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GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY,  MAY  13,  1891
HARVEY  &  HEYSTEK,
"MY  FRIEND  THE  BURGLAR.”
When I was a young man just  starting 
in practice in the town of  Dixon,  I  was 
appointed counsel by the court for a  no­
torious burglar,  who,  after  having  long 
been  a terror to our county,  had  at  last 
been  captured  and  was  now  awaiting 
his trial.

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SAGINAW,  E.  Side,  MICH.

NO. 399

posure  to desert  him  under  this  blow; 
but,  on the contrary,  he bade me a cheer­
ful good evening as he  was  marched  off 
to spend his last night in the county jail.
I went home  with a  very  uncomforta­
ble feeling in  my heart.  Was it my  du­
ty as a man to  warn  the  officers  of  the 
jail of this fellow’s hints of escape?  But 
what had I really  to  tell?  Only  vague 
assertions about friends  whose powers  1 
did not believe in; and  even  these  made 
in confidential ] talks  with  his  lawyer. 
No,  I would say  nothing.  ;  He would  un­
doubtedly be well guarded,  and  to-mor­
row the doors  of  Jackson  prison  would 
close securely upon  him for many a long 
year.

When  I  went  to  my  office  the  next 
morning,  I saw  at  once  that  something 
unusual had taken place. 
Little  knots 
of excited  talkers  had  collected] on  the 
street corners,fierce gesticulations accom­
panied  stealthy  glances  thrown  over 
shoulders;  and,  as  1  approached,  room 
was made for  me  to  enter  the  first  of 
these bubbling springs of gossip.

“Well, Clarkson,”  said an old lawyer, 
who had long been my friend and patron, 
“it seems that ‘Black Jack’  is  free,  and 
no thanks to you,  my boy!”

I  started,  almost  guiltily. 

“Free? 

What do you  mean?”

“I mean that,  to  all  appearances,  he 
was abed and asleep whenever  the  war­
den looked in last night,but]that when his 
breakfast was taken to him this morning, 
the figure in bed turned  out  to  be  only 
the pillow  well  covered  up,  while  our 
bird had flown  through  the  window  by 
means of the neatest sawing on the  bars 
you ever saw.”

“Sawing?  Where  could  he  have con- 
concealed an instrument?  Was  he  not 
thoroughly searched?”

“Of course,  and he had  nothing.  Ev­
erything was taken away  from  him  ex­
cept  a  little,  old,  well-thumbed  Bible 
that  had  ‘Jessie  Browu’  faintly  traced 
in it in old-fashioned  letters.  He said it 
had been his mother’s,  and  begged  that 
he might keep it as the last  tie to  better 
days.  Naturally,  they  hadn’t  the heart 
or  the  conscience  to  refuse  that.  He 
must have been helped from outside.”

“Who is after  him? 

For  1  suppose 

somebody is.”

“I should say so!  The sheriff  and  all 
his posse,  and  half  the  town  besides. 
They are wild at  ‘Black  Jack’s’  escape, 
but I don’t believe  they  will  lay  hands 
on him again very soon.  He has had too 
good a start.”

And so it proved.  After  three  days’ 
fruitless search,  the hunters all returned, 
giving up the game as too wily for them, 
the sheriff fuming and fretting  at  an es­
cape that had virtually  cost him his rep­
utation.

Just a  week  later,  the  morning  post 
beought  me  a  square,  stylish-looking 
letter,  addressed  in  a  neat,  feminine 
hand. 
I opened it  with  some  surprise, 
as  my  lady  correspondents  were  few, 
but had hardly read two lines when  sur­
prise became astonishment,  and that,  in 
turn,  amazement.  This was the missive:

He was supposed to be  one  of  a  hard 
gang,  and as I  entered  the  room  where 
he  was  confined  I  expected  to  see  an 
abandoned-looking ruffian of middle age. 
Judge of my surprise,  then,  to  find  my­
self  in the presence of the  mildest-look- 
ing,  blue-eyed,  flaxen-haired  youth  of 
apparently not more than  two and twen­
ty  years,  though  I  afterwards 
learned 
that at least a decade  must  be  added  to 
that.

My  much-studied  repose  of  manner 
was rather shaken for a moment,  but  he 
at once came forward, offered me a chair, 
introduced  himself  as  Mr.  Brown,  and 
asked  for  my  name. 
I  had  previously 
known him as “Black  Jack,  a  sarcastic 
appellation,  I suppose on  account  of his 
extreme fairness.

On being told that I was  the  attorney 
appointed for his defense,his whole man­
ner changed.  A look of  crafty  cunning 
crept  into  his  face,  the  cloak  of  good 
manners dropped from his shoulders,and 
I saw before  me  the  unmistakable  des­
perado whose apprehension had  delight­
ed so many hearts.

After a quarter of an hour of confiden­
tial  talk,  I  plainly  saw  that  the  state 
would win its case against this man.  My 
client and I were  beaten  before  we  be­
gan.  He was very guarded in all his ad­
missions,  even  under  the sacred seal  of 
legal  confidence, and so I was  surprised 
to hear him say,  as  I  was  leaving  him 
that day:

“Well, Mr. Clarkson, of  course  I  pre­
fer  to  be  cleared,  and  I  shall 
try  my 
chances on that; but it really matters lit­
tle in the end. 
If the court convicts me, 
I shall not be caged very long.

“What  do  you  mean?”  exclaimed  I, 

startled.

“Only that I never have been long  be­
hind the bars,  and I never mean to  be.  1 
have good friends outside who  will  look 
after me.”

I 

smiled  incredulously. 

“You  have 

never been in Jackson prison,  sir, or per­
haps your assurance would be less.  Once 
there,  you are safe to stay,  I  can  assure 
you.”
lightly  and  said  good 
night, thanking me  for  my  kindness  in 
accepting his defense.

He  laughed 

In  our  subsequent  meetings,  I  took 
pains to tell him that  I  believed  in  his 
guilt and that the utmost I would under­
take,  would be a  mitigation  of  his  sen­
tence.  But he  always  accepted  my  as­
sertions  with  an  airy  pleasantry,  and 
seemed determined to be friendly in spite
of me.
The trial came on,  and,  as  I  had  ex­
pected,  Brown  was  convicted  and  sen­
tenced 
fourteen 
years.  There  were  few  redeeming  cir­
cumstances in the case, and  his sentence 
was a severe one. 
I looked for his  com­

Jackson 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Mr. Obediah Clarkson:

Sik—You  wonder  how  I  could  have 
escaped  from  Jackson  prison. 
In  the 
same way,  I reply,  that  I  escaped  from 
Dixon jail. 
I never knew a prison  war­
den yet  (and  I  have  in  my  time  come 
across a good  many  of  them)  that  was 
hard-hearted enough to  take  away  from 
me my  mother’s  Bible.  Well-concealed 
between its double  covers  are  the  only 
instruments I need  to pick the  strongest 
lock that  ever  was  made  or  to  file  the 
thickest  bar  that  ever  was  forged. 
I 
should not tell you this now, except that 
I am off for foreign parts,  and  never  ex­
pect to see  this  country  again.  But  I 
liked  you  and  can’t  resist  this  parting 
word.  When you defend  another  burg­
lar, find  a  worthier one  than

“ B lack J ack.”

You see,  the scamp was well educated, 
for his letter bore every evidence of that, 
as did his conversation.  lie had evident­
ly seen  better  days,  and  the traces  of 
dead  manhood  in  him  were  doubtless 
what had attracted me.  The letter  was, 
of course,  post-marked  from  a  distant 
town  where he had never been  seen,  and 
was  no help  in  tracing  the  lost  clue. 
Well,  I thought this was the  end  of  my 
adventure.  But the queerest  part  was 
still to come.

The cares  of life  accumulated rapidly 
upon me  soon  after  these  occurrences, 
and my  constantly  increasing  practice, 
followed  by my  marriage,  succeeded  in 
so filling my thoughts that  “Black Jack” 
was driven almost from my memory.

Some five years after  this  episode,  my 
wife and  I  found  ourselves  making  a 
new  home  in  a  western  state,  and,  in 
spite of some unavoidable  twinges of re­
gret, we  soon  settled  into  contentment 
and  happiness 
in  our  unaccustomed 
quarters.

We had  been inhabitants of  the  thriv­
ing  little  town  of  X-----only  a  few
months,  when our quiet  life  was  rudely 
aroused  into  excitement  by  a  general 
alarm of burglars.  A  half  dozen houses 
were broken  into in one  night;  watches, 
silver, jewels,  everything  valuable  and 
small enough  to  be easily  carried  were 
taken off,  and yet  the  occupants  of  the 
various  ransacked  dwellings  not  once 
aroused from their slumbers. 
It  was in 
those  days  almost  like  magic,  and  we 
hardly knew how  to  protect  ourselves. 
The burglars were  certainly  doing  their 
work in  the most professional  and  deft- 
fingered  way.  Our neighbor on the right 
had  been one of  the  latest  victims,  and 
we  feared  that  our  turn  might  come. 
Double locks  and  bars  were  employed; 
the  police  guard  doubled,  and  1  slept 
nightly  with  a  loaded  pistol  under  my 
pillow,  which  alarmed  my  wife  almost i 
as much  as an anticipated  burglary.

But  all  our  precautions  were  of  no 
avail.  We waked  one  morning  to  find ; 
ourselves minus our small silver (all that 
was solid),  my wife’s  diamond ear-rings, 
her father’s wedding gift,  and,  greatest 
loss of all,  my  watch,  a family  heirloom, 
which I  prized highly  and  which  money 
could never replace. 
It  bore among the 
quaint engraving  of  its  inner  case  the I 
name  of  my  great-grandfather,  which 
was  also  my  own,  “Obediah  II.  Clark- | 
son.”

The  jewels  and  the  watch  had  both | 
been 
taken  from  what  we  had  con- { 
sidered a safe hiding-place,  in  our  own 
room, and yet  we had been  conscious  of  j 
no  noise,  nor  even  of  an  unpleasant I 
dream.  But a  faint,  sickening  odor  in 
the room, combined  with  headaches,  of 
which we  both complained,left no doubt 
that chloroform  had  been  the  agent  in I

this  burglary,  as  doubtless  in  all  the 
others.  Of course,  I said  that  we  must 
accept our  fate  like  the  rest,  as  there 
seemed small chance of the rascals being 
caught.  Such a street  guard,  however, 
was now put upon the  whole  town  that 
our house was the last on the  list  of  the 
victimized.

Three days  later,  as  my  wife  and  I 
were sitting  down  to  breakfast,  which 
just  now  we  had  to  be  content  to  eat 
with plated forks  and  tea-spoons,  there 
came a  loud riug  at  the door bell.  The 
faithful Bridget answered  the  summons 
and returned,  after a  short parley,  with 
a small  express package marked  “paid.”
“My  shoes from  New  York,”  said  my 

wife.

“No,” said I,  “ it  is  addressed  to  me. 
The  new  books 1  sent  to  Boston  for,” 
tearing off the wrapper as 1 spoke.

Imagine  our  sensation  when,  on  re­
moving the cover of a  wooden  box,  our 
lost forks  and  spoons,  the  blue  velvet 
case  containing my wife’s  ear-rings, and 
my own beloved  watch were revealed  to 
our amazed eyes.

“Harry,” gasped my  wife,  “ where  did 

they come from?

“I don’t know,” I answered helplessly, 
Just at that  moment my  gaze  fell  upon 
a small folded note at the bottom  of  the 
box, and as  I  looked  memory  began  to 
stir and waken;  for  that  peculiar,  deli­
cate  hand-writing  had  certainly  come 
under my notice before.  Still struggling 
with this faint and elusive remembrance,
I  unfolded the bit of paper and  read  its 
contents:
Mr. Obediah Clarkson:
I)kak  Sir—You may thank your queer 
name for bringing these  things  back  to 
It  was  after  we  had  left 
you  again. 
your house and the town that 1  saw  the 
marking on your  watch  and  knew  that 
we had robbed a man that 1 have  always  : 
1  vowed  years  ago 
felt was  a friend. 
that I’d do you  a  good  turn  some  day, 
and now here it  is: 
1  have  found  out 
that you are the same  Obediah  who  de­
fended me at Dixon,  and you’re  welcome 
to this “swag.”  I’ll never  rob  you  if  I 
know it;  for there is honor  even  among 
thieves. 
“Oh,  Harry,  Harry!”  sobbed my  wife 
(for I am happy to state that my  middle 
name is Henry),  “ I’ll  never  abuse  your 
poor old  name again! 
I did think it was 
frightful,but see what it has done for  us 
— that and the kindness to  that dreadful 
burglar.”

“ Black  J ack.”

I smiled rather  weakly,  remembering 
the sentence in  the  note  about  “honor 
among thieves,”  and  almost  felt  that  I 
had been  included  under  that  appella- 
| tion!  But from  that day to this we  have 
| heard  no  more  of  “Black  Jack,”  and 
I have concluded that,  in  any  event,  the 
! Obediah Clarksons are safe from hisgen- 
| tlemanly depredations.  He is  known in 
! the  family  as  “My  friend  the burglar,”
I and  his  preference  for  me  is  rath er  a 
sore subject. 

Gen e II.  U n'i>euwooi>.

A G re a t  N avy.

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! the  world 
[ Thirty millions in  all have  been  appro- 
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this 
| year.  The  appropriation of SIS.000,000 
| made  at  the  session  of  congress  just 
j  closed,  will  be  employed  in  completing 
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! existing in the English  navy.  Although 
| they  will  be  only  10,000  tonnage,  they 
j will be superior  in  batteries  carried  to 
j the shibs recently launched by the Queen,' 
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“Because,  marm,”  added 

A  METROPOLITAN  MYSTERY.

Miss  Melinda  Parkinson  had  come 
down to New York  to  buy  her  summer 
patterns  and  to  indulge  herself  with a 
glimpse  at  the  great  world,  of  which 
hitherto she had only become acquainted 
through the columns of the weekly news­
paper.
“It must  be a  mortal  strange  place,” 
said that amiable spinster,  “where folks 
walk  up  and  down  Broadway  in  their 
Sunday clothes,  and  milk  sells  for  ten 
cents a  quart.  And  where  they  hain’t 
no  garrets  to  their houses,  and  go out 
to  parties  just  when  we  Centervillers 
are tying on our night-caps to  go to bed. 
Well,  well, it takes all sorts  of people to 
make a  world.”
So Miss Melinda retrimmed her leghorn 
hat  with  sage-green  ribbons,  sponged 
over  her  ancient  black  silk  gown,  in­
dulged in the extravagance of new gloves, 
and  set  forth  for  the  great  American 
metropolis 
to  visit  Cousin  Lemuel 
Larkins,  whose  family  had  frequently 
spent halcyon summers  at the farm,  aud 
to partake of whose  hospitality  she  had 
had a standing  invitation for some  time.
Cousin Lemuel and his eldest daughter, 
Persephone,  met her at  the  depot,  with 
friendly  welcome.  Cousin 
faces  of 
Lemuel  was  a  photographer  on 
the 
Bowery,  and  Miss  Persephone  “did” 
supernumeraiy  parts  at 
the  Sparkle 
Theatre and  had  the  promise of “going 
on” whenever there should be a  vacancy 
in the regular dramatis persona.
“Come along,  Cousin Melly,” said Mr. 
Larkins.  “Where’s the  check  for your 
baggage?  Here,  expressman!  And  look 
sharp, d’  y’  hear?”
“But,”  shrieked  Miss  Melinda,  “that 
check  is  all  I ’ve  got  to show  for  my 
trunk.”
“I t ’s all  right,” said Larkins,  “it’s all 
right.”
“But the man  is a  perfect  stranger!”
“Ain’t  he  an  express-agent?”  said 
Larkins.
“ Yes; but how do  you know he’ll ever 
bring up the  trunk  at all,” gasped  Miss 
Parkinson.  “I once read in the Sentinel 
how—”
“Come along,” said Mr.  Larkins, good- 
humoredly.  “You ’ll  find  it ’ll all be as 
right as a trivet!”

trapeze 

from  a  strap 

“Ain’t we going in a carriage!”
“Bless  us,  no,” said  Cousin  Larkins. 
“We ’re agoin’ in  the  ‘short  cars.’ ”
■ “But why  are you  going  in  the short 
cars?” said Miss Melinda,  in great bewil­
derment.  “I thought you said you lived 
a mile and a half from the depot?”
“ Oh! ”  said  Mr.  Larkins,  “  ‘short’ 
means the cars,  not  the  distance.  Come! 
there’s a good 
Let me help you  aboard, 
girl.”
No sooner  was Miss  Parkinson  safely 
bestowed  between  a  stout  gentleman 
reading  his  paper  and  a  black-velvet- 
cloaked lady, than she again began  to be 
uneasy in her mind.
“Lemuel,” said she, in a stage whisper, 
“I  don’t  like  these  cars.  I ’d 
rather 
walk.”
“But  why?”  said  Mr.  Larkins,  who 
was  hanging 
like  a 
first-class 
performer.  “Eh? 
The man  next  you a  pick-pocket?  But, 
my  dear  woman, it  can’t  possibly  be! 
H e’s a-holding  up the  paper  with  both 
his hands!  How can he  be picking your 
pocket?”
“Ah!”  nodded  Miss  Parkinson,  “they 
can’t deceived me.  One of ’em ’s stuffed! 
I ’ve read all about it!  And  he  may  be 
a-takin’  my  watch  and  my  twenty-five 
dollars  out of my under pocket with  the 
real  hand,  this  very  minute,  for  all I 
know!”
“Madam,” said the strange gentleman, 
jumping up and turning  very  red,  as he 
started  for  the  door,  “I  have  not  yet 
arrived  at  my destination,  but  I  much 
prefer walking a  few  blocks,  to  finding 
myself the subject of aspersions  such as 
these!  Condnctor,  you  will  have 
the 
goodness to stop.”
“There,”  cried  Miss Parkinson,  start­
ing to her feet,  “it’s just as  the Sentinel 
says!
H e’s escaping!  Driver,  I  insist  that 
he  shall  be  searched!  Conductor,  call 
the  police!”
P’r’aps,”  suggested  Cousin  Lemuel 
“you’d  better  see  if  your  watch  and 
money ain’t safe,  Melinda!”

family, 

the  Larkins 

the  con­
ductor,  with  the  corners  of  his  mouth 
twitching,  “that  there  gent is Judge De 
Griffiths, of the Court  of  Common  Com­
plaints,  as  ain’t  noway 
addicted  to 
pocket-picking,  as  ever I heerd on!”
And Miss  Parkinson,  discovering  that 
her  valuables  were  all  safe,  subsided 
once more into  her place and  merely re­
marked that “ we  are  all  liable  to mis­
takes.”
She  was  rather  surprised to  discover 
that 
instead  of 
occupying one of  the  palatial  mansions 
contiguous to Central Park,  lived on  the 
fourth floor  of  a  rusty  brick  house  on 
the Bowery,  whose front  windows  were 
blinded by the Elevated Road and  whose 
rear outlook consisted chiefly of cats and 
chimney tops.
There was a Sommergarten  next door, 
where  a  band  discoursed  sweet  music 
until three o’clock in  the morning,  aud a 
shooting-gallery  on  the other  side,  and 
the  ground-floor  of  their  own  building 
was  occupied  by  a  job  printer,  whose 
steam  machinery,  albeit  it  was  under­
ground,  roared and  hissed  and kept the 
walls  a-tremble  until  Miss  Parkinson 
declared  it was just like  living over  the 
crater of  Vesuvius!
“La,  my  dear,”  said  Mrs.  Larkins, a 
comfortable  elderly  lady  with  a  greasy 
poplin  dress  and  a  cap  covered  with 
crumpled  artificial  flowers,  “you  won’t 
mind it after a day or  two. 
It’s really  a 
very superior neighborhood!”

They  supped off  clam  chowder,  boiled 
lobsters,  Vienna  bread  and  Limburger 
cheese—for  the  Larkins  family  were 
quite  cosmopolitan  in  their  tastes—and 
spent the  evening  at  the  lngomar Thea­
tre,  for  which  Miss  Persephone  had  al­
ways a limited number of “orders.”  And 
when Miss  Melinda  Parkinson retired to 
rest  in  a  back-hall  bedroom,  with  the 
Elevated  Road  shaking  the very casters 
of  her bed  every thirteenth  minute,  and 
a quartette of  cats  on  the  roof  rivaling 
the German arias of  Madame  Frida Von 
Poppenhuseu  in  the  garten  below,  she 
seriously  believed that gentle  sleep was 
banished altogether  from  her eyelids.

In the middle of the night,  Mrs.  Lark­
ins was  aroused from  her  balmy  slum­
bers by a rapping at her chamber-door.

“Eh?” said Mrs.  Larkins,  sitting  up in 
bed,  her  classic  brow  crowned  by  a 
“It 
cheveux  de  frisc  of  curl  papers. 
ain’t burglars, is it?  Nor the fire depart­
ment?  Dear me, Cousin  Melindy,  what 
can you possibly be  wanting at this time 
of night?”
said  Miss  Parkinson, 
“Lucretia,” 
“hush!  Come with me at once.”
“Laws!” cried Mrs.  Larkins,  hurriedly 
shuffling her feet  into  list  slippers  and 
flinging on  an  ancient  flannel  dressiug 
gown.  “What is the  matter?  Ain’t no­
body sick,  is there?”
“It’s a sumuambulist,” whispered Miss 
Parkinson,  as  Mrs.  Larkins  joined  her 
“A poor crazy creature  on 
in the hall. 
the roof next door,  all  alone  by herself, 
with nothing but a step between her and 
death.”
“La!”  said Mrs.  Larkins,  beginning  to 
tremble and develop  strongly hysterical 
symptoms.  “Are you  sure,  quite  sure, 
that it ain’t the Limburger cheese settin’ 
heavy on your stomach? 
It don’t agree 
with everybody,  you know.  And—” 

to. 

“Who  is  it  that  lives 

“Come and see for yourself,”  said Me­
linda;  and  she  drew  her  cousin  to  the 
curtained  casement,  which  commanded 
the feline and the smoke-blackened view 
previously  alluded 
“There,  don’t 
you see her dress  flutter?  Do  you  per­
ceive how dangerously  near the parapet- 
wall she stands?”
“Oh,  good gracious!” cried  Mrs.  Lark­
ins,  covering  her  eyes  with  her  hands. 
“Let’s call Lemuel.”
the  next 
in 
house?”  demanded  Melinda. 
“For  we 
there  ourselves,  Lucretia. 
must  go 
There’s no time to rouse anybody.”
“And Lemuel  sleeps  like  a log,”  said 
Mrs.  Larkins,  “and  always 
thrashes 
around with his fists when  he roused  up 
sudden, thinking  of  burglars  the  very 
first thing, poor dear.  It’s Mr. Burnabee 
that lives there,a manufacturer of ladies’ 
felt skirts, quite decent  and respectable. 
Oh, yes,  my dear; p’r’aps we’d better go, 
then,  or the poor dear will  fling  herself

the 

| over  the  parapet,  and  it’ll  be  a  clear 
case for the coroner’s  inquest.”
| 
two 
In  the  cloudy  moonlight 
women crept dows  stairs  and rang loud­
ly at Mr.  Burnabee’s door.
There was a delay.  There always is  a 
delay after the  ringing  of  a  city  door­
bell.  But to  Miss  Parkinson  and  Mrs. 
Larkins there was a  delay which seemed 
almost interminable before Mr. Barnabee 
appeared on  the scene,  a little, old,  red­
nosed  man,  with  scanty  hair,  a  palm- 
leaf-pattern dressing-gown and  a  candle 
whose  feeble flame  flickered to  and  fro 
while he held it shaded  from  the  night- 
wind with one hand.
“Is it fire?” said Mr.  Burnabee,  “or  is 
it an accident on the Elevated Road? I’ve 
always knowed it  would  come sooner  or 
later.”
“The  roof!  The  roof!”  gasped  Me­
linda.
“Save her!”  shrieked Mrs.  Larkins.
“Eh?”  said  Mr.  Burnabee. 

“Save 
who?”  Wliat  are  you  talking  about, 
ladies?”
“The sleepwalker,” cried Miss Parkin­
son.  “The  poor  creature  who  hovers 
between life and death on  the top of this 
house!”
“We saw a woman  on  the  roof,”  ex­
plained Mrs.  Larkins, “and she  wouldn’t 
answer when  my  cousin  called  to  her; 
and  we’re almost  certain  sure  she’s  in­
sane.”
Mr.  Burnabee’s  wrinkled  countenance 
broke into a smile.
“There ain’t no woman there,” said he.
“Man,” said  Miss  Melinda,  “you  are 
deceiving us.”
“It’s nothing on earth,”  went  on  Mr. 
Burnabee,  “ but  my  wire  dummy  as  I 
fits the skirts over.  The roof leaked all 
over her  new  pink  cambric  slip  in  the 
hard shower yesterday,  so  I jest set  her 
out on the roof to dry. 
I  put her out at 
night,  because I knowed if I did it in the 
daytime there’d be no  end of people ask­
ing  questions  and  minding  everybody 
else’s business but their own.”
“Oh!”  said  Miss  Parkinson,  rather 
awkardly.
“Of course,” said  Mrs.  Larkins, biting 
her lip.
“Much obliged to  you,  all  the  same,” 
said Mr.  Burnabee,  blandly,  although  he 
still chuckled.
And the two women crept home again.
“Lucretia,” 
said  Miss  Parkinson, 
“W-w-well!”  faltered  Mrs.  Larkins, 
“ Don’t speak of this  to  any  one,  will 
“No,  I won’t,”  said Mrs.  Larkins.
But it is to be feared that  she  did  not 
keep her word,  for Mr.  Larkins was  full 
of dark allusions the next  day,  and Miss 
Persephone  could  scarcely  speak  for 
laughing.
Miss  Parkinson  purchased  her  pat­
terns aud  secured  her  summer  styles, 
and hastened  speedily  back  to  Center­
ville; and ever since she declares that all 
the wealth of  the  Indies  wrould  not  in­
duce her to live in that sink  of  iniquity 
and head-center of mystery,  New  York! 
And if  people  ask  her  why,  she  only 
shakes her head and says,  mysteriously:

standing opposite her  own door.
scarcely able to repress her shivering.
you.”

