The  Michigan  Tradesman.

1*6

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER  18,  1889.

NO. 326.

Cberryman  &  Bowen,

Undertakers  and  M aim ers,

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5   S o u th   D iv is io n   S t.

T e le p h o n e   1 0 0 0 . 

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

Lady assistant  w hen  desired.

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A  thoroughly  equipped,  perm anently  estab­
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room s h av e been  especially  designed in  accord­
ance w ith th e latest approved plans.  T he facu lty  
is com posed of th e m ost com petent and p ractical 
teachers.  S tudents grad u atin g  from   th is  In sti­
tu tio n  MUST be efficient and PRACTICAL.  T he 
best o f references  fu rn ish ed   upon  application. 
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personally  interview ing  or  w ritin g   u s  for fu ll 
p articulars. 
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School,  19, 21,23, 25 an d   27  S outh  D ivision  St., 
G rand R apids, M ich.

J . U. L ea n, 

P rincipal. 

A. E. Ye b e x ,
See’y an d  Treas.

Learn  Bookkeeping,  Sliortliand,  Etc,,

AT  THE

C o rn e r  O tta w a   a n d   P e a r l   S tre e ts .

Send  fo r  Circular.

Playing Bards

WE  ARE  HEADQLTRRTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  LpGli,

19  So. Ionia  St.,  Grand Rapids.

IN  AMERICA.

1 Gen
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EXQUISITE  AROMA. 

II

DELICIOUS  QUALITY
10c  each, th ree for 25c

F o r Sale E veryw here. 

GEO. MOEBS & CO.,
MICH.

92  Woodward Ave.,

DETROIT, 

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A lle n D u r p e e .

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

A lle n   D u rfee  &  Co.,

1 0 3   O tta w a   S t.,  G r a n d   R a p id s .

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMRN
Watch fdaker 
s Jeweler,
44  GÄNÄL  ST„
Grand Rapids,  •  plied,

W a r r e n ' s

“Elixir  of  Lift”

C igar

Will be ready Sept.  1.

Price, $55 delivered.

Send orders at once to
6E0. T. WARREN  i   CO., Flint, Wiett,

VOL.  7.
Yoigt, M plsM ier & Co.,
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Im porters a n d  Jobbers of

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G ents’ Furnishing Goods.
F in e  stock of W oolen  Suitings  an d   O vercoat­
ings, w hich I w ill m ake to order cheaper th a n  any 
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P erfect fit guaranteed.
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o th er house in  th e city.

•P1B GOUGH
DROPS
Cook  X  BergUiold,
SHOW

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Prices  Lower  than  those  of 
any competitor.  Write for cata­
logue and  prices.

106 Kent St.,  -  Grand Rapids, Mich.

H ap  Coffee  Roaster,

The Best in the World.

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

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ROBT.  S.  WEST,
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A nd a com plete lin e of

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H o lid a y  
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EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

20  &  22  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids
W m•  B r u m m e le r
Tinware,  Glassware  and  Notions.

JOBBER  OF

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Prices.

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

o   Charlevoix  Cigar  M’fg  Co.,

CHARLEVOIX,  MICH.
Daniel  G.  Gamsey, 

EXPERT  ACCOUNTANT

Adjuster  of  Fire  Losses.
TwMitjr Years Experience.  References furnished 
■ 4   F o u n ta in  S t., G r a n d  R a p id s , M ic h .

if  desired.

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FOURTH M O N E  BASI

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

IMPROVEMENT  OF  STREETS.

Relation  of  Good  Streets  to  the  Pros­

perity  of a  City.*

D ealers

M IC H . !

CONTRACTORS  FOR

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

61  Pearl  Street.

Cooking  a  Specialty.

(Successors to Steele & Gardner.) 

M anufacturers of

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

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

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( F o r m e r ly  S h x iv e r,  w  e a th e r ly  & Co.)

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H a k e  a   S p e c ia lty  o f  C o lle c tio n s .  A c c o u n ts  

o f  C o u n try  M e rc h a n ts  S o lic ite d .

W eatherly  &  Pulte,

Steaks,  Chops  and  All  Kinds  of  Order 

B E A C H ’S

Pumps, Pipes,  Etc., 
and  Grates.

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

New  York  ßoffee  Rooms,

OYSTERS  1NRLL STYLES.

Galvanized Iron  Cornice,

W hisks,  Toy  Brooms, Broom  Corn, Broom 
H andles, an d  all  K inds  of  Broom  M aterials. 
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Mantels

It has already my privilege to speak in 
your city,  upon the benefit of  good roads 
to  an  important  branch  of  trade,  the 
carriage industry;  and the  way in which 
the Carriage Builders’  National Associa­
tion has already taken hold  of  the ques­
tion,  shows the extent to  which they are 
beginning to  appreciate  the  importance 
of the subject.
But there is a higher and broader view 
to take of  the whole matter,  and we may 
well  consider  the  importance  of  good 
roads  to  us  as  Americans,  as  men  of 
whatever social or business  interests,  as 
property owners,  and finally,  as citizens 
of our respective  localities.
I think that  everyone  is  prepared  to 
grant  the  value  of  good  roads  to  the 
country at large,  since it is quite natural 
to anyone to think of  various things that 
benefit maukind in general,  even though 
he may not take  the pains to come down 
to the particular way in which they effect 
him  personally.
The influence of good roads toward the 
development,  and increase  in  value,  of 
the  agricultural  regions,  will hardly be 
questioned.
The advantages  of  improvements  are 
not confined to the proprietors, or to those 
living  immediately  upon  any  road,  but 
are shared by all  who  avail  themselves 
of  the increased facilities.
Agriculture  is  both  directly and indi­
rectly dependent,  in a great degree,  upon 
good roads for its success  and rewards.
Directly,  as these  roads  carry the pro­
duction  of  the fields to the market,  and 
bring to them in  return their  bulky and 
weighty  materials,  at  a  post  of  labor 
which grows  less  as  the  roads  become 
better.
Indirectly,  as  the  cities  and  towns 
whose dense population  and manufactur­
ing industry make them the best markets 
for farming produce,  are enabled to grow 
and to extend themselves indefinitely,  by 
roads  alone,  which  supply the  place of 
rivers;  to the banks of which these great 
towns  would  otherwise  be  necessarily 
confined.
While, therefore, it might be an inexcus­
able waste of money to construct a costly 
road to connect  two  small  towns which 
I had little intercourse,  it is equally waste­
ful,  and is a much  more frequent short- 
I  sightedness  of  economy,  to leave  unim­
proved.  and almost in a state  of  nature, 
the  communications  between  a  great 
city,  and the interior  region from  which 
its  daily sustenance is  drawn,  and  into 
which  its  own  manufactures  and  mer­
chandise are conveyed.
When  your  community  was  a  small 
one,  you  could  not  afford  to  construct 
expensive roads,  but now that  you have 
grown  into a large  and  prosperous  city 
you  cannot  neglect to mat e  good  high­
ways,  leading  into  the  country in every 
direction,  without  serious  loss  to  the 
prosperity of  the city.
Suburban  people go to the  cities,  and 
they go to  those  cities,  and  those  mar­
kets,  that have the best  roads leading to 
them.
The  prosperity  of  any  city  depends 
largely  upon  the  surrounding  country, 
and  the  better  the  road  facilities,  the 
faster the country will  grow  in  popula­
tion,  and the more business the city  will 
W e again call your attention  have in supplying their wants.
I  Some  of  the advantages thus to be at- 
the  high  grade  of  Buck-1 tained,  have  not  long  since  been  well
of  a  Committee
summed up  in a report
“By  the  improvement  of  our  roads, 
every branch  of  our  agricultural,  com­
mercial,  and  manufacturing  industry 
would  be materially benefitted.
“Every  article  brought  into  market 
would be  diminished  in  price;  and  the 
number  of  horses  would be so much re­
duced,  that,  by these and other retrench­
ment,  the expense  of  millions  (pounds 
sterling)  would be annually saved to the 
public.
“The expense of  repairing roads,  and 
the wear and tear of carriages and horses, 
would  be  essentially  diminished;  and 
thousands of acres,  the produce of which 
is  now  wasted  in  feeding  unnecessary 
horses,  would  be  devoted to the produc­
tion of food for man.
“In short,  the public  and  private  ad­
vantages which would result from effect­
ing that  great  object,  the  improvement 
of  our  highways and turnpikes,  are  in­
calculable; 
their  being 
spread over a wide surface, aud available 
iu  various  ways,  such  advantages  will 
not be so apparent as those  derived from 
other sources of  improvement,  of a more 
restricted and less general nature.”
If  the  country is  benefitted, it will be 
of  great  interest  to us  to  consider  the 
effect upon the city,  the market place for 
all the country’s  production,  the  center 
of  trade,  and  the  heart,  as it were,  of 
the great  circulatory system  about it,  of 
which  the  roads  are  the  arteries  and 
veins,  and  the  traffic  and  travel  upon 
them  the  commercial  life-blood,  which 
must circulate  through  the center to re 
ceive  its  proper  direction  and  impetus 
for distribution.
Of  this  great  system,  the railroad,  of 
course,  is a mighty factor,  and one which 
as a nation  we  have  taken a great pride 
in,  and to  which  we  have  devoted  our 
best energies and resources,  to  the  neg­
lect of  our  roads and highways, the nat­
ural feeders of the railway;  but now that 
our  railway mileage is nearly as great as 
the whole of  the rest  of  the  world,  we 
can better  afford to turn our national at­
tention to the  importance  of  the  high­
ways themselves.
And  while  it  is  always  a  matter  or 
pride  and  pleasure  to  us  to  study  ouf 
railway  systems,  aud  the  completeness 
with which they are  bringing  every por­
tion  of  our  country into close commun 
ion with one  another,  it  is  certainly of 
great importance to us  as  business  men 
and citizens,  and  more  to  our  purpose 
to-day,  to  study  the  growing  needs  of

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BÄRNETT  BROS., W holesale  Dealers, 

C H IC A G O .

Builders National Association, at Syracuse, N. Y.

putting  our  roads in  such  order  as  to 
enable them to fulfil their part,  and their 
functions,  the  effect  they  can  and  do 
exert  upon  the  commercial  welfare  of 
the respective  localities  they feed,  upon 
your business and mine,  our convenience 
and comfort,  our  health,  and  the value 
of our property;  and  we should not stop 
in  this  work  until  we  have  as  good  a 
system of  highways,  and city streets,  all 
over our country, as we now have of rail­
roads.
The object of  good  roads are rapidity, 
safety,  and  economy  of  carriage;  they 
must,  therefore,  be  so  located,  and  so 
constructed,  as to permit  transportation 
from one place  to  another  in  the  least 
possible  time,  with  the  least  possible 
labor,  and  with  the  least  possible  ex­
pense.
Now,  while  we  cannot hope to reach, 
in this generation, at least, the high ideal 
of Milton’s “broad and ample road, whose 
dust is gold  and  pavement  stars,”  and, 
as a matter of  fact,  would  probably find 
it an expensive  structure,  yet it is quite 
within the range  of  our  possibilities  to 
provide ourselves with highways  of very 
much  more  practical  value,  aud at less 
cost than  the  Miltonian  plan  would in­
volve.  This  matter,  expense,  is one of 
the  greatest  importance  to  us  as  tax 
payers—and  right  here  we  come  upon 
probably the greatest stubling-block that 
has put itself  in the  way of  the  attain­
ment of  our present aim:—false ideas of 
economy always have,  and undoubtedly, 
to  some  extent,  always  will,  stand  in 
the way of  realizing that the  best  is  the 
cheapest.
This is as true of  roads as of anything 
else  in  the  world,  and it would be well 
indeed  for  us,  if  the  whole  American 
public could  have  the  benefit  of  such a 
course of instruction in financial science, 
and political economy,  as  should  enable 
them to appreciate  that one  dollar  well 
spent,  is many times more  effective than 
one-half  the  amount  injudiciously  put 
out,  in the hopeless  effort to reach  suffi­
ciently good results,  which  may look as 
well for the time,  no matter how  soon it 
may have to be done over  again.
it is always  economy to spend  enough 
to begin  with to secure  the best  results, 
and it always costs  less in  the long  run.
A good road should cost  more to build 
than  a poor  one,  but it is often  the  case 
that a poor road  costs as much as a good 
one would.  But  even  when a good  one 
s more expensive,  it will  be  easier  and 
dieaper to keep in  good  repair,  and will 
last many  years longer;  while its advan­
tages, and the  saving to those  who daily 
use it,  will  very much  more  than  com­
pensate them for the  extra  expense they 
have been put to in the building.
As an expert on the subject has put  it: 
“It is plain  that  if,  by  keeping  roads 
in good order,  four  horses are enabled to 
do the work of  five,  or  three of  four  (by 
no means an  unreasonable  supposition), 
the  economy  of  horse  labor,  and  wear 
and tear of  vehicles and harness must be 
considerable,  but  economy in  the actual 
cost of  maintenance generally follows a 
well.
“Experience  proves  that a road  with 
sufficient  strength,  good 
surface  and 
thorough  drainage,  can  be  kept in first- 
ate order with a much  smaller  quantity 
of  materials  than  an  inferior,  ill-kept 
road  requires;  and  though  a  grearer 
amount  of  manual  labor  may  be nece 
ary,  a good  road,  on  the whole,  is gen­
erally  more  cheaply  maintained  than a 
bad  one,  especially  when  there  is  any 
considerable amount of  traffic.
It is certain  that  a  large  proportion 
of  the  heavy  expenditure  upon  roads 
might be  used  to  much  greater  advan­
tage,  with  more  skill and system on the 
part of those concerned in their construe 
tiou  and  maintenance;  and the  indirect 
saving in the cost of traction,and wear and 
tear of  vehicles and horses, which would 
result from better roads,  would probably 
far exceed  any direct  saving in expendi­
ture  on  the  roads,  considerable  as  the 
latter might be.”
Mr.  Edwin Chadwick,  speaking on this 
subject  at.  the  Institution  of  Civil  En­
gineers,  remarked:
“In the  present condition of  the coun­
try,  it  is  of  vast  importance  to  reduce 
If, 
the cost of  transit to  the  uttermost. 
by the improvement  of  the  rural  roads, 
four  horses  could be enabled  to  do  the 
work of  five,  the  saving  of  the  country 
in agricultural  horses  would not be less 
than seven millions a  year.
“If  the city traffic be  taken  into  con­
sideration,  we believe  the cost of  transit 
to  be  saved  by  improvement  in  roads 
would not be less than from seventeen to 
twenty millions a  year.”
the  Springfield 
A  correspondent  of 
Republican, writing  from  England,  and 
drawing a comparison between the splen­
did  roads of  that  country and  the aver­
age American highway, very much to the 
disadvantage of  the  latter, has said : 
“The  point  which  1  wish  to impress 
upon my American reader is simply this : 
that  the  English  horse,  employed in the 
streets of  a city, or  on  the  roads  of  the 
country,  does twice as much  work as the 
American  horse  similarly  employed  in 
America.  This is the patent, undeniable 
fact.  No man  can  fail to see it who has 
his eyes about him.  How does he do it ? 
Why  does  he  do  it?  These  are  the 
most  important  questions  to  an  Amer­
ican.  Is  the  English  horse  better than 
the American  horse ?  Not at all. 
Is he 
overworked ?  I have  seen  no  evidence 
that  he  is. 
I have  seen  but  one  lame 
horse in  London.  The  simple  explana­
tion is,  that the Englishman has invested 
in perfect and permanent roads what the 
American  expends  in perishable horses, 
that require to be fed.
“We  are  using  to-day  in  the  little 
town of  Springfield  just  twice  as  many 
horses  as  would  be  necessary to  do its 
business,  if  the roads  all  over  the town 
were  as  good  as  Main  street  is  from 
Ferry  to  Central.  We  are  supporting 
hundreds of  horses to drag leads through 
holes  that  ought  to  be filled,  over sand 
that  should  be hardened,  through  mud 
that ought not to be permitted to exist.

“We have ther misery of bad roads, and 
are  actually,  or  practically,  called upon 
It  would 
to  pay a premium  for  them. 
be undeniably cheaper to have good roads 
than  poor  ones.  It  is so here.  A  road 
well built is easily kept in repair.
“A mile of  good  macadamized  road is 
more easily supported than a poor horse.”
Such,  too,  is  the  experience  of  all  of 
us who have  traveled  much in the prin­
cipal countries of  Europe,  and have seen 
the’  difference  between  their  loads and 
ours.

and  reduce 

Prof.  Jenks says:
“On  Illinois  roads  a  full  load  for a 
two-horse  team  can be carried  for three 
months of  the  year,  two-thirds of  a load 
for three months,  and half a load for six.
Every man who reads this can stop and 
think how much of  the  year any country 
road  with  which he is familiar,  is  hard 
enough  to  wheel  over  it  the  full  load 
which two horses’ean pull over a smooth, 
hard roadway, on  which  the  wheels cut 
no ruts.
“If the average road is not as low as in 
Illinois,  it will  come  near it.  The  Illi­
nois roads cost 815,346,000 in  extra haul- 
the  value  of  farms 
at  a  distance  from  railway  depots  by 
160,000,000.  If Illinois spent $250,000,000 
on good roads,  the  total  interest on this 
um would still leave enough of  the sum 
now  spent  on  hauling  to  build  a  new 
State  capitol  every  year, to  say nothing 
of  the nervous  wear  and  tear,  and  the 
prismatic  profanity  induced  by country 
roads  when  the  frost  is  coming  out. 
Good roads would save the State its State 
taxes  every  year,  and  the  labor misdi­
rected and wasted an  roads  now,  would 
go far toward making good highways.”
Good  roads  are,  then,  unquestionably 
cheaper  to  maintain  and  to  use  than 
poor ones.
It  is  safe  to  say  that a perfect  road 
once  laid  down will cost far less to keep 
in repair  from  year to  year,  and  at  the 
end of  twenty  years  will  have required 
a far  smaller  total  expenditure  than  a 
poorer  road  costing  half, as  much  and 
improperly  made.
A properly built  highway*  constructed 
upon any one of  the systems  accepted as 
the  best  for  their  various  purpoes  and 
locations,  must necessarily be made with 
a solid  and  firm  foundation,  effectually 
separating the  surface  from  the soil  be­
low.
Ii  should  be  thoroughly drained,  and 
provided  with  water courses at the side, 
and  a  hard  and  compact  surface,  as 
smooth as  the  nature of  its  composition 
will  admit of,  and  free  from  mud,  dust 
and loose stones.
To reach this degree of  perfection,  the 
best  obtainable  materials must be used. 
It  requires  good  labor,  ample  time  in 
construction,  and,  above all.  the  science 
and  skill  of  a  professional  engineer, 
whose business is road-making.
Certain  kinds of roads are accepted as 
the  best  under  certain conditions.  For 
the  country, it is essential  to  make  use 
of  such  material as nature furnishes for 
each locality,  but more  attention  should 
be  paid  than  generally  is,  to  the  first j 
principles laid down by such  road build­
ers as Macadam and  Telford;  so far,  cer­
tainly,  as  they  provide  for  thorough 
drainage,  and  for  homogeneous,  even 
surfaces,  of  the  best  materials  within 
reach,  and then for systematic  care  and 
repair.
In no case is the old adage more appro­
priate,  “A  stitch  in  time  saves  nine,” 
than in the proper maintenance of roads.
Country roads need be  no  wider  than 
is absolutely necessary for the accommo­
dation of the traffic and travel  that  will 
come upon them.  In many places a road 
wide enough for a single  team is all that 
is necessary,  with  suitable  turnouts,  for 
it is unwise and  expensive to attempt to 
maintain a country roadway  wider  than 
the requirements  of  the  community de­
mand.  The sides can be  grassed  down, 
making  the  road  more  agreeable to the 
eye and a source of comfort in the greater 
freedom from dust.
For  suburban  roads,  nothing  can  be 
better than what is known as  the  Maca­
dam system,  with  firm  and  well-drained 
foundations,  six or eight inches  of  good 
crushed stone,  as near as possible to uni­
form  size,  from  one  to  two  inches  in 
diameter,  very compactly  pressed  down 
by a steam  roller,  and with a thin crust 
of fine gravel on top.
For the best and highest  fulfillment of 
the purposes of the city street, it is essen­
tial that we should have, first, sufficiently 
ample  breadth  not  only  to  more  than 
accommodate  all  the  traffic  that  may 
come upon it, but to afford a good amount 
of breathing space,  with  room  for shade 
trees, as health is to he considered as well 
as  convenience,  and at the same  time  to 
contribute to the city an air  of  spacious 
comfort  and  dignified  distances,  which 
shall  for  all  time  remove  from  it  the 
crowded appearance of  too  many of  our 
cities and towns.
Abroad  and  well-shaded  street  con­
tributes more than some  of  us realize to 
the  attractiveness  aud  health of  a city. 
What can  be  more  beautiful  than such 
avenues as  Euclid  in  Cleveland,  Wood­
ward in Detroit,  Delaware in Buffalo,  in 
their best portions,  the splendid and con­
stantly improving streets of  our national 
capital,  and Commonwealth  avenue  and 
Beacon street in my own  city;  affording, 
as they  do,  a  most  appropriate  setting 
for the  finest  results  of  the  architect’s 
skill,  each example of  which leads on to 
greater  and  better  efforts  in a spirit of 
rivalry,  which is the healthiest sign  of  a 
city’s vigorous prosperity and growth.
The  width  of  a  good  street,  is,  how­
ever,  but a primary  element in its make­
up.  Taking  for  granted  that  the first 
principles of civil engineering have been 
applied, to the extent of  securing proper 
grades,  we  come  to  the feature  of  the 
most important  interest  to  us,  and the 
most neglected  one,  that  of  street  sur­
faces.
While the  Macadam system is durable, 
and by all  means  the  most  comfortable 
and satisfactory,  for its cost,  for  streets 
immediately  outlying  the  city  proper,

The  result 

and for  those used  principally for pleas­
ure driving, in  the  central business por­
tions,  where  more  active traffic is to be 
provided  for,  where commerce plants her 
heavy  foot,  and  the  wear  and tear are 
considerable,  there are no better or more 
appropriate  pavements 
than  granite 
block,  or perhaps  the  best grades of fire 
brick,  where  the  streets have the rough­
est usage,  or are more liable  to  disturb­
ances  by  those  dreaded  nuisances,  the 
street  gangs  of  the  water  and  sewer 
department.  And between  the  suburbs 
and the business part of the  city,  where 
the traffic is the heaviest,  asphalt  pave­
ment will be found to be  very  desirable 
and probably the best.
Time does  not  serve  here to speak in 
detail  of  the  respective  advantages  of 
these systems in the matter of cost, dura­
bility of  use and  effect  on  business,  on 
property  values  and  on  the health and 
comfort  of  the citizens,  but it  certainly 
is worth while to suggest  that we should 
take the last points into consideration,  to 
a far  greater  extent  than  is  our  usual 
custom.
In the matter  of  cleanliness and com­
fortable use,  the smoother the surface the 
better,  and for your city I believe asphalt 
should be used  wherever practicable.  Its 
noiselessness  is  a desirable feature,  and 
its more general  use  in  our  city  streets 
will have a very beneficial  effect  on  the 
nerves,  and,  in  consequence,  the general 
health of our  business  and  professional 
men,  and all who have occasion to endure 
the incessant noise of the busy street.
I wish to say right  here,  however,  that 
I have no interest whatever  in  any  spe­
cial  pavement;  my  desire  is  to see the 
streets and highways of my country equal 
to the best in the old world.
As a result  of  elaborate  experiments, 
made to ascertain  the relative resistance 
or friction of  different pavements,  it  has 
been established that,  while  200  pounds 
force is required to draw one ton over an 
ordinary  dirt  road,  100  pounds will  do 
the same work on  Macadam,  33  on  best 
granite blocks and 15 on  asphalt.
As a practical  instance  of  this,  it  is 
estimated  that  in  the city of New  York 
there are 12,000 trucks, carrying an aver­
age load of 
tons  for 12 miles on each 
of 300 days  in  the  year,  at  an average 
daily cost of $4 for each truck.
is  about  65.000,000  tons 
transported one mile  in every  year,  at  a 
total cost of $14,400,000. or  at the rate of 
over 22 cents per  ton-mile.  The exces­
sive nature of this charge is  seen,  when 
it  is  remembered  that  the  same  goods 
are now carried by  rail  at  six-tenths  of 
one cent per mile.  On asphalt  or  wood 
pavements,  the same  horses could trans­
port a load  three  times  as  heavy  as on 
the present rough stone  pavements. 
If 
the saving  in  transportation  is  propor­
tional to the load carried, it would amount 
to nearly $10,000,000  per  annum. 
It is 
safe to say that at least  one-half  of  this 
amount  would  be  saved by substituting 
smooth pavements for those now  in  use 
in New York;  and  in any city where the 
pavements  are  on  the  average  poorer 
and rougher than those of  New  York,  it 
is clear that the  proportionate saving by 
the introduction  of  the  best  street sur­
faces will be even greater.
Gentlemen,  are  not  these  startling 
facts?  Should we not  stop  and  ponder 
on them,  and find time  to give them that 
proper consideration that  we as business 
men should?
The obstacles which have stood  in  the 
way  of  securing  the  streets  we should 
have  are  too  numerous  and  varied  to 
admit of full discussion.
It is sufficient for our purpose to admit 
that on the average our roads and streets 
are bad,  far below those  in  other  coun­
tries 
in  the  world  approaching  us  in 
wealth, 
intelligence  and  commercial 
activity, and that reasons for this are not 
hard to find;  but one great drawback has 
been our  lack  of  disposition  to educate 
ourselves  upon  what a good road  is  and 
how to get it,  and not  offering  sufficient 
inducements to bring  out  any  consider­
able number of thoroughly-equipped road 
makers.
Then,  like all other public works, road 
building  is,  and I fear may  always  be, 
too much dependent upon politics.
It is an unfortunate,  but  only too well 
known fact,  that one  hundred  thousand 
dollars appropriated  for  specific  public 
purposes  often  means  ninety,  perhaps 
eighty  and  possibly  fifty  thousand,  in 
actual  tangible  results,  reckoning  as a 
business man estimates the result  of  his 
cash expenditures.  The balance may not 
be  by  any  means  necessarily  diverted 
dishonestly, but more often recklessly or 
injudiciously spent  by those who are not 
fitted for the handling of  large  sums  of 
money, nor well posted  on the objects to 
which  for a longer  or  shorter  space  of 
time they  are giving  their attention.
There are too many men to-day in pub­
lic office responsible for the care  of  mil­
lions and the expenditure of hundreds of 
thousands,  whom we  would never dream 
of electing  as  directors  in  any bank or 
mercantile  corporation  that  we have to 
do  with.
That is the difference between the citi­
zens’  attention to the  public welfare and 
their  watchfulness  for  business  enter­
prises.
However,  it is far  from my purpose to 
cast any discredit upon the able and pub­
lic-spirited men who  are willing to make 
themselves an exception to the usual rule 
and give their time and attention  to  the 
public.  All the more honor is due them 
and they are the ones whom  we  have  to 
thank for the rapid advancement in pub­
lic  matters  by  which  our 
times  are 
marked.
The great aim now before us is to make 
it all the time  better  worth the while of 
active  business  men  to  concern  them­
selves  in  the  public  welfare,  whether 
they take public office  or devote some of 
their attention,  as we  are to-day, to such 
matters as are vitally interesting  to  you 
and me.
But let us see  for a moment what part 
there is to  apply  of  the  lesson we have

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TheMichiganTradesman

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

©BAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

R.  Olds has  engaged in the confectlbn- 

ery business at 168 Fifth street.

Henry J.  Pessink has  opened a  bakery 
near  the  corner  of  Hall  and  South Di­
vision streets.

John  H. McCue  has  opened a  grocery 
store at Robinson.  The Olney & Judson 
Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

A .  J. Friant has engaged in the grocery 
business  at  Austerlitz.  The  Olney  & 
Judson Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

Heindel  &  Miller  will  engage  in  the 
grocery  business  at  Twin  Lakes.  The 
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  is  putting 
up the stock.

Mrs.  E.  L.  Kellogg  will  remove  her 
drug stock to Belding about Feb.  1, hav 
ing  leased  a  store  now  in  process  of 
erection there.

Will M. Bale,  formerly engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  at  Vermontville,  has 
opened a crockery store at Fennville.  H. 
Leonard & Sons furnished the stock.

H. A.  McDonald  and  Myron  J. Beebe 
have  formed a copartnership  under  the 
style of  McDonald & Beebe  and angaged 
in  general  trade  at Douglas.  Spring & 
Company  furnished  the  dry  goods  and 
the  Olney & Judson  Grocer Co.  the  gro­
ceries.

The  Blakeley  &  Jennison  hardware 
stock was bid  in  at  assignee’s sale, last 
Friday,  for 50 per cent,  of  the  appraised 
value,  Wm.  McMullen  being  the  pur­
chaser.  It  is understood  that  the  bus­
iness  will  be  continued  by  the  former 
firm  as  soon  as the sale is confirmed by 
the court.

Grant Station—Ira* Woodard,  formerly 
of the firm of Woodard & Pollard,  at Ash­
land  Center,  has  purchased  the  grocery 
stock  of  Richard Purdy,  two  miles west 
of this place.

Detroit — Minneapolis  and  St.  Paul 
creditors  of  E.  R.  Shipley,  a  former 
wholesale grocer in the  first  named city, 
have  garnisheed  the  Detroit  Savings 
Bank to recover money Shipley is alleged 
to  have  deposited  there.  The  grocer’s 
whereabouts is unknown.

Eaton  Rapids—L.  L.  Kelch  &  Co.’s 
dry goods  store  was  closed on a chattel 
mortgage,  last  Friday, by Edson, Moore 
& Co., of  Detroit.  The liabilities are re­
ported at SI, 500,  with assets of about the 
same amount.  The stock will  be  sold at 
auction on the 18th, to satisfy three chat­
tel mortgages against it.
Howell—When  the 

late  John  Wei- 
meister,  banker and merchant,  failed,  H. 
G.  Wright,  of  Ionia,  was a  heavy  cred­
itor,  and he placed an attachment  on the 
goods in the Weimeister store and turned 
them over to the care of  Sheriff McCabe. 
A few days ago, Patrick Hammell,  one of 
the  special administrators of  the  estate, 
accompanied  by  another  man,  entered 
the store when the sheriff  was preparing 
to move  the  goods, and at  once  claimed 
possession of the stock.  The sheriff,  be 
ing  a  muscular man,  and having an idea 
of  having the law on his side,  slid out of 
his  coat  and  promptly threw  Mr.  Ham­
mell  out  of 
the 
store, and still retains  possession  of  the 
goods and chattels thus attached.

the  back  door  of 

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Marion—The Lone  Star  Medicine  Co, 

has removed to North Star.

Alpena—The Comstock  Brothers man­
ufactured  this  year  36,000,000  feet  of 
lumber,  of  which  21,323,044  feet  were 
sawed in their own mill,  and the remain­
der in other mills.  The firm  also  manu­
factured  15,610,000  shingles  and 5,781,- 
950  lath.  The  lumber  now  on  hand  is 
only 1,100,000 feet.

Saginaw—The  Sapless  Paving  Block 
Co. has been organized here for manufac­
turing  cedar  blocks,  under  the  Ross 
patent,  which the  company has  secured. 
E.  H.  Pearson  is  President  of  the  com­
pany,  and  with a sapless  block  in  one 
hand and a common one in the other,  has 
isited several cities, and gained the rep­
utation of  being an eloquent talker.

St.  Ignace—It is reported that  gypsum 
underlies Little Ste.  Martin’s Island,  and 
in consequence the land thereon has been 
greatly enhanced  in  value.  Some  Mar­
quette  capitalists have set their  eyes  on 
a portion of it,  and desire its  possession; 
hence  Peter  White  and  others have se­
cured an option on the possession  of  the 
Mackinac  Lumber  Co.  on  the 
island 
named for $15,000.

the 

Cadillac—Chittenden  &  Herrick  have 
purchased 11,000,000 feet  of  pine  of  the 
Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Railroad, 
they  secured  an  option 
on  which 
the  Wex­
at 
general  sale  of 
ford  and  Manistee  county 
lands 
last 
month.  The  pine  is 
in  Hen­
derson  township,  and  will  probably  be 
railed  over  the  Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  & 
North  Michigan  Railway,  to  this  city, 
where  the  present  owners  will  sell  the 
logs or  have  them  manufactured  them 
selves.  The purchase also includes 750, 
000 feet of  hardwoods.

located 

P.  of  I.  Gossip.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Another  P.  of  I.  dealer  has  come  to

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  head for 
.  two  cents  a  word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a
g r i e f — M l’S.  A .  E .  Combe, whose creditors «  word  fo r  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise- 
Advance  payment.
i  ment taken for less than 25 cents.
have  taken  possession of  her stock on a --------------------------------
chattel mortgage.

B U S IN E S S   C H A N C E S .

. 

. 

Nashville News:  “The P.  of  I.  lodges_ 
in this  county  have  dwindled  down  to 
twenty-one,  with  an  average  of  forty 
members to each lodge.”

A Tustin  correspondent  writes :  “We 
have  a  number of  P.  I.’s  around  here, 
but  they have  not  been  able  to  secure 
tore,  either  at  this  place  or  at 

Le  Roy.”

Flint  Daily  News: 

“The  P.  of  I. 
boarding  house  in  the  Rice  block  has 
found that the farmers  eat too' much for 
the small sum  of  fifteen cents per  meal 
and has gone out of business.”

A Three  Rivers  correspondent  writes: 
No P.  of  I.  lodges  have been organized 
here  as  yet,  but  there  is  a  party going 
around in the surrounding country start- j 
ing branches at $13 a branch.  He started 
two  in Florence township recently.” 

Wayland  Globe:  “A  meeting  of  farm­
ers  was  held  at  the  residence  of  the 
P.  of  I.  organizer  Monday  evening,  but 
we understand  that  no  society was per­
fected,  and  another  trial  will  be  had. 
The  proprietor of  the hall  would not let 
them have possession of  it,  and the meet­
ing was held at a private house.”

