The  Michigan  Tradesman.

G R A N D   R A P ID S,  W E D N E S D A Y , D E C E M B E R   25,  1889.

NO. 327.

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S o m e th in g   N e w

Bill Snort

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

Oharleuoix  Cigar  M'fg  Co.,

CHARLEVOIX.  MICH.
Daniel  G.  Garnsey, 

EXPERT  ACCOUNTANT

AND

Adjuster  of  Fire  Losses.

rw enty T ears Experience.  References furnished 
84 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

if  desired.

Importers and Jobbers of

D r y

G oods

STAPLE  and  FANCY.

O v e r a lls,  P a n ts ,  Etc.,

OUR  OWN  MAKE.

A  COMPLETE  LINE  OF

Fancy  GroGkery  and

Fancy Woodenware

" W a r r e n 's

"Elixir

C i g a r

Will be ready Sept.  1.

Price, $55 delivered.

Send orders at once to

BFO. T. KRRREN  I   E0„ Flint, licit.

Cherryman  &  Bowen,
Jndertakers  and  Embalmers

IMMEDIATE ATTENTION GIVEN TO CALLS DAT OB NIGHT.

Telephone  lOOO. 

5 South  Division St. 

• 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Lady assistant  when  desired.

W ..4   I I 1 o h in u n   BUSINESS  UNIVERSITY
n B S i  J u lG n ip f l  a n d  n o r m a l  s c h o o l.
(O riginally Lean’s Business College—Established 8 y’rs.)
A  thoroughly  equipped,  permanently  estab­
lished and pleasantly located College.  The class 
rooms have been  especially  designed in accord­
ance with the latest approved plans.  The faculty 
is composed of the most competent and practical 
teachers.  Students graduating from  this  Insti­
tution MUST be efficient and PRACTICAL.  The 
best of references  furnished  upon  application. 
Our Normal Department is in charge  of  experi­
enced teachers of established reputation.  Satis­
factory  boarding  places  secured  for  all  who 
apply to us.  Do not go  elsewhere  w ithout  first 
personally  interviewing  or  writing  us  for full 
particulars. 
Investigate  and  decide  for  your 
selves.  Students may enter at any time.  Address 
West Michigan Business University and Normal 
School,  19, 21,23, 25 and  27  South  Division  St., 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

J. U. L e a n , 

Principal. 

A. E. Y e r e x ,
Sec’y and Treas.

.earn  Bookkeeping,  Shorthand,  EIb.,

AT  THE

OUR  OWN  IMPORTATION.

Inspection  Solicited.  Chicago  and  De 

troit  prices  guaranteed.

Corner Ottawa and  Pearl  Streets. 

Send  for  Circular.

K.  KNUDSON,

MERCHANT  TAILOR

And  Dealer in

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

20 West Bridge St.. Grand Rapids.

COUGH

DROPS
Cook  X  Bergttiold,
SHOW  GASES

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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

106 Kent St.,  -  Grand Rapids, Mich.

liG  Goffee  Roaster

The Best in the World.

Having on hand a large  stock of No, 

Roasters—capacity  35  lbs.—1  will  sell 
them  at  very  low  prices.  Write  for 
Special Discount.

48-50  Long  St.,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO,

ROBT.  S.  WEST,
Eaton,  Lyon  X  Go,

JOBBERS  OP

And a complete line of

F a n c y  

H o lid a y  
G oods.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

20  &  22  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids.
W in .  Brtimineler
Tinware,  Glassware  and  Notions.

Bags,  Rubbers  and  Metals  bought  at  Market 

JOBBER  OF

76  8PRING  ST., GRAND  RAPIDS,

WE  CAN  UNDERSELL  ANY  ONE  ON  TINWARE.

Prices.

Playing Bards

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lynch,

19  So. Ionia  St.,  Grand Rapids.

IN  AMERICA.

“Ben  HDr.

BETTER  THAN  EVER.

JJ

EXQUISITE  AROMA. 

DELICIOUS  QUALITY
10c  each, three for 25e.

For Sale Everyw here. 

GEO. MOEBS & CO.,
MICH.

92  Woodward Ave.,

- 

- 

DETROIT, 
Allen Durfee.

A. D. L e a v e n w o r t h .

103  Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids.

A lle n   D u rfee  &  Co.,
FUNEREE  DIREGTORS,
EDMUND B.DIKEMÄN
Watch Jflaker 
s Jeweler

THE  GREAT

ST„

44  CANAL
Grand Rapids,

A p p le s ,

P o t a t o e s ,

O n io n s .

FOR  PRICES,  WRITE  TO

BÄRNETT  BROS, Wholesale  Dealers, 
FOURTH N1II0ML Bill

CHICAGO.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  -

A. J.  Bowne, President.

Geo.  C.  Pierce,  Vice President.

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

Transacts a general banking business.

ifske a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

B E A C H ’S

New  York  goffee  Rooms

61  Pearl  Street.

OYSTERS  INALLSTYLES

Steaks,  Chops  and  All  Kinds  of  Order 

Cooking  a  Specialty.

FRANK  M.  BEACH,  Prop.

(Formerly Shriver,  W eatherly & Co.)

CONTRACTORS  FOR

Galuauiied  Iron  Cornice,

Pumps,

Dealers  in

Pipes,  Etc., 
and  Grates.

Mantels

Weatherly  &  Pulte,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

(Successors to Steele <fe G ardner.) 

Fehsenfeld  &  Grammel,
B R O O M S ! .

M anufacturers of

Whisks,  Toy  Brooms, Broom Com, Broom 
Handles, and "all Kinds  of  Broom Materials. 
10 and 12 Plainfield  Ave.,  Grand  Rapids,

Millers, Attention

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  HIGH-

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

AT  CHRISTMAS  TIME.
Now comes the glad day of the  year 
When Christmas bells  ring loud and clear, 
Alas!  what does it mean to me 
On whose hearth grows  no Christinas tree, 
Whose children’s faces seem to be 

And children’s faces shine.

As old and  sad as mine?

We sit aloft, my  babes and I,
And watch the"happy folk go by,
While church bells ring  a fa r;
And I, to while the hours for them,
Tell the old tale of Bethlehem,
And how the-kings of Orient  came,
Led by a single  star.
•
I tell them how its light was shed 
Above the little haloed  head 
And how, by reason of  His birth,
That brought good will and peace on earth, 
At Christmas time with song and mirth 

That in a manger  lav ;

The world keeps holiday.

“Do we keep holiday?  do we?”
The children ask me wistfully,
And hardly  knowing why—
“ At least, we can  be glad,”  I say.
“That somewhere else the  children may,
For His sweet sake keep holiday.
Though ours has passed us by.”

Hardly, indeed, can  I explain
Why such a thought should ease my pain,
Or their loss compensate.
Lovely their little faces are,
Though hunger-wan—as flower or star,
Why should their lives be set so far 

From childhood’s  fair estate?

We watch the lig hts  gleam out.

When dusky shadows creep and twine 
Along this attic wall of mine,
Through misty folds of  lace we see 
The candles on the Christmas tree.
The children dancing merrily 

Its branches round about.

No part or lot have we in these.
The heavi -laden Christmas trees,
The ruddy hearth-fire’s glow :
Our walls arp  blank, our  shelves are hare, 
Scanty and coarse our Christmas fare,
And at the board sits a grim  Care—

The only guest we know.-

Closer the children round me cling,
The wintry shadows deepening.
“Will Christmas be like this?”
Sadly they ask me—“mother dear.
Will Christmas be like this next year?”
I turn  to brush away a tear,
And answer with a kiss.

The whjle such words I say!

“God  knows, my darlings I  God knows best.’ 
But oh, the heartache unconfessed 
Does He know w hat is best indeed, •
And leave us to our bitter  need?
Ah!  cruel riddle, hard to read!
A il!  merry Christmas D ay!Mart Braolet

off.”
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Sartin not;  we’d hab bad luck all our 
days.”
“I guess  ole  man  Pearson  will  keep 
him,  and his w ife’s a po’ful nuss.”
“Pearson orter;  he’s a  Unioner.”
“S’pose we try him;  ’tain’t so very fur 

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On the morning of the 24th  of  Decem­
ber, Mrs.  Anson Marlow sat in the living 
room  of  her cottage,  that stood well out 
in the suburbs of a Northern  town.  Her 
eyes were hollow and full of trouble that 
seemed  almost beyond tears, and the bare 
room,  that had been  stripped  of  almost 
every appliance  and  suggestion of  com­
fort,  but too plainly indicated one of  the 
causes.  Want was stamped  on  her thin 
face,  that  once  had  been  so  full  and 
pretty;  poverty  in  its  bitter  extremity 
was  unmistakably  shown  by the  uncar­
peted floor,  the  meager  fire  and  scanty 
furniture,  lt-was a period of depression; 
work  had  been scarce,  and much of  the 
time she had been too ill and feeble to do 
more than care for her children.  Away 
back in August  her  resources  had been 
running low,  but she  had daily expected 
the long  arrears  of  pay  which her hus­
band  would  receive  as  soon as the exi­
gencies of the campaign permitted. 
In­
stead of these^tmds,  so  greatly  needed, 
came the tidings of a Union  defeat,  with 
her  husband’s  name  down  among  the 
missing.  Beyond that brief  mention,  so 
horrible  in  its vagueness,  she had never 
heard a word from the  one who not only 
sustained her home,  but  also  her  heart. 
Was he languishing inaSouthern'prison, 
or,  mortally  wounded,  had  he  lingered 
out some terrible hours  on that wild bat­
tle field,  a brief description of which bad 
been so dwelt upon  by her morbid fancy 
that  it had become like one of  the scenes 
in Dante’s Inferno?  For a long time, she 
could not and would not believe that such
an  overwhelming  disaster  had  befallen 
her and her  children,  although she knew 
that similar losses had come to thousands 
of others.  Events that the world regards 
as not  only  possible,  but  probable,  are 
often so  terrible  in  their  consequences 
that  we  shrink 
from  even  the  bare 
thought of their occurrence.

A  CHRISTMAS  EVE  IN  WAR  TIMES.
It was the beginning  of a battle.  The 
skirmish line of the Union  advance  was 
sweeping  rapidly  over  a  rough  moun­
tainous  region  in  the South,  and,  in his 
place  on  the  extreme  left  of this line, 
was*|>rivate  Anson  Marlow.  Tall trees 
rising from  underbrush,  rocks, boulders, 
gulches  worn  by  spring  torrents,  were 
the  characteristics  of  the  field,  which 
was  in  wild  contrast  with  the  parade 
grounds  on  which  the  combatants  had 
first  learned  the  tactics  of  war.  The 
majority,  however,  of  those  now in  the 
ranks had  since  been  drilled  too  often 
under like circumstances and  with  lead 
and 
iron-shotted  guns,  not'-to  know 
their duty,  and the lines  of  battle  were 
as regular as the broken country allowed. 
So far as many obstacles permitted, Mar­
low kept  his  proper  distance  from  the 
others on the line  and  fired coolly when 
he caught glimpses of the retreating Con­
federate skirmishers.  They  were  retir­
ing  with  ominous  readiness  toward  a 
wooded height which the enemy occupied 
with a force of unknowu strength.  That 
strength was  soon  manifested in tempo­
rary disaster to the  Union  forces,  which 
were driven back  with heavy loss.
Neither the battle  nor its fortunes are 
the objects of our  present  concern,  but 
ather the fate of private Marlow.  The 
tide of battle  drifted  away  and left the 
soldier desperately wounded, in  a narrow 
ravine,  through  which  babbled  a small 
stream.  Excepting the voices of his wife 
and children,  no music had ever soimded 
so sweetly in his ears.  With great diffi­
culty he crawled to a little  bubbling pool 
formed by a tiny cascade  and  encircling 
stones,  and  partially  slaked his intoler­
able thirst.
He believe«! he wras dying—bleeding to 
death.  The  very  thought  blunted  his 
faculties for a time, and he was conscious 
of little  beyond a dull wonder.  Could  it 
be possible that the tragedy of  his death 
was enacting in  that  peaceful, secluded 
nook?  Could  nature be so indifferent  or 
so unconscious,  if  it  were  true  that he 
was soon to lie there deadf  He saw the 
speckled  trout  lying  motionless  at  the 
bottom  of  the  pool,  the  gray  squirrels 
sporting  in  the  boughs  over  his  head. 
The  sunlight  shimmered  and  glinted 
through  the  leaves,  flecking  with  light 
his prostrate form.  He dipped his hand 
in the  blood  that  had  welled  from  his 
side and  it fell  in rubies from his fingers. 
Could that be  his  blood—his  life-blood, 
and would it soou all ooze away ?  Could 
it be that death was  coming  through  all 
the briglitnessof that summer afternoon?
From a shadowed  tree  farther  up the 
glen,  a wood  thrush  suddenly  began its 
almost  unrivaled  song.  The  familiar 
melody,  heard  so  often from his cottage 
porch in the June twilight, awoke him to 
the bitter truth.  His  wife  had  then  sat 
beside him,  his  little  ones  played here 
and there among the trees and shrubbery. 
They  would hear  the  same  song to-day; 
he  would  never  hear  it  again.  That 
counted  for  little,  but  the  thought  of 
their sitting behind  the vines and listen­
ing  to  their  favorite  bird,  spring after 
spring  and  summer  after  summer,  and 
he ever absent, overwhelmed him.
“O Gertrude,  my wife,  my wife!  O my 
children!”  he groaned.
His  breast  heaved  with a great  sigh; 
the blood welled  afresh from  his wound; 
what  seemed  a  mortal  weakness  crept 
over him.  and he thought he died.

“Say,  Eb, is he done gone?”
“ ’Clar to grashus if  I  know. 
’Pears 
mighty like it.”
These words were spoken  by two stout 
negroes, who had stolen toward the battle 
field as the sounds of  conflict died away.
“I’m  doggoned  if  I  tink  he’s  dead. 
He’s only sw’oonded,”  asserted  the  man 
“ ’Twon’t do to leave 
addressed as Eb. 
him here to die, Zack.”

If Mrs.  Marlow had  been told from the 
first  that  her  husband  was  dead,  the 
shock resulting would not  have  been  so 
injurious as the suspense that robbed her 
of rest for days,  weeks and months.  She 
haunted  the  postoffice,  and if a stranger 
was seen coming up the street toward her 
cottage,  she  watched  feverishly  for  his 
turning in at her gate with the tidings of 
her husband’s safety.  Night after night 
she lay. awake,  hoping,  praying that she 
might hear  his  step  returning on a fur­
lough to which  wounds  or  sickness had 
entitled him.  The natural  and inevitable 
result was illness  and  nervous  prostra­
tion.
Practical neighbors had  told  her  that 
her course was all wrong; that she should 
be resigned  and  even  cheerful  for  her 
children’s sake;  that  she needed to sleep 
well  and  live  well,  in  order  that  she 
might have strength to provide for them 
She  would  make,  pathetic  attempts  to 
follow this sound  and thrifty advice, but 
suddenly,  when at work or  in  her  trou 
bled  sleep,  that  awful  word  “missing’ 
would  pierce  her  heart  like  an arrow 
and she would moan  and at times,  in the 
depths  of  her  anguish,  cry  out.  “Oh 
where is he?  Shall I ever see Mm again?’-
But  the  unrelenting  demands of  life 
are made as surely upon the  breaking  as 
upon the happy heart.  She and the ehil 
dren must have food,  clothing  and  she! 
ter.  Her illness  and  feebleness  at last 
taught her that she must not yield to her 
grief,  except so far as she was  unable  to 
suppress it;  that,  for  the  sake  of  those 
now seemingly dependent upon  her,  she 
must  rally  every  shattered  nerve  and 
every relaxed  muscle.  With a heroism 
far beyond that  of  her  husband and hi 
comrades in the field,  she  sought to fight 
the  wolf  from  the  door,  or  at  least to 
keep him at bay.  Although the struggl 
seemed a hopeless  one,  she patiently di 
her best from day to day,  eking  out  her 
scanty earnings  by  the  sale  or pawn of 
such of  her household goods as she could 
¡She felt that  she  would  do 
best spare. 
anything rather than reveal  her  poverty 
or accept charity. 
Some help was mor 
or  less  kindly  offered,  but beyond such 
aid  as  one  neighbor  may  receive  of 
another she  had  said  gently but firmly 
“Not yet.”
The Marlows were comparative strang 
ers in the  city  where  they  had resided 
Her husband had been  a  teacher  in  one 
of its public schools anti his salary small 
Patriotism had been his motive for enter 
ing the army,  and,  while  it had cost him 
a mighty struggle to leave his family,  he 
felt that he had no more  reason  to  hold 
back than  thousands of  others.  He be 
lieved  that  he  could  still  provide  for 
those dependent upon him, and if he fell 
those  for  whom  he died would not per 
mit  his  widow  and  children  to  suffer 
But the first popular  enthusiasm for the 
war  had  largely died out;  the  city  was 
full of widows and  orphans;,  there  was 
depression  of  spirit  and a very general 
disposition,  on the part of those  who had 
means,  to take  care  of  themselves,  and 
provide for darker  days that mjght be in 
the immediate  future. 
Sensitive,  retir 
ing Mrs.  Marlow was not the one to push 
her claims or reveal her need.  Moreover 
she could  never  give  up  the  hope that 
tidings from her  husband  might,  at any 
time, bring relief and safety.
But the crisis had come  at last,  and on 
this dreary December day she was face to 
face w’ith absolute want.  The wolf, with 
his gaunt eyes,  was  crouched beside her 
cold hearth.  A pittance  owed to her for 
work had not been  paid;  the  little  food 
left in the house  had  furnished the chil 
dren an unsatisfying breakfast.  She had 
eaten  nothing.  On the table beside her 
lay a note from the agent of the estate of 
which her home  was a part,  bidding  her 
call that morning. 
She knew why—the 
rent  was  two  months  in  arrears, 
seemed like death  to  leave  the house in 
which her  husband  had  placed her and 
wherein she had spent her happiest day

It  stood  well  away  from  the  crowded 
town.  The  little yard and garden,  with 
their trees,  vines and shrubbery,  some of 
which her husband had planted, were all 
dear from  association. 
In the rear there 
was  a  grove  and  open  fields,  which, 
though not belonging to the cottage, were 
not forbidden  to  the  children,  and they 
formed a wonderland of delight in spring, 
summer  and  fall.  Must  she  take her 
active,  restless boy  Jamie,  the  image of 
his  father,  into  a  crowded  tenement? 
Must golden-haired Susie, with her dower 
of  beauty,  be  imprisoned  in  one  close 
room,  or  else  be  exposed  to the evil of 
corrupt  association 
just  beyond  the 
threshold ?
Moreover,  her retired home had become 
refuge.  Here  she  could hide her sor- 
ow and poverty.  Here she could touch 
hat he had touched and  sit, during  the 
long winter evenings,  in his favorite cor­
ner by the fire.  Around her,  within  and 
without,  were  the  little  appliances  for 
her comfort which his hands  had  made. 
How could she  leave  all  this  and  live? 
Deep  in  her  heart  also  the  hope would 
linger that he would come again and seek 
her where he had  left her.
“O God!”  she cried, suddenly.  “Thou 
ouldst not,  couldst not,  permit  him  to 
die without one farewell  word,” and she 
uried her face in  her hauds  and  rocked 
back  and  forth,  whilst  hard,  dry  sobs 
hook her slight, famine-pinched form.
The  children  stopped  their  play and 
came and leaned  upon her lap.
“Don’t cry,  mother,”  said Jamie,  a lit­
tle boy of ten;  “I’ll soon be  big  enough 
to work for you,  and  I’ll  get  rich,  and 
ou shall  have the biggest house in town, 
’ll take care of you,  if papa  don’t  come 
back.”  t
Little Sue  knew  not  what to say,  but 
the  impulse  of  her  love  was  her best 
guide.  She threw  her  arms arouud her 
mother’s neck  with  such  an  impetuous 
and child-like  outburst of  affection  that 
the poor woman’s bitter  and  despairing 
thoughts were banished for a time.  The 
deepest chord of her nature, mother love, 
was touched, and for their sakes she rose 
up once more  and  faced  the hard prob­
lems of her life.  Putting on her bonnet 
and  thin  shawl  (she  had  parted  with 
much that she now so sorely needed), she 
went out  into  the  cold December wind. 
The sky  was clouded  like her hopes,  and 
the light, even in  the morning  hours, was 
dim and leaden-hued.
She  first  called  on  Mr.  Jackson,  the 
agent from  whom  she  rented her home, 
and  besought  him  to  give  her  a  little 
more time.
T will beg for work from door to door.” 
she said.  “Surely in this  Christian  city 
there must  be  those  who  will  give me 
work,  and that is all  I ask.”
The  sleek,  comfortable  man,  in  his 
well-appointed office, was touched slight- 
and  said  in  a  voice  that  was not as 
gruff as he at first had intended  it should 
be:
Well, I will wait a w§ek'or two longer. 
If  then  you  cannot  pay  something  on 
what is already due, my duty  to  my em­
ployers will compel me to take the  usual 
course.  You have told me all along that 
our husband would surely return,  and I 
have hated  to  say  a  word to discourage 
you;  but I fear you  will  have  to  bring 
yourself to face the truth and act accord­
ingly,  as  so  many  others have done.  I 
know  it’s  very  hard  for  you,  but I am 
held  responsible  by my employer,  and at 
my intercession he  has  been  lenient,  as 
you must admit.  You could get  a  room 
or two in  town  for  half  what you must 
pay where you are.  Good  morning.”
She  w’ent  out  again  into  the  street, 
which the shrouded sky made  somber  in 
spite of  preparations  seen on every side 
for the chief festival of  the  year.  The 
fear was  growing  strong  that like Him, 
in whose memory the day  was  honored, 
she and  her  little  ones  might  soon not 
know  where to lay their heads.  She suc­
ceeded in getting the small sum  owed  to 
her and  payment  also  for  some sewing 
just finished.  More work she  could  not 
readily obtain,  for  every  one  was  busy 
and  preoccupied  by  the  coming day of 
gladness.
“Call  again,”  some  said,  kindly  or 
carelessly,  according  to  their  nature. 
“After the holidays  are over we will try 
to have or make some work  for you.”
“But 1 need—I  must have work now,” 
she ventured  to  say,  whenever  she had 
the chance.
In response to this appeal,  there  were 
a few offers of charity, small indeed,  but 
in­
from which she drew  back  with  an 
stinct so strong that it could not be over 
come.  On every side she heard the same 
story.  The  times  were  very  hard;  re 
quests for work and aid  had been so fre 
quent  that  purses  and  patience  were 
exhausted.  Moreover,  people had spent 
their  Christmas  money  ou  their  own 
households and friends, and were already 
beginning to feel poor.
At last,  she obtained a little work,  and 
having  made  a  few  purchases  of  that 
which was absolutely essential,  she  wa 
about to drag her weary  feet  homeward 
when  the  thought  occurred  to her that 
the children would want to hang up their 
stockings at  night,  and  she murmured 
“It may be the last chance  I  shall  ever 
have to put a Christmas gift in them.  Oh 
that I were  stronger!  Oh,  that  I  could 
take my sorrow  more  as  ethers seem to 
take theirs!  But I cannot;  I cannot.  My 
burden  seems  greater  than  I  can bear. 
The  cold  of  this  awful  day is  chilling 
my  very  heart,  and  my  grief,  as  hope 
dies,  is crushing  my soul.  Oh,  he must 
be dead,  he must be  dead!  That is what 
they all think.  God help my little ones ! 
Oh,  what will become  of  them if 1 sink, 
as I fear I shall!  If it were not for them, 
I feel as if I would  fall  and  die here in 
the street.  Well,  be  our  fate  what it 
may, they shall owe to me one more gleam 
of happiness,”  and  she went into a con­
fectioner’s shop and bought  a  few  orna­
mented cakes.  These were the only gifts 
she could afford*  and they must be in the 
form of food.
Before she reached home, the snow was 
whirling in the  frosty  air, and the shad­

ows of  the  brief  winter  day deepening 
fast.  With  a  smile  far  more  pathetic 
than tears, she greeted the children,  who 
were cold,  hungry,  and frightened at her 
long  absence;  and  they,  children-like, 
saw only the smile,  and not  the  grief  it 
masked.  They saw also the basket which 
she placed on  the  table,  and were quick 
to note that it seemed a little fuller  than 
of  late.
“Jamie,”  she said,  “run  to  the  store 
down the street for some  coal and kindl­
ings that I bought,  and then we will have 
a nice  fire  and  a  nice supper,”  and the 
boy,  at  such  a prospect,  darted  off  to 
obey.
She was  glad  to  have  him gone,  that 
she might hide her  weakness.  She sank 
into a chair,  so white and faint that even 
little Susie left off peering into  the  bas­
ket and came to her with a troubled face.
“It’s nothing, dearie,”  the  poor  crear- 
ture said.  “Mamma’s only a little tired. 
See,”  she  added,  tottering to the table, 
“I  have  brought  you  a  great  piece  of 
gingerbread.”
The hungry child grasped it,  and  was 
oblivious and happy.
By the  time  Jamie  returned  with  his 
first  basket  of  kindling  and  coal,  the 
mother  had  so  far  rallied from  her ex­
haustion as to meet  him  smilingly again 
and help  him replenish the dying fire.
“Now  you  shall  rest  and  have  your 
gingerbread  before going for your secoud 
load,”  she  said,  cheerily,  and  the  boy 
took  what  was  ambrosia  to  him  and 
danced around the room in  joyous  reac­
tion  from’ the  depression  of  the  long, 
weary  day,  during  which,  lonely  and 
hungry, he had wondered why his mother 
did not return.
“So little could make them happy, and 
yet  I  cannot  seem  to  obtain  even that 
little,"’  she  sighed.  “I  fear—indeed,  I 
fear—I  cannot  be  with  them  another 
Christmas;  therefore,  they shall  remem­
ber that I  tried to make them happy once 
more,  and the  recollection  may  survive 
the long,  sad  days  before  them,  and be­
come a part of my memory.”
The room  was  growing  dark  and she 
lighted  the  lamp. "  Then  she  cowered 
shiveringly over the reviving fire, feeling 
as if she could never be warm again.
The street lamps were lighted early on 
that clouded,  stormy  evening,  and  they 
were a signal  to  Mr.  Jackson,  the agent, 
to leave it is office.  He remembered  that 
he had ordered an  extra  fine five o’clock 
dinner and now found himself in a mood 
to  enjoy  it.  He  hail  scarcely  left his 
door before a man,  coming up  the  street 
with great strides and head bent down to 
the  snow-laden  blast,  brushed  roughly 
against  him.  The  stranger’s  cap  was 
drawn over his eyes and the raised collar 
of  his  blue  army  overcoat  nearly  con­
cealed  his  face.  The  man  hurriedly 
begged  pardon  and  was  hastening  on 
when Mr.  Jackson’s exclamation  of  sur­
prise caused him to stop and look  at  the 
person he had jostled.
“Why,  Mr. Marlow,”  the  agent began, 
‘I’m glad  to  see  you. 
It’s a pleasure I 
feared I should  never have again.”
“My  wife,”  the  man  almost  gasped, 
•she’s still in the house I rented of you?” 
“Oh,  certainly,”  was the  hasty  reply. 
‘It’ll  be all right now.”
“What do you  mean?  Has  it not been 
ill right?”
“Well,  you  see,”  said  Mr.  Jackson, 
apologetically,  “we  ligve been  very leni­
ent  toward  your  wife,  but the rent has 
not  been  paid  for  over  two  months, 
and—”
And you were  about  to turn her and 
her children out of  doors in midwinter,” 
broke in  the soldier, wrathfully.  “That 
is the way  you  sleek, comfortable,  stay- 
at-home  people  care  for  those  fighting 
your battles.  After you concluded that 
I was dead and  that  the  rent might not 
be forthcoming,  you  decided  to put my 
wife  into  the  street.  Open  your office, 
sir,  and you shall have your rent.”
“Now,  Mr. Marlow,  there’s  no  use of 
opening on me in this  way.  You know 
that I am  but an agent,  and—”
“Tell your rich employer,  then,  what 
I have said,  and ask him what  he  would 
be worth to-day were  there not men like 
myself,  who  are  willing  to  risk  every­
thing  and  suffer  everything 
the 
Union.  But I’ve no time to bandy words. 
Have you seen my wife lately?”
“Yes,”  was the hesitating  reply;  “she 
was here to-day,  and I—”
“How is she?  What  did  you  say  to 
her?”
“Well,  she doesn’t look very strong.  I 
felt  sorry  for  her  and  gave  her  more 
.time,  taking the responsibility myself—” 
“How much  time?”
“I  said  two  weeks,  but  no  doubt  I 
could have got the time extended,”
“I have my doubts.  Will you and your 
employer please accept my humble grati­
tude that you have had the grace  not  to 
turn her out of doors  duriug  the holiday 
season. 
It might  have  caused  remark, 
but that consideration  and  some  others 
that I might name  are not to be weighed 
against a few dollars and cents. 
I shall 
now remove the strain upon your patriot­
ism at once and will not only pay arrears 
but two months in advance.”
“Oh,  there’s no  need  of  that to-day.” 
“Yes,  there is.  My  wife shall feel to­
night that she has a home.  She evidently 
has  not  received  the  letter  I  wrote as 
soon as I reached our lines,  or you would 
not have been  talking  to  her about two 
weeks more of  shelter.”
The agent re-opened  his office and saw 
a roll  of  bills  extracted  from Marlow’s 
pocket that left no doubt of  the soldier’s 
ability to  provide  for  his  family.  He 
gave his receipt in  silence,  feeling  that 
words would not mend matters,  and then 
trudged  off  to  his  extra  dinner with a 
flagging appetite.
As Marlow strode away,  he  came  to  a 
sudden resolution—he would  look on his 
wife and children before they  saw  him; 
he would feast his eyes while  they  were 
unconscious of the love that was beaming 
upon  them.  The  darkness  and  storm 
favored his project,  and  in brief time he 
saw the light in his window.  Unlatching 

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Baraga—William  Coach  has  a  choice 
tract of  pine.on  the  Otter  River,  from 
which he will this  year  put  in  6,000,000 
feet,  that  will  average  two  and  a half 
logs to the thousand.

Cadillac—The  Cadillac  Sash  &  Door 
Manufacturing  Co.  is getting out a large 
order of screen doors and  window frames 
for a Goshen,  Indiana,  firm.

East Saginaw—The  Michigan  Saw Co. 
will add a new factory,  to be located one 
block  from  the  present  quarters,  in  a 
thoroughly modern building.

East  Saginaw — Brown  &  Ryan  will 
run their sawmill  all  winter.  They are 
picking up small tracts  of  timber,  hav­
ing recently bought one piece in Gladwin 
county of  N.  J.  Warner for  $2,800  and 
another of John G.  Owen for $3,600.

Detroit—Articles of  association  of  the 
Francis  Manufacturing  Co.  have  been 
filed with the county clerk.  The  capital 
stock is $15,000, divided  into  300 shares. 
The  stockholders  are  Geo.  A.  Clark,  of 
Jackson,  and  Edgar  J.  Crandall  and 
Albert B.  Francis, of  Detroit.

Alba—The  Alba  Lumber Co.  recently 
gave C.  J.  DeRoo  a  trust  mortgage  for 
$22,500  in  favor of  Holland  creditors 
most  of  them  stockholders  in  the  cor­
poration.  *  Unsecured  creditors  have 
placed attachments on the property, how 
ever,  on the(ground that such a mortgage 
is invalid,  basing their hopes on  a recent 
decision of  the Supreme Court.

Manistee  —  The  Haifcon-Michelsou 
Lumber  Co.  has  been  organized  to  do 
business in this State,  with headquarters 
at  Otsego  lake.  This is an  offshoot  of 
Sailing,  Hanson & Co., of  Grayling,  and 
the  new  company has  bought  the  mill 
and lumber  at that point,  with some ad 
jacent pine lands,  and about 10,000 acres 
of  excellent hardwoods in the immediate 
vicinity.

Cadillac—Chittenden  &  Herrick’s 

cent  purchase  of  the  Grand  Rapids  & 
Indiana  Railroad is in the southern part 
of  Wexford  county,  and  will  be  manu 
factured  there.  The 
lumber  will  be 
transported  to  Olga,  where  they  will 
establish a  yard  aud  ship  out  over  the 
Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Railroad.  A 
small  mill  near  the  pine,  operated  by 
James  Brown,  will  saw  for  them  this 
winter  at  the  rate of  10,000  feet a day. 
In the spring arrangements will be made 
to increase  the  mill  tally to 25,000 feet. 
The mill and  yard will  probably be con­
nected by a tram  road,  or  an  extension 
of  the Grand Rapids & Indiana.

St. Ignace—In  August,  1887,  fire  got 
into 4,000,000  feet  of  skidded  logs  and 
standing  timber 
in  Chippewa  county, 
owned by the Pine River  Lumber Co., of 
Saginaw,  caused,  it was  alleged,  by fire 
running  from  the  right  of  way  of  the 
Minneapolis,  St.  Paul & Sault  Ste.  Mary 
Railroad.  The  lumber  company  began 
action against the railroad people,  claim­
ing  damages  amounting  to  $66,000,  by 
reason of  alleged  negligence on the part 
of  the railroad  company.  The  case has 
been on trial  in the  Circuit  Court  here, 
and  the  jury  brought  in  a  verdict  for 
plaintiff  for $38,188.50.  In  his  instruc­
tions to the  jury,  the  judge  stated  that 
in computing damages  the  standing tim­
ber should not be included,  and  another 
suit for damages for standing  timber  al­
leged  to  have  been 
injured  will  be 
brought,  unless  the  case is in the mean 
time settled.

P.  of  I.  Gossip.

I.  Terwilliger  has  opened 

P.  of  I.

store at Trufant.

A  Reno  correspondent  writes:  “The 
P.  I.’s  have  organized a lodge  here aud 
hold their meetings in the  school  house, 
much to the disgust of  the  teacher.”

J. E.  Bennett,  who  recently  removed 
his general stock from Ferris to this city, 
was  offered  15  per  cent,  profit  by  the 
P.’s  of  I.,  if  he  would  contract  with 
them,  but promptly declined the offer.

