  90
“  Stringless,  Erie..........  90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1  40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy.......1  00
«  Morn’g Glory. 1  00
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Peas, French.......................1  68
“  extra marrofat...  @125
«  soaked............... , ........   80
«  June,  stand................ 1  40
«  sifted.................. 1  55
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Mushrooms, extra fine.......2  15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden.......1  00
Succotash,  standard...........  90
Squash................................ 1  10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  @95
Good Enough__ 95
BenHar................95
stand br___  @95
Michigan Full  Cream U34@12 
Sap Sago...........   .......16  ©1634
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’ 8.
23
German Sweet................... 
Premium............................ 
35
Cocoa.................................  
38
48
Breakfast Cocoa..............  
Broma................................  
37
Rubber, 100 lumps................ 25
35
Spruce...................... 
30
CHICORY.
Bulk......................................  6
Red.....................................     734
Rio, fair.......................17  @19
«  good..................... 1834@20
«  prime...................   @21
«  fancy,  washed...19  @22
«  golden..................20  @23
Santos..........................17  @22
Mexican & Guatemala 19  @23
Peaberry.....................20  @23
Java,  Interior.............20  @25
“  Mandheling— 26  @29
Mocha, genuine..........25  @27
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 34c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

CHEWING GUM.
200  “ 

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1 60
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2 25
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coffees—Package.

 

100 lbs
Lion......................................2434
“  in cabinets.................. 2434
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX__ 2434
Durham............................... 24
Thompson’s  Honey  Bee— 26
Tiger...............24
Good  Morning.....................2434
Valley City.........................  
75
Felix....................................  1  10
Cotton,  40 f t......... per doz.  1  25

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CLOTHES  LINES.
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CONDENSED MILK.

CRACKERS.

Eagle..................................   7 50
Anglo-Swiss....................... 6 00
Kenosha Butter...................  8
Seymour  ** 
6
Butter..................................... 6
«  family................ -—   6
«  biscuit........................  7
Boston...................................  8
City Soda..............................   8
Soda........................................ 634
S. Oyster ............ 
6
City Oyster, XXX..................  6
Picnic..................................... 6
Strictly /pure......................  
Grocers’..............................  
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried......   5  @  6
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Apricots, 
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(Blackberries« 
Nectarines  « 
 
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Peaches 
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DRIED FRUITS—Citron.

evaporated....  @834 

CREAM TARTAR.

38
24

In drum......................   @23
In boxes......................  @25
Zante, in barrels........  @ 6

dried fruits—Currants.

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dried  fruits—Peel.

farinaceous goods.

dried fruits—Raisins.

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Turkey........................   434@  6
Bosna..........................  534@ 634
California........... .......  8  @10
Valencias....................  @834
Ondaras......................   @ 934
Sultanas...................... 1034@12)4
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia.......................  @2 55
London  Layers, for’n.  @ 
Muscatels, California.2  10@2 20 
Lemon......................... 
Orange........................  
Farina, 100 lb. kegs.............  04
Hominy, per  bbl................. 3 50
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box..:.  60
imported.......  @ 934
Pearl  Barley..............   @ 234
Peas, green..................  @1  10
Sago,  German.............  @634
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l...  @ 634
Wheat,  cracked..........  @634
Vermicelli,  import__   @10
domestic...  @60
Jennings’ D. C. Lemon  Vanills
2 oz. Panel, doz.
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“ 2 25
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No.  3,  “
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No.  8,  “ 
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4 00 
No.lO,  “
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6 00 
No.  4, Taper,  « 1  60
2 50 
34 pt,  Round, “ 
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7 50
1  “ 
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15 00
FISH—-SALT.
Cod, whole.................   434@ 5
“  boneless.............. 7  © 734
H alibut.....................  934@10
2 75
Herring,  round, 34 bbl.. 
gibbed.............  
2 75
12 00
«  kegs, new  @  75
Mack,  sh’s, No. 2,  34  bbl  12 00 
“  12  lb kit.. 130
..120
“ 10 
Trout,  34  bbls.............4 00@4 50
lb.  kits..  60
White,  No. 1,34 bbls...........5 25
12 lb. kits......100
10 lb. kits.......  80
Family,  34  bbls........2 50
kits..  SO
K egs.................................... 5 25
Half  kegs............................ 2 88
No. 0....................................   30
No. 1.....................................  40
No. 2 ...................................  50
Pure.......................................  30
Calabria................................   25
Sicily..........................  
 
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M O LA SSES.
Black  Strap......................  
23
Cuba Baking.....................22@25
Porto  Rico........................ 24@35
New Orleans, good........... 25@30
choice........ 33@38
fancy..........45@48

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L IC O R IC E .

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X  XX3
J  Ginger Snaps«......... ..9 
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i  Sugar Creams.............9 
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Frosted  Creams.......... 
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Graham  Crackers....... 
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Oatmeal  Crackers......   • 
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Boxes.....................................sk
Kegs, English....................... [4)

SODA.

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SUN CUBED.

GUNPOWDER.

YOUNG HYSON.

japan—Regular.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

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¡F a ir....... .....................14  @16
! Good.............................is  —
! Choice.....................  ..24
@29
j Choicest.......................30
@34
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Fair -.............................14  @15
Good.............................16  @20
Choice........................... 24  @28
i  Choicest.......................go
@33
BASKET  FIRED.
F a ir.............................
@20
!  Choice.........................  
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@25
Choicest......................   @35
j Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fair........... 25  @35
Extra fine to finest....50  @65
,  Choicest fancy.............75 
Common to  fair...........20  @35
Superior to fine.............40  @50  ,
Common to fair........... 18  @26
Superior to  fine...........30  @40
OOLONG.
Common to fair... 
...25  @30
;  Superior to  fine...........30  @50
| Fine to choicest...........55  @65
F a ir.............................. 25  @30
Choice...... ...................30  @35
" est .............................. 55  @65
Tea Dust......................  8 
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Nimrod, 4x12 and 2x12............37
Reception, 22-5x12,16 oz.........36
; Vinco,lx6 ,434 to  fl>................ 30
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz........ 34.
: Wheel, 5 to  B>..........................37
Trinket, 3x9,  9  oz....................25
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good..................... 37
Double Pedro..........................37
.  Peach  Pie............................. i’37
i  Wedding  Cake, blk..............3 7
“Tobacco” ............................... 37
tobaccos—Fine Cut. 
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;  Hiawatha........................  
62
Sweet  Cuba..................... 
37
1  $ 2, per hundred..................2 50
$ 5,  “ 
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$10,  « 
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i $20,  « 
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Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over...............5 per  cent»
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1000  “ 
40 ..........................................   7
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TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONS.

 
10 
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OATM EA L.
Muscatine, Barrels............. 5 75
Half barrels...... 3 00
Cases........2  15@2 25
Muscatine, Barrels__   @5 75
Half bbls..  @3 00 
Cases........2 15@2 35
Michigan  Test......................  934
Water White........................ 1034
Medium......................5 00@5  25
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Small,  bbl..................................6 25
“  34  bbl...............................3 50
1 75

Clay, No.  216..................  
«  T. D. full count...........   75
Cob, No.  3.............................  40
Carolina head........................ 634
“  No. 1........................ 5*4
“  No. 2................534@
“  No. 3........................ 5

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Jap an ............................. 534@634
Common Fine per bbl..........  80
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   27
28 pocket...............................1  95
60 
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100 
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Ashton bu. bags..................  75
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Higgins  « 
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S E E D S .

