G R A ND   R A PID S,  W ED N ESD A Y ,  SEPTEM BER 17,  1890._____________ NO.  365.

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A  COUNTRY  COURTSHIP.

W. D. Kelly In Ladles’ Home Journal.
Driving the cows from the upper meadow— 
Beauty and Brindle and Bess—
Now in the sunlight, now in the shadow, 
And now in the wind’s caress;
With song as sweet  as at morn the starling 
Is wont to the skies to trill,
Mollie, the farmer's daughter and darling, 
Comes tripping adown the hill.

Purple and black are the braided tresses 
Light is her step on  the sward it presses,
The squirrels peek from the wayside hedges.
And count it chief of their privileges 

Her dainty temples that crown;
As fall of the thistle down.
As the maiden moves along,
To list to her jocund song.

Down where the alders and slender rushes 
And the widened sweep of the water gushes 
Whistling a love-song in broken snatches—
Robin, the miller, awaits and watches 

Border the rivulet’s banks,
Under a bridge’s broad  planks;
His hat pushed back from his brows—
For the coming of the cows.

Up to their knees in the stream, the cattle 
Little they care for the lovers' prattle 
Their  heaving  sides  with  their  draughts  dis­

Drink deep of its crystal flow;
Or the bliss the twain may know;

And crop the grasses, with heads low bended, 

They enter the path again,
On either side of the lane.

tended,

The shadows deepen;  the due is sprinkling 
And faint and far, in the distance  tinkling,
Still on the bridge where the water glistens,
The miller talks and the maiden listens,

With diamonds all the meads;
The sound of the bells recedes.
As the moonlight on it falls.
But the cows are in their stalls.

SUCCESS  IN  BUSINESS.

Conscience  in  Mercantile  Affairs  and 

Reverence  for  Rascality.

From the Century.

A little  experience 

in  life  makes  it 
plain that one element of what  is  called 
“success” consists in a certain toughness 
of  the  conscience.  By  “success”  we 
mean,  of  course,  worldly  success  under 
the present conditions.  We do not mean 
the true and high success, the conduct of 
one’s  life  in  all  honesty, with  the  re­
wards of a pure fame and the  better  re­
wards of a conscious  clarity  of  purpose 
and fairness  of  action.  We mean that 
men  of  business  who  are trying to live 
up to an ideal,  are very apt  to  find  less 
scrupulous men passing them  at  certain 
points,  and  sometimes  permanently out­
doing them in the mere race  for  wealth, 
from  the  fact  that  the  latter  are  less 
hampered  at  critical  moments  by  con­
scientious considerations.
It is true that “honesty is the best pol­
icy”  in  the  long run,  and as a rule even 
in ordinary  business  affairs;  and  it  is 
true  that  many  men  make  a  complete 
failure in life by disregarding this maxim. 
It is true that honesty is one of the forces 
of worldly  success; 
it  is  also true that 
dishonesty is one of the forces of worldly 
success.
The  honest  reader  will  perhaps ask, 
why this praise  of  dishonesty?  But  we 
are  not  praising  dishonesty;  we  do not 
think  it  commendable  in  any  way;  on 
the contrary,  we think, just as  the  hon­
est reader thinks,  that it is in  every  way 
condemnahle and contemptible.  We are. 
however, stating a palpable and provable 
fact—namely,  that in  the present consti­
tution of society a lack of conscience may 
be an important, even a deciding element 
of worldly success.
The  point  that  we  are  getting  at  is 
this—namely,  that it is easier  to  reap  a 
certain kind of worldly  success  without 
conscience than with it;  and that,  there­
fore,  the conscienceless man who reaches 
enormous  wealth  or  high  worldly posi­
tion  is  not  nearly  so clever a fellow as 
his  admirers  think  be  is  and  proudly 
proclaim him to be.
We believe this to he particularly  true 
in political  life.  Under the thoroughly 
un-American  system  of  spoils  and  pat­
ronage,  and by means  of  the  prevailing 
system of corruption  at  the polls,  it has

been  of  late  years  prominently demon­
strated that some of  the  highest  public 
positions  can  be  reached in America by 
men  of  well-nigh  the  lowest character. 
Now, one reason  that these men succeed 
is,  that “nothing  succeeds like success;” 
and  that  even  men,  themselves person­
ally  honest,  have  a  certain admiration 
for the ability of  the conscienceless  man 
of success.  Our  present  effort is to re­
move a part of the credit of  the  success­
ful rogue.  If he is less admired,  perhaps 
he will he less successful;  and  if  he  is 
better  understood,  perhaps  he  will  be 
somewhat less  admired.  Well,  then,  it 
is  a  fact  that  the  successful,  rascally 
politician,  while  doubtless having a cer­
tain amount  of  natural  “smartness,”  is, 
in reality  and  upon  close  examination, 
not nearly so “smart”  as he superficially 
appears to be.  Under the spoils system, 
which  is  only  partly  abrogated  in  the 
United  States,  it  does  not  take—how 
ridiculously true  it  is  that  it  does  not 
take—great abilities to  insure success in 
the corrupt  maneuvers  of  the  political 
field.  The only wonder  is  when,  under 
present  conditions, a thoroughly scrupu­
lous  leader  appears  in  local  or general 
politics.  To  win  success without resort­
ing to the  usual  unscrupulous methods— 
that is the test of real force; there should 
be the focus of admiration.
The principle is true  in ordinary busi­
ness;  it is true in politics;  it  is  particu­
larly true in the  journalistic world. 
It 
is a harder task, it requires more genuine 
ability  and  greater  “staying power”  to 
reap worldly success in this field scrupu­
lously than unscrupulously.
The fact is that  there is altogether too 
much reverence for rascals  and  for  ras­
cally methods  on  the  part  of  tolerably 
decent people.  Rascality is picturesque, 
doubtless,  and  in  fiction  it has even  its 
moral uses; but in real  life it should have 
no toleration;  and  it  is,  as  a matter of 
fact, seldom  accompanied  by the ability 
that it brags.
One proof  that  the smart rogue is not 
so smart as he thinks, and as others think, 
is that he so often  comes  to  grief.  He 
arrives  at  his  successes  through  his 
knowledge of the evil in  men;  he  comes 
to  grief  through  his  ignorance  of  the 
good in men.  He thinks he  knows  “hu­
man nature,”  but he only half  knows it. 
Therefore,  he is  constantly in danger  of 
making a fatal mistake. 
For  instance, 
his excuse to himself for lying and trick­
ery  is  that  lying  and  trickery  are in­
dulged in by others—even  by  some men 
who make a loud boast  of  virtue  before 
the world.  A  little,  more or less,  of ly­
ing and trickery seems to make no differ­
ence,  he assumes—especially  so  long  as 
there  is  no  public  display  of  lies and 
tricks—for  he  understands  that  there 
must  always  he a certain  outward  pro­
priety in order to insure even the inferior 
kind of success he  is  aiming  at.  But, 
having  no  usable  conscience  to  guide 
him,  he under-rates the  sensitiveness  of 
other  consciences — and  especially  the 
sensitiveness  of  that  vague  sentiment 
called “public opinion”—and he makes a 
miscalculation,  which,  if it does not land 
him  in  the  penitentiary,  at least makes 
him of no  use  to  his  respectable allies; 
therefore, of  no use to his semi-criminal 
associates;  therefore,  a surprised,  miser­
able and vindictive failure.

Beginning  at  the  Wrong  End.

“Times are hard,  money is scarce,  bus­
iness 
is  dull,  stop  my—”  Whisky ?
“Oh, no;  times are not  hard  enough  for 
that.  But there is something else I could 
save.  Please stop my—”  Baccy?  “Not 
at  all,  but  I  believe I can  see a way to 
effect  a  saving  in  another  direction. 
Please  stop  my  paper. 
I believe in re­
trenchment and  economy when  business 
is dull!”

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

MISS  ANSTRUTHER’S  TRIAL.

In speaking of  her niece,  Miss  Letitia 
Anstruther  was  accustomed  to  plain­
tively call  her  “the  trial  «f  my  life,” 
and,  for once,  the  expression  was a sim­
ple  truth,  entirely  devoid  of  exagger­
ation.  Mattie  Anstruther  certainly was 
a trial.
“You  know,  my  dear,”  Miss  Anstru­
ther would say to one intimate  friend or 
another,  “my brother John went to Texas 
twenty  years  ago.  Don’t  ask  me  who 
his  wife  was !  I don’t  know.  1  never 
saw her. 
I never heard  her  name until 
John  died,  and  somebody sent  his child 
to me,  with her baptismal  record,  John’s 
marriage certificate and the  lawyer’s let­
ters,  telling  me  she  will  have  about a 
hundred and fifty thousand dollars  when 
she is twenty-one.  John made his money 
upon  a stock  farm,  and,  after  his  wife 
died,  appears  to  have  lived  alone  with 
Matilda  on  the  place—‘ranch,’  as  she 
calls it.  She was sixteen when she came 
here,  and  yet  she  was a perfect savage; 
a savage,  my dear,  and is very little  bet­
ter now.”
And a savage the  girl  appeared  to her 
neat,  prim  aunt,  who  nearly went  into 
convulsions  over  a  crooked  table-cloth, 
and  looked  upon a knowledge of  house­
keeping  and  needle-work as the  climax 
of  womanly education.
Miss Anstruther’s  house  was  small, a 
cottage  set  in  an  exact square of  prim 
garden,  but every room  was  the  perfec­
tion  of  order  and  cleanliness,  and  a 
small income was economized and nursed 
to  give  a margin  for  Berlin  wools  and 
tidy  cotton,  wherewith  in  the 
leisure 
hours  left  by  household  care,  the  old 
maid  manufactured  wonderful  articles 
for  the  ornamentation  (or otherwise)  of 
her parlor and guest-room.
Into this domain there had been thrust 
a lank,  tail  girl  of  sixteen, 
in  shabby 
mourning,  grieving violently for the loss 
of  her  only  friend,  her  father.  A girl 
who  wore  thick-soled  boots  which  she 
never  wiped  upon  the  door-mat,  whose 
profusion  of  hair  was  gathered  into  a 
net,  loosely,  “anyhow,”  as  her  aunt  re­
marked,  who  had  never  owned a collar 
or a pair  of  cuffs,  nor  had  ever  seen a 
carpet.
And  yet,  a girl  who  could read Homer 
and  Virgil 
in  the  original,  was  ac­
quainted  with  Shakespeare,  Milton  and 
Chaucer  as  particular 
friends,  could 
solve geometrical  problems and make the 
church organ  speak,  but never had fash­
ioned a garment or  knotted  Berlin  wool.
And  she seemed utterly untamable.  In 
vain  Miss  Anstruther 
scolded  and 
groaned,  in  vain grew  pathetic and tear­
ful.  Mattie  would  “litter up”  her  neat 
rooms  with  growing  ferns,  birds’ nests, 
leaves,  flowers,  stones;  would  have 
“John’s  horrid  books”  piled in  her own 
bed-room  on  shelves,  tables or even  the 
floor;  would not learn to stir puddings or 
hem towels,  and darted about like an elf, 
regardless of  furniture or decorum.

Now she was singing in  a glorious con- | 
tralto the  wildest of  glees,  now  sobbing 
convulsively  over  some  scrap  of  paper 
folded  away  by her  father’s  hand,  and 
newly discovered by the  girl  in  her de­
sultory reading.  She  would  sit  on  the 
best  sofas  with  her  feet  tucked  under 
her,  and  wear  the  ample  handsome 
wardrobe Miss Anstruther ordered out of j 
her  liberal  allowance,  with  utter  disre­
gard of  the proprieties—wrappers  in  the 
evening  and  evening  dresses  at  break­
fast.  “just as it happened.”
In  the  first  two  years  of  her  life  at 
Doncester,  it  would  have  been  hard  to 
say which was more miserable  in the lit­
tle cottage, the prim  maiden  lady or the 
wayward  niece.
She was  seated  under  the  shade of  a 
willow,  one  June  afternoon, 
looking 
moodily into  the  water of  a little brook 
at her feet,  while  the  Rev.  Albert May- 
hew  finished  a  little  lecture  Miss  An­
struther bad asked him to deliver.
He  was  a  tall,  near-sighted,  bashful 
man of  over thirty,  appearing still  older 
from  a  habitual  stoop  and  a  quiet re­
serve  of  manner. 
It  had  not  been  a 
pleasant  task 
to  him  to  obey  Miss 
Anstruther’s request;  but,  meeting  Mat- 
tie  in  an  afternoon  stroll,  he  had con­
scientiously done his duty.
“But,”  she  answered  him.  “I  can’t.
1 can’t  stay in the  house  day after day,

stitching and  cooking.  Aunt  Letty has 
a servant  and  works  harder  than  Jane 
does.  But  it  kills me;  it suffocates me. 
She  can’t  talk  of  anything  but  scrap- 
bags  and  tidies.  Oh,  you do not under­
stand !”

“Understand what,  my child?”
“The  difference  between this life and 
my real life.  We were  alone,  papa  and 
I,  though  there  were  servants  indoors 
and out,  but no other  house for fourteen 
miles. 
Sometimes  Mr.  Parker,  my 
guardian,  came  over  from  Brownsville, 
but not often.  Only papa and I,  year in, 
year out. 
In  the  morning we rode over 
the country to see  about  the  stock,  vis­
ited the cabins where the  graziers  lived, 
and  were  out  till it grew hot,  and  then 
we went  home  to  rest till it grew  cool. 
And we read and studied  and  talked,  or 
we  played  upon  the  organ  papa  had 
built in the house.  We  wanted  no  one 
else.  Sometimes we read Greek or Latin; 
sometimes we recited  whole  plays.  We j 
did  not  care  what  we  ate  or  what we 
wore,  so we  were  fed  and  comfortable. 
Oh,  papa!  papa!”  and  sobs  shook  the 
slender  frame,  as  Mattie  rocked to and 
fro, convulsed with grief.
“But  now,  Mattie,!”  said  Mr.  May- 
hew,  very  gently,  “you  are  a  woman 
with a woman’s duties before  you !  Can 
you not try to understand  that  the wild, 
free  life is unsuited to  your  present po- | 
sition ?”
She listened,  that was  one  gain,  while 
he talked  gravely but tenderly,  pointing 
out to her the pain it would have  caused 
her father to know  her  discontented,  re­
bellious  and  wayward. 
Something  in 
the  quiet  voice  seemed  to  soothe  the 
girl’s heart,  and  after the sunset  clouds 
were  tinged  with  the  last  rays  of  the 
dying  day,  she  rose  up,  saying  very 
slowly:
“I will try to be  more womanly,  I will 
try !”
Miss  Letitia  was  grimly  astonished, 
but  not  very hopeful,  when  Mattie  ap­
peared  at breakfast with her hair shining 
like  satin  in  glossy  braids,  her  collar 
pinned evenly,  her feet  neatly dressed in | 
kid  slippers,  and  sat  erect  but  silent, 
actually  eating  like a lady,  not  dashing 
through  her  breakfast  as  a  necessary 
evil.  Her wonder  increased  when,  after 
the  meal  was  over,  Matty demurely fol­
lowed  her  from  room  to  room,  awk­
wardly,  but  willingly  assisting  in  the 
dusting  and  cooking,  with a nervous lit­
tle apology for  faults,  to the  effect  that 
she  would  try  to  improve  if  her  aunt 
would instruct her.

It was like  chaining a chamois  goat to 
a plow,  and  Mattie’s  cheeks  grew thin, 
her eyes dull,  as she plodded on, day after 
day,  conscientiously doing  her  duty,  as 
directed.
Only  one  pleasure  remained.  Every 
afternoon  she  went  across the rye fields 
to  the  little  country church,  and  spent 
two or three  hours at the organ,  reveling 
the 
in  music,  working  off  some  of 
crushed vitality of heart and brain  in  the 
finger-work  that  carried  out  her 
im­
provisation.
It  became  the  substitute  for  home, 
father,  friends and—no, not for love;  for 
often  into  the  church  would  steal  the 
figure  of  Albert  Mayhew,  and  Mattie 
would hear the few words of  commenda- 
tion that were her rewards for  this  sup­
pressed,  cramped  life  that  was  killing 
her.
She  loved  him,  after a blind,  unreas­
oning fashion  she comprehended as little 
as he did.  He  talked  of  her  books  as 
her  father  had  often  talked;  he  loved 
music,  and  would  praise  her  wondrous 
genius  understandingly;  and he  was her 
mentor  and  guide to Christian  faith and 
hope  that  were  revelations truly to her 
starving soul.  Even her father had never 
wakened  Christian 
in  Mattie’s 
mind,  but  Albert  Mayhew  founded  his 
life and teachings upon that rock.

truth 

Summer  sped away,  and  in  the  early 
i fall  a friend  with  great  news  called to 
see Miss Anstruther.
“Have you  heard of Mr.  Mayhew’s for- 
| tune?”  she asked,  and  Mattie’s  tangled 
] wools  dropped  into  her  lap  as she lis- 
j tened.
“No;  what  is  it ?”  Miss  Anstruther 
asked.
“He’s  come  into  money—a  lot,  they i 
Isay — and  he’s  going  to  be  married.  I

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There’s men to the parsonage now meas­
uring for carpets and new furniture.” 

“You don’t say so?”
And  they  talked  and  talked,  while 
Mattie stole away, unheeding the destruc­
tion of an elaborate piece of canvas work 
she dragged after her  over the grass and 
gravel.  Mechanically  she  went  to  the 
church,  but  not  into  the organ  loft,  for 
in the cemetery she met Albert Mayhew.
His  head  was  more  erect,  his  eyes 
brighter  than  she  had  ever seen them, 
but he came to meet her swiftly.
“Is  it  true?”  she  asked,  piteously, 
knowing  no  maidenly wile to  hide  her 
stricken heart.
“That  I  am  richer  to-day than I was 
“That is true.” 
yesterday?”  he asked. 
“Yes, I heard that—and—you are hav­
ing  the  house—”  but  her 
lips  were 
parched and she stopped.
“I am making the house more comfort­
able,  or  rather  Margaret,  my  house­
keeper,  is.  She has been so long lament­
ing over faded curtains and  ragged  car­
pets,  that I could  not  resist  giving  her 
the intense happiness of renewing them.” 
“You look happy,  too!”  Mattie  said; 
wondering a little that the man  she  had 
placed  upon  a  level  with  the  apostles 
should care so much  for mere money.
“Shall  I  tell  you  why?”  he  asked, 
drawing  her  hand  upon his arm,  and so 
leading her out of the city  of  the  dead, 
down the path to the willow  and  brook, 
her favorite resting place.
“I have tried  to  hide  my  secret from 
you,”  he  said,  “but  now I am  free  to 
speak. 
I love, and I was bound in honor 
to  be  silent,  because the  woman  I  love 
will be rich,  and I was very,  very poor.” 
Poor Mattie bent her  head  away from 
the tender eyes  seeking to scan her face. 
She pictured a stately,  beautiful woman, 
accomplished  and graceful,  some  queen 
of society Albert had met and  loved  be­
fore he came to Doncester.  He had told 
her often of his life in New York, a beau 
in  society  before  he took up the Lord’s 
work, of the sudden loss  of  his  father’s 
property,  and his  own struggle to decide 
between  continuing his chosen work,  or 
learning some money-winning art.
Somewhere in the past  was  this  rich, 
beautiful woman he was now free to woo 
and win.  Ah,  surely he would win her, 
little Mattie  thought,  nervously  pluck­
ing  at  some  autumn  leaves  upon  the 
ground beside her.
“I never thought to have this money,” 
continued  Mr.  Mayhew,  “for  my  uncle 
was angry because I would not leave  the 
pulpit and learn  his  business.  But he 
has left it to me,  and  I can do good with 
it; only I want a tender, faithful woman’s 
help in my life work. 
I want—ah,  Mat- 
tie,  I want a home;  some one to love me, 
to welcome me there;  some one who  will 
let me bring her happiness,  will  let  me 
shield her from all harm,  will  make  my 
life perfect.”
“Yes,”  Mattie  said,  wondering  where 
her voice had gone,  “you  will  make  her 
very happy.”

“Do you think so, Mattie?”
“Why,”  she  said,  simply  as  a  child, 
“she must be happy with  your love.” 
“Then  will  she  come  now  into  my 
heart, into my  life.  Mattie,  do you love 
me?  Can  you give me love for love,  be 
my wife, my other self ?  Will  not  the 
quiet parsonage  be a prison to you, little 
wild bird ?”
“To me?  You love me ?”  she gasped. 
“With all my heart.”
“But you said  she—”  and  just  then, 
not before,  Mattie  remembered  that  she 
would  be  rich. 
In  her  humility,  the 
money had never crossed  her  mind,  and 
she  shuddered  as  she  thought it might 
have been a bar to this perfect, cloudless 
happiness.
She scarcely knew what  she  said,  but 
it satisfied her grave lover, and they went 
home in the  gloaming  to  astonish  Miss 
Anstruther.
It was a nine-day wonder  at Doncester 
how  Mr.  Mayhew  ever  came  to  prefer 
that “harum-scarum girl”  to the  steady, 
gentle misses of  his congregation,  but in 
the parsonage there is no  regret, and the 
minister  does  not find wife  or  married 
life  a  burden,  though  Miss  Lettie still 
talks of Mattie as a dreadful  trial.

A n n a  Sh eild s.
Death  of China’s  W ealthiest Man. 
The mail  which has  just arrived from

China,  says  the  London  Times,  brings 
news  of  the  death,  at  his  palace  at 
Honam, 
in  Canton,  of  probably  the 
wealthiest man in China. 
In the history 
of  the foreign trade of  China no name is 
so  celebrated  as  that  of  Howqua.  For 
the  last  forty  years  of  its  existence he 
was the head of  a  unique  corporation  of 
monopolists  known  as  the  Co-Hong, 
which  was  usually  composed  of  eight 
Canton merchants.  His  wealth  was  al­
most fabulous. 
In  1834  he  put it down 
himself  at  over  $26,000,000. 
In  1841, 
when  Sir  Hugh  Gough  levied a ransom 
of  $6,000,000  on  the  city  of  Canton, 
Howqua advanced  over  $1,000,000 to the 
authorities.  He  was  the 
leading  tea 
merchant  of  China  of  those  days,  the 
Congou  teas  which  he grew on his own 
estates being  especially renowned on the 
London  market.  The  Napoleon  of  the 
trade  of  China  died,  aged  seventy-four, 
in 1843,  and  was  succeeded  by his  son, 
who  died  last  month.  The magnificent 
gardens of  his residence in Canton  were 
one of  the  many sights of  the  city.  He 
was always  pleased  to  show  them  and 
his  mansion to English  visitors,  and  he 
never  failed  to  draw  attention  to  the 
presents  which  his  father  and  himself 
received  from  successive  English  sov­
ereigns  in  recognition  of  services  ren­
dered to British subjects in Canton.  The 
younger  Howqua was nearly sixty  years 
of  age at the time of  his death.
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No. 2  “  ......................................................... 2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.......................................2 25
No. 1  “ 
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No. 1  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.......................1  25
No. 2  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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Jugs, % gal.,'.per doz...................................   75
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Offers of stock for direct purchase,  in car lots,  will not  be  entertained  unless 
quality,  size,  variety and  condition  of  stock  is  stated,  condition  guaranteed,  and 
price named per  bushel  delivered  track  Chicago,  with weights guaranteed  not to 
fall short over two  per cent,  from invoice billing.

•WIMi.  ]R..  KEELER,

ConfectianeiT and FA, Nuts si Cigars,

JOBBER  OF

412  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST. 

TELEPHONE  92-3R.

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Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits,

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Mr.  C.  N.  Rapp was  for  two  years  partner  and general  manager of Geo.  E. 
Howes & Co.  and for the past year has been the senior partner and general manager 
of the Grand Rapids Fruit and Produce Co.  We are handling potatoes  in  car  lots.
ALFRED  J .   B F t O   ' W  1ST,
California & Florida  Oranges

WHOLESALE  DEALER  IN

DIRECT  RECEIVER  OF

Headquarters for Bananas•

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Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Bruits 

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AMONG  THE  TRADE.

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

Marine  City—Jos.  F.  Francis,  general j 
dealer,  is dead.
Fremont—K.  Mulder has sold  his  gro- j 
eery stock to D.  Fisher.
Ishpeming—M.  F.  Barber  has engaged 

in the hardware business.

Charlevoix—Albert Brown  has  closed 

out his stock of  groceries.

Mason—Hoyt  &  Bates,  clothiers,  are 

succeeded by Hall & Bates.

