The  Michigan  Tradesman.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY, FEBRUARY  26,  1890.

N O . 33 6.

A.  W  N IN G

A N D   T E N T S.

Flairs. H orse an d   W agon  Covers.  Seat  Shades.  Large 
Um brellas,  Oiled  Clothing,  W ide  Cotton  Ducks, etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COYE,  11  Pearl  Street.

Send  fo r  Illu strated   Catalogue.

Telephone  106.

S om eth in g  N ew

Bill Snort

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

Gharleiioix  Cigar  M'f’g  Go,,

CHARLEVOIX,  MICH.
Daniel  G.  Garnsey, 

EXPEET  ACCOUNTANT

AND

Adjuster  of  Fire  Losses.

Twenty Y ears Experience.  References furnished 
84 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

if  desired.

Voigt, HorvoMoimir & Co.,
D ry  Goods

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

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

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

A llen   D urfee & Co.,

103 Ottawa St.,  Grand Rapids.

EDMUND B, DIKEMKIt
Watch f/iaker 

a Jeweler,

T H E   GREAT

kk  GBNBL  8T„
Grani Rapids,  - 

fttieli

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 .

E. W, HILL PLITINB WORKS,

ALL  KINDS  OF

Brass and  Iron Polishing

AND

Nickle and Silver Plating

Pearl  and Front Sts., Grand Rapids.

Remus  Roller  Mills,

,1
Remus, Mich., Jan. 20, 1890 

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  have used nearly all  the  best 
dandies. 
purifiers and bolting machines made, and 
can  say yours discounts them all
Any miller  who  intends  making  any 
change in his mill will  save money to use 
your  machines,  for  They  Can  Do  the 
Work. 

Yours truly,

D.  L.  GARLING.

A p p les,

P otatoes,

O nions.

C.  A in sw o r th ,

76 So. Division St., Grand Rapids.

FOR  PRICES,  WRITE  TO

BÄRNETT  BROS, Wholesale Dealers 

CHICAGO.

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  Overalls,  Etc

Complete Spring  Stock  now ready for 
inspection.  Chicago and  Detroit  prices 
guaranteed.

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

Cook  X  Bergthold,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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

106 Kent St.,  -  Grand Rapids, Mich

(H a p   Coffee  RoastBr
The Best in the World.

Having on hand a large  stock of No. 

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

ROBT.  S.  W EST,

«8-60  Long  St.,  CLEVELAND,  OHIO.

Chas.  P etterseh,

JOBBER  OF

Imported and Domestic Ghees

Swiss and Limburger a Specialty. 

161—163 West Bridge St.,  Telephone 133 

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

JOBBERS  OF

Eaton,  Lyon  X  Go
AHroms, Dressing  Cases, Booh
F a n c y

And a complete line of

H o lid a y

G oods

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

90  ft  22  Monroe  SL, Grand  Rapida

BUSINESS  UNIVERSITY 
West Michigan
AND NORMAL SCHOOL.
(O riginally Lean’s Business CoUege—E st’blished 8 y ’rs
A  thoroughly  equipped,  permanently  estab 
lished and pleasantly located College.  The class 
rooms have been  especially  designed In accord­
ance with the latest approved plans.  The faculty 
is composed of the most competent and practical 
teachers.  Students graduating from  Oils  Insti­
tution MUST be efficient and PRACTICAL.  The 
best of references  furnished  upon  application 
Our Normal Department is In charge  of  experl 
enced teachers of established reputation.  Satis 
factory  boarding  places  secured  for  all  who 
apply to us.  Do not go  elsewhere  without  nrst 
personally  interviewing  or  writing  us  for full 
particulars. 
Investigate  and  decide  for your 
selves.  Students may enter at any time.  Address 
West Michigan Business University and Normal 
School,  19, 21,23, 25 and 27  South  Division  St 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

J. U. Lean, 

A. E. T erex,
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 
Handles, and all Kinds  of  Broom Materials. 
10 and 12 Plainfield Ave.,  Grand  Rapids
mu Bookkeeping, Shorthand, EIg

AT  THE

Corner Ottawa and  Pearl Streets. 

Send  for  Circular.

Playing Cards

WE  IRE  HEIBQUIRTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lpßh,

19  So. Ionia  St., Grand Rapids.

B E N -H U R
CIGARS

ARE  SECOND  TO  NONE, 

SUPERIOR  TO  ANY,

A DUPLICATE OF 

NOTHING,

A MODEL FOR ALL. 

SOLD  EVERYWHERE. 

MADE  BY

GEO.  MOEBS 

9 2   W  OODWARD  A v e., 

&  CO.,

D et r o it.

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. LAMORE AUX.
FOURTH MOBIL Biffi

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J. Bowne, President.

Geo.  C. Pierce,  Vice President.

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

Transacts a general  banking business.

Make a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

• f  Country Merchants Solicited.

N B E A C H ’S

ew  York  ßoffee  Rooms,

61  Pearl  Street.

OYSTERS  INjBLL STYLES,

Steaks,  Chops  and  All  Kinds  of  Order 

Cooking  a  Specialty.

FRANK  M.  BEACH,  Prop.

FIT  FOR

B  Gentleman's

T A B B B  :

All goods bearing the name 

of  Thurber,  W hyland 

&  Oo.  or  Alexis 

Godillot, Jr.

THE  DRUMMER.
Who is it reaches forth his hand,
As though he’s glad to see me, and 
Would like to get some of sand?

The drummer.-

Who bets one dollar I will not take 
Five boxes of “Star” on the contract fake, 
And enters the order  ‘on the make?”

The drummer.

Who cheers me up when trade is bad ? 
Who posts me on the latest fad?
Who tells me it will pay to ad?

The drummer.

Who sells me goods I do not need?
Who gives to me a first-class feed?
Who wants me his advice to heed?

The drummer.

Who tells me stories pure and true?
Who asks for money not  yet due?
Who answers my complaint with “pooh?” 

The drummer.

THE  NEXT  TOWN.*

And He said unto-them, Let us go into the next 
towns.”—Mark 1:  38.
In the name of  Westminster  Church— 
Welcome  to  every member of  the Mich­
igan Commercial  Travelers’ Association, 
who worships here this morning !
The  monument  of  one  of  England’s 
treasured  dead  bears  this  inscription: 
The  Inn  of  a Traveler  on  the  way to 
Jerusalem.”  The  legend  is one of  rare 
beauty. 
It  marks  the  tomb as only the 
tarrying place of  the  lifeless dust which 
it  enshrines.  But  with  equal  aptness 
might this motto be inscribed upon these 
walls,  within whose  sheltering enclosure 
so many in the full pulse of vigorous life 
are now assembled.  There  are  those of 
us who regard  this  church as an inn for 
travelers through  the  world, toward the 
glorious city of  God which is beyond.  It 
gives  us  heartfelt  pleasure to greet our 
friends  here  at  our  own  hearth-side 
We keep open  house.  Our  latch  string 
is always  out,  and for every comer there 
waits a place and a welcome within.  We 
have builded and we hold  this  spiritual 
home of  ours, not for ourselves only, but 
for  the  sake  of  all  who  will  neighbor 
with us, for all who may cross its thresh 
old  to  seek  whatever of  shelter  and of 
suggestion it can  yield.  We  rejoice, to­
day, to  come  into  contact with the men 
who, by their  thrift  and  their  sagacity 
and  their  untiring  energy,  are doing so 
much to  weave  the  web  of  our  State’s 
material  prosperity;  who  are  doing  so 
much  fo  apparel  our city with commer­
cial honor and prestige.  We would have 
been  glad if  the  day of  your  visit  had 
been one of sun-lit sky and smiling earth. 
But, though  somber mists may cloak the 
world  without, if  there  be any radiance 
in  cordial  feeling, or  any glow  in  gen­
uine sympathies, we  will, make it golden 
bright  here  beneath our roof  tree;  and, 
friends, if  we are  found  wanting in any 
point  of  good  cheer  or  warm-hearted 
hospitality, it certainly  will  not  be  for 
lack  of  good-will. 
I  speak  what  I  do 
know, when I say that  from  the  young­
est to the oldest of  our people, we are all 
glad  to  see  you  here  to-day,  and  glad 
shall  we  ever be to see  you  here at any 
time.
It is our habit, when we  meet on  Sun­
days, to talk over something bearing upon 
everyday experience,  and  to  try  to  get 
light upon dark questions, to get courage 
for  hard  battles,  to  find  food  for  the 
soul’s  hungers and  balm  for  its  hurts, 
and  with  the  help of  God’s  Spirit,  and 
from the  view-point of  God’s  Scripture, 
to gain some fresh outlook into  life  that 
will  help  us  to  live  life  better.  This 
morning we shall try to  run  down  some 
of  the  thoughts  that  are started by  the 
suggestion  which  Jesus made to his dis­
ciples,  when  He  said,  “Let  us  go into 
the next towns.”
A very  homely  sentence,  that,  but  a 
very weighty  thought  is  carried  by  it.
! The words are  just as  simple  as the cup 
of  an  acorn.  They  hold  a  germ  idea 
that is like oak  seed, that  has  become a 
nursling  of 
the  centuries,  and  that, 
triking its roots  deep  into  the heart of 
thing«, is spreading ever wider its majes­
tic branches,  and  rearing ever higher its 
sublime  head,  while the short lived gen­
erations bloom and fade at its foot.  That 
brief  word of  Christ was the  solution of 
very  fascinating  question,  a question 
that has woven  its  mystic  spells  about 
the mightiest of  men, the  most  ancient, 
the  most  modern  of  all  questions,  the 
question  of  world  control.  That  sen­
tence  contained  Jesus’  answer  to  this 
great conundrum of  the ages.  The war­
rior  kings  of  Greece  and  Rome  had 
striven, in field  and  forum, to  work the 
problem  out, but  they  found  the world 
was  not  to be won by mere statecraft or 
generalship.  There  was that in human­
ity which eluded  the  edge of  the  sword 
and  baffled  the  wiles of  the  politician. 
In the schools of  Greece, and in the sem­
inaries of  Judea, thought  power was re­
sorted to and relied upon as the imperial 
force that should sway the scepter of the 
planet;  but the failure of  mere intellect­
ual power to satisfy the conditions of the 
mighty problem  became  lamentably ap­
parent.  The world  refused to be snared 
in  the  subtly-woven  meshes  of  philos­
ophy’s net.  There was that in humanity 
that cried out unhelped,  after reason had 
provided her uttermost  reliefs.  To read 
this  “riddle  of  the  painful  earth” was 
the  mission of  Jesus.  He  was  here  to 
work  the  world  for God.  He had come 
to  control  the  human  heart, if  it  were 
possible,  by  influences  that  time  could 
not  exhaust  nor  place  confine.  Deep 
thoughted,  He grasped the  complex  and 
intricate  conditions  of 
the  problem. 
Heart-kindled,  with  loyalty to God  and 
love to men, He  meant  business.  Keen- 
visioned, He pierced  to  the  simple  and 
divine  solution  of  the  Sphinx-like  en­
igma.  He proclaimed  that  the secret of 
the conquest of  the world  was  by going 
for  it  in  person,  taking  it  town  after 
town,  and  bringing  humanity, man  by 
man,  into  contact  with  living,  loving 
personality.
That plan of  Christ bespeaks  His  kin­
ship with God.  He learned  that  method 
from His Father.  God’s  method  always
* Sermon  by  Rev.  H ow ard  Duffield,  of  D etroit,  be­

fore M ichigan Com mercial Travelers’ Association.

is  to  reach  men  through  men.  When 
God sent  His  messages to the world, He 
did not put them into print, but into life. 
When God spoke, the  word  became flesh 
and  dwelt  among us.  Men beard God’s 
word  with the eye  more  than  with  the 
ear.  They beheld the glory of the Father 
full  of  grace  and  of  truth.  The  lever 
point from  which  God  moves the earth, 
is  not  thought,  but  heart.  So,  when 
Christ would exhibit to men  His  method 
of  religious  work, He defines  it  as  bus­
iness—personal  dealing  between  men. 
Nineteen hundred  years ago, that  young 
tradesman,  as he then must have seemed, 
hailing  from  a  hill-locked  hamlet  in 
North Galilee, one of  the most out of the 
way corners  in the  whole  world,  antic­
ipated the advanced methods of this bus­
tling  commercial  century when He  pro­
posed  in  the  working of  this  world for 
God to do it through  representative men, 
that sh< uld go everywhere and travel for 
the  truth  and  its  interests.  So, it  is a 
huge  mistake,  friends, this idea that has 
somehow  forced  itself  into  circulation, 
that  business  and  religion  cancel  each 
other.  A most sheer and utter mistake, 
for Jesus treats them as identical.

It is passing  stra»ge  how  opinion  on 
this point has  gone askew.  The mass of 
worldly  men  seem  to  deem it an axiom 
that every hour  devoted to religion is an 
hour  subtracted from business;  and it is 
extremely unfortunate  that many adher­
ents  of  churches  act  as  though  they 
thought  it true that whatever time is ab­
sorbed  by  the  secular  care  of  life  be­
longs  to  another  region  than  that  of 
religion.  Neither  is  right.  These  two 
great  divisions of  life  are  hemispheres. 
Yet it is the way of  the  world to picture 
the church as either a  nursery for  fledg­
lings, or  an  infirmary for  weaklings;  to 
treat the Bible not as a character manual, 
brimful  of  helpfulness  for  the  snarls 
and  snares  of  everyday  life,  but  to  be 
shelved  with 
the  medicine  chest  or 
locked up with  the  insurance policy;  to 
regard  the minister as a cross between a 
man and a woman;  to look upon Sunday, 
not  as a well-spring of  holy  suggestion, 
but as a day for lounging  in  bed a little 
longer;  for  donning^ the  best  suit  of 
clothes;  for  shining  the  boots  with  an 
extra  polish.  The  way of  the  world is 
to put the seal of  its approval only upon 
uch substantials as hard cash  and  high 
living,  to hail  as its  masters the caterer, 
or  the  tailor, or  the  banker, as  though 
men  were  nothing  more  than food con­
sumers,  or  clothes  screens,  or  money 
pouches,  and to waive aside  Christianity 
as  unworthy the  attention of  a  man  of 
business,  as a something  good,  perhaps, 
in theory, but as rare a reality as a white 
crow,  or a black  swan;  usually  as  gen­
uine  as  Uriah  Heap’s  humility.  The 
world  at  large  is  becoming  thoroughly 
imbued with the idea that, whatever may 
be  the  sphere  of  religion,  it  does  not 
pertain to the market  place;  that,  as ap­
plied to everyday affairs of  life,  its prin­
ciples  are  visionary  and  impracticable 
that creeds  are  cobwebs  spun by super 
stitious  fancy;  that  dogmas  are  “such 
stuff  as dreams  are  made of,” and  that 
they  bear  no  relation  to  the  matter of 
fact, bread and butter world of  everyday 
work.  From  whatever  source such con­
ceptions may have  had  their birth, they 
are flatly inconsistent  with  Christ’s idea 
of  religion.  According to him it was the 
development of  manhood,  of  sagacity as 
well  as  spirituality.  He  demanded  of 
His followers the same qualities  that are 
needed by the  man  who  would  do  well 
the  work  of  the  world.  Disciples  of 
Christ must possess  the  identical  traits 
of  character  with  which  the  successful 
business  man of  the nineteenth  century 
must  be endowed.  The  same  aims  are 
proposed to both.  The same summons to 
duty sounds  for  each—“Let  us  go  into 
the next towns.”
Note  the  phases  of  character  which 
are implied in this call  to  work the next 
towns:
1.  It is addressed  to men of High Aim 
Jesus had good  news to tell.  He burned 
to spread  it  far  and wide.  He planned 
and  toiled to carry it to the  utmost  dis 
tance,  and to the  most  people.  His en 
tire  life  energy was  condensed  into the 
one effort  to  spread  blessing  among as 
many as He could possibly reach.  Burn 
ing with desire,  His eye was  ever  on thj 
next town.  Tireless in His effort to heljx 
His foot  was  always  sandaled for a for 
ward  step.  For  the  best  doing of  any 
life work, there is need of  an infusion of 
this same  spirit.  There is call  for  men 
aggressive and  progressive, for go-ahead 
men,  who look not so much at that which 
has been done as at  that  which is  yet to 
do,  men  who  believe  that  they  bave 
something to do for  the  bettering of  the 
world, and dread  nothing so much as the 
failure to do it.
Said a foreigner once  to  an American 
“Where  is  your  aristocracy  here 
ii 
America ?  Where  is  your  class of  men 
that  never  did  any  work,  and  whose 
fathers  before  them  never  did  any 
work ?”  “Oh, we have them,”  was the re 
ply,  “but we call them tramps.”  Neither 
Scripture  nor  commerce  recognizes any 
aristocracy of  idleness.  They  know  no 
patent of  nobility,  save  that of  helpful­
ness.  The  Christian  and  the  business 
world  alike  center  upon  the  idea  that 
there is no place  for  drones in this busy 
hive of  the world.  Every man  must  be 
a working man and do work that is good. 
Religion  secretes  the  very  life  forces, 
which  business  demands  and  expends. 
Her  dogmas  are  storage  batteries  of 
character.  Her  faiths  root in  facts and 
fruit  in  acts.  Scripture  might  be  in­
scribed  with  the  motto which Aristotle 
prefixed  to one of  his  treatises:  “This 
volume is not so much  for  knowledge as 
for action.”  “My Father  worketh and I 
work,”  said  the  Christ. 
“Whatsoever 
your  hand, flndeth to do, do it with  your 
might,” is His  summons to his disciples. 
He  alone is in  accord  with  Christ  who 
seeks to have every capacity with  which 
he may be stored,  physical  and  mental, 
no less than  moral, so wrought  out  that 
his  life  shall  yield a rich  and  splendid

is 

reach  of  His  help 

result,  honoring  to  his  God,  helpful to 
his fellow-men.
Pitiable  is  it to see a life  deteriorate; 
to see that  clear  glow of  innocence that 
halos the  brow of  youth  grow  dim  and 
disappear;  to  see  the  eye  lighted  with 
the  flame  of  an  unholy  fire;  to  mark 
upon the features, as though lined with a 
pencil, the wrinkle and  the  leer that be­
tray the meanness and  vulgarity that are 
becoming  tenants  of  the  soul. 
It  stirs 
pathos  to  its  depths to see a life spend­
thrift of  its splendid  possibilities,  sink­
ing step by step to lower  levels, relaxing 
its fineness  and becoming coarse of  fiber 
and rough of  grain.  One thing is worse. 
There is a spectacle  that  may  well  fan 
the  furnaces  of  indignation  to a seven­
fold  heat. 
It  is  to  see  a  young  man 
helped down, to watch him initiated into 
evil by those who  have  taken  their  de­
gree  in  the  lodges of  Satan;  to perceive 
him  introduced  to  stage  after  stage in 
the craft and mystery of vice;  to see him 
led  where, in  street  parlance,  he  shall 
‘see  the  lions,”  aye,  and  where  the 
smiting of  their terrible paws shall leave 
scars  in  his  soul  thit  shall  be  hard to 
heal  (soul scars are always hard to heal); 
to  see  the  torch of  vile  suggestion  ap­
plied  to  his  blood  until  it  seeths 
though his veins  ran  with hell  broth;  to 
see some low  jest launched iuto his mind 
that  shall  leave  upon  him  a  trail  of 
blackness,  like  smut  from  the  pit, that 
many waters  cannot wash away
Even when one is wrestling against the 
overthrow  of  evil,  there  are  seldom 
wanting  allies  of  sin, who  help to hold 
him  down.  Have  you  read  how  the 
Calliope,  the English war ship, fought its 
way  out  from  the  island  harbor where 
the tempest menaced destruction ?  They 
became  convinced  on  board  the  vessel 
that they must  go  grinding  on the reef, 
or  force  an  escape  to  the  open  sea. 
All the other ships in the fleet had tried it, 
and, unequal  to  the effort,  baffled,  land­
locked, were beating  themselves to frag 
ments  on  the  pitiless  bar. 
In  face  of 
the fierce  tides  that  swept in shore, and 
the terrific blasts that were driving land 
ward,  the  Calliope  made  one  desperate 
effort to pass through the gateway of  the 
reef. 
It was a battle  for  life.  Down in 
the machine  rooms, in dark  and  smoke 
grimy  with  soot,  dripping with  sweat, 
engineer and stoker fed the furnaces and 
plied  the  engines.  Every  pound  of 
pressure was put on.  The  needle of  the 
steam gauge was  run  straight up to dan 
ger point,  and past it.  Upon the reeling 
and  pitching  deck  above, staggered the 
crew, unable to stand  upright before the 
violence of  the  gale, scarcely able to see 
for  the  blinding  spray.  At  first,  the 
splendid vessel  only quivered,  and stood 
still.  All  power  working,  she was  just 
held  in  poise  by the storm.  A moment 
later  she  gained a foot or two, and then 
a fathom.  Most  terrible  was the strug 
gle,  but she kept on winning  fathom  by 
fathom straight  up  into  the  storm.  As 
she passed  the  flagship of  the American 
fleet that had  just been trying to execute 
the  same  manceuver of  escape, and  had 
failed, the boys in blue cheered  her lust­
ily.  Said the British press, “That was the 
noblest  shout  that  ever  rang from any 
deck.” 
It was the doomed saluting  the 
saved.  Have  you  never  seen a sight to 
remind  yon of  that grapple  between the 
ship  and  the  storm?  Have  you  never 
seen 
some  poor,-  sin-battered  wreck 
string  every  energy  with  a  tense  and 
quivering  resolve,  kindle  every  power 
with a heart-sick longing  after  holiness, 
and plunge into battle  with the despera­
tion of  despair,  against the  surging  bil­
lows  of  evil  passions  and  the  surging 
blasts  of  stormy  temptations?  What 
sound of  cheers  to  encourage  him  who 
struggles  against  SHCh  frightful  odds ? 
Cheers  are  meager.  Sneers  are  legion. 
He  is  not hurrahed.  He is hooted.  He 
is not  nerved by sympathy.  He  is ham­
strung by contempt.  With an infamous 
ingenuity,  persistent  effort is exerted to 
weaken all endeavor,  to relax every reso­
lution  and to thrust the  struggling fugi­
tive  back  into  the  death  shades  from 
which he would fain escape.
If  to blight another’s life be  the  worst 
of  things,  is it not  the  best of  things to 
be helpers of  our  fellow-men ?  Is  there 
a more  splendid  business  than  that  of 
helpfulness;  the steadying of  a man that 
wavers  between  right  and  wrong;  the 
putting  stamina  into  the  fellow  that 
weakens  under  temptation;  the sustain­
ing of  those  that  would  sink if  it were 
not  for  the  sympathetic  engirding  of 
some friendly arm;  the  inciting by word 
and  deed  of  earnest  endeavors  after a 
victory over evil,  and  after  the  pursuit 
of  that  which  is  pure  and  holy.  The 
moment  you  devote  yourself  to  such  a 
life  of  help  you  are  in  line  with  God. 
You are adopting the policy of the Bible. 
You  are  -doing  that  for which the Lord 
Jesus Christ laid down  His  life  on  Cal­
vary.  God  may not have  been  much in 
your thoughts, but  the  one  mighty pur­
pose that has ever burned In the heart of 
Him who sitteth upon  the  throne is how 
to help this poor race that is smitten with 
sin.  And  “He  so  loved  the world  that 
He gave His only begotten Son that who­
soever believeth in Him  should  not  per­
ish but have everlasting  life.”  You may 
have  found  much  fault  with the Bible, 
and upon its  pages may be written many 
a hard saying and a mysterious teaching, 
but it proclaims some  things  simple and 
wonderful, and none more so than  this— 
it reveals the  truth  that this world is at- 
mosphered  with  divine  affection.  You 
may never have  accepted  Christ as  your 
Savior,  but  you  can  scarcely  withhold 
your  homage  to  Him  as  the  world’s 
helper.  Above  the  wailing,  wretched 
masses  of  humanity  rises  His  serene 
form with an  open-armed, wistful,  inex­
haustible readiness to alleviate all human 
ill. 
In His heart  there is a place for the 
neglected  gamin  of  the  street.  With 
him is pardon and purifying for the poor 
Magdalen, victimized by man’s brutality, 
ostracized  by  man’s  heartless  respect­
ability.  He  has  rescue  for  the  guilt- 
stained criminal, even in at the  eleventh 
hour, when  the  death  damp  beads  the

brow.  He  waits  to  welcome  back  the 
foolish boy that, prodigal of his splendid 
heritage,  with  rags  for  robes, and pen­
itence  as  his  only possession, turns  his 
tired  footsteps  toward  the home he had 
forsaken.  Nor  is  His  merejr  withheld 
from  the  sinners  that,  according to the 
verdict  of  the  world, are  eminently  re­
spectable.  He will  not  turn away from 
the  godlessly moral, the  “faultily fault­
less,  icily  regular, 
splendidly  null.” 
The 
from 
the avenue to the alley;  from the parlors 
of  wealth  to  the  attics  of  poverty; 
from  counting-room  and  office  to  dive 
and  den.  His  grace  runs  the gamut of 
earthly  want.  With  Him  there is  pro­
vision  for every need  of  any soul.  The 
essence  of  a  Christ-like  life  is  that 
which  is  the  crowning  honor of  a bus­
iness  life,  the  bringing  of  help  to  the 
want of  the world.
2.  “Let us  go  into  the  next  towns.” 
That  call  is  for  men  of  High  Tone. 
Jesus  pushed  His work by presenting it 
in person.  Most men can read manhood. 
There are no credentials like those which 
are written upon brow and  bearing.  The 
principle  of  personal 
intercourse  was 
insisted  upon  by  Christ,  because  those 
who  saw  and  heard  could  not  fail  to 
recognize,  in  spite  of  the  provincial 
patois  and  rustic  dress,  the  accent  of 
truth  and  the  atmosphere  of  honesty. 
Goodly aim is in  itself  insufficient.  That 
must  be  coupled  to  goodly method  for 
pursuing  it.  This  note  strikes a chord 
that  is  universally responsive.  Callous 
to all else, men remain  sensitive to what 
they  call  personal  honor.  Those  who 
take  no  stock  in creeds  claim to invest 
only the  more  extensively in  character. 
Thieves  have 
their  character  codes. 
Their  standards of  personal  intercourse 
are  square  and  straight,  according  to 
their  own  conception of  what  is  right- 
angled and direct.  No man is so lax that 
he  is  not  rigid  upon some  point.  The 
ideas  of  Christ  and  the  world  match 
again.  A keen sense of honor is the ver­
tebral  column of  the business character. 
And a heart-deep loyalty  to  principle  is 
the very core of  a religious life.
The  age  is  characterized  by  tricks of 
trade.  Small potatoes persist  <n  violat­
ing  the  law  of  gravitation,  and  work 
their  way to  the  bottom  of  the  barrel. 
All-wool -fabrics  get  more of  their  ma­
terial from the plantation  than from the 
pasture.  Yard  wide  stuffs  often meas­
ure  but  thirty  inches.  Samples  look 
more  attractive  than  the  goods.  Alum 
becomes mixed with baking  powder, and 
chicory  with  coffee.  Oleomargarine  is 
substituted  for  butter,  and  dudes  for 
men.  As  school  children,  we  used  to 
write in our  copy books,  “Honesty is the 
best policy;”  now that we have put away 
childish  things,  and  exchanged  school 
things for day books and  ledgers,  we too 
often  write.  “All is  grist  that  comes to 
this mill.”
In  religion  there  are similar failures. 
Faith is adulterated.  Character  is coun­
terfeited.  Much  spirituality is  shoddy. 
Oftentimes the world  points  with  scorn 
at church members, and  cries,  “Lo, here 
are men professing to be rel’gious!  They 
condescend to meanness in trade  that we 
would never  yield to.”  When the world 
hears of  a trade  transaction  with Chris­
tians, " it  winks  knowingly  and  says, 
“Take  care  that  you  are  not  cheated. 
What shrewd ones these  Christians be !” 
Men have  insisted  to  me  that  in  their 
business, on  the  whole, those  that they 
have, had  to  be  most  on  their  guard 
against were members of churches.  This 
arraignment of  the  church by the  world 
is  somewhat  overdone.  The  slips  and 
the  flaws  of  the  Christian  are  exagger­
ated.  The  break-down  of  the  believer 
is  too  greedily seized  upon, as a sort of 
reflex compliment to the unbeliever.  But 
where  there  is  so  much  smoke,  there 
must be some fire. 
Instances have been 
known  of  a want  of  harmony  between 
profession and practice.  There are some 
people  who  seem to think that a conven­
tional regard  for  religious  rites  on  the 
Sabbath day will warrant  their  ignoring 
religious  practices  on  any  other  day. 
They invite, and merit, unsparing  scorn. 
Let  them be pilloried at  the  cross-roads 
of  public contempt. 
If  men  are  found 
whose  religion is all on tongue and skin, 
and not  in heart and blood, let the world 
smite  them,  if  it  will,  hip  and  thigh. 
Scripture  is  against them.  The church 
is wounded by them.  They betray Christ 
with a kiss.  The  Master  has  scourged 
them.  The hypocrite was the one target 
against which  He  launched  the woes of 
His  holy  abhorence. 
If  it is true  that 
there  are  members of  churches  who, in 
their dealings with  the poor  and the un­
fortunate, close their  eyes to sympathies 
and  charities, and,  looking only to legal 
rights  and  business  principles, squeeze 
out  rents  and  interest,  and  foreclose 
mortgages,  and  insist  on  forfeitures, 
though  the  heart  aches,  and  hope  is 
slain,  and  life  becomes  bitter, it  is  no 
less  true, that  such  is  not  the spirit of 
Christianity,  the  spirit  that  “suffereth 
long and is kind” and  that “seeketh  not 
her own.”  If it be so, that the abnormal 
and  inflated  operations  of  the  present 
in  commerce  have  a  tendency 
day 
to  separate  employer  and  employe, 
until 
the  mass 
of  wage-workers 
have ceased to  be  regarded  as  persons, 
and are looked  upon  merely as hands,  it 
is  just as emphatically true that such an 
attitude receives no slightest countenance 
from Scripture.  A fine figure, that, which 
we  have  substituted  for  the  Scripture 
conception 
of  workmen.  Hands ! 
“Four  fingers  and  a  thumb,”  quaintly 
says some one, “to get as much out of and 
put as little in as one can, from the  mas­
ter’s standpoint.”  And from that of the 
employe,  “four  fingers  and a thumb  to 
pickup  just  as much and let go  just as 
little as one can.”  From  the beginning, 
the Bible regarded every  man  as  a  ser­
vant  of  God,  and  all  His  servants are 
souls.  In Bible vocabulary the humblest 
cash  boy  is  a  soul,  and  the wealthiest 
capitalist nothing greater. 
If  there  are 
men who, by hiring pews in  the  church, 

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

Hester & Fox have lately sold  sawmill 
outfits  to  H.  Geeds,  of  Fremout,  and 
Seth Watrous, of  West Troy.

E. S. Rose  has  engaged in the grocery 
1.  M. 

business  near  Cedar  Springs. 
Clark & Son furnished the stock.

Frank H. Zuch,  of  Lebanon,  Pa.,  will 
open a notion  and  fancy goods  store  at 
15 South  Division  street,  about  April 1.
The Michigan  Can  Manufacturing Co. 
has given the sole agency of  its goods  in 
Kentucky to Bridgeford & Co., of  Louis­
ville. 

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J.  P.  Deegan &  Co.  have  leased  the 
store adjoining their  grocery store at 802 
South Division street and  will add a line 
of dry goods and boots and shoes.

The Wilson-of-Sand-Lake  drug  stock, 
which  was  bid  in  at  assignee’s sale by 
the  legal  representative of  Rosenthal  & 
Sons,  of  Cincinnati,  was  subsequently 
purchased  by  the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug Co.  for $650.

No one need infer from the item in last 
week’s paper that Henry J. Yinkemulder 
proposes to abandon his grocery business 
on South  Divison  street, as such  is  not 
his  intention.  While  he  will  have an 
interest in the new  Grandville  store, his 
father  will manage that end of  the busi­
ness.

The Pomeroy & Lawton  grocery  stock 
was  sold by Assignee  Turner, Saturday,, 
to  Hawkins,  Perry  &  Co.  for  $633. 
it 
had  been  appraised  at $1,025.  The ac­
counts,  which  had  been  appraised  at 
$341,  were sold to E. A. Munson for $80. 
The real estate,  on which there is a mort­
gage for $6,000, was sold to Julius House­
man for $475.  After  deducting  the  ex­
penses  of  the  failure  from  the  amount 
realized —$1,188 — the  creditors,  whose 
claims aggregate $4,894.35, will probably 
receive 7 or 8 cents on the dollar.

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

Reed  City—D.  F.  Lewis  has  sold  his 

bakery to C. Buob.

Battle  Creek—Biers & Murray succeed

E. Halsenberg in the meat business.

Hancock—S.  Emery &  Son  have  sold

their dry goods stock to W.  H. Mason.

Ironwood—Smith  Bros,  are  succeeded 

in the bazaar business by W. E. Smith.

East  Saginaw  —  G.  Happ  succeeds 
Kremer & Happ  in the grocery business.
Hastings  — W.  H.  Meyers  succeeds
F.  G. Beamer in the restaurant  business.
North Adams—Smith  &  Crisp succeed
Corey & Shepard  in  the  meat  business.
Big Rapids—The  second-hand  store of 
Stillwell & Son  has  been  closed  on  at­
tachment.

Davison—Wm.  H. Foote and  Seth  Mc- 
Bratney  will  shortly  open a new  hard­
ware store.

Hart—Jas. K. Flood  has  sold  his dry 
goods  stock  to  A.  E.  Mateley,  late  of 
Kalamazoo.

