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Sounding honors or heaps of gold,
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THE  BURIED  TREASURE.

ragged, 

to  submit. 

In 1865 I went to Ilong Kong in the in­
terests  of  a  certain  Chicago  manufact­
urer,  and it was a  year  and a half  later 
when I one day received a strange visitor 
I  was  in 
and  a  stranger  proposition. 
charge of  a large  warehouse,  and  one of 
my  Chinese  employes  brought 
in  the 
stranger, and explained;
“ 1 told  him  you  would  have  nothing 
to do with him,  hut  he  insisted  on com­
ing.”
The stranger was a half-breed of  some 
sort,  gaunt, 
and  evidently 
hard up.  As soon  as  we  were alone he 
introduced  himself  as Semyo,  and stated 
that  he  was  from  the  island of  Luzon, 
one of  the group composing  the  Philip­
pines.  He belonged  to  the  native pop­
ulation,  bnt  had  Spanish  blood  in  his 
veins.  He  had  once  been  a man of  im­
portance, but the Spaniards  had  robbed 
him of his power, and afterward feared his 
influence to such a degree that he had first 
been  imprisoned and afterward banished. 
He  had  been carried on a native craft to 
Japan,  and there left  ragged  and penni­
less,  and  had  been  more  than  a  year 
reaching Hong Kong.  While he had only 
a few shillings  in  his  pockets,  he  had 
neither  come  to  solicit  charity  nor  a 
place to work.  He had a straight, square 
business  proposition 
If  I 
approved  of  it,  well  and  good;  if  I did 
not,  then  he  would  be  no  worse  off. 
When he realized that Spanish  influence 
was plotting his  downfall,  he made such 
preparations  as  he could to meet the in­
evitable.  He  was a very  wealthy  man, 
and he  quietly  went  to  work  and  con­
verted everything  he  eould  into money, 
gold-dust  and 
jewelry.  He  had  got 
about $90,000 together  when  the  ruling 
power pounced  upon  him,  hut not quick 
enough to get it.  He  had buried his for­
tune,  and  though  he  was  abused  and 
threatened by the  Spaniards for months, 
he would not betray the secret.
To get that money by his  own individ­
ual efforts  was  utterly impossible.  The 
moment  he  set  foot on Luzon he would 
be  arrested.  He  must  have  a  partner 
who  would furnish a ship and crew,  and 
he would go along to mark down the spot 
where the treasure was buried.
1 looked  upon  the  man with pity and 
upon  his project with  contempt when, he 
talking.  When  he  was 
first  began 
through 1 had  agreed  to  think  it  over. 
There  is  a  fascination  about  buried 
treasure or a sunken  wreck that will en­
list  capital  to  the  detriment  of  honest 
speculation. 
I  was  noted  as  being  a 
conservative  man,  and  the  idea  of  my 
going into any such  venture would have 
been regarded by my friends  as evidence 
of  approaching mental calamity.  1 went 
to the American  Consul,  and in a round­
about way he confirmed a part of Semyo’s 
story.  He had  heard of  him,  aiid  heard 
of  his being deposed and banished.  Then 
I went down to the  wharves,  and  almost

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NO .  352.

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the first man I ran  against  was the Yan­
kee  captain of  a brig  called  The  John, 
which  was 
then  having  some  repairs 
made.  She had  been  running in the tea 
trade up and  down  the  Yellow Sea, but 
now,  queerly  enough, 
the  captain  in­
formed  me  that  he thought of  taking a 
run over to the  Philippines and try for a 
cargo on his own account.  The products 
of  the  islands are ebony,  logwood, gum- 
wood,  bamboo,  cocoanut,  all  sorts  of 
fruits,  cotton, 
tobacco,  indigo,  coffee, 
etc.,  and  many trading vessels  are  em­
ployed 
the  traffic.  His  craft  was 
manned by a mate and four sailors, and I 
found  all  of  them 
to  be  Americans. 
When I came to  express  my surprise  at 
this,  he explained:
“You  see,  they  are  runaways  from 
American  war  vessels,  mate  and all. 
I 
have  picked them  up,  one at a time, and 
as none of  them  has a wife  back  home, 
they  are  content  to stay with me. 
I’ve 
got a Chinese  cook,  but outside of  him I 
want no truck with  foreigners.”
1 outlined  my story to  Capt.  Wheaton, 
as he introduced  himself.  He  heard me 
through  without  interruption, and then 
quietly said :
“ Don’t  sound so very fishy, but I won’t 
tell  you  what  I  think of  it until 1 hear 
the  heathen  go  over  it himself.  When 
I’m  looking  square  at  a man I can  tell 
whether  he’s  bamboozling  or  speaking 
the sacred truth.”
I  made  an  appointment,  and  Semyo 
retold  his  story in  the presence of  Cap­
tain Wheaton.  When  he had retired,  the 
Captain drew down his right eye, slapped 
his leg,  and whispered :
“Colonel,  it’s  a  go!  The  heathen’s 
talking  straighter  than a straight-edged 
board,  and if  we can  come to terms,  I’m 
in with the deal.”
There was very little higgling over the 
particulars. 
It was agreed  that  Captain 
Wheaton and  myself  should bear all  the 
expense  of  the  adventure,  and  if  the 
treasure  was  secured,  each of  the three 
should  have  an  equal  share.  We gave 
Semyo money to get himself  into  decent 
shape and then  looked to the furnishings 
of  the  brig.  She  was  already provided 
with  small  arms  and  cutlasses, but we 
added  to  the  stock,  and  then,  at 
the 
Captain’s suggestion,  bought a carronade 
which had been lying in a warehouse for 
two  or  three  years.  With  it  we  got a 
carriage  and  ammunition,  and  by  the 
time  the  gun  was  aboard  the brig was 
watered  and  provisioned  and  ready  to 
sail.  Her  clearance  papers  were  for 
Manila,  in  ballast,  and  the  day  of  our 
sailing  Captain  Wheaton  brought  on 
beard a short,  squatty,  bescarred  white 
man,  who  had  just  been  turned out of 
jail,  and who  proved  to  be  an  English 
marine. 
It turned  out to be the luckiest 
thing in the world  that  we  found  him, 
for  he  knew  how  to  manage  our  car­
ronade  and  made  it  keep  us out of  an 
ugly scrape.
It was only after we  were out of  sight 
of  the  Chinese  coast  that  Semyo  gave 
us  the  exact  location  of  his  treasure 
cache.  We  were  to  round  the  Bashee 
Islands, 
lying  off  the  north  coast  of 
Luzon,  and  strike  the  coast  at  a river
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called the Batanen,  after  another island. 
Four  miles  up  this river,  which is nav­
igable  for  about  twenty  miles, was the 
buried  treasure.  We  had  a run  of  350 
miles across the China Sea to the Bashees, 
and along this  north coast we found sev­
eral  traders. 
In  order  to  appear  all 
right  in  case  we  were  boarded  by any 
Spanish  vessel  in  those waters,  we laid 
in some  cargo  here  and  took  our  time 
about sailing to the river.
the  Babuyan 
After  we  had  passed 
Islands and laid our  course to the south, 
we  caught  sight  one  day  at  noon of  a 
felucca  approaching  us  from  the  east, 
having rounded  the  cape.  She flew the 
Spanish flag and Semyo said  that she be­
longed to the coast service.  She had the 
right  to  board  us  and  examine our pa­
pers,  and while we had no fear of  her on 
our  own  account,  it was  probable  that 
Semyo would be recognized  the  moment 
they set eye on him.  We had  our plans 
laid before she fired a gun as a signal  for 
us  to  heave to.  Semyo  was  hidden  in 
the forepeak,  and we  burned  sulphur in 
the  forecastle  behind  him.  By leaving 
the  scuttle open the fumes  were  drawn 
away  from  the  fugitive,  and  could  be 
scented all over the brig.  We hove to at 
the order of  the  felucca,  and  were pres­
ently  boarded  by a  Spanish  lieutenant. 
He was a very pompous chap,  and it was 
probably bis  intention to do a great deal 
of  bossing  around, but as he  came  over 
the rail a current of  air  carried  him the 
smell of  sulphur, and he exclaimed :
“Good Lord,  but is  your brig on fire in 
the forecastle ?”
It was  explained  to  him  that we had 
lost a man  of  some  malignant  but  un­
known disease,  and  were fumigating the 
brig.  Two  or  three of  us were  feeling 
badly,  but hoped  to  escape  the  disease 
by steaming  in  the  vapor.  We  were a 
trader,  and  offered to open  the  hatches 
and  show  our  papers,  but  he  was in a 
hurry.  He didn’t  even  notice  our  car- 
ronade,  but  backed  to  the  rail and de­
scended to his  boat,  saying :

“Oh, you are  doubtless all right, and I 
hope  you will lose no more men.  As for 
me, the service  does  not  demand  that I 
run the risks of  epidemic.”
Two  days  later  we came to anchor in 
the river opposite a  spot  pointed  out by 
Semyo.  The  bank  of  the  stream  was 
rough  and  broken,  but  thickly wooded. 
Forty rods inland  was a highway running 
parallel  with  the  stream,  but  this  was 
hidden from us.  On  the  far side of  the 
highway was the ruin of  an  old  church, 
and  in  this  ruin  was the treasure.  As 
many boats  were  passing  up and down, 
it was prudent  that  we  resort to decep­
tion to prevent suspicion.  We got down 
a topgallant mast,  slacked  away some of 
the  rigging, got a stage over the side for 
the  carpenter, and  appeared to be lying 
there for the sole  purpose of  making re­
pairs.  We were soon boarded by natives 
anxious to furnish  cargo,  and on the sec­
ond day a government gunboat passed us 
without  seeming  to  take any interest in 
our case.  Semyo  had to lie concealed in 
the  hold  during  daylight, as  men  were 
coming aboard who knew  him  well,  and 
it  was  about  midnight  on  the  second 
night  after  our  arrival  that we  pulled 
ashore for the treasure—that is,  two men 
pulled  Semyo off  to the bank to see if  it 
was  all  right,  and  it  did  not  take him 
many  minutes  to  make  a  disagreeable 
discovery.  A  party of  woodcutters  had 
encamped  close  to  the ruin,  with every 
indication  of  a  long  stay.  Semyo  was 
positive  that  he  could  not  get  at  the 
cache  without  being  discovered,  as  the 
party had two or three dogs in camp,  and 
he  was  sharply challenged as he scouted 
around.
Next day,  after some conspiring on our 
part, the  Captain  and 1 went  ashore  to 
the camp  to  make a bold  move.  There 
was  a  gang  of  thirty  natives  under  a 
Spanish boss cutting ebony, and they had 
a large lot all ready for  shipment.  This 
gang had  been sent from the province of 
Zebu,  where  the  owner of  the  tract re­
sided,  and an  agent  was  daily expected 
to sell the output.  The  boss  we  found 
to  be  an  ignorant,  good-natured fellow, 
who could neither read nor write.  While 
I claimed  to  be  the  real  owner  of  the 
land  on  which  they were then at work, 
the  Captain  offered  to  buy some of  the 
logs on the sly.  Between  us we got him

to remove  his  camp a mile  away and to 
accept  about  $60 for logs.  We not only 
accomplished  this  during  the  day,  but 
showed  our  friendship and good-will by 
sending  a  keg of  whisky  to  the  camp, 
and  by night the boss and his gang were 
as drunk  as  lords.  As  soon  as  it  was 
dark  four  of  us  pulled  ashore  with 
Semyo,  and he led us a straight  trail  to 
the  treasure. 
It  was  buried  in  two 
earthen  jars  against  a bit  of  wall,  and 
one of  the  camp  fires  of  the  gang  had 
been  built  within  ten  feet of  the  spot. 
We had the  jars  out  and  on  board  the 
brig in half  an  hour, and  an  investiga­
tion  proved  that  Semyo had  rather fig­
ured under the actual  amount.  We had 
neither seen nor heard anything to alarm
us,  but it appeared  that we had been ob­
served  pulliug back to the brig,  by a na­
tive  boat, and  that  its  occupants  were 
meddlesome  enough  to  board  a govern­
ment  felucca  lying  six miles above and 
report our  actions as suspicious.

About  2  o’clock  in  the  morning  the 
felucca dropped down with the tide, came 
to anchor about two cable lengths  away, 
and sent a boat to  board us on the quiet. 
They were  foiled  in  this by the  anchor 
watch,  who stood  them off  until the brig 
was aroused.  The  jars  were  placed  in 
the  cook’s  galley,  Semyo  secreted  him­
self  in the  hold,  and  then the occupants 
of  the boat were  invited to come aboard. 
The  officer  in  charge  was a lieutenant, 
and he was in high  dudgeon  over his re­
ception.  He  demanded  our  papers,  in­
spected  the  cargo,  and  pointed  to  the 
carronage as a proof  that  we  were  sus­
picious  characters.  He  went  off  to  re­
port,  but was in  no  hurry to return,  and 
soon  after  daylight  we saw a boat with 
seven or eight men leave  the felucca and 
pull  up  the  river.  The  tide  was  still 
running and there was a fair  breeze,  and 
we determined to cut sticks.  Semyo said 
the boat had gone to a village about four 
miles above,  probably to consult civil  or 
military  officials,  and  that  if  we  were 
seized it would  be  all up with all of  us. 
The felucca, as we could plainly see, had 
two brass six-pounders,  but we could not
say that  she  would  attempt to stop  us. 
The minute  we  began to make ready we 
saw an  alarm  on  her decks.  Before we 
had the anchor off  the  ground she sent a 
boat  with  the  command  that  we  must 
wait  the  return  of  our  papers.  We 
weighed,  however,  let  fall  and  sheeted 
home,  and  while  they were  yelling at us 
we  headed  down  the  river.  We  were 
well  out  to  sea  when  we  espied  the 
felucca following,  and as she  sailed  two 
feet to our one she was  within  range be­
fore  10  o’clock. 
If  captured  now,  the 
Spanish government  would  hang  us all 
for conspiracy.  We  cracked  on  every­
thing  in  the  shape  of  sail,  loaded  our 
carronade,  and paid no  attention  to  the 
felucca until positively  obliged to.  Her 
gunnery was so poor  that  we  wondered 
if  her guns had ever  been  fired  before. 
She  had at least  twenty shots at us, but 
the closest  call  was  when a ball passed 
through the flying-jib.  She  wasn’t  over 
a  quarter  of  a  mile  away  when  our 
English  gunner  sighted  his  piece  and 
brought  down  her  entire  foremast and 
everything  with  it.  The  mast  was  hit 
about six feet above the deck and broken 
off,  and  the felucca  at  once  fell off  into 
the  trough  of  the  sea  and  confusion 
reigned supreme.  We kept  our  course, 
knowing  that  she  could  not  follow  us 
another  foot,  and,  when  dear  of  the 
coast,  headed up for Shanghai.  Arriving 
there,  the  brig  was  repainted  and  re­
named,  her  big  gun  dropped to the bot­
tom of  the harbor, and no one could have 
mistrusted her. 
I saw the “outrage” de­
tailed  in  a  Manila  paper  two  or  three 
weeks after it occurred,  but if  the  Span­
ish government ever  investigated the oc­
currence,  none  of  its  movements  came 
to my attention.  We got  $32,500  apiece 
out of  the little transaction,  and  the last 
I knew of  Semyo  he  was a tea  trader in 
Japan.

’T w as  E v er  Thus.

time evenings ?”
schemes to make  money.”
when he is thus occupied?”

“How  does  your  husband  spend  his 
“He  stays  at  home  and  thinks  up 
“And what  do  you  do  with  yourself 
“Oh, I think  up schemes to spend it.”

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I have the agency for several of  the  best  manufacturers  of  fireworks  in  the 

country and am prepared to quote lower prices than any other dealer in my line.

WM.  R.  K E B L B R ,

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

AND  JOBBER  IN 

412  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.

FOREIGN  AND  DOMESTIC 
TELEPHONE  92-3 It.

FRUITS.

Send for Price List.
W e Manufacture
Everything iu the line of

Candy

Correspondence  solic­
ited  and  prices  quot­
ed with pleasure. 

Write  us.

M OSELEY  BROS.,

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

F r u i t s ,   S eed s, O y s te r s  § P r o d u c e

All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

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

pleased to hear from you.
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GRAND  RAPID?

26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa  St., 

more fruit than can be handled by any other house at this  market.  Remember

B A N A N A S  ! We  are  receiving 
J.  BROWN,

W e A r e  H ea d q u a rte rs.

FRUIT  AND  PRODUCE  CO.

from  two  to  four 
carloads of bananas 
a  week,  which  is

GRAND  RAPIDS 

~  Wholesale  dealer

in  Foreign, 
Domestic

Tropical  and

Do not hound a customer.  Nine  times 
out of  ten  they prefer to look at goods a 
moment  before  asking  to  be  shown an 
article.  A  clerk  should  always be in a 
position to attend  promptly to the wants 
of  customers,  but  should  never  force 
their attention  upon  them.  The failure 
to observe this rule has driven many cus­
tomers away from stores.  The fault lies 
generally with inexperienced clerks, who 
misunderstand their duty in this respect, 
probably  from  the  failure  of  the  pro­
prietor or  manager to give  them  proper 
instructions.

Bunting

flliisïin Fiaos

AT  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL.

C h a s .  A.  C o y e,

11  PEARL  STREET.

Furniture

-AT-

Nelson, 

M atter 

&  Co's

S T Y L E S :

N e w ,
C h e a p ,
M e d i u m

AND

E x p e n s iv e .

R ep en tan ce  Colum n.

The following are some of  the merchants who 
have been under contract  with the F. of I.,  but 
have found the level  profit  plan a delusion and 
a snare:

Belding—L. S. Roell.
Big Rapids—Verity & Co.
Blanchard—L. D. Wait.
Bridgeton—Geo. H. Rainouard.
Casnovia—John E. Parcell.
Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner.
Chapin—J. I. Vanderhoof.
Chester—B. C. Smith.
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell & Co.
Clio—Nixon & Hubbell.
Coopersville—W. D. Reynolds & Co.
Dimondale—Elias Underbill.
Dushville—G. O. Adams.
Eaton Rapids—E. F. Knapp, G. W. Webster.
Fork Center—D. Palmer *  Co.
Fremont—Boone & Pearson.
Grand Ledge—A. J. llalsted  A Son.
Grand Rapids—F. W. Wurzburg, Van Driele A 
Kotvis, John Cordes, Huntley Russell.
Harvard—Ward Bros.
Ilersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Ionia—E.  S. Welch,  Wm. Wing.
Kent City—R. McKinnon.
Lake Odessa—McCartney Bros., Fred. Miller. 
Lowell—Charles McCarty.
Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich.
Marshall—John Fletcher, Johu  Butler, Charles 
Mecosta—Robert D. Parks.
Millbrook—T. 6.  (or J. W.) Pattison. 
Millington—Forester A  Clough.
Minden  City—Henry  Lewis,  F.  O.  Ilctfield 
Nashville—Powers A Stringham.
Newaygo—W. Harmon.
New Era—Peter Rankin.
Olivet—F. H. Gage.
Otisco—G. V. Snyder A Co.
Ravenna—R. D. Wheeler.
Reed City—J. M. Cadzow.
Rockford—H. Colby A Co.
St. Louis—Mary A. Brice.
Sand Lake—C. O  Cain.
Sparta—Woodin A Van Wickle, Dole A Haynes. 
Si ringport—Cortright  A Griffin.
Stanton—Fairbanks A  Co.
Sumner—J. 13. Tucker.
Williamston—Michael Bowerman.

Fletcher.

A Son.

Good  M ethod  to   In cre ase  T rad e. 
Business is not  transacted at the pres­
ent  time  after  the  fashion  of  twenty 
years ago.  Competition  has  become  so 
strong that it has compelled business men 
to resort to all sorts of  schemes  to  hold 
trade and add  to the total business trans­
acted.  Advertisers resort  to  novel  and 
original methods of  attracting the eye of 
the public.  Origiuality has  become  the 
thing in demand  by railroads, merchants 
and business men in all  lines of trade.
An eastern exchange relates  the  story 
of a merchant  who  securely  fasteued  a 
ten-dollar  gold  piece  to  a  prominent 
place in his store,  with the date  of  coin­
age  hidden.  Over  this  he  placed  an 
attractive  placard  announcing  that  on 
each  purchase  of  a  dollar’s  worth  of 
goods the privilege of naming the date of 
the coin would  be given to the purchaser 
—the coin to go to the successful guesser. 
The  date  was  written,  with  the  cus­
tomer’s name attached, on a slip of paper 
and dropped into a closely sealed  box.
The  opportunity  was  open  for  two 
months,  and at the end  of  that time the 
box was opened in  the presence of a large 
crowd,  all of whom were anxious expect­
ants.
Now as to results.  Of course each slip 
of paper represented  one  dollar’s worth 
of goods actually  purchased,  and  when 
they counted up to  twenty-nine hundred 
for  two  months,  an  increase  over  the 
average  business  for the past live years, 
it goes  without  saying  that  the  dealer 
was  certain  that  he  had  interested the 
public.

A  Lasting  Job.
l)o he be worr-rking ?

Mrs.  Clooney—Phwat  become  of  yer 
M rs.  Casey—Yis;  he  do  have  a  tin 
Mrs.  Clooney—An’  phwhat  do  he  be 
Mrs. Casey—He do be  makiu’  shoes in 

old mou ? 
years’  job wid th’ Governmiut.
doin’ for  th’ Governmiut?
th’  pinetentiary.

H o unding  a   C ustom er.

From the Commercial Bulletin.
The  expression,  “hounded  to  death,” 
applies  well  to  customers  who  visit 
stores  where  the  clerks  are  allowed to 
watch them as a cat watches a mouse.  It 
is not pleasant to a customer to approach 
a counter where  various  goods  are  dis­
played, to be met with the question : 

“Something 1 can show  you ?”
The  customer  generally feels  like re­
“Well, wait till I see, can’t  you?,’

plying :

Large  V ariety  and 

Prices L ow

A . D .  Spangler ¿è C o

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

FRUITS u p PRODUCE

And Oeuvrai Commission Merchants. 

EAST  SAGINAW,  MICH.

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

Cook  &  Bergtliold,
SHOW  CASES.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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

Direct Receivers of

California  Oranges——
= l t a i n a   Lemons,

---- AND----

------

HEADQUARTERS  FOR 

B A N A N A S .  =

When iu  want  of  large  lots  of  California  Oranges,  we are prepared to make you 
16  and 18  North Division St., GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH. Send for Price List, Issued W eekly

low prices from fresh cars.

R indge,  B ertseh   &  Co.,

F or  w a r m   w e a th e r   w e   w o u ld   c a ll  a tten tio n
o f th e trad e to ou r 
lin e  o f  w a lk in g  
sh o e s  at  p o p u la r  
p rices.  W e   c a r r y  
a 
lin e  o f  r u sset 
an d  b la c k , in tu rn  
a n d   M.  S., tips  a n d   p la in ,  o p era   a n d   c o m m o n  
se n se  to es,  a n d  in v ite  in sp ectio n .

We  also  solicit  your  fall  order  for  Boston and Bay State rubber goods,  and 

guarantee prices and terms as low as any house selling the same brand.

67 Canal St., GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

12,  14  AND  16  PEARL  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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AMONG  THE  TRADE.

ABOUND  T H E   STA TE.

Cheboygan—John  R. Craig  has opened 

a bakery.

Otisville—M. F.  Branch  has  sold  his 

general  stock to E. S. Swayze.

Oscoda—Veysey & Wylee succeed Fred 

Veysey in  the grocery business.

North  Dorr—Schiclitel  Bros,  succeed 

S.  E.  Brautigam in general trade.

Mt.  Pleasant—P.  C.  Taylor  succeeds 

Taylor Bros,  in the drug  business.