A Bloomingdale  correspondent writes: 
“On Tuesday evening an effort was made 
to organize a lodge of  Patrons  of  Indus­
try here, but for want of attendance noth­
ing  was  done.  There  are  four  lodges 
within four miles of  this  village,  with a 
fair  membership.  Very  little  interest, 
apparently,  is manifested in them in this 
place.”

Wayland  Globe: 

“There  will  be  a 
meeting  of  the  Patrons  of  Industry of 
Allegan county in this  village  on  Satur­
day  to  establish  a  headquarters  and 
arrange for a'place of  trading. 
It is not 
fully decided as yet whether  any  of  our 
merchants  will  become P.  I.  dealers,  or 
whether the organization  will establish a 
store of  its own.”

___________________554

F OR  SALE—75-BBL.  f u l l   r o l l e r   m il l—b o t h
water and steam power, near two  good  railroads; 
good town and doing good business;  good  reasons for 
selling.  Address Thomas Hoyland, Howell. Mich. 
1
558
TTTILL SELL  OR  TRADE  PROPERTY  IN TRAVERSE  | 
VV  City, Mich., bringing $40 monthly  rent,  for  gen­
eral stock  or  special  line  of  merchandise.  Address 
554, care Tradesman. 
TTTANTED—I  WANT  TO  CONSOLIDATE  STOCKS 
Vy  with a man who has a good trade;  I have a stock  i 
of clothing  worth  $6,000  and  thoroughly  understand 
the business.  Address, No. 655, care  Michigan  Trades­
I
man. 
565 
TTTANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  HOUSE  AND  LOT  IN 
VV  thriving city  of  Battle  Creek  for  stock  of  dry  | 
goods, notions,  boots  and  shoes  or  groceries.  H.  E. 
Merritt & Co., 665 W ealthy Ave., Grand Rapids. 
|
W &  grocery wishes to engage in exclusive  wholesale 
business  and  desires  to  sell;  now  carrying  $15.000 
stock ;  trade very good :  profits  as above ;  rent reason­
able.  Address,  The West Coast Trade. Tacoma, Wash.

551 

T   HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  WILL  EX- 
JL  change for stock of goods, Grand Rapids  city prop  j 
|  erty, or will sell on easy payments;  these  farms  have  j 
I  the best of soil, are  under  good  state  o f  cultivation, 
and located between the  cities  of  Grand  Rapids  and 
|  Muskegon.  Q. F. Conklin. Grand Rapids, Mich._______   ]
OFFER  FOR  SALE,  ON  VERY
favorable terms, the F.  H. Escott drug stock, at 75
_ 
Canal street, Grand Rapids,  Hazeltine & Perkins Drug 
Co.  Price, $4,000. 
F OR  SALE—THE  FINEST  DRUG  STORE 
S  THE
reasons
city of Muskegon at 75 cents on the dollar;
other business.  C. L. Brundage, Muskegon  Mich.
520
FOR SALE—A  GOOD  GROCERY  BUSINESS HAVING 

the cream of the trade;  best  location  in  the city ; 
stock clean and well assorted; this is a rare chance for 
any one to get a good  paying  business;  poor  health 
the only reason.  Address  S. Stern,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.

__ 

531

518

M IS C E L L A N E O U S .

TT7"ANTED—GENERAL  AND  LOCAL  AGENTS  TO 
VV  handle  the  New  Patent  Chemical  Ink  Erasing 
Pencil.  Greatest  novelty  ever  produced.  Erases ink 
in two seconds, no abrasion of paper. 
200  to   500  per 
cent, profit.  One agent’s sales amounted to $820 in six 
days—another $32 in two hours.  Territory  absolutely 
free.  Salary  to  good  men.  No  ladies  need  answer. 
Sample 35 cents.  For terms  and  full  particulars,  ad­
dress,  The  Monroe  Eraser  Co.,  Manufacturers,  La 
Crosse,  Wis. 
545
Be g in   t h e   n e w   y e a r   b y   d isc a r d in g   t h e
annoying  Pass  Book  System  and  adopting  in 
its place the Tradesman Credit  Coupon.  Send  $1  for 
sample order, which will be sent  prepaid.  E. A. Stowe 
& Bro., Grand Rapids.______________________ ________
TTTANTED—SEND  A  POSTAL  TO THE SUTLIFF COU- 
VV  pon Pass Book Co.,  Albany,  N.  Y., for  samples 
of the new  Excelsior  Pass  Book,  the  m ost  complete 
and finest  on the  market  and  just  what  every mer­
chant should have  progressive merchants all over the 
country are now using them. 

437

Begin tbe  New  Year  R ig h t!
By using th e “ C o m p le te   B u s in e s s   R e g is te r ,” 
th e best arran g ed   book  for  keeping a record of 
D aily, W eekly a n d  M onthly Sales, E xp en d itu res, 
etc.  Call a t “ T he T radesm an” office an d  inspect 
th e books.
E.  A.  STOWE  &  BRO..  Grand  Rapids.

Detroit—The Detroit Paper Novelty Co 
has increased its capital stock to $100,000 
Detroit—The liabilities  of  the Detroit 
Computing  Scale  Co.  are $4,284 and  the 
assets $1,622.

Detroit—The  Detroit  Steel  &  Spring 
Works  has  changed  its  style  to the De 
troit Steel & Spring Co.

Wyandotte — The  Detroit  Hoop  and 
Stave Co.  has given an option on its plant 
to a New York syndicate.

Glen Arbor—Earl Bros.’  saw  and shin 
gle mill  burned  last  Thursday.  No in 
urance.  They will rebuild.
Mt.  Pleasant—The  Mt.  Pleasant  Man 
ufacturing Co.  succeeds White & Walker 
in the planing mill business.

Le Roy—H.  M.  Patrick  has  purchased 
a tract of  timber near  Harrietta and will 
ernove his shingle mill to that place.
Zeeland—The  Zeeland  Stave  Co.  an 
nounces  itself  in  readiness  to  change 
locations,  providing a site  and a loan  of 
capital are tendered.

Detroit—Miller  &  Fern wood’s  stove 
works,  at Richmond,  have  been  consoli­
dated with the Art Stove Co., of this city, 
and will be moved here.

adbion—E.  Sutton and  V.  Allen  have 
purchased the  Newburg  mill property a 
half-mile east of  town.  They will refit 
the mill throughout and  do an extensive 
flouring  business.

Detroit—The  stock  of  W.  M.  Dwight 
& Co., the  insolvent  lumber  dealers,  is 
estimated at $60,829,  and  the  machinery 
at  $9,109.  Judge  Reilly  has  ordered it 
sold at public auction.

Menominee—It  is  estimated  that  the 
Kirby-Carpenter Company has 800,000,000 
feet  of  standing  pine  timber,  and  the 
company is cutting at the  rate  of  about 
50,000,000 feet annually.

Muskegon—Michael  E. Keenan has re­
tired from the firm of  F.  Alberts &  Co., 
manufacturers  of  shingles  and  general 
dealers.  The business will be continued 
by F.  Alberts and  Wm.  Donovan,  under 
style of Alberts &  Donovan.

Muskegon—Johnson Bros.  &  Co.  have 
purchased  the  Trumbull  Boiler  Works, 
and will continue the business.  The old 
firm  will  retire  from  the  business  and 
devote their  attention  to  their  saw  mill 
interests at  Rhinelander, Wis.

Big Rapids—The Cornell  Wind Engine 
and Pump Co.’s plant has been closed by 
a chattel  mortgage  for  $13,500  running 
to  J.  G.  McElwee.  The  mortgage  was 
given  last  August,  at  the  time  Mr. 
McElwee withdrew  from the company.

Allegan—J. B.  Streeter & Son and S. A. 
Guard have purchased  the  right to man­
ufacture a  patent  rock  shake  and  feed 
regulator,  invented  by  C.  W. Boyle,  of 
Bradley.  They will at once  erect a fac­
tory and embark  in  the  manufacture of 
the article.

lumber. 

Alpena—The mill  of  F.  W.  Gilchrist 
heads  the  sawmills at this  place  as  re­
gards  sawing 
The  amount 
manufactured this year is 30,500,000 feet, 
being 9,000,000 feet more  than  was done 
at the same mill  last year,  The mill was 
run only in day time.  It  has  two circu­
lars and a gang.

interest,  which 

Bay City—About  a  year  ago  the lum­
ber firm of R. H. Briscoe & Co. was some­
what disturbed by  the retirement  of  the 
Briscoe 
immediately 
started another concern with a name very 
nearly identical with that of  the old cor­
poration.  The  new  establishment  has 
since continued business,  in  spite  of  an 
injunction,  under the firm name of the R. 
J. Briscoe Mill & Lumber Co.  The mem­
bers  of  that concern  are  the  incorpora­
tors of  the  new  Michigan  Box  Co., the 
new title doing away with the  confusion 
incident  to  the  former  similarity  of 
names.

Cadillac—John  A.  Wade has  sold hii 
shingle  mill at Marion to  John  Rinker 
who  will  operate it at that place.  This 
mill  has  a  history  which  seems  to  be 
somewhat  characteristic  of  the  shingle 
business.  The  Wades  purchased  the 
machinery  seventeen  years  ago,  and 
formerly operated it in  connection  with 
their flouring mill here.  They have sold 
it  several  times,  and  as  often  retaken 
possession  of  it  for  their  pay,  and 
transaction of  this kind accounts for the 
present location of  the plant.  Although 
antique,  it still cuts 40,000 shingles a day.
Saginaw— Bliss  &  Yan  Auken  are 
clearing away the old  Barnard  sawmill, 
preparatory  to  erecting a large  planing 
mill  on  the  site.  This  new  firm  is a 
hustler.  They bought the mill  property 
of  Geo.  F.  Williams &  Bro.  last  spring, 
and  during 
fall  purchased  the 
N.  & A.  Barnard  property.  They  will 
have  a  sawmill,  planing  mill,  lumber 
yard,  two large steam  salt  blocks and all 
the  paraphernalia  for doing a large bus­
iness.  The  property  covers  an  area of 
fifty  acres,  with a front  on  the  river of 
2,000 feet, and connection with three rail­
roads.  The  firm  has  purchased a large 
quantity of  timber  tributary to  the Sag­
inaw, one  tract of  Arthur  Hill,  another 
of the Hay estate, aggregating 100,000,000 
or more,  and this,  added to their previous 
holdings,  with  about  250,000,000  pur­
chased  the  past  season  in Canada, will 
keep the mill  going  some  years.  All of 
the  lumber  will  be  handled  in  the car 
trade.

the 

Wool,  Hides,  Furs  and  Tallow.

Wools  are  decidedly strong and firmly 
held at the  late  advance.  New Zealand 
wools have advanced  lc  since  the  Lon­
don sales,  which still  tend to make wools 
advance  on  this side.  Considerable has 
has been  sold  the  past  week and offers 
made  and  declined,  on  large  blocks, 
the price offered was not  within l@2c of 
sellers’  views.  At  the  same  time, man 
ufacturers have not the orders  for  goods 
to  stimulate  them  to  buy and  hold  off 
against their convictions.

Hides are in  large  supply,  with  lower 
prices  on  some  grades.  Nothing  but a 
scarcity would  advance  prices,  and  thi 
is  more  likely to  be  the reverse,  as the 
quantity seems to increase, as usual, with 
the cold weather.

Fur  sales  have  not  been  good to our 
home trade at any time  this  fall and ex 
tremely  high  and  excited  among  local 
buyers.  The continued mild weather ha 
now utterly demoralized  the  home trade 
and  all  dealers  have  called off  buyers, 
except  at  lower  prices.  There  are  no 
hopes of  London or Leipsic sales in Jan­
uary giving exporters  cost on their ship 
ments.

Tallow  is  dull  and  quiet,  with  light 

demand.

Purely  Personal.

drug

George J.  Stevens,  the  Bangor 

gist,  was in town over Sunday.

I.  J.  Quick, 

the  Allendale  general 
dealer, was in town a couple of  days last 
week.

H.  A.  McDonald, of  the  new  firm  of 
McDonald & Beebe,  at  Douglas,  was  in 
town a couple of  days last week.

E. C.  Stowe, formerly  with  Emens  & 
Hill,  at Holton,  is now postmaster  at the 
embryo city of  Shipshewana, Ind.

Gaius  W.  Perkins,  President  of  the 
Grand Rapids Furniture Co.,  who was in 
the East a couple  of  weeks,  is  expected 
h ome to-day.

M.  M.  Cole,  for  the  past  year  with 
Olney,  Shields & Co.,  has  taken a posi­
tion in the  banking house of  Fairman & 
Newton at Big Rapids.

ABO U ND  TH E  STATE.

Bath—James Hall succeeds W.  L. Hall 

in the blacksmith business.

Allegan—Chas.  Facer  succeeds  Facer 

& Seely in the meat business.

Sunfield—Lemon Bros,  have  sold their 

meat market  to Dennis Hager.

Fenville—Chas.  Rogers  has  opened  a 

tobacco and  confectionery store.

O a k le y — Henderson  &  Convis  succeed 

S.  L.  Henderson in general trade.

Albion—Rosseau  &  Alsdorf  succeed 

J.  C. Rosseau in the harness business.

Lawton—Mitchell & Hall succeed L. A, 

La Bar & Co.  in the grocery  business.

Lansing—Wm.  H.  Prentice  succeeds 
Prentice & Kief in the tailoring business,
Sherwood—John F.  McIntyre  succeeds 

Chas. Gunthrope in the grocery busines

Fennville—P.  Clark has opened a meat 
market.  He hails from New Richmond
Battle Creek—Allen & Underwood sue 
ceed Geo. B.  Jenkins  in  the  meat  busi 
ness.

Greenville—J.  J.  Foster and O.  C.  Mil 
ler have embarked in  the  produce  busi 
ness.

Port  Huron—Thomas  Bondy,  of  the 

dry goods  firm  of  Bondy &  Johnson 
dead.

Manton—Fred  M.  Nay  has  opened  a 
flour and feed  store.  He hails from Fre 
mont.

East  Lake — Louiselle  Bros,  have 
purchased  the  grocery  stock  of  Alfred 
Touchette,  and moved the  same  to  their 
store.

Sparta—L.  E. Paige has  foreclosed his 
mortgage  on  the  drug  stock  of  C.  M 
Shaw.

Three  Rivers—Avery  &  Myers  hav< 
sold  their  meat  market  to  Sodiman  & 
Loudick.

Brutus—Dr. G. R. Woodard  is  consid 
ering  the  removal of  his  drug  stock to 
Cross Village.

St. Ignace—Chas.  H.  Eby  has  sold his 
grocery  stock  and  bakery  business  to 
Conrad Bros.

East Lake—Rothschild &  Co.  will  put 
in  the  Alfred 

in  a  stock  of  groceries 
Touchette store building.

Rosebush — Mr.  Gallagher’s  general 
stock,  store and residence burned Thurs 
day night.  Insurance light.

Corunna—The  Corunna  Coal  Co.  will 
abandon work in  its mines,  as  the  busi 
ness cannot be made to pay.

Eaton  Rapids  — A  merchant  tailor 
would  do  well  here,  as  there  is no ex 
ponent of  that line in  the town.

Ann  Arbor—Mayer  &  Paul  succeed 
Mayer  &  Overbeck  in  the grocery bus 
ness, change to take place Jan.  1.

St.  Louis—J.  W.  Fenn  has  assigned 
his  boot  and  shoe  stock  here  and  at 
Ithaca.  The liabilities are about $13,000
Vanderbilt— French  Bros.,  sawmill 
men and  dealers in general merchandise 
have  made  an  assignment  to  J.  W 
Hillies.

Charlevoix—J. G. Waldron’s new store, 
in Eveline township,  is neariy  ready  for 
occupancy.  When  completed,  he  will 
engage in general  trade.

Glenn—L. O.  Seymour has given a bill 
of  sale of his grocery stock to his father, 
W.  A. Seymour,  which is looked upon as 
a  questionable  transaction  by  the  cred­
itors.

Rockford—A fire in the  drug  store  of 
A.  G.  Goodson damaged  the  stock to the 
amount of  about $300  last  Friday  even 
ing.  The loss is covered by an insurance 
of  $6,000.

Big  Rapids  Herald:  “If  the  report 
published  in  our  local  columns is true, 
that  a  lodge of  Patrons  of  Industry  in 
this county has passed  resolutions  bind-! 
ing  the  membership  not to buy a Cent’s 
worth of  goods  at  any of  the  hardware 
or  dry  goods  stores  in  Big  Rapids for 
sixty days,  to  say  that  we  regret  such 
action would be putting it too mild.  We 
deprecate it.  It is every man’s privilege 
to buy where he likes  and  where he can 
do the best.  The Patrons  have the same 
right to select a trading place as a dealer 
has to decline  to  accept  their dictation, 
and  it  would  be folly for any person to 
object.  But  when  a lodge attempts  the 
boycotting  business,  it does  that  which 
has never been  popular in free America, 
and  never  will  get a strong  foothold in 
this country. 
It means  retaliation,  and, 
as a result,  if  the spirit of  the resolution 
is  carried  out,  we  may look for a lively 
fight,  for  the  boycott  is  a  two-edged 
sword—cuts both ways.”

Shoe and Leather Review:  “ T h e   M ic h ­
i g a n   T r a d e s m a n   say that  the  Patrons 
of  Industry,  the  new  organization  of 
Wolverine farmers,  will soon be absorbed 
by  the  Farmers’  Alliance,  which  is  a 
national  order;  and  the  fact  that  the 
Patrons are establishing  retail  stores all 
over  the  State,  and  also 
combining 
against  manufacturers  who refuse to be 
dictated  to  by  the  organization,  makes 
the general  trade  outlook  very unprom­
ising. 
‘History  repeats  itself,’  and  just 
as soon as. the members of  the  order dis­
cover that the  legitimate  and  independ­
ent merchants continue to sell better and 
cheaper goods,  the Patron  business- will 
begin to wane and trade  will  again seek 
the natural  channels.  Similar  attempts 
have  been  made 
in  other  states,  but 
wreck and ruin soon  resulted  from inex­
perience,  and the  farmers  were quick to 
discover  that  while  their  farmer-mer­
chants  were  first-class  crop  producers, 
they made very poor tradesmen.”

Del more  Hawkins,  general  dealer  at 
Hawkins,  writes  as  follows:  “I  would 
like to have some P.  of I.  dealer explain, 
through  T h e   T r a d e s m a n ,  why  a  mer­
chant should bind himself  by contract to 
sell  at 10 per cent, to only those  belong­
ing to a lodge  called  the  Patrons of  In­
dustry.  The  way  I  understand  it  is 
this :  The person or persons w ho hatched 
the scheme wrote the rules in such a way 
that no one  could  receive  any benefit of 
the 10 per  cent,  rate  at the P.  of  I.  store 
unless he paid his $1 for joining a P. of I. 
lodge,  and  received  a  certificate  which 
he  would  be obliged to show7 the P. of  I. 
merchant. 
In this wray, as I see it, every 
P.  of  I.  member  has  to  give  $1,  a large 
portion of  which  goes  to  the  person or 
persons who got up  the  organization. 
I 
am not a P.  of  I.  merchant,  neither  am I 
hungry  to  become  one,  unless  you can 
convince  me  that a P.  of  I.  copper  cent 
is worth as  much as a non-P.  of  I.  silver 
dollar.”

The Hardware  Market.

The strong feeling in everything in the 
iron  line  continues  and  the indications 
are that many advances will occur shortly 
after  the  first  of  the  year.  Steel  nails 
have  advanced  at  Pittsburg to $2.35,  in 
car lots,  the  Grand  Rapids  price  being 
$2.50.  Bar iron is bringing $1.80  at  the 
mill and $2 in Grand Rapids.  The glass 
market is without material change.

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Are in use all over the laud. 
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 
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Every  Wide - Rwake  Merehant

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE  KING  OF  GOFFEES.

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

It is fast  supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees. 

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Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States.

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

W oolson  Spice  Co.,

T O L E D O ,  O H IO .

L. WINTER.NITZ,  Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

IF  YOU  WANT

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ASSOCIATION  DEPARTMENT.

M ic h ig a n   B u s in e s s   M e n ’s  A ss o c ia tio n .

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♦   First Vice-President—C. T. Bridgeman, Flint.

President—C. L. Whitney, Muskegon.
Second Vice-President—M. C. Sherwood, Allegan. 
Secretary—E. A. Stowe, Grand Rapids.
Treasurer—H. W.  Parker, Owosso.
Executive  Board—President;  Frank  Wells,  Lansing; 
Frank  Hamilton, Traverse City;  V. B. Blain, Lowell 
Chas.  T.  Bridgeman,  Flint;  O.  F.  Conklin, Grand
Rapids, Secretary. 
,  ___
Committee on Insurance—O.  F.  Conklin,  Grand  Rap 
ids;  Oren  Stone, Flint;  Wm. Woodard, Owosso. 
Committee  on  Legislation—Frank  Wells,  Lansing;
H. H. Pope, Allegan;  C. H. May, Clio.
Committee on Trade Interests—Frank Hamilton, Trav 
erse City:  Geo.  R.  Hoyt,  Saginaw;  L.  W.  Sprague,
Com m ittee on Transportation—C. T. Bridgeman, Flint;
M. C. 8herwood, Allegan;  A. O. Wheeler,  Manistee. 
Committee on Building  and Loan  Associations—N.  a. 
Blain, Lowell;  F. L. Fuller, Cedar Springs;  P. J. Con 
neH,  Muskegen. 

v 
A  Local Secretary—Jas. H. Moore, Saginaw.
”   Official Organ—The Michigan Tradesman.____________
T he follow ing au x iliary   associations are oper­
atin g  u n d er ch arters  gran ted   by  th e  M ichigan 
B usiness M en’s A ssociation-

.

lie .  1—T ra v e rs e  C ity  B . M . A . 

President. J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. Hastings.

President, N. B. Plain; Secretary, Frank T. King.

N o.  2—C o w e ll  B. M .  A .

N o. 3 —S tu rg is  B . M . A .

N o. 6 —A lb a   B. M . A .

N**.  4 —G ra n d   R a p id s   M .  A .
N o.  5 —M u sk e g o n  B .  M . A .

President, H. 8. Church; Secretary, Wm. Join._______
“  
President, E. J. Herrick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.______
President, John A. Miller;  Secretary, C. L. Whitney.
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President. F. W. 81oat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin._____
President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, K. H. Widger._____
President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo.L. Thurston.
President, H. M. Marshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
No.  lO —H a r b o r  S p rin g s  B . M . A . 

N o.  T—D im o n d a le  B . M . A .
N o. 8—E a s tp o r t B .  M . A .
:  N o. 9 — L a w re n c e  B .  M . A .

No. 11—K in g s le y  B . M . A .
’ N o. 12—Q u in c y   B . M . A .
N o .  13—S h e rm a n   B . M . A . 

President, W. J. Clark; Secretary. A. L. Thompson.
~ 
President. H. P. WhiDple: Secretary, D. E.  Wynkoop.
President, C. McKay; Secretary, Thos. Lennon.______
President, H. B- Stnrtevant;  Secretary, W.  J. Anstin. 
“  
N o.  14—N o.  M u sk e g o n  B . M . A . 
President, S. A. Hewey: Secretary, G. C. Havens.
‘ 
. President, R. R. Perkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase._____

N o. 15—B o y n e  C ity   B .  M . A .
N o.  16—S a n d  L a k e   B .  M .  A . 

President, J. V. Crandall;  Secretary, W. Rasco.______

N o.  17—P la in w e ll B . M . A . 
President. Geo. H. Anderson; Secretary, J. A.
President, Warren P. Woodard; Secretary.3. Lamfrom.

N o.  18—O w osso B . M . A .
N o.  1 9 —A d a   B . M . A . 

President, D. F. Watson; Secretary, E. E- Chapel.

N o. 2 0 —S a n g a tn c k   B . M . A . 

President, lohn F. Henry; Secretary, N. L. Rowe.
President, C. H. Wharton; Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.
President, A. B. Schumacher; Secretary, W.  R.  Clarke.

N o. 2 1 —W a y  la n d   B . M . A . 
N o.  2 2 —G ra n d   L e d g e  B . M . A .

No.  2 3 —C a rs o n  C ity   B . M . A . 

President. John W. Hallett;  Secretary. L  A. Lyon.

N o. 24—M o rle y   B .  M . A .
J. E. Thurkow;  Secretary, W. H. Richmond.
N o, 2 5 —P a lo   B. M . A ,
D. Pew ; Secretary, Chas. B. Johnson.

N o. 2 6 —G re e n v ille   B . M . A . 

President. A. C. Satterlee;  Secretary. E. J. Clark.

N o  2 7 —D o r r   B. M .  A .
. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.

N o.  2 8 —C h e b o y g a n   B . M . A  

President, A. J. Paddock;  Secretary, H. G. Dozer.
President, Wm. Moore;  Secretary, A. J. Cheesebrough.

N o. 2 9 —F r e e p o r t B . M . A .

President, A. G. Avery;  Secretary, E. S. Honghtalmg.

N o. 3 0 —O c e a n a  B . M . A .
N o . 3 1 —C h a r lo tte  B . M . A . 

President, Thos. J. Green;  Secretary, A. G. Fleury.

N o. 3 2 —C o o p e rs v ille  B . M . A . 

President, W. G. Barnes;  Secretary, J. B. Watson.

N o. 3 3 —C h a rle v o ix   B . M . A . 

President,  L.  D. Bartholomew;  Secretary. R. W. Kane.

N o. 3 4 —S a r a n a c   B . M . A .

President, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P . T. WUliams.
President, H. M. Hemstreet; Secretary, C- E. Densmore.

N o.  3 5 —B e lla ir e   B . M . A .
N o. 3 6 —I th a c a   B .  M . A .

President, O. F. Jackson;  Secretary, John  M. Everden.

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

President,  Chas. F- Bock;  Secretary,  E. W, Moore. 
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President. H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. Higgins.

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

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

President, W. S. Wilier; Secretary,  F. W. Sheldon.
President, C. T. Hartson; Secretary, Will Emmert.

N o. 4 0 —E a to n  R a p id s  B . M . A . 

N o. 4 1 —B r e c k e n r id g e   B. M . A . 
President, C. H. Howd;  Secretary, L. Waggoner.

N o. 4 2 —F r e m o n t B . M . A .

N o. 4 3 —T u s tin  B . M . A.

President, Jos. Gerber; Secretary  C. J. Rathbun.
' 
President, Frank J. Luiek;  Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom
President, E. B. Martin; Secretary, W. H. Smith.
President, D. E. Hallenbeek; Secretary, O. A. Halladay.

N o. 4 5 —H o y tv ille   B . M .  A 
N o. 4 6 —L e s lie  B . M . A . 

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

President, Wm. Hutchins; Secretary, B- M. Gould. 
President, W. C. Pierce;  Secretary, W. H. Graham.
N o. 4 8 —H u b b a rd  s to n   B . M . A . 
President, Boyd Redner; Secretary, W, J. Tabor.

N o.  4 7 —F l i n t   M .  U.

President,  A.  Wenzell; Secretary. Frank Smith.

N o.  4 9 —L e ro y   B   M .  A . 

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

President, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C.  Grannis.
N o . 5 1 —C e d a r  .S prings  B .  M .  A . 
President, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W. C. Congdon.
President, A. 8. Kedzie;  Secretary, F. D. Vos.
N o, 5 3 —B e lle v u e  B . M . A .
President, Frank Phelps;  Secretary. A. E.Fitzgerald.

N o. 5 2 —G ra n d  H a v e n  B . M . A . 

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

N o. 5 4 —D o u g la s  B . M . A .

N o.  5 5 —F e to s k e y   B . M . A .

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

N o. 5 6 —B a n g o r   B .  M .  A .

N o. 5 7 —R o c k fo rd   B . M . A . 

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

N o. 5 8 —F ife  L a k e  B . M . A . 

President, L. S. Walter; Secretai; .£-£  Blakely.

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

President F. S. Raymond: Secretary, A. J. Capen.
N o. 6 0 —S o u th  B o a rd m a n  B . M . A . 
President, H. E. Hogan; Secretary, S. E. Keihardt.

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

President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.______
“  
President, Jas. H  . Moore;  Secretary, C- W.  Mnlholand.

N o. 6 2 —E a s t .S aginaw  M . A .

N o.  6 3 —fc v a rt  B . M . A .

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

N o. 6 4 —M e r r ill B . M . A . 
N o. 6 5 —K a lk a s k a  B . M . A . 

President, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C- 3. Blom.

President, Frank Wells; Secretary, Chas. Cowles.

N o. 6 6 —L a n s in g  B . M .  A . 

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

President. W. L. G arrett; Secretary, F.  H.  Merrifleld.

N o. 6 8 —A lle g a n   B . M . A . 

President. H. H.  Pope;  Secretary, E. T. VanOstrand.
N o. 6 9 —S co tts a n d  C lim a x  B . M . A . 
President, Lyman Clark; Secretary, F. S. Willison.

N o .  7 0 —N a s h v ille   B . M . A . 

President, Wm. Boston;  Secretary, W alter Webster.

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

N o. 7 1 —A s h le y   B .  M .  A .

N o.  7 2 —E d m o re  B . M . A .
N o, 7 3 —B e id in g  B . M . A . 

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

N o. 74—D a v iso n   31.  U. 

President, J.  F. Cartwright: Secretary. C. W. Hurd.

N o.  7 5 —T e c n m s e li  B .  M .  A . 

President, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretary, F. Rosacraus.

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

President, S. S.McCamly;  Secretary,  Chauneey Strong.
President, E. J.Lockwood; Secretary, Volney Ross.

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

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

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

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

N o.  8 2 —A lm a   B   M .  A . 
N o. 8 3 —S h e rw o o d  B . M . A . 
N o . 8 4 —S ta n d is h   B . M . A . 

President. L. A. Vickery;  Secretary, A. E. Ransom.
President,B. 8. Webb;  Secretary, M. E  Pollasky.
President, L. P. Wilcox;  Secretary, W. R. Mandigo.
President, P. M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson.
President. J. M. Beeman;  Secretary, C. H. May.
N o . 8 6 —M iU b ro o k  a n d   B la n c h a r d   B . M .  A . 
President. T. W. Preston ;  Secretary,  H.  P.  Blanchard.
N o .  8 7 - S h e p h e r d   B .  M .  A . 
President, H. D. Bent;  Secretary. A. W. Hurst.

N o. 8 5 —C lio  B . M . A . 

M U T U A L   IN S U R A N C E .

Nearly  $10,000  in  Stock  Subscriptions j 

Already Received.

To  the  M embers  of  th e  M.  B.  M.  A. :

Gentlemen—It affords tfê  pleasure  to 
be able to  report  that  subscriptions  for 
nearly  $10,000 in stock in  our  proposed 
Business Men’s Fire  Insurance  Co.  have 
already been  received,  and that  we have 
reason for believing that about $15,000 in 
subscriptions are still in the hands of the 
local  secretaries.  We  request  that  the 
latter be  turned  over  to  the  Committee 
at  once,  and  that  a  renewed  effort  be 
made to secure the remainder of the sub­
scriptions necessary to the completion of 
the work authorized by  the*last  conven­
tion.  The  subscriptions  now 
in  our 
hands are as follows:

GRAND  RAPIDS.

O. F.  C o n k lin ................................................ ...........   80
...........   40
...........40
...........   10

FLINT.

........... 20
O ren S tone...................................................... ...........  20
W.  A. A tw ood................................................ ...........   20
R. J .  W haley.................................................. ..........  20
F . H.  P ie rc e .................................................. ............20
.........................................10
........  1

CEDAR  SPRINGS.

p   L  F u lle r 

SPRING  LAKE.

TUSTIN.

.............  1
.............  1
R. H. Jo n es  ................................................................  1

J.  V.

C randall  &  S on......................

SAND  LAKE.

FLUSHING.

L.  A. V ickery &  Sons.....................
A.  E. R ansom ...................................
H errim an &  F o x ..............................
H.  H.  C h atters...................................
P erry Bros.  & C o..............................
F. A.  N ile s.........................................
Ira   T.  Sayre  .....................................
! W. G.  S p rag u e.................................
M onroe & G ly n n ..............................
B runson  T u rn e r..............................
F ran k lin   P.  Sayre  ........................
BATTLE  CREEK.

F.  E. P easlee......................................................
W akelee  ........................................................
D udley &  D e ll..................................................
H enry H allad ay ................................................
M organ  M.  L ew is.............................................
M arr & D u ff.......................................................
T.  B. S k in n e r.....................................................
Robt.  B in d e r....................................................
Jo h n  F.  H allad ay ............................................
Jo h n  K. L o th rid g e..........................................
R. C.  P a rk e r......................................................
W. H. G reen .......................................................
E agle &  S terlin g ..............................................
L. B. C lapp.........................................................
V. C. W a ttle.......................................................
M arsh & L in k ....................................................
M.  &  W. F. N eale............................................
Geo. F.  N eale..................................................
Buck &  H oyt.....................................................
E benezer E a v es................................................
Chas. F.  B ock..................................................
P.  H offm aster..................................................
E.  T ru m p ..........................................................
D ecker &  S on..................................................
M urphy &  K elleh er..................................... .
M.  E.  B ro w n ...................................................
R anger H.  F a rle y ...........................................
P ittm an &  F lo w er.........................................
A.  M. M in ty ...................... ...............................
Wm.  C.  Gage  & S on............................... —
G.  F.  B u n a ll....................................................
Jo h n  H.  My k in s ..............................................
R upert & C alv ert............................................
Bock & A dam s................................................
F ran k   H  L a tta ..............................................
H om er A.  L a tta ..............................................
D avis &  B ayley..............................................
M ason, R athbun &  C o.................................
C. A. Y oung......................................................
B. V an  P ra a g h ................................................
M aier  Maas  ......................................
L ouis  S trau ss................................................ .
M.  B ro k aw .......................................................
Chas.  A u stin ...............................................................  a
Those who have not the  proper blanks 
with which to receive  subscriptions  will 
be  furnished  same  on  application,  and 
any  other information  will be  promptly 
communicated.

Let every association make a concerted 
effort to  raise  its  quota  of  stock,  to  the 
end that  the  company  may  be organized 
in time to  begin  business  in  the spring 
of  1890.

Respectfully  submitted  in  behalf  of 

the  Committee .

O.  F.  C o n k l i n ,  Chairman.

Must Be  a  Hard Crowd.

