VOL.  7,

GRAND  R A PID S,  W ED N ESD A Y , FE B R U A R Y   5,  1890,

NO. 333,

COUGH
DROPS
Cook  &  Bergthold,
SHOW  GASES.

MANUFACTUBERS  OF

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

106 Kent St.,  -  Grand Rapids, Mich.

(Jap  Coffee  Roaster,

The Best in the World.

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

ROBT.  S.  W EST,

48-50  Long  St.,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO.

Chas.  P etterseh ,

JOBBER  OF

161—163 West Bridge St.,  Telephone 133 

Swiss and Limburger a Specialty. 

Imported and Domestio Cheese
Eaton,  Lyon  X  Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

JOBBERS  OF

Learn  Bookkeeping,  Shorthand,  E1g„

AT  THE

Corner Ottawa and  Pearl Streets. 

Send for Circular.

Playing Gards

WE  ÄRE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lpßh,

19  So. Ionia  St.,  Grand Rapids.

Givo Me a
BEN HUR

And a complete line of

F a n c y

H oliday

Goods.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

80  &  22  Monroe  SIl,  Grand  Rapids.
W in.  Brummeler
Tinware,  Glassware  and  Notions.

Rags,  Rubbers  and  Metals  bought  at  Market 

JOBBER  OF

76  SPRING  ST.. GRAND  RAPIDS. 

WE  CAN  UNDERSELL  ANY  ONE  ON  TINWARE.

Prices.

S om eth 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.

Gbarleuoix  Cigar  M'f’g  Go.,

CHARLEVOIX,  MICH.
Daniel  G.  Garnsey, 

AND

EXPERT  ACCOUNTANT
Adjuster of  Fire  Losses.
Tw enty Y ears E xperience.  References furnished 
84 Fountain S t., Grand Rapids, Mich.

7oigl, Hemolsheimer & Co.,

if  desired.

Importers and Jobbers of

D r y   G oods

STAPLE  and  FANCY.

O veralls,  P an ts,  Etc.,

OUR  OWN  MAKE.

A COMPLETE  LINE  OF

Fancy  Grockery  and

Fanny  Woodenware

OUR OWN  IMPORTATION.

A l l e n  D t jr f e e.

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

103 Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids.

A llen  D urfee & Co.,
FUNERÄL  DIREGY0R8,
EDMUND B.DIKEMflN
WatGh  fdaker 

THE  GREAT

§  Jeweler,
M   GÄNÄL  8T„
Grand Rapids,  •  Mißh
T ested b y  T im e
NOT  FOUND  WANTING.
JaxonGraeker

THE  FAMOUS

AND

Continues to lead all other brands on the 

market.

MANUFACTURED  BY

JACKSON  CRACKER  CO.,
Jobbers  of oConfectionery  and  Cigars, 

Cheese and Nuts,

JACKSON,  MICH.

(Successors to Steele & G ardner.)

Fehsenfeld  &  Grammel,
B R O O M S !

Manufacturers of

Whisks,  Toy  Brooms, Broom Corn, Broom 
Handles, and all Kinds  of  Broom Materials. 
lO and 13 Plainfield Ave.,  Grand Rapids.
Wp«t  Mi chi rra n  business  university 
nest  jxLlbniydli  and normal school.
(O riginally Lean’s Business College—E st’bllshed 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  fnrnished  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  without  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.

Inspection  Solicited.  Chicago  and  De­

troit  prices  guaranteed.

J. U. L e a n , 

Principal. 

A. E. Y e r e x ,
Sec’y and Treas.

N B E A C H ’S

ew  York  ßoffee  Rooms,

61  Pearl Street.

OYSTERS  INRLLSTYLES.

Steaks,  Chops  and  All  Kinds  of  Order 

Cooking  a  Specialty.

FRANK  M.  BEACH,  Prop.

FIT  FOR

A  Gentleman's

'TA.BLsE :

All goods bearing the name 

of  Thurber,  W hyland 

&  Go.  or  Alexis 

Godillot, Jr.

E.  ¥.  HILL  PLATING  WORKS,

ALL  KINDS  OF

Brass and  Iron Polishing

AND

Nickle and Silver Plating

Pearl and Front Sts., Grand Rapids.

Kemus  Roller  Mills, 

)
Remus, Mich., Jan. 20, 1890.  )

Martin’s Middlings Purifier Co.,  Grand  Rapids,
Mich.:
Gentlemen—The roller  mill  put  in  fry 
you last August has  run from  twelve  to 
fifteen  hours  every  day  since it started 
and is giving entire  satisfaction.
Four Purifier  and  Flour  Dresser  are 
I  ha/ve used nearly all  the  best 
dandies. 
purifiers and bolting machines made, and 
can say yours discounts them all.
Any miller  who  intends  making  any 
change in his mill will  save money to use 
your  machines,  for  They  Can  Do  the 
Work. 

Yours truly,

D.  L.  GARLING.

MY  WANTS.

I want a million dollars,

A jingling, glittering,  joyous,  jolly million, 

So large and lovely, beautiful and round,
A ton of coin would lift me from the  ground, 
And lighter grow with every added pound.
With a million dollars—how I love the sound !
I could be virtuous, happy and profound,
And end each woe and heal each  spirit  wound, 
And, finding prizes others never found,
I would leap higher at each joyous bound 

In life’s cotillion,

And on Fame's ladder grasp the  highest  round, 
Till  envious  friends  in  green eyed 
frenzy 

And  worshiped,  fawning  low  each 

servile 

frowned,

hound—

Thus could I a wondering world astound.

Don’t want a trillion,

But just a thousand thousands in one  mound; 
Able to prance where money kings abound, 

With one plump million,
Or, better still, a billion!

Then life would be with all perfection crowned. 
And earth would be a heaven all around,
Where all things lovely unto men  abound;
Then freely would I dance, a slave unbound, 
And ride up high upon  Dame  Fortune’s 

pillion—
Grasping my million

Of big, bright dollars, beautiful and round; 
Thus, coming  time  should  with  my  deeds  re­

sound

Through clouds vermlllion—
Oh, if I only, only had a million I

C. H .  B a r l o w .

A  CANDIDATE  FOR  BEDLAM.
Timothy Whithouse  was  a  phenome­
non.  Everything  about  him, from  his 
character to  his clothes, was  considered 
peculiar.  He was  quite  aware  of  the 
opinion entertained of  him by the world, 
but it did not impress  him  disagreeably. 
“What’s Hecuba to me, or I to Hecuba?” 
he  would  exclaim  with  scorn.  And, 
indeed,  why should  he  trouble  himself 
as  to what  others  thought  of  him—he 
who considered himself  as  much  above 
humanity as the  stars  are  distant  from 
the  earth?  The  truth  must  be  con­
fessed that  Timothy was  a  philosopher. 
He knew perfectly well that  there  is  no 
more mistaken idea than  that which  as­
sociates  an  erratic  temperament with  a 
weak mental  capacity, and when warned 
by  officious  acquaintances  of  the  sad 
future  doubtless  in  store  for  him, his 
only answer was  a  contemptuous  smile 
and a steady adherence to the  course  he 
had marked  out  for  himself.  At  the 
age of forty, consequently,  he had  not  a 
friend  in  the world.  He  had  always 
been an  indefatigable  student  and  had 
theories of  his own which  many consid­
ered dangerous and absurd.
A thousand  years  ago  he would  have 
been looked up to as  a great man.  Un­
fortunately, he lived in an  age  of  com­
mon sense and a  matter-of-fact  shrewd­
ness,  which  persisted  in  dealing  with 
him as though he were  a lunatic. 
Per­
haps it had  some  reason  for  so  doing. 
Look at  him  now, as  he  stands  upon 
Manhattan Beach in front  of  the  mam­
moth  hotel. 
It  is  a  bright  summer 
morning.  About  him  is  a busy,  eager 
crowd  of  men  and women, but  among 
them all he stands apart  silent, thought­
ful, unnoticed,  though  not by any means 
unobservant.
His  face  was  eminently  peculiar, in 
accordance with the rest  of  his  person­
ality.  Any one who took the trouble to 
notice  him  would  say  unhesitatingly 
that he was  a  man who  had  been  sad­
dened and rendered callous  by some  un­
deserved suifering, but  nothing could be 
more  erroneous  than  this  supposition. 
His life had  been  singularly free  from 
care  and  annoyance. 
There  seemed 
actually to be no  place  for  them  in  his 
strange  existence.  Leaving  his  books 
only that he might  go out into  the  open 
air and speculate  upon  the  persistence 
of Force or  the incomprehensibility of  a 
First  Cause, it was  no wonder  that  he 
was exempt from trouble.
In  every one’s  life  some  uncommon 
and, perhaps,  unwished-for  incident  is 
sure to happen when we  least  expect  it, 
or when  we  flatter  ourselves  that  we 
have placed  an  impassable  barrier  be­
tween it and us. 
Such  an incident was 
about to  occur  to  Timothy Whithouse, 
but, fortunately  for  him,  he  did  not 
know it.
As he stood on the  beach  that  morn­
ing, he  certainly was  a  curious  figure. 
In all probability he  had been struck by 
some novel thought just as he got  out  of 
bed, and, consequently, had  appeared in 
public clad in  a  long  dressing-gown  of 
faded green, bordered with a  deep  band 
of fur.  As he left the hotel and walked 
past the beds of brilliant  flowers toward 
the  beach, it  was  not  surprising  that 
several new-comers, unfamiliar with  his 
appearance, looked  at  him  with vague 
astonishment.
Timothy looked  at  all  that  went  on 
around him and sighed.  Perhaps a rem­
iniscence  of  his  childhood, more  vivid 
by comparison, occurred to him. 
Soon, 
however, he  gave  his  individual  atten­
tion to his book, and  began  to  read,  as 
was  often  his  custom,  standing  facing 
the sea.  He turned over  several pages, 
and finally raised his eyes to  the  cloud­
less  sky overhead, in  mute  admiration 
of nature, perhaps, when he  felt a  light 
touch suddenly upon  his arm and  heard 
a fresh,  young voice exclaim:
“I beg your  pardon,  sir, but  I  think 
this belongs to you.”
Timothy turned in faint  surprise. 
It 
was such an unusual  thing  for  any one 
to address him that, for  the moment,  he 
was  taken  aback.  A  young  girl was 
standing beside him—a  girl with  golden 
hair and blue eyes,  at  once  mischievous 
and serious. 
In her extended  hand  she 
held a tiny,  vellum-bound volume.
Now, it was  a very unusual  thing  in­
deed  for  Timothy to  notice  a woman’s 
dress, but on  this  occasion  he  took  in 
all the details of the  girl’s personality at 
a glance—her white  gown, and  even the 
pale  pink  feathers  in  her  hat.  He 
placed the book in his  pocket, presently, 
and thanked her with an  awkward  bow.

“Why is it, I on that  account.

“Of course not.”
“Thank  you,”  he  said  dryly. 

“I 
know perfectly well what  people  say of 
me,  and so do you, no doubt.  However, 
it has no effect upon me—none whatever. 
Being superior to most people,  I  can  af­
ford to  treat  their  opinions with  con­
tempt.  Besides, there  is no  one in the 
world, perhaps, whom  I would willingly 
choose for  a  companion. 
I  have  my 
books and  my thoughts. 
I  appreciate 
both  too  highly to  wish  for  anything 
better.”
“Surely,”  she  said  earnestly,  “you 
must sometimes feel  the  need  of  other 
companionship.”
“You are mistaken,” he replied briefly 
“I do not.”
“Why,  then,” she  asked  after a short 
pause,  “do  you  not  bid me  leave you?” 
A vague  sense of  astonishment  began 
to  steal  over  Timothy.  He  turned 
abruptly and looked  steadily at her.
“Because, child,” he  said,  letting  his 
gaze  wander  once  more  to  something 
else,  “I  admire  you,  very likely, for not 
allowing  yourself  to  be  guided  by  the 
opinions of  others.”
“I  have  always  been  accustomed  to 
judge for myself.”
“Then you are an exceptional woman,’! 
he replied,  dropping his momentary soft 
ness  of  tone  and  relapsing., again  into 
cynical indifference.
Then  a  pause.  Then  the*  girl  said, 
gently:
“I must be  going  now.  My aunt will 
wonder what has become of  me.”
“Yes, I suppose  so,” he said, mechan 
ically.
“You are not vexed because I spoke to 
you ?”
“No, child—no.”
“I feel sorry”—she began,  timidly.
His  forehead  contracted 

Then he turned away in  the direction  of I successful,  for  Timothy  so  far  forgot 
the bathers beyond. 
i himself  once  or  twice  as to give a little
“Can anything,” he said  half  to  him-  vent  to  his  ideas,  many of  which were 
self,  “be more  intensely absurd  than  a  both new and startling to the girl.  They 
spectacle like—like that ?”  He pointed  were,  however, none the less  interesting 
to the bathers as he spoke. 
I wonder,  that men must  always  remain 
A week  passed in this  manner.  Then 
children,  following childish  pursuits and 
Timothy  recognized 
the  fact  that  a 
satisfied with childish  pleasures ?”  He 
somehow  being  effected 
change  was 
stopped abruptly and fixed  his  attention 
within  him.  He perceived,  with  almost 
again upon his book.
passionate  despair, 
that  his  attention 
“Oh,  sir,” said the girl’s  gentle  voice 
wandered  continually from  his  studies. 
behind him,  “are we not  all  of  us  the 
The  ponderous  weight  of  the  universe 
better for a little  innocent  enjoyment?” 
began  gradually  to  be  lifted  from  his 
Timothy wheeled around  sharply.  He 
shoulders. 
It  seemed  almost  as  if  a 
did not like  to  be  interrupted when  he 
portion of  his  youth had returned to him 
was reading.
in the midst of  his full  manhood, just as 
“Child,” he  said  gravely,  “I  thought 
sometimes  upon  the  branch  of  a with­
you had  gone.  Do  you want  anything 
ered  tree  we see a few  leaves of  tender 
of me ?”
green spring forth.
There was nothing encouraging  in  his 
“Is it possible,” he  would  say to him­
manner. 
Still, the  girl  did  not  seem 
self,  “that I am no  better  than  the  rest 
daunted,  although  a  faint  blush  over­
of  men ?  After  seeking  for  so  long to 
spread her face. 
“I thought—it seemed 
elevate myself above the level of  human­
to me—that your were so utterly alone, 
ity,  am  I at  last  to  fall  ignominiously 
she stammered.
below its lowest  depths ?  But  no!”  he 
Timothy started and stared.  Then his 
cried,  suddenly,  striking  his  forehead. 
features  relaxed,  and  when  he  spoke 
“I trust  that I am  not  weak  enough to 
again it was in a gentler tone.
fly  from  phantoms. 
Poor,  miserable 
“How came you to think  of  me ?”  he 
wretch,” he  continued,  accosting  his re­
asked.
flection  in  the  looking-glass,  “can it be 
“I have noticed you  for several days— 
that  you have  attributed  to  yourself  all 
ever since we  came  here,  in  fact,”  she 
this  time  virtues  which  you  in no wise 
answered frankly. 
“I was on the beach 
possess ?  Go,  fool  and  return  to  your 
when you  passed  by this  morning  and 
books!”
I  saw you  drop  the  book  from  your 
All  this  sounded  reasonable  enough, 
pocket. 
I was almost afraid to return  it 
but in reality it meant nothing at all.  In 
to  you,  you  looked  so  grave  and  ab 
the  seclusion of  his  room  Timothy was 
sorbed.  Besides”—she  hesitated  and
one person, but in the society of  his new 
colored.
companion he was another. 
It  occurred 
“Well,”  said  Timothy  sharply,  “be 
to  him  one  day,  with  a  sense of  semi­
sides what, child?”
absurdity,  that  he  did  not  dven  know 
“Oh, I hope  you  are  not  angry. 
I 
her  name.  So  when  he  next  spoke to 
dare  say it was  only meant  for  fun,’ 
her he took occasion to inquire it.
she said in some confusion. 
“They told 
“It  is  nothing  at  all  pretty, or  even 
me I must be careful  how I spoke to you 
nice-sounding,”  she  replied. 
“I  am 
—that is all.”
It  is  some­
called  Deborah  Smithson. 
“A h!”  said  Timothy  with  a  grim 
times abbreviated into Debbie.” 
smile. 
“Well,”  he  added  presently 
“Deborah  Smithson,”  repeated  Tim­
glancing at  her with  keen  interest,  “do 
othy, with a curious  sensation of  relief; 
you think I am a lunatic ?”
“why,  it’s as, ugly, every bit,  as Timothy 
Whithouse.”
The  girl  laughed.  She  seemed  to be 
unconscious of  the fact  that  in  spite of 
his  evident  gratification,  Timothy  was 
ill at ease.  He  had  grown  restless and 
gloomy.  He felt  that a change had taken 
place in his existence,  and a change very 
much for the worse.  Irrelevant thoughts 
would  forcibly intrude  themselves upon 
his  most  profound  meditations, and his 
hitherto  peaceful  life,  he  felt,  had  de­
parted  from  him  forever.  He began to 
avoid  Deborah  Smithson,  reproaching 
himself  the while  for his childish weak­
ness in being  unable to surmount a com­
paratively trifling  difficulty.
One morning  some  one  obstructed his 
path  as  he  walked  toward the sea,  and 
looking  up  he  saw  Deborah  standing 
there.  He  was  about  to  pass  on  with 
only  a  slight  inclination  of  his  head, 
when  an expression  upon  her  face  ar­
rested him and he stopped short.  There 
were  tears  in  her  eyes. 
Instantly  his 
manner  softened,  and  he  extended  his 
hand.
“Child,”  he  said,  “what  is the  mat­
ter ?”
“There  is  nothing  the  matter  with 
me,”  she  said,  gravely.  “Why  should 
there be ?”
He put out  his  hand  hastily and then 
drew  it  back.  “My  child,”  he  began, 
“if  you could only know—”  He  broke 
off  suddenly, and a faint  color stole into 
his face.  There was a world of  meaning 
in his  tone  which  did  not  escape  her. 
She  did  not  speak, however,  until the^ 
had reached the wooden bench.
“What  have  you  to  tell  me?”  she 
asked.
“Indeed, I hardly know,” he answered. 
“Your companionship  has  become  very 
precious  to  me. 
I  do  not  understand 
how  it  has  come to be so,  but it is true, 
nevertheless.  You  know  what  my life 
has  been. 
Lonely  and  solitary,  but 
surely peaceful. 
I have lost the solitude 
and the peace has gone with it.”
“No  matter,” ^she  said,  striving  to 
speak lightly;  “tfiey will  both  return to 
you again—when I am gone.”
“You are mistaken,” he  said, quickly. 
“They  can  never  come  back  to  me 
again.”
His voice was sad and tremulous.  For 
several  moments  there  was  silence  be­
tween them.  “When  once,”  he  contin­
ued,  finally,  “a  life  such  as  mine  has 
been interrupted, it is not apt  to  return 
again  to  its  more  particular  groove. 
With a  younger man  it  might  be differ­
ent,  or with one who had  adopted a sim­
ilar mode of  existence late in life after a 
free, joyous  youth.  But  with  me  it  is 
not  so;  I  have  always  been  the  same, 
and, therefore, a change  with  me is felt 
more  keenly than  it  would be with  an­
other. 
Is  my  meaning  clear  to  yon, 
Deborah ?  Do  you understand what you 
havedone?”
“ Yes,”  she  said,  gently;  “and  if  I 
could undo it I would.”
“But,  indeed,  I   do  not  wish  it  un­
done,” he  interposed, hastily.  “That is 
the worst of  it.  That is what  makes me 
have such an utter  contempt for myself. 
You  came to me uninvited  and  perhaps 
unwelcomed.  You  have 
turned  my
thoughts from grand and solemn subjects 
to  others of  comparative  lightness  and 
frivolity. 
I would  not  have  it so,  for I 
am  no  longer  happy.  And  yet,”  he 
added,  softly,  “to  undo  it  would  be to 
remove  the  one bright spot in my life.” 
He rose while  speaking  and paced the 
sand  thoughtfully.  Deborah  sat  silent 
and  troubled,  hardly knowing  what  to 
make of  his strange words.
“I will go away and leave you to  your­
self,” she said,  at last.  “I  will  not  an­
noy  you any more.  Indeed—indeed, you 
may  yet be happy and contented.”
“No,” he  said,  slowly,  “not  you;  but 
I—I will go.”
He turned as he uttered  the  last word 
and began to walk back toward the hotel, 
while  Deborah  sat  and  looked  at  the 
waves  through a mist of  tears.  All that 
day  he  remained  shut  up  in  his  room 
plunged  in  thought,  his  head  resting

suddenly 
“Sorry  for  what?”  he  asked,  vehe­
mently.  “I desire  no  sympathy.  Why 
should  you feel called upon to regret for 
me that which I do dot regret myself ?  I 
have chosen my life. 
It suits me.  Don’t 
pity me, or—”
“Forgive me,” she said,  in a voice that 
was slightly tremulous.  “Indeed, I only 
meant to be kind.”
“Well, well;  but  do  not  think  that I 
require  sympathy, child.”
She hesitated an instant, and then said, 
gravely,  “Good-by, sir.”
“Good-by,” he replied.
She  turned  and  left  him.  Timothy 
watched  her as she  ran lightly down the 
beach, her white dress  fluttering  behind 
her.  He  was  now  quite  alone,  and at 
liberty to turn his thoughts to nature and 
the  universe, but, strange  to say, he did 
nothing of  the  kind.  He drew from the 
pocket of  his  dressing  gown the volume 
which had  just been returned to him and 
examined  it  attentively,  to  make  sure 
that it had  sustained  no  injury from its 
recent unceremonious  acquaintance with 
the earth.  Having  satisfied  himself  on 
this point, he opened the book at random 
and began to read  aloud.  By degrees he 
became  conscious  that he  paused often, 
and  that  he  had  no  very clear  idea of 
what  he  was  doing.  Finally, the  book 
dropped from his hand unobserved.
“For  fifteen  years,”  he  said,  slowly, 
“I may say that  no  human creature has 
voluntarily addressed  me.  And  now to 
think  that  this girl,  this child—oh, it is 
absurd!”  he  concluded,  abruptly,  with 
an  expressive  shrug  of  his  shoulders. 
“It  has 
spoiled  my  best  morning 
thoughts.”
As he spoke  he  made  his  way toward 
the hotel, and, catching sight of  his gro­
tesque shadow upon the  sand, something 
like a smile crossed his lips.
On the following  morning, as he saun­
tered  slowly along  the  beach, his  eyes 
generally  downcast, or  else  looking  up 
sharply from beneath  their heavy brows, 
glanced  furtively  from  side  to  side. 
When he  met  his  companion of  the day 
before, as it is perhaps needless to say he 
did, she attempted,  with a degree of per­
sistence that was  almost  heroic, to draw 
him  into  something  approaching a sus­
tained conversation.  She  was  tolerably

upon  his  hands.  He  felt  bowed  down 
and oppressed by

“The bosom weight 

That no philosophy can lift.”

the 

“Why  should  this  have  happened to 
me,  of  all  men?”  he  exclaimed. 
“I 
have asked  nothing, required  nothing of 
any one,  and  yet my happiness  has been 
destroyed,  while  those  about  me  whose 
lives are a constant demand  for  support 
and  assistance  are  peaceful  and  con­
It  is  unjust;  I  have  elevated 
tented. 
myself  only to be cast down in the end.”
When  it  was  dark  and  he had swal­
lowed a mouthful  of  food  that  he  had 
sent for,  he approached  the  window and 
looked out.  Below him stretched a won­
drous  panorama.  Masses  of  people 
moved  gayly  backward  and 
forward 
among  the  grass  and  flowers.  Further 
on, the waves  dashed  with a sullen roar 
upon the beach. 
In a charming kiosk of 
blue  and  gold  a  military  band  was 
making preparation for  the  usual  even­
ing  concert,  while  an  eager,  expectant 
crowd  stood  waiting  to  catch  the  first 
strains of  music.  The  western  skj  was 
flooded  with  a  pale  rose-colored  light, 
which  lent  an  additional  charm  to the 
picture.  Timothy stood  motionless  and 
watched it all,  while  twilight  descended 
gradually  and  stole  away  again to give 
place  to  night.  Then,  all  at  once, the 
scene  grew  still  more  wonderful  and 
brilliant.  Hundreds  of  tiny lamps were 
lighted  among 
flower-beds  and 
gleamed  brightly with  soft  sapphire  or 
ruby  flames.  Quaint  Chinese  lanterns 
were  suspended  everywhere—upon  the 
facade of  the hotel, upon the  kiosk  and 
among  the  foliage  .of 
the  trees  and 
shrubs.  Presently the  musicians  began 
to play the “Shadow Song” from Dinorah. 
It  was  like a glimpse  of  fairyland,  but 
Timothy’s heart was too sorrowful to ap­
preciate it.  He  left  his  room  in a few 
moments and went out  into the open air, 
passing  through  the  joyous  throng  un­
observed. 
“I  have  no  place  among 
them,” he said  to  himself, with a touch 
of  his  former  cynicism.  On  the  beach 
numbers of  people were sitting, many of 
them lovers, undoubtedly.  He shrugged 
his shoulders expressively.  “Too late— 
too late,” he said aloud, and repeated the 
words over and  over  again as he walked 
along,  until he found  himself  beside the 
bench  which it was  his  habit to occupy 
in the  morning. 
It  was  the  hour  gen­
erally devoted by every one to music, late 
dining,  or  flirtation.  The  moon  was 
almost  entirely  hidden  behind  a heavy 
cloud.  Timothy  stood  by  the  water’s 
edge and looked about  him.  He was not 
too  far off  to catch a faint  sound of  the 
music.  He drew his hand wearily across 
his forehead.  “I have lost my peace,” he 
said,  mechanically, “but I shall soon find 
it again—not  here,  though,” he  contin­
ued,  stretching  out  his  arms,  “but 
there—far off—in  space—in eternity!”
The last words  were  spoken almost in 
a whisper.  Again he  glanced about him 
furtively.  There  was  no  one  in  sight. 
He  stepped  deliberately into  the water.. 
The moon was  still  vainly struggling to 
penetrate the heavy veil of  clouds.  The 
starlight was dim, almost  imperceptible. 
“I  shall  soon  find  it  now,”  he  said, 
calmly, and went  on  step by step in the 
dark,  invisible  blue  of  the water, until 
finally he disappeared.

these  details, 

About half  an  hour  later, as Deborah 
was strolling carelessly along  the  beach 
with  her  aunt,  she  saw  a  black,  im­
movable  mass  lying  directly in front of 
her.  She was unable to tell at once what 
it  was,  owing  to  the  obscurity  of  the 
night,  but  she  advanced  fearlessly and 
bent down and touched it.
“Why,  Aunt  Jane I”  she  cried,  sud­
denly,  “I do  believe it’s a man,  and that 
he’s  drowned!  See,” she  added, looking 
closely at  the  motionless  form,  “he has 
long  hair  and  is  dressed  in a gown  of 
some  sort,  and  he  has  a  little book, I 
think,  clasped  in  one  hand.”  As  her 
mind  grasped  all 
she 
started  up  with a little cry.  “Oh, Aunt 
Jane,”  she  exclaimed,  excitedly,  “it  is 
my dear professor!  Help me to  call  as­
sistance,  or  he  will  die—perhaps  he is 
already  dead.  Come  quickly,  we  have 
no time to  lose!”  Deborah  ran  toward 
the hotel as fast as  her  trembling  limbs 
would allow her, leaving  her bewildered 
aunt to follow more slowly.  The various 
couples  seated  about  on  benches,  and 
those  of  more  sedate  minds  who  were 
occupied  in  other  ways, were suddenly 
startled by the appearance in their midst 
of  a  young  girl  wild  with  terror  and 
alarm.  “Oh,  do  help  me!”  she  cried. 
“There  is  a  gentleman  lying  yonder 
upon  the  beach,  and I fear he is dead— 
drowned.  Come—come at once.”  With­
out waiting to observe  the  effect  of  her 
words, she sped  as fast as possible  back 
to the spot where  poor Timothy lay. 
In 
a few moments the intelligence  she  had 
imparted  spread  like  wildfire,  and  an 
eager,  excited  mass  of  people,  armed 
with  lanterns  and  restoratives, reached 
the  unfortunate  man’s  side  almost  as 
soon as Deborah.  The lamplight,  falling 
across  his  face,  revealed a ghastly  but 
perfectly  calm  countenance,  which,  of 
course,  was 
recognized. 
“Why,” exclaimed  several voices, simul­
taneously, “it’s old  Whithouse!  I knew 
he  would  do  something  of  this  sort, 
eventually.  He was as mad as a hatter.” 
Some  brandy  was  finally  forced  be­
tween  his 
lips,  while 
Deborah knelt by hi^side  and  sought to 
warm  his  hands  between  her  own, un­
mindful  of  the  curious  glances  which 
took  note of  the  action.  When  he was 
carried back to  the  hotel  and  laid upon 
the bed in his own room, a physician was 
summoned.  Life  was  not  extinct.  A 
wave 
him 
ashore 
after  he 
had  tried  to  put an end to his existence. 
Poor  Deborah,  watching  anxiously  by 
his  bedside, was  at  last  rewarded  by 
seeing his eyes open slowly with a gleam 
of  returning  consciousness. 
For  the 
first time that evening,  tears came to her 
relief,  but she turned  away and  tried to

probably  washed 

few  moments 

tightly-closed 

instantly 

had 
a 

[CONTINTJED  ON  FIFTH  PAOB.]

S E E D S !

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 .LA M O K EA U X .

A p p les,

P otatoes,

O nions.

FOR  PRICES,  WRITE  TO

BÄRNETT  BROS,, Wholesale  Dealers, 

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

CHICAGO.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A J.  B o w s e , President.

G e o .  C.  P i e r c e ,  Vice President.
H.  W.  Nash,  Cashier
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general banking business.

'take a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

ef Country Merchants Solicited.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar  is  weaker  and  a  little  lower. 
Pickles are firm.  Fish are firm.  Canned 
goods  are  moving  off  freely.  Carpet 
tacks are higher. 
Starch is weaker and 
lower. 
Saleratus  manufacturers  have 
advanced  prices  ^c,  and  threaten  fur­
ther  advances, if  the  following  letter 
from  Church & Co. to  the jobbing  trade 
is any criterion:
In  consequence  of  the  large  advance 
in  raw materials  and other  supplies, we 
have this  day advanced  the  price of our 
soda  and  saleratus  in  packages  to 4% 
cents per pound  for  one-pound cartoons.
On April 1 we shall make a further ad­
vance of K cent per pound, making price 
for  one-pound  packages  5  cents  per 
pound. 
During the summer of  this year we ex­
pect  to  still  further advance  the  price 
of  our  brand  %  cent  per  pound,  with 
the  intention of  refunding this  advance 
to  buyers,  in  accordance  with  certain 
conditions which  are necessary in  order 
to insure fair profit to the jobber.
This last step will  be  taken  in  defer­
ence  to the wishes of a large  percentage 
of our customers,  and  is  delayed  solely 
because we desire  to  meet  the views  of 
all jobbers as  nearly as  practicable, and 
we need  time  to  arrange  equitable job­
bing prices.

*

It pays  to  handle the 

drops.

P  «Ss  B. cough

N elson, 

M atter 

&  Co.

Nothing Is as Satisfactory

To a merchant as selling  good goods;  goods that are  “right;”  goods  that,  of  the 
Class, are the best obtainable.

That, too, is a good thing for a merchant to get in the habit of doing.  Get a 
reputation for handling such goods;  educate your clerks to honestly talk it, believe 
in  it  yourself;  convince the customer that  your  goods are bought  with a view to 
giving him extra  value for his money;  that  you  don’t  handle shoddy goods.  On 
that policy your trade will soon begin to increase.

The  public  appreciates  values;  It’3 a good advertisement;  like  honesty,  it 

It doesn’t take long for the public to get on to the fact  that  your  goods  are 

pays as an investment.

better than your neighbors.

Take  Overalls,

For instance.  Did  you  ever  stop to think how poor some overalls are,  how they 
never fit;  never  “hang”  right; never are right; always covered with loose threads; 
generally imperfectly sewed; most always small,especially through the “seat;” how 
when showing them  you never dare turn them inside out to let the customer exam­
ine them;  how in fact you feel like apologizing for keeping such goods!

Then did you ever stop to think of the ideal overall ?
A garment made with as much care as any pant;  cut, in reality, on the  same 
patterns as the highest priced pant,  made with Xelled  seams  throughout,  so  that 
no raw threads or edges show;  so that the “wrong”  side is as perfect  as  the  right 
side;  double sewed throughout,  so  that  they  cannot rip;  made ample through the 
“seat;”  cut so that they always fit;  perfectly made,  so that  they  bring  the  buyer 
back after another pair.  We (Michigan Overall Mfg. Co., Ionia, Mich.)  make  just 
such a line of goods.  The  trade  appreciates  them,  we  know,  from the way our 
orders come in;  there is an indescribable something about  them  that  makes  them 
go.  We have an idea that that “indescribable something” is merit.

Would  you  like  to try a better grade  of  such  goods  than  you  have  been 
If  so, write us to send samples by 

handling ?  Would  you like to look at them ? 
express, prepaid.

L.ION
COFFEE

M erchants,

Y O U   W A N T   T H IS  C A B IN E T

T h ou san d s  of  T h em

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

Wide - Rwake  MerGM

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE  KING  OF  G0FFEE8.  *

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

It is fast supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees. 

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

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

W oolson  Spice  Co., *

T O L E D O ,  OHIO.

L. W IN T E R N IT Z ,  Resident A gent, Grand Rapids.

Battle  Creek—Davis & Bayley, dealers 
in  agricultural  implements,  have  dis­
solved.  The  business will be continued 
by Alva Davis.

Durand—Charles  Clark,  having  dis­
posed of  the  Nichols  stock  of  goods at 
Vernon, has  returned and is doing  busi­
ness at the old stand here.

Sault  Ste. Marie—The  drug  store  of 
Joseph Trempe has  been  closed on chat­
tel mortgage.  The assets are $5,000 and 
the liabilities  considerably higher.

Detroit—Philip R.  Muller,  one  of  the 
creditors  of  James  H.  Lynch,  has  en­
tered  suit  in  the  Circuit  Court against 
Lynch,  with damages set at $5,000.

Lakeside—Byron Parker  has  opened a 
drug  store here.  He has engaged  I. W. 
Feighner,  formerly in the  drug  business 
in North Muskegon, as prescription clerk.
Freeport—F. A. Moore, dealer in boots, 
shoes, and groceries, has taken his brother 
into partnership, and  they will  continue 
the business  under  the  style  of  F. A 
Moore <& Co.

Harbor  Springs—A.  J.  Southard  has 
sold  his  jfeneral  stock to J. P. Southard 
and M. A. Southard,  who  will  continue 
the  business  under  the  style  of  J.  P. 
Southard & Co.

Allegan—Chas. Young  has  exchanged 
his  grocery and  crockery  stock  for  the 
novelty goods  of  J.  N.  Kellogg.  Mr. 
Kellogg  will  have  as  his  partner  Mr. 
Pennock of Hickory Corners.