Cambria—L.  C.  Parkhurst  succeeds 

Card «ft Titus in the market business.

Charlotte  —  Geo.  E.  Brackett  will 

shortly engage in  the grocery business.

Clayton—Fluke & Hawkins,  hardware 
dealers,  have  added a line  of  groceries.
Muskegon  —  Mattoon  &  nitcheock, 
meat dealers,  have gone  out of  business.
Battle  Creek—James M.  Joy  has  sold 
his  stock of  groceries to Joel L.  Marble.
Reed City—Geo.  H. Gilbert  has opened 
opened  a  line  of  cigars  and  confection­
ery.

Lansing—W.  H.  Higgs  has  purchased 
the  stock  of  groceries  of  W.  E.  Bliss 
& Co.

Hastings—Spence  Bros,  succeed 

the 
Rower Shoe Co.  in the boot and shoe bus­
iness.

Hersey—Andrew  McFarlane  succeeds 
McFarlane & Brooks in the  market  bus­
iness.

Big  Rapids—F.  W.  Joslin  succeeds 
J.  H.  Yeo in the  merchant tailoring bus­
iness.

Jackson —  Michael  Norris  has  pur­
chased  the  grocery  stock  of  William 
Covell.

Flint—E.  A.  Salisbury has  purchased 
the grocery stock  of  P.  A.  (Mrs.  Hiram) 
Willey.

by Leighton  «ft  Oldman  in  the  grocery 
business.

Saugatuck—Robert Spears has sold his 
meat  market  to  Wesley Tryon,  late  of 
South  Haven.

Kalamazoo—Grant  Dickinson  has sold 
his interest in the restaurant  business to 
B.  E. Taggard.

Cheboygan—C.  A.  Kuhn,  late  of  St.
Ignace,  has opened a merchant  tailoring 
establishment.

Chelsea—Wm.  Emmert  has  sold  his 
drug store, but  will  continue in the gro­
cery business.

Allegan—Jenner  &  Robinson, dealers 
in boots  and  shoes, have  dissolved,  Mr.
Robinson retiring.

Tecumseh—C.  E.  Williamson  will soon 
open  a  line  of  groceries  in  connection 
with his butter and egg business.

Flint — Beveridge  &  Collins,  general 
dealers,  have  dissolved.  W.  H.  Bev­
eridge will continue the business.

Horton—Milford  Tanner’s  dry  goods 
store  was  burglarized  the  night of  the 
10th of  $30 and several  small  articles.

Charlevoix—Amos Fox has arranged to  they recently purchased to Seney. 

re-engage in the  grocery  business at the  Detroit—Wittman,  Keller  &  lioede
old stand. 
dealers  in  sash  doors  and  blinds,  a:

Leslie—John R.  Oldman  is  succeeded j succeeded by Roeder <fe Boothroyd. 

Belding—Z.  W.  Gooding  has  bought  it.  The  Judd 

J.  Dennison’s  bakery  and  will  add  a  yard at Tonawanda. 
stock of  groceries. 

Three Oaks—The Warren Featherbone
Onsted—Lee Austin, the boot and shoe | Co. contemplates removing to some point
better  facilities  for

dealer, has closed  up,  and will  try farm­
ing near Napoleon.

where  it  can  have 
carrying on business.

Cressey—B.  Fisher  is building  an  ad­
dition to his  grocery store  for  the  pur-
Manufacturing  Co.  has  been  ineorpor-
pose of  storing agricultural  implements,  ated  with  $150,000  capital.  William J.
Detroit—B.  G.  Latimer,  undertaker, j and Mary J.  Howard,  William,  Frank B. 
has filed chattel mortgages on his horses,  and Charlotte B.  Northwood and John A. 
carriages, etc., to  the  amount of  $5,600.' Preston are the stockholders.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R  A J D E S M A lIsT.
Marquette—The  hardware  stores  of 
White,  Packard &  Co.  and B.  Neidhardt 
were  recently  entered by burglars,  who 
stole $600 worth of cutlery and revolvers.
Kalamazoo  —  Robert  L.  Parkin,  of 
Romeo,  and  John A. Gibb, of  this  city, 
have  purchased  of  Geo.  W.  Young  his 
stock of  books  and  stationery  and  will 
add a line of  drugs.

Bismarck — The  Messrs.  Platz  have 
purchased the Sheldon  sawmill  and will 
remove it to Rogers City, where they will 
engage  in  the  manufacture of  hemlock 
and hardwood lumber.

Nestoria—Albert  Heath  expects 

to 
move  his  sawmill  to  Kenton as soon as 
the Duluth, South Shore <fc Atlantic Rail­
way can put in the necessary side tracks. 
The  mill  has a capacity  of  50,000  feet, 
but,  so far,  has  been  run  in a desultory 
way.

Galesburg—I. V. Brown,  the  druggist, 
was  recently  hunted by white  caps,  but 
as  they were  unable  to  find  him,  they 
vented their spleen by daubing  the front 
of  his  store  with  tar  and  committing 
other indignities.

Hastings—Goodyear & Barnes have ut­
tered  two  chattel  mortgages  on  their 
stock of  dry goods and  groceries—one to 
Mary  T.  Goodyear  for  $5,300  and  the 
other to the  Hastings  National  Bank for 
$4,000.  The dry goods stock is estimated 
to  be  worth  $13,000  and  the  grocery 
stock $3,000.

Charlotte—The Andrews grocery stock 
was bought at assignee’s  sale by John C. 
Potter,  of  Potterville,  the  amount  bid 
being $1,750.  The store was immediately 
opened  under  the  firm  name of  Geo.  N. 
Potter  «ft  Co.,  the  company being  J. C. 
Potter  and  J.  B.  Hartwell.  Mr.  Hart­
well  will  have  charge.  The  new  firm 
will not run it as a contract store.

M A N U FA CTU RIN G   M ATTERS.

start

Stauwood—G.  W.  Reed  will  soon 

the Reed «ft Beihler shingle mill.

Crooked Lake—Bryan  & Bennett  have 
begun  the  manufacture  of  lumber  and 
shingles.

Piper—Jacob  Phillips & Co.  are  oper­
ating a shingle  mill  near this place, and 
are cutting 45,000  daily.

Campbell’s  Corners—Jackson <fc  Brad­
shaw  will  remove  the  sawmill  which

Detroit— The  Galvin  Brass  &  Iron 
Works  have  secured  a  preliminary  in­
junction restraining  the  Galvin Valve «& 
Hydrant  Co.  from  manufacturing  and 
selling a valve concerning the patents on 
which a suit is now pending in the United 
States Court.

Charlevoix—O.  W.  Smith has invented 
an improved cheese box and knife, which 
he  proposes  putting  on  the  market  as 
soon as the  necessary arrangements  can 
be perfected.  Fred A.  Smith  has  taken 
an  interest in  the  invention,  which is a 
guarantee  that  the  business  will  be 
pushed.

Bay City—Bousfield & Co.  are  pushing 
work  on  the  construction of  their  new 
woodenware  works.  The  framework of 
the  sawmill  is  enclosed,  the  piles  are 
driven  for  the  foundation  of  the  dry 
kilns,  and the excavation  is  in  progress 
for the foundation of  the  new  two-story 
factory building. 
It is expected that the 
entire  plant will be in operation by Sep­
tember 1.

Cheboygan—With sufficient encourage­
ment from uur business  men,  an Eastern 
company will locate a tannery here.  The 
shipping  facilities  are  unexcelled,  as 
various  lines  of  steamers  ply  between 
here  and  the  leading  markets  on  the 
Great  Lakes,  and  raw  hides  could  be 
brought for very low  freight.  The com­
pany referred to would  employ 300 meu, 
and  use  annually  30,000  cords of  bark, 
of  which our forests afford an almost un­
limited supply.

Middleville—Cook  &  Otto,  dealers  in 
lumber and shingles have dissolved.  The 
business will be  continued by Jos. Cook.
South  Haven—John  Martel  has  re­
moved his  ship-yard  from  Saugatuck  to 
this place,  a  bonus  of  $1,000  being  the 
inducement.

Saginaw—The Saginaw Lumber <fe Salt 
Co.  has  purchased of  H.  W.  Sibley  and 
others  10,000  acres  of  stump  lands  in 
Iosco county.

Garden—This  village  wants  a  grist 
mill, and offers as an inducement a bonus 
of  $1,000,  together  with a free  location 
for the  plant.

Saginaw—Speaking  of 

the  Saginaw 
Lumber «ft Salt Co.  buying 10,000 acres of 
stump  laud  in  Iosco  county, a  lumber­
man  here  recently  said  there  was more 
money  in  picking  up  stump  lands  in 
Northern Michigan at  present than there 
was in  investing  in  Southern  pine.  He 
said  that  while  it  was  supposed  by the 
sellers that  stump  lands  were denude of 
timber  of  any  value,  in many instances 
there were  valuable  pick  ups.  He  in­
stanced one case  recently  where,  in pur­
chasing a  number  of  forties  which  had 
been  cut  over  and  bought  for  stump 
lauds,  the  buyers  found  one  forty  in 
which an ax had  never  been  placed,  and
will  open a distributing | 011 another  forty  found  1,000,000  feet of 
good  pine  that  had  escaped  the  former
cutter’s  ax. 
Instances  were  numerous 
where from 300,000 to 800,000 feet would 
be  found  on  stump  lands  bought  for  a 
song.

Standish—Judd «ft Judd have sold their
sawmill  to James Norn,  who is operating

Eaton  Rapids—Wm. Smith lias sold his 
lumber  yard  to  Webster,  Cobb  «ft  Co., 
who now control one of  the  largest lum­
ber stocks in Southern Michigan.

Manistee—Salt  is  king  at present, evi­
dently,  and not in  the past few years has 
there  been  any  such  demand  for  it  as 
obtains  at  the present time.  Should the 
Detroit—F. B. Trout, Charles C. Canny, 
rush continue,  there  is no doubt that the 
Mary Hayes and  R.  W.  Soper  have  in­
price  will  be  advanced,  as  under  the 
corporated 
the  Reliable  Store  Service
present state of affairs the manufacturers
Co., with $75,000 capital,  to manufacture I cannot  more  than  keep  up  with the de­
cash  carriers, etc. 
rnand.  All  the  available  tonnage at the
Detroit—The Howard-Northwood Malt  disposal of the Salt Association  has been
brought  into  play  during  the  past few 
weeks,  and  even  then  it  could not keep 
pace  with  the  demand, and  has  had to 
charter schooners  and  anything else that 
could be had to carry salt;  otherwise the

Association could  not  have  kept its cus­
tomers  supplied.  During  the  past  two 
weeks  quite  a  number  of  sail  vessels 
have  loaded  salt  here  in  barrels—some­
thing  unprecedented 
in  the  history  of 
the salt industry.

Detroit—Dickinson,  Thurbur  &  Stev­
enson  have  filed  a  bill  in  the  United 
States  Court,  the  object  of  which  is  to 
turn over the Hull Bros.’  failure,  declare 
the mortgages  given  to  their  wives  and 
certain  preferred  creditors  to  amount to 
an assignment for  the  benefit  of  all  the 
creditors and  to  compel  all  the  benefic­
iaries  of  these  mortgages  to  disgorge 
what they  have  received,  so  that  it may 
be divided pro rata among  all the credit­
ors.  The  suit  is  brought  by  Dick  & 
Meyer,  of  Detroit,  who  hold  a  claim of 
over $3,500 and do not  relish  the idea of 
being shut out by preferred relatives and 
friends.  The  stock  of  goods  sold  for 
about $45,000, and the bill  asks  that this 
amount be  turned  over  to  the  court for 
distribution.  The  foreclosure  on  the 
real  estate  is  in  progress,  but  has  not 
reached  a  sale. 
It  is  said  to  be  worth 
over  $150,000,  and  it  is  asked  that  the 
proceeds of the sale,  when  made,  be also 
distributed  among  the  creditors.  The 
action is an important one, and  should it 
prevail  will overturn a  great  many  fail­
ures  where  certain  persons  are  secured 
by mortgages at the expense of  the other 
creditors.

Fourth of July goods of all kinds.

Putnam Candy Co.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken for less than 25 cents.  Advance  payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

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F o r  s a l e - g r o c e r y  stock  a n d  f ix t u r e s
consisting of  shelving, counters and complete set 
of grocery tools;  will sell cheap.  Also  wanted to buy 
for spot cash a stock of dry goods, clothing, boots and 
shoes,  men’s furnishing  goods,  etc.  H.  P.  Whipple, 
South Boardman, Mich. 
I i'OR  SALE—WELL  SELECTED  DRUG  STOCK  IN 
town of 3,000,  having  three  railroads;  stock  and 
fixtures  inventory  about  $3,500;  patronage  exceeds 
$1,000 a month;  rent, only $35  per  month;  agent U. 8. 
Express,  which  pays  $500  per  year;  correspondence 
solicited.  No. 4?, care Michigan Tradesman. 
"W7"ANTED—I  WANT  A  PARTNER TO  TAKE  HALF 
» V 
interest  in a hardware  business  in  one  of  the 
UveUest towns in  Northern  Michigan,  or  will  sell out 
entirely;  no competition.  Geo. W.  Wood,  Lake  City,
Mich.
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F OR  SALE-SAW  MILL  PROPERTY,  WITH  EXCEL- 
lent water  power, and  other  buildings,  at  Reed 
City.  For particulars, address J. A. ScoUay, Reed City,
Mich.
41
IjXOR SALE—A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRUGS; INVEN- 
tory $3,000;  no  safe or fountain;  sales  last  year 
• 
$7,700;  terms,  cash  or  nearly all  cash;  excellent  op­
portunity for live man;  will  bear  the  closest  inspec- 
37
tion.  Address W, care Michigan Tradesman. 
F OR  8ALE—A  WELL-ESTABLISHED  DRUG  Busi­
ness, in one of the best locations in the city;  stock 
small and would sell cheap for cash.  For  particulars 
and terms, address L, care  Michigan  Tradesman.  38 
rno EXCHANGE—80 ACRE FARM,  HALF CLEARED. 
1 
good buildings and location for drugs  or  general 
merchandise.  Address George, care  Michigan  Trades- 
man. 
W ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
general  or  grocery stock;  most be cheap.  Ad- 
dress No. 26; care Michigan Tradesman. 
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F o r  sa l e—st o r e,  d r u g  stock  a n d  f ix t u r e s, 
including  postoffice  fixtures,  for  sale  on  easy 
terms, owing to ill  health;  only drug  store  in  town, 
situated in  center  of  fine fruit  section,  Address  Dr. 
8. J. Koon, Lisbon. Mich. 

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HELP  WANTED.

ANTED—AT ONCE  REGISTERED  PHAHMxniHT~ 
good habits.  Address Benson ft Co..  Woodland 
Mich. 
w ANTED -  SALESMAN  EXPERIENCED  IN  SOAP 
trade, able to show record.  Address B. A. Lynde
& Son Company, Warren, Pa.
W ANTED—A  GOOD  TINNER.  GIVE  EXPERIENCE 
and references.  Address A.  W.  Gammer ft Co., 
Box 10, Coloma, Mich. 

25

u

MISCELLANEOUS.

L-  L  l i i ,  

xuxxxiivx  a n   ciLikUANI  B lU fi  LINK.
—  which will more than pay their running* expenses , 
we will on receipt of  $1.25 send the  outfit.  Gringhuis’ 
Itemized Ledger Co.. No. 28 Canal St.,  Rooms 15 and 16. 
Telephone 388, Grand Rapids, Mich.
0i * ? AL®—o n e  m illio n  FEET  OF  HEMLOCK 
bill staff  in  lots  of  ten  thousand feet  or  more. 
For prices write Walter N. Kelley, Traverse City, Mich.
S3
A B2£I8H THE  PA88  BOOK  AND SUBSTITUTE THE 
Tradesman  Coupon,  which is now in use by over 
5,000  Michigan  merchants—all  of  whom are  warm in 
pralBe  of  its  effectiveness.  Bend  for  sample  order, 
which  will  be  sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  $1.  The 
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.
QAMPLE8 OF TWO  KINDS  OF  COUPONS  FOR  RE 
kJ  tellers  will  be  sent free  to  any dealer  who  will 
for them to  the  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co., 
Albany, N. Ye 

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painted.’  This story was finally enlarged 
until it was said that  the  county officers 
and  committee  had a hand  in  the  bus­
iness,  and  were  interested  in  shutting 
out  the  P.  of  I.  Anything  more  ridic­
ulously false  could not be imagined; and 
the  silly story  will  react  against  those 
who started it.  The court room and seats 
iocre covered with fresh paint at the time 
of  the meeting  aud  could not have been 
used  for a P.  of  I.  or any other  meeting. 
Sheriff  Shriner  has  repeatedly given  up 
his own office to  Patrons  for  committee 
and  other  meetings, and  never  refused 
them  any  accommodation 
they  have 
asked.  And  to  have  such  a  story  cir­
culated about him is  naturally not pleas­
ant.  The object of  those  who  invented 
and  circulated 
this  false  report  is  so 
plain that no one can be deceived.”

list,  for 

The New, Simple Way for Bookkeeping.
Have you Gringhuis’ Itemized Ledger? 
If not,  send at ouce  for sample sheet and 
price 
time  is  money,  as  the 
above book will more than pay for  itself 
inside  of  two  months. 
See  what  the 
bookkeeper  of  Keen  Bros.  &  Stedman, 
hardware  dealers  at  Elkhart,  Ind.,  says 
of the  ledger:

G e n ts—I  p u rc h a se d  o n e o f  y o u r 240 pag e item  
ize<l 
led g e rs  o v e r  a   m o n th   ago  a n d   I  r a n n o t 
sp e ak   too h ig h ly  o f it.  W e  h a v e   fo u n d   it  very 
c o n v e n ie n t  in  m ak in g   se ttle m e n ts, a n d   it  is so 
sim p le th a t an y   o f  th e   c le rk s c an   u n d e rs ta n d   it, 
as w e ll as th e  p erso n  w h o  keeps th e   books.
Y ours  resp.,H. J. B o stw ick.

We have hundreds of other testimonials 
from  persons who  highly recommend the 
ledger.

Office at 28 Canal street. Grand  Rapids, 

Rooms  15 ami 16.  Telephone 888.

AND

BiGples,
Tricycles,
Velocipedes
General Sporting Goods
¡Agents for A. G. Spalding & Bro.’s  I 

We have on hand a complete line of Columbia. 
Victor and other  cheaper  bicycles, also a splen­
did assortment of  Misses'  Tricycles,  Children’s 
Velocipedes and small  Safety Bicycles.
E. G. Studley,

Sporting  and  Athletic  Goods  and  I 
American Powder Co.’s Powder.

4  Monroe  St.,

GRAND RAPIDS

Call and  see  them 
or  send  for  large, 
illu s tr a te d   cata
logue.

5

[.Established  1780.]

W.  BAKER A  CO.’S  R e o i s t e k e d   T r a d e-M a k e .
No Chemicals are  used  in 
any of 11 'alter B aker & Co.'s 
Chocolate and  Cocoa  Prep­
arations.

These  preparations  have 
stood  the  test of public  ap­
proval  for  more  than  one 
hundred years, and  are  the 
acknowledged  standard  of 
purity and  excellence.

complete  stock  of  seeds 

to the fact  that  we carry the most 
In 
Western  Michigan.  Send
for  our  wholesale  price 
catalogue 

S We  respectfully  call  your  attentioo 
■  
■ 

and 
before  buying
Clover,
Timothn, 
Red  Top,

list 

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

Brown’s  Seed  Store,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

DO  YOU  NEED  AN

Engraving of YoilrStore

If  so.  The 
In  advertising  your  business ? 
Tradesman Company is glad to send samples and 
quote prices._____________________________

THE  1STTCTTTGAN  TRADESMAN

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Dennis  Bros,  succeed  E. E. Dennis in 
the  wholesale  lumber  and  shingle bus­
iness.

Hester  &  Fox  have  sold  a  six  horse 
power engine  and  boiler to the  Fidelity 
Knitting Works, at  Peachbelt.

V.  Sinz  has  removed  his  drug  stock 
from Conklin to this  city, locating at 402 
East  street,  where  the  business  will be 
conducted by his son.

A.  W.  Kenyon  and  Alfred  C.  Stone 
have  closed  out  their  meat  market  at 
Cedar  Springs and opened a new market 
at 194 East Bridge street.

Theo.  Schrup, dry goods  dealer at Du­
buque,  Iowa,  has  added a line of  gents’ 
furnishing goods.  Yoigt, Herpolsheimer 
& Co.  furnished the stock.

H.  Goossen  is  arranging  to  build a 
three-story double  brick  building at 519 
and 521 Ottawa  street, the  ground  floor 
of  which  will  be  fitted  for  mercantile 
purposes.

Rindge,  Bertsch & Co.  are putting up a 
boot  and  shoe  stock for John M.  Peter­
sen,  who  proposes  to engage in business 
at  the  corner  of  Third  aud  Stocking 
streets.  Mr. Petersen will enjoy the dis­
tinction  of  being  the  only  Swede  boot 
and shoe dealer in the city.

Purely  Personal.

J.  E.  Thnrkow,  the  Morley  general 

dealer,  was in town last  Saturday.

Jacob  Liebler,  the  Caledonia  general 

dealer,  was in town last Thursday.

Ed. Pike,  who  has  been  laid up since 
March 21,  is able to  be  out  again, but is 
still very weak.

Chas. Kernan,  buyer for the  Converse 
Manufacturing  Co., at Newaygo,  was in 
town a couple of days last week.

Eugene  Crandall, of  the  firm of  J.  V. 
Crandall  &  Son,  general  dealers  near 
Sand Lake,  was in town over Sunday.

S.  Barnes,  General  Manager  of  the 
Hannah & Lay Mercantile  Co.,  at  Trav­
erse City,  was  in  town  last  Wednesday 
and Thursday.

Jacob G. Van Putten,  the  well-known 
Holland merchant,  was  married  on  the 
12th to Miss Christina Van  Raalte.  Thk 
Tradesman extends congratulations.

Mrs.  D.  Kelly,  wife  of  the  veteran 
dealer  at  Lyons,  died last Thursday and 
was buried Sunday.  The cause of  death 
was  a  stroke  of  paralysis,  sustained 
some time ago.

M. A. Benson, of  the hardware firm of 
Benson & Crawford,  at  Saranac,  was in 
town over  Sunday.  His firm  is  behind 
their orders on their patent vine sprinkler 
and has under  contemplation  the  merg­
ing of  the manufacturing  department of 
their business into a stock  company.

Gripsack Brigade.

Wm. Norte  has  returned from a three 

months’ trip through  Indiana.

J.  B. Josselyn,  formerly  on  the  road 
for  the  Telfer  Spice Co.,  has  taken the 
position  of  tea  salesman  for  Lemon  & 
Peters.

L.  K. Townsend,  formerly on the road 
for the Telfer Spice Co.,  is now  engaged 
in  the  milling  business  at  Galesburg, 
under  the  style of  Carson & Townsend.
The grand council of  the  United Com­
mercial  Travelers  of  America  has 
adopted a resolution  demanding of  Pres­
ident  Harrison,  in  the  name  of  250,000 
traveling  men,  the  removal of  John A. 
Place,  postmaster  at  Oswego,  N.  Y.

Place is editor of  the  Oswego Times and 
editorially denounced  the  profession  as 
one  composed  of  rakes,  profligates, 
mashers and seducers.

A.  L.  Power,  the  Kent  City  general 
dealer imd cheese manufacturer, recently 
purchased  some  eggs  from  one  of  his 
customers  and  in  the  morning  several 
chickens were running  around the store. 
As “Windy” Hawkins was in  Kent  City 
about that time, it was supposed that the 
vibrations  of  his talking apparatus pro­
duced a warm  atmosphere, conducive  to 
the hatching of chicks.