East Saginaw—Miller &  Marksey  suc­
ceed  Frey & Wicklein  in  the  wholesale 
notion business.

Kalamazoo—L M. Mittenthal  succeeds 
Mittenthal  Bros,  in  the  wholesale* and 
retail fruit and confectionery business.

Saginaw—A. W. Achard  &  Sons have 
merged  their  hardware  business  into a 
stock  company  under  the  style  of  the 
Saginaw Hardware Co.

Tustin—Lindstrom  & Lovene, generaj 
dealers,  will dissolve  partnership  April 
1. 
It is understood  that  Mr. Lindstrom 
will embark in business at Manistee.

Muskegon—Albert  D.  Boelkins’  gro­
cery store was damaged by fire last Friday 
to  the  extent  of  $500.  '  Insurance  on 
stock was $500 and on building was $300.
Otsego—M.  O.  Brockway  has  closed 
out his grocery stock to Truesdall & Der- 
hammer, who will consolidate their stock 
with  Brockway’s.  Mr.  Brockway takes 
a half  interest  in  the  clothing stock of 
M. J. Rogan.

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

Reed  City—D.  F.  Lewis  has  sold  a 
half  interest  in  his bowl factory to J.  C. 
Richards, of  St.  Louis.

East  Saginaw—Rust  Bros.  &  Co.  are 
putting in several million feet in Cheboy­
gan  waters,  which  will  be  rafted  and 
manufactured at Cheboygan.

Battle Creek—Fred Griswold,  who has 
been connected with the Michigan Buggy 
Co.,  at  Kalamazoo, for  some  time,  has 
resigned  his  position,  to  engage in the 
dry  goods  business  with  his  father  at 
Port Huron.

Au Sable—The J. E.  Potts Salt & Lum­
ber Co. is hauling 500,000 feet of  logs by 
rail  daily.  The  company recently pur= 
chased  a  tract  of  timber  of  Alpena 
parties for  $130,000,  and  it  is said  has 
800,000,000  feet  of  standing  pine  that 
will go to the mill at Au Sable.

Bay City—The case of  Charles Johnson 
against H. W.  Sage & Co.  has  been  com­
promised.  Last  year  Johnson  lost  a 
hand  in  Sage  &  Co.’s  mill,  and  began 
action in the Circuit Court  for  damages. 
He  secured a verdict  for  $6,000,  and it 
was understood the  case  would be taken 
on appeal to the Supreme  Court,  but  the 
attorneys came together and adjusted the 
difference, Johnson accepting $3,000.

Martin—L.  P.  Yan  Deselde  has  sold 
the Monitor mill property  to  Redpath & 
Campbell,  who  will  use  it  for  storage 
room, taking possession of  the  premises 
April 1.

Harrison—Neff  &  Prestel’s 

shingle 
mill,.north of  this  place,  was burned  a 
week ago.  They have  begun  the build­
ing of  a  new mill.  They haul the prod­
uct to Harrison,  and have stock sufficient 
to  keep  the  mill  in  operation  several 
years.

East Saginaw—Articles  of  incorpora­
tion for  the  Asher  Lumber 'Co., of  this 
city,  were filed last week at Lansing, the 
capital stock being  $100,000.  George F. 
Cross,  of this city, and the  Asher  broth­
ers, of Ford,  Ky., are  interested, operat­
ing a mill at the place named.

Marquette—The old planing  mill  firm 
of  S.  Bice & Sons  has been  re-organized 
as  Bice, Pendill  &  Co.  They  have  in­
creased  their capital and have begun the 
erection of  a new  building to  give them 
better facilities.  The  new  mill  will be 
of  stone, 70x135 feet in dimensions.  This 
new  mill,  in  addition  to  their  former 
plant,  puts  them  in  shape to give their 
orders better dispatch.

Saginaw—Hon. R. A. Loveland, of  the 
Emery  Lumber  Co.  and  the  Saginaw 
Lumber & Salt Co., who is largely  inter­
ested in  Canada  pine,  and  Judge  Edget 
are in Washington using  their  influence 
in  securing  legislation  of  a  retaliatory 
character  in  the  event of  the  Canadian 
authorities  maintaining  the export duty 
on  saw  logs.  A determined  effort is to 
be made in this direction.

East Saginaw—Rich  deposits  of  bitu­
minous coal of  an excellent quality have 
been discovered near Sebewaing, on Sagi­
naw bay, thirty-six  miles from this city, 
and the work  of  mining  and hauling to 
market will soon begin.  W.  L. Webber, 
who is interested in the  coal  fields, esti­
mates  that  there  are  15,000,000  tons 
already in sight.  The importance of this 
deposit to the business  and  manufactur­
ing industries  of  Saginaw can hardly be 
overestimated. 
It  is  expected  to  give 
Saginaw a tremendous  boom.
Gripsack Brigade.

Herbert A. Filler  has  recovered  from 
his  recent  illness,  at Kalamazoo,  and re­
turned to this city.

Jos. F. Martindale,  of  the  office force 
of  W.  J.  Gould & Co.,  is  covering  the 
trade of  Frank Tilden while the latter is 
laid up at home.

Frank Tilden, traveling  representative 
for W. J. Gould & Co., of  Detroit,  is still 
confined to his  home  at Vernon  on  ac­
count  of  the  accident to his knee which 
he  recently received  in alighting from a 
train at Greenville.  A  gash  was  cut in 
the knee clear to the bone,  which is slow 
in healing.

Little Doing in  Stocks.

There  is little  doing  in  either  bank, 
manufacturing or general  stocks  just  at 
present, owing to the active  demand  for 
money in  other  directions.  Should  the 
plaster quarries and gas works be sold to 
the  syndicates  now  negotiating  for  the 
properties, much money would  be in the 
market for investment, which  would ab­
sorb all the most available offerings.  The 
option  given  on  the  gas  works expires 
March 1, but it is  generally thought  the 
bonus  put  up  by  the  prospective  pur­
chasers will be  forfeited  and  the  nego­
tiations fall through.

Purely  Personal.

J.  F.  Crusoe, formerly credit  man for 
W. J. Gould & Co.,  has  severed his con­
nection with Crusoe Bros.,  of  Flint,  and 
resumed his old position.

Grand Rapids  Eagle,  Feb. 23:  “Wm. 
G.  Herpolsheimer  and  E.  A.  Stowe, of 
this  city, and  F.  L. Fuller  and  Howard 
Morley, of  Cedar Springs, left last night 
for  Harriman,  Tenn.,  the  embryo city. 
The  gentlemen  are  interested  in a real 
estate way.  They will visit Chattanooga 
and Birmingham before returning.

Must  See the  Smoke.

A peculiarity about  the  blind  is  that 
there is seldom one of them who smokes. 
Soldiers and sailors accustomed to smok­
ing, and  who  have  lost  their  sight  in 
action,  continue  to  smoke  for  a  short 
while,  but soon give up the habit.  They 
say that it gives them no  pleasure  when 
they  cannot  see  the  smoke,  and  some 
have  said  that  they  cannot’ taste  the 
smoke unless  they see it.

When a merchant  reaches  success  by 
means  of  marked  intelligence, force  of 
character  and  far-reaching  enterprise, 
there is no reason why he should  not  be 
regarded as one of  the  most  useful men 
of the day.  He must make use of all the 
modern  aids  to  business,  and  thus  he 
contributes to  the  support  of  the  most 
beneficial progress of  the time, which,  in 
many  respects,  would  languish  or  fail 
without the assistance thus  given.  The 
commercial pursuit,  always an honorable 
one,  is  taking a higher  rank  than  ever 
before,  because it is  thus  more  or  less 
allied to the advancement which is going 
forward in all directions.

A Long  Search.

Mean Business Man—Seems to me  you 
take  a  good  while  for  lunch.  You’ve 
been  gone an hour  and a half,  and  yet 
restaurants are thick as hops about here.
Poorly Paid Clerk—I was  hunting  for 
a place within  my means.

300  STRONG.

List  of  Traveling  Men  Working  for 

Grand Rapids Houses.

The following is believed to  be  a  cor­
rect list of  the  traveling  men who work 
for Grand Rapids houses. 
If any errors 
have crept into the  list  or  there are any 
omissions, the  same will  be  gladly  cor­
rected in a subsequent issue:
Z. E. Allen—Geo. Gardner, W. R. Reyn­
olds, J. J.  Crone.
D. M. Amberg—Samuel Newman, N. B. 
Carpenter.
Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.—J.  B. 
Evans, D. .S.  Haugh, B.  F. Parmenter, C.
M. McLain, Robert  Hanna,  Geo.  McWill­
iams, Anthony J.  Quist.
Belknap  Wagon  &  Sleigh Co.—D. W. 
Johns.
Wm. A. Berkey  Furniture  Co.—L.  D. 
Berry,  Fred  Hills, Chas. E. Berkey,  Geo. 
S. Knapp, Geo. B.  Stoddard.
Berkey  &  Gay  Furniture Co.—O. N. 
Bugbee, R. W. Corson.
S.  K.  Bolles &. Co.—Chas.  Ellis,  Geo. 
W. Thayer, Jr., Willis P.  Townsend.
A. E. Brooks & Co.—Wm. B. Edmunds, 
Geo.  McKay, Henry Dawley.
0. E.  Brown Milling Co.—Bert  Luton. 
Brown &  Sehler—Frank  E. Brown, E.
Bunting & Davis—C. H. Cornell.
Cappon & Bertsch  Leather  Co.—C. C. 
Harley,  R.  T.  Scott,  E.  E.  Woodford,
N.  H.  Adams, J.  Haefner.
Chase  Bros.  Piano  Co.—Geo. E. Bolt- 
wood, O. C. Clock,  J. H.  Campbell, L. C. 
Banghart.

G. Warner.

John Christenson—Hi. Madden.
1.  M. Clark & Son—J. E. Ireland, H. A. 
Hudson,  Jas. A.  Ma^ie,  Sam B. Taylor, 
Chas. R. Smith, Wm. Vanderveer, Jas. G. 
Cloyes.
Cummings  &  Yale—J.  B.  Mclnnis, 
Fred E. DuBois.
Curtiss & Co.—Frank  H. White,  O. A. 
Perry,  O. C.  Shultz.
W. C.  Denison—E.  F.  Snyder,  N. W. 
Barker.
Wm.  Drueke—G.  F.  Co veil,  Charles 
Drueke.
E. Fallas—Fred L. Fallas.
Folding  Chair  &  Table  Co.—W.  S. 
Emery, W. A.  Sammonds, Geo.  L.  With­
ers, B. B.  Elliott,  Fred.  Kemnitz,  John
B. Logan, A. J.  Davidson.
Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.—A.  D.  Baker, 
F. R. Miles, Harvey B.  Baxter.
Fowler & Taylor—M.  D. Weeks.
Frey Bros.—Geo. Gute.
H.  B.  Grady—D.  J.  Buckley,  H.  L. 
Covell.
Grand  Rapids  Brush Co.—C.  S. Paine,
C. W. Peck.
Grand Rapids Chair Co.—J. R. Shelley, 
A. A. Barber.
Grand  Rapids  Felt  Boot  Co.—John 
Pendergast.
Grand  Rapids Fruit and Produce Co.— 
W. R. Mayo.
Grand  Rapids  Furniture  Co.—J.  C. 
More, L. C. Stow.
Grand  Rapids  Manufacturing  Co.—
D.  H. Moore,  A. T. Davis.
Grand Rapids Packing & Provision Co. 
—Chas.  S.  Robinson, John Garvey, Jr. 
Grand  Rapids  Parlor  Furniture Co.—
A. F. Esmay, A. W.  Slack, J. O.  Shelley. 
Grand  Rapids  Refrigerator Co.—A. D.
Hewett,  Geo. M. Lovelock,  S  Engel,  A. 
W.  Bond.
Grand  Rapids  School  Furniture Co.—
E.  K.  Fassett,  Frank  M. Bemis,  Seth E. 
Wells, J.  L. Waite, E.  S.  Phillips,  M.  H. 
Pletcher,  G. M. N. Parker,  D. Witmer.
Gunn  Hardware  Co.—A.  H.  Nichols, 
W. K. Manley.
Wm.  Hake—Frank J. Wilmes. 
Hawkins,  Perry  &  Co.—A.  S.  Doak, 
W.  F.  Blake,  Greg.  Luce,  Will  Camp­
bell, D. E. McVean, John Brummeler.
Hazeltine &  Perkins  Drug Co.—L. M. 
Mills, C. Crawford, A. W. Peck.
Hirth & Krause—A. B. Hirth.
Jennings  &  Smith—W.  H.  Jennings,
E. N.  Morsran,  J.  T.  Avery, S.  Y.  De 
Graff.

W. R. Keeler—W. A.  McWilliams. 
Alex.  Kennedy—John Green.
Kent  Furniture  Manufacturing  Co.— 
Chas.  W.  Disbrow, W.  H.  Daniels,  S. 
Luther, W.  H.  Smith.
Kortlander & Murphy—R. D. McGann. 
A.  Kuppenheimer—A. Kuppenheimer. 
Kusterer  Brewing  Co.—John  Sparks, 
Adolph Kusterer.
Lemon & Peters—Herbert Baker, Man- 
ley Jones, Will Jones,  John D.  McIntyre, 
W. W.  Gorball, R.  A. Kanters,  F. E.  Ful­
ton, Algernon E. White, John  P.  Osting.
H. Leonard & Sons—Joe. Reed, Wm B. 
Collins, F. W. Hadden.
Lustig  Cigar  Co.—A.  B.  Gates, F. E. 
Ensign.
Daniel  Lynch—J.  C.  Watson,  N.  A. 
Parker, John M.  Shields, H. B. Amer. 
Michigan Can  Manufacturing  Co.—R.
F. Frost, J. J. Wright, G.  H.  Truitt. 
-T h e Mills & Lacy Manufacturing Co.— 
Wm. E. Hurd, Wm. H. Matthews.

Moseley Bros.—Henry E.  Moseley. 
Amos  S.  Musselman  &  Co.—Valda A. 
Johnston,  Chas.  S.  Brooks,  John  C. 
Utman, C.  H.  Remington,  Seneca  Rade- 
maker.
Nelson, Matter &  Co.—M. L.  Fitch, J.
B. Watkins, W.  S. Wells, Geo.  S.  Knapp, 
Geo. B. Stoddard.
New  England  Furniture  Co.—W.  S. 
Emery,  G.  B. Lewis, E.  H.  Ward.
Olney & Judson Grocer Co.—Ed. Frick, 
Jas. A. Morrison, Jas. N. Bradford, Jerry 
Woltman, Sam  Morrison,  B.  S.  Daven­
port,  H. S.  Robertson, Louis  Immegart.
Oriel  Cabinet  Co.—W. H. Boyns, Geo. 
I.  Somes.
Peninsular  Furniture  Co.—W.  S. Em­
ery, J. R. Davies, Fred Kemnitz, C. Fried- 
hold, N. C.  Hanford,  Geo. E. Granger.
Perkins  &  Hess—J.  B. Tanner, R.  H. 
Smith, Ed. Duffy, Albert Fecht.
Phoenix Furniture Co.—J. C. Riley, W.
G.  Gilbert, J. C. Gorham, Sylvester  Lu­
ther.
Powers  &  Walker  Casket Co.—W.  S. 
Bush,  Chas  R.  Baxter,  W.  H.  Walker, 
F.  G.  Smith,  Chas.  A.  Shaffer,  C.  E. 
Perry.
Putnam  Candy  Co.—H.  C.  Gregory, 
Chas. R. Remington, John  H. Miller, W. 
A. Yan Leuven, John Ver Venne.
F. Raniville—Thos. D. Haight.
Reeder  &  Co.—John  Fell, C. E. Brad­
ley, Milton Reeder, Geo. H. Reeder.
Rindge,  Bertsch  &  Co.—Wm.  Logie, 
Will A. Rindge, Geo.  Heinzelman,  John 
A.  Sherick,  Russell  Bertsch,  Fred 
Walther.
H.  Schneider  &  Co.—Geo.  H.  Sey­
mour, Chas.  Richardson.
Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle—Ben.  Van 
Leuven, R. B. Huff, Wm. West.

Wm. Sears  &  Co.—S. A. Sears, Alonzo 
Seymour, H. B.  French, C. F. Ballard.
Sligh Furniture Co.—E. M. Mills, P. F. 
Markoff,  S.  G.  Estabrook,  D. B.  Stark- 
wather,  E.  Rochat,  G. F. Keck,  Jno.  H. 
Lewis.
Spring  &  Company—Frank  Kelly, J. 
Finkler.
Standasd  Oil  Co.—R. J. Coppes, E. H. 
Poole, F.  L.  Palmer,  D.  W. Parker.
P.  Steketee  &  Sons—F.  J.  Michmer- 
shuizen, E. O. Phillips,  B. Dasker.
Stow  &  Davis  Furniture  Co.—W. E. 
Bond, F.  Luther.
E. G.  Studley—R.  B.  Kellogg,  W.  Y. 
Barclay.
M.  L.  Sweet—R. W.  Reynolds, W.  H. 
Chapin.
Telfer  Spice  Co. — “Dick”  Warner, 
Peter Lankester,  “Dick”  Savage,  Claude 
D. Freeman.
The  Tradesman  Company  —  S.  A. 
Sheldon, M. J.  Wrisley.
M.  H.  Treusch  &  Bro.—Frank  T. 
Blakeslee,  J.  J.  Hann,  Geo.  Franklin, 
Henry Meyers, Emanuel Treusch.
Universal  Tripod  Company  —  R.  J. 
Ferris,  L. G. Waldron,  J.  P.  Olmstead, 
G. B. Lewis,  O.  N.  Bugbee,  S.  Luther, 
F. R. Foster, W. M. Campbell.
Yalley City Milling Co.—G. H. Jacobs, 
Geo.  S. Escott.
C. G. A. Voigt &  Co.—Edward C.  Man­
gold, Wm. H.  Sigel.
Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.—Ralph 
Blocksma, Ed. Pike.
Voigt Milling  Co.—A. L.  Braisted.
Waddell  Manufacturing  Co.—T.  G. 
Wallin  Leather  Co.—Van.  A. Wallin.
Peter  Weirich  Brewing  Co.  — Chas. 
Welch Folding Bed Co.—A. A. Barber.
Widdicomb  Furniture  Co.—Chas.  W. 
Jones,  A.  A.  Barber,  T .. C.  Langley, 
F.  W. Powers.
Winchester  & Daniels—J. C.  Mulford, 
W. C. Winchester.
Worden  Furniture Co.—W. E. Faring, 
A. W. Chappell,  John K.  Milligan, J.  K. 
Specht,  P. J. Klingman,  Chas.  P.  Lim- 
bert.
F.  A.  Wurzburg  &  Co.—Chas.  G. 
McIntyre, Ellis Phillips, C. D. Bennett.

Selleck. 

Stahr.

✓

K new   His  Business.

“You  may  have  noticed,”  said  the 
cigar  man,  “that  I  gave  the  customer 
who  just  left, a ten-cent  cigar  and  the 
one  who  preceded him a five-center,  al­
though neither told me what priced weed 
he wanted.”

“Yes, I noticed it.  Why?”
“From  long  experience  behind  the 
show  case  of  a  store,”  continued  the 
cigar  man,  “we  become  able  to tell by 
the general  appearance and  make-up  of 
a man what kind of  cigars he smokes. 
I 
can size a man up  the  moment he comes 
in the door,  and  hand  him  out the box, 
when he  calls for a cigar,  without  ever 
asking  him how  much he wants  to'  pay 
for it.  You see, it isn’t  business  policy 
to ask a man what priced cigar he wants. 
If he is in the habit of buying a cigar for 
ten or fifteen cents,  he is insulted if  you 
mention  a  cheaper  cigar  to  him.  He 
thinks  you  ought  to  know  him  better 
than  to  suggest  such  a  thing.  Then, 
again,  if  he  is  a  smoker  of  five-cent 
cigars  and  you say five or ten to him, he 
will take  the  ten,  although  he  doesn’t 
want it, sooner  than have  you  think he 
can’t afford  it.”

The  Proper Way.

* 

“Any arsenic?”  softly asked the little 
woman,  as  the  druggist  came  forward 
with his usual retail smile. 

minister it?”
suppose. 

“Yes’m.”
“I’d like a quarter’s worth,  please.” 
“Yes’m.  How  are  you  going  to  ad­
“Why—why,  on  cheese . or  bread,  I 
Isn’t  that  the general way ?” 
“Some give it in coffee.”
“Why,  rats  don’t  drink  coffee,  do 
“Oh !  it’s  for  rats, eh ?  Then  cheese 

they ?”
is the proper thing.”

Two  String's to  His  Bow.

“No, William,”  she said,  coldly, with 
a sidelong glance to note the effect of her 
words,  “I  cannot  be  your  wife.  You 
smoke and you sometimes drink. 
I have 
registered a vow not to marry a man who 
had either of these vices.”

“All  right,  Maria,”  was  the  humble 
reply.  “And now,  will  you  please  ask 
your younger  sister  Lulu to come  down 
stairs  a moment ?  She  said,  when  she 
kissed  me  good-by  last  night, that  she 
would gladly have me if  you refused.”

MICH. COMMERCIAL  TRAVELERS' 

ASSOCIATION.

Condition of Membership of M. C. T. A.
The  following  letter  from M.  J. Mat­
thews,  Secretary-Treasurer  of  the M.  C. 
T. A., is of interest to the  members  and 
explains itself:

D e t r o it, Feb.  22,1890. 

Editor Michigan Tradesman:
Notwithstanding the cry of  hard times 
and the reported  depression in business, 
the  members  of  the  M. C. T. A.  have 
promptly responded to the call of Assess­
ment No. 1, for 1890.
The following shows  the  present state 
of  membership:
Membership,  as reported Jan. 1,1890..............528
Deceased and  beneficiary claims paid in Jan.  2
526 
.  14
Total membership to date..........,............... 540
There  are  several  applications on file 
for  the  consideration  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees at their  next  regular  meeting, 
which will be held March 1.

New members added to date

M.  J.  Ma t t h e w s, 
Secretary-Treasurer.

FOR SALE, WANTED,  ETC. 

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

groceries,  boots  and 

E OR  SALE  —  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS, 

and  hardw are, 
situated in good  tra d in g   p oint;  will  inventory about 
$2,000;  sales fo r  p ast  th ree  years, $38,000;  reason fo r 
selling, ow ner  has  o th er  business;  also  double  store 
and dw elling fo r ren t a t  $15  p er m onth.  M. S. McNitt, 
Byron Center, Mich. 

shoes 

OR  8ALE~OR  EXCHANGE^TIMBERr^AND^  IN 

Oregon.  Address No. 592, care Tradesm an. 
ANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  A  FARM  OF  90  ACRES 
fo r a  stock  of  groceries;  value of  farm ,  $3,600. 

592 

Address K. R., Box 30, Mason, Mich. 

best-paying  sm all  hotel  in  S outhern  M ichigan. 

Address S. H. F oster, C layton, Mich._____________ 590

F OR SALE—THE  FURNITURE  AND  LEASE  OF  THE 
3~7k)R  SALE — HARDWARE  STORE,  DOING  GOOD 

business:  have  good reason fo r selling  out;  only 
one h ardw are  store in  th e  place;  fo r  a n y o n e   looking 
fo r a  location, I th in k  they would be  well pleased.  In­
quire o f L. C. C ronkhite, Edm ore, Mich. 

559

591

589

J 

i> 

585

578

582

OR  SALE—SMALL  DRY  GOODS  BUSINESS  AT 
Muskegon.  Address No. 593. care Tradesm an.  593

F or  sale—at  once,  clean  stock  of  dry

goods, boots and shoes,  h a ts and caps, gents’ fu r­
nishing goods in a  good tow n of  2,000 p opulation;  tw o 
railroads;  low re n t and insurance;  w aterw orks;  stock 
about $8,000:  can be reduced to   $5.000;  if  yon  w ant  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. 

f >ARE  CHANCE  TO  BUY  THE  ONLY  DRUG  STORE 

in C entral M ichigan railro ad  tow n of  n early   400, 
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,  wall 
paper,  p ain t  and  jew elry  stock  in  tow n;  splendid 
opening fo r young m an;  good reasons fo r  selling. 
If 
you w ant it, address  fo r  particu lars,  L.  M,  Mills,  568 
W ealthy Ave., G rand Rapids, Mich. 

FOR  SALE—GOOD  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  MERCHAN- 

dise, invocing  about  $1,500;  building fo r  sale  or 
re n t  cheap;  surrounded by splendid farm ing country; 
on C incinnati, W abash & M ichigan  Railw ay.  Address
H. U. Rapp, B errien Center, M i e n . __________ ^88_
HOTOGRAPH, ALSO  GROCERY  ROOMS  AxTjmUxJ 
City. Mich., to  ren t;  will  exchange p ro p erty ;  also 
brick, sash, door  and  blind m ill  a t  Coldwater, M ich.; 
also  farm   and  resident  pro p erty   in  Kansas, D akota 
and  N ebraska;  all  good  pro p erty .  C has..T.  Allen, 
B attle Creek, Mich. 

SO  RENT—STORE  AND  LIVING  ROOMS  ON  MAIN 

tho ro u g h fare;  first-class  location  fo r  groceries, 
hardw are, lim e o r  feed  store;  also,  fo r  sale,  broken 
line of groceries, w ith  fixtures.  O. W. P e ttit, 25 Canal 
St., G rand Rapids. 

FOR  SALE — DRUG  STOCK  IN  CORNER  BRICK 
store;  good location;  term s  easy;  will  exchange 
fe r city p ro p erty  o r good farm .  C.  L.  W ilson, Adm., 
Saranac, Mich. 
583
FOR SALE—$5,900 STOCK  OF  HARDWARE, STOVES, 
fu rn itu re and  crockery, w ith  fu ll  stock  of  tools 
fo r tin , w ater and gas jo b s;  a  barg ain  fo r cash o r p a rt 
cash and tim e; 
low re n t  fo r  building.  Lock  box 73, 
571.
Greenville, Mich. 

village  p ro p erty  fo r  stock  of  goods, hardw are 
preferred.  Address No. 573, care  M ichigan Tradesm an.

WANTED—TO EXCHANGE FARM OF 120  ACRES  OR 
F OR  SALE—HARDWARE  STOCK, 

INVENTORING 
about $4,000,  doing  a   v ery  prosperous  business; 
can reduce th e  stock to  su it purchaser;  best of  reason 
fo r  selling.  Address  A.  L.  Paine  &  Co.,  Reed  City 
Mich. 
T F   YOU  WANT  TO  EXCHANGE  YOUR  STOCK  OF 
X goods fo r a  farm , large o r sm all,  w rite  to  No.  563, 
care M ichigan Tradesm an. 
T   HAVE  SEVERAL  FARMS  WHICH  I  W ILL  EX- 
X  change for stock of goods, G rand R apids  city  prop 
erty , o r will sell on easy paym ents;  these  farm s  have 
th e best of soil, a re  under  good  sta te   of  cultivation, 
and located betw een th e   cities  of  G rand  Rapids  and 
Muskegon.  O. F. Conklin, G rand Rapids, Mich.
F or  sale—we  offer  for  sale,  on  very
favorable term s, th e F.  H. E scott d ru g  stock, a t 75 
Canal street. Grand Rapids,  H azeltine & P erkins Drug 
531
Co.  Price, $4,000. 

573.

563

584

568

SITUATIONS WANTED.

WANTED—SITUATION  BY  A  MAN  WHO  UNDER- 

stands  th e   book,  statio n ery   and  confectionery 
tra d e ;  best reference.  Address No. 587, care M ichigan 
Tradesm an. 

587

MISCELLANEOUS.

BOMPLETE  HISTORY  OF  THE  PATRONS  OF  i n ­

d ustry, 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 
EGIN  THE  NEW  YEAR  BY  DISCARDING  THE 
annoying  Pass  Book  System   and  ad opting  in 
its  place th e Tradesm an Credit  Coupon.  Send  $ i  for 
sam ple order, which w ill be sent  prepaid.  E. A. Stowe 
|  & Bro., G rand Rapids.
Samples  of  two  kinds  of  coupons  for
retailers w ill be  sent  free  to  any  dealer who will 
w rite fo r them  to  th e  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co.,

Notice  to  Stockholders.

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

J.  H. P.  H u g h a k t,  Secretary.
Deserved the  Reward.

“Yes, gentlemen  of  the  jury,”  urged 
the  prisoner’s  counsel;  “not only ought 
my client to be  acquitted,  but he should 
be  paid  the  $500  offered  by  the  safe- 
maker to any one able  to  force open one 
of  his strong boxes.”

Not what a man  has,  but  the  way in 
which he looks at it,  is the  measure of  a' 
man’s  wealth of  possessions. 
If  a  man 
deems  his  present ’  property  as  fully 
enough for  his  needs, he is richer by far 
than  the  man  who,  with  ten  times  as 
much  property,  is  reaching  out  with 
longing for a great  deal  more.  Content­
ment  is of  one’s  self  and  not  of  one’s 
position and belongings.  He  who is dis­
contented with his present lot  would not 
be likely to find contentment in any other 
lot in the universe.

Let  the  season  commence  with confi­
dence and vigor in all lines.  The easiest 
way to accomplish  this  is for each ‘man 
to  show  his  own  strong convictions by 
his own energetic  deeds.  When all pull 
one way it will be  an irresistible  tide of 
success, which  will  sweep away all bar­
riers.

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. A, WiJrxhilrg  X  Bo.,

Exclusive Jobbers of

DRY  GOODS, HOSIERY, 

NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR,

19  St  21  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

Eoilal 

ßUstoiri

It means  that  extra  care is taken 
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.

Go., 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, gwhen  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.

W ill  you? L IO N
COFFEE

M erchants,

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

T h ou san d s  of  T hem

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

Every  Wide - Awake  Merchant

Should  Certainly  Sell

LION, THE  KING  OF  G0FFEE8.

An  Article  of Absolute  Merit.

It is fast  supplanting  the  scores  of  inferior  roasted coffees. 

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

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

W o o lso n   Spice  Co.,

T O L E D O ,  OHIO.

L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, Grand Rapids.

We  manufacture  all  our 
Candy.  Use only the best ma­
terial.  W arranted 
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.

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S8S0CIITI0N DEPIRTJIEHT.

Michigan  Bnsiness  Men’s  Association. 

PrAftldent—C. L. W hitney, Muskegon, 
t i n t  Vice-President—C. T. B ridgem an,  Flint.
Second Vice-President—M. C. Sherwood, A llegan. 
S ecretary—P- A- Stowe, G rand Rapids. 
^ ^ r n ^ - X t d e n t T ^ a n k   W ells,  Lansing, 
■ g S £ ’'S J S u S S i t o S S e  a S T » .  B -B lJn , Lowell 
C h £ r   T.  Bridgem an,  F lin t;  O.  F.  Conklin, Grand 
R apiih^S ecretary. 
f   Conklin,  G rand  Rap

^ S i ^ t o e n   Stone, F lin t;  W m. W oodard, Owosso. 
Com m ittee  on  L eg isia tio n -F ie n k   W ells,  Lansing;
H. H i P ^ - ^ ^ i k t e ^ s t ^ F r a n k  H am ilton,T ray 
  B  Hoy™ Saginaw ;  L.  W.  Sprague,

^ e S f ^ y   ^

L ^ d ’^ c i e t l ^ - J a a .  H. Moore, Saginaw.
Michigan Tbspesman-

The following auxiliary  associations are oper- 
a tin g  under chSrters  granted  by  the  Michigan 
Business Men’s Association

ma  i _Travers© City B. M. A.

v e, 2—I,owell B. M. A.
No. 3—Sturgis B. M. A.

P resident^  W. M üliken; Secretary, E. W. Hag tings.
—------- - 
President. D. G. Look;  Secretary , A. H. Tnltt e ^
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P resident. H. S. Church; S ecretary, W m. Jo m .
-----------No.  4—Grand  Rapids  M.  A.
P resident. E. J. H errick; Secretary, E. A. Stowe.
---------  No.  5—Muskegon B. M. A»
P resident;  Secretary. C. L.  W hitney.

No. 6—Alba B. M. A.

resident. F. W. Bloa t; Secretary, P. T. Baldwin.---------
—■  "  \ n_ 7—Bimondale B. M. A.
resident. T. M. Sloan; Sec retary , »■ H. Wldger.---------
kq  g—Kastport B. M. A.
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resident, »   »   V hnrston: Secretary, Geo. L. Thurston.
--------- 
q_Lawrence B. M. A.
resident, h ! M. M arshall; Secretary, J. H. KeUy.-------

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--------x«  13___ Sherman B. M-. A.
resident. £  B*. H r r e v s n t:  Secretary, W.  J. Anstin. _ 
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resident. 8. A. Howey; S ecretary, G. C. Havens.---------

id—No. Muskegon B. M. A. 

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

„Hdent.*R. R. P erkins; Secretary, F. M. Chase.---------
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« ident. J. V. Crandall;  Secretary, W. Rasco.-----------

N o   1 6 —S a n d  L a k e   B ^ M . A .

N o .  1 7 —P l a i n w e l i  B . M . A*

ssident. Geo. H.  Anderson: Secretary, J. A. Sidle.-----
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seident, W arren P. W oodard; S ecretary.S. Lam from .
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ssident, D. F. w .tsnn-. Secretary, E. E. Chapel.--------

N o . 20—J S a u g a tu c k   B . M . A .

N o .  a i —W a y i a n a   B .  3*. A .

äsident, John F. Hen ry ; Secretary , N. L. Rowe.--------
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ssident, C. H. W harton: Secretary, M. V. H oyt.--------
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« id en t  A. B. Schum acher; Secretary , W.  R.  Clarke. 