The  Mancelona  Herald  thus  refers to 
a couple who recently removed from  Bel­
laire to Fetoskey:
He makes no attempt to  pay his debts, 
but borrows promiscuously of  his neigh­
bors  as  long  as  they can be  induced  to 
support him.  He left town between two 
days after  the  most  wholesale  lying by 
himself  and  wife  as  to  the  time  they 
were going,  and  attempted  to  take  with 
him  twelve  dozen  carved  rolling  pins, 
which  he  had taken from  his  employer. 
He owes nearly every merchant in  town, 
the  tailor,  the  butcher, the druggist,  the 
livery  man.  the* dry goods merchant,  the 
furniture  dealer  and  the  doctor.  He 
owes for  Sunday school  books and  song 
books,  the  money for which  was  placed 
in  his  hands  and  never  remitted.  He 
owes  for  his  wife’s  wedding  dress,  and 
for the coffin in which his little child was 
buried  and  for  other  funeral  expenses. 
They are a  worthless  couple,  a  damage 
to  any  community.  On  the  way home 
from  the  burying  ground on  the  day of 
their  child’s funeral,  they  assaulted  the 
driver for  not  driving  a  little faster, or 
not fast  enough to suit the heart-broken 
mother’s fastidious notions.

October  and  December.

The  following 

letters,  written  by  a 
representative  farmer  of  Barry  county, 
explains themselves:

Nashnille, Oct.  10,1889.

A.  J.  D ickson, B lanchard:

d e a r   B r o t h e r —If  the  P.  of  L  come 
up  your  way,  join  ’em  by  all  means. 
Mother and brothers have all joined,  and 
we  find  it  to  be  the  biggest  thing  on 
Wheels,  as it will enable  us  to  save  lots 
of  money in making purchases.

Tour brother,

P l i n y   D ic k s q b .

TWO  MONTHS  LATER.

N a s h v i l l e ,  Dec.  12,  1889.

A.  J.  D ickson, B lanchard :
D e a r   B r o t h e r —If you haven’t joined 
the P .  of  l . ’s,  don’t.  They are a perfect 
I will  write  you  about it in a 
swindle. 
few days. 

Your brother,

P l i n y   D ic k s o n .

F rem ont Indicator: 

“ W hat’s th e m atter w ith 
th e B.  M. A.  gettin g   together  an d   ta lk in g   over 
railroad ‘possibilities’  ?  P resid en t Sm ith,  call  a 
m eetin’.”

IMPROVEMENT  OF  STREETS.

[.CONTINUED  FROM  FIRST  PAGE.l

and 

of  Syra-
been studying to this good city 
cuse.
Do we find that,  during the sixty years j 
in which she has grown from a village of 
two hundred and  fifty people to a city of 
one hundred thousand, she has taken the 
best  means  of  providing  herself  with 
roads,  upon  which  the  produce  of  her 
rich surrounding country  can  most  ad­
vantageously 
economically  be 
brought in here as a central market, with 
streets  upon  which  her  capital,  now 
aggregating  twenty  millions,  can to the 
surest  advantage  transact  and  increase 
its one hundred millions’  worth  of  busi­
ness,  and with avenues upon  which  her 
thousands of merchants and professional 
men can live,  with the  greatest  possible 
amount of comfort and pride,  feeling the 
highest  inducement  to  beautify all sur­
rounding them, and to make her an attrac­
tive  home  to  those  who  may  not have 
business interests here and  an  object  of 
glorious envy to  her  sister  cities  of  this 
grand old Empire State?
Do your hearts swell with pride as you 
think  of  the  splendid  foundation  you 
have for future growth,  and  would  you 
feel a  large degree of confidence in  your 
ability  to  demonstrate  to  the  head  of 
some great business enterprise  that  this 
s the city in  which  he can establish his 
factories,  that here he can have his team­
ing done cheaper than in Buffalo or Roch­
ester,  and  that  lie  can  safely  and com­
fortably drive  his  good  horses  and car- 
iages  from  his  factory  to  his home in 
any one of  your best residence streets?
It brings us down to a sternly practical 
realization of the fact,  when one of  your 
“This is one of the 
citizens says to me: 
worst paved cities  in  the  world.  The 
pavements in use  are  cobble,  sandstone 
block without  foundation,  and  about  as 
poor an imitation  of  Macadam as can be 
made from soft  limestone  spawls.  No 
pavement  in  the  city  has ever been re­
paired,  for the theory seems to  be  ‘Once 
paved,  paved forever.’  Anybody,  on the 
slightest provocation,  is  allowed  to  tear 
up  the  pavement  and  replace  it in the 
shabbiest possible  manner and often not 
at all!”
It is difficult to believe  that  a town  of 
the wealth,  of  the  intelligence,  the com­
mercial activity,  and  of  the conspicuous 
general standing  of  this  central city of 
the richest and  most  populous  State  of 
the Union  has  been,  and  is,  so blind to 
her best interests as a city, so inconsider­
ate of  her  own  health,  convenience and 
comfort,  so careless  of  what her tax list 
will have to  amount  to  in  the many to­
morrows,  if  by  false  economies  she i 
doing herself a present injustice.
Seeing is believing,  so,  as a visitor not 
thoroughly  acquainted  with  Syracuse, 
and  certainly as  an  unprejudiced one,  I 
make my own tour of inspection and find 
the statement I  have just quoted only too 
true,  and  the  condition  of  your street 
such  that,  if  I  described  it in detail,  I 
might  be charged with a breach  of  that 
courtesy we look for  from  the  stranger 
within  our  gates,  if  this was not a spe­
cific. part  of  my  present mission to you.
1 find your  business  streets  generally 
so paved that  their use must often be an 
aggravation  rather than  a  gratification 
and that it  must  entail an expense upon 
you  in  wear  and  tear  of  vehicles  and 
horses and  in  the  necessary extra team? 
that will exceed many times your propor­
tion of a tax for first-class pavements.

If an effort  is  made  to  keep them de­
cently clean  at  all  seasons  of the year 
this  must  be  accomplished  at  a  cost 
which alone  put  into,  the  right kind of 
pavements,  at  the  right  times,  would 
have  given  you  streets  which  would 
almost keep themselves  clean.
I wish you  could  go  with  me  to the 
city of  Providence;  many  of  you  have 
been there and have seen the magnificent 
pavement of Westminster street.
It is a granite block  pavement,  laid on 
an hydraulic cement concrete foundation 
six inches in depth.  The blocks,  whrcl 
are uniform in size and regulary  shaped 
are set  in  exactly  parallel  rows  across 
the street  and  bedded  in  the  concrete. 
The spaces between  the stones are filled 
with the same material.
The  pavement  is  not  only  rigid  and 
firm,  but  you cannot discover a ripple or 
wave of  unevenness in  the  surface—and 
besides  all  that,  it  is  perfectly  clean 
There is no  sand  or  earth  between  the 
stones to make dirt,  and  what  dirt  fall 
upon  the  street  is  quickly  gathered up 
and removed.
On others of  their  streets  are  similar 
pavements,  and  every  citizen  takes 
personal pride in them.
The cost is about $4 a square yard,  but 
in the  long run it is far  cheaper than in 
ferior  pavements,  costing  much  less to 
begin  with.
The city of  Providence expends yearly 
but a small  amount  upon  its  highways 
compared  with  the  city  of  Boston,  but 
what work it does is done well.
The pavements referred to were  laid by 
a Board  of  Public  Works  far  removed 
from  political  influence,  and  under the 
immediate  supervision  o f. a  competent 
civil engineer.  The work  was done well 
from inception to completion.
Turning  in  another  direction,  and  to 
another kind of pavement, go to the city of 
Buffalo, where already,  working  steadily 
in the one direction, they have some sixty 
miles of  the best Trinidad  asphalt pave­
ment  in  the  country;  unquestionably at 
a considerable  expense  for  the  original 
outlays,  but with results  that  will  save 
them  very many thousands  in  the  long 
run. 
I  am  informed  that  the  repairs 
necessary  on  these  streets  within  the 
past six  years have  aggregated  less than 
$100.
If  Grover Cleveland  had  never accom­
plished anything else,  the city ef Buffalo 
would have abundant cause for gratitude 
to him for the  good  work  begun  during 
his mayoralty.
The city of  Washington is  under great 
obligations to the man  familiarly known 
as  Boss  Shepard,  who  did  more for the 
improvement  of  their  streets  than  any 
other man,  and  yet for a time was cursed 
for  the  expense  entailed,  and  now  is 
looked  upon as  one  of  their  great  ben­
efactors.  Here  many  of 
the  asphalt 
pavements have been in use for ten years, 
at a cost of  repair  not  exceeding  an an­
nual  average  of  two  cents  per  square 
yard.
1 Passing from  your  business  thorough­
fares  to  the residence streets,  their con­
dition is no  more  creditable.  We find a 
broad,  well-proportioned,  well-shaded

“ 

“ 

finely  constructed 

D ry   Goods.

P r ic e s   C u rren t.

A tlantic  A ...........
A tla n ta A. A .......
A rchery  B unting
A m ory....................
B eaver D am   A A
B erw ick  L ...........
B lackstone O, 32.
C hapm an..............
Cohasset A ...........
C om et....................
C lifton C C C ........
C onqueror  X X ...
D w ight S ta r.........
E x e ter A ...............
F u ll Y ard W id e .. 
G reat F alls  E  —
H onest W idth___
H artfo rd  A .......  
.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.
.............   7J4 Integrity  XX.............
654  K ing, E  F ..................
454 
“  E X ....................
7)4 
“  E C , 32 i n .........
554  L aw rence L L ...........
654 N ew   M arket B .........
5  N oibe  R ......................
4  N e w to n ......................
754 O ur Level  B e st.......
7  R iverside X X ...........
6%  Sea Islan d  R .............
5  Sharon B  ..................
754 Top of th e  H eap ___
654 W illiam sville............
65!£ Comet,  40 i n .............
7  C arlisle  “ 
...........
N ew  M arket L ,40in.
654 
554

BLEACHED  COTTONS.
B lackstone  A A .......   8 
I F irs t P rize
F ru it o f th e  Loom %
B eats A ll....................  454
F a irm o u n t.................   4)4
C le v e la n d ................  7
L onsdale  C am bric.. 1054
C abot...........................  754
L on sd ale.......................854
Cabot,  % .....................  634
M iddlesex..................  5)4
D w ight A n ch o r.......   9
854IN0 N am e....................  754
shorts
lOak V iew ..................  6
6 
E d w ard s...................
E m p ire........................  7  O ur  O w n.............
............   754 S u n lig h t..............
F arw ell —  
F ru it o f th e  Loom ..  854 V in y a rd ...............
F itc h v ille 

4.  Taking  up  the  question  of  street 
street,  with  every element of  a splendid 
names,-sign-boards and  milestones,  with 
avenue,  save a most important one.
a view to their erection  in  places where 
Instead  of  well-laid,  smoothly-rolled 
they do not at present  exist,  and to their 
Macadam or asphalt,  always  and  easily 
improvement  or  maintenance,  as may be 
kept clean and dry,  we find a poor imita­
necessary.
tion  not  equal  to  many a good  country 
To this may well be  added  the encour-
gravel  road.  Yet,  this  avenue  is  linçd
with  costly  estates,  having  well-kept | agement  of  the  planting  of  trees,  and
laying out and beautifying suitable parks 
and
grounds,  and 
and  walks,  and  other  kindred  matters 
smooth driveways and walks.
which  shall  tend  to  make  your city an 
If  each of  these  estates  were  taxed a 
attractive  place  in  which  to  live  and 
small part of  what it costs to keep  them 
make money.
n their perfect order,  you could  have as 
With such an Association, composed of 
fine  an  avenue  as  can  be  found in the 
your  active  and 
intelligent  business 
world.
men,  you can influence public opinion in 
Now,  what is the  remedy for  all this ?
favor of this improvement in streets,  and 
It  is  not  hard  to  suggest,  nor  far to 
within  another  decade it may be said of 
find.
your  city  that  none  is  more  attractive 
The  consummation  of  the  ideal  plan 
or  better  paved.  Then shall  those who 
may have  considerable  local  difficulties 
follow  after  have cause to bless the wis­
n  its  way,  but  there is a way to it,  and 
dom  and forethought  of  the  citizens  of 
if  you  are  as  much  in  earnest as I be­
to-day.
lieve,  you can  find it.
Once upon a time, the Mice being sadly 
A thing  that  is  worth  doing at all,  is 
distressed by the persecution of  the Cat, 
worth  doing  well,  and  thoroughly,  and 
resolved to call a meeting, to decide upon 
at  once;  and  so I believe  that  the  best 
the best means of getting rid of  this con­
thing  for  you  to  do  is  to  determine, 
tinual  annoyance.  Many  plans  were 
through the proper  channels, how  much 
discussed and  rejected;  at  last  a  young 
it will cost  to  properly pave all of  your 
mouse  got  up  and  proposed  that a Bell 
most important  streets,  raise the amount 
should be hung  around  the  Cat’s  neck, 
necessary  by 
issuing  bonds  running 
that  they  might  for  the  future  always 
twenty-five or thirty years,  oY for  longer 
have  notice  of  her  coming,  and  so  be 
time if  it seems best.
able  to  escape.  This  proposition  was 
Have  the  work  done  as it should be; 
hailed  with  the  greatest  applause,  and 
emove it as far as possible from politics, 
was  agreed  to  at  once  unanimously. 
mder  the  eye  of  a special  and  compe­
Upon  which an  old Mouse,  who had  sat 
tent  engineer,  whose  business  is  road 
silent all the while,  got up and*said that 
construction.
he considered  the  contrivance  most  in­
Let  him  be  watched  and  guided,  if 
genious,  and that it would,  no doubt,  be 
possible,  but  not  hampered  by  your 
quite  successful;  but  he  had  only  one 
superintendent  of  streets,  or  your  citi­
short  question to put,  namely,  which  of 
zens’  committee,  or  whom  you  will,  to 
them it was who would Bell the Cat?
make sure that  your money is well spent 
It is one thing  to  propose,  another  to 
in the right  direction.
execute.
These  pavements,  once  laid,  will  last 
Who will  lead in  this  matter  of  good 
onger than  you  and I.
streets for your city?
They will  give  satisfaction to all who 
use  them,  will  bring  credit  upon  your 
ity, and their saving alone, annually put 
by  in a sinking  fund,  will,  by the  time 
rour  bonds are  due,  be sufficient to take 
them up and leave a large surplus.
If  you  cannot  accomplish  this  whole 
cheme,  do  what  you  can  of  it,  begin­
ning  at once,  and lay as  much  pavement 
in 1890 as  you  can  raise  money for,  but 
as far as  you go,  do it right.
You  may well  act  upon  the moral of 
the  old  fable:  “There  was a  great  stir 
among all  the  beasts,  which  could  boast 
of  the largest family.  So  they  came  to 
the lioness. 
‘And how many,’  said they, 
do  you  have  at  a  birth?’ 
’One,’  said 
she,  grimly,  ‘but that one is a lion.’ ” 
Quality comes before quantity.
However much  or  little  you  are able 
to do,  see to it  that  your  new  pavement 
be  disturbed  as  little  as  possible. 
It 
hould  be  arranged  that  there  shall be 
certain times when all who  want to open 
the streets  shall  do it.  and  then  replace 
them properly at their own expense.
Still better than a necessity for  this,  is 
plan,  for  the  trying  of  which a good 
opportunity  is open.
The stability and  lasting results of the 
best  streets  of  London  and  Paris  are 
largely do  to  the  fact  that there is sel­
dom or never occasion  for  disturbing the 
pavement.
Tunnels are built,  running beneath the 
middle of  the  street,  for the reception  of 
water,  sewer  and  gas  pipes,  and  tele­
graph  and other electric wires.
This,-of course,  is a matter of no small 
expense,  but I believe that you can carry 
it out satisfactorily.
By levying a reasonable toll  upon  the 
water  and  sewer  departments,  the  gas 
companies,  and any others  who may from 
time to time be able  to  use  the  tunnel, 
you  can  realize  a  considerable  return 
upon the original  expenditure;  also save 
time  and  money for all  who use it,  and, 
above  all,  remove a source  of  a contin­
ual  and great annoyance to the public.
This  will  enable  you  to  keep  your 
street  surfaces  perfect,  and  will  give 
them a far longer life than otherwise.  It 
will mark  you  as a progressive  city, and 
will  be  one of  the  public  works which 
shall  bring  you both credit and fame.
For  the  bettering of  residence  streets 
where  asphalt  cannot  be  afforded,  the 
wise  policy  would  be  to  lay  as  much 
macadamized pavement as possible.  You 
should have the improved stone-crushers, 
and  heavy  steam  rollers,  which  will 
properly equip  you  for  doing  the  work 
in 
this  direction  in  the  best  possible 
manner.
It adds  largely to the  value  and  dur­
ability of  a street to  keep it clean.  They 
should be  cleaned  after  12 o’clock,  mid­
night,  and  before  six  in  the morning. 
Then the streets are  deserted,  and it can 
be done at less expense and more  quickly.
There is no reason  why streets  should 
be swept in  the  daytime,  stirring up dirt 
and dust mixed with filth,  to be blown in 
the faces of  the passers-by,  and if,  in the 
thickly  settled  part  of  the  city,  ashes 
could be removed during the same hours, 
it would be a blessing  to the community, 
for the removal of  ashes in  the  daytime 
is a source of  inconvenience and discom­
fort to all  people  who  happen  to  be on 
the  street at the time,  for,  as  the  ashes 
are deposited in the carts, the wind takes 
a large  part  and  distribuies  it through 
the air in the faces  and  eyes  and  down 
the  necks  of  the  passers-by,  causing 
much unhappiness and bad language.
But,  in order to best further  the  good 
work,  and  secure  the  sympathy and in­
terest of  the public by making  all  more 
conversant with what is being  done,  and 
what ought to be done, and the advantage 
and  benefits  to  be  reached,  I  would 
strongly  urge  upon  you  to  form  a Cjt- 
izeus’  Street  Improvement  Association; 
and for this  you  may well  take  as  your 
model,  to  such  an  extent  as  will serve 
your  purpose,  the  Roads  Improvement 
Association, in London, which announces 
as its  four objects:
1.  Circulating  popular  and  technical 
road literature,  having for its object,
taxpayers 
a.  The  enlightenment  of 
upon a subject which vitally affects their 
pockets and their interests.
b.  The  guidance  of  all  authorities 
having  control  of  roads,  and  the  in­
struction  of  road  surveyors  and  the 
laborers  under  their  charge  as  to the 
proper system of  road repair  and  main­
tenance.
2.  Remonstrating with  the responsible 
authorities in cases where  the  neglected 
state  of  the  road  has  become  a  grave 
scandal,  and,  where  necessary,  taking 
legal action to enforce  the  rights of  the 
public.
3.  Watching  and  introducing  legisla­
tion with a view to bettering the existing 
state of  affairs.

A llen, sta p le .............  6
fa n c y .............  654
ro b es.............654
A m erican  fa n c y —   6 
A m erican in d ig o —   654 
A m erican sh irtin g s.  554 
“  —   654
A rnold 
long cloth B. 1054 
“  C.  854
ce n tu ry  clo th   7
gold seal....... 1054
T urkey  r e d .. 1054
B erlin so lid s.............  55
oil b lu e .........  654
“  g r e e n __   654
Cocheco  fan cy .........   6
m ad d ers...  6 
E ddystone  fa n c y ...  6 
H am ilton  fancy.  ...  6541 
s ta p le ...  6 
M anchester  fa n c y ..  6 
new   era.  6541 
M errim ack D fancy.  6541

T rem ont N ............
H am ilton N ..........
L ..........
M iddlesex  A T ...
X ..........
No. 25.
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
...  754|M iddlesex A A.
2 . 
A  O.4.
5.

M errim ’ek shirtings.  554
Pacific  fa n c y ...........6
ro b es.......   654
P ortsm outh ro b es...  6
Sim pson m ourning..  654
g re y s ..........  654
solid black.  654 
W ashington indigo.  654 
“  T urkey ro b es..  754
“ 
In d ia  ro b es___  754
“  plain  T ’ky X 34  854
“ 
“  X ...10
“  O ttom an  T u r­
key r e d ....................   6
M artha W ashington
T u rk e y re d  34........  7
M artha W ashington
T urkey r e d .............  954
R iverpoint ro b e s ...
W in d so rfan c y . : ____ 654
indigo  b lu e ............1054

S later, Iro n  C ro ss...  9  ¡P aw tu ck et...................11
R ed C ross___  9  D u n d ie ..........................  9
B e s t.................1054 B ed fo rd ................... .»-1054
B est  A A .........12541

R ed  & B lue,  p la id ..40
1754 
U nion  R .....................22541 W estern W
1854 
.W indsor.....................1854|D R   P
1854
F lu sh in g  X X X ......... 2354
6 oz W e stern .............21
U nion  B .................... 2254|M am toba....................2354

Severen, 8 o z............   954| G reenw ood, 8 oz — 1154
May la n d , 8oz......
954
Greenwood, 754 oz..  9541

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
554  M iddlesex No.  1 
654

B id d e fo rd ..................  6  1N aum keag sa tte e n .. 754
B ru n sw ick .................  6541 R ock p o rt................654

A m oskeag A C A — 13541 P earl  R iv e r.............. 1234
H am ilton N ...............  7541W a rre n ....................... 14

C oraline................... $9 50!W onderful...............84  75
S hilling’s .................  9 00|B rlghton...................4  75

38 No.  14. ........37
16. ........ 38
39
18. ........ 39
40
20. ........ 40
41
CAMBRICS.

T W ...............
.2254
.325%
F T .................
.35
J R F ,  XXX.
B uck ey e.....................3254

F ire m a n .....................3254
C reedm ore..... ...........2754
T albot X X X ............. 30
N am eless.................. 2754

..1354|E verett.......................1254
.15
¡Law rence XX............1354
•  1254

C abot...........................  7541 D w ight A nchor.
F a rw e ll.......................  7541

W hite,  d o z ................. 20  ¡Per bale, 40 doz
Colored,  doz.............. 25  1

CARPET  WARP.
Peerless,  w h ite.........1854 ¡Peerless,

H am ilton N .......
M iddlesex P  T ..
A  T .. 
X  A .. 
X  F ..

C lark’s M ile E n d ....45 
Coats’,  J .  & P ........... 45 
H olyoke.....................22541

(G eorgia..................... 16
¡Pacific........................14
¡B urlap........................1154

__   434¡Kid G love...
...  434 ¡N ew m arket.
RED  FLANNEL.

S tark ..........................  20
A m erican ..................17
V alley C ity ............... 16

................754,
HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

C ortieelli, doz............85  iCortieelli  k n ittin g ,

A m oskeag..........
A m oskeag,  9 oz. 
A n d o v er.............

G len a rv e n ..........
L a n cash ire.........
N o rm an d ie........

..  9 
-.1054
CORSET  JEANS.

___  654'Toil d u  N o rd ............ 1054

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

634¡R enfrew  D ress......... 8

..10 
2....11
3 . .  
7 .. 
8 .. 

. ..11 
...12 
■-.1354 
...1754 
. ..16

S later................
W hite  S ta r—

tw is t,d o z ..42 
50y d ,d o z ..42 

___11541 L a n c a s te r..

per  54<>z  b a ll......... 30

¡B arbour’s.
¡M arshall’s

W hite. Colored. I

W est  P oint, 8 oz.

KNITTING  COTTON.

W hite. Colored.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

R ep p fu rn   .  8

(Grey S R W .

SEWING  SILK.

gold  ticket 

GRAIN  BAG

WADDINGS.

GINGHAMS.

THREADS.

TICKINGS

SILESIAS.

CORSETS.

DEMINS.

“ 
*• 
1  “ 

.  434

DUCKS.

PRINTS

42
43
44
45

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.$7  25

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No.

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COOPER TOOLS

’W e   e n d e a v o r  

to  c a r r y  

a  full

a s s o r tm e n t.

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

2 25
1 35 
1  15 1 60 85 
75

F o ster,  S te v e n s   &  Co.,

10 and 12 Monroe St.,

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

GRAND

RAPIDS,  MICH.

H J L R D W A J V B .

P r ic e s   C u rren t.

MOLASSES GATES. 

diS.

S tebbin's  P a tte rn ...................................................60*10
S tebbin’s G en u in e.................................................60*10
E nterprise, self-m easuring................................ 
25

N A IL S
A dvance above 12d nails.

FENCE  AND  BRADS.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dis.
60
60
40
25
• 50&10

AUGURS AND BITS.
Iv es’, old style 
...................................
Snell’s ......................................................
Cook’s ....................................................
Je n n in g s’, g e n u in e ............................
Je n n in g s’,  im ita tio n ........................

AXES.

F irst Q uality, S. B. B ronze.............
D.  B.  B ronze..............
S. B.  S. S teel................
D. B. S teel.................

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R a ilro ad ...........................................
G a rd e n ..............................................

BARROWS.

BOLTS.

........I   7 00
....  11 00
.......   8  db
........  13  00

....$   14 00 
n e t  30 00 

dis.

dis.

50d to 60d.
lOd.............
8d a n d  9 d . 
6d an d  7 d . 
4d and 5 d .
3 d ...............
2 d ...............
4 d ...............
3 d ...............
2 d ...............
12d to  30d
lOd.............
8d to 9d 
6d to 7 d ... 
4d to 5 d ... 
3 d ...............
%  in c h ...

FINE BLUED.

CASEING AND BOX.

COMMON BARREL.

.........50*10
Stove..................................................
........ 
75
C arriage new  lis t..........................
P lo w ........................................................................... 40*10
Sleigh sh o e.............................................................  
70

BUCKETS.

W ell,  p la in .............................................................. *  3  50
W ell, sw iv el............................................................  4  00

BUTTS,  CAST. 

diS.
Cast Loose P in, fig u red ......................................70<Sc
W rought N arrow , b rig h t 5ast jo in t................. 60*10
W rought Loose P in ...............................................60&10
W rought  T a b le...................................................... 60*10
60*10
W rought In sid e B lin d .....................
...........  
75
W rought  B rass..................................
........... 70&10
B lind,  C lark’s ...................................
........... 70*10
B lind,  P ark er’s ...,............................
...........  
70
B lind, S hepard’s ..............................

BLOCKS.

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

G rain .....................................................
Cast S teel.............................................

CRADLES.
CROW BARS.

CAPS.

...........  

40

..  dis. 50*02
454
. per B> 

..12
..18
..19

E ly ’s 1-10....................................................  p e rm  
H ick’s  C. F ..................................................  
G. D ...............................................................  
M u sk e t.......................................................... 

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CARTRIDGES.

R im  F ire, U.  M. C.  & W inchester new  li s t .. 
Rim  F ire, U nited  S tates.............................dis. 
C entral  F ire ................................................... dis. 

65
60
35
60

50
50
25

chisels. 

Socket F irm e r........................................................ 70*10
Socket F ra m in g ........................ .*.......................... 70*10
Socket C o m e r.......................................................... 70&10
Socket S lic k s .......................................................... 70&10
B utchers’ T anged  F irm e r.................................. 
40

dis

dis.

combs. 

“ 

CHALK.
COPPER.

C urry,  L aw rence’s ............................................. 40*10
H o tc h k iss...............................................................  
25
W hite Crayons, per  g ro ss.................12@1254 dis.  10
P lanished, 14 oz c u t to size......... per pound 
28
14x52,14x56,14x60............................ 
2
Cold R olled, 14x56 an d  14x60............................ 
2
Cold R olled, 14x48....................................................  
B o tto m s....................................................................... 
dis.
M orse’s  B it  S tocks......... ........................................ 
P aper an d  straig h t S h an k .................................  
M orse’s T aper S h an k ........................................... 

dr ills. 

3
3

2
2

3

DRIPPING PANS.

Sm all sizes, ser p o u n d ....................................... 
L arge sizes, per  p o u n d ....................................... 

(
6)

ELBOWS.

13 
GAUGES. 
HAMMERS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 i n ................................. doz. n e t 
C o rru g ated .............................................. dis. 20*10*10
A d ju stab le......................................................dis.  40*10
C lark’s, sm all, 818; large, 826 ............................ 
30
Iv es’, 1, 818;  2, 824;  3, 830  .................................. 
25

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

d is

'

fil e s—N ew  List. 

dis.

D isston’s ..................................................................60*1©
N ew   A m erican ...................................................... 60*10
N icholson’s ............................................ 
60*10
H eller’s .....................................................................
H eller’s H orse  R asp s..........................................

 

GALVANIZED IRON

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

12 

14 

D iscount, 60

dis.

Stanley R ule an d   Level Co.’s .......................... 
50
M aydole  *  Co.’s ............................................dis. 
25
K ip’s .. . .  ........................................................... dis. 
25
Y erkes & P lum b’s .........................................dis. 40*10
M ason’s Solid Cast S teel.............................30c list 60
B lacksm ith’s Solid Cast  Steel, H and s?. .30c 40*10 
HINGES.
G ate, C lark’s, 1, 2 / 3 ....................................dls.60&10
...................per doz. net, 2  50
S tate.............................. 
Screw H ook  an d   Strap, to 12  in. 454  14  and
3)4
lo n g e r................................................................... 
19
Screw H ook an d   Eye,  54............................n et 
“ 
% .............................n e t 
854
34.............................n et 
754
“ 
“ 
% .............................n et 
754
Strap an d  T .................................................... dis. 
70
diS.
B arn Door K idder Mfg. Co., W ood tra ck  —  50&10
Cham pion,  an ti-frictio n ...................................   60&10
K idder, w ood tr a c k ............................................. 
40
P o ts ............................................................................ 60*05
K ettles....................................................................... 60*05
S p id e rs .............................  
60*05
50
G ray en am eled .............\ ...................................... 

HOLLOW WARE

HANGERS. 

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~i  Q ----HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

dis.

HORSE NAILS.

locks—door. 

knobs—N ew  List. 

Stam ped  T in W a re ..............................new  list 70*10
Ja p a n n e d  T in  W a re ............................................ 
25
G ranite Iro n  W a re ..........................new  list 3354 *10
A u S able.....................................dis. 25*10®25&10&10
P u tn a m  
.................... ................ dis.  5*10*254*254
dis. 10*10*5
N o rth w estern .......................................... 
D oor, m ineral, jap. trim m in g s ........................ 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trim m in g s..................... 
Door, porcelain, plated trim m in g s................. 
55
Door,  porcelvin, trim m in g s.............................  
55
D raw er  an d   S hutter, p o rcelain ......................  
7“
R ussell & Irw in   Mfg.  Co.’s new  list  ...
M allory, W heeler  &  Co.’s ..........................
B ran fo rd ’s ......................................................
N orw alk’s .......................................................
Stanley R ule an d  L evel  Co.’s ..........................  
70
A dze E y e ..................................................816.00, dis.  60
H u n t B y e........................................................815.00, dis. 60
H u n t’s.  ..........................................818.50, dis. 20*10.
dig.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  h a n d le d .................-—  
dis.
Coffee, P arkers  Co.’s ..........................................  
“ 
P.  S. & W. M fg. Co.’s  M alleables.... 
“  L anders,  F erry & Clark’s ..................... 
“  E n te rp ris e ................................................  

lev els. 
mattocks.

MAULS. 
mills. 

50
40
40
40
25

dis.

dis.

1*4 an d   134 in c h .............................
2  an d   234 
............................
2) 4 an d  2«  
............................
3 in c h ................................................
3) 4 an d  454  in c h .............................
E ach h a lf keg 10 cents extra.

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ROPES.

PLANES. 

dig.

PANS.

O hio Tool Co.’s, f a n c y .......................................40@10
Sciota  B en c h .........................................................   @60
S andusky Tool  Co.’s, fa n c y ............................. 40@10
B ench, first q u a lity ..............................................  @60
Stanley R ule an d   Level Co.’s, w ood............ 30*10
F ry,  A cm e..................................................... dis. 
60
Common,  polish ed .......................................dis. 
70
Iron and  T inned
Copper R ivets an d  B u rs .....................................
“ A” W ood’s paten t planished, Nos. 24 to 27 
B”  W ood’s  pat.  planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 
B roken packs 54c per pound extra.

PATENT FLANISHED IRON.

r iv e t s. 

d is.

10  20 
9  20

dis.

SQUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal,  54 in c h  an d  la r g e r ...................................   1154
M anilla
1354
Steel and  Iro n .............'....................
75
Try an d  B evels.................................
60
M itre ....................................................
20
Com. Smooth. Com.
83  00
3 00
3  10
3  15
3  25
3  35
All  sheets No.  18  and  lighter, over 30 inches

Nos.  10 to  14.......................................
..84  20
Nos. 15 to 1 7 .......................................
..  4  20
N os.  18 to  21.......................................
..  4  20
Nos. 22 to 2 4 .......................................
..  4  20
N os. 25 to 2 6 .................................
..  4  40
No. 27.................................................... ...  4  60
w ide not less th a n  2-10 ex tra
L ist acct. 19,  ’86................................. ........... dis. 40*10
Silver Lake, W hite  A ....................
50
D rab A ........................
55
50
D ra b B ........................
55
W hite C ......................
35
SASH  WEIGHTS.
Solid E y e s..........................................

........... list 
«
f
...  *

SAND  PAPER.
SASH  CORD.

D iscount,  10.

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SAWS.

dis.

dis.

w ir e. 

TRAPS.

.  Silver Steel  Dia. X C ats, per fo o t,___ 
“ 
Special Steel D ex X C ats, per fo o t___ 
Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per fo o t...’. 
“ 
“  Cham pion  an d   E lectric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  fo o t............................... ......................