Out of Season.

The  Detroit  News  recently noted  the 

following:

A  commission  house  on  Woodbridge 
street has  just  bought  several  thousand 
pounds  of  June  (1889)  packed  butter at 
2K  cents  per  pound. 
It  was  a pretty 
fair article of  old butter,  too.

Some  things  improve with age and  be­
come  more  valuable as they grow older, 
but  butter  is  not  included  in this  cat­
egory.  Butter  is  made to be eaten  and 
the  sooner it is consumed  after it comes 
from  the  churn,  the  better  it is in both 
quality aud  pride.  Why anyone  should 
hold butter a  year,  during  which time it 
has declined in value 75 per  cent.,  is one 
of  the things which  “no fellow  can  find 
out.”

Aching  to  Play  Ball  Again.

Grand Rapid s,  June  16,  1890.

To whom it may eoncern:
As my old nine is clamoring for  an op­
portunity to do up any other  nine which 
can  be  selected from  the  ranks  of  the 
grip  carriers,  1 hereby throw  down  the 
gauntlet  and  await  the  acceptance  of 
this challenge,  stipulating  that the  pro­
ceeds to be turned  into the general fund 
of  the  Grand  Rapids  Traveling  Men’s 
Association,  and  that the time and place 
be selected hereafter.

H.  S.  Robertson.

The  Grocers’  Picnic.

Owing  to  the  backwardness  of  the 
season,  it has been  deemed  advisable to 
postpone the annual  picnic of  the  retail 
grocers of  Grand  Rapids  until the latter 
part of  July,  by which  time small  fruits 
will be well out of the way and the peach 
season  will  not  have  yet  begun.  The 
annual  outing  will  undoubtedly be held 
at  Reed’s  Lake, although a considerable 
number of  grocers  favor  the  new North 
Park resort,  near the Soldiers’  Home.

A Lousville man has  discovered a way 
to  beat 
the  nickle-in-the-slot-machine. 
He tied a thread  to his nickle  before  he 
put it in the slot,  and recovered  it  each 
time together  with a tolerable cigar,  un­
til he had  emptied  the  reservoir.  The 
police then  pulled him in,  but were at a 
loss how to define the offense.

Hastings Banner:  “One week  ago Sat­
urday,  a  meeting  of  representatives  of | 
the P.  of  I.  was  called  to  meet  at  the 
court  house.  Before  the  meeting,  and 
to put the room in order for  the  coming | 
term of  court,  Sheriff  Shriller had had it 
painted, seats  and  all.  The  paint  was | 
not  dry at  the  time  the P. of  I meeting 
was called to assemble,  and  Mr.  Shriner 
so  informed  the  committee  who  had j 
called on him to ask  for  the  room.  But ; 
certain ones,  who  are  alert to manufac- ; 
ture  large  quantities  of  raw  material 
from  nothing,  proceeded  to  spread the i 
report  that  ‘Sheriff  Shriner  had  deter­
mined to prevent the P.  of  I.  from  meet-1 
ing by giving out a false  report  that the 
court  room  and  seats  had  been  lately I

We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1890.

81  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Correspondence solicited. 

P r ic e s  C urrent.

“ 

UNBLEA CH ED   COTTONS.
............   7  ICliftonCCC

654
“  Arrow Brand 5J£ 
“  World Wide
“  LL 
...........
Full Yard Wide.  ..
Honest Width........
Hartford A
Madras cheese cloth 0

Atlantic  A. 
H.
P
D........
LL.........
Amory................
Archery  Bunting 
Beaver Dam  A À 
Blackstone O, 32.
Black  Rock  ......
Boot, AL............
Chapman cheese cl.  3JJ Pequot
Comet..................... 7 
Dwight Star............  7ÜlTopofthe  Heap

5  iNoibe R............
7  Our Level  Best. 
7=4 Oxford  R ........

Solar........

B LEA CH ED   COTTONS.
Amsburg............... 7  Glen Mills
Gold  Medal............   7&
Blackstone A A......  8
Green  Ticket......... 854
Beats All................   454
Great Falls.............   654
Cleveland.............  7
Hope.......................   754
Cabot...................... 754
Just  Out........494® 5
Jabot,  X .................63£
King Phillip...........  794
Dwight Anchor......  9
OP......754
shorts.  8%
Edwards.................   6  [Lonsdale Cambric. .10^
Empire...................   7  ¡Lonsdale...........  @8
Middlesex........   ®  5
Farwell..............
No Name................   7%
Fruit of the  Loom..  894
Oak View  ..............6
Fitchville  .............7%
Our Own................   554
First Prize..............654
Pride of the West  . .12
Fruit of the Loom X.  8
Rosalind.................754
Fairmount..............  4*4
Sunlight.................   454
Full Value..............  694
Geo. Washington...  854
Vinyard..................  854

H A LE  BLEA C H ED   COTTONS.

U N BLEA C H ED   CANTON  FLA N N EL.

Cabot......................   7541 Dwight Anchor...... 854
Farwell...................  7941
TremontN..............  5
Hamilton N............   654
L............   7
Middlesex  AT........8
X...........  9
No. 25....  9
BLEA C H ED   CANTON  FL A N N EL.

Middlesex No.  1.  ..10 
2....11 
3__12
7 .. 
8 .. 

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

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Hamilton

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.................  9
 
G G  Cashmere......21
Nameless............... 16
.................18

“ 

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“  
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“ 
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“ 
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D R ESS  GOODS.
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54!M iddlesex A A.......11
2 .... 12
A O ...;..1354
4...... 1754
5...... 16
Nameless............... 20
.................25
 
2754
.................30
3254
.35

1054

CORSET  JE A N S .

 

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Biddeford...............  6  INaumkeagsalteen..  754
Brunswick..............  6541 Rockport...................654
Merrim'ck shirtings.  454 
Allen, staple...........  554
Repp furn .  854
fancy...........  554
robes...........5
Pacific fancy..........6
American  fancy__  6
robes..............654
Portsmouth robes...  6 
American indigo—   6 
American shirtings.  454
Simpson mourning..  654
greys........654
Arnold 
654
long cloth B. IO54 
“ 
solid black.  654 
Washington indigo.  6 
“ 
“  C.  854
“ 
century cloth  7
“  Turkey robes..  754
“  gold seal...... 1054
“  India robes__754
“  plain T’ky X 34  854 
“  Turkey red. .1054
“ 
“  X...10
Berlin solids...........  554
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  oil blue.......   654
key red................    6
“ 
“  green__ 654
Martha Washington
Cocheco fancy........  6
“  madders...  6 
Turkey red 54......  754
Eddy stone  fancy...  6 
Martha  Washington
Turkey red..........  954
Hamilton fancy.  ...  654 
staple ...  554 
Riverpoint robes__5
Manchester  fancy..  6 
Windsor fancy........  654
new era.  654 
gold  ticket 
Merrimack D fancy.  654
indigo  blue......... 1054
Amoskeag A CA__13
.1254
.16
Hamilton N ............  754
D...........854
.1054
Awning..11 

AC  A.................
Pemberton AAA.
York...................
Swift  River........
Pearl  River......

TIC K IN G S.

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Farmer.......
First Prize..
1154 Warren.
COTTON  D R IL L .
Atlanta,  D..............  634|Stark...
Boot........................  634 
“ 
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Clifton, K...............   6541  “
Simpson..................20SA TIN ES.
“ 

Imperial................. 1034
Black................9® 954
....................  1054

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Jaffrey....................1154
Lancaster..............1254
Lawrence, 9 oz....... 1354

Amoskeag..............1254
9oz..... 1454
brown .13
Andover................ 1154
Everett, blue......... 12
brown......12

“ No. 220....13
“ No. 250....1154
“ No. 280.... IO54
GINGHAMS.
Lancaster,  staffle...
fancies__
“ 
“  Normandie 
Westbrook..............
York.............
Hampton__
Wiudermeer. 
Cumberland. 
Essex...........

Glenarven................ 634
Lancashire.............   654
Normandie.............  754
Renfrew Dress.
Toil du Nord...
.10® 1054
Amoskeag.......
.........6=4
AFC.
.1054
Persian...................  854
Bates.......................  634
Warwick.................  854
Peerless, white.......18541 Peerless  colored.

C A R PET  W A R P.

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G RAIN  BAGS.

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TH R EA D S.

R ED   FL A N N EL.

M IX ED   FL A N N EL.

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

Valley City.............1654
Georgia..................1654
Pacific.................... 14

Amoskeag..............17
Harmony................1654
Stark..................... 20
American...............17
Clark’s Mile End... .45  I Barbour's................88
Coats’, J. & P........ 45  Marshall’s................ 88
Holyoke................. 22541
White. Colored.
38 No. 14
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39
** 18
40
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41
CAM BRICS.
Washington............  434
Slater......................  434
Red Cross................. 454
White Star............   434
Lockwood.................434
Kid Glove...............  4?i
Wood’s ..................   434
Newmarket............   434
Brunswick.............  494
Edwards.................  434
T W........................ 2254
Fireman.................3254
F T ..........................3254
Creedmore............. 2754
J RF, XXX............35
Talbot XXX........... 30
Buckeye.................3254
NameleSs  .............. 2754
Grey SR W.............1754
Red & Blue,  plaid..40
Western W  .............1854
Union R.................2254
D R P ............ ......... 1854
Windsor.................1854
Flushing XXX........2354
6 oz Western..........21
Manitoba................ 2354
Union  B................ 2254
9  @1054 
Nameless...... 8  ® 9541 
......   854@10  I 
1254
Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
15
17
20

CANVASS  AND  PA D D IN G .
13
954
15
1054
17
1154
20
1254

“ 
Slate.
954
10541154 
1254
Severen, 8 o z..........   954
May land, 8 oz.......... IO54
Greenwood, 754 oz..  954 
Greenwood, 8 oz — 1154
White, doz  .. 
Colored,  doz.
Slater, Iron Cross

West  Point, 8 oz— 1054 
10 oz  ...1254
“ 
.Raven, lOoz............1354
Stark 
............15
W AD D IN G S.
.  25  I Per bale, 40 doz__17
..20
SIL E SIA S.Pawtucket...........  .I054
Bundle...................   9
Bedford...................1054
Valley  City.............1054
Coraline................ 69 501Wonderful............64  75
Schilling's............   9 00] Brighton............... 4 75
Coniceli!, doz...........85 [Coniceli! knitting,

Red Cross....  9
Best .............1054
Best AA.......1254

954 13
1054 15
1154 17
125420

DOM ET  FLANNEL,

SEW ING  SIL K .

CORSETS.

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..12  “ 8 
..12  I “  10 

twist,doz. .4254  per 54oz  ball........30
50 yd, doz. .42541
HOOKS  AND  EY ES— P E R   GROSS.
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No  1 Bl'k & White..10  |No  4 Bl'k & White..15 
“ 
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..25
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No 2—20, M  C_____ 50 INo 4—15, F  354.......... 40
‘  3—18, S C ............ 45 I
No  2 White & Bl’k..12  INo  8 White & Bl’k..20 
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No 2..........................28 INo 3...........................36

COTTON  TA PE.
..15  “ 10 
..18  I “  12 
SA FETY   PIN S.

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N E E D L E S— P E R   M.

A. James.................1  501 Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s................1  35.Gold  Eyed.............. 1  50
Marshall’s .............   1  00)
5-4 

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

TA BLE  O IL  CLOTH.
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J.&P.CUÄTS

SIX-CORD

Spool  Cotton

T O T E ,  BLACK  AND  COLORS,

IN

FOR

FOR  SALE  BY

Hand and Machine Usa
P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS
Voigt,  Herpolslieinier & Go.,

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

D r y   G o o d s

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  OUeralls,  Etc.

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

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St., 

ORAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

Level-Headed

Bdsiness  Men

Use  Coupons  and  put  their  Business 

on  a

C A S H   B A S I S .

We  are  the  largest  manufacturers of 
Coupons  in  this  country  and  solicit  a 
trial  of  either  our  “Tradesman”  or 
“Superior”  brands.  Note quotations  in 
Grocery Price Current.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids.

6

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

D ry  Goods*
The  R age  fo r  B lack.

From the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter.
One of  the strangest  and  most incom­
prehensible of  fashion’s  vagaries  is the 
rage  for  black.  Babies  are  dressed in 
black,  little  boys  and  girls  yet in their 
teens are clad in the  same  color,  youths 
and maidens,  men and  women, everyone 
seems  to  be  possessed  of  the  peculiar 
fashionable  mania.  Black  sateens  are 
selling by the  carloads,  other  colors  in 
sateens are unmovable at half-prices.  A 
leading house has the  past week brought 
out a solid black shirt for men !  Collars, 
cuffs, and  everything are promised us in 
black.  The  black  handkerchief  was 
merely an entering wedge for the host of 
black  garments  that  have  since  made 
their  appearance  in  the realm of  men’s 
furnishing goods.  Whether this wearing 
of  black  is  merely  to  be  a  short-lived 
craze, or will have  merits  enough  to re­
main a general fashion  for  some  length 
of  time  to  come, yet remains to be seen. 
Different opinions are entertained by the 
various haberdashers regarding any long 
continued  popularity  of  black  under­
wear.  At present the craze for black  in 
all lines is such  that if  a dealer does not 
overstock himself  in this line, he may  be 
reasonably sure of selling all his goods.  It 
is doubtful whether the  black underwear 
in the cheaper grades will retain its color. 
Perspiration  will  draw  the  color  from 
many garments  that  are  warranted  not 
to  lose  color,  and  much  of  the  black 
goods sold is  not warranted.  One of  the 
several  arguments  made  in  favor  of 
black  is  that  it  does not show the dirt. 
This  is  true  and  is  probably one  very 
good  reason  why  some  persons  buy it. 
There are, of  course, other  reasons  why 
black garments of  all sorts, for all kinds 
of  occasions,  are  becoming  so  general 
with  men,  women and children that it is 
being robbed of  much of  the old time re­
pulsive  soberness.  Black  underwear, 
hosiery,  shirts,  suspenders,  belts,  gar­
ters,  handkerchiefs, etc., are in demand.
A man  may  dress  himself  in  black gar­
ments entirely, so complete is the list.  A 
black 
and 
general  wear  is  being  sold,  but it does 
not  laundry  well,  and,  of  course,  is, 
therefore,  a useless  article.  Black  silk 
ties in made-up styles and four-in-hands, 
are numerous.

sateen 

street 

shirt 

for 

F a rm e rs’  Folly.

From the Merchants* Review.
The  farmer  is  the  most  credulous of 
mortals  regarding  all  schemes  for  the 
cheapening  of  the  distribution  of  his 
necessaries.  The  idea  that  the  retail 
merchants,  as  a  rule, make  exhorbitant 
profits out of  him seems to be at the root 
of  the  farmer’s  folly,  and  accounts for 
the readiness with  which he  responds  to 
the proposals of the humbugs and frauds 
who claim  they  can  undersell  the local 
retailers. 
It is nearly time  the  farmers 
learned  a  little  wisdom,  however,  for 
they are almost invariably swindled when 
they enter into schemes for  the  destruc­
tion  of  the merchant.  A correspondent 
of  the  New  Enqland  G-rnccr relates the 
experience of a number of Massachusetts 
farmers  with  the  agents of  an  alleged 
farmers’  wholesale  grocery  concern  in 
Rochester,  N. Y., which,  although bitter, 
will  perhaps prove a salutary lesson.  The 
agents  alleged  that  the company would 
sell at wholesale prices direct to consum­
ers,  and  received  quite  a  number  of 
orders.  “Everything passed  off  quietly 
until the  goods  had  been  delivered and 
paid for,” says  the  correspondent,  “and 
then the kicking began,  the  goods  being 
poor  quality  and  short  weight.  One 
stated  that  the  raisins bought  were not 
fit to feed to the hogs.  Another  that  he I 
bought twelve and a half pounds of  rais­
ins and  upon  weighing them  found  that 
box  and  all  only  weighed  eleven  and 
three-fourths  pounds. 
another 
claimed a shortage  of  twelve gallons on 
a keg  of  thirty  gallons  of  syrup,  and 
nearly all condemned  the coffee.  Later, 
some of the customers learning  that  the 
same  parties  were  delivering  goods  at 
Shelburne  Falls,  made  a  complaint  of 
fraud and had them arrested, also attach­
ing their goods.  They made a settlement 
with the  parties  making  the  complaint 
on the best terms they could and left.” 

Still 

1 \ 

S T B K B T B B  &  SONS,

WHOLESALE

Dry  Goods  and  Notions.

L a w n s,  C h a llies,  W h ite   G oods,  N a in so o k  
an d   E m b ro id eries  O u tin g  C lo th s--A ll  K in d s. 
N e w   L in e  U m b r e lla s  an d   P a r a so ls,  S u m m e r  
G lo v es a n d   M itts.  W e  a re sellin g   H a m m o c k s  
in  a ll  g ra d es.

Agents for Georgia and Valley City  Bags.  Wadding,  Twinei Batts

183  (loaros  and  10,12,  14,18  1  18  Follatala  Sts.,  GRAND  RAP1D8
I

HAJbtnWAJttH.

R e ta ilers’  C redit.

From the Met&l Worker.

A correspondent suggests that a broth­
erhood be formed  for  the  protection  of 
the retail trade  against those who would 
get credit at the  stores  and  then in var­
ious  ways  evade paying  just debts.  He 
proposes  having  a  blank  form  printed, 
legally drawn, which customers would be 
required  to  sign,  and to read  something 
like this:
I, John Doe, for the purpose of obtain­
ing credit  from Richard Roe, hereby cer­
tify  that  I  have--------dollars’  ($------)
worth  of  property  over  and  above  my 
just  debts  and  liabilities, and  that  the 
same is free and  clear  from  any and all 
encumbrances.
(Signed) 

J ohn  Doe.

Our correspondent then adds :
“Men  whom  we  know to be perfectly 
solvent would  not  hesitate to sign  such 
an  instrument when  they understood its 
meaning,  and a man who  refused to sign 
it could be set down as a knave.”
This  suggestion  opens  up  a  subject 
which will be of  interest to  many of  our 
readers.  A  full  discussion of  the  sub­
ject  may  develop  the  fact  of  a greater 
need of  such protection than is generally 
supposed:  also,  add some  suggestions to 
those  already given  which  will  put the 
matter  in  practical  shape. 
In  some of 
the  states  there  are associations for the 
purpose  of  protecting  retailers  against 
loss, the  plan of  operation  being  differ­
ent, however,  from that suggested by our 
correspondent.  A  detailed  account  of 
such  associations,  their plan of  working 
and the actual  results would be of  inter­
est.  Not long ago we were  advised by a 
merchant that he allowed 10 per cent, for 
loss on book  accounts  each  year!  This 
was,  it is to  be  hoped,  an extreme  case; 
but this is the kind of  a leak that should 
be stopped.

THT5  MICTÏIGAJST  TRADESMAN.
di»
dis.

P r ic e s  C urrent.

T h ese  p ric e s  a re   fo r cash  buyers,  w ho 
p a y   p ro m p tly   and  bu y   in   fu ll  p ackages.
dig.

60
Snell’s ................................................................  
Cook’s ................................................................  
40
Jennings’, genuine..........................................  
25
Jennings’,  Im itation....................................... 50*10

AUGURS AND BITS. 

AXES.

BARROWS. 

BOLTS. 

First Quality, S. B. Bronze............................. • 8 00

D.  B. Bronze.................................   12 50
S.B .S. Steel...................................  9 00
D. B. Steel.......................................  14 00

“ 
“ 
“ 

Railroad...........................................................I  14 00
Carden......................................................  net  30 00

Stove....................................................................50*10
Carriage new list.............................................. 
70
Plow.................................................................... 40*10
70
Sleigh shoe........................................................ 

dig.

dig.

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

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

dig.
 

70*

Cast Loose Pin, figured............................ 
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast jo in t................60*10
Wrought Loose Pin...........................................60*10
Wrought  Table................................................. 60*10
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60*10
Wrought  Brass................................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s .................................................70*10
Blind, Shepard’s .............................................  
70

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

40

Grain........................................................... dls. 50*02

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel................................................ per lb 
Ely’s 1-10................................................ per m 
Hick’s  C. F ................................................  
“ 
G. D ........   ................................................  
“ 
“ 
M usket....................................................... 

CAPS.

5
65
60
35
60

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

Rim  F ire...........................................................  
Central  F ire................................, ............ dig. 

50
25

Socket Firm er.................................................. 70*10
Socket Framing................................................ 70*10
Socket Comer....................................................70*10
Socket Slicks....................................................70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firm er............................... 
40

dig.

dls.

Curry,  Lawrence’s .......................................... 
H otchkiss.........................................................  

40
25

combs. 

CHALK.

COPPER.

dis.

m i l l s . 

m a t t o c k s .

MAULS. 

NAILS

l o c k s — DOOR.

MOLASSES SATES. 

Advance over base: 

...
k n o b s — New List.

LEVELS.
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s 
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings........
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings —
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings
Door,  porcelain, trimmings  ............
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain.......
55
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s .............................. 
55
B ranford's........................................................ 
Norwalk’s .......................................... 
55
...  ... 
Adze Eye............................................  116.00, dls. 60
Hunt E ye......................................  
<15.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s ..........................................118.50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
50
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ......................................  
40
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Mallcables 
.. 
“  Landers,  Ferry & Cl.--  k’s ................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
....................................... 
25
dig.
Stebbin’s Pattern...................................... — 60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine............................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self measuring............................. 
25
Steel nails, base........................................................2 00
Wire nails, base........................................................2 50
60..........................................................Base
50..........................................................Base

Steel.  Wire.
Base
10
20
20
30
35
35
40
50
65
90
.  60
.1 no
1  50
.1  50
2 00 
F ineS .....................................................1 50
2 0090 
Case  10.................................................  60
8.................................................  75
1  00 
1  25 
6.................................................  90
1 »1 
Finish 10...............................................  85
1  25 
8.............................................1 00
1  50
6  .....................................  ...1  15
Clinch  10.............................................   85
90
8..............................................1  00 
1  00
6.............................................1  15 
Barrell %.............................................. 1  75 
2  50
dig.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, tan ey ...................................   @3u
Sciota  Bench....................................................   @50
Sandusky Tool’Co.’s, fancy...........................   @30
Bench,first quality..........................................  @50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........   *10
Fry,  Acme.........................   .................... dis.60—10
Common,  polished................................... dls. 
70
dis.
Iron and  Tinned.............................................  
40
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.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
« 
“ 

PLANES. 

rivets. 

PANS.

Broken pacts *4c per pound extra.

ROPES.

SASU CURD.

Silver Lake, White  A ................................ list 
Drab A ....................................  “ 
White  B .................................  “ 
Drab  B....................................   “ 
White C...................................  “ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

50
55
50
55
35

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

s a w s . 

TRAPS. 

dls.
“ 
. 
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  root................................................. 
dis.

Solid Eyes................................................per ton <25
n a n d ............................................25@25&5
70
50
30
28
Steel, Game........................................................60*10
Oneida Community, N ewhouse's................  
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley & Norton’s 
70
.. 
Mouse,  choker....................................... 18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion.................................. <1.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright M arket...................................................  65
Annealed Market..............................................70—10
Coppered Market............................................ 
60
Tinned Market.................................................  62(4
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................  3 60
painted.......................................  3 60

w i r e . 

“ 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

An Sable................................. dis. 25*10@2SA10&05
Putnam .............................................. 
dls.  05
Northwestern................................... 
dis. 10*10
dis.
30
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
Coe’s  G enuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,  .......... 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable................................  75*10
Bird C ages.......................................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern......................................   .. 
75
Screws, New List.............................................  
50
Casters, Bed  and  Plate  ..  .......................50*10*10
Dampers,  American.....................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods  ....... 
66

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dig.