N o .  22—G r a n d   L e tlg e   ß .  M . A .

N o . 2 3 —C a r s o n  C ity   B . M . A .

'  v ft  o a _M o r le v   B . 

esident, Jo h n  W. Hallett;  Secretary , L  A. Lyon.-----
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ssident, '  
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SlUOUbi r  » AA.  s s « .o  

H arg rav e; Secretary, I. S. Jeffera.

N o   2 5 —P a l o   B .  M.. A*

Secretary, W. H. Richmond.

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No. 26—Greenville K. M. A. 

sident. A. C. S atterlee:  S ecretary. E. J. C lara.

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No  27—Dorr B. M. A.

sident, E. S. Botsford; Secretary, L. N. Fisher.--------

sident, A. J. Psddock:  S ecretary. H. G. Dozen--------

rident, Wm. Moore;  S ecretary, A. J . Cheesebrough.
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rident. A. G. Avery ;  Secretary, E. S. H oughtaUng.

No. 28—Cheboygan MS. » . A
N o . 29__F r e e p o r t  B. M. A.
No. 30—Oceana B. M. A. 
No. 31—C h a r l o t t e   B. M. A. 
No. 32—Coopersville B. M
No. 33—Charlevoix B. »l. A. 

rident, Thos. J. Green;  Secretary, A. G. Flenry.------

P resident. W. © .Barnes;  Secretary, J .B . W atson.-------

President, L.  D.  Bartholom ew ;  Secretary, R. w . Kane.

P resident, H. T. Johnson;  Secretary, P. T. W illiams.—

No. 34—Saranac B. M. A.
No.  35—Bellaire  B. M. A.
No. 36—Ithaca B.  M. A.

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President. H. M. H em street; Secre ta ry ,C. E. Densmore. 

President, O. F. Jackson;  S ecretary, Jo h n   M. Everden.

No. 37—Battle CreeK B. M. A. 

President,  Chas. F. Bock;  S ecretary,  E. W. Moore.

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

resident. H. E. Symons: Secretary, D. W. Higgins.

■resident, W. S. W Uler: Secretary,  F. W. Bheldon.
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•resident, C. T. H artaon; S ecretary, W ill Em m ert.

N o . 3 9  - B u r r  O a k   11.  M . A . 
N o . 4 0 —E a t o n  Rapids B . M . A .
N o . 41—Breckenridge  B.M. A. 
President. C- H. Howd;  Secretary, L. W aggoner. 
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President, Jos. G erber; S ecretary  C. J. R athbnn.

No. 42—Fremont B. M. A.
No. 43—Tustin B. M. A.

»resident, F ran k  J. Lnick;  Secretary, J. A. L indstrom

»resident, E .B. M artin; Secretary, W. H. Bmitn.

No. 44—Reed City B.M. A 
No. 45—Hoytville B. M. A. 

resident, D. E . H allenbeck; Secretary, O. A. H aliaday.

»resident, W m. H utchins; Secretary , B. M. Gould.

No. 46—Leslie B. M. A. 
No. 47—Flint M. b.

•resident, W. C. Pierce;  Secretary , W. H. G raham .

No. 48 —H u b b a r d  »ton B. M. A. 
»resident, Boyd R edner; SecretaryJW . J. Tabor.
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»resident,  A.  W enzell; Secretary, F ran k  Sm ith.

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

»resident, A. O. W heeler; Secretary,C.  G rannis.
No. 51—Cedar Springs  15. M.  A. 
No. 52—Grand Haven B. M. A.

resident, L. M. Sellers; Secretary, W . C. Oongdon.

resident, C. F. H ankey; Secretary, A. 0. Bowman.

resident, A. 8. Kedzie;  Secretary, F. D. Vos._________
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resident, F ran k  Phelps;  S ecretary, A. E .F itzgerald.
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resident, Thom as B. Dntcher;  Secretary, C. B. W aller.

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No, 53—Bellevue B. M. A.
No. 54—Douglas B. M. A. 
No.  55—Petoskey  B. M. A. 
No. 56—Bangor B.  M. A. 
No. 57—Rockford B. M. A.
No. 58—Fife Lake B. M. A.
No. 59—Kenn ville B. M. A. 

resident. Geo. A. Sage; Secretary, H. S. Holden._____

resident, L. S. W alter; 8ec re ta i3 ,£.S   Blakely.______

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

resident F. S. Raym ond: Secretary, A. J. Capen.
No. 60—South Boardman B. M. A. 
resident, H. E. H ogan; Secretary , B. E. N elhardt.

resident, V. E. Manley; Secretary, X. B. Barnes.______

No.  61—Hartford B. M. A.
No. 62—East Saginaw M. A. 

resident, Ja s.H   .Moore;  S ecretary, 0. W.  M ulholand.

esident, C. W, R obertson; Secretary, Wm. Horton.

No. 63—Evart B. M. A. 
esident, C. V. P riest; Secretary, C. E. Bell.
No, 64—Merrill B. M. A. 
No. 65—Kalkaska B. M. A. 
No. 66—Lansing B. M.  A.

esident, Alf. G. D rake; Secretary, C. S. Blom.______

P resident. Frank W ells; Secretary, ChaB. Cowles._____
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No. 67—W a t e r v l i e t   B. M. A. 

President, W. L. G arrett; Secreta ry , F.  H.  Merrifleld.

No. 68—Allegan B. M. A.

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

No. 69—Scotts and Climax B. M. A. 
President, Lym an Clark; Secretary, F. S. W lllison.

P resident, M. N etsorg;  Secretary,  Geo. E. Clntterbnck.

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

No. 70—Nashville B. M. A, 
No. 71—Ashley B.  M. A,
No, 73—Belding B. M. A. 
No. 74—Davison M.  U. 

sident, A. L. Spencer; Secretary , O. F. W ebster.
sid en t, J.  F. C artw righ t; Secretary. C. W. Hurd.

sident, Oscar P. Bills;  Secretary, F. Rosaerans.

No. 75—Tecumseh  B.  M. A. 
No. 76—Kalamazoo B. M. A. 
No.  77—South  Haven  B.  M. A. 

resident, 8. S.McCamly;  Secretary.  Channcey Strong.

resident, E. J. Lockwood; S ecretary, Voiney Ross.

N o . 78—C a l e d o n ia   B_M. A. 

resident, J. O. Seibert;  Secretary, J. W. Sanndere. 
e. 79—E a s t  J o r d a n  a n d   S o .  Arm  B. M. A. 
resident, Chas. F. Dixon;  S ecretary, L. C. Madison.
80—Bay City and W.  Bay City R. M. A. 

esident,F. L. H arrison;  Secretary. Lee E. Joslyn.

No. 81—F lushing  B.  M. A. 

P resident, L. A. Vickery;  Secretary, A. E. Ransom.

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

N o .  8 2 —A l m a   B   M .  A .

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

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

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

N o . 8 5 —C lio   B . M . A .

President. P. M. Angus; Secretary, D. W. Richardson. 
President, J. M. Beeman;  S ecretary, C. H. May._______
N o . 8 6 —M i l l b r o o k  a n d   B l a n c h a r d   B .  M .  A . 
President. T. W, Preston;  Secretary,  H.  P.  Blanchard.
President, H. D. B ent;  Secretary, A. W. H urst.________
President, J. A. Andrews;  Secretary, L. D. Cooley.

No.  88—Ovid B. M. A. 

N o .  8 7 —S h e p h e r d   B .  M .  A . 

P.  of  I.  Gossip.

It is stated that  Eli  Lyons, the Altona 
general  dealer, will decline to renew his 
present contract  With the P. of I.

Bloomingdale correspondence  Kalama­
zoo  Telegraph:  “Patrons  of  Industry 
lodges  are  still  being  organized  near 
here,  but your correspondent fails^to see, 
as  yet,  anything accomplished to benefit 
the farmer.”

Governor  Lucte  was  level  headed,  as 
usual, when he declined an  invitation  to 
attend  the  State convention of the P. of 
L, to be held at  Flint  this  week. 
It is 
safe to  assert  that  the  Governor  takes 
little  stock  in the P. of I.  movement, as 
he was  familiar  with  the  grange move­
ment when it was temporarily led  off  on 
the same tangent fifteen years  ago.

Ed. 0. Wood, for  several  years travel­
ing representative for W. J. Gould & Co., 
of  Detroit,  but  now  on  the  road  for 
Hackett,  Carhart  &  Co., of  New  York, 
was  in  town a couple of  days last week. 
Mr.  Wood  takes  to  the  clothing line as 
naturally as a duck takes to water and is 
building  up a  trade  that  will  stick  by 
him  as  long  as he cares to manipulate a 
dozen trunks.

Davison Index: 

“The  drummer  is  a 
far-seeing  man.  He  taketh  not  kindly 
to P. of I. stores.  The reason of it is he 
is  well  posted  as to how the P. L move­
ment is to end. 
It is his business  to  be 
posted, ancLhe generally is much more so 
than the average  newspaper  man.  He 
has long ago seen the Mene, Mene, Tekel, 
all over the walls  of  the  P. of  I.  organ­
ization,  and  he  steereth  clear  of  them, 
for  well  he knows that not  many moons 
will pass  e’er  that  organization  will be 
numbered  among  the  things  that were. 
You can’t hoodwink the  drummer.”

Manton Tribune: 

“The P’s of I.  held 
a meeting at Waugh’s Hall last Saturday. 
Some  of  our  business men were invited 
to call and express themselves before the 
assembly, and we  believe  some accepted 
the invitation.  Others  were approached 
on the  ‘10 per cent,  above cost’ scheme at 
their places of business, but not a man in 
the  city  could  be  found who wanted to 
do  business  on  the  Patrons’ plan. 
If 
some of the 10 per cent, men will demon­
strate how a man can pay his  taxes  of  4 
per  cent.,  labor 4 per  cent.,  insurance 2 
per cent.,  and keep up the  hundred  and 
one  other  items  of  expense  connected 
with  the  mercantile  business, on 10 per 
j  cent,  above cost, they will  at  once  have 
a prosperous order.”

Nixon  &  Hubbell,  of  Clio,  write  as 
follows:  “In  the  issue of  T h e  T r a d e s­
m an  for  November 20,  1889,  a communi­
cation appeared, coming from a Clio mer­
chant, in regard to our  selling  goods  to 
the  Patrons of  Industry under  contract, 
and asking  that  our  names be placed in 
the  list  of  P. of  L dealers. 
It  was  no 
difficult  matter to guess the name of  the 
party who penned the article  mentioned, 
as  it  was a repetition  of  the  numerous 
other ‘kicks’ he  has  made  since he first 
began  doing  business  here. 
Inasmuch 
as  he  was 
interested  in  the  matter 
enough to inform  you  that  we  had con­
tracted, it affords us great  pleasure to be 
able to reciprocate the  favor at this time 
and to ask  you  to  drop  our  firm  name 
from the list and substitute that of  John 
W. Hurd.  This same  man  was  present 
at the meeting of Clio merchants referred 
to in  his  article  and  signed  the  agree­
ment with the rest of  us to have nothing 
to do  with P. of  I.  contracts;  and  while 
we plead guilty to violation of  the agree­
ment, we would  like  to say this much in
defense  of  ourselves:  We  took the  con­
tract  as an experiment for three months, 
from  October  26,  hoping  to  unload  a 
lot of  goods that could not be sold other­
wise,  as the  trade  was  leaving Clio and 
going to neighboring  towns.  At  the ex­
piration of the three months, we were glad 
to give it  up,  because  the  Patrons  vio­
lated theccontract  every day by going to 
other stores to trade when they could buy 
cheaper.  We have had  no  quarrel with 
the  Patrons of  Industry  and  wanted  to 
sell them goods,  but  could  not  do  bus­
iness on 15 per cent, profit and make any 
money.  You  will  confer a favor  on us 
by discontinuing  our  names in  your list 
of  P. of  L dealers.”

A Dushville patron of T h e  T r a d e s m a n  
writes as follows:  “The P. of I.  cyclone 
struck this locality last October.  For  a 
time, not  one  of  our  village merchants 
would contract with the P’s of L, so they 
took  their  trade  principally  to  other 
towns having the store of their dictation. 
On the  first  day  of  January  last, more 
than half of the farmers of this township 
were  members  of  P. I. lodges.  About 
January  15,  Geo.  B.  Adams,  general 
dealer, contracted with them  for  ninety 
days, at what rate per  cent,  your  corre­
spondent cannot state.  Brother Adams 
is just now enjoying the boom which has 
everywhere characterized the early stages 
of P. I.  contracts.  The  rest  of  us  are 
trying to pay  our  taxes,  insurance  and 
other  unavoidable  expenses  while  this 
organized boycott of all who do not train 
to the dictation of the P’s of I. continues. 
The rank and file of the P’s of  I.  are not 
very largely to blame, but the organizers 
have  peddled  stereotyped  lies  every­
where.  The terrible robber  profits that 
merchants  make  on  spices,  fishhooks, 
etc.!  Now,  we  have  lost  more  clear 
money on three barrels of sugar best told

than  all  the  profits  we  have  made  on 
spices and  fishhooks  for a twelvemonth. 
We are conscious of  as persistent  effort, 
as square, honest and as wise economy as 
the average P’s of I. have used.  Really, 
have the farmers much to  complain  of ? 
Those who have  bought  just  what  they 
could  pay for and no more can  certainly 
keep  the  wolf  from  the  door.  How 
would they like to  exchange places with 
the village smith, mechanic or merchant? 
Let them try it and  they will know once 
when they did not let well enough alone. 
We have let sympathy  get  the  better of 
judgment in hundreds of cases with these 
people, during  the  last  ten  years,  and 
their accounts are running yet and, doubt­
less, will run to all  eternity, unless they 
run against the corner of the universe  or 
are balanced by death  or  deadbeatism.”

Condition of the Country.

cities. 

This is a country where nothing is sta­
tionary in which  there is any possibility 
of development.  Look  at  our  lines  of 
settlement  and  see  how they have gone 
forward;  look  at  the  growth  of  great 
cities farther and farther  from  the  sea­
board;  look  at the progress  which  goes 
on everywhere and in everything.  Manu­
facturing  and  commercial  business will 
change  its  locations,  and no power can 
prevent it.  In the West and in the South, 
there are opportunities in natural advan­
tages and  in  the  growth  of population, 
which  are  changing the base  of  opera­
tions alike  for  manufacturers  and mer­
chants.  The next census will show most 
surprising statistics  in  regard  to  these 
matters.  It will be found that the manu­
facturing interests,  in  states where they 
have not been  important  heretofore, are 
now very great and  quite sufficient to in­
fluence the action of the people  in  their 
political  views.  Cotton  manufacturers 
have  long  since  recognized  that  there 
must be a steady advance of  this branch 
in the South, and  now the iron manufac­
turers of Pennsylvania and  New  Jersey 
see,  in the same  section,  a strong rivalry 
for  their  industry. 
- We are constantly 
told  of  the  jobbing  business which has 
in  Chicago  and  other 
grown  up 
cannot, 
western 
It 
a 
moment,  be  doubted 
that  cities  and 
sections  are  grasping  at  business  of 
every kind which has  been  controlled at 
the East,  and the power to hold  and  ex­
pand it is based on both an abundance of 
capital and the  most  far-reaching enter­
prise.  But  there is another  remarkable 
fact;  in  this  country  change—progres­
sion—a new thing—a new base—does not 
mean  ruin, as it would  in  some  others. 
The elevated railroads have not destroyed 
the  surface roads of  New York, which it 
was  anticipated  they  would  do.  The 
electric light has not ruined the gas com­
panies, which  was  predicted.  Business 
which  has been lost to this city by west­
ern enterprise has  been  made up in one 
way and another.  New avenues of trade, 
new lines  and  the  constantly increased 
wants of  a  country growing  in  popula­
tion  beyond  all  precedent—these  keep 
up  a  state  of  activity  under  whatever 
changing 
circumstances  may  occur. 
Changing  trade  and  manufacture  pro­
mote enterprise in American comunities, 
for  the  industry and intelligence of  the 
people  always  see  new  opportunities 
which  are  generally better than the old. 
It is  quite  necessary, however, for those 
engaged  in  business  to  keep a constant 
and sagacious  outlook, so that  they may 
not  be  taken  unawares  by the changes 
which may affect their  interests.

for 

Historical Item.

Daniel Webster ?
ber him very distinctly.

Tommy—Grandpa,  do  you  remember 
Grandpa—Oh, yes,  my child. I remem­
A pause.
“Grandpa, you  are a great  deal  older 
“Yes, indeed.”
“How  much  older  must I grow to re­

than I am, ain’t  you?”

member George Washington ?”
He  Was  Positive.

Tom—What is the date to-day, Jack?
Jack—This is the 15th.
Tom—Sure it isn’t the 14th?
Jack—Yes, positive.  On  the  first of
January I got a bank  for  my  little  boy 
and  determined  to  put  a  cent  into  it 
every day for a year,  and on  no  account 
open it until the year was up, and—

Tom—Well!
Jack—Ah,  I  opened  it  to-day—short, 
you know—and there was  just  15  cents 
in it.

A state savings bank is being organized 
in Hancock. 
It will have a capital stock 
of $100,000 and  will  be  in  operation in 
about thirty days.

\

G randville 

H Van Noord, Jam estow n 
Jo h n  De Vries,  Jam estow  
H Brownyard,  Lake 
J  Raym ond, Berlin 
G F  Cook. Grove 
C VanAmberg, McCords 
Maston & Ham mond,
J  R eddering, D renthe 
H Johnston, Shelby 
L A Scoville, Clarksvill 
Jo h n  Ram ps, Znpthen 
D R Stocnm, Rockford 
E S Botsford, Dorr 
W  H S truik. F orest Grove 
Mi R Lawton,  Berlin 
Sm allegan & Pickaard,
John D am stra. GitcheU 
N F  Miller. Lisbon 
DenH erder & Tarn's,
Vriesland
J  C Benbow, H artford 
H Morley, Cedar Springs 
M Heyboer & Bro,, Oakland 
S H B allard, S parta 
H erder & Lahuis,  Zeeland 
A M C hurch,  EnglishvUle 
W McWilliams, Conklin 
F ran k  CorneU, Sebewa 
S B ltely & Co,, Casnovia 
G Ten Hoor,  F orest  Grove 
J  V C randall & Co.,Sand Lk 
J  Van Den Bosch, Zeeland

Forest Grove 

BUYERS.
B G ilbert & Co., Moline 
F J  Pom eroy, Lisbon 
A & E Bergry, Caledonia 
Wm Reilly, Dickinson 
Sam pson & D rury, Cadillac 
F N arregang, Byron C enter 
J  M Cloud, Cadillac 
N Stoddard, Reed City 
E zra Brown,  English ville 
D H Meeker. P errinton 
S J Koon, Lisbon 
Geo DVanVranken,Cadillac 
D E W atters, F reeport 
John Graves, W ayland 
H S B arron, F orest Grove 
W H Hicks, Morley 
S M  Geary, Maple Hill 
Geo A Sage, Rockford 
Eli Runnels, C om ing 
E E Hew itt,  Rockford 
John G unstra, L am ont 
D O W atson, Coopersville 
R B Good ing<fe Son,Gooding 
J  R  H arrison, S parta 
R utgers & Tien.G raafschap 
S Cooper, B erlin 
A Steketee,  H olland 
G Stone, Lowell 
L M W olf, Hudson ville 
H Dalmon, A llendale 
R J  Side, K ent City 
G H Rem ington. B angor 
Geo H  Sm ith, P earl 
H P  Sibole, Breedsville

The  P.  of I.  Dealers.

sions.

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, A: Markson.
Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr.
Brice—J.  B. Gardner.
Bridgeton—Geo. H.  Rainouard. 
Burnside—Jno.  G. Bruce  & Son.
Capac—H. C. Sigel.
Carson City—A. B. Loomis,  A. Y. Ses­
Casnovia—John E. Parcell.
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—John W. Hurd.
Conklin—Wilson  McWilliams.
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
Dorr—Frank Sommer.
Dushville—G.  0.  Adams.
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—J. B. Ketchum,  W. Harmon. 
Gladwin—John Graham, J. D.  Sanford, 
Go wan—Rasmus Neilson.
Grand Ledge—A. J.  Halsted & Son. 
Grand Rapids—Joseph  Berles, A. Wil- 
zinski.  Brown &  Sehler,  Volmari & Von 
Keppel.

Jas. Croskery.

Bros.,  C. E. Pelton.

0.  J.  Knapp,  Herold 

Hart—Rhodes &  Leonard.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard  City 
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., 
Lakeview—H.  C.  Thompson,  Andrew 
Langston—F. D. Briggs.
Lansing—R.  A.  Bailey,  Etta  (Mrs. 
Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son,  W.  H.  Jen­
Lowell—Patrick Kelly.
McBride’s—J. McCrae.
Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich. 
Marshall—W. E.  Bosley, S. Y. R. Lep- 
per & Son, Jno. Butler.  Richard  Butler, 
John Fletcher.

E. F. Colwell & Son, Fred Miller.
All & Bro.

Israel)  Glicman.
nings.

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.  Yermett 
Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara. 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham, H. M. 
Newaygo—W. Harmon.
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. O. Bigelow.
Sheridan—M.  Gray.
Shultz—Fred Otis.
Sparta—Dole & Haynes.
Springport—Powers & Johnson,  Well 
Stanton—Fairbanks &  Co., Sterling  &
Stanwood—F.  M. Carpenter.
Traverse  City—John  Wilhelm,  S.  C. 
Trufant—I. Terwilliger.
Yassar—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.

Darrow, D.  D. Paine.

Good-Bye  to the P. of I.

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

Bellevue—John Evans.
Blanchard—L.  D. Wait.
Cedar Springs—L. A.  Gardiner.
Chapin—J. L Vanderhoof.
Clio—Nixon & Hubbell.
Dimondale—Elias Underhill.
Fremont—Boone & Pearson.
Grand  Rapids—F. W. Wurzburg,  Yan 
Driele & Kotvis, John Cor-des.
Harvard—Ward Bros.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Kent City—R. McKinnon.
Lowell—Chas. McCarty.
Millington—Forester & Clough.
Minden City—I. Springer  &  Co., F.  O. 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham.
Olivet—F.  H. Gage.
Otisco—G. Y.  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.

Hetfield & Son.

,

An  Anti-Capitalist. 
The Anarchist paced Fifth  Avenue,
His brow was black and grim;
He thought of the wrongs that capital 
Had heaped on his and him.
And to show his scorn for the lust of gold 
Down town he quickly sped,
To spend a dollar for lager beer,
And pay for a ten-cent bed.  .

Dry  Goods. 

P rices  Current.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 

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“ 

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“ 

(4 
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(( 
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BLEACHED  COTTONS.

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

“ 
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“ 
DRESS  GOODS.

Atlantic  A.............. 7
Clifton CCC...........  6H
Conqueror X X ........  5
H ................6&
Dwight Star............  7%
P ..............   6
Exeter A .................   6J4
D..............   6%
Full Yard Wide...... 6%
LL................  52£
Great Falls E ..........7
Atlanta A. A ...........6%
Archery  Bunting...  4J4 Honest Width.........   6%
Amory.....................  734 j Hartford A . ........... 534
Beaver Dam  A A ...  SXiIntegrity XX........... 5
King, E F ................634
Berwick  L
“  E X................  634
Blackstone O, 32__ 5
“  EC, 32 in ......   5&
Black Rock  ...........7
Lawrence L L ..........534
Boat, F F ................  634
New  Market B........53*
2X.................   6
Noibe R ..................   534
C................  534
Newton...................634
Ai...................734
Our Level  Best...... 7
PL, 40 inch...  834 
Riverside XX..........434
Continental,  C........734
Sea Island R...........   634
D,  40-in 834
Sharon B  ...............   634
E, 42-inlO 
W, 45-in 11 
Top of the  Heap__   734
H, 48-inl2
Williamsville.......... 7
Chapman.................  4
Comet,  40 in ...........  834
...........  734
Carlisle  “ 
CohassetA..............   734
New Market L, 40 in.  734
Comet......................7
Glen Mills..............  7
Arnsburg  ................7
Gold Medal.............  734
Blackstone A A.....  8
Green  Ticket..........834
Beats All...............   434
Great Falls..............  6J4
Cleveland.............   7
Hope........................  734
Cabot.....................734
Just  Out........  434®  5
Cabot,  %................  634
King  Phillip........... 7%
Dwight Anchor.....  9
OP...... 734
shorts.  834
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1034
Edwards................ 6
Lonsdale................... 834
Empire..................   7
Middlesex................. 534
Farwell.................   734
Fruit of the  Loom.
No Name.................  734
Oak View................  6
Fitchville..............
734
Our Own...................534
First Prize............   7
Pride of the West  . .12
Fruit of the Loom %.  8
Rosalind..................  734
Fairmount.............434
Sunlight..................  434
Full Value............   634
Vinyard...................  834
Geo.  Washington...  834
Cabot.....................  7341 Dwight Anchor........ 9
Farwell.................   7341
TremontN.............. 534 Middlesex No. 1.  . .10
2 ... .11
Hamilton N............. 634
“
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L............. 7
3... .12
(i
7. .
.18
Middlesex  AT........ 8
“
.19
X ......... 9
8..
No. 25__ 9
BLEACHED CANTON  FLANNEL.
Hamilton N ............. 734 Middlesex A A
2
Middlesex P T........ 8
AO
A T ........ 9
X A........ 9
4
5
X F ........ 1034
Hamilton 
..............  8
................... 9
 
G G  Cashmere.......21
Nameless................16
18
SATINES.
Simpson..................20
................. 18
................. 16
Coechco..................1034
Biddeford...............   6  INaumkeagsatteen..  734
Brunswick..............  6341 Rockport................. 634
Merrim’ck shirtings.  5 
Allen, staple...........  534
Repp fura .  834
Pacific  fancy...........6
robes............ 634
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning..  634
greys..........634
solid black.  634 
Washington indigo.  634 
“  Turkey robes..  734
“  India robes___ 734
“  plain T’ky X 34  834 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red.................   6
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 34......   734
Martha Washington
Turkeyred...........  934
Riverpoint robes....  5
Windsor fancy..........634
“ 
gold  ticket 
indigo  blue.......... 1034
ENGS.
AC  A.......................1234
Pemberton AAA__ 17
York.........................1034
Swift  River...............634
Pearl  River............. 1234
Warren....................14
Jaffrey..................... H34
Lancaster  ...............1234
Lawrence, 9 oz  .......1334
“ 
No.220....13
“ 
No. 250.... 1134
“ 
No. 280.... 1034
COTTON  DRILL.
....  63C|Stark..........................734
“ 
....  634 
....7  |  “   
GINGHAMS.
Lancaster,  staple...  634 
.  7 
“ 
“  Normandie  834
Westbrook.................834
1034
“ 
York...........................634
Hampton................... 634
Windermeer..............534
Cumberland..............434
Essex.........................434

American  fancy—   6 
American indigo—   634 
American shirtings.  534 
“  —   634
Arnold 
long cloth B. IO34 
“ 
“  C.  834
“ 
century cloth  7
“ 
“  gold seal...... 1034
“  Turkey red.. 1034
Berlin solids........... 534
“  oil blue.......   634
“ 
“  green —   634
Cocheco fancy........  6
“  madders...  6 
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  634 
staple —   6 
Manchester  fancy..  6 
new era.  634 
Merrimack D fancy.  634
TICK
Amoskeag A C A.... 1334
Hamilton N ............   734
D.............834
Awning.. 11
Fanner.................... 8
First Prize.............. 11
Amoskeag............... 1234
9 oz...... 1434
brown .13
Andover..................1134
Everett, blue...........12
brown....... 12

Atlanta,  D.
Boat...........
Clifton, K..
Glenarven.................634
Lancashire..............  634
Normandie.............   8
Renfrew Dress........8
Toil du Nord........... 1034
Amoskeag.................7
AFC....... 1034
Persian......................8t4
Bates.......................   634
Warwick................  834
Peerless, white.......1834|Peerless,  colored.. .21

Imperial...................IO34
Black.......................  934

.11
.12
.1334
.1734
.16
.20
.25
• 2734
.30
•3234
.35

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

fancy..........6
robes...........6

CARPET  WARP.

CORSET  JEANS.

fancies 

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PRINTS.

1034

5 
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GRAIN  BAGS.

42
43
44
45

THREADS.

BED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

KNITTING  COTTON,

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

Valley City............. 16
Amoskeag............... 1634
Georgia.................. 16
Harmony.................16
Pacific..................   .14
Stark......................   1934
Burlap...................MI34
American................1634
Clark’s Mile End....45  IBarbour’s................88
Coats’, J. & P ......... 45  Marshall’s ................ 88
Holyoke.................. 22341
White. Colored.
White.
38 No.  14 .......37
“  16 .......38
39
40
“  18 .......39
41
“  20 .......40
CAMBRICS.

No.  6 ..  ..33
8 .......34
“ 
“  10 .......a*.
“  12 .......36
Slater.......................  4341^Washington............   434
White Star.............  434 Red Cross................  434
Kid Glove...............   434  Lockwood................. 434
Newmarket.............  434 Wood’s ...................  434
Edwards..................  434lBrunswick............... 4%
Fireman................. 3234IT W ..........................2234
Creedmore..............2734 F T — ......................3234
Talbot XXX........... 30 
Nameless  ...............2734|Buckeye......... , .......3234
Grey SR W ............. 1734
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Western W  ............. 1834
Union R ................. 2234
Windsor................. I834
D R P .......................1834
Flushing XXX
oz Western..........21
Union  B ..................2234IManitoba.................2334
Nameless
9  @1034 
1234
Black.
Slate.
13
934
15
1034
17
1134
20
1234
1134
Severen, 8 oz...........  934
  934
May land, 8oz..........11
10 o z ....1034
Greenwood, 734 oz..  934
White, doz............. 20  I Per bale, 40 doz___ 67 25
Colored,  doZ.......... 25 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8341 Pawtucket.............. 1034
“  Red Cross__  9  Dundie....................   9
“  Best  ............ 1034 Bedford................... 1034
“ 
Best AA......1234iValley  City...............1(>34
Coraline.................69 501 Wonderful............64 75
Shilling’s ...............  9 00|Brighton............... 4 75
Corticelli, doz......... 85
twist, doz. .42 
50 yd,doz..42
HOOKS AND ETES—PER GROSS.
No  1 Bl’k & White.. 10 
“  2 
.12 
“  3
12
PINS.
50 
No 2-20, M  C. 
45
‘‘  3-18, S C..
No  2 White & Bl’k.. 12  INo  8 White & Bl’k..20
«  4
.  23
..26
“  6 
No 2............. ........... 28  INo 3..........................36

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
Brown.
13
934
15
1034
17
1134
1234
20

DOMET  FLANNEL,
©  9341 
834@10  I
Black,
Slate. 
13 
934
15 
1034
17
1134
1234 20 
DUCKS.

[No  4 Bl’k & White.,15
..20
..25
.40

COTTON  TAPE.
..15 
“  10 
..18  1  “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.

Corticelli  knitting, 
per 34oz  ball........30

Greenwood, 8 oz 
West  Point, 8 oz 

No 4—15, F 334:

SEWING  SILK.

WADDINGS.

Brown.

SILESIA S.

CORSETS.

“1 

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

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

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

“  ....2   10

...3 101

The rope m arket is high  and  advancing, and the 

price at present is as follows:
- 

- 

SISAL 
MANILLA 

- 

- 

13c  pound.
16c  pound.

If  you  cannot  stand  these  prices,  we  have  in 

stock what is called

N ew  Process Rope

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

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

WILL  YOU  TRY  IT?

9 l-2c pound.
9c 
pound.

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

Wholesale  Hardware,

10 and 12 Monroe St., 

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

H A J R D W A ^ R B .
P rices  Current.

AXES.

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

AUGURS AND BITS. 
 

dls.

 

 

First Quality, S. B. Bronze...........................6 7 00
D.  B. Bronze...........................  1100
S.B.S. Steel............................  8 50
D. B. Steel...............................  13 00

* 
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1034
Railroad....................................................... 8 14 00
Garden...................................................net  30 00

BABROWS. 

dls.

dis.

Stove................................................................50&1O
Carriage new list.  ........................................ 
70
Plow............................................................... 40&10
70
Sleigh shoe..................................................... 

bolts. 

BUCKETS.

Well,  plain.................................................... 8 3 50
Well,swivel....................................   . . .......  4 00

BUTTS, CAST. 

dis.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................70&
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint...............60&10
Wrought Loose Pin........................................ 60&10
Wrought Table...............................................60&10
Wrought Inside Blind................................... 60&10
Wrought Brass..............................................  
75
70&16
Blind,  Clark’s.............................. 
Blind,  Parker’s...........................-..................70&10
Blind, Shepard’s ...........................................  
70

 

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

40

BLOCKS.

CBA IDLES.

MAULS.

Sperry A Co.’s, Post,  handled......................
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malléables__
“  Landers,  Ferry & CL-  k’s.................
“  Enterprise 
..........................  ......

MILLS.

NAILS

Advance over base:

MOLASSES GATES.
Stebbln’s Pattern.........................
Stebbin’s Genuine........................
Enterprise, self-measuring.........
Steel nails, base...........................
Wire nails, base...........................
60...................................................
50...................................................
40,
30.
20
16
12
10
7 <& 6........
4...............
3  ............
2
Fine 3__
Case  10.  . 
8 . . .  
“  
“ 
6... 
Finish 10. 
“ 
8., 
“ 
6 
Clinch 10 
“ 
6.
Barrell %,

8.

“  

. 
. 