Orangeville — Chas.  Sadler  succeeds 

Fred  England in the meat business.

Carson  City—Miss  Carrie  Lee  has 

moved her millinery stock to Crystal.

Kalamazoo—Pyl & Wykkel  have  pur­

chased the  jewelry stock of  H. C.  Pitz.

Hastings—Holden & Hire  have opened 
a dry goods and furnishing  goods  store.
Muskegon—Albert A.  Holmes  has  en­
gaged  in the cigar and  tobacco  business.
Iron  Mountain—Crocker  &  James suc­
ceed F.  E.  Crocker  in  the  grocery  bus­
iness.

Sparta—Wooden  & Von  Wickle  have 
assigned their general  stock  to  Chas.  H. 
Loomis.-

Clayton—W.  H.  Aiken,  general dealer, 
has  re-opened a  branch  store  at  Mont­
gomery.

Muskegon—Hatch  &  Co.  succeed C.  L. 
Dearborn  &  Son  in  the  boot  and shoe 
business.

Paris—W.  D.  Hopkinson  will  shortly 
add a  line of  boots and shoes to his gen­
eral stock.

Jackson—J.  J.  Brenk  &  Sons,  tailors, 
have  dissolved.  Brenk  Bros,  continue 
the business.

Allegan—Prentis  &  Co.  have  engaged 
in the upholstering and furniture repair­
ing business.

Tecumseh—F.  D.  Avery has purchased 
•a half interest in  the grocery business of 
W.  F.  Anderson.

Muskegon—George  Walker  succeeds 
Connolly &  Partridge  in  the  plumbing 
and gas fitting  business.

Trenton—J.  A.  Mackimmie  &  Co., 
druggists,  have dissolved.  J. A.  Mackim­
mie continues the business.

Detroit—George Apfel has purchased a 
half  interest  in  the  dry goods  store  of 
August Miehm & Co.  for 86,250.

Traverse  City—Dr.  E.  A.  Parkinson 
has sold his drug stock to H.  S.  Baruabee 
& Co.,  who  will continue the  business.

Menominee—Collisi  Bros.,  dealers  in 
men’s  furnishing  goods,  have  dissolved 
and J.  L.  Collisi  will  continue  the  bus­
iness.

Petoskey—Lyons  Bros.,  grocers,  have 
dissolved,  M.  J.  Lyons  retiring.  The 
new  firm  will  be  known  as  Major  & 
Lyons.

Traverse  City—O.  McGarry  and  W.' 
Wilkins  have  engaged in the restaurant 
business,  under  the  style of  McGarry & 
Wilkins.

Sparta—Dole &  Haines,  dealers  in  ag­
ricultural 
implements,  have  dissolved 
and  the  business  will  be  continued by 
F.  M.  Dole.

Douglas—M.  L.  Crose  has  opened  a 
drug  store  here.  The  prescription  de­
partment  is  under  the  management  of 
O.  A.  Franckborner.

Detroit—Thomas  F.  Lynch,  surviving 
member  of  the  defunct  firm  of  Lynch | 
Bros.,  has  confessed  judgment  before 
Judge  Reilly on  behalf  of  the  firm  for ‘ 
81,701.79  to  Ernest  Poquet,  8273.40  to j 
Frank E.  Stephens,  and  8515.49  to Wm. 
A.  Lent.

Portland—L.  S.  Roell,  who  has  con- 
ducted  grocery  stores  at  Belding  and | 
Gowen,  has  opened a  grocery  store  on j 
the P.  of I.  plan.

Big Rapids—Harry  Clark  has  retired I 
from the firm of E. P. Clark & Son, dealers 
in  agricultural  implements  and  seeds. 
E.  P.  Clark will continue the  business.

Walton—D.  C.  Leach  will  take  about 
forty  bushels  of  cranberries  from  his l 
marsh  this  season  and  expects the crop 
will amount  to  several  hundred  barrels 
next year.

Lapeer—A.  W.  Annis,  who  has  been 
engaged  in  the  boot  and  shoe business 
here for seven  years, will shortly remove 
to Muskegon and re-engage  in  the  same 
business there.

Palo—Pew  &  Mandeville  have  dis­

solved,  H.  D.  Pew  continuing  the  drug I 
and  grocery  business,  while C.  H.  Man­
deville will take the new store  and  con­
tinue  the  boot  and  shoe,  book and sta­
tionery business.

Carson City—Fire destroyed  the  hard­
ware stock of  J.  W.  Hallett  and the gro­
cery  stock of  Hogan  &  Kavanaugh  last 
Friday.  The  former  suffered  a  loss of 
89,000,  with 85,500  insurance;  the  latter 
lost  stock  to the  value of  83,500,  which 
was insured for 82,650.

Charlevoix—F.  A.  Cochran  &  Co.  re­
cently uttered a 8700  mortgage  on  their 
drug  stock to Alice  Cochran,  a sister  of 
the partners,  for  alleged  back  wages. 
Creditors talk of  contesting  the  legality 
of  the  mortgage,  as  the  firm  made  a 
statement  about three months ago to the 
effect  that  it  owed  only  one  creditor 
over 8100—and that a merchandise  cred­
itor.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Penn—Stover  &  Green  succeed  J.  C. 

Stover in the sawmill business.

Ramsey—A.  Weed  &  Co.,  lumbermen, 

have executed a trust deed for 875,000.

Tecumseh—The  Tiffany  Iron  Works 
has been  incorporated,  with a capital  of 
850,000.

Hancock — Neis  Buckman’s  tannery 
burned on  the 8th.  Loss,  85,000;  insur­
ance, 81,500.

Davison—The Davison  Manufacturing 
Co.  has  been  incorporated  to  manufac­
ture bath-tubs.

Mancelona—The Oval  Wood  Dish  Co. 
has added machinery for the manufacture 
of washboards.

Jackson — The  Jackson  Paper  Co.’s 
plant  has  been  sold  on a 823,000  mort­
gage.  The buyers will continue the bus­
iness.

Shepherd—The  Economy  Blast  Grate 
Co.  has been incorporated, with a capital 
stock of  824,000, to manufacture burners 
to consume slack coal.

Bay  City—Hargrave  &  Co.,  who  are 
cutting logs for Murplfy & Dow, are mak­
ing a good season of it.  During August, 
the mill cut 3,000,000 feet.

Ypsilanti—Deubel  Bros,  are  negotiat­
ing with  the  Au  Sable  Business Men’s 
Association,  looking  toward the removal 
of their  agricultural  implement  factory 
to that place.

Bay  City—The  suspension  of  opera­
tions by the Tittabawassee  Boom  Co.  is 
likely to prove a serious  matter for some 
of the mills  here  which  depended upon 
that source of supply.

Manistee—Burglars recently blew open 
the safe  in  the  Manistee  Brewing Co.’s 
office and secured over 8200 in cash.  Sev­
eral  thousand  dollars  in  certificates  of 
deposit  and  notes  were found  scattered 
on the street outside the office.

Kalamazoo—The  Peninsular  Carriage 
Co. is notifying its customers to withhold 
their orders  for  several  weeks  to allow 
them to put in a large engine of 125-horse 
power and a large amount  of  additional 
machinery,  so as to double their  present 
capacity.

Saginaw—The  Saginaw  Lumber  and 
Salt Co. feels very nicely over its business 
this season. 
Last  month  the  company 
shipped 3,893,000 feet of lumber,  and has 
shipped 16,000,000 up  to Sept.  1  this sea­
son.  There are on  its dock 4,000,000 feet 
of  green  stock  sold,  and Mr.  Loveland 
says business was  never so good and col­
lections so prompt.

Detroit—The Star Automatic  Sales Co. 
has  been  incorporated,  with  a  capital 
stock  of  8600.000,  of  which  8331,000  is 
paid  in.  The company will manufacture 
a  nickel-in-the-slot  machine  which  can 
detect a counterfeit nickel instantly.  The 
stockholders  are  George H.  and Charles 
B.  Lothrop,  Henry C. Hart,  Albert  Ives, 
Jr.,  Charles  J.  Hayden  and  Charles  H. 
Thompson,  all of  Detroit,  and  George S. 
Terry, of  New York.

Muskegon — T.  B.  McNiff,  agent for 
T.  D.  Stimson,  made  affidavit  that  the 
firm of Tillotson  & Loveless are about to 
dispose of their property for the purpose 
of defrauding their  creditors,  and  upon 
this affidavit  a  writ  of  attachment  was 
issued  by  virtue  of  which  the  sheriff 
seized a quantity of lumber,  etc.,  said  to 
belong to that firm,  to  satisfy a claim  of 
8304.70. 
It  is  understood  that  P.  P. 
Misner  claims  the  lumber  seized,  and 
will replevin it.

it  necessary  to 

Kalamazoo—The  Kalamazoo  Overall 
increase  its 
Co.  finds 
plant, and will  put up a three-story brick 
building.  In the basement will be located 
the engines and boilers and general  ware 
rooms;  the  first  floor  will be devoted to 
the stock and  shipping  departments;  on 
the  second  floor  will be the 125  sewing 
machines  employed,  and the  third  floor 
will  be used for the  cutting  department 
and storage of stock.  The company will 
employ 175 girls and twenty-five men.

Detroit—Staples & Coveil,  the  White­
hall lumbermen,  ask the  Wayne  Circuit 
Court to appoint  a receiver for the  Heck 
& Hemel  Lumber Co.  They assert  that 
they  have  judgments  aggregating  over 
81,000  against  the  old  firm  of  Heck  & 
Hemel,  and  they say that  the  organiza­
tion of  the  Heck  &  Hemel  Lumber Co. 
was  fraudulent  and  for  the purpose of 
freezing  out  certain  creditors.  Judge 
Brevoort gave  an  injunction restraining 
all  persons  from  assigning,  transferring 
or meddling  with  any  real  or  personal 
estate,  notes,  accounts  or  anything  due 
to Matilda Heck and Arthur Hemel, com­
posing the old firm.

IN D IA N A   ITEMS.

Shipshcwanna—L.  E.  Miller  succeeds 

Miller Bros,  in general  trade.

Evansville — B.  F.  Kramer  succeeds 
Schmidt & Kramer in  the boot  and  shoe 
business.

N o t  G iven  a  Fair  Trial.

“The interview  with D. C.  Leach,  in a 
recent  issue  of  T h e  T radesm an,  re­
garding the pine  plains of  this region,  is 
rather  misleading,”  remarked  Horace 
Peck,  the Walton druggist,  the other day. 
“Mr.  Leach’s  conclusions  are,  in  the 
main,  correct—there  is  no disputing the 
fact  that  many  sand  farms  have  been 
abandoned  and that  others  are  destined 
to  share  the  same  fate—but it is a mis­
take  to  assume  that  the  men  who  at­

tempted to bring the land  under cultiva 
tion  are  farmers.  They  are  mainly 
laborers  in  the  humbler  walks  of  life, 
who have neither the experience nor cap­
ital  to render  their  efforts a success. 
It 
takes both experience and  patience—and 
patience  means  capital—to  convert  a 
sandy waste into a productive  farm,  but 
I am  fully  convinced  that  the  time  is 
coming  when  every piece of  waste land 
in  the  State will be utilized,  although it 
may  not be in my day or  yours.”
G ood  W ord s  U n solicited .

W. F. McLaughlin  &  Co., coffee roasters, Chi­
“Success  to you and the lively T r a d e s­

cago: 
man.”

Phil.  M. Roedel, general  dealer, White Cloud: 
“ ‘Nothing succeeds like success.’  T h e T r a d e s­
man is a success.”

I.  J.  Quick,  general  dealer,  Allendale: 

‘ I 
would as soon do without my daily as  do  with­
out T he T radesman.  It is a daisy.”

C. II. Rose, manufacturer of  cigars and dealer 
"I  pay  no  bill  so 
I 
I read it before I 

in  confectionery,  Shelby: 
cheerfully as  the  bill  for  T he  T rad esm a n. 
cannot keep store without it. 
do any other paper.”

FOR  SA LE,  W A N TED ,  ETC.

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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’OR  SA LE—FORTY  ACRES  OK  TIMBER  IN  WEX- 

ford county, elm,  beech and maple.  W.  R.  Man- 
digo, Sherwood, Mich. 
.TOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—UNBOUNlTsCRIBNEK'S,
1  Peterson’s and  Harper’s  Magazines;  make me an 
offer.  'W. R. Mandigo. Sherwood, Mich. 
Q  BALED TENDERSW ILL  BE  RECEIVED  BY- TH E 
k?  undersigned  for  three  weeks  for  the  stock  of 
goods of Dodge. Metcalf & Co.,  at Stanwood;  the right 
is reserved to  decline  any offer;  dated  Sept.  13,  1S90. 
Address Talmon Dodge, Stanwood. Mich. 

Fo r  sale—b r a d i’s  b a z a a r  a n d   m il l in e r y

store at Flint. Mich. 

TjTOR SALE-DESIRABLE  DRUG STOCK;  CITY  1.500; 
£   best location and  trade;  reasons for  sale.  Lock 
box 13, Clayton, Mich. 

dress No. 90, care Michigan Tradesman. 

ing in the best town of  Northern  Michigan.  Ad­

Best location in town;  stock reduced  for  purpose 
of selling;  no real estate wanted.  Address  P.  O.  Box 
130, Caledonia, Mich. 

( TOR- SALE  —  STOCK  GENERAL  MERCHANDISE 
I ¡TOR SALE—STOCK  OF  HARDWARE  AND  BUILD- 
I TOR  SALE—A  FIR8T-CLA88  DRUG  STOCK  AND 
business in  Grand  Rapids  worth  $2,500  must  be 
sold owing to the absence of proprietor on  account  of 
sickness;  correspondence  solicited.  Address  L.  J. 
Shafer,  77  Madison  Ave..  Grand  Rapids.  Mention 
97
this paper. 
TTIOR SALE—THE BEST  DRUG AND GROCERY  BUS- 
I  
iness in live railroad and  manufacturing town in 
Michigan of  1,200  inhabitants,  with  splendid farming 
country to back it up,  with  no  large  town  within  20 
miles;  the  business  comprises  drugs  and  medicines, 
groceries, school books,  crockery, wall paper, notions, 
etc.;  also express  office  and  mail to carry to depot in 
connection;  mail  and  express  pay  clerk  hire;  stock 
complete;  business pays $1,000 per year net; stock will 
invoice  about  $4.000;  business  mostly  cash:  in  brick 
block;  rental  low;  best  location  in  town;  also  own 
one-third interest in the block,  which  rents for  $1,500 
per year;  will  sell  one  or  both;  reasons  far  selling, 
sickness and death, with other  business  to  attend  to. 
Address No. 91, care Michigan Tradesman. 
OR SALE—A  RARE  OPPORTUNITY  FOR A SMALL 
investment to secure a light  manufacturing busi­
ness  paying  large  profits;  correspondence  solicited 
only from parties meaning business.  Drawer No. 831, 
La Crosse, Wis. 
OR SALE  OR  RENT—A GOOD TWO-STORY BUILD- 
ing,  21x80  feet,  with  basement  24x00  feet;  the 
second story is rented for lodge hall.  For  particulars 
write to J. R  Harrison. Sparta, Mich. 

90

96

88

91

' 

either by inventory  or  by  bulk;  good  trade  for 

cash customer.  No. 85, care Michigan Tradesman.  85

1TOR  SALE-GROCERY  STOCK  AND  FIXTURES, 
IVOR  SALE—26  PER  CENT.  BELOW  COST,  ONLY 

hardware stock in Baldwin, lively town on line of 
|  two railways;  ill health  compels  sale;  store  building 
|  cheap.  Joseph H. Cobb, Baldwin, Mich. 
TJ'OR SALE—MACHINE  SHOP  PART OF OCR BU8I- 
X   ness;  a rare  chance.  The  Castree-Mallery  com­
pany, Flint, Mich. 

particulars, address No. 58, care Tradesman. 

FOR SALK-STOCK OF GROCERIES AND FIXTURES, 

splendid location;  good  reasons for  selling.  For 
58
TXT ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CA8H  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
VV 
general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad­
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 
HELP  WANTED.

26

84

82

, 

TT!ANTED—A  FEW  NO.  1  SALESMEN  TO  SELL 
V V 
coffee and spices  tn  Texas  and  Western  States 
for  one  of  the  largest  importing houses in the U. S.; 
expert specialty men preferred;  state age, experience, 
references and present employment;  answers  strictly 
in confidence.  Address No. 106, care  Michigan  Trades­
m an___________  

io<

 

SITUATIONS WANTED. 

101

SITUATION  WANTED — BY  FIRST-CLASS  BOOK- 
kJ  keeper and office man.  Address  101,  care  Michi- 
I  gan Tradesman. 
SITUATION  WANTED—BY  a   REGISTERED  PHARM- 
kJ  acist  eight  years’  experience;  first-class  refer­
ences.  Address No. 102. care Michigan Tradesman.  102
WANTED—A  JOB  OF  CONTRACT SAWING  FROM 
some  responsible  party;  Michigan  preferred. 
I  Address Holley & Bullen, North Aurelius, Mich. 
65 
A  BOLI8H  THE  PASS  BOOK  AND SUBSTITUTE THK 
-¿A  Tradesman  Coupon,  which is now in use by over 
5,000  Michigan  merchant«—all  of  whom are  warm in 
;  praise  of  its  effectiveness.  Send  for  sample  order, 
which  will  be  sent  prepaid  on  receipt  of  $1.  The 
[ Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Sa m ples  ok tw o  k in d s  o f  c o u po n s  f o r   r e -

tatlers  will  be  sent free  to  any dealer  who  will 
|  write for them to  the  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co., 
Albany, N.Y. 

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

W.  E.  King has  opened a grocery store 
at Chocolay.  I.  M. Clark & Son furnished 
the stock.

Martin Vandermaas  has  opened a gro­
cery store at 7 North Coit avenue.  Lemon 
& Peters furnished the stock.

K.  G.  Elliott  has  engaged  in  general 
trade at Au Train.  The  grocery  stock 
was furnished by  L M.  Clark & Son.

W.  C.  Scott has  opened a grocery store 
at  the  corner  of  East  street  and  Fifth 
avenue.  The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. 
furnished the stock.

The J.  I.  Zerkle  drug  stock,  at  245 
South Division street, has been purchased 
by Dr.  E.  A.  Parkinson, who has for sev­
eral  years  conducted  a  drug  store  at 
Traverse City.

S.  R. Vandrezer,  whose  grocery stock 
at Saranac  was recently destroyed  by fire 
has  re-engaged  in  business at that place. 
The  stock  was  furnished  by the  Ball- 
Barnhart-Putman Co.

Rumors  are  rife  to  the  effect that a 
serious disagreement  has arisen between 
the partners  in  a certain wholesale house 
here and that the retirement of the junior 
partner will  iu  all probability  follow:

Smallegange & Goudzwaard,  flour  and 
feed  dealers  at  527 Ottawa  street,  have 
leased  one  of  the  stores 
in  the  new 
Goossen  block,  at 519 Ottawa  street,  and 
will remove to the new  quarters the first 
week iu October.

P.  T.  Colgrove,  attorney for  Goodyear 
& Barnes,  the  Hastings  general  dealers 
who failed  ’several  mouths  ago,  has ef­
fected a compromise  with all  the  Grand 
Rapids creditors on  the  basis  of  50  per 
cent.  The  receipts  signed  by the  cred­
itors  were  made  out  to  read  “25  per 
cent.”  probably for  the  purpose  of  in­
fluencing  other  creditors  to  settle  at  a 
lower rate than that offered local dealers.
Legal  complications  of  no  small  di­
mensions  are  likely  to  ensue  over  the 
attempted  purchase  of  the Wonderland 
theater  property,  on  Canal  street,  by 
both  Enos  Putman  and  Col.  Geo.  G. 
Briggs.  Mr.  Putman bought the interest 
of  Byron D.  Ball,  Jr.,  who  now  resides 
in  California,  and  placed  his  deed  on 
record.  The Colonel  secured  the  inter­
ests of  the other  two  children  and  has 
also made  arrangements to purchase the 
mortgage,  but  has  placed  nothing  on 
record with the  register of  deeds.  Both 
gentlemen are determined  to  secure  the 
property,  but,  as  yet,  nothing  but  bad 
blood  has  been  developed.  Mr.  Putman 
has warned  the  tenants  against  paying 
any  more rent to  the  Colonel,  and  from 
now  on  the  lawyers  will  undoubtedly 
have a picnic.

G ripsack  Brig-ade.

W.  B.  Griffith,  State  agent  for  James 
Pyle, of  New York,  was  in  town  Mon­
day.

L.  C.  Bradford,  traveling  represent­
ative for the  Muskegon  Cracker Co.,  was 
in town last Saturday.

Geo.  F.  Owen  has changed  doctors and 
is mending rapidly.  He  has  abandoned 
the idea of  going to Mt.  Clemens.

Charley Brooks is living over his bach­
elor  days,  his  wife  being  on  a month’s 
absence with friends at Milwaukee.

Ernest Hunt,  son of  the  Lowell  drug­
gist,  has  taken a position as salesman in 
the L.  M.  Mills drug store.

Frank  Chase  has  gone  to  Cape Cod, 
where  he  will assimilate a clam diet for 
about three weeks,  and  return to slaugh­
ter his  customers.

Louis  Immegart  has  transferred  hi 
headquarters from  Petoskey to this city, 
his  wife  having  returned  home  after a 
two months’  sojourn on  Little  Traverse 
Bay.

L.  M.  Mills is staying  in  this  week to 
push to completion his new cash register, 
on  which  he  recently  secured a patent. 
He expects to have the  first  register out 
by Oct. 1.

Windy  Hawkins  was  wild  with  de­
light Saturday night  over  the  advent of 
another daughter—the  fourth girl which 
now adorns  the  household of  the  genial 
but inquisitive soap  salesman.

Lewis C.  Baker,  who covers  the  trade 
of  Northern  Wisconsin  and  the Upper 
Peninsula  for  Rindge, Bertsch & Co.,  is 
removing  his  family  to  Escanaba  this 
week,  that  city  being  about  the  geo­
graphical center of his territory.

“Had” Beecher  and  Geo.  Raynor  are 
at Saginaw this week,  showing their hol­
iday  line to the  druggists  attending  the 
annual convention of  the Michigan State 
Pharmaceutical  Association.  They  are 
quartered at the Bancroft  House.

D.  E.  McVean  took  his  first  vacation 
for  three  years  last  week,  spending a 
portion of  the  time  at  the  soldiers’  re­
union,  at  Reed  City,  and  the  remainder 
among old friends  and  acquaintances  at 
Kalkaska.  Referring to his  visit  to  the 
latter  place,  the  Kalkaska  Leader  re­
marked :  “The  ‘Old Mossback.’ that used 
to  was,  D.  E.  Me Yean,  was  in  town 
several  days  this  week,  shaking  hands 
with  a  host  of  old-time  friends. 
It  is 
now five or six years since Mac shook the 
moss off  from his back and  became a cit-
izeu of  Grand Rapids,  but he is the same 
jolly good  fellow as of  yore,  and  what­
ever may have been  his  ups  and  downs 
since he left Kalkaska, time,  at least,  has 
dealt very kindly  with him.”

E lk  R apid s  O ut  o f th e   W ood s.

inside  of 

K a lk a sk a.  Sept.  15.—Those who are 
in  a position to know  claim  that  the G. 
R.  & I.  will be  running  trains  into  Elk 
Rapids  via  Kalkaska 
six 
months.  The  Smith  Lumber  Co.’s log­
ging road  runs  eight  miles in the  direc­
tion of Elk Rapids,  leaving a gap  of only 
fourteen miles to be constructed. 
In the 
event of  a  favorable termination  of  the 
negotiations  now  pending  between  the 
Elk  Rapids  Iron  Co.  and the officials of 
the G.  R.  & I.,  it is understood  that  the 
work of closing the gap  will  be entrusted 
to the Smith Lumber  Co.,  as that corpor­
ation  has  good  facilities  for  railway 
building and  owns  considerable  timber 
along the line of the proposed  road.

AT  THE  ELK  RAPIDS  END.

E lk  Ra pid s,  Sept.  15.—After  years of 
fond expectation,  followed  in  each  case 
by bitter disappointment,  the  people  of 
Elk Rapids are now in  a fair way to hear 
the whistle of  the locomotive.  Arrange­
ments have nearly been completed by the 
Elk Rapids  Iron Co.  by which the  G.  R. 
& I.  will  use  the  present  logging  road 
from  the  Smith  Lumber  Co.,  which is 
eight miles long and runs within fourteen 
miles of  this place,  extending the line to 
Elk Rapids  before  snow flies.  This will 
probably cause the C.  & W.  M. to abandon 
its present intention  of extending its line 
from  Traverse  City  to  this  place,  but 
little regret  will  be felt on that  account, 
as  every inducement a community could 
open has been laid at the feet of  General 
Manager  Heald  to  carry  out  the  pro­
gramme  mapped  out by his predecessor.