C. M. Philabaum, the Muskegon grocer, 
writes T h e T ra d esm a n  that  he is not a 
contract dealer—that he  has  not  signed 
with the P.’s of  I.  or agreed to sign with 
them.  His  name is accordingly stricken 
from the list.

A Crystal  correspondent writes:  “The 
P.’s  of  I.  around  this  place  are  hot. 
They have  not  secured any store at this 
place  yet,  so they have  passed a resolu­
tion  not  to  buy a  cent’s  worth  in  our 
little town for the next sixty days.”

A Remus correspondent writes:  “You 
will have to change the name  of  the Re­
Instead of Geo. Blank, 
mus P.  I.  dealer. 
it is C.  Y.  Plane. 
I suppose Remus will 
now flow with milk and honey,  as  it  has 
in the past with cheek and money.” 

Mancelona  Herald:  “The  Patrons  of 
Industry have  boycotted  the  Reed  City 
Clarion because  that  paper  published a 
rough woodcut of alleged signs and grips 
of  the order.  “Ren”  says the lunkheads 
don’t  know  enough to take a  joke,  and, 
now that they have established  the  boy­
cott, that  potatoes,  pumpkins  and  cord- 
wood  ‘won’t go’  on subscription.”

Peter  Nink  joined  the  P.’s of  I.  at 
North Dorr a few nights ago,  and,  during 
initiation,  was  compelled  to  submit  to 
the  indignity of  permitting  a  half  hun­
dred  men  to  indulge 
in  an  animated 
game of “leap frog.”  The young man’s 
back was so seriously lamed  in  the oper­
ation that his father  has  taken  steps  to 
institute  suits  for  damages  against the 
men who are responsible for the injuries 
The  Herrington  correspondent of  the 
Coopersville  Observer writes:  “The P.  I 
lodge  numbers  nearly  150  inembers 
Some  are  already getting  tired  and are 
absenting  themselves  from  the  regular 
meetings.  *  *  *  The  P.  I.’s  hold  : 
county lodge  at  their  hall  here  to-day 
They exect to have some  big  guns to fly 
the kite of  fancy into  the  realms of  low 
prices.  That is,  they are to learn how to 
buy cheaply and to  sell for  high  prices. 
Selah.”
In  the  course  of  a  review  of  the 
Patrons of  Industry,  compiled from T he 
T r a d e sm a n’s  history,  the  Kalamazoo 
Telegraph remarks :  “Now,  according  to 
the  membership of  80,000,  said  to exi 
chiefly in  the  eastern  p^rt of  the State 
the  annual  dues  will  amount  to  over 
$45,000 a  year.  Then each  lodge organ 
ized  sends $3 to headquarters  for a char 
ter  and  each  member  initiated  into  ; 
lodge  has  to  put  up  $1  more.  Then 
something  like  $40,000  is  derived from 
the  charter  members,  and  the  grand 
officers furnish the stationery and b lank 
for  each  lodge,  which  must  net a neat 
little  sum.  What  becomes  of  all  this 
money,  the trusting  Patrons in the order 
cannot  ascertain,  even  though  with dil 
igence  they peruse  the  Patron's Guide 
which  is  sent  out  for  their edification 
The  farmers  are  playing a losing  game 
in  joining this order, and the sooner they 
learn  to  give  it  the  cold  shoulder  the 
better for them.”

Ithaca—J.  A. Laughlin &  Co., grocers, 

have been closed on chattel mortgage.

Detroit—Mansfield  Shelley has  retired 
from  the  firm  of  W.  H.  Mitchell &  Co., 
wholesale  milliners.  The  remaining 
partners continue the business under the 
same style as before.

Rockford—No adjustment has yet been 
made of  the  Goodson  loss,  and  it is re­
ported that the Germania  Insurance Co., 
who issued the policy  on  the  risk,  will 
contest payment on the ground of  fraud.
Holland—B. Van Raalte has  uttered  a 
chattel  mortgage for $6,000 on  his  agri­
cultural implement stock and a mortgage 
for an equal amount  on  his  real  estate 
understood  that  his  liabilities  ex­

ceed $20,000.

Sears—C.  Y.  Priest’s  general  stock 
as taken possession  of  last week  on  a 
chattel  mortgage  owned  by  Stanton, 
Sampson & Co., of  Detroit.  Too  many 
I.’s  on  the  ledger  of  the  establish 
ment,  and too little  inclination  to  liqui 
date,  are assigned  as  the  causes  of  the 
failure.

Howell  —  L.  W.  Hovey  closed  hi 
bakery  the  other  day  and  the  placard 
ead  “closed to take inventory.”  When 
the doors  were opened it was found that 
Mr.  Hovey had  one  more  child to feed 
but as  it  weighs  only nine  pounds  the 
tock of  bread  will not suffer  in  eonse 
quence.

Otsego—Dwight  Truesdale  and  Joe 
Duhammer  haye  purchased  the  black­
smith shop building of Charles Otto, now 
occupied  by Levi  Longyear,  and  in  the 
pring will repair it and  put it in proper 
hape  for  a  grocery  store.  At  present 
they will  open a store  in  the  basement 
ooms in the Hotel Revere.

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

Flint — W.  AY.  Crapo  succeeds  Zack 

Chase in the lumber business.

Owosso—J. E.  Pray will  engage in the 

manufacture of  chewing gum.

Ovid—Mead & Bennett succeed Ander 

son and Mead in the lumber business.

Hermansville—The  Wisconsin Land & 
Lumber  Co.  has  assigned  to  Henry A 
Jewell.
Clinton—C. S. Burroughs  contemplates 
the removal of  his chewing  gum  factory 
to Toledo.

Gobleville—The  Safety  Kettle  Cover 
Co.  has moved  to  larger  quarters in the 
Comstock block.

West Branch—Birdsell  Bros,  are  sue 
ceeded by Cline,  Bell & Co.  in the plan 
ing mill  business.

Nestoria—A.  Heath has  contracted for 
,000,000  feet of  pine  to  come in by rail 
during March and April.

Belding—D.  A.  Moreland  is  making 
preparations  to move his stock of  tobac­
cos and  cigar  manufacturing  apparatus 
back to Owosso.

Big Rapids—The Big Rapids Furniture 
and  Manufacturing  Co.  has  purchased 
the stock of the Palace furniture store of 
McNaughton & Martz.

Menominee—The  Detroit  Lumber Co. 
has built  more  dockage  this  year  than 
any concern on the shore.  The  total is 
over 1,000 feet in deep water.

Bay City—The  Michigan  Pipe Co. has 
purchased  2,000,000  feet  of  logs  from
C. Yawkey,  of  Au  Sable,  but  the  con­
sideration has not been reported.

Bay  City—George  N.  Hauptman  and
D. Wright  &  Co.  are  reported  to  have 
recently sold  12,000,000  feet  of  pine  in 
Ogemaw  county  to  . Eddy  Bros.,  for 
$45,000.

South  Manistique—Hall & Buell  have 
their  camps  in,  and  expect  to  bank
15.000. 000 feet of pine this winter, which, 
with what they buy,  will keep them busy 
all of next season.

The M ichigan Tradesm an

AMONG THE  TRADE.

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

T.  H.  Redmond succeeds M.  Goldsmith 

in the cigar and tobacco business.

J.  H.  Goss  succeeds J.  O.  Sabin  in the 
grocery  business  on  South  Division 
street.

Gwin  &  Co.  have  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Belton.  The  stock  was  pur­
chased here.

J.  E.  Bennett  has removed his general 
stock from Ferris to this city,  locating at 
694 Madison avenue.

Geo. H.  Reeder  &  Co.  have  removed 
their office from the rear to the front end 
of their store on Pearl street.

Truesdell & Derhammer  have  engaged 
in the grocery business at  Otsego.  The 
stock was purchased in this market.

J.  W.  XJraham,  meat  dealer  at  Hub- 
bardston,  has  added a line of  groceries. 
The Olney & Judson Grocer Co.  furnished
the stock.  ________________

W. E. & J.  W.  Yeager  have  opened  a 
confectionery and  fruit  store  at  Lima, 
Ind.  The  Putnam  Candy Co.  furnished 
the stock.

The Hazeltine &  Perkins Drug Co. has 
secured  judgment  against Brown &  Co., 
at  Galesburg,  and  proposes  to  levy  on 
the firm’s drug stock.

Hooper & Bitgood  have  opened a meat 
market  at  476  South  Division  street. 
They call  it  the  “Martin”  meat  market, 
in honor  of  the  town  from which  they 
came.

I.  M. Clark & Son  are making material 
changes in  the  internal  arrangement  in 
their  wholesale  grocery  establishment, 
converting  both  offices  into  a  sample 
room and removing the  book-keeper  and 
cashier  to  new quarters  in  the  rear  of 
the present sample room.

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

Hanover—E.  L.  Heath  succeeds D. W. 

Peabody in general  trade.

Ashley—N.  O.  Mills succeeds  Tripp & 

Mills in the grocery business.

Milan—J.  H.  Brownell  has  assigned 

his crockery and notion stock.

Cross Village—A.  C. Merrill has moved 

his drug stock to Harbor Springs.

Hudson—F.  S.  Richards  is  succeeded 

in the drug business by G.  W. Cutler.

Flint—H. N.  Gay & Co.  succeed  H.  H 
Gay & Co. in the  boot and shoe business 
W a y l a n d — Pallett &  Tishhouse succeed 
Yeakey & Wharton  in the meat business 
Armada—F.  B.  Duset &  & Co.  spcceed 
C.  C.  Carter & Co. in  the  hardware  bus­
iness.

Reed  City—Mrs.  W.  I. Woodruff  sue 
ceeds Woodruff & Sams  in  the drug bus 
iness.

J a c k s o n  — John  F.  Galster  succeeds 
Galster & Ryback  in  the  tailoring  bus 
iness.

Charlotte—C.  P.  Lock  succeeds  Han 
cock  &  Meygrants  in  the  harness  bu 
iness.

Gobleville—P.  B.  Brown  will embark 
in the  fruit  and  confectionery busines 
at South Haven.

Owosso—John  Earl  succeeds  E.  M 
(Mrs.  J.  H.) Deal in  the  restaurant  and 
bakery business.

Kalkaska  —  Kellogg  &  Co.  succeed 
Chas.  E.  Ramsey in the grocery,  crockery 
and meat business.

Pinconning—M.  McCormick’s  clothing 
and boot and shoe stock has  been  closed 
on chattel  mortgage.

Spring Lake—Ober Slaughter  has sold 
his  meat  market  and  will resume farm 
life, near Eastmanville.

Chesaning—J.  Perrotta  sold  his  dry 
goods and  grocery stock, but it was sub 
sequently attached by creditors.

Imlay City—Lamb, Messer & Co., bank­
ers  and  dealers in general merchandise 
are succeeded by Lamb & Messer.

Owosso—H.  M.  Post  has  moved  hi 
tinshop 
into  his  new  two-story  brick 
block,  three  doors  east  of  his  former 
location.

Fremont—John  Johnson  has  sold 
half  interest in his meat market to A. 
Pearson.  The new firm  will  be  know 
as  Johnson & Pearson.

Conklin—O.  F.  Conklin  &  Co.  hav 

sold  their  store  and  general  stock 
John  H.  Hoogstraat,  late  of  Ravenna 
who will continue the business.

Hastings—Fred H.  Barlow  is  erecting 

a corrugated  iron building,  40x60 feet 
dimensions,  which  will be used by Ack- 
erson & Hayes in their  egg business.

Muskegon—Albert Holt has  purchased 
the  grocery  store  of  F.  H.. Johnson,  in 
the Ruddiman block,  and also  the  inter­
est of Mr.  Becker in the Brown & Becker 
grocery store.

Grant—E.  J.  Mason took  first prize  on 
jellies and preserves  at  the  annual  con­
vention of the Cider and  Fruit Evaporat­
ors’  Association, which was held  at  Chi­
cago last week.

Wayland—B.  Burlington,  now engaged 
in the meat business at Bradley, has pur­
chased a lot here and  will  engage in the 
meat business as soon as a suitable build­
ing can be erected.

or  mercantile  business, or any union  of 
the two.”  The Court holds  that the at­
tempt to incorporate a new business into 
the  act  of  1875,  by the  amendment  of 
1881,  falls plainly within the  prohibition 
of  the  constitution,  the  amendment  be­
ing,  in effect,  an  independent  statute,  as 
it provides for the  incorporation of  com­
panies not mentioned or  provided for  by 
ihe act of 1875.

This  decision  materially  affects  all 
mercantile  corporations organized under 
the  act  of  1875,  as  amended,  .and  will 
necessitate the re-organization of  several 
companies in different parts of the State.

Make  Your  Peace  with  Owen.

All  members  of  the  Knights  of  the 
Grip who intend going  to Lansing on the 
th should secure  their  tickets of me by 
Thursday noon,  in  order  to  get  the re­
leave  the 
duced  rate.  The  train  will 
nion  depot  6:50  Friday  morning. 
I 
ill be at Sweet’s Hotel every afternoon.
G e o .  F .  O w e n ,
181 Jefferson Ave.

Kansas  Salt.

The salt industry in  Southern  Kansas 
assuming great  proportions.  A dozen 
reat  salt  plants  are  already  in opera­
tion and in a few years all the  salt  used 
for ordinary purposes west of the Missis­
sippi  River  will  probably  be  supplied 
from Kansas.

Portraits for the  Holidays.

Send  a  good  cabinet  photograph  to 
Hamilton’s  Art  Gallery, 79 Canal street, 
and get a first-class,  life-size' crayon por- 
ait  for  $10.  Correspondence solicited.

SHOW  GASES!

6 - f t  e a s e  lik e  a b o v e

6 -ft  case,  square, w ith  metal ßorners,  same  price.

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

p Y M flN l  G0MPÄNY,

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisem ents w ill be inserted  under  th is  head for 
|  ro  cents  a   word  th e  first  Insertion  and  one cent a  
word  fo r  each  subsequent  Insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent tak en  fo r less th an  25 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

______

¡H)R  SALE — DRUG  STORE  CHEAP  FOR  CASHt
_;  good  location.  Address  T.  H.  R athbone,  care
M erton House, G rand Rapids. 

OR SALE—CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS,  GRO- 
ceries.  boots  and  shoes,  hardw are  and  drugs, 
situ ated  In good  tra d in g   p oint;  will  inventory about 
$3.060;  sales for  p ast  th ree  years,  ( 12,000;  reason for 
selling, ow ner has  o th er  business.  Address  No.  569, 
care M ichigan Tradesm an,______________________ 559
OR  SALE—75-BBL.  FULL  ROLLER  MILL—BOTH 
H   w ater and steam  power, n e a r tw o  good  railroads; 
good tow n and doing good business;  good  reasons fo r 
selling.  Address Thom as Hoyland, Howell, Mich.

55«

55«

__________551

TTTTLL SELL  OR  TRADE  PROPERTY  IN TRAVERSE 
VV  City, Mich., b rin g in g  $10 m onthly  ren t,  fo r  gen­
e ral stock  o r  special  line  of  m erchandise.  Address 
551, care Tradesm an. 
YTTANTED—I  WANT  TO  CONSOLIDATE  STOCKS 
\  V  w ith a  m an who h as a  good trad e;  I have a  stock 
of clothing  w orth  $6,000  and  th oroughly  understand 
the business.  Address, No. 555, care  M ichigan  Trades­
m an. 
TT7" ANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  HOUSE  AND  LOT  IN 
W  
th riv in g  city  of  B attle  Creek  fo r  stock  of  dry 
goods, notions,  boots  and  shoes  o r  groceries.  H.  E. 
M erritt & Co., 666 W ealthy Ave., Grand Rapids. 
PER  CENT.  PER  ANNUM—OWNER  OF  RETAIL 
OU grocery wishes to engage in  exclusive  w holesale 
business  and  desires  to   seU;  now  carry in g   $15.060 
stock;  trad e very good;  profits  as above;  re n t reason­
able.  Address,  The W est Coast Trade. T acom a, W ash.

555

551

51«

HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  W ILL  EX- 
■   change fo r stock of goods, G rand Rapids  city  prop 
erty , o r will sell on easy paym ents;  these  farm s  have 
the b est of soil, a re  under  good  sta te   of  cultivation, 
and located betw een th e  cities  of  G rand  Rapids  and 
Muskegon.  O. F. Conklin. G rand R apids, Mich._______
_   ___  
ON  VERY
WÊ 
favorable term s, th e  F.  H. Escott dru g  stock, a t 75 
Canal street, Grand Rapids,  H azeltine & P erkins Drug 
Co.  Price, $1.000. 

_____________________  

531

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city  of Muskegon a t 75 cents on th e dollar; reasons 

o th er business.  C. L. B rundage, Muskegon, Mich.

F o r  s a l e —a   g o o d   g r o c e r y   b u s in e s s  h a v in g

th e  cream  o f th e  tra d e ;  best  location  in   th e  city ; 
stock clean and well assorted; th is is a  rare  chance for 
an y  one to g et a  good  p ay in g   business;  poor  h e a lth  
th e  only reason.  Address  S. Stern,  Kalam azoo,  Mich
518

620

MISCELLANEOUS.

FOR SALE—MACHINERY—COMPLETE OUTFIT  FOR 
sawm ill and  hoop  fa c to ry ;  second-hand  engines 
and steam  pum ps; larg e stock of new and second-hand 
wood  w orking  m achinery;  w rite  fo r  prices.  F.  B 
W iggins & Co., M achinery  Depot, E ast Saginaw , Mich
557

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■ ■ ■  
TO
handle  th e  New  P a ten t  Chemical  In k   E rasing 
Pencil.  G reatest  novelty  ever  produced.  Erases ink 
in  tw o seconds, no abrasion o f p aper. 
200  to  500  p er 
cent, profit.  One ag en t's sales am ounted to $620 in  six 
days—am  th e r $32 in two hours.  T errito ry   absolutely 
free.  Salary  to   good  m en.  No  ladies  need  answer. 
Sam ple 35 cents.  F or term s  and  full  p articu lars,  ad­
dress,  The  Monroe  E raser  Co.,  M anufacturers,  La 
Crosse,  Wis. 

515

its place the T radesm an Credit  Coupon.  Send  $1  for 

annoying  Pass  Book  System   and  adopting  in 
sam ple order, which will be sent  prepaid.  E. A. Stowe 
& Bro., G rand Rapids._______________________________

Be g in   t h e   n e w   y e a r   b y   d is c a r d in g   t h e  
WANTED—SEND  A  POSTAL  TO THE SUTLIFF Cou­

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

137

Begin the  New  Year  R ig h t!
By using the “Complete  Business Register,” 
the best arranged  book  for  keeping a record of 
Daily, Weekly and Monthly Sales, Expenditures, 
etc.  Call at “The Tradesman” office and inspect 
the books.
E.  A.  STOWE  &  BBO.,  Grand  Rapids.

63  AND  65  CANAL  STREET,

Grand.  Rapids, 

-  

-  Mich.

GEO.  H. REEDER,

State  Agent

and Jobber of

g g  Lycoming  Rubbers
Ö  et-
<$j  g-
Meàinm Price Sboes.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

M9QI *O*  ^ 

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• 
9

L IO N
COFFEE

M e r c h a n t s ,

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

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

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

Every  Wide - Awake  Merchant

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE  KING  OP  G0FFEE8.

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

It is fast  supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees. 

Packed 
only in one pound packages.  '  Put  up  in  100-lb  cases,  also  in cabinets of 
120  one-pound  packages. 
For  sale  by  the  wholesale  trade  everywhere. 
Shipping depots in all first-class cities in the United States.

W oolson  Spice  Co.,

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

L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

F. ñ, Wiírzbilrg  &  Co„

Exclusive  Jobbers of

DRY  GOODS, HOSIERY,

NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR

19  &  21  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

If you bave any  of  tbe  above  good« to 
«Up, or anything in  the Produce  line, let 
ns hear  from yon.  Liberal cash advances 
made  when desired.

E A B L   B E O S . ,

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  Fir st National  Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Raplda.

IF  YOU  WANT

The B e st

ACCEPT  NONE  BUT

Sauerkraut*

Order  this  brand  from 

your wholesale grocer

THE  DETROIT  NEWS  COMPANY,

WHOLESALE

BOOKS, 

STATIONERY,  FANCY  GOODS, 

PERIODICALS.

The largest and m ost com plete line of  above  goods In 
th e  State, a t reasonable  prices.  Dealers a re invited to 
caU.  Send fo r o u r circulars an d  price lists.
Corner Lamed  and  Wayne  Sts.,  Detroit.

OUR  HOLIDAY  LINE  IS  NOW  COMPLETE. 

E.  W.  HALL  PLATING  WORKS,

ALL  KINDS  OF

Brass!!and  Iron Polishing

Nickle and Silver Plating
and Front Sts., Orand Rapide

Buying  Goods  at  '‘Wholesale.”

From  th e  A m erican A griculturist.
About  these  days  look  out  for  glib 
tongued,  plausible  fellow’s,  who go from 
house  to  house  in  farming  and  village 
communities,  soliciting  orders  for  gro 
ceries.  They  elaim to represent  one  or 
another  house in New  York, Chicago or 
elsewhere,  which  is “retailing at whole 
sale  prices.”  Large  numbers of  orders 
are taken,  and when the goods arrive and 
are  paid  for,  they are  found  to be defi­
cient  in  quantity  and*very  inferior  in 
quality.  One  of  these  “agents”  has 
been  operating  in  some of  the  Hudson 
River counties.  No  such  firm is known 
in New York as the one  he  pretended to 
represent. 
In fact,  reputable wholesale 
dealers  are  not  accustomed  to force re­
tail  sales  by means of  traveling  agents 
in direct competition with country dealers 
who are  their  own  customers at whole­
sale.  In  any  case,  it  is  generally  the 
best policy for farmers to patronize their 
own 
to 
look  for  “bargains”  from  irresponsible 
tramps.

local  dealers,  rather 

than 

Removal  Notice.

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 
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.
Telephone 367. 

P o sner & R a u sh e n b e r g e r, 

No.  13 W.  Bridge st.

Alpena—The  lumber  product  of  Al­
pena  county  this  year  has  been  about
218.000.  000,  the 
about  18,000,000  feet. 
It  is  estimated 
that  25,000,000  feet  of  lumber  is  piled 
here, to be carried over to next  year.

largest  on  record  by 

Wayne—The  Prouty & Glass  Carriage 
Co.  has  filed  articles of  association with 
the county clerk.  The  new  concern ab­
sorbs  the  plant of  the  firm of  Prouty & 
Glass,  which  recently  assigned.  The 
capital stock of  the  new  organization is 
$ 20,000.

East Saginaw—Wager  &  Pfeifer, who 
built a shingle  mill  in  Gladwin  county 
last  spring  and  manufactured  about
5.000.  000 shingles,  have 12,000  pieces on 
the skids,  and  will start  the mill  again 
the first of the year.  The mill has about 
40,000  capacity.

Bay City—The Sage  sawmill manufac­
tured  about  30,000,000  feet  of  lumber 
during the season. 
In 1888 the  mill  cut
33.000. 
was 30,000,000 feet.  This  mill  has been 
operated  steadily  nearly  a  quarter of  a 
century. 
It  will  be  fully  stocked  for 
next season.  *

000  feet,  and  in  1887  the  output 

Cadillac—Cobbs  &  Mitchell have  just 
closed  a  deal  with  G.  A.  Bergland  for
8.000. 000 feet of  standing  pine  in  Boon 
and  Selma  townships,  this  county,  and 
will organize their  forces  and begin cut­
ting at once.  The  logs  will  be brought 
in  to  their  mill  over  the  Toledo, Ann 
Arbor & Northern Michigan Railway and 
manufactured  the  coming  year.  This 
pine is the  bulk of  G.  A. Bergland’s  re­
cent  purchase  of  the  Grand  Rapids  & 
Indiana  Railroad,  and  is  of  excellent 
quality.

Purely  Personal.

John  Bonnell,  local  manager  for  the 
Standard Oil Co., has  gone  to  Philadel­
phia,  to visit his  father.

J.  W.  Graham,  the newly-fledged  Hub- 
bardston  grocer,  was  in  town over Sun 
day,  and  was  shown  around  by Bryon 
Davenport.

Chas.  E.  Olney broke  the  record  last 
week by visiting  New  York  and a half- 
dozen  other  eastern  cities  and  getting 
home within the space of  a single  calen­
dar week.

Nashville News:  “We understand one 
of  the P.  of  I.  lodges near Nashville re 
cently passed a resolution boycotting the 
News,  because  we  published a clipping 
from  the  Big  Rapids  Pioneer  a  short 
time  ago.  The  News  has  been  partial 
toward the Patrons of Industry, although 
not  because  we  were  particularly  im 
pressed with the idea that it was a grand 
good  thing,  but  we  don’t  propose, 
long as we. have a whole  shirt  and  can 
get a hot  “winnewurst”  aud crackers in 
combination with a 5-cent glass  of  beer 
to  toady to,  or  be  dictated to wy,  a few 
crack-brained idiots.  No  man,  worthy 
of  the  appellation,  wants to be  toadied 
to,  and as long as we  run  the  News  we 
shall run it as we see fit.  A few  pigmy 
brained fossils may stop their paper,  and 
if  they pay up arrearages  we  shall  not 
cry about it,  but  we  don’t  believe  that 
men who are endowed  with a reasonable 
amount  of  common  sense  will pay any 
attention to such a fool  resolution,  ev 
though they be Patrons of Industry.”

Important Decision.

*A decision of  the Supreme  Court,  ren 
dered October 18,  has lately  created  eon 
siderable  interest  in  business  circle 
The substance of  the decision is that the 
incorporation  act of 1881,  amending  the 
act  of  1875, 
is  unconstitutional  and 
against the provisions of  section 20,  arti­
cle 4, of  the  constitution  of  this  State, 
which  provides  that  “no  law shall  em­
brace  more than one object,  which  shall 
be  embraced  in  its  title.”  The  act of 
1875  provides  for  “the  incorporating  of 
manufacturing 
companies,”  and  au­
thorizes  a  number  of  persons,  not  less 
than three,  to associate,  according  to the 
provisions  of  the act,  “for  the  purpose 
of engaging in aud  carrying on any kind 
of manufacturing  business.”  This sec­
tion  was  amended in  1881  so as to  read: 
“For  the  purpose  of  engaging  in  and 
carrying  on any kind  of  manufacturing

ASSOCIATION  DEPARTMENT.
Michigan  Business  Men’s Association. 

.

.

.

P resident—C. L. W hitney, Muskegon.
F irst Vice-President—C. T. B ridgem an,  Flint.
Second Vice-President—M. C. Sherwood, Allegan. 
S ecretary—K. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids.
T reasurer—H. W.  P arker, Owosso. 
.
Executive  Board—P resident;  F ran k   W ells,  Lansing; 
F?ank  H am ilton, Traverse C ity;  N. B.Blidn, Lowell 
Cha8.  T.  Bridgem an,  F lint;  O.  F.  Conklin, Grand
Com m ittee on Insurance—O.  F.  Conklin,  G rand  Rap 
ids™Oren  Stone, F lin t;  Wm. W oodard, Owosso. 
Com m ittee  on  L e g isla tio n -F ra n k   W ells,  Lansing;
H. H. Pope, Allegan;  C. H. May, Clio.
Com m ittee on Trade Interests—F rank Ham ilton, T rav 
e“ “ c ity   Geo. R.  H oyt,  Saginaw ;  L.  W.  Sprague,
Com m ittee on T ra n sp o rtatio n -^ . T  Bridgem an  Blint;
M. C. Sherwood. Allegan;  A. O. W heeler,  Manistee. 
Com m ittee on B uilding  and  Loan  Associations—N.  B. 
Blain, Lowell;  F. L. Fuller, Cedar Springs;  P. J. Con 
nell,  M uskegen. 

Local S ecretary—Jas. H. Moore, Saginaw.
Official O rgan—Th e Michigan Tradesman.____________
The following auxiliary  associations are oper­
ating under charters  granted  by  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s Association-

. 

_

U e .  1—T r a v e r s e  C ity   B .  M ,  A . 

President. J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. H astings.
-  
P resident, N. B. P lain ; Secreta ry , F ran k  T. King.

jf o .  2 —L o w e l l   B . M . A .

- 

N o . 3 —S t u r g i s  B .  M . A .

___

President. H. 8. C hurch; S ecretary, W m. Jo rn. 
' 
P resident. E. J. H errick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.______

n » .  4 —G r a n d   K a p i d s   M .  A .
N o .  5— M u s k e g o n  B .  M .  A .

N o . 6—A l b a   B.  M . A .

President. Jo h n  A. Miller;  Secretary , C. L. W hitney.__
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President. F. W, Sloat; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.______
_ 
President. T. M. Sloan; S ecretary, S. H. W idger.______
"  
President, F. H. Thurston; Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston.

N o .  7 —D i m o n d a l e  B . M . A .

N o . 8—K a s t p o r t   B .  S I.  A .

N o .  9 —L a w  r e i f e e  B .  M . A . 

P resident, H. M. MarshaH; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.
N o .  lO —H a r b o r  S p r in g s  B . M .  A . 

P resident, W . J. Clark; Secreta ry . A. L. Thompson.

,

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P resident. H. P. W hipple: S ecretary, D. E.  W ynkoop.

N o .1 1 — K i n g s le y  B - 
No. 12—Quincy B. M. A.

President, C. McKay; Secretary , Thos. Lennon.

N o .  1 3 —S h e r m a n   B . M . A . 

N o   1 4 — N o .  M u s k e g o n   B . M .  A . 

President, H. B. S tnrtev an t;  S ecretary, W.  J. Austin. 
“  
President, s". A. Howey; Secretary, G. C. Havens.____
President. R. R. P erkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.

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

N o .  1 6 —S a n d  L a k e   B .  M .  A . 
President, J. V. Crandall;  Secretary, W. Rasco.
No. 17—Plain well B. M. A.

President. Geo. H. Anderson; S ecretary, J. A. Sidle.___

P resident, W arren P. W oodard; Secretary,S . Lam from .

N o .  i s —O w o s s o   B .  M . A .

" 
President, D. F. W atson; Secretary , E. E. Chapel.

~  N o .  1 9 —A d a   B . M . A . 

N o .  8 0 —s a n g a t n c k   B . M . A . 

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

President, C. H. W harton; Secretary , M. V. Hoyt.

N o .  8 1 —W a y l a n d  B .  M .  A . 

N o .  88—G r a n d   h e d g e   B . M . A . 

President. A. B. Schum acher; Secreta ry , W.  R.  m arge. 
" 
P resident. Jo h n  W. H allett:  Secretary , L  A. Lyon.

N o .  8 3 —C a r s o n  C ity   B .  M . A .

,  
P resident, J. E. Thnrkow ;  Secretary, W. H. Richmond.

N o .  8 4 —M o r le y   B .  M . A . 

~T 

N o .  8 5 —P a l o   B .  M . A .

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

N o . 86—G r e e n v i l l e   K .  M . A . 

P resident. A. C. Satterlee;  S ecretary. E. J. Clark.

N o   8 7 —D o r r   B . M .  A . 

P resident, E. S. B otsford; Secretary, L. K. Fisher.

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

President, A. J. Paddock;  Secreta r y .H. G. Dozer.

N o . 8 9 —F r e e p o r t  B . M . A .

P resident, Wm. Moore;  Secretary, A. J. CheesehroHgh.

P resident, A. G. Avery ;  S ecretary, E. 8. H oughtalm g.

N o . 3 0 —O c e a n a  B .  M . A .

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

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

N o .  3 8 —C o o p e r s v il le   B . M . A . 

President, W. G .B arnes;  Secretary, J. B. W atson.

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

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

President, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P. T. W illiam s.

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

N o .  3 5 —B e l l a i r e   B . M .  A .

President, H. M. H em street; Secretary, C- E. Densmore.

P resident, O. F. Jackson;  Secretary, Jo h n   M. Everden.

N o . 3 6 —I t h a c a   B .  M . A .

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

President,  Chas. F. Bock;  S ecretary,  E. W. Moore.
' 
P resident. H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins.

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

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N o .  4 8 —F r e m o n t  B .  M .  A . 

P resident, Jos. G erber;  Secretary  C. J- Rathbun.

N o . 4 3 —T u s t i n  B . M .  A .

P resident, F rank J. L uick;  Secretary, J ■ A. Lindstrom. 
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President, W. C. Pierce;  Secretary, W. H. Graham .

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President,  A.

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Wenzell; Secretary. F rank Smith. 

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No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. 
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The  P.  of I.  Dealers.

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

The following are the P.  of  I.  dealers 
who had not cancelled  their  contracts at 
last accounts:
Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton 
Wehle,  L.  T.  Lochner.
Almont—Colerick & Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Assyria—J* W.  Abbey. •
Belding—L.  S.  Roell.
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.

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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. 
Hubhardston—M.  Cahalen.
Imlay City—Cohn Bros.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan.  ,
Kent  City—R.  McKinnon,  M.  L. Whit­
Lake Odessa—Christian  Haller  &  Co. 
Lakeview—H.  C.  Thompson.
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.

How  I  Started  in  the  Retail  Shoe 

W. H arry Travin, in Boot and Shoe Recorder.

Business.

I.

“So  your father is dead,  Ned ?”
As I nodded in the affirmative, I passed 
| my handkerchief 
to my eyes and wiped 
j  away  the  tears  that  this  sad  inquiry 
brought.  Yes, my father  was  dead;  he 
| had been  buried only two weeks.  1 was 
I his only son, and, consequently there had 
been a more  than  closer  friendship  be­
tween  us  than  father  and son often en­
joy. 
It was  supposed  by many that my 
I father had died a rich man,  but such was 
not the case.  He left but  a few thousand 
dollars,  the  bulk  of  which  naturally 
went  to  my mother.  1  had  just passed 
twenty-one,  had received a good fair edu­
cation,  although 1 had  never been to col­
lege,  and 1 hoped  that  when 1 got ready 
to  start  out  in  life,  1 could  secure  the 
necessary financial  aid  from  my father. 
In this I was  disappointed,  and  on  the 
day  when this story opens, I had dropped 
| in  to  see  one  of  my old  schoolfellows,
| Dick  Watterson,  who  had  just  been 
admitted to the bar  and  had  started out 
with  every  prospect  of  making  a  suc­
cessful attorney of  himself.
“Well,”  he  asked,  “what do  you pro­
pose to do for a living ?”  You  have  no 
trade,  and,  as  you  have  told  me,  but 
small capital.”
“True,”  1 replied,  “but I have  the use 
of  both  arms  and  legs  and,  above  all, 
good health.  I have already settled upon 
my plans.”