METALS.

PIG   T IN .

 

 

 

ZINC.

6V4

SO LDER.

........ 

The  prices  of the  many  other  qualities  of

Pig  Large....................................................   26c
Pig Bars.......................................................  
28c
Duty :  Sheet, 254c per ponnd.
660 pound  casks........................................... 
Per  pound....................................................  7
14@14......................................  
16
Extra W iping............. ................  
.. 1314
solder in the market Indicated by private brauds 
vary according to composition.
ANTIM ONY.
Cookson........................................per  pound  16
Hallett’s......................................  
13
T IN — M ELYN GRA D E.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................ <660
14x20 IC,
6 60 
10x14 IX, 
8 35 
14x20 IX, 
8 35

..................................
................................
Each additional X on this grade, <1.75.
10x14 IC, Charcoal  ..............................
..................................
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
...................................
14x20 IX, 
........................
Each additional X on this grade <1.50.

TIN — ALLAW AY  G RADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

< 6 00 
6 00 
7 50

“ 
“ 

“ 

N ot  W h a t  S he  W an ted .

A woman  stopped  in  front of  a hard­
ware store on the avenue,  the other day, 
and  began  to  examine a gasoline stove. 
A clerk speedily appeared  and  queried : 
“Were  you  thinking  of  buying a gas­
oline stove,  ma’am?”
“Well, I didn’t  know.  Which  does it 
burn, wood or coal?”
“Neither, ma’am;  it  burns  gasoline.” 
“Oh, I see.”
“One of  the  handiest, nicest  stoves in 
the world,  ma’am.  Can be placed in any 
room,  and it is warranted  not  to  smoke 
or smell.  Cooks  just as well as a regular 
stove, and  it  costs  you  only five cents a 
day to run it.”

It  burns  gasoline— 

a fluid.  Here is the tank.”

“Doesn’t it run by natural gas?”
“Oh, no, ma’am. 
“Has it a refrigerator attached ?” 
“Why,  of  course  not.  Who  ever 
heard of  a refrigerator being attached to 
stove ?”
“Isn’t there  no  electricity  about it ?” 
“No,  ma’am.”
“Doesn’t it save gas  bills ?”
“Hardly.”
“Just simply a stove to  cook by ?” 
“That’s all.”
“Well, 1 don’t want one.  Can’t amount 
to  very  much,  I  guess. 
I’m  looking 
along  here  for  a  second-hand  clothes-
horse.”  ______m  m  m______

A  Living  Proof.

Young  Mr.  Freshly  (conversing  with 
an elderly friend of  the family)—When I 
see how we have things  now,  electricity, 
telegraph, 
telephone,  and  think  how 
people lived sixty  years ago, I can’t help 
thinking that our grandfathers must have 
been fools.
Mr. Oldboy (obviously nettled)—When 
I see some of their grandchildren, I can’t 
help thinking the same.

Q uite  C om plim entary.

ding anniversary.

Kajones—To-day is  my thirtieth  wed­
Kersmith—Wife still living?
“Yes.”
“Lived with  you all that time?” 
“Certainly.”
(Admiringly)—“What  a  nerve 

that 

woman must have.”

White Crayons, per  gross...............12@1214 dig. 10

“ 

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

 

 
D R IL L S.
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks...........
Taper and straight Shank. 
Morse’s Taper Shank........

................... 
................... 
................... 

28
26
26
26
27

50
50
50

dis.

DRIPPINS PANS.

Small sizes,  ser p o u n d ..................................  
Large sizes,  per  pound..................................  

07
614

ELBOWS.

13 
GAUGES. 
HAMMERS.

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

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, 118; large, <26.........................  
Ives’, 1, <18;  2, <24;  3, <30..............................  

30
25

piles—New List. 

dig.

Disston’s ............................................................60&10
New  American................................................. 60*10
Nicholson’s .....................  
60*10
50
Heller’s ............................................................. 
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................... 
50

GALVANIZED IRON

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

12 

14 

28
18

Discount, 60

dls.

HINGES.

50
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ........................ 
Maydole  *  Co.’s .........................................dls. 
25
Kip’s ............................................................. dls. 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s ..................................  dls. 40*10
M ason’s Solid Cast Steel........................... 30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, H and— 30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2 ,3 .................................. dls.60&10
State............................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  in. 414  14  and
314
10
14........... ............ net
%........... ............ net
814
x ........... ............ net
714
%........... ............net
714
70
...........dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track— 50*10
Champion,  anti friction.............................  60*10
Kidder, wood tTack.....................................  
40
60
Pots............................................................... 
Kettles........................................................... 
60
Spiders......................................................... 
60
Gray enameled..............................................40*10
H OUSE  FU R N ISH IN G   GOODS.
Stamped  Tin Ware.........................new list 70*10
Japanned Tin Ware.........   ................. 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 3314*10
Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
70*10*10

HOLLOW   W A RE

w i r e  g o o d s . 

H A N G ERS. 

d ig .

d i s .

dig.

SQUARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, 54 Inch and larg er................................  1214
M anilla..............................................................  1514
Steel and  Iron..................................................  
75
Try and Bevels................................................. 
60
M itre.................................................................  
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com

Nos. 10 to  14..........................................<4 20 
Nos. 15 to 17.........................................   4 20 
Nos.  18 to 21........................................   420 
Nos. 22 to 24 ........................................   4  20 
Nos. 25 to 26 ........................................   4  40 
No. 27 ....................................................  4  60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86......................................... dig. 40*10

3 50
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

SAND PAPER.

320

<3 10
3 20
3 30
3 40

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX,
14x28  IX. 
14x31  IX.
S

.......   6 00
7  50
12  50
Allaway  Grade  ................   5 25
 
............   1100
..............  14 00

..................... 
...................  
“ 
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“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
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6 75

B O IL E R  SIZE T IN  PLATE.

<13 
.14  50

 nr! f“r N‘‘■ I Bo‘•er*’ \ v "

T h e  Intelligent  Oil  C an 
not o n ly   w h istle s w h ile  
th e  oil 
is  ru n n in g   but 
Stops  A u t o m a t i c a l l y  
w h e n  the  la m p  is  filled.

W e   h a v e   in  sto ck   th e  fo llo w in g   sizes  an d  

n a m e   p rices  a s  fo llo w s:

2 -Q u a rt  $ 3   per doz. 

4 -Q u a rt  $ 3 .6 0   per doz,

SEND  FOR  SAMPLE.

F oster,  S tev en s  &  Co.,

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M ICH.

T H'R  MICHIOAlSr  TRADESMAN.

8
l’he M ichigan T radesm an

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men's  Association.

A  W EE K L Y   JO U RN A L  DEVOTED  TO  T H E

Retail Trade of the Woliferine State.

The  Tradesman  Company,  Proprietor.

strictly in advance.

Subscription Price, One  Dollar per year, payable 
Advertising Rates made known on application.
Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.______

Entered  at  the  Grand  RapUU  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY. JUNE  18.  1890.

NOT  PRIVILEGED.

The  recent  decision  of  the  Supreme 
Court  in  the  case  of  Pollasky vs.  R.  G. 
Dun & Co., which is given  in  full in this 
week’s  paper—having  been  furnished 
exclusively  to  this  journal  by  the  Re­
porter  of  the  Supreme Court—is one  of 
the  most  important  decisions  on  the 
rights  and  privileges  of  mercantile 
agencies  ever  uttered by any tribunal in 
this  country,  inasmuch as it establishes, 
once for all,  how far an agency can go in 
the  dissemination  of  false  information 
without rendering itself  liable.

The  showing  made  by the  defendant 
in the suit brought by Pollasky  Bros,  ex­
hibits  the  inherent  weakness  of 
the 
agency  business—the  worthlessness  of 
much  of  the  information  received  and 
distributed,  through the  carelessness, in- 
competeucy  or  venality of  the  local re­
porters.  This  weakness,  coupled  with 
the  disposition of  some  office  managers 
to  jump at conclusions—as illustrated by 
the  apparently  malicious  effort  of  the 
chief  clerk of  the  Detroit  office  to ruin 
the  firm  in  question—serves  to  put all 
reports under  the  ban of  suspicion and, 
at times,  to cause  business  men to place 
little confidence in agency reports.

T h e  T radesm an  hails  the  decision  of 
Judge  Chauipliu  as  an  eminently  able 
and  ju st dictum ,  the effect of which  can­
not  fail  to  be  good,  as it will tend to m ake 
all  persons  connected  w ith  the  agency 
business more  particu lar in  dealing  w ith 
facts. 

________

A  POOR  PRESIDENT.

In the course of  an address to the Pat­
rons of  Industry of  Lenawee  county,  at 
Adrian last  week,  A.  S.  Partridge,  State 
President of the order, stated :
Business men,  under  the  laws  of  the 
State,  have become independent,  and the 
majority immensely rich,  while the work­
ing people have,  comparatively speaking, 
merely  subsisted.  *  *  *  Business
men have  their  associations by which  to 
protect  themselves,  which  is  perfectly 
right.  But what is not right is that bus­
iness men should solidify themselves and 
make  the  consumer  pay  an  exorbitant 
profit,  while the workiugmau and farmer 
strive  for  a  mere  pittance. 
Farmers 
want to trade with  home  business  men, 
but  want to do it on  a fair  plane.  As it 
is,  the  farmer  cannot  pay  the  present 
prices and raise the mortgage on the farm.
All  of  which shows that the scheming 
politician of  Flushing is either a wanton 
demagogue  or  a  willful  liar—probably 
both.

The majority of  business  men are not 
immensely  rich and the  working  classes 
of  the  country  are  doing  more  than 
merely  subsisting.  Any man who makes 
such  statements for the purpose  of  stir­
ring up strife—and tilling his own pocket 
—is  unworthy  of  American  citizenship.

DO NOT AGREE W ITH THE PATRONS.
The  Grand  Lecturer  of  the  Farmers’ 
Alliance  does  not  sympathize  with the 
contract  merchant plan,  as the following

vigorous  denunciation  of  the  P.  of  I. 
scheme plainly indicates:
I have no use for  the  demagogue  who 
goes around over the  country advocating 
the  theory  that  the  thieves  are  all  in 
town and the honest men all in the coun­
try.  The retail merchants  are  not  your 
enemies.  Where  there  is  competition 
among country retail merchants, you will 
find no trusts or combines to take advan­
tage of  you.  Everywhere I  have  been I 
have found a spirit of  competition  exist­
ing  among  retail  merchants,  cutting 
down  prices  and  underbidding  each 
other through  the  columns of  tne  news­
papers or printed  hand-bills, all  bidding 
for  your  trade. 
In  the  twelve  states 1 
have traveled over 1 have  failed to find a 
combine among retail merchants. 
I f  we 
drive every store out of  town  but  the one 
we  patronize,  we  will  have  built  up a 
trust. 
If  we organize  over  the  country 
against  men  who  have  not  organized 
against  us,  we  will  be a trust-breeding 
instead of  a trust-breaking  organization. 
Let  us  not  make  enemies of  men  who 
are engaged in a legitimate  business,  but 
keep  after  the  trusts  and unite for the 
welfare of  our common country.

LEARNING  THEIR  LESSON.

The National Grocer thus pays  its  re­
spects to those  organizations  of  farmers 
which  assume  to  dictate  the  profits of 
the retailer:
The  magnificent fight now  being made 
in the West  and  Southwest  against  the 
destructive  domination of  the  combina­
tions of  farmers shows clearly how false 
are those prophets  who  declare that the 
days of  the retail distributors are ended. 
This,  with  the  facts  stated  above, only 
prove that individual  brains, energy  and 
experience can  outfight any combination 
which strives to wipe out the  individual, 
and  we venture to say that  the  farmers 
regret very much  that  they ever  under­
took a wrestle with men on the  stamping 
ground  which has been rendered  familiar 
to  them  by  a  lifetime  of  experience. 
Like the man  who  tried to twist the tail 
of  the  alligator  which  was  apparently 
asleep in the sun, they have  now  begun 
to realize how  much  better and easier it 
is to “mind  your own business,”  than to 
sit on a stump  and  wonder if  your  arm 
and head will ever feel right again.

The Lyons Herald,  which  poses as the 
official  organ  of  the P.  of  I.,  says  T he 
T r a d e s m a n   “has  done  more  to  injure 
the P. of  1. organization  than  any other 
paper in Michigan.”  Another newspaper 
which  caters  to  the  P.  of  I.  craze says 
“the  movement  would  have  flourished 
like a green bay tree  but  for  the expos­
ures of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n . ”

The  new  organization  known  as  the 
United Commercial Travelers is undoubt­
edly destined  to  be a strong  institution, 
but  most  people  will  think  that  it as­
sumes too  much  when it asks  President 
Harrison—in  the  name  of 
the  250,000 
traveling men of  the country—to remove 
a postmaster  who has spoken disrespect­
fully  of  traveling  men  in  his  private 
capacity as editor.  T h e T radesm an re­
sents  his  charges  as  strongly  as  any 
representative of the traveling fraternity, 
but why a man  who  happens  to  harbor 
such  erroneous  opinions  should  be  de­
barred  from  holding  a  public  office— 
which  he has undoubtedly earned,  polit 
ically  speaking — is  more  than  most 
j people will  be able to determine.

The first  years of every  man’s business 
or professional  life  are  years  of  educa­
tion.  They  are  intended  to  be  in  the 
I order of  nature  aud  Providence.  Doors 
l do not open to a man  until be is prepared 
to enter them.  The man  without a wed- 
I ding garment may get in  surreptitiously, 
but he  immediately goes  out  with a  flea 
I in his ear. 
It is  the  experience of  most 
I successful  men  who  have  watched  the

course of  their  lives  in  retrospect, that 
whenever  they arrived at a point  where 
they were  thoroughly prepared  to go up 
higher,  the  door  to a higher  place  has 
swung back of itself and they have heard 
the call to enter.  The  old die, or volun­
tarily retire for rest.  The best men  who 
stand ready to take their  places will suc­
ceed to their positions  aud  their  honors 
and emoluments.

B ank  N otes.

Rogers City is making a bid for a bank 
and the business  men of  the  place  will 
do the right thing for the  right sort of  a 
man.

The Carsou City Savings  Bank  has re­
tired  from  the  field,  full  particulars of 
which are given  under  another  head  in 
this issue.

Gustav Meeske and C.  L. Gunn, having 
resigned  as  directors  of  the  Muskegon 
Savings  Bank,  C.  C.  Billiughurst  and 
Otto  Meeske  have  been  elected  to  fill 
their places.

Maucelona  is  still  hankering  after  a 
bank  “as  is  a  bank.”  As  several  re­
sponsible parties  have  their eye on  that 
location,  the  field is not likely to remain 
unoccupied for any length of  time.

S. T.  Douglas,  of  Bowen,  Douglas  & 
Whiting,  is trying to unravel  a  business 
muddle.  He is assignee of  some $30,000 
of  claims  against  the  Detroit  Sistare 
banking house,  composed  of  William H. 
M.  and George K.  Sistare,  about  half  of 
which  are  held by  Detroit  people.  He 
claims that the  Detroit  concern is differ­
ent from the New  York  house which re­
cently failed and is composed of different 
men,  and therefore  not  governed by the 
New  York  assignments.  He has,  there­
fore, commenced suit in  the  Wayne  Cir­
cuit  Court  against  Wui.  H.  M.  and Geo. 
K. Sistare on the claims,  aud  got  out  a 
writ  of  garnishment to H.  R.  Newberry 
to hold the money that the Sistares claim 
Newberry  owes  them,  if  it  should  be 
found that he does owe them.  Mr.  Doug­
las has also got out  attachments to place 
on  other  indebtedness  to  the  Sistares, 
and  expects to realize  nearly the face of 
the $30,000 in claims in his hands.

The Citizens’ Savings  Bank of  Detroit 
inaugurated  the  German  penny savings 
system on Monday and  the  Detroit  Sav­
ings Bank will do the  same in about two 
weeks.  The  scheme  is so simple that it 
recommends itself.  About  100 agents of 
the Citizens’  Bank  will  be  appointed in 
various  parts  of  the  city.  They  will 
chiefly consist  of  grocers, druggists  and 
others whose places of  business are open 
later than the down-town establishments. 
These agents will  have  pass-books to de­
liver to all applicants;  they will  contain 
a  number  of  leaves,  each  leaf  having 
twenty blank spaces a trifle larger than a 
postage  stamp.  The  agents  will  also 
have on sale  adhesive  stamps,  or certifi­
cates  of  deposit,  of  the  value  of  five 
cents each.  The purchaser  can  procure 
oue  stamp,  or as many more  as  desired, 
and  affix  them 
in  proper  place  in the 
pass-book.  When  a  leaf  is  filled  it  is 
torn out by the holder aud  handed to the 
agent,  who gives a receipt  therefor,  and 
then  turns  the  leaf  over  to  the  bank, 
where the  patron is given  credit  for $1. 
The object of  this scheme is to reach the 
uiasses,  and give  the  poorest  laborer an 
opportunity  to  save  something.  The 
Citizens’  Bank  is  the  first  bank  in the 
United  States  to  inaugurate  this  plan, 
which  has  worked  satisfactorily 
in  a 
number of  European cities.

NOT  PRIVILEGED.

N otification  S h eets  a re   L ibelous, 

if 

U n tru e.

Max.  E.  and  Frank  E.  Pollasky,  as 
Pollasky Bros.,  had a store at Alma,  and 
February  23,  1887,  the  Dun  Mercantile 
Agency sent  out a notice  that  they  had 
filed a $10,000  chattel  mortgage on their 
stock. 
It  was  not  true,  and  the  Pol- 
laskys sued Geo.  H. Minchener, manager 
of  the  Michigan  branch of  the  agency, 
for damages.  He defended on the ground 
that the libel,  if there was any libel,  was 
published  by  R.  G. Dun &  Co.;  that he 
was not a member of  that  company,  aud 
was  not  responsible for the publication, 
and on the further  ground that the noti­
fication sheet was a privileged  communi­
cation.

Judge Gartner took the  case  from the 
jury  and  directed a verdict  for  the  de­
fendant, on the  ground  that  he was not 
liable.  The Supreme Court has reversed 
this  decision  and  ordered  a  new  trial. 
The full text of  the  decision,  which was 
written  by  Judge  Champlin  and  con­
curred  in  by all  the  other  Judges,  is as 
follows:
The  plaintiffs sued  Minchener and  Robert G. 
Dun to recover damages for a libel published by 
the  R.  G.  Dun  &  Co.  Mercantile  Agency,  of 
which  Minchener was the  general manager of  a 
district in  Michigan of and concerning the plain­
tiffs.
Max E. Pollasky and  Frank  E. Pollasky  com 
posed  the  firm  of  Pollasky  Bros.,  carrying  on 
mercantile  business  at  the  village  of  Alma, 
Gratiot  county,  Michigan.  They  had  been  en­
gaged in business at that place since 1882.  They 
were in good credit and had never filed or placed 
a chattel  mortgage  upon  their  property, and in 
carrying on their  business, bought  mostly upon 
credit,  anil  had  established  a business  reputa­
tion for prompt payment of  their bills.
R. G. Dun & Co.  is a Mercantile  Agency  well 
known in the  mercantile  community and has a 
clientage throughout the I'nited States estimated 
at ¿5,000 subscribers and in the State of Michigan 
of about GOO.
The  alleged  libel  consists in R. G. Dun & Co. 
sending  from  their  Detroit  office  to  their sub 
seribers  what  is  known  as  a  “Notification 
sheet,”  under  date of  February 23,1887, which, 
under  the  head of  “Items  of  Record,”  among 
other  items  contained  the  following:  “Alma— 
Pollasky Bros.  Chat. Mort. *10,000.  D. G„cloth­
ing and B. & S.
This item was  wholly  false.  R. G. Dun & Co. 
were non residents, as  also  was  Robert G. Dun, 
and no service of  process  was  bad upon him in 
this  suit  and  he  did  not  appear to the action. 
Minchener was general  manager of a district of 
the  Michigan  business  and  was  located at De 
troit. 
lie  was  paid a salary and a further com­
pensation  for  his  services  depending upon the 
amount of  business  done in Michigan.  He had 
authority  to  employ  clerks  and  to  discharge 
them.  Notification  sheets  were  sent  direct  to 
subscribers  from  the  Detroit  office.  Reports 
were  made 
letters  containing 
information  affecting  the  credit  of  tradesmen 
were mailed  to  his  address  individually in De 
troit.  He  had a chief clerk  who  opened  these 
letters  and  noted  their  contents.  Minchener 
based his defense upon two grounds:
First.  That the communication was privileged. 
Second.  That  the  libel,  if  libel  it  was,  was 
published by R. G. Dun & Co.;  that  he  was  not 
a member of  that company and  had  no proprie­
tary  interest  therein,  and  was  not responsible 
for its publication.
The  trial  court  took  the  case  from the jury 
and directed a verdict  for  defendant  upon  the 
ground that Minchener was not liable.
1.  Was the  notification  sheet, which  was seut 
to  all  subscribers, a privileged communication ?
In Bacon vs. Michigan  Central  Railroad Com­
pany,  6G  Mich  166,1 discussed  the  subject  of 
privilege in actions  for  libel, and  shall  not  go 
over the ground again.  I adhere to what I there 
said both as to absolute and  qualified  privilege. 
There  is  no  foundation for the  claim  that  the 
libel set forth in the declaration is absolutely priv­
ileged.  The question is, do the facts of this care 
bring  the  publication  within  the class of com­
munications  which  are  qualifiedly  privilegid? 
Qualified  privilege  extends  to  all  communica­
tions made bona fide upon any subject  matter in 
which the party communicating  has an Interest, 
or in reference to which  he  has a duty, to a per 
son  having  a  corresponding  interest,  or  duty; 
and embraces cases where the duty is not a legal 
one. but is of  a moral or social  character of  im­
perfect  obligation.  Bacon vs.  Mich. cent.  R.  R. 
Co., 16 Mich., at page 170 and cases  cited.
The mercantile  agency does not stand in such 
relation either of  interest  or duty with  its  sub­
scribers generally that  communications  from it 
to  them  generally  are  privileged.  Exceptions 
exist in relation  to  those persons who are inter­
ested  in  obtaining  the  particular  information, 
and  to  whom  it  is  furnished  upon  special re­
quest.  To this extent and  no  further  are  such 
communications  protected  by a  qualified  priv­
ilege.
Consider  for  a  moment  the  relation  of  the 
mercantile  agency to its  subscribers.  It under 
takes  to  furnish them, for a consideration  paid 
in advance, such  information  relative to the re 
spousibility and credit of  merchants  and  others 
as it obtains  from  its  sub-agents,  servants  and 
correspondents,  without  guarantying  the accu­
racy, reliability or correctness of such  informs 
tlon or being  responsible for any loss caused by 
the  neglect  of  its  agents  and  servants  or  for

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The  “TOSS  U P”  Cigar  is  not a competitor 
against  any  other 5c brands, but all 10c brands, 
because  it  is  equal  to  any  10c  cigar  on  the 
market-

BHOW N  <&  SEH LER,

D ealers in   E N G IN E S , B O IL E R S   an d   MILL,  M A C H IN E R Y , F a rm   M achinery, 