“Never m ind!” 

Amy  Ra n d o lph.

F. J. BARBER. 

A. C. MARTIN.

BiRBEB,  MARTIN  &  CO.

GENERAL

^

FOR  THE  SALE  OF

Blitter, Eggs, Poilttry, Friltt,  and  all 

Kinds of Coiintry  Prodiice.

191  South  Water  Street,

CHICAGO.

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Send for (Quotations.

|  WM.  BRUMMELER  &  SONS

Manufacturers of and Jobbers in 

Pieced and Stam ped  Tinw are,  Rags,

M etals, Iron,  Rubber and W iping Rags 

264 So. Ionia St., GRAND  RAPIDS. 

Telephone 640.

Playing Garäs

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lynnli,

19  So. Ionia  St.,  Grand Rapids.

WILLIAMS’

RootBeerExtraGt

It  is a pure,  concentrated  Extract of  Roots 
It makes a refreshing, healthful  summer  bever 

and  Herbs.

age at a moderate cost, for family use.

Every dozen  is  packed  in  a  SHOW  STAND, 
which  greatly increases the  sale, as it is  always 
in sight.

25-cent size only $1.75 per doz.

3 dozen for $5.

For  sale  by  all  jobbers.  Order  a  supply from 
your wholesale  house.  Show cards  and  adver­
tising matter are packed in each dozen.

H. F. HASTINGS,

M anufacturers’ Agent,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

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AMONO THE  TRADE.

AROUND THE STATE.

Reed City — H.  L.  Baker  succeeds 

Morse & Baker in the jewelry business.

Ithaca—Theo.  Rickman  is  succeeded 
by H. L.  Howard in the harness business.
Marquette—M.  R. Manhard is succeed­
ed by the Manhard Hardware Co., Limit­
ed.

Palo—A. D.  & W.  E.  Alehin have add­
ed a line of groceries  to  their  hardware 
stock.

Mill Creek—J.  D.  Adams has removed 
his  general  stock  from  Alpine  to  this 
place.

Benton  Harbor—W.  S.  Horton 

suc­
in  the  grocery 

ceeds  Rowe  &  Horton 
business.

the 

Old  Mission—H.  K.  Brinkman  <fe  Co. 
have sold their grocery and  notion stock 
to Wait & Hill.

Big  Rapids—F.  R.  Ritchie  &  Co.  are 
flour 

succeeded by W.  J.  Sloss  in 
and  feed  business.

Eaton Rapids—Geo.  Wilcox &  Co. suc­
ceed Wilcox & Blodgett  in  the drug  and 
stationery  business.

Chase—E.  W.  Barnes will  remove  his 
grocery stock  from  this  place  to  Reed 
City,  where he will resume  the business.
Hudson—Ai  Garrison  has  purchased 
an interest in the  grocery  business of L. 
W.  Galoway. 
The  new  firm  will  be 
known as Galoway & Garrison.

Traverse City—The store  formerly oc­
cupied by E.  H.  Pope will be taken  pos­
session of by S. Cohen, of Kalkaska, who 
will  put  in  lines  of  clothing  and  dry 
goods.

Adrian—Johnson &  Wheeler,  the  De­
troit wholesale grocers,  resorted  to  the 
Lenawee Circuit Court to fasten partner­
ship  liability  on  Chauncey  Cooper,  of 
Onsted,  claiming  that  Cooper  was  the 
company  of  Aldrich & Co.,  with  whom 
they did business and against whom they 
desired a judgment for  the balance  due, 
about $197, and  also  for  two  other  ac­
counts assigned them,  amounting to  $300 
in all.  The court directed a verdict  for 
the  defendants,  on 
the  theory  that  a 
married woman cannot be a  partner of a 
firm in which her husband is also a mem­
ber.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Tecumseh—Heesen  Bros.  &  Co.  have 
begun the erection of an addition to their 
foundry, 50 feet long.

Ionia—The  Hammell  Cigar  Co.  pro­
poses to increase its working force  from 
twenty-five to fifty  men.

Charlotte—Berger,  Burdick  &  Co.,  of 
Detroit,  will start their branch cigar fac­
tory in this city this week.

Gladwin—W.  B.  Tubbs  &  Co.,  who 
are  operating  Dutcher’s  shingle  mill 
here,  have started camp and  are putting 
in logs to keep the mill in operation.

Watersmeet—The Watersmeet Lumber 
Co.  is financially  embarrassed.  A  trust 
deed has been  given  for  $160,000.  The 
nominal assets are estimated at $230,000, 
and  the  liabilities  are  covered  by  the 
trust deed.

Saginaw—Whitney  &  Batchelor  have 
shipped 13,000,000  feet  of  logs  by  rail 
from Clare county to Saginaw,  and  have 
about 13,000,000 feet in the  lakes  there, 
which will be hoisted out by steam power 
and railed to their mill at this point.

Marquette—John Marsden,  who  oper­
ates a mill near Farnham on the Milwau­
kee  &  Northern’s  Ontonagon  branch, 
has had his mill  running  since  April  1.

TETE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

He expects to build a spur from the rail­
road into his mill, giving him better ship­
ping facilities.

Marquettee — The  shingle  mill  at 
Matchwood,  owned  and  operated  by 
Walker &  Cooper,  is  lying  idle.  Some 
of  the machinery  has  been  broken  and 
the owners appear to  be  having  a  mis­
understanding with  Brown  &  Kelly,  for 
whom they were to cut  5,000,000  feet  of 
logs.

Michigamme—Dyer  Bros,  have 

the 
frame of their shingle mill on Lake Mich­
igamme up,  and have  received  most  of 
their  machinery. 
They  have  about 
1,000,000 feet of logs  in boom at the mill, 
and will manufacture  what shingle  tim­
ber there is in J.  C.  Brown’s  cut  on  the 
Peshekemie.

Detroit—On  April  1  the  firm  of  Mc­
Laughlin Bros.  & Co., cigar manuractur- 
ers,  bought out Ed.  Burk &  Co.,  and be­
came responsible  for  that  firm’s  debts. 
They proved too big a load and on  April 
22 the firm had to assign to  R. D. Currey. 
An  arrangement  has  now  been  made 
with the creditors, which  place  the  firm 
on a good  foundation.

Saginaw—The A.  W.  Wright  Lumber 
Co.  has  a  crew  of  men 
taking  up  a 
branch of its logging road in Clare county, 
used in hauling  logs  for  Rust,  Eaton  <& 
Co.  and  Merrill  &  Ring. 
It  will  soon 
begin  building a  road into its  pine west 
of Meredith. 
It has  four  years’  work in 
that section,  after which  its  equipments 
will be removed to  Minnesota.

Muskegon—The Lakeside Manufactur­
ing Co.  has been organized with a capital 
stock of $30,000,  all paid  in,  having  ac­
quired  the  Tillotson  sawmill  property 
and the Misner planing mill and box fac­
tory.  The stockholders are J.  W. Moon, 
Geo.  J.  Tillotson,  P.  P.  Misner,  W.  W. 
Barcus and Paul  S.  Moon.  J.  W.  Moon 
is President of  the  corporation,  Geo.  J. 
Tillotson,  Vice-president,  P.  P.  Misner 
Secretary  and  W.  W. Barcus  Treasurer.
West Bay City—The steel  ocean-going 
j  steamship  Kcweenau  was  launched  at 
Wheeler’s yard on  Saturday in  two  sec­
tions,  and  was a success.  At  Montreal 
the sections will be joined.  This  is  the 
sister ship  of the  Mackinaw,  owned  by 
the  Saginaw  Transportation  Company, 
all lumbermen.  Arthur Hill,  one of the 
owners,  has gone to California, it is said, 
for the  purpose of looking  up  a  freight 
route  for  both  of  these  vessels.  The 
Mackinaw has been  freighting on the At­
lantic coast several months.

Manistee—All  the  sawmills  here  are 
now making sawdust,  that of the  Stron- 
ach Lumber Co.  being the  last  to  start. 
There will be no lack  of  logs,  as  those 
which are not got in  during  the  winter 
will reach us by rail. In fact,  most of the 
mills now like to have their  bill  logs cut 
in  summer  and  railed  in,  as  by  that 
method they can the more  readily  cater 
to the wants of their customers,  and need 
cut only such lengths from day to day  as 
the market calls for,  and  thus  not  have 
in their booms a lot of unsalable lengths, 
that they have to carry over from year to 
year.

Saginaw—The  lumber  shippers  here 
are  kicking  vigorously  over  the  dis­
crimination  against Saginaw on  the mat­
ter of rail rates,  and  declare  that  unless 
it  is  remedied  a  movement  will  be in­
augurated to  withdraw  as  much of their 
i business as  possible  from  the  railroads, 
i and  ship  by  vessel  to  lake  points and 
there  reship  by  rail.  They  assert that 
the recent 8 per cent,  reduction  does not

affect  New  England  rates,  and  that  it 
was not asked for.  They simply demand 
an equitable and fair  rate,  such  as  the 
magnitude of the tonnage offered entitles 
them,  and upon  which  business  can  be 
increased instead of curtailed.
Purely Personal.

J.  and C. J.  Lokker,  proprietors of  the 
town 

creamery  at  Holland,  were  in 
Saturday.

O.  F.  Conklin has returned  from  Port 
Washington,  Wis.,  where  he  pur­
chased a stock of  goods  owned  by  Fred 
Ballard.

L.  Cumins,  book-keeper  for  C.  B. 
Metzger,  has  taken  a  similar  position 
with  Swift  &  Company,  succeeding D. 
H.  Palmer,  retired.

Owosso Times:  Stanley E. Parkill was 
elected a member of the  executive  com­
mittee of the national organization of state 
examining boards at the national associa­
tion of  druggists  held  in  New  Orleans 
last  week.

Myron  Hester  and  family  have  the 
sympathy of a wide circle  of  friends  in 
the death of Mrs.  Hester, which occurred 
on Sunday.  The deceased  was a patient 
sufferer for months and  her  demise  was 
as peaceful as her life had been.

C rum bly  C heese.

From the New Dairy.

Crumbly cheese has a bad  odor  in  the 
market and a good reputation  at  the  ta­
It  is a sign of age, of ripeness,  and 
ble. 
is a sure character of the  highest  priced 
varieties, but we believe it is a bad keep­
er, letting the air in and  inducing  mold. 
We once sat down before  a  bowl  full  of 
cheese  the size  and  shape  of .buckshot. 
It was good,  very good,  but  we  were  af­
terwards told that it had been worked in­
to that shape by skippers  that  had  been 
“ kiln dried.”  Well,  we got  dried  meat 
along with our cheese,  that’s all.

E N G R A V I N G

It paysto illustrate your  business.  Portraits, 
Cuts  of  Business  Blocks,  Hotels,  Factories, 
Machinery,  etc.,  made  to  order  from  photo­
graphs.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
PAUL  EIFERT

Manufacturer of

Trouts, Travelieg Bap  and Cases

•SAMPLE  TRUNKS  AND  CASES 

MADE  TO  ORDER.

Write for Prices.

. 

41  SO.  DIVISION  ST.,

Brand Rapids, 

-  Michigan.

EÄY0N,  LYON  4 CO.,

JOBBERS OF

A  Complete  Line  of

HAMMOCKS,

FISHING  TACKLE,

MARBLES,
= =  BASE  BALL  GOODS = =
Our new sporting goods catalogue will  be  ready 
EATON, LYON & CO.,

about February 10th.

SO and iiit  Monroe  St.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  head tor 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  Insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for each  subsequent  Insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken for less than X5 cents.  Advance  payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

Only clothing  store  in  town.  Trade  all  spot  cash. 

■   SNAP— CLOTHING  AND  HEN’S  FURNISHING 

(roods  stocks  for  sale  in town of  1,800  people. 
$2,500 a week  paid out  in  factories  every  week.  For 
particulars, address No.  236 care  Michigan Tradesman. 
Grand  Rapids.  ________________________  
336
IiOR- SALE — I  HAVE  A  STOCK  OF  DRUGS  AND 
1  books to the amount of $1,500, situated in the best 
little town in Michigan,  which I offer for  sale for cash 
or its equivalent.  W.  R. Mandigo, Sherwood, Mich.218
Dr u g  stock—n e a t  a n d a t t r a c t iv e, a nd n e w
hardwood  fixtures.  Excellent  location  on  best 
retail street  in  Grand  Rapids.  Expenses  very  light 
and  trade  steadily  increasing.  Low  inventory,  just 
completed, $2,500.  On account  of  falling  health,  will 
sell  at  Invoice  or  for  $2,400  cash,  if  sold  by  March 
15.  Otherwise will bold it as an  investment.  A  genu­
ine  bargain.  Personal  Investigation  solicited.  Ad- 
dress “F.,” care Hazeltine Perkins Drug Co.  City. 197 

*1*

stock 

located 

OR SALE  -   A  FIRST-CLASS.  WElL-ASSORTED 
stock of  hardware and building  material, situat­
ed at Port Huron.  Did a business of  $68,000 last  year. 
No old  stock or rubbish.  Will  invoice  about  $20.000. 
Proprietor  sick in  bed  and  unable  to  attend  to  the 
business.  Address Geo. M. Dayton, Lansing. Mich.  228

in  a  thriving 

FOR  SALE—FINE  STOCK  OF  BOOTS  AND  8HOES 

special  line.  No  old  goods.  Everything  desira 
ble.  Good  trade,  mostly  cash.  Excellent 
farming 
country. Address “Shoes.” care Michigan Tradesman 214 
OR SALE—COMPLETE DRUG  STOCK  IN  A  GROW- 
inf? village on good line  of  railroad,  surrounded 
by as fine farming  country, as  there  is  anywhere  in 
Michigan.  Must quit the business  on  account of  fail­
ing  health.  Address  No.  213  care Michigan  Trades­
man. 
TTOR  8ALE—HALF  INTEREST  IN  A  GENERAL 
U  
town.  Capital 
necessary,  about  $1.200.  address  No.  241, care  Mich­
igan Tradesman.____________________________ 341

street  In  the  booming city  of  Muskegon.  For 
full  particulars  address No. 242, care Michigan Trades­
man^________________________________________342

IVOR SALE—VARIETY  STOCK.  LOCATED  ON  MAIN 
I TOR SALE—WILL SACRIFICE A STOCK OF GENERAL 

merchandise inventoried at $800.  Only store within 
three  and  one  half  miles.  Situated on C.  & W.  M. 
Railway.  Good  store  building,  dwelling  and  barn. 
Reasons for  selling, death  of proprietor.  Address  H.
M. G., care Michigan Tradesman._______________ 332
TTOR  SALE—BAKERY  AND  RESTAURANT  ;  GOOD 
1<  business;  in  good  town;  plenty  boarders; good 
chance;  other  business  reason  for  selling.  Address 
box 238, Dowagiac, Cass Co., Mich.______________ 383

I TOR  SALE—GROCERY  STOCK.  DESIRABLE  LOCA- 

tion.  A bonanza to the right  man.  Address Gro­

cer,  care  Michigan Tradesman.___________ 
XPOR  SALE—WELL-SELECTED  DRUG  STOCK,  IN- 
_T 
ventorying about $1,200,  situated  in  good  coun­
try town o f 500 people.  Reason for selling, proprietor 
has other  business.  Address  No.  173,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman.____________________________________173
FOR SALE—A  COMPLETE  DRUG  STOCK AND  Fix­
tures;  stock well  assorted  can  be bought  at  a
bargain.  Address for  particulars  S. P. Hicks,  Lowell, 
Mich.________________________________  ________ 124
WANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 

general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad- 

dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman.

345

1 

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

WANTED-  BY YOUNG  MAN, SITUATION AS BOOK- 

keeper,  assistant  book-keeper  or  collector 
Rest  of  references. Address  E. care  Michigan  Trades-
man.______________________ ________________ 343
W T ANTED — SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED  AS8IS- 
VY 
tant pharmacist of four years’ experience.  Best 
of references.  H. Fox, 238 Jefferson 8t„ Grand Rapids,
Mich.  ________________________ _______________34»
ANTED—POSITION  BY  REGISTERED  PHARMA- 
cist,  four  years practical  experience.  Address

Box 170, Bangor, Mich.____________________  

ANTED—POSITION IN STORE BY  A SINGLE MAN 
who  has  had  fourteen  years  experience  in  a 
general  store;  can  give  A  No. 1 references.  Address
Dick Starling, Eastmanyille, Mich._______________ 225
ANTED—SITUATION  BY  AN  EXPERIENCED 
hardware clerk.  Can  furnish No.  1  references. 

329

Address  Box  33,  Bangor,  Mich. 

239

MISCELLANEOUS.

1“ TOR  SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND  5-ROOM 

’1X7’ANTED—A  DRUG  CLERK  WITH  ONE  OR  TWO 
VY  years’  experience.  Registered  assistant  pre- 
fered.  Good  references required.  A  good  chance  to 
learn the business.  I. F. Hopkins, Muskegon, Mich. 240 
TTTANTED—AN EXPERIENCED HARDWARE CLERK. 
VY  A married man. who wants  steady  employment 
will  have  the  preference.  Send  references  from  last
employer to box 1,204, Cadillac. Mich.______________230
OR SALE—TWELVE  TO TWENTY ACRES  OF LAND 
for summer  home.  Seven  miles  north  of  Trav­
erse  City  on  the  East  Arm  of Traverse  Bay on the 
Peninsula  ready  fitted  for  building.  O.  E.  Clapp, 
Archie,  Mich. 
______ ________________ 238____
1  house on North  Lafayette st.. cellar, brick found­
ation  and  BOft  water  in  kitchen.  $1.200.  Terms  to 
salt.  Cheap enough  for  an  Investment.  Address  No
187, care Michigan T r a d e s m a n ._____ ________137.
ANTED—REGISTERED PHARMAClST.'w ITH TWO 
or  three  years*  experience.  Mast  be  able  to 
give  good references.  Address  No. 247, care Michigan
Tradesman.__________________________________ 347
W T  ANTED—FIVE  SALESMEN  BY  THE  GEORGE D. 
YV  Hawkins  Medicine  Co.  (Manufacturers  and 
wholesale  dealers  in  Hawkins  Great  Specific Cares) 
to represent them on  the  road.  Commencing on  July 
10th.  No  one  but  first-class  experienced  salesmen 
need  apply.  Good  positions  guaranteed  to  good 
salesmen.  Write  for  terms  to  George  D.  Hawkins 
Medleine  Company.  Hawkins.  Mich. 
244___

CLARK,  MASON  &  CO.,

DEALERS IN

All  Kinds of Dairy  Supplies,

ADRIAN,  MICH. 

Correspondence Solicited.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Wells & Clear,  illuminating oil dealers 
at  Lansing,  contemplate  establishing  a 
branch bulk station in this city.

stock  from  the  Hermitage  block  to  8 
South Ionia street,  which will  hereafter 
be  his  headquarters.

Chas.  E.  Williams,  formerly  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business  on  Plainfield 
avenue,  has arranged  to  embark  in  the 
butter and egg business, buying and sell­
ing at wholesale.

Austin Richardson lost  a  new shingle 
and saw mill by fire in  Cedar  township, 
Osceola county,  Saturday.  The mill was 
not quite ready to  begin  operations. 
It 
will  be rebuilt at once.

B.  S.  Harris has  broken  ground for  a 
two-story addition to his double store  on 
South  Division,  adjoining  the  present 
structure  on  the  north,  36x90  feet  in 
dimensions  The  building  will  have  a 
brick  front and  will  probably  be  com­
pleted by  July  1.

Some  of  the  grocery  clerks  are  agi­
tating  the  mattèr  of  making the picnic 
half holiday a  full  holiday  and  getting 
up a trade display in the forenoon.  The 
project is not looked upon with  favor by 
the grocers, as they  are  of  the  opinion 
that  the  stores ought to be open at least 
half the day  for  the  accommodation  of 
the public.

Gripsack Brigade.

John Cummins has  gone  to  Bradford, 

Pa.,  to remove his family to this city.

F.  L. Gifford, of Owosso,  has  engaged 
to  travel  for  Urquhart  Bros.,  cracker 
bakers and confectioners at Lansing.

Hi. Robertson is spending most  of  his 
time at Bangor,  attending the  bedside of 
a  brother,  who  has been dangerously ill 
for three weeks.

L.  M.  Mills has received a patent on  a 
bank check  punch,  which he proposes  to 
put on the  market  in  conjunction  with 
his patent cash register.

Jas.  N.  Bradford  ran  a nail through 
his foot at Baldwin  last  Wednesday  and 
now walks with a crutch. 
It will proba­
bly be a week or ten days  before  he will 
be out again.

Fred Broad,  who traveled several years 
for A. C.  McGraw & Co.,  of Detroit,  hav­
ing been a partner  in  the  firm,  died  at 
Pontiac  last  week. 
The  death  was 
caused by heart  failure.

Willliams,  Sheley  &  Brooks  have 
placed  their  sundry  department  under 
the management  of  William  H.  Dodds, 
having engaged Walter  A.  McMillan  to 
represent them in the capacity  of travel­
ing salesman.

T. P.  S.  Hampson left Sunday forProv- 
dence,  R.  I.,  where  he  will inspect  the 
works  of  his  employer,  the U.  S.  Gutta 
Percha  Paint  Co.,  after  which  he  will 
drum the  trade  of  New  England  for  a 
month or six weeks.

The  Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’ 
Association has  accepted  the  invitation 
of  the  Grand  Rapids  Traveling  Men’s 
Association  to hold  an  unofficial  semi­
annual convention in this city on July 25. 
The day will probably be given  over  al­
most wholly to social pleasures, conclud­
ing  with a banquet at North Park or one 
of the hotels in the evening.

M. J.  Matthews,  Secretary of the Mich­

igan  Commercial Travelers’ Association,*

LAMP  BURNERS.

6 doz. In box.

No. 0 Sun................................................
No. 1  “  ................................................
No. 2  “  ................................................
Tubular..................................... ............
lamp chimnets.—Per box.
No. 0 Sun................................................
No. 1  “  ................................................
No. 2  “  ................................................
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.............................
“  .............................
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
“  ..............................
No. 0 Sun, crimp top.............................
No. 1  “ 
“  .............................
No. 2  “ 
“  ..............................
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled...........
No. 2  “ 
...........
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
...........
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz..............
..............
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz..............................
No. 2  “ 
...............................

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

La Bastlc.

Pearl top.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

FRUIT JARS.

Mason's or  Lightning.

Pints ......................................................
Q uarts...................................................
Half gallons  ..........................................
Rubbers.................................................
Caps  only..............................................

STONEWARE—AKRON.

Butter Crocks, per gal............................
Jugs, Mi gal., per doz..............................
im iim z z iiim in
Milk Pans, *  gal., per doz.  ^glazed 76cj

•*  2  “ 

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45
50
75
75

1  75 
.1  88 
.2 70
.2 26 
.2 40 
.3 40
.2 60 
.2 80 
.3 80
.3 70 
4 70 
.4 70
1  25 
1  50 
,1 35 
1  60

*7 50 
.  8 (0 
10 50 
55 
3 50

06* 
75 
90 
1 80 
65 
78

writes  T h e  T radesm an  as 
follows: 
“The  affairs  of  the  M.  C.  T.  A.  are 
prospering.  There have  been  admitted 
to  this  date  this  year  twenty-one  new 
members.  April dues were paid prompt­
ly  by  the  members.  Assessment  No. 
3 is ordered to date from May  20  and  to 
close June 19,  to  cover  the  death  claim 
of H.  Bonninghouser,  of  Detroit,  one  of 
the charter members.  The Detroit mem­
bers are anticipating  the  25th  of  July, 
the date  given  by the  Grand  Rapids  T. 
M. A.  for the semi-annual  convention of 
the Association in Grand Rapids.” 

Allegan  Journal:  “John  Payne,  Jr., 
who has been traveling  for  a  wholesale 
grocery  house  in  Grand  Rapids,  made 
his usual call  here a  week ago  Monday. 
He had been ill a couple of weeks before 
starting out on his trip,  but was  anxious 
to serve  his  employers  and  thought he
might feel better,  but when on  the  road 
had  to  give  up  and  return  to  Grand 
Rapids.  News was received  here a  day 
or  two  after  that  he  was  sick  with 
consumption and some of his friends here 
started  out  with  a  subscription  paper, 
soon  raising  $53,  to  help  him  in  his 
affliction.  Last Monday  Charles  Fuller 
went to Grand Rapids to present  him the 
amount and see what more could be done 
for him,  but found that  he  had  gone to 
Vicksburg,  where  his  mother 
lives. 
Charley  then  forwarded  the  check  to 
John and last evening  received  a  letter 
from  him  stating 
that  he  was  much 
better and hoped  to  be  out  soon  again 
and,  while very  grateful ¿to  his  friends 
here for their sympathy  and  generosity, 
he  could  not  accept  their  gift,  as  the 
house  he  was  working  for  was  paying 
him regularly and he  was  getting  along 
all  right.”

laundry  work. 

A  French  chemist  has  made  a  blue 
soap which will  render  unnecessary the 
In  ordinary 
bluing  in 
soap he incorporates a solution of aniline 
green in strong acetic  acid.  The  alkali 
of the soap converts the green into  blue, 
uniformly coloring  the  mass.  This will 
be  glad  news 
the  housewife  and 
laundry woman.

to 

A prominent dry goods firm in Chicago 
has  set  up a retail  coal  business in con­
nection with  its  trade.  The  proceeding 
is  quite  ludicrous. 
It  is  now  in  order 
for a coal  firm to  take a hand  in the  dry 
goods trade and  deal in  shirts and socks.

Crockery & Glassware

BORDEN  &  DRYSDALE,

WHOLESALE

114 and  116 South  Franklin St., Saginaw, Mich.