“What are they ?”  asked Dick.
“I  am  going  to  open  a  retail  shoe 
store.”
“What?”  exclaimed  Dick,  “going  to 
open a retail  shoe  store ?  What do  you 
know about the business ?”
“Nothing,  but I can  learn.  All things 
start from small beginnings,  and  I think 
I can make a reasonable success of  it.”
“But where  are  you going  to get  your 
money ?”
“Well,  1 have  $1,000 that I have saved 
up  myself  during  the  past  few  years. 
By my father’s will 1 got $2,000  more,  in 
all $3,000.  With  this  amount  I  intend 
starting in business.”

“Where are  you going to locate ?”
“ 1 have  already selected  my location:
it is  in  C----- ,  and  I  hope  to  open  my
store in  one month’s time.”
“Well,  I  wish  you  good  luck,”  was 
Dick’s  reply,  “but  I  fear  you  have 
hard row to hoe.”

11.

Lee.

& Son,  F.  H. "Cowles.

H.  C.  Breckenridge.

My  capital  of  $3,000  was,  indeed, 

Mecosta—Parks  Bros.
Milan—C. C.  (Mrs.  H.  S.)  Knight. 
Milibrook—T.  O.  (or J.  W.) Pattison. 
Millington—Chas.  H.  Valentine. 
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt.  Morris—H.  E.  Lamb,  J.  Vermett 
Muskegon—Broner & Aldrich. 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M. 
North Dorr—John Homrich.
Ogden—A.  J.  Pence.
Olivet—F.  H.  Gage.
Otisco—C. V.  Snyder & Co.
Reed City—J. M.  Cadzow.
Remus—C. V.  Hane.
Riverdale—J.  B.  Adams.
Rockford—B.  A.  Fish.
Sand  Lake—Brayman  &  Blanchard, 
Frank E.  Shattuck & Co.
Shepherd—H.  O.  Bigelow7.
Sparta—Dole  &  Haynes.
Stanton—Fairbanks  & Co.
Stanwood—F.  M. Carpenter.
Trufant—I. Terwilliger.
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson, 
White Cloud—J.  C.  Townsend. 
Williamston—Thos.  Horton.

The above  conversation took place the 
night  before  Thanksgiving,  in  the  year 
1869.  1 then resided in Boston and  lived
at my late father’s home.  His death had 
been  sudden,  and,  as 1 stated  above, he 
left only a small property.  It was neces 
sary  that  I should  at  once  enter  upon 
some  business  whereby I  could  make a 
living  for  myself,  and  perhaps look out 
for  my  mother,  provided  her  life  wa 
spared. 
I had  just entered  upon  man’ 
estate,  and  my ddys  of  castle  building 
were  over. 
It  was  now  business 
with me.
small  one,  but 1 had  heard  and  read of 
menwho had started in life with less than 
this  and  had  made  a  success of  itr  If 
they could  do  it,  why could not I ?  So 
to work I went.  I had  looked  over  the 
various  lines  of  trade,  and  finally  set­
tled  on  the  retail  shoe  business as my 
I had secured a store in the
chosen one. 
I thriving  town  of  C----- ,  in  Ohio,  and
commenced  to  fit it up. 
I knew,  on  ac­
count of  my  limited  capital, 1 must  cut 
1 my garment according to my cloth,  there- 
| fore I was  compelled  to  make  a  sharp 
| bargain for all  work I had  done.  On ac- 
O b s e rv a tio n s   o f  a   T h in k in g   F a n n e r .
j count  of  my  excellent  family  connec­
tions,  1  had  an  unlimited  amount  of 
C. D. Keeler in  th e  W estern Rural.
After  much  observation  and  careful 
‘ references, therefore  when 1 selected my 
consideration,  having  visited  nearly all 
| store  and  agreed  to  take a three  years’
the Mississippi  valley states  within  the 
I lease  with  the  privilege of  a five  years’
last  two  months,  I have  arrived  at  the 
| renewal,  I made  my landlord  agree to fit 
conclusion  that it is a matter  of  serious 
S up the shelving for me at his expense.
importance  that  the  farmer  must  do 
The store was a new  one,  about  thirty 
something  to  enhance  the  value of  his 
feet  front  by  sixty  feet  deep,  and  had
products.  The  farmer is alone to blame 
, very fine plate  glass  windows.  The 
for  low  prices,  and  the  trouble  comes
■lving  was  made of  white  wood  and 
from  his  not  acting  in  a business­like
ined  in  imitation of  cherry,  with two 
way.  The business  man  \e s  until his
rs of  drawers  beneath  it,  and  when 
customer comes,  but  the  fainner  erowds
ished  it  presented  a  very  handsome 
his  products  upon  the  miarket,  taking
1 neat appearance.  Thus  far I was at 
what  prices  are  offered. We  have
expense,  but 1 soon began to calculate 
gauized into Granges, Farmt;rs’ Allian
how  much  money I could spare to fit 
Wheels and a great  many other different
ready  for  business.  After  looking 
and  similar  organizations, without any
jr a number of  shoe  stores,  I decided 
0\
The  troinble
relief  worth  mentioning.
my fittings and invested about $350 in 
with  organizations  is  to get  so  ni¡any
| that  direction.  This left me with $2,600 
dif-
small  societies  to  agree 01
  bought goods to 
j  on hand to buy stock. 
ferent  things  in  question. Politics and
j the amount of  $3,000,  leaving me in debt 
various other influences will creep in and 
j  at the time I
  opened my store about $600.
cause strife and discord in  our  societies, 
My store  arrangement  was  excellent.
and a great  many farmers  will get tired 
| The  bottoms of  my windows  were  cov- 
of  attending  for  so  long a time to those 
| ered with a rich canary-colored plush, in 
society duties  without  seeing any direct 
each of  which was centered a neat brass- 
benefit  and  drop out altogether.  As for 
plated tree on which I could display quite 
our  having stores of  our own, expecting 
a  large  number,  of  shoes;  and  around 
to derive any benefit therefrom,  puts one 
each  tree  were  arranged  twelve  single 
in  mind  of  setting  fire"  to a straw  pile. 
display  stands,  together  with a neat dis- 
It  makes  quite  a  demonstration  for  a 
I play of  shoes stuffed.  The  settees were 
short  time  but  doesn’t last long,  and in 
| made  of  cherry,  upholstered  in  plush,
the first  place  there is not  much in it to 
I and  were  very handsome.  Upon enter­
commence with  of  value. 
It  would  re­
ing the store,  the first thing  that met the 
quire  a  very  extravagant  rural  family 
i customer’s  eye  was a neat  cherry table,
that would  consume  over  $500 worth of 
I on which were  displayed  several  shoes; 
groceries  and  dry goods  per  year,  and,
then came two settees  backed up agaiust
on the whole,  it is  questionable  whether  gagb other,  and  facing  each  side of  the 
anything  could be saved by trading^with j  g^ore,  and another  table dressed in  a like
I  am  not  in  favor 
the farmers’ stores. 
manner,  and  another  row  of  settees; 
of  crowding  out  our  middlemen.  We 
across the rear of  the  store  was  set  the 
cannot do  without them.  We must have 
fifth settee.  In  front  of  the  settees on 
them  (or  most of  them,  at least)  for the 
either  side,  and  extending the length of
sake  of
store,  was  laid  a  strip  of  Brussels
convenience,  and.  tneii^  profits 
exacted  from  us  all  amount  to  but a 
carpet.
small  affair  when  considered  with  the 
One side of  the  store  was  devoted  to 
ruinous  prices  the  farmer  receives  for 
ladies’,  misses’  and  children’s goods,  the 
what he has to sell.
. 
, other  side  to  men’s, boys’ and  youths’,
Now,  the  question  naturally  arises,  wjjjje  tbe  rear  was  given  up to rubber 
ods and men>s  heavy boots.  This was 
how can it be done ?  Organization would 
do if  we could  all  agree, but  that is too  jbe pOSition I was  in  when I threw open 
slow.  We  must  have  more  immediate j 
doors  0f  my  store  with  a  hopeful 
relief.  We are  almost in the position of j feejjng-  that  success  was  mine,  on  the 
the drowning man.  I would suggest that | morujUg Gf  December 23,  1869. 
all farmers should set a time to nominate
and  elect  men  as  agents  to go to every 
city  to  which  we  ship  our  grain  and  A week had passed,  the Christmas hol-
stock,  and  supply all  demands  through  idays  were  a  thing  of  the  past.  1 had 
the agents at a fixed price,  based  on  the 1 just  closed  my  store,  it  was  a  ’windy, 
cost of; production,  shipping,  handling, snowy night,  and 
sat  down  to figure up
etc.,  allowing a fair  profit for the farmer, 
the  result  of my first  week’s  business.
Then  we  would  be  on an equality with  As 1  jotted down on a piece of  paper my
sales  for  each  day,  and  ran up the col­
all other business enterprises.
umns, I w.as  fairly amazed at the  result. 
I had done a business of  nearly $600.  A 
new  store,  a  new  man  to  the  town, I 
thought I had reason to congratulate my­
self.  I knew  it  was  holiday  week,  an 
exceptional one for  business,  but  never­
theless it was a good send-off for me, and 
it was with considerable satisfaction that 
I closed my desk and  prepared  to  go  to

“T.  W.  Bur­
dick, President of  the  Sault  Ste.  Marie 
National  Bank,  and  C.  T.  Bailey,  As­
sistant Cashier  of  the  same  institution, 
were in the village Tuesday, looking over 
the  town with a view to  starting a  bank 
here.”

Newberry Independent: 

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naturally

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AAA’

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1

“My name,”  she said, “is Mabel Carew. 
was born in  Cincinnati  eighteen  years 
ago.  My  father  was  a  man  of  wealth 
and standing,  and  his  family,  consisting 
of  my  mother,  myself  and  a  brother 
were  highly  respected  by  those  with 
whom we associa ed  and  who  knew  us.
My father  reared  his  family in  luxury, 
and it was not  until I was  sixteen  years 
old that 1 knew  what it was to want  for 
anything.  Shortly  after  my  sixteenth 
birthday,  my  father  came  home  one 
night and,  with tears in his eyes, told my 
mother that he was  a  poor  man;  he had 
met  with  disastrous  failures  of  invest­
ments in  business and had lost all.  This 
worried  him  that  he  died  in  six 
months,  and  my  poor  mother  followed 
him two months later.  My brother,  who 
was  younger  than  myself,  was taken in 
charge  by a  friend,  who  found  a home 
for  him  in  Kansas,  while I was obliged 
to look for some employment.  With  the 
help  of  friends,  I secured a position  in a 
family to take  charge of  their  children, 
and  had  just  got  nicely  settled  in  my 
new home,  when 1 was  ope  day asked to 
step  into  the  lady’s  chamber,  when she 
accused  me  of  stealing  a diamond  ring 
from  her.  With  tears  in  my eyes I de­
nied it,  and offered to  let  her  search me 
and  my room. 
I  pleaded  for  my  good 
name,  but  it  was  of  no account.  With 
less than  $10 in my pocket, 1 was  turned 
from the house.  Broken-heaited, I could 
not face my father’s or mother’s  friends, 
so the next day 1 took a train for Chicago.
I  sought  employment,  but  got  barely 
enough  to  pay  for  my  board.  I  came 
here Christmas day,  and  have been  look- 
and  hoping  for  something to do,  but 
have  not  been  successful,  and  to-day, 
finding myself without money or friends,
# stranger in a strange place,  I wandered 
up  and  down  the street all day without 
food,  and,  utterly  exhausted, I  fell  in 
your doorway just before you found me.”
While  Mabel  was  telling  her  story I 
had  an  opportunity to  study  her,  and it  TremontN 
was not until  she had nearly got through 
that  I realized what a beautiful  girl  she 
was. 
indeed  placed  in  a  very 
awkward  position. 
1  could  not  suffer 
this  young girl to go out  into  the street, 
especially  on  such a night  as  this,  so 1 
quickly made up my mind  to  find  her a 
place  where  she  could get something to 
eat and  a bed to sleep in for the night,  so 
I bade her sit  still  until  she  was  thor­
oughly  dry;  meanwhile  1  called  up  a 
benevolent-looking  old  lady  who  lived 
over  the  store,  and  told  her  the girl’s 
story,  offering  to  pay  her if  she  would 
look after her until  1 could make further 
arrangements.  She  readily  consented, 
and Mabel was made  comfortable for the 
night,  while I buttoned up  my greatcoat 
and soon found myself  safe at home.
That  night,  after I had  gone  to  bed,
I began  to  realize my adventures of  the 
night,  and  the  thought  came  to  me, 
what  is  to  become  of  Mabel ?  I could 
not seem to solve the question, until sud­
denly an idea  came  to me—why not give 
her a position  in  the  store  as a  clerk ?
And with this

on  my mind,  1  fell asleep.  Hamilton

I  was 

Y.

The 

The  next  morning 1 awoke  and,  after 
breakfast,  started for my store,  my mind 
fully  taken  up  with  Mabel’s  future.
What  should  I  do?  WTiat  could I do?
These were, indeed, interesting questions.
Arriving  at  the  store,  one of  my first 
acts was to call on  my charge,  for such I 
I found her neatly 
then considered  her. 
dressed  in a suit  furnished  her  by  the 
old  lady  in  whose  care  she  was.  The 
girl  looked  even  more  beautiful  to me 
thau she did the night  before,  and it was 
only when I thought how ill-mannered it 
was that I ceased to gaze on her.
Knowing  that  the  poor  creature was 
without friends  or  money,  and  in  any­
thing but a fit condition to go out  on  the j 
streets in such weather,  I arranged  with 
the old  lady to look out for her for a few | 
days,  pending my decision  on  what was 
to be done  for  the  future,  promising to 
pay her for her  trouble.
idea  of  a  lady shoe  clerk  was 
novel;  it  was  something  1  felt  certain 
would  take.  Many  ladies  who  enter a 
shoe store  would  much  prefer a lady to 
wait upon  them  thau a man.  The more 
1 thought of  it  the  more  I  favored  the 
idea, so at the  end of  three  days I made 
Mabel a proposition  to  enter my employ 
as a clerk,  an  offer  which  1 assure  you 
she readily accepted.
I  was  compelled  to  advance  a  small 
amount of  money to get suitable  clothes
time  she  was  ready to  begin  upon her 
new  duties.  She  proved  herself  to  be 
interested,  and  learned  rapidly,  and  as 
days rolled into  weeks,  and  weeks  into 
months,  I  found I had a valuable  assist­
ant.  Her cheeks grew rosy and she was 
liked by those who  learned to know her, 
and it was mainly through  her  pleasant 
and  agreeable ways that  I drew custom­
ers to my store that  proved to be  among 
the  best  class I catered for.  During all 
this  time  my  trade  increased,  and  I 
found myself  on the  road  to  prosperity.

VI.

Twenty  years  have  passed,  and 1 am
still in the retail  shoe  business at C----- ,
but I am no  longer  obliged to count  my 
money  before  I  make a purchase;  those 
twenty  years  have  been  full  of  rich 
blessings  to  me.  I have  made  my bus­
iness  a  successful  and  prosperous  one; 
at least,  1 have done so  with  the  assist­
ance of  one whom I shall speak of  later. 
The pretty little 30x60  foot  store - that I 
first  opened is no longer to be seen. 
In 
its  place  is  an  elegant four-story brick 
building,  and  the  store  which I occupy 
on  the ground  floor is the  handsomest in
C----- .  I  no  longer  pay  my  rent  to  a
second party each  month.  1 am my own 
landlord.  My store is known the country 
round.  Instead  of  containing a stock of 
$3,000,  it contains  nearly six  times  that 
amount.
Twenty  minutes  walk  from  my store 
brings  me  to  a  very  handsome  Queen 
Anne  house,  pleasantly  situated,  with

FADED/LIGHT  TEXT

my boarding  house,  when a faint cry for  spacious  grounds  and  surrounded  by 
help attracted my attention, and going to ; shade trees and shrubbery.  A long drive 
the  door  And  unlocking it,  I found  the j leads to a neat  stable  in  the rear of  the 
snow had drifted two or three feet in the  house,  in  which  a  pair  of  handsome 
doorway,  and there,  lying  prostrate,  was  horses find a home.  An  attractive  lawn 
a form.  I was rather amazed and,  lifting j  with  walks  and  flower-beds  in  season 
it up in my arms,  bore it  into  the  store,  adds  to  the  beauty of  the  place.  As I 
and,  after brushing  the  snow away,  saw  pass  up  the  pathway,  a  handsome  St. 
it  was  that of  a  young  girl,  not  more  Bernard dog runs  down to meet  me,  fol-
lowed  by  three  laughing  children  who 
than eighteen,  thinly clad  and  suffering 
call  me  papa,  and  as I enter  the  house 
from the cold.  I immediately placed her 
that I call mine,  I am met at the  door by 
in a chair .before the fire, and it was some 
my wife,  a woman  whom  for  her  noble 
time before she  was  able to speak,  when 
traits I had long ago  learned to love. 
It 
he told me her story.
is  she  who  was  my assistant in making 
IV.
what  I  have.  Do  you  recognize  her? 
Hardly,  but  nevertheless  I  call  her 
Mabel.
Twenty  years  ago  I  opened  my shoe
store  in  C----- . 
It  is  Christmas  night,
and  as I put  on  my  slippers  and  lean 
back in my easy chair,  Mabel  places  her 
arms  around  my neck  and  says,  “Ned, 
do  you remember twenty  years ago ?”
“Aye,”  I answer,  “1  do,  and  I  never 
regret the fact that I started a retail shoe 
store and hired a  young lady clerk.”

1 so

1 00

COOPER TOOLS

W e   e n d e a v o r  

to  c a r r y  

a   fu ll

a s s o r t m e n t .

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.

HAJtDWAHE.
P r ic e s   C u rren t.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dis.

AUSUBS AND BITS.

Ives’, old style  ...................................
Snell’s ....................................................
Cook’s .......- ..........................................
Jennings’, genuine..............  ............
Jennings’,  im itation..........................

MOLASSES GATES. 

- 

dig.

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

NAILS
Advance above I2d nails.

FENCE  AND  BRADS.

as
50d to 60d............................................................. 
10d.’........................................................ 
io
25
8d and 9d............................................................. 
6d and 7d......................................................... ”  
40
4d and 5d............................................................. 
go
3d.......................................................... ’.  1 00
2d .................................................. 
FINE BLUED.

 

 

1  00
1  50
2  00

First Quality, S. B. Bronze.. 
D.^B. Bronze..
S. B. S. Steel..
D. B. Steel —

“ 
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Railroad. 
G arden..

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

BUCKETS.

..50&10
.......I  7 00
....  11 00
.......  8  50
.......13 00
dis.

....*   14  00 
net  30 00 

dis.

.........50&10
75
........  
.........40&10
....... 
70

12d to 30d
lOd............
8d  to Od 
6d to 7d... 
4d to 5d... 
3d..............
%  in ch ...

CASEINS AND BOX.

COMMON BABBEL.

65

dis

CAPS.

.. per m 

combs. 

DRILLS. 

elbows.

chisels. 

CARTRIDGES.

dripping pans.

CHALK.
COPPER.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

files—New List. 

BLOCKS.
CRADLES.
CROW BARS.

........ 
40
...  dis. 50&02
.. per 1b 
414

.* 3  50 
Well,  p lain....................................
.  4  00
Well, sw ivel..................................
dis.
BUTTS,  CAST.
.7Ö&
Cast Loose Pin, figured.
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint............ 60&10
60&10 
Wrought Loose Pin.....................
......................17*4
60&10 
Wrought Table..........................
......................16
60&10
Wrought Inside Blind.................
............ 
75
Wrought Brass......  .......  ........
.............70&10
Blind,  Clark’s......................
.............70&10
Blind, Parker’s..........................
Blind, Shepard’s .......................
70
............  
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, '85.
Grain........................................
Cast Steel...................................
Ely’s 1-10...................................
Hick’s C. F.....................................
G. D ...............................................  „
Musket...........................................
Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list.
Rim Fire, United States......................dls.
Central  Fire.......................................dis.
Socket Firmer.........................................
Socket Framing........................................
Socket Corner............................................¿¡J**“
Socket Slicks............ ..............................
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer.........................  $0
dis.
Curry,  Lawrence’s  ..................................40&10
Hotchkiss......................................... 
  &
White Crayons, per gross............ 12@12$4 dis. 10
Planished, 14 oz cut to size.......per pound 
28
26
-  “ 
14x52,14x56,14x60 ..................... 
24
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60..................... 
Cold Rolled, 14x48.................................... 
24
Bottoms.................................................. 
25
dis.
Morse’s Bit Stocks..................................  
4
i aper and straight Shank......................... 
40
40
Morse’s Taper Shank................................ 
Small sizes, ser pound............................. 
07
Large sizes, per pound.............................
Com. 4 piece, 6 in.........................doz. net
Corrugated..................................dis- 20&10&10
Adjustable........................................dfs. 40&10
dlS.
Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826..........  ........
Ives’, 1, 818; 2, 824; 3, $30.........................
Disston’s .................................................55^12
New American.........................................60&10
Nicholson’s .............................................60&10
Heller’s........................  
®0
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps................................ 
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
!
15
List 
Discount, 60
dis.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...................  
50
Maydole & Co.’s.................................dis* 
25
Kip’s.................................................dis- 
.25
Yerkes & Plumb’s.............................. dis. 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..................... 30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand... .30c 40&10 
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ...........................dis.60&10
State.......................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 in. 4%  14 and
longer..................................................  3V4
Screw Hook and Eye, H.....................net 
10
“  %..................... net  8H
“ 
7H
« 
U..................... net 
“ 
“  %..................... net 
“ 
7%
Strap and T....  .................................dis. 
70
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track— 50&10
Champion, anti-friction.......,.................   60&10
Kidder, wood track................................. 
  40
Pots......................................................... 60&05
Kettles..................................................... 60&05
Spiders....................................................60&05
Gray enameled........................................  
50
Stamped Tin Ware......................new list 70&10
Japanned Tin Ware.................................  
25
Granite Iron Ware................... new list33>4&10
Au Sable............................dis. 25410@25410&10
Putnam.................................dis. 5<&10&2J4&2V4
Northwestern.............................  dis. 10A10&5
dis.
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................. 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings...............  
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings............  
55
55
Door,  porcelnin, trimmings...................... 
70
Drawer and Shutter, porcelain................. 
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list........  
55
Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s......................... 
55
Branford’s .............................................. 
55
Norwalk’s ............................................... 
55
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s...................  
70
Adze Eye.....................................816.00, dis. 60
Hunt Eye.................!...................815.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s.................................. 818.50, dis. 20&10.
dis.
Sperry & Co.’s, Post, handled...................  
50
dis.
40
Coffee, Parkers Co.’s................................ 
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers, Ferry & Clark’s...............  
40
“  Enterprise....................................  
25

 
GALVANIZED IRON

. ; □ —*H0U8E FURNISHING GOODS.

13 
gauges. 
HAMMERS.

LEVELS. 
MATTOCKS.

knobs—New List. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

HOLLOW WARE

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HORSE NAILS.

HANGERS. 

HINGES.

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diS.

dlS.

dis.

dis.

12 

14 

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CLINCH.

Ii4 and  1-J£ in c h .................................................  1  35
...............................................  1  j 5
and  2J4 
 
2% and 2% 
in ch .................................................................... 
85
3J4 and 4*4  in ch .............................................. 
 
  75
Each half keg 10 cents extra.

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PLANES. 

dlS.

PANS.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y .....................................40@10
Sciota  Bench.....................................................    @g0
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy............................ 40®10
Bench, first quality...........................................   @go
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood........... .20&10
Fry,  Acme..........................  ..................... dis. 
60
70
Common,  polished.....................................dis. 
dis.
Iron and  T inned............................................... 
50
Copper Rivets and B urs....................... 
 
50
PATENT PLANISHED IRON.
‘A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10  20 
‘B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9  20 
Broken packs He per pound extra.

rivets. 

 

ROPES.

 

dis.

SQUARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal,  *4 inch and la rg e r.................................  n*4
Manilla  ................. 
1314
Steel and  Iron.................................................... 
75
Try and Bevels..................................................  
60
M itre...................................................................  
30
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
3 00

Nos. 10 to  14............................................84 20 
Nos. 15 to 17........................ v .............   4 20 
Nos.  18 to 21...........................................  4  20 
Nos. 22 to 24 .........................................   4  20 
Nos. 25 to 26 .........................................   4 40 
No. 27 .....................................................   4  60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86...........................................dis.40&10
Silver Lake, White  A ................................. list 
50
55
Drab A .....................................  “ 
White  B .......................... 
“ 50
 
Drab B .....................................   “ 
55
W hite C...................................   “ 
35-

All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

“ 
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“ 
“ 

83 00
3 10
3 15
3 25
3 35

 

Discount, 10.

'  SASH WEIGHTS,

dis.

dis.

diS.

wire. 

saws. 

TRAPS. 

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

Solid Eyes..................................................per ton 825
H an d .............................................25@25&5
70
50
30
38
Steel, Game..........................................................60&10-
35
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .................. 
Oneida  Community, Hawley & Norton’s __  
70-
Hotchkiss’........................................................... 
70»
P.  S..& W.  Mfg. Co.’s  ......................................  
70-
Mouse,  choker........................................ 18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion...................................81.50 per doz.
Bright M arket....................................................  67H
Annealed M arket............................................... 70&10
Coppered M arket............... 
62H
Tinned M arket..................................................  622!
Coppered  Spring  Steel....................................  
50
Plain Fence...........................................per pound 03
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................83  45
painted...................................   2  80
Bright.............................................................70&10&10
Screw  Eyes................'................................. 70&10&10
Hook’s ........................................................... 70&10&10
Gate Hooks and Eyes................................. 70&10&10
30
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled......................  
Coe’s  G enuine..................................................  
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, w rought,.......................  75
Coe’s  Patent, m alleable................................... 75&10.
Bird C ages.........................................................  
50-
Pumps, Cistern.............................................  
75
50
Screws, New L ist............................................... 
Casters, Bed  and  Plate..............................50&10&1Q
Dampers,-American.......................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods.........
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

WIRE GOODS. 

wrenches. 

dlS.

dis.

dis.

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METALS,

PIG TIN.

“ 

ZINC.

SOLDER.

Pig  Large....................................................26c
Pig Bars...................................................... 28c
Duty:  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
660 pound casks............................................
Per pound...............................................  ’  (jj?
................ ...........................................16
Extra Wiping........................................... isja
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market indicated by private brand» 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson....................................per pound 14K
Hallett’s..................................  
Hjz
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal....................................|  6 00
14x20 IC, 
.....................................  g 00
10x14 IX, 
................................776
14x20 IX, 
....................................   7 76
Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.......................................8o5 40
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
Each additional X on this grade 81.50.
14x20 IC, 
........................  7 00
14x20 IX,  “ 
......................   11 50
20x28 IC,  “ 
“  Allaway  Grade..............  4 90
14x20IC, 
“ 
6 40
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
20x28 IC, 
10 60
“ 
20x28 IX, 
“ 
13 50
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28 IX..................................................113
14x31  IX....................................................13
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers,
14x60 IX,  “  “  9 

“ 
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TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

“ Worcester...............................   5 60

(per pound...

ROOFING PLATES

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

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Atlantic  A ............
Atlanta A. A .........
Archery  Bunting.
Amory....................
Beaver Dam  A A.
Berwick  L ............
Blackstone O, 32..
Chapm an...............
Cohasset A ............
Comet.....................
Clifton C C C .........
Conqueror  XX----
Dwight Star..........
Exeter A ................
Pull Yard W ide...
Great Falls  E .......
Honest W idth.......
H artford A ... : —

Blackstone A A.......
Beats A ll...................
C leveland...............
Cabot.........................
Cabot,  %...................
Dwight A nchor.......
shorts.
Edwards....................
Em pire......................
Farwell —  
............
F ruit of the  Loom ..
Fitchville  ...............7(4!

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Integrity  XX............
King, E F .................
“  E X .................
“  E C , 32 in .......
Lawrence L L ...........
New  Market B .........
Noibe  R ....................

Carlisle  “ 

6*4
4 Newton................ 64i
7MOur Level  Best..... 7
Riverside XX........... 4%
6*/, Sea Island R.......'.. 6H
5 Sharon B  ............. 6%i
7*4'Top of the Heap— 7*4
6H|Williamsville......... 7
64i Comet,  40 in.......... 8*4
.......... 7H
6% New MarketL,40in. 
7H
5H1
HKD  COTTONS.
8  ¡First Prize............ 7
4*4 Fruit of the Loom % 8
Fairmount............. 4H
7*4 Lonsdale Cambric..10*/,
6%Lonsdale............... 8Vi
9 Middlesex............. 5*4
85KNo Name............... 7(4
6 Oak View.......— 6
7 Our Own............... 5(4
7%CSunlight................ 4(4
8ä£Vinyard................ 8H

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Cabot.........................  7V4|DwightAnchor...
F arw ell.....................7(41

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Hamilton N .......
L .........
Middlesex  AT..
X ....
No. 25...

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

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B iddeford.. 
Brunswick.

“

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..  5(4 Middlesex No. 1 .. ..10
2.. ..11
..  6(4'
7
3 .. ..12
7 .. ..18
..  8
..  9
8.. ..1 9
..  9
ED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
..  7(4¡Middlesex A A
2
..  8
4 
5 

..11
..12

“  

A O .........13*4

__1014
CORSET  JEANS.

6  INaum keagsatteen.. rv4
6141 Rockport...................614
PRINTS.

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ck shirtings.  514 
Allen, staple.........
Repp furn .  814
fancy.........
614 
Pacific  fancy........... 6
robes.........
614
robes..............  614
American  fancy.. 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
American indigo—   6(4 
Simpson mourning..  614
American shirtings.  5*4 
g rey s.........  614
Arnold 
“  —   614
solid black.  6*4 
long cloth B. 1014 
W ashington indigo.  614 
“  C.  814 
“  Turkey robes..  714 
century cloth  7 
“  India robes—   714 
gold seal..... 1014
“  plain T’ky X 34  814
1014 
514 
“ 
“  X ..Ì0
“  Ottoman  Tur-
614 
614  key re d ...............  6
6  M artha W ashington
6  I  Turkey red %.......  714
6  ¡Martha  Washington
6*4  Turkey red ............  914
6  Riverpoint rebes—   5
6  Windsor fancy.........  6*4
Manchester  fancy..
614 
new era.
10*4
Merrimack D fancy.  614! 

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“  Turkey  red.
Berlin solids...........
“  oil blue......
“  g re e n ...
“ 
Cocheco fancy.......
“  m adders..
Eddystone  fancy..

gold  ticket
"  

indigo  blue

“ 
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TICKINGS.

Amoskeag AC A __13141 Pearl  R iver.............. 1234
Hamilton N ..............7(4lWarren........................ 14
Amoskeag....... __ 13(4 ¡Everett...................
Lawrence XX.......
Amoskeag,  9 oz .......15
A ndover........... .......11(41 Lancaster..............

• 12(4
• 13(4
.12(4

DEMINS.

GINGHAMS.

G lenarven........ .......  6(4' Renfrew Dress__ .  8
.10(4
Lancashire....... .......  6(4 Toil du N ord........
Normandie — ....  8

Peerless, white .......18(4|Peerless,  colored.

..21

CARPET WARP.

GRAIN BAGS.

Stark................. ___ 20 G eorgia................. ..16
.14
Am erican......... .......17
Valley City....... .......16 B urlap................... ..1154

Pacific....................

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile E nd... .45 Barbour’s .............. ..88
.......45  Marshall’s ............. ..88
Coats’,  J.  & P.
Holyoke............ .......22(4
KNITTING COTTON.

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No.  6  ..  ..33
“ 
8......... 34
10......... 35
“ 
“ 
12......... 36

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

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

.......4(4¡Kid Glove............... ..  4(4
Slater...............
W hite Star— ....  4(4 |N ew m arket........... ..  434
RED  FLANNEL.
.......32(4 T W ........................ ■22(4
Firem an.........
Creedmore — .......27(4 F T .......................... ..32*4
.......30
Talbot XXX...
Nameless......... .......27(4 Buckeye................ -32(4
MIXED  FLANNEL.
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40 Grey S R W .......... -.17(4
.......22(4 Western W  ........... •  18(4
Union  R .........
.......18(4 D R  P ...................
-.18(4
W indsor.........
Flushing X X X .... -.23(4.
.......21
6 oz W estern..
.......22(4 M anitoba.............. ..23(4
t'nion  B .........

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

DUCKS.

Severen, 8 oz..
May land, 8oz.
Greenwood, 7y oz..  9(41

.......  9(41 Greenwood, 8 oz.
¡West  Point, 8 oz.
.......11

-.11(4
..  9*4

White,  doz... 
Colored,  doz.

Slater, Iron Cross. 
Red Cross..
B est............
B estA A ...

“ 
“ 
“ 

C oraline.. 
Shilling’s .

WADDINGS.
..  20  ¡Per bale, 40 doz. 
...25  I 

SlLESIAS.
9 Paw tucket.................11
Dun die......................  9
. IO54 Bedford.................... 10(4

. . .12%1

CORSETS.

..$9  50|W onderful...................84 75
..  9 OOiBrighton.........................4 75
SEWING  SILK.

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

per (4oz  ball__ ..30

tw is t, doz 
50 y d , d o z . .42'  I 
HOOKS AND ETES

“ 
“ 

No  1 Bl’k & White.. 10 
“  2 
..12
“ 3 
.12
p;
No 2—20, M C .......... 50
‘  3—18, S  C.............45

-PER GROSS.
(No  4 Bl’k & W hite..15
..at)
;; 
“ 8 

NS.
|N o4—15, F  3*4.........40

No  2 White & Bl’k.. 12  ¡No  8 White & Bl’k..20

COTTON  TAPE.