Steel. 
-Base 
.Base 
05 
10 
15 
15 
15
10
40 
60 
1  00 
.1  50 
1  50 
60 
,  75 
90 
.  85 
1  00 
1  15 
.  85 
1  00 
1  15 
1  75

dls.50
dls.
40
40
40
25
dls.
,60410
.60410
25
..2 50 
..3 00 
Wire. 
Base 
10 
20 
20 
30

40
50
65
90
1  50
2  00 
2  00
90 
1  00 
1  25 
1  00 
1  25
1  50 
75 
90
1  00
2 50
dlS.

PLANES. 

PANS.

Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................................   @30
Sclota Bench.................................................... @50
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy............... . . . . [ \  San
Bench, first quality.......................................   ©50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...  ....  410
go
Fry,  Acme..............................................dig. 
Common,  polished................................. dig. 
70.
40
Iron and  Tinned........................................... 
Copper Rivets and Burs.........................”  ’ ’ 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

rivets. 

Broken packs 34c per pound extra.

’dls.

ROPES.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, 34 inch and larger....................... 
 
Manilla..........................................................  
Steel and  Iron...............................................  
Try and Bevels....................................   . . . ”  
M itre...........................................................  
 

squares. 

13
jg
dls.

75
60
  20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

 

335
335
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to 14.......................................64 20 
Nos. 15 to 17........................................ 4 20 
Nos.  18 to 21.......................................  4 30 
Nos. 22 to 24 ......................................  4 30 
Nos. 25 to 26......................................440 
No. 27........... 
4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86....................................... dls. 40410
Silver Lake, White A .............................. list 
50
55
Drab A .................................   “ 
50
White  B...............................   *< 
Drab B .................................    “ 
55
White C..................................« 
35

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

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63 10
3 10
3 20

3 45

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

traps. 

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

Solid Eyes..............................................per ton 625
H and......................................... 25®25&5
70
50
30
28
Steel, Game.....................................................60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................ 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s __ 
70
Mouse,  choker.................................... 18c per doz..
Mouse, delusion............................... 81.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market................................................  65
Annealed Market..........................................   70
Coppered Market...........................................  60
Tinned Market...... .......................................  6234
Coppered  Spring  Steel................................. 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized................................  4 00-
painted....................................   3 40

wire. 

dls.

“ 

wire goods. 

dls.

wrenches. 

Bright....................... 
70410410
Screw  Eyes.............................................. 70410410
Hook’s ...................................................... 70410410
Gate Hooks and Eyes.............................. 70410410
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled..................... 
30
50
Coe’s  Genuine.............................................. 
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........... 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable................................ 75410
Bird Cages .................................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern.........................................  
75
Screws, New List........................................... 
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate........................... 50410410
Dampers, American...................................... 
40
65
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods........ 

miscellaneous. 

dls.

dls.

METALS.

PIG TIN.

7

zinc.

26c
280

SOLDER.

Pig  Large........................................... 
Pig Bars.............................................. 
Duty:  Sheet, 234c per pound.
660 pound  casks................................. 
634
Per pound...................................................... 
34® 34.................................................................... 16
Extra W iping...................................................1334
The  prices  of the  many  other qualities  of
solder in the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
antimony.
Cookson......................................... per  pound  16
Hallett’s........................................ 
13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal......................................... 8 6 60
6 60
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
8 35
14x20 IX, 
8 35

Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.

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ROOFING PLATES

10x14 IC,  Charcoal.......................................8 6 00
14x20 IC, 
6 00
........................................  7 50
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
........................................  750

TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
“ 
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Each additional X on this grade 61.50.
6 00
“  Worcester..................... 
“ 
...........................   7 50
..........................  12 50
“ 
“ Allaway  Grade....................   5 25
6 75
“ 
“ 
11  00
“ 
14 00
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 EX, 
14x28  IX......................................................... 618
14x31  IX............................................................... 14 so
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, 1 ___
14x60EX,  “ 

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

CROW BARS.
Cast Steel................................... 

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

per B> 5

per m 65
60
35
60

CARTRIDGES.
 

CHISELS. 

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

 

50
25

Socket Firm er...............................................70&10
Socket Framing.............................................70&16
Socket Comer................................................ 70&10
Socket Slicks................................................ 70&10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............... 
40

 

dis.

 
dis.

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

40
25

White Crayons, per gross..............12®1234 dls. 10

combs. 

CHALK.

COPPER.

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
14x52,14x56,14x60 ........................ 
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60i......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48.........................................  
Bottoms.........................................................  

DRILLS. 

dis.

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

28
26
26
26
27

40
40
40

DRIPPING PANS.

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

07
  634

 

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 in ............................doz. net 
75
Corrugated...................................... dls. 20&10&10
Adjustable............................................. dis. 40&10

dlS.

dls.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, 618; large, 626........................ 
Ives’, 1, 818;  2, 824;  3, 639............................. 

30
25

files—New List. 

Dl8Bton’s ........................................................60&10
New  American.............................................. 60&10
Nicholson’s ................................................... 6G&10
Heller’s ........................................................... 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps..................................... 
50

GALVANIZED IRON

12 

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

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

Discount, 50&10

14 

13 
GAUGES. 
HAMMERS.

Maydole  & Co.’s ..................................... dls. 
25
Kip’s........................................................ dls. 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s...................................dls. 40&10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__30c 40&10

28
18

50

HINGES.

dls.

“ 
“ 
“ 

HANGERS. 

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 12 In. 434  14 and
longer.........................................................   334
10
Screw Hook and Eye, 34........................net 
“ 
“  %......................... net 
834
“  %.......................... net 
734
“ 
“  %.........................net 
734
“ 
Strap and T .............................................dis. 
70
Bara Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50&10
Champion,  anti-friction................................60&10
Kidder, wood track ......................................  
40
60
Pots................................................................. 
Kettles............................................................  
60
Spiders  ...........................................................  
60
Gray enameled............................................... 40&10
Stamped  Tin Ware......................... new list 70&10
Japanned Tin Ware......................................  
25
Granite Iron W are......................new list3334&10
Au Sable................................dls. 25&10O35&10&05
Putnam...........................................  
dis. 05
N orth western.................................  
dls. 10&10
dls.
knobs—New List. 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....................  
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................. 
Doot, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings.........................  
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain................... 
70
dls.
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t .......... 
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s...............  
55
 
55
Branford’s ....................................................  
55
Norwalk’s ...................................................... 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ......................  
70
Adze Eye...........................................616.60, dls. 60
Hunt Eye...........................................615.00, dls. 60
Hont’s........................................618.50, dls. 20&10.

LEVELS. 
MATTOCKS.

locks—door. 

HORSE NAILS.

dls.

 

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The M ichiganT radesm an

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

A  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade of the Wolderine State.

E.  A. STOWE  &  BKO.,  Proprietors.

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

ICntered  at  the  Grand  Rapide  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY  36,  1890.

W holesale  Dry  Goods.

P.  ST B K E T B B   &  SONS,
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,  Toiledu 
Nord,  Amoskeag,  A.  F.  O., Cotton 
Hosiery,  Underwear,  Overshirts, 
Jackets, Overalls, Pants.
A  large  line  of  Notions,  Neck­
wear, Windsor Ties, Etc.

Correspondence  solicited.

We Import All Our  Fancy  Buttons  and  Lacea.

Monroe  and  10.12,  14,  IB  k  18  Fountain  Sts.,  G R IP  R1PID8
headquarters  for  the  cele-

Bliiefield  Bananas,

Receiving  regular  consignments.  Also 

direct receivers of

C A L I F O R N I A .

ORANGESi LEMONS

A.  J.

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W H O L E S A L E

G R O C E R S .

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L a u tz  B r o s •  &   C o .’s  Soaps,

Niagara  S ta rch ,

A m b o y   Chooso.

GRAND  R A P ID S .

P u tn a m   C andy Co.,

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

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GEO. I .  REEDER,

State  Agent

and Jobber of

I  a  Lycoming  Rubbers
Meäinm Price Shoes.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
P U R E   GOLD

Is  good,  but  no  more  standard 

than 

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celebrated

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

Telephone  No. 147.

21  SGribner  Street,

Telephone No. 1109.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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W ANTED.

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

E A R L   B R O S . ,

If you bave any  of  tbe  above  goods to 
ship, or anything In  the Produce line, let 
ns hear  from yon.  Liberal cash advances 
made when desired.
Commission Merchants
Reference: First National Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapids

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Manufactured by

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

JACKSON,  MICH.

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BLANKS.

:  SAM PLE  S H E E T S  PRICES 
• BARLOW BROS.grand RAPIDS,MICH.

DAVID  WARD’S  EXAMPLE.

methods to believe that  the  anti-protec- j to have exhibited the  most  gentlemanly 
tion party has  made  an  alliance  which | deportment during each year. The Prince-
ton  youths  declined  to  enter  into  any 
will  bring  many votes to its altar at the 
informed  Mr. 
such  competition  and 
spring and fall elections.
Jerome that they all professed to be gen­
tlemen.  And,  although there have been 
times  when  the  friends  of  Piinceton 
might  have  wished that  this boast were 
better founded, yet the good sense of the 
country  applauded  the  answer,  which 
compelled  the  withdrawal of  the  offer. 
Probably  the  employes  of  the  Depart­
ment,  if they were free  to  express  their 
opinion,  would make much  the  same re­
ply to Mr.  Wanamaker’s  offer. 
If  they 
are in any sense good citizens, not to say 
gentlemen,  they require no  gold  medals 
to  stimulate  them  to  do  their  duty by 
the country which employs  them.  Nor 
are  the  defects  of  this  or  any  other 
department such as will  be  remedied  in 
the  smallest  degree  by such a stimulus. 
It is not  the  employes who degrade and 
deteriorate  the  public  service,  but  the 
people above them,  who  treat the places 
at their disposal as the spoils of  a  party 
victory and who  dismiss competent pub­
lic servants to make  room  for  people of 
no experience who  have political claims. 
The best  reward  for  faithful  service is 
the assurance of retention in  place.

A statement having  recently appeared 
in the  Detroit  papers to the  effect  that 
David Ward had endorsed his son’s paper 
for a large  amount,  that  gentleman felt 
impelled to  send a general  denial to the 
press, in the course of which he said:
Now, as  to  the  statement  that  I  en­
dorsed my son’s note for  about a million 
dollars, I desire to state that I have never 
endorsed  any note  or  had  my  own  en­
dorsed during my fifty-one years of  busi­
ness life.
That a man  worth  many millions  dol­
lars—variously estimated at from $10,000,- 
000  to  $35,000,000—should  be  able  to 
carry  on  extensive  business  operations 
for half  a century without either endors­
ing others’ papers or seeking endorsement 
at  others’  hands  is  certainly one of  the 
anomalies  of  the  age. 
If  David  Ward 
could  maintain  such a record,  it  would 
seem as though men  of  smaller financial 
caliber, doing but a fraction of  the busi­
ness  transacted  by  the  veteran  woods­
man, could avoid the rock  of  endorsing, 
which  has  wrecked so  many  promising 
careers. 

_______

The verdict against  A.  A.  Weeks,  in 
the Kent Circuit Court,  last week, should 
be a warning to dealers  who are inclined 
to overrate their assets.  So many courts 
have ruled that statements  made to mer­
cantile agencies are  equivalent to a writ­
ten statement over the dealer’s signature 
that it behoves those  seeking  to  bolster 
up their  credit  not to overestimate  their 
possessions.

Sentiment in  favor of  a Food Commis­
sioner, to enforce the laws relating to food 
adulterations  which  are  now  totally ig­
nored,  appears to be  growing,  the  Mich­
igan  Dairymen’s  Association  having re­
affirmed  its  demand  of  a  year  ago  in 
more  emphatic  language  than  before. 
The Michigan Business Men’s Association 
should  now  come to the rescue  and sat­
isfy the people of  the State that the men 
who  handle  the  food  products  of  the 
commonwealth  are  heartily in  favor of 
having  those  products  pure and whole­
some.

While the merchants of  Ohio and New 
York are bending  every energy to secure 
the enactment of  laws which will enable 
them to facilitate the collection  of  their 
accounts, the merchants of  Michigan are 
gradually getting  into a  position  where 
they can do without the fostering  arm of 
the  law.  The  cash  system  is  gaining 
ground  so  rapidly,  in  both  city  and 
country, that it begins to look  as though 
the  time  was  coming  when  the  credit 
system  would  be  abolished  altogether. 
The past year has witnessed a revolution 
in public sentiment on this subject,  more 
merchants  having  abandoned  the credit 
system during  the  past  twelve  months 
than during any five years preceding.

Postmaster  General  Wanamaker’s 
recommendation that post office buildings 
should be erected in  large  towns at gov­
ernment expense  will meet with  general 
approval  everywhere.  He  argues  that 
such buildings ought to be erected where 
there  are  free .delivery offices,  because 
the  rent  now  paid  in  such  places  is 
greater than is justified by the amount of 
business  done,  and  because  in  many 
cases it  is  almost  impossible  to  obtain 
buildings  suitable  for  post  office  pur 
poses.  The  people  generally  will  say 
“amen”  to  this  proposition,  as such 
proceeding would reduce the surplus and 
furnish  employment to local  laborers in 
hundreds  of 
the 
country.

throughout 

towns 

Some  Benefits  of  State  Inspection  of 

Food  Products.

*

At the recent annual convention of  the 
Wisconsin  Dairymen’s  Association,  the 
State Food  Commission,  in the  course of 
a  lengthy report,  uttered  the  following 
warning :
The people, unwittingly,  have  helped 
on the present  condition of  things,  with 
reference to fraudulent  products,  by de­
manding cheap goods.  Everything,  from 
molasses, expressed from corn  instead of 
to  sturgeon  steaks  cut  off  for 
cane, 
smoked halibut, is presented  to us under 
false  face.  Despite  all  precautions 
taken  for  the  health  of  the  people, in 
every home there is an  insidious  enemy,' 
and its name is “Food Adulteration.”  A 
single dose of  alum, as found  in  baking 
powder, is not  harmful,  but  repeated it 
causes  death.  America  has  been  in  a 
good position to catch the spurious goods 
from  the  Old  World which the  laws at 
home  will not allow to be sold.  Several 
states  are  waking  up.  New  York  col­
lected  $9,000 last  year  in  fines for adul­
teration. 
A  vast  quantity  of  oleo  is  used  an­
nually in Wisconsin, and this means over 
a million  dollars  handled  outside  the 
State that  should  belong to the farmers. 
It  can  only be stripped of  its  power by 
obliging  manufacturers  to  make it look 
like itself  and not like an honest product 
that has,  by hard, patient work, acquired 
a reputation.  Are we to allow a Chicago 
corporation to drive  our  flocks from the 
fields and our farmers off their own lands? 
Shall the people of Wisconsin show more 
favor to a Chicago  oleo  factory than to a 
Wisconsin  citizen ?  Our  Legislature 
says,  “No.”  The  greed  of  gain  warps 
men’s souls;  the  day of  judgment,  how­
ever,  is at hand.  We  must go slow  and 
do well what is done.  The laws are new 
and  untried.  A  business  that  has  re­
placed  25  per  cent,  of  honest  pro­
duction  cannot be easily abolished.  We 
must have the hearty co-operation of  our 
citizens in this great work.
By way of  expressing  appreciation  of 
the  work  undertaken  by  the  Commis 
sioner,  the  convention  adopted  the fol­
lowing resolutions :
W h e r e a s,  The Dairy and  Food  Com­
mission has been  in  operation for nearly 
a  year, under good and  economical man­
agement;  and 
W h e r e a s,  It is for the  interest of  the 
dairy industry of  the  State  and  for  the 
good health and prosperity of  the people 
of  this commonwealth that this  Commis­
sion shall have free  and  fair play to cor­
rect whatever adulterations are practiced 
by dishonest manufacturers of  food  pro­
ducts;  therefore,
Resolved,  That  this  Association  most 
heartily co-operates with the Commission 
in  all  efforts to carry out the law and to 
protect honest  manufacturers against all 
those  within  and  without  the  State  of 
Wisconsin  who  make  and sell food pro­
ducts  below  the  standard of  purity de­
manded by the law, and to especially pro­
tect the consumers of dairy goods against 
adulterated goods  under  whatever name 
they may be called.

There  is  a  growing  demand  that  the 
members of  the United  States Senate be 
elected by the direct  vote of  the  people, 
It  is  not  an  easy matter  to  change the 
constitution,  however  desirable 
that 
change  may  be.  The  best  of  reasons 
must be given,  and  the  subject  agitated 
until  popular  sentiment  is  overwhelm 
ingly  in  favor  of  the  change.  There 
may be many good  reasons for amending 
the  constitution  so  that  the  Senators 
shall be elected by the  direct vote of  the 
people, but the  reason  most  frequently 
urged is hardly sufficient. 
It is not suffi­
cient,  because  the  object  aimed  at 
would  not  be  reached.  The election of 
Senators  by  direct  vote  would  not,  as 
argued,  prevent a millionaire  politician 
from  buying  a seat  in  the  Senate.  He 
would find it  just  about  as  easy to buy 
the nomination from the  delegates to the 
convention  of  his  party,  and  the neces­
sary  votes  afterward  at  the  general 
election, as to buy his election  from  the 
members of  the state legislature.  There 
are fewer of  the latter, but they  “come” 
higher.  They  run  a much  greater,  risk 
than  mere  delegates  to a party  conven­
tion.  They are in a position to be called 
to account.  Detection is political suicide 
for  them.  Boodlers in politics  will  not 
necessarily be downed by the  change de­
manded.

Mr. Wanamaker’s offer of  gold medals 
to the employes of the Postoffice  Depart­
ment who make  the  best -record  recalls 
the offer of Mr. Jerome of  a prize for the 
Princeton  student  who  was ascertained

Morrice—O.  C.  Whitney is  succeeded 
in  the  jewelry business  by H. H. Tilla- 
paugh.

Be  Careful  in Making  Statements.
About  two  years  ago  A.  A.  Weeks, 
who was then engaged  in  general  trade 
at Grattan,  made a voluntary  statement 
to R. G. Dun & Co., claiming that he had 
$10,000 worth of  property and had liabil­
ities  of  $4,200,  making  his  net  worth 
about  $5,800.  On  the  strength  of  this 
statement,  T.  H.  Hinchman  &  Sons,  of 
Detroit,  and  several  jobbers at this mar­
ket gave Mr. Weeks a line of  credit.

As  the 

On  December  29,  1888,  Weeks  trans­
ferred  his  real  estate to his wife, avow­
edly to secure her for an  alleged  indebt­
edness of  $2,700—although  such a claim 
was  not  embodied  in  his  statement  of 
liabilities  to  Dun  &  Co.—and  assigned 
his stock on the same day.
statement  of 

the  assignee 
showed Weeks was insolvent, both at the 
time he  made  the  assignment  and  the 
time  he  made  the  statement  to Dun & 
Co.—albeit  he  had  claimed  to  have 
cleared $3,000 in  the  meantime—Messrs. 
Hinchman & Sons  caused his arrest on a 
capias,  alleging  fraud on the part of  the 
defendant.  The  case  was  tried  in  the 
Kent  Circuit  Court  last  week, and was 
stubbornly contested  on  both  sides,  re­
sulting in a verdict  against  the  defend­
ant,  who  must  now  pay the  amount of 
the  judgment and costs, or go to  jail.

overestimated. 

Not long  ago,  one of  our customers,  a 
passably truthful  man,  related  the  fol­
lowing incident:

RECORD  EVERY  TRANSACTION. 
W ritten f o r  T h k  T r a d e s m a n .

The moral of  the  circumstance is that 
dealers  should  not  make  statements to 
The  value  to  one’s  business of  thor­
their creditors or the mercantile agencies 
ough and accurate  book-keeping  cannot 
which  they  cannot  substantiate, as  the
law recognizes  such  statements as bind- j 
I saw, very recently, 
ing as  written  statements  made  by the ! a statement  made by an old lawyer  who 
claimed to have looked into the affairs of 
debtor over his own signature.
several  hundred  insolvent  concerns  at 
Some  of  David  Ward’s  Possessions—
different  times  during  his  professional 
career, and in but  one  instance  had  ac­
curate accounts been kept.

Anecdote of the  Old Gentleman.
The  recent  reports  in  the daily press 
regarding  the  failure  of  one  of  David 
Ward’s  sons  appears to have  made  the 
veteran woodsman fearful  that  someone 
might  think  that  he  is  involved in the 
The merchant with  whom he had done 
failure.  To set  such  rumors at rest, he 
most of  his  business for  years  was very 
sent  the  papers a general  denial of  the j lax in Mg methods. 
Time after time had 
report,  accompanying  the  same  with a
our  man  (Smith)  discovered  errors  in
brief  statement as to his  possessions,  as 
settlement,  and  as  they were  always in 
follows:
his (Smith’s) favor,  he  knew  that  they 
I own a tract of  coal land in West Vir­
were  not  the  mistakes  of  a  dishonest 
ginia  that I have  been  offered $1,200,000 
man.  But,  once  upon a time, he called 
for,  but  declined  the offer. 
I also own
another tract of  equal  value in the same j  for  his  account  and  the  merchant told 
State.  1 own three red hematite iron ore ! him that it was $3.50.
mines, and  a  large  tract of  oak,  poplar 
and  black  walnut lands in East Tennes­
see and West Virginia which  are consid­
ered valuable.  1 still own in  Wisconsin 
some $400,000 or $500,000. worth of  white 
pine,  and  am  much the largest owner of 
white  pine  lands  in  Michigan. 
I  also 
own  in  the  Lower  Peninsula  between 
60,000  and  70,000  acres  of  hardwood 
lands  and  other  valuable  properties. 
There  is  no  mortgage  or  other  incum­
brance upon any of  the above-mentioned 
properties,  so  far as I am  aware, and  I 
am  out of  debt.  Now, I don’t  own  but 
very little money, as my heavy taxes and 
running-expenses  eat  that  up.  Neither 
do I own any bonds or mortgages.
It is not often that the “richest man in 
Michigan,”  as  he  is  frequently  called, 
takes  the  public  into  his  confidence in 
this manner,  and  just  what  motive  lies 
behind the procedure,  T h e  T ra d esm a n 
is unable to fathom.

“Three-fifty!”  said  Smith,  “why,  it
I know it is.” 
“Well,” replied the merchant,  “that is 
all  I  have  charged,  anyway. 
If  you 
know  what  you  got,  we’ll settle as  you 
say.”

So  Smith  paid  his  account, and  told 
the merchant  that  after  that  he should 
expect him to charge  everything  bought 
on  credit,  and  that  he  (Smith)  should 
never  again  pay for a single  thing  that 
was not properly booked.

“I  don’t  know  exactly  what  I  have 
had,”  said  Smith;  “but I now  think  of 
$6 for a barrel of  flour.”

At the next settlement, Smith  paid his 
bill without a kick,  took a receipt in full 
for all demands to date  and  then smiled 
in ghoulish glee at the merchant.

The  merchant  said,  “All right,”  and 

must be more  than  that. 

time went on.

A  friend  of 

the  family  tells  T h e 
T ra d esm a n  a  story  which  serves  to 
show  the  foxy character of  the old gen­
tleman.

His favorite son, Henry Clay,  wanted a 
tract of  pine  owned  by  the  father, and 
asked the price he put upon it.

‘Forty thousand  dollars,” was  the re­

ply.

“How long will  you  give me to look it 

over ?”  enquired the son.

“Two weeks,” replied the  old  gentle­

man, laconically.

The  son  took  a  woodsman  with  him 
and spent  several days in estimating the 
pine on the tract.  Before the two weeks 
expired, he  returned  to  Pontiac and in­
formed his father that he  had  concluded 
to take the pine at the price named.

“Oh, I sold  that  piece  a  week  ago,” 
was  the  father’s  reply.  “I  got $60,000 
for it.”

The 

The  innermost  thoughts of  the son at 
this  time  or  the  observations he subse­
quently made  to  T h e  T r a d esm a n’s in­
formant  would  astonish the  old  gentle­
man, were he to know them.
Wanamaker’s  Postal  Telegraph  Plan.
ideas  of  Postmaster  General 
Wanamaker  are  at  last  made  plain  by 
the introduction of  a bill  in  the  House, 
prepared by him, to  establish a “limited 
post and  telegraph  service” as a bureau 
of  the department. 
It  makes  all  post- 
offices in places where the  free  delivery 
system  now exists or may be established 
postal  telegraph  stations, together with 
those  in  any other  places where, in the 
judgment of  the Postmaster General, the 
wants of  the public  may be supplied un­
der the operation of  the  bill. 
It further 
provides  that  the  Postmaster  General, 
with the  concurrence of  the Secretary of 
the  Treasury and of  the  Attorney  Gen­
eral,  may  sign  contracts for  ten  years 
with any telegraph  company for the fur­
nishing of  lines  or  the  transmission  of 
dispatches.  Dispatches are to be allowed 
to  be  prepaid  with  ordinary  stamps 
where the words  “postal  telegram”  are 
clearly  written  upon  the  blank  and 
dropped  into any letter box or postoffice. 
The  charge  for  twenty words  is  not to 
exceed  ten  cents  to a point  within  the 
same  state  as  the office from  which the 
dispatch  is  sent,  and  not  to  exceed 
twenty-five cents for any distance  under 
1,300  miles.  For  distances  in  excess 
thereof,  the  charge  is left to the discre­
tion of  the Postmaster General.  Provis­
ion  is  to  be  made  for  the  sending  of 
money orders by wire as soon as arrange­
ments can be made  under  the  proposed 
law, for  not  more  than double the rates 
now charged for domestic  money orders, 
in  addition  to  double  the  charge  for 
postal  telegrams of  twenty words.

Change in Firm Name.

Wm.

C. Williams. 
W il l ia m s,  Sh e l e y   &  Brooks 

A. S. Brooks.

A.  Sheley.

having  purchased all the right, title and 
interest of  the other  partners composing 
the  firm  of  Farr and,  Williams  &  Co., 
have  changed  the  name  of  the  firm  to 
Williams, Sheley & Brooks  and will con­
tinue  the  business “at the old stand” as 
successors of  the old firm.  All accounts 
due the old firm are payable to Williams, 
Sheley & Brooks and will run on without 
interruption.  A  continuance  of  favors 
is  solicited. 

Wil l ia m s,  Sh e l e y   &  Brooks, 

Successors to Farrand, Williams & Co.

*

It All Depends.

A Texas  clergyman,  who  at a former 
period  of  his  life  had  gambled a little, 
was  absorbed  in  thought  just  before 
divine  service  began.  He  was  ap­
proached by the organist, who whispered, 
referring to the opening hymn:

“What  shall I play ?”
“What kind of  a hand have  you got?” 
responded the absent minded clergyman.
Marlette—S. H. & J. W.  Dorman,  two 
practical woolen  mill  men  of  Mitchqll, 
Ont.,  have  purchased  the  plant  of  the 
woolen mill here,  and  will  remodel, im­
prove and enlarge it.

“How  much do  you  suppose I got the 
start of  you on that deal ?”  he asked,  as 
he carefully placed the  folded  receipt in 
his pocketbook.

“Why,  I  guess,  none  at  all. 

I’ve 
charged  everything  lately.  Am  sure  I 
have.”

“Well,  I’m glad that  you’re satisfied,” 
replied Smith,  “for I don’t expect to pay 
you  anything  more. 
I told  ybu  before 
that  I  shouldn’t  settle  for  any  more 
goods that weren’t charged.”

“If  I  have  forgotten  anything,  for 

goodness sake,  what is it?”

“Well,” said Smith,  “there was a little 
matter  of  forty bushels  of  seed  wheat 
that-----”

“Great  Scott!”  exclaimed  the  mer­
chant,  “so there was.  Anything  else?” 

“Not that I know of.”
“It’s all right,  Smith. 

It’s  all  right.
I don’t want  you to pay for  that  wheat. 
It will be a good lesson for me,  and after 
this I shall charge  what  people  get and 
as soon as they get it, if  I have to  wade 
through  blood to do it.”

I do not argue from this that the act of 
Smith  in  chiseling  his  merchant out of 
thirty or forty dollars was commendable, 
or one worthy of  imitation;  but, by this 
shiftless method of keeping his accounts, 
the merchant left an opening  and  Smith 
took advantage of it.

Accurate book-keeping  inspires  confi­
dence between buyer and seller,  and the 
merchant  who  has  succeeded  in  estab­
lishing a reputation for this sort of thing 
gains in time  over  the  man  who  keeps 
his accounts  on  loose  slips  in  the till. 
Customers pay their  bills  without ques­
tion  and  seldom ask for  itemized  state 
ments.  Yet the gain  in  this  way sinks 
into insignificance  when  compared with 
the advantage of knowing all about one’s 
own business.  Many more store-keepers 
than one would imagine  reckon their re 
sources  by  looking  over  the  stock  on 
their  shelves  and  then  counting  the 
change in their pantaloons pockets.

He who keeps  his  accounts on a cellar 
door may apparently succeed for  a time, 
(and  I  have  actually known  of  one  or 
two such who died rich)  but, in the end, 
he who  books everything—bought,  sold, 
paid out and taken  in—and  who  does it 
intelligently and in a systematic manner, 
is bound,  all things being  equal, to come 
out ahead.

Forty  years ago, my father entered the 
employ, as  clerk,  of  an old merchant, a 
man who knew  business forty  years be­
fore that,  and he received from this sage 
the following axiom, which has descended 
as an heirloom to me:

“My  boy,  if  you  have  anything  to 
charge and the store is on fire, make your 
entry first and then put out the blaze.” 
Ge o .  L. T h u rsto n.

A Depraved Palate.

From  th e  A m erican Grocer.
A  judge up in Utica, who  prides  him­
self  on  his  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
grocery  trade,  had  up  before  him,  re­
cently,  the  case of  a poor devil  charged 
with  stealing  a  firkin  of  butter.  The 
judge  was  disposed  to  be  lenient with 
the fellow until  the  latter declared that 
he had sampled all the stock in the estab­
lishment before stealing  this  particular 
firkin.
“H’m;  let  me  3ee  the  butter!”  said 
his Honor,  forthwith  applying  some  to 
his lips.  The whole court-room watched 
the preceedings with intense interest and 
saw  the  judge  make  a wry  face  as  he 
fairly shouted :

“Twelve months !”
“Twelve months !”  said the prisoner’s 
counsel,  “what for ?”
“Total  depravity, sir !  I ought to have 
made it ten  years at hard labor.”

SOME  ELEMENTS  OF  SUCCESS. 
Most  people  are  anxious  to  make 
money; not usually for the  “love of  pelf 
for itself,”  but for  “the glorious  privi­
lege  of  being  independent,”  as  Robert 
Burns,  the  poet,  puts  it.  The  great 
question,  however,  which  bothers  the 
average  human  brain is how to go about 
the task,  and by what means  to  accom-1 
plish the  desired  result?  We  have  all 
known  persons  who  are  ever  ready to 
offer suggestions  and point  out the road 
by which wealth is to be  attained.  Usu­
ally, such men are no more  successful in 
the battle for the  Almighty Dollar  than 
the  persons  they  propose  to  instruct. 
This  class  of  people  are  of  the crafty 
kind and seek to take  advantage  of  the 
universal  desire  for  riches  to  increase 
their own private gain.

The avenues  to  wealth or  competence 
are not secret ones  but  open to all,  and 
successful  journeying  in  them  depends 
almost  entirely  upon  our  own  efforts. 
There  seems  to  be  a  prevailing  belief 
among  most  young  men — which,  al­
though natural, is, nevertheless,  an error 
and  should  be  corrected—that  success 
depends  on  following  the  methods  of 
some successful  man.  This  conviction 
is np more true  than the old  adage  that 
“history repeats itself.”  History records 
similar events, but they invariably occur 
on a plane above  or  below the status  of 
the first  chronicled  event;  either an ad­
vance or a retrograde.  So,  in  business 
pursuits we should never  adopt  another 
man’s  methods  unless  we can definitely 
see some way to amend or  improve upon 
them.  The base and bed rock foundation 
to  success  in  any business  lies  first  in 
thoroughly knowing  it;  not in an imper­
fect and superficial manner,  but in being 
master  of  it  in all  its ramifications and 
bearings.  To this  knowledge  add  push 
and unabated  attention to business,  and 
success  will follow  as  inevitably as old 
age follows youth.

Another fault common  to youth which 
should be discountenanced  is  the  desire 
for  enormous  wealth.  Such a result is 
not to be expected;  but, if  it does occur, 
it is much  more  probable  to be the for­
tune  of  some  one  who started with the 
view of making a competence.  The only 
safe  and  sane  thought for a young man 
is  to  start  with  the  determination  of 
acquiring  for  himself  a  competence  at 
the age of  forty-five.  The  grounds for 
belief in the success of such an effort are 
sustained by all of  our  experiences  and 
can be counted upon with more certainty 
than  the  probability of life in a healthy 
man from the age of twenty-five to forty- 
five.  But, it is well to bear in mind that 
the successful ones must  be,  as  noticed 
above, masters of their business and actu­
ated by determination to push  it  for  all 
there is in it, because, without this neces­
sary combination,  one must  be  prepared 
to take the position of a subordinate and 
might as well  fall  into  line one time as 
another.

A  POLITICAL  ALLIANCE. 