H a n d ................................................25@25&5
70
50
30
28 
dis. 
Steel, G am e........................................................
.60*10 
O neida Com m unity, N ew house’s ..............
35 
O neida  Com m unity, H aw ley a N orton’s
70 70 
H otchkiss’..........................................................
P.  S.  & W.  M fg. Co.’s  ....................................
70
M ouse,  ch o k e r.......................................... 18c per doz.
M ouse, d elu sio n .................................... 81.50 per doz.
B right M ark et........................................................  6754
A nnealed M arket...................................................70*10
Coppered M ark et..................................................  6254
T inned M ark et......................................................  62X
Coppered  Spring  S teel....................................... 
50
P lain F e n c e .............................................per pound 03
B arbed  Fence, galv an ized .................................83  45
p a in te d .......................................  2  80
B rig h t................................................................. 70*10*10
Screw  E y e s......................................................70*10*10
H ook’s . .   .......................................................... 70*10*10
G ate Hooks an d  E y es....................................70*10*10
B axter’s  A djustable, n ic k eled ........................ 
30
Coe’s  G e n u in e ...................................................... 
50
Coe’s P ate n t A gricultural, w ro u g h t,......................... 75
Coe’s  P atent, m a lleab le......................................75*10
50
B ird C a g e s .............................................................  
Pum ps, C istern ................................................  
75
50
Screw s, N ew  L ist.................................................. 
Casters, Bed  an d   P la te ................................50*10*10
Dam pers,  A m erican.......................................... 
 
  40
F orks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods......... 
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

w ire goods. 

w renches. 

dis.

dis.

dis.

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M K T A L S.

PIG TIN.

ZINC.

solder.

T he  prices  o f  th e m any  other  qu alities  of

P ig  L a rg e.....................................................................26c
P ig B ars.........................................................................28c
D u ty :  Sheet, 254c per pound.
680 p ound  ca sk s..........................................................6)4
P er  p o u n d ..................................... :........................  
654
54@54................................................................................ 16
E x tra  W ip in g ............................................................1354
solder in  th e m ark et in d icated  by priv ate b ran d s 
vary according to com position.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson................................................per  pound  1454
H alle tt's..............................................  
11)4
10x14 IC, C harcoal.................................................8 6 0 0
6 00 
14x20 IC,
10x14 IX, 
7  75 
7  75
14x20 IX , 

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...........................................
E ach add itio n al X on th is grade, 81.75.
10x14 IG,  C h a rc o a l.........................................
14x20 IC, 
...........................................
10x14 EX, 
...........................................
...........................................
14x20 IX, 
E ach  ad d itio n al X o n th is grade 81.50.

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TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
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TIN—MELYN GRADE.

. 8o5 40 
.  5  40 
.  6

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ROOFING PLATES

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“  W orcester.......................................  5 SO
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BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20  IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28  IC, 
14x20IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 EX, 
14x28  IX ................................................................... n s
14x31  IX ..................................................................... U
14x56 IX, fo r No. 8 Boilers, 1  ___ 
14x60ix j  “ 

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

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another significant  feature  is  the excel­
lent condition  of  the  building  trade in 
this and other large cities.  Speculation 
has developed no new feature  of  impor­
tance.  A firmer feeling has prevailed in 
the stock  market,  but  the  character of 
the trading is much the same  as  hereto­
fore.  The trading in  produce  has  been 
without  important  feature.  The  iron 
market  is  firm,  but  without buoyancy, 
and  the  grocery  market  is  quiet  and 
steady.

A   W ise  W om an.

Mrs.  Jones—“I  want to buy some rib­
Mrs. Brown—“Well,  let’s  try the bar­
Mrs.  Jones—“Oh, no;  I  don’t want to 

bon.”
gain counter.”
pay three prices for  it.”

South Haven—E. W. Edgerton succeeds 
Edgerton & Ransom in the clothing  bus­
iness.

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

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

@22 00

The furniture factories here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  mill  culls 
out:
Basswood, lo g -ru n ......................................... 13 00@15 00
B irch,  lo g-run...................................................15 00@16 00
B irch, Nos.  1 and 2 ...................................  
B lack A sh, lo g -ru n ......................................... 14 00@16 00
C herry, lo g -ru n ................................................ 25 00@40 00
C herry, Nos.  1  an d   2 ......................................60 00@65 00
C herry, C u ll................................................  
@12  00
M aple, lo g -ru n ...........................................12 00@13 00
M aple,  soft, lo g -ru n ................................11  00@13 00
M aple, Nos. 1 an d  2 ...................................  
@20 00
M aple,  clear, flooring.............................. 
@25  00
M aple,  w hite, sele cted ............................ 
@25  00
R ed O ak, lo g -ru n .............................................20 00@21 00
R ed O ak, N os. 1 an d  2 ....................................26 00®28 00
R ed O ak, a  saw ed, 6 in ch  an d  upw ’d.38  00@40 00
R ed O ak, & saw ed, re g u la r.......................... 30 00@32 00
R ed O ak, No.  1, step p la n k ....................  
@25  00
W alnut, log r u n ......................................... 
@55  00
W alnut, N os.  1 a n d  2 ...............................   @75  00
...........................................   @25 00
W alnuts, cull 
G rey Elm , lo g -ru n ........................................... 12 60@13 05
W hite Aso, lo g -ru n ......................................... 14 00@16 00
W hitew ood, lo g -ru n ....................................... 20 00@22 00
W hite Oak, lo g -ru n ......................................... 17 00318 00
W hite Oak,  ££ saw ed. Nos. 1  an d  2 ___ 42 00@43  00

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 S u n ...................... 
45
.....................................................................  48
No. 1  “ 
.....................................................................  TO
No. 2  “ 
T u b u la r.......................... >..........................................  75

 

 

lam p  chim neys.—Pe r box.

6 doz. in  box.

XXX F lin t.

F irst quality.
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..................................................................... 3  00

to p .................................................. 2 15
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to p .................................................. 2 58
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No. 0 S u n ........................................................................... 1 90
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Sun, crim p 
N o. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Sun, crim p 
2  80
N o. 1  “ 
N o. 2  “ 
3  80
No. 1 Sun, w rapped a n d   la b e le d ........................3 TO
“ 
No. 2  “ 
.......................4  TO
........................ 4  70
N o. 2 H inge,  “ 
No. 1 Sun, p la in  bulb,  per d o z ............................1  25
No. 2  “ 
............................ 1  50
No. 1 crim p, per d o z ...................................................... 1 40
No. 2 
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I  60

L a Bastic.

P earl top.

2 25
3  25

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STONEWARE—AKRON.

B u tter Crocks, per g a l..................................
Ju g s, H gal., per d o z ....................................
....................................
...................................
M ilk P ans,  % gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c) 
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1 
2 
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M ason’s, p in ts ................................................
, 
quarts  .................................................
H -g allo n ........................................
L ig htning, q u a rts .........................................
H -gallon....................................

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06K 
65 
90 
1  80 
60 
78

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

L E S T E R  & CO.

F o r   S a le !

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

USING
aRLOW’s
^SHIPPING
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A y   S A M P L E   SHEETiiSPRICES1
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M A N  I f O L D

P A T E N T

TIME  TABLES.

Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.

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

Arrive. 

Leave.
7:10 am
11:30 a m
4:10 p m
6:30 p m
Through coaches for Saginaw  on  7:10 a m and 4-.10 p 

Traverse City A  Mackinaw................ 
Traverse  City  Express..................... 9:80 a m 
Traverse City A Mackinaw................3:15 p m 
From Cincinnati................................ 8:50 p m
Cadillac  (Mixed)................................. 
m train.

GOING  80UTH.
Cincinnati  Express........................... 
Fort Wayne Express.........................11:45 a m 
Cincinnati  Express.......................... 5:30 p m 
From Mackinaw A Traverse City..l0:40 p m
From Cadillac....................................... 9:55 a m

7:15 a m
12:50 p m
6:00 p m

Train leaving for Cincinnati a t 6 p.  m.  and  arriving 
from  Cincinnati  at 9:20 p. m., runs daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  Other trains daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and Parlor Car  Service:  North—7: :0 a. m. 
and 4:10 p. m. trains have  sleeping and parlor cars for 
Mackinaw  City.  South—7:15 a. m. train has chair car 
and 6 p. m. train Pullman sleeping car  for  Cincinnati.

Muskegon,  Grand Rapids ft Indiana.

In effect Nov. 10,1889.
Leave 
Arrive.
7:00 a m ..................................................... 
10:15 a m
11:15 a m .....................................................................  3:45 pm
5:40 p m ......... ............................................................  8:45 p m
Leaving tim e at  Bridge street  depot 7 minutes later. 
Through tickets and full  information  can be had by 
calling upon  A.  Almquist,  ticket  agent  at  depot, or 
Geo. W. Munson, Union  Ticket  Agent.  67  Monroe  St., 
Grand  Rapids, Mich.

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
D etroit, Grand H aven & M ilw aukee.

GOING WX8T.

Arrives. 
tMorning Express..............................12:50 p m  
tThrough Mail......................................4:10 p m 
tGrand Rapids  Express..................10:40  p m
•Night Express.................................6:40 a m  
tMixed.................................................. 
GOING BAST.
tDetroit  Express..............................  
tThrough Mail.................................... 10:10 a m  
tEvening Express............................... 3:35 p m  
"Night Express......... ........................10:30 p m 

Leaves.
1:00 p m
4:20 p m
7:00 a m
7:30 am
6:50am

10:20 am
3:45 p m

10:55 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  "Daily.
Detroit  Express  has parlor  car  to Detroit,  making 
direct connections for all points  East, arriving in New 
York 10:10 a. m. next day.
Grand  Rapids  express  has  parlor  car  Detroit  to 
Grand  Rapids.  Night  express  has  Wagner  sleeping 
car to Detroit, arriving in Detroit at 7 :20 a.  m.
steamship 
tickets  and 
secured  at 
D., G. H. A M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot.

sleeping 
Jas. Campbell, Citv Passenger Agent.

Through  railroad  tickets  and  ocean 

berths 

car 

Jno. W. Loud, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  &  N orthern.

F or Toledo and all points S outh an d  E ast, take 
th e Toledo, A nn A rbor &  N orth  M ichigan  R ail­
w ay from  Owosso Ju n ctio n . 
Sure  connections 
at above point w ith  tra in s of D., G.  H.  & M., and 
connections at Toledo  w ith   evening  tra in s  for 
C leveland, Buffalo, Colum bus,  D ayton.  C incin­
nati,  P ittsburg, Creston, O rville  an d   all  prom i­
n e n t points on connecting lines.

A. J .  P a i s l e y , G en’l Pass.  A gent

The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.

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

Retail  Trade  of the Wolilerine State.

E.  A.  STOWE  &  BKO.,  Proprietors.

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

s tr ic t^  In advance.

P ublication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered,  a t  the  G rand  R apids  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  18,  1889.

GOOD  ROADS.

T h e   T r a d e s m a n  gives place this week 
to an address  recently delivered in Syra­
cuse by Col.  Pope of  Boston,  on  the sub­
ject of  the improvement of the highways 
to facilitate travel of  all kinds.  The ar­
guments  cover  the  ground  very  thor­
oughly and are  evidently the  result of  a 
careful study of  the question.

The enormous increase in railroads has 
resulted  in  a  proportionate  neglect  of 
ordinary roadways.  The average country 
road  is  far  from  being  what  it  easily 
might be,  and even its present  condition 
is not maintained in an economical  man­
ner.  This is the natural  result of  rapid 
transit  between  markets.  But  a  re­
action  already begins  to  show itself,  as 
the  population  of  the  rural  districts 
multiplies and the demand for good high­
ways increases in  proportion.  Col. Pope 
is laboring to stimulate this improvement 
by laying before the people the best ideas 
upon  road-making  and  road-mending. 
His  connection  with  the  bicycle  trade 
naturally interests  him  in  this  subject 
and  has  led  him  to  make  a  thorough 
study of  it.  While  wheelmen  are  anx­
ious  for the  improvement of  the  roads, 
it is a subject of  still greater importance 
to those  who  employ teams  of  any kind 
to  transport  produce.  Ninety-nine  per 
cent,  of  every  load  by  railroad, steam­
boat  or  express  has  been  carried  in  a 
wagon  or  truck  over a highway.  Thus 
even steam  transportation is measurably 
dependent  for  support  on  the  draught- 
horse  and his load.  “The  prosperity of 
any  city,”  says  Col.  Pope,  “depends 
largely  upon  the  surrounding  country, 
and  the  better  the  road  facilities  the 
faster  the  country will  grow in popula­
tion.”  This  makes  the  advantage  of 
good  roads  mutual  to  both  city  and 
country.  A  road  over  which  a bicycle 
can be ridden with  ease  and  safety will 
save hundreds of  dollars to  farmers  and 
others driving heavy loads.  The earliest 
communities to recognize  and  act  upon 
this  truth  will  be  the  first  to  benefit 
by it.

Throughout this State  and  the  whole 
country  are  farms,  eight  or  ten  miles 
from  the  railroad,  whose  value  is  at  a 
minimum,  yet which,  were  the  roads in­
tersecting them of  the  first  class,  would 
at once rise in value  were  they twice as 
far  from  steam  transportation.  Good 
roads are a national benefit.  All business 
originates  in  natural  product  which 
must  find  its  way  over a common high­
way before it can  reach a market and at­
tain its full value.  Smooth, hard roads, 
well  drained  and  easily  traversable 
through a large part of the  year,  furnish 
this outlet,  and alone can furnish it.  To 
neglect  the  highways  is  worse  than to 
neglect fences and  woodpiles and weeds.

THE  INSURANCE  COMPANY.
The Insurance Committee of  the Mich­
igan  Business  Men’s  Association  has 
taken  hold  of  the  organization  of  the 
company authorized by the  last  conven­
tion  in  a  manner  which  indicates  the 
success of  the  movement.  While  only 
about $10,000 in  subscriptions are in the 
hands  of  the  Committee,  more  than  as 
much more  is  in  the  hands  of  various 
local secretaries,  and the  renewed  inter­
est in the proposed  company all over the 
State bespeaks the increase  of  the  fund 
to at least $50,000  within  the next three 
months.  As soon as this is accomplished, 
the  company  Will  be  made  an  assured 
fact within  thirty  days. 
It  now  rests 
with the  business  men  of  the  State  to 
indicate  whether  they  wish  to  see the 
idea so long  advocated  by them put into 
execution.

Good  roads  are  expensive,  but  poor 

roads are a great deal more expensive.

The  importance  and  value  to  any 
county,  any  section,  and  every citizen, 
from  the  highest to the lowest,  whether 
taxpayers or tramps, of  well-constructed 
roads is not easily estimated,  but  clearly 
it is  greater  than  that  of  many  affairs 
which are continually receiving the  time 
and  attention  of 
the  people  in  their 
homes, counting  rooms, public  meetings 
and  legislative  halls. 
It  is a matter to 
be  considered  side  by  side  with  our 
splendid and always improving system of 
public education, the assessment  .of  our 
tariff duties, or  the  appropriations regu­
larly made for river and harbor improve- 
ments.

No one who has  not  studied  the  rela­
tion of  good  roads to  the  property  of  a 
town  is  able to judge of  their value to a 
community.  Rich  men,  as  a  rule,  are 
valuable  additions to  the  population  of 
any town.  They build handsome houses, 
promote  local  enterprises,  increase  the

value of  property  adjoining  theirs,  and 
bear  a  large  proportional  share  of  the 
burdens of taxation;  and almost the  first 
question one of  these persons  asks  when 
he  comes  to inspect a town  to see how it 
would  serve  his  purpose  as  a  home  is: 
“What sort of  drives  are  there  close  to 
town?”  Aside,  therefore,  from  the  di­
rect and obvious benefits to be derived by 
the  country  residents  themselves  from 
the  improvement  of  the roads and lanes 
in  their  neighborhood,  every  citizen, 
whether he  owns  a  carriage  or  not,  has 
an interest at  stake in making  the  beau­
ties of  the  surrounding country  accessi­
ble.

The constitutional  validity of  the Mis­
souri Law for the  suppression of  trusts, 
pools  and  all  other  combinations to re­
strict competition and  keep up prices,  is 
to  be  tested  before  the  United  States 
courts.  Quite a number of corporations, 
which hold their charters from the State, 
have had those charters  revoked because 
they either  made  no  answer  to  the de­
mand for affidavits that  they were not in 
any  combination,  or  because  their  an­
swers  were  found  unsatisfactory. 
If 
they continue their operations, there will 
be no limit to the responsibility of stock­
holders for their debts,  and  at  the  same 
time  no  power  on  their part to compel 
the payment of  the debts contracted with 
their agents in their name?  Corporations 
not chartered by the State are required to 
make  the  same  affidavit,  and  when the 
response  is  not  satisfactory, the  courts 
will be invoked  against  them, though to 
what  end  we  cannot say.  No Missouri 
court could pronounce  the  revocation of 
a charter  granted  by another  state;  and 
it  might  be  found  difficult  to  compel 
them to cease doing business in Missouri, 
in view of  the  adverse  decisions  of  the 
Supreme  Court  in  similar  cases.  The 
St.  Louis Stamping Company,  a Missouri 
corporation, is  the  one  which  means to 
test  the  law.  Mr.  Niedringhaus,  who 
represents the  Eighth  Missouri  District 
in Congress,  is  the  chief  owner;  but  it 
has stockholders in other states, and suits 
will  be brought  in  their  name.  In the 
meantime,  there  will  be  a  very  pretty 
confusion 
in  business  circles,  nobody 
knowing  how he stands or what  will be­
come of  him should the law be sustained.

Com pelled  to   B ack  D ow n.

Some of  the  officers  and  stockholders 
of  the  Peninsular  Novelty  Co.  met  in 
this city on  Oct.  1,  and  voted to  consoli­
date its business with the Heaton Button 
Fastener Co.,  of Providence, R. L,  under 
the  style of  the Heaton-Peninsular  But­
ton Fastener Co.  The consolidation was 
not effected in a legal manner,  and a suit 
will shortly be instituted against  the  oc­
topus by  the Grand  Rapids  stockholders 
to set aside  the  consolidation,  which ap­
pears to have been advised by Massachu­
setts 
lawyers,  without  regard  to  the 
laws  of  this  State,  under  which  the 
Peninsular  company was  organized  and 
conducted business.

One  of  the  first  acts  of  the  manage­
ment  of  the  new  corporation was to ad­
vance  the  price  of  Peninsular  fasteners 
from $1 to $1.25 per great gross,  and Hea­
ton fasteuers from $1.25 to $1.50.  This nat­
urally aroused the indignation of  theles- 
ses of the Peninsular machine,  who held 
contracts concluding as follows:

*  *  *  and  the  Peninsular  Novelty 
Co.  agrees that its  price for  said fasten­
ers  shall  never  exceed  one  dollar  per 
great gross.

P e n i n s u l a r   N o v e l t y   C o ., 

G e o .  E.  P a r k e r ,  Treas.

Such large  patrons  of  the company as 
G.  R.  Mayhew,  of this city,  and the Han­
nah &  Lay Mercantile  Co.,  of  Traverse 
City, naturally  instituted  a  very  vigor­
ous opposition to  the  advance  in  price, 
as the company has no legal  right  to  an­
nul an agreement made  by either  of  the 
corporations  composing  the  new  aggre­
gation.  Consultation with  the attorneys 
of  the  company  satisfied  the  manage­
ment that the advance could not be main­
tained,  in  consequence  of  which  a  new 
circular was  sent  out  to  the  trade  last 
Friday,  announcing a reduction  in  price 
to  the  old  basis,  which  will  afford the 
owner of  the  patent a profit  of  over 600 
per cent.

D ow n  W ith  the  Drum m ers.

At a recent  meeting  of  the  Farmers’ 
Alliance,  held  in  one  of  the  Southern 
States, the following  extraordinary reso­
lutions were passed:
W h e r e a s ,  We have  come  into posses­
sion  of  statistics  and  figures  showing 
that  there  is  annually expended  in  the 
United States  the  sum  of  $1,500,000,000 
in the salaries  and traveling expenses of 
commercial  travelers, commonly  known 
as “drummers;”  and 
W h e r e a s ,  This  vast  sum  of  money 
comes out of  the pockets of  the farmers, 
in  the  shape of  an  increased  price  put 
upon the cost of  the goods sold  to us by 
merchants;  and
W h e r e a s ,  If  drummers are dispensed 
with  it  will  necessarily follow that this 
one and a half  billions of  dollars  will be 
saved to us annually in  the  prices  paid 
for goods and supplies;  therefore, be it 
Resolved,  That  it  is  the sentiment of 
this Alliance  that  the  entire  sj stem of 
buying  or  selling  goods  by  means  of 
drummers  should  be  immediately  done 
away with,  and all merchants should buy 
direct  from  wholesale  houses  or  man­
ufacturers;  be it further 
Resolved,  That  we  will declare an im­
mediate boycott against any store patron­
ized by us which  shall  from this time on 
purchase  any  goods  whatsoever  from a 
drummer.

ABOUT  THE  SIZE  OF  IT.  ' 

Written for Thk  Tradesman.

Not  long  since,  in a certain  small vil­
lage  not  a  thousand  miles  from  Grand 
Rapids, the P’.s of I., after sounding some 
half dozen  merchants for a bid to start a 
P.  of  I.  store and making a total failure, 
meeting  with  a firm  but  respectful  re­
fusal  at  every  place,  although 
they 
pressed the matter for several weeks  (the 
merchants  all  being  patrons  of  T h e  
M i c h i g a n   T r a d e s m a n ),  at last,  finding 
their  attempts  to  divide  the  dealers 
against  their  customers,  unless,  when 
there  was  no  one  else to apply to,  ap­
proached a  dealer  who  has  the  largest 
number  of  enemies in the place,  one be­
lieved to be  tricky in  the  extreme,  and 
made the usual  P.  of  1.  offer.  Before 
this offer was  made,  this  dealer,  being 
left out  in the  cold by the P.’s  of  I.  in 
their seach for  an ally,  was  radical  and 
red hot against the  “lunatics,”  or  “men 
who  think they can run  the  merchant’s 
business for him better  than he can him­
self,”  and had expressed the most fiery in­
dignation  against  the  order.  But  the 
temptation  was  too  much.  In  a  few 
days,  after  mature  deliberation,  he 
swallowed  the  bait,  feathers  and  all, 
and soon  you  will hear  of  another  P. 
of  I.  store in Michigan.  There  can  be 
no  mistake  about  it—it  is  a rule  with 
rarest exceptions—all  over  the  country 
where the P.’s of  I.  makes a lodgment in 
the  community,  it  is  the  weak-kneed, 
milk  and  water,  good  Lord  and  good 
devil sort of men who tumble to the  “ten 
per cent,  off”  music of these partners of 
idiocy at the first note.  In  this  particu­
lar instance many of  the P.  of I.  fratern­
ity are  red hot in their  opposition to the 
transaction,  declaring  that  “a man who 
will  water  alcohol  until it  is  so  weak 
that it will not cut gum drops”  is not fit 
to run a peanut stand.  But it  is  “poor 
Jack or  nothing”  this  time,  and  there 
will be a general submission to the bosses 
in a few days.

The idea of  having  two sets of  prices 
for  two  sets  of  customers,  when  each 
party is ready to pay spot cash for goods, 
must  just  as  certainly  drive  away  the 
very  best  cash  customers  of  any  mer­
chant who adopts this P.  of  I.  plan,  and 
leave  him  with the discontented classes 
and chronic credit  seekers on his hands, 
who  will also desert and despise him,  as 
it is certain that there are laws of nature 
and laws of  trade that are resistless.  It 
needs  no  demonstration  to  convince  a 
practical  business  man  that such a rule 
o f. business  must  shortly result  in ruin 
to  those  who try to override the all-pot­
ent law of  healthy competition,  and it is 
certain  that there is a rotten  spot in the 
mind of him who undertakes it.

There is one peculiarity that is noticed 
in  this  P.  of  I.  lunacy:  Usually,  the 
most zealous and influential  among them 
are men who have had  the  largest  store 
bills in arrearage and who have depended 
most upon credit, in  the  past  ten years, 
in  the  community  in  which  they  live. 
One of the leaders  in  the  village  above 
mentioned  now  owes  merchants  there 
more than any other man on their books, 
and his  most  enthusiastic  followers are 
just those men  who  in  past  years have 
had the largest store debts and are known 
as “slow men”  and as the  “discontented 
class”  in society.  These  chronic  credit 
seekers  are  now  banding  themselves 
together and binding themselves  to  quit 
asking credit  and  pay  spot  cash  in the 
future.  One who  knows human  nature, 
knows that only a military  necessity,  or 
the rigitf bonds of an iron-clad despotism, 
can hold this class of  men to such a con­
tract,  for a single year, or  stave  off  the 
day of  “bad luck”  and the  necessity  for 
credit.  Habit  is  as  strong as life,  and 
the same law  that  now prompts them to 
unite  in  bands  of  ideal  (?)  fraternity, 
with promises  to  pay  as  they  go,  must 
tear them asunder  and  scatter them like 
chaff  in  the  wind,  to  seek  accommoda­
tions in the future,  as in the past, of  the 
man who can help  them. 
If  successful 
partnerships between individuals,  where 
sure business tact and principles of honor 
are required,  in order to insure peace and 
prosperity  to  both parties,  are so rarely 
met with,  how then  must  this  principle 
work,  where one man  shall go into part­
nership  with  the  multitude,  many  of 
whom will find  fault with the perfection 
of every  angelic attribute ?  If merchants 
often find it difficult to keep on their feet 
and  keep  on  kindly  terms  with  their 
many customers,  while following the one 
straightforward plan of one  price  to  all 
men and  holding  fast  to  solid business 
principles—the  only  possible  plan  of 
making a success in the business world— 
what  then  may  they  expect  from  this 
publicly  proclaimed  two-sided  dicker, 
where they weave back and forth between 
two  prices  to  two  different  parties  of 
cash  customers,  with  a  ten  per  cent, 
profit  to  one man and a twenty  to  fifty 
per cent,  profit to another, who possesses 
the  game  quantity  of  dollars  and  the 
same quality of manhood ?  Maybe  it  is 
expected that the  whole body of the peo­
ple will join the P.  of  I.  in  order  to  be 
able to buy goods cheap.

Be it known that  when large masses or 
small  are 
induced  to  unite  upon  any 
ideal  platform  of  principles,  prompted 
by animal hunger,  avarice, or  any  other 
phase of the lower  motives, the very im­
pulse  or  principle  that  cements  such  a

brotherly union  must very  shortly  rend 
asunder  the  bonds  that  caused them to 
unite.  Everybody  desires to  buy  cheap 
goods,  and sell dear goods, or labor;  but 
when this desire is so strong that it blinds 
people  to  the  irresistible  law  that gov­
erns prices,  it must  lead to disaster,  and 
very  dear  goods to the victims of  finan­
cial and industrial lunacy.

The  root  principle  of  the  P.’s  of  I. 
and kindred organizations of ideal reform 
is  the  assumption  that  merchants  or 
employers and others, are a set of soulless 
swindlers who are getting rich out of the 
ignorance of farmers or laborers;  that all 
the  dishonesty and  vice  in  the world is 
bottled  up  in  the  merchant  class,  and 
that  wisdom  and  all  the  virtues  and 
god-like attributes are  held and monopo- 
olized by the  “poor and oppressed”—the 
farmers  and  laborers,  or  the  P.’s  of  I. 
Then  comes  the  usual  organization  or 
union  of  the  multitude,  with  a  great 
gush  of  fine sentiment  and  lofty  “prin­
ciples,”  sweet songs and beautiful prom­
ises,  with  uproarious  “resolutions”  to 
stand  by  one  another “till  death do  us 
part;”  then  a  swift  soaring up  into the 
pure  ethereal  elements  of  ideal  millen­
niums, where all encumbrances and debts 
that cumber man’s  spirit  in  life’s  work 
are  left  behind,  and  angels  blush  to 
see  their  heavenly  virtues  outshone  by 
the elect  among  mortals,  the  wonder of 
all  ages,  modern  “reformers.”  This 
happy state  of  things usually lasts until 
some real practical human helpfulness is 
required,  and  then  instantly  do  these 
lofty  sky-scrapers  descend  from  their 
lofty apex of ideal perfection in the firma­
ment.  Poor  souls!  Not  even  exper­
ience  can  teach  them  that  business  is 
business,  and  that  men  cannot  outrun 
their  own  shadows,  or  coin  moonshine 
into United States dollars.

The  astonishment  and  grief  of  these 
foolish fanatics  as  they see  their  great 
schemes  end  in  total  failure  may  be 
likened to the experience last spring of a 
poor  old  toper  living  near this village. 
He  returned home very late one evening 
during  an  April  blizzard, after drinking 
more  than  usual.  Finding  his  family 
sound asleep,  and a low-turned  lamp sit­
ting on a table,  left  to  light  him to bed, 
and feeling pretty groggy and  sick at his 
stomach, he sat down  near  the  stove to 
meditate  over  the  situation  before  re­
tiring.  Soon,  as  if  with a  premonition 
of  the coming P.’s of  I., he began indus­
triously to throw up  Jonah.  It  so  hap­
pened  that  his  wife  had  brought  in  a 
common  market  basket containing some 
half  a  dozen  newly-hatched  goslings, 
softly  nestled  in  the  bottom,  to  guard 
them from the cold  storm,  and had set it 
near the stove.  The sick  man happened 
to  vomit  right  into  that basket of  gos­
lings,  and,  finally,  as  they began to peep 
and warble in vehement  protest  against 
that kind of  a baptism,  he  turned up the 
lamp,  and  with a stick of  kindling wood 
began an investigation by stirring up the 
poor,  half-strangled little creatures.  The 
next  moment  he  yelled  for  his  wife in 
such terror-stricken accents that she was 
at his side in an  instant.  “Oh,  Betsy !  I 
guess  I’ve  got  the  critters again!  Oh, 
Lord,  look there!  When did I eat these?” 
asked the  now  thoroughly sobered man. 
“When did 1 eat them  things ?”  groaned 
the  poor  fellow,  and it was  with  much 
difficulty that the good woman convinced 
him of  the actual condition of  affairs.

Within,  at most,  one  year’s time  these 
simple P.  of I.  fellows will be wondering 
how  “them  things”  ever  made  a lodg­
ment in their philosophy,  and  when  the 
goslings got into them.

E v e r y d a y   O b s e r v e r .

Poor  A dvice  from   a   N ew spaper.
H o l l o w a y ,  Dec.  I I ,   1889.

issue  of 

D e a r   S i r —The  last 

E. A.  Stow e, G rand R apids:
the 
Adrian Press refers to me in  the  follow­
ing fashion:
“Postmaster  Osgood,  of  Holloway,  is 
down  on  the  Patron  business,  and it is 
said got mighty wild  when  they wanted 
him to run a P. of I. store.  He denounced 
the matter,  and we understand that some 
of  his patrons whom he had trusted were 
sued,  though  this,  probably,  is not true, 
for he is in a section  where  the  farmers 
can make it very lonesome  for him,  were 
he to be too unreasonable.  Better not put 
on too much  style with  these  Patrons of 
Industry.  They plow  deep  and  turn  a 
straight furrow without  much  trouble.” 
Thank  you, Bro.  Philander,  your  sug­
gestions  are  wise. 
It  is  advised  to 
raise  good  crops to “plow  deep”  in  the 
fall,  and turn up a good sub-soil, and the 
freezing  and  thawing during the winter 
will  leave  the  ground  in good shape in 
the spring.  To run a “straight furrow,” 
you  must  set  your  plow  in  accordance 
with the man who holds  the  handles;  let 
out the traces full length;  raise the wheel 
on  the  beam  to  full  height;  hook  the 
evener to the top notch, and then proceed 
with caution.  If  you  happen to strike a 
snag,  “hold  your temper.”

Yours truly, 

H.  H.  O s g o o d .

A   G love  W ith  a  P ocket.

The carrying  of  money in the glove is 
a fixed habit  among the female shoppers 
of  all large cities in this and other civil­
ized  countries.  Glove  manufacturers 
have at last recognized  the  custom  and 
made preparations  to  meet  its  require­
ments.  The very latest thing  in  gloves 
is  a  “palm pocket”  attachment,  roomy 
enough  for a respectable roll of  bills  or 
all the  “small change”  necessary for the 
current expenses of  an afternoon among 
the stores.

LANDLORD  AND  TENANT.

Some  Useful  Don’ts  Respecting Their 

Rights  and Duties.

Don’t rent  property except on  written 
lease.
Don’t depend on the verbal promises of 
a landlord.
Don’t look to a landlord for general re­
pairs,  unless  specially  provided  for  in 
the lease.
Don’t  remove  a  fixture  (mantel,  tile 
floor,  stationary  tubs,  etc.),  unless  you 
expect  to  restore  the  premises  as  you 
found them.
Don’t  fail  to  record  a  lease  when 
drawn for three  years or more.
Don’t take a married  woman for a ten­
ant,  unless the laws of  the  state  permit 
her to make an executory contract.
Don’t  accept  any shorter  notice  than 
thirty days when  holding by the  month.
Don’t  let  premises  for  illegal  use, or 
arrears of  rent upon ejectment  will  not 
be collectible.
Don’t  leave  your  landlord  trade  fix­
tures erected by  you on the premises.
Don’t  erect  a  building  upon  founda­
tions sunken  into  the  ground, or it will 
become part of  the realty.
Don’t  turn  the  premises  over  to  the 
landlord  until  all  questions  of  owner­
ship  of  fixtures,  additions,  etc.,  have 
been settled in writing.
Don’t try to hold  back  the rent for re­
pairs made by  you.
Don’t  move  into  premises  until  you 
get  your written lease or agreement.
Don’t allow a provision  not  to  sub-let 
to deter  you from  putting  in a tenant of 
same standing as  yourself.

B elieves  in  Both  A ssociations.