No 2.

SAFETT  PINS.
....28  INO 3..

NEEDLES—PER  M.

A, Jam es...................1  50i Steamboat.................   40
Crowely’s..................1  35 Gold  Eyed.................1  50
Marshall’s ................ 1  00|

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.

5—4 ....2   25  6—4 ...3   2515-4.... 1  95  6—4...2  95 

“ ....2   10 

“ 

...3   10

The M ichigan Tradesm an

Offici»! Orgran of M ichigan Business Men's  Association.

A  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Wolilerine State.

K.  A.  STOWE  St  BRO., Proprietors.

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

strictly in advance.

Publication Office, 100 Louis St.

Entered  at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office.

E. A. STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  85,  1889.

BEGIN  THE  NEW  YEAR  EVEN.
Considering that the subject of  arrear­
age  is  not  broached  in  these  columns 
oftener than once a  year,  T h e   T r a d e s­
m a n   assumes  that  its  readers will bear 
with it in  this  appeal  for  the  amounts 
due on subscription.  About two thousand 
subscribers  are  in  arrears,  their indebt­
edness  aggregating  between  two  and 
three thousand dollars.  To each of these 
the amount is small,  but its payment will 
enable  the  publishers to make the paper 
better  and  brighter,  and  thus  result to 
the  benefit  of  all  concerned.  Let  there 
be a prompt and general  response to this 
appeal! 

___________ _

Inspector.

world  on  that  day!  Hov^  many  little 
hearts  are  beating  with  pleasure,  how 
many childish  lips  are  prattling  cheer­
fully!  Thousands-  of  such  childish 
groups, scattered  all over  the world,  are 
a  pleasant vision,  and  enough  to  make 
one merry in remembering them.
Annual  Report  of 

the  State  Salt 
The twenty-first annual  report  of  the 
State Salt Inspector,  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  Nov.  30,  was  made  public  last 
week. 
It shows that  the  nine  districts 
in which the State is divided have a total 
manufacturing capacity of  5,950,000 bar­
rels,  representing  an 
investment  of 
$4,700,000  and  giving  employment  to 
3,600 men.  The  quantity  inspected  in 
each district was as follows:
Barrels.
District  No.  1—Saginaw  county..............1,104,340
911 
101,792 
256,161 
312,084 
45,417 
821,306 
294,104
Total..........................................................3,846,979
These figures,  as  compared  with 1S88, 
show there  were  19,249  barrels  less in­
spected this  year  than  in 1888,  but this 
does not show the amount actually manu­
factured during the inspection year 1889.
Barrels.
Add to the amount  inspected....................3,846,979
Salt in  b ins.....................................................1,039,927
Total  ........................................................4,886,906
ary and  February, 1889 ............................  552,019

No. 2—Bay county__
No. 3—Huron county —  
No. 4—St. Clair county.. 
No. 5—Iosco county.  ... 
No. 6—Midland county 
No. 7—Manistee county. 
No. 8—Mason county  ...

Deduct salt inspected in December, Jan u ­

BUSINESS  LAW.

Brief  Digests  of  Recent  Decisions  in 

Courts of  Last Resort.

C O LLEC TIO N — D IST R E SS— PU R C H A S E  P R IC E
The  purchase  price  of  property  con­
sumed  iu  its  use,  such as  corn,  fodder, 
etc., is not rent, and cannot  be  collected 
by distress,  according  to  the  decision of 
the Supreme Court of  Georgia.

B A N K R U P TC Y   —   A SSIG N M EN T  —   U SE  OF 

N A M E.

The  right  of  one  to  use  his name in 
connection with  words of  common use as 
a brand is a personal  right,  and does not 
pass  to  his  assignee  in  bankruptcy,  ac­
cording to the  decision of  the  Kentucky 
Court of  Appeals.

S A L E ----S P E C IF IC   A R T IC L E -----W A R R A N T Y .
According to  the  decision  of  the  Su­
preme  Court of  Minnesota,  where an or­
der is given to a  manufacturer  or  dealer 
for  a  specific  article  of  a  known  and 
recognized kind and  description, and the 
described  article  be  actually furnished, 
there is no  implied  warranty that it will 
answer  the  purpose  for  which  it is in­
tended to be  used, but  the  only implied 
warranty or  condition of  the  contract is 
that it shall conform  to  the  description 
and  be  of  good  workmanship  and  ma­
terials.

E M PLO Y ER S’

L IA B IL IT Y   —   D A N G E R — NO­

T IC E .

The Supreme Court of  Louisiana held, 
the  recent  case  of  Myhan  et  al.  vs. 
Louisiana  Electric  Light  &  Power Co., 
that an employer  who  carries on an em­
inently  dangerous  undertaking,  such as 
the generation  and  distribution of  elec­
tricity, is bound to know the character and 
extent  of  the  danger  attached  to  the 
employment,  and to notify his  employes 
specially and unequivocally of  the same. 
In  such  cases,  the  court  held,  the  em­
ploye  has  a right  to  assume  superior 
knowledge on the  part of  the  employer, 
to  rely on  his  prudence  and  judgment, 
and to believe that he  will  not  unneces­
sarily jeopardize his  person  and  life by 
avoidable risk.

S A L E   OF  STOCK— D IV ID E N D .

it  appeared 

In  the  case of  Phinizy vs.  Murray,  re­
cently decided by the  Supreme  Court of 
that  after  the 
Georgia, 
making of  a contract  for the sale of  cer­
tain shares in the stock of  a corporation, 
but before the time  appointed for receiv­
ing payment and making  delivery,  a div­
idend  was  declared,  as  to  which  there 
was  no  express  stipulation  in  the  con­
tract.  The court  held  that  though  the 
purchaser,  if  he  had  accepted the stock 
and paid for it, would have been entitled 
to the dividend,  yet  he  had  no  right to 
decline acceptance and making payment, 
because  the  seller  claimed the dividend 
as his own,  and  refused to  give an order 
for its payment to the purchaser.

Patrons  of Industry  Fallacy.

At a recent banquet and  reception ten­
dered  to  Bishop  Foley, in  the  Catholic 
Hall  at  Marshall,  Alderman  William 
Connor was called upon to respond to the 
toast,  “The  City  of  Marshall,”  and, 
among other things,  said :
I fail to see how the  so-called  Patrons 
of  Industry can  help to flourish or boom 
a town.  Such a society is  a  delusion,  a 
false organization,  got up for the purpose 
of  benefiting the few  office  holders  and 
deceiving  the  many.  This 
so-called 
“Patron  of  Industry Secret  Society”  is, 
unquestionably,  the  worst  “secret”  so­
ciety I ever  heard  or read of,  that  owes 
its  origin to a smart man,  at that  time a 
minister of  the gospel, whose  keen  per­
ception for filthy lucre  made  him prefer 
to put his wits together  and  devise some 
more  speedy  means  of  making  money, 
and who eventually took  into  his  coun­
sel some three or four  innocent farmer 
and induced them to  join him in forming 
themselves 
into  a  company,  naming 
themselves  Patrons  of  Industry,  while, 
in reality,  a gentleman  patron  of  indus­
try would not  deign to recognize such an 
imposition.  And,  yet,  to-day, they have, 
I am  sorry to say,  75,000  members, each 
of  whom  on  becoming  a  member  paid 
$1.  The  originator  formed  a  Board of 
Directors,  which consists of  the minister 
a'nd  four  others,  who  call  themselves 
“Officers  of  the  Supreme  Association.’ 
These  officers  elected  another  batch of 
officers,  five  in  number,  to be  known as 
“State  Officers.”  Now,  all  these  men 
receive handsome  pay for their  services 
but  where  the  balance of  income  from 
membership  goes to I cannot  tell.  Just 
fancy $75,000,  besides other emolument 
in one  year!
Am I not  justified in  saying  that  this 
so-called  society  benefits  the  few,  but 
what do the many derive from it ?  I say 
that  it  is  a  claptrap  scheme  to  make 
money,  gotten  up  more  particularly to 
entrap  the  misguided  farmer,  the  very 
last of  all who should tumble into such a 
cobweb.  And why do I say that  this so- 
called society is a delusion and a scheme? 
I will tell  you :  Because  they represent 
to  those  becoming  members  —  mostly 
farmers—that  by  joining  their  society 
they will be enabled to buy their  general 
merchandise at 10 per cent, profit and no 
more.  Then  they  go  to  the  merchant 
and promise him that if  he  will  sell his 
goods at 10  per  cent, profit and no more, 
such  merchant  shall  have  their  trade. 
Now,  how can a legitimate merchant pay 
rent,  taxes,  gas,  fuel,  clerk  hire, etc., 
which absorbs all of 10 percent., and sell 
his merchandise at 10  per  cent,  profit on 
the  wholesale  price?  And,  yet,  there 
may be  some  so-called  merchants  who, 
for the purpose of  obtaining  their trade, 
will  promise—only—to  sell  at  10  per 
cent., but who  know  right  well  should 
they do  so, it  would  mean  bankruptcy. 
Furthermore,  the honest merchant would 
not, I think, bemean himself to sell goods 
upon  such  conditions—without  profit to 
one  class  and at a high profit to another 
class.  Such a system I should  call  dis­
honest.  And,  Right  Reverend  Bishop, 
if  there  is  a so-called  merchant  within 
my hearing  in  this  large  audience  who 
has made such a promise to sell his goods 
at 10 per  cent,  profit  and  no  more,  who 
would  dare  to  come  and  stand  before 
your  Reverence  and say that he does so, 
I would tell him  right  before  your Rev­
erence’s  face  that  he  lies, he knows he 
lies,  and there is no truth in it !

THE  PRESS  WAS  GOLDEN.

Interesting-  Incident  of  a  Northern 

Michigan Town.

W ritten fo r T he Tradesman

When I was 15 or 16  years old and was 
“drifting  around 
loose,”  not  knowing 
what  trade  or  profession  I  wanted to 
adopt,  and  having no very clear  idea of 
whether  or not I wished  to  follow  any,
I was in a little Northern  Michigan town 
one  day  and  accidentally  dropped  into 
the  Expositor  office.  The  building  in 
which this paper was  printed partook as 
much of  the  air of  tljp  backwoods  as it 
is possible for such a structure to do.  Its 
sides were  of  logs,  its  roof  of  what  are 
known as scoops,  being logs  split in two 
and then  hollowed  out like a trough and 
laid  in such a way as to  shed water,  and 
its  floor  was  of  solid  logs  hewed  flat. 
This office contained  but  two  apertures 
for the admission of  light,  and they were 
each  filled  with a half-sash  of  eight  by 
ten  window  glass.  An  old  sheet  iron 
stove  occupied  the  center of  the  room, 
diffusing smoke and heat alternately,  but 
when  in  good  humor  the  first  named 
article passed  through the roof  by means 
of  a few lengths of  rusty pipe.

Setting  type near  one of  the ^windows 
sat  an  elderly  man  in  rather  shabby 
brown  clothes.  He  was  sucking  the 
stem of  a meerschaum  pipe,  whose bowl 
emitted no sign of  smoke.  As I entered, 
this  person  turned  upon  me  a  pair  of 
kindly blue eyes and  said  “good-day”  in 
the most agreeable manner possible.

After a few casual remarks from which 
he elicited my name  (all  the  while  con­
tinuing  to  set  type),  he  asked  me  if  I 
wanted  a  job.  Well,  I  hardly  knew. 
What did he want pie to do ?

If  you work for  me,  you  shall  build 
the fire at 6 o’clock  in  the  morning and 
sweep  the  floor.  You  shall  then  come 
with  me  to  breakfast.  You  shall then 
dust the cases.  You shall  then  bring  in 
the  wood  and  clean  the  lamp. 
It will 
then  be  your  duty  to  do  that  which I 
shall  at  that  time  find  for  you  to  do. 
You shall wash the  roller  and  the type; 
you shall learn to be a printer.  For these 
services  you  shall  receive  your  board 
and  washing  for  the  first  six  months. 
After  that  your  wages  shall  be  fifty 
cents per week until the end of  the year. 
If  at  that  time  we  shall  both  be with 
each other satisfied,  you shall  have more 
wages.”

This was  getting  down to business  in 
a way that surprised me, young as I then 
was. 
Iu  fact,  it  was  so .business-like 
that it quite  frightened  me.  1 sat look­
ing at this  man  who  looked  only at his 
case,  and  listened  to  the  click  of  the 
types  falling  rapidly into the half-filled 
stick,  and thought of  his proposition and 
wondered  what  I  should  make  up  my 
mind  to  do  about  it.  After  a  while, 
when  the  stick  was  full  and  he  had 
“dumped”  it into  the  galley,  he  turned 
and said:

“Well,  what  have  you  decided?  If 
you accept my offer I will treat  you well, 
but  you will have to wrork.”

I had become quite interested in watch­
ing the process of  type-setting,  and  told 
him that I believed I should like to try it.
“All  right,”  said  he.  “You  may be­

gin work now.”

And so I began.  Day by day and week 
by  week I slowly learned  the  many de­
tails of  a country  printer’s  life,  and  as 
time went  by I became  very strongly at­
tached  to  my employer.  I  had  noticed 
at first that he had a very slight, scarcely 
perceptible  foreign  accent,  and  learned 
that  he  was a German.  His  name  was 
Zimmermann.  He  wrote  a  beautiful 
hand and made  the  neatest  copy I have 
ever set.  Although his speech was some­
times  slightly foreign,  his  writing  was 
always in model  English.  Nothing alien 
could  be  found  there,  unless,  perhaps, 
some of  his  ideas.  His  wife,''strange to 
say,  had  lived  in  America  a  year  or 
two longer than he,  but her  English was 
perfectly atrocious.

The  office  outfit  of  the  Star City Ex­
positor was of  a very peculiar sort.  The 
newspaper  press  was  made  of  wood,  a 
perfect  curiosity even in those  days. 
It 
was one that Zimmermann had bought at 
an auction sale of  old rubbish somewhere 
in Ohio,  where it had  lain in somebody’s 
barn for  years  and  years,  and  when the 
old  tympan  sheets  were  first  removed, 
the proof of a Fourth of July programme 
forty  years  old  came to view.  The bed 
of  this  press  was of  wood  and  covered 
writh zinc;  it had a handle  fastened to its 
outer end  by which it was  pulled  along 
the wooden track from  under the  wooden 
platen,  which  worked  on  an  upright 
track  and  was  operated  with  a  lever. 
The  whole  thing  was  set  in a frame of 
large,  squared  posts  and  keyed  with 
wooden  keys. 
In  one  or  two  places, 
where parts of  it had  cracked or split,  it 
was bound with iron  straps.  Otherwise, 
no  metal  but  the  sheet of  zinc entered 
into  its  construction.  The  Expositor 
boasted of  but six columns, and  so small 
was this press that it must be printed one 
page  at  a  time.  And  it  was  no  fun, 
either.  First  you  pulled  out  the  bed 
with  its  chase  full of  type, then  rolled 
the  roller  over  the ink board to ink the 
roller,  and then across  ‘the ‘form”  to ink 
the type, then laid on a paper and pushed 
it  back  under  the  platen.  Then  you 
seized the handle of the lever high above

lever 

creaked, 

your  head  with  both  hands  and  threw 
your  whole  weight  upon  it.  The  de­
scending 
bed 
squawked, the  platen  groaned  and  the 
keyed up  frame  shrieked and howled so 
that it could be heard  forty  rods  away. 
Then  you let the  lever  back,  pulled out 
the bed and  you had an impression.

the 

But such a one !
Some of  the type  was  old  and  badly 
worn,  and some of  it was  new  and,  con­
sequently,  too  high.  Much  of  the  fur­
niture  was  of  wood  and  badly warped, 
and,  to wind  up with,  the  ink  was  sour 
or something,  so that part of the time the 
type wouldn’t take it from the roller.

There were  two  small  job  presses  in 
the office,  but I cannot remember that we 
ever tried to use them.  They were called 
“Cottage”  presses,  I think,  and my  pri­
vate opinion is that Cottage  knew  about 
as much of  job  presses as does the aver­
age Sioux brave.  They were constructed 
of  iron,  with a tapering  cylinder  which 
swung on a pivot  at the small end.  The 
type were under  this.  You  laid a card 
on the job,  wheeled  the  cone over it and 
there you were.  They  were  great  ma­
chines  with  which  to  spoil  type  and 
paper,  but not fit to print with.

The circulation of  the  Expositor  was 
only local.  We used  to print some eight 
or  ten  quires  weekly  and  distributed 
them among the  subscribers  around  the 
village.  Most of  the  remuneration  was 
in country produce,  though an occasional 
patron of the paper paid some cash.  The 
advertisers  were  country merchants and 
patent medicine men.  From the former 
we took  principally articles in trade and 
from  th e' latter  liver  pads  and  hair 
restoratives.  Things went on  in this way 
until  I  had  made  myself  quite  useful 
around the establishment.  I did most of 
the type setting and helped the people at 
the house about sundry  odd  jobs  which 
were  always  coming  up, and  was  now 
drawing  something  like  $2  per  week 
salary.  For  some time,  Mr.  Zimmerman 
had  been  troubled  with a cough,  and  it 
kept growing worse and  worse,  until  he 
took  to  his  bed,  and,  after a few  days, 
hemorrhage  of  the  lungs set in and one 
morning the old man  lay dead in his bed 
and  no  one  knew  when  the  spirit had 
flown.  A  day  or  two  before  this,  he 
called me into his room and said:
“Ned,  all things are possible. 

It may 
be so that I shall not haf long to live. 
If 
I should die, you shall  haf_the  printing 
office and you shall also continue to pub­
lish  the  Expositor. 
I haf  great  confi­
dence in  you, my boy,  and I shall expect 
that you  will  try  and  help  my wife,  if 
you succeed in business.”

After the death of  my dear old friend, 
things went badly.  The town had been 
growing and the paper  should have been 
better patronized,  but  that a rival  sheet 
was started,  with  new presses and type, 
and the Expositor was out of style.
¿ 1  struggled  on  as best I could,  manag­
ing to get enough money out of  it  to pay 
household expenses, which,  indeed, were 
very  small,  but  I  had to forego any ex­
penditures for myself and could do noth­
ing  toward' improving  the  condition of 
the  office  or  the  paper.  Now  that  I 
worked alone,, it took my unclivide4 time 
to attend to its many details.  The news 
items  must  be gathered,  written,  put in 
type,  the proof corrected and  the  paper 
out by Thursday noon.  It  was  no  play 
spell for a lad of seventeen.

Subscribers dropped off and advertisers 
withdrew their cards. 
I do not think  it 
wras  so  much from a dislike for the mat­
ter printed  as  from  the  quality  of the 
printing (which  was  bad)  and also from 
an impulse in human nature, which leads 
most people  to  shout  with  the winning 
side and to patronize the most prosperous 
institutions.  At  any rate,  the subscrip­
tion list  of  the  Expositor diminished in 
an exact ratio with the  increase  of  that 
of  the  Weekly  Magnet  (the  opposition 
sheet)  and things  looked very discourag­
ing.

One  evening,  old  Mr.  Barker—bles 
him!—dropped in on a little  business.  I 
was  sittifig  on a soap box  which  rested 
on a chair.  This was an improvised stool, 
invented by me for the purpose of sitting 
down at a type  ease,  instead  of  always 
standing,  which  is, the usual custom. 
I 
resigned  the  chair  to  Mr.  Barker and 
listened.  He  had  stood  right  by  the 
Expositor  through  every  adversity  and 
had continued  a  half-column  advertise­
ment of his grocery business when many 
others were withdrawn.  Said he:

“I’ve just got in a new line  of  canned 
goods  and  some  choice  Minnesota flour 
and I want to  call  people’s  attention  to 
it in a way that they can’t mistake.  Now 
can’t you  think  of  something  that’l be 
attractive in the way of an  ‘ad’?”

I thought awhile and then said that,  if 
we could  run  in  some  sort  of a cut—a 
picture of something  or  other—itjmight 
help.

“That’s it! that’s it!”  said he.  You’ve 
struck  it.  That’s  just  what we want. 
Give  us  a  picture  of  a  mastodon,  or a 
cyclops, or anything you happen to have. 
Here is the  copy  for  the  ‘ad’  and show 
me a proof of it before you print.  Good 
night.”

Well,  I tried  to  think  what  cuts  we 
had that would fill the hole in that adver­
tisement,  but I couldn’t  remember  one 
that was what I wanted.  Finally,  I ran­

sacked an old raisin box full  of  antique 
engravings,  some of  wood,  some  stereo­
typed,.some  electrotyped,  all  black  and 
dusty and worn.  There were Goddesses 
of Liberty,  cows,  apples,  people,  houses, 
birds,  barrels  and  dozens  of  designs 
which shock  the  artists  of  to-day,  but 
nothing suitable.  At last,  I happened to 
remember  having seen a curious looking 
engraving 
in  a  drawer  where  my  old 
employer  had formerly kept some of  his 
private  affairs  and  which  I  had  not 
opened since his decease.

I resurrected it,  examined  it  and  ad­
mired. 
It  was a representation  of  the 
American eagle with  wide-spread  wings 
and a scroll  in  its  beak  on  which  was 
inscribed  “Fourth of July,  1857.”  From 
its appearance I  judge that some zealous 
patriot  had  made it with  a  jack  knife. 
But  it  was  a  picture  and it was a foot 
and a half  long by ten inches  wide,  and 
I thought by eliminating  the  inscription 
on the scroll,  it  might  do  glorious  ser­
vice in Mr.  Barker’s flour notice.

With no end  of  trouble I arranged  to 
It 
print it and “pulled”  an impression. 
worked badly. 
It was not high  enough. 
So I underlayed it with  paper  and over- 
layed the  tympan  sheet,  and fooled  and 
bothered  with  it  until  1  wished  Mr. 
Barker  and  his  advertisement  in  the 
Mediterranean  Sea,  but still it wouldn’t 
work.  When the  beak  and  upper  part 
of  the  wings  were black and  clear  the 
claws and the arrow  which it held  were 
scarcely discernable and vice versa.

Then  the middle  of  it  would sink out 
of  sight  and  the  claws  and  beak  jam 
their way through the  yielding  paper of 
the  proof.  Taking it all  around it was 
discouraging.  Finally,  in desperation,  I 
resolved to  put  more  impression on the 
form.  This  was  something I had never 
seen done,  but after some  deliberation I 
set to work.

Keys were tightened,  wedges driven in 
and everything  made snug. 
I seized the 
lever,  but  when I attempted  an  impres­
sion  a  new  difficulty  presented 
itself. 
The  machine  worked  so  much  harder 
that I was unable to pull it.  But I must 
have that proof  at all hazards.

1 remembered an old piece of  cast iron 
of curious shape which had lain near the 
office for  several  months. 
It must have 
weighed  nearly a hundred  pounds and I 
decided to utilize this.  After laboriously 
dragging it  into  the  office, I attached it 
with a rope  to  the  lever  of  the  press. 
With the combined weight of myself and 
this iron 1 should  be  able  to  take  that 
impression.

Crack, groan,  shriek,  at last it yielded, 
the lever  descended  the.platen was tak­
ing the proof  when  with a mighty crash 
and  the  noise  of  breaking  wood  and 
cracking timbers,  one  of  the heavy up­
rights  gave  way  and  the  whole  upper 
gearing of  the press,  lever,  iron weight, 
myself  and  all  rolled over  on the floor.
1 know  that I was  somewhat  stunned 
by the fall.  That piece of  iron  had hurt 
me,  too;  but  what really kept me laying 
there for  so  long  was a sense  of  being 
ruined—that  was  just my feeling at the 
time, however amusing it may seem now.
So  I  lay  there,  thinking  of  my mis­
fortune and my broken press, my blasted 
prosperity and  everything  mean in gen­
eral and  nothing  much in  particular for 
I don’t  know  how  long.  At any rate it 
must  have  been  well  toward  midnight 
when the door  went open and in  walked 
Frau  Zimmermann. 
I  was  on my feet 
the  instant  the  latch  rattled,  and  felt 
quite  confused  and foolish  and  wished 
I had arisen  before.

“Oh,  my tear poy,”  exclaimed she,  “it 
makes  me  so  clatt  you  to  see.  I  vas 
scared  dot  you  might  killed  pe.  Yen 
you so late stay,  you do make me so much 
to worry.”

So I told her  of  the broken  press and 
how  badly I had  been feeling  about  it, 
and she and I began the work of  gather­
ing up  the  pieces  with a view to taking 
stock of the damages.

All at once the  old lady  who  had been 
busying  herself  about  the  woodwork 
while I was extricating the chase of type 
from the general  ruin,  made an exclama­
tion  and  then  dropped  on  her  knees. 
Anxious  to  see  what  so  excited  her  I 
bent over her shoulder  and looked.  An­
gel of Light!

Her hand was full of  golden coins and 

there was a pile of them on the floor.

“Mein  Gott!-,  Mein  Gott!” 

she  ex­
claimed.  “Das Geld!  Das Geld!  Siehst 
Du das Geld?”  and she rattled on with a 
lot of  German  which I could not under­
stand.

Well, the long and  short of  it was that 
some  fellow  way  back in the  history of 
that  press  must  have  had  some money 
which  he  didn’t  like  to  invest  at  the 
time,  and,  casting  about  for  a  hiding 
place,  had  hit  upon  this  very odd idea. 
He had,  with an  auger  just the size of  a 
double eagle,  bored a hole down inside of 
one of the mortises in the frame, dropped 
in  his  money,  all in  twenty-dollar  gold 
coins,  and  then  plugged it up.  The ad­
ditional strain which I had put  upon the 
press,  added to  years of  use  and  decay, 
had burst the timber and the hoard rolled 
out.  What  became of  the  owner of  it I 
can’t imagine,  but if  he will make appli­
cation and establish his  claim,  he is wel­
come  to  the  money,  principal  and  in­
terest.

There  were  just  forty-three  of  these 
coins,  making  a  sum  total  of  $860.  It 
was  quite  a windfall  for  the  frau  and 
myself,  and we  made  good use of  it.  A 
second-hand  printing  press  was  pur­
chased—not a wooden  one—a lot of  new 
type and other  things  necessary to start 
the paper on a paying  basis, and the few 
remaining  dollars  were  laid  aside  for 
rainy weather.

Happy I am to say that up to now they 
have  never  been  disturbed.  The  jEx­
positor  has  flourished,  and  the  broad 
wings of its popularity stretch over more 
counties than one.

The old wooden press occupies a prom­
inent  place 
in  my  private  office,  and 
visitors  view  it  with  idle curiosity and 
wonder  why such  a  frightful  object  is 
kept so plainly in sight. 

F.  W.  G.

Got  What  He  Paid  For.
*

From  th e New England Grocer. 

An  enterprising and fair-dealing busi­
ness man  in  this  city was  lately met  at 
the  door  of  his  grocery  by an  honest- 
looking  Irishman,  an  entire stranger to 
him,  who asked for  credit for a barrel of 
flour. 
“I  can  pay  yez  half  the  cash 
down  and  the  balance  nixt  Saturday 
night,  sure.”
The  merchant,  * without  hesitation, 
turned to one of  his  clerks,  and  kindly 
smiling  upon  the  would-be-owner  of  a 
barrel of  flour,  said:  “This man  wants 
to get trusted for a barrel  of  flour;  he’ll 
pay half  down  and the rest next  Satur­
day. 
I’ll  risk  him;  he’s  good as  gold. 
Open a fresh  barrel,  weigh out half, de­
liver it in  good  shape at his  house,  put 
the barrel  away safely and  take it down 
next  Saturday  when  he  pays  the  bal­
ance.  Never  refuse to trust  an  honest- 
looking  man for  bread.”  It  was  done, 
and the Irishman  departed,  rejoicing in 
an  abundance  of  flour  and  unlimited 
credit.

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

 

@12  00

15 00@16 00
@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
Birch,  log-run...................  
Birch, Nos. 1 and 2................................. 
Black Ash, log-run.......................................14  00@16 00
Cherry, log-run............................................. 25 00@40 00
Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2................................... 60 00@65 00
Cherry, C ull.............................................  
Maple, lo g -ru n ..............................................12 00@13 00
Maple,  soft, log-run.....................................11  00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2................................. 
Maple,  clear, flooring............................ 
Maple,  white, selected.......................... 
Red Oak, log-run.......................................... 20 00@21 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2................................. 26 00®28 00
Red Oak, % sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00
Red Oak, \
 sawed, regular........................ 30 00@32 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank................... 
@25 00
W alnut, log ru n ...................................... 
@55  00
W alnut, Nos. 1 and 2.............................  
@75 00
Walnuts, c u ll.......................................... 
@25 00
Grey Rim, log-run........................................ 12 60@13 05
White Aso, log-run.......................................14 00@16 00
Whitewood, log-run.....................................20 00@22 00
W hite Oak, log-run.......................................17 00@18 00
sawed, Nos.  1 and 2__  42 00@43  00
W hite Oak, 
C r o c k e r y   & G la s s w a r e

@20 00
@25  00
@25 00

LAMP  BURNERS.

6 doz. in box.

No. 0 S un................................................................   45
No. 1  “  ................................................................   48
No. 2-»“  ...........; ...................................................   70
T u b u lar..................................................................   75

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.

lamp  chimneys.—Per box.
No. 0 S un.................................................. .
1  90 
No. 1  “ 
....................................................
.2  00 
No. 2  “ 
....................................................
.3  00
No. 0 Sun, erimp  top.......................................... 2  15
No. 1  “ 
“  ........................ .................. 2 25
No. 2  “ 
“  ........................................... 3 25
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.......................................... 2  58
“  ...........................................2 80
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
“  ........................................... 3 80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled...................... 3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
.....................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.......................4  70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz........................   1  25
No. 2 ^ “ 
.......................... 150
No. 1 crimp, per doz.............................................1  40
No. 2 
.............................................1  60

La Bastic.

Pearl top.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
STONEWARE—AKRON.

1 

“ 

Butter Crocks, per g a l.................................... 
Jugs, % gal., per doz........................................  65
........................................  90
(glazed 66c)__   60
( 
90cj.  ..  78

Milk Pans, H gal., per doz 
“ 

1  “

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

06!4

f r u i t   j a r s — Per  gro.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Mason’s, pints..................................................  $  9 50
quarts.................................................   10 00
*4-gallon.............................................   13 00
Lightning, quarts.............................................  12 00
54-gallon.........................................  16  00
TIME  TABLES.

Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.

In  effect  Nov. 17,188». 
TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive.
Traverse City A  M ackinaw................
Traverse  City  Express..................... 9:80 a m
Traverse City A  M ackinaw................3:15 p m
From  C incinnati.................................8:50 p m
Cadillac  (Mixed).
m train .

Through coaches for Saginaw   on 

Leave. 
7:10 a m  
11.30 a m 
i iO p m
6:30 p m
:10 a m and 4:10 p

GOING  SOUTH.
C incinnati  Express........................... 
F o rt W ayne Express.........................11:45 a  m 
C incinnati  Express...........................5:30 p m 
From M ackinaw A Traverse C ity..10:40 p m
From  Cadillac.........................................  9:55 a  m
T rain leaving fo r Cincinnati a t 6 p.  m.  and  a rriv in g  
from   Cincinnati  a t 9:20 p. m ., runs daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  O ther tra in s daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and P a rlo r Car  Service:  N orth—7: :0 a. m. 
and 4:10 p. m. tra in s have  sleeping and p arlo r cars for 
Mackinaw  City.  South—7:15 a. m. tra in  has c h air oar 
and 6 p. m. tra in  P ullm an sleeping c ar  fo r  C incinnati.

7.15 a m
12.50 p m
6:00 p m

Muskegon, Grand Rapids Si Indiana.

In effect Nov. 10, 1889.

Leave 
Arrive.
7 0 0 a m ........................................................................10:15 a  m
U :1 5 a m ...............................................................................  3:46 p m
5 :40pm ...............................................................................  8:46 p m
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge street  depot 7 m inutes later. 
Through tick ets and full  inform ation  can be had by 
calling upon  A.  Alm quist,  tic k e t  ag en t  a t  depot, or 
Geo. W. Munson, Union  Ticket  A gent.  67  Monroe  St., 
Grand  Rapids, Mich.

O. L. Lockwood. Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING- WEST.

GOING EAST.

Arrives.
.12:50 p m
fMorning Express......... ................... 12:50 p m
.  4:10 p m
fThrough M ail..................................... 4:10 p m
.10:40 p rn
fG rand Rapids  Express...................10:40 p i
.  6 ;40 a  m
*Night E xpress....................................6:40 a m
tMixed.....................................
tD etroit  Express................
.10:10 a m
fThrough M ail................................... 10:10 a  m
.  3:35 p m
fEvening Express...............................3:35 p m
.10:30 p m
*Night Express..................................10:30 p m

Leaves.
1:00 p m
4:20 p m
7:00 a m
7:30 a m
0:80 a m
10:20 a m
3:45 p m
10:55 p m
<
fDaily, Sundays excepted.  «Daily. 
D etroit  Express  has p arlo r  car  to D etroit,  m aking 
d irect connections for all p oints  East, a rriv in g  in  New 
York 10:10 a. m. n ex t day.
G rand  Rapids  express  has  p a rlo r  c a r  D etroit  to 
Grand  Rapids.  N ight  express  has  W agner  sleeping 
c a r to D etroit, a rriv in g  in D etroit a t 7:20 a.  m.
steam ship 
sleeping 
tick ets 
a t 
D., G.  H. A M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and a t th e depot.
J as. Campbell. C ity Passenger Agent. 

tick ets  and  ocean 

Through  railro ad  

secured 

b erths 

and 

c a r 

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

Toledo,  Ann Arbor &  Northern.

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

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

Amount  actually  m anufactured  inspec­
Showing an increase over last year o f ... 

tion year 1889...............................................4,334,887
91,623
The  counties  showing  an  increased 
inspection,  as compared with 1888,  were: 
Saginaw, 54,775;  Bay,  105,941;  Midland, 
1,580;  Mason,  13,389;  total,  174,985.