*  1 
The  Allegan  Democrat  of  last  week 
contained  the  following reference to the 
P. of  I.  movement:
The organization of  the Patrons of  In­
dustry is progressing very rapidly in this 
county. 
In  nearly  every  township  a 
lodge has been instituted.  This order is, 
as  we  understand  it,  organized to fight 
trusts  and  monopolies.  At  their  meet­
ings, the discussions tend to show up the 
foundation of  these  trusts, i.  e., the pro­
tective  tariff,  in  its  true light as antag­
onistic to the  true interests of the farmer 
and workingman.  Republican  papers at 
the order of  the trusts,  are.fighting these 
organizations  and  saying  many  bitter 
things  about “hawbuck statesmen,” but 
we  believe education is  what  the people 
need, hence  we  hail  with  pleasure and 
wish abundant success to the P. of  I.
T h e  T r a d esm a n  has  it  on  unques­
tioned  authority that  the P. of  I. move­
ment  has  been  quietly  adopted  by the 
Democratic  State  Central  Committee; 
that arrangements have  been  made with 
the  “grand  officers”  of  the  P. of  I.  to 
withdraw  all  organizers  of  the  Repub­
lican persuasion  and  substitute therefor 
persons  of  recognized  ability  in  de­
nouncing  trusts  and  monopolies;  that a 
number  of  lecturers  are  shortly  to  be 
sent  out  by  the  Committee, under  the 
apparent auspices of  the “grand associa­
tion,” to attempt to wean the farmer vote 
from the party of  protection.

T h e  T r a d esm a n  is  acquainted  with 
several editors of Democratic papers who 
have received letters  from  the  Commit­
tee, advising them to support  the  move­
ment  in  every possible way, which may 
account for the unanimity of  the  Demo­
cratic pres in its treatment of the P. of I.
is  not  a  political 
paper, in any  sense  of  the  term, but it 
possesses enough knowledge of  political

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THE-  NEXT  TOWN.

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imagine  that  they in any measure atone 
for renting  properties  without  question 
as to the  moral  issue  of  their  lease, to 
those  who  may  convert  them  into fac­
tories of spiritual ruin,  verily, they have 
their reward.  Mark  them,  if  you  will. 
God has his eye upon  them, too.  But do 
not  judge  Christianity  by  spoiled  sam­
ples.  Do not decide what apostleship  is 
by a Judas,  any  more  than  you  would 
wish men to decide what business is by a 
bucket-shop.  Remember that  the  ideal 
which  Jesus  Christ  set  before men was 
that they should be honest clear through, 
front  and  back;  honest  in  their  devo­
tion to the honor of  God and the good of 
men. though it proved the  worst  policy, 
though it cost toil and tears, though pros­
perity should flee  and distresses thicken; 
honest,  though  the  world  should  turn 
upon  them  the  shoulder of  its  chilling 
scorn,  and  bestow  upon  them  as  their 
only  portion,  opposition  and  rejection. 
Here, again, business and  religion are as 
one  in recognizing the fact that he alone 
makes a success  of  life  who  so  invests 
his years that he earns the right  to  have 
written above  the  resting  place  of  his 
dust,  “Here lies an honest man.”
3.  “Let  us  go  into  the  next towns.” 
This call implies the possession of  Tact. 
Each city is an  individuality,  and  must 
be treated  accordingly. 
Jesus,  in  the 
best sense  of  the  word, was a tactician. 
With unequaled  felicity He adjusted the 
means  to  the  end.  Rural  regions  and 
metropolitan  districts  were  each  dealt 
with after their kind.  Galilean  methods 
were discarded in Judea.  To Capernum 
He  made  appeal  after  one  fashion;  to 
Jerusalem, in another.  When He  came 
in  contact  with  Rabbi  Nicodemus,  He 
discoursed  in  the  learned  phrase of a 
master in Israel.  When by the wayside 
well He talked with the  gossipy  woman 
of Samaria,  He was as homespun  in  His 
speech  as  a  next  door  neighbor.  He 
gauged accurately  His  blundering, boy­
ish,  big-hearted  disciples,  and  taught 
them just as they were able to bear it.
In business success, the prime factor is 
tact.  Every “next town” and  next  cus­
tomer must be read, translated, and dealt 
with accordingly.  The acuteness of the 
commercial  traveler  has  passed  into  a 
proverb.  Most admirable, from the  pro­
fessional point of view, is  the  quickness 
with which he  reads  humanity,  detects 
the selling qualities  of  goods and grasps 
and works the best methods  of  pressing 
them upon  the  customer.  He  is  wide 
awake, all awake,  and  has the faculty of 
waking up every  one  else.  He  is  sur­
charged with that  Protean power  which 
the Apostle Paul declared was one of  the 
master  secrets  of  his  own  success  in 
religious work.  He has mastered the art 
of  becoming  “all  things  to  all  men.” 
That tongue-worn phrase  does not mean 
that  one  should  become  so  witless  in 
creed and shiftless in  deed that he never 
amounts to much of anything to any one. 
It is an inspired italicizing of  the  worth 
of  genuine  business  tact  in  Christian 
character;  that sharpening of experience 
concerning secular life;  that quickening 
of insight into human nature, which  you 
business  men  acquire  from  grinding 
against the world.  Paul’s life  was  like 
that of  his  Master,  a practical  illustra­
tion of this principle.* When he addressed 
Athenians  he  spoke  as a rhetorician  in 
polished  Greek,  and  embellished  his 
periods  with  poetic  quotations.  When 
he  faced  the  rustic  dwellers  in Lystra 
and Derbe,  he  chose  a  text  within the 
horizon of his hearers, and talked  of  the 
landscape and the weather.  Never would 
he  have  committed  the  error  of  a dis 
tinguished pulpit  orator  of  the  present 
day, who, preaching  by  special appoint­
ment in  the  chapel  at  Vassar  College, 
stood  before  that  “rose  bud  garden of 
girls”  and  announced  as  his  text,  “I 
write unto you, young  men, because you 
are strong.”  Text and treatment should 
if possible shoot closer to the target than 
that.  The homilizing of  that  hour  was 
as of one who beateth the air.  Blunders 
barnacle the  keel  of  the church’s prog 
ress.  A perpetual Pentecost of  common 
sense  is  needed  to  ensure her spiritual 
efficiency.  Not of the world, she is never 
theless in the  world  and  for the world 
The day should come when she no longer 
merits  the  rebuke  which, nineteen cen 
turies ago, she invited from  the  Master, 
when He  said  that  the  children of this 
world were  wiser  than  the  children  of 
light.  Her purposes will succeed because 
they are  practical,  and  not  simply  be­
cause they are pious. Every church should 
master the science  of  moral  mechanics 
No church will go of  itself. 
Its  enter 
prises will not  advance  merely  because 
they are praiseworthy, any  more  than 
locomotive  would  drag a  train  without 
fire or track,  because its boiler  was  full 
of holy water.  Good motives stand still 
without good  methods.  A  square  stick 
cannot  be  fitted  to  a  round  hole, even 
though the attempt be made with singing 
and prayer.  A  story  is  told  of a man 
who fell into a river through the  ice.  A 
fence rail  was  hastily thrust out to him 
After catching it  two or three times and 
losing his  hold,  he  shouted,  “Turn the 
stick around, you are giving  me  the  ict 
end.”  The parable  is  pertinent.  Too 
often the church presents the world with 
the “ice end.”  Men  go  slipping off be­
cause  there  is a failure  to  discern  and 
employ the best practical modes of reach 
ing  those  whom  we  seek  to  attract 
Church  aisles  and  corridors  should  be 
worked as traveling men work a ffity.  A 
congregation  should  be  measured  as 
salesman  sizes  up  his  customer.  Every 
member of  the Christian  church  should 
keep as wakeful an  eye  to  his  Father 
business  as  the  man who is representa 
tive of vastly less important affairs.  Let 
keen-witted head-pieces  be  geared  with 
Christian heart power, and  the  worth of 
any 
indefinitely  multiplied. 
Through such  living  mechanisms  alone 
can the gospel be brought  fully  to  bear 
upon the need of the world. 
In  certain 
directions  a  minister  is  handicapped 
Men are seldom genuine  in his presence 
At  his  approach  they  mask  and  pose 
But you, friends, can deliver, on the road, 
sermons that  will  thrust  home to many 
hearts more effectively than  any  speech 
uttered  in  the  pulpit.  You  can reach 
audiences  in  the  street  and  store  that 
will  sit  complacently  untouched  in the 
pews.  You can uphold  the  truth  with

life 

is 

out  inviting  the  sneer  that  you are in­
dulging in professional  talk for the sake 
of pay.  Religious work demands for its 
successful  achievement  just  that edge, 
that point, that quickness of  perception, 
that choice  of  language,  that pithy per­
sistence in argument  that is so conspicu­
ous a feature  in  the  commercial  life of 
the present day.  Church principles and 
business practice form a natural alliance. 
The call  of  the  hour  for  the church is 
tact,  for the world  of  business,  spiritu­
ality. 
In proportion as these  two blend, 
Jesus’ idea  of  religion gains a more per­
fect realization.
4.  “Let us  go  into  the  next  towns.” 
That is  a  summons  for  men  of  Nerve. 
The “next town”  always meant to Jesus 
new danger.  Journeying was to him run­
ning the gauntlet of ever increasing peril. 
At last,  a proposal to go to another  town 
seemed to his  disciples  an  invitation  to 
look upon the face of  death.
There  is  grandeur  in  the  sight  and 
thought of a great  city. 
It is a splendid 
gathering  place  of  men  and  things,  a 
miniature  world.  Art  loves  to  dwell 
there.  Business  resorts  thitherward. 
The collision of minds, the shock of ideas, 
charges the atmosphere  with intellectual 
ozone.  Thought becomes keen  and  pol­
ished.  Life becomes intense and full of 
relish.  Pleasure wears her richest robes 
and scatters her brightest bounties.  But 
the  grandeur  of  the  city  is a cloak  of 
danger.  Beneath  this brilliant, bustling 
surface, dire temptations lie  in  ambush. 
They mass themselves with special power 
about  the  commercial  traveler,  unpro­
tected by the bulwark  of  home  shelter; 
removed  from  the  strong  shielding  of 
tender affection; unsustained by the gird­
ing of social sympathy.  When the veils 
of night begin  to  fall about a great city, 
and the shutters go up on the windows of 
business,  and  the  trade  marts  are  all 
deserted,  and the only apology for  home 
is the room  in  hotel  or boarding house, 
the  soul  lies  open  unarmed  to  the ad- 
ances of  sin.  Opportunity  plays  into 
the  hands  of  evil  as  the  lonely hours 
wear on.  Midnight on earth is mid-noon 
in the pit.  Then are all  the  kennels  of 
uncleanness  open,  and  all  the packs of 
vice unleashed.  Bloated  Bacchus  goes 
reeling through the  streets. 
Seductive 
mst hovers at every corner, weaving her 
siren spells.  Chance,  with card and dice, 
plies  all  her  deadly  lures.  The  very 
atmosphere  becomes  sultry with evil in­
fluence, and the  heart  throbs with a pal­
pitating response to the  malign  magnet­
ism that is playing  everywhere about it, 
and the being  begins to quiver under the 
baleful charms of sin, as an electrometer 
vibrates in the thunder storm.  For there 
is a fierce, hot pleasure in sin.  The Bible 
never disguises it,  always  allows  for it, 
always  emphasizes  it.  Were  there  no 
pleasure  in  draining  the  mantling and 
creaming  wine  cup, none  would  barter 
manhood for drink.  Were there no pleas­
ure in the rattle of dice and the  clink  of 
coin, none would play ducks and  drakes 
with money and morality at  the  gaming 
table.  Were  there  no  pleasure  in the 
mere nerve thrill of sensual gratification, 
none would sink humanity into animality 
and  wallow  in the swinish  sty  of  Epi­
curus.
Character must be strung with spiritual 
nerve,  if  it is to be kept unspotted from 
the  world.  Men  have  almost  come  to 
believe  that it  is impossible for  anyone 
to do it.  A master in politics—of course, 
then, he is smirched!  A leader in society 
then his  raiment is flecked!  Success­
ful in business—then there  are  chapters 
in his  career  that  will  not  bear  light!
Impossible to  keep  unspotted from the 
world!”  Never  give that falsehood cur­
rency.  Nail  it  to  the  counter.  Man­
hood, by the  grace  of  God,  can be kept 
potless.  There  are  men  to-day, upon 
the  highest  eminences  of  social  life, 
whose hearts are as  virgin pure as when 
in boyhood they kneeled at their mother’s 
knee.  There  are  merchants  that  have 
handled vast fortunes  and  never  soiled 
their fingers  with  the  rust  of  a  single 
tainted  dollar.  There  are  politicians 
that have won the highest  honors of  the 
state,  and not a leaf  of  their  laurels is 
withered  with a bribe.  Men  can  keep 
thelnselves  unspotted  from  the  world 
Where  is  your fortress  now?”  saida 
band of robbers that had decoyed outside 
his  defences  and  captured a great  gen 
eral. 
Striking  his  breast,  he  cried 
Here!”  The citadel of the human will 
garrisoned by a simple faith,  and a clear 
conscience  toward  God and man,  is  im 
pregnable.  But defence is not easy.  To 
maintain  its  battlements  unbreached 
there is need for  nerve like that of  Him 
who in desert  solitudes  and city throngs 
was armored with but one  thought—how 
to finish the work  which  God  had given 
him to do.  The secret  of  successful de 
fense  against  the  wiles  of  evil  is  the 
legend on  the  shield  of  Christ,  against 
which  the  tempter 
launched  his  fiery 
darts in vain—“It is written.  Thou shalt 
worship the Lord thy God,  and Him only 
shalt thou serve.”
At the core then, religion and business 
are one.  The  same  traits  of  character 
i  demanded  for  success  in  either
High aim and high tone,  tact and nerve 
are essentials in church as in commercial 
life. 
It would be well for  you  to  stock 
up with those qualities.  When you pack 
for the next  trip,  see to it that  you  are 
well supplied  with them.  Do not fail to 
keep  on  hand  a  goodly store  of  them, 
until that fateful hour,  when  you  shall 
hear the old familiar  words ringing with 
a strange new  meaning  into  your  ears 
“Let  us  go  into  the  next 
over  into  that  abiding  place  which  is 
across the frontier line of  eternity; to be 
no longer  a  traveler,  but  to  become  ; 
dweller 
that  unknown  country 
Where  will that call find  you ?  Will it 
find  you pinned  beneath  the  splintered 
timbers  of  some  car?  Will  you  be 
snatched from  the  earth in  some  awful 
rush of flame, or sink out of  this life be 
neath the cold  and  stormy wave?  Will 
death  come  stealing  up  in  the  lonely 
room of a far away hotel, in some strange 
city, or  will  you manage to reach  home 
and  say  “good-bye” 
to  the  dear  ones 
before  you start out  upon the last trip 
As to the precise  moment and manner of 
it, you need not puzzle much.  That final 
journey will be much of  a piece with all 
the  journeys  that  you make.  You are 
going to go out of  the  world  very much 
as  you  have  been  going  through  the 
world.  There  is just one thing about it 
though,  you  ought to notice.  There  is 
one word in our text to which you should 
give  a  special  emphasis: 
“Let  us  go 
into  the nex-t  towns.”  One  there  9 
who  stands  ready  to  make  all  life

town” 

in 

journeys  with  you,  and  He  alone  can 
make  the  trip  with  you  into  that  life 
which is to follow  this. 
If  you  would 
ennoble existence,  cultivate  companion­
ship with Him.  A  great  sculptor  who 
had for  years been engaged in producing 
statue  of  Jesus,  was  asked  to  make 
one of  Diana.  He said,  “I  cannot;  my 
mind is saturated  with  the face that for 
years  has  been  hovering in thought be­
fore me. 
I can chisel  nothing  now that 
less sublime.”  Think  about  Him  as 
you travel from  place  to  place.  Work 
in partnership  with Him.  The uplift of 
His constant  presence  in  your  thought 
will so sublime and elevate your life that 
you  will  refuse to let it down  to  lower 
levels.  Think much  of  the  mystery of 
His Divine love for  you.  Think  of  the 
majesty of  His  purposes of  help for all 
men.  Think  of  the  splendor  of  His 
promises;  of  the  exhaust less  riches  of 
His grace;  of  the solemn faithfulness of 
His warnings.  Think of  all He suffered 
to save  you from  your  sins.  Think  of 
hat a crown His teachings and His love 
have put upon  human  live.  He  alone 
can unfold to  you  the  worth  of  being. 
The main reason perhaps that most of us 
do not attain to larger  things is that  we 
have a belittling ideal  of  life.  But  he 
who  spends  his  time  with  Christ  will 
gain  an  ever  deepening  sense  of 
the 
latent grandeurs of existence.
Immense possibilities are  stored in all 
lives. 
In  the  mountain  fastnesses  of 
Spain  during  the  Peninsular  War,  a 
quad of  soldiers, eleven privates with a 
sergeant,  became  seperated  from  their 
regiment.  As they were  scrambling  up 
the steep slopes,  a signal from  the  com­
mander  to  return  was  mistaken for  an 
order to  charge.  With a ringing  cheer 
those brave fellows  rushed straight up a 
dizzy, rocky trail,  and hurled themselves 
against a breast work manned by seventy 
men.  Eleven  against  seventy. 
The 
sue  was  not  doubtful.  They  were 
mowed  down,  dashed  back,  slain to the 
It was a custom for  the tribe 
last man. 
ith  whom  they  fought  to  strip  the 
dead bodies of their conquered foes, and, 
if they were high  officials,  to  bind their 
wrists with a red cord, a token of highest 
dignity.  When  the  army came,  eleven 
bodies  were  found  upon  the  mountain 
side,  a  red  cord  around  every  wrist. 
They were  only a handful  of  men from 
the  rank  and  file,  but 
they  won  the 
badge of heroes.  Their foes had deemed 
them a constellation of chieftains.
So it  ever  is.  The  commonplace  is 
only  undeveloped  sublimity. 
In  the 
lowliest  life  here,  to-day,  slumber  the 
elements  of  heroic  grandeur.  The  Pa­
tience,  that plods  on in the beaten track 
of right; the Conscience, that neither toil 
nor  trial  can  swerve from  the  pole  of 
truth; the  Fidelity,  that can instill great 
earnestness into  little  duties;  the  Sym­
pathy,  that  lends  a  hand  to  another’s 
burden,  even  when  one’s  own  heart is 
overweighted — these  all  are  nobility, 
upon the underside.  God looks at things 
from the underside.  To  His  eye,  these 
simple forces, as they are  deployed upon 
the hidden battle-plain of the heart, may 
merit  a  crown  more  glorious  than  the 
honor  which  garlands 
those  valiant 
eleven,  who  sleep in the  crypts  of  the 
Pyrenees.
Make  much  of  your  life.  Put  the 
emphasis of being, not on obtaining your 
rights, but  on  performing  your  duties, 
which is only another name for the rights 
of others.  Live not for  the  applause of 
men, but for the  “well done”  of  Christ. 
Live  not to amass  wealth,  but to enrich 
the world.  Jesus lived not for  what  He 
could get out of  the world, but for  what 
he could  get into it.  Life’s  givings  are 
life’s  only savings.  As,  therefore,  we 
pass the threshold  of  the opening  year, 
whatever be the next town that we  shall 
make, be it some stopping  place here, or 
that  staying  place  over  yonder,  let  us 
earnestly strive in  the  spirit  of  Christ, 
seek to set the prose of  our  daily life to 
the rhythm of him who sang:
“I live for those who love me,
For those who know me true,
For the Heaven that smiles above me 
And waits my coming to,
For the cause that lacks assistance,
For the wrongs that need resistance,
For the future in the distance,
For the good that I can do.”

A rm sby  on  D rum m ers.

The year is yet too young to have made 
a showing  on the  markets,  but the uni­
versal  verdict is that  stocks  in the  job­
bers’ hands  were never so small.  There 
is no breaking  of  prices  and as soon  as 
the army made up of  the knights  of  the 
grip get fairly at work  again orders will 
commence flowing in,  and we think  that 
we  shall  see  a  trade  for  the  first  six 
months of  this  year far in advance of  a 
year ago.  What an influence this tireless 
army of  hard working, energetic, travel­
ing men have upon commerce!  How quick 
it feels their action or  inaction!  We  do 
not mean that trade  would not  continue 
were they withdrawn from the field; bus­
iness  was  done  before  their  advent  in 
the  commercial  world,  and  would  be 
again done  were they withdrawn,  but is 
there any of  us that  wants to go back to 
the old semi-annual visits of  the country 
merchants with the big purchase of stock 
to last until the next trip and six months’ 
credit to go with it ?  No,  the  world has 
moved onward,  and short credits,  almost 
daily purchases and an army of salesmen 
carrying the markets to the doors  of  the 
merchants are the results,  and instead of 
being  a  necessary evil,  as  they are fre­
quently  called,  they  are  a  necessary 
blessing.  They are  as  a  class  a  keen, 
upright set  of  educators.  We don’t be­
lieve that  there is either an employer  or 
customer  that will not admit  cheerfully 
that  they can  gather  many  an  item  of 
valuable  information from  their  travel- 
As a rule,  they are  good  judges of
credit,  and you will most always find in a 
failure that the houses that have the best 
traveling  men lose  the least money, and 
last, but not least,  they are a set of royal 
good fellows.  We know  the newspapers 
love to write them up as men with cheeks 
of brass and ears of tin and eyes of steel, 
and  while  traveling  men  are  not  all 
angels,  yet there is no profession  where 
it pays better to be a gentleman  both  in 
dress and address than theirs,  and to-day 
the slovenly or impudent traveling  men, 
(if  there are any such)  would  soon find 
themselves  without  either  house  or  cus­
tomer. 

_  _  ______

Could  Paddle,  A nyw ay.

Tommy  (after  a  whipping)—Say, pa, 
did  you ever go to sea ?
Father—‘•No.  Why ?
Tommy—I  thought  you  must  have 

been the captain of  a whaler.

How  P ostage  Stam ps  are   Prepared.
As  soon  as  they  emerge  from  the 
hydraulic  press,  postage 
stamps  are 
gummed.  The paste is made from clear 
starch, or rather  its  dfextrine,  which  is 
acted  upon  chemically and  then boiled, 
forming a clear,  smooth,  slightly  sweet 
mixture.  Each  sheet of  stamps is taken 
separately, placed  upon a flat board,  and 
its  edges  covered  with  a  light  metal 
frame.  Then  the  paste  is  smeared  on 
with a large  whitewash  brush,  and  the 
sheet is laid between two  wire racks and 
placed  on  a  pile  with  others  to  dry. 
Great care is taken  in  the  manufacture 
of  this  paste,  which  is  perfectly harm­
less.  This gratifying  fact has been con­
clusively proved by an analysis  recently 
made by an eminent  chemist.  After the 
gumming,  another  pressing 
the 
hydraulic  press  follows.  Then another 
counting—in fact,  stamps are counted no 
less than thirteen  times  during the pro­
cess  of  manufacture.  The  sheets  are 
then cut in half, each  portion containing 
100 stamps,  this being done by girls with 
ordinary hand shears.  Next  follows the 
perforation, which  is  performed  by ma­
chinery.  The perforations are first made 
in a  perpendicular  line,  and  afterward 
in a horizontal  line.  Another  pressing 
follows—this  time  to  get  rid  of  the 
raised  edges  on  the back of  the  stamps 
made by the dies, and this ends the man­
ufacture.  A  separate  apartment  is  de­
voted to the picking  and  sending off  the 
stamps  to  different  postoffices. 
It  will 
be seen by this account  that  any absurd 
rumor  concerning  the  poisonous or  un­
clean properties of  postage stamps is ut­
terly without foundation.

in 

British  Fuel  Scarce  and  High.

Supplies and prices  of  fuel for manu­
facturing purposes are  attracting  atten­
tion in England.  In view of an undoubted 
scarcity  of  fuel,  some  have  contended 
that  the  enhanced price would bring its 
own cure by stimulating  production,  but 
the  present  outlook  is  apparently  for 
continued high  rates for coal.  To solve, 
if possible, the question of  fuel  supply, 
demand  and  prices,  the  Ironmonger has 
sent  enquiries  to  leading  British  col­
lieries.  The general tenor of  the replies 
is that  the  present  coal  prices,  high as 
they  are,  are  fully  warranted  by  the 
demand, which is in excess of the supply, 
some correspondents placing  the  excess 
as high as 35  per  cent.  No increase in 
supplies is thought probable.  The open­
ing of new mines is necessarily slow, and 
the scarcity  of  skilled  labor is a further 
impediment.  The existing mines appear 
to be working to their full capacity.  The 
Ironmonger says that  the  effect  of  the 
recent  advances  in  miners’  wages  has 
actually been to reduce production.  The 
supply  of  coke  is  not  equal  to the de­
mand,  and in this trade  also the demand 
for higher  wages is a disturbing feature. 
On  the  continent  the  price  of fuel has 
also  advanced  with,  so  far  as  known, 
little or no gain in the  production.

JOBBER  OF

F.J  DETÎENTHMR
Lake  Fish:

F resh   and  S alt

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Mail  orders  receive  prompt  attention.

See quotation? in another column.

-AND-Ocean Fish
s We  respectfully  call your  attention 
E
ONION  SETS, E

Send
our  wholesale  price 
ist 
catalogue 

to the fact that  we  carry the most 

complete  stock  of  seeds 

Western  Michigan. 

before  buying

and 

Clouer, 
Timolhu, 
Red  fop 
Etc.,
Ete.

In  fact,  everything 
in  our  line  at  lowest 
market  values.

Brown’s  Seed  Store,  ^

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

GOUGH
A .JJ. Spangler & Co
DROPS
FRUITS k pPRODUGE
D. D.  Mason,

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

And General Commission Merchants. 

EAST  SAGINAW,  MICH.

UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER

Prompt service given at all hours. 

Telephone 1002. 

34 South Division St.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Nelson, 

M atter 
&  Co.,

-FOR-

17errare.

S ee  w h a t  th ey  can  do 

for  you .

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 ail who trade with you ?
Would you like to rid yourself of  the  bother  of  “posting”  your  books and 

“patching up” pass-book accounts ?

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

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

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

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

yourself and clerks are so prone to forget  to charge ?

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

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

enterprising merchants should keep abreast with the times and adopt the

Tradesman  Gredit  Bodpon  Book,

/

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

most unqualified satisfaction.

TIME  TABLES.
Grand Rapids  Sc Indiana.

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

11:30

.........

Arrive. 

Leave.
7:10 a  ]
1:10 p m
6:30 p m
Through coaches fo r Saginaw   on  7:10 a  m  and 1:10 p 

T raverse C ity & M ackinaw.. 
Traverse  City  Express......................0:80 a m  
Traverse C ity & M ackinaw ................ 3:15p m  
From  C incinnati..................................8:50 p m
Cadillac  (Mixed)...................................  
m train .
G O IN G   SO U T H .
C incinnati  Express........................... 
F o rt W ayne Express.........................11:45 a m  
Cincinnati  Express...........................6:80 p m  
From  M ackinaw & Traverse City..l0:40 p m
From  C adillac.........................................9:55 a  m

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

T rain leaving fo r C incinnati a t 6 p.  m.  an d   a rriv in g  
from   Cincinnati  a t 9:20 p. m .t runs daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  O ther tra in s daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and P a rlo r C ar  S ervice:  N orth—7: :0 a. m. 
and 4:10 p. m. tra in s have  sleeping and p a rlo r cars for 
Mackinaw  City.  South—7:15 a. m. tra in  h as ch air c ar 
and 6 p. m. tra in  P ullm an sleeping c ar  fo r  C incinnati, 

fifuskegon. Grand Rapids & Indiana.

In  effect Nov. 10, 1889.

 

Arrive.
Leave 
7:00 a m ..................... 
10
15 a  m  
11:15 a m .......................................................................   8
45 p m 
, _
5:10 p m ........................................................................  8 
45 p m
Leaving: tim e a t  Bridge stre e t  depot 7 m inutes later. 
T hrough tick ets and fu ll  Inform ation  can  be had by 
calling upon  A.  Alm quist,  tic k e t  a g e n t  a t  depot, or 
Geo. W.  Munson, Union  Ticket  A gent,  87  Monroe  St., 
G rand Rapids, Mich.

O. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
D etroit, G rand H aven & M ilwaukee.

PRIC E  LIST.

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

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

“ 
“ 

“  500  “ 
“  1000  “ 

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

“
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Goods prepaid to destination where  cash accompanies order.

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

BOOKS,  AT  REGULAR  PRICE,  AS  A  TRIAL  ORDER.

T h e   Tradesm an.  C o m p a n y ,

SOLE  OWNERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS,

G R A N D   R A P ID S , 

- 

- 

MICH.

Leaves. 
1:00 p m 
4:20 p m

B n  W IN 

B

GOING WR8T.

Arrives.
fM orning Express............................. 12:50 p m
tT h ro u g h M a il................................. 4:10 p m
tG randR apids  Express...................10:40  p m
*Night Express............................................ 6:40 a m
tMixed..................................................
G O IN G  E A ST .
tD etroit  Express..............................
fThrougk M ail....................................10:10 a  m
tE vening Express...............................3:35 p m
«Night  Express..................................10:30 p m

6:50 a m  
10:20 a m 
8:45 p m  
10:55 p m
tD aily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily.
D etroit Express  and  Evening  Express  have  p a rlo r 
cars attach ed  and m ake d irect connections  in   D etroit 
fo r all points E ast.
M orning express and G rand Rapids express have p a r­
lo r cars attached.  N ight express has W agner sleeping 
c a r to D etroit, a rriv in g  in  D etroit a t 7:20 a.  m.
steam ship 
sleeping 
tick ets 
secured  a t 
D., G. H. & M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at4 h e depot.
J a s . C a m p b e l l . City Passenger Agent. 

tick ets  and  ocean 

Through  railro ad  

b erth s 

and 

c a r 

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

Toledo,  Ann  A rbor  &  N orthern.

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

Michigan (Teotfal

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

“ The Niagara Falls Route/*

D E PA R T .  A R R IV E
D etroit Express......................................  6  45 a m  10:15 p m
5:30 p m
Mixed  ..................................................... 6:60 a m  
Day  Express.......................... ........1 1 :5 5  a m   10:00am
‘A tlantic & Pacific E xpress.............. 10:45 p m  
0:00 a m
New York E xpress................................5:10 p m  
1:35 p m

tra in s to  and from  Detroit.
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   Grand Rapids 
F r e d  M. B r ig g s , Gen’l Agent, 85 Monroe St.
G. S. Hawkins, Ticket A gent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, U nion Ticket Office, 67 M onroe St. 
O. W .R uggles.G . P.  &  T. Agent., Chicago.

JOBBER  OF

Batter, I ks, Fairfield CReese, Foreip Fraits, Miace Meat, Nats, Etc,

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.

Grand Rapids]Frifit and Produce Bo,

JOBBER  OF

B O R B IG N  B R U I T S .

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

3 NORTH IONIA  ST., GRAND RAPIDS.

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

------W HOLESALE-----

F ru its, Seeds, O ysters § P rod u ce.

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

pleased to hear from you.

26,28, 30 andf32 Ottawa ¿St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

PRODUCE  M ARKET 

U@12c.

*2.50  per bbl.,
*1.30 for picked, holding at *1.60 per Bn.

Apples—Dealers  hold  winter  fruit  at  *2.25® 
Beans—Dealers  pay  *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  ana  dairy  are  scarce 
and in active demand, low grades are 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,91.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—Bell and Bugle is in  fair demand 
at $4.50 per box or *131 er bbl.
Dried  Apples —Evaporated  are  held  at  8®
854c  and sundried at 5®5&c.
Eggs—The market is dull and sluggish.  Deal­
ers pay He per doz. for most offerings  and  hold 
at 13c.
Field  Seeds—Clover,  mammoth, *135 per bu.; 
medium, *3.75.  Timothy,  $1.50 per bu 
Honey—Quiet and slow sale.  Clean comb com­
mands 15c per lb.
Maple Sugar—Genuine, 12c 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 81.50 per 50-lb. case.

ers paying 35c and selling at 40c.

Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—The market  is  about the same, deal­
Poultry—Dressed is falling off in  demand. 
Squash—Hui bard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Illinois stock  commands *4.50 
per bbl.
Tomatoes -Early Southern stock commands *1 
per peck (7 qts.) box.
Turnips—30c per bu.

PROVISIONS.

 

 

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

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new......................................................  10  50
Short c u t................  
10 50
Extra clear pig, short cut.................................   12 00
Extra clear,  heavy............................................   12 00
Clear, fat  back..............................................  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........................................  844
16 lbs........................................  9J4
12 to 14 lbs................................  944
picnic.............:.....................................   644
best boneless......................................... 8
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............................. 844
Dried beef, ham prices...................................   8
Long Clears, heavy...........................................  5J
Briskets,  medium.............................................  6
lig h t................................................. 6

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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“ 
“ 

“ 

lard—Kettle Rendered.

lard—Refined.

Tierces........... ....'............................................  63l
Tubs...................................................................  7J4
501b.  Tins...... '.................................................   744
Tierces..............................................................  544
30 and 50 lb. Tubs.............................................  5%
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case.....................................  654
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case.........
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case......................................   644
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case.
50 lb. Cans.......................................................... 544
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs......................   7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing........................  7 00
Boneless, rump butts......................................   8  50
Pork Sausage...................................................... 654
Ham Sausage....................................................   9
Tongue Sausage................................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage...........................................  8
Blood Sausage.............. ....................................  5
Bologna, straight..............................................  5
Bologna,  thick.................................................   5
Head Cheese......................................................  5

.  sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

B E E F   IN   B A R R E L S .

FRESH  MEATS.

® 8 ® 8
® 8 

 

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass...........................................  454® 6
“  hindquarters................................   554®  654
“ 
354® 4
“ 
854@  9
7  © ®lo 
“ 
© 5 
® 5 
i@ 7 
® 5 
®  5 
® 5 

fore 
 
loins, No. 3....................... 
ribs.
tongues...............
Hogs................................
Bologna.........................
Pork loins......................
shoulders..............
Sausage, blood  or head.
liver..............
Frankfort........
M utton...........................

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OYSTERS and FISH.