WRITE  FOR  QUOTATIONS.

REFERENCES—Second National Bank, The James Stewart Co., Limited, McCausland  & Co.

Possibly  we  can 

V s p iTE  us for  Samples and  Prices.
save  you 
money.  We  have  a  good  white  en­
velope (our 154) which we sell :
No
Size 3%x6*
$1.50
2.50
2.25
1.85
1.70
Special  prices  on  larger  quantities. 
This  is  not a cheap  stock,  but  good 
fair envelope.  We  have  cheaper and 
have  better  grades,  but  can  recom­
mend this one.

No 6
Size 314x6
$1.40
2.40
2.15
1.75
160

500
1,000
2,000
5,000
10,000

THE  TRADESMEN  COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

To  Clothing  and  General  Store  Mer­

chants:

It cannot be disputed that

I c W   [olii  &  Son,
Clothing Manilfactiirers

Wholesale

Rochester,  N. ¥.,

Have  had  for  nearly 30 years  past and 
have  to-day one of  the largest  trades  in 
Michigan;  and  why?  Because  the  mer­
chants  who  handle  our  line  know  that 
when a customer  visits  their  store  they
can rely upon  good goods and  materials,
and a perfect fit.  Our  goods  are made so well  and our  prices so equitable that we 
fear  no competition,  not  even  from  manufacturers  making  inferior  garments  to 
catch the merchants with low prices.

w i l l i a m   Co n n o r , 

M arshall,  Mich. 

Box 346, 

We  commence  April  1st,

C L O S IN G   O U T

Our entire  line of  Spring and Summer  Goods at great  bargains and  prefer to offer 
the same to the general trade  rather than to one or two  large houses. 
It  will  pay 
you to write our  Michigan agent, William Connor,  who resides  at  Marshall,  Mich., 
to call upon you and look at these

GREAT  BARGAINS  IN

(Hen’s,  Yoilths’,  Bop’  and Ghildren’8  Clothing

William Connor will  be at Sweet’s Hotel,  Grand  Rapids, on  Thursday and  Friday,

May  14 and 15.

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T TTW   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

A  C otton-D uck  C om bination.

The movement to consolidate the  man­
ufacture of cotton duck under  one  man­
agement is said to have  received  a  new 
lease of life,  and it is predicted  that  the 
movement will be successful within sixty 
days.  Baltimore and vicinity is a center 
of the  cotton  duck  industry,  and  it  is 
from that  city  that  reports  come  of  a 
combination.  The  Baltimore  Sun,  de­
scribing the proposed plan,  says:
“The  plan  so  far  discussed  contem- j 
plates the formation of a stock company, 
with a capital of from  $8,000,000 to $10,- 
000,000,  divided  proportionately 
into 
preferred  and  common  stock.  A  fair 
valuation will be placed upon  the  prop­
erty of each factory that enters the pool, 
and stock therefor issued to  the  present 
owners.  There will  be  one  general  of­
fice, probably located in Baltimore, which 
will exercise a supervision over the work­
ings of each factory,and will consolidate 
in its hands the  financial  operations  of 
the pool and attend to  all  the  contract­
ing for raw and  manufactured  material. 
The plan will  be similar  in operation  to 
that of the cordage consolidation.  Each 
factory  that enters the  pool will conduct 
the  general  business  of  manufacturing 
under its existing management.  The only 
restriction is that  the  quality and width 
of the manufactured article shall be  dic­
tated from  the  general  office.  This  is 
said to be one of the chief  advantages to 
result from the pool.  As at present con­
ducted,  there is a  strong competition be­
tween the factories.  No factory will  re­
fuse an order for any  width or quality of 
duck for which a coutract can  be  secur­
ed.  A practical  manufacturer said  that 
changing the  looms  from  one  width  of 
cloth to  another,  and  the  adjusting  of 
machinery  necessary  to  operate  under 
the change,  frequently entails the loss of 
one-half a day or a day to the  operatives 
and to the work of  the mill.  Under  the 
consolidation as proposed such changing 
will be avoided,  as  competition  will  be 
entirely destroyed. 
Each  mill  will  be 
given the work  of  manufacturing  duck 
of a specified width and  quality,  and the 
looms and machinery once  arranged will 
continue in that line. 
In  this  way  the 
whole field will be covered,  as  each  fac­
tory  will be given separate work,  and no 
two factories will make exactly the same 
article.  Another  advantage  urged  by 
those in favor of the  consolidation  is the 
saving of office expenses to each factory. 
This  will  amount  to  from  $150,000  to 
$200,000 annually,  which  will goto swell 
the  dividends  of  the  pool.  Another 
meeting  of  those  interested 
this 
scheme  will  be  held  within  the  next 
thirty  days,  when  the  matter  will  be 
further discussed and the basis of a final 
settlement probably  reached.”
The  leading  manufactories  of  cotton 
duck  in  Baltimore  and  its  vicinity  are 
the Mount Vernon,  Druid, Laurel, Wood- 
berry and Franklin mills.  There are also 
mills at Lawrence,  Plymouth  and  Man­
chester,  Mass., and one in  Georgia.  Six­
ty-six  per cent,  of  all  the  cotton  duck 
made is said to be  turned  out  at  Balti­
more and  vicinity.

in 

Elephant Leather.

“The tanning of elephant  hides,”  says 
the Boston Journal of Commerce,  is com­
paratively a new industry.  The  method 
employed  is  practically  the  same  as  in 
the tanning of  cow  hide,  except  that  a I 
stronger  combination  of  tannic  ingre­
dients is required, and greater  length  of 
time,  about six months,  is  necessary  to 
perform the  work.  When  the  hide  is 
taken out of the vat it is 1% inches thick. 
Articles made of elephant  hides  are  ex­
pensive  luxuries.  A  small  pocketbook 
of  elephant’s  leather,  without  any  gold 
or silver ornamentations, costs about $40. 
A  small satchel made  of the  same leath­
er costs from $300 to $400.  Cigar  cases, 
card cases and similar articles vary from 
$25  to  $100.  Floor  rugs  are  also  made 
of the leather. 
In  finishing  the  hide  no 
attempt  is  made  to  glaze  or  polish  it. 
Everything is done to  preserve its natur­
al color  and  appearance. 
It  is  a  very 
enduring  leather,  several  years’  wear 
having but little effect upon  it.”

St.  Charles—Jones  &  Guilford  have 
removed  their  dry  goods  and  grocery 
stock to North Branch.

Dry Goods Price Current.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 

614

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

3 .. 
7 .. 
8 .. 

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

Adriatic
Argyle  ..................   6*4
Atlanta AA............   654
Atlantic  A..............  7
H..............  62£
“ 
“ 
P ..............6
D..............  6%
“ 
“  LL..............  5*
Amory....................   7
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  554
Blackstone O, 32__5
Black Crow............   6M
Black  Rock  ...........7
Boot, AL...............   754
Capital  A............... 5*4
Cavanat V..............554
Chapman cheese cl.  334
Clifton  C E ............ 514
Comet..........
Dwight Star.
Clifton CCC

“  Arrow Brand  514 
“  World Wide..  7
“  LL............... 5
Pull Yard Wide......614
Georgia  A................6*4
Honest Width.........  614
Hartford A  ............   5
Indian Head...........  714
King A  A...............   614
King EC.................  5
Lawrence  L L .......   514
Madras cheese cloth 6?4
Newmarket  G........6
B  .......  514
N ........ 614
DD....  514
X ........ 7
Noibe R..................  5
Our Level  Best......6J4
Oxford  R  ..............  614
.........  7*4|Pequot....................   714
.........  6141 Solar.......................  614
I Top of the Heap—   714
BLEACHED  COTTONS.
Geo.  Washington...  8
Glen Mills.............   7
Gold Medal............  714
Green  Ticket......... 814
Great Falls.............   614
Hope.......................714
Just  Out........414® 5
King  Phillip...........714
OP......714
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1014
Lonsdale..........   @ 814
Middlesex........   @5
No Name................   714
Oak View............... 6
Our Own................   514
Pride of the West.. .12
Rosalind.................714
Sunlight.................   414
Utica  Mills............ 814
“  Nonpareil  ..11
Vlnyard..................  814
White Horse.........  6
Rock..............814

A B C ........................814
Amazon.................. 8
Amsburg.................7
Art  Cambric.......... 10
Blackstone A A......8
Beats All.................   414
Boston................... 12
Cabot....................... 714
Cabot,  \
..................  694
Charter  Oak.............514
Conway W...............  7J4
Cleveland.............. 7
Dwight Anchor......  8914
shorts.  814
Edwards................. 6
Empire....................7
Farwell.................... 714
Fruit of the  Loom..  894
Fitchville  ............. 7
First Prize................614
Fruit of the Loom %.  8
Fairmount...............  414.
Full Value................6141
Cabot......................   7941 Dwight Anchor...... 9
Farwell...................8  I
TremontN..............  514 [Middlesex No.  1— 10
Hamllt'”i N 
.11
L
Middlesex  AT........8
X...........  9
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Hamilton N ............   714 Middlesex A A
Middlesex P T.
2
A O
A T.
X A.
45
X F.

.11 
.12 
.1314 
■ 1714 
.16
[Integrity, colored... 21
colored__2014 White Star..............1814
“  colored..21
.............8  Nameless..................20
.25 
 
• 2714 
.30 
3214 
35
Coraline................$9 50|Wonderful............84 50
Schilling’s ............   9 001 Brighton............... 4 75
Armory..................   094[Naumkeag satteen..  714
Androscoggin.........7J4 Rockport.................. 614
Biddeford...............  6  [Conestoga............... 694
Brunswick..............6141 Walworth................   694
Allen turkey  reds..  534¡Berwick fancies—   14 
robes...........  514 Clyde Robes...........  5
Eink a purple 614 ¡Charter Oak fancies 414
u ffs...........  6  Del Marine cashm’s.  6
mourn’g  6
pink  checks.  514 
staples  ........  514 Eddystone fancy...  6
shirtings ...  434j 
chocolat  6
rober—   6
American  fancy—   534 
sateens..  6
American indigo 
  534; 
American shirtings.  414 j Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
staple__  514
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  45£ Manchester fancy..  6
Arnold 
__ 6I4! 
new era.  6
i Merrimack D fancy.  6 
Arnold  Merino 
...  6 
“ 
long cloth B. 1014 Merrlm’ck shirtings.  414 
“  C'.  8141 
“ 
Repp fu rn .  814
“ 
century cloth  7 
'Pacific fancy..........6
“  gold seal...... 1014 
robes..............654
“  green seal Tit 1034 Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow seal.. 1054 Simpson mourning..  6
serge.............1154 
“ 
greys........6
“  Turkey  red.. 1054 
solid black.  6
Ballou solid black..  5  ¡Washington indigo.  6 
“  colors.  554  “  Turkey robes..  714
“ 
“  India robes__ 714
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and  orange  ..  514  “  plain T’ky X 94 814
Berllnsolids...........  514  “ 
“  X...10
“  oil blue.......   654  “  Ottoman  Tur-
“  green__ 614  key red...................6
“ 
“  Foulards —   534 Martha Washington
red 34.............7  Turkeyred 34........ 714
“ 
“ 
“  %  .........   914; Martha Washington
“  4 4........... 10  Turkeyred...........914
“ 
“ “  3-4XXXX 12 
Riverpolnt robes__   5
Cocheco fancy.........  6  ¡Windsorfancy........  614
“  madders...  6  1 
“  XX twills..  6541 indigo  Dine...........1014
solids........5141
“ 

Peerless, white. ....18
Integrity................. 18141 
Hamilton 

G G  Cashmere........21
NamelesB..............16
............... 18

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CARPET

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CORSET  JEANS.

gold  ticket

DRESS  GOODS.

CORSETS.

PRINTS.

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1014

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AC A..................... 1214
Pemberton AAA — 16
York....................... 1014
Swift River............  754
Pearl  River............1214
Warren................... 14

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Amoskeag A C A.... 13
Hamilton N............   714
D..............814
Awning.. 11
Farmer....................8
First  Prize............. 1114
Lenox M ills.......... 18
Atlanta,  D..............  634[Stark  A
Boot........................  694 No  Name —
Clifton, K...............   7;4lTop of Heap
Simpson..................20 
Imperial.......
................. 18  Black............
.................16 
...........
Coechco................. 1014

COTTON  DRILL.

SATIRES.

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....1014 
9® 914 
....1014

DEMINS.

Amoskeag...............1214 Columbian  brown

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9oz...... 1414
brown .13
Andover................. 1114
Beaver Creek  A A... 10 
BB...  9
CC....
Boston MfgCo.  br..  7 

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blue  814 
“  d a twist 1014 

Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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Everett, blue...........12
brown....... 12
Haymaker blue........ 73£
brown...  714
Jaffrey.....................1114
Lancaster................1214
Lawrence, 9 oz........1314
No. 220....13
No. 250.... 1114
No. 280.... 1014

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GINGHAMS.
fancies___ 7
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“  Normandie  8

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Amoskeag................ 7J4
“  Persian dress 814 
Canton ..  814
“ 
AFC........1214
“ 
Arlington staple—   614 
Arasapha  fancy —   414 
I Bates Warwick dres 814 
staples.  614
Centennial............   1014
Criterion  .............  1014
Cumberland staple.  514
I Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................414
Elfin.......................  714
Everett classics......814
Exposition............... 714
Glenarie.................  614
Glenarven..............   614
Glenwood.................714
Hampton...................614
Johnson Ghalon cl 
14 
indigo blue 914
zephyrs__16
Lancaster,  staple...  614

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Lancashire.............   614
Manchester............   614
Monogram..............  614
Normandie............... 714
Persian...................   814
Renfrew Dress........714
Rosemont................. 614
Slatersville.............. 6
Somerset.........   ....  7
Tacoma  .................   714
Toil  du Nord......... 1014
Wabash..................   \
seersucker..  714
Warwick...............   814
Whittenden............   614
heather dr.  8 
indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  614
Westbrook..............  8
.........................10
Windermeer........... 5
York....................    614

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag..............1614i Valley City..............1514
Stark......................20  ¡Georgia...................1514
American...............16141 Pacific  .....................1414

THREADS.

KNITTING  COTTON.

Clark’s Mile End... .45  ¡Barbour's................88
Coats’, J. & P ........ 45  Marshall’s ...............88
Holyoke.................22141
White.
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14 .......37
“  16 .......38
39
'•  18 .......39
40
“  20 .......40
41
CAMBRICS.

No.  6 ..  ..33
8 .......34
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“  10 .......35
“  12 .......36

..12
..18
..19

Slater......................  4M[Washington............414
White Star............   414  Red Cross................. 414
Kid Glove................  414 Lockwood................ 414
Newmarket...............414 Wood’s ..................  414
Edwards.................4J4|Brunswick...............414

RED  FLANNEL.

Fireman..........3214 IT W................................. 2214
Creedmore...............2714 F T ......— ..............3254
I Talbot XXX........... 30  J R F , XXX.............35
| Nameless................2714|Buckeye..................3214

MIXED  FLANNEL.

Red &'Blue,  plaid. .40 
Union R..................2214
Windsor.................1814
6 oz Western.......... 21
Union  B................ 2214

Grey SR W.............1714
Western W  .............1814
D R P ...................... 1814
Flushing XXX........ 2314
Manitoba................ 2314

DOMET  FLANNEL.

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1054
1154
1254

954 13 
1054 15 
II5417 
I254I2O 
DUCKS.

Nameless...... 8  @ 9141 
...... 814©10  I 

CANVASS  AND  F ADDINO.
13
15
17
20

9  @1014 
1214
Slate.  Brown.  Black. ISlate.  Brown.  Black.
13
954 
15
1054 
17
1154 
20
1254 
Severen, 8 oz......... .  954IWest  Point, 8 oz... .1054
10 oz.. 1254
Mayland, 8oz........ .1054
Greenwood, 754 oz .  9J4 Raven, lOoz........... .1354
........... • 1354
Greenwood, 8 oz..
White, doz........... 25 Per bale, 40 doz__ 17 50
Colored,  doz........

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WADDINGS.
.20
SILESIAS.
Slater, Iron Cross. ■  8 Pawtucket...........
.  9 D undie...................
.1054 Bedford...............
.1254 Valley  City.........
.75 Corticelli  knitting,

Red Cross..
Best  .........
Best A A...

Corticelli, doz......

.1054
.  9
.1054
1054

SEW IN G   SILK.

“  8 
“  10 

per 54oz  bail__ .30

twist, doz .3754
50 yd, doz .3754
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White..10 No  4 Bl’k & White..15
.12
.20
“  2 
.25
“  3 
.12
.50 No4—15  F  354.  .. ..40
No 2—20, M C......
.45
‘  3—18, S C ........
COTTON  TAPE.
No  2 White A Bl’k..l2 No  8 White A Bl’k..20
..15
“  10 
“  4 
23
“  6 
“  12 
..18
.2 6
SAFETY  PINS.
No 2.........................
.28 No 3 ......................... ..36

PINS.

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James.............. ..1  501 Steamboat............ ..  40
.1  35 Gold  Eyed........... ..1  50
I CTowely’s.............
I Marshall’s ............ ..1  00|
; 5—4__2 25  6—4. .  3 2515-4. ...1  95  6—4. ..2  95

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
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COTTON TWINES.

“  ....2   10 

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.13 Wool Standard 4 ply!754

Cotton Sail Twine ..28 Nashua............... ..18
Crown................. ..12 Rising Star 4-ply.. ..17
3-ply.. ..17
Domestic............ . .1854
| Anchor............... .16 North Star........... ..2 0
Bristol...............
Cherry  Valley__ .. 15 Powhattan......... ..18
IX L .................... .13
Alabama__
Alamance...
Augusta)__
An sapha...
Georgia......
Granite .... 
Haw  River. 
Haw .J......

Mount  Pleasant__614
Oneida....................  5
Pyrm ont................  534
Randelman............ 6
Riverside................  554
Sibley  A .................  654
Toledo....................   6

PLAID  OSNABURGS.

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Hand and Machine Use,
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QUAND  RAPIDS.

Volgi, Msleier & Go.,

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

DRY GOODS,

NOTIONS,

CARPETS,

CURTAINS.
Shirts,  Pants,  Overalls,  Eta.

Manufacturers of

Elegant  Spring  Line  of  Prints, Ging­
hams,  Toile  Du  Nord,  Challies,  White 
and  Black  Goods,  Percales,  Satteens, 
Serges,  Pants  Cloth,  Cottonades  and 
Hosiery now ready for inspection. 
Chicago and D etroit Frices G uaranteed. 

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St. 

GRAND RAPIDS, 

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A W N I N G S

A N D   T E N T S .

F la n , Horse and  Wagon  Covers,  Seat  Shades,  Large 
Umbrellas,  Oiled  Clothing,  Wide .Ootton  Docks,  etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COYE, 
li  Pearl  Street.

Send  for  Illustrated  Catalogne.

T elephone  100.

T H E   MXCHIGAlsr  TRA D ESM A N .
Hardware Price Current.

HAMMERS.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
_  „  
Snell’s........................................
Cook’s ..................... .
Jennings’, genuine.
Jennings’,  Imitation ......7.77.7.7. 7 7.7. .50*10

AUGURS AND BITS.

AXES.

First Quality, 8. B. Bronze.........  

« 7 so
D.  B. Bronze.................7 ' 
12 00
S.B.S. Steel..........................  s 50
D. B. Steel..................................  13 50

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dis

gaikoad......................................................    14'oo
Garden................................................... net  30 00
®,tovf......................................................
Carriage new list.........................................  
75
c w V 'i." ..........................................  .......40*10

bolts. 

dis.

BUCKETS.

wf}}’  p¥ n; ..................................................8 3 50

BUTTS, CAST. 

dis.
70*
Cast Loose Pin, figured............................. 
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.........‘60&10
Wrought Loose Pin..........................  
60*10
Wrought  Table......................................  
60*10
'  60*10
Wrought Inside Blind...................... 
Wrought Brass................................................... 75
Blind,  Clark’s.............................  
70*10
Parker’s................................7777.'70*10
Blind, Shepard’s .........................................  
70

 

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

40

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

GraIn ......................................................dis. 50*02
Cast Steel.
.per lb
Ely’s 1-10............................................ per 1
65 
Hick’s C. F ............................... 
n
60
G. D . 
35
.........   “ 
Musket.
60
“ 
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Rim  Fire................................................... 
50
Central  Fire................................ . . . . . . . dis. 
25
dis.
Socket Firmer...............................................70*10
Socket Framing................................... . 
70*10
Socket Corner................................... ............70&10
Socket Slicks...................................... ” 
70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............... . . . . . . . . 
40
dis.

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

combs. 

Curry,  Lawrence's............................... 
Hotchkiss.............................................. 25

40

CHALK.

COPPER.

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

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
14x52, 14x56,14x60 ....................... 
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
Bottoms.................................................7.7 
Morse’s Bit  Stocks..................................... 
Taper and straight Shank.......................... 
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 

drills. 

30
28
25
25
27
dis,
50
  50
50

DRIPPING PANS.

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

07

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 in...........................doz. net 
75
Corrugated.....................................dis. 20*10*10
Adjustable............................................ die. 40*10
dis.
Clark’s, small, 818; large, 826....................... 
Ives’, 1, 818;  2, 824 ;  3, $36............................ 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

30
25

piles—New List. 

dis.

Dlsston’s ...................................................... 60*10
New  American.............................................60*10
Nicholson’s ..................................................60*10
HeHer’s......................................................... 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps...................................  
50

GALVANIZED IRON

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

12 

14 

Discount, 60

13 
gauges. 

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

28
18

50

dis.

 

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dis.

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HINGES.

dis.
dis

levels. 

HANGERS. 

MATTOCKS.

WIRE GOODS. 

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HOLLOW WARE

knobs—New List. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Maydole  *  Co.’s......................................dis. 
25
25
Kip’s ........................................................dis 
Yerkes * Plumb’s.................................. dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..................  
30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand... ,30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ............................... dls.OO&lO
State  ...... — ..........................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 In. 4 H  14  and
longer.......................................................  
314
Screw Hook and Eye, H............................net 
10
% ................... 
net  8H
3i......................... net  7H
%........................... net  7H
Strap and T ...............................................dis. 
50
dlS.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track  .. .50*10
Champion,  anti friction.................... 
60*10
Kidder, wood track.................................             40
POtS............................................................... 
go
Kettles.........................................  
en
 
Spiders  ............................................7 7 7 7  
(¡0
Gray enameled........................................'... 40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware.............................  new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware............................... 
05
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 33)4*10
Bright.....................................................70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook s .....................................................70*10*10
70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s  ..................  
70
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................  
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain..................  
70
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s...........................  
55
Branford's................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ........................................... 
55
Adze Eye.........................................116.00, dis. 60
Hunt Eye.........................................*15.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s .......................................818.50, dis. 20*10.
dis.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
50
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ................................... 
40
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables__ 
“  Landers,  Ferry & CU-  k’s................. 
40
“  Enterprise 
.................................... 
25
Stebbin’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring......................... 
25
Steel nails, base..............................................1  90
Wire nails, base.........................................'.” .2 30
Steel.  Wire.
.Base
Base 
.Base
10 
05
20 
. 
10 
20 
15 
. 
30 
15
. 
35 
15 
35 
40 
20 
.  25
50 
.  40
65 
.  60
90
1  50
.1  00
2-,....................................................... 1 50
2  00 
Fine 3.........  
1  50
2 00
Case  10...........................................  60
90 
  75
“ 
1  00 
“ 
90
1  25 
Finish 10.........................................  85
1  00 
“  8.......................................1 00
1  25
,  “ 
6  .......................................... 1  15
1  50 
Clinch; 10......................................  
85
75 
90
8 ............................................................................1 00
„  
„  6........................................... 1 15
1  002 50 
Barrel! %...........................................1 75
dis.
TLANES.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy
I  
. 
@40
Sciota Bench................................................  @go
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  @40
Bench, first quaUty......................................   @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dls.60—10
70
Common,  polished................................dis. 
dis.
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................  
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

8................................... 
6............................. 
 

Advance over base: 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

rivets. 

NAILS

Broken packs He per pound extra.

PANS.

dis.

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ROPES.

Steel and  Iron.. 
Try and Bevels. 
Mitre...............

Sisal, H Inch and larger............................. 

g
■  114 
dis.
75
60
20
Com. 
83  10 
3 20 
3 20 
3 30 
3 40 
0 uu
3 50
AH  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

SHEET IRON.
Com.  Smooth.
Nos. 10 to  14............................ 
'  «420
Nos. 15 to 17..................................  4 20
Nos.  18 to 21........................ 7 7 7 7   4 20
Nos. 22 to 21.........................7 7 7 7   4 20
Nos. 25 to 26...........................  
..  4 40
No. 27............... .................... .........   4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
,  . 
List acct. 19, ’86...................................... dis.
Sliver Lake, White A........ 
list
DrabA................7 7 7 7 7 '  «
White  B................. 
DrabB........................  7.7  <•
White C......................  
"   <i

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

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SASH WEIGHTS.

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dis.

saws. 

WIRE. 

traps. 

...................dis.

Cuts,  per  foot.....................•. 

tt 
Hand............................... 

Silver Steel  DIa. X Cuts, per foot,.... 
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__ 
Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot... 
Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
„ 

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton 825
.>0
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game......................................  
60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s 
70
Mouse,  choker.................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion.............................. *1.50 per doz.
dis
Bright Market.................................. 
Annealed Market....................7777.777’  TO—to
  m
Coppered Market.................................... 
Tinned Market............................................  colf
Coppered  Spring  Steel........7 7 7 7 7 .7 7 7  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized............... . . . . . . .  3 50
painted.................. 7 7 7 7   2  95
HORSE NAILS.
Au Sable...............................dis. 25*10^25*10*05
Putnam 
dis. 05
.................—  
Northwestern
dis. 10*10
....................... 
_ 
WRENCHES. 
dis
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled. 
‘30
Coe’s  Genuine.
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,7 7 7 7  
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bird Cages.....................................
Pumps, Cistern......................  
•.«
 
70*10
Screws, New I ist....................... 
 