D e e p   R i v e r   J u n c t i o n , 

) 
Dec.  12,  1889.  J 

E d ito r  M ichigan  T radesm an:
D e a r   S i r —A few  days ago I received 
a very handsome and highfalutin  invita­
tion to attend  the first annual meeting of 
the Michigan Knights of  the  Grip.  For 
the  life  of  me,  I could  not  recall  this 
ancient order to memory,  but Mary  Jane 
(that is the name  of  my  best girl)  said, 
“John, that is the new order of traveling 
salesmen which  you  joined a short time 
ago.”  “What, you mean  that  fifty-cent 
go-as-you-please association, without any 
benefits, only just for fun?  Well, that is 
it,  sure,  and 1 tell you,  Mary  Jane,  that 
fifty  cents’  worth  of  fun  is  as good as 
one hundred cents in  cash,  any day,  to  a 
broad  gauge  man,  and  that  is what all 
commercial travelers are.  Yes, I remem­
ber  when  I  joined  that  jolly  crowd of 
boys, for I never  forget  and never mean 
to, either,  that I was once a boy.  When 
I joined that crowd,  I said to  the  young 
fellow,  ‘Why don’t you  join the M.  C.  T. 
A.  and  secure  for  your  estate $2,500 in 
the best  association  on  earth? 
It  will 
j only  cost  you  ten  cents a day,  and you 
can save  that  out  of  your traveling ex­
penses and not half try.  Now,  you join 
my  association  and  I  will  join yours.’ 
‘That’s a go,’  said he,  and so  we  joined, 
and now I am  going  to  Lansing, on the 
27th,  to see  the  boys  eat  chicken salad 
and dance with the Governor’s wife.  Will 
you go,  too,  Jane?”  “Yes,  if  you  will 
promise not to eat too  many  cloves  and 
will introduce me to  the  Governor,  so  I 
can dance the Virginia  reel  with  him.” 
Now,  Mr.  Editor,  this may  be  the  last 
time I can write to  you,  and the meeting 
at Lansing may  be  the last one I attend, 
for  I  am  growing  old  and  I  know my 
traveling days will soon be over.  I have 
enjoyed the years of  my pilgrimage,  but 
have not  secured  much  of  this world’s 
goods,  but I know that if I go on the last 
journey first,  the boys of  the M.  C.  T.  A. 
will all cheerfully chip  in the amount of 
the  assessment  to  help  Mary  Jane and 
the children on  in  life’s journey to meet 
those gone on before  and  to  join  in the 
heavenly chorus with

O n e   o f   t h e   O l d   O n e s .

The C ondition o f Trade.

Frpn the New York Shipping List.
The controlling  features  of  the  com­
mercial  situation  have  undergone  but 
little change since the close of last week. 
The distributive movement  of  trade has
continued moderate, and in some respects 
disappointing,  but,  nevertheless,  in com­
parison  with  last  year,  clearing  house 
statistics make a very favorable  exhibit, 
which is all the more significant,  in view 
of the fact that,  at  this  time  last  year, 
the volume of business  in  progress  was 
exceptionally  large.  Where  there  has 
been  disappointment,  it has been due  to 
mild  and  unpropitious  weather,  which 
has delayed the  demand  for  seasonable 
goods,  but  in  addition  to. this fact it is 
not surprising to find trade  beginning  to 
slacken  as  the  year  draws  to  a  close. 
The  manufacturing 
industries  are  not 
only actively employed, but are well sup­
plied  with  orders  for deliveries extend­
ing into next year,  the  marketing  of  the 
crops is supplying  the railroads with  an 
amount of traffic that taxes  the  capacity 
of their rolling  stock to the very utmost, 
with  the  result  of  increased  earnings; 
the export movement  of  produce contin­
ues large, the shipments of corn and oats 
last  week  having  been  of  noteworthy 
proportions,  and  the result  of  the move­
ment is exhibited  in  the  excellent rates 
of freight that all ocean  going  craft  are 
enabled to obtain, as well as in the down­
ward tendency of the rates of foreign ex­
change,  which  are  now  down to a point 
that  suggests  the  possibility  of  gold 
imports. 
In  fact,  several  small  ship­
ments are reported to be now on the way 
hither, but the financial centers of Europe 
are likely  to  resist  such a movement as 
far as possible and  hold  on to their gold 
reserves tenaciously.  There has been  a 
much better feeling in  financial  circles, 
on account of the easier tendency  of  the 
money  market.  The  practical  working 
of  Mr.  Windom’s  financial  policy  has 
already  demonstrated 
its  wisdom,  the
large redemption of bonds last week hav­
ing  been  accomplished  without advanc­
ing the price,  while  at  the  same time it 
has afforded material  relief to the money 
market and strengthened confidence with 
respect to the future.  The  demand  for 
money  in  the  interior  is  beginning  to 
slacken  and  hence there is a probability 
that the flow of  currency will shortly  be 
toward  this  center,  but  there  is  very 
little prospect of cheap money here until 
after  the  New  Year  has  fairly  com­
menced.  Notwithstanding the disastrous 
fire in Lynn, the boot and  shoe  trade  is 
reported  to  be  remarkably  prosperous 
and  manufacturers  are  full  of  orders, 
while there  has  been a considerable im­
provement  in  the  wool  market,  and

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The Michigan Tradesman

WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER  18.  1889.

THE  DOCTOR’S  STORY.

The Doctor,  with his  immense, shaggy 
head,  glowing eyes, deep-set,  and  small, 
thin body,  was  an  extraordinary  object 
at the best of times.  But, as he sat there 
in  his  rich  and  gloomy  study,  with  a 
hanging lamp throwing its light down on 
his shock  of  grizzled  hair,  and casting 
cavernous  shadows  from  his  beetling 
brows, beneath which  those  eyes  of  his 
gave forth a  red  sparkle;  and  his  big, 
irregular nose dividing his visage  like  a 
spur of a mountain between two valleys, 
and the  lips  of  his  great,  grim  mouth 
working and puckering,  as he  sucked  at 
his black  pipe—as  he  sat  there  in  his 
high-backed, oaken chair, beside  a  table 
piled  up  with  rare  and  ancient books, 
and strange  ornaments  from  China  and 
India,  and with a small but finely-formed 
skull,  carefully  mounted  on  an  ebony 
stand and so placed that it had the air of 
whispering  in  his ear—as he sat there, I 
say,  he looked less like an ordinary  man 
than like a wizard  of  the  Dark Ages, or 
even like one of the demons such wizards 
were wont to evoke.
Of course,  as  every one knows, Doctor 
Hoknagel  is  nothing  of  the  kind;  for, 
though he probably knows more than  all 
the wizards of antiquity put together, he
is.  at the same time, one of the  best  and 
kindest-hearted of  men—if  common  re­
port be worth  anything.  But that fairy­
like body—the  contrast  between  it  and 
the head is certainly very singular.  An 
ogre and an elf combined  to  form a man
_that is  how  you  would  describe him.
His  hands  are  like  a  woman’s,  white, 
small  and  beautifully  shaped,  and  he 
wears on one  of  his fingers a costly sap­
phire ring,  such as a lady might wear.

We had been  discussing the skull.
“It is a woman’s, then?” said I.
“Yes;  and  a  very  lovely  woman  she 
was.  too,”  replied  Dr.  Hoknagel,  in his 
deep but exquisitely modulated tones.
“Can you judge from the  skull  of  the 
beauty of the face ?”  I exclaimed.
“Perhaps not;  at any rate, I do  not  in 
this case.”
“Do  you  mean  to  say  you  actually 
knew her?”  I demanded, with a  chill  of 
the nerves.  Even  the  most benevolent 
doctors  will  sometimes  do  odd  things 
that  make  ordinary persons’ flesh creep.
“Well,  at all events,  I know she was  a 
beauty,” he said.  And. after  puffing  at 
“It’s a 
his pipe awhile,  he  continued: 
curious story and you might as well hear
it.  You remember Daventry ?”
“Not Daventry who  married Miss Sal- 
tonstall,  the heiress,  and went mad ?” 
“That’s  the  man—Edward  Daventry. 
My  specialty  is  mental  diseases,  you 
know,  and I signed the order committing 
him to the asylum.  That was ten years 
ago.  He died last week.”
“Only last week !  I had supposed him 
dead for years.”
“Death  is a name  applied  indiscrimi­
nately  to  several  different  phenomena.
‘ Now,  you  knew  Daventry  who married 
Miss Saltonstall;  but I knew him before 
that event—long before.  And I happen
to know that Miss Saltonstall was not the 
first lady—”
“Ahl  An earlier romance!  Do  let  me 
hear about it.”
“There is not  much  to  that.  There 
was  a  girl—let  us  call  her  Francesca 
her  family  name  does  not  concern us 
She  was  a  lovely  creature,  of  a  style 
quite unlike Miss Saltonstall.  Daventry 
was  then  barely  twenty;  she,  a year  or 
two younger.  She loved him with all her 
heart.  He—well, he conceived a passion 
for her. 
It was understood—she under 
stood—that they were to be married.  But 
she  took  too  much  for  granted,  and 
granted  too  much.  You know the way 
of the world.  There  are times when the 
woman is as much to blame as  the  man 
All I will say is,  that this was not  one of 
those times.  Daventry was then a young 
fellow in a country  town,  with no pros 
pects in particular.  An unexpected cir 
cumstance'gave him a good  opportunity 
to enter business  in  New  York  and he 
went,  leaving Francesca behind.  Well 
it had to be!  And within a year he had 
the satisfaction, such as it was,  of  hear 
ing that she was dead.”
How the Doctor’s eyes did  glow!  He 
looked terrible at that moment.
“Daventry had, I believe, already made 
the acquaintance of Miss Saltonstall, and 
it was not long before they  were  openly 
engaged  to  be  married.  There was no 
ambiguity about that arrangement.  You 
may suppose,  if you like,  that  Daventry 
was  really  in  love  this  time.  At  all 
events, he acted as if he were.  He hardly 
ever let the girl out  ot  his  sight. 
She 
couldn’t complain  of  lack  of  devotion 
They  were  married—a  great  wedding, 
You remember it.  A  handsome  couple, 
All New York looking on.  All the girl 
envying her;  all the young fellows him 
So off they went on their honeymoon.” 
The Doctor sucked hard and fast at hi 
black pipe,  until  he,  and the little white 
skull, and the  pile  of  antique volumes, 
were  all  enveloped  in  a  gray  mist  of 
smoke.
“Daventry became proverbial for work. 
Everything  he  took  hold  of went well. 
His wife had a million to  her  dowry,  so 
there was no need  for him to  work;  but 
he did work,  and it was  thought  greatly 
to his credit that he did so.  He went into 
all  sorts  of  schemes;  they all  turned  to 
gold as soon as  he  touched  them.  He 
kept a fine house in  town, another at the 
seaside,  another in California.  He  and 
his  wife  were  always  on  the top in so­
ciety,  always  stirring, always  entertain­
ing;  and yet Daventry never lost his grip 
on any of his schemes.  People said there 
never was such a  man;  wonderful  head! 
astonishing  genius!  They  had no chil­
dren—children  are  hardly fashionable— 
but  people  sometimes  asked  where  all 
these millions  were going.  Never mind; 
they  kept  piling  up—railroads,  tele- 
graps, coal, iron, silver—all contributing 
to make Daventry rich.  No skeleton  in 
his closet;  no  room  for one—too full of 
gold!  Lucky man!  happy  man,  Daven­
try!—devilish happy!”
Here the Doctor paused  and  wreathed 
his great lips into so sardonic  a  grin,  at 
the same time gathering his shaggy brows 
together in a frown  so  portentious,  that 
I really felt uneasy. 
“The  happiest  men  sometimes  make 
mistakes.  Daventry made one—he over­
worked  himself.  One  day  he  came to 
consult  me. 
I examined him;  told him 
to let up.  He said he couldn’t.  I asked

4

looked at him. 

him if he wanted softening of  the brain. 
That  startled  him—threw  him  off  his 
guard.  He began to talk about himself; 
said he was  the  most  miserable  wretch 
on earth.  Hated  his  wife;  she  hated 
him.  Fought together  like  a  couple  of 
scorpions.  No  children,  no  peace, no 
rest.  Wanted to kill  her  and  himself, 
but was afraid to die.  I asked him  why. 
He gave me a look—a ghastly  look—and 
went out.
“The  seventh  anniversary  of  their 
wedding  came  around.  To  show how 
happy they were, they arranged to give a 
great reception and ball.  Such  prepara­
tions  never  were  known. 
Invitations 
were  sent  out  two  months  in advance. 
Preparations  going  on  in  the house for 
thrfee weeks.  It was in  winter,  but  the 
halls,  staircases and rooms  were  smoth­
ered  in  flowers. 
For  supper,  all  the 
things nicest to eat and drink  and  hard­
est to get.  Favors  for  the  dance  cost 
enough to buy a city lot—gold, silver and 
diamonds.  Eight hundred people came; 
the best in New York,  and only the best. 
Until  12  o’clock,  Daventry and his wife 
stood undera marriage bell receiving their 
guests.  There they stood,  smiling,  bow- 
and  shaking  hands,  the  type  and
mg
example of  blessed and prosperous wed­
lock.  Ah!  a fine sight!
“After midnight,  they left  their  place 
and mingled  with  the  guests. 
It  was 
like a fairy palace—everywhere perfume, 
color, sparkle,  beauty, music.  They  say 
rhany  beautiful  women  were  never 
before seen together in New York.  Dav­
entry was fond of beautiful  women.  He 
went  about  chatting  and  laughing first 
ith one and then with another.  Every­
body remarked how uncommonly well he 
looked.  I was  there;  he came up to me;
‘Well, Doctor!’  he said, 
smiling. 
I  put  one  finger  to my fore­
head—so!  and shook my head.  He under­
stood;  his lips got pale and he  glared  at 
me.  A few minutes afterward I saw him 
at the table, drinking champagne.
As he turned away from the table, he 
■  a  lady  sitting  in  a  window-seat, 
partly concealed by lace  curtains.  She 
was alone.  He went up to her.  She was 
the most beautiful  woman  of  the  even­
ing;  but he couldn’t recall who she  was. 
And yet there was  something familiar in 
her face—familiar as  a  strain  of  music 
that  you  recognize,  but  cannot  place. 
Now he thought  he  remembered—then, 
again,  the name  just  escaped  him.  He 
sked her to take a glass of wine—‘Yes,’ 
he said,  ‘with you!’  ”
The  manner  in  which  Dr.  Hoknagel 
gave  the  ensuing  dialogue  amazed me, 
No trained actor  could  have done it bet 
ter.  His marvelous voice accommodated 
itself to every  intonation.  Closing  my 
eyes,  I  could  have  believed  that  the 
peakers stood before me.
“He brought the wine and she received 
the glass  from  him.  Her  voice,  when 
he  spoke, had gone to his  heart;  surely 
he had heard it before!  Where ?  Where ? 
How lovely she was!  Her dress,  too,  was 
exquisite,  white,  soft,  voluptuous.  The 
arms  and  figure  of  a  young  goddess 
Diamonds  on  her  bosom; 
in her hair a 
spray  of  heliotrope.  That  flower  had 
been his favorite—before he married!  He 
had  associations  with  it.  He  felt hi 
face burn.  He bent down toward  her.
I fear you have been  having  a  dull 
evening,’  he said. 
‘Did  you come late ?’ 
Yes;  I am but just arrived.  1 came 
only to see you.’
He felt his heart beat at those caress 
ing words.
The night  would have been a blank 
to me,  if you had not been here.’
She smiled—a strange smile.  ‘Truly 
I thought you had forgotten me.’
How could  anyone ever forget  you 
But it is some time since we met.’
‘Yes, indeed—a long  time.  But this 
See, 
your  wedding  anniversary. 
bear you no ill-will !  Let us drink to it 
She lifted  her  glass  to her lips.  On 
her  finger  he  caught  the  sparkle  of 
ring—an  amethyst.  His  hand  shook so 
that his wine was spilled.  He knew that 
ring !  ‘Where did you get that amethyst?^
“ ‘Surely,  you ought to know !  Then ~ 
am forgotten !  It was  you  who  gave it, 
Edward.’
“He sat down beside her  on  the  win 
dow seat;  he  had  no  strength  to stand, 
They  were  concealed  by  the  lace  cur 
tains.  He stared in her  face  trembling 
Yes, it was she;  there  could  be  no mis 
take. 
“ ‘Ah,  at  last!’  she  said, 
laughing 
softly. 
“ T heard  you were  dead—dead, years 
and  years ago !’
“ ‘Oh,  I  am  alive !  I  am  all  life, 
have  been  in  foreign  countries.  But 
have not forgotten those old days of ours 
Edward.  How  sweet  they were !  Have 
you been haypy since ?’
“ ‘The  happiness of  lost  souls!  This 
is  my  first  happy  moment.  Is it real 
You  have  changed,  Francesca.  You 
were  never  so  beautiful  as this.  Have 
you come to taunt me ?’
“ T  am  Francesca—your  Francesca 
she  said. 
‘But  other  changes  have, in 
deed,  come  to  me.  ,  1  am  no  longer 
girl.  I  have  wealth  and  power.’  She 
leaned toward him,  fragrant and irresist­
‘Edward, do you care for me still?’ 
ible. 
she whispered.
forsook  him.  T 
“His  self-control 
would give my soul for  you !’  he said.
“What a look—what a  smile  she  gave 
him ! 
‘Come  with  me,  then,’  said  she. 
‘Come to my home;  we  cannot talk here. 
There,  no one  will  interrupt us.  Come, 
Edward !’
‘My  guests  will  ex­
“He  hesitated. 
pect—you  know I am—’
“She laid her soft fingers  on  his hand. 
“ ‘Never  mind  them.  What  are they 
to us ?  Let  this  be  the proof  that  you 
care  for  me—to  leave  them  and  come 
with me.  Are  you  afraid ?’

‘Francesca !’
‘But why do you stare so at me 

“He rose to his feet.
“ ‘Let us go,’  he said.
“He  was  reckless.  But  the  dining 
saloon was now empty.  The guests had 
gone to the drawing rooms and the bands 
were  playing  a  waltz.  How  the  music 
sang  and  throbbed !  They  passed  out 
into the hall  unnoticed.  No one seemed 
to heed them.  Francesca was now envel­
oped  in  a  lotag  pearl-gray  cloak,  lined 
with swan’s down.  He  had  his  hat and 
coat.  Her hand was on his arm.  They de­
scended  the  stairs,  tfeading  on  roses. 
The door opened  before  them,  and they 
went out.  Her carriage stood at the bot­
tom  of  the  steps.  Snow  was  falling; 
but in a moment  they  were  seated  side 
by  side  in  the  carriage,  where  it  was 
warm and  perfumed.  Edward Daventry 
could  have  believed  himself  in heaven 
He felt the  gentle  touch of  her arm and

He  saw 'the  darkness of  her 
shoulder, 
hair,  the  pure  bloom  of  her
eyes  and
face.
“He  loved,  she  loved  him;  what was 
the  world  compared  to that ?  The car­
riage  rolled  along 
swiftly,  on  easy 
prings.  They were leaving all things— 
all  care  and  trouble—behind.  He bent 
kiss  her  cheek;  but  she  put'  up her 
hand with tenderest coquety.
Not  yet,  Edward,’  she  murmured. 
Wait!  wait!’
At length the  carriage  stopped;  they 
ere  at  her  home.  They  alighted;  he 
followed her up the  steps  and  into  the 
softly-lighted hall.  As  the  door  closed 
behind  them,  she  turned  to  smile  on 
him—a smile of  love and invitation.  She 
ent  on  into  an  inner  room,  pushing 
aside the heavy curtains that hung in the 
doorway.  Here  all  was  warm,  sumpt­
uous,  luxurious,  softly lighted. 
In  the 
iddle of  the  room she turned upon him 
with an enchanting gesture.
“ ‘Now—the kiss !’  she said.
“His  lips  were  almost on hers.  Sud­
denly  she  lifted  her  two  hands  to the 
sides  of  her  face,  and  her  whole  face 
seemed to come  away ,  as one removes a 
mask.  Beneath  was  disclosed  a  bare, 
grinning skull,  with  fragments of  earth 
and  mold  clinging  to it.  A cold, damp 
scent of  death  emanated from it.  Some­
thing  seemed  to  burst  in  Daventry’s 
head.  He uttered an awful  scream  and 
fell to the floor senseless.”
The Doctor stopped and re-lit his pipe. 
My eyes fell on the skull beside him. 
“What  does  this  mean?”  I  faltered. 
Is that all ?”
“A  mere  hallucination,  o f" course,” 
said the Doctor, chuckling.  “Daventry’s 
brain  had  given way on that evening,  as 
had  warned  him  it  would.  He imag­
ined he saw* this woman, and he followed 
the  spectre  into  the  street.  An  odd 
coincidence, by the  way;  he  was  found 
the next morning, nearly frozen to death, 
and quite mad—where, do you suppose ?” 
“Where?”  said I,  shuddering.
“Why,  in  a  deserted  house  on  the 
other side of the Harlem,  which had pre- 
iously  been  occupied  by  this  same 
Francesca.  How  he  got  there  nobody 
knows.  But he raved about this halluci­
nation for years afterward;  and when he 
died, the other day, he shrieked out with 
his last breath that he was  being  kissed 
by a skull.”

Who was Francesca ?”  I asked.
Why do  you ask ?  That is her skull. 
And this ring of  mine is her ring.  What 
does a name  matter ?  It  is  only within 
the  last  fifteen  years  or  so  that I have 
borne my present  name.  I was  married 
some  forty  years  since.  I lost my wife 
early.  She left  me a daughter,  but  she 
died, too, when she  was  about  nineteen 
ears old.  Have a glass of  wine.”

J u l i a n   H a w t h o r n e .

• 
The  Country  Store.

The clerk in a country store has an ex­
cellent opportunity tq study the business 
There are too many clerks who  fall  into 
the great  error  of  supposing  that  they 
can  only  wait  on  customers,  and  that 
there is nothing of importance outside of 
that to which they need devote attention 
Technically,  perhaps,  the  assumption  is 
correct,  but to the ambitious  young  man 
there is little in the  doctrine  to  encour 
age.  The  clerk has a grand opportunity 
in  a  country  store,  small  or  large,  to 
study the business, and if it is small,  the 
opportunity is  none  the  less.  He  can 
imagine himself the proprietor  and  take 
care of  the  stock.  He can arrange the 
goods and the  displays.  He can prepare 
bogus orders of  goods that,  in  his  opin 
ion,  are  needed  to  keep  the  stock com 
plete.  These  he  can  refer  to the pro 
prietor  or  not,  as  circumstances  will 
permit.  The  young  man will find it no 
waste of time  to  master  thoroughly  the 
details of  the small business;  it will bet 
ter  prepare  him  for  the  mastery  of  a 
larger one.
The store  building  should  be kept in 
good repair.  There is nothing that looks 
more inviting than a nicely painted store 
building,  and there is  nothing that looks 
so uninviting as a rickety, unpainted and 
generally  dilapidated structure. 
pretty  good  sign  that  the  appearance 
inside  will  correspond,  and  where  the 
stock  has a dilapidated appearance there 
is not much hope for a growing business 
It  will  cost  but a few  dollars a year to 
keep the store building looking fresh and 
clean.
Clean the store lamps every day.  They 
will become smoked with one night’s use, 
Sweep the store carefully every morning 
and never without sprinkling.  At least 
twice a year,  clean  the  entire  store, re 
moving all  goods  from  the  shelves and 
cleaning them,  and exploring  the  under 
counter corners, where dirt  is  generally 
found in liberal quantities.

It is 

Lost on the  Bridge.

I stood on  the  bridge  at  midnight as 
drunk as a son-of-a-gun;  two moons rose 
o’er the city, where  there  ought to have 
been but one. 
I  could  see their bright 
reflection  in  the  waters  under me,  as I 
experienced a feeling  of  wonder  and of 
great curiosity. 
If  only  one  had been 
there I would not have been in doubt, but 
what two moons were doing  I  could  not 
well  make  out.  The  tide  was  slowly 
ebbing; I could hear the waters roll, as  I 
stood in the  wavering  shadows  to  hide 
from the night “patrol.”
How often and how often,  in  the  days 
of auld lang syne, I have tried to cross it 
at midnight and lost myself  every  time. 
But to-night I was hot  and  restless,  and 
my mind was  full  of  care, for the walk 
that lay before  me seemed greater than I 
could bear.  I had no latch-key with me, 
locked  would  be  the  door,  and  1 
and 
would have to sit in the doorway, as I oft 
have done before. 
I’d have to sit  in  the 
doorway,  in agony and fear, until a voice 
came from the window,  “Did your lodge 
hold late,  my dear ?”
So  to-night  I  stood  there,  'dreaming, 
and  watching  the  restless  tide;  a  cop 
came along  with a wagon and invited  me 
to  ride.

The  “Notion”  Counter.

The  retailer knows how.  many are  the 
articles  included  under  the  term  “no­
tions”  in  his  dry  goods  store,  and  the 
lady shopper learns to her cost  that  the 
notion counter is the hardest to approach, 
as it is the most crowded.  The fat purse 
and the lean alike give up their  contents 
there,  as women,  rich or poor, must have 
have  their needles, pins, elastics,  crimp 
ers,  whalebones,  darning cottons, and all 
the other host of  things  that  comprise a 
notion stock.

THE  IDEAL  CITIZEN.

Citizenship  and  Its  Duties  from  the 

Ideal  Standpoint.

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The  ideal  citizen  is  the man who be­
lieves that all men are  brothers  and  the 
nation  is  merely  an  extension  of  his 
family,  to be loved,  respected  and cared 
for accordingly.
Such a man  attends  personally  to  all 
civic duties with which  he  believes him­
self  charged.  Those  which  are  within 
his own control  he  would  no  more  en­
trust to his inferiors than he would leave 
the education of  his  children  to kitchen 
servants.
The  public  demands  upon  his  time, 
thought  and  money  come upon  him  as 
suddenly and  unexpectedly as  the  acci­
dents of  family life,  and  often  they find 
him illy prepared;  but he nerves himself 
to  the  inevitable,  knowing  that,  in  the
illage,  state  or  nation,  any mistake or 
neglect  on  his  part  must impose a pen­
alty, sooner or later, on  those  whom  he 
most loves.
It may be that the  nation  may want to 
declare war;  perhaps  the  state  ihay de­
sire to  juggle with its debt or some other 
interest  involving  the  principle of  hon­
esty;  but even if  the work  at  hand is no 
more 
important  than  the  deciding  of 
pound  dues or a small  appropriation for 
repairing a bit of  broken  road, he recog­
nizes  the  duty of  informing  himself re­
garding the matter  from  the  standpoint 
of  the  good  of  the  community.  Self­
ishly, he knows  that  any blunder which 
may be  committed  will  inflict  disagree­
able,  expensive,  perhaps  fatal,  results 
upon  those  he  loves  most;  in  a  larger 
way  he  realizes  that  everybody  about 
him—the  men  and  women  whom he re­
spects  because  they  are  his equals,  and 
those  whom  he  pities  because they are 
unable to look  after their own rights un­
der the  law—may suffer if  a few  intelli­
gent  citizens  chance  to  neglect  their 
duty. 
The  ideal  citizen  is “good' for all de­
mands”  justly made upon  him;  he never 
shirks  work  or  assumes  that  what  he 
neglects to attend to will  be  made  right 
by his  fellow-men,  to  whom  he will re­
turn the  favor at some future  and indefi­
nite time.  He has  seen  that  method in 
practice and he does not like  its  effects.
One of  them  was  the  “Tweed  ring;
fVio  “ T w o o fi  r in 0‘,,  in
New  York;  another  was  the  “whisky 
ring,”  which  encompassed  the  United 
States.  He knows how to apply,  in civic 
affairs, the point of  the  old  saying  that 
a stitch in  time  saves  nine,”  and, con­
versely,  that if  stitches  are not taken in 
time  there  may suddenly  be  rents  and 
exposures  which  newly-aroused  indus­
try cannot  repair in time to prevent  dis­
grace and loss.
The  ideal  citizen  always  “wants  to 
know  why.”  His  conscience  may  be 
better than his education, but he loses no 
opportunity to discover what  have  been 
the stumbling  blocks of  other communi­
ties,  states  and  nations,  and  he  prefers 
to  learn  these  from  original sources of 
information  rather  than  from  persons 
who make explanations  at  the  eleventh 
hour to conform to pre-arranged selfish or 
partisan purposes.  He does net find this 
task  easy,  and at times  his  mind  seems 
so  confused  and  dark  that  he wouders 
how order and daylight can ever get into 
it,  but he perseveres, knowing that when 
one is in a fight it is better  to  be  beaten 
than  to  dodge responsibility by running 
away. 
In politics the ideal citizen  takes sides 
and votes with a  party,  but he makes his 
partisan  affiliations  through  principle 
instead  of  prejudice  or  the  partiality 
that  comes  through  personal  acquaint­
ance.  He finds  this hard work at times; 
somehow  everything  worth  doing  or 
having  requires a great deal of  personal 
effort  and  not a little  self-sacrifice;  yet 
he  realizes  that  to be led  by the nose is 
unmanly, even  if  the  leader  be a wiser 
man  than  he  and a personal  friend be­
sides—that to blindly follow a man whose 
principal  qualification  is a talent  for  a 
leadership, is  to  give  way to the  weak­
ness through which  leaders have become 
tyrants and  nations have lost their liber­
ties.
In politics he finds that men and meas­
ures  are  at  times  so  lamentably mixed 
that it seems  almost  impossible  to  sep­
arate  them,  and  the  more conscience he 
has-the  greater  is  his trouble to decide 
between them.  Nevertheless he does it. 
His  decision  may compel  him to oppose 
some of  his dearest  friends, for  there is 
a good deal besides conscience that makes 
difference  of  opinions;  but  he  knows 
that to accept ideas second-hand, no mat­
ter from whom, is to admit that one is not 
fit to think  for  himself,  but only to be a 
slave.  He  may respect  men with whom 
he differs in opinion, but it is  not  neces­
sary on  that  account  that  he should re­
spect  their  erroneous  ideas.  He  is not 
to be held to account  for  other  people’s 
opinions,  but  for  his  own.  He remem­
bers  that  Abraham  Lincoln  and  other 
historic characters did not  always  agree 
with  the  most  prominent  men  of  their 
party;  if  he has read his nation’s history 
as closely as any patriot should, he knows 
that  George  Washington,  while  Presi­
dent,  was one of the best-abused men who 
ever lived.  Yet  Lincoln  and  Washing­
ton are still held reverently in the public 
memory,  while  the  names  of  most  of 
their critics have  disappeared  from gen­
eral remembrance. 
It  is  the  man  who 
thinks  who is remembered;  he who only 
follows  has  nothing  in  his  character to 
keep his memory green.
Sometimes the  ideal  citizen finds him­
self  obliged  to  vote  with a party which 
he previously has opposed and  in  which 
his  associates  are  his  old  political  en­
emies.  In  such  case  his  position 
is 
painful;  for,  as a rule,  the more thought­
ful  and  earnest  the  man,  the  dearer to 
him  are  the  ties  of  Sympathy  and  old 
association.  But  if  he  would be true to 
his trust he must  regard  duty before in 
clination;  to  go “with  the  multitude to 
do evil” is  no  compensation  for  duties 
undone  and  responsibilities  neglected, 
Abraham  Lincoln urging  the  emancipa­
tion  proclamation  upon  his  unwilling 
cabinet,  Horace Greeley signing the bail 
bond  of  Jefferson  Davis,  Sam  Houston 
protesting  in 
the  Texas  convention 
against  the  secession  of  the State,  Czar 
Alexander of  Russia issuing his ukase of 
freedom  for  the  serfs,  opposed  all  to 
whom  they had  been  previously  bound 
by  ties  of  association  and  friendship 
They  were  right,  their 
friends  were 
wrong; 
deeds 
their 
estranged  them for a time  from  friends 
who  loved  them  dearly,  and  the penal

nevertheless 

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ties  were  full of  agony;  yet  they were 
accepted unflinchingly and borne bravely.
It  needs  bravery to make  an  ideal  cit­
izen;  many  men  who  have  wise  and 
noble intentions fail at the  point of  exe­
cution,  and a beginning  which  does  not 
result in an end were  better  not  begun, 
for it merely leads to its originator being 
hfeld  in  contempt by his friends  as  well 
as his enemies.
The  ideal  citizen  knows  that  local 
necessities  have  no  possible  connection 
with  national  issues,  and  acts  accord­
ingly.  He  does  not vote for a candidate 
for  constable  or  town  clerk simply be­
cause the man  belongs  to his own party, 
but regards all such candidates according 
to  their  qualifications  for the offices for 
which they have been  nominated.  Like 
Washington,  he  votes  for  “measures, 
not  men.”  If  the  duties  of  the  office 
about to  be  vacated  can  better  be  dis­
charged  by  the  candidate  of  another 
party than  that of  his  own,  he votes for 
him, knowing that inefficiency in office is, 
above  all  other  serious faults,  the most 
dangerous blow that can be inflicted upon 
the commonwealth.
He agrees with the father of  his  coun­
try in  he  belief  that  “eternal  vigilance 
is the price of  liberty,”  so no  public  in­
terest is too small to demand and receive 
his  attention.  He has seen great abuses 
develop  from  small  neglects,  so,  instead 
of  concentrating his attention and spend­
ing his money once in four  years to elect 
the  presidential  candidate  of  his party, 
he  attends  all  primary  meetings  and 
never fails to vote at an  election because 
the offices seem of  small consequence.
The ideal citizen is always a disturbing 
influence in his  own  political  fold.  He 
is in the  position  of  the  missionary to a 
congregation  of  Southern  negroes,  who 
persisted 
in  preaching  against  theft, 
covetousness and  other  violations of  the 
Ten  Commandments, while  his  hearers 
were  longing  only to  hear  of  the  won­
ders  described  in  the  book  of  Revela 
tions and to exult in anticipation of ram­
bling  through  the  golden  streets  and 
stately mansions of  the  great  hereafter. 
“Pahson,”  said  one  emotional and tear­
ful  brother,  “ef  you  don’t  quit  talkin’ 
’bout  stealin’  chickens  an’  bein’  fon’  of 
other  men’s  wives,  you’ll  knock all de 
’ligious stuffin’  out ob  dis  'meetin’.” 
It 
is  much  the  same  way in  politics;  the 
man  who  in  time of  peace prepares for 
war,  and  tries  to  urge  his  party asso­
ciates to forego selfish desires and  incite 
all to more earnest effort  for the general 
good,  is always  sure to be regarded  as a 
nuisance.  Each  of  the  great  political 
parties  in  the  United  States  contains 
some  such  men;  each of  these men may 
perhaps  be  wrong  in his views of  some 
public questions, but each stimulates the 
activity  of  thought  from  which  great 
principles are evolved.
Consequently, the ideal citizen must be 
prepared to become a martyr.  Such a fate 
is neither pleasing nor profitable, and the 
more sensitive  and  spirited the man the 
less  desirable  such a result  will be. 
It 
is not a fate to be courted,  but  neither is 
it  to  be  avoided.  “The  blood  of  the 
martyrs  is  the  seed  of  the  church;” 
equally do political  parties  grow in wis 
dom through agitation by men whom they 
may  eventually  cast  out.  The  greatest 
men are seldom  those who receive great 
est formal recognition;  neither  Webster 
Clay nor Calhoun ever became president 
Moses  was  driven  out  of  Egypt 
for 
avenging the  wrongs of  one of  his  race, 
and  was  persistently  abused  by his fol 
lowers during  the  many  years in which 
he  led  them  toward  the promised land 
The  ancient  Greeks  banished  all  their 
wisest men;  as for  Jesus,  he  was  cruci 
fled  instead  of  crowned.  Nevertheless 
the  ideal  citizen  does not put on the air 
of  a martyr,  but goes to  his  work as the 
true  soldier  goes  into  battle,  with  ! 
brave  heart,  a cheerful face and an hon 
est hope that the best man mav win, even 
if  the loser be himself.
Finally,  the ideal citizen  looks out not 
for himself  alone,  but regards himself as 
but  part of  the  community in  which he 
lives.  To  make  money  out  of  politics 
seems  as  bad  to  him as living upon the 
earnings of  his  parents  or  children,  for 
he knows that  the  community or nation 
has no money of  its  own,  but  only what 
it extracts  from  the pockets of  the pen 
pie—the poorest as  well  as  the  richest 
His  compensation  consists  in  the sense 
of  duty well done,  and the more  he  does 
the less the reward he thinks himself en 
titled to. 