“ 

FRESH  FISH.

o y s t e r s —Cans.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
Whitefish.............-...................................
@ 854 
smoked.....................................
@ 8 
Trout.............. ........................................
@15 
Halibut....................................................
® 7 @ 6
Haddies...................................................
Ciscoes................  ..................................
@35
Fairhaven  Counts.................................
@27
Selects.................................'•..................22
F. J.  D.’s.  .............................................
@20
@18
Anchors........................................x........
@16
Standards.....................:.........................
@14
Favorites.
@91  15 
Standards. 
@  1  50 
Selects.  .. 
@1  50
Clams.
Scrimps...................................................  @1  50
Scallops...................................................   @1  50
Horseradish.........................................  
Shell oysters, per 100.............................. 1  00@1  50
» . . . . , ...................   @  75

o y s t e r s—Bulk.

“  clams, 

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CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

GROCERIES-

In Good  Condition.

H ow   to  K eep  C ertain  Pood  Products 
There are few grocers who do not carry 
in  stock  certain  kinds  of  merchandise 
which are more or  less  subject  to  some 
deterioration and loss by exposure to the 
air,  heat,  cold,  moisture  or  by contact 
with other  articles possessing communi­
cable odors.  When  this  state of  affairs 
occurs,  it  generally becomes a source of 
annoyance  to  the  grocer,  who,  either 
from a  lack  of  knowledge  required for 
the care of  the articles in question or  of 
the methods of preventing their contami­
nation,  stops  carrying them in stock, or 
else does his utmost to restrict  their sale 
as far as it is possible  without  too much 
loss  to  himself  or  inconvenience to his 
customers.  By following the few simple 
suggestions which I shall give, the grocer 
will not only be able to keep his stock in 
prime, fresh and attractive  condition for 
a considerable  time,  but also be enabled 
to derive a substantial benefit therefrom, 
which  can  be  accomplished  by a  little 
timely and persistent labor and, in many 
instances, without much expense.
Pickled  or  salt fish, such as mackerel, 
salmon, herrings,  whitefish,  trout,  etc., 
are  a  constant  source  of  trouble, from 
their liability to become oily, rancid  and 
rusty when the  barrels  are  opened  and 
the contents  exposed for  sale.  This  is 
occasioned  by the fatty or  oily particles 
of  the  fish  absorbing  oxygen from  the 
air, and  can, to a great  degree,  be  pre­
vented  by  keeping  the  fish  under  the 
brine  and  tightly  covered.  The  brine 
must  be  poured  off  and  fresh,  strong 
brine be used to replace it every week  or 
t w o ,   and a few handfuls of  rock  or  Liv­
erpool salt added to make  the fish retain 
their  natural  color.  The  brine^ used 
must,  in  every instance,  be  sufficiently 
strong to float  an  egg  or  potato  partly 
out  of  the  water.  Brine ean  be  made 
expeditiously  with  dairy  or  Liverpool 
salt, but when, from economical or other 
reasons,  rock  salt  is  used,  it  must  be 
prepared some time  before using,  either 
by heating or by gradually allowing it to 
dissolve.  When the latter is decided on, 
the salt is to be placed in a suitable  ves­
sel or barrel filled with  water  and  occa­
sionally  stirred  to  aid  solution.  The 
more salt used,  the sooner  is  the  brine 
ready for  use.  Whenever  any brine  is 
removed from the barrel, more water and 
salt are to be added, so as to keep a stock 
on  hand  ready for  use.  The following 
•  method  of  displaying  salt  fish  of  this 
description is one  that I have personally 
tried and which I can highly recommend.
It makes  an  attractive  exhibit  and  ex­
poses only a small  quantity of  fish:  On 
a table, stand, counter  or  other  device, 
arrange a series  of  glassware,  crockery 
or  agateware  dishes,  of  any  desired 
depth, with  the  different  kinds  of  fish 
you keep in stock—one or  more  of  each 
kind—the least possible number  exposed 
being the object to be attained.  The fish 
are  to  be  returned  to  their  respective 
barrels  at  closing  time  every  evening, 
unless  previously disposed  of,  and  the 
dishes  are to be frequently cleanqfi.  By 
following this  method, the dirty-looking 
barrels can be kept  in  the  cellar or fish 
room and so much more  room and clean­
liness will be obtained in the store.  The 
full barrels of  fish  that  have  not  been 
opened  must be  occasionally filled  with 
brine  through  the  bung  holes  and  the 
position changed,  that is,  after  standing 
on one end for  some  time  they must  be 
reversed.
Dried salt fish,  such  as  codfish,  must 
be  kept  covered  in a cool, moist  place. 
If you handle much  of  this  commodity, 
also of the pickled kind,  it would be very 
advantageous  to  have  a  separate cellar 
or room specially arranged for their stor­
age, which must  embrace  the  following 
essentials: 
It  must  be  in a cool, dark
situation and  only  ventilated  from  the 
top,  and must  be  kept  constantly moist 
by sprinkling the floor with brine, or else 
keep the brine in open vessels  in  differ­
ent parts of the room.  This will prevent 
excessive evaporation  of  brine from the 
barreled fish  and  loss  of  weight on the 
dried fish, and will also keep it from get­
ting “red.”  When the above conditions 
are impossible, the dried fish can be  kept 
in good order by covering  with  sacks in 
brine  and  renewing  the application fre­
quently. 
Smoked  fish  should  only  be 
purchased  in  small  quantities  and  the 
stock  frequently  replenished, 
if 
placed in a cool or  damp  place, they be­
come  mouldy, and  when  in a dry  place, 
surrounded by currents of  air, they soon 
become rancid.  The  mould may be re­
moved by brushing  the  fish  with  warm 
water and then drying thoroughly with a 
cloth.  This will also freshen and brighten 
them up a good deal.
requiring  the 
utmost  cleanliness  and  care  to  keep it 
from becoming tainted.  To prevent this 
from occurring, the  butter  must be kept 
as far as possible from such odorous art! 
cles as lard, cheese, fish—salted, dried or 
smoked—coal  oil,  vinegar,  liquors, etc 
Your  butter  boxes  must  be  frequently 
scalded with hot water and  salsoda,  and 
afterward  thoroughly  rinsed  with  hot 
and then with cold water,  and left to dry 
before again using.  When ready for use, 
take two  pieces  of  clean  muslin  cloth, 
cut the size of the box, dip them in brine 
place  one  on  the inside  bottom  of  the 
box, pack  in  your  butter  and  cover  it 
with the other cloth.  This will keep fresh 
roll  butter  in good, sweet  condition  for 
three or four weeks.  Barrels containing 
pickle  roll  and  firkin  butter  should be 
examined once or  twice a week and kept 
filled  with  brine  made  from  Liverpool 
salt and sufficiently strong to float an egg 
or potato.  Whenever pickled roll butter 
is  opened, a few  rolls  should  be  taken 
out and placed  in a butter box and if not 
sold during the day  should  be  replaced 
in the barrel every night.  The butter in 
the barrel must always be  covered  with 
brine, and, to prevent  floating, a suitable 
frame or cover is to  be  placed  over  the 
butter,  with a clean,  heavy  stone  upon 
it.  This will keep it from  contact  with 
the air,  which affects pickled butter more 
quickly than fresh.  Firkin or tub butter, 
when removed  from  the  original  pack­
ages and placed  on  the  counter, should 
have the specks and stains  of  dirt, occa­
sioned by contact with  the  sides  of  the 
barrels  or  tubs,  removed  with  a  clean 
knife,  and a clean  muslin  cloth,  previ­
ously dipped in brine and of  the  proper 
size, should be wound around  the butter, 
and  another, similarly  prepared, should 
be placed over the top.  This  should  be

Butter  is  an  article 

for, 

done once a day, at least, and  will  keep 
the butter in good and clean condition.
Lard,  olive  oil,  nuts,  flour,  meals, 
crackers  and  similar  articles  must  be 
kept  from  proximity  with  any  of  the 
above-mentioned  or  other  odorous  sub­
stances,  to  prevent  disagreeable  conse­
quences.  Flour must be kept in a dark, 
dry, cool  place, having a free  access  of 
air  and  an  even  temperature.  A room 
lined on the inside with tin or zinc,  with 
the  edges  carefully soldered,  would  be 
the acme of  perfection,  as it can be  kept 
sweeter and  cleaner than  one  composed 
of  wood, in the  crevices of  which parti­
cles of  flour are apt to collect,  and, from 
the impossibility of removing them, they 
ultimately  become  musty  and  breed 
weevil, which  are  afterward  communi­
cated to the  flour in storage. 
If  a  room 
of  this  kind  is  out of  the  question, the 
next best thing is a stand made of  strong 
boards  in  the  shape  of  a  table,  raised 
about  two  feet  from  the  floor,  having 
the legs, sides and top covered with sheet 
tin or zinc, with the edges  well soldered, 
for the above-mentioned reasons.  It will 
likewise prevent rats and mice  from get­
ting at  the  flour, provided  the  stand  is 
placed  some  distance  from convenient 
jumping places.  Meals must, in no case, 
be stored together with  flour, on account 
of  retaining a certain  amount of  natural 
moisture, which, coming in contact  with 
the  flour  particles, will  breed weevil or 
become  musty.  A  similar  stand,  or  a 
box finished like  that  referred to above, 
must be used if  meals  are to be kept any 
length of  time.  Olive  oil,  flavoring  ex­
tracts, olives, fruits  in  glass or  canned, 
must be  kept in a cool  place  where  the 
sun cannot strike them.
Hams,  bacon  and  other  smoked  and 
dried  meats,  after  being  weighed  and 
marked,  should  be  hung  up  in  a cool, 
dark, dry place.
Cheese, after being cut, should be kept 
in an air-tight safe lined  with tin.  This 
will  keep  the  cheese  from  becoming 
mouldy or dry.  The whole  cheese  kept 
in storage  should  be  placed on  shelves, 
separately,  and brushed and  turned over 
every  few  days, to  prevent  the  cheese 
from rotting, or the  “cheesemites”  from 
getting a start.
Roasted  and  ground  coffees,  ground 
spices in bulk or paper  packages, cocoas 
in bulk or paper packages, teas, crackers 
and the like should, in every instance, be 
kept in tin  canisters or boxes, which can 
be  obtained  either  ready made or made 
to order in  every  conceivable  form  and 
variety  of  decoration.
Rice,  sago,  tapioca  and  similar  far­
inaceous  products  are  to  be  stored  in 
either clean barrels or bins; in the latter, 
have them lined with tin.
Table  salt, especially  in  small  sacks, 
can be kept  clean  and  dry by placing it 
in an empty sugar  barrel  or  box  with a 
suitable cover.  By placing  quicklime in 
the same  storage  room  with salt, it will 
absorb  the  moisture in the air and keep 
the salt dry.
Chocolates, figs, dates, citron and other 
peel and  dried fruits should be kept in a 
glass showcase. 
By  using  a  self-measuring  molasses 
gate,  all the loss and the  disgusting filth 
of  the old method of  drawing  syrup  are 
done  away  with,  making  the  operation 
a “joy forever.”

m

W ool,  Hides,  Tallow  and  Furs.

The  sales of  wool have been small the 
past  week.  Maihifacturers  have  sold 
some  worsted  and  piece  goods.  Such 
buyers take a little wool  at  fair  prices, 
but those using the lower grades canvass 
the market closely, with an indifference as 
to  buying, looking  for  a  concession  in 
price, which  they are  sure to get before 
the  rounds  among the dealers are made. 
While some lots are  held  strongly 2 to 3 
cents above the  market, the general tone 
is to sell.  The  market  can be said to be 
very 
some 
stronger.

irregular,  with 

foreign 

Hides  have  settled  down  to  a  quiet 
market at a low price, apparently to stay 
there.  Tanners are well stocked and are 
indifferent  buyers,  scanning  selections 
and  condition  very  closely.  Trade  is 
fair.

Tallow is a shade  stronger, caused  by 
a small  export  demand,  which has been 
very exacting as to quality and condition. 
Prices are  so  low  that  Tenderers do not 
care  to move their stock.  Oleo  stearine 
sold at 4%c  last  week, the lowest price, 
with  one  exception, it has ever  reached 
before.  Lard  remains  low, with no im­
mediate prospects for a raise.

Furs  are  nominal in  price,»extremely 

quiet and slow of  sale.

The  G rocery  M arket.

The  grocery  market  has  been  fairly 
active  this  week.  Hard  sugars  are  a 
trifle  easier  and  are  quoted  ¿¿c  lower 
than  last  week.  Extra  C and yellows 
however, hold their own, and the general 
opinion seems to be  that they will not be 
lower.  Prunes are  higher.  There is no 
change in raisins, but  they are very firm 
and will probably be higher soon.  Pickles 
are booming, and the buyer is lucky who 
has a stock on hand at last  fall’s  prices 
Canned  goods  are  beginning  to  move 
quite briskly.  Peaches, peas,  pumpkins 
and  squash  are  rather  higher, and  the 
market is quite  firm. 
Jobbers look for­
ward  to  a  good  spring trade,  as  stocks 
generally are light.

An  E xceptionally  L arge  O rder.

The  spring  order  of  the  Muskegon 
Booming  Co.,  which  amounts to several 
thousand dollars and has heretofore gone 
to Saginaw,  was  captured this  year  by 
the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co. 
The 
order  was  taken  in  open  competition, 
several houses here and at  Saginaw hav­
ing had an opportunity to compete for it, 
but the prices  made by the above named 
company  secured  the  plum.  Mr.  Ball 
and his  associates  are  naturally  elated 
over so large«j an  order,  as it is a matter 
of  genuine congratulation for the house, 
as well as a credit to the market.

GET  ACQUAINTED.

The  V alue  of  a   W ide  A cquaintance­

farm 

laborers.  He 

ship  to   Those  W ho  Rise in  Life.
The  trouble with  most  men who have 
ideas is that  they do  not  know anybody 
upon whom to unload them.  This is why 
most mechanics with improvements upon 
machinery,  farm 
laborers  with  new 
thoughts about crops, stock  and  cultiva­
tion,  clerks  who have thought out ways 
in  which  their  employers’  line of  bus­
iness  might  be  increased,  never  make 
anything out of  their new ideas.
When the writer of  this  article ceased 
to be a boy and started  in  life  for  him­
self,  a  shrewd  old  man  said  to  him: 
“Always  be a little  ahead  of  your bus­
iness and  you’ll be  sure  to  get  along.” 
The writer  followed this advice, and the 
consequence  is  that  he  has  nothing to 
grumble about.
v  “My  boy,”  said  the  old  gentleman, 
“I’ve taught  you  half  a dozen  different 
trades”  (as  he  had),  “but  if  you  don’t 
get  acquainted  with  anybody  but  the 
good fellows who work alongside of  you, 
you  never  will get ahead.  Look at peo 
pie in our own  town and  you’ll see what 
I mean.'  The  preachers  who  don’t  get 
acquainted  with  anybody  but  other 
preachers  and  their  own  congregations 
never  know  when  to  start a revival  of 
religion so that it will do the most  good 
the farmers who  talk  only to farmers go 
on  in  the  same  old  way and never sell 
their  farms  for  what  they cost, and the 
mechanics  who  know  nobody  but  me 
chanics  never  get  beyond  working  for 
day’s wages.”
He  was  right.  The  more  I  looked 
around, in compliance  with  his  advice 
the  more  1 saw  that  he  knew  what  he 
was talking about.
1 used  to  set  type.  Lots of  type-set 
ters, smarter men than I,  are still setting 
type for their living and wondering  how 
they will  live when their eyesight breaks 
down.
1 used to do  house  painting.  Several 
house-painters,  men  of  better  brains 
than mine, have succumbed to “painters’ 
colic”  and don’t  know  what  else to fall 
back upon for a living.
I  used  to  plant  corn  at  twenty-fiv 
cents  a  day beside a big-brained  fellow 
who hated to see  human hands do slowly 
what  might  quickly be done by machin 
ery.  He  devised  a  corn  planter.  He 
was not on familiar  terms  with  anyone 
outside of  his own set,  which was that of 
common 
talked 
his idea to them, they talked it to others 
and, finally, it  was  talked  about  in the 
presence of  a  quick-witted  fellow,  who 
quickly  patented  it  in  his  own  name, 
The  real  inventor  swore  and  talked  i 
great  deal  when  he heard of  this.  One 
day, a square, wide-awake  man who had 
some money asked  the  poor  fellow why 
he hadn’t come to him.
“ Because  I  didn’t  know  you  well 
enough,” said the unhappy inventor.
“It’s  nobody’s  fault  but  your own, 
said  the  wide-awake  man. 
“Men  of 
brains  can  easily  get  acquainted  with 
one another if they will.”
All this doesn’t mean that  you  should 
be “too  big  for  your  breeches,” as  the 
old  saying  goes,  but  it  certainly^ does 
show that, if  a  man wants to rise in the 
world, he ought to  get  acquainted  more 
with the people with whom  he  wants  to 
associate  or  do  business. 
It  does  not 
mean that you should force yourself upon 
some man of affairs and demand  that  he 
interest himself in your  ideas,  but  that 
you should never lose a chance of becom­
ing acquainted with  such men about you 
as seem  more  successful  than yourself. 
It is necessary that people should believe 
that  you  yourself, aside from any  busi­
ness  plans  which  you  may  have,  are a 
man of good stuff, if you want them to be 
in condition to listen  to  you  when  you 
want  to  get  financial  support  for  any 
business project.
In the  small  towns  and  in  the rural 
districts,  this  advice  is  easy enough to 
follow.  True, everybody  knows  every­
body,  and a man, mo  matter  how  poor, 
who doesn’t know everybody worth know­
ing, from  the  village  postmaster to the 
member of Congress  from  that  district, 
has only himself  to blame. 
In the cities 
and large towns,  it is not so easy to form 
acquaintances, but the fault is  not  with 
the people but  with  the  custom  of  hu­
manity to unconsciously form itself^ into 
“sets,” each  of  which  herds  by  itself 
without bearing any ill will to any of the 
others.  Nevertheless,  I  want to say to 
you that I personally  know  hundreds of 
big business concerns, jn New York alone, 
of which  the  men  now  at  the head were 
poor  employes  a  generation  ago,  and 
among the reasons for the  rise  of  these 
men to high business and social standing 
were  these: 
themselves 
acquainted  with  men  above  them,  and 
they were worth being known 
How is a man to follow their  example? 
Well, that is a question which  you ought 
In  a  general 
to  ask  your  own  brain. 
however,  I  can  tell  you  that  the
way,
man  P W I—r -  —
. 
that is going on in the vicinity, and talks 
of  what he has thought about, instead of 
merely voicing  other  men’s  opinions, is 
always found to be pleasant  company by 
all men but snobs and dudes.
Once,  it  was  my duty to go weekly to 
a large manufacturing  town in the State 
of  New York.  The operatives got about 
the same pay, but,  while some lived like 
cattle, spent their  time in saloons,  wore 
dirty clothes and scowled  whenever they 
passed  their  employers,  there  was  one 
man  who  spent  his  evenings  at  home 
always went  to  work  in  a  clean  shirt 
kept a neat garden in front  of  his  little 
bit of a cottage and talked sensibly on all 
news  of  the day.  A few  years  later, I 
was entertained  in  that  same  town  by 
that  same  man,  who had become one of 
its most prominent  and wealthy citizens. 
I  congratulated  him  on  his  luck  and 
asked him how it came about, but he said 
that he didn’t know.  Then I asked some 
of  his  fellow-workmen,  and  they  said

they  made 

-

that they didn’t know,  either;  that they 
didn’t  envy  him  his  luck,  for  he  was 
always a good feljpw  and  had never for- 
gptten  how to feel  brotherly to a  work­
ingman.  Next,  I  asked  the  leading 
capitalist of the town, who said:
Why, he not only has  brains—as lots 
of  our  men  have—but he’s man enough 
I  wish 
to use them.  God  bless  him! 
there were a  dozen  more  just like  him. 
Instead of  being content to stay down at 
the bottom  of  the  ladder  and  grumble, 
he tried to climb, and alLof us were glad 
to give him a hand.”
It is only fair to say, however,  that he 
did  not  reach  the top in a single  jump. 
Life  is  a  journey,  not  a  lottery where 
_ our  prize  comes  to  you all in a lump. 
But if  you want to make a  journey com­
fortably and  successfully, try to get into 
the company of those who made an earlier 
start.  Get acquainted.

A  M erchant’s  M istake.

From  th e  Denver Grocer.
A merchant  may, in order  to  advance 
the amount  of  trade,  cut the  prices  or 
what is termed  “make a  drive”  on  cer­
tain lines of  goods,  and for a time enjoy 
the  luxury ef  an  increase  in  daily  re­
ceipts,  but there is not one in a hundred 
who  imagines he is in a fair  way to ruin 
his legitimate  trade on the  very articles 
which  are  now  in  such  demand.  His 
neighbor,  finding his  trade  diminishing, 
looks up the reason and  concludes  that, 
as Jones is making a rush on those goods, 
he will put  another  line  down  to  cost. 
Alas, for Jones!  The stuff  he is making 
his profit on is now being purchased else­
where, and the only way he can come out 
even is to advance the price of his special 
sale  stock.  Here  is  where  the  curses 
come  home to  roost.  None  of  his  old 
customers will believe they are not being 
gulled,  and they will immediately trans­
fer  their  patronage  to  another  house. 
Then  the  deep  and  brilliant  schemer 
will sit down and try to think how it was 
that his cost price racket did not catch on. 
It is easy enough to  lower  the  price  of 
anything but it requires a world of argu­
ment to bring it back again.  The average 
consumer does not think he is paying too 
much for  his goods until some simpleton 
proposes  to  sell  them  cheaper.  After 
that, they may be given  to  him  and  he 
will  have a sneaking feeling  that  he  is 
being cheated.  There  are  hundreds  of 
the necessities of  life  being  sold to-day 
by  our  grocers  on  which  they  realize 
little or no profits, simply because  some­
one has  insisted.on making  these  goods 
leaders somewhere in the dim past.

K eep  Books.

The advice which Daniel Webster gave 
to  a  neighbor  of  his,  in  the following 
anecdote, might be followed  with advan­
tage by many people. 
Indeed, the reader 
will be likely to think that it might have 
been followed to very good  advantage by 
Mr. Webster himself.
On one  occasion,  a  man  presented to 
Mr. Webster a bill for payment.
“Why, Mr. N-----,” said the statesman,
“it seems to  me  that  I  have  paid  that 
bill.”
Mr.  N-----protested  that  it  had  not
been paid,  and  Mr.  Webster  told him to 
c a l l   in a few days and  he  would  attend! 
to the matter.  After  the man had gone, 
Mr. Webster  asked his clerk to look over
quantity of  bills and  see  if  he  could 
find a receipt  for  the  amount.  To  his 
surprise two  receipts  were found,  indi­
cating that the  bill had  been paid twice.
In due time Mr.  N-----called,  just  at
the  dinner  hour,  as it chanced,  and Mr. 
Webster  invited  him in to dine.  After 
the meal was over, they proceeded to the 
business in hand.
‘Mr. N-----, do you keep books ?”  Mr.
Webster inquired.
“No,”  was the reply.
“I  thought  so,”  said  Mr.  Webster.
Now, I advise  you to  keep  books. 
If 
you  had  kept  books  you  would  have 
known  that  I  had  this  receipted bill,” 
(showing him one).
Mr.  N-----was  greatly  surprised  and
mortified and apologized as best he could 
for his  mistake.
‘Yes, it is always a good  plan to keep 
books,” continued Mr. Webster,  showing 
him the second receipt.
Then,  knowing  Mr.  N-----  to  be  an
honest man,  and, not  wishing  to  annoy 
him, he suggested that perhaps receipted 
bills had been presented,  but  really left
unpaid,  and  insisted  that  Mr.  N-----
should take the money.

The  S tarch  Factories  Succum b.
It is reported  that  an  English  syndi­
cate  has  purchased  all  the  starch  fac­
tories in the country  of  importance, ex­
cept  one,  and  that,  as a result  of  such 
purchase,  production  will  soon  be  re­
stricted  by  the  closing  of  one  or more 
factories.

B. J. Mason  & Co.,
Old Homestead FaGtory
Premes, Evaporatefl Apples

MANUFACTURERS  OF

GRANT,  MICH. 

Proprietors of

Jellies  ani  Apple  Bitter.

Our  goods  are  guaranteed  to  be  made 

from wholesome  fruit  and  are  free 

from any adulteration or  sophis­

tication.  See quotations in 

grocery  price current.

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

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A ,A M *   G uJ u S m * ¿ b u t * - .

For  Sale  by  Leading  Wholesale  Grocers.

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C H E E S E .

“  Green  Limas__   @1  20
“  Strings........... 
@  90
“  Stringless,  Erie..........*  90
“  Lewis’Boston Baked. .1  40
Corn, Archer’s Trophy........ 1  00
“  Morn’g Glory. 1  00
“ 
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Early Golden. 1  00
“ 
Peas, French............................. 1 68
I 
“  extra marrofat...  @125
“  soaked......................  80
“  June, stand.......................1 40
“  sifted.......... 1  65@1  85
“ 
“  French, extra fine...  .150
Mushrooms, extra fine........ 2  15
Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden..  @1  00 
Succotash,  standard— 90@1  40
Squash.......................................1 16
Tomatoes,  Red  Coat..  95@1  00 
Good Enough95@l  00 
BenHar  ...  95®1  00
stand  b r....  95@1 00
Michigan Full  Cream 1154@12 
Sap Sago...........   ;.... 16  @1654
CHOCOLATE— B A K E R ’ 8.
German Sweet..................  
23
28
Alden  Premium” ........... 
Cocoa................................. 
38
Breakfast  Cocoa..............  
48
Broma................................ 
37
Rubber, 100 lumps................ 25
35
Spruce...................................30
Bulk......................................  6
Red....................., ................   754
Rio, fair..........................  @20
“  good.....................20  @21
“  prime.......................  @22
“  fancy,  w ashed...  @23
“  golden..................22  @23
Santos..........................21  @22
Mexican & Guatemala 22  @23
Peaberry.....................21  @23
Java,  Interior.............23  @25
“  Mandheling— 26  @29
Mocha, genuine..........25 • @27
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

C H E W IN G   GUM .
200  “ 

c o f f e e—Green.

CH IC O R Y .

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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

STICK.
Standard, 25 lb. boxes......................................   9
......................................   9
25 
Twist, 
Cut Loaf, 25 
1054
 
MIXED.
Royal, 25 lb. pails...............................................9  _
2001b.  bbls........  ..................................  854
Extra, 25 lb.  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........................................................10
Licorice Drops................................................... 18
A. B. Licorice  Drops........................................14
Lozenges, plain...................... .........................14
printed............................................ 15
Imperials...........................................................14
Mottoes..............................................................15
Cream Bar.........................................................13
Molasses Bar.................................................... 13
Caramels.....................................................16®18
Hand Made  Creams.........................................18
Plain Creams.................................................... 16
Decorated Creams............................................20
String  Rock........................................:............15
Burnt Almonds.................................................22
Winter green  Berries........................... ........... 14
fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in pails.................................12
in bbls.................................. 11
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
in bbls.......................................   954
Sour Drops, in i>ails.........................................12
Imperials, in pails......................   ...................U

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FRUITS.

c o f f e e  e x t r a c t.

C R A C K E R S.
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in bbls.............................................1054
Oranges,  Florida,  choice...................... 3 25@3 50
@3 75 
@4 00 
3 00@3 50
@4  5 
@3 00 
@3 00 
.  @.14  @15 
12  @1254 
.  @

.2434
Lion.
in  cabinets....................2554
M cLa u g h lin ’s X X X X .... 2454
Durham...............................2454
Valley City.........................  
85
Felix................................... 1  10
c lo t h e s  l in e s .
Cotton,  40 ft......... per doz.  1  25
1  50
50 ft.
1  75
60 f t..........
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70 ft.......... 
2 00 
2 25 
80 f t.........  
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60 ft.........  
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1  00 
1  15
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72 f f ........ 
CONDENSED MILK.
7 50
Eagle......  
..............
Anglo-Swiss.............6 00@ 7 60
Kenosha Butter..................  754
Seymour 
554
Butter...................................  554
“  family.........................   >54
“  biscuit........................  6
Boston...................................  654
City Soda.............................   754
Soda......................................   7H
S. Oyster..............................   554
City Oyster, XXX.................   554
Picnic.....................................554
Strictly  pure......................   38
Grocers’.............................. 
25
d r i e d  f r u i t s —Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried......   454@  554
« 
evaporated__   @854
Apricots, 
Blackberries “ 
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I Nectarines  “ 
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Peaches 
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Brazils......................................................  @}1}4 I
Plums 
Walnuts, Grenoble.  ......................... 
@1554 i
Raspberries
California...............................  @13
Pecans, Texas, H. P .. . . . . . . . ................10  @13
Valencias....................  854® 854
Ondaras......................   @10
Fancy, H. P., Bells....................................  @ 854 |
Sultanas.....................: 1054@1034
"  Roasted................ . 
@1054
@ 844 !  London  Layers,  Cali
Fancy, H. P., Suns.............V.V.’. '. . . .  
,1044 I 
fom ia.....................   2 50@2 75
Choice, H. P., G. Roasted
g) 714  London Layers, for’n .  @
@ 944 1  Muscatels, California.!  75@2o25
Roasted.

fancy.................
golden russets...
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Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360.........
300........
“ 
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fancy, 360........
300........
** 
“  Malagas,  choice, ripe.......
Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers..
“ 
“  choice, 7 lb.............................
Dates, frails, 50 lb ............................
“ 
54 frails, 50 lb........... ............
Fard, 10-lb.  box..............
“ 
@10 , 8
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Persian, 50-lb.  box......................   6  @ 654
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Almonds, Tarragona.  ...........................  @16
Ivaca...................................... _  @15 
California.............................15  @16 

d r i e d   f r u i t s — Raisins.

“  — 15  @16

“  50-lb.  “ 

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P E A N U T S .

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Clay, No.  216........................ 1
|  “  T. D. full count...........   75
Cob, No.  3..................................1 25
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  8
Carolina head........................ 654
“  No. 1........................ 5=4
“  No. 2.................554©
“  No. 3........................ 5

P R E S E R V E S .

R IC E .

 
 
 

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54-bu 

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SA L E R A T U S.

Japan.............................554@654
Diamond  Crystal,  in  cases
;  Q24  packages........................1 50
Common Fine per bbl..........  80
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   27
28 pocket................................1 90
60 
.............................. 2  00
2  15
100 
 
Ashton bu. b ag s..................  75
75
Higgins  “ 
. Warsaw “ 
35
20
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .534
; Dwight’s Com.......... ............. 554
|  Taylor’s .................................. 5
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf............. 554
j 
pure..........................554
;  Our Leader.........................   434
Mixed bird.................   454® 6
Caraway................................  9
Canary.................................   354
Hemp.......................................354
Anise..................................  -  8
R ape.....................................  6
Mustard......................  
Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, in jars................ 35
French Rappee, in Jars...... 43

S N U F F .

S E E D S .

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Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

spices—Whole.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Superior.................................3 30
Queen  Anne......................... 3 85
German  Family..................
Mottled  German...................3 00
Old German..........................2 70
U. S. Big  Bargain...........—  2 00
Frost, Floater..................... 3 75
Cocoa  Castile  .....................3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy..........3 36
Happy Family,  75...............2  95
Old Country, 80...................3 30
Una, 100............................... 3 65
Bouncer, 100....................— 3 15
Allspice...............................10
Cassia, China in mats..........  8
Batavia in bund__ 11
Saigon in rolls........ 40
Cloves,  Amboyna................ 26
Zanzibar..................20
Mace  Batavia.....................80
Nutmegs, fancy ................. 80
“  No.  1....................... 75
* »  No.  2....................... 65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 18 
w hite...  .26
“ 
shot......................... 20
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice.............................. 15
Cassia,  Batavia................. 20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
Saigon.....................42
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna.............. 32
“  Zanzibar..................25
Ginger, African................. 1254
*•  Cochin.....................15
Jam aica..................18
“ 
Mace  Batavia.................... 90
Mustard,  English.............. 22
“ 
and Trie..25
“  Trieste.................. ..27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ................. 80
Pepper, Singapore, black— 21 
“  white....... 30
.25
Cayenne—
SUGARS.
Cut  Loaf...................
Cubes.......................
Powdered................
Standard  Granulated.  @  644
F in e .........   ©  644
Confectioners’ A........  @6.31
White Extra  C...........   6  @ 644
Extra  C......................   5%@  5J£
n ............................  544® 5%
............   @544
Yellow........................
SAL  SODA.
Kegs...............................  134
Granulated,  boxes..............  2
Kitchen,3 doz.  in box......   2 60
Hand 
.......  2 50
Silver Thread, 15 gallons... .2 90 
7
....4 00
14
14
Corn,  barrels..............   @27
Pure  Sugar, bbl......... 28@36

one-half  barrels—   @29
half barrel....30@38
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SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps..............  
Sugar  Creams........ 
Frosted  Creams.......... 
Graham  Crackers...... * 
Oatmeal Crackers....... 

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SAUERKRAUT.
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SAPOLIO.
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SYRUPS.

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

pay promptly a/nd buy in fu ll packages.

DRIED  FRUITS—Citron.

In  d ru m ..........  ...........  @23
In boxes........................  @25
Zante, in  barrels.........  @ 5 %
in less quantity  @ 654

DRIED FRUITS—Currants.

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dried fruits—Prunes.

APPLE  BUTTER.

AXLE  GREASE.

E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  6
Frazer’s...............................*2 60 \
Aurora.................................. 1  T5 I
Diamond....................•....... 1  60 |
Absolute, 54 lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 j
“  50s..10 00 j
50s..18 75
75
“  2  “  ....  1  50 |
“  1  “  ....  3 00 1

Acme, V lb. cans, 3 doz —  

*4 lb. 
lib .  “ 

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B U T T E R IN E

541b.  “ 
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DRIED  FRUITS—Peel.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

541b.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 
BATH BRICK.