Potts—Charles  Suedekum,  the  drug­
gist,  who  died a few  days  ago, was  the 
first  person in Oscoda  county to lose his 
life from la grippe.  He came  from  Bay 
City,  and  had  been in Potts but a short 
time.

Detroit—Parker,  Webb  &  Co.  is  the 
name of a  new firm  formed  by the con­
solidation'  of  two  of  the  oldest  pork­
packing houses in  Detroit, the two  firms 
turning over  $95,000 worth  of  property 
to the new corporation.

Whitehall—G.  C.  Funk’s 

tailoring 
stock,  which  was  attached  January 18, 
was  recently replevined  by Field, Bene­
dict  &  Co., of  Chicago,  by  virtue  of  a 
chattel  mortgage.  The  attaching  cred­
itors  will  contest  the  validity  of  the 
mortgage.

East  Jordan—S.  G.  Isamon,  who  re­
cently mortgaged his real estate to Burn­
ham,  Stoepel  &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  for 
$1,500, has uttered a chattel mortgage for 
2,960  to  Geo. B. Martin, as trustee, for 
the  benefit of  his  other  creditors.  His 
stock is estimated at $6,000 and  his  outs­
tanding accounts at $2,000.
Detroit—The  firm  of  Standart  Bros., 
wholesale hardware dealers, has been re­
organized  by  the  admission  of  D.  L. 
Swasey, John J. McLeod  and Edward A. 
Fowler.  The two last named have been 
employes of the house  for  sixteen years, 
while  Mr.  Swasey  has  been  connected 
with the  firm  of  Ducharme, Fletcher  & 
Co. for the same length of time.

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

Delton—Whittemore  & Sons are about 

to move their sawmill to Howard City.

Sunfield—R.  & W. Ramsey  have  pur­

the  Haddix  &  Perkins  Co. 

chased 
planing mill.

Monroe—Wm. C. Kull,  of  the  firm  of 
Kull  Bros.,  blacksmiths  and  wagon 
makers, is dead.

Coopersville —  Bert  Lillie  has  pur­
chased a picket mill,  and will  saw  pick 
ets, table legs, handles, etc.

Harriette—The Gaston Lumber & Man­
ufacturing Co. will erect a mill  here  for 
cutting and planing hardwood timber.
□ White  Cloud—E. T. Lockerby has 
ranged to  remove  his  shingle  mill  and 
supply store to Keno  in the near  future,
Muskegon—S. T. Williams,  of  Wheel 
ing,  W.  Va.,  having  been  granted  i 
$10,000  bonus,  will  erect a rolling  mill 
here at a cost of  $90,000.

Otsego—Nevins  &  Lindsey,  proprie 
tors  of  the  Novelty  wood  works, have 
taken a contract to build  5,000  step-lad 
ders, to be delivered May 1.

Copemish—The  foundation  has  been 
laid for a roller flouring mill, to be known 
as the Copemish Roller  Milling Co., with 
a capital stock of $10,000. 
C. B. Caniff 
is President.

Paw  Paw—Frank  Millington  has  re 
tired from the firms of Bartram & Milling 
ton,  dealers  in  drugs,  groceries  and 
crockery, and L.  Perrigo  &  Co.,  manu 
facturers  of  extracts  and  proprietary 
remedies.  The  business  will  be  con 
tinued  by E.  W.  Bartram, L. Perrigo, A 
C.  Martin  and  an  Eastern  gentleman, 
under the style of L. Perrigo & Co. 

Gripsack Brigade.

W.  F. Wurzburg  started  out  on  his 

northern trip on Monday.

Chas. J. Slover,  of  Mendon,  has gone 
on  the  road  for  the  Upjohn  Pill  and 
Granule Co.

Dr. Josiah B. Evans  is  laid  up  again 
this week and  his route is being covered 
by Fred. D. Ball.

Cornelius  Crawford  has  purchased an 
English  pug  pup of  E. W. Bertram,  the 
Paw Paw breeder.

J. B. Josselyn, formerly with  the  Tel- 
fer Spice Co., is  now on  the  road  forJ.
H. Thompson & Co., of Detroit.

Willis  P.  Townsend  has  engaged  to 
travel  for  S.  K.  Bolles  &  Co.,  having 
started out on  his  initial trip last week.
H. W. Russell, who traveled for Frank 
Woodmancy, of Cincinnati, died at Lans­
ing, last  Wednesday,  of  apoplexy,  aged 
60 years.

A. B. Hirth, traveling representative for 
Hirth <& Krause, is headed  for the Upper 
Peninsula, where he will  spend the next 
four weeks.

D.  S. Hatfield, better known as “Doc.,” 
will visit the  trade  in  the  central and 
eastern part of the  State for W.  F. & W 
M.  Wurzburg.

C. N. Rapp, of the Grand Rapids  Fruit 

and  Produce  Co., has  returned  from 
trip of  four  weeks’ duration  among the 
eastern cities.

A. H. Cohn,  of  Chicago, has  engaged 
to  travel  for W. F. &  W. M. Wurzburg 
He will cover the  southern  and western 
part of Michigan.

Chas.  S.  Withey,  better  known  as 
Doc,”  has  engaged  to travel for N. K 
’airbanks & Co., of  Chicago,  taking  the 
place of  Geo. B. Peck.

A.  L. Paine,  the  Reed  City  hardware 
dealer,  has gone on the road for Sherman
Jewett, of  Buffalo.  His  business will 
be continued  under  the  management of 
his sister.

Wm.  Judson  and  Heman  G.  Barlow 
leave to-day for  a visit  to Cadillac, Man 
celona  and  Petoskey.  The  dealers  in 
those towns might as well throw up their 
hands without further ado.

J. J. Van  Leuven, for  the  past  three 
ears traveling salesman  for  the Bissell 
Carpet  Sweeper  Co., with  headquarter 
at Boston, has  retired  from the road and 
returned to Grand  Rapids to reside.

D. W.  Johns  succeeds  E.  D.  Ellis  as 
traveling  salesman 
for  the  Belknai 
Wagon <fe  Sleigh Co.  Mr. Johns has  had 
previous  experience  on  the  road,  and 
will undoubtedly make  his  mark  in  his 
present position.

B. F. Emery has severed his connection 
with John A. Tolman &  Co., of  Chicago 
and  engaged  to  travel  for  Hobson 
Svanoe, of  the  Garden  City.  His  terri 
tory will  include all the available  towns 
in this State and Northern Indiana.

E. C. Groesbeck,  formerly on  the  road 
for the West Michigan  Lumber  Co., but 
for the past  four  years with  the  Battle 
Creek  Knitting  Co.—the  past  year  as 
manager—has  engaged  to  travel  on the 
road for the Sisson «& Lilley Lumber Co., 
starting  out  on  his  initial 
trip  last 
Thursday.

landlord  of 

Chas.  R.  Smith,  formerly  engaged  in 
the  grocery business at Cadillac,  but for 
several  years  past 
the 
McKinnon House,  at the  same place, has 
engaged  to  travel for I.  M. Clark & Son, 
taking the territory formerly covered  by 
C.  H.  Bayley.  He  started  out  on  his 
initial trip on Monday.

A  Middleton  correspondent  writes: 
We are  told that Vanderbilt and Gould 
have 
incomes  of  $5,000  per  day,  but 
Michigan has a man  who  had an income 
at  the  rate of  $2,400  per  day for  three 
consecutive  hours  one  day  last  week. 
The  man  who  can  make  $300  in three 
hours is wasting his time talking quinine 
and whisky.”

Secretary  M.  J.  Matthews  writes  as 
follows :  “The regular monthly meeting 
of the Board of  Trustees of  the M. C. T 
A. was  held  on  Saturday evening,  Feb­
ruary 1.  The usual  routine  of business 
presented  and  disposed  of,  and  six 
applications  for  membership  were  ap­
proved, making on  increase  in  member 
ship for January of eleven.

John Spring’s Joke.

An  enthusiastic  P. of  I.  was  talking 

loudly  of  his  knowledge  of  goods 
Spring  <&  Company’s  store,  the  other 
day, when  John Spring stepped  up  and 
enquired if he could tell the difierence in 
value  in  the various  grades  of  men’ 
clothing.

Wool,  Hides,  Furs  and Tallow.

Wools  change  but  little  if  any  in 
price.  Only the best for combing bring 
good prices and  are  sought  after, while 
the  heavy and  poor  grades are  lower, if 
anything, than  one  week  ago.  Foreign 
markets  are firm, with a slight  advance. 
The  position of our home market can  be 
said  to  be  strong  on wool  and weak on 
cloths,  with little  doing  and  large offer­
ings from points which were supposed to 
have none.

Hides had quite a  flurry the past week 
per  pound,  which
and advanced 
brought  to  the  surface 
large  stocks 
which were being held.  This has tended 
to weaken  prices,  and  the  advance can­
not be  obtained  readily,  if  at  all, now. 
They are  duller, with stocks  accumulat­
ing, as tanners are holding off.  Leather 
does  not revive, and the market is  slow. 
The  outlook  is  for  a  dull  market,  at 
lower prices,  until hides are better.* 

Tallow  is  dull  and  lower.  Reports 
from  all  sections  say lower  prices  are 
looked for.  Quotations are nominal.

Furs,  as was  anticipated, got  a “black 
eye” at the London sales.  Skunk, coon, 
rat,  opossum  and  mink  declined  fully 
20 per cent,  and  finer  goods  10 to 15 per 
cent.  Lower  prices  and dull  sales are 
looked  for in March.  Prices will  range 
low for another year.

Cadillac—Isaac  Murphy  has  sold  his 
interest in the firm of  Cobbs, Mitchell & 
Co.  to Mr. Cobbs, and  the  business  will 
be  conducted  in  the  future  by  the old 
firm of Cobbs & Mitchell.

FOR SALE, WANTED,  ETC.

A dvertisem ents w ill be inserted  u nder  th is  head for 
tw o  cents  a   word  th e  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  fo r  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent tak en  fo r less th an  25 cents.  Advance  payment,

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

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580

________  

Fo r   s a l e - s t o c k   o f   d r u g s , l o c a t e d  in  a  v il -
WASTED—TO  TRADE 

l a g e  surrounded by a good  country;  good  trad e; 
object of selling, practice here.  Address Dr. H. E. Hun- 
gerford, Stetson.  Mich.
HALF  SECTION  UNIN- 
■ocerieSj 
cum bered land fo r stock of  d ry  goods, groceries,
Address.  F.  A.  Thoms,

boots and shoes o r hardw are. 
Newark, South D akota.
F 'l o e a t i e n ;  w ith o r w ithout stock.  Apply  a t  office 
of Tradesm an, Swift & Co., or T elfer Spice Co. 
NEW,  WELL-SELECTED
-JJIOR  SALE—AT  ONCE-
_   stock of general m erchandise in  a   live  tow n  and 
w ealthy and prosperous  farm ing  com m unity  on  the 
M ichigan  Central  R ailroad;  inventory  ab o u t  $5,000; 
annual business  $28,000;  new,  m odern,  double,  brick 
store;  best location;  low re n t  and  insurance;  can re ­
duce stock;  reason fo r selling, poor health.  Address 
Box 178, care Tradesm an. 

R a r e   c h a n c e   t o   b u y   t h e   o n l y   d r u g   s t o r e

in C entral M ichigan railro ad  tow n o f  n early   *00, 
w ith fast-grow ing farm in g  c o u n try ; stock and fixtures 
invoice $1,300;  h a lf cash, balance  on  easy  paym ents; 
good new fixtures;  only  drug,  book,  stationery,  wall 
paper,  p a in t  and  jew elry  stock  in  tow n;  splendid 
opening fo r young m an ;  good reasons fo r  selling. 
If 
you w ant it, address  for  p articu lars,  L.  M,  Mills,  568 
W ealthy Ave., G rand R apids, Mich._____ _______  578
STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MERCHAN- 
© L U -U V -IV /  «Use to exchange  fo r  city   property, 
lum ber'or shingles;  we also  have 3 drug stocks, 4 gro­
cery stocks, 3 hardw are stocks and  3  cigar  stocks  for 
sale o r exchange.  A. J. Fogg & Co., 3 & 4 Tower Block

57a

576

OR SALE—$5,000 STOCK  OF  HARDWARE, STOVES, 
fu rn itu re and  crockery, w ith  full  stock  of  tools 
for tin , w ater and gas jobs ;  a  barg ain  fo r cash o r p a rt 
cash and tim e; 
low re n t  fo r  building.  Lock  box 73,
Greenville, M i c h . ________________________° ‘l.
TTrANTED—TO EXCHANGE FARM OF 120  ACRES  OR 
VV  village  property fo r  stock  of  goods, h ardw are 
preferred.  Address No. 573, care  M ichigan Tradesm an.

563

567

----OR  SALE-HARDWARE  STOCK, 
INVENTORING
about $4,000,  doing  a   very prosperous  business: 
can reduce th e stock to su it purchaser;  best of  reason 
fo r  selling.  Address  A.  L.  Paine  &  Co.,  Reed  City 
Mich
TTIOR SALE—STOCK  OF  CLOTHING.  FURNISHING 
J.  goods  and  h a ts  and caps in th e  best city of  6,000 
in h ab itan ts  in   th e   S tate;  o th er  business;  no  trad e 
taken.  W. R. Dennis & Co., Cadillac. Mich. 
t f   y o u   w a n t   t o   e x c h a n g e   y o u r   s t o c k   o f
JL  goods fo r a farm , large o r sm all,  w rite  to   No.  568, 
care M ichigan Tradesm an. 
■'»OR SALE^CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS,  GRO- 
j_ 
ceries.  boots  and  shoes,  hardw are  and  drugs, 
situated in good  trad in g   p oint;  will  inventory about 
$3 000;  sales fo r  p ast  th ree  years,  $42,000;  reason for 
seiling, ow ner has  o th er  business.  Address  No.  559, 
care M ichigan T radesm an.
T   HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  W ILL  EX- 
I 
change fo r stock of goods, G rand R apids  city  prop 
erty , or will sell on easy paym ents;  these  farm s  have 
th e best of soil, a re  under  good  sta te   of  cultivation, 
and located betw een th e  cities  of  G rand  Rapids  and 
Muskegon.  O. F. Conklin, G rand Rapids, Mich.
■   „ „ „ „   __   OFFER  FOR  SALE,  ON  VERY
-p«OR  SALE—WE
favorable term s, th e F.- H. E scott dru g  stock, a t 75 
Canal street. G rand Rapids,  H azeltine & Perkins Drug 
Co.  Price, $4,000._______________________
SITUATIONS  W ANTED.

W a n t e d — s it u a t io n   b y   r e g is t e r e d   p h a r

m acist, w ith six  y ears’  experience;  good  refer­

ence.  Address No. 581, care Tradesm an.__________581

531

MISCELLANEOUS.

CO M PLETE  HISTORY  OF  THE  PATRONS  OF  IN 
dustry, from   th e  inception  of  th e  organization 
o n ly  a few copies le f t;  sent postpaid  fo r  10  cents  per 
copy  Address  The  Tradesm an Com pany, G’d R apids
quick  sales, 

W a n t e d — l iv e   t r a v e l in g   m e n   t o   c a r r y

paying  side  line;* lig h t  sam ples; 

M erchants’ Specialty Co., Chicago,  111.

>EGIN  THE  NEW  YEAR  BY  DISCARDING  THE
__>  annoying  Pass  Book  System   and  adopting  in
its place th e Tradesm an Credit  Coupon.  Send  $1  for 
sam ple order, w hich w ill be sent  prepaid.  E. A. Stowe 
& Bro., G rand Rapids.

Sa m p l e s   o f   t w o   k im d s  o f   c o u p o n s 

f o r
retailers w ill be  sent  free  to   any  dealer w ho will 
w rite fo r them  to  the  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co., 
564  .
Albany. N. Y.________________ 

577

L

DISSOLUTION  NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that  the  copartnership 
heretofore existing between Leonard  L. Conkey 
and  J.  H.  Goulding,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Conkey and  Goulding, veterinary surgeons  and 
publishers, has been this  day  dissolved  by  the 
retirement  of  J.  H.  Goulding.  The  business 
will he continued  by  the  said  Leonard L. Con 
key, who now owns all  the  tools,  books,  copy­
rights, cuts and publications of  the former firm.

Dated at Grand Rapids, this 27th day of  Janu­

L e o n a r d   L.  C o n k e y ,
J. H. G o u l d in g .

ary,  1890.

-FOR-

Filmili

S ee  w h a t  th ey  can  do 

for  you .

F. Ä. WiIriMrg  X  Co,

E xclusive  Jobbers of

DRY  GOODS, HOSIERY,

NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR,

19  Ä  21  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH

F o r   S a le !

THE  ENTIRE  STOCK  OF

D R Y G O O D S ,

Notions  and  Fixtures

Of John J. Timmer,  Muskegon,  Mich.,  the  ap 
praised  value  of which  is  $2,200.  Will be sold 
at a great bargain.

FOR FULL  PARTICULARS,  APPLY TO
SPRING  &  COMPANY

The M ichigan T radesm an

AMONG THE TRADE.
GK A N D   K A P ID S   G O SSIP.

The Feldner-Palmer  Shirt Co. has dis­
solved.  Oscar  L. Palmer will  continue 
the business.

Heyman & Company have  arranged  to 
add a full line of  crockery to their house 
furnishing goods stock.

Lotterman <& Warrink  have  opened  a 
general 
store  at  79  Fourth  avenue. 
Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.  furnished 
the stock.

As foreshadowed a couple of weeks ago, 
the  Steele  meat  market,  on  South  Di­
vision  street, has been purchased  by W. 
G. Sinclair <& Co.

Pomeroy  &  Lawton,  grocers  at  152 
West  Fulton  street,  have  assigned  to 
I.  M.  Turner.  No  inventory  has  yet 
been taken of  the stock.

The  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.  has 
put a new style of  safety gate  on its ele­
vator, which is ahead of  anything of  the 
kind heretofore seen here.

Ex-Judge  Birney  Hoyt  has  attached 
the real estate of Geo. T.  Smith, of Jack- 
son, for the  John  T. Noye  Manufactur­
ing  Co.,  of  New  York,  on  a  claim  of 
$2,000. 

________________ _

The general store of S. Schack, at Reed 
City, was  closed  recently under  chattel 
mortgage.  Ex-Judge  Hatch  represented 
the  first  mortgage on the  stock  and his 
claim  was satisfied by Krolick  &  Co., of 
Detroit.  Subsequently the stock was sold 
to  Simon & Co.,  of  Detroit,  for  $4,800, 
and  they,  in  turn,  disposed  of  it  to 
Kositchek & Bros., of  Eaton Rapids.

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

Parmelee—J. L. Ash  has sold his drug 

and grocery stock to Jas. D. Gale.

Ludington—Moon  &  Nichols  succeed 

S. D. Moon in the grocery business.

East Saginaw—G.  Happ  continues  the 

grocery business of  Happ <fe Kremer.

Thurber—Wm.  M.  Thurber  has  sold 

his general store to John W. Tolford.

St. Joseph—M. B. Rice  succeeds  Rice 

& Kingsley in the hardware business.

Alpena—J. P. Healy, grocer, has failed. 

Liabilities, $8,227.21;  assets, $5,291.58.

Greenville—Lang  & Hamburger  have 

removed their general stock to Detroit.

Harbor Springs—W. E. Hardy has  em­
barked in the meat and  bakery business.
East  Jordan—H.  L.  Page,  hardware 
dealer,  is  succeded by H.  L. Page <& Co.
Manistee—Ferris &  James’ meat  mar­
ket has been closed, for want  of  patron­
age.

Mattawan—Jas. McCarter  has sold his 
stock of  groceries to W. Davis, of  Kala­
mazoo.

Augusta—P. B.  Swick has located him­
self with  J.  A.  Cairns  in  the  harness 
business.

Holland—James  A.  Bower  succeeds 
Meyer,  Bower  &  Co.  in  the  furniture 
business.

Fremont—Boone <& Pearson,  hardware 
dealers,  have  sold  their  stock to Frank 
Cole & Co.

Marquette—F.  H.  Des Jardins  contin­
ues the drug business  of  F.  H. Des  Jar- 
dins & Co.

Bloomingdale—Henry  Miller  has sold 
his furniture business  to Milo Hoey, late 
of Waverly.

Petoskey—Tom Quinlan  has  sold  his 
grocery  stock  to  Lyons  Bros.,  late  of 
Manistique.

Detroit—Chas. W. Rudd succeeds Rudd 
& Dewey in the commission  produce and 
flour business.

Fowler—R.  G.  Mattison, of  Pewamo 
has  purchased the general stock of  Con 
stantine Gruler.

Greenville—Hyde  Bros., grocers, have 
dissolved.  The business will be contin­
ued by D. L. Hyde.

Owosso—W.  J.  Parkhurst  has  pur 
chased  Mr. Webb’s  interest  in  the  Ho 
mer <fe Webb market.

West  Sebewa—The  general  store  of 
W.  H. Chilson & Son has  been closed un 
der chattel  mortgage.

Fremont—Wesley Pearson  has  bought 
the harness  stock  of  A.  Sweet, and will 
continue the  business.

Jackson—Feldher  &  Zillioux, tailors 
have  dissolved.  Anthony  Feldher will 
continue the business.

Shelby—Rosen Bros, have discontinued 
their clothing business here and will unite 
their forces in Muskegon.

Hanover—Chas.  D.  Potter,  dealer  in' 
groceries  and  meats,  has  sold his stock 
of  groceries to Frank Bates.

Detroit—J.  A.  Brown  &  Co.  have 
bought  the  stock of  drugs  belonging to 
the estate of  John'C.  Mueller.

Hickory  Corners  —  Jay  Kellogg,  of 
Allegan,  has gone  into  the  grocery bus­
iness here with  Bert Pennock.

Mt.  Clemens—Francis  P.  Ulrich  has 
bought the  stock  of  boots  and  shoes of 
Henrietta (Mrs. Geo. C.) Fenton.

Frankfort—A. Crandall,  general  mer­
chant,  has  made  an  assignment.  The 
assets are $6,000 and the liabilities $1,000 
more.

Dexter—Warner <fe  McLain,  dealers in 
lumber  and  hardware,  have  dissolved. 
The business will be  continued by Owen 
McLain.

the 

inventory  was

Jackson—When 

Its  discovery, 

“Of course I can,” responded the P.  of
taken of the  Geo. T.  Smith  Purifier Co., {I.  “Any man of good  judgment  can  do
the license to manufacture purififers, etc., 
was  overlooked. 
last 
Tuesday, vindicates the  claims  of  both 
the  assignees  and  Mr.  Smith,  as  the 
former held that  the  patents were to  be 
counted among  the assets, and the  latter 
claimed that the company had a perpetual 
license.

“That  may be,” said the genial  John, 
but it is my opinion  that  such  a  man 
would  be worth  $10,000  a  year  to  any 
large jobbing house.”

“Show me any two  articles  of  men’s 
wear,”  said  the  former,  “and  I  will 
prove my claim.”

that.”

Ypsilanti—S. W. Parsons  <&  Co., lum­
ber  dealers  and  sash,  door  and  blind 
manufacturers,  who  recently  made  an 
assignment  to  protect  their  creditors, 
have  perfected  arrangements  whereby 
the plant will  soon be put in  motion un­
der  the  firm  name  of  S.  W. Parsons 
Manufacturing  Co.  The  lumber  yard 
formerly managed by the  firm  has  been 
sold to  Geo. W. Gill, who  now conducts 
that branch of the business.

Samples of two grades of men’s under­
shirts were  brought  forward,  and,  after 
a  critical  examination,  they were  pro- 
nouned to be of uniform value.

“Your knowledge of  goods is just as  I 
expected it was,”  said Mr. Spring.  “One 
of those shirts  cost  exactly double what 
the other did.”

The  People’s 

Marine City.

Bank  is  a new  one  at

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Wholesale  Jewelru !

Messrs.  W.  F.  &  W. M.  Wurzburg  have

returned  from  Providence  (the
call on the trade with the most attractive
iewelrv center of the world) and will soon call on 1 
line of jewelry ever shown in  Michigan.  Our line comprises all the new novelties 
in Ladies’ Lace  Pins,  Bar  Pins,  Brooches,  Cuff  and  Collar  Buttons, Hair Orna­
ments, Chains, Bracelets,  etc.  A full line of  Children’s  Jewelry,  and an elegant 
stock of Men’s Cuff and Collar Buttons, Scarf  Pins,  Chains,  Charms  and  Lockets 
for the Dry Goods and Furnishing Goods trade.

W .  F.  &  W .  M.  W U R Z B U R G ,
Widdicomt)  Bililding,  Grand  Rapids,  Midi.

EXCLUSIVE  JOBBERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS  OF  JEWELRY,

NEW   Y O R K -

203  Broadw ay, Room  7.

Will send dealers small sample line, if desired, on approval.

Begin the  New  Year  R ig h t!
By using the “Com plete  Business  R egister,” 
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  &  BRO.,  Grand Rapids.

BASEMENT  TO  RENT.
The  large,  light  and  dry  basement 
under  the  Steele  meat  market,  in  the 
McMullen block, 19 and 21  So.  Division 
street.  Large doors in rear open even to 
alley.  Apply on premises to

W.  G.  SINCLAIR  <fe  CO.

tl

CD

Æ  Q)

£

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O P

ROPE

The rope market is high  and  advancing, and the 

price at present is as follows:
- 

- 

SISAL 
MANILLA 

- 

- 

13c  pound.
16c  pound.

If  you  cannot  stand  these  prices,  we  have  in 

stock w hat is called

N ow  Process Rope

W hich we guarantee is equal to Sisal.  We  have  the 
following sizes and  quote:

1-4, 5-16, 3-8 
7-16  and 5-8 

WILL  YOU  TRY  IT?

9 l-2c pound.
9c 
pound.

Foster,  S tev en s  & Co.,

Wholesale  Hardware,

10 and 12 Monroe St., 

33, 35, 37, 39 and 41’Louis St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

h jl r d w a x b.
P rices  Current.

..12
..18
..19

These  prices are  for cash buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages,
dis.
AUGURS AND BITS.
60 
Snell’s .............................................
40
Cook’s ............................. ........ .
25
........................ 
Jennings’, genuine.............
..................... .50&10
Jennings’,  Imitation........
AXES,

First Quality, S. B. Bronze...........................» 7 00
D.  B. Bronze............................ 11 00
S. B. S. Steel.............................   8 50
D.B. Steel..............................   13 00

“ 
« 
» 

BABBOWS. 

diS.

1054

bolts. 

dis.
stove................. 
50<610
Carriage new list........................................... 
' ™
Plow................................................................ 404J®
Sleigh shoe....................................................

 

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

Well,  plain.................................................... * ®
Well, swivel...................................................   400
diS.
................... 70&

Cast Loose Pin, figure«!...... . 
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint...............60&10
Wrought Loose Pin........................................ 60&10
Wrought Table...............................................69“ 19
Wrought Inside Blind....................................60<S10
Blind,  Clark’s................................................ ™&10
Blind,  Parker’s..............................................
Blind, Shepard’s ........................................... 
70

Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85................ 

40

Grain....................................................... dl®# 50&02

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel.............................................. P®r ® 
.per m

CAPS.

5

Ely’s 1-10......
Hick’s C. F ...
G. D ..............
Musket..........

Rim  Fire.......
Central  Fire..

CARTRIDGES.

...dis.

CHISELS. 

diS.

dis.

Socket Firm er...............................................70&10
Socket Framing.............................................70<610
Socket Corner................................................ 70<610
Socket Slicks................................................ 70<610
40
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................. 

Curry.  Lawrence’s........................................  
Hotchkiss......................................................  

40
25

White Crayons, per  gross.............. 12@1254 dis. 10

combs. 

chalk.

coffer.

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
14x52,14x56,14x60 ........................ 
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60........................ 
Cold Rolled, 14x48.........................................  
Bottoms ................ 

 

28
26
25
25
*7

DRILLS. 

dis.
40
40
40

Morse’s  Bit  Stocks..................................... 
Taper and straight Shank.........................  
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................  

DRIFTING PANS.

Small sizes, ser pound.................................  
Large sizes, per  pound.................................  

07
654

ELBOWS.

Com. 4 piece, 6 In.............................doz. net
Corrugated.......................................<Hs. 20<610<610
Adjustable..............................................dis. 40&10

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, $18; large, $26....................  
Ives’, 1, $18;  2, $24;  3, $30......................... 

dlS.
30
25
dis.
Disston’s ....................................................60*}9
New  American.......................................... 60&10
Nicholson’s ...................................................
£0
Heller’s ....................................................... 
Heller’s Horse Rasps................................. 
so

files—New List. 

GALVANIZED IRON.

Nos.
List 

16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
15 

14

12 

Discount, 50<610

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ......................  

13
gauges. 
HAMMERS.

28
18

50

dis.

Maydole  <6 Co.’s ................................................dis. 26
Kip’s................................................................... dis. 25
Yerkes <6 Plumb’s..............................................<Hs. 40<610
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand— 30c 40<610

HINGES.

dis.
dis.

MAULS.
MILLS.

Sperry A Co.’s, Post,  handled..................
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ................................_ „  
“  P. S. <6 W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables__ 
“  Landers,  Ferry & Clerk’s.................. 
“  Enterprise 
..................................... 

_
40
40
25
Stebbin’s Pattern........................................... 60&10
Stebbin’s Genuine..........................................60&10
Enterprise, self-measuring........................... 
25

MOLASSES GATES. 

dig.

NAILS

 

Advance over base: 

Steel nails, base...............................................2 75
Wire nails, base.............................................. 3 20
Steel.  Wire.
Base
60.............................................. 
  25 
10
50.........................................................  25 
40 <6 30................................................Base 
20
30
20.........   .. — ................................Base 
35
16&12.................................... 
  Base 
40
10........................................................   10 
8 .........................................................   25 
50
7 <66....................................................  40 
65
90
4 .........................................................  60 
1  50
................................................ 1  00 
2  00
................................................1  50 
Fine 3................................................ 1  50 
2  00
90
Case  10...............................................  60 
1  00
8..............................................  75 
1  25
6........................................... 
  90 
Finish 10............................................  85 
1  00
8.............................................1  00 
1 25
1 50
6.............................................1  15 
Clinch 10..........................................   85 
75
90
8...........................................1  00 
6........................................... 1  15 
1 00
2 50
Barren %........................................... 1  75 
dlS.

PLANES. 

 

dis.

PANS.

ROPES.

rivets. 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................................   @30
Sciota Bench.................................................  @50
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy..........................
aality.......................................   @50
Bench, fir* 
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  <610
60
Fry,  Acme..............................................dis. 
70
Common,  polished................................. dis. 
Iron and  Tinned........................................... 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs................................ 
50
lA” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
‘B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 
Broken packs 34 c per pound extra.
Sisal, 34 inch and larger..................  
  14
Manilla..........................................................   17
dig.
Steel and Iron................................................ 
Try and Bevels................. 
M itre.............................................................. 

75
60
20
Com. Smooth.  Com.
$8 10
3 10
3 20
3 25
335
3 45
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to  14....................................... $4 20 
Nos. 15 to 17.......................................  4 20 
Nos.  18 to 21.......................................  4 20 
Nos. 22 to 24 ......................................   4  20 
Nos. 25 to 26 ......................................  440 
No. 27 .................................................  4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct 19, ’86....................................... dis. 40<610
Silver Lake, White A ...............................list 
50
Drab A ............................... 
“  55
White  B................................  “ 
50
Drab B ...................................  “ 
55
White C.................................   “ 
35

QiVTl T>APFR.
SASH CORD.

SHEET IRON.

SQUARES. 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

 

 

 

 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

saws. 

traps. 

“ 
Silver Steel  DIa. X Cats, 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 $26
H and.......................................... 25@25<65
70
50
30
28
Steel, Game.....................................................60&10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................ 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s __ 
70
Mouse,  choker.....................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion................................$1.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Market................................................  65
Annealed Market...........................................  70
Coppered Market...........................................  60
Tinned Market..............................................  6234
50

S ered  Spring  Steel.................................  

ed  Fence, galvanized................................  4 00
“ 
painted.....................................  3 40

wire. 

dis.

wire goods. 

dis.

WRENCHES. 

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

MISCELLANEOUS. 

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it 

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diS.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE

longer.....................

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ................................dls.60&10
State............................................ per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 454  14  and
354 
10 
Screw Hook and^Eye, 34........... .............net
%............ __ ____net
854 
3Í............ .............net
754 
%........... .............net
754 
70
...........dis.
Strap and T ................
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track —  50&10
Champion,  anti-friction..............................   60&10
40
Kidder, wood track ......................................  
6°
Pots................................................................. 
Kettles..................  
60
Spiders........................................................... 
60
Gray enameled............................................... 40<610
Stamped  Tin Ware......................... new list 70&10
Japanned Tin Ware......................................  
25
Granite Iron W are...................... new list 3354 <610
Au Sable................................dis. 25<610Q25<610<605
Putnam...........................................  
dis. 05
dis. 10<610
Northwestern.................................  
knobs—New List. 
dis.
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings..................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................  
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..............  
Door,  porcelain, trimmings.........................  
55
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain...................  
Russell <6 Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t .......... 
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  <6  Co.’s ............................. 
Branford’s ....................................................  
56
Norwalk’s ...................................................... 
55
LEVELS. 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ......................  
70
MATTOCKS.
Adze Eye........................................... $16.60, dis. 60
Hunt Eye.............................  
$15.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s........................................$18.50, dis. 20&10

locks—door. 

HORSE NAILS.

(US.

dis,

 

METALS.

PIG TIN.

634
7

ZINC.

26c
280

SOLDER.

Pig  Large......................................................  
Pig Bars.........................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 234c per pound.
680 pound  casks............................................. 
Per pound...................................................... 
34@34.....................................................................16
Extra W iping................................................... 18J4
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson......................................... per  pound  16
Hallett’s........................................ 
13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.......................................... $6 60
6 60
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
8 35
14x20 IX, 
8 35

 
Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.

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10x14 IC,  Charcoal........................................$ 6 00
14x20IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
“ 
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Each additional X on this grade $1.50. 

 
 
 

 
 
 

r o o f in g  p l a t e s

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“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Worcester.................................  6 00
“ 
...........................   7 50
..........................  12 50
“ 
“  Allaway  Grade................   5  25
“ 
6  75
“ 
11  00
“ 
14 00
BOILER s iz e  t in  plate.

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x2010, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
14x28  IX..........................................................MS
14x31  IX................................................................14 50
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I 
$34
14x60 IX,  “ 

I■ per pound..

“ 9 

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6 00
7 50
7 50

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

Kent City correspondence  Spart,  Sen. 
our  hopes  is  almost  without  parallel. I Uriel:  “A delegation of  P.  s  of  I.  waited
N o . 8 5 —C lio   B . M . A .
bPre°e^ “ â<?e«SSr®1M bÎÆ «^. | our present  year must be one of  realiza-1 make arraneements to purchase  goods of

P resident. P. M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson.
_____________________________ The first  year was one  of  expectation—  on  Holmes  <fc  Co.,  Tuesday,  to try  and
President. J. M. Beem an;  S ecretary, O- H. May.
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Ne. 87—Shepherd B. 9t. A. 
rmiSrtmt  H. D. B ent;  Seoretaxy. A. W. H urst.
P resident, J. A. Andrews;  S ecretary, L. D. Cooley.

in  the  matter  of  legislation,  and  it  is  tnem.
earnestly hoped  that every member  will I consider  it  good  policy to  discriminate

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---------------------------------------------- 1 tion.  Our first  important  effort  will be

No.  88—Ovid B. M. A. 