New  Lumber  Company.

The  Northern  Michigan  Lumber  Co. 
filed  articles  of  association  with  the

county clerk on Monday, the stockholders 
being  S.  M.  Lemon,  of  this  city,  R.  G. 
Peters,  of  Manistee,  and C.  W.  Caskey, 
of Petoskey.  The  capital  stock  of  the 
corporation  is $30,000,  all paid in.  The 
company  has  purchased a large  tract  of 
hardwood timber on the banks of  Round 
and Crooked  Lakes, Emmet  county,  and 
will 
immediately  construct  a  sawmill, 
planing mill  and  dry kilns at Oden.  No 
lumber will  be sold in the rough, it being 
the intention of the company  to  dispose 
of the finished product only.  The erec­
tion  of 
the  necessary  buildings  has 
already been begun.

At a meeting of the  stockholders,  held 
at the office of  Lemon  & Peters last Sat­
urday,  all  the  stockholders  were made 
directors,  when  the  following  officers 
were elected:

President—C.  W.  Caskey.
Vice-President—R.  G.  Peters.
Secretary and Treasurer—S. M. Lemon.

F in an cial  M iscellan y.

of 

The Diamond Match  Co.  paid its regu­
lar  quarterly dividend  of  2>£  per cent, 
last Friday.

The Bell  Telephone Co.  directors  have 
declared  a 3 per  cent,  dividend,  payable 
record 
Oct.  15,  to  stockholders 
Sept.  30.

The Chinese  Imperial Treasury is said 
to  be almost destitute  of  funds,  and the 
Emperor has endeavored  lately,  without 
success,  to  obtain  loans  from  Chinese 
millionaires.

The quarterly statement of  the  West­
ern Union Telegraph  Co.  shows that the 
earnings are as  large  as  any in the his­
tory of  the company,  and that $2, 100,000 
will remain after charges equal to 2% per 
cent,  on  stock.

A $5,000 bill came into one of the banks 
at Portland,  Me.,  last  week. 
So rarely 
are bills of  that  denomination  received 
that one of the tellers connected  with the 
institution  for  twenty years  had  never 
before seen one.

The  value  of  this  year’s  cotton crop 
will be in the neighborhood of  $337,500,- 
000,  an  increase  of  $20,392,515  over the 
crop of 1888,  or an increase of  $8,490,510 
ovet the  crop  of  1889,  which  was  the 
largest ever before grown in the country.
The  capitalization  of  the  European 
railways is  about  $102,000  per  mile,  or 
$14,932,500,000 in all, while  the value of 
the other railways of  the  world  amounts 
to $13,641,600,000, or about $61,400 a mile. 
Hence  the  total  capital invested in rail­
ways throughout  the  world may be esti­
mated at $28,574,100,000.

On the first of  August,  there were out­
standing  $184,000,000  National  bank 
notes,  the gradual cancellation  of  which 
will  certainly  take place,  owing  to  the 
high price of  Government  bonds held to 
secure them. 
If this cancellation should 
proceed  at  the  same rate as the issue of 
silver certificates,  we  should  at  the end 
of three years have  the  same amount of 
currency as we have now.

BiGyGl88, 
TriGlJGlBG, 
Velocipedes
General Sporting Goods
I  Agents for A. G. Spalding & Bro.’s  I 

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

AND

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. Studlev, 

.  __ 
4 Monroe  St.,

GRAND RAPIDS

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

FIT  FOR

T a b l e :

All  goods bearing the 

name  of

t h d b b e r , whyland & co..

OB

ALEXIS  GODILLOT, JR.

Grocers visiting New  York  are cordially invited 
to  call and  see  us, and if they  wish, have  their 
correspondence addressed in  our  care.  We shall 
be glad to be of use  to  them in any way.  Write 
us about anything you wish to know.

THCJRBER, WHYLAND  &  00.,

West Broadway, Reade & Hudson Streets, 

New York City.

INCREASE  YOUR  SALES  B Y   A  

WELL-LIGHTED  STORE.

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D ry  Goods«

P r ic e s  C urren t.

From the Dry Goods Economist.

The  Popularity  of Suede  Gloves.
The whys  and  wherefores of  many of 
the likes  and  dislikes of  womankind be­
long to the still unsolved proplemsof the 
age,  and  the  continued  popularity  of 
suede kid gloves  would  seem  to the cas­
ual  observer to be among  the  most puz­
zling.  As a rule,  they  cost  more  than 
the  dressed kid,  do not wear as well and 
are not amenable to the cleaning  process 
as glace gloves are.  These are their bad 
features,  but  these are far over-balanced 
by  the  charming  qualities  that  endear 
them  to  every  wearer  of  kid  gloves. 
They  are  delightfully  fine  and  soft, 
molding  themselves  to 
the  hand  as 
though one with it,  and are so thin, when 
of  a nice quality, that the  wearer hardly 
knows they are on.  Another  good point 
in  their  favor  is  that  the  kid  takes a 
softer shade than  the  dressed  gloves of 
the  same  tint,  and  thus  always  has  a 
more  refined  appearance.  Now  that 
mousquetaires  are  fashionable  for  day 
and evening wear, ladies have found that 
the long wrists will only  wrinkle up in  a 
graceful manner when of  the  soft  suede 
kid.  From  these  many good features it 
will  be readily seen that any woman pos­
sessing a love  for dainty articles of wear 
(and that includes  all  women),  will pre­
fer suede gloves  to  any  other,  and  will 
have them even though  they do not wear 
as well as the glace  kid.

Bank  Checks  as Money.

A decision of  considerable importance 
to business men has been rendered in the 
Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota, 
whereby  the  value  of  bank  checks  as 
money is established—that is, the title to 
the  property  does  not  pass  until 
the 
check is cashed.  A  check  on a bank  is 
not  payment,  but  is  only so  when  the 
money is received  on  it;  and there is no 
presumption that a creditor takes a check 
in  absolute  payment  arising  from  the 
mere fact that he accepts it from  a debtor. 
Where  goods  are  sold for  cash  on  de­
livery,  and  payment  is made by the pur­
chaser by check on his banker,  such pay­
ment is only conditional; and if the check 
on presentation is dishonored the  vendor 
may retake the goods, even from  an  inno­
cent subvendee for  value,  unless he has 
been guilty of  such  negligence or laches 
as  would  equitably  stop  him  from  so 
doing.  This  decision  will  probably be 
supported  by  those  of  other  high  tri­
bunals.

Wanted the  Worth of His  Money.
Two  Italians  went  into a shoe  store. 
One was a large man  with enormous feet 
and  the  other a small  man  with  corre­
sponding size  of  pedal  extremity.  The 
big man selected a pair of  shoes,  after  a 
good  deal  of  haggling  and  paid  $2 for 
them.  The  small  man  selected a pair 
which  he  thought  would  suit  him and 
asked the price.  The shop-keeper replied 
that the  small  ones  were  valued at the 
same price as the large ones.
“But  they  are  only half as big,”  pro­
tested  the large ones.
“Yes,  but  they  cost  just  as much to 
make  as  the 
large  ones,”  replied  the 
dealer.
The  Italian  was  undecided for a long 
time.  He  weighed  the  big  and  little 
shoes in his hand and at  last he made  up 
his mind.  Throwing down a 82 bill,  he 
exclaimed:
“Me take-a de beeg  shoes.  No cheat 
poor Italia man.”

Pineapple  Fabric.

Still another textile material  bids  fair 
to rival  jute.  This  time  it is the  pine­
apple  fiber,  and a Mr.  R.  Blechynden,  of 
Calcutta,  is attempting to awaken  inter­
est  to  the  great  economic  value of  this 
product.  The pineapple  has  long  been 
cultivated  for  its fiber in  India,  while it 
is manufactured  into a cloth in  the Phil­
ippines  and  woven  into  linen in China. 
But more recent investigations show that 
when subjected to the process of  bleach­
ing,  the  fiber  becomes  pliant enough  to 
be  spun  like  flax  and  by the same ma­
chinery.  The  fiber  can  be  subdivided 
into  threads  of  such  delicacy as  to  be 
barely  perceptible  and  yet  sufficiently 
strong for any purpose.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Clifton CCC...........  6 \
“  Arrow Brand  53£ 
“  World Wide..  7
“ 
IiL...............5
Full Yard Wide......6)4
Honest Width.........  65£
Hartford A  ............ 534
Madras cheese cloth 6$£
Noibe R..................5>*
Our Level  Best......614
d  R ................. 614

7
Atlantic  A............
H............
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6%
P ............
“ 
6
D............
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6%
“  LL.............. 5*
Amory....................
Archery  Bunting.. 434
Beaver Dam  A A ... h*
Blackstone O, 32... 5
7
Black  Rock  .........
Boot, AL...............
Chapman cheese cl 3%
Comet.....................
Dwight Star............ 754
BLEACHED
Amsburg................. 7
Blackstone A A...... 8
Beats All................ 4H
Cleveland.............
Cabot...................... 714
Cabot,  %................. 6*
Dwight Anchor......
9
shorts
8*
Edwards.................. 6
Empire................... 7
Farwell................... 7*
Fruit of the  Loom.. 8*
FitchVille  ............. 7)4
First Prize.............. 614
Fruit of the Loom %. 8
Fairmount.............. 4*
Full Value.............. 634
Geo.  Washington... 834
Cabot...................... 7141 Dwight Anchor........814
Farwell...................  7341
TremontN..............  614
Hamilton N............   614
L............   7
Middlesex  AT........8
X..........  9
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Glen Mills.............  7
Gold  Medal............   7&
Green  Ticket......... 834
Great Falls.............   634
Hope......................  734
Just  Out.......   454@ 5
King  Phillip...........  734
OP......714
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1014
Lonsdale..........  @ 834
Middlesex........   @5
No Name.................  714
Oak View......  ...... 6
Our Own................   514
Pride of the West.. .12
Rosalind.................714
Sunlight.................   414
Vinyard..................  814

Middlesex No.  1.
2.
3.
7.
8.

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Hamilton N ........ ...  7)4
Middlesex P T ... ...  8
A T ... ...  9
X A ... ...  9
X F ... ...1014

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Middlesex A A........11
2 ........ 12
4 
5 

A O........1314

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

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1014

DRESS  GOODS.
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CORSET  JEANS.

Nameless............ .20
.................25
2714
 
.................30
.................3214
..............  35

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Biddeford...............  6  INaumkeagsatteen..  714
Brunswick..............6141 Rockport...................  614
Merrim’ck shirtings.  414 
Allen, staple...........  514
“  Repp furn .  814
fancy...........5)4
Pacific fancy..........6
robes...........5
robes..............614
“ 
American  fancy—   6 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
American indigo—   634 
Simpson mourning..  614
American shirtings. 
greys........614
“ 
“  —   614
Arnold 
“ 
solid black.  614 
long cloth B. 1014 
“ 
Washington Indigo.  6 
“  C.  814
“ 
Turkey robes..  714
century cloth  7
“ 
India robes__714
“  gold seal......1014
plain T’ky X 34  814 
“  Turkey red. .1014
“  X...10
Berlin solids__
Ottoman  Tur­
“  oil blue..
key red................ 6
“ 
“  green
Martha Washington
Cocheco fancy..
Turkeyred 54........ 714
“  madders
Martha Washington
Eddystone fancy 
Turkeyred..........   914
Hamilton fancy.
Riverpointrobes....  5
staple.
Windsor fancy..........614
Manchester  fancy
gold  ticket 
new era.  614 
indigo blue..........1014
Merrimack D fancy.  614
[NOB.AC  A......................1214
Amoskeag A C A — 13
Pemberton AAA — 16
Hamilton N............   714
York........................1014
D............ 814
Swift River............   714
Awning.. 11 
Pearl  River.............1214
Farmer....................8
First Prize..............1114 Warren.................... 14
Atlanta,  D..............  634 ¡Stark......................... 8
Boot........................   634  “ 
.......................   7
Clifton, K................. 7  I  “ 
....................... 10
SATINES.
Simpson.................. 20  ¡Imperial.................. 1014
.................18  Black.................9® 914
......................1014
................. 16 

COTTON  DRILL.

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Coechco..................10141

“ 

“ 
“ 

Amoskeag.............. 1214
9oz......1414
brown .13
Andover................. 1114
Everett, blue..........12
brown.......12

Jeffrey.....................1114
Lancaster................1214
Lawrence, 9oz........ 1314
No. 220.... 13
No. 250....1114
No. 280.... 1014
634

“ 
“ 
“ 
GINGHAMS.
fancies__ 7
“ 
“  Normandie  8
Westbrook..............  8
York....................... 634
Hampton.................614
Winaermeer........... 5
Cumberland........... 5
Essex......................414
.21

Glenarven................ 634
Lancashire.............   614
Normandie............»  714
Renfrew Dress..........714
Toil du Nord...  10@1014
Amoskeag................ 634
AFC........1014
Persian...................   814
Bates.........................634
Warwick.................  814
Peerless, white........18141 Peerless  colored

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

Lancaster,  staple

CARPET  WARP.

“ 

“ 

GRAIN  BAGS.

“
“

No.

THREADS.

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

KNITTING  COTTON.

Valley City..............1614
Georgia...................1614
Pacific................   .14)4

Amoskeag.............. 1
Harmony................17
Stark.......................20)4
American............... 1714
Clark’s Mile End.... 45 
| Barbour's................88
Coats’, J. & P........ 45  Marshall’s...............88
Holyoke..................22141
White.  Colored. 

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

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

38
39
40
41
CAMBRICS.

No.  14.........37 
16.........38 
“ 
•* 
18.........39 
“ 
20.........40 
Washington............  414
Slater......................   414
Red Cross................. 414
White Star.............  414
Lockwood................ 414
Kid Glove...............  414
Wood’s..................   414
Newmarket.............  414
Brunswick...............414
Edwards...................4)4
T W ........................2214
Fireman..................3214
F T ..........................3214
Creedmore..............2714
JR F , XXX............35
Talbot XXX............30
Buckeye.................32)4
Nameless................27)4
Grey SR W.............17)4
Red & Blue,  plaid..40
Western W  .............1814
Union R .................22)4
D R P ......................1814
Windsor................. 1814
Flushing XXX........2314
6 oz Western..........21
....................1714
Manitoba................ 2314
....................16
Union  B................ 2214
@1014
Nameless...... 8  © 9141 
“ 
...... 8)4@10  I 
1214
Black.
Slate. 
Black.
Slate.
13 
13
934 
914
15 
15
1014 
1014
17 
17
1114 
1114
1214
1214
20
20
DUCKS.
West  Point, 8 oz__1014
Severen, 8 oz..........
914
“ 
10 o z ...12)4
May land, 8 oz.........10)4
Raven, lOoz............1314
Greenwood, 714 oz..  914 
............15
Stark 
Greenwood, 8 oz— 1114
WADDINGS.
White, doz............ 25  I Per bale, 40 doz___37 00
Colored,  doz...........20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8  Pawtucket..............10)4
Dundie...................   9
Bedford...................1014
Valley  City.............10)4
Coraline................ 19 50|Wonderful............34  75
Schilling’s ............   9 00 Brighton............... 4 75
Corticelli, doz......... 75  [Corticelli  knitting,

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
Brown.
13
9) 4
15
10) 4 
17
1114 
1214
20

Red Cross....  9
Best.............10)4
Best AA......1214

DOMET  FLANNEL.

SEWING  SILK.

Brown.

SILESIAN.

CORSETS.

..12  “ 8 
..12  J  “  10 

twist, doz. .37)4  per Hoz  bail........30
50 yd, doz.. 37141
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

No  1 Bl’k & White.,10  INo  4 Bl’k & White..l5 
“  2 
..20
“  3 
..25
PINS.
No 2—20, M C......... 50 
|No 4—15, F 3)4........ 40
•'  3—18, S C...........45  I
No  2 White & Bl’k.,12  ¡No  8 White & Bl’k..20 
“  4 
.23
“  6 
..26
No 2........................ 28 
|No3..........................36

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

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

|

NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James.................1  50| Steamboat...............   40
CTowely’s................1  35 Gold  Eyed...............1 50
Marshall’s.............. 1 001
5—4. ...2 25  6—4...3 2515—4....1  95  6—4...2 95 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

“ ....2 10 

...3 10|

S T E K E T E E  & 

,

WHOLESALE

Dry  Goods  and  (lotions,

New  Line  of  Simpsons  Prints  in  Satine  and Delaine Fnish,  and Zephyrs in 

Blacks,  Silver Gray and Fancies—All  New Designs.

GRAIN  BAGS—Stark,  American,  Amoskeag,  Harmony,  Park,  Georgia  and 

Valley  City.

WADDINGS,  BURLAP,  TWINE,  BATTS  and  COMFORTS.

83  Moms  ani  10,12,14,16  i  18  Fnintain  8ia„  GRIND  RAPIDS.

Voigt, Herpolslmer & Go.,
D ry Goods

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

NOTIONS AND HOLIDAY  GOODS.

Manufacturers of

Shirts,  Pants,  Overalls,  Etc.

Complete  Fall  Stock  now  ready  for 
inspection, including a fine line of Prints, 
Underwear,  Pants,  Gloves,  Mittens  and 
Lumbermen’s Goods.  Chicago and Detroit 
prices guaranteed.

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa S t, 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH

W H O L E S A L E .

Carpets,  Linoleums, 
Mattings,  Oil  Cloths, 
Rugs  and  Mats,  Dra­
peries, Brass and Wood 
Poles,  Brass  Rings, 
Brackets,  Etc.
Send for circular and price list.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

B E A C H ’S

New  York  Qoffse  Rooms.

61  Pearl  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.

J.&P. COATS’

SIX-CORD

Spool  Cotton

* 
WHITE,  BLACK  A D   COLORS,

IN

FOR

H a n d  and M a c h in e  U s a

FOR  SALE  BY

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS

HAJVDWAJVB.

Prices  Current.

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

R ep en tan ce  C olum n.

The following are some of  the merchants who 
have been under contract  with the P. of  I.,  but 
have found the level  profit  plan a delusion and 
a snare:
•  Altona—EH Lyons.
Aurelius—John D. Swart.
Belding—L. S. Roell.
Bellaire—Schoolcraft & Nash.
Big Rapids—Verity & Co.
Blanchard—L. D. Wait.
Bridgeton—Geo. H. Uainouard.
Carlton Center—J. N. Covert.
Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Sessions. 
Casnovia—John E. Parcell.
Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner, B. Tripp. 
Chapin—J. I. Vanderhoof.
Charlotte—C. P. Lock.
Chester—B. C. Smith.
Clio—Nixon & Ilubbell.
Cloverdale—Geo. Mosher.
Conklin—Wilson McWilliams.
Coopersville—W. D. Reynolds & Co. 
Dimoudale—Elias Underhill.
Dorr—Frank  Sommer.
Dushville—G. O. Adams.
Eaton Rapids—E. F. Knapp, G. W. Webster, II, 
Fork Center—D. Palmer *  Co.
Fremont—J. B. Ketchum,  W.  Harmon,  Boone 
Grand Ledge—A. J. Ualsted  & Son, F. O. Lord 
Grand Kapids-F. W. Wurzburg, Van  Driele & 
Harvard—Ward Bros.
Hastings—J  G. Runyan.
Ilersey—John Finkbeiner.
Hesperia—B.  Cohen.
Howard City—Henry Henkel.
Im lay City—C. J. Buck.
Ionia—E.  S. Welch, Wm. Wing.
Irving—J. T. Pierson.
Kent City—R. McKinnon.
Kewadin—A.  Anderson & Son 
Lake  Odessa—Christian  Haller  &  Co.,  E.  F. 
Colwell  &  Son,  Fred  Miller, McCartney Bros., 
Fred. Miller.

& Pearson.
Geo.  Coryell.
Kotvis, John Cordes, Huntley Russell.

Kositchek & Bro.

Fletcher.

& Son.

Lansing—Etta (Mrs. Israel) Glicman.
Lowell—Charles McCarty, Patrick Kelly. 
McBride’s—J. McCrae.
Manton—A. Curtis.
Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich.
Marshall—John Fletcher, John  Butler, Charles 
Millbrook—T. O.  (or J. W.)  Pattison. 
Millington—Forester*  Clough.
Minden  City—W.  A.  Soules,  F.  O.  Hetfield 
Mt.  Morris—H.  E.  Lamb,  J. Vermett *  Son. 
Nashville—Powers & Stringham.
Newaygo—W. Harmon.
New Era—Peter Rankin.
North Dorr—John Homrich.
O’Donnell—J. E. Edwards.
Olivet—F. H. Gage.
Otisco—G. V. Snyder &  Co.,  W. H. Hanks. 
Oviatt—H. C. Pettingill.
Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co.
Ravenna—R. D. Wheeler.
Reed City—J. M. Cadzow.
Richmond—Knight & Cudworth.
Rockford—H. Colby & Co.
St. Louis—Mary A. Brice.
Sand Lake—C. O. Cain.
Sebewa—P. F. Knapp.
Shepherd—H.  O. Bigelow.
Sheridan—M. Gray.
Sparta—Woodin & Van Wickle, Dole & Haynes. 
Spencer Creek—M. M. Elder.
Springport—Cortright  &  Griffin,  Powers  & 
Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Sterling & Co. 
Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter & Co.
Sumner—J. B. Tucker.
Wayland—Pickett Bros.
Williamston—Michael Bowerman.
Woodbury—Henry  Van  Houten.

Johnson.

T he  W orld ’s  S u p p ly   o f M atch es.
A recent  writer  has  wittily remarked 
that  the  total  destruction  of  all  our 
matches  would  cause  the  world  more 
actual  bother  than the total destruction 
of  its art treasures.  Be  that  as it may, 
it is curious to look  over  the  sources of 
the  world’s  supply of  this  absolute  es­
sential  in  the  household  economy. 
In 
the  first  place,  they are  made in almost 
untold quantities in Sweden.  Then China 
is making  them  so  fast  and  so abund­
antly  that  she  competes  even 
in  the 
llamburg  market  with Sweden.  At this 
moment  India  comes  along  with  a  yet 
larger supply and at prices  that  are  wo- 
fully low,  as the European producer says. 
But  Japan  will  not  be  left  out of  the 
race,  so she  joins with  the  manufactur­
ers at the Cape of Good Hope, and Brazil, 
and  the  rivalry  is  more  earnest  than 
profitable for the  producers.  One would 
think  that the day must soon  come  when 
some  shrewd  inventor  will  supply  the 
world  with  an 
igniter  that  will  be 
cheaper  and  better  every  way  than  the 
match.
The 

industry  on  the 
American  lakes  is active,  ami  Cleveland 
claims to lead the way.  Since January 1, 
the vessels built number 78 steamers, the 
gross tonnage being 63,923, i\nd  18 barges 
and sailing ships of  15,315  tons. 
Last 
year,  the  vessels built on  the great lakes 
measured 107,080 tons.

shipbuilding 

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

Snell’s...................................................... 
60
Cook’s .......................................................................40
Jennings’, genuine.............................................«5
Jennings’,  Im itation....................................... 50*10

AUGURS AMD BITS. 

AXES.

“ 
“ 
“ 

First Quality, S. B. Bronze...........................1850
D.  B. Bronze  ..........................  12 50
8. B. S. Steel...........................  9  50
D. B. Steel.............................  14 00
Railroad.........................................................  S  14 00
Garden.................................................   net  30 00

BARROWS. 

dls.

BOLTS. 

dls.

stove....................................................................50*10
Carriage new list.............................................. 
70
Plow
.40*10
70
Sleigh s h o e ..........................................
Well,  plain........................................................ *350
Well, swivel...........................................................  4 00

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

dls.

Cast Loose Pin, figured............................. 
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................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

70*

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

40

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

Cast Steel.................................................per lb  5
Ely’s 1-10  ................................................perm  
Hick’s  C.  F ............................................. 
G. D ...........................................................  
“ 
M usket......................................................   « 

65
“  eo
35
60

CAPS.

CARTRIDGES.

Rim  F ire........................................................... 
Central  Fire...........................................     ..dls. 

chisels. 
dls.
Socket F irm er...................................................70*10
Socket Framing.....................  
70*10
Socket Corner.....................................................70&10
Socket Slicks.................................................. ’ 70&10
Butchers’ Tanged  Firm er............................... 
40

50
25

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

40
25

dls.