A g ric u ltu ra l  Im p le m e n ts,  W a g o n s  a n d   C arriag es.
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foundation  commercial  confidence 

their  want  of  verity.  It  expressly  stipulates 
that it will  not  reveal  to  such  subscribers  the 
sources of its information, nor the names of  the 
persons  from  whom  they  received  it,  and  re 
quires a pledge  from  the  subscribers  that they 
will never, under  any circumstances,  communi­
cate to the persons reported  the  information re 
ceived  concerning  them  from  the  mercantile 
agency.  It also adopts  measures  to prevent the 
particular  communities  from  ascertaining  the 
name  or  identity  of  the  person  reporting  the 
standing of  business  men  in  that  community. 
These secret  and  inquisitorial  agencies  ramify 
every part of  the United  Stated  and the Domin­
ion  of  Canada,  and  possess  the  power  of de­
stroying with  falsehood  or  calumny the  credit 
of  any  business  man  in  the  country,  and  of 
bringing  him to bankruptcy and  ruin.  To hold 
such vast secret Inquisitions exempt from liabil­
ity  for  false  publications  respecting  the char­
acter and standing of  a business  man  would be 
to sanction the highest  injustice.  The business 
man’s integrity, his  reputation for fair and hon­
est dealing,  his  prosperity in the  transaction of 
his business, is of  the utmost importance  to him 
and is oftentimes  his  best capital with which to 
carry  on  his  business.  Commercial  credit  is 
based  upon confidence, and all know  upon how 
is 
frail 
builded.  A breath  of  suspicion  may destroy it. 
Confidence  is  withdrawn  and 
the  party  is 
ruined. 
And so, in a broader field a breath of suspicion 
is directed against  the  public  credit,  suspicion 
gives place  to  rumors  of  disaster,  rumors  dis 
geminated  undermine  the  general  confidence 
and a panic is the  result.  On  the  other  hand 
these same commercial  agencies,  which  always 
have their fingers upon the business pulse of the 
country, are a most potent factor  in  keeping up 
public confidence.  They issue their manifestoes 
of  encouragement  and  scatter  them  broadcast 
over  the  land;  they are  read  by  the  business 
men  of  the  country;  the  newspapers assist the 
circulation among all classes of  people and pub­
lic confidence is strengthened,  or  at  least fears 
of  disaster  are  allayed. 
In  this  they  exert  t 
strong influence for good  and are recognized in 
stitutlons  in  carrying  on  the  business  of  the 
country.  But they are also potent for evil to the 
individual.  They  send  out  their  notification 
sheets containing a false statement  respecting a 
particular person  and he is undone—no one will 
trust  him,  and  all  claims  are  pressed  for  im­
mediate  payment.  His  business  character  is 
sullied,  confidence is withdrawn  and  his  bus! 
ness  career  has  received a  blow,  which it will 
require a long time to repair.
The  notification  sheet  containing  the  false 
statement  respecting the acts  of  Pollasky Bros, 
was not alone sent  to  those  who  were  dealing 
with  them  and  extending  them  credit,  but  to 
between six and  seven  hundred  subscribers in 
Michigan, and others residing  out  of  the  State 
from some of whom they might wish to purchase 
goods upon credit and  this  without any request 
being made to  be  informed  of  the  standing or 
credit of Pollasky Bros.;  and  others  of  whom, 
and by far the greater  number  were engaged in 
different lines of business,  and  who were in no 
manner interested in knowing their standing, or 
financial  ability or  business  integrity.  To  all 
such the communication was not  privileged, 
it 
can not be said that a blacksmith,  a sawmill and 
lumber  dealer,  a  furniture  manufacturer,  a 
dealer  in  hardware,  a  chemist,  mineral  water 
bottlers,  butchers,  book  agents,  physicians, 
druggists,  or  ether  business  mentioned  in  the 
notification sheets,  who are not engaged  in  the 
wholesale or retail dealing in dry good, clothing, 
or  boots  and  shoes,  are  at all interested in the 
business  standing  of  a  dealer  in  dry  goods, 
clothing and boots and shoes.
No court  has gone so far  as  to  hold  all  com­
munications  made  by  a  mercantile  agency  to 
their  subscribers,  if  made  in  good  faith,  but 
m ade generally, without request, or  to  those in­
quiring concerning or interested in knowing the 
condition  and  financial  standing  of  a  person, 
privileged.  On the  contrary, courts  have  uni­
formlyheld  that  privilege  does  not  extend  to 
false publications made to patrons  who  have no 
such interest in the subject  matter.
It was strongly urged upon  us  at  the hearing 
that we should adopt  the  able  opinion  of  Van 
Syckel, J. in which he dissents from the majority 
of the court in King vs. Patterson,  in  which he 
goes  the  whole  extent  of  giving  immunity  to 
commercial agencies for  all  publications  made 
in good faith to their subscribers,  whether  true 
or false.  In his  desire  to  keep  abreast  of  the 
progressive  state  of  society  and  the  new  and 
varying conditions that may arise in the progress 
of  the age, he has entirely overlooked the rights 
of the individual, forgetting  that  “society is or­
ganized and courts established for the protection 
.  df the rights of individuals.”  It is all very well 
to advance the interests of the wholesale dealers 
as a class  and  afford  them  information  which 
will reasonably protect them from loss; but there 
is no principle  of  justice  or  of  law  which  re­
quires this to be done at the expense  of  the  in­
dividual.  It would be  a  harsh  and  tyrannical 
rule that would  protect  one  person from loss at 
the pecuniary ruin of  another.  The welfare  of 
society does not require  that a few great  whole­
sale dealers shall thrive by the sacrifice of many 
or of any small purchasers.
The  code  of  Georgia  defines  privilege  very 
much the same  as  it  signifies  at  common  law. 
Sec. 2980 declares as privileged communicaUeug. 
“1.  Statements made bona fide  in  the  perrorm- 
ance of a public duty.  2.  Similar  statements  in 
the performance of  a  private duty either  legal, 
or moral.”  In Johnson vs. Bradstreet Co., supra, 
the commercial agency sought  to  justify a false 
charge made against the plaintiff under the plea 
of  privilege.  After  showing  that  the  false 
charge  was  not  made in  the  performance of a 
public duty,  Jackson,  Chief  Justice, said:  “If 
one makes it his business to pry into  the  affairs 
of another in order to coin money for his invest­
igations and  information,  he must see to it that 
he  communicates  nothing  that is false.”  And 
he held  that  the communication  made  under a 
contract,  similar to the one  introduced  in  evi­
dence in this case,  was not the  result  of  a  pri­
vate duty, either moral  or  legal,  in the sense of 
the statute, and was not privileged.
If we should  advert  to  the  circumstances of 
the publication of this libel, we could  point out 
circumstances from  which  a  jury  might  infer 
express malice.  The Information  was  obtained

from  Mr.  Balke,  an  attorney  at  Alma,  where  S.  K.  BOLLES. 
Pollasky  Bros,  carried  on  business.  He  was 
their correspondent at  that  place.  On Feb. 20,
1887,  he  sent  a  letter  by  mail  from  Alma  ad 
dressed  to  George  II.  Minehener,  Detroit,  in 
which he stated:  “I write  to  inform  you  that 
there has been a chattel mortgage of $10,000 filed 
in this township  upon  the  stock  of  dry  goods 
and clothing, boots and shoes of  Pollasky Bros, 
running  to  the  Citizens’ National  Bank of De­
troit.  Think  it  is  the  forerunner of a failure.
Would advise caution in dealing with them.”
This was received at the Detroit office  of  Dun 
& Co. on the 21st and  the  letter  was opened by 
the chief clerk, Thomas,  who  knew  that  there 
was no Citizens’ National Bank  in  Detroit.  He 
knew that  the  information  was  not  correct in 
that particular.  Notwithstanding  this, he took 
this  letter  and  directed a typewriter to  make a 
report  to  send  out  in  proper  form as follows:
“Pollasky Bros., dry  goods, clothing, boots  and 
shoes, Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan.  A chat­
tel  mortgage  of  #10,000  has  been  filed  in  this 
township, covering their stock of dry goods  and 
boots and shoes, running  to  Citizens’  National 
Bank, Detroit.  It  is  thought  that  this  may be 
the forerunner of a failure.  Would  advise cau­
tion In dealing with them,and prompt action on 
the part of creditors.”
The words in italics were added  in the Detroit 
office and  were  very  pernicious  in  their effect 
upon  Pollasky  Bros.,  for  they  not  only found 
their  credit  ruined  but  their  creditors  took 
prompt action in presenting claims that were not 
due, as well  as  those  that  were.  R. G. Dun &
Co., at Detroit, advised Balke that there must be 
some  mistake,  as  there  was  no  such  bank  in 
Detroit, and requested him to investigate further 
and report, but, Instead of waiting for the result 
of such investigation, sent  out  the  notification 
sheet  uncorrected  and  containing  the  wholly 
false statement on the 23d of February.  It would 
seem  that  plenty  of  time  had  elapsed, where 
daily malls  and  telegraphic  wires  connect the 
two points, to ascertain  the  truth of  the report
2.  Is George H.  Minehener liable for  the  pub­
lication of this libel?
The attorney for  the  plaintiffs insists that the 
facts in the case directly connect the defendant,
Minehener, with  the  publication  and  establish 
an implied  consent  to  and authorization of the 
publication  of  the  libel  complained  of. 
lie 
claims that—“The evidence  was uncontradicted 
that  the  information  contained  in  the Item in 
the notification sheet  concerning  plaintiffs was 
sent to the office  of  the  defendant, Minehener, 
in Detroit, in a letter by one  Balke, an  attorney 
at Alma.  It is addressed  to ‘George  II.  Minch- 
ener, Detroit, Mich.,’ not  to  R. G. Dun & Co., or 
to George H. Minehener, Agent R. G. Dun & Co., 
but to George H. Minehener personally and indi­
vidually.  There  is  not  a  line  or  word in the 
letter  to  indicate  that it was intended for R. G.
Dun & Co.  The  defendant  swears  he  did not 
receive it, but found it in the office of R. G.  Dun 
& Co., of which he was the  manager, and  when 
he found it, that it  was  opened.” 
In  explana 
tion of this, he says  that  stamped envelopes are 
furnished  to  the  attorneys  of  the  agency,  in 
which  to  reply  to  inquiries,  and  that  those 
envelopes  for  the  Detroit  office,  and  sent  out 
therefrom,  were  addressed  “George  H.  Mineh­
ener," and he leaves  it  to  be  inferred that this 
letter came in one of  these  envelopes  and  was 
opened by his chief clerk,  Charles  F.  Thomas, 
who prepared the notification sheet from  it  and 
«1«» onni ahi  th o  daMpps  trt  thp  nth ftr  offices of
also sent out the notices  to  the  other  offices of 
R. G. Dun  &  Co.  Minehener  testifies  that  all 
letters in envelopes,  with  the  printed  address, 
“George  H. Minehener,  Detroit,  Mich.,” would 
go into his  chief  clerk’s  hands,  whose  duty it 
would be to open it, and  unless there was some­
thing exceptional  in  connection  with  the mat­
ter, Minchener’s attention would  not  be  called 
to it.”  And  he  contends  that—“If  we  believe 
Minchener’s testimony, the case, therefor, stands 
thus:  Minehener authorizes Thomas to open all 
letters addressed  to  him  and  to  incorporate in 
the notification sheets whatever  items  of  news 
he finds in such letters without  consulting him, 
unless there was something exceptional  In  con­
nection with the matter.  Thomas, acting  under 
this  authority,  receives  the  Balke  letter,  pre­
pares the notification sheet from the information 
therein  and  sends  out  this  false  and  wicked 
libel broadcast all over the United States.  When 
sued for the serious  damage which the libel has 
caused the plaintiffs, he replies: 
‘I knew noth 
ing whatever about it.  You  must  sue  Thomas, 
my  chief  clerk,  or  R. G. Dun & Co., my princi­
pal, but  you  can’t  sue  me because of anything 
my chief clerk did ’ ” 
The plaintiff’s counsel also contends  that  the 
principles of respondents superior  do  not  apply 
in cases for libel.  That the  proposition  is  gen­
eral  and  elementary  that  “every  one  who re­
quests, procures  or  commands  another  to pub­
lish a libel is answerable as though he published 
it himself, and such a request  need  not  be  ex­
pressed, but may  be  inferred  from  the defend­
ant’s conduct.”  Citing  Odgers  on  Libel  and 
Slander, page 154. 
The same  work,  at  page  359,  lays it down as 
i he law, that, “If any agent or servant be  in any 
way concerned in writing,  printing,  publishing 
or selling a libel,  he  will  be  both  civilly  and 
criminally liable.  If a  clerk  or  servant copy  a 
libel, and deliver the copy he has made to a third 
person, he will be liable  as  a  publisher.  That 
his master ordered  him  to  do  so  will be no de­
fense.” It is not necessary to go to the full extent 
of the text to hold  an  agent  liable  severally or 
jointly with the principal. 
“In  general,”  says 
Mr. Justice Cooley, “all persons in  any  manner 
instrumental in making or procuring to be made 
the defamatory publication are  jointly  and sev­
erally responsible therefor. Therefore, one, in the 
course of whose  business a libel is published by 
his agent, may  be  joined  with  the agent in an 
action for the  publication.”  Cooley  on  Torts, 
page 194. 
There was testimony in  the  case  sufficient to 
be  submitted  to  the  jury  upon  the  question 
whether  Minehener  published  or  caused to be 
published the publication alleged to be libelous, 
and  the  court  erred  in  taking  the  case  from 
them.The  judgment  must  be  reversed  and  a new 
trial granted.
The other Justices concurred.
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One  Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Two  Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Three  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Four  Years—James  Vernor, Detroit.
Fire Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
S e c r e ta r y —J a s .   V e rn o r, D e tr o it.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
I;  Marquette, Aug.  13  and 14;  Lansing, Nov. 5 and  6.
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Ask’d. 

Meetings  during  1890—Star Island,  June 30 and July 

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

of September,  1890.__________________________ _

Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society. 
President. J. W. Hayward,  Secretary, Frank H. Escott.
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks* Association. 
President, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.________

Detroit  Pharmaceutical  Society. 
President. J. W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackman.

Muskegon  Drug Clerks*  Association. 

Preeldent, C. 8. Koon;  Secretary, J. W. Hoyt.________
The  In h e re n t  R ights  o f  P harm acy.*
Accumulated  knowledge,  especially 
scientific knowledge, is, to-day, an almost 
Its  borders 
boundless, fathomless sea. 
as far outreach the scope of  the  special­
ist as its depths go beyond the  compara­
tively superficial  eye  of  the  more com­
prehensive  thinker;  hut,  happily,  the 
bounds of justice are now, as ever before, 
best  measured  by  the one simple rule— 
“Do  unto  others  as  you would be done 
by.”
Before  making  my  plea,  I  beg  with 
most respectful  humility that the honor­
able body  before  which 1 stand consider 
me not presumptuous, nor  pre-judge the 
cause;  rather let its members  bear  with 
me, trying  all  the while to  discover the 
truth as it is, while I strive to throw, not 
the direct light of  original  thought,  but 
the reflected light of experience  and  ob­
servation upon the  pathway  leading  up 
and  to  its  better  establishment.  The 
real 
relationship  pharmacy  bears  to 
medicine must be  of  primary considera­
tion in a matter like this, and  to  get  at 
the  very  fullest  understanding of it we 
must ask:  Who  or  what  is responsible 
for the existence  of  the  pharmaceutical 
body ?  Y o h  have  but to claim the pre- 
existence of medicine,  or to acknowledge 
that  it  formerly  compassed  within  its 
own field of  usefulness, not only the ap­
plication  of  remedial  agents, but  their 
preparation as well, to  make  yourselves 
totally unable  to  deny that pharmacy is 
a direct outgrowth of the development of 
medicine;  that the  extension  of  medical 
knowledge  and  practice  produced  this 
something or what-not  which  is,  to-day, 
styled pharmacy.  We will not just now 
discuss  the  condition  of  this  develop­
ment,  whether abnormal or  degenerated, 
nor does it matter much whether it exists 
as  child  or  hand-maiden.  The  fact  is 
patent that it does exist,  and  for this ex­
istence  there  is  a  responsibility.  The 
creature  must  needs  have been created. 
Where, 
is  the  creator?  Upon 
whom does the  responsibility rest?  This 
is  no  idle  question—the  honestly  am­
bitious mind of  the  age  considers  noth­
ing below its  notice  that  stands  in  the 
way of  a clear vision of  the  truth.  Cer­
tain  it  is  that  pharmacy is not, or  was 
not, entirely apart from medicine.  From 
the very first it has been  associated with 
it,  althongh  holding,  of  course,  a  sec­
ondary  position,  yet  a  position 
that 
might be quite  as  honorable in its legit­
imate usefulnsss. 
It  can  find  no  other 
parentage. 
Its  course  has  been  rather 
from  than  toward  its  source,  a natural 
sequence  when  natural  laws  have  full 
sway. 
Its  subsequent  advent,  its  pos­
itive  utility  and  absolute  necessity,  in 
some  form or  other,  as  an  auxiliary to 
medicine,  are  some  points  which  suf­
ficiently establish the  relationship, with­
out using for that  purpose  existing  tra­
dition.
Let me stop  long  enough to substanti­
ate my claim  of  absolute  necessity,  by 
saying that  pharmacy includes and com­
prehends,  as  they are  controlled by her 
rules and  laws,  the  proper  collection  of 
drugs,  the  satisfactory  manufacture  of 
pharmaceutical chemicals,  the  scientific 
preparation and adjustment of  Galenical
*By Henry P. Hynson, Lecturer on Pharm acy, College 

then, 

of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore.

TETE  M ICm GAN  TRADESMAN.

products,  as  well  as  the  dispensing of 
these  medicines,  not 
including  those 
within  the  curriculum  of  its  teaching 
which  must  of  necessity  be  dependent 
upon pharmacy for their intelligent  reg­
ulation.  Now,  then,  if  we  can  make 
good our  claim  to such a fatherhood,  or 
thus prove the  source  of  our  existence, 
have  we  not a right, I ask  with  solemn 
earnestness,  to  expect  something  as  a 
child  or  creature ?  And,  again I ask, is 
there  not a responsibility—a  very grave 
responsibility—resting  upon the medical 
profession ?  Will  you  not,  gentlemen, 
acknowledge  and  confess  the  responsi­
bility taken  upon  yourselves  when  you 
adopted  your  profession,  and  will  you 
not give us that which  we  know  is  our 
right—that which is absolutely necessary 
to healthy,  moral growth,  discipline and 
encouragement ?

Pharmacy  stands  to-day  just  as  the 
neglected  child  stands. 
It has gone so 
far  without  necessary discipline  that it 
seems not to merit  the  encouragement it 
It  needed  the  careful 
really  deserves. 
guidance of  a directress. 
It should have 
been straightly piloted in  its  course. 
It 
was—it  can  be  now—as  certain  as  we 
live, entirely under  the  control  of  med­
icine.  The  discipline  will  have  to  be 
more  severe 
than  would  have  been 
necessary at first,  and the encouragement 
more  pronounced;  yet  the  desired  end 
can be easily attained, even  at  this  late 
day.  Justice demands that the wrong be 
discovered  and  condemned,  and  justice 
is  as  rigid  in  her  demands  that virtue 
and truth and ability be rewarded.  The 
average  pharmacist is  really human;  he 
is  not  only vulnerable  to  censure,  but 
also  possesses  the  ordinary characteris­
tics of  men  as  regards  pride,  ambition 
and relative  standing.  A recognition of 
any  peculiar  ability  or  virtue  he  may 
show is as pleasing to him as it would be 
to any of  you,  and  yet  he  is  seldom  so 
I would  have  you  punish  the 
pleased. 
wrong even more severely than  you have 
ever  thought  o f;  and  then, 
that  this 
punishment  may  have  some  effect,  1 
would  have  you  elevate to a position of 
credit aud influence him who is right and 
true in his doings.  What  matter is it to 
you if  it does  give  him  so-called “com­
mercial advantage ?”  Money and money­
getting  should  bear  no  relationship  to 
ability or  virtue;  but,  if  these  give  you 
reputation  aud  reputation  brings  you 
money, does  it  follow  that  you  should 
be  denied  the  first  because  it wins the 
latter?  It  would  seem  but a  just  and 
additional reward.  To some  minds  this 
is  orthodoxy as it relates  to  other  pro­
fessions,  but  in  pharmacy  it  would  be 
the  veriest  heresy!  This  was  forcibly 
brought  to  my  mind  some  time  ago, 
while  reading  an editorial in one of  our 
leading medical journals on standardized 
preparations.  The  writer  strongly  ad­
vocated the use of  such,  showing plainly 
their advantages; courteously gave credit 
to  a  pharmaceutical  house  for  the  ac­
curate  and  comprehensive  data  it  had 
furnished  him;  acknowledged,  without 
intending  it,  no  doubt, that  this  house 
had  taken  the  lead  in  presenting  this 
class of  products  to  the  profession and 
deserved  all  the  credit of  this advance­
ment.  Going’  still  further,  he 
sug­
gested the propriety of their introduction 
into  the  Pharmacopoeia;  then,  without 
finding fault  with  the thoroughly scien­
tific  name by  which  they were  already 
well known,  and  which had  been  given 
these  products  by this  same  house,  he 
earnestly warned the Revision Committee 
of  the  Pharmacopoeia  against the adop­
tion  of  such a name,  for  no  greater  or 
better reason than that it might give that 
house its merited  position or reputation, 
or,  as he styled  it,  “commercial advan­
tage.”  Where is the  justice,  where the 
encouragement in such treatment!  If the 
credit due was real and deserved recogni­
tion,  then why not recognize it and stim­
ulate others,  thereby,  to follow  with ef­
forts  to  acquire  more  legitimate  and 
really  desirable  attainments? 
This 
editorial  suggests my opening  words—a 
specialist; a mind which well understood 
j the  use,  the  application  of  medicines,
I but knew little about their actual prepar- 
aration; a mind which could ascertain the 
true therapeutic action of  a  new princi­
ple,  but could not isolate it; a mind so in- 
I tent  upon  its  own  little  world  that  it

utterly failed to see that all those around 
it were impelled by exactly the same forces 
and  subjected  to  the  same  influences. 
Our  day  is  teeming  with  such  minds, 
whose  scope  of  management  should be 
kept within the limit of their own special 
sphere.  Humanity  must  be  controlled 
by the broad general laws of good fellow­
ship,  and 1 plead  that  pharmacy may be 
so  governed.  The  abominable  abuses 
and  practices,  derelictions  and  defici­
encies can all be readily righted by  rigid 
and intelligent discipline.  The unmanly 
and fawning bearing  and the undignified 
and inconsistent positions can all be sud­
denly  changed  by a proper  and  kindly 
recognition 
and  encouragement,  and 
nothing  would  seem  to  so greatly help 
to  bring about and establish  a  better,  a 
truer relationship  between medicine and 
pharmacy  as  a  better,  a truer  pharma­
copoeia—a pharmacopoeia  that  would be 
more a guide book  to  compounders;  one 
which  would  show an improved materia 
medica  and  better  manipulation;  one 
which,  while  holding  fast  to  the  old, 
would add to it the new,  thereby making 
a record of pharmaceutical advancement; 
one comprehensive enough to serve alike 
the old and young,  the  conservative  and 
progressive practitioner;  one competent, 
complete  revision  every  half-century, 
and a supplement  of  additions  and im­
provements  every  decade;  from  medi-1 
cine,  respectful and exclusive adherence; 
from  pharmacy,  patient  and  conscien­
tious following.

A  L o st  O pportunity.

He  looked so glum  and  down  in  the 
mouth that the half dozen of us concluded 
that he had  lost  his  wife  or  met  with 
some other  distressing  calamity, and so, 
after leaving Lansing,  one  of  the  boys 
slid into half of his seat and began :
“My friend,  you appear to be ill.”
“No, not exactly ill,”  was the reply. 
“Wife dead ?”
“Never had one.”
“Heard any bad news ?”
“No.”
“If  there’s anything onr crowd can do 
for  you, we shall be  glad  of  the oppor­
tunity.”