Mack,  sh’s, No. 2, 54  bbl 
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121b. k its....100
10 1b. k its....  80
kits
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T urkey..........................  5  @554
Bosna............................   6  @  654
California.....................  8  @10
Lemon...................: ___ 
18
Orange..........................  
18
Farina, 100 lb.  kegs..............  04
Hominy,  per  bbl...................3 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box__   60
im ported.......  @954
Pearl  Barley................  254®  254
Peas, green...................   @1  10
“  split.......................  @ 3
Sago,  German..............  @  654
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l . .. 
6@  7
Wheat,  cracked...........  @ 5
Vermicelli,  im port__   @10
dom estic...  @60
FISH—BALT.
Cod, w hole....................  5  @ 6
H a lib u t.......................  954@10
Herring,  round, 54 bbl.. 
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gibbed................. 
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
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541b. 
1 lb. 
bulk.....................  20 I
Our Leader, ^lb.  cans.......  45
....... 
90
.......  1  60
Telfer’s,  54 lb. cans, doz..  45
“ 
..  85
“  ..  1  50
English, 2 doz. in case.......  80
** 
Bristol,  2  “ 
75
American. 2 doz. in case...  70
Dozen ! 
BLUING.
30 
Mexican,  4 oz.........
60 
8  oz............
90
16  oz...........
“  boneless................  654@ 754
BROOM S.
No. 2 Hurl...........................  1  75
2  65
........................... 2*00
No. 1  “ 
2  75
No. 2 Carpet........................  2 25
12 00
No. 1 
“ 
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Parlor Gem.........................   2 75
“  kegs, new  @  75
Common Whisk.................  
90
Scaled  .......... .20®  22
Fancy 
..................  1  20
12 00 
M ill....................................   3 25
! 
“  12  lb k it..130
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Warehouse......................... 2 75
“ 
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“ 
“  10 
!  Trout,  54  bbls..............4 00@4 25
Dairy, solid packed...........1254
■'  10  lb.  k its...................  60
i  White,  No. 1, 54 b b ls..5  50@5  75
rolls.........................   13
Creamery, solid packed—   1354 
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C A N D LES
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............   1054 |
954  i
Star,  40 
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Paraffine............................. 
Wicking.............................. 
25 :
canned goods—Fish. 
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Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck.....1  20
Clam Chowder, 3 lb...  .......2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand— 1  10 ; 
....190
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Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic............1  75
2  lb.  “ 
........... 2 65
1 lb.  Star................ 2  15
2 lb. Star................ 3 15 .
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 85 ,
1 lb.  stand............1  20
........... 2 00-
2 lb. 
3 lb. in Mustard.. .2 85
3 lb.  soused........2 85
Salmon, 1 lb.  Columbia..  . .2 00
1 lb.  Alaska.......... 1  90 ■
Sardines, domestic  54s........  
5
54s........® 9
Mustard 54s..........  @  9
imported  54s ■ • .1054@16
spiced,  54s.......... 
10
Trout, 3 lb. brook...........  
2 60
canned goods—Fruits.
Apples, gallons, stand.  -----2 25
Blackberries,  stand.............  90
Cherries,red standard 1  10@1  20 |
pitted..................... 1  40 j
Damsons...............................1  15 :
Egg Plums, stand....... 1  15@1  35
Gooseberries.........................1  00 i
Grapes..................................j  „
Green  Gages................ 1  15@1  35 1
Peaches, yellow, standi  75@1  85
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
Asparagus, Oyster Bay........ 
Beans, Lima,  stand.........   85

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...  50
G U N   P O W D E R .
.5 25
K egs............................
Half  kegs..............................2 i
Sage........................................9
Hops...................................... 14
E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods..  6
Chicago  goods.....................  354
30
No.  ... 
No. 1..................................... 
40
No. 2.................................:. 
50
Pure......................................   30
Calabria
Sicily.....................................  18
No. 9  sulphur.......................2 00
Anchor parlor...................... 1  70
No. 2 home  ......................... 1  10
Export  parlor.......................4 00
Black  Strap......................  
20
Cuba Baking.....................24@25
Porto  Rico........................ 30@35
New Orleans, good............24@28
choice........30@35

.  fancy.........42@45
OA TM EA L.
Muscatine, Barrels............. 5
Half barrels.....3  00
Cases......... 2  15@2
R O L L E D   OATS.
Muscatine, Barrels__   @5
Half bbls..  @3  00
Cases........2  15@2 25
Michigan  Test.....................  954
Water White........................ 1054
Medium..................................@S 50
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Small,  bbl..................................7 50
“  54  bbl.............................. 4 25

One-half barrels, 3c extra

canned vegetables.

54 b b l.....................3

lamp wicks.

21b.  “ 

herbs.

M OLASSES.

M A TCH ES.

L IC O R IC E .

P IC K L E S .

JE L L IE S .

P IP E S .

OIL.

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Jettine, 1 doz. in  box..
Boxes...........................
Kegs, English..............

SODA.

•5Î44*

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

IMPERIAL.

SUN CURED.

GUNPOWDER.

YOUNG HYSON.

basket  fired.

F a ir..............................14  @16
Good...........................*.18  @22
Choice...........................24  @29
Choicest....................... 32  @38
F a ir..............................14  @15
Good............................ 16  @20
Choice...........................24  @28
Choicest....................... 30  @33
F a ir.............................  @20
Choice.........................   @25
Choicest......................   @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
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  @30
Superior to  fine...........30  @50
Fine to choicest...........55  @65
F a ir..............................25  @30
Choice.......................... 30  @35
Best..............................55  @65
Tea  Dust.....................   8  @10
S. W. Venable & Co.’s Brands.
Nimrod, 4x12 and  2x12............37
Reception, 22-5x12,16 oz........ 36
Vinco, 1x6,454 to  fi>................ 30
Big 5 Center, 3x12,  12 oz........ 34
Wheel, 5 to  fl>..........................37
Trinket, 3x9, 9  oz ...................25
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good..................... 38
Double Pedro..........................36
Peach  Pie  ...............................38
Wedding  Cake, blk................ 38
“Tobacco” ...............................38

tobaccos—Piug.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

OOLONG.

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35
35

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

tobaccos—Fine Cut.
Hiawatha........................  
Sweet  Cuba..................... 
Our Leader...................... 
tobaccos—Smoking.
Our  Leader..........................16
Hector....................................17
Plow Boy, 2  oz.....................32
4  oz..................... 31
15 oz..................... 32
tradesman credit coupons.
* 2, per hundred................  2 50
 
*5,  “ 
300
*10,  “ 
................4 00
*20,  “ 
................5 00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over..............  5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
40 gr.............................................  8 .
50 gr.......................................10

10 
 
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VINEGAR.

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TWINES.

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WOODENWARE.

Cocoa Shells,  bulk.............  5
PA PE R  & WOODENWARJ5
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
Straw ..................................... 160
“  Light  Weight.............200
Sugar................................... 180
Hardware...............................244
Bakers....................................244
Dry  Goods........................... 6
Jute  Manilla.........................8
Red  Express 
No. 1.5
No. 2................4
48 Cotton.............................  22
Cotton, No. 2....................... 20
“  3....................... 18
Sea  Island, assorted..........40
No. 5 H em p.........................18
No. 6  “ ................................17
Wool....................................
Tubs, No. 1.........................   7  00
“  No. 2..........................  6 00
“  No. 3..........................  5  00
1 50
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__   1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__  
60
Bowls, 11 inch....................  1  00
13  “ 
.....................  1  25
15  “ 
.......................2 00
.....................  2 75
17  “ 
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
Baskets, market..................  40
bushel.................   1  50
“  with covers  1  90
willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
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6 25
7 25
4 25
5 00
GRAINS and FEED  STUFFS 
W hite.........................  
76
Red............................. 
76
All wheat bought  on 60 lb. test.
Straight, in sacks.............   4  20
“  barrels...........   4  40
Patent  “  sacks.............   5  20
“  barrels............  5  40
Bolted..................................  1 00
Granulated..........................  1 10
Bran....................................  12 00
Ships..............................  
Screenings.........................  11 00
Middlings..........................   13 00
Mixed  Feed.......................   13 CO
Coarse meal.......................   13 00
Small  lots..........................  35
Car
30
Small  lots. 
...28
Car 
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“  No.3 
“  No.l 3 50
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MILLSTUFFS.

splint 

FLOUR.

MEAL.

CORN.

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@35
No. 1......
1  10 
No. 2.__
1  05
N o.l...................................  16 00
No. 2...................................  9 00
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 
lows:
Green..........................  4
Part  Cured.................   1
Full 
..................  4
Heavy  steers, extra...
Dry..............................   5
© 6 
Dry  Kips  ...................  5
@ 6 
@ 5
Calfskins,  green........3
cured........   444@ 5
Deacon skins.............. 10  @20

@ 444
@  4

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00@5 00

F U R S .

Shearlings...................10  @25
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @28 
Mink, dark...................   25@ 75
pale....................  25@ 50
Raccoon........................  40@ 80
Skunk...........................   75@ 80
MuskTat........................   15@ 18
Fox, red.......................1 
“  cross................... 2 
“  grey......................   40@ 70
Badger..........................  75@1 00
Cat, wild.......................  50@ 75
Fisher..........................4 
Lynx............................2 
Martin,  dark.............. 1 
Otter,  dark................. 6 
Wolf............................ 2 
Bear......................... 15 00@20 00
Beaver........................2 
Oppossum......................  15@ 20
Deerskins, per lb........  15©  25
Above  prices  for  No. 1 skins 
only.
Washed.............................25@30
Unwashed.......................   12@20
Tallow........................  3  @ 344
Grease  butter.............  2  @ 3
Switches.....................  144@  2
1 Ginseng...................... 2u00@2 60

pale  & yellow  60®  75

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WOOL.

00@5 00
00@3 00
25@3 00
00@8 00
00@3 00
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^81

of  ruinous  overproduction  is  presented 
by the  hens of  the  nation.  Undeterred 
by the  great  commercial  industries  en­
gaged  in  the  selling of  pickled  eggs at 
thirty cents per dozen, the American hens 
have  been  misled  by  the  mild  winter 
into  turning  out a supply of  fresh  eggs 
that  has  knocked  the  pickled and arti­
ficial  egg  business 
into  a  condition 
closely approximating  panic.  We  have 
not  heard  that  any  complaint  of  this 
state of  affairs is made by the consumers 
of  eggs, but  the proprietors of  more an­
tique  stocks  are  plainly convinced  that 
the interests of  the  nation  will be sadly 
injured if  the  public  gets too cheap and 
too  fresh eggs.  A movement to  put the 
hens into a trust  which  will restrict the 
industrious fowls to two eggs per week is 
the  obvious  remedy  according  to  the 
economic policy of  the day.

A  Novel  Project.

When it was  stated  some weeks  since 
in the newspapers that  the building of  a 
milk pipe line from a point in New  York 
State to  New York  City was  projected, 
there was  a  rather  general  smile,  and 
the matter was treated as  a  joke.  The 
projectors  were,  however,  it  seems,  in 
sober earnest.  A  company with a capi­
tal of $500,000 has,  it  is announced, been 
formed, at  Middletown,  N.  Y., for  the 
purpose  of  constructing  such  a  line. 
The proposed  method of forwarding  the 
milk  is  in  cylindrical 
tin  cans  sur­
rounded and propelled  by water, and the 
promoters of the scheme  assert  that  the 
time of transportation  for  a  distance of 
100 miles will not exceed one hour, while 
the profit will be about one cent a gallon. 
Fire a/nn  Water  thinks  if  this  sort  of 
thing goes on, we need not  be  surprised 
ere long to find  New York  the  converg­
ing point not only of  oil, natural gas and 
milk  pipe  lines,  but  of  whisky  ducts 
from the  blue  grass  regions  and  beer 
ducts  from  Cincinnati,  St.  Louis  and 
Milwaukee.  The  pipe  manufacturers 
may well feel cheerful  at  the  prospect 
before them.

There is no such  thing as utter failure 
to  one  who  has  done  his  best.  Were 
this truth more  often  emphasized, there 
would  be  more  courage  and energy in­
fused  into  sad  and  desponding  hearts. 
The  compensation  may  seem  shadowy 
and  afar  off, but it is not so. 
It attends 
everyone  who  is  conscientious,  pains­
taking  and  resolute,  and will not desert 
him,  whatever  may be  the  fate  of  his 
exertions in other respects.
Wholesale Price  Current•

O verproduction  of Eggs.

From  th e P ittsb u rg  Dispatch.
It is painful to learn  that  the  last ex- 
ample of  pernicious activity in  the  line

Advanced—Borax—(po), Cuttle Fish Bone.  Declined—Gum  Opium—(po), Cloves—(po).

Drugs 0  Medicines.

State  Board of  Pharmacy.

One T e a r—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Two T ears—Geo. McDonald, K alam azoo.
T hree T ears—Stanley E. P ark lll, Owosso.
F o u r T ears—Jacob  Jesson,  M uskegon.
Five T ears—Jam es V em or, Detroit.
P resident—Jacob  Jesson, M uskegon.
S ecretary—Jas.  V ernor, D etroit.
T reasu rer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo. 
f  M eetings d uring  l$90—G rand  Rapids, March i  and 5; 
S tar Island, Ju ly  1 and  2;  M arquette,  Aug.  IS  a n d li; 
Lansing, Nov. 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 . 

P resid en t—F ran k  Inglis,  D etroit.
F irst Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, L ansing.
Sec’d Vice-President—H enry K ephart, B errien Springs 
T hird Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, D etroit.
S ecretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—Wm D upont, Detroit.
Executive Com m ittee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan; 

Webb, Jackson;  D. E. P rall,  E ast Saginaw ;  Geo. Mc­
Donald, K alam azoo;  J. J. Crowley. D etroit.
Next Meeting—At  Saginaw , beginning th ird  Tuesday 

o f 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. E scott.
G r a n d  R a p i d s   D r u g  C l e r k s ’ A s s o c i a t i o n .  
P resident, F. D. Kipp ;  Secretary, A lbert Brower.
D e t r o i t   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie ty  

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

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

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

W hy  Rich  Men’s  Sons  N early  A lw ays 

Fail.

“Hundreds of  young  men of  fine  nat­
ural ability and thorough education make 
miserable failures in life merely because 
they have rich  parents,”  said  one of the 
oldest  and  most  successful  wholesale 
merchants in the city, the other day.  “If 
they  were  thrown  upon  their  own  re­
sources  from  the  start,  many  of  them 
would  not  only  succeed  in  a monetary 
sense, but would  become worthy and  in­
fluential  citizens.  As it is, the majority 
fail, simply because they lack  incentive. 
Over  thirty years  ago I started  in  bus­
iness with  scarcely any capital, but with 
plenty of  courage and energy,  and a firm 
resolution to accumulate enough to place 
my  family  in  comfort  in  my  old  age. 
Never  allowing  myself  to  forget  this 
object  for a moment,  I  have  succeeded 
beyond my most sanguine hopes.  Now I 
have a son  who  recently  graduated at a 
prominent  institution  of  learning. 
In­
stead  of  selecting a profession, he  looks 
forward to a life of  activity in a mercan­
tile pursuit, and has commenced work as 
an assistant  shipping  clerk in my estab­
lishment.  The work is hard and the pay 
small, but as he masters the  business  he 
will advance.  After a while he will earn 
his way through the various departments 
to a desk in the  counting  room. 
It may 
take  several  years,  but  the  practical 
knowledge  thus  gained  is essential to a 
successful  business career,  and,  besides, 
it is a knowledge  obtained  only by such 
work.  Of  course,  I  could  have  placed 
him  in  the. counting  room  at  first at a 
good  salary,  but  this  would  not  have 
given him the  necessary experience, nor 
have enabled him to obtain the independ­
ence and self-reliance  that  comes with a 
thorough  mastery  of  business. 
In  the 
years to come that boy will have a knowl­
edge  of  business  that  will  always  find 
him employment should financial reverses 
come.  But,  as a rule, financial  reverses 
never come to  men with such a training. 
If  rich  fathers  would  encourage  their 
sons to work through such an experience, 
they would see the day when  their  sons 
would  bless  them for it. 
Idleness  will 
ruin any  young man.”

Developing  Genius.

R alph W aldo Em erson.
Genius unexerted  is  no  more  genius 
than a  bushel  of  acorns  is  a  forest of 
oaks.  There  may  be  epics  in  men’s 
brains, just as there are oaks in acorns, but 
the tree and book must  come out  before 
we  can  measure  them.  We very nat­
urally recall here that class of grumblers 
and wishers  who  spend  their  time  in 
longing to be higher than they are, while 
they should  be  employed  in  advancing 
themselves.  How many men would fain 
go to bed dunces and wake up Solomons! 
You reap what you  have  sown.  Those 
who  sow dunce seed, vice  seed, laziness 
seed, usually get  a crop.  They who sow 
wind reap a whirlwind.  A man of mere 
“capacity  undeveloped” is  only  an  or-1 
ganized day dream, with a skin on it.  A 
flint and a genius that will  not strike fire 
are no better than wet junk wood.

A Passenger Rebuked.

A Florida steamer  got into a dense fog 
while  on  her way down  the  river.  A 
tourist, anxious to go  ahead, went  up to 
the  captain,  who was  at  the wheel, and 
asked why they had stopped.
“Too much fog;  can’t  see  the  river,” 
replied the cautious captain.
“But,” said  the  tourist,  “you can  see 
the stars overhead.”
“Yes,”  said  the  captain,  “but  until 
the boilers burst,  we are  not  going  that 
way.”

The passenger went to bed.

Before  They  Q uarreled.

“Why, darling, what can be the matter 
with these onions !”  he  ejaculated,  as he 
pushed back his plate.

The  young wife burst into tears.
“There,  1  told  the  grocer they smelt 
awful!  And  I soaked  them in that nice 
cologne  you bought  me  since  yesterday 
morning, too!”

Traveling  Post  Office.

The Berlin postmaster has just inaugu­
rated a very practical  post office.  Large 
postal carriages, from ten o’clock  in  the 
morning  till  seven in the evening,  trav­
erse  the  whole  city  and  serve  both as 
letter boxes for receiving the mail and as 
post offices  in  which  employes  classify 
and stamp the letters as  they are thrown 
in.  They are thus ready to be forwarded 
on their  arrival  at  the  central  station. 
Nearly  an  hour  is -thus  gained  in  the 
transmission of  the mail matter.

The D rug  M arket.

Quinine  is  firm  with  good  demand. 
Opium  is  somewhat  easier.  Borax  is 
scarce  and  advancing  in  price.  Gum 
camphor  is very firm.  Cuttle  fish  bone 
has  advanced.  Cloves  have  declined. 
Castile  soaps  are  advancing.  Malaga 
olive oil is higher.

The  Proceedings  Out.

Secretary Brown informs T h e  T r a d e s­
man that the printed proceedings  of  the 
Michigan State  Pharmaceutical  Associa­
tion are  now  out  and  will be mailed to 
all the members of the Association before 
the end of the week.

How  to  M ake  Money.
There  is  an  old  saying  which  reads J 
thus: 
“Lay even a snake’s  head  away j 
seven  years  and  you’ll  find a good  use J 
for it,  if you turn it  over once a week in 1 
the meantime.” 
j
I don’t  advise  you  to  act accordingly! 
as  far  as  snakes’ heads  are  concerned, j 
but there is a wealth of good sense in the . 
feeling  that  prompted  this  odd  saying. . 
It means that  you  will  find use for any- J 
thing,  no  matter  how  insignificant and ■ 
valueless  it  seems, if  you think of  it— j 
“turn it over” frequently enough. 
I  am 
reminded  of  this  ridiculous  old saying 
about  once a week,  on  an  average, as I 
go through  this  world  and  notice  how, 
people  remain  poor  becanse  they don’t 
improve  the  advantages  within  their 
reach.  Having an advantage  is  no  good j 
unless you find some way of using it.
General  Fremont, the  famous  “Path- i 
finder,”  used to tell a pathetic story of  a j 
miner who starved to death on  the  rich­
est vein  of  gold-bearing  rock  that ever | 
had been discovered in  the  mineral belt j 
of  the Far West.  There  was  plenty  of | 
gold in the rock—it made twenty fortunes j 
afterward — but  the  discoverer  didn’t | 
know how to  get  it  out, and he was not j 
the kind  of  man  who  realized  that his 
brains  were  given  to him to be used, so [ 
he actually  laid  himself  down and died 
of starvation on the Very  vein  of  quartz 
from which many millions of dollars were 
afterward coined.  His find was  worth  a 
mountain of  snakes’ heads, but he didn’t 
“turn  it  over;”  that  is,  he  did not set 
himself  to  thinking  how,  when  and 
through  whom  he  could  work it to the 
best  advantage.
Most people are  a  good deal like him. j 
If  they  have  anything  promising,  they 
never tire of talking about it,  but  when j 
the time for thinking comes they  are not 
there. 
It really seems that some people | 
would rather die than think.  When  you 
find the exceptions to this  rule,  you  are j 
likely to be surprised, for  they never are j 
the  brilliant,  dashing-looking  people. I 
The man who thinks seldom  looks  brill- | 
iant.  If you were to go into Mr. Edison’s 
laboratory in search of  the inventor, you 
would never recognize him  by his  looks. 
You would find the most striking-looking 
man to be the  fellow  who does the com­
monest  work  which  requires  the  least 
thinking.  So, I beg you to  be  what  is I 
called  “contriving,”  which  means  that 
you should think frequently and long, all 
over and all around, about  any  property j 
you  may  have  that  could  be  turned to 
good account.  Don’t be despondent be­
cause someone you  know has more prop­
erty or quicker wits.
Right here let  me  wedge in a verse of 
Scripture,  which is worth rolling over in 
your mind a great many times:
“The  race  is not to the swift, nor  the 
battle to the strong, neither  yet bread to ! 
the wise, nor  yet riches to men of under­
standing,  nor  yet favor to men of  skill, 
but time and  chance  happeneth to them 
all.”
Your  time  and  chance  will  come. 
Keep  your brains ready to make the best 
It may be within 
of  your  opportunity. 
your  reach now, but, if  you expect it to | 
crush into  you  and  make  itself  known' 
while your head is full of something else, 
you may make up your mind that you are 
going to get left.
Old Commodore Vanderbilt used to tell j 
a good story that bears on this point:
“When I was a youngster,” said he,  “a j 
lot of  us farmers’  boys on Staten Island 
had sail-boats,  and,  once in a while, one 
of  us  would  make a shilling  or  two by 
It j 
carrying a passenger to  New  York. 
wasn’t  much  money,  but money was so 
scarce in those days that all  of  us  hung j 
around  waiting for  a  job. 
I hadn’t the j 
best  boat  of  the  lot—I  wasn’t the best i 
sailor,  either—but,  one  day, I made up 
my mind  that  the  boat  and  my sailing 
skill were all the  capital I had and  that 
I must get my living out of them in some 
way. 
It  took  months  of  thinking  and 
contriving,  but,  one  day, I went  along | 
the  shore  and  told  every  family  that 
thereafter my boat  would start for  New 
York at certain hours every day, whether j 
there  were  any  passengers  or  not. 
I 
made a  good  many trips  alone,  but,  in ! 
the  course  of  time,  my boat  became  a ! 
It was  the  starter  of j 
recognized ferry. 
my line  of  ocean  steamers  and  all  the 
money I made afterward. 
I’ve helped to ! 
bury some of  the  other fellows—owners j 
of  better boats—real bright fellows, too;! 
they  didn’t  leave  enough  to  pay  their j 
funeral expenses.”
The  word  “contriving”  has  an  ugly 
sound. 
It  often  is  used  to  describe 
people who are  underhanded and tricky, I 
but it doesn’t  necessarily mean anything i 
of  the  sort.  The  inventor is contriving | 
when  trying to find a method of  making j 
easier  some  kind of  work;  so is a priest 
or  preacher, rabbi  or  teacher, when  h e! 
tries to win  some  bad man from his evil I 
ways.  General  Sheridan,  for  whom the 
whole nation  mourned, was essentially a 
contriving  man.  He used to say that he 
wasn’t  half  as  smart  as  some  of  his 
classmates—he  knew  he  wasn’t;  but | 
some  other  people  knew  that,  during 
the war,  while  some of  these  smart  fel­
lows  were  sleeping or  joking,  Sheridan 
was  thinking hard—contriving or trying 
to  contrive  some  new  way to make the 
best  possible  results  with  the  force he 
had.
Grant  was  another  contriving  man. 
Some  of  his  earlier  corps  commanders 
called him stupid, but  his  adjutant-gen­
eral once told me  that, when  everything 
was red-hot at the front, Grant  would sit 
on  his  horse in the rear, or, perhaps, lie 
on  the  ground, listen to all  reports that 
came  in,  think a little  while  and  then 
issue  an  order  that  would speedily im­
prove the aspect of  things.  General Lee 
was a great deal the  same sort of  a man; 
so  were  Sherman  and  Joe Johnston;  if 
they hadn’t been, the  war  would still be 
going on.»
Don’t  fear  that  to  be contriving is to 
be mean.  Any  quality of  mind  may be 
wrongly used,  but  this is not  necessary. 
Because  you  are  contriving  it  does not 
follow  that  you  are  trying to- get  some 
other  man’s money away from  him;  you 
can  do  better  by  confining  yourself  to 
trying to get  full  value out of  whatever 
is  your own.  Take no stock in the  yarn 
that  all  business is  gambling or theft— 
there’s a chance  for  you to make a com­
petence without injuring  any other man. 
Turn  your  business  over  in  your mind 
frequently;  there is  no  other  way to get 
light on all sides of  it.

The P.  &  B. cough  drops  give  great 

satisfaction.

ADULTERATED  OPIUM.

A  D rug  H ouse  Em ploys  a T urk  to  Mix

th e   D rug  w ith  O ther  Substances. 

From  th e  New York Tribune.

into 

The sale of  adulterated  opium is caus­
ing no little stir among  the  druggists of 
this city. 
It has been suggested that the 
Board of  Health  be  called  upon to take 
some  action  to  stop the  practice,  while 
some  pharmacists  favor  bringing  the 
matter  before  the  State  Pharmaceutical 
Society, so that it can  recommend  to the 
State  Legislature  the  passage of  an act 
making it a misdemeanor to sell  or  offer 
tor  sale  opium  below  the  standard re­
quired by the customs  authorities before 
allowing  it  to  be  brought 
this 
country.
Some  years  ago, a  firm  in  Smyrna, 
Turkey, began to  manipulate  opium  by 
various  processes,  which  made  an  in­
ferior  article  look  like a first-class one. 
Encouraged by their success, the firm be­
gan  to  add  foreign  substances  to their 
opium,  until the drug contained less than 
9 per cent, of  morphia,  the  standard  set 
by the United  States  authorities.  When' 
an analysis of  the drug  showed  this,  the 
customs  officials  refused  to  permit it to 
be  imported,  and,  consequently,  large 
shipments  had to be returned to Europe.
When  the  dealers in Smyrna saw that 
the government was  determined, they no 
longer shipped adulterated opium to this 
country, but a firm in  this  city imported 
a Turkish workman who was an adept at 
mixing the drug  with  other  substances, 
and the adulteration has  since been done 
here.
The head of  the  firm  which is putting 
this  inferior  article  on  the  market  is 
quoted as saying:  “Yes,  I  sell  adulter­
ated opium,  but I do it openly.  There is 
no  deception  in  it  in  the  least.  The 
buyer knows  just what he is buying, and 
I know  just  what I am  selling. 
I sell a 
great  deal  of  the  pure  opium,  and  my 
guarantee is accepted by the  retail drug­
gists of  the city. 
I  myself  believe  that 
a considerable  part  of  the  adulterated 
opium is used for smoking, and .the lower 
the  percentage  of  morphia  there  is  in 
that opium the better.”
This view is not taken by other  whole­
sale  druggists.  Mr.  McKesson,  of 
McKesson  &  Robbins, said to a reporter 
of  the Tribune:  “I know that a firm here 
has  been  adulterating  opium,  because I 
had some of  it analyzed  and  found it to 
be below  the  standard  required  by  the 
United  States  government.  While  we 
have not lost any customers  because  the 
firm  sells  adulterated  opium  cheaper 
than  we  can  sell  ours,  whish is of  the 
standard quality, yet considerable trouble 
has been caused us. 
I do not think that, 
because  some opium is used viciously, it 
is a good thing to adulterate it.  When a 
physician  prescribes  the  drug,  he  ex­
pects certain  results. 
If  the medicine is 
weaker  than  he  thought it was, his cal­
culations are set at naught.”
Another source of  danger from the use 
of  the inferior article  was  pointed  out. 
If  the physician  finds  that  the ordinary 
dose  does  not  produce  the  desired  re­
sult,  on.  account of  the  adulteration  of 
the drug, he increases it.  The  prescrip­
tion may be  renewed by a different drug­
gist, who would, perhaps, have  on  hand 
opium of  a first-class  quality. 
In a case 
like  this,  serious  consequences  might 
follow.
In  the  meantime,  the  druggists  are 
much  disturbed over  the  subject, but it 
is not  likely that  they  will  be  able  to 
take any steps to prevent the  sale of  the 
adulterated drug until the State Pharma­
ceutical  Society holds its  regular  meet­
ing, which will not be until next fall.

Caustic  Criticism  of an  H onest  Editor.
From  th e  Davison Index.
A P. of  L  friend of  ours  raises  some 
objections to our publishing matters con­
cerning  the order which are not  compli­
mentary  to 
it—which,  by  the  way, 
troubles  the  “rest  on ’em.”  He wishes 
us  to  let  up  on  them, if  from no other 
motive  than  that of  “policy.”  This we 
consider  as  kind  on his part, yet at the 
same  time  we  must decline to act upon 
his suggestion.  Our  policy is,  and  ever 
will be, to uphold the right and denounce 
the wrong.  We  consider the P. I. move­
ment, from its very inception up to date, 
unrighteous  and  misleading;  therefore, 
it comes within our province to raise our 
small  voice  against it.  As  regards  the 
motives of  a certain  daily in a neighbor­
ing town in not  saying  anything against 
the order, they do not concern us. 
If you 
have watched  it  closely,  you  will  also 
have noticed that it has not said anything 
in  its  favor,  outside of  the communica­
tions sent to it for publication.  But that 
journal can stultify itself and ignore that 
which  it  knows  to be a snare  and a de­
lusion to  the  honest  toilers of  the  sou, 
for  the  sake of  a “ 10 per  cent.” or two 
that it imagines  it  will  get  by  patting 
your order on the  back; that is no reason 
why the Index should  follow  such a bad 
precedent.  The  word “policy,” used by 
our  friend,  is  intended  to  mean that if 
“you  don’t  ‘let  up,’  why, we’ll  do  our 
level  best  to  crush  you 1”  That  is an­
other  one of  the  beautiful  peculiarities 
of  the workings of  this great do-good or­
der—to try and throttle the press.
Right here we wish to state to  you that 
what  we  have  written  or may write re­
garding  the  P. of  L is  not  directed  at 
individual members, but at the  organiza­
tion itself  and its leaders, the opinion of 
your  leaders  to  the  contrary  notwith 
standing.
Your  order  did  all  the  harm  it  was 
capable  of  doing  against  this  paper 
shortly after we republished  the  article 
that appeared in T h e Mic h ig a n  T r a d e s 
m an  during  the  month  of  September 
last,  and  your  power in that direction is 
spent.  No order which was  ever  gotten 
up, which was founded upon good  inten­
tions  to  benefit  the  human race, whose 
leaders  were  endowed  with  the  same 
good  intentions, has  employed  the  bar­
barous  means  that  this  P.  of  I.  have 
to gain their  objective  point.  When an 
organization  is  so  full of  holes  that  it 
cannot  withstand  paper  wads cast at it, 
it  is  pretty  good  proof  there is “some­
thing rotten in Denmark.”  Again, when 
an order is so secret in its  workings that 
it  dare  not  give  publicity  as  to  its 
officers—as is stated  regarding the lodge 
here—then  one  of  two  things  exist» 
either the officers themselves are ashamed 
to be known as such outside of the order, 
or their workings will not bear an honest 
inspection.

Aceticum...................
Benzoicum  German..
Boracic 
.....................
Carbolicum................
Citricum....................
Hydrochlor.................
Nitrocum 
.................
Oxalicum..................
Phosphorium dii— ..
Salicylicum................
S u lp h u ric u m ...................
Tannicum...................
T a r ta r ic u m ......................

8@   10 
80@1  00 
30
40®  45 
50®  55 
3®  5
10®  12 
10®  12 
20
[  40@1  80 
Ili®  5 
»  40@1  60 
40®  43

a m m o n i a .

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Aqua, 16  deg..............  
3®  5
4®  6
18  deg..............  
J'j
Carbonas  ..................... 
C hloridum ............ - • - •  1«®  14

a n i l i n e .

Black...........................2 £0®2 25
Brown.........................  
ko
Y ellW .......................... 50®3 00

BA CCAE.

Cubeae (po. 1  60......... 1  85®2 00
Juniperus...................  
™
X anthoxylum ..............  ¿w©

b a l s a m u m .

:::::::::::::::

Terabin, C anada......   45®  50
Tolutan......................   40®  ^5

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian..................  18
Cassiae  ................................
Cinchona F la v a ..................  18
Euonymus  atropurp...........
Myrica  Cerifera, po— -----
Prunus Virgini.....................  J*
Quillaia,  grd........................  “
Sassafras  ............  
i”
TJlmus Po (Ground 12)........   10

 

 

B X TR A C TU M .