Ä8S0CIÄTI0N  DEPARTMENT.
Michigan  Business Men’s Association. 

P resident—C. L. Whitney,'Muskegon. 
S ^ V to e 5 te s id e n t—C. T. Bridgem an,  Flint.
Second Vice-President—M. C. 8herwood, Allegan. 
S ecretary—E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids, 
i --------- ----a   w .  P arker, Owobso.
K-iu>entiye  B o ard -P resid en t;  F ran k   W ells.  L an ^n g ; 
HVank  H am ilton, T raverse C ity;  N.  Biain, l.ow©u 
Chas.  T.  Bridgem an,  F lin t;  O.  F.  Conklin, Grand
O ^ S a t t ^ e ^ l S S k n e e - C I .   F.  ConkUn,  G rand  Rap 
lds^O ren  Stone .F lin t;  Wm. W oodard, Owosso.  ( 
C om m ittee  on  Legislation—F rank  WelU,  Lansing, 
■nr  tt  Pone  Alletran;  C. H. May, Clio.
Com m ittee on T rade In terests—F rank Ham ilton  TTav
erse C ity:  Geo-  B-  H oyt,  Saginaw ;  L.  W.  Sprague,
Oom m tttee on T r a n s p o r ta tio n -^ ^ . BridgemMi. FUnt;
ILCT Sherwood, ARegan;  A. O. W heeler,  M anistee. 
9 ^ 5 !   p V  r'0n' 
Blain, Lowell;  F. L. Fuller, C edar S prings;  P. J. Con 
nell,  M uskegen.

Com m ittee on Building  and  Loan 

Local S ecretary—Jas. H. M001" ^
Official Organ—Thb Michigan Tbapesmak.__________ _
The following auxiliary  associations are oper- 
ating under charters  granted  by  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s Association •

Ko. 1—Traverse City B. M. A. 

P resident. J. W. Milliken; Secretary, E. W. H astings.

N o . 2—L o w e l l   B . M . A . 

President, N. B. P lain; Secretary , F ran k  T. King.

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N o . 3—S t u r g i s  B . M . A .

President. H. S. C hurch; Secreta ry , W m. Jo rn.-----

President. E. J. H errick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.—

N® .  4 —G r a n d   K a p i d s   M .  A . 
No.  5—Muskegon B.  M. A.

. Baldwin.

P resident;  Secretary. 0 . L.  W hitney
'--------------No. 6—A lba B. M._A.
President, F. W. Bloat; Secretary,_________
----------- No. 7—D im ondale B. M. A.
President. T. M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. W idger.
No. 8—K astport B. M. A.
"  No. 9—L a w r e n c e  B. M. A.

President, F. H. Thurston: Secretary. Geo. L. Thurston. 
" 
President, H. M. M arshall; Sec re ta ry , J. H. n elly.-------
--------No. 10—H arbor Springs » .M . A.
President. W. J. C lark; Secretary. A. L. Thompson.-----

No 11—K i n g s l e y  B. M. A.
P resident. H. p ! W hipple: S ecretary, D. E.  W ynkoop.
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‘  No. 12—Quincy B. M. A.
President, Edson Blackm an; se cre ta ry . W. H. Lockerhy.
--------- No  13—S h e r m a n  B .M . A.
President, H. B*. S tn rtev an t;  Secretary, W.  J. Anstin.

No. 14—No. M uskegon J*. A . A. 

No. 15—Boyne City B. M. A.

P resident, S. A. Howey  S ecretary, G. C. Haven s ^  
‘ 
P resident, R. R. P erkins; Secretary, F. M. Cha n g e  
--------No. 16—Sand ta k e  B. M. A.
P resident. J.V . C randall;  Secretary, W. Rasco.  _

P resident. Geo. H.  Anderson; Secretary, J. A. Sidle.-----
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President, W arren P. W oodard; S ecretary, S. Lam from .
" 
President, D. F. W atson; Secretary, E . E. Chapel.--------

N o . 1~—P lain w ell B. M. A.
No  18—Owosso B. M. A.
"  No.  19—Ada B. M. A.
No. 20—Saugatuck B. M. A.
No. 21—W ay land B. M. A.

President, John F . H enry; Secre tary , N. L. Rowe.--------
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President, C. H. W h arto n ; Secretary , M. V. Hoyt.--------

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

No. 22—Grand  L e d g e  B. M. A. 
No. 23—Carson C ity  B. M. A.
"  No. 24—Morley B. M. A.
No. 25—Palo B. M .A .

P resident, Jo h n  W .H allett;  S ecretary, L. A. Lyon.-----
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P resident, J. E. Thnrkow;  Secretary, W . H. Richmond. 

President, F. A. H arg rav e; S ecretary, 1.8. .letters.-------

No. 26—G reenville B. M. A.

No. * 7—D orr B. M.  A.

President. A. C. S atterlee:  S ecretary. E. J . Clark.--------
— 
President, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. A. Flsner.--------
' 
P resident, A. J. Paddock;  Secretary, H. G. Dozer.--------
' 
President, Wm. Moore;  S ecretary, A. J. Cheesebrongh.
1 
P resident, A. G. A very;  Secretary, E. S. H onghtaling. 

No. 28—Cheboygan B. M. A
No. 29—F reeport B. M. A.
N o . 30—Oceana 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. Fienry.------
” 
P resident, W. G. B arnes;  Secretary, J. B. W atson.____

No. 32—Coopersville B. M. A.
No. 33—Charlevoix B. M. A. 

President,  L.  D.  B artholom ew;  Secretary , K. w . Rang, 

P resident, H. T. Johnson;  S ecretary, P- T. W illiam s.—  

President, H. M. H em street; S ecretary, C. E. Densm ore.

No. 34—Saranac B. M. A.
N o .  35—B e l l a i r e   B . M . A .
M. A.
Ne. 36—Ith aca B.  —

P resident, O. F. Jackson;  S ecretary, John  M. Everden.

No. 37—B attle Creek B. M. A. 

P resident,  Chas. F. Bock;  S ecretary,  E. W. Moore.

P resident. H. E. Symons; Secretary, D. W. H iggins.

No. 38—Scottville B. M. A.
No. 39 —B u rr Oak B. M. A. 

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

-Eaton K apids B. M. A.
No. 40-  ...______ , __
No. 4 1—B reckenridge  B. M. A.

P resident, C. T. H artson; Secreta ry , W ill Em m ert.
’ 
P resident, C. H. Howd;  Secretary, L. W aggoner.
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P resident, Jos. G erber; S ecretary  C. J. R athbnn.
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P resident, F ran k  J. L nick;  Secretary, J ■ A. Lindstrom .

No. 48—F rem ont B. M. A.
No. 43—T ustin B. M. A. 
No. 44—Reed City B. M. A.
No. 45—HoytvUle B. M. A. 

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

P resident, D. E. HaUenbeck ; Secretary,O . A. H alladay.  £  

President, W m. H utchins; Secretary, B. M. Gould.

No. 46—Leslie B. M. A. 
No.  47—F lin t  M.  U.

President, W. C. Pierce;  Secretary, W. H. G raham .

H ubbardston B. M. A.
P resident^ Boyd*Redner; Secretary,|W . J. Tabor.
"" 
P resident,  A.  W enzell; Secretary, F rank Sm ith.

No. 49—Leroy  B.  M.  A.
No. 50—M anistee B. M. A. 

President,
President, F rank Phelps;  Secretary , A. E. Fitzgerald, 

P resident, A. O. Wheeler; Secretary,C.  Grannis.
No. 51—Cedar  Springs  B.  M.  A. 
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President, L. M. Sellers; S ecretary, W. C. Congdon. 
No. 52—Grand H aven B. M. A.
S. Kedzle;  Secretary, F. D. Vos. 
No, 53—Bellevue B. VI. A.
No. 54—Douglas B. M. A.
No.  55—Petoskey  B. M. A.
No. 56—Bangor  B.  M.  A.
No. 57—Rockford B. M. A.
No. 58—Fife Lake B. M. A. 
No. 59—F ennville B. M. A.

P resident, Thom as B. Dutcher;  Secretary, C. B. W aller. 
‘ 
President, C. F. H ankey; Secretary, A. C. Bowman.
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P resident, Silas DeLong;  Secretary, Geo. Chapm an.
' 
resident. Geo. A. Sage; Secretary, H. S. Holden.

President, L. S. W alter; Secretai3 ,G.S  Blakely.

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

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

N o .  6 1 —H a r t f o r d   B . M . A . 
No. 62—East Saginaw M. A. 

P resident, Jas. H  .Moore;  Secretary, C. W.  Mulholand.

No. 63—E vart B. M. A.
President, C. V. P riest; Secretary, C. E. Bell.
N®, 6 4 —M e r r i l l  B . M . A .
No. 65—K alkaska B. M. A.
N o . 66—L a n s i n g  B . M .  A .

P resident,C . W. Robertson; Secretary, Wm. H orton.
” 
President, Alf. G. Drake; Secretary, C. S. Blom.

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

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

President. W. L. G a rre tt; Secretary, F.  H.  Merrifleld.

N o . 68—A l l e g a n  B . M . A .

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

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

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

N o .  7 1 —A s h l e y   15.  M .  A .

P resident, M. Netzorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Clntterbnek. 
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President, A. L. Spencer; Secretary, O. F. W ebster.
—  
President, J.  F. C artw right; Secretary. C. W. H ard.

N o , 73—B e l d i n g   B . M . A .

N o . 7 4 — D a v is o n   M .  U .

N o .  7 5 —T e c  a  111 s e ll  B .  M .  A . 

President, O scarP . Bills;  Secretary, F. Rosacrans.
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Presiden t, S. S.McCamly;  Secretary.  Channcey Strong.

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

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

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

P resident, B. J. Lockwood; Secretary, Volney Ross.
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President, J. O. Seibert;  S ecretary, J. W. Saunders. 
N e .  7 9 —E a s t  J o r d a n  a n d   80.  A r m   B .  M . A . 
P resident. Chas. F. Dixon;  S ecretary, L. C. Madison. 
N o .  8 0 —B a y  C ity  a n d   W .  B a y   C ity   R . M , A , 
P resident,F . L. H arrison;  Secretary» Lee E. Joslyn.

N o . 8 1

- F l u s h i n g   B .  M . A .

P resident. L. A. V iekeiy;  S ecretary, A. E. Ransom.

N o .  8 2 —A l m a   B   M .  A .

President, B. S. W ebb;  S ecretary, M. E  PoUasky.

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

President. L. P. W ilcox;  S ecretary, W. R. Mandigo.

Flint  News: 

A sso ciatio n   N o tes. 

The  P.  of I.  Dealers. 

The following are the P.  of  L dealers  suitable legislation or  amended acts will j where except in Arenac county ” 

between his  customers.  He was willing 
to make arrangements  with them if  they 
would  give  him  the privilege of  selling 
to all  alike.  They did  not  want  to  do 
that at this time.”

I use every effort to the furtherance of the
A  Centerville  paper  contains  the  following :  work  being  done in this direction.  Ask 
A few  of  our  merchants  got  together  at  the  your employer  or  some influential  busi- 
court house  hall  Monday  evening  for the pur-  ness  man  to  write a personal  letter  to 
pose of talking up a Business Men’s Association,  your Congressman, requesting  his efforts
The attendance  was  too  small  to do much, but  in  behalf  of  the  amendment to be pre-
“A  pleasant-faced  re­
W. F. Pack was instructed to write to  the  head  I sented  to th e p resen t Congress,  allow ing
quarters of the State Association for instructions I railroads to  sell  mileage  to  commercial
former  swooped  down  upon  Arenac 
in  regard  to  organizing  a  branch  association 
trav elers  a t  reduced  rates,  and  also  to 
county last week  and  organized  several 
here.  Those  who  are  starting  the  movement  g ra n t us  w eek-end  tickets.  T h e  railw ay
lodges  of  the  Patrons  of  Toil.  The 
propose  to  do  some  vigorous pushing and will  officials of our State are in a very favorable
bloomin’ thing was to settle all the  diffi­
see  if  something  can  be  done  to  improve the  attitude  toward  our fraternity and their 
business condition of  the town.  Such organize-  policy was as liberal as those of any other 
culties that now trouble the sons of men.
and  harmoniously, I State in the Union.  Until the enactment
have'been known to^accMnplish  £ T £ ? 5  I 
1 The  organizer  collected  from  97 to *10
other towns, and there is no reason why  it  may  every  railroad  in  the  State,  with  one j  from each lodge and  then  vanished. 
It 
not be the same here  Something of that kind is I exception,  was  granting  us  every  con-  transpires  that  he  had  no  authority to 
t the Sons of  Toii;  further  than
cession  we  had  asked  for, and they ex- 
certainly needed.” 
..  „  OT1_
1 press themselves as still willing to recog-1 
I nize the justice of  our claims, so soon as  that, there is no  such  organization  any
Bellaire Breeze:  “We have atthis office 
a  hundred 
little  books  entitled,  ‘By- 
Laws of  the Bellaire Farmers and Labor­
ing  Men’s Association.”  This work was 
done a long, long  time  ago,  but  has  not 
We  understand 
that the men who  ordered  this  printing 
are at the present time engaged in assist­
ing to organize a similar society.  Would 
it not  be a good  plan, in order  that  the 
new arrangement may start out in a bus­
iness-like and  honorable way, to see this 
account  settled;  and,  further,  would  it 
not be an excellent plan for each member 
who is indebted to any of  our  merchants 
to call around and see  that he is clear on 
their books, before entering into this new 
scheme too heartily.”

 tnem-
| ber of our association to support in every
honorable manner, at all times nnd under 
Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton 
all circumstances, the action  of  all com­
mittees  or  officers,  as  herein  lies  our
Allendale—Henry Dalman.
strength.  Don’t leave all  the  work  and 
Almont—Colerick <& Martin.
responsibility for  them, but consider the 
Altona—Eli Lyons.
fact that every member has  an  influence  *ta**|M 
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
and a responsibility,  and  that  we  want 
Bay City—Frank Rosman & Co. 
no drones  in  our  membership,  as  they
Belding—L.  S. Roell
Big Rapids—W. A. Verity, A. V. Toung,  a,re not characteristic of  our  profession.
Our Secretary will soon publish the com 
M f C   T lir t  I H n r   C o n r o t o r r   Will  cnflll  nilhlish tllft P.OTTl-
T5 
plete list  of  committees  and officers for 
1890 and we  hope  that  they may be up­
held  in  their  efforts  by  every  member 
and every name on our list be that  of  an 
active, earnest one.

who h,d not cancelled  «heir  contracts at 
last accounts: 
Wehle, L. T.  Lochner, Burleigh  Bros. 

E.  P.  Shankweiler  &  Co.,  Mrs.  Turk, 
J. K. Sharp.

L. M. Mil l s,  Pres’t.

Fraternally yours,

C L A r t l r m a i l n i *  

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Bros., E. C. Pelton.

Ketchum.
Jas. Croskery.

sions.
cell.
Fish
<fe Smith, J. Andrews,  C.  P. Lock, F. H. 
Goodby.

Hart—Rhodes <&  Leonard.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard  City — O.  J.  Knapp,  Herold 
Hubbardston—M. Cahalen.
Imlay City—Cohn Bros.
Jackson—Hall <fe Rowan.
Kalamo—L. R. Cessna.
Kent  City—M. L. Whitney.
Laingsburg—D. Lebar.
Lake Odessa—Christian  Haller <fe  Co., 
E. F. Colwell  <&  Son,  McCartney  Bros., 
Fred Miller.

Blanchard—L. A.  Wait.
Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr.
Brice—J.  B. Gardner.
Bridgeton—Geo. H. Lainonard. 
Burnside—Jno. G. Bruce  & Son.
Capac—H. C. Sigel.
Carson City—A. B. Loomis,  A. Y. Ses­
An  Io n ia  C o u n ty   F a rm e r o n   th e  P . o f I. 
Casnovia—Ed. Hayward, John  E. Par- 
C. Grove in  th e Lyons H erald.
While we believe the  producers  ought 
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A. 
to organize for mutual benefit, we do not 
. believe  they should  deprive  themselves 
Charlotte  John J. Richardson,  Daron U j  ^be  power  they  most  need.  The P
of  I.  have  organized  to  secure  their 
rights  and  interests.  Now, there is but 
Chester—P.  C. Smith.
one way to secure their rights and  inter­
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell.
ests,  and through  that  way they can and 
Clio—Nixon &  Hubbell.
do secure their  wrongs,  also.  That way 
Conklin—Wilson  McWilliams.
is the law.  The  laws of  a country show 
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
the  condition of  the people, so  said  the 
Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt.
Earl of  Chatham.  The  P. of  L have de­
Eaton Rapids—Knapp «fe Rich, H. Kosit 
prived themselves  of  this power in their 
chek «fe Bro.
constitution,  which  says  they  are  non­
Evart—Mark Ardis,  E. F. Shaw, Stev­
partisan.  Hence,  non-political — non- 
ens <fe Farrar, John C. Devitt.
law-making.
Fenwick—Thompson Bros.
Yet they say they will  nominate  their 
Flint—John B. Wilson.
men for office, and elect through the par­
Flushing—Sweet Bros.  <fe Clark. 
ties who made these oppressive laws that 
Fremont—Boone  <fe  Pearson,  J.  B 
now burden us.  That would  he  follow- 
. ing in the same foolish footsteps that the
Gladwm—John Graham, J. D. Sanford,  organizations of  the Wheel, the Farmers’
Alliance, the Farmers’ Union and Grang­
Go wan—Rasmus Neilson.
ers  have  gone.  They  are  all  non-par­
Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son.
tisan, hence their  weakness.  Ever since 
Grand Rapids—Joseph  Berles, A. Wil- 
they  started,  prices  of  farm  produce 
zinski. Brown <fe  Sehler,  Yolmari & Von 
have  gone  down,  down,  steadily down, 
Keppel.
without  their  ever  calling a halt,  until 
farmers  are  feeding  their grain to their 
stock, then  selling  their  stock  for  less 
than the grain  would  have  brought  be­
fore they fed it.  Yet Organizer McKeown 
says he does  not  want  farm  produce to 
come  up  in  price,  hut  wants  to  bring 
other  articles  down  in  price  equal  to 
farm produce.  That  must  be  to  ruin 
altogether.  Would  not  the P. of  L bet­
ter send him home ?  Dealers cannot sell 
goods  less  than  cost  any  more  than 
farmers can sell their produce  less  than 
cost. 
If  any party  is  obliged to deal in 
an article at so low a price  that  there is 
no profit, it has a tendency  to  make  the 
dealer  dishonest, and, if  they guarantee 
a  dealer  10  per  cent,  profit, he is very 
likely  to  become  a  careless  buyer  and 
you  would  have to pay  much  more  for 
your  goods  than  you  would  if  your 
dealer had to compete with his neighbor. 
If  there  was a constant  demand  for  an 
article,  the  dealer  could  turn it over a 
great  many  times  in  a  year. 
If  he
®ut^er'  Bichard  Butler, | sj10ui(j  turn  it  over  once  a  month, he
would make  120  per  cent., which the P.
of  I. have  agreed to give  him,  while the 
farmer turns his  produce off  only once a 
year  and  very likely at only 3 per  cent. 
This  is  your  contract  system.  Organ­
izer Stoudt  says that they have  and  are 
going to contract with the millers so they 
(the millers) will  be  obliged to  give the 
P.  of  L more flour for a pound  of  wheat 
than  they  will  anybody  else.  That is, 
the miller must be honest  with the P.  of 
I., but  they force  the  miller  to  be dis­
honest  with  everybody else, even  if  he 
wanted to be honest. 
If a widow should 
take a grist  to  his  mill,  he  would  be 
obliged to cheat  her if  he lived up to his 
contract.
The P.  of  L are after  the  middlemen. 
Now, of  a necessity there  must  be  mid­
dlemen.  The  farm  hand  is  a  middle 
man, for if the farmer would do his work 
himself,  he  could  save  his  wages  for 
profit,  or  sell  it  to  the  consumer  that 
much less.
A traveling  agent  sells bills  of  goods 
to ten different merchants in one day; his 
time, car fare  and  hotel  bill  have to be 
added to the bills of  goods. 
If those ten 
merchants  went  for  their  goods,  there 
would be  ten  car  fares,  ten  hotel  bills 
and their time that  must be added to the 
cost of  the goods.  Which is the cheaper 
way to secure the  goods ?
What  the  people  want  is  to  secure 
equal profits for each  individual,  accord­
ing  to  the  amount  of  capital  or  labor 
each one has put in the business.  Things 
must  come  to  a  water  level,  and  the 
things  that  are  affecting  our  condition 
most the P. of  L do not touch!

Mecosta—Parks  Bros.
Milan—C. C.  (Mrs. H. S.) Knight. 
Millbrook—T.  O.  (or J. W.) Pattison. 
Millington—Chas. H.  Valentine.
Milton  Junction—C. A. Warren.
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt.  Morris—H. E. Lamb,  J.  Vermett 
Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara. 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M. 
North Dorr—John Homrich.
Ogden—A. J. Pence.
Olivet—F. H. Gage.
Onondaga—John Sillik.
Orono—C. A. Warren.
Potterville—F. D. Lamb <fe Co.
Reed City—J. M. Cadzow.
Remus—C. V. Hane.
Richmond—Knight <fe Cudworth. 
Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A. Fish.
Sand  Lake—Brayman  <fe  Blanchard 
Frank E. Shattuck & Co.
Shelby—Angus  Rankin.
Shepherd—H. O. Bigelow.
Sheridan—M.  Gray.
Sparta—Dole <& Haynes.
Springport—Powers <fe Johnson,  Well­
Stanton—Fairbanks <fe  Co., Sterling  <fe 
Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter.
Trufant—L Terwilliger.
Vassar—McHose <& Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson, 
White Cloud—J.  C. Townsend,  N.  W. 
Whitehall—Geo. Nelson,  John  Haver- 
Williamston—Thos. Horton.

Lakeview—H. C. Thompson. 
Langston—F. D. Briggs.
Lansing—R.  A.  Bailey,  Etta  (Mrs. 
Lapeer—C. Tuttle <& Son,  W.  H.  Jen­
Lowell—Patrick Kelly.
McBride’s—J. McCrae.
Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich. 
Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lep-

H.  C.  Breckenridge.
Wiley.
kate.

ington <& Hammond.
Co.

Israel) Glicman.
nings.

<fe Son, F. H. Cowles.

P.  of  I.  Gossip.

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Lee.

Per 

1

A d d re ss  fro m   P re sid e n t  M ills 

Gr a n d R a p id s,  Feb.  3,  1890.

Detroit  News, Febuary  1:  “A  Bliss- 
| field  Patron’s store held an auction  yes­
terday, not being able  to  stand  the  10- 
per-cent. diet longer.”

To the Members of the Michigan Knights of  the 
Grip
Detroit News:  “Patrons of  Industry in
It  was  with a full  realization  of  the 
responsibilities and  duties  of  the  office I Genesee  county are  claiming  that  their 
you  so  unanimously honored  me^ with, | s^ore managers are reaping a 20 per cent.
and also a conviction  that I would  have 
harvest  from  them,  and  there  seems to 
the active support  and  aggressive aid of 
I be trouble ahead.”
every member of  our organization in the 
furtherance  of  every object,  or  the im­
provement of  every opportunity, for the 
advancement or success  of  our  associa­
tion  and  its members,  that  I  accepted 
this trust.
markable one,  and  the  earnestness  and j Qygj. current prices ”

Flint News:  “The  Patrons  are  kick­
ing  on  the  management  of the P.  of  I. 
store at Davison, some  going so far as to 
declare that instead of  buying  goods  at
The first  year in our  history was a re- I cost they are fleeced out  of  20  per cent, 

P u re ly   P e rso n a l.

Victor  Roussin,  the  Ludington  drug­
gist, is  rejoicing  over  the  advent  of  a 
bright boy.

A.  Heyman, of  the  firm  of  Heyman <& 
Company,  is  spending  a  month  among 
friends in New York  City.

Chas.  E.  Smith,  the  Fountain  street 
grocer, is the  happy father  of  a  newly- 
arrived  infant of the female  persuasion.
Homer  Klap, formerly with Wasson  <fc 
Lamb, is  now  behind  the  counter  for 
Chas. Smith, the Fountain  street  grocer.
F.  M.  Hentig,  formerly  engaged  in 
business at Casnovia, but now a grocer at 
Topeka, was in town  a  couple  of  days 
last week.

L. G. Clapp, the  Mendon  druggist,  is 
so proud of his new daughter that he has 
sent cards to his friends  announcing her 
arrival on January 22.

Wm.  G.  Herpolsheimer  and  Howard 
Morley, 
the  Cedar  Springs  merchant, 
have gone to Harriman, the.  embryo  city 
recently founded  in  Eastern Tennessee.
Frank E.  Leonard  left  for  New York 
Monday  and  Frank  Stone will leave for 
the  same  place  on  Wednesday.  They 
will  spend  a  couple  of  weeks, making 
purchases of  goods for the  spring  trade.
A.  L.  P ower, the  Kent  City  general 
dealer, was in town last Saturday, on his 
way to Farmington with  the  remains of 
his  wife,  who  died  of  pneumonia  on 
Thursday.  Mr.  Power’s  son  accom­
panied him.

Chas. W. Jennings  has  the  sympathy 
of  the trade in  the  loss of  his estimable 
wife,  who  died  last  Friday  and  was 
buried  Monday.  Mrs.  Jennings  was  a 
lady  of  many  admirable  qualities  and 
her  demise  will  be  deplored by a large 
circle of  friends.

G ood-B ye  to   th e  P . o f I.

The following are  among  some of  the 
merchants who have been under contract 
with the P. of  L, but have  thrown  them 
overboard:

Driele & Katvis, John Cordes.

Springport—Cartright <& Griffin.
Sparta—Woodin <&  Van Wickle.
Rockford—H. Colby <fe Co.
Grand  Rapids—F. W. Wurzburg,  Van 
Sand Lake—C. O. Cain.
Sumner—J. B. Tucker.
Kent City—R. McKinnon.
Chapin—J. I. Vanderhoof.
Ravenna—R. D. Wheeler.
Olivet—F. H. Gage.
Nashville—Powers «fc Stringham.
Millington—Forester & Clough.
St. Louis—Mary A.  Brice.
Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner.
Minden City—I. Springer  <fc  Co 
Clio—Nixon <fe Hubble.
Dimondale—Elias Underhill.
Bellevue—John Evans.
Williamston—Michael Bowerman.
Harvard—Ward Bros.
Otisco—G. V. Snyder <fc Co.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.

F. O

Hetfield <& Son.

T he  M a ssa g e   C u re.

Everybody  has  heard  of  what  hap 
pened to the  man who insisted  on work 
ing tfie “McGinty gag.”  An ambulence 
was found necessary.  And  now comes 
man, courting  death,  who  tells  how  he 
caught  “la  grippe.”  He  begins  in 
very  low  tone  and  stands  a  few  feet 
from the interested listener and says:
“ I  had a pet hen and  called  her  Enza, 
One day  I  was  sitting  by the  open win 
dow and in-flew-Enza. 
But he got no  further.  There was 
war-whoop,  a  wild  rush  for  the  mis 
creant, and  he  was  doubled  up  like 
hinge, given fifteen minutes of  first-class 
massage treatment and  thrown  into  the 
snow.

I --------”

A   U se  fo r  th e   U seless.

that
Druggist—Mr. Mixer, what  is all 
stuff down cellar ?
Clerk—Oh, that’s  some  medicine  that 
It’s  Drake’s  Di­
there’s  no  sale  for. 
I  thought of  get­
gestion Provocative. 
ting the old junk man to carry it off.
it’s 
Change 
name.  Call it the Influenza Annihilator, 
and we’ll get  rid of it fast enough.

Druggist — Ndnsense! 

G ood  W o rd s  U n so licited .

H.  L.  Day,  druggist,  Farwell: 
T h e   T r a d e sm a n .”

“Success  to 

Dry  Goods•
P rices  Current.

8 

Hamilton

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Clifton CCC...........  634
Conqueror XX........  5
Dwight Star............  734
Exeter A .................   634
Full Yard Wide...... 634
Great Falls E ..........7
Honest Width......... 634
Hartford A..............   514
Integrity XX........... 5
King, E F ................614
E X................  614
E C, 38 in ......   5*4
Lawrence L L ..........5*4
Hew  Market B........  51®
Noibe R ...................  534
Newton...................6i£
Our Level  Best...... 7
Riverside XX..........434
Sea Island R ........... 614
Sharon B  ...............   634
Top of the  Heap__ 714
Williamsville..........7
Comet,  40 In........... 814
Carlisle  “ 
........... 734
New MarketL,40in.  714
BLEACHED  COTTONS.
Glen Mills..............  7
Gold Medal...............734
Green  Ticket..........814
Great Falls..............  614
Hope........................  714
Just  Out........434@ 5
King  Phillip........... 7%
OP......   714
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1014
Lonsdale................. 8 Vi
Middlesex.................514
No Name.................  714
Oak View................  6
Our Own.................  514
Pride of the West.. .12
Rosalind..................  714
Sunlight..................  4)4
Vinyard...................  814

Atlantic  A........... •  734
“  H.......... .  7
P ............. .  6
“ 
D ........  ••.  6*
“ 
“  LL............. ■  5*
Atlanta A. A......... .  634
Archery Bunting.. -  434
Amory.................... .  V3a
Beaver Dam  A A ...  a*
Berwick  L ............. .  6M
Blackstone O, 32.. .  5
Black Rock  .......... .  7
Boat, FF............. 6%
2X................ .  6
“ 
C................ .  534
“ 
“  AL................ •  734
“  PL, 40 inch.. .  834
Continental,  C....... .  734
D,  40-m  8^4
B, 42-inlO
W, 45-inll
H, 48-inl2
Chapman............. 4
Cohasset A........... .  734
Comet................. .  V
Amsburg................. 7
Blackstone AA...... 8
Beats Ail.................434
Cleveland...............  7
Cabot.........................734
Cabot,  %.................   634
DwightAnchor......   9
shorts.  834
Edwards........ ........ 6
Empire...... .............7
Farwell................... 7M
Fruit of the  Loom..  834
Fitchville............ 
7/4
First Prize.............. 7
Fruit of the Loom %.  8
Fairmount..............   434
Full Value 
Geo. Washington
Cabot.......................  714IDwight Anchor.......9
Farwell................... 7341
TremontN..............   5V4
Hamilton N...............6V4
L .............7
Middlesex  AT........  8
Y 
Q
No. 25. .~  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Hamilton N .............7V4
Middlesex P T ..........8
A T ........... 9
X A .........   9
X P ..........1054

Middlesex No.  1__ 10
2....11
3 .. 
7 .. 
8.. 

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

HALF  BLEACHÉD  COTTONS.

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“ 
DRESS  GOODS.

“ 
« 
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Middlesex A A........11
2............. 12
A O........1354
4......1754
5....... 16
........20
...... 25
...... 2754
...... 30
...... 3254
...... 35

Nameless.

 

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5 
“ 

PRINTS.

SATINES.

COBSET  JEANS.

Imperial...................1054
Black.......................  954

9
..................1054
G G  Cashmere........21
Nameless................ 16
................. 18
Simpson..................20 
..................18
..................16
Coechco..................1054
Biddeford............... 6  INaumkeagsatteen..  754
Brunswick..............  654lR°ekport................. 654
Allen, staple........  6
fancy......   654
robes....... 654
American  fancy—   6 
American indigo—   654 
American shirtings.  554 
“  —   654
Arnold 
long cloth B. 1054
“ 
“  C.  854
“ 
“ 
century cloth 7
gold seal...... 1054
“ 
“  Turkey red.. 1054
Berlin solids.......554
*  “  oil blue........  654
“ 
“  green —   654
Cocheco fancy........  6
“  madders...  6 
Eddystone fancy...  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  654 
staple....  6 
Manchester fancy..  6 
new era.  654 
Merrimack D fancy.  6541
TICK
Amoskeag A C A.... 1354
Hamilton N .............  754
D.............854
Awning. .11
Farmer.....................8
First Prize...............1154
Amoskeag................1254
9 oz......1454
brown .13
Andover...................1154
Everett, blue..........12
brown...... 12

Merrlm’ck shirtings.  554 
Repp fura .  854
Pacific fancy.......... 6
robes............   654
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning..  654
greys........ 654
solid black.  654 
Washington Indigo.  654 
“  Turkey robes..  754
“  India robes__ 754
“  plain T’ky X 34  854 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key re d .,..............  6
Martha Washington
Turkey red 34........ 754
Martha Washington
Turkey red...........  954
Rlverpolntrobes....  5
Windsor fancy........654
gold  ticket 
“ 
Indigo  blue..........1054
GS.
AC  A.......................1254
Pemberton AAA__ 17
York.........................1054
Swift River...............654
Pearl River............. 1254
Warren.....................14
Jaffrey.....................1154
Lancaster................1354
Lawrence, 9 oz........1354
No. 220.... 13
No. 250....1154
No. 280.... 1054

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“ 
COTTON  DRILL.

“ 
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‘ 

GINGHAMS.

Atlanta,  D ..............   634|Stark...................
Boat.........................   634 
...................
Clifton, K ................  7 
...................
i 
Glenarven...............  634 Lancaster,  staple
Lancashire.................................  654 
Normandie..............8
Renfrew Dress........8
Toil du Nord........... 1054
Amoskeag.................7
AFC.......1054
Persian......................854
Bates..........................634
Warwick................  854
Peerless, white....... 1854|Peerless,  colored.. .21

..10
..  634
“ fancies
“  Normandie  854
W estbrook...:..........854
“ 
1054
York...........................634
Hampton................... 654
Windermeer............  554
Cumberland..........
Essex.........................454

CARPET  WARP.

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g r a in   b a g s.

No.

THREADS.

Valley City............. 16
Georgia.................. 16
Pacific.................V.14
Burlap.................... 1154

Amoskeag...............17
Harmony.................1654
Stark........................20
American................17
Clark’s Mile End... .45  I Barbour’s.
Coats’, J. & P ......... 45  Marshall’s
Holyoke..................22541
KNITTING  COTTON.
White.
White. Colored.
38 No.  14 .......37
“  16 .......38
39
*•  18 .......39
40
“  20 .......40
41
CAMBRICS.
Washington..
Red Cross................  454
Lockwood —
Wood’s...................  434
Brunswick.......
434
3234 T W .................
....2234
2734 F T ...................
....3234
....35
30 J R F , XXX....
2734 Buckeye..........
....3234

Slater.........................434
White Star.............  434
Kid Glove................. 434
Newmarket...............434
Edwards....................454
Fireman__
Creedmore.

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

BED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

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20

“ 

Brown.

Brown.

DOMET  FLANNEL.

Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R ................. 2254
Windsor..................1854
6 oz Western.......... 21
Union  B ................ 2254
Nameless...... 8  @ 9541 
.......  854010  I 
Slate. 
Black 
13 
954 
15 
1054 
17 
1154 
•  1254
20
DUCKS

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
15
17
20

Grey S R W ............. 1'
Western W ............. 1854
D R  P ...................... 1854
Flushing XXX........ 2354
Manitoba.................2354
9  @1054 
1254
Black.
13
15!

“ 
Slate.
954
105411541254

954105411541254

WADDINGS.

Severen, 8 oz...........  9541 Greenwood, 8 oz.... 1154
Maylaml,8 oz..........11  West  Point,8 oz....  954
Greenwood, 754 oz..  9541 
10 oz — 1054
White, doz.............. 20  I Per bale, 40 doz— $7
Colored,  doz...........25 
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Slater, Iron Cross...  854 
“  Red Cross....  9
«  Best...............1054
“  Best AA....... 1254

SILESIAS,Pawtucket...............1054
Dundle.................
Bedford................... 1054
Valley  City............. I054
Coraline.................$9 50|Wonderful............$4 75
Shilling’s ...............  9 00|Brighton............... 4 75
Cortlcelli, doz......... 85  [Corticelll  knitting,

-12 
8 
..12  I  “  10 

per 54oz  ball........30

twist, doz. .42 
50yd,doz..42  I 
h o o k s a n d e t e s —PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White..l0  (No  4 Bl’k <6 White..l5 
“ 
-.20
<* 
..25
N o2—20, M  C..........50 
|No4—15,F  354-.-V-40
‘  3—18, S C ...........45  (
No  2 White & Bl’k..l2  (No  8 White & Bl’k..20 
•« 
.23
« 
-.26
No 2.........................28 
|No3.......................... 36

COTTON  TAPE.
..15 
“  10 
-.18  I  “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.

SEWING  SILK.

“
PINS.

CORSETS.

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4 
6 

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2 
3 

NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James................. 1  501 Steamboat................  40
Crowely’s................1  35 Gold  Eyed...............1  50
Marshall’s.............. 1 00|
5—4....2 25  6—4...3 25|5—4 —  1  95  6—4...2 95 
!  “ ....2  10 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH
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The M ichiganT radesm an

Official O rgan of M ichigan Business Men’s  Association.

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

Retail  Trade  of the Wolderine State.

B.  A. STOWE  &  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. FEBRUARY 5,  1890.

THE  BUTTERMAKERS’  FIGHT.
Recent  conventions  of  farmers  and 
dairymen  have  declared  their  purpose 
to urge  upon  Congress  the  increase of 
the  tax  upon  oleomargarine.  This  is 
not, however,  in  line  with  the policy  of 
the  Republican  platform,  which  is  to­
ward the abolition of  the  internal  reve­
nue system in order  to  reduce  the  sur­
plus. 
It was  thought  that  the tax  al­
ready  imposed  would  greatly  cripple 
that  industry  and  remove  its  formid­
able  competition  with 
legitimate  but­
ter,  but  it  hardly  proved  a  serious 
check.  The  production  and  consump­
tion of  oleo  have  kept  a  growing pace. 
It  has  insisted  upon  holding  a  large 
position in the  markets, and  its  rivalry 
with butter is as far  from  extinction  as 
ever, apparently.  Regular  butter  has, 
of  course,  also  increased  greatly  in 
quantity, and held  its value well.  But 
it holds its  own  chiefly by virtue  of  the 
tax upon the degenerate substitute.  The 
fats that make the  latter are  cheap, and 
it costs but little to make oleo.  When  a 
plant  is once established it can turn  out 
the stuff at  but  trifling  expense  above 
the  raw  material,  while  with  regular 
butter the labor  is the great item of cost. 
The  apprehension  is  natural with  the 
farmers that the increase of  oleomargar­
ine production will  continue  and  make 
it a  formidable  obstacle  in  the way  of 
their industry, if it  is not  already such. 
The  fact  that  the  oleo  product  is  in­
creasing  shows  that  there  is money in 
its, manufacture, * and, it is believed, very 
large  profits.  There  is a good deal  of 
capital involved  in  the  business, and  a 
strong influence will be  brought  to  bear 
upon Congress  to  defeat  the  proposed 
legislation in the interest of  the  bovine 
butterniakers. 
It  is  stated,  however, 
that  there  are  but  twenty-three  oleo 
factories  in  the  United  States,  and  it 
would seem absurd to  suppose that  they 
could stand  in  the way of  the  millions 
of  buttermakers. 
they  operate 
easily as a  unit, and  great  corporations 
are  generally able  to  secure  powerful 
aid  at  Washington.  And  they do  not 
stand  alone.  Oleo  has  friends  among 
dealers and consumers.  An illustration 
of this  has  been  shown  in  Massachu­
setts.  The  farmers  in  that State have 
been for years  struggling  for  the  pas­
sage of a State law adverse to  the  cheap 
article. □  They are mostly in the western 
part of the State, and the  manufacturing 
centers  are  chiefly in  the  east.  The 
towns  against 
the  country  has  been 
nearly the  division. □  The  nearest  the 
farmers have come to  success was  a  tie 
in the Senate.^  They met  in convention 
recently,  and organized a  league pledged 
to  disregard  all f party lines, and  both 
in State and Congressional elections  sup­
port  only  those  who  will 
legislate 
against f the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
oleo.  Their  politics will  now be  war 
upon the oleaginous compound.  Leagues 
on this  basis will  be  extended  all over 
that and other  butter-making  States  in 
the East.ff  The  resolution  adopted  de­
clares that they propose  to  reward  their 
friends and put retribution on  the  track 
of  their  enemies on  this  question, and 
slippery politicians who  dodge  the vote 
will be classified  as  such.  This  looks 
very much  as  if  they  mean  business. 
But  there  is  only one  oleo  factory in 
Massachusetts,  with  a  production  of 
12,000,000 pounds, with seven or eight in 
Rhode Island and Connecticut  that  turn 
out perhaps as  much  more.  The great 
center  of  production  is  Chicago.  The 
fats are  more c abundant  there,  and  the 
aggregate of the  product  is  enormous. 
It is  shipped  from  there  all  over the 
world. 
It will not be altogether an easy 
matter for the opponents  of  oleo  to  se­
cure stronger ¿legislation on  the subject 
from Congress.  The matter was  ignored 
by the President.

But 

THE  NAVY  WE  NEED.

Mr. Hale’s bill for  the  increase of  the 
navy brings up the unsettled  question as 
to what  kind of  ships we mean to build. 
The bill provides for the  construction of 
four iron-clad  line-of-battle-ships of  the 
kind supposed to constitute the  strength 
of  the  navies of  Europe, and, therefore, 
very  different  in  type  from  the armed 
cruisers we have been  constructing  thus 
far.  To this Senator  Chandler offers his 
opposition, on the ground that the utility 
of  ships of  that kind is still an unsettled 
problem.  There  certainly has  been  no 
great  naval  war  since  they began to be 
constructed,  and  their  continual  misad­
ventures  :even  on  parade  bring  their 
fighting efficiency into grave doubt.  Mr. 
Chandler urges that the  business of  con­
structing  line-of-battle-ships  of  heavy 
armor is still in the  experimental  stage,

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and 
that  every  ship  of  the  kind  has 
been  superseded  within  ten  years after 
its being begun.  He enumerates the un­
solved problems which their construction 
presents, and  suggests that we may gain 
much by waiting until other nations have 
solved  some of  these  at  their  own cost. 
At any rate he would have  us undertake 
these  the  last of  all,  and  would  devote 
our  ship-yards  to  the  construction  of 
cruisers,  monitors,  gun-boats  and other 
vessels,  of  whose  utility  we  are  quite 
certain.  And  he  meets  the  suggestion 
that we need  these  armed  monsters for 
the defense of  our harbors  by reminding 
the  Senate  that  they  draw  twenty-five 
feet of water, and, therefore, could enter 
very  few  of  our  harbors—certainly not 
that of  New York.

Our  judgment  goes with Mr. Chandler 
rather  than  with  the  majority  of  the 
Committee  which  reported  Mr.  Hale’s 
bill favorably.  His  experience as Secre­
tary of  the  Navy counts  for  something, 
and  his  arguments are reinforced by the 
constant •omplaints  from  England as to 
the  unwieldiness  and  slowness of  these 
costly floating fortresses.  We are safe in 
following the line of  naval  construction 
on which  we  have  begun,  and we have 
not  yet  an  adequate  number  of  the 
lighter  vessels.  Along  with  these  we 
should  be  constructing  an effective sys­
tem  o*  coast  defenses,  such  as  would 
place  our  cities  out of  the reach of  the 
heavy  guns  carried  by  the  navies  of 
Europe.  These we need,  at any rate.

considered  by  our 

The recent defalcation of the salesman 
of the Clover Hill cheese  factory,  in  Al­
legan  county,  points  a  moral  too  fre­
quently 
farmer 
friends.  Had the  man Williams been a 
cashier of  any organization  of  business 
men, he would have  been  compelled  to 
give  satisfactory bonds  to  double  the 
amount  of  money he would  ordinarily 
be permitted to handle;  but  farmers, as 
a rule,  are not thorough enough  in  such 
matters,  and  take  chances  which  fre­
quently  result  in  annoyance  and  loss. 
If  they  patterned  after  business  men 
more in such matters, it would be to their 
advantage all around.

No class  of  property owners  is  more 
ready to  invoke  the  protection  of  the 
laws  against violence  to  their  posses­
sions than are  the  railroads.  None  are 
more  ready to  take  the  law  into  their 
own hands, when it is not a struggle with 
striking  train-hands,  but  a  contest  of 
corporation  with  corporation.  At  Bay 
City,  a fresh case has  occurred  in which 
the main  force  of  locomotives was  em­
ployed by an older line  to  drive  off  the 
engines  of  a  new and  competing  line. 
Locomotives were  hurried  up  from  all 
quarters, and people in  thousands  gath­
ered to witness  the  battle.  But,  fortu­
nately for  itself, the  younger  road  had 
taken  such  measures  as  prevented  its 
engines  being  driven  from  its  own 
tracks.  Do the managers of  these roads 
suppose their workmen  can be  used  for 
such  lawlessness as this and  yet  retain 
proper  views of the  majesty and the  in­
violability of the law ?

The need of  an International Congress 
for this  continent  finds  ample  illustra­
tion,  while it  is  still  in  session, in  the 
trouble between  thé  San  Bias  Indians 
and the United States  of  Colombia. 
If 
we chose to ride the high  horse  in  Lord 
Salisbury’s style, we might make trouble 
and humiliation to our  sister republic by 
taking  these Indians  under our  protec­
tion, as they ask of us, and that for reasons 
just as good as any alleged for  the  occu­
pation of  the Zambezi Valley by the En­
glish.  The subjection  of  these Indians 
to the authority of Colombia  has  always 
been very nominal;  long established and 
customary commercial  rights have  been 
violated by the  custom-house authorities 
in seizing  on  merely technical  grounds 
our  ships which were  carrying goods  to 
them.  Their location on the Isthmus of 
Panama would make  their annexation to 
America as desirable as that of the  Zam­
bezi  Valley  is  to  the  British  Empire. 
Yet nobody in  this  country will propose 
seriously  to  invade  the  rights  of  the 
Colombian  republic  for  these  reasons, 
and the Congress  furnishes  the  best op­
portunity for invoking the friendly offices 
of our other neighbors to  secure  the  re­
moval of  the grievances,  which  have led 
these  Indians to revolt  and to hoist  our 
flag.

The rejection  of  the  Socialist  bill by 
the German Reichstag  is  of  importance 
as indicating that there  are limits which 
Bismarck and  his  imperial  master  may 
not pass in encroachment on the personal 
liberty of the people.  For years past the 
Reichstag has passed at every session the 
severest coercion laws  for  the  suppres­
sion of  the Social  Democratic  party,  by 
breaking  up  meetings,  putting  down 
newspapers and choking off discussion in 
every way,  besides  imprisoning its lead­
ers without trial,  or  sending  them  into 
exile. 
It was to this  last  measure  that 
we owe a large number of the enemies of 
our  own  social  order,  who  have  come 
from Germany to  help to overthrow gov­
ernment and property in America.  The 
proposal  to convert this temporary legis­
lation into a permanent  feature  of  Ger­
man law  was  what  the  majority  stum­
bled at.  The Catholics  joined  with  the

, Liberals in refusing to put this enormous 
power into the hands of the government, 
first rejecting the  clause  which  author­
ized  the  banishment  of  Socialists  and 
then throwing out  the  entire  bill.  The 
combination thus formed  may be broken 
by concessions to the Catholics, or rather 
to the papacy and the  priesthood, which 
may issue orders  to  the  Catholic  repre­
sentatives, as in the last general election. 
And there is no security that Herr Wind­
horst and his following will not eat their 
own words, as they did  in  the matter of 
the Army bill,  and forego their duties  to 
their country out of regard to the wishes 
of the  head  of  their  church.  But the 
possibility of such  combinations  in  the 
Reichstag is a permanent  menace  to  the 
system on which  Germany has been gov­
erned ever since  1867.

The  Merchant’s  Self-Respect.

From  th e  A m erican M erchant.
There  is much in the work and  condi­
tion  of  the  merchant  to  command  his 
self-respect.  We use the term merchant 
comprehensively,  to  include  the  manu­
facturer;  for,  while  the  merchant  may 
not be a manufacturer, the manufacturer 
is a merchant.
The  successful  merchant  has  ability. 
Chance and  luck  are  excluded  as they 
are from  mathematics.  What  business 
succeeds without the  ability of industry, 
punctuality, 
correctness,  calculation, 
judgment,  tact  and  management? 
In 
many cases  these  are  all  required  in  a 
high  degree;  and  sometimes  there  is 
also  required  extensive  and  precise 
knowledge  of  geography,  history, civil 
government,  political  economy, the  con­
dition  of  peoples,  mechanics, chemistry 
and many other things  that  are  beyond 
the imbecile.  And this is not alone true of 
the great manufactory, or  the  exporting 
or  importing  house.  The  head  of  a 
country  store  carrying  many  lines  of 
goods, from a cambric needle to a stove or 
lumber wagon,  from a  spool  of cotton to 
a  Lyons  velvet,  has  need  of  many  of 
these abilities and often shows them.
He brings within  reach  of  his  neigh­
bors  the products of every land,  and  all 
kinds of  factories,  to  meet  their  needs, 
minister  to  their  comfort,  gratify  their 
tastes and multiply their resources.
Thus he is  an  important  agent  in  the 
improvement of society.  Those aspects 
of civilized  life  appearing  in  buildings 
and  housekeeping, and  all  other  such 
circumstances  of  home  life  have  their 
connection with him.  He is an  essential 
factor  in  the  transition  from  the  log 
house  or  "dug-out” 
to  the  mansion; 
from bare  floors  to  handsome  carpets; 
from slab benches  to  upholstered furni­
ture;  from wooden  dishes  to  china  and 
silver; 
from  primitive  coarseness  and 
scarcity to civilized plenty and  elegance, 
including books, music and pictures.
And while  commerce  is  not  set  as  a 
didactic teacher of virtue  and  opponent 
of vice, it is an important  servant of our 
moral welfare in the respects mentioned. 
For,  if  luxury corrupts, scarcity starves, 
and the moral character  seems to require 
material plenty and  convenience  for  its 
best development.
Thus  the  merchant  stands  most  re­
spectably among  men,  and he  should re­
spect  himself,  since, 
if  his  business 
brings him wealth, much more  it  serves 
his neighbors.  Such  a  sense of his dig­
nified relations to  the public will relieve 
business  of  much  of  its  drudgery and 
irksomeness,  and will  save the  business 
man from narrowness  and meanness. 
If 
he  appreciates  his  position, he will not 
degrade it  by conduct  inconsistent with 
these views.  Especially will  he  be up­
right in purpose, principle  and  conduct, 
and will cherish  his  self-respect  as  his 
principal profit.

The  Only One.

The  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul 
Railway  is  the  only  line  running solid 
Vestibuled, Electric Lighted  and  Steam 
Heated trains between  Chicago, Milwau­
kee, St. Paul and Minneapolis.
The Chicago, Milwaukee  and  St. Paul 
Railway is the  only  line  running  solid 
Vestibuled, Electric Lighted  and  Steam 
Heated  trains  between Chicago, Council 
Bluffs and Omaha.
The berth reading  lamp feature in the 
Pullman Sleeping Cars run on these lines 
is patented, and cannot be  used  by  any 
other Railway Company. 
It is the great 
improvement of  the age.  Try it and be 
convinced.
For  further  particulars  apply  to  the 
nearest  coupon  ticket agent, or  address 
A. V.  H.  Carpenter,  General  Passenger 
Agent, Milwaukee, Wis., or  Harry  Mer­
cer, Mich. Pass. Agent, Detroit, Mich.

The  Book the Drummer Reads.

From  th e  Indianapolis Journal.
"Probably very few  travelers, as  they 
affix  their  signatures to the register,  no­
tice the fact that  nine-tenths of  the  best 
hotels  in  the  country are supplied with 
such books by the  same firm,” remarked 
a Grand  Hotel  clerk  yesterday.  “Such 
is  the  case,  however, and, what is more 
to the point,  the  registers do not cost the 
hotel  a  cent.  They are supplied  gratis 
by  a  firm 
in  Chicago,  who  makes  its 
money—and lots of  it,  too—from  the ad­
vertising  printed in the books.  All that 
is asked  of  the  hotels is a contract  that 
they  will  use  no  other  registers  than 
those  supplied  by  the  firm  mentioned, 
and it furnishes  good  books,  with a fine 
quality of  paper.

Sizes to  Suit.

From  th e Chicago  Tribune.
Salesman in  shoe  store  (deferentially) 
—I hardly think a  No. 2. ma’am, will — 
Customer (with  some  asperity)—That 
is the size  I  always wear,  sir. 
If  you 
have none,  I will go elsewhere.
Salesman  (equal  to  the  occasion)—I 
was  speaking  of  the  ordinary  No.  2. 
Here is a fine grade of  shoe we  call  the 
amplified No. 2.

(Sells her a pair of fives.)

A  Combination on Crackers.

Chicago parties are organizing a cracker 
combine on a capitalization of $5,000,000. 
They propose paying  $3,500,000  for  the 
leading  cracker  manufactories  of  the 
country and  have  $1,500,000 for a work­
ing  capital.

CHUNKS.

W ritten f o r  Th*   T radesman

Mrs.  Healy—Good-mornin’,  Mistress 
Burke.  How are ye, and  how’s the old 
man?

Mrs. Burke—L a!  Hain’t you heerd ?

The old man’s dead.

Mrs.  Healy—Du  tell!  When  did  it 

happen ?

Mrs. Burke—It was  only  this  week  a 
Monday.  He’d  be’n  ailin’  fer  some 
time, and kinder  drapped  away gradual 
like.
Mrs. Healy—Laws!  but you strike me 
all of  a  heap.  What  did  the  doctor 
call it ?

Mrs. Burke—I didn’t  have  no  doctor. 
He kep’  a failin’  along and  failin’  along, 
an’ his appertite kep’ a  gittin’ poorer ’n’ 
poorer, till the fust  thing  I  knowed  he 
couldn’t eat pie, an’ when  a  Burke  gits 
so’s’t he goes back on  pie,  Mis’s  Healy, 
ye might jess es well hang crape onto the 
door-knob an’ order his cawfin.

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There are two  things which  a  grocer 
should never permit to get out of balance 
—his scales and his ledger.

The editor of  a  local  paper  remarks 
that the influenza patients  in his locality 
are beginning to leave out the quinine and 
take their whiskey straight.  But  there 
is nothing strange about that.  The fel­
lows who swore off  January 1  have  had 
just  about  time  enough  to thoroughly 
repent of their rashness,  and had  it  not 
been for the quinine  dodge, would  have 
been back to their old tipple days ago.

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There,  there,  Dom,  old  boy.  Don’t 
cry, Dom.  Console yourself, Dom, with 
the thought that  you  are  not  the  first 
Pedro  by  a  long  way,  Dom,  that  has 
been the cause of a thundering row.

That  singular  literary acrobat, Frank 
R. Stockton, has just  published  a  new 
yarn which  he calls “The Stories of  the 
Three Burglars.”  Next  thing we shall 
know, if Stockton  does  not  tumble  to 
himself pretty soon, he will be writing  a 
sequel to  it entitled “The  Three  Story 
Burglar.”

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*  *  *

Mr. William  Nye  visited  the  falls  at 
Niagara last summer,  and, as he stood  in 
rapt contemplation of  this colossal work 
of the Almighty, he forgot for a time that 
he was  Bill, the  humorist.  But  as  he 
turned to  leave  and  his  identity came 
upon him with  a  dazzling  rush, he was 
heard to murmur,  as  though speaking  to 
himself:  “Oh, water  fall was there, my 
countrymen 1”

The  Prince  of  Schwarzbourg-Rudol- 
stadt has  just  died, yet  he  must  have 
been  a tough fellow, for he carried  that 
name  around  with  him  for  fifty-two 
years.

*  * *■

“The’ hain’t no good  o’  argifyin’  with 
a  tax  collector,” remarked  the  sage, as 
he slipped a  handful  of  nails  into  his 
overcoat pocket. 
“The’ hain’t no  good 
into it, fer the more  ye talk  the wuss ye 
be off.  Now, I  tried  this  year to argy 
the ’sessor  outen  my  dorg  tax.  He’d 
be’n to  my place  a  couple  o’  times, ’n’ 
the las’ time I thort I had  him jess about 
convinced;  but while I was  talkin’  with 
him  in  the  front 
room,  a  constyble 
slipped into the  stable  an’ hitched  onto 
my yearlin’ heifer to settle the bill.” 

Geo. L.  Thurston.

Insurance  Agents  Organizing  for Pro­

tection.

From  th e  New Y ork Com m ercial B ulletin.
The fire insurance  agents  of  Pennsyl­
vania, in associating themselves together 
for the purpose of  preventing incursions 
in  their  territory  by  their  companies, 
have  made  a  very commendable  move, 
and by coupling  the  prosecution  of  un­
represented  companies with  the  rebuk­
ing  of  the  represented  companies, they 
secure the  support  of  many who  might 
otherwise withhold their sympathy.
Nothing  is  more  exasperating  to  a 
faithful  agent, who labors  earnestly for 
the company he  represents, than  to dis­
cover  that,  without  consulting  him,  a 
policy has been written upon property in 
his  territory  by  his  company, particu­
larly  when  that  policy  covers  a  risk 
which he has declined either  on  account 
of physical or  moral  hazard, or  because 
the  assured will  not  pay the  tariff  rate 
which  the  agent  is  in  honor  bound  to 
secure.  More  than  one self-respecting 
agent has returned his supplies upon un­
earthing  such  a  state  of  affairs,  and 
when  tne  move  of  the  Pennsylvania 
agents is noised  abroad  among  the  fire 
insurance  agents  of  other  States,  it  is 
very probable that  there will  be  similar 
associations  formed  elsewhere,  particu­
larly  if  the  Pennsylvania  Association 
succeeds in  achieving  the objects of  its 
formation.  A number of  the  most suc­
cessful  companies  steadfastly refuse  to 
write  policies  over  the  heads  of  their 
agents,  no  matter  how  influential  the 
New York  broker  may be  who  solicits 
the acceptance of  the risk. 
Such a pol­
icy  not  only  serves  to 
the 
agent’s  interest  in  the welfare  of  the 
company,  but is  usually its own reward, 
as out-of-town  business written over the 
counter has often hurried  small compan­
ies  into  early  graves,  and  has  materi­
ally depleted  the  profits  of  larger com­
panies.
The agent who  is on the spot is  famil­
iar with the physical  and  moral  hazard 
If the risk is dirty 
and the proper rate. 
and dangerous, if  a serious exposure  has 
been  erected  since  the  last  map  was 
made, or  if a special  hazard  has  moved 
into an  adjacent  building, he  knows  it, 
and can act accordingly. 
If the assured 
has  had  three  or  four suspicious  fires, 
and evades  the “Previous  Fire  Record” 
by a change of firm name;  or  if  he  is  a

increase 

quarrelsome man, with unscrupulous en­
emies,  and  threats  have  been  made  to 
burn his property, the  local  agent, hear­
ing  the gossip of  the  town, can save his 
company  money.  A  few  days  ago we 
noted an instance in which  a frame sum­
mer  hotel, 
tariff-rated  at  4  per  cent, 
for one year, had been written over  New 
York  counters  at  1  per  cent, for three 
years, or  one-twelfth of the proper  rate. 
The Pennsylvania agents  have  chosen  a 
good  time  to  enforce  the  laws  against 
procuring 
in  unauthorized 
companies, as the decision in  the  Biddle 
case  has frightened  insurers  in  under­
ground  companies, and  if  the  Associa­
tion wages a  successful war,  the  agents’ 
commissions will amount to  larger totals 
than heretofore.

insurance 

The Condition of Trade.

From th e  New Y ork Shipping List.
The  little  spurt of  activity that  char­
acterized the  movement of  general trade 
last week in consequence of cold weather 
appears to have covered the requirements 
of  buyers,  although  a  low  temperature 
still  prevails,  and  accordingly  the  de­
mand for staple merchandise  has  slack­
ened,  but  the  easier  tendency  of  the 
money market  seems to have  imparted a 
more  confident  feeling  to  Wall  street, 
which  has  been  reflected in the  bullish 
temper of  the  stock  market.  The bank 
statement which  made its appearance on 
Saturday was  more  favorable  than  ex­
pected,  the  heavy  increase  in  reserve 
having been due  to  large  disbursements 
by the Treasury, as well as the  return of 
currency from the interior, but the latter 
is the most  significant  feature, since the 
easier tendency of  money in the interior, 
together  with  an  improvement  in mer­
cantile collections, promises  still further 
relief  from that  source.  The high rates 
that  have  prevailed for  loanable funds, 
both ' at  home  and abroad, since  the be­
ginning of  the  year, have no doubt had a 
restricting influence  upon business oper­
ations,  and  the  prospect of  a favorable 
change  in  this  respect  necessarily  im­
parts a more  hopeful  feeling.  Specula­
tion  in  cotton  has continued active and 
under bullish influences, which  has been 
stimulated by the small  shipments  from 
plantations  and  favorable  advices from 
Liverpool.  The  shipments  for  export, 
although  in  excess of  last  year,  are  be­
ginning to fall off,  but  the  total  export 
since  September 1, when  the  crop  year 
begins,  has been 580,000  bales more than 
for the  previous  year.  The  grain  mar­
kets  have  ruled  quiet  and without new 
feature,  values  fluctuating  within  nar­
row limits and the  tendency being easier 
for  wheat,  flour  and  corn.  The export 
movement is also smaller  in  comparison 
with  previous  weeks,  the  excess  when 
compared  with  last  year  being  due  to 
the speculative conditions that prevented 
shipments at that time.  There  has been 
no  change  in  the  condition of  the iron 
market, the demand  for  both  crude and 
manufactured  iron  being  quite  slack, 
with the  result  that  in  some  instances 
sellers  are  manifesting  a disposition  to 
accept  lower  prices,  the  only exception 
being  steel  rails,  which  some  mills  are 
holding  at  higher  prices  on account of 
the  increased  cost  of  material.  Pro­
duction  has  been  enormously increased 
during the past  six  months,  and the de­
velopments of  the  next  few  weeks will 
show whether or not there has been over­
production.  Railroad  earnings continue 
to show large gains  compared  with  last 
year,  and  bank  clearances  indicate that 
the volume of  business  passing  through 
the banks is larger than last  year,  which 
is all the more  significant in view of  the 
general  quietude  that  prevails  in spec­
ulative circles.  The demand  for anthra­
cite  coal  has  quickened  but  little, and 
with heavy stocks at tide water  shipping 
ports, lower  prices  have  been  made for 
the purpose of  effecting Sales.

A Landlord With a  Conscience.
A traveling man sends Boots and Shoes 
the  following  incident, which  occurred 
on the route from  Cincinnati  to  Colum­
bus, Ga.:
The train stopped at  a  dinner  station 
and the  six  hungry traveling  men  filed 
into  the  dining-room.  The  meal  was 
voted  unsatisfactory without  a  dissent­
ing voice.  Meat  cold  and  underdone; 
tea  and  coffee  insipid;  the  pie was  ap­
parently made before the fall of Babylon; 
the  cake  suggested tessellated  pavement 
and there were  no  napkins.  When  the 
conductor’s  “all  aboard”  sounded,  five 
of  the  drummers  left “the  price” with 
the landlord,  which was  fifty cents each. 
The  sixth  man,  however,  tendered  a 
a quarter with the remark:
“My friend, that was  the worst dinner 
I ever sat down  to. 
I  don’t  propose  to 
pay you more than twenty-five cents.” 
“That’s all  right,”’ replied  the  land­
lord, closing on the quarter.
The  fifth  man, who  was  directly  in 
front of  the last man  out, heard  the di­
alogue and, extending his hand, said : 
“Then there must be  a quarter coming 
to me.”
“Certainly,”  and the landlord returned 
twenty-five cents of his money.
“Hold  up,  gentlemen,”  shouted  the 
two men to  the four who had previously 
settled and were  making  for  the  train, 
“the proprietor has  concluded to  charge 
you only a quarter apiece for dinner.” 
And (remember this is a true narrative) 
back came those four  men and  collected 
twenty-five cents rebate.
“Gentlemen,”  said  the  landlord,  “I 
ain’t no hog, and  blame  me  ef  I  think 
the  dinner  to-day  was  wuth  mor’n  a 
quarter.”

Notice to  Stockholders.

The annual meeting of the stockholders 
of  the  Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Rail­
road  Co.  will  be  held  at  the  general 
office, in the city of Grand Rapids, Mich., 
on  Wednesday,  March  5,  1890,  at  1 
o’clock p. m., for the election of  thirteen 
directors constituting  a  board  to  serve 
for the ensuing year,  and  for  the  trans­
action of such other  business  as may be 
presented at the meeting.

J.  H. P.  Hughart, Secretary.
Rising in the World.

Wholesale  Merchant—We  will  give 
your boy a chance, sir,  to  learn the busi­
ness, but the first year he will not receive 
any salary.
Father  of  the  boy (dubiously)—What 
will he get the second year ?
Merchant—Well, if he is  faithful  and 
apt,  the second year we will double what 
he gets the first.

Lem on  &  JPoters,

W H O B B SA B B

G R O C B R S .

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

B a u tz  B r o s .f& lC o .’sJSoaps,

Niagara  S ta rch ,

A m b o y   G h e e se.

G R A .N D

“Olir Leader) ) ds.

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 Leafier  Cigars,

Olir  Leafier  Smoking,

Olir  Leader  Fine  Gift,

Olir Leafier  Baking 
Olir  Leafier 
Olir

Powder,
Saleraiiis,
Leader  Brooms.

WHICH  ARE  NOW

L E A D E R S 

IN  FACT

In hundreds of stores throughout the State. 

If  you  are not handling these goods, 

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

trade in these goods will increase.

I.  M .  C /vA  R K   &  SO N .

M0LÄ88E8I

W e   h a v e  received   large  sh ip m en ts  of 
m olasses, direct from   the  p lan ters  in  L ouisi­
ana, w h ic h  w e  are offering to the trade at our 
usual  lo w   prices.

Telfer  Spice  C o m p an y ,

1*. 

t  AND  3  PEARL  STREET.

Wholesale  Dry  Goods.

IMPORTERS  OF  TEAS,  COFFEES  AND  SPICES.

S T E K E T E E  &  

,
Our new line  of  fancy  prints are 
all  in  stock  for  coming  season. 
Allen’s,  Hamilton,  Washington, 
Indigo,  Merrimac,  Simpson’s,  Gar­
ner’s, plain and  satine styles.
imported  fine 
Also  our  new 
Satines in  new colors and patterns.
Dress Ginghams, Seersuckers and 
Fancy Flannels,  Zephyrs,  Toile du 
Nord,  Amoskeag,  A.  F.  O., Cotton 
Hosiery,  Underwear,  Overshirts, 
Jackets, Overalls, Pants.
A  large  line  of  Notions,  Neck­
wear, Windsor Ties, Etc.

FRUIT Headquarters  for  Oranges, 

83  Monroe  and  10,12,  14,16 k  18  FoM ain  Sts.,  GRIND  RÄPID8.

Lemons,  Bananas,  Nuts,  Pea­
nuts, Figs, Dates,  Citron, etc. 

T h e P u tn a m   C an d y  Co.
B L IV E N   &  A L L Y N ,

Correspondence  solicited.

We Import All Our  Fancy  Buttons  and  Daces.

Ask  for  Price  List.

Sole Agents for the  Celebrated

“BIG  F   Brand  of  Oysters.

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

_ a specialty of fine goods in our line and are prepared to quote prices at any time.  We solicit 
H.  M.  BLIVEN,  Manager. 

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

63  Pearl  St.

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

F ru its,  Seeds, O ysters I P ro d u ce.

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

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

pleased to hear from you.
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26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

Alfred  J. 

WHOLESALE

GRAND  RAPIDS

,

16  and  18  North  Division  Street,  Grand Rapids.
E D W IN   E A .E E A .S,

Bitter, lus, Fairfield Cleese, Foreip Fruits, Mince Meat, Nats, Etc.

JOBBER  OP

Oyster and Mince Meat Business Banning Full  Blast. 

Special  Bargain  in Choice 

Dairy Butter.  Let your orders come.

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

Grand Rapids Fnlit and Produce Go,

JOBBER  OF

E O R E IG N  

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Leave.

O ranges,  L em on s  and  B an an as  a  S p ecia lty .

7:10 a m

3 NORTH IONIA  ST., GRAND RAPIDS.

The M ichigan T radesm an

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1890.

A  CANDIDATE  FOR  BEDLAM.