Decrease:  Huron,  61,417;  St.  Clair, 
69,455;  Iosco,  34,288;  Manistee,  29,077; 
total,  194,234.

In qualities the inspection was  as  fol­

lows:
Barrels.
F in e ..................................................................3,721,099
Packers’............................- ...........................  
19,780
17,617
Solar  ............................................................... 
Second quality...............................................  93,455
Fine packers’................................................. 
4,978
A comparison of  the salt inspection in
the State since  the inspection law went
into effect is as follows:
Barrels.
Barrels.
.  561,28811881.............. ...  2,750,299
1869..................
.  621,352 1882............... ..  3,037,317
1870..................
.  728,175 1883............... ..  2,894,672
1871..................
1872
724.481 1884.............. ...  3,161,816
.  823,346 1885............... ...  3j297j403
1873..................
...  3,677,257
.1,026,979 1886.............
1874..................
.1,081.8:6 1887............... ...  3,944,309
1875..................
.1,462.729 1888............... ...  3,866,228
1876..................
.1,660,987 1889............... ...  3,846,979
1877..................
.1,8:5,884
1878..................
...45,753,985
.2,058,040 T otal.......
1879..................
.2,676,588
1830..................
...  3,282,117
Salt m anufactured prior to 1869.......

Total  amount  of  salt  produced  in 
Michigan  to d ate............................. 49,036,102
The largest  salt  manufacturer  in  the 
State,  and in the  world,  for  that matter, 
is R.  G.  Peters, the Manistee lumberman. 
He made  last  year  at  Manistee  171,220 
barrels,  and  Butters & Peters,  a 6* Lud- 
ington,  manufactured  104,406  barrels. 
Louis Sands,  another  Manistee  lumber­
man, comes second,  with 130,923 barrels, 
and the  State  Lumber Co.,  of  the same 
place,  123,871 barrels.  The  Chas.  Rietz 
Bros.  Salt  &  Lumber  Co.  made  91,858 
On the  Saginaw  river  Whitney & Bach 
elor  manufactured  84,021  barrels,  the 
largest of any single concern,  H. W. Sage 
&Co.  taking  second  place  w ith.73,554 
barrels.  C.  Merrill & Co. manufactured 
65,308  barrels,  Eddy,  Avery  &  Eddy 
66,641  and  Mitchell  &  McClure  63,097, 
These  are  all  large  lumber  producers 
In Iosco county Pack, Woods & Co.  made 
90,834 barrels,  and the  Gratwick,  Smith 
& Fryer Lumber Co.  70,121.  At Luding 
ton  the  Pere  Marquette  Lumber  Co 
made 80.680 barrels  and  Thomas  Percy
86,784. 

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______

Growth  of the  Coupon  System.

CHRISTMAS.

Of  the twelve months, there are two in 
which  an  American—an American, that 
is,  of  the  United  States—may  claim  a 
special property7.  They come  at  widely 
different  seasons—one  at  midsummer, 
the other  when  the  year is on the verge 
of  winter.  But they are linked together, 
nevertheless,  as  containing  days  of 
special interest to all who are able to say 
that this is the land of  their  birth or the 
home  of  their  choice.  For  to  us  does 
any day in  July compare  in  importance 
with the Fourth ?  And what other nation 
makes a festival of  the last  Thursday in 
November?  Thanksgiving  Day  is,  in­
deed,  a  younger  national  observance 
than the Fourth, but seems to have taken 
root,  none  the  less,  as  firmly  as  Inde­
pendence Day.

New England  has  sometimes wounded 
the susceptibilities of  other  parts of  the 
country by claiming  that  everything  in 
the way of  institution  or  custom  worth 
having in the  land  had its origin  within 
■her borders.  The Knickerbocker and the 
Virginian,  the South Carolinian  and  the 
New Orleanian, have  scouted  the  claim 
of  New  England  as  preposterous.  But 
there is one thing that  cannot be denied, 
which  is, that  Thanksgiving  came from 
Yankeeland  and  nowhere  else,  There 
are, indeed, ill-natured  people  who  say 
that the stern  founders of  New  England 
set  up  Thanksgiving  in  order to give a 
black-eye  to  Christmas,  which they con­
sidered  an  utter  abomination.  And 
proabbly those founders  would  not have 
been  particularly gratified  if  they could 
have  foreseen  that  the  one  legacy  the 
whole country would  receive  from them 
would  be  a  day  of  feasting.  But they 
builded  better  than  they  knew.  They 
were very well  aware that a good dinner 
is a good thing, but they thought it would 
be  worldly  and  frivolous  to  confess it. 
Their  descendants,  with  more  candor, 
declare that the day exists  for  the  sake 
of  the  dinner,  and  without  the  latter 
there  could  be  no  real  Thanksgiving. 
But, then, the dinner must  have  its own 
elements.  Certainly no  loyal  New Eng­
lander would admit  that  there  could be 
on Thanksgiving day a dinner  worthy of 
the  name  without  turkey and  pumpkin 
pie.  And  these  American  dishes  are 
potent to attract  gatherings of  kith  and 
kin which  otherwise,  it is feared,  would 
never take place.  Family guests and old 
friends  make  merry and  partake of  the 
good cheer together.

vigorous  now 

From  th e  New Jersey T rade Review.
The use of  coupon books in the grocery 
trade,  instead of  pass books, is becomin 
quite  noticeable.  In  many parts of  the 
country  the  coupon  books  are  used 
almost  entirely,  arfd,  according  to  those 
who  have  adopted  the  system,  it  is  a 
highly satisfactory one.  The  plan  is as 
follows:  Customers  are  furnished  with 
Let  us continue,  then,  to keep  up  the 
I the  coupon  books,  which  are similar to 
American  Thanksgiving,  not  forgetting, 
mileage books  for  railways,  but  instead 
of  the coupons being  for  one mile, they 
however, that as a festival it  is a  young­
are for one cent,  five, ten and twenty-five 
ster,  indeed,  compared  with  Christmas, 
! cents each,  the value of  the  books  vary-
which was venerable long  before  Colum-
ing from $2 to $20.  These  coupons  are 
bus set  out  to  discover  America.  Yet  good for their face value in groceries and 
old  as  it  is,  it  holds  its  own  very well  other  merchandise  at  the  store  of  the 
and  is  as  vigorous  now  as  when  the  ?rm ifum g them.  When  the  books are
issued,  the  dealer  charges  his customer
world was  younger. 
Someone  has  said 
with the value of  the  book.  When pay­
that  Christmas observances were  falling 
day  comes, 
the  customer  pays  this 
amount,  and  meantime  uses the coupons 
into  desuetude  in  England  when  they 
for the  purchase of  supplies,  thus avoid­
were  revived  by  the  tales  of  Charles 
ing all disputed accounts and saving val­
Dickens.  But America has never needed 
uable time to both dealer  and  customer.
a Dickens  for  that  purpose.  The  day 
was  a  happy,  cheerful  day  when  the 
“Human nature,” says a rustic philoso­
country was  a  wilderness—a  day  when 
pher,  “don’t changea mite from one gen­
the  smile  on  most  faces  gave  a warm 
eration to another, when  you come right 
glow in  spite  of  a  dull  sky.  And  the 
down to  facts.
genuine  American can  be  distinguished
“We have  to  say  jest  about  so often 
in* no way better  than  by his  hearty ob- j that young folks ain’t  what they used to 
servance of  this festal  time.  The  time | ^e>  ancl °ld folks ain’t  what they used to
be,  and women  folks  have changed,  and
of  gifts  has  come.  And  although  the 
men  ain’t  so  brave  and  honest as they 
man with many relatives sometimes feels 
was,  and  children  ain’t  children  any 
this part of  the observance of  the  day  a 
more.
“But  it’s only in  the  out’ard  appear­
burden,  yet  cheerful  givers  abound. 
ance that things  and people change;  the 
Liberality overleaps the  bounds  of  kin­
thing itself is alius jest about  the  same.
dred and  friendship,  and  the hungry are 
“It  strikes me that it’s all a good  deal 
fed,  the  naked  are clothed,  the  cold  are 
like  this  everlastin’ gettin’  up  the  new 
kinds o’  soap  that  they  hev down t’ the 
cheered  and warmed with  fuel,  an  hour 
grocery store;  there’s a new label  on the 
of  ease  and  relief  is  managed  for  the 
package every year,  but I guess  we  had 
weary and  careworn,  innocent  gratifica­
about the same  kind  o’  soap when I was 
tions are contrived for those whose pleas­
a boy.
“Men an’  women an’  boys  an’  girls  is 
ures are few and rare.
jest about the same that they always was; 
but bless ye,  it  don’t  do no kind o’ hurt 
to change the labels  on the human pack-

But  they  who  rejoice  in  Christmas 
most  are  the  little  people.  What  a
throng of happy children there are in the  ages every few years or so !”

A  Matter  of Labels.

The M ichiganTradesm an

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25,  1889.

A  CHRISTMAS  EVE  IN  WAR  TIMES.

Lc O N T IN P E D   FR O M   F IR S T   P A G E .l

the gate softly and  with his steps muffled 
by the  snow  that  already  carpeted  the 
frozen gronnd,  he  readied  tlie  window, 
the blinds  of  which  were  but partially 
closed.'  His  children  frolicking  about 
the  room  were  the  first  objects  that 
caught his eye,  anti  he  almost  laughed 
aloud  in  his  joy.  Then,  by  turning 
another blind slightly,  he  saw'  his  wife 
shivering over the  fire.
“Great God!”  he muttered,  “how  she 
has suffered!”  and he  was about to rush 
in and take her into his  arms.  On  the 
threshold he restrained  himself,  paused 
and said,  “No.  not  yet:  I’ll  break  the 
news of my return in my own way.  The 
shock of my sudden appearance might be 
too great for her;”  and  he went back  to 
the window.  The wife’s eyes  were  fol­
lowing  her  children with such a wistful 
tenderness  that  the  boy,  catching  her 
gaze,  stopped his  sport,  came to her side 
and began to speak.  They  were  but  a 
few feet away,  and Marlow caught every 
word.
“Mamma,” the child  said,  “you didn't 
eat any breakfast,  and  I  don't  believe 
you have eaten  anything  to-day.  You 
are  always  giving  everything  to  us. 
Now',  I declare, I won’t  eat  another  bit 
unless you take half of my cake,” and he 
broke off a piece and laid it in her lap.
“Oh,  Jamie,”  cried  the poor  woman, 
“you  looked  so  like  your father  when 
you  spoke that I could  almost see him,” 
and  she  caught  him  in  her  arms  and 
covered him with kisses.
“I’ll  soon be big  enough to take  care 
of  you.  I’m going to grow'  up  just like 
papa  and  do -everything for  you,”  the 
boy said proudly as she released him.
Little Susie also came and placed what 
was left of  her cake in her mother’s lap, 
saying:
“I’ll work for  you,  too,  mamma,  and 
I’ll sell the doll Santa Claus gave me last 
Christmas  to-morrow,  and then  we’ll all 
have plenty to eat.”
Anson Marlow’ was sobbing outside the 
window  as  only a man  weeps,  and  his 
tears in the bitter  cold became  drops of 
ice before they reached the ground.
“My darlings!”  the mother cried.  “O 
God.  spare me  to  you and  provide some 
way for us.  Your  love should make me 
rich though  I  lack  all  else.  There,  1 
won’t cry any more,  and  you  shall have 
as happy a Christmas as I can  give  you. 
Perhaps He who knew’  what it was to be 
homeless  and  shelterless  will  provide 
for  our  need;  so  we’ll try to trust  Him 
and  keep  His  birthday.  And  now, 
Jamie,  go and bring the  rest of  the coal, 
and then  we will  make  the  dear  home 
that papa gave us cheery and  w’arm once 
more. 
If  he  were  only  with  us  we 
wouldn’t  mind  hunger  or  cold,  would 
we?  O  my  husband!”  she  broke  out
afresh,  “if  you  could  only come  back, 
even though crippled and helpless, I feel 
that I could  live  and  grow  strong from 
simple gladness.”
"Don’t  you  think,  mamma,”  Jamie 
asked,  “God  will let  papa  come  dowrn 
from Heaven and spend  Christmas  with 
us?  He might be here  like  the  angels, 
and we not see him.”
“I’m  afraid  not,”  the sad  woman re­
plied,  shaking  her  head  and  speaking 
more to herself  than  to  the  child. 
“I 
don’t  see  how  he  could  go  back  to 
Heaven  and  be  happy if  he  knew  all. 
No,  we must be patient and try to do our 
best,  so that we can go to him.  Go now, 
Jamie,  before it gets  too late. 
I’ll  get 
supper, and  then  we’ll sing a Christmas 
hymn,  and  you and  Susie shall hang up 
your  stockings,  just  as  you  did  last 
Christmas,  when dear papa was with us. 
We’ll  try  to  do  everything  he  would 
wish,  and  then  by-and-by we  shall see 
him again.”
As the boy started  on  his  errand  his 
father stepped back  out  of  the  light of 
the  window,  then  followed  the  child 
with a great  yearning in  his  heart.  He 
would  make  sure  the  boy was  safe  at 
home  again  before  he  carried  out  his 
plan.  From a distance he saw  the little 
fellow receive the  coal  and  start slowly 
homeward with  the  burden,  and he fol­
lowed to a point  where the light  of  the 
street  lamps  ceased,  then  joined  the 
child  and  said in a gruff  voice,  “Here, 
little man.  I’m going  your way.  Let me 
carry  your  basket,”  and he  took it and 
Strode on so fast that the  boy had to run 
to keep pace  with him. 
Jamie  shuffled 
along through  the  snow  as  well  as  he 
could,  but his little legs  were so short in 
comparison  with  those  of  the  kindly 
stranger that he found  himself gradually 
falling  behind.  So he put  on  an  extra 
burst of  speed  and  managed to lay hold 
of  the long  blue skirt of  the army over­
coat.
“Please  don’t  go  quite  so  fast,”  he 
panted.
The stranger  slackened  his  pace,  and 
in a constrained tone of  voice asked: 
“How far are  you going,  little man?” 
“Only to our  house—mamma’s.  She’s 
Mrs.  Marlow, you know.”
“Yes,  I  know—that  is,  I reckon  I do. 
How much  farther is it?”
“Oh,  not  much;  we’re  most half-way 
now’.  I say, you’re a soldier, are’nt you?” 
“Yes,  my boy,”  said  Marlow,  with a 
lump in his throat.  “Why?”
“Well,  you  see,' my papa is  a soldier 
too, and I thought  you might know him. 
We  haven’t  heard from  him for  a good 
while,  and—”  choking a bit—“mamma’s 
afraid  he is hurt,  or  taken  prisoner  or 
something.”  He could  not  bring  him­
self to say  “killed.”
Jamie  let go the  overcoat to draw  his 
sleeve across  his eyes,  and the big  man 
onee  more  strode  on  faster  than  ever, 
and  Jamie  began to fear lest  the dusky 
form might disappear  in  the  snow  and 
darkness  with both basket and coal,  but 
the  apparent  stranger  so far forgot  his 
part that he put down the basket at Mrs. 
Marlow’’s  gate  and  then  passed  on  so 
quickly that the panting boy had no time 
to thank  him. 
Indeed,  Anson  Marlow 
knew that if  he  lingered but  a  moment 
he would have the child in his  arms.
“Why, Jamie,”  exclaimed his mother, 
“how  could  you get  back so soon  with 
that heavy basket?  It was too heavy  for 
you,  but  you  will  have to be mamma’s 
little man  now.”
“A  big  man  caught  up  with me and 
carried  it.  I don’t  care if  he did have a 
gruff voice, I’m  sure he was a good, kind

then 

The  merchant 

I’ve  told  her  so,  too. 

man.  He knew  where we lived,  too,  for 
he put  the  basket  down at our  gate be­
fore I could say a w’ord.  I  was so out of 
breath,  and then he was out of sight in a 
minute.”  Some instinct  kept  him from 
saying anything about the army overcoat.  | 
“It’s  some neighbor  that lives farther j 
up  the  street,  I suppose,  and  saw  you 
getting  the  coal  -at  the  store.”  Mrs. | 
Marlow’  said. 
“Yes,  Jamie,  it  was  a 
good, kind  act to help a little  boy,  and I 
think he’ll  have a happier  Christmas for 
doing it.”
“Do you really think  he’ll have a hap­
pier  Christmas, mamma?”
“Yes,  I  truly  think  so.  We  are  so 
made that we cannot do a kind act  with­
out feeling the better for it.”
“Well, I think  he was a queer sort  of 
a man  if  he  was  kind.  I  never  knew 
anyone to  walk  so fast.  I spoke to him 
once,  but he did  not  answer.  Perhaps 
the wind  roared so he couldn’t hear me.” 
“No  doubt he was  hurrying  home  to 
his wife  and  children,”  she said with a 
deep sigh.
When his boy dissappeared  within the 
door of  the cottage,  Marlow  turned and 
walked  rapidly  toward  the  city,  first 
going to  the  grocery  at  which  he  had 
been  in the habit  of  purchasing his sup-j 
plies. 
stared  for  a 
moment, 
stepped  forward  and 
greeted his customer warmly.
Well.”  he said,  after his first exclam­
ations of  surprise were over,  “the snow 
has made you almost as white as a ghost, 
but I’m glad  you’re not one.  We scarce 
ever thought to see you again.”
Has my wife  an  open  account  here 
now?”  was the brief  response.
“Yes,  and  it might  have  been  much 
larger. 
She 
stopped taking credit some time ago, and 
when  she’s  had a dollar or two to spare 
she’s  paid  it  on  the  old  score. *  She 
bought so little  that I said  to  her  once 
that she  need  not go elsewhere to buy— 
that I’d sell  to  her  as  cheap as anyone; 
that I believed you’d come back all right, 
and if  you didn’t she could pay me when 
she could.  What  do  you think she did? 
Why  she  burst  out  crying,  and  said, 
‘God  bless  you,  sir, for  saying my hus­
band  will  come  back.  So  many  have 
discouraged me.’  I  declare  to  you  her 
feeling was so right down  genuine that I 
had to  mop  my  own  eyes.  But  she 
wouldn’t  take any more  credit,  and she 
bought so little  that I’ve been  troubled. 
I’d have  sent  her  something,  but  your 
wife ain’t one of them kind that  you can 
give things to, and—”
Marlow interrupted  the  good-hearted, 
garrulous  shopman  by  saying  signifi­
cantly,  “Come  with  me  to  your  back- 
office;”  for  the  soldier feared that some 
one  might  enter  who  would  recognize 
him and  carry the  tidings  to  his  home 
prematurely.
“Mr.  Wilkins,”  he  said  rapidly,  “I 
wanted  to  find  out 
if  you,  too,  had 
thriftily shut  down  on a soldier’s  wife. 
You shall not regret your kindness.” 
“Hang it all,”  broke in. Wilkins  with 
compunction,  “I haven’t been very kind. 
I ought to have gone and seen  your wife 
and found out  how  things  were,  and  I 
meant to,  but  I’ve been so confoundedly 
busy—”
“No matter now,  I’ve not a moment to 
spare.  You  must  help  me to break the 
I 
news  of  my return in my own  way. 
mean they  shall have  such  a  Christmas 
in the little cottage as was never  known 
in this town.  You  could  send  a  load 
right over there couldn’t you?”
“Certainly,  certainly,”  said  Wilkins, 
under  the  impulse  of  both  business 
thrift  and  good-will,  and a list  of  tea, 
coffee,  sugar,  flour,  apples,  etc.,  -was 
dashed off  rapidly;  and  Marlow had the 
satisfaction  of  seeing  the  errand-boy, 
and the  two  clerks  and  the  proprietor 
himself,  busily working to fill the  order 
in the shortest possible space of time.
He  next  went  to a restaurant,  a little 
farther  down the street,  where  he  had 
taken  his  meals a short  time  before he 
brought  his  family  to  town,  and  was 
greeted with  almost  equal  surprise and 
warmth.  Marlow  cut short all words by 
his  almost feverish  haste.  A huge tur­
key had  just  been roasted for the needs 
of  the  coming  holiday,  and this  with a 
cold ham and a pot of  coffee was ordered 
to be  sent  in  a  covered  tray  within 
quarter  of  an  hour.  Then  a  toy-shop 
was  visited,  and such a doll  purchased 
for tears came into  Marlow’s eyes when 
ever  he  thought  of  his  child’s  offer to
sell her dolly for her mother’s sake.
After  selecting  a  sled for  Jamie  and 
directing  that  they  should  be  sent  at 
once,  he  could  restrain  his  impatience 
no  longer,  and  almost  tore  back to his 
station at the cottage window.  His wife
was  placing the  meager little supper on 
the table,  and  how  poor  and  scanty it 
was!
“Is that the best  the  dear  soul can do 
on Christmas  eve?”  he groaned.  “Why 
there’s  scarcely  enough  for  little  Sue. 
Thank  God.  my darling,  I will sit down 
with you to a rather  different supper be­
fore long.”
He bowed his head reverently with his 
wife as  she  asked  God’s  blessing,  and 
wondered  at her faith.  Then he looked 
and listened again  with  a  heart-hunger 
which had been growing for months.
“Do  you really think Santa Claus will 
fill our stockings to-night?”  Sue asked.
“I  think  he’ll  have  something  for 
you,”  she  replied.  “There are so many 
poor little boys and  girls in the city that 
he  may not  be able to  bring  very much 
to you.”
“Who is Santa Claus,  anyway?”  ques­
tioned  Jamie.
Tears came into his  wife’s  eyes as she 
thought of  the  one  who  had always re­
membered  them  so  kindly so far  as his 
modest means  permitted.
She  hesitated  in her  reply,  and before 
she  could  decide  upon an answer  there 
was a knock  at the  door.  "Jamie  ran to 
open  it,  and  started  back as a man en­
tered  with a cap,  eyebrows,  beard  and 
shaggy coat  all  white  with  the  falling 
snow.  He placed  two  great  baskets of 
provisions  on  the  floor,  and  said  they 
were for Mrs.  Anson Marlow.
“There is some mistake,”  Mrs.  Marlow 
began,  but the children,  after  staring a 
moment,  shouted,  “Santa  Claus!  Santa 
Claus!”
The grocer’s  man took the unexpected 
cue  instantly,  and  said,  “No  mistake, 
ma’am.  They are  from  Santa  Claus;” 
and before another word could be spoken 
he  was gone.  The face  of  the  grocer’s 
man was not very familiar to  Mrs.  Mar­
low,  and  the  snow  had  disguised  him 
completely.  The  children  had no mis 
givings,  and pounced upon  the  baskets

it,” 

“I  can’t  understand 

and,  with exclamations  of  delight, drew 
out such articles as they could lift.
said  the 
mother,  bewildered  and  almost  fright­
ened.
“Why, mamma,  it’s as  plain as day,” 
cried  Jamie.  “Didn’t he  look  just like 
the pictures of Santa Claus—white beard 
and  white  eyebrows?  Oh,  mamma, 
mamma,  here  is  a  great  paper  of  red­
cheeked  apples,”  and  he  and  Susie 
tugged  at  it  until  they dragged it over 
the side of  the basket,  when the bottom 
of the bag came out,  and the fruit flecked 
the floor  with  red  and  gold.  Oh,  the 
bliss of picking up those apples; of  com­
paring one with  another—-of  running  to 
the mother  and  asking  which  was  the 
biggest and  which the reddest and  most 
beautifully streaked!
There must have been some mistake,” 
the poor  woman kept  murmuring as she 
examined  the  baskets  and  found  how 
liberal and  varied  was the supply,  “for 
who could or  would have been so kind?”
“Why,  mommie,”  said  little  Sue,  re­
proachfully.  “Santa Claus bought  ’em. 
Haven’t  you  always told us  that  Santa 
Claus liked to make us happy?”
that  he 
The  long-exiled  father  felt 
conld restrain himself but a few moments 
longer,  and he was  glad to see  that  the 
rest  of  his  purchases  were at the door. 
With a look so intent,  and  yearning con­
centration of  thought so intense,  that it 
was strange  that  they could not feel his 
presence,  he  bent  his  eyes  once  more 
upon a scene  that  would  imprint  itself 
upon his memory forever.
But while he stood there another scene 
came before  his  mental  vision.  Oddly 
enough his  thought  went  back  to  that 
far-off  Southern brookside,  where he had 
lain with his  hands  in  the  cool  water. 
He  leaned  against  the  window  casing, 
with the Northern snow  whirling  about 
his  head,  but  he  breathed  the  balmy 
breath of a Southern forest, the mocking­
bird sang in the trees  overhead,  and  h$ 
could—so it seemed to him—actually feel 
the water-worn pebbles  under his palms 
as he watched the life-blood ebbing from 
his aide.  Then  there  was  a  dim  con­
sciousness.  of  rough  but  kindly  arms 
bearing  him  through  the  underbrush, 
and,  more  distinctly, 
the  memory  of 
weary weeks of convalescence in a moun­
taineer’s  cabin.  All  these  scenes  of 
peril,  before he reached the  Union  lines, 
passed before him as he stood in a species 
of trance beside the window of his home.
But the half-grown  boys sent from the 
retaurant and toy-shop  could not be mis­
taken for Santa Claus even by the credu­
lous  fancy  of  the  children,  and  Mrs. 
Marlow stepped forward eagerly and said:
“I  am  sure  there  is  some  mistake. 
You are  certainly leaving  these  articles 
at the wrong  house.”  The faces  of  the 
children  began  to  grow  anxious  and 
troubled also,  for  even  their faith could 
not accept such  marvelous good fortune. 
Jamie  looked at the sled  with a kind  of 
awe,  and  saw  at  a glance  that  it  was 
handsomer than any in the street.  “Mr. 
Lansing,  a  wealthy man,  lives  a  little 
farther up the street,’.’  Mrs.  Marlow be­
gan to urge,  “and  these  things must be 
meant—”
“Isn’t your name Mrs. Anson Marlow?” 
asked the boy from the restaurant.
“Yes.”
“Then I must do  as  I’ve  been  told;” 
and he opened  his  tray and  placed  the 
turkey,the ham  and  the  coffee  on  the 
table.
“If he’s right I’m right,  too,”  said  he 
of  the toy-shop.  “Them  was  my direc­
tions;”  and  they  were  both  about  to 
depart when the  woman  sprang forward 
and gasped:

“Oh,  oh!” 

trembled violently.

“Stay!”
She  put  her  hand  on  her  side  and 
“Who sent these things?”  she faltered.
“Our  bossess,  mum,”  replied the boy 
from the restaurant, hesitatingly.
She sprang toward him,  seized his arm, 
and  looked 
imploringly  into  his  face. 
“Who ordered  them sent?”  she asked in 
a low passionate voice.
The  young fellow  began to smile,  and 
stammered  awkwardly,  “I  don’t  think 
I’m to tell.”
She  released  his  arm,  and  glanced 
around  with a look  of  intense  expecta­
tion.-
she  gasped,  with  quick, 
short  sobs,  “can  it  be—”  Then  she 
sprang to the door,  opened it, and looked 
out into the black,  stormy-night.  What 
seemed a shadow rushed  toward her,  she 
felt  herself  falling,  but  strong  arms 
caught and bore  her,  half  fainting, to a 
lounge  within the room.
Many have  died from  sorrow,  but few 
from  joy.  With  her  husband’s  arms 
around her Mrs.  Marlow’s weakness soon 
passed.  In response to his deep, earnest 
tones  of 
soothing  and  entreaty,  she 
speedily opened her  eyes and gave him a 
smile so full of  content  and unutterable 
joy that  anxiety in her  behalf  began to 
pass from his  mind.
“Yes,”  she  said  softly,  “I  can  live 
It seems as if  a  new and stranger 
now. 
life were coming back with every pulse.” 
The  young fellows  who  had been the 
bearers, of  the gifts were so touched that 
they  drew  their  rough  sleeves  across 
their eyes as they hastened away,  closing 
the  door  on  the  happiest family in the 
city. 

E.  P.  R o e.

The  Use  of  Coffee.

From  th e  Epicure.
It is asserted  by men  of  high  profes­
sional ability that when the system needs 
stimulants nothing equhls a cup of  fresh 
coffee.  Those  who  desire to rescue  the 
drunkard from his cups  will find no better 
substitute for  spirits  than  strong,  new 
made coffee,  without milk or sugar.  Two 
ounces of coffee, or one-eight of a pound, 
to one pint of boiling water makes a first- 
class  beverage,  but  the  water  must be 
boiling, not merely hot.  Bitterness comes 
from  boiling it too long. 
If  the  coffee 
required for  breakfast be put in a grani- 
tized kettle over night and a pint of  cold 
water poured over it,  it can be heated to 
the boiling point and  then be set back to 
prevent further  ebullition,  when it will 
be found  that,  while  its  strength is ex­
tracted,  its  delicate  aroma is preserved. 
As  our  country  consumes  nearly  ten 
pounds  of  coffee  per  capita,  it is a pity 
not to have it made  in the best  manner. 
It is asserted by those  who  have tried it 
that malaria and  epidemics  are  avoided 
by those who  drink a cup  of  hot  coffee 
before  venturing  into the  morning  air. 
Burned  on  hot  coals it is a disinfectant 
for a sick  room.  By some  of  our  best 
physicians it is considered  a  specific 
typhoid fever.

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Costs as much to m anufacture as Sapolio,  yet  sells  at 
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consumer,  although  it  is  generally  sold  at  5  cents  a 
cake.  Cut this out, and ask your  Jobber  to  send you a 
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P E R K I N S   cSb  H E S S
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

63  Pearl  St,

DEALERSIN

NOS.  188  and  124  LOUIS STREET, GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE_____________

C U R T I S S   &   CO.,

WHOLESALE

Paper  Warehouse.

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

ever  made.

Michigan Fire  aid  I n   Ids«

  Co.

ORGANIZED  1881.

CASH  CAPITAL  $4011,080.

*  CÄ8H  ASSETS OVER  $700,000.

LOSSES  PAID $500,000

D.  Whitney, Jr., President.

Eugene Harbeck, Sec’y.

The Directors of  “The Michigan”  are representative business men of 

our own  State.

F a ir   C o n tra cts,

P r o m p t

E q u ita b le

S e ttle m e n ts,

R a tes.

In su re   in  “ T h e   M ichigan . 99

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E D W IN   E A E E A S ,

Bitter, Eip, Fairfield Cheese, Foreip Finite, Mince Heat, Nats, Etc.

JOBBER  OF

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

Going Like Hot Cakes.  Let your orders come.

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

Grand Rapids Friiit and ProdUGe Bo.

JOBBER  OF

F O R E IG N   F R U I T S .

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

3  NORTH IONIA  ST.. GRAND RAPIDS.

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

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F r u i t s ,   S e e d s , O y s t e r s  • P r o d u c e .

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

pleased to hear from yon.

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St.,

Alfred  J. 

WHOLESALE

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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16  and  18  North  Division  Street,  Grand Rapids.

ßood-BueÄs Book
Tradesman  Gredit  Godpon  Book,

Adopt  the

A n d   y o u   w ill  fin d   th e   S a v in g   o f  tim e   to  b e  so  
g r e a t  th a t  y o u   w ill  n e v e r   p e r m it  th e   u se   o f 
a n o th e r   p a 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:

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$  2 Coupons,  per hundred................. $2.50
3.00
4.00
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Orders for  200 or over..............5 per eent.

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Grand  Rapids.

F. 

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TTENTH L  E  R ,

JOBBER  OFOusters

-AND-----Salt Fish.

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

CONSIGNMENTS  OF  ALL  KINDS  OF  WILD  GAME  SOLICITED.

L e m o n   &  Peters,

WHOLESALE

GROCERS.

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

L,autz Bros•  &  C o .’s   Soaps,

Niagara  Starch,

Amboy  Cheese,

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

GROCERIES.

G ripsack B rigade •

Chas.  H.  Ellis,  formerly on the road for 
the  Standard  Oil  Co.,  is  now  selling 
cigars for S.  K.  Bolles & Co.

Ask  L.  M.  Mills  why he  proposes  to 
have his overcoat pockets lined with rub­
ber at the earliest opportunity.

Geo.  S. Waite  has  been  sent  on  from 
Toledo to cover the trade of the Woolson 
Spice Co. tributary to this market.

Geo.  F.  Owen  has  entirely  recovered 
from his recent illness, and will start out 
on the warpath again on January 6.

Albert  C.  Antrim,  traveling  represen­
tative  for  the  Alabastine  Co.,  is  home 
from the Sunny South.  He has as large 
a fund of anecdotes on  tap as ever.

Samuel  B.  Taylor  is  happy over  the 
advent of a daughter,  who arrived on the 
5th. 
She will  call  Geo.  C.  Cooper,  the 
lengthy objector of Lansing.  “Grandpa.” 
Elliott F.  Covell,  for  the  past  eleven 
years on the road for D.  M.  Amberg  and 
the  firm  of which  he  is  the  successor, 
will  transfer  his  allegiance  to  Wm. 
Drueke on  January 1.

Louis  lmmegart,  who  has  had  the 
State agency of  the  Catlin  Tobacco Co., 
of  St.  Louis,  for  the  past  three  years, 
has taken  the position of traveling repre­
sentative for the  Olney & Judson  Grocer 
Co.,  covering  .the  same  trade  formerly 
seen by M.  M.  Mallory.

P. J. Coppens  has  returned from Ten- 
nesee.  whither  he  went in search  of  a 
tract  of  hickory timber.  He secured an 
option  on  1,900  acres  of  the finest hic­
kory he ever saw and  will  shortly have a 
sawmill in operation  on  the  tract.  He 
was  accompanied by his  partner  in  the 
handle business,  James  Zimmerman,  of 
Augusta.