“Will you ?”
“Of course.”
“Well, then, I wish  you’d begin on me 
and kick  until the last man  can’t  swing 
his  leg for  another  lift,  for  of  all  the 
born fools in America  I’m the biggest I” 
“Why,  what’s the matter?”
“We had an accident on this road about 
three weeks ago,  and a lot of  us lost our 
baggage.  We were told to file our claims, 
and 1’ ve just been down to get my money.” 
“Well,  wasn’t that all right ?”
“All right!  Why,  jab  my  eyes,  if  1 
wasn’t fool  enough to band in  a true list 
of  about  $6  worth of  old duds,  while a 
neighbor  of  our’n  who lost two pairs of 
socks and a box of paper collars stood up 
and bluffed  the  railroad  out  of  $74.25, 
and they even asked  him to take a drink 
after he got his  money !  That’s  me to a 
dot. 
I liain’t  got  no brains in my head. 
I can’t see  through a fishnet. 
I’ll never 
know  anything until it’s kicked into me, 
and  I’m  ready to  be  booted  the  whole 
length of Michigan and give my only pair 
of  suspenders to the last man  who  lifts 
m e!”

Off fo r  E urope.

Mrs.  Canner  (of  Chicago)—Now,  my 
dear,  while  you are in  Europe  you must 
not forget to call on all the big bugs,  and 
invite ’em to stay at our house durin’ the 
World’s  Fair.
Mr.  Canner—All  right,  Mirandy,  I’ll 
remember. 
Mrs.  Canner—And  if  you  call  on  a 
duchess,  don’t  forget  to  ask  her  fora 
good  recipe for sauerkraut.

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firm.  Gum shellacs are tending upward. 
Gum  camphor  is  firm  and  likely to be 
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advanced.  Spermacetti is higher.  Quick­
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The  adulteration  of  coffee  has  been 
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Another  statute, passed in 1803, empow­
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Tolutan............

CORTEX .

Abies,  Canadian...................  J8
Cinchona Piava  ...................
Euonymus  atropurp............
Myrica  Cerifera, po..............
Prunus Virglnl....................
quill aia,  grd.......................   **
in
Sassafras  .....................  
 
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........ 
lu

24®
33®
11®13®
14®
16®

EXTRACTUM .
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
po-
llaematox, 15 lb. box
Is...........
“ 
Vis.........
“ 
“  Ms........
f e r b u m . 
Carbonate Precip—
Citrate and Q uinla..
Citrate  Soluble............  ®
Ferrocyanldum Sol —   ®
Solut  Chloride...........  @
Sulphate,  com’l ......... 1V4<©
pure.............   ®

“ 

@  15 
@3 50

A rnica....................... 
Anthemls...................
M atricaria.................  25®

16

FO L IA .

“ 

“ 

l3®
........ • • • • • 
Barosma 
Cassia  Acuttfol,  Tin-
nivelly............ ■ •••■ 
j®@
Alx.  35®
Salvia  officinalis,  M9
and  Vis....................   10®
UraUrsi......................  ®®
Acacia, 1st  picked....

“ ....
“ ....

®1  00 
®  90 
®  80 
®  65 
75@1  00 
50®  60 
@®
@

2d 
“ 
3d 
“ 
sifted sorts...
“ 
“  po........  ••••-
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60). ■ • 
“  Cape, (po.  20)... 
"  Socotri, (po.  60). 
Catechu, Is, (V4s, 14 M®.
1
16).........  
30 
Ammoniae.................
15 
Assafetida, (po. 30)...
55 
Benzoinum.................  50®
52 
Camphorse...................  50®
Euphorbium  po  ........  35®
10 00 
Galbanum...................
95 
Gamboge,  po..............  80@
55 
Guaiacum, (po.60)  ...  @
Kino,  (po.  25).  .........   ®
20 
®1  00 
Mastic...........
®  40 
Myrrh, (po  45)
5
Opii,  (pc. 5 20)...........3 50®3
25®  35
Shellac
Tragacanth...............   30®  75

bleached.

hebba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  35
Eupatorium.........................  «0
Lobelia................................
Majorum............ -...............  28
Mentha  Piperita.................   23
“  V ir.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, V ......................  22
Thymus,  V......................... ’  25
Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat  .........   20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate, Jenning5..  35®  36 

M AGNESIA.

OLEUM .

00®5 50

Absinthium.................5 
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae —  8 00@8 25
A nisi............................1 
Auranti  Cortex.........  @2 50
Bergamii  ...................2 
Cajiputi......................  90@1  00
Caryophylli.................1 
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodi!  ...............   @1  75
Cinnamonii............   .1  35® 1  40
Cltronella...................  @  75
Conium  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba.......................1 

90@2 00
8G@3 25
25®1 30

20@1 30

Cubebae................. . 14 on® 14 50
90@1 00
Exechthitos...........
Erigeron............... ...1 20@1 30
Gaultheria............ ...2 10®2 20
@ 75
Geranium,  ounce.
50@ 75
Gossipii,  Sem. gal.
...X 60@1 75
Hedeoma  ............
50@2 00
Juniper!...............
90®2 00
Lavendnla...........
...1 50® 1 80
Limonis...............
2 25@2 40
Mentha Piper........
50@2 60
Mentha Verid......
S0@1 00
Morrhuae, gal......
@ 50
Myrcia, ounce......
...i 10(0)2 75
Olive....................
Picis Liquida, (gal. 35) 10® 12
...1 24®1 36
Ricini..................
75®1 00
Rosmarini............
@6 00
Rosae, ounce........
"
40® 45
Succinl.................
90®1 00
Sabina.................
...a 50@7 00
Santal  .................
50® 55
Sassafras..............
@ 65
Sinapis, ess, ounce
@1 50
Tiglii....................
40(0) 50
Thyme.................
@ 60
opt  .........

“ 

POTA SSIU M .

Bi Carb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide....................  37®  40
larb............................  12®  15
chlorate, (po. 18)........  16®  18
Jyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide.........................2 S0@2 90
Potassa, Bi tart,  pure..  3>@  33
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ®  15
Potass  Nitras, opt----  
8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  7®  9
Prussiate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

R A D IX .

Aconitum..................   20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................  15®  20
Arum,  po....................  ®  25
Calamus......................  20®  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15)......   10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 4(0....................  ®  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po.................. 2 25@2 35
Iris  plox (po. 20®22)..  18@  20
Jalapa,  pr..................   40®  45
Maranta,  M9..............  ®  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
R h e i.........................  75@1 00
“  cut.....................   @1  75
“  pv.......................  75@1  35
Spigelia......................  48®  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  45®  so
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @
M  @
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®
Symploearpus,  Fceti-
dus,  po............   —   @
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®
German...  15®
Zingiber a ...................  10®
Zingiber  j .............. 
22®

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@ 15
Anlsum,  (po. 20). 
Apium  (graveleons)..  15®  18
Bird, Is..................  
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18)............   8®  12
Cardamon...................1  00@1  25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 3%@ 
4
Cydonium...................  75@1  00
Chenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate........2 25@2 50
Foeniculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L ini............................4  © 4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  )...  4Q@ 4(4
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   354® 454
R apa..........................   6®  7
Sinapis,  Albu............   8®  9
Nigra...........  11®  12
SPIK IT U S.
2 00®2 50 
Frumenti, W.,D.  Co. 
1  75@2 00 
D. F. R.  ..
1  10@1  50 
1  75@1  75 
Juniperis  Co. Ó. T ...
1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ........ 1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli........... 1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto.................... 1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba....................... 1  25@2 00

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

SY RU PS.

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

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 85©3  10 
C. Co.......................2 85®3 10
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myristica, No. 1.........   70®  75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  30®  32
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @200
Picis Liq, N.  C., % gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picis Liq., quarts......   @1  00
pints.........   @  70
Pii Hydrarg, (po. 80)..  @  50"
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 18
Piper Alba, (po g5) —   @  35
Pix  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbi A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. .1  10@1  20
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®  35
Quassiae.................... 
8®  10
Quinia, S. P. & W......  41®  46
S.  German__  30®  36
Rubia  Tinctorum......  12®  14
Saccharum Lactis pv..  @ 30
Salacin...................... 1  80@2 00
Sanguis  Draconis......   40®  50
Santonine  .................  @4 50
Sapo,  W.....................   12®  14
•r  M....................... 
8®  10
“  G.......................  @  15

“ 

@  25 
Seidlitz  Mixture........
@  18 
Sinapis.......................
®  30
“  opt..................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 13).  .  12®  13 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  30®  33
Soda Carb.................  1)4®  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb............   @  5
Soda,  Ash..................   3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o..........   50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom......  @2 00
“  Myrcia Imp........  @2 50
“  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2  12) ..............................  @2  22
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal......  @1  10
Sulphur, Subl..............2(4®  3)4
■   10
[amarmuH............
Terebenth Venice .. ...  28® 30
Theobromae......... ...  50® 55
Vanilla..................
Zincl  Sulph........... ...  7® 8

“  Roll..............  2)i@ 3

OILS.

Bbl. 
Whale, winter........ ..  70
Lard,  extra............ ..  56
Lard, No.  1............ ..  45
Linseed, pure raw  ...  62

iSal
70
60
50
65

“ 

faints. 

...  05 
Lindseed,  boiled 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................  50 
Spirits Turpentine—   43 

68
69
48
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian..............114  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars— 134  2@4
“ 
Ber........1M  2@3
Putty,  commercial— 2M 2)4@3
“  strictly  pure......2)4  2%@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13@16
ican ..........................  
Vermilion,  English—  
80@82
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70@75
Lead,  red....................  @7M
“  w hite...............   @7M
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1  00
white, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.....................1 00@1  20

V A R N ISH ES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................ 1 60@1 70
Coach  Body...............2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn....... 1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar —  1  55®1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp........................   70®  75

HAZEL, TINE

&  PERKINS 

DRUG CO.

Importers  and  Jobbers of

-D R U G S --

Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.
Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, 1/arnisliBS.

Sole  Agentsjforuthe  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Painte.

Dealers in

We  are  Sole  Proprietors of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY.

We have in stock and offer a fall line of

W h istles,  Brandies,

Gins,  W ines,  Bums.

W e are  Sole  Agents  in  Michigan  for  W . D. & Go. 

Henderson County, Hand Made  Sour Mash 

W hisky and Druggists’ Favorite 

Rye  W hisky.

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

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

JtaltinB i  Perkins  Drug  Go.

80® 85

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

T IN C TU R ES.

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Aconitum  Napellis R.........  60
F .........   50
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
Arnica................................   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
Cinchona............................  50
“  Co............  ...........  60
Columba.............................   50
Conium...............................  50
Cubeba................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
Co...... .....................   60
Gualca................................   50
ammon....................  60
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
Colorless...................  75
Ferri  Chloridum.................  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opii.....................................  85
“  Camphorated............ 
50
“  Deodor.........................2 00
Auranti Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
K hatany......... — .............  50
Rhei.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stromonium.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian................... 
  50
Veratrum Veride.................  50

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M ISCELLANEOUS.

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u 

** 
“ 

“  prep...........  

* 
“  •  ground,  (po.

.¿Ether, Spts  Nit, 3F ..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen....................... 2)4® 3)4
7).............................  3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antimoni, po..............  4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antipyrin...................1  35® 1  40
Antifehrin
Argentl  Nitras, ounce  @
Arsenicum................. 
5®
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38®
Bismuth  8.  N............2 10®!
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  ÜS,  12)..............
Cantharides  Russian,
po............................
Capslcl  Fructus, a f...

German  4®  10
cent  .......................  @  60
50

@  9 
@1  75
“ 
po....  @  16
“  B po.  @  14
Caryophyllus, (po.  20)  15®  18
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @3 75
Cera  Alha, S. <ft F .  50® 
55
Cera Flava..........   38® 
40
Coccus.................  @ 
40
Cassia Fructus...........  @ 20
Centraria.............   @ 
10
Cetaceum............  @ 
50
Chloroform.........  50®
squibbs..  @1  00
Chloral Hyd Crst...... 1  50@1
Chondrus............  20®
Cinchonidine, P.  &  W  15®
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
Creasotum..........  @ 
Greta, (bbl. 75)....   @
5®
8®  10
... 
...  @ 8
Crocus •.......................  35®  38
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph..................  8®
Dextrine....................  10®
12
Ether Sulph...............   68®
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po  .................  @
Ergota, (po.)  60.........   50®
Flake  White................  12®
Galla.............................   @
Gambier.....................   8  ®
Gelatin,  Cooper.................  @
French...........  40®
“ 
Glassware  flint,  75 per cent, 
by box 62% less
Glue,  Brown................. 
9®
“  White..................   13®
Glycerina..................19)4®
Grana Paradisl...........  @
Ilumulus.......................  25®
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @1  00
“  Cor ...  @ 88
Ox Ruhrum  @1  10
Ammoniati.  @1  20
Unguentum.  47®  57
Hydrargyrum...........  @  85
Tehthyobolla, 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
Macis...................... 
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy­
drarg Iod.................
Liquor Potass Arsinitls 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1)4)..........................
Mamila,  S. F ............

precip. 
ubra
Rif

10®
2®45®

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T'ira]  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

GROCBRIBS.

The  B u y er  W ho  Lies.

Frank Ness in Inter-State Grocer.

A  great subject for doubt and discour­
agement  with a salesman is how to treat 
a buyer  who  lies,  and  how  to  disprove 
bis statement without offending  him and 
without  losing his trade.  The traveling 
man has trials that would prove too great 
for any human  being  not possessed of  a 
superabundance  of  patience.  These 
come not alone  from  competition which 
appears  in  every  transaction, but  from 
the firm, the members of  which  are  fre­
quently not well posted on the extent and 
facilities  of  competition,  and,  therefore, 
not  familiar  with  the  difficulties which 
are  to  be  overcome  in securing  orders. 
The buyer who will not  tell  the truth is 
an even greater thorn in the flesh.  Hap­
pily.  he is the exception and not the rule, 
but  exceptions  are  met  with  at  times. 
There  are  few  buyers  who  would  not 
scorn 
to  resort  to  falsehood  to secure 
favorable terms.  These  buyers  who do 
not  object  to  breaking  one of  the com­
mandments are ready to resort to any and 
every trick or device  in  order  to  obtain 
concessionsJo which  they are  not  enti­
tled.  The question naturally arises as to 
what course  shall  be  pursued in dealing 
with such persons.  They are frequently 
in  positions  where  they  control a large 
amount of  trade. 
In  the  first place,  the 
salesman should be  frank,  courteous and 
truthful,  and should study to gain such a 
reputation  above  all  else.  When  once 
gained,  this is the best capital a traveling 
salesman  could  possess.  The  salesman 
should  be well posted  in the line he hand­
les.  Whatever  he undertakes to sell  he 
should  familiarize  himself  with.  He 
should  not  only  learn  the  cost  to  his 
house,  but as nearly as possible he should 
know the cost of the various goods in the 
market  he  is  competing  with,  together 
with the various points regarding freight 
rates, time, etc., which  are  favorable or 
otherwise  to  the  market  he represents. 
The salesman  should have a price which 
be  should  ask  for  his  goods  based  on 
their value,  and not  on  prices  asked by 
competitors.  Misrepresentations  can do 
no good in the  long  run,  while  showing 
one’s  knowledge of  goods  in  a dignified 
and manly way will  win  lasting  friends 
and customers.  Nothing  costs  so  little 
and  brings  so  good a return  on  the in­
vestment as politeness.

Wool  No  Better—Hides  Firm—Tallow 

Low.

The  wool  market  East  is.feeling  the 
effects of  a depressed cloth market and a 
new  supply of  wool.  Prices are weaker 
and 
little  is  doing.  Wools  must  be 
bought at low prices to meet any outlook 
in the future.  Foreign  wools  are  large 
in  offerings at a heavy decline  in  price. 
Many factories are  closed,  awaiting  the 
outcome.  The  tariff  will  not affect this 
year’s  clip,  and  the  outlook is none too 
good.

Hides are firm, with a good demand for 
late take-off.  The  supply  is  not  large, 
and  the  demand  is good.  Leather does 
not respond to the  advance in hides,  and 
tanners are waiting  to see  how  the  cat 
will  jump.

Tallow is low,  with light demand.

The  Groeqgy  Market.

The sugar situation is a good deal of  a 
conundrum,  as  the  refiners  apparently 
have  the  market by the  horns  and  can 
steer the  animal  anywhere  they choose. 
Those  who make a study of  the  market 
are about evenly divided, some predicting 
another advance, while others are equally 
certain that a declinéis in store.  Cheese 
is a little lower, owiug mainly to the cut­
throat  policy  of  the  Adrian  jobbers 
Watermelons  are in  market  about 
two 
weeks ahead of the usual time.

PROMPT  PAYMENT.

Correspondence  Attending  the  Pay­
ment of the McIntyre Indemnity. 
The following correspondence between 
Lemon & Peters aud the Secretary of the 
Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Asso­
ciation is self-explanatory:

Grand  Ra pid s, June 6,  1890.

M. J. Matthews, Sec’y M. C. T. A.:

Dea r  Sir—We are  in  receipt of  your 
valued letter of  the  5th  inst.,  and  have 
handed  your  blanks  for proof  of  death, 
in the case of  John H.  McIntyre, to Mrs. 
McIntyre,  and  have impressed  upon  the 
lady  the  desirability  of  having  these 
papers properly filled out,  and  returned 
to  you at the earliest possible moment.
We are  strong  believers  in life insur­
ance  and  have  always  impressed  upon 
our traveling salesmen  aud others in our 
employ  the  necessity  of  carrying  suffi­
cient life  insurance,  and we believe that 
this sudden and unexpected death of  Mr. 
McIntyre  will  be  not only a lesson,  but 
an  incentive  to  many traveling  men of 
Grand  Rapids to avail themselves of  the 
opportunity of  taking  out and maintain­
ing  an  adequate  amount  of  life  insur­
ance,  thus providing  for  their  families, 
to some extent, against the unforeseen.
If  there is anything  we can do for you 
in this line,  it will  afford us pleasure,  as 
in doing so we  will be accomplishing un­
told  benefits to all parties concerned.

Yours very truly,

L emon  &  P eter s.
Detroit, June 9,  1890. 

Lemon & Peters, Grand Rapids:
Dea r  Sirs—Enclosed  herewith please 
find a letter  addressed  to  Mrs. Ellen A. 
McIntyre.  It contains a New  York draft 
payable to her  order,  which 1 enclose to 
you,  as I do  not  know  her  address.  1 
trust  that  you  will  kindly  see  that  it 
reaches her.
Thanking  you  for  past  favors,  I  re­
main, 

Very truly  yours,

M.  J.  Ma tth ew s.
Grand  R a pid s,  June 11, 1890.

M. J.  Matthews, Sec’y M.  C. T. A .:

Dea r  S ir—In answer to  your letter of 
June 9,  we have  banded to Mrs.  Ellen A. 
McIntyre  your  draft  for  8*1,500, and we 
herewith  enclose  and  return  to  you  her 
receipt for same.
We think that the prompt action shown 
by  you in this matter is worthy the high­
est commendation and praise.

Yours very truly.

L emon  &  P eter s.
Suspicions of the  Supreme  Officers.
Mason, June 9,  1890. 

Editor Michigan Tradesman :
1 am a Patron  of  Industry and  desire 
information  concerning 
supreme 
I am not  satisfied 
officers  of  the order. 
with them  and  would  like  to  know  if 
they are  honest  and  truthful or frauds. 
I was advised to write  to  you for  infor­
mation.  Please answer and oblige.

the 

Y ours truly, 

J ohn G.  Dea n.

If Mr.  Dean will procure T h e T ra des­
man’s history of the Patrons of Industry, 
published about  a  year  ago,  he will  no 
longer have any doubts as to the honesty 
and  truthfulness  of 
the  “supreme” 
officers of the order.

VISITING  BUYERS.
Grandville 

Mas ton & Hammond,
G S Keifer, Dutton 
C L Glasgow,  Nashville 
H G Hale, Nashville 
Neal McMillan. Rockford 
Brainard A  Soule,
Eaton Rapids
G Ten Hoor.  Forest  Grove 
A DeKruif  Zeeland 
E S Botsford, Dorr 
J H Hoogstraat, Conklin 
G M H art weî 1 ,Cannonsburg 
Carrington A North,  Trent 
L M Wolf, Hudsonville 
J N Walt. Hudsonville 
Sullivan Lum Co.,  Sullivan 
O A Jubl, Nunica 
Wm Me&rs. Boyne Falls 
Gibbs Bros.. May field 
J E Thurkow, Morley 
Chas McCarthy,  Lowell 
M Notier,  Holland 
G M Huntley, Reno 
J V Crandall A Co.,Sand Lk 
Beuson&Crawford,Saranac 
Jacob Liebler, Caledonia 
H C Aner & Co., Cadillac 
Hannah & Lay Merc Co., 
Traverse City 
Converse Mfg Co. »Newaygo 
W m V erMeulen.Bea verDam 
Geo K Be amer, Hastings

Alex Denton.  Howard City 
Geo A Sage, Rockford 
E E Hewitt, Rockford 
Eli Runnels, Corning 
John Gunstra, Lament 
J DenHerder &Son.Overisel 
D W Shattuck, Way land 
J Coon. Rockford 
D R Stoeura, Rockford 
A Purchase, Bo Blendon 
H Avery, Slocum’s  Grove 
A M Porter. Moorland 
H Van Noord,  Jamestown 
John De Vries,  Jamestown 
J Raymond, Berlin 
L Cook,Bauer 
W D  Struik,  Byron  Center 
S Sheldon, Pierson 
Smallegan A Pickaard,
H Ade, Conklin 
Den Herder A Tanis,
L N Fisher, Dorr 
Smith A Bristol. Ada 
Geo Weitz, Caledonia 
Wm Barker, Sand Lake 
J B Brooks,  St Ignace 
J R Campbell, Big Rapids 
L Maier, Fisher Station 
Bakker Bros., Drenthe 
Pickett Bros., Way land 
T Armock, Wright

Forest Grove 

Vries land 

For the finest coffees in the world, high 
grade teas,  spices, etc., see  J.  P.  Visner, 
17 Hermitage block,  Grand Rapids,  Mich. 
Agent for E. J. Gillies & Co.,  New  York 
City. 

352tf

Fire Crackers all sizes and prices.

P utnam  Candy Co.

WOOL

I  am  in  the  market  for  WOOL. 

1 
WANT  TO  BUY.  Parties  having  any 
for sale,  if  they  will notify me,  if in car 
load lots,  I will come and look at  it  and 
try to buy it. 
If  in  small  lots,  if  you 
will send it to me,  I will open it  up  and 
report by return mail  what I can give for 
it,  before taking it into account.  There 
will be no charge on  it, after it is once at 
my  store.
W   T.  L A M O R E A U X ,

7)  CANAL  STREET.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

25c.

for evaporated.

crate;  Baltimore stock, $3 per crate.

ing $1.85@I2.10 for city hand-picked.

market is firm.
medium, $3.50.  Timothy, $1.60 per bn.
per bn.