DeLand’s,  pure.....................5
Church’s, Cap  Sheaf............. 5
Dwight’s ................................ 5
Taylor’s ..................................5
Mixed bird.............................434
Caraway................................ 10
Canary..................................  4
Hemp...............................  
 
Anise................. 
834
R ape.....................................  434
Mustard................................  734
Jettine, 1 doz. in  box............. 75
Scotch, in  bladders............. 37
Maccaboy, in jars................ 35
French Rappee, in Jars...... 43

SH O E  P O L IS H .

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spices—Whole.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Superior...............................3 30
Queen  Anne.......................3 85
German  Family..................2 40
Mottled  German.................3 00
Old  German........................2 70
IT. S. Big  Bargain............... 1  87
Frost, Floater......................3 75
Cocoa  Castile  .....................3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy..........3 36
Happy Family,  75............... 2 95
Old Country, 80................... 3 30
Una, 100................................ 3 65
Bouncer, 100.................... 
.3 15
Allspice................................  9
Cassia, China in mats............8
Batavia in bund__ 11
Saigon in rolls.........40
Cloves,  Amboyna................ 26
Zanzibar.....  .........20
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy.................. 80
“  No.  1....................... 75
“  No. 2....................... 70
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 18
“ 
white...  .26
shot......................... 20
« 
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia.................. 20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
Saigon....................42
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna................ 32
“ 
Zanzibar................ 25
Ginger, African...................1234
“  Cochin.................... 15
Jam aica................ 18
« 
Mace  Batavia......................90
Mustard,  English................ 22
and Trie..25
Trieste.................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................80
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 21
«  white.......30
Cayenne................ 25
Herbs & Spices, small......   65
« 
large...... 1  25

« 
« 

« 
« 

« 

« 

“ 

“ 

STA R C H .

Mystic,  64  pkgs...................4 48
barrels.......................6

« 

SU G A R S.

« 
“ 

Cut  Loaf....................
Cubes.........................
@  8 
Powdered...................
@  8 @7.31 
Granulated,H. & E.’s.
@7.31 
Franklin..
@7.31 @ 7)4 
Knight’s..,
Confectionery  A........
No. 1, White Extra C.
6%@ 634
No. 2 Extra  C.............  6  @634
No. 3C, golden...........   534® 5%
No. 4 C, dark..............   @534
No. 5  C........................  @ 5*4

SAL  SODA.

SAPOLIO.
“ 

K e g s ..............................................  134
Granulated,  boxes.............. 2
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box......   2 35
Hand, 
.......2 35
SilverThread, 15gallons....2 96 
....4  75
Com, barrels.....................  @24
one-half barrels....  @28
Pure  Sugar, bbl................ 28@36
“ 
half barrel....30@38

3  “ 
SAUERKRAUT.
« 
« 

SYRUPS.

30 

« 

« 

a
™

« 

« 

PAPER.

TWINES.

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Fermentum,  Compressed.  . 
Cocoa Shells,  bulk.............  734
Jelly, 30-lb.  pails................  4
Sage.....................................  15
P A P E R  & W O O D EN V A BE
I  Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
Straw ..................................... 160
«  Light  Weight...............200-
Sugar ..................................... 180
Hardware...............................234,
Bakers................................... 234
Dry  Goods..............................5  A
Jute  Manilla.......................... 8  ^
Red  Express  No. 1.............. 5
No. 2.............. 4
; 48 Cotton.............................  22
!  Cotton,  No. 2........................20
«  3........................18
I 
Sea  Island, assorted..........40
No. 5 Hemp......................... 16
No. 8 B................................. 17
Wool.....................................  734
Tubs, No. 1.........................   7 26
“  No. 2.................. .....6   25
“  No. 3........................... 5 25
1  60 
«  No. 1,  three-hoop....  1  75  _  
60  4$

Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 
Bowls, 11 inch....................   1  0©
.....................  1  25
13  “ 
« 
15  “ 
.......................2 00
« 
17  “ 
« 
.......................2 75
assorted, 17s and  17s 2 50 
« 
«  15s, 17s and 19s 2 76
« 
Baskets, market....................   40
1  50
« 
bushel........... . 
«  with covers 1  90
« 
4
“ willow cl’ths, No.l 
5 75
“ 
“ 
“ 
" 
« 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

6 25
7 25
4 25
5 00
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS  @

“  No.2 
“  No.3 
«  No.l 3 50
“  No.2 
“  No.3 

WOODENWARE.

splint 

WHEAT.

« 
« 

CORN.

MEAL.

FLOUR.

MILLSTUFFS.

New.  Old.
W hite...........................  78 
78-
Red..............................   78 
78
All wheat bought  on 60 lb.  test.
Straight, in sacks.............   4 50
“  barrels...........   4  70
Patent  «  sacks.............   5  50
«  barrels...........   5 70
Bolted................................  1  00
Granulated........................  1  10
Bran...................................  10  50
Ships..................................  11  00
Screenings........................  11  00  _
Middlings..........................  12 00  K
Mixed Feed......................   14 OO  ~
Coarse meal......................   14 0©
Small  lots..........................  35
Car 
“  ..........................  38
Small  lots............................. 38
Car 
“  ............................. 25
N o .l..........................  @40
NO. 1...................................  1  10
No. 2..................................   1  05
NO. 1...................................  11  OO
N o.2.................................  9 00  t o
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green..........................  4  @ 434
Part  Cured..................  @  434
Full 
..................  @5
Dry..............................   5  @ 6
Dry  K ip s.....................  5 @ 6
Calfskins,  green........  3  @ 4
cured........  434@  5
Deacon skins................ 10  @20

BARLEY.

HIDES.

OATS.

HAY.

RYE.

“ 

“ 

34 off for No. 2.

PELTS.

“ 

FURS.

Shearlings.....................10  @25
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @28
Mink, dark........   40@1  25
80
pale............  25® 
Raccoon...........  8G@1  00
Skunk.........................  80@1  20
Muskrat................   15® 
20
Fox, red............................ 1  25@1 75
“  cross.........................2 00@5 00
«  grey.....................  40@  70
Badger........... ............  75@1  00
Cat, w ild...............  50® 
75
Fisher...............................4 00@6 00
Lynx................................. 3 00@5 00
Martin,  dark.....................1  25@3 00 ^
pale &  yellow  60@  76 w
Otter,  dark................6  00@10 00
Wolf.................................2 00@3 00
Bear.......................... 15 00@25 00
Beaver............................. 2 oO@7 oO
Oppossum..............  15® 
30
Deerskins, per lb.  15®  35
only.
Washed...  ........................2S@30
Unwashed........................12@22
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tallow..................  334@ 
4
Grease  butter.............3  @  5
Switches.....................  134@ $  @t
Ginseng...............  ... .2 00@2 75  w

Above  prices  for No. 1 skins

WOOL.