C.  C.  Crawford  has  preferred  charges 
against Conductor Knox, of the Southern 
division  of  the  G.  R.  & I.  Railway,  for 
tearing  twenty miles out of  his  mileage 
book,  whereas he rode  only three  miles. 
The excuse offered by the Conductor was 
that  Crawford  had  beaten  him  out  of 
fifteen miles’  fare a few days  previously, 
but the latter has letters from hotel-keep­
ers and druggists,  showing  conclusively 
that  he  did  not  travel  over  the  route 
claimed  by  Knox.  The  Conductor  ap­
peared to forget that he was dealing w ith 
a gentleman  and  expressed  himself  be- 
for a carful of passengers more emphatic 
than  elegant.  Before  parting  company 
with  the  traveling  man,  however,  the 
Conductor acknowledged his mistake and 
offered to return  the  amount of  mileage 
he wTas  not  entitled to,  which  Crawford 
refused  to  accept.  He  then  tendered 
him  a trip  pass  for  twenty-seven miles, 
which Crawford took as evidence that the 
Conductor  had  exceeded  his  authority. 
What disposal Mr.  Knox will make of the 
extra fifteen  miles of  mileage remains to 
be seen.  Mr.  Crawford  proposes to pur­
sue  the  matter  until  the  Conductor  is 
laid off  or is impelled  to make a apology 
for his extreme discourtesy.

Meeting  of the  Jackson  Travelers.
From  the Jackson P atriot. Dec. 22.
An  adjourned  meeting of  the  Knights 
of  the  Grip  was  held  at  the  Hibbard 
House last night.  C.  W.  Gregg  presided 
and A.  F.  Peake acted as Secretary.  The 
first  business  transacted  was the organ­
ization  of  Division B,  K.  of  G.,  with  the 
following officers:

President—A.  W. Stitt.
Vice-President—J. W. Palmer.
Secretary—M.  J.  Moore,
Treasurer—C. W.  Gregg.
A  committee  of  three,  consisting  of 
Messrs.  Porter.  Burrell and  Russell,  was 
appointed to arrange with  the  Michigan 
Central  as  to  tickets  and  rates  for the 
members to attend  the  first  annual con­
vention,  to be  held  at  Lansing,  and  to 
ascertain who were to attend.

A  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  the 
Jackson Cracker Co.,  for the  badges pre- 
• sented to the members.  The badge is  of 
white silk,  5x2 inches,  bearing the trade­
mark of  the company,  with  the  inscrip­
tion, Division B,  K. of  G.,  and the names 
of  the officers.

The Knights  of  the Grip  now number 
950.  The  order is an offshoot of  the T. 
P.  A.,  organized  in  1882,  but which  has 
gone to pieces.  The K.  of G.  was organ­
ized the 9th of February last  at Lansing, 
with A.  F. Peake,  of  this  city,  as  Presi­
dent.  The order,  aside  from  its  social 
and  benevolent  features,  seeks  for  its 
members  better  hotel  accommodations 
and ’bus transportation.  As  to  hotels, 
already 175  in  the  State  have  entered 
into arrangements whereby each member 
having  a wife  is allowed  a  registration 
once a year without extra charge.

It is  the  purpose  of  the  order  to  or­
ganize divisions in Detroit, Battle Creek, 
Grand Rapids and other cities as soon  as 
possible.  The order does  not exist out­
side  of  this  State,  and  Divisions A.  of 
Lansing,  and B, of this city,  are the only 
local organizations yet formed.

Good  W ords  U nsolicited.

Wm. Connor, traveling salesman  for  Michael 
Kolb & Son, Rochester, N. Y. :  “Every commer­
cial traveler who consults  his  own, his employ­
ers’ and his  customers’  interest,  should recom­
mend  them  to  subscribe  for  your  paper, for 
the simple reason that it contains  more  reliable 
commercial news  for  Michigan  than  all  other 
papers put together, and that is the  reason  why 
I recommend  my  customers  to  become  perma­
nent  subscribers.”

The  Grocery  M arket.

Sugars have  declined,  in  keeping with 
a downward tendency in the rSw market 
No other changes of importance have oc 
curred,  business being decidedly slow, as 
is customary during the last  half  of  the 
last month in the year.

Furs  are  off,  bad in price,  and, if  this 
wild weather  continues,  must  go  much 
lower.  There  are  no  sales to manufac­
turers,  at home or  abroad,  and no values 
can  be  given  accurately,  as  there is no 
use  for fur garments,  such weather.

It pays  to  handle the  P.  &  B.  cough 

drops.

VISITING  BUYERS.

Vriesland

S J M artin, Sullivan 
Sullivan Lum  Co.,  Sullivan 
Motier& V erschuer.H olland 
H M Buchanan, Ensley 
M A Side, K ent City 
■DenHerder & Tants,
M  Hevboer & Bro„ Oakland 
H S alm on, Allendale 
J  R Odell, F rem ont

E E Hew itt,  Rockford 
GUbert Bros.. T rent 
B arry & Co , Rodney 
Truesdall & D erham m er.
Otsego
Gwinn & Co., Pelton 
E H eintzelm an, Logan 
D O W atson, CoopersvUle 
John Baker, Chauncey 
Mrs E  Scott,DunningvUIe
R B  Goodlng&Son,Gooding DeW it & Ridout.SpringLke 
Alex Denton.  How ard City N agler & Beeler, C aledonia 
G T Cham berlin,  H artford 
G S P utnam , F ru itp o rt 
H J  Fisher, H am ilton 
W D Hopkinson,  "a ris 
M V W ilson, Sand Lake
J K ruisenga, H olland 
R J Side, K ent Citv 
Neal McMillan. R ockford
D arling  & Sm ith,  Frem ont 
P B räutigam , No D orr 
F N arregang, Byron C enter S C Scott, Howard City 
L M W olf, H udsonville 
Severance & Rich,
J L Thom as.Cannonsburg 
Middleville
E A  Ferguson.M iddleville 
M M inderhout. H anley 
Jno Farrow e. So Blendon 
P J  Knapp, Sebewa 
John De Vries.  Jam estow n  E A W right,  P entw ater 
H Van Noord, Jam estow n  G J  Stevenson, Bangor 
B Rankins, Lam ont 
H M eijering. Jam estow n 
Sm allegan & P ickaard, 
Stickney Drug  Co..  Go wen 
G Ten Hoor,  F orest  Grove C arrington & North,  T rent 
N Bouma, F isher 
J B V a n   Auken Stanwood
John Sm ith, Ada 
LC ook. B auer
S H Ballard, S parta 
J  R H arrison, S parta 
W  H B truik, Forest Grove
I  R aym ond, Berlin 
Isaac Quick, Allendale 
J  DenHerder & Son.O veriseI®  j8wB rn>ard,  Lake 
L am bert & VanNorman, 
O g jB r e d , Clarksville 
Johi&Xamps, Z upthen 
Baldwin 
F E S hattuck &  Co.,SandLk  vvs Adkins, Morgan 
J  Coon, Rockford
T H Condra, Lisbon 
Heindel & M iller.TwinLake  C H Deming. D utton
A Purchase. So Blendon 
Wm Black, Cedar Springs 
Geo M eijering. Vriesland 
Brookings L um ber  Co., 
W ise & Varnes,
Brookings
M iddlebury, Ind 
B G ilbert <6 Co., Moline 
A & E B ergy, Caledonia  ■■ 
Case Bros. Lum ber Co.,
J W Pollard. Ashland 
J S Barker. Morley 
Geo P S tark. Cascade 
E Young, R avenna 
M J  Butler, Sand Lake 
Silas Loew, B um ip’s Cors 
John D am stra, Gitchell 
W N H utchinson. G rant
W R Lawton,  Berlin
W H H arrifon,  H arrisburg C H Loomis, S p arta 
JW  Mead, B erlin 
John Goodyear,  H astings
C utler & W right, Morley
R G Sm ith.  W ayland 

Forest Grove  S Cooper, Jam estow n 

*  J  Hom rich,  No Dorr

Benzonia

T e s te d   b y   T i m e

AND

NOT  FOUND  WANTING.

THE  FAMOl'S

Jsxon Gracker

Continues to lead all other brands on the 

market.

MANUFACTURED  BY

JACKSON  CRACKER  CO.,
Jobbers  of  Confectionery  and  Cigars, 

Cheese and Nuts,

JACKSON, MICH.

A . X>. S p a n g le r & Co

W H O L E S A L E   D E A L E R S   IN

FRUITS imPRODUGE

And General Commission Merchants. 

EAST  SAGINAW,  MICH.

PR O D U C E  M A R K E T  

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1034@1134c.

82.75  per bbl.,
$1.50 for picked, bolding at $1.75@$2 per bn. 

Apples—Dealers  hold  w inter  fruit  at  $2.25@ 
Beans—Dealers  pay  $1.25  for  unpicked  and 
Beets—40c per bu.
Butter—The  market  is  dull  and  stocks  are 
accumulating, prices being no better  than  they 
were during the fall.
Buckwheat Flour—$4.50 per bbl. for New  York 
stock.
Cabbages—$5@$6 per 100.
Cheese—Fair  stock  of  full  cream commands 
Cider—9@10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25;  produce barrels 
25c. 
Cranberries—Cape  Cod  readily  command  $10 
@$10.50 per bbl.  Bell and Bugle are in  good  de 
Bell  and Cherry are 
mand  at  $10.50  per  bbl. 
held at Slo per bbl.
Dried  Apples—New evaporated are  held at  8@ 
834c  and new sundried at  5@534C- 
Eggs—Jobbers pay I9@20c for fresh and hold at 
21@22e.  Pickled  and  cold  storage  stock  com­
mands  about  19c.
Field  Seeds—Clover,  mammoth, $4.35 per b u .; 
medium, $3.75.  Timothy,  $1.50 per  bu 
Honey—Quiet and slow sale.  Clean comb com­
mands 15c per lb.
Onions—Dealers  pay  4C@45c  for  clean  stock, 
holding at  60@65c.
Pop Corn—-4c per lb.
Pork—Buyers pay 4c, shipping out at 434c. 

□Potatoes—There  is  a  fair  shipping  demand, 
buyers paying 30@32c here and at  the  principal 
buying points throughout the State.

Squash—Hubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys  and  Muscatine stock 
Illinois  stock 

are  out  of  m arket  at  present. 
commands $4@$4.25 per bbl.

Turnips—30e  per bn.

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lard—Kettle Rendered.

PORK  IN  BARRELS.
 

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new...........................................................  10  25
Short c u t ............................ 
10  25
Extra clear pig, short  c u t...............................   12  00
Extra clear,  heavy...........................................   12  00
Clear, fat  back..................................................   11  50
Boston clear, short c u t....................................   12 00
Clear back, short cu t................................... 
12 00
Standard clear, short cut, best................. 
12  00
smokes  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lb s............................................  934
16 lb s............................................  924
12 to 14 lb s...................................10
p icn ic.........................................................   6
best boneless.............................................   834
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..................-..............  824
Dried beef, ham prices.......................................   8
Long Clears, heavy...............................................
Briskets,  medium.................................................  634
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lig h t......................................................   634
T ierces....................................................................  734
Tubs.........................................................................  734
50 lb.  T ins............................... ..............................  734
Tierces.....................................................  
6
30 and 50 lb.  T u b s............................. 
634
3 lb.  Pails, 20 in  a  case........................................  624
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case..........................................  6%
10 lb.  Pails, 6 in a case..........................................  634
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case..........................................  624
50 lb. Cans...............................................................634
Extra Mess, w arranted 200  lbs........................ ‘ 7  00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing..........................  7  00
Boneless, rump butts..........................................  8  75
Pork Sausage..........................................................  634
Ham Sausage..........................................................12
Tongue Sausage....................................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage...............................................  8
Blood Sausage........................................................  534
Bologna, straight.................................................   534
Bologna,  th ick ........................................................ 534
Head Cheese...........................................................   534
In half barrels........................................................3  25
In quarter  barrels..................................................2 00
In half  barrels.......................................................3 00
In quarter barrels..................................................2 00
In  k its......................................................................  75

sausage—F resh and Smoked.

lard—Refined.

BEEP  IN  BARBELS.

PIGS'  FEET.

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
“  hindquarters....*.............................  5  @ 634
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fore 
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loins....................................................  7  @ 8
rib s.....................-............................ 
tongues....................... "■..................   @10

@ 634
Hogs...............................................................   @ 434
@  634 
Pork  loins.
@ 5 
shoulders...........  ............................
@ 5 
Bologna......................................................
@  5 
Sausage, blood  or head............................
@  5 
liv er..............................................
@ 73 
Frankfort....................................
@  8
M utton........................................................

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We buy and sell  all kinds of  fruit  and 
produce and solicit  correspondence with 
both buyers and  sellers.
w A V N E   C O U N T Y  
Issued by cities, counties, towns  and school dis­
tricts of ‘Michigan.  Officers of these m unicipali­
ties  about  to  issue  bonds  will  find  it to their 
advantage to apply to this  bank.  Blank  bonds 
and  blanks  for  proceedings  supplied  w ithout 
charge.  All communications and inquiries will 
have prompt attention.

500,000  TO  INVEST  IN  BONDS

D E T R O IT ,  M IC H . 

S A V IN G S   B A N K

January. 1890. 

S. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer.
FREE  TO  F.A.M.  Beautiful  Engraving  of ft 
graphic  ancient  Masonic  Scene,  also  largo 
illustrated Catalogue of a l l   the  Masonic goods 
and  books.  Lowest Drives  in  North  America* 
Also grand new illustrated work for Agents.  $50 
a week  and upwards net.  REDDING  it  CQ.* 
731  Broadway, New York.

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opinions about men and things, and some 
people don’t;  but  everybody  likes to get 
hold  of  the  newspaper which  is  never 
dull and never afraid  to  speak its mind.
Democrats know  that for twenty  years 
The Sun has  fought in the front line for 
Democratic  principles,  never  wavering 
or weakening  in  its  loyalty  to the true 
interests of the party it serves with fear­
less intelligence and  disinterested vigor. 
At times,  opinions have differed as to the 
best means of accomplishing the common 
purpose:  it is not The Sun’s  fault  if  it 
has seen further into the millstone.

Eighteen  hundred  and  ninety  is  the 
year  that  will  probably  determine  the 
result  of  the  Presidential  election  of 
1892,  and  perhaps  the  fortunes  of  the 
Democracy for the  rest  of  the  century. 
Victory  in 1892 is a duty,  and  the begin­
ning of 1890 is the best time to  start  out 
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OYSTERS and FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follow s:

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oysters—Cans.

W hitefish........................................... .
smoked.......................... ........... .
T rout......................................................... -
H alibut.......................................................
H addies.......................................................
Fairhaven  Counts...................................
Selects.........................................................
F. J.  D.’s ....................................................
Anchors.................................................
Standards:.................................................
Favorites............................
OYSTERS’
Standards..........................
Selects...............................
Clams.................................
Scrim ps.......... . .................
Scallops.............................
Horseradish......................
Shell oysters, per 100.......
.......

@  9 
@  8 
@  9 
@ 20 
@ 7
@35
@27
@20
@18
@16
@14
@$1  15
@  1  50 
@1  50 
@1  50 
@1  50
.........1  00@1  50
.........  @  75

clams, 
C A ND IES,  FR U IT S  a n d   NUTS.  .
The Putnam  Candy Co. quotes as follow s:

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

STICK.
Standard, 25 lb. boxes..........................................  9
25 
Twist, 
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Cut Loaf, 25 
 
MIXED.
Royal, 25 lb. p ails.................................................  9
2001b.  bbls...................................................834
Extra, 25 lb.  pails..................................................10
2001b.  bbls......................  
934
French Cream, 25 lb.  p ails..  .........................  1134
Lemon Drops..........................................................12
Sour D rops............... .............................................13
Peppermint Drops............................... - ...............14
Chocolate Drops.....................................................14
H. M. Chocolate  Drops.........................................18
Gum  Drops..............................................................10
Licorice Drops........................................................ 18
A. B. Licorice  Drops............................................ 14
Lozenges, plain........ ............................................. 14
printed.................................................15
Im perials................................................................. 14
Mottoes.................................................................... 15
Cream B ar............................................................... 13
Molasses  B ar.......................................................... 13
Caram els.................................................*■ — 16@18
Hand Made  Creams..............................................18
Plain Creams.......................................................... 16
Decorated Creams................................................. 20
String  Rock............................................................15
Burnt Almonds...................................................... 22
W intergreen  Berries............................................14
fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails..................................... 12
in bbls.......................................11
printed, in pails.................................. 1234
“ in bbls................................... 1134
Chocolate Drops, in pails..................................... 12
Gum Drops, in pails..............................................   634
in bbls...........................................  534
Moss Drops, in pails..............................................10
in bbls..."........................................  934
Sour Drops, in pails..............................................12
Imperials, in pails................................................. 11

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in bbls......................................... 

“  Ex.  “ 
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1034
Oranges,  Florida,  choice........................ 3  C0@3  25
................3  00@3  25
fancy, 
................3  50@3  75
golden russets...........  @2  75
Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360.................   @3  50
300.................4 25@4  50
fancy,  360......................4 25@4 50
300......................4  50@5 CO

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Malagas,  choice, ripe..............3  00@3 25
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.........11  @1234
Dates, frails, 50 lb ......................................  @ 434
J4 frails, 50 lb .................................   @534
Fard, 10-lb.  box..............................  @10
..............................  @ 8
Persian, 50-lb.  box........................   6  @ 734
NUTS.

Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers.........14  @15

50-lb.  “ 

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Almonds, T arragona.................................  @18
Ivaca..........................................  @17
California.................................  @16
Brazils...........................................................  @1034
W alnuts, Grenoble.....................................  @16
C alifornia..................................   @15
Pecans, Texas, H. P ..................................  9  @13
Fancy, H.  P., Bells....................................  @  814
Fancy, H. P., Suns  ...................................   @ 834
Choice,  H. P.,  G ........................................  @ 714

“  Roasted.................. 
@10
“  Roasted.......................   @10
“  Roasted......................   @  9

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PEANUTS.

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Wholesale Price Current•

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

pay promptly and buy in full packages.

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“  4  -“ 

BATH BRICK.

34 lb.  “ 
-  1 lb 
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AXLE  GREASE.

Arctic, 34 lb. cans, 6  doz... 
... 

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34 lb. 
341b.  “  2 
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51b. 
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Red Star,  34 lb: cans, 

45
75
“  ...  1 40
“  ...  2 40
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...12 00
Absolute, 34 lb. cans,  100s. .11  75
50s-.10 00
34 lb. 
50s..18  75
lib . 
45
Telfer’s,  34 lb. cans,  do z.. 
85
“  .. 
341b. 
“  ..  1  50
1 lb. 
75
Acme, 34 lb. cans, 3 doz —  
34 lb. “ 
“ ....  1 50
“ ....  3 00
1 lb. “ 
b u lk ............................  20
45
85
1 50
Frazer’s .................................. $2 60
A urora....................................  1 75
Diamond................................   1 60
English, 2 doz. in case....... 
80
“ 
Bristol,  2  “ 
 
75
American. 2 doz. in case... 
70
Gross
bluing. 
Arctic Liq,  4-oz..................   3  40
34 p t.............  7 
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00
“ 
1 p t.............  10  00
7 20
8-oz paper bot 
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Pepper  Box  No.  2  3 00
“  4  4 00
“ 
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5  8  00
“ 
No. 2 H url.............................   1  70
1  90
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet..........................  2 00
2  25
No. 1 
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Parlor Gem............................  2  60
Common W hisk................... 
90
Fancy 
..............  1  00
M ill........................................  3  25
W arehouse..............................2  75
Kings 100 lb. cases.................4 50
80  lb. cases...................3 85
1234
13 
1334
14

BUTTERINE
Dairy, solid  packed —
ro lls.......................
Creamery, solid packed.

BROOMS.
 

BUCKWHEAT.

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rolls
CANDLES
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Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................
1034 
Star,  40 
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934 
12 
Paraffine...............................
25
W icking.................................
CANNED GOODS—Fish.
1  20 
Clams. 1 lb. Little N eek—
2  10 
Clam Chowder, 3  lb ............
1  12
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand... 
1  85 
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21b. 
...
,1  40
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic__ __
2  65 
2  lb.  “ 
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2 00 
1 lb.  Star................
.3 00
2  lb. Star__
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2  85
1 lb.  stand.............. 1  20
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2  00
2  lb. 
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3 lb. in M ustard.. .2 85
“ 
3 lb.  soused.............2 85
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  ..1  80
1 lb.  Alaska.............1  80
“ 
Sardines, domestic  14s......... 
5
“ 
34s.........@ 9
“  Mustard 34s............  @ 9
imported  34s - • -1034@16
“ 
spiced,  34s........... 
“ 
10
Trout, 3  lb. brook..............
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons, stand.......... 2 25
Blackberries,  stand..............  90
Cherries, red standard.........1  20
p itte d ........................1  40
D am sons..................................1  15
Egg Plums, stan d ...............  .1  15
Gooseberries...........................1  00
Grapes  ..............
Green  Gages...........................1  16
Peaches, all  yellow, stand.. 1  70
seconds.....................1  45
P ie ............................. 1  15
Pears.........................................1  25
Pineapples...................1  20@1  50
Q uinces....................................1  00
Raspberries,  ex tra.................1
red .....................1  40
Straw berries...........................1  25
W hortleberries...................
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay-----
Beans, Lima,  stand.........  85

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“  Green  Limas—   @1  00
“ 
Strings................  @  90
“  Stringless,  E rie...........  90
Lewis’ Boston B aked.. 1  40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy.........1  00
’  “ •  Morn’g Glory. 1  00
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Early Golden. 1  00
“ 
Peas, F rench...........................1  68
“  extra m arrofat...  @125
soaked............................  80
“ 
“  June,  stand....................1  40
“ 
“  sifted ......................1  55
“  French, extra  fine...  .1  50
Mushrooms, extra fine.........2  15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden.........1  00
Succotesh,  standard.......  90
S quash................. 
1  10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  95@1  00 
Good Enough95@l  00 
BenHar  ...  95@1  00
stand br 
  95@1  00
CHEESE.

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.

Michigan Full  Cream 1134@12 
Sap  Sago....................... 16  @1634
German Sweet................ 
23
Prem ium ..........................  
35
Cocoa.................................... 
Breakfast  Cocoa............ 
48
Broma................................  
3
CHEWING  GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps..................25
200 
35
Spruce......................................30

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CHICORY.

c o f f e e — Green.

B ulk.........................................   6
R ed...........................................  734
Rio, fa ir.........................17  @19
“  good....................... 1834@20
“  prime.....................  @21
“  fancy,  w ashed... 19  @22
“  golden....................20  @28
Santos............................17  @22
Mexican & Guatemala 19  @23
P eaberry.......................20  @23
Java,  Interior.............. 20  @25
“  M andheling.-... 26  @29
Mocha, genuine.......... 25  @27
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 34c. per lb. for roast 
ing and 15 pier  cent,  for shrink 
age.

c o f f e e s — Package.

100 lbs
Lion..........................................2434
“  in cabinets..................... 2424
M cL au g h lin ’s  X X X X  —  243
D urham ................................... 24
Thompson’s  Honey  Bee— 26
T iger................ 24
Good  M orning....................... 2434

COFFEE EXTRACT.
Valley City.......................
F elix .......................................  1  19
CLOTHES  LINES.
Cotton,  40 f t .......... per doz.  1  25
1  50 
50 f t.
1  60
60 f t.
2  00 
70 f t.
2  25 
80 f t.
1  00 
60 f t.
1  15
72 f t - ..........
CONDENSED MILK.

7  50
Eagle
Anglo-Swiss..........................6  00

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CRACKERS.
Kenosha B utter.........
“ 
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Seymour 
B utter..........................
“  family................
“  biscuit 
.......
....  8
Boston............   ...........
....  8
City Soda.....................
.......  634
Soda................................
S. O yster.................................  6
City Oyster, XXX...................  6
P icnic.........................................6
Strictly  p ure........................  
Grocers’................................. 
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......  5  @ 6
“ 
Apricots, 
“  — 15  @16
Blackberries“ 
..................7
Nectarines  “ 
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Peaches 
 
14
Plums 
“  _  ...............
Raspberries  “ 
DRIED  FRUITS—Citron.

evaporated__   @  834

CREAM TARTAR.

In drum ............ ............  @23
In boxes........................  @25

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DRIED FRUITS—C u rra n ts.
Zante, in barrels........   @ 6
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in less quantity  @ 634

j

TEAS.

SUN CURED.

@16
@22
@20
@34

dried fruits—Prunes.

DRIED  FRUITS—Peel.

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

dried fruits—R aisins.

split.......................  @ 3

SWEET GOODS.

XXX
Ginger Snaps...........
834
Sugar  Creams.........
834
Frosted  C ream s.... 
9
Graham  Crackers.. 
834
Oatmeal  Crackers..
834
SODA.
534
Boxes
Kegs, English.......................... 434

T urkey.......   ................  434®  6
Bosna.............................  534®  634
C alifornia....................   8  @10
Valencias......................  @  834
Ondaras........................   @  934
Sultanas........................12  @13  *
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia.......................  
@2 50
London  Layers, for’n.  @ 
Muscatels, California.2  10@2  20 
Lemon...........................  
13
Orange........................... 
14 
Farina, 100  lb.  kegs..............  04
Hominy,  per  b b l..................3  50
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   60
im ported.......  @934
Pearl  Barley................  @234
Peas, green...................  @1  10
Sago,  German..............  @634
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l . ..  @ 634
’"heat,  cracked...........  @634

J a pa n—Regular.
F a ir ................................14
G ood.............................. 18
Choice............................ 24
Choicest.........................30
F a ir ................................14
G ood.............................. 16
Choice............................ 24
Choicest.........................30
BASKET  FIRED.
F a ir ...............................
Choice............................
Choicest...........................
Extra choice, wire leaf
GUNPOWDER.
Common to  fa ir...........25
@35
Jennings’ D. C. Lemon  Vanills
Extra fine to finest__ 50
@65
1  25 Choicest fancy........... 75
85
2 oz. Panel, doz.
@85
2 25
“ 1  40
4 oz. 
“ 
6 oz, 
3  25 Common to  fa ir......... 20
2  25
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No.  3,  “
1  60 Superior to fine.......... 40
1  00
@50
No.  8,  “
2  75
4  00
YOUNG HYSON.
No. 10,  “
4 50
6  00 Common to  fa ir......... 18
@26
No.  4, Taper,  “
2  50 Superior to  fine......... 30
1  60
@40
34 pt,  Round, “ 4  25
7  50
“ 8  50
15 00 Common to  fa ir......... 25
1 
@30
Superior to  fine......... 30
FISH—-SALT.
@50
Cod, w hole.......
Fine to choicest......... 55
@65
ENGLISH BREAKFAST
H a lib u t............
F a ir ..............................
@30
Herring,  round,  34 bbl.. 
Choice..............................30  @35
gibbed............... 
BeBt................................. 55  @65
Holland,  bbls.. 
Tea  D ust........................  8  @10
Scaled  ............  
Maek.  sb’s, No. 2,  34  bbl 

ermicelli,  im port__   @10
dom estic...  @60

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FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

@15
@20
@28
@33
@20
@25
@35
@40

tobaccos—Plug.

5  @   6
724®  8
934@10

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

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2-75
2  75
12 00 
“  kegs, new  @  75
22
12 00 
12  lb  k it..l  30 
10 
. 1 2 0
Trout,  34  bbls..............4  00@4  50
10  lb.  kits...................   60
White,  No. 1,  34 bbls...........5  25
12 1b.  k its.......100
10 lb. k its.......  80
Family,  34  bbls..
2  50 
k its.........
50
GUN  POWDER.
K eg s.................................
...5  25 
Half  kegs........................
...2   88
No. 0.....................  ...........
30 
No. 1.......
40 
No. 2.......
50
LICORICE.
P ure.......
.  30
alabria. 
..............................  25
Sicily....
.............................   18
MOLASSES.
Black  Strap......................... 
23
Cuba Baking......................22@25
Porto  Rico......................... 24@35
New Orleans, good........... 25@30
choice........33@38
fancy..........45@48

LAMP WICKS.

One-balf barrels, 3c extra

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OIL.

PIPES.

PICKLES.

ROLLED  OATS

34  b b l..............
Clay, No.  216............
T. D. full count 
Cob, No.  3.................
RICE.
Carolina bead...........

OATMEAL.
Muscatine, B arrels..............5  75
Half barrels.. .. .3 00
Cases..........2 15@2  25
Muscatine, B arrels__   @5  75
Half bbls..  @3 00
Cases..........2 15@2 25
Michigan T est..........................  934
W ater  W hite..........................1034
M edium..........................5 00@5  25
34 b b l.............2 75@3 00
Small,  b b l...............................6  25
3 50
1  75 I 
75 
49
.......634
No.  1............ ... .......554  i
No. 2................ 534®
.......5
No. 3................
J a p a n ..............................
Common Fine per b b l..
....  80
Solar  Rock, 56 lb.  sacks .......  27 !
28  pocket........................
....1   95 ;
....2  00 ;
60 
........................
100 
....2   15 !
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Ashton bu. b a g s...........
....  751
Higgins  “ 
....  75
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....  35 1
Warsaw “ 
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....  20
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SALERATUS.

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SEEDS.

DeLand’s,  pure.......................5
Church’s, Cap Sheaf............. ..5
Dwight’s ................................... 5
Taylor’s ..................................... 5
Mixed b ird .............................   434
Caraway................................... 10
C anary....................................   4
Hemp........................................  4
Anise........................................   834
R ap e........................................  434
M ustard.....................................734
Jettine, 1 doz. in  box..............75
Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, in ja rs.................35
French Rappee, in J a rs .......43

SHOE  POLISH.

SNUFF.

SOAP.

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Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

spices—Whole.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Superior................................. 3  30
Queen  A nne......................... 3  85
German  Fam ily....................
Mottled  Germ an...................3  00
Old  Germ an........................... 2  70
U. S.  Big  Bargain..................2 00
Frost,  Floater........................ 3  75
Cocoa  Castile  .......................3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy............3  36
Happy Family,  75................ 2  95
Old Country, 80.....................3 30
Una, 100.................................. 3  65
Bouncer, 100..........................3  15
Allspice...................................  9
Cassia, China in m ats...........  8
Batavia in b u n d ___11
Saigon in  rolls......... 40
Cloves,  Amboyna..................26
Zanzibar....................20
Mace  B atavia........................80
Nutmegs, fancy.....................80
“  No.  1.........................75 
“  No.  2......................... 70 
Pepper, Singapore, black — 18 
“ 
w hite...  .26
shot........................... 20
“ 
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
A llspice................................. 15 
Cassia,  B atavia................... 20 
and  Saigon.25
Saigon......................42
Cloves,  Amboyna.................32
Zanzibar...................25
Ginger, A frican.................... 1234
Cochin...................... 15
Jam aica........  ........18
Mace  B atavia........................90
Mustard,  English.................22
and T rie..25
Trieste...................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 .................... 80
Pepper, Singapore, black— 21
w hite.........30
Cayenne....................25
Herbs & Spices, sm all.......  65
large.......1  25

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

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

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SUGARS.

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Cut  Loaf......................   @  834
C ubes............................  @  72£
Pow dered.....................  @  1%
Granulated,H. & E.’s..  @ 7
Franklin..  @ 7
Knight’s...  @  7
Confectionery  A .........  @6.81
No. 1, W hite Extra C. 
@6%
No. 2 E xtra  C .__ ___   634@  634
No. 3C, golden............  534®
No. 4 C, d ark ................ 
©   534
No. 5  C..........................  @ 5
Kegs.......................................   114
Granulated,  boxes— ■........  2
14
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box.......  2 35
Hand, 
.......  2  35
28
Silver Thread, 15 gallons— 2  50 
....4   50
Corn,  barrels.......................  @27
one-half  barrels—   @29
Pure  Sugar, bbl..................28@36
“ 
half barrel— 30@38

3  “ 
SAUERKRAUT.
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SAPOLIO.
“ 

SAL  SODA.

SYRUPS.

36 

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S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
Nimrod, 4x12 and  2x12.............37
Reception, 22-5x12,16 oz......... 36
Vinco, 1x6, 434 to  B>..................30
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz.........34
Wheel, 5 to  ib............................ 37
Trinket, 3x9,  9  oz..................... 25
Jas. G. Butler  <fe  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good....................... 37
Double P edro............................ 37
Peach  P ie__ : ............................ 37
Wedding  Cake, b lk ..................37
“Tobacco” .................................. 37

tobaccos—F ine Cut.

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D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

H iaw atha..................... 
62
Sweet  Cuba.................  
37
tradesman credit coupons.
$  2, per  hundred.................   2  50
3  00
$5,  “ 
$10, 
4  00
“ 
$20, 
“ 
5  00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over................ 5  per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
40 g r..........................................  7
50 g r..........................................  9

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VINEGAR.

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$1 for barrel

YEAST.

miscellaneous.

Fermentum,  Compressed.  . 
Cocoa Shells,  bulk..............  734
Jelly, 30-lb.  pails.................   4
Sage........................................  15
P A P E R  & W O OD EN  W A R E

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TWINES.

WOODENWARE.

Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
S traw .........................................160
“  Light  W eight................200
S u g a r....................  
180
H ardw are....................  
234
B akers.......................................234
Dry  Goods................................6
Jute  M anilla............................ 8
Red  Express  No. 1............... 5
No. 2............... 4
48 Cotton...............................   22
Cotton, No. 2...........................20
“  3...........................18
Sea  Island, assorted.......... 40
No. 5 H em p............................ 16
No.  8 B ..................................... 17
W ool........................................  8
Tubs, No. 1............................  7  25
“  No. 2............................  6  25
“  No. 3............................  5  25
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
1  60
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__   1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes. .. ,   60
Bowls, 11 inch......................  1  00
.......................  1  25
13  “ 
.........................2 00
15  “ 
.......................  2  75
17  “ 
assorted, 17s and  17s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
40
b u sh el 
1 50
“  with covers  1 90
willow cl’ths, No.i  5 75
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“  No.3 7 25
“ 
“  No.l  3 50
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“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3 5 00
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Baskets, m arket............... 

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FLOUR.

MILLSTUFFS.