Apples—Dried, 6@6t£c for sun-dried and 10@llc 
Asparagus—20@2>c  per doz. bn.
Beans—Dry stock is scarce and firm, command 
Butter—Not in shape to make  any  quotations.
Cabbages—Cairo  stock  commands  $2.50  per 
Cabbage Plants—50c per 100.
Cheese—Full  cream  stock commands 8c.
Cherries—Sour fruit, $3  per bn.
Cooperage—Pork barrels. $1.25;  produce barrels 
Cucumbers—50c per doz.
Eggs—Dealers pay  12c  and  hold  at  14c.  The 
Field  Seeds—Clover, mammoth,  $3.50  per  bn.; 
Green  Beans—Wax, $2 per  bn.  String,  $1.50 
Lettuce—12c  per lb.  for Grand Rapids grown.
M aple  Sugar — 8@10e  per 
lb.,  accord ing  to 
M agle S y ru p —75@S5e p e r g al.
Onions—Green, 10@12c'per doz.  Southern, $2 
Peas—Green, $1 per bu.
Pieplant—$1 per crate of 50 lbs.
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes — Old  stock  is  unqnotal le.  New 
Raspberries—Black, $2 per crate.
Radishes—20c per doz bunches.
Strawberries—Home-grown  fruit  is now at its 
zenith,  commanding  <j>1.25@$1.50  per case  of  10 
quarts.

Southern is in fair demand at $3 51 @$4 per bbl.

Tomato Plants—35@40c per 100.
Watermelons—Georgia, $35 per 100.  Never  in 

per sack.

quality.

so early in the season before.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

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

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new.................................................
Short c u t..................................................
Extra clear pig, short cut.........................
Extra clear,  heavy...................................
Clear, fat back..........................................
Boston clear, short cut.............................
Clear back, short cut................................
Standard clear, short cut, best.................
sausage—Fresh and Smoked.
Pork Sausage.............................................
Ham Sausage.............................................
Tongue Sausage........................................
Frankfort Sausage....................................
Blood Sausage...........................................
Bologna, straight......................................
Bologna,  thick..........................................
Head Cheese..............................................
Tierces ......................................................
Tubs............................. :...........................
501b.  Tins.................................................
TMptpm
30 and 50 lb. Tubs....................... .............
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case.............................
5 lb. Palls, 12 In a case...............................
10 lb. Palls, 6 In a case...............................
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case...............................
50 lb. Cans.................................................
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs.................
Extra Mess, Chicago packing..................
Boneless, rump butts................................
shored  meats—Canvassed or Plait
Hams, average 20 lbs................................
16 lbs................................
12 to 14 lbs........................
picnic............................................
best boneless..................................

lard—Kettle Rendered.

lard—Family.

B E E F   IN   B A R R ELS.

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12  00 
12 00 
13 00 
13 00
12 50
13 00 
13 00 
13 00

9
9
85
5
5

7X
7H
6
2*

6%
OH

7 00 
7 00

9X
10*4
10H
7343

Breakfast Bacon, boneless....................
Dried beef, ham prices..........................
Long Clears, heavy................................
Briskets,  medium................................,
light.......................................

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O Y S T E R S   and  FISH.

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FRESH  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
Whitefisb...............................................
smoked....................................
Trout......................................................
Halibut..................................................
Ciscoes...................................................
Fairbaven  Counts................................
Selects...................................................
F. J. D.’s.  .............................................

oysters—Cans.

8H
9
6
6
6

@ 7H 
@ 8 @ 7H 
@15 
@ 4
@35
@30
@25

FRESH  MEATS.

“ 

Swift and Company quote as follows:
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Beef, carcass.........................................   5H@ 7
hindquarters...............................  7  @8
fore 
...............................  3H@ 4
loins, No. 3...................................  @9
ribs..............................................  @ 7H
tongues.........................................  @9
Hogs.......................................................   © 5H
Bologna.................................................   @ 5
Pork  loins..............................................   © 3
“  shoulders......................................   @6
Sausage, blood or head.........................  @5
liver..............  .........................   @5
Frankfort................................   @8
Mutton.................................................. 8  @9

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CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

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The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows :

11H 
• 10H 
.12 
.11
.12 
•  6H 
-  5* 
.10 
.  9
12
11
10

•  8H 
.  8 
.10 
.  9 
11H
.12 
.13 
.14 
.14 
.18
......... 10
...........18
...... 14
...... 14
.......15
...... 14
...... 15
...... 13
...... 13
.16@18
...... 18
...... 16
......20
..... 15
....... 22
.........14

STICK.
Standard, 25 lb, boxes.................................... 9
25 
Twist, 
.................................... 9
..................................... 10
Cut Loaf, 25 
H IK E D .
Royal, 25 lb. pails............................
2001b.  bbls............................
Extra, 25 lb.  palls............................
2001b.  bbls............................
French Cream, 25 lb.  pails..............
fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.
Lemon Drops................................... .
Sour Drops.......................................
Peppermint Drops............................
Chocolate Drops................................
H. M. ChocolateoDrops.................... .
Gum Drops......................................
Licorice Drops..................................
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................
Lozenges, plain................................
printed............................
Imperials.........................................
Mottoes............................................
Cream Bar........................................
Molasses Bar........................... .....
Caramels.........................................
Hand Made  Creams.........................
Plain Creams...................................
Decorated Creams............................
String  Rock.....................................
Burnt Almonds................................
Wintergreen  Berries.......................
fancy—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in  pails.................
In bbls.................
printed, in pails..............
In Dbls................
Chocolate Drops, In palls.................
Gum Drops, In pails.........................
in bbls..........................
Moss Drops, in palls.........................
In bbls..........................
Sour Drops, In pails.........................
Imperials, in palls.......................
in bbls............................
Oranges, Rod!, choice, 200...............
300..........
“ 
Florida, choice................
“ 
fancy...................
“  Riverside, fancy................
“  Mountain,  “ 
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“  Wash.  Navals, fancy........
“  Valencias,  large...............
Lemons,  Messina, choice, 360.........
3oo..........
“ 
fancy,  360....... !
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300..........
Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers... 
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choice,  7 lb............................
Dates, frails, 50 lb............................
“  % frails, 50 lb.......................
F&rd, 10-lb. 
“ 
box.............
“ 
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“ 
“  50-lb. 
“ 
Persian, 50-lb.  box...............
Almonds, Tarragona.......................
Ivaca...............................
California.......................
Brazils..............................................
Walnuts, Grenoble..........................
California........................
Pecans, Texas, H. P.........................
Cocoanuts..........................  ...........
Fancy, H. P., Suns.........................
“  Roasted  ...........
Fancy,  H.  P., Game Cocks........
Roasted.
Fancy, H.  P., Stags.......................
“  Roasted...........
Choice, H. P., Stars.......................
“  Roasted...........
Fancy, H. P., Steamboats..............
Roasted..

@16 
..  ©15
©14 
@11 
@16 
@15 
..11  @14 
@4 50
@ 9H 
@11 
@  9H 
@11 
. .   @9
@10H 
@ 8H 
©   8H 

.4 50© 4 75 
.4 50® 4 75 
5 00@ 5 25 
5 00® 5 25 
..15  @16 
.  13  @  14
@ @ 
@ 10 
@  8 
5H@

■  @ 6 25
@ 6 25 
@
@.5 25@ 5 75

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■ •  @10

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MUSKEGON CRACKER  CO.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

  B i n s  ABB SHEET GOODS.

Finest and Freshest Goods in the Market.

L A R G E S T  VA.RIBTY IN TUB STA.TB
457,  459,  461,  463  W.  WESTERN  AVENUE, 
MUSKEGON,  MICH.

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PAID  TO  MAIL  ORDERS.

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n T iT E   ATTO TTI G  A  1ST  T R  A D  FCFvM A N .

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sale Price Current•

'■low  are  such  as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who 
ll packages.

COCOA  SHELLS.

C O FFEE  EX TRA CT.

coffee—Green.

Bulk.........................4  @454
Pound  packages...........  @7
Valley City.........................  80
Felix..................................  1  10
Rio,fair..................
@21
“  good................. ..21 @22
“  prime................
@23
“  fancy,  washed.
@24
“  golden.............. 2» @24
Santos..................... . .22 @23
Mexican & Guatemala 23 @24
Java,  Interior......... . .24 @26
“  Mandheling.. 27 @30
Peaberry................. .22 @24
Mocha, genuine......
26 @28
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add He. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
coffees—Package.
Bunola.......................   ’...2494
In cabinets...............2594
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX.... 2594
Lion  ....................................2594
In cabinets.................26
Durham.............................. 25
CLOTHES  LINES.
Cotton,  40 ft.........perdoz.  1  35
50 ft.........  
“ 
150
“  1  75
60 ft.........  
70 ft.........  
"  2  00
80 ft.........  
“  2  25
60 ft.........  
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7 2 ff........ 
1  10
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CONDENSED MILK.
Eagle.................................   7 50
Anglo-Swiss............. 6 00@ 7 60

Jute 

COUPONS.

 

 

 

 
 

 
 
 

coupons—“Superior.”

10 “
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$ 1, per hundred...............   2 50
$2,  “ 
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$5. 
................4 00
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$10,  “ 
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$20, 
....................   6 00
1, per hundred.................2 00
2,  “ 
............... 2 50

coupons—“Tradesman.”

CREAM TARTAR.

............. 20 
CRACKERS.
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$5, 
$10, 
$20, 
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts :
200 or over.............   5  per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter....................  754
Seymour 
5H
B utter....................................... 5H
“  family...........................  594
“  biscuit.........................   6H
Boston.......................................754
City Soda.................................. 7H
Soda.......................................... 6
S. O yster................................  5H
City Oyster, XXX...................  5H
Shell..........................................6
Strictly  pure........................ 
Grocers’................................ 
dried fruits—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......  @ 6
evaporated__   @10
“ 
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Apricots, 
Blackberries “  —   5  @  6
“ 
Nectarines 
Peaches 
“ 
Plums 
“ 
Raspberries  “ 
Turkey......................... 6J4@ 6H
Bosnia...........................  @  7H
California.................... 10  @11
DRIED  FRUITS—Peel.
Lemon................................ 
Orange...............................  
DRIED FRUITS—Citron.
In drum ........................  @23
In boxes.......................  @25
Zante, in barrels........   @ 5%
in less quantity  6  @  6)4 

dried fruits—Currants.

dried fruits—Prunes.

8@14

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dried fruits—Raisins.

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

Valencias.....................  @ 9
Ondaras........................  @11H
Sultanas.......................   @10
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia.......................  2 50@3 00
London Layers, for’n.  @ 
Muscatels, California.1  90@2 25 
Farina, 100 lb.  kegs..............  04
Hominy,  per  bbl...................3 00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box....  60
imported.......  @  9H
Pearl  Barley...............   @  2H
Peas, green...................  @100
If  split..........................  @ 3
Sago,  German.................   @ 6
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’r l... 
6@ 7
Wheat,  cracked..........   @ 5
Vermicelli,  Import—   @10
domestic...  @60
FISH—SALT.
Cod, whole...................5  @ 694
boneless................. 6H@ 8
H alib u t......................  
@1054
Herring,  round, H bbl.. 
2 90
“ 
gibbed..............  
2 75
“  Holland,  bbls.. 
12 00 
“  kegs, new  @  75
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“  10 
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Trout,  H  bbls.................  @4 50
“  10  lb.  kits...................  60
White,  No. 1,  H bbls..  @6 00
12 lb. kits.......1  00
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10 lb. k its 
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Family,  54  bbls........ 2 75
kits...............   50

Mack,  sh’s, No. 2,  H  bbl 
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H E R B S.

JE L L IE S .

LICORICE.

LA M P W ICK S.

Kegs...................................5 25
Half  kegs...........................2 88
Sage..................................... 9
Hops....................................14
E. J. Mason <6 Co.’s goods..  6 
Chicago  goods....................  4
No.............. 
30
No. 1...................................   40
No. 2...................................  50
Pure.....................................  30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily....................................  18
Condensed,  2 doz...............1  25
No. 9  sulphur 
Anchor parlor 
No. 2 home 
Export  parlor
Black  Strap 
Cuba Baking 
Porto  Rico
New Orleans, good........... 
choice........ 
fancy.........  
One-half barrels, 3c extra

MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

24
30
42

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OIL.

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Muscatine, Barrels................. 4 50

OATM EAL.
naif barrels.......2 50
Cases.........2  15@2 25
R O LLED   OATS
Muscatine, Barrels__  @4  50
Half bbls..  @2 50
Cases.........2  15@2 25
Michigan  Test....................  994
Water White........................10)4
Medium.................................@8 50
“  H b b l.........................4 50
Small, bbl.................................9 00
3 00
“  H  bbl................... ....500
4 00
5 00
Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
Cob, No. 3.................................1 25
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  8 
Carolina head....................... 6H

“  T. D. full count...........  75

P R E SE R V E S.

PIC K L E S.

P IP E S .

“  No. 1.......................
“  No. 2................5H@
“  No. 3.......................5
Japan, No. 1..........................6H
“  No. 2...........................5H

R IC E.

S N U FF.

Scotch, in  bladders............37
Maccahoy, in jars...............35
French Rappee, in Jars......43

SOAP.

SAL  SODA.

Detroit Soap Co.'s Brands.

spices—Whole.

SA POLIO.
“ 
SO UPS.

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
15
Cocoa Castile, Fancy..........3 36
10
Happy Family,  75...............2 95
30
Ola Country, 80...................3 30
Una, 100...............................3 65
Bouncer, 100........................3 15
Kegs.................................  
IX
Granulated,  boxes.............   2
Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box....... 2 50
Hand  3  “ 
...... 2 50
Snider’s  Tomato............... 2 40
Allspice.............................. 10
Cassia, China in mats........  8
Batavia in bund__ 15
Saigon in rolls........35
Cloves,  Amhoyna................22
Zanzibar..................16
Mace  Batavia.....................80
Nutmegs, fancy..................80
“  No.  1......................75
“  No.  2......................65
Pepper, Singapore, black__16
“ 
“  white...  .26
shot....................... 20
“ 
spices—Ground—In Bulk.
Allspice..............................15
Cassia,  Batavia..................20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
“  Saigon...................42
Cloves,  Amboyna.............. 26
“  Zanzibar................20
Ginger, African................. 12H
“  Cochin...................15
Jam aica................ 18
“ 
Mace  Batavia.................... 90
Mustard,  English.............. 22
“ 
and Trie..25
“  Trieste....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ................. 80
Pepper, Singapore, black— 18
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“  Cayenne................. 25

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SUGARS.

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Cut  Loaf.................... @ 73Í
Cubes......................... @ 754
Powdered................... @ 1%
Standard  Granulated. @7.06
Fine........... @7.06
Confectioners’ A —  .. @6.81
White Extra  C........... @ 654
Extra  C...................... @ 6>4
@ 6
C ................................
Yellow ..................... 5*@ 554

SEEDS.

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Mixed bird...............4H@ 6
Caraway...............................  9
Canary.................................. 354
Hemp.....................................3H
Anise......................................8
Rape...............................   6
Mustard.............................7H
Common Fine per bbl.........   80
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......  27
28 pocket............................. 1  90
60
.2 00
100 
Ashton bu. bags...............  75
Higgins  “ 
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Warsaw “ 
.................   35
.................  20
Diamond  Crystal,  cases__ 1  50
28-lb sacks  25
50
56-lb 
60  pocket.2  25
28 
.2  10
barrels..  .1  75
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .5H
Dwight’s Com........................5H
Tayior’s .................................5Q
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf.............554
pure.........................5)4
Our Leader.........................  5
Corn, barrels.................... @27
one-half  barrels__ @29
Pure  Sugar, bbl................26@35
half barrel__28@37
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8
8
8

SW EET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps.............. 
Sugar Creams............. 
Frosted  Creams.........  
Graham  Crackers...... 
Oatmeal Crackers......  
SHOE  PO LISH .
Jettine,  1 doz. in  box.............75

SA LERA TU S.

STR U TS.

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TEAS.

jat an—Regular.

SUN C U RED .

B A SK ET  F IR E D .

F air............................. 14  @16
Good............................18  @22
Choice..........................24  @29
Choicest.......................32  @38
F air............................. 14  @15
Good............................16  @20
Choice.......................... 24  @28
Choicest.......................30  @33
F air............... 
  @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

GU N PO W D ER.

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YOUNG  HYSON.

Common to  fair...........18  @26
Superior to  fine...........30  @40

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

F air.............................25  @30
Choice..........................30  @35
Best.............................55  @65
Tea Dust.......................8  @10
Common to fair...........25  @30
Superior to  fine...........30  @50
Fine to choicest...........55  @65
Boxes...................................514
Kegs, English...................... 444

OOLONG.

SODA.

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

Hiawatha  .................  
63
Sweet  Cuba...............  
36
Our Leader...............  
35
tobaccos—Plug.
Jas. G.  Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 38
Double Pedro.........................35
Peach  Pie  ..............................36
Wedding Cake, blk................35
“Tobacco” ..............................37

tobacco—Shorts.

Our  Leader.............................15

tobaccob—Smoking.

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Our  Leader......................... 16
Hector.................................. 17
Plow Boy, 2  oz....................32
4 oz.................... 31
18 oz.................... 32
VINEGAR.

40 gr.....................................  654
50 gr.....................................  754
PAPElt & WOODEN WARE 

PAPER.

Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol 
lows:
Straw ....................................160
“  Light  Weight.............. 200
Sugar....................................180
Hardware..............................254
Bakers.................................. 254
Dry  Goods............................ 6
Jute Manilla.........................8
Red  Express  No. 1.............. 5
No. 2.............. 4

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48 Cotton............................  22
Cotton, No. 2........................20
“  3........................18
Sea  Island, assorted.........   40
No. 5 Hemp......................... 18
No. 6 “ ................................. 17
Wool................. 
8
Tubs, No. 1........................   8 00
“  No. 2...........................7 00
“  No. 3.........................  6 00
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
1 50
“  No. 1,  three-hoop—   1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__
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

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MEAL.

splint 

FLOUR.

WHEAT.

Baskets, m arket................... 

“ with covers  1  90
“ 
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40
b ushel..................   1  50
willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
“  No.2 6 26
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l  3 50
“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3 5 00
GRAINS and FEED STU FF8 
W hite........................... 
84
Red............................... 
84
AlPwheat bought  on 60 lb. test.
Bolted..................................  1  15
Granulated.........................   1  3o
Straight, in sacks...............  4  80
“  barrels............   5 00
Patent  “  sacks...............  5  80
“  barrels.............  6 00
M1LLSTUFF8.
Bran.....................................  13 00
Ships....................................  13 00
Screenings.........................   12 00
Middlings...........................  14  00
Mixed Feed..........................15 00
Coarse meal.......................   15 00
Small  lots...........................  40
Car 
Small  lots..............................36
Car 
“  .............................. 33
No. 1....................................  
45
NO. 1.....................................  1  10
No. 2....................................   1  06

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BARLEY.

CORN.

OATS.

RYE.

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HAY.

No. 1.....................................  10  75
No. 2....................................   10 00
H ID ES,  PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

HIDES.

lows:
G reen............................   5  @ 554
Part  Cured....................  5  @ 554
6  @ 654
Full 
Dry.................................   6  @ 8
@ 5 
K ip
cured....................6
@ 654
Calfskins,  green........   4
c u re d ......  5
Deacon skins................10

 
' [>s, g re e n ..........

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No. 2 hides 54 off.
P E L T S .

@25
Shearlings......................10  _
Estimated wool, per ib 20  @28' 

WOOL.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Washed.............................. 20@27
Unwashed........................   10@20
Tallow ............................ 3  @ 3?i
Grease  butter...............  1  & 2
Switches......................  154®  2
Ginseng........................2 00@2 50

F I R E W O R K S !

Besides our FINE LINE of CANDY, we are agents for the Best ALL COLORED 
FIREWORKS,  and have many specialties in this  line on which you can make some 
Send for catalogue and get our prices 
money.  No  old  chestnuts  to  work  off. 
before  ordering.
If  you  want  the  BEST  CANDY  put  up  NET  WEIGHT,  ask  for  our  goods.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

CODY  BLOCK,  158  MAST  FULTON  ST„

R E M E M B E R
B U N O L A

T H A   T

C O F F E E .

Is  b e tte r   and  costs  less  than  m ost 

package  coffees.

lOO-POUND  CASKS,  24  3-4; 

lOO-CABINETS,  25  1-4.

FOR SALE  BY  ALL  GRAND  RAPIDS  JOBBERS

P E R K I N S   Sc  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 DSE.

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BAY  CITY.

Extensive Operations of a Female Shop­

lifter-O ther Interesting Items.

Written for The Tbadesman

In a window  of  one  of  the  principal 
drug  stores in Bay City is a card  stating 
that the contents of the window is a part 
of  the  plunder  which  was  stolen  by a 
woman and found by the chief of  police, 
and in the  window  of  a  clothing  store 
next to it is another list  of  goods  stolen 
by the same  woman. 
It  was  learned at 
police headquarters that this woman had 
been  employed at times  to  do  cleaning 
about  the  stores,  and  had  taken 
the 
goods, one or two articles at a time.  The 
merchants had no suspicion of  the goods j 
being stolen,  until the man  who was dis­
posing of  them offered some  articles un­
reasonably cheap,  and the  investigation 
which followed  disclosed a large amount 
of  stuff  stored  away in a garret.  From 
the drug store  she had taken eight boxes 
of  cigars, hair  brushes, combs,  chamois 
skins, perfumery,  and enough other stuff 
to fill the large show window.  From the 
clothing store she  had  taken four  pairs 
of  pants,  eight woolen shirts,  a  couple 
dozen  pairs  of  woolen  socks,  fur  caps 
and many other goods.  From a dry goods 
store she had  taken  silks,  woolens,  un­
derwear, etc.,  and  there  still  remained 
at  police  headquarters a large  quantity 
of  goods  to  be identified by the owners.
It seems  incredible  that a woman  could 
steal so many goods without being caught 
in the act,  even  if  the articles were not 
missed.

In their  anxiety to display their goods 
where they will catch the eye of  the cus­
tomer merchants  should  remember  that 
they will catch the eye of the thief doubly 
quick,  and should be careful not to place 
them in a position that will be too tempt j 
iug. 
It may be but an article taken now 
and then, but if  seen in a pile at the end 
of  the  year, they would make  quite  an 
addition to the inventory.

The woman,  Mrs.  Deitzel,  and August 
Parthel,  the  man  who  was  selling  the 
stolen plunder, are both in jail.

The  early  closing  movement  in  Bay 
City  has  had  its  back  broken.  There 
has been a bitter fight between those who 
“would”  and  those  who  “wouldn’t.” 
Red  cards  were  placed in the  windows 
of  the  stores  that were to close;  a band 
was  hired  to  march  the  streets  and 
dodgers were thrown out urging laboring 
men and  others to deal  with  the  stores 
which exhibited the  “red cards.”  But a 
part of  those  who  closed  have  become 
dissatisfied and the  agreement  has  been 
discontinued.  The cards  were  taken in 
and all  remain  open  after 6 o’clock  the 
same as before.  This does not  effect the 
hardware  stores  and  some  of  the  dry 
goods stores,  as they have  usually closed 
at 6 and will continue to do so.

The  ship  building 

firm  of  F.  W. 
Wheeler & Co.  has  been  one of  remark­
able  growth,  although  the  firm is com­
posed  of  comparatively  young  men. 
They seem to be men of  nerve,  push,  en­
ergy  and  excellent  judgment.  Theirs 
was the lowest bid on the  800  ton  prac 
tice  schooner  for  the government, to be 
used in the training of  cadets at the mil­
itary academy.  Although  it  is  thought 
at Washington that  there  will be money 
lost  on  this  boat, it  is  safe to say that 
this  firm  knows  what it costs to build a 
boat.  Starting  in  1877  with  limited 
means  and in a small  way,  their  enter­
prise has known no bounds and they have 
invariably shown the ability to prosecute

their  undertakings to a successful issue. 
They have  turned out some of  the  larg­
est and  finest boats which float on West­
ern  waters,  employing  about  550  men, 
occupying  about  a  mile  of  river  front, 
and  have  every facility for constructing 
a vessel,  whether wood or steel, well and 
with  as  small  expense  as  is  possible. 
They are now  on  their  seventy-seventh 
boat  and  surely  have  not  attained this 
marvelous success by building boats at a 
loss.