J o h n   H a b b e r t o n .

A Pointer for  Live  Merchants.

From the American Storekeeper.
A Michigan man  was  looking out on 
driving storm studying how he could im 
prove his trade.  A farmer’s  horse stood 
tied to the  hitching-post in front  of  the 
store partially protected, but with his tail 
curled in and his head down,  vainly try 
ing  to miss a drop  of  the  pelting  rain 
The worthy farmer  was  inside,  himself 
warm and dry,  and,  to  his  credit  be 
said,  regretting the necessity of  keeping 
his horse in the storm.
Then  came  the  idea.  Back  of  the 
store was a large piece of vacant ground
I will build some  horse  sheds  on  that 
ground for my customers,”  said the mer 
chant to himself.  The sheds  were soon 
built.  Tickets  were made to sell for ten 
cents  to  those  who  wished to put their 
horses there,  and these  tickets  were ac 
cepted  at  the  store  as  money  in  part 
payment  of  goods,  so that  customers of 
the store had their  horses sheltered free 
This arrangement  has  continued to be 
profitable one to this day.

The  Bargain  Counter.

Next to the  bargain  counter  the most 
successful  device  for  woman’s  mental 
derangement,  says  an  exchange,  is  the 
odd-cent price  list  now  in approved use 
by all merchants.  The amount of  finan 
cial  folly of  the feminine  gender  which 
these odd cents are responsible for would 
do credit to the spendthrift heir of a long 
line.  The  woman  who buys an article 
for $9.98 reflects serenely that it has cost 
her under  $10  and  sticks  the  two cent 
stamp  on  her  next  letter with peculiar 
satisfaction.  But after all, she is indebted 
to the odd cent for  new  peace  of  mind. 
What was extravagance in  the  old  days 
is now  economy,  for  does  she  not save 
the odd penny ?  And has she not always 
been  taught  that  if  she  looks after the 
pennies, the dollars will look after them­
selves?  The  favorites  are  29  and  49, 
which dress  goods  usually claim, and 98 
applied  to  every commodity,  but a stan­
dard price  in  glove  reductions.  Gloves 
also sell well at 48 and 59, and for worsted 
gloves,  19 is the figure.

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3rand Rapids Fruit and Produce Go,

JOBBER  OF

F O R E IG N  

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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  RAPIDS.

MOSELEY  BROS.,

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Fruits,  Seeds, Oysters • Produce.

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.

Alfred  J.  Brown,

WHOLESALE

16  and  18  North  Division  Street,  Grand Rapids.

E D W IN   F A D E  A S ,

Bitter, Eip, Fairfield Cheese,loreip M s , Miice Meat, Nits, Ito.

JOBBER  OF

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

Going Like Hot Cakes.  Let your orders come.

3ffice  and  Salesroom,  No.  9  Ionia St.,  Grand Rapids,  Mich.

Good-BitóPass Book
Tradesman  Gredit  Goilpon  Book,

A d o p t  th e

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

The Tradesman Coupon  is  the  cheapest  and  most modern in 

the market, being sold as follows:

$  2 Coupons,  per hundred..................$2.50
3.00
5 
$10 
L00
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5.00
SEND  IN SAMPLE  ORDER AND  PUT  YOUR  BUSINESS  ON  A  CASH  BASIS.

SUBJECT  TO  THE  FOLLO WIN©  DISCOUNTS!
Orders for  200 or over........... 5 per eent.

“  500  “ 
“  1000  “ 

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

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E.  A.  STOWE  &  BR0., 

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Grand  Rapids.

F.  J. 

D E T T E N

JOBBER  OFOusters

-AND-----Salt Fish.

Wail Orders Receive Prompt  Attention.  See  auotations  in Another  Column. 

CONSIGNM ENTS  OP  ALL  K INDS  OP  W ILD  GAME  SOLICITED.

f e m o /i  &  Peters,

WHOJLBSABB

G R O C B R S .

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

JLautz  B r o s.  &   Co.’s  S o a p s,

Niagara  S ta rch ,

A m b o y   C h e e se ,

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

Gripsack B rigade.

Frank  L.  Kelly  will  continue  with 

Spring & Company another  year.

Cliff  Herrick is no longer on  the  road 
for the  Ball-Bamhart-Putman Co., hav­
ing resumed his former  position  behind 
the counter for Herfick & Randall.

Walter  E.  Cummings  has  returned 
from Toledo, and  will stay  in until after 
the holidays.  It is understood that he has 
engaged to  travel  for Cummings &  "i ale 
another year.

A Jackson correspondent writes:  “The 
Jackson members of the K. of  the G. met 
at the Hibbard  House  last Saturday, or­
ganized Post  B  and  appointed  commit­
tees to arrange for  the Lansing meeting. 
Several  prominent  business  men will go 
with  the  Jackson  delegation.  A  large 
delegation  may  be  expected  from  the 
Central City,  and  most  of  them will be 
accompanied  by  their ladies.  The next 
meeting  of  Post  B will  be held Dec. 21, 
at the same place and time*.”

Oscar D.  Fisher,  formerly  manager  of 
of the wholesale grocery house of Arthur 
Meigs  & Co.,  has  engaged  to  travel  on 
the  road  for  Phelps,  Brace  &  Co.,  of 
Detroit,  the  engagement  to  date  from 
Jan.  1.  His  territory  will  include the 
shore towns from Bay City to the Straits, 
the J.  L.  & S.  Railway  from  Mackinaw 
City  to  the  Saginaws,  the  F.  & P.  M. 
Railway  to  Reed  City and the  Saginaw 
division of the D., L.  & N.  Railway.  He 
will take up his residence  in  East  Sagi­
naw,  as that city  will  be  the  focusing 
point of his  territory.  Mr.  Fisher  has 
had over a dozen years’ experience in the 
grocery business and P.,  B.  &  Co.  are  to 
be congratulated in securing his services.
A leading Detroit traveling man writes: 
“I have a dim recollection that not many 
years  ago,  at an  annual  meeting of  the 
M.  C.  T.  A.,  T he  T r ad esm a n  was 
adopted as the official paper of  the Asso­
ciation.^. For  that  reason,  I  subscribed 
for  it. 
I  found  it  contained  so  many 
good  things  that  1  have  continued  my 
subscription,  although I rarely ever  see 
any news  from  the M.  C.  T.  A.  This is, 
I presume, because none is given to  you. 
Now7,  I  want to say a word  to  the  boys. 
I have  just  received  from  the Board of 
Trustees a circular  announcing the  date 
of  the  annual  meeting, at  which  there 
are to be presented  several  amendments 
to the  constitution,  and I think this is a 
move in the  right  direction.  1 hope the 
boys will adopt  those  amendments,  for I 
am sure that,  with a Secretary and Treas­
urer elected by the Board of Trustees, and 
responsible to them, and they responsible 
to the members, our Association will take 
a  long  step  forward.  Now,  I  do  not 
know  who  the  candidates all  are,  but I 
do  know  that  we have  got lots of  good 
material  for  President  and  members of 
the Board; yet, at the same time,  there is 
a choice,  and the  choice  should be made 
from those who  have  been  active in  the 
past and are familiar  with  the affairs of 
the Association.  1 should  like  to  make 
part of the nominations, and then the boys 
can  elect  whom  they  please  just  the 
same: o for  President,  Thos.  Macleod  or 
E.  H.  McCurdy,  and  for  one  member of 
the Board of  Trustees  our  retiring Pres­
ident, J.  T.  Lowry.  These  are men who 
are  workers  for  the  Association  at  all 
times, 
in  season  and  out  of  season. 
Although I have not discussed these pro­
posed changes with all of  the. boys,  yet I 
will bet $1 per  month  of  my salary that 
the men I have named are in favor of the 
changes,  because it is business-like,  and 
I know  them  to  be  good business m 
I hope  these  changes will  be  made and 
that the Secretary will give T he  T r ad es­
m an  an  occasional  bit  of  M.  C.  T.  A. 
news. 
I hope to attend  the  next  meet­
ing,  but I am getting  old  and a little un­
certain;  but  if  I  do,  I  shall  urge  the 
adoption  of  the  amendments  and  T he 
T rad esm an as the Association paper.”

News  from  Flushing'.

Perry  Bros.  &  Co.  now  occupy their 
new store  with a full  line  of  millinery 
and fancy dry goods.

In the early part of  the summer,  some 
of  the  P.  L’s  said  that grass would be 
growing on our streets inside  of  a  year, 
but it hasn’t got to sprouting yet.

Two  of  the  firm  of  Sweet  Bros.  & 
Clarke,  contractors  with the P.  I.’s,  are 
not  yet twenty-one  years of  age and try 
to protect  their  brains by wearing black 
silk  hats.
Why would  it  not  be a good  plan for 
the different Business Men’s Associations 
throughout  the  State  to  find  out  the 
names  of  wholesale  houses  who sell P. 
of  I.  stores in their  town  and report to 
the  Secretary  of  the  State  Association 
and he to the auxiliary associations.

H.  H.  Chatters & Co.  are  moving  into 
their  new  three-story double brick store 
this  week.  The  third  story has  been 
leased  by the  Masonic  order for  a term 
of  twenty-five  years.  The basement,  44 
x80 feet,  with the first and second floors, 
will  be  used  by  the  firm  themselves. 
The  building is a great  ornament to our 
town and is one of  the  handsomest  and 
most convenient in the State.

Hon.  A.  S.  Partridge,  once Republican 
Representative  from  this  district  at 
Lansing,  and nominated at almost every 
Prohibition  convention  since  for  some 
State  or  county  office—and  always  de­
feated—is a resident of our beautiful vil­
lage and Vice-President of  the State As­
sociation  of  Patrons  of  Industry.  We 
hope he will be more  successful  in  this 
than in most of his former enterprises

exceeding $5 per month.  We also want 
a good dentist.  Excellent rooms are now 
ready.  A new sawmill  has also  started 
up and  does  a  good  business.  This is 
also  true  of a large  machine  shop,  for 
wood turning  and  house furnishing ma­
terial,  the proprietors of which are build­
ing contractors.  Our town is situated  in 
a beautiful farming  country,  where  the 
farmers are mostly well-to-do.  No towns 
very near to draw from us.  The nearest 
is eight miles.  Would also say that there 
is the best kind of  an opening for a flour 
mill,  the power for which could  be  pro­
cured very cheap from the machine shop, 
which has a monster engine for the work 
they have.  The different  sorts  of  busi­
ness could  not  be  enumerated  here,  for 
want of room.  Our  railroad  is  the St. 
Louis,  Sturgis  &  Battle Creek,  now run­
ning from Goshen  to  Battle  Creek,  via 
Sturgis.  Any  and  all  good people and 
manufacturing 
interests  are  cordially 
invited  to  come  among  us—we  will do 
you good. 

E .  C.  S t o w e .

A  Pointer for  Clerks.

“You  often  hear  merchants  say in  a 
tone of  disgust,  ‘Oh,  I can’t sell  to  that 
man;  he  knows  it  a ll!’ ”  observes  a 
writer in Stores  and  Hardware,  “when, 
in fact,  ‘the man  who  knows it all’  is by 
no means a hard  customer to handle. 
It 
only  requires  a  little  diplomacy.  That 
is,  you  must  concede  that he does know 
it all.  Show him an  article  and  he.will 
naturally  commence  to  find  fault,  and 
suggest  where 
improvements  can  be 
made.  Agree with him and possibly add 
‘It’s a wonder these things have  not been 
noticed before.’  Even  appear surprised 
at  his remarkable  perspicacity,  and  in­
cidentally  remark  that  no  doubt  since 
the defects have .been  pointed  out,  they 
will be remedied  in  time,  but  just  now 
they exist  in  all  such  articles,  and,  un­
fortunately.  the customer has  to  submit 
to  them.  This  clinches  the  sale.  He 
thinks that he has  taught  the  manufac­
turers a lesson,  that you are a very teach­
able  fellow',  indeed,  and  not  only buys 
that article,  but always comes back when 
he wants anything in  your line.”
Probable  Split in the  Salt Association.
T he  T r ad esm a n  has  it  on  unques­
tioned authority that  the  Ludington and 
Manistee  members  of  the Michigan Salt 
Association  will pull out  of  the organi­
zation at the annual meeting, next month, 
and handle their  product  through an or­
ganization of their own, for which pledges 
of  $150,000  in  stock  have  already  been 
received.  The  Manistee  and  Ludington 
manufacturers  have  felt  for  years  that 
they  w'ere  not  being  fairly  treated  by 
Dictator  Burt,  and  the  new  method  of 
operation  w'ill  undoubtedly  secure  to 
them a larger margin of  profit.

The  G rocery  M arket.

Sugars  are  w'eak  and  a  little  lower. 
Cove  oysters  are  higher.  Coddfish  is 
scarce and higher.

The P.  &  B.  cough  drops 

satisfaction.

ive  great

VISITING  BUYERS.

Breedsville 

Middleville 

Hopkins  Station 

Herrington 
Caledonia

Hastings  H Ten Hoor,  Forest  Grove 

L Schrock, Clarksville 
F M Hodge. Middleville 
Furber & Kidder,
J N Pike, Caledonia 
Sevey & Herrington.
S S Schantz. Woodland 
Severance & Rich,
Johnson & Seibert,
Sisson & Lilley, Sisson
Ballard & Field, Sparta
H F Miner & Son,I,k Odessa G J Stevenson, Bangor 
Hessler Bros., Rockford 
G H Rem ington. Bangor 
J L Thomas,Cannonsburg
Hams & VanArmen, 
C W Peters. Bangor 
D E Watters, Freeport
W M Bale, Fennville 
R A Hastings, Sparta
J W KirtJand, Lake view
S D Kinney, Covert 
Peter Dendel,  Hopkins  Sta  P J Buwaldo, Hamilton 
N Harris, Big Rapids 
O L Wilson, Saranac
John Crispe, Plainwell
A  Steketee, Holland 
B A Fish, Cedar Springs  W S Winegar, Lowell
O W Messenger «Spring  Lke 
H W Rodenbaugh,
E S Botsford, Dorr 
John Baker, Chauncey 
J T Pierson, Irving 
Mrs E  Scott,Dunningville 
W H Hicks, Morley 
H A Dailey, Lumberton 
H Coyhendall, Allegan 
A D Martin, Bitely 
H M Lewis, Ionia 
Geo A stage, Rockford 
W H McQuarrie, Luther 
C Freyermuth, McCords 
J T Perham, Kent City 
Pickett, Bros., Way land 
G H Walbrink, Allendale 
S McNitt. Byron Center 
A & E Bergy, Caledonia 
J E Bennett, Ferris 
G S Putnam, Fruitport 
J Raymond, Berlin 
J C Benbow, Hartford 
J H Manning, Lake P O 
Maston & Hammond,
H Johnston, Shelby
F E Shattuck &  Co.,SandLk A S Frey, Slocum’s  Grove
T Armock, W right 
HiS Fitch, Wayland 
W H Struik. Forest Grove 
E T VanOstrand,  Allegan 
Isaac Quick, Allendale 
Clary & Eaton. Inland 
G F Cook, Grove 
Frank Cornell, Sebewa 
John Gunstra, Lamont 
Conger & Townsend,
L Cook, Bauer 
J Coon, Rockford 
F D Warren,  Martin 
H Van Noord, Jamestown 
V Zinz, Conklin 
John Damstra, Gitchell 
H Meijering, Jamestown 
Griswold Bros., Harvard 
R L W illett, Altona 
Bakker Bros., Dren the 
T H Condra, Lisbon 
I A Woodard, Ashland 
Yeiter & Look, Lowell 
A Purchase, So Blendon 
A Ecker man, Muskegon 
Jno F&rrowe, So Blendon 
J Barns.Grand Haven 
F L Roberts. Mantón 
H Freeman, Mancelona 
A J W hite, Bass Ri ver 
W N Hutchinson, Grant 
F Goodman,  Burnip’s  Cors 
R B McCulloch, Berlin 
W G Tefft, Rockford 
W R Young, Middleville 
N Bouma, Fisher 
W F Wingler, Lowell 
McDonald & Beebe,Douglas 
G E Harris, Ashland 
L A Gardner,Cedar Springs
Mills & Mills. Ashland
Nagler & Beeler. Caledonia  Wm Peer, Muskegon 
Holmes & Cornell,  Belding N B Bl&in, Lowell 
Lamoreaux & Beerman, 
I F Clapp, Allegan 
Fruitport  J J David, Sparta 
Michigan Cutter Co.,Lowell  F W Turner, Nunica 
Mrs E I Adams,  Clarksville J W Pollard, Ashland 
D C Leggett & Co., Paris 
A Wagner, New Holland 
J McConnel, Jennings
C Lillie. Coopersville 

Battle  Creek 

Grandville

The  P.  o f I.  D ealers.

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

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

Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton! 
Wehle,  L.  T.  Lochner.
Almont—Colerick &  Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Assyria—J.  W.  Abbey.
Belding—L.  S.  Roell.
Big Rapids—W. A. Verity, A. V. Young, 
Blanchard—L.  A.  Wait.
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
sions.
Casnovia—Ed.  Hayward, John  E.  Par- 
cell.
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A. 
Fish.
Charlotte—John  J.  Richardson,  Daron 
& Smith,  J.  Andrews,  C.  P.  Lock,  F.  H. 
Goodby.

ens &  Farrar.,

Ketchum.
Jas.  Croskery.

Chester—P.  C.  Smith.
Chippewa  Lake—G. A. Goodsell.
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. 
Gladwin—John Graham, J. D.  Sanford, 
Gowan—Rasmus'Neilson.
Grand  Ledge—A.  J.  Halsted & Son.
Grand Rapids—Joseph  Berles, A.  Wil- 
zinski,  F.  W. Wurzburg.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Hubbardston—M.  Cahalen.
Imlay City—Cohn Bros.
Jackson—Hall & Row'an.
Kent  City—R.  McKinnon,  M.  L.  Whit­
Lake Odessa—Christian  Haller  &  Co.
Lapeer—C.-Tuttle & Son,  W.  H.  Jen­
McBride’s—J.  McCrae.
Maple Rapids—L.  S.  Aldrich.
Marshall—W.  E.  Bosley,  S.  V.  R.  Lep- 
per & Son,  Jno.  Butler.  Richard  Butler, 
John Fletcher.

nings.

ney.

& Son,  F.  H.  Cowles.
& Aldrich.
Lee.

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 
Muskegon—C.  M.  Philabaum,  Broner 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M. 
Ogden—A.  J.  Pence.
Olivet—F.  H.  Gage.
Otisco—C. V.  Snyder & Co.
Remus—Geo.  Blank.
Riverdale—J.  B.  Adams.
Rockford—B.  A.  Fish.
Sand  Lake—Brayman  &  Blanchard, 
Frank E.  Shattuck & Co.
Shepherd—H.  O.  Bigelow.
Sparta—Dole  &  Haynes.
Stanton—Fairbanks  & Co.
Stan wood—F.  M.  Carpenter.
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson, 
White Cloud—J.  C.  Townsend.
Williamston—Thos.  Horton.

H.  C.  Breckenridge.

Le  Roy  Business  Men  on  the  P.  of I.

L k  R o y ;  Dec.  14,  1889. 

E ditor M ichigan T ra d esm an :

De a r   Sir— A t  a  meeting  of  the  bus­
iness  men  of  this  village,  recently,  the 
following  resolution  was  unanimously 
passed:
“We,  the  undersigned,  business  men 
and merchants of  the  village of  Le Roy, 
look upon the  organization  known as the 
Patrons  of  Industry,  except  for  social 
and  intellectual  purposes,  as derogatory 
and injurious to the best interests of this 
community.  While  we  recognize  the 
right  of  any  individual  to  conduct  his 
own business as he may deem for his own 
best interest,  it is the sense of  this meet 
ing and these subscribers  that wre cannot 
countenance  or  uphold  any society that 
advocates  any measure  that  savors of  a 
boycott,  nor  will  we by any act of  ours 
show' favor to any such society by making 
them  lower  prices on goods than we sell 
to  all;  and  we  hereby pledge  ourselves 
not to enter  into  any contract  with  the 
said  organization for the sale of  goods.” 
The  above  resolution  w'as  signed  by 
each business man present.
Ready  and  willing  to  contribute  our 
part toward the general fund of informa­
tion usually contained in T he  Mich ig an 
T r ad esm a n,  we respectfully submit  the 
above  for  publication in  your  esteemed 
paper. 

Yours truly,

Ca r l   L.  Ma u r e r,  Sec’y.

Rates to the  Lansing  Convention.
Gr an d  Ra p id s,  Dec.  16,  1889.

To  th e  M embers  of  th e  M.  K.  of  th e  G .:

Gen tlem en—I have  arranged  for  the 
following rates to  the annual convention 
at Lansing on Dec.  27:

Parties of 10 or over,  going at one time,

2 cents a mile each way.

Parties of 50 or over, going at one time, 

IK cents a mile each way.

These  are  the  regular  rates  accorded 
hunting parties,  theater  companies, etc., 
and ought to  be satisfactory  all  around. 
The  tickets  must  be  purchased  at  one 
time,  in  a bunch,  so those who  expect to 
catch  the train  at  the  last  minute  will 
probably be unable to secure the  conces­
sion.  The best way is to place the money 
for the tickets in the hands  of  some one 
designated to conduct the purchase a day 
or two in advance  of  the  convention,  to 
the  end that there may be no  one disap­
pointed in securing the reduced rate.

George  F.  Ow en,

Chairman  Railway Committee.

Public  Sentiment  Against the  Trusts.
From the New York Shipping  List.
Public  sentiment  is  evidently against 
trusts.  This  is  plainly indicated by re­
local 
cent  legal  decisions  against  the 
sugar refineries and the Chicago gas com­
panies.  The  President,  in  his  recent 
message to Congress,  invited  earnest  at­
tention  to  the  question  of  restraining 
these  combinations  of  capital,  and  ex­
pressed the opinion  that  they should be 
made the subject of  prohibitory, or  even 
penal,  legislation.  That  his  suggestion 
will  be  acted  upon  is  indicated by the 
fact that among the  first bills introduced 
in  the  Senate  last  week  were  two  or 
three anti-trust bills,  while several  mem­
bers  of  Congress  have  publicly  stated 
their intention to bring  forward  various 
other similar  measures.  It is a very dif­
ficult  and  delicate  business  to legislate 
upon this  subject  effectively and  justly, 
with due regard to the complexity of  the 
interests  involved. 
It will not do to at­
tempt  to  dispose  of  the  matter  with  a 
sweeping  measure 
imposing  penal  re­
straint on all combinations,  and  prohib­
iting  all  agreements  and  contracts  to 
regulate  the  prices of  commodities  and 
services.  It  will  be  necessary  to  look 
carefully into the  question as to how far 
restraints of  the  kind  contemplated are 
within  federal  jurisdiction,  or,  indeed, 
statutory jurisdiction  of  any  sort.  But 
this is not to say that  there is no remedy 
for trust evils.  An  artificial  institution 
of  this sort that carries in  it the seeds of 
oppressive  despotism,  however,  always 
implies the ultimate  appearance of  some 
effective  means  of  restraint  on its tend­
encies.  That  is  the  testimony  of  all 
history.  There  was  never  yet  a  real 
evil or wrong  for  which  there  was  not1 
ultimately found a remedy. 
It  does  not 
appear,  however,  that any very effective 
remedy would  be  furnished by either of 
the bills  yet  brought  before the present 
Congress.  Such 
litigation  as  has  al­
ready been had would  seem to show that 
the  trusts  can  readily be  brought  into 
subjection  under  existing  statutes.  All 
that is needed to bring about  this  result 
is an intelligent  and  earnest  public sen­
timent which  will  compel those who are 
entrusted with the execution of  the laws 
to do their duty.  When the  trusts  real­
ize  that  the law is to be exerted  against 
them,  they  will  be  very apt  to  yield  to 
the  inevitable  and  come  under  public 
regulation.
Remarkable  Record  of  an  Indiana 

Town.

Sh ipsh e w an a,  Ind.,Dee.  11,  1889. 

E ditor M ichigan T ra d esm an :
Not seeing anything  in  your  valuable 
T r ad esm a n  from  our  city,  I  will  en­
deavor to “set ’em”  to your readers.  We 
have a flourishing town  here,  which  the 
grip brigade  will  vouch  for.  April 1, 
Shipshewana  started,  with  only  one 
building.  We  now  have  above  sixty 
stores and houses,  which  include twenty 
or more business places.  We  have  one 
large  three-story brick block, containing 
bank and stores  below,  offices and rooms 
on  the  second  floor  and a large  public 
hall on'the  third  floor;  also a brick post 
office block,  two  stories high,  containing 
three stores and post office on lower floor, 
with  spacious  rooms  on  second  floor. 
There  is a splendid  opening  for  a first- 
class watchmaker and jeweler in the post 
office room, with front window and plenty 
of shelf room.  Rent of same is low,  not

eOüQtrw

/Ù U L & J  

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F o r   S a le   b y   L e a d in g   W h o l e s a l e   G rocers.

W holesale  P r ic e   C u r r e n t.

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

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

1014@1114c.

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$2.75  per bbl.,
$1.50 for picked, hold in g  a t $1.75@$2 per bu.

A pples—D ealers  h o ld   w in ter  fru it  a t  $2.25@ 
B eans—D ealers  pay  $1.25  for  unp ick ed   an d  
Beets—40c per bu.
B utter—T he  m ark et  is  d u ll  an d   stocks  are 
ac cum ulating, prices being no b etter  th a n   they 
w ere d u rin g  th e fall.
B uckw heat F lo u r—$4.50 per bbl.  for N ew   York 
stock.
Cabbages—$5@$6 per 100.
Cheese—F a ir  stock  o f  fu ll  cream  com m ands 
Cider—9@10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25 ;  produce barrels j Telfer,g  ¿ 
25c.
C ran b erries—Cape'  Cod  readily  com m and  $10 i 
@$10.50 per bbl.  Bell  and B ugle are In  good  de 
m and  at  $10.50  per  bbl. 
B ell  an d  C herry  are 
h e ld  a t $lo per bbl.
D ried  A pples—N ew  evaporated are  h eld a t  8@ 
814c  an d  new  su n d ried  a t  5@5Mc.
Eggs—Jobbers pay 19@20e for fresh  an d  hold at 
21@22c. 
P ick lea  an d   cold  storage  stock  com ­
m ands  about  19c.
F ield   Seeds—Clover,  m am m oth, $4.35 p er bu. ; 
m edium , $3.75.  T im othy,  $1.50  per  bu 
H oney—Q uiet and slow sale.  Clean com b com ­
m ands 15c per lb.
O nions—D ealers  pay  4t@45c  for  clean  stock, 
hom ing at  60©65c.
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
P ork—B uyers pay 4c, shipping o u t at 414c. 
Potatoes—T here  is  som e  dem and th ro u g h o u t 
th e  South, b u t not enough to  w a rra n t  th e  high 
prices anticip ated  by th e  grow ers  in   som e  sec­
tions.

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14 lb. 

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A rctic,  % lb. cans, 6 d o z ..
>4 lb.  “ 
4  “  ..
14 lb.  “  2  “  ..
1  lb.  “  2  “  ..
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51b. 
A bsolute,  a  lb. cans, 100s. 
50s.

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cans
34  lb.
1  lb. 
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Acme,  34 lb. cans, 3 d o z ... 
341b.  “ 
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1  “  ...
l i b .  “ 
b u lk ..........................

R ed Star, 34 lb.  cans,

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34  lb . 
1 lb  “

AXLE GREASE.

45
75
1  40
2  40 
12  00 
11  75 
10 00 
18  75
45 
85 
.  1  50 
75 
.  1  50 
.  3  00 
20 
. 
45 
85
1  50

d r ie d  f r u it s—P runes.

d r ie d  f r u it s—R aisins.

T u rk e y ............................  414®  6  ’
B osna...............................  534@  634
C a lifo rn ia......................   8  @10
V ale n cias.......................  @ 834
O iidaras..............................   @ 934
S u lta n as..........................12 . @13
London  Layers,  C ali­
fo rn ia ......................... 
@2  50
London  Layers, fo r’n .  @ 
M uscatels, C alifo rn ia.2  10@2  20 
DRIED  FRUITS—Peel.
L em on...................................  
13
O ran g e..................................  
14
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.
F arin a,  100  lb.  k eg s...............  04
H om iny,  per  b b l...........................3 50
M acaroni, dom  12 lb  b o x ___  60
@  934 
@ 2=4 
P earl  B arley .............
@1  10 
Peas, g re e n .................
“  s p lit.....................
@  3 
Sago,  G erm an...........
@  634 
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l .
@  634 
W heat,  c ra c k e d ........
@  634 
@10 
V erm icelli,  im p o rt.. 
@60
dom estic.

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FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

im p o rted .

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10 

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J e n n in g s’ D. C. Lem on  V anills 
85 
1  25
2 oz. P anel, doz. 
“ 1  40 
2  25
4 oz. 
“ 2  25 
6 oz. 
3  25
“ 1  00 
No.  3, 
1  60
“ 2  75 
No.  8, 
4  00
6  00
No. 10, 
“ 4  50 
2 50
No.  4, T aper,  “  1  60 
54 pt,  R ound,  “  4  25 
7 50
1  “ 
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15 00
FISH—SALT.
Cod, w h o le....................   5  @ 6
“  boneless.................  734@  8
H a lib u t........................   934@16
H erring,  round,  34 b b l.. 
2 75
gib b ed ................ 
2  75
H olland,  b b ls.. 
12 00
“  kegs, new   @  75
Scaled  ............. 
22
M ack,  sb ’s,  No.  2,  34  bbl 
12 60 
“  12  lb  k i t ..130
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..1 20 
4  00@4  50
T rout,  34  b b ls...............4  00@4  50
10  lb.  k its .....................  60
W hite,  No.  1,  34 b b ls.............. 5 25
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12 1b. k its .........100
10 lb.  k its ........   80
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F am ily,  34 b b ls............2 50
k its .................  50
K e g s ............................................5 25
H alf  k eg s...................................2  88 i
No. 0 .......................................... 
30
No. 1........................................... 
40
No. 2 .......................................... 
50
P u re .............................................  30
C alab ria.....................................   25
S icily...........................................   18
B lack  S trap .......................... 
23
C uba  B aking. .*.....................22@25
P orto  R ico .............................24@35
N ew  O rleans, g o o d ..............25@30
ch o ice..........33@38
fa n c y ............45@48

GUN  POWDER.

LAMP WICKS.

MOLASSES.

LICORICE.

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OIL.

ROLLED  OATS

OATMEAL.
M uscatine,  B a rre ls ................5  75
H alf b a rre ls....... 3 00
C ases......... 2  15@2  25
M uscatine, B arrels___  @5  75
H alf b b ls..  @3  00 
C ases......... 2  15@2 25
M ichigan  T e st........................  934
W ater  W h ite .............................1034
M edium ..........................5  00@5  25
34 b b l .............2  75@3  00
Small,  b b l...................................6 25
3  50
Clay, No.  216..............................1 75
T.  D.  fu ll c o u n t.............  75
Cob, No.  3 ..................................  40
C arolina b e a d .............................634
“  No.  1 ............................ 534
No. 2 ................... 534@
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“  No. 3 .............. .............. 5

34  b b l...................... 

PICKLES.

•  PIPES.

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BICE.

SALT

J a p a n ..................................534@634
Common F in e per b b l...........   80
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sa c k s........  27
28  p o ck et..........................................1 95
60 
................................... 2  00
 
100 
A shton bu.  b a g s .....................  75
H iggins  “ 
75
W arsaw   “ 
35
.....................  20

34 bu  “ 

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SALERATUS.

SEEDS.

D eL and’s,  p u re .........................5
C hurch’s, Cap  S h eaf............... 5
D w ight’s ......................................5
T aylor’s ........................................5
M ixed b ird ................................  434
C araw ay......................................10
C a n a ry .......................................  4
H em p...........................................  4
A nise.......................................   .  834
R a p e ...........................................  434
M u stard ........................................734
Je ttin e ,  1  doz. in   b o x ................75
Scotch, in   b la d d ers............... 37
M aecaboy, in  ja r s ................... 35
F ren ch  Rappee, in  J a r s ....... 43

SHOE  POLISH.

SNUFF.

SOAP.

D etroit Soap Co.’s B rands.

S uperior.................................... 3  30
Q ueen  A n n e ........................... 3  85 I
G erm an  F a m ily ..................... 2  40 I
M ottled  G erm an....................3  00
Old  G erm an .............................2  70
U. S. B ig  B arg a in .................. 1  87
F rost,  F lo a te r..........................3  75
Cocoa  Castile  ........................ 3  00
Cocoa Castile, F a n c y ............3  36

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A llen  B.  W risley’s B rands.

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w h ite ... 

spices—Whole.