“ 

Drugs 0  Medicines,

State  Board  of Pharmacy. 

One T e a r—O ttm ar S berbaeh, Ann  Arbor.
Two Y ears—Geo. McDonald, K alam azoo. 
T hree Year»—Stanley E. P ark ill, Owosso. 
F oot  Y ears—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Five Y ears—Jam es  Vernor, D etroit.
P resident—Jacob  Jesson, M uskegon. 
S ecretary—Jas.  V ernor, Detroit.
T reasurer—-Geo.  McDonald.  Kalamazoo.
Hext  Meeting—At L ansing N ovem ber 5 and 6.

Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n. 

President—F ran k  Inglis,  D etroit.
F irst Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, L ansing.
Sec’d Vice-President—H enry K ephart, B errien Springs. 
T hird Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, D etroit.
S ecretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Com m ittee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan ;  E. T. 
W ebb, Jackson;  D. E. PraU,  E ast Saginaw ;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, K alam azoo;  J. J. Crowley. D etroit.
Next M eeting—At  Saginaw , beginning th ird  Tuesday 

o f Septem ber,  1890.  *___________ —

Brand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical Society. 
P resident. J. W. H ayw ard.  S ecretary, F ran k  H. Esoott.
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association, 

P resident,

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

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

An  E x p la n a tio n   D ue  fro m   th e   B o ard .
The  attention  of  the  State  Board of 
0  Pharmacy  is  called  to  the  case  of  Dr. 
J. W. Pattison—or T. O. Pattison, as  the 
business is now conducted—who is carry­
ing on a drug business at Millbrook with­
out any show of  authority,  no  one  con­
nected with the store  having a certificate 
from the  Board.  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   has 
good grounds for the  statement  that  the 
Pattisons  have  not  had  a  registered 
pharmacist  in  the store since the retire- 
®   ment  of  a daughter, two or  three  years 
ago, yet  they continue to dispense drugs 
the same as  when a certificate hung over 
the prescription case  of  their  establish­
ment.  The attorney of the Board visited 
Millbrook  a  few months ago, but  as  yet 
no move has been made to  prosecute  the 
men who are violating the law  and  have 
violated it daily for years.

0   A man  recently opened a drug store at 
Manistee,  without  complying  with  the 
law as to registration,  and  was promptly 
prosecuted,  although  no  question  was 
raised  as  to  his competency, he  having 
been a pharmacist longer than a majority 
of  the  members  of  the  Board.  Why 
should meu so manifestly incompetent as 
the Pattisons be permitted to violate  the 
law for years,  without the  Board  taking 
steps to make them pay the penalty ?

T h e   T r a d e s m a n   would be pleased to 
hear from  Secretary  Vernor  in relation 
to this case.
S h o u ld  D ru g g ists b e  E x e m p t fro m   J u r y  

0  

D u ty ?

From  th e  D ruggists’ B ulletin.
Emphatically,  yes!  The incident por­
trayed  by Dickens in the account  of  the 
trial of  Bardell vs. Pickwick, wherein  a 
chemist  drawn  as  juror  requests  to be 
A  excused on  the  ground  his business de­
mands  his  attention,  and  when  this is 
refused,  his pathetic exclamation,  “some 
one  will  be  killed  before night,” as he 
had left only  a  boy  in  the  shop  “who 
firmly believes that  ‘Epsom salts’ means 
oxalic  acid,”  is  none  too  realistic.  A 
large number  of  pharmacists are unable 
to employ  an  assistant, other than a boy 
or apprentice whose  knowledge does not 
extend beyond the details of shop drudg­
ery,  and,  consequently,  must  be  their 
own dispensers.  To ask such to do jury 
_  duty is to  jeopardize their business,  and 
W also the best interests  of  their  patrons 
which is too  much  to  exact of any indi­
vidual.  More  especially  is  this galling 
from  the  fact  that  millers,  constables 
attorney’s  clerks,  clergymen,  volunteer 
and ex-volunteer firemen, ex-mayors, poor 
commissioners and superintendents, road 
overseers, etc.,  are  universally exempt— 
individuals  who  have  nothing, by  com 
parison, at least, to sacrifice.
We are glad to find  there  are  notable 
exceptions  in  this  respect, and that the 
A State  of  Missouri,  at the last session of 
W its Legislature, placed druggists on a par 
with other exempts; and it is to be hoped 
other states will  speedily  follow the ex­
ample thus set.

0  
^  

Im m e d ia te  R elief  fo r  H o a rse n e ss.
The first Napoleon is said to have been 
subject  to  sudden  attacks  of  severe 
hoarseness, for  the  immediate  relief  of 
which his  physician  was in the habit of 
prescribing the following, known as For- 
eau’s syrup:
R  Liquor  ammonia foitioris..............mx.

scru. 

Syrupi erysimi............................... 
Infusionis  tilise florum.......................... scru. iiss.
M  To be taken at one  dose.
Erysemum officinale (sisymbriumoffic), 
or hedge mustard,  is  no  longer  official, 
but is easily obtained. 
It is a small  an­
nual  growing  almost  everywhere in the 
United States and  Canada,  as well as in 
Europe.  The infusion  of  linden  (tilia) 
is used simply as  an  agreeable  vehicle, 
and may be dispensed with or supplanted 
by any other pleasant  vehicle.

A   G allic P re sc rip tio n .

Mrs.-----:  Take  a  wineglasful  licker*
tree time a day over  your  meal,  take  a 
pill every morning,  if  that fisick  you to 
mutch, slack on the licker, fer you got to 
take the pill
One dollar and 75 cent for the hole ting.
The foregoing is,  verbatim et literatim, 
the  directions  accompanying  the  medi­
cine prescribed by a  Gallic  M.  D.,  who 
resides  less than a thousand  miles from 
1 Halifax.

T he D ru g   M a rk e t.

Tartaric  acid,  Rochelle  salts,  seidlitz 
mixtures and cream  tartar are all firm at 
the advance and tend higher.  Gum cam­
phor is also in firmer position and higher 
prices  are  predicted!  Quinine  is  un­
changed.  Gum  opium  is  firmer.  Mor- 
0  phia  is  steady.  Nitrate  silver  has  ad­

vanced.  Gambier is lower.

I t  W o u ld   Be  a   C h ange.

“Oh, doctor, I don’t  know,  what to do 
with  poor  William.  He’s working him­
self  into an early grave.  Can’t  you sug­
gest something to prevent his going down 
hill so rapidly ?”
“He might try the  legislature, madam. 
There the decline is only gradual.”

TH E  LITTLE  OLD  DRUGGIST.

f

, 

, , 

self, 

day— 

In a long and dimly lighted room,

His teeth are as yellow as golden seal;

And his skin is the color of orange peel.