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

combs. 

CHALK.

COPPER.

White Crayons, per  gross...............12@12)4 dis. 10

“ 

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

DRILLS.

dis.

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

 

DRIPPING PANS.

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

31
29
28
28

50
50

07
6)4

ELBOWS.

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

13 
GAUGES. 
HAMMERS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

dis.

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

 

files—New List. 
dis.
Disston’8 ........................................................... 60*16
New  American.................................  
60*10
Nicholson’s .......................................................60*10
Heller’s ..............................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse  Rasps.....................................  
50

30
25

GALVANIZED IRON

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

12 

14 

28
18

Discount, 60

dls.

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

longer 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s........................ 
50
Maydole  *  Co.’s  ....................................... dls. 
25
Kip’s .................................................... ...  dis. 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s ..........................  
dls. 40*10
Mason’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. 4)4  14  and
3)4
 
Screw Hook and  Eye, )4............................net 
10
% ............................ net  8)4
M ............................. net  7)4
% ............................ net  7)4
Strap and T ................................................. dis. 
70
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50*10
Champion,  anti friction................................  60*10
Kidder,  wood tra c k ........................................  
40
60
Pots..................................................................... 
Kettles................................................................ 
60
Spiders 
...............................................   .... 
60
Gray enam eled................................... 
40*10
HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.
Stamped  T inW are...........................new list 70*10
Japanned Tin Ware.................................. 
25
Granite Iron  W are....................... new list 33)4*10
Bright........................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes............... 
70*10*10
Hook’s ..........................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...........................  
70*10*10 1

HOLLOW WARE

WIRE goods. 

HANGERS. 

dls.

dis.

 

 

7

50
55
50
55
35

dis.

NAILS

MATTOCKS.

LOCKS—DOOR.

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

.. 
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables 
.. 
“  Landers,  Ferry & Clf  k’s................. 
.................................. 
“  Enterprise 

LEVELS.
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s
knobs—New List.
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings__
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings  . 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings
Door,  porceluin, trimmings  .......
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain...
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list
Mallory, Wheeler  & Co.’s............
Branford’s .....................................
Norwalk’s ......................................
Adze E y e .....................................  *16.00, dis. 60
Hunt Eye................................... 
*15.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s .....................................*18.50, dis. 20*10.
dig.
Sperry * Co.’s, Post,  handled..................  
50
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .................... 
40
40
40
25
Stebbin’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring.................... 
25
Steel nails, base...................................................2 10
Wire nails, base..........
...2 65 
Advance over base:
Steel. 
Wire. 
60................................
.. Base 
Base 
50................................
.. Base 
10 
40...............................
05
20 
30................................
20.....
10 15
.. 
20 30 
16........
.. 
15
35 
12.....
..  15
35 
10.....
40 
20
...  25 
50 
7*6.
...  40
65 
4......
. ..  60 
90
3  ....
...1  00 
1  50
...1  50 
2  00 
Fine 3.................................
...1  50 
2  0090 
Case  10...............................
...  60 
8.............................
...  75 
1  00 
6..............................
...  90 
1  25 
Finish 10............................
1 00 
...  85 
8.............................
1  25 
...1   00 
6  ............................
.1  15
1  50
Clinch  10.........................................   85
90
8............................................1  00 
6........................................... 1  15 
1  00
Barrell %...........................................1  75 
250
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @40
Sciota Bench................................................  @¿0
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy........................    @40
Bench, first quality......................................   @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dis.60—10
Common,  polished................................dis. 
70
Iron and  Tinned
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27.. 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

PLANES. 

rivets. 

Broken packs )4c per pound extra.

10 20 
9 20

FANS.

diS.

dls.

ROPES.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, )4 Inch and larger.......................
Manilla.............. 
...................................
SQUARES.
Steel and  Iron.............................................
Try and Bevels...........................................
M itre..........................................................
Com.  Smooth.

-  1U4 
.  16 
dls.
75
60
20
Com. 
*3  10 
3 20 
3 20 
3 30 
3 40 
3 50
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14.....................................*4 20
Nos. 15 to 17.....................................4 20
Nos.  18 to 21.....................................4 30
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  420
Nos. 25 to 26 .....................................  4 40
No. 27...............................................   4  60
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86.................................   .  dls. 40*10

SAND PAPER.

SASH CORD.

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

“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

d ls.

saw s. 

Hand 

TRAPS. 

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton (25
“ 
__
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot, 
... 70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot....  50
  30
“  Special Steel Dia.  X Cuts, per foot 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot................................................. 
30
dlS.
,  _ 
„  
60*10
Steel, Game................................ 
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley & Norton’s 
70
Mouse,  choker................................... 18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion............. ....................*1.50 per doz
dls.
Bright Market.............................................  
55
Annealed Market..................................... ....  7p—10
Coppered Market.............................. .. . ."  60
Tinned M arket.......................................... 
5214
Coppered  Spring  Steel.................... 
 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized......................"...  3  go
painted........................3 00

WIRE. 

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HORSE NAILS.

Au Sable..................................dis. 25*10@25&10&05
dls.  05
Putnam .............................................. 
Northwestern...................................  
dls. 10*10
dls.
WRENCHES.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled 
3050
Coe’s  Genuine .
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable..................
75*10
dls.
Bird Cages........  ........................................ 
m
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.

METALS.

 

36c
Sbc

BOLDER.

PIG TIN.
Pig  Large...........................  
Pig Bars....................................................  
ZINC.
Duty:  Sheet, 2)4c per pound.
600 pound  casks......................................  
71*
Per pound......................................................... 7)4
........................................... .
Extra W iping................................................. ijjm
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONT.
Cookson. 
• —  ................per  pound  16
Hallett’s.
13
...................... 
TIN—MELTN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................  
* 7 00
14x20 IC, 
7 fo
10x14 IX, 
8  75 
14x20 ix, 
8 75

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

Each additional X on this grade, *1.75.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

10x14 IC,  Charcoal....................
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 ix, 

TIN—ALLA WAT GRADE.
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“ 
“ 

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

Each additional X on this grade *1.50.

Allawav  Grade

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x30 IC, 
14x30 IX, 
20x38 IC, 
20x28 IX,
14x28  IX.
14x31  IX.............................
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers. 1 
14x60 IX.  “ 
i

“  9 

“ 

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

per pound

I 6 25 
.  6 25

6 25 
.  7 75
13 OO 
5 50
7 00 
11  50
14  50
(14 00
15 50

A P P L E   PRESSES^

S c r e w  and  L ev er.

SPECIAL  LOW  PRICES.

Foster,  S teven s  &  Co.,

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

10 and 12 Monroe St., 

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

8The Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men's  Association.

▲  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THB

Retail  Trade  of the Wolilerine State.
Tradesman  Company, Proprietor.

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered at  the  Grand  Rapids  Post  Office.

E.  A.  STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 17,1890.

THE  EIGHTH  YEAR.

The  issue  of  last week completed the 
seventh  volume  of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n , 
consequently the paper  this week enters 
upon its eighth year of  publication.  No 
radical change having been  made  in the 
policy of the journal since  its  inaugura­
tion,  and  none  being  now in  prospect, 
there is little to say  at  this  time  except 
to thank the patrons of the paper for the 
hearty patronage accorded T h e   T r a d e s­
m a n  in  the  past  and  to bespeak a con­
tinuance of the same.

RECIPROCITY  W ITH  CA N A DA .
The  completion  of  the  Canadian  Pa­
cific Railroad  and the  establishment of  a 
new steamship  line  from  Vancouver  to 
China  and  Japan,  opens  very  serious 
prospects as to the future of  our trade in 
tea.  As the railroad and  the  steamship 
line  are  both  the  recipients  of  heavy 
subsidies  from  the  British and the Can­
adian  governments,  it is for us to decide 
whether we intend  to allow our tea  mar­
ket  to  be  supplied  through  this  new 
channel,  to the  injury of  our  own  ship­
ping  and  our  railroads.  On  motion of 
Mr.  Evarts,  a 10  per  cent,  duty  on  tea 
reaching us through  any country west of 
the Cape of  Good  Hope  was  inserted in 
the body of  the  tariff,  while  tea  coming 
in  our own  ships, or  on  through  bills of 
lading from Asia,  is still  on the free list.
Throughout the discussion there was a 
marked  exhibition  of  unfriendliness to 
the Dominion,  which  was  partly  just as 
based on  her treatment of  our fishermen, 
but  partly  unjust  as  referring  to  the 
provisions  of  her  present  tariff. 
It  is 
true  that  the  recent  alterations  in  her 
tariff  law have  an  appearance of  hostil­
ity to us.  But it should  be  remembered 
that  these  were  “made  to  sell.”  The 
present  Tory government  cherishes  the 
belief  that it can  coerce  us into a recip­
rocity  arrangement  like  that of  1854-67 
by imposing especial restrictions  on  our 
trade  with the Dominion.  It would pitch 
its fishermen  and  its seal-takers over in 
a minute,  if  it  could  get  in  exchange a 
treaty  allowing  its  farmers  to  send us 
unlimited  amounts  of  their  produce  in 
exchange for a permission  to  us  to  sell 
them  wagons  and  some  score  of  other 
rude manufactures.  That was  the  kind 
of  a treaty George  Brown  once  brought 
to Washington,  where it lies in a pigeon­
hole of  the State Department.  And that 
is  the ideal of  more  than  half  of  the po­
litical  leaders of  both  parties  in Canada, 
and of  not a  few New Englanders on our 
side of  the line.

Mr.  Sherman’s  proposal 

to  begin 
reciprocity  with  coal  is  quite  agreeable 
to the people  of  the  interior  provinces, 
who  would  get  our  Pennsylvania  coal 
free  of  duty  and  at  lower  prices  than

TETE  M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

they  can  bring  an  inferior  grade from 
Nova  Scotia.  But  the  miners  of  Nova 
Scotia  are  not  likely to  favor  it.  Ten 
years ago  they might  have  made  some­
thing of  the  New  England  market;  but 
since the  system of  carrying  coal  along 
the coast in barges has been  well  estab­
lished,  our  Pennsylvania  coal 
is  put 
down at any point of  that coast as cheap 
as  at  home.  This is a competition as to 
price and quality the  Blue-Noses  hardly 
could sustain.

NO  STANDING  IN  COURT.

A fruit canning trust in St.  Louis  has 
had the audacity to  prosecute an outside 
company for not  fulfilling its contract to 
enter  the  combine. 
It  seems  to  have 
supposed  that  by changing its own title 
from  “Trust”  to  “Company”  it  could 
obtain a standing in the  court.  But  the 
bench ruled that the contract  itself  was 
illegal and could not be enforced.

Since the decision on the  North  River 
Sugar Refinery case,  there has  grown  up 
a body of decisions against  these  illegal 
combinations,  which 
furnishes  prece­
dents enough for their suppression.

P u rely   P erson al.

P.  H.  Hoonan,  the Reed  City druggist, 

was in town Saturday.

C.  L.  Martin,  the Elk Rapids  druggist,’ 

was in town over Sunday.

John E.  Turkow,  the  Morley  general 

dealer,  was in town Monday.

W.  H.  Hicks,  the  Morley druggist,  has 
gone to South Dakota to visit his brother.
Fred H.  Ball  has  gone  to  Louisville, 
and  will  possibly  visit  other  points  in 
Kentucky before returning.

G.  J.  Van Duren,  of  the  boot and shoe 
firm  of  Van  Duren  Bros.,  at  Holland, 
was in town one day last week.

Frank M.  Keats,  the handsome  repre­
sentative  of  the  F.  F.  Adams  Tobacco 
Co., of  Milwaukee,  was in town Monday.
Harry Rindge, son of  Lester J. Rindge, 
has  taken a position  as  salesman  in the 
retail  department  of  Eaton,  Lyon & Co.
Samuel M.  Lemon  went  to  Oden Sun­
day night on  business connected with his 
new  enterprise,  the  Northern  Michigan 
Lumber Co.

Harm Van Spyker, book-keeper for the 
Grand  Rapids  Fruit and Produce Co.,  is 
seriously ill with typhoid  fever  and  the 
chances  for  his  recovery are considered 
meager.

Harry Fox,  Superintendent of the Mus­
kegon Cracker Co.,  was  badly injured in 
a personal encounter with  an  inebriated 
man last week.  The attack on  Mr.  Fox 
was wholly uncalled for and unexpected«
R.  G.  Peters, the Manistee  millionaire, 
was in  town Saturday to attend the stock­
holders’  meeting of the Northern  Michi­
gan  Lumber Co.  and left on  the  evening 
train for Manistee,  where  he has 20,000,- 
000 feet  of  pine  lumber  ready for ship­
ment.

J.- C.  Shaw  has  returded  from  a fort­
night’s respite from the grocery counter, 
during  which  time  he  visited  Duluth, 
East Superior,  Ashland,  Marquette  and 
the  “Soo.”  He  was  accompanied  by 
A.  P.  Connor  and Reed  Davies,  of  Mus­
kegon.

C.  E.  Udell,  the  extensive  cheese  job­
ber of  St.  Louis,  is spending a few days 
in the city, the guest of his brother,  C- S.
I Udell,  Vice-President  of  the  Brookings 
Lumber Co.  He has a large cold storage 
i warehouse at Sheboygan,  Wis.,  and will 
spend  a  few  days  there  after finishing 
I his visit here.

THE  RUBBER  MARKET.

T he  P rice  o f  R aw   W ell  M aintained—  

C om bination T alk.

From the Boot and Shoe Recorder.

Last week we  noted  the fact that rub­
ber  was  climbing  up  and  that  prices 
were  firm;  since  then  rubber  has  ad­
vanced two or  three  cents a pound,  and 
this in face of the new crop which is now 
on its  way to market,  and  it is very evi­
dent that  there  can  be no drop in prices 
of  rubber this  year,  that is, no real drop 
in price.  It may be that new rubber will 
be  quoted a few  cents a pound  off,  but 
this is more than compensated for by the 
heavier weight of  the new gum, which is 
saturated  with  water.  The  new  gum, 
that is gum a  year old,  shrinks in weight 
invariably,  so  that  there is fully 10  per 
cent,  difference  in  value  between  the 
new  and  the  old  product.  This steady 
advance has frightened some of  the mills 
which were caught short of  gum,  so that 
they are refusing any considerable orders 
upon  the  38  and  6  off  basis;  they  say 
they  have  already taken  orders  for  as 
many goods as they can possibly turn out 
at that price, and prefer to go slow.  This 
is  particularly true of  one or  two  mills 
whose managers  were  shrewd enough in 
the  spring  to  attempt  to  bear  a  crude 
gum  market,  selling  out a  large part of 
the gum which they then possessed  with 
the  expectation  of  buying  it  in  when 
they  wanted  it  at  a less  figure.  This 
time they have missed  it  and  the  mills 
who took the gum  from  them are enjoy­
ing the situation.

Since last March the change in weather 
this  year over  the  two  preceding  years 
has  been  quite  marked.  The  two  pre­
ceding  years  were  wet,  rainy  springs, 
summers  and  autumns  so  cool that the 
beach hotels had but little business;  this 
year we have had a long drouth in spring 
and summer,  and hot weather  which  has 
made it a harvest  year for all the seaside 
resorts.  The fall of  moisture  is  quoted 
by statistics to  be  about  the  same  year 
in and  year  out.  During  the  past  two 
years we  had  the heavy fall of  moisture 
during  the  spring,  summer  and  fall 
months, consequently little  or  no  snow 
through  the  winter.  This  year the first 
of  these  conditions  has  been  changed; 
we have had  much less rainfall than  the 
average,  and  this  is  strongly indicative

of  heavy snowfalls  through  the  winter 
months.  As  far  as  past  weather  can 
help 
the  characteristics  of  a  coming 
season,  it seems to indicate  that  we  are 
to look  for  at  least  an  average winter, 
and an average  winter  will  find  the re­
tailers of  the country unprepared on their 
rubber stocks,  and the scramble for goods 
will be a large factor in helping the mills 
reduce their discount  to  ahout 25 and 5, 
which is as low as they can  afford  goods 
on  gum  bought  at  present  prices,  and 
which is likely to be the  figure  on  next 
year’s business.
The  trade  may be interested  to  know 
for a fact that the idea of  combining the 
management of  the  rubber  mills  under 
one  head is more  alive  to-day than ever 
before. 
It is under advisement and ways 
and means are  being  planned to bring it 
about.  The old trust idea is so dead that 
no one  has  any idea  of  resurrecting  it. 
It was weak for the reasons stated at the 
time the plan  was brought out, and those 
reasons have  been  sustained by the New 
York and  California  courts in such a de­
cided  manner  that  those  trusts  which 
were organized at that  time  have  hence 
been  obliged  to  remodel  and  change 
their methods  of  business.  There is no 
objection,  and  can be none to a party of 
capitalists  buying  enough  rubber  mills 
to  practically  control  the  market,  and 
this is the general  idea  upon  which  the 
negotiations are being  carried out.  The 
rubber business is a most  attractive  one 
in the eyes of  consolidated capital,  for it 
is one requiring years to build up a repu­
tation and to  perfect  a  standard  grade, 
and no small  capitalist  can handle  such 
a mill.  Those  mills  which  tried  to  do 
business on $300,000  or  $400,000  capital 
have had to increase it to $1,000,000 each, 
and  even  at  that figure  are  still  heavy 
borrowers  of  money  during  the  spring 
and summer months,  consequently if  all 
the large  and  successful  mills  were  to 
consolidate  through  purchase  into  one 
concern,  they need  have no fear  of  any 
disastrous competition,  provided they do 
not provoke it by arbitary actions.

G oing  B ack   to   C oal.

The high prices and uncertainty of the 
supply of  natural  gas at Pittsburg  have 
resulted in  three large  iron  mills  going 
back to the  use  of  coal  for  steam  pur­
poses________________________________

THE  WHL8H-DE  R00  MILLING  GO.,

HOLLAND,  MICH.

Dally  Capacity. 

400{Bbls. 
BRANDS: 
SUNLIGHT, 
DAISY, 
PURITY. 
IDLEWILD, 
ECONOMY.

MORNING  STAR, 
DAILY  BREAD, 

SPECIALTIES:
Wheatena, 

Graham,

Buckwheat  Flour, 

Rye Flour, 

Bolted  Meal, 
Rye  Meal, 
Buckwheat Grits, 

Wheat Grits,

Pearl Barley,
Oat Meal, 

Rolled  Oats.

CORRESPONDENCE 

SOLICITED.

BROWN  &  SEHLER

Dealers in ENGINES, BOILERS and MILL MACHINERY, Farm Machineiy, 

Agricultural Implements, Wagons and Carriages.

Corner West Bridge and North Front Sta..

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

HOGLiE  OIL.  CO,

Wholesale  and  R etail  Dealers  in 
and Mahers of Fine Uubiicants

OFFICE—19 and 21 Waterloo St. 

The largest and most complete oil  line in Michigan. 

I WORKS—On C  & W. M. and G. R. & I. R. R.,one
Telephone No. 319.  | mile north of Junction.  Telephone No. 611-3R
Jobbers  of all kinds of 
Cylinder Oils,  Engine Oils,  W.  Va.  Oils,  Lard  Oils,  Neatsfoot  Oils,  Harness  Oil, 
Signal Oil, Axle Grease,  Boiler Purger,  Kerosene  Oils,  Naptha,  Turpentine,  Lin­
seed Oils, Castor Oil,  Cooking Oils,  Axle  Oils,  Machinery  Grease,  Cotton  Waste, 
Etc. 

See Quotations.

9

Oils

PARTRIDGE  AS  A POLITICIAN.

Written f o r  The T r a d e s m a n .

What is known in Bay City as Arbeiter 
Park, or “The Beer Garden,”  is  an  en­
closure  owned  by  the Arbeiter Society.
A  commodious  and  substantially  built 
hall  stands  in  the foreground.  Going 
past the hall to the right is seen a row of 
tables  and  seats,  a beer  stand,  another 
row  of  tables  and  seats,  and a bowling 
alley.  To the left there are stands where 
refreshments can be had. 
In the center 
is a large band stand;  and scattered here 
and  there  are  small  “summer houses,” 
made of lattice,  in  which  are tables and 
seats,  and in them beer is served.  Here 
the Germans who are  of  this  Society go 
with their families and friends and enjoy 
their beer in true German style.

It was  in  Arbeiter  garden that a part 
of  the  Labor  Day  speeches were made. 
Beer was being served at  the  stand  and 
a gang of  Saginaw toughs were in one of 
the  houses  drinking  and  trying to sing 
“Drink It Down,”  when  the band struck 
up a lively air.  When the music ceased, 
the Vice-President of the day announced 
the  first  speaker,  and  the  Hon.  A.  S. 
Partridge, of  Flushing,  State  President 
of the Patrons of Industry  and  Prohibi­
tion candidate for Governor,  arose,  faced 
the  beer  stand,  and commenced  his  ad­
dress to about 200 people who  had  gath­
ered around the band stand.  He gave  a 
history  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  and  of 
slavery,  and  then asked  the  same  two 
questions that he asked at Adrian months 
ago,  that he has asked many times since, 
and that he will doubtless  ask  as  many 
times  more  as  he  has  opportunities to 
speak, namely, “What’s the Matter?” and 
“What’s the Remedy?”  He  said,  “Un­
less  you  join a union or trust,  you  can 
not succeed in  business,” and  “Competi­
tion is a thing  of  the  past.”  He gave 
the usual  rake  at  trusts  that all politi­
cians  are  using now,  and  declared  that 
the farmers’ organization  is  not  one  of 
them.  His remedy is  “organization  and 
legislation,”  urging all  classes  to  band 
themselves together;  to  “unify,  solidify 
and concentrate your power;”  “I am not 
only a representative  of  the  Patrons of 
Industry,  but  of  all 
industrial 
classes;”  “there  are  men  true  to  the 
interests of the masses. 
It is your duty 
to put them in office. 
If you do not,  you 
know what the result will be.”  He closes 
his  speech  by  urging  every  hearer  to 
send  to  Lansing  for a book that can  be 
had,  postpaid,  for 12 cents.

the 

There were two striking inconsistencies 
in the speech of this man that were forci­
bly impressed upon  the writer.  Repeat­
edly he expressed his desire to see all the 
laboring people united politically.  Again 
and again he urged on them  to  harmon­
ize and work together. 
It is well known 
how  Mr.  Partridge 
is  conducting  his 
campaign as a Prohibition  candidate  for 
Governor, speaking whenever and where- 
ever he  can  get  an  audience;  that  he 
wants votes,  and all that he  can  get,  he 
plainly says in word and  action;  that he 
words his speeches so as to draw  all  the 
votes to himself that he  can,  is  evident 
to the most obtuse of his listeners.  He 
says that he represents all of  the  indus­
trial classes and that it  is  their  duty  to 
put men representing them into office.

On  the  same  platform  and  while he 
was  making this speech,  sat a man  who 
is the  real  candidate  of  the  Industrial 
Party for the  same  office  that Mr.  Part­
ridge seeks for himself.  This was A.  H. 
Belden,  of  Jackson, Union Labor or In­

dustrial  Party  candidate  for  Governor. 
Mr.  Partridge  urged  his  hearers  to be 
united  and  there  he  stood  disuniting 
them,  a  candidate  against  their  candi-
date, trying to place himself in the minds 
of the voters,  instead  of  their  own can­
didate.