Casters, Bed a  d Plate....................... 7.50*10*10
Dampers, American................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods........... 
65

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METALS,
PIG TIN.

»6c
28c

Pig  Large....................................................  
« 8  Bars.......................................................  
_  
ZINC.
Duty:  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
680 pound  casks................  
Per  pound........................................ 7 7 .7 7  
7*
BOLDER.
H@H........................................................ 
1«
Extra W iping................................................  ' 15
solder in the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONT

 
The  prices  of  the  many other qualities  of

cj-

TIN—MELTN GRADE.

hX u’s:::::  7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 'm  I??and  16
13
10x14 IC, Charcoal...........
I 7 50 
14x20 IC, 
.......... 
............
7 50 
...................................
10x14 IX, 
9 25 
14x20 ix, 
.................... 7 7 7 7 7
9 25
Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.

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

........... 
.............
............   ....................
.................. 7 7 7 7 7 ]
Each additional X on this grade 81.50.

» 6  50 
.  6 50 
.  8 00 
00

ROOFING PLATES
... 

14x20 IC,  “  Worcester...........................   b 50
8 50
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
.............7 7 7 .  13 50
14x20IC, 
575
14x20 IX, 
? 05
“  ................   12 no
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
••  ...7.7 77.  15 00
....................................114 00

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“ 
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BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x31  IX......................................................... is
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers,
14x60 IX,  “  “  9 
10

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Make the Store  Attractive.

in 

the 

tools  and  articles 

A correspondent  of  the Metal  Worker 
into  the  store  of  a 
recently  dropped 
successful  hardware  dealer, 
receiving 
the  following  pithy  advice  from  the 
proprietor of  the  establishment:
“Young  man,  if  you  ever  start  in 
business, start  with  an  idea  that to at­
tract  trade  you  must  make  your  store 
attractive.  Make it  different from those 
of your  competitors.  Now is a splendid 
time  to  make  a display. 
It  is  spring. 
•N6\\  houses  are  building.  Farmers are 
coming to town and they want  tools and 
hardware  for  the  farm  and  for the re­
pairs  on  the  house.  Do  you  suppose 
they will  go to  a hardware  store  where 
the  windows  haven’t  been  washed,  and 
the 
the  show 
windows and  in  the  cases  are  specked 
and streaked with  rust?  Rusty  stock is 
always a  criterion  of  a  rusty  business 
method  and^  a 
rusty  proprietor.  Of 
course  this  is  not  the  case  after a lire 
company  has  been  doing  duty  in  the 
building  or  adjacent  structures.  Walk 
along 
thoroughfare  and  you  cau 
easily tell the men  who  are  doing  well. 
There is a hardware  store  with a  hand­
some  new  sign  over  it.  The  letters 
gleam  and  shine  in  the  sun.  Look in 
the window.  You wrill see goods arrang­
ed in a novel  way, and  there  are  bright 
tools  in  different  combinations.  Fancy 
hinges and  keys  and  all  sorts  of stock 
are  combined 
in  attractive  designs. 
Walk in.  Everything  in  the  store is in 
keeping  with  the  show  window  which 
invited you to enter by its  neatness  and 
the excellent stock displayed.  All along 
the  walls  the  samples  on  the  different 
boxes  are  bright  and  well  kept.  The 
show cases are arranged so that the light 
displays  their  contents  to  the  best ad­
vantage.  The  clerks 
are  brisk  and 
accommodating. 
In  the  principal  office 
is  a table  and  on  it  are  all  the  trade 
papers arranged for use and consultation. 
In  this  store  the  latest  goods  can  be 
found.  The proprietor  is pleasant,  like 
his establishment, and the goods you buy 
from  him  are  always  satisfactory  and 
just  what  they  are  represented  to  be. 
there  customers  are 
While  you  are 
constantly coming and going.  That man 
does  a  good  business. 
It  pays  him to 
keep  his  concern  in  the  way  he does. 
And you will find,  to conclude  with,  that 
he  is  a  sincere  believer  in  the  maxim 
‘Advertising pays.’ ”

A  Favorable  Condition.

Evangelist—“What  are  the  prospects 
in  this  city  for  a  series  of  revival 
meetings?  Do you  think  I would  meet 
with success?”
Citizens—“Yes,  1 think  you  would do 
well.  Money  is easier  with  us  than  it 
has been  for  some  time.”

ICE  CREAM  FREEZERS.

If  you  want  to  satisfy  your C ustomers— sell  them 

the  Best,  the  most Convenient and 

Economical

Do NOT  ALLOW  YOURSELF  TO   BE  IMPOSED  UPON  BY THOU 

WHO  MAY  TRY TO  SELL YOU  OTHER  FREEZERS  BY 

TELLING YOU TH EY ARE  “  JU ST  AS G O O D " OR

"  Just the same as the GEM.”

If You  can't  get the  Gem  from  your regular jobber-
w h it e  TO US AND W E'LL TELL YOU WHERE YOU CAN GET THEM 

OR GIVE  YOU  PRICES AND DISCOUNTS.

Double Action.  White C edar Pail.

Gearing Completely Covered.  Self-Adjusting Scraper. 

Cans Full Size.  Uses Least Ice.

manufactured  by 
AMERICAN 
! A C H I N E  CO. 
Lehigh Avenue  and 

American St., 

Philadelphia.

MANF'RS  AG'TS, 

113 Cham bers S t., 

NEW YORK.

jä

We  have  taken  hold  of  this  line  of  goods  w ith  our  ac­
customed  energy  and  shall  carry  a  full  assortm ent  of  the 
best  makes.  We  shall  be  glad  to  give  full  inform ation  and 
prices to  any  one  desiring to  secure an  agency.

Grand Rapids,  Midi.

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MichiganTradesman

Official Organ of Michigan BnsineM Men*»  Association. 

▲  W EEK LY   JO U RN A L  DEVOTED  TO  T O T

Retail  Trade  of the Wolilerine State.
The  Tradesm an  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,  MAY  13,  1891.

AGAIN  DISAPPOINTED.

It  pains  T h e  T radesm an  beyond 
measure  to  be  compelled 
to  announce 
that its friends, the Patrons  of Industry, 
are again plunged into the  gloom of  dis- 
pair.  When  the  trio  of  Port  Huron 
schemers inaugurated the order, a couple 
of years ago, the ignorant portion of  the 
membership  hailed 
the  10-per-cent- 
above-cost plan as a  guiding  star  which 
would lead them out of the land of bond­
age.  When  T h e  T radesm an  mildly 
suggested that it might not  be  so  satis­
factory as  the  Patrons  anticipated,  the 
paper  was  denounced  as  the  organ  of 
monopoly  and the especial  champion  of 
trusts.  T h e  T radesm an maintained its 
position, however,  and within a year and 
a half the official  organ  announced  that 
the percentage trading plan  had  proved 
to  be  a  failure,  but  that  the  Patrons’ 
Commercial Union—in which  the  editor 
of  the  official  organ  was  the  leading 
spirit—would bring  order  out  of  chaos 
and afford the farmer a medium  through 
which  he  could  get  his  supplies  at  a 
small percentage above cost.  Thousands 
of  farmers  thereupon  contributed  81 
apiece for the  privilege of buying  goods 
at the prices established  by  the  Union. 
That such prices are far  from satisfacto­
ry is evidenced by the angry  mutterings 
in the newspapers all over  the  State,  of 
which the  following  clipping  from  the 
Charlotte Republican is a fair sample:
Luther Johnson,  a  farmer  and  wagon 
maker  of  Benton,  called  at  this  office, 
Saturday,  and  made  complaint  that he I 
had been having some  dealings  with the 
Patrons’ Commercial Union, of  Lansing, 
that  had  proved  very  unsatisfactory. 
Indeed,  he exhibited conclusive evidence 
that he had paid  the  Commercial  Union 
more for  several  different  articles  than 
he could have  purchased  them  for at re­
tail at the stores in this city.  Mr.  John­
son also asserted that he had written  the 
officers  of  the  association  in  regard to 
the matter and had  not  received  any re­
ply  whatever 
to  his  communications. 
We  give  publicity  to 
the  complaint 
through  our  columns  in  the interest of 
the public  and  would  suggest  to  those 
who contemplate patronizing  the  Union 
that  they  investigate prices in advance.
So  general  are  the complaints against 
the  Union  and  so  firmly  rooted  is the 
belief  of  the  average  farmer  that  no 
money can  be saved by  permitting  some 
one  else  to  do  his  trading, 
that  the 
abandonment  of  the  Lansing scheme is 
now only a matter of time.  The  dollars 
which flowed in so freely at the inception 
of  the  undertaking  now  jingle  in  the 
pockets of  the  farmers  and  the tills  of 
the  merchants.

Indications  are  not  lacking  that  the 
cheese  business  of  America  is  on  the 
verge  of  a  revolution  as  remarkable  as 
that which overtook the  butter  industry 
ten or a dozen years  ago. 
In  the  opin­
ion  of  T h e  T radesm an  the  time  is 
not far distant when every cheese  facto­
ry will make use of  the  separator,  mak­

ing butter when  cheese  is  low  in  price 
and resuming the  manufacture of cheese 
when it pays better  than  butter.  Such 
an innovation would prevent the glutting 
of  the  markets  so  common  under  the 
present  system  and  could  not  fail  to 
yield better returns to both  manufactur­
er and patron.

Not  for  many years  have  the  cheese- 
makers of  the  country begun  operations 
under  such  favorable  auspices  as  the 
present season.  Every  indication points 
to a remarkably successful and profitable 
season in all  parts of  the country,  as the 
principal  consuming and  shipping  mar­
kets are practically bare of old stock and 
the  product of  1891 is sure to  partake of 
the same increased value which has over­
taken all classes of  farm products.

The mangers of  the Detroit Exposition 
expect to have an exceptionally complete 
dairy  department  for  the  1891  exhibit 
and  have been so  fortunate as  to secure 
the services of  S.  J.  Wilson  as  superin­
tendent  and  Hon.  E. N. Bates  as  judge. 
These  gentlemen  acted  in 
the  same 
capacities  last  year  and  claim  to  have 
laid  the  foundation  for  a  thoroughly 
representative exhibit the present season.

H e  W a n ts  M ore  Inform ation.

Clim ax,  May 8—In an article  in  your 
May 6 issue,  entitled,  “Is Business What 
We Make It?”  the writer says,  “I  have 
formulated  a system at last  by  which  I 
am enabled to know at any time in a few 
minutes,  whether  I  have  made  or  lost 
money during the past  month—in  other 
words,  whether  my  expenses  have  ex­
ceeded my profits and  where.”
To a merchant doing a general  and ex­
tensive business, this would  seem an ab­
surd statement and so it  can  not  other­
wise  be.  However, 
if  this  gentleman 
can prove his statements,  and if he is do­
ing any business worth  mentioning—the 
merchants of Michigan can well afford to 
vote him upon the retired  list  with  full 
pay for  life,  on  consideration  of  a  re­
cipe for the solution of  the question. 
1 
would like to ask the gentlemen,  if  he is 
doing acredit business,how he can deter­
mine profit and loss on an account within 
a month.  Nearly all  merchants doing  a 
large  and  general  business  anticipate 
their wants in many  lines three  to  nine 
months.  For example,  they  buy  gloves 
and mittens from  manufacturers’  agents 
in April for the coming fall,  winter  and 
spring trade.  They buy rubber goods in 
April  for  the  fall,  winter  and  spring 
trade. 
They  anticipate  three  to  six 
months their boot  and shoe trade.  They 
anticipate a large share of their trade  in 
ready made garments.  Now, if your cor­
respondent can tell how to  regulate  the 
weather,  in order  to  have  a  successful 
sale  of  these  anticipated  goods,  or  to 
regulate the  styles  until  our  goods  are 
sold,  whereby no  depreciation  in  value 
may occur by the weather or out of  style 
goods; if he can tell us how to foresee de­
cay  and  depreciation  of  goods  by 
handling;  if  he  can  tell  us  accurately 
within a month how we can  compel  our 
customers to buy our goods at the margin 
we must sell to make a  profit,  when  one 
competitor is selling for less,  or, if  sell­
ing at a loss,  how  to  avoid  it  within  a 
month; if he can explain these  points  to 
satisfaction of the average merchant—he 
is,  indeed, a wise man.  We  invoice  an­
nually in order to know  the result of the 
year’s labor.  We must invoice  monthly 
to obtain the result  of a  month’s  labor, 
and this would be rather  unsatisfactory, 
as it  is the experience  of merchants  do­
ing a large business that some months in 
the  year  their  purchases  must  exceed 
their sales; hence a loss would be charged 
up to this month when no actual loss has 
occurred.  While we  acknowledge  it  is 
no “boy’s play”  to  successfully  manage 
a stock of goods, we do contend  that  no 
merchant  can  decide  to  any  degree  of 
satisfaction on  profit  and  loss  for  any 
one month of the twelve in  the year.

J.  F.  Cla r k.

THU  MICTHGAJST  TRADESMAN,
THE  CIRCUIT  COMPLETE.

L ist  o f G ran d  R apids Boys W ho R ep re­

se n t  O utside  H ouses.

[The  following  is  believed  to  be  a 
complete list  of  the  traveling  men who 
reside in this city,  but  represent  outside 
houses, carefully revised to May 18.1

cinnati.

cago.
Co., Chicago.
New York.
troit
Chicago.
& Co., Detroit.
Ithaca, N. Y.
Cincinnati.

F.  G.  Aldworth,  John  Wyeth  &  Co., 
Philadelphia.
Geo. W.  Alden,  Petoskey Woodenware 
Co., Petoskey.
Frank C. Adams, Adams & Ford, Cleve­
land.
Will Adams,  Cerealine  Co., Columbus, 
Ind.
Wm.  Boughton, H.  S.  Bobinson  & Co., 
Detroit.
Harry Bedell, Jas. S. Kirk  &  Co., Chi­
cago.
Chas.  Barton,  Walter  A. Wood  Mow­
ing  and  Heaping  Machine  Co., Hoosick 
Falls, N. Y.
B. A.  Beneke,  Clafflin,  Larabee  &  Co., 
Boston.
Mr. Benscoter, Nonatuck Silk Co., Chi­
cago.
Chas. W. Baxter,  Stein,  Bloch  &  Co., 
Rochester.
Frank  Conlon,  Price  Baking  Powder 
Co., Chicago.
F. A. Caldwell, Childs,  Lee &  Dunlap, 
Toledo.
F. E. Chase, A. C.  McGraw  &  Co., De­
troit.
Herbert  T. Chase,  Chase  &  Sanborn, 
Chicago.
P. J. Coppens,  Chicago  Stove  Works, 
Chicago.
L. M. Cary, Cary Safe Co., Buffalo.
N. B. Carpenter, F.  Strauss & Co., Cin­
A.  B. Cole, Bickford & Francis,Buffalo. 
P. H. Carroll,  Selz,  Schwab & Co., Chi­
Frank  Collins,  W.  F.  McLaughlin  & 
C.  L. Comey, Smart, Patterson  & Rice, 
E. P. Dana,  Phelps,  Brace  & Co., De­
J.  J.  Dooley,  H.  E.  Bucklen  &  Co., 
Patrick  Delahunt,  Burnham,  Stoepel 
M.  S.  DeLano,  A.  H.  Pratt  &  Co., 
M. B. Draper, Queen City Varnish Co., 
B. F.  Emery,  Silberhorn  Co., Chicago. 
 
Findlater, De  Golyer  & Co., Chi­
Geo. W. Feldner, Gray Bros.,Syracuse. 
J. T. Flaherty,  Pacific  Mutual  Insur­
Wallace  W.  Franklin,  Westinghouse 
C.  M.  Falls,  Franklin  MacVeagh  & 
W.  R.  Foster,  N.  Y.  Underwriters’ 
F. E. Francisco, L.  Kahner & Co., New 
Eugene  C. Goodrich,  Rockford  Furni­
Ed.  Groesbeck,  Sisson  &  Lilley  Lum­
Harry T.  Goodrich,  Stronach  Lumber 
F. H. Goodspeed,  Thomas  &  Hayden, 
W.  H. Goodspeed, Woolson  Spice  Co., 
E.  I.  Goodrich, Roe  &  Co., Troy.
J. A.  Gonzalez, (The  Monypenny-Ham- 
L.  H.  Hascail,  Wheeler,  Blodgett  & 
T.  P. S. Hampson,  U. S.  Gutta  Percha 
Robert Hannibal,  Standard Watch Co., 
W.  G.  Hawkins,  Detroit  Soap Co., De­
Will  Hubbard,  C.  P.  Kellogg  &  Co., 
R. B. Hyman,  G.  W. Van  Slyke & Co., 
C. W. Jacoy, Peter  Schneider’s Sons  & 
J.  B.  Josselyn,  Ellis  Lubricator  Co., 
Frank L.  Kelly, Carson, Pirie,  Scott & 
W.  K.  Kathan,  Owosso  Casket  Co., 

mond Cigar Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Co., Boston.
Paint Co., Providence.
New York.
troit.
Chicago.
Albany.
Co., New York.
Boston.
Co., Chicago.
Owosso.

ance Co., San  Francisco.
Electric Co., Pittsburg.
Co., Chicago.
Agency,  New  York.
York.
ture Co., Rockford, 111.
ber Co., Lilley.
Co., Manistee.
Chicago.
Toledo.

cago.

Chicago.

York.
Chicago.
Boston.

cago.
Chicago.
town, Ohio.

& Co., Boston.
Cleveland.
Detroit.
Insurance Co., San Francisco.

Insurance Co., San Francisco.
York.
Louisville,  Ky.
burgh, N.  Y.
Chicago.
Co., Detroit.
Johnstown,  N. Y.

Ed. C.  Lockwood, Pacific  Mutual  Life 
A. M. Love, Standard  Watch Co., New 
Chas.  L.  Love,  Ashton  Distillery Co., 
H. G. McDowell,  D.  N.  Selleg,  New­
W. W.  McKean,  J.  V.  Farwell  &  Co., 
Jas. W.  Moore,  Burnham,  Stoepel  & 
Chas. G. McIntyre,  Hutchens & Potter, 
Wm. McWilliams, Berry Bros., Detroit.
C. S.  Menhennick,  Jas.  S.  Kirk & Co., 
J. B. Mclnnes, Jas.  S.  Kirk & Co., Chi­
J. H. McKelvey,  F.  W. Devoe  &  Co., 
M.  M. Mallory, P. J.  Sorg Co.,  Middle- 
Geo.  R. Merrill, B.  T.  Babbitt, N. Y.
Martin B. Millpaugh,  Billings,  Clapp 
A. L. Osborn,  Kinney,  Levan  &  Co., 
Geo.  F.  Owen,  Stanton,  Morey &  Co., 
Nelson  Patterson, Pacific  Mutual Life 
John  Pryne, Poker  Mfg. Co., Chicago.
C. B. Quigley,  Rosenburg & Sons, New 
Bert  Remington,  H.  C.  &  C.  Durand, 
P. Reynolds, Warren  Boot & Shoe Co., 
R. Rosenthall, R.  Brand, Toledo.
M.  H. N.  Raymond, Connecticut  Fire 
Graham Roys,  L. H. Beal9& Son,West- 
J.  H. Roseman, Pitkin  &  Brooks,  Chi­
W.  H. Swan, Vacuum Oil  Co., Roches­
H.  R.  Savage, H. C.  &  C.  Durand, Chi­
H.  J.  Snell, Brookings  Lumber  Co., 
Ira  Smith,  Edson,  Moore  &  Co.,  De­
W. H.  H. Smith,  M. Koch & Co., Cleve­
D.  E.  Stearns,  Broadhead  Worsted 
Thos. Taylor,  Maine  Mutual  Life  In­
J. V.  Tooker,  Chase, lsherwood & Co., 
E.  T.  Thorne,  Marshall  Field & Co., 
Wm.  B. Tyler,  B.  F.  Sturtevant  Co., 
Howard  Udell,  Harry  Weissinger, 
R.  Van  Ness, White  Sewing  Machine 
J. P. Visner, E. J.  Gillies & Co.,  N. Y.
W.  T. Welch, J. G. Butler Tobacco Co., 
E.  E. Wooley, Root  &  McBride  Bros., 
Algernon  E.  White,  Rolla  Thomas, 
M.  K. Walton, Felix  &  Marston,  Chi­
E. C. Wright,  Cereal  Milling Co., Chi­
Chas.  E. Watson, S. A. Maxwell & Co., 
J.  L. Wheeler,'Simeon  Howes,  Silver 
C.  F.  Young,  Newman  &  Son,  Fair- 
S.  G.  Young,  Newman  &  Son,  Fair- 

Insurance Co., Hartford.
field, Mass.
cago.
ter.
cago.
Brookings.
troit.
land.
Mills, Jamestown, N. Y.
surance Co., Portland.
Toledo.
Chicago.
Boston.
Louisville.
Co., Cleveland.

St.  Louis.
Cleveland.
New York.
cago.
cago.
Chicago.
Creek, N. Y.
port, N. Y.
port, N. Y.

T he  F ru it  J a r   M a m et.

all 

sold 

Fruit jars have  advanced  50 cents per 
gross and the price will  probably  go  $1 
higher before the end of the season.  The 
manufacturers  have 
they 
can make until  July  1,  when  the  glass 
workers quit for the season, and will take 
no more orders for delivery this summer. 
Stocks are therefore concentrated in  the 
hands of jobbers,  who  may  be  inclined 
to take advantage of the short supply  in 
view of the  enormous  fruit  crop  prom­
ised all over the country.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

9

TO  THE  MERCHANT:

We beg leave to call  your  attention to 
our coupon book and ask you to carefully 
consider  its  merits. 
It takes  the  place 
of  the  pass  book  which  you  now hand 
your customer and ask him to bring each 
time  he  buys  anything,  that  you  may 
enter  the  article  and  price  in  it.  You 
know  from  experience that  many times 
the  customer  does  not  bring the  book, 
and,  as  a  result,  you  have  to  charge 
many  items  on  your  book  that  do  not 
appear on the customer’s pass book. This 
is sometimes  the  cause of  much ill  feel­
ing  when  bills  are  presented.  Many 
times the pass  book is lost,  thus  causing 
considerable 
trouble  when  settlement 
day  comes.  But  probably  the  most  se­
rious objection to the pass book system is 
that many  times while  busy  waiting  on 
customers  you  neglect  to  make  some 
charges,  thus  losing  many  a  dollar;  or, 
if  you  stop to make  those  entries,  it  is 
done when  you can  illy afford  the time, 
as  you  keep  customers  waiting  when it 
might be avoided.  The aggregate amount 
of  time consumed in a month  in  making 
these small  entries  is  no inconsiderable 
thing,  but,  by  the  use  of  the  coupon 
system, it is avoided.
Now as to the use of the  coupon book: 
Instead of giving your customer the pass 
book,  you hand him a coupon  book,  say 
of the denomination  of  810,  taking  his 
note  for  the  amount. □ When  he  buys 
anything,  he  hands  you  or  your  clerk 
the  book,  from  which  you  tear  out 
coupons for the amount purchased,  be  it 
1 cent,  12 cents,  75  cents  or  any  other 
sum.  As the book never  passes  out  of 
your customer’s hands,  except when you 
tear off the coupons,it is just like so much 
money to him,  and when the coupons are 
all gone,  and he has had  their  worth  in 
goods, there is  no  grumbling  or  suspi­
cion of wrong  dealing. 
In  fact,  by the 
use of the coupon book, you have all  the 
advantages of both  the  cash  and  credit 
systems and none  of  the  disadvantages 
of either.  The coupons  taken  in,  being 
put into the cash drawer,  the  aggregate 
amount of them,  together with the  cash, 
shows at once  the  day’s  business.  The 
notes,  which are ¿perforated  at  one  end 
so that they can  be readily detached from 
the book,  can  be  kept  in  the  safe  or 
money drawer until the  time has arrived 
for the makers to  pay  them.  This  ren­
ders unnecessary the keeping of accounts 
with each customer and  enables  a  mer­
chant to avoid the friction  and  ill  feel­
ing incident to the use of the pass  book. 
As the notes bear interest after a certain 
date,  they  are  much  easier  to  collect 
than book  accounts,  being  prima  facie 
evidence of indebtedness  in any court of 
law or equity.
One of the strong points of the coupon 
system is  the  ease  with  which  a  mer­
chant is enabled  to  hold  his  customers 
down to a certain limit of  credit.  Give 
some men a pass book and a line  of  810, 
and they will  overrun  the  limit  before 
you discover it.  Give them a ten  dollar 
coupon book,  however,  and  they  must 
necessarily stop when they have obtained 
goods to that amount.  It  then rests with 
the merchant to determine whether he will 
issue  another  book  before  the  one  al­
ready used is paid for.
In many localities  merchants  are  sell­
ing  coupon  books  for  cash  in  advance, 
giving a discount of from 2 to 5 per cent, 
for advance payment.  This is especially 
pleasing  to  the  cash  customer,  because 
it gives him an advantage over the patron 
who  runs  a  book  account  or  buys  on 
credit.  The cash man  ought to have  an 
advantage  over the credit  customer,  and 
this  is easily  accomplished  in  this  way 
without making  any actual  difference in 
the  prices of  goods—a  thing which  will 
always create dissatisfaction and loss.
Briefly stated, the coupon system is pref­
erable to the pass book method because it 
(1) aaves the time consumed in recording 
the  sales on  the pass  book  and  copying 
same in blotter, day book and  ledger;  (2) 
prevents  the  disputing  of  accounts;  (3) 
puts the obligation in the form of a note, 
which is prima forte evidence of  indebt­
edness;  (4) enables  the  merchant to col­
lect  interest on overdue notes,  which  he 
is unable to do with ledger  accounts;  (5) 
holds  the customer  down to the  limit of

credit established  by the  merchant,  as it 
is almost  impossible to do  with the  pass 
book.
Are  not  the  advantages  above  enu­
merated sufficient to warrant a trial of the 
coupon  system?  If  so,  order  from  the 
largest  manufacturers of  coupons in the 
country and address your letters to

