The  Michigan  Tradesman.
SEEDS!

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY  12,  1890. 

HOW  BIG  STORES  FIND  OUT WHAT 

RIVALS  ARE  DOING.

The  proprietor  of  one  of  the  largest j 
dry goods stores in New York sat  in  his i 
office  looking  over  some marked adver- j 
tisements  in  the  Sunday  newspapers. 
Presently he  rang  for  the  superintend­
ent and that  gentleman came in.
“Mr.  Johnson,”  said  the  merchant, 
“these advertisements that I have marked 
It means 
here are worth inquiring  into. 
that some of  our competitors are offering 
special  inducements  at  this time in the 
matter  of  seasonable  goods.  Attend  to 
this  at  once,  please,  and  let  me  hear 
from  you.”
Mr. Johnson  bowed,  took  the  papers 
and walked out.  He devoted  about  half 
the  next  hour to  carefully reading over j 
the advertisements referred to by his em­
ployer.  Then  Mr. 
turned 
around  and, nodding to one of the clerks 
in his offii-e,  said :
“I wish  you would find  Miss Williams 
in the bric-a-brac  department.  Tell  her 
I would like to see  her at once.”
The clerk  went  out,  and in a few mo­
ments  returned  with  a  young  woman. 
She  was a very pretty,  demure  and  in- ! 
telligent-appearing  girl.  .She  was  well 
dressed  and  seemed to  know  what  she 
had been sent for.  She  looked up at the 
superintendent with an  inquiring glance 
as she said;

Johnson 

“You sent for me, sir?”
“Miss  Williams,”  said  Mr.  Johnson, 
we  will  have to send  yon  out  again  to­
day.”
Miss  Williams  simply  nodded,  smil­
ingly,  and  then  Mr.  Johnson  took  the 
marked  papers and spread them  out  be­
fore her.  A long conversation  followed. 
Miss  Williams  made  notes from the ad­
vertisements  as  she  read  them  and re­
peated them over to  herself  a number of 
times,  as  though  committing  them  to 
memory.  The  superintendent  said  to 
her:
“Now, I would like  to  be  able  to  re­
port  this  matter  to  the firm by to-mor­
row, and if  you  are  very spry  you  will 
be able to get around to all  these parties 
to-day before 6 o’clock.”
Miss  Williams  now  withdrew  to  the 
room  in  which  the  clerks  hung  their 
wraps. 
In a few moments she came out 
with  bonnet,  gloves  and  wrap,  looking 
not  unlike  many  of  the  stylish  young 
women  who were coming in to start their 
day’s shopping.  When  she  stepped out 
into the street,  she  looked up and down 
for a moment as though undecided which 
way  to  go.  Then  she  pursed  up  her 
pretty lips into a pout,  nodded  her  head 
in a knowing  way,  and  tripped  off  at a 
lively  pace  toward  Fifth  avenue.  She 
had not gone far  before she saw a throng 
of  shoppers  going  into  one  of  the  big 
stores.  She followed in  their wake,  and 
although  the  crowd in front of  her  was 
very large,  she managed  in  some way to 
get near the front  at  each  counter with 
little  difficulty.  At  one  of  the 
very 
counters she remained for some time.
“I want to see some of  that  surah  silk 
you have advertised,” she said.
The clerk  took  down  several  bolts of 
the silk and she  examined it critically. 
“Thank  you,” she  said.
A  moment  later  she  was  at  another 
counter where large wax dolls were being 
disposed  of  to a hungry  crowd of  shop­
pers.  There were several clerks  at  this 
counter,  and  the  floorwalker, also, hap­
pened  to  be  standing there.  He let his 
eye  fall  upon  Miss  Williams  and  he 
seemed to recognize her.  He stepped up 
to her, standing so that he  was  between 
her and  the  counter,  and said in a voice 
slightly tinged with sarcasm :
“Ah!  how do  you  do,  Miss  Williams? 
Very glad to see  you.”
Miss  Williams  drew  herself  up  very 
rigidly,  stared  at  the  floorwalker  in  a 
most haughty manner,  and  said,  very in­
dignantly :
I  don’t  know 
you,  sir.  What  do  you  mqan,  sir,  by 
addressing me ?”
the  floorwalker,  “I 
said 
thought  I  recognized  you  as  the  Miss 
Williams who  once  was  employed  here 
as a cash girl.”
I a cash girl!  I am  not the 
person,  sir,  at  all. 
I  don’t  know  you. 
Am I  to be insulted?”
“Oh.  no;  I  did  not  mean  to  insult 
you,” said  the  floorwalker,  taken  some­
what  aback by her  grand  airs,  “I  must 
have been mistaken.”
Miss Williams bowed frigidly, in recog­
nition  of  his  apology, and  pushed  her 
way up to the counter.  She  bought sev­
eral of  the  dolls, after  examining  them 
very closely,  paid for  them  and  ordered 
them  sent  to  a  house  in  West  Forty- 
foarth  street.  She  stopped  at  several 
other counters and bought other articles, 
which she had sent to the  same  address.
In the meantime the floorwalker, whom 
she had so  brusquely repulsed,  had been 
talking with a  young  cash  girl  of  more 
than  usually 
intelligent  appearance. 
Evidently he was not satisfied of  his mis­
take  so  far  as  Miss  Williams was  con­
cerned, for he said to the girl:
just  follow  her.  Don’t  lose 
sight of  her, if  it takes  until to-morrow. 
If  she  goes  into a house,  wait  for  her. 
If  she  goes  into a store,  follow her. 
If 
she stays there, find out  whether she is a 
clerk or not. 
If  she  don’t, keep  on fol­
lowing her until you run her down.”
In consequence,  when  Miss  Williams 
again went out into  the  street, the little 
cash girl was  following  her at a respect­
ful distance.  After her  experience with 
the  floorwalker,  Miss  Williams  had  be­
come  very  wary.  She  had  maintained 
with  considerable  success  the  haughty 
demeanor  she  had  assumed,  and  even 
when  she stepped out into the street she 
held her nose  high in the air.  But after 
she had gone about half  a block, and had 
looked around several times to see if  she 
was  being  followed,  the  success of  her 
bluff  tickled  her so much  that  she burst 
out  laughing. 
In a moment  the  laugh 
had departed and her  face  had  resumed 
its usual demure  expression,  for she was 
sharp enough and experienced  enough to 
know that such  indulgence  might prove

“Who  are  you,  sir? 

“No, sir. 

“Well,” 

“You 

fatal  to  her  purpose.  There  were sev­
eral other stores along  Fourteenth street 
in which Miss  Williams  stopped,  and at 
nearly  every  one  she  purchased  some­
thing and had it sent to the  Forty-fourth 
street  house.  She  frequently  referred, 
when  her  memory  was  at  fault, to the 
notes she had made;  but this was usually 
done on the  street, and  only with  great 
caution within the stores.
From Fourteenth  street  she started up 
town on Sixth  avenue.  One of  the  first 
of  the  big  stores  that  she  came to was 
more  than  usually  crowded, because of 
certain  advertisements 
that  had  ap­
peared  in  the  paper  of  the day before. 
Before entering this store,  Miss Williams 
spent  several  minutes  in  studying over 
her notes.  As she  looked  up from them 
and  was  about  to  put  them  into  her 
pocket, her  eye  caught  the  young  cash 
girl,  who had been following her.  There 
was hardly a change in her face to denote 
that she recognized the girl, and only for 
a moment  did a shade of  annoyance  lin­
ger on her brow.  Then she pretended to 
resume  her  study  of  the  notes,  but  all 
the time she was  watching the little girl 
out of  the corners of  her eyes.  She had 
seen the girl in the store, and recognized 
her from  this. 
It  was  now  her  aim to 
put the little one off  her track.  She put 
her  notes into her pocket with a decided 
air  and  turned  about  as  though  to re­
trace her steps.  The  little  girl  did not 
budge.  Miss  Williams  walked  half  a 
block  away,  then 
turned  around  as 
though undecided,  and  saw  that the lit­
tle girl had  still  not  moved.  For a mo­
ment  Miss 'Williams  was in doubt as to 
whether or not  she  had  been  mistaken. 
As she stood there outside  the  door, the 
little  girl  looked  as  though  she  were 
waiting for her  mother to come out,  and 
not as if  she  were playing the detective. 
To make certain, Miss  Williahis  decided 
upon  another  test.  She turned quickly 
and walked around  the  corner, stopping 
so she could see  through the windows of 
the corner store on  to  Sixth, avenue.  A 
minute passed and the little  girl had not 
appeared.  Miss  Williams  was  about to 
return, when  she saw the cash girl come 
slowly up  the  avenue,  apparently with 
no  special idea in mind.  Miss Williams 
stepped back into a doorway and  waited 
to see if  the girl would pass, but she was 
too wise for that.  After  having  waited 
several minutes,  Miss  Williams’ stock of 
patience  was  exhausted,  and  she  came 
out.  There  was  the  little girl standing 
on the  corner,  calm as ever,  with  just a 
little  hint  of  a confident  smile  on  her 
face.
“You little rogue,” said Miss Williams 
to  herself,  “you  knew  I  couldn’t have 
gone  to  the  other  corner  in  so short  a 
time,  and so  you  waited  for me to come 
out of  hiding.  Well,  we will see.”
Miss Williams walked  right along now 
as though she  had  really had  some bus­
iness in the house  from  which  she  had 
emerged,  and  returned to the dry goods 
store she had  started to  enter  when  in­
terrupted by the  little  girl.  But all her 
unpleasant  experiences  were  not  yet 
ended.  She  was  examining  some  toys 
when a clerk said, sharply :
“See  here,  what  store  do  you  come 
from ?”
“What do  you  mean ?”  returned Miss 
Williams,  again  assuming  the airs of  a 
queen.
“Oh, I know  you,” returned the clerk. 
“I have seen  you before.”  *
“How dare  you insult me ?”  said Miss 
Williams.  “I shall report  you.”
“Oh, that’s all right,”  said  the  clerk. 
“ 1 don’t  want to insult  you, but I won’t 
sell you anything.  You cannot buy any­
thing here.”
Several  other  customers  who  were 
standing  near  looked  up  in  surprise, 
while the little cash girl,  who had smug­
gled  herself  in,  leaned  up  against  the 
adjoining counter and  grinned  from ear 
to ear.
“Well,  we  will  see  about  that,” said 
Miss Williams.  “Where is  the  superin­
tendent ?”
“Here, cash,”  said  the  clerk,  calling 
up a little  cash  girl,  “take  this  lady to 
the superintendent.”
The clerk  said  this in a very sarcastic 
manner,  and  for  once  Miss  Williams’ 
anger and indignation  were not feigned. 
She  did  not  go  to  the  superintendent, 
however,  but tried to outwit the clerk by 
going to another part of  the  store.  The 
clerk was apprised of  the  fact, however, 
and  got  around  in  time  to  balk  Miss 
Williams  in  her  attempt  to  purchase. 
The  clerk  could  not, of  course,  refuse 
absolutely to  sell  to  her, but  overcame 
this  obstacle  by saying  that  everything 
was sold.  Miss  Williams  was  followed 
from counter to counter, and finally gave 
up  in  despair,  having  been able to pur­
chase  only one  article  of  the  many she 
had started to get in this store;
With  few  exceptions, however,  in the 
other  stores  she  went  to  she  found no 
difficulty  in  obtaining  all  that  she  de­
sired.  With the exception of  a few min­
utes  for  lunch,  she  was  on  her  feet 
nearly the whole day.  Several times she 
attempted to escape from  the  little  girl 
who  was  following  her, but  each  time 
was  entirely unsuccessful.  She stopped 
for half an hour at the house of a friend. 
When she  came out,  she thought she had 
worn  out  the  little  girl’s  patience, for 
she was not in sight, but several minutes 
later  the  little  girl bobbed up serenely, 
having  spent  the  meantime  munching 
cakes  in a bakery  across  the  way from 
the  house at  which  Miss  Williams  had 
been  visiting.
When  Miss Williams finally turned up 
at the store from which she  had  started, 
the cash girl was close  behind her.  She 
saw  Miss  Williams  go up stairs and re­
port to the superintendent, and managed, 
through  a  shrewd  question  or  two,  t» 
find  out  that  she  was  employed there. 
Then,  with a knowing  nod  of  the  head 
and  a self-satisfied  smirk,  she  gave  up 
the chase.  Miss Williams had been com­
paratively  successful,  and  there  were 
many  articles  awaiting  her  at  home. 
Having announced  this  to  the  superin­
tendent,  she  went  home, and  the  next

morning came to the  store  at  the  usual 
hour with a written  report of  her  entire 
experience and the samples  she  had  ob­
tained.  These  were critically examined 
by the superintendent,  and then taken to 
the head of  the firm.
Nearly every Monday clerks  from  the 
various dry goods houses go through  the 
same  experience,  so that it has become a 
recognized custom. 
It  is  the  only way 
in  which  the  big  retail  merchants can 
keep  themselves  informed as to  the  in­
ducements offered by their  rivals.  Mon­
day  is  especially  selected  because  the 
greatest  bargains  are usually advertised 
on  the  day previous.  The  object  more 
particularly is to see whether  the  goods 
are  really sold  as  advertised,  and to en­
able  each  merchant  to  see  for himself 
whether he is being  undersold by a com­
petitor in any particular article.  Rarely 
does the same clerk go out for more than 
two or three weeks in succession.  When 
the articles he or she has  purchased  are 
brought  to  the  merchant,  he  compares 
them with the  announcements in the ad­
vertisements,  and  if  any  of  them  are 
sold cheaper than in  his  own store, then 
the  buyers  of  those  particular  articles 
are likeiy to be hauled over the coals.
“Some  clerks,” said  the  superintend­
ent  of  one  of  the  big  stores  recently, 
“go beyond  their  orders. 
I remember a 
girl  who  had  been  buying up bargains
o  a firm up town  some  time ago.  She 
came to us and  secured  employment for 
the mere  purpose of  getting  our  prices 
and turning them over to  the  other firm. 
Of  course, no  reputable  clerk would do 
that,  and neither  would a reputable  firm 
countenance it.
“Not  only  do  the  firms  endeavor  to 
keep  track  of  the  bargains  offered  by 
their  rivals, but  they are  fully as much 
interested  in  the  prices of  the  regular 
stock  goods.  These  are  just  as  apt  to 
vary as  the  prices of  special  bargains.”

Industrial Partnerships.

N icholas P-  Gilm an, in th e Arena.
How far shall the  partnership between 
master and men go? 
It  should  be con­
fined to  the  industrial  department,  and 
stop short of a voice  in thè management, 
inspection of the accounts  and  responsi­
bility  for  losses.  These  three  things 
stand together.  Establish  the third,  and 
you must admit  the  first  two;  deny the 
advisability  of  tbe  first  two,  aud  you 
must  also reject the equity of the  third.
Gain sharing is probably too logical an 
arrangement for the  mass  of  employers; 
they would  be unwilling to pay a  bonus 
to  labor in years  in which the  business, 
as a whole, including  the productive and 
the  commercial  departments, shows  no 
profit or a positive  loss.  The  practical 
effect  of  the  majority of  profit-sharing 
systems in  operation, to-day is  that  the 
workman  takes  the  risk  that  the  com­
mercial  departments will  do  as well  as 
the industrial department  of  the  manu­
factory.  The workmen  have  it fully in 
their power  to  make  a  reduction  from 
the present  average  cost  of  production 
in an iron foundry or  a  cotton  mill,  and 
if  they  do  not  accomplish  this,  then 
profit  sharing  would  be  recommended 
to  little purpose and with slight  reason. 
Making their contribution  to the  success 
of  the  business  as  a whole, they  must 
then  depend  upon  the  business  ability 
of  the  firm  for  the  payment  of  any 
bonus.  But this dependence  is probably 
the best  arrangement  for  the producer. 
He allies himself,  having  industrial abil­
ity,  with  one  or  two  or  three  men  of 
commercial talent. 
If  the  firm  cannot 
succeed in selling goods at a profit, much 
less would a  combination  of  simple  pro­
ducers be able to  do  it.  The workman 
to-day  depends  for  his  wages,  in  the 
long run, upon  the  shrewdness  and per­
severance  of  his  employer. 
It  would 
probably be best in the great majoiity of 
cases where  profit sharing is  introduced 
that  he  should  depend  for  his  bonus 
also upon the same  conditions.  He then 
casts in his lot as a producer with the man­
ager of the  buying  and  selling  depart­
ment, and there is  no  separation  in  in­
terests  between  the  two  departments, 
however logically desirable it might seem 
to be.
Thus  considered, the objection that  is 
most  commonly raised to profit  sharing, 
that it does not involve loss sharing,  will 
be seen to  be  a  boomerang  in the hands 
of its users.  The workman in an indus­
trial  partnership  shares  profits  only 
when  the whole  establishment  makes  a 
profit  to which  he  has  contributed  his 
share  in  his  department.  He  fails  to 
receive  a bonus,  and thus shares  losses, 
when  he  has  actually  done  his  part 
toward  making  a  dividend,  but the firm 
has  not  done  as well,  because  success 
with  them  is  not so  simple  a  matter. 
Objection might be  made from the work­
man’s  side  with  more  consistency than 
from the employer’s  side.  But when we 
take both parties into  full consideration, 
and  remember  that  it  is  a  partnership 
they seek, in which one department must 
not  expect  to  profit when  the  other is 
losing,  then the  equity  of  profit sharing 
becomes manifest.

Conventional  Lies.
Mr Sympathetic—I would sooner cough 
myself  than hear any one else.
Mrs. Spanker—I don’t understand how 
that woman next door can whip her chil­
dren so.
Miss  Deceit—That  new bonnet  you’re 
wearing is very becoming.
Mrs. Pecksniff—Good-bye, my dear. 
I 
enjoyed  your  call so much,  and am only 
sorry  you can’t stay to tea.
Mr.  Houseful—It  breaks  my  heart to 
lose  my daughter,  but  take  her, young 
man, and God bless  you.
Miss  Hifligh—George,  you  mustn’t 
spend  your money on me so foolishly.

A Study in Repartee.

Fenderson—What is the reason,  I won­
der, that fellow comes here  every day or 
two to make a fool of  himself ?
Fogg—I don’t know, unless it is he be­
lieves in doing in Rome as the Romans <io.

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NO. 334.

STILL  THEY  COME.

Another  Organization  Launched 

to

Entrap the Farmers.

and 

branches 

The Farmers’  League is the  latest  ad­
dition  to  the  long  list of  organizations 
gotten  up to wring  hard-earned  dollars 
from  the  farmers  of  the  country.  The 
constitution  of  the  new  organization is 
as follows:
The  Farmers’  League is a  non-secret, 
independent,  non-partisan  organization, 
in  harmony  with  the  grange,  kindred 
associations,  agricultural societies, farm­
ers’ clubs and similar organizations.  But 
the League goes  a  step  further. 
Its ob­
ject  is  the  farmers’  political  welfare. 
The  work  of  the League  is  directed to­
ward securing a j ust  representation  and 
treatment of  the*agricultural interests in 
Congress  and in the legislatures and due 
recognition  of  farmers  in  all  public 
affairs, without  conflicting with the best 
interests  of  the  entire  people. 
It  con­
sists of  a national branch,  state  branch, 
county 
subordinate 
branches.  The.national branch has gen­
eral  supervision  of  the  affairs  of  the 
League and the work of organization, and 
attends to its interests in Congress.  The 
state  branch  confines  its  work  to  the 
state  legislature.  The  county  branches 
are in a measure  independent, yet  under 
the supervision of  the  state  branch,  and 
attend exclusively  to county matters and 
to  affairs  in  senatorial  and  represent­
ative districts.  The subordinate branches 
furnish the delegates  who  constitute the 
county branches  and  attend to the farm­
ers’  interests  in  local  districts  and  in 
each election precinct.
C O N STITU TIO N  —  A R T IC L E   I . ----O F F IC E R S .
Section 1.  The officers of  a branch are, 
president, 
secretary, 
treasurer  and  doorkeeper,  with  an  ex­
ecutive committee and such other officers 
and committees as may be desirable.
in  the 
national  branch  once in four  years. 
In 
In 
the  state  branch' once in two  years. 
county and subordinate, annually.
A R T IC L E   I I . — B R A N C H E S.

Sec.  2.  Officers  are  elected 

vice-president, 

Section  1.  The  national  branch  will 
consist,  when  permanently organized, of 
the president and secretary of  each state 
branch.
Sec.  2.  The  state  branch  consists  of 
delegates,  one  from  each  county,  to be 
elected  by ballot,  for  two  years,  by the 
county branch.
Sec. 3.  County branches consist of del­
egates,  one from each subordinate branch 
in the county, elected annually by ballot. 
They  have  full  control  of  the  work in 
the  county,  and  regulate  the  fees  and 
dues of  the subordinate branches.
A R T IC L E   I I I . — M EM BER S.

Section 1.  Members  of  branches  must 
be directly interested  in  the.  cultivation 
of  the  soil,  and  may  be  admitted by a 
majority vote of  the  members present at 
a regular meeting or at any special meet­
ing  called  for  the  purpose.  Members 
must be legal voters,  women  excepted.
Sec. 2.  The  i n i t i a t o r y   fee o f   member­
s h i p   s h a l l   D o t be l e s s   than $1.
Sec. 3.  Each  branch  may  make  such 
rules  as  they deem  proper, not  in  con­
flict with this constitution.
Sec. 4.  Every member  shall pay an an­
nual due of  t wenty cents to the  national 
branch  and  at  least  thirty cents  to the 
state branch,  all  other  dues  to  be  reg­
ulated by the county branches.
A R T IC L E   IV .— O R G A N IZ A T IO N   AND  F E E S .
Section 1.  All  charters  are  issued  by 
the national branch.
Sec. 2.  Five  persons  in  one  locality 
must first receive certificates of  member­
ship  from  the  national  treasurer,  after 
which a charter  may be  issued  without 
further expense.
Sec.  3.  When five subordinate branches 
have  been  organized in one county,  they 
may  organize a county  branch,  and  on 
application to the national treasurer, and 
a fee of  $2, may receive a charter for the 
same.
Sec. 4.  When  county  branches  have 
been  organized  in three of  the  counties 
in  a  state,  they  may  organize  a  state 
branch  and  receive  a charter  from  the 
national branch without any fee.
Sec. 5.  The  fees  for  the first five cer­
tificates  in  a  subordinate  branch  shall 
go  into  the  treasury  of  the  national 
branch.  Those of the second five go into 
the treasury of  the  county  branch when 
formed.  All  other  fees  remain  in  the 
subordinate branch.
The  national  branch of  the  Farmers’ 
League has  been  organized and is ready 
to co-operate with  farmers in every part 
of  the  Union  in  the  work  of  local  or­
ganization.  The  officers  are,  George T. 
Powell,  Ghent, N. Y., President;  Walter 
P. White, Putnam, Conn., Treasurer, and 
Herbert  Myrick, Springfield,  Mass., Sec­
retary.

Anything; Cheap  Enough.

Grocer—That  new  customer  of  yours 

is  just married.

Delivery Clerk—Yes.
Grocer—Don’t be particular about sell­
ing at close  figures;  they won’t  kick  on 
prices while the honeymoon lasts.
JP e r fe c tio n   Scale»

The Latest  Improved  and  Best.

Does  Noi  Repire  Down  WeiiM.

Will Soon Save  Its  Cost on any Counter. 

For  sale  b y   leading  wholesale grocers.

VQK  7 
Yoigt, BurplsM ir k Co.,
D r y   G oods

Importers and Jobbers of

STAPLE  and FANCY.

Overalls,  Pants,  Etc.,

OUR  OWN  MAKE.

A COMPLETE  LINE  OF

Fancy  Crockery  and

Fancy  Woodenware

OUR OWN  IMPORTATION.

Inspection '  Solicited.  Chicago  and  De­

troit  prices  guaranteed.

Gooit  i  BergttioM,
SHOW  CASES.

H A N TTFACTUBEB8  OP

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.—1  will  sell 
them  at  very  low  prices.  Write  for 
Special Discount.

ROBT.  S.  WEST,

48-50  Long  St.,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO,

Chas.  Petterseh,

JOBBER  OF

161—163 West Bridge St.,  Telephone 123 

Swiss and Limburger a Specialty.

Imported and Domestic Cheese
Eaton, Lyon  Co„

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

JOBBERS  OF

And a complete line of

F a n c y

H o lid a y

G oods.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

SO  &  22  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

A W N I N G S

AND  TENTS.

F lags, Horse and  W agon  Covers.  Seat  Shades,  Large 
U m brellas,  Oiled  Clothing,  Wide  Cotton  Ducks,  etc. 
(TRAS.  A.  COYE,  11  Pearl  Street.

Send  fo r  Illu strated   Catalogue.

Telephone  106.

Something  New

B ill  S n o rt

We  guarantee  this  cigar  the 
best  $85  cigar  on  the  market. 
Send  us  trial  order,  and  if  not 
ENTIRELY  SATISFACTORY 
return  them.  Advertising mat­
ter sent with each order.

Oharleuoix  Cigar  MTg  Go.,

CHARLEVOIX,  MICH.

Daniel  G.  Garnsey, 

EXPERT  ACCOUNTANT
Adjuster  of  Fire  Losses.

AMD

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

if  desired.

Write  for  jobbing  prices  on 
Mammoth, Medium, Alsyke  and 
Alfalfa Clover, Timothy, Orchard 
Grass,  Red  Top,  Blue  Grass, 
Field Peas. Beans, Produce and

W O O L .

C.  A i n s w o r t h ,
76 So. Division St., Grand Rapids.

West  (JlGnlpfl  A N D  NORMAL SCHOOL.
W n»i  If4ohirrnn  BUSINESS  UNIVERSITY 
(O riginally Lean’s Business College—E st’Wished 8 y’ra.)
A  thoroughly  equipped,  permanently  estab­
lished and pleasantly located College.  The class 
rooms have been  especially  designed m accord­
ance with the latest approved plans.  The faculty 
is composed of the most competent and practical 
teachers.  Students graduating from  this  Insti­
tution MUST be efficient and PRACTICAL.  The 
best of references  furnished  upon  application. 
Our Normal Department is in charge  of  experi­
enced teachers of established reputation.  Satis­
factory  boarding  places  secured  for  all  who 
apply to us.  Do not go  elsewhere  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. 

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J .  U. L e a n , 

A. E . T e r e x ,
Principal. 
Sec’y and Treas.
Fehsenfeld  &  Grammel,
B R O O M S !

(Successors to Steele & G ardner.) 

Manufacturers of

Whisks,  Toy  Brooms, Broom Corn, Broom 
Handies, and all Kinds  of  Broom Materials. 
10 and 12 Plainfield Ave., Grand Rapids.

Learn  Bookkeeping,  Shorthand,  Etc.,

A T   T H E

Corner Ottawa and Pearl Streets. 

Send  for Circular.

Playing Garda

WE  IR E  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lpeh,

19  So. Ionia  St.,  Grand Rapids.

a
BEN HUR

A l l e n  D u b p e b .

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

THE  GREAT

103 Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids.

Allen Durfee & Co.,
FU N ER E  DIREGT0R8,
EDMUND B.D1KEMIN
Watch Maker

tssj Jeweler,
Grani Rapids, ■  Mi

44  GÄNÄL  8Y„

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A p p le s ,

P o ta to e s,

O n ion s.

FOR  PRICES,  WRITE  TO

B1RNETT  BROS ,  WhCHIC1AGO.aler8’

SEEDS!

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 re,
71  Canal  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.
W .T. I.AMOREAUX.
FOITH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J. Bowne, President.

Geo.  C.  P ierce,  Vice President.

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

Transacts a general  banking business.

Make a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

B E A C H ’S

New  York  Qoffee  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

TABLE :

All goods bearing the name 

of  Thurber,  Whyland 

&  Co.  or  Alexis 

Godillot, Jr.

E.  W,  HALL  PLATING  WORKS,

ALT.  KINDS  OF

Brass and  Iron Polishing

AND

Nickle and Silver Plating

Pearl and Front Sts., Grand Rapids.

R em us  R o ll er  Mil l s, 

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Remus, Mich., Jan. 20, 1890.  j 

Martin’s Middlings Purifier Co.,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.:
Gentlemen—The roller  mill  put  in  by 
you last August has  run from  twelve  to 
fifteen  hours  every  day  since it started 
and is giving entire  satisfaction.
Your Purifier  and  Flour  Dresser  are 
I  home 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  same money to use 
your  machines,  for  They  Can  Do  the 
Work. 

Yours truly,

D.  L.  GARLING.

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

Hum & Schneider,  plumbers, have dis­
solved.  The  business will be continued 
by A. B. Hum.

The  East  Grand  Rapids  Lumber, 
Wood  &  Coal Co. has  dissolved.  Thos. 
Bates continues the business.  *

G.  S. Stafford  has  opened  a dry goods 
and notion store on South Division street. 
P. Steketee & Sons  furnished  the stock.
E. E. Thayer  has engaged  in  the con­
fectionery business at  225 South Division 
street.  W.  R.  Keeler  furnished  the 
stock. 

___________ _

The Michigan Can  Manufacturing  Co. 
has given the sole  agency of  its  product 
in Ohio to the Arnold Woodenware Co., of 
Cleveland.

Tucker, Hoops & Co. have  under  con­
templation the removal  of  their  lumber 
office  to  Luther,  where  their  mill  and 
store are located.

“Soapine”  peddlers have struck Grand 
Rapids,  and are canvassing the city,  sell­
ing the article from door to  door  on  the 
basis of 5 cents per package.

Wm.  H.  Powers  succeeds  his  father, 
Wm. T. Powers,  as President of the Mar­
tin’s Middlings Purifier Cb.  The  latter 
drops in  the position  of Vice-President, 
which was formerly occupied by Wm.  H. 
Powers.

Wm.  Hetterscheid, formerly proprietor 
of  the Central Pattern  Shop, has formed 
a copartnership  with  B. B. Powell,  and 
the  firm  has  started a machine  shop at 
68 South  Front street, under the style of 
the Powell Machine Works.

John P. Steketee and Fred  Cady  have 
formed a copartnership  under  the  style 
of Steketee  &  Cady  and  purchased the 
grocery  stock  of  C. E. Hull & Son at 79 
West Leonard  street.  They  have  also 
added  a  notion  stock,  which  was  fur­
nished by P.  Steketee & Sons.

The  Wilson  drug  stock,  which  was 
brought  down  from  Sand  Lake  by  the 
Hazeltine & Perkins  Drug Co.  about two 
weeks  ago,  has  again  changed  hands, 
having  been  replevined  by Rosenthal & 
Sons, of  Cincinnati,  and  removed to the 
Fuller  block.  As  Julius  Houseman  is 
surety  on  the  Rosenthal’s  bonds,  the 
Drug Co. is naturally pleased at the  turn 
affairs have taken.

Perkins & Co. are  now  pleasantly set­
tled in the offices  they have  been  build­
ing this  season.  The first floor  consists 
of  half  a  dozen rooms,  handsomely fin­
ished  in  oak,  with  vault  and all other 
modem  conveniences.  Above  this is a 
well-lighted draughting room, fitted with 
photographic  appliances. 
This  firm 
claim the credit of  being  the first in the 
city to make  successful  commercial  use 
of  the phonograph, which they have em­
ployed for nearly a year.

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

Bellevue—Geo.  Miller  has  closed  his 

meat market.

Remus—Dan.  Horton is closing out his 

stock of  hardware.

Ludington—S. Slaght,  grocer,  is  suc­

ceeded by S.  Slaght & Co.

South  Boardman—George Robison has 

opened a meat market here.

Burr Oak—Rockwell  & Son succeed F. 

W. Sheldon in general trade.

Alpena—Geo. D. Bradford has sold his 

meat business to H. J. Clark.

Frank  Obiits, the  Greenville  grocer, 

was in town three days last week.

Flint — Crawford  &  Wright  succeed 

Albert  Myers in the clothing business.

South  Boardman—Geo.  W.  Neihardt 
has sold his meat  market to Henry Mon­
roe.

Iron Mountain—Emil Carriere succeeds 
Carriere & Barrett in the  hardware busi­
ness.

Blissfield—Samuel  Lee,  late  of  Hud­
son,  has  embarked  in  the  bakery  bus­
iness.

Flint—Buckingham  &  Jones  succeed 
Geo. W. Buckingham in the clothing bus­
iness.

Hopkins Station—Ludlow’s meat  mar­
ket has been closed  on  account  of  hard 
times.