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stifle her sobs, that he  might  not  hear 
them.  By and by he fell asleep,  and the 
physician went away.  Then  Deborah’s 
aunt came in and  begged  her  to  return 
to  her room and rest, but she shook  her 
head,  saying  she would  rather  remain 
where she was.  “If  I  leave  him,”  she 
continued,  “it will do no good. 
I cannot 
sleep after  this  dreadful  scene—and— 
and he has no friend  but me.”
All through the long night  she  sat  by 
the window, watching  and  thinking  al­
ternately. 
She felt  that a  crisis in her 
life was approaching,  and  she wondered 
dimly what it could be.  Still  more  she 
wondered  at Timothy’s strange  mishap. 
Had he  been  accidentally washed  into 
the sea, or had he really intended to com­
mit suicide ?  Could  it be possible that, 
after  all, his  mind was  affected, or  had 
he determined to  end  his  existence  be-
cause-----?  When  she 
reached  this
point in her  reflections  Deborah  found 
herself  unable  to  continue.  A vague, 
nameless  hope  had  sprung  up  in  her 
heart.  By  degrees  the  night wore  si­
lently away,  and she  saw the  gray mists 
of early morning roll  aside  like  a  cur­
tain, and in their  stead  long  streaks  of 
crimson light appear in the  eastern  sky. 
With it all  came  delightful  odors from 
the sea, which lay calm  and  still, like  a 
sheet of deep blue crystal.  She glanced 
toward the bed where Timothy lay.  He 
was sleeping quietly,  and a delicate flush 
had succeeded  the  deadly pallor  of  his 
skin.  Unconsciously a deep-drawn sigh 
of relief escaped  her.  Then, worn  out 
bodily and mentally, she let her head fall 
back upon her chair and slept also.
Timothy awoke  in  a  short  time,  and 
his first impression  naturally was  an ut­
terly dewildered one.  Where was  he ? 
In  Paradise?  At  the  bottom  of  the 
ocean ? 
In  space ?  He  had an indis­
tinct recollection  of what  he  had  done 
the  evening  before.  He  remembered 
having  walked  calmly  into  the water. 
He  recalled  the cold chill produced  by 
the waves, the partially-veiled moon, the 
faint  starlight, the  mist which  in  the 
distance  seemed  to  rise  like  a  gauze 
screen  from  the  sea, the vivid radiance 
of the lights flashing in  the semi-obscur­
ity beyond the  hotel  and  the  confused 
strains of music.
After  that  everything was  a  blank. 
He must have  been  drowned, and, if so, 
what was he doing  here in his own bed ? 
Was  he in death still doomed to  inhabit 
the very earth  from which  he  sought to 
escape during life ?  Or, if  he was really 
alive, who  had  dragged  him  from  his 
contemplated  destruction?  Who  had 
been  bold  enough  to  declare  that  he 
should live when he desired to die ?  He 
sat up in  bed, and, to  his  still  greater 
amazement, saw a  female figure  sitting 
at the far end of  the  room  fast  asleep. 
He rubbed his  half-dazed  eyes  confus­
edly.  Was  he  dreaming?  Was  he 
really  dead,  after  all,  and  in  another 
world ?  He looked again at  the  motion­
less  figure.  Why, it was Deborah—De­
borah Smithson, the very person  he  had 
longed to escape  from.  He was  aston­
ished, however, to find that  the  idea  of 
her presence was not so distasteful  as  it 
ought to be.  A feeling of weakness sud­
denly overcame him, and  he  sank  back 
again  upon  his  pillow.  He  could not 
understand it in  the least.  Various con­
flicting  ideas  occurred 
to  him  indis­
tinctly, like shadow s from another world. 
He closed his eyes once  more and waited 
quietly for something—he knew not what 
—to happen.  Presently the door opened 
and a gentleman who was  a  stranger  to 
him entered the room.
the  new-comer 
“Well,”  exclaimed 
cheerfully,  as  he  grasped  Timothy’s 
hand,  “how do  you feel?*’  He  nodded 
his  head  wisely,  and,  without  waiting 
for a reply, continued :  “You’re getting 
along  splendidly,  I  should  say.  You 
must thank Miss Smithson for it, though. 
If she hadn’t  found  you  lying  up  yon­
der in the  sand  you  might  have  been 
washed back  into  the water.  How did 
it  all  happen? 
I’m  the  doctor,  you 
know.  Doctors  always want  to  know 
everything.”
Timothy, however, did  not  consider it 
necessary to gratify the  doctor’s curiosi­
ty,  so he did not reply directly.
“Miss—Miss Smithson found me on the 
sand, did she ?”  he  said  presently, in a 
tone  more of  reflection  than  interroga­
tion.
She  happened  to  be walking 
along the  beach  in  that  direction with 
her aunt.  She has been sitting there all 
night, too, taking  care of you,” said  the 
doctor, indicating  Deborah by a  gesture 
of his hand.
“I  suppose,”  said  Timothy  after  a 
pause,  “that  I  ought  to  be  very much 
obliged to  you all. 
I  don’t  think  the 
world is such  a very pleasant  place, but 
as long as I’m here  again I shall have  to 
make  the  best  of  it.  Good-morning, 
doctor; 
I  need  not  detain  you  any 
longer.”
“Eh?” said the doctor, utterly amazed. 
He had  never  been  treated  so  uncere­
moniously, he  thought.  He  recovered 
himself  in  a  moment,  however, bowed 
and left the room, saying  he would come 
again should Mr. Whithouse send for him.
When the door closed  upon  him, Tim­
othy lay back and gave himself  up to re­
flection.  Gradually  it  dawned  across 
him,  particularly  when  he  looked  at 
Deborah, that he had made a fool of him­
self.
“Idiot that I am !” he exclaimed aloud. 
“For years I have been seeking the high­
est  good, the  most  perfect  enjoyment, 
and actually thought  I had found  them, 
while all the  time  I  never  even  knew 
what constituted them.”  The idea struck 
him as being  so  ridiculous  that, for the 
first time in several months, he burst into 
a loud laugh.
At the  sound, Deborah  started  up  in 
alarm, her first impression  being that  he 
was delirious.
“Well,  child,” said  Timothy  calmly, 
“so you saved my life, did you ? 
I sup­
pose I must thank you.”
“If you  get well  again,” she  replied, 
approaching  him  slowly,  “I  shall  be 
more than repaid. 
I  shall never forget 
the horror of that discovery, or  the  anx­
iety which has followed.”  As she spoke, 
her eyes closed involuntarily.
“Come  here,  child,” he  said  gently.

“Yes. 

“Come close to me;  I have something to 
tell you.”
She  advanced  wonderingly,  but  her 
pale face flushed a little.
“Deborah,” he said, and  it  seemed  to 
them both  that  he was  speaking  in  an 
entirely  new voice—“Deborah, my  little 
friend, I  have  made  a  mistake,  a  sad 
mistake. 
I have  been  seeking  my hap­
piness in the wrong direction.  1 thought 
it  lay »in  books  and  solitude, but  it  is 
not so. 
It is embodied in something in­
finitely  more  beautiful. 
I  love  you, 
Deborah.  Can  you  find  your  highest 
good in me, as I have found mine in you ? 
Answer me, child.”  His voice had sunk 
to an eager whisper.
Deborah felt herself tremble from head 
to foot.  The  crisis she was  expecting 
had come. 
It surprised  her greatly, and 
yet  it  seemed  perfectly natural. 
She 
bent down and,  with a  sudden  impulse, 
laid her hand on Timothy’s forehead.
“You  have  found  yours  now,” she 
said.  “I found  mine long  ago. 
It lay 
concealed, I  think, in  the  little vellum- 
bound book that you  dropped  upon  the 
sand,  and which I returned to you.”

Cl aba Lanza.

The Dangers of Bottled Milk.

in 

When we take into  consideration milk 
as being one of  the chief  necessities  of 
the  sick-room  and  nursery,  we  cannot 
deny that  it, above  all  things,  demands 
our greatest attention,  says Dr. E. Black- 
well in Medical  Record.  Oftentimes  it 
has occurred to me, when  seeing  bottles 
of milk brought  into the  sick-room, how 
easily these  may serve  as  a  means  of 
carrying poison or germs  from one place 
to another.  Realizing  the  danger  and 
importance of this subject, I  have  given 
the matter  some  attention,  and  investi­
gated the methods  of  several  prominent 
milk-dealers of  our city.  The first, and 
one important point to  be  considered in 
bottled  milk,  is  the  great  amount  of 
dishonesty practiced among milk-dealers. 
It is very exceptional that  the  reality is 
as we  picture  it.  There  are  very  few 
firms  who  bottle  their  milk 
the 
country.  On the contrary, it is brought 
here about 1 or 2 o’clock  in the  morning 
(in large cans),  and put  in  bottles  after 
its arrival.  Thus  it  may happen  that 
your  next-door  neighbor  may  get  the 
same  milk  for  less  money and  of  the 
same quality for which  you yourself pay 
extra.  This is a great  fraud, practiced 
in our own city, and few suspect it.  As in 
every other  business, the  almighty  dol­
lar is the chief attraction. 
People have 
fancies,  and those fancies  must be grati­
fied in order to retain their custom.  The 
very thought of its being  bottled  in  the 
country,  retaining  the  fragrance  and 
purity of  the farm,  is in itself  sufficient 
to induce many people to  buy it  in  this 
form.  Yet  it  is  fair  here to state that 
some dealers are  perfectly honest in this 
respect,  while  others  are  deceptive. 
Again, when we  think  of  these  bottles 
being clean-ed  in  a vat  of water where 
dozens of others  have  been washed, how 
can  we  expect  thorough  cleanliness ? 
Many may say the large cans are no more 
thoroughly  cleansed.  But  observation 
and common sense convinces one  that  a 
large can could be much more thoroughly 
washed than a narrow-necked  and  small 
bottle.  Admitting  for  a  moment  that 
the  large  cans were  no  better washed 
than a bottle, we could not contract  half 
the poison, comparatively, from  a  forty- 
quart can that we  could from  forty one- 
quart bottles.  Here comes  in  the most 
important point  in  this  paper, viz., the 
contagion which might  result  from  the 
indiscriminate use of these bottles.  The 
very same bottles you  use  this  morning 
may have been standing  in  a  sick-room 
yesterday. 
Patients  oftentimes  drink 
immediately from the bottle. 
It  is rea­
sonable to suppose  that, having stood  in 
the sick-room, they are  as much impreg­
nated with poison  as  any article  in  the 
room.  Often  the  bottles  are closed  in 
the  sick-chamber, thus  shutting  in  the 
dreaded germs, and  doubling thereby the 
extent of danger feared.  The  ordinary 
cans from which  milk  is  dipped  never 
enter a house,  and  hence  must  be  more 
pure.  They stand  no  chance  of  being 
contaminated  with  disease.  The  only 
argument or point that can be  raised  in 
behalf  of  bottled  milk  is, that  no dirt 
can  enter,  as  occasionally does, in  milk 
dipped from large cans.  But who would 
not prefer a trace of dust  to  a  trace  of 
some dreaded  disease.  The risk is cer­
tainly great,  and should  receive our ear­
nest attention.

MICHIGAN  DAIRY  NOTES.

It is  reported  that  a  Fairfield  cheese 
factory lost §800 by the failure  of  H. C. 
Haskins &  Co., the  Toledo  commission 
merchants.

J. J.  Tobias, who  conducts  a  cheese 
factory at Okemos, has purchased a plan­
ing mill at Williamston  and will convert 
it into a cheese factory.

The Way land Oloibe of recent date con­
tains  the  following: 
“C. C. Williams,
salesman and cheese maker at the Clover 
Hill cheese  factory,  in  Leighton  town­
ship, Allegan county,  has  left  for  parts 
unknown  and  taken  with  him  nearly 
§1,000 belonging  to  the  patrons.  His 
partner, Ashley  Herrinton, went  to  Al­
legan  last week  Monday and  secured  a 
warrant for Williams’ arrest, since which 
time the officers have been  in  pursuit  of 
him, but up to this writing  he  has  not 
been caught.  We learn  that  Thursday 
night last he purchased a ticket in Grand 
Rapids  for  Chicago.  The  matter,  it 
seems, was kept quiet for  some  time  in 
hopes  that  Williams  would  return,  as 
agreed, and pay off the  farmers for  their 
milk. 
It has caused quite an excitement 
among  the  parties  interested,  who  say 
they will have him  ‘behind the bars’ if it 
costs the balance  of  their  summer’s  in­
come from the cows.”

To  Clean  Chimneys.

Lamp chimneys when smoked  may  be 
easily cleaned without water  by hoi ding 
in the steam of  a tea-kettle.  Wipe  out 
with a newspaper and finish with a cloth. 
If  only slightly dimmed, one application 
of steam is sufficient.

THE  SIXTH  ANNUAL.

The  Coming: Meeting:  of  the  Michigan 

Dairymen’s Association.

The sixth  annual  convention  of  the 
Michigan  Dairymen’s  Association  will 
be held at Allegan  on Tuesday, Wednes­
day and  Thursday, February  11, 12  and 
13.  The programme,  so far as arranged, 
will be as follows :

TUESDAY AFTERNOON,  1:30.
1.  Call to  order  by President  Horton.
2.  Prayer by Rev.  H. W. Harvey.
3.  Address of welcome  by H. H. Pope.
4.  Response in  behalf  of  Association 
5.  President’s annual  address.
6.  Reports of Secretary and Treasurer.
7.  Report of Executive Board.
8.  Receiving of  new members.

by S. J. Wilson, Flint.

TUESDAY  EVENING,  7:30—CHEESE  SES­

SION.

1.  “Cheese  for  Export”—J.  H.  Mur- 
2.  “Our  Markets”--Hon.  Milan  Wig­
3.  “Needed  Legislation”—Hon.  E.  N 
4.  “Looking  Backward”—Frank  E. 
5.  “Advantages of Selling the Retailer 
6.  “Reminiscences of  Pioneer Days”— 

daugh, Croswell.
gins,  Bloomingdale.
Bates,  Moline.
Pickett, Way land.
Direct”—A. D.  Power,  Northville.
Rufus Baker, Fairfield.

W E D N E S D A Y   M ORNING ,  9:00.

1.  “Comparative  Merits  of  Summer 
and Winter Dairying”—W.  H. Parmalee, 
Hilliards.
2.  “Butter  and  Cheese  Making  as  a 
Profession”—J. H. Monrad, Chicago
3.  “Our  Association — Should  It  Be 
Placed on a More  Solid  Foundation?” — 
Addresses  by  Hon.  Chas.  W.  Garfield, 
Hon.  S. L. Fuller and others.
4.  “Best Feed for Keeping  Up Flow of 
Milk  in  Fall”—S.  M.  Eggleston,  Hop­
kins.
5.  “Food Elements  for  Dairy Cows”— 
Hon.  Milton  George,  editor  Western 
Rural.
6.  “The Silo as an  Adjunct  of  Profit­
able  Dairying”  —  Prof.  A.  J.  Cook, 
Lansing.

W E D N E S D A Y   A F T E R N O O N ,  1:30.

1.  Recitation,  “So,  Bos” — Miss  M. 
Jewett, Allegan.
2.  “Commercial Fertilizers, as Applied 
to Forage  Crops”—Prof.  R.  C.  Kedzie, 
Lansing.
3.  “Ten  Cent  Butter;  Its  Cause  and 
Cure”—Mrs. Constance  Jewett, Allegan.
4.  “Care of  Dairy Cows”—E.  L. Lock- 
wood. Petersburg.
5.  “Proposed  Dairy  Experiments  at 
the Agricultural College”—Prof. Eugene 
Davenport, Lansing.
W E D N E S D A Y   E V E N IN G ,  7:30—CR EA M ER Y  
This session will  be  devoted  solely to 
papers  and  discussions  relating  to  the 
factory creamery.
1.  “How  to  Operate  a  Co-operative 
Creamery”—S. J. Wilson, Flint.
2.  “Cold  Storage  in  Connection with 
the  Creamery”—Chas.  P.  Jackson, Chi­
cago.
3.  “Relation  of  the  Egg  Business  to 
the  Creamery”—S.  O. Giddings, Romeo.
4.  “Co-operation in  Butter Making”— 
Adam Sherk, Caledonia.
5.  “Ups and Downs  of  the Creamery” 
—J. O. Chapin, Lowell.

SESSIO N .

T H U R S D A Y   M ORNING ,  9:00,

tions.

and Treasurer.

1.  Report of Committee on Exhibits.
2.  Supplementary report  of  Secretary 
3.  Election of  officers.
4.  Report  of  Committee  on  Resolu­
5.  Unfinished business.
6.  Adjournment.
After each paper  is  read, time will  be 
given for discussions pertinent to the sub­
ject.

A Question Box will be introduced and 
opened as often  as  the  opportunity pre­
sents itself.

As the  Railway Association  of  Michi­
gan declines  to  grant  reduced  rates  to 
conventions, all interested in dairying in 
ny of  its  lif.Ecies slculd  make  a  spe­
cial effort to attend.

Inventors, manufacturers  and' dealers 
are invited  to  make  an?exhibit  of  the 
dairy goods in which they are interested. 
Ample space will be provided for articles 
of  merit, especially  those  new  to  the 
dairy public.

W.  E. Ryan has been selected to act as 
Local Secretary and  will  give  painstak­
ing attention to any matters placed in his 
charge.

At the  Towel  Counter.

From  th e D etroit F ree Press.
The  soul  and  body of  the  dry goods 
clerk waxeth weary  when  he  sees  three 
women headed for  his counter.  One  is 
bad  enough; 
two  are  worse, but  three 
women in counsel over  the  merits  of  a 
bath towel are enough  to  make  a  poor 
worn-out  clerk wish  he  might  depart 
from earth by the electricity method.
“It seems like quite a good one for the 
money, doesn’t  it,” says  the  intending 
purchaser.
“Well, I don’t know,” says  the  other, 
holding the towel up at  full  length  and 
eying it critically. 
“I got  one quite  as 
good for thirty-seven and  a half cents at 
White’s.”

“You did ?”
“Yes;  but it was  eight  or  nine weeks 
ago,  and I don’t s’pose  they’ve any more 
like it.”
“I may be mistaken, but  I’ve  an  idea 
it  would  shrink,” says  number  three, 
taking the towel  from  number  two and 
wrapping a corner of it  over  her  finger. 
“See, it’s a little thin.”
“Well, I wouldn’t mind if it did shrink 
a  little, because—oh, look  at  this  one! 
Isn’t it lovely ?”

towel.”

“Beautiful!  How much is it ?”
“A dollar and a half.”
“Mercy !  I’d never  pay that for a bath 
“Nor  I.”
“Those colors would fade.”
“Of course they would.”
“Do  you  know,  I  like  good,  plain 
“I don’t  know, but—see  these  towels 
I paid twenty-five for 

crash as well as anything for towels ?”
for fifteen cents. 
some last week not a bit better.”

C rockery & G lassw are

LAMP  BURNERS.

....  46 
No. 0 Sun.....................................................
__   48_  TO
No  1  “  ....................................................
Tubular.............................. ....................... ....  75

l a m p  chimneys.—Per box. 

6 doz. in box.

Pearl top.

First quality.
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No. 0 Sun..................................................... ...  1  85
....2  00
No. 1  “  ....................................................
No. 2  “  ..................................................... ....3  00
....2  25
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.................................
....2  40
No. 1  “ 
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....3  40
No. 2  “ 
...2 60
No. 0 Sun, crimp top..................................
................................. ....2  80
No. 1  “ 
“  ................................. ....3  80
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled.............. ....3  70
............... ...  4 70
No. 2  “ 
.............. ....4  TO
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....1   25
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz..................
....1   50
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No. 2  “ 
....1   35
No. 1 crimp, per doz...................................
....1   60
No. 3 
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Butter Crocks, per gal................................ • 
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..  75
Jugs, H gal., per doz.................................
..  90
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.................................. . 1   80
..  65
M ilk  Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c).. 
..  78
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A NEW COUNTRY!

IN  THE  PINE,  CEDAR, 

HEMLOCK AND HARDWOOD
Districts of Wisconsin and Mich­
igan  is  opened  by 
this  new 
th ro u g h   ro u te   to 
th e  East. 
SPECIAL  ADVANTAGES 
to   F A K T IE S   W H O   Erect* 
A W -M IL L S  
F A C ­
T O R IE S .  Mill  machinery 
tra n s p o rte d   F R E E .  Choice 
fan n in g  lands cheap—mostly on tim e.  R a ilw a y   Com 
p a n y  p a y s c a sh  fo r cordw ood.  For  maps and  infor 
m ation  address  L \N 1>   D E P A R T M E N T  
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TIME  TABLES.

Grand  Bapids & Indiana. 

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

They are cheap. 
guess I won’t. 
now.”
needed them.”
tidies ?”

“Let’s see;  are they full length ?  Yes. 
I’ve a notion to—but  I 
I  have  so many towels 
“They’re  a  bargain, 
if  one  really 
“How  do  you  like  towels  used  as 
“Horrid!”
“I think  so, too.”
“So do I—oh, let me  tell  you, I saw  a 
woman on  the  street  one  day with  an 
apron  made  out  of  a  red  and  white 
fringed towel.”
“Mercy !  Looked like  fury, didn’t it? 
How was it made ?”
“Oh, one end was simply gathered to a 
band,  and—there, the towel was just like 
this one;  and she’d taken it so, and gath­
ered it in  so, and—really,  it  didn’t  look 
so bad,  after all.”
“Do you suppose the colors would  run 
in this border ?”
“Well, I  hardly  know. 
I  had  one 
very much like it once, and  the colors in 
it  ran  dreadfully  the very first  time  I 
washed it.”
“Then I’ll not  take  this, for  I—why, 
if it isn’t 4 o’clock,  and------- ”
“Who’d ever have thought--------”
“I must go.”
“So must I.”
“And I—no, I’ll not take  the towel to­

day.”

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

@22 00

The furniture factories here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  mill  culls 
out:
Basswood, log-run................................... 13 00@15 00
Birch,  log-run........................................... 15 00@16 00
Bireh, 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, Cull..... ....................................  @12 00
Maple, log-run..........................................12 00@13 00
Maple,  soft, log-run..................................11  00@13 00
Maple, Nos. 1 and 2..............................   @20 00
Maple,  clear, flooring.........................   @25 00
Maple,  white, selected........................ 
@25 00
Red Oak, log-run.......................................20 00@21 00
Red Oak, Nos. 1 and 2...............................26 00®28 00
Red Oak, % sawed, 6 inch and upw’d.38 00@40 00
Red Oak, 54 sawed, regular...................... 30 00@32 00
Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.................   @25 00
Walnut, log ru n...................................  @55 00
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2...........................  @75 00
Walnuts, c u ll......................................   @25 00
Grey Elm, log-run.....................................12 60@13 05
White Aso, log-run................................... 14 00@16 00
Whitewood. log-run..................................20 00@22 00
17 00@18 00
White Oak, log-run.................... 
White Oak, ¿  sawed. Nos. 1 and 2 —  42 00@43 00

 

A rrive. 
Traverse C ity & M ackinaw............................ 
Traverse  City  E xpress......................9:80 a m  
Traverse C ity & M ackinaw................3:15p m  
From  C incinnati..................................8:50 p m
Cadillac  (Mixed)............................................... 
m  train .

Through coaches fo r Saginaw   on  7:10 a  m  and 4:10 p 

11:30 a m
4:10p m

going  south.

C incinnati  Express........................................ 
F o rt W ayne Express........................ 11:45 a  m  
Cincinnati  Express.......................... 5:30 p m  
From  M ackinaw <fc T raverse C ity.. 10:40 p m
From  C adillac.........................................  9:55 a  m

7:15 a m

12:60 p m
6:00 p m

6:30 

p m

Creamery Ontflt For Sale or M e.

outfit, consisting  of  the following :

pounds of  butter in trays.
1-pound prints.

I  have  on  hand a complete  creamery 
One 200-gallon square churn.
Two 200-gallon cream vats.
One Mason butter worker.
Six galvanized gathering cans.
One  Reids’  shipping  box, to  hold 120 
One  I.  X.  L.  butter  print  machine, 
Two skimming pails,  covered.
One strainer pail.
One buttermilk strainer.
A quantity of  glass testing tubes.
Lot of  pointed skimmers.
About 100 5K-gallon  Fairlamb  setting 
cans.
Will sell the whole  outfit at a bargain. 
It is all practically as good  as  new, hav­
ing run but  four  months.  The country 
here is too new for  the  business. 
I will 
sell  this  at a big  discount  for  cash  or 
good  security,  or  will  take  in  trade a 
good team of  work  horses.  Would  take 
a good Perkins or Hall  shingle  mill or a 
planer and matcher, but  machinery must 
be in good  repair,  practically as good as 
new. 
If  parties  have  a  good  shingle 
mill without  power, will  pay the  differ­
ence. 
Is  I can not  sell all together, will 
sell any of  the articles separate.

J ohn  Koopman, 

Falmouth, Mich.

A.D, Spangler & Co

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

FRUITS wPRODUGE

And General Commission Merchants. 

EAST  SAGINAW,  MICH.

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

T rain leaving fo r C incinnati a t 6 p.  m.  and  arriv in g  
from   C incinnati  a t 9:20p. m., runs daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  O ther tra in s daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and P a rlo r C ar  Service :  N orth—7 : :0 a. m. 
and 4:10 p. m. tra in s have  sleeping and p arlo r cars for 
M ackinaw  City.  South—7:15 a. m. tra in  has c h a ir car 
and 6 p. m. tra in  P ullm an sleeping c a r  fo r  C incinnati.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana*

In  effect Nov. 10,1889.

Leave 
A rrive.
7:00 a m ........................................................................10:15 a m
11:15 a m ....................................... ..............................   3:45 p m
5 :4 0 p m .......................................................................  8:45pm
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge s tre e t  depot 7 m inutes later. 
T hrough tick ets and full  in fo rm atio n   can be had by 
calling upon  A.  Alm quist,  tic k e t  a g e n t  a t  depot, or 
Geo. W. Munson, Union  Ticket  A gent,  67  Monroe  St., 
G rand  Rapids, Mich.

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

GOING WEST.

Arrives.
fM orning Express............................. 12:50 p m
tT hrough M ail..................................... 4:10 p m
fG rand Rapids  Express...................10:40 p m
*Night E xpress....................................6:40 a  m
tMixed......................... ........................
GOING BAST.
tD etroit  Express..............................
tT hrough Mail....................................10:10 a  m
fEvening Express...............................3:35 p m
"N ight Express..................................10:30 p m

Leaves. 
1:00 pm 
4:20 p m
7:00 a  m 
7:30 a m
6:50 a  m 
10:20 a m 
3:45 p m 
10:55 p m
tD aily, Sundays excepted.  "Daily.
D etroit Express  and  E vening  Express  hav e  p a rlo r 
cars attach ed  an d  m ake d irect connections  in   D etroit 
fo r all points E ast.
M orning express and G rand Rapids express h ave p a r­
lor cars attached.  N ight express h as 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 
secured  a t 
D., G. H. & M. R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and a t th e depot.
J as. Campbell, Citv Passenger Agent. 

tick ets  and  ocean 

Through  railro ad  

b erth s 

and 

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

c a r 

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 with trains of D., G. H. & M., and 
connections at Toledo  with  evening  trains  for 
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus,  Dayton,  Cincin­
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville  and  all  promi­
nent points on connecting lines.

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

M i c h i g a n  C e n t r a l

“ The Niagara, Falls Route.”

DEPART.  ARRIVE.
D etroit Express......................................6:45 a m   10:15 p m
Mixed  ..................................................... 6:50 a m  
5:30 p m
Day  Express........................................10:55 a  m   10:00 a  m
"A tlantic &  Pacific Express..............10:45 p m 
6:00 a m
New T ork Express................................ 5 .40 p m  
1:35 p m

trh in s to and from  Detroit.
Express to  and  from   D etroit.

"Daily.
All o th er daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  ru n   on  A tlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
P a rlo r  cars ru n   on  Day  Express  an d   G rand Rapids 
Fred M. Briggs. Gen’l Agent, 85 Monroe St.
G. S. Hawkins, T icket A gent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, Union T icket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Ruggles. G. P.  &  T. Agent., Chicago.

BUILT FOR BUSINESS

Do you want to increase your trade in a safe way ?
Do you want to do your customers justice ?
Do you want the confidence of all who trade with you ?
Would you like to rid yourself of  the  bother  of  “posting”  your  books and 

“patching up” pass-book accounts ?

Did you ever have a pass-book  account  foot  up  and balance with the corre­

sponding ledger account, without having to “doctor” it ?

Do not many of  your  customers  complain  that  they have been charged for 
items they never had,  and is not your memory a little clouded  as  to  whether  they 
have or not ?

Do you not want pay  for  all  the  small  items that go out of your store, that 

yourself and clerks are so prone to forget  to charge ?

Then why not adopt a system  of  crediting  that  will  abolish all these and a 
hundred  other objectionable features of the old method,  and one that establishes  a 
CASH  BASIS  of  crediting?

A new era dawns,  and  with it new commodities for its new demands;  and all 

enterprising merchants should keep abreast with the times and adopt the

Tradesman  Bredit  Godpon  Book,

Which is now in use by over 5,000 Michigan merchants,  in  every  case  giving  the 

most unqualified satisfaction.

PRICE  LIST.

$  2 Coupons, per hundred.................§2.50
 
§ 5  
3.00
§10 
4.00
 
$20 
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SUBJECT  TO  THE  FOLLOWING DISCOUNTS:
Orders for  200 or over...........5 per eent.

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“  500  “ 
“  1000  “ 

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GEO. H. REEDEE,

State  Agent

Goods prepaid to destination where  cash accompanies order.

Lycoming  Rubber*
Medinm Price Sho^i.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
E G G   C A S E S   &  E I E E E R S .

and Jobber of

Having taken the agency for Western and Northern  Michigan  for the LIMA 
EGG  CASES  and  FILLERS,  we  are  prepared to offer same to the trade  in any 
quantity.
Less than 100.
Lots of  100. 
No. 1—30-doz. Cases, complete................................................  33  c. 
35c.
No. 1—Fillers, per set..............................................................   9)^c. 
10c,
Parties ordering Fillers have to buy one Case with every 10  sets  of  Fillers,  no 
broken cases sold, making 10 sets with Case §1.25 (10 Fillers and 8 Dividing Boards 
constitute a standard set).  Strangers to  us  will  please  remit  money  with  their 
orders  or  give good reference.
LAMOREAUX  &  JOHNSTON, 71 Canal St., Grand Rapids.

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

P u tn am   Candy Co.,
FLOBIM  ORANGES,  LEMONS, NUTS,  ETC,
P E R K I N S   <&  H E S S
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

DEALBBS IN

NOS.  122 and  124 LOUIS STBEET, GRAND  RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR MILL  USE-

WE  SHALL  BE  PLEASED  TO  SEND  ANY  NUMBER  OF  ANY  DENOMINATION  OF 

BOOKS,  AT  REGULAR  PRICE,  AS  A  TRIAL  ORDER.

T i e   T r a d e s m a n   C om pa n y ,

SOLE  OWNERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS,

G R A N D   R A P ID S , 

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MICH.

E.  J.  D E T T E N T H A E E R ,

JOBBER  OFOysters

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Salt Fish.

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

CONSIGNMENTS  OF ALL  KINDS  OF  WILD  GAME  SOLICITED.

Wholesale Price Current.

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

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

far  as  can  be  gathered,  however, from 
the  various  sources of  information that 
are  available,, the  winter  and  spring of 
1889 was favorable for sap,  and the yield 
of  sugar  was  slightly  in  excess  of  the 
previous  year.  The  New  England  and 
Western  States  are  estimated  to  have 
yielded about 22,000 tons.

DOMESTIC  BEET  AND  SORGHUM.

California  is  still  the  banner  State 
with respect to the  development  of  the 
beet 
industry.  The  results  of  Mr. 
Spreckels’  venture in  1888 were most en­
couraging,  and  demonstrated  beyond 
question  that  not  only could  beets  be 
profitably grown, but  that it was equally 
practicable  to  manufacture  good,  mer­
chantable sugar therefrom.  The results 
of the present season  are not yet accessi­
ble,  as  the  operations  of  the  factories 
have  not  been  completed,  but  the  in­
creased acreage  of  beet  under  cultiva­
tion  promises  a  much  larger  yield— 
roughly estimated  at  2,400  tons  sugar. 
Fabrication commenced  about  the  mid­
dle of  last  November  and  is  likely to 
continue  until  March. 
In  addition  to 
the  factory at Watsonville, the plant for 
another has been shipped from Hamburg 
to  San  Francisco, and  the  next  season 
will  probably  witness  the  running  of 
two factories.  ■ The further development 
of this industry would  seem to be only a 
question of time and capital.
A  successful  experiment  in  growing 
beets and manufacturing sugar  has  also 
been made during  the past  year in  Kan­
sas, the result of which was  the  produc­
tion  of  sixty tons  of  sugar,  and this  is 
considered  so  encouraging  that  opera­
tions  upon  an  extensive  scale will  be 
undertaken  for the next season. 
Prep­
arations  are  also  being  made  for  the 
erection  of  a  factory  in  Nebraska, the 
plant  having  been  purchased  in  Ger­
many.
The cultivation of  sorghum  has  been 
carried  on  upon  an  extensive  scale  in 
in  fact, 
Kansas for a number  of  years; 
it has been  one  of  the  most  important 
agricultural products of that  State. 
In 
1888 there were, according to  official sta­
tistics, 206,923  acres  of  sorghum  under 
cultivation, which  yielded  5,198,100 gal­
lons of syrup, and the value of  the crop, 
including seed  and  forage, was  $6,106,- 
188.  After  long  and patient  investiga­
tion,  the  manufacture  of  sugar  from 
sorghum  has been  made  practical;  but 
while the  development  of  this  new in­
dustry  has  had  to  contend  with  many 
difficulties  and  some  disastrous  experi­
ences, it  has made sufficient  progress  to 
be  entitled to recognition as fairly estab­
lished.  According to  the official report 
of the Sugar Inspector of the State, there 
was produced in 1888, 698,274  pounds  of 
sugar,  while  this  year  the  result  has 
been  1,293,274 pounds firsts and  250,000 
pounds seconds, or  a  total  of  689  tons. 
This result is considered  most encourag­
ing,  even  in  the  face  of  unpropitious 
weather  in  some  parts  of  the  State, 
which retarded the growth of the cane;  a 
lack  of  experience  in working  some of 
the factories; insufficient capital  and  the 
application  of  unbusiness-like  methods 
in conducting the  operations  of  others, 
But the prospect  of  establishing a  pros 
perous industry was  never more hopeful 
than it is now.

CONSUMPTION.

The  total  consumption  of  all kinds of 
sugar  for  the  year  1889  was  *1,422,908 
tons, a decrease  of  47,089  tons,  or  3.11 
per  cent, compared  with  the  previous 
year.  This  represents the total deliver­
ies of  foreign  to the refiners  during  the 
year,  which, after  deducting the exports 
of  raw and refined, amounted to 1.196,567 
tons, but does not take  into  account the 
stocks they may have carried over, either 
in  the  refineries or in  bond;  to which is 
added the supply received  from  various 
sources from which the domestic product 
is obtained and which aggregated 226,341 
tons.  The most important feature is the 
large increase in consumption  shown for 
the Pacific States.  After  deducting  the 
stock of  raw  sugar  in  San Francisco at 
the  end  of  the  year,  the  refineries  in 
that city are found to have manufactured 
and distributed  about  30,000  tons  more 
than  in  1888.  This is due to larger  ex­
tent of  territory  over  which  they  have 
marketed their  product, the keen compe­
tition between the rival refineries having 
caused  them to find an outlet  as far east 
as  the Ohio River, Western Pennsylvania 
and  down  the  Mississippi  River.  The 
prices of  Eastern  refineries  were  cut in 
every possible direction  where favorable 
railroad  freights  could  be obtained,  the 
sales  being  invariably made  at  a price 
delivered  to  the  buyer. 
In  this  way 
competition  has  been  unusually  keen 
throughout the  year, mhch  more so than 
the  surface  appearance  of  the  market 
from  day  to  day  would  indicate,  for, 
while  prices  were  held  steady, the cut 
ting  was  done  by  means of  special  re­
bates and allowance on freight.
While  the  apparent  consumption  of 
the country shows a falling off  compared 
with  the  previous  year, this decrease is 
more  apparent  than  real,  for  probably 
the quantity of  sugar  actually consumed 
was really greater  than  shown by statis­
tics.  Three  causes  have  contributed to 
this  shrinkage:  first,  high  prices  have 
been the most  important  factor;  second, 
the  fruit  crop  last  year  was  compar­
atively small and  seriously curtailed the 
operations of  the  canning industry, and, 
third, the  wide  fluctuations in the price 
of  refined caused a close  consumption of 
the  working  stocks  of  dealers,  or,  in 
other  words,  what  is  often  termed the 
invisible supply;  and  competent author­
ities estimate that at the  end of  the year 
this quantity had  been reduced to a min­
imum throughout the  country.
The  total  consumption  in  the United 
States for the past twelve  years has been 
as follows
Tons.
.1,422,908 1883......... .........1,164,391
1889.. 
.........1,070,920
.1,469,997 1882........
1888.. 
.1,397,356 1881......... .........1,008,932
1887.. 
.........   997,109
.1,389,079 1880........
1886.. 
......  831,896
.1,245,574 1879........
1885... 
.1,265,283 1878......... .........  773,478
1884  ..