Dr. J. B. N aylor, in th e Am erican D ruggist.
There’s a little old druggist  just out of the way, 
And  he  compounds  and  mixes  and  niters  all 
Though his step is slow and his hair is gray:
And he looks like a ghost in a gilded  tomb,
Till a chemical  change  seems  wrought  in him­
,  „
And he looks as dry as the drugs on his shelf.
His hair is as white as his calomel,
Perhaps he chews—it is hard to tell,
For if he does he conceals it well;
While his eyes have a vacant and  glassy stare, 
And his brow is wrinkled  and drawn with care.
He talks in a piping, childish  voice 
Of the druggists whom he knew in his  youth; 
Of the drugs they obtained so rare and choice,
Of the handsome profits that made them rejoice— 
And, as memory recalls those halcyon days,
A chilly smile o’er his countenance plays.
Yet he never utters a rain regret 
For days that can ne’er return;
“If you don’t get what you  want, you must want 
For if you’d all you  desired,  you’d  lack  some­

For he never  departs from the truth;

, .  , 

.

what you get, 
thing yet,” 

Is an adage he says he has learned.

So among the thorns he plucks the flowers,
T h in  w r in k l e d ,  b u t  j o l ly   o l d   d r u g g i s t  o f   o u r s .

'

Drug-  S to re   L o afers.

From  th e D ruggists’ Magazine.
A writer in an exchange says that next 
to the street comer pest, and  the  saloon 
frequenter, comes  the bane of  the  drug­
gist,  the drug  store loafer.  He is usually 
a  little  older  and  more 
respectably 
dressed than those of  the other varieties; 
but to the conscientious  druggist, and to 
society at  large, he is  the  greatest  hin­
drance,  the  most in the way, the biggest 
bore and the most consummate nuisance. 
The  younger variety of  drug  store  loaf­
ers  may  hang  round  of  an  afternoon, 
smoke a cigar  and  ogle  the  female cus­
tomers or the  ladies  who chance to pass 
that way; he bothers the clerks, too, who 
should  be  cleaning up, or  posting up in 
pharmacy,  for  a  druggist  should  be  a 
man of  learning,  and when  not  engaged 
the  manual  part  of  his  profession 
should apply himself  to various  sciences 
that  pertain  to  his  calling.  Your full- 
fledged  drug  store loafer, however, calls 
in after supper;  he doesn’t know that he 
is a loafer,  and  is  just  a  little  too  re­
spectable to be told so, but he is a greater 
pest to the proprietor than are flies in the 
syrup  bottle.  He  is  usually  a  small 
tradesman  —  a  small  office  holder  or 
played-out  politician—who  has a family 
near  by.  He  is  usually  too  old  to  go 
sporting around with the boys;  too mean 
to pay dues at a lodge or club;  too wicked 
to attend a church or benevolent  society; 
too  lazy  to  stay  at  home  and converse 
with  his  family, or read or improve  his 
time.  Supper being over, he  deserts the 
family, and seeks  the  drug  store, where 
he invests in one  or  more  cheap  cigars, 
and then,  if  the two or three  chairs  and 
stools owned by the  establishment are in 
use by his  fellow-loafers, he  elbows the 
show-cases,  leans  in  the  doorway,  ex­
pectorates  and  throws  ashes  over  the 
floor or in front of  the  door.  Customers 
come and go, the proprietor  has  difficult 
prescriptions  to  fill,  many questions  to 
answer  for  those  who  seek his aid and 
advice;  while his  room  should be clean, 
sweet  and  quiet,  he  must  endure  the 
clouds  of  smoke,  political  discussions, 
neighborhood  gossip,  and  smutty stories 
from the drug  store  loafer, who persists 
in  staying  with  him  till  the  lights are 
turned out. 
T he  L u c k   o f  a n   A rk a n sa s  D ru g g ist.
Opposite  Memphis  and  about  twenty 
miles inland I stopped at a general  store 
to rest and get  a  bite  to  eat.  Besides 
keeping  hardware,  woodenware,  dry 
goods, groceries, saddlery, notions,  boots 
and shoes,  smoked and salt meats,  there 
was a stock  of  drugs in the  rear, 
i got 
some crackers and cheese, and while eat­
ing  there  came  in a colored  man.  He 
complained  of  pains  in  the chest,  and 
wanted  a 
The  merchant 
scratched  his  nose  reflectively,  looked 
along the shelves,  and finally took down 
a bottle,  poured  a  two-ounce  vial full, 
and corked it up and handed it over with 
the remark:
“Take five drops of that in water every 
four hours.  Fifty cents.” 
czd  *ifl
The negro paid and  went away, and in 
a  few  minutes  a  woman  came  in  for 
something for dyspepsia.  E^e took down 
a chance bottle, poured some of  the con­
tents into a vial,  and  charged her  sixty 
cents.  Then  I  inquired  if  he  was  a 
doctor.

remedy. 

_

iss.

two complaints.’.’

“Well, sorter,”  he replied.
“And you know drugs?”
“Yes,  tolerably fair.”
“You put up queer  remedies for those 
“Did I?  Do you know drugs?”
“I have served five  years  as  prescrip­
tion clerk.”
“Just the man  I’ve  been aching to see 
for a month!  I took this stock on a debt. 
The fellow agreed to write on each bottle 
what the contents  were good for,  but he 
missed over half of ’em. 
I’ve been deal­
ing out sorter on my own  judgment, and 
I’ve had mighty good luck so far.” 

“Haven’t  you killed anyone?”
“ ’Bout a dozen,  I  reckon;  but all but 
one have been niggers, and the one white 
man  was no  ’count  anyhow.  Now  you 
just  put  in  the  afternoon  marking  up 
them bottles and I’ll keep  ye over  night 
and hand  ye two big dollars in the morn­
ing.”

“ Q u a k e r ”   L in im e n t.

A  Salina,  Kansas,  correspondent fur­
nishes  the  following  shotgun  prescrip­
tion,  which he  was recently called upon 
to fill:
In a half gallon alckohol
Tin.  capsicum.....................................................2 oz.
Sp. turpentine...........................................   1%
Oil Ceder......................................................1)4
“  Hemlock.............................  
114
“  Oraganlm...........................!.................2
“  Wormwood........................................... 1
“  Sassyf ras.............................................2
“  Tar.........................................................1
Sp. camphor.................................................1)4
Balsame fir...................................................1
Sulfric  either.............................................. 2
Cloriform..................................................... 1
Syrip sassaferila..........................................2
Fluid ex.  sasaprila.....................................2
FI. ex.  dandalrae......................................2

 

T he  S poils  S y stem .

From  th e C hristian Union.
the  corrupting  in­
We  have  urged 
fluence of the spoils system on our whole 
political life;  the degradation  of  public 
men into place-hunters which it involves, 
the  humiliating  self-seeking  which  it 
stimulates, the  machine  element  which 
it make possible,  the  waste  of  the time

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rU iio llllia   directions accompany  each  bottle
D n lie h in a   is  Put  UP  in  LARGE  -BOTTLES. 
rU llo illlld   and is sold at the moderate price of 
Twenty-five Cents.
Dnli chi no  is the Best Furniture Finish in the 
rU ild llllld   market.  Try it, and make your old 
furniture look fresh and new.
D n lieh in u   is for sale  by all Druggists, Furnl 
rU llo illlld   ture  Dealers,  Grocery  and  Hard 
ware Stores.

BEWARE  OF IMITATIONS.

F O R   S A L E   W H O L E S A L E

HflZELTINE  i  PERKINS  DRUG  GO.,

GRAND RAPIDS.  MICH.
SUSPENDED !