Eaton  Rapids—John  Blacker will  re­
turn from Chicago and re-open  his tailor 
shop here.

Ann  Arbor—Z.  Roath  has  been  ad 
mitted to  the firm  of  Bach & Abel,  dry 
goods dealers.

Cheboygan—Ed. C. Nutt has purchased 
Dr. O’Connor’s  drug store and will  soon 
take possession.

Fife  Lake—C.  T.  Kimball  has  pur­
chased the interest of  E. F.  Foster in the 
city meat market.

Stanton—The  H.  S.  Cook  hardware 
stock is advertised to be sold at assignee’ 
sale on February 14.

Hastings—Chas.  Lunn, of  the  former 
firm of  Lunn  Bros., has  opened  a tailor 
shop in Eaton Rapids.

Sparta—Hicks  &  Walsh,  formerly  of 
Byron Center,  have purchased  the  meat 
market of  David & Co.

Charlotte—Keeler Bros., who have con­
ducted a dry goods store  here since 1886, 
have discontinued the same.

Nashville— G.  A.  Truman,  general i 
dealer, has associated his son  Sanford in 
business with him.

Ionia—R. C.  Stone’s  dry  goods  store j 
has been  closed.  An  indebtedness  of 
about $18,000 is  the cause.

Ganges—S. S.  Waldo is  closing out his 
dry goods and  grocery stock, having  de­
cided to go in other business.

Byron—A  gentleman  from  Perry has 
rented N.  Gulick’s store  and  intends  to 
embark in the grocery business.

Frank A. Rockafellow, President of the 
Rod afellow  Mercantile  Co., at  Carson 
City,  was in town one day last week.

Petoskey—A. C.  Huntley and  A. Furt- 
ney  have  formed  a  copartnership  and 
purchased Milor’s boot and shoe stock.

Marcellus—Frank  Caldwell,  formerly 
of  Schoolcraft,  has engaged in  the groc­
ery business here  with his  brother S.  F. 
Caldwell.

Grand  Ledge—A.  J.  Halsted  has  ar­
ranged  to  remove  his  grocery stock  to 
Ryerson, where he was formerly engaged 
in trade.

Hilliards—A portion of the Foote stock 
was recently replevined  from  the  store 
of H. Parmelee, and taken to Dorr, where 
it was appraised at $694.

Vicksburg—C. Carlisle, of  the  firm of 
Baker  &  Carlisle,  dealers in  drugs  and 
groceries,  has  sold  his  interest  to  R. 
Baker, who will continue the business.

Coopersville—Warren  Reynolds,  who 
sold his grocery to Bas Dell and bought a 
tea  store  at  Ionia,  has  returned  and 
opened a grocery next to his old stand.

Kalamazoo — Geo.  Munger,  who  has 
been in charge of  the stock and books of 
Huntley & Baker, has  been  appointed  a 
receiver and has given a bond  of  $1,500.
Kalamazoo—E. J. Clark,  formerly  en­
gaged in the dry goods business at Green­
ville, has  opened  a  dry goods establish­
ment here in the double  store in the new 
Chase block.

Kalamazoo—John A. Wheeler  and Ad. 
C.  Pitkin  have  formed  a  copartnership 
under  the  firm  name of  Wheeler & Pit­
kin,  and  will  embark  in the plumbing, 
steam and gas fitting business.

Detroit—D.  L.  Hempsted,  who  has 
been  associated with  H. A. Newland  & 
Co. for the past  ten  years,  has  returned 
to Walter Buhl & Co., where  he was pre­
viously located for nine years.

Detroit—J. A. Fay  &  Co.,  of  Cincin­
nati,  have commenced suit against James 
Jenks & Co.  for $20,000 for the  non-pay­
ment  of  a $12,000 note,  alleged  to  have 
been given on October 19, 1886.

Vicksburg—O. C. Carrier  will move to 
Cisco,  111.,  having  traded  his  grocery 
stock here to Hugh Goldsmith for a stock 
of goods at the above named place.  Gold­
smith  takes  possession  in a day or two.
Carson City—N.  W. Daggett has leased 
the west store in the  Rockafellow block, 
which  he will  occupy with  his  general
tock.  The  Rockafellow  Co.  is  fitting 
up the  second floor of its block for  mer­
cantile purposes.

Vermontville  —  The  meat  markets 
owned  by  Fuller  &  Rhodes  and  E.  C. 
Boardman have  been consolidated.  Mr. 
Rhodes  retiring  from  the  former  firm. 
The new firm  will be known as Fuller & 
Boardman and the  business  will be con­
ducted in the market occupied by Board- 
man.

Whitehall—The  stock  of  merchant 
tailor goods  lately owned  by G. C. Funk 
was  sold Tuesday on  the mortgage  held 
by Field,  Benedict & Co., who replevined 
the  stock 
from  attaching  creditors. 
Their  mortgage was  for  about  $1,350, 
and the stock was bid in by them for $75. 
subject to $1,150  balance  on  the  mort­
gage.

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

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Pontiac — S.  A.  King  has  sold 

foundry to W. F.  Stewart & Co.

Flint—A.  Braford  &  Son  succeed A. 

Braford in the cooperage business.

Hartwick—Mr. Filley succeeds Vander- 

hoof  & Filley in the lumber business.

Sheridan—Fargo &  Murray  have  sold 
their shingle mill to Gebhart  & Johnson.
Muskegon—A.  W.  Gumser,  of  Terre 
Haute, Ind., has  opened a basket factory 
here.

Republic—Jochim &  Co.  are succeeded 
by Munson &  Peterson  in  the  lumber 
business.

Bay City—Ross, Bradley & Co. have in­
creased their capital  stock  from  $75,000 
to $100,000.

Reading—Kesserling  &  Cowan,  saw­
mill,  have  dissolved,  William  Cowan 
continuing.

Douglas—The  Fruitgrowers’ Manufac­
turing Co. has increased  its capital stock 
from $15,000 to $25,000.

Casnovia—Williams & Hutchins,  wag- 
onmakers,  have dissolved.  A.  L.  Wil­
liams will continue the business.

Huron—Langdon  Hubbard  has  sold 
his  general  stock  to  Ira  O.  Trumbull. 
He will continue in the lumber business.
East Saginaw—John C. Brown has  put 
in about  25,000,000  feet  on  Dead  river 
and  will  conclude  operations  early  in 
March.

Mt. Pleasant—J.  E. Chatterton  has as­
sumed the  general  management  of  the 
Mt. Pleasant  Lumber  and  Manufactur­
ing Co.

Detroit—The capital stock of the Mich­
igan Radiator & Iron  Manufacturing Co. 
has  been  increased  from  $125,000  to 
$200,000.

South  Arm—Wm.  Parkes & Co.  have 
merged  their  sawmill and  general store 
into a stock company, under  the style of 
the Parkes Lumber Co.

Detroit — The  report  of  Charles  H. 
Fisk,  assignee  of  the  Hoffman Machine 
Co., states that the assets of the company 
are $11,810.26 and  the liabilities $26,167.
Traverse  City—F. D. McCarty  has  re­
tired from the Traverse City Manufactur­
ing Co., and  the  company  now consists 
of E.  N. Emory, R. W.  Round  and  C.  D. 
Monroe.

Midland—Sam  Lias,  who is lumbering 
for  Gordon & Faies, on  the  Tittabawas- 
see,  has  3,500,000  feet  skidded.  The 
same firm is putting  in  1,000,000 feet on 
the Chippewa.

East  Saginaw—C.  M.  Hill  has  aban­
doned his  idea of  removing  his  sawmill 
to  Duluth,  and has put it on the market.
If  not  sold,  it will  be  stocked  and  op­
erated the coming season.

Otsego—The Russell  Cart Co. has been 
organized by home  capital  and  Chicago 
parties, having  obtained leases of  three 
buildings west  of  the  depot,  which  are 
being fitted up for immediate occupancy.
Detroit—Rufus N. Crosman, George R. 
Jenkins  and  Henry  H.  Cushing  have 
formed  the  Detroit  Office  Device  Co., 
with  a  capital  of  $5,000.  They  will 
manufacture  office  furniture  and  sup­
plies.

Midland—“Uncle  John”  Larkin,  who 
has run a sawmill  here  since  1858,  has 
sold  out  to  W. D. Marsh  and C. Brown 
for $13,500.  The purchasers  will organ­
ize a stock  company  to  continue  opera­
tions.

Middleville-AE. W.  Carr  has  made ar­
rangements  to  build  a  cooper  shop  at 
Hastings.  The  building  will be  30x100 
feet in dimensions,  and, besides a cooper 
shop,  will include a packing  house  and 
store room.

feet  of 

Culver—D. D.  Potter’s  mill  manufac­
tured  2,000,000 
lumber  and
1.000. 000  sflingles  last  season.  He has 
another mill,  located two and a half miles 
east  of  Alger,  which  manufactured
7.000. 

000 shingles.

Manistee  —  S.  Babcock  has  broken
ground at Copemish for his hoop factory, 
which he proposes to move from  here  to 
that point and  hopes  to  have  it in run­
ning  order  by  May 1.  There is a very 
large  amount  of  elm  tributary  to that 
town and  he  will  get  raw  material for 
years.

East Saginaw—Sibley & Bearinger will 
finish lumbering  their  pine  tributary to 
their  Tawas  mill  this  winter.  About
10.000. 
Marquette  to  Tawas  to  complete  the 
season’s work for  the  mill.  They have 
however,  large holdings of  pine in  Min­
nesota.

000  feet  will  be  brought  from 

including 

Otsego—C. D. Stuart has sold his water 
power  and  workshops, 
the 
sawmill,  retaining  possession  of  and 
continuing the chair  business  until Jan­
uary 1, 1891.  Purchasing parties’ names 
are not given out,  but  are  understood to' 
be some of  the  stockholders of  the  Bar­
deen Paper Co.

Manistee—Among other new industries 
on the programme is  a flour mill, to cost 
$60,000.  Louis Sands is one of the chief 
instigators of the  project, which is earn­
est  sufficient  that  it will  go  through. 
Already 220 shares have been subscribed, 
and the stock has only been  on the  mar­
ket for a few days.

Detroit—The  Hall  Consolidated Brick 
Co. has been incorporated, with a capital 
stock of  $600,000.  The  stockholders are 
as  follows:  Henry  C.  Moore,  53,000 
shares as trustee, and 1,000  individually; 
Horace G.  Smith, 800;  Chas. E. Christian, 
600;  Richard H.  Hall,  4,000, and  John F. 
Marke, of  Marquette, 300.

Detroit—Corbin, May  &  Co., of  Chi­
cago, sued  W.  J.  Gould  &  Co., of  this 
city,  for  alleged  infringement  of  the 
Little  Tycoon”  trade  mark. 
Judge 
Brown granted an  injunction restraining 
Gould & Co.  from using  the trade  mark, 
but the  United  States  Supreme  Court 
has dissolved the injunction.

Flint—The  Crapo  planing  mill  has 
shut down, and  it  is  doubtful if  it ever 
resumes  operations.  The  lumber  yard 
will be continued,  and  about a dozen  of 
the  employes  retained. 
It  is  not  un­
likely  that  the  mill  will  ultimately be 
converted into a woodworking  establish­
ment.  One cart firm desires to let a con­
tract for 10,000 cart bodies.

Big  Rapids—The  business  of 

the 
Phelps  Lumber  Co. will  be  gradually 
closed  up within  the  next  few months. 
This  determination  was  reached  some 
time before the death  of  the  late  Hon. 
Fitch Phelps, president of  the  company, 
as it was the latter’s wish to relieve him 
self as much as might  be  from  business 
entanglements,  so  that  he might devote 
more time to travel and the improvement 
of his stock farm.

Manistee—Cook Bros., who  have  been 
dealing  somewhat  in  logs  for the past 
two or three years,  are  about  to  erect  a 
small sawmill  at  Cleon  Centre,  a  new 
town on  the  Manistee  &  Northeastern 
Railroad,  and  have the framing  timbers 
on the ground.  Mr. Luse,  of Ohio, who 
has been prospecting  in this vicinity for 
a desirable location  for a  hardwood mill 
and handle factory, has about decided on 
the same  place  as  a  location  for  his 
prospective plant.

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Made means a great deal. 
in the  cut;  that  great  pains  throughout  is  required  in  the 
stitching;  that  every  portion  of  the  work  must receive the 
closest attention;  that the  garment when completed shall be 
perfect.

You do not often get these qualities  in  the  shirts you buy.
It is  just that fact  that  gives  us  (Michigan  Overall  Mfg. 

Oo., Ionia, Mich.)  such a trade on our shirts.

We not only try to turn out a perfect shirt, but we DO.
Our  shirts  are  immense  in  size.  Large  enough  to  fit  a 

double-breasted man, and fit him easily, too.

Long, wide, ample, three big things in a shirt.
These  qualities,  when  combined  in  a  well-made,  neatly- 
fashioned  garment,  make  shirts  that  sell-sell  easily  and at 
good profits.

Our line of fancy chevoits and domets range from $4.50 to 
$7.50 per dozen.  The styles are exquisite, all the new patterns 
and pleasing combinations of handsome coloring.

We  should  like  to  have  you  ask  us  to  send  you, at our 
expense, samples  of  our line, that you can compare them with 
your present goods and see the difference in every way.

Will  you?

L IO N
COFFEE

M e r c h a n ts ,

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

Thousands  of  Them

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.

Event  Wide-Awake  MerGhant

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. 

VSfoolson  Spice  Co.,

T O L E D O ,   O H IO .

I,. WINTEBNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

BUNDY

We  manufacture  all  our 
Candy.  Use only the best ma­
terial.  Warranted 
it  as 
represented, pure and first-class 

ASK  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

T h e  P u tn a m   C a n d y   Co.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC. 

~AdvertiBeinenSiwiirbe^^
tw o  cents  a   word  th e   first  insertion  an d   one c en t a 
word  fo r  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m en t tak en  fo r less th an  85 cento.  Advance  paym ent.

KIl&INttrtS  CHANCEN.

nishing goods in a  good tow n of  2,000 population;  tw o 

F o r   s a l e —a t  o n c e ,  c l e a n   s t o j k   o f   d r y  

goods, boots and shoes,  h a ts and caps, gents’ fu r­
railro a d s;  low re n t and insurance;  w aterw orks;  stock 
ab o u t $8,000:  can be reduced to  $5.000;  if  yon  w an t  a 
clean, nice business, look th is u p ;  will n o t w ant to  sell 
a fte r April 1.  Address No. 582 care Tradesm an. 

582

lage surrounded by a  good  country;  good  trad e; 
object of selling, p racticeh ere.  Address Dr. H. E. Hun- 
gerford, Stetson.  Mich._________________________ 578.

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  y il -
Fo r   s a l e —a t   o n c e —a   n e w ,  w e l l -s e l e c t e d

stock of general m erchandise in  a   live  tow n  and 
w ealthy and prosperous  farm in g   com m unity  o n   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. 
575
R"ARE  CHANCE  TO  BUY  THE  ONLY  DRUG  STORE 
in C entral M ichigan railro ad  tow n o f  n early   100, 
w ith fast-grow ing farm in g  country; stock and fixtures 
invoice $1,300;  h a lf cash, balance  on  easy  paym ents; 
good new fixtures;  only  drug,  book,  stationery,  wail 
paper,  p a in t  and  jew elry  stock  in   tow n;  splendid 
opening for young m an;  good reasons fo r  selling. 
If 
you w an t it, address  fo r  p articu lars.  L.  M,  Mills,  568
W ealthy Ave., G rand Rapids, Mich.______________ 578
4 H   A   n n n   s t o c k   o f   g e n e r a l   m e r c h a n -
wV_/L/  dise to exchange  fo r  city   property, 
lum ber'or shingles;  we also  have 3 d rug stocks, 4 g ro ­
cery stocks, 3 h ardw are stocks and  3  cig ar  stocks  for 
sale o r exchange.  A. J. Fogg & Co., 3 & 4 Tower Block

576

FOR SALE—$5,000 STOCK  OF  HARDWARE, STOVES, 

fu rn itu re a n d .  crockery, w ith  full  stock  of  tools 
fo r tin , w ater and gas jo b s;  a  barg ain  fo r cash o r p a rt 
low re n t  fo r  building.  Lock  box 73, 
cash and tim e; 
Greenville, Mich.______________________________  571.

village  p roperty fo r  stock  of  goods, h ardw are 
preferred.  Address No. 573, care  M ichigan Tradesm an.

WANTED—TO EXCHANGE FARM OF 120  ACRES  OR 
Fo r   s a l e —h a r d w a r e   s t o c k , 

in v e n t o r in g
about $4,000,  doing  a   very prosperous  business ; 
can reduce th e  stock to su it purchaser;  best o f  reason 
fo r  selling.  Address  A.  L.  P aine  &  Co.,  Reed  C ity 
Mich. -  
T F   YOU  WANT  TO  EXCHANGE  YOUR  STOCK  OF 
JL  goods fo r a  farm , larg e o r sm all,  w rite  to  No.  563, 
care M ichigan T radesm an.______________________ 563

Fo r  s a l e —c l e a n   s t o c k   o f   d r y   g o o d s,  g r o -

ceries.  boots  and  shoes,  hardw are  and  drugs, 
situated in good  tra d in g   p o in t;  will  inventory ab o u t 
$3.000;  sales fo r  p ast  th ree  years,  $42,000;  reason for 
selling, ow ner has  o th er  business.  Address  No.  559, 
care M ichigan Tradesm an.  _____________________559
X   HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  W ILL  EX- 
_L  change fo r stock of goods, G rand R apids  city prop 
erty , or will sell on easy p ay m en ts;  th ese  farm s  have 
th e  best of soil, a re  under  good  sta te   of  cnltivation, 
and located betw een th e  cities  of  G rand  Rapids  and 
Muskegon.  O. F. Conklin. G rand R apids, Mich._______
OFFER  FOR  SALE,  ON  VERY 
E scott d ru g  stock, a t 75 
Canal street, G rand Rapids,  H azeltine & Perkins D rug 
Co.  Price, 91,000. 

F o r   s a l e —w e

favorable term s, th e  F.

____________ 681

568

SITUATIONS WANTED.

MISCELLANEOUS.

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

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

WANTED—SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED  PHAR- 
COMPLETE  HISTORY  OF  THE  PATRONS  OF  IN- 
dustry, from   th e  inception  of  th e   organization; 
only a  few copies left;  sent postpaid  fo r  10  cents  p er 
copy.  Address  The  Tradesm an Com pany, G’d Rapids
B e g in   t h e   n e w   y e a r   b v   d is c a r d in g   t h e
annoying  Pass  Book  System   and  adopting  in 
its place th e T radesm an Credit  Coupon.  Send  Cl  fo r 
sam ple order, which will be sent  prepaid.  E. A. Stowe 
& Bro., G rand Rapids._________________________ ______
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   ____  ______ 
FOR
retailers will be  sent  free  to   an y   dealer who w ill 
w rite fo r th em  to   th e   SutUS  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co„ 
Albany, N. Y. 

561

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  &  CO.

F. fl. WiírxlJilrg X Co,

Exclusive Jobbers ofi

DRY  GOODS, HOSIERY,

NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR,

19  &  21  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.

GRAND  RAPIDS,

MICH.

P U R E

Is  good,  but

G O L D

more  standard 
celebrated

than 

the 

Manistee—Louis  Sands  has a portable 
mill in operation at the  site  of  his  new 
mill at Lake City  and is getting  out  the 
frame of his new mill,  which he  expects 
to  have  in  operation  by  the  middle of 
the season.  Although the town offered a 
bonus  of  $25,000  to any one who would 
locate a mill  there, the  site  offered  did 
not  suit  Mr.  Sands, so  he  refused  the 
bonus  and  purchased  his own site, pre-
ferring not to  be  dependent  on any cor­
poration or body of men.

Manistee—The  Manistee  Lumber  Co. 
is  putting  considerable  repairs  on  the 
old  Engelmann  mill,  and  among  other 
a  large  engine 
things  has^purchased
to  replace  three
which is being  put  in  _____________
engines.  The  idea  is  that  one  engine 
will be  able  to do the  work  better  and 
cheaper,  and be more easily attended to. 
Two steam niggers are being put in.  As 
the mill had  not  had  any repair for two 
or  three  years,  it was considerably run 
down,  but it is  now  in  hands  that  will 
keep it up to  the  highest  notch  of  effi­
ciency.

East Saginaw—The lumber capacity at 
this end  of  the  river  has been reduced 
about 25,000,000  feet by the sale and dis­
mantlement of the N. & A.  Barnard mill 
and the burning  of  the  Warner & East­
man mill.  There  has  been  some  talk 
that a small circular and band mill would 
be erected by Warner & Eastman  on  the 
site of the burned  mill,  as  they  have  a 
salt block in working shape and all teams 
and docks.  What the  result  will  be  is 
yet  unknown.  At  present  indications 
there will be  sufficient  milling  capacity 
to take care of all the logs.  We can cut 
over 800,000,000 feet and it is doubtful if 
the log  product  that  reaches  this river 
the coming season will  exceed  those fig­
ures.

Wants West  Bay City Recognized.
C. M. La Rue, the West Bay City drug­
gist, puts in the following pertinent plea 
for his native city:
I notice in  your paper that  you  credit 
all  our  enterprises  to  Bay City.  Now, 
we  have a city  of  nearly  15,000  inhab­
itants.  Both Wheeler’s  and  Davidson’s 
ship  yards  are  in  West  Bay City;  also 
Sage’s sawmill, the largest on the river— 
all of  which  your  paper  credits  to  Bay 
City.  Now, give  West  Bay City all  the 
credit that belongs to her.  The new iron 
bridge  between  Bay City and West  Bay 
City,  costing  $125,000,  was  opened  to 
travel  on  January 24.  The  Cincinnati, 
Saginaw  &  Mackinaw  Railway  is  com­
pleted  to  West  Bay  City  and  regular 
trains are run between here and Durand.
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   is  pleased  to  note 
the spirit exhibited by the writer  of  the 
above protest. 
It is such a spirit—a firm 
belief  in  the  prosperity and supremacy 
of  one’s  home  city—that  makes  cities 
great and  powerful.

Good.  Opening1  For  a  General  Stock.
Anyone seeking a location for a general 
stock would do well to  obtain  from The 
T r a d e s m a n   the name of  the  town  thus 
described by a local correspondent:
At the present time  there  is  a  grand 
opening for a general stock  of  merchan­
dise in this town.  The  facts are these: 
The Patrons of Industry arose, flourished 
and fell.  They could not make contracts 
with any dealers in this town, so went  to 
adjoining  places,  and  were  gulled  and 
cheated  at  every turn.  Now, they are 
anxious to return to  trade  at this  town, 
but the only, general  dealer  here  holds 
prices  up  and  does  not  compete with 
reputable  dealers  in  adjoining  towns. 
The Patrons of industry craze  is  ended, 
and  the  people want  a  general  stock 
here,  conducted  on  modern  business 
principles.  A well-selected  stock,  sell­
ing  goods  at  bottom  prices  for  cash 
would do a good business  from the  start 
and steadily increase its volume of trade.

No  Wonder the People  are  Destitute.
A Grand Rapids firm  recently received 
from  a  customer  at  Newark,  South 
Dakota, a check  for  $1  on  the  Bank of 
Newark.  As the check could not be han­
dled  to  advantage  by  a  Grand  Rapids 
bank, it was sent to the bank on which it 
was  drawn,  accompanied by  a  stamped 
return  envelope, with a request  that the 
amount  of  the  check  be  forwarded  in 
postage  stamps  or  currency.  The  re­
turns were 75 cents,  making  the  net re­
turns  to  the  Grand  Rapids  house  71 
cents.

So long  as  the  people of  the Dakotas 
are at the  mercy of  such  Shylocks,  it is 
no  wonder  that  they are  destitute  and 
find it necessary to invoke aid from other 
states, in order to keep from starving.

drops. 

P  &  B. cough

It pays  to  handle  the 
____________

Wholesale 

Trade- m * 1

Manufactured by

Which  holds  it  own  against  all  opposition. 
JACKSON  CRACKER  CO.,
Jobber  of  Candy and  Nuts,  Cigars and Cheese 

JACKSON,  MICH.

Jewe ryl

Messrs.  W.  F.  &  W. M.  Wurzburg  have  returned  from  Providence  (the 
jewelry center of the world) aud will soon call on the trade with the most attractive 
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 Oma 
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
WiddiGomli  Bdilding,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich

EXCLUSIVE  JOBBERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS  OF  JEWELRY,

303 Broadway, Room 7.

NEW  ÏOBK-

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

ÏS80CIÏTI0N  DEPÄRTJIENT.

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

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President—C. L. W hitney, Muskegon.
V lrst Vice-President—C. T. B ridgem an,  Flint.
Second Vice-Presldent—M. C. Sherwood, Allegan. 
S ecretary—E. A. Stowe, G rand Rapids.
Treasurer—H. W.  P arker, Owosso. 
E aS cu t^e  Board—P resid en t;  F rank  W ells.  Lansing; 
P rank  H am ilton, Traverse C ity;  N. B. Blain, Lowell 
Chas.  T.  Bridgem an,  F lin t;  O.  F.  Conklin, Grand
Ocmm^tee^on^uBurance—° .  F.  ConkUn,  G rand  Rap 
o i m i S   on  Legislation—F rank  W ells,  Lansing;
Com mittee on T r ^ I n t e r e s ts - F r a n k  H am ilton, 

l iu ^ ir e n   Stone, F lint;  Wm. W oodard, Owoaso. 
u   n   pone  Alleean;  C  H. May, Clio.
erse City:  Geo.  R.  H oyt,  Saginaw ;  L.  W.  Sprague,
O ro n D ttee o n  T r a n s p o r t a t i o n - ^ ^ .  B r id g e r a ^  F lhit;
M  C  Sherwood, A llegan;  A. O. W heeler,  M anistee, 
nnm m ittee on Building  and  Loan  Associations—N.  B. 
° S ! ^ w e l l ;   F  L  Fulier, Cedar Springs;  P. J. Con
Lomd’Secretary—Jas. H. Moore, Saginaw.

Mich ig a n Tradesm an.--------------------

T h e  fo llo w in g  a u x ilia ry  

a tln g  u n d e r  c h a rte rs   g r a n te d   b y   th e   M ic h ig a n  
B u s in e ss  M en’s A sso c ia tio n  •

5 8 ,  l _T r a v e r s e  C i ty   B . M .  A .

President! J. W. M illiken; Secretary, E. W. H astings.
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President, N. B. P lain; S ecretary, F ran k  T. King^
------------------- S o .   3 —S t u r g i s  B .  M . A .
President. H. S. Church ; S ecretary, W m. Jo rn.----

N o . 2—C o w e ll  B .M . A .

N o .  A—G r a n d   B a p l d s   M .  A . 

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

N o .  5  

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M. Sloan; Secretary, N. H. W idger.
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P resident;  Secretary. C. L.  W hitney.
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President. F. W. Bloat; Secretary. P. T. Baldwin.
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p i m e n t   H. M. M arshall; Secretary, J. H. Kelly.-------
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P resident, W. J. Clark; Secretary. A. L. Thompson.-----
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President. H. P. W hipple; S ecretary, D. E.  W ynkoop._ 
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P resident, Edson Blackm an; secretary . W .H   Lockerby.

N «   1 3 —S h e r m a n   B .  >1. A . 

lHwdriftnt. H. B*. S tn rtev an t;  Secretary, W.  J. Austin.

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P re sid e n t^ . A. Howey; S ecretary, G. C. H avens^ 
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President, R. R. P erkins; Secreta ry , F.M . C h ase^ 
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N o .  15—B o y n e  C ity   B . M . A .

N o .  1 6 —S a n d   L a k e   B .  M . A .
J. V. Crandall;  Secretary, W. Raseo.  _
U o .  1 7—P l a l n w e l l   B .  M . A .
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N o .  1 0 —A d a   B .  M . A .

President. Geo. H.  A nderson; Secretary, J. A. Sidle.-----
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President, W arren P. W oodard; Secretary,S. Lam from .
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President. D. F. W atson; Secretary . B- E. Chapel.--------
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President,  John F. H enry; Secretary , K. L. Rowe.--------
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P resident, C. H. W harton: Secretary, M. V. Hoyt.--------

N o . 3 2 —G r a n d   L e d g e  B . M . A . 
N o   23—C a r s o n  C ity   B .  M . A .

P resident. A. B. arhnm acher; S ecretary, W.  R.  Clarke. 
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President. John W. H allettj  S ecretary. L  A. Lyon.-----
H. Richmond.

N o . 24—M o r le y   B .  M . A
p resident, J. E. Thnrkow ;  Secreto ry , W. j
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President. F. A. H argrave; Secretory, I. S. Jeffers.

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President. A. C. S atterlee:  Secretary, E. J. C larity 

-  No  31—Dorr 8. M. A. 

No. 8*—Cheboygan B, M. A
No. 39—F r e e p o r t   B . M . A.

Presid en t, E. S. Botsford; S ecretory, L. N. Fisher._ 
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President. A. J. Paddock;  Secretory. H. G. Poser. 
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President, Wm. Moore;  Secretory
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P r e s i d e n t ,  A. G. A very;  Secretory, E. S. HoughteUng.

N o . 3 0 —O c e a n a   B . M . A .

. J. Cheesebroagh.

N o . 31—C h a r l o t t e   B .  M . A . 

President, Thoa. J. Green;  Secretory, A. G. Flenry. 
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P resident, W. G. Barnes;  Secretory. J. B. W atson.

N o . 3 3 —C o o p e r s v il le   B . M . A .
No. 33—Charlevoix  B. M. A. 

President, L.  D.  B arth olomew;  Secretory, R- w . Kane.

N o .  34—S a r a n a c   B . M .  A .

President, H. T. Johnson;  S ecretary, P- T. WUMamg.—
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President, H. M. H em street; Secretar y,C. E. Dengmore. 
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P resident, O. F. Jackson;  Secretory. Joh n   M. Everden.

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

President,  Chas. F. Bock;  Secretory,  E. W. Moore.------

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

President. H. E. Symons; Secretary , D. W. H iggins. 

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

P resident. W. S. W Uler; Secretary.  F. W. Sheldon.

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

N o . 40—E a t o n   R a p i d s  B . M . A . 
N o . 41—B r e c k e n r i d g e   B . M . A .

President. C. H. Howd;  Secretary , L. W aggoner.--------

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

N o . 43—T u s t i n  B . M . A .

P resident, Jos. G erber; Secretory  O .J.R ath b n n .--------
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P resident, F ran k  J. Lnick;  Secretary, J. A. Lindstrom .
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P resident, E. B. M artin; Secretary, W. H. Smith.
N o . 45—H o y t v i l l e   B . M .  A .

President, D. E. Hallenbeck; Secretory,O . A. H alladay. 

President, W m. H utchins; Secretory, B. M. Gould.____

N o . 4 6 —L e s lie  B .  M .  A .
N o .  47—F l i n t   M.  U .

President, W. 0. Pierce;  S ecretary, W. H. G raham .___
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N o . 4 8 —H u b b a r d s t o n   B . M .  A .

N o .  49— L e r o y   B   M .  A .

President,  A.  W enzell; Secretary, F rank Smith.
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President, A. O. W heeler; Secretary,C .  Grannis.
N o . 5 1 —C e d a r   S p r in g s   B .  M .  A .

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

President, L. M. SeUers; Secretory, W. C. Congdon.

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

P resident, A. 8. Kedzie;  Secretory, F. P. Vos.
N o , 53—B e l l e v u e   B . M .A .

President, Frank Phelps;  Secretary . A. E .Fitzgerald.

President, Thomas B. Dutcher;  Secretory, C. B. W aller, 

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

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

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

President, Silas DeLong;  Secretary, Geo.Chapm an.

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

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

resident. Geo. A. Sage; Secretory, H. S. Holden.

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

P resident, L. S. W alter; Secretary ,g.S   Blakely.______

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

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

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

President, V. E. Manley; Secretary, I. B. Barnes.______
N o .  6 3 —E a s t  is a g in a w  M . A .  ~ ~ " 
President, Jas. H  .Moore;  Secretory, C. W.  M ulholand.

N o .  6 3 — h v a r t   B . M . A .

President, C. V. P riest; Secretory. C. E. Bell.________
' 
President, C. W. R obertson ; Secretory, Wm. H orton.

n o , 6 4 —M e r r i l l  B . M . A .

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

P resident, Alf. G. D rake; Secretary, C. S. Blom.

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

President, F rank W ells; Secretory, Chas. Cowles.