And  still  greater  was  the  impression 
that was created  by the second inconsis­
tency.  He is the candidate  of  the  Pro­
hibition Party, which is so uucompromis-
ing that it will in no way co-operate with 
any  class  that  compromises  with  the
liquor class.  He is the man  whom  they 
have  chosen  as  standard  bearer to lead 
them on to an increased number of  votes
through the P.  of  I. 
In  his speech he 
incidentally used the word “prohibition” 
and  then  excused  himself  by  saying, 
“Dont  be  afraid  because I say  prohibi­
tion.  We can have prohibition in many 
things. 
I am not here  to  talk  partisan 
politics.”  He  had  launched out in his 
speech  by  giving a definition  of  “poli­
tics”  and  saying  he was  there  to  talk 
“politics,”  but  it  proved  the  kind  that 
he thought would catch the ears of voters 
present—not  the  kind  that represented 
the principles  of  the  party  which  had 
honored  him  with  a  nomination  for  a 
high office.  What  a  grand  opportunity 
it was to present some pertinent facts  to 
these  wage  workers on  the  temperance 
question!  Here,  where  a  part  of  his 
audience could step but a few  feet  from 
where  they  stood,  drink  their  glass of 
beer,  and again  step  back  and hear the 
temperance candidate  for  Governor talk 
about  trusts,  business  men,  offices  and 
the undertakers’  union!  Oh!  for a leader 
of a great principle  with  that  principle 
so near his heart and so strongly fixed  in 
his  mind  that  he  is not ashamed to de­
clare it wherever he may be.  He spoke 
of  the  seven  hundred  million  dollars’ 
worth of goods exported yearly and truly 
said that  the  producers  should  receive 
their share of the profit, but he said noth­
ing  of  the  nine hundred million dollars 
spent  annually  for  the  liquor traffic,  a 
part of this years’  quota being consumed 
before his  very  eyes.  With the multi­
tude  of  toilers  who  do not receive full 
compensation  for their labor,  he  seemed 
to sympathize;  but  of  the  thousands  of 
wives and children who are daily cheated 
out of the necessities as well as  the com­
forts  of  life  by  the  saloon element,  he 
said not a word.  That  he is  a politician 
is sure,  and that he  is using his position 
as President of the Patrons  of  Industry 
all he can to advance his  political ambi­
tions is equally certain.

Ed w in G.  P ip p .

Bay City,  Mich.

M ichigan  C om m ercial  T ra v elers’ A sso ­

ciation .

Detr o it,  Sept.  13,  1890.

The regular  meeting  of  the  Board of 
Trustees  of  the  M.  C.  T.  A.  was held 
Sept. 6.
Proofs of death of L.  J.  Taylor, of Ann 
Arbor, were approved and $2,500 ordered 
paid from the beneficiary fund.
Proofs of death of  C. W.  Leonard  and 
C.  A.  Len,  of  Detroit,  were  also  ap­
proved  and paid  from  the reserve fund.
Six  applications  were  presented,  of 
which five were  approved and the appli­
cants elected.  As one  was  disapproved 
by the medical examiner,  the application 
was returned.
Advance  death  assessment No. 4 is  in 
process of collection.
The increase  in  members  for  1890,  to 
date, is fifty-three.
T h e T radesm an  is  a  welcome guest 
on the table  of  the  M. C.  T.  A.;  also in 
the library of  the Travelers’  Club.

M.  J.  Ma t t h e w s,  Sec’y. 

O RDER

I I I  J D S  O X

u x i: \

FOR  YOUR  STATIONERY.

Printers  usually  buy  linens a ream or so at a 

time,  paying roundly for this buying “hand to 

mouth.”  By using large quantities we are able 

to buy  of  the  maker,  thus obtaining a paper 

which,  while  it  is not pure linen,  is equal  in 

writing qualities and appearance to that  cost­

ing the smaller printer double what this costs 

us.  Furthermore, our output is so large that we 

have reduced the cost to the minimum,  while a 

m argin of a few cents on each  order  gives us 

satisfactory returns.  In view of the close mar­

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T H E   MTCHIQ^JSr  TRAJDESMAJNL

D r u g ’s  0  M e d i c i n e s .

State  Board  of Pharmacy.

One  Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Two  Years—Stanley £. Parkill, Owosso.
Three  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Four  Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo.  McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Next meeting at  Lansing, Nov. 5 and  6.______________
Michigan State  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A s s ’n . 

President—Frank Inglis,  Detroit.
First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.
8ec’d Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Berrien Springs. 
Third Vice-President—Jas.  vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.
Treasurer—W m 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 Drur Clerks* Association. 
President, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. Ç. Smith.________

Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. 
President, J. W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackman.
Muskegon  Drug Clerks’  Association. 

President, P. Van Deinse;  Secretary,  John A. Tinholt.
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PURE  FOOD.

W h ere  th e  R esp on sib ility  for  S o p h is­

tication   Sh ould  R est.

From the New York Evening Post.

The adulteration of  our foods is one of 
wrongs  against  the  pocket-book  rather 
than against health.  Of  debased  food— 
that is,  food  below  standard—there  are 
large  quantities  sold,  as the  analyses of 
chemists  too  often  testify;  hut  in  the 
present state of  our  knowledge it would 
be very difficult to  justify criminal  legis­
lation against the purveyors of this adul­
terated  food  as  dangerous to the public 
health.  This 
is  the  stumbling  block 
which  seems  to have been in the way of 
the passage of  food  laws  by Congress or 
in the  several  states.  All are agreed  as 
to  the  wisdom  of  police 
laws  against 
such  conditions  as  may spread  disease; 
but  all  are  not  convinced that Govern­
ment should attempt the  task of  preven­
tion  against  commercial  frauds  in  food 
further  than  is  now  done  by  general 
laws.  Pure spices,  for example, are said 
to he frequently mixed with  an  inferior 
hark  or  other 
substances,  and  sold. 
There has not  yet been  traced to this de­
basing  of  spices  any  deterioration  in 
bodily health  which  would  be  accepted 
as evidence before any court of law.  The 
result of  the  adulteration is simply that 
the strength of  the  spice is reduced. 
If 
now the price is likewise reduced in pro­
portion,  the  fraud is against  good  mor­
als  and  common  honesty.  Of  course, 
there is a large chance  for fraud in  such 
a state of  things—a chance often availed 
of,  for an unscrupulous  dealer  can get a 
price  for a package of  spices  out  of  all 
proportion  to  the value of  the contents. 
The  case  is  further  complicated by the 
well-known  propensity  of  very  many 
people to buy their  spice where it can be 
got the cheapest,  quality being too often a 
minor  consideration.  Cotton-seed  oil is 
another  illustration.  A  man  may  not 
like it for himself  but he caunot say that 
lard  or  olive  oil  adulterated  with it is 
unwholesome,  for  the  contrary  is  the 
fact. 
Indeed,  it  is  confidently  affirmed 
that  lard  mixed  with  cotton-seed oil  is 
not  only cheaper,  hut,  for  certain  uses, 
is really just as good as the pure  article. 
Certainly,  we cannot prevent  such  mix­
tures  on  any  ground  of  public  health. 
The question,  then,  is  one of  sophistica­
tion—that is,  a moral  injury to the  pub­
lic,  rather than of  adulteration,  a danger 
to health—a  distinction  in  terms which 
some  food  experts  are  trying  to intro­
duce.  A  carefully  drawn  law  defining 
debasement  of  food  has  been  several 
times  introduced  into Congress,  but was 
not passed, on the  supposition  that pub­
lic opinion  was  not  ready for it.  Some 
few  states  have  enacted  similar  laws, 
New  Jersey  being  one.  Such  laws  al­
low  mixtures,  provided 
fact  of I 
such  mixture  is  plainly  stated  on  the 
package;  otherwise  the  article is legally 
construed  to  be  adulterated.  A  recent 
addition to this New  Jersey  law  releases 
the retailer  from  responsibility  for  the | 
sophistication  of  food offered for sale if i 
he can show a warranty from  the  manu­
facturer or jobber.  This  is  manifestly 
just  to  the  retail  grocer,  who is not an 
expert,  and  who  should  be  acquitted of 
any wrong if  he has taken every reason- I

the 

able precaution.  Meanwhile,  the  con­
sumer,  if he wants  cheapness  at the ex­
pense of quality,  or  if  he wishes a pure 
article and is willing to pay the price for 
it, can  be supplied.  Such a law has been 
in force in England for several years, and 
has done great good.  The English mar­
kets are open  to the world, and hence are 
liable in an  unusual degree to every form 
of  skillful  adulteration  which  foreign 
growers and dealers  can  invent.  Even 
“coffee,”  carefully  made 
from  burnt 
beans,  is sent there from  Germany.  This 
warranty law throws more responsibility 
and expense upon  the  English importers 
than  upon other traders,  hut  matters  in 
the long run adjust themselves.  So, too, 
in  Paris,  as  is  well  known,  the  rules 
against adulterated articles, such as wine, 
in  the city shops,  are  very strict,  and  no 
merchant can tell when his stock may he 
subject to a rigid  inspection. 
In  their 
practical  workings, such laws as the Eng­
lish against  debasement  of  food  would 
afford  little  protection,  were  they  not 
supplemented  by arrangements for pub­
lic analyses of suspected articles.  Butter 
can  be taken to the  government  chemist 
at any time, and paid inspectors visit the 
shops. 
If a package of  spice  afterward 
found to be adulterated  is sold to the in­
spector  without  some  notice  of what it 
really is,  the  shop-keeper  is brought be­
fore the magistrate. 
If  he can produce 
a warranty covering that particular pack­
age,  the prosecutor turns to  the  London 
house.  Possibly the  London  merchants 
bought the  spice  from  Ceylon  without 
examination.  If so, they must pay a fine 
for their carelessness. 
¡Sometimes  hard 
legal  battles  occur  over  the  question 
whether the spices are really adulterated 
or  not,  and  occasionally  the inspectors 
and chemists are  beaten.  While,  there­
fore,  if we are to have food  laws,  such  a 
warranty as the New Jersey law contains 
is equitable,  practically  the whole legis­
lation must fail of effect without a further 
system for the detection  of  dealers  and 
their  products  which  violate  the 
law. 
The appropriations  of  the State of  New 
York for chemical  work  upon  foods are 
entirely inadequate for any  such  result. 
To please our  dairymen,  a commissioner 
and  assistants  hunt  up cases of sales of 
oleomargarine  assiduously.  Margarine 
is only one of many things in  which con­
sumers of food are interested. 
If we see 
our way clear to  Government  regulation 
of our food supply at all, such regulation 
should be accompanied by appropriations 
for  analysis  and 
inspection,  through 
which  alone  regulation  can  have  any 
practical  effect.  Then a system of war­
ranting the purity  of  food  products sold 
at  retail  would  help  to  find  the  real 
offenders. 

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A  Characteristic  Story.

Secretary of Agriculture Rusk recently 

told this story:

“You make me think of the three boys, 
each of whom had a cent, and who clubbed 
together and bought a cigar.  There were 
two big hoys and  one little one.  One  of 
the big boys  lit  the  cigar,  took  a couple 
of whiffs and then passed  it to  the  other 
big boy,  who did likewise  and  passed  it 
hack to big  boy  No.  1.  The  little boy 
meanwhile looked on  with  longing eyes, 
and as  the  cigar  was gradually smoked 
down  to  half  of 
its  length,  wondered 
whether he was going to have a smoke at 
all.  At last he mustered  up courage and 
‘Please sirs,  I would  like to know 
said; 
where I come  in?’
“  ‘Oh,’  said  the  biggest  boy,  as  he 
lustily  puffed  out  volumes  of  smoke, 
‘there  always  two  classes  of  smokers, 
those who smoke and those who spit, and 
you can do the spitting.’ ”

T he Drug;  M arket.

Quinine is active and firm  at  the  late 
advance.  Opium 
is  tending  higher. 
Morphia is  unchanged.  Gum shellac has 
advanced.  Balsam  tolu is higher.  Gum 
guaiac is lower.  Oil  anise has advanced. 
White and red lead  have  advanced  J£c. 
The  price is now,  1,000  pounds, 7c;  less 
quantity, 7J^c.

Maple City—Dr.  R.  W. Burke  has pur­
chased the  general stock of  T.  Hebert & 
Co.  and will continue the business.

A   C hristian  S cien ce  F ad .

As certain as the day,
And lose you on the way.”

“Think health, and health will  find you.
And pain will lag behind you 
Why not pursue this line of  reasoning 
to the  bitter  end—something  after  this 
fashion:

Think wealth, and you will get it—
Think silk, and in the closet 

A million more or less;
You'll find a gros-grain dress.

Think land when you are drowning,
Beyond all human reach,
And by this happy theory 
You’ll be washed up on the beach.
Think bread when you are hungry,
And a feast will  there be spread;
Think sleep when you are weary,
And you’ll find yourself in bed.
If rhyme you think when prosy,
You’ll be a poet just like us,

And when you’re dull think jokes,
And  smart, like other folks.
A  Boy’s  Composition on  Boils.

A boil  is  generally very small at first, 
and a fellow  hardly  notices  it,  but in a 
few  days it gets to be the biggest  of  the 
two,  and the chap that has it  is  of  very 
little  account 
in  comparison  with  his 
boil,  which then “has him.”  Boils appear 
mysteriously  upon  various  portions  of 
the human  body, coming when and where 
“they  darn  please,”  and  often  in  very 
inconvenient  places. 
Sometimes a soli­
tary boil is the sum total of the affliction, 
but frequently there  is a “rubbish-in lot 
of ’em”  to help the  first  one. 
If a boil 
comes anywhere on a person,  that person 
always  wishes  it  had  come  somewhere 
else,  although it would puzzle him to say 
just where.
Some  persons  call  them  “damboils,” 
but  such  persons  are  addicted  to  pro­
If a 
fanity—the proper  name  is  boil. 
chap  has a boil,  he  generally gets a good 
deal  of  sympathy  from  others—“in  a 
horn.”  Whoever  asks  him  what  ails 
him laughs at him for his pains to answer, 
while many unfeeling persons make game 
of him or his misfortune  or  boil. 
It  is 
very  wicked  to make  sport  of  persons 
with boils;  they cannot help it, and often 
feel  very bad about it.
Physicians  don’t  give  a  boil  patient 
much  satisfaction,  as  a  general  thing, 
although young physicians who  are  just 
beginning to practice are fond  of  trying 
their lancets on  them.
Boils  are  said  to  be  “healthy,”  and 
judging from the way they take hold  and 
hang on and ache and grow and burn and 
“raise  cain”  generally, there is no doubt 
that they are healthy and have good con­
stitutions.
They  are  generally  very  lively  and 
playful at night,  and  it  is very funny to 
see a chap with a large  one  prospecting 
around  his  couch  for a place where his 
boil will fit in  “without hurting it.”

C leaning1  G reasy  M ortars.

Reasonably fine  pine  sawdust  is,  per­
haps,  the  cheapest  and  most  efficient 
agent for cleaning  greasy mortars. 
It is 
preferable  to  soap,  turpentine  or  ben­
zine,  especially  where  an ointment is  in­
volved.  This convenient method  is often 
overlooked by practical  pharmacists,  and 
is rarely if  ever  mentioned in literature.

CME WHITE  LEAD 

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GRAND RAPID8.

Embossed  Cards,

Pictifre Advertising Cards, 

Advertising  Folders.

Having  a  lot  of  the  above goods, 
consisting  of  several 
thousand  of 
different  designs, we offer the  cards 
much less than'our.usual prices.

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J E T T I N E .

Warranted  not  to  Thicken,  Sour  or  Mold ii 
any climate.  Quality Guaranteed Against Inju:* 
by Freezing.  All  others  worthless  after free» 
Ing.  See quotation.  MAHTEU. 1SLAOKIX 
CO., Sole Manufacturers,  Chicago. 111.
Do  You  Observe  the  Law ?

If not, send SI to

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For their combined

LIQUOR & POISON RECORD.

“THE  WEAR  IS  THE  TRUE  TEST 

OF  VALUE.”

We still have in stock  the well-known brand

P io n e e r

P rep a red

P a in t.

MIXED  READY  FOR  USE.

Having sold  same  to  our  trade  for  over  ten 
years, we  can  say it  has  fulfilled the manufac­
turer’s guarantee.  Write  for  sample  card  and 
prices before making your spring purchases.
Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.,

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

SOLE  AGENTS

P O L IS H  I N A T[1EppS ture

WITH NATIONAL B ill

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A.  J.  B o w s e ,  President.

Ge o .  C.  P ie r c e ,  Vice President.

CAPITAL,

H.  W.  Nash. Cashier
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Transacts a generai  banking  business.

Make a  Specialty of Collections.  Account. 
_____ of Country Merchant. Solicited.

G IN S E N G   B O O T .
We pay the highest price for it.  Address

PECK BROS.,  W G RAN D   K A P rfis!*’
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—til  __  -j  For Infants and Invalids
■Used  everywhere,  with  unqualifi. 
J success.  \n t a medicine, hut a stear 
■cooked  food,  suited  to  the  weak« 
■ stomach.  Take  no  other.  Sold  I
waists,  in cans. 35c. and upwa
.JJooLRiCHJkJJaonere^m

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

Wholesale Price  Current•

Advanced—Gum Shellac, Balsam Tolu, Oil Anise.  Declined—Gum Guaiac, White Lead, Red Lead

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TINCTURES.
Aconitum Napellis R.
F.
Aloes..........................
and myrrh........
Arnica.......................
Asafoetida..................
Atrope Belladonna__
Benzoin......................
“  Co.................
Sanguinaria.............
Barosma....................
Cantharides...............
Capsicum..................
Cardamon..................
Co...............
Castor.........................
Catechu....................
Cinchona..................
Co...............
Columba.................. .
Conium.....................
Cubeba.......................
Digitalis....................
Ergot..........................
Gentian.....................
“  Co..................
Guaica.......................
ammon...........
“ 
Zingiber....................
Hyoscyamus..............
Iodine.......................
“  Colorless.........
Ferri  Chloridum........
K ino..........................
Lobelia.......................
Myrrh.........................
Nux  Vomica..............
O pii............................
“  Camphorated......
“  Deodor...............
Auranti Cortex...........
Quassia......................
Rhatany....................
Rhei............................
Cassia  Acutifol.........
Co....
Serpentaria...............
Stramonium....   ........
Tolutan....................
Valerian..................
Veratrum Veride........

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ACIDUM.

Aceticum..................... 
8® 10
Benzoicum  German..  80@1  00
Boracic 
.................... 
30
Carbolicum.................   33®  10
Citricum......................  50® 55
Hydrochlor..................  3®  5
Nitrocum 
...................  10® 12
Oxalicum....................   11® 13
Phosphorium dii........ 
20
Salieylicum...............1  40@1  80
Sulphuricum................  13£@ 5
Tannicum..................1  4U@1  60
Tartaricum...................  40® 42

AMMONIA.

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Aqua, 16  deg................  
5®  7
20  deg................   7®  8
Carbonas  ....................   11® 13
Chloridum...................  12® 14

Black.....................— 2 00@2 25
Brown.........................  80@1 00
Red............................  45®  50
Yellow....................... 2 50®3 00

Cubeae (po. 1  50......... 1 60®1  75
Juniperus..................  
8®  10
Xanthoxylum............   25®  30

BALSAMUM.

Copaiba......................  60®  65
Peru............................  @1  35
Terabin, Canada......   35®  40
Tolutan......................  45®  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Cassiae  ...............................  11
Cinchona Flava  .................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerífera, po.............  20
Prunus Virgini....................  12
Quillaia,  grd.......................   12
, Sassafras  ............................  12
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

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EXTRACTUM.
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
po...........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is...............
y*s.............
* 8 ..............
FERRUM.
Carbonate Precip........
Citrate and Quinia—
Citrate  Soluble...........
Ferrocyanidum Sol —
Solut  Chloride...........
Sulphate,  com’l .........
pure............

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24®  25 
33®  35 
11®   12 
13®  14 
14®  15 
16®  17

®  15 
®3 50 
®  80 
®  50 
@  15 
1)4®  2 
®  7

A rn ica.........................   14©  16
A nthem is....................   20®  25
M atricaria...................  25®  30

FOLIA.

Barosma 
....................   12®  20
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-
nivelly......................  25®  28
35® 50
Alx. 
Salvia  officinalis,  % a
and  )4s ......................  10®  12
U raU rsi........................  8®   10

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SUMMI.

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2d 
3d 
.... 
sifted sorts...  @ 6 5
p o .........  75@1 

Acacia, 1st  picked—   @1 00
@ 90
@ 80
00
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape,  (po.  20)...  ®  12
“  Socotrl, (po.  60).  @ 5 0
Catechu, Is, ()4s, 14 34s,
16)............................. 
@  1
Ammoniae...................  25®  30
Assafoetida,  (po. 30)...  @  15
Benzoinum...................  50@  55
Camphorse....................   50®  52
Euphorbium  po  .........  35® 
lo
Galbanum....................   @3 00
Gamboge,  po...............   80®  95
Gualacum,  (po  50) 
Kino,  (po.  25).............   ©  20
M astic.........................   @  80
Myrrh,  (po. 45)............  @  40
Opii,  (pc. 5  40)................. 4 GG@4 10
Shellac  ........................  28®  40
bleached........   ?3@  35
T ragacanth.................  30®  75

“ 
herba—In ounce packages.
A bsinthium ......................  25
Eupatorium ......................  20
Lobelia..............................   25
M ajorum...........................  28
Mentha  Piperita.............  23
“  Y ir......................  25
Rue.....................................  30
Tanacetum, V ..................  22
Thymus,  V .......................  25

..  @ 4 5

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, P at...............  55®  60
Carbonate,  P at............  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36

OLEUM.

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RADIX.

POTASSIUM.

Cubebae...................14 00® 14 50
Exechthitos...............   90®1  00
Erigeron......................... 1  20@1 30
Gaultheria......................2 20®2 30
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gossipii, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  75®1  80
Juniper!......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Limonis...........................1  50@2 20
Mentha Piper...................2 40@3 50
Mentha Verid................. 2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal............   S0@1 00
Myrcia, ounce............   @  50
Olive............................... 1 00@2 75
Picis Liquids, (gal. .35)  10®  12
Ricini.............................. 1  28®1 36
Rosmarini............  
75@1 00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succini.......................  40@  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
Santal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  55®  60
Slnapis, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tiglii..........................  @1  50
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...............   @  60
Theobromas...............   15®  20
BiCarb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............  13®  14
Bromide.....................   37®  40
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate, (po. 20)........  18®  20
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide............................. 2 S0@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  3C@  33
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ©  15
Potass Nitras, opt...... 
8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  7®  9
PruBsiate....................  30®  32
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18
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. 50)....................  @  45
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac, po....................... 2 25@2 35
Iris  plox (po. 20@22)..  18®  20
Jalapa,  pr..................   60®  65
Maranta,  J4s..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
“  Cut......................  @1  75
“  pv.......................   75@1  35
Spigelia.....................   48®  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  45®  50
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40 
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
...  @ 35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
Zingiber a ..................   10®  15
Zingiber  j .............. 
22®  25
SEMEN.
..  @ 15
Anisum,  (po.  20). 
Aplum  (graveleons)..  15®  18
Bird, Is..................  
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18)............  
8®  12
Cardamon.................... 1 00® 1  25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 3)4® 
4
Cydonium...................  75@1  00
Chenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Diptenx Odorate.........2 00@2 25
Foeniculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........  
6@  8
L ini............................4  @4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 4  )...  4)4@ 4)4
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian__  3)4® 4)4
Rapa..........................  
6®  7
Slnapis,  Albu............  
8®  9
Nigra...........  11®  12

dns,  po............  

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SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
D. F. R.......1  75@2 00
 
Juniperis  Co. O. T ___1 75®1  75
“ 
............. 1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E .........1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto................ 1 
Vini  Alba....................1 

1 

25@2 00
25@2 00

10@1 50

SPONGES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage................... 2 
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................. 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage................... 
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ....................... 
Hard for  slate  use__ 
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se.......................... 

25@2 50
2 00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

A bsinthium ...................... 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........   45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
A n isi..................................2 00@2 10
Auranti  Cortex..........   @2  50
Bergamli  .....................3  25®4 00
C ajlputi........................  90@1  00
Cary ophy 111.................. 1  25@1 30
C ed ar...........................   35®  65
C henopodii.................  @1  75
Cinnam onii..................1  40@1 50
C ltronella....................  @  45
Conium  Mac...............  35®  65
Copaiba  .......................1  20® 1 30

STRUTS.

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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11
Lindseed,  boiled__   63 
66
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
69
strained.................  50 
Spirits Turpentine__  46)4  53
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian..............194  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__194  2@4
“ 
Ber........13i  2@3
Putty,  commercial__23* 2)4@3
“  strictly  pure..... 2)4 294@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13@16
ican .......................... 
Vermilion,  English__  S0@82
Green,  Peninsular  __   70@75
Lead,  red.............  @7)4
“  w hite........  @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’.......  
@90
1  00 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
Paints......................1 oo@l  20
varnishes.