0 2   *M Ö o

E; «< OW

J E T T I N E
Warranted  not  to  Thicken,  Sour  or  Mold In 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injury 
by Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after frees 
ing.  See quotation.  MABTELL BLACKING 
CO.,  Sole Manufacturers,  Chicago, 111.

jLEAF

ABSOLUTELY

Healthful !

THE  BEST  SOAP  MADE.

Try it once,  and  you  will 

rse  no other.

for Saie by ¿ti Grocers,

Mail

GOWAJfS  &  STOVER, 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.

2 5   wrappers  from  the

O a k =Le a f S m p

Henderson  County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

or a copy of the ELOPEMENT after the painting by 
Kaemmcrer,  issued  by  them  at  a  cost  of  over 
5,000 dollars.

FOURTH HiTW BUI

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  Bowne, President.

Geo.  C. P iercb,  Vice President.

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

Transacts a general banking business.

Make a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

• f  Country Merchants Solicited.

Whiskyyand Druggists’  Favorite 

Rye  Whisky.

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

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

taltine i Perkins  Drug  Go,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

j of  Government  officers from  the  Presi- 
| dent down  which it necessitates, the- en- 
• tire contradiction  of  a ll  busiuess princi­
ples and methods which it embodies; and 
now  comes  a  public  man  of  National 
j  reputation  (Hon.  Chauneey M. Depew), 
and  declares  as  “a  bottom party fact” 
that the distribution of  offices means the 
i making of a host of active enemies to the 
I party in power.  Senator  Sherman is re­
ported  to  have  said  lately that the dis- 
| tribution  of  patronage had cost him the 
i Presidency,  so  numerous  were 
the 
( enemies it had made for him.
It is clear  that  the  spoils  system is a 
hindrance  to  political  success,  and  an 
enemy to the  prosperity of  every politi­
cal party. 
It helps nobody  but that pest 
of  our  politics,  the local  “boss.”  Why 
not  abolish  it,  root  and  branch?  No­
body wants  it—not  even the politicians. 
It is a disgrace  to  the  country,  a source 
of  corruption, a foe to capable  and  effi­
cient government.

WM   I I I  n  

T H E  M O S T  R E L I A B L E  F O O D  
Fo r Infants and Invalids.
I I T  y  V kY iU sed  everywhere,  with  unqualified 
success.  Not a mecfrctne, but a steam-
cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest 
stomach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  by 
druggists.  In cans, 35c. and upward. 
W o o l b ic h   &  Co. on every label.

IGE|
0 0 D

GXXTSB2TG  HOOT.
W e p ay  th e  h ighest price fo r it.  Address 
We p ay  th e h ighest
Wholesale  Drug) 
GRAND  RAPII

FECK BROS.,

Wholesale Drice  Current.

Declined—Gambier.

ACIDUM.

Aceticum...................  
8®  10
Benzoicum  German..  80@1  00
Boracic 
.....................  
30
Carbolicum................  40®  45
Citricum.....................  50®  55
Hydrochlor................  3®  5
N itrocum ...................  10®  1*
Oxalicum...................   13®  14
Phosphorium dii........ 
»0
Salicylicum..................... 1  40@1 80
Sulphuricum..............  
J
Tannicum.........................1  40@1 60
Tartaricum..................  40®  43

A M M ONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  
Carbonas  ...................
Chloridum.................. 

3®  *j
18  deg...............  4®  6
14

ANELIN E.

.........................2 00@2 25

Black 
Brown.........................
Yellow............................. 3 50®3 00

BACCA E.

Cubeae (po. 1  60...............1  85®2 00
Juni
Xanthoxylum.

25®

BALSAMUM.
Copaiba.......................  65®  TO
Peru............................. 
1  dü
Terabin, C anada.......  45®  50
Tolutan......................   45®  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian...........
Cassiae  .........................
Cinchona F la v a ...........
Euonymus  atropurp....
Myrica  Cerifera, po......
Prunus Virgini..............
Quillaia,  grd.................
Sassafras  ........... .
Ulmus Po (Ground 12)..

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

“ 
“ 
“ 

e x t r a c t u m . 
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
po.........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is............
)4®...........
FERRUM.
Carbonate Precip....
Citrate and Quinia..
Citrate  Soluble........
Ferrocyanidum Sol....  ©
Solut  Chloride...........   @
Sulphate,  com’l ..........D4@
pure.............  ©

“ 

@  15 
@3 50 
®  80

FLORA.

Arnica . ......................   H@
Anthemis...................   3U©
M atricaria..................

FOLIA.

Barosma 
........... . • ■ • •
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin- 

nivelly....... 

Salvia  offieinalis,  )4s
and  )4s..................... 
Ura Ural......................  

12

g g

lg@
8®

GUMMI.

“  
“ 

« 
“ 
“ 
« 

Acacia,  1st  picked....  ®1  00
90
  @ 
....  ®  80
®  65
00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  “

2d 
3d 
sifted sorts... 
p o ........  75@1 

“  Cape,  (po.  20)...  @
“  Socotri, (po.  60).  @
Catechu, Is, 04s, 14 Msi 
_
16).............................
Ammoniae..................  25®
Assafcetida, (po. 30)...
Benzoinum..................  -jo®
Camphor®...................   42®
Euphorbium  po  ........   35®
Galbanum...................
Gamboge,  po..............   86®
Guaiacum, (po. 50)....  ®
Kino,  (po.  25)........... 
  @
M astic........................ 
00
Myrrh,  (po  45)...........  
40
Opii,  (pc. 5 10)...........3 50@3 55
Shellac  ............ 
  **©  35
“ 
bleached........  28®  30
Tragacanth................   30®
herba—In ounce packages.

 

Absinthium..........................  25
Eupatorium.........................
Lobelia..................................  25
Majorum..............................
Mentha  Piperita..................  23
“  Y ir..........................  ^
Rue........................................  30
Tanacetum, V ......................   *
Thymus,  Y...........................   25

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, Pat..............  55@  60
Carbonate,  Pat  ..........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —  
20® 25
Carbonate, Jenning5.. 
35® 36

OLEUM.

Absinthium.....................5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 7 25®7 50
A nisi................................ 1  90@2 00
Auranti  Cortex..........  @2  50
Bergamii  ................... 2 80@3  00
Cajiputi......................   90@1  00
Caryophylli................  @1  50
Cedar 
........................  35@  65
Chenopodii  ................  @1  75
Cinnamonii..................... 1 35@1 40
Citronella...................   ®  75
Conium  Mac..............   35®  65
Copaiba......................   90@1  00
Cubebae...................16 00@16 50
Execbthitos................  90@1  00
Erigeron.......................... 1  20@1 30
Gaultberia.......................2 20@2 30
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gossipii,  Sem. gal......   50®  75
Hedeoma  ................... 2 00@2 10
Juniperl......................   50@2 00
Lavendula..................  90@2 00
Limonis........................... 1 50@1 80
Mentha Piper................... 2 10®2 35
Mentha Verid..................2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal.............  80®1  00
Myrcia, ounce................  @ 50
Olive................................ 1 00@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal.,35)  10®  12
Ricini...............................1  24©1 36
Rosmarinl............. 
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce..............   ®6 00
Succini........................  40@  45
Sabina..................  
  90@1  00
Santal  ........................3 50@7 00
Sassafras.....................  55®  60
Sinapis, ess, ounce—   @  65
Tiglii..............................   @1 50
Thyme........................  40®  50
opt  ................  @  60
Theobromas................  15®  20
BiCarb........................  15®  18
Bichromate................  13®  14
Bromide......................   37®  40

POTASSIUM.