THE  TRADESMEN  COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

The  C oupon  S y stem   in  W ashington. 
Correspondence Commercial  Bulletin.
Spo k a n e  F a ll s,  Wash.,  April  28—So 
much has been written on the  subject of 
“Merchants  Doing  a  Credit  Business,” 
that there is really very little more to  be 
said,  but  as the  question is of so  much 
importance both  to  the  merchants  who 
have  an  established  trade,  as  well  as 
those who contemplate  going  into  busi­
ness,  it  will not be  amiss  to  add  a  few 
hints.
Everybody  who  reads  a  trade  paper 
had,  at  some  time or other, seen a  com­
munication from some happy grocer,who 
has been running  a credit  business,  but 
had  finally  determined  to  abandon  the 
same and transact  his  business  strictly 
on a cash basis.  He  will  tell  you  how 
happy  he  is  now.  How  much  better 
able to sleep  at night, and  how prompt­
ly he can  pay  his  debts.  He  will  not 
tell you,  however,  how many of his  best 
customers he  has  lost,  how  much work 
has to be done for literally  nothing,  and 
how much time  he  loses  trying  to  con­
vince the public at large that because  he 
does a cash business he is not solely car­
rying it on for their  benefit,  and after  a 
year’s business he will find  that  he  has 
bettered himself very little if at all.  The 
thought that no man owes  him anything 
and that he could wind up his  affairs  in 
a week’s time will  give  him  some  com­
fort, but we all  know  that  without  any 
risk very little  can  be looked for,  and  a 
cash grocer crtainly  takes no risk.
Now, the  chances  of  a  merchant  ex­
tending credit to some  of  his  customers 
making a success of his business are very 
good,  providing he has  the qualifications 
necessary to make a success in  life.  To 
be  conservative  in his credits is the first 
principle.  A customer  who  has  traded 
with you for a  short  time  only,  and  of 
whose circumstances you know  nothing, 
is not entitled to credit.  Do rfbt be back­
ward in asking  such people for  referen­
ces as to their responsibility; what means 
of support they  have,  etc.,  and  always 
bear in  mind  that  everybody  who asks 
for credit is,  in a  certain  sense,  asking 
for a favor,  and considers  his request  in 
the same light as though he asks you  for 
820  or  825  dollars  in  cash,  and  if  you 
decide that you would  not  care  to  loan 
him 820,  do  not,  under  any  circumstan­
ces  open  an  account  with  him  in  the 
hope  that  his  account  would  certainly 
not exceed 810 and he would  surely  pay 
that.
Another so-called trouble which arises 
from doing a credit business  is  the  cor­
rect  keeping  of 
Every­
body is not an  expert  book-keeper,  and 
some of these merchants do not feel justi­
fied  in  hiring  somebody  to  keep  their 
books.  Now 1 would  offer a  suggestion 
in regard  to  keeping  such  simple  ac­
counts,  and doing  this  to  the entire sat­
isfaction  of  both  parties.  Adopt  the 
coupon system,  which will do  away with 
a good deal of tedious  charging,  and you 
will  most likely get pay  for  everything 
that goes out of the  store.  All  that  is 
necessary is to take the  customer’s  note 
for the amount of the coupon book when 
same is delivered  to  him.  This  closes 
the  account at the time it is  being open­
ed and the dealer can number  the  notes 
and  file  them  in some safe  place.  The 
advantage  of  this  system  is  readily  ap­
parent, for a note, duly signed and draw­
ing interest,  is much  better security  for 
It  is  op­
a debt than an  open  account. 
tional to the  dealer  whether  to  enforce 
the collection of interest or not. 
In fact, 
I  think it  would  be  best  to  waive  the 
same in case  of  regular,  prompt-paying 
customers,  but in the event  of  some  de­
linquent  customer,  permitting  his  ac­
count to run four or six months, the deal­
er could enforce the  payment  of  princi­
pal and interest much  easier,  by  having 
such a claim in the shape of  a  note. 
It

accounts. 

is understood, that should  the  customer 
at any time wish to  make  a  settlement, 
he need only pay for the actual amount of 
coupons he has made  use  of.  Another 
advantage  of this system  is  the compact 
shape in  which  you  have  the  accounts. 
By  examining  your  notes  from  time  to 
time,  you can  easily  tell how  many  out­
standing  accounts  you have,  and at  the 
same time you are  not  liable to overlook 
anybody who ought to be asked to settle. 
This system 1 would particularly  recom­
mend to merchants  doing  a general mer- 
dise  business  in  a 
farming  country, 
where long  time  accounts  are  the  rule 
and not the exception.

Book-keeper for Staver & Walker.

Geo.  A.  L ie b e z,

N otice  to  B uilders.

Proposals  will  be  received  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  for  the  construction of  an  additional 
building  for  the  Akeley  Institute,  at  Grand 
Haven,  Mich., until 10 o’clock  on  the  12th  day 
of  May, 1891.  The  plans and  specifications can 
be  seen  at  the  office  of  Hon.  Dwight  Cutler, 
Grand Haven, Mich., or at theoffice of Johnston 
& Johnston, architects, Muskegon, Mich.
The bids  will  be  opened  at  Grand Haven, at 
10  o’clock  a. m.  on  the  12th  day of  May,  1891. 
The  Board  of  Trustees  reserves  the  right  to 
reject  any and all  bids.  Address  proposals  to 
Rev.  J.  N. Rippey, Clerk  of  Board of  Trustees, 
Muskegon,  Mich ,  or  to  Hon.  Dwight  Cutler, 
Grand  Haven,  Mich.,  marked  plainly  “ pro­
posals.”

Leland—It  is  reported  that  A.  &  O. 
Brow are closing out their stock of  mer­
chandise here and will transfer their  en­
tire business to Maple City.

HUTCHENS & POTTER,

Michigan  Representative,

Mr, ß. G. McIntyre

141  Colt  Ave., 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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CUMMER WASH GOODS:

CANTON  CLOTH, 
BRANDENBURG  CLOTH, 
B.  C.  SATINE,
EXPORT  SATINE,
SERGE  SATINE, 
CASHMERE  SATINE,
A.  F.  C.  GINGHAM, 
SONORA  GINGHAM, 
AMOSKEAG  GINGHAM,

OUTING  FLANNELS, 
PRINTS,
WIDE  BLUES, 
SHIRTING,
LYON  SERGE, 
ARMENIAN  SERGE, 
SEERSUCKERS, 
CHALLI,
LAWNS.

OUTING  SHIRTS,  SUMMER  UNDERWEAR,  PANTS,  HAMMOCKS,

STRAW  HATS.

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS,

GRAND  RAPIDS.
WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS. 
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HESTER  &  FOX, Sole Agents, Grand Rapids, Mich.

THE  BEST  ON  THE  MARKET.

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Drugs f£l Medicines.

S ta te   B o a r d   o f  Pharm acy.

On©  Tear—Stanley B. Parkill, Owosso.
Two  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Three  Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
Five Years—George Gundrum, Ionia.
President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—S. E. Parkill,  Owosso.
Meetings  for  1891—Ann  Arbor,  May  5;  Star  Island 
(Detroit) July 7;  Houghton, Sent. 1;  Lansing  Nov. 4.
Michigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass'n. 
President—D. E. Prall. Saginaw.
Tirst Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in  October, 1891.

G ra n d   R a p id s   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o c ie ty . 
President. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March, 

June, September and December.
Grand Rapids D rug Clerks' Association, 
^resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith._______

D etroit  Pharm aceutical  Society. 

President, F. W. R. Perry;  Secretary,  E.  8.  Anderson.

Muskegon  D rug Clerks'  Association. 

President  C. S. Koon;  Secretary, A. T. Wheeler.

The  S ponge  C om bination.

From the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter.

The publication of the details of  their 
combination  last  week  stirred  up  the 
members  of  the  sponge  trade,  and  it 
looked for a time as  though  the  organi­
zation would go to  pieces.  Precautions 
are  taken to prevent any further knowl­
edge  of  the  combination’s  affairs  from 
becoming public property,  but  it  is  un­
derstood  that  since 
last  Wednesday 
the organization  has  been  considerably 
strengthened,  and  the  members  have 
come  to  a  better  understanding. 
It  is 
claimed that one of the  chief  objects  of 
the combination  is  not  to  increase  the 
cost of Florida sheep’s  wool  sponges  to 
the consumer,  but,  by  doing  away  with 
the reckless competition  in the buying at 
Key West,  to  prevent  an  unnecessary 
rise in selling prices. 
It is  pointed  out 
that  the current  prices  admit  of only a 
fair profit to the receivers,  and,  moreov­
er, that they are low compared with what 
the cost of these goods have been  in  the 
past.  The prices given  last week in our 
report on the matter,  are  accepted  only- 
on lots of a thousand pounds or over,and 
it  would  be  well  for  small  buyers  to 
make a note of that fact.
It is claimed by  the  combination  that 
it has no intention and  no  desire to con­
trol  the  primary  market,  yet  it  looks 
very  much  as  though  outsiders  would 
have  great  difficulty  in  obtaining  any 
stock there except at a price at which they 
would be unable to compete with the com­
bination in selling here.  However, strong 
competition is promised,even if it results 
in a heavy  loss  to  the  outside  parties, 
and  it  has  been  rumored  about 
the 
market for  several days  that there  is  a 
possibility of legal complications arising 
out of the matter.

F ifty-seven  O ut  o f  Sixty-five.

Of the  sixty-five  applicants  who  pre­
sented  themselves  for  examination  be­
fore the State Board of  Pharmacy,  at the 
meeting at  Ann Arbor last  week,  thirty- 
two  were  registered  pharmacists  and 
twenty-five as assistants.  The following 
a list of the fortunate ones:
Registered pharmacists—W.  F.  Ash­
ley,  P.  Briggs,  A.  Hutchinson,  S.  B. 
Robb, J.  B.  Sutton,  Ann  Arbor;  H.  L. 
Burd,  Detroit; A.  W.  Adams, Chesaning; 
H. E. Adams,  Morenci; L.  M. Beal, Rich­
land; C.  H. Bostick,  Manton;  A.  Camp­
bell, Crystal Falls; J.  E.  Carnoty,  Water- 
vliet; F.  M. Chapel,  Grand  Blanc;  H.  J. 
Connell,  Belding;  S.  A.  Erwin,  Leslie; 
L.  S.  Freeman,  Chelsea;  E.  J.  Garner, 
Petoskey; J.  L.  Hubbard,  Waterloo;  C. 
E. Humphrey,  Holly;  F.  A. Jones, Mus­
kegon; R.  E.  Kincaid,  Pursey; C.  H.  Mc­
Gee, Farmington;  John  J.  Maser,  Lan­
sing; M.  G.  Millman,  South Lyon;  B.  L. 
Murray,  Ypsilanti;  T.  J.  Rickard,  Char­
lotte; D.  M. Russell, Sturgis;  F. J.  Tem­
ple, Ridgeway; J. A. Warner,  Woodland; 
E.  N.  Kennedy,  J.  B.  Ostrander,  Ann 
Arbor.
J.  B. 
Kapman,  H.  M.  Lamb,  W.  H.  McAllis­
ter,  H. J. Van Lou,  George  Von  Nostiz, 
Detroit;  A.  Bennett,  Pattenville;  H. 
Bradley,  Williamston;  C.  DePree,  Hol­
land;  C.  E.  Doyle,  Middleville;  E.  J. 
Fletcher, Grand Rapids;  J.  C.  Furniss,

Assistants—A.  W.  Brownlee, 

Nashville;  E. Hume,  Owosso;  E.  R.  A. 
Hunt, Lowell; H. J. Isbell, White Pigeon; 
E.  M.  Jefferson,Battle Creek; J.  Livesay, 
Adrian;  C.  N.  Menold,  Bangor;  F.  A. 
Moon,  Lyman;  H.  Taft,  Lowell;  S.  D. 
Roche, Concord;  W.  S.  Savage, Saginaw; 
W.  E.  L.  Smith, Fenton; P.  T. Rice, Len­
ox; F. Chatwick,  Mnskegon.

Big  S eizure  o f  S m uggled  Opium .
A recent dispatch from  San  Francisco 
says the opium smuggling ring there lost 
a small fortune  when  Deputy  Surveyor 
Gaskell seized 1,200 pounds of the choic­
est opium  valued  at  $25,000.  This  is 
the banner seizure in the  history  of  the 
port.  When  the Pacific  Mail  steamer, 
China, came in early last week, an  extra 
watch was placed  on  her.  As  Gaskell 
was looking about  in  the  after  part  of 
the ship he struck a large  crate  marked 
crockery. 
It didn’t  look  right  to  him, 
so  he  had  it  weighed. 
It  tipped  the 
scales at 1,200 pounds.  Then  he  had  it 
opened  and  inside  were  found,  neatly 
packed, many boxes of the  choicest  pre­
pared  opium.  The  modest  consignor 
valued it at $83,  but  Gaskell  appraised 
the shipment at  $25,000.  Of course,  the 
names of the consignees  were  bogus,  as 
the  evident  intention  was  to  take it to 
Mexico.
At  Seattle,  Wash,,  every  imaginable 
device is resorted to by ingenious  smug 
glers to get opium into the United States, 
the saving of $12 a pound being sufficient 
to warrant  the  risk  of  detection.  On 
April 30, Elder Gerrard, one of the  clev 
erest  smugglers  on  Puget  Sound,  was 
brought in by the United States Marshal, 
Gerrard boarded the  steamer  North  Pa 
ciflc at Victoria,  carrying  a valise and  a 
box  containing  a  luxuriant  geranium. 
Upon  reaching Port  Townsend  he asked 
the  customs 
inspector  to  examine  the 
valise.  The inspector not only examined 
the valise,  but  probed  the  earth  in  the 
box containing the geranium.  Under the 
dirt  he found nineteen  five-tael  tins  of 
prepared opium.  Gerrard claims to be a 
minister and is  a  successful  worker  in 
the opium trade.
Another  clever  capture was made  re­
cently of twenty pounds of  opium  float­
ed in a  box  under  water  attached  to  a 
passenger steamer and kept up by strings 
of corks made to resemble sausage links.

The  C u ttin g   C ontinues.

From the Chicago  Drug Review.

The  price  cutting  of  proprietary 
medicines goes  merrily  on, the  tremen­
dous  protests  of  the  retail  drug  trade 
notwithstanding.  The  latter have  tried 
every  'means  to prevent  it.  They  have 
been  careful  in  making their  sales—at 
least those  in  Chicago  have  been—and 
the proprietors  have not  been  backward 
in  doing all in  their  power,  in refusing 
to  sell  to price cutters and  establishing 
rebates payable only to those  who  abide 
by  the 
terms  of  the  agreement  upon 
which  the  goods  are  sold.  The  prev­
alence of  cutting  lies  in  the  fact  that 
the  guilty  parties, as a  rule.are  among 
the  retailers  themselves  who,  for  the 
sake of a slight margin of profit  will,  on 
the quiet, supply a dry goods  or  depart­
ment store merchant with what he needs, 
though  refusing  to  sell  at  cut rates  to 
the  consumer.  Mr.  Kline’s  plan  is  de­
signed 
the  guilty  parties, 
wherever they may  be,  and  the  Review 
will be glad  to  see  the  day,  when it  or 
some equally sensible  plan is in success­
ful,  universal  operation.

to  reach 

The  D ru g   M arket.

and 

Foreign quinine  is  higher.  Domestic 
brands are unchanged.  Opium and mor­
phia are  unchanged.  Gum  camphor  is 
scarce 
firm.  Citric  acid  has 
advanced.  Cubeb  berries  are 
lower. 
Arnica flowers have declined.  Long Bu- 
chu leaves have advanced.  Oil Cubebs is 
lower.  Oil of orange is higher.  Oil  of 
lemon,  Sanderson’s,has advanced.  Pow­
dered opium is  lower.  Cloves have de­
clined.

Flint—The  Lansing  Lumber  Co.  has 
begun  suit  against  William  Wood,  a 
Flint contractor and  builder,  to recover 
$2,000  for  lumber  furnished.

t h e   MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

CHEAPNESS  NOT  ECONOMY.

P a y   a   R easo n ab le  P rice  for  th e   B est 

Y ou  C an  A fford.

From Kate Field's Washington.

Men  have  their  bad points, no  doubt. 
We never studied them.  But  they  cer- j 
tainly  have  one  characteristic  trait 
worthy to be commended and  copied. 
I 
refer to the  way  they  make  purchases. 
Every one knows  how  women  buy,  and 
that no woman under the sun is ever sat­
isfied with  anything  less  than  a  “bar­
gain.”  I really think  this bargain hunt­
ing has  produced  a  spirit  of  gambling 
and that women are  responsible  for  the 
disgusting  variety  and outrageous  num­
ber  of  shoddy  goods,  glass  diamonds, 
pinchbeck ornaments,  and vulgar  imita­
tions and flaring  cheats  of  all sorts  that 
are placed upon the market do-day.  They 
have created a demand for bargains,  and 
it is impossible to conceive of the  manu­
factories turning out anything  more  ab­
surd and unneeded than we already have. 
To a woman,  a  bargain  means  the  pur­
chase of something for half  its  price,  or 
less.  What  is  this  but  gambling?  If 
the article is up to the  standard,  it  must 
be worth a certain price;  and  if  less  is 
paid for it, either  the  thing  itself  is  a 
cheat,  or some one has lost by the  trans­
action.  Bargains are  deleterious  in  an­
other way; they cause,  by their  delusive 
cheapness,  a careless and reckless expen­
diture and engender a spirit of dishones­
ty.  This is the tendency,with an ever-in­
creasing greed  for more and greater bar­
gains.  Nearly all women will agree that 
men are extravagant.  Men  will  pay  $7 
for shoes,  when $3 will buy a pair which 
“look ju st as well;” $5 for a hat,  when  a 
woman can “bunch up” her best Sunday 
hat  for  a  dollar  or  two;  and  as  for  a 
man’s  clothes—why  one  suit  costs  as 
much as a  woman’s  three  best  dresses, 
bonnets thrown in.  This  does sound ex­
travagant when you  apply  the  “deadly 
parallel” to it; but if there is one thing  I 
admire about a man,  it is the decent and 
self-respecting price he pays  for  things.
A woman goes out to buy a pair of shoes; 
she fritters a whole day  buying bargains 
which could not be  resisted,  and  comes 
home loaded with  them.  But the shoes? 
Oh,  yes, she has the shoes—bargains,  al­
so,  of  course. 
“Regular  four-dollar 
boot,” she will explain,  with  an  accent 
of proud certainty.  Then  she  exhibits 
her bargain laces,  and her summer goods 
bought in winter, and  stows them  away 
with  a  smile  of  satisfaction, 
just  as 
though there would come ere  long a bar­
gain famine.  Again,  she  congratulates 
herself as she thrusts  her dainty foot in­
to the bargain boot.  But see  the  result: 
the pretty looking shoes  have  lost  their 
shape with a few wearings,  and  are  be­
yond recognition in about  half  the  time 
that the genuine four-dollar boots  would 
have  lasted.  Then,  when  the  young 
Summer  has  come,  and  every  breeze 
which stirs the small  green  leaves  sug­
gests laces and draperies and all  kinds  of 
dainty,  filmy,  fluttering things,  the other 
bargains are brought out.  But they look 
so different  now!  They are out of style, 
or the windows are  now  full  of  newer, 
cheaper  and  prettier  articles;  and alto­
gether she wishes she did not have them, 
and wonders why she  ever bought them.
I have seen  well-to-do families  of  whom 
not a member ever appeared well dressed 
except the  husband and  father,  and  the 
reason was obvious—he  bought his  own 
clothes  and  eschewed  bargains. 
I  am 
glad that men stand their  ground in this 
matter,  and  scorn  a  bargain  counter; 
otherwise  our  homes  might  be  hollow, 
and rickety,  and  cracked,  and  unreal, 
and cheap.  The fact is men become dis­
gusted with so  many bargains, from  the 
half-price toilet soap to the wife’s taudry 
jewelry; and so when they go to buy,they 
simply ask for the worth of their money, 
and are willing to take  somebody’s word 
for it besides.  When  will  women  learn 
that it  is  always  economy  to  buy  the 
best?  It lasts longer,  Is in  better  taste, 
and  is in  every  way  more  satisfactory.
It is childish to buy things  just  because 
they look well; children prefer  tinsel  to 
gold if it glitters  more,  but  women  are j 
supposed to have put  away  such  infan- I 
tile ideas. 
I trust that the day is not far I 
distant when our women will realize that 
it lessens their  dignity  and  self-respect

to  wear  imitations,  just  because  they 
happen to  be  a  freak  of  fashion  and 
cheap. 
It  is  essentially  vulgar.  The 
craze for bargains, moreover,  is  dishon­
est in principle, and children brought up 
in such an  atmosphere  cannot have true 
conceptions of taste  or  appreciation  for 
the best things. 
“ ’Tis  true,  ’tis  pity, 
and pity ’tis ’tis true”—that  they will  be 
compelled  to learn  better of  their  fath­
ers.  This  is  the  safest  rule:  Buy  the 
best you can  afford,  paying  a  good,  de­
cent,  reasonable  price,  and  then  take 
the best care of  it.  For  this  is  the  se- 
-cret of economy,  after  all—not what you 
make or pay,  but what you save and take 
care of.

D u ty   o f E m p lo y er  to   E m ploye.

J. M. Batchelor, In Dry Goods Bulletin.

In numerous publications telling young 
men how to behave in their business  life 
and how to succeed  with  their  employ­
ers,  great  stress  is  put  upon  the  need 
that  the  worker  must  realize  that  he 
must  work  long  and  hard,  always  be 
ready to sacrifice his own to his  employ­
er’s wishes; and it is  shown  in  illustra­
tion that when employes are  taken  into 
partnership,  it is generally due to zeal of 
this kind.  That is all right  and  proper 
and not a word is to  be  said  against  it, 
but there is another side to the question. 
We have seen nowhere  in  any  of  these 
books that the employer  should not take 
advantage to the extent of a  “last straw” 
of a clerk’s willingness  to  work  twenty- 
four  hours  a  day,  seven  days  in  the 
week,  and allow him to  do  it.  There is 
a big mutual interest in this matter  that 
must be fully considered; for,  sad as it is 
to say, there are  employers  in  some  of 
our large cities who are  not only willing 
to have their employes work twenty-four 
hours by the week,  but  urge  and  force 
them in that direction just as far as they 
dare without making a final breach.
We are not arguing this  question from 
a charitable point of view,  but only from 
the standpoint  of selfishness  or  self-in­
terest, when we say it will profit the em­
ployer more—in the  long  run—to  treat 
his employes justly  and  humanely,  and 
in no sense  permit  the  employes  to get 
any idea into their heads  that  there  ex­
ists any tendency  to  oppress  or  to  get 
more work out of them for  services than 
the pay they get fairly warrants.
The  great  profit  to  the  employer  in 
adopting such a course  is  in  the  “good 
will”  gained  among  the  employes  that 
the business shall  be a  pronounced  suc­
cess. 
It  is  a  regretable  circumstance 
that numerous employers fail to see  that 
their business interests are being jeopar­
dised when employes  are unjustly treat­
ed in  any  way;  too  commonly  the em­
ployer looks  upon his  employes  as hav­
ing no  influence to help his  business be­
yond  the  routine  duties  of  their  posi­
tions.  This is the biggest kind of a mis­
take;  the  influenceoemployes  can  exert 
when outside of the  store or  off duty, or 
even in little ways while on  duty,  in the 
aggregate,  is immense.  Take a  concern 
that is popular with  its employes,  other 
things being equal,  and that concern will 
walk way ahead of any rivals.and become 
popular in the public esteem.  We could 
quote a bookfull of instances  in  support 
of our  attitude,  but  the  celebrated  in­
stance  of George Washington Childs,  of 
Philadelphia,  will  suffice,  because  this 
question appeals to  the proprietor’s best 
judgment.

Detroit—The Hercules Keg and  Barrel 
Co.  has been reorganized as the Michigan 
Package Co.

GZ2TSX2TG  R O O T .

We pay the highest price for It.  Address

PECK BROS.,  WQHAND  RAp5f^s!,^
Drni Store for Sale at a Bargain

On  long  time  if  desired,  or  will  exchange  for 
part  productive real  estate.  Mack  clean  and 
well assorted.  Location the best in the city. 
I wish to retire permanently from  the drug  bus-

C.  L.  BRUNDAGE,

Opp. New Post Office. 

117 W. Western Ave. 

Muskegon,  Hich.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

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Wholesale Price  Current*

Advanced—Quinine, citric acid, long buchu leaves, oil lemon Sanderson’s, oil orange. 
Declined—Cubeb berries, arnica flowers, oil cubeb, po. opium, cloves.

ACIDUM.

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Aceticum....................  8®  10
Benzoicum  German..  80@1  oo
Boracic 
30
Carbolicum.................  33®  35
Citricum.....................   58®  60
Hydrochlor................   3®  5
.................   10®  12
Nitrocum 
Oxalicum....................  11®  13
Phosphorium dil........ 
30
Sallcylicum.................1  40®1 80
Sulphuricum..............  1X@  6
Tannicum....................1  40®1 60
Tartaricum..................  40®  42

AMMONIA.

a 

Aqua, 16  deg................3H@  5
20  deg.................5H@  7
Carbonas  ...................  13®  14
Chloridum..................   12®  14

ANILINE.

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

BACCAX.

Cubeae (po. 1  00.........   90@1  20
Juniperus....................  8®  10
Xanthoxylum..............  25®  30

BALSAMUM.