Tons.

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Prospects.

IMPORTATIONS  OP  FOREIGN.

Review of  Last Year’s  Market—Crop 

s to  arm  i, _._______ _____5__

g r o c e r ie s.
th e  sugar  situ a tio n.

out a greater portion of  the  year and are 
still hanging over it.
Still another significant  feature that is 
likely to exert a more important influence 
upon the course of  trade  during the cur­
rent  year,  so  far  as  the  Trust  is con­
cerned, is the  completion of  Mr. Spreck- 
els’  refinery  in Philadelphia, which will 
become  the  most  formidable  rival with 
which the Trust has had to compete, and 
which,  in connection with  the  other  in­
dependent  refineries,  necessarily  afford 
the Trust a much narrower field in which 
to  operate,  and  materially  curtail  the 
weight and extent of  its influence.  They 
are not only competitors with  the  Trust 
in making its product, but also as buyers 
of  raw sugar.

From the excellent review of the sugar 
market  for  1889, compiled  by the  New 
York  Shipping  List,  T h e  T ra d esm a n 
reproduces the following extracts;
The keynote to  the  exciting and some­
what  extraordinary  events 
that  go  to 
make up the  history of  the  sugar  trade 
during  the  year  1889, was  the  partial 
failure of the cane crops in several of the 
largest  producing  countries,  which  at 
one period threatened to result .in a  con­
The  importations  of  foreign  sugar 
siderable shortage  in the world’s  availa­
through  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  ports 
ble  supply,  notwithstanding  that  the 
during  1889  show  a  decrease  of  58,775 
yield of beet sugar in  Europe was  in ex­
tons  compared  with  the previous  year, 
cess of  the yesfr previous,  and, up  to the 
and  are  the  smallest  since  1883.  The 
present crop, was  the largest on  record. 
cause of  this falling off has been already 
Upon  the  strength  of  this  prospective 
pointed  out, but  the  importations upon 
shortage,  an  active  speculative  move­
the  Pacific  Coast  were very much in ex­
ment was carried  on  in  Europe,  as  well 
cess  of  the  previous  year,  so  that  the 
as in  this  country, which  resulted  in  a 
total  importations for the whole country 
steady advance in  prices during the first 
aggregate 1,189,691  tons,  which is a fall­
six months of the year in all the markets 
ing off  of  only 28,921  tons  as  compared 
of  the world;  but, before  the  expected 
with 1888.  The  receipts  at  the  several 
climax had been  reached,  a collapse took 
ports  show  some  significant  changes in 
place, followed  by a  period  of  liquida­
comparison with the  previous  year.  At 
tion,  and by the time  that had been com-
Philadelphia, where all the refineries are
pleted,  the  increased  estimates  °*  the I independent  of  the  Trust,  there  was
growing  beet crop caused prices 
heavy increase in the importations, which 
down to a lower level  than existed when 
were 27,293 tons in excess of  1888, while 
the  year  opened,  so  that  the  closing 
at Boston there was an equally important 
months of the  year witnessed  dull  mar­
decrease, the  falling  off being  as  much 
kets,  although  the  previous  depression 
as 71,322 tons.  These  figures  show con­
had  been  replaced  by a  more  hopeful 
clusively  that  in  comparison  with  the 
feeling.
previous  year the Trust refineries turned 
The most important  falling  off was  in 
out much less, while the  output of  inde­
the yield of the Island  of  Cuba  and  the 
pendent  refineries  was  materially  in­
Empire  of  Brazil, the  quantity exported 
creased.  With  respect  to  the  relative 
to  this  country from  Cuba  being  about 
proportion of  the  supply  received  from 
60,000 tons less than  the  year  1888, and 
the  several  producing  countries,  there 
the  smallest in  ten years;  while the  re­
was a falling off  in comparison  with the 
ceipts from Brazil were a little more than 
previous  year  in the receipts from Cuba, 
one-half those of  the  previous year, and 
Brazil, 
the  British  West  Indies  and 
likewise the smallest in ten years.  The 
Europe, the  latter  being  almost wholly 
defisit was  partially made  up by the  in­
beet  sugar, while  there  was a lar ge in­
creased importations  from the Phillipine 
crease  in  the  shipments  from Java and 
Islands,  but  the  total  importations  of 
the  Philippine  Islands  and  a  moderate 
foreign sugar from all  sources of  supply 
increase from the islands of  Hayti, Trin­
was about 75,000 tons  less  than  in  1888 
idad,  Martinique,  Guadaloupe,  Porto 
and the smallest since 1883.  As soon as 
Rico and St. Croix.
this  shortage  was  definitely  foreshad­
A  very  large  proportion  of  the  ship­
owed, values began to  stiffen all over the 
ments  that  came  to  refiners  were pur­
world, and in Europe  a syndicate of cap­
chased  direct  either  loading  or to load, 
italists attempted  to  get  control of  the 
and hence the quantity imported by mer­
supply* of beet, for  the  purpose of creat­
chants for sale on the spot, and the stocks 
ing a corner and  marketing their accum- 
carried by importers in the  several  mar­
mnlation,  when  this  artificial  famine 
kets, show a large shrinkage.  At the end 
had  been  created,  at  highly  inflated 
of  the  year the stock in  first  hands was 
prices.  The carrying out  of this scheme 
about  one-half  what it was at the begin­
necessarily involved  the  above combina- j 
ning.
tion in enormous  speculative operations, 
The  receipts  from  the  Pacific  Coast 
which became  the  controlling  factor  in 
again  show  a  large  increase  compared 
establishing values  in all of  the markets 
with  any previous  year,  and  are,  there­
of  the  world, and  from  week  to week, 
fore,  the  largest  in  the  history  of  the 
under  the stimulus of wild  speculation, 
refining  industry  west  of  the  Rocky 
prices steadily advanced until quotations 
Mountains.  The  Hawaiian  Islands fur­
in  the  London  market reached, early in 
nished  the  bulk of  the  supply, a  small 
July, 28s. 4%d. for  beet  and 25s. 3d. for 
quantity  was  received 
from  Central 
cane;  but,  when  least  expected,  finan­
America,  and  the  remainder  from  the 
cial complications  caused the collapse of 
East  Indies.  The  Trust  refinery in San 
the Syndicate, and then followed  a  gen­
Francisco,  which is known as the  Amer­
eral liquidation.
ican,  was  the  largest  consumer  of  the 
In  this  country,  speculation was  of  a 
importations from the Sandwich Islands, 
somewhat  different  character  and  con­
since that enterprise  likewise  controls a 
fined  almost wholly to  refined, of which
large  proportion  of  the  plantations  in
not  only  the  refiners  accumulated  a j those 
heavy surplus,  but  dealers,  encouraged  gpreckels refinery, was a large consumer 
by the large  profits  they made  as prices  ^  the gasj. in^ia importations, 
moved up  during  the  spring  and  early
summer, loaded  up with  all  the  stock | 
THE  Lo u isia n a   crop.
The next important  source  of  supply 
they could carry, under  the  belief  that 
much higher prices were  inevitable.  As  is the product of  the Southern States, of 
a consequence, when the  crash came, the  which  Louisiana  is  by  far  the  largest 
ordinary  channels  of  distribution  were  producer.  As the grinding  of  the  cane 
absolutely so  full that  for  a  time there  begins  about  the 1st  of  November, the
product is marketed from that time up to 
was  practically no outlet for the  supply 
the succeeding  February  or  March, and 
in  the  hands  of  refiners.  Business, 
accordingly it is quite  impossible to esti­
therefore, came  to  a  stand,  and  so  re­
mate or apportion the quantity  that  has 
mained until the  intermediate accumula­
passed into actual  consumption previous 
tion had been  liquidated  by the  natural 
to and after  the  1st  of  J anuary in each 
course of consumption.
year.  For statistical purposes, therefore, 
the 
it is more  convenient  and  just  as accu­
course of trade in  this country has  been 
rate to take the entire yield  of  the  crop
the influence of  the Sugar Trust, which,
during the greater  part  of  the year,  has  year as  having  been  distributed  within 
been  a  prominent  factor  in  regulating  the calendar year  that closes the season, 
the price of both raw and  refined, and  in [ The yield of the  crop  year  1888-1889  is 
controlling  consumption,  and  in  these  therefore  counted  as  having  been  con- 
respects it  has  been  all  powerful.  A | sumed during 1889.  According to the re- 
liable compilation  of  A. Bouchereau, of 
very large  proportion  of  the  raw mate­
New Orleans, who has  been  long  recog- 
rial consumed  by its refineries  has  been
I nized as a standard  authority,  the  crop 
bought  direct  in  producing  countries, I 
I of  1888-89  produced  267,881  hhds.  or 
and  hence  the  business  transacted  in I 
| 144,878  tons,  against  285,158  hhds.  or 
spot  parcels  in  this  market  has  been 
157,971 tons the year previous,  which  is 
comparatively  meager,  while  the  price 
a decrease of 13,093 tons, or a little more 
of refined has been  maintained at a rela­
than 8 per cent.  Nevertheless, the  crop 
tive difference  above  the value  of  raw, 
was unusually large  in  comparison with 
that  has  insured  a  satisfactory  profit. 
previous  years  and points to a consider­
That  the  operations  of  the Trust have 
able expansion of the cane industry with­
been profitable  is  shown  by the  hand­
in the past  three  years,  due in part to a 
some dividends—10 per cent.—it has dis­
greater acreage of  cane and better  culti­
tributed;  but the independent refineries 
vation and in part  to  the  equipment  of 
have  been  equally fortunate,  for  they 
sugar houses  with  new and modern ma­
have kept close under  the shadow of  the 
chinery  for  crushing  the  cane  and ex­
Trust  and  reaped  the  benefits  of  the 
tracting 
remaining 
monopoly without  being  subject  to  the 
Southern States  where cane is grown are 
opprobrium with which  it  has  been re­
estimated  to  have  yielded  9,031  tons, 
garded.  Perhaps  the  most  significant 
which added to the  above  amount  gives 
feature of the Sugar Trust  has  been the 
153,909 tons as the  total  product  of  the 
speculation that has  been  carried  on  in 
Southern States, against 167,814 tons the 
its certificates, which,  although  more di­
year previous.  Excessive rains and dis­
rectly connected with the  stock  market, 
astrous  storms  during  the  summer  of 
has been, nevertheless, indirectly a  feat­
1888 greatly damaged  the  crop, destroy­
ure in the history of the sugar trade dur­
ing  a  good  deal  of  growing  cane,  and 
ing the year under review.
accounts in a great  measure for the fall­
Speculation in these certificates, which 
ing off in the yield of the crop, for other­
from the  formation  of  the  Trust  until 
wise the weather  was  favorable through 
last spring had been more or less dormant, 
the growing  months  as  well  as  during 
suddenly bounded into activity, and from 
the grinding season.  There were 133,384 
about  72K  the  price  was  gradually ad­
acres  of  cane  ground, which  shows  an 
vanced,  as  interest  inoreased,  until  it 
increase of nearly 3,000  acres  compared 
reached 126>£ and became  an  absorbing 
with the previous  year.  Planters  using 
feature  of  the  Stock  Exchange;  but  at 
modem  machinery  and  appliances  ob­
this point the tide turned, and since then 
tained  an  average  of  2,742  pounds  of 
their  value  has  dropped to 50, notwith­
sugar per acre, or  143  pounds  of  sugar 
standing that a 10 per cent, dividend has 
per ton of cane ground, which is a smaller 
been maintained. 
It would be useless to 
yield per acre, but an increased yield per 
attempt to account for this heavy decline 
ton of cane  in  comparison with the pre­
in  value,  as  rumor  has  been  the  only 
ceding year.  Those  using  other  appli­
source  of  information;  those  who  con­
ances  in  operating  the  sugar house ob­
trol  the  Trust  having  refused  to make 
tained 2,113 pounds of  sugar per acre, or 
public any information  regarding its op­
119  pounds  of  sugar  per  ton  of  cane 
erations  or  its  condition. 
It  is enough 
ground.
to say, however, that the certificates have 
become  a  speculative  football  for  the 
manipulation  of  professional  operators; 
but it is generally believed  that  some of 
the  prominent  holders  of  these  certifi­
cates, who created  the  Trust, sold out a 
very  large  proportion of  their  holdings 
while prices were at their highest  point, 
and since then have paid  more  attention 
to the stock  market  than to  the refining 
operations of  the  Trust. 
It  is  further­
more true that public sentiment has been 
bitterly against  the  Trust, and its exist­
ence is now threatened by legal  proceed­
ings that have been in progress  through-

The  supply  of  low  grade  sugar  ob­
tained  from the reboiling of  foreign mo­
lasses  shows  a  considerable  decrease 
compared  with  previous  years, the fall­
ing off  being  due to  the  smaller  supply 
of  molasses,  incident  to the small sugar 
crop in the island of  Cuba.
MAPLE  SUGAR.

The  estimates  of  the  yield  of  sugar 
from the maple groves  is not as accurate 
as it might be, but no  reliable  statistics 
of  the  entire  yield  are  procurable.  So

important  feature  in 

islands.  The 

MOLASSES  SUGAR.

independent, 

juice.  The 

Another 

the 

The  relative  per  capita  consumption 
(given  in  pounds)  in  this  and  a  few 
European countries is as follows:
Great Britain 
and Ireland. Germany.
Years. United States.
14.7
1879...
13.8
1880...
13.7
1881  ..
14.1
1882...
17.9
1883...
17.0
1884...
1885...
1886...
1887...
1888...
1889...

........... 37.4
........... 39.9
...........42.5
...........45.3
...........47.4
........... 49.7
...........48.9
........... 51.8
........... 52.2
...........53.1
...........50.3

67 6
65 0
68.6
71.6
73.2
74.1

73.Ò

20.7

PRICES.

One of  the most prominent features of 
the year 1889 is the high point  to  which 
prices  were  carried  during  the  specu­
lative excitement that culminated during 
the first week in July; the first six months 
being marked by a gradual and  at  times 
rapid advance to that point, while during 
the last six months  there was an equally 
steady decline,  so that at the close of the 
year the value of  both  raw  and  refined 
was lower than at  the  beginning.  The 
highest prices for raw were on the  basis 
of 714 cents for  89  test  Muscovado  and 
8U for 96  test  centrifugal, but the aver­
age of  these  two  grades  for  the entire 
twelve  months,  while  not  as  high  as 
might  have  been  expected,  was, never­
theless, the  highest  average  since 1883. 
The same is true  with respect to refined, 
the highest  price  for  granulated  being 
cents, but  the average for the year is 
only 7.89 cents, which is the highest aver­
age for that grade since 1883.  The  fol­
lowing table  of  comparisons  will prove 
interesting:
...6.75
1884.
1878 
..........9.30
...6.52
1885.
..........8.81
1879 
...6.23
1886.
1880 
..........9.80
1887.
1881 
..........9.70
. . . 6.02
...7.18
..........9.3434 ¡1888.
1882 
...7.89
1883  ...................... 8.65 
|1889

CROP  PROSPECTS.

The forecasting of  the  future  has  be­
come  an important factor in the  fluctua­
tions  of  market  values,  and  hence the 
progress of growiifg and  maturing  crops 
is watched with more  than  usual  inter­
est, and  every effort  is  made  to  fore­
shadow the probable  yield of all sources 
of  supply, for the world’s production  of 
merchandise  is  now distributed without 
regard to distance  or  time, and  a  large 
proportion of the  sugar,  as well as other 
produce,  is  sold  from 
the  producing 
country before it is  shipped to its  desti­
nation.  Of  the  estimates  thus obtain­
able, those relating to  the  beet  crops of 
Europe  are  perhaps  the  most  reliable, 
since they are  based  upon  a  systematic 
examination  in  every  stage  of  growth 
and  during  the  course  of  fabrication; 
but, even here,  actual  results  and  esti­
mates  are  found  to  show  wide  differ­
ences.  Then again, at this  period of the 
year, the  manufacture  of  the  crop  has 
been so far completed  that the estimated 
yield comes  much  closer  to  the  result 
than  could  be  possible  earlier  in  the 
crop. 
In the  Island  of  Cuba, which is 
the most important  source of  supply for 
this country, the  grinding  of  the  crop 
begins  late  in  December  and  usually 
lasts through  the  remaining winter  and 
early spring  months, but  even  now  the 
ultimate yield of  the  crop  is  subject to 
contingencies  of  weather  that  lends  a 
good  deal  of  uncertainty  to  estimates. 
In  several  of 
the  other  West  India 
Islands the cutting of cane  has just com­
menced, while  others will not commence 
operations  for  another  month  or  six 
weeks.  Brazil has completed the manu­
facture of her crop, as  have some of  the 
cane-producing countries  of  the  East— 
Java and Mauritius, where  the new crop 
begins  in  July or  August,  but  in  the 
Phillipine  Islands  the new crop  is  just 
commencing.  The present outlook in all 
directions foreshadows an enormous beet 
crop and a supply of  cane  sugar  in  ex­
cess of last year, but  not enough to over­
burden  the  markets  of  the world; 
the 
world’s surplus at  the beginning of next 
October being roughly estimated at about 
half a million tons.

Make Your Store  Attractive.

From  th e  In te rsta te  Grocer.
Too much value cannot be placed upon 
the little inexpensive conveniences, such 
as  glass  cases  for  crackers  and  fruit, 
neat barrel covers, racks,  show cases and 
the  hundred  and  one  things  that  go 
toward  making  a  neat  and  attractive 
store.  The business man will  find  that 
the  saving  effected  by  their use in one 
year’s  time will more than pay the  cost.

Pretty  High.
traveling man to another.

“See that house over  there?”  said one 
“Yes.”
“Bilso*, the novelist, built that.”
“It’s a fine building.”
“He paid for  it with  the  proceeds  of 
“Oh!  It’s pretty high  for a  one-story 

one story.”
house.”
B .  J* Mason  &  C o.,

Proprietors of

Old Homestead Factory
Preserves, Evaporated Apples

MANUFACTURERS  OF

GRANT,  MICH. 

Jellies  ani  Annie  Batter

Our  goods  are  guaranteed  to  be  made 

from wholesome  fruit  and  are  free 

from any adulteration or  sophis­

tication.  See quotations in 

grocery price current.

The Grand Rapids  trade  can  be  sup 
plied  by  GOSS  &  DORAN,  138  South 
Division street.  Telephone, 1150.

■fui CL/fCu S H u rx r  o p c m U . /

For  Sale  by  Leading  Wholesale  Grocers.

PRODUCE  M A RK ET.

. 

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ll@12c.

82.50  per bbl., 
,  .  
81.30 for picked, holding at 81.60 per bn.

Apples—Dealers  hold  winter  fruit  at  82.25© 
.
Beans—Dealers  par  81.25  for  unpicked  and 
Beets—40c per bu.
Butter—There is no improvement  in  the  mar­
ket and no prospect of any improvement.  While 
fancy  grades  of  creamery  are  scarce  and  in 
active demand,  low  grades  are  as  common  as 
mud and about as sluggish and useless, so far as 
business is concerned. 
,
Buckwheat  Flour—84  per  bbl. for  New  York
Cabbages—85@$6 per 100.
Cheese—Fair  stock  of  full  cream commands 
Cider—9@10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels,81.25;  produce barrels 
25c.Cranberries—Bell and Cherry is in fair demand 
at 84 per box or $10 per bbl.
Dried  Apples  — Evaporated  are  held  at  8© 
834c  and sundried at  5©5&c.
Eggs—The market is dull and sluggish.  Deal­
ers pay 13c per doz. for most offerings  and  hold
a ileld   Seeds—Clover,  mammoth, 84.35 per bu.; 
medium, 83.75.  Timothy,  81.50 per bu 
Honey—Quiet and slow sale.  Clean comb com­
mands 15c per lb.
Maple Sugar—Genuine, 1234c per lb.
Onions—Good  shipping  stock  is  scarce  and 
high, $1 per bu. having been offered  by  dealers 
during the past  week, without  enough  coming 
to the surface to  fill  all  orders.  Spanish  stock 
commands $1.25 per 50-lb.  case.

Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Pork—Buyers pay 4c, shipping out at 434c. 
Potatoes—There  is  a  fair  shipping  demand 
from the South and East, but not strong enough 
to build any high hopes  on.  Dealers  continue 
to pay 36©38c per bu.

Poultry—Dressed is falling off in  demand. 
Squash—Hubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet  Potatoes—Illinois  stock  commands  84 
per bbl. 
,  —
Tomatoes—Early Southern stock commands  $1 
per peck (7 qts.) box.
Turnips—30c per bu.
The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

PROVISIONS.

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l a r d —Kettle Rendered.

FOBS  IN  BARRELS.
 

sm o k e d   m e a ts—Canvassed or Plain.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new.............................  
10  60
Short c u t.......................................................   10 50
Extra clear pig, short cut.............................  12 00
Extra clear,  heavy........................................  12 00
Clear, fat back..............................................  U  50
Boston clear, short cut.................................   12 00
Clear back, short cut.....................................  12 00
Standard clear, short cut, best.....................  12 00
Hams, average 20 lbs........................................  834
16 lbs........................................  9
12 to 14 lbs..................................934
picnic................. ..................................6
best boneless......."..................................8
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..............................   8%
Dried beef, ham prices.................................... 8
Long Clears, heavy...........................................  6
Briskets,  medium............................................   6
lig h t................................................... 6
Tierces..............................................................  7
Tubs.....................................................................£34
501b.  Tins.........................................................   734
Tierces..............................................................   596
30 and 50 lb. Tubs.............................................  5M
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case.....................................  8%
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case........................................6%
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case......................................   634
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case........................................694
50 lb. Cans...........................................................
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs......................   7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing........................  7 00
Boneless, rump butts................. .................... 8  50
Pork Sausage.....................................................6
Ham Sausage.....................................................  9
Tongue Sausage................................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage...........................................  8
Blood Sausage.*................................................  514
Bologna, straight..............................................  514
Bologna,  thick..............  
514
Head Cheese......................................................   514

s a u sa g e—Fresh and Smoked.

l a r d —Refined.

b e e f   in   b a r r e l s .

 

 

FRESH   MEATS.

“ 

Swift and Company quote as follows:
“  hindquarters.................................  514©  614
“ 
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“ 

Beef, carcass...........................................  414© 6
fore 
............. '..................314© 4
loins...............................................   834@  9
ribs.................................................  7  @ 714
tongues.........................................  @1°
Hogs......................................................... 4  © 414
Pork loins................................................  @614
.............................  @414
.............................  © 5
Bologna..........................
Sausage, blood  or head.
liver.................
Frankfort........
M utton...........................

shoulders.

...  7

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OYSTERS and  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH  FISH.

“ 

oysters—Cans.

Whitefish......................................... .....  @ 834
smoked.....................................  @ 8
Trout........................................................  @ 8
Halibut....................................................   @20
Haddies...................................................   ©  7
Ciscoes.....................................................  @ 6
Fairhaven  Counts..................................  @35
Selects.....................................................22  ©27
F. J. D.’s .................................................   @20
Anchors...................................................  @J8
Standards................................................  @16
Favorites.................................................   @14
oysters—Bulk.
Standards...................................... 
  @81151
Selects..................................................  @ J 50
Clams.......................................................   @1  50
Scrimps....................................................  @1  50
Scallops...................................................   @1  50
Horseradish............................................  @  75
Shell oysters, per 100.............................1  00@1  50
..............................  @  75

clams, 
CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

“ 

“ 

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK.

 

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1034

 
MIXED.

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

Standard, 25 lb. boxes............................... 
25 
Twist, 
Cut Loaf, 25 
Royal, 25 lb. pails...............................................9
2001b.  bbls........ ..................................... 854
Extra, 25 lb.  pails.............................................10
2001b.  bbls.............................................  934
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails........  ................   1154
Lemon Drops..................................................... 12
Sour Drops........................................................ 13
Peppermint Drops............................................. 14
Chocolate Drops................................................ 14
H. M. Chocolate Drops..................................... 18
Gum Drops........................................................ 10
Licorice Drops................................................... 18
A. B. Licorice  Drops........................................ 14
Lozenges, plain...................................... 
 
printed............................................. 15
Imperials........................................................... 14
Mottoes...............................................................15
Cream Bar..........................................................13
Molasses  Bar.................................................. -13
Caramels......... ...........................................16®18
Hand Made  Creams..........................................18
Plain Creams..................................................... 16
Decorated Creams.............................................20
String  Rock.......................................................15
Burnt Almonds..................................................22
Wintergreen  Berries........................................ 14
fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails..................................12
in bbls....................................11

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printed, in pails...............................1234
inbbls................................1134
Chocolate Drops, in pails..................................12
Gum Drops, in pails.........................................   634
in bbls............................................  534
Moss Drops, in pails..........................................10
inbbls....................................... 
934
Sour Drops, in pails.......................................... 12
Imperials, in pails.............................................H

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■> 
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inbbls............................. 

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1034

FRUITS.

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choice
c h o i c e  

“  Ex.  “ 
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Oranges,  Florida,  choice...................
 

«VI
fancy,  360...............
300................
Malagas,  choice, ripe.............
Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers........14
“  
......... 12

...................   @4 00
fancy,   
@4 50
golden russets..........  ©4  00
Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360................  @4 50
@4 50 
@4 — 
@5 00 
@@15
@1234
“  
“  choice, 7 lb.....................................  @
Dates, frails, 50 lb ...................................  @
“ 
34 frails, 50 lb ..............................   ©
Fard, 10-lb.  box.............. ............   @10
“ 
“ 
...........................  @ 8
Persian, 50-lb.  box...................... 6  @ 634
“ 
NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona..............................  @16
Ivaca......................................   @15
California..............................15  @16

“  50-lb.  “ 

Brazils................................. •..................   @1134
Walnuts, Grenoble.................................   @1534
California...............................  @13
Pecans, Texas, H. P .............  ................10  @13
Fancy, H. P., Bells.................................  @834
“  Roasted...:..............  @1034
Fancy, H. P., Suns..................................  @834
“  Roasted.....................  @1034
Choice,  H. P.,  G.....................................  @734
“  Roasted....................   @ 934

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PEANUTS.

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APPLE  BUTTER.

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b l u in g . 

AXLE GREASE.

BAKING  POWDER.

141b.  “ 
“ 
lib. 

141b.  “ 
lib .  “ 

14 lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 
BATH BRICK.

E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  5
Frazer’s............................... 82  60
Aurora...................................1  75
Diamond.............................   1  60
Absolute, 14 lb. cans, 100s.. 11  75 
50s..10 00
50s..18 75
Acme, 14 lb. cans, 3 doz—   75
141b.  “ 
2  “  ....  1 50
lib .  “ 
1  “  ....  3 00
bulk.........................  
20
Our Leader, Ulb.  cans......  
45
....... 
90
.......1  60
Telfer’s,  36 lb. cans, doz..  45
“  .. 
85
“  ..  1  50
English, 2 doz. in case......  
80
 
Bristol,  2  “ 
75
American. 2 doz. in case...  70
Dozen 
Mexican,  4 oz................... 
30
8
16 oz.................. 
90
BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl...........................  1  75
...........................   2 00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet . ......................   2 25
No. 1 
“ 
........................  2  50
Parlor Gem.........................   2 75
Common Whisk.................  
90
Fancy 
..................  100
Mil l .....................................  3 25
Warehouse............................2 75
Dairy, solid packed...........1234
rolls..  .....................  13
Creamery, solid packed—   1334 
...  14
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes.............. 1034
...............  934
Star,  40 
Paraffine............................. 
*2
Wicking..............................  
25
CANNED GOODS—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck.......1  20
Clam Chowder, 3 lb............. 2 10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand— 1  10 
....190
“ 
Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic........... 1  75
2  lb.  “ 
........... 2 65
1 lb.  Star................2  10
2 lb. Star.............  .3 15
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85
1 lb.  stand........... 1 20
........... 2 00
2 lb. 
3 lb. in Mustard.. .2 85
31b.  soused......... 2 85
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  . .2 00
1 lb.  Alaska........... 1  90
Sardines, domestic  34s........ 
5
34s........© 9
Mustard 348........  @ 9
imported  34s .. .1034@16
spiced,  34s.......... 
10
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.

rolls  ........ 
CANDLES
“ 

BUTTERINE

21b.  “ 

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“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

Trout, 3 lb. brook...........
Apples, gallons, stand......... 2 25
Blackberries,  stand.............  90
Cherries,red standard 1  10@1  20
pitted.....................1  40
Damsons.............................. 1  15
Egg Plums, stand...... 1  15@1  35
Gooseberries........................1 00
Grapes  .................................
Green  Gages....................1  15@1 35
Peaches, all  yellow, stand. .1  70
seconds........1  10@1  45
P ie..........................1  15
Pears.....................................1  25
Pineapples..................1  10@1  50
Quinces................................ 1  00
Raspberries,  extra...............1  75
red................... 1  40
Strawberries....................1  15@1 35
Whortleberries.....................  75
CANNED VEGETABLES.
Asparagus, Oyster Bay........
Beans, Lima,  stand.............  85
“  Green  Limas....  @1  20
Strings..............   @  90
“ 
“  Stringless,  Erie..........  90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1  40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy........1  00
“  Morn’g Glory. 1 00
“ 
“ 
Early Golden.1  00
“ 
Peas, French........................ 1  68
“  extram arrofat...  @125
“  soaked..........................  80
“  June, stand..................1  40
“ 
“  sifted.......... 1  65@1  85
“  French, extra fine...  . I  50
Mushrooms, extra fine........2 15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden. .85@1  00 
Succotash,  standard— 90@1  40
Squash..................................1  10
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  95@1  00 
Good Enough95@l  00 
Ben Har  ...  95©1 00
stand br....  95@1  00
Michigan Full  Cream 1134@12 
Sap  Sago........... ........ 16  ©1634
German Sweet...................... 
Premium...............................  
Cocoa....................................  
Breakfast  Cocoa..............  
Broma................................ 
Rubber, 100 lumps................ 25
35
Spruce...................................30
Bulk........................................6
R ed.......................................  734
Rio, fair......................17  @19
good.................... 1834@20
prime...................   @21
fancy,  washed... 19  @22
golden.................20  @23
9
Santos.........................17  @22
Mexican & Guatemala 19  @23
Peaberry....................20  @23
Java,  Interior............20  @25
Mandheling__26  @29
Mocha, genuine.........25  @27
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 34c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink- 
age.

CHEWING  GUM.
200 

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.

coffee—Green.

CHICORY.

CHEESE.

48
37

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9

 

 

coffees—Package.

23
35
38

14

 

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COFFEE EXTRACT.

CRACKERS.
“ 

CLOTHES  LINES.
50 ft.
“
60 f t.......... 
“
70 f t.......... 
“
80 f t.......... 
60 f t.......... 
“
72 f t '........ 
“
CONDENSED MILK.

Lion..................................... 2434
“  in cabinets.................. 2434
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX— 2434
Durham...............................24
Thompson’s Honey  Bee— 26
Tiger.............. 24
Good  Morning....................2434
Valley City.........................  
85
Felix....................................  1  10
Cotton,  40 f t......... per doz.  1  25
1  50
1  75
2  00 
2 25 
1  00 
1  15
7 50
Eagle.
Anglo-Swiss..............6 00@ 7 60
Kenosha Butter...................  734
Seymour 
534
Butter...................................534
“  family.........................   534
“  biscuit........................  6
Boston............ .....................  634
City Soda..............................  734
7*4
Soas
S. Oyster..............................   534
City Oyster, XXX.................   534
Picnic.....................................534
Strictly  pure......................... 
38
Grocers’...........................- • 
24
d r ie d  f r u it s—Domestic,  e*
Apples, sun-dried...... 5  @534
“ 
evaporated__   @ 834
“  — 15  @16
Apricots, 
Blackberries “ 
7
Nectarines  “ 
14
14
Peaches 
“ 
Plums 
“ 
Raspberries  “ 
28
In drum......................   @23
Inboxes......................  @25
DRIED FRUITS—CUTTantS.
Zante, in barrels........  @ 6

 
 
 
...............
 
DRIED  FRUITS—CitTOn.

CREAM TARTAR.

in less quantity  @ 634

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DRIED FRUITS—Raisins. 

! 

SHOE  POLISH.

“ 

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SODA.

OOLONG.

IMPERIAL.

TEAS.

g u n p o w d e r .

*  SUN CURED.

YOUNG HYSON.

BASKET  FIRED.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

ja p a n —Regular.

DRIED  FRUITS—Peel.