“ 

 

12®  15
Carb...................... 
Chlorate,  (po. 20)........  18©  20
Cyanide......................   50®  55
Iodide..........................2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  32®  34 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ®  15 
Potass  Nitras, opt— . 
8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  
7®  9
Prussiate.....................  25®  28
Sulphate  po................  IS®  18

RADIX.

(po. 50). 
e lle b

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

« 

“ 

“ 

SEMEN.

4® 

Anisum,  (po.  20)........  @  15
10®  12
Apium  (graveleons).. 
Bird, Is..............  
6
Carni, (po. 18)............. 
8®  12
Cardamon.....................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum................  10©  12
Cannabis Sativa..........3)4@ 
4
Cydonium...................   75@1  00
Chenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate......... 1  75@1 85
Foeniculum................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po..........  6®  8
Lini .............................4  @4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  )...  4)4© 4)4
Lobelia............ 
35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3)4® 4)4
R apa...........................   6®  7
Sinapis,  Albu.............  8®  9
11®  12

Nigra......... 
SFIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2  00@2 50
D. F. R ...... 1  75@2 00
..................1  10@1 50
Juniperis  Co. O. T — 1  75@1 75
“ 
........... 1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E .........1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............ 1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto.................1 25@2 00
Vini  Alba.................... 1 25@2 00

“ 

“ 

 

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

140

SYRUPS.

 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Co........

50
Accacia........................
Zingiber  ..............................   50
Ipecac...................................   60
Ferri Iod..............................   50
Auranti  Cortes.....................  50
Rhei  Arom...........................  50
Similax  Officinalis..............   60
Co........   50
Senega.................................   50
Scillae...................................   50
“  Co..............................   50
Tolutan................................  50
  50
Primus  virg...............  
TINCTURES.
Aconitum  Napellis R 
F
Aloes.....................................  60
and myrrh..................  60
A rnica........... ,....................   50
Asafoetida.............................  50
Atrope Belladonna..............   60
Benzoin................................  60
Co...........................   50
Sanguinaria..........................  50
Barosma..............................   50
Cantharides........
Capsicum.............................  50
Cardamon.............................  75
Castor.................................. 1  00
Catechu................................  50
Cinehona.............................  50
Co.......................   60
Columba..............................   50
Conium................................  50
Cubeba.................................   50
D igitalis..............................   50
Ergot....................................   50
G entian................................  50
Co.............................  60
Guaica.................................   50
ammon...................   60
Zingiber..............................   50
Hyoscyamus........................  50
Iodine...................................  75
Colorless..................  75
Ferri  Chloridum................   35
K ino.....................................  50
Lobelia.................................   50
Myrrh...................................  50
Nux  Vomica........................  50
O pii....................
“  Camphorated................  50
“  Deodor.........................2 00
Auranti Cortex.....................  50
Quassia................................  50
Rhatany  ........................—   50
Rhei......................................   50
Cassia  Acutifol...................  50
Co..............   50
Serpentaria..........................  50
Stramonium..........................  60
Tolutan................................  60
V alerian..............................   50
VeratrumVeride..................  50

“ 
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“ 

“ 

“ 

J.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Ætber, Spts  Nit, 3 F.. 
f. 
u  4P
Alumen......................
ground,  (po.

. 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

cent, by box 70 less

Antipyrin...................1  35® 1  40
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  @  68
Arsenicum.................  
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N .............2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is,  ()4s
11;  M,s,  12)..............   @  9
Cantharides  Russian,
p o .............................  ©1  75
Capsici  Fructus, a f .. .  @  18
po—   ©  16
B po.  @  14
Caryophyllus, (po.  28)  23®  25
Carmine,  No. 40..........  @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......   50®  55
Cera  Flava.................   28®  30
Coccus........................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  15
Centraria.....................  @  10
Cetaceum...................   ©  35
Chloroform................  32®  35
squibbs ..  @1  00
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  50@1  75
Chondrus...................  20®  25
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W  15©  20 
German  4®  10 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ........................  @
Creasotum..................  @
Creta,  (bbl. 75)...........   ©
“  prep................... 
5®
8®
“  precip................ 
“  Rubra................   @
Crocus........................  35®
Cudbear......................   @
Cupri Sulph................ 
8®
Dextrine..................... 
io@
Ether Sulph................  68®  TO
Emery,  all  numbers..  @  8
po...................   @  6
Ergota, (po.)  45 .........   40®  45
Flake  White..............   12®  15
G alla...........................  @  23
Gambier......................  
8®  9
Gelatin,  Cooper..........  @ 9 0
French...........  40®  60
Glassware  flint,  75  & 10 per 
Glue,  Brown..............  
9®  15
White................  13®  25
Glycerina...................   22®  25
Grana Paradlsi...........  @  15
Humulus.....................  25®  40
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @  90 
“  Cor  ....  @  80
Ox Rubrum  @1  00 
Ammoniati..  @1  10 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.............  @  80
Ichthyobolla,  Am...... 1  25@1  50
Indigo.........................   75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 7S@3 85
Iodoform.....................  @4 70
Lupulin......................   85@1  00
Lycopodium..............   55©  60
M acis..........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
rarglod.................   @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1)4)...........................  
2®  3
Mannia,  S. F ..............   45@  50
Morphia,  S.  P. & W .. .2 65©2  90 
................. 2 65@2 90
Moschus  Canton........  @ 40
Myristica,  No. 1..........  60®  70
Nux Vomica,  (po 20)..  ©  10
Os.  Sepia.....................  28®  30
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
C o...  ......................   @2 00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., )4 gal
doz  ..........................  @2  00
Picis Liq., q u arts......   @1  00
pints..........  @  70
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 18
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__   @  35
Pix  Burgun................  @  7
Plumbi A cet..............   14@  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  10@1  20
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......   @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  35@  40
8©  10
Quassiae..................... 
Quinia, S. P. & W ......   42@  47
S.  German__   33@  45
Rubia  Tinctorum......   12®  14
Saccharum Lactis pv..  @ 35
Salacin.......................2 25@2 35
Sanguis  Draconis......   40®  50
@4  50
 
Santonine  .......  
Sapo,  W......................   12®  14
“  M........................ 
8©  10
“  G........................  @  15
Seidlitz  Mixture........  @  25
Sinapis........................   @
opt...................   ®
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes........................  @
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @ 
il@ 
Soda Boras,  (po. 12).  * 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  30®
2®  2)4
Soda Carb...................  
Soda,  Bi-Carb............. 
4®
Soda,  Ash...................  
3®
Soda, Sulphas.............  @
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom......   @2 00
“  Myrcia Imp........  @2 50
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 05).........................   @2  15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subl...............2J£@ 3)4
Tamarinds.................  
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   28@  30
Tbeobromae..............   50®  55
Vanilla......................9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph................ 