Copaiba.......................  60®  65
Peru............................  @1  80
Terabin, Canada......   35®  40
Tolutan......................  35®  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Cassiae  ...............................  11
Cinchona F lav a.................   18
Buonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerifera, po.............  20
Prunus Ylrginl....................  12
Quillala,  grd.......................   14
Sassafras  ............................  14
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

BXTBACTUM.

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...  24®  25
“ 
po...........  33®  35
Haematox, 151b. box..  11®  12
“ 
Is...............  13®  14
“  Ha..............  14®  15
“  Ha.............   16®  17

FERRUM.

Carbonate Precip........  ®  15
Citrate and Qulnla—   ®3 50
Citrate  Soluble...........  @  80
Ferrocyanidum Sol —   ®  50
Solut  Chloride...........  ®  15
Sulphate,  com’l .........   1H®  2
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pure............   ® 

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FLORA.

 
FOLIA.

Arnica.......................  22®  25
Anthemla....................  20®  25
Matricaria 
25®  30

 

Barosma 
Cassia  Aeutlfol,  Tin

...................  20®  38
nivelly....................  25®  28
Alx.  35®  50
and  Hs....................  12®  15
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Ha
UraUrsl...................... 

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QUMMI.

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Acacia,  1st picked—   @1  00
2d 
....  @  90
....  ®  80
3d 
sifted sorts...  ®  65
po.......   75©1 
00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
“  Socotri. (po.  60).  @ 50
Catechu, Is, (Hs, 14 H8»
16)..........................   @  1
Ammon ia s.................  25®  30
Assafoetlda, (po. 30)...  @  20
Benzolnum.................  50®  55
Camphorte...................  52®  55
Euphorbium  po  ........  35®  10
Gafbanum.......................   @3 00
Gamboge,  po..............  80®  95
Guaiacum, (po  40) —   @  35
Kino,  (po.  25)............  ®  20
Mastic.......................  @  90
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  ®  40
Opll.  (po. 3 40)............2 25@2 40
Shellac 
....................  23®  30
bleached........  28®  33
Tragacanth...............   30®  75

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HERBA—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Eupatorium.........................  20
Lobelia................................   25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
“  Y lr.........................  25
Bue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, V ......................  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25
Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate, Jenning5..  35®  36 

MA0NB8IA.

OLEUM.

Cubebae..................   .8 50®9 00
Exechthltos...............   90@1  00
Erigeron.........................1  90@2 00
Gaultheria......................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gossipil, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  85@2 00
Juniperi......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Limonls.......................... 2 50@3 10
Mentha Piper...................2 90@3 00
Mentha Verid.................2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal..................l 00@1 10
Myrcia, ounce............   @  50
Olive............................... 1 00@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. .35)  10®  12
Blcini..............................1 04@1 20
Bosmarinl............  
75®1  00
Bosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succini.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
Santal  ....................... 3 50©7 00
Sassafras....................  45®  50
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tlglfl..........................  @1  50
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...............   @ 60
Theobromas...............   15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

(po. 40). 

Arum,  po..................
Calamus.....................
Gentiana, (po. 15)___
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
Heiletlebore,  Ala,  po..
inula,  po.................
Ipecac, po...............
Iris plox (po. 35@38)
Jalapa,  pr...............
Maranta,  H8...........
Podophyllum, po__
Bhei.........................
“  cut..................
Splgella................
Sanguinaria, (po  25)
Serpentaria..............
Senega ....................
Simllax, Officinalis,  H 
M
Seillae, (po. 35)...........
Symplocarpus,  Foeti
dus,  po....................
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30) 
German
Ingiber a ..............
Zingiber  j ..............

BlCarb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide......................  37®  40
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate, (po. 16)........  14®  16
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide............................. 2 80®2 90
Potassa, Bltart,  pure.
30® 33
Potassa, Bltart, com..
© 15
Potass Nitras, opt__
8® 10
Potass Nitras............
7® 9
30® 33
15® 18
20® 25
25@ 30
15® 20
@ 25
20® 50
10® 12
16® 18
@ 35
15® 20
15® 20
2 50@2 60
32© 35
35® 40
@ 35
15® 18
75@1  00
@1 75
75@1  35
48® 53
@ 20
40® 45
50® 55
@ 40
@ 20
10® 12
@ 35
)  © 25
15® 20
10@ 15
22® 25
@ 15
22® 25
4® 6
8® 12
1  00@1  25
10® 12
4H@ 5
75@1  00
10® 12
2 00®2 25
@ 15
6® 8
4  @ 4H
4  @4H
35® 40
3H@ 4H
6® 7
8® 9
11® 12
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. B....... 1  75@2 00
 
Juniperis  Co. O. T ___1 75@1  75
“ 
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Saacharum  N.  E .........1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1 
Vini O porto.................1 
Vini  Alba....................1 

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Anlsum,  (po.  20).. 
A plum  (graveleons).
Bird, Is.....................
Carui, (po. 18)...........
Cardamon.................
Corlandrum..............
Cannabis Sativa......... 4H®
Cydonlum........
Cnenopodium  .
Dipterix Odorati
Foenlculum__
Foenugreek,  po
LinI.................
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 1
Lobelia............
Pharlarls Canarl
Kapa................
Sinapis,  Albu..
*»  Nicnrn.

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75@6 50
25®2 00
25@2 00

10@1 50

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

Absinthium................ 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc------  45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
Anlsl............................1  70®1 80
Aurantl  Cortex...........2 50®2 75
Bergamli  ...................3 75@4 00
Cary ophy ill.................1  20@1 25
Cedar?......................   35®  65
Chenopodll....................   @2 00
dnnam onll.................1  15@1 20
O tronella...................  @  45
Conium  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba  .....................1'20®1  80

sy r u ps.

Accacla...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes............... 
  50
Bhei  Arom..........................  50
Simllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
SclUae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prunus  vlrg.........................  50

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 20®2 45 
C. Co...................... 2 10@2 35
Moschus Canton........  ®  40
Myristica, No. 1.........   70®  75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  ©  10
Os.  Sepia....................  33®  38
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Picis Llq, N.  C., H gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picis Liq., quarts......   @1 00
pints.........   ®  85
Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)__  @  3
Pix  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbi A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opll. .1  10@1  20 
Pyre thrum,  boxes  H
<& P. D.  Co., doz......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30@  35
Quassiae....................  8®  10
Quinia, S. P. & W......  33®  36
S.  German__23  @  30
Bubla  Tinctorum......   12®  14
Saccharum Lactis pv.  @ 33
Salacin.......................1  80@1  85
Sanguis  Draconl8......  40®  50
Santonlne  .................  @4 50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
“  M.......................  10®  12
“  G............ ..........   @ 15

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Seidlitz  Mixture........ @ 25
Sinapis.......................
@ 18
® 30
opt..................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
© 35
Voes.......................
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @ 35
Soda Boras, (po. 13).  . 12® 13
Soda' et Potass Tart... 30® 33
Soda Carb................. 1H@ 2
Soda,  Bi-Cart)............ @ 5
Soda,  Ash.................. 3H@ 4
Soda, Sulphas............ @ 2
Spts. Ether Co........... 50® 55
“  Myrcia  Dom...... @2 25
@3 00
“  Myrcia Imp........
•'  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 29)......................... @2 39
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Stiychnia Crystal......  @1  10
Sulphur, Subl............ 3  @4
or»10
Tamarinds............
8 ®
Terebenth Venice.. ...  28® 30
Theobromae......... ...  45® 50
Vanilla.................. ..9 00@16 00
Zlnci  Sulph........... ...  7® 8

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OILS.

Whale, winter........ ..  70
Lard,  extra............ ..  55
Lard, No.  1............ ..  45
Linseed, pure raw.. ..  56

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
56
59

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paints. 

Lindseed,  boiled__   59 
62
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
69
strained...............   50 
SplrltsTurpentine__  43H  60
bbl.  lb.
Bed  Venetian..............IX  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ IX  2@4
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Ber........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2H  2H®3
“  strictly  pure......2H  2X®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
70@75
Green,  Peninsular......   70@75
Lead,  red....................  @7H
“  w hite................  @7X
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders  ........  @90
White, Paris  American 
1 00 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints..................... 1 00@1 20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach.... 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................166@1 70
Coach  Body.............. 2  75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  Furn.......1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55®1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp.........................  70®  76

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TINCTURES.
Aconitum  NapellisB. 
F.
Aloes..........................
and myrrh........
Arnica.......................
Asafcetida..................
Atrope Belladonna__
Benzoin.....................
“  Co.................
Sanguinaria...............
Barosma....................
Cantharides...............
Capsicum..................
Ca damon..................
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..............
Opii............................
“  Camphorated......
“  Deoaor...............
Aurantl Cortex...........
Quassia......................
Bhatany  ....................
Bhei............................
Cassia  Acutifol.........
Co__
Serpentaria...............
Stramonium...............
Tolutan....................
Valerian....................
V eratrum Veride........

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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ASther, Spts  Bit, 3 F ..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen..................... 2H® 3

ground,  (po.

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7).............................  3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antlmonl, po.............. 
4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antipyrin..................   @1 40
Antifebrin..................  @  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  @  66
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Hs
11;  H8>  12)..............  @  9
Cantharides  Bussian,
po............................  @1  40
Capslcl  Fructus, af...  @  25
po....  @ 30
Bpo.  @  20
Caryophyllus, (po.  15)  12®  13
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...............   60®  63
squlbbs..  @1  10
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  50@1  70
Chondrus..................   20®  25
Cinchonldlne, P.  &  W  15®  20
German 3H®  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
60
cent  ...................... 
Creasotum...............   @  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
“  prep..................  
5®  5
9®  11
“  precip.............. 
“  Rubra...............   @  8
Crocus.......................  28®  30
Cudbear.....................   @  24
Cupri Sulph...............   6®  7
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po..................   @  6
Ergota,  (po.)  60 .........   50®  55
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  @  23
Gambler......................7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  70
French...........  40®  60
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Glassware  flint,  70 and 10. 
bybox60and 10
Glue,  Brown..............  9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerina..................17  @  25
Grana Paradlsl...........  @  22
Humulus....................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  90 
“  C or....  @  80
Ox Bubrum  @1  CO
Ammonlati..  @1  10
Unguentum.  45@  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  70
.1  25®1  50
Tcnthyobolla, Am.. 
Indigo........................   75® 1 00
Iodine,  Besubl..........3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin......................  50®  55
Lycopodium..............  42®  45
Macis.........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1H)..........................   2®  3
Manilla,  S. F ............   50®  60

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G R O C E R I E S *

E x cess  M oisture  in  C heese.

F ro m  th e  A m erican  Cheesem & ker.
In   England  the  principal  com plaint 
found  w ith  A m erican  cheese  is  that  it 
contains  too  much  moisture,  and  this 
protest has come to us across the Atlantic, 
time  and  again,  until  now we  ought  to 
be  thoroughly familiar with  the  foreign 
situation  in  regard  to  our dairy  goods; 
but,  to  a  great  extent,  factorymen still 
continue to  be  stiff-necked  in  regard to 
what is getting to be a vital matter.

Years  ago when cheese  brought excel­
lent prices, the  ratio, or how much  milk 
it  took  for a pound  of  cheese,  was  but 
little  thought  of.  Makers  kept  their 
whole  attention  on  the  subject of  pro­
ducing as good cheese as their knowledge 
made  possible,  and  the  ratio  was  un­
noticed.  With the decline in prices came 
a universal demand from the patronizing
dairymen  to  produce as much  cheese  as 
possible from  the  milk.  Manufacturers 
who  knew  better  unwisely  acceded  to 
this  clamor  for a lower  ratio,  and  com­
petition  among  makers, backed  by  the 
feeling of  false economy with  dairymen, 
has still farther reduced the cheese ratio, 
rather  than  raised it. 
If  England  had 
no  other  cheese-producing  section  but 
the  United  States  to  depend  upon,  she 
might  be  forced to accept what she  con­
stantly  finds  fault  with,  but,  as  it  is, 
her own Canadian dependency comes for­
ward  with  just  what  suits  the  British 
appetite.  These  facts in  their  full  sig­
nificance are  ail  familiar  to  readers  of 
T h e  Ch eesem a k er,  but  yet  there  has 
been a lack  of  concerted  action to reme­
dy what all admit to be an evil.  The cry 
is,  “Less  moisture,”  and  now the  query 
arises,  What degree of moisture is neces­
sary  to  make  a  fine,  solid  quality  of 
cheese?  In  the first  place,  we want  the 
moisture  of  the  cream,  or  as  much  as 
can be worked in,  retained.  The  excess 
moisture that we want to expel is simply 
the  whey,  or  the  water  part  of  milk. 
This  must  be  expelled  primarily  with 
rennet  action,  but  assisted  by  heat. 
When  the  heat  is not  long  enough  re­
tained  on the  raw  curd,  an  overplus of 
moisture  is  perpetuated  to  the  cured 
cheese.  This detracts  from  the quality, 
but  adds to the  weight  of  the  product. 
This  course is a great  deal  like  sanding 
sugar  or  purposely  wetting  a  bale  of 
hops.  Weight is  added,  but  quality de­
based.  A soft cheese,  full  of  moisture, 
is  not  the  natural way  to  have  cheese 
anyway, any more than that butter should 
be full of  buttermilk.  An  appetite that 
craves  a  leaden,  soggy  cheese  is  per­
verted,  to  say  the  least.  The moisture 
left  in  a  good  cheese will  be  sufficient, 
with the aid of a full quota of butter fat, 
to  make the  article  mellow  and melting 
in tne mouth, but always of firm texture. 
We  advise  all  makers  to  be  strictly 
economical  in the  manufacture of  milk, 
but  by all  means  let  your  thoughts  be 
fixed on producing quality, and not a low 
ratio.  Quality should  be  gained  at  all 
hazards,  and  let  the  ratio  take  care  of 
Itself.  Until  this rule  is  inflexibly  fol­
lowed,  American  cheese  will 
lack  an 
essential element of  uniform  good quali­
ty.  A sufficient quantity of rennet should 
be  used to effect  a  speedy and  thorough 
separation of  the solids  from the  fluids 
of milk  and to obtain  uniform and relia­
ble  results, 
rennet  extract  should  be 
always  used.  Scores  of  factorymen  do 
not  use  the  preparation,  because  they

say  it  is  so  expensive  that  they cannot 
afford  it.  This  course,  in  many cases, 
proves  to  be  a  “penny wise and  pound 
foolish’’  policy.  Cut  the  raw curd mod­
erately  fine, and  do  not  sear  over  the 
cubes by S too quick scald.  Let the heat 
be applied slowly,  and equally distribute 
it over the whole vat by a gentle stirring 
of  the curd  and whey. 
In scalding,  it is 
not desirable that the  heat rise  above 98 
degrees,  unless  the  state  of  the  season 
or over-ripe milk makes it necessary.  A 
high  scald  destroys  the  efficacy  of  the 
rennet and makes the cured cheese pasty. 
The  whey should  never  be  drawn  from 
the curd  until the  latter has  reached  a 
stage  of  contractibility  and  expansion 
that  will  cause  a  handful  of  it  to  fall 
freely  apart,  when  squeezed  dry in the 
palm.  This rule  should  be  imperative, 
if you want to expel excess moisture, and 
strive  for  body and  quality.  After  the 
removal of  the  whey,  allow  the  curd  to
mature  in  a  warm,  dry,  packed  state. 
With  good  milk  to  start from  you now 
have  all of  the essentials, as  to  cooking 
curd,  to  make  a  solid  mellow  cheese, 
containing  just  the  right  percentage of 
moisture.

The T ru st C om placent.

The  profits  of  the  Sugar  Trust,  re­
cently made public,  indicate a  degree of 
prosperity seldom attained by an organiz­
ation which has been so harassed by legis­
lative investigation and public criticism. 
Earnings of over  half  a million dollars a 
month are not to be sneezed  at, and it is 
no wonder that the stockholders  cling so 
tenaciously t<j their business  and  are so 
bold  in  fighting  the  powers 
that  be. 
These  earnings  do  not  gibe  with  the 
frequent  slumps  of  sugar  stock  on the 
New  York  market, 
indicating  pretty 
clearly  that  there  is  a  “nigger  in  the 
wood  pile,”  and  that  such  bear  tactics 
are quite likely made with the  object  of 
getting  stock  low  enough  to  persuade 
weak-kneed holders to let go  of it  while 
the schemers of the  concern  buy  it up. 
If  the  result  of  the  New  York  State 
Senate investigation  into this  monopoly 
be an adoption of such  an anti-trust  law 
as has been submitted in their official re­
port  of  the  Senate  trust  investigation, 
some good may yet result from  the  vast 
expenditure of  time  and  money  which 
that  redoubtable  organization  has  cost 
the Empire  State.

N ot  a   P. o f I.  D ealer.

J ackson,  May 8.—Regarding the state­
ment of T h e  T radesm an of  May  6,  to 
the  effect  that Prichard & Son have put 
in a P.  of I. store at Clarendon,  it  is but 
justice  to  Messrs.  Prichard  &  Son,  as 
well  as  to  ourselves,  to  state  in  your 
next  issue  that  Mr.  Prichard  never has 
and never expects to run a P.  of I.  store. 
He simply added groceries to his present 
stock of hardware  and  agricultural  im­
plements,  and bought the goods of us.
J ackson Grocery Co.

An  Advance in Prospect.

At the  meeting  of  the  window  glass 
manufacturers, to be held on  the I8th,  it 
is likely there will be  a  higher range  of 
prices decided upon,  as stocks have been 
getting very low,  and at the present  rate 
of production and demand are in  danger 
of  extermination  by  fall.

For the finest coffees in the world, high 
grade teas, spices, etc., see  J. P.  Visner, 
304  North  Ionia  street,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich., general  representative  for  E.  J. 
Gillies & Co.,  New  York City.

Wayne County Savings Bank, Detroit, Mich.
$500,000  TO  INVEST  IN   BONDS
j Z Z ,   . 7  
w w iib  a n a   sc n o o i  alBti
of  Michigan.  Officers  of  these  municipalities  al 
to issue  bonds will  find It to their advantage to  ai 
to this bank.  Blank bonds and blanks for proceed 
supplied  without  charge.  All  oomm uni cations 
enquiries wUl have prompt attention.  This >»«■» i 
4 per cent, on  deposits, compounded semi-annual/ 
8.  D. EL WOOD, Treasure

May, 1891. 

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—So meagre are the offerings, that there 
is really no market.
Asparagus—Higher on  account  of  frosts  par 
tially  cutting  off  supply.  Selling  freely at 50c 
per doz. bu.
Beans—The  market  is  quiet.  Handlers  are 
offering  $1.80  per  bu.  for  country  picked  and 
holding city picked at $2.25@$2.90.
Butter—The supply  is  not over large.  Hand- 
dlers pay 15@16c and hold at 17@18.
Cabbages—New stock is in fair demand at *3.25 
per crate.
Carrots—20@25c per bu.
Cucumbers—$1 per doz.
Eggs — The  market is firm and a little higher, 
owing to active competition among  the  picklers 
and cold storage men, who are  paying  1254@13c 
for all the stock they can get hold of.

Honey—Dull at 16@18 for clean comb.
Lettuce—lie for Grand Rapids Forcing
Onions—Old  are  practically  out  of  market. 
Green command 16c. per  doz.  Bermudas  bring 
12.75 per crate.

Parsnips—40c per bushel.
Potatoes—The  market  is  looking a little  bet­
ter, owing  to  the  fact  that  the  consumptive 
markets  are  clamoring  for stock again.  Local 
handlers offer 90c for choice stock in carlots and 
85c in smaller quantities.

Pieplant—3c per lb.
Peas—Green, due this week.
Radishes—30c per dozen bunches.
Strawberries—$3.50 per case of 24 quarts.
Squash—154c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Nearly out of market.
Turnips—30@35c per bu

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:
PORK  IN  BARRELS.
Mess,  new..............................................
Shortcut......................................
Extra clear pig, short cut............
Extra clear,  heavy..................................
Clear, fat back....................................
Boston clear, short cut............ '.
Clear back, short cut......................
Standard clear, short cut. best...... !!.  \ .
sausage—Fresh and Smoked.
Pork Sausage........................................
Ham Sausage...................................
Tongue Sausage................................ ” *
Frankfort Sausage  ............................
Blood Sausage.....................................  .
Bologna, straight.............................
Bologna,  thick.............................
Headcheese...............................

lard—Kettle Rendered.

Tierces..........................................
Tubs.....................................
561b.  Tins..................................

LABS.

Family.

Tierces.......................................654
0 and 50 lb. Tubs.....................’6V
3 lb. Palls, 20 In a  case..............754
5 lb. Palls, 12 In a case............... 7%
10 lb. Palls, 6 In a case.................7U
80 lb. Palls, 4 In a case..............7
50 lb. Cans.................................. ¿3£
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs...........
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.............
Boneless, romp butts.......................... ]

SMOKED  MEATS—Canvassed or P la in
Hams, average 20 lbs......................
16 lbs.......................  
........
12to 14lbs.................... „*  *
picnic............................................”
best boneless....................................

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

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12 00 
12 75
14 00
14 00 
M 25 
14 00 
14 25

9
9
85
5
5
5

....  8J4 
—   854 
....  854
Com­
pound.
6*
6547*
7547
6%
65»
9 25 
9 25

10 
105*  1054 
754 
•  854 6X 
834 
1054 644 644 
03£

FRESH MEATS.

Beef, carcass................................. 

Swift and Company quote as follows:
“ 
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7U«». su.
hindquarters............................. ;  g  a io *
loins, No. 3..................................  
§ i i
@ 9
tongues....................................” n   g 12

rounds................................ 

“  shoulders.............................................§ 7 *
Sausage, blood or head.....................**  @ 5^
. «754 

^uukf'ort.

£ « « ° n ...............................................::  @10

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FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH  FISH .

Whltefish.....................................
Trout...........................................
Halibut........................................
Ciscoes........................................
Flounders...................................
Blueflsh......................................
Mackerel.............................
Cod............................................
California salmon.......................
oysters—Cans.
Falrhaven  Counts......................
F. J. D. Selects............................
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100..........................
..........................
Clams, 

“ 

@10 
@ 9 
@18 
@ 5 
@ 9 
@12 
@25 
@12 
@20

@40
@35

CANDIES, FRUITS and  NUTS.
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDY.
Full  Weight. 

Standard,  per lb................................  654 
H/H......................................   654 
T w lat....................... '........  654 
Boston Cream .................... ............. 
Cut  Loaf............................................   754 
Extra H. H.........................................   754 

Bbls.  Pails.
754
754
754
954
854
854

“ 

MIXED  CANDY.
Full Weight.

“ 

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

fancy—In bulk.
■Full Weight. 

Bbls. 
Standard...................................... ,654 
Leader..........................................654 
Special..........................................7 
Royal............................................7 
Nobby...........................................754 
Broken......................................... 754 
English  Rock.............................. 754 
Conserves.................................... 7 
Broken Taffy................................754 
Peanut Squares.............................  
Extra............................................. 
French Creams.............................. 
Valley  Creams.............................. 

Palls.
714
754
8
8
854
854
854
8
854
9
10
1054
1354
Bbls.  Pails.
1154
Lozenges, plain................................1054 
printed.............................11 
1254
Chocolate Drops................................  
1254
14
Chocolate Monumentals................... 
Gum Drops........................................   5 
654
9
Moss Drops........................................ 8 
Sour Drops........................................   854 
954
Imperials......................  
1154
1054 
Per Box
Lemon Drops..................................................55
Sour Drops......................................................55
Peppermint Drops...........................................65
Chocolate Drops..............................................70
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................................90
Gum Drops................................................ 40@50
Licorice Drops....................................................1 00
A. B. Licorice  Drops...................................... 80
Lozenges, plain......................... 
65
printed............................................70
Imperials.........................................................65
Mottoes............................................................75
Cream Bar....................................................... 60
Molasses Bar...................................................55
Caramels................................................... 15®17
Hand Made  Creams............................. 
,85@95
Plain Creams............................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams........s.............................. l  00
String  Rock.....................................................70
Burnt Almonds..................................................1 00
Wintergreen  Berries...................................... 65
California,  128....................................... 
150................. .................... 
176-2  0-226.........................  
“ 
“  300-240.......
“  200............. 
“ 

3 00
3 50
3 50
4 00
Messina, choice, 360............................. 5 2  @5 50
5@6  00
5 60
6  00

fancy, 360............................. 
choice 300.............................  
fancy 300.............................  

Messinas, 

ORANGES.

LEMONS.

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OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

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choice 

Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers........  18@20
........  @16
" 
■.'Ll  m il'  l 
........  @1254
Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................   @10
“  50-lb.  “ 
..........................   @8
Persian. 50-lb.  box......................4  @ 6
NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona.............................   @17
Ivaca.....................................   @1654
California.......................... ..  @17
Brazils, new...........................................   @754
Filberts..................................................  @11
Walnuts, Grenoble................................   @15
“  Marbot....................................  @12
“ 
Table Nuts, No. 1..................................  @14
„  
No. 2..................................  @13
Pecans, Texas, H. P ...............................  15@17
Cocoanuts, full sacks............................  @4 00
Fancy, H.  P., Suns................................   @ 5^4
“  Roasted  ................... 7  @754
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............................  @554
“  Roasted....................  7  @754
Choice, H. P.,  Extras............................  @454
“  Roasted.................6  @654

Chili........................................  @

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PEANUTS.

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OILS.

The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows :

Water White..........................................  @ 9
Special White........................................   @ 81i
Michigan Test.......................................  @854
Naptha..............................  ...................  @ 754
Gasoline.................................................  @ 954
Cylinder............................................... 27  @36
E ngine................................................. 13  @21
Black,  Summer.....................................   @954

THOS.  E.  WYKES,

WHOLESALE

Marblehead  and  Ohio  White  Lime, 

Buffalo, Louisville and Portland 

Cements, Fire Brick A Clay.

Agent  for the “Dyckerhoff ” Imported  Portland 
cement, the best  cement In the  market  for side­
walks.  Also buy and sell  Grain. Hay, Feed, Oil 
Meal, Wood, Etc., Clover and Timothy Seed.