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

President. W. L. G arrett; Secretory, F.  H.  Merrlfleld.

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

President, H. H.  Pope;  Secretory, E. T. VanOstrand.

N o . 6 9 —S c o tts  a n d   C l im a x   B . M . A . 
President, Lym an C lark; Secretary, F. 8. W illlson.

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

Presiden t, Wm. Boston;  Secretory, W alter W ebster.

P resident, M. N etaorg;  Secretory,  Geo. E. Clutterbupk.

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

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

N o ,  7 3 —B e l d l n g   B .  M . A .

N o . 7 4 —D a v is o n   M .  U .

President, J.  F. C artw right; Secretory. C- W. H urd.

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

President, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretory, F. Rosacrans.
" 
President, S-S.McCamly;  Secretory.  Chauncey 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 . 

P resident, E. J. Lockwood; S ecretary, Yolney Ross.

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

President, J. O. Seibert;  Secretary, J. W. Saunders. 
N o .  79—L a s t  J o r d a n  a n d   ho-  A r m   B .  M . A  
P resident, Chas. F. Dixon;  S ecretary, L. C. Madison._
H o . 8 0 —B a y  C ity  a n d   W .  B a y   C ity   R . M . A  
Presiden t,F . L. H arrison;  Secretory. Lee E. Joslyn.

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

President. L. A. V ickery;  secretory. A. E. Ransom.

President,B . 8. W ebb;  Secretory, M. E  Pollasky.

N o .  8 3 —A l m a   B   M . A .  

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

N o . 8 3 —S h e r w o o d  B .  M .A . 
N o . 8 4 ^ - S t a n d is h   B . M. A . 
N o . 8 5 —C lio   B . M . A .  „  

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

President. J. M. Beem an;  Secretory, C. H. May.
H o . 8 6 —M i l l b r o o k  a n d   B l a n c h a r d   B .  M .  A, 
President. T. W. Preston;  Secretory.  H.  P.  Blanchard,

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

President, J. A. Andrews;  S ecretary, L. D. Cooley.

N o .  8 8 —O v id   B .  M .  A . 

A ssociation  N otes. 

„

Plalnwell  correspondence  Allegan  Journal: 
“We regret to  Btate  that  the  meeting  of the B. 
M.  A. and citizens to raise 83,000 for  the starting 
of the Lyon paper mill resulted in a failure. 
It 
seems  to  me  this  was  an  opportunity  which 
should not have been lost  and  that  the  money 
donated would have  soon  been returned a hun­
dred  fold. 
I  also  regret  to  see  the  Graham 
works,  on  the  east  side, standing idle.  They 
ought to be running and furnishing employment 
to a number  of  workmen.  Here we have a fine 
water power,  three  good  railroads  and  one  of 
the best farming communities in  the  State  sur­
rounding us, yet our village is stagnant for want 
of a little more push.”

Owosso  PPess.-  “A  special  meeting  of  the 
Owosso  Business  Men’s  Association  was  held 
Monday evening to consider a matter pertaining 
to the Estey Manufacturing Co.  The  company 
is now contemplating the  erection,  the  coming 
year, of a large brick building, five  stories  high 
and 205 feet long, to take the place of the wooden 
building south of  the  present large brick build­
ing.  The company asks the city to exempt this 
new building from city taxes  for a period of ten 
years.  The  present  wooden  building  will  be 
converted into  dwelling  houses,  and  it  claims 
that the taxes  on  this  building  will  off set the 
taxes on the new building.  The  new  building 
will also enable the  company to employ a larger 
number of men.  The  business men were unani 
mously in favor of  granting  the request, and at 
a special meeting of  the  council,  last  evening, 
the request was  granted.”

The P.  of I.  Dealers.

The following are the P.  of  I.  dealers 
who had not cancelled  their  contracts at 
last accounts:
Wehle, L. T. Lochner, Burleigh  Bros 

Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton 
Allendale—Henry Dalman.
Almont—Colerick & Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
Bay City—Frank Rosman & Co.
Belding—L. S. Roell.
Big Rapids—W. A. Verity, A. V. Young,
E.  P.  Shankweiler  &  Co.,  Mrs.  Turk,
J. K. Sharp.

sions.

Blissfield—Jas.  Gauntlett, Jr.
Brice—J.  B. Gardner.
Bridgeton—Geo. H.  Raincuard.
Burnside—Jno.  G. Bruce  & Son.
Capac—H. C. Sigel.
Carson City—A. B. Loomis,  A. Y. Ses­
Casnovia—John E. Pareell.  *
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A 
Fish, B. Tripp.
Charlotte—John  J. Richardson,  Daron 
& Smith, J. Andrews,  C.  P. Lock, F. H 
Goodby.

Chester—P.  C. Smith.
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell.
Clio—Nixon &  Hubbell.
Conklin—Wilson  McWilliams.
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt.
Eaton Rapids—Knapp & Rich, H. Kosit- 
chek & Bro.
Evart—Mark Ardis,  E. F. Shaw, Stev 
ens &  Farrar, John C. Devitt.
Fenwick—Thompson Bros.
Flint—John B. Wilson.
Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark.
Fremont—Boone  &  Pearson,  J.  B 
Gladwin—John Graham, J. D. Sanford 
Gowan—Rasmus Neilson.
Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son. 
Grand Rapids—Joseph  Berles, A. Wil 
zinski.  Brown & Sehler,  Volmari & Von 
Keppel.

Ketch um.
Jas. Croskery.

Bros., C. E. Pelton.

Hart—Rhodes &  Leonard.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard  City — 0.  J.  Knapp,  Herold 
Hubbardston—M. Cahalen.
Imlay City—Cohn Bros.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan.
Kalamo—L. R. Cessna.
Kent  City—M. L. Whitney.
Laingsburg—D. Lebar.
Lake Odessa—Christian  Haller &  Co,
E. F. Colwell  &  Son,  McCartney  Bros, 
Fred Miller.

Israel) Glicman.
nings.

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

Lee.

& Son, F.  H. Cowles.

Mecosta—Parks  Bros.
Milan—C. C.  (Mrs.  H. S.) Knight. 
Millbrook—T.  0.  (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 & Co.
Reed City—J. M. Cadzow.
Remus—C. V. Hane.
Richmond—Knight & Cudworth. 
Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A. Fish.
Sand  Lake—Brayman  &  Blanchard, 
Frank E. Shattuck & Co.
Shepherd—H. 0. Bigelow.
Sheridan—M.  Gray.
Sparta—Dole & Haynes.
Springport—Powers & Johnson,  Well 
Stanton—Fairbanks &  Co., Sterling  & 
Stan wood—F. M. Carpenter.
Trufant—I. Terwilliger.
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson 
White Cloud—J.  C. Townsend,  N.  W. 
Whitehall—Geo. Nelson,  John  Haver- 
Williamston—Thos. Horton.

H.  C.  Breckenridge.
Wiley.
kate.

ington & Hammond.
Co.

G rap e  S y ru p .

A syrup is being  manufactured in Cal­
ifornia containing 75  per cent, of saccha 
rine  matter.  This  syrup  is  made  Jby 
concentrating  grape  juice  in  a vacuum 
pan.  One ton of grapes  yields  160  gal­
lons  of  juice, which  is  reduced  to one- 
fourth of its bulk.  At  the  price which 
this syrup  ought  to  bring, it  seems  a 
good outlet  for  the  over production  of 
grapes.  Mission  and  Malvoisie grapes 
principally are used.

Chas. McCarty, the  Lowell grocer, has 
contracted to furnish  the  P. of  I. heavy 
goods on a 10 per  cent, margin and light 
goods on a 15 per  cent, profit.  Charley 
does not agree  to  take  all  the  produce 
the Patrons  bring  in—only such  as  he 
can handle at  a  profit—nor will  he per­
mit the Patrons to squint at his invoices. 
He  proposes  to  conduct  business  the 
same as in  the  past—in  his  own way— 
and  the man who does not like his  style 
can go elsewhere to  trade.  All  are  to 
have the same  deal—P.  of L,  Q. I.  or  Z. 
L  Just where the Patrons get any bene­
fit out of such  a  contract  is  more  than 
T h e  T r a d esm a n is able to discern.

A Gilbert correspondent writes:  “The 
P. of  1.  and la grippe have been  ranging 
here for the past ten  days,  but  the  first 
real  case of  the  P. of  L broke  out  last 
night,  when  two intelligent (?)  speakers 
of  Kent county appeared  and  explained 
to an audience the business ability of the 
P.  of L,  which  the  writer  would  con­
sider about  the same as expecting plums 
to  grow on a dead tree.  They told  how 
the farmers of  Gilbert and Manton could 
send  to  Cuba  for  their sugar,  and thus 
cause  old  man  Spreckels  to  become  a 
county  charge—or  join  the  P.’s  of  L 
They explained  how  the  farmers  could 
then  sell  their  potatoes  at  their  own 
price, even  in  Louisiana,  and  get  forty 
cents for them instead of  fifteen,  in their 
own market.  They also spoke of  several 
organizations, the charter and by-laws of 
which the writer thought were somewhat 
slack.  A few questions  were asked, and 
there  was a short  debate,  after  which a 
committee was formed for the purpose of 
organizing.  At  10:30 o’clock  one  mem­
ber had signed.  The  meeting adjourned 
and the speakers left on the north-bound 
train for our sister town of  Manton.”

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:

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

Hetfieid & Son.

O ne  on  th e   D ru m m er.

Waiter Girl (to  commercial traveler)— 

There’s roast beef and roast duck.

Commercial  Traveler — Canvas-back 

duck?

W.  G.—Yes.
C. T.  (facetiously)—Is it  shirred  down 
the  front with  laced  cuffs  turned  back 
over the sleeves, Mary ?

W. G.—The same
C. T.—I will try some of it, I guess.
W. G.—Very well, sir.  Will  you have 
it with or without ?
C. T.—With  or without what ?
W. G.—Buttons.

ROPE

n \

R OP

The rope market is high  and  advancing, and the 

price at present is as follows:

SISAL 
MANILLA

13c  pound.
16c  pound, 
prices,  we  have

If  you  cannot  stand  these  prices,  we  have  in 

stock what is called

N ew  P rocess Rope

Which 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.

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

W h o le sa le

10 and 12 Monroe St.,

H a r d w a r e ,
33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis St., 

GRAND

RAPIDS,  MICH.

H A JR D W A JtB .
Prices  Current.

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

Snell’s
Cook’s ..  ........ ............................................ 
J ennings’, genuine......... ....................
Jennings’,  im itation..........................

AUGURS AND BITS. 

“ 
“ 
“ 

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

D. B. Steel....................
BARROWS.
1054
Railroad...................................
Garden.....................................

...... C 7 00
....  11 00
......   8 50
.......  13 00

....#  14 00 
. net  30 00 

dIs.

dis.

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

w

BUCKETS.

Well,  plain.........................................;.........* ^ 50
Well, swivel...................................................  4 w

BUTTS,  CAST. 

diS.
• • ................ 70&

Cast Loose Pin, figured........ 
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint...............60&10
Wrought Loose Pin........................................ 60*}0
Wrought  Table.......................................•••••60*J0
Wrought Inside Blind...................................60
Wrought Brass......  ..................................... „ ,
Blind,  Clark’s ................................................
Blind,  Parker’s...............................................70<sim
Blind, Shepard’s ........................................... 
70

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

40

Grain............................................................... 50&02

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

CAPS.

Cast Steel....................  

P®r

Ely’s 1-10..............................................Per m
Hick’s C. F ........................................... 
.
G. ...................................................  „
Musket.................................................

CABTRIDGBS.

Rim  Fire—  
Central  Fire.

.dis.

dis.

dis.

CHISELS.

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

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

-W
25

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

com bs. 

CHALK.

COFFER.

dis.
dis.

MAULS.

Sperry A Co.’s, Post,  handled..................
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s  ..............................
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malléables.
“  Landers,  Ferry & Cl ■.  k’s.............
“  Enterprise 
..............................

HILLS.

MOLASSES GATE8.

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

dis.

NAILS

 

 

 

 

 

Steel nails, base................... ...........................2 75
fire nails, base...............................................3 20
Steel.  Wire.
Advance over base: 
Base
60  ......................................................  25 
50................................................  
10
 
25 
30............................................... Basg 
20
20....................................................... Base 
30
16 & 12............................................... Base 
35
40
10............ 
10 
50
.........................................................  25 
& 6...................................................  40 
65
90
.................  
60 
1 50
........................................................1  00 
2 00
......................................................... 1  50 
Fine 3................................................. 1  50 
2 00
Case  10..............................................   60 
90
8 .............................................   75 
100
6..............................................   90 
1  25
Finish 10............................................  85 
100
8.......  
1  00 
6  ........................  
1  15 
Clinch 10 ...........................................  85 
8...........................................1  00 
6............................................1  15 
1  75 

1 25
1 50
75
90
1 00
2 50

Barrell %............................... 
PLANES. 

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................................   @30
Sciota  Bench.................................................  @50
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy.........................   @30
Bench,first quality.......................................   @50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  <S10
Fry,  Acme............................................. dis. 
60
Common,  polished................................. dis. 
70
Iron and  Tinned
Copper Rivets and Burs..............................
‘A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 
‘B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 
Broken packs 54c per pound extra.

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

r iv e t s. 

PANS.

10  20 
9 20

d is.

diS.

ROPES.

SqCABES.

SHEET IRON.

75
60
20
Com. 
<3  10 
3  10 
3 20 
3 25 
3 35 
3 45
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Sisal, 54 inch and larger..............................  13
Manilla
16
dis.
Steel and Iron........... -...................................
Try and Bevels.................................... ........
M itre............................................................
Com.  Smooth.
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 ......................................  4 40
No. 27 .................................................  4 60
wide not less than 2-10 extra
O iv n   p i p p o
List acct. 19, ’86....................................... dis. 40*10
SASH CORD.
Silver Lake, White A ..............................list 
50
55
Drab A .................................  “ 
50
White  B...............................  “ 
Drab B..................................  “ 
55
White C................................   “ 
35

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

“ 

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

 

 
DRILLS. 

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

dis.

DRIPPING PANS.

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

28
26
26
26
27

40
40

07
654

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In............................doz. net
Corrugated...................................... dis. 20&10&10
Adjustable..............................................dis.  40&10
dis.
30
25

Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826..............
Ives’, 1, »18;  2, »24;  3, *30............................. 

EXPANSIVE BITS.

files—New List. 

dis.

Dlsston’s .......................................................
New  American............................................. 60&10
Nicholson’s .................................................. 60<sl0
50
Heller’s ...........................................................
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................

GALVANIZED IRON.

12 

Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
List 
15 
dis.

13 
gauges. 

Discount, 50&10

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

14 

501

HAMMERS.

Maydole  & Co.’s.......................................<Jls- 
25
trip’s 
.••••• •••• •••«. dis, 
¿O
Yerkes ¿  Plumb’s...................................dis. 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel......................... 30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand... .30c 40&10

HINGES.

dis.

“ 
“ 
“ 

dis. 

HOLLOW WARE

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

“  %.............. 
“ 
“ 

Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ................................ dls.60&10
State............................................ per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 1» In. 454  14 and
longer.........................................................   854
Screw Hook and  Eye, 54......................... net 
10
•* 
-net  854
........................... net  754
“ 
\
* . . . . ...................n e t  754
“ 
Strap and T ......... ................ 
70.
HANGERS. 
Bam Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track.... 50&10
Champion,  anti-friction..............................  60&10
40
Kidder, wood track ......................................  
Pots................................................................  
50
Kettles............................................................  
f”
80
Spiders........................................................... 
Gray enameled...............................................40&10
Stamped  Tin Ware......................... new list 70&10
Japanned Tin Ware......................................  
25
Granite Iron W are......................new l!st33M&10
Au Sable................................dis. 25&10@35&10&05
Putnam...........................................  
dis.  05
dis. 10&10
Northwestern.................................  
knobs—New List. 
dis.
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings..................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings....
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..
Door,  porcelain, trimmings  ............  
 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain................... 
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t .......... 
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s............................. 
Branford’s ....................................................  
Norwalk’s ...............................  
LEVELS. 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ......................  
Adze Eye...................................• • .»16.60, dis. 60
Hunt Eye...........................................»15.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s .  .....................................«8  50, dis. 20*10

locks—door. 

HORSE NAILS.

MATTOCKS.

55
70
55
55
55
56
70

dis.

0US,

 

 

SASH WEIGHTS.

 

dis.

saws. 

TRAPS. 

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

Solid Eyes..............................................per ton *25
H and..........................................25@26&5
70
50
30
\  Cuts,  per  root....................... 
28
Steel, Game.....................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhonse’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..............................................  62H
Coppered  Spring  Steel.................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized................................  4 00
painted....................................   3 40

were. 

dlB.

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wire goods. 

dis.

wrenches. 

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

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dlB.

dis.

METALS,

PIG TIN.

 

6*4

ZINC.

26c
28c

BOLDER.

Pig  Large...................................................... 
Pig Bars.........................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2V4c per pound.
600pound  casks...................................... 
Per pound......................................................  7
............................................................ .....16
Extra W iping................................................... 1314
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by private brandB 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Cookson......................................... per  pound  16
Hallett’s ........................................■ 
13
TIN—MXLYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.........................................• 6 60
..........................................  6 60
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
.........................................   8 35
14x20 IX, 
 
8 ®

Each additional X on thls’grade, 11.®.

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10xl4IC,  Charcoal.......................................• 6 00
6 00
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
7  50
14x20 IX, 
7 50

 
 
Each additional X on this grade *1.50.

TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
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ROOFING PLATES

“  - 
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“  Worcester...........................  6 00
“ 
...........................   7 60
..........................  12 50
“ 
“  Allaway  Grade................   5 25
6 75
“ 
“ 
11  00
“ 
14 00
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
«3

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x2010, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
14X28  IX............................... 
14x31  IX................................................................14 50
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I „   „.„j.,, 
14x60IX,  “ 

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P.  o f  I.  G ossip.

ance  C om panies.

L. D. Wait has severed  his connection j 
with the P. of L at Blanchard.  No more 1 
contract for him.

B. Tripp, the Cedar  Springs  druggist, 
has signed with the P. -of  I.  on  a 25  per 
cent,  basis.  As  Tripp’s  stock  is mort- j
gaged for all it is worth, he  is  on  a  par  Albany. Albany  ...... ....................
s  ° 
with the majority of the contract dealers,
Where  will  the  P.  of  L  be  in  the 
spring,  when they get out in the field and 
must have  credit  to  help them  through 
from  planting  to  harvest?”  asked  a 
grocery  jobber, the  other  day,  and  the 
echo  came  back,  hollow  and  empty,
Where?”
Angus  Rankin, the  New  Era  general 
dealer,  writes  as  follows: 
“I  see  you 
have my  name  down in your list as a P. 
of I.  dealer,  which  is a mistake which I 
would like  to  have  you  correct. 
It is 
time  enough  to  brand  a  man  as  such 
after he has fallen from grace.”

D ividends  P aid  b y  Som e  Fire  Insur­
The Insurance Chronicle  has compiled 
a list of  the  dividends  paid  by most of 
the fire insurance companies of the coun­
try from the  profits  of  last  year’s busi­
ness, as follows:
per cent.
Agricultural, Watertown.................................   25
Broadway,  New  York 
..................................10
Buffalo German,  Buffalo................................... 20
Commerce  Fire,  Albany.....................................50
................................................8
City, New  York 
Commonwealth, New York................................  6
Continental. New York.......................................14
Exchange, New York.........................................  7
Eagle Fire, New  York  .......................................10
!  Empire City, New York  ....................................   6
j Empire State, Rochester........................................
j Farragut, New  York........................................... 10
Firemen’s, New York.........................................   6
! Globe, New  York................................................ 10
j  Greenwich, New York........................................10
j Guardian, New  York............................................
j Germania, New  York  ........................................ 10
German-American, New York  ..........................20
! Glens Falls, Glens Falls, N  Y  ..........................10
! Hamilton Fire, New  York  ................................  6
i Jefferson,  New  York— ..........................  
  10
j Kings County, New York................................... 10
Knickerbocker, New York.....................................
! L  fayette,  Brooklyn  .........................................   6
j Liberty, New York  .............................................. .
;  Manufacturers and Builders’, New  York........  6
I New York Bowery, New York.............................9
!  National, New  York  ........................................  8
i New York Fire, New  York................................  8I  6 
10
i Nassau, Brooklyn
Niagara, New York 
.......................................10
Peter Cooper. New York..................................... 10
Park Fire, New  York......................................... .
Pacific. New  York—  
12
People’s Fire, New York  ...................................  6
Phénix, Brooklyn, N.  Y ........................g»........   6
Rochester German, Rochester, N. Y  ................ 10
Standard, New York 
........................................  7
Stuyvesant, New York........................................  7
l'nion, Buffalo,  N. Y.........................................   6
ported,  Patrons  of  Industry  have 
York  ....................................10
Westchester, New
pledge  themselves  solemnly never to re- | f ^ | CanS raT stV Louis', Mo!!!!!” !!!" !" l !
ceive credit,  but to pay cash every time, i  American. New  Jersey
.......... 10
! Citizens’,  Missouri
their numbers will never become a form­
Concordia,  Wisconsin........................................  7
Connecticut,  Connecticut.................................   8
idable factor in any great popular  move­
Equitable, Rhode  Island...................................  8
Fireman’s Fund,  California—   .......................12
ment.  That is the straw which will break 
.............................  9
Franklin, Columbus, Ohio 
the camel’s back.”
Franklin,  Pennsylvania.....................................25
Firemen’s,  Maryland 
7
A West  Bay City correspondent writes 
Farmers’, York, Pa......................•••.................... .
Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, M ic h ..................6
as  follows:  “The P. of I. claim to have 
Hekla, Madison,  Vis 
drug,  grocery  and  dry  goods  store 
Hartford, Connecticut  .......................................20
..........15
Ins. Co. of North America, Pa
here, but will  n.ot  mention  any  names.
Ins. Co. of  State of Pennsylvania........
They say the druggist has  a store in Bay 
Ins. Co. of  the County of  Philadelphia
Jersey City,  N. J .....................................
City also,  and,  as  only one  of  our  nine
Mercantile,  Cleveland...........................
druggists has  a branch in  Bay City, it  is | g S S S M S S S S T 1..................
not hard to guess who  it is,  and we have
our opinion of him, too.”

Detroit  Journal:  ’‘Frank M.  Fogg, of 
Lansing,  who  has  been  a  republican,
greenbacker,  democrat,  anti-monopolist, I North River, New  York 
labor reformer, union labor,  whig, feder 
alist,  Girondist, prohibitionist and aboli­
tionist,  is now  lecturing  to  Patrons  of 
Industry and seems  to  have  struck  his 
gait.”

Three  Rivers  Tribune:  “If,  as is re­
to

..........6

...........10

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D r y   G o o d s•
Prices  Current.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 
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Clifton CCC...........  6H
Conqueror XX........  5
Dwight Star............   7&
Exeter A ..................  6V4
Full Yard Wide......   65l£

Atlantic  A ............ •  7*
H ...... ■....
P ............. .  6
D ............. .  6%
Atlanta A. A .......... .  6H
Archery  Bunting.. .  4Q
.  VQ
Amory................
Beaver Dam  A A ...
Berwick  L..............   6J4
Blackstone O, 32—   5
Black  Rock  ........... 7
Boat, F F ................  83S£
2X..................  6
“ 
C................   5%
“ 
“  AL....................7Ü
PL, 40 inch
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Integrity XX........... 5
King, E F ..................6*
“  E X..................6*4
“  E C, 32 in ......   5Vi
Lawrence L L..........5V4
New  Market B........  55*
Noibe R.  ................  5X
Newton...................6514
Our Level  Best.......7
Continental,  C........7V4 Riverside XX............4M
Sea Island R........... 654
Sharon B  ...............   654
Top of the  Heap—   754
Williamsville.......... 7
Comet,  40 in ...........  854
Carlisle  “ 
...........  7V4
New MarketL,40in.  754

D,  40-in 8*  ~ -  *
E, 42-inlli 
W, 45-inll
H, 48-in 12
Chapman.................4
CöhassetA..............   754
Comet......................7
Arnsburg  ....
Beats All.. 
Cleveland.
Cabot,  %.

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7 Glen Mills.............. 7
8 Gold Medal........... .  7Q
4* Green  Ticket........ .  8j£
Great Falls............ .  6t*
7V4 Hope....................... •  7*4
f>%Just  Out........5
9 King  Phillip.........
.  7%
OP....
■  vv,
8ÍÍ
6 Lonsdale Cambric. .10*
7 Lonsdale................ .  8*
7% Middlesex............. •  5*
8* No Name............... .  V*
7V4 Oak View..............
6
7 Our Own..  ........... .  5*
.12
8 Pride of the West
4H Rosalind................ •  7*
Sunlight  ............... •  4*
8Ü Vinyard................. .  8*
EACHED  COTTONS.
7t4|Dwight Anchor__ .  9

Edwards..
Farwell...................
Fruit of the  Loom..

Fairmount...........
Full Value...........
Geo.  Washington.

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TTNBLEACHEB  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Farwell...................   7541
Tremont N .............. *Vi Middlesex No.  1..
“  2..
Hamilton N............. 6*
“  3..
L............. 7
“  7..
Middlesex  AT........ 8
“  8..
X........... 9
No. 25.... 9
BLEACHED CANTON  FLANNEL.

Hamilton N ............. 7V4 Middlesex A A__
2 __
Middlesex P T ........ 8
A O ....
A  T ........ 9
4....
X A........ 9
5....
X F ........ 10*

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“ 

..13
...18
...19

Hamilton

G G  Cashmere... 
Nameless............

 

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...11
.12
“  
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• 1754 
.16
“ 
DRESS  GOODS.
__8  Nameless..................20
“ 
. . . 9  
.................25
“ 
.  .1054 
................. 2754
..21 
“ 
................. 30
..16 
“ 
..................3254
...18 
“ 
..................35
SATINES.
__20 
Imperial..............IO54
__18 
Black................  954
...16 
...1054
CORSET  JEANS.
...6   INaumkeagsatteen..  754 
__  654|Rockport................... 654
PRINTS.Merrim’ck shirtings.  554 
Reppfum .  854
Pacific  fancy.......... 6
robes.............. 654
Portsmouth robis...  6 
Simpson mourning..  654
greys........  654
solid black.  654 
Washington indigo.  654 
“  Turkey robes..  754
“  India robes___ 754
“  plain T’ky X %  854 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red..............    6
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 
......   754
Martha Washington
Turkeyred...........  954
Riverpointrobes....  5
Windsor fancy..........654
gold  ticket 
inaigo blue.......... 1054
A C  A......................1254
Pemberton AAA__ 17
York........................1054
Swift River............   654
Pearl  River............1254
~~ 
...........14
DEMINS.
ll V412t4
Lawrence, 9 oz  .......1354
No. 220.... 13 
No. 250— 1154 
No. 280.... 1054
6441 Stark..........................754
644

“ 
TICKINOS.

........................  7
........................10

COTTON  DRILL.

Simpson.

 

 

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Coechco.
Biddeford.. 
Brunswick.
Allen, staple...........  6
fancy...........  654
robes........... 654
American  fancy—   6 
American indigo—   654 
American shirtings.  554 
. “  —   654
Arnold 
long cloth B. 1054 
“ 
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“  C.  854
“ 
“ 
century cloth  7
gold seal...... 1054
“ 
“  Turkey red. .1054
Berlin solids...........   554
“  oil blue.......  654
“ 
“  green —   654
Coeheco fancy........  6
“  madders...  6 
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  654 
staple...  6 
Manchester  fancy.  6 
new era
Merrimack D fancy.  654
Amoskeag A C A— 1354
Hamilton N .............  754
D.............854
Awning.. 11
Farmer.................... 8
First Prize.............. 1154 .Warren
Amoskeag...............12541 Jaffrey...
9 oz...... 1454 Lancaster
brown .13
Andover..................1154
Everett, blue.........12
brown.......12  j

Milwaukee  Mechanics, Wisconsin..................
Merchants, New Jersey....................................
Mechanics,  Pennsylvania................................
Michigan F. & M., Michigan............................
Newark, New Jersey........................................
New Hampshire, New Hampshire.......................o
Northwestern National, Wisconsin................... 11
Orient, Connecticut............................................   6
Phoenix, Connecticut..........................................14
Reading, Reading, Pa.........................................  8
Reliance, Philadelphia.......................................  8
Spring Garden,  Pennsylvania............................16
Security, New Haven,  Conn..............................   7
Teutonia,  Louisiana...............  
5
United Firemens, Pennsylvania........................  6
Western, Pennsylvania.......................................  6
Fire Association,  Pennsylvania........................ 40
Firemens, New Jersey........................................ 12
Firemens,  Boston..................................................7
Traders,  Illinois..................................................10
Union, California................................................  4
P ro p o se d   R a tin g   S y stem  a t  M u sk eg o n . 
From  th e M uskegon News, Feb. 7.
The  Muskegon  Business  Men’s Asso­
ciation met  last  evening  in  regular ses­
sion,  with  President Jacob Jesson in the 
chair.  After  the  transaction of  routine 
business, the report of  the  committee on 
a new system of  collections  and  the em* 
ployment  of  a collector  was  called  up. 
Owing  to  the  small attendance,  as com­
pared with the  large  membership of  the 
Association, it was  decided  to  postpone 
action on the report to a future  meeting. 
The report as  prepared by the  chairman 
of  the  committee,  Dr.  C.  P.  Donelson, 
was a very thorough  review of  the pres­
ent system, and set forth quite clearly the 
merits of  the one proposed.  Briefly, it is
proposed  to  obtain  for  the members of  Boat 
the Association who may desire  to  enter  Clifton, K............ _ 7
into the scheme, the  ratings of  each and J Glenarven. 
every man in the city, and,  being warned 
in  time, there  will  be  fewer  bad debts 
contracted—the new system is to act as a 
preventive.  There  is  also  to  be  a col­
lector, who for a certain  sum will collect 
the bills  placed in his  hands, his  books 
to be subjected to the  supervision of  the 
Executive Board of  the Association.
The  intention of  the  designers of  the 
new  system  is not that  the  Association 
shall  pose  as  a  “collector of  bad debts 
association,” but  rather act in such a re­
lation  to  the  business  men  of  the city 
that bad debts  will  not be allowed to be 
made.  With  the  rating  of  a  would-be 
customer  before  him,  the  merchant 
allows  him to contract a debt at his own 
peril.
The  plan  provoked  quite a lively dis­
cussion,  and  will  come up at a meeting 
to be  held  later  on.  The  matter is the 
subject  of  much  interest  among  the 
members of  the  Association,  and if they 
succeed in  solving the “bad  debt” prob­
lem,  they  will  be  entitled  to universal 
thanks. 

KNITTING  COTTON.

Atlanta,  D ..

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GRAIN  BAGS.

No.

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fancies 

GINGHAMS.
Lancaster,  staple...  644 
-.  7 
“ 
Lancashire..............   654
“  Normandie  854
Normandie..............  8
Westbrook...............  854
Renfrew Dress........ 8.
“ 
1054
Toll du Nord...........1054
York
Amoskeag............... 7
Hampton................... 654
AFC....... 1054,
Persian....................  854 Windermeer............  554
Bates.......................   644 Cumberland............  444
Warwick................  854lEssex.........................454
Peerless, white.......18541Peerless,  colored...21

CARPET  WARP.

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MIXED  FLANNEL.

THREADS.Barbour’s.. 
Marshall’s .

White. Colored.
42
43
44
45

Amoskeag............... 17  IValley City............... 16
Harmony.................16M Georgia.....................16
Stark........................20  Pacific........................14
American................17  IBurlap...................... 1154
Clark’s Mile End.... 45  I
Coats’, J. & P .........45  I
Holyoke..................22541
White. Colored.
38 No.  14 .......37
6  ..  ..33
R 
16 .......38
“ 
39
34
18 .......39
40
10........ 35
“  20 .......40
41
12.........36
CAMBRICS.
Slater................. ....  4M Washington...... ....  4M
..  4M Red Cross.......... ....  4*
White Star........
Kid Glove......... ....  4M Lockwood......... __ 4%
Newmarket — ....  4M Wood’s .............. ...  4M
....  4* Brunswick....... ■ •••  4M
Edwards.........
BED  FLANNEL.
Fireman..................3254IT W — .....................2254
Creedmore...............2754 F T ........ • • ...............3254
TalbotXXX...  ...... 30 
J R F , XXX..............35
Nameless  ...............2754|Bnekeye................... 3254
piaid^40 'iGnwSR W.......... 1754
Union R ................. 2254 Western W ...............1854
......... 1854
Windsor..................1854 D R P
6 oz Western.......... 21  Flushing XXX......... 2354
Union  B .................2254lMaaitoba.................. 2354
Nameless......   8  @ 9541 
.......  9  @1054
1254
Black.
13
15
17
20

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
954
1054
1154
1254

Slate.
954
1054
1154
1254
Severen, 8 oz...........  9541 Greenwood, 8 oz
Mayland, 8 oz..........11  West  Point, 8 oz
Greenwood, 754 oz..  9541 
10 oz
White, doz.............. 20 
| Per bale, 40 doz.
Colored,  doz...........25  I
Slater, Iron Cross...  854
Best..............1054
1254
Best AA 
CORSETS.