New.  Old.
78
W h ite............................  78 
Red...............................  
78
78 
All wheat bought  on 60 lb.  test.
Straight, in sacks...............  4  20
“  barrels.............  4  40
Patent 
“  sacks...............  5  20
“  barrels.............  5  40
Bolted...................................  1  00
G ranulated................:........   1  10
Bran......................................  10  00
Ships.........................:  ........  11  00
Screenings..........................  11  00
M iddlings............................  12  00
Mixed  F eed.........................  14  50
Coarse  meal...........  ...........  14  50
Small  lots............................  38
Car 
Small  lots...............................30
Car 
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@40
I  No. 1.
1  10 
No. 1.. 
1  05
No. 2..
10  00 
No. 1.. 
9  00
No. 2..
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

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BARLEY.

CORN.

OATS.

RYE.

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lows:
G reen............................   334®  434
Part  Cured...................   @ 4
Full 
...................  @434
D ry..................................  5 @ 6
Dry  Kips  .....................  5  @ 6
Calfskins,  green..........  3 @  4
cured............  4 @434
Deacon skins..................10 @20

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PELTS.

Shearlings.....................10  @25
Estimated wool, per B> 20  @28
FURS.
Mink, dark............
. . . .   40@1  00 
pale.............
. . . .   25@  60 
Raccoon
. . . .   80@  90 
. . . .   80@1  00 
Skunk.......
M uskrat... 
. . . .   15@  20 
Fox, red ... 
....1   25@1  50 
“  cross. 
. . . . 2   00@5  00 
“  grey.. 
. . . .   40@  70 
Badger —  
. . . .   75@1  00 
Cat,  wild.
50@  75
F ish er........................... 4  00@5  00
L ynx..............................3 00@4  00
M artin,-dark............... 1  25@8  00
pale  &  yellow  60@  75
“ 
Otter,  d ark ...................6  00@8  00
Wolf 
..........................8 00@3  00
B ear!..........................13 00@20 00
B eaver..........................2 oO@6  o®
Oppossum......................  15@  20
Deerskins, per lb.........  15@  25
Above  prices  for  No. 1 skins 
only.
W ashed.................................25@30
Unw ashed..........................  12@22
T allow ..........................   334®  3J£
Grease  b u tte r..............3  @  5_
Sw itches....................... 
2
Ginseng....................... 2  00@2  75

MISCELLANEOUS.

WOOL.

Secrets  o f A dvertising.

A writer in a recent issue  of  Printer's 
Ink,  in discussing “Secrets  of  Advertis­
ing,”  advances  some  ideas  which  are 
well worthy of consideration:

Who would inform the public  must  do 
it  mainly  by  appeals  to  be  put  forth 
through the columns of a newspaper.  It 
will  be well to pass on to a consideration 
of the way that  announcement should be 
made.

the  boys.

“How do  you feel now ?”  asked one of 
“Queer.  What’s  happened?”
“You went in to see the New Yorker.” 
“Oh,  yes.  He had the toothache.”
“He did,  and  you  kindly  consented to 
shock his nervous system.  It was a great 
success.”

“I cured it,  did I ?”
“You  did.”
“But,  great heavens !  feel of  me;  look 
at me;  keep  on  sponging!  I’m nothing 
but  a  big splatter  of  jelly 1  Boys,  if  I 
die,  and  I hope I will,  I’ll  haunt  every 
infernal  one of  you day anti night until I 
drive  you to hang  yourselves  with  your 
own suspenders !”

Every  member  of 

P roposes  to  A ttend  Both  M eetings.
D e t r o it ,  D ec.  13,  1889. 

It is to appeal to the eye.
It is to attract the understanding.
It is to bring about such a condition of 
affairs that the eye’that sees shall convey 
to  the  brain  behind  it  the  impression 
which the advertiser  wishes to fix there.
The advertisement  in a paper which  a 
reader of that paper has failed to see has 
Editor  Michigan  Tradesm an: ~
procured from that reader  no  advantage 
Dear Sir—I am  in  receipt of  the pro­
for  the  advertiser;  but  then,  the  next 
gramme  of  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
reader may  see  the  advertisement. 
It 
Michigan  Knights of  the  Grip.  Being a 
may  be  taken as certain that  no  adver­
member,  1  very much  wish to attend and 
tisement will reach  the eye of  every one 
regret  exceedingly  that  the  convention 
who reads the  paper;  the  effort,'  there­
occurs  on  the  same  date as  the annual 
fore,  should be to make it catch  the  eye 
meeting  of  the  Michigan  Commercial 
of as many as is possible. 
It should  be 
Travelers’  Association,  of  which  l  am 
conspicuous.
also a meuiber.  Being  one of  the  Board 
It is  quite  possible  for  an advertise­
of  Trustees,  I  cannot  expect  to  be  ex­
ment  to  catch  the  eye  and at the same 
cused  from  attending  the  annual meet­
time fail to  convey  any well-defined im­
ing.  However,  as 
there  are  quite  a 
pression or to  arouse sufficient  curiosity 
number of  travelers  who  desire to go to 
to cause  the  reader  to look more closely 
the  convention  at  Lansing.  I  think  an 
and thus satisfy his  mind.
effort will  be  made to  get  the  most  im­
It is also possible to have an advertise­
portant  business of  the  M. C.  T.  A.  dis­
ment convey  a  wrong  or  damaging im­
posed of  early in the day,  in which event 
pression;  this must be avoided.  No  one 
there  is  likely to be a delegation formed 
wants  to  be  at  the  cost of sending out 
to  go  to  Lansing,  arriving  there  at 
paid messengers  to traduce him.
3:45 p.  m.
The advertisement must  be  made con­
the  M.  C.  T.  A. 
spicuous,  either by its make-up and com­
j recognizes  in  the  K.  of  the  G.  a  sister 
position or its position, or both.  At least,
there m u s t   b e   an effort to secure  for  it  a  association.  These  occasional  conven­
tions  of  commercial  travelers  are  pro­
prominence,  and of two equally  well pre­
ductive  of  good  to  the  participant
pared  advertisements  it  is  evident that 
well  as  to  the  employers,  and  should 
the one which is rendered mostconspicu-1 
meet with  the  approval  and  support of 
ous  will  meet  most  eyes,  inform  most i 
the manufacturer  and  merchant  as well 
minds and exert the greater influence.
as  the  salesman,  for it is an established 
That  the  advertisement,  when  seen, 
fact in commercial circles  that  the more 
shall never convey any impression to the 
extensive  the  acquaintance,  the  better 
reader which  is  not  likely  to  prove of 
the  chance  for  business  success.  The 
advantage  to  the  advertiser is very im­
commercial  traveler of  to-day is  an  im­
portant.  There are choice of  words and 
portant  factor  in  every  branch of  bus­
phrases to be  made.  A gun dealer who 
iness,  and all enterprising and aggressive 
once  bought  largely  at  an  army  sale 
manufacturers and jobbers give evidence 
found that  if  he  advertised  Springfield 
of  this  in  the  class of  men in their em­
muskets  the  readers  wrote him,  if they 
ploy  as traveling  salesmen;  in  fact,  it is 
wrote at all,  that they did  not  want any 
not uncommon  to  find  men  in  the dual 
“Springfield  muskets,”  but  when  he 
capacity  of  principal  and 
salesman, 
changed the announcement, offering “The 
being a partner in the  house which he is 
Celebrated  Springfield  Barrels,”  every 
representing. 
In  almost  every  case  of 
boy and man wanted them,  and when the 
the kind,  you find  the  house thus repre­
musket was delivered with  its  “Spring- 
sented  to  be  an  enterprising  and  pro­
field barrel,”  it  was entirely satisfactory 
gressive one,  the  capitalist and principal 
and more were sent for.
partners interested in the  social and fra­
A well-known  quack  doctor  once  told 
ternal  relations  of  their  salesmen,  and 
the writer  that  he  advertised  a  certain 
ever ready to advise  and  assist  them in 
remedy for  months,  and although  it was 
all things that  will  help them to success 
meritorious  the  proceeds  of  the  sales 
in  their  personal  affairs,  as  well  as  in 
were not sufficient  to pay the cosfof  his 
their mutual business interests.
advertising.  One day he added this sen­
tence to his advertisement:  “The  secret 
of  the  combination  of  this  remedy was 
revealed  to  the  doctor in  such  a  provi­
dential  way that he believed he should do 
wrong did he fail to make the recipe gen­
erally known.”
As  soon  as  this  “providential”  sen­
tence  had  appeared,  every one,  he  said, 
seemed to be in need of the remedy which 
so few had previously wanted.
Perhaps we all see from day to day ad­
vertisements which  create in  our  minds 
a prejudice against the  advertiser:  a dis­
position  not  to  go  to  him, but  to  avoid 
him.  Now,  if that impression which we 
gain 
is  conveyed  to  people  generally, 
then  the  advertiser  is  incurring  an  ex­
pense to compass his own ruin.
An  advertisement  should  offer  some­
thing  that  people  want  and  something 
which  they  cannot  get  everywhere  on 
equally  good  terms.  There  must  be 
some  element of  superiority or  novelty. 
A baker might advertise  “good  bread  at 
the  market  price” and  attract  no  new 
customers,  but  if  he  advertised  bread 
“made by an improved process,”  “better 
bread,”  or  “larger 
loaves,”  these  an­
nouncements would be noticed,  and  if  it 
was round that there actually was an  ad­
vantage in dealing with him,  a portion of 
the new trade would  become  his  for  an 
indefinite  period.

York  Tribune writes as folows:
The  “sauerkraut  war”  which  is  now 
raging,  while it affords  great amusement 
to  the  public,  has  become  a  source  of 
much trouble and .annoyance  to  the gov­
ernment.  The sauerkraut manufacturers 
of Austria constitute a  close  corporation 
or  guild,  whose  charter  was  granted  to 
them  by the  Empress  Maria  Theresa  a 
century  and a  half  ago.  According  to 
the  terms  of  this  document,  the  manu­
facture of  sauerkraut is limited to  mem­
bers  of  the  guild  in  question,  who,  al­
though  wealthy,  are  relatively  few,  and 
the Austrian  appetite  for  sauerkraut  is 
every year becoming more enormous.  A 
number  of  unlicensed  manufacturers 
have sprung  up  on  all  sides, who  con­
temptuously ignore the  privileges of  the 
guild and turn a deaf ear to  its  protests. 
Public  sympathy, however,  is  altogether 
against the  corporation which  has  used 
its  monopoly  to  keep  up  the  price  of 
sauerkraut,  that  pillar  of  the  empire, 
which  is  devoured  alike  in  palace and 
cottage.
The guild  has  been  unable  to  obtain 
justice in  court, both  judge and  jury as 
consumers  of sauerkraut being alike  in­
terested in the maintenance of a sufficient 
supply thereof to  meet  the  demands  of 
the market,  and consequently opposed to 
the perpetuation of the monopoly.  The 
members of  the corporation  have, there­
fore,  drawn up a petition which was pre­
sented to the Emperor by a deputation of 
“sauerkrauters”  a  couple of weeks  ago. 
His Majesty now finds himself in a quan­
dary. 
For,  while on the  one hand pop­
ular  sympathy is  against  the  guild, the 
latter  is clearly entitled by the terms,  of 
its 
imperial  charter  to  the  exclusive 
rights  and privileges  contained  therein.

A  Berlin  correspondent  of  the  New 

“Sauerkraut War”  in Austria.

M.  J.  Ma t t h e w s .

Confessions  of a  New York  Drummer. |
One  day  when a whole  ’busful  of  us j 
drove  up to a hotel  in  Lynchburg, Ya., 
the  landlord  remembered  that he had a 
drummer  from  New York who had been | 
suffering terribly with  toothache for two j 
or three days.  He  had  tried every rem- j 
edy known to man,  except that of having 
it pulled,  but  nothing  had  availed him. 
He said he  hoped  some  one of  us might 
be able to suggest something,  and slowly 
added;
“Gentlemen, I  have  heard  that a sud­
den  shock  to  a  man’s  nervous  system 
would  sometimes  cure the worst case of 
toothache.  Can’t  you plan something?”
Six or eight of  us got  together  in  the 
reading  room,  and it was  finally decided 
that  a man  named  Simms,  who  turned 
out  to  be a patent  medicine  advertiser, 
should go up to the  room  and startle the 
New Yorker.  He was to do it by claim­
ing to have  seen a dispatch to  the  effect 
that his wife had run  away with another 
man.  We  thought  that  ought  to  cure 
his toothache if  anything would.
“How  big  a  man  is  he?”  asked  the 
delegate,  when  ready to go in.
“Oh,  he’s  rather  undersized,”  replied 
the  landlord.  “If  he should  get  up on 
his ear,  you can  easily slam  him all over 
the room.”
The  medicine  man  went up.  We fol­
lowed and stood at the door  to  hear  the 
result.  He found the New Yorker groan­
ing  like a sick  horse,  and,  after  intro­
ducing himself,  he said  :
“Sorry  for  you,  oid  fellow,  particu­
larly at  this  time,  but I have  bad  news 
for  you.”
“No !”  exclaimed the  other,  sitting up 
in bed.
“Be  calm,  old  boy. 
It’s  about  your 
wife.”
“Is  she—she dead ?”
“Better for  you if  she was.  She’s run 
away with a street car conductor !”
There  was  a  wild  yell,  followed  by 
several  whoops,  and a crash."  Then the 
medicine  man  fell  into  the  hall,  and a 
wild figure dragged  him  up  and  down, 
mopped him around,  and made  bear fod­
der of  him.  It was  five  minutes before 
we conld get him off  and  get  his  victim 
away.  We carried the latter  into a sam­
ple room,  stretched him out on the table, 
and  had  sponged  his  face for thejhird 
i  time, when he opened his eyes.

H ides,  P elts,  Furs  and  W ool.

The  wool market is'Strong  and  firmly 
held^ by dealers,  in order  to  realize  cost 
on  last  season’s  purchases,  which  they 
are likely to obtain.  Michigan X sold at 
32c last week,  the  highest price obtained 
since  September  1.  Other  grades  ad­
vanced as well.  Wools  in  England  are 
worth too much to be  imported  and  the 
importation of  waste is stopped and well 
consumed  from  previous  importations. 
Stocks  of  staple  wools  are  small  and 
manufacturers  have  more  confidence in 
the future,  and have been quietly buying 
wools.  The  condition of  the  whole list 
is firmer and butter.

Hides are  weak  and  lower,  especially 
on light.  Tanners  are  summing up  the 
year’s business and  neglect  buying until 
they  know  the  outcome,  which  is  far 
from  satisfactory  to  many  of  them,  so 
far.

Tallow is dull,  with  light demand.

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For  Sale  by  Leading  Wholesale  Grocers.

Wholesale Drice Current,

Advanced—Oil  Almonds (bitter), Linseed Oil.

ACIDUM.

A ceticum ........................ 
8® 10
Benzoicum  German..  80@1  00
....................... 
3Ô
Boracic 
C arbolicum ...................   40® 45
C itricum .........................  50® 55
H ydrochlor....................  
3®  5
Nitrocum  .......................  10@ 12
O xalicum .......................    13® 14
Phosphorium  d ii......... 
20
Salicylieum ................. 1  40@1  80
Sulphurieum ..................  1)£@ „5
Tannicum .....................1  40@1  60
Tartaricum .....................  40® 43

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg................ 
3®
4®
18  deg................ 
Carbonas  .....................  11®
C hloridum .....................   12®

ANILINE.

B lack............................. 2 00@2 25
Brown............................  8Ó®1  22
R ed..........................  • • -  45®  50
Y ellow .......................... 2  50@3 00

b a c c a e.

Cubeae  (po. 1  60.......... 1  85®2 00
Ju n ip eru s..................... 
8®  10
X anthoxylum ..............  25®  30

BALSAMTJM.
Copaiba............   .........  70®
P eru...............................  
,  ®1
Terabin, Canada  .......  45®
T o lu tan .........................  45®

CORTEX.,

Abies,  C anadian...................   18
Cassiae  ...................................
Cinchona Flava  ...................   18
Euonymus  atropurp............   30
Myrica  Cerifera, po..............   20
Prunus V irgini.......................  12
Quillaia,  g rd ..........................  J*
Sassafras  ............ ..................
Ulmus Po (Ground  12).........  10

EXTBACTUM.
Glycyrrhiza  G labra...
po............
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
I s ................
V4s..............
34s..............
PERRUM.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

24®
33®
11®
13®
14®
16®

@  15 
Carbonate PTecip.........
@3  50 
Citrate and Q uinia—
®   80
Citrate  Soluble............
®
Ferrocyanidum Sol —
Solut  Chloride............ 
vg
Sulphate,  com’l ...........134® 
pure..............  ®  

*
”

“ 

A rn ic a ..........................  14®  16
A nthem is..................... 
fjj®  35
M atricaria...................  30®  35

FLORA.

FOLIA.

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

.....................  10®  12
n iv elly ..................- ■ •  25®  28
AJx.  35®  50
and  H s.......................  10®  12
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  34s
Ura Ur8i........................  

“ 

“ 

GUMMI.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Acacia,  1st  picked—   ®1  00
2d 
....  ©   90
3d 
....  @ 8 0
sifted sorts...  @  65
p o ...  75@1  00

Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...  50@
“  Cape,  (po.  20)...  ®
“  Socotri,  (po.  60).  @
Catechu, Is, (34s, 14 34s,
•  16).............................. 
@
A m m oniae............ —   25©
Assafcetida,  (po. 30)...  @
Benzoinum.................  •  30@
Camphor®.....................  45®
Euphorbium  po  ........  35®
Galbanum .....................  ©
Gamboge,  po................  80®
Guaiacum,  (po. 50) —  
©
Kino,  (po.  23)..............  @  „
M astic..........................  
©1  00
Myrrh,  (po  45)............  @  40
Opii,  (pc. 5  10)............ 3  55®3 60
Shellac  ........................   25©  35
bleached.........  28®  30
T rag aean th ..................  -30®  75

1 
herb a—In ounce packages.

A bsinthium ............................  25
E upatorium ............................  20
Lobelia.....................................  2S
M ajorum .................................  28
M entha  Piperita...................   23
V i r   .........................  25
R ue....................................1—   30
Tanacetum, V ........................   22
Thymus,  Y ..............................  25

“ 

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, P a t................  55©  60
Carbonate,  P a t ...........  20©  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20@  25 
Carbonate,  Jenningö..  35®  36

■  OLEUM.

A bsinthium ....................... 5 00©5 50
Amygdalae, D ulc.........  45®  75
Amvdalae, Amarae__ 8 00@8 25
A n isi................................... 1  90@2 00
A uranti  Cortex...........  @2  50
Bergamii  ..................... 2  80@3  00
C aiiputi........................   90®1  00
C aryophylli....................... 1  35@1 40
Cedar  ............................   35®  65
C henopodii.................. 
©1  75
C innam onii....................... 1  35@1 40
C itronella.....................  @  75
Conium  M ac................  35@  65
Copaiba........................   90@1  00
Cubebae.....................16  00@16  50
E xechthitos.................   90@1  00
E rig ero n .............................1  20@1 30
G aultheria.........................2  20@2 30
Geranium,  ounce.......  @  75
Gossipii,  Sem. g al.......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ..................... 2  1 0 «   20
Juniper!........................   50@2  00
L avendula...................   90@2 tp
L im onis.............................. 1  50@1 m
Mentha Piper..................... 2  10®2 25
Mentha  V end................... 2  50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal..............  80@1  00
Myrcia, ounce..................  ©  50
O live................................... 1  00@2 75
Picis Liquida,  (gal. .35)  10®  12
R ic in i......................    .1  24@1  36
Rosm arini..............  
75@1  00
Rosae,  ounce................  @6 00
Succini..........................  40®  45
S ab in a..........................   90@1  00
Santal  ...........................3 50@7 00
Sassafras.......................  50®  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce—   @ 6 5
T iglii.................................   @1 50
T h y m e.................................  40® 50
opt  ..................  @  60
Theobrom as........................   15® 20
B iCarb...-............................  15© 18
B ichrom ate.........................  13® 14
Bromide......................  

POTASSIUM.

37®  40

“ 

C arb...............................   12®  15
Chlorate,  (po. 20).........  18®  20
C yanide.........................  50®  55
Iodide............................2 80@2  90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  33®  3 
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  ®   15
Potass  Nitras, opt....... 
8®  10
Potass N itras................ 
9
'  7® 
P russiate.......................  8>@  28
Sulphate  p o .................  15®  18

BADIX.

A conitum .....................  20®  25
A lthae............................  25®  30
A n ch u sa.......................  15@  20
Arum,  po......................   @  25
Calamus........................   20©  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......  10@  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16@  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
©   45
(po. 50)....................... 
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®  20
Inula,  po.......................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po...........................2 00@2 20
Iris  plox  (po. 20@22)..  18@  20
Jalapa,  p r.....................  25@  30
Maranta,  34»................  @  35
Podophyllum, po.........  15®  18
R hei...............................   75@1  00
“  c u t........................   @1  75
“  p v ..........................   75@1  35
Spigelia........................   48®  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  ©   20
Serpentaria...................   40®  J5
S enega..........................  60®  65
Similax, Officinalis,  H @ 4 0
@  20
M 
Scillae,  (po. 35)............  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
dus,  p o .......................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®   25
G erm an...  15®  20
Zingiber a .....................  10®  15
Zingiber  f .....................  22®  25

“ 

“ 

“ 

SEMEN.

Anisum,  (po.  20).........  @  15
Apium  (graveleons)..  10®  12
Bird, Is .................... 
4@ 
 
6
Carni, (po. 18).............. 
8®  12
Cardam on.........  ..........1  00@1  25
C orlandrum ....'..........  10®  12
Cannabis Sativa.......... 3)4® 
4
Cydonium.....................  75@1  00
Chenopodium  ............  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate..........1  75@1  85
Foenieulum ..................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po........... 
8
L in i............................... 4  ®  4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  ) ...  4)4® 4)4
Lobelia..........................  35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3)4®  4)4
R a p a .............................. 
7
6® 
Sinapis,  A lb u ............ 
8®  9
N igra............  11®  12

6® 

“ 

SPIRITUS.

“ 
« 
“ 

Frumenti, W., D.  C o..2 00@2  50 
D. F. R .....1   75@2 00
 
1  10@1  50
Juniperis  Co. O. T — 1  75@1  75
« 
............ 1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ......... 1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  G alli.............1  75@6  50
Vini O porto....................... 1  25@2 00
Vini  A lba...........................1  25@2 00

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage.....................2  25@2  50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  "................... 
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
1  10
wool  carriage........... 
E xtra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage..................... 
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ..........................  
65
Hard for  slate  u se—  
75
Yellow Reef, f o r slate 
1  40
u s e ........................-... 

s y b u p s . 

*

W ccacla...................................  50
Zingiber  .................................  50
Ipecac.......................................  60
Ferri  Io d .................................   50
A uranti  Cortes.......................  50
Rhei  Arom..............................  50
Similax  Officinalis................  60
Co.........  50
S enega.....................................  50
Scillae......................................   50
“  Co...........................  ••  50
T o lu tan ................................       50
Prunus  virg............................  50

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TINCTURES.

 

 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Co......................  

Aconitum  Napellis R ...........  60
F ...........  50
Aloes........................................  60
and  m yrrh...................   60
A rn ic a .....................................  50
Asafoetida................................'  50
Atrope Belladonna................  60
Benzoin...................................  60
50
Sanguinaria............................  50
B arosm a.................................   50
Cantharides............................  75
C apsicum ................................  50
Cardam on................... 
75
Co............ . ..............  75
C astor......................................1  00
Catechu...................................   50
C in eh o n a...............................   50
Co......................  60
C olum ba.................................  50
C onium ...................................  50
Cubeba.....................................  50
D ig italis................................... *50
E rgot........................................  50
G entian...................................  50
Co...............................   60
G uaica.....................................  50
amnion..................  60
Z in g ib er.................................  50
Hyoseyamus ...........................  50
Iodine.......................................  75
Colorless...............     75
Ferri  Chloridum ...................   35
K in o ........................................  50
Lobelia.....................................  50
M yrrh............................~ ___   50
N ux  Vomica..........................  50
O p ii..........................................  85
“  Cam phorated.................   50
“  Deodor........................... 2 00
Auranti Cortex.......................  50
Q uassia...................................  50
R h a ta n y .................................  50
R hei..........................................  50
Cassia  A cutifol................1..  50
“  Co................  50
S erpentaria............................   50
Stromonium....................  
  60
T o lu tan ...................................  60
V alerian .................................   50
Veratrum V eride...................   50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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“ 

“ 
ground, 

.Ether, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
A lum en........................   2)4®  3)4
(po.
7 )................................. 
4
A nnatto.........................  55®  60
Antimoni, po...............  
5

3® 
4® 

. “ et Potass T.  55®  60

15 I

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©  

5© 

“ 
“ 
“ 
‘ 

Anti p y rin .................... 1  ¿5@1  40
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  @  68
A rsenicum ................... 
7
Balm Gilead  B ud.......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ...........: .2  10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is,  ()4s
11;  34s,  12) . . . . . . . . . .
@ 9
Cantharides  Russian, 
PO...............................
@1  75
Capsici  Fructus, a t . . . @ 18
ffe
@
14
@
Caryophyllus,  (po.  28) 23® 25
Carmine,  No. 40..........
@3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F .......
50© 55
Cera  F lava...................
28® 30
Coccus ..........................
@ 40
Cassia F ructus............
@ 15
Centrarfa......................
@ 10
C etaceum .....................
@ 35
C hloroform .................
45® 47
squibbs ..
@1  00
Chloral Hyd Crst.........1 50@1  75
C hondrus.....................
20® 25
Cinchonidine, P.  & W 15® 20
German
4® 10
Corks,  list,  dis.  per 
cent  ..........................
@ 60
C reasotum ...................
@ 50
Creta,  (bbl. 75)............
@ 2
“ 
prep.....................
5® 5
precip.................
“ 
8® 10
“  B ubrâ.................
@ 8
Crocus  ..........................
35® 38
Cudbear........................
© 24
Cupri Sulph.................
8® 9
D ex trin e.......................
10® 12
Ether Sulph.................
68® 70
Emery,  all  num bers.. 
@ 8
“  PO.....................
@ 6
Ergota,  (po.)  45..........
40® 45
Flake  W hite................
12© 15
G alla.............................
@ 23
Gambier........................
8® 9
Gelatin,  Cooper...........  @ 9 0
“ 
F rench............  40®  60
Glassware  flint,  75  & 10 per 
cent, by box 70 less
Glue,  Brow n................ 
9®  15
“  W hite.................   13®  25
G lycerine.....................  22@  25
Grana Paradisi............  
H um ulus.......................  25®  40
Hydraag  Chlor  M ite..  @ 9 0
“  C o r__   @  80
Ox Rubrum  .  @1  00 
Ammoniati..  @1  10 
Unguentum .  45®  55
H ydrargyrum ..............  @  80
Iehthyobolla,  Am .......1  25@1  50
Indigo...........................  75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3  ?5@3  85
Iodoform .......................  @4  70
L u p u lin ........................   85®1  00
Lycopodium ................  55®  60
M acis............................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
a ra rg lo d ...................   @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Snlph  (bbl
2®  3
1)4).............................. 
Mannia,  S. F ................  45@  50
Morphia,  S.  P.  & W .. .2 65©2  90 
C. C o ......................... 2 «5@2  90
Moschus  Canton.........  @ 4 0
Myristica,  No. 1...........  60®  70
N ux Vomica,  (po 20).. 
©   10
Os.  Sepia.......................  28®  30
Pepsin Saac, H.  & P. D.
C o................................
@2  00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., )4 gal
doz  ............................
@2  00 
Picis Liq., q u a rts .......
@1  00 
p in ts...........
@  70 
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..
@  50 
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..
@  18 
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__
@  35
7
Pix  B urgun..................  @ 
Plumbi A c e t................  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......
@1  25 
Pyrethrum,  p v ............
30®  35 
Q uassiae.......................
8®   10 
42®  47 
Quinia, S. P. & W .......
S.  German__
33®  45 
Bubia  Tinetorum .......
12®  14 
Saccharum Lactis p v ..
@  35 
Salacin..........................
2  25@2  35 
Sanguis  Draconis.......
40®  50 
_
Santonine  ................... 
©4 50 
Sapo,  W ........................  12®
“  14
M.......................... 
8®
10 
“  G .......................... 
©
15 
Seidlitz  M ixture.........  @
25 
Sinapis...........................  @
18 
30
®
“  o p t..................... 
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V o es..........................   @
35 
35 
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @ 
il@  
Soda Boras,  (po. 12).  „ 
12 
Soda  et Potass T art...  30®
33
Soda Carb..................... 
2®  2)4
Soda,  Bi-Carb.............. 
4@ 
5
Soda,  A sh..................... 
3®  4
Soda, Sulphas..............  @ 
2
Spts. E ther C o ............   50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom.......  @2  00
“  Myrcia  Im p.........  »  @2 50
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2  05)............................  @2  15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......  @1  10
Sulphur,  Subl............... 2%@  3)4
T am arinds................... 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice.......  28®  30
T heobrom ae................  50©  55
V anilla........................ 9  00® 16 00
Zinci  Snlph.................. 
7®  8

R oll................2)4® 3

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

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OILS.

Ber.

Bbl.  Gal
Whale, w inter............  70 
70
60
Lard,  ex tra..................  55 
50
Lard, No.  1..................  45 
62
Linseed, pure raw  ...  59 
Lindseed,  b o ile d __   62 
65
Neat’s  Foot,  w inter
69
strain ed ...................   50 
Spirits Turpentine__   50)4  55
paints. 
bbl.  lb.
Red  V enetian...............134  2@3
1=4  2@4 
Ochre, yellow  Mars.
134  2@3
Putty,  commercial__ 2)4  2)4@3
strictly  p u re... 
)4  234@3
Vermilion Prime Amer
13@16
ic a n .........................
70@75
Vermilion,  English.
70@75
Green,  Peninsular..
Lead,  re d ................. .
634@734 
w h ite ............
634@7)4 
@70 
Whiting, white Span 
@90 
W hiting,  Gilders’...
White, Paris  American 
1  00
W hiting.  Paris  Eng.
c liff.............................  
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  V illa  Prepared 
-Paints..........................1  00@1 20

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VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach.........1  10©1 20
Extra T u rp .................... 1  60@1 70
Coach  Body.................2  75@3 00
No. 1 Tnrp  F u rn ......1   00@1 10
Eutra Turk D&mar___ 1  55@1 60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70®  75

T o r n ......................  

ments  in  the  history  of  the  old  New 
England times;  and many old people tes­
tify that the average  size of  lobsters has 
been  decreasing,  as well as  the  supply, 
w'ith  the  growth  of  population,  which 
has augmented the demand  for this kind 
of  food.

Cider  S carce  and  High.

termed—freezes,  and 

From  th e  N ational B ottlers’ Gazette.
Cider  promises  to  command  a  high 
price  this  year.  The  apple  crop  has 
fallen off  50 to 65  per  cent,  from that of 
last  pear,  and  the  cider  presses  of  the 
country will  not be worked to their  full 
capacity.  From  the  middle  of  October 
the  manufacturers of  cider started their 
mills,  and will keep  them  running night 
and day as  long  as  they can  obtain ap­
ples  to  grind.  The  season  of  pressing 
ordinarily  covers  two  months—that  is, 
from now until real cold weather sets in. 
When  the  fruit  and  “pomace”—as  the 
ground-up  and  crushed  apple  mass  is 
technically 
the 
work  is  carried  on  with  difficulty,  the 
product deteriorates in quality, becoming 
thin and watery.
At  the  present  day  the  cider  that 
reaches the  markets of  the  world  is the 
the  special  manufacturer, 
output  of 
whose mills are equipped with the  latest 
and  most 
improved  machinery,  con­
structed  with a view  single to obtaining 
the most  juice from a minimum quantity 
of  stock  in  the  shortest  possible  time, 
of  the crop itself  and the  expectation of 
the  year’s  output,  a  leading  manufac­
turer,  whose  milffe  are  rated  among the 
largest of  their kind in the country,  said 
the  other  dayv in response to direct  en­
quiry:  “The prospects for1 plenty of cider 
are decidedly poor.  Apples are not only 
scarce,  but  of  poor  quality  in  many 
places,  and  the  outlook  is  not  at  all 
promising.  Last  year  was a good  year 
for cider, fruit was plentiful and the out­
put  was  simply  enormous,  but  the  re­
verse is true  this  fall.  The  apple crop 
will  not  reach a third  of  what it was in 
’88, consequently  the  prospects  are  far 
from encouraging  to  that  portion of  the 
public fond of  a good glass of  cider,  and 
plenty  of  it,  at  almost  nominal  cost. 
The price heretofore has been so low that 
scarcely anything  has  been  left  to  the 
manufacturer;  but  we  are  the  same as 
other business  men,  and must depend on 
the volume of  trade for our margin.
“New  York,”  he  continued,  “is  the 
leading State for apples and cider,  and it 
contributes  very  nearly,  if  not  quite, 
two-thirds of  the entire  quantity sent  to 
market.  The western part  of  the State 
is  a  famous  fruit section,  and  nowhere 
are  apples  in  more  abundance  and  of 
finer  quality; 
that  is,  all  things  being 
equal.  To  be  sure,  some  of  the  New 
England  and  several  of  the  Western 
States contribute a  share,  but New York 
stands  first  and  foremost.  Massachu­
setts has  been  increasing  its  cider  out­
put  during  the  past  twenty  years,  and 
to-day the Old Bay State is  acquiring  an 
enviable reputation  for  its  apple  juice. 
Then,  Michigan  is  rapidly  coming  for­
ward as an apple State.  Nebraska, Kan­
sas.  and  Missouri  grow a  lot  of  apples, 
but  they  are  not  the  kind suitable  for 
making cider.  The fruit in  these and all 
States south of them lacks  that  peculiar 
flavor  necessary 
good  cider.
“At present,  prices  will  be  advanced 
to  as  high  a  figure  as  the  trade  (and 
through it the public)  will  stand.  You 
see,  the  average  consumer  will not pay 
enough for a good,  sound and  pure  arti­
cle.  Very few people,  indeed,  are com­
petent  judges,  and  almost  anything 
possessing  the  appearance  and  sugges­
tive  flavor  of  cider  will  pass  muster. 
This  fact  is  taken  advantage of by the 
manufacturers  of a substitute or an arti­
ficial article.  This class  of  goods  finds 
wide  and  ready  sale,  and the maker  of 
the true juice suffers accordingly.  Again 
the  stock  furnished  the  retailer  is fre­
quently  ‘doctored’  and  reduced  with 
water,  so  that  the  consumer  finds  it a 
difficult matter to obtain drinkable cider. 
Some bottlers and keggers are  adepts  at 
this.  A palatable article seldom reaches 
the market before the middle of October; 
in fact,  from  that  time  on,  no trouble 
should  be  encountered 
in  getting  the 
beverage in its best  condition,  providing 
you seek  in  the  right  places and pay a 
fair  price.”
Other  manufacturers  confirmed  these 
statements.  They are  all  agreed  upon 
the apple and cider  shrinkage,  and pre­
dicted the highest prices known for years. 
Of  the industry itself  much  that  is  in­
teresting  and  instructive  may  be  said. 
That  it  is  a  distinct  and  well  defined 
business,  in which  great  skill and much 
experience is called  into  play,  admits of 
no doubt.  The farmers have long ceased 
to be a factor in the  trade,  as they have 
neither the facilities  or  training to com­
pete  with the special  manufacturers.  A 
modern  cider  mill,  with 
its  massive 
presses,  powerful  graters, 
improved 
purifiers  and filters  is  in  striking  con­
trast with  the  antiquated  methods  and 
crude  machinery  of  “ye  olden  times.” 
Energy and enterprise  are now  predom­
inant  features,  which,  combined  with 
scientific  knowledge,  are 
introducing 
this popular American beverage to every 
section of  the  civilized world,  in which 
laudable undertaking the bottlers are,  as 
they by right should be, in the van.

to 

a 

Drugs 0  Medicines»

Stale  Board  of Pharmacy.