WAREHOUSE AND MAIN OFFICE :

Cor. W ealthy Ave. and  Ionia on M. C. R. R. 

BRANCH OFFICE :

B uilders’ Exchange.

How to Keep  a  Store.
By  Samuel  H.  Terry.  A  book  of  400  pages 
written from the experience and  observation  of 
an old merchant.  It treats of Selection  of Bus! 
ness,  Location,  Buying,  Selling, Credit, Adver­
tising, Account Keeping, Partnerships,  etc.  Of 
great interest to every one in trade.  $l.SO.
T H E   T R A D E SM A N   CO M PANY,

G rand   R a p id s.

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Quinces.
l io
Common.................... 
Raspberries.
Red............................. 
i 30
Black Hamburg.........  
1 50
l 40
Erie, black................. 
Strawberries.
Lawrence................... 
1
Hamburg.................... 
2 25
i 65
Erie............................ 
Whortleberries.
l 40
Common.................... 
F. &  W....................... 
1 25
Blueberries............... 
l 30
Corned  beef,  Libby’s......... 2 10
Roast beef,  Armour’s......... 1  75
Potted  ham, 54 lb............... l io
lb.................  65
tongue, 54 lb..............110
54 lb ...........  65
chicken, 54 lb............  95

MEATS.

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VEGETABLES.

Beans.

“ 

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2 00

Peas

Corn.

Hamburg  stringless........... 1  25
French style.......2 25
Limas................. 1  40
Lima, green..............................1 30
soaked......................  90
Lewis Boston Baked........... 1  35
Bay State  Baked...................... 1 35
World’s  Fair............................ 1 35
Hamburgh............................... 1 25
Tigeri.........................................1 00
Purity.......................................1 10
E rie.......................................... 1 15
Hamburgh marrofat...........
early June..........150
champion of  En-
land..................................

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

7 00
Hamburgh  petit  pois  ........ 1  75
fancy  sifted.......1  90
Soaked................................  65
Harris  standard..................  75
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.1  10
Early June........ 1  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom__1 35
French..................................... 1 80
French..............................17218
Erie.....................................   90
Hubbard...................................1 30
Hamburg................................. 1 40
Soaked................................   85
Honey  Dew.............................. 1 60
Hamburg.............................
Van  Camp’s..............................1 10
No. Collins............................... 1 10
Hamburg................................. 1 30
Hancock.................................. 1 05
Gallon..................................... 2 75
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’ 8.
German Sweet........... ...... 
22
34
Premium..........................  
ruro..........................
....  OO
40
Breakfast  Cocoa......
CHICORT.
Bulk.........................
........454
Red...........................
........7
CHEESE.
N. Y. or Lenawee__
@12
Allegan....................
@1154
Ordinary cream........
@11
Skim........  ..............
@10
Sap Sago..................
@22
@1  00
E dam .......................
Swiss, imported........ 24@ : 25
domestic  ...
15@ ;16
Limburger................
........  15
CHEWING  GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps................ 35
200 
 
Spruce,1200 pieces...............40
Snider's, 54 pint..................1  35

pint.............................2 30
quart...........................3 50
CLOTHES PINS.
COCOA  SHELLS.

5 gross boxes.....................40
Bulk.
@4
Pound  packages.
@7

Tomatoes.

f! ATflTTP

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APPLE  BUTTER.
Chicago goods........... 
AXLE OREASE. 
Frazer’s,
Wood boxes, per  doz__
3 doz. case.
“ 
per gross...
“ 
25 lb. pails,......................
15 lb.  “ 
....................
Aurora.
Wood boxes,  per  doz__
3 doz. case.
per  gross..

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Diamond.

. 754@8

80
.  2 40
.  9 00
.  1 00
75
. 
60
.  175
.  6 00

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Peerless.

Wood boxes,  perdoz  ...
. 
50
doz. case.
.  1  50
per  gross..
.  5 50
25 lb. palls....................
90
BAKING POWDER.
Acme, 54 lb. cans, 3 doz  .
45
fcib.  « 
2  “  ..
85
1  “  ..
lib.  « 
.  1  10
bulk..................... .. 
10
Telfer’s,  54 lb. cans, doz
45
85
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.  1  50
. 
60
Arctic, 54 9> can s...........
.  1  20
...........
...........
.  2 00
...........
.  9 60
40
Red Star, 54 9)  cans........
80
.........
......... .  1  50

54»  “ 
19)  “ 
5 9)  “ 
54 9)  “ 
1  lb  “ 
BATH BBICK.

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54 lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 

2  dozen In case.

BLUING. 

English...............................  90
Bristol..................................  70
Domestic.............................   60
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals.................... 4 00
“ 
“  pints,  round................10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz ball  ...................4 50

8oz 

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2 50
90
.................  1 20

No. 2 Hurl.................................1 75
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet............................. 2 25
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem...............................2 75
Common Whisk................. 
Fancy 
Mill........................................  3 25
Warehouse...............................2 75
BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR.
Rising Sun...............................5 00
York State..........................
Self Rising............................... 4 50

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BROOMS.
 

BUTTE BINE.
Creamery.

Dairy.

Solid packed....................  1354
Rolls................................   14
Solid packed....................  11
Rolls................................   1154
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............1054
Star,  40 
..............  1054
Paraffine............................12
Wicking...... ................ . 
25

CANDLES
“ 

CANNED  GOODS.

PISH.
Clams.

“ 

Little Neck,  1 lb...................... 1 10
“  2 lb......................1 90
Clam Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

Standard, 3 lb..................... 2 30
Standard,  1 lb.....................1  10
21b.....................2 10
Lobsters.

Star,  1  lb.............................. 2 50
2  lb...................... 
3 50
Picnic, 1 lb..........................2 00
21b...............................3 00

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Salmon.
“ 

Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb...................... 1  30
2  lb....................2 00
Mustard,  31b.....................3 00
Tomato Sauce,  3 lb.............3 00
Soused, 3 lb.........................3 00
Columbia River, flat........... 1  85
tails........... 1 60
Alaska, 1  lb.........................1 35
2 lb...........................2 10
Sardines.
American  5£s..................   5@ 6
54s.................... 7@ 8
Imported  54s....................11@12
54s................... 13@14
Mustard  3£s......................  @9
Brook, 3 lb........................... 2 50

Trout.

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FRUITS.
Apples.

4  00

Cherries.

Blackberries.

York State, gallons__ 
Hamburgh,  “  —
Apricots.
2 25
Santa Cruz...................... 
2 50
Lusk’s.............................. 
Overland........................ 
2 35
F. &  W............................ 
1 10
  1 20
Red................................... 
Pitted Hamburg.........  
1  75
1 60
W hite.............................. 
1 30
E rie................................. 
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
E rie............................  @1  60
Common .........................  
P ie.............................1 60@1 75
Maxwell......................... 
Shepard's..........................   2 25
California..................2 60@2 75
Domestic......................... 
Riverside......................... 
Pineapples.
Common.......................... 
Johnson’s  sliced........ 
grated........ 

Gooseberries.

1 25
2 25
1 30

Peaches.

Gages.

2 60
2 85

Pears.

2 25

1 10

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Santos.

COFFEE.
GREEN.
RlO.
Fair..........................
.2054
Good...................................21
Prime.................................2154
Golden............................... 2254
Peaberry............................23
Fair....................................2054
Good.................................. 21
Prime.................................2154
Peaberry  ............................2254
Mexican and Guati
Fair............................
Good..........................
Fancy.........................
Maracaibo.

Yarmouth.
L
23 Whole...
Bricks...
25
Strips__
2254 Smoked.
24
Interior.............................. 25
Private Growth..................26
Mandehling.......................29
Imitation........................... 25
Arabian..............................2

Mocha.

Java.

BOASTED.

PACKAGE.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent,  for shrink­
age.
McLaughlin’s XXXX....253£
Lion.....................................2534
“  In cabinets.................2654
Durham...............................2554
Valley City.........................  75
Felix.................................. 1  15
Hummel’s, foil...................  1  GO
tin ....................2 50

EXTRACT.

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

Cotton,  40 ft.........perdoz.  1  25
140
160
1  75
190
90
100
Eagle.................................   7 40
Crown  ...................  
  6 50
Genuine Swiss.................... 8 CO
American Swiss...................7 00

 

COUPONS.
“Superior.”

8 1, per hundred...............   2 50
3 00
 
$ 2, 
 
* 5, 
4 00
#10, 
5 00
 
#20, 
.................6 00

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S 1, per hundred................. 2 00
#2, 
2 50
3 00
#5, 
»10, 
4  00
#20, 
5 00
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts:
200 or over............   5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 

10 
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CRACKERS.
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Kenosha Butter..................   754
Seymour 
554
Butter....................................554
“  family...........................554
“  biscuit.........................654
Boston....................................754
City Soda............................... 754
Soda.......................................6
S. Oyster...............................554
City Oyster. XXX...................554
Strictly  pure......................  30
Telfer’s  Absolute..............  35
Grocers’............................ 10@15

CREAM TARTAR.

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Apples.

PRUNES.

California Evaporated.

Sundried....................   @1154
Evaporated...............14  @1454
Apricots...................... 
19
Blackberries..............  
10
Nectarines.................  
18
Peaches!..................... 
20
Pears,  sliced.............. 
17
Plums......................... 
19
Prunes,  sweet............. 
13
Turkey.......................  @  9
Bosnia.........................  @10
French.......................   @11
Lemon........................  
18
Orange........................ 
18
In drum......................  @18
In boxes.....................  @20
Zante, in  barrels........  @554
in  54-bbls........  @ 5%
In less quantity  @ 514 
r a isin s —California.

CURRANTS.

CITRON.

PEEL.

“ 
“ 

4

“ 

“ 
“ 

3  “ 
Foreign.

PABINACEOUS  GOODS.

Farina.
Hominy.

Bags.......................... 7
2  10
London Layers, 2 cr’n 
2  20
3  “ 
2  35
fancy. 
1  60
Muscatels,2crown  ... 
1  75
.... 
Valencias................... 
73£
Ondaras......................8  @ 854
Sultanas......................16  @17
40
100 lb. kegs................... 
Barrels...........................  3 75
Grits..................................
Lima  Beans.
Dried............................ 
6
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
60
Imported...................... 
11
Pearl Barley.
Kegs............................... 354@33£
Green,  bu............. 
120
Split, bbl............................ 6  50
Sago.
German.............................  
5
East India..........................  
5
Cracked.............................. 
5

Wheat.

 

FI8H —Salt. 

Bloaters.

Cod.

..6 @654
..6 @8
. .8 @9

1054

Halibut.
Herring.
Scaled
Holland,  bbls............
kegs.............
“ 
Round shore, 54 bbl...
“ 
“ 
54  bbl.. 

“ 

l  50
No. 1, 54 bbls. 90 lbs.’......... 12 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs......... . 
1  25
Family, 54 bbls., 90 lbs......
kits, 10  lbs...........

Pollock.
Sardines.
Trout.

Fancy.......................   3 50@4 00
Russian, kegs....................
No. 1, 54 bbls., 90 lbs...........4 75
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   80
No. 1,54 bbls., 90 lbs...........7 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................  80
Family, 54 bbls., 90 lbs........3 00
50

kits, 10 lbs...... . 

Whitefish.

“ 

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

HERBS.

JELLIES.

Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
2 oz folding box...  75
1  50
3 oz 
.. .1  00
“ 
4 oz 
...1  50
“ 
2  003 00
.. .2  00
“ 
6 oz 
4 10
8 oz 
“ 
...3  00
GUN  POWDER.
Kegs.................................. 5 50
Half  kegs...........................3 00
Sage.................................... 15
Hops....................................25
Chicago  goods............   454@5
LAMP WICKS.
No.  . 
.............  30
No. 1. 
............................  40
............................  50
No. 2.
LICORICE.
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 25

MATCHES.

LYE.

“

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house....................  
Ordinary..........................  
Prime............................... 
Fancy............................... 
F air..................................  
Good................................
Extra good.......................
Choice.............................
Fancy................................
One-half barrels. 3c extra

New Orleans.

OATMEAL.
Barrels 200.................
Half barrels 100.........
ROLLED  OATS
Half  bbls 90..............
Barrels  180.................
PICKLES.
Medium.

16
19
19
23
17 I

57 25

@3  75 
@7  25

Small.

Barrels, 1,200 count........... $6 50
Half  barrels, 600 count___ 3 75
Barrels, 2.400 co u n t..........10 00
Half barrels, 1,200 count...  5 50
Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
Cob, No.  3 .......................

“  T. D. full count...........  75
....1  25

PIPES.

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head.............. ......... 7
“  No. 1.............. ......... 6
“  No. 2.............. .  @ 5

Broken...............................
Japan, No. 1......................... 65«
“  No. 2..........................554
Java....................................
Patna..................................

Imported.

ROOT BEER.

Williams’ Extract.

25 cent size............................... 1 75
3 dozen.................................. #5 60
Barrels..................................... 4 00
Half barrels............................. 2 50

SAUERKRAUT.

SAFOLIO.
“ 
SOUPS.

Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box........ 2 50
Hand 
2 50
Snider’s  Tomato...  ............2 40

3  “ 

 

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

“ 
“ 

“ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.

Allspice............................... 10
Cassia, China in mats........  7
Batavia In bund__15
“ 
“  Saigon in rolls............35
Cloves,  Amboyna................25
Zanzibar................. 15
“ 
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
No.  1.................... 75
No. 2.................... 65
Pepper, Singapore, black— 15 
“  white...  .25
shot.........................19
Allspice............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
“ 
and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................30
Zanzibar................20
Ginger, African...................15
•*  Cochin.................... 18
Jam aica................ 20
“ 
Mace  Batavia...................... 80
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..25
“  Trieste.................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................75
Pepper, Singapore, black— 20
<r  whlte......go
~  
“  Cayenne.................25
Sage..................................... 20
“Absolute” in Packages.

“ 

J4s 

54s
Allspice......................  84  155
Cinnamon..................   84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  155
Ginger, Jam ................  84  1 55
“  Af...................  84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  1  55
Pepper.......................  84  155
Sage.............................  84

SUGAR.

Cut  Loaf....................  @ 554
Cubes.........................  @554
Powdered..................   @ 5?4
Granulated................@ 4J4-.69
Confectioners’ A....... @ 454-56
White  Extra  C.........   @494
Extra  C......................  @ 454
C ................................   @454
Yellow.......................  @4
Less than 100 lbs.  H e advance

scales—Perfection.
“  brass  “ 
“  l brass  “ 

Tea, 2-9>,  tin  scoop......... S 6 50
.........   7 25
“  5-9),  tin  scoop.........   8 75
.........   8 75
“ 
Grocers’, ll-B>, tin scoop.  11 00
.. 12 25
.. 13 25
.. 14 75

brass  “ 
“ 
brass  “ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

22-9),  tin 
STARCH.
Corn.

 

 

 

“ 

“ 
“ 

SOAP.

SNUFF.

20-lb boxes..........................   654
40-lb 
654
Gloss.
1-lb packages.......................  6
3-lb 
....................... 6
6-lb 
65s
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes..............  4?i
Barrels................................   434
Scotch, In  bladders........... 37
Maccaboy, In jars..............35
French Rappee, In Jars......43
Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.

Old Country, 80.................. 3 20
Uno, 100.............................. 3 50
Bouncer, 100.......................3 00
Boxes....................................554
Kegs, English....................... 434
Kegs...................................  134
Granulated, boxes..............2
Mixed bird.................  454® 6
Caraway...............................9
Canary.................................. 354
Hemp..................................... 454
Anise...................................13
Rape....................................6
Mustard.................................754

SAL  SODA.

SEEDS.

SODA.

Diamond Crystal.

 
 

 
 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Warsaw.

100 3-lb. sacks......................$2 40
2 25
60 5-lb 
“ 
2810-lb. sacks...................2 15
2 00
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases.......................  1 50
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
50
..  25
281b.  “ 
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
35
28 lb.  “ 
18
.. 
56 lb. dairy  bags...............   75
56 lb. dairy  bags...............   75
56 lb.  sacks.......................   27
Saginaw and Manistee.
Common Fine  per bbl......  
95
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .554
Dwight’s Cow........................554
Taylor’s.................................554
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf.............554
pure.........................554
Golden Harvest....................5

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.

8ALERATUS.

“ 

SALT

SYRUPS.
Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels.................................31
Half bbls..............................33
Amber......................... 23 @25
Fancy drips................. 28  @30
SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps.............. 
7
Sugar Creams............  
854
Frosted  Creams.........  
8
Graham Crackers...... 
8
Oatmeal Crackers...... 
8
SHOE  POLISH.
Jettlne, 1 doz. in  box.............75

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

SUN CURED.

GUNPOWDER.

BASKET  FIRED.

F air............................  @17
Good,.........................  @20
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
D ust............................ 10  @12
F a ir............................  @17
Good ..  ...............  @20
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
Dust.............................10  @12
F air.............................18  @20
Choice.........................  @25
Choicest......................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fair.......... 25  @35
Extra fine to flnest— 50  @65
Choicest fancy............75  @85
Common to fair.......... 23  @26
Superior to  fine.......... 28  @30
Fine to choicest.......... 45  @55
Common to fair.......... 23  @26
Superior to fine........... 30  @35
Common to fair.......... 18  @26
Superior to  fine.......... 30  @40
F air............................ 18  @22
Choice......................... 24  @28
Best............................ 40  @50

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

YOUNG HYSON.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

“ 

Pails unless otherwise noted.
60
Hiawatha................... 
Sweet  Cuba...............  
34
McGinty....................  
24
22
54 bbls.......... 
Little  Darling........... 
22
54 bbl.. 
20
1791............................ 
20
1891, 54 bbls................ 
19
Valley  City................ 
33
27
Dandy Jim................. 
40
Searhead.................... 
24
Joker......................... 
Zero............................ 
22
26
L. &W.......................  
Here  it Is................... 
28
Old Style....................  
31

Plug.

Smoking.

Old  Honesty..............  
4)
33
Jolly Tar....................  
Hiawatha...................  
37
Valley City................ 
34
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s Brands.
Something Good.................... 37
Toss Up..  ..............................26
Out of Sight........................... 24
Boss...... .............................. 1254
Colonel’s Choice..................13
W arpath..............................14
Banner................................14
King Bee..............................20
Kiln Dried...........................17
Nigger Head........................23
Honey  Dew.........................24
Gold  Block......................... 28
Peerless............................... 24
Rob  Roy............................25
Uncle  Sam...........................28
Tom and Jerrp.....................25
Brier Pipe............................ 30
Yum  Yum...........................32
Red Clover...........................30
N avy.................................. 32
Handmade...........................40
F rog....................................33
40 gr.......................................8
50 gr......................................10
Tin foil cakes, per doz...........15
Baker's, per  lb....................... 30
PA PER A WOODEN WARE
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
Straw 
................................. lJi
Rockfalls..............................2
Rag sugar..............................254
Hardware............................. 254
Bakers.................................. 254
Dry  Goods...................  554@6
Jute  Manilla...............   654@S
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..................................... 7

yeast—Compressed.

VINEGAR.

TWINES.

PAPER.

“ 

“ 

WOODENWARE.

Tubs, No. 1.........................700
“  NO. 2.........................6 00
“  No. 3.........................5 00
1  50
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop....  1  75 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes....  50
Bowls, 11 Inch....................  1  00
13  “  ....................   1  25
15  “ 
.................... 2 00
17  “ 
.................... 2 75
assorted, 17s and  19s 2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
Baskets, market.................   35
bushel..................   1  50
5 75
6 25
7 25
4 25
5 00

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ willow Cl'ths, No.l 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  No.2 
“  No.3 
“  No.l 3 50
“  No.2 
“  No.3 

“ 
“ 
* 
“ 

splint 

“ 

b y e.

MEAL.

FLOUR.

WHEAT.

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
White ...  ................... 
1  05
Red.............................  
1  05
All wheat bought on 60 lb. test.
Bolted...............................  1  70
Granulated.......................  1  90
Straight, in sacks............   5  60
“ barrels..........   5 80
“ 
Patent 
“ sacks.............  6 60
“ barrels..........   6 80
“ 
Graham  “  sacks...........  2 60
Rye 
“ 
...........  2 50
MILLSTUFFS.
Bran...................................  18 00
Screenings........................  19 10
Middlings.......................... 21  00
Mixed  Feed......................  28 00
Coarse meal....................... 28 CO
Milling................................   80
F eed...................................   60
Brewers, per  100  lbs........... 1  25
Feed, per  bu.......................   60
Small  lots.........................  73
Car 
“  .........................  70
Small  lots............................60
Car 
“  ............................56
No. 1.......................................  13 00
No. 2......................................  12 00
HIDES, PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 
lows  :
Green.........................  4  @5
Part Cured..................   @ 5
Full 
Dry..............................   6  @ 7
Kips,green.................4  @5
“  cured.................   5  @6
Calfskins, green.........  5  @ 6
cured.........6  @ 8
Deacon skins.............. 10  @30

“  .................. 5 

bar le y.

HIDES.

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.

“ 

@ 654

No. 2 hides 54 off.
FELTS.

Shearlings...................10  @25
Estimated wool, per 9) 20  @28
WOOL.
Washed.. 
..................... 20@30
I Unwashed.. 
.................10@22
Tallow........................ 8354® <54
Grease butter............... 1  @ 2
Switches.....................  154® 2
I Ginseng...................... 2 50@3 00

MISCELLANEOUS.

T   AST year  we  secured  1,000  Live  Parrots 
•A-*  for our  customers,  but  the  demaud  far  ex­
ceeded our expectations and  we were unable to 
furnish  birds  to  all who  desired  them.  This 
year we shall endeavor to secure a larger supply, 
so that  every one of  our customers  who  so  de­
sires may have

A Real Live Parrot  FREE.

The best variety of talking parrots are secured 
on  the  Isle of  Pines,  about  50  miles  south  of 
Cuba.  They  are  beautiful  birds,  with  green 
plumage  and  red  breast,  easily  cared  for  and 
intelligent.  If  captured when  young and  well 
cared  for, a Pine Island  Parrot  n e v e r   f a i l s   t o  
b e c o m e   a   g o o d   t a l k e r .  Our  birds  are  all  se­
cured by O ur Own  Agent,  He  is a competent 
man of  fifty years’  experience, and will  secure 
only  healthy,  selected  young  birds.  He  has 
now  sailed  for  the  island,  and  in  order  to 
araange for the number required, we wish every 
dealer to

Let ns  know soon  if he wants  a Bird.

These parrots  are  given to onr customers who 
handle  our  “PKETTIT  POLLY”  cigars,  and 
there is no better 5 cent cigar in the market. The 
trade is strictly net.^35 per l,000(with or without 
a  parrot).  They  give  satisfaction  to  smokers, 
and the parrots increase your sales.
With  an  order  for  600 “Pretty Polly” cigars, 
we will give ONE parrot free.
With an  order  for  700 “Pretty Polly” cigars, 
we give ONE parrot  in a   h a n d s o m e   w ir e   c a g e

OUR  GUARANTEE

To any responsible dealer who don’t know the 
goods, we will express p r e p a i d  200 of the “Pretty 
Polly” cigars for e x a m in a t io n , to be returned if 
not satisfactory.  If the cigars suit, the balance, 
400 or  500,  can  be  shipped  with  the  parrot  or 
sooner if desired.
With sample order we will refer you to respon­
sible dealers  throughout the  United  States who 
had our parrots las  season.

DETROIT  TOBACCO  CO.,

Detroit, Mich.

the  grove. 

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
He was thus a  man who  was a  friend 
of Providence, and  kept people from re­
viling and  complaining.
He also  helped to make  proud  people 
humble and humble  people  proud.  He 
was doing a greater  work  than  he  ever 
dreamed of.
The man who came in with the  largest 
ox ever  brought to that  market and who 
it,  was  reminded  that 
boasted  about 
during the Harrison campaign the Whigs 
had  slaughtered and roasted an  ox  that 
weighed twenty-six  pounds  more  than 
this  one.  People  had  forgotton  about 
the great  ox  that  had  been  killed  and 
eaten  by  the  hungry  multitude.  Fires 
had been kindled the day before,  and the 
mammoth  ox  was  prepared  for 
the 
slaughter.  A  great  bed  of  coals  had 
been  made  ready,  and  the  roast  was 
fastened by chains  above  the coals,  and 
turned  over  the  fire,  while  the  savory 
smell  filled 
It  was  a  far 
better way  of  getting a good  roast than 
that explained  by  Charles  Lamb  in  his 
inimitable  dissertation  on “Roast Pig,” 
namely,  to  burn 
the  dwelling-house. 
The oxhead was  a  great political  treas­
ure, and  was brought  forth  at  many  a 
political meeting,  and displayed with re­
joicings  far  greater  than  ever  zealots 
made over the head  of  an  enemy.
It is safe to say that  the oxhead  was a 
great political power,  as it inspired many 
a doubter to vote with  the  Whigs.  But 
the treasure was  not  securely  guarded, 
and,  during a lull  in  politics,  it  disap­
peared.  All  search  was  vain.  All  in­
quires  were  answered  with  a  smile. 
Only  one  man  knew  the  hiding-place, 
and he  did  not  even  tell  his wife  that 
the great oxhead  was beneath their  roof. 
He  died.  After  many  years  the  old 
hotel was  torn down ti make room  for a 
church,  and  lo!  there  the  secret  of  so 
many years was disclosed.  In the darkest 
corner of the garret was found  the  head 
of an ox.  The  workmen did  not  under­
stand why it should have been there.  A 
few old men laughingly  said:  “That is 
the head of the Whig  ox.”  But  it  was 
no longer useful,  and  was  thrown  away 
with the rubbish!  It had outlived its day!
The Whig party was dead and  buried. 
The grave  had  covered  up  all  the  old 
strife,  and the few  who  remained  could 
not be awakened to sufficient  interest in 
the  cause to  feel  aggrieved  at  the man 
who had hidden away one  of their  great 
arguments  with  voters,  or  to  make  a 
shrine for the head of the great Whig ox. 
It  was  wrong  to  have  kept  the  secret 
from  the  Weigh  Master,  who  told  so 
much to others,  and  helped  them  settle 
their  disputes.
The  Master  was  a  scholarly  man— 
made  so by  long and  wide observation. 
Many people whose ideas were not bright I 
sought out  the little  office  and 
talked 
with the  Master,  whose  words  were as 
full  of  wit  as  an  August  storm  is  of 
electricity.  He  was  at  times  a  little 
caustic in speech as he inhaled the smoke 
of their  Havanas,  and  proposed to  pay 
them if they would continue to drink the 
same quality of  Bourbon,  and  keep  the 
little office  filled  with  the  delicate  and 
refreshing  perfume of their  breath.