Pawtucket...............1054
Dandle....................   9
Bedford............ 
...1054
Valley  City............. H»54
Coraline................ *9 50¡Wonderful.... 
.. .$4 75
Shilling’s ..............  9 00|Brighton................ 4 75
Cortdcelli, doz......... 85
twist, doz.. 42 
50 yd, doz. .42
HOOKS AND ETES—PER GROSS.
No  4 Bl’k & White..15
No  1 Bl’k & White..10 
“  8 
“ 
“ 
“  2 
..20
--12
“ 3 
“ 
“  10 
..25
“ 
.12
No 2—20,  M C ......... 50  INo 4—15, F  354......... 40
••  3—18,  S C ...........45  I
No  2 White & Bl’k.. 12 

“ Red Cross—   9
“ 
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DOMET  FLANNEL.
854@10

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

Brown.  Black. | Slate.  Brown.

|No  8 White & Bl’k..20

1054 15 
115417
1254(20 
DUCKS.

...1154 
....  954 
....1054
...«7 25

SEWING  SILK.

WADDINGS.

8ILESIA8.

PINS.

20

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COTTON  TAPE.
..15  I  “  10
..18  I  “  12
SAFETY  PINS.
....28 
|No3..
NEEDLES—PER  M.

No 2.................

.36

A. James.................1  501 Steamboat.. .v  .........  40
Crowely’s................ 1  35 Gold  Eyed...............1 50
Marshall’s...............1 00|
5—4__  2 25  6—4...3 2515—4 —  1  95  6—4...2 96

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
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...3 10|

S afe  R u les  fo r  In te n d in g   L itig a n ts.
Mr. Selwyn,  a  very sagacious  and  ex­

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perienced citizen of  London, used to say j Red&B1 
that a man who  deliberates about  going1 -  
to law should have
1.  A good cause.
2.  A good purse.
3.  An honest and skillful attorney.
4.  Good evidence.
5.  Able counsel.
6.  An upright judge.
7.  An intelligent jury.
8.  Good luck;  without which,  with all 
the other seven, it  is  odds, but  he  mis­
carries his suit.

G ood  W o rd s  U nsolicited.

Geo.  A.  Pollard,  general  dealer,  New  Era: 
‘I find I cannot get along  without  your paper.”

VISITIN G   BUYERS.

Vriesland

Caledonia

Co., Carson  City 

Rockafellow  M ercantile W alling Bros., Lam ont
E E H ew itt,  Rockford 
Jo h n  G unstra, L am ont 
H am ilton & M ulliken.
J  K inney, K inney 
Traverse City 
E H eintzelm an, Logan 
F ran k  Obiits, Greenville 
S W Perkins, Traverse C ity 
Spring & Lindley, Bailey 
Myron H Cooper, C lark 
W R Lawton,  Berlin 
F  N arregang, Byron Center 
Colburn &  C arpenter,
Ja s A Gale, Parm elee 
F ran k  Jenison, M anton
Chas M cCarty. Lowell
J  H Shields & Son,Muskegon John D am stra. Gitchell
G Ten H oor,  F orest  Grove 
D O W atson, Coopersville 
D enH erder & Tanis,
A J W hite. Bass R iver 
D E W atters, F reeport 
R G Sm ith. W ayland 
R B  McCulloch, Berlin 
S truik Bros,  Byron  Center 
Dr A H anlon & Son,
G C B aker, L abarge 
Middleville
N Bonma, F isher 
H M eijering, Jam estow n 
Sm allegan & Pickaard,
S T Colson, A laska 
Maston & Ham mond,
C K H oyt&Co-.Hudsonville 
GrandvlUe
C H Deming, D utton 
L Cook, B auer 
8 Cooper, Jam estow n 
J  B W atson,  Coopersville 
N F  Miller. Lisbon 
W  H Hicks, Morley 
L Maier, F isher Station 
T W Boven, G raafschap 
Geo M eijering, V riesland 
8 C Scott, H ow ard City 
Lee Deuel, B radley 
R A H astings, S parta 
L-M W olf, HudsonviUe 
H Dalmon, Allendale 
F A Moore & Co..  F reeport 
A Purchase. So Blendon 
J  M eijering, Noordeloos 
S J  M artin, Sullivan 
J  Raym ond, Berlin 
E ast Jo rd an  Ldmber. Co- 
M Heyboer & Bro„ Oakland 
E ast Jordan 
W S Adkins, M organ 
Geo A Sage, Rockford 
F   J  Kobe, Freesoil
Eli R unnels, Corning 
Gas B egm an, B auer

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The Michigan Tradesman

Qfllftifri Oraran of M ichigan Business Men’s  Association.

▲  W EE K L Y   JO U RN A L  D EVOTED  TO   T H E

Retail Trade of the Woliieriae State.

E. A. STOWE St  BBO., 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  1», 1890.

HANDSOME  MARGINS.

A summary of  the forthcoming  report 
of 
Insurance  Commissioner  Raymond 
shows  that  the 115 foreign stock fire in­
surance companies doing business in this 
State during 1889 received  $2,414,085  in 
premiums and returned to us in payment 
of  losses,  SI, 116,846—about 46 per cent.
The  mutual fire  insurance  companies 
of  other  states  received  $75,'357 in pre­
miums and incurred  losses  of  $41,541— 
about 55 per cent.

The  three  stock  fire  insurance  com­
panies of this State—all of  them a credit 
to the enterprise of our citizens—received 
$248,675 in premiums and paid  losses  of 
$96,877—about 35 per cent.

A million and a quarter  dollars  seems 
like a large  yearly tribute  to pay to out­
side capital,  but as the same people who 
enjoy  the  dividends  earned  from  our 
insurance  are  compelled to buy our iron 
and  copper,  our  lumber  and  salt,  our 
furniture  and  plaster,  perhaps 
they 
grumble as  much  at  us  over  the  large 
profits  they imagine  we  exact  we do at 
them.  As the State grows  richer,  how­
ever, more insurance companies ought to 
be organized  within her borders,  to  the 
end  that  men  may make  the  profit  on 
their own insurance.  As  The  Trades­
man looks at it, there  are few  more  i 
viting fields for  investment  than that of 
fire insurance. 
In substantiation of  this 
belief,  the compilation of  the Insurance 
Chronicle,  published in another column, 
is placed in evidence.

The suit brought by the  United States 
against the Bell  Telephone Co. is gradu­
ally bringing out the truth of  the charge 
that Alexander Graham Bell has no right 
to  the  telephone  patent, because it was 
obtained by fraud  in  the  Patent  Office, 
and,  even  if  it  were  obtained without 
fraud,  he  has  no  right  to  it,  because 
Daniel Drawbaugh was the prior inventor, 
In a recent hearing before  an  examiner, 
at Harrisburg, Penn.,  several  neighbors 
of Daniel Drawbaugh  testified  that they 
used the telephone in Drawbaugh’s work­
shop between 1873 and 1874, before  Bell 
had even announced such  an  invention 
The indications are  that  Bell will spend 
his last days behind  prison bars, in spite 
of  the  great  wealth  he has wrung from 
the people through  exhorbitant  charges 
for a device which is rightly the creation 
and property of another.

An  organization  of  young  ladies 

Massachusetts has begun a  movement  to 
establish  libraries  in  small  towns  in 
that State which  have  no  such  advan­
tages.  Their  method  of working  is to 
visit a locality and  get the  people  inter­
ested in the enterprise by means of visits 
and public meetings.  The townspeople 
contribute  according 
to  their  means, 
some  giving  a  site,  others  money  oi 
books, and  still  others  day labor. 
In 
this way a number of  small  places  have 
been supplied with  good working  libra 
ries. 
It  is  proposed  to ask  the Legis­
lature to  help  by appropriating  $100  to 
any town which  shows  a  disposition  to 
help itself with a  library.  This is a  com 
mendable movement and might be copied 
elsewhere.  Residents  of  cities,  with 
their  many literary  advantages, are  apt 
to  forget  how easily they could  relieve 
the cramped and meager  intellectual life 
of the people in small towns if they were 
only willing to make the effort.

W orth  M entioning.
From  th e Am erican Commercial Traveler.
It  should  not  go  unnoticed  that  the 
Michigan Knights of  the  Grip refused 
donation of  a case of fine wine  tendered 
them by a prominent  hotel in that State, 
The traveling men  are  setting  the coun 
try an  example  in  this  direction which 
may well  be followed by many other  or­
ganizations. 
It  is seldom, indeed, that 
wine  is served at one of  their  banquets. 
Within  the  past  year we  have  had  oc­
casion to  notice  this  fact several times. 
Since the organization of traveling men’s 
clubs and associations, it is an indisputa­
ble fact  that  the  standing  of  traveling 
men  has  been  materially  raised, in  the 
eyes of  the world. 
In  their ranks  may 
be found the most  successful of business 
men, representatives  in  our  legislative 
bodies,  ardent 
temperance  workers, 
earnest,  consistent  Christian  men,  who 
are not afraid  to  proclaim  their  princi­
ples,  and,  it  must  be  confessed,  some 
few who  are  a  disgrace  to  their  class. 
But there are black sheep  in every flock, 
and before  criticising  too  severely, con­
sider the temptation to which he is  daily 
subjected, the lack of the  restraining  in­
fluence of homé for so  much  of  his  life 
and the strong  competition  for  business 
which he must  constantly meet, and  say 
then,  would you, in his  position,  do  bet­
ter P-  The proportion of  this latter class 
is small, indeed—not  larger than can  be 
found  in  any  profession,  business  or 
calling.  The 
the  world 
looked  with  suspicion  upon  a  “drum­
mer” because  he  was  a  “drummer”  is 
past.  Now a man may well  be  proud to 
say,  “I  belong  to  a  generous,  open- 
hearted, jolly, honest, honorable class—I 
am a traveling man.”

time  when 

STORE-KEEPING  IN  THE  COUNTRY.
« V rltte n  f o r  T h e  T r a d e s  ea r .
In the country  store  the  loafer  ques­
tion is one which  is  very  perplexing  at 
times.  To have a lot of fellows congre­
gate in your place of  business on stormy 
days and night after night, regardless  of 
weather,  and ’to  be  obliged  to  listen to 
their sickening yarns  and  more  or  less 
idle gossip is, to say the least, very vexa­
tious.  But  when  you  couple  this with 
the  never-ending  “tobacco  business,” 
you  get it to where it is a positive  nuis­
ance. 
In districts far removed from  the 
railroads, it is hard to have any fixed and 
definite time for closing the store.  You 
have customers  situated  at  points equi­
distant from your own  town and another 
trading point, and  if  your  men  get  an 
idea that they can’t get  into  your  store 
after 7 o’clock  in  the  evening, they are 
ery apt to go to the  other  place, where 
they  know  the  stores  are  open  until 9 
o’clock.  So you find that it pays to keep 
late hours,  and,  while  you  do,  how  are 
ou to prevent people from sitting around
and talking, if they want to.

*

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•*•

There is, perhaps,  no  one  commodity 
which the “general  dealer” in the coun­
try handles  which is so certain  to waste 
as kerosene oil.  Guard  it  ever  so care­
fully and  you  will  find  that it dwindles 
away faster than the legitimate demands 
upon it will  justify. 
It  leaks  from  the 
barrels. 
It  evaporates  from  the  tank.
It  is  almost  sure  to  be  spilt upon the 
floor of  the  oil  room, and,  last  but  not 
least,  you  generally buy short measure. 
Do  you make a practice of  gauging  your 
oil  into  the  tank ?  I always  do,  and I 
find that when there are  no  accidents or 
special cause for extra leakage, for every 
twenty  barrels I buy and  pay  for, I get 
less than nineteen barrels of  oil.  Not so 
very  long  ago  a  business  acquaintance 
discovered  that  his  tank  was  running 
low,  and  procured  the  assistance  of  a 
stout man to help in  rolling a barrel into 
his warehouse.  But  he  found  upon in­
spection that no help  was  needed.  The 
barrel  was  empty.  Every bit of  oil had 
leaked out. 
I will venture  the assertion 
that  no  business man of  two  years’ per­
sonal experience in  handling oil but will 
endorse, in  the  main, what  I  have here 
set  down,  and  yet,  in  the  face  of  all 
this,  the  grocers  all  over  the  country 
make  a  “leader”  of  kerosene,  and,  in 
many cases, cut  the price  right  down to 
cost, with,  perhaps,  freight  added. 
In 
the case of  the city dealer, where compe­
tition  is  close, and  anything is done  to 
draw  trade;  where  he  can  roll  the  oil 
from the wholesale trucks  into  his  own 
store and sell the empty barrel for enough 
to  cover  loss by evaporation  and  slight 
leakage,  there  may be  some  excuse  for 
this policy.

In the case of  merchants way back “in 
the woods,” the case  is  slightly altered. 
If  we  are  going  to cut prices,  and must 
knock  the  stuffing out of  something, let 
it be o* goods that do not shrink so, that 
are  more  agreeable  to  handle,  and  on 
which  the  freights  and  cartage  do not 
count up so confoundedly fast.

*  *  *

I was  talking  with  a  Grand  Rapids 
gentleman  one  day  last  summer  about 
matters in general and the country retail 
trade in particular.  Smith  is  a  pretty 
good  name  to  call him by. so I will call 
him that.  Smith carried the impression 
through all be said that  the  business  of 
a country merchant was  something  that 
any  one  could  handle,  and  as  well as 
need be, too.  The  stock was not a very 
large  one  and  was  arranged  in  small 
compass.  All that one had to do was to 
buy a few goods occasionally to keep the 
shelves full  and  everything  would  run 
along almost of  its own  accord.  While 
we  were  speaking, however, the  son  of 
one of my customers came in.  He wanted 
a  variety  of  articles  and  among  those 
which  he  required were a bolt 2%X5-16, 
a pane of 8x10 window glass, a fine comb, 
a can of pine tar, a bottle  of  Castoria, a 
lantern  globe,  prunes,  2  oz.  senna,  a 
broom,  mosquito  bar,  a  bottle  of  ink, 
two slate pencils and a thimble.  He also 
enquired the price of  pork and flour and 
asked  what  I  was  paying  for  butter. 
After he had gone, Smith  asked:

“Do you always keep such a variety of 

goods in  stock?”

Incongruities  o f th e  P.  o f I.

for 

From  th e T hree Rivers Tribune.
The  Patrons  of  Industry  mean  busi­
ness.  They are  picking  out  merchants 
with  whom to  deal  and  to  whom  they 
propose to give  their  exclusive  custom. 
They select a merchant  in  each  class of 
business: for instance,  one  grocery firm, 
one  hardware  firm,  one  dry goods firm, 
one clothier,  one druggist,  and possibly 
one  harness  or  wagon  shop,  six in all. 
On  Monday evening a committee  was in 
town trying  to  arrange  with  a  grocer, 
and said  they had come to an  agreement 
with  the  other  classes  of  merchants. 
They met  with more difflculy in  getting 
a grocery firm to go into it,  and,  indeed, 
we do not ‘know  that  they had any suc­
cess.  We  know  they made propositions 
at two places which  were  not  accepted, 
and  they went  out  saying  that  if  they 
could not do  otherwise  they would start 
a grocery of their own.
Their  plan  seemed  to  be  to  make 
Three  Rivers  headquarters 
the 
county  and  establish  branch  concerns 
at other points through the county which 
would  get  their  supplies  through  the 
merchants here,  thus  making  it  a  sort 
of  wheel  within a wheel.  This  part of 
it  we  like. 
It  would  make  business 
brisk here while it lasts.  The  500  Pat­
rons  whose  natural  market  place  is 
Three  Rivers  would  make it  lively for 
one grocery man, especially on Saturday, 
and if  he buys all their truck,  which he 
will be  obliged  to  do  under  their  pro­
posed  contract,  he  would  pretty  soon 
have to pull down  his  ware-houses  and 
build larger.  But  the  grocer’s  greatest 
trouble would be to dispose of  the truck 
so as to get his money back.
The  Patrons  lay much  stress  on  per 
cent.  They seem to have  conceived  the 
idea  that  the  merchants  realize  enor­
mous  per  cent,  profits  on  everything 
they sell and the  committee  were  some­
what  astonished  when  told by a  grocer 
that  if  he  could  get from 10 to  15  per 
cent,  on  everything  the farmer  buys he 
would  make  more  mdney than he  does 
now;  if  he  sold  them sugar  and  coffee 
at that rate it would cost  them from 1 to 
2 cents  per  pound  more than other peo­
ple paid.  The  committee  asserted  that 
Arbuckle coffee  could  be  purchased  at 
wholesale for 17 cents  per  pound  when 
the  merchant  told them to buy all  they 
could get and he would  engage to take it 
off their  hands and  allow  them 20 cents 
for every pound of  it, as it cost him over 
24 cents.
Our readers have  doubtless  all  heard 
of the German trader,  who,  when asked 
how he could  afford to sell his wares be­
low cost  as  he  claimed  he  was  doing, 
said it is this  way,  “I  sells  so many of 
them.” 
It  seems to be something  after 
this fashion  that our farmer friends  are 
figuring.

H ow   a  P. o f I.  Organizer  P eels Tow ard 

th e  Order.

is 

“You  are 

From  th e M anton Tribune.
One  day this week  a  reporter  of  the 
Tribune chanced to  overhear a conversa 
tion between a young  man who claims to 
be one of the  chaps who  are  at  present 
engaged in organizing lodges of the P. of 
I. in  this county and  the  clerk  of  the 
Central  House.  The  organizer 
young man about 22  years of age, with  a 
fair dress suit and a very seedy overcoat 
When asked if  he was  doing well, he re­
plied :
“Oh,  yes,  1  am  doing  well  enough, 
This world  owes  me  a  living,  and  I  am 
going to have it, if I have to steal.”
He  then stated that he had  succeeded 
in  organizing nine lodges in this  county 
and received $10  for  each  organization. 
He has been  in  the  habit  of  doing  his 
traveling  on  foot  from  place  to place 
and  said  he  had  walked  from  about 
twenty  miles  beyond  Sherman  to  this 
place.
“Why do you not get a rig ?”  was next 
asked. 
certainly  making 
enough ‘stuff’ to easily afford it.”
“Oh, it  costs too much to feed a  team 
while  out  in  the  country  among  the 
farmers.”
“1 should not think  the Patrons would 
charge you anything  for board and lodg­
ing and horse-feed.”
“Well, you  bet  they  do.  You  can’i 
trust these  farmers.  They  ‘stick  it  on 
to’ you  harder  than  the  city  people 
They charge you 25  cents for every meal 
and lodging you get out of them, you bet,’ 
But,”  said  he,  “some  of  them  are,  of 
course,  all right. 
I was speaking of  the 
general run of them.”
Our reporter was  called away at about 
this stage of the  conversation,  but  as  he 
thought about  the matter and the  young 
organizer, he arrived  at this  conclusion 
that if the  farmers would  do  away with 
the “general run” of these sharpers who 
for $10, promise so much and do so little 
and  use  their  own  good  common sense 
more, they would be far better off  in  the 
long run.  Let  the farmers organize,  for 
by  organization  there  is  strength, but 
don’t  allow  this  class  of  men,  “who 
can’t trust the farmers,” do  business for | 
you. 
A  R epresentative  Farm   Journal  on 

_

th e  P.  o f I.

“Sure.  Keep everything that anybody 
wants. 
If  you  will  sit here for half a 
day, you will probably see that there will 
not be more than one or two things called 
for which are not in  stock,  and these we 
make a point of getting  on  the  shortest 
notice.”

“I should think you  would  always  be 
getting stuck on a lot  of  goods that you 
couldn’t sell.”

“Stuck?  Well, did you  ever  know  a 
merchant  who  never  did ?  Yes,  I  get 
stuck once in a while;  but it is  very sel­
dom. 
I will guarantee that there is not 
2 per cent,  of  dead  stock  in  my  store. 
My long experience with the trade in this 
locality  has  taught  me  what I can sell, 
and in matters where  my instinct guides 
me, I am proof against  the seductions of 
the drummer.”
“Well,”  said  Smith,  “I  begin  to see 
that  it  must  take  a man with a head to 
run this sort of thing.  Why  don’t  you 
go into the city,  though ?  A fellow like 
you could do ever so much better.”
“I’m very well 
suited where I am.”

“Thanks,” I replied. 

Geo.  L.  Thurston.

From  th e W estern Plowm an.
We  have  been  requested  to  advocate 
the  claims  of  a new  farmers’  organiza­
tion,  yclept  the  Patrons  of  Industry. 
Thank  you, we prefer not to do it.  There 
are  enough  organizations  now.  The 
Grange, the Alliance and  the  Wheel are 
enough  for  all purposes,  and the organ­
ization of  a new one  weakens instead of 
strengthening.  What is needed  is  not a 
new  organization,  but  the  extension of 
those we have, and working  them for all 
there  is  in  them.  There is a hankering 
for leadership in certain men and, if they 
cannot lead in the  organizations  already 
made, they stand ready to form new ones 
in  which  they  may  assume  leadership. 
All  this  scatters  the  strength  which, 
gathered  in  one  compact  organization, 
would  accomplish  all  that has been de­
sired by farmers.  The Plowman believes 
that  the  oldest  of  these  organizations, 
the Grange,  is  the  best,  that  no subse­
quent one has improved  in  its  methods, 
or  produced  new  ones  by  which  more 
could  be  accomplished. 
It  is  unfor­
tunate that  in  the Western States it has 
been  suffered  to  grow  so weak as it is, 
yet,  if  we  mistake  not, it  is  to-day  as 
strong in  numbers  and  influence as any 
organization,  and  its  revival  would  ac­
complish  more  good  than  the organiza- 
1 tion of  any number of  new societies.

FULFILL  YOUR  PROMISES.

The  V alue  o f  a  Good  R eputation  to 

Y oung  B usiness  Men.

which  he  meets 

There is no lesson  the young  business 
man needs to learn more thoroughly than 
the value of  a  good  reputation and good 
credit.  These cannot be won  and  kept 
by false pretenses of  any kind,  but must 
be earned by a strict  observance  of  con­
tracts, agreements  and  promises.  The 
man  whose  word  is  “as  good  as  his 
bond” is  the  man who has  inspired con­
fidence in himself  by always  doing  that 
which he  has  promised  to  do.  He  is 
also, as a  rule, cautious  about  entering 
into  obligations,  chary  about  making 
promises which  he  may  not  be  able  to 
fulfill. 
If  too prodigal in the latter  re­
spect one cannot hope to keep faith at all 
times.  A man who  is or  intends  to  be 
honest sometimes  loses credit and  repu­
tation  simply because he is too  hopeful. 
Counting with  too  great  confidence  on 
uncertainties,  he  makes  promises  that 
he cannot fulfill because of the failure of 
the event on which  they were predicted. 
He voluntarily fixes the date for the pay­
ment of a debt,  and finds  too  late  some­
thing has gone wrong,  so  that  he cannot 
meet his obligation. 
Such  an  accident 
may happen to  any man.  Upon the way 
the  unexpected 
trouble depends how his reputation shall 
stand afterward.- 
If  he  can  fulfill  his 
promises  at  any  personal  sacrifice  he 
should  so  do;  failing  that,  he  should 
endeavor to keep his word  by borrowing 
elsewhere,  thus gaining time for the final 
discharge of  his  obligation.  But  if  he 
cannot do either, he should go as soon  as 
possible  to  his  creditor  and  secure  an 
extension by frankly telling him the state 
of  affairs,  thus 
renewing  instead  of 
breaking his promise.
The one essential thing to do is to keep 
good  faith, or come as near to it as  pos­
sible.  The worst  possible  course  is  to 
let time run on until  his  creditor begins 
to  press him on an obligation long  over­
due. 
It is too late  then for explanations 
or renewals.  His credit is gone, his rep­
utation 
is  broken  down.  His  after 
promises  are  distrusted, 
though  they 
may be  grudgingly  accepted.  He  may 
for years after  thus  shattering  faith  in 
himself pay promptly and keep his word, 
but there will remain the  lingering  feel­
ing  of  distrust  born  of  one  failure to 
keep faith or to  explain  in  advance the 
reasons why it  should not be kept.  An 
engagement  of any kind  should be  held 
sacred,  and thus  good  reputation, which 
is  of  slow  growth,  may  be  gradually 
built  up, for  he who  keeps  his word at 
all  times  becomes  respected  and 
is 
trusted.
The young man  cannot learn too  early 
in life his responsibility to himself and to 
others.  He is to make his reputation  by 
what he says and  does,  and at the outset 
should have  a  high  regard  for  truth, 
which  carries  with  it  honesty and  in­
sures a prompt and  complete  fulfillment 
of all engagements.  He should not allow 
a  careless  habit  in  money matters  to 
grow upon  him,  but  should  pay all  his 
bills  promptly.  There  is  an  implied 
promise to pay at  the end of  the month, 
or when the bill  may be  presented,  even 
though there has been  no engagement  to 
do so made in so many words, and it  is a 
good practice to  keep  these  implied  as 
well as all  other  promises with  scrupu­
lous care. 
Such  a  course will  in time 
establish  a reputation whose value  can­
not  be  measured  by money, besides  de­
veloping  useful  habits  and  keeping 
one free  from  oppressive  and  grinding 
debts.

former.  No  traveling 

universe.  We  recently had  occasion  to | 
see  the  business  method  of  an  imple­
ment  and  buggy dealer, who, on the ap­
proach  of  July  4,  burdened  the  U. S. 
mail with orders—great fat  orders—bug­
gies — buggies — buggies — all  for  the 
Fourth  of  July in a little  rural  village, 
which  orders,  had  they all  been  filled, 
would have given nearly every one in the 
town a buggy.  The merchant  had  gone 
wild over a celebration  on  foot  for  the 
glorious  Fourth, and  evidently dreamed 
that  every one  who  came  to  town that 
day  would  need a vehicle  to  carry him 
home.  Failure  followed.  No  one  is 
surprised.  He bought  for a trade which 
could exist only in his imagination.
The  man  who  sells  is  frequently as 
greatly to blame for this  undue  stocking 
up  as  the  man  who  buys;  and  yet  we 
need  not  go  into  figures  to  prove that 
this is as disadvantageous  to  the  jobber 
and  manufacturer  who  sells,  as  to  the 
merchant  who  buys.  What  affects  the 
latter  unfavorably  must  likewise  affect 
the 
salesman 
should be a party to unwise  buying, and 
the  careful  credit  man  of  a house  will 
refuse  an  order  manifestly  beyond  the 
legitimate  wants  of  the  merchant—un­
less  the  merchant be so amply responsi­
ble  as  that  he  can be prodigal with his 
capital and can afford  the  risk  incident 
thereto.  A careful credit man may  well 
view with suspicion and alarm  an  order 
out  of  proportion  to  the  conditions  of 
trade  and  the  buyer’s means of  selling 
and paying for the goods.  So  often does 
an unseasonable  order  or  an  unusually 
large order precede a scheme  on the part 
of  the buyer  to  defraud  the seller,  it is 
well for the  jobber to see  that  the  mer­
chant have  just enough of his goods that 
they  may  be  carried  with  comparative 
safety to  both  parties. 
It  is  to the ad- 
" vantage of  the  jobber  that the salesman 
continue in business, and anything which 
tends to weaken the  merchant  and  ren­
der  him  less  able  to  use his capital te 
keep his  business afloat, is  just so much 
to 
jobber. 
Traveling  salesmen  are  not  always  so 
deeply interested in  the fate of  the mer­
chant’s business.  True, they  may lose a 
customer  by  his  failure,  but  that  is a 
long way in the future,  and  may not oc­
cur, while the advantage to  the salesman 
in  the  additional  salary, commission or 
credit to him, by an unusually large sale, 
is in the  present  and  deemed  desirable. 
Whether  or  not  the man pays is a ^ques­
tion  for  others  or  for the future.  The 
satisfaction  and  profit  to him in a large 
deal is now and for him,  and is the only 
tangible  fact  often considered.  So that 
merchants  are  continually  being  led, 
coaxed, driven  into  the  trap  by buying 
too many goods.  Suppose he run out of 
a certain  line  of  goods  and  lose  a few 
sales before being able  to  replace them, 
what  is  the  disadvantage  in the loss of 
the  profit on a few  sales  in  comparison 
with  the  disadvantage of  locking  up in 
old stock  not only profits  but  capital as 
well as profits. 
If  you have  one  wagon 
less  in  stock 
than  you  can  sell  this 
season, you lose the profit on one wagon, 
if, indeed,  it  cannot  be  furnished  your 
customer  by  a  special  order. 
If  you 
have one wagon  too  many, you will lose 
the use of  the capital invested in it until 
the next season, and run  the  risk of  the 
entire  loss  of  that  capital, or a  portion 
thereof, by its being then  old  stock  and 
perhaps superseded by a better  article in 
the market.  There is profit in buying as 
well  as  in  selling,  and  you  may  lose 
more in the former than  you make in the 
latter.

the  disadvantage  of 

the 

O ver-Stocking  a   F requent  C ause  o f 

F ailure.

The  temptation  to  buy  too  much  is 
constant.  The  rivalry of  trade,  the  de­
sire to be the first in the  market, the im­
portuning  of  traveling  salesmen, 
the 
constant  expectation of  “better  times,” 
the demand of  customers for variety and 
novelty, are  constant  spurs  goading  on 
the  tradesman  to  an  undue increase of 
stock. 
It  is  no  doubt  a  praiseworthy 
ambition and a legitimate  advertisement 
to be first in showing  new  goods  and to 
be the heaviest buyer, but wise old heads 
in business do  not  judge  entirely of  the 
amount  of  profits  by  the  number  of 
empty  boxes  upon  the  sidewalk. 
It 
should not be so much a question of  how 
much can I sell,  but how much can I  pay 
for.  Calculation should not be made for 
filling  the  largest  possible demand, but 
should  be  with a view  to  what  can  be 
paid for should there be a dull trade. 
It 
is not now as in the days of  our  fathers, 
when the visits of  the sales  agents  were 
at long  intervals, and goods  enough had 
to be bought  to-day to  last  for  months, 
owing  to  the  difficulties  of  transporta­
tion and travel.  A merchant now, be he 
in what line  he  may, has only to step on 
the cars  at  his  door, and in a few hours 
he is in the heart of  the  wholesale trade 
of  a large city.  He  has  all  the  advan­
tages of  buying  right  at  his  door.  Let 
him then buy only such  quantities as his 
business experience  tells  him  even  in a 
bad season he can sell and  pay for, then, 
if  the  bad  season  comes,  he  has,  per­
haps,  been  enabled  to  discount his bill 
and  is  able  to  get  rid  of  his moderate 
stock, while his neighbor, who looked for 
a great trade, was  unable to take advan­
tage of  the discount offered on  his  large 
bill,  and  goes  over  the season with his 
counters piled  high with unsalable stock, 
which still  must be paid  for.  Should a 
good season come, the merchant who has 
bought  moderately  has,  perhaps,  been 
compelled  to  purchase again—and,- per­
haps, to a better  advantage, for  the sea­
son is well  spent  and  he  may  have the 
chance of  buying at a reduction on early 
prices,  and  with a knowledge of  what to 
buy.  He, of  course,  runs  the  risk of  a 
higher market and scarcity of  the goods, 
but the risk is slight in  comparison with 
that of  buying immoderately.  As a rule, 
the oftener a mau turns over  his  capital 
in business,  the faster will it accumulate. 
Stock that is  held  over  is  eating  itself 
up in  insurance,  wear  and  tear, change 
of  style  and  demand, handling  and  in­
ertia of  capital.
The careful  buyer  will not buy with a 
view to the largest  trade  possible, but to 
the  smallest  trade  probable.  Why is it 
necessary for a hardware  man  in  Mich 
igan, in buying stoves, to load  the  store 
with  shining metal,  though it presents a 
handsome  appearance,  when  he  is  in 
speaking distance of  the stove  center  of 
the West ?  Some  men  buy  stock  as  if 
afraid  all  business  but  their  own  will 
suspend  and  they be  left to  supply the

N otice  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.  Hu g h a r t,  Secretary.