No.  1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................160@1  70
Coach  Body...............2 75@3 00
No. 1  Turp Furn.......1  00@1  10
EutraTurkDamar  ... 1  55@1 60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp.........................  70®  75

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Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 85@3 
C. Co...................... 2 85@3
Moschus Canton........  @
Myristica, No. 1.........   70®
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @
Os.  Sepia....................  33®
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2
Picis Liq, N.  C., )4 gal
doz  .........................  @2
Picis Liq., quarts......  @1
pints.........   @
Pii Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @
Pix  Burgun................  @
Plumbl A cet..............  14®
Pulvis Ipecac et opii.. 1  10@1 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
&P. D.  Co., doz......   @1
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®
8®
Quassiae.................... 
Quinia, S. P. & W......  39®
S.  German__  30®
Rubia  Tinctorum......   12®
Saccharum Lactis pv..  @
Salacin...................... 1  80@2
Sanguis  Draconis......  40®
Santonine  .................  @4
Sano,  W......................  12®
8®
“  G.......................  @

M....................... 

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Seidlitz  Mixture........  @  25
Slnapis.......................   @  18
 
  ®  30
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 25).........................  @2  35
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal......   @1  10
Sulphur, Subl............ 2)4®  3)4
Tamarinds...................  
8® 10
Terebenth Venice......  28®  30
Theobromae..............  50®  55
Vanilla......................9 G0@16 00
Zinci  Sulph.................. 
7®  8

Roll..............  234® 3

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Whale, winter...........  70 
Lard,  extra...............   55 
Lard, No.  1...............   45 
Linseed, pure raw  ...  60 

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
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DRUG  CO

Importera  and  Jobbers  of

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Chemicals  and  Druggists’  Sundries.

Dealers in

Patent M ettes, Paints,  Oils, Uarnisligs.

Sole  Agents  for  the  Celebrated  Pioneer  Prepared  Paints.

We  are  Sole  Proprietors  of

WEATHERLY’S  MICHIGAN  CATARRH  REMEDY

We have in stock and offer a fall line of

Whiskies,  Brandies,

Gins,  Wines,  Rum i.

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

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  Guar­
An orders are Shipped and  Invoiced  the^same  day  wt  ie- 

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

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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MISCELLANEOUS.
Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..
26® 28
T‘ 
“  4 F ..
30® 32
Alumen.....................
2)4® 3)4
ground,  (po.
3® 4
Annatto...................... 
_
55® 60
Antimoni, po.............. 
4®
4® 5
55® 60
et Potass T
Antipyrin.................
1 35@1 40
Antirebrin..................  @  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ©  83
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  Ms,  12)..............  @  9
Cantharides  Russian,
po ............................
5
@1
Capsici  Fructus, af...
©  22 
@  16 
po.
@  14
Caryophyllus, (po.  20)  15®  18
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......  50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus.......................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @ 20
Centraria....................  @  io
Cetaceum..................   @  45
Chloroform...............   50®  55
squibbs..  @1 00
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  50@1  75
Chondrus...................  20®  25
Cinchonidine, P.  <6  W  15®  20 
German  4®  10 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  .......................  @  60
Creasotum.................  @  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
“  prep..................  
5®  5
“  precip...............  
8®  10
“  Rubra...............   @  8
Crocus.......................  35®  38
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cupri Sulph...............  
8®  9
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po..................   ©  3
Ergota, (po.)  60.........   50®  55
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  @  23
Gambier......................  8  @9
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  90
“ 
French...........  40®  60
Glassware  flint,  70 per cent, 
by box 60 less
Glue,  Brown.............. 
9®  15
“ .  White...............   13®  25
Glycerins...................18)4®  25
Grana Paradisi...........  @  22
Humulus....................  25®  40
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @1  00
“  Cor  ...  @ 90
Ox Rubrum  @1  10
Ammoniati.  @1  20
Unguentum.  47®  57
Hydrargyrum............   @ 85
Ichthyobolla, Am. 
.1  25®1  50
Indigo........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl..........3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin......................  85@1 00
Lycopodium..............  55®  60
Macis.........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
134)..........................   2®  3
Mannla,  S. F ............   45®  50

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T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM A1ST.

G R O C E R IE S .
R ival  G rocers  an d   R ival  H otels.
H a r tfo rd,  Sept.  13.—This  town  is 
now in  the  throes of  a double  two-sided 
hotel  fight,  which  is  as amusing to out­
siders as it is annoying  to, those who are 
discommoded  by  the  turn  affairs  have 
taken.  There  are  two  public  houses 
here—the Franklin  House  and the hotel 
at the depot.  Both are  well  conducted, 
as country hotels go,  and each receives a 
paying  patronage  at  the  hands  of  the 
traveling  public.  A  few  weeks  ago, 
Frank  Ingraham  conceived the idea that 
he was not receiving as much  trade from 
the depot hotel as he was entitled to  and 
informed  the  proprietor  of  that  house 
that unless more  goods  were  purchased 
at the Ingraham grocery, some one would 
pay the  penalty.  The  proprietor of  the 
hotel by the railroad  firmly informed the 
grocer  that  he  would  buy his  supplies 
wherever  he  pleased,  whereupon  Mr. 
Ingraham  instituted  a  boycott  on  the 
hotel,  declining  to  buy  goods  of  any 
traveling  man  who  put  up  at  that 
hostelry.  The  rivalry between  the boy- 
cotter and H.  L.  Gleason, another grocer, 
is so strong  that  Gleason  thereupon de­
clined  to  buy  goods  of  any  one  who 
stopped  at  the  up-town  hotel.  Such a 
stand on the part of  the  leading grocery 
and crockery dealers of  the town  placed 
the traveling  men in those  lines at a de­
cided  disadvantage, compelling  them to 
choose between  the  two  merchants  and 
hotels or suffer  the  loss  of  their  entire 
trade with one of  the dealers in question. 
Some  were  so  diplomatic  that they run 
in for a few hours  between  trains,  so as 
to avoid  stopping  at  either hotel,  while 
others  spread  out  their  samples at one 
hotel  for  one  dealer  and  then  surrep­
titiously removed them to the other hotel 
for  the  inspection of  the  other  dealer. 
Most of  the boys,  however, have come  to 
the conclusion that it is none of the deal­
er’s business what  house they stop at,  so 
long as the accommodations and rates are 
satisfactory to them,  and this  conclusion 
appears to receive  the  approval of  their 
employers,  in  consequence of  which the 
salesmen are exhibiting a degree of back­
bone  which  was  decidedly uncommon a 
month ago.

Patrons—as soon as it was  known that  I 
had  resumed  the  legitimate  method  of 
doing business.”

L ook in g  B ack w ard .

“Pshaw,  that’s  the  rankest  kind  of 
nonsense I ever read,” said a man on the 
I cars,  throwing down  a copy of  Bellamy’s 
j “Looking Backward.”
A gentleman sitting near by picked up 
the volume,  looked  at the title  and  ven­
tured to ask the first speaker why he had 
sweepingly  condemned  a  book 
thus 
which had made such a stir in  the world.
It’s  rot,  I tell  you, of 
“Stir  nothing. 
the worst kind,”  answered the first man.
“But  you  will  admit that the state of 
society there  described  is  at  least a de­
sirable one.”
“Admit  nothing.  Unless I admit that 
I was  an  ass  for  reading the book, and 
that anybody who sticks up for  the  fool 
who wrote it is a worse  ass  than I am.”
“How so ?  Would  not a state  of  uni­
versal prosperity—”
“Universal  fiddlesticks.  Look  here. 
I don’t  know what  your  business is and 
don’t care,  either.  But if  you think that 
any  people  could  live  and  breathe  in 
such a city as that fellow describes,  why, 
sir—”

“Why not ?”
“What ?  And  have all the stores  un­
der  one  management?  No advertising, 
no hustling,  no  store  windows,  no  sign 
boards,  no  bargains, no  clearing  sales, 
no nothing.  Oh,  pshaw,  it’s too  absurd 
to talk about.”
“May  I  inquire  what  your  business 
is?”  asked  the  bland  disciple  of  Bel­
lamy.
“Certainly. 
I am an advertising solic­
itor—anything wrong about that,  eh ?”
“Of course not.  But I can understand 
your  opposition  to  Bellamy’s  Utopia 
now.  You  see, I  am  interested  in  the 
Consolidated  English  Trust  Company, 
with  a  capital  of  $10,000,000,000. 
It 
would relieve us of a vast deal of search­
ing if  Bellamy’s ideas  were  carried out, 
and  we  could  buy out such a monopoly 
as he describes.  Have a cigar ?”
Five minutes later the advertising man 
had  forgotten  his  biliousness  as he sat 
puffing  the  three-for-a-dollar  smoke  of 
his $10,000,000,000 fellow-traveler.

W o o ls  Firm er— H id es  L o w e r - —T allow  

Firm .

Tariff  legislation has  had  some  effect 
on wool and woolens by making the mar­
ket  stronger  and  a trifle  higher.  Sales 
have  been  larger  and at a little  higher 
prices  for  some of  it.  Wools  are  held 
higher and  there is the  usual  difference 
between  buyer  and  seller.  There  is  a 
better and firmer  feeling  all around,  but 
the cost of  wools  cannot be obtained un­
til it is known  what  will  be  done  with 
the  large  amount  of  goods in  bond. 
If 
taken out now and forced on the market— 
as they must be if  taken  out—our  good9 
market  will  break.  The  uncertainty is 
not over  yet.

Hides have  declined and the market is 
weak.  The demand is good,  if  the price 
is low  enough.  Tanners  command  the 
situation,  and  will  buy  at  low  prices 
only.  Offerings are larger.

Tallow is firm and ready  sale,  but  the 

price is no higher.

P .  o f  I.  G ossip .

Peter Dendel has  contracted  with  the 
Patrons of  Hopkins Station to sell on the 
level profit plan.

R.  McKinnon,  who had  one experience 
with  the  Patrons  at Kent City,  has con­
tracted with them again at Hopkins.  Mr. 
McKinnon  will  never  set  North  River 
afire, even if he had a dozen contracts.

M. Gray, the  Sheridan  grocer,  writes: 
“I contracted with the  Patrons for sixty 
days,  but  they  did  not  carry  out their 
agreement  and 1 threw  up  the  contract 
before it expired.  The  joke  of  it was, 
my  trade  increased—even  among  the

W h y   T hey  F o u g h t.

Mrs.  Figg—You little wretch, you have 
been  fighting  again,  I  kuow  you  have. 
What was it all about ?
Tommy—It  was  just  this  way.  You 
see, Jimmy  Brown  and  me  put  in  our 
pennies together to buy apples,  an’  I was 
to have the cores of  what  was  bought in 
the afternoon,  and  he  was  to  have the 
cores  of  what  was  bought 
the 
morning.
Mrs.  Figg—I do not see any  unfairness 
about that.
Tommy—Yes;  but in  the  afternoon he 
went and bought bananners.

in 

A n oth er  B all  G am e—S ocial  H op.
Grand  Rapids,  Sept.  15.—I  wish  you 
would  say  in  T h e  T ra desm a n  that I 
have arranged with  Had Beecher to play 
his nine at Fountain  street  park,  Satur­
day,  Sept.  20,  at  2  o’clock. 
I want my 
old  nine  to be on hand,  as fo'lows:  B. 
Van Leuven,  W.  Beeson,  Candy  Van 
Leuven,  Dave McGhan, John  Fell,  A.  J. 
Peck, Will  Bush,  Frank  Haddon,  H.  S. 
Robertson.
All traveling men  interested in having 
a social hop at North  Park  in  the  near 
future, will meet at Sweet’s Hotel,  Satur­
day evening,at 7 o’clock,  sharp.

Yours truly,

H.  S.  Robertson.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar is quiet  and  without  particular 
change.  New Orleans molasses and com 
syrup  are  higher.  Cheese  continues to 
advance.

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. 

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VISITING  BUYERS.

W mV erMeulenJto&verD&m 
N Harris,  Big Springs 
A W Fenton. Bailey 
A J White, Bass Ri ver 
R G Beckwith, Bradley 
N F Miller  Lisbon 
J F Barrows & Co, Lawrence 
E Tread gold, Lnther 
Osborn& Hammond,Luther 
F J Eilenburgh, Fowler 
G Ten Hoor,  Forest  Grove 
P H Hoonan. Reed  City 
C L Martin A  Co.ElkRapids 
W H Hicks, Morley 
Carrington A North,  Trent 
G F Cook. Grove 
J Vander Veen,  Gd  Haven

Van Daren  Bros.,  Holland 
Alex Denton,  Howard City 
L M Wolf, Hudsonville 
H E Farm alee, Hilliams 
Smith & Bristol, Ada 
I F Clapp, Allegan 
Geo P Stark, Cascade 
Eli Runnels, Corning 
I A Woodard, Ashland 
E E Hewitt, Rockford 
Geo A Sage, Rockford 
John Gunstra, Lamont 
D D Harris, Shelby ville 
H E Hogan, S Boardman 
W H Morris, Evans 
John E Thurkow, Morley 
Holt A  Co, Muskegon

PRODUCE  MARKET.

25c.

per lb.
100.

Apples—Dried,  8@8Hc.  for  sun-dried  and 
ll@12c  for evaporated.  The market is strong.
Apples—Fall fruit commands  $3.75  for  eating 
and $2.35 for cooking stock.
Beans—The  market  is  weaker, owing  to  ap­
pearance of the new crop.  Unpicked is held at 
$1  up,  city  hand-picked  finding a sluggish de­
mand at $3 per bu.

Beets—New, 50c per bu.
Butter—Dairy  is  in  good  demand  at  14@16c 
Cabbages—Home  grown, 7Ec  per doz. or $6 per 
Carrots—50c per bu.
Celery—80@35c per doz.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.35:  produce barrels 
Crabapples—5d@7'c per bu.
Eggs—Scarce and higher.  Dealers pay 15c for 
fresh stock, holding at It @17c.
Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth,  $4.75  per  bu.; 
medium, $4.60.  Timothy, $1.65 per bu.
Grapes—Concords  and  Wordens  are  almost  a 
drug in the market, selling for 2@2i£c.  Niagaras 
and Delawares are nearly as  plentiful  at  4@5c. 
The receipts are the heaviest ever known at this 
market.
Maple  Sugar — 8@10c  per  lb.,  according  to 
quality.-•
Maple Syrup—75@85c per gal.
Musk Melons—Home grown, 75c per crate.
Onions—75c per bu.
Pop Corn—4c per lb.
Potatoes—It is a little early to predict  what  is 
likely to be the  ruling  price,  but  present indi­
cations are that the  farmers will realize from 50 
to 70c per bu. for  this  crop.  Shippers  are now 
paying 6 @65e.
Pears—Bartlett stock, $3.50 per bu.: California, 
$3 per box.
Peaches—White stock finds ready sale at $3 per 
bu.—an almost unheard  of  price  for that qual­
ity.  Yellow  is  grabbed  up  quick  at $3.50®$; 
per bu.
Plums—Green Gages and Damsons, $332.53 per 
bu.;  California, $2 per box.
Sweet Potatoes—Baltimore's, $3  per  bbl;  Jer 
seys, $3.25 per bbl.
Tomatoes—Home grown are coming  In freely, 
being held at 75c per bu.
Turnips—30@35c per bu.
Watermelons—Indiana stock is coming in very 
plentifully, being held at 14@16c apiece.______

PROVISIONS.

 

 

PORK  IN  BARBELS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

8AU8AQE—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new..................  
12 25
Shortcut.....................................................   li  so
Extra clear pig, short cut............................
Extra clear,  heavy.......................................
Clear, fat back.............................................  12 00
Boston clear, short cut................................   12 50
Clear back, short cut..................................... 12 50
Standard clear, short cut, be.it.....  ............   12 50
Pork Sausage.....................................................7
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage..............................................   9
Frankfort  Sausage.  .......................................  8
Blood Sausage.................................................   5
Bologna, straight............................................   5
Bologna,  thick..................................................5
Headcheese....................................................   5
Tierces............................................................ 7
Tubs.................................................................79s
501b.  Tins......................................................... 714
Tierces............................................................   6
30 and 50 lb. Tubs............................................. 6*4
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case...................................   7
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case.....................................¿%
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case.....................................63£
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case.....................................  6%
50 lb. Cans.........................................................6J4
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs..........................  7 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing............................  7 00
Boneless, ramp butts..........................................  9 00

lard—Kettle Rendered.

lard—Family.

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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Hams, average 20 lbs.......................................10*4
16 lbs....................................... io2
12 to 14 lbs...............................
picnic...................................................8
best boneless........................................   9 %
Shoulders..  ...................................................   714
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............................  8
Dried beef, ham prices....................................10V4
Long Clears, heavy......................................... 6H
Briskets,  medium...........................................  6J4
Hght................................................6 Y%

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FISH and  OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH  FISH.

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Whitefish...............................................   @7!4
smoked...................................   @ 8
Trout............ .........................................  @7K
Halibut..................................................   @15
Ciscoes............... ...................................  @4
Flounders..............................................  @ 9
Bluefish  ................................................  @10
Mackerel......................................   .......  @25
Cod........................................................   @10
California salmon.................................   @22
Fairhaven  Counts................................  @35
F. J. D. Selects......................................  @23
Selects  ............... ..................................   @25
F. J. D...................................................   @25
Anchors.................................................  @20

oysters—Cans.

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass.........................................  4  @6
“  hindquarters................................  5*4® 6%
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loins, No. 3...................................   7V4® 84
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ribs..............................................  @  74
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tongues.......................................  @9
Hogs.......................................................   @
Bologna.................................................  @ 5D
Pork loins..............................................  @ 74
“  shoulders......................................   @ 5 >4
Sausage, blood or head.........................  @5
liver.........................................  @5
Mutton...................................................  @7
Veal.......................................................   @

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CANDIES, FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDY.

 

MIXED  CANDY.

Standard,  per lb...................................   84@ 9
“  H.H...........................................  84@ 9
“  Twist  .......................................  84® 9
Cut  Loaf........................................................   10
Assorted  Cream  .............................................12
Extra H. H ..................................  
Standard, per lb.............................................. 84
Leader........................... ................................   84
Royal...............................................................  9
Extra............................................. 
English  Rock.............................................  . .10
Conserves..........................................  
Broken............................................................   9
Cut Loaf....................................................  
 
French Creams.................................  
 
Valley  Creams................................................ 13
fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.
Lemon Drops................................................... 12
Sour Drops...................................................... 13
Peppermint Drops............................................14
Chocolate Drops...............................................14
H. M. ChocolateoDrops....................................18
Gum Drops...................................................... 10
Licorice Drops..................................................18
A. B. Licorice  Drops....................................... 14
Lozenges, plain................................................14
printed...........................................15
Imperials..........................................................14
Mottoes............................................................ 15
Cream Bar........................................................13
Molasses  Bar...................................................13
Caramels...................................................16® 18
Hand Made  Creams.........................................18
Plain Creams................................................... 16
Decorated Creams............................................20
String  Rock............ ;......................................15
Burnt Almonds................................................ 22
Wintergreen  Berries....................................... 14
Lozenges, plain, in  pails.................................12
printed, in pails..............................13
Chocolate Drops, in pails.................................12
Gum Drops, in pails........................................  6
Moss Drops, in palls.........................................10
Sour Drops, in pails.........................................12
Imperials, in pails............................................12
Rodi, choice, 200...................................6 50@ 7 00

fancy—In bulk.

ORANGES.

300....................................   @

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Messina, choice, 360.............................  @700
fancy, 360............................  @7  0

300.............................  @
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Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers........  @16
Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................   @10
..........................  @ 8
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................  @ 7
NUTS.

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Ivaca.......................................  @17
California.............................   @
Brazils....................................................   @16
Walnuts, Grenoble................................   @17H
“  Marbot....................................  @14
Pecans, Texas, H. P ............................. 14  @ie
Cocoanuts, full sacks  ..........................  @5 00
Fancy, H.  P.,  Bell................................   @11
Fancy,  H.  P.,  Game Cocks  ..... 
Fancy, H. P., Stags..............................  @10
“  Roasted...................  @11H
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Roasted..................   @11*4
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Fancy, H. P., Steamboats......................  @  954
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Roasted.........   @11

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Wholesale P rice  Current•

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

pay promptly and buy in fu ll packages.

Mack,  sh’s, No. 2,  %  bbl 

12 00 
«  12  lb kit.. 130
„  .1  20 
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White,  No. 1, % bbls..  @5 50
121b. kits........100
10 lb. kits........  80
Family,  %  bbls........ 3 00
kits...............   65

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JELLIES.

LICORICE.

LAMP WICKS.

Sage..
Hops.................................... 14
E. J. Mason A Co.’s goods..  6 
Chicago  goods....................  5%
No.  ... 
30
No. 1....................................  40
No. 2....................................  50
Pure.....................................   30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily....................................  18
Condensed,  2 doz............... 1  25
No. 9  sulphur.......................... 2 00
Anchor parlor.......................... 1 70
No. 2 home............................... 1 10
Export  parlor.......................... 4 00
Black  Strap...................... 
Cuba Baking.................... 
Porto  Rico....................... 
New Orleans, good........... 
choice........ 
fancy.........  
One-half barrels, 3c extra

20
24
30
35
40
50

MOLASSES.

MATCHES.

LYE.

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ROLLED OATS.

Barrels  ............................... 6 00
Half barrels........................ 3 25
Barrels......................  @6 00
Half bbls....................  @3 25
Michigan  Test.....................  9%
Water White........................10%
Medium............................
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Small, bbl..........................
“  %  bbl.........................

PICKLES.

OIL.

RICE.

PRESERVES.

“  T. D. full count...........  75

Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
Cob, No. 3.................................1 25
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods..  8
Carolina head.......................7
“  No. 1........................6%
“  No. 2............... 6  @
“  No. 3.......................
Japan, No. 1..........................7
“  No. 2...........................6
Scotch, In  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, in jars................35
French Rappee, in Jars......43

SNUFF.

PIPES.

SOAP.

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Mixed bird.................4%@ 6
Caraway.................................9
Canary.................................. 3%
Hemp..................................... 4
Anise..................................... 8
Rape......................................6
Mustard...................... 
7%
Common Fine per bbl......  @90
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   27
28 pocket.............................1  75
60 
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............................. 2 15
100  “ 
Ashton bu. bags...............  75
.................  75
Higgins  “ 
Warsaw “ 
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.................   20
Diamond  Crystal,  cases__ 1  50
“  28-lb sacks  25
50
“  56-lb 
“  60  pocket.2  25
“  28 
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“  barrels ..  .1  75
Church’s, Arm A Hammer.. .5%
Dwight’s Com........................5%
Taylor’s .................................5%
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf.............5%
pure.........................5%
Our Leader........................  5
Corn, barrels.................... @34
one-half  barrels__ @36
Pure  Sugar, bbl................26@35
half barrel__28@3?
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SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps.............. 
Sugar Creams............  
Frosted  Creams.........  
Graham Crackers...... 
Oatmeal Crackers___ 
shoe  polish.

SALERATUS.

Jettine, 1 doz. in  box.............75

SYRUPS.

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japan—Regular.

SUN CURED.

BASKET  FIRED.

F air............................  @20
Good..........................   @22
Choice....................   ..24  @29
Choicest....................... 32  @38
F air............................  @20
Good..........................  @22
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

GUNPOWDER.

IMPERIAL.

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

OOLONG.

Common to  fair...........25  @30
Superior to  fine........... 30 @50
Fine to choicest...........55  @65

Boxes...................................5%
Kegs, English..............  ...... 4%

Bolted...............................  1 35
Granulated.......................  1  55

MEAL.

SODA.

tobaccos—Fine Cut.

D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

Hiawatha  ................. 
Sweet  Cuba...............  
Our Leader...............  
tobaccos—Plug.

62
36
35

Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 39
Double Pedro.........................35
Peach  P ie ..............................36
Wedding  Cake, blk................35
“Tobacco” ..............................37

tobacco—Shorts.

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TWINES.

tobaccos—Smoking.

Our  Leader.............................15
Our  Leader......................... 16
Hector.................................. 17
Plow Boy, 2  oz.................... 32
4 oz.................... 31
18 oz......  ........... 32
VINEGAR.
40 gr.....................................  8
50 gr.....................................  9
PA PER & WOODENWARF 
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol 
lows:
Straw....................................150
“  Light  Weight.............. 200
Sugar....................................180
Hardware..............................2%
Bakers.................................. 2%
Dry  Goods............................ 6
Jute Manilla.........................8
Red  Express  No. 1.............5
No. 2.............4
48 Cotton............................  25
Cotton, No. 1....................... 22
“  2........................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
1 50
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop—   1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__ 
55
Bowls, 11 inch...................   1  00
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13  “ 
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assorted, 17s and 19s 2 50 
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Baskets, market.................  40
bushel..................  1  50
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“  with covers  1 90
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“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
“  No.2 6 25
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“  No.3 5 00
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GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF8 
WHEAT.
W hite...................  
Red....................... 
All wheat bought  on 60 lb. test.
FLOUR.
Straight, In sacks.............   5  10
“ barrels............  5 30
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Patent 
“ sacks.............   6 10
“ barrels............  6 30
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Graham  “  sacks...........  4 80
Rye 
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WOODENWAKE.