Griswold  St. 

STATE OF MICHIGAN. 

Eugene 8. Clarkson,

County o f W i t h . 

June,  1890 

)
( 8S-

James  B.  Wilkinson,  of  21  Grand  River avenue, De­
troit,  Michigan,  being  duly sworn,  deposes  and  says 
that he has in his  possession and  owns a parrot of the 
Cuban or Pine  Island variety;  that he has  owned said 
parrot  5 years;  that when  said  parrot  was 3  years of 
age  this  deponent  was  offered  one  hundred  dollars 
(8100) for said  parrot;  that he refused  said  offer  and 
would not  take five hundred dollars for said parrot at 
the present time, and further deponent saith not.

Subscribed and sworn  to  before me  this 12th  day of 

J augs B. W ilk in so n.

Notary Public in and for Wayne Co., Mich.

1 4

The  Village  W eigh-Master.

Had you been  standing,  any  morning 
of the week twenty-five years ago, on the 
corner  of the public  square of  the  town 
of  C-----,  you might have seen  the  Vil­
lage Weigh-Master enter his  little  office, 
an  hour  after  the  first  streaks  of  the 
dawn  came  over  the  eastern  hilltops. 
He was  a tall  man—over  six  feet.  He 
was straight  as an arrow.  Years did not 
seem to  press  on his  shoulders,  for his 
step was swift  and  elastic  as  that  of a 
young man.  But  he  was  then well ad­
vanced  in  life.  The  little  house  that 
was built to  shelter  him  and  the  beam 
of the scales was  a  model  of simplicity. 
It was not  more  than  eight feet  by ten. 
It  had to  be  more  than  six  feet  high 
or  the Master  could not have entered it. 
There was a narrow door on the west side. 
There was  a little window  that might be 
opened by sliding it  horizontally  ou the 
east  side,  just opposite  the  door.  This 
window  overlooked  the  platform,  and 
out of this the Master would look,  to  see 
that the wagon was  clear  and 
the load 
properly on the  platform.  To  the right 
of this  window  there  were  two  boards 
nailed against the  siding,  one  of which 
served  for  a desk,  and  the  other  one, 
beneath it,  for  books.  To  the  left  was 
the stove—a very  primitive-looking  one 
—with a pipe that projected  through the 
roof.  A few pictures  cut from  Brother 
Jonathan adorued 
the  walls.  A  high 
stool  for  the  Master  and  two  wooden 
chairs without  backs  for  visitors  made 
up  the  furniture  of 
little  office. 
Back of the office was the  Court  House, 
and the  officers  of  justice  walked  fre­
quently past the  little office,  and  hailed 
the  Master 
the  greatest 
familiarity.  He was a man as much  re­
spected  as  the  Judge, and,  m his  way, 
was  quite  as  useful.  He  had  always 
been there—at least the children thought 
so,  and he  held  his  office  by  perpetual 
appointment.  The 
received 
from his patrons was  sufficient  to  meet 
the simple  wants  of  a  man  who  loved 
simplicity.  He was not slothful,  and  he 
who did not  find  him  at  his post  must 
come very early or very late.  He  had  a 
duty to  perform,  and  he  performed  it 
with as much fidelity  as though the  fate 
of a government depended  on it.

in  terms  of 

revenue 

the 

He  was  a  splendid  penman,  and  the 
books he kept  were  models  of  neatness. 
Yet he  preferred  to  write  with a  quill 
pen.  Besides his  regular  accounts,  he 
humored  the  miners  by  asking  each 
teamster  “ who  was 
the  digger,”  and 
could,  at the  end  of  the  year,  tell how 
many  bushels  of  coal  the  miner  had 
taken out,  and  how  much  pay  he  had 
received.  He  could  also  satisfy 
the 
townsmen  by telling how much they  had 
consumed  during  the  winter;  and  he 
helped to adjust many a dispute between 
the dealer and consumer.
There never  was  an  appeal  from  his 
books.  His  word  was  as  good  as  his 
bond.  No  one  thought  of  questioning 
the  correctness  of  his  books,  although 
he kept,  without  special  compensation, 
the accounts of several  hundred  people.
But besides all this, he  kept a  journal 
so skillfully arranged that he  could  tell 
in a moment  what  amount  of  rain  fell 
during any given  month,  and  how  cold 
it had been during any  winter,  and  how 
high the  thermometer  had  risen in  any 
summer.  People  would  come  by  him 
and say:  “This  is  the  hottest  day  we 
have had for twenty  years!”  He  would 
reply,  “No;  on  the  tenth  of  August, 
five years ago,  the  thermometer  marked 
six  degress  higher.”  That  ended  the I 
matter,  and  the  enlightened  neighbor, 
when accosted  with the  remark,  “This 
is the  hottest  day  1  ever  felt!”  would 
reply,  “ You  forget.  On  the  tenth  of 
August, five years ago,  it was six degrees 
warmer.”  He seldom  paid  the Weigh- 
Master  the  compliment  of  saying  that 
he had given the  information.  Farmers 
would get discouraged, and say,  “There 
will be no corn.  We never had so  dry a 
time.”  Somehow farmers often say that, 
just a  few  months before gathering in a  i 
great crop.  The  Master  would  remind 
them that there was  no cause for  alarm, 
as  it  had  rained  far  more  than  it  did 
three  years  ago,  the  same  month,  and 
that year there was an  average of  seven­
ty bushels to the acre.

PARROTS  GIVEN AWAY!

Our agent is now securing  them  and it is important  that we 

know at once the number required.

“ 

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Russet Lace Newport in plain or patent  tip.
Misses’  and Child’s Newport  Ties in Black or Russet.
A Nice Line of Ladies’ Fancy and House Slippers.
Men’s, Boys’ and Youths’ Canvas Bals.
Bay  State  Tennis  Shoes,  the  best  line  for  the  money  in  the  market.  We 
keep them  in  stock  in  Men’s  and  Boys’  Bals  and in Men’s,  Boys’,  Youths’ 
Women’s,  Misses’ and Child’s Oxfords.

We would be pleased to show them to you or quote you prices.

EINDGE, BERTSCH  & CO.,

GRAND RAPIDS.

GEO.  M.  SMITH  SAFE  GO,,

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

One cold,  wintry morning,  many years 
ago,  a  teamster  stopped with  a  load of 
coal in front  of  his little  office.  There 
was  no  smoke  curling  out  of  the pipe 
that reached up through  the  roof.  The 
sliding window  was  closed.  A knock at 
the door  brought  no  response.  A look 
through the window revealed  everything 
in  perfect  order.  “Aha!”  said 
the 
teamster,  “I  have  caught 
the  Weigh- 
Master  napping  this  morning.  He  did 
not expect  me  so early.”  Yes,  he  was 
“napping.”  But the sleep  was one from 
which he would awake only at the trump 
of God.  Later in  the  day  a  black cloth 
fluttered in  the wind  from the corner  of 
the little office,  and as I passed by I  saw 
a strange face  looking  out  of  the  little 
window to see that the wagon  was  clear. 
The  teamster  was  wiping  a  tear  from 
his rough face.  The gallant old  Weigh- 
Master had closed his  books and  gone to 
appear before One by whom “actions are 
weighed.” 

w .  T.  Me i.oy.
Shaftsburg—N.  Bacon & Son  are  suc­
ceeded by Geo.  Bacon  &  Co.  in  general 
trade.

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1 5

EMPLOYER  AND  EMPLOYE.

Their  Mutual  Obligations  Admirably 

Set Forth.

At a recent meeting  of  the  St.  Louis 
Office Men’s  Club,  the  following  paper 
relative to the  obligations  of  employers 
was read by W.  H.  Woodward:

At your  request 1 will  briefly  express 
my views on  the subject allotted  to  me, 
viz: the duties and obligations of employ­
ers in their relations to  employes.  This 
question is so closely allied  to  the  great 
social topic of the day,now occupying the 
attention  of  the  entire  civilized  world, 
that it is somewhat difficult to keep with­
in the bounds  prescribed.  But  what  I 
shall say in regard to  the duties  we owe 
our  book-keepers,  clerks  and  salesmen 
will,  in  a  great  measure,  apply  to  the 
workshop and  factory.  The  same  obli­
gation of sympathy  inspired  by  a  com­
mon  brotherhood  rests  alike  upon  the 
manufacturer, the merchant  or the office 
man, 
in  his  conduct  towards  his  em­
ployes.  But in the mercantile house the 
mutual relations are  naturally  more  in­
timate and confidential  then  in the  fac­
tory.  Hence,  the  greater  necessity  on 
the part of the merchant to take a warm, 
personal interest in the moral,  financial, 
physical,  social  and  even 
intellectual 
welfare of his  book-keepers,  clerks,  and 
salesmen.  On  these  several  points  1 
will  briefly  mention  the  justice  of  ex­
tending  a  sympathetic  interest  to  the 
clerk,  and the advantage to  the  proprie­
tor  in  so  doing.  No  kind  word,  no 
thoughtful action has ever  been  thrown 
away in this world.  Sometimes we. may 
have been  tempted  to  think  otherwise, 
but in  such  cases  the  ingratitude  has 
been only  on the  surface.  A good deed 
eats through the crust of  selfishness and 
in due time  finds its  way  to the heart of 
of the  recipient.
The moral  atmosphere  of  a  business 
house should be kept pure and untainted. 
Intemperance,  that  insidious vice which 
has destroyed  more  good  business  men 
than all other  causes  combined,  should 
be especially guarded against.  Employes 
frequently become the victims in  the be­
ginning  from  a  desire  to  cater  to  the 
pleasures of customers,  and  this  too  of­
ten,  I am  constrained  to  say,  with  the 
tacit consent of the  head  of  the  house. 
The merchant falls  short of  his duty  in 
this regard who fails continually to warn 
his young men against the dangers of the 
wine cup.  And  especially  should  they 
be expected  and  instructed  to  entirely 
abstain  from  such  indulgence  during 
business hours.  Another  vice,  equally 
baneful,  and  perhaps  more  dangerous, 
from  its  demoralizing  effect  upon  the 
character, is that of gambling.  The cases 
of moral wrecks caused by  this  growing 
mania among young  men  are  becoming 
so  appalling in  number,  and  so  disas­
trous in effect, as to cause serious alarm. 
In fact,  this evil has become  so well rec­
ognized that  the  clerk  who  slips  away 
from his work during  business  hours  or 
during  lunch hour  and  surreptitiously 
visits  the  pool  room  is  generally  dis­
charged without notice.  We must  give 
our  serious  attention  to  advising  and 
warning every employe against this soul- 
destroying  practice.  There  is  no  tem­
porizing with this infatuation.  A young 
man may drink  so  moderately  as  to  do 
him  no serious harm,  but  the  pool-room 
is  utterly  demoralizing  in 
its  effects. 
The merchant  should be constant  in  his 
endeavors to  combat  these  evils  among 
his  employes,  and  add  to  his  precepts 
the persuasive influence  of  a  pure  and 
upright example.
The  financial condition  of  his  clerks 
should be a  matter of  solicitude  to  the 
merchant.  Habits  of  extravagance, 
though  not vicious  in  themselves,  tend 
eventually to a  downward  course.  The 
dangers attendant upon living  up to and 
beyond his income should be  brought to 
the attention  of  every  employe.  This 
should be done in that spirit of kindness 
and sympathetic interest which is always 
acceptable.  But  the  constant  calls  of 
importunate  creditors  upon  one  of  the 
employes  of a  mercantile  house  should 
not be overlooked,  without  explanation. 
The merchant is remiss in his  duty if he 
fails to advise  his  clerks  to  make  pro­
vision for the future, either  by  deposit-

together? 

ing a portion of his salary  in  a  savings 
bank,  or securing a home  for his family. 
The feeling of independence,  of  self-re­
liance and content,  which the young man 
enjoys in the possession  of  a  home  for 
his wife and babies,  is  always  fully  ap­
preciated by  the  merchant,  who  by  his 
advise and sympathy  has  assisted  in the 
happy  result.
The physical  welfare  of our  employes 
should not be lost sight of, and the  mer­
chant might well ask himself whether he 
has done his full duty to his employes in 
this  regard.  Do  our  clerks  and  sales­
men get the amount of time for rest  act­
ually  required  by  nature  to  preserve 
their vital  forces during the busy seasons 
of the year?  Is it not wrong  to  require 
them to toil night after  night  for  many 
weary  hours  for  months 
Is 
there no remedy for  this abuse?  A fort­
night’s vacation in  the  dull  months  cer­
tainly is not enough to repair the loss.  I 
leave the  question for  wiser  heads than 
mine to solve.  The  evil  cannot  be  de­
nied.  The hollow-eyed, pale-faced book­
keeper  in  many  business  houses  gives 
ample testimony  to  my  assertion.  Let 
us do something to improve  the physical 
condition of our faithful and overworked 
book-keepers.
The  merchant  who  expects  his  em­
ployes to live in  a  respectable  manner, 
pay their debts, keep  the wolf  from the 
door,  and lay up something  for  the  un­
certainties  of  the  future,  should  show 
his  appreciation  of  faithful  and  loyal 
service by  fair  and  just  compensation. 
The maximum of labor should  not be re­
warded by  the  minimum  of  compensa­
tion.  This phase of the  question should 
not be lost  sight  of,  and  the  employer 
who justly considers his  responsibilities 
to his uncomplaining  clerks in this mat­
ter and allows his  heart  as  well  as  his 
head, a vote on the  question,  will  get  a 
generous return for his liberality.
The merchant should  feel  an  interest 
in the social life of every employe,  in all 
his joys and sorrows,and should be ready 
to tender that sympathetic  consideration 
which  bespeaks  the  true  friend.  He 
should  always  be  accessible 
to  his 
humblest employe,  and be  ready  to  ad­
just  differences  or  give  needed  advice. 
He thus forges a  bond  of  mutual  confi­
dence and friendship that  cannot  fail to 
produce diligent and loyal service in  re­
turn for these kind services.
Certain rules  pertaining to  the proper 
management of the business, conduct  of 
employes,  hours  of  attendance,  etc., 
should be  observed  in  every  establish­
ment.  They should not  be severe or ty­
rannical in the exactions,  but  should  be 
faithfuly  observed  by  all.  Loud  talk­
ing,  coarse .jesting  and  other  kindred 
faults  have  happily  disappeared in our 
counting  rooms  since  the  welcome  ad­
vent of the lady stenographer,  and hence 
the merchant seldom  finds cause to  com­
plain in this  respect.  But  the  day  of 
human perfection  is  still  apparently  in 
the dim future.  Kindness  and  firmness 
should go hand in hand  in  dealing  with 
those who have been  remiss in  their  du­
ties.  A merchant should  never  humili­
ate himself  by  using  abusive  language 
to an offending employe.
In every mercantile house it should  be 
understood that there is  no royal road to 
preferment  save  individual  merit,  and 
that the field is  open  to all.  The  mer­
chant princes of our day were  the  office 
boys of a few  decades  ago.  Promotion 
is  tolerably  sure  when  backed  up  by 
ability, energy,  perseverance and integri­
ty.
Do we seek to draw our employes clos­
er to us in fidelity, in energy  and  perse­
verance in the performance  of duty? 
If 
so,  we must be loyal to them,  in drawing 
them into closer bonds of fraternal  sym­
pathy.  We  must  make  our  relations 
more comprehensive than the old  selfish 
contract  between  master  and  servant. 
Civilization is outgrowing the conditions 
formerly  existing.  We  should  seek  to 
make them feel that we are their friends 
and will stand by  them  in  all  their  vi­
cissitudes,  so  long  as  they  continue 
faithful and diligent in  their  respective 
stations.

In short,  if the employer  performs his 
full duty in his dealings  and intercourse 
with those in his employ; takes care that 
their lives are  not all spent in  unappre­

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ways ready with  words  of  cheerfulness 
and encouragement,  and  dispenses  the 
benefits of his own good  example  in  all 
his walks in life,  he can but very  rarely 
fail to receive loyal  and  efficient service 
in return.

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Do  C o u n try   M erch an ts  M ake  M oney?
“Store Crank” in American Grocer.
This is  a  very  pertinent  question  to 
the majority of  retail  merchants  in  the 
rural districts of  our  country,  and  the 
topic seems a very practical one.  It may 
be that exceptions will  be  taken  to  the 
statements made  in  this  article,  and  if 
they can be disproved,  it will  be  in  the 
face and  eyes  of  the  records  for  years 
past.  The writer has,  for  the  past  two 
years,  been in a position which  required 
the procuring of mercantile reports from 
both the Dun  and  Bradstreet  Agencies, 
on a list of 3,000 customers  in the  states 
of  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Ohio  and 
New Jersey. 
I found that upon compar­
ing the two, over  70  per  cent,  of  them 
were rated from $2,000 to $5,000,  15  per 
cent,  from $1,000  to  $3,000,  and  15  per 
cent,  above $5,000.  These ratings  have 
not  materially  changed  for  years,  al­
though both of these agencies revise and 
rewrite their reports  semi-annually. 
If 
they are correct,  and I do not  attempt to 
disprove it,  then  there  must  be  some­
thing radically wrong in  the  manner  of 
doing business away from the large trade 
centers.  The general  country merchant 
has, on an average,  as  good  abilities  as 
his city  brother,  and  yet  he  does  not 
have  the  opportunity 
to  exercise  or 
bring into  play the sharp, shrewd quali­
ties which are  essential in the active op­
position  which 
is  encountered  at  the 
metropolitan centers.  The city merchant 
keeps one line of goods only; if a  grocer, 
he  has  that  trade  on  his  tongue’s  end 
from A to Z, and  knows every feature of 
the various products in which  he  deals, 
and is to all  intent aud purposes,  a  man 
of  one  idea.  On  the  other  hand, 
the 
country dealer has to keep a multiplicity 
of wares,and must have a general,though 
not necessarily  a  specific  knowledge  of 
dry  goods,  groceries,  boots  and  shoes, 
hats and caps,  ladies’  and gents’ furnish­
ing  goods,  crockery,  hardware,  drugs 
and  medicines,  wood  and  willow  ware 
and perhaps other lines.  But the larger 
percentage of merchants in the rural dis­
tricts carry all  of the  above  mentioned, 
thus it will be readily seen that  he  can­

not be as well informed,  or  keep  as  full 
line of all these  departments as he could 
were his  whole  attention  given  to  one 
line exclusively.  Now,  why  is  it  that 
our country  merchants  do  business  for 
five,  ten and often  twenty  years  in  one 
locality,  apparently  busy all  the  time, 
and yet find themselves at the end of the 
several periods mentioned,  no better  off 
financially than when they  began?  One 
reason,  I imagine, is  that  dealing  in  so 
many lines,  only  a partial  stock  can  be 
carried in any one of them,  and the  por­
tion carried will  consist  almost  exclus­
ively of the staples  in  that  branch,  the 
demand being very slight for novelties in 
any of the departments dealt in.  Espec­
ially is this  the  case  with  the  grocery 
stock.  The various bottled relishes,  im­
ported  and  domestic  cheeses,  choco­
late preparations  and  various  forms  of 
cereals are rarely found in stock,  and,  in 
fact,  their trade would have  to  be  edu­
cated to its use. 
It has  been  shown  in 
former  articles that the profit  on  staple 
goods of every day consumption  is  light 
compared with a mixed trade,  where epi­
curean dainties are largely dealt in.  This 
will  follow in all the lines a country deal­
er carries,  so his stock is made up  really 
of the leaders  in  all departments.  The 
competition of the cities is thus  directly 
felt,  and on  sales  of  the  same  amount, 
profits  of the rural  dealer  will  fall  far 
short of his city brother.  Another factor 
against the country merchant  is that  he 
sees but little money and  cannot  always 
avail himself of the  discounts offered by 
the  jobber.  Exceptions  there  are,  of 
course,  but  I  am  now  speaking  of  the 
mass.  The farmer does not generally re­
alize from his crops until  fall,  and  you 
will find it the universal order of  things 
that the merchant must carry  him  until 
that time.  He expects to get at the store 
during  the  season everything  he  needs 
and have it charged. 
In  nine  cases  out 
of ten, the merchant  does not charge in­
terest  for  fear  of  giving  offense,  and 
finally,  when  settlement  is  made,  it  is 
usually by note.  Another,  and  to  me, 
greater trial  than all else,  is the  custom 
prevailing in  all country villages  of tak­

ing  farm  produce,  railroad  ties,  hoop- 
pools,  etc.;  allowing  the  customer  to 
“trade them out,”  and  then  compelling 
the merchant  to  find  a  market  for  the 
produce. 
It  simply  amounts  to  this, 
that two different lines  of goods have to 
be sold in order to realize one  profit. 
It 
was the custom of  all  merchants,  when 
the writer was in trade,  to  take  butter, 
eggs, etc., at a given price,  allowing the 
party to trade  out  the  same,  and  then 
disposing of it at the same price paid for 
it, to the farmer, either  to his customers 
or send  to  some  commission  house  for 
disposal.  Now,  this is radically  wrong, 
and if in practice by any  merchant  who 
reads  this article I advise him to  take  a 
new  departure  and  resolve  that  from 
henceforth he will not  sell  goods  twice 
to make one small profit. 
It  not  unfre- 
quently  occurs that  produce  sent  to  a 
commission  house  to  dispose  of,  after 
deducting  freight  and  charges,  leaves 
less to the  merchant  than  the  value  of 
the goods  sold,  perhaps  months  before 
for the product. 
I  do not think country 
merchants cut the corners  as  closely  as 
the  city  dealer,  and  from  the  circum­
stances surrounding them,  it is  impossi­
ble to do so.
A  very  small  percentage  of  country 
merchants know how they actually stand 
each  year.  An inventory is  seldom tak­
en,  and the  only  knowledge  is  a casual 
looking over the stock  once  a  year  and 
saying;  “I guess I have  about  as  much 
stock as a year ago,” and then a look over 
the ledger to find how much is due  from 
which an approximate idea is  formed  of 
the result of the year’s  business.  These 
reasons will serve to  show  why  country 
merchants do not wax fat  and  get  rich. 
I will try, in another article,  to  provide 
a remedy.

The  H a rd w a re   M ark et.

Barbed wire has advanced in sympathy 
with the recent advance made by Chicago 
and Detroit jobbers.  The  higher  price 
is rendered necessary to  conform  to  the 
recent advance made by the manufactur­
ers when they secured control of  all  the 
patents.

A ttrib u te   it  to   th e  Skim m er.

Cheesemaking 

From the Jersey Bulletin.
is  not  a  perfect  art, 
albeit it has been  practiced  more or less 
for  two  thousand  years  or  more.  At 
least,  those who  set up  to  be masters of 
the  art,  and  pose  as  experts,  are  not 
agreed  upon  a  number  of  points  that 
seem to an ignorant layman to be matters 
of  primary 
importance—such  as  how 
much fat the best cheese should  contain, 
how to handle  the curd,  how to mix the 
rennet, how to  dry  out  the  cheese,  etc. 
Without presuming  to  give  an  opinion 
on points of technical practice,  we  ven­
ture to remark that  the disputants  seem 
to us to be moved by  two  distinct  aims, 
viz: 
the one and the  large  majority are 
seeking  only  to  find out  how  they  can 
squeeze the most money out of the  milk, 
with little or no  regard to the  quality of 
the cheese.  The  cheese,  indeed,  seems 
to be regarded only as a convenient form 
for  disposing  of  milk  that  otherwise 
could  not  be  sold.  The  other  class  is 
more concerned about the  quality  of the 
cheese product than  the quantity, or the 
money  product  of  the  milk.  Not  that 
the  money  product  is  ignored  or  lost 
sight  of.  Just  now  these  parties  are 
engaged  in  a spirited war of words  over 
the question of skimming milk  that is to 
be  made 
into  cheese.  The  skimmilk 
party  has  much  the  worst  of  the  ar­
gument,  but,  being  largely  in control of 
the  factories,  have  the  practice  all on 
their side.  Hence the scarcity  of  really 
good  cheese;  hence  the  bad  reputation 
fast fixing itself on  all  American cheese. 
The skimmer  does  it.

L oosening  B u sted   S crew s.

To loosen a rusty  screw,  apply a  red- 
hot iron to the head  of  the  screw  for  a 
minute.  This  will  expand  the  screw, 
and,  when cool, it  will  be  found  to  be 
easily withdrawn.  All screws should be 
smeared with graphite paste  before  use. 
This does not become dry nor sticky, and 
prevents rusting.  Door  hinges,  bicycle 
chains and ball bearings,  and most other 
articles exposed to friction, can be treat­
ed with graphite paste  in  preference  to 
oil.

y O   D E A L E R   E V E R   LOST  A   CUSTOMER  BY   SET-T.t w q   H IM

THE  FRAZER

M .W A Y S   U N IF O R M . 

O F T E N  

IM IT A T E D . 

M O W N   e v e r y w h e r e , 

n o   t a l k   r e q u i r e d   t o   s e l l   it T

N E V E R   EQ U A LLED . 

C ood C rease M akes Trade. 

Cheap Crease Kills Trade.

One Pound Decorated Tins

I  DOZ.  IN  A  CASE.

FRAZER HARNESS SOAP 
FRAZER HARNESS OIL 
FRAZER  MACHINE OIL