“ 
“ 
“ 

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra— 24®
33®
po.
11®
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
13®
Is..............
14®
V4s.............
16®
Ms.............
F E R R U M .
Carbonate Precip........
Citrate and Quinia....
Citrate  Soluble.... —
Ferrocy anidum Sol—
Solut  Chloride...........
Sulphate,  com’l ..........
pure............. 

1)4®
•vf

“ 

@3

f l o r a .

Arnica ........................   H®
Anthem is...................
M atricaria..................  8°®

F O L IA .

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

...................   10&
nivelly.....................  25®
Alx. 35®
and  )4s.....................  M©
8©

Salvia  officinalis,  34®
UraUrsi......................  

«  1 

« 

“ 
.  “ 
“ 
“ 

Acacia,  1st  picked....  @
....  ®
....  @
75@1
50®
®

GUM M I.
2d 
“ 
3d 
“ 
sifted sorts...
po ........... .
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...
“  Cape, (po.  20)...
“  Socotrl, (po.  60).
Catechu, Is, ()4s, 14 34s,
16).............................  @  L
Ammoniae..................  28®  JO
Assafoetida, (po. 30)... 
ljj
Benzoinum..................  50®
C amphorae...................  55®  57
Euphorbium  po  ........   35®  10
Gafbanum.  ...............  
  <©  80
Gamboge,  po..............   80®  »5
Guaiacum, (po. 55) —   @  50
Kino,  (po.  2j) .............  @  20
M astic........................  ®i
Myrrh, (po  45)...........   @  40
Opii,  (pc. 5 40)................ 4 00®4 15
Shellac  .......................  25©  £5
bleached........  27®  35
Tragacanth................  80®  75

“ 
H e r b a — In ounce packages.

Absinthium..........................  25
Eupatorium — , ..................  20
Lobelia..................................  25
Majorum........  ...................   *8
Mentha  Piperita..................  23
“  Y ir..........................  25
Rue........................................  ££
Tanacetum, V ......................
Thymus,  Y ...........................  25

M A G N ESIA .

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

O LEU M .

Absinthium.....................5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00®8 25
A nisi................................1  90@2 00
Auranti  Cortex..........  ®2 50
Bergamii  ................... 2 80®3 25
Caiiputi......................   90@1  00
Caryophylli..................... 1  35@1 40
C edar..........................  35®  65
Chenopodii................  @1  75
Cinnamonii................ 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
Gossipii,  Sem. gal......   50®  75
Hedeoma  .............. f. .1  60®1  75
Juniper!......................   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
Rosmarin!............. 
75@1  00
Rosae,  ounce..............   ®6 00
Succlni........................  40®  45
Sabina........................  90@1  00
Santa!  ............... 
  3 50@7 00
Sassafras.....................  50®  55
Sinapis,ess, ounce....  ®  65
Tiglfl..............................   @1 50
Thym e........................  40®  50
opt  ..............  ®  60
Theobromas................  15®  20
BiCarb........................  15®  18
Bichromate................  13®  14
Bromide......................   37®  40

PO T A B SIU K .

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- D R U G S - “

Importer*  and  Jobber*  of

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.

Dealers  in

Patent Medieines, Paints,  Oils, 1/arnishBs.

Sole  Agents  for  the  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

We  are  Sole  Proprietor*  of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY.

We have in stock and offer a full line of

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W e are  SoleJAgents  in  Michigan  for  W . D. & Co., 

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W hisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  W hisky.

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

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

taeltine S Perkins  Drug  Go.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

WHITE  LEAD 
COLOR WORKS 

D E T R O I T , 
manufacturers of

LATEST
ARTISTIC
SHADES

op

FOR
¡Interior
AND
EXTERIOR
[decoration

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GRAND RAPIDS.

P  OIsISHINA.

(T R A D E   M A R K   R E G IS T E R E D .)

The Best Furniture Finish in the Market. 

Specially  adapted  for  Pianos, 

Organs and Hard Woods.

DnlioliinQ  will  remove  grease  and  dirt, and 
rU lio lilllu   will add a lustre which for  beauty 
and durability cannot be excelled.
Qnli qIit71 q  is clean  and  easy  to  use,  as  full 
r  UlloiUlld  directions accompany  each  bottle.
Drill c h in a   ts  put  up  in  LARGE  BOTTLES. 
rU llo lllM   and is sold at the moderate price of 
Twenty-five Cents.
D n lio h in a  is the Best Furniture Finish in the 
rU ilo lillld   market.  Try it, andmake your old 
furniture look fresh and new.
D n lio h in a  is for sale  by all Druggists, Fumi 
rU llo n llla   ture  Dealers,  Grocery  and  Hard 
ware Stores.

HMELTINE It PERKINS DRUB CO.,

BEWARE  OF IMITATIONS.

FOB  SALE  WHOLESALE

GRAND RAPIDS.  MICH.

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

G X 2 T S E 2 T G   B O O T .

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

■DUniT  u u n o   Wholesale Druggist 
r i l U A   J u I lU O i, 
GRAND  RAPIDS.

C U R D

H

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R u ssian   M alady 
is 
sellin g  lik e  H ot Cakes.

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

252  Grandville  Ave.,

- 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 
-  MICH.
LIQUOR & POISON  RECORD

COMBINED.

Acknowledged to be the

B est on the M arket.
E I   S T nW P   l   RBfl 
100  I<oui8  8t”
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T H E  M O ST R E L IA B L E  FOOD 
T S T T . 'I  J M   For Infants and Invalids.
§ 1  I I I U  Mk^iUsed  everywhere,  with  unqaaliiM 
P A  I  I 1 f l  SS^Jaucct’BS.  .Not a medicine, but a steam- 
coaked  food,  suited  to  the  weakest
■ U ^ T l  1 I ] stomach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  by
l V I ^ A  druggists.  In  cans, 35c. and upward: 
■  
h^b^^fl|^HMH^^yooLBica£^ajmererylab€L

I 

DETROIT,  MICH.

'500,000  TO  INVEST IN  BONDS 

WAYNE  COUNTY  SAVINGS  BANK, 
Issued bv 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 will 
have prompt attention.

S. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer.

January, 1890. 

SUSPENDED!

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Ä  s.  Jr-*.*.  A a . S s i /í  Ne. r

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J E T T I N E .

Warranted  not  to  Thicken,  Sour  or  Mold Id 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Injury 
by Freezing.  All  other's  worthless  after frees 
lng.  See quotation.  MART ELL BLACKING 
CO., Sole Manufacturers,  Chicago, HL

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

R A D IX .

“ 

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Aconitum...................   20®  25
Althae..........................  25®  30
A nchusa.....................  15®  20
Arum,  po.....................  @  25
Calamus......................   20®  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15)......   10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 45).....................  @  40
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®  20
Inula,  po.....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po................... 2 25@2 35
Iris  plox (po. 20@22)..  18©  20
Jalapa,  pr...................   30®  35
Maranta,  %s..............   ®  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®  45
Senega........................  60®  65
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0
M  @  20
Scillae,  (po. 35)...........   10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po.....................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
Zingiber a ...................   10®  15
Zingiber  j ..............  
22®  25
SEMEN.
..  @ 15
Anisum,  (po. 20).. 
Apium  (graveleons)..  10®  12
Bird, Is......................  
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18).............  8®  12
Cardamon....................1  00@1  25
Corlandrum................  10®  12
Cannabis Sativa.........3)4® 
4
Cydonium...................   75@1  00
Chenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate........1  75@1  85
Foeniculum................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po..........  6®  8
Lini ..<........................ 4  ® 4*4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  ) ...  4)4® 4)4
Lobelia........................  35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3)4® 4)4
R apa................. 
6®  7
Sinapis,  Albu.............  8®  9
Nigra...........  11®  12

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Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R ........1  75@2 00
1  10@1  50
Juniperis  Co. O. T — 1  75@1  75 
i  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  È ........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli........... 1  75@6 50
■Vini Oporto................ 1 25@2 00
Vini  A lb a.......... ....1  25@2 00

« 

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage...................2 25®2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
2 00
carriage  .................. 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
1  10
wool  carriage.......... 
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage...................  
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ................,....... 
65
Hard for  slate  use...'. 
75
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se ...........................  
140

S Y R U P S .

Accacia................................  50
Zingiber  ..............................   50
Ipecac...................................   60
Ferri  Iod..............................   50
Auranti  Cortes.....................  50
Rhei  Aram...........................  50
Similax  Officinalis..............   60
Co........  50
Senega.................................   50
Scillae...................................  50
“  Co..............................   50
Tolutan...............................   50
Prunus  virg.................... 
  50

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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
Cubeha.................................   50
D igitalis..............................   50
Ergot  . . . ..............................   50
G entian................................  50
:  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
Rhatany  ......................... 
  50
Rhei......................................   50
Cassia  Acutifol...................   50
“  Co...............  50
Serpentaria..........................  50
Stramonium.........................   60
Tolutan................................  60
V alerian................. 
50
VeratrumVeride....!...........   50

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

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

1)4).................... 

Antipyrin.................. 1  35®1  40
Antifebrin  .................   @  25
Argent!  Nitras, ounce  @  68
Arsenicum.................  
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ............2  10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  )4s,  12)..............   @  9
Cantharides  Russian,
PO...............................
@1  75 
Capsici  Fructus, af...
@  18 
po__
® - 16 
B PO.
@  14 
Caryophyllus,  (po.  20) 
■
15®  18
Carmine,  No. 40..........  @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......   50®  55
Cera Flava.................   28®  30
Coccus.......................   @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  15
Centraría...’................  @  10
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
“  prep...................  
5®  5
“  precip................ 
8®  10
“  Rubra................  @  g
Crocus...................*...  35®  38
Cudbear......................   @  24
Cupri Sulph................ 
8®  9
Dextrine.....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph................  68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @  8
„   “ 
PO...................   @  6
Ergota,  (po.)  60 ..........  50®  55
Flake  White..............   12®  15
Galla...........................  @  23
Gambier......................   7)4®  9^4
Gelatin,  Cooper__ ...  @  90
“ 
French..........  40®  60
Glassware  flint,  75 per cent, 
by box £2% less
Glue,  Brawn..............  
9®  15
“  White................  13®  25
Glycerina...................   22®  25
Grana Paradisi...........   @  15
Humulus.....................  25®  40
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @  95 
“  Cor —   @ 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
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.....................  32®  35
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)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 18
Piper Alba,  (po g5)....  @  35
Pix  Burgun................  @  7
Plumbi A cet..............   14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......   @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........   30®  35
Quassiae.....................  8®  10
Quinia, S. P. & W .......  44®  49
S.  German__   37®  47
Rubia  Tinctorum......   12®  14
SaccharumLactdspv..  @  35
Salacin........................1  80@2  00
Sanguis  Draconis......   40®  50
Santonine  .................   @4  50
Sapo,  W ......................   12®  14
“  M........................ 
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. 13).  .  12®  13 
Soda  et Potass T art...  30®  33
Soda Carb.................. 
2® 2)4
Soda,  Bi-Carb...........   @  5
Soda,  Ash...................   3®  4
Soda, Sulphas.............  @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........   50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dorn......   @2 00
“  Myrcia Imp........  @2 50
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 05)..........................  @2  15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Suhl.............234® 3)4
Tamarinds.................  
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   28®  30
Theobromae..............   50®  55
Vanilla...................... 9 00®16 00
Zinc!  Sulph................  7®  8
Bbl.  Gal
Whale, winter...........  70 
70
60
Lard,  extra................  55 
50
Lard, No.  1................  45 
64
Linseed, pure raw....  61 
Lindseed,  b o iled __   64 
67
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
69
strained.................   50 
Spirits Turpentine__   49 
55
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian.............. 134  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ 134  2@4
“ 
Ber........ 134  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2)4  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure......2)4  2^®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ........................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  E n g lish ..7 5 @ 8 0  
Green,  Peninsular.....  70@75
Lead,  red.....................  @7)4
“  w hite................  @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1  00 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff........................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
VARNISHES.

Roll.............. 2)4® 3

paints. 

OILS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

M ISC ELLA N EO U S.

‘ 
“ 

»Ether, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen........................2)4® 3)4
3®  4
A nnatto....................   55®  60
Antimonl, po..............   4®  5

ground,  (po.
7)..............................  

“ et Potass T.  55®  60

Paints............................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 um .........1  00@1  10
EutraT urkD am ar....l  55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70®  75

Turp...................... 

traffic  is  actually  conducted 

a t o r .  | place actually exists,  and  the  nefarious 
there,  as 
and  Liquors, I above  'described.  We  could  give  the 
are  M anufact- | precis^  locality,  but  it  is  the  policy of 
the  A nalyst to expose  such frauds,  and 
not to advertise  them.

« l à

THE  LAIiUOF
i- • '  'f ' ••  "fcl* ’ 
lacci,
H o w . T ob ac c j,  W in e s 
■ S p i
Spices  gad  Extracts
ured,io  Order.
From thyAroerif in Analyst.
Ijjthe west  side  of  the  Bowery, not 
far  from  Canal  street,  is  a  tall  and 
gloomy tenement. 
Its  many rooms  are 
filled  to  overflowing  with  workers  in 
arious  industries.  Through  its halls 
and  stairways  passes  an  endless  pro­
cession  of  customers.  On  the second 
floor us a vast  room cut up  by partitions 
into * queer  little  dens.  Clerks 
rush 
busily about,  invoices come  and  go  and 
prosperity  seems  to  hover  about  the 
place.  There is a strong perfume every­
where. 
It fills the room, pours out into 
the corridor  and  even  down  the stairs 
into the street. 
It is not an  unpleasant 
perfume in anywise. 
It  seems  an  odd 
combination  of  flowers,  mixed  drinks 
and good  cigars, as  if  a  florist, a  first- 
class  bar-room  and  a  tobacconist  had 
formed a copartnership.  Lured  proba­
bly by  this  perfume, a  reporter  found 
his  way,  during  last  month,  into  the 
place.  As he entered,  a clerk came for­
ward with the characteristic  smile of the 
suave salesman.  The interview between 
him  and the  reporter was long and  far 
from  commonplace,  as  the  reader  will 
discover  from  the  following  conversa­
tions held on several  different occasions: 
Business,” he  said,  “was  never  bet­
ter.  We  supply, you  see, all  the  men 
who  manufacture  cheap,  imitation  or 
adulterated  goods, and  there  are lots of 
them.  These hard times help our trade. 
People  want  everything  cheap, so  that 
the dealer who  sells an imitation  article 
can undersell an old  fogy rival who only 
handles straight  goods.  Take  tobacco, 
for instance. 
In  that  compartment we 
have extract of  Havana  No. 1 and No. 2, 
Turkish elixir and opium flavor. 
I take 
this  piece  of  tissue  paper,  sprinkle  a 
drop of the extract on  it, roll  it  up and 
there you have  a  cigarette  equal  to the 
Honradez.  Try it.”
The  reporter  tried,  as  directed,  and 
was surprised at the result.  The smoke 
was  remarkably like  that  of  the  best 
Havana  tobacco,  and  with  nine  of  ten 
users of the weed would be considered as 
genuine.
Our largest  business,” continued the 
dealer  in  adulterants,  “is in  the  liquor 
line.  With French  spirits and color as a 
basis,  I  can  make  you  any  liquor  you 
want  with  our  extracts.  Here  are  the 
essences  of  Old  Tom,  London  Dock, 
Swan,  Holland  and  Schiedam  gins, the 
extracts of  Otard  and  Cognac  brandies, 
rye, bourbon, applejack, Irish and Scotch 
whiskies, Santa Cruz, Jamaica  and  Med­
ford rums, not to speak of  the fancy cor­
dials  and  liquors.  To  make  Old Tom 
I take  a  teaspoonful  of  French  spirits, 
of  water,  three  drops  of  glucose 
syrup and two drops of the extract.  That 
makes the Old Tom  you  have drunk in a 
dozen  saloons  in  this  city.  There  are 
some funny things  about this part of  the 
business.  Most people like their whisky 
and brandy aged and  free from fusel oil. 
But  there  are a great  many,  especially 
among manual laborers, who like it fresh 
and harsh.  They  want  it ‘to  cut  as  it 
goes down.’  To supply this demand,  we 
sell  fusel  oil  to  rectifiers  and even re 
tailers.  They  mix  a  barrel of  whisky, 
one of  spirits  and  one of  water  with  a 
gallon  of  fusel  oil.  That  makes a ten 
cent  rye  which  beats  a torchlight  pro­
cession. 
It’s  cheap, too, and  stands  an 
intelligent  dealer  in only a dollar a gal­
lon.  That’s  twenty cents  a  bottle  and 
less than a cent a drink  on  an  average 
No wonder the rum  sellers  become  rich 
and  become  aldermen or go to Congress.
Another  good  line  is  in  spices and 
flavoring extracts. 
I can  show  you hov* 
to make a  good  mustard  without  using 
any mustard  at  all,  and a good  pepper, 
cinnamon or ginger without a lot of those 
spices in the stuff.  In flavoring extracts, 
science is knocking the natural fruits out 
altogether. 
In  that  compartment  we 
have  essences  of  pear,  vanilla,  quince, 
banana,  pineapple,  raspberry, -  apricot, 
almond  and  peach, and  they are simply 
pure  chemicals.  They are  made  out of 
compound  ethers  and these are distilled 
from  rancid  cheese,  bad  butter,  plain 
alcohol  and  a  lot of  stuffs of  the  same 
sort.  These  go  to  the soda water men. 
For  Sunday-school  fairs, we put up con­
centrated  lemonade,  orangeade,  sarsa 
parilla  and  root  beer.  A pound of  our 
patent  lemon  juice and a dozen  lemons, 
sliced fine, will make two barrels of  lem­
onade,  and a good  lemonade,  too.  You 
want to be careful, though.  If  the lemon 
and raspberry extracts  are  not  made by 
first-class  chemists, they are  apt  to  un­
dergo  some  funny changes  and  become 
oil  of  turpentine,  or  something  just 
bad. 
I came  very near  being  poisoned 
myself  that way one day.
‘'Where do all these  goods come from? 
Well,  pretty  much  from  everywhere. 
Formerly they were  all  made in France; 
but  now  Germany,  England  and  this 
country have gone  heavily into the busi 
ness.  Germany beats them  all,  though. 
In fact,  the  best  American houses from 
whom I buy my goods,  are  run  by Ger 
man  chemists  who have come over here. 
That  Havana  extract and the  Old  Tom 
essence are  both  made  here  by two  of 
them.  We give them all the  work  they 
can attend to.
“Who are  our  customers?  Manufac­
turers,  spice mills,  soda water men,  to­
bacco factories, rectifiers,  confectioners, 
druggists,  grocers  and  liquor  dealers. 
They all want  it  kept  dark,  and  when 
we ship  goods they are always  carefully 
packed, and  there’s  no  sign  outside  or 
seldom inside of what they are, or where 
they come from. 
man who advertises  ‘absolutely pure ex­
tracts,’  to  be  seen buying  or  handling 
our  goods. 
In fact, they’re  so  careful 
that  they hardly ever  come  here  them­
selves,  but  do  their  business  by  mail. 
Is  there  much  money in  the  business? 
Well,  if  I  could  make a good, passable 
chocolate extract, I could make two hun­
dred  thousand  dollars  the  first  year 
That’s  what we are all working for now!
“The  only  drawback  is  that  some 
pirates have lately got into our  business 
and  imitate  and  adulterate  our  goods. 
It  is  doubly rough,  because  it  is  very 
hard to prove to our customers, scientific­
ally, the difference  between  honest  and 
dishonest  goods.  No, 
I’d 
rather go out now and take a drink  with 
I’d only be using my own goods or 
you. 
else some poor imitation of them.”
The foregoing  is not a fanciful  sketch 
nor  a  freak  of  the  imagination.  The

It  wouldn’t  do for 

thanks. 

The M ichigan T radesm an

W h at  W om an  Can  Do.

She  can  come to a conclusion w itho^ 
the  slightest  trouble  of  reasoning on it,
and no sane man can  do that.  _______
Six of  them can talk  at  op^ffitnd  get 
along first-rate,  and  no. -tiWo  men can do 
that.
She can safely sjfck  fifty  pins  in  her 
dress while he ir getting  one  under  his 
thnpah^aU— "
r"'~She  is  cool  as a cucumber  in  half  a 
dozen  tight  dresses  and  skirts,  while a 
man will sweat  and  fume  and  growl in 
one loose shirk
She can talk as sweet  as  peaches  and 
crealt to the woman she hates, while two 
men  'would  be  punching  each  other’s 
heads  before  they  had  exchanged  ten 
words.
She  can  throw  a stone  with  a  curve 
that  would  be a fortune  to  a  base  ball 
pitcher.
She.  can say “No” in such a low  voice 
that it means  “Yes.”
She  can  sharpen a lead  pencil if  you 
give  her  plenty  of  time  and  plenty of 
pencils.
She  can  dance  all  night  in a pair of 
shoes two sizes too small for her,  and en­
joy every minute of  the time.
She  can  appreciate  a  kiss  from  her 
husband  seventy-five  years  after  the 
marriage ceremony is performed.
She  can  go  to church  and  afterward 
tell  you  what  every  woman in the  con­
gregation  had  on,  and  in some rare in­
stances can give  you  some  faint idea of 
what the text was.
She  can  walk  half  the  night  with  a 
colicky baby in  her  arms  without  once 
expressing  the  desire of  murdering  the 
infant.
She  can—but  what’s  the  use ?  A 
woman  can  do  anything  or  everything 
and do it well.
She  can  do  more  in a minute  than a 
man can do in  an  hour, and do it better.
She can drive a man  crazy for  twenty- 
four  hours,  and  then  bring  him to par­
adise  in  two  seconds by simply tickling 
him  under  the  chin, and there does not 
live  that  mortal  son of  Adam’s  misery 
who can do it. 

_  ______
A  Talk  A bout  Eggs.

From  the New York Sun.
A man busily engaged  in  holding eggs 
before a candle attracted the attention of 
a reporter the  other  evening.  An inter­
view was the result:

“What are  you doing ?”
“Candling  eggs.  You  see, 1  pick  up 
each  egg  and  hold it before the candle. 
The  light  shines  through  it. 
I can see 
at  a  glance  whether  it  is  cracked  or 
speckled  or  spoiled. 
If  it is cracked,  I 
set  it  aside  to  be  sold  at a low  price 
Bakers and confectioners  and  some pru­
dent families buy cracked  eggs, and they 
are as good as any eggs not  cracked,  but 
they  must  be  used  within  twenty-four 
hours.”
“Is  that  not  an  old-fashioned way of 
testing eggs ?”
“Yes;  but  experience  proves  it to be 
the best, and it is quick.  An  expert can 
It  has  been 
handle  30,000  eggs a day. 
tried  to  test eggs by water.  A good egg 
will  sink  and a bad  egg  will  float, but 
you  cannot  find  a  speckled  egg  that 
way.”

“What makes speckled eggs ?”
“Lying in one position.  An egg should 
not be left  many  days  in  one  position 
If  an  egg  is  turned  every  day, it  will 
keep a long  time.  An  experiment  was 
once  tried by D.  H.  Dennis, president of 
the Duchess  county creamery, as to how 
long an egg can be kept  good.  He  kept 
one on his desk  nine months,  and turned 
it every day,  and kept it good.”
“ How long are the  best  eggs  kept be 
fore they get upon the  tables of  the best 
hotels ?”
“It  takes  about  four  days,  because 
they are bought in bulk  in  the  country 
and  must  be  carefully  assorted  before 
being placed on the market.”
“How  are  imported  eggs  kept  from 
spoiling on a voyage?”
“They  are  carefully  watched  and 
turned.  They  come  in  cases  easy  to 
handle,  and  an  expert  soon  learns  to 
handle  them  quickly. 
quarter of  a cent a dozen to the cost, but 
we can pay that and the  freight  and  yet 
sell the eggs that come from  France and 
Germany much cheaper  than we can sell 
Western eggs, and  some  think  they ar 
better.  We can get them here  in  about 
twelve days from  France.  England also 
gets  many  eggs 
from  Germany  and 
France.

It  adds  about 

A  Good  Rule  B ut  H ard  to  Follow.
“I always  make it a point,”  remarked 
a leading jobber the other day,  “to reply 
to  every  communication  of  a  business 
It doesn’t  mat­
nature addressed to me. 
ter  what it is about,  provided  only that 
it is couched in civil language. 
I do this 
because  courtesy requires  that I should; 
but, aside from that, I find, also, that it is 
good policy.  Time  and again in my life 
I have been  reminded  by newly secured 
customers that I was remembered through 
correspondence  opened  with  me  years 
before,  and  many orders  have  come  to 
me  through  this  passing  and  friendly 
acquaintance  with people.  On the other 
hand, I have  known  plenty of  business 
men  whose  disrespectful  treatment  of 
correspondents has been  bitterly remem­
bered and repaid with compound interest. 
Silence  is  the  meanest  and  most  con­
temptuous way of  treating anybody who 
wishes to be heard  and to hear,  and  re­
sentment is its answer every time.”

It is a great mistake to set up our  own 
standard of  right and  wrong  and  judge 
It is a great mistake 
people accordingly. 
to measure  the  enjoyment  of  others by 
our own;  to  expect  uniformity of  opin­
ion in this  world;  to  look for  judgment 
and experience in  youth;  to endeavor to 
mold all dispositions alike;  not  to  yield 
to immaterial trifles;  to  look for  perfec­
tion in  our  own  actions;  to  worry our­
selves and  others  with  what  cannot be 
remedied; not to alleviate  all  that needs 
alleviation,  as far as lies in  our  power; 
not to make  allowances for  the  infirmi­
ties  of  others;  to  consider  everything 
impossible  which  we cannot perform; to 
believe  only what  our finite  minds  can 
grasp; to expect to be able to understand 
everything,  but the greatest  of  all mis­
takes is to live only for time.

It pays  to  handle the 

drops.

P  &  B. cou gh

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By splendid and expensive advertising  the  manufacturers ere 
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I on the grocer’s part the goods  sell themselves,  bring  purchas­
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S S

V

H ave  You  an  Office  in  Y our  Store.
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,  and  can  you,  at  a  mo­
ment’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 system­
atic in caring for it as we would like you 
to be,  but  we are,  nevertheless,  going to 
preach to you about the necessity of hav­
ing  such a place  and  tell  what  should 
characterize it.  First,  we  would have it 
so arranged, if possible, without sacrific­
ing  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 systematically arranged the cor­
respondence,  bill-files,  letter-files,  price 
lists, catalogues and other  papers  which 
one  may need  at any moment  to  secure 
some  desired  information.  The  desk 
should permit of  locking,  and  the  pro­
prietor 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 import­
ance  of  preserving the  catalogues  sent
S £ S E 3 f = . " i  ' E E  
tion which is useful  to  yon to-day, they j 
will  probably  be  wanted  before  long.
They will  save  you from  saying a great [ 
many “I don’t knows”  to  your  custom­
ers.  The bill files are  of  great  import-1 
ance, too. 
bill has survived 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 I 
point  on  which  memory  is  not  to  be 
trusted. 
It will often save embarrassing 
discussions with wholesalers  if  you pre­
serve  copies  of  all  orders.  With  the 
great abundance  of  cheap  and  service­
able office furniture to be had,  this  feat­
ure of  the  store can  be  made a comfort | 
and a joy.

It may seem  to  many that 

Excessive  Traveling  C harges.

The  Michigan  Legislature  at  its last 
session had before it a measure  of  inter­
est  to  traveling  men,  to  restrict  the 
charges on sleeping cars.  The bill passed 
one House and would probably have gone 
through  the  other  if  the  railroad com­
panies  had  not  been  active in securing 
its defeat.  It was proposed by this meas­
ure to limit to $1.50 the charge that could 
be made for the use of a sleeping car  for 
one night.
The report of  the Interstate Commerce 
Commission  furnishes ample evidence of 
the  need  of a reduction in  sleeping  car 
rates. 
It appears that the Pullman Pal­
ace Car Company gets  three cents a mile 
for each one of  its cars run over the line 
of a railroad,  and  in  addition gets what­
ever other profits it can make out  of  the 
passengers.  The stock of this company 
amounts to nearly $20,000,000, and repre­
sents a large amount of “water.”  Last 
year, the company earned 20 per cent, on 
that  stock,  and  in  addition  it  has  an 
accumulated surplus of $12,552,000.
The Interstate  Commission well states 
that there might  be a material reduction 
in the charges and still  very  reasonable 
profits remain to the company. 
It  says 
that  the  railroad  companies  can  them­
selves  be  held  responsible for these ex­
cessive charges, as any railroad company 
voluntarily using a car  in its business in 
legal  contemplation  makes  the  car  its 
own for all the purposes  of  rates and of 
safe carriage. 
It cannot escape its duty 
to charge  only  reasonable  rates  on the 
ground  that  its  cars may not be its own 
property,  and  what  is  true  of the Pull­
man Company, according  to the Commis­
sion,  is  true  of  other  private  car com­
panies, 
the  Wagner  Car 
Company.  -
On many  of  the  trains  which are the 
most desirable  to  travel  in there are no 
other cars,  and  a  passenger is compelled 
to pay  these  excessive  rates  or else re­
main at home or travel on a slower train. 
The  Legislature  ought  to  step  in  and 
compel  a  reduction  of  these  excessive 
rates,  and the  Interstate Commerce Com­
mission ought to do its share  in  compel­
ling a reduction of  charges on interstate 
business.  Sleeping cars  have  become  a 
necessity  to  the  public,  and there is no 
reason  why  companies  should  be  per­
mitted to charge these excessive rates.

including 

A Good  Business  Quality.

From  th e  Shoe and L eather Review.
People sometimes  make the mistake of 
supposing  that  courtesy  is  a  quality 
specially  fitted  for 
the  drawing-room, 
and of  very  small  practical  value  any­
where else.  Those who. act on this prin­
ciple  are  guilty of  one of  the  most stu­
pid blunders that can be made.  Courtesy 
as a mere  business  quality is  worth  its 
weight  in  gold.  A courteous  salesman 
outsells his surley and unaccommodating 
fellow-salesman 
three  times  over.  A 
courteous  salesman  is  a  constant solic­
itation of the most persuasive sort to buy 
everything  he  has to sell,  and  when  he 
makes a customer he keeps  him.  There 
are stores in every locality to which peo­
ple  go  because  they receive  such cour­
teous  attention;  there  are  other  stores 
which  people  avoid  because  they  are 
treated with such abruptness  and  indif­
ference.  A  courteous  man  always pre­
disposes  people in his  favor;  he  creates 
everywhere  an  agreeable 
impression; 
makes  people willing to serve  and  anx­
ious  to  help  him.  Many a man of  very 
ordinary  mental  force  has  achieved 
striking  success  in  business  simply be­
cause of  the  kindliness of  his spirit and 
the  courtesy  of  his  manner.  Honesty 
and ability, without courtesy, lose a good 
deal  of  their  effectiveness  in  everyday 
business life.

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,  Goals,  Jackets,  Shirts,  Etc

W arranted Not to Rip.

Fit Guaranteed.

W orkmanship  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.

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D I R E C T I O N S  

We navp cooked the com in this can 
•ufficienti; 
Should  be  Thvroughlg 
Warmed (net cooked) adding  pieee  ot 
Good Butter (size omen's egg«) and gib 
of fresh  milk  (preferable  to  water.) 
Season to suit when on the table. None 
genuine unless bearing the signature o*
Bave&VOTt  Cannir*  Oo,

Davenport,  la.

Ov A T  T H IS "e»»0

The  best  heavy 
shoe made.  Has as 
much wear  in it as 
a  $5  boot.  Cut 
from  veal,  kip  or 
Pfister  &  Vogel’s 
Milwaukee  grain. 
Made in  two  soles 
or  two  soles  and 
top. 
In buckle or 
hook lace.
Rindge, 

Bertsch 

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

E G G   C A S E S   &  

Having taken the agency for Western and Northern  Michigan  for the LIMA 
EGG  CASES  and  FILLERS,  we  are  prepared-to offer same to the trade  in any 
quantity.
Less than 100.
Lots of 100. 
No. 1—30-doz. Cases, complete................ ............1................. 33  c. 
35c.
No. 1—Fillers, per set..............................................................  9%c. 
ioc.
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.
P E R K I N S   <& H E S S
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

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

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE-

Grand  Rapids;  Mich•

MANUFACTURERS  AND  JORRERS  IN

R oa d  

Togging 

D e liv e r y  

P leasure]

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SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE.

E  B R O O K S  &  CC  ,
Pure  Candies.

WHOLESALE  MANUFACTURERS  OF

The  Only Hodae in the  State  whiGh Pifts Goods Up  NET  WEIGHT.

NO  CHARGE  FOR  PACKAGES.

CODY  BLOCK,  158  EAST  FULTON  ST„

GRAND  RAPIDS,  Mi <  H

A.  H I M E S ,

Shipper and Retail Dealer in 

Lehigh i/alley Goal Go.’s  f 

Office. 54  Pearl 8t. Grand Rapids, Mich. 

THE  ABOVE  COMPANY’S  COAL IN  CAR  LOTS J  ALWAYS 

SHIPMENT.

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ON  TRACK  READY  Fori

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

Manufacturers of the following well-known brands:

Q U E E N   A N N E , 
T R U E   B L U E ,

MOTTLED  GERMAN, 
PHOENIX, 
AND

SUPERIOR,

R O Y A L   B A R , 
M ASCO TTE, 
O T H E R S.

C ZAR , 

CAM EO  J

For quotations in single box lots,  see  Price  Current.
quantities,  address,
W.  G.  HAWKINS,  L O C K   B O X

173,

Salesman for Western Michigan,

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

For quotations in larger