Roll................ 2)4® 3

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

C. Co  

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

OILS.

paints. 

7®
Bbl.
Whale, winter.........  TO
Lard,  extra................  55
Lard, No.  1................  45
Linseed, pure raw__   58
Lindseed,  boiled  __   61
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained..................  50
Spirits Turpentine__   50)4  55
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian..............154  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__134  2@4
Ber........134  2@3
“ 
Putty,  commercial__ 2)4  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure...... 2)4 234@3
Vermilion Prime Amer
ican ........................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English__  
70@75
Green,  Peninsular......  
70@75
Lead,  red.....................  634@7)4
“  w h ite................   634@7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’__ _ 
@90
1  00 
White, Baris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff........................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1 4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
Paints.............*.__ .1 00@1  20

“ 

VARNISHES.

26® 28
30® 32 No. 1 Turp  Coach__ .1  10@1  20
2)4® 3)4 Extra Turp................ .1  60@1  7Ï
Coach  Body.............. .2 75@3 a
No. 1 Turp  F um ...... .1  00@1  U
3®
55® 6(1 Eutra Turk Damar... .1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No. 1
4®
T u rp ...................... .  70®  75
55® 60

et Potass T.

TW MichiganTradesman

P.  of I.—Piers on Ice.
■ach day we’re told of  a truth's new birth.
O f grand ideas for blessing the earth;
B at money will buy the money’s worth, •
In spite of the theorist’s school.
Bo strong demand ever calls in  vain,
B ut sure supply shall follow its train,
Whether ’tis wheat, pig iron or brain.
Or buyers and sellers of fools.
The last new birth of a strang  device.
To save the world from the market price,
And guard frail man from his ruling vice,
Is the P. of  L, or the pigs on ice,
Oh, hear them  kate and squeal.
But the skating pig soon ends his  raid,
Great fortunes never in  haste were made,
The farmer is safe who sticks to his spade,
And sols the merchant who hangs 19  bis  trade: 

Good money’s worth is real.

And the world will t o at its wonted pace, 
Holding its own in the solar space,
Bever changing a single trace,
Sweeping on with the human race.
In spite of its songs and votes.
The best man still shall win the prize,
And hold his own in the e*rth and skies;
Fools shall fall and wi>e men rise,
In spite of Old N ick or the P. of I.’s,
So, boys, keep ou your coats.

Pood Reasons Why the P. of I. Cannot 

Last.

f ro m  th e Osceola Outline.
We inserted  last  week  an article by a 
member  of  the  P. of  I.,  which  was  an 
effort to answer  an  editorial  which  had 
appeared in a former  issue of  this  jour­
nal.  To our  mind, the  objections to the 
P. of  1.  system  remain  unanswered  by 
any practical  argument. 
’‘Patron” does 
not seem to have been  initiated  into the 
same kind of  a lodge that  the  pamphlet, 
loaned  to us, set  forth, and  leads  us  to 
infer  that  he  is  quite free to be “pink­
eye,” or “black-eye,” as his  personal in­
terest may dictate.  He is honest enough 
to  admit  many  of 
the  points  we 
made,  but  takes  refuge  in  a  plea that 
they  propose  to  “meddle” a  little  as a 
sort of  experiment.  We  will  leave  the 
case as it is, satisfied so far as our side of 
the  argument  is  concerned;  and  will 
bring  one  or  two  new  points  to view: 
The real cause for the  seeming excess of 
the  retail  price of  any article  over  the 
apparent cost of  labor, invested  capital, 
handling  and  transportation, is  a  point 
that  is  not  always properly considered, 
besides the risks that are  encountered in 
•11  kinds  of  business  and  occupations. 
The  farmer  does  not  ask  a  dollar per 
bushel  for wheat, supposing it to cost so 
much to raise it;  but  he  asks it because 
it is a part of  his risk of  investment—he 
buys a farm  with  his  capital,  clears it, 
puts fences, buildings,  orchards, etc., on 
it, plants, sows  and  reaps,  running  his 
chances to  make a living, and  must  sell 
at as high figures  as  supply and demand 
will allow, so that his  profits  will  aver­
age,  laying by enough  in  the  favorable 
year to offset the  lack of  an unfavorable 
year.  The  mechanic  does  not  want  s 
dollar or more per day for  his  work  be­
cause of  actual expenses to that amount 
but he must provide  for  risks  and  con 
tingencies, for  time  spent  in learning a 
trade,  and  an  occasional  “rainy  day 
The  merchant  does  not price a piece of 
goods at a dollar from a supposition  that 
it  cost  dcollar,  but  his  profit  must  be 
sufficiently high to allow  margin for dull 
times,  interest  on  capital,  dead  stock 
etc.  The  professional  man, also, has to 
charge  at  rates  that  will  cover cost of 
education  and  equipment.  The capital 
ist, too, is expecting to run  his  share of 
chances.  The commonest laborer should 
not be compelled  to  set  his  wages at 10 
per cent,  over his  current  expenses, but 
he should have something to put into the 
savings bank.  This is the rule of  action 
which is interfered with by the proposed 
“meddling”  of  “Patron”  and  his  asso 
ciates.  Whenever  one  or  more  of  the 
Industrial classes  combine to fix low and 
unprofitable  prices  for the others, while 
insisting  on  the  highest  and  best  for 
themselves, there  is a clear  case  of  un 
just  and  arbitrary  exercise  of  power, 
Another  point  we  wish to make is this 
The farmers of  the P. of  I. order  do  not 
set  an  example  of  giving  way  on  any 
market-quoted  prices  of  their  line  of 
products an iota;  if they think the whole 
competitive  system  of  trade  gives  too 
high  profits,  why don’t they show  some 
way out of  it ?  A lowering of  farm pro 
duce—even  10  per  cent.—would  be 
great  thing  (in  the  way  of  a surprise) 
and we have do doubt it would meet with 
a 10 per  cent,  response  from  the  other 
side. 
It is not  likely that the movement 
will be checked  much,  at  present, how 
ever;  a  sort  of  tidal  wave  of  its  kind 
bas  been  startedfof  glib  and  irrespon 
sible  lecturers, and  they  are  gathering 
funds  enough to keep  up their  journey 
three successive poor seasons  have made 
the average  farmer  discouraged, paving 
the  way  for  the  silver-tongued  orator 
The  Bohemian  oats  Demosthenes  has 
been  over  the  same  road;  the  patent 
fence-order-innocent-party-note professor 
has  taught  in  the  same  districts;  the 
sunny-faced  lightning  rod  elocutionist 
has declaimed  his  electrifying  language 
to the same  honest  yeomanry.  There 
a fascination  in  these  new  ideas which 
draws men to test  them, and, perhaps, 
is all the better  to  be  convinced in that 
way.  We are told by reliable parties that 
the scheme is rapidly dying  out  in local 
Ities  where  it  has  been  tested  for any 
length of  time,  all  the  contract stores 
the places where the order first flourished 
having  long  since  thrown  the  P.  of 
overboard.  The  failures  are  caused 
partly  by a tendency  to  meddle  in  the 
arena of  politics,  partly by storekeepers 
breaking  contracts,  and  partly by disap 
pointed hopes and ambition.