One Y ear—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
Two Y ears—Geo. McDonald, K alam azoo.
Three Y ears—Stanley E. P ark ill, Owosso.
F o u r Y ears—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
F ire  Y ears—Jam es V em or, D etroit.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
S ecretary—Jas.  V ernor, Detroit.
T reasu rer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
,   M eetings durin g   1890—G rand  Rapids, M arch 4 and 6; 
S tar Island, July l and  2;  M arquette,  Aug.  18  and 14; 
Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6._______________

Michigan State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n. 

P resident—F ran k  Inglis,  D etroit.
F irst Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
Sec’d V ice-President—H enry K ephart, B errien Springs. 
T hird Vice-President—Jas. V ernor, D etroit.
Secretary—H. J . Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurei—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Com m ittee—C. A. Bugbee,Cheboygan;  E. T. 
W ebb, Jackson;  D. E. PraU,  E ast Saginaw ;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, K alam azoo;  J. J. Crowley. D etroit.
Next Meeting—At  Saginaw , beginning th ird  Tuesday 
of Septem ber,  1890._______________________________ __
Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical Society. 
P resident. J. W. H ayw ard.  Secretary, F ran k  H. Escott.
Grand Rapids Drue Clerks’ Association. 

P resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, A lbert Brower.
Detroit  Pharmaceutical Society 
President, J.  W. Allen;  S ecretary, W. F. Jackm an.

Muskegon  Drug Clerks’  Association. 

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

M ust  H ave  a  Sour  Stom ach.

The  Michigan  correspondent  of  the 

Western Druggist—whoever he  may be 
appears to be suffering  from  a  severe at­
tack of dyspepsia, as his letter in the De­
cember issue  of  that  publication  teems 
with unkind criticisms and dark forebod­
ings.  Referring to the President of  the 
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical-Associa­
tion, he says:
President Inglis is moving very slowly. 
He was authorized to appoint  a  commit­
tee of twenty on membership, and a com­
mittee  of  three  upon  revision  of  the 
Pharmacopoeia,  but up to date he has not 
been  heard from.

Mr.  Inglis  has  the best of  reasons  for 
not appointing the  committe  on  revision 
of the Pharmacopoeia.  The last conven­
tion adopted a resolution, instructing the 
President  to  appoint such  a  committee 
and voted  to  pay  each  member  of  the 
committee $50 for his services.  Such ap­
pointment  would,  therefore,  entail  on 
the  Association  an  expense  of  $150, 
whereas there  is  only $112  in  the  treas­
ury.  Mr.  Inglis is doing the best he  can 
under  the  circumstances,  however,  and 
is endeavoring to find  one  or  more  com­
petent  persons who will  go  to Washing­
ton at their own expense.

Referring to another subject, the corre­

spondent writes:
The Pharmaceutical Association  at the 
September meeting  recommended  to  the 
Governor the names of  three persons eli­
gible for  membership  on  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy.  The  law  does  not  require 
such action, and the Governor will proba­
bly  ignore  the  recommendation. 
Still 
the members felt  as  though some  action 
of that kind  must  be  taken  in  order  to 
satisfy  a  prevalent  feeling  in  this  di­
rection,  The  gentlemen  recommended 
are Ottmar Eberbach,  the present incum­
bent, Geo.  Gundrum, of Ionia,  and  Hugo 
Thum,  of  Grand  Rapids.  Why  Mr. 
Thum  was  recommended  is  a  mystery. 
He certainly does  not  deserve  it  at  the 
hands of  the Association;  he  has  never 
been  present  at  any of  the  meetings, 
with,  perhaps,  the  exception  of 
the 
meeting at Grand Rapids;  he  has  never 
favored  the Association nor its  aims, on 
the  ground  of 
it  not  being  scientific 
enough. 
If  my recollection serves  me, 
he was opposed  to  organization,  and  did 
what he could to prevent it.  The Asso­
ciation,  in  its  recommendations,  ignored 
the  large  and  growing  north  section of 
our State. 
Such men as Mr.  Bugbee,  of 
Cheboygan,  G.  M.  Harwood, of Petoskey, 
Mr.  Stafford,  of  Marquette,  Mr.  Keeler, 
of Ligonier,  or Mr.  Johnson, of  Traverse 
City,  would be a  credit  to  any Board  of 
Pharmacy.

Instead  of  “ ignoring ”  the  recom 
mendations  of -so  influential  'a  body  of 
men  as  the  Michigan  State  Pharma 
ceutical  Association,  T h e   T r a d esm a n' 
has every reason for  thinking  that  Gov- I 
ernor  Luce is thankful for  just  such ex­
pressions,  as they show  him  the  prefer­
ences  of  his  constituents,  thereby  en­
abling  him  to  appoint  a  man who will 
give general satisfaction to all concerned.
The  attack  on  Mr. Thum  is  so  man­
ifestly inspired by malice  that  no  reply 
is  necessary  to  the  accusations  made 
against him.  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   does not 
speak by authority,  but  it  is  fain to be­
lieve that Mr. Thum  cares a whit for the 
appointment.  He  is  a  busy  man—so 
busy that he fias rarely found  time to at­
tend  the  meetings of  his  local  pharma­
ceutical  society—and  would,  therefore, 
probably not be able  to  give  the  Board 
the  time  and  attention  an appointment 
would involve.  T h e  T r a d e s m a n  thinks 
it voices the sentiment of the drug trade, 
almost unanimously,  when it asserts that 
there  is  a  universal  desire  to  see  Mr. 
Eberbach succeed himself.

Even  the  Legislature  comes  in  for a 
share of the correspondent’s disapproval:
It  was  in  session  continuously  from 
January 1  to  July  3,  and  accomplished 
nothing.  Every  measure  passed,  when 
tested  before  the  Supreme  Court,  has 
been declared unconstitutional.  The one 
thing  they did which the courts have not 
had a chance to pass  upon  was to elect a 
gentleman to  the  United  States  Senate 
whose one qualification was that of being 
a millionaire.
Leaving the  matter of  politics  out  of 
the question,  it is difficult to see how any 
one  familiar  with  the  career  of  James 
McMillan  could  harbor  such an opinion 
of  so representative a citizen.  Certainly, 
no one ever entered the  Senate from this 
State  more  thoroughly  equipped  to  do 
effective wark  than  the  gentleman who 
won  his  way from  poverty  to  affluence 
and made  his  mark  on the banks of  the 
Detroit River.

The P.  &  B.  cough  drops  give  great 

satisfaction.

W hat  the  Y ankees  A te  in  Early Colo­

nial  Tim es.

In  the raising  of various  supplies  for j 
the table,  as well as in the mode of cook-: 
ing them, the first colonists learned much1 
from  the  aborigines.  When  they  left j 
England little progress had been made in j 
implements  of  agriculture, and  the  Pil­
grims would  have  been  unable  to  pur-1 
chase  them  if  they had  been  invented. 
The company,  who were  obliged  to  dis­
pense with butter  for their  dry bread on 
their 
long voyage  because  of  poverty, 
and  whose,  living  members  must  have 
been  packed  very  closely in  the  small 
vessel  that  brought  them,  landed  with 
few  goods  and  chattels  of  any  kind. 
They were  thrown  upon  the  resources 
which  stern  necessity  compels  to  find. 
They, therefore, learned at once the arts, 
and  used  the  implements  employed  by 
the native Indians.

They  had shoes made of wood.  Turtle 
shells  ingeniously affixed  to  sticks  and 
sharp  stones and held by withes  acted a 
conspicuous part in the cultivation of the 
ground.  The  Indian  corn  and  method 
of  planting  it,  four or five  grains  in  a 
hill,  with  rows  three or four feet apart, 
with  beans  running  up  the  stalk  and 
pumpkin vines in the intervening spaces, 
were all  borrowed,  as  we are told,  from 
the native.
The very names of  many of  the dishes 
of food and the methods of cooking them 
were learned in these simplest schools of 
art.  There  was  one,  a  kind  of  corn 
bread,  hominy,  samp,  succottash  and 
supawn,  or  hasty pudding  (words  bor­
rowed from the aboriginal tongues),  and 
used,  doubtless,  for  ages  before  white 
men ever saw the tassels of the maise-field. 
The hoe-cake or johnny-cake, baked on a 
hot flat stone  before the fire,  the hulling 
of corn with lye, the roasting ears of corn 
and the popping of corn were all learned 
from the children of the forest.  So,  also, 
the drying of pumpkin in strips,  hanging 
in the cabin in festoons.  William  Penn, 
it is said, found the savages eating baked 
beans as white people  do now in Boston. 
The starving condition  of  the  first colo­
nists obliged them  to  eat  the food with 
which the Indians supplied  their  wants.
In all  the  New  England  settlements, 
one common article of food was bean por­
ridge.  This  was  eaten  for  breakfast, 
and,  before  there  was  plenty  of  milk, 
also  for  supper.  After  milk  became 
plenty, that,  with brown bread,  was usu­
ally eaten for the evening meal.  Baked 
pumpkin was another  common article of 
food.  We  have  noticed  that the pump­
kin  was 
indigenous  to  America,  and 
raised iu large quantities by the Indians, 
as were also corn and  beans. 
In select­
ing a pumpkin for  cooking,  the colonists 
picked  out  one  thoroughly  ripe,  w’ith a 
hard  shell.  A hole five or six inches in^ 
diameter  was  cut  in  the  stem end,  the 
piece taken out being kept whole.  The 
seeds and all the soft,  stringy substances 
were  scraped  out.  leaving  nothing but 
the solid matter.  Thus  prepared, it was 
filled with new milk,  then  covered  with 
the piece which had been cut out and put 
in a well-heated oven,  where  it  was per­
mitted to remain six  or  eight hours,  and 
it was usually allowed to cool in the oven. 
It  was  then  eaten  with  milk. 
Some 
scraped  out  the  pumpkin  and  ate it in 
bowls,  others  turned  the  milk into the 
pumpkin and ate from them.
Pumpkins,  in  the  earlier settlements, 
were very  much  preferred  to squashes, 
and  few  of  the  latter were raised.  At 
what date pumpkin  pies  were  invented 
we cannot tell,  but  they were a peculiar 
Yankee institution.
Turnips  and  parsnips  were  the most 
common vegetables  in the earliest times, 
potatoes  not  becoming  common  until 
after  the  middle  of  the  last  century. 
They  had  no  “sweet  coin,”  but when 
they wanted corn to boil or  roast,  in  the 
green state,  they used  the  common  yel­
low  corn.
Of  the  edible  grains,  wheat  was  not 
much used,  except in the well-to-do fam­
ilies,  who  used it chiefly in  entertaining 
company. 
In  the  fertile  valley  of  the 
Connecticut  river  wheat  was  raised  in 
greater  abundance  than  elsewhere  in 
New  England.  Buckwheat  was  little 
used  until  later,  but  barley cakes were 
frequently  made  and  eaten  with  relish. 
The bread everywhere  used was  the  fa­
mous  “rye  bread  and  Indian,”  eaten 
morning,  noon,  and  evening.  Many 
families also  used  bread  from rye flour, 
made similar to wheat bread.  The yeast 
by which  it was  raised was  called  “em- 
tyings,”  because  it was  made  from  the 
“settlings”  of their beer barrels.
in  common 
use,  both  boiled  and  baked.  Beef suet 
or sweet apples sometimes improved them.. 
Judd,  in  his  history of  “Old  Hadley,” 
said: 
of
these  hard-boiled 
Indian  puddings 
every year.”  Calkins  in the  history of 
Norwich, Conn.,  relates a fabulous story. 
The inhabitants  of  that  place fell  into 
strife which could boil the largest Indian 
pudding.  One  day,  as  the  story goes, 
one of  the enormous  puddings, on  being 
cut open,  rolled over and killed two men 
sitting on each side  of  the table.  After 
that  a  resolution  was  passed  that  no 
boiled Indian  pudding  should  be  made 
containing more than three pecks of meal.
In  many  localities,  particularly  in 
Boston  and  Eastern  Massachusetts, 
in 
Norwich and Eastern  Connecticut,  baked 
beans  was  a  universal  dish  Saturday 
evening and Sunday morning.
Of meats great  quantities were  eaten. 
Besides the wild meats of the forest, con­
sisting of boar, deer’ moose,  wild turkey, 
pigeons,  quail,  patridges, etc.,  they had 
beef  and pork,  fresh and salt  The New 
England boiled  dinner,  in farming  com­
munities especially,  though by no means 
confined to them,  was a great institution. 
It usually included corned beef,  salt pork, 
sometimes corned mutton,  with potatoes, 
turnips,  carrots,  parsnips,  boiled  Indian 
pudding,  etc.,  heaped  upon a large pew­
ter  platter,  and  in  such  quantity as to 
allow it to be reproduced  once  or  twice 
cold.
Fish were taken in considerable  quan­
tities  from  the  ponds  and  rivers,  and 
helped. to  increase  the  variety  of  the 
clams  afnd  oysters 
diet. 
Lobsters, 
abounded  on  the  sea  coast. 
It  seems 
lobsters  were 
almost .incredible 
that 
sometimes  caught  in  those  early times 
weighing  from 
fifteen  to  twenty-five 
pounds.  We  have  found  such  state­

Indian  puddings  were 

families  had  365 

“Some 

G ood  W ords

from  Hon. 
W ebber.

W m .  L.

E a s t   S a g in a w ,  Dec.  19,  1889. 

Editor Michigan Tradesm an:
D e a r   Sir —I wish to acknowledge  the 
receipt  of  a  copy  of  T h e   M ic h ig a n  
T r a d e s m a n ,  containing  the  address on 
the subject of better wagon roads.  Your 
efforts in this direction are worthy of ap­
preciation.  Probably in no one  thing do 
the people of Michigan  suffer  more than 
in the use  of  poor  roads. 
If  a  money 
tax were levied upon  them to the amount 
of  their  loss  in  this  regard,  it  would 
create a rebellion. 
I  hope  your  efforts 
will  meet  with fruit  which  the  public 
will  appreciate.

Yours truly,

W .  L.  W e b b e r .

The Drug;  M arket.

Gum opium is  firm.  Morphia  is  un­
changed.  Quinine  is  dull  and  lower. 
Tonka  beans  are  higher.  Balsam  co­
paiba is very firm at the advance.  Gum 
camphor is  firmly held.  Bitter  oil  al­
monds  is  higher.  Linseed  oil  has  ad­
vanced.

C atsup  a  N ational  Condiment.

One of  the  most  wonderful  manufac­
tures of  recent growth  is that of  catsup. 
A great  number of  factories  have  orig­
inated  in  the  last  ten  years,  and  com­
peting brands are as plentiful as those in 
any line  of  manufactured  articles.  To­
mato  catsup  has  conquered  the  world. 
In our  younger days our mothers used to 
put  up a supply  every  year  for  winter 
use,  and it was a condiment  occasionally 
served  at  table.  Now  it has  taken  its 
place with the  salt  and pepper and is in 
daily use.  Some people eat it three times 
a day, and  many millions of  gallons  are 
required  to  supply the amiual  demand. 
The  popularity  of  catsup  has  made 
tomatoes  as  profitable  a crop  as  wheat, 
and  many farmers  plant  acres of  vines 
every  year,  just  to  supply  the  catsup 
factories;  at  twenty  cents  a  bushel  an 
acre  of  tomatoes  is  always  profitable. 
The  farmer  simply  fills  his wagon bed 
with the ripe  fruit  and hauls the load to 
town.  There  is  no  waste,  for the riper 
the fruit the  better for catsup.  The Old 
world  is  now  using  American  catsup, 
and the trade is always on  the  increase.
GZ2TSSXTG  H O O T.

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

PECK BEOS.,

Wholesale  Druggists, 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

LIQUOR X POISON  RECORD
Best on the Market.

Acknowledged to be the

E. I.  STOWE k fiR0,, grand*ra pid s

COMBINED.

T H E   M O S T  R E L I A B L E   F O O D  
F or In fan ts an d  Invalids* 
Used  everywhere,  with  unqualified 
success.  JSot 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.

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jPI u n i bing,

Steam and  Hot  Water  Heating, 
Brooks’  Hand  Force  Pump,  In­
stantaneous  Water  Heater,  Hot 
Air  Furnaces,  Mantels,  Grates 
and Tiling,  Gas Fixtures, Etc. 
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
P lu m b e r s ’  S u p p lies;
184  East  Fiilton  81., Head  of Monroe,

Telephone  No. 147.
21  Scribner  Street,
Telephone No.  1109.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 
-  MIOH.
p O r i S H I N A

(TRADE  MARK  REGISTERED.)

The Best Furniture Finish in the  Market 

Specially  adapted  for  Pianos, 

Organs and Hard Woods.

D n lio h in o   will  remove  grease  and  dirt, and 
ru ilo lL llld   w ill add a lustre which for  beautj 
and durability cannot be excelled.
O n lic h im i  is clean  and  easy  to  use,  as  full 
r U ilo llllm   directions accompany  each  bottle
B n lin h in q   *s  Put  UP  *n  LARGE  BOTTLES.. 
r O lio lillla   ana is sold at the moderate price of 
Twenty-five Cents.
the Best Furniture Finish in tht 
D nlioV iinu 
r  111 loll 1 lid  market.  Try it, and make your old 
furniture look fresh and new.
D nli o ilin g   is for sale  by all Druggists, Fum i 
r ll llo liillii  ture  Dealers,  Grocery  and  Hard 
ware Stores.

BEWARE  OF  IMITATIONS.

FOR  SALE  WHOLESALE

HIZELTINE  *  PERKINS  DRUB  GO.,

GRAND RAPIDS.  MICH.

J E T T I N E .
W arranted  not  to  Thicken,  Sour  or  Mold In 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injury 
by Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after free* 
ing.  See quotation.  M A R T E l.L   B L A C K IN G  
CO.,  Sole  M anufacturer«,  C hicago, 111.

75 ct8.

RE-PAINT

"TH E OLD ORIGINAL.’

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carriage

CMADI ONLY 0Y
ACM E

Colar Works,
DETROIT, MICH.

P aints

HAZEL, TINE

&  PE R K IN S

DRUG  CO.

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

- D R U G S -

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.
Patent Medißines, Paints, Oils, l/arnisliBS.

Sole  Agents  for  the  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

Dealers  in

We  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  GATARRH  REMEDY.

We have in stock and offer a full line of

W h isk ie s,  Brandies,

Gins,  'W ines,  B um s.

We are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W. D. & Go., 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

Whisky ¿and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  Whisky.

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

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

toltine !  Perkins  Drug  Oo.,
Novelties  in  Perfumery,

O R D E R

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

Glass  Stands, Wicker  Stands,  from

Jennings  &  Sm ith,

Grand. Rapids,  Mich,

ALL  ORDERS  FILLED  PROMPTLY.

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W e   h a v e   r e c e iv e d  

la r g e   S h ip m e n ts  o f 
m o la s s e s ,  d ir e ct  from   i h e  p la n te r s   in  L o u is i­
a n a ,  w h ic h   w e   a r e  o ffer in g   to  th e   tr a d e   a t  o u r  
u s u a l  lo w   p rices;

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

IMPORTERS  OF  TEAS.  COFFEES  AND  SPICES.

1  AND  3  PE »HD  STREET.

R ln d g e , 

Bertsch &  Co.,

MICHIGAN  AGENTS  FOR  THE  BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

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

selling the line.  Correspondence solicited.

18,  14  AND  16  PEARL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

THE  WÄL8H-DE  R00  MILLING  C0„

HOLLAND,  MICH.

Daily (Capacity, 

+00  Bbla.
BRANDS:
SUNLIGHT,
. DAISY, 
PURITY.

MORNING  STAR, 
DAILY  BREAD,, 

IDLEWTLD, 
ECONOMY.

SPECIALTIES:
Wheatena, 

Graham,

Buckwheat Flour, 

Rye Flour, 

Bolted  Meal, 
Rye Meal, 
Buckwheat Grits, 

W heat Grits,

Pearl  Barley,
Oat  Meal, 

Rolled Oats.

Correspondence  Solicited.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich•

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JOBBERS  IN

R oa d

P le a s u r e 8

D e liv e r y

B o g g i n g

BH8.

A T   T-M tS

Diiam   Gandy  Go.

13,  15  AND  17  SOUTH  IONIA  ST.

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

E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Pants,  Overalls.  Coals,  Jackets,  Shirts,  Etc,

Warranted  Not to Rip.

Fit Guaranteed.

Workmanship  Perfect.

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

IONIA,  MICH

Tin Toys for the Holidays

H .  L E O N A R D   &  S O N S .,  G r^ nd  R a p id s,  M ich .

A8SORTED  PACKAGE  NO.  110,  TIN  TOTS.

The prices on this assortment of staple tin toys  are  lower  this  season  than 
ever before,  and is most carefully selected from the bestsellers 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.  L

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Wholesale. 
...  42—  42
1  Doz . 37 Assorted Tin  Animals —
...  42—  42
1 Trotting Horses.................
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1 
2
...  75—  75
“
1 
38 Animals on W heels............. ...  75—  75
“
1 
...2.00—  67
Steamboats.........  ..............
H  “ 219
...  70—  70
“ 134 Horses and  C arts..............
1 
...  80—  80
City  Cars.......
“ 242
1 
W agons............ ...1.25—  63
%  “ 137
...2.25—1.13
138B
...  35—  35
Tin F lutes...........................
1 
...4.00—  67
1-6  “ 924B Picture W agons.................
...9.00—  75
1-12 ‘ 508-1 Trains of Cars Complete..
...5.50—  46
1-12 • 400-5
...4.25—  71
1-6  “ 400-4
3 Kitchen  Sets........................ ...4.50—  75
1-6  “
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...3.75—1.25
Toy  K itchens.....................
4
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...1.75—  30
25
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75—  37
8
...  4 2 -  21
9
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Stoves and  F urniture — . ..   75—  75
“ 170
1 
Crown  Banks.......................
1 
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...4.75—  79
1-6  “ 500 Mechanical Locomotives.
$14.00

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Retail. 

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

Oilr Leader” Goods

Having stood the test of time and the  battle  of  competition  and 
come  off  victorious,  we  have  no hesitation  in  recommending  to  the 
trade our line  of 

•

Our Leader  Cigars,

Otir  Leader  Smoking,

Odr  Leader  Fine  Cdt,

Olir  Leader  Baking  Powder,
Odr  Leader  SaleraWs,

Odr  Leader  Brooms.

WHICH  ARE  NOW

L E A D E R S  

IN  FA C T

In hundreds of stores throughout the State. 

If  you  are not handling these goods, 

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

trade in these goods will increase.

I.  M .  C B A .R K   &  SO N .
E.  G.  STUDLEY,
R u b b e r

Wholesale  Dealer in

idea.

x  C o m m o n   | e n s L ,'J a <

Bools and Shoes

M anufactured by

BANDEE  RUBBER  BO.

Send  for  Large  Illustrated  Catalogue  and 

Price List.

TELEPHONE  464.

No.  4  Monroe  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

WHO  U R G B S   Y O U

T O   K E E P

T H E   P U B L I C !

By splendid and expensive advertising  the  manufacturers ere 
ate  a  demand,  and  only  ask  the  trade  to  keep the goods it 
stock so as to stipply the orders sent to  them.  Without effort 
on the grocer’s part the goods  sell themselves,  bring  purchaS' 
ers to the store, and help sell less known goods.
ANY JOBBER W ILL BE GLAD, TO FILL YOUR ORDERS.

Packers of the well

P u tn am   Candy Co.,
P i  B  OYSTERS
Selected Herbs * Spices I

known brand of

THE

P r e p a r e d   b y

&

O liio a go .

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

The  J F in e st  Ingredients  for  use 

Seasoning Meats,  Poultry, 

in

Game and Eish,

SO LD  B Y   A L L   GROCERS.

S.  K.  BOLLES. 

E.  B.  DIKEMAF

vS.  K .  H o lies  &  Co.,

77  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

W h o l e s a l e   C i g a r   D e a le r s .

FheMichiganTradesman  ^ ^

Tribute  to  the  Traveling  Man.

There  is  no  profession  containing  a 
larger  percentage  of  reputable  people 
than the order  of  traveling  men.  As a 
rule  they  are  gentlemen,  possessing  a 
good degree  of  intelligence and are  hu­
mane, kind and thoughtful.

No  case  of  charity  ever  went  by  a 
traveling  man  empty-handed,  but  the 
boys  cannot  be  imposed  upon.  They 
are sharp,  quick-witted and  “see through 
things”  quicker  than any class  of  men 
on  earth.  They can  tell  a real  case  of 
' charity the  very  moment  they set  eyes 
on it and can  detect the fraud equally as 
quick.
The  traveling  man  is  numerous,  we 
find  him  everywhere  —  all  over  the 
country,  east,  west,  north  and  south. 
He is of  all  ages,  styles  and make  up. 
We know men  whose  hair  has  silvered 
ou  the  road;  men  of  families  who  are 
left at home  while  they hustle for busi­
ness over the country.  We know  young 
men  just starting out.  who spend  every 
doll nr they earn,  for clothes,  gold-headed 
umbrellas and  the  latest  cut  in  shoes. 
We  know  men 
in  middle  life  who, 
through misfortune,  have failed in busi­
ness and were obliged to take the road as 
a method  of  earning  their living.  We 
know  those  now  selling  goods  on  the 
road  who were formerly prosperous bus­
iness men,  but  their health failing  they 
choose this manner of regaining it.
As a rule the traveling man  is a gentle­
man.  Once  in  a  while  you find a bad 
in  the 
one.  You  will  find  bad  men 
churches and in the pulpits, so occassion- 
ally a bad  traveling  man is found.  But 
they are Exceptions,  not the rule.
We have,  in the pursuit of our calling, 
gone  early  to  the  train  on  a  Monday 
morning and have there counted a couple 
dozen of traveling men,  with their grips. 
They rose  probably at  three  o’clock  to 
catch  the four  o’clock  train,  and  awTay 
they went for  another  week  at the pub­
lic  who  buy and  sell.  They  were,  not­
withstanding 
the  early  hour,  social, 
pleasant,  full  of  humor  and fun,  while 
the  occassional  traveler  would  be  ugly 
and cross all day after such broken  rest.
The  traveling  man is always  ready to 
do  good.  He  is the first  to  chip  in  to 
help some poor devil in trouble.  Always 
ready to carry the  big  bundles  of  some 
old  lady traveling  alone.  They are full 
of information and can tell  you  just the 
minute every train in  the  country leaves 
and  what sort  of  connections  it  makes 
with  other  roads.  They  know  every 
hotel proprietor  and  clerk  in  the  land 
and are  onto  all the  snaps.  They love 
fun and are full of new jokes which they 
crack  on the first  man  they come across. 
They are  great  on  sells,  and  they will 
work  diligently  for  two  hours  to  get 
some victim to bite at a new  sell and then 
when  they catch  him,  Lord!  how  tli-y 
laugh.
They  stick  together,  these  traveling 
men.  and that’s  what we most admire in 
them. 
If  a  hotel  man  plays  a  mean | 
trick on one of  them,  all the rest  resent 
it.  Once there  was  a  judge up in  Iowa 
who used some  rough  language  regard­
ing  traveling  men,  and in a minute the 
whole army hopped  onto him.  He  was 
known from  Maine  to  Mexico,  and  we 
never  did  see  a  man  get  out  of  sight 
quicker than  this  learned  judge in  Iowa.
The  boys drink a  little,  smoke a good 
deal,  play poker  some,  but  they attend 
church too and  you will  find them  more 
often 
in  good  places  than  bad  ones. 
They  flirt  some,  but  they  don’t  com­
mence  it:  they  were  encouraged  by the 
girls.  We  have  never  seen  a traveling 
man  begin a flirtation,  though  most  of 
them will accommodate any  young  lady 
who wants to amuse herself flirting.
Take them all around, everv day in the 
week,  a traveling man will compare very 
favorably with the men who compose the 
other professions of this life.
Without the  traveling  men,  half  the 
hotels in America  would  close  and  the 
proprietors  would  be  bankrupt.  Omni­
bus lines  wouldn’t  earn  enough to feed 
their horses.  Hackmeu  would starve to 
death and the  stockholders  of  our  rail­
roads would  not receive  their  quarterly 
dividends.  Thousands  of  clerks  would 
be  without  situations  if  the  traveling 
man  did  not  work  the  country.  We 
know hundreds  of  the  boys all over the 
country and  we  don’t  know a  mean one 
among  them—that  is  a  real,  genuine 
traveling man.  We know half  and third 
proprietors  of  business who go out now 
and then and sell goods,  who are meaner 
than hell is fiery and black,  but these are 
not legitimate.  They are  imposters and 
cannot be  rated as traveling  men in any 
sense of  the  word.  A genuine,  true,  all 
over, every day traveling man is, ninety- 
nine times out  of  a  hundred,  a nice fel­
low and  wre  like  him  and we are ready 
to say that no  other  profession  contains 
so few snides  as  the  profession  of  the 
traveling man.

The  F arw ell  Fam ily.

Senator Farwell,  of  Illinois,  is a part­
ner in the  great  Chicago  dry goods firm 
of  J.  V.  and C.  B.  Farwell & Co.  The 
Senator’s initials are C.  B.;  his brother’s 
J.  Y.  Any  one  wrho  knows  the  two 
"brothers  knows that they are totally un 
like  each  other  in  their  conception  of 
life.  J.  V.  is a fervent Christian, a great 
organizer  of  Sunday schools,  an  inces­
sant  church  worker  and  Young  Men’s 
Christian  Association  man,  while  the 
Senator is a thorough  man of  the world, 
a club man,  who is said to be one  of  the 
best judges of  the value of a poker hand 
in  the  West.  Each  pursues  his  own 
course without interfering with the other. 
Aside from  this,  they  are  warmly  at­
tached  to  each  other  and  never  clash. 
J.  V.  runs  the  dry goods  business,  at 
which he is an  adept,  while C.  B.,  who 
lias literary attainments, is devoting him­
self  to statesmanship.

A   W estern  “P enny  Fam ine.”

A  “penny  famine” 

is  now  said  to 
threaten 
large  cities  of  the  West  and' 
Southwest.  The  people  there  have  at 
last learned  to  use  the  lc coin,  and the 
needs of  circulation  have  increased  be­
yond  the  power of  the government  ma­
chinery  to  promptly supply them.  The 
Philadelphia  mint  is  about two months 
behind with its orders  for  these  pieces, 
in  spite of  keeping  at  work  night  and 
day turning them out.

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SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE.

«UHE&BODLEY GO.
AUTOMATIC  CUT OFF

No. 98—Wooden ware,  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.

NEW  HOUSE  AND  NEW  GOODS.

THE LAMI &  BfiDLEY CQii2oxw oì™ £l™ iE, " ’.

A. 
Lehigh Valley Goal Go.’s  I 

Shipper and Retail Dealer in 

Office, 54  Pearl St. Grand Rapids, Mich. 

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C L O S E   R E G U L A T I O N .

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T O S S   U P ! ”

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

W M . SEARS & CO.,

Braßkßr  Manilfaßttlim

3 7 ,  3 9   a n d   41 K e n t  S t.,  G ra n d   R a p id 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„ 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

H E S T E R   <Sc  F O X ,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW  AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY
S en d   fo r 
C a ta lo g u e  

ATLAS S E

P rices.

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IN D IA N A P O L IS .  IN D .,  U .  S .  A
________ MANUFACTURERS  OP
STEAM ERSINES& BOILERS.
Carry Engines and  Boilers in Stock 

tor  immediate  delivery.

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

Saws, Belting and  Oils.

And  Dodge’s  Patent Wood Split Pulley.  Large  stock  kept  on hand.  Send for Sample 

Pulley and become convinced of their  superiority.

Write for Prices. 

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

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

SHIPMENT.

WM.  R.  KEEPER  A-  C O .,

W h o lesa le  C o n fectio n ers,

418  south  Div is io n   s t r e e t . 

t e l e p h o n e   98-3R.

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

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

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

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

DETROIT SO A P CO.,

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

QUEEN  ANNE,  MOTTLED  GERMAN,  ROYAL  BAR,  CZAR,

TRUE  BLUE, 

1________  

SUPERIOR, 

PHŒNIX, 

AND  OTHERS. 

MASCOTTE, 

CAMEO,
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For quotations in single box lqts,  see  Price  Current.

For quotations in larger

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f V i l i i v O j   LOCK  BOX  173. 

Salesman for Weitern Michigan,

GRANDUKAPID8,

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