“Well, now,”  said an old farmer,  when 
his  cow  had  kicked  him,  the  milking 
stool and the pail in different  directions, 
“that’s the worst fault this cow has got.”

N elson, 

M atter 
&  Co.,

-FOR-

Furniture.

See  w hat  they can  do 

for  you.

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 be continued  by  the  said  Leonard L. Con 
key, who now owns all  the  tools,  books,  copy­
rights, cuts and publications of  the former firm.
L e o n a r d   L .  Co n k e y ,
J. H. GouLDma.

Dated at Grand Rapids, this 27th day of  Janu 

ary,  1890. 

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Crockery & Glassware
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LAMP  BURNERS.

 

 

 

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Pearl top.

2 60
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First quality.
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No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz........................1  25
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NO. 2 
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Jugs, H gal., per doz.....................................  75
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Milk Pans, {4 gal., per doz.  (glazed 66c)....  65 
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POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

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

C o m m issio n M e r c h a n t s
Reference: First National  Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapids.

A . D .  Spangler & Co
FRUITS knd PRODUGE

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

And General Commission Merchamts. 

EAST  SAGINAW,  MICH.
2 40
3 40

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

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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
Plum bers’  Supplies.
184 East Fiflton  8t„ ( M   of Monroe,

Telephone No. 147.

21  Scribner  Street,

Telephone No. 1109.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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B L IV B N   &  ALLYN,

Sole Agents for the  Celebrated

H.  M.  BLIVEN,  Manager.

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

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

a specialty of fine goods in our line and are prepared to quote prices at any time.  We solicit 
63  Pearl  St

"BIG F”  Brand  of  Oysters.
Wall  Paper  and Window  Shades.
N E L S O N   BRO S. &  CO.,
W M . S E A R S  & CO.,

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

68  MONROE  STREET.

ßraßker  Manilfadilrers,

37, 39 and 41 Kent St., Grand  Rapids.

fiT  GEO. H. REEDER,

State  Agent

and Jobber of

I  g  Lycoming  Rubbers
Medium Price Shoes.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

M0LKSSE8I

W'e  have  received  large  shipments  of 
molasses, direct from the  planters  in  Louisi­
ana, w hich we are offering to the trade at our 
usual low  prices.

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

IMPORTERS  OF  TEAS,  COFFEES  AND  SPICES.

1  AND  3  PEARL  STREET.

Wholesale  Dry  Goods.

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

Correspondence  solicited.

Jlonroe  and  10,12,  14,16  k  18  Fountain  Sts,,  B M P   RIPID8.

We Import All Our  Fancy  Buttons  and  Laces.

P u tn a m   G an d y  Co.,

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

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The Michigan Tradesman

WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1890.

“ B usiness  is  B u siness.”

There  lives in the city of  New York a 
man  who  has  accumulated  quite a for­
tune by simply advising  people  what to 
do.  There  always  will be a large num­
ber of  persons who are unable to rely on 
their  own  judgment;  others  come  to  a 
conclusion with ease and certainty.
A  young  man  had  accumulated  a 
thousand  dollars,  and  was  debating 
whether  he  should  buy  a  small  candy 
'¿tore with it, or whether  he  should lend 
it  on a mortgage.  This  latter  he  knew 
was  the  secure way;  the other promised 
great  profits. 
In  this perplexity he saw 
an  advertisement:  “Advice  given 
to 
those going into business.”
After  stating  his  case, the counsellor 
said,  “My fee will be $5 in advance.”
When this was paid, he asked:
“Do  you  understand  the  candy  bus­
iness ?”
,  “No;  I did not think it was  necessary.
1 expect to supervise it tenderly.”
“Then  you will lose all  your money in 
three months.”
“You  think  I  had  better  lend  the 
money on the mortgage
“I do not say that.  What is  your bus­
iness—that is, what do  you perfectly un­
derstand ?”
“ 1  know the  pickle  business  through 
and through. 
I can  make  pickles of  all 
kinds,  but I do not  like it.”
“Never  mind  what  you like.  Go and 
get a small place  and  make  pickles;  go 
from  hotel  to  hotel,  restaurant  to  res­
taurant,  and  sell  them. 
In  ten  years 
come  back  and  see  me;  you  will have 
$10,000, at least.”
As the  young man was going away, he 
was called back.
“Here is a card;  I  want  you  to  put it 
where  you  can see it a hundred  times a 
day.”  These  were  the  words  on  the 
card:  “Business is business.  Men  don’t 
^o  what  they  like;  they  do  what  they 
can.”
The card had a strange  fascination for 
him;  he read it with care,  as  he  walked 
along the street.  As  he  studied it, new 
light seemed to enter his mind.
He  found a dingy  basement,  and  be­
gan  to  arrange  for  his  operations.  Of 
course, vinegar must be  got, several bar­
rels of  it;  some  was  offered  him  at ten 
cents a gallon, some  more  was shown at 
five  cents.  “Which  shall I take?”  He 
thought of  the  words  on  his  card.  He 
seemed to see people testing  his pickles, 
and,  not  liking  them,  depart  without 
buying.  “They  will  know  good  vin­
egar,” thought  he, and so he  bought the 
honest stuff.
In a few days several tubs of materials 
were ready, and he knew he must market 
them.  Now,  he  greatly dreaded to face 
strange people and push his  goods  upon 
their  notice.  He  never  had  courage 
when a boy, and  now as a  young man he 
felt  more  timid, 
it  seemed.  But  he 
thought of  the  words  of  the  card,  and 
entered a restaurant.  The  evident man­
ager  was a blooming  young woman, and 
the  pickle  dealer  was  more  afraid  of 
women  than  men.  But  “business  is 
business” repeated  itself  over  and  over 
in his mind.
The answer to his  statement  was  that 
his pickles  would be tried,  and if  found 
all right would be purchased.
that  good  vinegar,” 
thought the  young man;  and he began to 
feel  that  there  was  I certain  power  in 
the  maxim  his  adviser  had given.  He 
''■began to feel a courage he  had  never ex­
pected in meeting  people  and  trying  to 
sell his goods to them.
Calling  at a store  to  get,  if  possible, 
an  order  for  pickles  in  bottles, he was 
quickly  and  rudely  met  with,  “Don’t 
want  to  see  any  such stuff.”  Noticin 
the  utter  dismay  on  the  young  man’ 
face, the merchant said,  short and sharp, 
“Don’t  you  know enough of  business to 
put up  your goods attractively ?”
As he  retreated, ruffled  and  disheart­
ened. the maxim repeated itself over and 
over, with  this  additional  sentence,  “It 
is business to put up goods attractively.” 
He  sought  out  a lithographer  and  had 
some handsomely colored  labels printed. 
“They  will  buy  the  bottles,”  said  a 
friend,  “just for the picture you have on 
them.”
When he had gained sufficient courage, 
he  sought  out  again  the merchant who 
had rebuffed him.  “I have come to make 
you a present of a bottle of fine pickles.” 
“Why  do  you  make  me  a  present of 
,  them ?”
\  \   "Because  you  gave  me  advice that is 
worth a great deal.”
The  morning  of  one  Fourth  of  July 
came,  and he  pondered  whether to go to 
his store or not.  All at once he thought, 
people going on picnics will want pickles; 
it was the magic  words on the little card 
that  ran  through  his  mind.  He found, 
as  he  had  thought, a  large  number  of 
buyers waiting for him.
The  little  card  was  consulted  in  all 
sorts  of  weather. 
If  a  man  made  a 
proposition  to  him of  any  kind, and he 
was in doubt, he  would  go  and  look at 
the  words,  though  he  knew  them  by 
heart  already.  One  day a  cheese  mer­
chant came  to  persuade  him  to buy his 
stock.
“People,”  said  he,  “who  buy pickles 
always  buy  cheese;  you  will  do  a  big 
It  was a temptation.  He  went 
trade.” 
and  looked  at  the  words  and  studied 
them intently, trying to  think  out  their 
application to the case in hand.  “Men do 
, what  they can,” he reflected.  “I would 
Hke to sell  cheese, but I know I can  sell 
pickles;”  then  he  returned.  Now  he 
was  resolute  and  firm,  although by na­
ture easily bent and swayed by the words 
of  others.
“Business  is  business,”  he  said.  “I 
am  in  the  pickle  business;  if  I  cannot 
make money in this,  I-shall  quit  and go 
into something else;  but I will  not  have 
two kinds on my hands.”
It  was a turning  point;  after  this  he 
^lOuld  refuse  all  influence  to  go  into 
something that seemed at the  time  more 
lucrative.  He was not  only industrious, 
it was  plain,  he  had a fixed principle of 
action.  Of  course  he  was  successful; 
all  men  who  put  industry and  mind to 
their  work  are  bound  to  be successful. 
When the  ten  years  were  up, of  course 
he had the $10,000,  and more, too.

“Glad  I  got 

JO  BRANT’S  TRIAL.

Written  far  The  Tradesman.

You want to know how the case was tried, you say, and the sentence of the court, 
A sort of a summing up of the case, kind of a brief, short-hand report.
Well, sir,  can’t give you all of the details, but enough I’ll give you of them 
To show you there’s something yet left  that’s about right in the hearts of men. 
The charge, you know, was for kidnaping Änd looked for Jo rather  bad,
For he, by a kind of  a bargain, had made conditional sale of the lad;
On trial he owned up to the charge and there wasn’t very much for to prove,
And so the old court just rattled along without getting out of her groove.

But the case was an uncommon one, and some nice points of law were involved,
And the lawyers had come from the  towns all around to hear their intricacies solved.
The trial itself was but brief, and the hour for sentence leaked out,
So the people from country and town forthwith  for the court were en route;
For every one knew of Jo Brant, his misfortunes were everywhere known,
And interest was keen his sentence to hear and whether the child he should own.
The  Judge had taken his seat, as dignified, stern and cold as you please,
And he who acts for the people smiled with a sort of self-satisfied ease.

The seats were all crowded with women, and men packed the halls and the aisles—
A sight, sir, I tell you, they were—the rich and the poor, all grades and all  styles;
And the Judge, says he,  “Mr. Sheriff, bring the pris’ner at once to the bar.”
And he came, with the cuffs on his wrists, came, just like a murderer, there.

You could hear a pin  drop, as he entered, and a shudder ran through the crowd,
For Jo was a rough-looking  fellow and a tough one, as was mostly allowed.
And then said the Judge, “Joseph Brant, you’re convicted of a heinous crime 
By twelve of your peers, but the duty of pronouncing your sentence is mine.
If you’ve anything to say in the case why sentence on you shouldn’t be,
You now have the chance, sir, to say it, and the court will list to your plea.”

“I thank you, Judge, I have, sir,” said Jo. 
’Twill give you a better chance for to judge than if I give only a part.
It’s been a long time since I came to this county—twenty years, at the least,
This town was nothing but woods, then, given over to Injuns and beasts.
I settled out there in my town, sir, the first settler by more than a year,
And no one laid claim to the land, sir, and  no one had ever come near.

“I’ll commence away back at the start—

“Well, sir, I built a house there, such as it was, and  worked  with  all  of my  might 
A  clearing  the  land  and  earning  my  bread  like  a  man  that’s honest and right.
1 own ’twas rather hard pulling, sometimes, in getting through safe to the shore,
A pretty hard battle, sometimes, out there, in  keeping the wolf from the door.

“But I kept right on, and my wife was as willing  and as true and as good 
To help at the clearing and planting as, being a delicate woman, she could,
Till at last we were proud of our prospects and the crops were growing and fine,
When complainant came out there and said, ‘This land you’re a clearing is mine.
You must leave it or buy it, forthwith, or  I’ll call the law to my aid.
I’ll sue you for the timber you’ve cut and  collect the damages laid.’

“Well,  Judge,  that  man  he  had  bought  it  unbeknown  and,  sir,  in  an  underhand  way— 
There was nothing for me but to buy it, if on it I wanted to stay.
’Twas hard and wrong, I acknowledge, ’twas worse, in my mind,xas often I’ve said,
Than relieving a man of his wallet by holding a gun to his head.
And  my  wife,  sir,  she  was  siek,  right  down  sick,  and  sleep  wouldn’t  come  to  her  eyes, 
Through fretting and worry and suffering over a wrong that none can deny;
For our children—we had four of  them then—were small and winter was near,
And there wasn’t much for a man to do and living that  winter was dear.

“But, sir, there wasn’t much use of  us kicking—poor folks have no business at law,
And it’s risky paying out money to lawyers, just for picking a flaw.
So we just came down for two hundred, turning out everything that we had,
With eight hundred more hanging back under contract, ten per cent., iron clad.
And it wasn’t an easy thing paying—eighty per year’s  quite a sum—
And a hundred more on the note, with nothing to help ’bout a thing to be done;
For wife she wasn’t very healthy—through worry she seemed to lose heart—
But still she always was willing and did as well as she could her own part.

“And the children they kept right on coming until seven sat at our hoard,
But, Judge, they were the sweetest of blessings that ever came straight from the Lord.
They blessed us, cheered us and helped  us on a dark  and discouraging road;
They gave us new heart, in our trials, to carry a heavy and difficult load.
And  we  worked  on  for  years  and  for  years, keeping straight along with that debt In our sight 
A mountain before us forever that haunted us by day and by night,
Till, at last, sir, we had but three hundred still back on the contract to pay,
When wife came down with the fever that with her had come determined to stay;
So, whatever there was then of work was depending on me to be done,
And a year went by without payment—then, sir. it was this trouble begun.

“The complainant then came to my house, with his smooth, villainous face,
And told us on what terms we could settle, or else we must vacate the  place;
For my contract was forfeited then, but he ‘would make things  easy,’ he said,
‘ If we chose to keep the old home—and would give him our baby instead!’
At that, sir, I sprang to my feet and the blood ran hot through my veins—
Perhaps, had I followed my heart, I would sooner have been in these chains!

“Why, Judge, I could have killed him, and justly.  I ordered him out then and there,
But he parleyed and begged and promised so much, so strong and honest and fair,
That we told him, at last, we’d study a week and decide on what we would do;
And, sir, as God is above us, that week was an agony of pain to pass through.
But, sir; the complainant was rich, had promised the advantage of wealth,
We, sir, were poor, disheartened, struggling against  debt, bad luck and ill health.

“And so, at last, we consented, providing that sometime we  might 
Take him back to ourselves, by  the payment of a sum that was right.
His name, sir—the baby’s—should never be changed, to which the complainant agreed,
Nor allowed to his parents forget, nor taught to believe in a different  creed.
The name that we gave him was Benny and that was to stick to him  still,
But, would you believe, sir,  he robbed him of that and then re-christened him Phil.

“He was to bring him home for a visit, every now and then, for a day,
But never a once for a twelve-month had he done so since he took him away.
No, sir, he took him away and his whereabouts to us were unknown—
He gave u b  to understand, by his actions, that Benny was his’n alone.
Well, sir, perhaps he was right,  but, sure, it was  nowhere what he agreed*
And the curse of God has followed us close since the day we accepted that deed 1 
Yes, sir, a curse, I believe it, a curse for giving God’s blessings away;
A curse for bartering what He had intended, when he gave  it, should stay;
A curse, and a merited one, but, God  knows, a terribly hard one to bear,
A cross on our shoulders so heavy it seemed full more than our share.

“Yes, Judge, I see you’re uneasy and it’s rather a long story, I know,
But I’ll make it as short as I can and feel  better when with it I’m through.
You see, Mr. Judge, the first of this curse came on us just a week from the day 
That complainant gave us the deed and carried Benny, our baby, away.
Yes, just a week, sir, when Emma, our oldest, was stricken down to the bed,
Just a month and the fever had left her and Emma lay pulseless and dead.

“Yes, sir, a week and a month, to a day, and that beautiful, sweet, loving girl 
Had gone to her God, and I cut from her brow, as a sort of memento, this curl.
And, sir, we laid her away in her grave, and half of life’s sunshine was hid 
When we bathed her with tears and bade her good-bye and screwed  down the lid.
And then we laid her just over the hill  where the snow first melts in the spring,
And the birds build their nests in the boughs and  the robins stay latest to sing.

“And the next of this curse that befell us came in its most horrible form,
Making the death of our Emma a prelude, just a cloud preceding a storm.
Yes, sir, three more of our children were stricken with that night shade of death,
That scourge of all scourges most awful, that stifles and poisons the breath.
That scourge, the diphtheria, was on them, and wife with the fever was low,
And ’twas just at a time when they needed a mother to doctor them through.

“But I was alone to attend them (the neighbors to come  in were afraid),
And Harry and Tommy died in a week and by the side of Emma were laid.
And Ralph, he seemed to be better, he was up and around  for a while;
His cheeks, though, were hollow and pale, but his lips bore faint hints of  a smile.
But ’twas only a lull before danger, a pause for the taking of breath,
A sight of the gates into heaven, that came as a warning of death.
And one night, after saying his prayers, he kissed us and  went up to bed.
When I went to him in the morning, poor boy, he was lying there dead.

“ ’Twas a thing, sir, to freeze a man’s blood, to drive reason off of  her throne,
To cause wonder if  God was justice and right in all that was done.
And my wife, Oh, God!  how to tell her, already o’erburdened with grief,
With death almost on her features and threatening to bring  her relief!
’Twas awful, sir, awful!  I hadn’t the heart nor the courage to speak,
And, somehow, I came near a falling, everything darkened and I was so weak.

“But, thank God, He had mercy, after all, through that horrible season of pain,
For she became unconscious and nothing was steady and clear in her brain;
And. sir, how it all happened through the funeral and burial of Ralph 
I leave to the neighbors, for, of a truth, I didn’t realize half.
’Twas all like a dream, sir, a horrible dream!  The  first I remember was when 
Some of my neighbors sat by my bed and said that a week had passed then;
And my wife had suffered the shock with the strength of a martyr, they said.

The P.  &  B. cough  drops  give  great 

^.satisfaction.

“Yes, sir, she bore it that way, bless heaven, and went to God with her prayer, 
And, perhaps it is foolish in me, but I lay our recovery there;

And, sir, I was getting along pretty well, might say I was getting quite smart—
Still, something was pressing my temples and a goneness hung hard on my heart.
And wife, she kept on improving and gaining in strength till we thought, at the last,
That mebby we’d atoned for that deed,  and  hoped  that  the  scourge  of  vengeance  had  passed; 
For we made out a deed to complainant and begged him to take back the place 
And give ub our child, but he laughed a mean insult square into our face.

“Yes, sir, scoffed at our anguish and said, ‘The old farm is valued too high.
It’s worthy a solid two thousand, no doubt, but Benny it never can buy.'
And then, sir, our hearts were so heavy we thought our misfortunes would  cease,
And God from the scourge of his vengeance would grant  us a season of peace.

“But ’twas scarcely a month when our Robert, just fourteen years  old on that day,
And Mary, the youngest save Benny, returning from meeting one day,
Had stopped a while at the maples, where are sleeping those darlings df ours,
To pay them their tribute of tears and drop on their graves some flowers,
When a wind, without warning, came down, terrific and awful in force,
Straight down from the heavens at  noonday, and the scourge was marked in its course.
And Robert and Mary, oh, how can I tell it !  on the graves of the others they lay.
Crushed by a limb, our last children  for that deed had been taken away!

And wife, how she lived through that nightmare  of  death  and came back almost from the dead 
know not, sir;  but she did, poor thing!  And for weeks, when asleep or awake, 
thought surely her heart through weeping and mourning for Benny would break, 
es, sir, she just laid there and called him, and  doctoring could do her no good,
And no one could lighten her sorrow, though I did  the best that I could.

So. one day, I came to this city for the doctor to go with his skill.
Had just got to complainant’8—to the track just at the foot of the hiU,
When, who but our Benny was playing in the sand there, square' on the track,
With the lightning express a thundering down grade and just at his  back!
There wasn’t no time, sir, to stop for a thought nor ask  what ’twas duty to do,
Only just time for the child to be snatched and the jaws of death to jerk  through.

And that, sir, was mighty soon done, and I ran like a deer with the kid,
Didn’t stop to look back nor to ask if ’twas a brave act of duty I did.

o, sir, ran straight home to his mother and laid her own babe by her side,
And, Judge, if you had been there, you would with that mother and baby have cried.
Never before was such meeting, never before was suchjweeping for joy 
As when she clasped to her bosom and smothered with her kisses that boy!
And a happier child and happier mother than they were never were seen,
And I guess, sir, a sight more affecting and touching in this world has seldom been.

“No, Judge, I didn’t stop to enquire, when  that train had vanished from sight,
Whether Benny was ours or whether a father to his child has a right;

came for the doctor to help that mother, poor, sick and suffering, through,
And knew when I came to Benny that he could do more than all doctors could do.

When complainant came down the next morning and said that Benny must go,
Te offered the deed, but he furiously said that ‘nothing but Benny would do.’
The farm and five hundred,’ said I, ‘but spare this poor mother’s heart.
This child is her last and her only—have mercy—don’t tear them apart!
Go over the hill ’neath the maples and list with humanity’s ears,
And the voice of God will be heard through the prayers of a mother in tears!’

But the wretch, sir, scoffed at our plea and demanded the child as his own.
Then I thrust him out of my house, as a king  would a thief from his throne.
And next, this sheriff came down and carried me off in his chains;
But his search for our Benny, thank God, has not rewarded his pains.
Be my sentence whatever it may, e’en should death the sharp penalty be,
That child should be ours till Ood calls it forth  from his mother and me!
And that is the way of it, Judge, just the facts, fair and true, ’twixt you and me,
And, God helping, I’m ready for sentence and I thank you for hearing my plea.”

Well, fir, that was the case of Jo Brant, the roughest of the old pioneers.
He made his own plea, and the court and lawyers and all hands were in  tears.
Says the Judge:  “Mr. Sheriff, take the cuffs from his wrists!  Mr. Brant, your  sentence  will  be 
That you shall go home, that Benny be yours and you draw for five hundred on  me 1”

Well maybe there wasn’t spatting and cheering and shaking of hands all around,
And mebby no one was glad to see that villainous complainant  get downed;
Mebby there didn’t some dollars find their way into Jo’s pockets, right there,
And mebby that night went by without Jo’s receiving some blessings and prayers;
And mebby that mother and baby and Jo didn’t pour out blessings on high,
And mebby to them, in their fullness of heart, God didn’t seem very nigh;
And mebby there wasn’t as much of real love left in that poor  mother’s breast 
Because Benny was all that she had and because she had lost all the rest;
And mebby that mother grew worse—but, if I was to judge, I should  say
She grew to good health, though sad was her eye and her hair was sprinkled with grey;
And I’d say the old Judge won a worthier crown than e’er graced a king or a czar,
And something far nobler shone on his broad breast than glittering royalty’s star.

HARDWOOD  LUMBER.

The furniture factories  here pay as follows for 
dry  stock,  measured  merchantable,  mill  culls 
out:

13 00@15 00
.15 00@16 00
@22 00
14 00@16 00
25 00® 40 00
eo 00@65 00
@12 00
.12 Q0@13 00
.11 00@13 00
@20 00
@25 00
@25 00
.20 00@21 00
.26 00®28 00
.38 00@40 00
.30 00@32 00
@25 00
@55 00
@75 00
@25 00
.12 00@13 05
.14 00@16 00
.20 00@22 00
.17 00@18 00
.42 00@43 00

Birch, Nos. 1 and 2.

Cherry, Nos. 1  and  2. 
Cherry, Cull..............

Maple, Nos. 1 and 2......
Maple,  clear, flooring.. 
Maple,  white, selected. 
d Oak, log-run.........

Red Oak, No. 1, step plank.
Walnut, log ru n ..................
Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2..........
Walnuts, c u ll.....................

White wood, log-run.

SHIPPERS

Creamery Outfit For Sale or Trade.

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 53^-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 
If  parties  have  a  good  shingle 
new. 
mill without  power, will  pay the  differ­
ence. 
Is  I can not  sell all together, will 
sell any of  the articles separate.

J ohn  K oopm an,

Falmouth, Mich.

M.  J.  Wrisley.

DÄ1QCOUGH 
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DROPS

TIME  TABLES.

Grand Rapids  & Indiana.

In  effect Nov. 17,1889.
T RA IN S  GO IN G   N O RT H .

Arrive.

Leave, 
7:10 a  
11:30 a 
4:10 p
6:30 p
T hrough coaches fo r Saginaw   on  7:10 a m  and 4; 10 

Traverse C ity & M ackinaw................
Traverse  City  E xpress....................... 9:80 a m
Traverse C ity & M ackinaw............... 3:15  p m
From  C in cin n ati................................... 8:50 p m
Cadillac  (Mixed)........................... .
m  train .

GOING  SOUTH.
Cincinnati  Express........................... 
F o rt W ayne Express........................ 11:45 a  m  
C incinnati  Express.......................... 5:30 p m  
From Mackinaw & T raverse C ity..10:40 p m
From  C adillac....................... - ...............9:55 a m

Trafti leaving fo r C incinnati a t 6 p.  m.  and  arriv in g  
from   C incinnati  a t 9:20 p. m., ru n s daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  O ther tra in s daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and P a rlo r C ar  Service:  N orth—7: :0 a. m, 
an d  4:10 p. m. tra in s have  sleeping and p a rlo r cars fo r 
Mackinaw  City.  South—7:15 a. m. tra in  h as c h air car 
and 6 p. m . tra in  P ullm an sleeping c a r  fo r  Cincinnati. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.

In  effect Nov. 10,1889.

 

 

Arrive,
Leave 
7:00 a m ............................................................................10:15 a
11:15 a m ..................................................... 
 
5:40 p m ..........................................................................   8:45 p
Leaving tim e a t  Bridge s tre e t depot 7 m inutes later. 
Through tickets and full  inform ation  can be had by 
calling upon  A.  Alm quist,  tic k e t  a g e n t  a t  depot, o 
Geo. W. Munson, Union  Ticket  A gent,  67  Monroe  St, 
G rand Rapids, Mich.C. L. L o c k w o o d . Gen’l Pass. Agent
D etroit, Grand H aven & M ilw aukee.
Leaves,
1:00 p
4:20 p
7:00a
7:80 a
8:50 a
10:20 a
3:45 p
10:55 p

A rrives. 
{Morning Express.............................. 12:50 p m  
{Through H ail...................................... 4:10 p m  
tG rand R apids  Express...................10:40 p m
•N ightE xpress.....................................0:40 a m  
{Mixed.................................................. 
GOING EAST.
{Detroit  Express......... ..................... 
{Through Mall...................................10:10 a m 
{EveningE xpress..............................  3:35 p m  
•N ight Express.................................10:30 p m  

GOING WEST.

{Daily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily.
D etroit Express  and  E vening  Express  have  p arlo r 
cars a ttach ed  and m ake d irect connections  in   D etroit 
fo r all p oints East.
M orning express and G rand Rapids express have p a r­
lor cars attached.  N ight express has W agner sleeping 
car to  D etroit, a rriv in g  in  D etroit a t 7:20 a.  m.
steam ship 
tick ets 
D.,G. H. & M.R’y  offices, 23 Monroe St., and a t th e  dep o t 

sleeping 
J as. Campbell. Citv P assenger Agent. 

tick ets  and  ocean 

Through  railro ad  

secured 

b erth s 

and 

J no. W. Lo up, 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 ofJX, G. H. & M., and 
connections at Toledo  with  evening  trains  for 
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus,  Dayton,  Cincin­
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville  and  all  promt 
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  (T b n t m i

'  The Niagara Falls Route.’

DEPART.  ARRIVE

D etroit Express.....................................   8:45 a m   10:15 p
Mixed  ..................................................... 8:50 a m  
5:30 p
Day  Express.........................................11:55am   10:00a
•A tlantic & Pacific Express.............. 10:45pm  
8:00a
New Y ork E xpress............................... 5:40 p m  
l:35p

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

•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 R apids 
Fred M. Briggs, Gen’l A gent. 85 Monroe St.
G. S. Hawkins, Ticket A gent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Ruggles. G. P.  &  T. A gent., Chicago.

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3rand Rapids Fruit and Produce Go.,

JOBBER  OF

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

Oranges,  Lemons  and  Bananas  a  Specialty.

3 NORTH IONIA  ST., GRAND RAPIDS.

MOSELEY  BROS,

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

F r u its ,  Seeds, O y s te r s  9 P r o d u c e .

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

20, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

pleased to hear from you.
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GRAND  RAPIDS

Alfred  J.  Brown,

WHOLESALE

I,

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

Butter, In s, Fairfield Cheese, Foreip Fruits, Mince Meat, Nits, Etc.

JOBBER  OF

Oyster and Mince Meat Business Running Full  Blast. 

Special  Bargain  in Choice 

Dairy Butter.  Let your orders come.

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

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

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

,
Tradesman  Gredit  Coupon  Book,

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

most unqualified satisfaction.

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

PRICE  LIST.

2 Coupons, per hundred................ $2.50
3.00
4.00
5.00

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

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“  1000  “ 

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Goods prepaid to destination where  cash accompanies order.

3:46 p

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

BOOKS,  AT  REGULAR  PRICE,  AS  A  TRIAL  ORDER.

T h e   T ra d e sm a n   C om pa n y ,

SOLE  OWNERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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MICH.

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

JOBBER  OFOysters

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Salt Fish.

Tw~fl.ii Orders Receive Prompt  Attention.  See  Quotations  in Another  Column.

CONSIGNMENTS  OF ALL  BUNDS  OF  WILD  GAME  SOLICITED.

GROCERIES.

Purely  Personal.

0. A. Ball put  In  Monday at  Milwau­

kee.

C. J.  Rumsey, of  Muir, was  in  town 

Monday.
p Wm.  G.  Herpolsheimer  is  back  from 
Herriman^ Tenn., where  he  proposes  to 
make  extensive purchases of  real estate.
C. A.  Barnes,  the  Otsego  grocer,  is 
down with a relapse  from la grippe, and 
grave fears  are entertained  as to his  re­
covery.

Frank  Hamilton  is  in  town for a day 
or two on his way to his home in Traverse 
City from an extended  visit  of  the East­
ern cities.

Arthur  Meigs  and Geo. N. Davis have 
secured  a  patent  on  their  new  folding 
bed,  which they confidently expect to see 
revolutionize the trade in that now indis­
pensable article.

Abe Stein, who  has  stood  behind  the 
counter  of  Sherwood  &  Griswold,  at 
Allegan, for  the  past ten  years, is there 
no  longer,  having  decided  to embark in 
business on his own account.

H.  Matthews,  the  Chase  druggist, is 
spending a couple of weeks in  charge of 
his Grand  Rapids  store,  while  his man­
ager  at  this end, Ben.  F. Schrouder, is 
putting in a fortnight at Chase.

Chas.  F.  Nevin,  President  of  T.  H. 
Nevin  &  Co.,  paint'  manufacturer  at 
Pittsburg, was  in  town  last  Saturday, 
taking  the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug 
Co.’s  order  for “Pioneer  Prepared” for 
1890.

The  many  friends  of  Mr.  and  Mrs, 
Sumner Wells will sympathize with them 
in their  grief  over  the  loss, from  diph­
theria, of  their pretty little two-year-old 
Ethel Maran, who died on  Monday, after 
an  illness  of  but  three  days,  and  was 
buried on Tuesday.

Tacoma  West  Coast  Trade:  “Frank 
Jewell,  Secretary  of  the  Puget  Sound 
Hardware  Co., is  to  be  congratulated, 
The house he so ably represents is build 
ing up a  prosperous  jobbing  trade, and 
now Mrs. Jewell  presents  Frank  with  a 
handsome baby daughter.”

A. L.  Conger, the  Kalamazoo  bazaar 
dealer, writes The  Tradesman  that  he 
has sold his stock at  Battle  Creek  to  N.
H. Hammond, for the  past  eleven  years 
engaged in the  bazaar  business  at  San­
dusky,  Ohio.  He has also sold his South 
Bend stock to  L. Nellis  & Co., who will 
designate 
the  “Owl 
Store.”  Mr. Conger  has  now  but  two 
stocks on  his hands, the one at  Kalama­
zoo  and  the  business  at  Mt.  Clemens, 
conducted  under  the  style  of  Conger 
Bros. 

their  business 

_____  

_

W ool,  H ides,  P elts  and  Furs.