Valencias....................  8?4@ 814  j Jettine, 1 doz. in  box.............75
Ondaras......................   @10
Boxes....................................534
Sultanas.......................1014@10S£
Kegs, English.......................434
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia.......................2 50@2 75
London Layers, for’n.  @
Muscatels, California. 1  ?5@2 25 
d r ie d  f r u it s —Prunes.
Turkey........................  414©  5
Bosna..........................514© 6
California...................  9  @10
Lemon......................... 
18
Orange........................  
18
Farina, 100 lb. kegs.............  04
Hominy,  per  bbl................3 50
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   60
imported......   @ 914
Pearl  Barley.............. 214© 234
@1  10 
Peas, green
@3 
“  split.....................
Sago,  German.............
@ 614
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’rl
Wheat,  cracked..........  @ 5 
Vermicelli,  import__   @10 

F a ir...............................14  @16
Good.............................18  @22
Choice........................... 24  ©20
Choicest........................32  ©38
F a ir.............................. 14  @15
Good.............................16  ©20
Choice...........................24  @28
Choicest........................30  ©33
F a ir.............................  @20
Choice..........................  @25
Choicest......................   ©35
Extra choice, wire leaf  ©40 
I Common to fair...........25  ©35
f
j Extra fine to finest___50  @65
i
i  Choicest fancy............ 75  @85
domestic...  ©60  1
FISH—SALT.
Common to fair...........20  @35
Cod, whole..................  5  @ 6 
!
Superior to fine............40  @50
“  boneless..............   734@ 8 
I
H alibut.....................  934@10  1
Common to fair...........18  @26
Herring,  round, 34 bbl.. 
2 75
j Superior to  fine...........30  @40
“ 
2 75 ;
gibbed.............. 
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
12 001 
“  kegs, new  @  75 j
“ 
i  Common to fair.......... 25  @30
Scaled  .......... 20©  22 !
“ 
!  Superior to  fine.......... 30  @60
Mack,  sh’s,  No. 2, 34  bbl  12  00 ,
|  Fine to choicest.......... 55  @65
“ 12 lb k it..1  30 j
“ 
“ 
“ 
“  ..120
“ 
“  10 
F a ir.............................. 25  @30
Trout,  34  bbls.............4 00@4  50
Choice........................... 30  @35
“  10  lb.  kits..................  60
Best.............................. 55  @65
White,  No. 1, 34 bbls..........5 75
Tea  Dust......................  8  @10
“ 
121b. kits..... 100
10  lb. kits....   80
“ 
“ 
Family,  34  bbls.......2 50
kits..............   50
“ 
K egs................................... 5 25
Half  kegs........................... 2 88
Sage.......................................9
| Hops.................................... 14
E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods..  6 
Chicago  goods.....................4
30
No.  ... 
No. 1..................................... 
40
No. 2............... 
50
Pure......................................   30
Calabria................................  25
Sicily.....................................  18
No. 9  sulphur.......................2 00
Anchor parlor.....................1  70
No. 2 home........................... 1  10
Export  parlor.......................4 00
Black  Strap......................  
20 I
Cuba Baking.....................24@25
Porto  Rico........................ 30@35
New Orleans, good............24©28
choice........ 30@35
fancy..........42@45

Hiawatha...................  
62
37 
Sweet  Cuba................ 
Our Leader................ 
35 
Our  Leader..........................16
Hector................................... 17
Plow Boy, 2  oz.....................32
4 oz..................... 31
IS oz........ ............32
TRADESMAN CREDIT COUPONS.
$ 2, per hundred................  2 50
................3 00
$ 5,  “ 
$10,  “ 
................ 4 00
820,  “ 
................5 00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts:
200 or over...............5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
| 40 gr......................................   7
50gr......................................   9

S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands. 
•
Nimrod, 4x12 and  2x12................. 37 I
Reception, 22-5x12,16 oz.........36
Vinco, 1x6, 434 to  fi>................ 30
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz........ 34
Wheel, 5 to  B>..........................37
Trinket, 3x9, 9 oz................... 25
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.....................38
Double Pedro..........................38
Peach  Pie................................38
Wedding  Cake, blk................ 38
“Tobacco” ...............................38

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

One-half barrels, 3c extra

“ 
GUN  POWDER.

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

tobaccos—Smoking.

 
 
VINEGAR.

tobaccos—Plug.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

 
LICORICE.

LAMP WICKS.

MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

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JELLIES.

HERBS.

10 
20 

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OIL.

“ 
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PICKLES.

ROLLED OATS.

OATMEAL.
Muscatine, B arrels.............5 75
Half barrels...... 3 00
Cases........2  15@2 25
Muscatine, Barrels__   @5  75
Half bbls..  @3 00 
Cases........2 15@2 25
Michigan  Test.....................  934
Water White........................ 1034
Medium..................  ..5  50@S 00
34 b b l.....................3 40
Small,  bbl.............................6 75

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“  34 bbl...............................3 85
Clay, No.  216............................. 1 75
“  T. D. full count...........   75
Cob, No.  3............................. 1  25
E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods..  8
Carolina head........................ 634
No. 1.........................5M
No. 2................ 534®
No. 3........................5

PRESERVES.

PIPES.

RICE.

 
 

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SALT

“  
“  

34 -bu  “ 

SALERATUS.

WOQDENWARE.

Ja p an .............................534@634
Common Fine per bbl..........  80
Solar Rock, 561b. sacks......   27
28 pocket....................................1 90
60  “ 
................................ 2 00
.............................. 2 15, 
100 
“ 
Ashton bu. b ag s..................  75  Pails, No.  1, two-hoop.. 
75 
Higgins  “ 
Warsaw “ 
35
.................   20
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .534
Dwight’s Com.......... ............. 534
Taylor’s.................................. 5
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf............. 5
pure..........................534
Our Leader..........................  434
Mixed bird...........................  434
Caraway..................................9
Canary................................... 334
Hemp......................................4
Anise.......................................8
R ape.......................................434
Mustard.......................  
734
Scotch, in  bladders............. 37
Maccaboy, in jars................ 35
French Rappee, in Jars...... 43

SNUFF.

SEEDS.

“ 

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

SOAP.

$1 for barrel

MISCELLANEOUS.

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1

PAPER.

TWINES.

splint 

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

Cocoa Shells,  bulk.............  5
P A P E R  & WOODEN W ARE
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
Straw .....................................160
“  Light  Weight............ 200
Sugar...................................180
Hardware..............................234
Bakers...................................234
Dry  Goods............................. 6 
Jute Manilla.......................... 8 
Red  Express  No. 1...............5
No. 2...............4
48 Cotton.............................22
Cotton, No. 2.......................20
“  3 .....................18
Sea  Island, assorted..........40
No. 5 Hem p........................ 16
No. 8 B.................................17
Wool......................................  8
Tubs, No. 1.........................   7 00
No. 2..........................6 00
No. 3..........................5 00
_....... ........................
60 5
1 6
No.  1, three-hoop—   1 7
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__  
60 
Bowls, 11 inch....................  1  00
.....................  1  25
13  “ 
15  “ 
.......................2 00
.....................  2 75
17  “ 
assorted, 17s and  17s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
40
bushel..................  1  50
“ 
“  with covers  1  90
“ 
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75 
“  No.2 6 25
“ 
“ 
“  No.3 7 25
“ 
" 
“  No.l 3 50
“ 
“ 
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“  No.2 4 25
“ 
“ 
“  No.3 5 00
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
WHEAT.
W hite.........................  
78
Red............................. 
78
All wheat bought  on 60- lb. test.
Straight, in sacks..............  4  00
“  barrels............  4  20
“ 
Patent 
“  sacks..............  5 00
“  barrels............  5 20
“ 
Bolted................................  1  00
Granulated........................  1  10
MILLSTUFFS.
Bran...................................  11  00
Ships........................  
  11  50
Screenings........................  11  00
Middlings.........................   13 00
Mixed Feed...........................   13 50
Coarse meal...........................   13 50
Small  lots..........................  33
Car 
“  ..........................  30
Small  lots.............................28
“  .............................26
Car 
N o .l..................................   @40
No. 1........................................  1 10
No. 2.......................................   1 05
No. 1........................................  10 00
No.2..................'...............  9 00
HID ES, PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 
lows:
HIDES.
@ 434 
Green......................
Part  Cured..............
@  4 
Full 
..............
@  434
Heavy  steers, extra.
I Dry..............................   o  © t»
| Dry  Kips  ...................  5  @ 6
Calfskins,  green........3  @ 5
cured........  434© 5
Deacon skins.............. 10  ©20

BARLEY.

FLOUR.

MEAL.

OATS.

RYE.

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HAY.

CORN.

spices—Whole.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. 

Superior..................................3 30 I
Queen  Anne..........................3 85 I
German  Family...................
Mottled  German.......................3 00
Old German..............................2 70
Big  Bargain...........— 2 00
Frost, Floater........................ 3 75 |
Cocoa  Castile  .....................3 00 I
Cocoa Castile, Fancy........... 3 36
|
Happy Family,  75.....................2 95
Old Country, 80......................... 3 30
Una, 100.................... 
3 65
Bouncer, 100....................— 3  15
Allspice................................ 10
Cassia, China in mats..........8
Batavia in bund__11
Saigon in rolls........40
Cloves,  Amboyna................26
Zanzibar..................20
Mace  Batavia.......................80
Nutmegs, fancy....................80
N o .l.................:...75
No.  2.......................65
Pepper, Singapore, black— 18 
“ 
w hite...  .26
shot........•.............. 20
“ 
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice.................................15
Cassia,  Batavia....................20
and  Saigon.25
Saigon................... 42
Cloves,  Amboyna................ 32
Zanzibar................ 25
Ginger, African....................1234
Cochin....................15
Jam aica................ 18
Mace  Batavia.......................90
Mustard,  English................ 22
and Trie..25
Trieste................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ....................80
Pepper, Singapore, black — 21
Shearlings...................10  @25
“  white.......30
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @28
Cayenne................ 25
SUGARS.
Mink, dark.................   25©
Cut  Loaf.....................  @ 8
pale..................  25©
Cubes..........................  @7%
Raccoon......................   40@
Powdered...................   @796
Skunk..........................  75@
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Drugs & Medicines.

State Board of Pharmacy.

One T e a r—O ttm ar Eberbaeh, Ann Arbor.
Two Y ears—Geo. McDonald, K alam azoo.
Three Years—Stanley E. P ark lll, Owosso.
F o u r Y ears—Jacob  Jesson,  M uskegon.
Five Y ears—Jam es V em or, D etroit.
P resident—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  V em or, D etroit.
T reasu rer-G eo .  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
■ M eetings during  1890—G rand  Rapids, March 1 and 5, 
8 t£ “ t
 jS F t* A d   2;  M arquette,  Aug.  13  a n d U ;
. ____________________ ______
I^Lindng, Nov. 5 and 6
State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n.

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P re sid e n t- F ran k  Inglls.  D etroit.
F irst Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, L ansing.
gec>a Vice-President—H enry K ephart, B errien Springs,
T hird V ioe-Preaidest—Jas. V em or, D etroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—W m Dupont, Detroit. 
Executive Com m ittee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboyganj  E. T. 
*" Webb, Jackson;  D. E. P rall,  E ast Saginaw ;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, Kalam azoo;  J. J. C i^ e y .D e tr o it.
Next M eeting—At  Saginaw , beginning th ird  Tuesday 

v   .

of Septem ber,  1890.

Grand  Rapid»  Pharmaceutical 8ooiety. 
P re s s e n t. J. W  H ayw ard,  S ecretary, F ran k  H. Escott.
Grand Rapids Drug: Clerks’ Association, 
■resident, F  D. Kipp;  Secretary, A lbert Brower.
D e t r o i t   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty  

P resident, J. W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackm an.

Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. 

President. C 8 . Koon;  Secretary, J. W. H oyt.

He  was  Sympathetic.

From  th e  A m erican Grocer.
A  shabby  little  man, with  a  bright, 
jovial face and a  red  muffler, stopped  in 
front  of  a  Harlem  grocery  store  the 
other day.  By and by a pedestrian came 
along, and the  little man ventured to re-
“Ain’t  ashamed  of  his  feelin’s, any 
way, is he ?”
“What’s that ?”  retorted  the stranger 
suspiciously.
“Why, the boss of  the store, I reckon 
I was just a wonderin’ if  he’d  think  me 
sassy if I sympathized with  him  a little. 
We’re  all  of  us  human,  you  see,  an 
like as not get dum low-spirited at times 
Funny, though—that sign.”

“Where?” 
“Why, there in  the winder,” returned 

the little man, pointing to the legend:

.. 

^

strykek’s  b l u e.

“P’r’aps he’s  right,” he  continued the 
next  minute,  as  he  looked  back  at the 
“I guess 
hastily-retreating  pedestrian. 
I won’t  go  in, nuther.  Most  probably 
he’s  been  dabblin’ in  stocks, or  maybe 
losin’ trade, or one of the little Stryker’s, 
or—but. I  reckon, I’d better not go  in.” 
And the  little  man  sighed  and  braced 
himself up to walk to  Fifty-ninth  street.

The Drug  Market.

is 

Gum opium has again advanced.  Mor­
phia is tending  higher.  Quinine is very 
firm, with a large demand.  P. & W. have 
advanced.  Antipyrine 
still  very 
scarce.  Antifebrin  is  becoming scarce, 
also.  Phenacetin  is  in  small  supply. 
The new French substitute for antipyrine, 
exalgine,  is selling  fast. 
It is said to be 
the same thing, chemically.  The dose is 
one-half  that of  antipyrine and it is sold 
at the same price.  The  advance in mer­
cury  and  mercurials  is  well sustained. 
Gum  camphor  has  again  advanced and 
tends higher.  Malaga olive oil is higher. 
Ipecac  root,  powdered,  has  advanced. 
Linseed  oil  is higher.  Babbett’s polish 
is higher.  Nutmegs have advanced.  Oil 
pennyroyal  has  declined.  Golden  seal 
root has declined.  Salacin is lower.

The Mathematics of Debt.

From the New York Sun.
Teacher  (to  class  in  arithmetic)—A 
man borrowed $100 to pay one-seventh of 
his debts.  What are his debts ?
The Quick Pupil—Six hundred dollars; 
he owed seven and he’s paid one.
The Bright Pupil—Seven hundred dol­
lars,  for  he  still  owes  the  hundred he 
borrowed.
The  Youthful  Seer—Eight  hundred 
dollars and ten cents.
Teacher—How  do  you  obtain  that re­
sult?
The Y. S.—He blowed in  the  hundred 
agin the bank tryin’ to git hunk with the 
game, and  then  the  dealer lent him ten | 
cents  out’n  the  drawer to git a plate of | 
“ham  and”  for dinner.

Change in  an Old Firm.

Farrand,  Williams  &  Co.,  who  have 
conducted a wholesale  drug  business at 
Detroit  for  many  years, have  dissolved 
by  the  retirement  of  Jacob S. Farrand, 
Jacob S.  Farrand, Sr., Dick Williams and 
Harvey Clark.  The business will be con­
tinued by the remaining partners, Alanson 
Sheley,  W.  C.  Williams  and  Alanson 
Sheley  Brooks,  under  the style of  Wil­
liams, Sheley & Brooks.

It is reported that the retiring partners 
contemplate the establishment of another 
wholesale drug house, but the report has 
not  yet been confirmed.
Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical Society.
There  are  special  reasons  why  the 
monthly  meeting  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Pharmaceutical  Society,  to  be  held  at 
T h e  T ra desm a n  office  on  Thursday 
evening, should be well attended.

A. D. Power, of  Northville, the owner 
of the largest cheese factory in  the  State 
—if  not  in  the  entire  country—was in 
town  last  Saturday, having  been  called 
to Kent City by the death of his brother’s 
wife.

VISITING  BUYERS.

C arrington & N orth,  T rent
W N H utchinson. G rant 
H ickory C om ers

J  T Pierson, Irv in g  
Jno Farrow e, So Blendon  E S Botsford, Dorr 
O A Rowland, H esperia 
H Van Noord, Jam estow n  Bissell & Flansburg,
Geo F  S tark, Cascade 
Jo h n  De Vries.  Jam estow n R A H astings, S p arta 
D E W atters. F reeport 
L M W olf, HudsonvUle 
G S Pu tn am , F ru itp o rt 
G H W  albrink, Allendale
W mVerM eulen.BeaverDam John W Mead. Berlin
J  N W ait, Hudsonville
N Hlgbee, Morley 
F  P Hopper, F rem ent 
G T enH oor.  F orest  Grove
C B Moon, C edar Springs 
SmaUegan & Piekaard,
L Steketee, H olland 
R B G ooding* Son,Gooding A C Barkley, Crosby 
W  R Lawton,  Berlin
J  G unstra,  Lam ont 
PaU ett & Teshhouse. 
Cole & Chapel, Ada
E E H ew itt,  Rockford 
G ilbert Bros,  T rent 
Geo A Sage, R ockford 
E T Lockerby,  W hite Cloud H asten & Ham mond,
C N Snyder, Sbaytown 
E M Snyder, Sebewa 
A L Power, K ent City 
S C Scott. H oward City 
R B McCulloch. Berlin 
T W Boven, G raafschap 
P eter Beyer.  Sullivan 
s McNitt, Byron Center 

W ay land  Brookings Lum ber  Co.,
Brookings
Isaac Quick, AUendale
D Cleland,  CoopersviUe 
Grandville

D R Stocum, R ockford
M M Robson, B erlin
Jo h n  Sm ith, Ada
Avery & PoUard,
81ocum’s Grove
E zra Brown,  Englishville
John Kamps, Zupthen

Forest Grove

rule, 

There  are 

Coffee-Growing in Brazil.

still  great  room  for  improvement,  and 
Yankee ingenuity would find  a  field  for 
Bio correspondence New Y ork Times.
devising methods for  drying  the  fresh- 
The story of  coffee  is  interesting.  A 
picked berries  uniformly, regulating the 
native of  Abyssinia,  it  was  brought  to 
degree  of  moisture  in  dry houses  and 
Yensen, in Arabia  Felix, in the fifteenth 
grading the coffee.
century. 
It  was  two  centuries  before 
The coffee comes  to market—to Rio de 
coffee-drinking  began  in  Europe,  and 
Janeiro or to Santos,  as it happens to  be 
still  another  hundred  years  elapsed be­
Rio or Sao Paulo  grown—in  small  lots.
fore the Dutch  East  India  Company be­
It is  consigned  to  coffee  receivers,  who 
gan  to  bring  the  valuable  berry  from
rebag it, charging  700 reis, or  about  75 
Java,  where  the  coffee  tree  was  first 
cents, a bag.  Then  the  coffee  broker 
planted during  the  last  year of  the sev­
buys,  after  sampling,  the  various  lots, 
enteenth  century.
and  mixes  and  grades  into  large  lots. 
In  the  beginning  of  the  eighteenth 
He submits  samples  of  his  lots  to ex­
century  one  solitary  coffee  plant  took 
porters,  who  buy  for  shipments  and 
root  in  the  soil  of  the  island  of  Mar­
again mix and grade  according  to  their 
tinique, whence sprang the  great  indus­
standard.  The  standard  bag  contains 
try of  South and Central  America and of 
sixty kilograms, or 132 pounds.
the West  Indies. 
It was a Jesuit  priest 
The planter has to bear heavy charges, 
who conferred this  great  benefaction on 
1% cents  per  pound  export  duty, more 
the southern half  of  the  American  con­
than one-quarter of  a cent per pound  for 
tinent.  The vessel in  which  the  priest 
rebagging,  out  of  which  must  come 
embarked with a half-dozen coffee plants 
transportation  charges to  the  port, cost 
was  storm-tossed  and  driven out of  her 
of picking, care of  plantation and  inter­
course,  and  the  supply  of  water  ran 
est on investment, so that  even  in  good 
short,  but  the  heroic  man  shared the 
crop years, with good  prices,  the margin 
small quantity, distributed once a day to 
of profit is not great.
each soul, with  his precious  charge,  and 
All kinds of  coffee  are  made  for  the 
thus  saved  one of  the  six  tender  little 
trade from the product  of  Brazil.  The 
shoots.
best Mocha and the best  old Government 
Coffee  planting in Brazil, on an exten­
Java  are,  as  a 
from  Brazil. 
sive scale, is a comparatively modern  in­
Originally  they  were,  perchance,  from 
dustry.  The first cargo of coffee shipped 
the  same  plantation, and, quite  likely, 
to  the  United  States (in 1809) was  only
from  the  same  tree.  The  small  flat 
30.000  pounds. 
In  1888,  about  212,000 
grains,  frequently  pressed  flatter  by 
tons of coffee were shipped to the United 
passing between rollers,  are  colored  and 
States,  while  the  total  crop was nearly
polished  by  machinery and  become  the 
500.000  tons,  worth  about  $120,000,000. 
Mocha of New York dealers.  The larg­
This  year’s  crop  is  a short  one,  but  it 
est and  most  perfect  berries  are  made 
will be at least 300,000 tons.
into old Government Java.
The  coffee  plants  are  first  reared  in 
But,  in  reality,  no  better  coffee  is 
nurseries, whence they  are  transplanted 
grown  anywhere  in  the world  than  is 
to the regular  orchard.  A little  ball  of 
found in  Brazil.  Very little of it is im­
mold is left about the roots in transplant­
ported into the United States. 
In  fact, 
ing.  The  custom  in  Brazil  is  to clear 
but little of it leaves  Brazil. 
It is worth 
away the  virgin forest and dig holes and 
here from $30 to $33 a bag of 132 pounds. 
| fill with rich mold and insert  the  young 
It  is  variously  known  as  planters’ old 
plants.  They are set in rows about eight 
golden Rio, or  old  yellow Santos  coffee. 
feet apart,  and begin to bear  the  second 
A few berries are left  on the tops  of the 
or  third  year. 
If  not  attacked  by the 
most vigorous trees  to thoroughly ripen. 
coffee  tree  worm  the trees, if  carefully 
These are  picked,  and  selected  berries 
cared  for,  will  bear  for  thirty  years. 
only, retained. 
It is  difficult  to  get  a 
They must be  pruned,  and  are  not suf­
prime article,  as it must be at  least  two 
fered  to  exceed  twelve  feet  in  height. 
years old before it is thought to be fit for 
The  spreading  bushes,  several  stems 
use, and you  must  have  a planter for  a 
from  one  root  usually, with  their rich, 
friend or a  coffee  dealer  in  the whole­
dark  green  foliage, are  beautiful  at all 
sale trade to secure even one bag.  Cof­
seasons,  and  a  coffee  plantation,  with 
fee made from the old  golden Rio by one 
trees in bloom, and  when  the  trees  are 
who knows how is  an elixir  few persons 
loaded with berries, is a lovely sight. 
outside of  Brazil  have  enjoyed.  The
Constant  care  is  necessary to  keep a
C o S   pTantSon V  proper  condition,  grains must be fresh  ground,  not- roasted 
The  space  between  the  trees  must be  black,  and ground  for  each  potful.  A 
kept clear of  weeds  and  the  soil  about j cup of black coffee made by an  old  Mina 
the* roots  lightly and carefully loosened,  negress  will  leave  a  recollection which 
In  the  Province of  Rio  de  Janeiro  the  years cannot efface.
coffee  plantations  are  on  the  sides  of j  The  Parahiba Valley of  the  Province 
mounta?ns  and  the  greatest  care has to  of Rio de Janeiro was the coffee region of 
he  e x S e d   in  L g S g  
the  surf ace  Brazil.  The  rich  red and  chocolate-col- 
cleaned.  The only implement which can  ored soil covering the  hill and  mountain 
be  used  with  safety is the  hoe, and the  sides  of  this  basin  seemed  to  have 
soil can only be scraped.  Digging would j  particular affinity for 
'
loosen it too much and the torrential rains  gave vigorous growth and  a  richfia 
would  soon  carry it  all  away  into  the | The  climate  was  just  right; 
the  sun- 
valleys.  The trees require sunshine and i shine,  heat  and  rainfalls  were  well■  o  - 
rain, equable temperature, and  constant,  dered.  The Parahiba  ^ 1J e” lsea *b 
judicious  culture.  As a rule  they  will  eighty miles nearly due west of  this  city 
not  thrive  in  valleys.  There  are  two  and runs west and  southwest  for  about 
kinds of  soil most congenial to the coffee | eighty 
mountain spur,  takes  an  east  by north 
tree—the chocolate-colored and the dark-
east course  between  the  Serra  do  Mar 
red, strongly iron-impregnated.
and  the  Serra  do- Montigueira, until at 
three  flowering  seasons, 
Sao Filis it  breaks  through  the  former 
August,  October  and  December.  The 
and empties into the sea. 
Its  length  is 
yield of  coffee  depends on the results of 
about 400  miles. 
It  has  six  principal 
the flowering and the state of the weather 
tributaries—streams of considerable mag­
determines  the  fruiting from  the  blos­
nitude.  The  rounded  hills, ridges  and 
soms. 
It  must be neither  too  wet  nor 
mountain sides are the  sites of the coffee 
too dry.  When the first flowering season 
plantations.  The  soil  is either  a dark 
occurs, the  coffee  planter is on the  anx­
red, from an admixture of terra oxide, or 
ious  seat,  and  so  is  the coffee  trader. 
a dark or  light chocolate color,
Their  anxiety  usually  continues  until 
The coffee crop of  the Province of  Rio 
the  third flowering  season  is  over. 
If 
de Janeiro  was  about  4,000,000  bags in 
the first flowering results in a good fruit­
1886-7, the  great  bulk  being  grown  in 
ing,  the planter is comparatively happy, 
the Parahiba region.  But  the  produc­
though he is always more or less anxious 
tion has steadily declined for  two  years 
till  his  crop  is  saved.  He  prays  for 
and the decline  will  probably  continue. 
plenty  of  hot  sunshine  and  a  proper 
There  are  various  causes  assigned  for
amount of moisture,  both being essential
.  ■ this  falling  off, but there are  two  prm-
reasons  therefor.  The abolition of 
to the perfect  development and ripening j c 
of  the berries.  Of  course, as the coffee- ;  £  
was a fatal blow to  coffee  plant- 
inJ  the  Province  of  Rio de Janeiro,
planting districts are great,  and the area : 
in  cultivation  is  constantly  extending, t rphe free negroes wm not work  steadily, 
the  same  conditions  do  not  prevail | m- 
wbo  ¿0  not  go  to the towns and 
among  all  the  coffee-growing  regions. ■, cj^es  bave  but  few  wants,  and  when 
Almost every plantation has its  peculiar | ^  
are temporarily  supplied  they can- 
conditions,  and  what  happens  in  one  no{; 
It  must  be ad- 
place may not in another. 
j mftted  that  the  terms  offered  by  the
The coffee dealers,  the  trade  in  gen-. ptanters  are  not  very  attractive—quar- 
eral,  including  brokers,  shippers  and j terSi food and two milreis a month.  The 
exporters and  importers  in  Brazil,  the i ciimate is too hot for white laborers.  The 
United  States and in Europe,  are always ; Italians  and  Portuguese cannot work in 
greatly concerned until the results of the | tbe fjerce beat  of  the  sun  on  the steep 
flowering  are  known.  They  begin  to j 
make  their  estimates as to  the  crop  as j  Then it is  undoubtedly  true  that  the 
soon  as  the  flowering  season  is  over.  soii  0f  the  Parahiba  is  becoming  ex- 
They are  often  mistaken—indeed,  usu- J  hausted.  Deep plowing,  subsoiling and 
ally are—but, from  the  general  consen-  tbe use of fertilizers in the ordinary way 
sus of  reports received, the price of  the | is not  possible.  Stir  the  soil  and  the 
old crop  of  coffee on hand is largely de- | rains would soon  denude the steep sides, 
termined.  There are still many elements j 
oniy  method  of  cleaning  between 
to be  considered,  and  many changes  of : the rows of trees is  with  the  hoe.  The 
condition may occur  upon  which  ealeu-  soii js not  deep, only some twelve inches 
lations  must be revised.  But one  thing I 
foam.  Fertilizing about  the  roots  of 
is certain—there will be a demand for all j tbe trees has  been successfully tried and 
the coffee  grown. 
It is the one  crop for j it is pOSSible that with the right artificial 
which the  demand is steadily increasing | manure the exhausted  lands could be re- 
and  slightly in excess  of  the  increased | stored.  But  the  Brazilian  planter  is 
production.  There  has  been  an  enor-1 adverse to innovations.  He does  as  his 
mous development  of  the coffee produc- | father did—as the old orchards  begin  to 
tion of  Brazil  within the last few  years j 
be ciears a new lot of  ground, if  he 
by the  extension  of  plantations  in  the ; has it> and piants anew.
Province  of  Sao  Paulo,  but the world’s 
Province of Sao Paulo  is  fast  be-
consumption  has  more  than  kept  pace  coming the great coffee-producing region 
with  the  increased  product, not only of j  Brazil.  Already its coffee crop rivals 
Brazil, but of Venezuela, Central Ameri- 1 tbat 0f Bio de Janeiro in its  palmy  days 
ca and Mexico. 
and  coffee  planting  is  extending  on  a
The  coffee  berry contains two  grains.  grand scale.  The soil and climate are as 
The  ripe  berry  resembles  a  large  red  fertne and favorable as those of the Para- 
haw.  A pulp  covers  the  coffee  grains, j biba  region,  and,  being  an  elevated 
and this substance has a pleasant,  sweet i piateau country,  the heat is not so exces- 
taste. 
j give.  White  men  can  and  do  work on
As  there are  three flowerings so there ; coffee  piantations  in  Sao  Paulo.  The 
are three gatherings, or pickings, a year.  itaiian colonists have proved more advan- 
The  coffee  year  ends  June 30.  A good j tageous to the planters than negro slaves, 
day’s  picking  is  an  arroba—thirty-two j lt ig said> however,  that  these  colonists 
pounds—to the hand.  Men,  women and j are 
very  many  instances  dissatisfied 
children can pick  coffee,  and  thus  em- j wjth the  treatment  they  have  received, 
ployment  can  be  given  to  the  entire | and  it  is ,true  that  many  of  them are 
family on a coffee  plantation.  The  her-  jeayjng ajjd  returning  to  Italy.  But I 
ries are placed in large  baskets and then ; ]jnow instances where they are contented 
in  carts,  usually  drawn  by  oxen,  and ] and prosperous. 
Indeed, it  would  seem 
transported  to  the  paved  yard,  or  in- ; that the coffee districts  of  Sao Paulo are 
poor man’s  paradise.  Good  houses 
closure,  where  they  are  spread  out  to j 
cure by the sun. 
j  are Provided,  supplies  are  furnished at
The  old-fashioned way was to  remove | fair rates and the  whole family can have 
the  outer  pulp, when  dry, by rude  ma- j steady employment on the piece or share 
chinery, and  to  break * the  thin, tough, j principle, 
membrane-like  skin which holds the two j 
grains together  by a  pounding  process, j 
The coffee was then thrown  into  the  air | 
Irate wife (to collector)—Don’t  be  m- 
by  negresses,  after  the  manner  of  the | solent,  sir. 
I’ll  tell  my  husband  and 
old-time  winnowing  of  cereals.  The j he’ll kick  you  all over town, 
large coffee  plantations  have  improved I  Collector  (confidently)—I  just  guess 
machinery and methods of drying, decor-1 not.  My name’s Bill, mum, and he never 
ticating and cleaning  coffee, but there  is i footed one in his life,  if  he could help it.

an(j mountain sides, 

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No»  1 Guess Not‘

bjre(j  to  work. 

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Provide for the Fresh Cows.

From  th e  A m erican A griculturalist.
The  wise  dairyman  will  make  pro­
vision  in  advance  for  exigencies  that 
arise  in  the  care  and  management  of 
stock.  He can employ a few spare hours 
to no better advantage  than in preparing 
a few stalls for cows  during parturition. 
The too common custom of  leaving cows 
stanchioned up to the  moment  of  calv­
ing, and  often  so  confined  through  its 
throes, is  as  inhuman  as  it  is  unwise. 
The females of all  animals  instinctively 
seek seclusion  during these trying  peri­
ods, and  that  seclusion,  with  care  and 
comfort,  should  be  freely  given  them. 
Unless  the  dairy is  a very large  one, it 
will not require more  than  two  or  three 
stalls for the purpose indicated.  There 
is generally spare room  enough for these 
in the average  stable;  hut  if  not, erect 
them elsewhere in warm quarters.  Build 
an ordinary box-stall, with bars  opening 
on the  stable.  The  dimensions  of  the 
stall need be only sufficient  for  the  free 
movements  of  the  animal.  Make  the 
stalls snug  and warm;  keep  them  dry, 
and well littered with straw.  The  cow 
should be turned loose in the stall  a  few 
days prior to parturition, and  kept there 
till after the expulsion  of  the  placenta. 
Isolation for  a  longer  period would  be

still better.  Consult the farm record, or 
memorandum book, to  see when the nat­
ural period of  gestation will  expire, and 
keep  careful watch  of  the  cow. 
She 
may calve before or  after  her time;  her 
symptoms  and  appearance  must  govern 
in this regard.  New milch cows, in the 
severest weather of  onr harsh  Northern 
winters,  can be made  even  more  profit­
able than in  mid-summer.  They require 
warm quarters and  abundant  food. 
In 
the early spring, -when the  greater  num­
ber of  dairy cows  are  coining  in,  stalls 
are  indispensable, not only for the  com­
fort of the cows, but  to insure their  safe 
passage through this trying  ordeal. 
In 
these matters, the best that  man  can  do 
is to assist nature.  Cows that run down 
at calving  time, ahd are ill cared for and 
neglected, will be profitless to their own­
ers the rest of the season.

She Had  a Purpose.

Jeweler (to lady whose  purchases sur­
prise him)—Excuse me, madam, but may 
I inquire why you have  selected only de­
signs  in  imitation  of  bugs,  spiders, liz­
ards  and  serpents  in  purchasing  your 
jewelry ?
Mrs.  Thinkhardt—Certainly sir.  My 
husband drinks, and I’m  going  to  make 
him think he’s got ’em.

Wholesale Price  Current•

Advanced-Gum  Opium,  Gum Opium (po),  Quinine, Gum Camphor, Malaga Oil, Ipecac Root, 
T D e c a c  Root (po), Linseed  Oil,  Babbitt’s  Potash,  Nutmegs.  Declined—Oil Pennyroyal, Golden |
Seal Root, Golden Seal Root (po), Salacine.

ACIDUM.

m  10
A ceticum .....................
80@1  00on
Benzoicum  German..
.......................
Boracic 
40®  45 
Carbolicum..................
50®  55 
Citricum.......................
3®  5
Hydrochlor..................
10®   12 
Nitrocum 
...................
10®   12 
Oxalicum — — ......... 
«
20
Phosphorium dii......... 
*
salicvlienm................1 40®1  c
Salicylicum.............. 
Sulphuncum..............  
j m  ¿
.....................................1  **0“  V”
Tannicum
40®  43
Tartaricum

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a m m o n ia.
Aqua, 16  deg..............
18  deg..............  
Carbonas  ...................
Chloridum ..................

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ANILINS.
Black 
................ 2 00@2 25
S i* ™ ......   ................  80@1  00
Red 
•.............  45®  50
Yellow.......................2 50@3 00

i> a pn a"R

cubeae (po. 1 

Sjj®3 JO

b alsam tjm.

Copaiba.....................'•  70@
Terabin, Canada  .......  45@
45®
Tolutan .

@1  30

COBTBX.

Abies,  Canadian...................  Í?
Cassiae  ...................................
Cinchona Piava  .
Euonymus  atropurp............   30
Myrica  Cerifera, po..............  ~
Prunus Virgini.
Quillaia,  grd..................
Sassafras  .............
Ulmus Po (Ground  12).
EXTRACTUM.

Glyeyrrhiza  Glabra—  24®
po..........  —
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11©
Is..............
)4s............   14®
16®
MS.........
PEBBUM.

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Carbonate Precip........ 
Citrate and Quima.... 
Citrate  S o lu b le........ 
Ferrocyanidum Sol—
Solut  C hloride.....
Sulphate,  com’l —
pure........
FLOBA.

« 

Arnica  ... 
Anthémis  . 
Matricaria

©   ^
9?
®
1)4©®
14®
30®
30®

Carb.............................  12®  15
Chlorate,  (po. 18)........  16®  18
Cyanide......................   50®  55
Iodide..........................2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  33@  35 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ®  15
Potass Nitras, opt----  
8®  10
7® 
Potass Nitras......... 
9
Prussiate...............   25@ 
28
Sulphate  po..........   15® 
18

RADIX.

(po. 45)......... 

Aconitum.............   20®
Altbae....................  25@
A nehusa...............   15®
Arum,  po...............  @
Calamus.................  20®
Gentiana, (po. 15).......  10®
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®
Hydrastis  Canaden,
  ©   4b
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15@  20
Inula,  po...............  15® 
20
Ipecac,  po...................2 25@2 35
Iris  plox (po. 20@22)..  18@  20
Jalapa,  p r.............  30® 
35
Maranta,  J£s........  @ 
35
Podophyllum, po..  15@ 
18
...................   ®1  75
75®1  35

cut' 
py......... 