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MILLSTUPPS.

Bran..................................  15 50
Ships.................................  16 50
Screenings.......................  15 no
Middlings.........................  1*  00
Mixed  Feed.....................  21  50
Coarse meal....................... 21  50
No. 1................................  50@53

RYE.

BARLEY.

No. 1..................................  1  15
No.2.............................  
  1  10

Small  lots.........................  58
Car 
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CORN.

OATS.

Small  lots............................45
Car 
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HAY.

No. 1..................................  10 00
No.2.................................   9 00

HIDES.

HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

lows:
Green.........................  6%@ 7
Part Cured.................  6M@ 7
Full 
.................  7%@ 7%
Dry.............................   6  @8
Kips, g reen...............   @ 6%
“  cured.................  7  @7%
Calfskins,  green........  5  @ 7
cured........7  @9
Deacon skins.............. 10  @30

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No. 2 hides % off.
PELTS.

Shearlings...................10  @25
Estimated wool, per lb 20  @25 
Washed............................20@28
C n washed.......................10@20

WOOL.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tallow.......................  3  @4
Grease  butter  ...........  1  @2
Switches....................  1%@ 2
Ginseng..................... 2 00@3 00

LUBRICATING  OILS. 
The  Hogle  Oil  Co.  quote  as 

follows:
Extra W S Lard Oil.. .53  @58
“  N o .l...................45  @50
“  No. 2...................35  @40
PureNeatsfoo-......... 52  @60
Harness Oil................40  @50
W Va Summer...........7%@12
“  Medium  Winter.  8  @12
15 Cold Test...............   9  ©13
Zero............................ 10  @14
Old Reliable  Cylinder  @65
600 Mecca 
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Anti-monopoly  “ 
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Corliss Engine Oil —   @40
Golden Machine  Oil. .18  @25 
Mower and Reaper Oil25  @30 
Castor Machine Oil.. .25  @30 
Boiled Linseed Oil 
.63  @66
Michigan WW...........  @10
Turpentine.................46  @51
Naptha.......................  8  @12
Gasoline.....................   9%@14
Castor Oil,  Pure......$1 26@1  30
“  Mineral  ...30  @35
“  Distilled ..SI  10@1  25

 

 

 

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CANDLES
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CANNED GOODS—Fish.

Acme, % lb. cans, 3 doz__  

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6 oz. 
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%lb. 
lib. 
% lb. 
1 lb. 
BATH BRICK.

E. J. Mason & Co.’s  goods..  6
Frazer’s ................................. $2 40
Aurora...................................  1  75
Diamond................................. 1  80
BAKING POWDER.
Thepure, 10c packages.  .. .$1  20
 
  1  56
 
2 28
.......2 76
.......4 20
 
  5  40
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Less 20 per cent, to retailers. 
Absolute, % lb. cans, 100s. .11  75 
50s.. 10 00
% lb. 
50s..18 75
lib . 
75
% lb.  “ 
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.... 3 00
lib .  “ 
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Our Leader, %lb.  cans....... 
45
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90
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45
Telfer’s,  % lb. cans, doz.. 
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English, 2 doz. in case....... 
80
 
75
Bristol,  2  “ 
American. 2 doz. in case... 
70
Dozen
Mexican,  4 o z....................  
30
8  oz................... 
60
16  oz.................  
90
BROOMS.
No. 2 H url.............................  1  75
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No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.........................   2 25
No. 1 
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Parlor Gem............................. 2 75
Common W hisk................... 
90
Fancy 
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M ill.......................................  3 25
Warehouse............................. 2 75
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............... 10
Star,  40 
Paraffine.............................. 11
W icking................................25
Clams. 1 lb. Little Neck....... 1  10
Clam Chowder, 3  lb ...  .......2  10
Cove Oysters, 1 lb. stand— 1  15 
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Lobsters, 1 lb. picnic............ 1  90
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2  lb.  “ 
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1 lb.  Star..................2 50
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2 lb. Star..................3 25
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 25
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1 lb.  stand...................1 20
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2  lb. 
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2 lb. In M ustard.. .2 25
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31b.  soused...........
Salmon,1 lb. Columbia 1  75@1  9G
l lb.  Alaska..  @1  60
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Sardines, domestic  %b........  
6
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“  Mustard Vis....  @10
imported  % s.. .11  @12
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Trout, 3 Id. brook............ 
2 50
CANNED GOODS—Fruits.
Apples, gallons......................
Apricots  .................................* 50
Blackberries...........................1  20
Cherries, red ..........................1  30
p itted .......................1  40
Damsons................................
Egg  Plum s............................. J  Kj
Gooseberries..........................1  25
Grapes  ....................................
Green  Gages..........................1  60
Peaches,  p ie ..........................}   »0
seconds...................2 &)
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California...............2 85
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Pears 
Pineapples, common............ 1  25
slic ed ................2 50
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Q uinces.............. 
Raspberries,  black.....................l so
red.................... l  40
Strawberries..........................1  35
Whortleberries.......................i  4U
Asparagus.... 
Beans, soaked  Lima  ..........  85
“  Green  Lima.......... @1  50
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String..................... ©  90
“  Stringless.....................  90
“  Lewis’ Boston Baked.. 1  40 
Corn, stand,  brands.. 1  00@1  25
Peas,  soaked.........................   75

canned  goods—Vegetables.

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“  m arrofat.........................@1 30
“  stand Ju n e ........................ .1 40
“  sifted  ‘ 
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@1  75
Mushrooms............................1  80
Pumpkin  ............................@1  45
Squash.........................................1 10
Succotash, soaked................  85
standard....................1 30
Tomatoes, stand br’ds 1  05@1  10

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p in t......................... 2 30
quart.............................3 50

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Good 
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Part Skimmed..............  7%@ 8Vi
Sap  Sago......................  @20
Edam  ..........................   @1  00
.........  24© 
Swiss, imported 
domestic  —   15©  16 
CHEWING  GUM.
200 

Rubber, 100 lumps................. 30
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Spruce, 200 pieces................. 40
Bulk.......................................... 6
B ed..........................................7Vi

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COCOA  SHELLS.

COPPEE EXTRACT.

coppee—Green.

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet.................. 
23
Premium........................... 
35
Pure.................................. 
38
Breakfast Cocoa.............. 
40
Broma...... .'......................  
37
Bulk.............................4  @4Vi
Pound  packages...........  @7
Valley City.........................  80
Felix......  ..........................1  10
Rio, fair.........................  @21
“  good.....................21  ©22
“  prime......................  @23
“  fancy,  washed...  @24
“  golden..................23  @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 Vic. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 pier cent,  for shrink­
age.
coppees—Package.
Bunola................................ 24%
in cabinets...............25%
McLaughlin's  XXXX....25%
Lion  ....................................25%
in cabinets.................26
Durham..............  ..............25
Cotton,  40 ft......... per doz.  1 35
1  50
1  75
2 00 
2 25 
1  00 
1  15
7  50
Eagle.
Anglo-Swiss............... 6 00@  7  60

clothes  lines.
50 ft.
60 ft.
70 ft.
80 ft.
60 f t.......... 
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#8, 
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*5, 
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810, 
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820, 
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8  1, per hundred.................2 00
2  50
8 2, 
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8 5, 
810, 
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820, 
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Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts:
200 or over.............  5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter....................  7Vi
Seymour 
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B utter....................................... 5Vi
family...........................  5%
biscuit.........................   6Vi
Boston.......................................7%
City Soda................................   7vi
Soda........................................ 6
S. Oyster ............. 
5%
City Oyster, XXX.....................5%
Shell....................................... 6
Strictly  pure..........................  
Grocers’................................... 
dried PBUiTS—Domestic.
Apples, sun-dried.......  8Vi@  9
evaporated__   @14
Apricots, 
Blackberries“ 
Nectarines  “ 
Peaches 
“ 
Plums 
“ 
Raspberries  “ 
Turkey..........................   © 6%
Bosnia...........................  @ 8
California....................   @
18
Lemon........................... 
Orange.......................... 
18
In drum ........................  @18
Inboxes.......................   @20
Zante, in  barrels........   @6%
in less quantity  6%@  6% 

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....  @
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..............
...............
...............
dried pruits—Prunes.

dried pruits—Currants.

DRIED PRUITS—CitTOn.

dried  pruits—Peel.

CREAM TARTAR.

 

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GUN  POWDER.

FARINACEOUS GOODS.

dried pruits—Raisins.
Valencias.....................  ©
Ondaras.......................  @
Sultanas.......................   @
London  Layers,  Cali­
fornia......................   2 60@2 75
London Layers, for’n.  @ 
Mus’ tels. Cal., 2 crown  @2 50 
@2 60
K egs.......................................5  50
Half  kegs.............................. 3  00
Farina, 100 lb.  kegs.............   04
Hominy,  per  bbl.................4  00
Macaroni, dom 12 lb box —   60
Imported.......  @10%
Pearl  Barley...............   © 3
Peas, green...................  @1  10
“  split......................  @ 3
Sago,  German..............  @ 6
7
Tapioca, fl’k or  p’rl.
Wheat,  cracked..........
©  5 
Vermicelli,  import—  
@10% @60
domestic...
PISH—SALT.
5  @ 6
6%@ 8

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25

“  boneless__
H alibut..............
Herring,  round,  % bbl.
“ 
gibbed.............
“  Holland,  bbls. 
“ 
“ 

“  kegs,
Scaled  __

Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands.

 

38
25

11 
11 
’* 

SAL  SODA.

spices—Whole.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

SAPOLIO.
in box......  2 50
“ 
SOUPS.

Superior................................... 3 30
Queen  Anne............................3 85
German  Family..................
Mottled  German......................3 00
Old German.............................2 70
U. 8. Big Bargain......... — 2 00
Frost, Floater.......................... 3 75
Cocoa  Castile  .................... 3 00
Cocoa Castile, Fancy...........3 36
Happy Family,  75.................... 2 95
Old Country, 80........................ 3 30
Una, 100.................................... 3 65
Bouncer, 100.............................3 15
Kegs................................. -  1%
Granulated,  boxes.............   2
Kitchen, 3 doz. 
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,  Amboyna................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..................12%
“  Cochin.....................15
Jam aica................18
“ 
Mace  Batavia.................... 90
Mustard,  English................22
“ 
and Trie..25
“  Trieste.....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ................. 80
Pepper, Singapore, black — 18
“  white...... 30
Cayenne................25
SUGARS*
Cut  Loaf.................... @ 7«
Cubes......................... @ 7%
Powdered..................
@ 7%
2 90 Standard  Granulated. @ 6%
2 75
Fine........... @ 6% 
@6.69
12 00 Confectioners’ A........
6%@ 6%
..  @  60 White Extra  C.........
.  @  20 Extra  C...................... @  6%
........  75 Yellow....................... 5%@ 5%

@5 25 C ................................ 5%@ 6

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B U N O L A

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Is  b e tte r  and.  costs  less  than  m ost 

package  coffees.

lOO-POUND  CASES,  24  3 -4 ;  IOO-CABINETS,  25  1-4.

FO R  SALEJBYJALL  GRAND  R A PID S  JO B B E R S

U.  B.  O Y S T E R S . 

R.  B.

The  packing  and  distributing  of  FRESH  OYSTERS  among  the  trade in 
Michigan  is one of the features of our business,  and  from  September  first  to  the 
May  following,  we  are  headquarters  for  these  goods,  and shall appreciate  and 
promptly attend to all orders sent us,  as heretofore,  guaranteeing  quality,  measure 
and satisfaction.

THIS PUTNAM  CANDY CO.

14

TETE  M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

A  COUNTRY  CIRCUS.

“Cut,  cut,  ca-daw cut!  Cut,  cut'.”
Thus  caroling  her  way,  the  speckled 
hen  happed  wildly around  among  Miss 
Terebinth Rockwell’s  dahlias and carna­
tions,  with  that  fair  maiden  following 
close in pursuit,  her  checked son-bonnet 
waved above her head like  an  ensign  of 
war.  Leander  stood  and  watched the 
pursuit,  with the cool,  impartial  smile of 
a disinterested spectator, until the speck­
led  fugitive  bethought  herself  to  dart 
headlong  into  the  sunny  angle  of  the 
stone wall,  where the scarlet  spheres  of 
ripening  tomatoes  basked  on  a  rude 
wooden frame.  At the  supreme second, 
he swooped  noiselessly  down  from  his 
unseen  vantage  point  and  seized  Old | 
. 
Speckle by her fluttering wings.
“Here’s  your  fowl,  Terebinth,”  said
he.
“Well.  I declare!” said Miss Terebinth, 
according a reluctant  admiration  to  the 
deftness of the capture.  “And  I’ve been 
chasin’  the  creature  this  ten  minutes! 
I’m goin'  to  have a fricassee for dinner.” 
“Company cornin’?”
“I mean to ask Elder Atkinson and his 
“Don’t ask ’em,”  said Leander.  “Put 
“For goodness’  sake!  why?”
Leander drew three squares  of  yellow 
pasteboard from his pocket.
“Look,”  said he,  “I’ve got  tickets  for 
the  circus to-night—for you and  me  and 
Ally Ames.”
careworn  visage 
brightened  up.  To these simple country 
folk,  the annual  visitation of  the  circus 
signified opera,  theater, polo and athletic 
games all in one.
“Good!”  cried  she, releasing the strug­
gling hen.  “Then I’ll  let Old Speckle go 
this time.  But,  Leander, have you asked 
Alice ?”

wife.”
it off till some other  time,  Terebinth.” 

Miss  Terebinth’s 

“I’m going there  now.”
“Are you sure  she’ll go?”
“Of course;  why shouldn’t she?” 
Terebinth  hesitated,  as  she  tied  the 
sun-bonnet strings under her chin.
“Perhaps that  young  English  tourist 
that boards at the hotel—Captain Cassell 
they call him,  don’t they?”
Leander’s handsome, sun-burned visage 
darkened.
“What of him ?” said  he,  sharply.
“He may have  asked  her.  Don’t  be 
vexed,  Leander,”  she  added,  pleadingly. 
“FoIks do  say  she’s  dreadful  took  up 
with  him,  and I don’t know’s  I  wonder 
so much arter I  heard  him  talk,  t’other 
night,  to  Mary  Bailey’s  Chinese  party, 
lie’s  traveled  most  everywhere;  and if 
you could  hear  him  describe  the tigers 
he killed in Ceylon and the elephants he’s 
hunted on the Niger River—”

“Oh,  hang  the  tigers  and  the  ele­
phants!”  impatiently broke  in  Leander. 
“I don’t believe a word of it. 
I dare say 
he’s  all  very  well;  but,  for my part,  1 
haven’t  much  opinion  of  a  fellow that 
loafs around a hotel piazza in hay-making 
time,  doing  nothing,  with a white  scarf 
on his hat,  and  a sash,  for all  the  world 
like a girl’s,  tied  around his w aist!” 
“It’s the fashion,” said Terebinth.
“A queer fashion, I think,” commented 
Leander.
“He’s  a  very  brave  man—a  regular 
hero,”  went on  Terebinth.  “He  served 
in  Her  Majesty’s  White-Heeled  Horse 
once,  during a London  riot,  and—”
“And did wonders,  I  don’t doubt.”  in­
terrupted  Leander. 
“But  I  don’t  see 
what all this has to do with  us and Calu­
met’s circus.”
He  took  up  his hat  from  the  grass, 
where it had  been reposing among butter­
cups and  white  clover  blossoms all this 
time,  and  started  off  at  a  brisk  walk. 
Terebinth looked dolefully after him.
.“Poor Leander,” said she,  half  aloud. 
“Pm afraid he’s going to be badly disap­
pointed.”
Alice Ames  was  sitting  on  the porch, 
under the green,  shifting shadows of  the 
hop  vines,  sheliing  Lima  beans  to dry, 
as  Leander  Rockwell’s  fine,  tall  figure 
came swinging up the path.  He was very 
handsome, thought the girl, but he lacked 
the  ease  and  polish of the dapper little 
captain of  “Her Majesty’s White-Heeled 
Horse.”  His  clothes  bore  evidence  of 
country  cut—his  boots  were  powdered 
with dust, and his face was bronzed with 
August heat.

“How do you do,  Ally?”  said  he;  and 
Alice, remembering the deferential  man­
ner  with  which  the  captain always ad­
dressed her as  “Miss  Ames,”  answered, 
with a toss of the head:

“I’m pretty well,  I thank you!”
“I’ve been gettin’  some tickets for  the 
circus to-night,  Ally,”  said  he,  plunging 
“Will you 
con amove into his  subject. 
go with  me?”
“Thank  you ever so much,”  said  she, 
stooping for a fresh handful  of  the  vel­
vety green pods, “but I’ve promised Cap­
tain Cassell to go with Mm!"
“Humph!”  observed  Leander,  “so I’m 
too late?”
“Yes,  a little too late.”
“Is it to be always so.  Ally?”
“I don’t know  what  you  mean,  Lean­
der.”
"You used to  care  for  me a little,  be­
fore this  boasting  captain-of-horse came 
here.”
“I  like  you  well  enough,  now,  Lean­
der.”
“Well enough to marry me?”
“I don’t think you  are justified  in  ask­
ing me any such  questions,”  said  Alice, 
jumping up and retreating hurriedly into 
the house.
“1  understand,”  remarked  Leander, 
grimly,  “J don’t stand any chance along­
side  of  the  tiger-hunting  hero. 
It’s a 
pity we haven’t a few wild beasts in these 
woods to kill.  The  captain  must  miss 
his occupation.  Well,  good  afternoon, 
Ally.  Terebinth  and I will have  to  go 
to the circus  by ourselves,  I suppose.”
The mammoth teuton Durkill Common 
was crowded that night.  Calumet’s circus 
was a local  celebrity and had been widely 
advertised.  The  rural  population had 
not  many  opportunities  of  enjoyment, 
and did not propose to  let this one go by 
default.  Every  one  was  there,  from 
Elder  Atkinson  and  his  wife  down  to 
little Michael  Ryan,  the  cobbler,  and his 
pinched-looking  better-half.  Captain 
Cassell  and  pretty Alice Ames occupied 
a conspicuous front seat,  and a few rows 
farther back sat  Leander Rockwell, with 
Miss Terebinth and  her  friend  Hannah 
Binns beside her, a plain little seamstress 
body, who had been asked at the eleventh 
hour;  “sooner  than  waste  the ticket,” 
thrifty Miss Terebinth had said.  One by 
one,  the  “Unparalleled Attractions”  had 
been put forward;  the  time-worn clown, 
the spangled columbine,  the  trained ele­
phants,  the bicycle riders and the swarthy 
snake  charmer  with the  gold  crescents 
dangling  from  his  ears  and  the  great, 
glittering  stage  diamond in  the front of 
his turban.
“Oh,  isn’t  it  wonderful!”  cried  Alice 
Ames.
“Pretty  fair—pretty  fair,”  answered 
Captain Cassell,  tapping  the  ivory knob 
of his cane against his teeth.  “But those 
rattlesnakes don’t  compare  in  size  to a 
cobra capello I once  killed in our tent at 
Dungapore,  when—”
And  the rounds  of  applause  drowned 
the end of  his  sentence.

“Ah!  a tiger-taming act!” said the cap­
tain,  consulting his programme.  “ ‘The 
Marvelous  Signor  Mahmelli  and  his 
pupil, Rajah!’  Call  that a Bengal  tiger, 
do they?  I wish  you could have seen the 
fellow  I  shot,  that  last  summer in the 
jungles  at  Hoodah.  My  sister has  his 
skin on her drawing room floor now, made 
into a rug. 
It had killed four men  and a 
sacred  ox,  and  the  natives  called  him 
‘The Scourge  of  the  Shore.’  O  yes, I 
don’t deny that the  fellow  handles  him 
very neatly,  but—”
At that second, just  when  the “Beast 
of  the  Tropics”  was  drowsily  going 
through with his list of accomplishments, 
the 
lash  of  his  keeper  struck  a  trifle 
sharper than usual, or some other unseen 
cause  ignited  the  powder  magazine  of 
the animal’s slumbering savagery.  With 
a ferocious roar he  sprang forward,  fell­
ing the keeper with a single blow  of  his 
paw,  and leaped toward the row of  foot­
lights,  whose fitful  flicker seemed  to irri­
tate him as a red  rag enrages a bull.
There was a shriek,  a rush,  a  moment 
or two of  wild  confusion.  Ally  Ames 
uttered  a  scream.  Captain  Cassell  had 
turned  as pale as a tallow candle.

“We’d  better get out of  this,”  said  he, 
But Alice,  paralyzed  by  fear,  sat  as 

hoarsely.  “Quick!  quick!”
still as  death.

flave  Some  Style  flboilt  Yoil!

The  dealer  who  has no printed letter heads on which to ask for circu­
lars,  catalogues and prices,  and  conduct  his  general  correspondence 
with,  suffers  more  every  month  for  want of them than  a five  years’ 
supply  would  cost.  He  economizes byusing postal  cards,  or cheap, 
and,  to his shame, often dirty scraps of paper,  and  whether  he  states 
so or not he expects the lowest prices,  the best trade.  He may be  ever 
so  good  for  his  purchases,  may  even  offer  to pay cash,  but there is 
something  so  careless,  shiftless  and  slovenly  about his letter that it 
excites  suspicion,  because  not  in  keeping with well recognized,  good 
business principles.  When such an enquiry comes to a manufacturer 
or a jobber,  it goes through a most searching examination  as to charac­
ter,  means and credibility, half condemned to begin  with. 
It would be 
examined  anyhow,  even  if  handsomely  printed,  but the difference to 
begin with,  would be about equal  to that of introducing a tramp  and  a 
gentleman on a witness stand  in court.  Besides,  the printed  heading 
would answer the question as to whether the enquirer was a dealer and 
at the same time indicate his special  line of  trade.  Bad penmanship, 
bad  spelling  and  bad grammar are pardonable,  because many  unedu­
cated  men  have been and are now  very  successful  in  business.  But 
even those are less  objectionable  when  appearing  with  evidences  of 
care, neatness and prosperity.

Please write us for estimates.

The 'Tradesman Company,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

LEMON  & 

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IMPORTING  AND

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Already  and  within  a  year’s  time,  our 
business  has  grown  to  such proportions as 
to demand  larger  quarters,  which  we have 
secured at 46 Ottawa St.,  where we shall be pleased to see our friends in the future. 
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“1—I  can't  move!”  she  gasped. 
“1 
think  I’m going to faint.”
The  captain  hesitated  a  second,  and 
finally  decided matters  by taking  to  his 
heels,  with the rest of  the  flying crowd. 
Alice shut her eyes with a chill shudder; 
she could not see the tawny Death spring 
upon  her;  but  in a moment she opened 
them again at the sound of  a triumphant 
shout that went up around her.
Leander  Rockwell  was  in  the  arena 
lately  occupied  by  the  vanished  band, 
struggling with the savage monster.  She 
could see his set teeth,  the  veins  stand­
ing out  on  his  forehead,  the red fire in 
his eyes,  and she knew  it was for life  or 
death.

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“After  all,”  said the minister,  “these 
circuses are sinful risks to human  life.  I 
never shall see my  way  clear  to  attend­
ing one again.  Suppose that brave young 
fellow had  been  killed  before  our face 
and ejes,  in  the noble  effort  he made to 
save our lives.”
“Golly,  though,  pa,  wasn’t it grand?” 
said John  Henry,  the good  man’s  eldest 
hope. 
“’Most  equal to a Spanish  bull­
fight.  Everybody knows  that Lee Rock­
well’s  the  strongest  fellow  in  Durkill 
Four Corners,  but the old tiger’d got  the 
best  of  him,  if 
it  hadn’t been for that 
lick Lee gave him  over the head  with the 
sharp edge of the cornet that  the  music 
men  had  dropped,  when they got  under 
the stage,  like lightning. 
It was as good 
as a Damascus  scimeter,  Lee says;  and, 
once stunned,  it was easy enough for the 
It’ll  be  an 
property men to kill  him. 
awful loss to the  circus  folks,  though!” 
reflectively added John Henry. 
“There 
ain’t many tigers of that size in  the trav­
eling ring in this country.”
“But wasn’t it  funny,  husband,”  said 
the minister’s wife,  “about  Captain Cas­
sell’s being found  hiding under the man­
ger  in the trained ponies’ stalls,  with the 
door tightly locked.  A man who,  accord­
ing to his own  account,  has killed scores 
of  leopards  and  half a dozen  elephants 
in India,  and is afraid of  nothing. 
I’m 
told  that  the  engagement  between  him 
and  Alice  Ames  is  off  and  that she is 
spending a week  with  Terebinth  Rock­
well.  The fright and the danger together 
have made poor Terebinth quite ill.”
But  if  the  minister’s  wife  had  only 
known  it,  Terebinth  was  a  great  deal 
better now,  and she and  Ally were  busy 
making a gown of white surah silk,  with 
a great deal of soft lace and ribbon bows 
above it.
“Because,”  said  Ally,  laughing,  “Le­
ander  says  he  won’t  wait—and  a man 
who can  conquer  a  tiger, oughtn’t to  be 
contradicted by a woman.”
“You  really  love  me,  then?”  said Le­
ander.
“1  really  love  you,”  repeated Alice.
“And oh,  Leander!  I am so  very,  very 

proud of you!” 