The  jobbing  houses  of  the  Saginaw 
Valley  express  themselves  as  satisfied 
with  the  spring  trade.  The Patrons of 
Industry seem to have  given up the mer­
cantile part of  their work  in  the  larger 
towns of  the  eastern  part of  the  State. 
In my letter  of  next  week  I  shall  deal 
almost  exclusively  with  the  practical 
workings of  this organization.

Edw in  G.  P ir r .

Fire Works- -lmmense line.

P utnam  Cand y Co.
C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

LA M P  B U R N E R S.

No. 0 Sun.......... ...................................................
No. 1  “  ..............................................................
No. 2  “  ...............................................................
T ubular........................................................:••••

lamp  chimneys.—Per box.

6 doz. In box.

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First quality.
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XXX Flint.

No. 0 Sun........................................ ....................  1
No. 1  “  ........................................................ 1  88
No. 2  “  ......... ...............................................2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top..........................................2 25
No. 1 
“  .......................................... 2 40
No. 2 
“  .......................................... 3 40
No. 0 Sun, crimp top..........................................2 60
No. 1  “ 
.......................................... 2 80
No. 2 
...............................  .......3 80
“ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped aud  labeled......................3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
.................... 4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
......................4 70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz........................1  25
No. 2  “ 
......................... 150
No. 1 crimp, per doz........................................... 1  35
No. 2 
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La Bastic.

Pearl top.

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Butter Crocks, per gal.................................... 
Jugs, 14 gal., per doz.......................................  75
.......................................  90
.....................................   1  80
Milk Pans, 14 gal., per doz.  (glazed G6c) —   65 
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F I T   F O R

A Mein's

Table:

All  goods bearing the 

name  of

THUKBEK, WHYLAND  &  CO., 

OB

ALEXIS  GODILLOT,  JR.

G rocers v isitin g  New  York  a re  cordially invited 
to   c a ll a n d   see  u s, a n d   i f   th ey   w ish,  h av e  th e ir  
corresp o n d en ce ad d ressed   in   o u r  care.  We  s h a ll 
b e  g lad  to  b e  o f  u se  to   th em   i n   a n y   way.  Write 
u s a b o u t a n y th in g  you w ish to  know .

THtJEBEE, WHYLAND  & 00.,

West Broadway, Beade & Hudson Streets, 

New York Oity.

S .  A .  Mormon,

PETOSKEY,

WHOLESALE

MARBLEHEAD

AND  OHIO LIME,
C E M E N T S ,

AKRON,  BUFFALO  AND  LOUISVILLE

Stucco and Hair, Sewer  Pipe,  Fire Brick 

and Clay.

Write for  prices.

69  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

t h e  

] v r r c i í i o a n   t r a d e s m a n .

B E A C H ’S

New  York  (Joffee  Rooms.

61  P earl  Street.

Five  Cents  Each  for  all  dishes  served 

from bill of fare.

Steaks,  Chops  and  All  Kinds  of  Order 

Cooking  a  Specialty.

FRANK  M.  BEACH,  Prop.

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B. DIKEMñft
Watch fllaker 

s Jeweler,
44  CRNRL  8Y„
-  Piali,
Grand Rapids 
W AN TED .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A R L   B R O S . ,

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO, 

deference:  Fi r s t   N a t io n a l   Ba n k ,  Chicago. 
Mic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n . Grand Kapids.

M M  H M ,  BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A J. Bowne, President.

G e o .  C. Pierce,  Vice President.

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

Transacts a Renerai  banking  business.

Make a   Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Conntrv Merchant* Solicited.

Playing Gards

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOK  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lpßb,

19  So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand Rapids.

TIME  TABLES.

Grand  Rapids 8s Indiana.

In effect May 18,1890.
TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive.

Leave. 
7:10 am  
II :80 a m 
4:10 p m

a m

7:15aiu 
12:25 p m 
6:00 p m

T h r o u g h  coaches for Saginaw  on  7:10 a m 

Traverse City A Mackinaw...............
Traverse  City  Express.....................2:20 am
Traverse City A Mackinaw...............2 :15 p m
From C incinnati..............................8:60 pm
Cadillac  (Mixed)..................................
m train.
GOING  SOUTH.
Cincinnati  Express..........................
Fort Wayne Express........................ 11:45 a m
Cincinnati  Express..........................6:30 p m
From Mackinaw A Traverse City..l0:40 p m
From Cadillac........................................... 
Train leaving for Cincinnati at 6 p.  m.  and  arriving 
from  Cincinnati  at 9:20 p. m., runs daily,  Sundays  in­
cluded.  Other trains daily except Sunday.
S leeping and Parlor Car  Service:  North—7:10 a. m. 
and 4:10 p. m. trains have  sleeping aud parlor cars for 
Mackinaw  City.  South—7:15 a. m. train has chair car 
and 6 p. m. train Pullman sleeping car  for  Cincinnati.
Leave 
, A 7 iTe*
11:16 a m .....................................................................  3:46 pm
5:40pm..................   
8:M»pm
Leaving time at  Bridge street  depot 7 minutes later. 
Through tickets and Full  information  can be had by 
calling upon  A.  Almquist,  ticket  agent  at  depot, or 
Geo. W. Munson, Union  Ticket  Agent,  67  Monroe  St., 
Grand  Kapids, Mich. 

m n a k ftg o n ,  G ra n d   R a p id s   ft  I n d ia n a . 

0. L. Lockwood. Qen’l Pass. Agent.
Detroit, Grand Haven 8s Milwaukee.

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OOINO WEST.

Leaves. 
Arrives.
1:00 p m
tMornlng Express............................1* :50 p m
4:20 pm  
^Through Mall....................................4:10 p m
10:30 p m 
IGrond Rapids  Express.................. 10:25 p m
8:45 am  
'Night Express.................................6:40am
7:30 a m
tMixed................................................
GOINS BAST.
6:50 a m 
tDetroit  Express............................... 5:45  a m
10:20 a m 
♦Through Mall...................................10.10 a m
3:45 pm  
¿Evening Express......................................8:35 pm
10  65 p m
Night Express........................................   0:50 pm
tDatly, Sundays excepted.  »Dally.
Detroit Express  leaving 6:50 a m has Wagner parlor 
and buffet car attached, and Evening  Express leaving 
8:45 p m has parlor car  attached.  These trains make 
direct connection in Detroit for all points East. 
Express leaving at  10:55  p  m  has  Wagner  sleeping 
ir to Detroit, arriving in Detroit  at 7:20 a m. 
Steamboat  Express  makos  direct  connection  a 
Grand Haven with steamboat for Milwaukee, 
sleeping 
secured  at 
tickets  and 
D .,0. H. & M.K’y offices, 28 Monroe St., and at the depot.
Jab. Campbbix, Citv Passenger Agent. 

car  berths 

JNO. W. Loud, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

Toledo,  Ann Arbor &  Northern.

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

A. J. P a is l e y , Gen’l Pass.  Agent
M i c h i g a n  CTe n t r a l

“  The Niagara Falls Route.”

DKPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express.......... ........................   7:20am  10:00 pm
Mixed  ....................................................6:30am 
5:00 pm
Day  Express........................................11:66 a m   10:00 am
•Atlantic A Pacific Express..............11:05 p m 
6.00 a m
New York Express............................. 5:40 pm  
1:25 pm

trains to and from Detroit.
Express to  and  from  Detroit.

•Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Frkd M. Briggs. Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
G. 8. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Gko. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe 8t. 
O. W.Ruoglrs.G. P.  &  T. Agent., Chicago.

BEFORE  BUYING  GRATES
^et  Circular and Testimonials,  d e n t   r  r c c .
Economical.  Sanitary,  Cleanly  and  Artistic. 

ALPINE  FIRE  PLACE,  GRASP RAPIPi, MICH.I
DRINK
L IO N
COFFEE

A  True Combination  of  MOCHA, 
Picture  Card  Given
W ith every pound  package.  For 
Sale everywhere. Woolsoi Spice Co., Toledo, 0.

JAVA and  RIO.

U C T R P T V P C R S  
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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

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W M . SEARS & CO.,

Gradier  Manufacturers,

3 7 ,  3 9  a n d   41 K e n t  St.,  G rand  R a p id s.

Putnam  Gandy  Go.

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

O R A N G E S ,

LEMONS,

BANANAS, 
Eigs,  Dates,  Nuts,  e tc •

C U R T IS S   &  C O .,

WHOLESALE

Paper  Warehouse.

EXCLUSIVE  AGENTS  FOR  THE  KEYSTONE  BINDERS’ 

Houseman  Block,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

TWINE.

A.  H I M E S ,

Wholesale and  Retail  Dealer in

COOL  AND  WOOD.

Yard  and Warehouse on Line of 

L im e,  C em en t,

F ire  B rick , etc.

Main Office, 54 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 

G.  R.  & I.,  C. & W.  M.  and L.  S.  & M.  S.  Rys.

--------A LL  SHIPMENTS  MADE  PROMPTLY.--------

Duplex S3Z W ag o n

The  P.  of I.  Dealers.

The following are the P. of I. dealers who had 

not cancelled their contracts at  last accounts:

& Co., Mrs. Turk, J. K. Sharp, A. Markson. 

Ada—L. Burns.
Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham,  Anton  Wehle,
L. T. Lochner. Burleigh  Bros.
Allendale—Henry Dolman.
Almira—J. J. Gray.
Almont—Colerick & Martin.
Altona—Eli Lyons.
Armada—C. J. Cudworth.
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
Aurelius—John D. Swart.
Bay City—Frank  Rosman & Co.
Belding—Lightstone Bros.
Bellaire—Schoolcraft & Nash.
Bellevue—John Evans.
Big Rapids—A. V.  Young,  E.  P.  Shankweiler 
Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr.
Bowen’s Mills—Chas. W. Armstrong.
Brice—J. B. Gardner.
Burnside—John G. Bruce & Son.
Caldwell—C. L. Moses.
Capac—H. C. Sigel.
Carlton Center—J. N. Covert.
Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Sessions.
Cedar  Springs—John  Beucus,  B.  A.  Fish, B.
Charlotte — John  J.  Richardson,  Daron  & 
Smith,  C. P. Lock, F. H. Goodby.
Clam River—Andrew Anderson.
Clio—John W. Hurd.
Coldwater—J. D. Benjamin.
Conklin—Wilson McWilliams.
Cook’s Corners—W. H. Hanks.
Coral—J. S. Newell & Co.
Dorr—Frank  Sommer.
Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt.
Eaton  Rapids—II. Kositchek & Bro.
Evart—Mark Ardis.E. F. Shaw, John C. Devitt. 
Fenwick—Thompson Bros.
Flint—John B. Wilson.
Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark.
Forester—E. Smith.
Fremont—J. B. Ketchum, W. Harmon.
Gladwin—John Graham,  J.  D.  Sanford,  Jas.
Gowan—Rasmus Neilson.
Grand Haven—N. J. Braudry & Co.
Grand Junction—Adam Crouse.
Grand Ledge—Frank O. Lord, Geo. Coryell. 
Grand  Rapids—Joseph  Berles,  A.  W ilz in sk i, 
Brown & Sehler, Houseman, Dounally  &  Jones, 
Ed Struensee, Wasson & Lamb, Chas.  Petiersch, 
Morse & Co., Famous Shoe Store, Harvey & Uey- 
stek, Mrs. E. J. Reynolds, E. Burkhardt. 

E.  Covel.

Pelton.

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man. 

lett, James Gauntlett, Jr.

Greenville—Jacobson & Netzorg.
Hart—Rhodes & Leonard,  W.  Weidman,  Mrs. 
Hastings—J   G. Runyan.
Howard City—O. J. Knapp, Herold  Bros., C. E. 
Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan.
Hudson—Henry C. Hall.
Imlay City—Cohn  Bros., Wyckoff  &  Co., C. J. 
Buck, E. E. Palmer.
Ionia—H. Silver.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan.
Jenisonville—L. & L. Jenison  (mill only). 
Kalamo—L. R. Cessna.
Kent City—M. L. Whitney.
Kewadin—A.  Anderson 
Kingsley—J. E. Winchcomb.
.Lacey—Wm. Thompson.
Laingsburg—D. Lebar.
Lake City—Sam. B. Ardis.
Lake  Odessa—Christian  Haller  &  Co.,  E.  F. 
Colwell & Son, Fred Miller.
Lakevlew—H.  C.  Thompson,  Andrew  All  & 
Bro.
Langston—F  D.  Briggs.
Lansing—R. A. Bailey, Etta (Mrs. Israel) Ulic-
Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. H. Jennings. 
Lowell—Patrick Kelly.
McBain—Sam. B.  Ardis.
McBride’s—J. McCrae.
Mancelona—J. L. Farnham.
Manton—A. Curtis, Mrs. E. Liddle.
Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lepper Jc Son. 
Mason—Marcus Gregory.
Mecosta—J. Netzorg.
Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. S.) Knight, Chas. Gaunt­
Millington—Chas. H. Valentine.
Minden City—I. Springer & Co.
Monroe Center—Geo. fl. Wightman.
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt.  Morris—H.  E.  Lamb,  J. Vermett  &  Son, 
Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara.
Nashville—H. M. Lee.
North Dorr—John Homrich.
Nottawa—Dudley Cutler.
Ogden—A. J.  Pence.
Olivet—F.  H.  Gage.
Onondaga—John Sillik.
Orange—Tew & Son.
Orono—C. A. Warren.
Oviatt—H. C. Pettingill.
Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co.
Remus—C. V.  Hane.
Richmond—Knight  &  Cudworth, A. W. Reed. 
Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A. Fish.
Sand  Lake—Frank  E.  Shattuck,  Braman  & 
Sebewa—P. F. Knapp, John Bradley. 
Shelbyville—Samuel Wolcott.
Shepherd—H.  O. Bigelow.
Sheridan—M. Gray.
Shultz—Fred Otis.
Spencer Creek—M. M. Elder.
Spring Lake—Geo. Schwab, A. Bitz.
Springport—Powers  &  Johnson, Wellington & 
Hammond, Elmer Peters.
Stanton—Sterling & Co.
Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter.
Traverse  City—John  Wilhelm,  S.  C. Harrow 
Vassar— McHose & Gage.
Wayland—Pickett Bros.
Wheeler—LoniBe  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson,  H.  C. 
White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N. W. Wiley. 
Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John Haverkate. 
Williamsburg—Mrs.-Dr. White.
Williamston—Thos. Horton.
Woodbury—Chas. Lapo, H.  Van  Houten. 
Woodland—Carpenter & Son.
Yankee Springs—T. Thurston.

Breckenrldge.

F. H. Cowles.

D. D. Paine.

Blanchard.

S he  R em em bered.

From the New England Grocer.
A  drummer  who  travels for a Boston 
grocery  concern  says  that  he  sees  in 
Maine some  of  the  sharpest tricks  that 
are  practiced  anywhere  on  his  route. 
He gives the following as a specimen :
A farmer’s wife  bustled into a store in 
Washington  county  the  other  day, and 
went for the proprietor with,—
“Mr.  B-----,  I  bought  six  pounds  of
sugar here last  week,  and  when I got it 
two 
home  I  found  a  stone  weighing 
pounds in the package.”

“Yes, ma’am.”
“Can  you explain the swindle,  sir?”
“ 1 think I can,”  was  the  proprietor’s 
“When  1  weighed  your 
placid  reply. 
butter,  week  before last,  1 found a two- 
pound  pebble  in  the  jar,  and  when  I 
weighed  your sugar the stone must have 
slipped into  the  scales,  somehow.  We 
are  both  growing  old  ma’am,  and I am 
sorry to say that our eyesight  isn’t to be 
trusted.  What can I do for  you  to-day, 
ma’am?”
For a moment the  woman gazed at the 
tradesman  over  her  brass-bound  spec­
tacles.  Then she recollected herself and 
remarked  that  she  had  a  dozen  eggs 
which she wished to exchange for  hooks 
and eyes.

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E. D.  Voorhees,  Manager.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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sent on application.

IONIA,  MIOH.

AUGUST  19  AND  20.

Selection  of  the  D ates  for  the  Coming1 

Convention.

Saginaw, June 9 ,1890.
Secretary Michigan Business Men’s Association:
Dear  Sir—We  have  concluded  to  hold  the 
annual  convention  of  the  Michigan  Business 
Men's  Association  on  the dates  you  suggest, 
August 19 and 20.  We request that you urge as 
strongly  as  possible,  through  your  paper  and 
otherwise, the  necessity for a large  attendance. 
We also suggest that  you request all who intend 
to be present  to  notify  yon. so  that  we may be 
prepared  to  do  ourselves  justice, and  to  give 
every  one  who  comes  a  good time.  We shall 
very  likely  wish  to  prepare a train  for a short 
trip around the valley.  We  would  like  you to 
notify us of the number to be present as early as 
August 5.  Respectfully,

J a m e s   H. Moore, Local Sec’y.

P R E L IM IN A R Y   CALL.

The following preliminary call has been issued 
from the State headquarters:

G r a n d   R a p i d s , June 14,  1890.

T h e  fifth  a n n u a l c o n v e n tio n   o f  th e   M ich ig an  
B u sin e ss M en’s A sso ciatio n  w ill b e h e ld  a t S ag i­
n a w  on  T u e sd a y  a n d  W ed n esd ay ,  A u g u st 19 an d  
20, c o n v e n in g  a t 9 o’clo ck   a.  m . o f   th e   d ay   first 
named.
The programme is not yet completed, but suffi­
cient features have already been arranged for to 
warrant the  statement  that  the meeting will be 
one of the most pleasant and profitable  conven­
tions ever held by the Association.
All  local  Business  Men's  Associations  are 
requested  to  elect  full  sets of  delegates and a 
cordial invitation is extended  all  business men 
to attend the convention.

Come one, come all !
C. L. W h i t n e y ,  Pres.

E. A. Stowe, Sec’y.

The  Fruit  Situation in  Berrien  County.
W. R.  Mayo,  traveling  representative 
for the Grand Rapids  Fruit  and Produce 
Co., has returned  from a trip among  the 
fruit  growers 
in  the  vicinity  of  St. 
Joseph,  Benton  Harbor,  Hagan,  River­
side and Colonna,  and  reports a cheerful 
feeling  all  along  the  line.  The straw­
berry crop is  large  and  prices  are low. 
but  the  facilities  for  shipment  are  so 
good that a fair  margin is being made by 
the grower.  Grand  Rapids  has  come to 
the  front as a consuming  market of  late 
years,  and  most  growers  claim they get 
better  returns from here than from  Chi­
cago, taking the season  as a whole.

The crop of  raspberries  will  be  large 
in  the  aggregate,  although  old  fields of 
Cuthbert and  Gregg  varieties are in bad 
shape.

Lawton blackberries are looking finely, 
but  the  Wilson  variety has  suffered  in 
many  places  from  fermentation,  where 
the  practice  of  winter  covering  pre­
vailed.

The  frost  of  May  11  did  not  touch 
grapes on the lake  shore,  where  most of 
the  large  vineyards  are 
located,  but 
killed the buds on  lower  grounds.  Sec­
ondary and dormant  buds will, however, 
produce  a fair crop.

Pears  bloomed  and set fruit for a very 
large crop, but the recent  warm weather 
has revealed the fact that  the  long  con­
tinued  cold  weather  and  severe storms 
during the  season of  bloom  have nearly 
ruined  the  pear  crop.  Bartletts  have 
nearly all withered  and  fallen.  Several 
other  varieties  are  deformed,  and 
the 
pear  crop  will  be  much  less  than the 
average.

Apples  are  badly  affected  from 

the 
same  cause,  the  fruit  having nearly all 
fallen from many varieties,  but Baldwin, 
Ben Davis,  and  a few other late blossom­
ing sorts have set a fine  crop.

The few peaches are still  clinging fast 
to  the  trees,  but  the  area  of  trees  in 
bearing is small and confined to the most 
favorable locations on  high grounds near 
the lake,  where the mercury only touched 
zero  on  the  6th of  March,  while it was 
down  to 8 to 12 below on  the  low  lands 
generally away from  the lake.

Lemons—Good time to buy.

Putnam  Candy Co.

TTTTC  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

P.  of  I.  Gossip.

Wm.  Wing,  the  Ionia  harness-maker, 
writes  T he  T radesman  that  his  con­
tract  with  the  P.  of  L expired  May  13 
and that he refused to renew it.

John  Chalmers, the sturdy  schemer of 
Sparta, has  struck it rich in Indiana,  or­
ganizing  P. of  I.  lodges.  He  says  the 
way suckers bite in Hoosierdom is enough 
to do an old fisherman  good.

Belding correspondence Saranac Local: 
“It  is  strange  why  so  many  P.  of  I. 
stores  have to shut  up  shop  and  allow 
the sheriff  to  post  their  books. 
It cer­
tainly cannot be that they cannot  reap a 
bonanza in their trade.  There’s millions 
in the 10 or 15 per cent, trade.”

Belmont correspondence Rockford Reg­
ister:  “I don’t  know  how it is  in  other 
towns, but  in  Plainfield  a certain  mar­
ried  man  goes to the P. of  I.  lodge  and 
escorts the  young ladies home,  while  his 
wife is at home  entertaining  young  men 
until  her  husband’s  return  in  the wee 
sma’  hours of  morning.”

East  Fairplains  correspondence  Beld­
ing  Banner:  “The  P.  of  I.  at  Fenwick 
have only fifty black balls in their ballot 
box at present. 
It is said  that the num­
ber  should  be  increased, so  that  when 
the  names  of  young  clerks  and  others 
are sent in they can pass the box to every 
member  before  the  balls are all voted.” 
Ernest Hollenbeck,  of  Davison,  writes 
the  Western  Plmoman  suggesting  that 
the  Patrons of  Industry organize a bank 
on the same plan as the Bank of England, 
taking  subscriptions for stock only from 
farmers and borrowing from  and lending 
to  farmers  only.  What  Hollenbeck 
doesn’t know about  banking would  fill a 
bigger book than Webster’s dictionary.

LEMON  &  PETERS,

IMPORTING:] AND

Wholesale  Grocers.

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR

McGinty’s Fine Cut 'Tobacco,
Lautz  B ro s.  <£  Co.’s   Soaps,
Niagara  Starch,
A cm e Cheese—H erkim er Co», JV.  IT. 
Castor Oil A x le Grease•

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

G. T.  G6hwfée,rt>iD,

Ürûtffc Palets and  W a ll paper.

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f i.a ìf t j 0 T T Ì ,  M i e f e .

Rough on the Boodlers.

F ro m  th e  A m erican D airy m a n .
When we see a notice of  the establish­
ment  of  a  $5.000  creamery,  or  at  any 
amount  over  $3,000,  we  feel  a pang of 
sorrow for the deluded subscribers.

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Association  Notes.

At  the  semi-annual  meeting  of  the  Owosso 
Business  Men’s  Association,  the 
following 
officers were elected for the ensuing six months: 
President,  C. S. Williams;  Vice-President,  E. L. 
Brewer;  Secretary, S. Lamfrom: Treasurer,O. F. 
Webster.  Executive  Committee,  President, Sec­
retary, James Osburn, S. E. Parkill,  H.  W.  Par­
ker.

Owosso Times:  “The Improvement Committee 
of  the  Owosso  B.  M.  A.  drove  over the Main 
street road to the coal  mines Monday afternoon, 
inspecting carefully the condition  of  the  road. 
The verdict is that  Owosso  can  benefit  herself 
by grading and graveling  the road.  No definite 
action will be taken  until the Committee reports 
to the Association.’’

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Plumbing i Heating Work.
P um pa,  Pipes,  Etc.,  Mantels 

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