H appy Fam ily,  75..................2  95
Old C ountry, 80.......................3  30
U na, 100..................................... 3 65
B ouncer, 100............................ 3  15
A llspice................................. . 
9
Cassia, C hina in  m a ts...........   8
B atavia in  b u n d __ 11
Saigon in  ro lls ..........40
Cloves,  A m boyna........... — 26
Z a n zib ar.....................20
M ace  B a tav ia......................... 80
N utm egs,  fa n c y .......................80
No.  1...........................75
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No.  2...........................70
“ 
Pepper, Singapore, black — 18 
.26
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s h o t........................... 20
spices—Gro u n d —In  B ulk.
A llsp ic e.................................... 15
Cassia,  B atav ia......................20
“ 
an d   S aigon.25
S a ig o n ..................... 42
Cloves,  A m boyna................... 32
Z an zib ar..................25
G inger, A fric a n ......................1234
C ochin......................15
J a m a ic a .................. 18
M ace  B atav ia......................... 90
M ustard,  E n g lish ...................22
an d  T rie ..25
T rieste......................27
N utm egs, No.  2 ......................80
Pepper, Singapore, b la c k ___21
w h ite ........30
C ayenne...................25
H erbs & Spices, sm all.......   65
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la rg e ....... 1  25

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STARCH.

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

b a rre ls...........................6

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@  81Í
@  1%
@  734
@7.18
@7.18
@7.18
@  7
@  614
@  614
@  534
©   514
@  514

C ut  L o a f...........................
C u b e s .................................
P o w d e re d ......................
G ranulated, H. & E .’s ..
F ra n k lin ..
K night’s...
C onfectionery  A ..........
No. 1, W hite E x tra  C.
No. 2 E x tra   C .................
No. 3 C, g o ld e n ..............
No. 4 C, d a rk .......... —
No. 5  C ...............................
SA L  SODA.
K egs....................................
G ranulated,  b o x es.................  2
7
14
K itchen, 3 doz.  in  b o x ........  2  35
14
H and, 
........  2 35

SAPOLIO.
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SAUERKRAUT.

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Silver T hread, 15 g allo n s— 2  50 
....4   50
C om ,  b a rre ls........................   @27
one-half  b a rre ls—   @29
P ure  Sugar, b b l................... 28@36
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h a lf b a rre l— 30@38

SYRUPS.

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BATH BRICK.

F razer’s ..........................................$2 60
A u ro ra......................................   1  75
D iam ond........................................  1 60
E nglish, 2 doz. in  c a se.......  
80
B ristol,  2 
........ 
75
A m erican. 2 doz. in  c a se ... 
70“
b luing. 
Gross
A rctic Liq,  4-oz....................  3  40
34 p t................  7  00
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1 p t..................  10  00
7  20
8-oz  paper bot 
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P epper  Box  No.  2  3  00
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4  4  00
“   5  8  00
No. 2 H u rl.....................................   1 70
No.  1  “ 
No. 2 C arpet.................................   2 00
No. 1 
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P arlor G em ...................................   2 60
Common W h isk ....................  
F ancy 
M ill................................................   3 25
W areh o u se...................................  2 75
K ings 100 lb. c a s e s ........................ 4 50
80  lb. ca ses.........................3 85

1  90
2  25
90
.....................  1  00

BROOMS.
 

BUCKWHEAT.

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BUTTEBINE

D airy, solid  p ac k ed .............1234
ro lls ..............................  13
Cream ery, solid p ac k ed —   1334 
..1 4

rolls 
CANDLES
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H otel, 40 lb.  boxes.................  1034
934
Star,  40 
P a ra ffin e .................................. 
'2
W iek in g ...................................  
25
CANNED GOODS—Fish.

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Clams. 1 lb. L ittle N eck ....... 1  20
Clam Chow der, 3  l b . ..  ........2  10
Cove O ysters, 1  lb.  s ta n d __ 1  12
....1   85
21b. 
Lobsters, l  ib. p ic n ic .............1  40
“ 
2  lb.  “ 
2  65
1 lb.  S ta r.................. 2 00
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2  lb. S ta r.................. 3  00
M ackerel, in  Tom ato S auce.2  85
“ 
1 lb.  s ta n d ............. 1  20
“ 
2  00
2  lb. 
“ 
3 lb. in  M u sta rd .. .2  85
31b.  so u sed ........... 2 85
“ 
Salm on,  1  lb.  C o lu m b ia..  . .1  80
“ 
1 lb.  A lask a....................1 80
Sardines, dom estic  34s . . . . . .  
5
34s .„ ...@   9
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“  MuBtard  34s ...........  @ 9
im ported  34s . . ,1054@16
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10
T rout, 3  lb. b ro o k ...............

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CANNED GOODS—Fm itS.

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A pples, gallons, stand.  ____2  25
B lackberries,  s ta n d ...............  90
C herries, red s ta n d a rd ..........1  20
p itte d ..........................l  40
D am so n s..........................................1 15
E gg P lum s, s ta n d ..........................1 15
G ooseberries...................................1 00
G ra p e s ...................................
G reen  G ages.................................. 1 15
Peaches, all  yellow , s ta n d .. 1  70
se c o n d s...................... 1  45
P ie ................................ 115
P e a rs................................................. 1 25
P in e a p p le s.....................1  20@1  50
Q u in c e s ............................................1 00
R aspberries,  e x tra ....................... 1 75
re d .......................1  40
S tra w b e rrie s.................................. 1 25
W ho rtleb erries........................   75

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CANNED VEGETABLES.
A sparagus, O yster B ay .........
B eans, Lim a,  s ta n d ...............   85
“  G reen  L im as___  @1  06
S trin g s.................  @  90
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“  Stringless,  E rie ...........   90
“  Lew is’ Boston B ak e d .. 1  40
Corn, A rcher’s T ro p h y .......... 1  00
“  M orn’g G lory. 1  00
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E arly G o ld en .1  00
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Peas, F re n c h ...................................1 68
“  ex tra  m a rro fa t... 
@1 25
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“  J u n e ,  s ta n d ...........................1 40
“ 
“  s ifte d ............................. 1 55
“   F ren ch , e x tra   fin e ...  .150
M ushroom s, ex tra  fin e..........2  15
P um pkin, 3 lb.  G olden..........1  00
Succotash,  s ta n d a rd .............  90
S q u a s h ............................................. 1 10
Tom atoes,  R ed  C oat..  95@1  00 
Good Enough95@ l  00 
B e n H a r  ...  95@1  00
stan d  h r 
95@1  00
CHEESE.

so ak ed ..............................  80

M ichigan F u ll  Cream  1134
Sap  Sago........................ 16 @1614

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CHOCOLATE—BAKER s.

G erm an S w eet..................
P rem ium .............................
C ocoa...................................
B rea k fa st  C ocoa.............
B rom a.................................
CHEWING  GUM.
R ubber, 100 lum ps...........
200 
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S pru ce..................................

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CHICORY.

B u lk .....................................
R e d .......................................
c o ffee—G reen.

23
38
48
37

...25
...35
...30

...  714

...17  @19 
Rio, fair. 
“  good.
...1834@20
prim e......................   @21
“ 
fancy,  w a s h e d ...19  @22
“  golden.....................20  @23
S an to s.............................. 17  @22
M exican & G uatem ala 19  @23
P e a b e rry .........................20  @23
Ja v a ,  I n te r io r ............ 20  @25
“  M an d h elin g __ 26  @29
M ocha, g e n u in e ........... 25  @27
To  ascertain   cost  o f  roasted 
coffee, add 34c. per lb. fo r ro ast­
in g  an d  15 p er  cent,  for sh rin k ­
age.

c offees—P ackage.

100 lbs
L io n ...................................1 — 2434
“  in  c a b in e ts ..................... 2434
M c L a u g h lin ’s  X X X X ----2434
D u rh am .................................... 24
Thom pson’s  H oney  B e e ....26
T ig e r................24
G ood  M orning....................... 2434

COFFEE EXTRACT.

V alley C ity.............................. 
75
F e lix ..........................................  1  10
Cotton,  40 f t ........... per doz.  1  25
1  50
1  60
2  00
2  25
l  00
115

CLOTHES  LINES.
“ 
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“ 
CONDENSED MILK.

50 f t .......... 
60 f t .......... 
70 f t .......... 
80 f t .......... 
60 f t ...........  
72 f t - ........ 

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“ 
ju t e  
“ 

E a g le ........................................   7  50
A nglo-Sw iss...........................   6  00

 

 

CRACKERS.
“ 

K enosha  B u tte r.....................  8
Seym our 
6
B u tte r........................................... 6
“ 
fam ily..............................  6
“  b is c u it............................  7
B oston.........................................  8
City Soda...................................   8
Soda............................................   654
S. O y ste r...................................   6
City O yster, X XX ....................   6
P icn ic. 
..................................  6

CREAM TARTAR.

38
24§

evaporated__   @ 834

Strictly  p u re .......................... 
G rocers’ ...................................  
d r ied fr u its—Dom estic.
A pples, su n -d ried .......   5  @ 6
“ 
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A pricots, 
..».15  @16
B lackberries “ 
N ectarines 
“  
Peaches 
“ 
P lum s 
“ 
R aspberries  “ 

 
 
 
.........
 

28

DRIED  FRUITS—CltTOD.

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

d r ie d FRUITS—C urrants.
Z ante, in   b a rre ls.........   @ 6

in less q u an tity  

©   634

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Squash—H ubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys  an d   M uscatine stock 
Illin o is  stock 

are  out  o f  m ark et  at  present. 
com m ands $4(<< $4.25 per bbl.

T urnips—30c  per bu.

P R O V IS IO N S .

 

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

FORK  IN  BARRELS.

lard—Kettle R endered.

smoked  meats—Canvassed or P lain.

quotes as follow s:
Mess,  new ............................  , ..............................  10  25
Short c u t ................................................................  10 25
E x tra  clear pig, sh o rt  c u t..................................  12 00
E x tra  clear,  h e a v y ............................................. •  12 00
Clear, fa t  b a c k ......................................................  11  50
Boston clear, sh o rt c u t.......................................  12  00
Clear back, sh o rt c u t...........................................  12 00
S tandard clear, sh o rt cut, b e st—  
...............  12  00
H ams,  average 20 lb s .......................... ■*..................  9M
16 lb s ...............................................  934
12 to 14 lb s ..................................... 10
p ic n ic .............................................................   6
834
best boneless............................... 
B reakfast B acon, b oneless...................................   834
D ried beef,  ham  p ric es..........................................   8
Long Clears, h e a v y ..................................................   634
B riskets,  m edium ....................................................   634
l i g h t ..........................................................  634
T ie rc e s ............j...........................................................  734
T u b s.............................................. 
734
50 lb.  T in s ...................................................................  134
T ierces...........................................................................  6
30 a n d  50 lb.  T u b s .............................  
634
3 lb. Pails, 20 in  a  c a se ...........................................  634
5 lb. Pails, 12 In a case.....................  
634
10 lb.  Pails, 6 in  a case.............................................  634
20 lb. P ails, 4 in  a case.............  ............................   63*
50 lb. C an s..................................................................... 634
E x tra  Mess, w arran ted  200  lb s ..........................  7 00
E x tra  Mess, Chicago  p a c k in g ............................  7 00
B oneless, ru m p  b u tts.............................................  8 75
P ork S ausage..............................................................  634
H am  S ausage.............................................................12
T ongue S ausage........................................................  9
F ra n k fo rt  Sausage.  ...............................................  8
Blood Sausage.......................  
534
Bologna, stra ig h t......................................................  534
Bologna,  th ic k ............................................................ 534
H eaaC heese.......................................... : ..................   534
In  h a lf b arrels.......................................................... 3  25
In  q u arter  b a rre ls...................................................2  00
In  h a lf  b a rre ls.........................................................3  00
In  q u arter b a rre ls......... *.........................................2  00
In   k its ...........................................................................  75

sausage—F resh  an d  Smoked.

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

lard—Refined.

PIGS'  FEET.

TRIPE.

 
 

 

 

 

F R E S H   M E A T S .

 

 

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S w ift a n d  Com pany quote as follow s :
Beef, ca rc ass..................................................   4  @6
“  h in d q u a rte rs .......................................  5  @534
fore 
“ 
3  @ 4
lo in s ........................................................  7  @8
“ 
“ 
rib s ...................................................... 
@ 634
to n g u e s...............................................   @10
“ 
H ogs...................................................................  @  434
@  634 
A f '
P ork  lo in s ........................................................ 
@  5 
sh o u ld ers..............................................
@ 5 
B o lo g n a .......................... 
..............................
@  5 
Sausage, blood  or h e a d ..............................
5
liv e r.................................................
@  734 
F ra n k fo rt.......................................
®   634

M u tto n .............................................................6

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O Y S T E R S   a n d   F IS H .

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

“ 

W hitefish..................................................
sm oked ...................................
T ro u t.........................................................
H a lib u t......................................................

@ 9
@ 8
@ 8
@20

o y ster s—Cans.

oy ster s—B ulk.

@35
F airh a v e n   C ounts................................
S elects....................................................... ....2 2   @27
@20
F . J.  D .’s ..................................................
©18
A n ch o rs....................................................
@16
S ta n d a rd s.................................................
.. . .   @14
F a v o rites................................................
@$1  15
S tan d a rd s.................................................
@  1  50
C lam s........................................................ ___  @1  50
S crim ps..................................................... ___  @1  50
S callops..................................................... . . . .   @1  50
H o rse rad ish ........... ................................. ----   @  75
Shell oysters,  per 100............................ ....1   00@1  50
©   75

clam s, 
CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

............................ ___ 

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T he P u tn am  C andy Co. quotes as fo llo w s:

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STICK.
S tandard, 25 lb. b o x es.......................... .................9
.......................... .................9
25 
T w ist, 
.......................... .................1054
C ut L oaf,  25 
MIXED.
Royal, 25 lb. p a ils .................................. .................9
200 lb.  b b ls ................................
.................■ 8V4
.10 
E x tra, 25 lb.  p a ils..................................
200 lb.  b b ls ..................................
.  934 
F ren ch  Cream, 25 lb.  p a lls ......... —
1154
fancy—-In  5 lb. boxes.
....1 2
Lem on D rops...........................................
....1 3
Sour D ro p s ..............................................
....1 4
P epperm int D rops..................................
C hocolate D rops........................................................ 14
H.  M. C hocolate  D rops............................................18
G um   D rops..................................................................10
Licorice Drops............................................................ 18
A.  B. Licorice  D rops............................................... 14
Lozenges, p la in .......................................................... 14
p rin te d .....................................................15
Im p erials......................................................................14
M ottoes......................................................................... 15
Cream  B a r....................................................................13
M olasses  B a r..............................................................13
C ara m els............................................................. 16@18
H and M ade  C ream s................................................. 18
P lain C ream s. . ..'.......................................................16
D ecorated C ream s.....................................................20
S tring  R o ck ........... ....................................................15
B n rn t A lm onds.......................................................... 22
W intergreen  B erries............................................... 14
fancy—In  bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in   p a ils ........................................12
in  b b ls ..........................................11

printed, in p ails.....................................1234
in  bbls..................................... 1134
Chocolate Drops, in  p a ils ........................................12
G um  D rops, in  p a ils................................................   634
in b b ls..................................................   534
Moss D rops, in  pails................................................. 10
in  b b ls ..................................................   9
Sour D rops, in  p a ils................................................. 12
Im perials, in  p a ils.....................................................11

“ E x. 
“ 
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in  b b ls.......................................................1034
FRUITS.
O ranges,  F lorida,  ch o ice............................3 C0@3  25
“ 
..........................3  00@3  25
fan cy , ..........................3  50@3  75
golden ru ssets...........   @2  75
Lem ons,  M essina, choice, 360..................   @3  50
300.....................4 25@4  50
fan cy , 360.....................4 25@4 50
300..................4  50@5  00
M alagas,  choice, rip e ...............3  25@3  50
“ 
......... 11  @1234
choice, 7 l b ......................................  @
D ates, frails, 50 lb .........................................  @  434
34 frails, 50  l b ....................................  @534
F ard , 10-lb. b o x .............................  @10
...............................  @  8
P ersian, 50-lb.  b o x .......................... 6  @734

Figs,  Sm yrna,  new ,  fan cy   la y e rs ......... 14  @15

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50-lb. “ 

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NUTS.

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A lm onds,  T a rra g o n a...................................
Iv a c a ....................................... . . .
C alifo rn ia...................................
B razils...............................................................
W alnuts, G renoble.......................................
P ecans, Texas, H. P ..................................... 9
Gam e C ocks........................................................
S ta r........................................................................
H o rse....................................................................

C alifo rn ia...............................

PEANUTS.

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SWEET GOODS.
G inger S naps.................
Sugar  C ream s...............
F rosted  C ream s...........
G raham   C raekers.......
O atm eal  C rackers........
B o x e s ................................
Kegs, E n g lish .................

SODA.

XXX
834
834
9834
834
•534
4*

T E A S .

ja pa n—Regular.

SUN CURED.

GUNPOWDER.

BASKET  FIRED.

F a i r ................................... 14  @16
G o o d ..................................18  @22
Choice................................24  @29
C hoicest............................30  @34
F a i r ................................... 14  @15
G o o d ................................. 16  @20
Choice............................... 24  @28
C hoicest............................30  @33
F a i r ......................................  @20
Choice..................................  @25
C hoicest..............................   @35
E x tra  choice, w ire le a f  @40
Common to  f a ir .............25  @35
E x tra  fine to finest___ 50  @65
C hoicest fa n c y ...............75  @85
Common to  f a ir .............20  @35
Superior to fin e .............. 40  @50  .
Common to  f a ir .............18  @26
S uperior to  fine............ 30  @40
Common  to  fa ir............ 25  @30
Superior to  fine............ 30  @50
F in e to choicest............ 55  @65
F a i r ...................................25  @30
Choice...............................30  @35
B e s t...................................55  @65
T ea  D u st........................   8  @10

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

YOUNG HYSON.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

tobaccos—Plug.

S.  W.  V enable & Co.’s B rands.
N im rod, 4x12 a n d   2x12..............37
R eception, 22-5x12,16 o z ..........36
V ineo, 1x6, 414 to 
................... 30
Big 5 C enter, 3x12,  12 o z..........34
W heel, 5 to  1b.............................. 37
T rin k et, 3x9,  9  o z.......................25
Jas.  G.  B u tler  &  Co.’s  B rands.
Som ething  G ood.........................37
D ouble P e d ro ..............................37
P each  P ie ......................................37
W edding  Cake, b lk ................... 37
“ Tobacco” .................................... 37

tobaccos—F in e Cut.

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D.  Scotten & Co.’s B rands.

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

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

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$1 fo r barrel

YEAST.

.

MISCELLANEOUS.

F erm entum ,  Com pressed. 
Cocoa Shells,  b u lk ...............  714
Jelly , 30-lb.  p a lls..................   4
Sage...........................................  15
P A P E R  & W O O D E N  W A R E

PAPER.

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2 15

TWINES.

1  C urtiss  &  Co.  quote
as  fol-
low s:
S tr a w ................................. .........160
“  L ight  W e ig h t__ ....... 200
S u g a r ................................. ....... 180
,  H a rd w a re ...................................214
B a k e rs ...............................
....... 214
!  Dry  G oods.................................5
j  J u te   M anilla.............................8
Red  E xpress  No. 1.........
..  5 
No. 2 ........
...4
48 C otton............................
.  22 
Cotton, No. 2 ....................
..2 0  
“  3 .....................
..18 
Sea  Island, asso rted ....
.  40 
No. 5 H e m p ......................
..16 
No.  8 B ................................
..17
W o o l...................................
WOODENWARE.
Tubs, No. 1........... ............
“  No. 2 ........................
“  No. 3........................
Pails, No.  1, tw o-hoop..
“  No.  1,  three-hoop. 
C lothespins, 5 gr. b o x es. 
Bow ls, 11 in c h ..................

7  25 
6  25 
5  25 
1  60 
1  75 
60 
1  00
13  “ 
........................   1  25
15  “ 
...........................2  OO
17  “ 
........................   2  75
assorted, 17s an d   17s  2  50 
“  15s, 17s an d  19s  2  75
b u s h e l....................   1  50
“  w ith covers  1  90
w illow  cl’tbs, N o.l  5  75 
“ 
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3 7 25
“ 
“  N o.l 3 50
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“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3 5 00
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G R A IN S   a n d  F E E D S T U F F S

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

sp lin t 

40

WHEAT.

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CORN.

MEAL.

FLOUR.

N ew .  Old.
W h ite ...............................   78 
78
R ed...................................  
78
78 
All  w heat bought  on 60 lb. test.
S traight, in sa c k s................  4  20
“  b a rre ls.,..........  4  40
“  sack s................  5  20
P aten t 
“  barrels..............  5  40
B o lted .....................................  1  00
1  10
G ranulated.
MILLSTUFFB.
10 00 
B ran.................................
11  00 
S hips................................
11  00 
S creen in g s....................
M iddlings......................
12  00 
14  00 
M ixed  F e e d ..................
14  00
Coarse  m e al...................
Small  lots
..............................  38
Car 
“
..............................  3414
Small  lots
................................. 28
................................. 25
Car 
“
.............................  ©40
No.  1.........
BARLEY.
..............................  1  10
No.  1.........
No. 2......... ..............................  1  05
..............................  11  00
No. 1.........
No. 2.......... ..............................  9  00
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
P erkins &  Hess  pay  as  fol-

lows
G re e n ................................  4 @  444
P art  C u red ....................   @  434
F u ll 
.....................  @ 414
D ry .....................................  5 @  6
Dry  K ips  ......................   5  @ 6
C alfskins,  g re e n ............. 3 @  4
D eacon s k in s................... 10 @20

c u re d ...........  4 @  4J4

OATS.

H ID E S .

HAY.

RYE.

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14 off fo r No. 2.

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F U B S .

S hearlings........................ 10 @25
E stim ated w ool, per lb 20  @28
M ink, d a rk ....................   40@1  25
p a le .......................   25®  80
R accoon ..........................  80@1  00
S k u n k ................................  80@1 20
M u sk ra t............................   15@  20
F o x , re d .................................1  25@1 75
cro ss.............................2  00@5 00

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“  grey..........................   40@  70
B a d g e r............................  75© 1  00
Cat,  w ild ........................   50@  75
F is h e r....................................4  00@6 00
L y n x ...................................... 3  00@5 00
M artin,  d a rk .......................1  25@3 00
pale  & yellow   60@  75
O tter,  d a rk ................ 6  00@10 00
W olf........................................2  00@3 00
B e a r............................. 15  00@23  00
B e a v e r.................................. 2  oO@7 oO
O ppossum .......................   15®  30
D eerskins, per lb .........   15@  35
Above  prices  for  No.  1 sk in s 
only.
W ashed..................................25@30
U n w ash ed ...........................   12@22
T a llo w ............................  3V4@  3%
G rease  b u tte r ...............3  ©   5
S w itc h e s___: ................   1V4@  2
G in sen g ...........................2  00©2  75

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

W O O L.

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D ru g s $¡t M edicines*

State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

One Year—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
Two Year»—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
Three Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. 
Four  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Five Years—James  Veraor, Detroit. 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon. 
Secretary—Jas.  Yernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald. Kalamazoo. 
Next  Meeting—At Lansing November 5 and <

Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n. 

President—Frank Inglis,  Detroit.
First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
Sec’d Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs. 
Third Vice-President—Jas.  Temor, Detroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit. 
Executive Committee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan;  E.T. 
Webb, Jackson;  D. E. Prall,  East Saginaw;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, Kalamazoo;  J. J. Crowley. Detroit.
Next Meeting—At  Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday 

„

A Benevolent Brewer,

the  charges  against  saccharin  be  true, j 
and,  if so.  let them  advise that measures  A recent  rival of  George  Peabody has 
be taken to prevent its coming into  more  appeared  in  Sir  Edward  Guinness,  the 
general use than has hitherto fortunately 
at  Lon(jon  brewer,  who  has  given
should^be'provedfcongress shou^dfWke  $1,000,000  to  the  poor  of  London  and 
the  authorities  in  France,  put  such  a  $250,000 to the poor of Dublin,  to be used 
high tax on it as will prevent its importa- j jn ^jje erection of  dwellings for artisans, 
tion.  Dr.  Fahlberg has a patent on the j The  money  bas  been  turned  over  to 
method  of  making  his  product,  in  this ;
country,  and thus we shall be spared the j  trustees.  _____ a   ,   _______
danger altogether. 
Q uality  and  Character  o f  Condensed ' drops.

It pays  to  handle the  P.  &  B.  cough

Milk.

N  

“ THE OLD ORIGINAL.”

RE-PAINT

eal’s 'T

■  1  1 75 cts.

Rarriage
P aints

QUDfl ONLY 0Y
ACME

Colar Works,
DETROIT, MICH.

GXXTSXXTG  ROOT.

We pay the highest price for It.  Address 

T>T?nT7  DDflC!  Wholesale  Druggists. 
C L U n .   D l t U l O n  

G R A N D   R A PID S.

'¡LIQUOR & POISON  RECORD
B e st o n  th e  M a rk et.

A cknow ledged to be th e

COMBINED.

E. J. STOWE i BR0„Ora°n d;& m dS

For Infants and Invalids.

T H E  M O S T  R E L I A B L E  F O O D  
Used  everywhere,  with  unqualified 
success.  Not a medicine, but a steam- 
cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest 
stomach'.  Take  no  other.  Sold  bv 
druggists.  In cans, 35c. and upward. 
Woolbich  &  Co. on every labeL

] POUISHINA

(trade  mark  r e g ist e r ed.)

The Best Furniture Finish in the  Market 

Specially  adapted  for  Pianos, 

Organs and Hard Woods.

Dnl-i o lii n q  w ill  rem ove  grease  an d   d irt,  and 
r U i l o i l l i i d   w ill ad d  a lu stre  w h ich  fo r  beauty 
and d u rab ility  can n o t be excelled.
Clnliohlnn  is clean  an d   easy  to  use,  as  full 
rU iloilliid  directions accom pany  each  bottle
U n lio h i n n   iB  Pu t  UP  In  LARGE  BOTTLES 
rOl lollllld  an d  is sold a t th e m oderate price of 
Tw enty-five Cents.
n n lio V iin o   is th e Best F u rn itu re  F in ish  In the 
r U i l o i l l i i d   m arket.  Try it, a n d  m ake yo u r old 
fu rn itu re  look fresh  an d  new .
T lnll c h i n a   Is fo r sale  by all D ruggists, F u rn l 
rUiloilliid  tu re   D ealers,  G rocery  an d   H ard 
w are Stores.

BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS.

FOB  SALE  WHOLESALE

HMEU1NE  i  PERKINS  DRUG CO.,

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) 
tfha.n  any  other  machines  of 
their  class.
Send  for  descriptive  cata­
logue with testimonials.
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RO U L^

G R IP   R P ID S ,  NIGH.

AMO

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Steam and  Hot  Water  Heating, 
Brooks’  Hand  Force  Pump,  In­
stantaneous  Water  Heater,  Hot 
Air  Furnaces,  Mantels,  Grates 
and Tiling,  Gas Fixtures, Etc. 
W holesale an d  R etail D ealers in
P lu m b e r s ’  S u p p lie s.
184  East  Fiilton  81., Head  of Monroe,

Telephone  No. 147.

21  Scribner  Street,

Telephone No.  1109.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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SUSPENDED !

C 2  **
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W arranted  not  to  T hicken,  Sour  or  M old i t  
any clim ate.  Q uality G uaranteed A gainst Injur} 
by F reezing.  All  others  w orthless  a fte r free* 
ing.  See quotation.  1IARTEI.I  BLACKING 
CO., Sole Manufacturers,  Chicago, 111.

BE SURE,

MY  FRIEND,

TO  CEI

THE  ELOPEMENT

after the painting by Kaemmerer,  issued by  G0W. 
ft NR  &  gTOVER,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  at  a  cost  o 
over  5,000 dollars,  a copy of which  they  send fret 
to  any  address  on  receipt  of  2 5   wrappers  from 

theQ a M E A F SQAP

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Importers  and  Jobbers  of

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Dealers  in

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We  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

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We have in stock and offer a full line of

Whiskies,  Brandies,

Gins,  W ines,  Hums.

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

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

Whisky^and Druggists’ Favorite 

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Rye  Whisky.

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

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

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

toltine i Perkins  Drilg  Go.,
Novelties  in  Perfumery,

O R D E R

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

Glass  Stands, Wicker  Stands,  from

Jennings  &  Smith,

G rand R apids,  M ich •

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C U R T IS S   &  CO.,

WHOLESALE

Paper  Warehouse.

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

Houseman  Block,

ever  made.

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

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

68  MONBOE  STREET.________________

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

WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS,

, 

WE  ARE  H EADQUARTERS  ON

Red, White, Pink, Grey  and 
Blue Flannels, in all weights 
and prices.  Also  Domets, 
Canton  Flannels,  Bleached 
Browns and Colors.  Blan­
kets, Comforts, Bed Robes.

WE  SELL

10 oz. BURLAPBaas

AMOSKEAG, 
HARMONY, 
GEORGIA, 
VALLEY  CITY, 

PACIFIC,

STARK,

Monroe  and  10,12,  14,16  it  18  Fountain  Sts.,  G R IP  RIPID8.

o f September,  1890. 

President, C. S. Koon;  Secretary, J. W. Hoyt.

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

Muskegon  Drug  Clerks’  Association. 

poses  for Which  It Is  Used.

THE  SWEETEST  OF  SWEETS.

Discovery  of  Saccharin  and  the  Pur­

President, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, Albert Brower.
D e t r o it   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty  

„______ _____________ _____
Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society. 
President. J. W. Hayward,  Secretary, Frank H. Escott.
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. 

From the New York Commercial Bullentin.
The  reference  in  this  column  a  few 
days ago  to  the  unjust  reflections  con 
tained in an advertising  “dodger”  upon j 
the  quality and character  of  condensed | 
milk in general,  has  attracted  consider­
able  attention,  and  drawn  out no little j 
sharp  criticism  upon the misrepresenta- j 
tions made in the interest of one particu- | 
lar brand.  The fallacy of  the statement | 
that  condensed  milk in general is manu- j 
factured from  skimmed  milk  is empha- J 
sized  by  manufacturers  and 
jobbers 
alike;  and the watchfulness of  the Board 
of  Health,  saying  nothing  of  the  care 
exercised by large jobbers to avoid hand­
ling  unhealthful food  products,  should 
be a sufficient guarantee that it is impos- | 
sible to market thousands of packages of  - 
an unhealthful  article of diet on this side 
of  the Atlantic.  Known facts regarding j 
the  care  observed  by manufacturers  in 
the  preparation  of  the  article,  the pur- | 
chase  of  the raw material and the exac­
tions imposed  upon farmers  who supply i 
the  manufacturers  with  natural  milk,  i 
are,  furthermore,  sufficient to prove  the 
falsity of  the  claim of  skimmed milk or 
deleterious substances of any description 
being  used.  Taking,  for  example,  the I 
methods of  the  Elgin,  the  Anglo-Swiss 
and New  York  companies,  whose estab­
lishments  are  open to the  inspection of 
proper  persons,  no  greater  safeguards 
against the production of  an unhealthful 
article  could  be  asked.  Farmers  who 
supply those establishments are required 
to feed their  cows  a  particular  class of 
foflder;  there  are  as  stringent  require­
ments  regarding  water,  and it is invari­
ably the case that farmers  are obliged to 
keep  their  stables  in  far  better  shape 
than the average.  To  enforce these  re­
quirements the  manufacturers cause fre­
quent  inspections  to  be  made  by their 
own  agents. 
In  short,  every  care  is 
taken to secure the finest  quality of  raw 
material.  That the manufacturers of the 
condensed article  should,  after  going to 
all this trouble,  remove  the cream from 
the milk,  needs no denial.  They have no 
other  use for it than  condensing.  That 
the factories are the pink  of  cleanliness 
is  proved  without  critical examination.
The  raw  material,  moreover,  is  tested 
every day in order to see  that it contains 
the proper  percentage of  fat.  The Bul­
letin has made  extensive inquiry regard­
ing imported  as  well  as  domestic  con­
densed milk,  and fails  to  learn  of  any 
being entered  here that is manufactured 
from skimmed  milk. 
In  point  of  fact, 
the  records  of  the  Brooklyn  Board  of 
Health  to  the  contrary,  both  manufac­
turers and jobbers assert that there  is no 
condensed  milk  on  this  market  made 
from  other  than  unskimmed  material.
It is stated in the  “Encyclopaedia Britan- 
nica”  that condensed milk cannot be pre­
served  with  the  cream in it.  Manufac­
turers with  whom the Bulletin represen­
tative  has  talked  on  the  subject  are 
unanimous in  stating  just  the  reverse, 
aud the  manufacturers  doubtless  know 
what  they are  talking  about. 
It is not 
the fat  in  the  milk,  as  many chemists 
seem  to  believe,  but  the  easeine,  or 
albumen,  that  is  difficult  to  conserve.
Fat in a. sealed can has a fixed consistency 
and is  a  constituent  of  milk  which  is 
opposed to  thickening.  The  maker  of 
condensed  milk  needs  every particle of 
fat he can get in his  raw  material to en­
able him to conserve the milk at its  best, 
and  is  also  particular  about  having it, 
because, as it does not evaporate, it helps 
to fill up his cans as much as  any of  the 
so-called  solids  of  milk. 
In  point  of 
fact,  the  one  thing  that  manufacturers 
do not want is skimmed or watered milk.
So  far  as  the  Bulletin  could 
learn, 
skimmed  milk is condensed only in some 
few  points  in  Europe  where  butter 
makers thus dispose of  their milk. 
It is 
no secret that  condensed  milk  thickens 
with  age,  but this is beyond the control 
of  the manufacturer,  but if  still sound, 
is as  good as any,  although  perhaps  not 
as convenient as the fresh article.