“The  wool  market  is  dead,” so  say 
commission  houses  at  the East. 
It  is 
disgusting,  and all feel blue.  Wools are 
too high in England  for this market, and 
our manufacturers take  only such of our 
grades as they can use in place of foreign 
wools.  Such  grades  (fine  delaines  and 
combings) have been bought freely, while 
low,  and  heavy  shrinking  wools  are 
lower and dull of sale.
Hides  remain  fairly  firm,  with  few 
buyers, the  larger  tanneries  being well 
stocked  with  early  hides,  and  are  not 
anxious buyers now on  account  of  poor 
quality.  No advance need  be looked for 
before June or July.

Pelts are dull, in  sympathy with wool.
Tallow is lower  again  and  slow sale, 
There is no export demand.  All the call 
is for  soapers  and  pressers  and  they 
want it low.

Furs are flat, with large offerings.  The 
demand  is  good,  if  the  price  is  low 
enough, which is  so  much  below prices 
before  the  London  sales  that  parties 
holding are loth to  let  go.  A  loss was 
expected  by the  exporters, but it  came 
heavier than anticipated.  They now will 
not buy only at reduced  prices and strict 
selection. 

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The  Grocery  M arket.

Sugars  are  lower.  Granulated  was 
offered at  6%  Monday, but  an  advance 
in the market later in  the day forced the 
price up to  6-44. 
Starch  declined  Kc 
per lb, but  advanced  again  to  the  old 
figure  before 
the  week. 
Turkey prunes are higher  and  are  sure 
to go still higher, as the crop is short and 
the  supply very limited.  Boneless cod­
fish is higher.

the  end  of 

Oranges  . are  coming  in  freely,  and 
prices on  Messinas  and Valencias  are  a 
shade  lower, while  Floridas  are  scarce 
and firm,  and Californias  are held stony. 
Lemons  are  also  more  plentiful,  and 
prices are somewhat  reduced, with large 
arrivals for the coming two weeks.  Ban 
anas are not much sought for, on account 
of the  poor  color  and, general  appear­
ance,  occasioned  by  the  cool  season. 
Figs are steady and reasonable  in  price. 
Dates are cheap and  fine in  quality,  and 
are moving  freely.  Nuts  of  all  kinds 
are steady in price, with light demand.

Not  Thoroughly  Posted. 

Customer—I say, uncle, how long have 
you had these new-laid eggs in stock ?
Rastus—I dunno e’zackly, boss.  You
see I’se only been wu’kin’ heah a month,

The  Ruling  Passion.
“What were his last words ?”
“He didn’t  have  any.  He was a Bos­
ton man, and died  trying  to  think  how 
he’d put it.”

MODUS  OPERANDI OF  THE  P.  OF  I.
W ritten fo r Th e   Tradesm an.
Being  desirous  of  procuring  for The 
Tradesman a correct report of the prac­
tical working of the Patrons of Industry, 
and knowing  that they had  been  organ­
ized at Howard  City a  sufficient  length 
of time to be fully tested, I,  accordingly, 
investigated  the  matter  at  that  place 
with the following results :

The first to  sign  contracts  there were 
Henry Henkel, dry goods  and  groceries, 
and Herold Bros., boots  and  shoes. 
In 
talking with  Mr.  Henkel,  who was  run­
ning a grocery store  there and put in the 
dry goods stock for the special  accommo­
dation  of  the  P.’s  of  L, he  said that, 
when  he  first  started, there was  an  in­
crease in  his  trade, but afterward it  be­
came annoying and  unprofitable.  As  an 
illustration, he said that other merchants 
there had always sold calico at cost.  He 
met their prices,  both  to  P.’s of  I.  and 
outsiders.  A female member of  the or­
ganization came to  his store and ordered 
a calico  dress, and when  it was  cut  off 
asked for the reduction.  The clerk tried 
to explain to  her  that  it was  already at 
cost,  but to  no avail—she refused it  and 
left the piece  on their  hands. 
Similar 
cases became  so  frequent  that  he was 
glad to be  relieved when the time of  his 
contract expired and would not renew it. 
Asking  several  leading  members  why 
Mr.  Henkel  quit,  I was told that  he  did 
not deal  honestly with  them  and  they 
threw him overboard,  showing  that they 
will try to injure the character of  a mer­
chant who discards  them.  As  the  dry 
goods  business  is  overdone  there,  Mr. 
Henkei is trying to  sell his  stock at cost 
to get rid of it.

About a year ago, J. Herold went there 
with  a stock of boots and shoes from  A. 
Herold’s  store  at  Grand  Rapids,  and, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Herold Bros., 
commenced  business.  Like  all  other 
branches, the  shoe  business  was  over­
done,  and,  finding  the  picking  rather 
thin, they accepted  a  contract with  the 
P.’s of I.  in hopes to get started.  They, 
too,  were  favored  with  a  little  rush, 
which evidently has  not held up,  as  Mr. 
Herold has gone to work in the furniture 
factory by the day,  leaving  the  store in 
charge of his wife, who has a sewing ma­
chine  in  the front end  of  the  store  and 
seems  to  spend most of  her time in sew­
ing.

O. J. Knapp  signed  recently,  for  gru 
ceries.  On account of  his wife’s illness 
he was at his home, and I could not learn 
how he  was  pleased with  his  contract. 
His clerk  evidently had orders  to “keep 
mum,”  but,  judging  from what  I  did 
learn, Mr. Knapp had  been doing a large 
credit  business  with  members  of  the 
order,  and,  doubtless,  hoped  to  make 
some  collections  by signing with  them 
but,  as  the  farmers  have  very  little 
money, and a  great  portion  of  his  city 
trade has  left  him, his  cash  trade has 
fallen  off.

C. E.  Pelton,  who  contracted for hard 
ware,  is more talkative.  He  is  a tinner. 
Was  working  at  his  trade 
in  Iowa, 
While there, received a  proposition from 
the P.’s  of  L, who  said  that  they had 
1,200 at \bat  trading  point  and  asked 
him to come  there  and  start  for  them 
He came about a  month ago, and  his  fa 
ther-in-law,  a  livery  man  there,  fura 
ished the money to start with.  Mr. Pel 
ton’s  appearance  and  conversation  are 
not such as  to inspire a person with  the 
utmost  confidence  in  his  ability  as 
merchant.  His trade  averaged 85.60 per 
day for the first  month.  He  agreed  to 
sell at  15  per  cent, above  cost, which 
would give him a profit of  about  13 1-2 
per cent, profit on sales.  Assuming that he 
deals honestly with them, his daily profit 
was  74c, out  of  which  he  pays  rent, 
lights,  wood,  living,  etc.  These  cold 
figures  do  not  compare  very  favorably 
with the talk of  the organizers, but then 
they  say  they will  “deal  more  in  the 
future.”

There does not seem to be any particu­
lar feeling against  the  organization,  but 
it is  not  natural  for  anyone  to want to 
buy  an  article  at  a  store  when  it  is 
known that others  buy the  same  article 
over the same  counter  for  less  money, 
and so,  as  a rule, the town people  avoid 
the  P. L  stores, making  them  rely  en­
tirely on Patrons for trade.

The  leaders  claim  harmony,  prosper­
ity,  etc.  Ambng 
the  members  there 
seems to be a feeling creeping in that the 
leaders  are  ambitious  and are trying to 
hold them together in hopes  to get them­
selves  into  office.  The  trade scheme is 
beginning  to  play out  and  the  leaders 
know they must work some other scheme 
They are  now  promising  that they will 
make the government  pay the mortgages 
on  their  farms  and  let  them  have the 
money twenty years at 1 per cent.  A few 
actually believe that this will be done, and j 
as  soon  as  the  P.’s of  L get  in  power j 
they expect  they can  cover  their  farms 
with mortgages and make  something out 
of  it. 
I  did  not  think  it  possible that 
they were  making  such  promises,  but I 
see by the report of  their county conven­
tions that they passed  resolutions to that 
effect. 
I also  noticed that they passed a 
resolution that it be made a penal offense 
for  anyone  to form a trust  or  combina­
tion  for  financial  gain  that  would be a 
detriment to farmers and  laborers.  But 
they  said  nothing  against the  farmers

PRODUCE MARKET.

U@12c.

$2.50  per bbl.,
$1.30 for picked, holding at $1.60 per bu.

Apples—Dealers  hold  winter  fruit  at  $2.25® j 
Beans—Dealers  pav  $1.25  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—$4  per  bbl. for  New  York 
Cabbages—$5@$6 per 100.
Cheese—Fair  stock  of  full  cream commands 
Cider—9@10c per gal.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25;  produce barrels 
25c.Cranberries—Bell and Cherry is in fair demand 
at $4 per box or $12 per bbl.
Dried  Apples — Evaporated  are  held  at  8® 
8V4c  and sundried at 5@554c.
Eggs—The market is dull and sluggish.  Deal­
ers pay 12c per doz. for most offerings  and  hold 
At 14CField  Seeds—Clover,  mammoth, $4.35 per bu.; 
medium, $3.75.  Timothy,  $1.50 per  bu 
Honey—Quiet and slow sale.  Clean comb com­
mands 15c per lb.
Maple Sugsr—Genuine, 12%c per lb.
Onions—Good stock  is  scarce,  dealers  freely 
offering $1 per bu. and holding at $1.25.  Spanish 
stock is in fair demand at $1.50 per 60-lb. case.

Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Pork—Buyers pay 4c, shipping out at 454c. 
Potatoes—The market  is  weaker, dealers  not 
offering over 30c,  except  where  competition  is 
strong. 

Poultry—Dressed is falling off in  demand. 
Squat-h—Hu i bard, 2e per lb.
Sweet  Potatoes—Illinois  stock  commands  $4 
per bbl. 
Tomatoes -Early Southern stock commands  $1
per peck (7 qts.) box.
Turnips—30c per bu.

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PROVISIONS.

PO R K   IN   B A R R E L S .

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new......................................................  J#  50
Short c u t......................................................   10  50
Extra clear pig, short cut.................................   12 00
Extra clear,  heavy........................................  12 00
Clear, fat  back..............................................  11  50
Boston clear, short cut..................................   12 00
Clear back, short cut.....................................   12 00
Standard clear, short cut, best.....................   12 00
Hams, average 20 lbs........................................  854
16 lbs........................................  9
12 to 14 lbs..................................954
picnic....................................................   6

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

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l a r d —Refined.

l a r d —Kettle Rendered.

Breakfast Bacon, boneless..............................   854
Dried beef, ham prices....................................  8
Long Clears, heavy...........................................  53£
Briskets,  medium............................................   6
lig h t................................................. 5
Tierces..............................................................  7
Tubs...................................................................  ¿54
501b.  Tins.........................................................   754
Tierces..............................................................
30 and 50 lb. Tubs.............................................  5&
3 lb. Pails, 20 iD a  case.....................................  6%
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case.............. 
654
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case.............................. 
5%
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case...................................... 6
50 lb. Cans......................................................... 5%
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................   7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing........................  7 00
Boneless, rump butts...........................-.........8  «0
sa u sa o e—Fresh and Smoked.
Pork Sausage......................................... 
954
Ham Sausage....................................................   j
Tongue Sausage................................................  J
Frankfort  Sausage...........................................8
Blood Sausage.............. ....................................  5
Bologna, straight.............................................   ®
Bologna,  thick....................*..............  ..........  5
HeaaCheese......................................................  5

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

 

 

 

FRESH MEATS.

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass...........................................  454® 6
“  hindquarters................................   5H@ 654
fore 
“ 
...............................   354® 4
loins.............................•’...............  854®  9
ribs............ ..................................   7  ® 754
“ 
tongues........................................   ©I®
“ 
Hogs................................—......................4  ®  454
Pork loins...............................................   654® 7
® 454 
g  5
Bologna......................
Sausage, blood  or head.
liver..............
Frankfort........
Mutton...........................

shoulders.

...  7

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O YSTERS and  FISH .

@ 854 ® 8 

©  854 

@15 
@ 7 
@ 6

FRESH  FISH.

oysters—Cans.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
Whitefish...............................................
smoked....................................
Trout...................................................... .
Halibut...................................................
Haddies............................... *•................
Ciscoes............................... . ................ .
Fairhaven  Counts.....................................  @35
Selects..  ................................................22  @27
F. J.  D.’s .................................................   @20
Anchors...................................................  @1°
Standards................................................  @1°
Favorites............................ • •• - ...........   @14
OYSTERS—Bulk.
Standards.................................................  @3} 15
Selects........... ...............................  
Clams..........................................................   @1 56
Scrimps.........*............................................  @1 50
Scallops........................................ 
Horseradish..................................
Shell oysters, per 100.............................1  00@1  50
 

“  clams, 

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CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

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1054

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The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

STICK.
Standard, 25 lb. boxes......................................   9
Twist, 
......................................   9
25 
Cut Loaf, 25 
 
MIXED.
Royal, 25 lb. palls............................................. ®
2001b.  bbls............................................. 854
Extra, 251b.  pails........................................•••10
2001b.  bbls.............................................   954
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......................................................  16
Licorice Drops...................................................Jo
A. B. Licorice  Drops........................................14
Lozenges, plain— , .................. 
J4
printed........................................ ,..15
Imperials..........................................................Jf
Mottoes..............................................................J |
Cream Bar......................................................... J"
Molasses Bar...............................................■vjJ”
Caramels................................. 
i6@J8
Hand Made  Creams......................................... J»
Plain Creams.................................................... 16
Decorated Creams..:........................................ft
String  Rock......................................................15
Burnt Almonds.................................................**
Wintergreen  Berries....................................... 14
fancy—In balk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails..................................12
in bbls..................................1 1

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FRUITS.

Oranges,  Florida,  choice...........  

printed, in pails...............................1254
in bbls................................ 1154
Chocolate Drops, in pails..................................12
Gum Drops, in pails.........................................   654
in bbls...........................................   554
Moss Drops, In pails.........................................10
inbbis...........................................   954
Sour Drops, in pails.........................................J2
Imperials, in pails.......................  
11  ,
inbbis...............................................1054
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Ex.  “ .............  .....  @4 00
fancy, .....................  @4  50
golden russets.........   @4 00
Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360............... 4 25@4 50
“ 300...............   @4  50
fancy,  360............... 4 50@4 75
“ 300...............   @4 75

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“  choice,7 lb ......................
Dates, frails, 50 lb......................
54 frails, 50 lb..................
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Fard, 10-lb.  box...............
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Persian, 50-lb.  box..........
NUTS.

Malagas,  choice, ripe.............
“ 

Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers........14
12

@  8 

Almonds, Tarragona...... .......................  @16
Ivaca.................... I ...............  @15
California.............................. 15  @16

“  50-lb.  “ 

@15
@1254

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choice

@10 
@ 654

Brazils............................ ........................  @}J}4
Walnuts, Grenoble........................—  
@1554
California........................ 
@13
Pecans, Texas, H. P ................................10  @13
Fancy, H. P., Bells  ...............................  @ 854
“  Roasted........... .........  @1054
Fancy, H. P., Suns..................................  @854
“  Roasted  ....................  @1054
Choice,  H. P.,  G.....................................  @754
“  Roasted....................   @954

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PEANUTS.

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Wholesale Price Current.

The  quotations  given  below  are  such  as are ordinarily offered cash buyers w £

 

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

APPLE  BUTTER.

 

 

 

 

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AXLE OREASE.

E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  5
Frazer’s....................$2 60
Aurora............................. 1  75
Diamond..........................1  60
Absolute, 

BAKING)  POWDER.

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BROOMS.
 

** 
b l u in o . 

Acme, a  lb. cans, 3 doz —  

541b.  “ 
lib. 
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54 lb.  “ 
l lb.  “ 
BATH BRICK.

lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 
50s..10 00
ft lb.  “ 
50s.. 18 75
lib .  “ 
75
2  “  ....  1  50
541b.  “ 
1  “  ....  3 00
lib .  “ 
bulk.........................   20
Our Leader, 54lb.  cans......  
45
....... 
90
.......  1  60
Telfer’s,  54 lb. cans, doz..  45
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85
“  ..  1  50
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English, 2 doz. in case......  
80
 
75
Bristol,  2  “ 
70
American. 2 doz. in case... 
Dozen
Mexican,  4 oz................... 
30
“ 
60
g  oz................... 
“  ■  16  oz.................. 
90
No. 2 Hurl........................  I  75
No. 1  “ 
2 00
No. 2 Carpet.....................  2  25
250
No. 1 
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Parlor Gem......................   2  75
Common Whisk.................. 
90
..................  1 $9
Fancy 
M ill.................................   3  25
75
Warehouse.......................2 
BUTTERINE
1254
Dairy, solid packed —
13 
rolls...................
1354
Creamery, solid packed 
14
1054
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes........
954
Star,  40 
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1*
Paraffine............................. 
Wicking...................... 
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CANNED GOODS—Fish.
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck...... 1  20
Clam Chowder, 3  lb— ...... 2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand —  1  10 
“ 
2lh 
....190
21b.
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 lb. 
........... 2 00
3 lb. in Mustard.. .2 85
3 lb.  soused...........2 85
Salmon, 1 lb. Columbia..  . .2  00
1 lb. Alaska............. 1 90
Sardines, domestic  54s........ 
5
54»........© 9
Mustard 54s........   @9
imported  54s .. .1054@16 
spiced,  54s ....... 
10
CANNED GOODS—Fruit8.
 

rolls  .
CANDLES
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2 25

pitted..........................1 40

Peas, French............................. 1 68

Trout, 3 Id. brook...........
Apples, gallons, stand. 
Blackberries,  stand.............  90
Cherries,red standard 1  10@1  20
Damsons............................. J  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
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Strings..................@  90
“  Stringless,  Erie.........   90
“  Lewis’Boston Baked. .1  40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy.........1 00
“  Morn’g Glory. 1  00
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Early Golden. 1  00
“ 
“  extram arrofat...  @125
“  soaked........... w...........  80
“  June, stand.......................1 40
“  sifted...........1  65@1 85
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“  French, extra  fine...  .150
Mushrooms, extra fine........ 2 15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden. .85@1  00 
Succotash,  standard— 90@1  40
Squash...........................• ••*}  16
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  95@1  00 
Good Enough95@l  00 
BenHar  ...  95®1  00
stand br___  95@1  00
Michigan Full  Cream 11 i4@12 
Sap  Sago.................... 16  @1654
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet..................  
23
Premium........................... 
  *
Cocoa................. 
88
 
Breakfast  Cocoa..............  
48
Broma................................ 
87
Rubber, 100 lumps................ 25
@1 f0
« 
35
Spruce...................................30
@1 56
Bulk................ .....................  6
Red........................................   754
Rio, fair.......................17  @19
“  good.....................1854@20
“  prime...................  @21
“  fancy,  washed...19  @22
■  “  golden..................20  @23
Santos..........................17  @22
Mexican & Guatemala 19  @23
Peaberry.................. 20  @23
Java,  Interior.............20  @25
“  Mandheling— 26  @29
Mocha, genuine..........25  @27
Tb  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink- 
age. 

CHEWING  GUM.
200 

c o f f e e—Green.

CHICORY.

C H E E SE .

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c o f f e e s—Package.

@ 75

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Lion.........................................24M
“  in cabinets.....................2454
M cL au g h lin ’s  X X X X .... 2454
D urham ...................................24
Thompson’s  Honey  B ee.... 26
Tiger................24
Good  M orning.......................2454

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CRACKERS.
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CLOTHES  LINES.
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f t ... 
50 
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60 
70 
f t ... 
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80 
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f t '... 
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CONDENSED MILK.

Valley City............................ 
85
F elix .......................................1  10
Cotton,  40 f t .......... per doz.  1  25
150
175
2 00
2 25
J  00
1  15
E agle......................................  7  50
Anglo-Swiss...............6 00® 7  60
Kenosha B utter...................   754
Seymour 
554
B utter........................................ 554
“  family.......................
j  “  b iscu it.....................
Boston......................................  »54
City Soda.................................  754
Soda..........................................  7*4
S. O yster.................................   554
City Oyster, XXX...................  554
P icnic.........................................554
Strictly  p ure........................  
38
Grocers’................................. 
24
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......  5  @554
evaporated__   @854
“ 
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Apricots, 
7
Blackberries “ 
14
Nectarines  “ 
....14
Peaches 
“ 
Plums 
“ 
28
Raspberries  “ 
In  drum ........................  
,@23
In boxes........................  @25
Zante, in  barrels.........  @  6
in less quantity  @ 654

DRIED FRUITS—CUTTantS.

dried  fruits—Citron.

 
 
 
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CREAM TARTAR.

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1.5

SHOE  POLISH.

dried fruits—Raisins.

 

SODA.

TEAS.

IMPERIAL.

SUN CURED.

GUNPOWDER.

YOUNG HYSON.

BASKET  PIBED.

FA R IN A C E O U S  GOODS.

japan—Regular.

dried  fruits—Peel.

Jettine, 1 doz. In  box............. 75
Boxes.....................................554
Kegs, English........................ 434

F a ir..............................14  @1«
Good.............................18  @22
Choice...........................24  @20
Choicest.......................32  @38
Fair ............................. 14  @15
Good............................ 16  @20
Choice.......................... 24  @28
Choicest.......................30  @33
F a ir.............................  @20
Choice...........  
  @25
Choicest......................   @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @4)1
Common to  fair............25 @35
Extra fine to finest___ 50 @65
Choicest fancy............. 75 @85
Common to fair............20 @35
Superior to fine.............40 @50
Common to  fair............18 @26
Superior to  fine............30 @40
Common to  fair............25  @10
Superior to  fine........... 30  @00
Flue to choicest........... 55  @65
F a ir.............................. 25  @30
Choice...........................30  @35
Best.............................. 55  @65
Tea  Dust......................  8  @10 t
,  S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
Nimrod, 4x12 and 2x12............37
1 Reception, 22-5x12,16 oz.........36
' Vinco, 1x6, 454 to  lb................ 30
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz........ 34
I Wheel, 5 to  lb..........................37
Trinket, 3x9, 9 oa>.................. 25
! Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
1 Something Good..................... 38
I Double Pedro..........................38
! Peach  Pie  ...............................38
| Wedding  Cake, blk................ 38
! “Tobacco” ...............................38

Valencias....................  854@ 854
Oadaras......................   @10
Sultanas.......................1054@105£
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia..................... 2 S0@2  75 :
London Layers, for’n.  @ 
Muscatels. California.1  75@2 25 
dried fruits—Prunes.
Turkey........................  4Jf@ 5
Bosna..........................  554@ 6 
:
California...................  8  @10 
1
Lemon......................... 
18  ■ 1
Orange........................  
18 
1
Farina, 100 lb. kegs.............  04
Hominy,  per  bbl................. 3 60 |
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   60
imported......   @  954
Pearl  Barley...............  254® 234
Peas, green..................  @1  10
split.....................  @3
Sago,  German.............  @ 654 I
Tapioca, fl’k or p’r l...  6@ 7
Wheat,  cracked..........  @ 5 
|
Vermicelli,  import__   @10
domestic...  @60
F IS H — BALT.
Cod, whole..................  5  @ 6
boneless..............  754® 8
H alibut.....................  954@16
2 75
Herring,  round, 54 bbl.. 
2 75
ribbed.............  
lolland,  bbls.. 
12 00 
“  kegs, new  @  75
Scaled  ........... 20®  22
Mack,  sh’s, No. 2, 54  bbl  12 60 
12-lb kit.. 1  30 
10  “ 
..120
Trout,  54  bbls.............4 00@4 50
kits......  60
White,  No. 1, 54 bbls...........5 75
121b. kite...... 100
10 lb. kite......  80
Family,  54  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
No.  ... 
30
..... 
40
No. 1..................................... 
No. 2.................................... 
50
Pure......................................   30
Calabria................................  25
Sicily.....................................  18
No. 9  sulphur..............   .....2 00
Anchor parlor............ .........1  '0 j Plow Boy,2  o*....
No. 2 home  ........................ 1  10 j
Export  parlor......................4 00 |
Black  Strap......................  
20
Cuba Baking.....................24@25
Porto  Rico........................30@35
New Orleans, good...........24@28 1 $20,
choice........30@35 j
fancy......... 42@45

tobaccos—Fine Cut.
Hiawatha........................  
! Sweet  Cuba..................... 
: Our Leader...................... 
tobaccos—Smoking.
j Onr  Leader..........................16
Hector................................... 17
....32
4  OZ..................... 31
IS oz............... 32
TBADE8MAN CREDIT COUPONS.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

tobaccos—Ping.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

G U N   P O W D E R .

L A M P  W IC K S.

MOLASSES.

62
37
35

OOLONG.

10  lb. 

M ATCHES.

L IC O R IC E .

JE L L IE S .

H E R B S .

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

11 

One-half barrels, 3c extra

$ 2, per hundred.................  2 50
$ 5,  “ 
................  3 00
$10,  “ 
................ 4 00
...  5 00
Subject to the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over...............5  per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
40 gr......................................   7
50gr................................. 
  9
MISCELLANEOUS.

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

$1 for barrel

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“ 

“ 

OIL.

“ 
“ 

SALT

RICE.

No. 

P A P E R .

T W IN E S .

SEEDS.

PICKLES.

PRESERVES.

SALERATUS.

ROLLED OATS

“ 
“ 
54 bu  “ 

 
W O O D EN W A R E.

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

OATMEAL.
Muscatine, Barrels..............5 75
Half barrels........3 00
Cases....... 2  15@2 25
Muscatine, Barrels__   @5 75
Half bbls..  @3 00
Cases........2 15@2 25
Michigan  Test....................   95a
Water White........................1054
Medium...................... 5 50@6 00
54 b b l..................  3 40
Small,  bbl............................. 6 75
54  bbl..........................3 86
Clay, No.  216PIPBB!............... 1 75
"  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No.  3..............................1 25
E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods..  8
Carolina head........................ 654
No. 1.........................534
No. 2.................554®
No. 3......................5

Jap an ............................554@654
Common Fine per bbl..........  80
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks.......  27
28  pocket................................1 90
60 
............................... 2  00
100 
............................... 2  15
Ashton bu. b ag s..................  75
..................  75
Higgins  “ 
Warsaw “ 
..................  35
..................  20
Churcfi’s, Arm & Hammer.. .554
Dwight’s Com.......................554
Taylor’s ................................5
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf...........5
pure..........................554
Our Leader.........................   4X
Mixed bird...........................  454
Caraway................................  9
Canary.................................   354
Hemp....................................  4
Anise.................................... 8
Rape....................................   454
Mustard.............................. %  754
Scotch, in  bladders............ 37
Maccaboy, in jars............... 35
French Rappee, in Jars...... 43
Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands. 

Cocoa Shells,  bulk.............  5
PA PE R  & WOODEN W AKE 
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
Straw ......................................160
“  Light  Weight.............200
Sugar..................................... 180
Hardware...............................254
Bakers....................................254
Dry  Goods............................6
Jute  Manilla.........................8
Red  Express 
No.  2................4
48 Cotton.............................  22
Cotton, No. 2.........................20
“  3....................... 18
Sea  Island, assorted..........  40
No. 5 Hem p.......................... 16
No. 8  “ ............................... .,.17
Wool.................. 
8
Tubs, No. 1..........................  7  00
“  No. 2..........................  6  00
5  00
“  No. 3........... 
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
1 60
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__   1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 
00
Bowls, 11 inch....................  1  00
“ 
13  “ 
.....................  1  25
“ 
15  “ 
.......................2 00
“ 
.....................  2 76
.17  “ 
“ 
assorted, 17s and  17s 2 60 
“ 
“  35s, 17s and 19s  2 75
40
“ 
bushel..................   i  50
“  with covers  1  90
“ 
“  willow cl’tbs, No.l  5 75
“  No.2 6 25
“ 
“ 
“  No.3 7 25
“ 
" 
“  No.l  3 60
** 
“ 
“ 
“  No.2 4 25
“ 
“  No.3  5 00
“ 
GRAINS and  FEEDSTUFFS
W hite.......................... 
78
Red....1....................... 
78
All wheat bought  on 60 lb.  test.
I Straight, in  sacks.............  4  20
I
“  barrels...........  4  40
Superior...............................3 30  1
Patent 
“  sacks.............  5  20
Queen  Anne.......................3 85  1
“  barrels...........•  5  40
German  Family..................
Mottled  German.................3 00
Bolted..................................  1 00
Old German........................2 70
Granulated..........................  1 10
U. S. Big  Bargain............... 2 00
Frost,  Floater..................... 3 75
Bran....................................  11 00
Cocoa  Castile  .....................3 00
Ships...................................   11 50
Cocoa Castile, Fancy..........3 36
Screenings.........................   11 00
Middlings...........................  13 00
Happy Family,  75...............2 95
Mixed Feed......................   13  50
Old Country, 80................... 330
Coarse meal......................   13  50
Una, 100............................... 3 65
Bouncer, 100........................3  15
Small  lots..........................  33
Car 
“  ..........................  30
Allspice...............................10
Cassia, China in mats........   8
Small  lots.............................28
Batavia in bund — 11
Car 
“  ............................. 26
Saigon in rolls........40
Cloves,  Amboyna...............26
N o .l....................   ...........   @40
Zanzibar................ 20
Mace  Batavia — ................ 80
No. 1...................................  1  10
Nutmegs, fancy....................80
No. 2..................................   1  05
No.  1.......................75
No.  2.......................65
No. 1...................................  10 00
Pepper, Singapore, black — 18 
No. 2..................................   9  00
“ 
white...  .26
shot.........................20
“ 
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 
Allspice..............................IS
lows:
Cassia,  Batavia................. 20
and  Saigon.25
G reen.........................   4  @  454
Saigon....................42
1 
|  Part  Cured..................  @ 4
Cloves,  Amboyna..............32
Full 
“  ...................  4  @  4)4
“ 
Zanzibar.................25
Heavy  steers, extra...
Ginger, African................. 1254
Dry...............................  5  @  6
*•  Cochin.................... 15
Dry  Kips  ...................   5  @ 6
Jam aica................. 18
“ 
Calfskins, green.........3  @  5
Mace Batavia.................... 90
cured.........  454® 5
Mustard,  English..............22
Deacon skins............... 10  @20
and Trie..25
Trieste.................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 .................80
Pepper, Singapore, black— 21
white.......30
Cayenne................ 25

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

54 off for No. 2.

spices—Whole.

M IL L S T U F F S .

splint 

B A R L E Y .

SNUFF.

W H E A T .

F L O U R .

SOAP.

F E L T S .

H ID E S .

“ 
“ 

M EA L.

CORN.

O A TS.

H A Y .

“ 
“ 

R Y E .

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

SU G A R S.

“ 

SA L  SODA.

Fine...............  @6.44

Cut  Loaf.....................  @  754
Cubes.............................  @754
Powdered...................   @  754
Standard  Granulated.  @6.44
Confectioners’ A------  @654
White Extra  C...........  5%£@  5»
Extra  C......................   554®  554
C .................................   554®  554
Y*llow........................  4X@ 5
Kegs....................................  Hi
Granulated,  boxes.............. 2
Kitchen,3 doz.  in box......   2 60
Hand, 
  2 50
Silver Thread, 15 gallons.... 2 90 
....4 45
Corn, barrels.....................  @27
one-half barrels....  @29
Pure  Sugar, b b l.............5§@86
“ 
half barrel— 30@38

3  “ 
SA U E R K R A U T .
“ 
“ 

SA PO LIO .
“ 

SY R U P S .

38 

“ 

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SW E E T  GOODS.
Ginger Snaps..............  
Sugar Creams............. 
Frosted  Creams.......... 
Graham  Crackers......
Oatmeal  Crackers......  

8
854
854
8

“ 

F U R S .

Shearlings............................. 10 @25
Estimated wool, per  20  @28
Mink, dark......   ........  25@  75
pale.................   25®  60
Raccoon......................   40@  80
Skunk..........................  75@  80
Muskrat.............................  15@ 18
Fox, red............................1  25@1 50
“  cross........................ 2 00@5 00
“  grey...........................   40@ 70
Badger.............................  75@1 00
Cat, w ild...........................  50@ 75
Fisher...............................4 00@5 00
Lynx................................. 2 00@3 00
Martin,  dark....................1  25@3 00
Otter,  dark.......................6 00@8 00
Wolf.................................. 2 00@3 00
Bear......................... 15 00@20 00
j Beaver............................. 2 oO@6 q0
Oppossnm...........................  15@ 20
Deerskins, per lb........   15@  25
Above  prices  for  No. 1 skins
only.
|  Washed..............................2S@30
Unwashed.......................   12@20
Tallow........................  3  @314
Grease  butter.............. 2  @  3
Switches.....................  1M@  2
|  Ginseng...................... * 00@2  60

pale  & yellow  60@  75

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

W O O L.