 

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Spigelia......................   48®
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  ©
Serpentaria..................  40®
Senega........................  60®
Similax, Officinalis,  H  ®
M  @
Scillae, (po. 35)...........   10®
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
dns,  po.....................  @
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ©
German...  15®
Zingiber a ...................   10@
22®
Zingiber  j ............... 

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..  @  15
Anisum,  (po.  20). 
Apium  (graveleons)..  10®  12
Bird, is ......................  
4®  6
Carni, (po. 18)............. 
8©  12
Cardamon................... 1  00®1  25
Corlandrum................  10@  12
Cannabis Sativa..........3M@ 
4
Cydonium...................   75@1  00
Chenopodium  ...........  10@  12
Dipterix Odorate........ 1  75@1  85
Foeniculum................  @  16
Foenugreek,  po.......... 
6®  8
L in i.............................  4  ® 4M
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  )...  4M@ 4M
Lobelia........................  35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3M@ 4M
R apa...........................   §©  1
8©  9
Sinapis,  Albu............. 
Nigra...........   H@  12

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

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

STRUTS.

A ccada................................  50
Zingiber  ..............................  50
Ipecac...................................   cu
Ferri Iod..............................   50
Auranti  Cortes.....................  50
Rhei  Arom...........................  50
Similax  Officinalis..............   60
Co........  50
Senega.................................   50
Scillae...................................  50
“  Co..............................   50
Tolutan................................  50
Prunas virg..........................  50

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TINCTURES.

“ 

Aconitum  Napellis R ..........  60
Aloes.....................................  60
and myrrh..................  60
A rnica.................................   50
Asafcetida.............................  50
Atrope Belladonna..............   60
Benzoin................................   60
Co...........................   50
Sanguinaria..........................  50
Barosma..............................   50
Cantharides..........................  75
Capsicum.............................
Cardamon.............................
Co..........................
Castor....................................1
Catechu................................
Cinehona  .............................
Co..........................
Columba..............................
Conium................................
Cubeba..................................
D igitalis..............................
Ergot....................................
G entian................................
Co............................
G ualca.................................
ammon.....................
Zingiber..............................
Hyoscyamus........................
Iodine...................................  75
Colorless...................   75
Ferri  Chloridum..................  35
K in o .....................................  50
Lobelia.................................   50
Myrrh...................................   50
Nux  Vomica........................  50
O pii......................................   85
“  Camphorated................  50
“  Deodor..........................2 00
Auranti Cortex.....................  50
Q uassia................................  50
Rhatany  .........................—   50
Rhei......................................   50
Cassia  Acutifol...................   50
Co..............   50
Serpentaria..........................  50
Stromonium..........................  60
Tolutan................................  60
V alerian..............................   50
Veratrum Veride.................   50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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ground,  (po.

JSther, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alnmen........................2M® 3M
7)..............................   3®  4
Annatto......................   55®  60
4®  5
Antimoni, po.............. 
et Potass T.  55®  60

“ 

10®   12

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2d  “ 
3d  “ 

Barosma 
......•■••••••
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin 
nivelly — —  -¿¿¿-  ^35®
Salvia  officinalis,  ]
10®
and  Ms.................
UraUrsi..................
euMMi.
Acacia,  1st  picked.
•
•

@1 oo
®  90
®  65
sifted sorts.. 
pQ ......  .....  75®1 00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60
Cape, (po. 20)...  @
“ 
“  Socotri, (po.  60).  ®  50
Catechu, Is, (Ms, 14 Ms
®25®
16)—. ......................
Ammomae........— • • -
Assafcetida, (po. 30)...
50® 
Benzoinum..................
52® 
Camphorae.............
. x35© 10 80 
Eupnorbium  po  ..
Galbanum.............
95 
Gamboge, po— —
@
50_  20 @1 00 
Guaiacum, (po. 55)
Kino,  (po.  25)......
M astic..................
@  40
Myrrh,  (po. 45)
Opii TpiTs 40):......... 3 j»@4 oo
bleached........  27®  35
Tragacanth................  30@  7o

“ 
hbrba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium..........................  **
Eupatorium.........................   rd
Lobelia..................................  S
Majorum..............................   ™
Mentha  Piperita.................
“  V ir..........................
Rue........................................
Tanacetum, V ......................
Thymus,  V...........................

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, P at..............  65®
Carbonate,  Pat  ...... •  20®
Carbonate, K. &  M —  
Carbonate, Jenning5.. 35®

OLEUM.

Absinthium................5 00®5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc—  ..  45©  75 
Amydalae, Amarae.... 8 00@8 25
A nisi 
................... 1  SU®" w
Amanti  Cortex.........  
f
c f Ä . : : : : " : - . :  
s o li«
Caryophylli............... 1  35@1  40
C edar..........................  35®  65
Chenopodii................  ©J  75
Cinnamonli...............1 35@1  40
Citronella...... ............  @  75
Conium  M ac..,..........  35®  65
Copaiba.................. .. -1 ^® )  30
Cubebae...................16 00®16 50
Exechthitos................  90@1  00
Erigeron................... 1  20®1  30
Gaultheria................ 2 20@2 30
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gossipii,  Sem. gal......   50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  60@1  75
Juniper!......................   50@2 00
Lavendnla..................  90@2 00
Limonis.......................1  50@1  80
Mentha Piper...............2 10®2 25
Mentha Verid............. 2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal.............  80@1  00
Myrcia, ounce.............  @  50
Olive............................1  25@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. .35)  10®  12
R icini..........................1  24@1  36
Rosmarin!..... 
00
Rosae,  ounce..............   ®6 00
Succini........................  40®  45
Sabina........................  90@1  00
Santal  ........................3 50@7 00
Sassafras.....................  50®  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce—  
Tiglfi...........................  ©1  50
Thym e........................  40®  50
opt  ................  ®   60
Theobromas................  15©  20
Bi Carb........................  15®  18
Bichromate................  13®  14
Bromide...............  
37®  40

POTASSIUM.

75@1 

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“ 

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“ 

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‘ 
‘ 
1 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

cent, by box 70 less

Antipyrin...................1  35©1  40
Antirebrin...................  @  25
Argentl  Nitras, ounce  ®  68
Arsenicum.................  
5®  7
Bairn Gilead  Bud......   38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ............2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is,  ()4s
11;  Ms,  12)..............   ©  9
Cantharides  Russian,
@1  75 
PO.............................
Capsici  Fructus, a f...
@  18 
po__
@  16 
¡po.
®  14 
Caryophyllus,  (po.  28)
23®  25 
Carmine,  No. 40.........
@3 75 
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......  
_
50®  55 I
Cera Flava.................   28©  30 I
Coccus........................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  ©  15
Centraria.....................  @  10
Cetaeeum...................   ®  35
Chloroform................  50®  55
squibbs ..  @1  00
Chloral Hyd Crst........1 50®1  75 I
Chondrus...................   20®  25
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W  15®  20 
German  4®  10 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ...........................   @
Creasotum..................  @
Creta,  (bbl. 75)..............   @
“  prep....................  
5®
“  precip.................  
8®
“  Rubra.................   @
Crocus........................  35®
Cudbear......................   @
Cupri Sulph................  
8®
D extrine.....................  10®
Ether Sulph................  68®
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po................  @
Ergota,  (po.)  45..........  40®
Flake  White..............   12®
G alla...........................  @
Gambier......................   7M@  3M
Gelatin,  Cooper..........  @  90
60
French...........  40®
Glassware  flint,  75  & 10 per 
Glue,  Brown..............  
9®
White................  13©
Glycerina...................   22®
Grana Paradis!...........   ®
Humulus.....................  25®
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @
“ C or____  @
Ox Rubrum  @1  05 
Ammoniati..  ®1  15 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum...................   @ 80
Ichthyobolla,  Am...... 1  25®1  50
Indigo.........................   75©1  00
Iodine,  Resnbl...........3 75@3 85
Iodoform.....................  @4 70
Lupulin......................   85®1  00
Lycopodium..............   55®
Macis
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
dxi
rarg Iod.
®
10®
Liquor Potass Arsinitis 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1M)................................ 
2®
Mannia,  S. F ..............   45®
Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 85©3  10 I 
C. C o........................2 85@3 10 I
Moschus  Canton........  ®  40
Myristiea,  No. 1..........  70®  75
Nux Vomica,  (po 20)..  @  10 I
Os.  Sepia.....................  30®  32 |
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
C o...  ......................
Picis  Liq, N.  C., M gal
doz  ..........................
Picis Liq., q u arts......
p in ts...........
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__
Pix  Burgun................
Plumbi A cet..............
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  lfl 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......
Pyrethrum,  pv...........
Q uassiae.......................
Quinia, S. P. & W ......
S.  German__
Rubia  Tinctorum......   12®  14
Saccharum Lactis pv..  @ 35
Salacin........................1  80@2  00
Sanguis  Draconis......   40®  50
Santonine  ..................  @4 50
Sapo,  W ......................   12®  14
M........................ 
8®  10
G........................  ©  15
Seldlitz  Mixture........  @  25
Sinapis.........................  @  18
“  opt...................   ®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes........................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras, (po. 12).  ,  11®  12
Soda  et Potass Tart...  3C@  33
Soda Carb...................  
2® 2M
Soda,  Bi-Carb............. 
4®  5
Soda,  Ash................... 
3® 
4 I
Soda, Sulphas.............  @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........   50@  55
“  Myrcia  Dom......   @2 00
“  Myrcia Imp........  ®2 50
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 05)..........................  @2  15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subl...............21£@  3M
Tamarinds.................  
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   •28®  30
Theobromae..............   50®  56
Vanilla......................9 00@16 00
7®  8
Zinci  Sulph
Bbl.  Gal
70 |
60
50
64 j

Roll................ 2M@ 3

®2 00

Whale, winter...........   70 
Lard,  extra................  55 
Lard, No.  1................  45 
Linseed, pure raw —   61 
Lindseed,  boiled  —   64 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................   SO 
69
Spirits Turpentine—   49)4  55
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian.............. 13£  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars— 1%  2@4
“ 
Ber........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial— 2)4  2)4@3
“  ’strictly  pure.......2)4  2%@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ........................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English—  
75@80
Green,  Peninsular......  
70@75
Lead,  red.....................  @7)4
“  w h ite............... 
  @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  -  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1  00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff........................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints......................1  00@1 20
No. 1 Turp  Coach —  1  10@1 20
Extra Turp.................1  66@1  70
Coach Body............... 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Ton».  .  .  ...............   70©  75

VARNISHES.

paints. 

OILS.

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lm  
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We have in stock and offer a fall line of

WhisJsles,  Brandies,

Gins,  W ines,

W e are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W. D. & Co*, 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

W hisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  Whisky.

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

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

fiaxeltine 4 Perkins  Drug  Bo,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

A   W N I N G S

A N D   TENTS .

C U R B

“La  Grippe”

A   sure  cure  for  the 
R u ssian   M alady 
is 
sellin g lik e  H ot Cakes.

Order a sample dozen  of  your  jobber. 
Price $8 per doz.  Or sent prepaid to any 
part of the U. S. on receipt of  $1  or  six 
for $5. 
“ La  Grippe”  Medicine  Oo.

___________

252  GrandviHe  Ave.,

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GRAND  RAPIDS, 
-  MICH.
LIQUOR l POISON  RECORD

COMBINED.

Acknowledged to be the

B est on the M arket.

E, I. STOWE ft BRO., gkand’ra.pubs

Flags, H orse and  W agon  Covers.  Seat  Shades,  Large 
U m brellas,  Oiled  Clothing,  W ide  Cotton  Ducks,  etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COTE,  11  Pearl  Street.

Send  fo r  Illu strated   Catalogue.

Telephone  106.

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

If yon have  any  of  the  above  goods to 
shipf or anything in the  Produce  line, let 
ns hear  from you.  Liberal cash advances 
made  when desired.

E A R L   B R O S . ,

Commission Merchants
Reference:  F i r s t   N a t i o n a l   B a n k ,  Ohicago. 
M ic h i g a n  T r a d e s m a n . Grand Rapids.

157 South W ater St.,  CH ICAGO . 

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Dealers in

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Sole  Agents  for  the  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints,

We  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

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Plumbing,

Steam and  Hot Water  Heating, 
Brooks’  Hand  Force  Pump,  In­
stantaneous  Water  Heater,  Hot 
Air  Furnaces,  Mantels,  Grates 
and Tiling, Gas Fixtures, Etc. 
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
P lu m b e rs’  Supplies.
184 East Fallen 81., Head ef Monroe,

Telephone No. 147.
21  SGrilmer  Street,

T e l e p h o n e  N o .  1 1 0 9 .

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.
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GRAND  RAPIDS.

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Used  eveiywhere,  with  unqualified 
success.  Not a medicine, but a steam- 
cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest 
stomach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  bv 
druggists.  In  cans. 35c. and upward« 
Woolbich  &  Co. on every label.

DETROIT,  MICH.

500,000 TO  INVEST  IN  BONDS 

W NE  COUNTY  SAVINGS  BANK, 
Issued by cities, counties, towns  and school dis­
tricts of Michigan.  Officers of these municipali­
ties  about  to  isfue  bonds  will  find  it to their 
advantage to apply to this hank.  Blank  bonds 
and  blanks  for  proceedings  supplied  without 
charge.  All communications and inquiries wUl 
have prompt attention.
January, 1890. 

S. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer.

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J E T T I N E .
Warranted  not  to  Thicken,  Sour  or  Mold In 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injury 
by Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after frees 
ing.  See quotation.  51 ART ELL BLACKING 
CO., Sole Manufacturers,  Chicago, I1L

Miclip Fin  ail  Marine  Insurance  Co.

ORGANIZED  1881.

GISH  CAPITAL  $400,080,

GASH  ASSETS  OVER  $700,000.

LOSSES  PAID  $500,001).

D.  Whitney, Jr., President. 

Eugene Harbeck, Sec’y.

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

our own  State.

F air Contracts, 
E quitable  R ates,
I n s u r e   In  “ 'The  M ich ig a n .9*

P rom p t  Settlem ents,

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.

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S.  K.  BOLLES. 

E.  B.  DIKEMAN

S .  K .  H o lies  &  Co.,

77  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

"W holesale  C igar  D ealers.

“T O S S   U P T ”

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

Ionia P a n ts & O v erall Co.

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E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Pants,  Overalls,  Boats,  Jaokets,  Shirts,  Ete.

W arranted  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.

BANDY We  manufacture  all  our 

Candy.  Use only the best ma­
terial. 
it  as 
represented, pure and first-class 

W arranted 

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(or  immediate delivery.

Saws, Belting  and  Oils.

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

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

Pulley and become convinced of their  superiority.

Write for Prices. 

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

W M . SEARS & CO.,

Cracker  Manufacturers,

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R oa d

B oggin g

D e liv e r y

P le a s u r e

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Pure  Candies.

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS  OF

The  Only Hotlse in the  State  whißli  Puts Goods  Up  NET  WEIGHT.
NO  CHARGE  FOR  PACKAGES.

CODY  BLOCK,  158  EAST  FULTON  ST,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

A .  H I M B S ,

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Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

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quantities,  address,

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sufiicici’tl} 
Should  be  Thoroughly 
Warmed  net cooked) adding  piece  oi 
orood Butter (size of hen’s egg*; and giii 
>1 fresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.; 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature of
Davenport  Gamut*  (j0<

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

MICHIGAN  AGENTS  FOR  THE  BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO.

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

selling the line.  Correspondence solicited.

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

THE  WÄL8H--DE  ROO  MILLING  GO.,

HOLLAND,  MICH.

The M ichigan T radesm an

MEMORY  FOR  FIGURES.

How a Valuable Faculty May Be Culti­

vated.

H. L. H olbrook in  The Office.
The memory for figures is,  with  some 
persons, natural  and  easy;  with  others 
it is very  difficult.  The  former  do  not 
need  to  strengthen  their  memories  in 
this  respect  so  much  as  to  discipline 
them, that their energies  be  spent  only 
on what is important and  not  wasted on 
what is trivial.  They generally  excel in 
mathematics  and  as  engineers,  survey­
ors or book-keepers and  accountants, or, 
if  they  have  not  been  educated,  their 
natural memories serve them exceedingly 
well and they are  able to carry accounts 
in  their  heads,  even  if  numerous  and 
complicated.  The latter class need spe­
cial training for the development  of  the 
memory of figures and I know of nothing 
so useful for them as the study of mathe­
matics.  This  may seem to many as im­
practicable,  but I do not think so. 
It  is 
not necessary to go into the  study of  the 
higher mathematics;  the study of  meHtal 
arithmetic and of  the  first  principles of 
algebra and geometry is  quite  sufficient. 
The rudimentary books  designed for be­
ginners, where everything  is  so  simpli­
fied as to be perfectly easy and plain, are 
the best.  A leisure hour given  to  them 
every day, or even every  other  day, will 
not only strengthen  the  memory  of  fig­
ures,  but  forms a most  excellent  means 
of  disciplining the mind. 
In addition to 
this,  the  faculties  should  be  exercised 
daily in recalling such matters as Involve 
figures.  The  amounts  of  money  spent 
daily  for  trifles  or  for  important  pur­
chases may be written down at night from 
recollection.  The prices for all articles 
in daily  use  in  market  may  be held in 
memory as a matter  of  mental  gymnas­
tics. 
If  a  note  is  given  or taken,  the 
amount of it, the time it  was  given  and 
the  date  of  its  maturity, together with 
the rate of interest, can be held  in  mind 
with little difficulty.  The number of the 
street on which a friend  lives;  the  num­
ber of the post office box  at which he re­
ceives his letters;  the number  of  apple, 
peach and pear trees in your  orchard,  if 
you are so fortunate  as to have one, and 
the number of bushels of  fruit they pro­
duce yearly, together with the money for 
which  they  were  sold,  may  be used as 
memory lessons.  The  indebtedness  of 
each State  and  of  the  various  govern­
ments are also suitable subjects on which 
to exercise  the  memory  for figures,  and 
so  are  the  times  of  the  revolution  on 
their  axes  and  in  their orbits  of  each 
planet, and the distance of each from the 
sun and from the earth. 
' It  would  be  a 
mistake, however, to  load the mind with 
too  much  at  first;  a little  each  day  is 
quite enough. 
If attention is paid to the 
subject  and  the  pupil  does  not  falter 
after  a  short  trial,  it  is  interesting to 
notice how retentive the  memory for fig­
ures will at last become.  Here, as else­
where,  determination  and  a  vivid  first 
impression are necessary. 
It is careless­
ness and want of attention that causes so 
many to  have  so  weak  and  debilitated 
memories,  not  only  for  figures, but for 
names, dates and facts.
Say  So’s  by  a  New  York  Mercnant. 
George  H oughton in C hristion Union.
For a business man  to dispense with  a 
stenographer and typewriter, with a view 
to cutting down  expenses, is like remov­
ing the wheel  from his wheelbarrow.  1 
don’t  pity him if he does have the  back­
ache.
You  think  it’s  altogether  out  of the 
advertising line, do  you?  That’s a suffi­
That 
cient  recommendation  for  me. 
means it’s just in my advertising line.
You say the figures  in  that  advertise­
ment are merely close estimates.  Either 
state plainly that  they are  estimates,  or 
out  with  ’em ! 
If  you  get  to  giving 
guesses as facts, you’ll soon get to doubt­
ing your facts.
That  prospective  salesman  took  the 
wrong tack to impress me.  The way  to 
I’m used to 
surprise me is not to try to. 
being  surprised by the surpassing  abili­
ties of applicants.
That was  a  good  advertisement  last 
spring, but it’s got too  much  was  about 
it  now.  Bring  on  your  fresh  milk. 
That’s  sour  now  and  good  only  for 
cheese.  Let’s resign the boynnyclabber 
to our imitators  and  go  back to  the cow 
for fresh supplies.
Don’t be afraid of criticism or thunder. 
I have heard thunder and not seen a drop 
of rain for a fortnight afterwards.  The 
only way thunder  can  hurt  you  is  by 
frightening  you  into  fits.  You’ll  be 
healthier by dispensing with fits.
It’s the gnats and not  the night-hawks 
that get a grip on us. 
I was  less  both­
ered by the last tight money market than 
by this mare getting  her  tail continually 
over the reins.
It  takes a million or  so leaves to make 
that oak tree,  and they all  fall off once  a 
year. 
If  we  want  to  make  an  oak 
of our business we’ve  got  to  be  just  as 
prodigal  in  right ways, and  advertising 
is one of those ways.
However  mercilessly I  weed  out  my 
libraries, you’ll  notice  there’s  always  a 
“Boswell’s  Johnson” 
left  in  each  of 
That’s  an  every-man’s  book. 
them. 
That’s one of the books I tie-to.
The  fault  in  that  advertisement  is 
very clear. 
It’s an old-fashioned case of 
Strike  out 
overdose  of 
three-quarters, and put the  rest  in  type 
four times  as  big. 
I’m  not  trying  to 
work up trade for  an  optician’s  line  of 
goods.
I  want  to  make  that  announcement 
stick. 
If you can’t do it otherwise, print 
it with  pitch,  and warn  every reader  to 
keep his hands  off.  That’ll  catch ’em !
Just mind you that  liberality and  gen­
erosity are  dictionary terms that depend 
very much  on  circumstances  for  their 
comparative  meaning.  The  man  you 
call liberal  may be  spending  his wife’s 
money,  or  scrimping 
the  children’s 
wardrobe, or cheating his creditors.  The 
other man  may be  mean  to  himself  in 
order to be just to his  family and  to  his 
engagements.
I’d 
be willing to get bit—to test his teeth.

That salesman is all bark, I fear. 

letterpress. 

Evolution of  the  Merchant.*

The merchant’s  history may be told in 
three chapters, each one characterized by 
a distinct  and  salient  feature.  First, a
•Address  by  Oh as.  Gildehaus  before  th e  wholesale 

grocers of  St. Louis.

time in which  his  existence is oppressed 
and  destroyed;  second, a time  when  he 
is  permitted  and  endured;  third,  a time 
when  he  is  recognized  and  esteemed. 
We  may  catch  a  glimpse  of  the  first 
period by casting our eyes backward, far 
backward,  to  prehistoric  times,  to  the 
day of  the myth and legend, a time when 
kings  and 
immortal  heroes  regarded 
piracy as an honorable occupation.  The 
currency had not been  well  regulated in 
those  days, 
there  was  a  constant  bi­
metallic warfare between the gold of  the 
merchant  and  the  iron  of  the  warrior. 
In  the  South • Ulysses  ranged  the Med­
iterranean with his iron  money, while in 
the North,  Fritjof  and  the  hardy Norse 
scoured  the  seas,  giving  ample  proof 
that  their  strong  arms  and  trenchant 
swords  held  greater  purchasing  power 
than the accumulated gold of  the trader. 
The  merchant, however, profited by this 
harsh experience, and by craft  and  cun­
ning  became  in  time  so  able an adver­
sary that his self-exalted enemy could do 
little more than treat him with contempt. 
Hence  the  merchants  and  the  thieves 
were  classed  together, and given a com­
mon god. 
it may seem to  us  that  these 
noble men might with better reason have 
set themselves in the same  category.
The period of  contempt constitutes the 
second stage of  the  merchant’s  develop­
ment.  Most  prevalent  in  the  middle 
ages, it  has  extended  well  down to our 
day, and to some extent  prevails  abroad 
even now.  The merchant has now come 
to be regarded in the light of  a necessary 
evil,  and  as  he,  like a coward, allowed 
himself  to be  taxed  and  robbed to sup­
port the nobility in idleness  and  luxury, 
he was most  graciously  permitted to ex­
ist.  He was  damned, however, with the 
stigma of inferiority, and for many years 
had no voice  in  the  councils of  nations.
The  world  looked  down  on his voca­
tion as one base  and  ignoble.  The mer­
chant, notably the grocer, catered simply 
to  those  desires of  man  which he holds 
in  common  with  the  animal, while the 
scholars,  soldiers,  statesmen  and divines 
cultivated the  spiritual part of  man. 
If 
a man was a merchant, his opinions were 
confined  to  merchandise;  to-day the mil­
itary  and  professional  classes  of  many 
European  nations  regard  themselvos as 
baked of  better clay than  the  merchant.
It  remained  for  America  to  turn the 
merchant into a man.  The glorious opu­
lence of  our  country has  paid  the  debt 
long  due  to  his  class, and  paid it most 
magnanimously.  He  can  now  provide 
for  his  physical  wants,  and  do so well, 
and  still  find  time  and  opportunity  to 
enter  the  realms  forbidden  heretofore. 
He need not neglect his business to learn 
that  there  is  something  more  in  the 
world than his store;  the  universe  is not 
bounded  by  his  barrels  and  boxes, 
whether  he  have a hundred or a million. 
Recognizing this, and having better facil­
ities  to  satisfy his  physical  necessities 
than any other class  of  men, why should 
not the grocer partake of  the beauty and 
the wisdom of  the  world, which  mighty 
men and many ages  have  written as the 
history of  civilization ?

Beet  Sugar in California.

From  th e  San Francisco Chronicle.
The second  beet  sugar  factory closed 
operations for the  season  at  Alvarado a 
It  has  been  a  success­
few  days ago. 
ful season.  When the beets are all  con­
verted  into  sugar,  the  mill  must  stop 
until  another  crop  is  harvested.  No 
sugar  mill,  whether  grinding  cane  or 
beets, continues in  operation  the  entire 
year.  There  is  a regular grinding sea­
son.  The beet sugar factory at Alvarado 
is really the  first  in  order  of  establish­
ment.  What is of still  more importance, 
it was the first  in  the  United  States  to 
demonstrate in a  practical way that beet 
sugar  could be manufactured at a  profit 
in this country.  For several consecutive 
seasons, only  once  interrupted  by  fire, 
this establishment  has  gone  along, buy­
ing all the  beets  offered  and  converting 
them into  sugar. 
Since  the  enterprise 
was well established there has never been 
a year of loss in the business  of  making 
sugar.

He  Appreciates  Tact.

From  th e  D etroit Tribune.
“The last time I  stopped in  this city I 
made a good sale  to a  merchant whom I 
had never been able  to catch before,” re­
marked one traveling  man to another  in 
the billiard-room  of  the  Hotel  Cadillac 
yesterday afternoon.
“How was  that?”  asked  the  second 
traveling man, as he made a four-cushion 
shot.
“1 learned that his hobby was billiards, 
and  that  he  fancied  himself  a  good 
I met him socially one evening 
player. 
and persuaded him  to  play me  a  game. 
Well, he beat me  easily, you  may imag­
ine. 
I proposed another game, the  man 
who lost to set up the wine.  This game, 
too, I lost.  We  played all the evening. 
He pranced around the table showing me 
fancy  shots  and  giving  me  points, 
slapped me on  the  back  and  thought  I 
was a fine fellow.  Then  1 took him up 
to the room and sold him $1,000 worth of 
goods.”
“Pretty good,”  said the  second  drum­
mer, counting twenty-five points.
“The next evening he came down to the 
hotel, eager to pursue  his favorite game. 
I had sold him the  goods, and I felt  in  a 
condition  to  resent  the  lessons  he had 
given me. 
I proposed  that we  play for 
wine for all  the boys—there were  about 
ten of  them—and  he  agreed.  He  had 
first shot and missed.  Then  I  bunched 
the balls  in  a  corner  and  ran  out  the 
game in a  manner  that  made  his  head 
spin.  Then I discounted and double-dis­
counted and  he  stood  no  chance.  His 
bill  for wine  was  about  thirty dollars, 
and ever since then he has  been  a  good 
customer of mine.  He is  a man who  ap­
preciates tact, you see.”

Value  of Salt for Milkingr-Cows.
From  th e  A m erican A griculturist.
An experiment made the  past  summer 
with our cows proved  that when a hand­
ful of salt, or  about  two  ounces  of  it, 
was given every day, the yield  of  butter 
was  increased  one-fifth, and when  salt 
was withheld,  the  yield  fell  off  in  the 
same  proportion.  The  reason, beyond 
question,  is that as  salt  is  required  for 
full digestion  of  the  food, more  of  the 
food was changed into milk.  Keep rock 
salt within reach of the cows.

To say of a  man  the  he  is  tried and 
trusted, implies praise;  but trusted, and 
then tried is a different thing.

AT.T.  SORTS  OF  CHEESES.

Imitations  in  This  Country-Popular 

Brands  Among Epicures.

From  th e New York Tribune.
It is a part of the religion of every epi­
cure that a dinner  without cheese is like 
a beautiful  maiden,  with  only  one eye. 
There  is humbug in cheese  everywhere, 
and not only are American brands of for­
eign  cheese  offered  for  sale as the real 
article  in  New York,  but the  European 
cheese mongers are tricky.
An Englishman of  national reputation 
has said:  “I do verily think that in 1828 
a Stilton cheese  was a better fellow than 
he  is  in  1889,”  and  the  man  ought to 
know, for he has eaten them  for  almost 
three-quarters of a century.
Stilton  is a quaint  old  village  in  the 
northwestern  part  of  Huntingdonshire, 
in the west central part  of  England. 
It 
has never been  famous  for anything but 
cheese, and by rights its fame as a cheese 
center is not  legitimate.
During  the  reign  of  George  III. and 
during the coaching days of this century, 
forty-two fast mail coaches  passed  each 
day  over  the  Great  North Road, which 
runs through Stilton.  A fat, fair dame, 
by name Miss Worthington,  was the hos­
tess of the inn at Stilton until  1830,  and 
it  was  her  custom  to  have  on  hand  a 
quantity of the  cheese  to  sell to passen­
gers.  Cambridge  “undergrads,” as well 
as country gentlemen  passing through to 
the North, would invariably take home a 
cheese, and so the variety became known 
as Stilton.  Then,  as  now,  it  all  came 
from  Leicestershire, 
although  Miss 
Worthington  always  asserted  the  con­
trary.
The Stilton that  comes to this country 
is fairly good. 
It  has been said that in 
the old days men got  less  milk  in  their 
cream and less water in their  milk  than 
at  present,  but  it  is  only fair to admit 
that the crusty, brown old port  that  was 
taken with it made it seem better to those 
who ate it long ago.  Stilton is the most 
expensive  of  the cheeses brought to this 
country,  and the sale for it is found alto­
gether in the Eastern States.
The  other  English  cheeses  imported 
are Cheddar,  Royal  Arms, Cheshire  and 
Double Gloster, but the demand for these 
is small.  Three-quarters of all the cheese 
sold in America is of Swiss manufacture, 
and  the  Gruyere  or  Emmenthal  and 
Sbrinz lead in popularity,  with  Sapsago 
a close third.  Swiss cheese can be shipped 
the  year  round,  but it is affected by ex­
posure  to  extreme  heat  or  cold. 
It  is 
kept  best  by  storing  in cold, damp cel­
lars.
From Holland, Edam, Gouda  or  Pate- 
grasse, Gouda-Kosher  or  Gowsche-Kass, 
Leyden  or  Cominje-Kaas  are  imported. 
The Dutch cheeses  are  kept  easily,  and 
are  consequently popular.
From Germany comes  Bomatour, some 
of the  Limburger,  Thüringer  Kümmel, 
Olmutzer  Hand-kase  and  Harzer Hand- 
kase.  The Schweizer-kase and Limbur­
ger used here are almost altogether made 
in this  country.
From  France  we  get  Roquefort,  the 
most  popular;  Menanta,  Bricquebec, 
Camembert,  Pont  L’eveque, Bondous de 
Neufchatel, Coulounniers,  and  last,  but 
by  no  means  least,  Fromage  de  Brie. 
Brie is extensively imitated  in  America, 
most of the factories  being in Ohio, New 
York  and  Michigan,  and  one  firm  has 
three factories in  New York turning out 
Brie.  The cheese should be soft;  in fact, 
nearly  soft  enough  to  be  eaten  with a 
spoon, but the dealers say  that  they find 
it impossible to sell it in  that  condition, 
except  to  foreigners  and  Charles  Del- 
monico.  The  American imitation is, in 
most instances,  of  about the consistency 
of  sawdust  and  utterly  flavorless. 
It 
does  not  smell,  however,  and  that  is 
probably what recommends it.
From Norway and Sweden, Gammelost, 
Gjedost and  Myseost  are  imported, but 
they  don’t  sell,  except  among  Scandi­
navians.
In the  Italian  cheeses, Parmesan, Ro­
mano,  Caccio,  Cavalio,  Canestrati, For- 
maggio di  Sicilia,  Gorgonzola  and  Stra- 
chino di Milano are to be had.  Parmesan 
and  Gorgonzola  are  most  eaten.  The 
Swiss  cheese,  Fromage  d’Isigny,  Fro­
mage  de  Brie,  Camembert, Hamburger, 
Kümmel  and  Muenster  are  all  exten­
sively  imitated.

Concise  Business Rules.

The intelligent  and  upright  business 
man regulates his conduct  by fixed prin­
ciples and  established  methods.  He is 
not the creature of  impulse or caprice.
1.  He is strict in  keeping  his  engage­
ments.
2.  He does nothing  carelessly  or  hur­
riedly.
3.  He does not entrust to  others  what 
he can easily do himself.
4.  He  does  not  leave  undone  what 
should and can be done.
5.  While frank with all,  he  keeps  his 
plans and views largely to himself.
6.  Is prompt and decisive in  his  deal­
ings and does not overtrade.
7.  Prefers short credits  to  long  ones, 
and cash to credit  always.
8.  Is clear and explicit in his bargains.
9.  He does not  leave  to  memory what 
should be in writing.
10.  Keeps copies of  all  important  let­
ters sent and files  carefully all papers of 
value.
11.  He does  not  allow  his  desk to be 
littered,  but  keeps  it  tidy  and  well 
arranged.
12.  Aims  to  keep  everything  in  its 
proper place.
13.  Keeps the details  of  business well 
in hand and under his own eye.
14.  Believes that  those whose credit is 
suspected are not to be trusted.
15.  Often  examines  his  books  and 
knows how he  stands.

Buttering Machine.

The latest and  most  unique  invention 
is a machine  for  buttering bread. 
It is 
used  in  connection  with a great  patent 
bread-cutter, and  is  intended  for use in 
prisons,  workhouses  and  other  reform­
atory  institutions.  There  is  a  cylin­
drical-shaped  brush  which  is  fed  with 
butter,  and  lays  a  thin  layer  on  the 
bread as it comes from  the  cutter.  The 
machine  can  be  worked by hand, steam 
or electricity,  and  has a capacity of  cut­
ting  and  buttering  750  loaves of  bread 
an  hour.  The  saving of  butter  and  of 
bread  and  the  decrease  in the quantity 
of  crumbs is said  to be very great.

The P.  &  B. cough  drops  give  great 

satisfaction.

W HO  U R G B S   Y O U

T O   B L E E P

T H E   F T T B L I O !

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

Correspondence  Solicited.

Daily  Capacity, 

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

MORNING STAB, 
DAILY  BREAD, 

Graham,

SPECIALTIES 1 
Wheatena, 

Buckwheat Flour, 

Rye Flour, 

Bolted  Meal, 
Rye Meal, 
Buckwheat Grits, 

Wheat Grits, 

Pearl Barley,
Oat Meal, 

Rolled Oats.