A my  Ra n d o lph.

T he C ondition o f T rade.

From the New York Shipping List.

A new  week has  opened with renewed 
activity in the  distributive movement  of 
trade not only in this city but in  all  the 
principal cities,  and  from  almost  every 
direction  reports  of  the most encourag­
ing character  have  been  received. 
In 
this city the heaviest volume of  business 
has been  in the  dry goods market,  which 
is  not only in excess of  last year,  hut  is 
the heaviest in  a number of years.  Both 
cotton and woolen  fabrics  have  been in 
active request,  and  the  outlook is much 
more satisfactory than a month ago.  The 
demand for groceries has also quickened, 
particularly  for  refined  sugar,  tea  and 
rice,  the  refineries  being oversold,  with 
prices  still  advancing,  while in  tea  the 
business has been  unusually active,  and 
new  rice  is  being  actively  absorbed as 
fast as supplies can be marketed.  There 
has  been  an  improved  demand for iron, 
anthracite coal is beginning to find a bet­
ter  outlet,  and general trade  is  feeling 
the impulse of  an increasing  demand  to 
replenish  depleted  stocks  and meet the 
requirements  of  actual  consumption. 
The expanding  volume  of  business  and 
the marketing  of  crops  call  into active 
circulation  larger supplies of money, and 
hence  it  is  not surprising to find firmer 
money markets and a close absorption of 
the available offerings of loanable funds, 
but notwithstanding an unfavorable bank

statement, there is no uneasiness respect­
ing  the  future,  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  having  offered a  fresh  oppor­
tunity for releasing the  funds  that  have 
accumulated in the Treasury.  This con­
sists of  an offer to anticipate the interest 
due upon the 4 per  cent,  bonds,  without 
rebate,  from Oct.  1 to and including July 
1,  1891.  This amounts to about $524,000,- 
000,  and in connection with the  redemp­
tion of 454  per cent,  bonds under the last 
circular, provides ample resources for the 
monetary  requirements  of  the  eusuing 
three months.  The recent decline in the 
value  of  wheat,  corn,  oats  and  cotton, 
which is due to more favorable crop pros­
pects,  has not yet stimulated  the  export 
demand  for  these  staple  products,  the 
outward  movement 
last  week  having 
been very much smaller than for the cor­
responding period last year,  but  there  is 
room for still further liquidation  in  this 
respect,  and an improvement  in  exports 
will  be watched for  with special  interest 
just now,  for it will furnish the  keynote 
to the prosperity of  the  country  during 
the remaining  portions  of  the  calendar 
year.  After  harvesting  the  crops,  the 
marketing of them is next in importance. 
Reports from the interior as to the condi­
tion of trade are cheerful, as may be seen 
from the following  brief  epitome:  Chi­
cago  reports  smaller  receipts  of  grain 
than  last  year,  except  of  barley;  a  de­
crease  of  half  in  dressed  beef  because 
of  the  Stock  Yards  strike,  and a large 
decrease in butter,  but an  increase of  36 
per cent,  in cured meats,  200 per cent,  in 
lard,  and a heavy increase in cheese  and 
wool,  while  merchandise,  and especially 
dry goods sales,  much exceed last year’s. 
St.  Louis  notes  good  trade  in nearly all 
lines, with crop prospects  somewhat im­
proved.  Cincinnati finds business favor­
able,  excellent  in  boots  and  shoes,  and 
healthy  in  other  merchandise,  with  an 
advance in groceries;  the  carriage  man­
ufacture  is  active,  and  some  decrease 
from  last  year  in  sales  of  clothing  is 
more than compensated by better  prices. 
Trade is fairly good in nearly all lines at 
Cleveland,  encouraging at Detroit,  better 
than  anticipated  at  Milwaukee,  un­
changed at St.  Paul,  and fair  in  Kansas 
City.  From  Jacksonville  there  come 
brighter reports,  and  at  Savannah  bus­
iness is brisk.

Cadillac—Sampson & Drury  will  ship 
a carload of  cant  hook  handles to  Port 
land, Oregon,  this week.

[ Established  1780.]

“LA  BELLE  CHOCOLATIÈRE.”

W. BAKER & CO.'S  R e o is t k b b d   T r a d e -M a r k.
No Chemicals are  used  in 
any of Walter Baker & 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  ot 
purity and  excellence.

TIME  TABLES.

Q rand  R apid s  & Indiana.

In effect June 22,1890.
TRA INS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive. 

GOING  SOUTH.

Leave.
6:55 a m
7:25 a m
11:80 am
4:10 p m
10:30 p m
T ra in   le a v in g   a t  10:30 p  m ,  ru n s  d a ily .  S u n d a y   in ­

Big Rapids & Saginaw........................  
Traverse City A  Mackinaw.............   1:50 am  
Traverse City  &  Mackinaw............9:15 a m  
Traverse City & Saginaw.................. 2:15pm  
Mackinaw City.....................................8:50 pm  
clu d ed .  O th e r  tr a in s  d a ily  e x c e p t S u n d a y .
Cincinnati  Express.............................6:00am  
6:30am
Fort Wayne & Chicago..................... 10:15 am  
10:25 am
Cincinnati  Express..............................5:40 p m 
6:00 p m
Sturgis & Chicago..............................10:50  pm   11 -.30 p m
From Big Rapids & Saginaw.........11:50  am
Train  leaving  for  Cincinnati  at  6 p.  m.  runs daily, 
Sundays  included.  Other trains daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and Parlor Car  Service:  North—7:25 a. m. 
and 10:80 p. m. trains have Wagner sleeping and parlor 
cars to Petoskey  and  Mackinaw  City.  11:80 a m train 
parlor chair cars to  Mackinaw  City.  South—6:30 am  
train  has  parlor  chair  car and 6 p. m. train  sleeping 
car for  Cincinnati;  11:30  p  m  train, Wagner  sleeping 
car for Chicago via. Kalamazoo.

Ittagkegoii,  G ran d  R apids  &  In d ia n a . 

Leave 
Arrive.
7 00 a m ...................................................................10:10 a m
11:20 a m ....................................................................   3:45 pm
5:40pm........................................  
8:45pm
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  Rapids, Mich.

C. L. Lockwood, Gen’l Pass. Agent.
Detroit, Qrand Haven & Milwaukee.

 

 

 

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Arrives.
tMornlng Express..............................12:50 
tThrough Mail....  ........................... 4:10 p m
fGrand Rapids  Express.................. 10:25  pm
*Night Express...................................6:40 am
t Mixed...............................................
GOING BAST.
tDetroit  Express........................................6:45 am
tThrough Mail....................................10:10 
a 
♦Evening Express...............................3:35 p m
"Night Express.................................. 9:50 p m

Leaves. 
1:00 p m 
6:15 pm 
10:30 p ra 
8:45 am  
7:30 am
6:60 a m 
10:20 a m 
3:45 p m 
10:55 p m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  "Daily.
Detroit Express  leaving 6:50 a m has Wagner parlor 
and buffet car attached, and Evening  Express leaving 
3.45 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 
car to Detroit, arriving in Detroit  at 7:20 a m.
Steamboat  Express  makes  direct  connection  a 
Grand Haven with steamboat for Milwaukee, 
sleeping 
secured  at 
tickets 
D., G. H. & M .R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot.
Jab. Campbell, Citv Passenger Agent. 

berths 

Jno. W. Loud, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

and 

car 

GOING W EST.

T oledo,  A nn  A rbor  &  N orthern.

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

A. J. Pa isle y, Gen’l Pass.  Agent

ARRIVE.

DEPABT.

6HICAGO  & WEST  MICHIGAN.

Mail and Express for Big Rapids, Lud- 
ington,  Manistee & Traverse City..  *7:30  a m 
Express for Chicago and  Muskegon..  +9:00 a m
Fast Mail for Chicago........................ tl :00 p m
Express for Muskegon and Hart.......   +5:4')  p m
Night Express for  Chicago  ............   *11:35 p m
Night Express for Indianapolis  ......111:35  p in
Mail  for  Big  Rapids,  Manistee  and
Traverse City  .........................  ......  +5:05 p m
Ex. for Grand Haven &  Muskegon...  +8:40  p m
Night Express from Chicago  ............   *6:30 a m
Night Express from Indianapolis  __  76:30 am
Ex. from Muskegon, Hart& Pentwater+10:45 a  m 
Express  from  Big  Rapids,  Baldwin
and Traverse City........................... +12:35 p  m
Mail from Chicago and Muskegon  ..  +3:55  p m
Express from Grand Haven...............+5:50  p m
Fast Express from  Chicago...............+10:15  p m
Ex. from  Muskegon and Pentwater..+ 5:50 p a  
Ex. from Baldwin and Traverse City.  +4:50 p m
Express from Traverse City  ..............*11:30 p m
»Daily.  +Dailv except Sunday.  1 Daily except 
Saturday.  fDaily except Monday.
Through chair  car  for  Chicago  on  9:00  a  m 
train;  no extra charge for seats.  Trains leaving 
Grand  Rapids  at  1:00  p  m  and 11:35 p  m  run 
through to  Chicago  solid.  Through  sleeping 
ears  between  Grand  Rapids  and  Chicago  on 
night  express  trains.  Through  combination 
' ¡eping and chair  car  between  Grand  Rapids 
and Indianapolis on night express trains.
Through sleeper between  Chicago  and  Trav­
erse City;  leaves Chicago 4:10 p m,  except  Sun­
day;  Grand Rapids, tl:30 pm ;  arrives  in  Trav­
erse City at 6 a m.  Leaves Traverse City at 6:15 
p in, except Saturday;  arrives in  Grand" Rapids 
at 11:30 p m ;  Chicago 7:05 a in.
Rail and water route  between  Grand  Rapids 
and Chicago via St. Joseph  and Graham <& Mor­
ton’s new palace steamers, City  of  Chicago and 
Puritan.
Leave Grand  Rapids  1:00  p  in. arrive in Chi­
cago 8:30 pm.  Leave Chicago 9:00  p  m,  arrive 
Grand Rapids 6:30 a m.  The 5:05 p m train has 
through parlor ear from Detroit to Manistee.

■ETROIT, LANSING &  NORTHERN.

Express for Saginaw and Bay City__  +6:55  a m
Mail for Lansing, Detroit  and East...  +7:25  a m 
Express for Lansing, Detroit and East  +1:0u p m 
Mail for Alma, St. Louis and Saginaw  +4:10  p m 
Fast Ex. for Detroit, New York, Boston*6:25 p m
Mail from Saginaw and  Bay City.  ... +11:50  a m 
Mail from Lansing, Detroit and  East.+12:05 a m 
Fast Express from Lansing and East.  *5:C5  p m 
Express from Lansing  ana Detroit...  +9:50  p m 
Ex. from Saginaw, St. Louis and Alma+10:50 p m 
•Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.
The shortest line to Detroit and  the  East.  Elegant 
parlor cars between Detroll  and Grand Rapids. 
GRAND  RAPIDS  AND  REED’S  LAKE  TIME  TABLE.
Daily trains leave Union depot at 9,10.11 a m,  1,2,3, 
4/5, 6, 7. 8, 9,10 p m.  Sundays only—1:30.2:30, 3:30,4:30, 
5,5:30 p  m.  Dally  trains  leave  Reed’s  Lake  (Alger 
Park) at 9:30,10:30.11:30  a  m,  1:30,2:30,3:30, 4:30,6:30, 
7:30, 8:30, 9:30.10:30 p m.  Sunday trains—2, 3, 4, 5,5:30, 
6 pm .  For tickets and information.

DEPART.

ARRIVE.

WM,  A. GAVETT, Acting Gen. Pass. Agt.

Michigan P iEKTRAT,

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’*

D EPA RT.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express....................................7.20am   10 00 p m
5:00 p m
Mixed  ....................................................6:30 am  
Day  Express........................................11.55 a m  10:00 a m
6:00 am
"Atlantic & Pacific Express..............11:15 p m 
New York Express.............................. 5:40 p in 
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 
Fred M. Briggs, Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
G. S. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Rugglks. G. P.  &  T. Agent., Chicago.
CUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS

---- OR----

P A M P H L E T S .

For the best work, at  reasonable prices, address

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

G ra n d   R a p id s,  M ich.

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EDMUND B.DIKKMflN
THE  GREATWatch fllakcr 
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DRINK

3EFORE  BUYING  GRATES!
Let  Circular and  Testimonials.  He lit  K r«-.  .
I  Economical,  Sanitary,  Cleanly  and  Artistic. 
lALOIME  FIRE  PLACE,  «RAND  RAPID  ,  .Mil’ll.

I f  yon  have  any  o f  th e   above  goods  to  
ship,  o r  an y th in g   in  th e   P roduce  line,  le t 
ns  h e a r  from   you.  L ib eral  cash  advances 
m ade  w hen  desired.

Reference:  F ir s t   Na t io n a l  Ba n k,  Chicago. 
Mic h ig a n  T r a d esm an. Grand Rapids.

L IO N
COFFEE

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

EARL  BROS.,

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

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

and all kinds of Produce.

W A N T E D .

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

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The  P.  of  I.  D ea lers.

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

The following are the P. of I. dealers who had 
not cancelled their contracts at  last accounts: 
Ada—L. Burns.
Adrian—Powers  &  Burnham;  Anton  Wehle 
L. T. Lochner, Burleigh  Bros.
Allegan—Chas. Spear 
Allendale—Henry Dolman.
Almira—J. J. Gray.
Almont—Oolerick & Martin.
Armada—C. J. Cudworth.
Assyria—J. W. Abbey.
Banfield—Andrew Brezee.
Bay City—Frhnk  Rosman & Co.
Beiding—Lightstone Bros., Weter & Wise. 
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.
Cedar  Springs--John  Beucus,  B. A. Fish. 
Charlotte — John  J.  Richardson,  Daron  & 
Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell & Co.
Clam River—Andrew Anderson.
Coldwater—J. D. Benjamin.
Dansville—Levi  Geer.
Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt.
Dowling—Rice & Webster.
Evart—Mark Ardis, E  F. Shaw, John C. Devitt. 
Fenwick—Thompson Bros., S. H. Rinker.
Flint—John B. Wilson, Geo. Stuart &Son, Bar­
Forester—E. Smith.
Freeport—C.  Y. Riegler.
Gladwin—John Graham,  J.  D.  Sanford,  Jas. 
Gowan—Rasmus Net Ison.
Grand Haven—Braudry & Co.
Grand Junction—Adam Crouse.
Grand  Rapids—Joseph  Berles,  A.  Wilzinski, 
Brown & Senler, Houseman, Donnally  &  Jones. 
Ed Struensee, Wasson & Lamb, Chas.  Pettersch, 
Morse & Co., Famous Shoe Store, Harvey & Iley- 
stek, Mrs. E. J. Reynolds, E. Burkhardt. 

ney Granite  and Marble Works.

Smith, F. H. Goodby.

Croskery.

Bro.

Pel ton.

E.  Covel.

E. E. Palmer.

Greenville—Jacobson & Netzorg.
Hart—Rhodes & Leonard,  W.  Weidman,  Mrs. 
Hopkins—R . McKinnon.
Hopkins Station—Peter Dendel.
Howard City—O. J. Knapp, Herold  Bros., C. E. 
Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan.
Hudson—Henry C. Hall.
Imlay  City—Cohn  Bros.,  H.  A.  K.  Wyekoff, 
Ionia—H. Silver.
Jackson—Hall & Rowan.
Jenisonville—L. & L. Jenison  (mill only).
Jones—R. C. Sloan.
Kalamo—L. R. Cessna.
Kent City—M. L. Whitney.
Kingsley—Stinson & Linton.
Lacey—ffm. Thompson.
Laingsburg—D. Lebar.
Lake City—Sam. B. Ardis.
Lakeview—H.  C.  Thompson,  Andrew  All  & 
Langston—F  D.  Briggs.
Lansing—R. A. Bailey.
Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. H  Jennings. 
Ludington—Wm. Huysett.
McBain—Sam. B. Ardis.
Mancelona—J. L. Farnham.
Man ton—Mrs. E. Liddle.
Maple City—A. & O. Brow.
Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lepper & Son. 
Mason—Marcus Gregory.
Mecosta—J. Netzorg.
Mecosta—Robert D. Parks.
Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. S.) Knight, Chas. Gaunt­
lett, James Gauntlett, Jr.
M illbrook—Bendelson.
Millington—Chas. H. Valentine.
Minden City—1. Springer & Co.
Monroe Center—Geo. H. Wightman.
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt. Morris—F. H.  Cowles.
Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara.
Nashville—H. M. Lee.
Nottswa—Dudley Cutler.
Ogden—A. J.  Pence.
Olivet—F.  H.  Gage.
Onondaga—John Sillik.
Orange—Tew & Son.
Orono—C. A. Warren.
Pearle—Geo. H. Smith.
Portland—L. S. Roel'.
Remus—C. V.  Hane.
Richmond—A. W. Reed.
Riverdale—J . B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A.  Fish.
Sand  Lake—Frank E.  Shattuck, T. J. Blanch- ‘ 
Sebewa—John Bradley.
Shelbyville—Samuel  Wolcott.
Shultz—Fred Otis.
Spring Lake—Geo. Schwab, A. Bilz. 
Springport—Wellington  &  Hammond,  Elmer 
Traverse  City—John  Wilhelm,  S.  C. Darrow, 
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise  (Mrs.  A.)  Johnson,  H.  C. 
White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N. W. Wiley. 
Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John Haverkate. 
Williamsburg—Mrs. Dr.  White.
Woodbury—Chas. Lapo.
Williamston—Thos. Horton.
Woodland—Carpenter & Son.
Yankee Springs—T. Thurston.

Peters.
D. D. Paine.

Breckenridge.

ard.

About  Vanilla  Beans.

The odor of  the vanilla bean  is  sweet 
and sickish,  and  the  druggist  who had a 
pound and a half  of  them  tucked  into a 
glass  jar has had to take the cover  off so 
many times to explain  about them to the 
inquisitive  friends  who  call,  that he is 
getting  disheartened  at  the  smell  of 
vanilla. 
It is curious,  he  says,  that  so 
few  people  know  anything  about  the 
vanilla bean.  All  sorts of  questions are 
asked  him and  he answers them,  just ap-1

predating,  as he now is,  that  there is no j
article of  the  least  uncommon  use  that | 
the world w;ll not  ask  questions  about. 
For  our  interest,  he  opens  one  of  the 
long twisted pods and  shows  the  black, 
sticky  interior  filled  with  innumerable 
seeds no bigger than  needle  points.  On 
the  outside are long  crystals,  white and 
hair-like.  “It is the crystal of  the active 
principle of  the  vanilla,”  said  he.  “It 
looks  like  the  dew  on  the underside of 
leaves,  doesn’t it?”  The  vanilla  costs 
high.  Prices  vary  in  accordance  with 
quality and  they range  upward  to §16 a 
pound,  so  that  the  jar  of  the  vanilla 
bean  which  he  held  in  his  hand  was 
worth  close  to  §34,  being  of  the  best 
quality.  The  substitute  for  vanilla  is 
the Tonka  bean,  a purplish-black,  hard- 
shelled bean as big  as  an  almond in the 
shell and very hard and brittle.  Its odor 
is an approach  to  the  vanilla but much 
less  pleasant, more crude and eminently 
sickening.  This  bean  costs  §1.60  a 
pound,  which is somewhat  less  than §16 
a pound,  but which makes quite a change 
in the cost of  flavorings.  The expert has 
no difficulty in  distinguishing  the  adul­
terations in flavorings.

H ow   to   F igu re  P rofits.

From the Washington  Critic.

Yesterday  evening a number of  teach­
ers connected with a well-known  institu­
tion of  learning were in  the  Union  Sta­
tion  waiting for a train.  They  were dis­
cussing  the  business  attainments  of  a 
friend  who is engaged  in  selling  some­
thing for §1  a bottle that cost him  thirty 
cents a bottle.
“Just  see  the  profit  he  is  making. 
Why,  think of  it;  70 per cent.”
“1  would  like to know how  you  gen­
tlemen figure on  per  cents,”  interrupted 
D.  B.  Robbins,  a  quiet-looking,  travel- 
stained  man,  wearing  a 
lead-colored 
duster,  who sat near them.
“Why,  it’s simple  enough.  His profit 
is  the  difference  between  thirty  cents 
and §1—”
“Yes,  his  profit is,  but  that’s  not the 
per cent,  of  his  profit. 
I am  not  much 
of  a scholar,  but I have  been  a traveling 
man  for a good  many  years,  and  have 
much to do  with  figuring  out per  cents 
and  discounts.  According  to  my arith­
metic,  the  gentleman of  whom  you  are 
talking  makes  233X per  cent  profit  on 
his  investment.  How  does  that  strike 
you ?”
The  teachers  stared  a  moment  and 
smiled in  a way that  showed  they  were 
bored.

S .  .A . M o rm a n

WHOLESALE

Petoskey,  Marblehead and Ohio

L IM E , 

Akron,  Buffalo and  Louisville

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C E M E N T S ,
Stucco and Hair,  Sewer  Pipe,  Fire Brick 

and  Clay.

Write  for  Prices.

69  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

(Formerly shnver,  W e a th e r ly  & Co.) 

CONTRACTORS  FOR

Galuanixed Iron  Cornice, 

Plumbing b Heating Work,
Pumps,  Pipes,  Etc.,  Mantels 

Dealers  in

and  Grates.

Weatherly  &  Pulte,

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

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-  

M IC H .

W M . S E A R S  & CO.,

Cracker Manufacturers,

3 7 ,  8 9   a n d   41 K e n t  St.,  G rand  R a p id s.

S.  K.  BOLLES. 

E.  B.  DIKEMAN.

S .   K .  B o ile r  &  C o . ,

77  CANAL  ST..  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

“ T O S H U P T ”

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.

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! 

H o l d f a s t s
An appliance  to prevent Ladies’ 
and Misses’  Rubbers from slipping 
off from  the shoe.  The neatest and 
best device ever  invented  for  the 
purpose.  Do  not  fail  to  try the 
men’s  Lycoming,  Pa.,  Stocking 
Rubber. 
It  is  the  King  of  all 
Stocking  Rubbers  made.  Both 
only manufactured by  the  Lycom­
ing Rubber  Co.  For sale by 
G.  H.  REEDER,  Grand  Rapids.

SEND  F O R   P R IC E   L I ' T .

R IN B G E , B E R T S C H  ,&  C O . ,

Say, we are going 
to  have  some  wet 
weather  soon,  and 
we  would  like  to 
have you have some 
of  our  own  make 
goods to show your 
customers.  They 
will  keep  their  feet 
dryer ana wear longer 
than  any  other  shoe 
for  a 
you  can  buy 
medium  price,  and 
don’t  you  forget 
it. 
Ask to see them.  We 
make them in oil grain 
satin and  F. S. Calf.
If  you  haven’t  bo’t 
y o u r  
rubbers,  we 
would  like to sell you 
the  Boston  and  Bay 
State goods.  VVe do not 
think they will be any 
cheaper  and  we  will 
give you as  low prices 
as anybody selling the 
same line.

12,  14  AND  16  PEARL  ST.,____________ -  

____________ GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

i

EL  P u rita n o   Cigar.
The FinestlO Gent Gigar

O N   E A R T H

CUBA*  HAND  MADE

MANUFACTURED  BY

DILWORTH  BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

TRADE  SUPPLIED  BY

I.  M.  CLARK  &  SON,

Grand Rapids. 
BRADDOCK, BATEMAN  & CO., 
Bay  City.
-  Detroit

T.  E. BREV00RT, 