“ 

trying  to  form a trade  combination  for 
their own  gain, which, if  it proved  suc­
cessful,  would  be  a  detriment  to mer­
chants and all others.

The bitterness of  feeling  does  not ex­
ist that I have heard of  elsewhere.  They 
all say that trade is dull,  at present, but, 
as  they  get a valuable  part of  the P. I. 
trade,  and  as the P.’s of  I.  merchants do 
not  seem  to  do  any more business than 
they do, there  is  no- need  of  apprehen­
sion and they feel satisfied.

Wishing to learn  something  regarding 
the financial standing of  the farmers and 
to see if  they were  really any better  off, 
I  talked  with  a  gentleman  who  goes 
through  there  buying cattle.  He stated 
that  very  much of  the  stock  is covered 
by chattel mortgages,  and  accounted for 
it  by  saying  that  when  the  idea  first 
struck  the  farmers  they were so enthu­
siastic over it that  they mortgaged  their 
stock  for  money  to  trade  with. 
(This 
accounts for the  little  rush at the stores 
on  the  start.)  But  now  the  mortgages 
are  becoming  due  and  they  are  hard 
pressed and ready to sacrifice on stock to 
meet their obligations.

While sitting in the  rear of  one of  the 
stores,  a  tall,  lean  young  fellow  came 
stalking  in,  with  a  grin  and  a  rather 
frank  expression on his face.  He  had a 
package  of  coffee  sticking  out  of  one 
pocket,  soda out of  another and soap out 
of  another. 
I struck  him  for  an inter 
view,  and,  when  once  started,  he  was 
chuck  full  of  talk.  His  drawling  tone 
became  somewhat  monotonous,  but
was  information I was  after  and  th a t. 
got.  He  said  that  he  didn’t “b’long,’ 
buj his step-father did, and that he came 
to  town  for  the groceries. 
I suggested 
that  he  doubtless  got  them at the P. I 
store.  “No,” he  said,  and,  by  way  of 
explanation, added,  “Most on  ’em  don’ 
think they  need  trade  at the P. L store 
if  they don’t want ter, but step-dad does, 
He thinks they orter hang by each other 
so he won’t buy nothin’ to no other place 
hisself.  But  he  didn’t  have  me  jine 
so’s when anyone else sells cheaper’n the 
P. L store  he  can  have  me  go and buy 
there,  an’  as  he  says ’at  Knapp didn’t 
come down on nothin’ but tea, he had me 
go to John Collins an’  git these ’cause he 
sells  ’em  cheap.”  Asking  him  if  he 
knew  anything  of  the  future  policy of 
the order, he replied that  “step-dad said 
this trade part was  only a triflin’ matter; 
they would  keep  spreadin’ till  they got 
hold of  the govermint.”  He  also  stated 
that “step-dad” thought they would elect 
the President in 1892, and that it was the 
belief  “up their  way” that Elder  Paine, 
of  Cedar  Springs,  would  be  the  next 
President, as he was “a good organizer.” 
Their figures seem more  inflated  than 
the average affidavit to the circulation of 
a daily  newspaper.  They  claim  1,200 
adjacent to Howard  City, 1,200  to  Sand 
Lake,  1,200 to Morley, 1,200 to Newaygo, 
etc.,  making  it  appear  that  there  are 
4,800 adjacent to these four points.  But 
every man within reach of every  town is 
figured to that  town.  A  farmer  living 
west of Howard City occasionally goes to 
the four  points  named,  and so he is fig­
ured to all four. 
If  the hardware man’s 
trade  really  came  from  1,200,  each  of 
them  bought  only  12  cents’  worth  a 
month. 
So it is safe to figure that their 
actual subscription list is only about one- 
fourth of “sworn circulation.”

N em o.

He  B ought  E verything.

From  th e  New Y ork Sun.
“I  pay  you  dot  cold  cash  for  your 
store, and now Moses Grapenheiraer  say 
he hafe a shattel mortgage on it.”
“Veil,  you  puy  eberytings  on  dose 
shelves un counters, don’t it?”
‘Yaw, dot vas so.”
‘Veil,  dot  shattel  mortgage  vas  on 
dose shelves un  counters dot fife years.”
Blue soap, rendering  the  employment 
of  bluing ip  laundry work  unnecessary, 
is made  by incorporating  with  ordinary 
soap a solution of aniline green in strong 
acetic acid.  By the  action of  the  alkali 
of  the soap,  the  green  is converted  into 
blue, uniformly coloring  the mass.

A  Grocer . Does  Not  Understand  Eds 

Business

From  th e  New Y ork R etail G rocers’ Advocate.
When he buys on credit;  when he  can 
save money by buying for cash.
When he tries to palm off  Peaberry for 
best Mocha or Java  coffee.
When he keeps goods  he  ought to  sell 
and sells goods he ought to keep.
When  he  hangs  his  table  celery on 
hooks in  front  of  his  store,  where  the 
wind, sun and dirt can reach it.
When he spreads his spinach or sprouts 
where it will get sun  cured, or leaves his 
salad uncovered.
When he  gives  more  potatoes  for  a 
quart than he ought to  for a small meas­
ure.
When he buys teas  and coffees  and de­
pends upon  others  for  the  selection  of 
quality.
When  he  pays  eight  cents  a  pound 
for  granulated  sugar  and  sells  it  for 
seven.
When he takes it for  gospel truth  that 
there are  as  many oranges  in  a  box  as 
marked, and sells them accordingly 
When he  spends  ten  minutes  selling 
head  of  cabbage, when  in  the same 
time he  could have  sold a pound of  tea.
When  he  takes goods on  sale  and ac­
cepts a bill for same, as if purchased dut- 
right.
When he tries to persuade a  customer, 
against  her will, that what he has to  of­
fer is better than the article she wants
When he gives credit  to those who ap­
ply without  strict  inquiry  as  to  their 
financial standing.
When he looks after  the horses  in  the 
stable,  while  his clerks  neglect  patrons 
in the store.

Do  to   B et  On.

From  th e  Chicago H erald.
A traveling man who is on the road for 
a Chicago  boot  and  shoe  house spent a 
Sunday  recently  in  a  small  Western 
town, and as he had nothing to do, he ac­
cepted the  invitation of  the  landlord of 
the  small  hotel  where he was stopping, 
to  attend  divine  service  at  the  local 
church and listen to the  sermon of  a cel 
ebrated  Eastern  brother  who was to oc­
cupy the pulpit.  The  little  church was 
crowded  with  country  folk,  all anxious 
to  hear  the  popular  preacher,  and  the 
latter  evidently thought it a, good chance 
to  awe  the  people  with  his  erudition. 
Accordingly,  he employed  all  the  poly­
syllabic words  he  could  think of  in his 
discourse, and his congregation  was at a 
loss to know what he  was getting  at. 
It 
put  the  traveling man to thinking hard, 
too.  Finally,  wishing  to  impress  his 
hearers  with  the  omnipotence  of  their 
Maker,  the  clergyman,  said,  solemnly: 
“God  made me;”  and  then,  after an im­
pressive pause, he  added:  “and he made 
a daisy.”  And the traveling man nudged 
the landlord  and  whispered:  “That’s a 
good betting point.”

G ripsack B rigade.

'  Jas. B. Mclnnis, formerly with  Ricker 
& Co., of  Milwaukee, is now  on the road 
for Cummings & Yale.

Clarence  J. Peck  and wife, now resid­
ing at Grass Lake,  were  called  upon  to 
mourn  the  death  of  their  four-year-old 
daughter, Lucy,  on  January  81.  The 
little one was born in  this  city the  day 
before Christmas,  1886, and  the  memory 
of her  merry ways  still  lingers  in  the 
minds of many friends of the family.

East  Saginaw — T.  N.  Smith  has

“ 
000 feet of logs skidded at his camp 

000 feet.

6.000. 
on the Molasses,  which  will  be  put  in. 
provided  there is enough  cold  weather, 
He has two  other camps, and, if  there is 
any  winter  at  all,  hopes  to  bank
20.000. 
B .   J .   Mason  &  C o .,
Old Homestead Faßtoru
Preserves, Evaporates Apples

MANUFACTURERS  OF

GRANT,  MICH. 

Proprietors of

Jellies  and  Apple  Balter.

Our  goods  are  guaranteed  to  be  made 

from wholesome  fruit  and  are  free 

from any adulteration or  sophis­
See quotations in 

tication. 

grocery  price current.

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

L em o n   &  P e te r s ,

W H O L E S A L E

G R O C E R S.

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR
L,autz Bros• Co.9s Soaps,

Niagara  Starch,

Amboy  Cheese.

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

retailers should get more in the  habit  of 
borrowing from their  interior banks and 
discounting their bills with  the  jobbers. 
The retail dealers would then soon ascer­
tain  the  fact  that  banks  do  not  loan 
money without interest, and  this  should 
teach them that the charge of  the jobber 
is perfectly correct and  just, and  that it 
should not be objected to,  but paid with­
out question.  There is another point in 
relation to the above that retailers should 
not overlook,  and that is that  many  job­
bers  are  compelled,  from  the  lack  of 
capital,  to borrow  money from their city 
banks,  in order to  carry their  customers 
and  meet  their  own  bills,  and  interest 
must be paid  on  every  dollar  they bor­
row. 
If  retail  dealers  would  borrow 
from their local banks and discount their 
bills, jobbers could run their business on 
from 25 to 30 per cent,  less capital.  Dis­
count all  your bills  for one year and see 
how much money you will save. 
It  will 
be enough to pay for a good  clerk.

If all  retail  dealers  would  adopt  the 
plan of sending out  monthly  statements, 
the same as  jobbers,  it  would  facilitate 
their making collections.  Most retailers 
send out statements  twice  per year,  and 
frequently  an  account  gets  very  large 
during that time, consequently it is much 
harder for the consumer  to  pay,  and, to

go still further, it is just so much harder 
for the jobber,  who  suffers  from lack of 
collections  on  the  part  of  the  retail 
dealer. 
I note with pleasure  that  some 
retailers  have  already  started  in  the 
good work of  sending out monthly state­
ments,  and reports have reached me that 
it works  splendidly,  that  it  makes  col­
lections better,  and that it is  growing  in 
favor  with  the  consumer,  who  was  at 
first inclined to take exception to it. .  If 
every retailer in the United States would 
turn over a new leaf on the 1st  of  Janu­
ary, 1890, and  send  out  monthly  state­
ments,  such  a  revolution  would  take 
place in  collections  that  both  retailers 
and  wholesalers  would  be  astonished. 
The  small  dealer  would  make  more 
money by discounting  his  bills,  and the 
jobber would  save  interest  by  running 
his  business-  on  less  capital.  Do  not 
wait for  your  neighbor  and  competitor 
to start in this good work, but commence 
yourself and others  are sure to follow.

Sideboards.

Lady  (in furniture store,  to new clerk) 
—Where are those  handsome  sideboards 
that you had last week ?
Clerk  (embarrassed) — Oh,  I—er — I 
shaved  them  off  day  afore  yesterday, 
ma’am.

Wholesale Price Current•

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One Tear—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Two Y ears—Geo. McDonald. Kalam azoo.
Three Y ears—Stanley E. P ark ill, Owosso.
F our  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
F ire  Y ears—Jam es V em or, D etroit.
P resident—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
J ta r e ta r y —Jas.  V ernor, Detroit.
W n a su re r—Geo.  McDonald,  Kalamazoo, 
r  M eetings during  1890— G rand  Rapids, March i and 5; 
S tar Island, Ju ly  1 and  2;  M arquette,  Aug.  IS  a n d lt; 
Lansing, Not. 5 and 6.

M ic h i g a n   S t a te   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   A s s ’n . 

President—F ran k  Inglis,  D etroit.
F irst Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
Sec’d Vice-President—H enry K ephart, B errien Springs 
T hird Vice-President—Jas. V ernor, D etroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Wm D upont, Detroit.
Executive Com m ittee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan;  E. T. 
W ebb, Jackson;  D. E. P rall,  EasfrSaginaw;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, Kalam azoo;  J. J. Crowley. Detroit.
Next Meeting—At  Saginaw , beginning th ird  Tuesday 

of Septem ber,  1890.

G r a n d   R a p i d s   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty . 
P resident. J. W. H ayw ard,  S ecretary, F ran k  H. Escort.
jBd R a p i d s   D r u e  C l e r k s ’ A s s o c ia t io n , 

‘aident, 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.

M u s k e g o n   D r u g   C l e r k s ’  A s s o c ia tio n . 

P resident, C. 8. Koon;  Secretary, J. W. H oyt.

sulphate ?

Pharm acists.

made with an iron spatula ?

Q uestions  Propounded  South  D akota 
At the recent  examination  session  of 
the South Dakota Board of  Pharmacists, 
the following questions  in  materia med- 
Mfca.  botany,  chemistry  and  pharmacy 
were used:
1.  What  is  meant  by an  impalpable 
powder ?
2.  Define analysis ?  Synthesis ?
3.  What is a sulphide ?  a sulphite ?  a 
4.  What are confections ?
5.  Why  should  acids  never  be  pre­
scribed with licorice ?
□ 6.  What is the common  name of liquor 
iodi compositus ?  Ceratum  plumbi  sub- 
Jtoetatis ?
7.  What is an  alkaloid ?  a glucoside ?
8.  What two  ointments  should not  be 
9.  What is a volatile  oil ?  a  fixed oil ?
10.  What is a neutral principle ?
11.  What is  comminution;  desiccation; 
deliquescence;  distillation;  destructive 
distillation;  digestion;  decantation;  di­
alysis;  efflorescence; elutriation; exsicca­
tion;  emulsion;  effervescence;  fractional 
distillation;  filtration;  granulation;  lev- 
j£htion;  maceration;  precipitation;  per­
colation;  solution;  sublimation;  tritura­
tion?
12.  What action takes  place  in mixing 
a salt with a strong acid ?
13.  Why  should  alkalies  never  be 
mixed  with  the 
salts  of  the  metals 
proper ?
14.  How many minims  in an  ounce of 
water ?
15.  What is meant by assay ?
16.  What is used in  liquorice  prepara­
17.  From  what  is  carbolic  acid  ob- 
18.  Name  a  preparation  incompatible 
19.  From what is citric acid made ?
20.  What  is  blue  vitriol?  White 
21.  To what does cherry  laurel  water 
22.  What salt of iron  is  formed  when 
23.  How is ferric chloride  made ?

vitriol?
owe its activity ?
iron is dissolved in  hydrochloric acid ?
«|^4.  What  is a deodorizer ?  Disinfec­
tant ?  Antiseptic ? •*

tions, and why ?
^^ined ?  Gallic acid ?  Salicylic acid ?
with Fowler’s solution?

while others are alkaline ?

30.  What are anthelmintics ?

25.  What is an acidulous radical ?
26.  Why are some salts acid in re-action 
27.  What is an acid ?
28.  What is a base ?
29.  What  is  a  diuretic;  an  emmena- 
gogue;  a  diaphoretic;  a cholagogue;  an 
emollient;  an  astringent;  a  tonic;  an 
emetic;  an  alterative;  a demulcent;  an 
anesthetic ?
^31.  What poisonous  impurity  is  often 
Iwhnd in crude antimony ?
32.  What  acid  is  contained  in  oil of 
bitter almonds ?
33.  To what class of  oil does coca but 
ter belong ?
34.  Is ferri phosphas a ferrous or ferric 
salt ?
35.  Is ferri  sulphas a ferrous or ferric 
salt ?
36.  What is  meant  by eolation ?
37.  From what  are antipyrin and anti 
febrin prepared ?
»38.  From what is lanoline prepared ? 
^P39.  What is  produced  if  hydrogen  is 
burned in oxygen ?
40.  Distinguish  between  a  chemical 
element and a compound ?
41.  What  is  understood  by  water  of 
crystallization ?
42.  What  preparation  of  arsenic  is 
contained in Fowler’s solution ?
43.  What are herbaceous  plants ?  Ar 
borescent plants?
44.  What is a pepo;  a drupe;  a  pome 
a seed ?
45.  What  do  plants  absorb  from  the 
J|r:  what do they give off ?
™*46.  What is meant by the nascent state 
of  an element ?

47.  From what is iodine  obtained ?
48.  What is Monsell’s solution ?  What 
is Turlington’s  balsam?
49.  What  is  an  element;  a  molecule 
an atom ?
50.  What salts are formed by the action 
of  iodine on potash ?
51.  What acid do senna leaves contain?
52.  What is phenol ?
^5 3 .  To  what  class of  preparations  do 
Wranin and santonin belong ?
54.  To what class do quinine  and mor­
phine belong ?
55.  To what extent is camphor  soluble 
in water ?
56. 
Is the tincture of  chloride of  iron 
a ferrous or ferric  solution ?
57.  What effect has solution  upon tern 
perature ?
58.  May saturated  solutions be used as 
solvents ?
59.  What is the difference between sim 
A e  and chemical solution ?
■60.  How  many solutions of  solids  can 
be facilitated ?

The Drug-  M arket.

Opium continues to advance.  Morphia 
is as yet unchanged.  Quinine is in large 
demand and  the  price  is  firm.  Gum 
camphor has advanced and is very scarce. 
It can only be had of refiners in a limited 
Balsam tolu  is  lower.  Ergot is 
higher.  Turpentine  has declined.  Lin­
seed oil is very firm and another advance 
is  probable.  Oxalic  acid  is  tending 
higher.  Bi-carbonate  of  soda  will  be 
higher. 
Borax is  scarce  and  tending 
upward.  Antipyrin is still in small sup­
ply-

in 

“No, 

NOT  BY  BELLAMY.

interested  in  it, 

“ LOOKING  FORW ARD.”

[The  conversation  reported 

their  greatest  pleasure  is  derived from 
its study, and as it is fascinating to those 
who  are 
they  are 
From  th e  F orm ulary.
promptly on hand when off duty, making 
this
experiments, compounding preparations, 
chapter was not recorded by Mr. Bellamy 
listening  to  instructions from  the  pro­
in his book  “Looking Backward”  but is 
fessors,  etc. 
Chemistry,  Pharmacy, 
supposed  to  be a truthful  statement  of 
Botany and  all  the  allied  sciences  are 
the condition  of  Pharmacy in  the  year 
regularly  taught  by  the  professors  in 
A. D. 2000.]
each  pharmacy, and it  is  considered by 
When I awoke the next morning,  after 
the  students a great  hardship  to  be de­
taking the  draught  Dr.  Leete  had  pre­
prived  of  any of  the  opportunities  af­
pared for me, I felt very much refreshed, 
forded them to  gain  instruction  in  this 
from the peaceful slumber I had enjoyed, 
manner.”
and had none  of  those  peculiar feelings 
“In  former  time,  students  attended 
which  usually  result  from  a  hypnotic 
Colleges of  Pharmacy for that purpose,”
medicine.
‘<Are  there no  Colleges of 
I remarked. 
After  breakfast  was  over  the Doctor 
Pharmacy now?”
invited me  into  the  conservatory which 
the  pharmacies  in  the  larger 
opened upon a beautiful garden in which 
cities - and  towns,  as  I  have  described 
were  a  great  variety of  plants  entirely 
take  their  place.  The  instruction  is 
new and unknown to me.
much more thorough  and  practical than 
I remarked to the Doctor  of  this,  and 
it formerly was  in  the  Colleges.  Each 
asked  him  to  explain to me  why it wfis 
student is  required  to  do  his  practical 
that the plants and flowers* with which I 
work in the pharmacy which gives him a 
was familiar  were  nowhere to be seen— 
much better  understanding  of  the busi­
but in their places  varieties entirely dif­
ness than would otherwise be acquired.”
ferent than anything I had ever  noticed.
“But  how  do  those  engaged  in  the 
He  answered  my query with  a  smile, 
business in the country gain their  know­
saying,  “O, this is my botanical garden. 
ledge,” I inquired.
The plants you see here are all Medicinal 
“That is what I was about to explain,” 
plants from many quarters  of  the globe 
he answered. 
“Those  who  wish to be­
them  that  I  may  become 
and  I  raise 
come  pharmacists  in  smaller  places 
better acquainted  with  their  properties 
where there are no  advantages as I have 
and  medicinal  uses. 
I  have  an  abun­
described,  are  privileged  to  learn  the 
dance  of  time  at  my disposal for  such 
business at the pharmacies  of  the larger 
work and am much  interested in it.  My 
towns and cities. 
It is the aim of  every 
investigations  in  this  direction  have 
student to become a manager of  a  phar­
already  been  of  considerable  value  to 
macy.  Those who  attain  that  end  are 
our profession by proving  and  introduc­
looked  upon  with  great  respect by the 
ing several new and important remedies.”
people.  The  profession  of  pharmacy 
We had stopped  before a sort  of  vine 
stands as high as any of  the  professions 
which bore an immense  oval flower with 
and those  who  attain to that  honor  are 
five cream-colored  petals  ranged around 
supposed to be  very well  informed,  not 
a center filled  with countless,  long  vio- 
only in their  own  business but on scien­
let-hued stamens.  The flower was many 
tific subjects generally.  They must pass 
times  larger  than  any I had  ever  seen 
a very rigid  examination  before a Board 
before—nearly  as  large  as  a  carriage 
appointed for  that purpose and none are 
wheel—and 1 was speechless with amaze­
allowed to assume the duties of  manager 
ment as  the  Dr.  continued.  “This is a 
of  a  pharmacy until  they are  perfectly 
native of  the  Phillippine islands, where 
competent to do so.
it flourishes at an  altitude  of  2,500 feet 
“You  will readily understand  that by 
above the sea level. 
It is called Rafflesia 
this  system  only  thorougly  educated 
Schadenbergia, the largest flower known.
pharmacists are in charge  and only such 
A single blossom  weighs from  20  to  25 
assistants as are  interested in  and fitted 
pounds. 
It was from this flower that the 
for the work are engaged in it;  therefore 
draught  you  took  last  night  was  pre­
the  public  can depend  upon intelligent 
pared. 
It has  no  equal  as  a  perfectly 
service  wherever  they may go for  their 
harmless soporific.”
medicines.”
I have been wondering Doctor,”  said 
“In my day, owing no doubt to compe­
I,  “how  the  Pharmacy business is  con- 
tition in business and  all  seeking to get 
ducted under the present order of things: 
their share, cutting of  prices  was  quite 
When  I  was  here  before, I was quite a 
prevalent and adulteration of goods very 
frequent customer of the druggist, trying 
common,  requiring  legislation  by  the 
all  sorts  of  prescriptions for  insomnia, 
states  to  prevent  imposition  upon  the 
before I finally hit upon  Hypnotism as a 
people by supplying inferior or  sophisti­
remedy, and  to  which I owe my present 
cated goods in place of genuine.”
appearance  among  you—a  relic  of  the 
“Yes,”  replied  the  Doctor,  “we read 
past  century.  When  we  were  at  the 
that such  was the state  of  affairs in the 
general  store  yesterday,  I  saw  nothing 
nineteenth century.  But with the aboli­
that  corresponded  with  my  ideas  of  a 
tion of  competition in trade this was en­
pharmacy,  and, in fact, I do not see  how 
tirely  done  away  with.  The  Nation, 
such a business could well be conducted, 
now,  supplies  everything  of  the  best 
on the  same  basis  as  other  mercantile 
quality that can be obtained,  and  as  all 
pursuits.”
who  are  engaged  in  business,  have 
You are right,” said he.  “Under the 
assured support, and business is not done 
improved order  of  things Pharmacy is a 
to make  money but to  supply the  needs 
profession.
of  the  people, it naturally follows  that 
I  understand  that  in  your  day  the 
there is no incentive  to furnish  inferior 
Pharmacies, or Drug  stores as they were 
drugs and as the managers have no profit 
called,  not  only sold medicines and pre­
in the  business,  everything  being  sup­
pared  prescriptions,  but  kept  a  large 
plied at the  price  named by the Nation, 
variety of  toilet  goods,  sundries, fancy 
the public  secure the benefit of  the best 
goods,  cigars  etc.,  from  the  profit  of 
service  and  best  goods  that  can be ob­
which they derived a large share of their 
tained,  at a nominal cost.”
support.  When the order of  things was 
“I can see,”  I replied,  “how the pres­
introduced all  this  trade  was  given  to 
ent system is greatly in  advance  of  the 
the general  stores,  the  pharmacies only 
past.  Those  who require  medicine  are 
retaining 
their  medicines  and  such 
assured of  the  purity of  the drugs they 
articles as were  necessary for their  pro­
purchase,  and  physicians  can  depend 
fessional  wants  and  uses.  You  can 
upon uniform  results from their  use. 
I 
readily see that the business  of  dispens­
would  like  to  inquire,  however,  what 
ing drugs and  preparing  medicines  and 
disposition  has  been  made  of  Patent 
prescriptions, could not well be included 
Medicines  which  were  very extensively 
in the general mercantile business of the 
used in our time.”
nation. 
It required closer  contact  with 
“I know  but very little  about  them,” 
the  purchaser  than is admissable  under 
the Doctor  answered,  “as they have not 
the  general  system,  and it also requires 
been  in  use  during  my life,  but  I  am 
thoroughly  experienced  and  competent  [ 
informed  that  when  the  change  was 
Pharmacists to conduct it, therefore,  in­
made,  transferring  all  the  trade to the 
stead  of  the  great  multitude  of  Drug 
Nation,  that a few of  the leading  patent 
stores  prevalent  in  your  day  we  now 
medicines  were  retained  to  supply the 
have but a very few  Pharmacies,  which 
wants  of  the  people,  but,  when  they 
are  devoted  entirely  to  the  dispensing 
ceased  to  be  advertised,  and  crammed 
and preparation of medicines.”
down the  throats  of  the  people,  so  to 
“How many Pharmacies are there now 
speak,  they soon  died  a  natural  death 
in Boston?”  I inquired.
and  ceased  to  be 
“There  are  eight  besides  one  large 
legends  written on  the  rocks,  some  of 
general  supply store from  which  all ar­
which  even  now,  remain,  to  tell  the 
ticles  required  by  the  Pharmacies  are 
dweller of the present age how credulous 
obtained.”
were his  predecessors  of  the  past  cen-
“Why,  in  my  time  there  were  over 
tury.”
three hundred,”  I  exclaimed.  “How is 
“But, Doctor,”  I replied,  “in our day 
it,  that only eight  pharmacies  are  now 
patent  medicines  were a great  boon  to 
sufficient for the  wants  of  the people?”
the poor.  A great  share  of  the  people 
“You will understand,”  he  answered, 
could not afford  ihedical  attendance and 
“that in your time the drug business was 
had to depend  upon patent  medicines to 
carried  on  as  a  mercantile  business. 
cure their ailments.”
The  profits  were  supposed  to be large, 
“Yes,  that  might  have  been the case 
and many more  engaged in it than  were 
then,”  he  said,  “but  now  there are no 
necessary.  When  the  Nation  assumed 
poor.  With an ample and  equal income 
the business  it  was  conducted  only for 
for each,  there is no  reason  why people 
its  legitimate  use—the  dispensing  and 
should be sick from lack  of  medical  at­
preparing  of  medicines.  The toilet and 
tention.  The first symptoms  of  disease 
sundries  trade  was  transferred  to  the 
are promptly met by intelligent  and  ex­
general business.
perienced physicians, people do not have 
“A few Pharmacies,  conveniently dis­
to  wait for fear  of  the  expense  of  the 
tributed, were supplied  with everything 
physician,  consequently, there  has been 
known  in  the  line  of  medicines  and 
a  great  decrease  in  sickness  and  mor­
chemicals,  and put  under  the charge of 
tality.  All being well housed,  well fed, 
competent, 
experienced  pharmacists. 
well clothed,  not  overworked  and  well 
The  chemicals,  and  galenicals  were 
treated when  sick,  you  can  readily see 
mostly  prepared  at  the  General  Phar­
j  what improvement there would be in the 
macy or supply store  according  to  stan-1 
general condition  of  the  public  in  the 
dards  adopted by the  Nation  and  were 
course  of  a few  generations.  Why;  if
therefore  uniform  throughout the  land.
This leaves the  Pharmacists but little to | th\n,gS  * * *   ^im proving in the future
.  „  __.  .. 
as they have in the  past  it  will  not  be
do except the furnishing  of  crude drugs 
the  serviCes  of  Dhvsicians
, 
and chemicals and  the  compounding  of 
prescriptions,  but  this,  of  course, 
n rp ep .rin t.in n c  h n t   fliiQ 
n f  n n n rc a  
r o .  I 
quires  quite a large force in  each  phar­
macy, which are kept busy day and night 
and are  relieved  every six  hours  by re­
lays.”
“Does the six hours  work,  then,  con­
stitute a days  work  under  your  system 
Doctor?” I asked.
that  is  required. 
Connected with  each  pharmacy is a lab­
oratory and library designed for  the  use 
of  the  Professors and  their  students or 
assistants.  When  they are not on duty, 
they  are privileged to  use the laboratory 
and  library  as  they  desire  for  experi­
ments or acquiring information.”
“But I suppose they do  not  make  use 
of  them to any great extent  without  be­
ing required to de so.  Having performed 
their  days’  work  I  presume  they  are 
satisfied to find amusement in some other 
direction.”
“There  you are  much mistaken,”  the 
Doctor  replied. 
“Those  who  select 
Pharmacy as a profession do  so  because 
they like it, not as a means  of  acquiring 
a  living,  as  in  your  time:  Therefore

C ollecting  Interest  on  O verdue  A c­
When an account is not paid when due, 
interest should be charged on  all  excess 
time  taken.  This  is  right,  perfectly 
legitimate and good business logic.  Still, 
many retailers, for one reason or another, 
do not pay their bills when due, and even 
in  some  instances  after  taking  thirty, 
sixty or ninety  days’  extra  time,  make 
great  complaints  if  interest  is  added. 
Now, there are of course  many  retailers 
who,  when  their  bill  is  about  due,  if 
they  cannot  meet it, will  write, stating 
they are hard up,  ask  for a slight exten­
sion and request the  jobber to add inter­
est, but these are  the  exception and not 
the rule.  However,  as that may be, the 
wholesale  merchant is not a banker, and
"E xtract from  p ap er read by  Jas. E. Davis  before  th e 
D etroit Pharm aceutical Society.

Our  conversation on this  subject  was 
prolonged for some  time until finally wp
were called by the ladies who were going 
to the Art  Gallery and  wished  us to ac­
company them.

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seldom be reouired ” 

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ACIDUM.

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Benzoicum  German..  80@1  00
Boracic 
..................... 
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Carbolicum..................  40@ 45
Citricum......................   50® 55
Hydrochlor...................  3®  5
Nitrocum 
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Oxalicum.....................  10® 12
Phosphorium dii........ 
20
Salicylicum................1  40@1  80
Sulphuricum................   15i@ 5
Tannicum...................1 
60
Tartaricum...................   40® 43

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18  deg..............   - 4®
Carbonas  .....................   11@
Chloridum...................   Ia®

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Brown.........................  30®1  00
R e d ...................................   45@  50
Yellow........................ 2 50@3 00

BACCAB.

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Xanthoxylum...............  25® 30

BALSAMUM.

Copaiba..........................   70® 75
Peru.............................  ®1  ***
Terabin, Canada  ......   45®  50
Tolutan......................   40®  45

COBTBX.

Abies,  Canadian..................  18
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Prunus Virgini.....................  1«
Quillaia,  grd........................  J*
Sassafras  ..........-•••••.........
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Citrate and Quinia—
Citrate  Soluble...........  w
Ferrocyanidum Sol....  @
Solut  Chloride...........   @
Sulphate,  com’l ..........154®

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nivelly............  25@ 
Salvia  officinalis,  54s
and  )4s.....................
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10
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3d 
sifted sorts...  ®  65
po ....................  75@1 00
50®  60
- 
“  Cape,  (po.  20)...
®  50
“  Soeotri, (po.  60).
Catechu, Is, (54s, 14 54s,
®  1 30 
16).............................  @
25®
15 
Assafcetida,  (po.30)...  ®
55 
:>0®
Benzoinum.................. 
57 
Camphor®...................   55®
10 80 
Euphorbium  po  ......  35®
Gafbanum...................   ®
95 
Gamboge,  po..............   86®
©  50 
Guaiacum,  (po. 55)  ...  @
@  20 
Kino,  (po.  25).
@1  00 
M astic...........
®  40
_
Mvrrh, (po  45)__  
Opii,  (pc. 5 50)...........4 10@4  25
Shellac  ......................   25®  35
bleached........  27®  35
Tragacanth................  30®  75

“ 
h e r b a —In ounce packages.