About nine years  ago  there  was acci­
dentally discovered in the  chemical  lab­
oratory of the Johns Hopkins University 
a substance which at  once  attracted  the 
attention  of  the scientific as well  as  the 
unlettered public.  In the  course  of  the 
manufacture of a definite series of higher 
derivatives  of  the  carbon  compounds, 
Prof.  Ira Remsen  had  the  collaboration 
of one  of  his  students,  Dr.  C.  Fahlberg. 
The plan was to make all the substitution 
products,  and to ascertain a few of  their 
physical  and  chemical properties.  That 
one on which Fahlberg  happened then to 
be engaged  was  found  by  chance to be 
intensely  sweet  and  was  subsequently 
named saccharin. 
It  was  shown  to be 
from 280 to 300 times  as  sweet  as  cane 
sugar, and was  deemed  especially  valu­
able in mediciue.  Sufferers with diabetes 
mellitus,  by using very much diluted solu­
tions of the chemical in their food,  could 
once more enjoy the  “sweets of life."  It 
came  highly  recommended  by  doctors, 
because it was known to pass  in  quanti­
tative amounts through  the human body 
without  any  apparent  effect on its vari­
ous processes.
Dr.  Fahlberg  shortly  thereafter  went 
to Germany and  undertook the manufac­
ture, on a commercial scale, of this anhy- 
dro-ortho-sulphamine  benzoic  acid  or 
benzoic sulphinide, otherwise  called sac­
charin, and gave it his name.  At once it 
found quite extensive  use as a medicinal 
preparation,  as  an  adulterant,  a substi­
tute for sugar and the like, both in Europe 
and,  there  is  reason  to  believe,  also in 
this  country.  The  impure  product  for 
sale in the markets sells  at about $15 per 
pound.  Prof.  Remsen,  who still contin­
ues work in  the  same  series,  states in a 
recent article in the American  Chemical 
Journal that the commercial form of sac­
charin is more than one-half impure, and 
estimates its sweetness as but  125  times 
that  of  sugar. 
It  dissolves  readily in 
boiling water and has several interesting 
derivatives with sweetening power.  One 
of these has been found  to  be  intensely 
sweet in the  front  part  of  the  tongue, 
neutral  in  the  middle  and  exceedingly 
bitter in  the  posterior  portion  near the 
soft palate.  The  investigation with this 
compound  is  the  best  single proof that 
there exist in the tongue two sets of  spe- j 
cific  nerve fibers, corresponding to these 
two kinds of sensations.  Thus it will be 
seen that  there  have  been  some advan­
tages from  the  discovery and the promi­
nence given this new substance.
But this has been  more  than  compen­
sated by the train of evil that everywhere 
follows  in  its  path.  Authorities  differ 
somewhat on this,  but the weight of  evi­
dence lies  both  in  the  number  and the 
reputation of those who condemn its use. 
Pflugge has shown  that  it  prevents  the 
action  of  the  ptyaiine  ferment  of  the 
saliva,  whose  function  is to change the 
undialyzable  starch  into  soluble  grape 
sugar;  that  it  disturbs the gastric diges­
tion,  so that egg albumen is  dissolved  in 
its presence only after  four days;  that it 
has a deleterious  influence  on  the  pan­
creatic and intestinal digestion.  He con­
cludes that the substance is not a fit sub­
stitute for sugar,  and  must be especially 
injurious  to  diabetic  patients,  in whom 
so much depends on a good  and  healthy 
digestion.  Other opinions differ slightly 
from  this,  but a variety  of  charges are 
made against it,  for interference, in vary­
ing degrees,  with the many kinds of  fer­
mentation and the putrefactive processes 
that constantly go on  in  the human sys­
tem.  most of which  are  connected  with 
digestion,  and all of which are beneficial. 
Brewers  have found a use for saccharin, 
not as a sweetener,  but  more  as  a  pre­
ventive  of  diastatic  fermentation,  the 
like  of  which  is  performed  in  certain 
parts of the digestive tract in man.  These 
are, therefore,  likely  to  be  hindered by 
the adulterant in  this favorite beverage.
Its use has  been  made  the  subject of 
legislative action  in  Belgium,  Spain and 
France.  The Belgian Academy proclaims 
that  it is not a food stuff,  as  it  does  not i 
represent the nutritious value  of  sugar, 
since it seems to pass unchanged through 
the body;  that its application as a sweet­
ener in food  preparations and drinks ap­
pears  to  be  followed  by injury  to  the 
health,  and that manufacturers are there­
fore warned that they  must  give  ample 
notice to the consumer of  its presence in j 
articles of  food. 
In  Madrid it is called | 
an  adulterant,  foods  containing  it  are | 
forbidden  to  be  sold,  under  penalty, 
while the article itself  is  heavily taxed. 
The French  government,  some time ago, 
put  saccharin  under a temporary ban as 
substance  possibly 
to  the 
health.  Now it has definitely pronounced 
against  it  as a drug,  food  product  and 
adulterant,  and  has  put  an  almost pro­
hibitory tariff on its importation.
Little has as yet  been heard  from  this 
saccharin in public here in America, save 
as a enemical curiosity.  But there seems 
to  be  a  disposition  among  chemists  to 
believe that it is extensively used.  Our 
medical  experts  in  the  various  labora­
tories  of  cities  and  states  where adul­
terated articles  and  harmful  drugs  are 
sought out and the  criminal processes of 
indictment  begun,  should  direct  their 
attention to this,  which is undoubtedly a 
deleterious substance.  The good of  the 
country should also be  consulted  by  the 
specialists in the chemical division of the
at Washington.  Let  them  ascertain  if  many men have mistaken their calling.

Gum  opium  is  very firm and  likely to 
further  advance. 
is  easy. 
Morphine is unchanged.  Balsam  copai­
ba is still  tending  upward.  Chloroform 
has  advanced five cents  more and cream 
tartar  is  higher.  Rochelle  salts  and 
Seidlitz  mixtures  are  higher. 
Insect 
powder has declined.  Low  prices  will 
probably rule next season,  on account of 
lower  prices for flowers and strong com­
petition.  Oil  Sassafras  is  easier.  Oil 
pennyroyal 
is 
firmer.  Oil cloves has declined.

Having removed to No.  13 West Bridge 
street,  and  fitted  the place  up expressly 
for an  undertaking  establishment in  all 
its  branches,  we respectfully  invite  in­
spection from our friends and the public. 
We shall be prepared to serve you,  night 
j  or day,  and will  spare  no  pains  to meet 
the approval of  those who  may favor us 
|  with their patronage,  and to please them 
in  every  particular.  Grateful  for  past 
favors,  we  ask  a  continuance  of  the 
same  in our new  location.
i  Telephone 367. 

Send  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.
•  C.  J.  Rumsey  has  retired  from  the 
presidency  of  the  Carson  City  Savings 
Bank,  being  succeeded  by F.  L.  Fuller, 
proprietor of the Northern Kent Bank, at 
Cedar Springs.

was not  made
to be a loafer,  but  if  he’ wasn’t  a great 

Portraits for the  Holidays.

is  higher.  Oil  cassia 

P o s n e r   &  R a u s h e n b e r g e r ,

No.  13 W.  Bridge st.

The Drug  Market.

gayc ail  CXCh&DSTC

Removal  Notice.

injurious 

Quinine 

Man.

W holesale  D ric e   C u r r e n t.

A dvanced—B alsam  Copaiba, Oil P ennyroyal, P ure Cream   T artar, Chloroform
A Q vanceu  oaiaam  v   v 

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B oracic 
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Tartaricum..................... 
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C arbonas  ..............................  
C h lo rid u m ............................  

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Y e llo w ............................. 2  50®3 00

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C ubeae  (po. 1  60.............1  85@2 00
J u n ip e ru s ......................  
8®  10
25©  30
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T erabin, C anada  ........  45©  50
T o lu ta n ..........................   4o(®  30

CORTEX.

A bies,  C an a d ian ....................
C inchona F l a v a .....................
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M yrica  C erifera, p o ...............
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C hlorate,  (po. 20)...........   18@ 20
C y a n id e ............................   50©  55
Io d id e ..............................2  80@2  90
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Potassa, B itart, co m ...  @ 1 5
Potass  N itras,  o p t.......   8©   10
Potass N itra s.................... 
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P ru s s ia te ..........................   25© 28
S ulphate  p o .....................  15®  18

(po. 50)............................ 

A c o n itu m ........................   20@  25
A lth a e ................................  25©  30
A n c h u s a ..........................   15© 20
A rum ,  p o ............................ 
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C alam us............................   20© 50
G entiana,  (po.  15)..........  10@  12
G lychrrhiza, (pv.  15)..  16@  18
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H ellebore,  A la,  p o —   15®  20
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Ipecac,  p o ...................... 2 00@2  20
Iris   plox  (po. 20@22)..  18©  20
Jalapa,  p r .........................  25© 30
M aranta,  J4S........... • • • 
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P odophvllum , p o .........   15©  18
R hei 
.........................  75@1 00
c u t.......................... 
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p v ..............................   75@1 35
S p ig e lia ............................   48© 53
S anguinaria,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
S erpentaria.......................  4G@ 45
S e n e g a ..............................  60© 65
Sim ilax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0
M  @ 20
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A nisum ,  (po.  2 0 ) . .
A plum   (graveleons)
B ird, i s ......................
C arui,  (po. 18)...........
C ard am o n .......................1  00@1  25
C o rlan d ru m ...................  10©  1
C annabis S ativ a........... 3)4© 
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C ydonium ......................   75@1  00
C henopodium   .............  10©  12
D ipterix-O dorate..........1  75®1  85
F o en ic u lu m ...................  @  15
F oenugreek,  p o ...........   6©   8
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Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  ) . . .   4)4®  4)4
L obelia............................  35®  40
P h arla ris C anarian —   3)4©  4)4
R a p a ............................  - •  6®   £
Sinapis,  A lb u ...............  8©  
9
N ig ra .............  11©  12

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list,  dis. 

G erm an 
per
ce n t  ............................ 

D eclined—Oil  Cloves, Oil S assafras, In sect P ow der.
A n tip y rin ...................... 1  35© 1  40
A rgentl  N itras, ounce  @  68
A rse n ic u m ....................  
7
Balm  G ilead  B u d .......   38©  40
B ism uth  S.  N ...............2  1G@2  20
C alcium  Chlor, Is,  ()4s
11;  34s,  12)................. 
©  
9
C antharides  R ussian,
@1  75 
P » ...........................
Capsici  F ru ctu s, a f ...
©   18 
©   16 
ipo.
@  14 
23©  25 
C aryophyllus,  (po.  28)
C arm ine,  No. 40...........
©3  75 
50©  55 
C era  A lba,  S. & F .......
Cera  F la v a ....................
28©  30 
©   40 
Coccus  ............................
C assia  F ru c tu s .............
@  15 
@  10 
G en traria........................
C etaceu m ......................  
_
35
C h lo ro fo rm ...................  45©  47
squibbs  ..  @1  00
C hloral H yd C rst......... 1  50@1  75
C h o n d ru s ......................   20©  25
C inchonidine, P.  &  W  15©  20
“ 
4©   10
Corks, 
©
C re a so tu m .....................  @
Creta,  (bbl.  75).............  @
“  p re p .......................  
5©
“  p recip ....................  8©
“   R u b ra ....................  @
C ro c u s ............................  35©
C udbear..........................   @
Cupri S u lp h ...................  8©
D e x trin e ........................ 
io@
E th er S u lp h ...................  68©
Em ery,  all  n u m b e rs..  @
p o ......................   @
E rgota,  (po.)  45 ...........   40©
F lak e  W h ite .................  12©
G a lla ........................ ..... ■  @
G am bier..........................   8@
G elatin,  C ooper...........   @
F re n c h .............  40®
“ 
G lassw are  flint,  75  &  10 per 
cent, by box 70 less
G lue,  B ro w n .................  9©
“  W h ite...................  13©
G ly c e rin a ......................   22©
G rana P arad is!.............  @
H u m u lu s........................   25©
H ydraag  C hlor  M ite..  @
“  Cor  —  
©
Ox R ubrum   @:
A m m oniati.  ©1  10 
U n g u en tu m .  45®  55
H y d rarg y ru m ...............  @  80
Ichthyobolla,  A m ........1  25@1  50
In d ig o ............................   75@1  00
Iodine,  R esn b l.............3  7E@3 85
Io d o fo rm ........................  @4  70
L u p u lin ..........................   85@1  00
L y c o p o d iu m .................  55©  60
M a c is ..............................  80©  85
L iquor  A rsen  et  Hy-
d rarg  Io d ....................  
©'
L iquor Potass A rsinitis  10© 
M agnesia,  S ulph  (bbl
1)4)................................  2©
M anilla,  S. F .................  45@
M orphia,  S.  P.  & W .. .2  65©2  90 
C. C o ...........................2  65@2  90
M oschus  C an to n .........   @  40
M yristica,  No. 1...........   60©  70
N u x  V om ica,  (po 20).. 
©   10
Os.  S epia........................   28©  30
Pepsin Saac, H.  & P. D.
© 2 00
C o .................................. 
Picis  Liq, N.  C,,  )4 _  '
doz  ........................ 7. .  @2  00
P icis Liq., q u a r t s ........  @1  00
p in ts ...........  
©   70
©   50
P il H ydrarg,  (po. 80).. 
P iper  N igra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1 8
P iper A lba,  (po g5)___ 
©   35
P ix   B u rg u n ...................  @
P lum bi A c e t.................  14@  15
P ulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  10@1  20 
P yrethrum ,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., d o z ........  @1  25
P yrethrum ,  p v .............  30@  35
Q u a s sia e ........................  8©   10
Q uinia,  S.  P.  & W .......   42©  4’
S.  G erm an___  33®  41
R ubia  T in cto ru m ........  12©  14
Saccharum  L actis p v ..  @ 3 5
S ala ein .......................... 2  25@2  35
Sanguis  D raconis........  40©  50
S antonine
©4  56 
Sapo,  W ..........................
2©  14 
“  M ...........................
8©   10 
K  G ....................
@  15 
Seidlitz  M ix tu re.........
©   25 
S inapis.............................
©   18 
“   o p t......................
©   30
Snuff,  M accaboy,  De
©
V o e s ............................
Snuff, S cotch, De. Voes 
11©
Soda Boras,  (po. 12).  .
30©
Soda  et Potass T a r t...
Soda C arb .......................
Soda,  B i-C arb...............
Soda,  A sh ......................
Soda, S u lp h as...............
Spts.  E th er C o .............
“  M yrcia  D om ........
“  M yrcia Im p .........
“  V ini  R ect.  bbl.
2 05).............................. 
Less 5c gal., cash te n  days.

S. N .  Y.  Q.  &

SYRUPS.

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SPONGES.

A c c a c ia .....................................   50
Z ingiber  ...................................   50
Ip eca c.......................:................   60
F e rri  Io d ...................................   50
A u ran ti  C ortes........................   56
R hei  A rom ............... : ..............  50
Sim ilax  O fficinalis.................  60
“  C o............  50
_______________________________  50
S e n e g a .
S cillae.........................................  56
C o...................................   50
T o lu ta n .....................................   50
P ru n u s  v irg ..............................  50

TINCTURES.

F lo rid a  sheeps’  w ool
carriag e . ..................... 2  35@2  50
N assau  sheeps’  wool
2  00 
....................
carriage 
V elvet  e x tra   sheeps’
1  10
wool  c a rria g e ...........
E x tra   yellow   sheeps’
c a rria g e ......................
G rass sheeps’ wool ca r­
riage  ............................
H ard fo r  slate  use —
Y ellow  Reef, for  slate 
u s e ................................

1  40

SPIBITUS.

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F ru m en ti, W ., D.  C o ..2  00@2  50
D. F . R .........1  75@2 00
.....................1  10@1  50
Ju n ip eris  Co.  O. T  —  1  75@1  75
“ 
.............1  75@3  50
S aacharum   N.  E ..........1  75@2 00
Spt.  V ini  G alli..............1  75@6  50
V ini O p o rto ................... 1  25@2 00
V ini  A lb a ............................ 1  25@2 00

65

55@  60 
20©   22 
20©  25 
35©  36

A b sin th iu m ..............................
E u p a to riu m .............................. 
i™
L o b elia.......................................   ”
M a jo ru m ...................................   ~
M entha  P ip e rita ....................
^  “ 
¡5
V i r .............................. 
T anacetum , V ..........................  ~
T hym us,  V .................
MAGNESIA.
C alcined, P a t.............
Carbonate,  P at  .......
C arbonate, K.  &  M ..
Carbonate,  Jenning5
O LEU M .
Absinthium.................. 5 00®o 50
Amygdalae, Dulc...  45©
Amydalae, Amarae— 7 25© i
Anisi............................ 1 90@~ 00
Auranti .Cortex........   @2 50
Bergamn  ................. 2
Caiiputi...................   =9®J
Carvophylli.................. 1 35@1 40
Cedar..................  35© 
Chenopodii  ..............  @1
Cinnamonli.................. 1 35@1 40
Citronella............ . 
®
Conium Mac........  35©
Copaiba...................   90@1 00
Cubebae.................16 00@16 50
Exechthitos..............  90@1 00
Erigeron ...................1 20@1 30
Gaultherla....................2 20©2 30
Geranium,  ounce.....   @
Gossipii, Sem. gal.....   50@
Hedeoma  .................2 10@2 20
Juniperi...................   50@2 00
Lavendula...............   90@2 00
Limonis........................1 50@1 80
Mentha Piper.................2 10@2 25
Mentha Verid............... 2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal...........  80@1 00
Myrcla, ounce...........  @  50
Olive............................1 00@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal.,35)  10©  12
Ricini...........................1 24@1 36
Rosmarini...........  
75@1 00
Rosae, ounce............   ©6 00
Succini.....................  40®  45
Sabina.....................  90@1  00
Santal  .....................3 50@7 00
Sassafras..................  50©  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce—  @  65
Tiglii.......................  @1 50
Thyme.....................  40©  50
opt  ..............  ©  60
Theobromas..............  15©  20
BiCarb.....................  15@  18
Bichromate..............  13©  14
Bromide...................   37©  40

PO T A SSIU M .

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A conitum   N apellis R ...........   60
F ...........   50
A loes...........................................  60
a n d   m y rrh .....................  60
A r n ic a .............................■'—   50
A safcetida..................................  50
A trope B ellad o n n a.................  60
B enzoin.....................................   60
C o................................  50
S a n g u in a ria..............................  50
B a ro s m a ...........  
.....................  50
C an th arid es..............................  75
C a p sic u m ..................................  50
C ardam on..................................  75
C o..........................   75
C a s to r......................................... 1  00
C a te c h u .....................................   50
C in e h o n a .................................   50
C o..........................   60
C o lu m b a ..................... 
50
C o n iu m .....................................   50
C ubeba.......................................   50
D ig ita lis ...................................   50
E rg o t...........................................  50
G e n tia n .....................................   50
C o.................................   60
G u a ic a .......................................  50
am m on......................  60
Z in g ib e r...................................   50
H y o sc y am u s............................  50
Io d in e .........................................  75
C olorless....................  75
F erri  C hlo rid u m ..................   35
K in o ..........................................   50
L o b elia.......................................  50
M y rrh .........................................  50
N u x   V om ica............................  50
O p ii............................................   85
“  C am phorated.........—   50
“  D eoaor..............................2 00
A u ran ti C o rtex ........................  50
Q u a s s ia .....................................   50
R hatany  .
................................  50
R h e i.............................................  50
Cassia  A cu tifo l......................   50
C o.................   50
S e rp e n ta ria ..............................  50
Strom onium ..............................  60
T o lu ta n ........................ 
60
V a le ria n ....................  
50
V eratrum  V erid e....................   50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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ground, 

^Ether, Spts  N it, 3  F . .  26©  28 
“  4 F . .   30©  32
A lu m e n ............................ 2)4®  3)4
(po.
4
7 )...................................  
A n n a tto ..........................  55©  60
5
A ntim oni, p o ................  
et P otass T .  55©  60

3© 
4© 

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OILS.

R o ll.................  2)4©  3

3© 
4©  2 
50©  55 
@2  00 
@2  50
■
© 2  15
S trychnia  C rystal........  @1  10
S ulphur,  S u b l................. 2%@  3)4
T a m a rin d s ....................   8©   10
T erebenth V enice........  28©  30
T h e o b ro m a e .................  50@  55
V a n illa ..........................9  00@16 00
7©  8
Zinci  S u lp h ................... 
Gal
Bbl.
70
W hale, w in te r.............  70
60
L ard,  e x tra ...................  55
56
L ard, No.  1...................  45
Linseed, pure raw   ...  58
61
Lindseed,  boiled  ___  61
64
N eat’s  F oot,  w in ter
69
s tra in e d ....................   50
55
Spirits T u rp e n tin e ___  70)4
lb.
bbl. 
R ed  V e n etian .................134  2@3
O chre, yellow   M ars___134  2@4
B e r......... 134  2@3
“ 
P utty,  com m ercial__ 2)4  2)4@3
“  strictly  p u re .........2)4 234@3
V erm ilion Prim e A m er­
13@16
ican  ................................ 
V erm ilion,  E n g lis h —  
70@75  I
G reen,  P e n in su la r.......  
70@75
Lead,  r e d ........................   634®734
w h i t e ...................  634@7)4
W hiting, w hite S p an ... 
©70
W hiting,  G ilders’ .........  
@90
1  00 
W hite, P aris  A m erican 
W hiting,  P aris  Eng.
c l if f ...............................  
1  40
Pioneer P repared P ain tl  20@1  4 
Swiss  V illa  P repared 
P a in ts ........................... 1  00@1 20

pa in ts. 

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VARNISHES.

No. 1 T u rp   C oach.........1  10@1 20
E x tra  T u rp ......................1  60@1 70
Coach  B ody....................2  75@3  00 |
No. 1  T u rp   F u r n ...........1  00@1 10
E u tra  T u rk  D am sr —  1  55@1 60
Ja p a n   D ryer,  No.  1 

T u r n ............................  70®  75 1

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Boots and Shoes

M anufactured by

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T H E   F T J B U jI O  !

WHO  U R G E S   Y O U

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

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Packers of the well

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

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AT LOWEST PRICES.

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STORE  WINDOWS.

How They  are  Made  Attractive—Odd 

Devices to  Catch  Public  Attention. 
From the Boston Record.
A  clever  thing is now  seen in a down 
town restaurant  that  has  been  a  great 
drawing  card for  the  proprietor. 
In a 
large  dish  resting on its fore-paws,  and 
its head  pointing  toward the street,  is a 
little  pig  just  killed.  On a placard im­
mediately underneath  the  comical-look­
ing  object  is  written  his 
last  words: 
“Life is  but a fleeting dream:  a  piece of 
me to-morrow for 20  cents.”  The  whole 
thing is very ludicrous.
In a window of  a certain dry goods es­
tablishment on Tremont  row  there have 
been for the past two  weeks  pictures of 
200 babies, sent to be voted upon by fond 
mothers, each one thinking  her baby the 
prettiest  in  the  world.  There  were 
babies large and  small  in  various  posi­
tions,  and all  kinds of dress.  Some were 
pretty,  others  hardly  interesting,  and 
many positively homely.  This  w’ipdow 
was surrounded by the ladies from morn­
ing until  night,  who  praised  and  criti­
cised to their hearts’  delight and threw a 
vote for their choice;  but now  the prize 
has been awarded,  we  wager  the  ether 
199 mothers will want to tell the proprie­
tor that he does not know anything about 
babies, anyway.
A  clothing  store  recently  engaged  a 
man from  New  York  who  makes it his 
business to pose in show  windows in one 
place  or  another.  He  dresses  in  an 
oriental  costume,  assumes  au easy pos­
ture, and  sits or  stands for five minutes, 
perfectly motionless,  except  to  roll and 
wink his eyes mechanically. 
It made no 
difference what  tin e of  day  you passed 
the window,  invariably there would be a 
crowd  of  curious  people  watching  the 
man sharply,  and many were the hot dis­
cussions as to whether  he was a real live 
man or a wax figure,  but  they never  ar­
rived at  an  absolute  opinion  until  the 
poser,  at the end  of  five minutes,  would 
suddenly  relax  his  handsome,  passive 
features into a broad grin for .the benefit 
of  the preplexed  lookers-on,  who would 
then walk off  with an air  of  injured in­
nocence.  Not  one  man  in  a  thousand 
has the face or  the nerve  to  be  able  to 
deceive people as this man can.
In a cigar  store  on  a  street  between 
Washington and Tremont is a clever pic­
ture  of  a  darkey  apparently  sleeping; 
suddenly he  turns  his  head,  opens  his 
eyes,  lifts a cigar,  puffs away at" it,  and 
as the smoke rolls out  of  his  mouth  he 
lowers it again.  It is  a  taking  picture. 
A number of these figures,  depending for 
their movements on a clock-arrangement, 
are seen in toy shop windows.
Among  the  many to  be  observed in a 
large toy shop  on  Washington  street  is 
the little woman with a parasol, who can 
walk  off  quite a distance  without being 
wound,  and the  Swiss  village  with  the 
innumerable  figures  at  work  sawing 
wood,  grinding,  blacksmithing, etc.  But 
toy shops are always attractive.
A funny thing is  shown  in  a  jewelry 
store window that is  watched constantly 
by crowds.  It is a small skeleton’s skull 
made  of  ivory and  mounted for a  scarf 
pin,  with  fiery red  eyes  that  roll from 
side to side,  and jaws that open and shut. 
The effect is a little  startling  when  the 
pin is placed in  a  man’s  tie.  Another 
similar  thing  is  a  cock  that  flaps  its 
wings  and  crows.  Both are  worked by 
wind  which  can  be furnished  by press­
ure on a rubber  ball in  the  pocket  con­
nected with a tube to the scarf,  inside of 
the scarf  pin.
In  a  drug  store  vyindow  yesterday a 
pretty winter scene in  Maine made from 
articles sold in the store,  and  taking up 
the  whole  window,  was  noticed.  The 
ground was covered  with medical cotton 
to  represent  snow,  alongside  of 
the 
mountain  of  saleratus,  covered  with 
rocks of  salt and cords  of  licorice wood 
piled up,  was  a  lumber  camp,  with  a 
cabin made of slippery elm and a sawmill 
of  the  same.  On  a  pond  of  camphor 
were boys skating and a brook  of  water 
glides from the  mountain  into the pond. 
The whole scene was quite realistic.
In a shoe  store  window  not  long ago 
were five little ducks  seemingly at home 
and perfectly contented; this was a novel 
sight  in  such  a  place,  and  everyone 
stopped to watch them.  They had plenty 
of  room to walk  about and  eat comfort­
ably,  and they lived high while there, for 
the  women  and  children  persisted  in 
feeding  them.  This  idea  is  not  new, 
however,  for every now  and then we see 
all kinds  of  wild and  domestic  animals 
in  shop  windows,  as  puppies,  kittens, 
guinea pigs,  flying squirrels,  white mice, 
rabbits,  chickens,  birds,  reptiles, fishes, 
foxes,  horses,  calves and rare animals.

Advertise  Truthfully.

“We have had not a little experience in 
advertising,”  said the superintendent of 
a large  retail  establishment to  the  Dry 
Goods  Economist,  “and no matter  what 
the style of the medium—newspaper, cir­
cular,  placard or any other  method—we 
are  fully  convinced  that  speaking  the 
truth pays. 
*
“Our house goes even beyond this.  We 
endeavor to impress on our customers the 
fact that  we  tell  the  truth.  For  that 
reason we advertise  these handkerchiefs 
‘all cotton’  as  you  see.  There  is  one 
danger,  however,  connected  with  this 
method.  There  is  always a tendency to 
cant,  and the moment the public suspeets 
you imitating  Uriah Heep,  or  making a 
mountain of  capital out of  a molehill of 
honesty,  that  moment  you  may as  well 
close your store.
“My personal advice to  your merchant 
readers would be,  ‘Speak the truth when 
you must  speak,  bnt  keep  your  mouth 
shut whenever it is possible.’ ”

Can’t Fool the  Old  Man.

Old Man  (at the head  of  stairs at 2:30 
a. m.)—Susie,  what time is it ?
Susie  (with a second  look at Reginald, 
who  loosens  his  grip)—A few  minutes 
past ten, papa.
forget  to  start  the 
clock again when you come to bed.

Old  Man—Don’t 

A Pertinent  Question.

“I would  like  to ask you a question,” 
said a  gentleman  to  a  fellow  who  was 
spreading  himself  over  four  seats  in  a 
crowded railway car.

“What is it?”
“What  brand  of  nerve  food  do  you 

use ?”

Diltnam  Gando  Go.

13,  15  AND  IT  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.

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

E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

M ANUFACTURERS  OF

Pants,  Overalls,  Coats,  Jackets,  Shirts,  Rtß,

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

Tin Toys for the Holidays

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

ASSORTED  PACKAGE  NO.  1 lO,  TIN  TOYS.

The prices on this assortment of staple tin toys  are  lower  this  season  than 
ever before,  and is most carefully selected from the best sellers of the entire holiday 
line.  The net price—only $14—for the assortment allowing a clear profit of seventy- 
five per cent.
TO  THE  RETAILER—This advertisement appears  but  once.  Cut out and 
send  order at once.  Holiday bills due Jan.  1.

“ 
“ 

W holesale. 
...  42—  42
A ssorted T in  A n im a ls__
1  Doz .37
...  42—  42
T ro ttin g  H orses...................
1
1 
“
...  75—  75
2
“
1 
A nim als on W heels.............
38
“
1 
S team boats............................. ...2.00—  67
** 219
134 H orses and  C arts................. ...  70—  70
i 
“
...  80—  80
City  C ars........
242
“
i 
W agons............. ...1.25—  63
137
54  “
...2.25-1.13
138B
...  35—  35
Tin F lu te s .............................
1 
“
...4.00—  67
924B P ictu re W agons...................
1-6  “
...9.00—  75
1-12 ‘ 508-1 T ra in s of Cars C om plete..
...5.50—  46
1-12 • 400-5
...4.25—  71
400-4
1-6  “
3 K itchen  S ets..........................
1-6  “
...3.75—1.25
Toy  K itc h en s......................
4
M  “
...1.75—  30
25
1-6  “
U 
75—  37
8
“ 
...  42—  21
9
Yi  “
Stoves an d   F u rn itu re __ ...  75—  75
170
i 
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Crow n  B an k s........................ .. .   45—  45
i 
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...4.75—  79
500 M echanical  Locom otives.
1-6  “
$14.00

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R etail. 

5—  60
5—  60
10—1.20
10—1.20
25—1.00
10-1.20
10-1.20
20—1.20
25—1.50
5—  60
50—1.00
1.25—1.25
75—  75
60—1.20
50-1.00
50—2.00
25—  50
10—  60
5—  30
10—1.20
5—  60
65—1.30
$24.00

C O

No. 98—Woodenware,  Tinware,  Etc.

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

No. 101—Lamps and Lamp  Goods.

No.  102—Silver  Plated  Ware

H.  Leonard  &  Sons.

N E W  

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

A .   B.  B R O O K S   &   CO.,

WHOLESALE

Confectionery,  Nuts  and  Figs.

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

CODY  BLOCK,  158  EAST  FULTON  ST„ 

- 

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

H E S T E R   S c  F O X ,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

S A W  A ITS C IU S T  urrr.T. M A C H IN E R Y ,
Send  for 
Catalogue 

ATLASENGINEWORKS

and 
Pnces-

INDIANAPOLIS.  IND-,  U.  S
___________ M A N U F A C T U R E R S   OF
¡STEAM EH6IHES&BOILERS.
Carry Engines and  Boilers in Stock 

for  immediate  delivery.

Saws, Belting and  Oils.

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

A nd  Dodge’s  Patent Wood Split Pulley.  Large  stock  kept  on hand.  Send for Samph 

Pulley  and become convinced of their  superiority.

W rite for  Prices. 

44, 46 and 48 So. Division St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

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

MICHIGAN  AGENTS  FOR  THE  BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

THE  M L8H-DK  R00  MILLING  GO.,

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

selling the line.  Correspondence solicited.

HOLLAND,  MICH.

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

Dally  ¡Capacity, 

400  Bbls.
BRANDS:
SUNLIGHT,

DAISY,
PURITY,

M ORNING  STAR, 
D AILY   BREA D , 

1DLEW ILD. 
ECONOMY.

SPECIALTIES:

ER  G raham ,

W heatena, 

B uckw heat F lour, 

Rye F lour. 

B olted  M eal, 
Rye  M eal, 
B uckw heat G rits, 

W heat  G rits,

P earl  Barley,
O at  M eal, 

R olled Oats.

Correspondence  Solicited.

G rand  R apids,  M ich .

The Betas Waps sill Sie® Co.,
R le a su r e8 1AÜ Id/8.

D e liv e r y

B o g g i n g

Road.

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  IN

SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE.

SHAFTING, HANGERS, 
AND PULLEYS A SPECIALTY.
2  to 4 ^  J O H N   S T ..  C I N C I N N A T I .   O.

FIRST-CLHSSIH EVERY RESPECT.
Send  Specifications  for  Estimates  before  Contracting■

T B I   L A N E  &  B O O L E  Y   C O .

A .  H I M E S ,

Shipper an d  R etail D ealer In 

Lehigh ValleuGoalGo.’s  (  

k 

(   )  A  

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I

4  

J L  

SHIPM ENT.

TELEPHONE  92-3R.

TH E  ABOVE  COMPANY’S  COAL 

412  SOUTH  DIVISION  STREET.

Office, 54  Pearl St. Grand Rapids, Mich. 

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

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

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

-Mmmmm
IN   CAR  LOTS J ALWAYS  ON  TRACK  READY  FOR

WM.  R .  K E E L E R   A-  C O .,

W h o lesa le  C o n fe ctio n ers,

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

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

NEW  M0LA8SESI

For quotations in single box lots,  see  Price  Current.  For quotations in larger 
W / - \  

QUEEN  ANNE.  MOTTLED  GERMAN, 
V   TRUE  BLUE, 

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

.   CjT.  I l A   V V r L I J W S ,   LOCK  BOX  173. 

Salesman for  Western Michigan,

quantities,  address,

ROYAL  BAR,  CZAR 

t v   %  T T T r r r t T C i  

GRAND  RAPIDS.

AND  OTHERS.

MASCOTTE, 

SUPERIOR, 

PHOENIX, 

CAMEO,

W e   h a v e   r e c e iv e d   la r g e   s h ip m e n ts   of 
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 ffer 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.

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

IMPORTERS  OF  TEAS.  COFFEES  AND  SPICES.

1  AND  3  PEARL  STREET.

cttOM WATER FREE,

AT  THIS