The  Brains Didn’t Count.

Jiggs—I hear that  you  have started 
business with Boggs.
Biggs—Yes.  We are equal partners 
he puts in the money and I put in the ex 
perience and brains.
Jiggs—You put in the  experience  and 
brains ?
Biggs—Yes.
Jiggs—And  you are equal  partners ?
Biggs—Yes.
Jiggs—What  an  immense  amount 
experience  you must have had, Biggs.

Knew a  Good Thing.

Mr. Buyer—Those  shoes  that I got for 
my little  boy,  just a week  ago  to-night, 
are worn  out.

Mr. Shoeman—Well ?
Mr. Buyer—I  want  another  pair just 
like  ’em.  Never  knew  boys’  shoes  to 
wear so long in my life.

W HO  U R G E S   Y O U

T O   ' K i i i B F

T H E   P U B L I C !

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

P u tn am   Candy Co.,
P  i  B  OYSTERS

Packers of the well

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Seasoning Meats,  Poultry, 

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W h o le sa le  C lothiers

MANUFACTURERS  OF

AT  LOWEST PRICES.

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

Perfect-Fitting  Tailor-Made  Clothing
138-140 Jefferson In ., 34-36 Woodbridp St., Detroit.
E,  ß.  8YUDLEY,
R u b b e r  ,

A  Com m on

Wholesale  Dealer in

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Boots andSlioBS
GANDER RUBBER  BO.

Manufactured by

Send  for  Large  Illustrated  Catalogue 7and 

Price List.

TELEPHONE  464.

No.  4  Monroe  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MI0H.

P u tn am   Candy Co.,

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

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Tin Toys for the Holiday

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

ASSORTED  PACKAGE  NO  IIO,  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 814—for the assortment allowing a clear profit of seventy- 
five per cent.
TO  THE  RETAILER—This advertisement appears  but  once.  Cut out and 
send  order at once.  Holiday bills due Jan. 1.

Wholesale.  Retail.

5—  60

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Assorted Tin  Animals............   42—  42 
Trotting H o rse s ..............  42-  42
Animals on Wheeis.................   75—  75 
Steamboats....................... „..2.00—  67 
Horses and  Carts....................   70—  70 
City  Cars.............   80-  80 
Wagons................1.25—  63 
.................2.25-1.13 
Tin Flutes................................   35—  35 
Picture Wagons........................4.00—  67 
Trains of Cars Complete......... 9.00—  75 
5.50—  46 
4.25-  71 
Kitchen  S e ts...........................4.50—  75 
Toy  Kitchens......................... 3.75—1.25 
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Stoves and  Furniture............  75—  75 
Crown  Banks..........................   45—  45 
Mechanical Locomotives....... 4.75—  79 
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Grand  Rapids,  Mich•

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  IN

Road.

H o g g i n g

D e liv e r y  
P le a s u r e

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SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE.

SHAFTING, HANGERS, 
AND PULLEYS A SPECIALTY.

F IR S T -C L A S S  IN  EVERY  RE8PECT.
Send  Specifications  for  Estimates  before  Contracting.
THE LANE & B0DLEY CO.
2 to 4 3  JOHN ST., CINCINN*^*  O.

! No. 9 8 -Woodenware,  Tinware,  Etc. 

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

____No. 101—Lamps and Lamp  Goods.

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in H.  Leonard  &  Sons.

No.  102—Silver  Plated  Ware

A.  H I M E S ,

Shipper and Retail Dealer In 

Lehigh Valley Goal Go.’s  I  ( )  A  I

Office, 54 Pearl St. Grand Rapids, Mich. 
THE  ABOVE  COMPANY’S  COAL  IN  CAR  LOTS .ALWAYS  ON  TRACK  READY  FOB,

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SHIPMENT.

JVJBW  HOUSjb   a v d   n f w   g o o d s

A .  JB. B R O O K S
WHOLESALE

Confectionery,  Nuts  and  Figs

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

CODY  BLOCK,  IBS  EA8T  FULTON  8T„ 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

&   C O .,

H E S T E R   «So  F O X ,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

S A W  AXTD G R IS T  MXXaXi M A C H H T IH 7
Send for 
Catalogue 

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M A NUFACTURERS  OF

INDIANAPOLIS.  IND.,  II.  8. A,
STEM EKGINES&BOILERS.
Carry Engines and Boilers In Stock 
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for  immediate  delivery. 

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

Saws, Belting and  Oils.

I  A m i  Dodge’s  Patent Wood Split Pulley.  Large  stock  kept on hand.  Send for Sampl 

Pulley and become convinced of their  superiority.

44« 40 and 48 So* Division St,, GRAND RAPIDS* MICH

Write fox* Price«!. 

MANUFACTURERS OF THE JUSTLY  CELEBRATED

Big  Rapids,  Miche

M IC H IG A N   C I G A R   CO.,
“M. C. C.”“Y tim Y tin i 99
D E T R O IT  S O A R  CO.

SEND  FOB  TRIAL  ORDER. 

The  Best Selling Cigar on the Market.

The  Most  Popular  Cigar. 

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

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OUEEh  ANNE,  MOTTLED  GERMAN,  ROYAL  BAR,  CZAR, 
U  TRUE  BLUE, 

MASCOTTE, 

SUPERIOR, 

CAMEO.

I 

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PHCENIX, 

AND  OTHERS.

For quotations in single box lots,  see  Price  Current.  For quotations in larger  0 , 

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quantities,  address,

Salesman for Western Michigan,

g r a n d   r a p i d s .

MDLA88E8I

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   th 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 ffe r in g   to   th e   tr a d e   a t  o u r  
u s u a l  lo w   p r ic es.

Telfer  Spice  C om p an y,

‘ IMPORTERS  OF  TEAS,  COFFEES  AND  SPICES.

1  AND  3  PEARL  STREET.

R in d g e,  B e r ts c h   &  C o .,

M I C H I G A N   AGENTS  FOR  THE  BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.  —.

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seggi audgiL
of fresh  milk  (preferable  tó  water.; 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
» unless bearing the signature «
Davenport  Canning  (Jo.

Davenport, la.

O a

A T   TH IS

iltnam  Bandy  Bo.

13,  15  AND  17  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.

Ionia P an ts & O v era ll Co.

E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Pants,  Overalls,  Coats,  Jackets,  Shirts,  Etc.

Warranted  Not to Rip.

Fit  Guaranteed.

Workmanship  Perfect.

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

IONIA,  MIOH.

We carry a full line in stock and  guarantee  terms and prices as good as any house 
18,  14  AND  16  PEARL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.m_________ ’

selling the line.  Correspondence solicited.

THE  WÄL8H-DE  ROO  MILLING  GO,,

HOLLAND,  MICH.

Daily  Capacity, 

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

MORNING  STAB, 
DAILY  BREAD, 

58» Graham,

SPECIALTIES:  ^  
Wheatena,

Rye Flour,

Buckwheat Flour, 
Bolted Meal, 
Rye Meal, 
Buckwheat Grits, 

Wheat Grits,

Pearl  Barley,
Oat Meal, 

Rolled OaUk-

Correspondence  Solicited.