Absinthium..........................  25
E u p a to riu m ..............................  20
Lobelia.................................   25
Majorum..............................   "8
Mentha  Piperita..................  23
“  V ir..........................  25
Rue........................................  30
Tanacetum, V ......................
Thymus,  V.

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, P at..............  55@  60
Carbonate,  P a t..........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. & M....  20®  25 
Carbonate, Jenning5..  35®  36

OLBT7M.

Absinthium.....................5 00®5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc. . . . .   45®  75
Amy dalae, Amarae... .-8 00@8 25
Anisi ...’............................1  90®2 00
Auranti  Cortex..........  @2 50
Bergamii  ................... 2 80®3 25
Cajiputi......................   90®1  00
Caryophylli..................... 1  35@1 40
C edar.........................   35®  65
Chenopodi!  ................  ®1  75
Cinnamomi..................... 1 35®1 40
Citronella...................   @  75
Conium  Mac..............   35@  65
Copaiba............................1  20@1 30
Cubebae...................16 00®16 50
Exechthitos................  90@1  00
Erigeron.......................... 1  20@1 30
Gaultheria.......................2 20®2 30
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gossipi!, Sem. gal......   50®  75
Hedeoma  ....................1  60@1  75
Juniperi......................   50@2 00
Lavendula.................   90@2 00
Limonis............................1  50@1 80
Mentha Piper................... 2 10@2 25
Mentha Verid..................2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal.............  80@1  00
Myrcia, ounce.............  @  50
Olive................................ 1  25®2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal..35)  10@  12
R icini...............................1  24@1 36
Rosmarini............. 
75©1  00
Rosae,  ounce..............   ®6 00
Succini........................  40®  45
Sabina........................  90@1  00
Santal  ........................ 3 50@7 00
Sassafras.....................  50®  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce__   ®  65
Tiglfi...........................  @1  50
Thym e.............. .-.......   40®  50
opt  ................  ©  60
Theobromas................  15®  20
BiCarb...............>.....  15®  18
Bichromate................  13®  14
Bromide......................   37®  40

POTASSIUM.

“ 

Carb...........*.................  12©  15
Chlorate,  (po. 18)........  16©  18
Cyanide......................   50@  55
Iodide..........................2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  33®  3t 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ®  15
Petass Nitras, opt......  
8@  10
Potass Nitras..............  
7®  9
Prussiate.....................  25®  28
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

RADIX.

“ 

“ 

(po. 45). 
efleb

Aconitum...................   20®
Althae..........................  25@
A nchusa.....................  15®
Arum,  po.....................  ®
Calamus......................   20®
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......  10@
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16® 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
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,  54s..............   ®  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei.............................  75@1  00
“  cut......................   @1  75
“  pv........................  75@1  35
Spigelia......................   48®  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  @  20
Serpentaria..................  40®
Senega........................  60®
Similax, Officinalis,  H  ®
M  @
Scillae, (po. 35)...........   10®
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
dus,  po.....................  @
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)
15®
German...
10®
Zingiber a ...................
22®
Zingiber  j ..............
8EMBN.
Anisum,  (po.  20).. 
.
Apium  (graveleons).
10®
4®
Bird, Is......................
Carni, (po. 18)...........
8®   12
Cardamon....................1  00®1  25
Corlandrum................  10©  12
Cannabis Sativa..........  354®  4
Cydonium...................   75@1  00
Chenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Diptenx Odorate........1  75@1  85
Foeniculum................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po.......... 
6®  8
L in i.............................4  ® 454
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  ) ...  454® 454
Lobelia........................  35@  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   354® 454
R apa............................   6®  7
Sinapis,  Albu.............. 
8®  9
Nigra............   11®  12

“ 

“ 

SPIRITUS.

 

“ 
“ 
it 

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
tA
j  
it 
Saacharum  N.  É'.‘.'.!” l  75©2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli........... 1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto................ 1  25©2 00
Vini  Alba....................1  25®2 00

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

1  40

SYRUPS.

 

Accacia................................  50
Zingiber  ..............................   50
Ipecac.................... 
60
Ferri Iod..............................   50
Auranti  Cortes.....................  50
Rhei  Arom...........................   50
Similax  Officinalis..............   60
Co........   50
Senega...........................  —   50
Scillae...................................   50
“  Co..............................   50
Tolutan................................  50
Prunus vlrg..........................  50

“ 

“ 

TINCTURES.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

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

“ 
“ 

 
 

“ 

“ 

“ 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

‘ 
“ 

r‘ 
ground, 

Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26©  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen........................2)4® 3)4
(po.
7).............................. 
3®  4
Annetto......................   55®  60
Antimoni, po.............. 
4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

Antipyrin.........................1 35®1 40
Antifebrin..................   @  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ©  68
Arsenicum.................  
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38©  40
Bismuth  S.  N ..................2  10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  Üs,  12)..............   ®  9
Cantharides  Russian,
p o ......................................
@1  75 
Capsici  Fructus, af...
®  18 
po....
@  16 
B po.
@  14 
__
Caryophyllus,  (po.  28) 
23®  25
Carmine,  No. 40..........  @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......   50@  55
Cera Flava.................   28®  30
Coccus........................  ®  40
Cassia Fructus...........  ©  15
Centraria.....................  ©  io
Cetaceum...................   ®  35
Chloroform................  50®  55
squibbs ..  @1  00
Chloral Hyd Crst.........1  50@1  75
Chondrus...................  20®  25
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W  15®  20
German  4®  10 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ........................  ®  60
Creasotum..................  @  50
Creta,  (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
5®  5
“  prep.................. 
8®  10
precip................ 
“  Rubra................  ®  g

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Crocus........................  35®
Cudbear....................... 
<©
Cupri Sulph................ 
8®
D extrine..................... 
io@
Ether Sulph................  68®
Emery,  all  numbers..  ®
„   “ 
PO................  @
Ergota,  (po.)  60 ..........  50®
Flake  White..............   12®
Galla
Gambier......................   7)4®  3)4
Gelatin,  Cooper..........  @  90
“ 
French...........   40®  60
Glassware  flint,  75  & 10 per 
cent, by box 70 less
Glue,  Brown..............  
9®  15
“  White................  13®  25
Glycerine...................   22®  25
Grana Paradis!...........   @  15
Humulus.....................  25®  40
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  .  ©  95
“  C or....  @  85
Ox Rubrum  @1 05
Ammoniati..  @1  15
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum.............  @  80
Ichthyobolla,  Am...... 1  25©1  50
Indigo.........................   75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl..........3 75©3 85
Iodoform.....................  ®4 70
Lupulin......................   85@1  00
Lycopodium..............   55®  60
M acis..........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod.................   @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
DC)...........................   2®  3
Mannia,  S. F ..............   45©  50
Morphia,  S.  P. & W .. .2 85©3  10 
C. C o.......................2 85@3  10
Moschus  Canton........  @  40
Myristica,  No. 1..........  70®  75
Nux Vomica,  (po 20)..
10 
Os.  Sepia.....................
0®  32
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co.............................
® 2  00
Picis  Liq, N.  C., )4 gal
doz  ..........................
@2  00 
Picis Liq., q u arts.......
@1  00 
pints..........
70 
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..
50 
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..
18 
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__
35 
Pix  Burgun.
®
7 
Plumbi A cet..............   14@
15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......   @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........   30®  35
Quassiae.....................  8®  10
Quinia, S. P. & W ......   44@  49
S.  German__   37@  47
Rubia  Tinctorum......   12®  14
Saccharum Lac tis pv..  @ 3 5
Salacin.......................1  80@2  00
Sanguis  Draconis 
—   "
40© 50
Santonine  .......... 
_
@4 50
Sapo,  W......................   12®
12® 14
8® 10
“  G........................
@ 15
Seidlitz  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 T art... 
30® 33
Soda Carb...................    2@  234
2® 2)4
Soda,  Bi-Carb__
4® 5
Soda,  Ash.........
3® 4
_
Soda, Sulphas... 
© 2
Spts. Ether C o...........   50®
50® 55
@2 00
@2 50
@2 15
Stiychnia  Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subl...............2J£@ 3)4
Tam arinds.................   8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   28®  30
Theobromae......... 
50®  55
Vanilla...  ................9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph................ 
7®  8
Bbl.  Gal
Whale, winter...........  70
70 
Lard,  extra................  55
60 
56 
Lard, No.  1................  45
64 
Linseed, pure raw __   61
Lindseed,  b o iled __   64
67
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained..................  50
69 
Spirits Turpentine....  49
55
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian...............1%  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ 134  2@4
“ 
Ber........134  2@3
Putty,  commercial__ 2)4  2)4®3
“  strictly  pure...... 2)4  234@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ...........................  ’ 13®16
Vermilion,  English__________ 75@80
Green,  Peninsular..................... 70@75
Lead,  red.....................  @7)4
“  w h ite................  @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’....................... @90
White, Paris  American 
1  00
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff........................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
P aints........................1  00@1 20
No. 1 Turp  Coach....  1  10@1 20
Extra Turp...................1  60@1 70
Coach  Body.................2  75®3 00
No. 1 Turp F u m ......... 1  00@1 10
Entra Turk Damar___1  55@1 60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp.........................   70®  75

“  Myrcia  Dom......
“  Myrcia Imp........
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 05)..........................
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.

Roll................ 2)4® 3

VARNISHES.

paints. 

OILS.

“ 

“ 

We have in stock and offer a fall line of

W h isk ies,  Brandies,

Gins,  W ines,  Bum s.

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

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

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Rye  Whisky.

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

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

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If

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RE-PAINT
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P aints

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p O I s I S H I N A

(TRADE  MARK  REGISTERED.)

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Specially  adapted  for  Piarws, 
,

Organs and Hard Woods. 

Unit eh in  <3  will  remove  grease  and  dirt, and 
rU llo lllM   will add a lustre which for  beauty 
and durability cannot be excelled.
□ n ils h in 9  is clean  and  easy  to  use,  as  full 
rU llo ililla   directions accompany  each  bottle.
D n lio h in u   is  Put  UP  ln  LARGE  BOTTLES, 
rU llo illlld   and is sold at the moderate price of 
Twenty-five Cents.
U nii oilt n 9  is the Best Furniture Finish in the 
rU ilolllU d  market.  Try it, and make your old 
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Dnli ohinn  is for sale  by all Druggists, Fumi- 
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BEWARE  OF IMITATIONS.

FOB  SALE  WHOLESALE

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GRAND RAPIDS.  MICH.

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By using the “Com plete  Business  R egister,” 
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Daily, Weekly and Monthly Sales, Expenditures, 
etc.  Call at “The Tradesman” office and inspect 
the books.
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GX2TSE2TG  B O O T .
PECK BROS., Wholesale Druggists, 
GRAND  RAPIDS.

We pay th e h ig h est price fo r it.  Address

C U R E

if La

A  sure  cure  for  the 
is 
Russian  Malady 
selling like Hot 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.

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GRAND  RAPIDS, 

252  G rand ville  Ave.,
-

- 

MICH.

LIQUOR & POISON  RECORD
Best on the Market, 
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Acknowledged to be the

C O M B IN ED .

illmjn For In fan ts an d  Invalids. 

Used  everywhere,  with  unqualified 
success.  Not a medicine, b ut a steam - 
cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest 
stomach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  bf 
druggists.  I n   cans, 35c. and upward;
W oolrich  &  Co. on  every labeL

w AYNE  COUNTY  SAVINGS  BANK, 

DETROIT,  MICH.

500,000  TO  INVEST  IN BONDS 

Issued by cities, counties, towns  and school dis­
tricts of Michigan.  Officers of these municipali­
ties  about  to  issue  bonds  will  find  it to their 
advantage to apply to this  bank.  Blank  bonds 
and  blanks  for  proceedings  supplied  without 
charge.  All communications and inquiries wiU 
have prompt attention.

S. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer.

January, 1890. 

SUSPENDED !

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J  E  T  T  X 2ST 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.  MARTELL BLACKING 
CO., Sole Manufacturers, Chicago, III.

The Michigan Tradesman

LA   GRIPPE.

The E xperience  o f  a  Grand  Rapids 

N ew spaper  Man.

Considering  how much  I  am  exposed 
to  the  variations  in  temperature  of  a 
Michigan  winter, is  it  any wonder  that 
that  distinguished  foreigner, la  grippe, 
laid, respectively, his  icy and  his  burn­
ing  hand  upon  me? 
I  confess  with 
proper  humiliation  that  I  had  made  a 
joke  of  la  grippe,  and  His  Highness 
seemed to think I was a  good subject for 
taking  a  joke.  At  any rate,  whatever 
the  primary and  moving  cause, I  dis­
covered  one  day that  my voice, instead 
of having  the soft, lute-like  characteris­
tic of a man who is afraid to call his soul 
his own, because he  is in the  newspaper 
business, had assumed  for its expression 
a rich bass. 
It  soon  became necessary 
for me to make  the  preliminary remark, 
“ahem,”  before  making  a  further  ob- 
-servation.  Then a sense of fullness ap­
peared  in  the  region  of  my  nose  and 
forehead,  which  I  could  not  by  any 
stretch  of  the  imagination  take  to  be 
ideas.  At this stage of  the march of  la 
grippe 1 was  still  disposed  to  laugh at 
the  puny misery he  was  inflicting, but 
the  next  day  the  monster, instead  of 
gingerly  pinching  me with  his  fingers, 
grabbed  me  with  his 
two  powerful 
hands, planted his  two  massive  feet  on 
my breast  and took  my whole head  into 
his capacious jaws.  One minute he was 
an iceberg and the next  a red-hot,  writh­
ing dragon. 
I would stand with my back 
to the stove  until  I  could  hear  the fat 
commencing  to  “siz,” and  all  the  time 
my front  elevation would  seem  to be  in 
Greenland’s 
icy  mountains.  Then  I 
would  reverse  my  position  until  I was 
warned by the warping of  my ribs that  I 
was  getting  warm, even  if  I  did  not 
realize it. 
If  a person had solicited me 
for  a dollar in aid of indigent  Congress­
men I couldn’t  have been colder.  This 
state of affairs  continued until  it  termi­
nated.  Then I took an serial flight from 
Greenland to Africa. 
Instead of an ice­
berg  I was  a  veritable  living  pillar  of 
fire.  Hot ?  Why,  it  seemed  as  if my 
two  feet were  being  used  for furnaces, 
and  into  those  furnaces  were  cast  the 
most  combustible  material. 
I  could 
seem to  feel the flashes  of  the heat as  a 
few shovelfuls  of  resin, a  bucketful  of 
tar  and  a  pailful  of  kerosene  were 
thrown upon  those  fiery beds.  To add 
to the horrors of my situation,  I sunk  off 
into a partial doze, and then new troubles 
assailed me.  Just  before  deciding to  go 
home  for  repairs, I was  engaged  upon 
some mathematical  calculations—my ex­
pense  account,  or  something  that  re­
quired a  good  many figures.  Well, the 
moment  I  closed  my  eyes,  hundreds, 
thousands and  millions  of  figures  rose 
before  me.  They arranged  themselves 
in all sorts of  problems  demanding  im­
mediate solution. 
If  a 
person  has  an  annuity  of  19 7-9  cents 
per day and invests it at 7 14-27 per cent, 
interest  compounded  daily, how  long  a 
time will it  take  to  accumulate  money 
enough to get a  divorce?

For  instance: 

drive  it  into my feet, if  possible, where 
the  misery  would  be  more  widely dis­
tributed.  At  this  writing, with the ex­
ception of  my  nose,  which,  on  account 
of  handkerchief  friction,  conveys  the 
impression  that  it  is  about  time I was 
reforming,  I am convalescing and able to 
be out and to do  justice to three  meals a 
day.

But  let me  issue a few  solemn  words 
of  warning. 
If  any  person,  male or fe­
male,  white  or  black,  Republican  or 
Presbyterian,  alludes  to  la  grippe  as a 
joke  in  my presence,  I will  lay  violent 
hands upon  him, her or it,  and, standing 
said  offending  object  in a corner, I will 
inflict the direst torture  that  ever  made 
death welcome. 
I will not  pour  molten 
lead  adown  his,  her or its  back;  I will 
not apply the thumbscrew or the rack;  I 
will not engage two politicians to discuss 
the  tariff;  but  I  will,  yes, I will,  read 
some of  my  earlier  poems,  in  which  I 
made  hogshead  rhyme  with dog’s dead, 
and described that  muscle  known as my 
heart  as  an  “aching  void  filled  with 
ecstatic”  love  and  all  such  things. 
I 
would  show  no  mercy, for I would con­
tinue  to  read  until  the  hapless  victim 
went  to  another  world  where  youthful 
poets do not abound or  sank  into a mer­
ciful condition of  lunacy.

The  Short-W eight  Man.

I was reading in the  papers  the  other 
day  that  the  “short-weight”  man  had 
been arrested and held to bail in Chicago 
on a charge of swindling. 
It  was all of 
nine  years  ago  that I saw him  play his 
game in Toledo, and he has not only been 
at it ever since,  but must have laid away 
a snug little sum of money. 
I was  in  a 
large retail grocery house one  day  when 
the man came  in,  briskly  enquired  for 
the proprietor, and said:
“In connection  with  the  Government 
effort to  shut  out  all adulterated goods, 
we are compiling  tables  to show that 90 
per cent, of retail buyers  are  defrauded 
in  weight.  These  tables  are classified 
by  states,  counties  and  cities, and I re­
spectfully request the privilege of exam­
ining your scales.”
‘But they have been tested by the city 
sealer,” protested the merchant.
‘Then  so  much  the  better,”  replied 
the stranger, as  he took several weights, 
each  of  which  was  stamped  “U.  S.,” 
from his satchel.
‘But—I—I—come in later, when  I am 
at liberty. 
I  want  to  understand  this 
matter more thoroughly.”
*Oh, certainly,”  and the man replaced 
his  weights  and  bowed  himself  out,  to 
return at another hour and “arrange mat­
ters in a satisfactory manner.”
I met him  fifty  times  in  three  years, 
and, up to that  date,  no  one  had  ques­
tioned  his  identity  as  a  Government 
agent, while he had “fixed matters” with 
hundreds of men whose scales  had  been 
found short. 
It  was  in De Witt, Iowa, 
that I saw  him  last.  He entered a gro­
cery there, tested a scale without  having 
said a word,  and then  explained his mis 
sion to the proprietor.
inquired  the 
grocer.

“Is  my  scale  short?” 
“Two ounces to the pound, sir.”
“And for seven  years I have been giv­
ing customers  only  fourteen  ounces  to 
the pound ?”
“Exactly.”
“Well, durn  my  hide. 

I’ve  dropped 
$800 a year right along, even while doing 
that,  and this satisfies  me that I had bet­
ter go back to my old  trade,  which  was 
prize  fighting!  Now  is a good time  to 
begin!”
And  he  hauled  off  and  knocked  the 
agent clean over a broom rack and under 
the stove,  and  then  lifted  him  up  and 
booted him into the street.

Then the  figures got to cutting  up  all 
sorts of  monkey shines.  A great fat fig­
ure 9  put  a  little  fraction  1-9  on  hi 
shoulder  and  dared  any other  figure to 
knock it off.  Figure 6 accepted the chal­
lenge  and  then a ring  was  formed  and 
the  combatants  sailed  in  with an utter 
disregard  to  the Marquis of  Queensbury 
rules.  After  the  scrimmage, 9 had lost 
his body and 6 his head,  and the most in­
timate  friend  couldn’t  distinguish  one 
from the other.  It was no use to try to shoo 
the  swarm of  figures away.  They came 
through windows, they crowded  in  solid 
columns up the stairway and they roosted 
on  the  bed  posts and made faces at me. 
How fervently I wished  that  figures had 
never  been  invented.  All  night  long 
these  unwelcome  guests  remained  tor­
turing  me  with their ten million combi­
nations.  My head  all  this  time  was  a 
blacksmith 
shop  and  great  brawny 
smithys were pounding and pounding. Did 
mortal head ever throb, crack  and  alter­
nately swell  and  contract as mine  did ? 
My eyes were not eyes, they were simply 
little  balls of  something  with a temper­
ature  raised  1,000  degrees above  white 
heat.

But the next day my fever subsided.  I 
was  happy  then!  O,  yes,  for  then  la 
grippe seized me and  proceeded to break 
every  bone  in  my  body  into  a  million 
pieces, and  after  that  was  done  to rub 
the  broken  ends  together.  Then some 
sort  of  milk  shake  machinery  was  at­
tached  to  my  wrecked  body, and  after 
racking me for a few hours  one way, the 
crank  would  be  reversed. 
I didn’t call 
for any encores,  the  forces of  la  grippe 
didn’t wait for  any invitations, but took 
complete possession of  my human frame 
divine  and  made  themselves completely 
at home.  After  exhausting all the com 
binations  of  physical  agony,  la  grippe 
gradually loosened  his  hold and I got up 
from  my bed  weaker  than  my bank ac 
count  in  its  most  overdrawn condition 
The doctor  kindly assured me that I was 
subject to only one dangerous  condition 
La grippe was  likely to mass  his  forces 
against  the weakest part, hence it might 
go  at  once  to  my brain;  but  he  would

A  W ord  W ith  the  M erchant.

The selling end of your store  is  prob­
ably all right.  Your clerks are undoubt 
edly polite and anxious to  please.  Your 
stock is probably kept in  perfect  order 
The windows  shine  with  elbow  grease 
The floor  is  spotless  in  its  cleanliness 
Your show-cases are  polished until they 
shine  like  the faces in a Sabbath school 
at Christmas  time,  But  how  about  the 
office end ?  Have you any office to which 
you can retreat for a little  private  busi 
ness chat, upon occasion ? 
Is there any 
particular  place  in  your store to which 
all your clerks do not have  free  access ? 
Are  not  your  papers  scattered  about 
without order, andean you, at a moment’s 
notice, put your  hand  on  any  bill  you 
have received during the past six months? 
We hope that you have a neat little office, 
and that you are as systematic  in  caring 
for it as we would  like you to be, but we 
are, nevertheless, going  to preach to you 
about  the  necessity  of  having  such  a 
place and tell  what  should  characterize 
it.  First, we would  have it so arranged, 
if possible without  sacrificing  light  and 
space,  that  it  would  be  screened from 
public view.  Here  we would receive all 
traveling  men, and, so  far  as  possible, 
look  at  the  samples.  Here  we  would 
have a desk sacred to  the  affairs  of  the 
head of the house, in which could be sys, 
tematically arranged the correspondence- 
bill-files,  letter-files,  price  lists,  cata­
logues and other  papers  which one may 
need  at  any  moment to secure some de­
sired information.  The desk should per­
mit of locking, and the proprietor should 
teach  the  clerks  to  look  upon it as his 
special property and  that  it  is not to be 
disturbed  by  them.  We  cannot  speak 
too strongly  of  the  importance  of  pre­
serving the catalogues sent  by  manufac­
turers and jobbers.  Though  they  may 
not seem  to  contain  information  which 
is useful to you t^-day,  they  will  prob­
ably be wanted badly before long.  They 
will save you  from  saying a great  many 
“I don’t knows” to your customers.  The 
bill-files are of great importance,  too.  It 
may  seem  to  many  that a bill has  sur­
vived its usefulness when the goods have 
been checked off and  the  bill  paid. 
It 
will frequently prove valuable, however, 
to re-order by, or to settle some point  on 
which memory is not  to  be  trusted. 
It 
will often save  embarrassing discussions 
with wholesalers, if  you preserve copies 
of all orders.  With the great abundance 
of cheap and  serviceable office furniture 
to be had,  this  feature  of  the store can 
| be made a comfort and a  joy.

Successful  Salesmen.

that 

In June last a large  pottery and glass­
ware  jobbing  house in Chicago,  says an 
exchange, sent a circular  letter  to  each 
of  its commercial  travelers and offered a 
prize  for  the  reply  which  should  be 
deemed  best by the majority,  the writers 
remaining  unknown to all but  the  firm, 
except by number.  The following is the 
substance of  the circular :
every 
“ De a r   Sir—Believing 
salesman has acquired, in his  experience 
on the  road, certain  facts  and  methods 
which  have  proved  most  successful  in 
selling  goods,  and  realizing  that, as no 
two  men’s  experience  can  be the same, 
we think if  the  combined experiences of 
all can be brought forward for the benefit 
of  all, that the experiment would lead to 
decidedly practical ends.  Every success­
ful salesman on the road has some strong 
points peculiar  to  himself,  and it would 
seem as if  something new could be found 
in the experience of  twenty men. 
In the 
majority of  cases,  the  costly  experience 
of  years dies with its possessor.
“We,  therefore, ask  your co-operation 
in the plan of  writing an  article  on  the 
following points, etc. :
First—What  constitutes  a successful 
salesman on the road ?
Second—What qualities  do  you deem 
most essential to become such ?

Respectfully, etc.”

A  few  extracts  from  replies  to  the 
above letter are given below :
The  successful  salesman  is the man 
that  knows  how  to  talk,  what  to  talk 
about,  and  more especially when to stop 
talking.”
The faculty of  holding  trade  or sell­
ing repeatedly to the same  people,  is the 
highest  attribute  in  the  condition  of  a 
successful salesman.”
A man who is honest  in  his  transac­
tions with  his customers, who  can  make 
plain to them, in  the  fewest  words, the 
superior  quality  of  his  wares,  keeping 
himself  thoroughly posted  in the line he 
represents.”
Modest in demeanor,  neat in  appear­
ance, energetic, truthful and reliable;  of 
temperate  habits;  not  argumentative;  a 
student of  human nature.”
“The  power of  entertaining  men in a 
business way and getting them interested 
in what  you have to sell.”
A salesman  is  the  firm’s  represent­
ative,  and  should,  therefore,  be  a  gen 
tleman.”
“Every man has some  article  which is 
his  favorite  hobby.  Get  on to that and 
cater to it for a starter,  and  lead  him on 
to other goods.”
When  an  intemperate  man is found 
traveling  as  a  salesman,  his  class  of 
trade is of  the poorest,  and  his  prosper 
ity  is  in  correspondence  with  his  per­
sonal condition.”
“The  country  merchant  is  a  conun­
drum. 
If  you  guess  him  right  at  first 
meeting,  you  will  miss  him  the  next 
time.  Never try to ‘stuff ’  him  with  an 
order or attempt  familiarity with  him.” 
Do  not  present  too  many  various 
samples at once;  it  confuses  the  buyer. 
A book  agent  does better with one book 
than with many.”
Refrain  from  any but  business  talk 
with busy men.”
A common  fault is that salesmen,  as 
a rule,  give merchants  credit  for  know 
ing a great deal  more  about  goods than 
they really do.”
“Tell  him  it  costs  no more for  rent, 
light,  clerk hire, etc.,  to carry a full line 
of  goods,  and as he is also  spending  his 
own time,  he  may as well  have  the 
creased profits.  A man cannot sell goods 
if  he does not have them.”
“The  practice  of  usiug  ‘leaders’ has 
several  objections.  One of  the  chief  is 
that  it  gets  the  same  article  into  too 
many stores  and  tends  to  make dealers 
cut prices  among  themselves. 
It is bet 
ter  to  look  over  the  stock,  see what is 
short,  and  make some article a leader or 
nucleus for other sales.”
“Do  not  forget  the  connecting links 
that  is,  when  one  article  is  ordered 
bring to notice such other articles as will 
match or complement it.”
“Never  speak of  a competitor  in  any 
way.  Get  the  good-will  of  the  clerks, 
for they can help  you.”
“When  trade  is  brisk,  push  all  the 
harder.”
“Never abuse competing firms.  Leav 
slow buyers  till  the  last  in a town, and 
let them know the limits of  your  time.
“If  a merchant  tells  you  he  can  buy 
any  article  below  your  price,  do  not 
argue with him;  try something else.  Do 
not  ask  if  he  is  in  need of  any goods 
for he will generally  tell  you  he is  ‘full 
up.’  The  better  way is  to  carry  some 
small  article  and  introduce  yourself 
with that before  you are told  that  noth 
ing is  wanted.”
“Nothing is gained by traveling nights 
and  the  same  is  true  of  working Sun 
days.”
The  opinion  of  at  least  one  success­
ful commercial  traveler (in another line) 
differs entirely from those  given  in  the 
last  paragraph.  He says:  “To  succeed 
nowadays as a traveling salesman, a man 
must sell days  and  travel  nights  when 
ever  he  can  save  time by it.  He must 
not  expect  to  have  things  easy, for he 
cannot  do  it  and  win.  He  must  score 
every point he can, and work like blazes 
He  is  no  pleasure  tourist,  and  selling 
goods on the  road is not a picnic.”

The  L ightning  Rod.

Everybody believes  that Franklin was 
the inventor and  constructor of  the first 
lightning-rod. 
In  this  one  particular 
everybody is mistaken.  The  first light 
ning  catcher was  not  invented  by the 
great  philosopher,  but  by a  poor  mon 
of  Scuttenberg,  Bohemia,  who  put  up 
the first lightning-rod  on  the  palace  of 
the  curator  of  Preditz,  Moravia,  June 
15, 1754.  The  name  of  the  inventive 
monk was Prohop Dilwisch.  The appa 
ratus was composed of a pole surmounted 
by an iron rod,  supporting twelve curved 
branches  and  terminating  in  as  many 
metallic boxes  filled with  iron  ore  and 
enclosed  by  a  wooden  box-like  cover, 
traversed  by  twenty-seven  iron-pointed 
rods, the basis  of which found a  resting 
place in the ore box.  The entire system 
of wires was  united  to  the  earth  by 
large chain.  The enemies  of  Dilwisch 
jealous of  his  success, excited  peasants 
of  the  locality against  him,  and,  under 
the  pretext  that  his  lightning-rod was 
the cause  of  the  excessive  dry weather, 
had the rod taken down  and the inventor 
imprisoned.  Years  afterward,  M. Mel 
son used the multiple  pointed rod  as  an 
invention of his own.

Our Leader  Cigars,

Odr  Leader  Smoking,

Odr  Leader Fine  GiIt,

Olir  Leader Baking  Powder,
Odr  Leader  Saleratils,

Olir  Leader  Brooms.

WHICH  ARE  NOW

L E A D E R S  

IN  FA C T

In hundreds of stores throughout the State. 

If  you  are not handling these goods, 

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

trade in these goods will increase.

I.  M .  C L A R K   &   S O N .

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WHOLESALE

Paper  Warehouse.

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

ever made.

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K.  BOLLES.

E.  B.  DIKEMA >

S.  K .  H o lies  &  Co.,

77  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

'W h o le s a le   C ig a r   D ea lers.

« T O S S   U P ! ”

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

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

E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Pants,  Overalls,  Goats,  Jackets,  Shirts,  Ktn.

Warranted  Not to Rip.

Fit  Guaranteed.

Workmanship  Perfect.

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

IONIA,  MIOH.

HESTER  Sc  FOX,

M anufacturers’ Agents fo r

SA W  AITS CRIST MILL MACHINEHY

ATLASENGINEWORKS

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INDIANAPOLIS*  IND.,  U.  Si
STEAM  ENGINES a BOILERS.
Carry Engines and Boilers in Stock 

for  immediate delivery.

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

Saws, Belting and  Oils.

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

Pulley  and become convinced of their superiority.

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

Write for Prices. 

F R U IT

Headquarters  for  Oranges, 
Lemons,  Bananas,  Nuts,  Pea­
nuts, Figs, Dates,  Gitron, etc. 

Ask for  Price  List.

T h e  P u tn a m   C a n d y   Co.

WHO  U R G B S   Y O U

TO

THE  PUBLIC!

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

Oilr Leader” Goods.

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

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B G G   C A S E S   &  B IB B E R S .
Having taken the agency for Western and Northern  Michigan  for the t.im ^  
EGG  CASES  and  FILLERS,  we  are  prepared to offer same to the trade  in a n ^  
quantity.
Less than 100.
Lots of  100. 
No. 1—30-doz. Cases, complete....................................... ........ 33  c. 
35c.
10c.
No. 1—Fillers, per set..............................................................   93£c. 
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.
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P E R K I N S   &
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

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NOS.  183 and  124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

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Manufacturers of the following well-known brands;

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

selling the line.  Correspondence solicited.

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

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